Filename and editing permissions are gone from Finder Tags I just added two pdf files in a Tag group and I the filename is blank even though in a normal finder windows I can see it.

An other problem is that if I select the file and I press enter to edit the name, nothing happens.

I tried to add extra files on the group and it seams to work fine with everything else.

I also tried to change the Tag group of the file, but same problem.

I checked the permissions and are totally fine. Any ideas?

I restarted the mds service and the problem was fixed. I also re-indexed my hard drive.


Can I Use iTunes Match To Stream My Library To My MacBook? I've got iTunes match, and my whole library is backed up in the cloud. Is it possible, with the service, to host my music in the cloud, delete my whole local copy that takes up a whopping 50 GB on my small hard drive, and stream to my MacBook from the iTunes servers like I can on my iPhone?

Thanks!

I haven't tested it (Match is not available for my country) but from the details it looks like you should be able to delete the songs locally and rely on the cloud storage to stream:

  Once your music is in iCloud, you can stream it to any of your devices. Just browse the complete list of all your music stored in the cloud. To listen to a song, tap the iCloud icon next to it and your song starts playing. You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you want to play is stored on your device. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without taking up storage space.

Have a look at this Mac Rumors discussion, it seems that after a song is matched and you try to delete it, a copy will be kept on the HDD in order to play it faster and not redownload it.

Edit: I assume you're aware of the perils of solely relying on cloud storage for your music library: it will only work while connected to the cloud, availability is subject to Apple's benevolence (with little warranty) and terms of use might change anytime.


Mail obsessed with an old message This is on IOS but it has happened on OS X in the past.

No matter how many messages I have received, read, or replied to, every time I open Mail, the same five-week-old message is selected, and I have to scroll a long way to get to the new ones.

Not earth-shaking, but I'd like to find a way to make it always go to the new messages like it used to.

I moved the message to another folder, which made the inbox not have any selected.  But that's probably temporary—last time this happened, Mail soon began stalking another message.

The mail database is probably messed up a little. You can often fix mailbox folder issues by rebuilding them. It's easy to do.

Open Mail.app and select the mailbox with the email in question. That's the MAILBOX not the message. From the Mailbox menu select "Rebuild" (at the bottom of the menu) and let Mail do its thing. Depending on the size of the mailbox this can take seconds or quite a bit longer. When it is done I usually quit mail and re-launch. Not sure of that is strictly necessary though.


Finder does not open URL to file path in the past, I used to click an URL to a local file in any application (e.g., TextEdit) and the finder or Path Finder would open.
An example for such an URL is  file:///Users/username/Library/Mobile%20Documents/com~apple~Keynote/Documents/hgs%20demo.key, that points in fact to a file on iCloud.
Now, when I click on such a link from say TextEdit (but also other software like in the notes section of a task in OmniFocus), nothing happens anymore. When I paste it into the URL field of a browser, the file does open however.
Is there a way on macOS to set applications that open certain kinds of URLs?
For example, OmniFocus "knows" / is associated with omnifocus:///...
→ Can I tell the Finder (or Path Finder) to be associated with file:///... (such that it would open a window with the associated path)? Or how can I re-enforce this association?
Thanks for your help.

You can set file associations with RCDefaultApp(may not work on very new macOS)  or the new replacement SwiftDefaultApps but I haven't tested either of these for file:///.
I thought file links had been disabled in most OSes in recent years as being inherently insecure.


Should Do Not Disturb be cancelling incoming calls? I was just wondering about DND. It was my understanding that DND just silenced notifications (calls, texts, alerts, etc) system wide.

I thought it just ensured that the screen does not light up and not audible notification is played, however it seems from my testing that when enabled DND actually cancels incoming calls, rather than just silencing the incoming call. Is this correct behavior?

The iOS 7 description of Do Not Disturb states(accessible over Settings > Do Not Disturb)

  When Do Not Disturb is enabled calls and alerts that arrive while locked will be silenced, and a moon icon will appear in the status bar.

So DND should not cancel incoming calls.

This seems to be an ongoing problem/bug on the official apple forums.


Can I copy a bootable El Capitan installer USB stick to a hard drive partition and install from there? I am salvaging a mid 2013 MacBook Air 11" that was discarded with a broken screen backlight due to beverage spill and missing its SSD. (I have a very tiny budget right now so I'm only spending on more expensive items when my testing shows the machine might work well.)

I got the Apple Store to test the hardware then tested the computer myself by taking about two days to install OS X from one USB 2.0 flash drive to another USB 2.0 flash drive using an external display.

It seemed to work quite well other than that it ran at about 1% the speed of a normal Mac for anything that required disk access. This made it hard to test in any depth as problems could easily be due to OS X internal timeouts.

I have now purchased a USB 3.0 external hard drive and knowing how slow USB 2.0 flash drives are to install from and to, I'm hoping to use the fast external hard drive for both, but I'm not sure whether this is possible or how.

The external drive happened to come pre-formatted for Mac with two partitions, which to seems ideal.

Can I just copy the contents of the El Capitan bootable installer USB to one of the partitions? I fear I may need to copy it as a drive/partition rather than as a file or folder, since it must be bootable. Does such a copy require special software?

I need to ask the experts here without being able to experiment since I'm unable to justify the purchase price of a magsafe 2 power supply until I'm confident the machine will work well. I am able to borrow a power supply only occasionally from friends.

I realize doing an Internet OS restore via Wi-Fi is another possibility but the Wi-Fi I have access to is both slow and behind a captive portal. So for this question I'm not pursuing that option thank you.

No, you can't just copy the files from one to another drive and assume that the new drive will install El Capitan. There is a special command to create such an install drive, called createinstallmedia which runs in Terminal

Download the OS X installer from the Mac App Store. Quit the installer if it opens automatically after downloading. The installer will be in your Applications folder.
Mount your USB flash drive or other volume. You could also use a secondary internal partition.
Open the Terminal app, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
Use the createinstallmedia command in Terminal to create the bootable installer.

If you're creating from an existing El Capitan machine, please use the following command.

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app

I haven't personally tried doing this with an external hard drive instead of a thumb drive. But I don't see any reason for it not to work.

For more details and how to configure the above command (it depends on the OS you're installing to the USB drive from), please refer to https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372


iMovie does not see my Mini DV tapes I am trying to import Mini DV on my 2020 MacBook Pro.  My camera is a 22 year old Sony HDR-HC7E. I have a 400 to 800 Firewire cable, and 2 Apple adaptors - Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt 2 and Thunderbolt 2 to 3.    I have tried using iMovie which sees that a camera is plugged in but cannot import the video.  I have also tried LifeFlix and it did not import the video either.  My Sony camcorder is not on the list of camcorders supported by iMovie.  Is there another software I could use to capture my videos?

The general consensus is that any operating systems after Mojave break compatibility with Mini DV or they're not as reliable as older versions of Mac OS. LifeFlix is in active development, and it even works with the new M1 chip.
Alternatively, if you have access to a Mac with Mojave or earlier, or you can boot the Macbook Pro off a portable SSD running Mojave, you can use Apple's AVCVideoCap: https://www.cuttingcords.com/s/AVCVideoCap.zip


Can iPhone5 to play my own recorded video stored on a flashdrive? I regularly use an iPhone 5 to record video of lectures and tutorials.

If I transfer the videos to an OTG flash drive, and delete them from iPhone storage, is it possible to play them again (while the flashdrive is connected to the iPhone)?

Is there any app I need to be download beforehand?

To the best of my knowledge, OTG flash drives come in either microUSB or USB Type-C versions.

As no past or current model of iPhone or iPad natively support these connections, it's unlikely that OTG flash drives will bundle the software and adapter needed to be used by your iPhone. That's because iOS itself would require specific apps to allow data to be accessed from an external device, and also because it'd need to support a Lightning port connection in some way.

The only options I've seen that would allow you to do what you want, are custom designed solutions specifically targeting iOS devices. For example, there are iPhone cases that include storage and an app to allow the iPhone to use that storage. Likewise there are specific flash drives that do the same.

Below are three examples:

Mophie Space Pack
SanDisk iExpand Flash Drive
Lexar microSD Reader

NOTE: I have not personally used any of these devices - I list them purely as examples of what I'm referring to.


Does the Playstation Vue Mobile iPad app support AirPlay (non-mirroring)? Is there support for AirPlay (non-mirroring) in the Playstation Vue Mobile iPad app? I can't find any mention of it on the app's page:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/playstation-vue-mobile/id957987596?mt=8

No. I have the service, and when I attempt to Airplay a show to my TV, the video feed dies. Most likely due to some DRM Sony put on these shows.


Which devices support iOS 7's burst mode? The new burst mode in iOS 7 was demoed at the iPhone event, but I couldn't tell whether that's just a feature of the iPhone 5S or whether that was an iOS 7 feature. Which devices support it?

According to TechCrunch:

  All phones capable of installing iOS 7 get a variant of burst mode, in fact, which takes pictures in rapid succession, but not at the 10fps rate of the iPhone 5s, and without the auto selection feature that suggests which shot is best.

And CNET:

  What Apple didn't mention is that older iOS devices would also be gaining the ability to take photos in succession, just not nearly as fast or with the same software powering the editing process.

TUAW:

  You can use burst mode on older models of the iPhone, and it works pretty well, but you don't get the speed nor the auto-selection mode that burst mode on the iPhone 5s has.


What is the power input to the iPhone 7 and where is the spec page? I have an option of chargers with different amp ratings ...

The voltage is 5V but what is the current?

For example ... 2.4A, 1.0A ...

More importantly were is the Apple site for the iPhone 7 where they would have specifications?

Generally, iPhones are 1A, iPads are 2A.
So long as the voltage is correct, the amperage doesn't really matter.

If you try to charge a 2A device with a 1A charger, it will charge more slowly.
If you charge a 1A device with a 2A charger, you won't see any difference to a 1A charger.

Amperage is "pulled" by the device, not "pushed" by the charger.


