How do I tell if the Flash Player Installer is a virus? There's been a couple of trojans recently that imitate the Adobe Flash Player installer one of which is called OSX/flashback.A. (More info here) I've been wary of updating Adobe Flash Player due to this trojan. How do I tell if the installer is the real thing, or if it's just a trojan? Also, where does it come from? I'm pretty sure the DMG for the trojan downloaded automatically, opened the installer, and wanted me to install it.

I know that I can download the official installer from the Adobe website, and will probably do this. However, my questions remain.

There are a couple easy ways to identify the trojan in it's current form (aside from downloading directly from Adobe or using AV software):

The trojan is an installer package that opens with Installer.app, the real installer is an application (it doesn't use Installer.app).
When run, the trojan installer looks like the screenshot of the trojan installer in the CNET article you linked to, the real installer looks like the screenshot of the real installer in that same article. (Screenshots reposted below.)

The trojan is found exclusively on sites that are not adobe.com, generally from malicious sites.

Legitimate Flash Player Installer:

Trojan Installer:


Where would I find where an .htaccess file is located and being used on a Mac OS X Lion server that sets Basic Auth on an Apache server? I've installed some software, namely, a continuous integration (CI) server (Jenkins) on a Mac Mini running Lion Server. The server, by default, runs from port 8080 on local host via the url: http://localhost:8080. However, when I try to access the page it seems to be protected by Basic Auth and it asks me for a name and a password.

Granted, I never set that Basic Auth and I've been told I can remove the authentication and use that port for the CI server. However, I'm hard pressed to find an .htaccess file anywhere that sets the Basic Auth? If it's not set in an .htaccess file then where would Basic Auth be set?

You might try looking in /etc/apache2/sites/
That was the directory in 10.6; in 10.5, it was /etc/httpd/sites

On 10.5 and 10.6 server, the server app can be used to set access restrictions, and that is the location where the config files are written.

If your web setup is not complicated, the filename may be similar to 0000_any_8080_(HOST).conf


Why can’t I use a Live Photo as a wallpaper I've got an iPhone 6. I know it is capable to set a live photo as the device wallpaper. But I couldn't do it because it only gives me 'still' and 'perspective' as the options. So how can I set a live photo as a wallpaper?

iPhone 6 does not support live wallpapers. You need to use a jailbreak tweak like LiveWallEnabler to enable live wallpapers using long press on a device without 3D Touch hardware.


Is there a way to restore the iPhone's oleophobic screen coating once it's worn off? My iPhone 4 is about 15 months old now and the screen has completely lost the oleophobic property is had when it was new: finger smears now show up just like they do on other phones. Contrary to the comments on this question I've never cleaned it with any sort of solution: all it's ever had is the occasional wipe with a cotton cloth (well, T-shirt :), although of course it will also have been rubbed in the pocket of my jeans. It's never had a screen protector but is completely unscratched and undamaged.

So it seems the coating does wear off over time without using any kind of chemical agent. My question is, is it possible (either at Apple, a third-party service centre or at home) to re-apply it and get the screen back to its fresh-from-the-box state?

There is a product called Fusso oleophobic coating (available here), that promises to restore the oleophobic properties of your iPhone display (there is also a tablet version)

I personally haven't tried it, but the website ifixit.com, specialists on repairing Apple products, say that the product works really well.


Email address deleted cannot change iCloud settings on iPhone 5s and 6 Email address no longer exists, and Apple ID has its new primary email address.  How do I change the iPhones existing iCloud settings as it keeps asking for password for the old email, I am putting in a password on the phone for an email address I know does not exist anymore, and it just shakes because of incorrect info.  User email address was a .com.au and is now a .net.au  Apple ID online could be changed fine and now uses the .net.au as primary address the .com.au was removed from there.  But the iPhone has this old email address stuck in its iCloud account setting.  How do I remove this account?  Any help appreciated as it surely cannot be this inflexible.

Your Apple ID is not your email address… it it your AppleID.

That never changes.

It doesn't even have to be an email address, strictly speaking.

If you change the primary email address associated with it, that doesn't change the AppleID you sign in with - so if it used to be fred@xyz.com with a password of 123 & you changed the primary email address to fred@abc.net…

...you still sign in as fred@xyz.com, password 123
yet if Apple ever need to write to you, they'll write to fred@abc.net


How to completely remove GoToMeeting.app? I installed the GoToMeeting.app because a client used it. I no longer need it, but I can't seem to remove it. Its burrowed in worse than most malware found on a PC.

I tried a simple drag and drop from the Applications folder to the Trash, but that did not work.

I then dropped into the command line:

$ ls /Applications/Go*
/Applications/GoToMeeting:
GoToMeeting (3019).app  GoToMeeting (3356).app
GoToMeeting (3277).app  GoToMeeting (3499).app
$

Then:

$ sudo rm -rf /Applications/GoToMeeting*
$ ls /Applications/Go*
$

Finally, reboot and then:

$ ls /Applications/Go*
GoToMeeting (WWW).app  GoToMeeting (XXX).app
GoToMeeting (YYY).app  GoToMeeting (ZZZ).app
$

So I get another set of them.

Something is running in privileged mode, and it seems to be hiding itself:

$ sudo find /Library -iname GoToMeeting 2>/dev/null
$
$ sudo ps -A | grep -i GoToMeeting
13644 ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i GoToMeeting
$

The hit above is the terminal session searching for the process.

How do I completely remove this application?

It's in your user library. Try this:

rm -fv ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist

rm -rfv ~/Library/Application\ Support/CitrixOnline/


Mail app 7.0: what does "Check for new messages" "Automatically" actually do? After upgrading to Mavericks, I see that the Mail app has been upgraded to version 7.0, and that the setting for "Check for new messages" has been changed from my previous setting (every minute) to a new "Automatically" option.

According to the help screen, this means that "Mail varies how often it gets messages, based on whether your Mac is plugged into an electrical outlet".  My Mac is plugged in, and I've been keeping an eye on the Activity window, and I've seen intervals of 20 minutes, 7 minutes and 9 minutes between checking for mail.  It is, of course, possible that I missed an update - I haven't been obsessively staring the Activity window.

Does anybody know what the intended behavior of the app is, when the "Automatically" option is selected?  If not, is there a way to increase the log level to try to work out what the app is actually doing?  I've looked in the Console and there appear to be no log events associated with the "Fetching new mail" activity I see in the activity window.

According to Dan Frakes @ macworld.com:

  In the General screen of Mail’s Preferences window, you’ll find a new option in the ‘Check for new messages’ pop-up menu called Automatically. This option essentially allows Mail to support push-style message retrieval—you receive new messages immediately, rather than at the next scheduled check.


Open activity monitor minimized on startup I sometimes like to have Activity Monitor running in the dock (to see CPU usage chart in the icon at a glance).

I didn't use it for some time though, but with a new mac I bought (El Capitan) I thought I'd activate it again.

Now I can have it start automatically but I always have to minimize the Activity Monitor window after login.

I think in the past6 I had set it with that option (to autostart at login  via right-click on the dock icon) so that it started minimized but I can't seem to remember how.

Am I remembering wrong or missing an option?

Does this not work?

First right-click on Activity Monitor and go Options > Open at Login.

Next, open System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items and tick Hide.


iPod touch syncs to my new computer correctly - apart from my Apps. How to fix? I have a 4th generation iPod touch.
I used to sync it with my old Windows computer and everything worked fine.

I then switched to a Mac, and followed a procedure for porting my iTunes library over.
The procedure was something like: Consolidate library, export library. Copy the generated file over and iTunes Music folder to a temporary folder. Update the file paths. Import the file onto the new, and let the Mac iTunes reorganise it in its new structure.

This worked fine, except that it didn't copy my apps across. When I selected "sync with this computer" the first time I plugged in my iPod to the Mac it seemed to work, except then I noticed that it wasn't syncing any apps. Those I bought on my iPod aren't snced to my Mac, and vice-versa,

Is there any way to force my apps to sync from my iPod to my Mac? (Preferably keeping save data).

They both use the same iTunes account.

The iPod is jailbroken, in case theres a Cydia app I can use to achieve this.

EDIT: Just to clarify, the rest of the iPod data - music, videos, iBook books, etc. sync fine.

Try going to the App store on the iPod and purchasing a free app.  It will ask you for your App Store account credentials.  Once this works, try syncing again.   It should then move across all the apps.  Make sure that Syncing apps is ticked in iTunes too (by default it is but check anyway).

Hope that helps.


Linux on My MacBook Pro - Want to erase Linux and reinstall macOS I currently am running Kali Linux on my laptop. Currently I need to sell my laptop for some extra cash. I am looking to reinstall Mac OS, so it can be ready for sale. Keeping my current files is not an issue as they have backed up elsewhere.
I have looked up some options but do not know what one would be best.

bootable usb?
mac os disk install?

Thanks

Follow these instructions to erase and reinstall macOS:

  Start up from macOS Recovery

  macOS Recovery installs different versions of macOS depending on the key combination you use while starting up. Turn on or restart your
  Mac, then immediately hold down one of these combinations:

  2.Release the keys when you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe.

  Erase your startup disk

  If you need to erase your startup disk, follow these steps:

  Select Disk Utility from the utilities window of macOS Recovery, then click Continue.
  Select your device or volume in the sidebar of Disk Utility.
  Click the Erase button or tab.
  Complete these fields:

  Name: Enter a name for your disk, such as "Macintosh HD".
  Format: Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or APFS.
  Scheme (if available): Choose GUID Partition Map.

  Click Erase to begin erasing your disk.
  When done, quit Disk Utility to return to the utilities window. You're now ready to install macOS.

  Install macOS

  Choose Reinstall macOS (or Reinstall OS X) from the utilities window.
  Click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions. You'll be asked to select your disk. If you don't see it, click Show All Disks.
  Click Install. Your Mac restarts after installation is complete.

  If you erased your disk before installing, or you installed on an
  external drive or other new disk, your Mac restarts to a setup
  assistant.

  If you're keeping your Mac, complete the setup assistant with your own information.
  If you're selling or giving away your Mac, press Command-Q to quit the setup assistant without completing the setup steps. Then click
  Shut Down. When the new owner starts up the Mac, they can use their
  own information to complete setup.

