Using "Jar Launcher" on High Sierra how do I pass command line arguments to a java app (jar) Is it possible to use "Jar Launcher" on Mac to pass command line arguments to a java app?  For example:

open myApp.jar --args -hello

This ought to run myApp and pass it "-hello" but it doesn't.

I'm on High Sierra 10.13.6.   This comes with a "Jar Launcher". It's /System/Libary/CoreServices/Jar\ Launcher.app.

I can run the jar file with Jar Launcher, I did it from Finder and it works, but without command line arguments.   After that I can run a command line "open myApp.jar" and that works too, the open command uses Jar Launcher to open it. So far so good.

Now I want to pass arguments, let's say "-hello"

I tried "open myApp.jar --args -hello".   That does not work, the application does not receive the hello argument.

I can't figure out how to do this.  Maybe the problem is with "Jar Launcher", maybe it won't pass arguments through to the java app?

I know this can be done by installing a full JDK and using the java command instead of the built-in Jar Launcher, or compiling my jar into a Mac executable.   I'm not a developer, I'd like to know if I can achieve this just using what's shipped on my Mac.

Earlier versions of MacOs shipped with a more complete Java environment, and a lot of the help I find out there refers to earlier versions.

try creating a sh or command file  where the jar file exists, eg  myj.command.
Then make edit with chmod7 755 so its executable in console.

the myj should be   java -jar .jar  --


Gray Bar in fullscreen mode multidisplay OSX mavericks added support for having the menu bar available in multidisplay mode, which is nice, but now whenever I try to watch a movie in fullscreen on the other display it seemingly leaves a solid grey bar at the top of the screen which is very annoying. Has anyone had this experience and does anyone know how to get rid of it.

There's a solution that I've found which should solve this issue with any application that you encounter this with.

Download the free application Nocturne
Install, launch, and click the icon in the menubar
Select Preferences > then check Dim when inactive
Adjust the slider all the way down when desired
Enjoy! :)

  I've been using this application for ages, and without a doubt it's
  one of my favorites.


No compatible version of java 1.5 is available First thanks for reading my post and willing to help.

I'm trying to run a program (MultiWiiConf 2.4, last version now) on my Mac (Sierra 10.12.6) but it won't launch and error No compatible version of java 1.5 is available is raised.

Then, after searching the web, I checked Java parameters and I have version 9.0.1 installed. The main thing that I don't understand is that java is supposed to be installed in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/, but this folder is actually empty.

Moreover command line "java -version" returns :

Unable to locate a Java Runtime to invoke.

So I suppose that Java is not well installed but I tried to uninstall and reinstall it, updated it, problem still the same.

Could anyone help me ?

Java 1.5 is very old and is not available for current macOS - I think it predates 10.6. Java 6 came out in 2006

You can get Java 6 from Apple and Java 7.8 or 9 from Oracle.

As for where java is installed. It's complex. /Library/Internet Plug-Ins is for web app Java not from Apple this would not set a Java in the terminal.

The java -version result implies that you do not have any Java installed.

First step is to ask the program's author where you can get a modern version of their app from which does not use an insecure unsupported version of Java. Then install that Java


Why is my CPU use up around 100% just running Chrome and Mail.app? Fans are running at ~50% since I turned my MBP on this morning and this is a snapshot of the CPU use, it's crazy for 40 tabs open (I often have >100 tabs with several devoted to thread hungry social media sites like twitter and facebook).

Processes in Activity Monitor sorted by CPU Time:

Processes in Activity Monitor sorted by % CPU (changes order dramatically each few seconds):

I had a similar problem with fans and battery death, and solved it by removing Gmail Offline from Chrome. It was going CRAZY whenever Chrome was running. You can remove it by opening Chrome Apps (the grid of 9 dots in the top left corner of Chrome), right click on the Gmail Offline icon, and Remove it. Much better


Apple Numbers x-axis "Value Labels" can't be set to "Date & Time" or "Duration" I am graphing a two-column data set that looks like this:

1/1/1963    3,209,827,882
1/1/1964    3,281,201,306
1/1/1965    3,350,425,793

But when I try to set the Value Labels in either a Line Chart or a Scatter Plot to "Date & Time" or "Duration" I find that they are greyed out.

Why would this be? In what situations is it possible to use these two options?

Make sure the source columns are formatted as the proper date/time format.


iMessage appears to be blocked, but FaceTime rings Something confusing happened on my iPad today. One of my contacts' number has been red instead of blue in iMessage for sometime now. I cannot send them a text through iMessage. The send button isn't even active with their number. I know that typically means I am blocked or their number is no longer associated with their Apple ID.

However, today I decided to try FaceTime on that number. It rang more than 6 times. There was no answer. But why would it ring if the number doesn't work with iMessage?

The reason is because the person your are messaging turned off their Apple ID from iMessage. You’re iPad is trying to send a text message but because you’re not on an iPhone it can’t.

FaceTime was ringing because the person didn’t turn off FaceTime but only iMessage.


Can I update the flagged emails in Mail 10? After upgrading from Mavericks to Sierra, the flagged emails folder in Mail v.10.3 (3273) has been problematic. The folder shows 8 emails but I actually only have 3. I cannot find a way to update the folder so it only shows 3 flagged emails. Is there a way to do this? Thanks.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), macOS Sierra (10.12.4), Time Capsule; AGT784WNV DSL Gateway

Two possible solutions…

Flagging conversations can be a bit confusing.

In Mail, go to the Flagged mailbox and click >> to expand conversations with flagged messages.
Flag/Unflag individual messages or entire conversations to suit.

If that's not the problem, common mailbox display problems can often be corrected by rebuilding mailbox indexes.  This can be done per mailbox with Mail's Mailbox > Rebuild command, but it can be simpler and quicker to force a rebuild for all mailboxes en masse by manually deleting the index files.

These instructions work for Sierra. Previous macOS versions had slightly different naming schemes within the Mail folder.

In Mail, choose Mail > Quit.
In the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder… and enter this path:

~/Library/Mail/V4/MailData/
Delete all files whose names begin with Envelope Index (e.g., Envelope Index, Envelope Index-shm, Envelope Index-wal, etc.)
Reopen Mail and when prompted, Continue to import your existing mailboxes.


Does Magic Trackpad 2 work with Mac without Bluetooth? A simple question for owners of Magic Trackpad - Is it possible to connect it through cable, to a computer that doesn't have Bluetooth?

Or does the cable work just for charging, and the communication is Bluetooth-only?

EDIT: The document linked in Nimesh Neema's answer might mean either connect through lighting cable to use it wired, or connect it through cable to pair Bluetooth automatically (similar to how you plug Pencil into iPad to pair them).

So there seem to be three posssibilities:

cable is only for charging
cable serves for charging and pairing (BT is still needed for use)
cable actually serves for communication (BT is not necessary)

And it's either 2 or 3.

Does Magic Trackpad 2 works with Mac without Bluetooth?

Yes.

  Is it possible to connect it through the USB to Lightning cable, to a computer that doesn't have Bluetooth?

Yes.

  Or does the cable work just for charging, and the communication is Bluetooth-only?

The communication can be done over cable, just like how a wired keyboard or a Trackpad would work.

This Apple Support document sheds more light:

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchlp2656/mac

  Connect a Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Trackpad 2 with your Mac

  When you connect your keyboard, mouse or trackpad to your Mac, it automatically connects with the Mac using Bluetooth.

  Connect one end of a Lightning to USB Cable to your Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Trackpad 2 and the other end to the USB port on your Mac. Depending on your Mac, you may need an adapter, which is available from an Apple Store or on apple.com.

  You can use your Magic Keyboard or Magic Trackpad 2 while it’s connected to your Mac. You can’t use your Magic Mouse 2 while it’s connected.

A Magic Mouse can't be used as the Lighting port is located at the bottom of the mouse making it impractical to use it with the cable connected.

Quoted text added for context. Emphasis on the italicised part.


How to avoid unselect file dialog when pressing minus sign in Midnight commander on macOS When I try to type a minus character (e.g. open -a TextEdit) in the MC subshell, instead of minus the Unselect dialog pops up.

I'm using iTerm2 and Midnight commander via Homebrew.

You need to edit ~/.config/mc/ini config file and look for only_leading_plus_minus entry. By default it is set to false which causes this behavior. If you set it to true

only_leading_plus_minus=true

then - will trigger Unselect dialog only if - is the first character you type which pretty much would never be a problem. If you do not have only_leading_plus_minus just add it. Make sure you do not have Auto save setup enabled in your config and if you do, quit all instances of mc prior editing your ini.


Profile installation failed: No user identifier found in record I have a Mac High Sierra (10.13.2) connected to Open Directory. The server is a OpenLDAP Linux Server

With Apple Configurator I created a Email Profile to config email account.

In local users I don't have any problem to install the profile, but with network users "Profile installation failed: No user identifier found in record":

The message in Console is:

  error  15:38:54.023485 +0100
  com.apple.preferences.configurationprofiles.remoteservice  [ERROR]
  Profile installation (Mail_Profile
  (Mail_Profile.98A029D9-5514-4A3B-A938-9CB338D4DC43:2C9546DD-2002-4486-9D55-395AEAD8555E))
  (Error Domain=CPProfileManager Code=-202 "No user identifier found in
  record." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No user identifier found in
  record.})

How I can fix this error?

Thanks!

I see it's been a while since the question was raised, but I came across the same recently and fortunately found help on the MacAdmins Slack: the cause is that a GUID attribute is missing from the OpenLDAP user record.

In Apple directory services, the attribute is called GeneratedUID.

The slight difficulty is that the RFC2307 mapping in the LDAP configuration does not map any LDAP attribute onto this one.

The Open Directory mapping does, but it doesn't work with my LDAP user database - probably because it is not structured/designed accordingly, but according to RFC2307.

As a workaround, I created a custom mapping starting with RFC2307, and mapped the LDAP attribute apple-generateduid onto GeneratedUID.

Server-side, I added apple-generateduid to all users. This should be a UUID and I simply copied entryUUID. (My first thought was to map entryUUID directly, but it doesn't work - probably because it's a special attribute and not fetched, or not available for mapping.)

To be able to add the apple-generateduid you will also need to add the object class apple-user.

