Running Microsoft Office 2004 on a MacBook Air 2017 High Sierra 10.13.4, I have Microsoft Office:Mac Student and Teacher edition, but when I try to install it says PowerPc not supported? Can I get around this issue. Thanks, Rose

Can I get round this issue?

Not easily. This is 16-year-old software, and lots has changed since then, so that a modern OS can't run it.

While it is possible to 'emulate' an older computing environment that could run the software, this is complicated.

Furthermore, Word 2004 can't open most modern .docx files, which were introduced in 2007. So it wouldn't be very useful to you anyway.

Software has a time to live, and a time to die. Either buy a new version of Office, compatible with your OS, or use a free Office 'clone' like LibreOffice. You can read and save Word files from Apple's Pages, too.


Regain access to Apple ID protected by 2-step verification after losing access to trusted device I have not used my Apple ID in a while and would like to resume using it. The Apple ID in question is protected by two-step verification. Unfortunately I have lost access to the linked SIM card which was used to receive verification SMS.

In the absence of the SIM card, I am unable to access the account page, neither am I able to perform account recovery. It is not possible for me to regain access to the SIM card.

How do I regain access to my Apple ID in this case?

You can take the following approach one-by-one:

If you have lost access to the phone number associated with your Apple ID for 2-step verification, you can regain access to your account as long as you remember the password and you happen to have access to your account Recovery key.

You'll need to visit Apple ID account page, enter your Apple ID and password, and on Verify Your Identity screen, you'll need to select Can’t access your trusted devices? You'll be asked to enter your Recovery Key.

For detailed instructions, you can refer Apple Support article, If you can‘t sign in with two-step verification using your Apple ID.
If you do not have the your account Recovery Key, your second resort will be to contact Apple Support. You can find the contact information for your region, by referring to this Apple Support document, Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security.


Cannot update from OS X 10.11 to 10.11.1 - Stuck in loop On 2014 iMac, OS X El Capitan 10.11...

In App store, I select [Update] for OS X El Capitan Update 10.11.1
The option to restart is displayed. I select it.
Then the message "Available updates have changed." is displayed.
I click [Show Details] option.
Returns to App Store
Repeat...

Although this answer is a single link, it goes directly to the 10.11.1 Update Installer download, and does not rely on the App store. If you can boot your machine and use it normally, download this installer and ignore the App store for now. The .dmg size is 1.19GB.


Can't sign in to the Mac App Store I am trying to update to El Capitan.  I am being asked for my Apple ID and password.  I entered both correctly however I am being asked to enter a verification code after the password (see screenshot).  This makes no sense, it's absurd, and very unlike Apple. Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Note:  I updated the password using the 2-step verification process, but the new password still does not work.

This is perfectly normal behavior for an account that has Two Step Verification enabled.

In order to have enabled it, you must have a trusted device enrolled that can receive either SMS or be found by "Find My Phone" because that's the device which will receive the verification code you enter after your password.  So, just enter the verification code that Apple sent to that trusted device after your password and you will be able to access the Mac App Store.

How do I turn off two-step verification?

Sign in to your Apple ID account page.
In the Security section, Click Edit.
Click Turn Off Two-Step Verification.
Create new security questions and verify your date of birth.
You'll get an email confirming that two-step verification for your Apple ID is off.


How to move my Photos library to internal drive to use iCloud Optimize space feature I recently finally imported my photo library into Photos from iPhoto. I have my library stored on an external drive since my internal 256gb has been full for awhile.

Now that it's in Photos, I went ahead and upgraded for a couple of bucks to the 200gb iCloud drive so I can upload all my photos into the cloud. I also checked the option to "Optimize Mac Storage" because I mainly just want the original high res options available via iCloud and I don't want the local library taking up much space.

However, while the upload is still going on, I have no idea how to successfully migrate my Photos library onto my internal HD so the optimize Mac storage will do anything. There is enough room on the external drive where the library currently reside, so I doubt it will try and cut anything down.

Since as far as I know you can't set a target size, any ideas on how I can get it to compress my 100GB library into something closer to 40-50GB so that I can attempt to fit it on my internal drive?

Once your album shows as fully synced with iCloud, simply quit Photos, disconnect your external drive, run Photos, and tell it to create a new Photos Library on your internal drive. Photos will download all thumbnails and the high res versions of images you view regularly.


MacBook 4K/60Hz adapter is working directly, but not via USB-C hub I have the Apple MacBook 12" (2016) 1,1GHz 256GB Silver and a 4K/60Hz monitor.

I have tried this hardware to connect the displays at 4k/60Hz:

Anker® Aluminium USB C Type C to HDMI Converter, Supports 4 K/60Hz to
HDMI Converter
Kanaan USB-C HDMI Adapter | USB-C USB 3.1 Type-C to
HDMI Adapter Converter

This works perfectly when the USB-C port is connected directly to my MacBook.

I have only 1 USB-C port on my MacBook.

When I add a Belkin USB-C hub or even try to use the USB-C port of the Apple Multi-AV adapter, both adapters don't work, they don't provide any video output.

I have these USB-hubs/adapters:

Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adaptor
Belkin USB-C 4 Port Mini Port Expansion Hub

Am I missing something here? In my ideal situation I'd like to be able to connect my 4k/60hz monitor, 1440p/60hz monitor and the charging cable at the same time, but the 1440p monitor isn't that important. I'd settle with both the 4k/60hz and charging cable at the same time.

The reason that when you plug in your (known to be good/working) USB-C to HDMI video adapters into USB-C hubs is because the USB-C hubs don't pass the video signal that originates from the MacBook Thunderbolt port.

If you need a hub for connectivity and you want to have HDMI output, you either have to get a dock or a hub that specifically passes the video signals like the Anker Premium USB-C Hub with HDMI and Power Delivery.

Apple tried to make everything simpler with having one type of port, but (IMO) they made it more confusing.  A few things to keep in mind:

USB-C is the physical port type.  USB 3.1 is the USB specification that sets the standard for how the port functions
Thunderbolt 3 is the actual port on your MacBook.  It just happens to use USB-C.
Thunderbolt 3 has many functions built into one connector

Video (HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2)
Power Delivery
USB (3.1 Gen 2)
PCIe (PCI Express 3.0)

That's just a quick summary;  for full details, see Thunderbolt 3.

So, just because an adapter "says" USB-C, dosen't mean it's going to carry all those signals/protocols.  USB-C is often gives the end user the perception that "if it fits, it works."  Unfortunately, now you have to verify that that what you want to do is supported by the adapter.


iCloud delete and remove device and photos Inexplicably I wasn't able to enter my 4 digit password on my iPhone anymore. I tried so many times that my iPhone was deactivated.
I powered off my iPhone and restarted it, but no chance.
Afterwards I asked to delete my iPhone from iCloud.com, but first I requested to erase the phone.
What happens to my iPhone if I've erase my iPhone via iCloud ("Find my Phone") and afterwards I also delete my iPhone from my iCloud account?. Does the request to delete my iPhone still apply?

Yes, the iPhone will still be erased - when you start your iPhone you'll be asked to set it up again as a new one.
EDIT:
It also described on Apple's Support page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306

Erase using Find my iPhone
If you enabled Find My iPhone through iCloud, you can use it to erase your device.

Go to icloud.com/find.
If prompted, sign in with your Apple ID.
Click All Devices at the top of your browser window.
Select the device you want to erase.
Click Erase [device] to erase your device and its passcode.
Now you can either restore from a backup or set up as new.


iTunes Match hangs at step 2 and does not complete I have been trying to get iTunes Match to work for a week. It keeps getting stuck at Step 2.  To try and fix it I have been stopping and starting Match, sometimes it gets further and other times it doesn't get as far.

Today I have another problem, when I start iTunes Match it gives this error

"We could not complete your iTunes Store request. An unknown error has occurred (4002)."

Now I can't start iTunes Match all.  Have to say I am very disappointed with how difficult it is to make this service work.

-- Edit --

I left iTunes Match running overnight. This morning iTunes had "quit unexpectedly".  Now it is starting all over again (sigh).

Open iTunes. Click the “Store" Menu Drop Down.
While holding down Option click "Turn Off iTunes Match”
Reboot your machine.
Open iTunes. Without holding option, click the “Store” Menu Drop down again > "Turn on iTunes Match”

It should now run as expected.


How to access IPhoto on my external hard drive I can't access my Iphoto libraries from my hard drive. Every time I go to open the IPhoto file in the hard drive the error pops up as follows:

"You can't open Iphoto Back up because it is in Time Machine"

and when I try to open Iphoto with the Hard Drive plugged in the following error pops up:

"The iPhoto Library is a Time Machine backup, and so cannot be used as the main library.  Relaunch iPhoto with  key held down to choose another library."

I followed the directions but there is no library to choose. I'm not sure if I am going about the correctly but I am wondering if my time machine isn't compatible with Iphoto.

Right click the iPhoto library, pick "show package contents" then open the folder "Masters" or "Originals". They'll be organized by date in there. You can just drag the entire "Masters" folder into your new iPhoto and they'll get imported.


How to open a Finder from anywhere? I am using macOS Mojave and would like to have a keyboard shortcut to open a new Finder window, similarly to how Win + E opens the File Explorer in Windows.

I am aware that it is always open, but I'd like to get a key combination to open its window, or a new window, rather than clicking on the icon using mouse/trackpad.

Is there a handy way to do it?

By default Opt-Cmd-Space opens a new Finder window in search mode. Not exactly what you want, but navigating to any other part is then just a mouse click away.


How to edit html in dashcode via GUI So I know how to create a webpage with dashcode (3.0.5).  If I start a new project I can create a webpage/website by simply using the GUI, drag and drop items, resize WITHOUT coding.  However, if I open an .html file with dashcode after I create a site the code opens.  I cannot figure out how to edit the page as I can when I first create a page.  I'd like to use the IDE that allows me to drag and drop things with ease, not manipulate the HTML.

