How to download audio records from iPad/iPod/iPhone to computer/PC without iTunes? I received iPad from a co-worker. I need to download audio records from dictaphone/recorder to my desktop/PC (not Mac).

I connected the iPad to my PC using USB cable. Through my PC I started browsing it. I cannot see audio files. I can see only DCIM folder and PNG and JPG pictures in it.

I tried to send them from iPad to my email. But these audio files as attachment are not sending. They are too big for sending via email.

I don't have iTunes on my PC. So I can't use it.

Question: how can I download audio records from the iPad?

Considering you talking about Windows when you say PC.

Windows itself can NOT access applications data folder, if you dont install any software on Windows you just can't access those files directly.

Maybe you can send them via e-mail, WhatsApp, (whatever, something via internet), but, it depends if your app has this feature. Built-in app recoder from iOS can do that.


Will Samsung Galaxy Buds work with iPod Nano Gen 7? From what I can gather, the iPod Nano (7th Gen) requires true Bluetooth connectivity / synchronization for wireless headphones. This means (as per their product page) that AirPods won't actually work with the iPod Nano.

However, from what I understand the Samsung Galaxy Buds are true Bluetooth and should sync up with iPod Nanos. Is this true?

Yes, the Samsung Galaxy Buds work with the iPod Nano Gen 7. AirPods 1 & 2 also work just fine with the Nano Gen 7. I've already personally tried them and they work great.


How to open new windows as separate application instances for Chrome, Terminal? Moving from Linux (OpenBox WM) to MBP, I'm struggling to recover the level of productivity I was used to... One specific thing that's killing it is OSX's insistence on separating between "applications" and "windows", assigning different key combos to toggling among either, each with its own rotation behavior (sigh). This gets even worse because OSX insists on bringing all the windows of application X to the front whenever I switch to it. I often run into situations where I have two or more Chrome windows and two or more Terminal windows, each group spanning the entire desktop space, but I cannot have one of each at the front at the same time.

Other constraints: I do not want to move windows to separate workspaces (or whatever that's called) just so I can work with them. I prefer not to use the mouse, but willing to do so if that'll solve my problem (it won't in the above case).

One thing that might solve my problem is being able to start new windows of the applications I care about (Chrome, Terminal) as separate instances. This will let me switch between them arbitrarily without forcing them all to the front.

Does anyone know of a way to do that in Yosemite? Much thanks!

You can try the following syntax using open command:

open -na "Google Chrome"

where -n parameters opens a new instance even if one is already running.

Adding extra --user-data-dir will start instance in the separate profile directory, e.g.

open -na "Google Chrome" --args --user-data-dir="$PWD/Foo"

And using --profile-directory you can change the default profile name.


Why do I have to verify payment when downloading a free app? I've downloaded free apps in the past without requiring verification. But now it makes me verify. Why? Can I turn this off?

There are multiple reasons that this may happen. Of late, it has been happening to users who have a credit card registered or have family sharing registered. If you go to iTunes and AppStore in settings, there will be an option to turn off verification for free apps. If credit cards are the cause, change the payment option to none and turn off family sharing.


SSH tunneling with Safari I am transition from Windows to OS X: Can one configure the Safari browser with a socks to tunnel through a SSH tunnel (Putty in MS-Windows).  Can a SSH tunnel be configured from the command line and command the Safari browser to direct request / responses through the tunnel?  If yes, an example is appreciated.

Hi Gator it's pretty straight forward. Start by opening terminal the default application for CLI. You can find it in Applications>Terminal or Applications>Utilities>Terminal depending on your version of Mac OS (X). Once that's open, type:

  ssh -D 8080 -C -N username@IpAddress

note to understand all options for ssh simply type man ssh in a new terminal window. The options used above -D binds the port to the IP, -C compresses the data, -N will not execute commands in the tunnel which is very useful for forwarding other application data through the tunnel.

Next open safari and click on "safari" in the top left menu bar to open the drop down menu and then click on preferences. You can do the same thing by pressing CMD+,. Click on the advanced tab and find "Proxies", click "Change Settings". System Preferences should open and you can now select "SOCKS Proxy". You should be setup and if you check google for your IP it should be masked by the address that you're SSH'd into. Note this is system wide and will cover all network communications. You can turn this off by unselecting the SOCKS Proxy.


Terminal: Application Not Responding A few days ago, Terminal.app suddenly stopped working. Whenever I open it, the little light below the icon in the dock turns on (and stays on), but no window appears. When I right-click the icon, I'm told that the application isn't responding.

What I've tried so far:

Restarting.
Trying to open Terminal from another account (same result).
Deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist.
Deleting ~/.bash_* and ~/.zsh*.
Deleting /var/log/asl/*.
Banging my head against the wall.
Use iTerm. A black window opens, but after that I get "Application Not Responding" as well.
Repairing permissions from Disk Utility.

The Console works fine, but all I get when I try to open a Terminal (or iTerm) instance is something like

  login: USER_PROCESS: 5991 ttys008

I'm running OS X 10.8.3.

Update

It would seem that Activity Monitor isn't working either. When I open it, the windows appears, but the list is empty and the program freezes: "Application Not Responding" here as well.
I can log into the machine using SSH from another machine, but when I do ps it freezes.

Firstly, I would check to see if the issue is systemic, or related to the user account. Create a new blank user account, and then see if you can remotely log into the computer using that ID.

Then, if that works, try to su to your existing ID.

Also, try a start in single user mode. See what works there. After that, try safe mode.

Interestingly, using Terminal I get the same message in the console as you, but I don't using iTerm. Perhaps you can try iTerm and see if that works. It would narrow the issue down to the specific applications.


iOS updates and iCloud I can't remember what happens when I update my iOS: will I be asked for my iCloud password? I would like to delete my iCloud account ultimately and I guess if i didn't have an account I wouldn't be asked for the password after updating my iOS but just wondered if I will be asked while my account is active.

You will be asked for your Apple ID and Password.  Often, this is the same thing as your iCloud account but it doesn't have to be.  If you run into problems, you can contact Apple for assistance.

You can follow these instructions for how to update your iOS device.


How to add the function to change the colour of a cell on numbers after a certain date has been passed I am using Numbers on Mac and I am trying to get cells to change colour once a date has been passed, this is to keep track of warranty's of certain products, I want the cells to be green while the date in the cell is a future date and then change the red once the date in the cell has passed the current date.

How do I do this?

This is a good use for Conditional Highlighting.

Select the cells that contain your date values.
In the Inspector select the Cell tab
With all the cells still selected, click the Conditional Highlighting... button.
You will select Add a Rule...
Add rule Date is before... Date is before the date 1 days ago | Red Fill.
Add rule Date is after... Date is after the date 0 days from now | Green Fill.

Experiment with custom styles to get the look you want.  This could also be expanded with additional rules to fine tune.  For example changing the colour to Yellow if the warranty expires in the next 2 months.

For further information on how to use Conditional Formatting check out Apple's Support Documentation.


Lost hard drive space to Boot Camp Boot Camp caused ~200 GB of my 750 GB HD to disappear and I cannot re(un)-partition it through Disk Utility and when I try to reformat the storage through the terminal using:

diskutil cs resizeVolume

with the appropriate name and size this is what it tells me

The Core Storage Logical Volume UUID is 4D5406D2-B7BC-4719-AC41-DC984D4CCB53
Started CoreStorage operation
Error: -69674: The provided Core Storage logical volume has an incorrect size; you should run whole-disk repair

What else can I try and/or what should I do?  I couldn't find any answered questions that helped but please link any that you think are helpful.

EDIT (Adding what klanomath suggested in the order suggested)
My OS X is 10.11.2 (El Capitan)

Ethans-MacBook-Pro:~ Runnur$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            749.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +478.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 4D5406D2-B7BC-4719-AC41-DC984D4CCB53
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

Ethans-MacBook-Pro:~ Runnur$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 47A55214-3C57-401E-8F66-56D4E6F13A08
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    Free Space:   270018936832 B (270.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume F483D699-F77C-40C1-823F-8E57C82FEDC1
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 66FF454B-18C8-417E-AF73-118390F52AD1
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        High Level Queries:      Fully Secure
        |                        Passphrase Required
        |                        Accepts New Users
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 4D5406D2-B7BC-4719-AC41-DC984D4CCB53
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          478925357056 B (478.9 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            Revert Status:         Reboot required
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

Ethans-MacBook-Pro:~ Runnur$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
Password:
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640  1463469952      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1463879592     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1465149128           7
  1465149135          32         Sec GPT table
  1465149167           1         Sec GPT header

If Disk Utility (booted to Internet Recovery Mode) can't repair the error, there is nothing else than booting to your main volume, backing up everything to an external disk and after rebooting to Recovery Mode deleting the Logical Volume and re-adding a new one.

If that fails you have to delete the Logical Volume Group as well. Create a new one - including a new Logical Volume.

Restore your backup and boot to your main volume again.

Finally enable FileVault and encrypt your main volume.


Prevent iPhone from dialing 911 I have a family member who has dementia. Their iPhone was taken away because they kept dialing 911. I gave the family member an iPod Touch, but they really want an iPhone. I took the SIM card out of the iPhone, but discovered that it is still possible to call 911.

Is there a way to disable the 911 dialing functionality of the iPhone in the United States?

No, you cannot disable it for an US iPhone as US law requires that all cell phones be able to call 911 even if no SIM-card is inserted.

You would need to obtain a foreign iPhone. For example in the EU the emergency services are typically not dialed with 911 but rather 112.


Cannot change case of an application name I have an application called LICEcap. It's a pretty handy app that allows you to take a GIF video of your screen.

But for some reason, I cannot change the case of the app name. It comes as "licecap.app" by default and I would really like to change its name to "LICEcap.app", but it just won't let me. I can change it to any other name, but whenever I try to name it "LICEcap", it just reverts right back to its all-lowercase "licecap".

