How to disable SpeedStep/XCPM on Macbook Pro 11,1 OSX 10.10.2? Does anybody know how to disable OSX from throttling/underclocking the CPU on a Macbook when the battery gets low on power? I think the feature is called SpeedStep. The problem is that my battery is damaged and no longer works so I have to run my Macbook off of the power adaptor and I would like the system to run up to speed, instead of at 0.8 GHz, so I can use it until I get a new battery. I have a Macbook Pro 13" Late 2013 i5 2.6 GHz with Retina(11,1). It's running OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 with Darwin kernel version 14.1.0.

I've already tried these kernel patches with no luck:

perl -pi -e 's|\xe2\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00|\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00|g' kernel
perl -pi -e 's|\xe2\x00\x00\x00\x4c\x00\x00\x00|\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00|g' kernel
perl -pi -e 's|\xe2\x00\x00\x00\x90\x01\x00\x00|\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00|g' kernel
I've also heard of a "NullCPUPowerManagement.kext" kernel extension, but I'm not sure if that would work on my system. I know there are some hackintosh boot loaders, such as clover, that support modified SSDT and DSDT, but I'm not sure if that will work for my problem. Any help is greatly appreciated!

So, after researching more and trying other methods, what can I say:

How to disable the SpeedStep when using MacBook Pro without a battery? and it's answer pointing to “Fixing” kernel_task CPU Problems in MacOS 10.7/10.8 will help you with problems where processes take a lot of percentage from the processing time. Doing the trick will turn your macbook useable, but the Ghz will stay at minimum.
The new kernel power management works only from Ivy Bridge forward, so Macs equiped with Sandy Bridge or older processors still using the old power management and therefore the kernel patch won't work.
Removing AppleIntelPowerManagement kexts won't help, and NullCPUPowerManagement won't help too… I still get the same 0.8Ghz.
Using apps like SMCFanControl will help with controlling the fans, so any reply that helps getting the original clock are welcome as the chance of burning the processor due to heat are diminished.

So for now I think that will be all. If I get any solution to work, I will report it here!


Charge iPad 1 without wall charger I have only the USB cable so can I charge it with my laptop or computer or any other way?

You might get a small trickle-charge by connecting to a Windows laptop, better if you don't run the iPad whilst doing so, but only a Mac is capable of recognising & supplying the higher power requirement of an iPad.

Connected to any standard USB port on a PC, the device will claim it is not charging - though in practise it will eventually manage to charge it, it will be very slow.

Your best bet, if you don't own a Mac, is to buy a dedicated iPad charger.


How to install pgAdmin 4 in server/Desktop mode on Mac? How to install pgAdmin 4 on Mac using python wheel.
I found a help for Ubuntu https://askubuntu.com/questions/788457/how-to-install-pgadmin-4-in-server-mode-on-ubuntu-16-04 but I did n't find anything for mac.

Followed the instruction which is mentioned in the pgadmin site. But getting the following error

Thirumals-MacBook-Air:Downloads Thirumal$ python ~/pgadmin4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py

python: can't open file '/Users/Thirumal/pgadmin4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

I have installed anaconda3 already in system.So pgAdmin 4 takes anaconda3 has default path to install.

python /Users/Thirumal/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py

output:

Starting pgAdmin 4. Please navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5050 in your browser.

But it's asking for login


How to get old Dock Exposé on Mountain Lion? Dock Exposé was a Snow Leopard feature which allowed users to click on an app on the Dock and, holding that click, windows of that app would be exposed. On Mountain Lion, Dock Exposé doesn't seem to be available anymore. Is there a way to get it back?

Thankfully, this feature isn't completely gone. It has just, for some reason, been whisked away into the depths of less-than-obvious multi-touch gestures in OS X Lion and newer. You now have to double-tap an app icon on the Dock with two fingers to activate Dock Exposé.

I'm not sure if this gesture ever existed on OS X Snow Leopard.


Edge resizing on Mac Finder windows? One of the few ways I think Windows beats the Mac is in letting the user resize a window from any edge or corner, not just from the bottom-right corner.

I haven't found any software that enables this functionality on the Mac. Does such a thing exist?

One of the new features that arrived in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is the ability to resize a window from any edge.


How do I change fonts and add colors in Contacts? I just discovered how to change fonts and add colors to Notes by using command T.  How can I change fonts and add colors to Contacts?  (Conmmand T does not work for Contacts).

The Contacts app uses the system font. To change font or font size in Contacts.app, you must change it for your whole system. There is a way to change the system font from San Francisco font to Lucida Grande font which may be more appealing to you. There is a small app that lets you pick between San Francisco and Lucida Grande fonts for your system. This web page provides a link to the application or you can go straight to it here.


Mac mini not autobooting after "dirty" shutdown This Mac mini is intended to run as a kiosk, but a daily sleep/wake cycle is proving problematic with some USB devices.

My plan was to use the "dirty" shutdown from the commands line to simulate a UPS shutdown: sudo shutdown -hu now.

The process is to enable the "Start automatically after a power failure" option in Energy Saver prefs, then to execute the dirty shutdown from the command line, and finally, remove power once the power light goes out, but before the 5 minute timeout.

Tests on other minis have been successful, but this 2018 3.6 i3 Mac Mini is not consistently starting up once you supply power. This morning it started automatically when I plugged it into the mains. But later in the day, additional tests did not result in power being enabled without physically pressing the power button.

Running Mojave 10.14.6. Reset PRAM/NVRAM. pmset -g shows autorestart set to 1. The Mac WILL restart when I forcibly cut power to it.

Please note I do NOT have a UPS connected to the system.

What could be causing the inconsistent behaviour?

The first thing I would try is resetting the System Management Controller (SMC), as it's responsible for power management, sleep/wake/hibernation, restarts/shutdowns, and so on.

Resetting the SMC on a 2018 model Mac mini

For your particular Mac mini you'll need to follow these steps:

Fully shut down your Mac mini
Press and hold the power button for at least 10 seconds
Let go of the power button and wait five seconds
Switch your Mac mini on again

Now test to see if this has resolved the issue. If not, then try resetting the SMC with the following steps instead:

Fully shut down your Mac mini
Unplug the Mac mini from its AC power source
Wait at least 15 seconds
Plug the Mac mini back into its AC power source
Wait at least another five seconds
Switch your Mac mini on again

Now test again to see if this has resolved the issue.


Invert selection in iTunes? I converted many media files in iTunes to be suited to iPod.
Now I have all the selected files along with the converted files (unselected).

I now want to invert selection so I can easily delete all the old files. How do I do this?

If they have different media types:

Order by Media Type
Select all files with the original media type
Delete them

If they have the same media type:

Create a playlist with the selected files
Create another playlist with both type of files
Create a smart playlist with two conditions:

playlist is "playlist from step 2"
playlist is not "playlist from step 1"

Delete content of smart playlist


Call History Location When I go to 'Recents' in iPhone, I can see the location of my callers. I'm wondering how this location is determined.

Is it the exact location of the caller at the time of the call, or just where the area code is registered?

It's just a basic area code lookup. It may not be the actual location of the caller.


Touch ID/iPhone 8 Plus I am trying to use Touch ID, I activate, but after one day, it doesn't recognize mine. I do it again, it works sometimes and it stops, how to train it to recognize? Do I register multiple versions of the same finger.

I would suggest you, that you delete all the fingers that you have been scanned in for touch ID, because you may have registered some fingers several times.
Then scan in all the fingers that you want to use for touch ID and label them all by their names (left thumb, right middle finger...). Look here as example:

So you will have it under control which finger you have already registered and which not yet in order to avoid double registration!


List DNS servers in Mavericks How to check which DNS server was used to resolve particular hostname within VPN network?

I am using company-provided proprietary VPN client and want to see DNS server's IP address, but

networksetup -getdnsservers <service name>

does not list any DNS servers at all. However, I can ping any server in internal network, so DNS is apparently working.

How does DNS lookup work on OSX with/without VPN connections?

in OSX Mavericks (10.9 - actually 10.6.3 up, I believe) if you want to see the active DNS configuration:

scutil --dns

The -first- entry (resolver #1) is reportedly the active configuration...though I've seen plenty of cases where that's not the case.

from man scutil

 The --dns option reports the current DNS configuration.  The first listed
 resolver(5) configuration is considered to be the "default" configura-
 tion.  Additional "supplemental" configurations follow.  Those containing
 a "domain" name will be used for queries matching the specified domain.
 Those without will be used as a "default" configuration in addition to
 the first listed.

IME, if what you see here doesn't match what you expect (ie, network > advanced > dns), you may need to disable/enable the appropriate network adaptor for it to refresh...

Other tips in recent OSX:

With 10.7 or 10.8, search domains dont apply to lookups with a dot in them.  ie - www.test won't append search domains at all, where www will.   there's a fix:

sudo vim /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
Add <string>-AlwaysAppendSearchDomains</string>after line 16
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder</string>
        <string>-launchd</string>
        <string>-AlwaysAppendSearchDomains</string>
    </array>

Now unload and reload the mDNSResponder service:
   sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
   sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

the network > advanced > dns config is -PER INTERFACE-.   So if you use wireless and wired...you have to setup both.

there's another way, too - /etc/resolver  - one example in here: Do /etc/resolver/ files work in Mountain Lion for DNS resolution? and more here: https://www.dforge.net/2013/01/30/osx-domain-specific-dns-servers-etcresolver/

As for trying to do an nslookup - it's well known that nslookup (and host and dig) doesn't follow the (extremely unique and mixed up) OSX resolution mechanism.  Use ping.


Which is faster for syncing iPhone 4 with iTunes -- USB or WIFI? Is USB or WIFI faster when syncing an iPhone 4 with iOS 5 to iTunes?

This SuperUser answer suggests that Wireless N might be faster than USB 2:
https://superuser.com/questions/288705/speed-comparison-usb-vs-wireless-n-vs-cat-6

Note: iPhone 4 is 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)

USB 2.0 is faster, but Wi-Fi is better.