When you're trying to open your project, make sure you're opening the .dcproj file since this is the actual Dashcode project, rather than the exported HTML project.

Opening the .html file created by Run & Share won't work in Dashcode's actual project editor, and will show the HTML code just as you mentioned. You have to open the Dashcode project file, saved as .dcproj by File → Save.


Battery Life While Using External Monitor on rMBP is Less I have a  Retina Macbook Pro 2014, in clamshell mode attached to a full HD monitor.

I see that battery lasts much less when connected to an  external monitor. Is there any explanation to why this happens? External monitor has its own power source, and Full HD is less than retina resolution.

Is there any overhead associated the mini Display Port?

The reason is because when you connect an external display, even if you close the laptop and use it in clamshell mode, the laptop automatically switches from an integrated video card (this uses much less power) to a more powerful, discrete video card (this uses a lot of power).

This is also true regarding Intel Iris Graphics, which has different power profiles (see the "Power Management" section). Also read on Embedded DisplayPort (eDP), and it's possibilities in terms of saving system power and further extend battery life in portable PC systems. I'm not the specialist in GPU-chips architecture, but my guess is, that the difference is exactly in using of Embedded DisplayPort on a mobile CPU, against of DisplayPort connections when on external monitor.

So the battery is drained more on when external monitors are connected, it needs more GPU power. Monitor itself does not drain the battery, as it's connected to external power.


Why might pasting an URL link into iCloud from a PC make that link inactive on iOS in notes? If I paste a link/URL into the notes app from my iPhone, it works fine, I can tap on it and have it open in Safari.

When I try to paste a link from my Windows computer, via icloud.com, the note shows up fine on my phone, but when I tap a link, nothing happens (it highlights briefly).

In this case, I am forced to copy and paste the link into Safari manually.

I'm pasting from a Windows 7 computer running Chrome. The link does appear, underline and everything. It's as if iOS knows its a URL but refuses to open it.

I made a short clip of how the web app works when typing.

My guess is the paste event isn't triggering the URL detection and I can replicate the behavior you describe on Safari by pasting in and matching the style - even when I cut the URL that was detected by my typing.

All I need to to is add a space after the paste event and the URL gets encoded properly and turns blue as shown in this short video...

So, you need to type a space to get the paste to be processed.


$PATH doesn't show .bash_profile, only shows /etc/paths I have a beautifully set .bash_profile and everything was working well, then I updated to zsh. I installed Visual Studio for Mac, for a while I didn't realise that something was wrong, today I saw that all my paths were gone and I could only see the ones below when I echo:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/share/dotnet:~/.dotnet/tools:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands

It's what I have in /etc/paths and my Visual Studio paths.
Now I tried setting the source, but this only works during the current session, when I close and open my terminal again, it resets back to this broken one.

I looked through my files, I don't have a .profile or a .bashrc either. I even tried turning my Mac off and on again.

my .bash_profile:

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/node@10/bin:$PATH"
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/me/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
export PATH=/Users/me/flutter/bin:$PATH
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

How can I make my Terminal just read .bash_profile?

For anyone who experiences this issue, I apparently it was broken after my zsh update.

Found the solution here:

  .bash_profile is a file read only by bash, which is not compatible with zsh. If we start sourcing .bash_profile bad things will start to happen. Instead, you should copy those ENV vars to the .zshrc file, preferably at the end of it.

Apparently you have to put everything into .zshrc instead of .bash_profile after this update. Some things might work a little different, btw, e.g. PROMPT colors. That wasn't an issue in this case, though.

Note that like with bash, there's a bunch of other files that may be sourced depending on the kind of shell you open that can contain various different settings, see here for a related question.


Migration Assistant won’t copy (some) files, though running through smoothly without error we’re just migrating my wife’s MacBook Pro to a new one, both most recent macOS versions via a TimeMachine backup. In the process all files are selected, Migration Assistenten on the new mac runs through smoothly without any errors. Except that it’s a lot faster than expected, and faster than it first estimates to be. We’re roughly talking about 200 Gb of data, it first estimates to take around 1:30 (h:min), but then finishes after just a couple of minutes. After rebooting the Pictures and Music folder for example are empty, haven’t fully explored, what else might be missing. The missing data definitely is on the time machine backup.
Any ideas on what might have gone wrong here? Might try skipping the time machine backup and using Migration assistant directly Mac to Mac.
One more thought: old Mac used case-sensitive Apple File System, new Mac doesn’t - might that be the source of the „error“? Thanks for your help!
Sascha

I want to commiserate because the exact same thing happened to me after using Time Machine to restore my drive recently after I put a new SSD in my older Macbook. The restore took a good amount of time and seemed successful according to the UI however I noticed that exact 2 folders you mentioned hadn't been restored. (I didn't notice anything else missing.) So I manually copied the contents from my backup and went along as usual...
I ended up here however with a new issue; for other reasons I ended up getting a new machine a short time after that. I set up the new Mac using Migration Assistant with my Time Machine backup, which seemed successful this time. (all folders appear OK, although my Plex Media Server app database seems to be corrupted now).
My big problem now is that I went to restore that particular file from Time Machine, and see that I have no history  dating to before the migration! I looked at the backupd folder for Time Machine and it's now got a new folder where the new backups are being made named "my username 2"... the migration somehow forked me into a copy of my username, making my backup files longer accessible to Time Machine's UI. I probably should post my issue here separately... I also have no confidence now in Time Machine.


Install OS X in VirtualBox on iMac? Is it possible to install OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in VirtualBox on an iMac (i3) running OS X 10.6.8? I have the 10.6 install CD, DMG, and ISO, but can't get any of them to boot from VirtualBox.

These instructions are for VirtualBox on Windows and Linux but they work well on OS X as well. Taken from here -- abridged and modified for OS X guest OS:

Rip your original retail DVD of Snow Leopard in ISO format.
In VirtualBox, create a new virtual machine. Name it as you want, but select "Mac OS X" as the operating system, and "Mac OS X Server" as the version. Click next. Assign a good amount of RAM to the VM. I chose 1024 MB. Click next. Create a new virtual hard disk, I chose 20 GB of dynamically expanding storage. Click finish.
Open the settings for this new virtual machine, and in the Storage section, load the Snow Leopard ISO in the now empty CD/DVD device.
Now close VirtualBox (important!). Find the XML file that defines the virtual machine that you just created. This will be in ~/Library/VirtualBox/Machines/<name of the VM>/<name of the VM>.xml. Search this file in a text edit for the ExtraDataItem tags. After the last instance of ExtraDataItem tags add the following two, new, ExtraDataItem tags:

<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/EfiBootArgs" value=" "/>

<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/SmcDeviceKey" value="ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"/>
Save and close the file.
Open VirtualBox and power on the virtual machine. The installation will start after some minutes. Choose your language. Now open Disk Utility under Utilities menu. Select the virtual disk and click Erase. Close it and you can now install OSX. Before that, you can choose to customize the installation. It can be interesting to disable extra language translations or printer support (you save about 2 GB).


OS X 10.6: Applications crash when sounds play Most of my applications crash whenever a sound is played -- but not if the machine has been recently rebooted.

For example, Mail.app crashes when I send email, because of the whoosh sending sound. Safari/Chrome/Firefox will crash when Flash plays sounds, e.g. with YouTube, but does not crash for silent Flash apps. iChat will crash if I get a video chat request. iTunes will not start at all.

All display the same symptom -- freeze with spinning beach ball. All can be force-quit without issue, and without affecting other applications.

If I start an app right after a reboot, it generally will run just fine. If I open Safari after a fresh reboot, I can watch Flash video for an hour or two without issue, but the next morning, it will crash again.

If I open Skype after a fresh reboot, it will remain open and working, sometimes for days. But if I close it, it will not open again until I reboot.

I've go through flashing PRAM and repair permissions with the Apple techs, and it doesn't seem to help. Any idea what I might be able to to do to get sound working again? I've been told to reinstall, but I primarily use the machine for work, and I can't take a week to get everything configured again just so I can use iTunes and YouTube.

What is particularly annoying is having to quit Mail.app and restart after each sent email. If there were a way to disable the sent email sound that would be great too.

Thanks!

Cross-posted: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12791456

Can you open the Console application (in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder) and see if anything is reported up to and during the application hangs?

Are you actually getting a crash or just a hang? (A crash will display an "unexpectedly quit" dialog on its own (creating a .crash file) , whereas a hang will require you to explicitly force the application that's not responding to quit, which will then generate a .hang (" stopped working because of a problem).

If you are actually getting a crash, please post the crash log (as much as you can) or otherwise provide access to it (as they can be somewhat long). If it's a hang, perhaps any output to Console might be more informative than the .hang report.

You mention iTunes does not start at all: do you mean it immediately starts to hang when you try to launch it, or does it crash with an unexpectedly quit dialog?

Also, try launching Activity Monitor (also in /Applications/Utilities/) and be sure to set the "Show" popup menu to All Processes. Check once at launch or on a fresh startup to see if there are any processes highlighted in red. Then when you begin having the problems, check again in Activity Monitor to see if there are any processes shown as not responding; if so, please post the name of them along with any info that's reported to Console.

My rough guess of what's happening is that either coreaudiod itself, or another sound/multi-media-related framework or launch-on-demand agent or service that these apps need is not responding, which in turn causes any applications that rely on it to hang as well.


Don't show a particular user account on the login page I created a new user account that I needed for a specific program, but it doesn't represent a regular user. How do I prevent this user from showing up as an option on the login page?

Both in 10.7 and 10.6 you will need their shortname then just run this command in Terminal.app

$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add user1 user2 user3

To remove them from the hidden user list:

$ sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList


Is there a way to install and use PowerPC applications on Intel Macs? Is there any way to install and use PowerPC applications on Intel based macs? I have older Adobe software that I would like to use, and cannot use on my new iMac.

There was an emulation layer called Rosetta to allow Intel Macs to run PowerPC applications that Apple provided from Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.6. Sadly, they removed it in 10.7 Lion and it no longer works. Given that you said your iMac is brand new, it presumably came with Lion preinstalled, and is unable to run anything older. So, unfortunately, the answer is no.