Why is arp -a showing so many incomplete addresses? When I execute the arp -a command I get a whole lot of incomplete entries and I don't understand why. Can someone please shed some light on this? I've not posted every single incomplete entry just because there are so many of them.

deza@PandaMacPro:~/home$ arp -a
(169.254.115.104) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.143.2) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.162.244) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.216.162) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.232.210) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.236.58) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(192.168.1.0) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.1) at a0:21:b7:ba:b7:b5 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.2) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.11) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.12) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.13) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.19) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.28) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.254) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
(239.255.255.250) at 1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]

It's not an issue.

It just means that there is some node on your network that's sending traffic to a non-existant IP address.


Lion Server:Cannot enable address book server I bought lion server and would like to set up an address book server to keep contacts synchronized.

With the address-book side panel is selected I click the On/Off switch, which should turn it on.  I then click off that side panel, and back on and nothing it is once again in the off position.  No errors, no feedback nothing.

If there is an error, where would I find the log?  Is there another service in Lion I need to turn on first to enable this?

Any help appreciated.  Thanks!

Ok. So googling the error messages in the Console app didn't yield results.

However googling the generic 'error reading settings' message the Server app was displaying found this page:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189397?start=0&tstart=0

Basically I had to copy overwrite my httpd.conf file with the original .default version.  Doing this while Server was shutdown and then starting it back up has allowed Address Book, Calendar sever, iChat Sever, and all the rest to start up.


Are the downloads for OS X updates different depending on the language? Are the downloads for OS X updates different depending on the language?

Specifically, I'd like to update two computers to Lion 10.7.3. The problem is that one computer is in English and the other in Japanese. Can I download the OS X Lion Update 10.7.3 once from this page and install it on both computers?

To the best of my knowledge, the updates are not language-dependant. Certainly the documentation for the downloads support that:

  Supported Languages
  Deutsch, English, Français, 日本語, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Dansk, Norsk Bokmål, Polski, Português, Português Brasileiro, Pусский, Suomi, Svensk, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, Albanian, Arabic, British English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonia, Malay Malaysia, Montenegro, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

(from the 10.7.3 combo page).


Using multiple screens, how to switch spaces on all screens left or right Assuming I am working on 3 screens, having 3 spaces on each screen.

How can I switch to the "left" space on each screen at the same time?

Only by not using  System Prefs > Mission Control > Displays have separate Spaces.

Once you do that, all 3 screens will 'share' the same space & switch together.

Personally, I find it a much better way to work, but I guess it will depend on personal preference. Using this method I like to 'tie' certain sets of applications together so I can see each 'set' on a different Space.

Each time you swap methods, all your carefully-prepared Spaces will mess up, as the numbering will change, so be prepared to have to reset which apps are set to open on which Space, if you wish to try it out.


Does disabling iMessage read receipts stop me from receiving them? When I turn off Send Read Receipts in iMessage, does that disable me from receiving read receipts from others as well? I have noticed that I only receive read receipts when I have the feature turned on.

The functionality is for messages to get delivered via SMS if that is enabled and iMessage is disabled or not available for the sender.

iMessage should / is designed to receive messages whether or not you are sending back read receipts as long as you and the recipient are on devices that match in Apple's database of recipients that are iMessage capable.

Something else is up - it could be related to the switch (as software corruption can act in weird ways) but it's certainly not the typical behavior.


Why is my iPhone 4s Videos app displaying TV show episode and series titles as "Unknown" and Season as "(null)" and how do I fix it? To restate the question, why is my iPhone 4s Videos app displaying TV show episode and series titles as "Unknown" and Season as "(null)" and how do I fix it?

I have already attempted to reboot, access the files directly in PhoneView, and through iTunes. I cannot make these dead files go away and syncing doesn't help.

Have you already tried completely turning off TV show syncing in iTunes?
Also maybe give deleting all your videos from within the settings app at Genereal > Usage and here look for the Videos app.

As a last resort remains always a complete iOS Restore using iTunes or the option in the iPhones settings app under General > Reset > Reset All Settings/Erase All Content and Settings. Make sure to either have a backup in your iCloud or on your computer using iTunes.


Launch daemon not running on boot I've been following the migration guide for macOS Server and have gotten stuck with the launch .plist for the BIND (named) DNS server. If I name the file the recommended org.isc.named.plist the service will not start on boot, but will run correctly when loaded with sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist. If I rename the file and Label property to anything else it will run correctly on boot.

I have checked if the service is disabled with launchctl print-disabled system and it is not shown.

I have tried on a fresh install of Mojave with only macOS Server installed and was also unsuccessful getting it to run at boot.

Remove the -f option, it's works for me.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
        <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
   “http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
       <plist version="1.0">
            <dict>
               <key>Disabled</key>
               <true/>
               <key>EnableTransactions</key>
               <true/>
               <key>Label</key>
               <string>org.isc.named</string>
               <key>KeepAlive</key>
               <true/>
               <key>ProcessType</key>
               <string>Standard</string>
               <key>Program</key>
               <string>/usr/local/sbin/named</string>
               <key>ProgramArguments</key>
               <array>
               <string>/usr/local/sbin/named</string>
               <string>-c</string>
               <string>/Library/Server/named/named.conf</string>
               </array>
            </dict>
       </plist>


How do I list my unwatched iTunes purchases on Apple TV? I'm thinking of "cutting the cord" and getting an Apple TV, and then buying an iTunes "season pass" for each of the TV shows I'm watching.

Does Apple TV provide a good way to list/find the episodes that I haven't watched yet, without having to wade through all the series, seasons, and episodes that I've already watched?  As time goes on, it seems like there would be a build-up of watched shows that would make it harder and harder to find the unwatched ones.

Apparently Hulu has a feature like this called "watchlist", but I can't find any information on a similar feature for shows purchased a-la-carte from Apple.  The closest I've seen is that you can apparently hide past purchases.

Apple TV used to have a feature that let you see a list of unwatched shows. Unfortunately, no more.

Just create a smart playlist with the criterion of "plays" equals zero, or less than 1.


Can't enable spell checker option in Xcode Option is greyed out and I cannot enable spell checking in Xcode

I believe this is a bug. I am not sure if it has been fixed. Try make sure you’re on the latest Xcode version.

From Stack Overflow:

  I believe this is a duplicate post but I'll answer anyway.
  This is an Xcode bug. There have been radars filed. As far as I am unaware there is no work around or fix currently.

That was posted at a similar time to when this was posted.


Is there a good automatic time tracking tool for Mac OS X I'm searching for an automatic time tracking tool for Mac OS X. I regularly mess up manual time tracking with timers etc., so I want something more automatic:

The application should run in background and track more or less everything I do - which applications are active, which sites I browse, how long I'm idle etc.

It would then list all the things I do in a timeline and let me specify filters like "Xcode in foreground", "browsing developer.apple.com", etc.
Using these filters, I could check how long I worked on what after I left work.

Is there an application which does this? I'm aware of a website and a client for it, but I'm absolutely NOT comfortable with putting all the things I do on some random website.

Not sure it'll do everything you've asked for, but Time Sink is pretty powerful and can generate a variety of reports. Its almost free at $5 and you can try it for 14-days. It can also run in a menu bar only mode so its out of the way.


iOS 9.3 iBooks for iPhone starts with a blank shelf screen I noticed that since updating to iBooks using iCloud with iOS 9.3, I'm starting to see this "blank screen" page when staring iBooks. The books are still there, searchable by name or visible when tapping the top left icon.

Toggling between list/shelf view makes books visible on the shelf view again, but this is rather annoying.

How can I make sure my iBooks works properly with iOS 9.3 and iCloud?

i had the same problem and changed the setting on the top of the screen from "All books" to just "Audiobooks" (because I just use it for audiobooks)
Should also work if you switch to just "pdf" or just "Books".
Give it a try. it solved my problem and no blank screen anymore when you open Ibooks


No signal to external monitor until after login (MacBook Pro 2020) My external monitor works fine but only after I log in using the MacBook display. Prior to logging in it sends no signal. Once logged in, it suddenly starts receiving signal and works exactly as expected.
The cable connecting it to my display is a USB-C to HDMI.
How can I make it work correctly before logging in?

How can I make it work correctly before logging in?

It is working correctly.  Your built in screen is the main screen and during boot all boot/console messages are sent (they’re usually hidden by the Apple logo).  The login screen is set to display on the main screen so until you login to the GUI, there’s nothing to display on the secondary display.
But, based on your comments, what you want to do is use your Mac in closed lid or closed clamshell mode:

I have the displays mirrored so I was hoping to see the logon screen. The MacBook sits at the back of my desk partially hidden by the external monitor and I use the external monitor as my main screen so it’s a little inconvenient that I have to move it to see the screen better just to log in

If the display is partially hidden/obstructed and you have the contents mirrored and not as an extended display, this is a perfect scenario to use the Mac in closed clamshell mode.  The secondary/external display will become the main display and boot and login screens will appear there.


Strange characters in Console .awd reports Anyone knows what causes this behavior?

In Console > system reports all .awd reports have characters like this

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This behavior is caused by the Console app attempting to read the .awd binary data as text. All computer data is binary, and the file type/extension indicates what those 1s and 0s mean.
Though I am not familiar with .awd files I have encountered garbled text like this when, for instance, opening .png files in a code editor. Try opening them in another application.


Upload a video from iPhone to someone else's YouTube channel? A friend with an iPhone has made a video on her iPhone and edited it with the video editor.

She has her own YouTube channel, but she doesn't want the video there, she wants to put it on another channel, created by someone else (but she is a manager of that channel).

Whenever she tries to upload it to YouTube, she can't find out how to decide which channel it goes to.

She has tried to send it to me (I am also a manager of the channel) by email, so I can upload it from my computer, but her iPhone keeps complaining that it doesn't have enough memory to do that.

Can anyone help?

She's most likely out of iCloud storage space. The edited video is likely to be beyond the allowed limit of email attachment. Her iPhone is attempting to upload the video on iCloud, and send a link to the same.

The current iCloud storage usage can be checked by going to Settings app → Her name (at the top) → iCloud → Manage Storage.

