iPhone 6 touch screen have problems I have iPhone6 and it is working perfectly till now. The iOS version is IOS9.3.2

Recently I am facing the below problems

It doesn't recognize my touch strokes some times. It happens twice or thrice in a day. But when I lock explicitly by side button and then I unlock it used to work fine.

But today the problem become worse. The touch strokes working in correctly. Below are the problems
 - If I touch one thing another thing other thing is happening. Example is if I touch Phone app. It is opening browser and automatically types some letters in the address bar.

While typing problem is worse. If i try to enter password for AppleId/Wifi. If I type 's' it is typing 'oijh', something like that.
If I open phone app, it automatically calls some number and some times dropping the call.
If I open mail, it automatically opens some folders and some mail moving those into some other folder.

I have erased all settings and content. But still the same issue.

I don't understand what is happening my iPhone6. is it Virus got attacked? How to resolve this issue?

I recently had similar issues with my iPhone 6+. It's very disruptive and makes it very difficult to complete even simple tasks. You may have a defective digitizer or loose connector. Has your phone recently experienced any drops or hard impacts? Your best bet is to visit an Apple store and have the screen/digitizer replaced.


Mac network latency with NAS (not present with PC) I am in a Creative Services workgroup connected to a WD MyCloudPR4100 that IT has setup to be our group's NAS.

The issue is that occasionally the Macs in the group will lose their WiFi connection to the NAS while working, spin, hang and freeze. The PC's like mine in the group aren't experiencing anything like this issue - but they are hardwired into the NAS over ethernet.

I'm trying to determine weather this is a Mac, Network or NAS issue - and I'm far from a network expert - but I'm the best hope my group currently has.

Does anyone have any advice or resources that might be useful in diagnosing this problem?

Network (WiFi)

I usually start by eliminating things from the problem to help simplify the overall troubleshooting exercise. I'd start with the WiFi because I've seen it be the source of problems more times than I'd like to admit. You can use tools such as PingPlotter (free for basic use).

NOTE: I generally just keep this running all day long, the vertical red bars are when I encountered network drops between myself and the WiFi access point.

There are other methods I'll use to do something similar to this, For example you can use the terminal application mtr which I highlight here as well - How does MTR (run with TCP protocol) calculate the loss rate?]3.

If you find you're having issues and have the ability to use Ethernet instead, you can try switching to a physical Ethernet connection to see if the problem goes away or is mitigated.

Storage

If you've progressed past eliminating the WiFi as the problem, look next to the NAS storage connection that the macOS systems are using to communicate with the NAS.

Here you'll want to see what protocol is being used to establish the connection. Is it Samba (SMB), is it NFS or is it something else. Each of these can be problematic in their own unique ways. If you find it's one of these, then understand the stack of software that is constructing this connection from your client Macs to the NAS and verify they're using the latest versions and dig into any logs they may provide.

I can go on but this should get you started in the general direction.


iTunes' music sharing disconnects when Macbook sleeps My Macbook Pro, OSX El Capitan 10.11.1, disconnects from my Windows PC's shared iTunes library whenever it (my Macbook) sleeps.
To reconnect it I have to restart music sharing from the Windows machine.
This is a pain, and I'd like to stay connected all the time.

For those who enjoy reading...
I've turned on music sharing with iTunes on my Windows PC by following these steps:

opening preferences (Edit > Preferences)
Going to the sharing section
Checking the box "Share my library on my local network"
Checking the box "Home Sharing computers and devices update play counts"

which I got from here. At the end of the process I follow, my preferences screen looks identical to the one shown in the article.
Then, when I open iTunes on my Macbook Pro Retina, 15", OSX El Capitan 10.11.1,

I can see my Windows Computer's iTunes library and access it and play songs from it.
However, when my macbook falls asleep, it seems to somehow disconnect from the Windows machine, and I can no longer access the remote library.
I have to restart music sharing from my Windows machine in order for my macbook to reconnect.
How can I keep my Macbook connected?

Try the following. On your Mac, click System Preferences > Security&Privacy > Firewall > Advanced > Deselect Log out after xx minutes of activity. This will stop iTunes switching off even though your Mac is in sleep mode. If the number of minutes in the prior selection equals the time at which the connection is lost, this is probably your problem.


Can not reinstall Windows7 (using Boot camp) after i've removed Bootcamp partition via Disk Utility I've removed Windows partition (might be label as Bootcamp) using Disk Utility. and after that i found that i made some mistake because in actually i should remove it via Bootcamp Assistant. What's wrong with me now?

I couldn't find installation menu on Bootcamp there's only remove menu. In my understanding i think because Bootcamp now still remember the starting file or boot file of Windows.

Additional Information from diskutil list command:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            300.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS_HD              199.2 GB   disk0s4

NOTE WINDOWS_HD i just create it from Disk Utility program there is nothing inside just blank space no Windows.

OK, now i got my installation screen back

How could i solve this problem?

I just remove a blank NTFS partition (label as WINDOWS_HD) and leave it be a free space. That's all.


~$ files created when transferring files from MacOS to thumb drive I am facing this issue on Catalina where ~$ files are created when transferring/copying files from MacOS to thumb drive. The ~$ files are sometimes created and appearing from different folders. The ~$ files created are all corrupted and unable to open. As observed, most of these original files are .docx.

Hoping someone out there could advise on this or point out where is the issue as it is causing confusion and I am afraid that it would corrupt the original files.

Thanks all!

Edit 20200330 (adding in example)

Files created in Sub-folder A2 (in local machine/drive), when copied to thumb drive (with the entire folder hierarchy/ all folders listed, copied to thumb drive), the ~ file is created in sub-folder B4.1 in the thumb drive, with the Word software being unopened. It is not limited to only one file, but many ~ files created in different folders and not in the parent folder.

These files are automatically created by Word (and other programs in the Microsoft Office suite). They are supposed to be automatically deleted when you close the document in Word or Excel, but sometimes that mechanism fail.

These files are not "corrupted" - they're simply not supposed to be able to be opened with Word/Excel. They do not contain the contents of your documents.

The existence of those files do not corrupt your original files. You can simply ignore them.


OSX tags from terminal/console Is it possible to create some script to show all the finder-tagged items in terminal/shell?

I'd like to create something like this:

ls-tag "Music" to display all the items of Music tag

No script is needed to accomplish that. Simply use mdfind 'kMDItemUserTags=<tag>'to find all items with the tag <tag>.

In your case that's mdfind 'kMDItemUserTags=Music'.

If you want to restrict the search to a special directory use:

mdfind 'kMDItemUserTags=Music' -onlyin /path/to/folder

e.g.

mdfind 'kMDItemUserTags=Music' -onlyin ~/Music/Classical\ Music/Сергей\ Сергеевич\ Прокофьев


My MacBook Pro screen cracked and can't connect to external display My MacBook screen cracked (very minimal tiny crack) and at first it was showing something, a few minutes later the screen is completely black. Now, I didn't have an issue with that the first couple of days because I was using an external display so I didn't really mind the cracked black screen.

The problem is, one day I restarted the computer and now it won't connect to the external display and won't even get past the login screen (I was using voice over to login but after that nothing works, I'm assuming since voice over is not saying whats on screen).

Is there a way to fix the external display issue? I tried Command F1 to connect to it and I also tried resetting the NVRAM and SMC, but it didn't work.

Here is a slightly crazy idea to "give you eyes" on the Mac with the dead display. If you have easy access to a second Mac and the right cable to connect the two (e.g., Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt, USB-C to Thunderbolt, USB-C to USB-C, etc.), you could:

Connect the two Macs with said cable
Put your damaged MacBook Pro into Target Disk Mode by holding down its "T" key while you turn it on
Turn on the second Mac while holding down its Option key so you get to choose which partition to boot from
Choose the system volume of the broken MacBook Pro

This basically lets you use the intact second Mac to boot into the system that is installed on the MacBook Pro with the damaged screen. If there are indeed any software or hard drive issues with that first Mac that prevented you from logging in, you are now able to see and potentially address them.

For more details on Target Disk Mode, see this guide.


How do I make an iPad app free for certain users? I would like to know how to make an iPad app for free for users buying a Mac app, via the appstore.

My goal is to do a promotion like "Buy Mac app and get an iPad app for free!"

I guess you'll be limited to the 50 (?) promo code you can generate per each version of your iPad app. Sorry.


How to use Applescript to find duplicate files and .mp3 files in my iTunes "Music" folder and subfolders? I recently moved my iTunes music library onto a new computer set-up by copying the "iTunes Media" folder onto an external HD and then onto my local disk. When I opened iTunes for the first time, it loaded the cover art for all of my iTunes-purchased content but it displayed the cloud icons for all my music, indicating that it was available to stream but not available offline, and it did not display the music I've imported from CD's at all.

I assumed that my transfer didn't work, so I started downloading my high-priority purchased content again. Well, yesterday I actually went into my "iTunes Media" and "Music" folders, and all of the audio files are there. The high-priority content that I've downloaded again has all duplicated, and the content exists but is not duplicated.

Now I want to clear the duplicate files. I also want to either display the imported and the low priority purchased content in my iTunes library or delete it from my local disk (haven't decided which yet). I'm guessing that some or all of this can be automated with Applescript or Automator, but I've never used either of those before and I need some help. Which tasks can I automate, and what's the best way to learn these utilities if I've done some programming before?

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes have helped me a great deal. Try Dupin for cleaning those duplicate files. There's also a lite version.

You can learn a lot about AppleScript by opening scripts by others in script editor so you understand what's happening. Apple also has a comprehensive guide about the language, if you want to read all about it.


Can I recover a deleted iCloud note? I'm syncing my iPhone's Notes to iCloud. If I delete one of these notes, is it permanently deleted, or is there a way for me to recover it?

From my own testing, it seems to depend on how you delete the note...

If you delete the note on iCloud.com:

You can easily recover the note by going to the Trash folder.

