The “Show Info” service could not be used because the application could not be found I've just removed Path Finder, a Finder replacement, from my system.

I first followed the removal instructions from their website here, before dragging Path Finder from Applications to the Trash.

But now in regular Finder, when I right click > Show Info on any file I receive the error:

  The “Show Info” service could not be used because the application
  could not be found.

  Try reinstalling the application.

How can I restore Finder's original Show Info behavior?

Sounds like removing/un-installing that app damaged something in Finder. Which is an integral part of the OS (bear with me here...) Usually when you are having OS problems I recommend installing the latest update via a combo updater downloaded directly from support.apple.com.

Combo updaters have all of the patches required for all versions of the OS including hardware variations. When you download it from the App Store you get only the code necessary for your particular Mac. So combo updaters are more complete.

El Capitan does not seem to have a Combo Updater as this is all I could find. If you have Yosemite this would be your Combo Updater. If you look at both pages one is called a combo updater and one is not.

Speculating on what Apple is doing (or going to do) is both fruitless and (sometimes) fun. So why this is happening, who knows.

Since there is not a Combo Updater for El Cap (assuming that is what you have) I would download that updater and apply it to your system. If you have Yosemite, the second link. If you have an earlier version, well just google the version you say along with "combo updater" and the first link is usually the Apple download page.

Failing that sometimes just reinstalling the OS and then applying any updates is the way to go. Doing that will rarely wipe any of your data, but do back-up first, just to be safe.


Dell Color Laser 1320c with Mac OS 10.15 Catalina: FX Docuprint Driver - Set Paper Tray option I followed the two answers from Dell Color Laser 1320c with Mac OS 10.15 Catalina: Filter failed including removing and re-adding the printer. These were very helpful - thank you! By using the FX Docuprint C525 A-AP v3.2 Driver software I can now print via the manual feed but not the paper tray.
In the print dialogue screen I did not see all the content from the previous post:

Maybe I'm missing something in this Layout step? Maybe I need to be in "Admin" mode or something?
In the printer settings I can choose from:
No matter the choice output only prints via the manual feed.
In the print job Presets from Pages I see that the Fuji Xerox is set for the alternate paper source. Maybe if this could be changed I'd be in business?
Thanks in advance for any insights and suggestions!

Thank you Allan for your input which helped move toward a solution. Yes, the issue with the Dell driver is that it is 32-bit.
Using the FX Docuprint C525 A-AP v3.2 Driver software as outlined above and in the referenced link I am now printing reliably from this printer via the paper tray.
I now see where the settings with the Fuji Xerox layout including the paper tray can be saved as a Preset. Once saved it is easily reusable.


Error while unpartitioning hard drive? I've tried to install Ubuntu (and gave up), but now there's a stuck partition, of 24.22 gigabytes.

The pink shows the partition.

I want to unpartition it, but when I try to delete it, an error shows.

Now, I have 24 unusable gigabytes. I've tried running First Aid on the master disk, but I still cannot reset the partition.

Is there a way to fix this?

Edit: If I try it in recovery mode, it says "The target Core Volume is locked."

The results of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            96.1 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data UBUNTU                  24.2 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +95.8 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 32D2E33F-8D67-4B7F-8CF5-ADFCB1C01C74
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Seagate Backup Plus ... 999.9 GB   disk2s2

Boot from Recovery (hold Command ⌘+R on startup), open Disk Utility and retry your partition deletion operation.

Side note, for partitions on the boot drive, it's usually best (if not required) to use Recovery.

EDIT:

To remove the 24.22 GB Ubuntu partition, try the following command after unlocking the CoreStorage group with diskutil cs unlockVolume (backups are always recommended):

diskutil cs revert 32D2E33F-8D67-4B7F-8CF5-ADFCB1C01C74

In theory, the above command should revert the partition "Macintosh HD" to a regular partition (sans CoreStorage and encryption). Then:

diskutil eraseVolume /dev/disk0s4

should remove the Ubuntu partition.

To merge the partitions, open Disk Utility from Recovery, select the ex-Ubuntu partition and click - underneath the pie chart. This should remove the ex-Ubuntu partition and merge it with your Macintosh HD primary partition.


(iWork) Numbers: Cut and Paste, macros Is there a way to "cut" certain cells and paste them to another cells or sheet without losing formulas with references to other cells (such as MS Excel does with command+X).
Numbers does not support Excel macros at all?

One way to cut formula and paste in new location with references 'in tact and relative' is following:

navigate to desired cell containing formula
⌥ + ⏎ ('enter cell edit mode', same as F2 in Windows Excel)
⌘ + A ('select all')
⌘ + X ('cut')
⏎ ('exit cell')
navigate to destination cell
= (opens popup window for entering formula)
⌘ + V ('paste')

Alternatively one can make references in formula absolute with ⌘ + K and then cut-paste whole cell.


iPad VNC client: Edovia Screens: Does it support multiple displays? Does Edovia "Screens" support multiple displays?  My Mac has two displays, and I need to be able access applications that open on either one of them.

Screens does let you select a specific display on the fly when you connect to Mac. This is a feature built in Screen Sharing, which is Apple's VNC protocol.

If you're connecting to a PC, you can use ports 5901...590x to specific the display to use before connecting.


How can I see my Apple ID email / contacts without installing iCloud? I don't want to install iCloud on every work or borrowed PC I happen to use, but would like to be able to read my mail and contacts related to that Apple ID.  Isn't there a way to simply use a browser to read my email and see the contacts, like Gmail or Outlook?

Yes - https://icloud.com has web apps for mail, contacts, calendar so you don't need an OS X or iOS device to use them. Several modern PC and Linux browsers are supported.


Single keypress types repeated characters (MacBook Pro 2016 & 2017) I previously used a MacBook Pro 2016, and I had problems with the b where the key produced a bb about one third of the time I hit the key. After getting it repaired, several months later, the same problem started with the N key.

I now own a MacBook Pro 2017, and I have the same problem with the M key, but maybe with an occurrence of only one in forty, which makes it much harder to demonstrate.

It's always the same zone on the keyboard, I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing the same problem and what they did to fix it?

Finally, if anyone had or has the same issue, Apple is replacing the keyboard free of charge / refunding the past repair :
https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-macbook-and-macbook-pro/

UPDATE. There is a small program, called Unshaky written on Swift. It fixed this issue for me.  It lets you configure a timeout for each key to suppress duplicate keypresses. For instance, if the 'e' key is giving you trouble, you can configure the timeout for a longer duration and adjust for the best results. There is also a statistics panel that shows how many times a key was suppressed by the software, as well as a detailed breakdown for each key.


How can I change the background and text colour for messages in Mail.app I much prefer reading white text on a black background. Is it possible for me to configure Mail.app so that messages are displayed white-on-black instead of the other way around?

Yup. Go to preferences -> Fonts & Colors -> click "Select" on "Message font" -> do your thing. :)


Missing backups from Time Machine A have a MacBook running Mountain Lion that backups up to a Linux machine over afp (netatalk) using Time Machine.

In Time Machine preferences I can see that the Oldest backup was on 5th March 2012 (a year). If I go to 'Enter Time Machine' I can old go far back as 4th of March 2013 (a week). Using the 'tmutil' command I can see 43 backups from 2012 until an hour ago.

There has never been a problem with space on the Linux machine and there has been little change to settings or software on either computer for over a week.

Is there a way I recover from these missing backups? How can I prevent this occurrence from happening again? I do not need anything from this backup at the moment but I still want the ability to do so.

[EDIT] So one of the comments below got me thinking. There are two interfaces on this computer. One is set statically with a hostname and IP address, the other is by DHCP and takes the default Mac OSX hostname.

I suspect based on the comments, that Mike Meyers has a point, in that you are only seeing  MobileBackups, and that tmutil is simply showing you pointers (or logs) to the Time Machine backups on the linux server. For some reason the actually backup on the drive is not readable by Time Machine. I suggest dumping the network drive to an external, OS Extended Journaled hard drive and see if you can point Time Machine to that.


Will voice dictation work on iPad 2? Will the voice dictation technology built into iOS 5.1 running on the new iPad be made available on the iPad 2?

No. I installed iOS 5.1 on a Wifi iPad 2, and opened the notes app. No microphone icon is displayed on the keyboard as shown in the keynote or as one sees on the iPhone 4S. This means that voice dictation is a iPad (3rd Generation) and iPhone 4S only feature. There may be apps that enable something like this in the App Store.

I can't guess about the lower priced iPad 2 16 GB, but existing iPads do not seem to get this feature with the iOS 5.1 update.


What are the high level steps and limitations for unlocking & jailbreaking an original iPhone My daughter has an original iPhone, aka iPhone 2G.  It is currently unlocked and jailbroken, but that was all done about 2 years ago.  She wants the latest iTunes now, so I am revisiting what the procedure and limitations are for updating, unlocking, and jailbreaking.

I think the right high level steps are:

Backup everything we want to keep. I
am pretty sure the phone gets wiped
during the process.
Download iTunes
current release and install it and
let it do whatever it wants to
update the phone.
Follow the
instructions in the iClarified guide
"How to Unlock/Jailbreak Your iPhone
2G on OS 3.1.3 Using RedSn0w
(Windows)" at
http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=7436
which calls for RedSn0w 0.9.4, BL
3.9, BL 4.6, and iPhone1,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw
Re-install apps via iTunes.  Restore backed up personal data.

Is this basically correct or are there any other gotchas or limitations?

Are there better or more current guides than the iClarified guide?

The phone will be used on T-Mobile.

meta question:  what tag should be used for an original iPhone?

Yes, you are correct on all points.  It's pretty straightforward following the points you listed above.


com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc wants to sign using key "privateKey" in your keychain I've seen this error in a few other areas of the forums; however, I'm trying to understand what does "key 'privateKey'" means. I'm trying to authenticate to a VPN portal and this is the error that pops up when I browse to the site. I was provided a .pfx file, imported it into my "login" keychain, and now I'm trying to use it when browsing to this site.

Perhaps my understanding of all of this is horrible, but I thought I'd at least post about it and see if anyone could provide any valuable feedback.