If she's out of storage space on iCloud, you can advise her to use any of the alternate methods as mentioned below:

If both of you are in close proximity and you use a Mac, you can simply ask her to AirDrop it to you.
Ask her to transfer it to a computer at her end and send you the video using any alternate file sharing service such as Dropbox or Google Drive.
If she doesn't have a computer handy, she can install the client app for any of the file sharing service as mentioned above (Dropbox, Google Drive), upload the app right from your iPhone, generate a link and send it to you.


iMac 2013 (late) as external monitor for PC I have an iMac 27" with two thunderbolt ports, and a PC with DisplayPort output. In order to use the iMac as a monitor, it appears that a thunderbolt display output at the source is required (https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/ins-outs-imacs-target-display-mode/), and using a DP-mDP cable did not work (Target DisplayMode on the mac using cmd-F2 doesn't respond).

The question is, is there anything I can do on the PC side (a new graphics card, perhaps? or some sort of a converter) to make this happen?

There's nothing you can do on the PC side.

In order to use the iMac as a monitor, it appears that a thunderbolt
display output at the source is required

This is a misunderstanding of how this works.  There's no such thing as "thunderbolt display output."  Thunderbolt is a multiplexing of a number of signals:

PCIe
USB
DisplayPort
Power (Thunderbolt 3)

If it was just the "display" portion of Thunderbolt, it would work with your mDP to mDP cable.  You need Thunderbolt connections end-to-end.


mac book pro start crashing my Mac Book Pro 17' was bought in 2012 Jan. so probably it's out of warranty already.

Now it start crashing occasionally.
sometimes it just freezes, the screen has no response. sometimes the screen becomes white.

Then I'll hold the power button a few seconds so it shuts off. then press it again so it restarts. but sometimes it even freezes during restarting.

I suspect there's some hard disk issue. however a quick scan using "disk utilities -> verify" doesn't flag any error.

any suggestion?

the os is Mac OS X version 10.7.5. shall i update it?
is there any other disk "deeper" scan tools?

When booting try holding down the four chord Command-Option-P-R and keep it held down through at least three reboot cycles, there will be a chime for each one; that often helps high-level hardware issues.

Next, boot and hold down the left Shift key as it comes up.  This will bring up the system in Safe mode. Take note, this can be very slow, as the cache isn't used; this helps when something in your cache has been corrupted.

When using Disk Utility, make sure that you check both the disk (which does the structure and partitions) as well as the volumes under it (where the data is stored); do permissions as well. This should take a few minutes.

For diagnostic information, hold down Command-V (verbose), and a Unix-like log will scroll by. If it freezes, the last few lines should be useful in diagnosing.

Wanted to make sure that I understood you correctly, that you're seeing just a white screen at boot -- if so, the above should help glean some information. If you're going along and the screen turns white with a multi-lingual error message, that's the "white screen of death" and appears when there's a hardware problem. This can be an obnoxious USB device that isn't behaving, the wrong kind of memory was installed, failure on the motherboard, etc.

Most of the Mac problems I'm aware of have been when someone tries to save a few bucks in upgrading their memory. It's a complicated subject, but when RAM has to internally be refreshed on a clock cycle, it matters which part of the clock cycle that happens on. It appears that PCs and MACs do things slightly differently, and from what I've seen most marketing information the two products look identical. Carefully scrutinizing the hardware of the two products shows there is a difference.

I agree this sounds like a RAM issue. You might want to swap in some memory from a friend's machine and see if the problem goes away. Optionally, the recommended course of action is to use just the memory Apple supplied, see if this solves the problem, and if so, go to Crucial.com and use their tools to see exactly what's needed.


Gatekeeper dialog on El Capitan is missing... localized strings? I really have no idea what to make of this, but on one of the machines I've upgraded to El Capitan, all of the gatekeeper dialogs display without localized strings:

This displays after launching Chromium from the dock just after having replaced it with a new version by copying an app bundle from a DMG to the Applications folder.

This is clearly not expected behavior, but I'm not sure what I could do to fix it besides reinstalling El Cap (which I'm not too keen on doing if I can avoid it).

Has anyone else seen anything like this, and/or have any ideas for troubleshooting?

I have no definite solution since I haven't seen this issue before, but a few ideas you could try:

Running "First Aid" on your drive in Disk Utility

If you have Time Machine enabled, revert to the latest viable backup

Find out what exactly you replaced and undo (parts of) that manually


How can I adjust the music in imovie for part of a movie? I have a imovie project that I am creating and I have video clips and an audio track which plays a song.  I see that I can adjust the volume level of the song for the whole song but I want to lower the volume for part of the song (because I want to emphasize the audio coming from the video clip)

Is it possible to adjust the volume of a music track for part of the song in imovie?

⌥ alt/option-click on the volume adjustment to create new keyframes
Adjust the volume between these keyframes by dragging.


'Show Desktop' Mission Control/Expose Not Functioning I have recently upgraded to OS X Lion. I have mapped the keys via Mission Control preFpane as follows: F9 is 'Mission Control', F10 is 'Show Desktop'. F11 is 'Application Windows'

F9 and F11 works as intended. F10 seems to not do anything.

I thought it might be the keys themselves so I mapped the keys as: F9 'Show Desktop', F10 'Mission Control' and F11 'Application Windows'.

In this case only F10 and F11 keys worked; This small test gives me the impression that it is the Exposé 'Show Desktop' function itself is the part that is malfunctioning.

Does anybody have any further insight to this bug?

EDIT
You can view a recording of the problem here:
http://www.screencast.com/t/oDVMhBqkb

NOTE

This problem was tested initially on my external keyboard, the problem does persist on the internal macbook keyboard. Those '4 finger swipe' works, as does the 'Cmd + Expose(f3)' keyboard shortcut work.

Restart Dock, of which Mission Control is a child process.  In terminal, run:

killall Dock


Photos on old iphone being transferred to new iphone My daughter has my old iphone but photos she takes arrive on my camera roll on my new iphone - how can I stop that happening please? Thank you

Welcome to Ask Different. It sounds like you two are using the same iCloud account. Go to Settings -> iCloud and look at the email address listed at the top. If you are both signed in to the same account, you will see each others' photos. This also poses a problem for iMessage. If you two are using the same account, one of you needs to create a separate iCloud account, sign out on one device, and sign in with the new account.


Increase shaken pointer size So there is "shake mouse pointer to locate" feature which makes pointer bigger when I'm shaking it. What if I think it is not big enough? Can I somehow make "bigger" even more big? I couldn't find any settings in preferences but maybe there is some config I can edit.

I don't want to change regular pointer size, only shaking one

You might have better luck with using a third party tool, like MouseScape

I spent 2 hours just now trying to use Hopper to troubleshoot the System Preferences > Accessibility > Display Preference Pane while looking over the System files of the Mac to see if there is a config file that can be edited. It seems to me that the mouse is initialized with some API's like Appkit and CoreGraphics so doing more research with how to use these API's to edit your mouse is probably your way to go if you really want to do that.

Otherwise, Mousescape could be your solution. Is there a reason you are trying to make it larger?


Dock Icons will not move in Yosemite I am able to rearrange the dock icons for a period of time after each restart, though I have not been able to determine the length of time. Then I am not able to rearrange the dock icons again.

I have tried the solutions found here: Can't rearrange Dock icons

The killall Dock command did not do anything.

Deleting the com.apple.dock.plist file only seemed to work due to the restart because after a while the issue came back.

Is there a way to fix this issue so that I do not have to restart every time I want to rearrange icons?

Did you try this?

Finder and Dock issues in OSX 10.10.1

I had the same exact problem and it was definitely caused by Pushbullet extension in Chrome. Disabled completely the extension, restarted the system and the dock started working.
Don't know if it was caused specifically by the "Universal copy & paste" option being enabled or the extension as a whole, would have to investigate this further. Hope this helps.


How do you change an iPad back from Korean to English? How do you change back an iPad from Korean to English?

Here is a link that shows step by step with images:


Download an entire Facebook album for offline browsing? I would like to download albums off of Facebook onto my iPhone.

I tried the app called "Fb Photos download," but it seems that it downloads only by a group of 12 photos.

Is there an iOS app that downloads all the photos in an album with one click?

One click, batch photo downloads to iOS... try PhotoSync.


Is it possible to wipe your phone remotely? So my Iphone got snatched/stolen today and I would like to wipe all my things from my phone like apps and pictures and stuff. Is that possible to do from home? Thank you

Only if you've registered your phone with Find my iPhone in iCloud. If you have, then log into icloud.com, select "Find iPhone",  pick your phone, click the i symbol and select "Erase iPhone". If you've not registered it then there's nothing you can do now, but be sure to register your next iPhone as soon as you buy it.


Can I transfer content between devices authorized to different Apple IDs? I just bought an used iPod Touch 4G running iOS 5 for my son.  The person had a ton of legit apps & games on it.  My son did not want to lose those, but he is unable to load up any music.  When he hooked it up to his PC, it prompted for the iTunes password of the previous owner.

Will switching to his iTunes account make all the apps and games on the iPod Touch useless?
Does he need to authorize the iPod to his PC ?
Is there a way that he can load music up and maintain all the existing apps?
Would jailbreaking help?

Purchases are linked to the Apple ID.

Your devices may only sync content that they are authorized for. They can be synced with any device (up to 10) that is authorized to the ID.

This is an extract from the apple support website:

  If you want to transfer iTunes Store purchases from an iOS device or
  iPod to a computer, be sure to authorize the computer before
  connecting the device.

  ...

  Important: Clicking Erase and Sync will delete any existing content
  currently on your device. The content will be replaced with whatever
  existing content is in the current iTunes library your device is
  connected to. If there is no content in the iTunes library, nothing
  will be synced to your device, and your device will be empty.

  iTunes
  will begin copying any purchases made with any account for which the
  computer is authorized.

Jailbreaking might offer possibilities to bypass the restrictions, but it'll be against apple's licensing terms (copying the content to unauthorized devices that is).