More more information: What to do before you sell or give away your Mac - Apple Support


osascript is not allowed assistive access. (-1728) Script:

#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.users"
    delay 2
    tell application "System Events"
        click radio button "Login Items" of tab group 1 of window "Users & Groups" of application process "System Preferences"
    end tell
end tell

How do I provide assistive access to this script? When running this through 'Script Editor', all it it needs is 'Script Editor' to be enabled under 'Accessibility' in 'Security & Privacy'.

But I need to run this (and some other similar script files) to be executed without user's intervention. I've tried saving the file in .sh, .app, .scpt, .applescript formats and run via terminal as sudo without any luck.

I've gone through other questions like this and other without any help.

EDIT:
Thanks for the response guys. We've already tried these methods and they work without any doubt and that's where problem lies. We've way too many mac machines to go around and enable on them manually. We were hoping for some command that will add Terminal to the list with user's permission (kind of like UAC in Windows) or if possible silently.

If you run AppleScript code via osascript in Terminal, then you need to add Terminal to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility, to allow it assistive access.

I took your code, saved it to a file named testcode and made it executable using chmod. I then ran it in Terminal and received the following error:

./testcode:157:286: execution error: System Events got an error: osascript is not allowed assistive access. (-1728)

I then added Terminal to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility and ran it again. It then processed the script properly and returned:

radio button Login Items of tab group 1 of window Users & Groups of application process System Preferences

It of course opened the System Preferences to that target.


Using Automator CLI with passed file name I'd like to apply a quartz filter (Reduce File Size) through Preview Export using the command line while passing in the input and output filenames through CLI. I'm thinking the best way to do this is through Automator since it seems there isn't a way to access Preview through CLI.

I'm thinking it would look something like this in the end:

automator -i input=input.pdf output=output.pdf PDF.workflow

But I'm probably completely off.

Here's the basic workflow, which doesn't work as hoped:

MacOS (OSX) used to have a Terminal command quartzfilter, which would apply a Quartz Filter to PDFs and allow output names. Sadly, it was removed in Snow Leopard.

Here's a python script which works as a replacement.

The Automator action "Apply Quartz Filter to PDF Documents" applies the filter to the input, so your workflow copies the PDFs but then over-writes the originals with the Filter.


Personal domain email using Outlook.com on Apple Mail I use Outlook.com as my email provider but have my own personal domain name instead of the one provided by Microsoft. So, instead of "mail@outlook.com", my email address looks like "mail@personaldomain.com".

I have been trying to somehow configure this email on my Apple Mail client but so far been unsuccessful. I have read several how-to's and tutorials that explain how to configure an outlook.com email on Apple Mail; however, none have explained what to do when you have a private domain running on Outlook.com. Could someone with a similar experience please help me out?

Also, though I will be more than happy to just have my email configured, it would be really great if IMAP were a possibility instead of POP3.

To set up your Mac Mail to sync your Outlook.com account’s email:

Open Mac Mail.
From the File menu, choose Add Account…
Input your account information.
Choose Account Type: IMAP.
Input the following as the Incoming Mail Server:
imap-mail.outlook.com. (or in your case imap-mail.yourdomain.com
Choose to Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Port: 993 for incoming mail security.
Input the following as the Outgoing Mail Server: smtp-mail.outlook.com. (or replace outlook with your domain name)
Choose to Use Authentication.
Choose to Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Port: 25 for outgoing mail security.


iphoto: deleting photos from iPhone doesn't work Even if iPhoto tells me all the files are deleted, I can still find them on my iPhone under All Photos. There has to be a way to delete all pictures without separately selecting them on the small screen?

Image Capture does not allow me to delete anything either:

On your phone, open the Photos app and select Albums from the bottom.  One of the albums is Recently Deleted.  Once you delete the photos from there, and sync your phone, they should all be off the phone.  The Recently Deleted album appears to work sort of like a trash can for deleted photos and videos, but with a 30 day expiration.  If a photo or video isn't recovered from Recently Deleted within 30 days, then it is removed from the phone.


Use Siri to fill in input fields on macOS How can I get Siri to fill in input fields on MacBook Pro?

At the moment I have to copy paste from the Siri dialogue.

Edit____________

I'm not interested in answers relating to normal dictation in the mac, I WANT SIRI!! )

There are a few things to consider. Siri will only work if you are connected to the internet. Dictation commands (enhanced dictation) works with or without an internet connection.  Siri's capabilities are quite limited. The beauty of enabling and using enhanced dictation commands, is that you can create your own dictation commands. Getting used to the whole process takes a little trial and error. I barely ever use my mouse anymore.  I've created so many new dictation commands that I can virtually use dictation commands for entering passwords into password fields, create and send iMessages, emails, opening and closing applications, etc.
In fact, this entire answer I am posting was done with dictation commands. If you really want to roll your sleeves up and dive in, you can create AppleScripts that can be very complex then the save that as an application and enable that application as a spoken dictation command.

For example, I wrote an AppleScript that takes screenshots of my computer screen if the motion sensor on my built in iSight camera gets triggered.
The screenshots are stored on my desktop and then automatically messaged to me through iMessages. Then once the message has been sent, the snapshot gets deleted from my desktop automatically and stored in my dropbox. Long story short, with dictation commands, all I need to say is "Run Surveillance" which activates the video software with the motion detection, and from there the scripts get triggered.

Here is a quick snippet of the iMessage part of the script.

set exportAs to "Screengrab.png"
set myScreengrab to POSIX file "/Users/Smokestack/Desktop/iSentry_Motion_Detector/Screengrab.png"
do shell script "screencapture -mx -T0 " & quoted form of POSIX path of myScreengrab
tell application "Messages"
    activate
    set targetBuddy to "blah@icloud.com"
    set targetService to id of 1st service whose service type = iMessage
    set textMessage to myScreengrab
    set theBuddy to buddy targetBuddy of service id targetService
    send textMessage to theBuddy
    delay 5
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke "h" using (command down)
    end tell
end tell
tell application "iSentry"
    activate
end tell
tell application "Finder"
    delete myScreengrab
end tell

Really there is no limit to how much of your computer you can control with dictation commands as long as you are willing to do some research and a whole lot of reading and trial and error.


iMac shows prohibitory symbol I recently booted up my iMac, but then the Apple logo disappeared and a replaced it. I tried going into Recovery mode but recovery mode just takes LITERALLY hours. No matter how long I let it load, recovery mode doesn't help: I let it load overnight and it still didn't work.

How can I fix this issue and boot into my iMac again?

This happen to me too after I started and then canceled the installation of Mojave.

I fixed it easily by following these steps.

Boot in recovery by Powering up and immediately holding CMD+R
Clicked on Apple logo and choose Startup Disk
Select the Mac OS disk and click restart.

If these steps didn't work then you can try reset.
WARNING this will delete all your Files

Select Disk util from the recovery menu
Erase Disk
Go back and Reinstall OS


Flashing folder with question mark appear when reboot macbook pro I substituted a MacbookPro 13" HDD with a Corsair SSD and upgraded the RAM to 8GB.
I did a fresh install of OS X Mavericks but when the machine reboots (restarts), it shows a flashing folder with a question mark and doesn't detect the SSD. If I shut down the machine and switch it on then everything is OK, but on restart it can not detect the SSD and shows the flashing folder!

just on restart

How can I fix the problem?

Two possible causes for your troubles as I see it with the information provided is that either the bless command for the SSD is corrupted or your NVRAM is corrupted.

Have you tried reseting the NVRAM/PRAM? This is done by holding down opt + cmd + p + r right after you power the Mac. Hold these four keys down until you hear the boot chime for the third time after which you can let go and your system will have cleared out what it boots to by default.

That is only the first portion of the fix because it will boot quicker now (or should) but you need to tell your system to boot to the SSD. Go into System Preferences and then Startup Disk as Kent suggest and highlight the SSD. At this point I even go far enough to tell Startup Disk to restart... This will test it immediately and you can let us now if that resolved the troubles you are having.

If not then you might have a damaged OS or some corrupted settings that are making your restarts unclean. I love a program called Onyx for clearing caches and Saved Application States. Try that out if issue remains and holler back if need be. http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php


iCloud Sync activity log Trying to figure out how to see activity happening while iCloud Files is syncing. The macOS Console application shows messages from cloudd, but nothing very useful:

The Activity Monitor does not show cloudd nor other process transferring much data either.

I'm looking for log files under /var/log or ~/Library/Logs, but cannot find anything.

Is there any log file that could be used with tail to see iCloud sync activity in real time?

You can use brctl like brctl log --wait. When it stops showing messages it's synced.

There seems to be a lot of options and little information. This blog post might be helpful


Unable to import into Photos from iPhone over USB? I've been trying to sync Photos from my iPhone 5S to my rMBP. I connect with an Apple-branded 3 foot Lightning cable, and I'm able to sync to iTunes with the cable, but Photos for whatever reason is not acknowledging that my iPhone is plugged in.

Therefore, I don't get the additional Import button on the top of the Photos window. What steps can I take to resolve this problem?

Note: rMBP running El Capitan beta build 15A278b and iPhone 5S running iOS 9.2.

One of the fixes in OS X 10.11.2 is:

  Fixes an issue that prevented importing photos from an iPhone to a Mac using a USB cable.

Source

Use the App Store’s Updates tab to install the update.

Why are you still on an old beta build? It's not advisable to rely on a beta operating system; it’s in a state that Apple hasn’t yet deemed as being stable enough for daily use. Even if you don’t have any problems now, you may end up having some as apps and drivers get updated. You’re also missing out on the latest security fixes.


Can I use Philips Hue White Ambiance B27 Bulb for Apples Home Kit with every bulb fitting? I want buy a Philips Hue White Ambiance B27 Bulb and want to know if I have to buy something special to use it or can I use it in any bulb fitting in my home?
I want it for my new borns room, so I can dim/turn off the light as soon as he sleeps.
PS: There is no Home-Kit tag at this stack avaible.

You will aslo need a Philips Hue Bridge. If you want to integrate it with  Apple HomeKit you need to have the newer bridge (square with round corners) and not the old one (circular).


