Safari no longer defaults to typing in address bar. Why? I recently deleted cookies and deleted my AdBlocker for Safari. Since then, things have been acting weird, e.g. websites open slowly, my homepage was set to Yahoo, etc.

Previously, when I would open a new tab, the cursor would be in the address bar. Any typing I would do would start there. Now, I must manually click the address bar, or use the Command + L shortcut to go there.

That's a pain. How could I reset this? I see nothing in Safari's Preferences.

Your system could have been infected with adware and/or malware. See this Apple Support page on how to remove adware.

For malware, I have relied on Sophos' free Antivirus for Mac for several years. I use it on my home machines, and my school uses it enterprise-wide on all Mac and Windows desktops, laptops and servers.


Recommended partition size MacBook Pro (Mavericks) for Windows 8.1, Windows database app? Any suggestion regarding size of partition to set in Boot Camp to be sure of having adequate space for Windows 8.1 and at least one large Windows application, a custom database application?  I'm thinking about 150 GB ...

Windows 8.1 takes 20GB (16GB for x86), a database application like MSSQLS takes 1-5 GB depending on the features you install.  A database with 10,000,000 entries is roughly 1-10 GB.

150 GB is a lot, IMHO, but it depends what else you want to do with it and how much memory you have available of course.


Hosting a VPN with Airport Extreme Following a factory reset, is my Airport Extreme 2013 no longer forwarding VPN traffic?

For years I have hosted a VPN from my home with various versions of Server.app (currently 5.6.3, latest for High Sierra) on various versions of OS X (currently 10.13, High Sierra) installed on a Mac Mini, wired through various ethernet hubs/switches to an Airport Extreme router (2013, 6th Generation running version 7.7.9).

Recently, my entire network went down.  Before I noticed this was due to a 8 port hub losing power, I factory reset the router (unplugged power, held down reset button, plugged in power, waited for lights to start blinking, and reconfigured router).  Neither the physical topology of my network has not been altered, nor have the IP addresses of devices on my network changed.

Now, everything appears to be working except for VPN.  I have had success forwarding various services (ssh, http, https) from outside the network to the Mac Mini.  I have a forwarding rule for VPN setup on the router (UDP ports 500, 1701, 4500; TCP port 1723), and the VPN service within Server.App enabled on the Mac Mini.  I am able to connect to the VPN service from within my network, but outside the network (e.g., iPhone over cell network) I receive the error message:

  The L2TP-VPN server did not respond.  Try reconnecting.  If the problem continues, verify your settings and contact your Administrator.

Attempting to scan for open ports on the router from outside the network reveals the ports for the other services (22, 80, 443, etc.), but none of the VPN ports (500, 1701, 4500, or 1723).  Attempting to scan for open ports on the Mac Mini from inside the network reveals the same situation.  This is the case both inside and outside the network whether I use my modem's external IP, a dynamic hostname (provided by ddns.net), or a subdomain on a CNAME entry for a DNS record I have control over.

I do not think my ISP is blocking VPN traffic as this setup worked less than a week prior to the network mishap.

I think something has gone wrong on the router.  I have tried these things:

enabled IGMP Snooping as suggested in this post: VPN Passthrough problems with Airport Extreme.
ensured IP ranges do not overlap (as suggested also in above post): wired static from .1 - .49; wireless static from .50 - .99; DHCP from .100 - .199, and VPN on .224 - .254.
ensured Back To My Mac is disabled on the router and the Mac Mini (indeed, I don't believe Back To My Mac exists as such on High Sierra).
taken the router out of the loop and connected the Mac mini directly to the cable modem.  Connections to the VPN succeeded.  This confirms that my ISP is not blocking VPN traffic, that the VPN server is working (for internal and external clients), and that the Airport Extreme is the problem.

Things I have not yet tried:

alternative VPN software (OpenVPN).  I think VPN in Server.app is working as I can connect to it on the internal network.
alternative ports, e.g., on the router forward 22 to 500, 80 to 1701 and 443 to 4500.  I have not tried this because I don't know how to configure the VPN client to try to connect on these ports.  It also seems not possible to configure the VPN server (at least the one within Server.app) to listen on different ports.

First check the settings on the AirPort Extreme to ensure that the box labelled "Allow incoming IPSec authentication" in "Network Options..." under "Network" is checked.

Then I suspect what have happened is that your Mac Mini has received a different internal IP address. This could lead to the port forwardings that you have had setup not working anymore, which is confirmed by the fact that you cannot see your port forwarding of TCP port 1723 with a port scanner.

On the Mac Mini open System Preferences and Network, and find the internal IP address of your Mac Mini. It might be for example 192.168.2.10. Then check the port forwardings on the Airport Extreme under "Network" and "Port Settings...". Ensure that the field "Private IP Address" lists the internal IP address of your Mac Mini for all the VPN related ports  (UDP ports 500, 1701, 4500 and TCP port 1723).


Transfer iOS app data to a different account I have an iPad 2 currently using my AppleID. I want to reset it
(almost) completely and change it to my girlfriend's Apple ID.

The thing is: there are 2 or 3 apps whose data we really don't want to
loose. They are free apps, so it's trivial to reinstall them under the
new account.

I only need a way of backing up the data of these apps under my Apple
ID and then restoring it under her Apple ID.

Is there a way to achieve this?

I'm not trying to transfer purchases or anything like that, just copy
some data.

NOTE: The software needs to be Windows or Linux.

You can backup data from apps with a program such as PhoneView (Mac) or iFunBox (Mac & Windows).

  Browse, manage and download most any data saved by App Store apps from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. If you're looking for a quick way to download saved recordings, videos or images from your apps, this is it. Even transfer game high scores between devices. --PhoneView

This data can then be restored to a new installation of an app under a different Apple ID or even on a different device.


Connection Interrupted error in iOS simulators after updating to xcode 7 I have updated to Xcode 7 from App Store. And now when ever I run an application or directly start the simulator from Xcode, i got an error Error Returned in reply: Connection Interrupted.

I searched on internet, but did not found any solutions. Kindly advice about this issue.

I had the same problem, and I found at the end that I had 2 simulator windows running at the same time. I close both of them and Xcode, and the problem was solved.
I didn't need to restart my machine.


xcode-select --install doesn't finish, macOS Sierra running in a VM I'm running macOS in a virtual machine and getting errors installing developer tools.

I was trying to install xcode-select --install

 Minute 2, from second 27 until 29.  Check the file applessdstatistics...

Tuesday 9:52 PM

Wednesday 4:12 PM

What I need to install xcode-select (not xcode enterely)?

Thank you!

EDIT:

Using Command_Line_Tools_macOS_10.12_for_Xcode_8.2.dmg of https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ doesn't work properly...

Wednesday 10:47 PM

Thursday 8:43 AM

I found the problem...

Previosly I had reduced the Memory from 2048MB to 1536MB.

I know the minimun requirement is 2048MB.

I tried creating a new Virtual Machine using 1536MB, but it was very slowly...

Then I need to restore the memory from 1536MB to 2048MB.


Can't erase my phone I can't erase all content and settings on my iPhone 6s+.

When I enter my passcode, restrictions PIN, and iCloud password it displays an error telling me that verification failed, there was an error connecting to iCloud.

What's causing this and how can I fix it?

Have you tried putting the phone in recovery mode and then unlocking the iCloud restriction afterwards? Hold down the sleep/wake and Home button until the iPhone goes into recovery mode and then erase it by connecting it to iTunes via a Lightning cable. Once the phone is erased it will require you to login to your iCloud account to unlock it.


Why not use the iPhone Upgrade Program? As I understand the iPhone Upgrade Program:

A 64GB iPhone 6S bought upfront costs $749, and AppleCare+ costs $129, for a total of $878.
A 64GB iPhone 6S bought on the iPhone Upgrade Program (which includes AppleCare+) is $36.58/month for 24 months ($877.92), but you can trade in your iPhone for a new iPhone after 12 months (having paid only $438.96) if you commit to another 24 months of payment for the new iPhone.

Aren't you effectively only paying half price for every iPhone you get under the iPhone Upgrade Program until you decide to get your last iPhone ever? This sounds too good to be true. Is there any downside to this?

The "downside" is that you lose the hardware. That's Apple's entire incentive for offering this exchange feature. If you're ok with the reality that you must exchange the phone you "half-own" in order to receive a new model early, there is nothing further that should stop you.


What files do I need to remove to wipe every trace of iTunes from my Mac filesystem? I would like to delete every possible file read, created or cached by iTunes on a Mac and reinstall the whole thing from scratch.

What do I need to delete? Obviously everything in /Applications/iTunes.app, what else? Here are some:

~/Library/iTunes
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iTunes

Also files that iTunes uses, like (I am assuming) the various sync folders and services. What other folders/files am I missing?

The ones I know of are:

~/Library/iTunes/

/Library/iTunes/

~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist + more similar .plist files

However there are probably a LOT more hidden throughout the OS. As soulshined pointed out there are parts of the OS that depend on having iTunes, and removing it would break them. I am curious as to why you need to?


Headless OSX Server: "Not allowed access to the window system right now" We have a Mac Mini that we use as a server for a Node application.

The Node application launches some other native Mac apps and interacts with them. One of the apps is reporting kCGErrorFailure: This user is not allowed access to the window system right now and refuses to launch - until we RDP in and (presumably after initializing the window system) the whole thing starts working as expected.

It seems like some apps just freeze until the window system is 'nudged' by the RDP login.

Is there a way to get the window system working without having the sign in all the time?

The systems run headless and with as many as 16 users per box running simultaneously, with a Node app and associated software running under each user account.

Turns out this is due to the Node app spawning the Mac application in the headless state. We ended up launching the Mac app via launchd and not forcing it to be a child/parent process.