If you delete the note on an iOS device:

You can recover the note by restoring the device (if it's been backed up).
You can recover the note from a device that hasn't recieved the latest sync changes.


Does the watchOS version of the Voice Memos app enforce a time limit for audio recordings? As of watchOS 6, the Voice Memos app is now included allowing for on-the-wrist recording of audio content. Is there a hard-limit on the total duration of recordings made directly on the Apple Watch?

No. Charge up your battery and fill your storage space.


Can I tell iPhoto to store photos in one directory within the library? When I add photos to iPhoto 11, it copies them into its internal database. This is good, but it creates a bunch of numbered folders. Is there a way for me to tell iPhoto not to do that, and to just use one folder for all the photos?

That way, when I want to access the photos directly, say to upload to Google+, I don't have to collect them from multiple folders.

I could use iPhoto's Export function, but that apparently insists on re-encoding the photos :( This naturally decreases quality and increases file size (if you choose the Maximum quality setting).

Lightroom, for example, gives me control over where the files are actually stored. The storage is still managed by Lightroom, but I can tell it to store all my photos in one directory, in this case.

No. iPhoto does not allow you to dictate the internal storage scheme. However, the export function does have an option to export the original file, so you can avoid the re sampling and/or format conversion if that is enough to stick with what you have. Additionally, Aperture and iPhoto can use the same storage, so you could get aperture and do the following;

convert the storage of any photos you want to folders and then save the library.
continue to use iPhoto for convenient tasks and iPhoto will work with the aperture store locations.
do all imports in aperture when you want the originals stored in specific folders.

You can use Lightroom, PhotoMechanic or Aperture which all allow whatever folder based storage of photos you prefer.


Is there a keyboard short-cut to quickly open a URL from the Finder? On my Windows machine I use [Win]+R to bring up a RUN prompt where I can type in a URL to quickly go to the web.

I've been searching to find a Mac equivalent (without installing any special software) and haven't had any luck.  Is there a Mac equivalent?

Assuming you're using Yosemite, Spotlight can do this. Cmd-Space, type in your address, hit enter. I can't confirm if this works in older versions of OS X though.


How can I correct a wrong 'Personal Profile' address when enrolling in Apple Developer Program? When enrolling in the iOS Developer Program as an individual, I reach a step "Review your enrollment information & submit". It shows an old address of my under "Personal Profile". You can see the old address (Durham, NC) below.

I logged into My Apple ID to correct my old home address, yet My Apple ID shows an updated (correct) primary address. You can see the correct address (Renton, WA) below.

So, how do I correct my personal profile address before I submit my iOS Developer Registration?

Additionally, I realize I can Contact Apple to change my address after I am registered, but I would imagine things would be much faster and more streamlined if I correct the address before I finish my registration.

I fixed it. Don't know why, but I know how.

During the enrollment process, I had logged into My Apple ID to fix my address (only to find out that it was already correct there). Then, I opened up iTunes then went to the menu item Store > View Account. Once again, my address was correct there too, so I exited out of there.

From there, I decided to cancel the Developer Program enrollment, to which the Apple site replied that it had saved my enrollment-in-progress. I started the enrollment over again (though it had much of my previous information retained).

At that point, it had corrected the address by itself.

In short: log in to My Apple ID, then View Account on iTunes, cancel enrollment then restart enrollment. Fixed (for me, at least).


Bootcamp: Windows installer couldn't find drivers. I placed them on the installer USB. Where should they go? I have a Late-2013 model 15 inch rMBP, with El Capitan. I downloaded a Windows 7 64bit ISO from Microsoft.

Opened up Bootcamp Assistant, created a bootable Flash drive, and downloaded the Windows Bootcamp Support Files from Apple.

I extracted the zip, and copied the files over to the Bootcamp USB drive.

Back in Bootcamp Assistant, chose "install windows" option, created my partition (100gb), it seemed to be zipping along then it restarted my laptop and booted into the windows installer.

Windows installer stated that it could not find the necessary drivers, and to insert the disc containing them. There was an option to select folders on the hard drive which contain the files, but it said it could not find them in any of the folders.

So.. what did I do wrong? Where should the support files be extracted to? Does it need to be an entirely separate USB from the Windows 7 USB? ugh. Not sure why this isn't working.

Just following up. I unmounted the .ISO file, deleted the windows partition and re-created the USB drive... Seems to have worked this time. Gonna chalk the issue up to an anomaly.

Like @DavidAnderson pointed out in the question comments, users with a Retina MacBook Pro 15 inch should use This version of the support software, not the one I linked in the original question.

Cheers.


Is there a way to make Logitech side mouse buttons just be generic mouse buttons? Is there a way to make Logitech side mouse buttons just be generic mouse buttons? If there is a way to do this, I can't find it in the "Logi Options" app, which is the program that Logitech provides for configuring Logitech mouse buttons.
Yes, I can set a side mouse button to be a left-click or a right-click. But what about setting it to be mouse button 4, 5, or 6?
There are many programs that will let me bind functionality to mouse buttons 4, 5, and 6, etc. But my Logitech mice do not seem willing to expose their extra buttons as just generic mouse buttons. It's very frustrating!
If there's no way to make this work for a Logitech mouse, does anyone have any recommendations for a good ergonomic mouse that has some side buttons and merely exposes these as simple generic mouse buttons that apps can identify as such?
P.S. I'm using Catalina at the moment.

It turns out that if you uninstall or disable Logi Options in the System Preferences, then at least two of the side buttons on Logitech mice seem to appear as standard mouse events. I.e., Mouse Button 4 and Mouse Button 5.
Having Logi Options configured to do Input Monitoring in System Preferences, which is required for Logi Options to work, blocks apps from seeing Mouse Button 4 and Mouse Button 5 events. And Logi Options itself has no option to just let these events pass through Logi Options unmolested.


Apple EarPods buzzing except when I'm touching the area around the MacBook Trackpad I've been using the Apple EarPods with my MacBook Air for a while now. Since recently, they have been producing a very faint buzzing in the left earbud when I'm not touching the computer.

However, when I touch the areas around the keyboard, Trackpad, and screen bezel, the buzzing stops. But as soon as I take my hand off the aluminium unibody or the bezel, it starts buzzing again. Even if I touch the body very lightly, such as the very tip of my finger, it stops.

That being said, what's happening and how do I stop the buzzing in that ear altogether?

It's likely that your MacBook isn't properly grounded. This probably explains the buzzing sound that you are hearing.

When you are touching the aluminium surface of your MacBook, you are technically creating a way for the charge to move, technically providing the grounding, which explains why the buzzing stops.

It is recommended to use the adapter with a three pin extension cord. When using it, your MacBook gets grounded, preventing any change from staying and generating the buzzing sound.


How do I flush the DNS cache on iOS? Similar question to How do I flush the DNS cache on a OS X 10.6 machine?, but for iOS in general.

Specifically, my use case is to flush the DNS cache for applications I downloaded from App Store. Likely apps with native networking implemented (example: apps that use Foundation's NSURLSession).

Running an iPhone 7 on iOS 10.2.1 in China with frequent DNS hijacking happening before you even have time to connect to VPN, so rebooting the device would not be a sufficient solution.

Turn on/off of the Airplane mode in the Settings.app or Control Center makes it fast to flush the DNS cache.


How can I tell which volume the operating system is on? I'll admit that I am kind of rolling multiple questions in to one here so please forgive me and try not to knock me for it.

I am new to Mac but I'm trying to port one of my Java applications to OS X. On Windows, it uses the hard drive serial number for something and I'm looking to do equivalent in Mac using the Terminal!

The close thing I can find is the volume UUID using diskutil info ..., which is fine (as long as this will always stay the same?): so my main question is which volume I should use, seeing as though three appear when I type diskutil list? Obviously it needs to have a UUID, but I would also like to use the volume that is least likely to change, which would seem to be the one with the operating system on to me!

So I would like to know which volume is the safest for me to use for this purpose, and if it varies on different computers - how to find it!

Thanks in advance

Open Terminal.app and run df -h /:

% df -h /
Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s2  111Gi   75Gi   36Gi    68%    /

On my machine my OS drive is on /dev/disk1s2. With this information you can use the Disk Utility app and find out what physical drive your OS is on:

Using diskutil from command line you're OS drive will be whatever correlates to what the df command output gave you:

% diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Nymeria                 499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
-> 2:                  Apple_HFS Untitled 1              119.2 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

If you're unfamiliar with how UNIX-like operating systems (OS X) partition a drive check out this Wikipedia article.

And if you want to get all the details for the root partition directly in terminal, run

diskutil info $(df / | tail -1 | cut -d' ' -f 1)


Cleaning off packages installed via Terminal on OSX I have been learning to use Terminal to install packages (particularly to learn Ruby development). I believe that I'm experiencing some conflicts with things that have been installed and would like to remove them. The issue is, during my trial and error, forgot everything that was installed.

QUESTION:
Is there a way to list out anything that has been installed through Terminal? And what is the best way to remove those items? I assume they need to be uninstalled individually or I would have to a complete reset for OSX.

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you.

I can only speak for Homebrew but I would imagine the other utilities you used should have similar options. With Homebrew you can list everything installed by Homebrew with brew list. After this you can remove installed applications using brew remove <application-name>. Homebrew should have installed everything in /usr/local/Cellar/. I would recommend checking out the official FAQ to learn how to uninstall Homebrew altogether. I know this doesn't cover all of the tools you used but I hope it helps at least a little bit.


make computer wake up at time I'm working on a project that involves using launchd at a certain time. I have heard that launchd will only work if the computer is awake/logged in. What is the best way to insure that launchd will launch an application at midnight? I am running macOS 10.15.4

You can schedule your Mac to wake up at a specific time every day, such as 11:57 p.m. by using the Schedule... function in the Energy Saver panel in System Preferences.


How can I change line spacing in Mail? I would like to use the macOS mail app to compose mails with non-standard line spacing.

Are there solutions without using 3rd party software?

