How to get photos from one iPad to another I'll try again at this site although it seems whenever I look for help with a question, I run afoul one rule or another.
I am a volunteer who help seniors with tech problems related to their Apple devices.  I got this from one of them:

We just bought my Mom (102 years) a new iPad replacing one she has used for many years - primarily for email and internet access.  My brother just sent the following note explaining difficulty in loading the new iPad from the old one.  Unfortunately, she remains quarantined in a retirement center.  Your suggestions or leads to reliable blogs would be most welcome:
    Quote - The good news is that mom has a new seventh generation iPad, and I have been able to reload all her apps and contacts.
I had to do this manually because her iPad was so old it would not do an AirDrop transfer, and after several hours work, I never could figure out how to load her information up on to iCloud and then download it to the new iPad.
I know generally how to do this, having done it with new iPhone purchases of my own, but I could not make it work with hers.
 In any event, what this means is that I have not been able to figure out how to transfer, en masse, the photos and numerous shared website albums that we have all sent her over the years.  When I set up her new iPad, I had to open a new Apple account for her using a new iCloud address.
So, whatever shared albums and photos that you previously sent her and for which you wish for her to have continued access, you need to reinvite her or resend to her using her email address.  End Quote.

With the lady in question quarantined in a nursing home, I don’t know how they got hold of the iPad but they did.
The fact that they had to get her a new Apple ID means that they can’t sync the photos to which they would like to give her access, correct?
I believe they are correct in their surmisal:  "whatever shared albums and photos that you previously sent her and for which you wish for her to have continued access, you need to reinvite her or resend to her using her email address.”
Any suggestions to help out this 102 year old gal would be most welcome.

"I had to open a new Apple account"
That was the mistake.

Nothing on the old iPad is owned by the owner of the new iPad. As far as Apple are concerned, the two accounts are totally & utterly separate.. Your choices now are iCloud sharing, as mentioned, or maybe setting up Family Sharing or, imo probably the best choice, releasing the new iPad from its current owner & re-assigning it to the right one, as though you were selling it to someone else - What to do before you sell, give away or trade in your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch


Can I use my UK Mac Mini (Mid 2010)  in the US? I'm from England and I'll be going to the US and I'd like to take my Mac Mini (Mid 2010) (not the newest version).

My main question is: would it be safe to use over there?

I'm worried because of the voltage difference.

If so should I purchase a US power supply cable (does Apply even sell these separately) or a UK->US plug adapter?

Yes it is safe. You will need a US plug adapter or a replacement cord, but the mac itself is good to go.

Reading through the specs it states:

Electrical and operating requirements
Line voltage: 100-240V AC

The power supply can handle both the frequency and voltage changes.

And for the question about buying a power cable or use an adapter -> Up to you I did use both and didn't have any problems. I'd go for a US power cable since that is less clunky, if you stay for longer. If it's only for a few weeks I wouldn't bother buying a cable.


How to upgrade Mac Pro firmware? So I'm buying a used Mac Pro 1.1 next month. It has an original dual Intel Xenon dual-core CPUs, and I'm aiming to upgrade it to Intel Xenon X5355s and I already bought them.

I've read a lot about it online and some people say that they needed to upgrade the firmware. Youtube upgrade demonstrations were helpful though.

My question is - how can I tell if Mac Pro needs a firmware upgrade, and if it does, how is it upgraded?

Also, is firmware same thing as BIOS in PCs?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but most topics address these terms as something common, but I've never used a Mac before. An in-depth explanation would be great.

Automatically Through Software Update

It is likely that OS X will automatically prompt you to download and install any recommended firmware update. This happens as part of OS X's software update process.

See About firmware updates for Intel-based Macs for the specific update steps on older Macs:

  Learn how to locate, download, and apply a firmware update to an Intel-based Mac computer.

All about the Mac Pro,1.1.

Manually via the Apple Support Site

Alternatively, you can find firmware updates on the Apple Support site. For example, this update appeared soon after the Mac Pro1.1 was released in 2006: Mac Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.1:

  The SMC Firmware Update adjusts fan behavior in the Mac Pro.

Download and run the updater. The updater will check and prompt you if it is required.

These firmware updates are effectively the same as a PC BIOS. As a Mac user, there is nothing to manage or update at the BIOS level; it is controlled by Apple.


Is it a good idea to create a "soft link" from iTunes Library to an external hard drive to release hard drive space? My iMac has a 1TB internal hard drive, and 300GB is allocated for Windows 7 using BootCamp.

Of the 700GB, right now the space remaining is only about 20GB, and I do hope to create a new partition and install Mountain Lion on it (or install Lion on it and upgrade the current Lion partition to Mountain Lion).

Since the majority of hard drive space use is:

/Users/mike/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/iTunes U        270GB
/Users/mike/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Movies           70GB

and since Mac OS X is UNIX and can create a "soft link", how about creating a soft link (using the Terminal app) using:

ln -s "/Volumes/My Passport/Movies" "/Users/mike/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Movies"

and the same for "iTunes U", so that two soft links are created, and they point to the external hard drive ("My Passport", which is a WD 1TB drive).

I probably will do it by rebooting the system, move the Movies folder from the internal drive to the external drive by Finder, using drag and drop, and then create the soft link, and then do the same for "iTunes U", and then create the 2 soft links, and start up the iTunes app and see.

Is this actually a good practical solution by creating a soft link like that?  In a way it is like fooling the system to go to the external drive and can there be any side effect?

It's a better idea to copy the iTunes Media folder to your external hard drive, then go to iTunes Preferences > Advanced tab and change the iTunes Media folder location to the one on your external disk.

You can also move the library file itself (in ~/Music/iTunes/ on my system), but I don't recommend doing both at the same time. There're other questions around here that go about explaining how to use a different library location.

To more-directly answer your question, I don't know of any downsides to using symlinks, but that's because I've never done it. I have done the approach I described here and it's generally better to avoid going behind an app's back if you can.


Why am I being asked to sign in on itunes on my computer? I am suddenly being asked to sign into itunes on my computer before the download procedure can continue on my ipad...why is that?  It has never happened in the past.

Perhaps to authenticate the content for use with the device? Perhaps provide some more detail on what exactly it is you're doing?


Using the builtin dialog under OSX to unlock an SSH key OSX has a builtin passphrase dialog for ssh-agent, so that on the first use of a key, it'll get cached.

The problem is -- I can't find a way to spawn that dialog by just adding ssh-add. ssh-add will only prompt for a passphrase on the terminal.

Somehow, the agent checks the existence of matching .pub and private key files and uses that to know which to ask for and spawn what I assume is a builtin dialog box.

I can work around this, hilarously, by also trusting that key for logging into "localhost", and putting "ssh localhost echo -n """ into my .bashrc, but this is dumb.  If I can ssh-add and put the passphrase in on the terminal, I should also be able to use the builtin GUI.

(Why would I want to arbitarily unlock the ssh key before I log into anything, you may ask? Well, because bash-completion's ability to autocomplete things like the other side of an scp or rsync command requires an available auth mechanism -- either Kerberos or an agented/unpassworded key.)

I'm annoyed that I can't find a reference for this anywhere else.

I think the dialog is because it is adding the ssh key to the keychain (as well as|instead of) to the .ssh/ files.

You should be able to invoke ssh-add -K and get the same results.


How to display/alter a jailbroken iOS device's route table? I jailbroke my iPhone4 and want to display and alter the route table on my iPhone. There is a route command, but I don't know the parameters needs to display/alter the route table.

I've googled a lot but still cannot find a clue. I know how to display/alter route table in Linux, but obviously the route command in iOS is not like the same command in Linux. Hope someone can answer this question.

Note: the iOS is the iOS of Apple, not the IOS of Cisco :-)

This command comes from package _network_cmds_ in Cydia.

The default output without any argument:
yeglemato-iPhone:~ root# route
usage: route [-dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args]

Use netstat -r to display route table and route to alter it.

You can read netstat and route man page on OSX for more information. I think they are the same BSD route version.


How do I change my background on my MacBook? On my MacBook Air, I accidentally somehow pasted a picture on Olaf on my screen and when I try to change it, it just goes into a black screen. I have tried changing the screen saver and it just doesn't work. Does anyone know what's wrong with my computer?

The easiest way I've found to do this is to simply right click on the desktop, which will open up a popup menu (see screenshot below of popup menu).

NOTE: Right clicking can either be a 2 finger click or a 2 finger tap (depending on how you have your gestures configured).

Then from here you can change the image.


How to create a binary plist file from the command line on OS X? I am looking for a solution to create a binary plist file from the command line on OS X?

I want to create the ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist and setup the PATH there.

I know that this plist file has to be in the binary format and I know how to write to it using the defaults write command. Still, I do need to create the file before doing this, and creating an empty file does not work.

Note: I need a command line solution.

You could also create an XML or old-style property list and convert it with plutil:

plutil -convert binary1 test.plist

It modifies files in place by default. You can specify a different output file with -o or print to stdout with -o -.


Possible to build an IPA file on Linux/Window? Is it possible to build an IPA file with XCode on a non-Mac OS like Windows or (preferably) Linux and preferably without the use of a VM? If yes, what is required to do so?

I did do a basic search and even posted a question on Apple support forum (forums.developer.apple.com/message/11494#11494). I did not find any recent information on this so hence my question hoping you guys would provide faster answer than Apple.

No.

Building an IPA requires Xcode which requires OS X.


Is it possible to export from the Photos app without the dual dialogs? In the macOS Photos app, select one or more photos and then choose > File > Export > Export 1 Photo. A popup dialog appears with options for the exported image:

Accept the defaults then choose Export, at which time a second dialog appears asking where the images should be stored. This also applies if you use the keyboard shortcut shift-command-E.