Also, that "using your key 'privateKey'" is not very specific, so I have no idea whether it's trying to use the right private key or not.

*.pfx file is in PKCS#12 format and includes both a certificate and a private key.

When you imported the file to your keychain both the certificate and private key got imported to your keychain.

In general you first select a certificate to be used in an application or website. So in order to sign you in access to the associated private key needs to be granted.
That is why you get a prompt with options: "Always Allow" / "Deny" / "Allow"

For more info see Mac Help topic: Allow apps to access your keychain

Note: my understanding is also limited.
I came across your AskDifferent question by searching for a solution to an issue that blocks Allowing / Allways allowing access.


Can I use a Seagate SSHD in my iMac and if so, how do I load OSX (High Sierra) onto it I'm looking to upgrade my iMac 14.2 (late 2013) by swapping out the existing HDD with a Seagate SSHD Hybrid drive, along with adding another 8Gb memory. I've done a similar upgrade on my daughter's iMac (same model) but used a SSD and it works great with major enhancement in speed. I would like to use a SSHD to save some money. Is there anything I need to do differently when installing a CLEAN version of High Sierra (I have already downloaded to a USB drive from the Apple APP store) onto the SSHD Hybrid?

Yes, you can use a Seagate SSHD on your 2013 iMac.

Installing a new version of High sierra I would recommend formatting the disk to APFS, which is Apple's new optimised SSD & 'fusion' file format. Everything else will work fine.

The way the SSHD works is the SSD portion is just cached, and the drive itself manages what goes into the cache rather than the OS.

Seagate SSHD had some issues with the newer drive models in older macs, but that is mainly due to being a 3Gb/s SATA connector.

As your late 2013 machine has 6Gb/s SATA, any seagate drive (Firecuda (new model) or momemntus (old model)) will be compatable.

You can read a little bit more into it on the Apple website, if you're interested in in-depth info.


itunes 12.1 song into ringtone for iPhone I can't save segment of song as AAC in order to use as ringtone. Stuck at that stage. I am using iTunes 12.1.0.05. There seem to be solutions for earlier iTunes versions. I've edited song to be 30 seconds.

As Eric says, you need the file to be converted to .aac & have the extension .m4r.

It also needs to be 40 seconds or less in length.

OK, you could pay 50 bucks to do that - or you could do it for free.

Use Audacity to cut to correct length & export as .aac

Then drop the file onto MakeiPhoneRingtone to convert it for the phone.

Drop the result onto iTunes & sync.


Error using Netflix on AppleTV Recently I was watching a movie on Netflix on my pc with no problems.  I wanted to watch it on my AppleTV (2) I get an error saying

  Netflix is currently unavailable and to try back later.

I tried back later and got the same error.

Any ideas as to why I get this "Netflix is currently unavailable and to try back later" message?

I pressed Menu And Down for about 6 - 10 seconds and left go to get the AppleTV to reboot.

Works perfectly now.


How do you change the name of your system home folder? I recently got a new MacBook, and used my old MacBook to transfer all of my previous files and configurations to the new machine using Apple's migration assistant.

In the process, it gave me a wonky new home folder name. Previously, it was  Users/timisenman/ and now it's Users/timisenman 1/.

I'd really like to just delete that [space] 1. It's annoying as hell and I worry it's going to mess up file access later.

I can't find a reliable way to do this. Any tips?

Thanks!

(I'm using macOS Mojave)

This page at Apple Support has details about how to change both the short and long username and the Home Folder name.

Here's an extract, lifted verbatim from the link above, to change the Home Folder name:

Log out of the account you're renaming, then log in to an administrator account.

The administrator account needs to be a different account than the one you're renaming. If necessary, create another administrator account, then remove it when you're done.

Go to the Users folder on the startup drive. The Users folder contains the home folder of the account you're renaming. Rename that account's home folder and make note of both the old name and new name. When renaming the folder, you're prompted to enter the administrator name and password that you used to log in.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
Click the lock icon, then enter the administrator name and password that you used to log in.
From the list of users, Control-click or right-click the user that you want to rename. Choose Advanced Options from the shortcut menu.
Change the “Account name” field to match the new name that you gave the home folder in the Users folder.

When modifying the account name (short name) or home folder name, it should not contain any spaces. If the current account name already contains a space, you won't be able to edit this field until the space has been removed. Click immediately after the space, or use the left arrow key to move the text insertion point immediately after the space, then press the Delete key to remove the space.

Change the “Home directory” field to match the new name that you gave the home folder in the Users folder.
Click OK, then quit System Preferences.
Restart your Mac.
Log in to the renamed account, then verify that your old files and folders are visible and the account is working as expected.


my iphone shows "sent as text message" messages I send from my iphone 4 are showing as "sent as text message" I've read all the responses but no one mentions if my messages are actually being received. How can I tell if receipient is actually recieving my message?

The "sent as text message" means your text message was sent using SMS, not iMessage. Because the message wasn't sent through iMessage, neither you or the person you are texting to have access to read receipts, which allow you to see whether or not the person you sent the text message to read your message.

This often happens if you're in an area with bad signal, with no access to wifi, 3G, or LTE coverage and the message can only be sent via SMS.


If I upgrade to iOS 5, can I restore a 4.2 backup? I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 backed up to one of my PCs which I no longer use. If I upgrade to iOS 5, will I lose the opportunity to restore from one of these old backups? Would I be able to restore the phone to the old operating system and then restore from an old backup?

If I upgrade to iOS 5, will I lose the opportunity to restore from one
  of these old backups?

No. You can restore your settings, data, photos, videos, apps, and anything else iTunes has backed up from iOS 4 right over to the new iOS 5. Backups are compatible with future versions of iOS. You could likely restore an iOS 3 backup to a device running iOS 5. The only complication you would run across would be the apps and whether they retained support for your current iOS. Most developers periodically drop support for older devices as time goes on. For example, most new games in the App Store very rarely support the iPhone 3G or older iPod Touches. Moreover, they have also begun dropping support for older iOS versions, such as v3.0. If this conflict every surfaced, iTunes would simply not migrate over any apps that did not support your device (of course still moving over the rest of your data).

  Would I be able to restore the phone to the old operating system and
  then restore from an old backup?

Yes, and no. Let me explain the "yes." Apple digitally signs every release of iOS. This signature is verified by Apple prior to its installation. This is often referred to as a "signing window." During this window, any firmware can be installed on your phone, provided it has a valid signature and is being permitted by Apple (passes verification). Apple has historically left the window open for about a week and only for the previous version of iOS (e.g., if iOS 5.1 was released tomorrow, the window would cover iOS 5, if iOS 5.2 was released after that, the window would cover 5.1, and so on). More specifically, now that Apple has released iOS 5.0, iOS 4.3.5 (the previous version of iOS) is likely still being accepted, but that window is fast closing (and could likely have already been closed). Additionally, the rollback only applies to the direct previous build (in this case only iOS 4.3.5 and not 4.3.3 or 4.2.1), but it is time sensitive (iOS ups the ante by introducing tighter measures that may prevent the use of SHSH blobs, effectively sealing a downgrade to Apple's small window, but that's another topic altogether).

If you decide the day of release that the new firmware isn't for you, an immediate downgrade is 100% possible. As the days pass by, that number drops dramatically. If you miss that window, you will be unable to install the previous release without SHSH blobs, and software designed to jailbreak devices, which can allow a downgrade indefinitely. It's of note that SHSH blobs must be taken from a device running that particular build. You cannot extract SHSH blobs for iOS 4.3.3 from iOS 4.3.5.

So it's a mixed bag. Yes you can downgrade, but you must act fast. After that, it is a resounding "no." Unless of course you have met the requirements (SHSH blobs, etc.). However, as I said, iOS ups the stakes by seeking to block (or rather change the behaviour of) SHSH blobs, effectively limiting a downgrade to Apple's window.

This of course omits discussion of the baseband (the component that handles cellular data) which is another factor to consider should you requiring unlocking the handset to handle multiple carriers, however, this falls slightly outside the scope of your question, and for your intents and purposes, something you needn't worry about.


Running Java in "Unsafe mode" Since the last Safari update (I'm on Lion, 10.7.5), I've been unable to connect to a client's VPN. Their VPN runs via a Java network client from Juniper Networks, and it appears to require write-access and chmod permissions on several folders. I can get around this by enabling "Run in Safe Mode" in Safari, which is what the client is recommending I do. I can't find anything about the security ramifications of doing this and I don't feel comfortable downgrading security on my system, even if it's for a client I trust. On the other hand, I don't know if I was running the software in "unsafe mode" before the update without knowing it (which is what I'm afraid was probably the case).

Does anyone know what the ramifications of running Java apps in "unsafe mode" are?

There is a knowledgebase article (Google cache) on this, which says they are working on a certified client. I understand it won't be out for another month.

It looks like unsafe mode allows the Java app full access to your filesystem, which is enough that a malicious Java app could do anything it wants (take over your computer, infect it with malware, spy on you, etc.).  So, the name "unsafe mode" does seem appropriate here.

It's your call whether you want to take the risk.  Personally, I wouldn't, on my own personal computer.  I might set up a virtual machine and run the VPN client inside the VM, or ask the client for another solution that doesn't involve shooting holes in your computer's security.  Right now, Java security is a bit of a mess; it's a shame we don't have better solutions available.


Can't boot after enabling FileVault macOS Sierra I recently attempted to enable FileVault on macOS Sierra. I clicked the restart button, but on reboot rather than starting to encrypt the disk it simply displayed the prohibited sign. Now I can't boot to my Sierra drive in single-user mode either.

My Recovery paritions (one for Sierra and one from an older El Capitan install whose main partition no longer exists) are both displaying the same issue, no booting to recovery in general or in safe mode. I need help, I had a lot of code store on the Sierra partition, but I never made backups of some of it, and the backups I have are several weeks old. I don't have the recovery key, it is in a file on the now dysfunctional recovery disk, so I need to know, is there any way to salvage the install from a macOS install usb?