Can not get the phone to accept a password My 5s is driving me crazy.  I can not open Apple of iCloud because it always rejects my password.  I'll go to Apple or icloud via my computer and change it, and then try opening it a few times.  Always works OK.  BUT, then I try to open it with the phone - and it is rejected for incorrect password.

Usually two things cause this (or more precisely, one of the two):

corrupt keychain items or corrupt software install
wrong date/time on the iOS device

The date/time is far easier to fix, so ensure the clock is accurate within a minute of reality / the PC that's working.

Corruption is harder, so try powering off the device and back on, then try a backup and reset all settings. If that doesn't work, then a restore is next. Once you have a working sign in, you can erase again and then restore the backup or just reload the things you need and forget the backup eventually.


Auto mute macbook on headphone removal I often listern to music on my macBook - when I unplug my headphones occasionaly forget to mute the speaker - so the whole office gets an earfull.  How can I set my mac to be muted unless headphones are plugged in. I'm interested to know if I can simply deactivate the built in speakers...

This has become more obvious recently when I use a bluetooth headset or similar - I walk away from the machine forgetting the headset is attached and as soon as I get far enought away my computer starts making noise....

Unplug/disconnect your headphones, and mute the system volume. For added security, turn the volume all the way down. Plug in your headphones, and your volume should remain the same. The system will automatically switch between mute/no volume and the volume you have set for your headphones.

This is something that works on at least OSX 10.8 (I can't speak for sure on older versions of OSX), and a late 2008 or later Macbook. I tested it on both bluetooth and corded headphones.


Apple Automator Question Copy and Paste How would I copy all of the text from a powerpoint presentation and paste it into a word document?

Simple. Try the following workflow:

Ask for Finder Items
Convert Format of Powerpoint Presentations
   New Format: Outline (Rich Text Format)
Move Finder Items
   To: Desktop (or as you wish)

This should work.

I tested it. Then right click on the RTF and open with MS Word.

Here it is for you to download Powerpoint to RTF workflow.


How to sync Google Photo from phone to mac? As of July 10, that's changing. Google says that Drive sync was causing confusion with users, so Photos will no longer include an option to sync with Google Drive.

Is there any idea for seamless way to sync?

some of my search

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3407780/google-photos-backup-drive-auto-sync.html

Another way is to use other service to sync photo e.g. dropbox or LR

and put that folder in your gDrive so it sync with gDrive and you got photo from you phone

https://support.google.com/photos/thread/13415041?hl=en


Stuck or dead pixels on ipad 1st generation I have an ipad 1st generation that has a strip going across the screen about half way down. It's in the area where the icon shows up when you set the volume. It runs completely across the screen and is about 2 inches wide. It stays grey/black most of the time. But if you try to watch a movie on the ipad it changes to all different colors. I've been told that its either stuck or dead pixels. If that is the case, is there a fix for this? Would a new digitizer help at all?

Since that would be almost 200,000 pixels, I do not think they are dead or stuck, at least not in the traditional sense. I'd say there is something else that's broken.


What is the best folder to install your extract-only applications? I am super new to the mac.
So I have a brand new Mac (Big Sur) and I have downloaded Helm. Extracting this archive file is enough to install this kind of applications but I don't know where to put it in my folder structure. Is it /etc or /usr or /var or home folder? I am curious about the best practice on this one. I checked the internet but couldn't find a satisfactory answer. Thanks in advance and sorry if this is too dummy of a question.

In general self-installed UI applications should go to /Applications, unix-level binaries/applications to /usr/local (see Where should shell tools be installed? and I downloaded a shell executable and man pages from a source I trust. Where should I put them?). But can spare yourself a lot of hassle by using a package manager for this, mainly Homebrew or MacPorts (using both at once is possible but requires additional configuration steps).
Homebrew
Helm seems to available on Homebrew already, so

Install Homebrew as described on the site
Install Helm with brew install helm
To get older versions of Helm follow the instructions in this discussion

This will install Helm (and any other installation you do via Homebrew) beneath /usr/local (for Intel) or /opt/homebrew (for Apple Silicon). /usr/local/bin most probably is already in your path, /opt/homebrew/bin needs to be added manually.
Macports
Macports has several versions of helm available port search helm and a helm select port to switch between them.

Install Macports
Get the dmg Disk Image for your version of MacOS and run the installer from that.

Part of the installer can update your path in your shell startup files i.e. adding /opt/local/bin to your $PATH
To build things you will also need Xcode (now from the App Store) and install command line tools xcode-select --install and for current OS Agree to Xcode license in Terminal: sudo xcodebuild -license . However macports does download binaries in most cases so how much of this is needed could differ.

install port
e.g. For Helm 3.3 sudo port install helm-3.3

Add the select port sudo port install helm-select This will allow you to choose which version of helm that will appear on your path.


Backup windows PC to time capsule. I'm looking to buy a time capsule to back up my MacBook, however currently there are more Windows machines in my home than macs. Os it possible to use some of the time capsule for windows backups?

Or at least plugin an external hard drive to the Time Capsule?

Sure - Time Capsule shares the internal drive and any external drives just as if they are being served on a PC file server using SMB share technology.

You're on your own to select whatever backup software you want that will work with a network shared drive, but there's nothing added to prevent this sort of use in addition to the normal file sharing.


My Group FaceTime calls don’t ring on the receiving end My Group FaceTime calls don’t ring on the receiving end. However, if I call recipients one at a time, their end rings and they pick up. It doesn’t matter who I call (my parents, sister, or in-laws) or if I call from my iPhone 12, my wife’s iPhone 12, or either of our iPads Pro. All of our devices run iOS 14.x (this has been happening since January and I haven’t noticed a change across updates). The receivers all use new iPads (we bought the family iPads in January to FaceTime with our daughter), but lack the skills (and we lack the patience) to help troubleshoot.
Is there a fix for this?

In the end, no matter how motivated you are to solve someone else’s problem, you can’t. Due to privacy designs, you do not get to know if someone else has blocked you or has do not disturb engaged or their device is just messed up.
In my experience, having a couple people one very slow rural cable Internet with buffering and lag means I have to call them one at a time (sometimes via landline) and have them start the “group call”.

Have you tried having someone else initiate the group calls?

And the next time I’m physically visiting anyone where the group call struggled, I might ask ‘How is your tech doing?” Only if they want help do we go intotheir iCloud and notification settings if they feel they are having problems. Most of the time they like it how it is and either intentionally or unintentionally don’t want all their devices ringing every time a group call starts. Only one time did my relative say “yeah, this is really bugging me let’s get to the bottom of it.”
My group FaceTime calls are super reliable with people interested in keeping their contact list clean and understand push notifications and have got their devices all set up to be notified by FaceTime when a call starts. If they want a group call, listen if they prefer zoom or let them drive the timing / orchestration of it would be my advice. Stick to 1-1 calls (or smaller groups) if those are the ones they tend to answer.


After upgrading to a newer iPhone, how does keeping the old one around for development purposes work? I have an iPhone 3G and I may be upgrading to an iPhone 4 tonight. I'm on AT&T. Once I get up and running on iPhone development, I'm thinking I want to keep the old phone around to test how apps run on the older, slower phone.

After moving to the new phone exactly how does the process with the old phone work? As in, is it now just a phone without a SIM card (so, an iPod Touch essentially)? Do I have to jailbreak it to keep it active? Is there anything else to look out for?

This might be a "duh" question so go ahead and close it if it is.

When I upgraded from 3 to 4, after I setup the iPhone 4 to sync with my computer, I took the iPhone 3 and used the reset-erase function on the iPhone and then when I connected it to my iTunes, I gave it a new name (so I could setup different sync options). I use it as an extra ipod-like device for the kids to play with or watch movies on when we are traveling.

Note: the iPhone 4 has a different sized SIM card than the iPhone 3 so you won't be just swapping them. I had to go to the AT&T store to affect the move from my iPhone 3 to iPhone 4. The iPhone 3 just has an inactive SIM card in it.

I didn't have to Jailbreak it to keep using it. And you can still use it with XCode Organizer to install applications that you are developing for testing purposes.


Bootswatch symbol in Chrome tab A strange thing happen to my chrome web browser, and I don't know why, I hope you can help me.

In my chrome tabs the bootswatch symbol appears in the tab icon even when I'm not in the bootswatch website!!

I have already uninstalled the chrome browser using the AppCleaner.app, and I also checked if I had some weird extension installed.

I really don't know why this happens, it is strange. I am programming in ruby on rails and I have browsed and tried bootswatch, but I don't know why this has affected my browser!

Any help?

Edit1:

Even when I search for something the icon is there in the tab

Edit2:

Even in my tablet I have the icon!

Edit3:

If I delete this file:
macosxssd/Users/mario/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks

or this file
macosxssd/Users/mario/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Favicons

It disappear in both devices, but It is temporary. The files are generated again.

Edit4:

Search for bootswatch in my computer:

Clear your cache.  Settings->advanced->clear browsing data.  Make sure you select Clear Cache from 'beginning of time'.  Restart browser.

Also, fyi, the favicon cache file is here, you can may try deleting that and restarting the browser.  The steps above would essentially do the same thing:
/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Favicons


Using Apple Pencil as a stylus with older unsupported iPads I have a bunch of old iPads lying around which are still in pretty much usable state. They are all from the era when Apple Pencil didn't exist.

I am looking to use one of them as a whiteboard in Zoom meetings so that I can draw quick diagrams in the Notes app and show them to the participants by sharing the iPad screen.

I am wondering if an Apple Pencil gen 1 or 2 can be used as a simple stylus to draw diagrams in the Notes app? I am fine as long as I can draw with the Pencil in the Notes app and none of the other Apple Pencil specific features work.

I do not have an Apple Pencil to try it out myself, but if this is something that could work, I am willing to invest into getting one (especially gen. 1 as that can be charged without an iPad).

Here are the model of iPads that I have along with the version of iOS running:

iPad 2 running iOS 9.3.5
iPad mini 4 running iOS 13.5
iPad Air 2 running iOS 13.5

What devices are compatible with Apple Pencil?

The original Apple Pencil, manufactured from 2015 on with the round body design and Lightning connector is compatible with the following devices:

iPad Air (3rd generation)
iPad mini (5th generation)
iPad (7th generation)
iPad (6th generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)
iPad Pro 10.5-inch
iPad Pro 9.7-inch

Looks like you just missed it. This table is from this Mac Rumor site.