I believe this would require to jailbreak iTunes on your Mac aswell for syncing to work - and I do not know if there are solutions to this.


Is there a default SSH password on Mac OS X? If I create an account, and don't give it a password, what's the password to SSH it?

Having no password on the OS level effectively means that ssh is disabled for that user. The protocol insists on a non-zero password and thus the hashes of whatever password is supplied fails to match the absence of a hash.

You must supply ssh keys or otherwise arrange some authentication to log in should your account have no password.


Using lining numerals/text figures Given a font that is advertised as having multiple styles of numerals (text figures and lining numerals), presumably via OpenType, is there a way to use the alternative numeral styles in Mac OS X in general, or maybe within an app like Pages specifically?

Typographic features like this can normally only be used in a word processing app.  You go to Format > Font > Show Fonts and click on the gear wheel and then select the Typography pane.  There should be boxes to check for different styles of numerals, which will be applied to selected text in the app, as long as the app supports it.  Try TextEdit first.


Can I backup my MacBook Pro onto my Dell Laptop? I've used 40 GB of space on my MacBook Pro, and I want to back it up. The only thing I have with enough space is my Dell laptop (500 GB). Is there any way I can back it up onto there? If so, how?

Another alternative is to spend < $100US to purchase a external USB HD (Western Digital, Seagate, and LaCie make good drives,) and use Time Machine to back it up. Time Machine is a very handy and reliable method to backup your entire Mac.


There was an error in the Mac App Store. Please try again later. (13) I have big problem. I can' t install any application from the Mac App Store. I have message "There was an error in the App Store. Please try again later. (13)". I'm search for this bug in google.

Problem started when I uninstall xCode and two others programs(i don't remember names). But i don't have any error message, when i unistall it.

What I tried:
1. Delete appstore cookies
2. Activate Debug mode and click Reset Application in Appstore
3. Do Repair Permision on my disk in disk utitlity program
4. Logout apple ID account, restart system
5. Search for not complete installed apps. No one here.
6. Tried download anything from iTunes. The same error message.

And i still have problem.

I have mac mini. Mac OS X Lion with all updates.

This is what i found on internet. What I can do now ?

I was experiencing the same problem: unable to purchase or update any items from the App Store, with an error code (13).

I came across another thread here - Cannot Install or Update Apps in App Store - Error 13 app-store-error-13 - which basically suggests deleting a cookie-preferences file for the App Store. I tried it, and it indeed worked for me.

The steps are:

1) quit the App Store app, if it's open.

2) delete the file, which will be in: ~/Library/Cookies/com.apple.appstore.plist

3) restart the App Store app, and try purchasing or downloading/updating something.

Let us know if this fixes the problem for you! :-)


chatty "switching to keychain-db" console messages in Sierra In macOS Sierra I'm noticing a very "chatty" and repetitive series of warnings in the console, like this:

default 15:27:23.330990 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    switching to keychain-db: /Users/XYZ/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/XYZ/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)

where dozens of processes are all logging the same "switching to keychain-db" message over and over again. These messages are coming from AppleIDAuthAgent, authd, secinitd, lcd, Finder, gamed, Mail, cloudd, and on and on.

Not only that, but notice in the log message it's switching from and to the exact same file and path. The entire thing makes no sense.  Anyone know what this is all about?

(Edit: As of March 2018, I'm now running High Sierra 10.13.3 and no longer are these messages appearing in my console.)

I wouldn't worry about chatty messages in general as the logging subsystem is now database driven and can handle thousands of messages a minute with little or no load on the system.

You can get a nice overview of your log statistics and see if this is truly one of the larger users of logging. This command does take a while to chew throat the 30 million events I have on my MacBook (3 to 5 minutes) - but even that is a trivial load on my system in practice given how optimized and power efficient Apple macOS logging is now.

log stats --overview
== archive =============================================================
size:               571,895,056 bytes
                    2,118,164,524 bytes (uncompressed)
start:              Tue Aug  1 06:33:03 2017
end:                Wed Sep 20 04:54:41 2017
statedump:          7,343

events:             [       total        log      trace   signpost ]
                    [  30,724,811 27,173,212        996    409,431 ]

activity:           [      create transition     action ]
                    [   3,132,338          0        201 ]

log messages:       [     default       info      debug      error      fault ]
                    [  26,698,888    667,559     38,352    143,035     35,805 ]

ttl:                [        1day      3days      7days     14days     30days ]
                    [     409,447 26,551,227    259,646    204,137    166,525 ]

processes:
          [        events (%total),  decomp. bytes (%total),                           image UUID, image ]
          [    14,796,212 ( 48.2%),    983,897,959 ( 46.5%), EA3CE30B-81E9-3DEA-95F3-CDACA642C5BD, kernel ]
          [       396,296 (  1.3%),    133,190,047 (  6.3%), 5AA6AB96-6A89-3E62-9BB4-6CA2913647C9, secd ]
          [       664,086 (  2.2%),     75,896,057 (  3.6%), 99B2EC04-B281-3EBF-8541-6F6FC3273D9C, identityservicesd ]
          [       299,166 (  1.0%),     60,314,374 (  2.8%), 83FF3BD0-0A23-3232-A28A-C1A5297DA516, dasd ]
          [       727,099 (  2.4%),     53,298,516 (  2.5%), 15049F04-4C48-3D01-ABC2-8DC751F0B9E3, cloudd ]

senders:
          [        events (%total),  decomp. bytes (%total),                           image UUID, image ]
          [    13,883,766 ( 45.2%),    943,025,476 ( 44.5%), 0086A982-E384-3ABF-AD20-BF1300E02E42, Sandbox ]
          [       394,150 (  1.3%),    133,130,846 (  6.3%), 5AA6AB96-6A89-3E62-9BB4-6CA2913647C9, secd ]
          [     1,653,215 (  5.4%),     67,618,576 (  3.2%), D7DDB735-A244-3A06-A432-135E9E368B51, CFNetwork ]
          [       294,803 (  1.0%),     60,187,838 (  2.8%), 7DC1094C-EF1A-3621-9A6B-DEDF467D64DF, DuetActivitySchedulerDaemon ]
          [       393,191 (  1.3%),     58,538,606 (  2.8%), 99B2EC04-B281-3EBF-8541-6F6FC3273D9C, identityservicesd ]

For context - this machine runs beta software often - gets beat up in all manner of ways, Xcode, buggy apps, beta versions of Microsoft Office, beta OS with enhanced logging profiles.


Is the expertsearchmodule process legitimate or malware? Mac Mojave 10.14.5 I recently found when using the physics stack exchange site that an unwanted program had installed itself on my Mac. This happened a few times before I managed to isolate the source. In some instances the program was called 'managerpages', and in others 'coveropen'. The behaviour of the program seemed to be the same in both sets of cases-it placed an icon on my dock and appeared as an extension in both safari and chrome. I deleted the  program from application finder and removed the extensions.

However, I now notice a process named 'expertsearchmodule' consuming significant network resources, sending and receiving megabytes of data in a short time period. I have forced it to quit and it restarts.

Can anyone tell me if this is a bonafide process, or something fishy. If the latter, is there an easy way to expunge processes from my system? I have tried searching for the process on Google but have found very few references to it.

Many thanks

It is definitely not a part of the standard macOS install.

From the name and the story you're telling, it seems very likely that it is malware!

It might however be from a legitimate piece of software that you have installed. I would try closing the process down, and check the apps you normally use to see if you have any problems. If this is a legitimate piece of software, you should be able to get the process running again by rebooting.

If you did not knowingly install an app that is the "expert search module" - then I would recommend disconnecting the system from the internet, take backups (without deleting older backups) - and if at all possible - reinstall the system from scratch from a known-good backup. If that is not possible, use software such as MalwareBytes to track down the offender and remove it from the system.


Replacement for MercuryMover It looks like my favorite OS X "window management" app, MercuryMover, is becoming abandonware. I'm looking for a well-supported alternative. I like MercuryMover because it is keyboard-driven, has a HUD that shows me the dimensions and position of the window I'm moving, and has a standard preferences screen for adding custom sizes and positions instead of a text-based configuration file.

Any suggestions for an alternative?

The site has a general options list as well for the window management category at: What Window Management Options exist for OS X?

For your specific requirements of keyboard, HUD and non-text preferences, I would select either divvy or moom. The former is one I've selected for several clients and they have enjoyed it and adopted it easily. Moom is also awesome and has some nice gestural / mouse / trackpad workflows.

http://mizage.com/divvy/ ----- Divvy on the Mac App Store
http://manytricks.com/moom/ ----- Moom on the Mac App Store

I linked above to the free trials and web sites first with a Mac App Store link to follow.


How to download Xcode header files for Mac OS Catalina? I'm using Mac OS 10.15.4 Catalina.

macOS Mojave had a known issue whereby users need to download missing Xcode headers.

I have no headers in /usr/include

Multiple StackExchange questions and blogposts addressed this question, by recommending users do (roughly) the following:

#run installer via command line
sudo installer -pkg
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg -target /

https://silvae86.github.io/2018/07/05/fixing-missing-headers-for-homebrew-in-mac-osx-mojave/
https://donatstudios.com/MojaveMissingHeaderFiles

However, I cannot find /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/.

I tried removing the command line tools and re-installing as follows:

$ (sudo) rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
$ xcode-select --install

However, I still don't see:

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/

How are these header files made available for Catalina users?

After installing Xcode 11.5 on my Catalina Mac, I found many of the standard /usr/include C headers in: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/


Limit mac CPU frequency without disabling Turbo Boost? Intel mobile CPUs now have a really low base frequency and a high Turbo Boost freq, e.g. i5 2.4~4.1 GHz.

Turbo at 3.8+ makes it go all the way up to 100°C. Using 'Turbo Boost Switcher' to disable TB makes the freq too low at 2.4.

Is there any way to limit CPU freq at some intermediate value like 3.2?

As I understand the intel feature it's on or off.  There is no in between setting.
Also running at above the base frequency will cause the CPU temp to creep up slowly.


