Is there a calorie-counting iPhone app that knows about UK foods? Are there any calorie-counting/nutrition/exercise-tracking iPhone apps that include significant numbers of foods from popular UK stores (e.g. Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose) in their databases, please?

I've tried out MyNetDiary, and it has very few (a couple of dozen or so) items from each of the stores mentioned above.

I've looked at UKPoints, and its UI looks quite primitive.

I've also looked at PureLifeStyle, and the reviews don't sound overly promising. Also, I can't get the demo to work on their website (in IE 9) which doesn't fill me with much confidence.

I use the MyFitnessPal app when on my iPhone and I use their website when on my Macbook Pro and find them to be easy to use. They do list the foods you're mentioning on their website here (the list is enormous, look around):

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/brand/list/585

I'm in the USA so make sure they have the foods you want before signing up / buying the iPhone app.


Downside of manual shutdown I've been using shutdown -h now in the terminal to turn off my iMac (sooo much faster than waiting for every program I use to close out), and I wondered if there were any downsides to shutting down this way.

Edit:

For those who care, i've been shutting down manually for a month or two now, and it doesn't seem to have affected my system/workflow at all. Definetely something to approach on system by system basis, but it's pretty awesome being able to shut down in 2 seconds without having to do the "program X has cancelled shutdown" rodeo.

Yes, there are a number of downsides!!!

The reason this is faster is it's not as clean. When you choose "Shut Down" from the Apple menu, the OS sends an Apple Event to every running application asking it to quit. (Specifically, the quit Apple Event) If you have unsaved work, these apps will respond to this event by prompting you to save.

When you use /sbin/shutdown no apple events are sent! Instead, POSIX signals (specifically the TERM signal) are sent to every app. This tells the process to quit now, is likely to result in lost data because apps may not prompt you to save.

Using the "Shutdown" menu might present a dialog alerting you that certain applications have "canceled" the shutdown. This is a safety feature in case they have unsaved data. This will not happen with /sbin/shutdown. Any apps which don't respond to a TERM signal will be sent a KILL signal, which will forcibly terminate the app.

If you use "Legacy Filevault" (The version of Filevault where only your home directory is encrypted), then using the "Shutdown" command will initiate the process which frees up unused disk space in your "sparse bundle", the files which store the encrypted data for your home directory. /sbin/shutdown will not trigger this process.

There can be other unforeseen consequences as well. The outgoing firewall Little Snitch used to lose the firewall configuration when using /sbin/shutdown... they may have corrected this in later versions, but I know it was an issue last time I checked.

In summary, /sbin/shutdown will shut down the sore of the OS: it will flush disk buffers, and request (the POSIX way) that processes terminate, so you're not likely to experience disk corruption or serious side effects from using it. But it will not perform higher-level functions (like sending Apple Events) and therefore it is not the preferred way to shut down an OS X system. (But it's still far better than just killing the power)


Getting "Certificate signed by untrusted issuer" on Mac When I try to launch an application that is developed by my company, I get the "Certificate signed by untrusted issuer" error. I checked both these posts.
I don't have any certificates in my Keychain Access. I am running 10.11.6. How can I fix this problem ? Is there any other way to delete the certificate or add it to authorized issuer's list.
Previously I had the same issue and I was able to resolve it by deleting the expired certificate. After that I created another user account and I am facing the above issue in the new user account that I created. I am not able to find the expired certificate in the new user account that I created.

Right click on the app (or two finger click), and open it. You will then get the option to click Open again. Double clicking it won't allow you to open unregistered developer's app.


I've wiped my WiFi icons and don't know which file to restore I've been playing around with theming OS X, and in changing my menu bar icons to be white (to contrast my now-black menu bar) I've overwritten the original icons (and forgot to back them up).

Can someone running OS 10.8.x please confirm that the file /System/Library/Private/Frameworks/CoreWLANKIT.framework is the one I need to restore?

You are correct, I've uploaded a copy of /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreWLAN.framework here:

http://depositfiles.com/files/4cg5rhv5t

You can test that file (or use your backup) if you want. As always, you might rather reinstall the system than trust a file on the internet - even if I uploaded the correct file and had no ill intentions, the file could change before you download it, so it's always safer to get a file from your backup set or the verified install media from Apple.


How to locate lost AirPods Pro? I lost a pair of AirPods Pro that were connected to my iPhone. When I go to the Find My app it shows the location of my phone but for the AirPods it just says No location found.
Is there some trick to get it to show the last known location? Also, I believe they are at a family members house. Is there any way I could use one of there devices to detect my AirPods if they are in range?

Unfortunately Find My has some limitations regarding finding AirPods instead of an iOS device or Mac.

Find My can only locate AirPods out of the case. The case itself has no connectivity and the AirPods within the case are turned off when the case is closed, so the case must be open for the AirPods to be reporting their location.
Find My does not support finding and sharing the location of AirPods that are not ‘yours’ paired with a device logged into the same primary iCloud account.

This means if there is no last location for the AirPods, for a new location to be reported, AirPods must be with some charge, out of the case or with the case open, and in range of one of your devices.
Apple has a support article on this topic: How to find your lost AirPods.


Custom label is now missing The 'Custom Label' in Contacts is now gone missing on my iPhone 5c, how do I restore this label to my contacts?

I think the Custom Label field is only visible for contacts on GMail, as opposed to on iCloud. Go to Settings → Mail Contacts, Calendars → Contacts / Default Account and set it to your gmail account. For the contacts you create now, they'll be saved on GMail and the Custom Label field will be available.


iPhone 4 stuck in recovery mode after restore When I went to restore an iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2 with iTunes, I got it stuck in recovery mode.

I believe the device has been restored, since it has been reverted from 'Mike's iPhone' to just 'iPhone'. But now I'm stuck in recovery mode.

I used the Reiboot tool on my Windows 7 laptop, but that didn't work, so it prompted me to download the firmware, since the software was damaged. I did, but I have to pay to begin the process with Reiboot. Is there any free way to fix this?

Note: I've also tried to use the 'Tiny Umbrella' tool on my laptop, and that won't even start. I do have an old computer tower running Windows XP, maybe I could use Tiny Umbrella on that?

Enter DFU and perform a DFU restore.

Connect the device to iTunes using USB.
Hold the Power and Home buttons until the display turns black.
Immediately release the power button but keep holding Home until iTunes displays a message that the device must be restored. The screen of the iPhone will remain black.
Use iTunes to restore the device.


Why does preview change the ctime of a pdf, and how can I disable it? When I open a file in Preview, preview updates the ctime of the file. This seems to only happen once however, and as far as I can tell, nothing other than the ctime is changing. This is very frustrating because it's messing with scripts that are checking for modification to the file, even when no modification is happening.

Below is an example of what I'm seeing. I create a new pdf file called test.pdf, everything looks good. Then I open it with Preview, do nothing, and close preview. Now the file has an updated access and change time, but not modified. As far as I can tell, everything else about the file is identical, it's as if the ctime was touched for no reason. This effect seems to be cached in some sense, because if I open it again, only the access time is updated.

$ stat -x test.pdf
  File: "test.pdf"
  Size: 47737        FileType: Regular File
  Mode: (0644/-rw-r--r--)         Uid: ~~~  Gid: ~~~
Device: 1,3   Inode: 3220039    Links: 1
Access: Wed Jun 17 11:02:24 2015
Modify: Wed Jun 17 11:02:24 2015
Change: Wed Jun 17 11:02:24 2015
$ open test.pdf
$ stat -x test.pdf
  File: "test.pdf"
  Size: 47737        FileType: Regular File
  Mode: (0644/-rw-r--r--)         Uid: ~~~  Gid: ~~~
Device: 1,3   Inode: 3220039    Links: 1
Access: Wed Jun 17 11:02:39 2015
Modify: Wed Jun 17 11:02:24 2015
Change: Wed Jun 17 11:02:39 2015
$ open test.pdf
$ stat -x test.pdf
  File: "test.pdf"
  Size: 47737        FileType: Regular File
  Mode: (0644/-rw-r--r--)         Uid: ~~~  Gid: ~~~
Device: 1,3   Inode: 3220039    Links: 1
Access: Wed Jun 17 11:02:53 2015
Modify: Wed Jun 17 11:02:24 2015
Change: Wed Jun 17 11:02:39 2015

Is there any way to prevent preview from doing this, other than the naive copy the file first, and just look at the copy?

The filesystem and metadata can change when preview has write access to the file. The precise why is probably complicated, but you can prevent it by removing write access (chmod a-w test.pdf) and then using preview on the file. Note, the chmod updates the ctime as well.

My guess is that metadata fields like kMDItemUsedDates and kMDItemLastUsedDate are the reason for ctime being updated. You can use mdls test.pdf to check those details before and after your tests.


Alternatives for using USB stick when USB/Thunderbolt ports not working I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro.

My USB and Thunderbolt ports are not working anymore. I've tried getting the hardware repaired but it wasn't possible.

I have a USB stick that I need to connect to my MacBook in order to be able to work remotely.

Can you think of a way(s) to do that without using the USB/Thunderbolt ports on my MacBook?

Is there such a thing as a wireless USB Hub, that connects to my local Network and I can therefore access the contents of the USB sticks I connect to it via Wi-Fi on my Mac (I don't have a 2nd PC/Mac)? Much like the iTunes libraries that are shared between 2 Macs wirelessly via the local Wi-Fi network.

There are several options...

You can use a NAS (Network Attached Storage). This can be from a dedicated device like a Synology NAS Station (I personally use this device) that not only has physical drives served across the network, but you can attach USB external drives.  I actually have a hub with 3 external drives (for backup and Time Machine) and a USB flash that holds my music collection.  I love this setup (bottom left).

You can use a router with NAS functionality.  The Apple Airport Extreme (above right) is a good example of a router with this type of functionality.

  AirPort Extreme can turn your external USB hard drive into a secure drive you can share across your Wi‑Fi network and access securely over the Internet. All the documents, videos, photos, and other files instantly become available to anyone on the network, Mac and PC users alike. It’s perfect for file sharing, collaborative projects, and more.