And if these attributes/object classes are not known to your OpenLDAP, you probably have to import the Apple schema files first.


iPad 2 cannot connect to home wifi network Hello I have a new iPad 2 and two wireless networks at home. I can only connect to the one from my Actiontec DSL router, not to my Linksys WRT320N. I have followed all the steps on http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398 and cannot get it to connect. My iPhone and other laptops connect to this network just fine. I have tried setting the router in N, and B-G Mixed modes. I have the network set up using WPA2 Personal and have tried it with encryption turned off too. I have reset everything.

Any other ideas for troubleshooting?

Do you have MAC address filtering enabled on your Linksys?  On more than one occasion when I did, I screwed around with a new device for an hour before I remembered to enter its MAC address to the router.


Real performance boost with multiple partitions I have a 1TB Hard drive with multiple partitions where I had previously installed Snow Leopard. Now I'm making a clean install of Mavericks and I have a couple of questions:

1) What are the real performance advantages of having multiple partitions? Like one for the system, one for itunes, one for Home, ectr. Or maybe constantly accessing other partitions would in fact make the system slower? Reading around the internet literally everyone has a different opinion on this.

2) I'd like to make a good clean up before doing a reinstall: does it make any sense to format only the primary partition where the system will be installed leaving the other partitions for a re-formatation in the future (whem I'll have the necessary external hd to backup). Or it would be better a full hard disk erase and restart from there? And why?

Thanks

I have never, and I mean never, even back to the "classic" Mac O/S days (going back to system 6) partitioned a drive into smaller chunks.

Performance gains were supposedly about different parts of a rotational drive being faster than others (EG quicker seek to sectors near the physical hub). There may also have been some O/S speed gains in some O/S if you keep parts on different partitions, though I am not entirely sure as it has been years.

That said partitioning a drive does have some benefits, mostly when it comes to backup as it can be easier to back up all of one drive allowing you to easily exclude those things you don't want or need. On the other hand most backup programs allow easy inclusion or exclusion of types of file based on location and multiple other criteria.

Personally I have never bothered with partitioning as the few times I have had to use it I found it limiting to what I wanted or needed to do on the computer. In other words I would occasionally run out of room on partition "A" with plenty left on the other partition(s).

There is nothing inherently wrong with partitioning a drive but there is no real pressing need (or requirement) to do that with O/S X. And if there is no need/requirement I go with the first principle of good engineering: "KISS" or Keep It Simple, Stupid ;-)

As for question two, I suppose it depends on the availability of available backup space. If you have enough room to back up everything, do so and reformat the drive as one partition, then restore what you need to the fresh O/S install drive and go from there.


Every single 3rd party font gives me validation serious errors I recently got El Capitan 10.11.6 installed on my MacBook. Now whenever I try to install ANY 3rd party font, they fail font validation in the Font Book app.

The error is always:

1 serious error was found. Do not use this font.

This occurs for ALL 3rd party fonts. Fonts I download from Adobe Typekit. Fonts I download from Google Fonts, etc. Every single one.

Some websites suggest that I go ahead and install the font anyways. I tried this and certain programs become unresponsive. For example Illutrator CC 2015.3 will not even start up (gets stuck at Initializing) but then once I remove the "bad" font, Illustrator works fine again.

What am I missing here? How do I fix this problem?

UPDATE

As requested here is the Validation Error report from installing a font. The only thing I changed is the network path name for the font location (it was on a network drive).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>file</key>
        <string>Nudista Medium.otf</string>
        <key>path</key>
        <string>/network/path/nudista/Nudista Medium.otf</string>
        <key>report</key>
        <array>
            <dict>
                <key>fail</key>
                <integer>1</integer>
                <key>fontname</key>
                <string>Nudista Medium.otf</string>
                <key>pass</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
                <key>ruleslist</key>
                <array>
                    <dict>
                        <key>author</key>
                        <string>com.apple.ATS</string>
                        <key>kATSFontTestDescriptionKey</key>
                        <string>This font has failed one or more of a series of tests of the font interacting with OS X. If you use this font, you may experience text problems or application crashes. Please contact your font vendor for a repaired version of this font.</string>
                        <key>kATSFontTestNameKey</key>
                        <string>System Validation</string>
                        <key>result</key>
                        <false/>
                        <key>severity</key>
                        <string>ERROR</string>
                        <key>version</key>
                        <integer>65536</integer>
                    </dict>
                </array>
                <key>run</key>
                <integer>1</integer>
                <key>warn</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
            </dict>
        </array>
    </dict>
</array>
</plist>

I've been having the same problem. What has worked for me has been to install an app called Typelight. I go into Typelight, open the font that I downloaded to my computer but didn't install yet, and then save the font to my DESKTOP. It doesn't work if I save it anywhere else, don't ask me why. After that, I open the font by clicking on it on my desktop, then I click "install", and it works with no error messages. More of a hassle, yes, but at least it's a way around the problem.


iOS 5 Music App Grey circle with a square inside it next to the song title - what does it indicate? I had a few problems downloading a few tracks from the iTunes store direct to my phone. As a result I seem to have placeholder versions of the songs that will let me stream them but not play them.

In the library they have a grey icon next to the song titles a circle with a small square inside, very much like a stop icon but it seems to do nothing.

What is this icon and what does it indicate?

The screenshot shows the problem tracks with icon and the ones that have synced over from iTunes (which are "normal").

I do use iCloud and have music automatically download, I don't have Match.

The name of the artist and my name being the same is just a co-incidence.

Well, that symbol is the download progress indicator. It appears when you buy a song from the iTunes Store directly on your device. The progress is shown in a bar that goes around the circular track on the outside.

It means that it can be listened to via streaming (by clicking on it in the normal manner) if you have a suitable internet connection but has not yet been downloaded to the device.


Can't connect to FTP with Catalina Beta Since upgrading to Catalina Beta, FileZilla, Transmit & Finder software fails to connect to the remote host.

FileZilla gives error:

Status:         Connection attempt failed with "EHOSTUNREACH - No route to host", trying next address.
Status:         Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:21...
Status:         Connection attempt failed with "EHOSTUNREACH - No route to host".

The same credentials work on Macs with Mojave 10.14.4.

The Firewall on the Catalina Beta is not on.

How do I get FTP working on Catalina Beta?

Safari was slow also.

Checking network settings, I see a hide.me VPN active.

Disabling this resolved the issue.

No idea how the VPN got installed.


Is it possible to play Podcasts through the headphones connected to an Apple Watch? Using either the built in podcasts app, or a third party app is it possible to play podcasts with the audio getting sent to the bluetooth headphones connected to an apple watch? In my testing with Overcast the audio was sent to the bluetooth headphones connected to my iPhone. Since I'm a totally blind Voiceover user I'd like to be able to hear the podcasts through the same headphones connected to the apple watch so I can listen to a podcast and check out my workout progress at the same time.

Yes, it's possible to play music directly from your Apple Watch.  It's limited, as far as I can tell, to the Music app on the Watch.  From reading the Apple page, I can't tell if you can play podcasts directly to the Watch or not.  Source

You can enjoy music on your Apple Watch without your iPhone when you pair with Bluetooth headphones. Open the Music app, scroll up, then tap your Apple Watch to choose it as the source. Then scroll back down and tap any of these options:

Now Playing. Play or pause what's currently playing on your Apple Watch.
My Music. After you sync a playlist to your Apple Watch, you can browse your music by Albums, Artists, and Songs.
Playlists. Use the steps below to sync a playlist to your Apple Watch.

There's more info on how to create a Playlist on the Apple page that I've linked-to above.  You might need to download any music stored in the cloud, such as music from Apple Music or iTunes Match, to your iPhone before you can sync it with your Apple Watch.

This iMore article goes into more detail about the (convoluted) way to add podcasts to your Watch.  There's more detail there than can be added to this answer, unfortunately.


iPod Touch 9.3.5: Noting app that zeroes in/highlights the word upon search For months I've been trying to find a "Noting app that zeroes in/highlights the word upon search", but to no avail. Does someone perhaps know of any such app?

You can do this with the built-in Notes app. Choose Share → Find in Note, type in your search term and matches are highlighted. Use the up and down arrows to scroll to other matches.


iPhone broken screen access with VNC (or anything) My iPhone 5 (iOS 6, jailbroken) battery inflated a little bit couple of weeks ago, but enough for the screen to pop out. Screen and touch were still fine, until last week-end where stripes start to appear. I had to wriggle a bit the screen (or the screen connector) to make them disappear but now it's completely off (there's only backlighting).

I try to access the screen to display some (jailbreak) information iTunes does not want to restore.
I try to have the iPhone screen displayed on my laptop, with the ability to control it.

I have root SSH access and Veency installed (but disabled). I tried to enable it with SSH but did not find how to.

Is there a Mac software that only requires plugin to display screen (and control it), or a way in SSH (or other) to enable Veency so I can try to connect via VNC?

Thanks!

You can use Quicktime on your Mac:

Connect your iPhone to your Mac.
Open Quicktime.
Select File > New Movie Recording.
Next to the record button, there is a downward pointing arrow, click on it and select your iPhone.
Your iPhone screen should show up.

This won't let you control your iPhone but at least you can see the screen.


Computer is generally slow, Applications take 10 seconds - 3 minutes to launch, websites take 5-15 seconds to load, etc I don't know why but my computer is generally slow. Some examples are:

Applications take 10 seconds - 3 minutes to launch, depending on which application.
Websites on the internet (all browsers) take 5 - 15 seconds to load, even though I have this internet speed (288 down, 112 up) (flash websites can take several minutes). I also know it's not my internet speed because it's fast on my other computers, my mobile, my dads/moms/friends/brothers/sisters etc.
When I open a new tab in Terminal, I have to wait 5 - 10 seconds to be able to use it (it has to login etc,) which usually take a few milliseconds.
Loading the contents of a directory can take 10 seconds - 5 minutes.

I have repaired my disk (no errors), reset NVRAM, reset SMC, changed harddrive. There are no weird errors in the console, and the problems do not exist on other profiles.

Some information:

No processes running at over 10% CPU, 6 GB RAM is Free, 300 GB hard drive memory is free. Macbook Pro 10,1 (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) 16 GB RAM, 2.8 GHz CPU, nVidia GeForce GT 650M/Intel HD Pro 4000. No anti-virus program, I find these useless, at least for a mac.

It was curl together with mds and mdworker that caused this. I have tried it restart the computer 10 times, 5 times with the script on and it lagged like this all the time, but when I didn't run curl it was as fast as ever. I have researched but I can't at all figure out why curl would do this.