Your options are to upgrade your Adobe software to an Intel version, trade in your new Mac for a slightly older used Mac (from early 2011 or earlier) and put Snow Leopard on it, or continue to use your old hardware for your Adobe software.


I have El Capitan and can not install a DMG file I get an error message that says:

  Warning. The following disk images couldn't be opened.
  Image Reason SurveillanceClient.dmg invalid checksum

Does anyone have ideas on how to install this file?

In this YouTube video, they teach you how to fix this. Anyway, after El Capitan, Disk Utility has been completely changed, so now, in order to disable the checksum verification, you can just open a Terminal window and type:

defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify -bool true

Then open again your .dmg. Now it should work.


how to use ipad to access webserver on macbook air my webserver software is nginx which runs very well on macbook air using mac os x 10.7.5

when i go to http://myapp.localhost on my macbook air, i can access my website perfectly which is running on localhost.

how can i access the website from my iPad? I am asking because i want to test if my website allows tablet to access just as well on desktop browsers.

i have two possible setups.

1) macbook air running HUAWEI-MOBILEModem and using INTERNET SHARING to allow the iPad to access.

2) when both macbook air and iPad are accessing the same WIFI connection.

Please provide solutions for both scenarios.

UPDATE:
i have more than 1 app running on my macbook air nginx webserver.

for conveniences, let's call them

http://myapp1.localhost
http://myapp2.localhost

etc.

How can my iPad access the correct webapp hosted on my macbook air?

UPDATE

on my macbook air, i access different webapps because i edited my /etc/hosts file.

localhost is device-specific, so visiting it on your iPad is is taking you to a page on your iPad itself (that probably doesn't exist).

To access a page that is served from your Mac from your iPad, use the Mac's local IP address instead of localhost. To get your Mac's local IP, open the Network pane of System Preferences. Select your active network on the left and the IP will be shown on the right under the Connected heading. It will probably be something that looks like 10.0.1.1 or 127.0.1.1.


MacBook Pro does not go into sleep mode after upgrading to Yosemite I have a MacBook Pro 13″ and after I had upgraded to Yosemite the device does't go in sleep mode when I want it (anything is disconnected from the device). I went to energy power savings to change my settings but still doesn't work.

This is what terminal shows to me with pmset -g assertions command:

2015-01-29 12:02:35 +0100 Assertion status system-wide: BackgroundTask 0 ApplePushServiceTask 0 UserIsActive 1 PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0 PreventSystemSleep 0 ExternalMedia 0 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0 NetworkClientActive 0

Listed by owning process: pid 76(hidd): [0x0000de4e000908e3] 00:17:53 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle" Timeout will fire in 286 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease No kernel assertions.

don't know why but everything went ok and fixed after just two days...thanks a lot anyway!
Mac


Creating a new desktop on one monitor creates a desktop on all monitors Additionally shifting my desktop on the one monitor I created (with 2 monitors plugged into my MacBook Pro) shifts every desktop. I don't want this feature how do I turn it off?

I just want to be able to create one desktop on one monitor and keep all the rest of my monitors desktops the same.

Try System Prefs > Mission Control > Displays have separate spaces.


I can't enter Command+Shift+Up/Down on macOS Sierra Since upgrading to macOS Sierra (10.12.1 non-beta), I can no longer enter the keyboard combination Command+Shift+Up Arrow or Command+Shift+Down Arrow. I use this in text editors to select everything above or below my text cursor. On the macOS Keyboard Viewer, when I press the combination, only the Command and Shift keys show as pressed down.Command+Shift+Left/Right Arrow works just fine though.

I'm not sure what's going on. I haven't found anyone else with this problem on Sierra. I used to have Karabiner installed, but uninstalled it after finding it wasn't compatible with Sierra. I also had Karabiner Elements installed for a bit, but uninstalled it as well. Restarting doesn't do anything to change the problem. The problem occurs on both my MacBook Pro keyboard and my external keyboard.

Since it works in Safe Mode (based on your comment) we know it's definitely a software issue.

Basically, when you boot into Safe Mode your Mac will check the startup disk, only load necessary kernel extensions, and disable third-party fonts and startup options. Put simply, it won’t load third-party hardware drivers or startup programs.

It's likely (although not certain) that something to do with your prior installation of Karabiner is causing the problem. Your question didn't specify what version of Karabiner you had installed (besides the fact you also tried Karabiner Elements) or how you removed it. Assuming you've removed and deleted the application itself, there may still be other files installed. I would do the following:

Check the top level 'Library' folder of your hard disk for anything that looks like it's associated with your Karabiner installation. In particular, look at the following locations:

/Library
/Library/Caches
/Library/Preferences
/Library/Application Support
/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/PreferencePanes
/Library/StartupItems

If you find anything, delete the files.

Now, also do the same thing with the same set of folders within your User's Library folder. To access this, within the Finder click on the Go menu while holding the Option key and select Library.

Let us know how you go.


How to fix OS X Finder window with file/folders panel that doesn't draw itself? For no apparent reason, my OS X 10.9.5 Finder has gone haywire. Whenever I create a new Finder window, the main panel, where the files/folders are usually shown, just shows whatever is beneath it, as if there's nothing there. If you drag any other window over the Finder window, that panel will take on the pixels from the other window -- basically the panel is not drawing itself at all.

See screen shot below. It's all greyed out because that's the overlay from the screen shot functionality -- if you look closely you can see how the background is showing through.

I have no idea how or why this happened. I can't think of anything that triggered it. Any idea how to fix this?

Clue 1: rooting the machine doesn't fix it. But resetting the NVRAM does -- at least immediately. After a few minutes of use after the NVRAM reset, the problem reappears.

Clue 2: Icons and Cover Flow view modes work normally. List and Columns view modes do not -- i.e. they show the behavior noted above.

The problem is solved by changing the preferences of Google Drive:

Click the Google Drive menu and choose Preferences.

Uncheck the option to “Show file sync status icons and right click menu” in the Preferences/Advanced window.

More info following links from ConvexMartian above.


Why my macbook 2015 13 inch hums when working with latest Xcode? What may be the cause of this? It happens every time when I build the app on either simulator or device.

Should i clean sth or reset my harddrive?

using High Sierra and Xcode 9.2

EDIT:

It is enough to open Xcode and it hums the same way.

The 2015 MacBook Pro uses a Solid State drive, so there's nothing on it that going to "hum."

In fact, the only mechanical component in the MacBook Pro (besides the keys and LCD hinge, of course) is the fan.  The fan may be spinning up due to the increased load put on the CPU.  Additionally, it may be clogged with dust or the bearing is simply defective.

Try giving it a cleaning and see if the problem goes away.  There's no need to "reset" your drive as this would have no effect.


Folder with Question Mark On Startup, Don't Know the Firmware Password So my buddy's macbook one day just booted up with a folder with a question mark in it. Its an old laptop from work, which he doesn't work at anymore. I've been trying to help him out, but I've exhausted my knowledge. We tried to hold down the option key, but it wants the firmware password, which we can't get. I've seen an article on how to decrypt it, but we can't get it to boot, so we can't use terminal, and single user mode wasn't working either. Is there any way we can grab the password or get it to boot in single user mode some other way than holding Command + S?

Thanks.

Note: This RAM change trick no longer works on 2010 or newer Macs. I haven't done this in many years, but it did help back when I needed it.

If your laptop is old enough, and you can easily get to the RAM, (depending the model):

Shut down the Mac

Disconnect the power.

Open the MacBook and change the RAM configuration. Add or remove RAM so the amount is changed. Since the HD is dead, you won't need to have minimum RAM to boot OS X.

Close up the MacBook.

Start up and reset the PRAM by holding down Command+Option+P+R.
Hold these keys down continuously until you hear the MacBook chime 3 times. Release the keys.

When you see the question mark/folder, power it down by holding down the power button.

Open the MacBook and reinstall the RAM, as well as a brand new HD.

Close it up.

Restore the OS with the installer of your choice.


Launching Terminal Freezes the System for 5 Minutes in Mavericks Only recently, when I launch Terminal in Mavericks, the system becomes unresponsive temporarily: the spinning wheel appears; I can still move the mouse pointer but nothing responds; if Activity Monitor is running, it doesn't update any activity; the seconds indicator of the digital clock on the menu bar stops ticking. Terminal displays 'login' on the title bar. After 5 minutes, Terminal displays 'Log in timed out after 300 seconds' and the system becomes responsive again.

I have tried the following to no avail:

Deleted the plist file (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist) and restarted the system. This tells me it is not due to the corrupt plist file.
Used another user to log-in to the system and launched Terminal. This tells me the problem is not user-specific.

I enabled Remote Login in System Preferences and logged in from another computer using SSH. I get the password prompt immediately. However, only after about five minutes, do I get a command prompt. Again, during this time, if I go back to the computer, the system is unresponsive. When I get the command prompt, I can browse and navigate the files without any delay (discarding the network latency). I am trying to use the terminal to run git commands. Perhaps, the the following is related: if I run ssh-add to add my github key, it says: Could not open a connection to your authentication agent. Before, I was able to run ssh-add without any problems.

Any idea what is going on and how to fix this?

After Googling and trying a few things, I have got this resolved. As described here http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100623054627388 and elsewhere, there are a lot of log files accumulated in the the /private/var/log/asl directory. I downloaded Onyx http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx and used it to delete the system logs and cache files. After restarting the computer, Terminal launches quickly. There are no delays when logging in from SSH or from the log-in screen either.

The error message from ssh-add seems to be a different problem.


Shady password required for Update Apple ID Settings My iPhone (under iOS 12.1) informs me that I should "Update Apple ID Settings" for otherwise "Some account services will not be available until [I] sign in again."

When I launch Settings > Update Apple ID Settings iOS first promts me for my "Apple ID Password", then "iPhone Passcode", and then "Mac Password". The description for the last one reads: "Enter the password you use to unlock the Mac ...".

