How do I delete or fix my Keychain after changing my password? How do I reset my main keychain and completely delete the old one?
I changed my password and its been coming up with all of these popups asking for my new password when I first login.
If anyone can help with updating my keychain I would appreciate it or you can just help me completely delete and reset it.

Try running Keychain's Repair Tool by opening Keychain from your /Applications/Utilities folder, then from the menu bar choose Keychain Access, then Keychain First Aid, then enter your password, verify then start it. If there are any problems click Repair then Start. (via Apple Support)

If that doesn't work then try Resetting your Keychain.
Via Apple's Instructions you just need to do these steps:

Open Keychain Access, which is in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder.
From the Keychain Access menu, choose Preferences.
Click General, then click Reset My Default Keychain.
Authenticate with your account login password.
Quit Keychain Access then Restart your computer.


OS X X11 applications that could be accessed from linux Besides xeyes and xcalc, is there any other X11 applications that I could launch from Linux with ssh -X ?

Basically every X11 application installed on the target Mac can be run that way, but the default X11/XQuartz installation only includes a few of them.

pse@Mithos:~$ ls /opt/X11/bin
X@               fc-pattern*      makedepend*      xbacklight*      xfsinfo*         xmessage*
Xephyr*          fc-query*        mkfontdir*       xcalc*           xgamma*          xmh*
Xfake*           fc-scan*         mkfontscale*     xclipboard*      xgc*             xmodmap*
Xnest*           fc-validate*     oclock*          xclock*          xhost*           xmore*
Xorg*            font_cache*      quartz-wm*       xcmsdb*          xinit*           xpr*
Xquartz*         fonttosfnt*      resize*          xcompmgr*        xinput*          xprop*
Xvfb*            freetype-config* sessreg*         xconsole*        xkbbell*         xrandr*
appres*          fslsfonts*       setxkbmap*       xcursorgen*      xkbcomp*         xrdb*
atobm*           fstobdf*         showfont*        xcutsel*         xkbevd*          xrefresh*
bdftopcf*        gccmakedep*      showrgb*         xditview*        xkbprint*        xscope*
bdftruncate*     glxgears*        smproxy*         xdm*             xkbvleds*        xset*
bitmap*          glxinfo*         startx*          xdmshell*        xkbwatch*        xsetmode*
bmtoa*           gtf*             sxpm*            xdpr*            xkeystone*       xsetpointer*
cairo-sphinx*    iceauth*         test_xauth*      xdpyinfo*        xkill*           xsetroot*
cvt*             ico*             twm*             xedit*           xload*           xsm*
cxpm*            koi8rxterm*      ucs2any*         xev*             xlogo*           xstdcmap*
editres*         libpng-config@   uxterm*          xeyes*           xlsatoms*        xterm*
fc-cache*        libpng15-config* viewres*         xfd*             xlsclients*      xvinfo*
fc-cat*          listres*         x11perf*         xfindproxy*      xlsfonts*        xwd*
fc-list*         lndir*           x11perfcomp*     xfontsel*        xmag*            xwininfo*
fc-match*        luit*            xauth*           xfs*             xman*            xwud*

If you want more, you install additional packages either by compiling them yourself or by using a package manager like Homebrew.


How can I assign custom colors to groups in a dispersion chart in Numbers? I have a table with measurements of the runtime of different sorting algorithms. This data should be shown in a chart, with the number of items on the X axis and the runtime on the Y axis. To make the X axis on scale, I used a dispersion chart.

Numbers automatically picks some colors for the different groups of data. However, I'd like to choose different colors. I was only able to change the color of the trend line, but this didn't change the color in the legend.

How can I change the color so that the change is visible in the legend as well?

Just called AppleCare. The guy took some time to make a chart and afterwards explained that I could click the line to change the color (just as I did before). While we were talking I clicked a dot in the graph, representing a data point. It turned out that you could change the color of the dots the same way. This color was applied to the legend, so the problem was solved.


Terminal not launching correctly, prompt does not appear until SIGINT I am running OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion). When I launch terminal, or a new window/tab within terminal, I don't get my prompt. The last login information gets displayed fine, and my cursor is set (unblinking) below it. Also, the window title bar flashes between "bash" and "uname" for the "active process name" part, dunno what that's about as I've never seen it before. Also, the part that normally lists the current directory name just says "Terminal". I can ctrl+C to get to a prompt, but obviously that's not the expected behavior and it's getting pretty annoying.

I noticed it after I changed my hostname. It was appearing as ns-117-43 in my prompt; I changed it to local with scutil but setting it back didn't help. Haven't noticed anything else acting up.

Any advice would be appreciated.

It turns out I was wrong about what caused the problem. I had edited my ~/.profile in an attempt to fix the wrong hostname problem, in such a way that I was accidentally sourcing recursively. Hopes that knowledge helps someone else who makes the same mistake in the future.


Will buying a new hardware stop my Apple TV+ subscription payment for a year? Apple is offering one year of free Apple TV+ with new hardware purchases at the moment. My question is, when I purchase a new qualified device, will Apple stop charging me for subscription fees for 12 months?

Will buying a new hardware stop my Apple TV+ subscription payment for a year?

No. If you are already on a paid subscription plan, you don't get a free year of Apple TV+.
The free year offer is only made available to new users, and is available only if you have not availed of a free trial or a paid subscription before.


Random [Google Mail] folder/label in iOS Mail after updating to 10.3 After updating to iOS 10.3 (and 10.3.1) there is a random, additional folder in Mail app attached to my Gmail account, named [Google Mail]. Prior to this update it was not there.

It's similar to a well-known older issue where all folders nested themselves under a top-level label of the same name. The answer there was to put [Google Mail] into the "IMAP Path Prefix" field in the Mail account settings. That, as mentioned below, is not helping for this problem.

Here's what I know:

If I put something in this folder on my phone, a label appears on the Gmail side. If I leave it empty, no label appears on the Gmail side.
If I add a label named [Google Mail] and turn IMAP on (on the Gmail side), the folder font becomes dark and the folder becomes active in the iOS Mail app. You can tap into it and see what's inside.
Putting [Google Mail] or any variant of that into the "IMAP Path Prefix" field in Mail settings causes an error in Mail saying that the IMAP settings must be wrong.
Trying to delete the [Google Mail] folder from the iPhone side causes an error bubble that says the folder cannot be deleted.
Deleting the label on the Gmail side only causes the folder font to "gray out" on the iOS side.
If I turn on IMAP for folders like Starred or Important, they nest themselves under this [Google Mail] label.

I've searched all over and can't see anyone talking about this. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

My Gmail mailbox on my iPhone 7:

My Gmail account settings on my iPhone 7:

I had the exact same issue and found this solution online. It's working for me and the [Gmail] folder is no longer there. I think you would just substitute [Google Mail] for [Gmail]. Good luck!

"That folder is where gmail store all your mail (like the enclosing folder), I think it's a weird artifact of the way that Google have designed their IMAP system.

In Apple Mail, open the Accounts preferences, select the Gmail account > Advanced Tab. In the 'IMAP Path Prefix' insert [Gmail] (or however the folder is named - for me it is [Google Mail])."


Ordering a 21.5" iMac with a different graphics card I've searched through the site but it seems nobody asked this.

Basically, my question is: When ordering a new 21.5" iMac, is it possible to choose a different graphics card other than the listed ones?

Now, online this is impossible (as far as I can see), but maybe I'm missing something? What about ordering it at some Apple Store and not online?

Please note that I'm aware that you cannot change your card after the purchasing. I'm asking whether it's possible when ordering the iMac.

No you are correct there are no upgrade options available for the 21.5" iMacs (Mid-2011). Yes, you are stuck with what comes in each of the two 21.5" models available. Your eyes are not deceiving you on the iMac Specs, what you see is what you get no exceptions.

You graphics card options are:

Buy the 21.5-inch: 2.5GHz model and get the AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB
Buy the 21.5-inch: 2.7GHz model and get the AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB

According to MacWorld's article / review "21.5- and 27-inch iMacs (Mid 2011)"

So in reality you have two options, and its all in which machine you buy. If all you want is a graphics boot, your going to have to pay the premium to upgrade all the other components too, unfortunately there is no way around it, other than letting apple know you want options, give them some feedback stating so.


how to move windows between desktop screens I like to use three fingers swipe right and left to move between different screens. But how should i move currently opened windows to particular desktops of my liking?

Open up Mission Control.

It can be found in your Applications folder or you can activate it with a 3-finger swipe up. This gives you an overview of your open windows and desktops. You can the drag and drop windows between desktops.

more info: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4689


Step-by-step checklist for iOS I am looking for an app that works on the Mac as well as on the iPad.

At work we have daily tasks that do not occur on a set schedule (aka they are on an as needed basis).

This app would allow us to create checklists for these tasks (think pre-flight checklist for airline pilots) that would be "resettable" and reusable.

Any thoughts?

There's a ton of different ToDo list apps out there. Personally I have used OmniFocus and ToDoIst.
OmniFocus

(subjectively) the nicest interface
sync between platforms with the free OmniSync Service
"Apple" (iOS and OSX) only; not on Windows or Linux; no web interface
not cheap
ToDoIst:
available for all kinds of platforms, including a web interface
free version to get started; premium version with add. features
"template" feature might help you implement and re-use your checklists
tasks can be shared between / assigned to ToDoIst users


MacBook Air (Early 2015) Network Driver for Linux I got an unexpected question when installing a Debian Based Linux on my Late 2015 MacBook Air:

Detect network hardware

No Ethernet card was detected. If you know the name of the driver
needed by your Ethernet cars, you can select it from the list.

The list is huge.

Some of the notable names are:

rtl8723ae: Realtek 8723e 802.11ax PCI wireless
b43legacy: Broadcom 4400 10/100 PCI Ethernet
adm8211: Driver for IEEE 802.11b wireless cards based on ADMtek ADM8211

I would restart and try to find information in it, but the installation was failing before ( tried more than 10 times), and it is working now. I don't wanna take any chances.

This is the only information I found in Apple's website :

  Wireless: 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
  compatible

What is the right driver? Thanks!