If so is Mavericks a new enough version to do so from? Can I simply decrypt my Sierra partition from inside of it or would I require at least a Sierra installer to do so, and if I can't decrypt it from an installer, would it be safe to install Mavericks over Sierra, or to a different disk, extract my personal/company projects from it and simply re-upgrade once I had it working again in general. Again I need help, and I would rather not have to wipe and lose all of that data.

UPDATE: It seems the Mavericks installer can't load drivers on boot, and I don't know of another way to access the filesystem. If it turned out the disk didn't get encrypted would it be possible to boot a live copy of linux, mount the disk and disable FileVault from there? If so how would I disable FileVault?

First if all, thanks to @klanomath or I likely would still be assuming the wrong issue. He was correct that the data was never actually encrypted due to FileVault's incompatibility with CloverUEFI. I used a Mavericks install USB, and used Terminal from inside it to confirm that the data was not encrypted, followed by using the "Turn Off Encryption..." option for the disk in disk utility, and immediately rebooting after double checking that the disk was not actually actively decrypting.

I now have access to my Sierra install again, and will shortly test my Sierra and El Capitan recovery partitions to see if they are working.


Shoud I upgrade to Safari 6.1? I have a Lion machine and a Mountain Lion machine. Software Update has offered to upgrade Safari from 6.0.5 to 6.1 on both machines. Is this upgrade worth it? Any issues or glitches? I didn't find any comments on this upgrade on the web.

Upgrading to latest software version is generally a good idea for security and performance reasons.

Specifically Safari 6.1 brings its lot of security fixes: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6000?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US.

In terms of functionalities, Safari 6.1 brings the following:

Shared Links: See links shared by people you follow on Twitter;
New sidebar (Reading List, Bookmarks and Shared Links to the left of the browser; can be hidden);
One-click bookmarking;
(Performance enhancements) Safari Power Saver: Only play content from accepted plug-ins;

See more here: http://www.macrumors.com/2013/10/22/apple-releases-safari-6-1-for-mountain-lion-with-shared-links-new-sidebar-power-saver-and-more/.

Whether you should upgrade to Safari 6.1 is up to you. I recommend you do.


Unable to upgrade iMac to Snow Leopard I am unable to upgrade my iMac to Snow Leopard even though it seems to meet all the requirements. The iMac has:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor
DVD drive
4GB RAM
185GB of storage available.

When I try to install, it simply says "Mac OS X Snow Leopard cannot be installed on this computer."

I got a different disc and it worked. Apparently, the disc I originally tried was only to be used on the computer it came with.


I have an iPhone and 2 non apple computers with iTunes. I want 2 Apple IDs on my phone and the content off 1 computer backed up on another. I am only 11 years old and don't have the best understanding of Apple devices. I have one computer that I have downloaded iTunes on and have many apps and songs on it. Another computer I have also has iTunes on it. I currently have my iPhone 4S connected to the computer with all the stuff on it. The problem is, that this computer is is old and takes forever to load up. It has so much stuff on it on my dad's Apple ID. I want to transfer this content off the old computer and onto the other newer one. I also don't know whether I can buy songs and apps on my own Apple ID and keep my dad's Apple ID connected to my phone and have both Apple IDs content on the phone at the same time. I have a very negative view on Apple and their need to keep all music and apps exclusive to apple devices. I know this question will probably sound stupid to you and if so, I would appreciate it immensely if you politely informed me that it can't be done. Otherwise it would be great if you could tell me how to do it. Thank you for bothering to read this far and please answer if you know how to do it.

Thank you for posting today. I'm sure we can find a workable solution for you today.

Apple allows multiple computers to hold and play content, sync to devices, and all of that via iTunes. For you to play the content from the older computer on the newer one, here is what you will have to do:

Copy over the content from the iTunes Media folder on Computer A (old computer) to the iTunes Media on Computer B (new computer). Typically, the iTunes Media folder is located under C:\Users{your user}\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media. (See special note on Step 2)
Import the music and all other files to your newer iTunes library. The easiest way to do this, if you want all content, is simply to place all of the files when copying them over into the "Add to iTunes" folder located within the iTunes Media folder.
When the item is in the new iTunes on Computer B, try playing one of the files. You will be prompted to authorize your computer for your dad's account.
Sign-in to your Dad's iTunes account to authorize. This can be done on up to 5 computers, including the original, and can be modified at a later time via iTunes Store -> My Account -> Authorized Devices
You should now be able to sync as needed with your iDevice and others

Please note that if you had apps under the older account and sync those to your phone, if they need to be updated it will require the other login (though this is about to be phased out). Music, however, should load without issue as long as the computer that you synced with retains authorization to play. The iPhone won't care which AppleID bought it, as long as it is able to make it onto the device (either by purchase on the iPhone or by purchase/authorization/etc on the computer and synced up).

Hope this helps!


Personal Hotspot in Yosemite only shows up after unlocking iPhone The Personal Hotspot in Yosemite only shows up in my WiFi network list after unlocking the iPhone - is it supposed to be like that?

I thought it should be possible to use it "without touching the iPhone"?

That doesn't match my experiences using iOS 8.0.2 and OS X 10.10 as I can initiate a request to start the hotspot while the phone is in my briefcase, locked, with the LCD screen off to save power.

Now, those requests often fail to connect properly many, many times - in fact, the success rate is far lower than the failure rate for me so far, but it has worked flawlessly from time to time.

I find that when a request to build up the tethering fails, I have the best success by getting the iOS device, unlocking it, navigating to the personal hotspot and toggle it off, wait at least 5 seconds, toggle it on and then cycle the WiFi on the Mac.

That almost always works to enable tethering for me on the current software versions. I suspect the reliability of this will get better with iOS 8.1 and future updates to OS X to have the requests work more often, but the design is clearly to allow requests at any time the devices are in range. If you can't even request the hotspot, perhaps you have a large amount of interference or the hardware of one device is not working properly.


External monitors often too bright with MacBooks? I have two MacBook Pro laptops, a 13" 2012 and a 15" 2019. I want to get an external monitor.
I tried using the Dell 2410 and the BenQ GW2480 external monitors.  Both monitors were too bright with either of my MacBooks in my bedroom even when the monitors were set to minimum brightness.
Do MacBooks make external monitors brighter than Windows laptops, or does a monitor's brightness have nothing to do with the type of computer?

The range of brightness of a monitor is dependent on what the manufacturer designed and is irrelevant to the computer (Macs and PCs) attached to them.
Lumens or Units of Visible Light
The amount of lumens a display puts out (how dim and bright it goes) is totally dependent on how the manufacturer designed and built it.  For simplicity, think of it like the "volume" control for audio, but instead of sound, it handles light.  The fact that it doesn't go to "zero" (or low enough for your particular needs) is due to the design - there may be a technical reason like the LEDs that the manufacturer used may only work properly within a certain voltage range.
Computer Control
Your MacBook (or any laptop) can send control signals to dim or brighten the monitor but when it reaches it's lowest point, that's as far as it goes.  Your computer can't make it go any lower.
Finding Your Monitor
Now, to find a monitor that suits your needs, it's unfortunately going to be "trial and error."  Go into a store and test them out.  If online, you'll likely have to test out buy and return a few (could get expensive because it's technically not faulty so return shipping would be on you).  Hardware Recommendations here on StackExchange may be helpful, but you'll need to be much more specific as to how dim you want this monitor to be because hardware manufacturers rarely (if ever) tell you how low their monitors can go - it's usually max brightness they promote.


External Display limited to 1080p after 10.9.2. update I have an Asus PB278 (WQHD 2560x1440) connected via HDMI cable + HDMI-Thunderbolt adaptor to my MacBookPro Late 2011.

Until the update to OSX 10.9.2, I was able to use full WQHD resolution on my external Monitor. Since the update, the highest resolution I can choose is 1080p. It seems that the Monitor driver is broken or simply wrong.

Also, in the system information, the monitor is listed as 1080p TV ?!+

Has anyone the same problem?
I did not find an update for the monitor profile. Is this a fancy Mavericks bug?

I've zapped the PRAM but that did not change anything.
In Monitor Settings, tried to "detect monitor" and listing all resolutions - to no avail.
Thanks for you help

The problem is Mac OS X. It is limited (in software, in the drivers) to a certain pixel colour clock rate for the HDMI port. The hardware in the Mac is more than capable of driving your WQHD monitor at 2560 x 1440 etc., but you can't do it via HDMI as the operating system's interface to it is essentially crippled in software.

It'll work via the DisplayAdapter port, though. The downside is that the single Thunderbolt connection will be taken, and you won't be able to connect to your monitor and other gear at home.


Reinstall MacOS on a Macbook that doesn't have MacOS anymore? I'm new to this site, so pardon me if I do or say something wrong.

I have an old MacBook late 2008 unibody that has Linux installed on it (3 different linuxes, don't ask why). I bought this MacBook second hand a while ago. I wanted to install Linux on my Mac but didn't know what I was doing back then, and accidentally deleted the whole MacOS and everything. Currently, I'm tripple booting my "Linuxes" via "rEFInd". I want to install the latest MacOS available for my model but I don't know how to do it. Where would I find a DMG and how would I install it. Could anyone guide me or help me? I don't have any warranty nor do I have an Apple store where I live.

Thanks,

You can obtain the latest Build of El Capitan (10.11.x) directly from Apple via this link.

As for creating a bootable USB installer, I would recommend converting the dmg to an iso via AcetoneISO.

It'll convert the DMG to an ISO for you. After that, create the bootable USB  with your new yourmacos.iso using DD.

dd if=/path/to/yourmacos.iso of=/dev/sdX && sync

I don't know if you are familiar with this but dd does byte by byte copying and
sync ensures that all data has been written to your USB (so you can savely unplug/eject it afterwards).


Can I have an Encrypted Partition in a 2 Partitions USB Stick? I have a new 16Gb USB key and want to take advantage of Disk Utilities feature to encrypt it, however I do need to move data from Mac to Windows from time to time.

Is is it possible to have one FAT partition and one Mac OS Extended Encrypted Partition on a 16Gb drive?
I've tried a number of times but cannot figure it out.

Thanks.