What password does this refer to? I hesitate to type in lots of passwords without better information on what's going on here. I do own both an iPhone and a MacBook and use the same Apple ID account on both.

You should ignore this and click cancel. This screen is an undocumented part of Apple's security practices (i.e. they don't mention it in their own documentation anywhere) and it exposes you to the risk that Apple will store, or could compromise (possibly resulting from a warrant/writ) your password for your local device.

This is documented further here https://privacylog.blogspot.com/2019/05/security-flaws-with-apples-two-factor.html


Unable to resize Lion partition I decided to do a clean install of Lion on a new partition, then after copying my stuff removed the old one. I'm now stuck with 100~ GB of free space and a 20 GB partition that Disk Utility won't let me resize... oops.

I really don't want to have to:

create a partition in the free space
install Lion onto it then copy my stuff (again)
delete the old partition and resize the new one

Is there anything else I can do?

Yes - boot to your Recovery HD and use Disk Utility there to perform the operation. If it's missing, you can download and re-install Lion which will recreate the Recovery HD.

It's likely the volume is in use or one file that is open needs to be closed so it can be moved.


Enable AirPrint with a router? Excuse me for being completely confused about how AirPrint works.  I'm aware of AirPrint activator on a PC.  But is there a way to use a generic router (or Airport base station/Time Capsule) to attach an HP ethernet Laserjet printer to AirPrint?

Apple routers generally have no viable software you can customize. Other generic and third party routers often can be flashed and updates. It might be possible to get this working on routers that are able to run pared down versions of Linux (such as DD-WRT or Tomato) in place of their stock firmware. Linux can do AirPrint sharing of standard printers with a combination of CUPS and avahi (Bonjour) following instructions you can find here. Some of the 3rd party router firmwares already have CUPS configured, and I suspect you could get avahi working on them as well, there may be a pre-built version, but you may have to compile yourself.

Bottom line, given a compatible router, you should be able to do it, but it will require a fair bit of hacking and googling. There's no turn-key solution that I'm aware of, and of course this only works with routers that can use 3rd party firmware (there's a pretty good selection, but definitely not all), and Apple base stations definitely won't work unless Apple itself adds the functionality.


How do I hide names from incoming messages on whatsapp on my iphone5 I dont want the contact names to show on the notification but I stillwant the notification badge to show

Basically, when it comes to WhatsApp there are two sets of Settings that can affect what, if anything, is previewed from your WhatsApp messages.

WhatsApp has its own settings:

Tap on WhatsApp
At bottom right tap on Settings
Tap on Notifications
Configure your settings to your liking.

Your iPhone also has settings for Notifications. To access these, go back to your Home screen and go to Settings > Notifications. Here you can configure settings as a whole and also by individual apps.

What you're wanting to do is essentially the opposite of this question, so it may be useful for you to read that as well.


How does the Apple Watch  macOS Sierra unlock feature work in detail? Does anyone know how the Apple Watch unlock feature work in macOS Sierra?

I figured out, that I have to be very near my Mac, that the feature works.

Does it use Bluetooth (BLE) or WIFI?

It would be really nice to get some details about this nice feature.

It uses both Bluetooth LE 4.0 AND 802.11ac WiFi.

Bluetooth is used to discover the Apple Watch and establish a connection.

Then it uses WiFi to do "time-in-flight" calculations - i.e. to figure out how far your watch is from the Mac. The Mac needs to support 802.11ac WiFi for this to work. All watches are supported, both the old and the new - even though the old ones does not support 802.11ac.

This way it is possible to prevent attacks such as someone planting a "bluetooth repeater" near you, so that it could replay your bluetooth responses captured this way to a Mac located somewhere remotely.


Copy paste a file inside a folder in List view I am new to MAC

Lets say I have a folder named outer_folder and inside this folder there is another folder called inner_folder which has a file named inner_file1.pdf

I opened the outer_folder in List view and then clicked on the arrow next to inner_folder and copy pasted the inner_file1.pdf expecting that the copy of the file will be created in inner_folder but the copy was created in outer_folder instead

Is this a bug or is this how MAC is supposed to work? Is there a possibility to change this so that the copy is created in the inner_folder?

This is a source of confusion to many.

In List view, the default paste location will be the outermost folder the window is opened from, ie the one named in the window header.

Workarounds are to either Cmd/double click to open your destination in a new window, or more simply right click your destination folder & use Paste Item from there.


Does the iCloud retain data for a period after the user specifies to delete it? Does deleting iCloud backups delete the associated data immediately or does Apple retain the data for a period of time?

Only the people that wrote the code that makes up iCloud will know for sure. If you trust the company, then no, they won't retain it, not knowingly at least.


rEFIt defaulting to 32bit kernel rEFIt is defaulting to the 32bit kernel of OS X which will not boot and will show this error message:

at boot I have to press F2 then manually select the 64bit kernel.  How do I change the default kernel to load?

At the OS X command line, try: sudo nvram boot-args="arch=x86_64".

EDIT:

Try resetting your NVRAM to get you back into OS X.  Since we added a value to the boot-args variable in NVRAM, resetting it will clear it out.

If/Once you get back into OS X, try the following per Apple:

sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture x86_64

Rather than write into the NVRAM (which was likely modified by rEFIt), this writes a value to com.apple.Boot.plist and persists on the volume.


ImageMagick convert command produces a slight error This happens when I convert a GIF into a series of PNG files.

I convert a .gif animation to a series of .png using

convert ex.gif my_png_files_%d.png

I get a series of .png-figures but some of the figures seem to be slightly shifted to the side or up/down. Example: if the gif-animation was just a red circle centred in the middle of a square, then the series of the pngs would produce this circle but this circle would be slight shifted off center in some direction in some of the pngs.

Anyone know what the issue is here?

First, shouldn't your example be :

convert ex.gif my_png_files_%d.png

as the input file is the GIF?

Could this be an anti-aliasing problem? Have you tried

convert ex.gif +antialiasing my_png_files_%d.png

I assume you have read the manual or the local copy at file:///opt/local/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.8.0/www/convert.html

EDIT: It turned out to be a geometry problem and the answer found here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12791505/how-to-extract-frames-from-a-gif-file-preserving-frame-dimensions was to change the command to

convert -coalesce ex.gif +antialiasing my_png_files_%d.png


Mac preview crash everytime when searching I would like to ask if you encountered similar error, and what have you done to solve it.  When I open multiple PDF files in Preview ( mainly text), and then search for some common substring like building, typing firstly b, then u, then i, then l, and usually preview crashes after typing 4-5 characters.  I emphasize I have opened 10-13 pdfs,(one is max 2 pages long), and it crashes everytime when I try to search by aforementioned method. Has it happened to you and how did you solve it? I submited a bug report to apple anyway.

EDIT: added code

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSOutlineView', reason: 'NSOutlineView error removing child indexes <NSIndexSet: 0x7fbbe99f08c0>[number of indexes: 1 (in 1 ranges), indexes: (11)] in parent 0x0 (which has 11 children).'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called

I tried to reinstall preview using this guide https://superuser.com/questions/835035/preview-app-always-crashes?newreg=a67db93698f84d459728455bb530cad9  from fresh Yosemite installation, without any result, it still crashes.

EDIT: Seems like this is not only related to text searching:
preview crashing with yosemite and mavericks

This could be a symptom of a corrupted Spotlight index.  You can rebuild your Spotlight index using Apple's instructions:

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

Just realize that it can take a while to rebuild depending on how many files you have on your hard drive(s).


iPhone 4s repetitive charging sound with black screen This didn't happen before so it's new.
Every time the iPhone is out of battery and I plug it, it doesn't show up on screen that it is charging and keeps repeating the plunging sound. And it won't turn up if I let it still plugged and it heats so I leave it without charge for 2-5 days then when I check if the screen works before charging and displays no battery icon I will charge and it will return charging normally and opens. Do you think this has to do with the battery? or some bugs in the iOS? Please help me.

If the phone's battery is original, it is surely now defective due to age. Have it replaced. Continuing to try and use it may cause it to swell and physically damage other components in the phone.


Shutdown and ASD errors on late 2013 15" Retina Macbook Pro My Late 2013 Retina MBP is shutting down randomly. It gets a blank screen, and the keyboard is lit up for about 10 seconds, and then it powers down. There is no kernel panic, and nothing in the logs shows a shutdown. It reboots fine, and generally works for several hours before booting again.

When running the AST OS tests, I get the following errors:

[01/16/20 17:24:31] AirPort (test #9) - Wireless Module PCIe Root Port Hardware Register Test
- Verifies PCIe root port error bits for wireless module doesn't register any NAKs
[17:24:32]  ERROR - -12100 [IOConnect error reading from PCI address space] -- TEST FAILED
[01/16/20 17:24:32] SATA - 0: SATA PCI Register Test (test #1) - SATA PCI Register Test
- Checks the SATA link error registers for dropped data packets using direct PCI access.
[17:24:32]  ERROR - -12105 [PCI driver IOService open error] -- TEST FAILED

I tried a number of things, but nothing worked:

applied new thermal paste
re-seated the cable from main board to i/o board
re-seated video
put in another SSD drive known to be working
wiped drive and reinstalled Catalina (didn't restore)
reset SMC and NVRAM

The machine has dual graphics, but disabling discrete graphics doesn't help.

Any ideas on what I can try next, and what the AST test messages mean?

You have a hardware issue.

There are two errors:

ERROR - -12100 [IOConnect error reading from PCI address space] -- TEST FAILED
ERROR - -12105 [PCI driver IOService open error] -- TEST FAILED

Both have to do with I/O (input/output) operations on the PCI bus.

The first, related to the AirPort card says that it can't read from the "PCI address space."  The address space is a location in memory that points to a physical piece of hardware.  When attempting to read from it, it errors out.
The second, is another I/O error, this time when attempting to connect directly to the SATA hardware; it received an error when trying to open it for operations.