How can I fix this?

EDIT: I've discovered something else which may or may not be helpful: If I go into the package contents of the app and change the instances of "licecap" in the info.plist file into "LICEcap", it lets me rename the app to whatever uppercase/lowercase I want, but corrupts the app (Finder says I should move it to the trash).

You cannot change the name because the filesystem is case independent. It is possible to change the filesystem to case dependent, but I would not recommend this. LICEcap and licecap are the same!

As others have pointed out in the comments the easiest way is to change to another name first.

Another way is to issue the following command in Terminal

mv licecap.app LICEcap.app


Re-installing Mavericks from recovery temporarily unavailable. Also can't download a new image im having various issues with my current install of Mavericks on my mid 2009 iMac (non unibody). Including the fact that I cannot open the AppStore. I have tried multiple solutions to fix this with no success. I decided to reinstall from recovery by booting to it on startup. When I try to re-install I get a message saying that 'this item is temporarily unavailable'. I have read that this is either due to account issues or a few other issues.

My only remaining option is to do a re-install from a USB drive or dvd. I also cannot do this as I have no way to obtain the boot image due to the fact that I cannot use the AppStore.

Are there any more options available to me other than finding a bootleg copy of the image or installing from a very old version of OSX from the original purchase of the iMac?

Try getting the Mavericks Installer from a friend how can also upload it to a Google driver for you.  Then you create a bootable USB with Mavericks on it.

I did that for my friend who is in Europe while I am in USA and it worked.

Once you have the Mavericks Installer...

create Bootable USB

Format it, using Disk Utility, as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drive, named Mavericks.

This can be done from the Erase tab within the app; make sure the USB drive does not have multiple partitions (that can happen, so turn to the Partition tab to verify and correct this).

Open Terminal.

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Mavericks --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --no interaction.


resetting the terminal In the Terminal Shell menu, there are two options for reset: Hard Reset and Reset. The former clears your screen; the latter just fixes it after nasty escape sequences.

It appears that Hard Reset is equivalent to the bash builtin reset. What is Reset (the softer version) equivalent to? stty sane?

(I would like to reset my terminal after an SSH connection disconnects without clearing the screen; the menu option is working for me but I would like it to be automatic.)

Probably stty sane though there are also various reset strings that vary by terminal and the TERM type (rs1 and ilk, see terminfo(5)) that may or may not be in use, and it's hard to debug something that is usually intercepted by the terminal itself to figure out what the exact bytes are. For example Terminal.app with TERM=xterm shows different reset escape sequences than TERM=xterm-256color does:

% infocmp | grep rs'[123]'
    rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,
% echo $TERM
xterm
% TERM=xterm-256color infocmp | grep rs'[123]'
    rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec\E]104\007,
    rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,

For automatic cleanup a shell function that wraps ssh with may suffice; the following one takes efforts to try to preserve the shell exit code (which is not the same as the 16-bit exit status word actually returned by a program) and resets various things. Whether this suffices for you depends on exactly what the remote end is doing and exactly how you want to clean that up.

function ssh() {
   local ret
   command ssh "$@"
   ret=$?
   stty sane
   # (optional) reset string, see terminfo(5)
   tput rs1
   # (optional) clear junk linux likes to spam terminal title bar with
   printf "\033]2;\007"
   return $ret
}

More methods to reset the terminal.


iMovie 09, setting all clips to 'fit' mode I'm currently making an experiment that requires taking loads of pictures and then putting them into a video for analysis. However when I import them to iMovie 09, it gives the Ken Burns effect, which I don't like. I have to have the pictures in the 'fit' mode when cropping. I can change this feature manually for each picture but this takes a lot of time.

Is there a way in which I can set all the images to have the 'fit' mode? I appreciate your help.

I use iMovie version 10 but it this feature should be compatible. Drag them all to the Timeline. Press CTL+A to select them all or shift+select to select the ones you want. Then click on the crop button Press fit that's it


iOS 7: iCloud backup fails silently Like so many other people, I have an iOS 7 device that fails to backup to iCloud. Automatic backups don't occur, and I periodically get the "your iPhone has not been backed up in n weeks" message. Manual backups fail silently.

I used Xcode to look at the iPhone's console while running a manual backup, and I saw this message:

backupd[26422] <Warning>: WARNING: MobileKeyBag: _MKBBackupCheckKey: corrupt key; blob size 100, header+key size 2964429488
backupd[26422] <Warning>: WARNING: Failed to validate encryption key (protection class changed?): /var/mobile/Applications/EDED6B41-0E2A-4705-9E20-21223266C7CF/Library/googleanalytics.sql (acdcbfc20cba94afaf0d751d3cf039d68046bed5)
backupd[26422] <Warning>: WARNING: MobileKeyBag: MKBBackupCopyKey: Failed to rewrap
backupd[26422] <Warning>: INFO: Not retrying after unrecoverable error: Missing encryption key for file (MBErrorDomain/209)
backupd[26422] <Warning>: ERROR: Backup failed: Missing encryption key for file (MBErrorDomain/209)

So there is a specific file for a specific app which makes the entire backup fail. This matches one of the folk remedies suggested in the numerous threads on this issue in support forums: disable backing up all apps, then do a binary search to find out which one causes the backup to fail.

I thought it would be better to find a simpler solution. I couldn't figure out which app corresponds to that path in the filesystem, but the "Failed to validate encryption key (protection class changed?)" made me think that perhaps deleting the existing backup (from the iOS 6 days) might make things work again.

It actually made things worse: now I get a few screens' worth of messages like these:

backupd[26468] <Warning>: WARNING: MobileKeyBag: MKBBackupCopyKey: Failed to rewrap
backupd[26468] <Warning>: INFO: Encryption key not found for protected file: /var/mobile/Applications/68655AB4-A485-47BF-9E57-CA5BA6EB08C4/Documents/Inbox/request-8.mkdirectionsrequest (5ad7be5ccbc7c8ae2f7a0fee2a5e21bb590e2568)

I tried googling the error messages, but nothing useful turned out. That surprised me: obviously lots of people are having problems with iCloud backup, judging by all the support threads, but nobody thought to look at the logs?

Hopefully this can become the place where we actually find a solution.

My iPad had the same problem in November.  The only way I was able to fix it was to delete the most resent iCloud backup(s) from/for the troubled device until it I could complete a manual iCloud back.  As a precaution create a local back up on your computer before deleting iCloud backups(s).


I do not have a iPod. I keep seeing iTunesHelper set to automatically launch I do not have a iPod. I keep seeing iTunesHelper set to automatically launch. This is some of what I see in Console. ( I dont want to share or use remote anything. "processName":"iTunesHelper","uptime":7999},"name":"comappleosanalyticsappUsage","uuid

iTunesHelper uses little or no resources, so should not affect the operation of your Mac. IIRC, it is only used by iTunes to connect iPods and whatnot, and is not used for any other purpose.
Control over the launch of iTunesHelper at login used to be controlled from System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items tab:

If you see iTunesHelper in this list, select it, then click the minus [-] sign to remove it.
If you want to remove the app itself in iTunes 10.4 and later, it is found in the path /Applications/iTunes/Contents/MacOS/ which you can get to by right-clicking in the iTunes app to show its contents.
In iTunes 10.3 and earlier, iTunesHelper is found in /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/


Secondary click in Lion with two fingers OR bottom-right corner click I just did a clean install of Lion on my 2010 MBP. It seems as though in the system preferences for the built-in trackpad, I have the option of setting the secondary click gesture to "Click or tap with two fingers", "Click in bottom right corner", or "Click in bottom left corner".

Previous to this fresh install, I had simply upgraded from Snow Leopard where I had been able to initiate a secondary click either by a two-finger tap or a click in the bottom right corner. That setting was preserved when I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion. When I simply did a fresh install of Lion, it's now either one or the other. Not both.

Does anyone know how I can get the "both" behavior back?

Run the following six commands, by pasting them into Terminal.app. You can paste all six lines all at once. (the last two lines aren't required on older versions of OS X, but there's no harm including them) Remember to press the return key:

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadRightClick -bool true

defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.trackpadCornerClickBehavior -int 1

defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.enableSecondaryClick -bool true

defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2

defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad TrackpadRightClick -bool true

Important: now reboot your Mac.

When you log back in, you will be able to right-click both with a two-finger tap, and by clicking in the bottom right-hand corner.

Hope this helps.


Will I ever lose the apps that I've bought? Say I've bought an app for $0.99. If I delete it, and then I require that app again, do I need to pay another $0.99?

(OK, I really don't want to waste $0.99 just to try it…)

You'll have all of your apps for the life of your iTunes account, and you can download them again at any time for no charge.

The only exception is apps that have been removed from the App Store for legal reasons -- generally copyright violation of some form -- or if they're removed by Apple due to some rules violation, both of which are very rare.

Apple has been gradually improving its App Store interfaces so it's easier to determine which apps you already own. Until recently if you saw an app in the store that you already purchased the link to access it would still have the price: if you clicked it and you already owned it you'd be presented with a dialog that indicated that you'd already purchased it and asked if you just wanted to download it again.

As of now the App Store app on the iPad now intelligently replaces the price with "installed" if you have it installed (and, I believe, "install" if you've purchased it but it's not on the device), and the very latest iPhone App Store app seems to be doing it now, too. iTunes 10.3 appears to be doing it as well.


Macbook pro 13" mid-2012 not turning on, no battery leds (battery ok) My MacBook pro 13" 2012 won't boot up. The battery leds on the outside aren't indicating anything either and the charger won't show bright green or amber led.

Is my logic board the cause?

Things I've tried:

Tried a SMC reset
A different, working battery
A different, working charger
Using the MacBook without the battery connected to see if it would start up
Trying to connect the power pads on the logic board

Attached a few photos of the board and connectors.

