iPhone X has a green line on the left of screen. How to fix it? My friend got this iPhone X and it suddenly has a bright green line on the left side of the screen. Whole display getting bit greenish because of it. The warranty is also finished because it's more than a year and a half he bought it. It happened suddenly because he is assuring nothing happened like dropping it or any kind of water damage. He tried to reset it but the result is the same. Any ideas on how to fix this?

This issue usually comes together with issues with touch response for which there is a replacement program by Apple in which the display would be replaced free of charge outside of the regular warranty period. (https://support.apple.com/iphone-x-display-module-replacement-program)

Visit your local Apple Store or Service Provider and check to see if it can be fixed under this program.


Videos taken on the iPhone will not sync to the iPad I have several hundred pictures and a hundred or so videos that have been taken with my iPhone 4 and 5s. (90%/10% split roughly). These are all in iPhoto and have imported fine. Everything can be viewed on my laptop without issue.

I want to have all of these pictures and videos on my iPad (4). I have checked the sync all photos from iPhoto and include videos.

All pictures and most videos copy. Several videos do not. All that do not work are from the 5s. That said, I do have some of the videos that I know were taken with the 5s syncing fine. (slo mo)

I can say that I have a few 1080p videos that were synced. There were a couple that did not. There were a couple of the slo mo videos that synced and a couple that did not.

The first time I attempted to sync, I did get the warning message in iTunes that some of the videos were not compatible with the iPad, but on subsequent attempts, the message wasn't shown, iTunes just silently skipped these files. (Subsequent attempts after un-syncing, reboots, etc)

I really want to keep my photos and these types of videos in iPhoto for ease of syncing and browsing. What can I do to convince iTunes that the iPad really can play these videos that the iPhone took? Or how can I debug what the issue really is?

The fact that iTunes silently skipped informing you that it did not add the videos is most probably caused because you checked the "Do not show this message again" upon the prompt the first time.

Are the videos in MOV or MP4 format? You can try installing the free VLC app on your iPad  and then add any video files to that app via iTunes File Sharing. Simply:

Run iTunes and connect the iPad
Enter the iPad settings in iTunes and navigate to the "Apps" tab
Select the VLC app under "File Sharing" (scroll all the way to the bottom to see "File Sharing")
Click on "Add files..." and select the videos from your PC
Click on the iTunes "Apply" button.

This should add the videos to the VLC app on your iPad from where you can access and play them.


Where phpstorm indexes located? And how to change location path? I have small space on internal hdd. Therefore I use external hdd.
My phpstorm projects are located there.
If external hdd has been reconnected phpstorm project needs to be reindexed.
It takes too much time. Seems indexes are located on internal hdd.
Is it possible to store indexes on external hdd? How to set it up?

UPDATE:
here is my properties file

idea.popup.weight=heavy
idea.dynamic.classpath=false
swing.bufferPerWindow=false
CVS_PASSFILE=~/.cvspass
idea.smooth.progress=false
idea.max.intellisense.filesize=2500
apple.awt.fullscreencapturealldisplays=false
idea.cycle.buffer.size=1024
java.endorsed.dirs=
com.apple.mrj.application.live-resize=false
sun.java2d.noddraw=true
idea.jars.nocopy=true
sun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false
idea.use.default.antialiasing.in.editor=false
ide.mac.show.native.help=false
idea.no.jre.check=true
idea.fatal.error.notification=disabled
apple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true
idea.no.launcher=false
JVMVersion=1.6*
native.mac.file.chooser.enabled=true
sun.java2d.d3d=false
apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true

Adjust the settings in this file:

IDE_HOME\bin\idea.properties

Change these options:

idea.config.path
idea.system.path
idea.plugins.path
idea.log.path

My Source:
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206827407-Changing-IDE-
default-directories-used-for-config-plugins-and-caches-storage

Here is some additional information:
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206827437-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs


Is there any way to put iMac to sleep (or other low power mode) while using it in target display mode? When I connect to my mid-2010 27" iMac in Target Display Mode, fans hum and hard disks spin (with occasional I/O). Being logged out in iMac's macOS doesn't help.

Is it possible to lower this unnecessary power drag or at least minimize the noise? Can I boot iMac as a dumb-display?

No, you cannot go into low power mode while in Target Display mode.

While your iMac is "acting" as a "passthrough" for you display signals you are not bypassing the logic board and GPU to connect to the display.  The iMac display is still connected to the internal logic board and GPU and that GPU is required to display images on the screen.

The fans are coming on because the SMC in the iMac has calculated (based on input from the temp sensors) that it has reached a certain temperature threshold and it needs to cool down.  Remember, your GPU and logic board is hard at work taking DispayPort and/or Thunderbolt input and converting it to displayable graphics.

If you want a "dumb" monitor, the best option is to get a dumb monitor.


backup and restore iPhoto library from OSX 10.5.8 How do I backup a complete iPhoto ('09 version 8.1.2 (424)) library with all its metadata from iPhoto of OSX 10.5.8 and then after a clean new install of the latest OSX 10.8.2 on the same machine, restore that library into the latest (then empty) iPhoto.

Is there a simple tutorial somewhere? Are there any pitfalls I need to watch out for? It would be a real shame if the photos and/or the metadata get lost on the way.

This is really easy*. But the version of the OS doesn't matter. it's the version of iPhoto that does.

So, if you have iPhoto 6 or earlier:

Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library Folder there

iPhoto 08 or later:

Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library icon there

In either case then drag the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder to another Disk. The Disk should be formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Once that's done test the back up - open it and view the Photos: To choose a Library to open: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'

Assuming the Library is working okay that's the back up part.

Then the restore:

Drag the Library from the External back to the Pictures Folder. Then Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and point iPhoto at the Library in Pictures.

Done.

*Easy that is unless you have a referenced Library.  A Referenced Library is when iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing because you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. (You unchecked the option to copy files into the Library on import) The files are then stored where ever you put them and not in the Library package. In this scenario you are responsible for the File Management.

IF you have a Referenced Library then you have a much more complex job. You'll need to convert it to a Managed one, and the do the steps above.


Script to move files under their first letter name i've a lot of files (1000+) in a single directory, and i would like to organize them into sub directories, according to their first letter.
So i've 200 files starting with A, and i would like to move them into subdirectory "A", then all "B" files etc. etc.

How to do ?

In a terminal: cd into the directory in question, then

for x in `ls -1 | sed -e 's/^\(.\).*/\1/' | sort -u`; do
mkdir $x && mv -i ${x}?* $x
done

This assumes that no files have a single character name before you start. If they do, you might move them aside before you run the above procedure:

mkdir singles && mv ? singles

and then move them to their appropriate destinations aftwards.

Edit: See the comments below for some caveats. If you run into problems with too long command lines, you could replace the second line by

mkdir $x && find . -maxdepth 1 -name "${x}?*" -exec mv -i {} $x \;


Zip email with con AppleScript I need to zip all email that have in the body this words "Identificativo messaggio: CA3DA789.008822A5.C33F80AE".
I have many email in AppleMail  so i think if it's possible to create an AppleScript that select all email that have in their body this Word "Identificativo messaggio: CA3DA789.008822A5.C33F80AE".
Once AppleScript find these mails,  unzip them and tell me where Save the file zip and with witch name.
It's possible to create this AppleScript ?

Every day i must zip the email and with search box i need of much time. So i think to use an AppleScript that work in this mode: I select an mail that contain "identificativo n. *****" and Applescript find all Mail with the same "identificativo n. *****". After selected mail, i could zip these files or stamp with their attachements.

It's certainly possible to do this with AppleScript, but depending on how often you need to do this it might be simpler to just

Use the search box within Mail to list all mails containing this specific string
Drag them into a folder on the Desktop
Compress/zip that folder


Use one AppleScript to toggle on and off (1 or 0) I'm wondering if there's a simple way to use one AppleScript program to turn something on and off. Basically I want it to do this.

Check current pmset sms
if sms = 0
then
   do shell script sudo pmset -a sms 1
if sms = 1
then
   do shell script sudo pmset -a sms 0

How would I tell it to check the current value?

To get the state I would use something like:

set sms to (do shell script"pmset -g |grep \"sms\" | awk '{print $2}'")

Then:

if sms is "0" then
  do shell script"pmset -a sms 1" with administrator privileges
else
  do shell script"pmset -a sms 0" with administrator privileges
end if

Note the "administrator privileges"  this is used  because you will not be able to use 'sudo' because there will be no interface for you to type your password.

The "administrator privileges" will display a Normal OS Authentication dialogue for you to enter the user name and password.


CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) error not appearing in disk utility Recently, my Mid 2012 13-inch MacBook Pro displayed a blank, gray screen instead of booting up. I suspected there was a problem with the hard drive cable, so I took it in to a (non-Apple) repair shop to get a repair quote.

It turns out there was a problem with the cable, but they also said there was a problem with the hard drive. They said their tests revealed a “cyclic redundancy check” or CRC error which would necessitate total replacement of the hard drive.

I then took the MacBook apart, removed the drive, plugged it into another Mac with a usb-adapter and ran First Aid in Disk Utility.

Now, disk utility tells me there’s nothing wrong with the drive (big green check next to drive icon and no error messages.) I can also explore it in finder without issue.

So, my question is this: is it that disk utility does not recognize CRC errors where they exist, or is my hard drive actually fine and the repair shop people were wrong?

The test in Disk Utility really only tests the file system - i.e. the high level structure of the disk’s organization into files, folders, metadata, etc. Structural errors would show up in Disk Utility.

If your file system is based on HFS+, there’s no CRC checksum or any other type of checksum at the file system layer.

If you’re running High Sierra or Mojave and have been upgraded to APFS, then there’s a checksum of the file system metadata. It’s not CRC though.

What Disk Utility doesn’t really check is your actual data - i.e. file contents. As neither HFS+ nor APFS stores checksums of data, it cannot be checked.

This means that either the repair shop used other software to store and retrieve data on the drive, and this failed CRC checks - or they’re talking about CRC errors on the SATA bus. The latter would be expected with a bad cable - and should then be fully resolved by replacing the cable - data might have been lost, but the disk isn’t broken.


