FileVault 2 Login Issues on OpenLDAP Network with Admin, Managed, Mobile Account on Lion 10.7.4 This issue occurs on any machine with Lion in my environment. I install Lion and connect to OpenLDAP for authentication. I enable FileVault.

Some users were reporting that when they'd wake their computer from sleep or reboot, the only available account to unlock FileVault was Administrator (not their local cached OpenLDAP account any longer).

In an attempt to reproduce this issue, I shut down all network interfaces on my test MacBook Pro and rebooted -- sure enough FileVault will only allow me to unlock my hard drive by using the Administrator password, just as it occurred for my users.

Also, when I tried to check to see if my user account was still enabled in FileVault (by accessing System Preferences -> Security & Privacy), System Preferences crashes.

I found a workaround that sometimes works: Open any other System Preferences pane (for example, Users & Groups), and authenticate by clicking the lock icon. Then click Show All to go back to the main System Preferences UI, and access Security & Privacy again. It will work. In the FileVault tab, the text "Some users are not able to unlock this disk" appears (presumably my Admin, Managed, Mobile Account). I click on the "Enable Users" button and it brings up a dialog, but in this dialog my user account is the only one listed, and it has a green checkmark badge, as though it's set up properly (even when it isn't). If I click the "Done" button here, it appears to process something for a moment. If I reboot after doing this, it works, and I'm able to authenticate as myself.

I think what is happening here is that the network is shutting down on MacBooks that are in sleep mode or shut down, and FileVault is then removing any accounts that authenticate with LDAP from the Enabled Users. I presume something is broken too here, due to the crash that happens when trying to investigate the FileVault configuration.

Steps to Reproduce

Install Lion.
Connect to my OpenLDAP server.
Enable FileVault 2, enable LDAP-authenticated user to unlock FileVault.
Reboot.
It works!
Log in, and disable network interfaces, with the goal of forcing Lion to use the cached LDAP credentials for user authentication in FileVault.
Reboot.
The only user that is available for authentication is Administrator.
After logging in as Administrator, then logging out, and logging back in as the LDAP-auth'd user, I try to access System Preferences -> Security & Privacy. This causes System Preferences to crash with the crash dump pasted below. The only way to prevent this crash is to authenticate by clicking the lock icon on any other System Preferences pane (e.g. Users & Groups), then click "Show All", then click "Security & Privacy" again. This time it will work. Details are noted in the above Summary section of this bug report.

Expected Results

I would expect FileVault 2 authentication to work for the user it is originally set up under.

Actual Results

This isn't happening, and the users end up not able to unlock their machine (and thus, can't work without me (the sysadmin) coming over and unlocking their machine as Administrator, then logging out and letting them log into OS X under their account). I have filed a bug report with Apple, but heard nothing from them. I'm going to get in touch with phone support to see if it is of any use, but I'm curious if anyone here has encountered and somehow overcome these issues.

Notes

Here is the crash log produced when trying to access Security & Privacy after the issue occurs:

http://pastebin.com/2ewfZCUP

FileVault 2 uses the GeneratedUID user attribute to save who is permitted to unlock an encrypted volume. If the GeneratedUID of a user differs from what was generated (or pulled from LDAP) when FileVault 2 was enabled, the user will not be permitted to unlock the machine, as their account will appear to be unavailable at the EFI menu. Also, this causes the crash of System Preferences on their Mac whenever they try to access the Security & Privacy prefpane.

This problem arises when /usr/bin/mcxrefresh runs and pulls a null value or a value different than what is stored locally from LDAP (if the attribute isn't defined for the user in question or is defined incorrectly, respectively), overwriting the GeneratedUID stored locally (which is generated and only stored locally when FileVault 2 is enabled without a matching LDAP attribute).

In other words, if an apple-generateduid value exists in LDAP for a user and is mapped properly on the users Mac to the GeneratedUID attribute, FileVault 2 will not generate a new value, but will instead use the value stored in LDAP.

I was able to resolve this issue by adding an attribute called apple-generateduid to the LDAP entry of any user experiencing this issue.  I could generate a random value for this attribute in Python by running the following one-liner from my terminal:

python -c 'import uuid; print str(uuid.uuid4()).upper();'

This isn't the only step, however. You must also add a mapping for this attribute on the client side. This is easily done using the following steps:

Open System Preferences.
Click Users & Groups.
Click Login Options.
Click on the Unlock Icon.
Under Network Account Server, click Edit.
Click to highlight your directory server.
Under Services, double-click on your directory service (in my case, it was LDAPv3)
In the window that slides open, highlight your configuration name, and then click the Edit... button.
Under Search & Mappings scroll down and single-click on Users to highlight it.
Click the Add button (the left one).
Choose GeneratedUID from the list of available Attribute Types.
In the right column, click the Add button, and type apple-generateduid. Click OK to save the changes until you're back at the main System Preferences dialog.
At this point a mapping from GeneratedUID to apple-generateduid has been created. Now when OS X looks up the GeneratedUID value it will get the value of apple-generateduid from the user in questions LDAP entry.

Finally, it's important that the locally stored value of GeneratedUID and value stored on LDAP match. Run the following command and make sure the two GeneratedUID values match:

dscl /Search search /Users GeneratedUID $(dscl . read /Users/$(echo $USER) GeneratedUID | cut -d " " -f2)


Jailbroken iPad stuck at boot screen and looping I have a jailbroken iPad 1 with iOS 4.2.1

I replaced hosts file under /etc/ and resprang
the iPad stuck at blank screen
I restarted by pressing both power and home key
Now the iPad is stucking and looping at apple logo booting screen

Currently,

I can access the file system using iPhoneBrowser 1.9.3 and
iTunes 10.2.1 recognizes the iPad.
WIFI interface seems to be up but SSH is not up

Now, I have replaced the modified hosts with original file.

Still the screen never reached the lock screen.    I doubt it is file system error and in this circumstances how can I check my iPad for file system error? Is there a way?

update 1

still stuck (have left it run out of battery)
WiFi is not up.
SpringBoard Crash log state that

Reason:          Watchdog timeout: 5 crashes, 732.836304s since last successful ping
Thermal Level:   -1
Thermal Sensors: failed to load sensor values

update 2

upgrade to 4.3.3
restore with back-up data
all are working fine now

The obvious answer is to re-install the OS and then ssh in to run fsck.

Have you looked into a program like PhoneView that will let you mount iOS device as an external drive and use Disk Utility (if you have a Mac) or fsck? The FAQ for PhoneView has a windows software recommendation that does about the same things if you prefer that OS on the desktop.

(edit: I don't know of any free alternatives that mount the file system)


How to reverse Windows scrolling direction in both VMware and Boot Camp On my Mac, I have a Windows partition that I can either directly boot into (with Boot Camp) or run as a virtual machine (with VMWare Fusion). I set up Windows to reverse the scroll direction of my mouse. This works when I'm running Windows in Boot Camp. But when I'm in VMWare, the scroll direction is reversed twice — once by Windows and once by macOS — which puts it back to regular scrolling.

How can I set this up to have natural scrolling in Windows in both Boot Camp and VMWare?

Fortunately the HID device ids used when running bootcamp natively and running it under a VM (at least under the Parallels VM I use) are different. Here is what I did on Windows 10

Boot natively.
Identify the device ID's in use from the Mouse Control Panel

Start->Settings. Click on Devices. Click on Mouse. Click "Additional mouse options"
Click on the Hardware tab. You should see "HID compliant mouse" You may see more than one if you also have, e.g, a Magic Trackpad. Only the devices in use will appear here. In this case this means only those used when running natively.
Select each device and click the Properties button.
In the properties windows,, click the Events tab. The device ID is given in the Information box at the bottom.

Find each device in regedit (run it as Administrator). They are at

HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\*\*\Device` Parameters

replacing the *'s with the ID you get from the mouse control panel.
Change the values of the FlipFlopWheel and FlipFlopHScroll properties to 1.

The command you used from https://superuser.com/a/364353 changes all HID devices in the registry having a FlipFlopWheel property. Unfortunately I haven't figured out any automated way to identify just those currently in use hence the manual method above.

If you've already run the script and set all devices to flip-flop, boot in the VM, follow the steps above to identify the "mouse" devices in use and change their FlipFlopWheel and FlipFlopHScroll properties back to 0.


Time machine full restore only shows "complete backups" I am doing a restore of a Time machine backup to a new hard drive. The latest backup was completed on Feb 1, but I was very surprised to see that OS X Installer restore utility only lets me restore from "full backups" and the latest full backup was done Jan 15.

First, I thought every Time Machine backup was full backup. Time Machine never reported any errors or any indication it was not doing complete backups. What happened and how can I prevent this from happening in the future?

Second, once I have completed the restore of the full backup from Jan 15th, what is the proper procedure to update to the latest backup on Feb 1st. Can I just restore all the files in the user's home directory?

It appears that you disabled backing up system files by dragging /System directory to ignore list. "Full backup" means that OS X files are also backed up. It seems that in your case they are not, so you cannot restore the system from this backup.

Your way to go now is:

Backup the last time if you still can
Boot to Internet recovery if your Mac has it (if not, update EFI to get Internet recovery) or from disks that came with your Mac (if you have them)
Reformat the disk, keep "Macintosh HD" name
Install a fresh copy of OS using Internet recovery or disks
Internet Recovery will give you the same version of OS X as your Mac originally had. If it is not Mavericks, get Mavericks from the AppStore, make a bootable drive (google for it, it is easy), boot the drive, reformat the disk again and install fresh Mavericks.
On the last step of the installation you will be asked to migrate your files. Do that.

This way you will get a fresh copy of the system with all your files from the last backup.


Missing photo albums I have over 30k photos on my Mac (running macOS High Sierra V10.13.2). They are stored as Events (e.g. Summer 2015), making it very easy to quickly find an individual picture.  I also have an iPad and iPhone 5, both with 64GB memory on which I store all my vital pictures (by selecting certain albums from my Mac when synchronizing). This ensures I have two back up devices.