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Not sure how many other people will encounter this, but the previous owner of this MacBook made an error while replacing either the battery status led part, or the battery itself.

When I once again tried to re-seat the battery, I saw that the cable to the led indicator was damaged. Apparently it had shifted somehow and got damaged by the outside screw of the battery. After I disconnected the cable (and eventually snipped off the damaged part of the indicator to prevent it hanging loose), the MacBook booted and is running and charging it's battery just  fine. So, if the cable in the picture is damaged and shortcircuits to the case, your Mac may not boot or do anything at all.


When restoring In-App Purchases, is there any limit to how many devices I can restore my In-App purchased content? Suppose I have multiple iOS devices, say more than 5, and I purchase a gun through In-App Purchase, after I restore my purchases, will that gun be available in all my devices, in that game?

Just want to know, if the 5 devices authorization works in this case too

Thanks

An in-app purchase confers the same rights and suchlike as a standard purchase.  But it may be confusing to get it included depnding on how you purchased it.  For iOS5 the App store has cleverly included informative info such as "install" or "installed" rather than just showing the price of an app.  I would assume that apps that use in-app purchases that are fully iOS5 updated would also show such information, but I fear that the purchase mechanism is not necessarily so controlled in terms of what it looks like.  Some apps have a "restore purchases" function, others may just list the purchases available but then not charge you when you repeat download an item (on the assumption that is is not one of those "buy 1000 credits" purchases that can be legitimately purchased multiple times) like pre iOS5 app store did.

If you purchase on one device, buy the in-app item, backup to itunes, then use it to sync the app and data (inc. purchases) out to the other devices it should work fine and be less potentially confusing.


What are the major differences between Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6)? Leopard was released 2007 and Snow Leopard was released 2 years later in 2009. They both look pretty much the same, with a few minor GUI exceptions. They almost work the same, again with a few minor exceptions. I know that the whole Finder was re-written, but I want to know more detail about the differences between the two. What are the major difference between Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6)?

I remember watching the keynote when Snow Leopard was introduced: Steve Jobs pointed out how fast Mac OS X was being improved and new features were added. Several major upgrades have been shipped, while Microsoft took years to ship Vista.
From the beginning, Snow Leopard had the focus on improving the overall system performance and optimizing already implemented features. Also, cleanup was required as PowerPC support was dropped.
Because no major end user related features have been added, it's been widely assumed that this is why the price dropped from $129 to $29.
Changes:

support for 64-bit applications (you can also boot the kernel in 64-bit mode if supported)
Grand Central Dispatch helps to get more out of your multi core processor.
OpenCL offers GPU hardware acceleration for any application.
PowerPC support was dropped.
Microsoft Exchange Support for Mail, iCal, Address Book.
QuickTime X (full screen view, http live streaming...)
Safari introduced Top Sites, Cover Flow and sandboxing for plug-ins.
Anti-malware alerts.
Finder rewritten in Cocoa.


Disk Utility not opening in Mavericks I had used a Seagate external HD as Time Machine back up for a year or so. Since I got a gift of a better EHD now I wanted to erase all data in the old EHD. I thought a simple Format through Disk Utility would be easy.

Recently I updated my MacBook Pro 15″ into Mavericks. Today when I tried to open Disk Utility, it did not open, with the following error:

  You can't use this version of the application "Disk Utility" with this version of OS X. You have "Disk Utility" 13.

Where shall I find Disk Utility suitable for Mavericks? Is there any other easy procedure to empty my EHD?

It appears that Disk Utility.app has been replaced by an incorrect version, or you are attempting to open a Disk Utility from a different installation of OS X. Make sure that you are opening Disk Utility from /Applications/Utilities and not from any other volume.

You can replace Disk Utility by re-installing OS X, which will replace all Apple apps in /Applications with new versions from the installation media.

Alternatively, you can use a Time Machine backup or other backup media to obtain a replacement copy of Disk Utility.

If you have a second computer with exactly the same version of OS X, you can copy it from that computer into the same location on the first computer. Once you have done this, boot into the Recovery HD with ⌘R and Repair Disk Permissions to ensure that the app has the proper permissions.


Connect to Screen Sharing (VNC) using Debian/Ubuntu? I'm trying to connect to a Screen Sharing service using Remmina in Debian, but it doesn't seem to connect.

But now I'm not sure now if this is possible? @DavidAnderson says:

  "What make you think Screen Sharing is compatible with VNC?"

The firewall is currently disabled. The port is definitely open. And Screen Sharing was enabled remotely using this command.

sudo  /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd -restart -agent -privs -all

Is it possible to connect to an Apple Screen Sharing service using Debian or Ubuntu? If yes, how?

sh-3.2# system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 17.5.0
      Boot Volume: lily
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: lily’s MacBook Air
      User Name: System Administrator (root)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled

Yes, it is possible to connect to an OS X host using VNC.

It seems, however, that your method of turning it on from the command line doesn't work.

Instead, try

sudo defaults write \
/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist \
com.apple.screensharing -dict Disabled -bool false
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

To test it I'd install telnet one the host Mac (you can do it with homebrew - brew install telnet and then try telnet localist 5900 which should get a connection. Then try the same from your Debian box. Once you know you can get a connection from the Debian box try your VNC client.


Unable to clear formatting in Notes app I'm trying to get into using the Notes app for just keeping track of my thoughts while I'm working. As I'm typing away I might decide to make some text in italics and then later revert back to normal text. You know, absolutely barebones basic rich text editing.

The trouble is that when I try to turn off italics (or bold, underline, or whatever) and continue typing the text still shows up in italics. The Format->Font menu shows that the formatting has been turned off and yet when I type more text it still shows up with formatting.

Has anyone had this problem? Any ideas on how to make the damned app work properly?

edit: Italics seems to be the main culprit here, I can usually turn of other formatting styles, but once I've triggered italics it won't go back to normal text unless a open a different note and then come back to the one I was editing.

I have seen this too. I work around it by always pressing enter a few times before starting any new note. Then I go back to the start. When the formatting gets stuck I can just move down to a blank line and there will be no formatting.


How to get old Spotlight Search View back for Yosemite? I do not like Yosemite's default Spotlight search.
It is in the middle of screen and I can see very little outputs at once.
It is so much helpful when it is full screen.

Example of the window which has limited height and central location:

How can you change the location be at the top right corner and height of the hits full height?

As of today there is no way to move/resize the spotlight window or to rollback to the previous spotlight (as seen on older OSXs)

I would suggest giving a feedback to Apple about this.


Is there a way to completely reset / regenerate Quick Look preferences (system-wide)? Quick Look fails to work on many file types that actually have Quick Look plugins and I fear that some file clobbering has occurred during my last two OS upgrades.

When Quick Look fails, the Quick Look preview is a blank page with:

foo<TITLE></HEAD....

Has anyone else run into this issue?

From the CLI

qlmanage -r will reset the Quick Look cache.


Mac Air OS X Mountain Lion - mounting NFS "dscl" freezes system permanently I set out to execute the following steps on OS X Mountain Lion to mount an NFS share-

create

sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSLinkDir /Volumes/share
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSOpts resvport ro nosuid
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSType nfs
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo RecordName nfs.example.com:/srv/share

verify

sudo dscl . -list /Mounts
sudo dscl . -read /Mounts/nfs.example.com:/srv/share

After creating, when I tried to list the mounts, my mac air stopped responding. On restart, when I log on to my account, it freezes on a finder window without loading anything else. I can't seem to kill it or start task manager or do anything else.

I can log on to the guest account but not with my own account.

When you ask to mount an NFS volume this way, "hard"(the default), the computer will try to mount the volume and keep trying (to the exclusion of all else) because it thinks that this volume is critical for system operation.  You need to tell the computer that this volume is not needed to run the system.  The way you do this is to tell it to mount "soft".  While you at it, it helps to include the "intr" option (Allow signals to interrupt an NFS call. Useful for aborting when the server doesn't respond).

So in your command above you need to add soft and intr, like this:

sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSOpts resvport intr soft ro nosuid

You may want to explore these options too, depending on your application they may be useful:

nolocks locallocks wsize=32768 rsize=32768 timeo=900 retrans=3 proto=tcp nfc

Finally, you may be missing a RecordType declaration.  I'm not sure if this is created automatically for you, if it is not already there add it by:

sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo RecordType dsRecTypeStandard:Mounts

Good luck.


Cannot finish first backup with Time Machine My first Time Machine backup systematically fails when it is about to finish.

I looked at the system logs and I have these errors:

Failed to unmount '/Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time Machine' (disk2s2), dissenter: {
    DAProcessID = 263;
    DAStatus = 49168;
} with status: 49168 (null)

Failed to eject 'disk2' using DiskArb, dissenter: {
    DAStatus = 49168;
} with status: 49168 (null)

Failed to eject 'disk2' (using ioctl), error: 16 Resource busy

Failed to remove directory '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.TimeMachineFolder-28BD73CD-4059-43D4-B1BE-0CA9C98D5EFD', error: 16 Resource busy

I have macOS 10.14.6 (18G103)

Any idea of the problem?

Anecdotally, after having seen similar several times, two things to try; one free, the other paid.

First clear down any stray local backups, from Terminal.

tmutil listlocalsnapshots / will list them.
tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 1000000000000 1 will pretty aggressively cull them.

List again afterwards & make sure only one or two remain, & that none of them are tagged dataless.

Try running Time Machine again.

If still no joy, then the only way I've ever found to fix this is to run DiskWarrior on the Time Machine drive. Apple's Disk Utility never seems to work.
Fortunately, TM drives must be HFS+, as Disk Warrior cannot yet handle APFS.


Why is iOS 5 draining my battery so fast? My wife's phone went from lasting a full day to needing a recharge every few hours after upgrading to iOS 5.   Mine still works fine after the upgrade.  What might be causing this?