In practice, Wi-Fi will be superior to USB for syncing and backup since you don't have to worry about plugging it in. It can start as soon as you enter the network, throttle itself based on CPU/iOS activity. You can even start on WiFi and connect your iOS 5 device to USB and syncing will continue at faster speeds if WiFi proves to be slow for a particular sync session.

My experience is the devices can do their thing and sync in the background without me waiting for them and I'm almost always the slowest peg in the process. :-)

However, USB 2.0 speed is faster than 802.11n both in theory and in practice. See this chart from a very nice Apple Insider article on relative speeds relating to Time Capsule performance. The one area where USB (or any other wired connection whether it's USB 2.0, 3.0, FireWire or Thunderbolt) is better than Wi-Fi is latency. If your sync session is largely lots of little checks and no appreciable time is spent waiting for large files to transfer, then the wired connection could be much faster if your sessions are shorter than 15 to 30 seconds in length. Here's another nice article explaining how even a slow USB 2.0 connection can be fast enough for some demanding data transfers: http://www.apogeedigital.com/knowledgebase/quartet/why-doesnt-quartet-use-usb-3-0/

AppleInsider: Exploring Time Capsule: theoretical speed vs practical throughput


Upgrading from OS X 10.10 Yosemite Developer Preview I did sign up for Apple's Public Beta program but was too late and missed out on the Developer Preview as they were offered to only the first one million sign-ups. Anyway, today I just managed to grab a copy off a torrent site and it's now lying on my computer.

Now before I proceed to install it, I would like to know what happens to me when Apple releases future beta updates. Will I be able to just update my OS as a regular copy or will I again need to search for and download an updated copy off the torrent? What happens when Apple finally releases the official copy come fall? Will I be able to just hit the Software Update option in the Apple menu and get it done or will I have to download the whole shebang all over again?

P.S. I understand there are risks involved with installing Dev Previews and am not worried about them. Thanks.

These are questions that can't really be answered until after it happens. They are the risks that you take when doing what you describe. You can look at past examples of what Apple has done or find people who did the same as what you want to do now with previous versions, however none of that will be fact as we just don't know what Apple will do this time around until they do it.

As you mentioned, this is the Developer's preview. If you're not a developer then you shouldn't be installing it -- but you don't need me to tell you that. As for the public beta program, I think you misunderstood it, or else I did. I understood it as the first million did not get access to the developer preview version, but will get access to the public beta version when it is released later during the summer.

This would make sense as I'm sure they don't want to give a million essentially consumers access to the first developer release until after the developers have had some time to review and the first few batches of bugs get worked out. Once it's a little more stable and tested, then they will give out access to the public beta.

A few quotes from the beta site:

The beta program is limited to the first million, not the first million get the developer's preview:

  Join the OS X Beta Program and help make the next release of OS X our
  best yet. Install the latest pre-release software, try it out, and
  submit your feedback. The program is limited to the first one million
  people who sign up, so join today.

The beta will only become available at a later date, not now:

  OS X Yosemite will be available this fall. The OS X Beta Program lets
  you take part in shaping it by test-driving pre-release versions and
  letting us know what you think. Your comments will help us make OS X
  better for all Mac users. Sign up today, and the beta software will be
  available for you to install soon.


Submitting apps to the iOS app store I'm going to collaborare with several customers to develop iOS apps, and I was wondering how should I deal with app store subscriptions ?

Should I subscribe by myself and pay 99$ per year (and have the apps with my development username) or should I ask to each of my customer to subscribe ?

Also, how many apps can I submit per year ? Is there a limit ?

thanks

There's no limit to the number of apps you can submit.

I've found that it's better to have your clients sign up for their own developer accounts and to add you as an administrator of the account. That allows you to create certificates, etc., but the app shows up under their name.

It also means that they can easily do whatever they want with it down the road. You can't transfer an app from one company to another, but you can effectively hand over your entire developer account, allowing them to sell the app to someone else if desired. If you keep it under your company/name then it'll always be there.

Lastly, it allows them to view their own iTunes Connect sales/download information without having access to your other clients. Without it you'll have to provide portions of the reports yourself, or summarize for them, or whatever. Probably seems reasonable now but two years from now, say, there's a good chance you'd rather be out of the loop, especially if the app isn't selling well but they still need to know.


Upgrade Power Mac G5 1.6GHz Logic Board Is it possible to upgrade the logic board in a Power Mac G5 1.6GHz? Mine recently died and I was thinking of trying to fit a more powerful board like the Dual Core 2.7GHz logic board into the case instead of just replacing with the same.

In general, not at all. The boards are matched to the sensors and heat sinks and the G5 line had many many revisions as the engineers presumably adjusted to the increasing thermal loads the G5 CPU would generate.

Also, are you prepared to run the thermal calibration routines to get the repaired
Mac properly controlling the fans?

Personally, I wouldn't do any work at the MLB level of a G5 unless I was bored and cost was no concern. The tight space means high risk of physically bending those boards and their high sensitivity to static damage means you need to be very conscious of continuous grounding.


Folders in iCloud Drive change their permissions I am experimenting with moving Documents and Desktop into iCloud Drive. I have a website document root in a folder under Documents. For the website to run on my local machine the permissions of ~/Documents folder must be 755.

As soon as I change a file in the website, the permissions on ~/Documents immediately changes from 755 to 700, causing the website to give a "Forbidden" message.

I am guessing that the iCloud sync function is resetting the permission of ~/Documents. How do i prevent this from happening?

I have tried "chflags uchg Documents", but it still resets to 700.

I had the same problem, trying to run a server as an unprivileged user that needs read access to Documents, while Documents is in iCloud Drive. Normal UNIX file permissions didn't stick. I solved it by using  ACLs to grant access.
chmod +a "_www allow list,search" Documents
In this example _www is the unprivileged user your server is running as. Use ps axu to find out what user that is for you.
The folders inside Documents should work like normal with UNIX file permission bits, so you only have to do this for the Documents folder itself.
For more info on ACLs, see here here and man chmod.


Callers say they can hardly hear me when talking on my iPhone 7 When I am on the phone with a caller, they say they can hardly hear me. My volume is high and I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

The first step is to check Bluetooth, headset speakerphone and normal receiver function.

If the volume is bad on all, look to software restore or work with the carrier.

If not and assuming you're not having problems with recording videos etc, and this is only happening during a normal phone call (that is, not on speakerphone).

If so, one test you can do is to open the Voice Memos app and record yourself speaking into it. I would record maybe 10 seconds of yourself speaking and then play it back. You should be able to hear yourself clearly.

If not, this could indicate a hardware problem, but before jumping to that conclusion there are other things to try:

restart your iPhone
Remove any case and/or screen protector you're using
Unplug any accessories you have connected to the headphone jack
Remove any dirt/dust that could be blocking the microphone

If none of these help, I would contact Apple.


Delete 32gb User Cache Files or No? Background
I actively use my MacBook Pro for development, and I need to update Xcode. My Mac is starting to max out on the data that I have stored on it (512GB). I only have 19GB free.
I have CleanMyMac installed and I run the scan and it says to "Clean Up Junk" which mostly consists of 32GB of User Cache. If you would like a screenshot of the output from the scan, feel free to let me know and I can attach it.
Question:
Is it safe to say remove this? I have read articles where people say its okay but I cant grasp the full picture consequences of what will happen if I do. I just wanted to hear from someone before moving on any farther.

Clearing any cache, unless it has gone seriously awry, is a very temporary stop-gap.
It doesn't hurt anything really, but the cache will simply refill next time you run whatever process needed to cache the data. Cache is there to prevent excessive access times - it's right there when your machine needs it rather than on the other side of the world on some server.
Clearing it will temporarily reduce your data footprint, in extremis if you need space for a large download/install, which Xcode is, but is not a permanent solution to the fact that your drive is critically low on space.
General rule of thumb is to always keep 10-15% free at all times, so you really need to farm something out to other storage.
For further reading, I'd have a look at How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?


Artist and Album name does not update on iTunes On iTunes the artist and album name is shown but after syncing, it says Unknown Artist and Unknown Album on my iPhone. I can see the album art, the lyrics, and the song title.

Why isn't the rest of the information syncing? The sound file is an .mp3. Also, I tried updating my iTunes version from 12.0 to 12.1 but for some reason the installer keeps having problems.

I'm led to believe it's Apple's fault as they have discovered that various sources throughout the world download their music via an illegal source (i.e. YouTube to MP3 converters).

If this is the method you use, then no matter how many times you right-click on a song in "My Music", click 'Get Song Info' and enter in the correct song information, iTunes refuses to re-hash the information for your selected song.
Ever since Apple's iTunes 12 overhaul, users who condone third-party download sites have been affected.

The only way people such as you and I can fix this problem is to either purchase our music from the iTunes Store or subscribe to Apple's "Music Genius" promotion -- at a cost of $34.99 annually.

I'll pass, thanks. As for now, I prefer to use my older mobile device to 'drag and drop' .mp3 files -- back when it was oh so much easier!


Can I redirect to an alternative DNS Lookup server depending on domain request Background

I had a problem loading images from a particular website. ( more details of that here)

Someone at work Suggested I change my DNS servers to openDNS and see if that resolves the problem.

As they thought it may be that the DNS server from my provider is what was slowing down the page/image loads due to the cross domain calls with its javascript.

It turns out that this was indeed the case.  The images loaded as expect with the new DNS servers ( google 8.8.8.8 and  8.8.4.4)
Changing back the Problem reoccurs.

But I do not really want to change my DNS servers. Especially for just one site.

Question

Is there any way I can use my normal DNS server addresses. But have a proxy (PAC file) that redirects to an alternate DNS server when this web domain (cultofma.com) is used.