How to unlock an iPhone 3G with iOS 4.1? I have an iPhone 3G with 3.1.3 firmware. I want to upgrade it to 4.1, but I can't find information on how to then jailbreak it (I want it to work with any mobile provider).

Is there a way to jailbreak iOS 4.1?

There is not yet a readily available iOS 4.1 jailbreak. Your best bet is to jailbreak using jailbreakme.com and stay on 3.1.3. With the baseband in 3.1.3, you can still install ultrasn0w (required to unlock and work with any GSM provider)

Once the iPhone Dev Team has published an update to pwnagetool that works with iOS 4.1, it will be safe to upgrade. You can currently unlock iOS 4.1 with redsn0w, but that DOES NOT allow for unlocking via ultrasn0w.


How do I transfer from my computers icloud to my 6S iphone? I just bought a new 6S iPhone. How do I transfer all my old 6 iPhone to my new phone.  I have loaded icloud onto my computer and think I backed up my old phones data.  Now.... how do transfer from icloud on my computer to my new 6Siphone?

After you have all neccessary data on iCloud, then put your SIM card into your new iPhone and turn it on. Begin setting your iPhone up. You will be prompted to select a Wi-Fi network and language. Then, choose Restore from iCloud backup. Use your Apple ID to sign into your iCloud account. Click Next, and agree to the Terms and Conditions. Choose your most recent backup from the list of options and enter your iCloud password if you are prompted to do so.
https://macback.us/tutorials/how-to-transfer-data-from-iphone-5-5s-to-iphone-6-6s/


Missing Operating System So I recently made a post about my Mac not recognizing USB's or Boot. here's the link : MacBook Wont Boot or Recognize USB. Anyway this is an update. So my 2009 MacBook is still not working. It doesnt show the question mark folder, rather it goes to a command like screen with text saying "missing operating system". I know now my Mac CAN recognize USB's since it recognized a USB that had Refit on it. But it just doesnt recognize my bootable USB's with a OS on it. Also when I press opt(or alt if you want to call it that) it shows a HD called "Windows" but I never installed Windows or used bootcamp ever! I still cant use cmd + r for OS Utilities or cmd + opt + r since it doesnt have internet recovery ( 2009 Macs dont support internet recovery ). If anyone could please help I would thank you a lot! I need this MacBook for future projects!
It's a MacBook 2009

An option would be to purchase the Mac OS X Snow Leopard for $20 USD. Once you have installed Snow Leopard and upgraded to 10.6.8, then you can download and install El Capitan.

BTW, the icon labeled Windows indicates the Mac Startup Manager is detected the installation of a legacy BIOS booting operating on your Mac. This does not mean the operating system was Windows.

According to everyman.com a 2009 MacBook was shipped with OS X 10.5.6, OS X 10.5.7 or OS X 10.6.1 preinstalled. You did not provide enough information to determine which 2009 MacBook model your have. Apple does not provide enough information to determine which version of Snow Leopard you would be buying. One can assume this would be OS X 10.6.x, but what x is I do not know. You would have to ask to Apple. I assume you are buying a DVD and that your DVD drive works. The idea was to install Snow Leopard from the DVD, then download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1. Next, you can download and install El Capitan from the Apps Store. This would avoid using a USB port.

To get the Mac to recognize the DVD, you would need to hold down the option key at startup until the Startup Manager appears. Select the DVD icon to boot from the Snow Leopard DVD.


How can Find My iPhone be working with no data plan? We have an iPhone4 and replaced it with a iPhone5s. In the process of setting up iCloud we registered both of these devices. Now that the phone number has been transferred to the new iPhone 5s, the old iPhone4 only has WiFi and no cell data plan. However, on Find my iPhone in iCloud it still shows the iPhone4 has been updated a minute ago and the location is correct as it is sitting in our house.

Is the GPS in the iPhone4 sending data of it's location via WiFi?

Yes, the device can communicate with Find my iPhone over Wi-Fi. Find my iPhone uses the currently available network connection, regardless of whether that be Wi-Fi or cellular. The GPS is still used to obtain location information along with Wi-Fi data and the location is sent over Wi-Fi to Find my iPhone.


App rejected for age rating, despite having no adult content whatsoever My app was rejected from the app store based on an allegedly inappropriate age rating.

My app requires users to confirm that they are older than 13 when logging in, so Apple said my app's rating of ages 4 and above is inappropriate as a result.

This was their response to my application:

  Guideline 2.3.6 - Performance - Accurate Metadata

  The rating you have selected, 4+, is inconsistent with the content of your app. Since your app requires users to be 13+, it should be rated appropriately for this subject.

The problem is that I didn't select the "4+" age rating--Apple did! Their age ratings are determined automatically by a questionnaire I answered concerning adult content (i.e. violence, drugs, etc.). I said "No" to each question since my app doesn't contain anything like that whatsoever. (It's a very plain music education app.) Apple does not allow you to just select an age rating like "13+".

The reviewer asked me to change my answers to that questionnaire so that the age rating would be higher. If I change my answers (to say, for example, that there is violent imagery in my app), then my answers would be false, which would violate the very Guideline Apple is saying I'm violating. This seems like a Catch-22, since the answers will either be false (since the app has no adult content), or they will reject the age rating.

What should I do?

Edit:
Here are the answers I'm allowed to change. The truthful answer to all of them is "No."

Requests for changed metadata happen all the time. If after a day or two of careful review of the iTunes Connect FAQ and guidelines, you still aren't comfortable you can always ask for more help.

In iTunes Connect - select contact us.

For the first option - App Review.
For the second option - App Store Review
For the third option - Ask/Address Review Questions

From your posted answers, you could also go for the 4+ rating and put a parental gate in rather than ask people to confirm they are 13+ before entering user information. The easiest fix might be to not ask for registration at all. Also, if you have any sort of web browser or user configurable internet search lookup or feeds, you’ll want to disclose you have unfiltered access to the internet.

My suspicion is you’re hung up on section 5.1 privacy. https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#privacy

In the end, you are correct that it’s your call on which you feel best serves your app - no sense compromising your answers if you’re certain that’s most important.


Find specific attached disk, not volume, by Applescript I have a script I use to format any inserted SD card, copy data from specific folders to it, then eject.

Each format/copy is triggered manually, as part of a batch process involving maybe a hundred or so cards, so I'm not concerned about hitting the Start button at the wrong time, or on the wrong card.

What I am trying to find is how to make absolutely sure that I'm writing to the correct disk

This is my 'important' line
do shell script "diskutil eraseDisk \"MS-DOS FAT16\" " & diskName & " MBRFormat disk6"

The disk6 is not absolute, as I don't always have the same number of drives mounted.  I can check it manually before I start the batch, using diskutil list then change that parameter in the script.

What I'd like to be able to do is have the script itself check what drive it ought to be, then insert that as a variable, avoiding any 'wrong choices'.

Excluded drives would be non-removables & RAM Disks [presumably unmounted volumes such as EFI & Recovery wouldn't need to be filtered] - these have known volume names - but I cannot figure out how to set a found volume name [known or unknown, as the SD cards can be called pretty much anything before I start] to a specific disk number.

Specifics on the card reader, built into my monitor, Dell U2713H
Attached over USB2 from a Mac Pro 4,1 [with 5,1 hardware update]

USB Hi-Speed Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBEHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x3a3c
  PCI Revision ID:  0x0000
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x8086
  Bus Number:   0xfa

Hub:

  Product ID:   0x8043
  Vendor ID:    0x0451  (Texas Instruments)
  Version:  1.00
  Serial Number:    79000089BFB9
  Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Location ID:  0xfa200000 / 2

//snips other devices//

USB3.0 Card Reader:

  Product ID:   0x0307
  Vendor ID:    0x0bda  (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
  Version:  1.63
  Serial Number:    201006010301
  Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: Realtek
  Location ID:  0xfa233000 / 5

Sample output of df

Filesystem    512-blocks       Used  Available Capacity   iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s2  1950314272  485618064 1464184208    25%  60766256 183023026   25%   /
devfs                412        412          0   100%       714         0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk0s2  3906357344 1195025808 2711331536    31% 149378224 338916442   31%   /Volumes/JuSpace
/dev/disk3s2  1951855464  635192376 1316663088    33%  79399045 164582886   33%   /Volumes/Downloads
/dev/disk2s2  5858067520 2309215360 3548852160    40% 144325958 221803260   39%   /Volumes/OhDaSpace
/dev/disk4s2  5753889792 4638480736 1115409056    81% 289905044  69713066   81%   /Volumes/TMach
map -hosts             0          0          0   100%         0         0  100%   /net
map auto_home          0          0          0   100%         0         0  100%   /home
/dev/disk3s4   408324240  210669592  197654648    52%    200589  98828207    0%   /Volumes/MacWin7
/dev/disk5       2097152     700536    1396616    34%     87565    174577   33%   /Volumes/RAM Disk
/dev/disk7s1     1936768     104192    1832576     6%       512         0  100%   /Volumes/F_CARD

Or...
Using ioreg -l with the following result

| |   |   |             +-o Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO Media  <class IOMedia,$
| |   |   |               | {
| |   |   |               |   "Removable" = Yes
| |   |   |               |   "Content" = "FDisk_partition_scheme"
| |   |   |               |   "Whole" = Yes
| |   |   |               |   "Leaf" = No
| |   |   |               |   "BSD Name" = "disk7"

how do I fix something like grep -A 100 SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO Media | grep disk | awk... to find the disk7

I'm not that great in writing Apple scripts but here is an idea how to solve your problem.

In the first method outlined below I search the device tree of system_profiler to get the DiskIdentifier of a disk device attached to the USB3 card reader built into your Dell monitor. In the second method I use ioreg.

system_profiler:

To get the DiskIdentifier of a SD-card attached to the external SD-Reader use something like:

system_profiler -detailLevel mini | grep -A 30 0x0307 | awk '/disk/ {gsub("BSD Name:", ""); print $NF}'

with grep -A 30 0x0307: output the next 30 lines after finding the string 0x0307
and awk '/disk/ {gsub("BSD Name:", ""); print $NF}' to get the disk number but remove BSD Name: from the output.

The command takes about 10 seconds on my system.

You may have to adjust the value of -A and the characteristic string (in the example above I used your USB3.0 Card Reader Product ID: 0x0307). Check the device tree with the app System Information and search for an appropriate string.

Wrap all that in a variable like $SDDiskToErase and hand it over to your diskutil eraseDisk command.