Is it possible to block a specific IP from attempting to connect to screen sharing? I have noticed for some time that the shared screen icon flickers on and off on my menubar every couple of minutes (MacBook Pro, MAC OS X 10.8.4). I thought it was a glitch or a bug. I've checked the console and there are connection attempts almost every minute. 99% are from a specific address:

26/07/13 00:41:51,569 screensharingd[49866]: Authentication: FAILED :: User Name: N/A :: Viewer Address: 89.96.146.134 :: Type: VNC DES

Is this a brute force attack? Should I be concerned? I do need Screen Sharing on, as I connect to this mac quite frequently. I considered activating the Firewall, but it won't help unless I block all incoming connections.

Is there a way to block that IP from connecting at all. The mac is behind an airport extreme router with VNC ports pointed to this mac by NAT. Any way to filter those connections at that level?

If it really is just that one address and no (or few) others and you really don't know a Davide Farci of Verona (that IP address is part of a small subnet assigned to him, small enough to be a personal network or very small office and we'll get back to that shortly) then you can jump through the hoops of setting up a real firewall (e.g. IPTables), either on that system or on your router (the latter is better as it can then take care of other threats).  If that's too much trouble or you really want to do it on that workstation, then I suggest Little Snitch, which can filter both inbound and outbound connections, report on them and, of course, block them (Double Click hasn't managed any traffic to or from this system since I first installed it).  A lot of people use it to stop annoying programs that like to "phone home" and report on them.

Anyway, it's very configurable, very effective and very intuitive.  Recommended for users of all skill levels.

Now, back to Davide Farci.  It may be that he is launching an attack on your system.  That is certainly possible.  However, it is more likely, without knowing any particulars of your situation, that he is just an ordinary gentleman of Verona whose own system has been compromised.  Either way, you should collect those logs and forward them to the security and/or support department of his upstream network provider (send them to abuse@fastweb.it) and they will educate their customer (either by getting him to fix it or booting him off the network, whichever is most appropriate and probably the former).

By the way, all this information is sourced from a whois check on the IP address in your question.  Leaving out most of the RIPE related stuff (RIPE is the European equivalent of ARIN in America and APNIC in Asia and Oceania), there is still this information:

% Information related to '89.96.146.128 - 89.96.146.135'

% Abuse contact for '89.96.146.128 - 89.96.146.135' is 'abuse@fastweb.it'

inetnum:        89.96.146.128 - 89.96.146.135
netname:        FASTWEB-EGLOBALSERVICE_SPA
descr:          EGLOBALSERVICE SPA public subnet
country:        IT
admin-c:        DF3120-RIPE
tech-c:         IRSN1-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         FASTWEB-MNT
remarks:        In case of improper use originating from our network,
remarks:        please mail customer or abuse@fastweb.it
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         DAVIDE FARCI
address:        CORSO MILANO, 55
address:        VERONA
address:        IT
phone:          +39 0458104705
fax-no:         +39 045577012
nic-hdl:        DF3120-RIPE
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         IP Registration Service NIS
address:        Via Caracciolo, 51
address:        20155 Milano MI
address:        Italy
phone:          +39 02 45451
fax-no:         +39 02 45451
nic-hdl:        IRSN1-RIPE
mnt-by:         FASTWEB-MNT
remarks:
remarks:        In case of improper use originating
remarks:        from our network,
remarks:        please mail customer or abuse@fastweb.it
remarks:
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '89.96.0.0/16AS12874'

route:          89.96.0.0/16
descr:          Fastweb Networks block
origin:         AS12874
mnt-by:         FASTWEB-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered
remarks:
remarks:        In case of improper use originating from our network,
remarks:        please mail customer or abuse@fastweb.it
remarks:

% This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.75 (DB-4)

Since there is no email address for Davide Farci, the abuse@fastweb.it address is the one to contact.  Try to resist the temptation that I succumbed to, though, and don't make any obvious references to Shakespeare in your report.  ;)


How to switch between two Macs and one Thunderbolt Display? I have 2 MacBook Pros and one Thunderbolt Display (27 inch). Both MBPs support Thunderbolt connectivity and work fine with external display. I need a way to switch between 2 MBP, without changing the connection everytime.

Is there any hardware / KVM switch which supports this functionality?

MBP Models are as below:

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

I do know of a Thunderbolt 2 Dock and KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) device that will allow you to do just this - IOGEAR Thunderbolt 2 KVM, Docking Station, GTD732

There are two key bullet points that address your specific situation:

  Share your peripherals and Thunderbolt 2 devices between 2 computers
  Supports 4K (UHD) resolution. Supports Dual displays with HDMI and Thunderbolt 2 monitors

Unfortunately, I don't know of any Thunderbolt 1 Dock/KVM's. (The MBP 2012 and TB Display are both TB1)

Thunderbolt 2 is backward compatible with Thunderbolt 1 (the main difference being bandwidth)  so in theory, it should work just fine especially since you are connecting just one TB display.

The other major downside is that it's extremely expensive.  For the $320 USD for this device, I personally would go through the pain of switching cables or (what I would most likely do) get a display with multiple inputs.


Fortnite for iOS reports insufficient space on my iPhone I just downloaded Fortnite for iOS and it needs 3.017 GB. I have 16GB but it still says I don’t have enough space? It says I only have 2.435 GB space.

I have deleted every app on my iPhone and it still says the same thing.

How do I get around this issue?

You can check the available space on your iPhone by going to Settings app → General → iPhone Storage and checking for available space.

You can also check the storage usage on per app basis and delete apps or app data appropriately.


Mosaic effects on iMac screen not sure if this is a SuperUser question or AskDifferent question

When I start up my iMac 21.5" (Mid 2011 model) this morning, my screen looks like this:

Then the computer is completely frozen. Is the display card going to die?

using Mac OS X 10.10.3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB

If you were looking to test the video card status I believe you could restart your iMac, hold the Option key right before the chime, and choose the Recovery disk. From there you can run system diagnostics.


Unable to use SSH/Microsoft Remote Desktop after Yosemite update So I have been trying to log onto a virtual machine (a linux server for my school).  I have Remote Login enabled, and it worked perfectly prior to the update.  Now when I try to use ssh, it just does nothing until I get the error: sh: connect to host **...* port 22: Operation timed out.  If I try to use Remote Desktop, it says I have to either activate remote desktop or it is a problem on the other side, which I know it isn't because I am able to log onto the server on other computers/Macs.  Anything I have to do?  Thanks

I ran into a similar problem after updating to Yosemite 10.10.1

Could you please check the output of tcpdump in another Terminal window, while you are connecting to your remote ssh server?

I have the suspicion you're hitting the same redirect-error I am seeing on my box recently :-/

How to get the information:

Open Terminal
type "sudo tcpdump -vv" --> hit return
Open another Terminal
Try to connect to your server via ssh
Look at the output of tcpdump and find the remote address of your server

If you do NOT see your server address, but rather some strange redirect (mine goes to gl02.opentracker.net):

Welcome to an unsolved, nasty problem-bug.


10-core iMac Pro's Turbo Boost When I run single-core computations on my 10-core iMac Pro, the CPU does not reach the advertised Turbo Boost of 4.5GHz but rather 3.8-3.9GHz. See plot:

I am running a Mathematica code using only one kernel (note that there are 20 kernels as the CPU supports Hyper-threading). The room temperature is 24ºC and the fans are going at the minimum speed.
Anyone knows why? Note that I am not asking what Turbo Boost is but rather why it is not performing as advertised by Apple.

Here it is said that the Turbo Ratios can be found using Console.app.
Is this still possible in Mojave? I could not find AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.

A general explanation on how the Turbo Boost feature is supposed to work may provide you some insights.

Essentially, central processing units (CPUs) are designed to operate up to a certain thermal design power (TDP). The factors within a processor's TDP include power, temperature, etc. So, at the risk of oversimplifying things, the TDP is the maximum amount of power the processor is supposed to use.

Intel's Turbo Boost function is dynamic. That is, it can scale up the processor speeds depending on how much thermal headroom is available. This process works independently of operating system, so it's purely a function of the Intel CPU and works the same way regardless of operating system.

In theory then, if you're running a 3D rendering program it'll probably only operate at its base clock speed because all ten cores will be used. However, if you're going to run software that only needs/uses two cores, then the other eight cores go into a low power state and the ones actually being used can utilise the turbo boost function to run at faster clock speeds.

The other factor that can come into play is the type of computations being performed. These days our computers can allocate certain tasks to the GPU instead of the CPU because the GPUs are better placed to perform those types of computations.

Going back to your situation, without knowing what else the iMac Pro is doing, how close it is to its thermal design power, the specifics of your single-core computations, or the working environment (ambient temperatures, etc), no-one here can provide a 100% definitive answer as to why the Turbo Boost feature isn't kicking in, or reaching its maximum potential. There are just too many variables that could be at play.


How can I fix my $PATH variable? I need to revert my $PATH back to the default.

The catch here is that I broke it so bad that the echo $PATH command returns: /usr/
that's it, which means I can't use any of the methods described in other answers basically because any command returns "unknown command".

I can't vi, I can't nano, I can't do squat over Terminal. All of that was working before I broke $PATH so I'm sure its all path related.

This depends how you changed your path.

If you changed it in your shell, just close the window and open a new shell.
If you changed it in a profile, change it there.

Your path should look something like this:

PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin


Contacts.app - list all groups a contact is in Is there a possibility to list all the groups, a contact is in, on the card.
This would make the organisation of my contacts much easier

My solution doesn't list the groups on the contact card itself, but it may still solve your situation:

By holding down the "Option" key when you have a contact selected and the "Groups" pane showing, the groups which contain the selected contact are highlighted.

Related:

Highlight the groups a contact is in?


Can a FileVault-encrypted partition be accessed using a password I supplied during OS X install? I have a MacBook (Retina, Mid 2012 if it's relevant) which I installed Mountain Lion onto, creating one user account only (an Admin account). There is a Guest User, marked for "Sharing Only". The hard drive was encrypted with FileVault 2 at the time of install, and the recovery key stored away.