Yes. It's pretty straight forward, to do so just:

Go to Applications / Utilities / Disk Utilities.
Select the USB device and click Partitions.
Choose the number of partitions you want and resize them as needed.
Choose the format of each partition and click *Apply.
Once mounted on the Finder, Control+Click the Mac OS Extended partition and choose Encrypt.
You'll be prompted  to choose a password. Enter it and click Encrypt Disk.
Wait. Unfortunately, there is no progress bar, so you won't know exactly how long will it take. I just did it with a 4 GB USB drive and it took from 5 to 10 minutes.

And it is done.


Is there something like macros in Outlook 2016 on Mac? In Outlook on Windows I have a VBA script that moves one or more messages from Inbox to a folder, attached to a keyboard shortcut that I use to very quickly move hundreds of emails to where I want them every day.

Is there any feature like that in Outlook on Mac? I'm not sure how to phrase the question, I don't want to be too narrow by asking "Is there VBA and Macros in Outlook on Mac" when obviously there is not, but is there some other way to approach this problem, automating things and assigning keyboard shortcuts to personalized tasks?

Edit: One comment mentioned Applescript.  (I'm a newbie to Mac).  I then found this article on enabling the Applescript icon and this article on using Applescript to create a Task from a Message.  That's not exactly what I want but it's a HUGE step forward.   I will now study Applescript and Outlook's use of it and if I get anywhere, will answer my own question.

Here is a way in Outlook 2016 on Mac to do the equivalent of Windows "Write a VB script and assign it to a key".  Thanks to those who pointed me in the right direction.  On Mac this is done with Applescript, Automator, and Keyboard Shortcuts.  I'm including the Applescript here that moves selected Outlook emails to an archive folder.   Also shown below for reference is the original VBA I was trying to emulate on Mac.

Step 1 – Write Applescript to move selected Outlook item to Archive

Press Command-Tab to launch Spotlight Search, type “Script Editor” to
launch it.
Optional: Install a shortcut to the script editor in the
Apple menu as follows.  You have to be in the script editor first,
then in the menu at the top choose Script Editor->Preferences.  Then
in preferences choose General, and check (enable) “Show Script menu
in menu bar” and also “Show Computer scripts”.
Start with the following script.  Run it, test it, play with it.  Look elsewhere for help on changing this to do exactly what you want.  This script moves the currently selected email(s) to a folder named “IZ – Archive”. Change the folder name to suit yourself.  There’s lots of room for improvement here.  I’d like to solve the Reminders problem.

tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
    -- get the currently selected message or messages
    -- NOTE in this version it fails if the Outlook Reminder window is open, even if you select a message in the main window.
    set selectedMessages to current messages

    -- if there are no messages selected, warn the user and then quit
    if selectedMessages is {} then
        display dialog "Please select a message first and then run this script." with icon 1
        return
    end if

    set aMessage to item 1 of selectedMessages
    set emailAcct to account of aMessage
    set inBoxFolder to folder "Inbox" of emailAcct
    set ArchiveFolder to folder "IZ - Archive" of inbox

    repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages
        move theMessage to IZArchiveFolder
    end repeat
end tell

Step 2 – Assign the Applescript to a Service using Automator

Press Command-Tab to launch Spotlight Search, from there launch
Automator
In Automator, choose a type for your document, choose
“Service”.  You will create a service from your script.
At the top of the service, set the two settings to: Service receives no input in any application From the left panel, choose Library, then in the second panel from the long list find “Run Applescript”, and drag that into the main service window.
Copy and paste your Applescript replacing (* Your script goes here *)
Save the service, giving it a name like MoveSelectedOutlookMailToArchive.   It’s not obvious how to “Save As” in Automator.  Play around with the “File” menu at the top of the screen and do some googling.
The service will be saved under ~/Library/Services/yourservicename

Step 3 – Assign the Service to a Key

Go to Keyboard Shortcuts either from Outlook Menu->Outlook->Services->Services Preferences or from System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Services
In the Keyboard Shortcuts editor choose “Services” on the left, then go to the bottom under the “General” section where you will find your new service.
Click on that, and assign the keyboard shortcut you would like.

============

For reference and comparison here is the original VBA script I was trying to emulate on Mac.  As you can see, the Applescript is more concise and intuitive, on the other hand the mechanism to assign it to a key (not shown here) is WAY easier on PC.

'Outlook VB Macro to move selected mail item(s) to a target folder
Sub MoveToIZArchive()
On Error Resume Next

Dim ns As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim moveToFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim objItem As Outlook.MailItem

Set ns = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")

'Define path to the target folder
Set moveToFolder = ns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders("IZ - Archive")

If Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Count = 0 Then
   MsgBox ("No item selected")
   Exit Sub
End If

If moveToFolder Is Nothing Then
   MsgBox "Target folder not found!", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "Move Macro Error"
End If

For Each objItem In Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
   If moveToFolder.DefaultItemType = olMailItem Then
      If objItem.Class = olMail Then
         'objItem.UnRead = False
         objItem.Move moveToFolder
      End If
  End If
Next

Set objItem = Nothing
Set moveToFolder = Nothing
Set ns = Nothing

End Sub


What port does iPhone native Facebook app use? The network at my place is using a proxy. So I have set up the proxy in iPhone. I can connect to the internet and access Facebook using the Safari browser without any problem. However when I access Facebook using the native app, it gives me a connection error. Why is this so? Does the native app use different ports instead of getting JSON objects through HTTP port? I am quite new to this, so bear with me.

First, this is a really good question. Wow. I've been trying for days to figure out how to attack this one.

I set up "Charles Web Debugging Proxy" on my Mac and set up my iPhone to hit it.

First, it hits http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php, which spits this back:

<chat_connect_response xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/ http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd">
<host>9.channel</host>
<port>80</port>
<channel>p_123456789</channel>
<seq>0</seq>

Meanwhile, it also connects to iphone.facebook.com which gives some XML. Then it connects to 0.9_channel.facebook.com:80 and sends some requests which return JSON.

It looks like everything is done over port 80. Are you sure theres no other problem on your end?


packages installed with Homebrew not found after restore I got a new Macbook Pro and restored from the backup, all of my packages are in still there and the path is still correct, but when I type a command that was installed on the previous system it returns an error. Take for example pstree

pstree
-bash: pstree: command not found

Someone elsewhere on the internet suggested reinstalling them, but I have way too many packages installed to go thru them one at a time.

The computer is running Mavericks. I used migration assistant to restore from a time machine backup and brew doctor says my system is ready to brew.

From your answer above, it looks like you want to relink all your kegs, which is already answered here:

Is there a quick way to relink my homebrew kegs?

In one line:

brew list -1 | while read line; do brew unlink $line; brew link $line; done


How can I wake up my Mac from sleep mode remotely? I use logmein to remotely control my computers.
Can I wake up the Mac when it's in sleep mode so that it's offline to the outside world?

From this post:

  Most modern computers offer a feature
  called "Wake on LAN". This is designed
  to allow a network administrator to
  turn on a computer remotely, even when
  it is turned off, by sending a "magic
  packet". This is used, for instance,
  to allow backup programs to run at
  night.

  Here is a Python script that does this
  (if your MAC address is01-23-45-67-89-0a:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
s.sendto('\xff'*6+'\x01\x23\x45\x67\x89\x0a'*16, ('192.168.1.255', 80))

Or you can use Wake550.

or use this site.


Making Favorites in Finder collapse according to number of items in it I know favorites can collapse completely but how possible is it to make a dropdown collapse inside the Favorites itself so that when the items reach about 5, it automatically hides all others with a dropdown arrow for seeing the others?

This is currently not possible. You can provide feedback to Apple here:

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


Force Macbook Pro on AC mode using broken battery I have a Macbook Pro 13" Retina (Early 2015) running 10.12.6 with a broken battery (Replace now alert) but I still couldn't find a proper battery in my region.

In this case I should shut down the device to move and it seems loosing power also resets the date and time and also breaks hibernate mode which I can use.

I'd like to know is there any solution for forcing AC Mode so it ignores battery (Performance issue due to changing between battery and ac somehow in runtime).

I also tried SMC and NVRAM reset but no chance either.

Please let me know if there should be more explanation.

I noticed the performance issue is because of the battery issue. When battery is not recognized by the OS X86PlatformPlugin (Can be seen in disas, but need confirmation) uses CPUFloor of your device model plist in /S/L/E/IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/X86PlatformPlugin.kext/Contents/Resources/.

The issue was battery does not recognized on boot and for MBP 2015 13" CPUFloor==800 which is too low.

BTW thanks to PikerAlpha you can use freqVectorEdit.sh to change your PowerManager plist. I also changed CPUFloor to higher number so MBP can be used smoothly again.


What applications enable AirPlay mirroring for Mac? Do any applications enable AirPlay from my Mac to an Apple TV? I am looking to wirelessly mirror my Mac's display to the TV, similar to the way iPad 2 and iPhone 4S can mirror their displays over AirPlay.

Yes - it's coming as a feature for Mountain Lion, but solutions that work now on Lion are much appreciated.

With the new OSX Mountain Lion you will be able to airplay from the Mac to an Apple TV.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/features.html#airplay


My iPhone is giving unexpected, creepy reminders My iPhone keeps popping up with creepy reminders such as:

  'shes there' 'check the bedroom' 'i know what school you go to'

However, I haven't set any reminders on my phone ever and do not use the Reminders App. I'm confused as to what is happening. Can anyone help?

There are two options that are most likely.

Option #1:

Someone has gained access to your iCloud account and has been adding reminders remotely. If this is the case, you should be grateful that they are just adding reminders as they could do far more.

Solution #1:

Reset your iCloud password immediately and set up two-factor authentication.

Option #2:

Someone has gained physical access to your iPhone and either knows the password or your phone is unprotected.

Solution #3:

Change your phone password to something other than 1234, and make sure that it is enabled all the time.

Lastly, remove the reminders.


How to test speeds and strengths of wifi from macOS? I live in a house with multiple wireless radios and channels – some of which tend to be more reliable than others. I know that connecting to each one sequentially and then do a speed test in a browser would let me start to measure data, but software to assist with a batch test or automate network quality data collection would be helpful.
Is there a Mac app that will let me see the relative signal strengths and speeds of various base station radios?