Though I am not a huge fan of "putting all your eggs in one basket," this will make do in a pinch.

Wireless USB Flash Disks. SanDisk has a wireless flash drive and  I had the opportunity to use one the other day.  I have to admit, it was neat bit of kit; it's not as fast as directly connected USB, but pretty neat and convenient.

Share the USB folder from another Mac/PC. By turning on File Sharing, or remote login, you can access the USB by remotely connecting into the machine with the good ports.  Under System Preferences just enable file sharing and add the folders (including the /Volumes/[NameOfUSB] folder) into the "Shared Folders" list.

If you know how to ssh into your machine, you can use scp to copy the files.  You can get more info on how to do this from this answer

Hopefully, one of these methods will allow you to access the files on your USB.


iBook G4r system installation I have an iBook G4, HDD wiped clean. I attempted to install Tiger from the disk. It got a bit into the install and it shutdown, so it did not complete the install. Also, it will not power up now so the disk cannot be ejected.

Is there a way to manually eject it, such as the old paperclip trick? Also, did it shutdown because although the disk is Tiger... which it should run, the installation disk was not configured for the iBook?

Press the power button then hold the spacebar down.

If the keyboard is working, the system firmware will interpret that as a request to force eject the CD/DVD before continuing to start the OS.

Unless the firmware or hardware are faulty - then you might need to disassemble things to rescue the CD.


How do I remove the iCloud-first behavior in Mountain Lion? In Mountain Lion, I have iCloud activated for Documents. I'd like document-saved-in-the-cloud to be an option, but not the default, as in "if I choose iCloud from the dropdown, save in iCloud, else save in my current folder".

Is it possible?

If it is not, I'll disable the "Documents and Data" switch in System Preferences > iCloud, but it raises the question: how can I list all information currently stored in iCloud, and save them to some real-world folder?

To change the default to local just write in a terminal:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

To change back to iCloud first, type:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool true


Cannot update built-in apps on a brand new macbook I received a brand new macbook pro a few days ago. I have logged in to the app store with my own Apple ID but I am unable to update the built-in applications: Pages, Numbers, Keynote etc.

The error is:

  This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled.

I have done a bit of research about this, but these apps came with my machine. It's not possible they were purchased with another Apple ID as this came straight from ordering online at Apple.com and came in a sealed box.

Sometimes when you log in with new device the App Store gets bit confused.

Go to you Account in App Store and verify it showing the right device.


Has Unix Parameter Name SystemAudioVolume Been Changed to SystemAudioVolume DB in El Capitan? I am trying to change the startup sound. When I checked the setting using:

sudo nvram -p

it returns a setting for SystemAudioVolume DB  %ee

I entered:

    sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%00

When I check again using sudo nvram -p

both names show up in the list:

SystemAudioVolume DB .... %ee

SystemAudioVolume .... %00 (it took my setting but doesn't kill sound)

Should I be trying to set SystemAudioVolume DB instead?

If yes, is this the right way?

sudo nvram SystemAudioVolumeDB=%aa

(No space before DB.) Does anyone know the proper range for this?
My computer is old but I don't want to break it.

Firstly, the sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%00 (or the same command with different values at end) never allowed users to actually change the startup chime sound. In earlier versions of Mac OS X it did allow users to change the volume, and therefore they could mute the startup chime, but this did not change the sound.

The closest thing to changing the sound is a hack that allowed users to mute the startup chime and then add another sound that occurred upon logging in to your user account - but of course this is not a startup sound, just a sound that plays when you log into your user account.

As for whether SystemAudioVolume has been replaced with SystemAudioVolumeDB, the answer is no. In fact, as you have seen from running sudo nvram -p, these two parameters have totally different values.

Summary

No, the Unix parameter SystemAudioVolume has not been replaced by SystemAudioVolume DB in El Capitan
The Unix parameter SystemAudioVolume has never been used to change the startup chime sound - only to change the volume level
The startup chime sound cannot be changed

Further reading

These related questions may interest you:

Disable OS X startup sound
How can I silence the startup chime on El Capitan?


Do deleted iPhone photos remain in the iCloud Can I delete photos from my iPhone without losing the iCloud copies?

I am short of memory on my phone and want to free up space.

Deleting photos on your phone WILL delete the iCloud copy.

Instead open Settings > iCloud > photos and check the option "optimize iPhone storage".  This is supposed to allow the phone to have smaller photo files, while the original resolution is maintained in the iCloud copy.


How does my dual core i5 in my MacBook Pro have more than 400% CPU usage? I've got the Early-2015 13" MacBook Pro (2.7 GHz i5) and whilst I was building Smart Previews for all my 1600+ photos in Lightroom 5 I noticed that the fan had come on (unusually) and that the laptop was starting to get rather hot.

When I had a look at Activity Monitor, I saw that Lightroom was using around 300% CPU. Fair enough, I'm sure it's an intensive process. However, I also saw the usage for Lightroom jump higher than 400% on several occasions (usually up to around 410%).

I understand how my CPU is Hyper-Threaded so that it has 4 cores/400% CPU available, but how could it possibly use more than that (bearing in mind several other processes were running as well)?

Cheers,
Dan

If you look here, you have 2 cores that can execute 2 threads each with turbo boost.  So I would assume 400% is your maximum.  Seems likely that Adobe maxed out one CPU completely, and the other CPU was running the OS and other tasks.

The additional usage may be because your 2.7 ghz CPU was turbo boosted to 3.1 ghz at the time.

Also, within Activity Monitor, you can choose Window -> CPU History, and it will break down everything.  For example on my 6 core Xeon, I have 12 graphs.


Getting Bluetooth on Windows 10 Virtual Machine (Guest) - VirtualBox / Disabling Bluetooth Daemon How can I use bluetooth on my Windows 10 guest machine using my built-in macOS Bluetooth chip.

When I try adding it as a USB device it come up with

Failed to attach USB device Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller [0150] to the Virtual Machine Windows VM

Details

Could not find USB Device with uuid {164bc863-a9e1-4f47-b389-36afadb8c6d5}

Edit 1:

Aftersome futher reasearch I found out that it will work if I am able to the the Bluetooth host service/daemom. How can I do this?

Edit 2:
Also found that Parrallels desktop is able to use built in bluetooth without you needing to do anything. This proves it is possible to use Built in Bluetooth on a VM. How can you achieve this in VirtualBox?

General Machine Info

OS:macOS Catalina (10.15.3)

Computer 2015 Macbook Air

Any solution to try and fix this would be greatly appreciated as I have been trying to get this to work for a few hours

The problem with this, is that the host (your Mac) needs to completely release the Bluetooth adapter so that VBox can take “ownership” of it.

To see what’s loaded issue the command.

kextstatus | grep -i bluet

All of those kexts need to be unloaded.  The problem is, macOS will respawn the processes automatically.

There’s a couple options you can try:

use a seperate USB Bluetooth adapter
Use a different host OS (FreeBSD can do this) that will allow you to manually load/unload support dor different divices.

macOS, especially with all of the new protections implemented in Catalina won’t allow you to do this.


Remove non-existent devices from "Calls on Other Devices" on iOS? On my iPhone 8 running iOS 12.1, under:

"Settings / Cellular / Calls on Other Devices",
"Settings / Phone / Calls on Other Devices",
"Settings / Messages / Text Message Forwarding"…

…I see two list items for test macOS user accounts I created and deleted in troubleshooting another issue.

These two non-existent devices don't appear in the list of devices:

at the bottom of "Settings / Apple ID",
on https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage,
on my Mac under "System Preferences / iCloud / Account Details / Devices".

I've tried toggling the faux devices, toggling "Calls on Other Devices", and rebooting the phone and the notebook.

I assume now, in retrospect, that I should've logged out of iCloud on the test macOS user accounts before deleting them (including their home folders), but I'm pretty sure now that's no longer an option.

Any help?

I had an iMac showing twice within "Calls on other Devices" on an iPhone
The following got it fixed for me.

Removed my iMac from the iCloud account
Logged into iCloud again on the iMac
Logged in FaceTime on the iMac
Switched off/on "Calls on other Devices" on the iPhone

Hope this helps


My Macbook Pro Right Speaker Kept Going Broken Even After Replacement The right speaker of my macbook pro retina 13" kept going broken even after I replaced the speaker. (Ran out of the warranty at this point so had to DIY, also no Apple Store near me, have to fly to one if need be). A while ago the right speaker starts to produce cracking sounds so I ordered a speaker online and replaced it myself. It worked for a while until today it started to produce similar noise again. I can take photos of the inside later today. I wonder if any of you might know how this malfunctioning appeared. I suspect it might be a software + hardware problem (meaning a software malfunction results at the speaker getting broken) but I might be wrong. Could it be overheating? It is really hot lately.

This is a well known issue of macbook pro since 2009 and it effects even the latest model. The reason being the macbook speakers are not designed to resist heat. If it has been working for hours over 100 degree (or 30 some celsius idk) the rubber will melt and tear under high volume. The left speaker will less likely to have such condition since the ventilation is better on the left corner. Why does Apple keep using this type of rubber? I guess they want the rubber to be bouncy enough to make decent sound while keep the cost low. Besides Apple products are never built to last anyways. All you can do is to cool your macbook while using it or you can try to use superglue to cover the rubber, which would make it tougher but the sound will be worse. For a quick fix, you can put gel around the rubber or just the place of the torn mark(s). Take a look at this picture. This is how I did it.


Horizontal scrolling in Inkscape in Mac OS When I run Inkscape on Mac OS or in Parallels, the horizontal scrolling works fine when I use the touchpad but Shift+MouseWheelScroll doesn't do anything. ctrl+MouseWheelScroll works fine (controls zoom). It makes Inkscape very hard to use IMO, as I cannot easily navigate through the drawing without zooming-unzooming all the time.

Such horizontal scrolling works just fine e.g. in the browser (both in Mac and in Parallels).

Is there a way to achieve it also in Inkscape on Mac?

