Macbook Pro Bluetooth not available after plugging in a dongle I plugged in a USB Bluetooth dongle into my MacBook Pro 16" late 2019 model and it seems that after unplugging the dongle I am unable to use my Macbook's internal Bluetooth controller. I am not able to connect to any BT device when the dongle is not connected to the Macbook.

Here is my System Report for Bluetooth:

  Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 7.0.4f6
  Hardware, Features and Settings:
  Name: Aleksanteri’s MacBook Pro
  Address:  3C-22-FB-05-56-D9
  Bluetooth Low Energy Supported:   Yes
  Handoff Supported:    Yes
  Instant Hot Spot Supported:   Yes
  Manufacturer: Broadcom
  Transport:    UART
  Chipset:  4364B3
  Firmware Version: v50 c4177
  Bluetooth Power:  On
  Discoverable: On
  Connectable:  Yes
  Auto Seek Pointing:   On
  Remote wake:  On
  Vendor ID:    0x05AC
  Product ID:   0x0096
  Bluetooth Core Spec:  5.0 (0x9)
  HCI Revision: 0x1051
  LMP Version:  5.0 (0x9)
  LMP Subversion:   0x2032
  Device Type (Major):  Computer
  Device Type (Complete):   Mac Portable
  Composite Class Of Device:    0x38010C
  Device Class (Major): 0x01
  Device Class (Minor): 0x03
  Service Class:    0x1C0
  Auto Seek Keyboard:   On
  Devices (Paired, Configured, etc.):
  Magic Trackpad 2:
  Address:  E4-50-EB-F1-5F-81
  Major Type:   Peripheral
  Minor Type:   Trackpad
  Services:
  Paired:   Yes
  Configured:   Yes
  Connected:    No
  Bluetooth Core Spec:  1.0b
  Vendor ID:    0x004C
  Product ID:   0x0265
  Class of Device:  0x05 0x25 0x2594
  Services:
  Bluetooth File Transfer:
  Folder other devices can browse:  ~/Public
  When receiving items: Accept all without warning
  State:    Disabled
  Bluetooth File Exchange:
  Folder for accepted items:    ~/Downloads
  When other items are accepted:    Save to location
  When receiving items: Accept all without warning
  State:    Disabled
  Bluetooth Internet Sharing:
  State:    Disabled
  Incoming Serial Ports:
  Bluetooth-Incoming-Port:
  RFCOMM Channel:   3
  Requires Authentication:  No

What have I tried to do to fix this:

Restarted the computer numerous times
Deleted /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist file
Reset PRAM, NVRAM and SMC
Ran bluetooth with Debug mode to "Reset Bluetooth Module" and "Remove all devices"
Installed Bluetooth Explorer that shows the following error on startup:

updateChainPower error: -3903
2020-04-13 20:35:57 +0000 Apple80211Get(APPLE80211_IOC_BTCOEX_MODE) returned error -3903
updateChainPower error: -3903

Bluetooth starts working again when I plug in the dongle. Have I broken the internal controller by attaching an adapter to the machine? I am not even able to connect my Magic Trackpad to the Macbook via Bluetooth. First, I pair it with the machine using the cable. After disconnecting, it is unresponsive and is not able to connect.

What are my next steps? Is this a warranty issue?

EDIT: This is the dongle that might have caused the issue: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32686102148.html

EDIT2: Took it to the repair shop today, I'll follow up with what was the resolution of that case.

Strangely enough, they advertise that it does not work with Macs but now it is the only way to get Bluetooth working on the Macbook.

This seems to be a general problem with motherboards of 2019 models.
Check this link:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250944058
There are many people including myself that has this problem.
It seems like the only resolution to the problem is a motherboard replacement.
I have exactly the same error and problem.
I used a dongle that supports mac.
Just for information:
I have tried to reinstall, clear t2 chip using xartutil --clear-all, nvram reset, smc reset and so on.
Seems motherboard replacement is the only resolution.
Update: A new method to fix this problem has been revealed on the apple forums: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250944058


Minimum requirements for mirroring Mac/PC in Apple TV I've found plenty of (old) blogs and articles stating that it is/will be possible to mirror the content of a Mac or PC in an Apple TV, but I was unable to find out the current state of this feature.

Official Apple TV 2 store page states that you can "stream from your Mac or PC to the big screen. Enjoy your photos, home videos, and music collection on your HDTV from your Mac or PC over Wi-Fi", but it doesn't say if it's via iTunes, and it seems that it's not talking about Airplay either.

So, for this to be clear, I have some questions:

Is it possible to mirror the content of your screen in an Apple TV?
Is this Airplay?
Does it have limitations of the type of media that you are playing? For example, heavy games in full screen, downloaded videos with subtitles (not from iTunes!), high resolution videos, etc.
Is the quality exactly the same of connecting the MacBook to the TV via HDMI?
Do I need a router for this or will it create a wi-fi network between the notebook and the Apple TV?
What are the minimum requirements for:

the Apple TV (probably ATV2 only);
MacBook (which versions are capable of doing this);
PC (are there any requirements for PC?);
Mac OS (version);
Network.

Please note that I do not wish any information about what a jailbroken device can do.

You can mirror your Mac's screen, Apple calls it AirPlay Mirroring. The section on the Apple TV page you mention actually refers to streaming your "photos, home videos, and music collection", which you can do via iTunes on a Mac or PC.

Requirements

Per Apple's support article on AirPlay Mirroring, to use it you need:

An Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation) with software update v5.0 or later
And one of these Macs, running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion):

iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)

Apple doesn't provide a means for Windows PCs to do AirPlay mirroring, but you might be able to find a third-party solution.

Networking

The Apple TV and the Mac need to be on the same network, one will not be automatically created, but you should be able to create a Wi-Fi network from your Mac and have the Apple TV join it if you don't have a network already set up.

Quality & Performance

The quality is not the same as if you just plugged your Mac in via HDMI, it transcodes your desktop to a video format the Apple TV can read (H.264), since sending uncompressed video would require more bandwidth than any home network could provide. Quality and performance can depend on your Mac and network speed. I haven't tested it thoroughly, but I suspect it wouldn't be appropriate for gaming, as there would be latency issues.


How to launch TextMate (and probably other software) from the command line? I am very new to Mac, coming from Linux.

I am using TextMate, and I suddenly discovered I do not know how to launch TextMate from command line. Using completion, nothing looks like TextMate. Where is it located from a command line perspective?

Sorry for this odd question that also applies to other software, I guess.

For Textmate there is a command line tool, mate, that can be installed. Once installed you just use mate <file> to open that file in text mate.

For application that don't have a command line tool, you can use the open command with the -a flag and the name of the application. i.e.

open -a iTunes

This also works for TextMate:

open -a "TextMate 2"

The executable file is located in the app's Contents/MacOS subfolder, so for TextMate 2, it would be:

/Applications/TextMate\ 2.app/Contents/MacOS/TextMate

But if you run it from the command line like that, it will hang the shell until the application is quit (on certain older OSs; this was resolved as of 10.8)  If this happens to you, put an & at the end of the command to background the process.  Such as:

/Applications/TextMate\ 2.app/Contents/MacOS/TextMate &

The problem with this is that if the shell exits (by quitting Terminal or closing the window) then TextMate is terminated without warning.


Mac Mini will not restart, cannot install updates (OS X El Cap 10.11.6) Something is preventing my Mac Mini (Mid 2011, core i5) from restarting. As as result, I cannot install updates. How can I find what is preventing the Mac from restarting?

If I have to restart to clear out the RAM or similar, what I have been doing is running the terminal command sudo reboot now but I cannot install updates this way. Thank you.

Upgrading the OS to High Sierra resolved this issue.


Random shutdowns, Macbook Pro Early 2008 Hi all my Macbook Pro Early 2008 randomly shuts off and leaves this in the console, 2018-03-21 2:11:35.000 PM kernel[0]: Previous shutdown cause: -81

I cannot find any information about -81.

I have reseated the RAM, Replaced thermal Paste and tried removing the battery and running from AC to no avail.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Update: Apple hardware test, says it's a RAM issue, although running Rember gives no issue. Image of Apple Hardware test:

Negative shutdown codes are hardware related.  If Apple Hardware Test is telling you that there was an issue with memory, you can be quite certain that the test is accurate.

Re-seating the RAM is not a sufficient test.  You need to remove the memory modules and test each one independently in each of the slots.  If you have two modules and two slots, you will perform four tests in total.  Make a note of what fails where.

What you are testing for is either a bad memory slot or a bad module.  If your memory slot is bad, you'll need to replace the logic board.  If the memory is bad, you will need to get a new module.

How will you know?

If all memory fails in one slot and not another, it's that slot.  If one module fails in both slots, it's that memory module.


Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes? Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes? They aren't mentioned on iTunes help section Keyboard Shortcut.

find repeat and shuffle in iTunes menus and memorize their name as is.
Press CommandSpace, Type Keyboard and press enter.
select Keyboard Shortcuts
in left side of the page, find Application Shortcuts and select it.
click + button below
in front of Application, choose iTunes
type the exact name of the menu item for shuffle and repeat
set shortcut keys for them.


Correct settings to record computer audio with Garageband, internal mic and ishowYouAudio I have the following aggregate device to record audio on the computer however I am sometimes getting some very bad feedback buzzing noise can be heard in this podcast episode.

https://cafe.simplecast.com/episodes/fazale-rana at 41:30

What are the correct settings and clock source but I need get the audio?

I currently am using this:

I also tried this but I still get the buzzing noise

perhaps my issues lie with the output?

