Delete account on Mac OS Catalina Single User Mode I have an account on my MacBook Air with the new Catalina OS.

I am unable to delete an account and I have tried to delete it using Single User Mode, I have forgot the password for admin but I cannot recover the admin password for personal reasons. But the /sbin/mount -uw / does not work as it says it is only read mode.

How can I delete the account in Single  User or Recovery Mode?

In this case, I would recommend the following solution if you don't have FileVault enable :

Restart your Mac while holding down Command+ R. Release the keys when the Apple logo and a progress bar appear. This will boot Recovery Mode.
When the macOS Utilities window appears, select Disk Utility and continue.
Select your startup disk in the pane to the left and take note of its name. (It is usually named Macintosh HD). If the name is greyed out, or if you see the text "Not Mounted", click the Mount button. If requested, select your username and enter your password. Make sure that the startup disk is mounted before continuing.
Quit Disk Utility. The macOS utility window should appear.
Go to the top menu bar (where the Apple logo resides) and click on Utilities. Select Terminal from the drop-down menu.
Enter the following command, exactly as shown. Substitute "startup disk" with the actual name of your startup disk.

rm '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/var/db/.AppleSetupDone'

The command line should return with no response. Restart your Mac and it will launch Setup Assistant. If your Mac has FileVault enabled, you'll need to log in after the restart.

You'll be prompted to create a new administrator account. Give it a separate name to easily distinguish it from your real account. When done, complete the rest of the Assistant. I have done this in Catalina and tested. It works perfectly.


Finding DVB-T Driver I have a DVB-T dongle which has following information:

  Product ID:   0x9016
  Vendor ID:    0x15a4  (Afa Technologies, Inc.)

After googling these information I found out the chip model used in this device: Afatech AF9015. I could not find a driver (even a generic one) for it, would you know how to find it?

It appears unlikely an OS X driver is available but you may have success with Linux.

You could use a virtual machine such as VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox to test the approaches linked below:

  Television with Linux

  The LinuxTV community develops and maintains the Linux Kernel Media Subsystems and several userspace libraries and applications.

  The Linux Kernel Media Subsystems provides support for devices like webcams, streaming capture and output, analog TV, digital TV, AM/FM radio, Sofware Digital Radio (SDR) and remote controllers. It offers native support for a large number of drivers for commonly available PCI cards and USB devices, but the subsystems are also targeted towards Linux based set-top-boxes and embedded devices, like mobile phones.

Linux TV: Talk:Afatech AF9015
Can anybody help me to make Kworld UB445-Q TV tuner work?


FileVault (CoreStorage) + Linux partition Quick question here. I'm not really familiar with the requirements of CoreStorage so I'd like to confirm with you guys before I start working.

I'm currently running OSX Lion on my MacBook Air, with the SSD encrypted with FileVault. I'd like to partition 10GB in order to install Linux (Ubuntu) on it.

However, due to the nature of FileVault (CoreStorage), I cannot touch the partitions without removing encryption.

If I decrypt/remove FileVault, partition with Disk Utility, and encrypt/reapply FileVault on my Lion partition, will there be problems/will this work?

I would take a look at this StackExchange thread and the linked articles contained: Is File Vault 2 whole disk encryption or whole partition encryption?

Assuming what you are aiming for is an encrypted Lion partition and an unencrypted Linux partition, the decrypt, partition, encrypt process described will accomplish what you are looking for.

As always, back up first.


Numbers not sorting dates correctly I cannot get the column to sort the dates correctly in Numbers!  I want to sort the column by date and instead of sorting 1 through 12, it sorts like this: 1,10,11,12,2,3

Make sure you type in your dates in the format dd/mm/yyyy. For example 01/01/2019 02/01/2019 03/01/2019

The right-click the column at the top and click Sort Ascending.

Then your dates should be sorted in ascending order:


Can’t get my volume button to work at all Recently my MacBook Air stopped allowing me to adjust the volume. Whether I press F12 or F11 it shows a forbidden symbol on it, as in the picture below.

After some research I discovered there is a mute button in System Preferences, and you are supposed to make sure that it isn’t muted. However I don’t have the option to unmute it.

Anyone know what to do in this case? I’ve restarted the computer several times but that didn’t fix anything.

I've had a similar problem with other macs. Resetting my PRAM  by pressing command + option + p+ r during reboot fixed the problem for me


How to customize new Siri voice in the Speech of Accessibility? Siri has a peppy new voice.  And I want to use this voice to help me read selected texts. However, I don't know how to set it. Why can't we use the new Siri voice?

System Preferences --> Accessibility --> Speech --> System Voice --> Customize

This is my Siri setting:

The answer is simple--but I think you may not like it. Siri's voice can be selected for text-to-speech only on iOS devices. The reason you do not see it listed among your MacBook's System Voice choices is that Siri's voice is not available as a System Voice on MacOS. On Apple's computers, Siri will be heard only in its role as the Siri personal assistant. You need to use a iPhone or an iPad to have Siri speak selected text.


How to turn on Hardware Virtualization on Late 2013 MacBook Pro (for Windows 8.1 using Boot Camp)? I am trying to turn on Hardware Virtualization for my new MacBook Pro for Windows 8.1 setup using Boot Camp.

I have searched online and I know that we can not just go to the BIOS like windows and change settings. Unfortunately, most of the solution I have come across are for Parallels or VMs.

Can anyone kindly let me know how to enable Hardware Virtualization on MBP for Windows 8.1 installed using Boot Camp?

It sounds like you're running into the same issue I did, where after booting into Windows the VT-x shows as 'Disabled' in Task Manager.

Not sure how or why, but after going into

OS X
System Preferences
Target Disk
Select the BOOTCAMP disk as the
startup disk

Everything was well after that and I could happily use Hyper-V, even from a cold boot.

If I cold booted using the Options-key, and then selecting Windows, VT-x was disabled in Task Manager.

Go figure. Could some Mac genius out there explain this one?


What is the best Homebrew version for an iBook running Tiger? I have an old iBook running Mac OS Tiger, and I want to install the Homebrew package manager on it. Which branch should I choose ?

The Tiger one?
The PPC one?
Another one?

According to this issue, it seems like the Tiger branch is the most exactly accurate in that case.


Are phone numbers best saved with country calling code (and/or plus) or not? When I save a phone number to a contact from a received phone call, iOS includes the US country calling code "1" at the front of the number (eg 1 (999) 555-1234).

When I save a number from a received text message, iOS or macOS adds the US country code "+1" to the front of the number (eg +1 (999) 555-1234).

The discrepancy by app (Messages vs Phone) in formats of saved numbers might differ per carrier (mine is T-Mobile—does your carrier handle differently?). It's certainly messy to see numbers auto-saved differently, which is annoying. Also noteworthy: iOS adds neither a one nor a plus-one to five-digit robo-numbers that I save.

Everything works fine with "+1" or "1" or nothing before the area code, when using my SIM-free phone for US numbers while within the United States.

But when I manually enter new phone numbers into Contacts app on iPhone or MacBook, should I best save them with "+1" or "1" or with nothing before the area code? Which format is more future-proof (such as when local or national calling rules change)? Which is better for international travel?

With fixed location landlines if we wanted to dial a number in another country, we dial the “exit code” first.  In the United States the Exit Code is 011 and is often referred to as the international dialing prefix.  Dialing 011 told the phone system to expect a country code next.

Dialing patterns and parsing had to updated with mobile phones.  The + symbol became the international prefix that stands for ‘what follows is a complete dialing instruction including country code’ and no further parsing attempts are necessary.

But why not just country code? Why do we need the plus(+)?  If 1 is the United States country code isn’t that enough?  Not really, let’s say I’m visiting in Mexico and have my friend in the US 7 digit number stored as 523-xxxx (which is parsed correctly IF I’m at home in the US AND within my local area code) and I try to call that.  Is the 52 at the start of the number Mexico’s country code 52 or is it something else?  If we take pop culture into account is 867-5309 a 7 digit US number or is it a short code in China (country code 86)?  Dialing from a landline it’s treated as a local number because we didn’t dial the exit code 011 first.

Without a plus the carrier has to further apply parsing rules, how many digits were dialed?  Are there digit combinations that mean something?  If it was 7 digit could this be a local, if it’s 10 digit it might be an area code and phone number in the US, or it might not be.  If its 11 digits starting with 1 it’s probably a US number.  But in some countries local numbers might start with a 1, in fact some counties use 111 as an emergency number.

For most compatibility always add the + prefix.  It doesn’t matter where you are (I.e. which carrier is hosting your connection) it’s understood that what follows the + is a compete dialing instruction including country code, area code (if applicable), and local number.  (1 is the country code for United States)


Mac QuickTime Player Icon Shrunk Very weird my QuickTime Player Icon just Shrunk. How can I get it back to normal Please?

Also This is what it looks like even when magnification mode is turn on for the dock.

You should restart your Mac system. this should fix the problem.


Time Machine Backup to Samba Share under Mac OS Lion In earlier versions of Mac OS you could enable TimeMachine to use Samba-Shares as a Backup-Target using this:

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

and create a backup image with this script.

Sadly Time Machine now says that my drive does not support the necessary AFP protocol.

Is there a workaround for this?

Suspiciously named Msftguy has written a program that fakes the required AFP features for unsupported volumes.  AFAIK this is currently the only way to use non-AFP volumes with 10.7 lion.  Use at your own risk!

Details

Executable


How to prevent the keyboard layout from changing? I'm using a standard USB keyboard with my MacBook, added a custom keyboard layout (in Library/Keyboard Layouts) and it works fine, but mac OS keeps switching back to the default layout after a few minutes.

update: I just noticed that it switches when I focus the Microsoft Outlook App. Strange. Sadly setting the language of outlook to English doesn't solve that.

I tried deleting the file Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox.plist (as suggested in similar questions) but it didn't help.

I'm currently running Catalina 10.15.3

update: I just noticed it happens with other programs too (for example mac OS' own Notes app) :(

I consider this is a weird quirk of Microsoft Outlook. See here for more details: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_mac/disable-automatically-switch-keyboard-to-match/717be469-2267-483b-9d66-7f9e77fac01e

I guess I'll use the Outlook Webapp from now on sigh


From the command line, how do I tell if a particular VPN connection is up? Suppose that I have multiple VPN connections configured in System Preferences/Network.