Apple's html editor doesn't engage in that level of formatting. It's still a throw back when mail was plain text and designed to let the receiver decide how to render line breaks and spacing as opposed to being a word processor.

Some love this since it's optimized for simplicity, speed and clarity.
Others despise it and want a heavy editing / formatting quiver at their disposal. (or at least heavier in function than was shipped)

You'd need a third party editor (or other app) to pre-author things and compose the mails or choose another client that suits your requirement to get line spacing rich text / html.


How do I get Xcode 4.1 running under Snow Leopard? I'm trying to upgrade to xcode 4.1, but I it's not working as I expect. I am a registered iOS developer, so I downloaded the (huge) installer. When I double click, it appears to launch, but then it stalls -- nothing happens. There's no installer window with buttons to click, etc. I'm sure there's a better way to do the installation from the terminal and see what's really happening. What do I try next?

Also, I'm wondering if anyone has made this work with OSX 10.6.8 yet, as there were some descriptions of the installer crashing on the dev forums. No answers there as of yesterday.

Update: tried so far--
 Note: This is the correct version of xcode 4.1 for 10.6 (snow leopard) Not the one from the mac store, which is only for 10.7.

I removed the previous version of xcode (was 3.2.5) using /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all.
Looking at the syslog, I see a couple of errors that might be causing trouble: Firstly, when I shut down last night it shows Macintosh DirectoryService[11]: BUG in libdispatch: 10K549 - 1960 - 0x10004004. Secondly, this is showing up repeatedly: Macintosh com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SystemStarter): Failed to count the number of files in "/System/Library/StartupItems": No such file or directory
When I tried the installer again, the syslog reported the above no such file or directory several times, then Macintosh com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[93] (com.apple.coreservices.uiagent[230]): Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault and a crash report.

Perhaps something is corrupted in my /System/Library files that is causing it to choke. Any other ideas on suggestions on how to repair this?

Update 2: I never managed to install xcode 4 on my macBook. The root of the problem seems to be that this was one of the earliest models of macBook to use the Intel processor. And XCode 4 doesn't seem to run well on this processor. Someone may have found a work-around by now, but I ended up with a newer computer: late 2009 MacBook Air running Snow Leopard. No problems with xcode 4 installation.

Crash Report stuff: (hopefully the useful bits...)

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000281e9000
Crashed Thread:  2

Thread 2 Crashed:
0   libSystem.B.dylib               0x96032401 sha1_block_asm_data_order + 29

Thread 2 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
  eax: 0xb02258a0  ebx: 0x93e07a69  ecx: 0x281e9000  edx: 0xb4148629
  edi: 0x85121bec  esi: 0xa1f8b822  ebp: 0xd7deffcd  esp: 0xb02257c0
   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010286  eip: 0x96032401   cs: 0x00000017
   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x0000001f   gs: 0x00000037
  cr2: 0x281e9000

Followed by a long list of addresses that all refer to various files in either /System/Library/Frameworks or /usr/lib/. Several of them have ???(???) in the line.

The last line is:
`0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib`

I'd use Xcode 4.2, as it's the last supported version of Xcode on Snow Leopard.  It can still be downloaded from developer.apple.com.


How to return the device on MacBook Air on Bluetooth? I accidentally tap on forgot the device on MacBook Air and delete Beats solo3 from the Bluetooth device list? Any ideas how to return the device? Can you guys help me please, I try everything...

Make sure to be more clear next time. We can't really figure out what you mean by 'I tried everything' ;)
On your Mac :

Go to Apple () menu > System Preferences > Bluetooth

On your headphones :

Press the power button for 5 seconds
Wait for the led to flash
Go back to your Mac's bluetooth settings, at the bottom of the devices list you should now see a Connect button next to the headphones icon / name (as shown on the example below)

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207108


iPhone app not found on iPad I have the Lorex baby monitoring system. My wife and I were in the market for a system that allowed us to use our mobile devices for remote viewing, so we went to our App stores on our phones and found the Lorex Care app. We now have the system and (though not great) the app works to our satisfaction. Tried to install it on my wife's iPad but it only finds Lorex apps for security monitoring but not the one solely for the baby monitor. I want to know if there is a way to "extract" the program (like an apk) from my iPhone and install it on her pad.

Go to the App Store on your iPad. Search for "Lorex Care." In the upper left corner (see screen shot), you can change "iPad Only" to "iPhone Only." Then the app will appear. If you touch "Lorex Care," it says it will work on the iPad. (The below screen shot came from my iPad.)


Text Edit - Save RTFD as RTF As per my understanding the file format RTFD > RTF > TXT file i.e. a text file can hold a subset of content and formatting compared to RTF and similarly RTF can hold a subset of content and formatting compared to RTFD.
I can save an RTF file as TXT file by going to Format -> Make Plain Text. Of course I would lose some formatting because txt file can only have a subset of RTF file formatting
Similarly, I want to save an RTFD as an RTF file even though I will loose some formatting that an RTFD can support but RTF cannot. But I am not able to find an option in TextEdit to save an Untitled file as .RTF file. I think the content present in the untitled file has some RTFD related formatting. So when I try to do File -> Hold option key -> Save as then I cannot find an option to save the untitled file as RTF. How Do I save the file as .RTF file using TextEdit even though I am fine with loosing the extra formatting?

The RTFD format is actually a package format that allows it to have related files attached, like images. If your document has any files attached, you will not be able to save it as a straight RTF.
Try right clicking on your RTFD file and select "Show Package Contents" and you will see the contents: the "core" RTF file is usually named TXT.RTF and the other files also present.
You can actually grab the RTF straight out of the Package without even going through saving it manually via TextEdit.app.


Sharing a Printer from a Mac to AirPrint While I am aware that you can use handyPrint for this.. you have to pay for it to keep using it.. and I have no Paypal or Credit Cards.

Does anyone know a method so when a Printer is shared on your Mac, it broadcasts it as AirPrint so I can print from iOS with it like you could handyPrint. Possibly using a modded CUPS server or change a couple Bonjour plists or something?

Thanks :)

http://www.howtogeek.com/102671/how-to-enable-airprint-for-ios-printing-from-any-mac-or-windows-pc/

Thanks to AirPrint Hacktivator you can turn any printer connected to your Mac or Windows PC into an AirPrint compatible printer.  from:
http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/01/make-any-printer-airprint-compatible/


Unable to install iTunes 12.2 (2011 MacBook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.4)

The App Store offered me the update to iTunes 12.2 as normal when it was released. I clicked install, it downloaded the update, and it appeared in the list of recently installed updates, apparently all as it should be. However, when I run iTunes it's still version 12.1.

The update will appear again in the App Store update window eventually, but the outcome is always the same. I now have seven updates to iTunes 12.2 showing in the App Store, none of which has actually worked.

I tried downloading the installer from the Apple website, which gets right to the end of the install process before giving this error message:

I also tried removing my existing iTunes installation via the Terminal. Running the installer after doing this gives the same error message, while installing it via the MAS after removing it appears to install successfully but leaves no iTunes app in the Applications folder.

I've since successfully installed updates to non-Apple apps via the App Store with no problem; all are correctly updated to the latest versions.

Huge thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Looking at the install.log you pasted, one line jumped out at me:

  Jul  6 10:46:49 Olly.local installd[661]: preinstall: perl: posix_spawn: /usr/bin/perl5.18: Exec format error

I think that error says that the installer tried to run the preinstall script using the system Perl, but that the system Perl could not even be executed. Could you please run the command file /usr/bin/perl5.18 and tell us what you get? Here's what I get:

  localhost:~ user$ file /usr/bin/perl5.18
  /usr/bin/perl5.18: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
  /usr/bin/perl5.18 (for architecture x86_64):    Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
  /usr/bin/perl5.18 (for architecture i386):  Mach-O executable i386

This is a basic hello-world program in Perl; once you get this working on your computer, I think your installer will work fine too.

  localhost:~ user$ /usr/bin/perl5.18 -e 'print "hello, world!\n";'
  hello, world!


How to fix iPhone X + iOS 13 Slow Wifi? How do I fix slow wifi on an iPhone XR (iOS 13.4.1)?
The boss has an iPhone XR (iOS 13.4.1), and I have an iPhone 6 (iOS 12.4.5). The iPhone 6 gets 100% better Mbps throughput around my house. I have validated my router health and validated network setup on both phones. I have done all the reset/forget network cycling recommended by guides like this and this and this.
I measure the same performance percentage difference--iPhone 6 performs roughly 110% better--in all these tested scenarios:

802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz network connection on both phones, simultaneously
802.11 ac 5 GHz network connection on both phones, simultaneously (first screenshot)
Bluetooth off (second screenshot)

My test was:

hold both phones in hand
test average Mbps download speeds using Wi-Fi Sweetspots app
average over ~10 seconds
test 6 different spots around the house
record results

Here are the side-by-side results of the latter two tests; left side is iPhone XR + iOS 13.4.1, right side is iPhone 6 + iOS 12.4.5

Test with bluetooth radio off on both phones:

In both tests, "Spot 4" is standing directly next to the Wifi router.
Update:
Here are the recorded results in a Google Spreadsheet for at least 6 tests. The 5 of the top 6 results were for the iPhone 6 + iOS 12.4.5 combination.

Update 2:

both devices were tested without cases.
I have tested on four different routers: 2 models of Netgear, TPLink AV600, cheap-o ActionTek. Results were consistent across all 4 routers: iPhone 6 consistently had 100%+ better throughput.

Update 3:
My wifi was assigned to channels 7@2.4GHz and 44@5GHz, which my network analysis showed to be the only thing in the area on that channel. Also conducted a second test on alternate channels, with exclusive access; same results.
Update 4:
Both Phones were restarted occasionally, but not between every documented run. There was definitely a restart in the iPhoneX at least twice: once when the documented tests started, and once when I upgraded it from 13.3 to 13.4.1. Over the course of the few weeks that I have been observing the throughput metrics, the phones have been restarted ad-hoc and the slow relative behavior persists.
Update 5:
The following settings were in place at the time of the test:

Automatic Updates: Off
AirDrop: Receiving Off
Handoff: Off
Wi-Fi Calling: Off
iTunes Wi-Fi Sync: Off

There is nothing to fix

What you measure are hardware and software differences.

