How to run Shortcuts through Siri? I’ve been using Shortcuts for a while and knew how to run Shortcuts with Siri, but since iOS 13, I couldn’t find the option.

In iOS 13, Apple moved the "Siri Shortcuts" into the Shortcuts app.  Open the Shortcuts app and select "Gallery".

In there you'll see "Shortcuts From your Apps".  Tap "See All" to see all Shortcuts that you can use with Siri.


prevent preview.app from automatically starting slideshow when switching to fullscreen view I read a lot of PDF files in preview. Whenever I open a file, switch to fullscreen to have a view in which I can focus on reading the PDF without being distracted, after 5 seconds, preview.app goes to the second page. I understand that this is great for photos. At the same time, it's really stupid for PDF files with lots of text. So this function should either be file format sensitive or if that is too much to ask for apple to implement, there should be an option to disable auto-play for fullscreen view.

I was unable to find such an option in the preferences for preview.app. Am I the only one reading PDFs in fullscreen and annoyed by this behavior? Or did I miss a setting?

This might happen if you are confusing the keyboard shortcuts in the Preview application: use Cmd-Ctrl-F (Enter Full Screen), not Cmd-Shift-F (Slide Show).


Is it possible to make screenshot of a panel window For example I want to make a screenshot of a panel window "Fonts" in Mail. But I can't do it, because panel window is hidden when its parent app is not in foreground and to make screenshot of it, I need to open "Preview" first.

So, is it possible?

Use shortcut cmd+T to show the Font window

To take a screenshot using a manual rectangular selection, use cmd+Shift+4.

To take a screenshot using an automatic selection, press space as well.


Calendar loses custom "open file" alerts On a Mac with High Sierra 10.13.6 Calendar loses any custom alerts linked to opening a file. I tested on macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and Calendar keeps those alerts and shows them:

On High Sierra, the same procedure shows no such alert and does not open the file, even after restarting Calendar. Here is the event:

Calendar also fails to display a custom alert of email, but runs it nonetheless.

In the meantime, I am running calendar alerts with Automator following this post. The reason is that I want to run an AppleScript as an alert, which after Mountain Lion I would need to do by saving it as an application bundle and opening the file.

Why does this happen and how to fix it?

This drove me crazy at one point too.  Make sure you are putting these events onto a local calendar, and not an iCloud calendar.  File open alerts won't work unless they are on a local "On My Mac" calendar.


Is it possible to use Safari Technology Preview for handoff from iPhone? When I open a page in Safari on my iPhone the handoff icon pops up in the dock on my Mac. However clicking on the icon will open Safari. As I am using Safari Technology Preview as my default browser I would like to know if there is some hack that would enable me to use is as a "handoff browser".

This is indeed possible, but only if Safari Technology Preview is your default browser as set in System Preferences → General. If you use a different browser, then the Handoff will always use the original Safari.


Why I cannot restore Apple TV from tvOS 10 preview? It just shows error "The Apple TV software update center could not be contacted. The requested resource was not found." Is there anything I can do to fix it?

It's a known bug. Download the IPSW manually from developer.apple.com/tvos/download, alt-click the Restore button and select your IPSW.


Do these messages in the LDAP log on OSX Mavericks Server mean anything? Jan 26 06:23:05 server.mydoman.net slapd[329]: => bdb_idl_delete_key: c_get failed: DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK: Locker killed to resolve a deadlock (-30994)
Jan 26 06:23:05 server.mydoman.net slapd[329]: conn=4318 op=3: attribute "entryCSN" index delete failure

I see hundreds of these messages in the LDAP log.  are they significant at all?

I found an entry in a thread on OpenLDAP.org's lists in which the commenter says that this is normal for BDB.