Is it possible to restore contacts from a few days back I honestly don't know what happened, but it appears that I lost a number of key contacts out of my address book. I didn't delete them manually, but regardless of what the cause was - they are gone.

Is it possible to restore contacts back, say from a few days ago?

Additionally, and this might be symptomatic of a bigger issues, some of my contacts appear in duplicate.

Please help

Disconnect all iCloud devices from the network (in case one is problematic)
Log in to iCloud.com from a computer
Select Settings web app
Scroll to the bottom left
Select Restore Contacts

See what archives exist and then go to the contacts web app to make sure the cloud version of contacts is wrong.
Optionally, export all the current contacts in case a restore makes things worse


Where is the keynote shape library stored? I have a set of 'custom shapes' pre built in Keynote, which I'd like to share within my company. Where is the library located, so I can copy/paste for all other users?

Although I know this may overwrite user keynote preferences, the folder 'com.apple.iWork.Keynote' stored in the containers folder seems to hold the stored user shapes.

Library > Containers > com.apple.iWork.Keynote


Cannot find/remove browser hijackers My roommate brought me her iMac this afternoon because it's been behaving very badly since she upgraded to High Sierra. It turns out that her boyfriend has gotten a lot of malware onto it, and I'm having real problems getting rid of it.

The biggest culprit is a set of browser hijackers (they may all be related, or they may be separate malware, I'm not sure), including well-known ones like G-Search.Pro, and others (feedvertizus, beleelashopper, etc).

I cannot figure out where these things have stuck themselves to get rid of them. So far, I have:

Deleted any installed applications I didn't recognize.
Installed and run MalwareBytes, which claims I have no malware.
Installed and run AVG Anti-Virus, which claims I'm clean.
Completely deleted Chrome and Firefox from the machine and reinstalled.
Checked the LaunchAgents folders in /Library, /System/Library, and /Users/user/Library for anything odd.
Checked the LaunchDemons folders in the same places.
Removed anything from Application Support folders that looked suspicious.

All to no avail. A clean, fresh install of Chrome immediately gets infected with G-Search.pro and these other things. I'm at my limit of OS X knowledge so I have no idea where else to look.

Where could these things be hiding, or where can I go (are there system logs, etc.?) to find out?

In case anyone else gets infected by this, here's what I ultimately discovered:

The virus had installed a local web proxy, and a background service that was constantly monitoring the system's proxy settings and "restoring" them to point to itself. I discovered this when I noticed that Safari was throwing SSL warnings for everything, and that YouTube was returning empty responses and proxy errors trying to watch videos.

The proxy also appears to have been preventing Chrome's sync from working, and preventing me from activating several anti-virus programs that require online activation.

I was able to find it using lsof to see what was listening on the port that kept setting itself up as the local proxy. It had installed a mono application using the Titanium web proxy NuGet package, into /usr/local/srcsrv.

Once I killed that, the behavior of the web browser returned to normal except for the "New Tab" page in Google still pointing to G-Search.pro. I haven't yet tried to delete and reinstall Chrome a second time, but I did add several domains to /etc/hosts to prevent them from phoning home.


How do I undo deleting my bluetooth device from my macbook bluetooth device list? I accidentally deleted my bluetooth speakers from my macbooks devices list. Now it will not show up again. How can I get it to show up again so I can reconnect it?

Also, most Bluetooth speakers have a pairing routine that will usually be initiated right after turning on, or by keeping the power / pair / connect / play button pressed for a while —which specific button will depend on your speaker make and model; either explore a bit, or find the manual.


Impossible to downgrade Mac Pro's operating system to original system My Mac Pro ( late 2009 custom assembled in Ireland by Apple)

Processor Name:   3.32GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory:   32 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 6.4 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MP41.0081.B07
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
VRAM (Total): 4096 MB

came originally with Snow Leopard. I still have the original DVD in mind conditions and the DVD disk reader (very seldom used) works perfectly

After I upgraded to El Capitan, I am totally unable to reinstall Snow Leopard in any of the additional disk slots in the machine.

I removed all the hard drives, bought a new 1 TB Seagate drive and installed it in bay 1.

The computer boots with Snow Leopard and allows installation, however after the message telling me the install was successful the Mac doesn't boot - an error message tells me the software is not meant for my particular machine. I tried every kind of keyboards combos I am aware of.

People at the local Apple store told me that I will never be able to go back to Snow Leopard as after Yosemite the system patches the computer ROM making the downgrade impossible.

But I do need Snow Leopard as I have a number of  PowerPC apps and files I need to use.

Any hints please?

You do need Snow Leapord or Tiger and below to run PowerPC apps. That is how I also got into trouble, but in my case, my iMac is no longer usable.

I bought a spring 2008 iMAC that came with the Tiger OS which I upgraded to Snow Leapord. I also like Snow Leapord because it still runs all the old software based on technology no longer used.

After I upgraded to El Capitan, I too could not install an older release. Like you, not even with a new hard drive.

I also found out, as you may have noticed, you can't install Sierra either. That is because of an upgrade to your current OS that tells it your hardware is obsolete.

I found this in the macrumors forum: "Apple Obsoletes Select Early 2008 to Late 2009 Macs"

Here is  "Apple's Official List of Vintage and Obsolete Products."

Both of our computers are on the list.

Since I tried to install Snow Leapord, my iMAC refuses to boot, even in safe mode.

However, I found this post on the Apple website. It is from 2013, and it may be able to help you. The article also provides the update link from Apple Support.

The post is "OS X 10.4/10.5 need to upgrade, 10.6.8 ok still" and it is by a level 7 user DS_Store.

I hope this helps, for all my attempts at dual boot disks, external boot disk, VM's and such may have doomed my iMac for good, which means 6-8 months before I can finish designing the apps I have been developing.


Why is an album in Apple Music marked with an "E" and grayed out? In the new Apple Music app, which came with iOS 8.4, some albums are grayed out and marked with an "E". I cannot open them.

I did a Google search. In some posts, I read that Apple uses an "E" symbol for explicit material. However, I did not find any information specifically related to the Music app.

I've looked for settings both in the Music app as well as in the Settings app under Music but could not find anything related to this question.

My questions are:

What does the "E" symbol mean?
Is there any way to open such albums?

The E symbol means "Explicit".

You can enable or disable explicit content within Settings on your device. You'll find the "ALLOW MUSIC & PODCASTS RATED" option under General -> Restrictions -> Music & Podcasts.

You may need to enter a PIN code to access the Restrictions settings.

You can disable the restrictions entirely by selecting the "Disable Restrictions" option at the top of the Restrictions window.


Yosemite: How do increase font size of Eclipse globally? Please do not mark this question as duplicate. There are some similar questions, but they are stale. They are about old versions and none of their suggestions solved my issue. (eg: How to increase font size of Eclipse globally?)

I am using eclipse Kepler on Yosemite. I want to change all of my front size in eclipse larger. I am using a 1080p monitor, and it's quite painful to see those small fonts. I found a way to change the package explorer font and java editor font, but I want to change others too. I want to change the fonts in the opened tabs, outline, task and possibly all other views. Is there a way to change them globally? If not, is there a way to change them one by one? I checked "General - Appearance - Colors and Fonts". There is no way to change the fonts on those views.

Here is what I have tried:

change the Colors and Fonts from eclipse preference. It can only change the editor's font.
remove "-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts" from eclipse.ini. It has no effect at all.
modify "eclipse kepler/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.3.0.v20130605-2000/css/e4_default_mac.css". I learned how to modify the fonts in package Exploer. I just need to add:

#org-eclipse-jdt-ui-PackageExplorer Tree,
#org-eclipse-ui-navigator-ProjectExplorer Tree {
  font-size: 14px; /* <-- Desired font size */
}

Modifying the css may be a way to change the fonts of other views, but I don't know how.

Solution for Eclipse Oxygen at MacOS High Sierra (Dec 2017)

Open terminal and run commands:

cd /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.ui.themes_1.2.1.v20170809-1435/css

vim e4_basestyle.css

Add a style:

* {
    font-size: 14;
}

Restart Eclipse to apply changes.


Disable user's ability to change FileVault recovery key How can we disable user's ability to change FileVault recovery key using fdesetup changerecoverykey ?

Remove the user from the admin group would be the simplest method. The fdesetup needs sudo permissions or someone to re-enable the root user. Both of those options are possible when you have admin credentials.


What's the most effective way to cool down a MBP 13 I have a MacBook Pro 13 retina, which I've just recently started playing Call of Duty on, and I thought if I just blasted my fans the temperature would be kept in check. However, I only checked the actual temp. after playing a bit and it went between 96-100 C (204-212 F). I also have the laptop on raised off of my desk, so theres enough air flow as well. However, the fans don't seem to be enough. Could anyone recommend specific ways or products to cool down my mac?

Thanks!

That’s completely normal operating temperature for graphics intensive processes on your machine. The System Management Controller gauges your machine’s temperatures and automatically adjusts the fans accordingly. Furthermore, the SMC will automatically shut your machine down if overheating occurs.

Third party tools (IE, smcFanControl) used to measure temperature and provide users with the ability to manually adjust fan settings is not recommended at all by Apple. Here’s an excerpt from Apple Support on Macbook Operating Temperature:

  While there are third-party utilities that measure the temperature of a notebook computer, it is important to understand that these utilities are not measuring the external case temperature. The actual case temperature is much lower. Never use third-party applications to diagnose possible hardware issues.

The most important thing to do is ensure the back vent isn’t blocked in anyway to ensure adequate heat dissipation. Additionally, keeping your laptop on a hard surface actually helps ensure proper temperature control.

If you still feel uncomfortable, there’s a multitude of laptop cooling stations available out there which will safely help cool the machine during intensive use.


iPhone storage too far from its actual total amount? It appears that the storage space on my iPhone4S is not adding up to 16GB. I know 16GB is just the theoretical storage space, but currently, the total space seems too far away. Here's a screenshot of the storage status of my phone:

As you can see, 1.8 + 11.6 = 13.4GB. Where did the other 2GB go? Is this normal? Or are there residual files left on my iPhone that can't be cleaned up properly? I'm running out of space and so this means a lot to me.