Given that both of these errors related to entirely different pieces of hardware, but both are related in that it's happening on the PCI bus, you have a hardware issue on the logic board.

Bottom line:  The logic board needs to be replaced.


macOS High Sierra won't sleep I have a 2017 27" iMac running macOS 10.13.6.

I have configured the sleep / auto lock settings as per the below screenshot. But for some reason the computer wont sleep / auto lock.

I have an application downloaded from the App Store called Owly installed, which is similar to Caffeine, but this is currently disabled and not set to keep the screen on.

Ive noticed that it will sleep if i log out of the user account and leave the machine on the "chose user" login page. But not if the user is logged in.

Any ideas?

I have configured the sleep / auto lock settings as per the below screenshot. But for some reason the computer wont sleep / auto lock. I have configured the sleep / auto lock settings as per the below screenshot. But for some reason the computer wont sleep / auto lock.

Make sure that you are not using your Mac for your set time and that it is inactive.

  I have an application downloaded from the App Store called Owly installed, which is similar to Caffeine, but this is currently disabled and not set to keep the screen on.

Check again to make sure they are disabled.

Check your Energy settings in the Activity Monitor. Open Activity
Monitor from the Utilities folder of your Applications folder, or use
Spotlight to find it. Go to Energy.

Check the Preventing Sleep column to see what apps are preventing your Mac from sleeping. If an application says yes it means it is preventing your Mac from sleeping. Check all the applications and make sure they all say no.


3 (2 monitors + Ethernet adapter) devices to 2 Thunderbolt ports on a Retina MacBook Pro? There are 2 Thunderbolt ports, but I have 3 devices. Is there a way to attach all 3?

I've read stuff about "daisy-chaining" but I don't know what it means.

How Daisy Chaining Works

Daisy chaining is connecting multiple devices in series, as in this diagram:

Note that this shows some disk drives, but they could be any Thunderbolt devices.

Each device in the chain (except for the last) needs two Thunderbolt ports — one to connect to the downstream devices (those closer in the chain to the Mac) and one for the upstream (to pass the data on to the devices further along the chain).

Additionally, each chain supports a maximum of six devices, and there can only be one non-Thunderbolt display, and it must be at the end of the chain.

Making Your Situation Feasible

Because of these limitations, you won't be able to connect the devices you have using Thunderbolt alone. Unfortunately Apple's ethernet adapter doesn't have multiple ports for passthrough, so you can only use it at the end of a chain. If your displays were Thunderbolt based, it would be do-able, but it sounds like they're not.

The best suggestion I can give you is to use the HDMI port on your Retina MBP to connect one of your monitors (this will work if it has either a DVI or HDMI input), however this limits the resolution to 1920x1200, so for hi-res panels (like those found on some 27" and 30" displays), you won't be getting the full benefit of the display.

If you're still stuck, there are USB 3 ethernet adapters available now that will do full gigabit. There might be a bit more overhead than the Thunderbolt adapter, but it's better than nothing.


Why do some apps not show up on the dock in Mountain Lion? I'm not sure if this was intentional, or if this is a problem, but when I open the App Store or Messages, they don't show up at all in the dock, but they run just fine otherwise. Why is this and how can I change this behavior?

Here are some steps to fix problems with the Dock:

Run killall Dock from a terminal
Log out and back in
Reboot the machine
Reinstall the apps affected
Try to create a new user profile


MacBook Air as primary monitor for Windows PC? I will be building a budget pc using an Athlon 3000g APU. I was wanting to know if I could use a mini display port to HDMI adapter to plug an HDMI cable in the pc build. I'm not sure if I could use my MacBook Air as a primary monitor for now.
Thanks in advance!

Only certain (mostly older) iMacs could be used as an external monitor for another computer; see the answer at this question as a starting point: What are the requirements to use iMac screen as a second monitor - Target Display Mode?

Your best bet would probably be to:

Have the PC and the MacBook Air on the same wired or wireless network,
connect to the PC with Microsoft’s free Remote Desktop client (Instructions / More info & download link), using the IP address of the PC and your Windows username/password.

Notes:

You will probably need to use a HDMI television, borrow a monitor from someone, or move the hard drive/SSD to a PC with a monitor in order to do the initial setup on the Windows side.

Due to security issues, this will no longer (currently) support the advanced features (e.g. 3D acceleration) of your PCs graphics card, but as a ‘budget’ PC that will likely not be much of an issue.

You can even use your MacBook’s built-in camera and speakers with the PC, and if you connect a second monitor to the MacBook then you can use both screens with the PC. It just has to happen over the network.

If you are using Linux instead of Windows on the PC, you’ll need VNC instead of Remote Desktop, and you won’t be able to share as much of the MacBook’s hardware with the PC.


How can I rip my DVD to play them on my TV? I would like to rip a DVD on to Mac then onto a multimedia device to play them on my TV set.

Is there a software that will help me to do so?

You can use HandBrake.

  HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

There are a lot of built-in preset  you can chose from to rip your DVD to a format you'll be able to play on your multimedia device.


How do I set the cover photo of a "shared" Photos album? I understand how to set the cover ("key") photo of an Apple Photos album, but I can't see how to change the cover photo of a "shared" (copied) album.

How do I set the cover photo of a "shared" Photos album?

You can't.

With shared iCloud photo albums the key photo will always be the photo that was uploaded last.

Update: This is still valid for iOS 12.1.2.


MacBook Pro Mouse and Keyboard freeze after opening the Lid So recently my MacBook Pro 2018 Touchbar (4 USB-C and Intel I5 Quadcore) has been having a really weird problem after waking up from Sleep. Every time I open the Lid and log in, the screen wakes up like normal and sometimes I can see new notifications from Firefox.
However, my Mouse and Keyboard stay completely unresponsive.
I see the mouse cursor, but it just won't move. CTRL + Arrow key also won't change screens. It's exactly as in this post here from 7 years ago and sadly no fix.

It occurs from only for a few seconds to up to 30 seconds sometimes.
It also happens always for at least a few seconds, no matter where I
am or what state I closed the lid in.

What could remove or resolve these post sleep freezes?

UPDATE: The NVRAM reset ended up being only a temporary fix. The answer here was the real solution. The problem seems to either be with VM software or closing the lid with a VPN running (the latter was the problem for me). Disconnecting from the VPN before closing the lid fixed the problem.
Original post:
This is a bit late, but resetting the NVRAM seemed to work for me:

Restart your laptop
When the Apple logo comes on screen, press and hold option + command + P + R
The logo should go away and come back after a few seconds, and hopefully that should be it!


Apple Numbers program, weird thing with unix time code formula Hi I have applied the unix time code formula

=(((A1/60)/60)/24)+DATE(1970,1,1)+(-5/24)

And it works! But the result I get on my column only shows the date and not the time. Does anyone know how to fix this? I attached an image to show what happens.

Thanks for your time.

The box on the top is the formula, the box on the bottom left is the "Formula Result" but the box in the row is the actual result I get.

I want the timecode too not just the date to appear in the rows.

Numbers '09 has a drop-down menu to specify the way that the time is shown in a Date and Time cell format.  The default in this situation seems to be None, but you can change it, as I show in the screenshot.

From your screenshot, however, I think you are using a newer version of Numbers.  I don't know where this setting is in that version, sorry.

One more thing: I think the last part of your formula +(-5/24) is perhaps correcting for a local timezone difference from UTC.  I'm not sure, but you may need to change this when daylight savings time stops or starts: worth making a note to check this on that date.


How can I remove Applications from Security & Privacy? Is it possible to completely remove apps from the various privacy categories in System Preferences?

System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy

To remove all apps from a particular Privacy category, open Terminal.app and type the following command, then type the Return key:
tccutil reset CATEGORY

where CATEGORY is one of:

Accessibility
AddressBook
AppleEvents (i.e. Automation)
Calendar
Camera
Microphone
Photos
Reminders
ScreenCapture (for the Screen Recording list)
SystemPolicyAllFiles (for the Full Disk Access list)
SystemPolicyDesktopFolder
SystemPolicyDeveloperFiles
SystemPolicyDocumentsFolder
SystemPolicyDownloadsFolder
SystemPolicyNetworkVolumes
SystemPolicyRemovableVolumes
SystemPolicySysAdminFiles

If you want to remove only a particular app, you need to first determine its Bundle ID. Once you know that, issue the command:
tccutil reset CATEGORY BUNDLEID

Note: Specifying an app's Bundle ID appears to require macOS Mojave (10.14) or later.
You could also remove all apps from all categories:
tccutil reset All

Though this might freeze your Mac on macOS 10.15 and later, see comment below.

In the example given in the question, the following commands would remove Terminal and Chrome from Calendars.
First, determine their Bundle IDs:
osascript -e 'id of app "Terminal"'

shows com.apple.Terminal. Same for "Chrome" gives: com.google.Chrome. Now we can reset them:
tccutil reset Calendars com.apple.Terminal
tccutil reset Calendars com.google.Chrome

Pro tip:
This is a one-liner doing the same:
tccutil reset Calendars `osascript -e 'id of app "Chrome"'`

More info in this blog article: Managing Mojave’s privacy protection: Privacy controls.


Will Apple disable your account for buying IAP abroad? I have an US App Store account from when they opened it, 2010 if I'm not mistaken ( I'm an early adopter :) ).
Back then I used "None" as payment method when I created the account because I didn't have a credit card.  I used a fake US address, as I live in Asia.

I've heard that you can do that, but if you buy In-App Purchases your account will disabled forever, because Apple allowed buying apps with gift cards abroad but doesn't allow buying any IAP from abroad.

But that was in 2010, what I want to ask is: are these restrictions true? Will Apple disable your account for buying IAP abroad?

On the "can you spend a Gift Card on In-App Purchase" part, here's what Apple says:

  You can use store credit for purchases that you make in any of the stores or to pay for in-app purchases until it's gone.

As long as you keep using Gift Cards and don't run out of credit you should have no problem.

If you have or get a local credit card, and want to use it, you will have to either create another Apple ID to manage both stores, or switch to your local store and lose US store purchases, as you need your card and store country to match.