The 2 iPhones you compare have a different internal density of components
and different radio hardware.
With higher density of components a lot of internal reflections
occurs very near from the emitting source of radio frequency. Then the
interferences caused by these reflections have a heavy impact on the
signal / noise ratio of the radio signal.

  To give you an image of what happens with short distance reflections
  just stick a large plane of plastic in front of a speaker and compare
  the sound quality with the speaker you left free.

Recommandations to make correct measures

If you would like to improve your comparison of hardware and software
performance in the WI-Fi field, I would suggest to remove any internal source
of load:

Stop all automatic update:

Settings > General > Software Update > Automatic Updates: Off
Stop AirDrop:

Settings > General > AirDrop: Receiving Off
Stop Handoff:

Settings > General > Handoff: Off
Stop Wi-Fi calling:

Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling: Off
Stop iTunes Wi-Fi Sync:

On your Mac, iTunes disable the automatic syncing of your iPhones
  and the backup on Wi-Fi.


How can I install the X11 version of Firefox on Snow Leopard? (Preferably without MacPorts or Fink?) I’m doing some screen-scraping using Selenium, a framework which lets you programmatically control web browsers on your system. I’m running it as part of a web app on a Linux server, and on my MacBook Pro for when I’m writing the web app.

On my server, Selenium uses Firefox headlessly (by using Xvfb instead of a real display). I’d like to do the same thing locally, so that I don’t have Firefox windows popping up all the time whilst I’m writing and testing Selenium code. In order to do this, I need to install the X11 version of Firefox on my Mac.

I’ve seen a lot of references to MacPorts and Fink, but is there a way to just install the X11 version of Firefox, rather than installing MacPorts or Fink just for this one-off?

Firefox requires a Window library to be linked with e.g. QT, Gnome and several other C libraries. Thus to build it will need a lot of other code so I think using Homebrew/Macports/Fink would save time.

If you want any other X11 apps then Homebrew/Macports/Fink is likely to be the easiest way to get them.

Also as per @Nathan G. I have found installing Macports not to be difficult.


Macbook pro (Retina 15 inch Late 2013) Horizontal gray line across screen I have bought this computer New at the Apple Store in 2014.

Since yesterday it's showing horizontal gray lines across the screen. I suspect a hardware defect because that's how my 2 others macs older started showing problems too.

All updates are installed and restarted the computer a few times.

Anyone would know if this is really an hardware issue? If it is probably looks at very expensive repair.

This is definitely a hardware defect, because, as Tetsujin mentioned, the lines do not show up on the picture. I would suggest going to an Apple retail store or otherwise the store you bought the Macbook to get it checked up. Are you still under warranty/AppleCare?


Reclaim lost (unpartitioned) space on Fusion disk First my Bootcamp crashed due to a Win update on my iMac. Then I tried to fix it, assisted by an AppleCare person (using Diskutil and Terminal). Now it seems I have lost 500GB+ on my Fusion drive, and I have not been able to restore Bootcamp using BA.

I know very little about terminal, and don't know for to regain the lost space and make the fusion disk ready for setting up Bootcamp again. Help would be very welcome!!

Thanks!
Tormod

I'm attaching a couple of screenshots that probably shows the situation currently.

I believe the commands below will return the free space to your "Macintosh HD" volume.

newfs_hfs  -J  -v  "Recovery HD"  /dev/disk1s3
diskutil  resizevolume  disk1s3  650M
diskutil  unmount  disk1s3
diskutil  cs  resizePV  2110ADEC-ADAD-46C8-AE19-24B589F695E7  0
diskutil  cs  resizeLV  F8F6DA73-C7F8-42FD-AF12-A896F44CD1BB  0


Time Capsule & 3TB HDD Raid 1 setup I have the Airport Time Capsule (3TB) connected to a 3TB HDD via the Airport Time Capsule's USB2 port.

How can I set them up with RAID 1?

The time Capsule would need to be jailbroken and modified to get RAID drivers into that software stack. It would probably be easier to physically remove the drives and build a new enclosure that can support RAID with the drives and then either connect that to the network or somehow connect the controller to the hopefully still functioning Time Capsule via USB.

Basically, including time capsule in a raid is a "no" answer, you can't reasonably do RAID 1 mirroring or any standard RAID level.


SIM card transferrable between iPhone models? My iPhone SE is not working anymore and someone has offered me an older (2015 - she doesn't know the model) iPhone that her husband bought shortly before his death.

Can I transfer my SIM card (Deutsche Telecom)from my iPhone SE into any other model of iPhone?  I'm assuming it's unlocked as he used it before his death.

Yes. If you are not using a carrier locked iPhone and using a standard SIM card, it can be easily transferred from one iPhone to another.

However, newer iPhones support cellular and connectivity technologies which may not be available on older models. For e.g. iPhone 5s and earlier lack support for 4G networking. You may wish to keep this in mind.


Numbers: Force a calculation My apologies for such a basic question, but I have searched for many hours to no avail.  I have a very simple spreadsheet with two columns of data.  In the third column, I write a formula such that cell C1 contains  =$A1+$B1.  This works fine; the summation takes place as expected.  But, when I drag down the cell's formula into the cells below, the formula copies as expected, but the calculation does not update.  In MS Excel, I know how to fix this (there is an option to change the calculation behavior in Excel).  Could someone kindly show me how to handle this basic issue in OSX Numbers?  Thanks much.

In order to move the formula you have to drag the yellow circle on the bottom of the cell:


Does Apple push updates that require a restart within a set timeframe? Just got this notification on my MacBook Pro running OS 10.12.6.

It reads:

  macOS updates have been installed.  This computer will restart in 60 minutes. Please save anything you are working on and log out by choosing Log Out from the bottom of the Apple menu.

Four things about it strike me as un-Apple-like:

The tone
The unfamiliar, unnecessary icon
Forcing me to restart instead of providing a choice
Non-conformity with Notification Center notifications pushed by the App Store

This raises three questions:

Does Apple push updates that require a restart within a set
timeframe?

If so, since when, and why?
If not, should I be suspicious of this notification?

No, this is not Apple. If macOS has not been able to install updates without interruption, Apple software updates will show in Notification Center and will not force you to update.

The message in your question is from an MDM provider your organisation has installed on your computer, which in this case is JAMF. You should contact your organisation if you have any queries about the actions taken on the computer.


OpenToonz: How to install ffmpeg for mac osx el capitan when only static ffmpeg builds for macOS 64-bit are available at ffmpeg.org? I'm trying to install ffmpeg on my mac OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 Mid 2009 so I can use it's libraries: ffmpeg.exe, ffplay.exe, ffprobe.exe and be able to import/export mp4 and gif files to OpenToonz animation software.
tutorials online including: https://opentoonz.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using_ffmpeg_with_opentoonz.html?highlight=Ffmpeg
, the official guide from opentoonz,
go the ffmpeg.org and download a pre-compiled package: 'static and shared builds for macOS 64-bit.
However, for me, only 'static builds for macOS 64-bit' shows up which allows me to download a .7z file or a ffmpeg.exe file but not the other libraries (ffplay.exe, ffprobe.exe).
How can I use ffmpeg with OpenToonz on macOSX el capitan?
If I can't install ffmpeg and it's libaries from a static package, how can I install it from source so I can use it with OpenToonz?
I appreciate any help.
ty.

At least one user found another answer hard to follow. So did I. After a bit of a struggle, I got OpenToonz 1.4 working with ffmpeg on a Mac running macOS Catalina (10.15). I installed the "static files." I did not build from source. Here is what I did:

download ffmpeg, ffprobe, ffplay and ffserver from the download page. The download links are displayed in large green buttons and there are several on the page.

Extract these compressed files to your system.

copy the executables to /Applications/OpenToonz/OpenToonz_stuff/plugins

control(right)-click > open each of the executables you moved into the plugins folder. This is necessary due to macOS security. The programs will run in the terminal and then report an error. That is OK.

open System Preferences > Security & Privacy. Go to the Privacy tab. Enable OpenToonz under the Accessibility category.

start OpenToonz. Open Preferences > Import/Export. Set the file path for ffmpeg: /Applications/OpenToonz/OpenToonz_stuff/plugins

Restart OpenToonz. It should be working now (at least it was for me).
It was not clear to me which of the 4 executables OpenToonz actually needs so I installed them all. It would be better to find out which ones are actually needed and install only those. Maybe at some time in the future I'll do that.


Vector dot product and scalar multiplication in Grapher.app I'm trying to play around with vectors in Grapher.app, but I'm getting an error when I try to A: multiply two vectors (specified as a vertical matrix) together, and B: multiply a vector by a scalar value. Here's my dilemma in picture form:

Any ideas?

If you want to multiply two column vectors don't you have to transpose one of them? I got the transpose operator by typing ^T. (That's caret + T, not Ctrl+T)

I was able to multiply a vector by a scalar.

In your screenshot, the subscripts aren't consistent. Maybe it's part of your problem or maybe it's just some math I don't understand. This is all on the edge of my math knowledge.

Epilogue

For those who are interested, here is bjz's screenshot of his working version:


Stopping "wants to make changes" password prompts on secondary account when performing admin tasks I have a secondary user account that I use for work. Both my primary account and this one are set to Admin.

When installing software updates (and in other instances that require higher privileges) while logged in on my secondary account, macOS will ask me for my secondary account's password.

This does not happen on my primary account, and I wish for it to stop happening on my secondary account too.

How can I make macOS stop asking for my secondary account's password every time a change needs to be made?

You need one admin account for  his operation. If You don’t have one:

I don't have administrator account on my mac

Stopping the prompt is going to be hard, so eithe you’ll want to make your current account an admin and use that password for this or use another admin user/password when prompted. You  do not have to log out of your current standard user, just that you have to use an admin with it’s admin password


Can't get launchd task to run I've done this once and I'm trying to do it on a new computer and I can't see what I'm doing wrong.