I think I've found the answer for my case. Location services were completely innocent, and I've returned them to default settings. My phone synchronises with a Zimbra server, set up as an Exchange account. The update enabled sync of Reminders, but the Reminder sync didn't work. Removing Reminder sync from the Exchange account setup has stopped the battery level dropping while I watch.

My general advice is to check your mail accounts to see if anything new is being synchronised, and then disable it if you're not using it.

Edit: added image showing Reminders control.


Using same Apple ID with two of our phones, can they be linked My boyfriend and I are using the same Apple ID on both of our phones. I just want know how can I link my phone to his?

Without jailbreak no.

Even if you're using the same Apple ID on both devices, you can't get the same SMS and call (and also call logs) of the other device, because this two things depends from the telephone number and they're recorded on the device that received the message / call.

Probably you'll get the iMessage on both devices because they works differently, so every device logged with the same ID will get all the messages, but deletion are not synchronized.

Apple ID is used to keep settings, app and profile settings synced across Apple devices.


Inserting a file in microsoft word 2011 I want to insert/embed a file in the Word Document. If i go to, Insert -> File and then select the file, it inserts the text present in that file. But i want to display it as only an icon.

If i got to Insert -> Object -> From File -> Check the Display as Icon -> Select the file, it displays an error, "The sever application, source file or item cannot be found. Make sure that application is properly installed, and that it has not been deleted, moved or renamed".

How do I make it work? Is it possible?

If you use Insert->Object, Word tries to insert the file as an OLE object. This only works if Word knows how to handle the type of file you are inserting. The error message seems to indicate that Word doesn't know this.
What kind of file is it? Do you have an application on your system that can open this file?
Also note that this link will only work on the computer you're working on now. When you transfer the Word document to another computer, the link will break.


Cannot print anymore since upgrade to Macos 10.13.6 I was using Macos 10.13.4.

When I upgraded to Macos 10.13.6, I noticed my print jobs got stuck in the print queue so I deleted those print jobs and then I installed a newer version of the printer driver from Ricoh: http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/rc3/model/mpc3004ex/mpc3004ex.htm

and I recreated a new printer called Test1.

Now, I can print some small pdf files but I cannot print this 45 page pdf file: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/053.pdf because the print job is stuck from half an hour :

Cups says this on http://localhost:631/printers/Test1 :

Test1-536   Unknown     Withheld    3550k   Unknown     processing since
Fri Jul 27 13:17:17 2018
"Copying print data."

$ lpr -P Test1 053.pdf
$ lpq -P Test1 +2
Test1 is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  mansfel 536     053.pdf                         3635200 bytes
Test1 is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  mansfel 536     053.pdf                         3635200 bytes
Test1 is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  mansfel 536     053.pdf                         3635200 bytes
....

Can you help me ?

EDIT1 : Cups WebInterface is enabled

EDIT2 : The job is stuck for half an hour :

$ time lpq -P Test1 +2
Test1 is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  mansfel 536     053.pdf                         3635200 bytes
Test1 is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  mansfel 536     053.pdf                         3635200 bytes
Test1 is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  mansfel 536     053.pdf                         3635200 bytes
....
Test1 is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  mansfel 538     053.pdf                         3635200 bytes
Test1 is ready and printing
lpq: Undefined error: 0

real    29m4.571s
user    0m4.278s
sys     0m4.707s

EDIT3 : Test1 is connected to a Ricoh MP C3004ex printer via the lpd protocol.

EDIT4 : Cups GUI (http://localhost:631/) listens to the ipp port but not the printer server (x.y.z.t) :

$ netcat -v -z -w 5 x.y.z.t 631
islande [x.y.z.t] 631 (ipp): Operation timed out

The printer server (x.y.z.t) listens on the LPD port :

$ netcat -v -z -w 5 x.y.z.t 515
islande [x.y.z.t] 515 (printer) open

EDIT5: I need to check my loptions, but I cannot do this because I don't have the MacBook anymore as my internship is finished.

I had kind of the same issue with an epson printer, and I tried several times to make it work by downloading driver from different websites with non results. The solution is downloading even an "old" drive from the apple support website https://support.apple.com/downloads/drivers and It really does work. I wasn't really sure at first because it didn't said that support Mac Sierra but in the end it worked perfectly!!!


Launch Agent not running Bash File I have a bash script imagecopy.sh that backups images which are located in a subdirectory with a prepended date string: this works perfectly fine when I execute it from the directory it resides in - /Users/danny/Library/Caches/.

The script is

#!/usr/bin/env bash
cat himawaripy/latest.png > himawaripy/output/$(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S").png

I have also added the directory where the script is located to my $PATHusing nano .profile and confirmed this using echo $PATH.

/Users/danny/Library/Caches:/Users/danny/anaconda/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin

I would like to run the bash script periodically using a LaunchAgent, located in /Users/danny/Library/LaunchAgents.

The LaunchAgent file com.user.imagecopier.plistreferences the script location by the lines..

..other code

<key>Program</key>
<string>imagecopy.sh</string>

...etc

I presume there is a mistake linking the LaunchAgent file to the script, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: Updated LaunchAgent File as Suggested

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.user.imagecopier</string>

  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/Users/danny/Library/Caches/imagecopy.sh</string>
  </array>

  <key>Nicer</key>
  <integer>1</integer>

  <key>StartInterval</key>
  <integer>60</integer>

  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>

</dict>
</plist>

To store a shell script in a Caches folder is very uncommon!
If you use absolute paths in your script and the plist you don't have to add obscure paths to your PATH variable.

Clean up your .profile/.bash_profile file and remove the /Users/danny/Library/Caches: part!

Create a bin folder in your user folder and put in a script with the name imagecopy.sh. The content of the script is:

#!/bin/sh
cp /Users/danny/Library/Caches/latest.png /Users/danny/Documents/output/$(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S").png

Create an appropriate output folder. In the example above I use ~/Documents/output.

Create the file /Users/danny/Library/LaunchAgents/com.user.imagecopier.plist with the content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.user.imagecopier</string>
    <key>Nicer</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/Users/danny/bin/imagecopy.sh</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.user.imagecopier.stderr</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.user.imagecopier.stdout</string>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>60</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

The file /tmp/com.user.imagecopier.stderr will show any error (e.g. if the output folder is missing or no latest.png is available)

Load the file with:

launchctl load -w /Users/danny/Library/LaunchAgents/com.user.imagecopier.plist

If the launch agent works properly you can remove the part

    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.user.imagecopier.stderr</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.user.imagecopier.stdout</string>

of the plist.


Rogue calendar event I have just had a mysterious thing happen: a calendar event has appeared out of nowhere.

At more or less the same time I received a similar email:

Now I am used to email spam, but how on earth has this calendar event infiltrated my machine?

I haven't opened any email attachment. Mail can't have opened an email attachment on my behalf, as that above email is the only email I've received today; it contains a single image attachment (not particularly exciting). I think this must be a red herring, as I had to specifically instruct Mail to display the image, and I only did this after receiving the calendar event.

And this calendar event appeared completely of its own volition. I was just staring at some document I have open in Preview.

Is my machine compromised?  Does it have some door open that should be closed?

I have never before had any anomalous occurrence in seven years of using Apple machines. What is going on here?

π

PS Also I have never used the calendar application.  I did purchase this machine second-hand about three months ago, so maybe something is left over from the previous user, but the machine came to me with a seemingly fresh OS X installation, so it seems unlikely.

Your Calendar must be set to automatically accept invitations from email.
CHECK FOR THIS SETTING:

Automatically retrieve CalDAV invitations from Mail
Select this checkbox to have Calendar get event invitations from Mail.

Go to Preferences in your Calendar and turn it off. (for now)

Next, set junk filtering in your Gmail.
Also block this specific user.
Just to make sure, change your Gmail password.
Clean all Internet saved browsing (the history) including cookies.
Then run a virus scanner to finalize.
Once you are sure you got your Gmail account under control with decent junk filtering, you can turn the auto Calendar invites on, if you wish to use it.
If there is a leftover from previous owner, check the Delegation set up in Calendar, by clicking on the EDIT. There should be no names in there.


How can I release and renew my DHCP lease from Terminal? From the Terminal, how can I release and renew my DHCP lease?

Currently, I'm doing the following for the wireless interface, but I'm wondering if there's a better way:

sudo ifconfig en1 down
sudo ifconfig en1 up

For the wired interface, replace en1 with en0.

This can also be achieved with the following two commands :

sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP
sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP

You can alias the two together in your bash profile:

alias renew="sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP && sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP"

So then you just have one command called renew that will release and renew your DHCP.


Keep bootable backup with rsync I've ditched Carbon Copy Cloner now that it went commercial, well I felt guilty about using a closed source application anyways.

What rsync options do you prefer when maintaining your bootable backups?

rsync -avhHXR --delete --progress --hfs-compression --protect-decmpfs --stats --exclude=/Volumes / /Volumes/Backup

Just by way of explanation : Any large recursive backup wants the archive option -a of course.  And ideally the -H option for hard-links.  We need -R and --exclude=/Volumes since we're using / as the source.  We want --delete to delete files not present on the source.  All the option -vh, --progress, and --stats only impact the display. And -X, --hfs-compression, and --protect-decmpfs preserve various HFS+ features.

Add a -n for testing before running the actual backup of course.

Just a few questions :

In Linux, you might want -S for sparse files, but afaik HFS+ lacks sparse files anyways.  I'd leave out -A too since HFS+ lacks acls too.  I presume that's correct?

Are there any benefits to --inplace?  Would it reduce wear?  It's slightly risky if the transfer breaks perhaps.  It conflicts with -S in Linux, btw.

Am I missing anything particularly useful here?

Anything about making a new disk bootable that isn't bootable already?