As Apple puts it:

  For example, only German credit cards can be used to buy content from the German iTunes Store and App Store.

This articles 1, 2 take on the problems and advantages of having more than one Apple ID for purchases and describe what you do in extension.


Missing Mail.app in Finder, but exists in /Applications folder I've not ever wanted to use the Mail app on my Mavericks machine, but recently I decided I'd give it a shot. However when I went to Applications in Finder, I couldn't see it. Nor was it in ~/Applications (which is completely empty anyway).

When I did a search from Terminal (find . -iname Mail.app), I discover that it is in the /Applications folder after all.
I checked the permissions, but have never seen the "@" before:

drwxr-xr-x@  3 XXXX   admin    102 21 Feb  2014 MacX Free AVI Video Converter.app/
drwxr-xr-x@  3 root   wheel    102 16 Jul  2014 Mail.app/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   wheel    102 16 Jul  2014 Maps.app/

The only way I could seem to open it was via Terminal (open /Applications/Mail.app).

Does anyone have any idea on why it might not be visible in Finder?

Note: The app itself is running fine after opening from Terminal...
& I've since marked it as "Keep in Dock".

Many thanks,
Craig.

Thanks to the hint from @Zero, there is a way to Hide and Show individual files, including applications from Finder by using Terminal.

To Show individual files:

sudo chflags nohidden Mail.app/

To Hide individual files:

sudo chflags hidden Mail.app/

Depending upon the file, you may not need to use sudo, but it won't hurt in any case (other than needing to type in a password).

Disclaimer: I found the key to my answer mentioned in a comment here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/65175/84492


Java Certificate Issues Overview

We are building a JAVA Application that communicates data over secure HTTPS lines.

Problem

When we run our application from Eclipse/Terminal, via the command "java -jar <application>.jar", the application succeeds in all regards. However, when we run our application from "clicking" on the jar file, or when we run it from our bundled OSX Application files, we experience the following error:

sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

We have added all of the respective certificates to the keystore, and we have tested this extensively. I should also add that we have researched extensively this error, but it mostly resolved around certificate issues. As we can run the application successfully under certain scenarios, we don't believe this is the case.

My current hypothesis is that we need to sign our Java application and/or the OSX Application file generated from our ANT script.

Question

Do any of you have any ideas on what is causing this error? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Literally right after typing this question up, my coworker found the solution.

Apparently, the "JAVA_HOME" variable changes based on the context of where you ran your jar. If you run the application directly, the variable leads to

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home

Whereas running it from bash/terminal/eclipse causes it to be located elsewhere

What this means in the context of this problem, is that we were not adding our certificates in all of the places necessary. Should you come across this, please verify that you are adding your certs in the correct locations.


Disk Utility works forever at trying to repair partitions My computer froze yesterday while I was using a browser. I restarted and never got past a plain white screen. Finally was able to boot from a different drive and ran disk utility on my main boot drive and it made some repairs and then gave me the message "Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required."
The status bar shows it is in process and I get the message Estimated time: 2 minutes. But nothing happens. I stopped it after 20 min. and had to force quit to shut down disk utility. Then I had to restart because the finder crashed and didn't come back. Restarted to the alternate disk again, ran disk utility on the main drive again, it found some problems and repaired them this time (last time it didn't find any) and now it's back to the "2 minute" updating boot support again... now onto 20 minute with no progress.

Any ideas on what to do next? Do I need to buy a new hard drive and migrate my files (which appear to be intact)? This is a TB drive with 800 gigs used... a lot of it for applications so reinstalling everything would eat my life and be virtually impossible. Any ideas on making the boot support partitions update so I don't have to go through that hell?

Disk Utility repair functions are (from what I have heard) just a front end to FSCK, so that will likely give you the same results. You could try another disk repair utility (diskWarrior, techtool, etc...), or if you have a recent backup I would be tempted to wipe the drive and start over.

If you have another Mac you could put that Mac into target disk mode, connect the two via Firewire or Thunderbolt and try the repair that way.

It is possible that the drive itself is damaged and beyond repair. The problem here is that disk utility is usually not smart enough to know when to give up. And repairs can take a long time (overnight is not unheard of) so unrecoverably damaged disks often initially diagnose similar to what you are seeing.

Failing other disk utilities or other Macs your best bet might be a visit to an Apple Genius. they will diagnose you for free, repairs may cost you if you are out of warranty.


macOS High Sierra: Where is the Secure Empty Trash option? There used to be an option to delete files securely in older versions of Mac OS X. However, I am unable to find the same in macOS High Sierra 10.13.5.

Is the option removed? If yes, what's the probable reason? As I understand, the command was useful to ensure that data could no longer be recovered from the hard drive.

I am using a Late 2013 15" retina MacBook Pro.

This feature was removed in macOS 10.11 El Capitan. Per the Apple support document About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11, it was removed for security reasons.

  Finder
  Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.8 and later

  Impact: The "Secure Empty Trash" feature may not securely delete files placed in the Trash

  Description: An issue existed in guaranteeing secure deletion of Trash files on some systems, such as those with flash storage. This issue was addressed by removing the "Secure Empty Trash" option.

  CVE-ID
  CVE-2015-5901 : Apple

The CVE gives a small paragraph on this issue. From NVD - CVE-2015-5901:

  The Secure Empty Trash feature in Finder in Apple OS X before 10.11 improperly deletes Trash files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading storage media, as demonstrated by reading a flash drive.


Spotlight icon missing on Yosemite The Spotlight icon isn't showing up in the upper right; even if I try to launch it manually from core services, nothing happens. I'm running Yosemite.

How can I get the icon back?

Hope this works for you it did for me!
Use Terminal

sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search

Then type in the following command:

killall SystemUIServer

After issuing these two commands, you'll notice that the Spotlight application will re-appear in the menubar of OS X.


How to delete synced photos from iPhone without connecting to mac? I have synced a folder which contains some pictures to my iPhone. The synced photos are successfully copied to my iPhone. But I can not see any "delete" option in my iPhone to remove the synced photos.

The "Camera Roll" which has the pictures that I took via the iPhone's camera have an option "delete" in the bottom of the picture. But synced photos does not have that delete button.

Should I use iTunes/Mac to delete synced photos? Can't I delete the synced photos with a single touch?

Synced Photos deleting must be done through iTunes. To do so just:

In iTunes select the device icon in the Devices List on the left. Click the Photos tab in the resulting window.
Choose Sync photos from, being iPhoto or Aperture on a Mac and Photoshop Album or Photoshop Elements on a Windows PC.
Choose Select Albums and deselect the albums or collections you want to delete.
Click Apply.


Unable to create Shortcut for creating new note in Evernote I am trying to create a Shortcut that will create a new note in Evernote. It should ask me to enter some text for the note.
In my Shortcut app, I create a new Shortcut and for Content I select Shortcut Input. But when I run this Shortcut, it simply creates an empty note in Evernote and does not ask me for any input text. Below is the screenshot.
What am I doing wrong here?

You need to use the 'Ask for Input' action before the Evernote app.
This way, you will be asked to enter text that can then be used in Evernote (with the 'Provided Input' variable).
Note that the 'Shortcut Input' variable takes the content from where you called it (for example a website in the share sheet).


USB Ethernet to WiFi Internet sharing does not work I have a MacBook Pro Retina 2012 running Mojave. I was using USB ethernet on my Mac and sharing that as a WiFi to my android phone. All was stable.
Last week I had a partition error while I was resizing the disk and OS had crashed. I had to reinstall Mojave.
Now I’m trying to use the same setup. MacBook is getting internet from USB ethernet fine. I then shared the ethernet into my WiFi like last time for my Android. The Android connects to the WiFi but this time keeps saying  no Internet. Mac can connect to WiFi, but cannot share internet through it. (I would guess the NAT server is not working or something like it)
I don't know how to diagnose the problem and fix it.
Please suggest.

The crash obviously damaged something and it hasn't quite been resolved yet.
First try some simple tasks such as:

Go to System Preferences--> Sharing. Turn off the Internet Connection Sharing option.
Now go to Network. Then create a new location by choosing edit location and then new location.
Now add back in your USB Ethernet adapter interface and apply the settings. Then test your internet connectivity on your computer.
Go back to Sharing and turn your internet connection sharing back on after choosing the Share from choice (USB Ethernet) and Share to choice WiFi.

Besides that, turn off your internet connection sharing, then go back to Network. Try editing your DNS settings on the USB/Ethernet connection and use the public IP addresses for CloudFlare and Google. CloudFlare is: 1.1.1.1  in addition to 1.0.0.1
Google is: 8.8.8.8  in addition to 8.8.4.4
Once you have the DNS settings entered and applied, test your internet connection on the computer one more time, then try turning the internet connection sharing feature back on.
If it still doesn't work, it may be a much more involved fix.
You might have luck by going to Macintosh HD--> Library--> Preferences. Drag the SystemConfiguration folder to the trash (don't empty it as you might need it again), then reboot the computer.
Your network interfaces and bluetooth settings will probably be wiped out at that point and you can try setting things up fresh.


List of (activated) fonts with shell command in os x Is there any shell command for getting a list of activated fonts? Something like:

 some_font_util -activated -format 'file: name'

for getting a list of activated fonts in a form like:

/Library/Fonts/CourNI.ttf: Courier New Italic

…or anything similar?

I'm using Lion. Something from MacPorts, or AppleScript (for run with osascript command) would be welcome too.

