Discovering which PCMCIA Wifi card can work on OS X Leopard I've got an old PowerBook G4. I've installed Mac OS X Leopard on it. Now, i want to buy a PCMCIA wifi card for surfing internet. But I can't understand, which cards are compatible and which not. Information in internet is very old, and I found information only about OS X 10.4. Also, I've read, that all cards,based on broadcom chipset are compatible. For example, does Linksys WPC54G works with my computer?

There is a list of such cards on Low End Mac up to 10.4

But I believe better way would be just to go to ebay for native Airport Extreme if your particular model is aluminum one.

If it is Titanium then CardBus is the way to go since original Airport 802.11b cards are rare, pricier and don't support WPA2.

P.S. And I wouldn't recommend 10.5 on Titanium Powerbook


iOS simulator for El Capitan I am a web developer and I often need to do testing on i devices. I have a macbook around and I don't know what is the best way to test my web applications on iOS devices. I don't have any physical iPhones or iPads (yet).

Is there any simple & good iOS simulator? I'm interested to debug the JavaScript in Safari, in developer tools.

Is it possible to install the simulator without installing XCode?

How to do that?

Without Xcode, there's not really any way to get an iOS simulator that I know of. Alternatively, you could download Xcode and just pull the iOS simulator out of it from the path Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app.

edit: to run Safari in Debug mode on your virtual iPhone, there are a set of instructions on tutsplus. In essence:

open iOS Simulator
from the menubar, `Develop > iPhone Simulator > (website name)
this should open a side window with Safari Developer Tools


Unable to install Windows 8.1 using Bootcamp, system volume doesn't contain required free space? I'm unable to install Windows 8.1 using Bootcamp on my 2015 MacBook Air. The installer says setup was unable to use the existing partition because the system volumes doesn't contain the required free space.

I had allocated 100 GB to the Windows partition. Is this not sufficient?

To free up space in your EFI partition, you would have to first mount it. This can be done using the command given below. Enter the command in a Terminal application windows.

diskutil  mount  /dev/disk0s1

Below is an image of the entire contents of my EFI partition. I assume you can delete any folder and/or file other than what is shown below. (Actually, I am not even sure the Firmware.scap file is needed. I do not know what it is for.)

Click on image for a better view.

When finished, you may need to empty the trash. Finally, enter the command below to unmount the EFI partition.

diskutuil  unmount  /dev/disk0s1

If you are doing BIOS/MBR install, then what is posted below applies

From reading other posts, I thought 2015 Macs can no longer be installed in BIOS/MBR mode. So this would apply to older Macs.

To change the system partition to partition 4, you need to run the following commands in a Terminal Application window. You need to do this before attempting to install Windows.

INPUT=$(printf  "f  4\nw\ny\nq")
sudo  fdisk  -e  /dev/disk0  <<<"$INPUT"

This will require your login password. This is normal.


How to distribute custom app using Apple Business manager? We trying to distribute the custom app using the apple business manager, we purchased the app in the business manager. And we are trying to add the device to the business manager account. We didn't find any documentation on 'How to add the device to the business manager?'.
Please guide us through the process of enrolling the device.

Usually you do this by going into "Device Management Settings" and entering your Apple Customer Number as well as your reseller's ABM/DEP IDs. This means that when you purchase new devices from this reseller, they're automatically added to ABM.
You can read Apple's guide on this here.
If you want to manually add a few devices to test with, you can do that too:
Install "Apple Configurator 2" from the App Store on a Mac. Connect the device to the Mac. You'll automatically be prompted on whether to enroll this device. When you have done so, it will appear in ABM under Devices and then "Devices added by Apple Configurator 2". You can assign it to a MDM server.
You can read Apple's guide on this here.
Remember that you need to have an MDM solution in advance.


Ignore call without declining it Is there a way to not only mute a call, but stop it hijacking the entire screen? I don't want the person to know I'm not answering their calls, so don't want to decline it and have it get sent to voicemail early.

The best I've come up with is to hit the Volume Down button on the side of the phone during a situation like this. That causes the phone to stop ringing/vibrating, but doesn't decline the call right then and there (maybe this is what you referred to as "mute a call"?). The incoming call will last the normal amount of time before being sent over to voicemail. However, this leaves the incoming call screen active and blocking whatever you were previously looking at.


OS X stuck on reboot updating to 10.13.4 I have a Mid-2014 Macbook Pro I have tried to update to 10.13.4 from 10.13.3 a few times now, but everytime the result is the same: The update gets stuck after rebooting on the black screen with the progress bar.

The bar gets stuck at about 75% after around 30 minutes
I have let it be for many hours (overnight), no progress
If I turn the computer off and on again, it gets stuck at the same place
I seem to be unable to enter "safe mode" (holding down shift at power-on). I am however able to get into recovery mode.
First I tried just using the App Store update; this has previously always worked for me.
After restoring from time machine, I tried again, this time using the combo update. Same result.

Questions

I am back up and running now, having restored (yet again) from time machine, but still at 10.13.3. I'd still like to upgrade, but I don't know how to proceed. What are my options? "Re-install OS X" from recovery mode?
If it gets stuck on an update again (or some other time), how do I diagnose what it's stuck on next time? I see I can get to a terminal from recovery mode, but I don't know what logs to look in and what to look for - what's the way to better understand a stuck update?

I had the same issue some days ago with my mid 2015 MBPr. I ended up launching in recovery mode and reinstalled macOS. That fixed it for me.

I tried several other things like disk diagnosis and check disk in terminal but no luck.

Apparently this happens to a lot of people currently.


How can I create a link to an app in the Mac Appstore? I know how to create a link to an app in the iTunes App Store (iOS apps), but how do you create a similar link to an app in the Mac App Store?

It actually works the same as in the iTunes Store:


How to run the Apple Hardware Test in Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro? I have a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard.

I have an image of the Installation Disk in a USB Hard Drive (Snow Leopard Partition). Then to boot the system and start using the Hardware Test software I did this:

  I change the Starup Disk to the 'Snow Leopard Partition'
  I restart holding down the 'D' key

But it shows me a gray screen and the it start from the Snow Leopard Partition. But I can't see the Apple Hardware Test software.

What am I missing here?

If I remember correctly, in Snow Leopard the Apple Hardware test was on the second install DVD, and would only run from the DVD (unless you manage to install it on the hard drive and run it from there).

See also the official Apple page: Apple hardware test


AppleScript Text Delimiter for most recent text I have a lot of text on the file My_Note_Backup.txt

Each time I run an another script, it added to this text something like

demo
demo
{
demo demo demo
demo
}
demo ...

and this repeats around 60 times a day.

How can I have an AppleScript which copies only the last note in between { and }

I have the text delimiter here, but how can I get the most recent text only?

set theName to ""
set theName to the clipboard

set theText to Unicode text
set theSource to theName
property leftEdge1 : "{"
property rightEdge2 : "}"
try
    set saveTID to text item delimiters
    set text item delimiters to leftEdge1
    set classValue to text item 2 of theSource
    set text item delimiters to rightEdge2
    set theName to text item 1 of classValue
    set text item delimiters to saveTID
    theName
end try
set the clipboard to theName

the text file is

set dataBackupFile to (path to desktop folder as text) & "My_Note_Backup.txt"

There are a number of options to enable you to run a regex search in Applescript, which is probably the easiest way to do what you're looking for. The below code is written using Satimage, but you can also use any of the other options with the same regex string.

set regexStr to "(?<={\n)[^{}]*(?=\n}[^}]*\Z)"
find text regexStr in dataBackupFile with regexp and string result

Given the text you provided, this would return:

demo demo demo
demo demo

For completeness sake, I'll just break down the regex:

(?<={\n)[^{}]*(?=\n}[^}]*\Z)
(?<={\n)                     - makes sure the match is immediately preceded by {\n
        [^{}]*               - matches as many non-brackets as it can (your string)
              (?=\n}[^}]*\Z) - makes sure the match is immediately followed by a
                               close bracket, with no more brackets between it and
                               the end of the file

Edit: I just noticed that your example text has been edited by someone else since you first posted. If you actually meant that it's all on one line separated by spaces, you should replace the \ns with spaces.


Which one is faster? iMac 27 with Quad Core i5 2.7GHz or a Macbook Pro 15 with Quad Core i7 2GHz? They are about the same price ($100 difference, iMac $1699, Macbook Pro $1799), and

iMac: Quad Core i5 2.7GHz
Macbook Pro: Quad Core i7 2.0GHz

How can you tell which processor is faster?

(the iMac shows 4 processors in the Activity Monitor, while the Macbook Pro shows 8 processors)

They are the same, or the i5 would be infinitesimally faster, which would translate into no real world difference (certainly none above perceptual thresholds).

This article compared the i5 750 (2.66 GHz clockspeed) vs. the i7 860 (2.8 GHz clockspeed). Data shows the i7 inched ahead by an average of a 3% performance improvement on the whole. Make note that this is a lopsided comparison in favour of the i7 (if only marginally). The Macs you list would favour the heavier clockspeed on the i5. The i7 has hyperthreading (hence seeing the 8 cores) but that doesn't do enough to give it a substantial lead.

The article also shows the i5 outperforming the i7 in power consumption, which should be a deciding factor when buying a notebook.

But at the end of the day, you are comparing a notebook with a desktop, so it's a little lopsided. The iMac has a much better video card and a larger screen with a higher resolution. There is much more to a system than the CPU. On a whole, the iMac is a faster (better) machine, but not portable.


How to determine reason for SSH broken pipe Over the last week, my SSH connection to an Amazon EC2 instance keeps getting disconnected with

  Write failed: Broken pipe

Reading through a few sites, I assumed it was due to no timeouts being set so I created a ~/.ssh/config file as follows based on

https://superuser.com/questions/374087/how-to-increase-the-default-time-out-for-ssh-on-os-x
https://serverfault.com/questions/367205/error-encountered-when-setup-github-on-mac-write-failed-broken-pipe
http://www.ericmichaelstone.com/?p=5852

### Stop timing out connections
ServerAliveInterval 120
ServerAliveCountMax 20

TCPKeepAlive yes

### SSH Connection pooling for faster additional connections to a machine
ControlMaster auto
ControlPath /tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r

Host *
  ControlMaster auto
  ControlPath ~/.ssh/control/%r@%h:%p
  ControlPersist 3600

### Make it so ssh-ing from one server to another passes keys around automagically
Host *
ForwardAgent yes

### Get rid of SSH connection delays
GSSAPIAuthentication no

### Use less encryption on servers I cant get to off-network
Host 10.* 172.* 192.168.*
Ciphers blowfish-cbc

These settings didn't seem to have an effect, yet I realized that when I'm not at home, the connection stays idle like it has for the last year. I've ssh'ed into the instance on two separate networks other than my home Wifi, so I'm guessing there is something that happened at home in the last two week to change how the SSH connection behaves.

Using Wireshark or otherwise how can I follow/diagnose what/where the problem for broken SSH pipes occurs on my home network?

Using

Mac OS 10.7.5
OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
Amazon EC2 AMI t1.micro

Check for local keep alive settings on your mac. These were mine...:

sysctl -a | grep tcp.keep
net.inet.tcp.keepidle: 3600
net.inet.tcp.keepintvl: 150
net.inet.tcp.keepinit: 75000
net.inet.tcp.keepcnt: 8

I needed to change the keepintvl setting to some higher value:

sudo sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.keepintvl=7500

Then the ssh "write failed: Broken pipe" error messages vanished.


Notarizing App Distributed Out of App Store I don't have an Apple Developer ID and I have an installer and app, neither signed nor notarized. Apple now blocks the App in Catalina and even the Open option won't work. Rather than  I seek information   to authenticate these.

What is the process to register and notarize for macOS?

Update:
I'm asking from the developer's perspective .. not as a user.

Limited Options

As a developer wanting to distribute unsigned and unnotarized applications, your options are increasingly limited on macOS. You would not be alone disliking this trend.

If your users are technical, the advice from Apple can be referenced in your documentation. This will help a few potential users but will dramatically limit your audience.

Apple's Advice to Users

Apple provide Safely open apps on your Mac for users wishing to open unsigned and unnotarized applications on the latest versions of macOS.

Alternative Certificate Authority

In theory, you could code sign your application using another certificate authority that has an appropriate root certificate pre-installed in macOS. This assumes you wish to avoid dealing with Apple, rather than wishing to avoid code signing.

Is an Apple Developer Account Mandatory?

I suspect an Apple Developer Account is not mandatory, but not having an account will make some tasks difficult.

Given you have a code signing certificate from Comodo (Sectigo), you could try using codesign with it.

The manual for codesign does not obviously state a requirement for an Apple issued certificate. A code signing certificate with a trusted root certificate in macOS should be useable.

You will need to create a new Keychain containing the certificate and private key. Then pass the absolute path of the keychain file to codesign via --keychain.

One possible problem you may run into is macOS's spctl, aka Gatekeeper. spctl's rules may state the signing certificate must have a root Apple certificate. Investigate the spctl tool on macOS.

I recommending trying codesign with your certificate and then ask more questions as specific problems arise.


How to stop cursor blinking in Pages I am using Pages '09 on Mac OSX 10.6 (SnowLeopard) and would like to stop cursor blinking. For TextEdit, this was possible by setting

defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod 100000

from the Terminal, but this seems to have no effect on Pages. So I would really appreciate any hints or ideas on how to stop cursor blinking.

NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod is outdated. As of 10.9, OS S now has separate variables for ON and OFF times. 1000 represents one second. The following 2 commands can be used:

defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn -float 1000

and

defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff -float 1000

These numbers will set the on blink to 1 second and the off blink to one second (default).


Where does System Preferences store the name of the Time Machine Destination I am trying to create a script to determine the destination of time machine on a number of computers I manage. It shows very clearly via Time Machine Settings in System Prefs. I need to be able to find that info via command line.

The tmutil utility does exactly that, but I think it was only added in Lion.

As an added bonus, Apple doesn't document the tmutil argument you'll need, but I dug through the output of "strings /usr/bin/tmutil" and found this, which is what you're looking for:

  tmutil destinationinfo

Also, "tmutil status" will tell you if a backup is currently running. It's another undocumented command.


Getting launchd to read program arguments correctly I have a launchd script where the command I'm trying to run is erroring (apparently that's not a word, it is now), complaining of improper usage.

The specific error I'm getting is the command's usage text dumped to the system log. From this I infer the other info (path to the command, timing etc.) in the plist is being parsed correctly, just not the command's options.

After the command usage I have one last line:

18/11/2013 09:30:00.101 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: (fake.lable.seti[33833]) Exited with code: 1

But that just means "I exited with an error".

I know launchd splits the command from its options and in the man page tells you about ProgramArguments: "...Please note: many people are confused by this key. Please read execvp(3) very carefully!.."

Well I read execvp(3) and I'm none the wiser, so I'm asking you lovely lot.

Normally, running the command from the terminal it'd look like this:

/Library/Application\ Support/BOINC\ Data/boinccmd --host localhost --passwd gobbledygook --project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ update

This works a treat.

And this is how I've split it in the Program/ProgramArguments section of my LaunchAgent plist:

<key>Program</key>
    <string>/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/boinccmd</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>--host localhost</string>
        <string>--passwd gobbledygook</string>
        <string>--project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ update</string>
    </array>

(for the record, I originally had the path to boinccmd \escaped out, but that doesn't work, launchd escapes spaces in the path for you)

I've tried splitting the arguments down further:

<key>Program</key>
    <string>/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/boinccmd</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>--host</string>
        <string>localhost</string>
        <string>--passwd</string>
        <string>gobbledygook</string>
        <string>--project</string>
        <string>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/</string>
        <string>update</string>
    </array>

But that didn't seem to work either.

As ever, I'm very sure I'm missing something so simple.

Thanks.

ANSWER:
The first line of ProgramArguments needs to be the path to the program. This is what was tripping me up and indeed what was probably meant by the "...Please read very carefully!.." comment :)
I also found I had to split the arguments down to their component parts. When I had all that in place the whole thing works a charm. Thank you very much.

<key>Program</key>
    <string>/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/boinccmd</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/boinccmd</string>
        <string>--host</string>
        <string>localhost</string>
        <string>--passwd</string>
        <string>gobbledygook</string>
        <string>--project</string>
        <string>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/</string>
        <string>update</string>
    </array>

A final edit to say for an easy to understand explanation as to WHY this should be, see SirPavlova's explanation.

~W

The Program key specifies the file to execute, & the ProgramArguments key specifies the arguments which will be passed to the executing process. Strictly speaking you can pass whatever arguments you want to a process, but the convention is that the first one should be the name by which the process was invoked, so most programs ignore their first argument.‡ The file to execute is obviously necessary information, but if the  Program key is is missing, launchd pretends it has the same value as the first argument in ProgramArguments purely as a convenience.

Your first example starts boinccmd & gives it arguments that would be equivalent to the terminal command

--host\ localhost --passwd\ gobbledygook --project\ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/\ update

which tells boinccmd that you invoked it as "--host localhost" & only passed it two weird arguments.

Your second example separates the arguments correctly, but as Eddie Kelley suggested it needs one inserted at the front. It tells boinccmd that you invoked it as "--host", then passed another six arguments. boinccmd can recognise the last five as being two options, but has no idea what the "localhost" business is about. As far as boinccmd can tell, it was invoked from the terminal as

/Library/Application\ Support/BOINC\ Data/boinccmd localhost --passwd gobbledygook --project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ update

(note the missing "--host").

boinccmd is probably one of the great majority of programs that don't care what their first argument is, so you could probably actually just shove <string>HELLO</string> at the head of the ProgramArguments array, but it's probably cleaner to remove the Program key altogether & just use this:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/boinccmd</string>
        <string>--host</string>
        <string>localhost</string>
        <string>--passwd</string>
        <string>gobbledygook</string>
        <string>--project</string>
        <string>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/</string>
        <string>update</string>
    </array>

‡ It can seem like a meaningless redundancy, but some programs use this to good effect: bash et al. act as login shells if their first argument begins with -, & Vim enters various emulation modes if its first argument is ed or vi instead of vim.


How do I force an image to use when a website is shared? For instance when I link a URL in Google Chat, iMessage, etc. How do I determine what image, and what dimensions are used when a chat program generates a thumbnail for the link?  Example:

If I wanted this photo to not cut off the tops of these women's heads for example? I guess it just takes the first image not used for the background to use in chat? This was generated after pasting the link into Google Chat.

You can specify a specific image to use for URLs sent in iMessage by using a meta tag with og:image set to the property attribute. Apple recommends your image being at least 900px wide or larger.

Example:

<meta property="og:image" content="https://www.example.com/image.png" />

I got this information from Apple’s Developer Documentation Archive.


How can I type a Grave Accent (`) on the iPad’s Virtual Keyboard? I’ve started using my iPad more and more (especially here on Ask Different) and I’ve found that I can’t find the grave accent character (also known as the "back tick" or "opening single quote"; it's the un-shifted ~ key on the standard US keyboard.

Where can I find this character on the iOS keyboard?

When using the virtual keyboard, tap the  .?123, the press and hold ‘ (apostrophe).  The key will expand out, just select ` (grave accent).  It will be last character in the list that pops up.


How can I just change the language of Safari in iPhone iOS 9? I am using an iPhone with iOS 9 and the language is set to 'English'.

Also Safari's language is set to English. Is there a way to change the language just of Safari?

Thanks for helping.

There is no way to override the language setting in Safari only.

There are multiple workarounds, though.

Google Chrome for iOS can help you translate web pages that are not in your language to something that is in your language. Google Chrome for iOS os a great browser for iOS.

To translate from any language to any language from any web browser use this(make sure to replace): https://translate.google.com/translate?&u={URL GOES HERE}. Or, just go to this link.


How to use automator services in Fluid-created apps in Mojave I was having an issue with Spotlight and an Apple support person had me "upgrade" to Mojave and now I'm pissed off.  None of my Automator services work in my Fluid Apps anymore!  I have about a half-dozen Fluid apps so I can either assign them to all desktops (and not affect other browser windows) or so I can have multiple sessions with some websites that only support 1 browser window open to their site (e.g. the galaxy web app).  I have over a dozen automator services that are extremely useful.  Most accept selected text "from any application" and do various things with that text (e.g. report stats on selected nucleotides).

Now, when I try to run a service on selected text in a Fluid-created app, I get an error that states 'The action “Run AppleScript” encountered an error: “Not authorized to send Apple events to System Events.”'.  If these services were apps, I could easily add them in system preferences to Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility, but they are workflows installed as services (located in ~/Library/Services/) and thus cannot be added.  I have added the Fluid-created apps, but that doesn't stop the error either.

I spoke with Apple Support and they indicated that the Fluid-created app won't work with services because of code-signing.  The app has to be from an apple-recognized developer in order to be allowed access!

I fully understand the security concern, but this is very frustrating.  Does anyone know how to allow services to work in Fluid-created apps?

UPDATE: I have tried adding the app (e.g. "Galaxy1.app") to both the Accessibility and Full Disk Access sections of the security and privacy system preference page and I still get the error:

I figured out a work-around for part of my problem.  I'm not going to select this (my own) answer because it doesn't solve the entire problem.  The main reason I use Fluid to wrap galaxy in an "app" is because you can only have 1 galaxy browser window open.  If I have 2 open, changes made in 1 window affect the other, so when I'm working on 2 different projects concurrently, I was using separate Fluid apps to keep the projects from stepping on one another's toes.  I knew that private browser windows could also accomplish this, but I liked the convenience of a dock icon.

So I just worked out an Applescript, saved as an app, that opens a new private Safari window to galaxy.princeton.edu.  I then added that app to Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility.  This script is slightly simplified from what I actually used:

tell application "Safari" to activate

tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "n" using {shift down, command down}
    delay 0.5
    keystroke "http://galaxy"
    key code 47
    keystroke "princeton"
    key code 47
    keystroke "edu/"
    keystroke return
end tell

Note, depending on your accessibility preferences, Applescript will not type numbers, dots, or a few other characters, thus the key code 47 for the dots.

Now, whenever I run this "app" (which I gave the galaxy icon), it will open a new Safari browser window to galaxy.

This allows me to run my automator services on DNA strings in galaxy because Safari can be given permission to send apple events to System Events.app, whereas Fluid apps can't (I believe because they're not code signed).


Which drive to I select to completely erase my system's hard drive? Apple's instructions for completely erasing a system say to "select your startup disk". But my system shows a hardware drive icon and some gobbledygook as a name, and under that another icon and name that corresponds to the one I'm familiar with as my "disk".

Which of these is the "startup disk" I'm meant to erase?

FWIW, when I attempt to erase the former, I get an error that it "can't be mounted"; but I can start the deletion process for the latter.

One of these icons represents the hard drive (the one with gobbledygook as a name), whereas the other represents a partition inside that hard drive. Usually there's a single partition per drive, but some power users may have reasons to create more than one. If you fall into the default case of a single partition, and you intend on staying that way -- or just want to erase your personal data and don't care how the drive will look like so long as your data's not in there -- then just go ahead and format the partition (the one for which you can start the deletion process). All of your data will be gone; maybe there's also a recovery partition hidden from view, which won't be affected by this process, but it won't contain any of your personal data.


New Apple ID problems Possible Duplicate:
  How can an old Apple ID be merged into the newer ID?

I have my Iphone 4 for about a year now. To activate it, I used my dad's Apple ID (he had a credit card and I did not) Now I got my own credit card so I created an Apple ID and changed the ID's on my phone. Now I can no longer update my allready installed items and can't make any payments on those previously installed apps.

Any fixes?

As far I know, Apple purchases are not transferable to other Apple IDs. You'll either have to repurchase your apps or authorize your device to work with both Apple IDs.

You can continue to use the old apps with your iPhone under the new Apple ID, but you won't be able to update them. To update the apps, you have to log in with your father's Apple ID, update the apps, transfer them to your iPhone.

Using your Apple ID for Apple services

  I have purchased music, apps, or books with multiple Apple IDs. How can I get all of this content onto my iOS device?

  First, you need to copy all of your purchased content so it is on the same Mac or PC with iTunes. This computer should be the one you sync your device with.

  Next, authorize your computer to play content with each Apple ID in iTunes. Once your  computer is authorized for all your content, it can be synced to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.


Mission Control freezes. Restarting Dock doesn't help I use standard settings to open Mission Control in MacOS Mojave 10.14.4 on MacBook Pro.

Normally swipe up with 3 fingers move all windows into Mission Control mode and I can switch to any available window.

After some time period of time (may be several days) Mission Control stops working.

Swipe up gesture freezes my Mac for about one minute (only mouse cursor can be moved, no other changes on screen). After one minute (without any error messages) I can use apps again, Dock works as well, Cmd-Tab works to switch between applications, but Mission Control doesn't appear in any way. I cannot start it neither by using Shift-Up (standard shortcut), nor from Spotlight.

There are a lot of 'solutions' in internet, where everybody advise to restart the Dock. I have restarted Dock several times, both using Activity Monitor, or Terminal. Dock process Id gets updated (it seems to be restarting), however it doesn't solve my problem.

Only workaround I found so far, is to reboot my Mac. However, I'd like to avoid any rebooting if possible.

The solution/workaround so far.
Thanks to Shaded, who posted a comment with this workaround.

TL;DR

To unfreeze Mission Control without restarting MacBook

Disconnect external monitor
Close MacBook and let it sleep (optionally: Click "Apple" menu -> Sleep)
Open MacBook - now everything work again (monitor can be connected as well)

Details

It seems, that the problem is caused by some configuration issues when MacBook works with an external monitor.
After disconnecting the monitor, a display driver(?) is being reset(?), Mission Control doesn't freeze anymore, and monitor can be connected again.

Important note: The MacBook should go to standby mode (sleep) after disconnecting monitor. There is a 'Sleep' item in the Mac system menu. I didn't test if it works. I have just closed a lid and went to drink a coffee.

Another note: At the moment of freezing - CPU load is 100%. MacBook is getting hot and turns cooling fans at maximum speed.


Has anyone experienced ergonomic problems with the Magic Mouse? I used a Magic Mouse for the past few months. Very soon after I started using it I developed some aching in my hand. Over time this has grown to be more or less constant, even when not using the mouse for a while. I just switched back to an old bulky Logitech mouse, and just resting my hand on it feels much better. The Magic Mouse seems way too flat to be comfortable for prolonged use.

I know this is a rather subjective question, but have other people experienced similar ergonomic problems with the Magic Mouse? Is there any study about it?

You're seeing some first indications of RSI because you're using your hand in ways you're not used to, and possibly because the mouse doesn't fit your hand.

Switching to a normal mouse is a good first aid, especially since you noticed that the problem disappeared or became less of a problem. For some people, it just takes time to get used to new movements, while others won't be able to use the new device for longer periods of time. Those unlucky people should not force themselves to use devices that aren't comfortable for them, and this might include you.

The problem with the magic mouse, IMHO, is that it's too small to really be useful as a gesture device because you're gesturing with the same hand that you use to hold it. That's bound to be awkward, which stresses your hand's anatomy, and some people develop problems from that. Others might not notice any problems -- everybody is different.

Solution:

Change to a different mouse.
If you must use gesture input, use a separate device for that. Apple offers the magic touchpad, which is a simpler and smaller version of the original FingerWorks iGesture series of devices which you can still buy used on eBay. And their laptops have multitouch trackpads too.


What's the little plastic clip on the headset good for? On my iPhone headset (the one that came with the device, as well as the in-ear buds) there's a little piece of plastic that slides on the cable to one earbud, and can clip onto the other cable.

It's not large enough to accommodate the headset cable below the split, so it can't be used to somehow hold the cable in place when it's curled up.
It's not tight enough to stay in place if I slide it nearer the earbud, so it can't be used to essentially move the point where the cable splits closer to the earbuds.
It's not tight enough to really hold on to the other earbud cable. It takes nearly no effort at all to pull the cables apart.

What in the world is it good for?!?

I actually find it very useful to clip around the buttons on my dress shirt. Depending on the amount of slack I want, I can pin it around different buttons.

It creates enough slack in the lines/wires that go to the ears:

reduction in cord noise carrying up into ear-buds
the mic in the right wire stays away from your body (better pickup and less noise
if the earbuds fall out of your ear, they don’t drop all the way to the floor

It works perfectly (see yellow arrow in picture):


Slow Terminal on Sierra The Terminal app is slow at reacting to input, lag is very noticeable when I press and hold Enter. When I type bash to create a sub-shell it becomes much faster.

I believe this behavior started when I updated to Sierra, but I might be wrong.

Does anyone know why this happens?

After upgrading to High Sierra, I also noticed that there is some lag in Terminal.app after pressing Enter. I was able to fix it by doing this:

Go to Preferences > Profiles > Shell
In the "Run Command" box, write login -f <username> (replace <username> with your username)
Uncheck "Run inside shell"

I suspect that Terminal.app tries to integrate with the shell somehow and running bash indirectly fixes that.


iMac 27-inch late 2015 upgrade RAM with higher frequency My current RAM memory has 1867Mhz and I want to upgrade with 2133Mhz.

Can this cause any problems?

The RAM is compatible with my iMac, at least the manufacturer says so.

If you mix 2133 with 1866 it will all run at 1866.

Replace all memory sticks with DDR3 2133MHz
Use quality components (Crucial, Kingston) or you may encounter freezing issues


My Finder is not responding and there are no documents on Desktop after downloading OS X Yosemite I've just upgraded my Macbook Pro (15 inch, mid 2009) to OS X Yosemite and it is running slowly and my Finder is not responding at all and none of my documents are on my Desktop.

I have tried taking off the transparency and nothing worked. I am not even able to access ⌘ CMD+r to reboot my system. I just went into Terminal and used the:

sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight-V100

trick but it doesn't seem like anything has happened. I do however have a response from:

julie:~my_computers_name  sample_command  client check in failed ... invalid destination port

How can I fix this?

When you say "none of my documents are on my desktop" do you mean that the desktop is completely blank? No Icons of any kind? So all you can see is your dock and the menu bar?

If that is the case Finder may not have loaded or might have just crashed and got stuck at login.

try this: Hold Command + Option and tap the esc key. That should bring up a dialog box with the option to kill any running tasks. Finder may be in there with"(Not responding)" after it. If so click on it and click on the Relaunch button.

If that box is empty then you have a more serious problem or if relaunching does nothing. Sometimes when you upgrade the O/S you have incompatible software installed. That could be the case here. Power off the Mac (hold the power button till it turns off) and then turn it on while holding the Shift key. This is called booting in Safe Mode.

Once you get the grey Apple logo release the Shift key and let the Mac boot. Safe mode turns off most, if not all, 3rd party additions to your system. It also does extensive disk checking so startup in Safe Mode can take substantially longer, depending on what is going on with the Mac. I've seen it take all night.

If you can boot up and log in under safe mode then there is something installed that is incompatible with Yosemite that will need to be uninstalled.

If safe mode does not work there could be a corrupt installation of Yosemite a disk error or something else that might take an experienced Mac technician to properly diagnose.


Apple TV 2 won't update YouTube app? Recently, Google updated the YouTube App for Apple TV, revamping the whole UI. Because I love watching ads Because the new version has all content accessible and an improved UI, I would like to upgrade to it.

However, my Apple TV has not automatically updated the channel. I did get the other channels which came out around the same time as this YouTube update.

I've tried rebooting the Apple TV (soft and hard) as well as checking System > General > Software Updates, but no luck.

Is there another way to force an update? Or, is perhaps the update itself limited to Apple TV 3? I would like to know either way before I go through the hassle of a firmware re-install...

The updated YouTube app requires Apple TV Software Update 7.0 which is only available for 3rd generation Apple TV.

About Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software updates

Find out which Apple TV you have

How to update software on your Apple TV


What happened to detect displays? I'm running Mountain Lion with a retina MacBook Pro with three external monitors attached.  Quite often, one or more of the monitors blacks out.  Normally, I would choose "detect displays" in the displays menu or system preference, but I just found that that button is no longer there.  Furthermore, the displays menu is gone as well!  I found it in /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras, but when I double clicked it, it didn't open.

So I guess I really have two questions:

Is the displays menu dead?  Or did I break my computer somehow? I don't terribly miss it, other than the detect displays command (I never change the resolution from the default).
More importantly, how can I execute a "detect displays"?  A terminal command would be fine.

From Apple KB Article HT5369:

  If the detect displays option is not available, hold down the ⌥ alt/option key while you are in the Display pane.

It should morph the "Gather Windows" button into the "Detect Displays" button.

Stupid change, isn't it?


How to sync starred photos from Picasa to my iPhone/iPad? Is there a simple way to sync starred photos from Picasa to my iPhone/iPad? I don't want to sync entire photo library and I definately do not want to share them online.

So far I've been using the "Export as HTML page.." with a custom template to export starred pictures to a folder and the syncing that folder with the iPhone. However this requires some manual steps and takes a while (exporting will copy and resize pictures).

Another approach I tried is to create symlinks to starred photos in a folder (like this) and sync that with the iPhone. This also requires some manual steps but it's a bit faster to generate the folder. However, syncing with iPhone via iTunes takes a lot of time because iTunes will resize the pictures (actually it rebuilds some sort of "iPod photo cache").

I keep hoping there's a simpler way to do this!

You could set up the symlink script to run daily (or however often you possibly sync your device) to at least generate the symlink folder automatically. If you are uncomfortable writing the plists for the LaunchDeamons, you can use an app like Lingon to generate them. At this point, they may not even need to be symlinks, just a copied 'export' if you will, using the same logic.

Either way, you are still stuck doing the 'iPod Photo Cache'. I think the only reason this is slightly faster when using Aperture or iPhoto is due to them having various thumbnails and other sizes rendered, but it still takes time to process, especially the first time.

Assuming smaller files would actually process faster, you could also update the script that exports the stared items with symlinks to actually copy the files elsewhere, and then resize them using a tool like sips.

For example, sips -Z 1024 image.jpg would resize the image down to 1024x768, retaining the aspect ration (more examples can be found on this blog, or elsewhere online).

You may have to find which process works best for you and your workflow, and where the bottle neck would be. Again, if this export could be daily, outside of the actual sync to your device, that folder could always 'be ready'.

Then, you just keep your iOS device sync the same, but it can process smaller files, and you have automated most of the process. The iPod Photo Cache may also be incremental, so if these files stay the same, and then just have new ones added, only the new ones are added to the cache as well.


syncing songs from iPhone 4s to Mac I've brought a load of music on my iPhone and have now just purchased a MacBook pro. What is the standard way of transferring songs from iPhone to Mac? Do I need to download all these programs or is there an easier way that I am missing?

Just enable "Automatic Downloads" in the iTunes preferences after having your computer authorized.

Ref : Apple Support : iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads


How Turn off iPhone's Cellular Radio to ensure Wifi calling is used? Is this possible?  If so how is this done?  Can this be achieved by clicking on the aircraft icon to put the iPhone in airplane mode?  Assume device is using IOS 12.

Ensuring that calls are made through wifi and not the cellular system is important when roaming.

Assume the it is possible to turn of the cellular radio and forcing wifi callig: Will this prevent the iPad from ringing?

To restrict telephony to wi-fi only, display the Control Center (on my SE, I slide up from the bottom of the screen to display Control Center), select "Airplane Mode," and then select "Wi-FI" to turn wi-fi on.

I don't know if it'll disable an iPad from ringing.


AppleScript won't keystroke "22.com"? I've tried coding it in different ways, but no matter what I do it will not type "22.com".

I've found that trying to keystroke with a large number of characters is highly unreliable. It doesn't seem to wait for every character to be typed before returning. I'd suggest trying this workaround I've been using:

on keystroke_string_(keystr)
    tell application "System Events"
        repeat with _character in keystr
            keystroke _character
        end repeat
    end tell
end keystroke_string_

That'll iterate through the characters, and press each one manually. I've found that this works nicely with any length of string.


Macbook Pro 2008 Gigabit Ethernet has become 100Mbps with Mavericks I just noticed that the Ethernet port on my old Macbook Pro 5,1 (Late 2008, the first Unibody model) that is supposed to be Gigabit is limited to 100Mbps after I installed Mavericks. Does anyone know how to fix it?
It's just a basic install of Mavericks, no strange configurations, I'm using it as a home server.

Try another cable, or another port on the other end of the ethernet cable if available.


How to not show birthdays from Contacts on Apple Watch? This becomes a more relevant problem with the new Siri watch face. I ended up deleting most birthdays in Contacts to stop birthdays from clustering my Apple Watch screen daily.

I tried the below but failed to achieve my goals:

In the watch app on iPhone, go to calendar and mirror my iPhone's setting. I also make sure birthday is unchecked on the calendar settings of my iPhone. I confirmed this by going to my calendar on iphone to see no birthdays are showing.
I then checked my watch, the birthday is still showing in calendar. I gave ample amount of time (15mins) for the Apple Watch to sync. Look again - the birthdays are still there.
I then restarted my Watch - the birthdays are still there.
I double checked my calendar app on iPhone, no birthdays are shown and the birthday calendar is still unchecked. The calendar setting in the watch app is still set at mirror iPhone.

Then I tried with using custom instead of mirror iPhone in the watch app->calendar:

Uncheck the Birthday calendar
The birthdays are still showing on watch
Wait 15mins - the birthdays are still here

So I ended up deleting most birthdays in Contacts and the birthdays stop showing on my watch instantly - except those birthdays I have kept.

Contacts.app in macOS 11 Big Sur (and the underlaying iCloud) now offers more differentiated date fields which address use cases like yours and more.
Preparation:

Open Contacts.app > Preferences > Template.
Add fields > Dates: Birthday or custom (depending on what's in your template already)

Locate the date section in the template.
Leave the original "birthday" field.
Add a custom field "birth-day" or similarly odd spelled to never collide or get confused with the real "birthday" field.
You may also add "date-of-death" if you want to document your deceased contacts.

Then for any contact do the following:

Fill the real "birthday" field if you want the person to show up in the dedicated "Birthday Calendar".
Fill "birth-day" (your custom date field) if you want to have that documented for a contact but not show up in the dedicated "Birthday Calendar".
This should also propagate to your Apple Watch then eventually.


Is there a performance issue with GNU Screen, Tmux, and other similar development tools on the MacBook Air? I have a 2010 Macbook Air 11 inch, and it noticeably lags when I use tools like Gnu Screen, Tmux, and Vim, especially with vertical splits and during Screen/Tmux window switching.

Does anyone notice this performance issue?

The basic question is compared with what?

Yes it will be slower than a new MacBook , iMac etc but we programmed with those tools 10 years ago on slower machines.

All you can say is it slow for you and if so you need to get a faster machine:)

Which is why I have always programmed on a desktop machine as they are faster than laptops of a similar vintage


iOS network connectivity on a local, isolated network with no DNS server I have a problem with configuring my iPad to work on a local, isolated Wi-Fi network that does not have a DNS server on it.  The problem is in how to convince the iPad that it is actually connected to the network.

My regular Wi-Fi access point is supplying addresses in the 165.156 block, and the iPad happily connects to it with DHCP and sees the outside world. However I need to connect my iPad to a local device with an IP address of 192.168.10.11 that is hardwired into my network, so I want my iPad to talk on the 192.168 block - but I do not want to change my WiFi AP configuration (because among other things this is test case for a clients network), nor do I want to Jailbreak my iPad.

So I manually set the iPad to a static IP of 192.168.10.12, for the connected SSID of my Wi-Fi network. When I do this (using a 3rd party network utility on the iPad) I can ping 192.168.10.11 from the iPad, and I thought all was good and happy.

However with this configuration the Wi-Fi icon on the iPad is not displayed. From what I understand this means that even though I am connected to a network of sorts, the iPad disagrees with me, and that this because the SCNetworkReachability system can't find what it needs to determine connectivity.

But a commercial program I will be using on the iPad uses the Reachability system to determine network availability, and without iOS saying that there is a network that commercial program will not communicate with the hardwired device. Hence I somehow need to beat the iPad into submission and convince it that there is network connectivity.

From Reachability

  IMPORTANT: Reachability must use DNS to resolve the host name before
  it can determine the Reachability of that host, and this may take time
  on certain network connections. Because of this, the API will return
  NotReachable until name resolution has completed. This delay may be
  visible in the interface on some networks.

It seems that I need to add some sort of DNS information to keep the iPad happy. However ultimately this all needs to run on an isolated network which will have static IP addresses and will not have a DNS server of any sort.  Thus there will be no external connectivity.

So my question comes down to:

What sort of DNS configuration (and where), is needed in the iPad to convince the SCNetworkReachability system that all is well with the network, even though there is no DNS server in the system?

Update

As per my comment to Triniq's answer, I do not have control over the target network and will not be able to install any DNS server systems.  I am looking for an iPad only solution.

It's not a direct answer, but why not set up dnsmasq somewhere on your 192.168 network and use that hosts ip for the dns server in the ipad config? It should be a viable workaround. If this extra network doesn't have www connectivity, make an entry for apple.com in the /etc/hosts file where dnsmasq runs. This should trick the ipad to thinking it's truly online.


How can I stop iPhone prompting me to setup Apple Pay in Settings? Since upgrading iOS to 11.2.1, my iPhone has aggressively prompted me to setup Apple Pay. Every time I decline to set it up.

Now, there is this persistent badge ("1") on my Settings app, which makes me think there is some kind of iOS update to install, but instead, it is a prompt to setup Apple Pay ("Finish Setting Up Your iPhone"):

How can I turn off prompts/notifications/badges asking me to setup Apple Pay?

This is not the same as disabling Apple Wallet notifications, as asked and answered at Disable Apple Pay/Wallet spam. Disabling Apple Wallet notifications does not disable the Apple Pay spam (specifically, the Settings badge icon). This question is different as it is about Apple Pay and the Settings badge icon (not notifications specifically), and the solution in the purported "duplicate" question does not solve this problem.

Choose the option to finish setting up your iPhone, then choose Set Up Apple Pay. On the following screen, under Continue, choose Set Up Later in Wallet.

If you are in a region where Apple Pay Cash is supported, go to Wallet & Apple Pay in Settings, then disable Apple Pay Cash.


Why these "Earlier" shown in Finder's column title for one of my NFS mounts? It suddenly appears just now for one of my NFS mounts:

Other volumes still plain old normal:

What these "Earlier" mean?

It is because they're listed grouped by dates, and all your files are "old" (i.e. not modified recently).

Click the arrange icon (the one with the six squares divided by two lines) and select "None" to get rid of the header.


Where do I look in iTunes to find sync errors? I have started to get some error messages about items failing to sync. It seems to be a sporadic issue - and the error pictured below was for a sync attached to the USB cable. I do have WiFi sync enabled for this device and it also happens when I'm syncing wirelessly, so the presence or absence of the cable seems to be unrelated to the error.

Opening iTunes on iOS doesn't seem to tell me what failed. The same goes for iTunes on my Mac. Does anyone have a clue where "more information" is logged in this case? Although many are suggesting ways to eliminate the error (trial and error), I'm more interested in where the error log lies. It baffles me there isn't some debug more or way to hook into iTunes to get a log of the problems.

Where else can I look for this information relating to sync errors?

I had the error again this morning - three items failed to sync.

I do finally have a potential culprit. The presence of App store updates seems to correlate with these errors. It fits all the criteria so far that come to mind.

temporary and sporadic (most of the time, I'm not in the process of downloading apps while syncing and even with simultaneous downloads, my internet is such that this is generally a 1-10 second window or less per app)
resolves itself without needing user intervention

I've poked at this several times and it doesn't seem to correlate with the sync errors in a pattern that I can detect.

The only explanation I can guess is that there is no log where these errors are collected.


Third Party Mini Display Port to VGA or DVI Cables curious if anyone has any experience with any third party Mini Display Port to VGA or DVI cables? I noticed the cables on ebay selling for around $16. Compared to the official cables that run for around $35 seems like a bargin. Wasn't sure if the quality is the same or if anyone has any experience with buying them. Thanks!

The cables from Monoprice.com have recently changed so they're not shaped as nicely as before, but the quality is still excellent for the price. 6ft cable for $10 shipped.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10246&cs_id=1024604&p_id=5999&seq=1&format=2

The picture isn't faithful to what you'll receive as the Mini Display Port male plug is now a bit bulkier. Still works flawlessly though.


How can I set multiple reminders for a contact’s birthday? I want to setup my iPhone send me two reminders about my contact’s birthdays. One reminder a week in advance and a second reminder the day before.

So for example, if my friend’s birthday was set to March 20th on my contacts list, I would want one reminder on March 13th, and a second reminder on March 19th.

I’ve tried changing default alert times on the built-in calendar app, but I couldn’t find a way to set multiple alerts at once.

How can I make my iPhone send multiple alerts about a contact’s birthday?

iCal calendars have very limited events notifications setup on iOS, not to mention Birthdays Calendar. There are some third party solutions that can add multiple alerts. Still you would have to go through each entry and add preferred notifications. I haven’t found any that can assign in batch on import.

I have around 70 birthday entries, so this would do as a workaround for me:

Export .iCal file from Birthdays calendar on Mac,
Add that file to Google Calendars and add preferred notifications to each birthday event
Connect Google Account in Settings of iPhone, toggle Calendars to sync
Set Birthdays not to display in iOS app


Is it possible to show custom icons in the Scripts menu? You know that "scripts" menu you can show in the right side of the menu bar? It's very useful. I'm talking about this menu:

I've set some custom icons for the files in the scripts folder using the Get Info window, but these icons aren't showing up in the menu. Is this something that will automatically show up next time I reboot, is there some hidden setting I need to change, or is this just not (yet) possible?

I don't think it's possible, but FastScripts does seem to use custom icons in the menu:


How do I keep my MBP's screen on? I have an early 2011 MBP running Lion. Is there a way to let screen not switch off  i.e, a keep screen on software? I heard several recommendations of a application named coffee for Mac but I can't find it anywhere.

As the commenter said, Caffeine is what you want.


How to install iOS 13 on iPhone 6s? What I’ve tried so far:

On this screen I hit ‘Download and Install’ and then ‘Continue’:

After that, nothing ever happens. I’ve waited for ~10h, left it connected to the charger the whole night.

My device: iPhone 6s 16Gb still with iOS 12.4.

Is it not possible to go directly from 12.4 to 13.1.3? What to do now?

This is a risky proposition, but it’s what I would do if I was in your position. Obviously I cannot test it myself. Use at your own risk, etc.

This is a highly important step!!!  Make a backup of your iPhone, either to iTunes or to iCloud. (Ideally, both.) If iTunes, be sure to set an encryption password.
Reset the device: Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
When it restarts, don’t bother configuring anything, just skip through the setup steps as quickly as possible.
Run the update.
When the update is complete, run Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings again.
Restore iPhone from backup.

That should give you your current setup but with the new version of iOS.

Unfortunately, some things do not carry over after a restore, so you will have to reconfigure some apps, but I think it’s the best chance that you have.

If you want to try a less-drastic option…

I would recommend going to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and looking at which apps are taking up the most space. Deleting them manually might help.


iMovie tutorial or video? Can you recommend a good site with some online training for the latest iMovie on OS X? I have tried to play with iMovie over the years and I never seem to 'get' how it is meant to be used.
Right now I have about 1.5 hours of raw video taken with my iPhone 5s of a set of student presentation and I (naively) wanted to make a short 'highlight real' of it. But once I import the video into iMovie I am not sure how to use its features.
(Note that I am very proficient on my mac in every other respect, software development, html, photoshop, illustrator, all those I manage just fine, but iMovie is so confusing. I feel like I just need a 20 minute leg up in a tutorial or something like that.)
Update:
Here's a screenshot of what I am using: I have played with it a while and I don't see any commands which would make it look like the screenshot in the help screenshot provided below... what am i missing?????

If you're looking for a video tutorial, this screencast on YouTube is pretty helpful:

NEW iMovie 2013: The Basics and Overview (In-Depth Tutorial)

Apple provides a very detailed guide on iMovie, available from Help → iMovie Help or online.

http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0


How can I adjust the apparent color temperature of my display in OS X? I really like f.lux, which is an app that automatically adjusts the display's apparent color temperature according to the time of day and location (so that the temperature is in sync with Sun).

How to set the color temperature manually? I.e. without f.lux?

Sometimes I'd like to have "tungsten" (2700 K) colors during the day or morning, which would require fiddling with the location coordinates in f.lux. Sadly, there's no "manual mode" that I'm aware of.

I'm looking for a OS X native / software based solution, that would allow me to set white point below 4500 °K, which is the minimum that Color Calibrator can set. Is this even possible?

When using the Displays section of your System Preferences, if you calibrate it, select show advanced options, one of the windows is this:
 which to me looks like the white points you were looking for, be sure to uncheck "Use native white point" if you want to manually edit it.


Remove preferences and application support files from already uninstalled apps I want to remove preferences and application support files from already uninstalled apps.  I have app cleaner to remove those files when I delete the application, but that only works for stuff after I installed App Cleaner.  Any automated system for programs removed before I installed App Cleaner?

CleanMyMac 2

CleanMyMac 2 has an Uninstaller feature that includes the ability to remove leftovers from uninstalled applications.

  No more Leftovers
  If you used to uninstall applications by dragging them to Trash, then you have tons of apps leftovers! Find and remove them using CleanMyMac2.


Smart card-only login We were setting up to only allow user to login into mac using Yubikey by following this article https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208372

We are now able to login using Yuibikey but mac still allow to use other method to login (password, fingerprint) has anyone be able to solve this problem?

Maybe you could follow the instructions here to set up "Smart card-only" mode. I had tried it myself and summarized some key points as follows:

Make sure that you have paired your Yubikey with macOS. You could run sc_auth list in Terminal to check;
After installing the profile, you'd better plug out your Yubikey and log out the current admin user.
Then plug in your Yubikey, just wait a second. The password input will change to PIN input. If Yubikey was plugged out, there'll be a note probably says"Smart card is needed".

Hope it helpful~ ^_^


Is it possible to change the default window size of a .txt file in TextEdit? I have a .txt file that I open regularly on my Mac. I would like the TextEdit window of this .txt file to be wider than it normally is.

I can manually increase the window width every time I open the file by left-clicking and dragging the bottom-right corner further to the right. But, it would be much more convenient if the window was wider by default.

I have tried adjusting the TextEdit window size while holding down the shift key.

I have tried adjusting the TextEdit window size while holding down the  ⌘ command key.

I have tried adjusting the TextEdit window size while holding down the control key.

After quitting TextEdit and then re-opening the .txt file, none of the above methods recall the previously-set window size.

I am also open to a method that uses AppleScript to set the window size before the file is opened. Here's the AppleScript command that I currently employ to open the file:

do shell script "open -e " & quoted form of Target_Filepath

Instead of changing the default windows size, unless you want to make it permanent and you can just change it in TextEdit > Preferences... then, you can use the following example AppleScript code to open the document in TextEdit and set its size and position on the screen.

First, open the target file, resize and position it on the screen where you want it and the use the following AppleScript code to get the bounds of the document window to use going forward.

tell application "TextEdit" to get bounds of front window

It will return a list, e.g.: {0, 22, 900, 600}, to use with the set bounds ... command.

set targetFile to POSIX path of (path to documents folder) & "Filename.txt"

tell application "TextEdit"
    activate
    open targetFile
    set bounds of front window to {0, 22, 900, 600}
end tell

Note: The reason I'm suggesting the above method is because while one can technically change the default size of the document window programmatically nonetheless since TextEdit doesn't support a position property it makes sense to use the bounds property as the first two list items in the bounds property  are its position.

However, if you really want to change the default size prior to opening the target document regardless of it position, here is the information surrounding the default window size. Under TextEdit > Preferences... > New Document > Window Size the default Width is 90 characters and the default Height is 30 lines. With these defaults there are no keys in the com.apple.TextEdit.plist file for this however the corresponding keys are WidthInChars and HeightInChars, which support an integer value.

You'd need to test for the existence of these keys and capture their values so as to have something to reset to after opening the target document. If they are the true defaults, the keys will not exist and you can temporarily set a integer value for these keys, open the target document and then delete the keys. The target document window will open with the new values at the default location of TextEdit's choice, not yours. If you want it in a different location you'd need to use set bounds ..., which defeats programmatically temporarily changing the defaults or the existing setting if not the default values.

Example code using the defaults command:

defaults read $HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist WidthInChars
defaults read $HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist HeightInChars

defaults write $HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist WidthInChars -int 120
defaults write $HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist HeightInChars -int 50

defaults delete $HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist WidthInChars
defaults delete $HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TextEdit.plist HeightInChars

These can be used in a do shell script command using set variableName to do shell script "defaults read ..." and then write the logic flow based on what's returned.

If you really want to go this route and need help with the coding, let me know.

Also note that testing surrounding this was done under macOS 10.12 and may be different in previous major OS version releases.


Disk utility hanging I'm trying to reformat the hard drive on an iMac G5 prior to selling it. I've booted the Mac from the installation DVD that came with it, opened Disk Utility, and told it to erase the drive using both security options for zeroing out and rewriting the data. However, Disk Utility seems to be hanging: I let it run for over 12 hours and it didn't finish; I needed to unplug the Mac and restart it (the program wouldn't even let me force-quit it.)

I started the process again, but it still seems to be going extraordinarily slowly. Is there something wrong with this, or does it just plain take a long time? I'm not hearing the hard disc spinning; it sounds like it's hung again.

How big is your hard-drive? It's entirely possible that it would be normal for zeroing out the sectors to take that long. I'm only extrapolating here, but I've had secure-deletions of the trash take an hour or more for a few gigabytes, so if the hard-drive is large, I could see it taking quite some time.

The other thought is that there is some problem with the drive that prevents the format from completing. You might want to check the drive for errors and/or bad sectors. It is possible that you would have eventually encountered the error on the hard drive yourself (potentially causing instability, data loss, etc.).

Finally, if you look at Activity Monitor, does it look like the disk utility is doing anything? Check your disk I/O statistics there as well and see if anything is still going on with the disk in question.


How do I change my UserId on Apple Developer Forums? How do I change my userid on the Apple Developer Forums?  As shown in the below screenshot, it seems there is no way to change this. Do I need to simply call Apple support?

Yes, you are correct.

You'll need to contact Apple Developer Account Support. However, in most cases you will get an answer as once your account is created, you will not be able to change your username that appeared when creating a username, and suggest registering a new Apple ID for the developer.

So, if you don't care, you can probably create a new user.

Or at least first give a try asking Apple Developer Account Support team.


Remove side menu(right side) from finder When I open any Finder window it appears with options in the right side. I can hide it by dragging it to end. But if I open a new window of the finder it appears again. So, please help me to hide that options menu in Finder.

OS: Mojave 10.14.5

Look at the screenshot I posted, You'll see what you need to click in order to disable the preview in your Finder.
My OS is in French and I don't know the name of the option in English, that's why I sent this screenshot.


my ipod touch wont turn on? what do i do? today as i was playing a game on my ipod touch, i used assistive touch to get out of the app since my home button was jammed, but it was acting slow, so i pressed lock screen on the assistive touch and now it wont turn on at all
i tried hard reset but nothing turns on at all !! and plus the screen is cracked, and i dont know what to do right now i had all my good photos and apps and music on it.. when i plugged the usb in the charger, it says its charging but nothing showed up at all

On my old iPod I took about 20 minutes until it booted again if the battery was fully drained.
How long did you wait while it was in the charger?


Specify password when connecting to a Samba share I can connect to a Samba share on my Raspberry Pi with the following:-

open smb://MilliwaysPi4.local/pi

This then prompts for a password.
macOS offers to remember the password in Keychain, BUT this still needs to be confirmed, and it attempts to use my macOS username, so needs to be edited.

Is there a way to specify the password in the command line?

You can specify a username and password before the domain name:

open smb://username:password@MilliwaysPi4.local/pi


Terminal/iTerm2 issue: reverse-i-search trims off command I've been having this issue since 10.9.

cd into a reasonably long path, e.g., cd /Volumes/Storage/backup/long/path
Enter a moderately long command, e.g., curl -X GET http://localhost:8888
ctrl+R, type curl
ctrl+E

The command displayed is shifted to far to the left and leaving whitespace to the right like so:

Is this a known bug or is it just me?

It's your $PS1 - it's not properly escaped. You have to escape all non-printing characters with \[ and \]. For example, if you have

PS1='\e[32m\u \W\e[0m $ '

you have to change it to

PS1='\[\e[32m\]\u \W\[\e[0m\] $ '

or your cursor will appear far to the right because your shell thinks your prompt is that long, and when it retypes the command it can't find it. Annoying, I know. In zsh you need to use %{ and %} IIRC.

And while you're considering switching to another shell, I'd suggest fish. It's a bit more of a jump, but it keeps me sane.


How to make secure backups using superduper? I have made a bootable backup of my mac on an external drive using superduper. Is it possible to make this backup secure? Either by encrypting the backup or adding a password to it?

What you can do is make an encrypted disk images on your external hard drive. You can see this image as a extra external drive upon your external drive.

If you make it large enough (like 500GB or more depending on the size of your external drive).
You can give the disk image a password (Choose 128-bit AES (and/or 256-bit AES)) and whenever you want to access the disk image, you'll be asked for the password.

In this way, there is a save way to protect your backups with a strong password.


Cannot unlock Users & Group in System Preferences I was making some changes recently, trying to rename my user account from within macOS High Sierra System Preferences, and it seems I've locked myself out from making any changes to Users & Groups now.

When I click the lock icon (Click the lock to make changes) I am prompted for a Username and Password. No matter what I input in these fields I am unable to unlock the preferences. I am sure I know my user account, otherwise I wouldn't be able to log into the computer, and there is only 1 user on my Mac.

That fix is actually simpler than you might think, though it does call for a reboot, two if you want to be technical.

Reboot your Mac while holding CommandR This will boot you into recovery mode.
From the Utilities menu select Terminal
type resetpassword and press Enter
The password reset utility will launch. Follow the prompts to reset your password.


Are blocked callers notified When you block a caller are they notified they are blocked?

No the caller is not notified if you block a contact from an iOS menus and they try calling you. The call rings through normally on their side and would be routed to your voicemail.  A section in voicemail will appear that is called 'Blocked Messages' where any voicemails left by callers you have blocked are kept.


Spam on iMessage - What are my options? A person unknown to me got hold of my Apple ID (email) which is registered with iMessage. While as I understand, there should be no harm in some stranger having access to my email address (apart from the possibility of receiving spam emails).

However, what's concerning me is that this person is sending me a truck-load of messages on iMessage. He/She is also constantly trying to reach me via FaceTime Audio/Video.

I have politely requested them to state the intent of communication. However, the person appears to be engaging in irrelevant chatter.

After repeatedly requesting to stop it, I pulled the plug by blocking the Apple ID. However, the person retaliated by creating a new Apple ID and starting all over again.

I am quite bothered by the unnecessary communication which I find to be distracting. I have blocked the second Apple ID too and, in response, I have started receiving the communication from a yet another Apple ID.

What official options do I have to stop this? Will reporting the Apple ID(s) in question enable Apple to take actions which can prevent this further?

According to Apple: "If you get an iMessage from someone who's not saved in your Contacts, you'll see a Report Junk link under the message." You then have to block the sender if you want to stop getting messages from them.

But since you are asking the question I'm guessing that isn't showing up. And since the perpetrator is jumping to new Apple IDs every time you block them I don't know how useful it would be.

If you do end up seeing the "Report Junk" link, maybe use it and don't block them, just mute the thread, reporting it every chance you get?


Typing into Safari on iPad extremely slow We have an iPad mini 2 running iOS 9. Ever since upgrading, any text field in Safari is painfully slow, generally taking 2 to 4 seconds before responding, and then doing so in fits and jerks. This does not appear to happen anywhere else that I have seen.

I'd like to fix this, but I'm not sure where to start. There do not appear to be any Safari extensions, so it seems to have something with the Safari install itself. Is there any way to do a clean re-install Safari.

If you are only running iOS 9 or 9.1, upgrade to the latest version, iOS 9.2.1. This version improved performance on older devices. If you do happen to be running this version, I would suggest restoring the device and not restoring from a backup such as iCloud or iTunes.


Disk Utility does not show a newly connected new/unformatted external USB3 drive I want to attach an external USB drive as a Time Machine target. What is the way to do this? I had thought Disk Utility would be able to help ..
This is Catalina on a  2020 Macbook pro . The external USB3 drive is connected via a USB <--> USB-C adapter to the Mac. The external drive power light is on so the electrical/physical connection is working.
But then Disk Utility only sees the original boot drive:

Update  Here is the output from diskutil list (not present):
13:45:54/~ $diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         1.0 TB     disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.0 TB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            10.8 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     553.9 GB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Preboot                 81.7 MB    disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume Recovery                535.6 MB   disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s5

You can see if the disk is attached easier in the command line.
diskutil list

Then if it’s recognized but not mounting, check for fsck processes. You can also click the view icon above where you selected Macintosh HD in your screenshot.


Running out of ideas - how to delete all photos on my iPhone appearing to be a leftover from the icloud migration in Photos? I currently have an iPhone 8 with 256 GB storage which I migrated my previous iPhone SE 1st edition with 64 GB storage to when I got it from an iTunes backup and reused the SE for other purposes.  I also have a lot of photos which I originally kept in Photos on my Mac and used Photostream to automatically copy new photos to my iPhone.   At one point I transferred my photo library (50000 photos and videos) to iCloud and did as prompted and it has worked well for me.
Now I broke the glass on the iPhone 8 so I need to send it in for repairs (corona prohibits walk-in repairs) which may take several days, so I would like to do the "backup to itunes - restore backup on reset device keeping passwords and everyting" exercise again but this time back to the iPhone SE
Unfortunately iTunes refuses to restore the backup as the device is too small.  Investigations show that photographs take a lot of space (see image) even after turning iCloud off on the iPhone 8 and then trying to synchronize from my Mac again with just a single album containing a single image.  Didn't get rid of them.
I cannot delete the Photos app so this cannot get rid of the data.  I can attach a bluetooth keyboard but the Apple-A command doesn't select all the images for deletion.  I can run xcode on my Mac against the 8 if necessary.
Is there a way to remove the Photos other than one at a time?

It turned out when connecting with cable and starting Image Transfer that the Camera Roll on the iPhone contained 38.000 photos (which I suppose somehow happened during my Photos-on-Mac -> iCloud migration last year).
The Image Transfer program could delete them all but it took a few hours, and the backup size shrunk as expected to be small enough.
The "Hey you have a new iPhone next to this one"-transfer from the old iPhone to the new could then complete as expected.


How is it possible that my Macbook Pro with a failed logic board works just fine? Some weeks ago, I went to a client's site to install a new router (Macs rock for IT work!) and when I opened my MacBook Pro (5,1) it didn't return from sleep; the screen stayed black and the indicator light glowed a steady white.  I opened and closed it a couple times, but still nothing.  I presumed some fault and so I hard-powered-off.  When I powered back on, I got the S-O-S chimes described here (I know that article is for the Air).  This continued several more times.  I returned to the office and I did some searching and people recommended Cmd-Opt-P-R to reset PRAM, which I tried to no avail, until...I was pressing random keys on the keyboard and it started right up.

I had to swing by the Apple Store for another user, so I asked one of the Geniuses there what his experience was, and he told me that SOS beeping is the logic board, and that pretty much there's no hope.  I was intrigued, and did not tell him that it was sitting on my desk, running fine, at that very moment.

Fast-forward a couple weeks, and my Mac works perfectly fine, except when it needs to reboot.  I find that if I need to reboot, I have to clear the PRAM and then press S or C to start the computer.  Sometimes it takes more than one try.  It will sleep and wake perfectly every time (usually 2x per day, with car rides) and will never give a single issue while running.  Not a hiccup.

Someone suggested a bad solder joint which is being affected by temperature, but I think that's not the issue:  I can leave the computer in the cold car for an hour, sleeping.  It wakes up completely fine.  There's not enough current to be heating any part of the board to maintain contact on a failing joint.  Similarly, I can finish some photo editing and the system is hot and I can close the lid, put it to sleep, and remember 'one more thing' (It's an Apple thing, what can I say?) open the lid, and it resumes flawlessly.

Everything I can find on the SOS chimes is 'Hope you got AppleCare, that means your logic board is gone, man' but that is (in this case) demonstrably not true.  Has anyone else experienced anything like this?  Is there anything else I can or should try?  This has all the symptoms of a firmware glitch to me, or some strange EFI issue.  No one else, apparently is experiencing it at this time.  Anyone?

I've heard of a logic board "limbo state" where it passes in and out of working. It is broken, but it's letting you use it until it decides to die altogether. You may as well get all the life you can out of it, but don't depend on it to heavily.

I can't find confirmation of this, but I know I've heard stories of it before. Can anyone confirm?


Display just an image as a "window"? Is there an easy way to display a PNG image (with transparency) as its own “window”, without any OSX window features (title bar, buttons, shadows)?

Ideally, it could also disappear when the mouse is clicked anywhere, or when Esc is pressed…

Yes, this is possible. See Apple's RoundTransparentWindow code example:

  This sample demonstrates how to create windows with custom shapes, no title bar, and transparent content. It also shows how to change the shape of the window and recalculate the drop shadow around the window border.


What does "reveal" do from, e.g., the services menu? "Reveal" seems to be an alternate action to "open" - except it just opens some random thing that I have no control over. For example, "revealing" a ruby file in the Finder opens Path Finder (the third party Finder replacement).

So, what's it supposed to do? Can I have any control over how it functions?

I'm on Mountain Lion, but I think this is a long-standing action.

This is a Pathfinder feature that's designed to bring up the contents of your current Finder window in Pathfinder.  There's no documentation for Pathfinder, so you'd have to check with their support team to see if it could do something different.


Can I easily delete apps I don't use from OS Yosemite without damaging other apps? To free up disk space, I'm asking if it's possible and safe to remove some apps from my Mac OS X Yosemite download that I never use. If "yes", how do I do this safely and, hopefully, quickly.

The short answer is: Yes, you can delete apps without "damaging" other apps.

I assume by "Yosemite download" you mean your original full download of the Yosemite operating system and not the "Download folder" only.

The slightly longer answer is: Just go into the applications folder and delete the apps you don't think you need. First, make sure you go into the Mac App Store and credit any possible apps to your account, though. This way, you can delete iMovie for example and later just re-download it from the Mac App Store if you need to.

Deleting an application from the Applications folder will not damage any other app, but I wouldn't recommend deleting anything from the "Utilities" folder.

The bigger problem is that for example Garage Band (if its installed) also has templates and other things installed in Library folders, which also take up quite a bit of space. I wish Apple would allow a bit more flexibility during installation.


How to configure the category gridlines in Numbers? Below are two charts with and without gridlines. Obviously the one with gridlines isn't very useful. I would like to just have a gridline every 10 years or something like that. How do I do that?

Both your plots have grids but the bottom one has too many.  You need to change the spacing by setting the number of grid lines.
Double click on the plot and in the right window click on axis at the top of that area. This opens a pane with Value X and Value Y labels near the top of the pane.  Below that you'll see Axis Scale which you can set to linear or logarithic. Right below that the pull down for linear or log there is a box that says Steps with major and minor underneth it.
You can enter a whole number in those two boxes and numbers will draw grid lines close to the number you entered. It tries to find a nice spacing to use. See the image below. At the bottom of the pane there are settings for major and minor grid lines.


Replacing shortcuts that use the eject key on MacBook Air lacking such a physical key? I'm getting used to working on a MacBook Air this week and find myself wondering if I can systematically change the default system shortcuts to use the power button as a direct substitution for the shortcuts that employed the eject key on previous keyboards.

I figure there is a really good reason why Apple didn't just enable this by default, but it would be nice to use the one such combination that I am most familiar with:

control + shift + eject which shuts off the main display immediately

An answer that addresses this one issue narrowly would be great if there is a longer wait for a more general, comprehensive answer.

The most comprehensive package for remapping the keyboard is KeyRemap4MacBook.

It's a bit complex, but will allow you to do almost anything.


Cannot enable guest account I cannot enable Guest Account. Logged as admin, I got at Users & Groups, select Guest User,and tick Allow guests to log on this computer. Even when ticked, "disabled" appears bellow Guest User account label. When I switch to the admin account and then back at guest account (within preferences) the box is now unchecked. Any ideas what can cause this?

p.s: I don't have FileVault

Update

So I thought to try a restart. A guest account is has appeared and working (looked disabled before restart) but I cannot open Users & Group Prefs. When I select it I get: Could not load Users & Groups Preference Pane.

As per David solution here (although not the cause):

I used Directory Utility (/System/Library/Core Services/Directory Utility) to delete two extra Guest accounts ("Guest1" and "Guest2").
After deleting those two records I could open the Users & Groups System Preference Pane.

Source: I've got "Preference Error: Could not load Users


How does macOS process protection work – Cliff Notes style? Looking at Apple dev forums and not having programmed in C since college, I'm a bit out of my depth trying to understand the fundamentals of the components of MacOS' protection model employed over the past few OS releases and how it affects security on the whole.

I am not sure where Sandboxes came to be in order to protect us from our selves with programs that did naughty things, but I would so appreciate a better understanding of how it works and what happens when said naughtiness occurs.

I'm guessing the Errors and Faults in Console are related to access and protection issues based on their context and the fact I do run some softs that are not giving the Apple seal of Kwality at software install. I more than likely have processes banging into things or processes failing to access resources. Console I see just streams of Errors and Faults - around 100 per minute on average and they would appear to be rights issues of some sort. The one error I see constantly on of my macs more than any other (usually) is from WindowServer such as:

_CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation on a window 0xa4 requiring rights <private> by caller <private>

0xa4 appears to be any 2 digit hex number, presumably the address of a window, perhaps? (Then gain, it seems like 16^2 windows is not a lot, so maybe this is a very incorrect interpretation.)

In any case, in the interests of cleaning house and possibly identifying apps or libraries that are problematic rather than try to get help with each and every little thing that may or may not be important, maybe a quick summary of how things are supposed to work and maybe even a link to a good overview for a sysadmin-type who might want to make his machine not run like a piece of crap.

Any concisely put wisdom will be gloriously welcomed.

Apple's Documentation Archive

See Apple's App Sandbox Design Guide for both an overview and in-depth discussion of how sandboxing works on their platforms.

  You secure your app against attack from malware by following the practices recommended in Secure Coding Guide. But despite your best efforts to build an invulnerable barrier—by avoiding buffer overflows and other memory corruptions, preventing exposure of user data, and eliminating other vulnerabilities—your app can be exploited by malicious code. An attacker needs only to find a single hole in your defenses, or in any of the frameworks and libraries that you link against, to gain control of your app’s interactions with the system.

  App Sandbox is designed to confront this scenario head on by letting you describe your app’s intended interactions with the system. The system then grants your app only the access your app needs to get its job done. If malicious code gains control of a properly sandboxed app, it is left with access to only the files and resources in the app’s sandbox.

While the document is marked as not being updated, it remains the best introduction to sandboxing on Apple's platforms.


How to Convince IT to Let me Use MacBook at Work My company (about 130 people) is almost exclusively a Windows shop.  There is a small number of designers who use Macs due to business need.  I asked my boss and the IT guy if I could use my MacBook instead of the Windows 7 laptop they gave me.

They're considering the request, but the vibe I got is that there has to be a really compelling reason to allow it (and "because I like Macs better" isn't good enough).   They cited "infrastructure concerns" and "business needs" as reasons why most people are on Windows.

I counter-cited efficiency, productivity, and a more secure OS.  I hate having to work on Windows - keyboard shortcuts are different, the mouse wheel scrolls the opposite way, and it just doesn't "feel" as solid as Mac OS.

Has anyone else run into this situation and managed to convince the "powers that be" to let them use a MacBook at work?

They likely have little to no control over the designer's Macs, not because it isn't available but because they aren't knowledgable and don't need to worry about it for only a couple of people who require Macs out of necessity. This presents the concern for them that they wouldn't be able to properly manage and/or assist you. Whether or not the OS is more secure is irrelevant to them, they are already tasked with securing the Win 7 environment so the Mac would only present (potentially) more work for them as they would need to add management options for it or deal with it on a per help ticket basis.

Your best bet?

Get a couple of higher up executives/directors to ask for Macs as well. A higher percentage of people, especially when it includes those with influence, asking for Macs is much more likely to open the door than just one or two people.

My organization (roughly 500~ people, now about 200~ Macs) had this same situation, and what I just described is exactly what opened the door (which opened a flood of requests) for Macs.  Initially only the creative departments (working with video, publication, graphic design) had Macs, maybe 10-15 in the organization which used to be quite a bit larger.  4-5 years ago several of the directors and executives enjoyed the experience they had with their iPhones & iPads so much that they started to push for Macs as their work computers.  Not long after MacBooks, MacBook Pros and iMacs were added as options for people to order when they were hired or due for a computer replacement.  Jump to now and Macs make up 35-40% of the organization.

The flip side, reason I have a job, IT was met with a new technology that they didn't know how to handle.  Macs were hogging bandwidth with software update downloads, Active Directory integration only allowed for some management, new Macs required a lot of effort to configure for use, no one was experienced enough to troubleshoot them properly, etc.  This made it a necessity to hire a Mac admin, which led them to me.  From what I understand desktop support has been much less stressed since I joined, which I can believe from the work I've had to do to "tame" the Macs.

Maybe not the answer you're looking for but I know of several other businesses that have had Macs approved in similar ways.  Hopefully the contrast of what it likely means for your IT team will help as well.


AddressBookManager using 100% CPU My macbook pro running OSX 10.7.3 will fire up the heavy fans even if left idle with all major apps closed. In Activity Monitor, AddressBookManager is shown as taking 110% CPU, even though I have only two address in my address book (mine and apple's) and I never open the application.

I can kill AddressBookManager from Activity Monitor, but it comes back again in a few minutes.

I still have loads of free memory, and the disk doesn't seem to be being thrashed, it's just the CPU usage. I probably wouldn't even notice if it wasn't for the fans.

Suggested from the comments, here's the accounts in my address book preferences:

As you can see, nothing there untoward.

Thanks in advance and for the help already.

I solved this issue:

Export your AddressBook information if necessary.(I did not, because I have no import information in AddressBook)
Go to this directory /Users/luowensheng/Library/Application\ Support/
Delete the AddressBook directory, if there is synchronization, it may come back, do not care of that.
So, you can see the Activity monitor, does the AddressBookManager still high? if still high,  delete the AddressBook directory more times.


Can I disable mounting of network volumes via afp:// protocol in favor of smb:// I have a Drobo network file server which insists on offering it's mounts via both afp:// and smb://. Is there any way to force my Macs (they are all running High Sierra) to NEVER mount network volumes via AFP?

There is no way in the Drobo administration to disable AFP. I've talked Drobo Support: it's a "feature we're considering."

To be clear: I understand how to mount it via SMB. There are certain situations (that I seem to be unable to control) where the macs sometimes automount via AFP. I think it might have to do with remembered "open recent" files -- but I'm guessing. So I want to break/disable AFP entirely. I'll take a failure to mount, instead of the problems I get when it automounts with AFP. (files don't save, apps and the finder lock up, etc)

Two options that may be helpful in your case:

• Close access to TCP port 548 - that should disallow any AFP access.

• Volumes formatted as APFS can't offer share points over the network using AFP. (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208018)


Does iPhone 5 charger work for iPhone 6 I need to test an app i'm developing for iPhone 6 device. Can I use an iPhone 5c charger to connect the charger to my MacBook Pro and the iPhone 6? Would the iPhone 5c charger work for iPhone 6 or does iPhone 6 have a completely different charger?

There are only 2 types of connector for iPhones/Pads; the old-style 30-pin & the new-style Lightning connector. The change to Lightning, for phones, is at iPhone 5; prior to that they were 30-pin.

The output of a phone/pad charger has only 2 variations, 1A for phones, 2A for pads. Any device needing 2A or less will work on a 2A charger, a 2A device on a 1A charger will charge, but very slowly.

Any recent Apple computer is capable of charging either a pad or phone directly over USB, using the detachable cable from a mains charger, as Apple incorporated a non-standard 2A capability into the ports. Older machines can charge phones easily, but pads only more slowly, as they don't have the full 2A capability.

However, there is no compatibility between a phone/pad charger & a laptop charger, without 3rd party hardware. Examples - https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/plugbug or http://www.supercompressor.com/tech/cabin-charges-your-iphone-with-a-macbook-charger
A phone charger cannot be pressed into service for a laptop, as it's not powerful enough.

So…
TL:DR is yes, it will work, so long as you're charging the phone from the laptop over USB, or directly from a phone/pad charger.
As you'd need to have the phone connected to the laptop over USB for connectivity, just using the USB->Lightning connector is sufficient.

If it fits, it works.