You can specify the DNS servers that will be used for specific domains, but AFAIK this requires you to run BIND (named) on your machine. In this situation, your computer would be running a named process, and will have its configuration file setup to forward DNS requests for most queries to your ISP (i.e., the DNS servers that you were using before Google's Open DNS). This also allows you to specify domains in which you'd like the 'alternative' DNS server to be queried. Once you've got named up and running, you could then configure System Preferences to use your loopback address (127.0.0.1) for DNS lookups. The /etc/named.conf file for this configuration (based on Apple's default named.conf) would look something like:

//
// Include keys file
//
include "/etc/rndc.key";

// Declares control channels to be used by the rndc utility.
//
// It is recommended that 127.0.0.1 be the only address used.
// This also allows non-privileged users on the local host to manage
// your name server.

//
// Default controls
//
controls {
    inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow {any;}
    keys { "rndc-key"; };
};

options {
    directory "/var/named";
    /*
     * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
     * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
     * directive below.  Previous versions of BIND always asked
     * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
     * port by default.
     */
    // query-source address * port 53;

    // *** forward all DNS lookups to these servers
    forwarders { 8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4; };
};
//
// a caching only nameserver config
//

zone "." IN {
    type hint;
    file "named.ca";
};

zone "localhost" IN {
    type master;
    file "localhost.zone";
    allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
    type master;
    file "named.local";
    allow-update { none; };
};

// *** requests for records in this zone will be forwarded to 10.0.0.5
zone "test.example.com" IN {
    type forward;
    forwarders { 10.0.0.5; 10.0.0.6; };
    forward only;
};

logging {
        category default {
                _default_log;
        };

        channel _default_log  {
                file "/Library/Logs/named.log";
                severity info;
                print-time yes;
        };
};

Configuring named

Before starting named, it may be necessary to generate the rndc key that's being used for rndc control:

sudo rndc-confgen -a

Note: the only portion of the default /etc/named.conf file that was modified above is the line in "options" that specifies the forwarder DNS servers (the ones that will answer most of your queries), as well as a zone entry for the "special" zone that you'd like to perform split horizon lookups for.

In this example, all queries are forwarded to the DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google Open DNS) with the exception of queries for records in the "test.example.com" domain (which are forwarded to 10.0.0.5 and 10.0.0.6).

Forwarder options

// *** forward all DNS lookups to these servers
forwarders { 8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4; };

Zone to forward

// *** requests for records in this zone will be forwarded to 10.0.0.5 and 10.0.0.6
zone "test.example.com" IN {
    type forward;
    forwarders { 10.0.0.5; 10.0.0.6; };
    forward only;
};

Test your local named configuration

Next, you can test your named installation by running it in the foreground (before committing to the setup):

sudo /usr/sbin/named -g

In another Terminal window, query your local DNS server to confirm that it is working:

nslookup  apple.com 127.0.0.1

Make sure that your "special" forwarding zone is being utilized:

nslookup test.example.com 127.0.0.1

Setup named process to start at boot

Once you see that the lookups are working as expected, you can kill the named process that's running in the foreground of the first Terminal window by issuing an interrupt using the "Control"+"C" key command (^C).

It's possible to start the DNS server every time the machine boots by enabling the launch daemon job for that process:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist

Lastly, you'd configure that the local machine's loopback address be used as the DNS server in System Preferences -> Network.

How to remove configuration and setup

This setup could potentially cause network problems (if not configured correctly). Here are some instructions on how to undo this setup:

1.) Remove the DNS server (127.0.0.1) from the network interface that you configured in System Preferences.

2.) Disable the launchd job that causes named to start on boot:

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist


Safari - How to search on a web page from the current selection onwards Most browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox will search a we page from the current selection onward. It seems Safari does not support this.

Instead it searches from the beginning of the webpage.

How can I change this behaviour?

You can easily search from the point of selection using the following approach.

Immediately after selecting the string to search, use the keyboard shortcut Command + E to record the search string into find buffer.

Now press the keyboard shortcut Command + G to search from the selection point in the forward direction. To search backward, use the keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + G.

This works in most other apps apart from Safari.


Can macOS display a key shortcut when the cursor hovers over a visible control? Is there a way to set the cursor so that when you hover over something it displays the keyboard shortcut like I can do on my pc? For example: if I hover over the Bold button in Pages it should show me the keyboard shortcut for that command.

There is nothing preventing the author of any specific app (Apple being the author of Pages in this case) from doing exactly what you ask for either by default or in a setting.

Apple doesn’t have this as a standard affordable, so there’s no global switch you can run to have this enabled across multiple apps. The closest thing I can think of is the Cheat Sheet app which shows all active key shortcuts when you hold a key. It doesn’t select a button from the UI, though.

Simplest way to capture "keystroke representation" to clipboard
Does OS X or Xcode have applications to manage cheat sheet/commands list?

The question covering Xcode also explains and demonstrates how to search for menu items by the help menu.


RTL + Right-align in text boxes In Windows, I could use Ctrl+Shift to align text in textboxes. To align left, I used the left Ctrl and the left Shift and the right ones to align to the right.

Is there a way to do this in OSX?

⌃⌥⌘→ (control-option-command-right) makes the selection left to right
⌃⌥⌘← (control-option-command-left) makes the selection right to left
⌃⌘→ (control-command-right) makes the paragraph left to right
⌃⌘← (control-command-left) makes the paragraph right to left

If you didn't choose a right-to-left input source as the default input source when you created your account, you might have to enable the shortcuts from System Preferences:


How do I select a directory to save files in Pages How do I select a directory to save files into?
In Pages I get the choice of Favorites or Recent Places?

Use Save As

in the pop up window click on the down arrow to expand that window and choose where to save it.


Old iMessages not transfered to newly setup iPhone I just got a new iPhone and decided to start fresh and not restore it from an old backup (old one is cluttered with tons of apps I don't use anymore).

Everything is working just fine except from iMessage. On my old phone, I've got settings -> icloud -> messages enabled. When I check iPhone storage on my old device, I can see that messages takes up 1.7GB.

When I first enabled the same Messages switch on my new device I did get a progress bar saying 'Downloading Messages from iCloud'. I waited for maybe 15 minutes but it seemed that not much happened and stupid me did go to the settings -> icloud -> messages and disabled it. My thought was to then turn it back on again too see if it somehow got stucked and this maneuver would fix the problem.

At this time, while disabling it, I got a message telling me 'Messages have not been fully downloaded, tap Disable and Download Messages'. I'm not even sure what this means but I did disable it. After a while I enabled it again but at this time, nothing more happens regarding Messages.

When I enter Messages I can see that some of my old messages have been transfered to my new phone but not all. If I check storage on my new phone I can see that Messages is taking up 858K of storage so something seems to have gone wrong (compared to the Messages storage on my old phone).

I have tried to enable/disable icloud Message sync a number of times but nothing happens. It seems to have lost it's connection to the stored iCloud messages. If I login to iCloud from a browser I can see that Messages takes up a whopping 4.4GB! Not sure why the iCloud storage is so large compared to my old phone Message storage.

Anyway, my question is, how can i resume the transfering of my old iMessages to my newly setup iPhone?

I've also tried to logout, settings -> Apple-ID -> logout, and then logged back in again but no luck.

I guess it was me signing in and out of my Apple ID from my iPhone and waiting over night that solved it.

I had the problem for maybe a week. No syncing was taking place but after I (amongst other things) did the above, my messages are back.


Backing up an iPhone without the use of a cloud service or a computer I will soon lead a lifestyle where I'll be required to travel a lot, and at the same time I've decided to ditch (or at least just phase out using) my computers (both Windows and Mac).

I will be using my iPhone from now on, for all things digital, so I'll move all my files from my computer to my phone.

That sounds all good in theory, but given I do not use any cloud services (nor do I plan to), how will I backup those files?

So far, I kept all my files on my computer. I'd just plug in an external HD and use either Time Machine (on Mac) or an encrypted VeraCrypt container (on Windows) to backup my files.

What can I do to backup the files on my iPhone, without a computer or a cloud service?

While, as of recently, iOS can mount an external flash drive, it makes no sense tranferring my files to an unencrypted drive just for the sake of backup. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but it can't mount an encrypted HD, does it?)

Can you think of any solutions to this problem?

iOS only supports backup to a computer running iTunes or to iCloud.

If your aim is to keep everything on servers you control yourself you might use an NextCloud installation (with disk encryption) and use the Files app (or native NextCloud apps) to manage your data. That way you at least won't use your data in case your phone gets lost or stolen.


How to identify the originator of an URL call under iOS/iPadOS? I am sometimes testing my apps on iPhone/iPad with Charles http PROXY to debug URL calls. I have noticed, that when I lock my iPhone and Charles is still running, I can see various URL connect calls to some sites in regular intervals. For some of the calls I can guess the app that is making the call, but some calls it does not ring a bell.

On Linux I have commands to find all open ports/connections and corresponding processes and I seek an equivalent way to do this on iOS/iPadOS.

How can I find the originator process or app for these calls?

If you have a jailbroken iOS/iPadOS device, you can use the command "lsof" to find out which process has that specific port open.

You would run it like this:

lsof -n -iTCP

It would list ports that the process has open with the mark "(LISTEN)" at the end. Outgoing connections would be marked differently depending on their state, typically "(ESTABLISHED)", "(CLOSED)" or various wait states.


How do I restore an iPhone 5 without Factory reset with a forgotten password? My friend has an iPhone 5 that he forgot the password to, and he wants to recover the password without Factory resetting the device.

Is there a "brute-force" password cracker that can be downloaded, is free, and supports Windows?

Apple added a lot of security layers and mechanisms in the last few years to prevent this from happening, including enforcing longer passwords and preventing access via USB/Lightening port without password entry. So the bar for any brute-force password recovery is rather high (which actually is a good thing). There are some companies out there who claim to be able to access data on a locked iPhone (see The Art of iPhone Acquisition for the challenges associated with that), but this won't reset the password nor recover data in a meaningful manner. These services are also far from free.

So the best approach for your friend is to factory reset their phone and restore the content from backup.


MacOS - /Library/Updates - Is it safe to delete or not? I don't have enough space on my MacBook (running on Catalina 10.15.7) and I found 6GB folder named Updates which is located in Library - my question is: Can I safely delete that folder ? I think that folder is filled by old updates from Catalina old version so.. I don't know if is it safe to delete everything which is in folder or not.