There is no such thing as a late 2015 MacBook Air model. I'm assuming you have the early 2015 model.

In that case your computer has a Broadcom BCM4360 chipset for WiFi.

The driver you would need in debian is the "wl" driver. You will probably need to install the broadcom-sta-dkms package manually and then load the wl driver.

The driver is non-free/binary-only so probably not listed during installation.


How to switch focus to the application that opens the link/file from an email? At some of point in the past I changed some setting in system preferences on my mac.
Since then, when I click on a link or double click on an attached pdf, the focus does not shift to the application that opened the link or file.
Earlier it would switch to the desktop in which the application was running.
How do I go back to the earlier behaviour/setting?
I am on macOS Catalina 10.15.6.

I found the solution, albeit it was an answer to a different question.
This fixed another problem I was having wherein I had to click on an application in the dock, twice, to switch to it. This is now fixed. I ran the following commands
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool YES

then restart the Dock with the command:
killall Dock


TextEdit: How to stop cursor always being at the bottom of the screen while writing? Ok so I have recently started using TextEdit to create .txt documents on 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) but I am used to word processors like pages.

I realise that txt files don't have pages, even though you can create page breaks or simulate the printed view with the "wrap to page" command.

The issue I have occurs whichever view I use. I fill the screen with text and, as I write more, the cursor creates new text at the bottom of the screen as the existing text scrolls away. I don't find this very ergonomic as I continually have to look downwards at the bottom of the screen.

I have tried adding empty lines to the end of the document but this is not ideal: I use the keyboard to navigate and, in this case, 'command + down arrow' takes me to the end of the extra lines of space, not to the end of the document text, making my keyboard navigation less efficient.

Is there a way I can avoid having to stare at the bottom of the screen while creating lengthly .txt documents? Is there a way to get the cursor to behave as it does in Pages for example: i.e. when it reaches the bottom of a screen full of text, it automatically scrolls and moves to the top of a new blank screen?

Failing that, can anyone recommend a good minimal plaintext editor for Mac which has some kind of auto scrolling feature when the screen is filled with text?

Hope my description is clear! Thanks in advance for any input.

Many full screen writing applications like WriteRoom and Byword either add a margin to the bottom or support centering the view around the current line.

You could also create ~/Library/KeyBindings/ and save a property list like this as DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

{
    "~p" = (moveToEndOfDocument:, insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, insertNewline:, moveWordBackward:, moveToEndOfParagraph:, moveForward:, centerSelectionInVisibleArea);
    "~r" = (moveToEndOfDocument:, moveWordBackward:, moveToEndOfParagraph:, moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:, deleteBackward:, centerSelectionInVisibleArea:, insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:);
}

After reopening TextEdit, ⌥P should add padding lines to the end and ⌥R remove them.


iPad 1 Software Update A friend of mine has a first gen iPad that needs updating but doesn't have a computer to plug it into to do the update.  Can I use my MBP without trashing my iTunes and her iTunes?

Yes, you can use your Mac and not trash anything. (Especially if you know how iTunes syncs to iOS).

For simplicity's sake, you might want to create a new account on your Mac so your friend can enter her Apple ID account in to the Mac if needed to update apps.

This also keeps her backup separate from your backup and simplifies life if you want to transfer her purchases to iTunes (which iTunes will want to do to ensure it can restore the iPad should the update/upgrade fail for some odd reason).

I would say, just start with getting a good backup to a new account and then see if the device even needs an update. If you connect her device to your iTunes on your account - you might have some learning and clean up if her contacts mix with your contacts, etc...


New iOS release, what time are they traditionally released (on release day)? I was curious about what time apple traditionally has released its major iOS updates in the past?

I could see several times that make sense:

at 12:00am PST?
at midnight local time across the globe?

I wonder if past major releases are random/indeterminate when they come out?

(Of course, it takes some time to propagate the update through their CDN, and there really is no way to determine when any individual might get a change to download an iOS update)

Most Apple software updates seem to get posted around 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific. Far from a guarantee however, that's just my approximation based on past experience and a super quick Google to confirm.


My Iphone 6 is damaged because of pressure My Iphone 6 was laying on the bed and i wasnt aware of where it was, so i laid down on my bed and my knee was putting a lot of pressure on the screen and the screen cracked and now my iphone is black and has lots if different colors on screen . Is it replaceable? Help!!!

Usually if it's just the screen Apple has a screen replacement program where they would either replace the screen or the entire phone for $79 with the AppleCare coverages or $109 without it.

You could start the process at Apple's Support Page


my iPod touch was stolen and needs locating somebody stole my iPod touch 5th gen and is to be found nowhere. to my knowledge "find my iPod" in on but is not connected to wifi since the thief does not know my password and can't get in to access wifi and everything else. so is there still someway to locate my iPod and get it back?

You can't locate the iPod unless it has some way of telling its location to you. This is almost always through Wi-Fi.

If there's no network connection, you can't locate it, and there's no way round that.


How does one stop the "Select A Wireless Network" prompt on iOS 10 Beta? The "Select A Wireless Network" prompt keeps popping up every 5 seconds. I DO NOT have the "ask to join wireless networks" marked on and I am already joined to a network but this will not stop. Anyone have any fixes for that? It is a major PITA. Thanks.

Firstly, make sure to report the issue using Feedback Assistant. Then, try toggling the setting in Settings, as it might fix the issue. If it doesn't, try restarting the iPhone. Then you could also try backing up the iPhone, erasing all data on it, then restoring the backup. But, if that still doesn't fix the issue, and it really bothers you, you can always downgrade to iOS 9.3.2.


preinstalled iOS apps in other languages I am configuring an iPad with the apple configurator 2 on my mac book. I want to hide a few preinstalled apps like "tips" or "messages". The system language of my mac book is Spanish, so all app names are displayed in Spanish, while the iPad's language is English. Now I don't know what to type in the filter box in order to mach "tips".

How can I find out the Spanish names for preinstalled iOS apps? There should be a list of those apps somewhere with their localised names.

You could go here

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP692?locale=en_US

And switch the language to spanish


What is the "default" font for iPad mail program I was playing around with my new iPad. I was in email. Using yahoo
mail but it is a function of email as it is the same for spectrum mail
and google mail in the iPad email icon. I changed the font to see how
it looked without taking notice of the actual name of the font. There
are many to choose from and I simply want to go back. All I can see is
"default" for the one I have. I tried opening an old mail to see what
it was. (It was "default.")

What was it before I changed it? (To get the original font back.)

It should be San Francisco, the system typeface in iOS, see Apple Typography guidelines

I tried to check comparing it to similar typefaces both in iPad mail and in TextEdit.

Here's mail.

Here's TextEdit.

I took "i"s and "a"s as a confirmation that the default is SF.
You can see that the length of the first lines are different, but SF has different tracking depending on the context.

And yes, it doesn't seem to be possible to choose again the default font in iPad mail...
I succeeded in getting it back by pasting the text somewhere else (i used the Notes app) and copy-pasting again in mail.


Sound Problems with my iPhone 4? Today I dropped some juice on my iPhone 4 and since the iPhone's keyboard and others tones aren't working. The calling tone works however.

I keep getting the following message:

  This accessory is not optimized for this phone! You may experice noise caused by cellular interference and a decrease in cellular signal strength

How can I fix this?

My girlfriend dropped her iPhone 4 in a glass of coke (it submerged completely). Afterwards, she experienced the same symptoms as you. To fix it, she put the phone in a bowl of rice, and took a blow dryer to it once or twice a day. I believe she also got some electrical contact cleaner and cleaned the connection on the bottom that you plug the USB cable into.

It took about a week, but the phone worked perfectly afterwards (and has been working perfectly ever since).


How to find if a second-hand iPhone is stolen after purchase? I bought a used iPhone 4 with iOS 7 from a local shop. I am not sure as to how to be sure if it is not stolen. I was able to do a factory reset on the phone and use my own Apple ID to use the phone.

I tried going to iCloud to check if Find My iPhone was active on the device and I found out that it is activated but using my Apple ID only.

I know that I should do a proper verification before I bought it but I think it is too late now and nothing can be done about it other than checking next time I buy a used phone.

As proof of purchase the store owner wrote the Price on a Plain paper with his name and phone number and handed it to me.

Restoring an iOS device will remove any record of a previous owner on the device.

If the device was purchased from an Apple Store, then Apple may have record of it being set up even if Find My iPhone. This also applies to other retailers, however I am not certain if this is possible.


Which resolutions does the Retina MacBook Pro support, and how? The new Retina MacBook Pro has an astounding 2880x1800 pixels. Naturally, the "native" double-detail resolution is 1440x900. But what other resolutions can be used? And how crisp are they? (Are they just up-/down-scaled @2x graphics?)

Supported resolutions

  Retina, Ratio 16:10

  2880 by 1800 pixels

  scaled, Ratio 16:10

  1920 x 1200 pixels
  1680 x 1050 pixels
  1280 x 800 pixels
  1024 x 640 pixels

  According to the official tech specs by Apple.

How does the scaling work?

According to an article in AnandTech:

  Selecting any of these options gives you the effective desktop resolution of the setting, but Apple actually renders the screen at a higher resolution and scales it to fit the 2880 x 1800 panel. As a result of this scaled rendering, there can be a performance and quality impact.

There is a new option to configure the resolution in the system settings. While you actually change the resolution, Apple only refers to the visual impact of the settings.

So basically changing the resolution offers:

Large text, but much crisper.
More space for visual content (and smaller text), but not as sharp.
Something in-between (default retina).

(original picture from AnandTech)

Note:

Due to the imprecise definition of "retina display", this answer may seem confusing, because at the top Apple speaks of 2880x1800 as retina, but the picture suggest something different.


Mounting Remote Server for editing files on my Mac My web development server is in the Cloud and I am very new to Macs.

On Ubuntu and other flavors of Linux, I would mount the remote drives using sshfs. I have researched SSHFS for Mac and come up with FUSE for OS x and MacFUSE. I have them both installed but when I attempt to run man sshfs on my commandline I get a command not found error.

Unless I am missing something, I can't find simple instructions to help me resolve this issue.