Well, having done some more googling, have found this: no horizontal scroll on OS X. Unfortunately, looks like it's a bug in Inkscape (horizontal scrolling works on the colour palette under the canvas) :(


MacBook Pro 11,3 with dual Dell P2715Q 27" Monitors I have two Dell P2715Q 27" external monitors I want to connect to my 15" MacBook Pro 11,3 with OSX 10.10.2 ordered around September 2014. I've tried connecting it as follows:

note: tb = thunderbolt, dp = displayport, mdp = mini displayport

First try

tb 1 -> Dell P2715Q #1 dp in -> Dell P2715Q #1 dp out -> Dell P2715Q #2 mdp in

In this case the two Dell screens will only mirror, and OS X does not seem to recognize that there are actually two displays attached.

Second try

thunderbolt 1 -> Dell P2715Q #1 displayport in
thunderbolt 2 -> Dell P2715Q #2 displayport in

In this case one screen will go on, but the other remains black and says there is no signal.

side note

I also have an older 1920x1200 Dell display I want to use via HDMI for a total of 3 external displays, but I need to get an HDMI cable plus the first two screens working first.

from monitor menu (the buttons) change the MST setting to Primary and Secondary accordingly


Merge PDF files and preserve hyperlinks I have several PDF files that I want to merge. I used to do it with Preview in my macbook, where I open all the files and then use the Print -> Save as PDF.

However, this time, the files I want to merge have several Hyperlinks in the text and with this way, most of them get lost from the merged PDF file.

Is there any way to use Preview and keep the hyperlinks or is there another way to do it?

Automator comes to the rescue. If you have time, you should really dive into it. You can do amazing stuff with it. I've a lot of custom actions and automations. Love this app. It's built into every Mac :D

Use this Automator Action: Combine PDF

Download Automator Action (starts downloading)
Install automator action
Select PDF files you want to combine in Finder
Right click on selected files
Choose from Services the action Combine PDF files
Give the new file a name


Spotlight not working with Netgear ReadyNAS I am unable to search AFP shares on a netgear NAS device using spotlight. Spotlight reverts to the default local hard drive. "Shared" is not user selectable. The NAS is using the latest Netgear OS V6. The unit is new and installed 10/2016.
Can Spotlight be used to search NAS shares, or is there another application that will resolve this issue?
Thanks

Try looking into this Netgear KB article https://kb.netgear.com/000045492/ReadyNAS-OS-6-8-File-Search

  Enabling File Search

  To enable File Search on your ReadyNAS,

  Click System > Settings.
  Under Services, click File Search.
  Check the Enabled box, then click Apply.

  File Search can also be enabled from the System > Overview screen.

  File Search via Finder on macOS

  If you use macOS, File Search integrates with Spotlight on SMB and AFP connections to ReadyNAS shares. If your share is set to be indexed and is mounted on your macOS, Spotlight will not have to use additional resources to scan the share. NETGEAR recommends using SMB instead of AFP and enabling .


how to set mac desktop background as working terminal I would like to set my background to a working Terminal window even when I minimize all applications. I would like to be able to write commands on desktop but I don't know if it is even possible.

I have done some Google searching but I could not find any clues. If this is possible, could you explain the process of setting it up?

I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5

You might to want to checkout this tool called GeekTool as their site states:

  GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins


Should I disable Virtual Memory on SSD in OS X Yosemite? Should I, or do I need to, disable memory swapping when my OS is installed on an SSD? I run OSX 10.10.2 with 16GB of memory. Currently, Activity Monitor reports I have 16GB of virtual memory allocated, with 0Bytes actually being used. 5,28GB of Memory is in use.

I understand that it's beneficial for the longevity of as SSD to reduce the amount of write-actions to it, which leads me to believe it's also beneficial to not have a swap-file on that drive. If I really need one, can I move it to my internal HDD? If so: how?

For how to do that, I recommend this excellent sophisticated answer: How can I move virtual memory swap files to a different drive or partition?

But keep in mind that your SSD does NOT wear out as bad as most youngsters tell you. In fact, I experience HDs breaking a lot more often than SSDs. Besides, your computer only swaps if it's really necessary as it comes with enormous memory access speed penalties. And even if it was: I'd prefer keeping the swap on the SSD rather than moving it to a slow HD.

But always keep in mind: Storage media are expendable parts.


Parallels window problem I'm using Parallels on my mac. But when I open a software the font are so small, it's very weird. Can anyone help me out!!!

The picture above is when I open up my chrome, how can I fix it?

I had the exact same problem. I went a different route, and decided to sacrifice the nice high-DPI of the Retina for a scaled solution that makes everything look right.

In Parallels VM Config → Hardware → Video → Resolution

Use: Scaled
Not: Best for Retina, More Space
Restart VM
Windows Display Settings → Set Resolution: 1280x800 + Apply
Windows Display Settings → "Make text and other items larger or smaller"

Use: Smaller (100%)

Late-2013 rMBP 13.3″ with Parallels 9.0.23350 and Windows 7


why do iPhoto, Word, and Finder open when I restart Lion? I'm using Lion (10.7.2).  I close all applications and restart the Mac.  When it starts up again, it opens windows for iPhoto, Word (to a blank doc), Address Book, and a Finder window.

None of these application are in my "Login Items" for my account.

How do I get Lion to start clean instead of opening all these apps?

Rob

Back up your system before trying this, in case it messes anything up, but I'd recommend this procedure:

In the Finder, press ⌘ShiftG for "Go to the folder:" then type ~/Library/Saved Application State/. Delete all the folders in Saved Application State, then press Command-I to Get File Info. In the Get File Info window, check the "locked" box. This should keep applications from restoring their state.


Google Chrome Helper (not responding) After upgrading to Yosemite, I found there are quite some Google Chrome Helper (not responding) processes after MacBook resumes from hibernate (closing the MacBook cover).

It seems to me close-and-reopen Chrome will clean up the (Not Responding) processes.

What is the problem?

You can see developers from the Google Chrome team discussing the issue here.

If I'm reading correctly, something triggers a change in the way things are drawn to the screen. The WindowServer process, which is responsible for drawing everything to the screen, issues a notification announcing that change to every process with a GUI and expects an acknowledgement of the notification. These Chrome processes don't respond, so the operating system flags the processes as "Not responding".

Long story short is that they think this is just a cosmetic problem that will be fixed shortly. It doesn't actually seem to affect performance.

They've found and fixed similar issues in the past, for example 304860. I think this is a side-effect of the multi-process architecture that they use for Chrome.


Terminal - Is the built in zip command lossy? I'm using BASH in the terminal on Yosemite.

Is the zip command lossy?

I'm using it like this

zip -er ./output.zip ./input

-e encrypt

-r recurse

I am trying to avoid lossy compression when backing up data.

Would be super weak sauce if my backups came out corrupt :(

No, ZIP files are never compressed in a lossy way, nor would it really even be possible.

Lossy compression algorithms only work for data which can be approximated and still be recognizable to humans. Pictures and audio work for this, but not arbitrary data.

ZIP compression algorithms take arbitrary data, and without knowing what it is, compress it losslessly by finding redundant data, and mapping it out. There would be no way to know what part of the data might be approximated, which is why archive software use lossless compression.


How to get Apple to repair iPhone under statutory warranty? My iphone 5's battery after a bit more than a year is dying. I bought the iPhone via the German Apple Online Store. Hence I have 24 months of EU statutory warranty. The iPhone is otherwise in great condition and has no damages.
When trying to use the online support and repair form, Apple wants to charge me 260€ for the repair. How can I tell Apple that i want it to be dealt with under the statutory warranty?
If Apple realizes that this isn't applicable, they should. Harge me at most the cost for replacing the battery, I think. And not the 260€ for a replacement device...

Danijel was right. The 0800 hotline did the trick. Apple was very willing to help and replaced the iPhone. Since it was only 13 months old and there were no damages, they handled it very quickly and without fuss.


how to search files modified between a specific time in a date In mac os, how can I search the files modified or used within a specified timespan on a date?

For example i want to get the files used between 10am to 4pm on 10/30/2018. Can this be done either via finder or terminal?

A terminal based approach would use mdfind (the CLI Spotlight too).

Using mdls on a file you can see all the attributes available to you, something like kMDItemContentModificationDate looks like what you want.

So, the mdfind command would be something like

mdfind 'kMDItemContentModificationDate < $time.iso(2018-10-30T16:00:00) && kMDItemContentModificationDate > $time.iso(2018-10-30T10:00:00)'

You can chain together any combination of the attributes returned from mdls.


Is there a way to get Auto-Brightness back on my iPhone X? One of the best features of my iPhone 7 Plus was the way it could be configured to auto-dim the display, which not only helped the phone's lighting to match the mood, but was also appreciated by people around me in dim environments (trains, planes, cozy cafes, etc.):

My iPhone X adds a neat feature that adjusts the tone of the display to ambient lighting to keep it consistent, but this does not (at least not sufficiently) adjust the brightness:

As a result, the phone is always far too bright in dim environments (and often just a tad to dim in bright ones).

In my experience with macOS, there tend to be advanced or hidden settings preserved for features that Apple has removed from the UI. Is this the case with Auto-Brightness? Is there some way to get the auto dimming behavior back on my iPhone X?

Yup, hidden settings it is! Since iOS 11 Auto-Brightness has been moved to Display Accommodations.

1.) Launch Settings app

2.) Tap General

3.) Tap Accessibility

4.) Tap Display Accommodations and toggle on Auto-Brightness


Yosemite Disk Utility: You may only split this volume in two I just upgraded to 10.10- Yosemite. I have an external 4TB hard drive. These are the problems I see with Disk Utility:

No more than two partitions are allowed.
Changing the partition size I can only use the slider, so I can't enter a number for the size of the selected partition.
Changing the name of the parent partition is not possible.

I tried to repair the drive, that didn't change anything. I can try to reformat, or even format the drive on Linux to something else and then see what DU says about that. Any ideas what is the problem here or is this a case of a bad release by Apple?

I monted the disk on Ubuntu, opened the disk utility and saw the following. It seemed like Apple Disk Utility messed up. I deleted all partitions, then mounted the disk on my mac and I could create three partitions like I wanted.