The new pencil is compatible with only the new iPad Pros. The linked site is dated March 4th 2020 so it is very recent.


How can I stop the bookmark/reading list from showing up when I hover to the left of the screen in Safari? The bookmark/reading list sidebar shows up when one points their curosor to the left edge of the safari screen. Is there a setting that can prevent the sidebar from showing up?

It only does that in fullscreen. I don't know of any switch for it.

Personally, I'd just never run it in fullscreen.


Viewing videos in pdf files I am trying to solve a problem with quicktime. I have a set of pdf files on CD that are instructional. Adobe reader is no longer working at all since the lastest "upgrade." I found I can open all of the files in Google chrome except the videos made with quicktime. Any ideas for me?

When I use Google chrome I simply drag the CD icon onto the browser window. Safari does not have a browser window, only a search bar. When I attempt to drag the file, nothing happens.

Google Chrome officially discontinued plug-in based content such as QuickTime videos. Try using another browser with a QuickTime plug-in.


Keyboard shortcut for switching windows not working in Yosemite While on OS X 10.9 it works nice to switch windows of all apps (not produced by apple) I am using in my work like Google Chrome, SublimeText, iTerm from keyboard using:

cmd ⌘ + `

On OS X 10.10 it works only with apple apps ;(

Is there something changed, what third-party applications developers should change, or is some other keyboard shortcut to get this working as it should?

UPDATE:
- I restored all keyboard settings to default, and things started working as expected.

Make sure that this one checkbox is checked:

It seems not to work in full screen mode of apps. Switching to normal mode everything works fine.


Can the default font size for "Email this Page" text be changed in Mountain Lion? In Mountain Lion, Safari has a new method of "Email this Page" which opens up a new mail message where the web content can be shown as a page, pdf, or a link.

If one chooses "Link", the font type and size for the link text is the default the user has chosen for messages in the Mail.app preferences. However, any text that the user can add to the the message now defaults to Helvetica 12 pt.

Is there a way to change the default for text size, either in a preference or through the terminal?

Here's an example of what I'm talking about, where the link text is Helvetica 16 and any additional text added defaults to Helvetica 12.

http://www.qwip.org/pictures/EmailLink.jpg

There are several ways to do that.

The easiest way would be to install a Plugin which formats outgoing E-Mail and give you the option to change specific characteristics to you liking (Font, Size etc.). For that you should look into the following Plugins:

MessageFont

  "WYSIWYG for your outgoing emails If Outlook for Mac, Thunderbird and
  other email apps can set the default composition font1, why can’t
  Apple Mail? With MessageFont, you can! MessageFont lets you set Apple
  Mail’s default composition font for new rich text outgoing messages. [...]"

Universal Mailer

  "Universal Mailer is a Mail.app plugin that solves some issues when
  sending emails. It removes ATT00001.htm files, it correctly formats
  messages with attachments and inline images and offers an option to
  set the default font for outgoing messages. [...]"

Another way would be to change the default Font Size via the Terminal, f.e. in 24, open up the Terminal and type in:

defaults write com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize 24

That will change the Font to 24pt, but that includes the Page you want to forward from Safari if you choose 'Webpage'. If you just forward the Link everything should be fine.


Why are my iTunes factory equalizer presets all flat? If I try to select any iTunes equalizer preset, they're all flat. This includes the factory ones.

How do I get them back?

If you have your iTunes audio output set to go to an AppleTV, it will display all presets as flat. Change it to another setting, and the currently-selected equalizer preset will still display as flat. Choose a new equalizer preset, and it will look fine.

Our ATV is called "Living Room". So in the example here, I would choose "Computer", then choose a new equalizer preset, and it will work fine.


Verizon contract fulfilled, yet no other carrier will touch my iPhone 4? Several people are saying on this site and other sites that they have been able to get service for their Verizon iPhone 4 (with contract fulfilled already) on either Straight Talk or Page Plus.  But when I call both companies, they say they can not activate any Verizon iPhones.

Why the contradictory info?  How can I take my money (less of it hopefully) elsewhere? I  barely even use the thing, so spending the $80 plus a month with Verizon is not acceptable any more (and my 2 year contract is up).

The iPhone 4 built for Verizon's network is a CDMA-only device that is not capable of operating on a GSM network that requires a SIM card, such as StraightTalk (which uses T-Mobile's network). That said, Page Plus operates on Verizon so there shouldn't be any impediment assuming you've had the phone unlocked already.

This thread indicates that Page Plus phone reps are hit-or-miss when it comes to allowing you to use an iPhone. About halfway down the page there are steps for doing so online, thereby avoiding the troublesome CSRs.

  Activate online. This costs $10.
  Wait (10) minutes, then dial *22890. This will program the iPhone 4 and takes about 30 seconds.
  Dial 611, "Welcome to PPC"
  Use any third party like Pinzoo or CallingMart to buy a calling package & Pin. PPC didn't let me use PayPal.


Edit URL in address bar when title matches in Safari In Safari 6.1, under Mac OS 10.8, if I type a text in the address bar that matches the title of a page I have previously visited, that page is listed below. I select it and would then like to slightly edit the related URL. Instead, it only lets me editing the page title, and when pressing enter it performs a web search with the edited title. How can I change this behaviour?

This still applies in Safari 10.0 under macOS 10.11.6.  Pressing the right arrow key after the page title matches only takes you to the end of the page title.  The URL is displayed to the right of the cursor, but does not appear to be editable.

Here is a screenshot of a matched page title, before pressing the right arrow key:

Here is after pressing the right arrow key.  Note that further presses of the right arrow key do not affect anything.

The answer might simply be: You can't.

Whether or no this is desirable could be debated, but having worked on a couple of these things in Mozilla/Firefox days, I think it is clear that someone (aka Apple) would create a browser location opener-thingie to do it this way.

Here's why I think this is Safari expected behavior:

The match you are looking is a match to a Bookmarks and History via the Title. The URL is being provided for your convenience (or if you come from a certain period of browser design and/or security orientation, its to mitigate more obvious versions of URL spoofing). It isn't trying to present TITLE PLUS URL... because if it were a mult-mode search /bookmarks+history / location interface, that would not make any sense. (You could argue it could support this, but that's yet-another input syntax, and a whole other round of feature development...)

The URL is not mean to be editable text in this context.

I do think there is a bug which could be either:

The auto-completion shouldn't be implied with a normal selection color, because you can't trigger completion to make the editable text appear in the location field. (Nor does cut and paste operate correctly on this string).


How Often Does Total 'Data Received' Reset in Activity Monitor? How often does "Data Received" and "Data Sent" reset in the activity monitor pane shown below:

Nothing I can think of (daily, since last restart, all time, etc.) seems correct given the numbers I'm getting, so I'm baffled as to what it could actually be.

I know that I've downloaded more than 24 GB since I've owned the computer, but less than 24GB today.

I would imagine a whole lot quicker if the total is in KB than GB

Empirically, every time I DL another 0.01 GB once my download figure is showing in GB - that's roughly every 10s, at 10MB/s on a 150Mb line.

Edit - changed my mind, sorry - it's looking like every 4s.
I was looking at the wrong info, my bad.


Kali Linux Dual Boot - Wifi not working I am struggling to find a detailed guide on how to troubleshoot wifi once Kali Linux 2.0 has been installed.

I dual booted on my MacBook Air (El Capitan) Kali Linux 2.0, and as I have been warned, and seemingly could not avoid, I can't find the wifi interface.

After reading Debian manual, and a bunch of others, and trying them out, I seem to run into problems that are not listed.

Primarily I've narrowed down to this site for the most concise help:

  https://wiki.debian.org/wl#Broadcom_BCM4311.2C_BCM4312.2C_BCM4313.2C_BCM4321.2C_BCM4322.2C_BCM43224.2C_BCM43225.2C_BCM43227.2C_BCM43228.2C_BCM43142.2C_BCM4331.2C_BCM4352.2C_BCM4360_devices_.28wl.29

Can't make Module wl to work, and not sure what else to do, I've done all other steps, don't know where to go form here.
My specs are:

MacBook Air 15
Installed Kali Linux 2.0  64 bit - Dual-Booted on an OS X Extended Journaled Partition
My Wifi card chip is: BCM4360 14E4:43A0

I don't know what do you mean by where to find /etc/apt/sources.list . It's in /etc/apt/ as the path indicates. You can edit this from your terminal, I prefer using vim. sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list, hit Shift-G to jump to the end of the file, followed by 'o' to go into insert mode on a new line and write deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free. Then hit the escape key followed by  ':' then 'wq' and hit enter to save and quit. (you're free to use any editor you want just remember to run it as root with sudo)
Kali is based on Debian Wheezy: http://docs.kali.org/policy/kali-linux-relationship-with-debian
When the first step is done correctly you should be able to do what the debian wiki says.


Would using thunderbolt-to-hdmi help? Late 2013 Macbook Pro 15.4" 2.6Ghz

I connect HDMI and not always do the full spectrum of resolutions appear within the list of choices?

System Preferences (app) -> Displays (preference icon) -> Display (tab) -> Scaled (tab)

What would cause this?

Monitor is more of a TV I guess: Seiki 4K 39-inch.

Even if 4k would perhaps cause a problem, 1080p, 1080i, and even 1440x900 failed to appear a good portion of the time.

Is this perhaps a hardware issue with the MBP's HDMI port?

Would it help if I used the thunderbolt-to-HDMI cable instead? Perhaps because of a faulty HDMI port maybe?

Option+click Scaled

You can toggle between Apple’s easy-to-understand “Larger Text”–“More Space” icons mode and the other mode listing specific resolutions. To toggle, hold down the Option key while clicking Scaled radio button.