Magic Trackpad gestures don't work A brand new Magic Trackpad has been paired to a 2011 Mac mini with OSX 10.8. This mini has no other bluetooth devices. OSX was upgraded in-place from Lion to Mountain Lion.

The trackpad doesn't perform the gestures.

The Bluetooth menu shows that there's a mysterious bluetooth mouse device still as of yet unconnected. Various attempts to have it connect are unsuccessful. I suspect this is the gestures functionality, but it may be a previously connected mouse (unsure).

Various fixes attempted:

reset PRAM with Cmd-Option-P-R at boot.
reset SMC by pressing power when unplugged

How can I get this Magic Trackpad to be recognized by OSX Mountain Lion?
I don't have another Mac to try to reproduce this problem on (trying to determine if the trackpad itself is bad).

It's possible that the kernel extension for the trackpad isn't loading properly.

Try these steps and see what happens.

Open Terminal and type kextstat | grep AppleBluetoothMultitouch and hit enter.

If nothing along the lines of 69    0 0x19d2000  0x3000     0x2000     com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch (160.7) <68 64 30 4 3>
 shows up, then the kext isn't loading.

If you did get text similar to that above, try unloading the driver with the command sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleBluetoothMultitouch.kext. There may be some error messages that spit out, you can ignore them for the moment.
Try reloading it with the command sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleBluetoothMultitouch.kext

If after that it doesn't show up in Keyboard Preferences, I'm out of ideas - it may be time for an exchange or a trip to the Genius bar, as it's likely a hardware issue.

It may also be helpful for other's diagnostic purposes to amend your question with the output from the Bluetooth section of System Information (in the /Applications/Utilities folder).


Missed Apple Keyboard Recall Window: What are my Options? Not sure whether to ask this in the apple or law SE but it's very apple specific, so I'll ask here. I own a 2016 MacBook pro that I bought second-hand. Some of the keys get stuck, which was the reason Apple offers a complimentary repair service for affected models. I've known this for a while but I only now got around to taking my MB to a repair store. They informed me that the "quality program" as they call it is only valid for up to 4 years after purchase. Replacing the keyboard now would cost over $600. Are there any options to get apple to pay for the repair once the repair window has closed?

No. Once the 4 year extended warranty program elapses the computer is no longer covered. This, of course, is problematic given that the issue recurs regardless of the age of the computer or previous repairs.
Since current models do not suffer this issue, the only real solution is to get a new computer - or pay the repair price.


Is there an alarm clock app to replace Sleep Cycle? I've been using the Sleep Cycle accelerometer-based alarm clock app for a while now:

But since very recently the app seems to be using up all of my battery overnight, which it didn't do before, and shuts down the phone. It also started to make my iPhone very hot to the touch in the morning.

Besides that, when the app is activated and I lock the screen (which I do obviously for security reasons) the app blocks all text message sounds, which is also bad.

So I was curious if there's any other app (paid or free) that could replace my current app without the drawbacks listed (excessive power, excessive heat, suppressing messages)

I use Sleep Better:

  Track your sleep, monitor your dreams, improve your bedtime habits & wake up better with the free Sleep Better tracker app from Runtastic!

Sleeping Cycle Tracker, Smart Alarm Clock & Sleep Diary. Love it!!

It's for free in the App Store, so try it out :-)


Applying finder tags to applications - What are the consequences? I'm trying to put Maveric's new feature - Finder Tags - to a good use, so I have a bunch of installed applications, some I have read/write permissions but for some others I don't (All apps installed by the OS and some others, such as Parallels Desktop, to give one example).

So if I want to get a list with all apps bundled in OSX I could by typing this to Spotlight:

tag:OsApp

Apps installed (not bundled in OSX):

tag:MyApp

The beauty in it is I could, also, find all the web browsers installed (by OSX or by me) by doing this:

tag:WebBrowser

Or get only the browsers installed by me:

tag:MyApp tag:WebBrowser

So far so good, but here is my potential issue:

To be able to tag some apps I should enable write permissions on them, tag the apps, then restore the permissions as it were before I tagged those apps. What happens when there is an update for an app I've tagged by changing its permissions?

Will I get an error? Will the app be updated successfully? Will the tag(s) remain?

Since I've asked this a long time ago, now I have some thoughts about my very own question, maybe anyone else is wondering the same so here it goes.

Will I get an error? Will the app be updated successfully? Will the tag(s) remain?

Basically its a NO to both questions.

Why?

When you update an app it overwrites itself. So no tags, at least not as far as I know and/or tested. And tags will not break any update, again, as far as I know and/or tested.

IF someone posts a better answer I will choose the other answer over this.


Using command line how to open a specific section of GUI System Preferences? It is possible to open a specific section (sub section) of the GUI System Preferences via command line terminal?

Example:
If I want to open just the main System Preferences window, I just run open /Applications/System\ Preferences.app/ but what about (for example) I want to open the System Preferences > Security and Privacy section?

Thank you so much in advance for your help.

You have to know where the actual PreferencePane resides. Just supply the full path to the section you want.

For Apple supplied PreferencePanes it's easy:

open /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Security.prefPane

opens your desired System Preferences > Security and Privacy.

Other preferencePanes might be found at /Library/PreferencePanes or ~/Library/PreferencePanes


iTerm2 doesn't read com.googlecode.iterm2.plist I am iTerm2 (1.0.0) user. I know how to create profiles, by using iTerm settings or modifying com.googlecode.iterm2.plist file.

For convenience, I will use .plist to indicate com.googlecode.iterm2.plist file.

There are some profiles already to connect my dev server using a command. (i.e. ssh 192.168.1.1).

I want to modify and add more profiles to iTerm. So, I wrote a Python script to do this. The procedure is like below.

Convert iTerm2 .plist file to .xml. (i.e. plutil -convert xml1)
Write several profiles to this file using plistlib in Python.
Convert iTerm2 .plist file to binary format that as it was. (i.e. plutil -convert binary1)

The procedure above doesn't work. iTerm2 didn't load my profiles created from my Python script.

So, I checked if there is no .plist file, how iTerm load the profiles.

I quit the iTerm2 program.
I deleted the .plist file from my disk, which is located at ~/Library/Preferences/.
Run iTerm2 program.
open Profile Setting by typing ⌘ Cmd+O.

I found there are profiles even if I deleted the .plist file. What happened here? Is there any backup profiles file which I don't recognize?

Preferences are cached in 10.9. See http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130908042828630. If you edit a plist file directly or replace the plist of an application, the application will keep using the cached version even after you quit and reopen the application.

You can run defaults read com.googlecode.iterm2 or killall cfprefsd to apply the changes:

Quit iTerm
Edit the plist
Run defaults read com.googlecode.iterm2 or killall cfprefsd
Open iTerm

Changes made with defaults are applied after you just quit and reopen an application like in earlier versions of OS X.


Full-screen games on a Retina Macbook Pro sometimes start strangely When I start Braid on my Retina Macbook Pro, the game will sometimes start normally, and I can play it, but other times only the bottom left corner of the game is visible, and the graphics look really ugly. The same happens with Trine 2.

I don't know when it works or when it doesn't, just that it seems somewhat random to me. Could it have something to do with the graphics cards? Right now my battery is at 100%, and I'm connected to the charger, so I think the discrete card is the one powering the game. Could this be the problem? How do I tell?

Also, on each game's launcher, I select the "2880x1800" resolution.

Here's Braid looking all messed up:

Thanks @eternus for answering, but my issue was that for some reason, my computer doesn't always switch to the discrete card once I open a game. Restarting usually fixes the problem, but a more thorough way to solve it is to get this app called gfxCardStatus, which allows you to specify which card you'd like to use. You choose the "Discrete only" option before running a game, and it should work fine. Here's what it looks like running in your task bar:


Removing a file from a protected folder in Mojave Background

I am trying to remove Sound Flower from my Mac. I found some relative files in 3 places. I removed 2 of them but the third one is in a folder that will not allow me to remove it.

Example

The file is in,

/Library/SystemMigration/History/Migration-1C2FCFF8-A394-409D-8DB3-E7885C0D5E81/QuarantineRoot/Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions

The file name is,

Soundflower.kext

When I try to remove it like this,

rm -rf Soundflower.kext

I get this error!

rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources: Operation
not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature: Operation
not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/MacOS/Soundflower:
Operation not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/MacOS: Operation
not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/Info.plist: Operation not
permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents: Operation not permitted rm:
Soundflower.kext: Operation not permitted

I have tried, sudo, sudo su and adding the Terminal and iTerm to
   Full Disk Access

settings in Security & Privacy in system settings. Once I added them I closed and restarted my terminals.

I still get the error.

Question

How do I remove this file from the path mentioned above?

You can remove the file without disabling SIP by booting to Recovery and then deleting the file in the terminal. The system disk is actually mounted read/write in Mojave Recovery, so the trick is that you have to refer to the drive by starting at /Volumes/yourdrivenamehere.  So in this case the command to remove the file would be:

rm -rf /Volumes/yourdrivenamehere/Library/SystemMigration/History/Migration-1C2FCFF8-A394-409D-8DB3-E7885C0D5E81/QuarantineRoot/Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext


iPad still makes notification noises when muted I've noticed recently my iPad 3 (Retina) is making notification sounds for Facebook Messenger and some games even when the volume is turned completely down to show the muted symbol.

I'm running the latest version of iOS supported on the device as far as I know.

What's going on and how do I fix it, it's very annoying to be woken up by the device?!

I think the key is that iOS gives you control over two "types" of volume: sound volume (for music, videos, etc.) and ringer volume (for notifications, ringtones, etc.). It seems you have indeed muted the sound volume, but your ringer volume is still up. Depending on your settings, one of the following should completely mute your iPad (including notifications):

Slide the side switch right above the volume buttons on the right side of your iPad.
Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to reveal the Control Center. (On newer devices, you access the Control Center by swiping down from the top of the screen). Tap the mute button, which looks like a bell.