This is a bit of a pain when exporting lots of images in a session, especially since I always take the default options on both dialogs.

Are there any options or tricks for avoiding these dialogs, or at least removing the first dialog (perhaps via a default export setting)?

As an example, in Adobe Lightroom there is the ability to create an Export Preset, which doesn't require any confirmation or interaction. Lightroom can also Export With Previous which also doesn't require further confirmation after the first time it's used. Is anything like this available in macOS Photos?

As I mentioned in a comment, anytime I have something repetitive to do, I script it in one form or another, and this is how I handle your scenario.

In Automator, create a new Service workflow with the following settings:

Service receives no input in Photos

Add a Run AppleScript action.

Replace the default code with the following example AppleScript code:

set thisLocation to (path to desktop)

tell application "Photos"
    set theseItems to selection
    if theseItems is not {} then
        -- # Remove the '--' from in front of 'with' to export the original files.
        export theseItems to thisLocation -- with using originals
    else
        display dialog "No files were selected to export!" buttons {"OK"} ¬
            default button 1 with title "Nothing To Do" with icon 1
    end if
end tell

Save the Automator Service workflow, e.g.: Export Selected Files

Assign a keyboard shortcut for it, in:

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services > General

Example: Export Selected Files       ⌃⌘E

Now in Photos, after having selected the file(s) to export, press ⌃⌘E and the selection is exported to the Desktop. No need to deal with multiple dialog boxes as when pressing ⇧⌘E.

Obviously this is just example AppleScript code and while thisLocation is set to the Desktop, nonetheless it can be set wherever you'd like, where the folder already exists. It just has to be in the form of an alias if not using any of the folder constant path to (folder) locations e.g.:

set thisLocation to alias "Macintosh HD:Temp:"

Also, on a side note, Automator offers a number of different actions for Photos and those along with other actions provided can make for nice solutions to some repetitive tasks.

Note: As stated, this is just example AppleScript code and can be modified as needed beyond modifying the value of thisLocation, as wanted, e.g. adding with using originals at the end of export theseItems to thisLocation, or other code as wanted. The onus is upon the User to add any error handling that may be appropriate and or necessary.

When using a Run AppleScript action in Automator, you may find it handy to test your AppleScript code in Script Editor, where you'll have access to the AppleScript Dictionary for Photos, in the Library available from the Window menu, or press ⇧⌘L in Script Editor.


What apps let you play a youtube video at 2x speed? I've learned to like 2x video playback on my computer, but the official YouTube iOS app doesn't suggest that option.

What ways are there to watch youtube videos at custom speeds on iPad / iPhone?

Speedeo just came out and allows you to control the speed in 0.25 increments. It's pretty sweet I've been using it for the past week or two.

Also good because the history is easy to access so you can close and reopen videos easily.


Colorful make compilation output When I used Ubuntu, I remember that the output of make/gcc/g++ had nice colors, which were particularly helpful when needing to quickly identify errors (they were red).

Is there a way to enable colors for make et. al. on OS X as well?

make on OS X does not appear to support color out-of-the-box, and recompiling is painful.

However, I found this make wrapper which does the job.


How can I disable or enable keyboard input source? I am using macOS Catalina v10.15.7. I am using Control+Space to select text in emacs. In order to achieve I am deselecting Select the previous input source and Select the next source Input menu.
=> Settings => Keyboard => Shortcuts => Input Sources
[ ] Select the previous input source  # deselected
[ ] Select next source in input menu  # deseleced

So when I press Contol+Space not it does not open open Input Source window.
In some cases I believe if macOS crashed or if I force macOS to shutdown by pressing the power button, after opening macOS and when I press control+space it is bound to Input Source even if (Select the previous input source Select next source in input menu) are deselected under the setting.
Is it possible to change input sources's setting using a script in startup as

First select Select the previous input source and Select next source in input menu

Then deselect Select the previous input source and *Select next source in input menu

=> Settings => Keyboard => Shortcuts => Input Sources
[X] Select the previous input source  # selected
[X] Select next source in input menu  # selected

then

[ ] Select the previous input source  # deselected
[ ] Select next source in input menu  # deseleced

I am using Control+Space constantly mark/unmark text in emacs, which is the default keybinding.

C-SPC Set the mark at point, and activate it (set-mark-command).

The example AppleScript code, show further below, was tested under macOS Catalina with Language & Region settings in System Preferences set to English/English (US) — Primary and Input Sources in  System Preferences > Keyboard set to U.S.. It was tested in Script Editor as a script and tested saved as an application and added to Login Items in System Preferences > Users & Groups for the target User.
For testing purpose as an application, I saved it as Uncheck Input Sources add added it to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility. After which the first time I ran it manually, to see that it worked, I was asked...

"Uncheck Input Sources" wants access to control "System Events". Allowing control will provide access to documents and data in "System Events" and to perform actions within that app.
This script needs to control other applications to run.
Don't Allow      OK

To which I clicked: OK
I then tested it, rebooting the system a couple times and it appeared to work without issue.
NOTE: This uses UI Scripting and System Events to toggle the target checkboxes in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Input Sources and it is done so without showing the UI of System Preferences, however, it still has to open it and do its thing. Keep this in mind when logging in, and allow the process to complete before doing anything else. It should only take a few seconds. (Such is the nature of UI Scripting.)

Example AppleScript code:
--  # Check to see if System Preferences is
--  # running and if yes, then close it.
--  #
--  # This is done so the script will not fail
--  # if it is running and a modal sheet is
--  # showing, hence the use of 'killall'
--  # as 'quit' fails when done so, if it is.
--  #
--  # This is also done to allow default behaviors
--  # to be predictable from a clean occurrence.

if running of application "System Preferences" then
    try
        tell application "System Preferences" to quit
    on error
        do shell script "killall 'System Preferences'"
    end try
    delay 0.1
end if

--  # Make sure System Preferences is not running before
--  # opening it again. Otherwise there can be an issue
--  # when trying to reopen it while it is actually closing.

set i to 0
repeat while (running of ¬
    application "System Preferences") is true ¬
    or (i is equal to 20)
    delay 0.1
    set i to i + 1
end repeat
if i is equal to 20 then return

--  # Open System Preferences to the
--  # Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard pane.

tell application "System Preferences" to ¬
    reveal anchor "shortcutsTab" of ¬
        pane id "com.apple.preference.keyboard"

--  # System Events does the navigating around the
--  # Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard pane and toggles
--  # the state of the target keyboard shortcut
--  # checkbox so it is left unchecked.

tell application "System Events"

    --  # Make sure the UI is ready to be navigated.
    --  # Checks for the 'Use keyboard navigation
    --  # to move focus between controls' checkbox.

    set i to 0
    repeat until (exists checkbox 1 of ¬
        tab group 1 of ¬
        window 1 of ¬
        process "System Preferences") ¬
        or (i is equal to 40)
        delay 0.05
        set i to i + 1
    end repeat
    if i is equal to 40 then return

    --  # Make sure 'Input Sources' exists in the
    --  # left hand pane, and if not exit the script.

    if not (exists (every row of ¬
        table 1 of ¬
        scroll area 1 of ¬
        splitter group 1 of ¬
        tab group 1 of ¬
        window 1 of ¬
        process "System Preferences" whose ¬
        value of static text 1 is "Input Sources")) ¬
        then return

    --  # Select 'Input Sources' in the left hand pane.
    --  # This is wrapped in a try statement to get
    --  # past a bug in how the select command is
    --  # interpreted and is silently eaten.

    try
        select (every row of ¬
            table 1 of ¬
            scroll area 1 of ¬
            splitter group 1 of ¬
            tab group 1 of ¬
            window 1 of ¬
            process "System Preferences" whose ¬
            value of static text 1 is "Input Sources")
    end try

    --  # make sure the target checkbox
    --  # is available before proceeding
    --  # Checks for the 'Select the
    --  # previous input source' checkbox.

    set i to 0
    repeat until (exists checkbox 1 of ¬
        UI element 1 of ¬
        row 1 of ¬
        outline 1 of ¬
        scroll area 2 of ¬
        splitter group 1 of ¬
        tab group 1 of ¬
        window 1 of ¬
        process "System Preferences") ¬
        or (i is equal to 40)
        delay 0.05
        set i to i + 1
    end repeat
    if i is equal to 40 then return

end tell

--  # Get the state of the target checkbox
--  # as a boolean and toggle the state
--  # of the target checkbox accordingly.
--  # The 'Select the previous input source'
--  # checkbox.

if my cbIsChecked(1) then
    my clickCheckbox(1)
else
    my clickCheckbox(1)
    delay 0.2
    my clickCheckbox(1)
end if

--  # Get the state of the target checkbox
--  # as a boolean and toggle the state
--  # of the target checkbox accordingly.
--  # The 'Select next source in input menu'
--  # checkbox.

if my cbIsChecked(2) then
    my clickCheckbox(2)
else
    my clickCheckbox(2)
    delay 0.2
    my clickCheckbox(2)
end if

delay 0.2

tell application "System Preferences" to quit

--  # Handler(s)

--  # Get the current state of the target checkbox.
--  # 'Select the previous input source' checkbox. (1)
--  # 'Select next source in input menu' checkbox. (2)

on cbIsChecked(rowNumber)
    tell application "System Events" to ¬
        return (value of ¬
            checkbox 1 of ¬
            UI element 1 of ¬
            row rowNumber of ¬
            outline 1 of ¬
            scroll area 2 of ¬
            splitter group 1 of ¬
            tab group 1 of ¬
            window 1 of ¬
            process "System Preferences") ¬
            as boolean
end cbIsChecked

--  # Clicks the target checkbox of the target row.
--  # Due to the requirements of the OP this is
--  # called two to four times as needed based
--  # on the current state of the target checkboxes.
--  # 'Select the previous input source' checkbox. (1)
--  # 'Select next source in input menu' checkbox. (2)

on clickCheckbox(rowNumber)
    tell application "System Events" to ¬
        click checkbox 1 of ¬
            UI element 1 of ¬
            row rowNumber of ¬
            outline 1 of ¬
            scroll area 2 of ¬
            splitter group 1 of ¬
            tab group 1 of ¬
            window 1 of ¬
            process "System Preferences"
end clickCheckbox

Because of the comments and coding style the script is very long. It ends with end clickCheckbox, so make sure you highlight all of it when copying and pasting to Script Editor for testing before saving it as an application for production purposes.