Just found an open source backup script Counterpart (jedda.me) which does exactly this, seemingly does stuff CCC misses too.


IPod Touch says it's disabled for 22,768,662 minutes I have an iPod Touch that says it is disabled and to try again in 22,768,662 minutes.  I really don't have 42 years to wait.  I need to access this iPod Touch and the material inside it without factory resetting it.  Please help?

You can fix it by syncing with iTunes then restoring, just follow this handy guide.


TV Style remote that can be mapped to keypresses For a project I'm working on I need to get people to interact with a mac using a TV Style Remote.

I want to map some of the buttons (Left, Right, Up, Down, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Select) to simulate keypresses.

Can anyone point me in the direction of something that might be suitable for a machine running Snow Leopard. I've seen several solutions targeting at Windows MCE but none of them have had Mac support.

The standard apple remote, or an iPod/iPad remote app aren't suitable for this project.

I've just found Remote Buddy from http://www.iospirit.com/

It looks like it will do what I'm looking for and works with a wide range of hardware.

I'll try to pick up a compatible remote and see how I get on.


In Safari, there is a lag for the Open Location and New Tab shortcuts. I started noticing this about a month ago that when I hit CMD+L or CMD+T, there is about a second or so lag to when it actually does something.

I verified it's not a memory problem, as it happens after a restart. Internet searches didn't come up with anything.

I'm using OS X 10.10.3 and Safari 8.0.6.

Launch "Console" and have it running side by side with Safari. See if entries about "IMKServer" appear when the delay happens:
If you see similar entries try following below: https://gist.github.com/wkrsz/3d5ff7f908a180b87498
Steps from the article:

Reboot into system restore mode (+R immediately after boot)
Navigate to Utilities > Terminal
Enter the command csrutil disable
Reboot
Open Terminal
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false && launchctl remove $(launchctl list | grep -oE 'com.apple.PressAndHold.+$')
sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/Input\ Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/MacOS/PressAndHold
Reboot
You can choose reboot back into restore mode and issue crsutil enable again to re-enable rootless mode.

It's originally from Github user squeeb: https://gist.github.com/squeeb/5a9dd082cae1b2d753a0 – I just forked the article to fix a typo in one command.


Is there a way to install/hack iMessage onto Lion/10.7? My machine (MacBookPro2,2) doesn't support 10.8 and I would rather hold back on doing the upgrade (possible with hacks). So is it possible to stay on 10.7/Lion and get iMessage working?

Since the Messages beta has ended, it is no longer offered for download on the website however the download link direct to the .dmg still works:

Messages beta direct download.

I don't expect this to continue indefinitely.

A more permanent option would be to try and copy the Messages.app from a Mountain Lion install on another computer to your OS X Lion applications folder. Let us know if that works for you.


Does adding Yosemite Tags to a File change its MD5 Signature? I have a cloud backup system that relies on MD5 hash signatures for de-duplication.

Does adding OSX tags to a file change its MD5 hash?

EDIT: I did some testing and got mixed results depending on the filetype/app used. So not sure if the tag itself is making a difference or something else change by the app.

I ran md5 file in Terminal.app, applied a tag to file, and re-ran md5. The hash returned was the same. Without knowing your exact setup it's impossible to know for sure, but it looks like you're OK.


How to insert the document to the end of the Word doc instead of the beginning? I have finally figured out how to insert a Word document in to another Word document using AppleScript, but the code below adds it at the beginning of the document instead of the end (assuming, of course, that there is text in the receiving document to begin with).

on AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc(FilePath)
    tell application "Microsoft Word"
        set ContTemp to content of text object
        set StartRange to (count of ContTemp) - 1
        set endrange to StartRange
        set theRange to create range start StartRange end endrange
        tell theRange
            insert file at end file name (FilePath as text)
        end tell
    end tell
end AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc

Can anyone please tell me how to add the document to the end of the document instead? What am I doing wrong?

Use the end of content property the get the end position of the text object.

Here's the script, tested on Microsoft Word Version 16.13

set FilePath to choose file
my AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc(FilePath)

on AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc(FilePath)
    set f to FilePath as text
    tell application "Microsoft Word"
        set StartRange to (end of content of text object of active document) - 1
        set theRange to create range (active document) start StartRange end StartRange
        insert file at after theRange file name f with confirm conversions
    end tell
end AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc

An alternative to a range, you can use after last character of active document, like this

on AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc(FilePath)
    set f to FilePath as text
    tell application "Microsoft Word"
        insert file at (after last character of active document) file name f with confirm conversions
    end tell
end AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc


Installing ffmpeg on mac os 10.9 I had ffmpeg 3.3.4 working very well on my system, then I force uninstalled all versions of ffmpeg including the version above while meddling with a dependency for another application.

Now, I cannot brew install ffmpeg because it  is a 4.0.2 version which gives an error about using macOS 10.9

How can I get back ffmpeg on Mavericks?

This is what I am trying right now:

curl https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-3.4.4.tar.xz | tar xz
cd ffmpeg-3.4.4
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.4.4 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable
make
sudo make install
brew link ffmpeg

The problem is configure command is not working, what should be the correct configure command. Any guidance for getting back ffmpeg on Mavericks?

This one worked for me.

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.4.4 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-x86asm


Manage external USB drive in iTunes as if it was an iPod Is there any way to manage an external USB drive in iTunes as if it was an iPod? Specifically, have it appear as a device in iTunes, and be able to specify which playlists, etc., should be synced to it.

The use case is managing a USB stick that I use in my car. Currently, I have a smart playlist that I want synced to it, and every time I want to make an update, I delete all the files on the USB stick and then copy the playlist over, which is far from ideal.

The venerable Doug’s Scripts for iTunes has many AppleScript to export and export/convert songs in case you wanted them to be MP3 or re-encoded when you export them. Also available is an inexpensive app to automate this even better than the scripts:

https://dougscripts.com/apps/m3unifyapp.php


iPhone 4 battery life on Wifi all day I want to ask what is the average life of your iPhone 4 running iOS 5, with Wifi turn on, and what you are doing is just surfing through Safari. I'm getting 1 percent decrease every 3 minutes.

When actively browsing, that's not unusual.  1% every three minutes is 5 hours, which is expected if you've got the display on and using the wifi for browsing.

If it dropped 1% every three minutes with the display off, then you're likely running a background process that uses wifi and/or the GPS (turn by turn directions, running tracker, online streaming music, etc).


IPad deleted from Apple ID and now I can't reset it I am trying to erase my daughter's IPad but I deleted it from my Apple account.  It still shows I am logged in to my Apple ID on the IPad but when I try to erase all content and settings I get "Verification Failed There was an error connecting to the Apple ID server."  How do I fix this?

Do you get to the part of the setup where the device asks for the Apple ID used to setup the device and the password or says activation lock?  If so then the device is still likely connected to the Apple ID that was used to set up the device.  If you log into the Apple ID website and remove the device or remove it from the account on another device in settings, that does not remove activation lock.  You have to erase the device via iCloud.com or the Find My [Device] app to remove activation lock/Find My Device.  You can also try setting up while connected to a computer with iTunes on it to try and get past the verification error in case it happens to be a problem with your internet connection.


Can I take GoPro videos that I have imported on to my iPad and later put them on my MacBook Pro? I travel a lot and I use a memory card reader on my iPad to import my GoPro videos and pictures while I am traveling just because it is easier than bringing my whole MacBook along with me. Can I then later take those videos and put them onto my MacBook? I basically use my iPad as a temporary storage device that way I can get them on my MacBook to edit them and upload them appropriately (hopefully). Appreciate any help!

vkvau is essentially correct, when you sync your iPad to your Mac iPhoto should open and give you the option of importing all/selected pictures/videos and then an option to delete them.

It's all quite easy and exactly as the iPad was designed to work.


Disable word prediction in Macbook touchbar There are plenty of questions on how to disable the touch bar on a Mac, but I am only interested in disabling the text prompts. I find them visually distracting and would like them removed, but do not wish to change the touchbar to only function keys. Any ideas?

Text prediction can be disabled in Settings > Keyboard > Text and disabling Touch Bar typing suggestions.


How to Lock apps using FingerPrint in iPhone Can we lock other apps (eg.Facebook, Twitter) with fingerprint using Xcode.

No you can't, as you can't handle access over other apps then your own app.


Permanently mapping a network drive on MacBook Pro? THE QUESTIONS:

How can I make my MacBook Pro automatically mount a network share when it wakes up?
How can I make sure that when it is mounted it is mapped to the same path (/Volumes...)

MY SETUP:

I have a MacBook Pro running the latest OS X, and I also have a NAS in the house. From Finder I connected the NAS to my MacBook, and it shows up in the shared drives on the Finder bar together with all the other links (like Desktop, All my files...etc.). I also have a password saved in my keychain, so I do not have to type it in.

THE PROBLEM IN DETAIL:

This network share is not mounted automatically, i.e. I have to click on the link in Finder to get it mounted (on /Volumes/...), otherwise other programs do not see it. When my MacBook sleeps it will be automatically dismounted though but not mounted again when I wake the computer up. Even worse, after manual mounting with a click in Finder, the path at /Volumes will be a different one, so some programs lose the path.

WHY IT IS ANNOYING:

A prime example is Adobe Lightroom (LR):  I keep lots of photos on the NAS share, and LR add these photos to its database found on the MacBook's local drive. But it does not copy the files over from the network share just links to each of them and generates a (much smaller size) thumbnails. Now when the MacBook wakes up, and I go to LR, the drive does not exist, it is not mounted. I have to go to finder, click and mount it, then back to LR where now I can see it. But sometimes the mounting associates the share with a new path, so the old share show lost links in the database, and I have to re-add the photos to LR, under the new path, just to lose it again next time when the Mac sleeps.

This must be an issue for others too, anybody figured it out?