You can set the alert volume in Settings > Sounds, if you'd like to turn down the volume or turn it off completely. If you want, you can also enable the switch to allow you to change the alert volume with your volume buttons when no music is playing.


Is iCloud sharing safe? Someone offered to share their account with me so I could get a couple games for free.

If I use their account could they access mine somehow? I'm worried about them accessing my personal stuff that I have on my iCloud.
Also they gave me an iCloud email.. can you even use a iCloud email for iTunes?

I would resist the temptation, & would advise them to not make this kind of offer in future.

To say this is foolhardy barely begins to cover it.

Though you having their Apple ID details isn't directly harmful to you, it is not true for them. You would have total access to their data.

They are not giving you a couple of games for free, they are handing you the keys to their entire private life.

The only direct harm it would cause you is that should they change their password at any later date, you will never be able to update or reinstall any of the items that used their ID.

..and that's apart from the fact that you & they would be breaking the terms of your license agreement & basically stealing the software.


How to download all iTunes Connect screenshots for an app? I want to make small changes to the screenshots for my iOS app and have misplaced the original files that I uploaded to iTunes Connect.

Was going to download them back to my computer, but the interface of iTunes Connect is acting up and only shows me the iPhone 6 screenshots, without any way to change to iPad and other phone sizes. That was also puzzling because it would also not allow me to upload any new screenshots for other screen sizes either :(.

I found RMConnecter to help with the uploading process, but it still does not seem to have the ability to download existing screenshots.

Are there any other ways to get the screenshots that are already attached to my app? Do I have to wait for iTunes Connect to get back into shape, whenever that may be…

You can use the deliver tool and do deliver init in a folder.

Basically you need open the terminal and do:

xcode-select --install
sudo gem install deliver

and then do deliver init in a folder.


RSS app for iPad, that support https? (ssl-over-http) I'm trying to find an RSS-app for iPad, that supports https-protocol.

Tried The Feed and News Reader for iPad, but they don't want to accept links with https proto-supplied(rss generated from Pivotal Tracker, and includes latest tasks for project).

Any suggestions guys?

Have you tried Reeder? I don't know for sure that it supports this, but it might be worth looking into.


How to type `control + [` on a German iPad Smart Keyboard How do you type control + [ on the German Smart Keyboard for iPad.

I am missing the "Esc" on the iPad keyboard a lot in order to discard text fields. I read that control + [ might work as a replacement.

How do you type this on a German keyboard layout with [ not being a dedicated key.

I had an issue where I couldn't get a question mark to appear using the Apple iPad Smart Keyboard with the German as the language, I would switch back to English for punctuation. I just found that you can have the language set as German but then change the keyboard hardware settings to English and now my question mark button give me a question mark. Yay!
So it may work for your situation too. On your iPad go to Setting > General > Keyboard > Keyboard hardware.


How to turn on voice dictation in Yosemite using a voice command? Is there any way to turn on the built-in voice dictation in Yosemite with a voice command (just like we can do using the voice command "wake up" in Dragon NaturallySpeaking, or "Hey Siri" in Siri)?

Apple says:

Enable Dictation Commands

Before you can tell your Mac what you want it to do, you need to turn on Dictation Commands.

  When you enable advanced commands, you can also create your own
  commands by clicking the Add Command (+) button. This lets you link a
  spoken phrase to an app, a menu item, a keyboard shortcut, or an
  Automator workflow.


How can I disable pop-unders when using Chrome? I know it's possible to disable pop-ups, and that's the default behavior, but It's not affecting the pop-unders.

Yes,
but you need to block all scripts on a domain using Chrome's own script blocking feature.

Why?
Pop-unders are usually via JavaScript. In order to disable them, I block javascript on the specific site using the extension ScriptNo  Chrome's build-in script blocking in:
Settings →  Show advanced settings → Content settings → JavaScript → JavaScript Exceptions
At the moment Chrome's API do not allow proper script blocking which is also why Firefox' NoScript developer has not yet ported his extension. Third-party extensions like ScriptNo suffer from the same problem.
The lack of needed API can allow scripts to still load the first time you visit a website.
By design there is no option for extensions to effectively block scripts like in Firefox, therefore the only way to stop this behavior is to block all scripts on a domain using Chrome's settings which I mentioned at the top.


How do I delete a file from my desktop using keyboard I have tons of file on my desktop. I am using latest macbook pro.

After selecting the file using mouse I hit delete and then "command and delete" and none of them work.

So finally I hit ctrl + mouse click and then I chose "Move to trash".

Is there a way to delete the file using only keyboard?

command+delete works just fine. Highlight the file (single click or use your keyboard to select it), then hold command and without releasing it, push delete. This moves the file or folder to the trash.

Note that delete is in the same place as Backspace on a Windows keyboard.


How do I disable "link preview" in iOS safari? I reluctantly updated my iPhone and discovered that now when you press and hold on a link in Safari it makes a pop-up window with a preview of the link come up.

What is really awful about this is you only need to tap it for a split second for it to start rendering a preview, so very often (maybe 50% of the time) when I'm simply trying to click a link, I have to try several times to press it FASTER in order to get to the page I'm trying to go to without rendering the preview I never wanted.

In addition, this now prevents you from easily copying and pasting links found in your browser, because when you try to select link text, it keeps interrupting with the pop-up.

Rather than negative the way I tap, is there way to disable this feature?

I think the other answer is outdated. Link preview is the default action on long-press now (not just 3d touch), and not just in Safari.

To disable it, long-press a link and tap the "Hide preview" option. That option is currently found in the top right corner (which might change with future updates).


If a downloaded package verifies, is it safe? I'm trying to install the Java JDK. The download page does not use HTTPS. I downloaded the .dmg file anyway; when I open it, Finder spends some time verifying it and then I have the option to install it.

How can I know whether it's safe to install?

You don't know.

The finder just checks the disk image is a valid disk image.

To check that what you have downloaded matches what is on the server you need to do more checking. A common way is to calculate a hash on the downloaded data and compare with a hash published by the internet site.

Then how do you know that the app you have downloaded won't format your disk? Again you don't You have to use your judgement as to whether the publisher is trustworthy enough.

If you went to Oracle's page directly or via a link from a trustable source then ok but if from a link from a mail from someone who has never sent you a mail before then probably not a good idea.


How to completely remove Fuse for Mac OS X, MacFUSE, NTFS-3G I want to switch to Tuxera NTFS for better support. But don’t know how to uninstall all these apps before completely switching to Tuxera.

I also install fuse_wait.pkg but I am not sure how to unistall .pkg file.

I followed this video for NTFS-3G installation in Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).

If you have followed those instructions then you've installed three packages.

fuse_wait just replaces a single file of the NTFS-3G install with an updated version. So you don't really need to do anything to uninstall this package; when you remove NTFS-3G it should automatically remove that updated version.

To remove NTFS-3G either open the NTFS-3G preference pane and click on the Uninstall button, or run the script at /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs-3g.fs/Support/uninstall-ntfs-3g.sh.

To uninstall FUSE for OS X open the FUSE for OS X system preference pane and click the Uninstall button.

If the two preference panes are still there after running both uninstalls, then just right-click on them and select the "Remove ... Preference Pane" option.

And reboot your Mac.

To confirm that the file are gone you could run the following commands in Terminal. Hopefully you shouldn't get any results.

 pkgutil --pkgs | grep fuse
 kextstat | grep fuse


Does iOS 4 break iPhone compatibility with music docks? When I plug my iPhone 4 into my Bose SoundDock Series 2 I get a popup message saying "This accessory is not optimized for this iPhone" and the dock will not play audio from the iPod or Pandora apps, presumably others as well.  (Interestingly, if the iPod is playing music from its built-in speakers it will play through the Bose briefly when I plug it in but stops with the popup.)  Fearing a problem with the SoundDock I tested on my father-in-law's iHome speakers and I get the same message and audio failure.

The "Apple Support Communities" pages have many threads with people discussing the same problem and it appears to be a bug introduced with iOS 4.  I've ensured I'm up-to-date with iOS 4.3.3 (8J2) but it seems to exist with every iOS 4 version.

Are there any known workarounds?  (Enabling Airplane mode doesn't work.)  Is there a planned fix or official statement from Apple?

The answer from Apple Support is "Yes", newer versions of the iOS software probably do disable support for "older" iPhone-compatible devices (although likely "unintentionally").

The Apple Support representative advised downgrading the iOS version on my phone even though doing so would violate the terms of my AppleCare agreement (and obviously, she couldn't explain how to do it other than giving me some Google search terms).

Moreover, she stated that with the release of iOS 5 coming up that I should hesitate to purchase any Apple iPhone or iPod accessories because they cannot ensure compatibility.

Unbelievable.


Power Mac G4 Cube not booting I've got an old Power Mac G4 Cube I'm trying to get working. So far I've installed both 10.3 and 10.4. Both have installed successfully, but will not boot from the installed system. The system shows the Apple logo then briefly shows the blue screen, but before the login screen shows the screen goes back to grey (usually with a mouse cursor) and the system just stops. No extreme fan noise (though being a Cube, there isn't really a fan to make noise).

I've cloned a 10.4 install DVD to a hard drive partition and booted successfully from that, so I'm guessing the hard drive is (relatively) fine. Verbose mode will complete successfully, so the crash(?) seems to be in the login system. I can start up into single-user mode but am not sure how to go about things from there.

So yeah, either a problem with the setup assistant or with the login system, but no idea what could be causing it. Any help?

Got an copy of DiskWarrior? (DiskWarrior usually fixes this issue for me)

Have you tried "Safe Boot" ?

What 10.3 and 10.4 install CD's are you using? Are they for the Cube? Another Machine? Generic installers?

May try booting to an external drive, and running the 10.3.9 or 10.4.11 combo updaters on the boot volume.


I have created an album from iCloud now I want to download it onto a memory stick, how? I have created an album from iCloud now I want to move it onto a memory stick, how do I do this?

You can do this a few ways.