I would say no. I have people move other files to an external drive if they are not sure their backup is solid. If you have a solid backup, you can just delete files.
Once you have 10 GB free run the updates until you are clear of this.
sudo softwareupdate -aiR

Quit all apps before or right after you start this (except terminal app of course).


Must I download Xcode with the same Apple ID that I'm submitting with? I have an apple account and I have downloaded Xcode on my Mac. If I download Xcode on my friend's Mac because he doesn't have an account yet and he would be on the iOS program later, would he be able to upload his app (saying he downloaded Xcode with my account and he now has an apple account)? Should he download Xcode again (with his account)?

Your friend will be fine. The account used to download Xcode is in no way connected to your iTunes connect account, which is what is used to upload your app later. Xcode prompts for login information where appropriate, so your friend has nothing to worry about. There's no need to download it again later.


Microsoft Remote Desktop through ssh-forwarded port I have a situation where I provide access to a Windows server by forwarding the remote desktop port 3389 with ssh from my Mac to the "inside" of an otherwise inacessible network.

I can now connect with the Windows version of Remote Desktop, but the Mac version of Remote Desktop time out and do not provide access.  This is even when using the IP-number as the host to connect to.

Any idea why this happens and how I can work around it?

Don't forward local port 3389, various versions of Remote Desktop are too smart for their own good.

My usual steps involve forwarding local 3390 to remote 3389. Then, in MacRDC I use: localhost:3390 as the address to connect too.

I don't know if you're using anything to assist in the ssh connection setup, but from the command line, it would be something like:

ssh -L 3390:172.16.5.32:3389 jason@remote.net

Where;
 - 3390 is the local forwarding port on my box.
 - 172.16.5.32 is the remote windows host. and;
 - 3389 is the Remote Desktop Port (obviously).


Set an alert for an event in a subscribed calendar in iCal My meetup.com account allows me to subscribe to an iCal calendar that displays all meetups that I have RSVP'd "yes" to.

All of the events appear as expected, but none of them have an alert setting (e.g., display message 2 hours before).

Is there a way to set an alert for events in a read-only subscribed calendar?

My workaround, annoying as it is, is to copy the subscribed event to my main calendar and set my alerts from the copy.


How can I find which account I used for downloading my iOS apps? I use three different accounts for downloading from the App Store, each in a different country.

When there is an update, I have to connect to the correct App Store to download the update, but sometimes I can't remeber from which store an app was downloaded and so I need to connect to each one in turns.

I would like to be able to find the account I used to download an app so that I can connect to the correct App Store immediately. Also, this would enable me to verify if the app already exists in the App Store of my main account and buy/download it from there.

In iTunes you can simply right click the app in question and choose Get Info. On the summary tab you can see the account used to purchase the app.


How to: Multiple iOS Enterprise Applications inhouse I am trying to develop two separate applications for our company using the Enterprise Program.
Regardless of what I've tried, the second app always replaces the first app...

Create iOS Production cert1, download, keychain, upload, Provisioning Profile 1 created.

Repeat iOS Production cert2, download, keychain, upload, Provisioning Profile 2 created.

I am not sure why I have gone wrong. Is there a step I need to take differently?
////
edit:
I have gone back to Apple and created a second app id.. the bundle identifier is the same. I used com.domain.* and org.domain.* for both. It will not allow me to create a third (understandably) ... Will we be limited to two apps total?

Are you using two different bundle IDs in Xcode's project target?  That's the string that looks like this:

com.yourcompany.app1
com.yourcompany.app2

or

com.yourcompany.allapss.app1
com.yourcompany.allapss.app2

If I assume that you've done your provisioning profiles correctly, then the reason an app would replace another would be if they had identical bundle IDs.


How to interpret the USB MacBook maximum monitor resolution? I'm wondering if a macbook (USB C only) can support a 49" (5120 x 1440)  monitor display.

The 2018 Macbook has the Intel® HD Graphics 615 card (per specifications).

The Intel website for this graphics card has a confusing table for max resolution which cites: 4096x2304@60Hz, 3840x2160@60Hz.
The card apparently has 16GB of memory.

Although I am a trained electrical engineer I'm not knowledgeable enough to work out if this card can support a 5120 x 1440 display.

Is it as simple as ensuring that:

5120 x 1440 < 4096 x 2304?

Or is it more nuanced than that?

Apple selects and manages the graphics drivers, so knowing that another OS might have drivers capable of running the resolution is good information,  but no guarantee you’ll see the same on macOS.

https://www.apple.com/macbook/specs/

On the plus side, you get super organized support articles explaining all manner of 4K and 5k support across all Mac models, no matter the drivers or internal chipset details. Also on the plus size, the 2018 MacBook is shipping and you can get information that it supports at 60 Hz more megapixels than the display you ask about.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587

Our canonical question how to look up detailed specs for all Mac will get you this information:

MacBook [Pro] - how many displays, what resolution/frequency?

  Graphics and Video Support
  Intel HD Graphics 615 Dual display and
  video mirroring: simultaneously supports full native resolution on the
  built-in display and up to 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz on an
  external display, both at millions of colors. USB-C port with support
  for:

  -Charging
  -USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5 Gbps)
  -Native DisplayPort 1.2 video output

Since your MacBook has no HDMI direct and no thunderbolt, the key missing piece of information is what USB-C video will be supported on that announced but not shipping product.

If I had to guess, I would speculate that you need DisplayPort 1.4 to make that LG or the similar dell with a 7.3-megapixel total count to run and I’ll also speculate only a MacBook Pro or Air with Thunderbolt 3 will have DP 1.4. You should probably plan for DisplayPort 1.2 or lower for the MacBook “one” models since Apple could exceed their specs, but that is what the MacBook is listed as fully supporting.

Can LG tell you how that display will function when fed DP 1.2?

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-49-curved-monitor-u4919dw/apd/210-arnw/monitors-monitor-accessories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5K_resolution


How do you delete a book on iBooks My brother downloaded some books on my iBooks account and I want it permanently off my purchased and all books thing. I have iOS 8.1.2 so none of the answers in the previous question.

Touch on "select" button

Select the book and touch on "trash" button

Or you have a similar question to completely delete an iBook :

Is it possible to COMPLETELY delete a Book from my purchased books?


Are there two separate network systems on a Mac? One that is controlled through the GUI in OS X, and one that is controlled through the Terminal? I have a 2012 refurbished Mac mini running Yosemite 10.10.3. Often I
cannot connect via Wi-fi. I am not usually given a specific reason, but it does actively tell me It can't connect. It does not just fail. However all my iOS devices are connected all the time and work with no issue.

In System Preferences, Network, only the wifi is active. In troubleshooting, I have systematically disabled all other network interfaces, which has helped a little.

However, in Terminal, although everything is off in Mac OS X GUI, ifconfig says everything is up and running here. Lo0, en0, en1, en2, fw0, p2p0, bridge0, awdl0 all firing on all cylinders, promiscuous settings on, multicast, broadcast, higher than normal MTU (lo0 is at 16384) and a bunch of extra MAC addresses I have never seen or ever been able to utilize from Mac OS X.

I know Network System Preferences matches to en0 Ethernet, en1 to Wi-fi, fw0 to FireWire. And of course lo0 is the loopback adapter.

But what about the others? With unknown MAC addresses? Some are piggybacking on my existing. P2p0 uses my Wi-fi MAC address. Bridge0 uses all zeroes which I think means it can use any available MAC address.
When I turned all these extra interfaces off, via Terminal, my connection improves dramatically. But they were off already. They show as such in the network settings.

So Is this a separate system? With different devices? If not, why such discrepancies between whats turned on or off between the OS and Terminal?

What can I do to get a little more control over my network?

There is only one set of network interfaces on any Mac. But they have two different interfaces to manage them with different level of functions:

a CLI (Command Line Interface),
a GUI (Graphical User Interface).

Moreover, all the network interfaces are named differently through the 2 managment interfaces. Ex.: en0 / CLI = Ethernet / GUI

The GUI is for all users, from beginners to advanced GUI users. The GUI achieve a correct locking mechanism when you use different interfaces or other System Preferences which have to interact with any netwok interface
(for ex.: Internet Sharing).
This is an interface with a simplified set of "clickdrome windows". This GUI doesn't give you access to all the interfaces functions.
This GUI maintains its own database (a set of plist files).
This GUI doesn't manage correctly every change you can do at the CLI level.
The CLI will make direct use of system calls provided by the underlying operating system (which is a Unix) but won't make any update to the GUI database.

On the other hand, the CLI is for network engineers or system admins who are at ease with pfctl, ifconfig, netstat, traceroute….

My personnal experience is: be cautious when you use CLI that can modify details which are not visible within the GUI but are maintained within the GUI database.


Why does my iTunes play count indicate certain tracks have been listened to hundreds of times when I've only played them a few times? My iTunes play count is indicating that I have played certain tracks hundreds of times which is incorrect as I have only played these tracks 10 or 15 times. It also seems to have done so only with one or two artists and on a couple occassions where they have recorded the same song. Why does this happen and can it be corrected?

Playcounts are embedded persistently in the media files.
When you share audio files, you also share their play count.


Does a macbook SMC reset if you disconnect the battery? I've been resetting the SMC in many macbooks in my job as a technician.  Yet, it's not entirely clear to me if the SMC is reset in this case:

Please let me explain myself properly:
According to Apple's official article:
How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

in Macbooks with removable batteries (these are the older macbooks in which the user can push a clip or clips and easily detach the battery), the SMC reset is done by removing the battery and pressing the Power button for five or more seconds.

My doubt is:

Will the SMC reset if you disconnect the battery and press power for 5 seconds in newer Macbooks?
Will the SMC reset if you press the keyboard combination Shift-Ctrl-Alt and Power in older Macbooks with user-removable batteries?

My idea is that in both cases the SMC will reset.  But I'm not altogether sure, which has me repeating SMC unnecessarily in my daily troubleshooting.

Any suggestion will be welcome.