I have a ruby script in my user folder named forecast.rb. I have set it to executable (a+x). It writes a line out to another file called .weather.txt.

I want to run forecast.rb every 5 minutes.

I have a plist file named com.jwhite.forecast_tmux.plist. That file looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.jwhite.forecast_tmux</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/jwhite/forecast.rb</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>300</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

This file is located in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. And after moving it there I ran Launchctl load -w ~/Library/Launchagents/com.jwhite.forecast_tmux.plist.

If I run forecast.rb (./forecast.rb) it runs fine. But my launchd is not executing.

What am I missing?

EDIT:

I've started using LaunchControl and got the error.

/Users/jwhite/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require': cannot load such file -- geocoder (LoadError)
from /Users/jwhite/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /Users/jwhite/forecast.rb:3:in `<main>'

But when I run this from the terminal everything executes fine. So launchctl can't read in Ruby Gems?

I had the same issue, trying to run a script on an interval using LaunchControl (great app, check it out). Will copy and paste straight from the source that helped me:

  For GUI programs the default shell environment scripts are ignored, and therefore
  RVM managed ruby versions.

  The workaround is to define them via launchctl. Those values are gone
  though after a reboot, so I put them in .bash_profile since I open a shell anyhow all the time, see below.

  launchctl setenv GEM_HOME ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1
  launchctl setenv GEM_PATH ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1:/Users/markus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1@global

  All more permanent solutions (e.g. launchd.conf) don't work anymore in 10.10.
  Hope that helps anyone who ran into a similar issue.

In my case I just set it up the correct GEM_HOME and PATH in LaunchControl.


How can I download the entirety of my Google Drive to my iPhone? iPhone 5c with the latest iOS and Google Drive app. I see that I can set individual photos to be available offline. This functionality is not available for folders though. Is there a third party app that allows this?

Based on a few Google Searches, there is no in-app or third party app on the App store which allows you to do this. There is only one on Android. I suggest filling out a request on the Google Product Forms to see if the feature will be available in the near future.


Mechanical Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to El Capitan I upgraded my rMBP 15" (mid 2015) to El Capitan and suddenly my Ducky mechanical keyboard stopped working. The keyboard doesn't light up and upon viewing System Information, it shows Current required power = 0.

Anyone experiencing this issue too?

It's related to negotiating USB power requirements I think. I was able to use mine by running it through a powered USB hub.


What are the six openings on the bottom of the MacBook Pro for? I have a 2013 Retina MacBook Pro. I have noticed there are six slits, three on each side, on the base of the laptop.

What are these for, and if I were to use them as a place to clip something, would it affect my computer?

They're vents for air:

…but they're not just for air. They are also used as part of the structural system of the machine.

  The vents are also part of the structural system creating strong beams that actually increase the rigidity of the overall product.

This Apple video explains it very well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neff9scaCCI&t=3m20s


Can I upgrade the carrier settings without the original SIM? I have an iPhone 4 that I got from my uncle (it's a little used), but I don't have the original SIM that came with that iPhone, and I want to unlock it, can I ask the old carrier to unlock it with only the IMEI and others information that do not depend on the SIM card? Will it be able to receive a carrier settings update on iTunes?

Yes. Carrier settings are sent when you connect to their respective cellular service. So if you purchased an unlocked iPhone 4 from Apple, and inserted a SIM from AT&T, you would be pushed the latest carrier update. If the next day, you removed the AT&T SIM and inserted one from Bell Mobility, then you would be pushed a carrier update for that respective carrier.

The updates are based on your iOS version number and the wireless network you are connected to (of course you need the respective SIM as well). You won't receive updates should you remove the SIM (or fail to insert one), but then it becomes a moot point because you need the card to connect to a network, making a carrier update rather pointless to begin with.

When the original carrier unlocks the device, it will be able to handle any wireless network. And the new carrier you sign with, will issue you a SIM.


How to tell if dmg file contains universal binaries, i.e. if it has been compiled for arm64 hardware Can you tell from a .dmg file if it contains arm64 binaries?
I've got a Mac mini M1 running Big Sur. I don't want to run apps under Intel, only arm64. I don't even have Rosetta installed, and want to avoid installing it.
I can install apps, try to run them, and see if they request Rosetta installation. But I'd like to know if the .dmg file contains binaries compiled for arm64 without running the application.

A DMG is just a container, it doesn't know about it contents.
If application is distributed without a package (so it's application you can just drag&drop to /Applications) you can run
hdiutil attach THE_DMG
file /Volume/THE_DMG/THE_APPLICATION.app/Contents/MacOS/*

to see what kind of binary it is.


Boot Camp partition removal failed in macOS Sierra I installed Windows 10 on my Mac using Boot Camp Assistant, but later decided to remove the partition as I no longer needed Windows. I did (or tried to) using Boot Camp "restore", but it gave me an error saying it failed. Now when I go into Disk Utility, the Windows partition doesn't appear, so I can't delete it. But it's there somewhere because I'm only showing 180 GB on the Mac partition (not the full 250 GB).

Going back into Boot Camp Assistant doesn't help, it just allows an option to make another partition (no delete or restore option).

I'm at a loss for how to proceed.

After an unsuccessful Boot Camp Assistant “Remove Windows 10 or later version” execution, almost any CoreStorage partition I came across was FUBAR. This usually doesn't affect the file system/content of the system volume but some internal CoreStorage structures which inhibits any modification of the Logical Volume Group and subsequent containers.

Backup your main macOS volume with Time Machine or another backup solution.
Disconnect your external backup drive.

Last resort (very unlikely to work!):

Open Terminal and enter diskutil cs list
With the UUID of the Logical Volume (usually the last UUID in the output of the previous command) enter

diskutil cs resizeStack <lvUUID> <size>

e.g.

diskutil cs resizeStack F95E3156-8CFA-4B73-98F7-5A6D9644CA6F 248500m

The command usually fails with some error. But if you get Error: -69720: There is not enough free space... use a slightly smaller size like 248200m until you are successful.

Common approach (with a Time Machine backup):

Restart to Internet Recovery Mode by pressing alt cmd R at startup. Booting to Recovery Mode is not conducive because the Recovery HD will be moved in one of the steps below. And you can't move a partition used as a boot volume.

The prerequisites are the latest firmware update installed, either E
thernet or WLAN (WPA/WPA2) and a router with DHCP activated.
On a 50 Mbps-line it takes about 4 min (presenting a small animated globe) to boot into a recovery netboot image which usually is loaded from an Apple/Akamai server.

I recommend Ethernet because it's more reliable. If you are restricted to Wi-Fi and the boot process fails, just restart your Mac with the same shortcut until you succeed booting.

Alternatively you may start from a bootable installer thumb drive (preferably Sierra) or a thumb drive containing a full system (Sierra).
Open Disk Utility in the macOS Utilities window
Repartition your internal drive to one volume/GUID partition table/JHFS+.
Quit Disk Utility.
Attach your backup drive.
Open Restore from Time Machine Backup in the macOS Utilities window and restore the backup to your newly created main volume.


Activation Lock Asking for Apple ID That's Never Been Used on this Phone I busted the screen on my iPhone 7 Plus. I have an appointment on Thursday to take it in, so that's OK. I backed it up to my iMac and I wanted to restore it to my 6s Plus and move the SIM card until I get my 7 repaired. However, when I try to hook up my 6s Plus to my iMac, it says there has been an activation lock and is asking for an apple ID login for b*****@icloud.com. There’s never been a user of this phone with that login. I purchased the phone at release and it was always tied to my regular Apple ID. When I got my 7 plus, I turned off Find My iPhone on the device and erased it. Since then, it has been sitting in its box. I have no idea what to do now.

You will need Proof of Purchase like a printed Invoice showing SN.  You call Apple ask for Senior Advisor who will have you upload Proof and then it takes 48 Business Hours to unlock.  Then put iPhone in DFU mode and restore on iTunes.  Don't be fooled by any of the uTube scams claiming an unlock.  I have one (of 3) that relocked 3 times but there is hope they may have fixed something after they were hacked.  All of my iPhone 6S had AppleCare +.  If you have an Apple Store near go with Proof and see Manager.  They know about the problem but won't talk about it and have exchanged some iPhones for ones with good SN.  It's also happen to a few iPhone 7s.  There is a Macrumors thread 15 pages long of people with the same problem.  Good Luck.


Terminal does not change directory I am not being able to change directory in terminal and I don't understand why.

This is what I get:

Annes-MBP:~ anne$ /Applications
-bash: /Applications: is a directory
Annes-MBP:~ anne$ cd/Applications
-bash: cd/Applications: No such file or directory
Anness-MBP:~ anne$

cd is the command, /Applications its parameter, and you need so separate commands and parameters by a space character. So in your case it's

cd /Applications

or, if you want to go back to your user's home folder

cd ~

or simply

cd


How to let screenshot show a mouse pointer on Mojave and Catalina? I think in Mojave and up, we can press CMD Shift 5 to show a menu of what to capture on screen and the Options.

There are options for a 5 second or 10 second timer, and one to "Show Mouse Pointer".  But if I use a 10 second timer and "Show Mouse Pointer", the mouse pointer is not in the screenshot? (The one I tried was to get a region of the screen). How to make it work?

P.S. I experimented some more. If I do a full screen capture, the mouse pointer was there. But if it is a window or region capture, then the mouse pointer wasn't there.

Screenshot under Catalina does not have this problem, went taking timed full screen captures. If only a selected portion or window is needed, then take a screenshot of a selected portion of the full screen image. This can result in a monotonous and time consuming process. However, the Screenshot application includes a record feature, that can be used when many screen captures are needed. You can then playback, pause and capture whole screens, windows or portions. Below is one example.

Example of the Wrong and Right Way to Capture a Window.

The images below were taken using the Grab application from High Sierra.