Notes:

As coded, the repeat loops are set to timeout after two seconds if the primary condition is not met first. If the timeout is reached, the script is stopped without any error message. This can be modified as needed/wanted/required.

If you do not want the icon of saved AppleScript application shown in the Dock, then in Terminal use the following command syntax while changing /path/to/$name.app in the example command '/path/to/$name.app/Contents/Info.plist' to the pathname of the saved AppleScript application:
defaults write '/path/to/$name.app/Contents/Info.plist' LSUIElement -bool yes

For my testing purposes I used:
defaults write '/Applications/Uncheck Input Sources.app/Contents/Info.plist' LSUIElement -bool yes

If you modify the saved AppleScript application bundle after it has already been authorized to run, then you will need to reauthorize it before the system reboots again.  Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility and uncheck the checkbox for the target application and then recheck it. Then run the saved AppleScript application manually to answer OK to the dialog box that appear. The saved Safari application is now read for production use and no icon for it should appear in the Dock.

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and sans any included error handling does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors. Additionally, the use of the delay command may be necessary between events where appropriate, e.g. delay 0.5, with the value of the delay set appropriately.


After installing High Sierra, preferences do not stick: PhotoShop images default to open in Preview Since I "upgraded" to High Sierra, the text program (Tex-Edit Plus, v14.10.4) always reverts to the default preferences of opening two windows I do not want open: "Enable Quartz anti-aliased text at startup" and "Enable TSM (Text Services Manager) at startup" windows. The DOC preferences open text at 10 points, and in the Save preferences not including the .txt extension when saving files. I then must manually change the preferences since I use this program every day. Mac used to save my preferences; it apparently no longer does and does not explain how to fix this.

Also, I am a graphic designer and Use Adobe Photoshop all the time, and when I make a screenshot of something, or even have a .psd file in layers, High Sierra now often still reverts to opening Photoshop files in Preview. The ONLY time I use Preview is if I want to reduce the file size of a created PDF file. I Get Info for the image, and when I set the default app (it shows Preview) I use the down arrow for other apps and it doesn't even show Photoshop. I have to search for it, tell it to use Photoshop, and then to do this for all similar files. On average, about 10 minutes later it STILL opens Photoshop files I am working on in Preview again.

These little glitches in High Sierra make it time-consuming to do the exact same work I did before getting High Sierra. Is there any way both of these problems could be fixed so I don't spend time telling high sierra over and over again how things should work on my computer?

You probably have a couple of issues. First, I would repair the home folder permissions. Unfortunately, not everything you’re likely to use respects your home folder permissions, and they can get messed up. First rule of thumb is that everything in the hierarchy of the home folder should be owned by the user who owns the home folder. Go to Eclectic Light downloads and get RepairHomePermissions. Perform that, then reset your launch services database. Most Mac helper tools such as Onyx provide that, but here’s a command line for Terminal that goes to the heart of it:

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

You’ll get new app prompts for awhile, but it should help you get your launch services under control.

Unfortunately, we had to give up the default creator file properties in OS X some time ago, so unless the developer writes code of the sort I'm including below into the file saving process, your files open according to their name extension rather than according to what app created them. Part of your problem may be that you expect any file you create using a particular application to be opened in that application whenever you double-click that file. For that reason, you may want to enable viewing all name extensions in Finder (Finder>Preferences, then Advanced, “Show All Filename Extensions”) for awhile, until you get your defaults configured the way you want. Anyway, here’s a droplet source for AppleScript that will make Photoshop open individual files you drop on the AppleScript app you create from it. That is, it won’t change the app association for every file as you can if you use the check box in a file’s info window (which should work once your launch services are fixed). If you like, I’ll give you a longer one that provides the ability to choose between apps that you want to open the files by default.  I could also help you make a version to use in an Automator service that you could select from your contextual menu when you right-click a file or selection of files.

on open filelist
    repeat with theitem in filelist
        set filePath to theitem
        set target_file to POSIX path of filePath
        tell application "Finder" to set target_app to (get application file id "com.adobe.Photoshop" as text)
        tell application "System Events"
            set default application of file target_file to (target_app as alias)
        end tell
    end repeat
end open


v4.services.acrobat.com and denying keychain How do I prevent the following dialog from appearing in Safari. I don't see why Adobe would need certain information. Since "deny" doesn't seem to impact anything, I would like to "Always Deny". I have already disabled the adobe plugins within Safari. I am observing this in the latest High Sierra. I have latest Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop installed through Adobe Creative Cloud.

I cannot add a comment so I am posting this as answer. Can you share a screenshot of your activity monitor. Since plugin is requesting keychain access for Acrobat, Acrobat safari plugin process should show in Activity monitor. Also are you getting this even when not opening PDF?

While opening PDF on Safari doesn't need any keychain access in itself, Acrobat services are available in browser too and since these are paid, it needs to check user login for which keychain access is required. Unfortunately Apple doesn't give a Deny Always.Check Here.

You can try adding safari plugin process to allowed application in keychain "v4.services.acrobat.com". The process is /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin .64.xpc. Please note that this will actually allow access to plugin process and won't ask you again. Use keychain Access app, search for keychain item "v4.services.acrobat.com" and add this in allowed application. This is what Always Allow effectively does.

If you are not interested in opening PDFs on Safari, you can delete Acrobat plugins from /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/. Its named AdobePDFViewer,AdobePDFViewerNPAPI. Or move them to disabled. This would definitely fix it but you wont be able to open pdf on Safari using Acrobat.


What Window Management Options exist for OS X? I'd like to do something with my windows on OS X, where something includes options like re-arranging, moving, re-sizing, remembering positions, cloning across Spaces, etc. What options exist?

Rules

One app per answer.
Use this format for the first two lines of your answer:
## [app name](link to website)
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Include short description about what this Window Managing app does.

What makes this Window Manager app different than the others?
Is it focused on re-sizing using only the keyboard?
Is it focused on moving using only mouse gestures?
Etc.

Spectacle
Open source, available at GitHub, accepting donations
App Store link (will not be updated past version 0.6.9)

Center = Command+Option+C
Fullscreen = Command+Option+F
Left Half = Command+Option+←
Right Half = Command+Option+→
Top Half = Command+Option+↑
Bottom Half = Command+Option+↓
Upper Left Corner = Command+Control+←
Lower Left Corner = Command+Shift+Control+←
Upper Right Corner = Command+Control+→
Lower Right Corner = Command+Shift+Control+→
Left Display = Command+Option+Control+←
Right Display = Command+Option+Control+→
Top Display = Command+Option+Control+↑
Bottom Display = Command+Option+Control+↓
Undo = Command+Option+Z

Per Spectacle' Github:

Spectacle users have recommended Rectangle as an open source
alternative.

Rectangle is maintained as of 2020.
brew cask install rectangle


Reopen windows when logging back in does not work I have just performed a fresh re-install of El Capitan on my MBP 2014 and have found that this setting is not working at all. When I log out, I leave the check box ticked (so I DO want to open all applications and  my open terminal sessions to be restored, which also used to always work). When I log back in, nothing is restored, and my previous terminal sessions are lost. So how do I fix this? In general settings, I have un-ticked "Close windows when quitting an app", but I'm not sure if this is related to logout issue.

Well, all of the information for the restoration is kept in ~/Library/Saved Application State, so maybe looking there would lend a clue.  You should see a whole lot of folders ending in .savedState.


How to disable Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) which is trying to bypass firewalls I am using an iMac at work, and the IT security guys are raising issue with the Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) trying to bypass the proxy continually.

I would like to know how I can disable apsd from running.

I figured out that I needed to enter the following in the terminal:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.apsd.plist

I did this already, and it seemed to fix the issue, but would love to know if this is the advisable way to solve the problem.

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Also, in case you want to enable the process afterwards, you can use this:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.apsd.plist

sources:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/launchctl.1.html

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/disabling-unnecessary-mac-osx-services/


On iPad Mini, AppleTV doesn't work with Google Hangout video chat every time we try to use Apple TV with Google Hangout on our Ipad Mini (with the Google hangout app)  the screen goes blank the second the video chat window shows up.

Up to that point, Apple TV mirrors everything perfectly (other apps, videos, internet, etc). Is this a bug or  some kind of device limitation that prevents Hangout on the Ipad Mini? we already downloaded all the updates both on the iPad mini and the Apple TV console. Our Apple Tv/ Hangout setup does work on the same rig when we use a Mac Mini computer.

Many thanks

I googled around for it, but all I found was this question asked with the same words on other fora.

The second link has someone giving the answer I thought likely: the app disallows AirPlay. Some app makers don't want you to watch their iOS content on your TV. HBO Go was a notable example, but they updated their app to allow AirPlay streaming to AppleTV in February 2013 (see here). While I can't find any documentation that the Google Hangout iOS app does not allow AirPlay, the behavior you describe is at least consistent with that hypothesis.


Tooltip fade out delay in OS X 10.11.1 and Xcode 7.1.1 Does anyone know where I can set the delay/time how long does the fade out effect in Xcode 7.1.1 on OS X 10.11.1 need to hide the displayed tooltip?