I know that this is quite an old post, but I just stumbled upon it from Google while searching for something similar (mostly just wanting to list active fonts via Terminal.) I ended up remembering that activated fonts are listed in System Information which can be pulled from the system_profiler command.
That being said here's the command to pull font information from system_profiler:

system_profiler SPFontsDataType

That's it. It should return a huge list of font data in the format of:

Fonts:

Arial Narrow.ttf:

  Kind: TrueType
  Valid: Yes
  Enabled: Yes
  Location: /Library/Fonts/Arial Narrow.ttf
  Typefaces:
    ArialNarrow:
      Full Name: Arial Narrow
      Family: Arial Narrow
      Style: Regular
      Version: Version 2.38.1x
      Vendor: The Monotype Corporation
      Unique Name: Arial Narrow Regular : 2007
      Designer: Robin Nicholas, Patricia Saunders
      Copyright: © 2007 The Monotype Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
      Trademark: Arial is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
      Description: Monotype Drawing Office 1982. A contemporary sans serif design, Arial contains more humanist characteristics than many of its predecessors and as such is more in tune with the mood of the last decades of the twentieth century. The overall treatment of curves is softer and fuller than in most industrial-style sans serif faces. Terminal strokes are cut on the diagonal which helps to give the face a less mechanical appearance. Arial is an extremely versatile family of typefaces which can be used with equal success for text setting in reports, presentations, magazines etc, and for display use in newspapers, advertising and promotions.
      Outline: Yes
      Valid: Yes
      Enabled: Yes
      Duplicate: No
      Copy Protected: No
      Embeddable: Yes

which you should be able to grep and manipulate as you'd like.


Shortcut Virus: What's the effect on a Mac? I was at school when we tested a PowerPoint presentation on one of the school's laptops. Apparently, when we got home, many of my classmates told me that the laptop gave a "shortcut virus" on their USB flash drives. The flash drives contained a shortcut to the flash drive itself, which would lead to nothing. Files would have to be recovered.

I haven't plugged in the flash drive to my Mac yet. I have no antivirus installed and I'm not sure if flash drives are scanned prior to being shown on macOS. If I plug it in, will it give a virus to my Mac?

Thanks.

A shortcut to itself is not an issue. One on the flash drive will not cause issues when connected to macOS or even when interacted with.

As an example, you'll find a ‘recursive’ link already in macOS: /Volumes/Macintosh HD → /.


What is the PATH environment variable and how do I set it up to use the Android SDK? I'm a mac noob, and a terminal noob.

I'm used to installing things in Windows, and now I'm trying to set up Eclipse with the Android SDK on Mac and I'm having some trouble.

I downloaded Eclipse and stuck it in a folder I called Android, then downloaded the Android SDK and stuck it in that folder as well. The next step of these instructions says this:

  Update your PATH environment variable to know about the Android tools.
  There are different ways of setting your default PATH variable. I use ~/.bash_login but ~/.bash_profile also works. The Android tools are in the tools directory of the Android SDK. So this is what I added to .bash_login:
  export PATH=$PATH:/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools

I have absolutely no idea what any of that means. Can someone help to dumb it down a little for me? That instruction presupposes way too much Mac/unix knowledge on my part.

The PATH environment variable is simply an order list of directories over which (typically) executables are searched for and run. In short, to get you through the setup you'll need to edit /Users/<username/.bash_profile to include

export PATH=$PATH:/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools

This is the most painless way to do that. Note, this assumes that you have the same SDK install path. Modify the text to suit otherwise.

Open up a Terminal window (don't cringe).  Use Spotlight ( ⌘SPC ) and start typing "terminal".  Hit return when you see it highlighted.
Copy and paste the following into the terminal window that opens up and hit enter.

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools' >> ~/.bash_profile

That's it. If you already have a .bash_profile, this will add that line to the end of the file.  If you don't already have one, it will create one for you.


How to use `login` command to take a screenshot of another user's desktop? I just want to know if this can be done in one command without any interactions in macOS. There's an interactive way to do this (I first switched to the user abc and then switched back so that abc had a hidden desktop):

(in sudo mode)
login abc
(type the password)
screencapture <png-file-name>

In my test, this would take a screenshot of abc's hidden desktop and save it to the file. But the weird thing is that when I use -f option (only applicable in sudo mode) to eliminate the need of typing password, the screenshot becomes the current user's desktop, not abc's desktop:

(in sudo mode)
login -f abc /usr/sbin/screencapture <png-file-name>
OR
login -f abc bash -c "/usr/sbin/screencapture <png-file-name>"

Both don't work as expected.

su or sudo also can't meet my requirements, because they also take the screenshots of current user's desktop.

You may wonder why I want that. In fact I don't want the screenshots, I want security. I want to make the shell of this another user completely isolated from the current user, so that any malicious code running in this shell will not be able to take screenshot of the current user.

The desktop is managed by the WindowServer daemon.

The communication with WindowServer is guarded so that only root and the current console user can access WindowServer.

Because you're using sudo, you have root privileges to be able to communicate with WindowServer.

In addition to this the current namespace is used to determine, which desktop is "your desktop". A session namespace is created for each currently logged in user.

When you use the login command, you're asked to enter your password. This is actually handled by the PAM subsystem. As part of the standard PAM setup on macOS, you're transferred to the correct (your own) session namespace, when logging on with the right password.

Therefore when you use "login" and enter a password, you get a screenshot of that user's desktop because you're in the right namespace.

However, when you use "login -f" you're bypassing PAM. Therefore the PAM modules are never executed, and you stay in the same name space you were before.

Therefore when using "login -f" to take the screenshot, you're actually getting a screenshot of the currently logged in user - and not the "abc" user you want.

You can read more about this in technical note TN2083:

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2083/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10003794-CH1-SUBSECTION14


How to test and debug website on older version of Safari We're trying to test and debug Safari 7. I've used the Safari dev tools to connect to a physical device and use the inspector to view the page. That works fine, but I don't have access to a physical device with Safari 7. Tools like Browser stack or saucelabs I can see the issues, but I can't debug in an emulator. Does anyone have a solution to this?

Very easy.

Get a copy of Parallels or VMware Fusion. Set up a virtual machine and install Mavericks on it. You will then have all the benefits of running Safari 7 in the original environment without having to dust the hardware.

I have Fusion, and virtual machines back to 10.5 Leopard. Also have Windows back to W98, and DOS 6 just for Duke Nukem in all it's 8-bit glory. modern.ie has free downloads of ready-to-go virtual machines for all versions of MSIE.

Other things you should have:

lots of disk space. Like > 250GB
lots of memory. VMs don't share memory, they need their own. I have 24GB.
a big monitor, or a second monitor.


Connecting 2 HDMI monitors with 2 adapters on both side of USB-C port on 2018 MacBook Pro I am thinking of buying 2 of this adapter for my Macbook Pro 2018?

By plugging the adapter from both side of the USB-C ports, can i connect it to 2 external HDMI monitors?

Yes. It is possible to connect two HDMI monitors using two adapters.

Each of the four USB-C ports (2 on either side) support connecting external display.


Was this clean install? I tried to clean install due to issues with Sierra (wanted to revert back to old OS).

Activated erase the Macintosh HD, picked (like idiot I am) the highest erasure mode. It took 10 minutes and nothing moved... I thought I overdid, let's try again - forced shut down to begin anew. (Yes, I am an idiot...)

Opening Mac again using Cmd+R, Macintosh HD was now inaccessible. I tried to recover what I could, but it was gone. Somehow I managed to change it into Apple Disk Image I think - one of the four "disks" that appears when entering Cmd+R and going to Disk Utility. (Now I had two Apple Disk Images or whatever its exact name was)

I partitioned APPLE HDD and made new Macintosh HD, but that seemed to be empty.

Now I decided it was safest to just call a technician and had him install El Capitan back on and stop being an idiot.

Got my Mac back, it was like first time - appoint my admin user name etc. Those things Mac asks when you get it first time and make it yours.

I'd like to know: does this sound like clean install was done? If there was (doubt it, but just in case) malware or trojan installed, was it wiped out and system is now clean?

This was definitely a clean install, also known as an 'Erase and Install'. Any application or extension-based malware (or trojan) would be gone at this point; it was gone the moment you erased the drive. As for the theoretical firmware possibilities another user mentioned, those are highly uncommon and I wouldn't worry about it.


Cannot access localhost after upgrade to Mavericks but can access 127.0.0.1 I ran across this question, but it wasn't resolved (and it hasn't been touched in a while). I'm not sure if my issue is the same, but I don't have enough reputation here to comment on that question.

I just upgraded from Snow Leopard (10.6.8) to Mavericks. Before the upgrade, I was able to visit http://localhost; but now I can't. I checked my hosts file, and it looked ok (but this isn't quite my area of expertise):

127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost

I am still able to visit 127.0.0.1. This wouldn't necessarily be a huge deal, but I'm trying to use Sinatra on Thin which isn't working after the OS upgrade either (it was working on my Snow Leopard setup), so I fear there may be an underlying issue that could have other negative effects. Thanks.

Everything seems to be working now. I can access localhost again, and my app is running Sinatra on Thin as it was before. Thanks to bmike, I did a bit of searching on why my loopback was unreachable and came across this article. I moved my old hosts file (/etc/hosts) to hosts.old and made a new one in its place that simply contained:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1           localhost
255.255.255.255     broadcasthost
::1                 localhost
fe80::1%lo0         localhost

Then, I ran dscacheutil -flushcache and rebooted my computer*. After that, things appear to be working normally again. I can only guess that something weird happened with my old hosts file. I also took JakeGould's advice and blew away ruby 2.0.0 (I still had ruby 1.8.7--you cannot uninstall ruby entirely on a mac, since it uses ruby for other things) and rvm and reinstalled those; but I'm not sure that had anything to do with my success, as I still had the same issues until I followed the steps outlined above.

Note: the above hosts file contains virtually the same thing that I say my hosts file contained before (see original question); however, there were other things in my original hosts file that I did not share in my question (I just shared what I thought was the relevant part), so perhaps something there got borked when I upgraded--I wish I knew for sure.

*Rebooting is probably not necessary. I actually had this problem after setting up a new user from a backup drive on my machine at work (which is running Mountain Lion) and (just today) followed the same steps above (minus blowing away ruby and rebooting the machine), and it worked. This leads me to believe that the heart of the issue was a borked /etc/hosts file.