Grab was used to capture a Finder window. The image is shown below. The problem here is the window does not have focus.

Next, Grap was used to capture a selection which included the Finder window, as shown below. Still no focus.

Finally, a timed capture was taken of the entire screen. The the delay was used to give focus to the Finder window. Next, a selection was captured from this image. The result was the correct image shown below.

Below is an example where the Screenshot application was is used from Catalina.

First, a two captures of a Finder window were taken, as shown below. The first image was taken without a timer. The second was taken with a 5 second timer, so focus could be given to the window. In both cases, neither window has focus.

Next, a capture of a selected portion was taken, which included the window, as shown below. Here the image is correct. So at least Apple has fixed one problem.

Finally, two captures were taken. The first involved the timed full screen, then a portion of the first image. The second image is shown below. You can see this image is also correct.

Below is an example where the Screenshot application is used from Catalina. This time a screen pointer is included

Below is a selected portion taken with a timer. The screen pointer is not included.

Again, two captures were taken. The first involved the timed full screen, then a portion of the first image. The second image is shown below. You can see the image below includes the screen pointer.

Conclusions

The capture portion of Screenshot works for images which do not require inclusion of the screen pointer. When the screen pointer needs to be included, you may still need to resort to the two image approach that Grab required.


Problem seeing shared drive when connected via 802.11ac I have a late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina, with the current update of Yosemite, and I have an odd problem. To be honest, I'm not sure if it's laptop related, or somehow related to my router.

The issue is, when I am connected to my wireless network via 802.11ac, I can't see a shared drive that is connected to my router via ethernet. However, when connected via 802.11n, I can see it just fine.

For the sake of clarity, when I say "see my shared drive", I mean when I open Finder, I see the shared drive listed in the left hand menu under "Shared", I can navigate it's file system, etc.

My router is an Asus RT-AC68U, and the shared drive is a Bubba B3 (basically, a Debian based media server). This is frustrating, as I have to shut off 5 GHz on my router to do backups via Time Machine. Regardless of what protocol my MBP is using to connect, the laptop and the shared drive are on the same network, and in the same subnet. I can connect to the B3 via ssh, and I suppose I could just do a tar based, command line backup of my MBP and scp it over to the B3, but I'd really rather use Time Machine, as it does what it's supposed to do quite well.

Any thoughts?

The Bubba B3 only supports 802.11 b/g/n networks by design.

That is why you do not see it on the 802.11ac network.


Using an early 2009 15" macbook pro as a display for new, 13" retina macbook pro I just purchases a 13" retina macbook pro, and am loving it. However, I now have my old 15" macbook pro lying around, and was wondering if it is possible to use it as a second display for my new machine. I haven't found anything online, and considering how old my 15" MB Pro is, I have a hunch it might not be possible...

You can use the program ScreenRecycler to use another Mac (or even a PC) as a second monitor.

http://www.screenrecycler.com/ScreenRecycler.html


Removing shutdown and sleep button from the Apple menu on Mavericks I'm trying to remove the "Sleep" and "Shutdown" entries from the Apple menu.
So far I managed to do it by editing /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/StandardMenus.nib/objects.xib but that solution is quite ugly.
It can be a cause of some instabilities?

I tried the following commands:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow ShutDownDisabled -bool true
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow ShutDownDisabledWhileLoggedIn -bool True

but they don't seem to work anymore (I used this in Mountain Lion).
I wondered if there was any better way to do disable those entries.

Not sure about Shut Down but you can disable Sleep using pmset:

sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1

This will gray out the Sleep menu item as well.

Source: OS X Server: How to prevent sleep


After erasing 200 GB I need to repair it using the Recovery HD I was cleaning my MacBook Pro, erasing all unused files I had on it. After that I decided to erase the free space, so I will have all my files organized and cleaned the "used space". After that I verified the disk that shows the following error:

  This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.

The questions are:

My mac will go from scratch, means erase all the programs, files, music, pictures etc?
What if I install Yosemite, will it solve my problems?
If number 2 doesn't solve the problem, are there any steps I should take now?

I'm now backing up my MacBook on time machine, just in "case" I lose it all, and before I erased the free space all was fine!

No your Mac will not reset all you files. It is just maintenance of file system and not your files.
No it will probably not solve your problems. It even can make matters worse on filesystem level. Or just ask you to do the same i.e. Repair Partition.
You should just do what it you are asked — boot to Recovery HD with CMD + R on startup and Repair Main Partition.

Word of caution: It might be that you HDD is failing so do Time Machine backup or other form of backup before going futher.


How can I "automatically" get a reminder that day is done? I many times forget time and stay long hours in the office.
Is there any kind of app that would automatically set a reminder when computer starts + X hours passed?
Now I try to set a reminder (native app) but many times I forget, and it is a bit tedious.
I was wondering if there is somekind of automated way to get some kind of reminder that the day is done?
Has anyone had a similar issue and solved it with some other approach?

Go to the built-in Clock app and add an alarm for the time you want to go home or log off your computer. Select repeat and choose the weekdays that you want it to go off. You can choose a ringtone or song (We Gotta Get Out Of This Place) instead of one of the standard tones if you want.

The Timer tab in the Clock app can sound an alarm after 8 hours if that's what you want instead.


iPod touch 4G internal microphone? Based on the specs page, Apple seems to indicate that the 4th gen iPod touch has an internal microphone. Is this true, or are they merely indicating its compatibility with the headphones-with-remote-and-mic?

It has a microphone. It is the little hole beside the back camera (no idea why they put it there).


Unable to disable find my iPhone I have disable find my iPhone from icloud on to the internet and from my phone as well, but it still showing on from apple website, tried turn on and off again tried so many things but its is still sowing that its on, and I am unable to reset the phone on to factory settings, when I try to reset the phone after apple bar it  goes to the spining wheel and it spines for ever but does not reset the phone on to factory settings

i've been stuck in this situation -- something went wonky with it.  my solution was to use findmyiphone to remotely wipe the phone.  it will wipe it and then ask you for the appleid and password.  then it finally worked and it was free of all accounts.


'localhost' stoped working as an alias for '127.0.0.1' for SSHing into my VirtualBox VM. Why, and how to fix? The question explains the problem. For months I've never had any problems along these lines. Then, yesterday morning, I couldn't get into my VM! Took a long time to troubleshoot but here was the solution:

Brendans-Mac-mini:~ Brendan$ ssh -p 3022 user@localhost
ssh: Could not resolve hostname localhost: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Brendans-Mac-mini:~ Brendan$ ssh -p 3022 user@127.0.0.1
user@127.0.0.1's password:
Last login: Tue Jul  1 22:37:59 2014 from 10.0.2.2

So, why would this have happened, and more importantly, how do I fix it?

I tried dig localhost, which seems to tell me that there's still some kind of connection between localhost and 127.0.0.1:

Brendans-Mac-mini:~ Brendan$ dig localhost

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> localhost
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28989
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;localhost.         IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
localhost.      655360  IN  A   127.0.0.1

;; Query time: 7 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.1.1#53(10.0.1.1)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul  2 09:44:44 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 43

[This is copied & slightly expanded from my answer on Superuser.]

localhost is normally defined in the /etc/hosts file, not in DNS (although your DNS has an emergency backup entry for it). Here's the normal contents of /etc/hosts in OS X (as of Mavericks):

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost

Note that if you need to edit/recreate this file, it must be in plain text format (no formatting at all), with unix-style line endings (linefeeds). You can use a command line editor like vi or nano; if you want a GUI editor, I tend to recommend TextWrangler or its big brother BBEdit for editing files like this, since they're good about not adding spurious "helpful" things to the files you edit, and also can use admin rights to edit system files (like /etc/hosts).

(Also, it's not really visible or important, but those are tab characters between the addresses and names.)

For testing lookups like this, use dscacheutil (dscacheutil -q host -a name localhost) instead of something like dig. The reason to use dscacheutil is that dig (and host and nsloogup) bypasses the system lookup policy and just checks DNS directly, while dscacheutil uses the full system lookup policy. As a result, dig won't see entries in /etc/hosts, or do mDNS (Bonjour) lookups, or look for Computer entries in directory services, or see cached entries from previous lookups, or...

When you have the hosts file set up properly, here's what dscacheutil's output should look like:

$ dscacheutil -q host -a name localhost
name: localhost
ipv6_address: ::1
ipv6_address: fe80:1::1

name: localhost
ip_address: 127.0.0.1


How to can I upgrade Xcode 4.1 to 4.5.2 properly? I'm trying to get Xcode up to date... but i think i have a little problem.

I go in the Mac App Store. I find Xcode. I click on free button, it asks me to connect with my Apple-ID. Done.

I get the "install" button... I click and nothing happens. I have a loader spinning during few seconds at the right of buttons Prev/Next in the top bar... but nothing else.

Where is a process bar ? Mac App says to me that Xcode takes 1.50 GB but is downloading ? How can I follow the download ? Is really downloading ? Do I have to uninstall the Xcode 4.1 ?

I am a bit lost with the changes to this program and the new App Store.

Setting aside whether you are actually done with the prior version of Xcode (as older versions have some capabilities and older SDK that the newer versions no longer support - you might want to keep an old machine with an old Xcode around if you are supporting legacy software products - but let's assume you don't care about anything other than making new programs with the newest Xcode) let's dive in with the steps.

To prepare for the new Xcode, it is easiest to uninstall all previous versions of Xcode by following the uninstall documentation for each version you have installed.

For Xcode 4.1 you will want to run the perl script to clean things up:

Uninstalling Xcode Developer Tools

To uninstall Xcode developer tools on the boot volume along with the  directory, from a Terminal window type:

$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

For the new Xcode, the App Store doesn't normally show the download progress so you must track it from Launchpad or just by watching the /Applications folder in Finder. It shows INSTALLING as depicted above, but the Launchpad view has a live progress bar and summary of the 1.61 GB download as depicted below.


Can't uninstall app installed using diawi I installed an app on iPhone 6 running iOS 11 using diawi.com.