How do I tell if a particular one (identified by the service name in System Preferences/Network) is up, on the command line in OS X Mavericks?

If you know the network address range, you could use "ifconfig" and parse the output to see if an interface is up and running with an IP in the appropriate range.


Crop fails to work as expected on iOS8 Photos app I'm struggling to do a simple edit on a photo in the standard Photos app on the new iOS8.

Basically, I can select a crop area, but the resulting saved photo doesn't match the area that I chose.  Here is a walk through example using screenshots of the steps I took:

First, a photo I just took as seen in the Photos app :

Now, I have clicked the Edit button from the previous photo, and applied a crop mask to trim the photo to the selected area. I've centred this on my nose :

I click Done in the previous picture, and the resulting saved image doesn't match what I just did, and is now centred on my left eye :

Any clues?  I note it only seems to happen on photos taken with the front facing camera, worked fine on a portion of screen shot, and also on a rear facing photo...

Can anyone reproduce? (If so, can you state what you used, e.g. the same iPad 3, or Mini or whatever)

I can't reproduce that behavior. All kidding aside about handsomeness - I'm getting the expected crop on all "selfie" camera shots.

I've tested on the original iPhone mini and iPhone 5 with iOS 8 so far.

It's almost like a retina bug where it's counting pixels instead of points. Perhaps it's a 2x error that needs to be reported to Apple if you can reproduce it on another device that's the same hardware as yours.


Finder does not sort correctly in mavericks I have both 'sort by' and 'arrange by' sorted as last opened and still finder is not showing the files and folders correctly.

e.g., I have some documents made in 2014 but finder shows those documents as if they were made in 2013. Even 'last opened' shows them in 2013! I am pretty sure that the dates are correct because those documents are from my bank and they didn't exists at all in 2013.

When I put or open a file at a certain date in a sub-folder, why is the date last opened of the 'master-folder' not affected?

It doesn't update the folder opened date unless you open it in its own window. Just revealing it in a list view will not refresh the date.

Before…

During…

After…

Neither does adding a file to a folder refresh the opened date…


Apple TV & computer itunes I have a total of 119 movies on my Apple tv. I have homesharing on. When I log into my itunes on my computer it only shows a total of 40 movies, where are the remaining missing movies?

I'm guessing this might have to do with iTunes in the Cloud.

iTunes has the ability to show you everything that is stored locally, or show you everything you've ever purchased from the iTunes store.

From the VIEW menu click "Show Movies in the Cloud". This will make sure you're seeing everything you own.

Alternatively you might have your iTunes set to only show un-watched movies. Make sure that you're not in the "unwatched" view.

The new Apple TVs have no real internal storage so if you're seeing stuff on the Apple TV it either means it's on your machine or in the cloud.


How to permanently disable app relaunch and window restore in Mojave on reboot? How do I disable both the "relaunch apps after reboot" feature as well as the "reopen windows at relaunch" feature? When I reboot (be it after a hard reset or reboot command) I want to be presented with a blank desktop and not everything I had open before. This is the same as this question regarding doing this on El Capitan, but the trick does not seem to work on Mojave (the commands go through, but there is no effect).

https://superuser.com/questions/338004/prevent-mac-from-reloading-apps-after-restart

What you are looking for is to disable ApplePersistence feature, which can be done with:
defaults write -g ApplePersistence -bool no


Only 3 FPS on Mac mini, boot camp, windows 7 Using the GPU test tool from FurMark i get only 3 FPS.

In normal use I notice it when playing fullscreen videos: When the video pans horizontal i get these stripes across the picture.

My setup is like this:

Mac mini 2011 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5/ 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-10600)/500 GB HD/Intel HD 3000/Thunderbolt
OS: windows 7
Tv: Panasonic G10 50" plasma
Tv and computer are connected with an 2 meter HDMI cable

I've tried to change the HDMI cable - did not change anything.

What can I try?

Finally! - I worked out what the problem was.

I had followed the speedup-tip:

  Head to the Control Panel's Performance Information and Tools section, and choose Adjust  Visual Effects. Here you'll find a long list of effects, but simply choosing "Adjust for  best performance" will turn everything off. You'll feel like you stepped back into a decade ago.


Prevent OS X from changing Spaces after quitting an App? After quitting an application, the previous app that I was interacting with is automatically selected. If I was working in Terminal, switched to Chrome, and then decided to quit Chrome, Terminal becomes the active context. Unfortunately, if Terminal happened to be in a different space at the time, OS X swaps to that space for me.

This effect is pretty jarring every time it happens, and it really gets in the way if, say, Chrome was merely restarting. In that case not only do I get sent to a completely different space, but Chrome then opens itself up in that space where I don't want it.

The only question I could find similar to my problem was:
How can I stop spaces from switching automatically?

It suggests to go under System Preferences -> (Spaces / Mission Control), and uncheck When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application.

While this technically solves my problem, I'm now unable to swap to an open application by simply clicking its icon in the Dock. I can live with this if I have to, but I'd rather have a real solution that doesn't require me to sacrifice quick app-switching.

Ideally I'd like it to switch context to the most-recently used application that's currently open in the existing space. If none exist, default to the Finder.

As far as I know, there's no way to do exactly what you want, but you can come pretty close.  It's true that if you uncheck the "When switching..." checkbox, you don't go to the app when you click on the icon in the dock, but you do go to the app when you double click it (or just generally click it a second time when the application is active but nothing is visible).

I've been using it this way for years - I'd almost forgotten there was any other behavior.


Why does File:/// crash my app? Whenever I type File:/// into the URL bar in Chrome, into Text Edit, and more, it crashes the app. I found out about this after reading this blog post.

How can I avoid this crash and make it impossible for apps that get this string whether it's typed, pasted or arrives in a file, message or download?

It's a bug in 10.8.1 and 10.8.2 only.

The workaround for this pesky bug is to disable two items in Language & Text Preference Pane in System Preferences on affected versions of Mountain Lion:

Select (click) on Text in the middle towards the top of the window
deselect (uncheck) "Correct spelling automatically"
deselect (uncheck) "Use symbol and text substitution"

Credit for this workaround goes to user shess on the open radar web site.


Why does it take so long for the Application folder to open? My computer is pretty snappy, and the UI is typically silky-smooth. However, for some reason, on virtually every Mac OS X computer I've used, opening the Applications folder takes an inordinate (>5 s) amount of time before any icons are shown in the window. Does anyone here know:

What the heck is the computer doing?
How to speed this up?

OS X applications are actually special folders which contain numerous smaller files, resources, binaries, localization settings, etc. When the Finder opens a folder with a lot of apps, it needs to do a lot more than it would to open a folder with the same number of ordinary documents.

At the very least, the Finder needs to check for the localized name of each app and load each app's icon. It will also need to check whether it can launch the app, checking if it's Intel, PPC, Universal, or Classic, possibly checking if it's 64-bit or 32-bit, too.

It's possible the Finder is gathering other info as well, possibly checking the folder structure of each app to verify it's actually an app, or checking its info.plist for file type associations, etc. Lion may also verify that each app is listed in Launchpad.

Of course, the more apps you have, the longer this process will take. I would guess that, unless your Macs are starved for RAM, the only way to make this process faster is to startup from an SSD instead of a conventional HD. Or perhaps delete all unneeded apps (that were not installed by OS X).

Also, the first time after each login, the Applications and Utilities folders may be slightly less responsive initially, even after the apps have shown up, because the Finder also needs to examine each app to calculate its total file size.


Duplicate entries in "Open With" menu in Finder even after rebuilding Launch Services In Mac OS X 10.8.2, I have this curious problem. Every time I install a new updated version of one of several applications that I use, my system adds a new duplicate entry in the "Open With" contextual menu:

I have tried clearing caches and rebuilding disk permissions and rebooting, but the problem persists.

I have completely rebuilt the Launch Services database and completely rebuilt Pre-Binding, more than once, by using the standard command line tools and using two different commercial cleaning utilities to do the same thing.

I have also deleted and rebuilt Spotlight and then rebuilt Launch Services and cleared caches again.

Nothing has any effect.

It seems there have been similar questions posted here before, and all of them are incorrectly answered by "Rebuild the Launch Services database" but that does not help the problem.

Update 18 January 2013

After filing a bug report with Apple, I have received a notification that this is a known bug that they are already tracking and working on. It is Bug ID# 11582257, for anybody who follows these things.

Update April 2013

This bug has not been fixed in Mac OS X 10.8.3.

Update June 2013

This bug has still not been fixed in Mac OS X 10.8.4.

I have found a Terminal command that works in Mountain Lion. It gives the correct sequence of commands for lsregister to correct this problem:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

This was provided by one Dr. Drang on the blog at LeanCrew.com in a post called Getting rid of Open With duplicates. It was posted on February 16, 2013.

You can read the blog post at the link above for all the details.

Presumably, until Apple fixes this known bug, it may be necessary to re-run this command every time a new version of an app gets installed on my system, causing new duplicate items in the Open With menu.

I must admit that this string was suggested by bmike on January 12, 2013. But for some reason I overlooked it earlier. So thanks, bmike.


Just got a MacBook Pro, the calender appointments do not transfer to my iPhone 5 calendar I just got a MacBook Pro laptop and am in early stages of learning.  The calendar that comes with the computer does not transfer the appointments to my iPhone 5S. I could never get Microsoft Outlook calendar to transfer either. What do I need to do to get the transfer to occur?

On both devices make sure that under iCloud settings Calendars is on. This will ensure that both calendars are syncing with iCloud simultaneously.


What are the consequences of sharing my iCloud storage with a family member? I would like to share my 2TB storage with a family member. I have two questions and concerns:

If she chooses to share my storage, will all of the data currently in her storage be wiped out? That is, will she lose data and/or have upload all her data back up to iCloud?
She's currently paying $2.99 per month for 200GB of storage. If she shares my storage, will she no longer be paying that fee?