This answer is based on the datasheet from a similar power management controller unit, or PMU (what Apple calls SMC - they're the same thing) as datasheets for those chips are not available.

I am using the datasheet from the TM4C1231C3PM which is approximate to the (Apple SMC) LM4FS1AH5BB  which are both made by Texas Instruments.

There are 6 conditions which will cause a reset:

Power on reset (POR)
Brown out detection
Software initiated reset
A Watchdog timer reset
MSOC (system clock) failure

The POR will reset the SMC

Wait....but I turn on/off my laptop all the time.

This is the power on state of the chip, not the machine.  As long as power is applied, it will hold the settings which is why disconnecting the the battery resets the SMC.  This is the initial power up of the chip.

  The internal POR is only active on the initial power-up of the
  microcontroller and when the microcontroller wakes from hibernation.

So, to answer the questions...

  Will the SMC reset if you disconnect the battery and press power for 5
  seconds in newer Macbooks?

Yes.  Removing the power and discharging any residual charge will reset the SMC.

  Will the SMC reset if you press the keyboard combination
  Shift-Ctrl-Alt and Power in older Macbooks with user-removable
  batteries?

It's impossible to know without actually testing them as datasheets for older SMC chips are even more difficult to source.  (IMO) it's unlikely since the desktops of that vintage didn't use the keypress and relied solely on removing power, the laptops did as well since they had removable batteries.  It wouldn't hurt to test this.


Battery problem for Iphone 4 I having the same problem with my iPhone running the diagnostics described here:

Battery diagnostic tool at Apple Genius Bars

I tried the steps shown above, i opened up apple store and opened the safari. input the dianostics.apple.com or diagnosis.apple.com but the browser is saying "safari cannot open the page because the server cannot be found.

can you help me?

FYI I am not aware that Apple has anything at diagnostics.apple.com or diagnosis.apple.com.

For troubleshooting help with iPhones you can go to

http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/

...or fill us in on exactly what your problem is, step by step. Please be as specific as possible: "my iPhone won't turn on" or "my iphone will naot make a phone call" etc...


Where are apple quicktime trailers stored? I am watching some quicktime apple trailers from the website they open up automatically in quicktime. How do I download it at that point. I am assuming that they are cached temporally somewhere. Any ideas?

You can download them directly from the website you know? Just hold down the button for a little longer and then you can select your download format!


Can I cancel SMS sending on iPhone while it is still in progress? Is it possible on iPhone to stop sending SMS while it is still in progress?

E.g. Accidentally pressed send. Or spotted a typo just after pressing send.

Unfortunately, it's a done deal when the Send button is hit, and there is no native way to cancel it, or delay the sending, so the user could have the opportunity to cancel.

If after pressing send you swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen and hit the flight mode button (top left) then the message will not be able to send. You need to be reasonably quick, but if you practice it a few times it does become easier, and works every time.


What are the under-documented differences between iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X? Besides the differences called out by Apple's comparison site such as price, display type and size, telephone camera, TrueDepth Camera, and Animoji, what are the differences between iPhone 8 and iPhone X?

iPhone X has a 120 Hz touch  sample rate.
iPhone X has a 10 channel true tone sensor and the iPhone 8 has a 4 channel sensor.


iMac and MacBook Pro Memory Specifications i am about to purchase an iMac mid 2011 2.7 i5 that comes with 4 GB of ram preinstalled. I  also have an mid 2009 macbook pro 13.3 2.26 computer. I wonder if i can install the 4gb ram of the iMac to my MBP?

Is this possible?
If no, why?

Thank you

According to Apple's support page the Mid 2009 MBP has 1066 MHz DDR3 Ram while the Early 2011 iMac has 1333 Mhz DDR3 Ram. The Pin number is the same.

According to this thread in the Macrumors forum 1333 DDR3 Ram can be installed on the MBP with DDR3 Ram, but would only be clocked at 1066 MHz.


Applescript: How to save text2speech and convert to mp3? I have this applescript in an automator service. it works.

I cannot however get it to save to my desired directory, or convert to mp3.

At the most basic, I would like to save to /Users/<user>/Music/Mandarin-text2speech.

Ideally, I would like filenames to increase incrementally, convert to mp3 and delete the aiff.

here is my basic script that works for now.

on run {input, parameters}
  repeat with thisText in input
      say thisText speaking rate 130 using "Mei-Jia" saving to file (((path to desktop) as string) & "audio.aiff")
  end repeat
end run

The say command has been able to save in different formats for a while.  The supported formats can vary with the voice, but for Mei-Jia it will save to mp3 or mp4 directly, so you don't need to do any converting or deleting.

EDIT:
Looks like I was mistaken about the encoding - there isn't an mp3, but you can use the say shell script to set other encodings such as mp4:

on run {input, parameters}
    set saveFolder to (((path to music folder) as text) & "Mandarin-text2speech:")
    repeat with thisText in input
        set fileName to getUniqueName for "audio.mp4" from saveFolder
        set output to quoted form of POSIX path of (saveFolder & fileName)
        do shell script "say -v 'Mei-Jia' -r 130 -o " & output & " --file-format=mp4f " & quoted form of thisText

    end repeat
end run

to getUniqueName for someName from someFolder -- add a numerical suffix as needed to get a unique name
    set {divider, counter} to {"_", 0} -- the dividing text and starting suffix number
    set leadingZeros to 2 -- maximum leading zeros
    set here to -(offset of "." in ((reverse of text items of someName) as text)) - 1 -- split extension at last period
    set theName to text 1 thru here of someName
    if here is -1 then -- no extension
        set theExtension to ""
    else
        set theExtension to text (here + 1) thru -1 of someName
    end if

    if counter < 1 then -- always start with a suffix
        set counter to 1
        if leadingZeros > 0 then set counter to text -(leadingZeros + 1) thru -1 of ("000000" & counter)
        set newName to theName & divider & counter & theExtension
    else -- only add suffix as needed
        set counter to counter - 1 -- adjust for while loop
        set newName to theName & theExtension
    end if
    tell application "System Events" to tell (get name of items of folder (someFolder as text) whose visible is true)
        repeat while it contains newName
            set counter to counter + 1
            if leadingZeros > 0 then set counter to text -(leadingZeros + 1) thru -1 of ("000000" & counter)
            set newName to theName & divider & counter & theExtension
        end repeat
    end tell

    return newName
end getUniqueName


How to remove locally synced contacts after iOS 7 and Mavericks upgrade Is there a way to remove contacts from an iPhone running iOS 7 that has locally synced contacts and Calendars (On My Mac) now that the Mac has been updated to Mavericks?

Syncing through Sync Services is not possible anymore for contacts as Sync services was removed from Mavericks.

You'll have to manually delete the contacts/calendars/etc. on your iOS device by going to the bottom of the contact and selecting the red Delete contact.


What's the difference between a package and bundle? I seemingly see the words package and bundle used interchangeably in Apple documentation referring to a special folder in the file system that the user sees as document (iWork Pages document) or application (Pages.app). I know one can view the contents of a package or bundle by right clicking on one of these special files and clicking Show Package Contents. Which suggests to me that both are are a type of package. So is a bundle a special type of package?

From Apple's Bundle Programming Guide

Although bundles and packages are sometimes referred to interchangeably, they actually represent very distinct concepts:
A package is any directory that the Finder presents to the user as if it were a single file.
A bundle is a directory with a standardized hierarchical structure that holds executable code and the resources used by that code.

Also

The Finder considers a directory to be a package if any of the following conditions are true:
The directory has a known filename extension: .app, .bundle, .framework, .plugin, .kext, and so on.
The directory has an extension that some other application claims represents a package type; see Document Packages.
The directory has its package bit set.

In code with bundles and packages are manipulated by the same NSBundle class


Can I still access my me.com e mail account when changing to a Samsung galaxy s4? I am changing from a iPhone 4S to a Samsung galaxy s4.  I currently have a me.com e mail address. Will I still be able to use this if not with iPhone?

Certainly, you will.

  iCloud Mail uses IMAP and SMTP standards supported by most modern email applications.

After switching the device, your account will remain. You will be able to access your mail via iCloud website on supported Android browser (e.g., Google Chrome) or set up mail client following these instructions.


Will a Mac boot with Clonezilla? The goal is to upgrade a Mac's hard drive to an SSD.

Is it possible to boot Clonezilla from a USB stick on a Mac (iMac 2007/Mac 7,1) to clone a mechanical HDD to a SDD?  I do not have access to the target machine in my home / office and will have very limited amount of valuable time on the target machine.

Although there are reports of booting from USB, I am unable to find instances of booting a Mac from USB Clonezilla.  My concern is that there is some obstacle to booting Clonezilla or other hurdle that would prevent upgradomg the HDD to a SDD.  I would prefer that advance experience inform me that it is not possible because of X,Y,orZ so I do not waste my limited time on the target machine.

Although I have performed the clone exercise with other methods, my curiosity prompts the question: the hope is that someone has actually performed the task with Clonezilla or knows enough to confidently claim Clonezilla is possible.

UPDATE: I do not have access to said target machine & it is not mine to experiment with as I please. I am reluctant to experiment on machines that are not mine to satisfy intellectual curiosity.  The target machine is not mine. I am open to new ideas and appreciate suggestions that ultimately serve the goal & do not necessarily address the question.

Yes, it's doable!

Testing on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), as it's the oldest Mac I have access to today…

I went to https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php and clicked on alternative stable - 20200428-focal, then in the next window left 1, 2, 3 as set and clicked the DOWNLOAD button.

While the zip archive was downloading I prepared the USB drive in Disk Utility so it's a single FAT32 partition with an Master Boot Record. The output below from Terminal shows how it should look, although the disk number may vary on your system:

$ diskutil list disk3
/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk3
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 UNTITLED                8.0 GB     disk3s1
$

Unzip the downloaded zip archive to the root of the USB drive while maintaining the hierarchical directory structure contained within the zip archive, as shown in Terminal using ls -al:

$ ls -al
total 128
drwxrwxrwx@ 1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:22 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 root  wheel    136 May 31 07:02 ..
drwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:22 .disk
-rwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff    188 Apr 28 22:56 Clonezilla-Live-Version
drwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:22 EFI
-rwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff  18092 Aug 11  2015 GPL
drwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:22 boot
drwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:20 home
drwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:22 live
drwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:22 syslinux
drwxrwxrwx  1 me   staff   4096 May 31 07:20 utils
$

Then booted the Mac with Clonezilla Live on USB by pressing the Option key at startup, selecting EFI Boot and pressed Enter.