This is a normal occurrence in BerkeleyDB and does not indicate an
actual  error. The bdb/hdb backend code automatically retries when a
BDB deadlock is  reported.
Howard Chu, Chief Architect, OpenLDAP

(Source: https://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-bugs/201409/msg00057.html)
I have been chasing the same error for the better part of a week, and a lot of people report this error for many different versions of macOS/MacOS and Linux, so it seems... normal, maybe?
Hope that helps.
/Bill


Mojave made my MacBook impossibly slow I have a MacBook Air 11', Early 2014 with a 1,4GHz CPU and 4Gb of RAM. I was running MacOS 10.12 without any issues, everything was fast and responsive.

Then I upgraded to MacOS 10.14, skipping MacOS 10.13. Since then, my MacBook became very slow and irresponsive. The round, colored spinning icon indicating that there is something going on is now almost omnipresent. On MacOS 10.12 I saw it rarely. Switching between apps was smooth before, now it's painful. The MacBook feels always hot, even with just the browser open. The battery burns through a lot faster.

Do I have a messed up system? If so, why didn't I have issues before upgrading to Mojave? Is there anything I can do about it?

Or is my MacBook simply too slow to run Mojave decently? Apple lists it among the devices supported by Mojave. I'm interested in the experience of other users of the same model.

I would advise using Activity Monitor to examine the CPU usage of the running processes. There's most likely a process taking up huge amounts of CPU-time responsible for slowing down the rest of the system.

When you have identified the process, decide whether to remove the program, look for updates, contacting the developer or otherwise rectify the issue.

Note: Right after installing Mojave the system will be slower than usually because it is creating Spotlight indexes, caches, and other types of one-off computations. Please wait a day or two for this to complete.


How do you enter binary numbers in OS X Calculator? I'm using Calculator on Mac OS X 10.7.5.  I switched it to the "Programmer" view, and the upper right only has "8", "10", and "16" buttons, which means it only allows you to enter octal, decimal, and hexadecimal numbers.  How can I enter binary numbers?

Click "show binary" button, this shows in your screenshot, and then you can click the "bit" you want to set.


Different keyboards layout I'm the owner of a MacBook Air I bought just a few days ago. I live in Italy, so for the sake of being able to sell the machine when its time will come, I bought it with an Italian keyboard layout.
For programming I'm trying to get used to US layout, I just wanted to know a few things:

what is the current US keyboard layout on Macs? I still can't find an "official" one.
Through Preferences > Languages > Input I selected USA keyboard layout, but what I get is this layout:

I'm pretty sure it's quite uncommon to have that odd glyph in the upper left corner, actually I don't even know its meaning.

Do you know how to access standard US keyboard?

Note I have this theory: since my keyboard has a different number of keys than the US one, maybe that's the reason why \ and | characters are on the extreme right rather than on the upper left corner.

Note 2 I'm aware of solutions like keyremap4macbook, I just wanted to know if this is possible without that.

Edit

This should be the layout I'm looking for.

I think this might be due to the fact that some European keyboards have a different arrangement of the keys. For example, compare the enter keys and the number of keys in each row.

So my (American) keyboard layout looks like this:

What I noticed is that on your screenshot, the layout is called "USA", and on mine it is "U.S.", maybe this helps to find the correct layout.


Lost files on hard drive after Time Machine back up I did my Time Machine back up using my hard drive. After that, I didn't realize that I lost all my files that were in the hard disk. How can I get the files back?

MacBook Air

First things first, switch off Time Machine. Any further backups to that drive will hamper your ability to recover your files.

You're going to need some sort of data recovery app to dig down through your hard drive to recover the data that was there which has hopefully not been overwritten.

EaseUS is a pretty good recovery program that I have used to recover data in the past. Their Mac version is a little pricey, at $89.95, but you will have to gauge the value of your data you need to recover and see if it works out worth it.

I doubt you will find any decent free application that can properly recover your data. EaseUS do have a trial version available that will allow you to recover up to 2GB of lost data so you can try it out risk free.


Can one install Automator .workflow services via Terminal without user consent? I know I can just use open command on these files to run them and the user will be prompted with an option to install them. Can I install such services silently though?

Moved the Automator services to $HOME/Library/Services/ instead of installing them.


Open and edit Markdown files with Google Drive iOS App Is there a way to open, edit and save back files from the iOS Google Drive app? I've tried some Markdown iOS apps, but I can't seem to open the files from within the Google Drive app. Are there any Markdown apps that can read/write form iOS Google Drive?

I haven't been able to find an app that allows you to open markdown from within the the Google Drive app.

However WriteBox allows you to link to your google drive account and then edit and save your markdown files. It also seems designed for markdown note taking (Markdown toolbar and preview) which is nice.

Write for iPhone also looks promising but I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.


How to find rt.jar file? My virus scanner (Sophos) showed that it was scanning a file named rt.jar plus several other .jar files. I was a little bit surprised because I didn't think that Java was installed.

Yet, when I search using Finder, I can't find any indication that this or any other .jar file exists on my system (OSX 10.10).

Any suggestions about where/how to look?

The best way to find files is through Terminal.  You don't need to download or install any extra applications.

Simply issue the command:

sudo find / -name rt.jar

It will ask your for your password; enter it.  Find will go through all of your directories and when it finds any instances of "rt.jar" it will output the directory to your screen.  You can then navigate to that directory via finder or through the terminal via the "cd" command

cd /the/path/where/find/located/your/file

you can delete it if you like with the "rm" command

rm rt.jar

If you want to see files in Finder just issue these commands in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder

After that, you will be able to search and view all of the hidden files.

If you want to go back to the default view just change the "TRUE" to "FALSE"

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE;killall Finder


Is there a way to change which shares are shown on the bottom of the iOS 5 notifications screen? The bottom of the iOS 5 notifications screen show the Shares for some enterprises (Apple, Google, Yahoo!). Is there a way to configure which one I want to see?

The shares shown are the one you set up in the Stocks app.

Open *Stocks
Tap the i on the bottom right corner
Delete or add new shares

Those will be the ones shown in the notifications screen.


How can I increase the time before my external drive powers down? I have an external USB drive from LaCie that is connected to my MacBook Pro – almost all the time. So whenever I don't use it for a few minutes, it powers down. That means, it takes a few seconds to spin the disk up again if I need it.

Sometimes, other applications wake the drive up even when I don't want to, causing the applications to hang (i.e. wait for the drive).

How can I increase the time before the external drive powers down?

Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X

This app does exactly what you are after (plus much much more), but it will set you back $15.

Alternatively, the command pmset appears to do this as well, but without the fancy GUI. For example pmset -c disksleep 60 will prevent all disks from spinning down within 60 minutes of activity when plugged in. You can change the -c part to specify a different power condition:

  The -a, -b, -c, -u flags determine whether the settings apply to battery
       ( -b ), charger (wall power) ( -c ), UPS ( -u ) or all ( -a )


iMessage routing with multiple devices - Forcing SMS delivery I have a relative who is currently travelling abroad.  They are not using data roaming on their iPhone, but occasionally grab some hotel of coffee shop WiFi.

I have a problem communicating with them that is essentially as follows:

When they message me using a data connection, I get an iMessage as I should
If they are still on the data connection when I reply, they will receive it
If they are not on a data connection, it will sent to me via SMS
When I reply to that SMS, I know that they have left their iPad turned on at home, and thus all messages shows as delivered because they are getting to that device first, and not to her phone, ergo I cannot text her

Is there a way I can force a message to be sent to a recipient as an SMS message if they have their phone number configured to be a receiving address on a second device that is active and therefore receiving the messages over data first?

Anyone that had an iPhone can now de-register that phone number from iMessage delivery at https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

In the past, you had to know to turn off iMessage before you removed the SIM from the device to accomplish the same thing, but clearly enough people needed this that it's a self-serve option now from Apple to manage your iMessage status.

Then you can choose to SMS them or iMessage them and know when the iMessage is really landing at a device that's capable of replying to it. It doesn't perfectly solve your case, but for many it will be an ideal way to get messages reliably from non-iPhone devices.


change flag in menu bar to Indian flag For India they have Hindi language but it does not have an Indian flag on it. Is there any way to add custom flag images in menu bar?

even if its a hackish way to do it. I am ready for it. I just want to have Indian flag in menu bar.