Thank you.

Not 100% sure about the first point, but I would imagine that it would be merged in as long as there is room etc.

For the second point - if she joins your shared storage plan she won't be allowed to continue her own personal 200GB plan. When you join the shared storage you are no longer able to also have your own private plan.

If for some reason you want to cancel the shared plan or she wants to leave it and is using over 5GB of storage(free plan threshold) - she will have 28 days to sign up for a new private plan that covers the amount of data she has stored.

Source: Apple


MacBook restarts when idle MacBook Pro 2019 13" If I don't use the laptop, it goes into sleep mode about 5-10 minutes. When I want to continue working I press any key and I am greeted with a login window, after which I find out that all applications are closed as if a reboot has occurred.
If I work on it and do not allow inactivity for more than 5-10-15 minutes, I do not know the exact duration, everything is OK.
Maybe I incorrectly set some operating system settings or the system restarts one of the applications, But how do I find out?

Answer: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-your-mac-to-log-out-when-not-in-use-mchlp2443/mac

On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click General.
Click the lock icon  to unlock it, then enter an administrator name and password.
Click Advanced. Select “Log out after... minutes of inactivity.” Set the amount of time before the user is automatically logged out.

@lhf Thanks!


Highlight scientific paper with preview Scientific articles are usually formatted with two columns. Is there a way to highlight text from only one column with Preview?

Like in my example I want to highlight only from Tree species to less so without the left column.

Hold the ⌥alt/option key as you drag your selection to make rectangular text selections.

Preview does attempt to detect when there are columns in the document and restrict the selection appropriately, but when this fails, you can manually constrain the selection to the column.


Prevent iOS podcast syncing of position and played status We are two people with two iPhones that share one Apple ID. We individually listen to some of the same podcasts on each iPhone. The "played" status and current position of the podcast episodes appear to get sync'ed between the phones at least some of the time. We don't want this to happen.

Settings -> Podcasts -> Sync Podcasts is OFF on both phones.
We both sync with iTunes regularly to update apps, music, etc., but podcast syncing is turned OFF for both phones on iTunes (Windows).

Can we prevent played and position status of podcast episodes from syncing so we can each listen independently to the episodes? Or is sync'ing unavoidable? One solution is probably to get a second Apple ID, but I'd prefer not to.

Such bugs with Apple Podcasts have been known for a while. The best solution (like you mentioned) is probably to get another Apple ID. With the new family feature, you can share purchases and Apple Music subscriptions across Apple IDs. If this idea still doesn't appeal to you, try a third-party podcast program, like this one: http://vemedio.com/products/instacast


After booting correctly, why at some point would function keys get remapped in Macbook Air? I have a mid-2011 Macbook Air. Sometime in the recent past, the Function key row (which I used for volume control, brightness control, keyboard backlight control, etc) has stopped working.

By stopped working, I mean it seems like those keys have been remapped. For example, the "increase volume" function key shows the widget screen (with the clock, calculator, etc). Another function key shows the app dashboard.

I fiddled around with all the available keyboard settings in "System Preferences" but got nowhere.

Once, after a reboot, the function key functionality was reinstated, but all too briefly. After a few hours, the errant behavior has resumed.

Any pointers or ideas?

Without knowing what programs you have installed that could be doing that:
Like some keyboard remapper...

Log in as different user to make sure there is not something in you profile preferences

or

Start in Safe mode to exclude other applications.

Then start applications one by one to find out who is doing it.

Also check this setting in System preference keyboard:


How to sort albums in years and artists I am a iTunes novice :(
I have various songs and albums on my itunes and would like to get into some kind of order.
My question is:
Can I sort out all the albums from one artist into ascending years and still keep other albums in order?
For example, I have albums by Coldplay and other albums by various artists. If I click on the year column, all the library is mixed. Can I arrange it so only the Coldplay albums are sorted into years and not the whole library is sorted?
Thank you

I assume this is ITunes 11 (Earlier iTunes gave better options)

In album view: From the menus choose View->View Options and then choose the sort by as Artist and then as Year. You get all albums. I suspect this is nearest to what you are asking for.


tata photon plus not working after upgrading OS X Yosemite? i upgraded my macbook air to OS X Yosemite and my tata photon plus huawei modem model no. EC156 not working with my mac. its getting installed well but when i tries to connect, it shows connection terminated. I have tries all the possible things explained in the forum earlier but i think those were only for tata photon 3g not for tata photon plus.
Please help?

If you try to download the drivers directly from Tata Photon + or Service Provider ( Tata) website it will not work as the drivers are not compatible with the Mac ( Yosemite).

If the manufacturer of your device is huawei, go directly to their driver site and download the drivers.

Use the following link to go to driver site

http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/downloads/detail/index.htm?id=31322

Search for following driver for tata photon+

Mac-V200R003B015D11SP00C983(for Mac10.10)

Once you install the driver, it will create mobile partner in your launchpad. Make sure you Use mobile partner and don't use the auto connect app of tata photon+.

If you have any query you can reach me at khushindergill@icloud.com or khushindergill@gmail.com


Apple Discussions website not responding to clicks? This is ironic, Apple's Discussions website is not working properly in the latest version of Safari (6.0.3) or Chrome (25).

Any link or button that I click on the page does not work.

Is this happening to anyone else? I've restarted each browser.

Disabling JavaScript in Safari solved the issue:

It seems that Apple have a bug in the JavaScript code on their page.

Update — now it seems they are down for maintenance:


Is it possible to mount a hard drive to the back of a cinema display? I'm looking for a way to mount a Thunderbolt Hard Drive to the back of a Cinema Display.  I remember seeing a way for a hard drive to be mounted to the original monitor stand, but I am using this Sanus monitor stand below.

Can anyone think of a way to mount a hard drive to the monitor or stand and still keep the ability to rotate the monitor 90 degrees?

http://store.apple.com/us/product/H6017LL/A

I don't know of any commercial products, but two ideas occur to me.

You use some strong adhesive/double sided tape, combined with Velcro (you'd want a large patch, nit just a couple panels) or zip ties to attach the drive to the back of your display. This would probably work better with a 2.5" drive, but a 3.5" might be feasible if you had strong enough adhesive. The catch is that it whatever you stick to your display would most likely be permanent.

Alternatively, making/adapting some sort of shelf that attaches to the VESA mount point would probably work well. I'm thinking a metal bracket of some sort that would fit between the display bracket and mount, with a shelf at the top, to which you could zip tie or otherwise attach the drive, to allow for rotation. This would probably be more elegant and non-permanent, but you'd need to scrounge or be able to make the appropriate parts.


How to stop macbook spotlight from showing internet website and dictionary? I just want to search files in my computer. If I want to search things in internet I will go to browser.

Uncheck "Spotlight Suggestions" under System Preferences > Spotlight

Farther up, there is also a "Bookmarks & History" that could be relevant.

(oh, and you might want to uncheck the "Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Look up" there below)


iMessage doesn't work on my devices iMessage and FaceTime throw an activation error any time I try to login on both of my devices (Mac Mini 2011 and iPad Pro 9.7). This happens since Dec 20 and I can't fix it.

It looks that I have tried everything that is told when you google for "imessage authentication/activation error" / "could not sign in to imessage" / "iMessage doesn't work" and other stuff:

obviously reboot
set the time to auto-since with Apple servers
reset nvram on Mac
remove sim from iPad and put it back in
reset network settings
logout and log back in to iCloud via System Preferences
change Apple ID password, disable/enable two-step auth
"wait 24 hours"
tried both with home Wi-Fi and via cellular data on iPad
finally... created NEW Apple ID first on Mac, then created another one on iPad.

... and it doesn't work.

All my software is up to date and I can successfully use iCloud storage and everything else that includes interaction with Apple ID - except of FaceTime and iMessage.

The curious thing is that it stopped working simultaneously on both my devices. The more curious thing is the impossibility to use another Apple ID - I have created three new Apple IDs trying to fix the problem.

I don't have an iPhone and never had.

This sounds ridiculous to happen at all. Has anyone encountered the similar problem?

I'm not sure what could have triggered that. I haven't changed my devices recently. I don't use VPN.

If you are signed in to both devices with using the same Apple ID then call Apple Support and have them check if your iMessage is registered and active. If so then they can help you fix it from there.

If you are not registered or activated then they can have you re-register and that should fix the issue.


Can't boot off of USB on Early 2006 iMac and can't get to Startup Manager Recently, I've gone through the trouble of replacing the hard drive on my Mac with the model A1174, which the Internet says is a iMac "Core Duo" 2.0 20-Inch Early 2006. Needless to say that I do not have the install discs for it anymore! But I do have another Mac computer, so I followed these directions to create a boot USB but did the same thing for Yosemite:

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/apple-in-the-enterprise/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-to-install-os-x/

When I plug the USB drive in and boot it up, I still get the blinking questionmarked folder. When I press the Option button to try and get into Startup Manager, it does nothing.

Did I do something wrong making the USB drive, or are these Macs
notorious for not wanting to boot off of USB?
Why wouldn't the
computer then boot into Startup Manager anyway?
Is there like a BIOS
screen where I can see that I successfully installed the hard drive?
Will this require an install disc after all and how will I know that it'll work?

Thanks so much.

Yosemite is not supported on the Early 2006 iMac - it can only go up to Snow Leopard v10.6. You will either need to order a set of restore discs for this particular system (as discs do not necessarily work between models, make sure to get the right ones) or find a retail copy of either Tiger (Make sure it is newer than 10.4.6), Leopard or Snow Leopard.

You can find retail copies of the discs on eBay or other various sites. There is a remote chance that you may be able to order the recovery media through Apple's phone support - we used to do it when I worked for Applecare - but due to the age it is less likely that they would have it and/or would have shipping times under 2wks.

It is highly recommended that you opt right for the Snow Leopard retail DVD as there is no upgrade path from Tiger -> Snow Leopard for free.