You can select all the pictures in the album and go to File > Export and export the individual pictures with the options it offers you.

You can select the Album and go to File > Create > Slideshow. Select the options you want then click Export at the top right.

If you want a duplicate of what is displayed in the web page, Adobe Acrobat can create a PDF of that web page. But it requires the paid version. There are likely other programs that can do the same.

Once these files have been created it is simple to then copy them to external media.


“replace all” and “replace in selector” are grayed out in Pages.app When using text replacement, “replace all” and “replace in selector” are grayed out and I can’t click on them. How do I get the ability to click on them?

Don't, just do Command-F. If you are trying to do the bigger period trick though, don't bother. It doesn't work anymore.


What happened to the star ratings in the Music app in iOS 9.3? So I just updated to iOS 9.3 and everything seems fine overall. But when I launch the Music app, I used to be able tap on the name of a track while it was playing to view/edit the star rating. But now if I do that it just oddly brings me to the same track again… And again… And again…

Is this a “feature” or something? The UX on this seems weird. Is Apple ditching star rating for the hearts/love thing? What’s the deal.

So I accidentally figured this issue out. Where before you could click on  the name of a track to view/edit the star rating, now the UX for that is to click on the album artwork. The artwork blurs and the star ratings show up dead center in that area; see picture below.

Still doesn’t explain the weird UX of tapping the current track name bringing you to the same current track name again and again. But at least star ratings are still a part of the Music app in iOS 9.3!


Can enterprise App Read its MDM Configuration file? I have the following situation -

There is a school which distribute number of iPads to students, which deploy in-house app for student.
Basically the app will display the PDFs, Images and Videos form remote server.

Now the challenge is that, Class 1 student needs to fetch PDfs, Images and Videos form one link
where as Class 2 student needs to fetch PDfs, Images and Videos form another link.
Class 1 and Class 2 devices are managed via MDM server in corresponding Groups.

Now the app need to know which device group, the current device is enrolled into.
As we know the device Groups info is set via MDM server.

So the question is - is there anyways enterprise app can get information from MDM server about the device group it is enrolled in, so that it can change its app feature as per device group ?

Is there way to read the device configuration file via app ?

As the devices are enrolled in an MDM server, I would suggest using Managed App Configuration:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/sc2279/Introduction/Intro.html

Managed App Config was introduced in iOS 7 and allows the MDM server to 'push' a dictionary to the managed app's NSUserDefaults container, essentially allowing for remote configuration of the app.

As you already have devices in separate groups, you should be able to configure your MDM to assign different managed app configurations to devices in each group.


Time Machine is filling up my backup disk I have been backing up my Mac with Time Machine on a daily basis for a couple of years now, but I notice that, on my Mac, I have 766GB available of 1TB, but on my Seagate backup drive, it shows only 86GB available of 750GB.
Can someone tell me why it is increasing so much and what happens when it gets full? Can I delete everything and start again?
Surely the back overwrites the data and not add more to it. Please help.

You paid for a 750 GB backup drive, so Time Machine uses all the storage on it. If you used it for say 5 years, and you still have 86GB free, then every version of every file that ever was on your Mac is still in your Time Machine backup somewhere.
When all the empty space is gone, Time Machine will delete the oldest backups until there is enough space for the next backup, and from then on your backup drive will always stay almost full. So you can restore older files for many years.


Iphone 6 plus IOS 8 will only display the apple logo when turned on or connected to computer after the logo is displayed it will shut off again. Interesting leading up to this problem my phone was having some display problems, it would not show the background on the lock screen then it would freeze after the password was typed in. I did drop it on a wood floor earlier... But nothing too hard. Interested in any fixes that don't involve going to a store or repair shop.
Thanks
Update
I pressed the home and lock buttons until the apple logo cycled twice then the connect to itunes logo appeared,
last time this happened I pressed both the buttons again until the lock screen appeared.
This time I connected to itunes, it said the iphone will be updated but may need to be restored.
It is now updating

This likely will not help everyone experiencing this type of issue, but this is how I got it working again.
Once I saw the connect to itunes screen, I did that.
Next it started on its update
After the main download and install it displayed a load bar under the apple logo again
Now its working, its updated
hope this helps someone


Change mouse speed in terminal without restarting I used this link https://paulminors.com/how-to-speed-up-mouse-tracking-on-mac/ which has a bash line that updates your mouse speed (beyond the default maximum):

defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling your_mouse_speed

However, in order to make it work, you need to restart, which is kind of a pain. I assume what it's doing is really to change the preferences pane or plist? Thus, there should be a way to reboot just the mouse or the process that draws from the mouse settings. For example, if you change your speech synthesis .plist, you just reboot the speech synthesis core using a terminal command like killall SpeechSynthesisServer

Is there a way to do this with the mouse settings? I can obviously restart, but I'd rather not since I want this to be a quick thing.

I couldn't find a way to do it with terminal alone so I had to create an Apple Script.

I found a script here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1680775/setting-the-mouse-tracking-speed-via-applescript

However, this did not work for me in Mojave so I had change it a littler. I also changed it so that it accepts a parameter which it will then forward to the tracking speed slider.

on run (trackingValue)
--Open and activate System Preferences
tell application "System Preferences" to activate

--Attempt to change settings using System Events
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        try
            delay 1
            --Open the "Mouse" pane
            click menu item "Mouse" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
            delay 0.5
            tell window "Mouse"
                tell slider "Tracking speed" of tab group 1
                    set value to round of trackingValue rounding down
                end tell
            end tell
        on error theError
            --An error occured
            display dialog ("Sorry, an error occured while altering Mouse settings:" & return & theError) buttons "OK" default button "OK"
        end try
    end tell
end tell

tell application "System Preferences" to quit
end run

You can then run this via terminal by calling:

osascript /<SCRIPT_LOCATION>/<NAME_OF_SCRIPT>.scpt <TRACKING_SPEED_VALUE>

You will need to give your Terminal accessibility access for this to work.


Terminal command ls/cd not opening external usb drive I have a usb drive that I can access via Finder and rStudio but I cannot open the drive via Terminal to analyze its contents. I can see the usb drive name when I enter cd /Volumes && ls but when I attempt to change directory to drive i.e. cd /Volumes/USBDrive I keep getting error cd: no such file or directory: /Volumes/USBDrive
Output of ls -l is drwxrwxrwx  1 Fayyy  staff  131072 Jan  1  1980 USBDrive

Output of ls -l is drwxrwxrwx  1 Fayyy  staff  131072 Jan  1  1980 USBDrive

It looks like you might have a trailing space character in the name of the USB drive, try cd '/Volumes/USBDrive ', and it works you might want to remove the trailing space character in the name.


Pages update gone wrong When I spotlight search for Pages on my mac, it opens "pages panel" but not pages. The only way I can find the Pages application is through Launchpad.  Is this something that I can fix in some way?

You need to make sure Spotlight searches the Applications folder. Go to System Preferences/Spotlight and make sure the Applications folder is checked.


Notification Centre preferences are empty I'm not receiving any notifications for any apps on my Mac running Sierra. I'm pretty sure the screenshot of my notification centre preferences below is illustrating the problem, i.e. there's nothing there.

Does anyone have any idea what's wrong and how to fix it?

I had exactly this problem and fixed it by doing an NVRAM reset. Switch off computer and restart. Immediately press and hold Command and Alt/Option and the P and R keys. When you hear the second start up chime (about 30 seconds later) release the keys. Your Notifications preferences should be fully populated again by all the apps that use it.


How to take a screenshot on iPhone X? As there is no Home button on iPhone X, how do you take a screenshot?
Swiping up from bottom of the screen while pressing the lock button?

Hold the Side button and tap Volume Up.

  #iPhoneX screenshot: Side button + Volume up

https://twitter.com/reneritchie/status/907736291726336000


Dislocated metal plate in Thunderbolt port This morning my external monitor refused to turn on. After examination I found my second thunderbolt port damaged. A small metal plate/contact on the top of the port had been dislocated, bent out of shape and was preventing the monitor from plugging.

I brought it back in shape (see pic) but it still dangles and makes plugging the monitor difficult. I managed to plug-in once and confirmed that the port was working.

I have a few questions on this.

First the technical:

Does anyone know what is the functionality of the dislocated piece? I googled for the specifics of the connector, but couldn't find any documentation.

And a couple of warranty related:

I have an AppleCare Protection plan. Shouldn't this be covered by AppleCare?

I didn't misuse the port in any way and the machine was only 10 months old when this happened. Still the genius bar folks were less than friendly and claimed misuse based on minor scratches on the chasis. They even implied that my regular schedule of plugging/unplugging 2 times a day was somehow "heavy" use.

Are there any other avenues to pursue a repair from Apple? (I live in the EU.)

Thanks!

I had this problem fixed by Apple. Phone support claimed they could only help me with software problems. I didn't try to get through to the Customer Relations. Instead I tried visiting another Apple Store, where they were happy to fix the problem within warranty. This is a costly repair to pay yourself, as the whole "logic board" has to be replaced.

Regarding my specific questions:

  Does anyone know what is the functionality of the dislocated piece? I googled for the specifics of the connector, but couldn't find any documentation.

In my best understanding, the dislocated piece is only used to hold the connector in place. The only other use I can think of is for grounding. However, thunderbolt connectors already have a ground pin. So if you are out of warranty, before shelling around $600 for a repair, you may want to try cutting the metal pin and see how it works for you.

  I have an AppleCare Protection plan. Shouldn't this be covered by AppleCare?

Well, it depends on whom you ask. In the first Apple Store, the Genius was adamant that the problem was caused by misuse so it was not covered. In the second Apple Store the Genius directly recognized it as an assembly fault and fixed it for free. So, don't be discouraged by a first rejection of your claim. Try again, different time, different place (if possible).

  Are there any other avenues to pursue a repair from Apple?

If you don't manage to get a repair from an Apple Store, trying to get through to Customer Relations as suggested in the comments above may be an option. Another option would be to try having the problem fixed by an Apple Authorized Service Provider, who may have a less judgmental attitude.