However, within the last two weeks all my albums have disappeared from all three devices; all I have are the individual pictures (all 30k of them). Where have my albums disappeared to? There is no way I can recreate each album (even if I remembered all the names) and then copy the relevant pictures into each album - it would take years.

Can anyone help me recover the albums loaded with the pictures they contained?

Unless you actually backed up your photos, they are, unfortunately gone.

  This ensures I have two back up devices.

This is an incorrect assumption.  What you did was ensure that you had two devices that were selectively synchronized.

There's a major difference between synchronization and backing up.  Synchronization keeps changes consistent across all devices.  This includes deletions.  Backing up makes a copy of the file(s) for safe keeping.

If you delete a photo, file, album, and it's synced with multiple devices, that deletion will propagate across all your devices.  If you had those same files backed up to a USB drive or another service (like DropBox or OneDrive) anything you accidentally deleted would be available for recovery.

As for your albums - they are "containers" that allow you to organize your folders.  If you deleted these containers, the change synched across all your devices.  As inconvenient as this is, consider yourself fortunate that you didn't lose your photos and think of this as a wake up call to implement a proper backup procedure before you inadvertently lose all your photos.


How to know what packages are available with (home)brew? I am new to Mac coming from Ubuntu Linux background. How do I find out what packages are available for Homebrew? With Ubuntu I could search packages.ubuntu.com for example, or Google since its using apt

brew search lists all available formula (aka packages), requires you to install brew first of course.

Additionally, if you want to get further information about that package before installing it brew info <package name> will list relevant information like version number, dependencies etc.


Why can't i activate facetime on my ipod touch i have a new ipod touch and i am on a wifi connection but whenever i try to use facetime i get this error:

"Can't connect to facetime, please check your network"

i found the answer.  you have to go into:

Settings
WIFI
and click on your wireless router and change the DNS to 8.8.8.8


Macbook pro 2016 0% battery 350 cycles today my mac didnt turn on, i plugged în and turned on then i saw 0% battery. Why? At only 350 cycles and 2 years.

The battery status of Poor indicates that something isn’t lining up in how the measurement circuit sees the voltage profile change.

The mAh are all estimates / derived / statistical numbers and the only thing the system can really measure directly are voltage - current in - current out and estimated wattage of the CPU. When those 4 values are not aligned or our of what the “model” predicts - you get a Poor / Check Battery / Replace Battery status.

If I didn’t see the “poor” I would say you probably are fine. Also, if you get no charge when there should be charge - examine the pins and cords and cables that are external and then seek service. Make sure you have a great backup in case you can’t turn on the Mac again. Also, once you’re backed up, you might reset the SMC one time (or once every 3 months) if you haven’t recently. The SMC measures and integrates the voltage / time measurements to derive the mAh so it can get stuck and need a restart on occasion or when you see something amiss like you see now.

If none of these work, there's a hardware failure that could be a cable disconnected or a part or two that need to be swapped.


How to stop my iPhone from asking me to enter my password? OK. So after the Apple hack when celebrity nudes were stolen I changed my password to something more complex than I can easily remember. (My password is now stored in the password manager app and is something like this u7GhY53bAhh2x.)

When I was buying this latest iPhone the sales rep at the Apple store assured me that I will no longer need to enter my password because the phone can read my fingerprint that is very secure, blah-blah-blah. So I set this all up and then what... now when I try to download a new app the thing pops up and wants me to enter my password. The praised fingerprint doesn't seem to do anything. So OK I entered my password (which now basically required a trip to the password manager program and a process of copying it letter-by-letter.) This was about a couple of weeks ago. Today, I was trying to write a review for another app and guess what -- that same annoying password window came up & wanted me to enter it again. So where is that fingerprint thing again?

Can someone explain how to make it work with the fingerprint and not bug me with entering the password over and over again?

Password is always needed for the first time after a restart, first time in the App Store etc, after that it will accept the fingerprint, so long as you have that switched on -

Settings > Touch ID… > [passcode] > use touchID for…


How to run Apple Hardware Test on older Mac I have replaced original hard drive to samsung SSD and upgraded memory too.
I have now installed El Capitan and want to run Apple Hardware Test.
I have already tried 'D' , Option + 'D' both didn't do anything.
I have checked under "/System/Library/CoreServices" and no ".diagnostics" folder. I tried to copy this folder to CoreServices and not able to do that since error message says no permission.

sudo cp -R /Volumes/AppleHardwareTest/System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics /System/Library/CoreServices

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
cp: /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics: Operation not permitted
cp: /Volumes/AppleHardwareTest/System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics: unable to copy extended attributes to /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics: Operation not permitted
cp: /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics/diags.efi: No such file or directory
cp: /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics/Mac-F42386C8: No such file or directory

I followed 'Drew Reece' instructions below which was given in apple discussion forum. https://discussions.apple.com/message/27529118#27529118
and it worked fine for me without messing my machine. even AHT test passed in loop mode, still sometimes I get freeze while using safari and only option to recover is to restart the machine.
Not sure whether AHT test is through and I have no hardware issue or its El Capitan issue on my mid 2007 24" iMac.

Grab the AHT disk image from Apple.com, github has a list be sure you have the correct model.
https://github.com/upekkha/AppleHardwareTest
In Terminal view the output of these two lines…
sysctl hw.model | awk '{ print $2 }'
ioreg -l | grep board-id | awk -F\" '{ print $4 }'
… and compare to the github list

Inside an admin account (it needs to use sudo for 'blessing' the system).
Grab my script, open the ZIP file. In the folder that is created (probably called 2e5eed7dbfbd5dd7e929-6ddeffa80174801842f729c8657e3c460e0ed540 !) drag that script onto Terminal. Then drag the AHT disk image onto Terminal & finally drag the destination disk (a USB disk formatted to Macintosh OS Extended).

It should look a bit like…

[~/]$ /Users/USERNAME/Downloads/2e5eed7dbfbd5dd7e929-6ddeffa80174801842f729c8657e3c460e0ed540/AHT-my- disk.sh /Users/USERNAME/Downloads/AHTdiskimage.dmg /Volumes/path-to-USB

NB: The bold parts will be specific to your system, there are spaces between the file paths.
If you are unsure paste the command here & we can try to confirm it is correct, Terminal correctly escapes spaces & other special characters in file paths if you use drag & drop, so it should complete them correctly for you.

Hit return & it should ask for confirmation and then copy over the AHT disk & offer to bless the tool for use on next boot.

I haven't tested this on 10.11 & I cannot do so at present, sorry. If it fails it is possible to copy over by hand, but that takes a lot of describing. The script just uses the cp command to copy the relevant files over after mounting the disk image. The USB destination is not erased, but avoid copying it to a disk that has valuable data (just in case, have a backup).

It may also appear as a bootable disk in the 'boot picker' (hold alt at startup), this seems to vary on some models.


Broken MacBook boots grub I had installed a Ubuntu partition on my Mac, but last night the keyboard broke, so I was trying to reinstall Mac OS from the recovery mode and accidentally wrongly deleted all the partitions my Mac had and now when I turn on the Mac I get this screen

I know I messed up the computer, but is there any way to fix this? Like, deleting all the data and all partitions and reinstalling Mac OS.

I have thought of using any software like DBAN, to hardly erase all data on the drive but I don't know if I can still boot from a external USB drive with mac OS on it...

If you have multiple boots on your computer have you tried holding options when your computer is restarting? I use this to boot into different OSes.

Otherwise, you should be able to install MacOS by using internet recovery. I have replaced an SSD with no partitions on it and internet recovery helped install the OS fresh on the new disk. Here is an article that helps you get into internet recovery. TL;DR hold command-options-r while your computer is booting up.


Triple booting a modern Macbook (early 2015) with Bootcamp in EFI mode So I need to have Windows 10, Linux and OSX on my Macbook pro early 2015 along with a shared data partition. There are several articles on the internet that say Boot Camp only works in so called "hybrid MBR" mode and may lead to some problems when updating OSX and it's generally hard to set up triple boot + additional partitions.

However, all those articles are old and I've seen some comments on reddit stating that for modern macs Boot Camp actually lets to boot in native EFI mode.

I'd like to know if it is true. Does it mean that I can make as many partitions as I want (all of them GPT type) and install not only Windows 10, but Ubuntu as well using only Boot Camp and some disk partitioning tool? Is there a modern guide for this?

Thanks!

The short answer is yes. Starting with the 2015 Mac models, you can not use the "hybrid MBR" mode. You must use GPT partition scheme for all operating systems installed. Installation is fairly straight forward. When installing Ubuntu, I would advise that you create a second EFI partition. This would allow you to use the Startup Manager to select the current and default operating system to boot from.

The order of installation would be OS X, Windows and finally Ubuntu. This allows you to use the Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows. After installing Ubuntu, you will need to copy some files from the first EFI partition to the second EFI partition in order for the Startup Manager recognize the Ubuntu operating system.

To get Ubuntu to appear in the Startup Manager, you have to manually mount the both EFI partitions and copy the files in the \EFI\UBUNTU folder of the first EFI partition to the \EFI\BOOT folder of the second EFI partition. Also, the copied grubx64.efi file needs to be renamed to BOOTX64.EFI.

You can also use rEFInd as a boot manager. While rEFInd is not required, it does have the advantage of not having to hold down the option key a startup to switch operating systems. Personally, I have it installed in its own EFI partition, but I rarely use it.


How to filter both from and to address with a single test? I can't seem to find a simple way to filter mail that is either to or from a given address. It seems that you have to duplicate the address and use two conditions e.g.

From - contains - fred@nowehere.com
Any recipient - contains - fred@nowehere.com

I would have hoped that "Any recipient" might include "From" but it seems that it only  includes "To", "Cc", "Bcc", etc.