Using the above slightly modified line I got the diskIdentifier (disk2) of an external USB disk directly attached to my Mac:

system_profiler -detailLevel mini | grep -A 30 0x1c26 | awk '/disk/ {gsub("BSD Name:", ""); print $NF}'
disk2

ioreg:

Another initial command is ioreg -l | grep … (… is similar to the above) which is much faster (less than a second).

Attach an SD-card and get its DiskIdentifier with diskutil list. Then make a dump of ioreg with ioreg -l > ~/Desktop/ioreg-dump.txt.

Search in ioreg-dump.txt for the diskIdentifier found above. The disk is connected to a superior controller (the one in your monitor) visualized by the long vertical and short horizontal "lines" on the left in the dumb file. Use a characteristic and unique string of the controller like a serial number, IOName, deviceID etc. Then choose a number of subsequent lines for -A big enough to contain the diskIdentifier (e.g. disk6) but small enough not to contain the volume identifiers (e.g. disk6s1).

Example:

ioreg -l | grep -A 350 0x100000214 | awk '/disk/ {gsub("\"",""); print $NF}'
disk2

To use the command in Apple Script you have to escape all inner " and \:

"ioreg -l | grep -A 10 SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO | awk '/disk/ {gsub("\"",""); print $NF}'"

becomes:

do shell script "ioreg -l | grep -A 10 SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO | awk '/disk/ {gsub(\"\\\"\",\"\"); print $NF}'"


Does anyone know the name of this tool on Mac OS? This looks like a file browser but I don't know name of the tool. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Yes, like Mateusz said, these look very much like file icons on a desktop.
If you want them displayed like that, right-click your desktop (two-finger-tap), and click on "Show View Options". That gived you a dialog that lets you adjust, how icons are displayed on your desktop. Try the settings from the following screenshot and play around with grid spacing, icon size and text size to get the exact desired result.


Using Ram pulled from new iMac in an old iMac? My parents have an iMac circa 2007. Documentation says that this model should use this type of RAM:

Memory: DDR2 PC2-5300
Memory Type: DDR2 PC2-5300, DDR2 (non-ECC)
Maximum Memory: 4GB

I've got a couple of 2GB RAM chips lying around that I just pulled from my "new" iMac. The info on the chips reads:

2GB 1Rx8 PC3

Will these work in my parent's iMac, or am I just asking for trouble?

Thanks!

No.

Those new iMacs are using DDR3, and it won't even fit.

DDR2 are pretty cheap right now, you can get some off the Internet.


How to change Cmd+Tab on OS X to make it behave like on Windows or Linux? Possible Duplicate:
  Best app to switch between all open windows (Witch alternatives)

I'm looking for a way of making the window switching behave more like on Windows, to switch to last open Window instead of switching to the next.

You will need to buy another app. Two I know of are

Witch
Optimal Layout

Or get used to Apple's way which is use Exposé


Does iMessage require SMS to activate? I am overseas at the moment and I have bought a SIM which has plenty of data, but the plan doesn't include SMS. I have tried activating iMessage again as my phone number is different, but it is stuck on waiting for activation. When I turn on iMessage it comes up with "Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate iMessage."

Does this mean that iMessage uses SMS to activate? I have a little bit of credit for calls which I'm assuming if you send a text it uses a bit of it since the plan doesn't include SMS.

Is there any other way I can activate iMessage?

To activate iMessage for a phone number, the device sends a silent SMS with a verification code. Carriers approved by Apple do not charge for this SMS. Activating without sending an SMS only activates iMessage for your Apple ID email address, not your phone number.


Getting error: RPC prog. not avail while trying to mount using nfs On my Raspbian jessie I have NFS server running:

 $ sudo service rpcbind status
● rpcbind.service - LSB: RPC portmapper replacement
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/rpcbind)
  Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/rpcbind.service.d
           └─50-rpcbind-$portmap.conf
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2016-09-19 18:33:01 UTC; 2min 17s ago
  Process: 9800 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/rpcbind start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/rpcbind.service
           └─9809 /sbin/rpcbind -w

Sep 19 18:33:01 raspberrypi rpcbind[9800]: Starting rpcbind daemon....
Sep 19 18:33:01 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: RPC portmapper replacement

and on my client machine mac

I am trying to mount the shared drive

$ sudo mount -o rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,noatime -t nfs 192.168.1.100:/home/pi/USBHDD /Volumes/USBHDD
mount_nfs: can't mount /home/pi/USBHDD from 192.168.1.100 onto /Volumes/USBHDD: RPC prog. not avail

Try this:

pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart


ECG App not appearing on Apple Watch (Region: INDIA) Recently, Apple launched ECG Feature for India quite recently with the latest generation of WatchOS. I do not seem to have it on my Apple Watch Series 4 even after updating it to the latest version of WatchOS.

How do I go about troubleshooting to get the ECG app?

iPhone is on the latest version of iOS.

Apple Website - https://www.apple.com/in/watchos/feature-availability/#branded-ecg

Make sure that you also update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS as well. The ECG feature is on the iPhone and it needs to be enabled there 1st.

Set up the ECG app

Open the Health app on your iPhone.
Follow the onscreen steps. If you don't see a prompt to set up, tap Browse > Heart > Electrocardiograms (ECG) > Set Up ECG App.
After you complete set up, open the ECG app to take an ECG.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208955


PostScript questions on Macs with either Preview or Macghostview 1)  The PC implementation of Ghostview has a "Safer" option, checked by default, that prevents file creation (so that running a .ps file can't hurt anything in the environment).  One must uncheck "Safer" to run PostScript files that create files or one gets an invalidfileaccess error.

What is the equivalent of unchecking "Safer" in either or both of the OSX PostScript viewers mention in the title?

2)  If a PostScript program contains an error, where to Preview put (hide?!?!) the error message?

I just started using MacGhostView and I have hand-generated .ps files that run other .ps files using the run command. I get Error: /invalidfileaccess in --run-- in a message window. By default the SAFER option for ghostscript is usually enabled in all versions of GhostView, which this app is based on. It is a security precaution that prevents a script from reading/writing from/to a file. I tried adding the -dNOSAFER option, which is what you would use with ghostscript, to Preferences->gv parameters but it didn't work. Looking through all the menu items, I finally found Options->Show gv parameters which displayed the options for this app. The -dNOSAFER option is replaced by -nosafer in this app. I don't know why they would change any of the options from the original syntax but all of them are like this. I added this option to Preferences->gv parameters and now I can open all my files. I also added -media=LETTER and -resize (separated by spaces) so by default I get a letter-size canvas within a fit window.

I can't open my .ps files that violate the SAFER option in Preview because there is no way to change the options in the app. The ones that do not violate this option seem to be converted to pdf before being displayed. I much prefer MacGhostView.


Microsoft Lync Mac crashes on 10.9 Mavericks I have a similar problem like another user had and followed all possible steps including reinstalling and cleaning up Keychain etc before.

The first time I start Lync after a reinstall, I can even see a Menu bar for some seconds. But before any window gets rendered, the Crash Reporter opens.

This is what the error said:

  Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

  Error Signature: Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS Date/Time: 2013-10-30
  13:23:14 +0000 Application Name: Microsoft Lync Application Bundle ID:
  com.microsoft.Lync Application Signature: UCCP Application Version:
  14.0.6.130930 Crashed Module Name: libcorecrypto.dylib Crashed Module Version: unknown Crashed Module Offset: 0x0002783a Blame Module Name:
  Microsoft Lync Blame Module Version: 14.0.6.130930 Blame Module
  Offset: 0x002cc862 Application LCID: 1031 Extra app info: Reg=English
  Loc=0x0407 Crashed thread: 0

Any Ideas how to solve this?

Delete

~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.xxxx.plist
~/library/preferences/com.microsoft.lync.plist

and check in

~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/

for additional files with lync or Lync in the name (delete them as well). Then restart Lync.


new OS Sierra removed well-used icon? Where on earth did the "not junk"/thumbs up icon go in Mail?
Just upgraded to Sierra, and am unhappy it's apparently gone. I use that one often. Nothing in Messages drop-down either.

I'm not in front of a Mac at the moment, but is the icon you want available when you customise the toolbar?

To check:

Within Mail go to View > Customize Toolbar (or you can right-click on the Mail toolbar and select Customize Toolbar)
The Customize Toolbar window will appear
Now you can check every button available for the one you're looking for (i.e. the Thumbs down icon - see note below)

NOTE: - The Thumbs up icon will only appear when you've got an email selected that Mail has marked as junk mail. Otherwise it will appear as a Thumbs down icon by default. In other words, what you're really looking for is a Thumbs down icon. Add this to your toolbar and you should be fine.

[EDIT]

Now that I'm in front of a Mac running macOS Sierra, I've determined that the icon you're looking for has been replaced with a new icon (see below):

Once again, this icon will change depending on the current status of the email you have highlighted. If Mail thinks it's already Junk, then the arrow points up instead so that you're removing it out of the trash. Otherwise the arrow points down by default so that clicking on it will trash it.


Macbook Pro 13 Retina battery drain using Chrome browser I'm planning on purchasing a Macbook Pro Retina 8GB/256GB to replace a 2009 Macbook Pro. I'm a long time Mac user but my hesitation is whether the Chrome browser battery drain issue in Mavericks has been addressed either by Google or Apple. I use both Safari and Chrome in my workflow, each have their benefits.

Chrome does not consume more energy than the other browsers in this test.

I just ran a comparison.

The set up was to have same amount of demand.

Three tabs were open, one tab streaming online video in both, Chrome and Firefox (I do not use Safari).

In Energy consumption profile below, Chrome was equal to Firefox.

Of course the Energy consumption is very much dependent on the particular web site.


Four 4k simultaneous playbacks from new Macbook Pro? Is the new 15" Macbook Pro 2018 capable of playing four 4k videos on four 4k displays simultaneously?

Yes.

Although you may be pushing the system to its limits, it's technically possible to drive 4 simultaneous 4K displays using the new 2018 15" MacBook Pro.

From the Video Support section of MacBook Pro Technical Specifications page:


Is there any difference between the 2016 and 2017 iPhone SE? Other than storage size, is there any difference between the 16/64GB versions of the iPhone SE released in 2016 and the 32/128GB versions released in 2017?

I have the opportunity to purchase a 64GB 2016 iPhone SE for less than the cost of a 32GB 2017 one. Is there any reason to prefer the newer phone even though it has less storage?