The answer somewhat depends on how the drive is being mounted in the first place.

For example, my AirPort Extreme has a USB drive attached. The Drive Name is 'CrashPlanExtreme' and the AirPort Extreme is (un-creatively) called "Airport-Extreme.local." so I can mount the drive using this command:

open afp://Airport-Extreme.local./CrashPlanExtreme

However, I think I had better success with this:

open -g -a Finder "afp://Airport-Extreme.local./CrashPlanExtreme"

It would be helpful if you mount the drive manually, then go to Terminal.app and enter this command:

mount | egrep '^/'

then add the output to your question.

Once we determine the correct Terminal command to mount the drive, the rest is simply a matter of writing a script that runs when you log in (easily accomplished using launchd) and when the computer wakes from sleep (easily accomplished using the free and excellent sleepwatcher.)


Spotlight can't see renamed label in Lion Spotlight has an operator, -label, that lets you search for files with a certain color label applied (e.g. Red, Green.) A dropdown auto-populates with label colors when you type the operator into a Finder window find box.

I have renamed a label ("Red" to "Followup"), and it no longer appears as an option in that dropdown. I've run mdutil -E / to rebuild my Spotlight index, but no luck.

I'm running OS X Lion (10.7.2), though I just started using labels, so this may go back a ways. (An aside: in my research it seems there's a strange mixing of Spotlight operators in the form -<operator> and <operator>:.)

Ideas?

It's a little convoluted, but I've found a workaround. The renamed label is still not appearing with the -label operator autocomplete, but you can search for it another way.

In a Finder window, choose File > Find
In the criterion dropdown (defaults to "Kind"), select Other... and enable File Label
Select the File Label criterion and all the colors will be available


How do I keep an application running after logout? I would like my bit torrent client to continue sharing data even after my session times out and goes to the login screen. Running Lion.

If you need to logout so that another user can use the computer, you can enable Fast User Switching. The other user will be able to use the Mac, while your program still runs.


Using the ALT key in Windows with Parallels I need Windows for my development environment on my Mac. I use Alt-U and Alt-S a lot in this software. I can't do this on my Mac. Is there a way to send the Alt key presses to the virtual machine?

Alt-U shows the Accessibility Utility Manager. Pressing Alt-S just types an "s". At work on Windows XP, neither of these behaviors happen.

I was able to get the desired effect by holding down the ctrl+alt keys, then releasing just the ctrl key to use the alt function.

Hurrah! No editing keyboard preferences required. Hope this helps someone else too.


Can I re-format OS X drive without removing it from my MacBook Pro? I've got a mid 2012 MacBook Pro (non-retina) with a removable HD (Machine A). I want to perform a clean install of OS X El Capitan 10.11 on the HD, for which I have an install USB stick made.

Normally to do this I would:

Remove the HD from the Machine A.
Put it in a HD enclosure.
Plug the HD enclosure into another machine (Machine B).
Run disk utility on Machine B to wipe the HD in the enclosure.
Take the HD out of the enclosure and put it back into Machine A.
Boot machine A into my installer USB and install OS X 10.11 from there.

I don't have a HD enclosure at hand and wondered if I can instead:

Turn-off machine A.
Link machine B and machine A by cable. (What cable spec?)
Run disk utility on machine B to reformat the drive on Machine A.
Perform task 6 from above.

Would that work? What cable should I use?

You don’t need to remove the HDD and no need for second Mac.

Boot the MacBook Pro from the USB stick (that you made with OS X El Capitan 10.11)
Using Disk Utilities in the Tools menu, you can reformat the hard drive as part of the installation process.

To boot using the USB, restart your MacBook and press and hold the Option key and Select the USB drive to boot.

Note: you are operating (using OS X) from the USB


When I click and delete a message, how does Mail.app decide which to select next? In Mail.app (8.2 on Yosemite 10.10.3), when I click a message in the list (preview is on the right) and delete it (using keyboard or mouse), it seems quite random as to whether Mail will move the selection to the message above the one I just deleted:

or the one below:

This often results in my deleting a bunch of messages I didn't mean to as I click the top of a list of e.g. build notifications and hit delete multiple times, expecting it to work down through this list, but instead it moves upwards.

I've tried various things - for example I thought it seemed to correlate with my most recent keyboard navigation in the list - if I hit up arrow, then click a mail, then hit delete it would move up, but it's not consistently that either.

Anyone got an explanation, and preferably a solution?

EDIT: here's a video of it happening. I start a sequence by hitting up arrow and pressing delete, then going click-delete repeatedly, and at the end of the video, the selection changes direction: http://youtu.be/hKq7qA3UgaM

When you click with the mouse button on an item directly above or below the currently selected one, Mail behaves the same way as it would with the down and up arrows on the keyboard.

When you hit the down or up key to select the next item in the list, Mail is programmed so that it remembers your "working direction". Which means when you move the selection one item downwards and delete that item, the selection moves to the next item below the currently deleted item. So this also happens when you click with the mouse on the first item below the currently selected one, which is the case in your video.


iCal event invite colors I receive ical event invites from my boss all time. Once I accept the invite and it goes to the ical on my mac, the color of the event changes into the default blue on my mac. My question is, how do I keep the original color of the invite reflect on my calendar? For example, if the color of the event on my boss' mac was orange, how do I keep it's orange color once I accept the invite and it appears on my calendar?

I think that's not possible. When you accept an invitation you can choose one of your calendars (which can have different colors) to add the appointment. If you don't choose a calendar it will go to your default calendar.

So the only work around I can think of, is to create the same calendars that your boss has, and then select the appropriate one when you receive an invitation.


Troubleshooting a MacBook Pro that is not charging from power My MacBook Pro isn't charging, the light on the charger isn't lit, and the battery image indicates it is not charging .

The computer is approximately a year old. I've tried multiple outlets, so I know that's not the problem. The connectors look clean, but I cleaned them with a toothpick just to make sure. What can I do?

Thanks!

It sounds to me like a hardware failure. I've seen a couple others fail. I would recommend taking it to the Genius bar - they may replace the power supply for free (don't bank on it though). I believe they replaced my brother's free.

Are there any other power supplies around that you could test? If not, it will be tested at the Apple store


Does not boot (endless spinning) A friend of mine has forgot her password to a newly bought Macbook Pro, Lion.

I've reset the password like described here by booting to single-user mode and deleting /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
The Mac booted fine and started asking for all the registration details.
After everything was entered, it goes back to the beginning, asking
to fill the address etc. AGAIN AND AGAIN, endlessly.
After entering it several times I turned it off (by holding down the power key)
and now it does not boot at all. Grey screen and endless spinning
wheel.

It still boots to single-user mode, and I tried the fsck command, but it says "the volume macintosh hd could not be repaired".

I also tried resetting the NVRAM / PRAM - does not help.

PS. I'm mostly a PC guy, and I know very little about Macs, so please be very precise on what I should do :)

Newly purchased Macs come with 90 days of complimentary AppleCare phone and web support (as well as walk in service at all Apple retail stores).

You will want to follow the internet recovery steps to erase the drive and reinstall the operating system once you have ascertained that no data (pictures, documents, etc...) exist only on that Mac.

Here is the script you will be following in a nut shell:

power off the mac
boot with Command and R held down
select Disk Utility to repair or erase and re-format the drive (GUID partition scheme and Mac OS Extended (journaled) format for the volume.
download and install Lion from the internet recovery
attempt again to set up the mac

Do consider that a hardware failure could cause things to not work as intended - a call to Apple is the fastest way to get that sorted for someone that isn't used to isolating issues on hardware.


How to make your email signature work well with iOS 8 data detectors in mail? I have noticed that with iOS 8, that some mails come up with the 'contact information' at the top of the mail. This is super handy when you want to quickly add a new contact from the e-mail.

The problem is that my signature does not trigger this 'contact information' to come up. I have seen other signatures where only some of the information is filled in inside of the new contact.

Is there a definition somewhere of how these detectors work, so that a signature can be crafted to properly pre-fill that newly created contact?

Apple don't seem to have documented which signature formats iOS data detection will recognise as far as I can tell. All I can tell you is that the following signature format seems to work.

John Smith

T: +44 (0) 141 123 4567
E: john.smith@example.com


Change search Google in Safari to use Firefox Cmd+Shift+L searches for the selected text in Google using Safari. Can I change this to use Firefox instead?

You can create a new service with automator, use the "Run Shell Script" action, and use:
open -a FireFox "http://www.google.com/search?q=$1"
as the shell script text, then save it as "Open with Firefox" or whatever you like.
-or-
follow this summary from this thread:

Download and Install OnMyCommand/OMCEdit

Open OMCEdit

Click on "Download Commands" then "Download"

Go in "Command Library"

Choose #22 and click on "Append to Command"

Change the name if you want (in "Command Name")

Write " Top Level " in location if you don't want a sub-menu, or choose a name for the sub-menu ("In On My Command" is the default)

Save

You're done!


How to disable "split view"? Is it possible to bring back simple window maximize button as it was before and when holding option to use split view?

You cannot change that function of Full Screen button to, but there is simple workaround. Go to Keyboard Preference Pane > Shortcuts > App Shotcuts > + > All Applications, and Menu Title to Zoom/Maximise, choose a shortcut of your preference. Now you can use that shortcut to mimic the behaviour of "old" Maximise button.


Yosemite Server: Spotlight from client I just bought a Mac mini to use as our office server (Yosemite).

How can I search the shared folders with Spotlight from my client iMac?

I tried to connect via SMB and AFP (Go > Connect to Server > afp://192.168.178.44). I tried to use Mavericks (my iMac) and my MacBook Air with 10.10 installed.

When I use Spotlight on the server itself, Spotlight will find my test file. The files I am searching for are on a new partition (/Volumes/HD2/dir/sharedfolder/).