Retina

As for that comment “Don’t used scaled.” on the Question, that is wrong advice. Scaled options are Retina-style by default, more commonly known as HiDPI. Note the checkbox Show low resolution modes in the second screen shot above. Checking that box and choosing a resolution listed with the notation (low resolution) means you are disabling the Retina feature and scaling up the image crudely (wasting pixels).


xD card is really slow to read in Mac OS 10.6.4 I am having a bit of a problem transferring pictures off my Olympus 850SW digital camera (maybe it being pink has something to do with it).
When using the camera
When connecting the camera to the computer I chose PC>MTP and iPhoto opens and starts indexing thumbnails. It would sit there (iPhoto says "Loading Photos...") and nothing has happened. The LED on the camera is still flashing.
If I chose PC>Storage then the computer does not react at all.
When using a card reader.
If I use an xD card reader similar thing happens. Doing import from iPhoto takes ages for one photo, browsing the car in Finder is equally slow. I can actually transfer files but it's painfully slow - takes about 6 minutes to transfer 50 MB.
What can I do to fix this issue? It strikes me as a system issue (i.e. OS dealing with the memory card), rather than the camera or the card reader.
When using either camera or reader with a PC
Both work fine and photos get transferred pretty fast.

Have you tried opening “Image Capture” and see if it works from there? I’ve had similar problems in the past with my Kodak.


Activating Show Desktop in Mission Control with a mouse button does not work When I attempt to set the Show Desktop hotkey inside of Mission Control to a mouse button it never seems to work. My preferred mouse button would be mouse button 4 (which is a little thumb button on the side of my mouse).

This used to work brilliantly but at some point it stopped. I believe this whole thing started with Leopard, so i've been seeing this behavior for quite some time.

I can set any other Mission Control shortcut to Mouse Button 4 and it works great. The Show Desktop shortcut does not work with any mouse button. The keyboard shortcuts work for everything though.

I'm not the only person to have seen this issue either. Here are some other people who experience my problem or a suspiciously similar problem.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1369627

'Show Desktop' Mission Control/Expose Not Functioning

https://superuser.com/questions/320208/show-desktop-mission-control-expose-not-functioning-osx-10-7-lion

Someone suggested removing the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist file which did not work for me.

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) and a Logitech G9 mouse. I would love some insight on how to fix this issue.

SOLVED IT! (At least for me...)

I'm using a Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX, and was having the EXACT same problem not being able to assign Show Desktop, Mission Control, etc., to the mouse buttons from the System Preferences-> Mission Control area as I had previously.
The reason is because I had installed Logitech's proprietary Control Center software which overrides selections in System Preferences -> Mission Control.

Simple Fix:
Go to System Preferences-> Logitech Control Center

From here click on the image of your mouse that appears on the screen, which will make available the "Configure..." button, upon which you should now click.

On the next page, this is where the magic happens! You see the available buttons on the left side of the screen, and the actions you are able to assign to those buttons on the right side of the screen (Assigned action). When you click on an action item in the right column, a drop down menu appears allowing you to choose which action or area of action you want assigned to the corresponding mouse button in the left column. Choose "Mission Control".

When you do this, the bottom half of the screen will give you radio button options to choose which specific action within "Mission Control" you want to assign to that mouse button, such as "Desktop".
In the attached picture on my next post, you will see that I have opted to assign to my "Thumb Back" button the "Mission Control" radio button.

And that's it!

While it was annoying at first not to be able to assign actions to my mouse buttons from the original Mission Control area in System Preferences, I have found I much prefer there Logitech Control Center as I don't have to guess which button corresponds with "Mouse Button 4" or "Mouse Button 6", etc. The actual button names, along with their representative icons are used in this new location, and, as before, the moment you assign an action to a button, it works. You don't need to close the window for your selections to take effect, which is as it was before, and quite wonderful.

Hope this helps!!


Will signing in to iMessage on another device send an email to the Apple ID notifying of this? I was told I could monitor my 13 year old daughter's messages on an old iPhone through Wi-Fi. I was told to set up message on the phone with her Apple ID and password.

My question is will Apple send her an email asking her to allow the messages to be sent to my phone? I know they send one telling her someone accessed her account. If they only send one saying someone signed into her account that's ok.

It will send an email telling her iMessage has been enabled on a device. But there's no grant/deny option, it's just an informational email.


Recover forgotten WiFi password I've previously connected to a WiFi network on my iPhone but I have no way of finding out the password. Is there any way to recover the password after resetting my device to view saved WiFi passwords on the iPhone?

"after reset my device 'view saved wifi passwords on the iPhone' " answers your question I think? Do you have a mac that's connected to the same network? Then you can retrieve the password in the Keychain of the computer. (analogue for Windows systems)


nvram command not found When attempting to check the change the contents of the nvram (adding bootup chime, etc.), I am continually returned with the error: nvram: command not found. This occurs even when I attempt to just check the contents of the nvram, simply returning -bash: nvram: command not found. I can't seem to find anything addressing such a problem on 10.13.6. Thanks for any help you can offer.

The full path to it is:

/usr/sbin/nvram

Can you run that instead? Might be something wrong with your BASH environment that's preventing it from seeing the binary.


Dual monitor setup for a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) Is it possible to have a setup where you have:

two non-mirrored external monitors (with maximum 2K resolution)
eventually excluded built-in monitor (blank or lid closed)
power supply
single USB-2 with keyboard/mouse
other USB-2 free

with my MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)?

If so how can I do that more efficiently? And moreover what are the requirements that I have to satisfy while buying those two monitors?

It seems like two Apple Multiport Adapters would potentially work, but the reviews don't seem to suggest that at all.

Short answer is yes, long answer is it-depends...

Apple's adapters get very mixed reviews and are very expensive. You are better off looking for some 3rd party solutions. A couple of things to consider though...

What kind of interface for external displays

If you are looking at HDMI displays, make sure either both ends (your USB-C to HDMI adapter, and external monitor) support DHCP 2.2, or both ends doesn't. Most adapters you find on Amazon doesn't support this.

Reason why they don't support this is that DHCP is design for billions of colors and 4k, which will draw too much bandwidth from USB-C port, so you won't be able to connect anything else except power-input. Similar issue with mini-displayport adapters.

My personal recommendation is to use 2 external HDMI displays that doesn't require DHCP 2.2, in which case you can use 2 external USB-C hubs that supports HDMI, 2 USB-A, and 1 USB-C power-delivery for power input. As for which specific device, you may have to try a couple of them and find the best one for you. The few I've tried all failed for one reason or another, so I gave up on HDMI and went displayPort.

Another option to try, is that there are a few TB3 to 2-DP adapters. Then you can drive both displays using 1 port (assuming they both support displayPort), and do whatever you want with the other.


Sharing GPS signal to a Wifi-only iPad I want to share live GPS data from an Android smartphone to my iPad (4th generation wifi-only). I've read about BTstacks and other jailbreak tweaks, but I don't want to jailbreak! I have also read that there are some GPS receivers that are compatible with the iPad, so I think that maybe there is a method to connect the phone to the iPad that would allow the iPad to recognize the phone as a compatible GPS Bluetooth receiver.

Is there a good way to share GPS signal without jailbreaking the iPad?

"I'd say just try using the android phone as a Wi-fi hotspot" -  Matthieu Riegler

Unfortunately tethering makes no difference, the iPad uses known Wi-fi locations in its database to locate you. your tethering location won't be recorded or used.

Source: 2 days of trying different techniques and looking up workarounds. If tethered to a phone with GPS, but otherwise in a Wi-fi black spot, location will not be detected.

Apple has specifically disabled the GPS part of the Bluetooth stack for their non-GPS enabled machines, and then licence special GPS systems that can pass the information.

a standard bluetooth GPS is about $20, an apple enabled one begins at around $120, at which point it is cheaper to get a wifi enabled ipad.

Jailbreaking allows you to fix the disabled Bluetooth stack.

I'm still hoping to find a work around, but I haven't found one so far for their proprietary air print. people who have tried are removed from the app store.


How to disable Safari's new "feed://" redirection for feeds? I'm sure some people really love that new feature, but I use Google Reader so it's driving me batty. Not to mention that as a tech guy, I might want to actually view an XML feed once in a while (like for instance, Sparkle update feeds).

So how do I stop Safari from redirecting the normal XML feeds to their "feed://" pseudo-protocol?

Apparently, it used to be possible in Tiger/Safari 2.0 to disable this using defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSyndicationEnabled -bool NO. (source) I cannot get this to work in Lion/Safari 5.1, however.

Your best bet seems to be to set the default feed reader (Safari → Preferences… → RSS) to something that gives you XML source.


How can I fix the "pops, cracks and hissing" sounds from iPhone audio played on Ford Sync over USB? When I stream audio from my iPhone 4 into my Ford Sync audio system over bluetooth, the audio quality is excellent. However, if I plug in a USB cable to get access to the hands-free features, then the audio quality degrades almost immediately. Sound comes out with "hissing" sounds, pops and cracks. This is even more noticeable when listening to spoken word or podcasts.

I have tried different USB cables and have verified that the same audio files do not play with the same defects thru the iPhone's speakers when using headphones. Also, the same files played over my Mac sound just fine. Any pointers would be appreciated. If you are experiencing this same problem with your Ford Sync system, please add a comment to know that at least I am not the only one experiencing this issue. Thanks.

I read a post about this before on the apple discussions board.  The upshot of it is there doesn't seem to be a permanent fix.  However, people have provided several workarounds of which some work for some people but none seem to work for everyone.  Here's a few things to try.

Leave iPhone in Airplane mode while connected
Turn off WiFi on the iPhone
Turn off 3G on the iPhone
Connect the cable while the device and stereo are off, then turn both on
Rebooting the iPhone

I can't say from personal experience whether any of these actually work but anecdotal evidence from peoples experience in the thread linked to above would suggest they may.  I think it may be a hardware design issue that is probably due to interference from the USB cable when it's connected but many people on that thread say that it only started when they updated their iPhone 4 to iOS 4.1.  If you're on that version you could try updating to the latest version of the iOS software.  You could also wait until Apple release iOS 5 which is likely to be October 4th 2011 as they may have fixed it.


Split view with green button does not work in macOS Sierra When I try to use split view feature in macOS Sierra, I can not use the green button any more. Every help page found by google suggests I should click and hold the green button to activate split screen for the current window. The window would shrink and I could move it left or right and then choose an other open window to place it on the other side. This does not work with my MacBook on macOS Sierra.

I can use split view via mission control for windows already opened in full screen, thats's fine. But sometimes I might prefer to activate it directly from the current window without putting it to full screen first.