There are no differences apart from storage.

  Apple today introduced an iPhone SE with larger storage capacities of 32GB and 128GB of storage, doubling the capacity of the 16GB and 64GB models

  Other than a bump in built-in storage, the iPhone SE’s other features remain identical

http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/21/14998660/apple-iphone-se-128gb-announced-pricing-release-date


Can't login with Google using Internet Accounts I configured my Google account on El Capitan (OS X 10.11.2) using Internet Accounts and it worked fine for a while. However, after a restart the system asked again for the password and 2-factor authentication code, which I provided, but then I get stuck in the following window after entering my password and code:

In the above window, if I hit Cancel and then try to select anything in the Google account I get the message "Unable to verify account name or password."

If I delete the account and add it again I'm asked for my password and 2-factor authentication code, but after providing them I get stuck in the following window - notice that the Done button turned grey after pressing it, and the dialog never closed after that:

I already tried starting my system in safe mode, with the same results. What's happening? Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Open Keychain Access.
Make sure "login" is selected in the upper left under "Keychains" and manually delete every entry that is associated with Google (any entry with Google in the name, I deleted). Specifically, the entry "com.apple.account.Google.oauth-token" is the one to delete.
Go back to Internet Accounts and add your Google account.


Unable to format USB disk (Error: -69877: Couldn't open device) I have an external USB stick (Kingston DataTraveler 3.0). I can read the files on it (I have some movies that I can play) but I can't add anything to it or delete anything that's on it. I've tried to format it using Disk Utility but I keep getting this error:

Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

Nothing I found online seems to work. It is very annoying because the disk is obviously fine since I can access all the files. Does anyone know anything I could try?
Thanks so much.

Try formatting in another computer just in case, but the chances are a write error has triggered the firmware write protect, in an attempt to safeguard your existing data.
This, to all intents & purposes, irreversible.


Spigen USB-C Cable doesn't fit MacBook Pro (13", 2019) I have a Spigen cable that doesn't fit my MacBook Pro. I try to insert it but still doesn't work. This cable fits my usb-c powerbank and my old Dell laptop. It looks like there is a difference between MBP Charger plug and my HDMI-USBC plug. Is this issue common? Is there a way to solve this issue? Maybe it's a production defect.

Edit 13.05.2020:

The 2019 13" MacBook Pro has a completely standard Thunderbolt 3 port, which physically is the same form factor as USB-C. It's not a "charger plug" as such, but a generic port that supports power, data and alternate mode (display signal).

The Spigen cable has a USB-C plug in one end and a HDMI plug at the other end. It is the USB-C end of the cable that you're meant to plug into the MacBook Pro. If you cannot physically make it fit, contact the vendor that sold you the cable.

Spigen lists their cable as being USB-C, which means that it should in any case fit. In addition they specifically list the 2016 MacBook Pro and later versions as being compatible with their cable.


How to prevent second OS X partition from seeing apps in the other partition? I have two partitions set up on my MacBook and I'm having issues when installing software on the new partition as it says it is already installed. The application is installed on the other partition but should not be recognised by the new partition.

Is there a way to disable that partitions ability to see the apps etc. from the original partition?

Unmounting the 'unwanted' partition before installing the new application should help in most cases:

Quit all open applications
Start Terminal.app and enter diskutil list

output looks like this:

 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
 0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
 2: Apple_HFS Yosemite 60.2 GB disk0s2
 3: Apple_HFS Mavericks 60.3 GB disk0s3
 4: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s4

determine the identifier of the partition to unmount by size/volume name and enter diskutil unmount /dev/IDENTIFIER
(in the above case diskutil unmount /dev/disk0s2 to unmount the 'Yosemite' partition)
To remount this partition afterwards just enter diskutil mount /dev/disk0s2


Keyboard shortcut for "Show Package Contents" I know you can use ⌘+O to open a folder, however when you do that on an application it opens the application.

Is it possible to either make ⌘+O always show the contents or is there another shortcut for that?

I suggest that you create a custom Finder shortcut in System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → App Shortcuts → +.

This way you can open packages with ⌥ as a modifier key.

⌘+O to open folders
⌥+⌘+O to open packages


Running a gpg shell script to decrypt a file via Automator I regularly need to decrypt a gpg-encrypted file (always the same) to simply view it in TextEdit. I have a very simple shell script for that. It looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
outfile=`mktemp -t $$`  # Temporary file name
gpg --output $outfile --decrypt /path/to/file.gpg
open -a TextEdit $outfile
sleep 1
rm $outfile

When run from the terminal, all goes well. GPG asks for my passphrase in a pop-up window, TextEdit comes up, the temp file is deleted and all is great. Not so in Automator. I select "Run Shell Script", ignore the shell script input, paste the contents of the script (except for the first line). TextEdit pops up with a blank file and GPG never asks for the passphrase. I tried using the full path to GPG but that didn't do it. I know virtually nothing of Automator actions so the problem surely comes from me.

Any help appreciated!

The Automator “Run Shell Script” action runs the script in a non-interactive shell (for an explanation of the difference between interactive and non-interactive shells, see the pertinent section of the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide) – there is, simply spoken, no terminal to get user input from. I suppose the gpg utility recognizes this and skips the password prompt (else your script would hang).

You should be able to pipe your passphrase to GPG inside such an action using the --passphrase-fd 0 option (see gpg’s man page) , however, i.e.

echo "passphrase" |  gpg  --passphrase-fd 0 --output $outfile --decrypt /path/to/file.gpg

You can securely store your passphrase in the OS X Keychain and retrieve it from there. Although possible via a shell script (the TextMate blog has details on how to achieve that – be sure to read the comments), there are so many gotchas to that I’d recommend  using a bit of AppleScript and Daniel Jalkut’s excellent Usable Keychain Scripting app. Once installed, the following bit of AppleScript will retrieve your password (assuming the account name is “GPG”):

tell application "Usable Keychain Scripting" to get password of first generic item of current keychain whose account is "GPG"

Either wrap it in an osascript shell command, i.e.

passphrase=$(osascript -e '<command above>')

or, as you are using Automator, add an AppleScript action, retrieve the passphrase inside it and pass it to the shell script.


Connections to some sites time out from OS X but not from Windows, how to diagnose? For the past couple of weeks I have noticed some sites take longer to finish loading. GMail would be one example; after the site is loaded and fully usable, the spinning indicator in Chrome’s tabs will remain for a couple of minutes. Safari behaves the same. Right now reddit doesn’t load at all. Pinging www.reddit.com results in 100% packet loss. Their address resolves to an Akamai IP, so if everything delivered via Akamai is timing out, that would explain why quite a lot of sites are affected.

Loading those same sites from my boot camp partition works like a charm, same goes for my iPod, so the router as well as the ISP can be ruled out as the reason for this. What can iIdo now to diagnose the problem?

"Do pages often "stall" and then time out halfway through loading? (And then you hit the "stop" button, and refresh, and magically, they appear?) I just had this happen, and fixed it by manually turning "off" IPV6 (from the default setting of "Automatic") in the Advanced area of the Network settings control panel. "

I found this tip to work in conjunction with setting my DNS to google or freeDNS.


Remove OTA installed iOS 8 and reinstall on itunes hey guys i have the iOS 8.1 update on my iPhone 5s. I have downloaded iOS 8 over-the-air and it takes up too much storage space. So I was wondering if it is possible to delete that update to go back to iOS 7 and re-download iOS 8 on itunes so it can take up less space.....

There is no difference in space required after the upgrade whether you upgrade iOS over the air or via iTunes. The only known problem is that you need more free space on your iOS device before/during the upgrade if you do it over the air. But as you already seem to have downloaded the upgrade to your phone this doesn't seem to be an issue for you, so just apply the upgrade on the phone and you are done.


Is there a limit to how long Xcode will run an app on a device, before "Finishing"? I'm trying to run an app on a device for a very long duration (in hours). I thought that Xcode would keep running the app, but it exited several times, saying "Finished running  on my iPhone."

I'm using a MacBook Pro, so I thought the computer had just gone to sleep (which it had), but now that I'm on adapter power (plugged in, charged to 98%), it just did the same thing and stopped running the app with the same termination message. I need the app to keep running for hours to complete my test. The app will also not be in the foreground the entire time, other apps may be in the foreground as a critical component of these operations.

How can I make Xcode continue to run my app under test until I tell it to terminate?

Note: Xcode did not crash, and there was no indication the mac lost stability. I'm running the latest version as of this writing, Xcode 9.3, on macOS 10.13.4; this is a fresh install of the OS and Xcode (less than a week old), with all security updates applied, and only Xcode and Firefox installed. Xcode and Firefox are both running, with neither showing stability issues.

I would submit the app to TestFlight so you aren’t running in a constrained fashion. I know no way to circumvent this timeout but hopefully someone else will edit this post or answer if there is a better way (by hook or by crook if necessary).


How to change the default behaviour of the fullscreen/maximize button? There is a question that deals with the different behaviour of the fullscreen button in the window bar. There, it is shown that by doing:

⌥ + ⇧ + Click on green or outer right icon (plus icon)

I can maximize a window in both width and height to the current screen.

Now I am wondering if I can make this behaviour standard just by clicking the icon. For an extra bonus, I wonder if there is a keyboard shortcut to achieve the same thing.

Spectacle has been discontinued. They recommend using Rectangle.

Use spectacle, a free open source app that has a bunch of handy window management shortcuts.
While it doesn't change the default behavior of the green button, it makes it superfluous for me to do so as I can do everything using keyboard shortcuts without using the mouse.
For full screen, press:
cmd + option + F
It also has a bunch of options for 1/2 screen, 1/3 screen, top half, bottom half, etc.


What technical requirements need to be satisfied by a DVI KVM for these two Macs? I have a Mac Pro (2008 eight core 2.8 GHz), a MacBook Air (mid-2011 Core i5 1.7 GHz), and a 30" Apple cinema display (maximum resolution 2560x1600). I have a mini displayport to dual-link DVI adapter for the MacBook Air.

I want to set up the cinema display with a 2-port DVI KVM that fully supports both of these machines, ideally with ports for both DVI and USB.

What are the technical requirements I need to know about to ensure full compatibility with my hardware? Is it possible that some DVI KVM products would not support the maximum resolution of my cinema display?