How to move a Reminder from one list to another in iOS? There doesn't appear to be an option in Reminders to 'move to another list'

Is it really just a case of copy and paste, which would be pretty terrible

Using iOS 6.1.2 it is pretty straight forward (I have no older version of iOS with me to check how and if it works there, but I guess it will).

Tab on the task/reminder you would like to move to another list. Choose more options or show more (my language setting is German so I'm not 100% sure how this menu item is called in english). There appears an option titled List. This will allow you to move the item to another list.


Apple’s enterprise distribution and management for iOS apps Is there an easy way to distribute same iOS (iPad, iPhone) app to multiple enterprise clients? We develop custom “Enterprise apps” that can be utilized by various clients. These apps get linked directly to client’s servers; but is there a way that we, as a third party, could find a solution to distribute/manage apps for our clients?

In other words, for client experience of using an app should be completely seamless without having to worry about anything after first time app download. Here are some specifics:

Does enterprise account option allow distributing same app to multiple clients? i.e. if I develop an app  - call it “Appyme”, can Appyme be distributed to 200 users of client A and 500 users of client B
Do we need to have 2 enterprise accounts  - one of Client A  and one for client B? My assumption was that I needed to have just one developer account under my company’s name
Can this be done over the air or will we need to get these installed on all 700 devices?
How can “Appyme” upgrades be deployed to these users?
What happens to clients’ account and users when my personal enterprise account expires every year?

Each client will need to have an enterprise account. If they want to, they can share their distribution key with you, and you can build an app for distribution within their organization. If the number of clients isn't large, this shouldn't be a big deal -- you can just set up a different target for each client, and then use an aggregate target to build them all at the same time.

Over the air distribution is definitely possible. One way is by making the app available for download on a restricted access web server; another is to install it directly on any managed devices using mobile device management.

I believe most of your questions are answered in the enterprise program agreement. Give that a careful reading if you haven't already. Questions about how to interpret a legal agreement are probably off topic for this forum, but I think you'll find the agreement to be fairly easy to understand as legal documents go.

Update: Another option that's been available for a while now (though possibly not when I wrote the answer above) is custom B2B distribution. You can offer your apps for sale through Apple's Volume Purchase Program directly to your clients. That is, your clients would purchase through the Volume Purchase Program (essentially the App Store, but multiple licenses) and then distribute your app via Mobile Device Management or redemption codes. The down side of this plan is that Apple would take the usual App Store cut of the selling price.


Alternative to additemtodock from Henri Shustak I am using a commandline script to add items to the dock via scripts

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23653/add-item-to-dock

But it seems to have a lot of bugs and maybe even "kills" my Dock config file. Are there any good alternatives out there to add *.app properly to the dock ?

Open Applications / Utilities / AppleScript Editor and paste this:

my add_item_to_dock(choose file of type {"APPL"} with prompt "Choose an application to add to the Dock:")
on add_item_to_dock(item_path)
try
        get item_path as alias -- you need a POSIX path so this coerces the path in case it's an HFS path, alias, file ref, etc.
        set item_path to POSIX path of item_path
    end try
    try
        tell application "Dock" to quit
    end try
    do shell script "defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString</key><string>" & item_path & "</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></dict>'"
    try
        tell application "Dock" to activate
    end try
end add_item_to_dock

Save it as Script or Application.


Applescript character count in words with combining diacritics If I combine an acute accent with, say "x", with a w before it and a y following, like this: "wx̀y", this will look good in BBEdit and Word, and both programs will give a character count of 4. However, this applescript:

set a to "wx̀y"

display dialog (number of characters of a)

... will reply "3".

This is in Smile and Script Debugger, my Script Editor goes into beach ball mode seconds after opening. And it is a real problem in indexing some exotic texts, not only one out of curiosity, so any suggestions would be most welcome.

I did a bit of experimentation, and I get varied results. Fortunately, one of those results was 4. I did this by outsourcing the calculation to Python:

on run {input, parameters}
    set var to "wx̀y"

    set output to (do shell script ¬
"python - <<EOF
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
print len(u'" & var & "')
EOF")

    return output
end run


Hotspot WiFi (built-in) to WiFi (usb wifi card), how to? I'm trying to share my wifi connection with to-link TL-WN725N.
I've found the drivers and its works and I connect to WiFi with this or AirPort in the same way (for the first I use Wireless Network Utility).

I can share from USB Wifi Card -> Wifi Built-in with Connection Shared in Systems Preferences but it doesn't work in the other way (Wifi -> Usb Wifi Card).

Have you any idea how can I do this?

The problem to use WifiCard -> Wifi is that the Card is slower than AirPort and, while the shared connection can be slowly, the connection on mac can't be slow, so I need to connect Mac with AirPort and share with Usb Wifi Card.

Your build in WiFi card can only work one way.

So if it is receiving the WiFi than it can not broadcast (share) it at the same time.

But if your Internet connection comes in via USB WiFi or cable then you can use the build in WiFi to share (it is sending).


App downloaded from cousin's Apple ID is greyed out and cannot delete it from iTunes My cousin downloaded an app for me on my iPad Air while using his Apple ID. I signed out of it, and logged into mine. I updated my device to iOS 10 after I had to temporarily delete apps due to low storage.

Bloons TD 5 was one of them, and after going to the home screen, it was greyed out and it said Waiting. I tried to delete it, but there was no X. By the way, my cousin never gives his Apple ID password to anyone, since it is his mom's Apple ID.

Apparently, I pressed the power button, and pressed it again. I went to the home screen, and it was greyed, but the name was showing. The X showed this time, and I pressed delete, however, it was still there. I tried going on my computer and deleting it from iTunes, but none of my apps were showing and iTunes wasn't able to check for updates, since it was looping.

I tried rebooting, but it changed to Waiting. I cannot reset because my parents put a restrictions passcode on my iPad Air even though I'm like 19. They won't tell me no matter what. It doesn't show in storage, and there isn't anyway of getting my cousin's Apple ID password, especially since he lives far away.

Update your Apple ID and password on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store.
If you're signed out, enter your updated Apple ID and password.
If you're signed in with your previous Apple ID, tap your Apple ID,
    then tap Sign Out.
Then enter your updated Apple ID and password.

Mac with OS X Mountain Lion or later, or Windows PC

Go to the Apple Online Store.
Click  , then click View
Account.
In the Account Settings section, click "Update your Apple ID email
address and password."
Enter your updated Apple ID and password.


iCloud Drive to behave like Dropbox In my Dropbox, I have files inside a number of custom-made folders. I am able to view these files and folders inside apps that support Dropbox on my iPhone.

I want iCloud Drive to behave in the same way therefore files arranged in custom-made folders that visible from inside any apps that support iCloud Drive on my iPhone. However it appears that to view files in iCloud Drive from an app on my iPhone, the files need to stored inside the folder for that specific iPhone app.

How can I set up iCloud Drive like Dropbox?

There are apps in the iOS app store that will allow viewing and editing of the files stored in your iCloud Drive account, I use Documents, by Readdle, for this on my iPhone 5s. Documents allows you to manage iCloud Drive files, including downloading and uploading of files. Keep in mind that a desktop Mac includes a file manager, whereas iOS is set up differently and doesn't include the same functionality.


Energy Saver preferences keep breaking This is a new question related to a question I asked previously.

MacBook is sleeping despite being set to "never" sleep

Basically, the MacBook would sleep after 3 hours despite the preferences telling it to "never" sleep.

I fixed the original problem by deleting the Energy Saver plist file.

However, after two weeks, it broke again and the original problem came back.  I have no doubt that I can just fix it by deleting the preference file again.

Obviously something external is botching up the Energy Saver preference file.  I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how I can determine what could be causing this problem in the first place.

EDIT:

Trashing the Energy Saver plist file no longer fixes this issue.  I've removed Caffeine and I'm out of ideas.  I can't even effectively troubleshoot this since it takes three hours just to see if it will sleep or not.  What else can I do?  Where else can I look?

Perhaps you should try resetting the SMC, as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964


Mute single speaker? The left internal speaker on my 2018 MBP fried (sounds annoying common). I don't really want to take it in to get it fixed, and I'm hoping I can just disable the left one and use the right one.

In Audio Devices, there is a checkbox to mute channel 1 (left), but I can't actually click it.

Is there another way to turn off a single internal speaker on a MBP?

Simple method, as already stated, System Prefs > Sound > Output. Set balance slider to the right.

More comprehensive method, in case you are listening to stereo & need the information otherwise missing from the other speaker - you also need…

System Prefs > Accessibility > Audio

check 'Play stereo audio as mono'

This will sum the left & right channels so you will hear both from the one speaker after you balance across to it.


Turning off Device Enrollment Notifications on MacBook Pro I have purchased a MacBook Pro a year ago and after upgrading to Sierra started to receive notifications from a company that owned a laptop before. I have tried contacting Apple Service and the actual company, no luck so far. I have learned that I need to find two files:
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ManagedClient.enroll.plist
But I can't move them (and even create folders where they can be moved):
/Library/LaunchAgentsDisabled and /Library/LaunchDaemonsDisabled
Can anyone please help how I can turn off device enrollment notifications?

Just in case you're still confused about this issue,
restart your mac in recovery mode,
in terminal, type in command:

csrutil disable; reboot

This will disable system integrity protection and restart your mac.

Open your terminal again, type in command:

sudo mv /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent.plist /Library/LaunchAgentsDisabled
sudo mv /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ManagedClient.enroll.plist /Library/LaunchDaemonsDisabled

This should do the trick.

However, don't for get to re-enable your system integrity protection by restarting your mac in recovery mode, typing in command:

csrutil enable

You can check your SIP status with command:

csrutil status

Good luck!


Will @mac.com e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition? Will @mac.com (as from .Mac) e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition?

Yes.

You will have to opt in to switch your account over, but it sounds like it will be fairly painless as long as you agree to all the new (unannounced as of yet) license terms. From the Apple FAQ on the MobileMe/iCloud transition:

  Will I be able to keep my MobileMe email address when I move to iCloud?