The WiFi Explorer tool will show you all the wifi connections your computer is capable of seeing. I live in a high rise apartment building and I receive signals from about 50 other modems. WiFi explorer will plot the signal strength of all these or the SNR of these signals. It also gives the channel number of each one. Its an excellent diagnostic tool for WiFi.
The basic package is $20 but there is a lite version that is free. I'm not familar with the lite version so I don't know what it does. Since it's free it is probably worth a test drive. The basic version has a 3 day free trial. There is also a Pro Version for $100. It has a 7 day trial.


Mission Control bug on Mountain Lion: Dragging Windows to Desktops Fails Regularly When I activate Mission Control and try to drag drag, say, two windows to another desktop, the first drag works fine. I can drag the window to the other desktop's thumbnail, which darkens, and then release the mouse, and the window moves to that desktop just as it should.

When I try to drag the second window, however, the recipient space won't darken—it doesn't register that I'm dragging the window over it—and when I release the mouse button, the window will snap back to its original position as though I'd dragged it to some other part of the screen.

When I initiate another drag on the second window (the third drag total) it'll work properly. Then, I'll drag another window and it won't work. It occurs every other time I drag a window, with perfect regularity, as far as I can tell.

Other points:

Non-working drags doesn't have to be over a space for the next drag to work. I could drag a window an inch, release it, and then pick it up and drag it to another desktop just fine.
The "new desktop" button never seems to suffer from this problem.
The problem also occurs on the guest account.

Any ideas how to fix it, or why it's happening? Any help is appreciated.

This has been killing me, too. But I went into the MC preferences pane and unchecked "Group windows by application." It worked.


Parallels shared folders not working I've followed the manual in setting up the shared folders on my Windows 7 installation under Parallels version 7.0.15106, but still I can not find my Mac folders in Windows explorer! I have tried both the "Shared Profile" and adding shared folders manually. As I understand it, they should show up under Network in Windows Explorer, right? Well, the only thing showing up there is MyName-WIN7 which contains a Users folder, which in turn contains a folder with my name and a folder called Public. The contents of the folder with my name is the same as in C:\Users\MyName and has nothing to do with anything on the Mac. I have Googled until my eyes turned red for a solution, but everyone just says the same thing - Go to Configure > Sharing, etc. Well I have tried all of that, there must be some setting that's prohibiting my shared Mac folders from showing up in Windows... I have made sure that the "Isolate my Mac" setting is turned off, so that's not it either.

On my Parallels 8 installation, they're mounted as \\psf\ which is also mapped to drive Z:.


Wi-Fi on hardwired iMac? I have a small network consisting of a couple of iMacs hardwired to an AirPort router via CAT 5e cable, and a couple of iPhones. Since the iMacs are hardwired, I'd normally leave Wi-Fi turned off on those machines. However, I have found Wi-Fi to be useful for AirDrop between the iPhones and the iMacs, and for AirDrop between the two iMacs.

Here are my questions:

Is there any way to leave Wi-Fi on for the iMacs, but prevent them from using it to connect to the router? The AirPort is running WPA2, so I know I could simply omit the WPA2 password from the iMacs. Is there a better way?
Does it do any good, or any harm, to let the iMacs establish a wireless connection to the router, in addition to their wired connection? It occurred to me that the additional connection might boost throughput, if the router knows how to use it. Is that the case?

Thanks for your help.

Without special software or hardware to do so, multiple connections are not combined for increased throughput, knowing as bonding. The connections are utilized in the order shown in System Preferences > Network (screenshot below). You can change the order by clicking the gear icon > Set Service Order.

There is no harm in letting the computer connect to the router, other than possibly a slight impact on load in the router - but assuming the connection is not being actively utilized, impact should be slight to none. The only way I am aware of to prevent the Mac from connecting to the router is to not tell it the password or turn Wi-Fi off.


What should I do about iCloud if I have a Mac with OS X 10.10 Yosemite and an iPhone 4 with iOS 7? I have an iPhone 4, and that's not likely to change any time soon (unless I break it). Being a 4, it can only use iOS 7; I can't install iOS 8 on it.

On my Mac, I've installed OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Yosemite offered to upgrade to iCloud Drive, BUT: I don't have iOS 8, so my iPhone wouldn't be able to use files in iCloud anymore, right? ...the phone wouldn't be able to use iCloud Drive, right? And Yosemite needs iCloud Drive, so until I upgrade to iCloud Drive, my Mac can't use files in iCloud anymore, right? ...Yosemite can't use the old system?

So what should I do? Do I have to choose to use iCloud with either my Mac or my iPhone? Should I go back to Mavericks? Is there something I'm missing, or is there any other way?

You are correct. From John Siracusa's extensive OS X 10.10 Yosemite review: (emphasis mine)

  Upgrading is not mandatory, but iCloud Drive completely replaces the old “Documents & Data” item in the Yosemite’s iCloud preference pane. Applications like TextEdit and Preview won’t provide access to any form of iCloud document storage in Yosemite until iCloud Drive is enabled. You’ll be prompted to upgrade during the account setup process. If you decline, you can upgrade later by enabling iCloud Drive in the iCloud preference pane.

And Apple's KB page, specifically addressing iPhone 4 customers at the end:

  iPhone 4 customers

  iPhone 4 does not support iOS 8 or iCloud Drive. If you upgrade your iCloud account to iCloud Drive, you will not be able to use iCloud with Pages, Numbers, or Keynote on an iPhone 4. You’ll still be able to use the iWork apps on an iPhone 4, but without iCloud.

As for what you should do, I guess there aren't many counterintuitive answers here: Either get by without iCloud until you get a newer iPhone, or elect to use other syncing services like Dropbox, Box, or SpiderOak.


How to produce an A4-format pdf of an man page? I know that man -t ls | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app produce a pdf of the man page of the ls command.

But the pdf produced is in US Letter size (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm).

The man page of man says that -t option use internally /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc -c.

So, according the groff man, I tried this for obtaining A4 size (21 cm x 29.7 cm) in the pdf (A4 size is widely used in Europe):

man -t ls | /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc -c  -P-pa4 | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app.

I obtain the A4 size as desired, but the formatting is ugly (no bold, italic, characters doubled, underscored)...

How to have the good formatting (as in the first command) AND the right size (as in the later command)?

Right now you are running groff twice, once as part of man -t, once on it‘s own on the PostScript file generated by man.

Try

groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1 >out.ps
ps2pdf out.ps man-ls.pdf
open man-ls.pdf

or directly

groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1 |
    open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app

To have it work for all man pages accessible to man, a little script will help.

#!/bin/sh
page=$(man -W $1)
if [ -r "$page" ]; then
    groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 "$page" | open -f -a Preview.app
fi

Save it as manA4, run chmod +x manA4 once, and then use it as manA4 ls.

In case you are working with compressed man pages (which macOS does not use by default) you need to uncompress them on the fly.

#!/bin/bash
page=$(man -W $1)
if [ -r "$page" ]; then
    if [[ "$page" =~ .*.gz$ ]]; then
        gzcat "$page" | groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 | open -f -a Preview.app
    else
        groff -Tps -mandoc -c -P-pa4 "$page" | open -f -a Preview.app
    fi
fi


How to move a window from one screen to another and maximise in one go? I am trying to accomplish the above-mentioned. Move a window from one screen to another and maximise it in one step, without creating a new virtual screen.

Has anyone found a way to accomplish this on the most recent version of MacOS?

As OP themselves commented, this popup helped them:

without creating a new virtual screen.

That is an invalid requirement. Fullscreen apps make a space of their own.
I think your requirement is to make an fullscreen next to where it is, instead of going to the far right.

Hold the green button on the top left.

Click somewhere in the same window.


MacBook Pro 5,1 will only turn on after SMC reset Resetting the SMC every time the machine is turned off is the only way to turn it back on and when it is on the fans run at max speed etc. etc. (SMC issues).

Have tried to swap out HDD and RAM. Software is current at Mavericks will all updates installed.
Have tried to manually reinstall the SMC firmware but the system says that is not needed or something to that effect.

Anyone have any ideas what this could be or how I can install the SMC file anyways (bypassing the error that it isn't needed)?

Have you tried giving the MacBook a PRAM reset? With the firmware password turned off hold down Cmnd+Opt+P+R, turn the computer on and wait for it to restart and you hear the start up chime before you let go.


How do I use my existing KeePass database on my new iPad without iTunes on a computer? I'm a Linux user who bought an iPad. I'm also an Infosec pro who uses the KeePassX password manager. All my passwords are too long to type on the iPad - so I want to use my password manager on iPad. I installed MiniKeePass on the iPad - and with some difficulty (had to type in the password for one service), moved the database (.kdbx) to iPad. I used the export/share functionality to make the kdbx to make it available to MiniKeePass app.

I'm stuck here. I need to move my Key File too.

I can't find any way to get the Key File into MiniKeePass. The standard export/share functions don't seem to work for plain text files without extensions.

All the advice I got so far is "Use iTunes". I'm a Linux user; no Windows / Mac or even Wine.

Any suggestions?

The key file has a file extension: .key

I tested the following with Dropbox and an iPad running iOS 11. I deleted my existing key file for the test:

rename your key file with a .key extension
move the newly renamed key file to a shared folder in a cloud (or anything that the iPad can also access)
on your iPad, open the app for the folder share and find the key file
export the key file ...
one of the options should be "Open In..." tap it
you should get a list of apps you can copy the key file to and one of them should be MiniKeePass, tap it
this opens MiniKeePass with the key file listed under "Key Files"

That should work. Again, I did this from Dropbox, so another folder sharing service might behave differently.


How to force a captive portal page to pop up (Like a Starbucks or McDonald's WiFi landing page)? Normally, Safari provides a pop-up window for the public  Wi-Fi's landing page: requesting the user to agree to TOS (Terms of Service).

Attempts to login to Wi-Fi were not successful because of the absence of the landing page:

ifconfig revealed an IP address (172.31.99.185) was assigned to the laptop's Wi-Fi adapter
attempts to ping 172.31.99.1 failed
browsing to http://172.31.99.1/ failed
browsing to http://www.google.com/ failed

Is there a Safari menu item or process that will call the TOS pop-up?