However …

That all said, while it is possible to boot a Mac with Clonezilla Live on USB; nonetheless, I would just use Disk Utility while booted from macOS Recovery from a macOS USB Installer, and use it to mirror the drives using the Restore button.


Mac resolution/display randomly changed So i have a Macbook Pro 2015 15" default of resolution 2880 x 1800 running Catalina, I recently turned it on and either my resolution has been changed or my scaling zoom ( icons, text size etc ) has been altered. I'm 100% that I haven't made these changes myself, nor has anyone else in terms of physically accessing my mac.

Wondering whether this is a common issue or some form of malware/virus?

I've ran Malwarebytes and various other tools to try detect an infection, nothing was detected.

I recommend you reset your NVRAM. This chip stores information on screen resolution and can often become corrupted. You can reset it by starting your Mac while holding down cmd + opt + P + R . You should hear the Mac chime, restart and chime a second time. Then you can release the keys you are holding. More info here.


iPhone won't turn on after screen and battery replacement The Problem

I just replaced the battery and screen of my iPhone 5. The phone does not appear to be working at all. There is no response from the phone after doing a hard reset and the phone will not respond to the mute button. There is no backlight.

The only thing that seems strange is that the home button is a bit wobbly.

When I plug the phone into iTunes, it says it can't access the phone because it is locked with a passcode.

I have tried pressing all sorts of different buttons, and the only thing that gives any sort of response is plugging into the computer.

Any ideas?

If you can afford to lose the data on it, you might try using 'Pwned' DFU mode, which is a sort of factory firmware flashing mode similar to recovery mode, or Android's Download Mode. Once the device is in DFU mode (steps below) iTunes should tell you that it has detected an iPhone in restore mode. Choose to "Update & Restore", and iTunes will download, verify, and install the newest iPhone 5 firmware to the phone. When it is done the device should be accessible. If the screen still does not respond afterware but iTunes continues to interface with it, it is an issue with how the screen was installed, in which case you should (obviously only if you were the one to replace it or know what you are doing) open the iPhone, find the ribbon cable connected to the screen, disconnect it, ensure that there is nothing that would cause interference with the connection (dust particles, fuzz, etc.) and reconnect the ribbon cable. Apple uses a strange ribbon cable design and I have found in the past that it sometimes seems as though one is fully connected when it is not.

Steps to enter DFU mode:

  Disconnect the iPhone from your Mac.
  Hold BOTH Power & Home for 20 seconds.
  On the 20th second, let go of the Power button but KEEP holding the Home button for an additional 30 seconds.
  Your screen should be black, reconnect your iPhone to your Mac and if it worked iTunes should report that the connected iPhone is in recovery mode and needs to be restored.
  Either Click "Update & Restore" to auto-download and install the newest firmware for your device from the Apple servers, or hold down the "Shift" key while clicking the button to install a custom .ipsw firmware file (will only work with firmware built and signed by a licensed Apple Developer account).


Boot Camp Assistant stuck on creating partition due to EFI formatted as NTFS Boot Camp Assistant is stuck on ‘create a partition’. I have followed the guide as answered in the question Boot Camp Assistance is stuck on create a partition? but it didn't work after step 8. After I clicked on the "Next" button it says:

  Windows detected that the EFI system partition was formatted as NTFS. Format the EFI system partition as FAT32, and restart the installation.

What should I do?

You can try entering the following command in a macOS Terminal application window. This command should format the EFI system partition as FAT32.

sudo newfs_msdos -F 32 -v EFI /dev/rdisk0s1

If the command fails, you could try entering the command while booted to macOS Recovery over the Internet.


Macbook hangs at startup I've been having problems occasionally starting my Macbook Pro Retina.  It just hangs on the gray screen with the activity indicator.  When I launch in verbose mode it stops at this line.

AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::checkStatus - received Status Packet, Payload 2: device was reinitialized

How do I determine what's causing the issue?

How long have you left it at that point?  Another user reports the same issue, but they left it for another 15-20 minutes and then another message appeared highlighting a disk failure.

Try creating a bootable back up on an external drive ASAP and test it.  Then at your leisure investigate further, that is leaving it on the start up verbose message screen.

I personally would recommend using carbon copy cloner as it was quite useful, but super duper has a free mode that should work for you.


iPad 2 loses touch response in particular area of screen My wife's iPad 2 is having a weird screen/touch issues.

In a particular part of the screen (near the middle bottom on the left side if holding in portrait with the home button down), it just doesn't respond to touch, most of the time.

Some things we saw were:

can not move icons above a fake 'line' on the screen, they just drop back to where they were or near by
When using a drawing app, you just would not get lines here (Paper actually thought it was more inputs, and kept doing that redo gesture)
Maps just stutters when you hit that point, but works fine

The area seems to move/grow/contract, which is really odd. I feel like this is due to touch response in the app we are using, as in, icons on springboard are aligned to a grid, maps doesn't expect constant input, etc.

At one point, the display seemed to loose its mind. It was registering multiple taps, responding to taps in areas we didn't tap, etc.

I tried restoring the device, but that did not fix it.

I figure this is a hardware issue, but not knowing too much about screens on the iPad, what would have to be replaced? Most of my searches just say 'take it to the Apple store', but I am looking to see what would have to be replaced and how much it would be, to determine if it would be worth repairing or just replacing.

Update: Here is a video (not mine) that has almost the exact same issue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797bfjbEEi8

Take it to the Apple store. They will not only help you be sure it's hardware but explain how they would get you an equivalent device for a known cost with Apple's warranty on the "repaired" iPad part. They might even be able to speculate if the case shows damage that might make a determination if it's more/less likely that you have a wiring or glass/digitizer issue.

Then you can decide if you want to buy a used iPad and try to scavenge parts or buy a new digitizer and roll the dice to guess if it's the screen or the connector or the chipset on the main board that turns the raw signals into a touch event.

Once you know your "official cost to replace" you can decide if you want a DIY project or perhaps pay someone that repairs iPads professionally to offer a repair that might be cheaper than Apple's but have less of a warranty than getting something factory made or factory refurbished.


Console.app bounces but does not start In a (possibly related) recent question I outline some background to a decidedly unhealthy Mac Book Pro (patched up to date with the latest 10.6 updates).

A suggestion was to try to see what clues might appear in Console.app ... but Console.app doesn't start. It bounces in the dock, then reports that it can't open.

Where can I find the logs that Console.app reflects?

Logs from Console.app are in 3 different places:

/var/log (which is actually /private/var/log)
~/Library/Logs (~ means your home directory)
And /Library/Logs

When looking for general errors, one of those locations should provide insight. Note that Console.app also shows Crash logs, and specifically lists some special log files that may not be in one of the above three directories. However, those are special purpose and won't necessarily provide any insight into the issue at hand.


Any way to stop creating 'TV' folder in ~/Movies on macOS Catalina Since macOS Catalina, I have a default 'TV' (Apple TV) app installed on my Mac.

It regularly creates an 'TV' folder inside ~/Movies with a file 'TV Libary' and an empty folder 'Media'.

I like to keep my filesystem clean, so I want to get rid of this 'TV' folder. However, when I manually delete the folder it comes back after some time.

Is there any way to stop the automatical creation of the ~/Movies/TV folder?

Short answer? Yes and no.

You can tell TV.app to change where it will store its library by opening the app, going into preferences and then under Advanced choosing a new location. This may not move the current folder, but will create a new one in a location that you prefer, so you can freely get rid of the one under ~/Movies/TV.

However, if you don't have a TV.app library, and never open the app, then once you delete the folder it should stay gone. Of course if you do open the app, it will be recreated, this may also occur if you enable home-sharing for that account, even if you're only sharing music.


suggestions on easy way to add location data to jpegs that will be recognized in iPhone I have lots of .jpegs taken either w/ iPhone (location data turned off) or DSLR w/ no location data.  Id like to find an easy way to add the locations to photos so that when synced to iPhone, photos will be searchable by location and show in map on iPhone.  I do not use apple iPhoto app or whatever it might now be called.  Now using last version Catalina
Suggestions?  Tks much.

After saving image to Photos, open the photos app and double click on your image. This opens your image in a new window. You get a window like the one shown below.

On the top right of the image is a group of icons. Select the first one.  See below.

When you select the first icon - a circle with the letter i in it you get a new pop up as shown below.

As you can see at the bottom of this pop up is an area to assign a location.  While this may seem tedious, once you go thru it you'll see how simple it is.


How to troubleshoot NIS binding problems on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? I am trying to setup NIS on OS X 10.8 but it fails for some reasons.

I tried to add the NIS domain using the Directory Utility.app but when I go to Directory Editor tab and select my NIS node, I do get an error:

Connection failed to node '/NIS/uk.example.com' (2100)

On OS X 10.8 machine

uk.example.com is the domainname (does not solve in DNS)
nis2.uk.example.com is the ypbind server (does solve in DNS)
I am already on corporate LAN and I can ping nis2.uk.example.com
domainname returns uk.example.com
ypbind -d prints 'ypbind: returned from 10.80.16.129 about uk.example.com' but it does not return, I need to press Ctrl-C.

dhcp-3-130:~ sorins$ rpcinfo -p
   program vers proto   port
    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
    100000    3   udp    111  portmapper
    100000    4   udp    111  portmapper
    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    3   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    4   tcp    111  portmapper
    100007    2   udp    845  ypbind
    100007    2   tcp   1009  ypbind

dhcp-3-130:~ sorins$ sudo automount -vc
automount: /net updated
automount: /home updated
automount: /Network/Servers updated
automount: no unmounts

ypwhich
nis2.uk.example.com

** On a reference Ubuntu, in the same LAN, where NIS works **

ypbind -d
31213: parsing config file
31213: Trying entry: domain uk.example.com server 10.80.16.129
31213: parsed domain 'uk.example.com' server '10.80.16.129'
31213: add_server() domain: uk.example.com, host: 10.80.16.129, slot: 0
31213: [Welcome to ypbind-mt, version 1.20.1]

So Ubuntu works, but on OS X it doesn't. Why?