Rules are unfortunately quite limited, but you can sometimes use Smart Mailboxes to help you work around the problem.

For example, if you need a Rule that performs an action when the conditions (A OR B) AND C are met, you can set up a Smart Mailbox called 'X' that contains all emails where (A OR B) is true, then a second Smart Mailbox called Y that contains all emails where (C is true AND Mailbox Is X).

If necessary, you could then set up a rule that does whatever processing you need to do on the contents of mailbox Y, and run it manually as required (select all messages in mailbox Y, then Message->Apply Rules).


Changing macOS Calculator to degrees mode? Right now I am currently working on a few things that have to do with trigonometry. More specifically, Sine and Cosine. I am trying to use my computer's calculator to do so. The problem is, the answers always come up wrong. I read online that this is the result of your calculator not being in degrees mode. I have little idea of how to do this. Here's a screenshot:

Notes:

I am aware of this already answered question. But, what is the D function? Does that even work anymore?

The Rad button in the lower left corner stands for Radians. That switches mode from degree to radians. In radian mode, the letters rad show up on the output screen.


Cannot open Desktop Settings and Energy Saver settings i don't kwow why, but i can't able to open Preferences settings options like Desktop and Energy.

It show me this error:

  TRANSLATION:
  error in preferences
  Cannot load the Desktop & Screensaver preference pane

What's the problem?
How can i solve this issue?

any idea?

Using OSX 10.7.3 with last updates.

I think you have a corrupted System Preferences .plist file

You can remove the current .plist file in ~/library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist drag that .plist to the desktop (as a backup) and try System Preferences again. It will automatically create a new, working .plist file.


How do I resolve a non-unique HD Identifier problem? I use a HD with a caddy adapter for saving some files. macOS attributes a unique identifier for each external drive connected. But I needed to swap my adapter for the same disk, and now it's not mounting because the identifier is not unique:

  error USBMSC Identifier (non-unique) on console.

In the past, for the same problem, I deleted the drive label/id/something - I don't remember now - on a folder, and my drive would mount normally again when I reconnected it.

Does anyone know what it is I would have done on the folder to correct these IDs in the past?

Additional Info:

The disk is recognized by macOS internet recovery > Disk Utility
If I put the drive and try to open Disk Utility on currently installed
macOS, it hangs and doesn't load.
the disk is showed at command diskutil list, but fails to mount using diskutil mountDisk -t Apple_HFS /dev/disk2 /Volumes/Home
If I change the drive name on Internet Recovery and connect it to the macOS installed, it's recognized on the first time, but not on a second.

It's purely a mistake with unique id, and I know it could be resolved by deleting this id or a label, but I wasn't able to find the article with the solution I used previously. I cannot erase the disk because it has some important files, and the drive is working normally. The problem is in the system.

I finally remembered: the disk is mounted on /dev, but in this case, not on /Volumes. In macOS High Sierra, I:

excluded both disk and disk partitions from the /dev folder using sudo rm -rf /dev/disk2 && sudo rm -rf /dev/disk2s1,
disconnected and reconnected the disk,
deleted the disk folder mounted at /Volumes,
rebooted the system and it was recognized.

But, it doesn't worked on Mojave.

Using the image on Internet Recovery, I renamed the disk label, which makes the disk being recognized by Mojave. But, as said, it only worked for the first time I connected the disk after renaming.

So, I repeated the renaming, copied my files and formatted it.
For avoiding futures annoyances, I decided to use NTFS instead of APFS, because the files on this disk could be used as read-only by me on macOS, and, if I need, exchange files using a Windows virtual machine.


Prevent dock from auto-showing on mouse over I currently have dock to auto-hide and would like it to stay hidden until I explicitly show it using a keyboard shortcut such as the "Move focus to dock" or "Turn Dock Hiding On/Off". I basically don't want it to inadvertently pop open when I move mouse to the edge of the screen (e.g., to access a scrollbar in a fullscreen app), and get in the way. I tried moving it to the left, which slightly reduced the inconvenience, but I am still ending up triggering it, as I use many apps in fullscreen mode, and tend to reach out to all sides. Since I am a heavy keyboard user, I don't mind occasionally using keyboard to select something in the dock (I map Ctrl+Esc to move focus to dock, and type the first one or two chars of the app to select it and press  to run it).

I have come across workarounds that work well to (effectively permanently) disable it, but not good for my use case. E.g., this one to slow it down and this one to make it one pixel high and http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/extras.html.

I looked through all the dock defaults by running command defaults find .dock, and nothing seemed relevant, but may be I missed something because it wasn't obvious, or may be because it has no entry (like a hidden default?). Anybody has any solutions or ideas?

There's another hidden preference for the delay before the animation starts:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 9999999
osascript -e 'quit app "Dock"'

It doesn't affect full screen windows though.

This would increase the delay to about a second:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0.5


Full screen enabled ipad to windows streaming VNC I'm streaming my windows desktop with Splashtop Streamer to my iPad.

However it doesn't support full screen windows apps. Are there any apps which does support full screen windows apps?

Have you tried RDP? There are several Remote Desktop apps, eg PocketCloud that can connect to a Windows PC using the native RDP server.


Amazon and Safari 11.0 no longer work after macOS 10.13.2 upgrade After a recent upgrade to macOS 10.13.2, Safari has an interaction problem with the Amazon website:

Clicking SOME items on Amazon (e.g. Books), a text ONLY description of the book pops up while the item's 1st page disappears.  NOTE:  This is not a global Amazon problem but intermittent.  It happens to only SOME items, but those items it happens consistently. It happens only with Safari and only on the Amazon site.
I reported both to Apple and Amazon and no joy.  No answers!  What's up?

Now, I am forced to use Firefox or Chrome if I want to buy things from Amazon. This has never been an issue before the OS upgrade.

Is this a problem others are facing or perhaps a Safari setting (content block etc) on my behalf?

Introduction
To start with, I can verify that, when viewed in Safari, the content of the Amazon website displays correctly. I am a frequent user (and from your wording of the problem, it sounds like you are too) of their services and have undergone the macOS upgrade (through every version of the High Sierra releases) myself several months ago.
Before or after the upgrade, I have not witnessed any of the problems you describe in the question.

This got me thinking that it is most likely an internet, Safari Settings or Location problem as certain content can only be served under certain conditions, e.g. your physical location.

Analysis
Let's begin to eliminate a couple of things:

As you mention that this has occurred after the macOS upgrade (which brought with it a new version of Safari - 11.0) and all was fine before the upgrade, I am almost certain that your physical location (determined by your IP address) is not to blame.
I doubt it is an internet issue (as it appeared instantly since the upgrade), which could cause the website content (i.e. the scripts that serve you the dynamic content such as Amazon listings) to fail intermittently. Visual feedback of such would include very long load times and frequently unrendered website data.
That leaves us with the Safari Preferences and content blockers you may have enabled. Based on my earlier observation that everything displays as usual when I access the website, I would like you to check your own Safari Preferences: Safari -> Preferences for the following:

Security Tab: Check that Enable JavaScript is checked.
Websites Tab: Go to Content Blocker and remove any Amazon entries from the list. Next, click on  Location and ensure that no Amazon entries are set to deny. If you scroll down in the sidebar on the left (where you also found Content Blocker and Location), you find Plug-ins, uncheck any that you haven't heard of.
Extensions Tab: Ensure that no extensions added by you (such as AdBlock Plus) prevent content on Amazon from loading. Whitelisting Amazon's website is recommended.
Advanced Tab: Select Proxies and ensure that no proxies or VPN tunnels are set, giving Amazon a reason to hinder access.
Privacy Tab: Ensure that Block all cookies is unchecked - Amazon required them.  You can further delete all Amazon cookies in case Cookie corruption occurred.
Go to: Privacy Tab click on Manage Website Data... and use the provided search field in the top right-hand corner to search for amazon then click Remove All. This next time you visit the Amazon website, everything is as though you have never been there before, simply log in again and the data you deleted in the previous step (cookies) will be regenerated. This method may prove to be a key step in solving your problem as cookie corruption (although uncommon) has been known to happen between browser upgrades from time to time.

  Cookies essentially store website information between sessions to
  allow you to get back to where you left off much quicker.

Conclusion
To wrap up, the issue (from what I am gathering) is with your installation of Safari 11. At this time, the latest version is 11.0.2, is this what you have or are there further updates you have not yet installed?
Although I think my answer pretty much covers the essentials, you can read up on resetting Safari if the problem persists. Let me know if that makes sense and definitly how you get on.


Problems with video resolution using VirtualBox on Mac OS X El Capitan I've installed VirtualBox 5.0.10 on my Mac and now I'm trying to run Bio-Linux (Ubuntu 14.04) in a VM.

The resolution of the Linux desktop when I go to settings > monitor is set to 640 x 480 with no other options.
How can I improve this?

I'm using a MacBook Air 4GB Memory 1.3 GHz.

You may either download the OVA file for use with VirtualBox/VMWare: bio-linux-ova and import it ( File -> Import Appliance...) as a new VM. The ova file itself won't be modified. Before starting increase the video memory in the VM settings to 32 GB - 128 GB. The username/password are manager/manager.

Or you download the latest Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack, import it (VirtualBox -> Preferences -> Extensions -> Blue Button with the orange arrow) and mount the Guest Additions (VirtualBox VM -> Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image...) after starting the VM.

You will be asked to allow the automated mounting. After entering your password the guest additions will be installed. After restarting the VM you are free to choose any available resolution.


How to change y axis numbers in Numbers for mac to show as custom letters or words? I'm new to Numbers and now creating my first chart. I tried to find what I was looking for on google but couldn't find anything. What I would like to do is change the numbers in the Y axis to show has custom letters or words instead of numbers while still keeping their values, if that makes sense. For example:

Would that be possible?

Thank you for any help.

This admittedly is a bit of a hack but I can't find another solution that works in Numbers.