For some reason I can't open it, nothing happens when I click the icon, and I also can't uninstall the app.
There is nothing on the profiles settings.

What can I do to remove the app from the device?

Try to delete it with iTunes on your computer or if you have an old backup, where the app wasn't on your phone, try to overwrite the actual phone version with the old backup. Another possibility would be to save all your important data and reset your phone and then import all the data back on the phone.


Why is healthissues.today using my screen 24/7 on my iPhone and how do I stop it? When I checked my screen time it was reporting 24/7 screen for the last 3 weeks.  The offending app is something called healthissues.today which I can't find.  Any ideas on what I can do to turn it off and stop it from using my iphone 24/7?

Evidently (per Apple support) it was a pop-under on Safari that was using a web kit vulnerability to hijack my screen to click jack the site.  Didn't even show in the tab list of Safari.


Can you live link a youtube video in Keynote as opposed to embedding an offline copy? Powerpoint allows to stream a video directly as part of a presentation:

In PowerPoint, you can insert or link to an online video, and then play it during your presentation.
The video plays directly from the website, and it has the site's controls for playing, pausing, volume, and so on. The PowerPoint playback features (Fade, Bookmark, Trim, and so on) don't apply to online videos.
Because the video is stored on a web site, rather than in your presentation, you must be connected to the internet in order for the video to play successfully.

I was wondering whether it is possible to stream a Youtube video from a Keynote slide directly, (using the video URL?), without having to download the .mp4 file on the computer.
So how can I include an online video directly into a Keynote presentation?

No, keynote is cross platform (web, iOS and macos) and designed to not live-link to YouTube.

Use another app. One to try us LiveSlides.

Consider that you will still need internet connection to play the video because it is still linking to the website where the video is, if you do not download it, means that you might be in a situation where the presentation will not work.


iPhone 5 won’t restart on holding both buttons My iPhone 5 froze after the YouTube app failed to open.

I've tried holding the sleep/wake button + home button down with no luck. Nothing happens. I'm able to slide down the Notification Center and type and search in the box but then I try to open an app and nothing happens.

If I press and hold to activate Siri, she appears for a second then turns off as if I pressed the home button again.

I've tried connecting the iPhone to a Mac but as it's passcode enabled it tells me to unlock it and then replug it which I'm not able to do.

If Siri starts but then stops "as if [you] pressed the Home button again", I'd say there might be a problem with your Home Button. Try using the Apple earphones with volume/play control and use that to press Home button for Siri. Does Siri still behave the same way?


View trash sorted by date deleted I was trying to organize and select all my old music from my previous computer and copied a folder with all my music files to my mac book desktop. Started deleting all the songs I didn't wanted and after all done, accidentally I selected all the music that was left on the folder and deleted it as well. Is there is a way I can access the trash and see only the latest music files I deleted? If I could see the time they where deleted I knew which music files I have to restore, so I don't have to be restoring all the files, including the ones I do not want!

Too late now, but next time you accidentally move/delete something in the Finder, remember  Cmd ⌘   Z  is the (almost) universal shortcut for Undo.
For now, open the Trash, set to List View, then right click the columns bar & add "Date Added". Then click that to sort latest additions to the top.


"Install App" does nothing when trying to install Mavericks I'm trying to install Mavricks and it's not working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBExs0UcJ_0&feature=youtu.be

I already did a system update.
I'm currently on lion.

Says it's paused in launchpad.

It could be that the servers are so overwhelmed with people downloading the new operating system that you have nothing wrong other than being caught in a stampede.

I would say you might try again in 30 minutes and then back off doubling the time you wait until you get a good download.


Unable to cut from text edit and paste into terminal Up until a day ago, I was able to cut and paste commands into terminal from text edit. This is a ongoing function as I store regularly used bash commands in text files so I can cut and paste them without needing to type them.

As of today, I can cut from text and paste to text, I can copy from terminal and paste into terminal. But I am unable to paste from text to terminal...

Where to even start figuring this out?

Well, I never thought I would see the day.

Restarting a mac to solve a problem... this is reminiscent of when I used to use Microsoft products...


Position Dock stretched full width without increasing size proportionally Using

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning start;killall Dock

I was able to move the position of the dock to the upper left corner below the Apple menu.

What I'd really like to do is force the dock to take up the full space available with empty space like this mock..

        ↙ Current            Wanted ↘

Was hoping to find an alternative solution but I was able to achieve what I wanted by

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'

running that command several times (5 times actually) created 5 spaces in the dock which I just placed to one side to make it long enough to fill up the full height.

Now it looks like this


Can I reload old iMessage conversations on a new device (iOS and OS X)? When setting up a new iOS device or installing the Messages Beta on OS X, you can log in with your iMessage account to start receiving & sending messages with iMessage.

One advantage of iMessage is that these messages are received on all your devices — meaning that as long as you have iMessage configured on a device, you can see the history of a conversation.

But as far as I can tell, you can only see messages which have been delivered after you set up your iMessage account on a device. Is there a way to load old messages which were sent/received before setting up iMessage? (I'd like to load both old messages within a current conversation/thread, and old conversations which have not recently received messages.)

I just transferred all my chat history by copying ~/Library/Messages from an existing (OSX 10.8) machine to a new one (OSX 10.10).

Couple of things to note:

Quit Messages on both machines before you do this
After copying over, delete chat.db-shm and chat.db-wal from ~/Library/Messages on the new machine
Empty the Trash. I found that there was a process called 'IMDPersistenceAgent' that was holding on to the files I deleted. I killed that process ( sudo kill -9 pid in a terminal). To find out which process (and the pid) is holding on to those files I used the excellent What's Keeping Me. It found the culprit process, but I wasn't able to kill it from within it (and hence had to resort to killing from a terminal).
Start Messages. Now it might seem that you did not get the history back, but you did!  Try scrolling up for any existing conversations and you will find that the history has been restored.  If you were to start a new conversation with a contact that is not yet visible, you will find the old conversation history is now visible.

I am happy with the above and am not too worried about the list of open conversations not being restored as long as the history itself is there.†w


Do I need Bonjour on my PC, Windows 7 Professional? I'm hearing alot about iTunes which I don't use. I’m unable to research what Bonjour does.

If I delete it will it affect anything else on my PC?

In General no you don't need Bonjour at all on a Windows PC and even more so you don't need it if you don't use any Apple Applications like iTunes, iCloud, etc.

If you like to read more about Bonjour or just want to know what it is please take a look at the official Bonjour Documents from Apple.


iPad 4th not recognised when connected via USB-C Apple Digital AV Multiport Adapter on Catalia If I connect my iPad 4th generation to the MacbookPro 2020 with Catalina 10.15.6 directly via USB-C cable, everything works well: the iPad shows in the finder.
If I do the same, but I plug the usb-c cable in the Apple Multiport adapter (last generation), nothing happens.
Any idea what is going on?
Thanks in advance for any help!

The Apple Multi-port adapter only provides power via the usb-c out connection.
You could use the older USB-A port to get USB 3 speeds if needed THOUGH early iPads top out at USB 2 on the Lightning adapter.
Full details of the connector are on the Apple site here


How to avoid qtvr files being transformed to movies I have 4 large QTVR (QuickTime VR) files, which are displayed correctly QT Player 7.4.1 on old Mac.   But they are transformed to movie format on QT Player 10.4 on a New Mac.

How can I repair/avoid this ?

QuickTime VR hasn't been used for at least 10 or 11 years so it's going to be really difficult to find a current player for this file format.  There's likely no path to remedy this.

Even on Apple's website, it's listed as "legacy/historical".  This piece of documentation was updated in 2009 - 8 long years ago.

From a 2016 Business Insider Article:  The inside story of Apple's forgotten project to change how we explore the world from our computers

  When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, QuickTime VR was de-emphasized. Apple put out its last QuickTime VR-specific press release in 1997, although Apple continued to use it to provide 360-degree views of new products like iPods as late as 2006. "Quicktime VR all really happened in that Scully window before Steve came back, and I think that Apple does not pay any attention to the stuff that happened during those years," Bohrman said.

There may be some open source or 3rd party applications that support it, but going off Wikipedia, the list is quite small.


Is it possible to upgrade 2012 low res glossy to high res glossy screen? I know you can switch the screen assembly from high-resolution matte to high resolution glossy, but can you go from low-resolution glossy to high resolution?

Specifically, if I get a 15" 2012 MBP and take it to an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP), can they upgrade a low-resolution glossy to high-resolution (non retina) glossy screen?

I purchased a 2012 MBP with the anti-glare, but I'd really rather have the glossy. So, it seems silly to pay more for a higher resolution screen and then just turn around and get it switched over at an AASP when I could just return the one I purchased and wait for one like I have but with a lower resolution screen.

Technically, it would be possible.
But apple doesn't offer an upgrade price, so you're only option is buying the screen for the rather high "stock" price.
Selling yours on ebay and getting a model you want is probably cheaper


MacBook Pro 15'' Retina Mid-2015: Upgrade RAM to 32Gb Is this possible?

I read on the crucial.com website that it is not.

I imagine 2x16Gb would be a bit expensive but not unheard of.

It's not that the amount of RAM doesn't exist, it's that the upgradeability doesn't exist. The Retina MacBook Pro's RAM is soldered to the motherboard. Nothing is getting in or out.


`emacs` and `Emacs` start the same application? I am trying to understand how the shell is interpreting emacs and Emacs, and where it finds the application.

I can launch emacs by running

bash
emacs &

or

Emacs &

in the terminal, and it looks to me like it is the same application (which is not the emacs shipped with the OS, which is at /usr/bin/emacs, but another one which I have installed, almost certainly with emacsformacosx though I am not sure how to verify this information).