I have tried Mount and Mount_smbfs too but I immediately get server connection failed: operation timed out errors.

My Mac runs on OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)

Can anyone please give me some simple steps to help overcome this obstacle?

It looks like the software might not be installed the right way, or in the right place.  On a Mac, the easiest way to install sshfs and fuse is with Homebrew.

Install Homebrew http://brew.sh/
brew install sshfs

This will install dependencies such as fuse4x.  Read all the instructions that appear -- some of other steps may be required, such as

brew link fuse4x
sudo /bin/cp -rfX /usr/local/Cellar/fuse4x-kext/0.9.2/Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext /Library/Extensions
sudo chmod +s /Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext/Support/load_fuse4x


How can I extract the audio from a video file? I have a video of a music performance that I downloaded online, and want to extract the audio so that I can store it as a music file. It's a MOV file with the Codecs - "XVID, MPEG Layer 3." What software should I use for best results?

I can't tell you about best results, but for some results:

VLC, FFMPEG, or MPLAYER

VLC has a GUI and a Wizard. ffmpeg and mplayer example here.


Macbook pro 13 (2017) with Asus PB279Q only works in safe mode I just bought a Macbook 13 (2017) without touch bar.

I'm having this issue in which in order to make it work with my Asus PB279Q, I have to start in safe mode. Once the display is working in safe mode if I re start the macbook again to normal boot, the display will continue working just fine.

Weirdly enough, if I disconnect the display and reconnect; the screen just goes dark. I can see the screen being detected in settings, but I can't see anything on screen. In order to make it work again I need to repeat the process, 1)boot in safe mode 2) boot in normal mode again.

I'm using a Kanex usb-c to hdmi cable I bought in the Apple Store, supposedly 4k capable and compatible with mac.

Wondering if anyone has had this weird issue ?

I'm not quite sure if this qualifies as an answer because the technical issue with the Kanex cable persist. So mods feel free to delete if needed.

Yeah, the magical Apple like solution was to buy the pricey Apple proprietary usb-c Multiport Adaptor.


App can not be opened because it is from an unidentified developer Question:

Please note before reading this that: "Tell them to go to System preferences > Security & privacy and allow 3rd party applications to run. Is not an acceptable solve for this issue.

I have created an .app That has been signed with a valid Mac Developer certificate. Yet downloading it from the internet & running still throws the security prompt:

  App can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer

This is the codesign -vvv terminal dump for the .app:

Executable=/Users/me/Desktop/ADRA.app/Contents/MacOS/ADRA
Identifier=unity.Company.ADRA NSW 2016
Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (i386)
CodeDirectory v=20200 size=178145 flags=0x0(none) hashes=5561+3 location=embedded
Hash type=sha256 size=32
CandidateCDHash sha1=79ecf88721d6387749c1f6b10355c3683ef20eb2
CandidateCDHash sha256=0799e968a18a663a0c08d26d3fb7826017ce5a3a
Hash choices=sha1,sha256
CDHash=0799e968a18a663a0c08d26d3fb7826017ce5a3a
Signature size=4739
Authority=3rd Party Mac Developer Application: Company Pty Ltd (NH73TNDB28)
Authority=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
Signed Time=20 Apr 2017, 2:46:12 PM
Info.plist entries=14
TeamIdentifier=NH73TNDB28
Sealed Resources version=2 rules=12 files=138
Internal requirements count=1 size=224

I don't understand why this does not pass Gatekeeper? Is there something missing? Does Apple require something further?

Update 1:

@TheDarkKnight has suggested that I am using the incorrect certificate to sign the .app. Looks as though they are correct, so I went to create a new Developer ID Application certificate but apparently because I am not an 'Agent' in the group account, so I now have to wait until the 'Agent' creates one for me - seems backwards, is there no other way around waiting for the 'Agent' to make this for me?

  (in Xcode) If the "Developer ID" radio button is greyed out you probably have a group account. These types of accounts only allow for the "Agent" role to create Developer IDs. Contact the person who created your group Apple Developer Account if you get stuck here.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Signing_Mozilla_apps_for_Mac_OS_X

Update 2:

So I finally got my new cert today, re-signed the .app, downloaded it from the server ran and STILL GOT THE ERROR MESSAGE. The authority seems to be correct now:

Executable=/Users/me/Downloads/ADRA.app/Contents/MacOS/ADRA
Identifier=com.company.adra
Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (i386)
CodeDirectory v=20200 size=178133 flags=0x0(none) hashes=5561+3 location=embedded
Library validation warning=OS X SDK version before 10.9 does not support Library Validation
OSPlatform=36
OSSDKVersion=657408
OSVersionMin=656896
Hash type=sha256 size=32
CandidateCDHash sha1=90d2a54162d6d018bf4f7602d7707c8e8e522fc6
CandidateCDHash sha256=dadfe5203d1367ea776f9501025dbd4ce751ee30
Hash choices=sha1,sha256
Page size=4096
CDHash=dadfe5203d1367ea776f9501025dbd4ce751ee30
Signature size=8930
Authority=Developer ID Application: Company Pty Ltd (NH73TNDB28)
Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
Timestamp=10 May 2017, 3:36:51 pm
Info.plist entries=14
TeamIdentifier=NH73TNDB28
Sealed Resources version=2 rules=12 files=138
Internal requirements count=1 size=184

I am only signing the .app is there anything else that I have to do to make this work? Is there a time period I have to wait before this will work?

Update 3:

Now almost 1 month on from Update 2, this issue is still aparent, and so have placed a bounty.

Broadly speaking, when distributing apps outside the Mac App Store you need to:

Set the signing identity to Developer ID
Create your Developer ID certificates
Create your app Archive
Validate your app
Export a Developer ID signed app
Sign the installer package (not applicable in your case)
Test the app's behaviour with Gatekeeper enabled and again with Gatekeeper disabled

Troubleshooting issues such as this can be tricky because it's easy to make assumptions about how much the OP (in this case you) knows, etc. From reading your question I'm going to assume the first three steps are taken care of.

So, let's start by double-checking how you're validating your app.

Validate your app

To validate a Developer ID-signed app, follow these steps:

In Xcode go to Product > Archive
The Archives organizer window will appear
Select the archive for the app in question
Click on the Validate button
A dialogue box appears asking you to select a method for validation
Select the Validate a Developer ID-signed Application option
Click on Next
In the next window select a team from the pop-up menu
Click on Choose
Click the Validate button

This will identify any validation issues. If any are found, this will be your problem (or at least part of it), so you will need to resolve this.

If no issues are found, then proceed below.

Export a Developer ID-signed app

Still within the Archives organizer window, select the archive for the app in question
Click on the Export button
A dialogue box appears asking you to select a method for export
Select the Export a Developer ID-signed Application option
Click on Next
In the next window select a team from the pop-up menu
Click on Choose
Click the Export button

Once your app is exported you should test with Gatekeeper enabled and again with Gatekeeper disabled.


Safari 12: how to sync tabs *only* across devices? Is there a way to sync opened tabs only (i.e., without syncing Favorites page) in Safari across Mac and iPhone?

I have a different set of Favorite websites on iPhone and Mac — and turning sync on for Safari overwrites them.

You can assign another folder for Favorites (e.g iPhoneFav).

I haven't tested whether this option will be synced across devices, though.


Increasing the stack limit in OS X Yosemite I am looking for a way to (not necessarily permanently) increase the stack size available to terminal applications in OS X 10.10.

I know there are a lot of questions related to changing environment variables, including stack limit, on the internet and here in particular (e.g. this one) but none of the proposed solutions I have found seems to work for me.

The most I get out of launchctl is using sudo launchctl limit stack 67104768 67104768 where 67104768 is the default hard limit. Other launchctl commands with higher limits seem to have no effect.

Then there is sysctl, but its man pages report kern.stack_size as unchangeable.

I hope I have not overlooked any solutions that have already been proposed somewhere; any help would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: I would like to increase the stack limit to work around what seems to be a bug in ocamlopt, the OCaml native compiler, that stack-overflows processing a particular (sensible) program; I can't seem to find the bug report right now.

One way to increase the stack size is to use ulimit:

shell> ulimit -s new_size_in_kb

Just keep in mind that there seems to be a hard limit on how big the stack can be on OSX and that limit appears to be 65532 kb:

shell> ulimit -s 65533
ulimit: value exceeds hard limit
shell> ulimit -s 65532
shell> ulimit -a | grep stack
-s: stack size (kbytes)             65532

Also ulimit -s is temporary and resets once the terminal session ends.

If you want to make sure that the stack is increased for every terminal session, you could put the ulimit -s command in your .zshrc or equivalent.


Is it possible to get Safari of Mountain Lion running on Lion? I noticed the difference in Safari 6.0 in Lion and Mountain Lion. In Lion it is Safari v 6.0 (7536.25) where as in Mountain Lion it is 8536.25.. The way safari works is also a bit different, for instance the tab view. I liked it when I used it, but I want the same in my Lion as well.. Can I copy the Safari.app from my office laptop running Mountain Lion and put it in my 13" MBP running Lion? Would this work?

Unfortunately, no - Safari uses quite a few system-level frameworks that are vastly different between those OSes.


Prevent Photos, iTunes, etc. opening when new device is connected Sometimes it is necessary to use my mac to install apps being developed on to other people's iOS devices, meaning that it frequently has new iOS devices plugged in. Whenever I plug in a new device 2 things happen that I would like to avoid:

The Photos app opens, offering an import of their photos. This is obviously a potential privacy issue which I avoid by swiftly quitting the Photos app before it loads (thank goodness it's so slow!)
iTunes starts up (if it wasn't before) and offers the latest version of iOS (currently 8.4.1). This is pretty unuseful for me 2 reasons:

I am not going to be updating someone else's device
Some of our test devices are purposefully kept some versions behind.

I would like to prevent both of the above, and, if possible, still have wi-fi and USB syncing, but that's not required.

I realise this is a fairly common question, but I feel mine differs because:

I have tried using RCDefaultApp to fix the issue
I have tried all the options using the Image Capture and iPhotos apps
Nothing I find seems to cover the iTunes-offering-updates issue

I have had this issue for as long as I can remember, but still have it on the latest version of the 10.11 beta.