I've used Teleport, a really neat pref-pane that functions as a software-only KVM switch. Moving the mouse off of one screen onto the next accomplishes the switch. I used to use it with a Macbook and an iMac next to each other on my desk, controlling either one with a single keyboard and mouse.


Mountain Lion: how to change webcam resolution I've just recently got my first Macbook Pro. I'd like to change the resolution of the inbuilt webcam, because my daily GoToMeeting chews through 1-2Gb of traffic and there's no flatrate available from my ISP for my connection.

The GoTo meeting software offers no setting for resolution change. How can I do this?

Thanks

Apple (or a 3rd party) should write a utility to allow you to dial down the native resolution of the internal camera, but to my knowledge they have not, so far.

You can work around this by piping the video output from your web camera into another program that processes the camera's video stream and "re-publishes" it to your Mac as a virtual camera (aka pseudo-camera) which will be available for use in other applications on your Mac.

Here's how I did it. I've tested this solution under OS X 10.8. It also works under OS X 10.6. (I'd bet it probably works in 10.7, also.)

Download the free (donation-ware) webcam effects utility CamTwist Studio.
Set your web browser to run in 32-bit mode.  (Why? Because the Adobe Flash  browser plugin must run in 32-bit mode in order to access the CamTwist virtual camera device.)  To do this, go to the Finder, locate your web browser app, do "Get Info", and check the "Open in 32-bit mode" checkbox. Don't launch your web browser yet.

Open CamTwist Studio, go to the Preferences, click the Video Devices tab, choose your video device, then use the "Force camera resolution" setting to force whatever resolution you prefer. (Suggest 320 x 240 for low-bandwidth internet connections.)

You'll then need to define a "Setup" in CamTwist studio. Follow the Steps in the CamTwist main window: double-click "WebCam" from the Video Sources column.

Skip to Step 5 in the Cam Twist main window - select your camera device in the Settings column:

Open the Preview from the Tools menu. A window should pop up showing you a live video stream from your camera device.
(optional) If you wish, play around with the many interesting effects available within CamTwist, such as "Comic Book," shown here:

Now you're ready to launch your web browser (in 32-bit mode). Most web-based video chat/meeeting services (such as GoToMeeting) use Adobe Flash for handling video. When you go to configure your camera settings for video chat, you should see a new "camera" device available, called "CamTwist Studio."  If you select this device, your video stream should be the modified, low-resolution 320x240 (or whatever size you chose) stream, plus any effects you added in CamTwist.

The CamTwist "virtual" video device should also be available in most other programs that use Mac OS X Core Video services, i.e. Skype and many other apps. (But not all. For example, it doesn't work with FaceTime.)

Here's an example of the CamTwist video stream being used on http://www.chatroulette.com:


Shortcut for toggling between different windows of same app? I opened two Google Chrome windows (because I am using multiple Gmails) and when I do the Cmd ⌘ Tab ⇥ shortcut it just shows me other applications that I opened but does not show me the other Chrome windows that are already opened.

How to switch to the other Google Chrome window that I opened using keyboard shortcut?

UK Keyboard
[see below for other languages]

 Cmd ⌘   `

 Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧    `  to go the other way.

Left of z on a UK keyboard [non-shifted ~ ]

Note: This only works if all windows are in the same Space, not if they are spread over multiple Spaces, which includes fullscreen. To overcome this, use Cmd ⌘Tab as usual and on the icon of the application you want to switch windows in press the down arrow key (with Cmd ⌘ still pressed). Then use left/right keys to navigate to the desired window across spaces and desktops.

You can also achieve this by clicking the app's icon in the Dock - this method will also switch to fullscreen windows, which the other methods will not..

From comments - You can check which key command it is for your language by switching to Finder, then look at the Window menu for 'Cycle through windows'...

BTW, specifically in Chrome, Safari & Firefox, but no other app I know of on Mac,  Cmd ⌘   (number)  will select individual tabs on the frontmost window.

It also would appear that  Cmd ⌘   `   is yet another of those language-specific shortcuts; so if anyone finds any more variants, please specify for which language & keyboard type.

If anybody finds new combos for different languages, please check Keyboard layout here - Apple KB: How to identify keyboard localizations - & add that as well as which Input Source you use in System Prefs > Keyboard > Input Sources.
Add a keyboard picture from the KB page too, if that would help.
That will make it easier for future Googlers.

Further info:
You can change the keys in System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Keyboard...
though it doesn't list the reverse direction, it does still work when you add shift to that new combo. I tested by moving mine from  `   (and  ~ ) to  §  (and  ± )

You can use the alternative of  Ctrl ⌃   F4  [visible in the prefs window above] but that almost indiscriminately marches through every single open window on all Spaces, without switching to the correct Space each time. It's really not too useful unless you use a single Space, just included here for completeness.


How to create a smart folder for files created in the last 5 minutes I have a camera setup were the camera automatically takes pictures every x seconds and these images are saved in a directory called 'Images'. Now I want to create a smart folder that looks in 'Images' and only lists images that were added in the last 5 minutes. When creating a smart folder, I see only the option the list files from the last day.

How can I create a smart folder that lists only files created in the last 5 minutes?

In other words, I want to create a smart folder using non-standard options.

A 'Smart folder' is in principle a XML formatted file that, when opened, returns a Spotlight search result. To create a Smart folder you can add multiple search terms by pressing the + (or alt+). For example, you can choose to only return files that where created in the last 7 days. Although there is a profusion of search terms, some are still missing (like searching within the last 5 minutes).

The commandline version of Spotlight is mdfind (manual). Although harder to use, mdfind commands are more flexable than the Smart folder/Spotlight alternative. You can, for example, search for files that were created in the last 5 minutes like this:

mdfind 'kMDItemFSCreationDate > "$time.now(-300)"'

Or were changed in the last 10 minutes:

mdfind 'kMDItemFSContentChangeDate > "$time.now(-600)"'

Fortunatly Smart folders support the mdfind command! To use mdfind search commands do the following:

Go to Finder and press CommandF to start a new Smart folder.
In the search-items bar you can select 'Other...' from the drop down menu. Search for 'Raw query' and add it to your search terms
Now enter your mdfind search query in the empty text field

kMDItemFSCreationDate > $time.now(-600)

Save your search and you are done.


How do I correct the iOS7 photo app's location guess? iOS7 organizes photos into automatic groups. It labels each group with a location. It often chooses the wrong location.
For example if you're at the supermarket it might say "Anytown Post Office" if there happens to be a post office near by

How do I correct it with the correct location? In the example above I want the group labeled "Supermarket" instead of "Post Office"

You can edit this in iPhoto on your mac, but only on the local copy not the Photo Stream copy. On the iPhone you'd want to get a metadata editor app such as EXIF-fi ($.99)


How do I identify which preference panes are 32-bit and which aren't Recently my Sound preference pane has asked me to reopen System Preferences when I select it, or when I switch away from it.

I have added a few preference panes (e.g. Wacom, an Xbox controller pane, etc).

I'd like to know how to identify all the 32-bit vs 64-bit preference panes?

I would like to start uninstalling the ones I don't find necessary any longer and hopefully streamline this.

System Information (About this Mac - System Report) shows which are 32 and which are 64 bit. No 32-bit Preference Panes exist in my screenshot, however, as this is High Sierra.


Moving multiple subfolder files to parent folder on Mojave? I'm trying to move the files of multiple (100+) subfolders to the parent folder, but I don't want to do it manually for each. Is there something I could do to automate that?
I've tried solutions for older OS's and they don't seem to work, and I don't fully understand https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8385501
Thank you!

In Terminal run
cd PARENTFOLDER
mkdir -p $TMPDIR/move
mv */* $TMPDIR/move/
rmdir *
mv $TMPDIR/move/* .
rmdir $TMPDIR/move

Please note

This will lead to data loss if files in different subfolders have the same name.
rmdir * will fail if the subfolders aren't empty after the move (e.g. if they contain files/directories starting with a .)
It works by first moving the files within the subfolders to a temporary location, then removing the subfolders themselves and then moving the files from them temporary location back to the parent. The moves are fast if they are on the same drive, they are very slow (and may fail due to lack of disk space) if the parent folder is on an external drive

For the extended version you've asked in the comments

Is there an easy way to batch apply this for an entire folder? For example: Year (parent folder) > Month > Day 1, 2, etc. Where I can apply your function to every folder in Year, with the contents of Day 1 & 2 going into Month, but the content of Month don't go into Year?

_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
cd YEAR
for month in *; do
    [[ -d "$month" ]] || continue

    echo mv -- "$month"/*/* "$_tmp"/
    echo rmdir -- "$month"/*
    echo mv "$_tmp"/* "$month"/
done
rmdir "$_tmp"

Remove the echos if the output of the dry run looks ok.


Cannot log into Workgroup Manager I recently reinstalled the Mac Mini Server using Snow Leopard-server, but using the account I created during setup (allegedly the server administrator account) I cannot authenticate to the LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 store.

Using the diradmin account I can get limited (cannot change anything) access (after waiting a long time) using the same password as the 'standard' admin account. Also, using the root account I can log in fine.

So, what am I missing here?

Aparently it does work if I use the 'root' account, don't know if that's even The Right Way™, but it suffices for now.


How to fix app store Mountain Lion download that stops at 45%? I have tried to download Mountain Lion from the app store only to have it show up in my dock and begin "downloading". Except it never completes the download. Each time I begin the download again, it gets a bit farther, but after about 45% it won't download any more data, even after waiting 12 hours. My Mac is most definitely compatible and my colleagues on the same model/version of the machine I am using have downloaded and installed Mountain Lion without any issues.

I have:

Repaired permissions
Installed all the most recent Mac updates for Snow Leopard
Restarted the computer
Cleared my App Store cache

No error messages, just won't complete the download. I'm afraid if I call Apple for help they will charge me for a product I have paid for, but doesn't work.

How to completely download Mountain Lion from the app store?

I spoke to the Apple Store, and it had to do with a faulty harddrive which came out in my model. I went through the Hard Drive Replacement Program, and all went well, with Mountain Lion installed.


How can I use EarPods with a dumb phone I would like to use Apple EarPods with a Nokia 130 (dumb phone). I only need sound and microphone to work. I don't expect the volume control to work, since I assume it's proprietary.