I believe the problem you are experiencing is caused by the computer CPU receiving to many command redirects. This delays the audio from being cached (stored) in the buffer at the proper time to be outputted. The lack of momentary audio data (samples) results in the static or clicking sounds.
Proof test 1: Does this problem occur when the laptop is cold and just turned on? If no, then this is the problem.
Is short you are asking the computer to do too much and as time passes the accumulative effect plus with the computer running warmer/hotter it will start to experience audio problems.
You will note that the problems first starts with your onboard microphone. Yet, the guest input remains normal with no problems.
Resolution 1: Poor-Maybe the computer is throttling back on the CPU because of excess heat. Do what you can to reduce the computers operating temperature.
Resolution 2: Increase the cache buffer size in iShowU. I am unfamiliar with this and a quick review did not lead to this being a possible alternative or not. This will create a delay in the signal. Find a happy medium if this option is available in your iShowU audio preferences.
Resolution 3: Flushing the RAM sometimes works. I use the free version of this "Memory Clean 2 (Direct Version)" and flush the RAM when static starts.
Resolution 4: Try using a different (light weight) browser.
Resolution 5: Amazon search this: Focusrite Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First. Then you need a XLR (balanced) microphone (no USB). This will be a $200 setup. You can use Pro Tools |First if you want as an alternate recording device.

I experienced the same problems over a decade back. It doesn't matter how powerful your CPU is or how much RAM you have. This problem is not cause by the lack of either, it is a data flow problem. An external audio interface plus a XLR (balanced) microphone is a solid start to removing audio problems.

I noticed your voice needs a compressor on it to enhance the clarity of your speech. If you use the Pro Tools | First (free) included I believe it comes with a compressor as well as other virtual audio hardware (EQ & etc)you will adopt for your productions.


How to view the Home/Library file on an external drive? Im running OSX 10.13.6 and I have an external drive in an enclosure that was originally an internal drive of my previous computer running 10.12.

I need to retrieve a file from the /Library external drive, so i go to /Volumes/External Drive/Users/Sam/ but /Library folder. Any ideas ?

Normally i would just to finder > Go and hit the option key, but this only works for a locally Home/Library not a remote Home/Library.

When looking at the home folder where the Library folder would be, toggle ‘Show hidden files’ with shift-cmd-. then the Library folder (and other hidden files) will be shown.


Access OS X Mail message by its ID I am trying (unsuccessfully) to get a Mail message (located in the 'Drafts' folder) by its message id.

The following code:

set theContent to getContent(123456)

on getContent(theID)

  tell application "Mail"
    try
      return ((content of message whose message id is theID) as rich text)
    on error errText number errNum
      display dialog "Error: " & errNum & return & errText
    end try

  end tell

end getContent

Generates an error that reads: Error -1723.  Can't get the content of message whose message id = 123456.  Access not allowed.

What am I missing?

Try:

tell application "Mail" to get content of (first message of drafts mailbox whose id = 123456)


Two systems and SSD lifetime increase I bought a Late 2013 iMac with new generation PCIe Samsung XP941 M.2 based SSD 256Gb.
Really powerful SSD. But of course, I was scared about SSD rewrite cycles and wanted to check it because I want to keep this computer for 5 years. Using an app called DriveDx, which can check SSD and HDD lifetime and other SMART attributes, I generated this log:

SSD Lifetime Left Indicator : GOOD 95.0%
=== SSD HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID  NAME    RAW VALUE    STATUS
 5 Retired Block Count     0    100% OK
173 Wear Leveling Count    0x100990005  95.0% OK
174 Unexpected Power Loss Count   0xA368E 99.0% OK
192 Unsafe Shutdown Count    6    99.0% OK

I used this Mac for 3 days. I just did clean install of OS X, installed 80 GB of software on it, and installed Windows in the second partition and 95% of wear leveling count?!

My SSD has 2 partitions: Mac OS X (133 GB) and second for Windows 8.1 (117 GB)
I know that OS X is very optimized to SSD, but I have second Windows partition and don’t know how two systems will live together. Need Windows ONLY for gaming. I have two question.

I heard that rewrite cycles depends on SSD size. Is it true that my drive turned into two 128 Gb SSD? When one of OS reach 128 Gb then it will rewrite cells again. Right? And lifetime will be a half of 256 Gb. And how about TRIM with two different systems. Is it working correctly?
I have an idea how to reduce read/write on Windows. Want to make 30Gb partition for Windows and install all games in my external HDD USB 3.0. Yeah, game loading will be slower, but less read/write gaming data. But this method is useless if external HDD use system SSD as temp storage between RAM and HDD.
Does Windows use system drive to store some temporary data between system drive and external HDD or it has direct route to RAM from HDD? If it does, using external HDD is useless, because all temp data will be passing through system SSD and make rewrite.

Memory wear corresponds more to drive usage than to drive size. SSD controller employs wear leveling techniques to spread writes evenly over the whole SSD, so the wear level is approximately the same for all memory cells during drive’s lifetime. Assumption about wear–size relation comes from premise that larger drive will probably contain more unallocated space which could be used for wear leveling. Needless to say that this does not hold universally.

Trim command on the other hand is issued by operating system, which notifies SSD which pages no longer contain valid data, and recent versions of both Windows and OS X supports it (although Apple does not enable it by default on 3ʳᵈ party SSD, so one has to use Trim enabler or similar application to get it working.

To answer your questions:

No, wear leveling does not care about partition scheme. Yes, Trim will work correctly.
Windows does memory caching of drive operations, yet it happens in RAM and does not involve other drives.


What is a fast, universal way to launch a particular app (from within any other app)? I want a seamless way to launch a particular app at any moment on iOS, whether the device is locked, on the home screen or in a particular app.
Is there any way to create any kind of shortcut or functionality to do so?
Of course, simply going to the home screen and then clicking on the app is possible, but my desire is to give the ability to launch the app even more directly, without any intermediate steps.
I may be able to make an Apple Shortcut that launches the app, but it would only be accessible if there were a Share menu in the app I was in.
I think I could make a Siri shortcut, but it would have to be voice activated, and that’s not ideal for all situations.
So: is there any hack or possibility I haven’t thought about for quickly launching a specific app, from anywhere?
Right now, the only idea I have is being able to associate launching a Shortcut with a particular hardware functionality like tapping the back of the phone, clicking the power button and volume button at the same time, and so on.

Besides the hardware functionality you mention in the last paragraph of your question, I think the only other solution is to use the NFC support in Shortcuts like this:
Open up the Shortcuts app and tap the Automatics tab in the bottom of the screen. Tap the "Create Personal Automation" button and then choose "NFC". Tap the "Scan" button and hold the NFC tag on to the phone. Then tap "Next" and "Add Action" and choose the app functionality to launch.
Now you can use the tag to trigger the launch at any moment.
NOTE: You need an iPhone XS or later that supports background tag reading.


Apps No Longer Download When I click an app to download it, It’ll start spinning and stay like that for a while. Eventually it’ll turn into the little cloud icon. If I click the cloud icon it’ll say the app has been downloaded and will download again at no extra charge. Then it’ll close the window and stay as the cloud icon. Nothing pops up on my home screen while “downloading” or anything like that.
I’ve tried the following:

Restarting my phone
Signing out of iTunes and back in
Updating phone
Resetting all settings
Turning data/ WiFi off & on

I had similar problem not long ago, it was because I updated to iOS 11 and I had to agree to new terms and conditions and review my payment method.

Try to GET a new, never downloaded app and wait to see if any messages will appear, I'm sure that a message will come up.

If that happens, after you've reviewed everything, try to download your app.


How can I make auto-hide/show for the dock faster? I really like the auto-hide feature of the dock in Mac OS X.
However, the animation for the dock to reappear is just a bit too slow for me. Since this is quite annoying, I disable the feature.

  Is it possible to manually shorten the time for the dock
  to reappear?

Btw: I am aware that one can use the key-combo ⌥⌘D to toggle auto hide/show for the dock. But I want solution without using the keyboard.

To make the Dock instantly leap back into view when it’s needed, rather than slide, open a Terminal window and type the following:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -int 0;killall Dock

I find this useful, but if you’d like the animation for the dock to reappear to last for a split-second, try the following:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.15;killall Dock

To explain, changing "0.15" with any number can let you tailor things as it represents the time in seconds taken for the dock to reappear fully.

To revert back to the default sliding effect, open a Terminal window and type the following:

defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier;killall Dock


NFS folder can't be found I've enabled an NFS share using a tool on my MacBook Pro (aptly called NFS Manager), which has worked before. However I'm on a new network and when my mediaplayer is scanning for network drives it will not find the share. Manually entering the IP and folder does not give any results either.

How can I check whether the NFS server is running and what is blocking access?

You can check if the server is running in NFS Manager itself:

Hit the Test Server button in NFS Manager:

Enter the IP of the server (either 127.0.0.1 or the interface IP e.g. 192.168.0.5) and hit "Test".

If the NFS server is running you get the following result:

Some of the ports depend on your configuration. The above example shows the standard ports.

From remote you can check this by executing nmap. A running NFS server looks like this:

host:~ user$ nmap ip

Starting Nmap 7.30 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2016-12-16 01:26 CET
Nmap scan report for IP
Host is up (0.00015s latency).
Not shown: 967 closed ports, 27 filtered ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
111/tcp  open  rpcbind
1001/tcp open  unknown
1021/tcp open  exp1
1023/tcp open  netvenuechat
2049/tcp open  nfs

If your firewall is off, then either your NFS server or client (or both) are configured incorrectly.


Choose user photo without iCloud How do I change my user photo on OSX without iCloud? I can't seem to choose a file from Finder. I don't have enough disk space to use iCloud.

You didn't specify which macOS you have so this answer assumes you're using Mojave 10.14.
Source:

On your Mac, choose Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Users & Groups.
If you want to change another user’s picture, click the lock icon to unlock it, then enter an administrator name and password. You can change your own picture without unlocking Users & Groups preferences.
Select the user account on the left, then click the picture on the right.
Instead of clicking the picture, you can drag an image file from the Finder onto the picture.  If other users are logged in to this Mac now, you can’t select them.
Do one of the following:

Use a picture included with macOS: Click Defaults, then select a picture.
Take your picture using your Mac: Click Camera; when you’re ready, click Take Photo.
Use a picture from the Photos app: Click Photos. To see specific photos from a time, place, or album, click a disclosure triangle below photos, then select a group of photos. Select a picture, then click Next.
Use a picture from the Photo Booth app: Click Photo Booth to see pictures you’ve taken using your Mac and the Photo Booth app. Select a picture, then click Next.