The Photos problem could be solved by typing the following into a Terminal defaults write com.apple.Photos shouldAutoLaunch 0 and defaults write com.apple.Photos canAutoLaunch 0

You can stop iTunes from opening by going to System Preferences>Users & Groups>Login Items and remove iTunes Helper from the list.


Yes it does, just open Mail.app, then open the Preferences window from the menu bar. Select the Viewing tab and then choose "Use Classic Layout". I've tested this with OS X Yosemite. Here is a screenshot:


Set different volume for phone and clock On iOS, is there a way to set a different volume (loudness level) for the alarms I set in the 'Clock' app?  I'd like to lower the volume for the alarm I use to wake up in the morning, but without lowering the volume for when I am on a call.  Right now I have to remember to turn down the ringer volume setting each night, then turn it back up when I am talking on the phone.

Can this be done?  I haven't found a way in the Settings app, but perhaps I'm just not looking in the right place.

There is a free application, called Nightstand Central (the one with the moon symbol) that lets you set the volume of the alarm as you like without changing that of the iPhone.


Folder icon in titlebar for iTerm2 macOS's default terminal shows the current directory as an icon in the titlebar (called a proxy icon). I can use it to navigate up, or drag the icon to another window to insert the path.

Is there a way to get this icon with iTerm2?

I tried to use various escape sequences, but the best I could to is to get the title set to the current path, but no icon.

Nevermind, found it myself. I updated to version 3.1.beta.5, and the option was under Preferences - Appearance - Window - Show proxy icon in window title bar.

You have to install the shell integrations, or manually send the required ANSI sequences. The default macOS bashrc only sends the sequences to set the icon when it detects Terminal.app.


No prompt to accept files when Airdropped to myself? Ive just airdropped a file from my phone (iPhone 8, iOS 12.x) to my computer (MacBook Pro, OSX 10.13.x). Both devices use the same Apple / iCloud ID.

The file was received fine, but I was not required to confirm acceptance of the file on my computer. My concern is that someone could send me a file maliciously.

My computers AirDrop settings are set to "Allow me to be discovered by Contacts Only."

If another contact with a different Apple ID tried to Airdrop a file to my computer, would my computer ask me to accept it ?

According to Apple:

  If you AirDrop content to yourself, like share a photo from your iPhone to your Mac, you won't see an option to Accept or Decline. The content is automatically sent to that device. Just make sure that both devices are signed in with the same Apple ID.

AirDrop is working as designed.  I don't think you need to worry about someone sending you malicious content.


How I can change my region when I have few Apple ID balance? How I can change my region when I have a low Apple ID balance?
I had $50 Apple ID balance now I have 0.22. I want to change my region to download sonic runners but I can't. What are my options?

If you are prepared to sacrifice the remaining balance, contact Apple support and they will remove it and you can then change regions.


Presenter notes in Keynote Window Mode using Apple Script Unfortunately, Keynote does not allow (as far as I know) to have presenter notes displayed when used in window mode. I'm trying to work around this by using Apple Script. More precisely, I generate a PDF document where on page n I have the presenter notes for slide n. I then open up my Keynote presentation in Window mode and the Skim PDF viewer. I use the following Apple Script to simultaneously advance the slides and the PDF
tell application "Keynote"
        activate
        show next
        set selectedSlide to slide number of current slide of front document
end tell
tell application "Skim"
    tell document 1
        go to page selectedSlide
    end tell
end tell

What puzzles me is that Skim is always one slide behind, so it displays page n-1 instead of n. This is (although I don't understand why) not too much trouble (as I could simply add one to the slide variable), but another more serious problem arises. Some of my slides have embedded movies which need a click to be played. The PDF document should remain on the same page, since only the movie is played, but the slide number does not increase. Nonetheless the PDF moves one page forward. Does anyone understand what's the problem here? (I'm using Keynote 10.3.9 and Skim 1.6 on macOS 10.15.6)

So it turn's out it is simply a timing issue adding delay does the trick:
tell application "Keynote"
        activate
        show next
        delay 0.1
        set selectedSlide to slide number of current slide of front document
end tell
tell application "Skim"
    tell document 1
        go to page selectedSlide
    end tell
end tell


How can I keep notification center enabled, even when I'm in a full-screen app? I'm running 10.9.4 on a MacBook Air, and when I enter composition mode in Scrivener (which is a full-screen mode) I find that the Mac Notification Center is completely disabled. Any alerts I receive will make no sound and I can't see the little windows. If I switch away from Scrivener to another app, then the alerts are visible, but any banners have already come and gone, so I never see them.

Is there any way to change this behavior? I would like Notification Center to stay active even when I'm in this full-screen app.

Thanks!

I found an imperfect solution: apparently applications that use their own full-screen mode (an older API maybe?) and not the OSX full-screen mode, disable the Notification Center while they're in full-screen. Scrivener's composition mode does this, as does Word 2011.

A solution that worked for me in Scrivener was to go into regular full-screen mode (View->Enter Full Screen), which uses the OSX full-screen API, creating its own Space for Scrivener, putting the blue full-screen icon on the right-hand side of the menubar, and leaving Notification Center intact.

If I then go into composition mode (View->Enter Composition Mode), all is well and Notification Center works.

Note, this doesn't work in Word, because in its infinite wisdom, it kicks itself out of OSX fullscreen mode, ditching its Space, before it enters composition mode. So I still don't know how to receive notifications while composing in Word, but maybe that's just another reason not to use Word.

Thanks to njboot for the screenshot showing it was possible to get notifications in Scrivener composition mode!


Tab key on ZSH terminal in Catalina keeps running "bundle exec jekyll serve" I don't have jekyll installed on my system

➜  ~ Could not locate Gemfile or .bundle/ directory

➜  ~ which jekyll
jekyll not found
➜  ~ which ruby
/usr/bin/ruby
➜  ~
➜  ~ which bundle
zsh: correct 'bundle' to '.bundle' [nyae]? n
/usr/bin/bundle

Every time I press Tab key on the terminal to navigate the files and folders it returns

"Could not locate Gemfile or .bundle/ directory". How do I resolve the issue?

Edit: Resolved  I had an alias as exec="bundle exec jekyll serve" which was messing up the navigation.

Go to the .zshrc file in your home folder and check if a command like that is listed.  If so delete it. The .zshrc file gets executed every time you open a terminal window.


On MacOS, how do you delete history without deleting cookies and cache? I can't seem to find the option to do so. Also, I'm on Big Sur if that's relevant.

Open safari and press ⌘Y, then press ⌘A, right click (Or control click) and select delete.
If you just want to delete some, then ⌘Click the days or sites you want to delete and then right click (Or control click) and select delete.


Is there an efficient way to recover un-synced Photo Stream images? I'm experiencing a vexing bug with Photo Stream (that at least some others seem to share), in which about 10% of the photos I take on my iOS devices just don't show up in the stream. I understand that I can manually import the missing photos (e.g. using Image Capture, Aperture or iPhoto) and then manually add them to my photo library, including to my Photo Stream (e.g., using Aperture). But this process is tedious and, of course, error prone: I need to periodically go through all the photos I've taken with each of my iOS devices and manually identify which photos haven't made it into the Photo Stream.

Is there a way to force a re-upload of all photos in an iOS device's Camera Roll to Photo Stream?

I've tried turning Photo Stream off and back on again on the affected iOS devices, but the missing photos remain missing.

Directly no.

You can go the indirect route. Get all the photos to a computer, clear the photo stream manually, then enroll the computer into Photo Stream to inject the photos back into the stream in whatever order you prefer.

At that point, you can re-attach the iOS devices to the stream.

You might want to poke at the iOS side (restore or otherwise isolate the issue as it might be a software or network issue there - I've tried to break photo stream with bad network connections - lots of photos taken when offline or switching network from WiFi to 3G and back while taking pictures and it seems pretty robust to me and unbreakable when the software is working properly)


Can I force Mac OS X to select certain Wifi network? When I turn on Wifi on my MacBook, it always selects some open network.

Can I somehow force the system to choose another network (it is password-protected but I have the password stored in the Keychain and it keeps choosing the open one)?

I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.4.

Sure. Just go to System Preferences/Network, select Wifi and click Advanced. A list with all the Wifi networks you've been connected to will appear. Just rearrange the connection order (the ones you'd like to connect first on top) by drag-dropping.

Also, delete any unwanted network SSID (network names) if you no longer want to auto-join that.


Mail account sync via iTunes not working I recently switched from Sparrow.app back to Mail.app and added a whole bunch of accounts. Now I am trying to sync them with my iPhone 5 via iTunes 11, since I am everything but keen on adding them manually in the iPhone settings.

But iTunes seems unable to find my accounts:

So how can I fix this?

Looks like this was an ordinary bug, it's working now (iTunes 11.0.2 + iOS 6.0.2)


How do I play HTML5 videos with unsupported formats on iOS? When browsing on iOS I find that I increasingly come across sites where the site's video format is not supported by by iOS Safari or Chrome.  At one such site, the error reads as follows:

  The video you are trying to watch is a format not supported by the HTML video tag in this browser.

What is going wrong?  Is there any way to play such videos on iOS?

I'm not sure what video you're referring to, as there is no video in your link. But I assume there was a video there when you posted that didn't work.

iOS does only support video-streams in AVC h264, MPEG-4 and Motion JPEG, and only M4V, MP4 and MOV as containers/file extensions. Other apps are allowed to include their own codecs and can therefore play other formats, but most don't.
Mobile Safari does only utilize the native codecs and will only play those formats, and HLS-streams.

There is no official way to get Mobile Safari to play other types of videos, and most likely does Chrome as well. If you can get the direct link to the video you could try use VLC or CineX.


SSH into another mac on different network using port other than 22 I tried to access one of my mac on a different network using a specified port: 1234
ssh remoteuser@remoteip -p 1234

but I got the result that connection refused. How do I specify the port I want to use other than the default 22?

Everything after the destination/address is passed to the target computer as a command. Try
ssh -p 1234 user@remote

instead.