One way to make letters appear over the numeric values is to position textboxes with the letters over the values to block out the numbers below them. Just click the Text button in the toolbar, drag the textbox to the correct position, size it appropriately and set it to have a white fill colour and no border.


How can I make an Ubuntu Samba Share **completely** writeable from Mavericks I have a Samba share set up on an Ubuntu server 10.10.10.199
I am using user permissions on the server. I have shared the directory /var/www as [webroot]

[webroot]
   read only = no
   guest ok = no
   path = /var/www
   browseable = yes
   create mask = 0755
   writable = yes

I can connect just fine and see all the files in the finder

cifs://10.10.10.199/webroot

From the finder I can create a new folder, and duplicate files that already exist, and they show up fine on the Ubuntu server. However, if I attempt to open a file from the share in Textedit it doesn't load and says the file is locked. I can open files in Sublime Text 3, but when I edit and attempt to save I get the following message:

  Overwite write-protected file /Volumes/webroot/test/test.html
  When I click Overwrite I get the following error:
  Unable to save /Volumes/webroot/test/test.html
  Error: /Volumes/webroot/test/test.html is readonly

So why can I create folders and duplicate files from the Finder, but not edit and save existing files or create new ones from my text editor? And how can I fix it so that I can create and edit files with my text editor?

Permission problems in Samba can be a bit tricky to diagnose.

What exactly is the command you are using to mount the share on the Mac?

At the command line could you go to the place where the share is mounted and do an ls -l@ so that the permissions there can be checked. Do the same in one of the directories that is giving you problems.

Are you sharing an ext3 volume and do you have Samba configured to use ACLs? If so then adding a line nt acl support = yes to your share definition will get them working and you get much nicer permission controls. They should be on by default but may not be.


Use F1, F2 etc. keys to control built-in Mac features when using an external USB keyboard I use a generic external USB keyboard (specifically Amazon Basics Wired Keyboard) with my MacBook Pro. The keyboard doesn't include the fn key present on MacBook's built-in keyboard.

On the external keyboard, I wish for F1, F2 etc. keys to function just like built-in keyboards default configuration, i.e. to control Mac features like adjusting brightness, Mission Control, Launchpad etc. and not work as plain function keys.

How do I configure the external keyboard to do that? I would much prefer for a solution built into macOS rather than relying on a 3rd party app.

I am using a late 2013 15" MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

The fn key isn't a modifier that's sent to the OS, it modifies the scan code that is sent.

To test this out, you can use a built in utility called xev (requires X11) to view the scan codes being sent from your mouse and keyboard.  You can also use Karabiner's Event Viewer to to obtain the key press scan codes.

What this means is that the scan code for F1 (130) will be different from the scan code of fnF1 (107).  Keep in mind that macOS allows you to "lock" the fn key to a particular behavior (have the function keys act as normal function keys or act as the "special feature keys").

This is different from other modifier keys (like Shift or Option in that both scan codes are sent (i.e. Shift A sends 64 and 8).

As for remapping a keyboard, you can use the built in utility hidutil to remap keys.  This answer here can guide you on how to do that.

Apple Developer Documentation Key Table Usage
USB.org Key Usage Table Reference (Page 53) (more in-depth source for Apple's Table)

This is a bit of a workaround for a simple keyboard, and my preference would be to just purchase a cheap keyboard with the fn key functionality built in so everything works out of the box.


Determine if file or directory is encrypted? I have FileVault enabled, so my home directory is encrypted. However, programs and libraries often use directories outside of /home; and Disk Utility allows us to create encrypted files and directories at arbitrary locations.

How can I tell if a file or directory is encrypted? Does Finder or a command line tool offer something?

If you're using FileVault 2 (OS X Lion and newer), the entire boot partition will be encrypted, which includes your home folder as well as Applications.

I ran the following command and part of the output shows I am using an encrypted, unlocked volume:

ashley@sidekick-4:~$ sudo diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         250.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *249.8 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 2DDC5CBD-1B65-403E-9D4F-9424BC764433
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Time Machine Backups    2.0 TB     disk3s2
ashley@sidekick-4:~$


How can I achieve auto mounting AFP shared drives in OS X? I would like to automatically mount remote AFP shared drives.

The ideal solution would be to auto mount the remote drives even before the session was opened.

Edit: I currently use login items, but as stated above auto mounting before the session or even without the session starting would be ideal.

Examples would be very appreciated.

You can put aliases to the remote volumes in your Login Items folder.

A nice explanation of this feature is available from Apple on the web and the built-in help:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2602


How to monitor iphone bandwidth for app testing? I'm testing an iphone app someone has developed for me. It seems that some of the files the app downloads are too large.

Is there an app that monitors the network to allow me how much data my app consumes?

If your developer has given you the source code you could use Instruments.app which can be used to monitor network activity.

Open the project in Xcode
Select Product->Profile from the menu
When Instruments opens select 'Activity Monitor' and then hit record


iPad app to convert multiple photos to a single pdf Does anyone know an app to convert multiple photos from the iPad Camera Roll into a single PDF?

Alternatively, an app that lets you take photos with the iPad camera and saves them into a single PDF would be good - ability to rotate photos is important as this is mostly for 'scanning' document pages using the iPad.

Even simpler than Pages, you can use iBooks

Step 1: Select all photos you want to combine into one pdf within
your Camera Roll, they should be in the order you want them combined
in
Step 2: Press the share button (the up arrow in the box at the
top left hand corner of the screen)
Step 3: Tap iBooks icon prompting to "Save the PDF file in iBooks"

That's it!


Adjust path for iTunes / Music files after files move I moved all my music library to a network drive. So now all my library is messed up as Music (former iTunes) can not find the files. I have to manually set the path for each file I want to play (~3500) files. I tried to grep -r '/Volumes/S_Drive/Music/Music/' to see which file I could replace the paths in my home but it came up with nothing. So guess the music library is saved somewhere else. I would like to run this in one step instead of having to adjust paths manually every time. Cheers, EL
MacOS 11.2.3
Music 1.1.3.3

The last time I moved my music library, I did the following:
Before starting iTunes, hold down "alt" (or "option") and then run iTunes.
This brings up a dialogue where you can tell iTunes where the library now is.


Detaching from Active Directory and keeping mobile accounts I have a MacBook Pro which is attached to an AD domain.  The user has a domain account which is Administrator, Managed and Mobile - the home directory is on the local machine.

The company is closing and the user is keeping the Mac, so I want to change the account to be a local account, or recreate a local account with the same name and change ownership.

When I remove the machine from the domain, I don't seem to be able to delete the user from the Accounts panel.

I presume I can remove them from the machine if I rejoin the domain, and then change ownership of the home directory with find; is there a cleaner way?

There's a simpler way:

Log in as a different, admin, user.
Delete the account in question; select the option "Don't change the home folder"
Go to /Users and rename the home folder from username+deleted to the original, desired, short name.
Add a new local user with the same short name; you will be asked would you like to use the existing folder. Agree to this and it 'adopts' the previous folder, and fixes permissions. Nothing else to do.

Just tested this successfully on OS X 10.9


How to export downloaded PDFs from iBooks on iOS to a computer? My wife has an iPad Air 2 running iOS 12.4.1. She has saved many PDF files into iBooks over the years from various sources such as websites.

Her iPad is dying, and she doesn't want to lose the PDFs.

She has an ancient Mac laptop running Yosemite, but the books refuse to sync to iBooks on that. We installed a trial of iExplorer but I couldn't find any of the PDFs in the directory structure.

How can we export the PDFs - either to iBooks on the Mac, or (preferably) as normal PDF files? Doing them one-by-one (e.g. by emailing each, or copying to dropbox) would not be feasible, as there are hundreds of them.

I have looked at similar questions on this forum, but have not found a solution that works for us.

EDIT: Added pictures demonstrating that no books can be found in the iPad filesystem, using iFunBox:

Root:

iBooks:

Managed:

Purchases:

Sync:

There is nothing in Downloads either. And yet, the books are present in the app.

You will need to use iFunbox as your iOS tool to manage PDF files on iOS. This iOS tool makes it quick and easy to export PDF files from iPad and iPhone to Windows and Mac computers. Make sure you download and install this app on your computer before proceeding.

Once you have downloaded and installed iFunbox, connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac/ PC and then start the app. Once the devices are connected, you will detect a file list on the right-hand side of the iFunbox. When you click on the File Browser button, you will see the iBooks option. Click the iBooks list so that you can see all the PDF files and books on your iPhone or iPad. Now you can choose the PDF files you wish to backup. To do this, hold or drag shift and click to choose the PDF files to back up. You will then need to right-click on the PDF files and select copy to Mac/ PC to save the PDF files on your computer.

Disclaimer: I am a satisfied user of this application iFunbox, and have no financial or other ties to the developer of this application.


How do I prepare a new device in Configurator without updating the device iOS? I need to install an in-house application on a few company ipods. In order to get  them into supervised mode I need to use the Perpare function of Apple Configurator. However, I cannot unselect the 'Update iOS' option, and the app to be installed is iOS7 only.

Place the required version iOS ipsw file here:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.configurator/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.configurator/Firmware/

Use the Edit Custom iOS Versions command
In Apple Configurator, hold down the Option key while choosing Devices > Edit Custom iOS Versions. You can then add or remove custom versions of iOS software, such as developer previews.

source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT200241?viewlocale=en_US


Unhide /etc dir but NOT using 'AppleShowAllFiles'. Possible? I frequently use and edit config files inside /etc on OS X Lion.
I would like to be able to access this dir in Finder easily, but don't want to unhide hidden files system-wide using defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles.

Anyone know how?

On my system running Lion (10.7.4), the command sudo chflags -h nohidden /etc revealed the /etc folder at the top level of my hard drive.

The -h flag to chflags makes it act on a symbolic link rather than on the linked file.

The man page for chflags states "Unless the -H or -L options are given, chflags on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect." The behavior I observe when I run it is not consistent with this description: I very much do see an effect when I run chflags on this particular symlink.