  Yes. If you have an active MobileMe account when you sign up for iCloud, you’ll be able to keep your me.com or mac.com email address and move your MobileMe mail, contacts, and calendars, as well as your bookmarks, to the new service. When iCloud becomes available this fall, Apple will provide details and instructions on how to make the move.

If you do not opt in, you should expect your @mac.com and @me.com email to only work through June 30, 2012.


Can I safely delete photo library to save room In order to start using the Photos app on my mac, which only has a 500gb HDD, I had to plug in a 1TB external, and use that to house the Photos database file. I had to do this because I had more than 500gb of photos.

Now they are all imported to the photos application, and I have verified they are synced up to the cloud.

Is it safe at this point to delete the photo database file from my external HDD, and then reopen the Photos application and start from scratch using my Mac's HDD with "optimize storage" enabled?

I assume it would just download everything from the cloud in a storage optimized way.

Don't do anything with the external hard drive yet, except eject it and unplug it, so you have a good backup in case anything goes wrong. That said, the following steps should do what you want.

First create a new library on your Mac's hard drive by holding Option while you open Photos, then clicking Create New.

In order to use this with iCloud Photo Library (ICL), you must designate the new library as the system photo library. Go to Photos menu > Preferences > General tab and click Use as System Photo Library. Next go to the iCloud tab and turn on iCloud Photo Library, then choose the Optimize Mac Storage option.

At this point it should start downloading thumbnails and some original files ("optimized" means it caches all thumbnails locally, then uses a certain amount of the space available on your hard drive for original files).

This answer is based on the Apple support article Designate a System Photo Library which states, at the bottom, that setting a new system library and turning on ICL will merge into (not overwrite) the existing ICL that Apple has stored on their servers. It's possible it might not, and in that case, you may not be able to do what you want.


Setting up automatic red / green notifications for continuous testing and TDD? Note: this was originally posted under stackoverflow, and someone sensibly downvoted it since it's really OS X specific.  So I'm reposting it over here, since it's been generally helpful.

I like doing Test Driven Development (TDD), and so I would like a way for my test suite to run whenever I make a change to a source file or test file.

In addition, I'd like the results of the test to display in an ephemeral "Growl" style window in the corner of my screen, showing a green icon if all tests passed and a red icon if one or more tests fail.

I know there is such a mechanism for node.js in mocha, and for ruby environments there's guard-rspec. But how do I create one for my [fill in the blank] testing environment under OS X?

Under OS X, you can create a simple solution using two off-the-shelf utilities: fswatch and terminal-notifier and three simple bash scripts.  Here's how:

download fswatch and terminal-notifier

$ brew install fswatch
$ brew install terminal-notifier

set up project directories

My project directories are laid out as follows, but of course you can choose alternate strategies:

$PROJECT_ROOT/
  logs/
  lib/
  scripts/
    icons/
  tests/

create three bash scripts

file: scripts/run-tests

This is a simple script that invokes your framework's tests.  In this case we're running python's unittest, but you can customize it to suit your needs:

#!/bin/bash
# Run unit tests over the test directory

PROJECT_ROOT=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )

PYTHON=python                                                           # customize for your needs
export PYTHONPATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/lib"                                   # customize for your needs
${PYTHON} -m unittest discover --start-directory "$PROJECT_ROOT/tests"  # customize for your needs

file: scripts/growl-tests

This script invokes run-tests and captures stdout and stderr in log files.  It then displays a growl-like message based on the results of run-tests. You must customize this script to parse the results of run-tests and decide whether to display a red or green icon.  The example shown here parses the output of Python's unittest.  If you use a different system, you'll need to make appropriate changes to the script.

#!/bin/bash
# Run tests and display results in a "growl"-like window.

PROJECT_ROOT=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )
TEST_RUNNER="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/run-tests"
STDOUT_LOG="$PROJECT_ROOT/logs/unittest_stdout.log"
STDERR_LOG="$PROJECT_ROOT/logs/unittest_stderr.log"

# Run the tests, copy stdout and stderr to STDOUT_LOG and STDERR_LOG
# respectively
$TEST_RUNNER > >(tee "$STDOUT_LOG") 2> >(tee "$STDERR_LOG" >&2)

# Capture the exit status of TEST_RUNNER.  We will use this for the
# red / green distinction in our Growl display.
TEST_STATUS=$?

# The following lines are specific to the Python `unittest` output,
# and aren't required for the red / green display.  We extract a few
# extra bits of info so the Growl window can display something like:
#     Ran 452 tests in 8.300s
#     FAILED (failures=3)

# extract "Ran n tests in n.nnns"
TEST_SUMMARY=`tail -3 "$STDERR_LOG" | head -1`

# extract "OK" or "FAILED (failures=n)"
TEST_RESULT=`tail -1 "$STDERR_LOG"`

# Compose the two strings to make the entire message
GROWL_MESSAGE="$TEST_SUMMARY
$TEST_RESULT"

# Pick a sound and an icon based on TEST_STATUS
if [ $TEST_STATUS -eq 0 ] ; then
    GROWL_SOUND="Submarine"
    GROWL_ICON="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/icons/GreenBead.png"
else
    GROWL_SOUND="Purr"
    GROWL_ICON="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/icons/RedBead.png"
fi

# Now display the results in a Growl-like window
echo "$GROWL_MESSAGE" | terminal-notifier -sound $GROWL_SOUND -contentImage $GROWL_ICON

file: scripts/autorun-tests

This script invokes growl-tests once at startup, and then again whenever some file is modified.  Under most circumstances, this file may be used verbatim without any modification.

#!/bin/bash
# Run tests automatically whenever files change in the PROJECT_ROOT

PROJECT_ROOT=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )
TEST_RUNNER="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/growl-tests"

# run tests once at startup
"$TEST_RUNNER"

# Run tests whenever anything under PROJECT_ROOT changes
# Note that we explicitly exclude the log files, since they get
# written as a result of running the tests.  If we didn't exclude
# them, fswatch would retrigger continuously.
fswatch --one-per-batch "$PROJECT_ROOT" --exclude logs | xargs -n1 -I{} "$TEST_RUNNER"

add icons to make it pretty

Put these icons in your scripts/icons directory.  These will be used as the red and green icons in the Growl window.

scripts/icons/GreenBead.png:

scripts/icons/RedBead.png:

to run it

Simply open a terminal window and launch autorun-tests:

$ scripts/autorun-tests


How to get the current sheet name into the cell in Numbers.app Scenario:

Have a spreadsheet (Numbers.app v3.6.2/El Capitan)
it contains multiple Sheets (every sheet contains multiple tables, but this doesn't matter)
Every sheet is renamed to some defined name, for example the Sheet 2 is renamed to Feb (month name abbrev).
need get into the cell content the current sheet name e.g. something like the hypothetical function =GETSHEETNAME(), so in the sheet named as Feb, want get to some cell the string Feb.

My reading of the Numbers.app function reference failed and I doesn't find any function for such operation. Is it possible somehow?

EDIT

At the https://iworkautomation.com/numbers/sheet.html I found some applescript, but haven't idea how to use it... :(

REGEX.EXTRACT(REFERENCE.NAME(;2);"[^:]+";;) returns the sheet name of the current sheet


Thunderbolt displays Besides the thunderbolt displays by Apple, are there any other monitor manufacturers that make monitors with thunderbolt interfaces? I could only find the Apple thunderbolt displays and 1-2 models from LG.

Thanks in advance!

Are you looking for actual thunderbolt connections so you can daisy chain devices? Or just looking to avoid using a dongle to connect to a monitor? If so any display port monitor will work with a mini-dp to dp cable.


Spotify Account on Iphone Can i use my normal (on the website created) Spotify Premium Account on the iPhone or do I have to purchase Premium on iTunes/the Appstore ?

You can use the Spotify premium account on the iPhone, and you should.
At least where I live (Chile) you save approx 40% on the monthly subscription by buying it directly with Spotify instead of an in-app purchase.


Install Yosemite ISO on VMWare Workstation 11 I have a win 7 computer with vmware workstation 11 and I need to install Yosemite in it. I got the Yosemite OS iso after downloading the os in a mac from the appstore, as outlined in this guide (Official way to obtain an OS X ISO file). Now what I cant seem to find anywhere is how to create a vm with that iso. When I create a new vm in workstation it asks for the iso file, then I don't see the option to specify OSX as my OS in the wizard. Is there a way to create a vmx with this iso? Have any of you done this before?

Thanks

Mac OS X EULA/SLA doesn't allow to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware.

VMware Workstation - usually running on non-Apple hardware - adheres to this restriction and doesn't allow offer the possibility to install Mac OS X (even if run in Bootcamp!).

Check sysprobs to get an impression how the OS X installation in VMware Workstation running in a Bootcamp environment on Apple hardware may work.


Any new recommended settings for Mail and Gmail (post Mavericks update)? After applying the Mavericks Update for Mail 1.0, I'm still having the same problems: Gmail works great on iPhone/iPad/Gmail.com, but OS X Mail still does not reflect any changes made on other devices. Also, the recommended settings for Apple Mail on Google's website are uselessly outdated.

Are there any new, up-to-date recommended settings for Apple Mail and Gmail to make them play nicer, has anyone published a good comprehensive blog or anything? (Current as of AFTER the release of the update?)

Here's what I'd do:

NOTE: I tend to rename folders and prefix them with a '#' instead of moving them.  Do whichever you'd prefer.

Delete gmail accounts from mail.app.
Close mail and go to ~/Library/Mail.  Move it somewhere (delete it later if all goes well).
Go to ~/Library/Containers/, and move com.apple.mail.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences/, and move com.apple.mail.*
Run Mail, and set your accounts up.  Go to Mail -> Preferences -> Accounts.

For each gmail account:

Turn off Junk Mail.
Give them a good name so you can tell them apart.
In the SMTP settings, make sure 'use only this server' is checked.
In the SMTP settings -> Edit SMTP server list -> give it a good description, change the port to 587, make sure credentials are filled in and SSL is checked.
Mailbox behaviours - all checked except junk mail.  I set dropdown boxes to never, never, and one month old.
Advanced - IMAP path prefix should be '[Gmail]', IDLE checked.