Keep in mind that you don't start with 16GB, but 16 x (1,000 x 1,000 x 1,000) ÷ (1024 x 1024 x 1024), or roughly 14.9 GB.  So, the OS itself is only using up around 1.5GB.


What does the app name means above music player in Control Center Mine is showing "App Store", when clicked, it brings me to App Store, but what is the reason of it showing up in Control center?

The wording used is to represent the source of the audio content you are listening to, but it tries to be clever and give you more than just the app name.  Instead of Safari, it will scroll the URL of the page you are viewing.  Instead of Music, it will pull the artist/track name etc, and instead of App Store, it will display the name of the last app you were looking at (presumably you were watching a preview video for an app in the store)


Do not open Apple Music when pressing a media key How do I prevent Apple Music from opening when pressing a media key?

If I have Sonos or Spotify opened, the media keys control them as they should. If they are closed, annoyingly, Apple Music opens, prompts login etc. How do I make it disappear from my life completely?

This still works under Big Sur on M1 Macs:
launchctl bootout "gui/$(id -u "${USER}")/com.apple.rcd"
launchctl disable "gui/$(id -u "${USER}")/com.apple.rcd"

The top command disables it immediately. The bottom command prevents it from reactivating on restart.
To return to the default behaviour, replace bootout with bootstrap and disable with enable:
launchctl bootstrap "gui/$(id -u "${USER}")/com.apple.rcd"
launchctl enable "gui/$(id -u "${USER}")/com.apple.rcd"

Note this may disable the media keys for other apps as well.


Big Sur switched to zsh terminal but still uses .bash_profile I've upgraded to Big Sur and noticed my user was still using bash shell, so I changed Users → Advanced Options → Login shell to /bin/zsh and restarted.
The shell that starts appears to be zsh insofar this happens:
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh

But the terminal never sources ~/.zshrc, it actually is still sourcing ~/.bash_profile and I don't understand why. New sessions also still gives this warning:
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.

I've already run chsh but it doesn't have anything to change, and it definitely points to /bin/zsh. If I create a new user it uses zsh and ~/.zshrc as expected.
I'm starting to suspect that my default shell is in fact not zsh, but is actually still using bash.. Can anyone tell me what's wrong that causes my terminal to not behave like a new user's, or how I can further debug this issue?
EDIT: Yeah it's stuck on bash:
$ ps
  PID TTY           TIME CMD
  892 ttys000    0:00.02 -bash
  869 ttys001    0:00.01 -bash
 1011 ttys002    0:00.01 -bash

How can that be? My user settings definitely point to zsh:

Are you using macOS's Terminal.app? It might be overriding this in its Preferences:


Go2Shell stopped working with iTerm2 I am on Yosemite and have used a (seemingly older version) of Go2Shell to open Terminal windows at the current Finder location. This worked flawlessly for a long time, until something, suddenly broke with no apparent reason. When clicking the icon in Finder, a terminal would open up, but not in the current directory.
I then installed the most recent Go2Shell and reinstalled iTerm 2.

Go2Shell version: 2.2
iTerm version: 2.1
Go2Shell command: cd %PATH%;clear;ls

Symptoms

A Terminal window opens up in the home directory, displaying the string cd but nothing else. The %PATH% expansion does not seem to ever reach iTerm. Actually, upon experiment it can be verified that the command is cut off at the first space and never executed, only pasted. Whenever I click the Go2Shell icon, the following is logged in console:

AppleEvents: Send port for process has no send right, port=( port:14135/0x3737 rcv:1,send:0,d:0 limit:5) (findOrCreate()/AEMachUtils.cp #526) com.apple.main-thread

Go2Shell continues to work as expected with Apple Terminal.

I am in contact with Go2Shell developer's support, however they seem to be unable to reproduce it.

Has anyone experienced something like this?

This is likely too localized, but I had the following in my .bash_login (at the very end):

stty werase undef
bind '"\C-w": backward-kill-word'
bind '"\C-j": unix-word-rubout'

Commenting out the last line solved the problem, although of course I am missing this functionality now.


Activate iCloud but keep calendar private My company invited me to join its iCloud calendar.

On my iPhone I didn't activate "Calendar" in the iCloud settings until now for data privacy reasons.

Will my private calendar on my iPhone be synced to my personal iCloud as soon as I activate the "Calendar" switch in the iCloud settings? Or does my private local calendar stay local and I'd need to transfer my local calendar to iCloud manually if desired?

iCloud will automatically sync all calendars not located on another server (such as a Google Calendar). It will take a few minutes to sync all the info to iCloud, then it will be available across all devices. Nothing stays local when iCloud is involved. It goes to the cloud, and syncs when it detects changes.


How to store photos in iCloud? There's been a few posts on this topic, but none answered my questions (at least the several I took a look at).

I'm trying to figure out how to store photos from my iPhone 5 to iCloud (via Wi-fi). From what I've read so far, it seems that one has to use Photo Stream. But if I'm on a trip for more than 30 days, does that mean they will all be deleted by the time I get back? I don't care for sharing the pictures-- in fact, I don't want my pictures to be shared -- I just simply want to take pictures and

store it in iCloud, and
also have it save to my computer, which is constantly on while I'm on my trip, so that Time Machine can serve as another redundant back up

Then when I get back, I would sort through all the pictures when I get back. So, what I'm unsure of is whether or not the photo's will be saved in both iCloud and my Mac. Apple's website hasn't really provided much help with this. I just see multiple instances stating Photo Stream holds the photos for 30 days (or 1000 pictures). It sounds to me as though one MUST share their photos.

Prior to a recent change, Apple's solution for this would be to ensure that iPhoto was running and you have configured iCloud to automatically import all photos into your library.

Now that there is no limit to the number of photos, you just need to remain under the current upload limits to avoid having photos that are only on your device and not backed up to Photo Stream:

25,000 photos per month
10,000 photos per day
1,000 photos per hour

Other than temporary pauses, you should be able to store as many photos in the cloud as your have bandwidth and time to upload.


Force a sync of iCloud Keychain from iOS to macOS? My passwords on my iCloud Keychain on my MacBook and iPhone are out of sync. There are several new passwords on each device that aren't present on the other. Following a Google search, I logged out of iCloud on my laptop and logged in again but that didn't work.

Is there any way I can force a sync?

This is how you can force an iCloud keychain sync as per Apple Support document, Get help with iCloud Keychain

  If you want to sync iCloud Keychain with other devices

  Make sure that your new device has the latest version of iOS and the latest version of macOS. Then, make sure that your device is on a Wi-Fi or cellular network. If the connection appears strong, try these steps:

  Turn off iCloud Keychain on all devices.
  Turn on iCloud Keychain on the device that has the most up-to-date keychain items.
  Turn on iCloud Keychain on your other devices. They will be updated with your new iCloud Keychain.


Battery life Macbook 13 Retina mid 2014 I got a new MBP 13 Retina display, mid 2014. I get on the battery up to 5 hours at most. Is this normal? This is my first product from Apple so I do not know if this is as supposed or I got the wrong idea.

Configuration

i5 2.6Ghz
16Gb Ram
256Gb SSD

The tools I mostly use are iTerm, Virtualbox, Spotify, browsing and some editor. How long should I get according to this workload?

Battery life is heavily dependent upon how you use the system. Things such as leaving screen brightness at maximum can have significant effect on how quickly power is drained from a charged battery. Applications such as running guest operating systems inside of a virtual machine can be I/O- and CPU-intensive tasks that will also reduce the longevity of a charge.

If you're running VMs with regular screen brightness, I'd say 5 hours of battery is about right.


Is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) safe to be used as a developer instead of the Case-sensitive type? I am coming from Linux world. I just realized that my MacBook is using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition type today and it's case-insensitive. That concerns me a lot as a developer. Because my previous life never use a case-insensitive partition. I will mainly use Terminal.app in MacBook and Homebrew, Xcode, Flutter etc. Will this case-insensitive partition give me any problems in the future? Since I am really new and wondering what other developers use and recommend for the partition type??

I did find a case where Adobe Photoshop can not install on case-sensitive partition. So does it mean case-insensitive is more common than case-sensitive among users of macOS?

Will this case-insensitive partition give me any problems in the future?

No. You should be fine.

In the default installation mode, the disk is formatted with case-insensitive filesystem (true for older OS releases before APFS). All the developer tools will continue to work fine without any issues. (I'd go ahead and state that the majority of folks run a Mac with this default case-insensitive format).

I have personally seen apps (Photoshop, Steam) not working with case-sensitive filesystem and hence have abstained from using it. (I once formatted the drive on my MacBook with case-sensitive filesystem, sharing similar concern as yours.)


How do I ignore ownership on an external hard drive without using Get Info? I have been trying to set my external hard drive to ignore ownership in permissions, but I can't seem to do it. I am trying to enable the ignore ownership option because I am trying to run Xcode from my external hard drive. When I start Xcode, it gives me this error message:

Xcode is running from a volume that does not support ownership. Please move Xcode to one that does.

After searching Google and some other websites, I have came to the conclusion that I need to change the permission of the external hard drive to ignore ownership. This option should be under the 'Sharing and Permissions' tab according to some Internet sources. I have looked for a lot of different methods to change the permissions, but none of them have seemed to work for me. One particularly popular method was to select the drive, press Command+I (Get Info), and to change the permissions by clicking the lock in 'Sharing and Permissions'. When I select my drive, however, I do not get those options. In the image below, you will see that I do not have a lock or the other options that should be in that section.

I also have tried a number of commands from the Terminal, but I haven't gotten anything to work. I have tried 'sudo', 'vsdbutil', and a few other methods, none of which have worked.