Adjust the picture.

Zoom in or out: Drag the slider left or right.
Move the picture: Drag the picture around within the circle.


MacBook Air 2013 battery drained by Dropbox I just bought the new MacBook Air 13" (2013) and am experiencing dramatic battery loss when using Dropbox and a few other apps.

While that is a well know issue with Dropbox, I wonder if there is a solution for my Mac (that is build to last long time on a single battery charge).

Nico already posted something about it, and it seems Dropbox drains the battery of the new MacBook Air in about 3 hours.

That defeats the Apples design for long battery lifetime, so is there a way to I fix the Dropbox app.

As it turns out (I'm the Nico from the blog post you are linking), the latest update to Dropbox corrected the issue. Now, when syncing/idling, the battery reports an insanely great remaining time.

If you have the latest Dropbox version, I'd suggest searching for other rogue processes that could drain your battery.


What is the purpose of the bottommost screw holding the IPhone 5 LCD shield plate? While being sold bottom quality LCD replacements for my iPhone 5 and subsequently returning them six times I lost one of the screws that holds the LCD shield plate in place. It's the one closest to the home button on the back of the LCD assembly.

Since I continue to have issues with the digitizer / touch screen, I wanted to check whether that screw is somehow integral to the touch capabilities of the screen.

Some issues I'm having:

No input is registered if I put the phone on a surface and only touch the screen, i.e. without grounding myself by touching the metal case or frame. Plugged in earphones or charge cable works as a substitute to allow input.
A slightly damp finger makes every scrollview jump around like crazy and makes phantom taps on other parts of the screen.
Trying to scroll with one finger often results in zooming instead, i.e. pinch gestures.

The LCDs were delivered without any sponges on the plugs of the wires, unlike the official screen assembly. Not sure if that's relevant at all.

The missing screw from the heat shield in your image shouldn't affect your iPhone 5 in the way you're experiencing. Its only purpose is to keep the heat shield in place, which in turn protects the LCD from excess heat.

In your case, since the heat shield is still there, the digitiser/LCD shouldn't be affected by any excess heat, nor the possibility of cables moving (as an added bonus, the heat shield does sort of help keep everything in a place).

It's most likely your problems have been low quality replacement digitisers and/or a damaged cable. However, I have personally seen one instance of an iPhone (not an iPhone 5, but that probably doesn't matter) where a cheap 3rd party digitser/LCD replacement only worked properly when the heat shield was removed altogether.

I've also heard that (but have no personal experience of) some repairers actually removing the heat shield so that their replacement digitsier/LCD screens work properly.

I suppose you could try doing the same as a 'test'.


iPhone 3G bluetooth unaccessible This is all that's happening. My laptop, my other mobile and my desktop computer all see each other. But my iPhone just keeps "searching".

Any tips on what to try?

Without a jailbreak, iPhone Bluetooth only supports headsets and wireless tethering.  Developers can also use the Bluetooth API to allow apps to communicate but this has limited functionality.  So basically your iPhone won't discover your phone, laptop (unless it's a MacBook) or desktop because it's not designed to do so.  With the MacBook, it appears that the only functionality allowed is data tethering and no file transfers or other features are enabled.


Is the battery in the new Macbook (the one with USB-C) replaceable? It seems that the new battery is glued into the computer. Does this mean that it can't be replaced, or has Apple somehow figured out a way to remove the glue?

The battery in the new MacBook is replaceable but Apple recommends that you bring it to them for servicing and replacement, if necessary.  Here's what Apple says about the battery:

  MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro computers with built-in batteries should only have their batteries replaced by an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store. Attempting to replace a built-in battery yourself could damage your equipment, and such damage is not covered by warranty.

  These Mac notebooks have built-in batteries:

  MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and later
  All MacBook Air computers
  All MacBook Pro computers with Retina display
  MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) and later; MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) and later


moving the downloads folder inside another folder (10.8.2) i was hoping to utilize this trick
How to move the Downloads folder (in Mountain Lion) to another disc
to move my Downloads folder inside a directory called "disktop zi5" which is inside the directory "synktorium" in my home folder
but when i try
sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/synktorium/disktop zi5/Downloads
i get:
     usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
     mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
what am i doing wrong??

The shell in Terminal doesn't like white space in file names. That's what resulted in the error message. You need to use quotes to tell the shell that the second path is a single parameter, try

sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/synktorium/"disktop zi5"/

Alternatively, you could escape the single space before zi5

sudo mv ~/Downloads ~/synktorium/disktop\ zi5/

This is what OS X and Finder would do if you dragged the folder into terminal but it's less clear to someone than using " to prevent mv from seeing three arguments instead of two (a source and destination).


Combining pdf files with separators During corona days, I am managing my courses via Moodle.
Students submit their work to Moodle in pdf format.
Then I download all of them as a single zip file to my disk.
When unzip it, the following pretty good directory structure is obtained under my directory x.

x
|- StudentA
|  |- nameA.pdf
|- StudentB
|  |- nameB.pdf

A necessary info is that
I have already asked my students to have their name in the filename of their submissions.

I would like to collect these files and merge into a single file for grading.
More than that what I want is to have a kind of "separator" inserted in between files so that I can easily navigate from one student paper to another next.
That is, direct access to any paper.

Automatic insertion of a table of content would be perfect.
Or a bookmark for each paper would do.
Worst comes to worst, I like to insert filename before the file itself.

One can to merge pdf files in one directory into single file as explained in
How can I combine multiple PDFs using the command line?
or
Mac OS X: How to merge pdf files in a directory according to their file names.

benwiggy created a python script (joinpdfs.py) that will take PDF files as arguments and join them, creating a Table of Contents with each file at the top level, and each file's TOC merged in under it.
Script here: https://github.com/benwiggy/PDFsuite/blob/master/Automator_Scripts/joinpdfs.py
(Download it by Option-clicking the Raw button on the GitHub link above.)
You can pretty easily integrate that script into a terminal based workflow.
If you're not super savvy with Terminal there's a super simple workflow to make this work.
But first you have to make the script you downloaded executable via Terminal.
To make joinpdfs.py executable (only need to do this once):

Open a Terminal window.
Type chmod +x  (don't forget the space at the end)
Drag the downloaded script joinpdfs.py into the Terminal window. (This will put the entire path to the file in as an argument to the command you just typed).
Hit return.

The script will now be executable in Terminal.
To Join PDFs via the Terminal:

Open a Terminal window.
Drag joinpdfs.py into the terminal window.
Drag all PDFs to join into the Terminal window. (Order the files appear in finder window will be the order they appear in the PDF. Change this easily by dragging the files, or groups of the files, into the window in a particular order.)
Hit return.

(Note: I'm getting the following error, but it looks like you can ignore it: "CoreGraphics PDF has logged an error. Set environment variable "CG_PDF_VERBOSE" to learn more.")
A new file Combined.pdf will be created in the same folder as the first PDF you dragged in.
This file will have a TOC with the filenames at the top level, and the each PDF's TOC nested within.
To Join PDFs via Automator
benwiggy has instructions on this readme page for incorporating all his python scripts into Automator actions. The steps are:

Download the scripts. (No need to make it executable first.)

Launch Automator and create a New Service.

Set the drop-down menus to read "Service receives PDF Files in Finder".

Add "Run Shell Script" action. (under "Utilities".)

Set the shell drop-down list to /usr/bin/python and "Pass input" to as arguments.

Paste in the script you want to use (replacing the existing text).


What does "Vector 0xdd(TMR)" do and how can I fix a problem that I'm having with it? I am currently having problems with kernal_task using ~2GB of RAM and looking at what advice exists I ran sysdiagnose and in powermeterics.txt I found that Vector 0xdd(TMR) was doing ~20,000 interrupts/sec. However, this vector was different than the one the advice that I was looking at suggested would be the problem.

However, clearly this happening is also a problem.

However, when I'm trying to look for what Vector 0xdd(TMR) does, all that I find are the results relating what the advice suggest that the other problem because it is more common and that all the Vectors are often copied together when asking what is going wrong.

So what does this Vector do and now I would go about fixing the fact that it is doing ~20,000 interrupts/sec?

EDIT: While I currently still don't know what is caused this issue, it was resolved by Vladimir's answer below.

I have two other suggesting that also helped me fix issues that I was having. Both of them are pretty easy too (no need to mess with any system files or change plist or anything else like that).

1) Go to the Disk Utility app on your computer and press the buttons in following picture in the order that they are numbered. This will make OSX scan your hard disk and attempt to fix any potential file permission problems you may have. If this doesn't fix the memory issue, it should a least make your computer run a little smoother. I find that doing this one in a while really helps performance on my computer (which is fairly new by the way, so this helps even on relatively resent systems).

(PS. 1(b) is optional, most likely it will be grayed out anyway unless you run the Disk Utility app from Network Recovery Mode or while running off a separate hard drive.)

2) If you have antivirus installed on your Mac and you turned on the Scan Archives option, turn it off. The reason this feature is not on by default is that it affects the computer's performance a lot any time you run a local java program. It sounds like a really cool thing to have on, but it comes with a serious performance draw.

I'm not sure if this will help free up your RAM, but if nothing else helps, this is a quick and easy way to speed up your computer. :)


Quick way to exit terminal login attempt Bash login will usually give three attempts before giving back the prompt. Sometimes it will give many more - like today which were infinite. Using control-c didn't abort that process it just entered the characters ^C. Likewise for escape — ^[.
In any case, how can I abort the login without going through with three attempts or more?
Eventually it will time out with:
login: Login timed out after 300 seconds. But I don't want to be held hostage by my terminal.
Login incorrect
login: ^C
login:
login:
login:
login:
login: ^C
login: ^C
login: ^C
login: ^C
login: exit
Login incorrect
login: ^C
login: ^C
login:
login:
login:
login:
login:
login: ^C
login: ^C^C^C^C^C
login:
login:
login:
login: ^C
login: ^C
login:
login:
login:
login:
Login incorrect
^[
^C
login: login: ^C
login: ^[
Login incorrect
^[^C

^C
^C
login: login: ^C^[^[^[
Login incorrect
^[
login: Login incorrect
login: Login timed out after 300 seconds

Sometimes ^D can also exit terminal CLIs. I just tried it on my own computer, and ^D does exit this properly.