I even have added Spotlight as user user and group to my shared folder (Icon with one person and two persons on it).

mdutil -s /Volumes/* (from a client terminal) says

/Volumes/team:
    Server search enabled.

Hope for some help :-) I bought an OSX server because just of Spotlight. Before we used a NAS and needed a better search.

You don't need a Mac running OS X Server in order to take advantage of Spotlight.  Personally, I have a Synology NAS with AFP, SMB and NFS shares that Spotlight has indexed.  (I do avoid SMB because it is much slower than AFP or NFS)

From the client (iMac or Macbook Air) mount the shared folder as you normally would

From terminal on the client run the command:

mdutil -i Volumes/<mount-point>

The "-i" tells mdutil to enable indexing.  The "-s" only prints the indexing status.


How to unlock admin locked preference panes My lovely work locks certain preference panes, but I need to access a couple things. I've found a way to do this before, but can't seem to find it online.

I've dumped the managed preferences plist.  I thought there was a terminal command that could be used to make that work?

If your employer is locking preference panes, it is for reasons they have determined are necessary for their (and your) protection.

Most modern MDM (Mobile Device Management) systems can detect such subversions, self-repair if successfully subverted, and report back to the administrators.

Be forewarned, attempts to subvert such restrictions placed on your computer, (which I assume your employer owns, not you,) can in some cases be a firing offense.

One recourse you have is to ask if certain restrictions can be relaxed if they interfere with your job duties.


How to type telnet escape character in OS X terminal Escape character is '^]'.

How does one type that? On Finnish/Swedish keyboard  Alt-9 is ],
but Ctrl-Alt-9 gives just 9.

(For non-scandinavians, [] and {} are Alt-8/9 and Shift-Alt-8/9 respectively in SE/FI keyboard)

I enabled the Finnish and Swedish keyboard layouts and experimented with Terminal on OS X 10.8.5 a bit…

Control-å generated ^] (U+001D)
å (LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE) is an unmodified key in these layouts.
It is located where [ (LEFT SQUARE BRACKET) is with US layouts.
Control-ä generated ^[ (U+001B)
ä (LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS) is an unmodified key in these layouts.
It is located where ' (APOSTROPHE) is with US layouts.
Control-- generated ^_ (U+001F)
- (HYPEN-MINUS) is an unmodified key in these layouts.
It is located where / (SOLIDUS, a.k.a. “forward slash”) is with US layouts.

As normal, Control-Space generated ^@ (U+0000) and Delete generated ^? (U+007F).

I did not find any combination that generated ^\ (U+001C) or ^^ (U+001E) in Terminal though. There may be other combinations that work in other terminal emulators though (e.g. iTerm 2 in its default configuration arranges for Control with 2–8 generate the “non-alphabetic” control characters; this is similar to how xterm works).


How to disable "look up" context menu in Google Chrome OSX 10.10+? This is a distinct question from Is the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu option hardcoded in Google Chrome for Mac?

I want to get rid of the "Look Up x" contextual menu in Chrome:

How can it be done?

Unfortunately it cannot be removed. It was marked as WontFix because it's part of the MacOS convention. It has been officially answered here: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=543891


What are the criteria for when siri speaks a response on the watch? iphone 8 running IOS 13.1.2, watch 4 running 6.0.1

If I push the crown and ask "is it going to rain today" I get a graphical response of the "weather circle" set to the precipitation percentage, but no spoken response.

If I push the crown and ask what's the forecast for today" I get the same weather circle, but set to cloud coverage with the temperature in the middle, and a spoken response of "here's the forecast for today"

If I push the crown and ask "is it going to rain tomorrow" it says "sure looks like it's going to rain" and I get the 10 day graphical forecast.

I don't recall what the behavior was in past versions since I didn't really use siri a lot.

How do I get it to say "yes, it's going to rain today" or "looks like clear skies today" or something along those lines?

On iPhone and Mac, "Will it rain today" prompts, "It doesn't look like it is going to rain today" with the weather chart.

Siri help says, "Should I bring umbrella today?"


Where is Diagnostics & Usage Data stored on iOS? Since I've installed a few jailbreak tweaks, my iPhone has been crashing fairly regularly and I would like to know exactly what's causing it.

Does anyone know the direct path to where the crash logs/reports are stored on the device (/var/mobile/, for example)? This way I can clear all current logs, to start afresh, and I can extract them for viewing on a bigger screen, etc. Or does anyone know of a more advanced way to interact with and analyse the iPhone's Diagnostics & Usage data, in general?

Thanks

The official logs and crash logs in on the path
/var/mobile/Library/Logs.
You can also download syslog. And get his logs from /var/syslog


MacBook Air doesn't connect to known WiFi network automatically I have two WiFi networks: one at home and one in my office. Both are basically quite similar – same connection provider, same connection speed, same modem, same router – the only difference is that at home we use an AirPort Extreme station to broadcast the WiFi signal.

My MacBook Air (1.85 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OS X 10.7.5) does automatically recognize and log in to the AirPort Extreme powered home hotspot – but it won't auto-login to the office hotspot even though it does remember the network and lists it in the Network Preference.

Is there a way to 'teach' my MacBook Air to auto-login to 'whatever' WiFi network I want? Or does that only work with Airport Extreme powered hotspots? Or does it have anything to do with the Airport Extreme anyways? Thank you for any suggestions / pointers…!

You can rule out your laptop for being the problem by resetting wifi configurations. Do Step 1, it's relatively safe.

http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/25/fix-wi-fi-problems-os-x-yosemite/


Automator script to paste each word on clipboard followed by tab key The contents of my clipboard are a series of 10 words separated by spaces. I would like to paste them into an application which requires each word to be entered individually into text boxes, where you can navigate to the next text box by pressing the Tab key.
How can I create an Automator script to split the contents of my clipboard on space, and then paste each word followed by the tab key?

How can I create an Automator script to split the contents of my clipboard on space, and then paste each word followed by the tab key?

You can use a Run AppleScript action in an Automator workflow to accomplish this.
Example AppleScript code:
set cbText to (the clipboard)

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to space
set cbTextAsList to text items of cbText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {}

repeat with aWord in cbTextAsList
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke aWord
        delay 0.05
        key code 48 --  # Tab key
        delay 0.05
    end tell
end repeat

Notes:

The example AppleScript code was tested in Script Editor under macOS Catalina.
Whatever the words are to be typed into must be frontmost as this is required for UI Scripting code, which is what System Events is doing.
As coded, it assume focus is already in the first text box the first word is to be typed when the script is triggered.

If you really want to paste the words instead of typing, then use the following example AppleScript code instead:
set cbText to (the clipboard)

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to space
set cbTextAsList to text items of cbText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {}

repeat with aWord in cbTextAsList
    set the clipboard to ""
    delay 0.05
    set the clipboard to aWord
    delay 0.05
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke "v" using command down
        delay 0.05
        key code 48 --  # Tab key
        delay 0.05
    end tell
end repeat

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.


using Apple products abroad: just replace the plug? For many Apple products, e.g. macbook air, or iphone, the power supply is the same for different countries, and it accepts a power range of 100-240V and 50-60Hz (which I think is a great idea, since it encompasses most of the power standard used around the world; I don't know whether this is specific to Apple or common practice): does this mean that the only item which is different is the actual plug piece, i.e. the piece which connects the adapter to the plug (note that this piece is actually the same for different adapters, namely different W)? is it then possible to just buy that piece (it shouldn't cost more than a few $$) such that it has the desired shape, compatible to the country of interest?

Apple sells a "world traveler kit" which is effectively the plug bit for their chargers, so that would be a definite yes.


Can't answer phone calls on macOS Mojave I am not able to answer incoming phone calls on my Mac running macOS Mojave. The call notifications pops up both on my iPhone XS and my 2017 MacBook Pro, but when I go to answer the call on my Mac, it continues to ring on my phone.

I can make calls from the Mac just fine, but unable to answer incoming calls?

I had the same problem. The reason was that my MacBook Pro was connected to two networks, one via WiFi (the same one as my iPhone), and the other one via Ethernet directly to the router, bypassing the Access Point. Once I shut down the Ethernet, I was immediately able to answer phone calls on the Mac.


new windows laptop or upgrade to 15inch macbook? My budget is around 1800. I already bought 13'' macbook pro 2011 from microcenter for 1093 (including tax). This was my first macbook and I'm impressed, but only downsize of it is that 13'' seems a little bit small for me. Since I have been using 15.4 windows laptop for 6 years now, I have to decide.

Upgrade 13'' to 15''. I need to pay around $830 more.
By a dell xps 15 around $600.
buy a new monitor since I use my laptop at home

What do you guys think? I know :) this is an apple forum and I can only decide this question, but I just wanted to ask!

I'd go for the monitor. You'll then have dual displays when you're at your desk, and a smaller, lighter portable when you're not. Best of both worlds, and the cheapest solution. :-)


Mac Pro late 2013 Control Buttons? What is the small slide button located to the upper left of the main connection panel of the late 2013 Mac Pro?

It is the enclosure release.
See: Mac Pro (Late 2013) - Quick Start Guide


Create new @me.com mail account (2016) Every articles/answers I found are dated around or prior 2012. So I'd like to know: is there any tested way to create a new @me.com mail account right now?

Since mobileMe (which handed out the @me.com addresses) was turned off some time ago, all you can now create are @icloud.com emails. If you had an AppleID which predates mobileMe (e.g. a dot Mac account) you would have three aliases:

myname@mac.com
myname@me.com
myname@icloud.com

So the short answer is, no it is not possible to create a new @me.com email address anymore.

More official info on this here: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201771


Is there a way to reroute files downloaded from a specific domain to a new folder? This seems like a really simple issue and perhaps I'm overthinking it.