Resolving host...: Internet doesn't work (Chrome and Safari) My MacBook sometimes can't connect to the internet. Chrome displays "Resolving host" but a web page doesn't appear. Safari also doesn't work. Interestingly, sometimes Google seems to work as the only web page (also auto complete in Google). After some time (or sometimes when I call "dscacheutil -flushcache") it works for a few minutes and then the issue occurs again.

Other devices always work so it has to be related to my MacBook. I'm using two DNS servers pointing to 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4. When the issue is present Ping doesn't work (ping: cannot resolve www.google.com: Unknown host) and Lookup doesn't work too (www.google.com -> The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.))

A few month ago I had the same issue. At the time I had to delete some files in the LaunchDeamons-folder but I can't remember which ones...

Anything I could try?

Update: If I add a second "Location" (in the Network preferences) I can simply switch to the other location and I'm back in the Internet... pretty tedious solution...

Does the issue eventually come back when creating another location? If not, this is being caused by settings.


How to backup Airport Extreme USB drive with Time Machine I have a drive connected to the Airport Extreme using its USB cable. I want to back up this drive using Time Machine (or some other practical method, though I trust Time Machine more than other solutions.)

Unlike most who have this kind of question, I do not want to backup my local machine to this drive.  I want to backup this drive, along with my machines local drives to my external drive using Time Machine.

There seems to be no good way to back up this drive, meaning all the data on the drive shared by the Airport is at risk if something happened to it.

In case anyone is unclear, I have 4 devices in this scenario, the Airport Extreme (AE), the USB drive connected to it (AE-USB), my local Macbook (MB) and the external drive connected to the MacBook (MBED).

I want to store files on AE-USB, and I want those files to be backed up somewhere, preferably using MB's Time Machine which backs up the MB drives to MBED.  I want to back up AE-USB onto MBED so that if something happens to it, I can restore it from the locally connected drive MBED.

Time Machine is only designed to backup internal and locally-attached drives. It cannot backup network-attached storage devices (such as the AE-USB). If you would like to backup this network drive you will need to look at another software solution capable of doing so. Some recommendations would include Carbon Copy Cloner and ChronoSync.

Another thing you can do is purchase an external hard drive capable of RAID 1 configuration. While this won't protect you from accidentally deleting a file, it will protect you from hard drive failure.


To what application does com~apple~shoebox belong to? Looking at ~/Library/Mobile Documents I see a folder named com~apple~shoebox. What application does it belong to?

According to @Cocoanetics, Ole Begemann (under ShoeboxUISerice and WebViewService) and this SO-answer, "Shoebox" was Apple's codename/inside name for Passbook!


ECG Setup in Apple Watch I have installed latest iOS version on my iPhone as well as on Apple Watch. However I don’t see set up option for ECG app in Health app in iPhone. What do I do.

ECG availability depends on where you live.
Apple has a list at https://www.apple.com/lae/watchos/feature-availability/#branded-ecg


autosave in osx lion Will it be possible to disable the Auto Save feature in OS X Lion?

Since Lion testers are under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) it may be difficult to get a definitive answer on this here.  From my reading of what has been released so far, and reading between the lines to Apples intent on bringing iOS (and in particular the iPad) functionality/experience to the Desktop, I would say that the Applications written for Lion will use that feature, and it will not be able to be turned off.

I say this because I think that the autosave and version system will be deep in the guts of the OS and once an application is written to use this feature, it won't be an option.

That's not to say that people won't find a way around it.


What RSS reader software runs on iOS, Andriod and OS X for someone used to Google reader? What software and service functions similarly to an RSS reader which will sync between my Macs, iOS devices, and Android devices?

I am looking for a web view similar to Google reader as well as native client for offline use on all three platforms. I understand there may be no perfect match, so please offer experience and downsides of your solution so others can pick the best solution for themselves.

I'm clearly motivated by Google reader's close date of summer 2013 to find a new RSS platform.

Just some options I've found a few people discussing. Hope it helps.

Feed Wrangler

  David Smith announced that he’s been working on an RSS aggregation service to replace Google Reader.

Feedly

  ... just announced that if you’re using their app, they plan to seamlessly integrate the syncing to their own sync server.

Fever

  ...a self-hosted feed catcher that already syncs with Reeder, as well as quite a few other iOS apps.

River2

  River2 is a River of News feed reader with lots of features.

NetVibes

  ...one of the most popular web reader, offering a Google Reader-like interface as well as a snazzy iGoogle-like homepage.

NewsBlur

  ... is also a great option, with an interface that's very similar to Google Reader (and arguably a little more polished). You create an account with them, subscribe to your favorite sites, and can read them on any computer. They even have Android and iOS apps that'll sync your feeds, too

Feedbin.me

  See all your feed, summaries and article content side-by-side.

  Source: 1, 2 & 3


Should I reinstall the OS after restoring from time machine? A while back, my MacBook Pro died. It was an older machine (2007 I think), with a Core 2 Duo processor. I was doing regular backups through Time Machine. I bought a I7 MBP, and re-staged the new system by restoring from the Time Machine backup.

The performance of the new machine is not quite what I expected. It crashes fairly frequently, and seems to page-out memory even though I installed 16GB of RAM.

Would it be worthwhile to reinstall the OS? Is it possible that the OS restored from Time Machine is not taking full advantage of the new machine's processor and RAM?

Though any Mac OS install includes all the bits needed to run most modern Macs, it's generally helpful to build a fresh install with a new computer and processor. I find it's best to do a fresh install (erasing the drive) and then migrate the user from the Time Machine backup. The user migration process is amazingly thorough.


Which has better sound output -- an iPhone 6s or an iPad Mini Retina (1st generation) I am moving to a new job in a Windows environment. Currently I have my Mac running to a Schiit Modi via USB and then from the DAC into a receiver. At my new job, I will have to output sound from either an iPhone 6s or an iPad Mini Retina (1st generation). Between these two devices, does one have a better onboard DAC?

The iPhone 6s will definitely deliver better results.

  While I cannot speak of the iPhone 5's audio performance, there has
  obviously been an improvement between the iPhone 4 to 6 with the
  ability to play 24-bit audio. The iPhone 6's DAC measures very well up
  to the maximum 48kHz samplerate.

In-depth review

To compare it against the iPad mini, just read some user complains about Audio Quality.

Though, the iPhone 6 didn't play High-res sounds. If this changed to the 6s, I cannot tell. This article from mashable suggests to use the external Lightning-to-USB adapter to plug in your own DAC to enhance the audio quality.

What's a fair point to make is, when you connect an external DAC to your iPhone 6s, you will have with no doubt a supreme audio experience. I don't know with which headphones you will plug in, but I am assuming the hardware wouldn't be a downer, more so the MP3 or audio file itself.


How can I control white balance? Every other digital camera I've used has a white balance control. I can't imagine a camera without one, since fundamentally the camera can't know what the "correct" white balance is without this human input.

Where is it in the iOS camera?

White balance on the iPhone using the default Camera app is set automatically so you can't change it during or before you take the picture.

You can adjust it after the fact or you can use a 3rd party app that has white balance controls.


Filevault login screen slow to start after trying to install Windows using bootcamp Since trying to install Windows 7 on my iMac with Lion 10.7.4, using Boot Camp, I noticed that the login screen where it asks for the FileVault password is taking a lot of seconds to be displayed.

When I turn on the computer, after the sound only a blank screen is shown for a lot for seconds.

Even after removing the Windows partition using Boot Camp, this slow down persists.

Anyone with similar problem, or solution?

The common cause is when the OS X EFI isn't selected in startup preferences (and then stored in NVRAM) so the system needs to read all drives before defaulting to the lowest numbered Mac volume.

A more oddball case would be if the kernel caches are somehow invalid and must be recreated which slows a boot sequence considerably.


Is there a way to define a box around an equation in Pages using Latex? I want to draw a box around formulae I am inserting into a page in Pages using latex.

Pages will not accept formulae inside text boxes and this would be a lame method anyway.

Here is a option for drawing a box around formulae inserted into a Pages document.  This is not super elegant but could be what the OP is looking for.

From the Menu select Insert > Equation...
Enter the desired LaTex or MathML into the dialog box.

Insert a 'box'. Generally, a square shape sized, fill color removed or set to desired color, with a border of the desired width.
Align both so that the equation appears in the center.

It may be good to group them together option+command+G so they can be moved or resized together.

More info on LaTex or MathML for Pages: Pages version 7.1 (5683) inserting equations using LaTex or MathML.


How to convert Aperture license to app store license? Possible Duplicate:
  Can I update apps that I've already purchased through the Mac App Store?

Long ago I bought the retail box version of Aperture and have been steadily upgrading until the current version.  I no longer have the DVD, but I do have a valid license and serial number.

I just bought a new Mac Mini and quickly installed all my previously-purchased apps from the Mac App store.  I'd like to download Aperture this way, but don't want to buy it again.

Question: Is there any means to convert my current license to an App store license? I was hoping that when the App Store was first deployed, it would recognize my apple software and pull it into the App store model, but it did not.  (Aperture and iWork updates happen outside the app store because I didn't buy them there).

Hope that all makes sense.

Thanks!

From an accepted answer by Kyle Cronin from another Ask Different question, with added emphasis:

  From Daring
  Fireball:

    […] for apps that use the  same bundle ID for the both the Mac  App
    Store and non-App Store versions,  the Mac App Store will not install
    updates to already-installed non-App  Store versions, but it will
    recognize  them as being already installed. If  you want to get
    updates via the Mac  App Store, you’ll have to re-buy the  app through
    the App Store.


Trying to script partitioning Macintosh HD in command line? I am trying to script partitioning the Macintosh HD. I am running

diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk0 GPT JHFS+ New 100g

in command line and I'm getting this error.

Started partitioning on disk0
Unmounting disk
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
(Is a disk in use by a storage system such as AppleRAID, CoreStorage, or APFS?)