When I search for the term defaults find tooltip, I only get WebKitShowsToolTipOverTruncatedText and WebKit2ShowsToolTipOverTruncatedText from com.apple.iTunes and com.apple.appstore.

With defaults find delay I get more results, but nothing about I looking for.

You can set it up via Apple Terminal. For example:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode NSInitialToolTipDelay -int 5000

The value of delay is measured in milliseconds. So 5000 ms == 5 sec.

To find changed NextStep ToolTipDelay values in definite domains use:

defaults find NSInitialToolTipDelay


iTunes starts playing music without explanation For no apparent reason, iTunes starts playing music on my iMac running OS X 10.9.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2119211?start=15&tstart=0

I have to close itunes 10 times an hour. How do I fix this?

First step would be to turn off the IR receiver and BlueTooth.

The infra-red receiver can be disabled in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Advanced. BlueTooth in System Preferences > BlueTooth.

You might also try cleaning out the headphone port (gently) with a toothpick and some rubbing alcohol and plugging in a set of headphones.

All of this is to make sure that some extraneous hardware input isn't causing the problem.

If that doesn't fix it then run Activity Monitor and kill the process iTunes Helper and see what happens. If it's something in the System then iTunes Helper will rerun when the problem occurs. If it's a problem with iTunes Helper then killing it should stop the problem. Of course iTunes Helper will rerun when you reboot or run iTunes manually but you will at least get more information.


How do I use the iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor? How do I use the iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor?

http://supercrazyawesome.com/

I downloaded the file and extracted it but there isn't a single runnable file at all?

Does anyone know how do I start using it (get it running?).

Ps: I'm using Windows Vista, would this be a problem?

The application you point out is a Mac only application. That's why it doesn't work on Windows Vista.

However, here's two alternatives :

iPhone backup extractor which is a paid multiplatform app
iphonebackupbrowser which is less polished and windows only, but free.

You may as well be interested by PhoneDisk which allow to browse any connected iOS device without jailbreaking them. It does the job and works on Mac OS & Windows. It's a shareware, but the demo is fully usable.


Do SSDs need to be defragmented? I'm not sure if solid state drives need defragmentation. Can anyone tell me if this requirement goes away with the new technology?

No, never. Defragmentation is helpful on spinning platter-based drives, if the filesystem doesn't handle it (which HFS+ generally does, on a Mac), because it takes time for the disk to spin around to the right spot, which has to happen more often if one chunk of data is split between several locations. See Access Time.

A solid state drive has no moving parts, so there's no mechanical delay. Reading a section of data takes approximately the same amount of time no matter where it's located in the flash.

Defragmenting a solid state drive is actually harmful because it forces the drive to move data around for no good reason, and flash chips have a limit on how many times they can rewrite a section.


Wiktionary in Apple Dictionary app I have been trying to add Wiktionary as one of the sources of Mavericks’s Dictionary.app but I could not. I have been following the instructions in this answer to the question “How to add Wiktionary as a source to the default Dictionary.app?” but the DictUnifier app gets stuck indexing the content. Or at least it takes forever… I left the program running the whole night (more than 10 hours in that situation) and nothing happened.

Does anyone know where I can get a Wiktionary version ready to use in Dictionary.app on Mac?

Apple has changed quite a lot in their new OSX version. And as you see on the DictUnifier-website, the tool only was updated to support Lion in the newest version.

  Support Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion"

So Mavericks isn't supported at all, which I think is the root of the problem.


How do I gain write permission for the defaults shell command? I recently migrated to a new Macbook.

If I do a $ defaults write ... in my shell, I get an error shaped like defaults[12608:79345] Could not write domain Apple Global Domain; exiting. Using sudo does work, however I have some defaults that are set in my .bashrc file -- these writes did work in my old system's .bashrc, without a sudo.

Q1: Are defaults saved across reboots? If so, I can removed these from my (cluttered) .bashrc and get on with life.

Q2: If defaults are not saved across reboots, what file(s) do I need to chown or chmod in order to get the defaults write to work quietly, in my .bashrc file?

What I've done so far:

Read the defaults man page -- only seems to document the API.
Skimmed around in Apple's developer docs for Preferences. Again, this seems to be higher level API documentation for application developers who are using Cocoa.

The defaults command normally writes an entry into the relevant .plist file. The whole point of property list files is to retain settings between boots. You should not need to re-apply them after each boot.

Consequently, you should not need to run the defaults command in a .bashrc file, which runs at the start of every interactive shell session.

You should not need sudo for defaults commands such as these:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Always"
defaults write -g AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false
defaults write -app Safari AutoOpenSafeDownloads -bool false
defaults write com.apple.screencapture include-date -bool false

If you're trying to write some other type of default command to a system-level domain, then that might explain why you need sudo. Otherwise, the need for sudo is 'unexpected'.


Ran chown -R user /var and most things are broken As the title says I ran sudo chown -R user /var and now most things on my machine are broken. I've fixed some permissions manually (in /var/folders) by checking against another machine but it still freezes after 10-30 minutes of use.

I tried to reinstall OS X but the installation hangs at a certain point and doesn't look like continuing. "Repair Permissions" runs but does not fix the problem. "Verify Disk" completes but "Repair Disk" just fails halfway through.

There are messages in the Console that look concerning but it's hard to tell which caused the freeze and harder to correlate the error message with a program or a permissions issue.

I don't have a backup or I would restore from it.

Curious about your thoughts,
Kevin

Try run this in terminal:

diskutil repairPermissions /

About DiskUtil Repair Permissions


Mac Air Flash Drive Retrieval If my Mac Air has been water damaged, can I still retrieve the data from the flash drives even though the machine will not start at all?

If the SSD is undamaged, yes. You could still open the Macbook Air, get the SSD and place it, either in other MacBook Air or those Enclosure things.

iFixit has a step-by-step guide for replacing the SSD.


When I receive a phone call now, my MacBooks always open up FaceTime and do not allow me to take the call! This started happening a few weeks ago. I just want the old functionality back again, it looks like this:

Now, when I receive a call, FaceTime.app starts, my camera's green led comes on (due to FaceTime's preview) and I cannot even accept the call.

It seems possible that turning on WiFi calling on my Mac caused this change in behavior.

I would really like to understand what went wrong here.

I think what's going on is that with my 2017 Touchbar MBP the only way to take the call is to use the touchbar. This worked for me today.

Next time I will see what happens with the Macbook, which has no touchbar.


Mountain Lion: Use standard keyboard function keys, F1, F2, etc.? I'm having issues with Mountain lion in which I am unable to use my non-Apple keyboard's function keys, i.e. F1, F2 etc.  Upon firing up System Preferences ➤ Keyboard, this is what I'm greeted with.

In prior versions of the operating system there had been an option here to

  Use all F1, F2 keys as standard function keys...

...which enabled me to utilize the Functions keys, as expected, instead of triggering whatever "Hot Key" usually hijacks that binding ordinarily.

How can I get this capability back under 10.8.x?

It's still shown for me. Have you tried changing the keyboard type or running defaults write -g com.apple.keyboard.fnState -bool true and logging out and back in?


How do I start a fake SMTP server automatically? I'm using Mac 10.9.1.  I would like to install a fake SMTP server on my system -- one that listens for emails on port 25 but doesn't actually do anything with them.  I'd like this process to start automatically upon login.  I have looked at FakeSMTP and the DevNullSMTP server, but neither seems to support an option for starting automatically (you have to launch the server manually through teh GUI).

Login Items

You can use your account's Login Items to automatically launch an application when logging in.

System Preferences.app > Users and Groups > Login Items

This though will only launch the application. A better solution is to find a GUI-less server and use launchd.

postfix

postfix is an open source SMTP server and it is included with Mac OS X. This is likely to be your best option for setting up a server either to do nothing but accept connections, or to become a full mail server.

launchd

Mac OS X uses launchd for starting services on power on and logging in. You can learn more on the launchd manual page. Apple also has developer documentation for creating launchd job tickets.

To work with launchd, you will need an SMTP server that can be started from the command line.


Use keyboard to move cursor on iPad Pro On my iPhone I can hold down on a key on the keyboard and than dragging can be used to control the location of the cursor.  This makes editing text go from intolerable to doable.

I just got a new iPad Pro.  The same feature does not work.  Presumably because of a lack of force touch?  Well, this makes text editing totally unbearable.  Is there a way to control the cursor in a similar way on iPad?

Place two fingers on the keyboard and drag the two fingers around to move the cursor.

On iPhone, you don't hold a specific key — the action is initiated with 3D Touch anywhere on the keyboard with one finger. As you mentioned, iPad does not currently have 3D Touch, but you can use two fingers to manipulate the cursor like you did on your iPhone with one finger. The iPhone functionality came after the iPad keyboard cursor trackpad was implemented.


unforget bluetooth device osx 10.9.5 I accidentally told my Mac laptop to forget my bluetooth speaker. Now I can't undo the 'forget device'? Can i reset it so i can reconnect my wireless speaker?
I have tried to find a reset button in settings but I can't find one?

Forgetting a bluetooth device should just mean that it no longer automatically connects. Just do whatever you did to connect the first time if you want to reconnect. There are probably instructions that came with your bluetooth speaker.


Is there another way to kill an app other than force quit? My Excel is not force quitting, I can't find it in the Activity Monitor or the PID for it... Is there another way I could kill it?

If it's not in either of those places, it's not running. It's probably just a ghost icon.