Inserting the EarPods directly into the Nokia gives no sound at all. If I keep the connector halfway in, I get sound, but this is obviously not a permanent solution.
I tried an adapter with a female connector for the EarPods (4 pins) and a male connector (3 pins) for the Nokia. This gives me sound, but the microphone does not work.
I also tried using a cheap EarPods copy on the Nokia, which works for both sound and microphone (even if it has 4 pins like the original EarPods...!), but with bad quality (no bass).

Can someone recommend an adapter where:

Sound works
Microphone works
Does not degrade audio quality
Is as small and simple as possible

The issue here is a little more interesting than it appears on the surface.

Both your old Nokia and the EarPods use a 3.5mm audio jack with support for four "poles", each one providing a different purpose. Each one has left, right, ground, and microphone. However, your old Nokia uses the OMTP standard, while the EarPods use the CTIA/AHJ standard. This means the ground and microphone are switched between the two.

You'll need an adapter like this one to get the EarPods working properly.


How to remap MacBook keys So, I play a game and I am unable to quickly reach my 6,7,8,9,0 keys.

Is there any way that I could revamp my keyboard keys so that, for example :

z would result in the same keystroke as my 6
x results in 7
c results in 8
` results in 9
r results in 0.

I tried using key flipper and the keyboard setting to change the shorts for text but all that allows you to do is change function keys and that didn't lead me anywhere.

Does a program exist, or can I make an AppleScript that allows me to have such a function?

I use Karabiner-Elements for this purpose. The W key on my keyboard is a bit finicky so I use Karabiner-Elements to get around this.

After installing Karabiner-Elements, create a new profile.

Then add mappings to this profile.

Finally, use the menu bar to switch between this profile and the default one.


Does the weight of iOS devices change based on storage size? I don't think this is just true of Apple products but the weight advertised for iOS device model of varying storage size is always same.

For example the weight of the iPad Pro is 437 grams. Is this the same for all models?

Does an increase in storage size add extra weight?

Is the weight difference so minuscule that it is not mentioned?

The 128GB and 256GB variants don't have any more chips than the 32GB model. They still have one chip, that has smaller cells and hence higher storage density, but it takes up the same volume and weight.

Even if this is not true, the difference in mass is likely to be within a gram or two. It's not significant enough to note.

Source: iFixit teardown for the iPad Pro. As you can see, the logic board has no space for any additional flash memory chips.


How to not have thumbnails overlap in Finder? How can you drag thumnails around in Finder so that they can't overlap other thumbnails.

Even when "Snap To Grid" is set, thumbnails just snap on top of other ones.  I don't quite know how this would even be useful.

What I'd like is the typical thing where as you drag it to a spot it opens a hole in the grid for it to be and everything to the right of it is shifted over

You need to have either 'Sort by' or 'Arrange By' set to something, rather than just having Snap to Grid set.
Right-click in the folder but not on an icon to see the option, or  Cmd ⌘   J


Not able to connect an external acer display to MacBook Pro 2015 Here is the info of my laptop:
 - MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
 - 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
 - 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
 - Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB
 - macOS High Sierra version 10.13.4
 - Acer G236HL Bbd 23-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor

I've tried both a SMC reset and NVRAM reset and nothing worked for me.
I am so frustrated with this issue.

How do I troubleshoot this issue:

I used the same Thunderbolt cable and a new MacBook Pro and connected to TV - WORKED
I connected the Cable and my Acer monitor with OLD MacBook Pro 2012 - WORKED
I connected the MacBook Pro 2015 and same cable and Acer monitor - Not working.

That means the port is working fine with new MacBook Pro.
Cable is working fine.
Monitor is working fine.

The big issue is not being able to detect the display on the MacBook Pro 2015.

I'm not sure what else I need to do.
Does anyone have a solution for this issue?

I tried calling Apple Customer Service and they are clueless.

If the external screen is flickering and blacking out after 3-5 sec, try going into System Preferences > Displays and change the settings for your external monitor. I solved mine by setting the Resolution to 1080p and Refresh rate to 60 Hertz.

P.S. You can bring the display settings window of the monitor to your main display on the Mac by hitting 'Gather Windows'.


Transfer external hard drive Time Machine data to a replacement My Western Digital external hard drive is full.  How do I transfer data to its replacement? I want all the data to be saved to the new external hard drive so Time Machine will continue where it left off with the backups.

Have a look at: Time Machine: How to transfer backups from a current backup drive to a new backup drive

Synopsis:

In Disk Utility, select the new drive's icon to make sure it has a GUID partition and is formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).  If not make appropriate changes.

Set permissions on your new backup drive in Finder using Get Info and make sure "Ignore ownership on this volume" at the bottom of the "Sharing & Permissions" section of the Get Info window is deselected (unchecked).

Temporarily turn Time Machine off.

Copy your backup data from your original drive to your new drive. Drag the folder "Backups.backupdb" from the original backup drive to the top level of the new backup drive.

Set Time Machine to use your new drive.


Sharing iTunes account My husband and I share the same iTunes account but when we sync our iPhones to the same account, we can no longer text each other.

I've tried starting my own account in which the iTunes will sync but all of my contacts and calendar events are no longer on my phone.

What can I do?

Under Settings -> Messages, check "Receive At" - you are probably both using the same Apple ID for messages.  One of you will need to setup a separate Apple ID to use for Messages.  You should be able to do this while continuing to share the same iTunes account.


iPhone X: Deleting old backup Does deleting an old backup just delete the backup? So that I have more room in my iCloud to do another backup?

Just want to make sure if it doesn't wipe out everything on my iPhone.

Yes, deleting an iPhone backup just delete the backup and doesn't delete any data/content or configuration settings from your iPhone.

Yes, deleting a backup from iCloud indeed frees up space that can be used for other purposes.


How to get XCode commandline tools for Leopard in 2014 It's been several years since Leopard, but today I found myself looking for the XCode commandline tools that would run on it. Specifically, version 3.1, as that is the last version that would run on Leopard.

However, the Apple developers download page does not provide any downloads for XCode tools for either Leopard or Snow Leopard.

Is anyone aware of any workign mirrors, or ways I could obtain the toolchain? I could of course compile the various included tools from source, but that would probably take much more time than I was planning to spend on this project.

On a related note; I feel Apple should just keep the old versions online at the download center. It's terrible practice to simply stop making older versions available for download.

Never. mind. Of course one ends up solving something like this right after posting on StackExchange.

This is simply a naming thing. Apple started calling their development tools "command line tools" starting from 10.7, which is why I could not find the old dev tools when I searched for this. 'Xcode 3.1 Developer Tools' is the name of the download. This question pointed me in the right direction.


Why do Mail preferences get lost on reboot? Apple Mail, the OS bluetooth subsystem and some other applications (e.g. Fantastical) loose relevant (but not all) configuration and preferences on nearly every reboot. For Apple Mail it seems that all lost settings are stored in the file ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist. I haven't yet identified the other affected files.
What could cause the file contents to be lost on nearly every reboot? It does not happen if I hunt for it (keep rebooting), but only after using the Mac for a while.
I currently run macOS 10.15.6 on a MacBook Pro 16" with only a few popular Apps from the App Store plus Microsoft Office.
I am a long term Mac user. The bad behavior started approximately 2 years ago after an update to macOS High Sierra (I think). The Mac became more an more unusable because of this and other strange bugs (it also started to become extremely slow, so I had to reboot regularly, loosing all settings afterwards). Repairing and even installing the OS did not help. Therefore, I got a new Mac and installed everything from scratch (no restore from a backup) and installed only very little software on the system. However, the preferences still get lost on nearly every reboot!

This is user level corruption or system level corruption in almost all cases. Sometimes it’s third party software, but that’s the hardest to trace, so focus on the easy steps first.

get a backup
Make a new user account and see if that user can maintain mail settings across reboots.

Based on that you’ll know if you need to address your user preferences, repair the disk, erase the disk and reinstall the os. After reinstalling, don’t set up the mac or restore the backup - just test the system with mail.
Then decide to wipe a second time and restore files / users or if you are better off setting up a clean system just transferring documents from the backup.


iPhone 6: battery replacement and display problem I'm planning to have a battery replacement procedure for my old iPhone 6. However, at the same time, I'm also experiencing another problem with it: the bottom of the display seems like not to be fully glued any more - there feels a bit of looseness and some very minimal freedom. I understand it's a sort of common problem for old devices, like adhesives did dry out, or something like that.

Now, my question is the following: while replacing the battery, will they also remove the display? And then like put it back?

I mean, is it possible that they would fix this display issue at the same time while replacing the battery? Or is it a completely unrelated maintenance, and I should order/pay separately for it?

When they replace the battery, they have to completely remove the display. If it is an iPhone 6, there actually isn't any adhesive between the display and the enclosure. It is possible to two screws at the bottom are loose, and when they put the display back on, they will tighten those. I would just mention the display problem when you drop it off for the battery. They should at least be able to tell if it's the screws or something more advanced.


How do to keep web pages (like google.com and yahoo.com) from grabing cursor in Safari (form focusing)? Certain sites grab the selection from the address bar into their own field when they load. Google and Yahoo Search are two examples as they automatically pull the focus to their search box. Is there a way to turn this off in Safari so the focus stays in address bar?

For context, Firefox supports it via a preference, according to a Super User question.

This is a known feature of HTML.

using safari (or other browsers too) i installed adblock. then i select the search bar that is offendng, right click and tell adblock to block this ad. can be tricky selecting the right amount of the code to block, but a little trial and error will make it work.


Repository of .qtz s in system files? Apparently there is a place within the OS's system files that have lots of .qtz s that you can use for your desktop background.

Could someone tell me the location of the files?

Open Terminal and run locate qtz to get the list for your system. You may need to install Xcode to get the full set, with the added benefit of being able to run "/Developer/Applications/Quartz Composer.app" to develop your own.


Installing Windows On SDXC (not like source of ISO) I'm a  newbie on Macs and OS X.  I'm currently using "El Capitan" version 10.11.6

I have the Windows 10 Enterprise 64bits installer ISO.  I have doubts about Installing Windows on SDXC Card using Boot Camp.

Is it Possible to do this and if so, is there a step-by-step or HOWTO available?

EDIT 1

My Hard Disk is 128GB, I really need another partitions for CentOS and Windows 10 then Is very few space for three OS.

And now I know the speed is very slow for SDXC (I was thinking in Transcend).

If I found a Speedest Hard Disk the USB speed will be a limitation.
Some clue to solve this limitation Space and Speed?

Can you do this?