My PATH:

$ echo "$PATH"
/Users/antoine/.gem/ruby/2.6.0/bin:/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:/anaconda3/condabin:/Users/antoine/.pyenv/shims:/Users/antoine/.local/bin:/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin

Running

which emacs

returns

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/emacs

and

which emacs

returns

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs

Now if I look into the folder /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/, I only see Emacs but no emacs:

$ ls -1d /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/[eE]*
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-i386-10_5
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_10
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_5
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_7
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_9

On the other hand, if I use find, I get a result emacs, but I don't understand where it comes from:

$ find /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/ emacs | grep emacs
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_7/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_9/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-i386-10_5/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_5/emacsclient
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//bin-x86_64-10_10/emacsclient
emacs

but I don't see this last emacs in the folder, so where should I be looking?

(In addition, I don't understand exactly what find does, as it returns outputs without the string "emacs" in it, so I filtered them with grep).

One last remark.
Previously I had a typo in my PATH (which I set in my .profile): I had

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOs

(note the lower case "s" in "MacOs" at the end) instead of

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS

But I did not get any error, not did it seem to make any difference to correct this type.  Namely, even with the type, which emacs happily returned /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOs/emacs (with the typo) and which Emacs just as happily returned /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOs/Emacs (again with the type).

So this suggests that emacs or Emacs are found somewhere else.

The default install of macOS uses a case-insensitive file system. This is true of both HFS+ installations of macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier, as well as APFS installation of macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and later.

The use of a case-insensitive file systems means that files and folders can be reached with any mix of case in the name. The name used to create the file/folder is used verbatim when displaying the name of the file, but when you need to access it, you can mix it up:

$ touch myTeSt
$ ls
myTeSt
$ rm mytest
$

I.e. the case is displayed as "myTeSt" when running ls, but you can delete the file using "mytest", "MYTEST" or any variation thereof.

Naturally, this also extends to programs that you can then start using any variation of case inside the program name.

Note that it is possible to install macOS on a case-sensitive file system, where this does not apply, however it is not the default install.


Should a weak iPhone battery output less than 3.7V? Is there a way to check for weak battery? My battery dies after 2 hours of use but still outputs 3.7V in a multimeter check. Could it still be dead?

The answer is yes it could be week.
What you measuring is the Voltage without LOAD.

In that state even an almost completely empty battery will output the Voltage it was designed for.

You need to bridge it with a resistor (load) and then measure voltage.

Your multimeter does that (LOAD) but only very small kind, like micro amps by bridging the outputs with a resistor of 1 Meg or more so it draws very small current

Try using a LED or if you have resistors of lets say 100 Ohm, use that as load (bridge).


Why does my Mac Pro running Snow leopard freeze on blue screen on shutdown? Symptoms

Mac Pro freezes on blue screen on shutdown. Restart seems to work quite happily, it's just shutting down that my Mac Pro doesn't want to do.
The chime has decided to become super quiet of it's own accord.
Running Disk Utility often tells me that I have

Invalid Volume File Count,
Invalid Volume Directory Count,
Invalid Volume Block Count.

or some such similar on a fairly regular basis.

Attempts

I have tried replacing the main system drive in case it was the HD that was the problem.
At the same time I installed 12GB of brand new RAM.

It worked fine for a week and now the problem is back again.
Nine times out of ten I have to force shut down with the power button or tug the mains cable out of the back.

This was on both the original HD and the brand new one that I've just installed.

Any ideas?
Any suggestions?

I'm thinking of doing a clean install but I don't want to have to go through the nightmare of finding and running all of the installers again. Would Migration Assistant be the thing to use to help with this?

System

2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon running OS X 10.6.8

Seems like the problem persists even after many trails of fixing it on different levels. The title is about the problem and the rest is just details of many possible solution that didn't work.

I'd suggest looking into the system.log file to start with. Specially before the last boot-up and after the last freeze points.

If nothing is a suspect of causing the problem in the system.log, then it might be some third-party extension/daemon that is the cause of the problem.


Drobo + Time Capsule I have a Time Capsule that I use for Time Machine, and am thinking about getting a regular entry level 4 slot Drobo to hang off its USB port as shared, non-Time Machine disk space.  The Drobo appeals to me because I can expand it as my needs grow, and because it has RAID-type functionality built in.  I figured that I could also unhook it from the Time Capsule and attach it to an individual machine should the need arise.

Have you tried this before?  How has it worked out for you?

Edit: Just to clarify, I was not looking to use it for Time Machine data.  The Time Capsule itself has plenty of disk space for my Time Machine backups.  I'm looking to add network based storage for general use (archiving videos, rarely used disc images, etc.)  I don't really need the performance of a Drobo FS, so I was looking to see if I could save some money with a regular Drobo.

I've plugged in a Drobo S into the USB port on an Airport Extreme when I needed fast and dirty file sharing. It worked fine. It was only for a week, but I didn't notice any sort of unusual behavior.

Once you've done the initial setup/config via the Drobo interface, the drive acts just as standard USB drive. It's not the fastest thing in the world, but you're limited by the USB 2 anyways, so your experience regarding speed will depend more on your actual usage.


Connecting using WiFi Protected Setup in OS X I have a MacBook Pro, and in OS X (running Lion), I can't figure out how to connect using the WiFi Protected Setup  feature of my router.

When I boot into Windows (Windows 7), using Boot Camp, I have to simply press the WPS button on the router while connecting.

Does OS X even support WPS?

OS X doesn't support WPS. You'll have to manually enter the key. To do this, select your wifi network from the drop-down in the menu bar:

Then when prompted type in the wifi password:

If you don't know your password, you typically get it from your router's web interface (either via another computer, or connect your MacBook Pro via ethernet). To get there, enter http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 in your browser.


My MacBook Air keeps restarting My MacBook Air keeps restarting and won't pass the apple sign. I tried to reinstall the system but it says I don't have enough disk space to install and needs to remove something. What should I do?

Do you have a Time Machine backup on an external (USB, FireWire) hard drive? If so, boot to Recovery (Apple + R), erase the drive and reinstall OS X, then restore your data via Migration Assistant.

Your core issue here is you do not have enough space on your hard drive for all your data. You're going to have to either:
 - Delete some of your data or
 - Clone the old hard drive to a larger drive (this is the perfect time to upgrade to a SSD, also).


Letters in Xcode Project Navigator I want to know the meaning of the letters in the project navigator in Xcode; (Ms & A)

These are for source control. M stands for Modified. A stands for Added. This is so you know what files have changed since the last commit of your project.

It's all explained on this support page http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/Xcode4UserGuide/SCM/SCM.html


How would I connect the thunderbolt 3 Macbook pro with a Thunderbolt 2 monitor? Yesterday Apple launched the new Macbook Pro with USB-C 3.1/Thunderbolt 3 ports, which I ordered already. At home I still have a fairly recent LG 34UC97s thunderbolt 2 display of a whopping €900. I only have to figure out how I'd connect them both?

So my question is: what are the current possibilities to connect a USB-C 3.1/Thunderbolt 3 port to a thunderbolt-2 monitor?

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I already found this question, but the bottom-line of that topic is that a year ago there was no solution. One year later, what are the differences?

You could use something like the also newly-launched Apple Thunderbolt 3 USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 adapter. Apple's 12" MacBook has a USB-C port but does not integrate Thunderbolt into it, so Apple did not make a product which needed a Thunderbolt 3 to 2 adapter until now.


Mac Keyboard Doesn't Recognize iPhone via USB I have a new Mac Keyboard and I've successfully connected my mouse to it, however when I connect my iPhone nothing happens.  The iPhone doesn't go into a charge state and my MBP doesn't detect the iPhone.  I've tried three different cables with no difference.  Connecting directly to the MBP works fine.

Why would the keyboard support the mouse but not the iPhone?

The Mac Keyboard is a non-powered USB hub. As such, it may or may not recognize your iPhone when attached to it.  Just in case though, have you tried connecting it to the port that your mouse currently is in? Do this just to make sure you don't have a bum keyboard.


Application will not let me quit it. What should I do? The Bit-torrent Transmission application will not let me quit it in my Mac (latest OS X). Actually the icon says "application not responding". When I open up activity monitor it is not there. Also, when I look it up using Terminal it will not find it either. I tried to restart the computer via Terminal but it will not let me enter my password.

What should I do?

So many options!

(My favorite) Option-right click (or control-option-click) on the offending application's icon in the dock, and click "Force Quit". If it doesn't respond immediately, try one or two more times.
Open Activity Monitor, make sure it says "All Processes" at the top. If it doesn't, select "All Processes" from the View menu (or the pop-up menu in the toolbar on older versions of OS X). Click the Force Quit button at the top left.
Open up terminal, and run sudo killall <appname>. This is usually the application name, minus the .app part. When it asks you for your password (after reading you the riot act if this is your first time sudoing), type your password and hit enter. The cursor will stay still when you type your password; you will not see characters or • dots.
More direct option -- use Activity Monitor to determine the PID (process ID) of the offending application or process, and then run sudo kill -s KILL <pid> in Terminal.

BE CAREFUL when using sudo.


Manual double-sided printing on iOS I have an AirPrint printer with no Duplex functionality. When I want to print double sided documents from mac, I can easily print odd pages first, then manually reinsert the papers and print only the even pages. Is there a way or even an app to do the same thing on iOS?

If you aren't printing very long documents, one option would be to manually deselect the even/odd pages in the Print dialog.


Does anyone know when Swift apps can be submitted to the app store? Similarly, does anyone know when apps built using Xcode 6 can be submitted to the App store?

From Apple website:

  You can begin using Swift code immediately to implement new features in your app, or enhance existing ones. New Swift code co-exists along side your existing Objective-C files in the same project, making it easy to adopt. And when iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite are released this fall, you can submit your apps to the App Store and Mac App Store.

ref: https://developer.apple.com/swift/


Keyboard shortcut for moving (not copying) files in Finder I copy and paste files in Finder all the time, but when I do I end up with both the original file and the copied file.

Is there another shortcut besides CMD-V that will just move the file instead?

Assuming I understand the question correctly, all you have to do is add the option key to your keyboard shortcut. So, within Finder, use:

command+C to copy the file
option+command+V to move the file