Edit: I have no 3rd party tools for windows management in use. I tried with Safari an Maps, both 1st party tools that do support the feature, as far as I know.

Go to System Settings -> Mission Control activate the checkbox displays have separate spaces.

Log out and In and check if it works.


Why am I getting "An internal error occurred while preflighting your volume for APFS conversion"? I have a Mac Mini 2014. I just installed a second SSD drive Samsung Evo 500GB and would like to use as the primary drive for OS.

I formatted both drives with disk utility to OS Extended Journaled and clicked install Mojave but got this error.

If I format the drive as APFS, the installation starts but after the restart, I get a blinking folder with a question mark. If I try to install from an external USB, instead of the folder with a question mark, I get booted into Recovery again instead of continuing the installation process.

Any ideas?

Try to install on the old disk first, to see whether there is a hardware issue with your new disk, for instance by copying a lot of files to it. You can also then install a second copy of your OS to the SSD and see where it fails.

Once both work, if you boot with ALT and press CTRL, it will save the ssd you are booting to as default.


Can I buy songs from iTunes within my iPhone appplication? I'm new to iPhone development and sorry if my question sounds stupid. Just wondering is it possible that I can buy songs from the iTunes using my iPhone application I just saw some apps doing the same.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

As far as I know, no you can't. Buying music from the iTunes Store is limited to the iTunes application. You can use a link which will pass the user to iTunes to look at that particular song but they can't buy it from within your application.


Macbook Pro with failed USB ports - cheapest way to get some functionality I have a Late 2012 Macbook Pro. Both USB ports have failed, the cost of repair is not worth it. I plan to replace the entire Macbook at the end of the year. So I am looking for a cheap work around that will give at least one working and reliable USB port.

Anyway this is what is working:

Firewire port

Thunderbolt 2 port

Ethernet port

Also USB3 is working on both USB ports.

I have tried using a powered hub but this does not work. It seems that for USB1 & USB2 the ports are providing power but comms is intermittent then fails completely.

I need to try and get this up and running in a day or two using the ports that do work so I can connect USB1 & USB2 devices.

I have looked for a Firewire to USB adaptor but I think that is a no go.

There are plenty of thunderbolt 3 options but somewhat limited to expensive thunderbolt 2 docks even secondhand these are more than I would like to spend.

So any suggestions gratefully received.... Thank You!

The Late 2012 MacBook Pro doesn't have Thunderbolt 2, so your port listing can't be completely right.

It does however have Thunderbolt, and you can get a Thunderbolt to USB3 adapter such as this one from Kanex:

https://www.kanex.com/thunderbolt-gigabit-ethernet

Or this one from Delock:

https://www.delock.com/produkte/1095_Thunderbolt/62634/merkmale.html

Whether or not that is "cheap" for you is subjective, but it is an easy way to add a USB port to the computer.


I can't find the location of jdk for Java 7 and 8 I have 3 different versions (jdk) of Java installed: 6, 7 and 8. In

bash_profile:

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)
setjdk() {
  export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v $1)
}

However, at

$ ls /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
1.6.0.jdk

I see only one version. Where are the 2 other ones? What's the location of their jdks?

You can see the install locations of the recognized JDKs by using java_home's "-V" option:

$ /usr/libexec/java_home -V
Matching Java Virtual Machines (4):
    1.8.0_31, x86_64:   "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.7.0_55, x86_64:   "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_55.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_65-b14-466.1, x86_64: "Java SE 6" /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_65-b14-466.1, i386:   "Java SE 6" /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

You see newer JDKs are under /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines. I think it was moved out of "System" after Apple stopped developing the OSK JDK themselves and Oracle took over.

Also see /usr/libexec/java_home --help for more options.


Can my Mac tell jokes? Sometimes I just need a break from serious work. Can my Mac OS install tell me any jokes?

Why yes, it can, as a matter of fact. Follow these steps to hear some high quality jokes on your Mac.

Open up Speech Recognition in your system settings.
Enable "Speakable Items"
Enable "Speak Command Acknowledgement"

Set up the rest however you like (in regards to key press or keyword for input). When you're ready, say "Tell me a joke." (Or, if you have a keyword " tell me a joke".)

Enjoy! (Tested in Lion, although this has been around for quite some time.)


Can I put MacBookPro5,1 RAM in a MacBookPro5,2? I have an old 5,2 17” June 8, 2009 MacBook Pro that I want to upgrade the RAM in, can I put some slightly older MacBookPro5,1 RAM in it, or will it not function right? I’m assuming it will mess up the machine if I put older RAM in it but im not sure. It’s crucial ram and there are two 4GB sticks, if that helps at all, thanks again!

Liam

Both MBPs use the same RAM architecture: 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM.

Information from macOS app MacTracker.

8GB is the maximum supported RAM for this MBP.

Disclaimer: I'm a satisfied user of MacTracker and have no financial or other connection with the developer Ian Page.


How do I switch first/last name order in the iOS address book? My contacts are arranged by last name first in my iPad and iPhone and I want to have them first name then last name. Where do I access the address book preferences?

Go to Settings.
Scroll down and click the Mail, Contacts, and Calenders preference.
Now, scroll until you are under Contacts heading.
Select the Sort Order option.
Choose which way you want to sort your contacts.


MacBook Pro shows not charging when plugged in I've got a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) and as of today it says "not charging" even when it's plugged in.

The MagSafe connector has an orange light, and the power menu's screenshot is attached.

How can I get the battery status to charging?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

  If you're experiencing issues with any of these, you might
  need to reset the SMC.

  Power, including the power button and power to
  the USB ports
  Battery and charging
  Fans and other thermal-management features
  Indicators or sensors such as status indicator lights (sleep
  status, battery charging status, and others), the sudden motion
  sensor, the ambient light sensor, and keyboard backlighting
  ...

How to reset SMC:

Shut down your Mac.
Press and hold all of these keys:

Shift (left)
Control  (left)
Option (Alt)  (left)

While holding all three keys, press and hold the power button too.
Keep holding all four keys for 10 seconds.
Release all keys, then press the power button to turn on your Mac.


Running Xcode 6 on 2009 iMac I currently have Yosemite on my Early 2009 iMac. This iMac has a 2 GHz CPU and 2 GB of ram. However, whenever I try to run Xcode 6 on this Mac, it is slow-very slow. When monitoring my cpu, it hovers around at most 25% use when I'm running it. However, the RAM is using 1.99 GB out of 2.00 GB. My question is will my slow Xcode problem be solved by upgrading my iMac to 8GB of RAM?

The speed of Xcode will increase if you increase the memory to 8GB. I am surprised that only Xcode is slow with 2GB. Xcode does take more memory than most applications


iPhone won't boot after installing IOS9 I downloaded IOS9 with the phone and went through the the location service and other yes/no screens.
I got to the screen that said lets get started and after that I just got the Apple logo and a progress bar, then the main screen for half a second then the progress bar again.
I did a hard reset and now it is stuck on the logo/progress bar screen. Well that's not quite true; if you wait for several minutes the progress bar disappears and then comes back. It always only gets to one third by the way.
I tried connecting to iTunes to download the build again but it tells me I have to respond on my iPhone. Which I can't because it's locked up.
Does anyone have any ideas please? I'm getting a bit desperate.

I just want to say that, after a frustrating hour, I went out and bought some beer and milk. When I came back, the phone seemed to work, though occasionally I still get the logo/status bar screen.
Maybe now I can re-download the software with iTunes, perhaps it was corrupted before. Anyway, it seems that the solution is to go out and buy refreshments :-) or, al least, leave it alone for an hour or so.


How can I disable CPU throttling on Late 2006 MacBook with no battery? The problem I am experiencing is that if the battery is not present, the CPU is automatically throttled.  I have done some searching and have found that this is apparently by design, "in case the power supply cannot supply enough power, so the machine won't shut off."

Now, here is the problem.  I can't put the battery back in, because it started swelling up like crazy.  I can't really justify the cost of a new battery for a machine this old and I can't really afford a new computer, so I'm stuck with this machine.  It still works, but throttled back, a lot of things like flash video players are almost useless at the reduced CPU usage.

I don't really care if the machine shuts off if the supply can't keep up with power requirements.  My understanding is that this really should only happen if the supply is mismatched, i.e. from an adapter designed for a smaller machine, but even if its not it is just as intolerable to have to reload netflix every 30 seconds when it loses sync than an occasional power loss would be.  Besides, it is already losing power every time I need to move it somewhere.

So, what's the solution?  There has to be some way to override the throttling, right?

By the way, I have already tried sudo pmset -a dps 0 but that just gives me a usage message.

Throttling on MacBooks is set in the firmware and, to my knowledge, is not changeable by the end-user. Unfortunately, in this case, your options are 1) replace the battery 2) get a new machine 3) don't use CPU-intensive tasks.

While not an Apple-acceptable solution, check eBay for new batteries. My 2008 unibody MacBook Pro's battery recently began swelling and reached unusable size. I replaced it for around $30-40 on eBay with a perfectly compatible third party battery. Just double check voltages and other numbers on the batteries to make sure you're getting a matching part.


Equivalent for FinePrint FinePrint is a program that allows you to print multiple pages of a document's printout per physical sheet by shrinking the printouts, and merge several documents' printout into a single print job.

Is there an equivalent for OS X?

I asked this question on superuser three years ago: https://superuser.com/questions/17466/mac-equivalent-of-fineprints-ability-to-merge-print-jobs . w00t's answer of AppleScripting plus PDFLab sounded too complex. siva's answer of using the layout configuration doesn't address how to merge printouts together. My answer of using preview wasn't too bad, but it seems to be a little fiddly. You'd have to save each printout to a separate PDF, and then manually merge each document into a single document. By contrast, with FinePrint, each new printout is merged by default into a FinePrint file that you're working on.

Are there any better alternatives?

I use the standard print dialog: under Layout you can select how many pages you want on a sheet of paper, their order, and wether they are surrounded by a frame:

http://content.screencast.com/users/vilmoskoerte/folders/Jing/media/e286324f-535f-4108-84f5-35b02090c598/00000151.png

This seems to serve at least one of the requirements you state above ("print multiple pages of a document's printout per physical sheet"). The other requirement is easy to be met if your documents are PDF files (or converted to PDF before) using Preview.