Go to http://captive.apple.com it’s the only way to ensure it pops up.


Is Whited00r safe? If I use it to install iOS 7, can I restore to iOS 4? I have the iPod 2nd gen and it is pretty much useless as I cannot update to IOS 7 from 4.2, BUT there is this program called whited00r which lets you update to IOS 7. Apparently it has worked with people- so, is it safe and if I do install IOS 7 and it doesnt work, can I revert back to IOS 4?

Whited00r is not iOS 7. It just looks and feels like iOS 7. You won't be able to install iOS 7 applications or have access to many of the features of iOS 7. You're still running iOS 4 under the hood, and all you have to do is restore in iTunes if you don't like it.


Is there a way to tell a Macbook to bump up the clock speed of the processor? I have a Macbook 12 inch that has a processor (CPU) running at 1.2GHz but with Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz.

It is feeling a little slow sometimes, probably because it is running at 1.2GHz and not doing any Turbo Boost.

Is there a way to tell the processor to run at 1.8 or 2.0GHz regularly?

The Intel Turbo Boost feature will decide by itself when to switch to a higher CPU clock. There is no way to manually activate overclocking. See also Intel's FAQ on the matter:

How is Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled or disabled?
Intel Turbo Boost Technology is enabled by default. You can disable or enable the technology with a switch in the BIOS. No other user controllable settings to change Intel Turbo Boost Technology operation are available. Once enabled, Intel Turbo Boost Technology works automatically under operating system control.

You can use e.g. Turbo Boost Switcher to turn Turbo Boost off, but as stated above, it is enabled by default.
That being said, you can create optimal conditions for you CPU to decide to overclock. According to the Intel's support document, the following factors influence clock speed / activation of Turbo Boost:

Availability and frequency upside of Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 state depends upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, the following:

Type of workload
Number of active cores
Estimated current consumption
Estimated power consumption
Processor temperature

When the processor is operating below these limits and the user's workload demands additional performance, the processor frequency will dynamically increase until the upper limit of frequency is reached. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 has multiple algorithms operating in parallel to manage current, power, and temperature to maximize frequency and energy efficiency.

Therefore you can try the following:

Turbo Boost will only activate if thermals allow it. So making sure your MacBook is sufficiently cool can lead to higher clock speeds. You could even use an app to manually increase the fan speed, such as Macs Fan Control or iStat Menus, to decrease CPU temperature further.
Especially for single-threaded applications you can make sure you have no other (background) tasks running. This will, again, improve thermals, reduce power consumption, and also allow the CPU to overclock.

To learn more about your MacBook's behaviour and clock speed you can use utilities to monitor clock speed, power consumption, and temperature, such as iStat Menus or Intel Power Gadget.


How to activate new device without access to other devices and SMS? I am going to travel to the USA next month and I'm willing to buy a new iPhone. Currently, I have a Mac and an iPad and an Android smartphone. When in the USA, I will have neither my Mac nor my iPad with me, and I won't be able to receive SMS through my Android device.

I have two-factor authentication turn on. I don't see how to turn it off on Apple ID page. Is there any way I set up my new iPhone without carrying, let's say, my iPad with me for the trip?

If the new iPhone is set up with the same Apple ID as your other devices you need to turn off Two Factor Authentication for the Apple ID.
If you're using iOS 10.3 or later:

Go to Settings > [your name] > Password & Security.

Tap Turn Off Two-Factor Authentication.

Tap Continue.

If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier:

Go to Settings > iCloud.

Tap your Apple ID > Password & Security.

Tap Turn Off Two-Factor Authentication.

Tap Continue.


How can I open the 2011 MacBook Air without damaging the screws? I would like to open the MBA, I don't have the screwdriver that fits:

Is there a way to remove the screws without the 5 points pentalobe required?

The ideal solution would be to do this without damaging the screws.

You cannot safely remove it without the proper tool and the correct touch. You want to place the driver on the tangent to the case (the screws enter at an angle - not vertical compared to the keyboard plane.

iFixit.com and other places sell the pentalobe tool for less than $15 and it's money well spent to avoid needing to get Apple to replace the screws should you strip them.


iPad doesn't display the captive portal login window after connecting to a WiFi network I use a WiFi network that requires users to first go through a captive portal login window after joining the WiFi network. It works fine on my Android phone, but on my iPad no captive portal login window appears, and as a result I cannot use the WiFi network. What could the issue be?

iOS attempts to connect to http://captive.apple.com. If this request doesn't return the string "Success", the captive portal page is opened on the device. Therefore if the router isn't redirecting this request, the captive portal won't be shown.

Usually in these cases you can open Safari and connect to a non-HTTPS URL where you will be redirected to the captive portal. If you know the URL of the portal through another device, you can enter this in Safari to go straight there if the redirects aren't working properly.

If DNS is really not working, you might even need to browse something like http://1.1.1.1 if you don’t see the captive portal log in.

In the majority of cases (maybe 98%) this is a problem on the network,  it the iOS device. If you reboot your device and still can’t connect, you’ll need the person(s) that run the network to assist in all likelihood.


Mac book Pro is very slow on wifi connection I have three computers in my home. My old computer is a lenovo w530 running windows 10 and my new computers are a 13'' and  15'' inch macbook pro 2015.

All computers are connected to the same wifi router.

if I connect my windows machine and my 13'' macbook pro to www.speedtest.net it report a internet connection speed of Download: 57.65 Mbps Upload: 57.96 Mbps

when I do the same thing on my 15'' macbook i see connection speed of Download: 3.2 Mbps Upload: 0.59 Mbps

Why is 15'' mac so slow for wifi as compared to my 3 year old windows and 13'' inch macbook pro?

Edit:: Here are the details requested below

RSSI: -37dBm
Noise: -93dBm
TxRate: 117 Mbps
MCS Index: 15
CountryCode: US

Excellent work with the details. The transmit rate and MCS index indicate that your mac has a high-speed connection to your router and that it's not an interference issue.

My next step would probably be timing me file transfer using Wi-Fi from the Mac to the PC or vice versa. You can enable filesharing on the Mac quite easily. download some YouTube movie from the Internet so that you've got something that will take 15 to 30 seconds to transfer so you can time it with the stopwatch.

It's hard to guess whether flash that runs the speed test.net simply running slow or you've actually got a legitimate speed issue with the Mac.

You'll also want to watch the activity monitor and the console application to see if you have io errors and if the network throughput matches the disk io which should all matching your benchmarking test.


safari to open external links in new window I like safari to open links in new tabs in general. I.e. when I do a search, I want results I click to open in new tabs in the same window. This allows to have multiple windows with multiple tabs and have them grouped by topic.

when I click on a link i an email, safari (on OS X) somehow (randomly?) chooses an open window and opens the link as a new tab in it. sometime it picks even a minimised window, although there are others visible on the same space.

to be clear: I want the new window when the action is triggered from external application (e.g. Mail, etc.). Within Safari I'd like to stick with the default behaviour.

I tried the Safari Settings -> Tabs -> Open new pages in tabs instead of windows setting (all of them), but this does not give the expected result. it is general for all.
Also google did not know a satisfying answer, so I am asking here.

Any help is appreciated.

I've experienced the same thing, new windows instead of tabs opening when control clicking, and it has seemed totally random to me, too.

The Safari Extension 'Link Thing' (maybe 'LinkThing' -?) will, by default, open all links in a new tab without your having to hit control unless the page (e.g. DuckDuckGo) disables and overrides the user's browser preferences.


Apple Music play songs in order I listen to Apple Music (subscription), and when I play an album I can't find a way to play the songs in order.

If I have an album pulled up and tap the first song, it plays and when done skips to a random song on the album.

If I click the ellipses and hit ...

and then the (what appears to be) "play album" button, it still randomizes...

Is there a way to make songs on an album play in order?

you can add it to playlist,(playlist on bottom(in homepage))
you can see your own picture(second picture) says add to playlist.


macOS Startup Manager is very slow and laggy I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) on the latest version of macOS Sierra (10.12.3 at the time of writing). Whenever I hold the Option key after turning on my Mac, it takes a long time (around 30 seconds) for Startup Manager to appear. When it does, it is extremely laggy. Cursor movements and arrow key presses take 10-15 seconds to register.

I have no external devices connected; I am using the trackpad and keyboard built into the laptop. I eventually plan to connect a USB drive to boot from, but I cannot get Startup Manager to work correctly even when only Macintosh HD is available.

I have already tried resetting the SMC and PRAM multiple times, which does not help. Also, I tried installing the rEFInd boot manager to see if it would work better. However, rEFInd is just as laggy as the default Startup Manager.

The only other person online to have the same problem posted this question:
OSX Startup Manager (Boot drive selection screen) slow/un-responsive in Macbook Pro (early 2015)

Unlike that person, however, running diskutil verifyvolume on my EFI volume comes back with no errors. Likewise, diskutil repairvolume did not solve my problem. I have no idea what to try next.

I am suffering from same issue since December.

This is a hardware error, unfortunately it is hard to prove it to apple care. They will try os reload, factory reset ... before they realize it is hardware error.

Same issue here, noticed it in FileVault, but then realized it is there even on Boot selection section or even Diagnosis section. Disabling FileVault won't solve the issue, it will just cover it up.

I wasted a lot of time with software sides of things, reinstalling OS and all. they all didn't help. It is a Hardware issue.

I realized I have this issue once I started using SD Card reader for storing my files and extending my 128gb MBP. If SD Cards goes in, even for 1 second, and then take it out, boot is going to be slow until I do a NVRAM reset. Apple care didn't find any issue first time but second time they admit there is a hardware issue in my Macbook and they replaced it. I will report back issue returned.

You need to bring it to Apple care, and describe the issue in detail. I had to print a A4 paper with a detailed description (told them issue happen when put in a sd card and then take it out) and screenshot of diagnosis page showing SD Card error in diagnosis boot page (because for some reasons, it was randomly showing that error and apparently when I give my Macbook for first repair, it passed test 100% successfully) Reception who receive my Macbook, she didn't really reflect things I told to her to technician. She even typed issue of my macbook as "Booth up slow", you get the idea.