So it seems like it's having problems dismounting Macintosh HD because that's what my laptop is running on. How do I partition Macintosh HD while booted on it?

diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB       disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB       disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.4 GB       disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB       disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +499.1 GB       disk1
                             Logical Volume on disk0s2
                             EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A54
                             Unlocked Encrypted

diskutil coreStorage list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 5E012656-B5D2-43E3-999F-5EF2E2D0C138
=========================================================
Name:         Macintosh HD
Status:       Online
Size:         499418034176 B (499.4 GB)
Free Space:   10645504 B (10.6 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 404807DA-ADE9-4CAE-B449-279488379018
|   ----------------------------------------------------
|   Index:    0
|   Disk:     disk0s2
|   Status:   Online
|   Size:     499418034176 B (499.4 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 78187C7A-2A55-48A1-AEE3-25AD3A9E3538
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    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 EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A54
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Disk:                  disk1
        Status:                Online
        Size (Total):          499055067136 B (499.1 GB)
        Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
        Revert Status:         Reboot required
        LV Name:               Macintosh HD
        Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
        Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

diskutil apfs list

No APFS Containers found

Your main disk is already partitioned. You can't use diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk0 GPT ... booted to the same disk.

In my opinion you have three options:

Resize the current Logical Volume "Macintosh HD" and create a second logical volume in the LVG
Resize the whole stack and add a fourth volume at the end
Create a growing sparsebundle image in your encrypted volume "Macintosh HD"

Resize the logical volume:

resize the logical volume:

diskutil cs resizeVolume EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A54 399055m

add a second logical volume in the free LVG space:

diskutil cs createVolume 5E012656-B5D2-43E3-999F-5EF2E2D0C138 jhfsx "dev" 100%

Result:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
  0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB       disk0
  1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB       disk0s1
  2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.4 GB       disk0s2
  3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB       disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
  0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +399.1 GB       disk1
                         Logical Volume on disk0s2
                         EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A5
                         Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
  0:                  Apple_HFS dev                     100.0 GB       disk2
                         Logical Volume on disk0s2
                         C7C75FC4-4062-42E7-B2F5-576CFCA257854
                         Unencrypted

Resize the stack:

resize the whole stack:

diskutil cs resizeStack EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A54 399055m

add a fourth volume with gdisk (download required)

sudo gdisk /dev/disk0

Enter the following key sequence: N/Enter/Enter/Enter/AF00/W/Y Check the help with `?`!

format case-sensitive after getting the new device identifier

diskutil list
sudo newfs_hfs -v dev -J -s disk0s4 #use the appropriate device identifier here

modify volume permissions with chgrp/chmod if necessary
Result:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
  0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB       disk0
  1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB       disk0s1
  2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            399.4 GB       disk0s2
  3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB       disk0s3
  4:                  Apple_HFS dev                     100.0 GB       disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
  0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +399.1 GB       disk1
                         Logical Volume on disk0s2
                         EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A5
                         Unlocked Encrypted

Create a growing sparsebundle:

hdiutil create -type SPARSEBUNDLE -size 100g -fs JHFS+X -volname dev dev

Check man hdiutil for other formats like SPARSE etc.

Scripting this is rather difficult but not impossible - except the last proposal which is easy to implement.


Apple watch stuck while updating I was updating to watchOS 4 beta 3 and its got stuck at this screen

I had this problem before and solved it by doing a forced restart. To do this simply press and hold both side button and Digital Crown at once until the view changes.


iTunes Match is stuck on the last song in step 2 of the initial process iTunes Match has worked well, so far, except the process seems stuck on the last song. I have more than one song 'waiting', so I can't tell which song this is stuck on:

Console shows the (not very)helpful:

11/19/11 3:37:16.652 PM iTunes: _AMDDeviceDetached (thread 0x11302b000): Device 'AMDevice 0x7fe5afcdad00 {UDID = b40482688c52cdaa90ef21796c4dad05f445c06b, device ID = 29, FullServiceName = 58:55:ca:e3:7a:39@fe80::5a55:caff:fee3:7a39._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.}' detached.

in iTunes, select your Library -> Music and then right click on the Column Headings and choose iCloud Status. Sort by this new column and the file causing the problem should have a 'Waiting' Status which you can then remove.


Docker & OSX's guest Windows 10 Pro "doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory" I have macOS 10.12.3 and Windows 10 Pro running under Parallels. I try to install Docker to Windows 10. I could not install Docker for Windows rather Docker Toolbox (no idea why) but in installing the Docker Toolbox

"This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory"

and according to older threads, getting Docker to work may not work with VirtualBox because of lacking nested virtualisation support (this may be old).
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe --version,(default) DBG |
 STDOUT:
,(default) DBG |
 {,(default) DBG |
 5.1.20r114628,(default) DBG |
 },(default) DBG |
 STDERR:
,(default) DBG |
 {,(default) DBG |
 },(default) DBG |
 Hyper-V is not installed.,(default) DBG |
 %!(EXTRA *exec.Error=exec:
 "vmms.exe":
 executable file not found in %PATH%)COMMAND:
 wmic cpu get VirtualizationFirmwareEnabled,(default) DBG |
 STDOUT:
,(default) DBG |
 {,(default) DBG |
 VirtualizationFirmwareEnabled ,(default) DBG |
 FALSE ,(default) DBG |
 ,(default) DBG |
 },Error with pre-create check:
 "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory",open
C:\Users\user2.user\.docker\machine\machines\default\default\Logs\VBox.log:
 The system cannot find the path specified.,notifying bugsnag:
 [Error with pre-create check:
 "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory"],bugsnag.Notify:
 [bugsnag/payload.deliver:
 Post https:
//notify.bugsnag.com/:
 dial tcp:
 lookup notify.bugsnag.com:
 getaddrinfow:
 No such host is known.],

where notice that "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory" and "Hyper-V is not installed.".
How can I get Docker working in Windows 10 Pro with the host OSX and Windows 10 virtualised in Parallel software of OSX?
Older threads with different setup ands some tips

https://superuser.com/questions/1138980/this-computer-doesnt-have-vt-x-amd-v-enabled-enabling-it-in-the-bios-is-mandat

Hyper-V in Windows 10 on MacBook Pro

Instead of using BootCamp, use a virtualization system running on macOS such as VMware Fusion, Parallels, etc. You can use nested virtualization to run the Docker containers using Hyper-V on Windows that way.

Parallels settings (running Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac, version 12.2.0)
I cannot see anything about enabling nested virtualisation.

To enable nested virtualization in Parallels, do the following:

1) Shutdown the virtual machine

2) Open the configuration for the virtual machine

3) Click the "General" tab

4) Select either to auto-detect the OS, or explicitly select Windows 10

5) Click the "Hardware" tab and then click "CPU & Memory" in the list on the left

6) Expand "Advanced settings" and tick the "Enable nested virtualization" option


Duplicate icons in Applications Dock Stacks A picture is worth a thousand words.

I have a shortcut (not sure what the official word for this is) to my Applications folder in my Dock.

When opening it, I see multiple copies of the icon "Xcode.app".

If I "open in finder", I only see one. If I open the launchpad I also only see one.

Don't mind the folder called "Xcode 5", I added this only yesterday while this multi-icon bug has been there for over a month....

Running OSX 10.10.1

UPDATE: The official name for those shortcuts are "Stacks" (http://support.apple.com/en-il/HT201955)

Right click Applications in Dock, remove it from Dock and then add again.


Sierra: Dock Menu disappears too fast On Sierra, I recently noticed that the 'right-click' menu related to Dock applications or Dock Preferences disappears too fast; I am not able to move the mouse fast enough to access any of the menu items before the menu disappears. This seems not affected by toggling the auto-hide feature of the Dock. Anyone else noticed this? Any way to modify the time before menu disappearing?

There are two ways of navigating menus on macOS:

Modern: Click or right-click and release the button, then click on an option by once again depressing the button and releasing it again.
Classic: Click or right-click and keep holding the button, then move the mouse to the option, where releasing the button on an option selects the option.

It seems like macOS is receiving inputs following half of each of these: the click is held long enough that macOS thinks you're going to use the classic option, but you're actually trying to use modern.

There are a couple of possibilities for why this is occurring:

There's a bug with the Dock. Restart the Dock with killall Dock or log out and back in.
The mouse is broken and registering a longer click than it should be. Is the button sticking down? Do you have an alternative mouse to try?


Mac not showing external flash drive with turnkey linux installed I have been trying to setup a spare iMac (iMac12,2) that I have as a minecraft server, but whenever I try to make the flash drive installer, the mac doesn't recognize the drive in the boot picker (holding down option at boot)... the drive is bootable because an old macbook (MacBook4,1) that I have is able to boot.. I've tried installing rEFInd but when booting into the drive it just displays a black screen, and when using clover bootloader, it just boots into the GRUB bootloader... any ideas?

This may be far fetched, but is the USB formatted as GUID partition scheme? The Mac boot program rejects anything other than it with my experiences. And have you checked if the Linux is UEFI compatible? That may be an issue with newer Mac's.


Trouble accessing the iPhone 4s smiley emoticons / icons I just got a "new to me" iPhone 4s, set it up, and updated it to the most recent version of iOS v 8.2. This is my first iPhone, and though I've searched using Siri, Google, and the Stack Exchange search, I've been unable to find a solution to my problem

While using the built-in keyboard, I noticed the smiley face button that brings up the smiley emoticon keyboard. In addition to the 4 other emoticon keyboards along the bottom, I noticed that there is an varying array of dots along the top of each of the emoticon keyboards.

I'm use to to this indicating that there are other "pages" of whatever I'm looking at, and I only need to swipe left or right to see them. But swiping across the emoticons simply selects one icon after another, leaving the unseen emoticons unseen.

For the "face" icons, I see 1 black and 8 grey, I assume that means there are 8 other face style icons I can choose from, maybe smiling, or angry, or sleepy. Or at least 8 pages of my other face type emoticons to choose from.

But I can't figure out how to switch pages!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Go to Settings > General > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard and choose Emoji. The full range of available emoji will become available through the 'globe' icon to the right of the '123' icon.


Unable to unlock screen if QuickTime was the last app open in fullscreen view I noticed that if I leave QuickTime open in fullscreen and then my screen is locked, I have no way to unlock it:

Screen is completely black but for the mouse cursor.
I can move the mouse across the screen and the attached external monitor.
Both the external keyboard and the laptop one have no other effect than to make the system beep by each keystroke.