Please let me know if it is not possible to have Xcode run from an external hard drive. If I can, any help as far to getting Xcode to run would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Get Info Window from the external hard drive I'm using:

EDIT: bjbk pointed out that in the screenshot above, it shows the format as MS DOS (FAT 32). In Disk Utility, it shows Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I formatted it as Mac OS Extended.

The partition that Xcode is installed on must be formatted for OS X. This will require reinstalling Xcode after formatting. Be sure to save any important files from the drive elsewhere.

In Disk Utility, choose the partition and select erase.

Format the partition then reinstall Xcode.

This should resolve the ownership issue.

It appears from your screenshot that the partition cannot be modified.  You mention in your comment that the partition "has all of the external drive memory allocated to it."  Not sure what you mean here, are you using it for other purposes too?  If not, and you don't have another drive to use, in order to use this drive instead of the default installation on your main drive, it seems you have to reformat the drive.


How can I reduce the delay when locking the sceen on a MBPr? So with a little research I found that control+shift+fn+power replaces the old control+shift+eject on keyboards without eject keys. However I find I have to hold the keys longer for it to work, probably due to the power button having a delay to prevent accidental sleeping/shutdown.

What I'm looking to do is throw caution to the wind and remove that delay so I can simply hit the key combo not hold it, as I'm more likely to lock my station if it's quick than if I have to do it with purpose.

For reasons related to what system hooks get fired I need to use this method of locking the screen, so other methods aren't what I'm looking for.

It looks like I'll be forking on the NoEjectDelay source to make a NoPowerDelay variation if nothing better comes along.

I use LaunchBar which comes with two actions that are instant: Lock Screen and Start Screen Saver (I have a password lock on resume from screen saver so they're more or less equivalent). Both take effect immediately and because LaunchBar is awesome the commands to remember them aren't some four-key, esoteric, multi-key combination I need to burn in to my memory.

I hit Cmd-Space to bring up LaunchBar. I type loc and I'm on the Lock Screen action. Similarly I can type sta to get to the Start Screen Saver action. I could, if I wanted, make these actions be the top actions for the single letter l and s if I wanted to mess with LaunchBar training, but this suffices.

They kick in instantly.

If you don't want to shell out for LaunchBar (but I tell you it's worth every penny to barely have to touch your mouse in the course of a work day) you can get similar pop-up and actions from Alfred -- it has a lock shortcut you can type to lock your Mac.


How to stop this icon from appearing on the taskbar? I'm not sure how to explain this. I recently upgraded my iPad. And this thing wasn't happening before. Let me show it with a screenshot:

Say, if I close one app and want to go to the Mail icon. I will try to touch "Mail" (blue one, second from the left) at the bottom row. But right when I'm doing this, that new icon appears on the right (marked with a red arrow) and the whole strip shifts to the left making me click the App store icon instead of Mail.

This is VERY annoying!

How do I stop that icon from appearing on the right?

That's the "handoff" feature. You can turn it off at: Settings > General > Handoff.

When you turn it off, that device can't send or receive handoffs. A little bit more info.

You could also use a different iCloud account on your phone/iPad if you wanted handoff to work between a Mac and one device but not both iOS devices, but more than one iCloud is a hassle, so disabling handoff entirely is much cleaner.


How can I stop iTunes 10 launching when pressing the Play/Pause buttons? When I'm watching a movie and I press the "play" button, iTunes 10 launches. How can I keep this from happening?

Just found this on Lifehacker.  I think it's exactly what you're looking for.  The post talks about a patch called MMFix, which changes the media control daemon to stop exactly this from happening.  Apparently, it comes with a one-click installer.

And, if some reason you would like to remove the patch, just run the one-click installer again and the original rcd daemon will be restored.

(Works on OS X 10.7 Lion, too!)


Port blocking on iPhone 6 I am unable to get email to connect to my IMAP server using an iPhone 6+ with iOS 8.3.

The telco (Telstra Australia) loves telling me that they do not block ports.

Either the telco is blocking ports or the phone is blocking ports.

Can a hotspot connected computer route port 993 requests through the phone without blocking within the phone?

I have no trouble routing port 80, 443 requests through the phone as a modem, and also direct from Safari, however any other ports through Safari on the phone, or a hotspot connected computer fail to connect.

Is there a firewall on the iPhone that needs to be configured to allow additional ports through, and if so, how would it be configured.

If the phone is connected via wifi it has no issue connecting to any of the ports it needs to, it is only an issue when connecting over 3G/4G networks.

UPDATE This situation miraculously resolved itself.  It seems the telco provider must have been blocking it, as it suddenly started working after months of not working without upgrading iOS, phone, or email systems.  Because of this I can only presume the telco changed something.

No, there is no default firewall on iOS so you don't need to configure anything to access port 993. If connectivity is working fine via wifi but not a cellular connection, everything points to your cellular provider blocking port 993.

Are you able to access your email from your phone via a 3G/4G connection? Or is it only a computer tethered to your phone that's not working?


Quick Look keeps popping up I use the spacebar to preview some files with Quick Look and when I'm done with it I close the preview window.

Sometimes when I change desktops the preview window will pop up again (empty) and when I try to close it, it will put me back on the desktop where I previewed an item.

This keeps occurring and I have no way of getting rid of it... Any solutions?
I'm using a OS X 10.9.3

It's irritating, for sure - best workaround I've found is to relaunch the Finder...

Option Right-click the Finder icon in the Dock & you see an extra item at the bottom of the menu - Relaunch


How to change terminal $HOME variable? My terminal can't even be opened now I mean change $HOME not by defining in ~/.bash_profile, but loading the variable when shell opens.

By the way, after some misoperation I cannot even get into the Terminal now... It now says [Process completed] and does not respond, as it should when every time it exits. Is there a way to configure or re-install the Terminal?

By default the $HOME variable is set to your home directory, you have nothing to do yourself in .bash_profile. I think something goes wrong in the process of starting your Terminal session. It is likely that your ~/.bash_profile is corrupt.

You can fix this without your terminal:

Open TextEdit and press CommandO to open a file.
Press CommandShiftG and enter ~/ to go to your home directory.
Now press CommandShift., this will make sure you can see hidden files.
Open .bash_profile, create a backup if needed, delete the contents and save.

This should fix your problem. You can try this for ~/.profile (if it exists) as well.

You can check your HOME variable by opening Terminal and type:

echo $HOME

This will return your current home directory. It is most likely that you do not want to change this. But if so, it is best to change it just before you run the command, not in your .bash_profile.

This example will show you how to change your HOME temporarily (for Bash):

# store original HOME location ('/User/CousinCocaine')
ORIGHOME="$HOME"
# set new home location
HOME="/User/CousinCocaine/my/new/home/is/here"
# check new home location
echo "~/ " ~/
echo "\$HOME "$HOME""
# set home location back to original
HOME="$ORIGHOME"
# test old home location
echo "~/ " ~/
echo "\$HOME "$HOME""


Mail: Smart Mailbox Filters How can I get the smart mailbox to filter email correctly? I have the following set:

Contains messages that match ANY:

Subject Contains criteria one

Entire Message Contains criteria two

Entire Message Contains criteria three

The result is no messages found. If I remove the third criteria I get messages. What I thought the ANY would take each criteria and OR them. Instead it appears to be AND ing them.

Any thoughts on how to implement criteria in an OR?

You've got your rule set up correctly - if it's an ANY set of predicates it's as if there is an OR between them. It may be slow (and why nothing is showing up) because an Entire Message Contains has to search every email you have.

What happens if you have only criteria three and not criteria two - there may be an issue with criteria three that is causing the search to fail. (Check Console)

You can kludge a smart mailbox with AND and OR rules by using other Smart Mailboxes and the "Message Is In Mailbx" or "Message Is Not In Mailbox" predicate.


How to index Evernote notes with LaunchBar? I use both LaunchBar and Evernote, which are both great productivity tools.

I would like to have all my Evernote notes indexed by LaunchBar, so that I can access them by typing part of the note title and/or contents. For exemple, if I've got a TODO list note containing Shopping, I should be able to see my note listed by LaunchBar at least by typing "TODO" and possibly even by typing "Shopping" (although this latter part might be best handled by Spotlight).

How can this be done?

I found this question and it made me go look for an answer! What I found is useful, though not directly addressing your question, it does provide the functionality. Perhaps someone coming here will find it useful as well.

To Search Evernote from LaunchBar

With LaunchBar 6.4 and Evernote 6.0.

Fire up LaunchBar
Call up Evernote by typing a few letters to select the app.
Press Spacebar. A text box appears
Type in some search text and press Return.

LaunchBar opens Evernote with a search in progress.

That is very slick for me.


Boot Camp Assistant: "Your disk could not be restored to a single partition." I want to delete my Windows partition and regrow my Mac partition to use the whole disk. But when I click Restore in the Boot Camp Assistant, it says:

  Your disk could not be restored to a single partition.

  An error occurred while restoring the disk to a single partition.

I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.5, on a mid-2009 MacBook Pro.

WARNING: This answer may cause a problem with El Capitan! Read Warren Pena's comment below. If anyone knows how to get the disk space back on El Capitan after doing this then please comment below.

I had this issue and I solved it by doing the following.

Go to "Disk Utility.app"
Select your Windows Partition
Click "Erase" and select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"
Erase the partition
Once that has completed, select the Complete Disk (Not Partitioned)

Now select "Partition"
Select the newly Formatted "Windows" partition and select the "-" symbol at the bottom to remove the partion

You should see an empty space where the partition was
Select your main partition, and to the right where it says "Size", type the Disk's full size and hit enter

After Disk Utility completes the resizing, you should now have a single, full partition again.