Iphone reminder is different I have IOS 7, and I use the default reminders app.

One of my reminders is different than the others in a good way.  It shows a due date as well as an alert time; and the task includes the name of someone in my contacts and it offers to call them when I click the reminder.

For the life of me, I can't recreate this.  Anyone know how I did it?

When receiving a call you can either Decline it, Accept it, Respond with a text message instead of answering (by pressing the Message button) or Remind yourself to return the call (by pressing the Remind Me button).

When tapping the Remind Me button, two options are displayed: Remind me later or Remind me whenever I leave this place.

The reminder you're referring to in your question, is one of the Remind me later kind.


How do I send a calendar event from the iphone calendar via an email or imessage? I want to forward a specific calendar event from the iOS Calendar App to an email address or iMessage address or text message using my iPhone. I don't want to use the cloud or sync anything. I am using iOS 8.4 but would also be interested in how to do this in iOS 9.

The simplest method would be to use a contact in your address-book and add them as an invitee to the calendar event.

You will be prompted to send an invite to them.

EDIT: Previous link sucked.

Here are the steps circa iOS 9:

Launch the Calendar app on your iPhone or iPad
Either create a new event or tap an existing event that you'd like to share
Tap on the Edit button in the upper right hand corner
Tap Invitees. Add all the email addresses of the people you'd like to share the event with

EDIT 2: Added iOS 11 details.

Here are the steps circa iOS 11:

Launch the Calendar app on your iPhone or iPad
Either create a new event or tap and existing event that you'd like to share
Tap "Invitees"
Tap "Add invitees"
Either enter an email address, or tap the (+) at the right to select from your address book


Why bother updating my iPod touch? I tried syncing my iPod Touch, but the recently purchased/acquired apps were not sent to iTunes. Then I tried to update the iPod and got a message that before updating, I should move the apps to the iTunes library (the implication was that they would be erased if not in the iTunes library). That seems like a lot of work just to update my iPod, especially since I don't know of any actual benefits resulting from the update. What benefits will I get from updating my iPod Touch?

Depends on which version of iOS you're on. You gain all features and bug fixes implemented since then and possibly support running more software, or get more features with the software you have. The same as with any computer, really. This Wikipedia article might give you an idea.

If you're happy as-is, you might not want to bother. But don't come crying when a long-fixed bug, or maybe a hardware problem (no backups?), eats your music and apps.


OSX Bash for loop - issues with spaces in folder names? I'm getting a bit confused on how to handle spaces in path names when returned in a for loop.

Rationale: I'm cleaning up the permissions on folders and files that I copy over from Windows. Most of the files end up with -rwx------ or -rwxr-xr-x permissions so I like to do "chmod -x *" and then "chmod u+x <folders>" so I'm trying the following:

$ alias getdirs='find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | cut -c 3-'
$ for i in $(getdirs); do chmod u+x $i; done

which works fine, as long as the directories don't have a space in the name.

I've tried different permutations of chmod u+x "$i", chmod u+x '$i' and similar to get the behavior I wanted, but to no avail.

How to improve my bash code, that works with folder names containing space?

The purpose of this is to be able to remove the "exec" bit from plain files (hence the chmod -x * part) but then to restore it to the directories to allow getting into them (chmod u+x <dirname>). From the comments and answers so far I'm thinking that it probably will be easier to do with the proper "find" incantation

These kind of things can be tricky in all Unix shells due to the way space is acting as a separator, running aliases as part of shell scripts just makes things even more interesting. I would probably run two passes of find to set first the directories in order, and then next the files:

find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -exec chmod u+x '{}' \;
find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -exec chmod u-x '{}' \;


Looking for reference for Apples A5 cache size I saw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A5 where they tell that the L2 in Apple A5 is 1MB, however, I could not find any official reference or white paper or research publication of it, even though I searched both Google and Google Scholar.

Would you kindly give an idea of or pointer on how can I search for that. I would be grateful for your help.

Detailed specs on Apple's processors for iOS devices are usually not mentioned. Mosty likely as Apple's focus is on a product's performance as a whole. Mere numbers for memory, cache and clocks don't reflect that.
Therefore, even a professional blog such as AnandTech draws such information from running a GeekBench test:
L2 Cache is 1MB and shared among both cores.
But note that these are not official numbers confirmed by Apple.

[picture from AnandTech]


How can I automatically focus Finder windows after CMD-TAB to one in a different space? CMD-TAB to Finder in a different space and the focus will always bet set to the Desktop. As a result, keyboard interaction is impossible until the Finder window is focused with CMD-` (backtick) or clicked in.

If Finder is fullscreen (OSX 10.9+), the window looks focused but isn't. All keyboard interaction is sent to the Desktop: SPACE will quicklook over the fullscreen Finder window whatever file/folder is highlighted, even though you can't see them.

This was in 10.8 at least. It's really frustrating having to hit an extra keyboard toggle just so I can keep using the keyboard on the window that was meant to be focused.

The same thing happens to me in 10.8.

If you hold option before releasing command in the application switcher, the Finder window (and not the window of the desktop) gets focus.

Holding option makes the application switcher "reopen" the application, so that if for example the application has no default windows (like a file browser window in Finder), a default window is reopened.

You could also consider using other methods than command-tab to focus Finder, like assign a keyboard shortcut for focusing Finder or use Alfred.


Numbers: checking if cell with specific text exists Prerequisites

I have some tables with cells like so:

Also, I have some more tables like so:

Objective

Note the YES and NO. in the Included column in the Example Requirements table.

You will note that for JAE 101 in the Example Requirements, a YES is to the right, because I have included it in the Example Semester table.
Conversely, there is a NO to the right of OME 321 because there is no such ID in the Example Semester.
Also, there is YAE 555 which has nothing to do with the Example Requirements table.

Problem

Unfortunately, the described scenario was a mockup; the YES and NO were placed manually by myself.

What formula do I put in the Included column of the Example Requirements table to reproduce such scenario?

This formula works where A3 is the cell which contains the search string and "Example Semester::A3:A4" is the range to search.

IF(IFERROR(MATCH(A3,Example Semester::A3:A4,0),FALSE),"YES","NO")


What does repeating beeps mean during charging? During a software update to 7.0.6 this iPhone 4S abruptly turned off and would not turn back on (screen blank).

When plugged into the charger or computer it beeps on a regular basis with the default system ding sound.

iTunes recognizes it, allows photos to be backed up, but requires that I unlock the phone to refresh it or back it up, which I can't do because the display is off. Find my iPhone shows it in its correct location - which just verifies the wifi chipset, I suppose.

Performing the reset and restart procedures on Apple's website doesn't do anything.

The display is black the entire time.

While I'm pursuing other things, I'd like to find out why the phone is beeping while charging or plugged into the computer.  Does the beeping indicate something relevant to the issue I'm facing?

No, its not notifications beeping.
I have a dropped iPhone 4S here, that has a cracked screen.
Plugging it into a charger results in a constant beeping every 6 seconds exactly with no display. I have no idea if it's because the display/touchscreen is damaged or if the phone has crashed and is displaying a blank screen as i have no idea of the extent of the damage.
I'd say it's related to a serious hardware failure that the beeping occurs.
It's not a notification issue as the phone doesn't have time to boot up iOS before the beeping starts. Beeps way too soon and notifications wouldn't roll in regular as 6 seconds exactly for over an hour.


Constant popups for bla-bla wants access to bla-bla keychain e.g.  cloudd wants access to icloud keychain, local items keychain etc.

I have been going nuts with this bug (it IS a bug as it seems to be caused by unhandled corruption to the icloud keychain).  I've had it 3 times now and it keeps coming back.

I'm basically almost constantly bombarded with requests to provide a password for any one of several combinations of the above error (different things needed access to different keychains).   When I provide my password, it either gives me an 'incorrect password' response (shaking) or accepts it then asks for it again.

I have tried to turn off iCloud, but I can't, it turns itself back on.  I'm guessing this was a sync issue originally, but it's well out of hand now.

I'm using a 2015 macbook pro with 10.12.3 (Sierra).

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5680074?tstart=0

I got this from an answer on the Apple.com site link (above) after about 6 hours searching and trying different solutions.  It's the only one that hasn't shown at least one of those login prompts in the first 5 minutes.  Thanks to 'rccatalyst' for providing it.  I'm copying it here, because Apple support just hasn't worked for me. The thread linked above it 4 years old and yet it hasn't turned up in any of my FAQ/google/KB searches.

Open 'Terminal' and run the commands below.

cd ~/Library/Keychains

ls

(When you 'ls' here you will see a folder that contains a bunch of random number like so:
94ED610F-DD96-4ECF-A2BC-7D2F8653A464 (this number is unique on each system))

rm -rf 94ED610F-DD96-4ECF-A2BC-7D2F8653A464 (i.e. whatever your code is)

Now reboot your Mac.

When you log back in everything should be back to normal.


Do all Magsafe adapters have removable extension cables? I have a 60W MagSafe charger (2012 Macbook Pro) and am wondering if the extension cord is removable so that I can just plug the actual "brick" into the wall with a fitted adapter? It doesn't seem like it's removable, so don't want to apply too much force - but would be neat if it is!

Yes. All Apple MagSafe adapters have universal / interchangeable connectors where you can use your preferred length and polarity and groundedness connecter of regional preference to mains power.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD837AM/A/apple-world-travel-adapter-kit

The internal connector is standard IEC C5 or C7, and Apple adapters connect to the metal earthing pin optionally based on the cord or adapter chosen. Get a good photo of the gap, since a drop or crush can make the part very tight to remove.  The removal is quite linear with not a lot of play so hopefully you don’t have to break things to get it apart.


Sort files in Terminal like finder Is it possible in the command line to have the same sort order for files/folders as Finder. If I run find . -type d, I get as output:

./Folder 1
./Folder 10
./Folder 11
./Folder 2
./Folder 3
...

I tried find -s . -type d, and also added some sort options. No luck.