If that solution doesn't work for you, or if you don't want to make /etc visible to all users on your system but you do want to easily navigate there in the Finder and in Open, Save, etc. dialog boxes, you could run a command like ln -s /etc ~/etc. That would create a (visible) symbolic link to the /etc directory in your home directory. When you double click it, it would open the /etc directory (actually the /Private/etc directory because /etc is a symlink thereto in OS X).


How to edit Yosemite Bootloader, startup manager? I have been searching and trying to correct my mid 2011 MacBook Air screen when you startup by holding the option key. My Bootcamp no longer shows but the created USB Windows 10 install stick does even though it is not connected.

I have Yosemite, latest version, and Parallels 10, latest version. I have imported my Bootcamp as VM and it works perfectly in Parallels and it used to work as a startup OS.

Since I usually use Parallels to access my Windows install I am not sure when it quit working.

The Windows install stick has been living on the option start screen since my son made it and we used it to install Windows 10 back in August.

Another recent find was my recovery partition, which showed, but failed to boot. I was able to access Internet Recovery but it only wanted to install Lion, strange. I managed to fix that by target disc mode with my MacBook Pro and reinstalling Yosemite, but still have the Bootcamp issue and the USB stick "ghost."

Try clearing out your computer's NVRAM by holding down  Cmd ⌘ Optionp r while booting (until you hear a second chime), and see if this solves the problem.


Bluetooth headphones disconnect a few seconds after connecting on macOS When I pair my bluetooth headphones (Bose QC 35) to my MBP running macOS Mojave, they sometimes disconnect a few seconds later. I try turning them off and on again, turning off bluetooth on my phone (in case it's competing for a connection or something), but none of that helps. The only solution I've found is to restart my computer which is really not ideal.

Ideally I'd like to find the cause of this, but it would also be really helpful to find a workaround. For example, is there some kind of driver I could try restarting without having restart my whole computer?

Try resetting the Bluetooth module.

Shift-Option click the BT menu bar item > Debug > Reset the Bluetooth module.


Process Flow Diagams - Chemical Engineering Can anyone suggest software for making Process Flow diagrams on Mac OS alike the ones available for Windows like Ansys?

I would recommend Omnigraffle for any diagrams. It's easy to use and highly compatible with OS X frameworks. It also has quite large database of additional stencils here and here. Omnigraffle 6 is 99$ and Pro version is 199$.


Apple ID with iCloud email vs non-Apple email, any differences in capabilities? I'm about to create a new account with Apple's cloud services. AFAIK there are two ways to go:

Create a 'full' new iCloud account from an Apple device, thus creating a new email address ending in @icloud.com at the same time.
'Just' create an Apple ID using a non-Apple email address I already have, i.e. a GMail or Outlook or other existing email.

An @icloud.com email gives me native integration with the Apple mail & calendar & contacts clients on macOS and iOS, and generally uses push data for synchronization.

Both options might require migrating some existing emails or data, depending on the situation.

My question is, beyond the native Mail, Calendar & Contacts app integrations, are there any other differences between an @icloud.com Apple ID and a 'non-Apple mail' Apple ID? Any gotchas down the road, like some security or health related synch services not working with non-iCloud accounts, or less cloud space, or...?

are there any other differences between an @icloud.com Apple ID and a 'non-Apple mail' Apple ID?

No. Both approaches give you a fully capable Apple ID. There's no different type of Apple IDs.

  Any gotchas down the road, like some security or health related synch services not working with non-iCloud accounts, or less cloud space, or...?

No, nada. Any Apple ID created using whatsoever approach is similar in capabilities and security.

Note: A difference that I noticed: I attempted to create an Apple ID using a 3rd-party email and created it via Web. You only get 1 GB of iCloud storage.


Installing Windows 7 without DVD/Flash Drive - stuck at step 5 I was following this amazing guide on how to install Windows 7 without Bootcamp and got stuck at step 5. It should create files, but it didn't. I got the following result in Terminal:

After doing what David told me to do, I noticed it created the partition on 'disk0s5', or at least it has this as its identifier.
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB         disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB       disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HDD                     749.7 GB       disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB       disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                249.5 GB       disk0s5
/dev/disk1 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        +2.0 GB         disk1
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 BCSS                    2.0 GB         disk1s1

Is it alright to just switch things around and replace every Terminal command containing 'disk0s4' with 'disk0s5', so it locates the right partition?
Thanks in advance. :)

Usually the OS X operating system is synchronized with the values stored in the GUID Partition Table (GPT). In other words, partition 4 in the table for disk0 would be be identified as /dev/disk0s4. In your case, the identifier is /dev/disk0s5. The easiest way to resynchronize is to restart the Mac.


Create a playlist of songs loved/likes on Apple Music I've been listening to the Apple Music thing that came out in iOS 8.4 and I've been clicking the little heart button on the songs I've liked assuming I'd be able to find these songs again.

Is there anyway to get a list/playlist of the songs I've clicked the heart button for?

A lot of people are making this mistake at the moment, the like/love button in Apple Music is not for creating a playlist.

It's there to tune the 'For You' section in Apple Music to your tastes so it can better make suggestions of what music you should try out next.

EDIT

As you've pointed out in your comment there is an ability to create a smart playlist of Loved songs in iTunes, however this is only referring to songs that you've Loved that are physically in your iTunes library, i.e. songs that you bought or ripped from a CD.

It is confusing but Loved in your iTunes library is unrelated to Loved in Apple Music.

EDIT 2

I've been playing some more and I managed to get the Playlist to include a song I Loved once I had downloaded it for offline playback in iTunes and then marked it. However this doesn't sync to my iPhone through iCloud Playlist Sync.


How can I create a stand alone APP to run a terminal command I have the requirement to manually run the OSX maintenance scripts in OSX (Lion / Mountain Lion). I would like to create a completely stand alone application that would achieve the following goals:

run the terminal command : sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
Be executable via Finder
Be standalone (a single file is all that is needed to execute the process so that a non technically inclined user may simple double click to run said command)
Be portable (copy a single file to a USB flash drive or other portable media)
Be able to be run on Mac's running OSX Lion or Mountain Lion

I do not necessarily need to see the results upon completion of execution as I can always go to /var/log directory to find out but if someone knows of a way to eliminate this extra step all the better.

I found this response but it does not meet all the requirements. I am not a coder / programmer but I can (and I am willing) to follow straightforward instructions in order to achieve my goals.

Create an Automator application that calls up an AppleScript. You will need to enter administrative credentials each time still, as I'm sure the password could be different on each system you use.


How can I quickly play the selected song in iTunes, without playing the rest of the album? When no music is playing and when a song in album view is selected, how can I quickly play this song, but only this song, and not the following songs in the album?

I found out you could use Up Next via the context menu (right click), but that takes two mouse clicks and after that you manually need to press play to start playing. Is there a faster way to do this (preferably using a shortcut)?

One option would be to save this script to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/iTunes/ in AppleScript Editor and give it a shortcut with FastScripts.

try
    tell application "iTunes"
        play item 1 of selection with once
    end tell
end try

Without the try block there would be an error dialog if for example the selection was empty.


Do Apple retail stores allow trade-ins? Is it possible to trade my 2009 MacBook Pro for store credit or something?

Yes, Apple has a Reuse and Recycling Program where you can get a Gift Card for the value of your computer.  Of course, what value they might consider it to have is another question.


Dual FireWire External HDD and second port performance Backstory: There is a drive that comes to mind out there that has two FireWire 800 ports.  My question is related to performance of the second port.  In my case, I would like to hook up an external sound card to my MacBook Pro.  I am already maxing out my USB ports with other devices and I and using Thunderbolt to power another display.  So my only option is to use FireWire, which is the choice anyways.

Question: Will using a dual FireWire 5400 RPM HDD with the additional port (daisy chain) affect the stability, quality or bus speed to the external sound card?

It shouldn't. FireWire is a peer to peer technology


Solid State Drive for small commercial print shop I do graphic designing, prepress & most of the file management at a small (2 owners – 5 employees) print shop. Although its not a huge operation, we're very busy and the iMac that I work on has taken a decent beating over the past few years, and definitely needs an upgrade because the performance of the HDD thats currently being used can be pretty bad at inconveniently random times. I use an SSD with my MacBook at home, and the performance between the two is always noticeable, so we're looking to get a SSD running on the iMac.

My question is, since we will have a lot of file reading/writing, and are constantly running relatively big applications like MS Office and the Adobe Suite, even though I'm intending on setting up a separate external drive for file storage, does anyone have experience with what SSDs perform best both in terms of longevity and speed in a commercial printing environment such as what I mentioned, and which perform best for Macs? We're also trying to keep the cost below $400 or so.

I would suggest a Samsung 850 PRO. Great longevity, warranty and performance. Or, if you want a bigger drive, get the 850 EVO. Not so durable, but we're still talking of decades.

The Pro is rated for more writes than the Evo but costs more and has slightly higher benchmark performance. On an older iMac it’s not clear you’d benefit from the faster or more durable option.

Basically: 1000 write cycles per cell for the EVO and 3000 for the PRO. If you write 10GB/day (which is quite a lot) on a 256GB EVO, the disk will die in about 70 years, when you'll have written 256x1000 GB of data.


(iOS 11) What does "ESN Locked," mean? (Sprint) I'm trying to sell my phone on eBay but they returned it and said the issue was that the ESN was locked. What does that mean and how can I fix it? The phone is connected to Sprint.

Thank You!

In short, your phone is now near to impossible to repair. You cannot use it as a cellular phone anymore. It is deactivated, and the one thing you can do is sell it for parts.

Sprint could have locked your ESN (Electronic Serial Number) because you did not pay your bill. Or if the phone was reported lost or stolen.