How to mount PCIe SSD from MacBook Air in another computer I got this SSD out of an Apple laptop that's broken from liquid damage.

What is this connection called and how do I mount this storage device to retrieve data from it? It looks like PCIe. Does Apple sell a part to mount this via USB adapter or something?

The physical interface(s) or form factor(s) are Apple proprietary. The different SSDs have 6+12/12+16/8+18/7+17 pins. The electrical/logical interface is PCIe 2.0 2x or 4x (everymac.com also mentions SATA for some older MacBook Airs).

Several adapters for different MacBook (Air) SSDs are available here.

Example: MacBook Air Mid 2013 SSD to PCI-e 4X. Please check the specs and features!

I haven't been able to find an adapter for the MacBook Air Early 2015 SSD there. The latest MacBook Air uses a proprietary PCIe 2.0 4x instead of a proprietary PCIe 2.0 2x interface like older MacBook Airs.


Warnings when installing pip I just installed pip and got a few warning messages. Should I be concerned? Is there a way to check that pip was installed properly?

Here's what I did:

[mchenja@mycomp ~]$ sudo easy_install pip
Password:

Searching for pip
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Best match: pip 7.0.3
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-7.0.3.tar.gz#md5=54cbf5ae000fb3af3367345f5d299d1c
Processing pip-7.0.3.tar.gz
Writing /tmp/easy_install-yd6xox/pip-7.0.3/setup.cfg
Running pip-7.0.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-yd6xox/pip-7.0.3/egg-dist-tmp-YX6Zk1
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.coveragerc'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.mailmap'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.travis.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'pip/_vendor/Makefile'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'tox.ini'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'dev-requirements.txt'
no previously-included directories found matching '.travis'
no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build'
no previously-included directories found matching 'contrib'
no previously-included directories found matching 'tasks'
no previously-included directories found matching 'tests'
Adding pip 7.0.3 to easy-install.pth file
Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2.7 script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2 script to /usr/local/bin

Installed /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-7.0.3-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for pip
Finished processing dependencies for pip

[mchenja@mycomp ~]$ which pip
/usr/local/bin/pip

[mchenja@otori ~]$ which python
/usr/bin/python

You will almost certainly be fine. Try pip install pip and it should tell you "Requirements already satisfied". You could also try pip show pip and it will tell you it is installed and requires no other packages.


alternative to Dterm for quick terminal I love Dterm but it is no longer maintained.  Is there an alternative? I also use Alfred's term launcher and iTerm but those are not as efficient for context sensitive one liners.

There's a DTerm fork maintained by muhqu on GitHub. I'm using it on Sierra and it works well.

Repo here: https://github.com/muhqu/dterm


Edit default Finder MenuBar shortcut I use a custom keyboard and unfortunately, the command: < ctrl+cmd+n > in the Finder to create new folder with selection doesn't work for an obscur reason, so I would like to change it to another command, but the problem is that I cannot enter the exact name in the application keyboard shortcut because the name of the action varies (is dynamic) in function of the number of elements that are selected or because it will say : new folder with "filename".

I tried to add a custom one saying: new folder with selection (2 elements). And it worked, but only in the case that I have 2 elements. Is there a way to change the default shortcut so it will work for all files and number of files?

I tried this But I fail when it comes to edit the .nib file.

Thanks in advance for the help!

I found the issue: since my keyboard is remapped with UKELELE, the modifier corresponding to ctrl+cmd was not defined. After creating it, it worked fine!


How do I assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript I wrote? How do I assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript? I found a script for automatically going back to the inbox in Office 2011.

It is also possible without paid 3rd party apps!
1. Open Automator.
2. Make a new Quick Action.
3. Make sure it receives 'no input' at all programs.
4. Select Run Apple Script and type in your code.
5. Save!

Now go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts. Select Services from the sidebar and find your service. Add a shortcut by double clicking (none).

Finally go to System Preferences > Security > Privacy > Accessibility and add Automator and the preferred app to run the shortcut.


SDXC Card or USB 3 pen drive - which one should I buy, and which one is better I have MacBook Air (13", Mid 2013) and my father has MacBook Pro (13", Mid 2012). Both MacBooks have SDXC card slot, and both support/ has USB 3 ports.

We are thinking of moving iPhoto library to portable drive (either SDXC card or USB 3 pen drive) to save space on internal HDD

What is recommended - SDXC Card or USB 3 drive, and for what reason like speed, consistency, etc?

Also, it would be of great help if you can provide which one to buy. For example, if you suggest SDXC card, then which cards (Sandisk, etc) should I look forward to buy. Thanks.

Look for Read/Write speeds to enable you to make a decision as to what best suits your needs. This question is asking for people's opinions which is a bit tricky


Checking for MacPorts or Fink installed I'm writing an install script for some software that depends on libUSB being installed however I need to check if macports or fink is installed, if they are not install homebrew. How can I check to see if the macports or fink are installed in a shell script?

Macports will have /opt/local/lib/port as the executable that does all the work.

Fink's main executable is fink  - I think it is in /sw/bin/fink but as I don't have fink installed I cannot confirm

You also need to see if there is anything in /usr/local that could conflict with home-brew.

A better alternative, as you are using a package manager, is write your installs a script in all of the package managers, rather than introduce yet another installer

The usual OSX way is to create an app with all the required shared libraries inside the app bundle so there is no need for a special install just copy the app.


AppleScript : convert decimal to hours / days How can I convert the value on my script from decimal to hours / or day?

For converting decimal to hour I believe it's :

  hours + (minutes /60)

but my variable is in this format :

  23.498611111111

Somehow I have to get 23 set as a value (hours) and same for the two decimal after the "." but I'm not sure how to proceed

here is my full script:

set myVariableDateHere to "25/03/2019 00:00:00"
set myWantedDate to convertDate(myVariableDateHere)

to convertDate(textDate)
    set resultDate to the current date

    set the day of resultDate to (text 1 thru 2 of textDate)
    set the month of resultDate to (text 4 thru 5 of textDate)
    set the year of resultDate to (text 7 thru 10 of textDate)
    set the time of resultDate to 0

    if (length of textDate) > 10 then
        set the hours of resultDate to (text 12 thru 13 of textDate)
        set the minutes of resultDate to (text 15 thru 16 of textDate)

        if (length of textDate) > 16 then
            set the seconds of resultDate to (text 18 thru 19 of textDate)
        end if
    end if

    return resultDate
end convertDate

set myTimeDifResult to ((current date) - myWantedDate as string)
set daysV to myTimeDifResult / 86400
set hoursV to myTimeDifResult / 60 / 60

set hoursV to roundThis(hoursV, 2) --> -75.54
on roundThis(n, numDecimals)
    set x to 10 ^ numDecimals
    tell n * x
        if ((it mod 2) ^ 2 > 0.25) then return (it div 0.5 - it div 1) / x
        return it div 1 / x
    end tell
end roundThis

set final to hoursV

if hoursV > 24 then
    set final to (daysV as integer) - 1
end if

return final

update :

I figured out how two set both variable :

set the_decimalMin to hoursV mod 1
set the_decimaHours to hoursV div 1

but now I can't make the actual math :

set hoursV to the_decimaHours + (the_decimalMin / 60)

error :

  error "Can’t make the_decimalMin into type reference." number -1700
  from MyMinutes to reference

The AppleScript constants days, hours, and minutes are the number of seconds in a day, hour, and minute respectively, so you can just perform some modulo math to get the components.  For example, the hour would be the number mod days div hours, the minute would be the number mod hours div minutes, and the seconds would be the number mod minutes.

Putting all that together into a few general-purpose handlers would be something like:

set myVariableDateHere to "25/03/2019 00:00:00"
set myWantedDate to convertDate(myVariableDateHere)
log result
set difference to (current date) - myWantedDate
log result
log timeString(difference)
log formatTime(difference)

# Convert date text to an AppleScript date.
# format is DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss (time is optional)
to convertDate(dateText)
  set dateTemplate to (current date)
  tell dateTemplate to set {its day, its month, its year} to words 1 thru 3 of dateText
  set time of dateTemplate to 0
  tell words of dateText to if (count it) > 3 then set time of dateTemplate to (hours * (item 4)) + (minutes * (item 5)) + (item 6)
  return dateTemplate
end convertDate

# Return an elapsed time string from a number of seconds.
on timeString(theSeconds)
  if class of theSeconds is integer then set theSeconds to "" & ¬
    (theSeconds div days) & " days, " & ¬
    (theSeconds mod days div hours) & " hours, " & ¬
    (theSeconds mod hours div minutes) & " minutes, and " & ¬
    (theSeconds mod minutes) & " seconds"
  return theSeconds
end timeString

# Return a formatted time string from a number of seconds.
# format is hh:mm:ss (wraps at 24 hours)
to formatTime(theSeconds)
  if class of theSeconds is integer then tell "0" & ¬
    (10000 * (theSeconds mod days div hours) ¬
      + 100 * (theSeconds mod hours div minutes) ¬
      + (theSeconds mod minutes)) ¬
      to set theSeconds to (text -6 thru -5) & ":" & (text -4 thru -3) & ":" & (text -2 thru -1)
  return theSeconds
end formatTime


Home button of ipod touch 4g (32 gb) giving problem i have a ipod touch 4th generation 32gb which is around 1 year old. i dint drop it even once but still the home button is not working properly.
it doesnt respond even if i press it hard sometimes. i am using the assistive touch home button but it takes away some part of my screen and is troublesome at times..
can anyone please tell me what the problem is and how can i recitfy it.
i had jail broken the device once. now i have updated to version 6.1 from itunes and no jailbreak.
if i Recalibrate my device’s Home Button by following this method, the button respond better for just a little while

thank you.

This is a relative known problem with iPhone 4(s) and iPod Touches.

If it's still under warranty, take it back to the store and they should fixed it for you (or replace the device).


How can I take videos on iMovie without them saving to my camera roll? On IMovie I used to be able to take a video on it and it didn't save to my camera roll. But now, after an update or something, it saves every video and picture to my camera roll. I don't want them on my camera roll because it takes up space and if I delete them from my camera roll it won't let my play the project on IMovie because it says "Items are missing." What can I do? Please help. Also, this is on my IPhone 5s.