What I want is this:

./Folder 1
./Folder 2
./Folder 3
...
./Folder 10
./Folder 11

If you look at what find says about sorting:

 -s   Cause find to traverse the file hierarchies in
lexicographical order, i.e., alphabetical order within each directory.
Note: `find -s` and `find | sort` may give different results.

This means we need to pipe it to sort so that we can manipulate it a bit more.

As you have already seen, a simple alphanumeric sort won't work because it's comparing everything as an ANSI character not as numbers.  What we need to do is just compare the numbers.  We can do this with the -k option of sort

find . -type d | sort -k2.3

What the sort -k2.3 command is doing is sorting on the second field (delimited by the space) ending at the 3rd position.  This is the result using your folder naming convention1:

.
./Folder 1
./Folder 2
./Folder 3
./Folder 4
./Folder 5
./Folder 6
./Folder 7
./Folder 8
./Folder 9
./Folder 10
./Folder 11
./Folder 12
./Folder 13
./Folder 14
./Folder 15

1 To create this folder structure, I used the command in my home folder:

mkdir test; cd test; for n in {1..15}; do mkdir "Folder $n"; done


How to use Mac OS X "Per-user screen sharing" from a Windows PC? I am trying to use the "Per-user screen sharing" feature in Mac OS X Lion.  This is different from regular screen sharing in that it allows you to log in to your account on the Mac remotely without disturbing a different user who is already logged on.  What what I can tell from experimentation, to use per-user screen sharing you must disable the 'VNC viewers may control screen with password' option.

I am trying to connect from a PC. Problem is, I can't get it to work.  TightVNC complains, Server did not offer supported security type.  UltraVNC says No supported authentication methods! and RealVNC has the nerve to tell me to turn on the "control screenwith password option" which would disable the very feature I need, per-user screen sharing!!!  (To connect to Apple Remote Desktop (10.4) or Screen Sharing/Remote Management (10.5 onwards) built-in to Mac OS X, turn on the 'VNC viewers may control screen with password' option.)

I have trouble believing that it is impossible to connect to per-user sharing just because I am not connecting from a Mac.  At the moment the only work-around is to connect to a different Mac using single screen sharing and then VNC to the other Mac.  Quite frankly, that is ridiculous.

The trick to doing this appears to be the following: under Computer Settings you need to enable VNC viewers may control screen with password but NOT enable Anyone may request permission to control screen.  You then enter a control password which grants access to the login screen, and use your own local username and password to log in.


Move iTunes data from C drive to D drive My Windows7 C-drive is full. My D-drive have 120GB free space.

I am unable to backup my existing iPhone data to C-drive. How can I move the iTunes folder from C-drive to D-drive so that enough free space for backups is available?

(1)In my system Itunes music folder can't be moved "from Windows", but I can move the Music folder containing it (Right-Click, Properties, Location).  (It can save some space on C, but is not the itunes folder with the backups).  The first step to free up space on C should be to move the folders that can be moved this way, like Videos, Photos, Documents.

(2)On another Windows machine I have used junction points to have the directory for backups physically on another drive.  (While still the same path from the point of view of Itunes).

If it is the same physical drive, I would reparation before doing (2).  You can also move swap, temp, hibernate files etc.


How to remove cloud songs from Music app? During Christmas 2013, Apple an official app that gave out free downloads for a week or so. I used that app to get some free songs. Now they appear forever stuck in my Music app. I don't want to see them. Swiping left on the song didn't do anything. Also, I didn't see how to manage these songs in iTunes on my computer.

Launch the Settings app then go to "Music" and toggle the "Show All Music" switch to "Only music that has been downloaded to this device will be shown."

This same feature is available for the Video app.


iPhone heat and battery drain In december 2013 I bought an iPhone 5s. A couple of weeks ago I restored my iPhone to 7.1.1 using a back-up on my Mac. Since then, the battery drains very quickly and the devices heats up most of the times even though the device isn't under heavy load.

Things I tried to resolve this:

Restoring the iPhone to factory defaults using iTunes with the original ISPW file (and later using the device itself)
Turned off iCloud, Mobile data, Background refresh and even turned on Airplane mode.
Resetting the device by holding the power and home buttons for a couple of seconds.
Recalibrating the battery (100%-0% and back to 100% again in one time)
Sending the iPhone to Apple, they replaced the battery but haven't tested anything since the problem is still here.

Symtomps:

Using the iPhone for 15 minutes will drain the battery ~20%.
Device gets hot sometimes even when I'm just reading an e-mail or responding to a text (so no gaming or intensive Apps that would trigger higher CPU load).

Log:

I connected my iPhone to xcode's console to log some things this is what happens every 30 seconds or so:

Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[345] <Notice>: (Note ) PS: Media stream daemon stopping.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[345] <Notice>: (Note ) AS: <MSIOSAlbumSharingDaemon: 0x146d69e50>: Shared Streams daemon has shut down.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[345] <Notice>: (Warn ) mstreamd: mstreamd shutting down.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[346] <Notice>: (Note ) mstreamd: mstreamd starting up.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[346] <Notice>: (Note ) PS: Media stream daemon starting...

I think that something is triggering the iPhone's CPU since the devices gets hot too.
Is there a way to find out what is draining my battery or should I send the iPhone back to Apple (again..)?

This happened to my 5S as well. It had a light spot on the screen and it was separating from the casing as well.

I'd suggest bringing it to the apple store to have them check it out. They should run diagnostics on it and determine if it is a battery issue. When I brought mine in, the diagnostics came back ok, but they still offered to replace my phone in its entirety for $79 (the price of the battery).

Since then, my new phone has worked perfectly, so hopefully that is the case for you.


Is retina text in a non-retina OS X Application possible? Is it possible to have a pre-retina Application have good retina text. As in MenuBar text, and textbox and textfields and other text locations as long as the original developer used native OS X text handling API's.

For applications that do their own graphics and text rendering we know that there is a difference when trying to run on a Retina display as noted by the MacBook Pro Retina Display Analysis (see AnandTech comparison picture below).

The example of Non-retina Google Chrome vs Safari is noted to be a worse case caused by Google doing their own thing for rending text / graphics in the Application. Does this imply that if your not doing your own text rendering you get retina text for free?

Applications using standard Cocoa APIs should get retina text for free.

This was the same way it was released with the iPhone 4 in iOS. If you used standard UIKit, you basically got it all for free, and just had to update resources, etc.

So, with a Retina MBP as of right now, many apps need to add @2X resources (for things like images, etc), but otherwise standard applications should render all other content as retina.


How do I disable a password for already purchased apps I used to be able to re-download apps that were in my purchased folder without my Apple ID password but when I got my new I phone 6 it started asking me for a password. I have researched this but only found ways to turn the password off for free apps. Any help is appreciated.

Note: I don't want to jailbreak my device because it broke my last one.

Have you tried Settings > iTunes & App Stores > Password Settings.

Under Purchases and In-App Purchases you'll have the option of either always requiring the password or to require it after 15 mins. (That is, you enter the password in once and for the next 15mins you won't be asked again).

Below those options you also have the Free Downloads setting where you can choose not to require a password at all for free downloads.

NOTE: If you don't see the password settings mentioned above, then you've got Touch ID turned on for purchases, in which case these settings aren't avaiable. To change this go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.


What are Mac OS X replacements for Visio? Visio is the most conspicuous example of a program that I found useful on Windows for which I have not identified a Mac-compatible replacement.

Visio's primary function is as a flowchart diagramming tool. It allows the user to construct complex information flows with smart objects and interconnect graphics that snap and bend as the user moves things around on the page. It's morphed over the years to support other diagram and information flow views like IT diagrams and UI mockups.

What's out there that can replace Visio on the Mac?

OmniGraffle or OmniGraffle Pro: http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle/feature_comparison/


Avoiding malware in recommendations? Occasionally, answers on this site include software recommendations. Let’s assume a "legitimate developer" pretends to have created a useful application that is (secretly) capable of doing harm. How can I be sure I do not install something that contains malicious code or a root kit, especially if it is closed-source software?

Sadly, malicious code can be so small and obfuscated in an infinite number of ways so you can't simply make a rule to test a package to tell if it's good or bad.

Statistically, people have established some guidelines like trying to know the source (typing in the web address directly and not trusting a link, not downloading it from an alternate site, insisting that it be code-signed and verifying the package check sum before installing executables), but these are indirect remedies.

Apple maintains a page with links to most security information here:

https://ssl.apple.com/support/security/

Additionally, you could insist that all software that you run is signed by a legitimate developer to reduce the likelihood that someone has added a key logger to the game you just downloaded.

Lastly, after several delays, Apple has released GateKeeper to effectively sandbox software so that it has to explicitly list the things that it does (like access the address book, or modify files without user interaction) so that you can only let the system run code that obeys the sandbox rules. From a consumer perspective, you can prevent all code from running while you do whatever checks you feel are appropriate before allowing that code to run on your Mac.


How do I Create a Macro or Shortcut to run a Command Sequence Terminal The following was posted by Codler as an answer to a question of read/write difficulties on NTFS drive which worked perfectly.

My question is, is there a way for a noob like me to create a shortcut method of running these steps in Terminal instead of typing it in each time I want to mount the drive?

  Plug-in your device
  Write in Terminal diskutil list and look for IDENTIFIER where TYPE is Windows_NTFS.

  In this case it is disk1s1
  Then run the following:

diskutil unmount /dev/disk1s1
cd /Volumes
mkdir Elements
sudo mount -w -t ntfs -o rw,nobrowse /dev/disk1s1 /Volumes/Elements
open /Volumes/Elements

You don't want the hard drive to show up in the Finder? I had a similar need in the past, and solved it by adding a line to /etc/fstab:

LABEL=<disk label> <mount point> ntfs auto,nobrowse

where:

<mount point> is the directory where you want to mount the hard drive, in your case /Volumes/Elements. I'd recommend, though, that you mount the drive elsewhere to prevent name collisions, as /Volumes is used by the Finder to mount removable drives. Let's say you choose /MyVolumes.
<disk label> is the hard drive name as it appears in the Finder, I guess Elements.