There are many users like us. I guess there are many other users who have this issue but are not aware of it. they just think it is normal to wait 30 to 60 seconds for boot and they never use filevault or boot option menu. I have found some here, this are all from SAME underlying issue:

macOS Sierra FileVault enabled freezing at login
macOS Sierra boot problem related to Apple SD Card reader driver
macOS Sierra slow to accept password at login
Whenever I enable FileVault, OSX is super slow to boot. I never had this problem before and don't know what changed.
OSX Startup Manager (Boot drive selection screen) slow/un-responsive in Macbook Pro (early 2015)
OSX Boot drive selection screen is slow, un-responsive and takes forever to load in Macbook Pro (early 2015)


Does A New Installation Contain Personal Information? I am going to sell my MacBook Air when the new MacBook comes out and so I want to make sure there is no personal Information available to the next user.

I am going to wipe my SSD and reinstall the OS however since I have to download the installer from the App Store will information like my Apple ID be copied onto the computer during the installation?

No, no personal information is stored unless you enter any. If you're performing a clean installation of OS X then simply set it up with a temporary administrator account, no need to sign into iCloud or register etc.


How can I count all words or characters in a Powerpoint pptx file? Is there a simple way to count the characters of all text fields in a Powerpoint presentation?

I tried exporting to Rich Text Format (.rtf) to do the count in MS Word, but the export function only exports some text fields (outline text) and misses small annotations, lists, etc.

Some tools like Count Anything or Anycount are not available for Mac OSX.

No, the way is not at all simple. Specifically, the file format is complicated so analyzing the file won’t get a quick answer.
To answer your question, it's helpful to know that the .pptx format is actually a zip file full of .xml files. I found folders called slide1.xml, slide2.xml, etc... but there are many others and the text within them is surrounded by the usual xml formatting tags.
You can unzip by replacing .pptx in the filename with .zip (you may have to enable visible extensions) and unzipping with something like Keka. I've had trouble unzipping with the native Mac OSX Archive utility, but Keka has always worked for me.
For more detail, see this page: Your slide deck is a zip file in disguise


Does Mac power adapter die if you leave it plugged in? I have recently bought a MacBook Pro 15". A couple of days ago I had charged my MacBook and left the charger to the socket and it died. When I tried running diagnostics, it showed that power adapter has to be plugged in.

There was no sign of power fluctuations, no signs of burning or bulging on the adapter. There were 2 other PC adapter which were left in the same state but nothing went wrong with them.

The Apple Store initiated a replace of adapter. I would like to know if there is something wrong I have done by leaving it on the socket, because I do it all the time with my PC adapters. I'm new to Apple Macs.

No.  You don't do any damage to a power adapter by leaving it in.

The fact of the matter is that power adapters die for one reason or another.

Personally, I have power adapters for products that have been in use for well over 15 years, being plugged in all day, every day.  I also have power adapters that barely last a year.  For the most part, my devices that have these types are power supplies are plugged into surge suppressors with most plugged into UPSs; so I couldn't protect them any more than they already are.

In your case, it appear that the power adapter was defective and Apple took care of it under warranty.  Just keep on keeping on; no need to worry about leaving it plugged in.


Adobe applications - Case-sensitive volumes not supported I need someone to put this together in the most fool-proof way possible.

I recently reinstalled the OS on my Macbook Air 2014 (Yosemite) as I had a ton of useless files as it was acting super duper slow so now that I want to install Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign (which my entire life depends on as I'm a design student) it gives me an error:
Installation on case-sensitive volumes is not supported. Please choose a different volume for installation.

I know this topic has been discussed before but tbh I didn't understand a thing going through them lol. So I know there is this thing called iPartition but I currently don't want to spend any money on apps and am more than happy to reboot my entire Macbook or pick a different OS if that helps.

Any thoughts?

Here's what Adobe has to say about this error.

It means you have to reinstall OS X.

Reformat and Choose OS X Extended (Journaled) as in the image above.


USB Drive Size Lost After Formatting on OS X El Capitan This is strange. I formatted my 16 GB USB drive on OS X El Capitan with FAT file system and it worked fine. However, same drive on Windows 7 PC shows only 200 MB of size. Where the heck other drive size gone? I reformatted it with EXFAT this time and no problem of size on El Capitan but again it shows only 200 MB size available on PC. Tried to format it again with Windows this time but no help. Where all of my USB size  gone? I had no issues formatting and using it properly on Yosemite or Mavericks. Any suggestions??

By default, Macs format all drives with the GUID partition scheme (GPT).  A particular feature of GPT is the EFI system partition, which on a Mac defaults to 200 MB in size.  The EFI partition is also FAT32.

Windows supports GPT just fine, but it does not support multiple partitions on a USB flash drive.  Windows will only see the first partition, which is the 200MB EFI partition. It is the only operating system that has this limitation.

To reformat this drive, you will need to select the Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning scheme in Disk Utility in order for Windows to use it.  You must also ensure that you create only a single partition that spans the whole drive.


Why isn't my external monitor's native resolution available in Display Preferences? I have 22" external monitor that has a native resolution of 1680 x 1050.  When I open the display preferences I don't get it as an option.  I've tried rebooting.  That didn't help.

I have the monitor hitched up through a mini-display port VGA dongle.

The problem would appear to be one that has been around for some time, at least two years according to everything I've found for example MacRumors Forum.

SwitchResX provides a way to force a monitor into a mode that the drivers says it doesn't support.


Problems with target disk mode, HD does not show in Finder/Desktop (only in Disk Utility) I have a MacBook Pro which goes straight to Disk Utility when I try to start it (it totally froze and I forced it off and on). And no luck in repairing the hard disk (Disk Utility can't repair…)

I am trying to copy from my HD to a borrowed MacBook putting my MacBook Pro in target disk mode using a Thunderbolt cable, but the icon for my HD doesn't show in Finder/desktop. I do find it in Disk Utility and tried to repair it here as well but it failed. Is there anything I can do? Will DiskWarrior help me?

Just let it sit - I have the same EXACT situation and while I was researching online, it just "popped up" and was available. It seemed like my good computer was trying to fix the bad computer first, before it mounted as ext hd.

Hope this helps.


Create a default folder structure & insert current Date in Terminal by single command? I often find myself creating the same structure by hand in finder for new projects, how can I quicken this process with a single Terminal Command?

Example of structure & command:

Terminal
$ cf Project_Name      //cf for CreateFolder

Creates a folder in the current Path with current Date -> YYMMDD Project_Name

In that folder a custom structure:

_CI

_layout

_layout/_screens

_material

Something like

mkdir -p "`date "+%Y%m%d"` Project_Name"/_layout/_screens

should do the trick.  It is plain vanilla unix.


wacked a directory from the command line I was copying a file to /usr/local/bin from the commandline on a Snow Leopard Server 10.6 ... anyhow i typed the following ...

sudo cp ./le /usr/local/bin

Ouch ... that missed last forward slash from a bash shell screwed me. It wacked my directory with a copy of the le file renamed as bin. This is a pretty vanilla machine just used a fileshare. Any thoughts on how to recover? Noticed there is no lost+found ... err, at least I didn't see it in root directory.

Unfortunately there is no way to recover from that, aside from restoring from a backup. Command line utilities don't have an undo command (and they don't typically delete to the Trash).

lost+found wouldn't help either, since that is only used when a filesystem recovery utility has found filesystem corruption.


Numbers regex for stripping domain from email address I have a field that contains email addresses, I want to use regex to strip everything before the @ symbol to give me just the domain e.g.

john@apple.com => apple.com
jill@apple.com => apple.com

How can I do this will a simple function?

Without regex, you can use this:

if A1 contains 'foo@sample.com' then in B1 you can place the following formula:

=RIGHT(A1;LEN(A1)-FIND("@";A1))


My IDE runs tests slower when in a different workspace I am developing a server-side application using Java and OSX and quite often I have to run a rather large test suite to make sure everything is alright. I am using IntelliJ IDEA (Java-based IDE).

When I use one workspace only, tests finish in about ~3 minutes no matter whether the IDE has focus or not. It just has to be in the same workspace.

When I move the IDE to a different workspace (so I'd have 2 workspaces) or into fullscreen mode (which essentially creates a new workspace), test execution is ~100% slower (takes about 6 minutes).

When I keep the focus in the second workspace for the whole execution time period, we're back to ~3 minutes.

This is really puzzling to me. I measured it using various number of workspaces and various number of applications per workspace, same results.

Clarification from the discussion from the comments, to avoid confusion:

  If the focus in in the workspace with the IDE or full-screen IDE, it's fast. Once the focus is on a different workspace (so the IDE is either on a different workspace or in a full-screen mode (but with no focus)) then it is slower.

It part of OS X itself to optimize the resources and to keep wise balance between foreground process and background tasks. Operating system devotes more resources to the active workspace, and to put less CPU processing capacity to the background tasks.

Benefits are obvious:

the higher responsiveness for user of the system in the overall for the foreground process;
and less CPU load (less heat is produced, CPU fan is quiet), lower impact on the battery life.

It should be clearly visible with Activity Monitor App, how much power system devotes to specific process.


How do I troubleshoot 3G connection on the iPhone? A particular client whom I provide email hosting support for, has problems connecting to the mail server using iPhone, via IMAP and on the China Mobile 3G data plan in China.

When asked over the phone what error message he got on the iPhone, he says iPhone only reports cannot connect to server. He says when using WiFi everything is fine.

In general, are there any ways I can troubleshoot the 3G network?

Wow, tough one. Tough because there are many unknowns in this equation...

No way to know for sure if China Mobile is not causing the problem by blocking, for example, the ports required to connect to the mail server. The only way to test this would be to change the port settings on both the server and the client, I think. In theory, it is entirely possible for them to block ports they believe can be problematic or some other reason, although I don't see how blocking standard mail ports would be problematic and help their customers...

Are other services functioning properly when on 3G? Like web-surfing, app updates, chatting, etc.?