Is there a better way than to force power off the machine to unlock it?

command+option+esc, than force quit QT Player


How to speed up screen refresh on MacPro + Bootcamp? I'm a .Net developer running Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) on a 2010 MacPro (2.27Ghz/6GB RAM) using Bootcamp. Until about a month ago its been, imo, the ultimate dev workstation. However recently I've noticed that Visual Studio 2010 takes a very long time to redraw its windows. This is most noticeable when switching to it after its been in the foreground.

I don't get this problem with other Windows apps and am baffled because the machine has more than enough grunt to handle a few MDI'd windows yet grinds for up to five minutes sometimes when reactivating the VS environment - the screen update seems to slow everything down. My colleagues are using identical hardware and software but running Windows under Parallels on their Macs does not lead to this behaviour.

I'm getting desperate (and I've asked this same question at StackOverflow.com) - does anyone know why this might be happening and whether there's a fix ...?

I asked the same question at Stackoverflow and got an answer which appears to have fixed my issues. Hardware acceleration (paradoxically) is what was slowing down my VS.

HTH somebody.


How to disable Open Directory to startup with Mac OS X I was recently given a computer by the IT dept. at my company, right before the IT guy left for a few days... However it isn't configured to be used:

From what I understand this is called "Open Directory". I don't need it for the work I'm doing. How do I start the computer with the "normal" Mac OS X?

I do not have a way to go past the prompt.

I couldn't find anything online about this.

In my opinion - as a SysAdmin/Mac supporter - this is a really bad hack and it is not recommended. But it works!

You probably can forcefully unbind your Mac and reconfigure it by using the .AppleSetupDone method. This may "poison" the Open Directory though, because your Mac isn't properly unbound from the disconnected/non-reachable OD server.

Reboot to Single User Mode with cmdS
Enter /sbin/fsck -fy
Enter /sbin/mount -uw /
Enter rm -r /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/
Enter rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

On the first attempt this didn't work for me – I got some override root messages. Simply enter yes then. This doesn't remove the files/folder in question though. I repeated the last three steps but accidentally entered /sbin/mount -rw / (which doesn't mean read-write but read-only followed by a read/write) as first command.

Enter /sbin/mount -rw / (/sbin/mount -w / should also work but that's unclear)
Enter rm -r /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/
Enter rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

After a reboot (shutdown -r now) you should get the Config Assistant and create a new local admin account.

After setting up the new admin user, open System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options > Network Account Server. You probably have to remove any listed OD to properly work with your local admin account.


Can't add DHCP Reservation with Airport Utility I just bought an AirPort extreme (bought December '12). I'm trying to assign a static IP for my printer.

With Airport Utility 6.2, under Network, I click on the plus sign under DHCP Reservations. All I get is a beep and it doesn't do anything.

Router mode is set to DHCP and NAT.

What is preventing me from adding a DHCP Reservation?

Download Airport Utility 5.6. This older version of Airport Utility will let you make DHCP Reservations. (I had to resort to this because Airport Utility 6.2 ignored the plus sign under DHCP Reservations. It also ignored the Edit button and needed a "Force Quit" to terminate.)


Webdav credentials OS X where I can automatically login to webdav server but have forgotten user/password.
Where on OS X High Sierra are these credentials stored so I can access and store them elsewhere?

These credentials are stored in your keychain, which you can see using Keychain Access, an application in the Utilities folder. Search for the IP address or hostname you use to connect to your WebDAV server.


Cannot create some specific keyboard shortcuts (Shift + F4) I want to reuse some common keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu. The first one is ⇧ Shift+F4 (to open terminal), the second one is ⌃ Control+Shift (to change input source). However, the  system preference seems to prevent me from using such special combinations. Is there a way to bypass this?

It will let you use Shift/F4*, assuming you have a service you can apply it to that will launch Terminal, but it won't let you use ctrl/shift without some further character.

*Also assuming you have Fkey set to be Fkeys & not 'convenience shortcuts' - set in System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard, otherwise you'll have to add Fn.


Does a power cord use energy when it is not pugged into a Mac? In order to save energy I consider pulling the power cord out of the wall after my Mac has been recharges.

Does a power cord use energy when it is not pugged into a Mac?

Yes, the charger will use power when plugged in, but much less than when it is actually charging.

Once the mac is charged then unplug the power supply - it serves no purpose leaving it in, but if you forget it is not a huge waste of power.

The term for this is vampire power and if you assume the MacBook charger in this test was equivalent to 3 of the tested chargers combined, it might consume 18 cents of electricity per year in the US.

https://www.howtogeek.com/231886/tested-should-you-unplug-chargers-when-youre-not-using-them/


Macbook keyboard incorrect mappings My gut is telling me this is a hardware problem, but I thought I'd ask here just in case.

I just got a 'new' refurbished Macbook Pro Retina 2013. Pressing the 'i' key inputs an 'o', and pressing the '8' key inputs a '9'. As far as I can tell, these are the only two keys whose mappings are incorrect. I can plug in a USB keyboard and it works just fine.

Is there a way to reinstall the keyboard firmware on a Mac to test for that? Or am I hosed, with the only option being to send it back for (further) repair?

I would reset both your NVRAM and your SMC. See below for instructions.

Reset your NVRAM

Newer Macs use Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM). It may be worth you resetting this. Here’s how to:

Shut down your machine. Yes, a full shut down, not just logging out.
Press the power button and then press the commandoptionpr keys. You have to make sure you press these keys before the gray screen appears or it won’t work.
Hold those keys down until your Mac reboots again and you here the startup chime.
Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.

Note: When you log back in you may need to readjust some of your system preferences (e.g. mouse speed, time and date/timezone, etc).

Reset the SMC

Your computer's System Management Controller (SMC) can also be reset. To reset this on your particular MacBook Pro, here’s what you do:

Shut down your computer
Keep the power cable plugged in.
Press at the same time shiftoptioncontrol (on the left side of the keyboard) and the power button
Let go
Turn your computer back on with the power button.

After doing both these, let us know how you go.


How I can unminimize windows from an application using a key combination? Coming from the Windows world, I was initially used to using Cmd-Tab to switch between open windows. On OS X this switches between applications, so I had to learn to use Ctrl-` to switch between windows in an application. However, even this doesn't seem to switch to minimized windows and (for better or worse) I am in the habit of minimizing windows. The only way I have found to unminimize them is to long-click on the icon in the dock and select the window I want, which is annoying. Is there a key combination I can use which will switch between windows and unminimize them at the same time, or any related keys which would help?

I am using OS X 10.8.

I'm from the same boat;

the best native keyboard-only  I've found is

CTRL-DOWN-Arrow; (you enter app expose)
DOWN-arrow; (if there are any minimized windows, this'll put a cursor on one)
LEFT-arrow/RIGHT-arrow (to select from multiple minimized windows) or hold OPT if you want all of them restored.
RETURN

alternative step1: getting into app expose before you've alt-cmd'ed to an app:

with CMD still held down, (the task switcher is visible)
tap DOWN, or UP, or 1 (now in app expose)

The above shows only one app's minimized windows at a time; for selecting from any minimized window regardless of app, CTRL-F3 moves focus to the dock, and you can arrow left to get to the minimized list.

if your CTRL-F3 instead shows you the app-expose, try FN-CTRL-F3. (In my settings/keyboard, I've flagged "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys")

Some apps have specific alternatives; I use Terminal's CMD-window_number, which unminimizes and focuses that window.


How to stop note to stop auto convert double qoute to inverted comma? This is the text I want to keep in a note:

gcloud compute --project "wordpress-test" instance-groups unmanaged create "instance-group-wordpress" --zone "us-central1-b"

However note will always automatically convert the last double quote to a "smart inverted comma" like so:

gcloud compute --project "wordpress-test" instance-groups unmanaged create "instance-group-wordpress" --zone "us-central1-b”

(You have to manually type it in order to trigger this behavior)

Is there any way I can stop this conversion?

Right-click inside your note, then uncheck the following option:

Notes will no longer replace your smart quotes. Unfortunately, this applies to all notes. I don’t think there is a way to restrict this setting to a single Note.


iphone 7 - messages on lock screen showing separately from the same sender In the past, messages from the same sender would group as one notification on my lock screen e.g. Ann 7 messages

Since turning my phone on and off, suddenly multiple messages from the same sender are showing up separately. So if Ann sends me 7 messages, I'm getting 7 separate notifications on my lock screen.

How do i get them to group together again?

You need to re-enable the grouping setting:

Go to Settings → Notifications → Messages → Scroll down to Notification Grouping → Set it to Automatic


iPad Mini won't turn on I have an iPad Mini that I have had sense the fall.  This morning I woke up and it was working fine.  Now it won't turn on.  I've tried all the regular fixes and nothing is working.  Will the manufacturer warranty cover this?  Should I take it to an Apple store?

Could the battery be dead? If so it may take 5 to 10 minutes hooked up to a wall charger before it will have enough power to reboot. Make sure you use the provided wall charger as most USB chargers don't have enough power and take a very long time to recharge iPads.


Kali Linux bootable USB not showing up in boot menu I am using a 2018 MBA running Big Sur
I wanted to create a persistent bootable USB with Kali Linux and have followed the exact instructions as given in this article: https://medium.com/macoclock/install-kali-linux-live-usb-with-persistence-using-macos-b1574c996491
However after powering on and pressing the option key, the bootable USB does not show up. This is partition containing the OS:

Here, it shows Bootable "No" but I don't know why. Also this partition is not mounted and Big Sur isn't allowing me to mount it as well and shows an error.

I am not sure what the issue is here and would be extremely grateful if someone helped out

If my memory serves me correctly, you can not boot iso9660 images from a partition on Intel Mac computers. At least not directly from the Mac firmware. I am not sure what the author of your linked reference was thinking.
I would recommend following the instructions publish by kali.org. Below are two webpages which together cover the creation of a portable Kali with persistence.
Making a Kali Bootable USB Drive (macOS/OS X)
Adding Persistence to a Kali Linux "Live" USB Drive
If you are still having problems, then update your question and post a comment below.