Try restarting your dock by opening Terminal and typing:

killall Dock


Cannot erase and do a fresh install of Mac OS X Mountain Lion on my MacBookPro I am trying to erase the hard drive of my MacBookPro and perform a fresh install of Mac OS X Mountain Lion. It already has the said os installed. I have a Mountain Lion installation USB key handy.  When I go through the erase steps in the Disk Utility, the erase button remains grey, so I cannot erase partition containing the already installed OS.

I go into Disk Utility, select the hard drive I want, click erase, but the format window (Mac OS Extended) remains grey. The name bar is untitled, and there is no option available change it. The erase button at the bottom left remains grey, I cannot erase the partition.

How do I resolve the issue?

You have to boot off another drive before you can erase your internal hard drive.

Boot off your external USB drive and then you should be able to erase the internal one.


How to automate find and replace in numbers with a predefined list? How can I automated find and replace in a Numbers file based on a predefined master list?
For example, I want to find and replace all:

"ABC" to "XYZ"
"123" with "789"

A few thoughts / workflow expectations:

My find and replace routine has become burdensome as I manually run through 20+ find / replace actions
Find and replace will be for the whole document, not limited to a certain column, row, cell
I want to have running master list that I can add to
I would like to open a file, run this script and have the find/replace done
It would be great if I can incorporate a wildcard in the find

I'm not exactly sure how you have the Numbers document formatted or how exactly you want to store the Master List of Find & Replace items or where, however, the following example AppleScript code is set up to show the use of the Master List of Find & Replace items as a single table in a sheet in the Numbers document and is comprised of two columns and however many rows you need.
The images below show the sheets, the Master List of Find & Replace items and the before and after of sheet 1. The data is simplistic but the bottom line is it works to quickly find and replace the pairs of Find & Replace items in the Master List.
This will be so much faster than any manual process to accomplish the same goal.
Note that as coded, it assumes there are no formulas in the cells and they are formatted as text.

Example AppleScript code:

As coded this works with just the active sheet  in the front document.

tell application "Numbers"
    tell front document

        --  # Get the Find & Replace list.

        set theFindReplaceList to ¬
            the formatted value of ¬
                the cells of the rows 2 thru -1 of ¬
                    table "Find & Replace" of ¬
                    sheet "Master List" whose ¬
            value is not missing value

        --  # Clean up the List removing empty cells and rows
        --  # so there are only pairs of find/replace items.

        set theFindReplaceListItems to {}
        repeat with aListItem in theFindReplaceList
            if the length of aListItem is 2 then ¬
                copy aListItem to the end of theFindReplaceListItems
        end repeat
        copy theFindReplaceListItems to theFindReplaceList

        --  ### Find & Replace ###

        if the name of active sheet is not "Master List" then

            --  # For each table of the active sheet.

            repeat with i from 1 to the count of the tables of the active sheet

                --  # For each Find & Replace pair.

                repeat with thisListItem in theFindReplaceList

                    --  # For every cell containing the FIND text.

                    set theReplaceCellsList to the (cells of table i of sheet 1 ¬
                        whose formatted value contains item 1 of thisListItem)

                    --  # Replace it with the REPLACE text.

                    --  # Uncomment 'considering case' and 'end considering'
                    --  # for case senstive find/replace operations.

                    --considering case
                    repeat with aCell in theReplaceCellsList
                        set the value of aCell to my findAndReplaceInCellValue(formatted value of aCell, ¬
                            item 1 of thisListItem, item 2 of thisListItem)
                    end repeat
                    --end considering

                end repeat
            end repeat
            tell table 1 of active sheet to set selection range to range "A1"
        end if
    end tell
end tell

--  ## Handler ##

on findAndReplaceInCellValue(theFormatedCellValue, theFindValue, theReplaceValue)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to theFindValue
    set theTextItems to every text item of theFormatedCellValue
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to theReplaceValue
    set theFormatedCellValue to theTextItems as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return theFormatedCellValue
end findAndReplaceInCellValue

Notes:
While the example AppleScript code as coded is using a sheet within the target document for its Find & Replace items, nonetheless, it can be coded to use and external source, e.g., another Numbers document.
In either code examples, the Master List sheet is not touched by the find/replace operations.
The find/replace operations are case insensitive. If you need case sensitive find/replace then uncomment the considering case and end considering statements in the example AppleScript code.
As coded the find/replace operations act on cells containing the value of FIND text and anything else in the cell. If you want to limit to cells that have only the FIND text and nothing else, then:
Change:
set theReplaceCellsList to the (cells of table i of aSheet ¬
    whose formatted value contains item 1 of thisListItem)

To:
set theReplaceCellsList to the (cells of table i of aSheet ¬
    whose formatted value is item 1 of thisListItem)

The example AppleScript code can be used in an Automator Service/Quick Action using a Run AppleScript action and assigned a keyboard shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services or used with any third-party application that can run AppleScript scripts, etc

Example AppleScript code:

As coded this works with all sheets in the front document.

tell application "Numbers"
    tell front document

        --  # Get the Find & Replace list.

        set theFindReplaceList to ¬
            the formatted value of ¬
                the cells of the rows 2 thru -1 of ¬
                    table "Find & Replace" of ¬
                    sheet "Master List" whose ¬
            value is not missing value

        --  # Clean up the List removing empty cells and rows
        --  # so there are only pairs of find/replace items.

        set theFindReplaceListItems to {}
        repeat with aListItem in theFindReplaceList
            if the length of aListItem is 2 then ¬
                copy aListItem to the end of theFindReplaceListItems
        end repeat
        copy theFindReplaceListItems to theFindReplaceList

        --  ### Find & Replace ###

        --  # For each sheet in the document.

        repeat with aSheet in (sheets whose name is not "Master List")

            --  # For each table of the sheet.

            repeat with i from 1 to the count of the tables of aSheet

                --  # For each Find & Replace pair.

                repeat with thisListItem in theFindReplaceList

                    --  # For every cell containing the FIND text.

                    set theReplaceCellsList to the (cells of table i of aSheet ¬
                        whose formatted value contains item 1 of thisListItem)

                    --  # Replace it with the REPLACE text.

                    --  # Uncomment 'considering case' and 'end considering'
                    --  # for case senstive find/replace operations.

                    --considering case
                    repeat with aCell in theReplaceCellsList
                        set the value of aCell to my findAndReplaceInCellValue(formatted value of aCell, ¬
                            item 1 of thisListItem, item 2 of thisListItem)
                    end repeat
                    --end considering
                end repeat
            end repeat
            tell table 1 of active sheet to set selection range to range "A1"
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

--  ## Handler ##

on findAndReplaceInCellValue(theFormatedCellValue, theFindValue, theReplaceValue)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to theFindValue
    set theTextItems to every text item of theFormatedCellValue
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to theReplaceValue
    set theFormatedCellValue to theTextItems as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return theFormatedCellValue
end findAndReplaceInCellValue

Master List

The Find & Replace table must always be two columns, however, the script is coded to only process rows containing both a find and replace item.

Before:

After:

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and sans any included error handling does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors. Additionally, the use of the delay command may be necessary between events where appropriate, e.g. delay 0.5, with the value of the delay set appropriately.


How to kill Google Drive File Stream process in OSX How to kill Google Drive File Stream process in OSX?

Using sudo kill -9 <PID>, the process appears to keep itself alive. Every time I try to kill it, the PID changes in Activity Monitor.

The helper application may be keeping it alive, not sure ... but it's possible to completely shut this application down by killing both the helper application and the stream application by name:

sudo killall -9 "Google Drive File Stream Helper"
sudo killall -9 "Google Drive File Stream"


What are the Screensharing in Messages requirements? I used to be able to screen share with my cousin using Messages. It is now broken. What does he need on his end to get screensharing to work again? I have an AIM account setup in Messages on my Mac running the latest version of Mavericks. He has the same setup on his Mac. He doesn't have an AIM account, just an iCloud account. Does he need an AIM account, too?

He is logged into Messages with his iCloud account, but the screensharing option is dimmed and I cannot ask him to share his screen.

Thanks,
Walt

According to Apple those are the requirements for audio and video chats and screen sharing.

Camera (video chatting)
Microphone (audio and video chatting)
Internet connection speed (upstream and downstream)

  Share your screen or share a friend’s screen:  128 Kbps

Mac OS X version of people you message
Computer processor type of people you message

Source: Messages (Mountain Lion): Requirements for audio chats, video chats, and screen sharing


How can I disable the bell icon/emoji from the title bar in iTerm2? I find it annoying and get no use from it. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about:

The bell is a visual indicator that the terminal bell "ringed".
You can disable it on a profile by orofile  basis in the "Preferences" pane
Menu: Profiles | Open Profiles | Edit Profiles... | Terminal
in the "Notifications" section uncheck "Show bell icon in tabs"


Strange messages from fsck_hfs I am trying to check an entire USB external disk that is not erased. For that reason I have typed

fsck_hfs -fy -l -S -d /dev/disk1s2

This the result

Several messages I found strange here

NO WRITE - how can that be? If I am trying to fix it how can it be no write?
ok, it found a bad block at 137228189184 but at end it says the disk is OK
what is block 26023808 NO MATCH?
at end it says fsmodified = 0??? No modification performed?

I don't understand this. Have fsck_hfs fixed my disk? I by fixed I mean mark the block as unusable or reformatted it or whatever?

Thanks

The command you have given includes the "-l" option, which means to perform a "test-only check" and that "no repairs can be made". Essentially this means that it won't write to the file system, which explains your questions 1 and 4.

Regarding questions 2 and 3: The disk as such might be "OK" (i.e. usable) from the point of view of the filesystem even though a single bad block has been detected. As you have specified the "-S" option, fsck_hfs will attempt to match the bad block to a file name - it found not match. This could indicate that the bad block does not affect any of your files.

Consider replacing the drive when you start having bad blocks.