AirPlay video from retina MacBook Pro to Apple TV often doesn't send audio I use my retina MacBook Pro to stream some videos from the web and play them, via AirPlay, on my Apple TV 3. Every now and then, when I switch to AirPlay, the video goes to the Apple TV, but the sound continues to come from the MacBook Pro. The only way to get it to work correctly is to restart the computer. I've tried the Sound preferences, but choosing the Apple TV there still doesn't send the sound to the device. Any thoughts on what may be happening?

This is a long-standing bug in the software with OS X Mountain Lion, that unfortunately Apple has not acknowledged or addressed. The simplest solution is to restart, but I don't like to restart my computer simply because AirPlay is broken.

Instead I do the following, which fixes the issue nearly 100% of the time, without a reboot:

Turn off AirPlay Mirroring
Open Terminal.
Type in the following commands (pressing return after each):

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

You should see your AirPlay icon disappear and quickly reappear in your menu bar during this process. After that, fingers crossed, all should work again. I stole this fix from the Apple Support Forums and it has worked well for me.


Mavericks Open Directory Setup I am trying to setup the Open Directory server and it keeps failing stating that

/etc/openldap/slapd_macosxserver.conf: line 229: invalid path: No such file or directory

This is on a newly installed server. Was there something else besides running through the wizard that I was supposed to do?

The missing folder that the error is referring to is /var/db/openldap/openldap-data. This database directory must exist prior to running slapd. Try creating the folder if it doesn't exist and make sure that the folder is read/write by the system.


What is the rating presented in the App Store? Does it show the average rating over a specific period of time? Or a cumulative average of all historical rating?

Per this thread from the Apple Developer Forums, it seems to be a source of much confusion for developers, however the default behaviour is described here, which states that the summary rating is specific to each territory and can be reset if the developer so wishes upon releasing a new version of the app


How can I get iTerm 2 to copy only what I select? iTerm2 has a very nasty habit of making an assumption of what I want to copy and paste from the terminal. Instead of just allowing me to copy exactly what I highlight, it will expand to what it considers more useful.

As an example maybe I have the following command

rsync <file> server.example.com:/home/user/<file>

If I was to select via cursor and highlight server.example.com, it will instead re-highlight the entire command and copy that.  It is so annoying because I copy stuff all day long.

I copy by either pressing Command+C, or right clicking to get the dialog menu and selecting copy which is the same as doing “Edit” → “Copy”, on the toolbar.

I have disabled the automatic select text and copy function. That is something I do not want enabled.

Is there anyway to fix this?

If you do a double-click to select it go into "all-word" mode, which automatically grabs each word.

If you just click and drag it'll take whatever your selection is.


How can I delete offensive emojis on my iPhone keyboard I would like to be able to delete certain emojis on my keyboard. How do I do that?

Unfortunately, there is no way to edit the Apple Emoji keyboard.  You can, however, turn it off, by following the instructions posted at the following question:
How can I remove Emoji keyboard from iOS8?

Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards. You'll see English and Emoji.
On the top right corner is the word Edit. Press Edit, and then tap the red button followed by Delete to remove the Emoji keyboard.

Additionally, you may be able to find a 3rd-party Emoji keyboard on the app store that is customizable.


Which is the most powerful fan less iMac that uses a CRT for the display? I am planning to use it as jukebox but I just know that apple started selling fanless iMac from 350mhz model...
When did they stop doing fanless imacs?
700 mhz?

I just care about crt models.

It's hard to beat a fanless iPod and a set of fanless speakers for the power of great sound. I'm in love with my iPod HiFi and a Belkin Bluetooth receiver for when I don't want connect my iPod through headphone or dock connector.

It won't satisfy your CRT interest, but I suppose no answer can be perfect... ;-)


What are the legal implications of Jailbreaking an iOS device? I am forced to Jailbreak an iPad so that I can deploy a custom application for a client. This is an application that no one can have but him, so basically jailbreaking is the only choice I have?

I can't even install the app as a demo through the provisioning profile because that expires I think in 1 year?

What legal implications, in various jurisdictions, are there for jailbreaking an iOS device?

You can use a provisioning profile as long as he gets a new provisioning profile before the current one expires.

Apple also has a business store (basically a corporate App Store) but I think that is way over the top for what you are trying to do.

The most legitimate/safe option is to deploy a provisioning file and update it each year…


Is there an app that allows users to take multiple photos and upload them all together? I see most of popular iOS apps allow only upload one picture at a time to the service's backend storage. Is there any reason why they don't support upload multiple pictures in one shot?

Why yes - the iOS photo picker has been modal for some time now and allows one picture to be selected by apps that use the long time iOS API to access the camera or the picture roll and albums.

Furthermore, copy and paste is also a single item and there is no clipboard history functionality in iOS.

I suppose a jailbroken device could be modified - but I don't know of any apps or work to actually do that, so this is a theoretical capability to my awareness.

You can use the Photo all (and the new iPhoto app as well) to send multiple photos to email or a message. In that case, you can email these multiple pictures directly to a Posterous Spaces account that you have set up using the Posterous app. Twitter has purchased Posterous recently and announced that the service will not be shutting down immediately and that users will have an export tool and notice should the service get shuttered in the future.


Confusing behavior of macOS task switcher when app windows are minimized or non-existent I find the behavior of the macOS task switcher invoked via the keyboard shortcut CMD+TAB confusing.
If an application is minimized or doesn't have any visible window, it appears in the task switcher, but nothing happens when I select the icon.
Is there a way to improve this (either by maximizing the minimized window/creating a new one if there's none, or just not showing the icon in the task switcher)?

When using the macOS task switcher, when selecting the app with minimized window(s), while the app does become active and displays the Menu bar, but the minimized window(s) are not automatically maximized.
You can make the minimized widow for an app maximize when using the task switcher by pressing and holding the Option key before releasing the Command key. This would maximize the minimized window of the app. It would similar to what would happen when you'd click on the Dock icon of the app.
Here are the steps again:

Invoke the task switcher using the keyboard shortcut Command + Tab.

With the Command key held down, keep pressing the Tab key until you have reached the desired app.

Once the desired app is selected, press and hold the Option key and then release the Command key.

You'd notice that the app window in question is un-minimized (as if you have clicked on the Dock icon for the app).


What's the "Private" directory in OS X for? I was running OmniDiskSweeper today, and I came across something called "Private" using 3.9GB. It is listed directly under the root directory along with Users, Library, System, and Applications, so I am assuming it is something included with OS X itself. I'm just curious about what this actually is, because I don't remember seeing this before. Here are some screenshots:

Mid 2012 15 inch MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11.3 El Capitan

/private has been around for a loooooong time. Every Mac has it.

It is part of your Mac: the directory stores essential system files and caches, along with other databases that your system requires to operate.

I'll give a quick explanation contents of the folders /private/etc, /private/tmp, and /private/var, usually found in /private:

/private/etc

Data files for system use, configurations for various command line tools etc

/private/tmp

System logs, mostly

/private/var

More logs, databases for daemons, virtual memory swap file(s), sleep image etc.

In essence, deleting anything in this directory is probably not a good idea, save for a few files. If you do delete them however, some required essential files will get regenerated on startup.

It's probably a good idea to Google the exact full directory path of any system folders you intend to tinker with before actually beginning to experiment with stuff inside.

I hope this helps.


Is there a cheaper alternative to cinema displays? Apple displays are great, except for the price.

I'm looking to replace my LG 19" display with a 24".

I can't find any screen that isn't overly widescreen, it's ridiculous ! Wide is good but too wide isn't useful, Apple 24" displays have the screen estate I'm looking for.

Dell used to do nice 24" (2408WFP) but they don't sell them anymore.

Is there any display out there which shares the ratio of Apple's cinema displays but also cheaper ?

How about Dell U2410. I use one at home and it is a great monitor.


Syncing Contacts from iPhone to Outlook I'd like to sync my iPhone's contacts to Outlook. The account is linked, so my email is updating, but it won't sync the contacts.

How do I do it?

There is an exact guide offered by copytrans (mentioned in the previous answer) which shows how to transfer iphone contacts to Outlook on a PC: http://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-transfer-iphone-contacts-to-outlook/


Can't install updates from macOS App Store I'm on a new Mojave install and I can't install updates to Apple suite programs (Garageband, Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie). I've updated macOS and Xcode command line tools successfully from the Software Update app.
When I open App Store, it says that I'm not signed in. (Logga in means Login in Swedish).

I try to login, but each time I enter my Apple ID password it just loads and exits the login prompt, without switching to logged in state. Note that I've logged into iCloud and iTunes successfully.

When I try to update the outdated apps. The circle loads for some minutes, and then the Update button returns.

I've tried some different tips that I've found online, such as this, and this.

I have the same exact problem. I'm staying in a long term hotel and I had a couple of problems with their WiFi so I figured it had something to do with this. Yes, it was related but then something messed up around with my Apple ID. Then I could not even log in iTunes and AppStore and even my phone started acting weird.

The solution for logging again was typing this on the terminal:

defaults write com.apple.appstore.commerce Storefront -string \
    "$(defaults read com.apple.appstore.commerce Storefront | sed s/,8/,13/)"

(Source: Appstore error 500 (com.apple.commerce.client))

The problem is that my downloads and updates still never start and according to Apple Support everything is fine and it is just my network blocking downloads from AppStore! But I've tried 4G and a VPN interface and it is still the same!


Changed Google Password and can't get into gmail on macmail anymore I changed my google password. I can no longer get into gmail on my mac anymore. I can get into gmail on my pc and on my mac going to gmail.com. They system preferences pops up with attached message (picture below). However when I click on "Next", the blue bar at the top just keeps scrolling. Nothing happens. Notice that this image is greyed out. Unclickable after I click on "Next". So there is no opportunity to even input my updated password. I have done it manually in the email preferences as well.

Try to re-enable the Gmail account from Apple menu > System Preferences > Internet Accounts. If this does not work, boot to safe mode and attempt to disable and re-enable from here. Allow about minute to see the account again.

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac