I was looking at an app from the US app store, now I can't find out how to change store back to UK? When trying to update apps I had previously installed I get the message "Account not in this store", saying I must leave the US store.

My region is UK and I have Apple iD and valid payment for UK.

How do I change back to the UK store?

I even tried creating a new Apple iD and still have the same issue.

If you are on iOS 12:

Go to the AppStore. At the bottom tap on today.

Then tap the avatar in the top-right as show below:

Then click on your name/email at the top.

Then you should be able to change your AppStore/check your country or region there:


Is there a faster way to change my sound inputs and outputs? I use multiple sound inputs and outputs. For example, for outputs I have my internal speakers, Air Parrot, and Bluetooth speakers. For inputs I have my internal microphone, Line In, Air Parrot, and a Bluetooth microphone.

To switch between these I go to Sound Preferences and select either the Output button or Input button and then select the device I want to use and then close the Sound Preferences.

Is there a quicker way?

Yes. You can select any connected device via the Volume icon in your menu bar.

To do this, hold the option key down first before clicking on the volume icon. This will give you a choice of both Output Devices and Input Devices and you can just use your mouse to select the device you want. You can also use this as a quicker way to open your Sound Preferences directly.

NOTE: If you do not have the volume icon in your menu bar, you can enable this in your Sound Preferences.


Macbook Pro can't connect to internal hard drive even after changing the cable to the main circuit board So I thought my macbook's hard drive crashed last month when a folder with a question mark didn't allow me to use it. I got it replaced, but shortly after, the problem persisted. I thought it would be the connection between the hard drive and the main circuits, so i changed that wire. It worked again for a couple of hours, but then my computer froze and the question mark popped up again. I bought an enclosure and am now using it with my original hard drive that i thought crashed.  I have no idea what to do with my life right now. Classes just started and I need this piece of technology. Someone help me.

First step would be try the Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics, depending on whether your machine is pre or post 2013

Plug the machine into the mains power, boot then hold the  D  key until the test screen appears.


VTDecoderXPCService taking CPU Sometimes I notice CPU load for no reason and I see in Activity Monitor that VTDecoderXPCService is using 15-30% of CPU.

After I restart Safari it is ok for some time until it happens again.

Any ideas? Could be flash related? When this happens there is no videos loaded in tabs but maybe one play triggers the problem.

Should I just uninstall Flash from the system? I'm still on Mavericks and Safari 7 - will youtube play without issues via HTML5? I heard they made it work on Safari 8, not sure about 7.

Thank you

I did a spindump via the activity monitor and so i found the resposible app.
In my case it was Firefox (HTML5 Vids)


Fink help!! Not installing in Mavericks! I just installed OS X Mavericks on my Mac.

Now I'm trying to install Fink via the instructions here

I have gone up to this line command:

./bootstrap

But after that I am not able to run this line command:

/sw/bin/pathsetup.sh

... because there is no bin directory under sw.

Is it perhaps because of Mavericks (the instructions have not been updated for Mavericks because it is so new).

What can I do to fix it? (Paging Fink experts.)

You didn't specify the version of fink you are using, but according to the Fink Announcement mailing list

  Note: be advised that fink-0.35.2 does NOT work for OS 10.9.  If you are
  testing on 10.9 prior to the official release date, you will want to
  grab an archive from https://github.com/fink/fink/tree/Futureproof2

And in the Fink Beginners mailing list

  We've added support for 10.9 into the master branch of the github
  repository (https://github.com/fink/fink).  Folks that were using the
  "Futureproof2" feature branch may want to update their git checkouts
  appropriately to pick up changes that get made after the merge and
  before we do a release.

  Some other notes:

  There is no 10.9 support in any released fink, version 0.35.2 or
  earlier.  (The first 10.9 support release version will probably be 0.36.0)
  There is going to be no supported upgrade path from any earlier OS X.
  The document /sw/share/doc/fink/INSTALL has information about how to
  capture your list of installed packages.

Update

On October 31st, fink 0.36.0 was released which does support OS X 10.9.


How to upload pictures from an iPhone? When I take a picture with my iPhone 4 and I want to upload them to a site like craigslist or etsy, the upload or browse button is always gray so it doesn't allow me to do it. I try going to my desktop but the pictures arent there.  I have the cloud and wifi enabled but the pics don't go onto my computer. So I try emailing them to myself through gmail but I cant get the pics to completetly come off the email when I download them. I am at a complete loss and this is way more complicated than it should be, can anyone help me?

As other posters speculated, iOS 6 now supports uploading pictures through standard file upload forms.


Graphics glitch - checkered pattern in Chrome I've had this MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) for a while now, but today it glitched out with huge green fields in all apps.
After a reboot I see this checkered black/green glitch pattern in Google Chrome on some sites, in some "sizes". Basically if I resize the browser window the glitch goes away, but if I resize it too much it comes back.
Happens both on the internal and on external display.
I am hoping this is a software glitch, but I am afraid it's my graphics card. Would be very grateful if someone knows the answer.
Here's the stackoverflow logo with the glitch:

A temporary solution is to turn off the GPU rasterization option in chrome://flags. It can solve the graphics glitch issue but definitely not the best solution. Need to wait for Chrome's official patches.


It's May. How do I send a calendar invite for August? The iPad calendar app only sends alerts two weeks ahead of time. I want to send an invite now for an event in August.

Alerts and invites are different things. When you invite someone the invite will be sent immediately regardless of the time of the event.


How to turn off "terminal would like to administer your computer" message? I keep getting a warning message that terminal would like to administer my computer whenever I run standard commands, such as editing crontab in Vim. This never used to happen on my old Macbook. How do I turn off this feature?

Please also see Reset All Mojave App Permissions

These are new(ish) security features that have been gradually introduced in recent macOS versions.  Apple noticeable ramped up these security controls with the release of mojave.

The system noticed that Terminal was being used to access files that aren't normally edited by end users.  (Were you attempting to edit the crontab for the root user? ... i.e. sudo crontab -e?

The command line utility that can control this is tccutil.

To reset warnings associated with the Terminal app, you can use tccutil reset All com.apple.Terminal.  This will reset permissions and warnings associated with Terminal back to factory defaults ... but from here you would be allowed to grant permissions to Terminal.


How does HomeKit Remote Access work? From Apple's 2014 WWDC Conference Sessions Introducing HomeKit (Slide 11) and Designing Accessories for iOS and OS X (Slide 88), it's my understanding that a User can control HomeKit-enabled/compatible accessories even if the User isn't in the same location. I presume this means that the instructions can be transmitted over the internet and I would also assume that this doesn't require a static IP at the end location (i.e. the Home with the accessories).

If these presumptions are accurate, how does HomeKit Remote Access work? What happens when the Home's dynamic IP changes?

The only information in the presentations is that this is achieved through "iOS Device Connectivity" and this is seamless to the app developers and accessory manufacturers.

I haven't reviewed the presentation that you linked to, but there's no need whatsoever for static IP or even IPv4 connectivity for Home Kit to work.

Apple has been using IPv6 addresses and doing reverse DNS routing from the days of MobileMe and Back-to-My-Mac introduction in 2009 along with Snow Leopard. I would expect that Home Kit leverages IPv6 and mDNS (a.k.a. Bonjour) heavily to avoid the need for millions of households to establish fixed IP addresses or even set anything up other than log into iCloud on the appropriate devices.

I would also expect tight integration with Apple's Airport line of routers, but also good instructions on what settings are needed on generic or third party routers.

See Can I use Back To My Mac's mDNS address and for ssh and other routing of traffic? for more details on the existing OS X usage of mDNS.

In short, no part of the communications will depend on IPv4 as long as there is a viable network connection from the equipment running in the home to Apple's Push Notification servers so that control signals can be delivered properly.


MacBook Pro 2018 Battery not correctly working I have a problem with my MacBook Pro from December 2018. Yesterday the battery was fully charged when I shut it down and when I started it today it had 0 percent left. What could this mean? Is this a software error or is there a problem with the battery? What do you recommend to do?

Thanks in advance!

I had this problem too, whats your version of MacOs ? If it's not the latest one then update, charge your mac for around 8hrs without using it. It fixed the bug for me, my mac was shutting down at 40% ~ and after those two things he was going low without a problem, hope it can help


Gifting/sharing app to Family child's iPad without App Sharing? I'm seeing apps, through my own iPhone/iPad, that I'd like to get on to my son's iPad. I'd just like to somehow beam them over there, or download on my device and share with his. Is there a way to do this?
I don't need to become the sole buyer of apps on his and his mother's devices again, like my understanding of Purchase Sharing.
I set up Family Sharing a while ago. There's me, my son and my partner. It's pretty locked-down for the child.
Initially, I set up Purchase Sharing, but I undid that when I realised it simply made me the sole purchaser for apps bought by both him and his mother. That wasn't necessary. Instead, I set up a family bank card against the child's account and required permission for all purchases.

As you know, one of the benefits of Family Sharing is that one person (the Organiser) can take responsibility for purchases of all apps, books, music, etc. on family devices even when the users of those devices have their own Apple ID allowing contacts, messaging, etc. to be kept separate from those of the Organiser.
That is the method you should be using even if there are some frustrations.  You could just add your son's account to the 'family' leaving your partner to manage her own purchases (if that is appropriate for your family).
You can't just transfer/share an app from your Apple ID to another Apple ID. That would be open to abuse. Family sharing was introduced to satisfy your needs whilst allowing Apple to maintain control of the use of purchases.


Apple Preview Program messed up the shortcuts after the Yosemite update I am trying to annotate my documents with text. In the old preview, I could change to Text Box and click where I wanted to place the text on my document. It would stay on text box and I could click around and conveniently put multiple texts boxes around the page.

After the update to 10.10, when I use the shortcut Control+command+T, it places a text box in the middle of the page(where I don't want it) and keeps selection tool on... I can't put multiple text boxes around the page because it goes right back to highlighting text. I also have the issue with arrows and lines. It places one when I use the shortcut, but I can't use my mouse to guide where it goes.

I spoke with Apple support and was informed that it's a bug in the initial release 10.10 build (14A389). It's not yet clear if the 10.10.1 (14B25) update has fixed this bug.


How to install Windows 7 onto MacOS Sierra without downgrading using BootCamp? How do I do a partitioned install of Windows7 on my MacOS sierra?

Sierra won't let me use boot camp assistant. I have a macbook air (late 2015) 8gb ram model. Any help would be appreciated.

Windows 7 is not supported by Apple with your hardware.
The latest MacBook Air compatible with Windows 7 64 Bits is the Early 2014 Macbook Air.

You can install Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

Check your system compatibility on this Apple Support Page.


User account on iMac won't allow applications to open When my friend logs into his user account and tries to open the Mail App, he just gets the spinning ball and it won't open. Safari and other apps will open, but they take forever. When his wife or kids log in under their accounts, the machine is as fast as ever.
I had him repair permissions and verify the disc. Both processes went fine, but did not help.
It's a 5 year old iMac with 4 gig of Ram running the latest version of Yosemite.
Any ideas?

One big change since El Capitan - Mail is now in V3
All the rest will be the same.

Try clearing the saved state, rebuilding & reindexing the database...

Clear Saved State

Switch to Finder,  Cmd ⌘   N  for a new window, then  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   G  for Go To...
copy/paste ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState then  Enter ⌅
This is an alias to the real location, so Right-click & Show Original
Delete the entire com.apple.mail.savedState folder.

Rebuild; Re-index

Source: How to fix Apple Mail by rebuilding and reindexing the Mailbox

  Step 1: Rebuild
  Rebuilding a Mailbox in Mail sounds daunting but it really isn't.

  Launch Mail, select one of your mailboxes and click on the Mailbox menu. At the bottom of the pane choose the Rebuild option. If you have a large mailbox, you can expect the process to take a few hours.
  You must repeat this step for each one of your Mailboxes.
  While the process takes place, you may experience system performance lag, as it can consume a lot of system resources and memory.

  Another caveat, if you use IMAP or Exchange with any of the accounts, the process will redownload every message from the server, so you'll use a lot of bandwidth.

  Now that you've completed these steps, work with Mail a little longer. If you are still having issues, or Mail fails to launch, you should try a manual reindex.

  Step 2: Re-index

  Manual reindexing of Mail messages is the only way to go if the  application has become so unresponsive it barely works at all, search is not functioning correctly or the app won't launch.

  Mail will automatically attempt to reindex your messages if it detects problems with the mailboxes, but sometimes a manual reindex is the best option. If you are still having problems with Mail after following step one, try manual reindexing.

  Quit Mail if it’s open.
  To get to your home Library folder, hold down the Option key, then in the Finder choose Go > Library.
  In ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData, delete any file that begins with “Envelope Index,” such as Envelope Index or Envelope Index-shm. (Before you actually delete the files, it makes sense to copy them to a folder on your desktop.)
  Launch Mail and the app will build new Envelope Index files -- this can take a long time if there are numerous messages to go through.
  If everything seems to be working correctly, you can now delete the copies of the "Envelope Index" files from your desktop.

  In most cases, these two tips should solve most Mail problems


How do I create a read-only access for wiki server? I would like to create a new user account for the wiki server but with read only access to the content.

The admin guide says that it can be done but it doesn't say how! Do you happen to know?

it's way simpler that it seemed in the docs.
You just login as an admin account.
Click on the gear icon on the top right
then permissions.
add the user that you would like to set as read only
then from the dropbox on the right select the permission for that user.


(Re)install Mac OS and install default needed apps We've got a mid-sized company (~20 people) and everyone has a Mac OS system. Every now and then we need to reinstall or install new systems. It is a pretty cumbersome procedure to reinstall all our basic apps (Slack, Adobe Creative Cloud, anti-virus scanner, etc...). Is there any low-cost / free way to automate this process?

I'd recommend looking into an MDM system, that is the way Apple expects fleets of Macs to be administered. There is a bare-bones version available in Apple's Server app, but there are also commercial solutions from companies like Jamf, Mosyle, or Cisco's Meraki.

With an MDM system you can have settings (including VPN and email) and application installs based on the individual machine or user, or groups of machines or users. Any changes you make are pushed over the network.

When a new person comes on board, you should be able to just wipe the old employee's device, give the new person a user name and password and let them go through the Apple system setup, which for a managed device includes any settings you have defined for that user or device.

Anything available in the App Store is easy to manage, Apple has a volume purchase program that allows you to assign App Store apps to either machines (no Apple ID required by user) or to the user (the user will need an Apple ID). It looks like Apple is going to start offering managed Apple IDs for businesses in the near future.

The commercial MDMs usually have a solution for non App Store apps, but I think Adobe Creative Cloud can be a problem for MDM systems (you may not be surprised to hear that). The solution for me has been to move to CC for Teams which gives you a admin account and a license pool that you can assign users to and then Adobe sends them an invite to install the software. It is more expensive, but is the best option for managing CC licenses in a business.

Getting setup with an MDM can be a little involved, but the commercial MDM providers should be able to assist you with all of the steps.


Add info to Dock/Menubar from Shell in macOSX I'm working on MacOSX environnement, but I would like to tweak it a bit.
I have a few bash scripts I used in Linux to retrieve infos such as IP, average ping and so, that I would like to be displayed in a persistant place. (I.E. the doc, or the menu bar).

I did not found any documentation on this topic, can someone provide a few link or the name of the correct man page to read about that?

thanks

I just found this: https://github.com/stretchr/bitbar.
Works like a charm.


App that scans local network for shared folders? I'm looking for an application that can scan my local network and report any shared folders it finds.  I've tried iStumbler, but it only gives you information on machines that are sharing with Bonjour.  Anything out there that looks harder, ie. shows samba, nfs, etc?
on edit
The real issue here is that I have an external disk drive connected to my router, and I would like to make sure that the samba share I've created on it is working.  Basically I want a port scanner that is user-friendly and will give lots of information about what is really being exposed on the network.

Finder by default will show shared folders for most services.

For an more in depth look at what a machine is running you can always port scan the heck out of it. Then connecting is as easy as memorizing proper instructions over telnet or plugging into Finders 'Connect to Server' dialog.

nmap (really sudo nmap) is one of the fastest, most informative port scanning tools out there. It spanks the pants off any GUI for speed and service comprehension. Try something like the the following.

# [target ip] = Ip of the host to scan
sudo nmap -PN -n -sV --version-all [target ip]


How to customize "Kind"s in the Finder Is there a way to customize the Kinds in the Finder in any way? I'd like to set up my own custom kinds to make it easier to sort files in Finder views.

I know that I can use the Get Info palette to customize which application opens a file but that's not exactly what I'm talking about.

Really, the problem is I work with a lot of source files in plain/text format and as a result they all end up being displayed as TextWrangler Text File.

Thing is, I do prefer having TextWrangler be their default application, I just want them to have a more descriptive Kind is all.

Clarification Kinds basically describe the nature of the file, distinct from the extension. In the old days of System 7, they were stored as special metadata attached to the file. Not sure what the mechanism is in OS X. But basically, you can add the "Kind" column to your list view and it will basically describe what that file is. I'd like to be able to create or set up custom Kinds, to make it easier to sort by that column.

More details

The main place I'd be using this is not the Finder but Cyberduck, which appears to use the Kind column and only the Kind column for sorting by file type. So obviously if I could customize the Kinds available that'd make it easier to sort within CyberDuck. So I suppose if someone knows a hack to make CyberDuck sort files by extension, that'd work too.

You could make new CFBundleDocumentTypes entries in  /Applications/TextWrangler.app/Contents/Info.plist. Many extensions are currently defined under a single entry with the CFBundleTypeName TextWrangler text document:

<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
        <array>
            <string>a</string>
            <string>as</string>
            <string>asm</string>
            <string>asp</string>
            <string>bashrc</string>
            <string>c</string>
            <string>c++</string>
            <string>cc</string>
            <string>cfm</string>
            <string>conf</string>
            <string>cp</string>
            <string>cpp</string>
            <string>cshrc</string>
            <string>css</string>
            <string>cxx</string>
            <string>equ</string>
            <string>erb</string>
            <string>f</string>
            <string>f77</string>
            <string>for</string>
            <string>ftn</string>
            <string>h</string>
            <string>h++</string>
            <string>hpp</string>
            <string>htm</string>
            <string>html</string>
            <string>inc</string>
            <string>j</string>
            <string>java</string>
            <string>js</string>
            <string>json</string>
            <string>jsp</string>
            <string>log</string>
            <string>m</string>
            <string>mm</string>
            <string>p</string>
            <string>pas</string>
            <string>pch</string>
            <string>pch++</string>
            <string>php</string>
            <string>php3</string>
            <string>pl</string>
            <string>plist</string>
            <string>plx</string>
            <string>pm</string>
            <string>ppu</string>
            <string>profile</string>
            <string>r</string>
            <string>rb</string>
            <string>rez</string>
            <string>rhtml</string>
            <string>rss</string>
            <string>s</string>
            <string>sql</string>
            <string>shtm</string>
            <string>shtml</string>
            <string>tcl</string>
            <string>tcshrc</string>
            <string>text</string>
            <string>txt</string>
            <string>wml</string>
            <string>xhtml</string>
            <string>xml</string>
            <string>xsl</string>
            <string>xslt</string>
            <string>yaml</string>
        </array>
        <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
        <string>TextWranglerTextDoc.icns</string>
        <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
        <string>TextWrangler text document</string>
        <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
        <array>
            <string>TEXT</string>
        </array>
        <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
        <string>Editor</string>
    </dict>

As usual, making changes inside the bundle invalidates the code signature. A new certificate can be assigned with codesign -f -s - /Applications/TextWrangler.app.


Is there an iOS spreadsheet app that can do data filters? Google Sheets only does data filters in the browser, their mobile app does not support that feature. Is there another iOS spreadsheet app that does support such a feature? Basically, I want to be able to filter data for a column in a spreadsheet on my iPhone.

Microsoft Excel is available for iOS for free.

Downloading and viewing Excel spreadsheets can be done once it is installed.

Editing (including filtering) can be done if you signed in to Microsoft's service inside the app.  You can log out immediately after having logged in, if you prefer not to be signed in.

Some features will not be available until you subscribe to Office 365.


Microsoft Outlook 2011 memory leak Can anyone tell me why Outlook is using between 650Mb and 1.2Gb of memory?

I've googled but can't find anything. Outlook isn't crashing (Seems to be the main problem others are having) but my whole system is hanging.

If it was up to me I'd uninstall, but this is a work machine.

Any advice would be appreciated.

It's most likely due to your particular database file.

Have you tried making a new user account and checking Outlook with an empty local mail store? You could also go in and switch user's but I don't recall the steps needed to close the main outlook database and make a new one so I'll leave that for someone else to edit in or answer.


iPad pop-up notetaking To serve the same basic purpose as my question about split-screen apps:

Is there an app that allows me to quickly (in one touch or zero!) bring up a notepad/text editor while I'm in another app?

This would be immensely useful for things like taking notes on a PDF that I'm viewing.
.
I realize that certain apps may include note taking functionality, but these do not suit the need for a universal way of taking notes, which TextEdit on my Mac does nicely.

You can easily get this by running any text editor (even Mail would do) in parallel to the main app and then use the new (iOS 5/iPad 2) four finger swipe (or a double-tab on the home button to get the list of applications) to switch between the app and the note.


In AppleScript or JavaScript how can you click menu item? I need to change a theme using a script for Mojave, Alfred and Sourcetree. I've already successfully done this with Mojave and Alfred using this script:

var alfredLightTheme = "Alfred"
var alfredDarkTheme = "Alfred Dark"

function run(args) {
    args = args ? args : []
    var systemEvents = Application("System Events")
    var alfred = Application("Alfred 3")

    if (args && args == 'dark') {
        systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode = true
        alfred.setTheme(alfredDarkTheme)
    } else if (args && args == 'light') {
        systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode = false
        alfred.setTheme(alfredLightTheme)
    } else {
        systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode = !systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode()
        alfred.setTheme(systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode() ? alfredDarkTheme : alfredLightTheme)
    }

}

For Sourcetree it seems I need to click the menu items but how can I do that?

Since the OP is tagged with both AppleScript and JavaScript, and are two entirely separate languages, and it was not explicitly and specifically stated that the solution had to be only in JavaScript, here it some code that should work. I say "should work", because it does work on the applications tested on, but I do not have Sourcetree installed to test explicitly and specifically with it.

AppleScript code:

tell application "Sourcetree" to activate
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
    click menu item ¬
        "Dark" of menu 1 of menu item ¬
        "Theme" of menu 1 of menu bar item ¬
        "View" of menu bar 1 of application process "Sourcetree"
end tell

Note: The value of the delay command may need to be adjusted for your system.

JavaScript code:

menuItemClick("Sourcetree", ['View', 'Theme', 'Dark'])

function menuItemClick(strAppName, lstMenuPath) {
    var oApp = Application(strAppName),
        lngChain = lstMenuPath.length,
        blnResult = false;

    if (lngChain > 1) {

        var appSE = Application("System Events"),
            lstApps = appSE.processes.where({
                name: strAppName
            }),
            procApp = lstApps.length ? lstApps[0] : null;

        if (procApp) {
            oApp.activate();
            var strMenu = lstMenuPath[0],
                fnMenu = procApp.menuBars[0].menus.byName(strMenu),
                lngLast = lngChain - 1;

            for (var i = 1; i < lngLast; i++) {
                strMenu = lstMenuPath[i];
                fnMenu = fnMenu.menuItems[strMenu].menus[strMenu];
            }

            fnMenu.menuItems[
                lstMenuPath[lngLast]
            ].click();
            blnResult = true;
        }
    }
    return blnResult;
}

Note: The JavaScript code comes from jxaClickAppSubMenuItem.applescript by bumaociyuan and was forked from RobTrew/jxaClickAppSubMenuItem.applescript.


Port 9000 apache returns access forbidden I am using native PHP and native Apache. PHP version is 5.5. userdir module in Apache is enabled, and I have my PHP codes under ~/Sites. Localhost URL is localhost/~username. I have installed XDebug and I am configured it with Vdebug plugin. In phpinfo() it says the extension is enabled.

I am not able to access localhost from port 9000. When I visit this URL http://localhost/~subhojit:9000 it returns access forbidden. Not just 9000 port, even if I am entering port 80 like this http://localhost/~subhojit:80, it returns access forbidden. But I am able to access PHP websites using virtual hosts or from localhost URLs like this http://localhost/~subhojit/phpwebsite.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please help.

To get vdebug (or any php debugger client) to work, you don't visit port 9000 in your browser. That's the port that vdebug and xdebug use to talk to each other. You just need to visit the URL as normal.

The process is this:

Start vdebug with F5 (default)
Visit the URL that you want to debug, but add the query parameter XDEBUG_SESSION_START=1 (e.g. http://localhost/~subhojit/phpwebsite?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=1)
Go back to vim - a connection will have been made if both xdebug and vdebug were configured correctly

Hope this helps.


MacBook Pro battery drains quickly, shows Service Battery when restarted The new battery is an A1175 on a MacBook Pro (2008). The specs are that this battery should hold a capacity of 5600 mAh.
OSX Lion System Information reports:

Full Charge Capacity: 4936 mAh
Manufacturer: Sony
Cycle Count: 6
Condition: Normal

When fully charged/overnight, the OS will report that the battery is ~97% full. If it's taken off AC power, the OS will report ~4:00 time remaining. The system will sit idle for maybe 2 hours, and will turn off due to battery drain around 90 minutes. It can't be powered back on until AC is used.
On restart, Lion will show the battery's status with the warning "Service Battery". The battery has ~8% remaining. System Info also shows "Service Battery", and the Full Charge Capacity is 2680 mAh.
Is this normal behaviour for a MacBook Pro with an A1175?
My theory is that this is a defective battery. I'm suspicious of the Sony attribute on the System Info as well.

No. The service battery warning indicates an abnormal (but perhaps not to be unexpected) situation.  You'll want to call Apple or visit a repair shop for a diagnosis. Chances are 10 to one or more that your battery should be replaced.


In Keynote '13, A dialog box keeps giving me a warning when I save / autosave The following warning appears:

This happens both when I save and the autosave (which happens often). It is a modal box and interrupts workflow.

No other applications are running, and the issue survives program and operating system restarts. What could be causing this?

(This issue is new with Mavericks / Keynote '13).

The file might be being modified by another process. You can see as the file is accessed by various processes by running:

sudo opensnoop -f /path/to/file

Use the file normally, then attempt to save. If you get the error, check back in Terminal to see if any other processes have accessed the file.


When should I reset the SMC on a Mac? I want to know when I should reset the SMC on a Mac. I have a very quirky G5 and was wondering if resetting the SMC would fix some of its problems.

SMC is short for System Management Controller.

The SMC manages hardware conditions related to temperatures and power consumption. Therefore a reset can only help in problems that are related to such.

Possible cases where an SMC Reset could be necessary include (according to Apple):

fans running fast but should not
keyboard backlight, battery indicator light, display backlight or magsafe LED behaves incorrectly
power button does not respond
closing/opening the lid does not work properly
battery not charging properly
system unusually slow


How to remove iCloud alias from iMessage I created an alias for my iCloud email address and then added it as another address I could send and receive iMessages from.

I have subsequently deleted the alias from iCloud email. However, the alias still exists as a address I can send/recieve iMessages from.

On my iPhone I can still tap the i button to get info, and remove the alias. This allows me to remove the email address from my iPhone (it claims: You will no longer be able to receive iMessages at XXX@icloud.com on any device.) However if I turn off iMessages and turn it back on the alias reappears. The alias also shows in Messages on Mac, and there doesn't appear to be anyway to remove it from Messages for Mac.

Ideally I want to permanently delete the alias from iMessage.

Ok – think I've sorted it. I had to remove the email address from the Manage your Apple ID: https://appleid.apple.com/signin

The email alias had become an Alternate Email address. Deleting it there removed it from iMessages after signing out and then back in.


I would like to use iMac as a display, but without loading an OS I have a late 2009 27" iMac, but recently the internal hard drive completely died. When I try to power it up, the iMac gets stuck on the white Apple loading screen. So instead I would now like to use it just as a display.

Is there a way to do this without replacing the internal hard drive? I have used it as a display before when it was working, so I know it can be used that way.

If your main priority is just not to replace the HDD, why not install macOS onto a USB flash drive and use that purely so you can use the iMac in Target Display Mode?

To do this, follow these steps:

Boot your iMac from the USB flash drive
Ensure the other Mac is also booted up and logged into a user account
Connect the two Macs with a Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt cable
Press Command F2 on the keyboard of the iMac (i.e. The one you want to use as a display).

For more information you should read Use your iMac as a display with Target Display Mode


Is there a web-based iCloud interface for editing items? I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1.  I'd like to use iCloud, but my Macbook Air only has OS X 10.5.8, which is too old for iCloud.  Is there a web-based interface for iCloud that I could use to edit iCloud-synced things like contacts?

Since your iPhone let you sign up for an iCloud account, you have full access to the web services provided by iCloud.com, which include:

Contacts
Calendars
Mail
Find My iPhone

You are only limited by your computer, but still have access to the web tools.

There may be (unsupported) ways to get some of these applications on your 10.5 Mac to sync, especially with Mail. Most of iCloud uses standard networking protocols, and therefore older programs may be able to use them. One may want to tread lightly though, since this is unsupported, and may cause issues/corruption in other parts that are supported (ie, you wouldn't want to edit your contacts in a way on 10.5 even if you could, since it could break them on your iPhone).


Using an iMac 27 inch (2009) as a monitor for a mac mini with Lion My wife has iMac 27" (2009) with Snow Leopard and I want to use it as an external monitor for development on Mac mini with the latest Xcode/Lion (I don't want to upgrade the iMac to Lion to get the latest Xcode because I don't want to mess with her computer). Is it a matter of buying a Belkin mini DisplayPort-to-mini-DisplayPort cable and re-using existing keyboard and mouse? Any other issues?

You may have already figured this out, but yes. You can buy that cable or the Apple Thunderbolt cable which is backwards compatible with Mini DisplayPort.

Good luck!


iPad Air 2 keeps losing Continuity features, requiring restart I have an iPad Air 2 running iOS 10.3.2. What I've found is that after a while, the universal clipboard feature will stop working, and I won't see app icons from my other devices underneath the app switcher.

This is always fixed by restarting.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any ideas as to how to fix it once and for all?

I've found that the Continuity features are more reliable in iOS 11.


Hide 'On my iPhone' calendar when syncing with MobileMe Ive now switched back over to MobileMe for all of my calendar stuff.

I was wondering though, if I go to 'Calendars', it also displays a calendar 'On My iPhone'. I don't think I would ever want to use it (because I want it to write to one of my two MobileMe Calendars).

Is there any way to remove this other calendar? Or at least make it so its not the 'default' one? Even if I tell the iPhone to not show it - it still wants to write to that calendar by default

Yes, I think you can change this settings in iCal, as your mobile me settings are in there.  I did this, and my iPhone only shows my Mobile me calendars.

If you use gmail, I would also reccomend BusySync. It syncs anything you add to you iCal, and then iCal and mobile me syncs.  Its pure awesomeness in my opinion.

Also, if you have devleoper tools enabled, you can edit the plist mobileme sync-time interval to 1 min, instead of 15.  You can access the mobile me plist file in home/library/preferences/byhost/ - the specific file name is like: com.apple.mobilemesync.. or something like that.  Im at work, and use a linux system, so if someone else knows, please confirm, otherwise i will update this when i get home.


macOS emacs in the terminal (no GUI) Since the update to macOS Catalina, I installed Emacs separately using brew cask install emacs. Now when I type emacs in Terminal, Emacs is opened in a separate window with a GUI (the Emacs.app?). How do I get back to just a plain old Emacs in the terminal with no GUI?

You should be able to run

emacs -nw

(„no window“) to prevent it from opening a new window.


Mac OS stops for a minute I have MacBook Pro Late 2008 version. Recently I updated my OS to Yosemite 10.10.1. Ever since I've installed it I've been experiencing problems. The screen would freeze and nothing except the trackpad works. Actually the mouse pointer turns into the circle with rainbow colors and you can just move it, but you can't click on anything. After a minute or so everything turns back to normal and everything works fine. This was happening once per week or so and I was OK with it.

But yesterday I tried to update Java to the newest version 8.25 and Flash Player to version 16. After I updated them both the freezing have been occuring every 3-5 minutes. Everything else is working OK, except during the freeze time when I can only move the mouse. I tried to uninstall both Java and Flash, but the problem continue. Also I tried to install the previous versions, for example Java 8.20 and Flash Player 13 but it doesn't stop the freezing. What could I do?

P.S. I took me 15-20 to write this question since the freezing occured 5 times.

EDIT: You can download the console log from http://www.filedropper.com/consolelog. I have noticed that I receive certain message in the console log every 3-5 minutes and somehow it coinciedes with the timing of the freezes.

13.1.15 20:34:01,001    systemstatsd[358]   assertion failed: 14B25: systemstatsd + 4255 [8BF02DBC-09E8-3994-8C2D-1C0A869EF157]: 0xa
13.1.15 20:34:01,452    com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]    (com.apple.systemstatsd[358]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1

I can't provide an screenshot from my Activity Monitor since it constantly changing. And I don't know any other way to extract data from it. I was able to monitor the Activity Monitor during the freezes and there are no proccesses in the CPU menu and the CPU load is 0. But when things come back to normal the CPU Load jumps up to the max and it takes a while for it to return back to normal.

Your systemstatsd

  The systemstats process is used to retrieve information about system
  statistics and power usage, and though it usually runs unnoticed in
  the background, the systemstatsd and systemstats processes have been
  known to randomly go haywire.

One method is to just kill that process for now.

In Terminal copy this and paste following

sudo killall systemstats

Enter your usual log in password.

You can do the same as above using your activity monitor, find the systemstatsd and kill it from there. (Force Quit)

After stopping it with one of above, do a SMC reset and normally it should not appear again.


How can I invert photo colors on iOS? I'm looking for a way to invert individual photo colors in iOS 7 to use as a background instead of inverting the entire phones color scheme. How can I do this?

You can download the app Photoshop express (free) that has this feature.


iOS: How to set language of app independent of iphone/ipad language More & more apps try setting their language automatically, based upon the language of your iPad, then the list of chosen languages.

Unfortunately, as do a lot of people, my preferred iOS/OSX system language is English, but certain apps (notably the new TomTom Go Mobile) need Dutch to be much of use (at least in Flanders, Belgium).

At the same time, the new WW (Weight Watchers mobile app) has poorly implemented localisation as well. Result: when my iPhone is in English, it loads the French version (go figure) even if french is only the third preferred language (behind english & dutch)

These apps should receive a warning in the app store, get banned altogether until their localisation performs as advertised, or its settings should get set from the settings menu, imho.

Is there a way to set the language independent from the main iOS language?

This problem pops up regularly (notably in bi-lingual countries or international, cosmopolitan people whose preferences and language capacities vary greatly).

If anyone at Apple is reading this; please help!

Starting with iOS 13, there is now a way to set an individual language for each app. In the Apple Settings app, open the settings of the specific app, and select the language under "Preferred Language". You can select from the languages that the app supports.


Will non-USB 3 Lightning to Camera Adapter work for new iPhone Migration? Will the Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (pictured below, with no additional Lightning port) work for the new iPhone Migration, where data is transferred from old to new iPhone via cable?

Apple’s support page for migration links specifically to the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, which is visibly different with an additional female Lightning port. I currently have the older adapter, and am wondering:

Will this older adapter work for iPhone Migration?
If so, will the data transfer speed be capped to USB 2 speeds?

Apple's support documents only list the "Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter" as compatible with this process. If you want to be guaranteed that it works - use that adapter.

You can test your old adapter without fear of breaking. If the "Lightning to USB Camera Adapter" works for you, it will be capped at USB 2 speeds, as it doesn't support higher speeds.


Report a problem with an app I purchased on the Mac App Store I have purchased an app on the Mac App Store which doesn't work at all on my computer. Is there a way to contact the App Store team and report the problem and maybe get a refund?

Apple will give refunds, though it’s not a very advertised thing.

Point your browser at the Mac App Store Support Page, which can also be found in the right side bar of the Featured page in App Store.app. From there choose Account & Billing. From the Specific Request select menu, This app didn't function as expected should be the option you’re after.

Be polite, state your case, ask nicely (don’t demand a refund), and you should have good luck.


Macbook Pro not Starting I have a MacBook Pro and from the last week I have been unable to turn the machine on properly. First it displays the Apple logo and shows this message

I've done a lot of research and tried things like starting in Safe Mode. Although the error message does not come up, it will just hang at a grey screen with a spinning progress indicator.

If anyone can help, please share.

It sometimes is difficult to diagnose startup problems due to the variety of reasons (hardware issues, disk corruption, wrong configuration etc.). Apple has a bunch of support documents related to this topic:

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode
OS X: About OS X Recovery


Macbook air wouldn't turn on until after I reset the SMC. Does this indicate any further problems? I put my macbook air to sleep this afternoon by closing its lid, as I usually do. When I got home a few hours later it wouldn't turn on and didn't respond to the power button being hit.

I followed the instructions on Apple's website and reset the SMC, after which it turned on. It's now working fine but I'm wondering if this problem indicates any problems with my air or if this is something that just occasionally happens. FWIW, this has never happened in the ~2 years I've owned the device.

If this is indicative of possible future problems that may render my air not usable then I would like to know now so that I can get it preventively serviced.

Resetting the SMC usually solves power-related problems (fan handling, sleep mode, etc).

The procedure is quite simple and documented, meaning that such problems are quite common and usually do not indicate the existence of anything worth worrying about.

Actually, it is advisable to reset the SMC and PRAM (start up with Command, Option, P, R pressed) periodically; also, while you're at it, you might want to repair disk permissions (using Disk Utility in the Utilities folder) and verify the Hard Disk as well.

If you keep your Mac well maintained, it will remain healthy for a long time: my MacBook Pro is 4 1/2 years old and still rocking thanks to an SSD upgrade ;)


RAID array creation in macOS I have a LaCie 2big Thunderbolt 3 RAID drive. I'm currently using LaCie RAID Manager software to create RAID array.

I noticed that MacOS is recognizing the RAID volume as an external drive instead of a RAID set whereas in LaCie RAID Manager, it is detected as a RAID array. If i try to create RAID set using RAID Assistant via macOS Disk Utility instead, LaCie RAID Manager does not recognize the volume as a RAID array.

Would it be better to use LaCie RAID Manager to create RAID array/set instead of macOS Disk Utility?

I think what is going on here is both expected behavior and an exercise in learning a little terminology.

It is normal for a Mac to see a third party created RAID array as a single disk (which I am assuming it does) In both the Finder and Disk Utility? Why? Because the LaCie utility is designed to create RAID arrays that are completely transparent (or if you prefer invisible) to the operating system.

The converse is also correct, if you create a RAID array with Apple Disk Utility the LaCie utility will just see it as a single disk.

I work with Windows/ESX servers at work and RAID is created in the firmware of the RAID controller, before the operating system even loads. So both Windows and ESX see the RAID slices as individual disks even though the RAID array knows that there are 6 physical drives set up in a RAID-5 array.

There may be reasons to use the LaCie software over Apple's Disk Utility (or vice-versa) but I am not aware of the relative merits of each utility.

BUT You can be assured that what you are seeing (if I understand correctly) is entirely normal and expected behavior.


Sync photo albmus between Mac and iPhone I am having this problem already a few months now and I wonder why there isn't any solution for it because it belongs to the basics of photos. I am talking about photo albums. And by an photo album I don't mean my hole photo library, I mean albums which I create on my iPhone with titles like New York, Los Angelas or Europe Trip which contain only selected photos I took. Thats an photo album. So, I can have many photo albums within my photo library.

Apple simply doesn't support to sync those photo albums. I do have an Apple MacBook Pro and sync my photos between the iPhone and the MacBook with the Photos app provided by Apple. However, whenever I do this, I just have all the photos on my MacBook but not the albums. That is so annyoing because it just doesn't make sense to me... Also, I want to have this working in both directions.

Do you guys know if this is possible and if yes, how?

There are two basic ways to do this. You can use iCloud for storing pictures and then also use it for pictures on your Mac.

The other way is when you connect your phone to your Mac with a lightning cable. Then you can go in iTunes and go to the phone setting and sync options where it will ask you what do you want to sync there would be multiple tabes pictures would be one of them. (YOU WILL HAVE TO TURN OFF ICOULD FOR THIS)

if you are on macOS Catalina then you can connect your phone go to finder. go to your phone, and change tabs to pictures and check the sync option. Then go back to the general tab and then click sync, it will take some time but you should be able to do it.

This Video from apple should help you


7.0.4 iCloud password forgot I have a phone that has a friends iCloud account on and they don't know the password for it. How do I get rid of the account.

Ask your friend to recover the password via https://iforgot.apple.com/ and then to follow the steps documented in What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.


Retrieve data from iPhone 5 after activating new phone I recently purchased an iPhone 6.  I neglected to remove data from my iPhone 5 before activating my new phone.  Now it seems impossible to remove data from my old iPhone 5 as it is not active or connected to anything!

Make a backup of your old iPhone to iCloud, if you have wifi available, or iTunes, connecting your iPhone with a cable to your computer.
Then reset your new iPhone —provided there is no new information or data because resetting it will erase everything— and when asked choose    "Restore from iCloud Backup" or "Restore from iTunes Backup", depending on the case. Chose the latest backup available, and you're set.

More detailed steps can be found here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201269


What prevents an iPad or iPod charger from overcharging? my iPad mini came with this charger and cable. If i leave it charging overnight, what prevents it from overcharging my iPad(is it the charger or the iPad itself)?

I ask because I also own a Dynex cable (only the USB-iPod cable, not including the charger shown in the picture below). And the Dynex cable has a note attached that says "charging will automatically stop after 8 hrs to protect your devices, unplug and replug the charger to recharge if needed". Why is this 8 hr charge limit needed?

I'm guessing that it is the Dynex charger that sets the 8 hr charge limit. If I plug my Dynex cable into the iPod charger is that going to be ok?

All Apple products have a charging demand circuit that senses the battery charge level and only engages charging current when the battery needs a charge.

When you plug in power to the iPad, it only initially channels enough current to run the system (or boot it up if it's off) and establish some sensing of the battery. At that point, it will start charging (and drawing more current) if needed.

If you think of electricity like water plumbing, there are two pipes - one to run the CPU/screen and another valve that only gets open when you want to send some of the water pressure into a water tower for use later. Just like a town wouldn't pump water into the tower when it's full (or when they decide they need to send all the output into town) - the iOS device isn't a simple unregulated system where the batter gets a charge whether it wants it or not.

The Dynex charger simply has a time limit so it would work normally until the 8 hour shut off finished (most iOS batteries — even old failing ones — are done charging by 4-5 hours) and at that point, rather than have your iOS device stay running on wall current, the battery would have to kick in and start self-powering the device. For that reason, I would say skip the Dynex for Apple product and save it for less sophisticated / simple electronics that don't self-govern charging current.


Safari cannot open page because iPhone is not connected to Internet I recently started getting this message "Safari cannot open page because iPhone is not connected to Internet"  whenever I leave a Wi-Fi zone.

How do I fix this?

You need to turn off WiFi before you leave the coverage area (or more precisely - before you reach the point where WiFi is still "connected" but not viable.)

In iOS 9 there will be a system setting to allow cellular data to take over sooner, but on iOS 8 and less, your device will throw errors when WiFi fails you and before the radio disconnects from WiFi.

Manually disconnect or control your location so that you don't try to use the internet when WiFi isn't viable.


What does a star next to a song in the Music app in iOS indicate? What does the star next to track #2 and #3 indicate in this screenshot?

Looks like it indicates a song's popularity.

  @rjonesy It's an indication of the song's popularity in the iTunes
  Store.

https://twitter.com/AppleSupport/status/720277245865107457


Purchased music keeps appearing (iPhone 5, iOS 7.1) I have downloaded music directly from iTunes onto my iPhone from the app. The problem is some of the songs I don't want on my iPhone and I just do not have the space for it, and I would like to add different music to my iPhone. The problem is I have "show all music" unchecked, I also have "automatically download music" unchecked, as well as pretty much every answer that has been given online to resolve this problem. I don't use iCloud or iTunes match.

I even closed the music by going to general > usage > music and deleting all of the data. That still didn't work. I even factory reset my phone, and once I sync my phone the purchased music will completely sync back onto my phone. I know it is only the purchased music, but seeing as I only have a 16GB iPhone, I absolutely NEED more space, and it is killing me that the only way to get rid of it is to manually delete each of the 500 individual songs by swiping left on the iPhone.

If anyone can help me I would really really appreciate it. I've spent countless hours being frustrated by my phone trying to get this music off in order to have space to add new music.

Any songs I had in a playlist called "purchased" kept reappearing (Even after I deleted all music from the usage setting). Once I deleted that playlist they did not.


Underscan or Overscan I have been using this monitor (HP24es) since and never had issues. Today, while the monitor was connected and working fine, my MacBook went into sleep mode and when I turned on, this appeared.

I have tried the following solutions

Rebooting Computer with Safe mode and without safe mode
Editing /var/db/.com.apple.iokit.graphics file (no option for pscn or oscn)

What's wrong here?
MacBook Pro 2016 running High Sierra

For anyone who lands here after some time, a simple factory reset of my monitor fixed it.


Dark mode issues in iPhone 6s+ iOS 13.6.1 Till yesterday the dark mode on my iPhone was fine
But idk what happened to it just now
I m talking about using it on WhatsApp and Settings app(only minor change in settings app)
Earlier:

Now:

I even contacted apple support bt they weren't able to suggest the solution and said me to reset the device!
I did it bt its still the same
any suggestions would be surely appreciated !
Thanks in advance

Have you disabled auto-brightness? There's a few hours difference between your two screenshots. Try seeing if this issues comes and goes at different times of the day. If it does, consult this answer for how to turn auto-brightness on and off.


For Apple Watch + Cellular models, how do they manage active calls when going out of Bluetooth range from their paired iPhone? The following example assumes that we have an Apple Watch Cellular model that is connected over Bluetooth to its paired  iPhone:

An incoming call is received by both the Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. The wearer of the Watch decides to answer the call directly on the Watch
During the call, the wearer of the Watch moves out of Bluetooth range of its paired iPhone - in this example, there are no nearby Wi-Fi networks that the Watch can connect to

In the above situation, how would the Watch manage the call? Does it have the capability of switching from Bluetooth to cellular for calls that are currently in progress, or would the call simply be dropped?

More than likely it would be handled the same way a cellular phone transitions between cell towers while moving - hand off or handover. Basically while connected to one tower, it connects to another to make the transition seamless.

Now, remember, the iWatch has an eSIM attached to it which itself is linked to the iPhone’s account.  That watch simply has to connect to the cell network as the radio signal starts to degrade and the call is handed off.  More than likely, the watch is already connected to the call because it’s directly linked to the account.

Bluetooth Profiles

Most folks generally take "connected via Bluetooth" for granted that it's just "connected" and your iWatch likes your iPhone.  That's not the case.  When connected via Bluetooth, it must do so with a specific Bluetooth Profile, usually a headset profile because it's providing mic, earphones, hold, dial, volume up/down features.  It's acting exactly how a BT headset would work and would "react" the same way if it went out of range of the iPhone - it would disconnect.

WiFi

You can think of the WiFi connectivity between your iPhone and you iWatch as the same as the Apple Handoff works with your iOS devices and your Mac.  For example, when Handoff is enabled and my iPhone and iMac are on the same network, I can make and receive calls on my iMac.  What's happening is I'm making a call on my iPhone through my iMac.


Can I delete this folder? Library -> Application Support -> iOSinstaller I have run out of space on my 13" MacBook Pro Retina (Early 2015).
I used DiskInventoryX to see what's taking up so much space and I saw that a folder in my Library was over 50 GB.

The folder in question is: /Users/Ruzin/Library/Application Support/iOSinstaller
The contents of the folder and the files that are taking up a lot space are text files
(See included screenshots)
My question is:
Is it safe to delete this folder? Which app created it?

I tried deleting the folder and the system was fine after that. The file wasn't created by the PopcornTime app for Mac but the iOSInstaller of PopcornTime. I tried to install the app on my iPad and the installer created that folder and all those large files.

So to answer the question: YES you can delete that folder and all the files inside it.


How can I make You Tube full screen on my iPad when using Safari? I recently updated my iPad and now if I go to You Tube (i.e., youtube.com) using Safari and try to make a video full screen the navigation bars etc... still take up about 1/5th of the screen at the top.

Is there a way to get it to show the video on the entire screen?

(Note I am not using the You Tube app and I would prefer a solution that doesn't require using it)

Use the 'desktop' mode instead: it's found at the end of the YouTube menu (click on the logo at the upper left).


How to block specific websites without using Parental Controls? I know I can block websites in Parental Controls, but accessing that option requires the "Limit Adult Websites" option, which I find to be overly strict.

Is there a way to block specific websites without third-party software?

I'm running High Sierra on my laptop.

Actually you can do this but an intelligent and curious child might find what you have done and bypass your options. That said you could just edit the hosts file:

Open a terminal window and type the following

  cd /private/etc/

This puts you into the Unix underpinnings of the macOS system. Once there we will use the "Nano" text editor to modify the hosts file, like this

  sudo nano hosts

You will be prompted for a password. Use your account password there. If your system's hosts file has not been previously modified the Terminal window will change to look similar to this

Now what you will need to do is enter the info on the websites you want to block. Remember that you only need block the root domain. So if he goes to a website like teenchat.co.jp/violentvideogames/killerclowns. You only need the part up to the first shash like this: teenchat.co.jp

In the Terminal window type 127.0.0.1 teenchat.co.jp

127.0.0.1 refers to "localhost" or the computer you are currently on which does not have a web server on it followed by a space and the host name/URL of the web site you want to block

Continue adding entries just like this, 127.0.0.1, a space then the host name/URL of the site you want to block. Each one on a new line.
When you have entered all the sites you want to block hold ControlO and it will prompt for the fie to write out, just hit Return then ControlX to exit.

The words at the bottom indicate those commands and others with the Carat ^ symbol indicating the Control key.

Once Nano has saved your hosts file and exited, reboot your Mac. Those sites should now give you errors when you go to them.

If your child has an admin password he can easily undo this as the password you enter when you type any command starting with "sudo" will be the password of the current user. If that user is not an admin it won't work.


Black screen after login with user and password in MacBook Pro After login I get a black screen, if I connect a external monitor with HDMI it works in the external monitor. If I go in safe mode, the screen of the macbook also works. I already format the HDD and reinstalled IOS High Sierra and I still have the problem after login.

If your computer works fine in Safe Mode that's an indication that maybe an extension or a startup item may be the culprit. If you've loaded a new extension try removing it and restarting and see if that works. After that, remove all startup items by going to System Preferences/Users & Groups and clicking on the Login Items tab at the top of the panel. Now select each startup item and remove each one by clicking on the minus sign under the app's part of the panel. After removing all login items, restart the machine in regular mode and see if it works.

If it works fine after removing the login items you can put them back one at a time and see which one causes your problem.


How to insert up arrow in microsoft word for mac using keyboard shortcut? Is there a way to insert uparrow that is not a wingding in word with a keyboard shortcut? Whenever I insert the symbol from the character browser it switches my font to wingdings and it's frustrating because then I have to manually switch back to the original font.

Use something like Dash (Free with IAP) or TextExpander (Paid) to define custom shortcuts for those symbols. Next time you want to insert Up Arrow, you just have to type .upar and it won’t change your fonts (since they’re pasted as plain text).

Update: I didn’t realize that you change the font manually. This still can be solved with TextExpander (but not Dash). All you need to is to choose Rich Text (selecting font that have Up Arrow) for the expanded custom arrow, and put a space afterward in the font you use in Microsoft Words.

Eg. You use Monotype Corsiva in Microsoft Words — by assuming that it doesn’t contain Up Arrow. Define your expanded words where Up Arrow is selected as Lucida Grande that supports arrows. Right after the arrow, change the space into Monotype Corsiva. This way, you use two fonts in Microsoft Words, but only Up Arrow is in Lucida Grande.

P.S. There is an Alfred’s worflow called Symbols that lets you search through the unicode, paste it into your active Text Editor. Take a look at how it works.


Any way to have Safari/Keychain autofill password on a single site with prompting on all sites? I use a different password manager for most sites, but there is one site it doesn't work correctly on, but Safari/Keychain does work.  I can manually store my password in Keychain for that one site, and it works correctly. However, turning on password autofill makes Safari prompt to save passwords on all sites, which I don't want. Is there any way to tell Safari to autofill passwords that it knows about but not to prompt to save any new ones?

I'm not sure if this workaround will suit you, but does the site in question offer a "Remember me" type option? If so, you could just manually log into that site and tick the 'remember me' option so that you don't need to log in again.

Assuming the above works for you, then you can keep using your password manager as you do now and also avoid enabling Safari's password autofill function. You can then keep this workaround in place until your password manager supports the site in question.


Is it possible to automatically sign in to the Mac App Store? Each time (at the beginning of the session) I buy or update an app in the mac app store I have to sign in.
I want to be automatically signed in, like I am in the iTunes Store.

I couldn't find any "remember password in keychain" option.
Did I miss an option somewhere? Or is there any way so I get signed in automatically?

No, this option doesn't exist. (Perhaps because it would be to some extent a security risk.) You might remain signed in for a short period of time, but you can't automatically log yourself in.


Can't transfer ringtone to iPhone or remove existing from library I'm using iTunes 12.7 and iOS 11.3. A while ago I added a long list of custom ringtones that are still in my phone. iTunes can't see them (Tones section is blank). I can use iExplorer to delete the files from iTunes_control, and they then disappear off the phone, but the iExplorer media library still shows them there.

At the same time, I can't transfer any new ringtones to the phone. When I try through iTunes, the files remain greyed out and never transfer to the phone. When I try through iExplorer, the files transfer but never appear on the phone.

View from iExplorer (these are the old ringtones):

View from iTunes (these are the ringtones I'm trying to transfer):

Any thoughts?

I think I've gotten it working. Using iExplorer, I deleted the entire /iTunes_control/Ringtones folder, and then also deleted /iTunes_control/iTunes/Ringtones.plist. Restarted the phone, transferred new ringtones through iTunes, and both the Ringtones folder and .plist file were regenerated with the correct values.


Unable to connect to Snapchat outside of Home Wi-Fi I've noticed that on my iPhone 5, Snapchat can only connect to the Internet when I'm in my apartment Wi-Fi. Anywhere outside of that, I receive the following message when I try to open the app.

What's strange is that I connect to all of my other apps that require Internet connection just fine outside my home Wi-Fi, but not Snapchat.

You may have disabled cellular data for Snapchat, meaning that it will only work when it has a Wi-Fi connection and will not ever use your cellular data. Here is a guide from Apple on how to enable cellular data for your apps.

If this doesn't work, try going to the App Store and verify that your Snapchat app is up-to-date.


iMac 2008 (24") Running Windows x64 BootCamp - NVIDIA Driver Crashes Everything I have a 24" Apple iMac with a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics card running Windows x64. Everything runs beautifully save one problem...if I install graphics drivers - any at all - the computer crashes like crazy.

I've searched innumerable websites for some kind of solution, downloaded various different versions of drivers (including betas), booted into safe mode, and tried a clean boot - but nothing I've tried resolves the issue.

Perhaps the graphics card is just fried and I don't know it (and I'm too much of a perplexed coward to actually remove it), but the Windows side is working better than the Mac side, because booting into OS X causes the iMac to crash within 10 seconds no matter what I do; at least on the Windows side, the computer will survive even though it has no drivers installed.  Too bad that using the integrated graphics in Windows isn't an option.

Can anyone suggest other options for me to troubleshoot this?

this is Gidoza (original poster) I'm just responding from elsewhere so don't mind the name change.  :)

I have Mac OSX El Capitan - it originally worked fine, and I installed Windows 7 x64 through that.  I used the standard BootCamp software that could be downloaded for this brand of computer, the latest version...I don't recall which one that is though.

Sorry, but I don't know what a BIOS or an EFI is.


Starting VLC from command line always puts the window behind other windows If I start VLC from Finder, the windows shows up on top. But if I start VLC from the command line using vlc command (using either Terminal or iTerm2), the VLC window is never shows up on top. I have to use Command + Tab to switch to it. This is very annoying. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Btw, I don't want to make VLC always on top of other windows. But it should get focused (on top) when it starts.

If you wish to use command-line to:

open a media file with VLC player

or

simply launch VLC player

simply execute the following in the terminal emulator of your choice, respectively for above cases:

open file.mp4 -a VLC
open -a VLC

where file.mp4 is the media file that you wish to open.

This will always cause the VLC media player window to show on top.


Can I fix this problem backing up Time Machine to an external HD via Airport Extreme? I'm using a MacBook Pro and I decided to try using my WD Passport external HD wirelessly by connecting it to my Airport Extreme.  I had previously used this external HD for storing things as well as for my Time Machine backups.  I'm showing my ignorance here, but now there is a folder on the external HD called "MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" with a little red minus or do not enter symbol on the icon and when I go to run Time Machine it says, "Oldest backup: none," and "Latest backup: none."  But I can plainly see the backup right there on the external HD.  I'm sorry I ever tried this and all I want is to undo whatever I did so I can go back to using Time Machine normally. I just re-formatted this external HD and backed up, and then did a bunch of changes on my MBP.

I don't want to start again at zero if there are options for me to continue using the sparsebundle.

The sparsebundle is how a backup looks when it's a network backup. This isn't supported by Apple when you connect to an Airport which is why there is a minus symbol.

You can connect the drive over USB and start backing up normally but you won't have one place where all the backups exist (and worst case - you'll have two copies of each file - one in the sparse bundle and the other in /Volumes/whatever/Backup.backupdb as a flat directory backup instead of a sparse bundle format).

In practice, this isn't really a bad option since you only will lose a file when the drive fills and you could archive the sparse bundle or mount it to see if you can just delete those old backups. If you need to recover files, you can mount the sparse bundle and do the recovery by hand (or hand copy that one snapshot in time into the new format and recover things).

Lastly, you could move that sparsebundle to a supported destination like OS X server, Time Capsule or a NAS drive that works with Time Machine and continue backing up to the sparse image. These all would let you continue backing up, but cost time and/or money. I wouldn't recommend hacking OS X or Airport to make it appear as a Time Capsule, since it doesn't check the sparse bundle which will become corrupt sooner without some process tending it.


"Clean-Up By Name" on all folders on Mac Is there a command that I can run in Terminal which will Clean-Up By Name on all folders. It is bit of a job going into each folder and doing this.

If you want to always keep icon views sorted by name, open the view options for some folder in icon view, set Arrange By to None and Sort By to Name, and press the Use as Defaults button.

The default settings don't apply to folders that have folder-specific settings saved in a .DS_Store file, so you might also want to delete .DS_Store files:

sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder

Deleting .DS_Store files:

Resets folder-specific view options, including the sort by and arrange by modes
Removes Spotlight comments from Finder's information windows (but not the extended attributes for Spotlight comments)
Resets the positions and shown parts of windows
Resets the positions of icons and custom backgrounds in icon view


Make an XML iTunes Library working in a NAS server I recently bought a QNAP NAS (TS-251) and everything is working fine. I'm now on the iTunes part of my setup and here is my tricky situation.
I have a personal library I'm backuping that I would like for other users to use it. But… in iTunes Library.xml, files locations are absolute from the path of my external hard drive, something like that:

<key>14225</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Track ID</key><integer>14225</integer>
            <key>Size</key><integer>4435969</integer>
            <key>Total Time</key><integer>184398</integer>
            <key>Year</key><integer>1968</integer>
            <key>Date Modified</key><date>2014-09-02T15:50:51Z</date>
            <key>Date Added</key><date>2010-03-02T14:39:54Z</date>
            <key>Bit Rate</key><integer>192</integer>
            <key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
            <key>Play Count</key><integer>2</integer>
            <key>Play Date</key><integer>3491776434</integer>
            <key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2014-08-24T23:53:54Z</date>
            <key>Skip Count</key><integer>2</integer>
            <key>Skip Date</key><date>2014-09-02T15:50:56Z</date>
            <key>Rating</key><integer>100</integer>
            <key>Album Rating</key><integer>100</integer>
            <key>Album Rating Computed</key><true/>
            <key>Persistent ID</key><string>150197A413DBC3FB</string>
            <key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
            <key>File Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
            <key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
            <key>Name</key><string>Light My Fire</string>
            <key>Artist</key><string>Jose Feliciano</string>
            <key>Genre</key><string>Latin</string>
            <key>Kind</key><string>Fichier audio MPEG</string>
            <key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/EXHD/Music/-/Jose%20Feliciano%20-%20Light%20my%20Fire.mp3</string>
        </dict>

and this line is actually kinda problematic:

<key>Location</key>
<string>file://localhost/Volumes/EXHD/Music/-/Jose%20Feliciano%20-%20Light%20my%20Fire.mp3</string>

As planning for others to pick the iTunes Library.xml directly from the NAS, the file Location path needs to be from the NAS and not from my personal external hard drive.

As I'm backuping my drive every hour via ChronoSync (like TimeMachine in some way), I was thinking about replacing every Location path with the one of the NAS.
Is it possible, and if yes, how can I do it? Because I have 60000+ items in my library, willn't take ages to replace it via an Apple/bash script?
Or maybe you have other suggestions… every help welcomed!

PS: Already tried the iTunes server from QNAP but really not convenient… You have to manage all your library from a poorly developed web interface, and that will be a duplicate from my library.

Link the library from the NAS to the local machine. I wrote a hint about this on Mac OS X Hints many years ago and I still use it (but in my case, I use a dmg to store my library on).

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2003041911193115

(Should be available on Wayback Machine as well)


Enter to remote system with click I got a new MacBook pro and before I've win that I use the mobaextream software to connect to remote sys, when I configure ssh in moba I once enter private key (I browse the file ) and then every time that I want to access to that machine I just open moba and double click on the required system and Im In.
in mac I didn't find a way to do it I open the bash and when I connect with ssh I need to add the user password , any Idea how can I configure it once ?

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

any idea if there is software which I can use that help me to manage all this remote system ?

You can copy in the private key from your Windows system and place it in the .ssh subfolder of your user's home folder on the Mac.

You can then use the private key when logging from the command line - having to enter the passphrase for the key every time (if you have a passphrase on it).

If you want to enter the password only once per boot, then run "ssh-add" to add it to your local agent.

If you want a more GUI oriented application you can use a program such as "SSH Shell" that you'll find in the Mac App Store.


iPad 2 certain emails received are gibberish Why are some emails I send to others received in gibberish- containing dozens of extra characters? What settings can I change to prevent this?

Make sure you using all your providers default email settings

Is it only on new email ; or on forwarded ones as well?


iBooks library location incorrect The volume containing my user folder was unexpectedly ejected, now iBooks wants the library to be in "Volume 1" instead of "Volume". Where is the preference file that tells it the location of the library?

Edit: I deleted ~/Library/Cookies/com.apple.ibooks.cookies, ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX, and moved ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService to the desktop then logged out. iBooks now shows the library location as (null) and won't reset.

I restored the files that were moved and deleted then logged out and restarted, that resolved the issue.


LR is a Link Register.

  A link register is a special-purpose register which holds the address to return to when a function call completes.

More info on Wikipedia.

Crash occured on Thread 3 and it's not related to the LR. It's hard to tell what happened since the report is not symbolicated.


prevent mac from renaming downloads' extensions Sometimes I download something, and OS X (or Chrome, not sure) decides that the file extension must be changed.

Is it possible to completely disable this feature? How?

I guess this is a Google Chrome issue, but triggered in OS X because it hides file extensions by default? I'm not sure how it works and what triggers this, but I'd just like to have the downloaded file's name not to be messed with.

You're offered the option of which extension to use, but sometimes, even if you choose the right extension, it still screws up the filename.

Go to the Chrome menu and select preferences. Scroll to the bottom of the preference window and click on Advanced. This lets you scroll down to a 2nd page off options that you can use or turn off. Two of the first options refer to using a Prediction service for loading web pages. You can try turning one or both of these off to get rid of your problem.


Estimated copy time? Copying Finder folders of JPEGs from new iMac 10.11.5 to new SanDisk 256GB flash drive, USB 3.0.

129 GB is taking three hours. Seems slow to me, does this sound right?

It really depends on the write speed of your flash drive. But it does sound right since (like Sirens pointed out) it's many small files and not one big one.


OS X Yosemite installation error: File system verify or repair failed My Mac has been running fine until I decided to upgrade to OS X 10.10, Yosemite. When it is installing I get the message:

  File system verify or repair failed.

I clicked the restart option to boot into my internal HD but tells me its unavailable. I then rebooted, held Command+R to enter disk utility in order to repair the disk, but it tells me it failed and should backup and restore the HD.

I then tried to create an image on my external drive but this also fails with the message:

  Unable to create Macintosh HD.dmg. (Input/output error)

I am stuck in this vicious cycle of restarting and the installation failing. I cannot escape the installation process.

Is there a way to access my files and copy them onto my external HD, then erase and restore the internal HD?

You could try booting off a Linux LiveUSB to back up your files.

Once that is done, you can reformat your HD and then reinstall OS X.

You should also keep an eye on your HD; these types of errors often suggest that your drive is corrupted or damaged.


"Operation can't be completed because item with name already exists" error with Paragon NTFS I reinstalled Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 on my 2013 MacBook Pro, today, and I've been having an issue copying files from my NTFS formatted external drive using Paragon NTFS. This issue was not present previously, nor is it present in my iMac.

When I attempt to copy and paste, drag and drop, or move a file or folder from my external drive to a folder on my MacBook, I get the following error (obviously with different file or folder names).

I've tried clearing caches, restarting the computer, and I've tested the drive on the other computer. The drive is formatted NTFS, and I'm using Paragon NTFS to access it fully, which works fine on the other computer.

It does, however, work if I use the Terminal and the cp -R command to copy the folder recursively. I really need a proper solution, though, since it wasn't a problem until today.

It's driving me insane, so I hope someone is able to help me find a solution.

Im running Sierra and have the same issue.  Did some research.  It has something to do with Paragon NTFS.  re-booting etc worked for me and of course I disabled paragon.  Another quicker method worked for me is by re-launching finder have I quit Paragon.

If you have found a better solution pls let me know.  Thanks


Dimming inactive Dock icons I've noticed I often do not spot an active program for a while, especially when I'm running quite a few applications at the same time. To make this distinction more clear than the small dot, Im trying to find a way to dim the unactive Dock icons, or make them black/white. So far I havn't been able to come up with a solution, though.

Now I've noticed that Adium changes its Dock icon when it's active or inactive. Perhaps this would be a nice stepping stone - how does Adium handle this?

EDIT: I went through the Adium sources, but they call [[NSApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconImage:image]; to change the icon. Their default is the sleeping bird and they update it at runtime from their application. Seems an impossible solution for closed-source applications, unfortunately.

I don't know how to dim inactive icons in the Dock. However, some people prefer the old-style two-dimensional dock that you can activate. It's certainly easier to discern which apps are open on this view.

To activate the 2D dock, open Terminal. Then type in the following command:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES

From there, you can log off & back on, and your Dock will have changed. If you ever need to revert this setting back run the above command again, but change the word YES for NO.


What exactly does "Sync Google Contacts" checkbox in iTunes do? I have my Address Book configured to sync with Google Contacts, and I sync my iOS devices with my Mac.

There is also a "Sync Google Contacts" checkbox in iTunes, in the Info tab for the device. After selecting it, it asks for a Google account/password.

What exactly does this checkbox do? When I left it unchecked, my Google contacts from Address Book are synchronized anyway. When I check it, I cannot see any difference. It's confusing.

The UI for configuring Google Contact Sync in Address Book and in iTunes is intended to support the same feature. If it is enabled in one place and not enabled in another place, it is a bug in the Apple software.

Pre-iCloud, all contact syncing worked through a service called Sync Services. Google Contact Sync is one of the clients of contact syncing via Sync Services, and both Address Book and iTunes provide a user interface for enabling Google Contact Sync.


Problem importing iPhoto library in Aperture I just bought a new MBP and I copied the iPhoto '10 library of my old iMac to the Pictures folder of my MBP.

Then I opened iPhoto '11, it said that it has to update the library.

To that point it was just fine and I have my compete library in iPhoto '11 on the MBP.

Then I tried to import the iPhoto '11 library in Aperture and that's my problem: Apertures says it can only import libraries from iPhoto of version 7.x or newer.

My iPhoto '11 library is of course version 9.1.1 so I don't understand the problem. It is however true that the library was first build with iPhoto 08 (or 07 I don't really remember).

Do you have an idea were the problem comes from ? Is there a hidden feature of iPhoto allowing to "consolidate" the library (as in iTunes) ?

Not sure if this will solve your problem but it might be a good starting point.

Try rebuilding the iPhoto library. You can do this by holding down the Command and Option keys while opening iPhoto. You will then need to choose the rebuild options. I think it would probably pay to select all of them. iPhoto will then work away for a long time and rebuild the library.

There is an Apple support web page that details this process further. I would normally say that you should keep a backup before making any changes like this but I guess you still have the copy of the library on the old iMac

If the rebuild doesn't help then I'm not really sure what you can do.


Does "Wi-Fi Assist" respect rules about which apps can use cellular data? On the iPhone "Cellular" settings screen, you can choose which apps are allowed to use cellular data and which can only communicate over wi-fi. In iOS 9, Apple introduced Wi-Fi Assist which automatically switches to cellular data when a wi-fi connection is present, but not functioning well. Can anyone confirm that the iPhone will respect the cellular data use settings when in wi-fi assist mode?

Example scenario:

In the settings, I specify that Tinder isn't allowed to use cellular data.
I am browsing Tinder on wi-fi
The wi-fi connection becomes unreliable and Wi-Fi Assist kicks in
Will my phone now use cellular data for Tinder, since it's pretending that it's still on wi-fi? Or will it apply the cellular data rules and not use Wi-Fi Assist with this specific app?

I have tested this with my own app and home server (plus my horrid internet at one part of my house). I created an application that sends an HTTP request to the server when you press a button and an application on my server that makes a sound when it receives it and records the IP address.

When the app was allowed to use cellular data, it went through quickly and had an external IP (confirming the request went through cellular).
When it was not allowed to use cellular data, it tried to use Wi-Fi and eventually did send the request (after some time), using a local IP address.

So Wi-Fi assist does respect the rules that you have set in your phone's settings.


Contacts added manually dissapear On my iphone 4, I added 2-3 contacts manually in the contacts list.  After some time when I try to call them, they do not appear.  When I enter manually the number it is displayed in the phone number preview on the keypad.  How is this possible?

That is possible if you have them in another contacts list or location

Since they are still on your phone, when they show up using the dial pad please look what list/location is it.

Maybe you should follow the instructions when adding new contact.

Assuming you do not use any kind of synchronization. (iCloud ect..)

Make sure you are looking at all groups, and they are not is SIM only.


How can I see the log history of my iPhone 6 from an Android? Is there any way to view the call history and message history of my iPhone which I have given it to my daughter because she deletes everything every now and then. I can't check the mobile again and again as a father I can't do this.

There's 2 ways to check the call history:

Look at the Recent tab in the Phone app.  This will tell you the numbers she's called and when she called.  To do this you need to have the physical iPhone with you and access to the Phone app.
Review the call log from your cell provider.  Almost all major cell providers allow you to log into your account from any browser or their app and review the call and text history.


An iOS app for JIRA that works I am a Jira superuser, my company runs Jira and I am looking for a way to use it on the go.
Unfortunately, none of the mobile Jira app I have been using seems to work with our setup.

Does anyone have recommendations?

Free iOS app for JIRA was released in March and there are a lots of features coming on mobile.Here is the link to official JIRA app, JIRA Mobile


iTunes Album Artwork I listen to a lot of indie music and so have a lot of songs that were released as singles and have their own album artwork. I always use the list view that displays album artwork on the left. I also combine a lot of the singles that I have into albums which I use to sort them. iTunes seems to randomly choose one of their artworks to display as the artwork for the entire album, is there any way I could set one artwork for the album and also have separate artwork for the individual songs?

No, iTunes and related apps use the artwork from the initial track of each album. Yes, it is frustrating. And no, it is not worth retagging your songs to pretend each of the tracks is its own album.

I asked what is essentially the same question over here:

https://superuser.com/questions/11081/how-can-i-force-front-row-to-show-me-single-artwork-instead-of-album-artwork

In case you want to ask Apple to add this feature, here is the feedback page for iTunes:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html


Brother MFC-8840DN and OS X Catalina I have a Brother MFC-8840DN network printer/scanner/fax machine that I've been using with my Mac since Snow Leopard.

With Catalina, Apple is dropping support for 32-bit applications, which would include the driver and the scanner/fax application (both from Brother).

Will I be able to get my printer to work with Catalina?

After upgrading, the existing printer instances (CUPS and BR-Script3) worked as they had in OS X Mavericks (and earlier).  Both suffered from the inability to remove the job from the queue after printing, but this isn't related to Catalina.

I created a new printer instance, using the Brother MFC-8840D BR-Script3 driver and everything works as expected, including clearing the queue.

Note: OS X does not recognize the device's scanner feature, so I cannot use Preview to Import from scanner....


Install a graphics card in a MacBook Pro 2015 If I buy the $1900 MacBook Pro, would it be possible to buy the AMD graphics card separately, and install it myself? I can't afford the $2499 MacBook Pro but really need a new MacBook Pro.

No, Apple portables do not have user-upgradeable graphics boards.  The graphics chips are integrated into the main logic board and cannot be removed or replaced.


Mac OS X El Capitan, Option key alone as keyboard shortcut I am using Macbook Air Mid2012 with El Captian 10.11.3 version.

I have two languages installed (two input sources). Currently my shortcut to toggle the language input is "CMD + space." I would like to use the option key on the right-hand-side as a shortcut for input source toggle.

System Preferences - Keyboard - Shortcuts - Input sources won't allow me to specify option key alone as a valid shortcut.

Is there anyway to do this?

Thank you!

It seems that modifier keys like cmd, ctrl, option, shift cannot be used alone and have to be combined with other keys as shortcuts. Alternatively you may also try using option + space as the shortcut to toggle input sources.


Where is the bluetooth antenna located in iPhones? I posted this question on the Apple support forum, but no one could give me an answer.

I am researching iBeacons for my final year project at University and I'm interested to know the position of the Bluetooth antenna in the iPhones.

Can anybody give me a reliable source explaining where the bluetooth antenna is located on the different versions of the iPhones? iPhone 4S up to 6 plus.

Cheers.

There are teardown/repair guides at iFixIt, they note where the chips and antennas are located.

For example, in an iPhone 4S teardown, here's a photo of the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip.
There is a guide on replacing the upper antenna - which is the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth one.
And there is also a step-by-step guide on fixing the wi-fi which provides the detailed photos and description.

It appears that the Bluetooth antenna is located at the top of the 4S. The discussion of the iPhone 6 teardown also states that the Apple fit the antenna on the top.

So, iFixit has a lot of manuals and photos to provide. Also, they've got a great community, so if you have any further questions, you can ask them instead.


Free space after Yosemite install? I came from OSX Mavericks, and since the update to Yosemite I gained 20+ Gigabytes of space.  I would usually expect to lose space.  Did the update delete some files that I am not aware of?

As you know OS makes a lot files during its uses.

Many of those are hidden files or Cache or Temp files but all related to the specific OS.

When new OS is installed it takes over those (deletes most of them) and starts making its own ones.

For example the Terminal command

open $TMPDIR../C/

will show you the cached files/folders, but this will only show the non hidden ones. I have some 3 Gig of stuff in there.

OS will hide system files and ones it creates in due process to protect them, but they can be made visible if one wants to do that.

I can not say what specific files new OS install will remove but they must be specific to a previous OS and no longer needed by new OS since it will create its own versions of them.


DAM or Document Mgt SW for Mac's in a Adobe CC workflow We currently have unexplained intermittent issues with our Mac OS X clients and permissions on AI, PSD or PDF files that are stored on a Win2K8R2 server using SMB.  All Mac's are joined to AD via Centrify's client, and what seems to be a problem every so often is the user will get a message that the file is locked, or they cannot save it to the network share.  All users are in the same AD group, and that group has WRITE permission on the share.

Being that Adobe doesn't officially support their products being saved to Network shares, what do other shops do to work-around this strange limitation.  All sorts of people have posted to various sites about the same issues we encounter, and we can go weeks, if not months with everything working fine, and then we'll have issues for a while.

Here's Adobe's official stance on saving Illustrator AI files to Network Shares:

Illustrator support for networks and removable media

I have some upset users, as this always seems to be an issue when we have a "hot rush" job, and this slows things down considerably.

My only thinking is to work with something that saves locally, and syncs back up to the server.  The file share is currently 1TB, and will be 1.5TB soon.  With SSD based Mac's, I can't download the entire share locally to each machine, and have it sync back with the server, so I was looking at DAM software or something similar.

Does anyone have any ideas to solve this very painful condition, that seems to come and go when we need to rely on things the most?

I work every day on InDesign CS5 & CS6 documents in real time, stored on GoogleDrive and DropBox to an iMac, Mac Mini and MBAir, all SSD-equipped. My Drive account is provided through my employer, while DropBox is my own personal account.

With a fast internet connection, the syncing is invisible. Granted, files are copied locally, but you can define the location of the Drive and DropBox folders to be on external local drives instead of the internal drives if you wish. Both Drive and DropBox allow for selective folder syncing as well, so users can set their machines to sync only what they need to work on.

For external disks, I would recommend USB3 & 7200RPM HDDs at a bare minimum, with Thunderbolt and SSDs at the fast end.

Alternatively, if the task computers can be upgraded with large internal SSDs, that may solve your problem.