On the iPad, how do I tell what version of Mobile Safari I have? I'd like to know what precise version of Mobile Safari the iPad I'm using has. Is there any way to find out (preferably from the device itself)? There doesn't seem to be any menu in Safari Mobile, and thus none to choose "About" from. If you go to Settings | Safari, you see various useful things, but no "About" or "Version" or similar, which surprised me.

The only way I've found Ross McNab's way was much better but sadly no longer works (thanks, Apple); Billy Moon's way works but is a bit awkward for one-off checks.

Another way to do this is to use an external website (there are plenty to choose from, just search on "what's my browser"), which will report my user-agent string back to me.

So for instance, these sites will report back to me that my user-agent string is:

Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-gb) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5

...from which I can tell that I'm using Mobile Safari 5.0.2.


What is the default partition type (case sensitive or insensitive) in Macbook pro 2020 (BigSur)? I have two questions which I can not find an answer by googling:

What is the default or recommended partition type for the latest MacOS (Big Sur)? APFS case sensitive or case insensitive?

What is the partition type if I buy a latest Macbook Pro (2020)? APFS case sensitive or case insensitive?

The question focus is whether the recommended and default partition type on the latest MacOS is case sensitive or not.
Some background: I am a Linux user so I use case sensitive partition everyday. But for MacOS, I am kinda confused what the current standard is. In the past, I knew MacOS recommended to use case insensitive parition. But does it change in the latest OS Big Sur? I heard some apps may not work well in case sensitive environment in the old days.
Thanks a lot.

What is the default or recommended partition type for the latest MacOS (Big Sur)? APFS case sensitive or case insensitive?

case insensitive

What is the partition type if I buy a latest Macbook Pro (2020)? APFS case sensitive or case insensitive?

case insensitive

While I do not have a 2020 MacBook Pro to verify my answer, I would assume that since Intel Macs are case insensitive, that the M1 Macs would be also.
If you need a case-sensitive volume, you can just add one to the existing APFS container. Adding or removing a APFS volume does not require repartitioning.


Add a tone as an Alert Tone rather than as a Ringtone I have successfully added a tone to my iPhone 7, as explained in this Apple Communities discussion.

However it is getting added as a “ringtone” rather than as an “alert tone.”

How can I change it to an Alert Tone? It’s barely 1-second long. When syncing or creating the .m4r file, there is no option to select the type as either Ringtone or Alert Tone.

The reason I need this is to add a custom notification for a WhatsApp contact. WhatsApp only allows me to choose from Alert Tones.

So the way I see it there are two options:

Ask WhatsApp to allow to choose from Ringtones.
Add my own Alert Tone.

I am exploring option 2 here, because WhatsApp support isn’t being very helpful.

As of iOS 11 it is not possible to create custom Alert Tones, only custom Ringtones.  iTunes itself only makes one Media Kind available for them: Ringtone. That cannot be changed.

You can assign both Ringtones and Alert Tones to any event under Settings → Sounds & Haptics on your iOS device.

As far as app-specific limitations are concerned, you’ll have to take it up to the developers of such apps, in this case WhatsApp. I doubt Apple will add that functionality, since it makes no difference to iOS itself.


Apple "option" keyboard shortcuts and touch typing Apple keyboards can have shortcuts using alt/option to type non-standard characters. For example, I can type the Swedish å by using alt+k and then typing a, and the Portuguese ç by using alt+c and then typing c. Now, from a touch typing perspective, how should I use these shortcuts? I mean, with which finger should I type them? I reckon that these resemble all the shift+key combinations, which I strike with the pinky of each hand, but the apple keyboard has only one alt key on the left side.

I had a similar issue but solved it in a different way.

I simply "modified" the keyboard layout to the level it suits my needs and uses.

If you press and hold a certain key example "a" a pop up will show me all options for it.

Here is how it works.

Find a file in /System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources   that is your keyboard Keyboard-??.plist (in my case it is called Keyboard-de.plist (German keyboard)

Copy that file to your Desktop (to modify it) since you can not modify the original file.

Open it (it will open in Text mode)

Find for example the "c" it looks like this (and I added the Portuguese ç)

<key>Roman-Accent-C</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Direction</key>
        <string>left</string>
        <key>Keycaps</key>
        <string>C Č č Ç</string>
        <key>Strings</key>
        <string>C Č č ç</string>
    </dict>

now add any "c" accents you like to use (Open the Character Viewer and find it) and just drag it over to the text file.

Once done replace the original keyboard-??.plist file with yours.

Now you have a highly customized keyboard specific to your uses, and no need to remember some finger breaking key combination to get it.


How do I switch between signatures when modifying a PDF using Preview? I have more than one signature, however when selecting Tools -> Annotate -> Signature, only the most recent signature is inserted.

Is there an option to change the default?

First, click the Annotations button

Then click the down arrow on the Signatures button

You can then select the signature you wish to use.


Can't install any app, App Store asks for money Now, for every new application, even those free ones,I have to confirm for pay money. And then App Store asks to enter my credit card information. If I disagree and hit "Cancel", installation process is interrupted and I can't install any application, even free one.

Not really clear what you mean with "I have to confirm for pay money" when downloading free apps.

If you download free apps and haven't attached a payment method with your Apple ID yet, Apple asks you to do so. Nothing about asking for money. You can still tell Apple to use "None" as a payment method instead of declining the process altogether. As soon as you've done that you should be able to download free apps without getting bugged again.

Also: did you just create the Apple ID or is it an existing one? Please refer to the support article outlining how to use the App Store without a payment method:

Create an iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store account without a credit card or other payment method


Transferring songs from iTunes to iPhone I am new to iOS platform.
Recently, I have transferred around 150 songs from my mac to my iPhone, manually without syncing. But, what I see now all songs are added to recently added folder. Is there a way to categorize them  into albums?

Alright I got ya.

iOS 8/ iOS 9

In order to sort your songs in your Music App on these Operating Systems, you have to:

Find under the tab "My Music", an arrow pointing down next to the text "Song", this is a drop down menu, tap it.
It will bring you to a list where you can select the sorting method, there are several options you can choose from here.
Finally select the option "Album" in order to sort every song in its own album.

iOS 10

I'm with you, sorting songs on iOS 8/9 can be not intuitive or fast to use, but there are great news!
In the upcoming iOS 10 update (coming this fall) the whole interface of Apple Music has been redesigned.

So, now in order to do what you asked for, it will be as easy as opening the Music App, tapping the "Library" tab, and finally tapping on the Album option to see all your songs sorted in their Albums.
Take a look at the new cleaner design:


How to download iCloud Address book to Mac? Using OS 10.7.5.

How to get all my contacts from iCloud into my address book on my Mac?

I opened up iCloud control panel, checked Address book. That doesn't do anything.

It takes a while for it to download. You have to wait. There is no indication that it is doing anything.


Can I use an older iPad to charge an iPhone by connecting these dongles together? By this, I mean you have the iPad, you then plug in the lightning to usb adapter (where you insert usb sticks and the like), connect the usb to lighting charger to the adapter (which you charge devices with) and connect the iPhone to the cable, similar to how the newer USB C iPads work.

No, those devices don't work that way.  You can only do that with the newer USB-C devices.


Use another Mac connected via thunderbolt as an audio input source? Basically, what I'm trying to do is use one computer with AU Lab to process some audio (real-time, of course) and use that as an audio source for another computer.

Is it possible to use a thunderbolt-attached Mac as an audio output source or an audio input source, either with or without a third-party application?

I don't see how.

Thunderbolt is basically a mux of DisplayPort and PCIe.  So, unless OS X can "present" as an audio device the way it presents as a disk drive in "target mode" then there really is no way to have another Mac act as an audio device.


Taking a Mac Mini and associated Peripherals As Carry-On Luggage Aboard An Aircraft? Is there any reason(s) when luggage is screened at airport security, not to be able to take a Mac Mini, keyboard and mouse as carry-on luggage aboard an aircraft ?

No reason at all. You do not have to take any of those items out of a bag going through x-ray like you do a laptop (go figure) and TSA is familiar with them. You might consider taking the Mac mini out or packing it in such a way that it will show up easily on x-ray.

I'd say you're good to go.

I travel often with an iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro and all associated power supplies and chargers as well as a small external hard disk. I take the MacBook Pro out and put it in a bin but the rest of it stays in my pack. Occasionally a TSA agent will want to look in the pack but that's rare and usually because the stuff was so densely packed they couldn't visually sort it out on their monitor.

While I don't have personal experience with a Mac mini, my guess is you'll be just fine. When in doubt, making it easier for TSA to see it by taking it out and putting it in a tray. If you have a small padded case it can travel in, you can leave it in that but take it out of your larger pack or suitcase so they can scan it separately but I'm betting that won't be necessary.

All of that said, every airport/TSA station is different and some are tougher than others. I travel out of Hartford, JFK and LAX and they can all be tough but I've never had an issue.


iOS mount point in macOS - Is there any way to access the iOS files in macOS directly? In the past I was able to use iOS devices as USB drives.

(It may have been on Windows only, and/or the devices may have had iOS < 9)

At present my iPods / iPads / iPhones do not appear in my Mac's:

Desktop
/Volumes

The complicated guides to trick-mount iOS devices, such as this one from lifewire, that mounted devices on desktop do not work. (with iTunes 12 on macOS High Sierra)

Similarly, the devices do not appear in the /Volumes folder anymore, neither in Finder nor Terminal. (The only volume I see there is my SSD - the system drive volume)

I have set my system volume to show all files - using a Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Is there any way to access the iOS files in macOS directly?

In the past I was able to use iOS devices as USB drives.

You appear to be mistaken. This has never been possible without third-party software and/or jailbreaking.

It was possible to use older iPods in "disk mode" as storage devices. However, this feature was never available for the iPod Touch, nor for any version of the iPhone.

Some iOS applications support file transfer, and can have files transferred to them using iTunes. However, this feature is limited to specific file types, and does not appear as a USB storage device.