EDIT: To answer your questions in order:

The operating system you made the drive from is not supported on your computer by a few generations, likely causing the issue. Booting from USB is supported on your machine
There is no operating system, recovery system, really anything to support booting into from your disk selector
No, not directly. The closest you would get would be Single user mode, which is just an extension of the operating system itself. Through there, you could use diskutil to see if the drive was recognized. Again, this would require the OS already be installed.
Yes, and it won't be known until you have it in your hands. Be careful about the disks you get, and if in doubt, buy the retail edition.


How to gather windows from secondary monitor while remotely connected from OS X to Windows 7 I need to gather all of my open applications running on Windows 7 to one screen via remote desktop connection using my Macbook. How can this be achieved? As it is, one program (Notepad ++) is stuck on the second monitor, which I cannot see on my Macbook screen.

My questions is very similar to this form superuser:
https://superuser.com/questions/216277/windows7-how-to-gather-windows-from-secondary-monitor

Edit the Connection setting & check 'Scale Content' and 'Use all monitors'.

'Use all monitors' is the key, 'scale content' gives you the choice of scrolling or seeing all at once, but might be too small to read easily.

Just for completeness… that option isn't directly available on Windows until Windows 8.1 & also on Windows it's called 'Smart Sizing'.
To use Smart Sizing in Windows XP or Windows 7 you need to edit your .rdp files with notepad and type in the following line:

smart sizing:i:1


How can I create a custom alert sound in Mountain Lion? I want to use a personal sound file (currently an mp3) instead of the system alert sounds (sosumi, basso, etc.)

I remember this being really easy on Macs a couple of decades ago, but can't figure out how to do so today.

You need add the sound file to /System/Library/Sounds/, or ~/Library/Sounds. (If you don't know how to locate that easily, you can search for "sosumi", and follow the breadcrumbs at the bottom of the finder window.)

The sound file needs to be converted to AIFF or WAV format. Macworld has a good writeup on how to do this using iTunes or garageband.

Then, in System Preferences->Sound->Sound Effects, it will show up as an option for your system alerts.


How to make an AppleScript app open another one? The title says it all. What would be the line of code to open a specific app created in AppleScript?

tell application "userappname" to open/launch/what?

What would be the last piece of the code? Many thanks in advance.

Let's say you have application XYZ.app and you want to open that from AppleScript, this would be the code:

tell application "XYZ"
    activate
end tell


Can't run one particular program from Terminal without using its full path I want to run a program ds9 from the Terminal. The program is clearly in the PATH, which I determined by running:

which ds9
/Users/evgenii/miniconda3/envs/iraf/bin/ds9

But when I run the command by typingds9, it shows me the following error:

-bash: /Applications/ds9.app/Contents/MacOS/ds9: No such file or directory

I can still execute it fine if I use the full path as follows:

/Users/evgenii/miniconda3/envs/iraf/bin/ds9

What's going on? Why is it trying to run /Applications/ds9.app?

Permissions are as follows:

-rwxrwxr-x@ 1 evgenii  staff  18613852  9 Nov 20:13 /Users/evgenii/miniconda3/envs/iraf/bin/ds9

Update:

Here is the output of running type -a ds9 command:

type -a ds9
ds9 is aliased to `/Applications/ds9.app/Contents/MacOS/ds9 -xpa no'
ds9 is /Users/evgenii/miniconda3/envs/iraf/bin/ds9

The command is apparently aliased to a broken alias. First, check for all the matches for ds9 in PATH environment variable, by executing the following command:

type -a ds9

As per your updated question, it's apparent from the output of type -a ds9 command, that an alias is shadowing the actual command.

To execute the actual command by ignoring the alias, and without specifying the full path, prepend a \ (backslash) character before the command. This ignores any bash defined alias.

If you do not wish to prepend the backslash before the command every time, figure out where the alias is being created, and either remove it, or override the alias with the actual command.


How to use old Apple remote with Apple TV I have an old white infrared Apple remote for a 2008 Macbook. I lost my apple TV remote and can't get passed the setup screen. I can see that the Macbook remote is noticed by the Apple TV because the light blinks when I use it, but it doesn't control anything. Is there a way to pair it? At least temporarily so I can use the Remote app?

On the white remote, you must first press and hold the Menu and Previous/Rewind buttons for 6 seconds.  This will clear out any old paired remote.
Then, press and hold the Menu and Next/Fast-forward buttons for 6 seconds.  This will pair with your remote.

(Source: Apple support page)


This symbol has a square in the middle, triangles on the sides, and arrows in the corners. What does it mean? My Apple Remote was not working with my iMac which is running 10.7.4.

When I attempted to pair the remote to the computer, by holding down the menu and the next track buttons, the following symbol appears in the center of my screen.

After resetting the SMC, the Apple remote is working as usual. In particular, holding down the menu and the next track buttons displays the "linked chain" icon, indicating that the remote has been paired to the computer.

But I am still curious, what does the image mean?

Since no-one has a good guess, here is how I would try to track it down.

Turn off Time Machine
Reboot the mac
open terminal
run this command sudo fs_usage -w
let fs_usage run for a bit and make sure all disk access is to a minimum,
repeat the steps to make that icon appear - noting the time to the second
press ⌃-C to kill the fs_usage dump and scroll back to see what application or files were being read when the icon appeared.


How do I prevent kernel panics and failures on my MacBook with a Thunderbolt display connected? My MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) running macOS Catalina 10.15.6 (19G73) will inevitably kernel panic while in sleep mode when my external display (LG Ultrawide 34UC98-W) is connected via an Apple Thunderbolt USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.
The issue appeared a few weeks ago and since then has become a daily occurrence. I am able to disconnect my external display from power via a smart plug but I generally forget to, and when I do I end up coming back to a MacBook that has panicked and restarted.
More recently, my MacBook has started waking from sleep correctly but not detecting the external display anymore. This is even more frustrating because no amount of fiddling with the cable or the settings will fix this. Only a restart will cause the MacBook to detect the screen again.
What can I do to stop these issues from occurring?
EDIT: Here is an example panic log.

Surprisingly, Apple Support’s advice of resetting the SMC and NVRAM was actually the solution to this issue.


How to Log In to Flickr in iOS 7 with a Google Account iOS 7 now looks to include integration with Flickr for photo sharing.

I already have a Flickr account, though I log in using a google (gmail) account. I would expect to be able to connect this account with iOS 7 Flickr integration, but logging in with this method seems to be unavailable, and using a user@yahoo.com account seems to be the only option.

How can a Google account be connected to the iOS 7 Flickr integration (in the settings menu) without having to "start fresh" and re-upload photos and content?

The work-around solution I've found for this does not require "starting fresh", though it does involve some degree of "new" account creation. You must create a new user@yahoo.com email address linked to your existing account using the method below:

Visit yahoo.com
Click the "Sign In" option at the top right
Choose the "Google" option to sign in with a Google account
In the pop-up window that follows, log in with your Google/Gmail account
Click on "Mail" in the top right
Follow the prompts to create a new yahoo account, using a new/available user@yahoo.com email address
Once this process is complete (was a bit "buggy" for me when creating, asking for password re-prompts then giving errors, but still did actually work), you should be able to use the username (e.g. the "MyUserName" from MyUserName@yahoo.com) and password you chose to log in to Flickr; I recommend visiting flickr.com and using these yahoo credentials to ensure your content is present as expected
If all of the above was successful, you should be able to connect iOS 7 to Flickr via Settings > Flickr by logging in with your yahoo ID and password


How do I fix "Your Disk Could Not Be Partitioned" isssue with BootCamp Assistant? I'm attempting to install Windows 10 on my iMac 27" (2012) with 3TB+128GB Fusion Drive, but during install procedure I get the same error "Your Disk Could Not Be Partitioned" without any further explanation. The first time I tried to install Win, I got stuck on Apple Support Software download, so I canceled and I downloaded the software on a pen drive myself. So I uncleared "Download Apple Support Software" and I only cleared the option about installing Windows. The first time the partitioning started, but it got stuck. So I closed BootCamp and I repaired the disk.
Since that time, BootCamp never worked anymore. I tried any possible kind of repair and recovery, including:

Internet recovery
/sbin/fsck -fy from Single User Mode
Repair using Disk Utility in Recovery Mode, which all said Your Disk appears to be OK!

I have also noticed a lag with Safari Smart Bar (I don't know if it has anything to do with this, but I'm totally sure that it shouldn't happen, because I have 16 GB of RAM and a 3.6 GhZ Quad Core Intel CPU, so it MUST have to do with the Fusion Drive.
Before closing this question
I'd like to mention that my Fusion has been replaced with another for free due to extreme disk corruption
https://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive-3tb/
Help will be much appreciated!

The following post (see hyperlink) was useful, especially the bit about how you have to create a New partition when you're in the Windows installer.  My previous answer was downvoted and I deleted it, but this actually solved the issue for me.  https://fgimian.github.io/blog/2016/03/12/installing-windows-10-on-a-mac-without-bootcamp/


Re-order reminder accounts in OS X In the sidebar of the Reminders app for OS X, you can see your accounts and then the lists of reminders in each account.

How can I change the order in which the accounts appear? (Not the lists within each account.)

You can't re-order the accounts. The order of the list of accounts can't be modified without deleting and re-adding the account.


How can I connect to OS X 10.6 from a Windows server 2008 using VNC over the internet? I have an apple Mac-mini 10.6 and 10.7 with me. when i am trying to connect Mac-mini from Windows server 2008 using vnc server over the internet from my windows machine using http://ipaddress-of Mac:5800/, the connection is not set up.

Please anyone help on this.
Any help will be highly appreciated.

Have you enabled the option in System Preferences? You set it in Sharing -> Screen Sharing, this enables the VNC server under OS X and opens the port for it.


How do I hyperlink 'text' within a note in the macOS Notes app? If you copy and paste a link from Safari into the Notes app, it is pasted as text that is also hyperlinked. However, I haven't been able to find a way to do this in the Notes app directly.

I've tried using markdown, for example:

[Google](www.google.com)

However, it only made the part in the parentheses www.google.com a hyperlink instead of just displaying Google and making this the active hyperlink.

How can I hyperlink 'text' within a  note in the macOS Notes app?