How do I find out what my time capsule is doing? I configured my Time Capsule so the LED blinks when it has activity.  As I type this I notice that it is blinking constantly, even though my network is idle.   The computer that uses it for backups (not the one I am on) is off, so it isn't running a backup.  The cable modem uplink to the ISP is not blinking -- so the traffic isn't from outside.

I looked into the logs and don't see much that is interesting.   Is there any way to find out what it is doing?

From Time Capsule 802.11n (4th Generation) - Setup Guide:

If Your Time Capsule Status Light Flashes Amber

[..]

For more information about why the light is flashing, open AirPort Utility, select your
Time Capsule, and then choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu. Click Base
Station Status to display information about the flashing light.

You can also select “Monitor base station for problems” in AirPort preferences.
If the base station has a problem, AirPort Utility opens and walks you through
solving the problem.


Cannot login to WordPress related MySQL database from iTerm I realized today I actually have two MySQL databases on my Mac OS X Sierra because when I log in to MySQL via iTerm, its not the same database as what I see via phpMyAdmin, but no matter what username or password I attempt from the user accounts in phpMyAdmin, I am unable to log in to that particular database even if I change the password to any of the users.

In this case I checked the wp-config.php in my WordPress core files for the database username and password, but I was not able to log in with those, which means those are not the correct credentials.

I realized after retracing my steps that those were the creds for the production database.

What I did not realize here is that I could have a MySQL database server via Homebrew and still have another MySQL database server via MAMP. I thought they would be one and the same server.

I figured it out reading the MAMP documentation. For anyone who may run into this in the future.

Just go to your iTerm and type:

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql --host=localhost -uroot -proot

You should be able to successfully log in. The MAMP docs helped after I realized MAMP database server is independent of what gets installed with Homebrew.


Apple TV 3 drops ethernet connection on 2 seconds I have a problem with ethernet connection on my ATV3. It started about one month ago. ATV randomly drops ethernet connection for a two seconds. Here is the screenshot from my router:

I'm already check the router interfaces and cable, other devices working fine without any problems.
I have enabled autoupdate on ATV and the latest firmware installed.
Also I tried to downgrade the speed/duplex on interface to 10 megabits half-duplex.

Is there any recommendations or solutions?

I had problems with my ATV3 similar to yours. Went away after I've setup the ATV to take a manually assigned IP, and reserved that IP on the router (Time Capsule) for this ATV (by Mac address).
Problem gone ever since.


Which iOS IPSW file is the right one for my iPhone 5S? I installed iOS 10 beta 1 on my iPhone 5S but now I'd like to go back to the release version of iOS 9.3.2.

When I go to download the IPSW file for iOS 9.3.2 from www.ipsw.me I am presented with two types of IPSW file, one for "iPhone 5S (Global)" and one for "iPhone 5S (GSM)".

Which file should I use? The only other information I can add is that I bought the phone in the UK.

As you can see from the ipsw.me website Apple have released two slightly different versions of iOS 9.3.2 for the iPhone 5S. By looking at Apple's developer website I can see that one version is for iPhone models A1453, and A1533 and that the other is for models A1457, A1518, A1528, and A1530.

Unfortunately the ipsw.me website does not directly identify which IPSW is which, but by selecting each of them in turn we can see their file names. These file names contain the hardware string for the kind of iPhone they should be installed on.

iPhone 5S (GSM): iPhone6,1_9.3.2_13F69_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5S (global): iPhone6,2_9.3.2_13F69_Restore.ipsw

According to this website:

Models A1453, A1533 = iPhone6,1
Models A1457, A1518, A1528, A1530 = iPhone6,2

You'll find your iPhone's model number on the back of the case (it will start with "A1").

A1453, A1533 and you need the (GSM) IPSW from www.ipsw.me
A1457, A1518, A1528, A1530 and you need the (global) IPSW from www.ipsw.me


Mac Messages sending to Wrong Computer I recently purchased a new MBP to replace an older one. However, I forgot to disable the iMessages feature on the old MBP before giving it to a family member. That family member and I both discovered that the messages that should be going to the new MBP are going to the old MBP.

How do you get the messages that were on the old MBP onto the new MBP? I do not have access to the old MBP, and the family member logged out without thinking and could not simply read the messages to me.

Any ideas?

Logging in with the appropriate Apple ID should allow you to send and receive messages as normal, including pulling all messages from the server as applicable.


OSX 10.11 incorrectly sees application as powerPC I have built and successfully run an application on OSX 10.11. Then I decided to create a bundle for the app and launched it successfully.  Then I moved the bundle to the Applications folder and it did not start anymore displaying the popup:

  'You can’t open the application “CodeBlocks” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported'

Obviously this isn't a PowerPC application.  Renaming the app, copying it to other locations restarting the mac did not solve the issue.

I'm using:

  MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

How can I prevent this error from being thrown?

I reproduced this error on OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 and found a workaround:

Error:

  You can't open the application "Open_todo_in_vim" because PowerPC applications are no longer supported

Picture:

How to Reproduce the error:

Full reproduction instructions found here:
https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/shell-script-mac-apps

Jist:

Save this as appify.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

APPNAME=${2:-$(basename "${1}" '.sh')};
DIR="${APPNAME}.app/Contents/MacOS";

if [ -a "${APPNAME}.app" ]; then
    echo "${PWD}/${APPNAME}.app already exists :(";
    exit 1;
fi;

mkdir -p "${DIR}";
cp "${1}" "${DIR}/${APPNAME}";
chmod +x "${DIR}/${APPNAME}";

echo "${PWD}/$APPNAME.app";

Save it as /usr/local/bin/appify.sh, which requires root privileges give it executable permissions and then run it like so:

$ appify your-shell-script.sh "Your App Name"

Double click on "Your App Name".

Observe the error shown above.

Why is this annoying error happening?

It's a combination of many reasons:

Safety: The developers over at Apple are fighting cybercrime with scripts in the background replacing your docked items.  Roadblocks make successful viruses of yesteryear hit a brick wall.  This is one of those walls.
Money: The developers over at Apple want you to use their applications, not the applications you found over the internet because every app you use is a potential attack vector from unscrupulous developers worldwide.
Protecting users from themselves: Apple developers only want power users to created docked items, you don't want novices figuring out "Hey!  Anyone can drag some_low_level_guts_script.sh to the OSX dock and it solves my problem!  Apple prevents this for the same reason parents keep bleach under the sink behind locked doors when toddlers are around.

Hacky Workaround so you can run your script without the PowerPC application error:

I found the answer that explains how to execute Shell Scripts from the OS X Dock here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21048589/445131

Jist of Hacky workaround

Create your shell script whatever.sh
Make your shell script executable.
Rename your whatever.sh to have a .app suffix: whatever.sh.app
Drag whatever.sh.app to the OSX dock.
Rename your script back to whatever.sh.
Right-click the file in Finder, and click the "Get Info" option.
At the bottom of the window, set the shell script to open with the terminal.

And the error mentioned at top no longer occurs.  Double clicking the file on the OSX dock runs the shell script as expected without error.


Don't want iBooks to always paste the "Excerpt From" of what I have copied I read on iBooks, and some other resources and gather my notes in EverNote.
When I copy a text from iBooks to keep it as a note in some other external application like EverNote, it keeps pasting the source info which is so annoying and I have to keep deleting them after every copy-paste. For example:

“To bind this class using Ninject, I specify the value of the constructor parameter using the WithConstructorArgument method in the AddBindings method, as shown in Listing 6-20.”

Excerpt From: Adam Freeman. “Pro ASP.NET MVC 5.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=4CB3769B56E7D2A905C0332D53D7E31D

Here is a solution that requires no third-party software and lets you keep using the standard ⌘C shortcut to copy text in Books.

1. Create a Quick Action “Copy without Citation in Books”

Open Automator and choose File > New (⌘N).
For the type of document, choose Quick Action. This will allow us to create a keyboard shortcut for it later.

Configure the workflow as follows:

Workflow settings

Workflow receives current [text] in [Books]
(Leave the other three settings at the default)

Add in the actions list:

Copy to Clipboard

Use ⌘S to save the Quick Action. Name it “Copy without Citation in Books”.

The “workflow receives current text in Books” setting in the workflow bypasses the clipboard-modifying behavior of Books. Thus, the workflow needs no extra action to strip the text added by Books.

2. Give the Quick Action a keyboard shortcut of ⌘C in Books

Open System Preferences > Keyboard. View the Shortcuts tab and select App Shortcuts on the left.
Click the + button to add a new App Shortcut.
Fill in the sheet as follows:

Application: Books
Menu Title: Copy without Citation in Books
Keyboard Shortcut: ⌘C

Click Add. You will see the shortcut appear in the list:

And you’re done. From now on, when you want to copy your selected text in Books, just press ⌘C and the exact text will be copied.


How to send text message when they also what imessage My brother has a Windows Phone, and an iPad. Whenever I try to text him, it sends him an iMessage to his iPad, not a text message. Since he does not always have his iPad with him, he doesn't get my texts most of the time.

Is there a way to choose when a message is sent via iMessage, or via SMS?

If you press and hold on the iMessage it will let you choose Send as Text Message. If you do this enough it will automatically start to send as a text message.

Also tell your brother to visit https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage to deregister his iMessage so this doesnt happen with anyone else.


iPad Factory Reset Without iTunes I have a 4th gen iPad that I haven't used for so long that I forgot the PIN.  I  want to restore it to factory defaults as I plan to use it again.  Everything I'm finding on this topic suggests that I need to use iTunes on a computer to accomplish this.  Is this actually the case?  Can't I use some combination of powering off/powering on and physical buttons to accomplish the same thing?

No amount of button pushing reloads the OS.

You can try to brute force the pin, you can try to log in if you already have jail broken the device, the only option to bypass the pin is to connect to USB and have iTunes or a similar sophisticated program speak with the firmware.

Once you've loaded things with iTunes (or substitute) then you have to deal with activation lock if you have that enabled.