Preference for adding epub to iBooks In iTunes it was/is possible to prevent files to be copied to iTunes Media folder. Does any of you know if same de-selection is possible in iBooks?

Thanks for lot of useful knowledge sharing

It is not possible. Books added to iBooks are stored in a folder by the application automatically.


How can I take a screenshot of the app switcher in macOS? Pressing Cmd + Tab brings up the application switcher in macOS. I'd like to take a screenshot of this view.

I've tried:

Opening the app switcher with Cmd + Tab, holding Cmd, and then pressing Shift and 3 at the same time to attempt to activate the usual Cmd + Shift and 3 screenshot keyboard shortcut.

It results in the app switcher switching to the next app and no screenshot getting captured.
Changing the screenshot keyboard shortcut to F6 or Shift + /, which were unmapped before. Now after opening the app switcher using Cmd + Tab, holding Cmd, and then pressing this key combination again results in no screenshot getting captured.

Is it possible to take a screenshot of the app switcher? I'm happy to install additional software to achieve this.

Use the timer option in the new screenshot popup app.

 Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   5
Select Capture Entire Screen on the left & 5 seconds from the Options menu

Click Capture.
During that 5s countdown, hit  Cmd ⌘   Tab ⇥

The resulting image will contain the switcher [intentionally tiny picture]

Interestingly, whilst composing this answer I discovered you can open the Screenshot app, then take a picture of it using the 'old'  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   3  command ;)


Can an iPad 3 connect to a Windows 7 adhoc network with internet connection sharing enabled? Is it possible to connect to a Windows 7 adhoc wireless network without jailbreaking from an iPad 3 running iOS 5.1?

I have tried these instructions, including the Manual IPs (with my own IPs and subnet mask etc)

The iPad can see the network but will not connect (unable to connect or similar generic error).

Yes this is definitely possible. I have created an ad hoc network on windows 7 and connected to it with my iPad 3.

Go to control panel > Network and Sharing Center
Click setup a new connection or network
Scroll down and choose Click setup a wireless ad hoc network
give a network name and choose WEP encryption from the dropdown list. The password should be 10 characters long and I used all numeric digits for this.
tick save this network. and click next at the bottom to create the network.
On your iPad or other device select your network which will be broadcast with the name you chose and connect to that network with the password yo uused in step 4.
If the device fails to connect, try repeating this process again. It took me a couple times but worked eventually.
After Connecting, you must also setup network sharing in order to connect to the internet. You must have an internet connection on either LAN or a different Wireless card or some other device. Go to the Network and Sharing Center again in COntrol Panel.
Choose on the left sidebar Change adapter settings to get to Network Connections
select the network connection that is connected to the internet (The LAN or alternate wireless / other device) and right click and choose properties.
Go to the Sharing tab and check Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection.
Select the network connection that you were using to broadcast the ad hoc network for the associated network connection.
Click on the Settings button which will bring up a window with a list of services to allow or deny for users using this internet connection via the ad hoc ICS (internet connection sharing)
Check at least HTTP and probably HTTPS protocols, SMTP for email, POP3 for email as well if you need, etc... and Click Ok when you're done.
Click Ok again on the original window. In some cases you may need to restart the network connection connected to the internet for the changes to take effect.

I hope this helps!


Where does Gatekeeper/XProtect log to? Where do GateKeeper and/or its XProtect component log to? I may have to meet a compliance regulation that requires tracking the logs of anti-virus running on my Mac, and wanted to know if there was a specific location, or if it was configurable in some way.

Most components of macOS since Sierra use Unified Logging. This means there's not a separate file for writing logs, but rather logs are kept for as long as needed in memory and only important logs (e.g. errors) are written to disk in the unified system.log (which is also rotated frequently).

If you want to see messages as they go through the logs, you can use Console.app and filter by keywords you're interested in, but most of the log messages you see are unlikely to be persistently stored anywhere.

Metadata about Gatekeeper (e.g. files checked) and XProtect (e.g. when the definitions were last updated) are kept, not in logs, but in the relevant preferences and bundles the app uses to get data from. It doesn't appear that this meets your full requirement of keeping logs of actions.


Edit file names as text file Is there a way to select multiple files and edit their file names as a list in a text editor?

I'm asking because I want to copy the names of x files over to another folder containing the same number of files. Being able to edit the file names as a text file would be the most convenient way to do this

This is possible using Total Commander on Windows; any way on Mac?

I was thinking about using Automator for this, but it doesn't seem that easy...

I really want to help you tho so I am ready to make an application for you to do this! Tell me if you need it :)


.bash_profile not running with multiple commands I am having an issue with my .bash_profile script.

If I simply have the line

source ~/sh/bashmarks.sh

the bashmarks.sh script runs as expected.

However, if I add an alias

source ~/sh/bashmarks.sh
alias gs='git status '

I get the message:

No such file or directory/bashmarks.sh

I should be able to add additional commands after I specify the script correct?  What could be wrong here?

That sounds like a line-endings issue. Make sure your bash file is using UNIX \n instead of Windows \r\n.


How do I type š on an international keyboard? I'm currently writing emails frequently to a Slovenian who has the letter š in his name. I use copy and paste for the letter š, which is quite inconvenient.

I'm using the US keyboard layout.

How can I type this letter directly from the keyboard?

Right Option (Alt) v s

You must have U.S. Extended keyboard layout enabled for the above to work.


MacBook Pro Retina 15" - 2.2 or 2.5Ghz? I'm going to purchase a new MBP (May 2015) Retina 15".

I will be using it mainly for software development and programming, Ruby, Rails, Angular JS, Git, and HTML/CSS3.

This probably gets asked a lot but my question is what would the consensus be on upgrading the processor? For £80 I don't mind going up one notch to the 2.5Ghz i7, but unless I'm doing hardcore stuff i.e. graphics/movie editing, am I just throwing money at a wall? Also will time play an effect on the speed of this? i.e. 3-4 years down the line? Will there be a noticeable difference?

If you can, your best option is to wait until October, when the new Macs come out, but if you can't, I'd go with the 2.5GHz. That extra power will be good if you intend to keep this MacBook around for a few years.


Spotlight search iTunes Match Back before I used iTunes Match, I enjoyed being able to search my library via spotlight. Now it seems that this doesn't work anymore. I guess this is because the music is not stored locally, but certainly there has to be a way to duplicate this functionality.

Basically, I want to hit a hot key (ie. Command+Space) then type a song title, then hit enter to play. I tried quicksilver, but it doesn't appear to support iTunes Match either. Alfred requires use of their "miniplayer" that needs more keystrokes to work with (plus it costs monies). Does anyone have an idea?

Create a Automator service like the first answer in this page

Put this text in the "Run AppleScript" action.

activate
set tString to text returned of (display dialog "Type a song title to >search via iTunes" default answer "")

tell application "iTunes" to tell (first playlist whose special kind is Music)
     tell (search for tString only songs) to if it is not {} then play item 1
end tell

Save the worflow.

To create a keyboard shortcut to this service: go into System Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts, select 'Services' on left panel


Numbers - problems with a formula for "text to columns" behavior I have a column with three comma separated RGB values that I want separated into three columns by formula, meaning I want a sheet that lets me paste "0, 0, 0" or "0,0,0", or "255, 255, 255" etc. and the next three columns will contain the isolated values.

I'm not looking for a solution that changes the values one time only like renaming the file to .csv and letting it happen automatically the first time the file is opened.

Basically the number of characters will vary between 1 and 3 for each field, and there may or may not be a space after the comma before the next value.

As a starting point, I tried C2=LEFT($B2,FIND(",",$B2)) but I don't see how to have the result Not include the comma.

I was thinking that I could do something like this (pseudocode):

C2 = Left of comma in B2
D2 = Left of comma in (Right of comma in B2)
E2 = Right of comma in (Right of comma in B2)

Is this possible?

I was hoping to do something similar to the way I separated hex color values but that is simpler because it's always six characters.

Here, the formulas are:

hexR = REPLACE($hexRGB,3,4, )
hexG = REPLACE(REPLACE($hexRGB,1,2,),3,2,)
hexB = REPLACE($hexRGB,1,4,)

Can you try these pls (assuming the text to be separated is in B2)?

C2 = LEFT(B2,FIND(",",B2)−1)
D2 = MID(B2,FIND(",",B2)+1,FIND(",",B2,FIND(",",B2,)+1)−FIND(",",B2)−1)
E2 = RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)−FIND(",",B2,FIND(",",B2,)+1))

They should work for all values of non-zero length between the commas assuming there are always exactly 2 commas.


Can I move an existing iPhoto library to a location on a network-drive so I can use it from multiple apple computers? How do I do that? (including what I need to do to iPhoto on all my apple computers)
Are there any disadvantages?

You can do it, but do it with caution. I've run network home directories before, which is essentially what you're describing, and iPhoto supports it fine. On your standard Desktop OS, simply create alias to the iPhoto library on your network share in your User home directory photos folder. You can also set iPhoto to use a new library in a new location by opening iPhoto with Option (Alt) held down, where it will then prompt you to locate the new library (which would be on your network share).

The biggest issue you'll have to address is ensuring it's not open and being edited by two iPhoto instances at the same time. I'm not 100% sure how it will behave, but you can bet not well. You could get situations where photos become orphaned, etc.


Scanning over ethernet, natively in OS X? Yesterday, I purchased an HP LaserJet M1212NF.

It, like many other printers, can't scan over ethernet natively in OS X.

That is, I can scan using the stupid HP utilities that I hate (not going to happen), but I can't do it from Preview, Image Capture, or the "scan" button that's supposed to show up on the right-hand side of the pane after double-clicking the printer in the print & scan control panel.

This is a problem for me because part of my workflow is to scan documents using 3rd party apps in order to immediately organize, tag and file them.  But these apps rely on OS X recognizing the scanner, which it isn't.

Does anyone have any experience hacking the drivers, or otherwise making OS X behave in the way that I expect?

Harv,  This is not the answer you want to hear.  I went with the Brother printer/scanner models because it was clear that the HP drivers that they supply to Apple often do not support network scanning (there may be a few exceptions).  The Brother drivers do.