It might be a case where your client needs to contact China Mobile and ask them for a little help troubleshooting this problem on their side, just to be sure it's not their network that's causing the problem...


how to use terminal to remove item from dock Hi I have a shell script in my login item , which runs whenever i log in to my system . It does work completely but once it exits the terminal , it leaves the terminal shortcut on my dock and I don't want that I want my dock to be clean and want only my required application in it.Is there any command which I can keep at the end of my script so that once the script executes completely it also remove terminal from my dock.

Try to run the script with launchd instead. Save a property list like this as ~/Library/LaunchAgents/some.label.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>some.label</string>
  <key>Program</key>
  <string>/path/to/script</string>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

It should run the script the next time you log in. Make sure the script is executable (chmod +x /path/to/script) and starts with a hashbang line (like #!/usr/bin/env bash).


How to make your iPhone beep every 5 minutes How to make your iPhone beep every 5 minutes

You can use an interval timer app, and customize the sound/beep of it.
For example https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/everyhour-alarm/id963108472?l=en&mt=8


Does macOS Sierra support multiple users simultaneously connecting to the same machine using screensharing? Apparently this was possible with Yosemite, but I've never actually seen it in action, and I don't know if it has gone the way of Target Display and other cool features they've thrown away.

macOS Sierra still supports multiple simultaneous connected users. In the example below Sierra is running in a VM and admin is logged in. user is a remote screen sharing session from the VM host machine (10.9.5) – an iMac – and root is a remote session from a MacBook Pro (10.11.6):


Can I transfer 100 PDFs files from Windows to Acrobat Reader on iPad without going through iTunes? Can I transfer 100 PDFs files from Windows to Acrobat Reader on iPad without going through iTunes or transferring the file one by one?

Provided you have space on your iCloud Drive, you could upload files via a browser on Windows to iCloud, then download those files/folder to your iPad using the "more locations" function in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Other services like Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive should be supported as other locations in the file browser.

If you want to copy these files from the Files app (from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google, etc.), you can navigate to the files, tap "Select", then tap the files you wish to transfer. Tap the folder icon at the bottom of the screen. Then select the path you wish to copy files to, which is On My iPad > Adobe Acrobat, then tap Copy. Do note that these files are copies and are not the originals. Any changes or notes you make on the copied files will only exist on your device and not on the cloud.

These screenshots show a basic outline of the instructions above.


MacOS shutting down after password and loading screen, safe mode not working After entering password on login, the loader gets stuck 2/3rds in and shuts down. Seems like my account is corrupt somehow. Have tried to access safe mode to create an alternate admin account (pressing down shift key while booting), but the normal login screen just shows up again.

Any way to rebuild my user account without having to do erase and reinstall MacOS?

Edit: Single user mode, CMD-S on boot, isnt working either, it gives some kind of build error which I can't recall atm.

Specs: MacOS Sierra, Macbook from early 2012.

Looks like something critical to booting is toast. You'll likely need to reinstall macOS. Start by simply reinstalling, but not formatting your disk (all your settings and documents will remain intact):

Shut down your Mac
Press and hold CMD-R while powering on your Mac, hold until you see the Apple logo or a globe
Select Reinstall macOS and follow the instructions given.

If this does not work, try using Internet Recovery, which downloads the recovery launcher instead of running the partition. Follow the same process as above, but use the CMD-Option-R keyboard combination when starting up, and hold until you see a globe.

I doubt the issue is with your user account, since your recovery mode isn't launching-- I'd make that your first priority and consider taking your laptop into the shop.


Growl iCal invite notification Is it possible to integrate Growl into iCal so that invitations made by other users are shown by Growl especially those which are pending?

Alternatives to show iCal notifications are also welcome!

Whoops, didn't know that such a simple interface was able to show notifications

ANSWER: iCal is able to display invitations out of the box


How to stop Safari from saving passwords for certain page? I am programming a certain webpage with login and Safari is asking me if I want to save my password every time I try it (I have to try it a number of times, because it's the point of the webpage).

Can I stop Safari from saving passwords for just this webpage?

You could remove the password for that website right now by going to Safari > Preferences > Passwords > remove the needed website. Then, sign in again and choose Never for this website option when prompted to save password.


copyfile errors and dot files using rsync I read @SwisherSweet's question of the fastest and safest way to copy massive data from one external drive to another, along with @GrahamMiln's excellent answer.

I'm in a similar situation where I want to copy data from a Firewire 800 connected external hd to Drobo 5N, which is connected to the router that the iMac is connected to:ExternalHd — iMac — Router — Drobo5N

I executed the command (sudo rsync -vaE --progress /Volumes/SourceName /Volumes/DestinationName) and it works for some part, but on occasion I get the following error (I inserted some line breaks for better readability):

Boxx:~ Alex$ sudo rsync -vaE --progress /Volumes/ExternalHd/path/to/MyDirectory /Volumes/Drobo5N/path/to/

building file list ...
6 files to consider

._MyDirectory
        1104 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=5/6)

MyDirectory/._file1.dmg
        1430 100%   34.06kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#2, to-check=3/6)

MyDirectory/._file2.dmg
        1430 100%   27.38kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#3, to-check=2/6)

copyfile(.._MyDirectory.drJHX3,./MyDirectory, COPYFILE_UNPACK) failed:45
copyfile(MyDirectory/.._file1.dmg.PQTcsU,MyDirectory/file1.dmg, COPYFILE_UNPACK) failed:45
rsync: rename "/Volumes/Drobo5N/path/to/MyDirectory/.._file1.dmg.PQTcsU" -> "MyDirectory/._file1.dmg": No such file or directory (2)
copyfile(MyDirectory/.._file2.dmg.gx7VTP,MyDirectory/file2.dmg, COPYFILE_UNPACK) failed:45
rsync: rename "/Volumes/Drobo5N/path/to/MyDirectory/.._file2.dmg.gx7VTP" -> "MyDirectory/._file2.dmg": No such file or directory (2)

sent 4369 bytes  received 86 bytes  8910.00 bytes/sec
total size is 48176733  speedup is 10814.08

rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-47/rsync/main.c(992) [sender=2.6.9]

Some questions:

Why do I get these copyfile(...) failed:45 errors?I found the source code for copyfile.c, but could not find out what triggers the error. In there it says about COPYFILE_UNPACK:

  COPYFILE_UNPACK is the undoing of COPYFILE_PACK, obviously.
  The goal there is to take an Apple Double file, and turn it
  into a normal file (with data fork, resource fork, modes,
  extended attributes, ACLs, etc.).

My error message says something about COPYFILE_UNPACK, but what
does it mean and how can I fix the error?
Why does the rsync command create the dot file like ._file1.dmg? When rsync completes successfully I still see the dot file in the synced destination directory (/Volumes/Drobo5N/path/to/) in addition to the actual synced file. Why is that?
Why does rsync create extensions like .drJHX3? Is that a temp name?

P.S.: Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere. I've search for this error using rsync, but couldn't surface any.

I was using the -E option to copy alias files on macOS (as without -E option alias files copy as executable files). The -E Options worked for copying the Alias files, but caused the same error as here on other files (COPYFILE_UNPACK failed:45). Therefore appears error is probably caused by using -E option in macOS.

Fortunately using Homebrew and running brew install rsync to install a more recent version of rsync fixed the problem.

Source: https://bayton.org/2018/07/how-to-update-rsync-on-mac-os-high-sierra/


How can I duplicate a pdf page without doubling the file size? I have a large single page PDF file of a poster that is 200 megs. How can I duplicate the page nine times (so it's a 10 page PDF) without increasing the file size to 2,000 megs?

Basically what I want to do is duplicate the page and only reference the original assets without actually duplicating the image files.

I specifically need multiple copies of pages in the same document. I am aware how to compress the image...this is not the solution that I am looking for. I am also aware that I can simply print a single page 10 times...again, this is not the solution that I am looking for.

Thanks.

You can do that by turning the page into a Template, and then spawn it with the XObject parameter.

You will need Acrobat Pro for that, and you will use Acrobat JavaScript, which means you should have a good look at the Acrobat JavaScript documentation.


Apple ID Verification (iPod touch) I did not receive any verification email for my Apple ID. I already repeated the procedures more than twice. What am I going to do?

Contact the iTunes Store, let them know you are trying to verify your account and are not receiving any email. Also make sure to mention [if you did] that you checked the spam/junk folder and that your email on the account is correct [make sure it is].

They will provide further assistance from there and they'll most likely be able to enable it for you with some verification information.


How can I remove a signature once it's saved in Preview.app? How can I delete a signature that I inserted using Preview.app?

I can edit or delete all the text fields but the signature seems locked somehow.

A possibility is to try
File > Revert To > Browse all versions...

though I guess it will depend on how far back that version history goes. I've been unable to discover just how far back that would be & for how long it may be saved.


Does the 13-inch mid-2013 Macbook Air have a noisier keyboard than previous models? I just got a Apple-refurbished mid-2013 13-inch Macbook Air. It's great -- except that the keyboard is noticeably noisier than my previous model from mid-2011.

Specifically, they make more of a clicky sound, not when pressed, but just when you brush your fingers across them.

It seems they are looser and make a sound when the keys move laterally within their slots and touch the metal.

Is this by design for this model?

You are not alone. I have the same model and the keyboard is also noisy. Although I get it with both typing and just brushing over the keys. I believe this is by design because a lot of people like having that tactile feel of a mechanical keyboard. While they can't get that built into such a thin computer this is their way of replicating it. Hope this helps!


Applescript add coma between list item and return as text Im trying to get some value from safari and return them as text in this format

  Val1, Val2, val3,

set x to ", "
set myRARText to {}
tell application "Safari" to tell document 1 to tell (do JavaScript "
    [...new Set( document.getElementsByClassName('subtitle') )]
    .map( x => x.innerText.trim() );") ¬
    to set rarOrder to every text

repeat with each from 1 to count of items of rarOrder
    set rarOrder to rarOrder & x

end repeat

set the clipboard to rarOrder as text

With the code I wrote, I'm getting instead

  Val1Val2val3 , , ,

how can I get the result as text and in the correct format?

Found the answer using text delimiters

set saveTID to text item delimiters
set text item delimiters to ", "
set Final to rarOrder as text
set text item delimiters to saveTID

set the clipboard to Final