See my new comment down below..

In a sense the basis of your question is in error.

While iMovie is saving videos to your camera roll, this isn't using any extra space on your iPhone. That's why you get the error you're getting after deleting the files - because that's where iMovie is trying to access the video from.

Basically, what happens is the video is saved to your camera roll, but project specific info is saved within iMovie. Once you have totally finished a project, you can export/share/save the final version and after that you can delete the video you took from your camera roll (if you want).

If you like, you can actually prove this to yourself by doing a simple test:

Go to Settings > General > Storage & iCloud usage
In the Storage section, tap on Manage Storage
Wait for the list of apps to appear (this may take a while if you have lots of apps).
Tap on iMovie (likely to be in your top 10)
Take a note of how much space is used up by Documents & Data
Now go to your actual iMovie app and take a 30s video
Go to your Camera roll and try to email this video to yourself
You should get a warning saying that this attachment may be too large to email. This message will give you the size of the video. Take a note of this.
Cancel the attempt to email the video.
Repeat the first 5 steps.
You should note that while your iMovie Documents & Data have grown a little, it will not have grown by anywhere near the size of the actual video itself. The reason this has grown is because it's storing project info, not because it's storing the video again.

Hopefully this little test will put your mind at ease.

Don't forget to delete your test video.


Numbers.app - How do I add a series of columns I have a spreadsheet with about 600 rows and 20 columns.

I want to add a unique identifier to each cell so that I can use the exported CSV output in another app.

So I thought that I could add a column after each existing column, and then use a formula to populate the cells.

So, first, are there better ways to do this? and if not, is there a short cut to adding 20 new columns?

Thanks

is there a shortcut to adding 20 new columns?

@ to this list of Numbers shortcuts

  Add or remove rows and columns with content ............... Option-drag the resize button

The shortcut to add 20 new columns is to option-drag the resize button to 20 new columns.


Default search language in Safari? With OS X, how do I get Safrai's location-bar search to use a particular language? This problem arises because I live in Japan but I don't want Japanese results.

The following URL will let me do English-language searches regardless of my country:

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en

But how do I get Safari to do the right thing for me (search Google in English) every time?

The Safari Keyword Search extension can help you define new search engines to be used by Safari.  It can also change the default search engine Safari is using.  You could then use it to put the Google search URL as the default search.

See the instructions on the extension website.


When I play music from a playlist, how do I get back to the playlist? For example, in the Apple Music "For You" section, I start playing one of the suggested playlists. While that is playing, I am browsing around in Apple Music looking at other things (but still listening to the original playlist).

Now I want to go back to the original playlist. I can't find any way to do that, short of opening up "For You" and scrolling through it trying to find the original thing I tapped. (And it doesn't help that the "For You" section refreshes itself while I am scrolling, making it a frustrating moving target.)

I have discovered you can click the “artist name - album name” on the now playing screen. Then click the playlist.


Can I downgrade from iOS5 to iOS4? I'm building a HTML iPhone 4 web app, and I need to convert to iOS5 because I know safari has fresh bugs which need fixing, but I need to be able to convert back tomorrow. Is this possible?

Depends. If your device has never been jailbroken then no, you cannot downgrade your device.

If your device has been jailbroken, then yes, maybe. Though it is definitely some work to edit your host file so that itunes checks a different server to sign your stuff and allow you to install a certain iOS version on your device. You got to have already given them (those jailbreak servers) your device information, which is typically strongly adviced by Cydia as well as any jailbreak instruction.


Apple-Mail set S/MIME algorithm Apple-Mail uses DES-EDE3-CBC and SHA1 for new S/MIME-messages.
Nowadays, both algorithms are considered as VERY WEAK and probably crackable by security agencies ore even large botnets. Is it somehow possible to force Apple Mail to use something more secure like AES-CBC and SHA2?

There appears to be no public default or setting to adjust the algorithm used by Mail – at least as of OS X 10.11.

Augment or Switch Your Mail Client

Consider using a third party tool like gpgtools to augment your e-mail security:

  GPG for Mail is an open source plugin for Apple Mail. Encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify mails using OpenPGP with a few simple clicks.

Alternatively, consider switching to another e-mail client that better addresses your security concerns.

Tell Apple

Be sure to provide feedback about your concerns directly to Apple via Mail feedback. Every report helps justify the engineering time.

You may also find the CSDA mailing list useful for reaching the involved Apple engineers.


How to AirPrint to a printer that does not have WiFi? My mother has a Samsung printer that works perfectly fine... except that it's not network enabled (it doesn't have WiFi). She wants to print to it using her iPad. Is there any way to do this?

(The most obvious way would be to look for a AirPrint enabled print server, but as odd as it sounds, I haven't been able to find one anywhere. Does such a thing exist?)

The retired Apple Airport Express is an AirPrint server and they can be found for around $50 used on eBay. Add the Airport Express to your home network as a wifi extender or second access point and it'll broadcast the printer availability on iOS devices connected to the network.


Use spotlight (or Alfred) to open an existing chrome tab I want to easily jump to gmail as one of many (many, many) open tabs in Chrome.

If I could just type "gmail" into Spotlight and it would take me to that tab in Chrome, that would work great for me. Or if there was a way to get gmail in the top-level Cmd+Tab list, that'd work too. Anyone know a way to do this?

On Windows, I made gmail its own "app", because Chrome lets you do that in Windows. That means that Alt+Tab can bring you directly to gmail, ignoring other Chrome windows. Unfortunately, Chrome for Mac doesn't allow making web pages into apps, so that route doesn't work. (I used https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/app-launcher-for-gmail/mlbjackfgfafcnpfaanflcjoknkhofnh for a time, and it worked ok [but didn't have my Chrome extensions, like Boomerang], but lately it's been busted.)

I use Vimium and its Vomnibar is like spotlight, but you have to first focus chrome and then be on a page on which you haven't disabled Vimium (e.g. I disable Vimium for google docs and similar rich apps), so it's not ideal either.

There is a workaround that I use. And it's not that hard. It's called "Nativefier".

  Nativefier is a command line tool that allows you to easily create a desktop application for any web site with succinct and minimal configuration. Apps are wrapped by Electron in an OS executable (.app, .exe, etc.) for use on Windows, OSX and Linux.

So what this means is that you can create a app(that can be added to you're dock) for one webpage in Chrome for example. So you can easily use Cmd+Tab to switch apps. You just need a bit of 'command line' experience to achieve all this.

Full tutorial can be found here; https://www.npmjs.com/package/nativefier


How can I fix my iPhone not showing up in Screen Time on my other devices? My iPhone SE 2020 won't show up in Screen Time on my Mac or iPad. All three are signed into the same iCloud account and fully updated to the latest releases of iOS, macOS and iPadOS respectively. All three have 'Share Across Devices' enabled in Screen Time. The Mac and iPad both show up in Screen Time on all three devices but the iPhone data only shows up on itself.
Things I've tried:

Toggling 'Share Across Devices', on iPhone
Toggling 'Share Across Devices', on all three devices at the same time
Switching Screen Time off and on, on iPhone
Switching Screen Time off and on, on all 3 devices at the same time
Logging out of iCloud and then logging back in, on iPhone

I suppose one option is to try wiping my iPhone and setting it up again from scratch but I'd like to know if there are any other things I can try first.

Sorry, Richard, but I don’t think Apple has patched the glitch. You can try updating iOS to the latest on all of your devices.


Unpacking a installer is failing with pkgutil tool when I am trying to unpack installer with (pkgutil --expand xyz.pkg output/path) it says "problem extracting file from package" output/path/XXX.bundle/contents/_codesignature/coderesources

What could be the possible reason for failure?

It was the missing owner write permissions of the pkg that is causing the problem.


App store on iOS won't show the ratings and the rewievs So I had an old Apple account I used before but my brother logged out of it and I could not remember the password and I made a new account. In the old account I could see reviews and ratings of games, and since I made a new account I can't see the ratings and the reviews! All I see are games with empty stars and no reviews.

I made the new account Mongolian because I'am Mongolian the old one I made the region USA. just in CA.

The problem might be the change of store.
Smaller stores don't have enough reviews to show. Look for a very popular app (Facebook, Snapchat) and you may see reviews, but even then, it may happen that there are not enough reviews for the current version. You can switch to see the reviews for all versions, that may have enough data to be shown.

Or you can switch stores; to do that, go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID, enter your password, and tap on Country / Region to Chang your store back to the U.S.

If you have iTunes Match or Apple Music subscriptions running, you'll have to cancel them first.


How to uninstall DaisyDisk? I followed some advice I found here for a replacement for Disk Inventory X
OSX disk space shows 200GB as "other"
I installed the DaisyDisk app and it worked very well, however now my machine is constantly overheating and mds_stores is consuming 99% of the cpu.
DaisyDisk does not appear in the Applications folder.
How do I uninstall it? Does anyone know?  They don't have any information on their website. I should have been more careful.
https://daisydiskapp.com/

You may want to reinstall it and use "AppCleaner" to properly remove it and all of its remnants.


Problem installing rpm using macports I am trying to install the rpm package using MacPorts, but this is what I get:

~ wdb$ sudo port install rpm
--->  Computing dependencies for rpm
Error: org.macports.activate for port rpm returned: error renaming
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_rpm/rpm/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpm"
 to
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_rpm/rpm/work/destroot/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpm": no such file or directory

Please see the log file for port rpm for details:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_rpm/rpm/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port rpm failed
~ wdb$

What is the exact problem? How can I fix it?

This is a bug in the rpm port. I have filed bug report 35048 for you. I've also listed a workaround there and described how the maintainer of the port can fix it so the workaround is no longer needed.

The workaround is to install from source:

sudo port -f uninstall rpm
sudo port clean rpm
sudo port -s install rpm


Quick Look Window - Pause video shortcut Is there any keyboard shortcut to pause the video, that is being played in Quick Look Window ?

Quick Look Window launches when we click space bar on file (say a video file)

I can find the pause button at bottom left of Quick Look Window, but i have to use mouse to pause the video.

Yes, you can simply press this key on keyboard. Press again and video will resume.