I tend to also go to Viewing, and set it back to classic layout.  I like enabling the bold unread messages.  Then I'll customize my columns.

Finally, once your email begins to download you'll need to map the sent/drafts/trash folders properly.  Send an email and a 'Sent Messages' folder will be created if it doesn't already exist.  This is the one Mail uses but not the one gmail/iPhone will use.  So click on Sent Mail, and go to the Mailbox menu -> Use this Mailbox for ... -> Sent.
Do the same with Trash and Drafts.

Now if you do have the sent messages folder, I recommend logging in to the gmail web interface at gmail.com, and just move all of those messages to the correct sent folder.  Takes about 2 seconds in gmail.com, but will take forever if you try and do the same thing from mail.app.

Wait for everything to sync up, test sending/receiving from your computer, iPhone, iPad, etc.  Make sure the mappings are working out and everything goes where its supposed to.

If you get sick of mail.app, go and buy MailMate (http://freron.com), which is my new favourite mail client.


I would like to change my iCloud email So I have changed my iTunes email to my current email address but it still says that I have my old email is attached to my iCloud.

So now under in my settings, under I cloud, I have my name then underneath it says

  iCloud: ( old email).
  Store: (my new email).

I would like to change it to my new email address, but I can not access my old iCloud account or the old email as I have forgotten the passwords.
I don’t care if I don’t have any of my information on iCloud later I never use it anyway.

How can I change this or turn iCloud off all together without a password to anything other then my new account?

If I understand things, you wish to walk away from the “old email” entirely - lose all cloud data, lose all purchases and make a new iCloud / AppleID on your new email.

If so, you’re going to need a few things and some luck or a call to Apple Support. Here are some limitations.

If your device is activation locked, you can’t walk away from the old iCloud - you have to recover that account. You will need to prove to Apple using a rigorous process (they will not deviate from the script, some steps will take days) if you can’t provide the security questions, receive a secondary email or remember and enter the password.
If your new email is associated in any way with the old AppleID / old iCloud you can’t use it for a new account or even associate it with a new account.

Assuming all of the above are OK, you would sign out of every iCloud using the old - all mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV. Then you would set up your new AppleID - have it use your new email and then proceed to sign in on each device.


Can iTunes sort games by OS version? Bought an iPod Touch for my son which I then discovered is a 2nd gen which doesn't support lots of apps and games. Currently I either have to try downloading a game to see if it fails or read the blurb for each one, which is a complete pain in the ass. Is there any way to sort or filter iTunes so that the only results I see are the ones which will actually work on 4.2.1?

First I would try upgrading the iOS if possible.  From limited research it seems that some games are requiring 4.3.  I don't know if your iPod will work with 4.3.

Here is a limited list of compatible games I found
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=153098


How to add characters (accents) to the press and hold character picker in macOS Big Sur? In macOS Big Sur, there is a very useful feature for people like me who need to write in multiple languages, which pops up a small menu of additional characters when you hold down a letter.
For instance, when I hold down the letter ''E'', I get:

This is great when I'm writing in French for example. However right now I need to write something in Czech; however, the Czech letter ě (looks like the 3rd letter in the popup with the accent flipped) does not appear in the popup.
Is there a way to tell macOS Big Sur to include Czech or other additional characters in those popups?
Note: I do not want to use the Czech keyboard layout; I found switching layouts for each language is somewhat unpractical.

This is to address productivity and not specific question.
If I am not mistaken then czech language includes letters like á, č, ď, é, ě, í, ň, ó, ř, š, ť, ú, ů, ý, ž. So ě is small subset of root problem: need to write in czech (or any other language with special characters).
Keeping this in mind there are several approaches which one can pursue to address the root problem.

I found switching layouts for each language is somewhat unpractical.

There is built-in shortcut (which may or may not need to enabled/set up): System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Input Sources > 'Select the previous input source', 'Select next source in input menu'
After adding needed layout(s) and enabling shortcut it is very simple to switch layouts without need to raise your hand from keyboard. If one is familiar with language specific layout IMHO it is by far the simplest solution.
There is also selection under 'Input Sources' labeled 'Automatically switch to a document's input source' which can be used to automate switching.
Alternatively, there is keyboard layout in input sources called 'ABC extended'. If one uses this then there are handy shortcuts for different accents. NB! these shortcuts may or may not conflict with 'personal' shortcuts set up.
Hachek caron:

⌥ + V,  followed by letter (like c, e, n, r, s, z or special cases l and d) -> č, ě, ň, ř, š, ž, ľ, ď

Acute:

⌥ + E followed by letter (like a, e, i, o, u, y) -> á, é, í, ó, ú, ý

U-ring:

⌥ + K, followed by letter (like u) -> ů

Alternatively, there is 'Character viewer' which pop-up window can be invoked with  ⌃ + ⌘ + SPACE. After adding characters needed to 'Favorites' one can use use arrow keys for navigation to needed letter and enter it to the text.


Transferring all music from iPhone to iPhone I recently got a new iPhone and the music I downloaded on iTunes on my old iPhone downloaded on to my new iPhone perfectly fine. But the music I downloaded not on my iPhone doesn't download onto my new iPhone.

Hard to understand but to put it simply, I just want all my music on my new iPhone not just some it.

When you connect your new phone on iTunes, click on the phone in the left column and then click on the Music tab at the top of the page:

Make sure that the Entire music library radio button is selected (unlike in the screen shot) and no other option. This setting may have been inherited from your old phone.


Where is the screen shot (aka grabber or grab) app? I haven't used my Mac in a while (I'm a Ubuntu user).

Where is that grabber app?  I don;'t see it under applications or settings

On my machine (running 10.8.3), it is in /Applications/Utilities/Grab.app.

You can search for this using Spotlight: press cmd-space  or click the magnifying glass near top right in the menu bar.

There are also some key shortcuts that save (or copy to the clipboard) images from the screen, clipped in various ways. cmd-shift-4 is one I use regularly, but there are several variants on this.


Screen overlay when using hotkey to switch keyboard input I've recently upgraded iMacs the other day. Can't figure out how to toggle the following overlay to show up when switching inputs using keyboard hotkeys

Right now the shortcut will toggle the input switch, but doesn't display the overlay below.

EDIT
If it helps any I am using the first gen 27" Retina 5k iMac with Yosemite 10.10.1.

In the Keyboard system preferences panel, select the Shortcuts tab then the Input Sources entry on the left.  Enable the "Select the previous input source" checkbox and assign it to the keyboard shortcut you wish.

The input source switcher window ONLY works with this shortcut.  It will not show if you use the "Select next source in Input menu" shortcut.

I'm guessing that the 2nd shortcut was added later by another developer.  Besides the lack of this secret switcher feature, notice the wording of the shortcut description.  If the same person did both, they probably would have called it "Select the next input source".


How do I force TextEdit to not add .txt extension (Sierra) I have TextEdit default to plain text files. I also have "Add .txt extension to plain text files" unchecked in the "Preferences" in the "Open and Save" section.

If I perform these steps:

Create new document
Write some text
Click on title bar to set the filename and save it
Type foobar.md in the "Name" box
Hit "Enter"

The result is that the file is actually named foobar.md.txt.

How can I get TextEdit to actually not add .txt to file names? And what is the point of that box in "Preferences" if it doesn't actually do anything?

Don't use the name in the title bar to change or set the file name. Use the file menu option save, or hold the option key and select save as.  This lets you chose your extension name. I encountered a similar problem using title bar to name the file.


Leaving the last 9 characters of a filename in Automator I have a ton of files to rename where we only need the last 9 characters of the file.
The files are currently named as this: FirstName_LastName_000000000.pdf.
Essentially, I want to rename the files so that they are named as such: 000000000.pdf
If somebody can assist with providing a way of doing so that will be awesome.

If the files are in the same folder, go to Finder and select all the files you want to rename. Then right-click on them and one of the options is to rename xxx items where xxx is the number of files selected. When you select this option it opens a panel where you can enter how you want the files renamed. Then you can select rename and all the files will be renamed.
Or from the command line use ls *.ext where ext is the extension of your file names, in your case pdf. If the ls command listed just the files you want to change the name of use cp *.ext newFileName.ext to copy the files to a new file name or use mv *.pdf NewFileName.pdfto move the files.


Can I stop the optical audio out from entering 'time out' when idle? In my office I have a surround-sound receiver, and I have my MacBook Pro (6,1) hooked up via a TOSLink cable and adapter, and it works beautifully, except this: if there are no sounds playing for a short time, the optical out port 'times out', and then the optical signal to the stereo receiver is shut off.

It's immediately re-established if something happens to make a sound (I start a song in iTunes, receive an IM or mail, etc) but it takes about 1.5 seconds to sync up with the stereo receiver, so the first 1.5 sec of sound is lost.  After that the optical out port stays up for about  60 seconds, and then goes down again.  So I tend to miss IM/email if I'm not looking at the screen when they come in, which is why I have sound turned on in the first place.

Obviously I could unplug the TOSLink when not looking at the screen, but this is very inconvenient, and seems silly.  I would prefer the connection to just stay on when idle.  Is there a plist setting buried somewhere to accomplish this?  The system preference pane for optical out is very sparse, reading only "The selected device has no output controls." Presumably this is a power-saving gesture but the Energy Saver Preference pane is similarly devoid of properties for this feature.

Where can I find more properties?

Playing a one-second silent sound every 50 seconds or so might help. Try this:

download 1 second silent .wav file here to desktop (or make your own)
in Terminal, change Directory to Desktop: cd ~/Desktop/
Try the following one-line command and see if your problem is alleviated:

while true; do afplay silence-1sec.wav ; sleep 50; done

The command above enters an infinite loop which plays the empty sound every 50 seconds. This should keep your output busy. You can exit the loop by pressing ⌘+.

NB: afplayis frequently overlooked for terminal sound playback, but is hugely useful.

If that works, one could convert the command to a command that invisibly runs in the background.


How do I sync games save data across different computers? Is there a way to continue saved games (e.g., Cave Story) across multiple machines? I.e., I play Cave Story on my iMac, but would occasionally like to pick up a saved game from my MacBook too. It would be awesome if I could use dropbox to do this.