Mail Mac automatically creates a link, even if I remove it manually When composing an email using Mail Mac (OS X El Capitan), if I write something .cc, an hyperlink is automatically created. Since I do not want this, I manually remove the link. Anyway, when the email is sent, in the inbox folder the link appears again.
Is there a way to prevent Mail to automatically add the link after I remove it?

You can disable smart links and use Cmd+K instead when you want to add link manually.


Stop synchronising the call history log between iPhones on shared Apple ID? How to stop synchronising the call history log between my two iPhones that share the same Apple ID. I know this is related to the Apple ID but I have no choice since I have to use my shared iCloud contact list by both iPhones.

Is there a workaround to avoid duplicate calls registering in both iPhones? For example, when I receive a missed call in one iPhone it shows up in the second iPhone as a missed call in the call history log.

Try turning off iCloud drive on all iPhones. You can optionally keep it on in one of the iPhones, but make sure it's turned of on all others sharing the apple ID. This worked for me.


Late 2012 Imac 27'' constant beach ball loading and slow downs I just bought myself an iMac 27'' late 2012 model.

I am constantly getting beach balls and the computer slows to a crawl taking anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute to get back to regular speeds.

My normal programs are:

Rubymine
Parallels Desktop
Chrome
Skype

I've used a laptop with less specs than this iMac and it never had these terrible hiccups. What can I do verify what is causing the issue?

8GB is more than enough for what I'm using - is it just the Apple-tax that requires me to have even more ram?

It might help to examine how the machine's resource usage looks inside of Activity Monitor...Are the CPU cores maxed out? How about RAM usage - is there any green showing in the pie chart? Lastly - is the Disk Activity tab showing excessive write rates constantly occurring?

Does the performance of the machine increase when you quit out of particular applications (namely Parallels?)

A defective hard drive could cause slowness, but this may be accompanied by other symptoms (crashing, audible clicking, logging of I/O errors). It may be prudent to run the Apple Hardware Test just to confirm tht the hardware is in good shape.


Can I restore individual iCal appointments using Time Machine? I use Time Machine to backup my Mac. While it is very easy to restore files and folders, I can't do the same with appointments in iCal. I am trying to recover an entire calendar that was accidentally deleted.

Apple provides instructions on how to restore from manually exported iCal archives. It sort of defeats the purpose of Time Machine, where backups are created automatically. By contrast, Time Machine works directly in Address Book in Lion.

Does anyone know if there is a way to restore iCal appointments (or calendars) using Time Machine? I know I can probably restore the cryptic calendar files in the Library folder, but I want to find a better way.

I asked staff at the Apple Store the same question, who consulted with a Genius. As of Mountain Lion, it is still not possible to go into Time Machine via iCal/Calendar. In other words, the only solution is to manually restore deleted entries from raw iCal/Calendar files (located in ~/Library) using Time Machine.

There is a related discussion on Apple Support Communities:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3851319?start=0&tstart=0

The person I spoke to also reminded me to turn off iCloud before attempting the restore procedure, as it may corrupt existing calendars.


How can I view Image Dimensions in Finder List View? How do I view image dimensions in List View in Finder? I found this but I don't find this option on my machine. I'm running Snow Leopard; is this a Lion only feature?

I'm not sure about 10.6, but on 10.7 the dimensions are shown in information panels:


Are there any way to hide the dock icon but keep the menubar icon? Edit .plist will hide both menubar and dock icon. Are there any way to hide the dock icon but keep the menubar icon?

You have to edit the Plist file for the app. Plist files use a key/value format, declaring the type of the key. The correct code is:

<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>true</string>

Stick these in before the </dict> </plist> lines, and voilà. This works as late as High Sierra, and on the apps I have done this for it does eliminate the dock icon but not the menu bar one.


Macbook Air 2013 causing Wifi Drop Odd problem. If I use my iPhone or my wife's iPhone, my LG TV, and the Apple TV in my kids bedroom, the wifi router works as expected. The moment that I start to use a Macbook Air 2013 (Mojave 10.14.4 (18E226)) on the same network, the wifi drops, and stops working on all devices.

I pinged www.google.com and this is what I get:

64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=89 ttl=56 time=40.477 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=90 ttl=56 time=61.264 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=91 ttl=56 time=33.568 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=92 ttl=56 time=34.179 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=93 ttl=56 time=35.228 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 94
Request timeout for icmp_seq 95
Request timeout for icmp_seq 96
Request timeout for icmp_seq 97

Every thing working and suddenly bam, timeout, timeout, the only options that I have:

Turn off wifi and turn on again, use a few moments and the same thing happens.
Turn off the router and turn on again, I gain a few moments of happiness.

Solutions that I've tried:

Remove the files com.apple.airport.preferences.plist, com.apple.network.eapolclient.configuration.plist, NetworkInterfaces.plist, preferences.plist, restarted the device. DID NOT WORK
Change the Location on the Network properties on General/Network. DID NOT WORK
Add the google DNS on the WIFI network. DID NOT WORK.
Remove the option from the router WMM. DID NOT WORK.
If I turn off the router I have like 20min until the connection drops, then every device on the house hangs, the TV, the phones.
6.Tried sudo ifconfig awdl0 down, DID NOT WORK.
Changed the router channel to 11. WAITING

The last responses from ping:

64 bytes from 172.217.30.100: icmp_seq=499 ttl=56 time=34.396 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.30.100: icmp_seq=500 ttl=56 time=34.338 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 501
Request timeout for icmp_seq 502
Request timeout for icmp_seq 503
Request timeout for icmp_seq 504
Request timeout for icmp_seq 505
Request timeout for icmp_seq 506
Request timeout for icmp_seq 507
Request timeout for icmp_seq 508
Request timeout for icmp_seq 509
Request timeout for icmp_seq 510
Request timeout for icmp_seq 511
Request timeout for icmp_seq 512
Request timeout for icmp_seq 513
Request timeout for icmp_seq 514
Request timeout for icmp_seq 515
Request timeout for icmp_seq 516

I hope to find a solution because since it's an Air model I don't want to buy an adapter and get back to ethernet.

Thank you.

Why not have the Air repaired or replaced if it’s causing you interference?

I don’t think we’ll be able to review all the extensive work you’ve done without being in the room with you so unless you think you have marked something as DID NOT WORK when you really didn’t complete those steps, I think this is pretty clearly that you need a router that can accommodate interference from a device that’s failing or you need to remove the failed device from the environment that can’t tolerate it.

Also, a proper wireless survey might find out the details, but the costs and experience are high to do a proper analysis of the actual radio transmissions with WireShark or actually measuring the RFI.


Cannot create symbolic link inside different folder I use

ln -sF "./Explore" "testExplore"

to create a link to folder Explore in the current directory. And it works. If I click on testExplore I see the content of Explore.

However I want to create a link to Explore at "folder/testExplore"

    ln -sF "./Explore" "./folder/testExplore"

does create the link in the correct folder, but it does not show the contents of the linked folder. what am I missing here?

You must use the full path for both the source and target.

ln -sF /Users/allan/Desktop/Explore /Users/allan/Desktop/folder/testExplore

Hint:

An easy way to expand out your path (if you are in it already) is to expand the variable PWD (use $PWD to reference it)

ln -sF $PWD/Explore $PWD/folder/testExplore

And if you hit the Tab key after referencing the PWD variable:

ln -sF $PWD Tab  gives you:

ln -SF /Users/allan/Desktop/


Set pmset to sleep in a specified time I could set sleep as

pmset sleep now

I'd like the machine to sleep in 10 minutes later for example, (I am going to have lunch but desire Mac wait a process to be finished)

I checked the "pmset" and "sleep" document but found no solution.

How could I set the mac to sleep in 10 minutes later.

The pmset command is incredibly powerful. Have a read through it’s manual page to get an idea of all the features it has. To achieve what you are looking for, you could use the scheduler built into every Mac by defining the correct date and time you wish your Mac to go to sleep: pmset schedule sleep "09/01/2018 00:00:00".

As far as I know, this does not allow you to set a schedule with a relative time though. A potential workaround for this would be to write a simple two-line script that first lets date figure out what “10 minutes from now” means. The -v +10M switch will let you do that. Again, read the manual page for full details.

I have a script that, every 10 minutes, schedules a ‘power on’ in 2 hours from the current time for the Mac mini I use as a file server. When the power goes down, my UPS runs out and the machine shuts down, it will power itself back on automatically two hours later or whenever the power comes on after that.


Spilled vinegar on iPhone earpiece I spilled a drop of balsamic vinegar on my iPhone 4S near the earpiece.

Now, call volume on the internal speaker is very low. How can I clean the earpiece out?

You will have to open your iPhone, e.g. as described on iFixit. Then you can clean the affected area with a very gentle cleaning solution (but be aware to not use any solutions that may harm your hardware).

And for the next time: Don't place your cell phone near your salad. Balsamic vinegar is an aggresive solution which may severly damage pieces of your iPhone.


Why is this stock iMac so slow at launching apps? I bought a refurb iMac from apple.com:

21.5", late 2013
2.9 GHz Core i5
8 GB DDR3
Geforce GT 750M 1024 MB
1 TB SATA Disk

No SSD, but this should still be performing well for basic tasks. It's stock, other than installing Chrome, Spotify, FCPX. I have nothing running other than OSX 10.11.2 defaults (wifi, bluetooth, airplay icons in the toolbar).

An example of the problem: I click on Chrome in the dock - it bounces for 30 seconds, then no bouncing, then ~30 seconds later Chrome is open. FCPX bounces for about 2 minutes before showing the splash screen; splash screen is up for ~60 seconds before the app is open.

Performance while using apps (Chrome, Finder, FCPX, TextEdit) is good about 50% of the time, and beachball heaven the other 50% of the time.

Is this all because of the HDD? I have about half of the hard drive filled with movies, music, and photos that I manually dragged over from an external when I first set it up.