Since NIS is a third party product - you should be able to follow any of the great troubleshooting guides on the internet and make headway to determine if this is a client or server issue.

My gold standard for a NIS guide is from IBM:

Troubleshooting NIS-Related Problems

From what you have posted in the question edits - it appears that ypwhich would be the next item to check to ensure the client OS is configured properly. If not, the network troubleshooting or a manual ypset may be needed. If to, you could use ypcat to see that the command line can call some of the maps you care to configure on the client side (hosts for example).


What version of Ruby ships with OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? I have the default Ruby 1.8.7 on 10.7 (Lion), and I'm wondering if Mountain Lion upgrades this to the 1.9.x series.

On my 10.8.1 system:

/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/ian [ian@Ian-Cs-MacBook-Pro] [15:48]
> which ruby
/usr/bin/ruby

/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/ian [ian@Ian-Cs-MacBook-Pro] [17:49]
> ruby --version
ruby 1.8.7 (2012-02-08 patchlevel 358) [universal-darwin12.0]


Mac Book Air in a hot car? Possible Duplicate:
  Is putting the computer to sleep while it's in a hot car a bad idea?

Are there any published safe temperature ranges for Mac Book Airs?  Is it safe leaving one inside a dark part of a very hot car, think 32°C / 90°F ambient temperature, plus sun and car effects.

Macworld did some tests back in 2008 with heat ranges of the Macbook Air, http://www.macworld.com/article/1132216/mbair_temp.html. I wouldn't risk it though. You never know what could happen.


How do I prevent Music app from using 1 GB of cellular data in less than 10 minutes? I received 3 text messages within 10 minutes from my cellular carrier as I was driving in my car with iTunes Radio streaming music.

10:20 pm - 65% of my 1 GB plan is used.
10:22 pm - 90% used.
10:28 pm - 100% used and a $20 fee for going over. The music got jumbled up at this point. It would play a split second, pause, and repeat.

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I went into Settings > Celluar to find the culprit. It was indeed caused by the Music app, so I immediately switched off its cellular usage. It had used up 1 GB in 10 minutes. This was the first time I attempted music streaming while driving.

In all the articles that I've read, they say iTunes Radio should only use 28 MB per hour - much less than what I just experienced. So what caused my meteoritic rise in data usage?

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The following screenshot shows that I have no local music collection, so the phone couldn't have been synching any music from the cloud. That infamous free U2 album that was uploaded to everyone's phone is not on my phone.

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More info:

Background app refresh is turned off.
iOS 8.1.1
iPhone 6
Music settings: "Genius" off. "Show All Music" off.

This was a bug in iOS 8; it was fixed in later versions of iOS.

I encountered it personally whilst I was working at Apple and so did others: https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/519966240484622336

More information: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4351602

Even doing everything to prevent it: https://www.imore.com/apple-music-eating-your-iphones-cellular-data-plan-heres-how-fix-it the problem still occurred.


Too many dots in Safari password fields Safari 12.0.1 (14606.2.104.1.1) / macOS Mojave 10.14.1 (18B75) / both Mac Mini late 2018 and macBookAir late 2018.

Each time I type a character in a password field, instead of being displayed as a unique dot, it generates lots of dots after a micro-delay. I know it's hard to believe, but in the first example below, I have actually typed one single character; in the second one, two characters:

Same behavior on any web page with a password field.
Safari only. No problem on Chrome or Firefox.
Asking 1Password to fill in the field works. BTW, I thought 1Password was the culprit, but disabling its extension had no effect.
Deleting type="password" with Safari's inspector makes the problem disappear, but of course that reveals the typed characters.

So I am left scratching my head. Any lead?

Found it, my fault. I had recently defined a system-wide shortcut associating the symbol "•" to another string. Worst idea ever! As soon as a dot appeared, it was expanded to several characters, all replaced by dots, and so on. Since I usually use 1Password, I only hit the issue a few days after the fact.

Now there's something on the internet in case somebody makes the same mistake :)


How to convert a .mov file to mp4 file? How do I convert a .mov file to .mp4?

There are a lot of converter tools. But I fear there are a lot of virus infected ones. How would you convert a movie .mov file to .mp4?

Use FFMPEG

It's open source, free and its libraries are what Handbrake (and others) use to encode MPEG file formats.  If you are going to have to use their software anyway, why not get it from the source?

You can download it from here:  http://ffmpeg.org/download.html

Once you have it installed, just issue the command in Terminal:

ffmpeg -i input.mov output.mp4

Where input.mov and output.mp4 are the actual file names and paths of the files you want to convert from and to respectively.

I used to use Handbrake and VLC in the past to do this sort of thing, but ever since I discovered FFMPEG command line utility, I have no need for either apps any longer.


How to add Screen Recording permission to Google Chrome in Catalina? Please note: this question is very similar to this one and others, but none of them involve giving Google Chrome access to the Screen Recording permission! The link above is for giving Slack permission, but that is not what I'm trying to do, and as you'll see by my screenshot below, Catalina is behaving especially strange in the case of Chrome. Please do not DV/CV as a dupe!

Mac OS Catalina 10.15.3 here. In Chrome I am joining a Google Meet video conference and cannot present my screen because Chrome doesn't have screen recording permission. The generally accepted solution is to go to System Preferences >> Security >> Privacy and allow Chrome to have Screen Recording permissions as indicated by the following screenshot:

However when I go to System Preferences >> Security >> Privacy, all I see is:

Which indicates only my Slack app has screen recording privileges. I need to add Google Chrome to this list, but I can't figure out how to do that! I do not see where I can search for apps to add to the Screen Recording permissions list. Any ideas?

If I try to present my screen from inside an existing Google Meet meeting, I get a warning that I need to give my camera permission, and I am given a link to go into System Preferences and change permissions. However when I click the link, again, only Slack is available as an option.

It looks like as long as an app does not try to capture or record the screen, the app cannot be manually added to the "Screen Recording" list. For other permission types such as Full Disk Access, I have successfully dragged and dropped an application to add to the list.

In that case, you can open Google Chrome, visit this site and click the "Get Started" button. I have tried it on MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 with Google Chrome 83.0.4103.61 (Official Build) (64-bit), and it worked. After pressing the "Get Started" button, Chrome requested permission to record screen, and then afterwards, I could go to settings->Security & Privacy and then grant permission for Screen Recording.

During my test, I already had the Security & Privacy window open, and already clicked the Lock icon to make changes and entered my password.

Afterwards, I have tested with Google meetings and confirmed that I can share my screen. I have also confirmed that when I deselect Chrome from the Screen Recording list, I can't share the screen.

Hope that works for you, too.


Can I save an HTML file to my iPhone and open in Safari? Does anyone know if its possible to save an HTML file to your iphone and then open it with Safari so that you can then favourite it and have it appear on the launcher as an icon?

Once the page is opened on your iPhone all you have to do is tap the Sharing icon, middle icon on bottom, and select 'Add to Home Screen'

If you want to load an html file that you've created on you Mac to your iPhone you'll need to do the following. From System Prefs > Sharing > Enable Web Sharing. Place the html file in your ~/Sites folder. Go the the URL listed in the Web Sharing panel from your iPhone, while on the home network, and open the html file. It will load in Mobile Safari.

If you want this to stay on your iPhone you'll need to have the page written in html5 and have a properly setup CACHE MANIFEST. This includes the appropriate tag in the html file and have the proper manifest file. Then you can follow the first step and add it to your home screen and always have it on your iPhone.


Can the iCloud share app-specific data across devices? Like many people who own both an iPhone and iPad, I like to play games on them -- preferably on the pad when I have it at hand, but on my phone when not.

One thing that always irked me was that, for games that run on both, progress on one device wasn't saved or shared to the other.

If I configure both devices to use iCloud, will they synch game data? (And if so, can I specify which version of the data takes precedence?)

The direct answer to your question is It depends.

Certain applications like iWork can store data in the cloud which is then synchronized across devices. However there is currently no interface to allow you to choice which document is the primary, as the data is synchronize on a last updated cycle.

If the game support using shared document via iCloud, you would be able to synchronize game data, however, by default it will not.


Manage iPhoto on external hard disk Most of my Mac hard drive is filled with iPhoto pictures. I have an external USB hard drive. What to do? Just moving pictures from Pictures/iPhoto Library is not a perfect option as I want to have some newer pictures on my Mac.

iPhoto supports to have two libraries, and I am quite happy with that option. I can copy whole library to external disk and then remove pictures older than a year from local iPhoto library.

However I have two problems: Once I import new pictures, I should copy the whole iPhoto library again (with duplicated files) and also this process should be done manually every time.

I am looking for a smarter option. Do you have any idea?

Try this tool:

http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/

It allows you to manage multiple libraries, and split, merge, etc.


Is it possible to take a screenshot in Recovery Mode? Or, anywhere outside "userspace?" For example, the login screen, or in Single User Mode.

Where OS X is booted but you can't take a screenshot because you're not logged in (e.g. the login screen, lock screen) you can take a screenshot over SSH. Connect over SSH to your Mac and run…

sudo screencapture /path/to/screenshot.png

Where OS X isn't displaying a GUI (e.g. single user mode, boot sequence), you can't take a screenshot. This doesn't apply to virtual machines though, if you're determined to get a screenshot.


Powerpoint 2011 - Selection of Shapes does not work anymore I have a totally weird problem here and I am close to tears, because that strange bug is in heavy conflict with my timeline :/.