So, in your case, the line should read:

LABEL=Elements /MyVolumes/Elements ntfs auto,nobrowse

Now, /etc/fstab is a system file so care must be taken not to break anything:

Open Applications>Utilities>Terminal.
In Terminal, type:

sudo mkdir -p /MyVolumes/Elements

to create the folder /MyVolumes/Elements.
Now type:

sudo cp -a /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
sudo cp /etc/fstab ~/Desktop/fstab.txt
sudo chown $(whoami) ~/Desktop/fstab.txt

Type your password when asked.

These commands: 1) create a copy of /etc/fstab you can fallback to if anything goes wrong, 2) copy /etc/fstab to your Desktop, 3) change ownership of the copy on your Desktop so that you can edit it.
Switch to the Finder, double click fstab.txt on your Desktop and add at the bottom of the file (the file is probably empty) the following:

LABEL=Elements /MyVolumes/Elements ntfs auto,nobrowse

Press ⌘S to save the file and ⌘Q to close the editor.
Back to Terminal, type:

sudo mv -f ~/Desktop/fstab.txt /etc/fstab

to overwrite /etc/fstab with your modified version.
Plug in your drive. Does it work? Great! It doesn't? Something went wrong... type in Terminal:

sudo mv -f /etc/fstab.bak /etc/fstab

to restore the original /etc/fstab.


Most stable/fastest OS X version for an old MacBook Pro I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.4/2.2 GHz, mid/late 2007) that has had a few graphics card problems. The logic board has needed replacement a couple times, meaning we stopped using graphics-intensive apps, and it has just gotten slower, and the hard drive is becoming full (obviously that will need to be dealt with).

Are Mavericks's performance improvements (App Nap, etc.) enough to make it not slower than 10.6.8? Stability is key, and I'm not sure the graphics card can handle it.

With goto fail and the other bugs that have yet to be discovered, I'm not sure when it would be a good idea to upgrade.

My brother owns a Mid-2008 MacBook Pro and installed a fresh Mavericks. In his opinion, it is worth doing this since Mavericks' performances are better than the Lion and ML releases.

However, he did replace his HDD with a SSD drive to make its MBP fast enough to run Mavericks.

So I cannot encourage you to install Mavericks on your older MBP without changing some components (and at least remove some stuffs from your hard-drive to get more space).

About the Mavericks bugs: the two updates made the things better, even if there are still some annoying issues. But that should not be your choice criterion.

My advice

Make a Time Machine backup of your MBP and give a try to Mavericks (with a fresh install).
If it is too slow on your MBP , you will have to re-install a fresh OS X 10.6, but this will probably be a good thing: having a fresh install sometimes solves some annoying issues.
if it is OK for you then let us know your experience


Can't find my Automator service action in the Keyboard Shortcuts list I've made a very simple Automator service (moves some selected files into a new folder). It works fine via the Services -> menu.

So now I'd like to add a keyboard shortcut to launch this action from Finder, but I'm unable to. According to every person on the internet, I can go into System Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts, select 'Services' on left panel, then scroll to bottom of right hand list and my service will be listed in the 'General' section. But it's not listed; I only see three items relating to unarchiving.

I've searched the web for people with this same issue but can't find any advice.

If it receives files or folders as input, it should be in the files and folders section and not the general section.

Was the service saved to ~/Library/Services/?


How do I use OCR in iPhone Notes? I was saving some hand-written note in iPhone Notes (suppose I had drawn "hello world, how are you?"). The default name suggested for the particular note was the start of the document ("hello world"). This suggested that Notes was able to convert handwriting to text, and comes with an OCR feature.
This was also strongly seconded when I included an image at the top of the note. The image was actually a screenshot of a browser page, and when I was trying to save it, the suggested name was the URL of the page, again indicating that OCR was performed.
However, I couldn't find how to convert handwritten notes/images to text in Notes, despite Notes supporting that. Is there any way to do it, or has this feature purposely been not provided?
PS - I know I can install third party apps to achieve the same. I just wondered how to do this using Notes.

It’s done automatically as part of the document scanning feature.
What’s New in Notes for iOS and iPadOS

What else is new

Use search to find text in documents, like receipts or bills, that you’ve scanned with the built in document scanner.
Search can also visually recognize images inside your notes such as images of a bike when you search for the word “bike.”

It’s just a built in function.  You may have to reimport the handwritten note do it’s processed by the OCR engine.


Add contact as a Homescreen shortcut for the iPhone 4S? Is it possible to add a contact to the homescreen as a shortcut ?? (like the Nokia and Android phones ).

So far, it's not a feature of iOS. You need to a find (web-)app solution:
e.g.
Speedtouchapp


Running multiple commands in terminal I'm told to run this command on terminal:

sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 unstartup launchd -u dora --hp /Users/dora

It seems like it's multiple commands in one line:

sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 unstartup launchd -u dora --hp /Users/dora

But, how does that work? I know A;B, A&&B, A||B, but this looks like A B.

It indeed are multiple commands which get run here. If you look up man env you'll find

SYNOPSIS
    env [-iv] [-P altpath] [-S string] [-u name] [name=value ...] [utility [argument ...]]

which explains that env does, among other things,

assign values to variables (the [name=value ...] bit which in your case is PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2)
and then runs another program passed as an argument (the [utility [argument ...]] bit, in your case the call to npm).

The intention here is to extend the search PATH of the command run through sudo in order to have npm find all the executables it needs.

This is purely a feature of env, other commands like sudo or xargs have similar capabilities. OTOH A;B, A && B or A || B are shell features.


How to migrate WhatsApp messages data from Android to iPhone? Currently I'm using an Android phone. I have just purchased a refurbished iPhone 7 Plus. I wish to migrate my WhatsApp chat history from Android phone to iPhone.

I have searched almost everywhere, but couldn't find a genuine Solution to this problem.

Does anyone have any idea on how to do this?

From WhatsApp's FAQ, please note the emphasized note in the middle:

Changing your phone
Different types of phone
If you're moving from one type of phone to another, such as from an iPhone to an Android, and preserving your number, you'll keep your account info. This information is tied to the phone number. Simply download WhatsApp on the new phone and verify your number.
Note: You can't migrate your messages across different types of phone.
If you're moving from one type of phone to another and not preserving your number, simply download WhatsApp on the new phone and verify the new phone number.
Important: Remember to delete your old account. However, if you didn't delete your account and no longer have access to your old phone, don't worry. If the new owner of your old number activates WhatsApp on a new phone after 45 days, all of your account information tied to that phone number will be completely deleted.


Note Recovery Alternatives It appears that by switching iCloud accounts on my MacBook, ALL the notes stored in Notes.app have disappeared/been deleted. These notes were not synced with iCloud -- and Time Machine was disabled.

I understand that there's a possibility that these notes still exist somewhere on my Mac HD.

Where would I look for these notes? How can I restore them?

they should be in the

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/

suggested settings to keep a copy on your hard drive


Custom name server removes the ability of visiting websites with 'dev' in the url I am a web developer and in my younger years I tried setting up a custom name server on my mac without really knowing what I was doing. I wanted to be able to visit my own website on adreses like 'sam.dev'.

I know that I succeeded at some point and threw the program, that helped me set it up, from my macbook because it was just a trial version.

Now, a couple of years later I notice that I cannot go to any website that has .dev or dev. in the url.

This means I cannot visit websites like nodejs.dev or web.dev

I have tried resetting my DNS but I can't get it to work again.
How would I go about resetting this and what did I do wrong?

more info:

scutil --dns significant return values:

resolver #8
  domain   : test
  nameserver[0] : 127.0.0.1
  port     : 20560
  flags    : Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : 0x00030002 (Reachable,Local Address,Directly Reachable Address)

resolver #9
  domain   : dev
  nameserver[0] : 127.0.0.1
  port     : 20560
  flags    : Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : 0x00030002 (Reachable,Local Address,Directly Reachable Address)

contents of etc/hosts

##
# 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
# BEGIN section for OpenVPN Client SSL sites
127.94.0.1  client.openvpn.net
# END section for OpenVPN Client SSL sites

I fixed my problem for .dev domains like web.dev but I still have the problem for sites like dev.to

I have been passively looking for this for over a year now.
thanks to @nohillside I found that the .dev redirect were resolvers and looked into my /etc/ and found a folder called resolver.
(get to /etc/resolver/ on mac using CMD-SHIFT-G in finder)
This folder contained the file named dev with the contents:
# Lovingly generated by Pow
nameserver 127.0.0.1
port 20560

from the pow website:

And Pow eliminates the need to edit /etc/hosts.

I am now wondering if I used some other application that used Pow internally and didn't clean up after itself.


How to change the size of a Google Hangouts window in AppleScript? Using AppleScript, I want to set the bounds of the window for the Google Hangouts desktop application.

The application file is located at:

  /Users/Me/Applications/Chrome Apps.localized/Default knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl.app

(I have no idea why the application name is knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl.)

I've tried the following

tell application "Default knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl" to set bounds of front window to {405, 23, 1037, 633}

but I am given the error:

  Default knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl got an error: Can’t get
  window 1. Invalid index.

So, then I thought, "The Hangouts application must not be scriptable."

I tried the method provided in this answer to change the window size for a non-scriptable application via System Events:

set theSBounds to {{405, 23}, {1037, 633}}

tell application "System Events"
    set size of front window of application process "Default knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl" to item 1 of theSBounds
    set position of front window of application process "Default knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl" to item 2 of theSBounds
end tell

but I am given the error:

  System Events got an error: Can’t set application process "Default knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl" to {405, 23}.

After opening the dictionary for the Google Hangouts app via Script Editor.app, I realized that the app is in fact scriptable and can respond to bounds. The app is compatible with both the standard and text AppleScript suites.

Does anyone know how to set the bounds for this application?