NAT won't start on 10.7 Server Mac Mini I'm new to OS X Server (started with Lion) and I'm learning a lot by trial and error so bear with me please!

I'm running a mini with 10.7 server who's currently sitting behind an Airport Extreme Base Station. I wanted to let the server do DHCP and and let the AEBS do NAT but apparently the AEBS doesn't allow it (I've tried this workaround but it didn't work for me) so the plan was to experiment with setting the AEBS as a dumb bridge and let the server do DHCP and NAT.
The DHCP portion seemed to work fine (Server Admin tool is showing the DHCP clients) but NAT just won't start.
When I click on START in the GUI or try from the command line (serveradmin start nat), I get this:

Aug  5 00:18:24 helios servermgrd[4310]: servermgr_nat: nat config:
                    Error:Could not create Mobile Internet Sharing config}

OP Here.
I got it working by making my mini the gateway and making the AEBS a dumb access point (plugged into an internal-facing ethernet port), and also enabling the internet sharing on the mini.


Clean install of Mountain Lion on MBP early 2011 failed I want to install a fresh version of mountain lion via usb stick on my macbookpro (early 2011) + new Samsung 840 SSD. (NVRAM cleared, HDD Empty)

1.) I created a usb installer as described here: http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-Bootable-Copies-Of-The-Os-X-Mountain-Lion-Installer_4.htm
2.) Rebooted, Pressed ALT/Option
3.) selected the USB Stick as Boot medium
-> After a little while a forbidden icon is displayed

The internet recovery works fine, but installs 10.7.5 .. i want 10.8.2.

What is the problem here? How to fix it. I dont want to install 10.7 and update to 10.8.

Resolved the issue using the Lion DiskMaker


Droplet Applescript Touch i was trying the last days to get a droplet working, which is changing the time stamp of every dropped .jpg / .tif / .dsc / .cr2 to the actual time or even a few secs earlier in Terminal.

Would appreciate if anyone could help me.

Greetings
TiRa

You can use Automator to create your droplet. The process of updating a file's time stamp is called touch; this superuser question explains more, How can I “touch” a file from the Mac UI?

Launch Automator.app
Create a new workflow
Add a Run Shell Script action
Set Pass input: to as arguments
Within the script, replace echo with touch
Save your workflow as an application

To learn more about using Automator, see Apple's Mac Basics: Automator.


Soft ring for earbuds is gone! The soft ring around the OEM iPhone earbud is gone, and now it is painful to use these headphones. These soft-rubber rings don't last long either.

The apple store suggested that I buy a new headphone for $30 to fix the issue. Genius!

Is there something available that I can glue in the place where the soft ring used to be? If not, how do I fix this?

My earbuds

New earbuds

This video shows how to replace the rubber ring using the end of a water balloon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5CMVrpKxrE


Desktop and Documents folder invisible in finder, but visible with ls command As the title said, my Desktop and Documents folder doesn't appear in finder when i'm in the path /users/[username]

But however :

$ ls /users/[username]
Applications    Qt              workspace
Desktop         Movies
Documents       Music
Downloads       Pictures
Library         Public

How is that possible ?

This is normal behavior if you have activated Desktop & Documents Folders syncing in iCloud (as @pjc90 has mentioned in the comments).


Lion login screen when using two screens When logging into Lion with a second screen attached, does the second screen always have a plain grey background as opposed to the textured background that the primary screen has?

Is there a way to change the login wallpaper on only the second screen?

I believe the answer is "no". You can select a custom desktop picture for Lion, but I know of no way to select different pictures for each screen.


Recovery Mode is not available for MacBook Pro I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009 with El Capitan running on it.

I wanted to enter Recovery Mode and pressed cmd+R until the Apple logo appeared with a progress bar. After about 3 hours waiting the progress bar was complete but nothing happened. I waited another two hours but still nothing changed.

When booting in normal mode everything is fine and within a minute I can start working. Do you have any advice for me?

The diskutil output as requested by @LexS user87973:

macs-MBP:~ Fab$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            319.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

You can have a failing hard disk that shows no errors in Disk Utility. Not all hard disk crashes are due to head landing, they can be electronical components overheat, the electronic components fails gradually slowing down the disk speed to null in a few months. I suggest a disk clone and a swap.


iOS7 new/updated apps, NOT showing blue dot. Any one know why? I have just noticed on my friends device (running iOS7) blue dots next to the app name on the home screen. I have done some research and found that these now replace the "new" banner in iOS6 as well as apps that have been updated but not opened yet.

Only my iPhone 5 running iOS7 does not show these dots!!?

Does anyone know why or how I could change this?

Thanks

This isn't a particularly helpful answer but it seems from both internet chatter and anecdotal evidence (such as my own iPhone) that the whole update mechanism is a little inconsistent at present.

I have apps that have been updated and never opened that do have the dot, I have apps that have been updated and not opened since that do not have the blue dot.  Sometimes the number of apps shown needing an update is not in line with what the App Store says when you visit it.  Sometimes it says that all apps are up to date when you can easily find an update when you search manually on a title (for example Facebook and Twitter both showed as current even though I knew they have been updated to iOS7, hunting down the apps directly in the store and selecting Open kicked off an update instead).

I think that the best I can say is that there are issues, but they are hard to track down, are not the same for everyone, and are not even consistently the same across a specific unique device.  It's worth asking the question though, perhaps someone with more knowledge may be able to track down some formal bug report or similar that indicates that this is a wider issue that has been reported or is being looked at.  For now, it's a case of wait what is included in the next OS update.

(PS, whilst this does not answer your question, I feel it's worth putting up a little something to show it's had some attention to prevent me-too answers and duplicate questions - we can all revisit this one if further news becomes available)


What would cause normal files to be hidden from the Finder but not the terminal? I exported a set of photos from my wife's computer to mine over a WiFi share. I opened the directory in Finder and it said that there were 0 files. I know I've seen the Finder lag before on recognizing files in the folder, but this wasn't one of those cases.

I went into the terminal and I could see all the files were there and these were not "UNIX hidden" filenames (i.e. prefixed with a period). However, I did notice that they had extended attributes for com.apple.FinderInfo and com.apple.quarantine. I removed both of these attributes figuring that might be it and now the files were simply -rw------- permissioned. I even chmod'd them to allow group/other permissions, however, they STILL didn't appear in the Finder. If I attempted to use the command open IMG_0123.JPG from the terminal (both before and after every action I tried), they would happily appear in the Preview application. I was finally able to see them after I copied them to a FAT32 partition and then copied them back.

FWIW, the files were copied between Mavericks machines.

So my question is why would these files not appear in the Finder?

On BSD you have a file flag that allows you to hide the file.

$ chflags hidden path/to/file to hide a file.

You can see the flag with ls -lO

$ ls -Ol foo.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 harry staff - 0 17 Jun 15:57 foo.txt
$ chflags hidden foo.txt
$ ls -Ol foo.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 harry staff hidden 0 17 Jun 15:57 foo.txt


How do I turn off iPhone X? On previous iPhone devices holding down the lock button brought up the "Slide to Turn Off" screen. From the keynote Apple said that holding down the side button brings up Siri now. How do I turn off iPhone X?

I can see three ways to turn off an iPhone X.

Press and hold any Volume key + the side lock key, together. Press and hold these keys for a few seconds and the “slide to power off” option will appear on the screen.
Go to Settings >> General >> Shut Down.
Using Assistive Touch. Just go to the “AssistiveTouch” menu, then select “Device." Tap and hold the Lock Screen icon. Within seconds this will bring up the “slide to power off” option on your screen.

Source - Mobipicker


Randomly order menu-bar-lets? I know it is impossibly to manage the order for the applets in the menubar (those which aren't apple's own). Yet is there an application or trick that enables this?

Eg. I have a calendar barlet that I would like to put to the left of apple's clock, and then apple's battery indicator, etc...

There's no officially supported way to do this - the API that allows for them to be re-arragned is private. Some third party apps take advantage of this, some just use the officially provided status menu item API, which do not allow re-arranging. I know of at least one app that doesn't support re-arranging natively, but allows you to download a menu item which can be moved (Fantastical, by the way. Their FAQ has a link to the menu item).

In short, it's a mixed bag.

What I've used as a workaround is creating an automator action that launches all the apps with status items in the order I want. So, the first app to launch puts its item all the way on the right, and the subsequent apps add them to the left, in order. Then, I save this workflow as an application and add that to my login items. This doesn't allow you to mix/match official/non-official apps, but it works well enough for me.


iPhone 3Gs turns on and off itself when being charged My iPhone 3Gs turns off and on itself, again and again when I charge it, then it shows the battery sign but does not start. It all started happening after I updated my iOS. What should I do? How should I make sure that my data on my iPhone is not erased?

after you updated did you restore from a backup or did you set it up as a new iPhone?  To be honest it sounds like your iPhone may have water/physical damage.


Can iOS 7 folders and dock be skinned to be totally black? I've just upgraded to iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. I prefer a completely black wallpaper, but I noticed that making it so will turn the backgrounds of folders and the dock grey.

I am looking for a combined wallpaper color and folder/dock background to make them as close as possible to all black. If someone has a jailbreak solution, that's great, but that won't work for me as I prefer not to change the OS in that way.

Are there solutions to achieve this visual effect?

As far as I know, there is really no way to do what you are asking. Both the dock and the folder backgrounds are a result of the "frosted glass" effect that Apple has introduced with iOS 7. No matter what color background you are using, the dock and folder backgrounds are going to lighten and blur whatever is behind them to achieve that effect.


Exact string matches considering Case with COUNTIF =COUNTIF(B1:B7; "US") counts anything with US us Us uS anywhere in the cell B1:B7
How to count ONLY exact matches to "US" accounting for case? (only that string, only capitalized)

It would be great if this could be accomplished with a single formula, but as of this writing Numbers does not support Array formulas.