My Problem:

I click on a shape (no problem with images).
the shape is displayed as selected with resize handlers etc. (the edit shape mode in light blue, not the edit text mode in light grey).
But I can't copy or delete the shape. CMD+C or DEL don't trigger any reactions (normally the menu flickers briefly to indicate that shortcut worked).

My guess is that it is a problem with the selection mechanism, because:

When I select a shape by encircling it with the selection marker (click mouse, keep the button down, draw the selection mask over the shape) CMD+C or DEL are working.
The selection of the shape is displayed as described above.
The same applies if I click on the shape and drag it around. Afterwards I can use CMD+C and DEL.
When I select the shape with a simple click and click in the menu on "Edit" the selection instantly switches into the text edit mode. But when I use the right mouse button (or the touchpad equivalent) I reach the context menu and can select the copy-command from there (it just costs so much time to take these workarounds).

Because of that and the fact that CMD+C works in any other program flawlessly it seems to be no shortcut issue.

The problem did occur spontaneous from one moment to the other within the same PowerPoint session.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS 10.10, PowerPoint 2011

UPDATES:

When I select a shape with one click and then press the ESC key I can
use the CMD+C, DEL etc. normally.
The arrow key are affected as well: I click on a shape and press an arrow key to move  it, but it does not move. Instead the shape switches into textedit mode (I get a I-Beam Cursor).

Delete the preference file com.microsoft.Powerpoint.plist from your Preferences folder (in your Library folder, hidden in 10.7 onwards - accessible from the Finder menu bar by selecting Go and holding the Option key). This has cured a multitude of strange behaviours at work, it's definitely worth a shot.


Undo iPhone restore from backup I connected my iPhone to my MacBook Pro for the first time. I wanted to save photos from iPhone to Mac and get some music on my iPhone.

I, unknowingly, chose to restore backup rather than setting up as a new iPhone. Now I have lost pictures from my iPhone. How can I undo this is get my pictures back and the iPhone restored to its previous set of apps and configuration?

You cannot undo an iPhone restore from backup unless you have another backup from before you did the restore. In this case you could then restore your iPhone again from the other backup to bring it back to the state it was in before the first restore you did.

Assuming this is not your situation, and assuming that all you're really after is to retrieve the photos that were stored on your iPhone before you did the restore, your only hope is that your photos were synced/uploaded with an online service.

Unless you've specifically signed up for a 3rd party service (e.g. Dropbox, Google, etc) then your only bet is that your photos synced with iCloud in some way. Your best bet in this scenario is that you had Photo Stream enabled (although, since you've also got a Mac, you may have also had other iCloud / Photos options enabled).

I encourage you to read the following Apple resources. They explain how you can access your photo stream from other devices (many do have it enabled without realising). Even if these don't help you recover what you're missing, they'll certainly help you prevent a similar situation in future:

My Photo Stream
About iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream
Get help with My Photo Stream
Get help with your iCloud Photo Library


switch input (language) quick with keyboard I am a Taiwanese and study in France now. My major requires read and write in English.

I get a iMac with 10.6 on it. It really bothers me to switch between these 3 input languages with mouse.

Is there any, easy and reliable, way to switch with keyboard? Applications, scripts or official Apple tricks are all appreciated if it works fine.

Thanks to Patrix and Lizzan. It is good to know this setting. I tried that solution and it works fine. But I want to (if it is possible) have a shortcut for each input, so I don't have to pay attention to which input source is selected. (If I have only 2 language concerned, it works perfect. But I use 3 input language.) However, that solution is good enough, I just want to know if there is a "perfect" solution.

To get different shortcuts for each input source, save something like this as private.xml in KeyRemap4MacBook:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>private.test</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F1, KeyCode::VK_CHANGE_INPUTMODE_ENGLISH</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F2, KeyCode::VK_CHANGE_INPUTMODE_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F3, KeyCode::VK_CHANGE_INPUTMODE_FRENCH</autogen>
</item>
</root>

⌥E would be KeyCode::E, VK_OPTION | ModifierFlag::NONE. The input source names are defined in inputsourcedef.xml. KeyCode::JIS_KANA also changes to Japanese and KeyCode::JIS_EISUU changes to English even if you don't have a Japanese keyboard.


MAMP still can't access Apache after creating local virtual hosts I had finally got my PHP and MySQL to work again and then I decided to set up local virtual host. Everything was working perfectly up to that point. I have been getting error messages when I do apachectl configtest. My first error message was:

httpd:Syntax error on line 483 of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf Mac OS X. There was another error on a line in the /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf as well, but I can't remember which line. I tried everything to find the errors. Then I ran across question on your forum "Can't access apache-powered website at localhost [duplicate] and followed those instructions to reinstall Apache. I did a configtest first and got:

[Thu Aug 09 05:41:07 2018] [warn] module php5_module is already loaded,    skipping
httpd: Syntax error on line 483 of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 40 of /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf: </VirtualHost> without matching <VirtualHost> section

Then I downloaded the duplicate https.conf file and got this error message:

Malindas-Mac:~ malindasmith$ apachectl configtest
httpd: Syntax error on line 71 of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf:        Cannot load /usr/libexec/apache2/mod_authn_core.so into server: dlopen(/usr/libexec/apache2/mod_authn_core.so, 10): image not found

I had originally created 3 virtual hosts and rearranged my files from htdocs to the local Sites folder. What am I doing wrong?

Specs:

2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
OS X 10.9.5

Configuration Files Edited

I finally got my virtual host responding:

[Sat Aug 11 11:39:50 2018] [warn] module php5_module is already loaded, skipping
WARNING: MaxClients of 150 exceeds ServerLimit value of 133 servers,
 lowering MaxClients to 133.  To increase, please see the ServerLimit
 directive.
VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost
         default server theindieconnection (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:28)
         port 80 namevhost theindieconnection (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:28)
         port 80 namevhost dreamweaver.site (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:43)
Syntax OK

But I was only able to view the default virtual host and the second site would access the index page from the default and I still couldn't access localhost through MAMP.  Then, it stopped working again after I altered the Virtualhost files and permissions:

Malindas-Mac:conf malindasmith$ /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl stop
httpd: Syntax error on line 62 of /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf: Cannot load /Users/malindasmith/Sites/modules/mod_authn_file.so into server: dlopen(/Users/malindasmith/Sites/modules/mod_authn_file.so, 10): image not found

Then after trying to clean up my mess, I get:

httpd: Syntax error on line 62 of /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf: Cannot load /Library/WebServer/Documents/modules/mod_authn_file.so into server: dlopen(/Library/WebServer/Documents/modules/mod_authn_file.so, 10): image not found

All the files that showing errors are modules pertaining to authentication. I just can't figure it out.

I want to first apologize for returning so late. The craziness life throws at you all at once is unbelievable at times.

Nonetheless, I had obtained a copy of a httpd.conf file that I thought was for v2.2, but it was for v2.4.  That had messed me up even more.  Once I received the correct copy, I replaced the original and duplicated it for backup and put everything back to the way it was. Now my php, mysql, and site folders are working perfectly together. I still cannot get to the MySQL database page and apparently the reason why is because I downloaded Bootstrap (which I don't think that altered anything because I haven't used it yet) and Atom text editor and live server. Now that took over everything! I haven't utilized it yet. I have been using TextWrangler, because I have been time crunching on a project. I'll figure out Atom later.

So, in a nutshell, I believe Atom has taken over the MySQL access page. But everything else is working fine. Also, I will have to practice a bit more on setting up virtual hosts, because that is when everything went wrong and how I got to Atom.


accidentally set my main folder as shared in public place I just figured my main folder under my user and everything in it was shared. Is there a log on my computer that checks whether someone downloaded from my computer? I remember there was somebody else with a mac on the same network and had the opportunity to download all my private information.

Thanks

I don't think that there is a method to do that. Anyhow, I bet that the chances of that happening are very small. First, the person would have to have no morals, and second, the person would have had to specifically look for a shared folder, and that is also relatively unlikely. Also, just to be safe, monitor what can be monitored to discover whether your information was taken for a few days/weeks.


How does Mac pause upgrade when close the lid? I'm upgrading macOS High Sierra. During upgrading, I close the lid for some time, then open the lid to see if upgrade finished. But when I open the lid, the system continue to upgrade from the progress I left. How does Mac do this?

I mean it needs an operating system to control pause/resume, but the OS is under upgrading, how can it control the computer?

This is managed by the System Management Controller (SMC).

The SMC is basically a chip in Intel-based Macs that manage many of the physical aspects of your Mac. This includes power buttons, LED indicators, cooling fans, how your Mac works in its various sleep modes, and so on.

Because the SMC is a sub-system of your Mac, it is not dependent on an operating system being installed.

You may be interested in reading Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - although there is no reason for you to reset the SMC as it did what it was supposed to do in your case.


Changed iPhone Backup File Type. What to do? I was browsing through File Explorer on my Windows 10 laptop, and I located my iPhone backup files.
I thought that they were my photos, so I converted (just) one of them into a .jpeg.
I can't revert them back as the iPhone backup files just show up as a 'File' on my Windows 10 laptop.
It's not fatal (I can just backup my iPhone again), just wondering if I can convert the file back to the original file type that Apple used for them.
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The files in the backup are likely HEIC (or AAE for edits made in Photos). Furthermore, the backup could be encrypted, such that the contents of the backup files cannot be read normally.

You can’t convert a file from one type to another by renaming the extension; if this is what you’ve done, rename it back.
If you tried to convert the file using some conversion process, it may have corrupted the file. If you overwrite the original, it’s gone.


Is this a loose part of MacBook Pro 2010 (15" version)? Upon opening a MacBook Pro (15" Mid-2010, 2.67 GHz i7, 8GB, GT330, Hi-Res anti-glare display), I noticed a small loose plastic part. Its diameter is ~5mm.

Does this plastic part belong to the MacBook Pro?

Should this plastic part be attached to something?

Below are pictures taken from two opposing sides, and from the lateral side (object leaned to watchmaker's screwdriver)

In the meantime I found out that this part forms the inner part of the rubber stands at the bottom of the laptop.