The other recommendation I have seen is to use the drivers that come with the OS, not the installable ones.  In some cases, it seems that the scan works when the installables are not present.

Also, if the printer has SMB sharing, that sometimes needs to be turned on (usually only available on the higher end models with hard drives).

~Hilton


Best approach to backup and migrate Boot Camp I have a boot camp install which I also use from VMware fusion (for when I can't be bothered to reboot!) and I need to migrate from MacBook Air to a MacBook Pro.

Obviously time machine makes migrating a Mac a breeze... but any thoughts on Boot Camp? I don't have much on there but really don't fancy wasting time setting it up again. Although I would appreciate being able to increase the partition size.

The best way to migrate a Boot Camp partition is to make an image of the partition and then restore that image to a blank partition.

Use Disk Utility to make an image of the BOOTCAMP partition, then repartition as 2 partitions1. Make sure that the BOOTCAMP partition is the same size or larger than before, then use the Restore tab to restore the image to the partition.

1 The repartitioning can be done with either Disk Utility or Boot Camp Assistant.


Migrating from time machine backup on a Time capsule Had an Macbook Air that would not boot and needed the drive formatted and OS X reinstalled.  I'm now trying to migrate the data from a time machine backup on a time capsule using migration assistant.

Whenever I select the backup and then select continue, migration assistant does nothing.  I can still navigate the program and quite out, but it just sits there.  The only response when I hit continue is for the button to darken for a however long I click and then nothing happens.

OS X 10.12 btw.  Any ideas on how to get the backup going?  I have WiFi off.  I can access the time capsule using air port utility.  Neither device is connected to the internet.

I have WiFi off. I can access the time capsule using air port utility. Neither device is connected to the internet.

You say you have WiFi off.  Does that mean you are hard wired to the Time Capsule via LAN?  You may need to verify that your Mac can indeed see the Time Capsule.  That part of your question is a bit confusing.
You may wish to try again from scratch using macOS Recovery.  See Apple support for more details.  This will help you to reinstall macOS and restore from a Time Machine backup.

macOS Restore
Hold down Command-R or one of the other macOS Recovery key combinations on your keyboard immediately after pressing the power button to turn on your Mac, or immediately after your Mac begins to restart. Continue holding until you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe. Startup is complete when you see the utilities window:

After starting up from macOS Recovery, select from these utilities, then click Continue.
From there follow the onscreen instructions to restore from backup or even reinstall macOS then restore from Time Machine.


How to get a higher res image in the Login page? For years, I've been using the 'Calico Cat' image that ships with OS X for my account.

Since upgrading to Mountain Lion (maybe since Lion?) the Login page has larger round account images, and it shows the 'Calico Cat' image as a rather stretched and fuzzy rendering.

Is there a way to fix this?  Did Apple simply not provide a higher res version of the default account images?  If not, this seems like an oversight, Apple used to be very conscious of such things, for example, I know that every application icon has an embedded hi-res version it's image.

Any suggestions are welcome.  Thanks!

Rob

Unfortunately, you're right. The icons are just low-res, not up to snuff for how they are being rendered now. You can find them, and others, in this folder: /Library/User Pictures/Animals. Funny thing is, some of the icons, like the Zebra or Penguin, are much higher res. It seems Apple just added new, better icons without updating all of the old ones. However, if you were to replace the cat icon with another, higher-res icon of the exact same name, I'm sure it would replace it just fine.


How can i get itunes to backup my iphone with limited disk. I linked the backup dir to an ext drive with space yet still won't backup? On OSX yosemite, a machine with limited disk space free.

In order to backup my iphone, I've linked the  ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup dir to an external drive.

iTunes, correctly displays the existing backups in that dir.

But iTunes backup, fails with an insufficient disk space free.

Is it failing to check the free space on the volume that the Backup folder is on?

The boot volume certainly does not have enough free space.

How can I work around this, without deleting data?

osx: 10.10.3 (14D136)
iTunes: 12.1.2.27

update: have tried on another machine (with sufficient space) still received the same error.

Suspecting bugs, or permissions issues.

Perhaps it is better to move something else to the external disk, like the music or movies library. These are normally very large and thus this gives you ample space on the startup disk.


I updated my iPod touch (3g) to the iOS 4, but my hard drive filled up 1/2 way through Part way through the iOS 4 update on my touch 3g my c: reached capacity. After clearing off some space I restarted iTunes. Now iTunes (and my touch) think that the latest version is installed. The touch still works fine, and it thinks it's running version 4, but it doesn't have any of the version 4 features! Is there anyway to force it to install version 4 again without doing a restore?

Since yesterday there is the iOS 4.1 update. Maybe this can be installed without problems. Or, you should be able to reset the iPod (use the link "restore iPod" under "search for updates", maybe different words, I'm using German iTunes).

BTW: You didn't try to update your iPod Touch to iPhone 4 but to iOS 4 ;)


Scheduling a task to repeat at a set interval I have written a Ruby script that I need to run every 12 hours. Is there an easy way to do this in OS X (specifically Lion)?

There are a couple of ways of doing this, but the details depend on a couple of questions: Does the script need to run as root (Admin) or a regular user?  Does it need to run on any specific schedule, or just a 12-hour interval?

The OS X-ish option is to create a LaunchDaemon.  Create a file named /Library/LaunchDaemons/local.scriptname.plist, with contents like this:

<?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">
<dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>local.scriptname</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/path/to/script</string>
                <string>someargument</string>
                <string>anotherargument</string>
        </array>
        <key>StartInterval</key>
        <integer>43200</integer>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <false/>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

Notes: 43200 is 12 hours in seconds, meaning that this will every 12 hours starting at boot.  You should replace scriptname with a more appropriate identifier in both the Label value and the filename (and if you're going to publish this, replace "local." prefix with your domain name in reverse order, e.g. "example.com.scriptname").  If it should run as someone other than root, add:

        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>usertorunas</string>

If you need it to run at particular times of day, replace the StartInterval key and value with something like this:

        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
        <array>
                <dict>
                        <key>Hour</key>
                        <integer>6</integer>
                        <key>Minute</key>
                        <integer>0</integer>
                </dict>
                <dict>
                        <key>Hour</key>
                        <integer>18</integer>
                        <key>Minute</key>
                        <integer>0</integer>
                </dict>
        </array>

...replacing Hours 6 and 18 (6pm) with the hours you want it to  run.

The other option is to use cron, which is more generic-unix (but works fine on OS X).  Use the command crontab -e to create/edit the crontab file.  The crontab will be created for whichever user you create it with, so if your script should run as root, use sudo crontab -e.  The crontab should look something like this:

0       6,18       *       *       *       /path/to/script someargument otherargument

Note that there's no equivalent of StartInterval here, this always runs it at 6am and 6pm.


Copying dropbox files on MacOS (shared folder icons) I have a DropBox account that has folders in it. Some folders are shared and others are not shared. When accessed directly from Finder I can see the shared folders have an icon with three people on it. I have copied all folders to a local directory on my MacBook. However, the folders that were shared in DropBox are still showing up with the three people icon.

Does this mean they are somehow still shared and/or connected with DropBox? When looking at the "Get Info" window the sharing details do not look any different from a folder without the multi-user icon on it.

Why is this icon still showing and how do I change it to a standard folder?

Sounds like the folder has a custom icon.

To remove the custom icon:

Open the Get Info window for the folder (⌘-I).
Click on the folder icon in the top-left corner.
Press the Delete key on your keyboard.


How do I add a custom-built theme to Keynote for iCloud? I'm just after finishing the creation of a custom theme for my wife's new company. We created it with Keynote, and then backed up the .kth extension file and sent it from her computer to mine.

She's able to load it from her Keynote app on her OS X El Capitan. I was able to open it via email, and add it to "My Themes" onto my macOS Mojave, and later opened it on the iPhone and added it to "My Themes".

Then I decided to go and check out http://keynote.icloud.com .. And can only see Standard and Wide - but no My Themes.

So, how would I go about adding a custom-built theme so that it is available via Keynote for iCloud?

Is this even supported by the web-app Keynote for iCloud?

I tried dragging the .kth file into the Keynote for iCloud file browser, nothing happened. Then I tried clicking "Upload" and selecting the .kth file, which resulted in the following error:

Cannot upload this type of file to this App Library.
Only files that can be opened by keynote can be uploaded here.

Which is somewhat bemusing, since Keynote can open the file. Just not Keynote for iCloud.

Any ideas?

From research across many forums, I cannot find any indication that Keynote in iCloud, as of 2019-11-01, supports Keynote themes.

Hopefully, in the future, there will be a more positive answer to the question


Cannot access administrative share (c$) on a Windows 8 PC from Mountain Lion I'm having an issue trying to access administrative shares on my Windows 8 PC from my MacBook Air running OSX 10.8.2.

Here is the process, errors and background info:

On the MacBook, Go menu > Connect to Server > Server Address:  smb://megaman/c$ > Connect
Connect as: Registered User > Name: Zach; Password: my password  [This is an admin account on the Windows 8 PC]
"There was a problem connecting to the server "megaman". You do not have permission to access this server.

Ok, fine....So as a sanity check, I make sure the administrative share (c$) exists on the Windows8 PC, and that the 'Zach' account is a member of the Administrators group. That all checks out. Next, I create a new share of the 'c' drive on the Windows 8 PC and in the share settings, only give the user account 'Zach' Full permissions.

I run back through steps 1-3, but this time I just enter 'smb://megaman' for the server address. I get the 'Select the volumes you want to mount on "megaman"' dialog box on the MacBook and 'c' is listed as a share. I select 'c' and click OK. The share mounts without error.

I've also tried mounting the c$ share via command line and get a "Permission denied" error. I've tried disabling the firewall, but this doesn't make any difference. I've tried deleting and recreating the administrative share, and also creating a new admin account on the Windows 8 PC, but none of those make any difference either.