With Windows?  No.  Technically, it's possible to boot an OS (like Linux for FreeBSD) off a SD card - you simply point your bootloader to the bootable partition of the SDXC card and away you go  But...

Why would you want to do this?  It would be horribly slow.
(and by slow, I mean slow as molasses in winter slow)

Microsoft doesn't like people booting from removable drives and since the SD card reader is off your USB bus, it shows up as a removable device.  Linux doesn't have this limitation, however.

This doesn't, however, prevent you from putting a virtual HDD on the SD card and booting Windows in a virtualized environment like Parallels or VirtualBox.

Why you don't want to do this

Your SATA drive on your Mac transfers at 6Gb/s.  A USB 3.0 drive goes 5Gb/s.  Your SD card (assuming class 10) will go at most .5Gb/s (yes, only half a gigabit per second).

*Basically,  you will be trying to install Windows on a disk that's 12x slower than the drive built in to your Mac. And that's at the highest speed possible that an SD card can go.

I give more detail in an answer here

By trying to boot off the SDXC card, you would bring your MBP down to a crawl; to the point it would be torturous to us.  The best thing to do is to keep that SDXC card for pictures, or whatever file storage you need.


Backup iCloud notes? I have 7000 important notes on Mac notes. I once moved them to iCloud to back them up.
Recently, I tried to log out of iCloud briefly to fix a bug, and it almost deleted all my notes.
I really need a way to get them backed up on either a hard copy, or on my mac's hard drive. How can I do this?

There is an app called Exporter that will export each note in Notes to a markdown or html file to any folder you choose. So you could save these to an external drive or another internal drive. Its not blazing fast. i just saved 700 files in about 1.5 minutes. So figure 15 minutes to save 7000 files. Exporter is free from App Store. Go to Exporter/Preferences to change output files from Markdown to HTML if thats the format you want.


How can I change Contacts.app custom labels automatically using AppleScript? Is there a way to change the current labels in Contacts.app to custom ones using AppleScript based on a specific criteria?

Here is what I mean:

I need the script to go through my contacts to change the phone numbers default labels such as mobile, home, work, etc. to specific labels based on the first 3 digits of the phone number. If the label has been changed already or the criteria does not apply, then the script should skip that phone #.

Here is an example:

If the phone # starts with 079, then change the label to "zain"
If the phone # starts with 078, then change the label to "umniah"

Is this even possible?

Here is an example (quick scribble) of how to get and process the labels.

tell application "Contacts"
    set theNumber to "079"

    set (label of phones of people whose value starts with theNumber) to "test"
    save

end tell

Set theNumber to your own number.

AND I WOULD BACKUP THE ADDRESSBOOK BEFORE YOU START PLAYING WITH IT.

Update.

I have change the script to chaco if the phone number starts with rather than contains.

'label' = an items label. i.e 'mobile','iphone','home page'

Phones = the phone numbers of a person/contact's entry

people = plural for more than one person/contact.

value = the value of an item in a person/contact entry - in this case the phone number

In the set command the code between the brackets ( ) is run first.

Meaning the reference to  phone number's label in whole of the address book that starts with theNumber is gathered in a list.

Then the surrounding code tells each reference to change to test.


Does iOS (iPad) close your tabs when off when private browsing is enabled? I'm just curious to know if any iOS device (particularly, in this case, the iPad 2) closes the open tabs when I run out of battery ?

No. Next time when you open safari again, it will reload those sites again. Basically it just remembers all the tabs which you have opened and loads it the next time.


App Store no longer updates apps UPDATE: Apple has now issued a supplemental update that's fixed this issue for me (and presumably the other issues caused by the original Safari 14 update).
As of a couple of weeks ago, none of my App Store apps will update (2015 MBP 15", Mojave 10.14.6). The Update button just spins for a bit, then stops. If I uninstall the app, I can reinstall it, but subsequent updates still fail.
The only abnormal Console output after I click Update appears to be:
AMSURLRequest: Failed to fetch GUID schemes from bag

I've signed out/in, deleted App Store caches from ~/Library/Caches and ~/Library/Containers, temp files from $TMPDIR../C/com.apple.appstore/, and even reinstalled Mojave, but the issue persists.
I see the same behaviour with the MAS in both the user and admin accounts on my system, although of course they're both logged into the MAS with the same Apple ID.
Any other ideas? (I'm not in a position to install Catalina at present, whether that's likely to fix it or not.)
Possibly-related observation: I tend to move 3rd-party (i.e. non-Apple) apps into a sub-folder of /Applications after I've installed them. This has never fazed the App Store before, but now as soon as I move an app away from /Applications, the App Store shows me the 'download' icon rather than the Open button, as if it thinks the app has been uninstalled. (Yet, it still shows me update notifications for that app, and for others that I've previously moved.)

I have been having the same issue on Mojave 10.14.6 with trying to update apps from the App Store, with installs of new apps (including if you delete an app you're having trouble updating, then just install it again) working fine.
For reference of others reading this, most of my Apps (certainly the ones affected) are just in /Applications so that's not part of the cause.
Probable Cause
Searching around, I found that the community has identified an issue:
https://mrmacintosh.com/mojave-2020-005-security-update-causing-major-problems-updated/
The TLDR version is that:

if you installed Safari 14
then the most recent Security Update

in that order (Safari 14 first), then you tend to encounter the issue; if you installed the Security Update first, then Safari 14, you're likely to be ok.
Checking if you're affected
The last part of the TLDR is that you can check if you're encountering the same issue by running the following in the Terminal:
softwareupdate -l
If you are, you'll see the following output:
objc[5711]: Class AMSupportURLConnectionDelegate is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/EmbeddedOSInstall.framework/Versions/A/EmbeddedOSInstall (0x108f37c58) and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/OSPersonalization.framework/Versions/A/OSPersonalization (0x108d9a358). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.

So what do I do now?
It seems Apple has pulled the updates, so we can hope there will be some fix and revised update for everyone who hasn't installed the updates yet soon .
The current solutions (detailed on the above link), other than waiting, are that you can do a full re-install of macOS 10.14.6 - over the top, and then go from there.
Installing Catalina is another option, though that may not solve all issues, especially as the latest Catalina patch is also causing issues for some: https://mrmacintosh.com/catalina-10-15-7-update-accountsd-using-400-if-using-icloud-mail/
I'd read and keep an eye on the above link as it gets updated with latest best practice ways to resolve this, and when Apple release an update that resolves things - though it's probably best to wait and see the reaction to that, when it does appear.
Hope this helps!
UPDATE: (1st Oct 2020 13:39 UTC)
Just tried again offhand and now all the updates installed. I recall some server-backend issue like this before a few months ago.
Still doesn't get around the other issues mentioned in the above link, but at least app-updates now install.
Also, thanks to @bmike for the link below in the comments and his separate reply - anyone in future coming here, please check those out.
UPDATE: (2nd Oct 2020 10:11 UTC)
...And the problem is back. Today updates again won't install.
I guess just going to play the waiting game for a bit longer and see what happens.


macOS could not be installed on your computer I have a Late 2011 Mac mini late 2011. It had macOS High Sierra installed, but due to some problems with language, I decided to delete everything and re-install it. But Now, I have this message when the Mac Mini restarts after the first installation:

I even chose the deep analyze by Apple Diagnostics from internet and other where the RAM has been checked and No issues were found, it doesn't detect any kind of problem.

I have a late 2011 Mac Mini, 16GB RAM, and an SSD Harddrive.

What should I do?

I have managed to find a solution!

The USB key that I used was crashing during the installation. Therefore, I went with Internet Recovery mode, and it is successfully installed.


facetime issues on the phne purchase from uae i have purchased this Iphone from uae and now I am in India inserted an Indian sim card changed my regions to India still cant find Facetime on my phone

Reason: There's restriction for Facetime in middle eastern countries.
Solution: You need to jail break your phone and install a cydia tweak called  MEFacetimeiOS8


Keyboard shortcut (hotkey) for switching keyboard layout on iOS I use iPad mini 4 (iOS 10.1.1) with a Logitech bluetooth keyboard (k380). I often need to switch the keyboard layout because I use more than one language in my writings.

Currently I have to turn off the keyboard and click on the "world" icon on the screen keyboard to change its layout. Then turn on the keyboard. Not practical.

Is there a keyboard shortcut for switching keyboard layout on iOS?

Ctrl + Space.

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Understanding which RAM chips are compatible with a Mac I'm upgrading an eMac to 1 GB RAM (2 x 512 MB). A dude is selling the following chips, but I don't know what CL3, CL2.5, SDRAM, SDCL3, 168P and DIMM means. Could someone please explain what these terms mean, and most importantly: Which ones will work on the Mac?

1 x Kingston   512MB 133MHz CL3
1 x RAMOS TEK  512MB 133MHz CL2.5
1 x Samsung    512MB PC133 SDRAM
1 x TwinMOS    512MB PC133 CL3
1 x Winbond    512MB PC133 SDCL3
3 x Transcend  512MB PC133 SDRAM 168P DIMM

You never mentioned which eMac you specifically had, but according to EveryMac.com, there are only two possibilities:

PC 133 SDRAM.  Compatible with 2002 through 2003 models.
PC-2700 SDRAM.  Compatible with 2004 through 2005 models.

Both machines require 184pin modules

CL numbers have to do with the latency of the memory (CAS Latency) or in other words, how many clock cycles before it transfers data.  Lower numbers are faster.

SDCL3 just looks like a manufacturer "smashing" together of SDRAM and CL3.

DIMM is "dual in-line memory module."  Basically, there's memory paths on both sides of the module (as opposed to SIMMs).

For more info, see this article on RAM types.

As for which memory will work in your eMac, it's impossible to say for sure because they're all (with the exception of the Transcend memory at 168 pins) missing the pin count.  If they are 184 pins, then they should work.


Download update before asking for restart Every now and then my Mac informs that there is an Update that needs a restart to install. Once I click on Details, there is a Button to install the update and restart. But once I click that one, there is a Download of more than a gig pending.

I would like to change this behaviour, such that the notification only appears when the Update is already downloaded. Is that possible? How can I achieve this?

Checking "Automatically keep my Mac up to date" doesn't seem to have any effect.

You might need to check the boxes "Check for updates" and "Automatically download updates when available" for the download. Also, Check firewall options for allowing connections if denied.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/where-are-downloaded-software-updates-stored.1629444/ and as I too verified, updates are located in Library/Updates before install.  You can verify if it is available for install or not.