It's quite simple – just highlight the text you want to make a hyperlink of, press ⌘K, and then paste the link in.


How to I stop a launchd script from running on wake I have a simple launchd script that plays a sound every 30 minutes and it runs out of the user library ~/Library . It doesn't run if my machine is asleep, but does run the last event missed when the machine wakes. I think this is the expected behavior. My question is, how do I stop this happening. If I missed the half-hour event, I don't want it to be run at 20 minutes past the hour.

Here's the core of my script. It calls a Python script. I tried to put a block in the python script to check that I am within a few minutes of each 30 minutes, but that doesn't seem to work on wake. (Is it missing the system clock somehow?)

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/python3</string>
    <string>/Users/pheon/Documents/playsound.py</string>
</array>

<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>30</integer>
    </dict>
</array>

Here is a snippet from the python code which checks the time before playing the sound.

time0 = datetime.datetime.now()
if (time0.minute % 30) < 2:
    subprocess.run(["/Users/pheon/bin/afplay-vol.sh", "1", bell],check=True)

The problem lies with launchd and how it handles jobs that are missed during sleep:

From the launchd.plist man page (man launchd.plist)

Unlike cron which skips job invocations when the computer is asleep,
launchd will start the job the next time the computer wakes up.  If
multiple intervals transpire before the computer is woken, those
events will be coalesced into one event upon wake from sleep.

So, there are a few options to consider...

revert to cron.  Though deprecated, cron won't run jobs that have been missed
check for time of day before playing the sound (this can be done with a "wrapper" script or within the script itself.
write a log entry (somewhere).  On script launch, parse the log.  If a sound was played within the last 30 mins, don't play again.


Make a screen-shot and upload with a script I am not very good with AppleScript but I would imagine this is something quite easy for the AppleScript guru out there, I am looking to make a screenshot of a region like with doing Apple-Shift-s and feed it the ScreenShot filename to a shell script which would take care of the upload.

Thanks.

PS: I don't need the shell script part just the AppleScript one.

simply run shell command:

screencapture -i filename

this will start screencapture in interactive mode (selecting region). See screencapture -h or man screencapture

If you realy need run the screencapture command from the applescript just use:

do shell script "screencapture -i filename"

you can test the applescript from shell:

osascript -e 'do shell script "screencapture -i /tmp/filename.png"'


Is it possible to compile UNIX command line program for Apple Silicon architecture on Intel-based Mac? I have a GUI wrapper of UNIX command line program.  I noticed that Apple announced Apple Silicon Mac.  Sooner or later I need to build Universal Binary of my GUI wrapper.  But at first, I need to build UNIX command line program for Apple Silicon.  Currently I only have Intel-based Mac. Is it possible to compile UNIX command line program for Apple Silicon architecture on Intel-based Mac?
Note: I know Apple provides Apple Silicon Mac mini for $500, but I don't have the a money now.

The whole point of Universal Binaries is that you can compile the same code for 2 architectures, one of which (by necessity) is not the hardware you're running.
It has previously been possible to compile Universal Binaries for PPC and Intel, or 32-bit and 64-bit, regardless of the hardware doing the compiling.
Apple's documentation on porting to Apple Silicon (AS) is here:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/porting_your_macos_apps_to_apple_silicon
Note the diagram which has the words "Any Mac computer".

The Apple Silicon Mac mini is for developers to test that their AS code (and Apple's) runs well. There are no AS Macs available for purchase by non-developers (as of 14th October).
Apple has said that Intel binaries will run on Apple Silicon using Rosetta 2 emulation. So you will have at least the life-span of Big Sur before you need to create a Universal Binary.
I'd say you don't need to worry about this until:
a) AS Macs have been released,
b) people who have bought AS Macs are interested in your tool;
c) Xcode 12 is officially released (along with Big Sur)
at which time, compiling a Universal Binary for a command line tool should be pretty straightforward, just by changing some options.


GUI trash different from terminal trash On Mac OS X El Capitan (MacBook Pro Mid 2014) it seems that visiting the trash bin from the GUI produces a bunch of files however visiting .Trash user$ and running ls -a only produces a single file. Why would this be the case? I'm assuming the GUI defines the trash bin to be different from the terminal? If so could someone explain these definitions to me. Thanks so much

Each volume has its own trash, identified by user, in addition to the trash in your home directory. Trash shown in the dock is the aggregation of all of them.

So, in your $HOME you'll fine a .Trash, as will each user. But, also if you have other drives mounted, in the base of each will also be a .Trashes, within which will be directories for each user, identified by UID.


Logging of all process started since boot? For a few days now I've noticed that the PID keeps going up quickly, at a rate of over 200 or so an hour.

I'd like to make a log entry of every process that starts (and quits) so I can figure out what is happening.

I've looked in the logs and with Activity Monitor but I haven't seen anything obvious.

Whatever is happening doesn't appear to stop the MBP from going to sleep though.

Currently using Mountain Lion 10.8.0 on a late 2008 MacBook Pro

There is a command execsnoop that you can run in a terminal window. Like so:

sudo execsnoop -v

A more detailed log of all that is going on requires a bit of dtrace hacking, as you need to track the fork and _exit system calls as well.

Edited to add a bit of explanation: Processes don't “start” on a unix system. New processes are created by the fork system call, which results in the calling process being split into two (almost) identical processes. One (the parent) keeps its PID, while the other (the childe) given a new PID. The most common reason for a fork is for the child to exec a new program; it's this fork+exec combination that you most commonly think of as a new process starting up. This is why you need to track three system calls (fork, exec, _exit) for the complete view. But just tracking exec, as execsnoop will do, seems sufficient for your purposes.


Why does my Apple TV cause wifi to drop on my MacBook? As soon as I attempt to connect my MacBook Pro to my Apple TV (in extended desktop or mirrored mode) my Macbook loses its wifi connection. Sometimes it will attempt to reconnect to the network, sometimes it won't. Even if it succeeds in reconnecting it will very soon drop again.

I have not been able to test whether using a wired connection on either the Apple TV or MacBook makes any difference yet but can try to give it a go if it's likely to make any difference.

The MacBook is late 2013 and is running Yosemite (but this was already a problem under Mavericks). The Apple TV is running 7.0.1, which I believe is the latest version.

I've tried resetting the SMC on the MacBook which appears to be the recommended solution to all sorts of Yosemite connectivity issues but that made no difference. What could be causing this, and what can I do to resolve it?

A few suggestions were made in this thread, which could play into it:

1) Check the device (Apple TV) to see if it is under a warranty replacement program
2) Try adjusting the settings on your WiFi router for the broadcast channels. Setting the device to 40MHz only instead of 20/40MHz auto might help alleviate.
3) Try changing the wireless encryption from WPA to WPA2 or vice versa. There may be an issue with how the devices interact with the authentication.


iPhone stolen, selected to erase data over iCloud My iPhone was stolen last night, I logged into my iCloud account and selected find my phone, but the WiFi was turned off and could not locate it. I selected erase my phone when WiFi is detected and then I selected remove the device.

After thinking about this all night I am now wondering if I should not have deleted the device. Will the phone still erase the data even after I deleted the device from my account?

As soon as the device connects to the internet, Apple's servers will send the erase message to the phone. I have seen this happen three weeks after the message was sent and the effect was nearly immediate.

I don't know of any way to recall the erase message once you've sent it, and you should receive an email if the device ever registers and the erase message is sent.

All the things you did after the erase request are moot since if the phone never checks in, you can't really stop the erase and if it does ever check in, it will get erased and self remove from your list of devices.

You might open a support ticket with Apple to be sure the email will send if you erase the device (I haven't actually tested that sequence), but common sense says you might expect the email if the erase ever gets issued.


Does latest MacBook Air have powered USB ports? I see that the latest 13 inch MacBook Air has two USB 2.0 ports, but can they power, say, a 2.5 inch external hard drive?

Yes, the USB ports are powered. In fact, they are designed to power the USB SuperDrive, which draws more power than most USB ports support.


Can't find 100gb of movie files on my macbook I have a small problem with my ssd of my macbook. I have been deleting some files to make some space. If I go to 'apple' -> About this Mac -> Storage, I see I have 117 gb of video files on my macbook.

If I search my entire storage of my macbook, I can only find 15gb in my Movies map and 30gb in my downloads map. I seriously can't find the other files and my trashcan is empty.

Can somebody please help me with this?

If you know the name of one of the movies (files) that you are looking for or if you know what format the movie is in (extension) then you should be able to use Spotlight search

My favorite way to bring it up is hit Command-Space and you will see a search bar in the middle of your screen (Yosemite)

Start typing the name or file extension and if it exists, you will start seeing search results pop up.

Select any of the files and hit Command-I for Get Info and you should see a window like this pop up:

Under the "General" tab, you will see a field labeled "Where".  This is the path to your file where it's located.  In this example, the location is /Applications.

You can now use Finder to "Go to that folder".  Hit Shift-Command-G and type that location into the dialog box.  A Finder window will open, at that location.  Your file(s) will be there.

As for names - well, you will be the one who knows what they are.  As for the extensions, there are many, but some of the most common are .MP4, MPEG, and MOV.  for a complete list, check out Video File Extensions


No commands installed from pip work in Terminal I've been learning python and tried to install pep8, restviewer and other command line apps but when i try to run them, it shows a command not found error.

-bash: restview: command not found

I've tried it in zsh and other shells, but no avail. I've even tried it as a root user. I've reset my PATH and executed the bash shell's again but it still couldn't recognise my errors. I've also reinstalled Xcode to make sure my command line tools were present. How to i fix this?

I would comment, but I don't have enough coinage.  We need to figure out what is wrong:

The packages do not exist in a known path that you have.  We know this.  So what is causing it?  Either it's not being installed, or it is being installed and the binary is not in PATH.

First, make sure it is being installed properly by pip.  Do a pip install and let us know the output.  Also let us know the output of pip list after the install.  I just went to console, switched to a virtual environment, then did a pip install on restview.  It installed successfully in virtual_env_path/bin/ and also my pip is located in virtual_env_path/bin/

So, if it is installing correctly I would find out where pip is located by typing which pip

Then see if the packages you are looking for are in that path, or near there.  Clearly, that directory is in your path since pip runs.  If you find the packages, make sure that directory is added to the path if they are not.  Remember PATH resets each time you open a new console.  Check path via echo $PATH

Basically, if it is installed, you must find out where, then compare that to your path.  Good luck.