Can I use my hotspot on my phone for Airplay? I have an iPhone 5S and I am looking for a way to mirror my screen to the TV. I was wondering if I could use the hotspot on the phone to connect my PC (on the TV) and the iPhone, to airplay to the PC, which mirrors to the TV. Thank you!

Yes.

Though info on the topic seems somewhat sparse, a few threads like this and this seem to indicate that using a hotspot works as a viable Wi-Fi network for AirPlay (as long as, of course, you connect both the iPhone and the computer to the hotspot.) However, if you've already got a Wi-Fi network, you'd probably be better off using that instead of a hotspot.

Since your PC doesn't support AirPlay off the bat, you'd need some sort of software like AirServer to make it a valid AirPlay device. From there, simply connect it to your TV and AirPlay from your phone to the PC.

However, if you do have an Apple TV, a feature called Peer-to-Peer AirPlay is available that will let you AirPlay from your iPhone to your Apple TV without a formal Wi-Fi network, circumventing the need to create a hotspot. Just turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on both devices and it should work. Note, however, that AirServer doesn't support this, so you would need an Apple TV.


Re-Install MacOS Sierra I have 2017 MacBook Air, which has been upgrade to Mojave. Sierra was installed at the time of purchase.

Now, I need to refresh the Mac as brand new device. Therefore, I am trying to erase the hard disk. Below is a image of the Disk Utility. Which is the one to be erased? Are they 2 hard disks or 1?

I was able to erase the AppleAPF, but was unable to do anything with the Apple SSD, which appears to be unformatted.

After erasing the AppleAPFS, I started the installation process, but this took a very long time (lots of hours) with nothing moving. I do not know if this because my internet connection is very week or due to something else.

You have to select AppleAPFS on the top, click Erase but if you try to run recovery option, it will install Mojave again. So to have Sierra, I would suggest the following steps:

First, connect your Macbook with an ethernet cable as it takes an hour to get full installation (basically depends upon the internet speed also).
After this, turn off your computer and Reinstall from macOS Recovery mode with a combination of Shift-Option-⌘-R (this allows to install the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.)

Basically, as per Apple Guidance:

Command (⌘)-R
Install the latest macOS that was installed on your Mac.

Option-⌘-R
Upgrade to the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac.

Shift-Option-⌘-R
Install the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.

Let me know how it goes.


Black background on iPhone 4? While I initially liked the ability to set custom backgrounds on my iPhone 4, I've come to find that I'm starting to miss the simple black background I had on my iPhone 3G. How can I set my background back to black?

Create a black image in your favorite image editor (even Paint will do if you're on Windows), save it as a jpeg, and e-mail or sync it to the phone. Then set that image as the background.

Since you're making it all black, I doubt the resolution is going to matter much, but you can always use 960 x 640 to use the iPhone 4's standard resolution.

Edit to add a black image that works:


Magic Mouse arrow briefly gets stuck at random places on screen As I move my mouse around the screen it will briefly get stuck at random points then start moving again. This doesn't happen on the MacBook Pro trackpad...only when I have a Magic Mouse connected. This also happens most often on the left 1/4 of the screen when coming from the right side of the screen or trying to transition from the lower to upper half of the screen.

This started happening right after Security Update 2018-002 for Sierra 10.12.6.

Restarting hasn't fixed it.

My cursor size in Accessibility > Display is normal.

I have found that sometimes the surface you're mousing on can have surface qualities that alter the reflectance of the mouse's IR beam and this can affect the cursor behavior. Study the mousing surface to see if any part of the area that maps to the screen has a change in color or texture as this can contribute the the behavior you're observing.

Otherwise, you can try to reset your mouse by unpairing it, removing its batteries (if its an older Magic Mouse) then reseating the batteries & re-pairing again with your computer.


Archive utility hangs at 5 seconds remaining I'm using OSX El Capitan (v10.11.2).

The compression task was begun about 24 hours ago and had reached the About 5 seconds estimation after a couple hours. But it does not complete for whatever reason. What are the possible reasons for this issue?

Anything interesting in the console app (system.log or other activity)? Any chance you accessed any of these files from another app? Mail.app is notorious for never "closing" attachment files, so you might need to close the apps that might have the files open. It's hard to know what's causing it without attaching a debugger to the process and seeing where in the code is working or waiting.

If there isn't a lot of other activity - (i.e. quit every app you can - maybe all of them if possible) and then use fs_usage to see what file activity is ongoing from the command line/terminal.app:

sudo fs_usage -w

The other avenue is a split half search. Kill the hung process and compress half the folder at a time, narrowing down to a specific file that's causing compression issues. It might just be bad luck and the next time you try to compress all will be well.


How to assign tilde to command-tab? Is there any way to assign the tilde character  '~' as system-wide shortcut for Command-Tab to switch back and forth between two recent open apps?

Currently I assigned tilde to my iterm as system-wide hotkey however, I can't figure out how to do so in System Preferences.

You can do this with Karabiner with a private.xml such as this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>~ to ⌘⇥</name>
    <identifier>private.tildetocommandtab</identifier>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__
      KeyCode::BACKQUOTE, VK_SHIFT | ModifierFlag::NONE,
      KeyCode::TAB | ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L
    </autogen>
  </item>
</root>

This will effectively replace command with shift and tab with tilde, so that holding shift and pressing tilde twice will switch to the third app rather than back to the first.


How to disable vibration for Timer alerts? In iOS Settings / Notifications, I can control whether alerts use vibration or sound or vibration-and-sound for Calendar, FaceTime, Mail, Messages, Phone, and Reminders apps.

In Clock App / Alarm / Edit or Add Alarm / Sound, I control whether alarm-clock alerts use vibration or sound or vibration-and-sound.

But I can't seem to have timer alerts (from Clock App / Timer) that are sound-only (no vibrate), without killing vibration for all apps.

Or am I mistaken?

You are not mistaken; a very odd oversight on the part of Apple. Note that you can turn off "Vibrate on Silent" in sound settings and flip the side switch put your phone on Silent, which will disable that vibration and still make the sound (I believe).

Also note that you can turn off vibration for alarms, but for some reason not for timers. My suggestion would be to download a different timer app from the app store if you want greater customizability.


No sound from headphones under ubuntu 13.10 I have a fresh ubuntu on iMac. I have managed to set up the sound from the native speakers, however, there is still no sound from the headphones. I have disabled automute in alsamixer, but this didn't help. Does anyone know what to do in this case?

The solution was found by adding a row of options snd-hda-intel model=imac27_122 to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf as explained here.


iPhone/iPad battery charging/discharging cycle Apple recommends at least one charge cycle (charge to 100% and then running it down completely) per month.

Then, is it OK to charge iPad/iPhone all the time as long as I have charge cycle per month? Or, do I have to refrain from recharging iPad/iPhone until it's completely discharged?

The full discharge/charge cycle is mostly to recalibrate the charge controller and the time remaining indicator.  Since the battery doesn't change that much in one month, you could very likely get by leaving it on the charger all the time except for only a few full cycles per year, until it starts getting old and changes more rapidly.


Does my MacBook DisplayPort support video input? I have been reading through all these resources here and here, but I couldn't find an answer.

My question is simply: can the DisplayPort on a MacBook take a video input source?

More Details:

I have:

Macbook Pro Model 6,2 (Mid-2010) that has a DisplayPort output
A camcorder that has HDMI output and NO FireWire outputs.
A HDMI to DisplayPort adapter.

I want to know if its possible to use my camcorder like a webcam, i.e, to capture live video for the purpose of streaming. As a primary test, I should be able to connect the camcorder and do a capture using iMovie.

Would this be possible? I am pretty sure input through USB won't work. And from what I have seen there is no easy way to convert the HDMI video stream into FireWire. So, any suggestions?

No, it does not, I fear: the DisplayPort is an output only.


Is there an iPad whiteboard that can also be used on desktop machines? I've seen many iPad whiteboard apps but all seem to be either iPad only (eg Whiteboard Mojo) or are read-only from the web (Jot) or require local connection via wifi (splashtop) or make you pay for every Internet session (whiteboard HD). I don't mind paying for the app, but I want to use this for business, and nickel and diming per session isn't going to work. (How would people get reimbursed?)

So I want an app I can buy once and use for as many Internet whiteboard sessions with other iPads and desktop machines as I want.

This seems like it would be a good solution for you. No installation required, it should run on almost any desktop.
A Web Whiteboard

This product also may meet your needs.
NotateIt


iPhone Mail displays the wrong number of drafts I recently cleaned up my email drafts folder.  I had 62 messages, and now I have only 6 email drafts saved.

My iPhone, however, still shows a count of 62! Only the 6 that really exist are available, but the count is still off.

How can I force the phone to re-count the number of drafts?

Try opening the Drafts folder; that will start synchronizing the folder with what's in your Gmail folder.

I've noticed this happening for some of the Gmail folders on iPhone. As long as you don't access them, they don't all update.


Some purchases NOT showing up on my Apple TV (4K) Numerous shows that I have purchased are NOT showing up on my Apple TV.  I have tried logging out then logging back in, but still they do not show up.

They are on my iPhone and iPad.

Make sure that you are signed into the same Apple ID username (email) and password. If you are, sign out and then sign back in to see if that helps. If that still doesnt work, then you may need to call Apple Care tech support for account assistance.


I backed up to itunes but it didn't transfer to my new iphone I did a backup of my iPhone 4 to iTunes in anticipation of getting a new iPhone 5S.

When I did the restore to my new iPhone after I got the new phone, it didn't give me the latest data that was on the old phone.

What happened? Is that data gone forever since I no longer have that old phone?

As long as you have the data backed up it should still be available. That being said, it depends on the amount of data you decided to back up. Also make sure to use the same iCloud ID since you might have started to use the iCloud for backups and not you PC.