Perhaps it's a setting in local security policy on the Windows 8 PC? I can't say for sure, but my guess is that this issue began with Windows 8, since I used to be able to access the c$ share when my PC ran Windows 7.

Administrative shares have been disabled in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows for security reasons.

According to Microsoft Support Knowledge Base article 947232, you can do one of the following:

Create your own shares with the appropriate permissions (recommended);
Run the Microsoft Fix It to perform an automatic workaround; or
Add to the Registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System a DWORD (32-bit) Value LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy entry with the value data of 1.


How to start a service automatically after openning an application? For example, I have a service that I want it to be started automatically when I open Firefox.

I know how to write scripts as services in automator, but I don't know how to make a hook that when Firefox is openned, it started the service.

Does anyone have ideas about this? Thanks!

Besides starting both programs via a script as you told I can only think of Keyboard Maestro which is a powerful macro program for Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion and Snow Leopard.

You can do a lot of crazy stuff with it. And you can trigger macros when programs are running or not running which is what you want.


iPhone 5 screen coating Does the iPhone 5 have an oleophobic (fingerprint-resistant) coating? I searched but could only find info on the 3GS.

This is my first iPhone, and it seems to smudge very easily. I do tend to have very moist skin, so it could be me, but since its my first one I have no comparison.

For now, I've taken to wiping it down every night with a microfiber cloth and a drop of camera/glasses lens cleaner.

Is this normal to have to clean it so often?

Yes, the iPhone 5 (and I believe all iOS devices since the 3GS) have had an oleophobic coating. You can check this on Apple's Tech Specs page:

  Retina display
  4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
  1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
  800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
  500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)
  Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front
  Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

I find I don't have to clean my iPhone 4S that often to make the display clear when it's on, but the smudges are definitely noticeable when the display is off. However everyone secretes different amounts of natural oils, so you may just have the bad luck of having smudgy fingers I'm afraid.

You may want to be careful about how you clean it however. Using cleaners may actually degrade the oleophobic coating. I find that a microfiber cloth does a good job on its own. Have a look at Apple's cleaning instructions for things to avoid.


Prevent " quit unexpectedly" message on sigquit I kill Python processes with SIGQUIT by pressing Ctrl\ sometimes (usually my own that are misbehaving). Can I prevent the "Python quit unexpectedly" message? I know I can just hit escape, so it's not so bad.

If you never want to see the crash report dialogs, there is a preference to disable them:

defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none

Log out and back in to apply the changes.


How to transfer music from one iTunes library to another using shared library? I would like to transfer music from one iTunes library to another but I tried to drag songs from local library to a shared library and it didn't work.

Is it possible to do this transfer using just iTunes, without having to manually copy files from one computer to another?

Yes it is, if you've set up the iTunes libraries for home sharing. Turn on iTunes on the machine with all the music. Go to iTunes on the machine you want the music on, then open look for other iTunes libraries on the network. If you don't see share libraries you may need to update the menu options in the General settings. Browse to the songs you want highlight them then click import in the bottom of the iTunes window.

I use this all the time to move songs, movies, TV Shows between my main desktop with a few TB's of storage and the different laptops around the house. This also works between OS X and Windows environments since it's connecting with iTunes.

EDIT: You can also configure the main iTunes library to automatically sync songs from the other libraries. This would mean that you only need to hook up a monitor once to set up the share the first time. You could also use this time to set up a VNC client on the main machine from which you could access the computer with your laptops and make edits as needed.


Some playlists are missing from iTunes Match I've just subscribed for iTunes Match and it did quite a good job of matching stuff except that three of my playlists are missing from it. That three missing playlists only show up on my iMac which is my source Mac for my entertainment.

I tried duplicating and renaming those three missing playlists with no luck.

Turn on the iCloud Download and iCloud Status columns in iTunes, using View > Show View Options (on a Mac).  Look for items with problems: for example, voice memos, which can't be uploaded to iTunes Match.
If step 1 doesn't reveal any problems, try turning off iTunes Match (via Store > Turn Off iTunes Match), then turn it on again.


Parallel Desktop 0.0 KB Reclaimable I want to increase the size of the virtual hard disk in my  Windows 10 VM using Parallel Desktop, but in configuration I see Reclaimable 0.0 KB. How can I solve this?

I presume you mean Hard Disk space, rather than memory.

To do that, you need to be in the Hardware tab, rather than General. The 'Reclaimable' you see in General is just for reclaiming space that's been freed up by deleting things from the virtual disk, not for enlarging it.

The simplest method to use is to set the drive as Expanding - then it will automatically grow to whatever size it needs. Alternatively, you can set a manual size in the same window.

Note, you cannot do this if the OS is suspended, or if you have any Snapshots.

If you did mean Memory, that's in the same Tab, in CPU & Memory [limited by how much RAM you do actually have, of course]...


Mail client sending duplicate replies I have my OS X Mail client setup with one GMail and one Outlook account. They both use IMAP.

I have an issue that every time I reply to a message I send two identical replies (from the same hotmail address to the same recipient). This only happens when I reply with my hotmail address, writing a new message works as it is supposed to.

Mail version 8.0 (1990.1) and OS X 10.10.

I saw a previous poster had a similar issue but the problem solved itself in his/her case. Anyone got advice on how to fix this?

Regards

Edit: Here is the mail setup

This problem happens only for Hotmail accounts in MacOS Mail app. I also had this problem once.
While to setting up hotmail account in mail app try to add it as Exchange account instead of using "Add another account".
This process resolved my duplicate mails in sent folder issue for Hotmail account.


Macbook Pro 15" Late 2011 - Swap HDD with SSD - Fan always 2000 rpm I installed a HDD+SSD setup on this MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011.

At first I installed the SSD where the Superdrive was with an optical bay HDD caddy, but then I saw in System Informations -> SATA that while the speed link was 6 Gigabit, the negotiated speed was 3 Gigabit.

So I swapped the location of the HDD and SSD putting the HDD in the caddy. I was getting much better performances (booting Sierra in 18 seconds, instead of 30 seconds when it was in the Superdrive location).

The problem is, as soon as I make the smallest action (like opening Finder), the fans start going at 2000 RPM (which seems to be the minimum speed on this machine) and you can always hear them in background.

When I leave the MBP alone for 10 minutes, it becomes quiet again (you can't hear anything) but as soon as I start the simplest application, there go the fans at 2000 RPM.

That's strange because my other MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) is always quiet while I work, you start hearing the fans only under load.

What I already tried:

Resetting NVRAM and SMC
Using all popular fan control programs
Checking the temperatures (always very low)

Sierra is a clean installation. What am I missing?

One thing that I like in Macs is that you never hear the fans while you work. I'd like it to be like that.

You most likely have a malfunctioning sensor, and it's not necessarily restricted to the CPU.

There are sensors for ambient air, the heat sink/pipe, the palm rest, the CPU, the GPU, the hard drive, etc.  Any/all of these could be malfunctioning (or detecting) a malfunction to cause the SMC to spin up your fan.

To diagnose this problem:

Return your MacBook Pro to it's original configuration.  If the problem goes away, then you know it's due to an issue that was introduced due to the modification.
Run Apple Diagnostics.  Regardless if the problem goes away in the previous step, run Apple Hardware Test (AHT).  Hold the D key while booting from a powered off state with the AC adapter connected.    If there is an problem, this tool will likely tell you what the issue is (if there is one).

No issue - you have a good baseline to start working with
Issue - you will have a diagnostic code to start working with to solve the problem

Install the SSD in the HDD location.  Since this is your objective, this is the next logical step.  If you encounter issues here, it's related to the SSD installation.  You will want to run AHT here again to verify all is well.
Install the HDD in the optical bay caddy.  This being your final step, install it and check performance.  Run AHT again. Verify that you don't get any issues.

The key here is to do each step individually to see where something could have gone wrong.  It's also entirely plausible with the disconnection/reconnection of components something wasn't connected properly.  Double check your work. Double check that you didn't accidentally knock something loose.

A note on the inner workings of your MBP

The fans never stop, they are always spinning.  1000 RPM is typically the lowest speed.
Fans spin up because a sensor indicated there was a temp spike and the SMC responded by spinning up the fan
Controlling the fan is a bad idea.  Fans remove heat that's generated by the different components.  If the fan can't remove the heat (quickly enough) it will throttle your CPU to generate less heat.

When you control the fan, you treat the symptom.  If you really must have it quiet, treat the cause and lower your CPU speed, thereby reducing the heat, the fans will follow.  You will sacrifice performance but not endanger your CPU.


Which version of macOS introduced /System/Applications? Today I discovered quite by accident that several applications are now stored in /System/Applications/. I realized this when I was trying to find the bundle ID of a built-in application, and even though it appeared in the Applications folder it was missing entirely from /Applications! I suspect this change might have come when I recently upgraded to macOS Catalina, but perhaps it was even earlier than that.

Which version of macOS introduced the /System/Applications directory? And where is this documented?

This is part of a larger macOS Catalina feature wherein system files/apps are located on a read-only filesystem and user data is located on a read/write filesystem. This is to further protect the operating system against malicious or inadvertent damage (i.e. to prevent security problems and OOPS! moments).

The read-only and read/write filesystems are stitched together to present as one unified filesystem through some underlying filesystem and logical volume "magic".

Sources:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210650
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/macos-10-15-catalina-the-ars-technica-review/11/#h1


How do I export a Pages document on my iPad to PDF and save it in Files? On the Apple Pages iPad app, you can export a document to PDF. When it creates the PDF, it gives you the option to “Share” it. There are many apps you can share it to, including Gmail, Notes, and Books, but you cannot just share it directly to Files. Is there any way to do this?

When I save a file as a PDF a panel opens as shown below. there you can save it to files. What version of iPadOS are you running?


Will the old version of Airport Utility still be usable if I upgrade to 6.0? I would like to know if, once I upgrade Airport Utility to version 6.0, the old version I had previously will disappear, and I want to know if I can use both of them (old and new) on the same Mac.

Yes, the old version will be removed when you download the new one.

Yes, you can download the old version and use both, side by side (according to this TUAW article).