Installing VMware-Windows for all users There are two problems with VMware installing Windows in ~/Documents:

Multiple OS X users cannot use the same Windows installation.
Even one inadvertent omission to exclude ~/Documents from the Time Machine backup means that a heavy penalty will be paid on the TM disk.

How does one install Windows through VMware in a more neutral fashion, perhaps in a separate partition, to make windows accessible by all OS X accounts?

At the risk of getting the two-question police after me, I will venture with a sequel: can one move one's ~/Documents/Virtual Machine.localized/ to a new partition or is it necessary to restart the installation of windows?

It looks like you can safely move an existing vmware virtual machine - http://www.splashofstyle.com/archives/2009/01/31/moving-a-wmware-fusion-virtual-machine/


How to fix when Apple Mail fails to display new Exchange Imap e-mail messages? In our case the Apple Mail client stops retrieving new incoming e-mail messages. Rebuilding the mailbox doesn't improve.

After looking at the "Mail Connection Assistent" a.k.a. "Mail Connection Doctor" both Exchange IMAP accounts have errors and display red.

How to fix this?

Have a look at the Microsoft Exchange Server.

First verify that the "Microsoft Exchange IMAP4" service is started.
Secondly verify that the Exchange IMAP virtual server is running. Therefore start the Exchange System Manager application, and open the path "Administrative Groups" > "First Administrative Group" > "Servers" > Server > Protocols > IMAP4.

In our case the "Default IMAP4 Virtual Server" repeatedly stopped itself.

After starting the "Default IMAP4 Virtual Server", the new mail started arriving in the Mail.app application.


How to prevent text replacement from being triggered by alphanumeric characters? I have some text replacement shortcuts configured in my keyboard settings, such as for example ur -> you are. They generally work fine, but in some cases they are not triggered only by spaces or punctuation, but also by alphanumeric characters. When I write in Romanian, for example, the plural of foreign words is formed by adding -uri (e.g. "1 like" -> "2 like-uri"). When I'm using Messenger on Chrome, this triggers text replacement and becomes "2 like-you arei". This doesn't happen on StackExchange, but it does happen on Messenger. Is there anything I can do to make this stop? Or could it be a bug? It's really annoying and it makes it hard to write in Romanian.

When I'm using Messenger on Chrome, this triggers text replacement and becomes "2 like-you arei". This doesn't happen on StackExchange, but it does happen on Messenger.

Text Replacements work on apps that utilize the Cocoa interface.  This means any Apple application and any third party app like Chrome, will have text Replacements compatability.
To better control the replacement triggering as  well as gain functionality whether or not you're using a Cocoa based app, you need an an app like Text Expander ($3.33/mo) or aText ($5).   Both can be configured to use a short cut, a hot hey, or  delimiter (like Tab) to trigger it.  So in your example, you'd have to type "ur" followed by Tab for it to trigger.  Firefox, however doesn't  support it.
An alternate method would be to put a special character in front of your replacement pattern like a tilde (~) or a an exclamation  mark (!) as its highly unlikely you'll ever type that sequence of characters as a "normal" sequence.  This has the advantage of being free, but you don't get the increased functionality of the 3rd party apps like customized triggers and universal availability (not limited to Cocoa based apps)


Open a note or display dialog with application I work with a colleague editing videos and I wish to trigger a dialog or a note document whenever he opens Final Cut, so I can leave messages for him to do the job. The machine has to stay always on, so I can't use any startup  method.

It's the same workstation same user account, we share the room in different shifts.

El Capitan 10.11.6 - FinalCut Pro 7 -- He enters after 18pm

Any advice on how to display a message when opening an application?

I don't have “Final Cut.app” so I tested this code with the TextEdit.app.  If you save this code in Script Editor as a stay open application, on first run, this app will display a dialog box for you to input the message that you want the person opening “Final Cut” to read. If the Final Cut closes or unexpectedly quits…. On reopen of Final Cut, the original dialog you previously set, will be displayed again.  When you quit the stay open app and then relaunch it again…. That dialog box will once again appear asking you to enter the message that you want the person opening “Final Cut” to read.

property theApp : "TextEdit" -- Change this
property theMessage : missing value
property appIsRunning : missing value

activate
set theMessage to text returned of (display dialog ¬
    "THE MESSAGE" default answer ¬
    "Message You Want To Display" buttons ¬
    "OK" default button ¬
    "OK" with title ¬
    "Message You Want To Display" with icon 2)

on idle
    repeat
        repeat until appIsRunning is true
            delay 5 -- avoids dialog and theApp (if relaunching) opening at same time
            set appIsRunning to application theApp is running
            if appIsRunning is true then
                activate
                -- Running A Display Dialog Within An Application Tell Block...
                -- Inherits The Apps Icon To Be Used In The Dialog Window
                tell application theApp to display dialog theMessage buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" with icon 1
            end if
        end repeat
        -- next line necessary to re-trigger the "repeat until" loop again
        set appIsRunning to application theApp is running
        return 5 -- in seconds
    end repeat
end idle


How to approve a lot of executables with unrecognized developers? So I've downloaded a program by a developer that macOS doesn't recognize, and when I want to run it I get the usual "we don't know who wrote it, would you like to trash it in one click?" warning. This is easy to bypass.
Instead of coming as one executable it's actually ~120 separate executables that the main one will call, or maybe they can call each other, and my computer will interrupt and quit the program every time it wants to call a new one. I would just grind through them if I thought that the program would call every one every run and I could clean them all up at once, but my guess is it's just going to call a handful at a time so I'll never know if I've gotten them all.
I ran ls -lha on the directory and they nearly all have the same output:
-rwxr-xr-x@   1 <user>  staff    92M Oct 29  2019 <name_of_exe>

a few are different, but there's no difference between the ones I've already approved and the ones I haven't.
After signing them with the command find . -name "*" -exec codesign --force -s - {} \;, the error message changes and it says:

Unable to open "<one_of_the_binaries>" because Apple could not check for malicious software.
This software needs to be updated. Contact the software developer for more information.
Firefox downloaded this file <time> from <site>.

After I go to the Privacy & Security menu to approve it, the next time I run the program I the the same warning, but now with the option to run anyway. But then when the next new executable is called, it will do the same thing with that one.
Is there some way I can quickely approve all of them at once?
MacOS 11.2.2.

You could ad-hoc code sign the applications using a shell script or another tool like Automator. The approximate command for each application is:
codesign --force -s - </path/to/application>

Please see the linked question for what this does and how the command is constructed.


Is an iPod Touch 5th generation a good testing device for iOS (react-native) development in 2018 As I'm going to upload my first app on the Apple App store and do not own an iPhone. From what I understand, owning and bundling your app on an Apple Device is a required phase of the app creation process on x-code.

I'm wondering if an iPod Touch 5th generation is a good enough device for running and running my bundled app.

Appart from the screen size difference (the iPod touch 5th generation is 4") and minor differences, is an iPod Touch 5th gen an adequate device for ios development or must it obligatorily be an iphone?

PS: the only similar question I found dated from 2011, just want to be sure it's sill ok in 2018 before buying an iPod Touch and the apple developer licence.
   Will an iPod touch suffice for testing iOS apps?

PSS: I'm using react-native (without expo) but I guess it's not relevant in the question.

No, an iPod 5th gen would not work for testing your app for these reasons:

Software incapabilities. The 5th generation iPod came out in 2012 and is using a 32 bit architecture, therefore, it is unable to update to software requiring a 64 bit architecture. Which means it is stuck at iOS 9.

Why this matters:

iOS 10-11 brought many new features and speed improvements to all apple devices. If you are testing your product on a device that does not have these enhancements, you will not be able to provide a quality product to people using the newer versions of iOS

Processor problems. The iPod 5th gen came with Apple's A5 chip and a 32bit chip

Why this matters:

Plain and simple, your iPod will crash when it runs the app.


How can I delete game data on iPhone 5? I want to start it over I want to start Gardian Hunter from the start, but I can't delete my data.
Is it possible to delete it? Please help me.

I'm using an iPhone 5.

You should just be able to delete the app and redownload it again, all game data should be deleted, then.


Home share between iPhone and Macbook not working My home share between my iPhone and Macbook is not working. My macbook music will show up on my iPhone but it doesn't work the other way around. Someone please help! I've tried basically everything.

Home Sharing does not work in that direction, meaning you can only share music stored on your Mac but not music stored on an iOS device.

The only way to view your iPhone music library on a computer is to connect it with iTunes and view it. This can be done in either of two ways:

Plug the iPhone into your MacBook with a dock connector USB cable. Open iTunes and find the appropriate item in the sidebar under Devices.
Plug in the iPhone and set up iTunes Wi-Fi Sync: Select the iPhone in iTunes, and under Options you should see something that says "Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi." Tick that option and apply settings. Once it's finished, unplug the iPhone (without ejecting it first) and you should see it remain in the iTunes sidebar. This will let you access its music wirelessly.

The above photo says "iPod", but it's the same steps for iPhone.


Terminal PS1 and colors I am used from Linux to have a colored prompt in my shells and also want to implement that in my OS X Terminal.app. The Terminal reacts differently though. If I use my normal PS1 code the right side of any line will be cut down at a strange point (surely not the right end of the Terminal window). And also the next line will not show on the next line but on the same line.

expected reaction:

erik2:~[06:46 am]$ expectedexpectedexpectedexpectedexpectedexpectedexpect
edexpected_

real reaction:

ectedexpected_am]$ expectedexpectedexpectedexpectedexp

Is that normal for Terminal? Is there an alternative? Did I just code something wrong?
Have a look at my PS1 code:

export PS1="\033[0;34m\u:\W\e[0;32m[\@]\e[m\033[0;34m$\033[m "

You need to escape the non-printing parts of the prompt by surrounding them with \[…\].

export PS1="\[\033[0;34m\]\u:\W\[\e[0;32m\][\@]\[\e[m\033[0;34m$\033[m\] "

Otherwise, readline gets confused about the remaining space on the command line.