OS X: When a notification is closed in one computer why it is still present in another computer? Got two computers with the same OS X version, with the same account name and Apple ID, I will call these two equipments A and B.

When a notification pops-out from Calendar app in A the same goes for B, when closed the notification in A, B still shows the notification. The same is true if closed first in B then A keeps showing the notification.

This means that while using A and closing these notifications if you go back to B the same notifications need to be closed again.

Is there a way to make OS X aware that some notifications in B were already viewed and closed in A (sync)?

The only way to remove notifications, at the time of writing, is to take action on the notification. For example, closing a message notification doesn't close it anywhere else, but tapping the message notification and opening Messages does.

You can provide feedback to Apple here:

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


Does Facebook's "find friend" algorithm get data from the iOS app? When I download a Facebook app on my smartphone (e.g. iPhone), what data does Facebook then access? Names? Telephone numbers?

Nothing is allowed until you poke holes in the app sandbox. iOS requires apps to request permission to access data outside their sandbox.

Open the settings app and look at privacy on iOS to see what your iOS and app have negotiated.

Most people expose far more data to Facebook by entering their credentials in the Internet Accounts section of the iOS settings app. Check there as well.


iPad problem with overweight GarageBand GarageBand occupies 13 gigs, but the app itself is only a couple hundred megs. How can I delete whatever files, etc are bulking it up?

Go to Settings > General > Useage at the Top you should get a list of all the Apps (may take a few to a few more Minutes)

Now Locate GarageBand and delete what you don't need anymore.

Maybe there is nothing listed then just delete GarageBand and reinstall it.


Is it possible to reset Accessibility Application that have been changed due to learning how things work? Is it possible to reset Accessibility Application? I want to keep learning about it but want to make sure I can get it back to settings that are not user configured.

Consider enabling the Guest account (System Preferences > Users & Groups) and switching to that user to test with.

The Guest account can access the Accessibility settings in System Preferences, and when you logout of the Guest account all the changes are deleted.


Is every program that ran on Intel Macs capable of being run on the new M1 Macs? I am aware that the M1 is a different chip and requires programs to be rewritten to run on that new chip. I am also aware that some programs which have not yet been rewritten to work on M1 chips can still be run on an M1 device through emulation in Rosetta 2 (albeit less efficiently, but they'll still work and can still be used).
Question: can every single program that ran on Intel chips still run on M1 devices one way or another?
Note: the practical thing I am trying to answer is: if someone buys an M1  device, can they be extremely confident that all of the programs they ran on Intel Macs will work (in one way or another) on the new M1 Mac? Or are there some programs which simply will not work at all (yet)?

Is every program that ran on Intel Macs capable of being run on the new M1 Macs?

Generally speaking, yes, but it really depends.
Rosetta 2 is the compatibility layer that will allow legacy software to run on the new Apple Silicon.  It's this compatibility layer that will allow you to use your old software on this new chip much like how the original Rosetta allowed you to use software for PowerPC Macs to run on the new Intel based ones.
I very much hesitate to say that every program will work because there are always exceptions to the rule. Simple function apps or apps that don't make extensive use of hardware will probably work fine.  More complex apps or ones that make direct calls to hardware will likely have issues.  For instance, virtualization software like VirtualBox or Parallels won't work.   If you need Boot camp - that's off the table altogether.  So if you need to run these apps for whatever reason, you're out of luck for now.
Other specialized apps/products could have compatibility issues.  MusicTech recommends holding off for now until thorough testing can be done.  This is good advice across the board.  When your business and/or livelyhood depends on having a stable platform to get work done, switching to a brand new platform is risky, no matter how hyped and shiny the new product is.
If this is your sole computer and it's for work - hold off.  The software that you use is what brings in money and if nothing works, the brand new machine you just bought is effectively a paper weight.  It's like buying a brand new, state of the art robot to manufacture something only to forget to bring in all the new electrical and network connections to run it.
If you have multiple machines and you can continue functioning without it, then I encourage you to go get a new Mac and start testing (I can't wait to get mine in a week or so).  This way you'll know what works, what doesn't and what your options are down the road.


Is it possible to create (and save) a fluid app with multiple tabs? I use Fluid to make webapps that I want open all the time function more like independant native apps, so they're not lost in a tab in my browser.

And Fluid allows for tabbed browsing, so I can choose to open another tab for a link, say, if I don't want to open it in my main (non-fluid) browser:

But I can't find any way to save multiple tabs as the Fluid App's home page, like you can on any web browser.  I want the app to automaticially open two tabs, so one fluid app can be for chat, but have a tab for two different chat rooms, one for Trello, but with tabs for a couple of boards, etc.

Am I missing some way to do this?

Developer of Fluid here. Although there's no explicit support for this, it can sorta be accomplished by:

Launch your Fluid App and set up the windows and tabs you would like to appear on launch.
Ensure that the following preference is enabled:

Preferences > Behavior > On startup restore windows and tabs from last time
Quit and relaunch your Fluid App, and you'll see the same windows and tabs are open.


After deleting my system python, how can I restore it? I stupidly deleted the system python on High Sierra, hoping to only use the Homebrew version. However, now I want it back. How can I restore it?

Go to the App Store and re-download and re-install High Sierra.
OR
Extract the files you deleted from a Mac that still has them.


Fresh macOS install: Console.app displays errors/faults. Is that to be expected? I have installed a fresh copy of macOS 10.13 on an empty drive. After logging in I checked for errors/faults in Console.app. I didn't expect to see any errors let alone faults but Console.app displayed quite a few of both.

I rebooted but this didn't get rid of the displayed errors and faults.

Q: Should a fresh installation of macOS ideally display no errors/faults in Console.app?

Specs/Details:

macOS 10.13 High Sierra (10.13 (17A365))

installed using Apple's Installer from the Mac App Store to an external HDD
Location Services: On
Share Mac Analytics: Off
Apple ID/iCloud is still turned off
macOS Volume: HFS+ on external HDD

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)

Magic Keyboard connected (Bluetooth)
Magic Trackpad 2 connected (Bluetooth)
Network access using Wi-Fi (WPA2)
external HDD connected (2.5", USB 3.0)

Some Console output (faults only, deduplicated and without obvious iCloud-related messages, full log on pastebin):

fault   preference  com.apple.apsd  apsd    apsd    <private>: Preferences may have changed, checking for any relevant changes
fault           apsd    apsd    Failed entitlement check 'com.apple.private.aps-client-cert-access' for <private>
fault           apsd    apsd    Failed entitlement check 'com.apple.private.dark-wake-push' for <private>
fault   xpc com.apple.apsd  apsd    apsd    Interrupted connection to service <private>
fault           apsd    apsd    Peer connection [pid=383] missing server
fault   daemon  com.apple.apsd  apsd    apsd    Unknown environment '<private>'
fault   daemon  com.apple.apsd  apsd    apsd    User <private> is not bootstrapped, loading persistent connections may fail
fault   User Defaults Daemon    com.apple.cfprefsd  CoreFoundation  cfprefsd    rejecting read of { com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo, root, kCFPreferencesCurrentHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 495 because accessing preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-read or file-read-data sandbox access
fault   User Defaults Daemon    com.apple.cfprefsd  CoreFoundation  cfprefsd    rejecting read of { kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, kCFPreferencesAnyUser, kCFPreferencesCurrentHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 493 because accessing preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-read or file-read-data sandbox access
fault   User Defaults Daemon    com.apple.cfprefsd  CoreFoundation  cfprefsd    rejecting read of { kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, oa, kCFPreferencesAnyHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 638 because accessing preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-read or file-read-data sandbox access
fault   User Defaults Daemon    com.apple.cfprefsd  CoreFoundation  cfprefsd    rejecting read of { kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, oa, kCFPreferencesCurrentHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 638 because accessing preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-read or file-read-data sandbox access
fault   User Defaults Daemon    com.apple.cfprefsd  CoreFoundation  cfprefsd    rejecting write of key uuidOverrideDNU in { com.apple.rtcreporting, root, kCFPreferencesAnyHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 495 because Operation not allowed
fault   User Defaults Daemon    com.apple.cfprefsd  CoreFoundation  cfprefsd    rejecting write of key uuidRespectDNU in { com.apple.rtcreporting, root, kCFPreferencesAnyHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 495 because setting preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-write or file-write-data sandbox access
fault   default com.apple.iconservices  iconservicesd   iconservicesd   Failed to move temp file <private> to <private> with error: <private>

Yes. These errors are expected and normal.
A fault where the code is trying to connect to iCloud when you have it disabled is perfectly expected, normal, routine. Even things that sound scary or ominous are actually internal code points and have no bearing with the functionality.
I would say, absolutely look at the console before you have a problem so  you won't worry so much when you have a specific problem with a specific application or function and then bring that observation with that specific log message to the table in a new question and see if the general advice bears out or if it's indeed something you could learn / fix.

Specifically, in a 10.X.0 initial release, you might expect to see far more of these messages as the new code is still being tested and proved in real life and once the system becomes stable, these debug and support errors are changed to be optional or lower priority. What the developer thinks might be a rare "error" might turn out to happen thousands of times in reality and not be so important to log and certainly not classify as "error"
Here are the counts of errors and faults on my 100% perfectly working, no issues MacBook:
$ log stats
size:               589,735,560 bytes
                    2,484,914,791 bytes (uncompressed)
start:              Sun Sep 10 23:27:15 2017
end:                Wed Oct 11 11:03:43 2017
statedump:          6,902

events:             [       total        log      trace   signpost ]
                    [  36,978,153 33,189,182     18,493    623,275 ]

activity:           [      create transition     action ]
                    [   3,139,162          0         83 ]

log messages:       [     default       info      debug      error      fault ]
                    [  33,127,303    437,500        303    245,043     20,801 ]

ttl:                [        1day      3days      7days     14days     30days ]
                    [     623,309 31,524,041    885,274    405,568    399,660 ]

Less than 1% errors and far, far less faults. The sandbox issues a lot of messages when it prevents apps from reading and writing outside their claimed space and that's a good thing IMO.
One very interesting beta tool is Woodpile from Howard Oakley - it seeks to analyze the volume and pattern of messages to help figure out when/if a problem started or ended and might be a very useful tool for people interested in watching their logs.

https://eclecticlightdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/woodpile10b5.zip
https://eclecticlight.co/downloads/


Turn off buzz when plugging in iPhone I keep my iPhone on silent pretty much all the time. When I plug it in to a charger, it goes "buzz-buzz". My iPad doesn't do this. Both behaviors are the same with iOS 6 and 7.