This works for me with my actual Gmail information inserted at the two appropriate places in the script

tell application "Default knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl"
    activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    set theSBounds to {{405, 23}, {1037, 633}}
    set position of window "Google Hangouts - username@gmail.com" of application process "Google Chrome" to item 1 of theSBounds --replace username@gmail.com with your actual Gmail information
    set size of window "Google Hangouts - username@gmail.com" of application process "Google Chrome" to item 2 of theSBounds  --replace username@gmail.com with your actual Gmail information
end tell


Does the touch resolution of the new iPad match it's retina display resolution? I've heard that Apple didn't change the touch input part of the new iPad's display when they upgraded to the Retina screen.

Is the touch response accuracy pixel-per-pixel perfect on the iPad third gen or is it lower?

Having just googled, I can't find a definitive answer to your question.

However, intuitively, I'd say that I can't see any way that, with a finger, you could select a point with accuracy anywhere close to 264 pixels per inch (see the Display section of the iPad technical specs).

And none of the Stylus reviews I've seen (such as this recent one from The Verge) suggest that any available styluses/stylii can reach a significantly greater accuracy than a finger - presumably because of the capacitive nature of the display: see e.g. this from Wikipedia

  Capacitive touchscreens are more expensive to manufacture and offer a
  significantly lesser degree of accuracy than resistive touchscreens.


DMG password protection under Mavericks Under Snow Leopard I applied password protection to some archives on a Flash drive. Upgrading to Lion and later Mountain Lion did not affect that protection, but Mavericks strips it from some (not all) of these images. Plus, the Images menu in Disk Utility no longer includes the "Change Password…" item. Any suggestions, please?

Under Mavericks, if you want to change the password, you need to convert the volume.

Your problem with the passwords is probably that they might stored in your keychain, therefore it won't ask you for it on your computer.

You can remove the stored password in the Keychain Access.app.


How do I stop file types from launching automatically Is there a way to remove the 'open with' default that is on certain file types? I don't want to replace the the application that opens this file type, I want there to be no application assigned to that type, so that when I download it, no application automatically launches.

Basically is there a way to remove the default application a file type is opened with, and not replace it another application?

That information is stored in the Launch Services database. The lsregister command can be used to manipulate that database. As far as I've been able to gather, you can only unregister an entire application, not an association for a specific file type. You can do that with this command:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -u /Applications/<appname>.app

But note that there is an automatic process in OS X that searches the /Applications folder and registers the applications it finds there. So if you have an application that wants to open a certain file type, the association might get recreated even if you have unregistered the application.

Someone may have a better answer than this but hopefully this will be at least a little helpful.


Newest Mac Mini and VGA monitor won't work via MiniDisplayPort to VGA adapter I've recently bought a new Mac Mini and tried to connect it to an old LG Flatron 19" VGA monitor. For that I've ordered a MiniDisplayPort to VGA adapter. Unluckily, this didn't work, monitor just doesn't seem to receive signal. I'm sure the monitor is OK, Mac was tested with another monitor and works fine, so there are probably two possibilities:

The adapter is broken
Somehow the monitor doesn't work with the Mac

I've searched Google and have found out that it's a known issue, but I struggled to find any working solution for this problem. Dealing with Apple's tech support is problematic for me, cause there are no Apple centers in my country. Is there any cure for this thing, or should I consider that the adapter is not working and buy another one? Thanks in advance for any information.

You could try an HDMI to VGA converter like the Kanex ATVPRO.  I would not try one of the cheap cables that go straight from HDMI to VGA.

Verify that the converter produces a suitable resolution for your monitor.


Is there a way to disable data detectors from Mail? Is there a way to disable the data detector "feature" from Mail?

LE: OSX 10.8.3 / Mail 6.3 (1503)

No, Mountain Lion data detectors can not be disabled with a hidden preference (or the preference is so well hidden that nobody has published the details).

Once you know the name, you can search for articles on how to do this in case someone discovers a solution. Sadly, you used to be able to disable these at the terminal on 10.7, but I don't know of a way to disable them on Mountain Lion.

If you are on Lion or earlier, try this...

Turn off those annoying data detectors in Apple’s Mail by Jacqui Cheng is one such article with the following prescription to clear up the feature.

quit Mail.app
start up Terminal.app
enter the following text exactly

  defaults write com.apple.mail DisableDataDetectors YES

press return
quit Terminal
open Mail


Centering slide window in keynote I'm editing a keynote and i would like to center the slide I am editing in the middle of the window, simply for editing. It seems to stick to the top left corner of the window. How do i centralize the slide I am editing (only for editing purposes) in the window?

You are referring to the editable slide in the main pane of the Keynote window, right?

I do not believe you can change where it displays in the window. Your best bet may be to resize the window such that the slide appears to be centered (i.e. use the smallest window size that fits the slide), then put the window in the middle of the screen.


Confirm Unmounting/Ejection of Drive During Shutdown in Logs for Yosemite 10.10.4 I shut down my laptop today on my way out of the house, which had a drive connected via USB. I was wondering if there is a way to confirm that the drive was successfully unmounted/ejected during the shutdown process before I unplugged it?

In other words, to ensure that shutdown had completed and that the drive was powered down? I was in a hurry, and unfortunately am not sure.

I checked the console for log entries, but couldn't find anything verbose about the shutdown process.

Not sure if this will be of much help however...

With Console open and system.log selected I ejected a USB Drive and removed it from the USB Port.  By all outward appearance the drive appeared to be properly and successfully unmounted, ejected and then removed.

These are the only entries that appeared in the system.log file upon doing so:

Aug 12 10:43:21 Computer.local com.apple.SecurityServer[17]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.volume.removable.unmount' by client '/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' [51235] for authorization created by '/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' [51235] (100013,0)
Aug 12 10:43:21 Computer.local com.apple.SecurityServer[17]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.volume.removable.unmount' by client '/usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd' [18] for authorization created by '/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' [51235] (100002,0)
Aug 12 10:43:23 Computer.local com.apple.SecurityServer[17]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.volume.removable.unmount' by client '/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' [51235] for authorization created by '/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' [51235] (100013,0)
Aug 12 10:43:23 Computer.local com.apple.SecurityServer[17]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.volume.removable.unmount' by client '/usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd' [18] for authorization created by '/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' [51235] (100002,0)

I'd image if it wasn't properly unmounted, ejected and removed you might get a warning when you plug it back in.  Or there may be an error message in the system.log file however I do not when to improperly remove a drive to test, you'll have to do that. :)

One thing I do every once in a while, because I'm constantly moving USB Drives around, is to use Disk Utility to Verify Disk and Verify Permissions on my external drives just to keep them healthy.


Moving MS Office 2011 from Mojave computer to older High Sierria machine I want to upgrade my Mojave iMac to Catalina. I have a few 32 bit apps that won't work so I am migrating them over to an older iMac running High Sierra. I have successfully migrated two applications (Aperture and Photoshop).

However, I'm not having any luck migrating Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. I cannot redownload the program because it is no longer supported by MS so I have moved over the plist and other files as recommended at https://cwl.cc/2012/02/easy-way-to-move-microsoft-office-2011-mac.html along with the /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011 folder.

However, when I try to launch any Office application, I get the following report:

Microsoft Word cannot be opened because of a problem.

In the Problem Details and System Configuration section of the report, I see:

Process:               Microsoft Word [1128]
Path:                  /Volumes/VOLUME/*/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
Identifier:            com.microsoft.Word
Version:               14.4.6 (14.4.6)
Build Info:            Unknown-141106~0
Code Type:             X86 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Microsoft Word [1128]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2020-01-18 21:41:16.948 -0500
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.13.4 (17E199)
Report Version:        12

Time Awake Since Boot: 1500 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Notes:                 Translocated Process

Crashed Thread:        0

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

Termination Reason:    DYLD, [0x1] Library missing

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: @rpath/mbukernel.framework/Versions/14/mbukernel
  Referenced from: /Volumes/VOLUME/*/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
  Reason: image not found

Binary Images:
   0xb6000 -  0x1e32feb +com.microsoft.Word (14.4.6 - 14.4.6) <3A8997BD-2AAF-E42B-B1AA-610F3C008907> /var/folders/*/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
 0x22ab000 -  0x22f105f  dyld (551.3) <AEE46C03-FE99-3D3F-9A28-119D4A885857> /usr/lib/dyld

Anybody know how I can find this library and get it installed on the old iMac? I cannot use migration asst. because they two mac versions are different and the old iMac does not support anything OS version greater than High Sierra.

So moving the apps out of and back into the Microsoft Office 11 folder seems to have helped. After doing it, I got prompted to register the software over the phone (the product key no longer worked) using a lengthy number.

But I'm still seeing some weirdness with a There is a problem with the Office database error when I open an app and Outlook won't open at all. But I am closer, at least.


Macbook Pro Mid-2010 15" is not charging with dim green light I have spilled a bit of water on the keyboard of my Macbook Pro this Monday. It continued working just fine.

So, I took it home, and 2h later, when I pluged the charger in, the light turned into a very faint/dim green light and it was not charging anymore. It does not consumes battery power, because it's plugged in the outlet, but it does not charge either (says "not charging").

I have tried the following:

Plugging it in to a different outlet
Trying other MagSafe chargers
Making sure it's the correct charger (85w)
Resetting SMC
Resetting NVRAM

I have opened the back, and although I could not dismount it anymore because the lack of appropriate screwdrivers, I could find no sign of humidity or water damage.

Checking the system information page in the MacOS, I could notice that, when the charger is plugged, amperage information gradually progresses from ~ -2000 to 0.

And it does not seem to recognize the charger. See below:

AC Charger Information:

Connected:     Yes
ID:     0x0000
Wattage (W):     0
Revision:     0x0000
Family:     0x0000
Serial Number:     0x00000000
Charging:     No

Do you guys have any other suggestions?

Yes - the SMC reset should resolve any temporary issues with the hardware not sensing the charge adapter. It's even called out in this KB article by Apple as something SMC reset can potentially address:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

Once you ruled out SMC needing to be reset, you should get the Mac in to a repair shop or do what they would do to isolate the hardware failure:

test your adapter with another computer
test your computer with another adapter
test your computer with another OS (last resort - SMC and the charging behavior you report can be tested with the OS powered off and only the firmware / SMC regulating the LED color and charge state based on the data it can collect which is faulty in your case)

Once they have isolated the failure (likely to your computer), they would open it and inspect for any corrosion or damage on the logic board and charging circuitry and the either swap and test the magsafe board or the battery or the logic board itself based on experience and the hardware service manual for your model.