I was able to solve it by testing for "US" and returning "1" for true and "0" for false.

Formula in adjacent or other column: =IFERROR(FIND("US",A1),0) and drag formula down. (The FIND function allows for Case testing.)
Then using =COUNTIF(range,1) where range is the cells containing a "1" get the count.

Note: this can be made dynamic by changing the formula slightly.  If Find() is changed to look at a cell where the user can input the search criteria, then the result can be any of the variances.   =IFERROR(FIND([absoluteCellReverenceWithCritera],A1),0) - See last screenshots.


The wrong name appears attached to my email. Somehow Mail thinks my email belongs to a different name The wrong name appears attached to my email. It is not on my vCard - I have checked. I have deleted the card of the person who's name is used. I have checked "Previous recipients" and he does not appear at all. Somehow, somewhere at some level, Mail thinks my email address is titled with his name.

I think I found the problem -- I've seen this problem happen across 3 different macs in my extended family.  Today, in utter frustration, I started searching for a solution...

Previous Recipient list was not the problem.  It was Contacts.

Do a Spotlight search on your email address (the actually address) and see if you have extra contacts show up with that same email address.  In my case, I did.  Somehow Contacts was making all sorts of weird connections.

For instance, in my address book, "Prescott Police" had 7 (!) completely unrelated (and often obscure/hardly used) email addresses associated with it.

I edited the contact and deleted the extra email addresses associated with it.

I then stopped and restarted Mail, and the email address in question showed up with the correct name.

I have no idea how Contacts ended up making such strange associations, but so far I've been able to "fix" 2 errant names that I came across in the past 30 minutes.

I'm still on 10.10.5 (I never upgrade OS in the midst of a major project), and my mail services (IMAP) include Pair, iCloud, Gmail, and icdSoft.


Applescript to update MP3 Spotlight tag from iTunes tag Here is my situation. I have a large iTunes library that has songs tagged with the "Year" in iTunes.  I have a Hazel Rule for the noodlesoft hazel software which reads from Finder's "Year Recorded" metatag.  I would like an applescript that can recursively for all tracks selected read the iTunes "Year" track and embed it into the file's "Year Recorded" metadata so Finder/Spotlight will then see that information.  I saw this: Applescript to update year tag for audio files but it is not what I need.  Any help on this would be highly appreciated!

I don't know if one exists specifically for that case, but as a general rule of thumb, if it can be done, it will be on Doug's Applescripts


Menu bar icons get hidden by long menu bar items Sometimes on my Macbook Pro when I have a lot of icons in the menu bar, if I start an application which has a lot of menu items, some of these icons get automatically obscured by the menu items.

For example, when running iTunes, the Twitter icon gets obscured...

...but if I switch to Finder (which has a fewer menu items) the icon then re-appears

Is there any way I can show or get to these obscured icons without having to switch to an application with a shorter menu bar?

An app called AccessMenuBarApps allows you to do that by basically providing a keyboard shortcut to an application with no application menu items. It's free, so it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.


New 11" iPad Pro: Headphones Kraken USB I am trying to connect my 11" iPad Pro with my Razer Kraken USB headphones. I have a USB type A to type C adapter. The iPad powers up the headphones.

Sometimes the sound is perfectly fine (rarely), other time the sound is distorted. Also, some time I can't control the volume.

Any idea how can I connect them? Or if it is even possible?

Try getting a new adapter as that could be faulty.

If that doesn’t work try resetting the iPad:

Press and hold the sleep/wake button and either volume buttons
Hold them top I’ll the Apple logo appears

If that doesn’t work try and see if the headphone wire/speaker works properly.


Transferring iTunes library from an old HDD I have recently purchased a new PC and connected my old SSD and HDD to the new PC.
My old HDD has my iTunes library that I would like to transfer to my new PC, however since I cannot boot my old SSD (it is running an old version of windows and I do not have the drivers installed for the new PC) how would I be able to transfer my iTunes?
The following files are the only ones I have access to. Would it be possible to import my iTunes library using one of these files? Or is backing up the old library the only way of doing so?

EDIT: Trying to run the iTunes file in this folder pulls up an error stating please reinstall iTunes since this version of iTunes was for Win8 and my new PC is running Win10

You're looking in the wrong place. You will need to drill down into the old drive from the top… D drive (or whatever letter it has) Users\your old user name\ Music\iTunes. Copy or move to the same relative location in your new C drive.
Install iTunes afresh. It should then find it automatically.

You can't launch an app that wasn't installed on your current C drive, as it doesn't know where to look for additional libraries needed to run. Once you've installed it correctly on your new computer you should be fine.


Display brightness not show in keyboard shortcuts. Help me pls! Blockquote

i can't see display in image. i am boring, if you have ideal, help me pls.

I assume you want to change the keyboard shortcut for display brightness to a different shortcut than the dedicated display brightness key on an Apple keyboard, or else you want to set a custom keyboard shortcut on a non-Apple keyboard for display brightness. That is not possible with the System Preferences in current versions of macOS.

You may use a keyboard re-mapping application such as the free Karabiner Elements. After installing it, open the application and select the "Simple Modifications" tab or the "Function keys" tab if you want to remap the function keys. Choose the key you want to use, then from the right drop-down menu, choose "display_brightness_decrement" (or increment) under the "Media controls" section.

Additional information is available in the documentation.

Alternatively you can use the commercial application BetterTouchTool, or other simialr keyboard-rempapping applications.


Is there a USB trackpad I would like to use a track pad on a Windows machine.

The catch is : I would like to use it through a KVM switch. Thus I cannot pair it with Bluetooth.

I am looking for a USB track pad that I could plug on the switch, but couldn't find one.

Does it exist?

I would prefer an original Apple one, but if it doesn't exist, and the alternatives are good enough, that could do as well.

You can still use wireless, but it has to be devices that use the 2.4Ghz receivers like the Logitech Wireless Touchpad.  It uses the "Unifying Nano Receiver" that plugs into a USB port.

I've used many wireless Logitech mice on KVMs (mostly Avocent) and all worked flawlessly.  The touch pad should be no different though I haven't tested it out because I don't own a track pad to test (I don't like them).


How to remotely connect to a laptop's local users directory? besides opening ssh-  is there a way to connect and read local users defined in a machine?

Edit - further info.

My goal is to actually run an analysis on my network - to find out which local accounts reside in which machine.
the thing is that not all machines have ssh opened.

All the machines are part of my domain, and i have an administrative user and password in order to connect to the machines.

Thanks

You can get a list of all macOS-accounts with

 dscl . list /Users | grep -v '_'

daemon, nobody, and root are system-defined accounts. So here you have the list of all local users.


How do I remove what appears to be malicious cached javascript? I was recently using someone else's iMac and came across some rather strange behaviour.  Searches (from google and yahoo at least, I didn't test other search engines) were being redirected.  After searching, then clicking on a link in the search led to a new window being opened with some redirected link in it (the redirection went through a few variations before settling on the final link).  Going back to the original window and clicking on the link a second time led to the correct site.  This happened with both Safari and Firefox (I didn't test other browsers).

Searching on the internet suggested that this was a piece of malicious code, but I couldn't find it in the process lists.  The key symptoms were:

Turning off javascript removed the problem.
Creating a whole new account removed the problem (for the new account).
Booting in safe mode did not remove the problem.
There was no obvious process that the original account (with the problem) was running that wasn't being run by the new account (without the problem).

So guessing that there was some malicious javascript somehow cached on the machine, I tried deleting everything that looked cache-like (in particular, in ~/Library/Cache - if I remember right).  That seemed to fix it, but the owner told me that the next day it was back again.  I couldn't find a "get rid of all temporary files, no I really mean all temporary files" command.

My real question is: can someone identify the problem and tell me what steps to tell the machine's owner to do to get rid of it?

(Note that I'm no longer in front of that machine, unfortunately, so further diagnostic tests will be tricky; add in to the mix the fact that the owner is not a computer ... nerd.)

Perhaps a more answerable question (if the above isn't answerable) is: what steps are needed to clean out temporary files from a user's area on an apple?  I'd prefer concrete steps rather than "download (and pay for) iKillTempFiles".

Lastly, I don't know the versions of the software involved, but I suspect they were all fairly old.

Sounds like a DNS changer of sorts.
could maybe try running a scan with clamXav if your not too familiar with what files are legit and what ones are malicious.

where I found the dodgy DNSchanger file and instal.pkg
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
/Library/Receipts

Only clearing the cached files wont get rid of malware. It might only do half the job.

Here are some links, feel free to use them.. or not. :)

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/38793/how-to-switch-mac-os-x-to-use-opendns-or-google-dns/ - When trouble shooting the issue, I noticed that the auto DNS settings in sys prefs were different to what our routers DNS address was.

Open DNS address:    208.67.222.222 & 208.67.220.220
google DNS addres:   8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15850/clamxav/ - read up on some of the user feedback before you try.

bottom line is - be aware of what your are accepting and installing on your machine.


Will I lose my messages if I downgrade my iPhone from iOS 5 to iOS 4? I have found some resources on how to downgrade my iPhone 3GS from 5.0.1 to 4.3.3. I have saved the required SHSH blobs so I am ready to proceed.

I have a question though - if I do downgrade, will I be able to keep my SMS messages?
Will I be able to restore a backup done on the iOS 5?

Yes, without a doubt. Unlike with the new ability to update only changes to the OS with iOS 5 delta updates, downgrading your OS will require you to restore the phone. Which essentially reformats the drive.


How to deal with "Your Apple ID currently has two-step verification turned on, but two-factor authentication is required." on developer.apple.com? https://developer.apple.com/apple-id/

  Your Apple ID currently has two-step verification turned on, but
  two-factor authentication is required. After you turn on two-factor
  authentication, signing in to your developer account will require both
  your password and access to your trusted devices or trusted phone
  number.