My specific use case for this is:

I've downloaded a pdf/image/etc. from a website
I'd like to take that file and move it from my default downloads folder to another folder (This would be a start. In the future, I'd like to do different variations of this with rules based on filetype, size, etc.).

I've looked up a number of options that don't quite get me where I want. I've read that applications like Automator, fswatch, etc. are good tools for this. I'm unsure of their specific implementation and was hoping for some insight and/or help in putting something together.

I currently use Firefox and they used to have an extension that would reroute files based on whatever given rules. This is not the case after the release of Quantum.

I haven't used it myself, but I've heard good things about Hazel. From their website:

  Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create. Have Hazel move files around based on name, date, type, what site it came from and much more.


Unable to change my email notification sound on iPhone 4s So I changed my email notification sound to a custom sound uploaded to the phone via (iTunes). The weird thing is, even though I have the tone selected, and the phone shows it as being the active tone, it still plays the default email notification.

Now here is the really weird part... I also set the tone to be the one for VIPS thinking maybe it was some how over riding the regular notification... it now works for VIPS but still not for regular emails.

I have also restarted my phone to see if that makes any difference (which it does not).

Any ideas?

Go to notifications under settings and then mail. Update the sound for each form of mail coming in. Hope this helps!


Issues getting application approved We build and sell a SaaS application, our clients have asked us to produce apps which allow this application to be accessed from their phones.

We have developed and submitted to Apple a version for the iPhone and this has been rejected as it should be distributed as a custom B2B application via the "Volume Purchase Program".  Having reviewed the "Volume Purchase Program" this is far from ideal due to a wide range of reasons:

Clients want the iPhone version of the app for personal phones, business phones are largely Blackberrys.
As our clients don't already have an account it will be necessary for them to register if their meet the requirements of the program or are able to due to internal policies.
It will then be necessary for the organisation to purchase (a free app) and manage the distribution of the app internally via a spreadsheet.
We will also have the overhead of granting additional clients access to the app.

Has anyone got any suggestion to over come these issues?

I'd suggest that you go down the 3rd party App Store route.  We use Nukona (part of Symantec) here at work.

With one account you can manage all your clients, have multiple apps and limit apps to groups (clients), and if you expand your development past iOS, then it also supports BB and Android.


Activate unsubsidized iPhone 5 - can I later switch carriers? I'm living in Germany and recieved an unused iPhone 5 A1429 without SIM or contract as a gift. I'm planning to use it abroad, likely with prepaid SIM cards.

The phone is not activated yet and I am very much afraid of it being locked to the first network or SIM card brand I stick in. Is that what happens during activation? What's the purpuse of activation?

Unfortunately I could not find any useful information from Apple, other than I have to have a SIM card inserted to activate the unit - WiFi won't do.

An authorized unlocked iPhone does not need a SIM card to activate the OS after a restore and it will work once you run through Apple's software setup screens when it asks things like if you want to set up iCloud or location services... Activation is just the process of checking whether the device should be carrier locked by querying a server of Apple's choice over WiFi and then updating the appropriate carrier settings if the ones loaded from the factory are out of date for a particular SIM or region.

Even in the US - iPhone 5 that are sold "under contract" to Verizon are not actually SIM locked and you can use them with any compatible nano SIM that supports at least one frequency and protocol that the phone model supports. It also is a A1429 model.

You can remove any SIM and power it on if you are worried about some carrier settings being locked.


When is a folder not a folder? I have a "folder" (as it appears from Finder), but I can't cd into it from the terminal. if I ls -la this is what it looks like.

-rw-r--r--@   1 christopher  admin   1317440 Oct 17 22:23 Tomcat

What is it and how do I make it a folder or at least cd into it?

Usually this is an Alias of a folder. An alias is normally marked with a litte arrow a the left lower corner.

Example:

-rw-r--r--@  1 user  staff  1938832 31 Okt 16:54 Car
drwxr-xr-x   3 user  staff      102 31 Okt 16:56 Car1
-rw-r--r--@  1 user  staff      178 31 Okt 16:56 Car2

Car is an Alias, Car1 a folder, Car2 is a text file without suffix but with the icon of a folder though.

To enable cd'ing into an Alias I've found the following at Mac OS X Hints. Don't know if it still works.

  Here is the bash function I include in .bashrc. Note that the second elif       requires double brackets for the test, because it include the logical operator     or (||):

function cd {
  if [ ${#1} == 0 ]; then
    builtin cd
  elif [ -d "${1}" ]; then
    builtin cd "${1}"
  elif [[ -f "${1}" || -L "${1}" ]]; then
    path=$(getTrueName "$1")
    builtin cd "$path"
  else
    builtin cd "${1}"
  fi
}

  And here's the C source code for getTrueName.

A similar approach is available at superuser.com


Is there a free, lightweight text editor that isn't text-only but also isn't a heavyweight IDE? I'm not really satisfied with the text-editors available for Mac OS X.

I tried TextWrangler, Smultron, Coda, SubEthaEdit, TextMate and others I do not remember. But none of the above satisfied my needs.

I want a (free) text editor

which is fast,
which does syntax highlighting
were I can define own syntaxes (or there are many plugins e.g. for YAML),
where the developers are active,
which does not have the look & feeling of TextWrangler (I hate the sliding sidebar) but or a real Mac-application
which can define projects (like Coda can)
which includes a basic support for Git and/or SVN
which supports a fast autocompletion
Mac OS X 10.6 compatible

In plain English: the perfect lightweight text editor which is not yet a heavyweight IDE.

Have you considered Xcode?

I know you said you don't like TextMate, but it's one that meet pretty much all your needs.

  which is fast

TextMate
Really fast

Xcode
Not that fast but not Eclipse/Netbeans-slow

  which does syntax highlighting

TextMate
Very complete and extensible

Xcode
Does syntax highlighting, it depends on your needs

  were I can define own syntaxes (or there are many plugins e.g. for YAML),

TextMate
Very, very extensible

Xcode
Syntax extensions are possible

  where the developers are active,

TextMate
Some say it's vaporware, yet very few other text editor can compete with its current features

Xcode
Apple development of this program is very active

  which does not have the look & feeling of TextWrangler

TextMate
If you don't like the sliding bar, there's a plugin to replace it by a drawer

Xcode
Doesn't have a sliding bar

  which can define projects (like Coda can)

TextMate  / Xcode
Do projects

  which includes a basic support for Git and/or SVN

TextMate
Support for Git/SVN/Mercurial (and probaby more) via built-in and added plugins

Xcode
SVN support for 3.x, added Git in Xcode 4

  which supports a fast autocompletion

TextMate
Basic variable/function completion
very complete code completion via bundles

Xcode
Basic variable/function completion

  MacOS X 10.6 compatible

TextMate
Some compatibility issue

Xcode
Fully compatible


How do you git fetch all repos in a folder? I keep all the repositories I work on in a folder on my machine ~/Code, and I want a script to execute git fetch && git status against each of the repos in that folder.

I imagine that, if it’s possible, it might look something like this pseudocode:

cd ~/Code
    && for each subfolder in ~/Documents (git fetch && git status)
    && echo "here’s the repos with updated remotes:\n"
    && echo reportReposWithRemoteChanges

I tried Tower which does not appear to offer this. I also tried GitHub Desktop, which provides irregular support for highlighting some local repositories whose remotes have updates.

People may answer git commands that does it, but looking at your intent towards GUI, here's my answer.
I use SourceTree. It also gives the ability to add scripts as custom functions. fetch gives these options. It also has nice support for submodules.

Here's a custom action that I use. I just picked up the condition code from stack overflow. But git would also exit if there are conflicting changes.

cd "/Users/me/project/"
if git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
    # No changes
    echo "no changes"
else
    # Changes
    echo "changes"
    exit
fi

if [[ -z $(git status -s) ]]
then
    # No changes
    echo "no changes1"
else
    # Changes
    echo "changes1"
    exit
fi

git checkout master
make update
echo "made update"
git checkout feature
git rebase master
echo "rebased"
exit


iPad 3 stuck in recovery mode I jailbroke this iPad sometime ago and just updated it to 7.1.2, it's now stuck in recovery mode and won't come out even though I tried the button pressing method.

There's a lot of photos on it that wasn't backed up, is there a way to get the iPad out of recovery mode or retrieve the data inside it?

This may pull you out of recovery, but it will clean wipe the iPad. Download the Latest ipsw supported by your iPad. Put the iPad into DFU mode. Open iTunes and press the restore button holding the option + Restore if on a mac, or Shift + Restore if on PC and select the downloaded ipsw file.

P.S: Try this for recovery, it is a paid software. I haven't tried this personally, but the software description says that it can recover data from an iDevice stuck in recovery


Booting iMac in Recovery partition takes forever I'm trying to boot the recovery partition on my Mid 2010 iMac 27 to do a Time Machine recovery.

OSX is installed correctly already and I can boot that quickly. However, when I try to boot the recovery partition I get the grey screen with apple logo and a progress bar. This one is so slow I have the feeling there is no progress at all, while my machine sounds like it is doing a lot of stuff. What can this be? Is this normal?

Or is there also another way to recover my mac without recovery partition?

Ok, so in the mean time I have:

Updated OSX from 10.10 to 10.11
Tried regular recovery again, and now it worked. Guessing the update fixed the recovery disk somehow.

Now in process of restoring the mac.


Reading academic papers on the iPhone I frequently want to read academic papers while on the go. They're usually in PDF format, so I sync them to my iPhone with iBooks.

The problem is that most of the papers I want to read are in a two-column format that's extremely difficult to read on the phone's screen - I have to zoom in on a column, scroll down, then scroll up to the top of the next column and repeat.

Is there any software that will "flatten" out the PDF? I love Instapaper for web-based information; something that could turn a two-column PDF into a long stream of text and images would be great.

Goodreader for the iphone extracts text and images and fits them to your iphone screen and can be customized to your liking.