For various reasons the password to my user account was disclosed (but NOT the FileVault recovery key). I changed the password on my user account before it could be used, but the old password is still known.

Is the old password still retained with respect to the FileVault partition, and might enable someone to decrypt the FileVault-encrypted drive? Put another way, are my new password and the recovery key the only way to decrypt the FileVault partition?

Once you change the password, it has been charged and the old password can not access the FileVault decryption protocol. It would be nightmarish if you had to always remember any and all passwords ever used by the FileVault account(s).

If you want really great info to FileVault please watch: http://docs.macsysadmin.se/2013/video/Day2Session5.mp4


Number in brackets appended to Apple TV Bonjour name I recently set up a 3rd-generation Apple TV in my living room. I have noticed that on my OS X 10.10 MacBook Pro an iPad and two iPhones (all iOS 7), the usual name of "Living Room Apple TV" appears with a "(2)" appended at the end.
After reading suggestions elsewhere, I have assigned a fixed IP address for the Apple TV and restarted the router in charge of DHCP assignments for the network. The issue persists if I change the name of the Apple TV.
Attached is anything relevant to the Apple TV in Bonjour Browser:

The quickest way to fix this issue is to add a simple space to the end of the name of the Apple TV. Restart the device and it will now show up without the bracketted number appended. My guess is that the Space acts like a wild card in the Bonjour Log and won't treat each instance of the apple TV as another instant of the last.


How to backup ePubs and pdfs to iCloud Is it even possible? I have hundreds of books in all these formats sitting in my iBooks library on my Mac. Now, I do notice that I can safely delete my iBooks (purchased off iBooks Store) from my local library and the titles still show in my list, with a little cloud icon saying the book is still available for download off iCloud. Is there any way to do the same for books in other formats, i.e. PDF and ePub? I would love to move my entire library to iCloud and free up local space if this were possible.

Just drag your files ePub and PDF files in your iBooks and it will be synced through your devices(provided they use the same iCloud ID). ePubs should appear under books and PDF will have a category of their own.


Apple ID review information I tried downloading apps with my new Apple ID and it asked me to review it. After filling in the information it shows an error and asks me to insert a billing address with atmost 70 letters or numbers. My address that I mentioned is correct. How do I get past this?

Have you tried logging on to the iTunes store on your computer rather than an iOS device?

That will usually allow the account to settle and allow you to start purchasing apps.


Hiding URL Bar on iPad? I am working on a small web app that runs on controlled iPad (i.e., both the hardware and content is in our office and never leaves).  I would like to hide the URL bar in this app.  I've placed the following tag at the top of each page:

<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />

Once "installed" to the iPad's home screen the first page looks as I expect it. However, the first click opens a new page in Mobile Safari and the URL bar returns.

Is there a way I can keep the fullscreen "web app" feel at all times?

I attack this problem by distributing the web app as a configuration profile. Rather than having people tap the mobile Safari button to add the app to the home screen, you have them download the profile file OTA from the web server.

They will need to approve the profile installation, but then you can control the icon and force the full screen attribute so that your users don't see Mobile Safari's chrome.

If your web content is getting opened in Mobile Safari (like the web content here, you may need to try playing with all links within the app to be relative to the site or program things to exist in an offline database rather than being full URL that cause the fullscreen safari to think it needs to open a linked page in the normal Mobile Safari view).

I also use this article on developing for iPad - perhaps you need to set the viewport and have a few other items to ensure that the touch interface is used to navigate rather than opening a new URL.

Technical Note TN2262: Preparing Your Web Content for iPad
Configuring Web Applications


Ubuntu gone after updating Mac OS X After installing updates for Mac, rEFInd won't show up when the computer starts, and even if I held down the Option key the disk manager only shows Macintosh HD. I already tried disabling csrutil and also reinstalling rEFInd, none of those work.

When I held down Option-Command-P-R then opened disk utility, it showed both Macintosh HD and disk0s3 (name of my ubuntu partition) but disk0s3 was greyed out.

How do I get into ubuntu again?

Version: Mac OS High Sierra

Ubuntu Version: 16.04 LTS

I solved it! My mistake was trying to install another, newer version of rEFInd at first without completely removing my previous rEFInd folder. I then deleted my newly downloaded rEFInd folder then simply installed my old rEFInd version again.


How to deauthorize an iPad 2? I used to own an iPad 2. I didn't much care for it, so I gave it to my sister as a gift. She lives in a different state.

I thought I removed any/all of my account info from it. But apparently my Apple ID is still stuck on it.

How do I deauthorize it, so my sister can put her Apple ID onto it? Is resetting the iPad 2 to factory settings the only way?

I obviously do not physically have it in front of me anymore. I don't mind passing my password to my sister, and having her sign into her local iTunes with my account to deauthorize it, but she says that to do that she would lose all her current iTunes data.

Also, if there is a way to deauthorize it without a reset, will the apps I purchased still be accessible to her on the device?

Have her go to Settings.app > Store - if your account is signed in, sign out. She can then sign in to her own account. Any apps you've downloaded using that account will still prompt for that account's password when they need updating, though.


Deleted all partitions on Fusion Drive. Don't know how to recover I'm kind of a novice here, and I think I got in over my head. I was trying to do a clean install of El Capitan on my 5K iMac. It has a 1TB Fusion drive.

I booted from a USB drive, entered Disk Utility, clicked the single partition I saw under the Fusion Drive, then erased it (pretty standard.. done this before). I was given some kind of error, then the partition disappeared.

Now, whenever I boot my computer and open Disk Utility, it looks like this:

No partitions under Fusion Drive. Clicking the Partition option doesn't give me any options (everything is greyed out and non-clickable). Clicking the First Aid option doesn't work either. It pops up a window asking if I want to Run or Cancel. Clicking on either does nothing. The window just sits there.

Like I said, I'm kind of a novice, so I don't know what to do from here. Any help, please!?

Could you manually erase the drives via terminal, then recreate a fusion drive.

To manually erase the drives, go into terminal and do diskutil cs list. Then you'll need to do diskutil cs delete (lvgUUID). Here's more details: http://www.macworld.com/article/2015664/storage-flash/how-to-split-up-a-fusion-drive.html

After you delete it, you can recreate it: http://www.macworld.com/article/2014011/how-to-make-your-own-fusion-drive.html


How can I wake up a MacBook with lid closed? How can I wake up my MacBook pro with an iPhone, when the lid closed (no external display)?
MacBook is not connected to power and there's a local wifi that it can connect to.

macOS Sierra, has an option in Energy Saver > Power Adapter to "Wake for Wi-Fi network access." In earlier versions that option was in Network preferences.

Apple Remote Access will wake a Mac this way but I am unaware of any iOS app that does this.

Generally speaking Wake On LAN (WOL) requires the sending device to send a so called "Magic Packet" and the receiving computer to be able to receive it and act upon it. I believe that Apple supports this method of WOL but I have not tested it in quite a while.

So your job will be to find an iOS app that provides WOL capability as it should do what you are looking for.


Suppressing "The default interactive shell is now zsh" message in macOS Catalina I know Catalina uses zsh as the default login shell and interactive shell, but it is very annoying when I open iTerm.app or run command with /bin/bash, it shows verbose message like below:
$ /bin/bash
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.

The support document the message links to is
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050
How can I hide the verbose logging? I do not want to be reminding that the "default interactive shell is now zsh" every time I open Terminal.

I found the solution on reddit. The solution is also mentioned in the "How to use a different shell without changing the default" section of the Apple support article mentioned in the bash warning: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208050/.
Add:
export BASH_SILENCE_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1

to $HOME/.bash_profile, $HOME/.profile or $HOME/.bashrc and restart iTerm. After that, the warning message will be gone.


What is accountsd and why does it want to use the "login" keychain? Periodically, I'm seeing this keychain dialog pop up:

I click 'Cancel', then it pops up again, then I click 'Cancel' again, and it goes away for a while.  (Maybe an hour or two, I haven't timed it.)  I haven't noticed anything not working right.

What's going on here?

If it matters, this is OS X 10.8.2.

Open Keychain Access, which can be found in /Applications/Utilities.

Then select Keychain First Aid under Keychain Access.

Enter your password and click to Verify (this is important to find out how is making the problem just in case it comes up again).

If it shows Errors use the Repair function.

In my case it looked like this before the repair.

It found one error and it was fixed after the repair.


How do I sync contents of my iPhone App with iPad using iCloud? I have iPad and iPod, both on iOS 5 with iCloud enabled.

I have an app which I have installed on both these devices.
With this app, I create some files, which I can see in Documents folder of iTunes.

How do I sync these files of that app in both devices using iCloud?

Please let me know.

Thanks!

Your app (no details provided) needs to support iCloud in order to sync files between devices.


Installing Catalina OS in VirtualBox? I have a Macbook that runs Catalina OS, but I would like to have a VirtualBox version of it.

I was able to successfully download Catalina from the App Store, and followed a tutorial to convert it into an .iso image. The problem now is that whenever I try to launch it in VirtualBox all I see is the UEFI Interactive Shell v2.2

The shell displays a Mapping Table and it just hangs there waiting for a command.