There are really two answers to this question, and they depend upon how the game is made.

If your game is using Steam's Cloud service, your save games will be automatically copied across your machines. Here's a PC-centric probably incomplete list of games that use Steam Cloud. Not very useful, but the best I could find.
Most non-Steam games will create a file somewhere on your Mac which contains your save data. This save file could be in the game directory, it could be in your Library folder, it could be elsewhere. That's going to change depending on the game, and is up to you to find out. We can sync this file via Dropbox.

Now, if the game lets you choose where to place your save file, you could save it in your Dropbox folder, and let that sync it across devices. Just make sure it's fully synced on every device before loading it.
If the game doesn't let you choose where to save, we're going to have to do it manually. We need to create a symlink, which is kind of like having the same file exist in two places in your filesystem at once. Time Machine makes extensive use of it. Lifehacker have a post detailing using symlinks to sync files and folders for Dropbox. Now, I haven't tested it, and you should be very careful with this. What you want to do is to open up Terminal and do something like this:

ln -s /Users/PutYourNameHere/Library/Preferences/com.nakiwo.doukutsu.plist ~/Dropbox/MySaveGames/CaveStory/com.nakiwo.doukutsu.plist

You're going to need to replicate that on both computers. Now, be very careful with this method, and make sure you back up any files you try this with. I'd be very, very careful about doing it with whole folders, especially important ones like the Preferences folder. But in theory, it should work. Good luck!


12V - 0,67 A USB Wall Charger for iPod Classic I have a vintage iPod Classic 2004:

I want charge it with my 10W iPad Pro charger and an USB A -> 30-pin old Apple cable. However, it not charged and started to showing Apple logo in a loop. It ran after connecting it to Mac with USB, so device is working. After looking the details on old brick charger, it is a 12 V and 0,67 A charger. Now, I'm searching a USB charger with these properties.Any suggestions? Thank you.

There is no USB charger other than USB-C that will supply more than 5V DC.

USB-C (3.1 spec) provides for power delivery and will negotiate up to 20 V. However, the iPod Classic is not USB 3.1 compliant, so it will not negotiate with those chargers.

You need the original Apple charger designed for that device.


SD card shows up as Internal in Disk Utility I recently Installed Sierra on my sandisk 32 GB sd card which was not bootable after I formatted it it shows up as Internal how to I fix this issue?

output of diskutil list:

$ /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +120.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 C8FBDE46-9264-4EF1-8287-2AA808659654
                                 Unencrypted

/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *31.9 GB    disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SD CARD                 31.6 GB    disk2s2

You cannot back it up if the partition information is damaged. You first need to repair the damage. Sounds like it is the root/boot disk, which means you don't want to try using it.

Yes you can boot your damaged Mac into Target disk mode by pressing the T key right after powering it on. Then plug it into another Mac. The damaged disk will appear as a drive on the good Mac. Run diskutil to repair your damaged disk.


iPhone battery symbol is red, doesn't acknowledge charging, but is apparently charged I have an iPhone 3G,

When I plug in the charger,  the big red battery on the locked screen is red, low and doesn't appear to be charging. When I unlock the screen, the small battery symbol on the upper right is green with a bolt.
When I unplug it, the battery symbol in the upper right is low and red, but the phone seems to be charged.
The phone syncs to my computer fine when connected.

Does anyone know what the problem is and if it can be fixed? Is it relatively benign, or perhaps an early sign that it is reaching its final stage of life?

Update

Although I am still no closer to the answer, and I had tried powering off manually, I let the battery run out (about 7 days at 1hr/day, no cell phone service) and when I charged it again, the issue resolved.

Sometimes it happens when you put your iPhone for charging more time.

Please power-off and restart your iPhone. Mostly this solves problem.


Notification Center "Tweet sent" bird whistle plays through iMac internal speakers instead of selected output device Tweeting through Notification Centre share buttons plays "Tweet sent" bird whistle through my iMac's internal speakers. This only happened when I re-enabled the option to select internal speakers themselves by unplugging the speakers, installing more RAM, restarting the computer and plugging the speakers back in.

Before this, Mountain Lion played all sounds through my headphones; the selected audio output device in System Preferences.app > Sound. Now all sounds are being played through the output device as they always did—except for the "Tweet sent" sound—definitely not what I want.

How can I get it so the "Tweet sent" sound plays through my headphones again?

This also applies to other system/alert sounds it seems, such as the set alert sound, emptying the trash.

Open System Preferences
Go to Sound -> Sound Effects Tab
Select "Play sound effects through selected sound output device"


com.apple.xpc.launchd Report crash process constantly shows up with high CPU There is a process »Crash Report« in the Activity Monitor which uses 10-25% and constantly disappears and shows up again. When I quit it from the activity monitor it comes back right away. Also, the MacBook fan is going crazy. In the systemlog I see this entry several times per second:

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (secagntd) Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 9 seconds.
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (secagntd) Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 9 seconds.

There are lot of Crash Reports in the OS X Console. The Crashlog looks like this:

Process:               secagntd [1030]
Path:                  /usr/local/bin/secagntd/secagntd
Identifier:            secagntd
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd [1]
Responsible:           secagntd [1030]
User ID:               0

Date/Time:             2016-07-31 19:15:25.985 +0200
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F1909)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        75C82E52-67A5-8A7F-56CA-FB9B99BB5C0E

Time Awake Since Boot: 2900 seconds

Crashed Thread:        0

Exception Type:        EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: _wlScanBSSID
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/secagntd/libwpsapi.dylib
  Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Apple80211
 in /usr/local/bin/secagntd/libwpsapi.dylib

Which application uses the secagntd process? How do I get rid of these Crash reports?

It turned out that »CleanMyMac« hasn’t completely removed all leftovers. We’ve got rid of »CleanMyMac« and manually removed the »secagntd« directory in /usr/local/bin/secagntd. Usually I don’t recommend to do any modification in /usr/local/bin, however in our case it solved the issue. CPU dropped and the constantly Crash Reports disappeared.


Persistent badge on Messages app icon in macOS High Sierra The Messages app on my Mac is showing a persistent badge which isn't going away. The app icon is consistently showing a count of 3 which has remained intact despite doing the following:

Exchanging messages with multiple recipients.
Clearing all the messages (from Messages on Mac as well as on all the linked devices).
Disabling/Enabling the iMessage account (on my linked Mac, iPhone and iPad).
Disabling/Enabling Messages in iCloud (on my Mac).
Disabled/Enabled Text Messages forwarding from iPhone to Mac and iPad.

I have set up my iPhone to automatically forward Text Messages to my Mac and iPad.

My iOS devices are running iOS 11.4 and Mac is running macOS High Sierra 10.13.5.

Note that the count on the icon is not just incorrect, it is persistently stuck at number 3. Count on iOS devices are appearing correct.

When there are unread messages, the count is shown correctly to reflect the number of unread messages. As soon as all the messages are read/deleted, the count goes back to 3.

I have a single Mac linked to my Apple ID. How do I proceed with getting rid of this incorrect count badge?

Right clicking the Messages icon in the Dock shows three numbers as shown below. However, no message is shown in the Messages windows.

None of the other answers really solved it for me. After killing the Dock or signing out and back in, I'd have the badge return eventually.

So in Finder I went to ~/Library and searched for the listed phone number. It showed me a file in ~/Library/Messages/Archive/yyyy-mm-dd/ that was named for the phone number. Deleted the file and then killed the dock (by executing killall Dock in the Terminal) and the badge was gone instantly.

I have also figured out the cause: deleting a message on your iPhone or iPad without reading it. It's always an automated message with a 2FA code or something, and that's because I could see the code and typed it in and then deleted the thread later because I always trash that junk.


Mac book pro manufacturing year How to identify mac book pro product manufacturing year? And not the product release date.
example is mac book pro series launched in 2012 but what is its product manufactured date?

If you're running Yosemite or later, click Apple symbol (top left) -> About This Mac & it's there.


How can I burn an Apple Music playlist onto a CD? Looking to burn a CD and use songs from Apple Music.

Can I do this with only iTunes? Do I need 3rd party software?

iTunes for Windows: Disc burning overview

  You can use iTunes to create your own CDs and DVDs with audio and
  video from your iTunes library.

  Important: You can’t burn the following to CDs or DVDs:

  Movies and TV shows purchased from the iTunes Store
  Songs or music videos downloaded from Apple Music

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20378?locale=en_US


AirPlay for 3rd Party apps The experience I see thus far for AirPlay with 3rd party apps, on both iPhone and iPad, is that only the audio is output to the AppleTV but not the video. This is great for Pandora but not so good for any video app. Is this a bug with AirPlay or do the developers need to update their apps to support it properly?

According to John Gruber, this is not possible, unfortunately:

  AirPlay is the killer feature for Apple TV. But perhaps we’d better keep that in the future tense for now: it’s going to be the killer feature for Apple TV. After installing today’s various software updates for iOS devices, the only apps I’ve seen where AirPlay works for video are the built-in iPod app (a.k.a. “Video” on the iPad and iPod Touch) and YouTube. In other apps, AirPlay is audio-only.


How did my deleted iCloud photos end up in the new Photos app? so i've just upgraded to OS X Yosemite, which comes with the new Photos app. and i am scared! the minute i opened the app, it prompted me to log in to the iCloud and started downloading some old photos, which i have deleted from My Photo Stream looong time ago. for example, i had some pictures from 2012 christmas party which have been in My Photo Stream over TWO YEARS ago, but now they're resting safely on an external HDD. so the question is - how did they end up showing in the Photos app, if I:

a) have definitely deleted them over TWO YEARS ago from My Photo Stream
b) backed them up to an iPhoto Library on an external HDD, which I DID NOT CONNECT at any time to my computer

also one more thing worth noting - when i login to the http://icloud.com and go to Photos, I can only see like maybe 5 recently taken pictures - no sign of the old photos, as expected, because, you know, i deleted them TWO YEARS AGO.

the question is: where did those photos come from and why are they showing up in my Photos app? i want to identify the source for those pictures, so I can remove them once and for all.

honestly, this is scary. i am all for cloud-based storage, but only if i have full control over it, whereas it seems Apple is backing up my s*** without my consent.

any advice will be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
John

Note that iCloud.com/#photos is not the same thing as My Photo Stream, and photos that were only in My Photo Stream will not appear in iCloud.com/#photos. (Unless you turn on iCloud Photo Library and sync a Mac Photos library that contains the photos downloaded from My Photo Stream, which would then be uploaded to iCloud Photo Library.) So even though the photos were still in My Photo Stream, it would be expected that they would not appear on iCloud.com.