How to make this 2-step auth?..
I was trying to login, and it didn't ask me to put SMS code or something else.

It means, "signing in to your developer account will require both
your password and access to your trusted devices or trusted phone
 number" never happened.

In the same time it does ask 2-step auth on https://appleid.apple.com/.

What's wrong?

Two-step authentication is an older method of authentication for your Apple-ID. This is no longer "good enough" to be used with developer accounts.

You MUST upgrade to two-factor authentication as a developer. There's no way to login as a develop with two-step authentication anymore.

Apple has a detailed guide on enabling two-factor authentication here:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204915

Basically you take your iOS device, open Settings and click your name at the top. Choose "Password & Security" and then tap "Turn On Two-Factor Authentication". You'll then be guided through how to verify your phone number.

If you want to do the same from a Mac, you have to open System Preferences and click "Apple ID". Choose "Password & Security" from the menu on the left and then click the "Turn On..." button alongside "Two-Factor Authentication".


iOS 9: How to disable Location Services for specific apps? It used to be obvious how to enable or disable Location Services on an individual app basis, but today when trying to do this on an iPad running iOS 9 I didn't see any way to do this.

Has the feature been removed, leaving me no other way than to disable Location Services entirely? I just want to keep my photos from being geotagged. I still want to find my current location on maps and use other such features.

All the web searches I've done so far yield outdated how-to pages showing old methods.
Thanks in advance!

You can still do that.
All you have to do is:

Opening Settings > Privacy > Location services

Now here you can either disable/enable completely the location services, or limit the access to some of the Apps you choose, it's all up to you.

Thus, if you want to disable the geotagging in your photos and videos you'll want to disable the Camera option from this list.

Hope it helped you out!


MacBook12 (early 2016) compatible with LG UltraFine 5K 27"? Is the Macbook12 early 2016 compatible with a LG UltraFine 5K 27"?
If yes, at which resolution and hz will it run? Will the Macbook be charged while connected to the Monitor?

I found this post:
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/21/lg-ultrafine-5k-mac-compatibility/
however, it does not specify if the MacBook12 is compatible.

(Usually an iMac 2019 is connected to this monitor, which works great, the Macbook12 will be used with this monitor just from time to time...)

For starters, no, the LG UltraFine 5k 27" display will not power the 12" MacBook (Early 2016) models.

As for being able to out put video to the LG UltraFine 5k 27" display, this is not officially supported by Apple. See Use the first gen LG UltraFine 5K Display with your Mac and Use the second gen LG UltraFine 5K Display with your Mac

However, it may be possible by getting a USB 3.1 Gen 1 digital video output to Thunderbolt 3 adapter (or a combination of adapters to achieve that outcome) and then running the LG UltraFine 5K 27" display at lower resolutions.

The problem you're going to face (besides the cabling involved) is that your MacBook is capable of external resolutions of:

up to 3840 by 2160 pixels at 30Hz
up to 4096 by 2160 pixels at 24Hz

The LG UltraFine 5k 27" display, on the other hand, is designed to work in the 48Hz to 60Hz range (although all its recommended resolutions are specified at 60Hz). See below table for  Signal Timing specs:

As you can see, trying to find a sweet spot to run the LG UltraFine 5k 27" display from your MacBook looks challenging and probably not worth the time, effort and money to try as it'll most likely result in failure anyway.

However, over the years I have seen people far exceed what is officially supported by Apple in terms of various MacBook models and the displays they're connected to, so if you're happy to invest the time etc, it may be a fun project.


deleted the backups folder from time machine I recently deleted the backups folder from my time machine. Before realizing what may be the problem I tried deleting the stick files from my trash with a number of methods like rf -Rm, sudo, trash it!, And a few others.

None of these worked. I think it might have to do with the backups folder being in the trash. I can't seem to recover the folder from the trash so I'm in a bind. I need hard drive space for the work I'm trying to do and cannot get this stuff out of my trash.

Please help, someone!

I had this problem, in my case I simply dismounted the backup drive. Apparently although these appear to be in the trash they are still connected to the drive (at least that is how I understand it) I needed a new backup drive anyway so just replaced it. I presume, although didn't try it, reformatting the drive would have the same effect.


Deactivated phone won't connect to wifi I'm trying to transfer my pictures from my old phone and it's deactivated but doesn't give me the option to turn on the wifi. How can I get on wifi?

If you are using the latest version of IOS, or if you can connect to external wifi to upgrade to the latest version of IOS you can transfer the photos via airdrop.

Airdrop utilizes, both wifi and bluetooth.


Is it possible to chat with a Facebook group using a desktop app on macOS? I would like to chat with my groups on Facebook using a desktop app.

So far I've tried:

Adium, it is quite nice, but it doesn't support group conversations.
Native Messages app doesn't seem to support the Facebook group chat as well.

Is there any way to configure these or any other free applications so that I can chat on my group conversation?

I'm looking for any solution. I'd prefer to use Messages.app but if it is not possible, I'd like to know if there is any other app that can handle group conversations from Facebook.

I have not used it, but Current for Facebook claims to support group chats.


Replacing a macbook air 2016 I/O Board and Flex Cable I am trying to find a replacement part for my macbook air 2016 (model-A1466) I/O board and flex cable.
The cable has a part number printed on it:
821-1722-A
C-{4 digits which I can't remember}

I found a replacement part with the same product number, but the 4 digits on the second line are different.

Does that matter or do I need an EXACT match?

According to this iFixit product page the part number for this part doesn't seem to include the C-XXXX portion as they only have 821-1722-A listed in the part number. I also find it useful to use their Identify your Mac feature when I'm looking for parts. Good luck!


iMac: Running Hot with iSight camera turned on? I have an iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) with OS X El Cap. I noticed that it appeared to be running hotter than usual over the last few days. This sort of thing happens when I’m doing a lot of video work, but not on this occasion.

I don’t think it’s overheating, but I would be interested in learning why it’s hotter.

I did have the camera turned on to monitor things while I was away, using iCam Source. I am also using iGlasses to improve the image.

Since turning iCam Source off, and hence the camera, the machine seems to be cooling down.

The question is: is it normal for the camera to heat up the Mac? Or should I look elsewhere for a cause?

Thanks

It's normal that your laptop got heated that much. It's not because of the camera, actually. Even if you'll switch to external web-cam, you'll still have this effect.

The CPU is being heated because it has to process really heavy thread of video data, to encode and to process it on the flight.

I have this effect on my laptop as well, especially on long skype meetings or when using other video processing.


How to display received/sent bytes over Bluetooth on Mac How can I see the raw data stream sent/received from my Mac to/from a Bluetooth LE device?

I tried /var/log/Bluetooth from within console. But I don't see any data there.

Background: I have a small application to receive data from external sensor. My implementation on Mac using CBCentralManager is working as expected. An similar application using Bluetopia stack on Linux is not working. So I want to compare which data are missing.

The best tools I found are from Apple: Bluetooth Explorer.app and PacketLogger.app are part of the Additional Tools for Xcode.


What is the ‘has list-id containing’ iCloud Mail rule? What is the “has list-id containing” drop down option mean, how do I use it, and what does it do?

a unique identifier for a mailing list regardless of the particular host that serves as the list processor at any given time.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2919
You can use this to perform an action for a specific mass email, such as a company's newsletter.
If you used the email address, that might change. list-id won't change.
You can find the list-id in the email header.


What versions of OS X support 'Find My Mac'? I am running a clean install of OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks) and can't seem to locate the 'Find my Mac' feature that I have seen on my friend's machine.

What versions of OS X support 'Find My Mac'?

The minimum version of OS X that supports Find My Device is 10.7.5 (Lion).  See this Apple Support page for more details.

The setting for Find My Mac can be found under System Preferences > iCloud.  See this Apple Support page for full details


Identity File not working Here's what's going on: I have a DSA ssh-key set up on my MacBook Pro, and the id_dsa.pub file has been placed in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. Permissions are 600 for id_dsa.

I'm still being asked for my password, what do I do?

I've included output from level 1 debugging below, which I believe should have sufficient information to identify the problem. If not let me know and I will provide level 3.

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:.ssh dsmith$ ssh -v km4ayu.com
OpenSSH_7.2p2, LibreSSL 2.4.1
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/dsmith/.ssh/config
debug1: /Users/dsmith/.ssh/config line 1: Applying options for km4ayu.com
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to km4ayu.com [104.168.167.30] port 17785.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/dsmith/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/dsmith/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6.1p1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 pat OpenSSH_6.6.1* compat 0x04000000
debug1: Authenticating to km4ayu.com:17785 as 'kv4lq'
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:/214EQvH59cIt2nCaT+XhRruKws4j7Jwo3anBGMGO6g
debug1: Host '[km4ayu.com]:17785' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/dsmith/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key /Users/dsmith/.ssh/id_dsa - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: password
kv4lq@km4ayu.com's password:

The new openssh version (7.0+) deprecated DSA keys and is not using DSA keys by default (not on server or client). The keys are not preferred to be used anymore, so if you can, I would recommend to use RSA keys where possible.

If you really need to use DSA keys, you need to explicitly allow them in your client config using

PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-dss

Should be enough to put that line in ~/.ssh/config, as the verbose message is trying to tell you. Ref.


Launch command using app Could someone please tell me how to insert a terminal command into an "application" so when the app is clicked/opened the command is launched?

Instead of an application, you could always try writing a bash script.

To write and run a bash script, there are a few things to do:

Open TextEdit from /Applications/Utilities/TextEdit.app and then press shiftcommandt (⇧⌘T) to convert it into a plain text document.
Insert a shebang as the first line:

#!/bin/bash
Add your command below it. In the end, your script should look like:

#!/bin/bash
<your command here>
Then save the script.
In Terminal, do chmod 775 /path/to/your/script
To run your script, either click on the file (which should now have an executable icon).