It could very well just be the slow-ish hard drive. Apple generally does not put 7200RPM drives in its Macs. While it could be the O/S and it might be worth your while to image the internal drive onto an external drive and wipe the internal and start fresh with the OS and Apps. Depends on what is more valuable to you time or money.

An SSD WILL speed up your system, often it's like a whole new Mac, depending on your usage. A deep cleaning of the current OS or a wipe/reinstall might fix the issue or at least improve it.


Mysteriously, a rectangle has appeared in the middle of the screen. How to get rid of it? I have a iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) running OS X Yosemite v 10.10.2.  Mysteriously, a rectangle has appeared in the middle of the screen.

Proportionately, it looks like a golden section.
It floats on top of everything else.

Close up:

Almost like a ghost of something, but I don't remember opening anything that size.

Any ideas about this?

Could someone/something have hacked my machine?

How do I get rid of it?

A floating black rectangle appeared on my Mac screen after upgrade to High Sierra operating system. It is due to an Accessibility option and can be removed as follows:

System Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom > Options > Show preview rectangle when zoomed out

I do not know how it appeared, but I am glad that it is gone.


Mac wont boot and fan runs high My Mid 2013 macbook pro recently will no longer boot. I was using it normally (no excessive use) and then all of a sudden it just went black and shut off immediately. I can no longer boot it (I got it to boot once but now it't having the same problem).

Basically, when I press the power button to turn it on, the fan runs really high then stops and wont boot. I have no idea what the problem is. Any help?

Apple's official guide has several good steps. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367

I would start with resetting the SMC: the System Management Controller.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

If that doesn't work, reset the NVRAM (which isn't on the list) followed by attempting to boot to internet recovery.

NVRAM - Command Option P R
Recovery - Command R

Past that, you would need to open the machine and start removing all components that aren't part of the "minimal system" or take it to a technician that does that professionally.


Cast videos from mac to Samsung TV how can I wirelessly cast video files from my iMac (macOs Mojave) to my Samsung TV, without apple TV ?

I know it's "possible" because an app like Popcorn time can do it. But I'd like to do it with  files downloaded on my hard drive.

Thanks for your help.

The easiest and most reliable way is to get an AppleTV.

Unfortunately, most "Smart" TVs look to the Android OS to implement their smart functions and as such, they natively support Chromecast where you can share virtually everything between an Android phone and the TV.

Personally, I've looked for Apps that would allow me to cast to either my Sony Bravia or LG TV's with no success whatsoever.   The few apps I did find were a) sketchy to say the least b) poor quality and c) abandoned within a year or so.  I finally gave in a bought an AppleTV (32GB, smallest size).  Doing so, it allowed me to easily cast my content from any Apple device to my big screen.

And to be perfectly candid, I would welcome it if a manufacturer would simply make a really high quality, but "dumb" TV (no apps whatsoever) and let me choose what smart technology (i.e. an AppleTV) I'd like to use.


Logged on to someone elses IPad I borrowed my friends iPad recently and logged her out of the apple store and logged in using my own apple id.  I did download a range of free apps using my own apple id.  After this I logged out of the apple store and gave the ipad back.  Ever since this though my friend keeps being asked for my password although she is logged in to the icloud and the store.  She is unable to download any apps without being asked to log in as me.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?

You (or your friend) will need to delete all the apps you downloaded to your friend's iPad. The iPad is likely attempting to download updates to the apps you downloaded with your Apple ID, which your friend cannot do with her AppleID.

There's no great harm in leaving your apps on the device other than they won't back up for your friend and the nagging password prompt.

If your friend wants to clear out all of your apps in one step, they can back up to iTunes, transferring all purchases and then restoring the device. No apps locked to your password will make the jump to the backup and your friend will be left with the device cleaned of all of your apps.


Is there a way to use punctuation in Siri dictation? Is there a way to use punctuation in Siri dictation? For instance, if I tell Siri to text someone "want to meet for dinner?" - it won't track inflection, right? How can I add the question mark via voice?

http://howto.cnet.com/how-to-make-siri-use-punctuation/8301-11310_39-20124379-285.html

To get Siri to use punctuation, you only need to speak the punctuation during the composition of your message. For example:

  Hi comma how are you question mark did you see the game last night
  exclamation point question mark.

Speaking that exact line to Siri would equate to the following message:

  Hi, how are you? Did you see the game last night!?


No video from Mac Mini, ONLY once OS X has loaded I have an old G4 Mac Mini, running 10.5. It's hooked up to a VGA CRT monitor using Apples DVI-to-VGA adapter that was included once upon a time. Last night, while using it, the screen flickered, and the monitor went to sleep, which is it;s default behavior when there's no display connected to it. Attempting to force the monitor on displayed a "No Signal" error. Restarting the machine does nothing.

This has happened once before. The last time this happened, I attempted to fix it by resetting the PRAM. After doing this, the Mac output the standard grey screen with an Apple logo on startup, but when the system reached the OS X login screen, the monitor flickers and goes black. Attempting to boot in Safe Mode provides similar results. The Monitor is old enough that it does not offer an "Out of Range" error for unsupported refresh rates, but I took a chance and attempted the Single User Mode directions found in this Knowledge Base article, to delete windowserver.plist files. The last time this happened (about 6 months ago), that worked perfectly.

Last night, the same problem occurred, with the same symptoms. Does not display video in Safe Mode. Does display video in Single User Mode. However, after deleting the two windowserver.plist files, the machine is still unable to display video past the grey startup screen.

Is there anything else I can try to fix this? Is the DVI-to-VGA adapter a possible culprit for a cheap fix? Or is my Mini in need of enough repair as to be better off replaced?

Edit: It's definitely not the DVI to VGA adapter, sadly.

The 1st thing you have to do is try to determine if it’s merely a software issue with your OS install or if the problem relies on the hardware (whether it’s the screen or the computer itself).

In order to facilitate that task, you must check the obvious.

1) The DVI adapter (already tested).

2) The Screen. Can you hook the monitor to another computer?

3) Can you hook another monitor to the same computer?

Extras: Have you tried another VGA cable?

The above should result in any of the following:

a) The screen is defective, change screen.

b) The Mac mini has a hardware issue where no other screen works. Time for repairs (probably not worth).

c) The Cable is defective, change cable.

d) The screen works fine on another computer, the Mac mini works fine with another display. what…?

In case of D, there could be a problem with the software instead, either the driver that the Mac mini is using when it detects the display is broken or the video driver or something. That’s a whole new world and -as already suggested- you might want to try booting from the install CD/DVD and trying to see if video works there. Back up your drive and a full reinstall might also help you have everything fresh.

Hope it helps. I know it’s a lot of obvious steps, but this is how the tech guys do it :) Find the problem first.

UPDATE:
After reading that the Mac mini doesn’t work with a different screen and that this issue happens before login screen (i.e. it’s not ‘user’ related), there are two possible ideas you can try before a complete OS reinstall.

You mention that it works in Single User but not safe mode; given that Single User goes straight to the command line, have you tried running fsck on the partition? Maybe there’s some data corruption in the OS X volume.

Safe Mode doesn’t load external drivers and items in the StartupFolders, so that should work and I find it weird that it doesn’t. Of course make sure you unplug all external devices (sans keyboard/mouse/display) before diagnosing a problem like this.

In any case, I’d try to install a fresh copy of OS X on an external drive (if you don’t want to wipe your internal copy) and see what happens from there. If the external copy works, then the OS X copy has a big problem. I know this is obvious (and it’s already in your list of things to do) but sadly debugging a problem like this without access to the OS/hardware is really hard. You can always later clone the freshly installed OS X to your internal drive to avoid the reinstall in the internal drive.

Good Luck!


Safe to upgrade to Windows 8 on Bootcamp? So I'd read a service advisory on the Parallels site warning users not to upgrade to Windows 8 due to it damaging their virtual machine and associated files therein.

That being said, is it currently possible/safe to upgrade to Windows 8 from Windows 7 on a Bootcamp installation through typical upgrade means, or are there any notices to hold off on this as well?

Its perfectly safe. You might run into problems with the trackpad driver (i did) but a quick search here was all i needed to fix it.


How to get Java applets working with Chrome? I use Gotomypc which is either a Java applet or an App.

The Gotomypc applet will launch under Firefox or Safari but not Chrome. When I launch the app under chrome I get the yellow status bar at the top that says:

"Java is required for some elements on this page".

When I click the install button it simply takes me to this generic page http://java.com/en/download/apple_manual.jsp

How to get Java applets working with Chrome?

Currently, on a 64-bit Mac (such as >=10.8) with Java 7 you cannot use Java Applets in Chrome.

Java 7 is 64 bit only, and as such requires a 64 bit browser. Chrome on Mac is currently only 32 bit.

The Chrome/Chromium developers have a bug to show progress, although actual work seems to have stalled for some reason.: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=115774

If you wish to use an older version that will work (not recommended due to security issues) you can follow these steps, assuming you still have java 6 installed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559 (summarised below)

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/disabled
sudo mv /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/disabled
sudo ln -sf /System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
sudo ln -sf /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Commands/javaws /usr/bin/javaws

To undo these steps

sudo ln -sf /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javaws /usr/bin/javaws

Followed by downloading the latest Java from Oracle.


Lauch httpd built-in server Trying to lauch apachectl
I get the error

(13)Permission denied: AH00091: httpd: could not open
error log file /private/var/log/apache2/error_log. AH00015: Unable to
open logs

How can I safely solve? Without messing with the permissions I mean

Based on that message I'm assuming you're attempting to run as your user. You need to start Apache with elevated privileges so that it can access the directory /private/var/log/apache2 and file /private/var/log/apache2/error_log.

Try running it like this instead:

$ sudo apachectl start

Or if it's already running:

$ sudo apachectl restart

Running as root?

If you take a look at the results of the above apachectl script it should look something like this:

The httpd process running as root is not the process that will be accepting connections, it'll start up more worker instances of httpd that'll do the actually servicing of TCP connections to access attempts on ports 80/443.