The command you mention in your comments hdiutil create -o /tmp/Catalina -size 8500m -volname Catalina -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J appears to come from this tutorial which in full does this:

Note: I have increased the size of the /tmp/Catalina.dmg from 8500m to 9000m so it is big enough to fit 10.15.4 (previous versions worked fine). If the .dmg is too small the subsequent createinstallmedia command will fail with "Error erasing disk error number (22, 0)"

Note: I have increased the size of the /tmp/Catalina.dmg from 9000m to 9500m so it is big enough to fit 10.15.5.

hdiutil create -o /tmp/Catalina -size 9500m -volname Catalina -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
hdiutil attach /tmp/Catalina.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/Catalina
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Catalina --nointeraction
hdiutil detach /volumes/Install\ macOS\ Catalina
hdiutil convert /tmp/Catalina.dmg -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/Catalina.cdr
mv ~/Desktop/Catalina.cdr ~/Desktop/Catalina.iso

These steps work absolutely fine to create an ISO but you have 2 issues which are resolved in VirtualBox 6.1.4 - from the changelog

Virtualization core: Fixed macOS Catalina guests failing to boot after upgrading to 10.15.2 onwards (bug #19188)

For versions of VirtualBox prior to 6.1.4 the following steps are required:
You must tell VirtualBox what to boot
The ISO produced will work fine with VirtualBox but will not run automatically as Apple have put boot.efi in a non-standard place.  Unlike a real mac the firmware doesn't know where to look.
In the EFI shell, if you enter FS0:\System\Library\Coreservices\boot.efi (it may be FS1:, FS2: &c depending on the order of your virtual disks) it will run.  This can be automated by putting the command in a startup.nsh script which in fact is contained in the VirtualBox Boot.vdmk mentioned in the tutorial.
If you would rather create your own than download from a random google drive you can do it like this:
hdiutil create -o /tmp/CatalinaBoot -size 50m -volname MACOS_BOOT -fs FAT32
hdiutil attach /tmp/CatalinaBoot.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/CatalinaBoot
echo 'FS0:\System\Library\Coreservices\\boot.efi' > /Volumes/CatalinaBoot/startup.nsh
echo 'FS1:\System\Library\Coreservices\\boot.efi' >> /Volumes/CatalinaBoot/startup.nsh
echo 'FS2:\System\Library\Coreservices\\boot.efi' >> /Volumes/CatalinaBoot/startup.nsh
echo 'FS3:\System\Library\Coreservices\\boot.efi' >> /Volumes/CatalinaBoot/startup.nsh
echo 'FS4:\System\Library\Coreservices\\boot.efi' >> /Volumes/CatalinaBoot/startup.nsh
hdiutil detach /Volumes/CatalinaBoot
VBoxManage convertfromraw --format VDI /tmp/CatalinaBoot.dmg ~/Desktop/CatalinaBoot.vdi

Attach the created CatalinaBoot.vdi disk first in your VM and it will automatically run the boot.efi from the ISO created as they describe.
Note when I tested it on VirtualBox 6.1.2 the ISO generated by the tutorial would fail when using a SATA controller giving the error: "BdsDxe: loading Boot0001 “UEFI VBOX CD-ROM VB1-1a2b3c4d ”". When connected to an IDE controller it worked fine.

VirtualBox 6.1.2 will not run Catalina 10.15.2 and later guests
Virtualbox 6.1.0 added support for booting APFS. Unfortunately there is a problem if you do not have 10.15.1 version of Install macOS Catalina.app.
There is a bug in VirtualBox which is exposed by 10.15.2 and later versions of boot.efi.  See this VirtualBox forum thread Catalina 10.15.2 does not start. As mentioned in the relevant VirtualBox Ticket #19188

The source of the boot hangs has been identified, although fixing it correctly isn't entirely trivial. It's triggered by a very, very old problem in VirtualBox.
<snip>
At any rate it will be fixed for the next maintenance release.

If you want to run a macOS 10.15.2 or later guest (on any VirtualBox 6.0.2 host) you must use boot.efi from Catalina 10.15.1 or Mojave. You could do this yourself following the steps in the VirtualBox forum thread or use this script on GitHub macos-guest-virtualbox
As 10.15.1 is no longer available on Apple servers you may need to download and unpack Mojave to get boot.efi and then copy this first to unpacked Catalina installer and then afterwards to Catalina itself.  As they say in their linked workaround

The real easy way to run Catalina is to use the script to install Mojave on VirtualBox and then run it in VMWare and upgrade it to Catalina.


Is it possible to change iPhone X, iPhone XS, XS Max, XR, to display the screen in 16:9 aspect ratio? I think most of the iPhone X, XS, XS Max, XR have the aspect ratio of roughly 19.5 : 9. Is it possible to change the phone to use 16 : 9 aspect ratio?

Essentially, I think this means chopping off the top and bottom region, even just for an hour or two, and make it behave just like an iPhone 8 or 7.

One reason that is needed is for some apps, such as Pokemon Go, which are not "tweaked" so perfectly for phones that have different aspect ratio other than 16:9.  So when you catch a Pokemon Gastly or Kyogre, they are really hard to catch on the iPhone X, while they are not as difficult to catch on the iPhone 8 or 7. The reason is that the 19.5:9 ratio make the screen taller, and the Pokeball becomes very hard to reach the Pokemon, so the Pokeball will land an "air ball" and hitting just air. The Pokemon Gastly usually is not so important, but if you watch your friends catching the legendary Pokemon Kyogre fairly easily, and you throw and throw and get air balls or cannot hit the ring to get a Great or Excellent throw, and therefore your catch rate might not be even 50% of your friends, just because you are using a more advanced phone, that is kind of bad.

No, it is not possible to generally change the aspect ratio of the screen for any third party app.

You'll have to contact the app developers and let them know that their app has difficulties working correctly on these phones.


How do I address an object value in a whose clause in AppleScript I am trying to test a object property of elements in a whose clause.

For example, let's use the common elements "document" and "window" that almost every Mac app has:

tell application "TextEdit"
    get document 1 --> document "Untitled"
    get window 1 --> window id 40640
    get document of window 1 --> document "Untitled"
end tell

So we see that window 1 has a document property that points back to a document element.

Now I like to find all documents that are in window 1 (please don't question the sense of this - while it makes little sense in this particular case, I need the solution for a different case where it's actually useful). I try this:

set theDoc to document of window 1 --> document "Untitled"
get every window whose document is theDoc

But that fails with the error Can’t make document into type reference. number -1700 from document to reference.

How do I solve this without resolving to a loop command (repeat), but staying with the whose clause?

Use its or of it, like this:

tell application "TextEdit"
    set theDoc to document of window 1
    get every window whose its document is theDoc
    -- or --> get every window whose document of it is theDoc
end tell


I noticed a .myPassword file in my home folder root. Is this supposed to be there? I ran "$ ls -a" in Terminal from my home directory and it listed a .myPassword file which contained my user account password. Is this file where the password is stored? It seems like it should not be that accessible.

This is not where your password is stored.  At least by the system, no way.  I don't have one there, which tells me you have a 3rd-party app that's doing this.  Take a close look.


Unresponsive Keyboard and Trackpad after sleep I have a brand new MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014). Shipped with Yosemitee pre-installed, the version I have is 10.10.1 . I don't have any software installed except Google Chrome, so it is clean/new OS.

I noticed sometimes the keyboard and trackpad become completely unresponsive after waking up the laptop from sleep. Happened several times, the last time it happened I could not reset PRAM or SMC as keyboard was unresponsive even after restarting or shutting down so I had to Re-Install OS.

Today I was able to reproduce the issue, first I tried to let it go into Sleep mode several times with no device plugged into the USBs, and Lid left opened. I could not reproduce, both were working when I wake the laptop.

Then I plugged in a USB Mouse, left the lid opened, and let it go to sleep for 1 hr. When I waked it up, the keyboard/mouse were unresponsive. Then I unplugged the mouse usb, let it go into sleep mode, and closed the lid .. for few minutes. Then I opened the lid, waked it up .. this time both were responsive and working.

I was able to reproduce the above scenarios, so it is not a random thing.

So, is there some kind of a log or test I can use to reproduce or while reproducing the unresponsive case above so I can understand if it is a hardware or software problem ?

[edit]

You can get the system.log from here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3x320cieum3it4w/system.log?dl=0

Also, here is the result of 'pmset -g'

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1*
AC Power        -1
Currently in use:
standbydelay         10800
standby              1
halfdim              1
hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
darkwakes            0
gpuswitch            2
disksleep            0
sleep                1
autopoweroffdelay    14400
hibernatemode        3
autopoweroff         1
ttyskeepawake        1
displaysleep         2
acwake               0
lidwake              1

[edit 2]
Sorry I undo the selected solution as it did not fix the issue, as I have new information, they are unresponsive again and this time I see this keeps showing in the system log, any idea ?

Dec 12 23:49:30 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_getFeatureReportInfo - DeviceRequest returned error 0xe00002c0 (interface 1, reportID 0xd9)
Dec 12 23:49:30 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDebug: _getFeatureReportInfo returned an error in AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_deviceGetReportWithLookUp
Dec 12 23:49:31 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_getFeatureReportInfo - DeviceRequest returned error 0xe00002c0 (interface 1, reportID 0xd1)
Dec 12 23:49:31 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDebug: _getFeatureReportInfo returned an error in AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_deviceGetReportWithLookUp

[edit 3]

I managed to downgrade it to Mavericks but problem still happening. I think it is hardware issue now since I was able to reproduce in two OS X versions. So I am taking it to apple store to replace it or fix the hardware.

[Edit 4]
Confirmed! it is a hardware issue, I replaced the top case and the problem gone!

As for me, I, too, faced the same problem with my MacBookPro after upgrading to Yosemite: the keyboard and trackpad would freeze, especially after waking up from sleep. At first, I'd restart the device.
A few days ago, out of sheer frustration, as I clicked on random keys and rubbed the trackpad, the keyboard and simultaneously, the trackpad, became responsive, quite to my surprise. After several more tries, it now seems to me the key 'Q' was the key- pressing it several times, along with the 'esc'. I don't know how, but this works on my MBPro.
Of course I'm no techie, and have no explanation, but would request interested and affected users to try my approach.


One month old Macbook Air does not power on I have an almost new Macbook Air. I started to use Time Machine for the first time with a brand new "My Passport" hard drive. I had to unplug it during the process and it was left unplugged for quite some time. Then it went to sleep probably or maybe not, but I plugged it. Then unplugged again (one charger was shared between two Macs).

Cannot turn it on now! The light on the plug cord is green as it is fully charged.
I changed the socket just in case. I tried with USB My Passport drive plugged in and not. Nothing happens.

Keep pressing your power on button for 5 seconds.
The press it again for normal power-up.

You could also try this: Apple Support Page


Can't make WhatsApp calls over Wi-fi on iOS14 I have an iPhone 11. Yesterday while it was running iOS 13, all was fine, I could make WhatsApp calls over my Wi-Fi. I updated to iOS 14 in the morning. And now when I'm trying to make a call on WhatsApp, I get this message.