Both Backup and Restore procedures for iCloud and iTunes is listed on Apple Support website.


iphone voip services allowed? Does Apple and either AT&T or Verizon currently allow voip services to be used? Essentially, would a user be able to have phone services by using just a data plan?

From a technological standpoint this is possible - Skype makes voice calls just fine over 3G data on my iPhone. However, as far as I know, AT&T and Verizon do not permit you to run phone devices on their network without a phone plan, so it's unlikely that you will be able to do what you're looking for, as least officially.

I have heard that some people have had success transplanting the iPad SIM into an iPhone, but it's not something that's guaranteed to work and AT&T may block its use at some point in the future, if they haven't already.


How do I install a Theme in Keynote? I just downloaded several themes that I want to use. They are in /Library/Application Support/Keynote/Themes/ but I don't see them in the Theme Chooser screen.

Does anyone know what else I should be doing to install them?

Thanks!

When you open a template or a common keynote file, you can use the option File → Save theme...
This puts your file in the necessary directory automatically and adds information about your theme to the welcome screen.


Reinstall on Macbook Air 2010 (Macbook 3,1) I'm trying to reinstall the OS on a MacBook Air. I got it from my former company, and they didn't keep the OS install disc, in fact they wiped it and put Windows 7 on it. I have quite a few macs, and have always used an external USB disc and can install but this machine is so fickle and throws up the multilingual failure message upon boot. I was, however, able to boot into a recovery volume that was on my external hard drive, and I burned Snow Leopard to the machine's OWN hard drive, and when it booted up, it failed again.

Does anyone ahve any experience or ideas on how to install Mac OS X on it? It now, has no operating system for me to boot into, though.

Finally, issue was solved. I burned my recovery partition from my Mountain Lion Macbook Pro onto a USB drive, and used that to boot into recovery and downloaded and installed Mountain Lion on my Mac Air, successfully.

It seems that this generation of Mac Airs have some kind of protection that will ONLY let you use a recovery drive to boot from USB and even from the drive itself.


Password protect MacBook while keeping iTunes running So I want to prevent anyone from messing with iTunes, or anything on my MacBook actually. How can I password protect it without losing the sound?

To keep any application active but to lock the machine you can try the following steps.

Launch the “Keychain Access” application located in
/Applications/Utilities.
Choose “Show Status in Menu Bar” from the View menu.
Now you have a lock in the menu bar. Use this menu to:
Click on the "lock icon" in your menu bar
Select "Lock Screen"

This activates Screen Effects which requires your password to unlock screen, but does not stop what is currently active on the OS

  Another way to keep any application active but to lock the machine you
  can try the following steps.

Open System Preferences

a. Select the Preference Pane "Security"

b. Choose the "General" tab

c. Check "Require password"

d. On 10.6 & 10.7 you can also set the time in which you would like
to wait prior to initiating the lock (in this case you may want to
choose "immediately")
Select "Show All" Preference Panes
Select the Preference Pane "Desktop & Screen Saver"

a. Set the "Start screen saver" at its minimum (3 min)

After 3 min of no use your machine will start the screen saver and when the screen saver is stopped you will be prompted to type your Username and Password.

  HOWEVER: (Though I like JW8 slick use of Hot Corners you do not need to set them up nor do you need to wait 3 minutes for the
  Screen Saver to begin, you can simply use the following
  key-combo

Crtl-Shift-Eject

  You could also try the following commands if you have ambitions to
  create a short script.

  NOTE: If a script sounds like something you would like to create you will need to ensure root privileges.

For 10.6 & 10.7 use the following command to make the security immediately follow the Screen Saver's launch:

defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay 0

For 10.5, 10.6, & 10.7 use the following command to turn on Security Preferences for your Screen Saver:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to true'

To force the screen to lock

open "/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app"

  NOTE: You may notice that regardless of how the screen is locked you may be immediately be prompted for your Username & Password as
  the running app is attempting to stop the Screen Saver/Lock.
  However, your application (iTunes in this case) will continue to run
  even while your screen is locked. :–)


Does Apple approve widget-only iOS apps? Does anybody know if Apple will approve an app whose sole purpose is to provide one (or several) today widget(s)?

Somehow I have a feeling that they won't, but the fact that keyboard-only (or crappy non-keyboard emoji apps) exist makes me wonder.

Does anybody know of any similar app that has been rejected or approved?

See the topic I mentioned earlier and search on the page for 'collection of widgets' but here are a few widgets in the App Store which contain multiple widget in one app and work on the Notification Center for iOS8 or higher devices:

Widgets Pro
Wdgts
Widget
Vidgets
Widgets Pro
OneWidget
Widgets.
My Widgets
Widgets - Calculator, Currency and Calendar


web request failures in curl I have a macbook pro running Catalina 10.15.1. However this issue has been present since at least Mojave.

After a reboot it runs fine for a while (up to about an hour but I haven't measured) and then most web requests start to fail. This does not affect Chrome which is my main browser, but for example running:

curl https://github.com
curl: (35) LibreSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to github.com:443

Running:

curl http://example.com
curl: (56) Recv failure: Connection reset by peer`

A restart will fix both these issues temporarily.

I've tried using brew to update curl and libressl but they're both up to date.

curl 7.64.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin19.0) libcurl/7.64.1 (SecureTransport)
LibreSSL/2.8.3 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.39.2

How do I fix these connection issues?

This can happen because of network or connection issues.
You have to find out where the issue is coming from.

First try connecting through a mobile or a 4G connection to see if the issue is in your machine or the local network.
If the issue is with the machine, try disabling firewalls, Anti-virus programs etc to find the root of problem.
It can happen because of an incorrect IP v6 configuration. Try disabling IPv6 locally.
Go to System Preferences > Network  > TCP/IP > Change Configure IPv6 to Link-local only.
If you have access to the router, try disabling IPv6 network. If that solves the issue, then there's a misconfiguration on router.
After you found the cause, fix it and enable firewalls and anti-virus programs.


Device Management from WAN with no VPN We're setting up about a dozen mac mini's across the city that need to be managed from a central lion-server.

Our IT department is willing to open up some ports and forward them to our lion server but they are not willing to give us VPN access.

What ports do I need to forward to the mini server in order to manage the devices?

I'm thinking mostly of when I update a profile and need it to be pushed out to the other devices.
I also need each device to be able to authenticate via Open Directory when the machine is remote. Of course I'll setup "mobility" but I still need the machines to sync changes like new passwords when they "can" connect.
Lastly, I'd like to be able to connect FROM the server TO each Mac mini via Apple remote-desktop. (The machines will not have static IP addresses on their side.)

Looking at the apple support page, I've discovered that

Open Directory runs on port 625.
Password server runs on port 106.
Profile Manager runs on port 1640 & 2195.
Remote Desktop runs on port 3283.
Push Notifications run on port 2196.
Simple Authentication runs on port 3659.
Bonjour runs on port 5353.
Software update service runs on port 8088.
Netboot runs on ports 67 & 68.


Preventing files from being renamed when camera uploads to Dropbox is enabled Is there any way to prevent files from being renamed when camera uploads to Dropbox is enabled in Mac OS X?

By default all imported image files are renamed into their timestamps:

I think to keep the original filenames:

With current version of Dropbox client you can't.
If you want your photos to be uploaded to Dropbox and not renamed you have to rely on different solution than Dropbox.app

You might go to their forum though and request this to be available.


Accidentally connected iCloud to my work machine and now I have a huge mess on my hands. So I don't really remember how this happened, but during some sort of update I accidentally signed into icloud with my personal account instead of my work account. Somewhere in this process I actually activated icloud, so now ALL of my work stuff from my work machine is in iCloud, I'm not entirely sure how to get it back on my desktop without also putting a bunch of personal info and documents on the machine, and I'm hoping to fix this before anyone notices a massive change in my bandwidth usage. Any ideas for how to do this?

Did you logged out from iCloud on your working machine?
First of all try to do this: System Preferences > iCloud > Sign Out


iPhone shows OS X Handoff of a device I want to remove A month ago i had two user accounts on my MacBook (pro), both was setup to get text messages from my iPhone. Now I have removed one of the user accounts, but in settings on my iPhone I can still chose the old mac user for text forwarding.

My question is: Can i remove the old device from the list below?

Handoff is keyed to your iCloud account, so you might want to sign in to https://www.icloud.com/#settings and see if that Mac is still listed.

If so, there are links to what to do if the device is "lost, sold, gave away this device"

In a nutshell, sign out of iCloud entirely on that Mac. If that doesn't work, you can send a remote erase to that Mac which will erase everything on it - not just the Apple ID / iCloud settings.

Once you've ruled that out, you might need to sign out of iCloud on your iPhone, but I've usually been able to clean thing up from the Mac end of thing when I find unwanted entries like you have.

In your case overloading two user accounts and deleting one before signing out may have confused the registration. Can you restore that user account from a backup and sign out? If not, worst case is you might need to sign out from both (or even all) accounts on that Mac to remove the machine record from the cloud database.


Can I sort songs by Apple ID? I have about 300 songs that were purchased with my ex-wifes account.  I can't play them because they have a different Apple ID and were purchased by her account.  Does anyone know how to "sort" for those songs so I can deleter them?

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes contains a script that should be useful for you. The Track Down Purchases script can sort your purchases into playlists separated by account name, which should make it easy for you to find and subsequently delete songs not on your account.


Troubleshooting installing Xcode updates, stuck I am trying to install the upgrades to Xcode, Xcode version 7.2. Unfortunately, the App Store shows that this installation has been "Installing --- less than a minute" for over four hours.

It appears to be stuck. How can I fix this? Why is this happening?