This will isolate any access so that it's through the worker instances which are running as the user _www, NOT root.

This type of interaction is typical with *ctl scripts which will require root privileges to access the filesystem for logs and require elevated privileges to bind a process to a port that's below 1024. This is a semi-magical number in TCP ports that denotes anything that's system's related whereas ports > 1024 any user can bind to.

What's _www?

This is what's traditionally called a service account or service user. This account's sole purpose is to own the processes that run as services, such as Apache webservers (httpd). Again this is for security/permission isolation on the off chance something bad happens, only the files and level of permissions granted to this user, _www, would be what's exposed to any break-ins.

You can use the id command in a terminal to see details about this service account.

$ id -a _www
uid=70(_www) gid=70(_www) groups=70(_www),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),701(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),702(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2),100(_lpoperator)

References

Mac OS X Start / Stop / Restart Apache Web Server


Can't turn off email alerts for events in Yosemite After I've upgraded to Yosemite, I've started to receive email alerts about upcoming events from my Calendar. This is a typical email

Return-Path: <my-email@gmail.com>
Received: from [192.168.100.245] ([113.163.117.148])
    by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gz1sm18613666pbb.8.2014.11.03.21.00.03
    for <my-email@gmail.com>
    (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128);
    Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:00:04 -0800 (PST)
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:00:04 -0800 (PST)
From: My Name <my-email@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/html;
charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X com.apple.MailServiceAgent 8.0 \(1990.1\))
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Alert_-_=D0=9F=D0=BB=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B5=D1=80=D0=BA?=
 =?utf-8?Q?=D0=B0_UC?=
Message-Id: <82009606-9D7A-4238-A09E-7374739780EA@gmail.com>
To: my-email@gmail.com
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1990.1)

4 Nov 2014 14:00 : =D0=9F=D0=BB=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B5=D1=80=D0=BA=D0=B0 UC=

My OSX Calendar is connected to my Google Account. And takes events info from Google Calendar.

I have disabled all notifications for OSX Calendar. http://take.ms/ZVQus

But I still receive email notifications about upcoming events. Since I also receive them from Google Calendar, I get all notifications twice.

How to disable them?

This worked for me:

Open Calendar on your Mac.

In the left column list of calendars, right click (or command-I) on the calendar in question and "Get Info"

Check the box labeled "Ignore alerts"

Hit "OK"


Installed a new LCD screen on iPod but concerned to charge As stated, I just installed a new ipod touch 4th generation LCD. As many youtube tutorial layout I went ahead after installing my LCD to power on the screen. However, here is my dilemma, the battery has no charge. So I am debating on charging the itouch through my laptop. But I am worried I may damage it. This is because I before when I tried installing another LCD, I went to charge it and then got the white screen of death. However, maybe it was a defective screen and it was just a false positive.

Is it ok to charge the screen after I install the L cable and center cable of the Itouch? please give answers if you are 100% certain of this because I am low on money and I can't afford to purchase another screen.

Thank you

Nobody can answer that with 100% certainty.

We do not know your workmanship skills, and if you made any errors.

You could charge the battery without the screen connected. Using the Computer to charge it is safer anyway since the current from computer is limited and less then from the charger for what ever is it worth.


Is the Google Chrome for 32bit Mac I am running Mac OS X 10.6.8. I downloaded Google Chrome but in my Applications Chrome has a cross. When I open it, it says my Mac is not compatible.

Once I booted with 64bit and Chrome was working! However my Internet (dial-up) does not work in 64bit (32 only).

Is there a way to get Chrome on 32 bit for Mac? I downloaded Chrome official website.

Google discontinued its 32-bit version for OS X almost a year ago.  Additionally even if you could get a 32-bit version it is going to have lots of security issues. So why would you want to run it knowing it has lots of unresolved security issues!

From Install Chrome on your computer:

  Mac

  System requirements

  To use Google Chrome, your computer needs:

  Mac OS X 10.6 or later
  An Intel processor that's 64-bit
  350MB of free disk space
  512MB of RAM

Also have a look at the following two hyperlinks.  The first of which I added an image of in case the link goes dead in the future.

Google to Discontinue 32-bit Chrome for Mac Next Month
Chrome for OS X turns 64-bit, forsakes early Intel Macs


Problems with extra Contact names in Emails When I want to send an email to a specific group, I open Contacts, highlight the Group name, select everyone in that group, and then either drag or copy and paste those names into the To: or Bcc: field in Mail (If there is an easier way to do this, I'd LOVE to hear about it.)
Recently, when I do this, a random person from other contact groups gets added multiple times in the To: or Bcc: field. It's always someone different and I can't find why this is happening. I end up having to go through the To: of Bcc: list and manually delete each time the person's address shows up.
Any ideas on why this is happening and how to fix it?

You can get more info from this Apple Support page.  If you follow these steps, you shouldn't have the problem of someone different showing-up in one of the fields.

Create a new email message to the group directly from Contacts.

Do one of the following:

Control-click a group in the sidebar, then choose Send Email. A new email opens in the Mail app, addressed to the group.
Drag a group from the sidebar to an address field in an email you’re writing.

In your email, either the group name or individual contact names are shown, depending on how Composing preferences are set in Mail.

If the group is shown in your email but you want to see the contacts instead, click the arrow next to the group name, then choose Expand Group.

Tip: When you’re addressing an email, you can see all the available addresses for a contact by clicking the arrow next to their name. To email the contact using more than one of their addresses, copy and paste their name, click the arrow, then choose another address.


What is the URL structure of iOS delta updates? The over-the-air updates on iOS must come from some server similar to where the ipsw files are stored, does anyone know where?

It depends on the build, version, and type of update. You can view a full list here, however iOS 6 does not seem to be included currently, if that is what you are looking for.


Printing a html file to PDF loses HTML formatting I have this standalone report in html. CSS styles are all embedded within the html itself.

When I tried to print to a pdf file, the pdf output becomes

I basically lost all the formatting in the html. Both chrome or safari produce the same result.

How can I get a PDF that preserves the format?

The default setting for printing webpages is to try not printing extra images and colors to waste ink etc. Theres an option to print everything, see image below:

Let us know if this worked for you.


How to have path displayed in list when searching in finder? So I am looking for util.js, and finder found many, but the path is not an option for display in the table. Is there a way to get the full path in the table as well? Otherwise I have to down-arrow through the list for each one and look at the bar at the bottom. And there are so many!  I would like to use the empty area on the right for the path.

You can try with EasyFind. It's a really good application for search files.


Where are notes stored in Mountain Lion I ha a hard drive that died recently in my macbook, I've replaced the hard drive etc so no issues there. Unfortunately, it appears I wasn't backing up the notes app to iCloud, and I really need to get some back...

I've managed to get the hard drive spinning in a usb dock that I have so I can access it, but I don't know where notes was storing it's data. Any ideas?

They're in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/CoreData/ExternalRecords/.

You can probably just copy the whole ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/ folder from the old installation.


Apache on MacOS Sierra: AH00557: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for Macbook-Pro.local AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine… I updated MacOS Sierra's Apache and PHP, and now whenever I $ sudo apachectl restart I get this:

AH00557: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for My-MacBook-Pro.local
AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
domain name, using 127.0.0.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to
suppress this message

Things I've tried so far that didn't work:

Setting ServerName localhost in /etc/httpd.conf
Setting ServerName localhost:80 in /etc/httpd.conf
Setting ServerName 127.0.0.1 in /etc/httpd.conf
Setting ServerName 127.0.0.1:80 in /etc/httpd.conf
Ensuring 127.0.0.1       localhost is set in /etc/hosts
Repeatedly restarting Apache

When restart the httpd.

Try:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart

Don't use:

sudo apachectl restart


What is causing softwareupdated to use excessive resources and kill the responsiveness of my Mac? Usually my Mac performs pretty comfortably but for the last hour or so it's been almost unusable. When I type it takes a few seconds to actually display what I've typed or just beachballs for a little while. If I try to open a new tab in Safari it takes about half a minute to actually appear.

When I opened Activity Monitor to see if I could work out what was happening "softwareupdated" was taking 100% CPU and Memory Pressure is in the red. I tried opening the App Store application to see if that would tell me but the application just opens but won't draw any content.

I didn't tell my Mac to update anything, and the App Store app seems useless right now, so how do I find out what is it doing that is causing this?

If you open the Console application I believe it defaults to "All Messages" which might not provide any useful information.

However if you open the Console application, then open the "/var/log" option at the bottom of the left-hand source pane you should find an entry for "install.log". If you select that you should see some information on what softwareupdated is actually doing, or trying to do, to your machine.


How to push streamed music from iPad to TV I have a Samsung UA46D8000, which is a really cool TV. It is plugged into my router and understands DNLA protocols.

The TV is great, however the remote is unsuitable for selecting music.

Here's what I'd like to do, however I don't know if it's possible.

I'd like to be able to select music on my iPad (which has a fantastic user interface), and then that music is pushed to the TV (either from a separate server or directly from the iPad over wifi)

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Cheers
Rich

p.s. I have tried AirMusic, but that creates a pull DNLA server, which is not what I want.

The easiest way imho would be to buy an AppleTV2. It's cheap, and "it just works".

Edit: For completeness sake, I'll just clarify what you can expect from the AppleTV2. Since it is an AirPlay compatible reciever for both audio and video, you can stream music or videos being played on your iPad (or iPhone/iTunes for that matter) directly to your TV. On your computer, you can even stream any audio source through software like Airfoil. Starting with iOS5, AirPlay even allows you to mirror your iPad on the television set.

Additionally, if you enable Home Sharing in iTunes on a connected computer, your iPad can serve as a remote to play content (audio/video) in your iTunes library directly on the TV. For this usecase the content doesn't even need to be on the iPad. You'll just need the Remote app by Apple, available for free in the App Store. The only downside here is that your computer (and iTunes) need to be powered up to access the media.