I can still call normally over cellular data, but not over my home Wi-Fi.
The receiving end clicks on "accept call", but nothing happens.
Internet suggests me to use VPN, since my country is blocking WhatsApp. I highly doubt it, since my country is Germany. I have deleted and installed WhatsApp again - but it didn't help. It's a corporate phone, but before today everything was working fine, so I doubt it's them.
Anybody has ever had this kind of problems?

While not the same error message, a family member was having trouble with WhatsApp and it looks like a new feature of iOS14 is the culprit.
If you open up the Settings for WhatsApp and make sure that it has Local Network access that might solve your issue


Useful Chrome extensions for OS X I know there is already a post out there for Safari extensions, but Chrome extensions are completely different. So, what extensions do you think are useful? Please read these simple rules before posting:

Include only one extension in each anwer.
Include a description of the extension, its pros/cons, and why you use it.
Link to the developer's website, rather than a direct download page.
Cite the application name like such:
#appName by [developer]
Check to see if there are duplicates
in this post by typing in the search box:
inquestion:this
searchTerm
Please do not give a price because that can localize your answer too much.

FlashBlock by josorek
No developer site listed
Description:
Sets up Chrome to default to blocking Flash content on webpages.
Pros:

Helps reduce download time and bandwidth usage since flash files aren't loaded by default.

Easy to adjust blocking filter to allow flash for entire sites via a button in the address bar.

Cons:

Sometimes removes stuff without an easy way to add it back with the extension running.


How to hide App Store updates in El Capitan? Right click won't work The App store is nagging me to update OS X software (like iMovie, Photos) that I have no interest in. When I click or Control-click the white space of the suggested update I do not get a hide option (except for the banner for upgrading to Sierra, which I have hidden).

How do I hide an unwanted update?

I believe you simply need to change where you are clicking. See the screenshot below. Hide Update only showed up when right-clicking (or Control-clicking) in the green area, not the red areas.


Save downloaded file to iCloud Drive with Safari on iOS8 I would like to download a simple text file using Safari on my iPad and save it to iCloud Drive. However, there is no "Open in..." options in Safari to save to iCloud Drive.

I have an iPad2 with iOS8 and I have upgraded to iCloud Drive.

Then, I would like to be able to select this same file in iCloud Drive so that I can upload it to a website using Safari on my iPad2 on iSO8. Right now, the only files I can upload are from the camera roll or take a new picture/video.

Is this possible?

For anyone else who comes acros this question via Google or some other search engine, there is a way!

The most excellent app, Workflow, once again comes to the rescue.  You can create a file downloading workflow that works perfectly:

http://www.guidingtech.com/36337/file-downloader-safari-ios-8/

I'm on iOS 9 and works great.  I really need to pay attention to Workflow more - it really is the glue that solves many of the little niggling edge cases for iOS lacking what is easily done on a desktop.


How to Delete The Recovery Partition (not with diskutil if possible) I want to delete the Recovery Partition

Before macOS El Capitan you could Delete the Recovery Partition by removing all partitions

and haven't used this but you can also enable debug mode in disk utility to see the recovery partitions seems like

so how do I delete the recovery partition above Yosemite? (prefer an answer that works above High sierra) I don't prefer to use diskutil I prefer a GUI

All macOS installations stored in an APFS container share the same volume for the recovery software. As you will see, you are not trying to delete a partition or volume, but rather you are trying to delete a folder. Below is the output from diskutil apfs list for a 2018 mac Mini with High Sierra and Catalina installed.

APFS Container (1 found)
|
+-- Container disk1 8FCE2EBA-130E-457C-B9D0-9E99E9D0E755
    ====================================================
    APFS Container Reference:     disk1
    Size (Capacity Ceiling):      800000000000 B (800.0 GB)
    Capacity In Use By Volumes:   787100897280 B (787.1 GB) (98.4% used)
    Capacity Not Allocated:       12899102720 B (12.9 GB) (1.6% free)
    |
    +-< Physical Store disk0s2 4AE31492-9B5C-493E-A58D-A928FD3E2E88
    |   -----------------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s2
    |   Size:                       800000000000 B (800.0 GB)
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s1 0FDF3012-D218-45C2-BBE0-ED6CACE7A766
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s1 (No specific role)
    |   Name:                      Muskie (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /Volumes/Muskie
    |   Capacity Consumed:         32164876288 B (32.2 GB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s2 84EB1BDE-F08F-483D-B065-693880652C2D
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s2 (Preboot)
    |   Name:                      Preboot (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted
    |   Capacity Consumed:         107225088 B (107.2 MB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s3 CF03D90E-17EC-4D47-990E-5AC8D0C32D04
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s3 (Recovery)
    |   Name:                      Recovery (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted
    |   Capacity Consumed:         1042989056 B (1.0 GB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s4 632713E8-E441-44F4-97EB-C0FC38C1CF6A
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s4 (VM)
    |   Name:                      VM (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /private/var/vm
    |   Capacity Consumed:         8591003648 B (8.6 GB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s5 9EA92030-BE13-423D-BDAB-4F68CB5EA359
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s5 (Data)
    |   Name:                      Snapper - Data (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /System/Volumes/Data
    |   Capacity Consumed:         733787320320 B (733.8 GB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s6 BD93DE8A-F1DF-43A1-BAB6-84EDC57F9177
        ---------------------------------------------------
        APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s6 (System)
        Name:                      Snapper (Case-insensitive)
        Mount Point:               /
        Capacity Consumed:         11218186240 B (11.2 GB)
        FileVault:                 No

Here disk1s3 is the recovery volume. Next, I will enter the following commands to mount and view the contents of the root folder.

diskutil mount disk1s3
ls -l /Volumes/Recovery

The output is shown below.

davidanderson@Snapper ~ % diskutil mount disk1s3
Volume Recovery on disk1s3 mounted
davidanderson@Snapper ~ % ls -l /Volumes/Recovery
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  17 root  wheel   544 Feb  9 18:16 0FDF3012-D218-45C2-BBE0-ED6CACE7A766
drwxr-xr-x  39 root  wheel  1248 Apr  8 22:23 BD93DE8A-F1DF-43A1-BAB6-84EDC57F9177
davidanderson@Snapper ~ %

Each folder contains the recovery files for a installation of macOS. Note, the folder name is also the UUID assigned to the volume where the macOS operating system is stored. So, say you wanted to remove the recovery files for Catalina sorted in the volume labeled Snapper, then you would want to delete the folder named BD93DE8A-F1DF-43A1-BAB6-84EDC57F9177. The GUI way of doing this would be to use the Finder application. However, the /Volumes folder is hidden so you will need to press the key combination ⌘+shift+. to reveal this folder in the Finder application.

I would not recommend removing the folder holding the recovery files for Catalina, unless you were going to remove the other folders and volumes created where Catalina was installed.


Force open a file with the UTF-8 encoding I have a file that contains text. The file is not a text file, it is a SQL file.

I want to open this file with the UTF-8 encoding in order to copy and paste the texts. So far, I'm trying to do it with TeXShop but this app refuses to use the encoding I'm selecting.

Do you know any other software that I could try and use?

This is the kind of thing that BBEdit was made for. BBEdit will open any file and generally do an excellent job of displaying any embedded text. There is even a menu in the bottom control area for every file that allows you to force a particular text encoding. When I first bought BBEdit it was about $130. At its current price of $50 its a steal. I have no affiliation with Barebones Software, except as a satisfied customer.

http://barebones.com/products/bbedit


Ignoring the "You must change your password within 60 minutes" pop-up This morning I got the

  Passcode Requirement
  You must change your iPhone unlock passcode within 60 minutes.

popup covered in this question (although none of the reasons there ring true). I decided it was safest to go ahead and change my password through the system menu just-in-case.

But if I had ignored it and let the 60 minutes run out, what would have happened?

Would the device have wiped itself?
Or modally force me to change the password before it'll let me use it again?
Or put itself into a locked state that could only be recovered by my Exchange administrator?

or something else?

Thanks. I've skimmed threads on Reddit etc. about this and no one seems to have actually called its bluff, or at least they didn't report back if they did. This is my own phone attached to my work email account; there's no MDM profile.

I've ignored it many times and true to its word, it modally forces you to change the password.  You can lock/sleep the device, but if you want to do anything useful, you have to change the password first.


iPad can't seem to view sites / pages that include the port in the URL? I've found that the iPad, using its Safari browser can't access web pages that include a port number in the URL:

http://www.example.com:8080/

or even

http://www.example.com:80/

In either case, the browser displays a message stating "Cannot Open Page, Safari cannot open the page because the network connection was lost."

I understand that port 80 is the default port for the HTTP protocol (443 for HTTPS) and that usually it's omitted from URL's as most (all?) browsers know to use the default (including Safari when running on Mac OS).

Before you ask, yes the sites are up and accessible (obviously the links above are just examples of syntax) and other devices (non-Apple phones, pads and laptops) can access the site - there is no issue with 3G / network coverage etc.

Is this a bug with the iPad - or is it something that's configurable?

You might want to exclude 'www' if possible. This can cause the page not being available as www mainly is pointing to port 80. If that doesn't work it might not be an Apple issue, and SuperUser might be a better place to ask the question.

Or you could set a redirect on a url pointing it to the right location with matching portnumber.

I can run different sites with portnumbers in it, as stated in the comments above.
Example: Synology NAS port 5000, works on my iPad.


How to record the sound also in a screen recording if the headphones are connected? I would like to know If I will be able to record using quick time player or other application you may suggest, both audio and video on my Macbook Air with head phones connected !!

When headphones are not connected, there is no problem, i go to setting on the recording screen and i choose built-in microphone

But what i want is while i'm using my headphones, when i want to record a video, i want it to capt the audio from that video rolling on my mac, not the sound of outside

You need to create a virtual audio output and use it as input. Try using Soundflower or similar software.
Hope it helps.