How do I make my phone not do that?

I have checked the activity-specific sound settings (like Lock Sounds [off], etc). The main suspicious ones are Vibrate on ring and vibrate on silent. I would still like to have it buzz (vibrate) upon receiving texts, calls, and calendar alerts.

Update to iOS 9.
Go to Settings, Sounds, Vibrate on Silent and deactivate it.


Can you resize a Keynote slide without resizing text? I'm currently using Keynote to layout a web design, but I've made my slide too short. When I try to resize my slide, all the text increases in size, destroying my layout.

So my question is, is there a way to resize my slide without resizing the text?

Keynote files are zipped XML files. I created some little Apple Script to resize keynote files.

Some caveats:

It always resizes all slides, no selection possible. Maybe you can export the slides you want to resize to another file and only resize this, afterwards merging it back.
It requires xsltproc which is not included in Mac OS X by default. Choose between

Install XCode (from Mac App Store, command line tools only are fine, too) or
Install libxslt, eg. using homebrew: brew install libxslt

Following the comments, Apple changed the data format from Keynote '09 to the current version. Please save your document as a Keynote '09 document, as the script is not (yet) able to deal with the new format.

Though I don't believe the script could mess anything up, please do a backup before applying it!

keyresize now resides on github.


Safari Bookmark That Includes Scroll Position I'd like to create a Safari bookmark that automatically scrolls to a specific position on the page. The page in question is not under my control, and has no in-page anchors. I have a vague notion of something being done via a bit of Javascript saved inside the bookmark, but don't know if even possible, how to implement.

Without an anchor in the page, as far as I know a normal bookmark can't do that, but a bookmarklet – i.e. a chunk of JavaScript code – probably can. Whether it's possible depends a bit on what you mean by “a specific position”.

If all you want to do is scroll, say, 2000 pixels down the page each time, it would possible to write a bookmarklet using JavaScript's scrollTo function that does that - but bear in mind that the layout (and hence length) of the page may change depending on the size of your browser window, so this may not be too reliable.

If it's a particular block of content within the page you want to scroll to, it might be a bit trickier. Provided there's a unique bit of HTML near that point in the page, a bookmarklet could dynamically insert an anchor there once the page is loaded, and then navigate to it.

This is probably not the place for detailed advice on writing bookmarklets, however - that's what Stack Overflow is for.


Full-screen applications on 90 degree rotated external monitor incredibly laggy I have a 2018 MBP running 10.14.3 -- it's connected to a dock with 3 external monitors. Two are through display port and one through HDMI. The dock connects via USB-C.

I have one monitor that's rotated 90 degrees. On this monitor, if I have a full-screen application, the UI of that application lags immensely. I've tested multiple applications. If I drag the full screen application to my other external monitor (both are DP), the UI is snappy as expected. Both monitors are the same model. As far as I can tell, the only difference is that one monitor is rotated 90 degrees and the other isn't.

Is there anything I can try to resolve this? Some Notes:

The dock has updated drivers (third party displaylink)
I've tried rebooting
It doesn't seem to happen for the entire application

For Outlook, the mouse is very responsive in the reading pane, but lags when I hover over my folders.
For Slack, the entire UI is laggy

The problem lies with the fact that the monitors are connected via DisplayLink. The DisplayLink drivers are notoriously known for having extremely bad performance when rotation is used. This has been a problem for years.

The same type of problem exists on other platforms such as for example Linux. My understanding is that at least part of the problem is that instead of the graphics hardware doing the rotation, it is actually done in software on the main CPU inside the DisplayLink driver. This makes it much slower than ordinary.

The only real solution is to use a different dock that doesn't use DisplayLink. Usually you would need a Thunderbolt 3 dock. Those usually offer DisplayPort and/or HDMI. You could also connect the rotated monitor directly to the MacBook Pro assuming you have a left-over Thunderbolt 3 port.


Run Automator App conditionally at system startup i have build an Automator app working every time at system startup.
But sometime i wish to do not run it. There is a way to avoid (like holding a key at boot for example) Automator App runs when it do not need?

Here is an alternate method:
You can include the Automator app on Startup (System Preferences => Users and Groups => Login Items => Click + and browse to Automator.app in Finder.
You can see an example here.

This will have it working every time on startup.
Turning it off (temporarily)
If you hold the Shift key down just as your computer starts to log you into OS X (not when you hear the chime), it will ignore all of your login items. I could only get this working with automatic login disabled. You have to hit it right as your computer starts to log you in.
This may not be convenient if you have more Login Items in your Users & Groups, but it is a good place to start.
References
http://lifehacker.com/5795904/temporarily-disable-your-macs-login-items-with-the-shift-key


Wi-Fi not working on iOS 7.1-7.1.1 I just have a quick question of anyone with iOS 7.1-7.1.1.
I have been seeing that iOS 7.1-.1.1 is causing internet issues for people using it.
I was just wondering if anyone could confirm or deny this.
Thanks!

Been on iOS 7.1 since release on the iPhone 5S and have had no issues with network connectivity on Edge, 4G, LTE or WiFi. WiFi switches between home Airport Extreme Base Station powered 802.11n network and the work WiFi powered by Cisco access points also a 802.11n.


Setting up touch ID - "unable to complete Touch ID setup" I've had some problems recently with my Macbook on OSX (newest Macbook version with touch bar). Where my Touch ID used to work, suddenly, one day two things happened:

My computer have started to start much slower (2-3minutes+)
Touch Id does not work before

I've tried to go into Touch Id under "System Preferances". I've removed the existing fingerprint. When I click "Add a fingerprint", enter the password, it goes directly to "Failed - Unable to complete Touch ID setup".

Do you have synmatec or any antivirus installed? If so, uninstall them and restart your system, then try again.


Restoring original baseband to iPhone 3G 4.2.1 with iPad baseband A friend of mine bought an iPhone 3G from some T-Mobile cell phone vendor. The vendor had installed a custom 4.2.1 ipsw with the iPad baseband because iPhone 3G's wasn't unlockable at the time. That was great at first, but then my friend tried to restore the iPhone through iTunes. Because of the baseband, in the middle of the restore (the bar on the iPhone was partially filled) iTunes would vomit an error and axe the whole process, essentially bricking the device. He usually takes his computer issues to me, so I managed to fix the issue by reading forums and by finding an ipsw online with iPad's baseband.

That iPhone's been working for a while now, but if this happens again, is there a way I can revert from the iPad baseband so he can restore through iTunes without my intervention?

You cannot restore the baseband. Upgrading to iPad baseband 6.15.00 is permanent (unless for some magical reason Apple wanted to come out with new firmware for the iPhone 3G/3GS that miraculously contained a baseband higher than 6.15.00). What you have to do is use redsn0w to remove the baseband from an .ipsw file (the iOS firmware from Apple) if you want to upgrade/restore. There's an excellent tutorial on how to do that here. Note that you it will always need to be JailBroken, too (which that tutorial has you do), because iTunes will not verify your .ipsw under these circumstances (even if you try to load on the modified firmware without JailBreaking and then taking it into iTunes to complete the verification/activation (believe me, I've tried)).


How do I sync Outlook 2011 and Google Calendar? I am using Outlook 2011 for Mac (the office uses Exchange) and have some Google Calendars I am using for home. How do I get 2-way sync working between Outlook and Google? I could do this with iCal but its Exchange support is sorely lacking and therefore not an option.

I don't believe this feature is available yet (ever?).  You may be able to get this going by having Outlook sync with your iCal, and have iCal sync with your Google cal.  Even that though, (Outlook sync with iCal) isn't available yet, and probably the biggest gripe Mac users have with Outlook ATM.  I wouldn't be too surprised if there's a 3rd party plugin or piece of software that will do that for you by now.  Honestly though, I think you're out of luck.


iPad 3G, is it only 3G Can the iPad 3G only use 3G and Wifi, or can it use Edge or 2G (the little blue dot on iphone)?

"3G + WiFi" is just a commercial tag line.

the 3G part stands for internet access throughout a mobile connection, usually using a SIM Card.

The full range of connections on a "3G" model can be found in the Technical Specifications of the product, in this case:


Software for design 3D graph I'm looking for a software for designing 3D graph (graph with x,y,z axis).

I found OmniGraphSketcher but it seems that it allows me to design only 2D graph.

I don't want to use Matlab because my graph will not be a "mathematical" graph. It would be a graph with text and not dots or line or numbers.

I have to do something like the picture below but in a professional way.

Have you tried the built-in Grapher app in /Application/Utilities ?


iPhone's Bluetooth - What? Why? How? I googled a lot and read many documents. But I can't understand the concept behind iPhone's Bluetooth technology.

In my knowledge, Bluetooth was used for:

Transferring files between devices
Wireless communication for things like video gaming and earphones

Recently I tried to copy some of the photos from my old Android mobile to my iPhone 4S via Bluetooth. It's quite simple in my older phones to connect with other devices by Bluetooth for file sharing. But I can't pair other devices (even another iPhone :( ) with my iPhone 4S.

Copying songs/videos may affect their iTunes as well as their business. But what about images? Why is the usage of Bluetooth restricted and what's the use of it being able to transfer images?
Is there any other way to use iPhone's Bluetooth to transfer files? Maybe using an app? But I don't want to jailbreak my device.

I'm confused about the restrictions and Apple's thinking.