I tried correcting the permissions for Xcode, running

$sudo pkgutil --repair com.apple.pkg.Xcode

I get this in return:

Verifying files from package 'com.apple.pkg.Xcode' on '/'.
    ACL found but not expected on 'Applications'.
    Unable to set owner & group on "Applications". Error 1: Operation not permitted
    Unable to set permissions on "Applications". Error 1: Operation not permitted

Can I try to install these upgrades via the Terminal? I am using OS X El Capitan 10.11.2

For command line you could try using:

sudo softwareupdate -l (to list all available updates)

sudo softwareupdate -ai (to install updates)

sudo softwareupdate --help (for other help options)


pinch/zoom gesture with magic mouse 2 I just purchased a magic mouse 2, and I can't figure out how to do a pinch gesture or its equivalent that I am used to with a macbook.

From what I have read, it doesn't seem like it is possible to do the exact same pinch gesture, but are there alternative gestures or key combinations to get the same zooming capability as the pinch gesture?

You can double tap (not click) to smart zoom.


Male-to-male Lightning cables & Lightning hubs I find it quite astonishing that these two devices do not seem to exist, either manufactured by Apple or another company:

A male-to-male Lightning cable. An obvious use case would be charging an iPhone from a MacBook. Charging cannot be done through the USB-to-Lightning adapter (at least Apple's).
A Lightning hub that can plug into a MacBook and offers several (at least 2, ideally 3 or more) female Lightning ports.

Am I missing something, or do these devices not exist? If so, is there a reason they don't?

Edit: It seems I missed the obvious fact that the female ports on modern MacBook Pros are in fact USB-C! Yes, I'm an idiot. They're roughly the same size/shape as Lightning ports, but equally quite different. Now, USB-C-to-lightning cables do of course exist, though I'm curious why the USB-C-to-USB-A adapter that I have (with the ordinary USB-A-to-Lightning cable plugged into it) is incapable of charging the iPhone. A limitation of the adapter to data-only only, perhaps? Anyway, I think my second bullet point still stands: I can't find any hubs that offer Lightning ports (at least one charge port) and have a male USB-C cable to plug into the MacBook.

Am I missing something, or do these devices not exist?

They exist...
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKKP2ZM/A/belkin-lightning-audio-charge-rockstar

If so, is there a reason they don't?

They certainly are not popular.  That's because there are few use cases for them.  The Apple iDevices with a Lightning port are not built to handle more than one device at a time.  The Belkin Rockstar only allows a specific pairing of devices, one that provides power input and another that has audio output.  It is in effect emulating a specific kind of peripheral to the iDevice, an audio sink and power source which is a common style of an iPod dock.

I'm curious why the USB-C-to-USB-A adapter that I have (with the ordinary USB-A-to-Lightning cable plugged into it) is incapable of charging the iPhone.

That sounds like a hardware issue to me.
Perhaps you are merely concerned that the time it takes to charge is not what you hoped.  Apple computers source only 15 watts from their USB-C ports, and depending on the cable and other factors the computer may source far less power.  That could appear like it's not charging for someone used to a 30 watt or larger charger.

Anyway, I think my second bullet point still stands: I can't find any hubs that offer Lightning ports (at least one charge port) and have a male USB-C cable to plug into the MacBook.

This is a very narrow use case.  Any Apple computer should be able to provide 12 watts of power to the phone while plugged in with a USB-C cable, it's not 15 watts because every USB-C cable I've seen will use the old USB 2.0 protocol for data and power negotiation with a computer.  The people that will want or need more power than that are few.  The iDevice models that can sink more than 15 watts of power is also few.  Creating a Lightning hub (or whatever such a thing might be called) would be complicated as it would have to "know" which port it is supposed to draw power from.  Adding logic to gauge which port can source more power would be complicated, and labelling one port "data only" and the other "power only" is likely to confuse and frustrate people.
There are Lightning "hubs" much like you describe but only to provide a specific function, that being for sourcing power and sinking audio.  The market for a "hub" that does more than this is small and the complexity, and therefore cost, of them likely high.


Remove licenses from deleted user on OS X Server's VPP managed distribution We buy apps using Volume Purchase Program with managed distribution through OS X Server's profile manager.

One of employees left, so I removed his user account from OS X Server. However, the licenses for apps we bought him are still unavailable to re-assign to other users, and I can't remove them from his account manually because it has been deleted.

Viewing the app's info page in Profile Manager shows that we have 13 - 3 = 10 licenses in use, and only lists 9 people who currently hold licenses to the app:

Is there anything I can do to reclaim that license? I could re-create the user, but we don't have access to his Apple ID so I don't think we could re-connect it to our Profile Manager; and if we can't do that, I don't think we'll be able to see the app associated with his user.

The license came back on its own. It's now two days later and I've just noticed.


Is it possible to prevent repeated location usage warning prompts in iOS 13? I have a couple of apps which I have set to Always On location usage. I'm sure that's what I want, and it's not going to change any time soon. iOS 13 prompts me about each of them every day or two. I would like to disable these prompts. Is there any way to do that currently?

No, this is currently not possible as of iOS 13.

You should expect to get 1 permission request the first time you run the app.

You'll get one more if the app needs background permission.

You might get one more after several days of using the app.  This is so iOS can validate you still want it to have background, always allow permission.  After that, if you allow it location permission, you shouldn't receive any more notifications.

That means, in total, you could receive up to 3 notifications per app.  After that, the same app shouldn't notify you or ask permission again unless the developer changed the permission request in code.


How can I add more then one calendar from a same google account? I have my default google calendar synchronized with my iPod-touch, and I would like to add other calendars from the same account, is there a way?

You can choose which calendars to sync by going to: http://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

For more info, you can read Google's support doc about CalDAV Calendar Sync.


hyperlinked text in word cant be click once made into a pdf Im using word 2011 to create a doc with hyper linked text using cmd K this text is fine when the document is viewed in word as you can click on the text and it opens a browser to view the web page.

But when you pdf the page flie > print > pdf the link stays blue but you can no longer click them, any ideas how to resolve this

Assuming you are opening your documents in Adobe reader (you did not specify) then you need to set the Adobe Reader.

Open Preferences in Adobe Reader and set it to

  Create links from URL's

.


Run command line tools as separate app Is there a way to run command line tools as a separate app, so I can easily switch between them with apple+tab etc? I want this for things like a mail and irc client where I don't want to hunt down the terminal window to access them. Something like http://www.fluidapp.com but for the terminal.

You can open separate instance of Terminal.app with

/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal &

You'll have separate icon on the Dock also. However You'll not be able to distinguish them in ⌘ cmd+⇥ tab because they are going to be called simply "Terminal" and have the same icons.


Sync google apps (gmail) contacts directory with Mac address book We use Gmail (Google Apps for business) at my work.

I have set up my Mac (OS X 10.7.5) address book to sync the local address book with my gmail account, however this only syncs "My Contacts" but all my work contacts are in a group named "Directory" (a readable LDAP style group). I would like to sync my Mac address book with the Directory group but I can't find a way to do this.

I thought I had achieved a similar effect by dumping all the contacts from the directory into My Contacts, but it seems that only the email addresses are in My Contacts and the rest of the information is shown by being linked to the original Directory entry - therefore only email addresses are synced to the address book with no further information (e.g. addresses, telephone numbers...)

Is there a way to achieve this?

There is no direct way to get all the contacts from the directory directly to your Mac. If you open the section in the Contacts Mac OS application, it will never list its entire content but only let you search.

However, there is an easy workaround:

Open the Contacts web interface https://www.google.com/contacts
On the sidebar, find the Directory option. The entire content will now appear.
Select all the entries.
Add these to a group, i.e. "Corp. Directory"

Now, all these contacts will be imported to "My Contacts" and will be synched to the Mac.


Is there a way to find out information on battery through macbook serial number? i bought my MBP Retina display 13"(late 2013) 5 months ago; a week ago i had to change its battery at an authorised reseller when my small sister accidentally dropped a whole glass of water on it.
i think my new battery isn't the same as the one i had before.
i paid a LOT of money to get it fixed...
my question is: is there any way i can find out my old battery's information and/or serial # through my MBP's serial number?
or if anyone has the same mac model would you be kind enough to share your battery(original) information?

MacBook Information: MacBook Pro Core i5 2.6 13" Retina Late 2013

Current Battery Information:

Model Information:

Serial Number:

Manufacturer: SMP

Device Name:  bq20z45  (i researched and there should be a 1 after the 5)

Pack Lot Code:    0

PCB Lot Code: 0

Firmware Version: 702

Hardware Revision:    3

Cell Revision:    379

Charge Information:

Charge Remaining (mAh):   3870

Fully Charged:    No

Charging: No

Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 6211  (I believe this should be around 8000)

Health Information:

Cycle Count:  3

Condition:    Normal

Battery Installed:    Yes

Amperage (mA):    -485

Voltage (mV): 11772

Any information is much appreciated :)

Unfortunately, information would not be attainable simply through the serial number. It is unlikely that you obtained the incorrect battery, since AASP's source their parts from Apple to perform warranty-service repairs. I poked around online and noted that you are not the only one who has the bq20z45 part number from SMP, nor the only one to have a Full Charge Capacity different than ~8000. I found this via various user screenshots on Amazon.

Likely, the battery is correct for your unit and will function as expected. If not, all warranty repair services are either covered by your Applecare Protection Plan or, if out of warranty, 90 days from date of service. Should you continue to have concerns, I'd call the AASP back to verify that you got the right item.

EDIT: It may be worth it for you to calibrate your battery. Charge all the way to 100%, then unplug the unit and use it until it dies w/o charging it up again. Repeat once and that should get your battery reporting accurately as well.