Deleting from My Photo Stream was, at least for a while, pretty buggy. And, at least when the feature was first made available (remember deleting was not available when My Photo Stream itself launched), "deleting" photos from it meant they were only erased from the device you were using at that moment and not actually removed from the stream.

Also note the following from Apple:

  After you delete a photo [from My Photo Stream], you might still see it on your iOS devices if it's more than 30 days old and you have fewer than 1000 photos in My Photo Stream.


How can I speed up a very slow Font Book Font Book is dead slow when looking for fonts. I noticed I have some 350+ fonts installed. Most of these I never use at all. My Mac is a 8 GB 1,7 GHz Midt-2014 MacBook Air.

Would it help to throw out a lot of these fonts? (Will macOS even let me do this, since most/all of them actually seem to be installed by macOS and subsequent updates?)

Is there anything else I can do to speed up Font Book? (Is this a performance issue that should be reported to Apple?)

~/Library/Fonts: 0 fonts
/Library/Fonts: 227 fonts (three groups of files dated 2012, 2014 and 2016)
/Library/Fonts/Microsoft: 160 fonts (all dated 2011)
/System/Library/Assets/com_apple_MobileAsset_Font3: 6 fonts (just installed)

First of all don't go into that directory and start deleting fonts. Assuming SIP will even let you, those are the fonts that ship with the Mac. Unless... have you installed some fonts there yourself?

Fonts should be stored in /Users/[USERNAME]/Library/Fonts.

And you can safely remove any and all fonts from that directory, just leave the directory itself.

If you have been installing fonts in the /System folder you probably want to go in there and move the ones you installed there to your /Users fonts folder. In case you were wondering here is a list of fonts that macOS ships with.

Should you somehow mess things up, Font Book.app has a function in the File menu called "Restore Standard Fonts..." which can be used if you think you may have messed up and deleted fonts you should not have deleted.


How can I use an ADB Apple Keyboard with a modern Mac? I recently found an old Apple Extended Keyboard that uses the ADB interface. I would like to use it, but I don't have an ADB-to-USB converter. I know of only one which is the Griffin iMate. Unfortunately, it's out of production and the ones going on ebay are expensive.

Anyone know of another company that made the ADB-to-USB converters? Even better if they still do!

The iMate was the only converter available on the market.

If you do get an iMate, the only thing it will work with these days are keyboards and mice. It internally converts ADB keyboard and mice commands to USB keyboard and mice commands, so it will just make your ADB mouse and keyboard look like a USB mouse and keyboard to the computer, no drivers required.

In ~2001 there was a driver for the iMate that would actually configure it as an ADB bus the computer could see, that way anything with real ADB drivers could use it just like a builtin port. That driver has not been updated in years, and Apple dropped all ADB support from OS X, so at this point USB emulation is the only thing it does. Not that there were many (any?) interesting ADB devices that were supported under Mac OS X anyway.


Trouble connecting Thunderbolt duo to network via ethernet/thunderbolt connector I have a thunderbolt duo which is used with my Macbook Pro, but I want to use it also with my 2009 iMac. I've tried to connect using the thunderbolt/ethernet adapter, first into my gigabit switch and then straight into the iMac but it doesn't pick up?!

Can anyone help with this, so I can use the thunderbolt duo with my iMac until it's time to get a new iMac.

Short answer: You can't

The 2009 iMac is pre-Thunderbolt, and Thunderbolt is not backwards compatible as far as I am aware.

From what I can see the DUO only has a Thuderbolt port, so you will be out of luck unless you can find a Thunderbolt to USB converter. I am not sure if those exist to be honest.

The only option I can suggest is to enable sharing between your iMac and your MacBook Pro and share the DUO of the MacBook Pro instead.


Time Machine error - backup disk image could not be created I get this error and was wondering if anyone knew what the issue might be.

It is supposed to be backing up to Time Capsule but not sure if it's ever worked. It's actually not mine but if there was something quick to check, I'd appreciate it.

thx

Try to setup Time Machine from scratch:

Turn TM off

Turn it back on. Select a disk (the Time Capsule should show up ok).

You should get a message that TM is starting in 2 minutes..

If that has problems, can you post here again..

edit 1
was an issue with computer name needing to be set (see in comments)


How to forget Wi-Fi network in system preferences with Applescript I've been trying to create a script so when I run it, it removes the Wifi network from my remembered list. It's almost finished but I'm stuck on one little bit. Can anybody help me out? Here is my code so far:

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    reveal pane "Network"
    delay 1
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
            click button "Advanced…" of window "Network"
            delay 1
            click radio button "Wi-Fi" of tab group 1 of sheet 1 of window "Network"
            delay 0.5
            tell application "System Events" to keystroke "Cole"
            delay 0.2
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

I'm not a big fan of UI scripting, but this works for me on the latest version of Sierra.  You may need to adjust the delay values to suit your systems needs.

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    reveal anchor "Wi-Fi" of pane id "com.apple.preference.network"
    delay 1
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
            click button "Advanced…" of window "Network"
            delay 1
            -- sets focus to the table containing the available Wi-Fi networks
            set focused of table 1 of scroll area 1 of tab group 1 of sheet 1 of window "Network" to true
            delay 1
            keystroke "Cole"
            delay 0.2
            -- this clicks the button "-" to remove that Wi-Fi network from the list
            perform action "AXPress" of button 2 of group 1 of tab group 1 of sheet 1 of window "Network"
            delay 0.2
            perform action "AXPress" of button "Remove" of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of window "Network"
            delay 0.2
            perform action "AXPress" of button "OK" of sheet 1 of window "Network"
            delay 0.2
            perform action "AXPress" of button "Apply" of window "Network"
        end tell
    end tell
    quit
end tell


Issue with receiving Apple ID account change notification emails I was changing the password and recovery key to my Apple ID tonight. Every other time I've done this, I receive a notification email for both password and recovery key changes and then another notification email is sent to my secondary email about the recovery key.

However, after I did this and logged back into both email accounts (I had changed passwords for these email accounts about five minutes earlier before making the Apple ID changes), there was only one email notifying me about the password change in my primary email's inbox, and no email about the recovery key change in my secondary email's inbox.

Is there a chance that somehow, in this one case, Apple did not send me an email regarding the recovery key change? I've tested this issue out after and I've received all email notifications I expect to receive when I change my Apple ID password and recovery key with no issue. Or is someone most likely trying to mess with me?

I did this all on a Macbook with a recently erased drive and a reinstalled OS via Internet Recovery. I am (overly?) paranoid about the security of my machine ever since a couple of months ago, someone phished a password of mine on an old Macbook.

Both emails come from appleid@id.apple.com, but the reply-to email addresses are different (appleid_gben@email.apple.com for the password email, appleid_usen@email.apple.com for the recovery key email).

I don't think anyone is messing with you.
- Have you checked spam folders?
- Check your email's trash can.

There is always the chance that the email failed to send from apple's side or failed to reach you in transit. But if you tried again and everything is working fine like before, then I don't think someone is messing with you.


What's the best way to transfer ALAC files between computers when subscribed to iTunes Match? I've pretty much uploaded everything to iTunes Match now, but my collection is across two computers and so it has merged everything together... Which is fine. However, I was planning on moving some of my items from one computer to another (i.e. from my smaller iTunes Library on the MacBook to the main iTunes Library on my PM G5).

Since it is all nicely synced now, I've discovered that if I use Home Sharing, then transferring the files manually seems to duplicate them on iTunes Match. So instead of doing this, I'm downloading them from the cloud on my PM and then deleting them on the MacBook once they're done... All good so far. However, a bunch of my music is in ALAC and so I don't want to do it this way because I'll end up downloading the files at 256kbps AAC instead.

So I just wanted to know, is there a good way of getting already-synced ALAC files from one machine to the other without having to get iTunes Match to re-sync them all over again?

Turn off iTunes Match on the PowerMac.
Use Home Sharing to move the ALAC files to the PowerMac.
Re-enable iTunes Match on the PowerMac.  It should re-scan the library and match the ALAC songs.
Don't ever delete the ALAC songs from the PowerMac, otherwise your only choice will be to download a 256Kbps file from the cloud.


Unable to disable apple music I found a setting to show or hide apple music (Music -> Show Apple Music). I turned it off, but now when I go to the music app it shows me the apple music ad with no buttons for ~2 seconds and then the app crashes. Restarting/Resetting the iPhone has no effect. When I re-enable apple music the app works again. I have iOS 9.3.5 on my iPhone 4S.

It's very likely a software issue – since iOS 9.3.5 is a relatively recent update, it is bound to have some bugs. If that's the case, you'll need to wait it out until the next update, which will probably be iOS 10 in September.


How can I get the raw text of an email in iOS Mail? Does Apple Mail under iOS support the ability to get the raw as-sent text of an email? Alternatively, is there a way to forward an email as an attachment?

I'd like to be able to report spam email to Spamcop.net, but I need all the headers and the raw source of the email, not just a copy of the rendered results.

OK. I think I've got this figured out.

First, you need to have access to a gmail account. Great if the original email is already address to one. Otherwise you'll need to forward to a gmail address (or an account that's accessible via Gmail).

Next, open Gmail in a browser on your iOS device. I used Chrome, but that may not matter. Go to gmail.google.com and sign in to your account. It will likely take you to the mobile version. Scroll down the page and you should see Mobile | Older version | Desktop. You want Desktop.

Once there, open the email in question. Just under the address info for the email, you should see Reply, Reply all, Forward.... Show original. Click Show original and you should be golden.