As mentioned in the Apple Discussion Forums, like this post for example, the iPhone does not have (and never has had) support for file transfers over Bluetooth.

Here are the Bluetooth profiles supported by iOS listing the types of operations possible.


Siri shortcuts stopped working after deleting Shortcuts App I was testing something out, but in one of my apps I can set a voice command for a shortcut. I manage the shortcut in that app and don't use the Shortcuts App. But after I deleted the Shortcuts App those shortcuts I created in app stopped working.
I can see click the add button but Siri just says she doesn't understand.
Do I need the Shortcuts app to be able to use in app shortcuts?

Yes, you need the Shortcuts app to use Siri Shortcuts.
In iOS 13, Siri Shortcuts were integrated with the Shortcuts app and every Siri Shortcut is a ‘normal’ shortcut too.
See https://developer.apple.com/wwdc19/101 at exactly 1:00:00


Is it possible to load an app onto an iOS 11 device using iTunes 12.6 or earlier? I have several older apps that are no longer offered in the app store. I am considering upgrading to iOS 11, but I am concerned that I will be unable to recover those apps should they be deleted from my iPhone (or should I lose it).

Many of these apps, of course, are not 64-bit compatible, and therefore will never run under iOS 11 or later anyway. But of course apps vanish from the app store all the time, and I'm wondering whether the massive archive of iOS apps I have sitting on my hard drive becomes useless when I upgrade to iOS 11.

I realize that iTunes 12.7 removes this capability, but I was hoping that I could just stay with 12.6, or, ideally, open 12.6 when I needed, even though 12.7 is installed.

So my question is: Is it possible to use iTunes 12.6 to load apps from my hard drive onto an iOS 11 device?

There’s no need to specifically use iTunes v12.6 if all you want is to copy the iOS apps that you already have on your Mac to an iOS device: Apple’s support articles suggest this can still be done with iTunes v12.7. However, do keep in mind this only goes for the iOS apps you currently have on your Mac, it is not possible anymore to download other apps using the new iTunes.

According to the Apple Support article “Changes in the new iTunes”, you can still copy any of the apps that you have in your iTunes Media folder to an iOS device:

  The new iTunes focuses on music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks. Apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are now exclusively available in the new App Store for iOS. […] You can find iOS apps, ringtones, and books (PC only) that you've already downloaded in your iTunes Media folder. If you have an iOS app, ringtone, or book that's no longer available for redownload, you can move that content to your iOS device while plugged in to a computer with a USB cable.

That last sentence links to another article that provides more detail:

  If you have media on your computer that you can't redownload from the App Store or iTunes Store directly on your iOS device, such as custom ringtones or iOS apps, you can drag and drop the media from your computer to your iOS device using iTunes.

  Connect your device to your computer.
  Open iTunes. Make sure that you have the latest version.
  On your computer, find the item you want to add to your device. If you're looking for Apps, Tones, or Books (for Windows) that previously appeared in your iTunes library, you can find them in your iTunes media folder.
  Drag the item from your computer to your iOS device in the left sidebar of iTunes.


iPhone 6 Boot loop and Error 9 I have a problem with my iPhone 6. My iPhone 6 bootloops similar to this question: Why would my iPhone 6 be stuck in a dead battery loop?

However, the answers there do not help. In addition, when I try to restore my iPhone, I get an Error 9. I have not tried a new USB cable, but I want to check if that is it before I buy a new one.

I have tightened the battery and Lightning port connections, and this phone was never dropped in water.

iFixit has a solution to your problem.

  The iPad in my experience is very picky about what cables it will restore with. Error 9 is almost always related to the cable, NOT the dock connector/flex cable. Use the official Apple cable if you still have it, or borrow one from a friend.

tl;dr: It's the cable's fault, plug your iPhone into iTunes and update your software again with a different cable.

This has happened to me before. Trying to update software on an old iPod Touch by connecting it to iTunes with a non-MFi cable, got an error message and a crash. Replacing the cable with a genuine Apple one fixed my issue.

If you're looking for a cheap, MFi-certified cable, try this $6 one from Anker. Or get the official $19 one.


Character Accent Menu doesn't appear anymore in macOS High Sierra Firstly, this is for High Sierra

I've already tried this step:

  Character Accent Menu doesn't appear anymore in macOS Sierra

Add a second language like French in Settings -> Keyboard -> Input Source
When I type defaults read -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled in a Terminal
I got a 1
Go into Settings, Keyboard and make sure the Key Repeat slider is set to Slow and the Delay Until Repeat slider is set to Short.

Even if I restart the Accent Menu doesn't appear.

And this is my Mac:

  macOS High Sierra | version 10.13, MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Like @TomGewecke said the only way I found to solve this bug was to create another user or to reinstall Mac OS High Sierra


Mysterious "Staff" account on my school laptop There's a account named staff, which I discovered had read permission on my home folder, when I did Get Info on it for an unrelated purpose. So, naturally, I went into System Preferences, and looked in Users and Groups, but it was nowhere to be found. Then, I did ls -la in /Users, but once again, no home folder for the staff account.

Here's the output of ls -la in /Users:

total 0
drwxr-xr-x   5 root      admin   170 Sep 11 06:53 .
drwxr-xr-x  33 root      wheel  1190 Sep 21 15:43 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root      wheel     0 Jun 20  2012 .localized
drwxrwxrwt   4 root      wheel   136 Oct 12 11:42 Shared
drwxr-xr-x+ 26 rmorrill  staff   884 Oct 21 20:43 rmorrill

bash-3.2# ls
.localized  Shared      rmorrill

Also, I might add that in Get Info, the staff had a different icon, than my account, it had two heads instead of one. I'm sure this means something, but I rarely use Mac, so I wouldn't know. Furthermore, my school's IT guy claims to give all high schoolers administrator access, with no spyware, but there's always been rumors that he's a liar.

Staff is the default group that all users on OS X are in. You're simply seeing that 'staff' is the group that's set to have read permissions on your home directory (as it should be).

Although the group has read permissions on that directory, you'll notice that they do not have read permissions on most folders and files within. Here is some additional info on permissions and groups

If you like terminal, you can use the id command to tell if a user is really a user or a group.

id `whoami`


Headphone volume settings change after pressing play Here's an annoying iPhone 6 interaction I have on a regular basis:

I plug my headphones into my iPhone.
I open Podcasts and browse for what I want to hear.
I use the volume buttons to set the headphone volume to a pleasant low setting.
I put the headphones in my ears.
I press play.
The headphone volume changes to 100% volume, and Marc Maron blasts holes in my ear drums before I can turn the volume down or pull the headphones out of my ears.

How can I set the volume before pressing play? Or at least how can I keep an app from resetting my headphone volume when playback starts?

I share this problem--but my sense is that the headphone volume reverts to the last volume the headphones were on.  I have the volume loud in the car, but when I run I want it much lower--I have to either lower the volume before leaving the car or lower it before listening with phones.  Otherwise blasting ensues.  Wish there were another way.


Show an image without any border using Preview or some other built-in macOS app Here is a simple image viewed in Preview.  I need to view only the image itself:  you will notice there is a gray border around it. Especially the border at the bottom should not be present. How can I view really just the image and nothing more?

Update the answer proferred by @jmh has the right idea - though not yet an actual working solution.  I rooted around all of the menu items and toolbards for transparency and/or background color but did not find them.

What you need to do in Preview is to set the fill color of your image to white.  You may have a border but it will be invisible. If your page color is black, then set the background fill as black too.  You might need to set transparency to 100%.  A little trial and error should determine this part.

It is possible to set the Border color and Fill Color of your image in Preview. Open your image in Preview and go to the View menu item and under this menu, you'll see an option to Show Markup Toolbar. Make sure this is turned on. This will display the 2nd toolbar with the options to set the fill color and to set the border color. See the image below.

If you click Show Colors on the menu for setting the fill or border color you will get the Color Wheel to select the color. There is also a setting on the Color wheel for Opacity.


How to get p4merge to come up when I do git mergetool and not filemerge I'm on macOS Mojave,
Git version  2.19.0

When doing git mergetool, instead of p4merge, filemerge comes up.

Searched my entire drive and the only instance of p4merge I see is in

/Applications/Sourcetree.app/Contents/Resources/git_local/libexec/git-core/mergetools/p4merge

Am I missing something, I think perhaps I need to install p4merge or something..

Here is what I have done already:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask 2> /dev/null

brew cask install p4merge

When I do run the above command I get an error:

(master) ✚ >M< > brew cask install p4merge
Ignoring commonmarker-0.17.11 because its extensions are not built.  Try: gem pristine commonmarker --version 0.17.11
Ignoring commonmarker-0.17.11 because its extensions are not built.  Try: gem pristine commonmarker --version 0.17.11
Ignoring commonmarker-0.17.11 because its extensions are not built.  Try: gem pristine commonmarker --version 0.17.11
Updating Homebrew...
Ignoring commonmarker-0.17.11 because its extensions are not built.  Try: gem pristine commonmarker --version 0.17.11
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 2 taps (homebrew/core and homebrew/cask).
==> Updated Formulae
conan

Error: Cask 'p4merge' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.

It would be best to install p4merge directly from their vendor as their brew cask is not maintained by the authors. First download p4merge and drag & drop to your applications from their download page: https://www.perforce.com/downloads/visual-merge-tool

After p4merge.app is under /Applications you can configure git to use p4merge as default merge and diff tool.

There is active discussion in this gist document, better check the latest developments from there https://gist.github.com/tony4d/3454372

You can use the following configuration for Mojave.

[merge]
    tool = p4mergetool
    stat = true
[mergetool "p4mergetool"]
    cmd = /Applications/p4merge.app/Contents/MacOS/p4merge "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
    keepBackup = false
    keepTemporaries = false
    trustExitCode = false
    prompt = false
[diff]
    tool = p4mergetool
    renames = copies
    mnemonicprefix = true
[difftool "p4mergetool"]
    cmd = /Applications/p4merge.app/Contents/MacOS/p4merge "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
    keepBackup = false
    keepTemporaries = false
    trustExitCode = false
    prompt = false