IOS 8 get pictures off iphone 5 with windows 8 Is there some trick to get pictures off an iphone 5 with ios 8 on a Windows 8 computer? I can get my pictures off my iphone 5 with ios 8 on my Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP computer but not my Windows 8 computer. I have tried multiple Windows 8 computers and it won't work on any of them. Yes I know you have to unlock the phone on Windows 8 and I did that.

Have you tried installing the iCloud for Windows?

This will connect your Windows PC to your iCLoud account and allow you to save your iCloud photos to a local directory (I believe it's in C:\Users\\Pictures ).

The utility can be found here. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455?locale=en_US


How do I send text messages from an iMac OSX El Capitan to an Android phone? The recipient is not registered on iMessage, which leads me to believe he is not on an iMac.  I have received txts from him on my Android and I have his phone number.  Is there a way to do it on OS X without purchasing additional software?

iMessage uses a connected iPhone to send text messages from your Mac to anyone, including Android. Unfortunately you're using an Android phone so you're going to need a third party app.


Update of app shown in iPhone but not in iPad? I have a first version of my app in the App Store. Recently I released the next version with some bug fixes. After Apple approved the updated version, the update showed in the App Store app for my iPhone but not for my iPad.

Is this my problem or Apple's?

Additional Information:

I have a single binary file for both the iPhone and iPad.
I had the first version of the app in both of my devices before I found this bug.

From what I've noticed with universal apps, and also with iPhone only apps between my devices is that sometimes an update might come one day to one device and the next day to another and at the third day the last one gets it. Might be that Apple does this so their servers wont be overloaded when everybody updates the same app at the same time.

You should also check that you've released the update to all platforms, not only iPhones.


How to change the default dictionary on iPhone & Mac? I'm using iPhone and MacBook. Both there are a default English-English dictionary, which is convenient.

However, I'd prefer a French-English dictionary, while I'm learning French on iPhone or Mac.

Is there a way to change the default dictionary on iPhone or Mac, to a French-English one?

In order to change the priority on your Dictionary App, go do Dictionary > Preferences.

Choose the dictionaries you want to be activated — assuming you have them installed — and drag them to choose the priority, *from top (highest priority) to bottom.

Note that if you look for a word in a certain language, dictionaries that don't have that word won't appear in the search results.

Change localization on your Mac:

Go to System Preferences > International > Languages.
Click on "Edit list" to add/remove the dictionaries.
Drag the dictionaries in the list itself to sort the priority which works from top to bottom.


How to set default input source in Mac OS X Lion I use two keyboard layouts (input sources) in my everyday work - the standard US and Russian-PC. In System Preferences/Language & Text/Input Sources I have activated the "Allow different input source for each document" option. Incidentally, I also have English as the top language in System Pereferences/Language & Text/Languages, even though that is not relevant to this particular problem. I also have Input Menu enabled at login window and experience no problems with that.

However, when launching a new window or application, I can never be sure what language I will start typing in. That's very inconvenient, especially in full-screen apps/windows/modes. I have been unable to determine a consistent pattern of when and why the input source changes or whether it even consistently "sticks" to the an application or window.

Extensive googling and searching through existing q&a here yielded no satisfactory answers. Most confuse the question with the language selection. I have once stumbled on a tip saying that if you press-and-hold the input source switch keyboard shortcut (⌘-space in my case), you will get a visual switch cue (which is true), and that the default will "stick" to the value at which you release the keys (which I couldn't prove is working, at least for me, also default for what? current window?)

So the question is - how do I set a systemwide default input source, which will be applied to every new invoked application and its windows?

To expand on Han's answer, here is the excerpt from the article Managing input methods in OS X

  To change your default input method in OS X and avoid having to make
  these adjustments for each application and document you open, you
  first have to be sure the setting to allow a different input source
  for each document is disabled. To do this, go to the Input Sources
  system preferences and select the option to "Use the same one in all
  documents." With this setting in place, go to the input menu and
  select the desired method you would like to have as your primary input
  source. After this is done, you can go back to allowing a different
  input source for each document, and any newly opened documents and
  applications will now use the desired primary input method, until you
  manually change it for that document.


Can I stream from Safari silverlight to AppleTV? I'm using Sky Sports Now TV to watch live sport on my Mac. This is via the silverlight plugin in Safari. Can I use something to divert this video feed to my Apple TV so I can watch on my television without using a cable?

I should clarify, I need a solution right now since I want to watch the Heineken Cup rugby final starting now and I have a 2009 MacBook Pro so I can't use AirPlay.

AirPlay can mirror the display of your mac to the AppleTV. This only works with 2011 model macs and newer running Mac OS X 10.8

more details:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404


Can you copy files to /Applications using Launchbar? For lot of applications, the disc image (.dmg) contains the .app files which needs to be copied to the /Applications folder.

I use Launchbar's Instant Send feature to open the selected files quickly in some text editor. Is there a way I can use this feature to quickly send a selected application to /Applications?

Once you use the Instant Send hotkey to select the file in Launchbar...

You can start typing "Applications" to select your /Applications folder.

Then press Return and select Copy to "Applications" from the menu.


How do I disable command-control-up/down from doing anything with spaces? I'm trying to use some shortcuts in Sublime Text 3 (on OS X 10.9.5), but every time I press command-control-up or command-control-down, I get a Space Above or Space Below message. It doesn't do anything, and I don't really care about spaces, and I want to disable this so that OS X stops hijacking the keyboard sequence that I'm trying to use.

As far as I can tell, I don't use spaces at all, and would be totally cool with disabling that completely if that's an option (unless I am using it behind the scenes without realizing it).

You should be able to disable them through Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control, and then uncheck "Move left a space" and "Move right a space".

Those aren't actually the default shortcuts to switch spaces though, and there shouldn't be any "message" when using the shortcuts, so it sounds like it might be another app doing the hijacking, not OS X itself. Are you using any window managers or similar that might be implementing this? BetterTouchTool, Keyboard Maestro, SizeUp or whatever. Have a look through your login items and see if it still occurs with no background apps running.


Recovering a Password on FileVault2 Encrypted Mac I changed my admin (login) password on my Macbook Air and subsequently forgot it. The disk is encrypted using FileVault 2. And the resetpassword command in the terminal did not show any disks available to reset the password. Futhermore, the fdesetup command is not found when did a simple 'man fdesetup' command in the terminal. I remember all but the last 3 or 4 characters of the password. A brute force solution might not take too long. But I prefer not to go down this route if this can be solved another way. I also strongly prefer to solve this without going to the Genius Bar. Anyone know how to gain re-entry?

If it would be that easy to restore or find your password FileVault would completely miss its major objective: safely encrypt your data/volume.

Booting to Recovery Mode and after opening Terminal in the menubar -> Utilities enter

filevaultrecovery

The app "Reset Password" will open in the background.

If you saved your password in iCloud choose the first radio button (I forgot my password) and continue resetting your password.

Alternatively you may use your recovery key (if you saved it somewhere) or the password of a second account on your Mac.

To use the recovery key enter in Terminal:

#get the lvUUID
diskuitl cs list
#unlock volume with recovery key
diskutil cs unlockVolume lvUUID -passphrase recoverykey

An example recovery key looks like this: 35AJ-AC98-TI1H-N4M3-HDUQ-UQFG

After unlocking the volume you may reset your password.


How to batch add folders to Folder Actions I actively manage a directory of folders that contain images that are organised by modification dates. Due to this, I had made a quick action that used an applescript and bash to help me ensure that newly added files had the right modification date.

This was time consuming, and eventually I learned that I could set up Folder Actions that could automatically do that work for me. I did so, and now I face the struggle of adding multiple (lots of) folders to the Folder Actions Setup window.

In the spirit of automating everything, is there a way to add Folders to the Folder Actions Setup window and all added folders to have my folder action enabled? Not sure where to start!

There was an app made for this, unfortunately the download link no longer works and the developer has removed it from his page of projects.

This following AppleScript code will ask you to choose the script file to attach then we'll give you two separate options for adding multiple folders to attach that script file to

This works for me using the latest version of MacOS Mojave.

property pathToFolderActions : ((path to workflows folder as text) & "Applications:Folder Actions:")

tell application "Finder"
    set resourceName to (choose file with prompt ¬
        "Choose The Script File To Attach")
    set resourceName2 to name of resourceName
    set folderActionScript to (container of resourceName as text) & resourceName as string
    try
        duplicate resourceName to folder pathToFolderActions with replacing
    end try
end tell

activate
set theFolders to (choose folder with prompt ¬
    "Choose Folders" default location (path to desktop) ¬
    invisibles false ¬
    with multiple selections allowed)

activate
set chooseAgain to button returned of (display dialog ¬
    "Would You Like To Choose  Additional Folders?" buttons {"NO", "YES"} ¬
    default button "YES" with title ¬
    "Would You Like To Choose  Additional Folders?" with icon 1)

if chooseAgain is "YES" then
    activate
    set moreFolders to (choose folder with prompt ¬
        "Choose Folders" default location (path to desktop) ¬
        invisibles false ¬
        with multiple selections allowed)
    set theFolders to theFolders & moreFolders
end if

repeat with i from 1 to count of theFolders
    set thisItem to item i of theFolders
    tell application "Finder"
        set nameOfTriggerFolder to name of folder thisItem
        set attachFolderActionTo to (container of thisItem as text) & nameOfTriggerFolder
    end tell

    tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
        activate
        try
            set addedFolderAction to make new folder action with properties {name:nameOfTriggerFolder, path:attachFolderActionTo}
        end try
        try
            delay 0.5
            tell addedFolderAction to make new script with properties {name:resourceName2, path:(pathToFolderActions & resourceName2)}
        end try
        if not folder actions enabled then
            set folder actions enabled to true
        end if
    end tell
end repeat

delay 5
tell application "Folder Actions Setup" to quit