You can actually customize your own input source icons via keyboard layouts! I found step-by-step instructions, which involve a bit of graphics editing, a Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor, and some work in Terminal.app: Salvatore Testa: Customizing Your Mac Input Source Icon. Have fun!


GUI written in python (with PyQT/PySide2) does not launch I just updated to Big Sur 11.2.1 and wanted to launch a python script that I wrote in a GUI with PySide2. When I launch the script, the terminals seems to be busy with the app:

However nothing more happens: the GUI doe not launch, there is no error message. and I have to kill manually the app. Here is the code
#!/usr/bin/python

# Import PySide classes
import sys
from PySide2.QtWidgets import *

# Create a Qt application
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
# Create a Label and show it
label = QLabel("Hello World")
label.show()
# Enter Qt application main loop
app.exec_()
sys.exit()

If a run the a script containing only print("hello") from the terminal, this works
Moreover in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk access, the app iTerm.app is selected (so iTerm.app should have permiession)

I just found the answer in this stackoverflow question. For some weird reason, one has to add the following piece of code at the beginning of the script.
import os
os.environ['QT_MAC_WANTS_LAYER'] = '1'

And that worked for me


Window manager that will allow rules for specific applications? When I have a second monitor attached to my laptop I always have two windows in the second monitor.  My console takes about 1/3 of the second monitor while Sublime text takes 2/3 of the second monitor.

What I would like to find is a tool that will allow me to hit a shortcut and have it take those two windows, where ever they are, and move them to the second monitor and size them correctly (regardless of what window I am currently on).

The closest I have found is Breeze.  Unfortunately Breeze requires that I select the window I want to resize and it only resizes on the current screen.  So if my console is on monitor #1, I have to manually move it to monitor #2 and then hit the shortcut.  Once I'm done with that I need to find Sublime Text and do the same.

Does anyone know of a tool that will do exactly what I need?

Moom can be triggered using keyboard shortcuts and can deal with external monitors.

It can also save snapshots of given window arrangements, which can be triggered either manually or automatically. You can trigger a snapshot from any window and it can save snapshots with up to 5 external monitors at the same time.

Here's a screencast by Don McAllister showing how this works: http://www.screencastsonline.com/mac/show/0333/


Mac OS - Is it possible to sign in to iCloud via touch id instead of using the password? I have a 2018 MacBook Pro 15 running Mojave and from time to time I see this annoying iCloud popup saying I'm not logged in and that I have to enter my AppleID password. I have TouchID set up and use it to unlock the Mac and all the other things listed in the system preferences.

Is it possible to use touch id to sign in to iCloud?

Not at this time.

Currently, TouchID allows you to

unlock your apple devices
Authorize payments/purchases from ApplePay, iTunes Store, App Store and the iBooks Store
Unlock/authorize 3rd party app usage (Developer supported)

About Touch ID advanced security technology

  You can use it to authorize purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store, as well as with Apple Pay. Developers can also allow you to use Touch ID to sign into their apps.

You may see this in a future update, but (IMO) it acts like a second factor in a 2FA authentication when trying to gain access into your iCloud account.


How can I tell if my iPad is syncing to my PC or iCloud? My iPad "synced" to iTunes once so I could set some settings. My iPad (iPad 2 iOS 5.0.1) is set to sync to iCloud. However when I set off a backup, iTunes opens on my PC and it seems that iTunes is doing the sync.

Is my data being saved in iCloud, on my PC or both? Can I get it to sync just to iCloud but be able to manage it via iTunes? I don't want the backup to eat space on my PC.

You can tell if you are backing up to iCloud by going to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup on your iPad. Look at the bottom of that page and it will indicate when the last backup was.

In iTunes, on the Summary tab there is a check box to backup to iCloud. If you ever want to backup to the computer you can Cmd-click on the device in the iTunes sidebar and select backup now ( or something like that).

Syncing and backup are not the same thing.


Macbook Pro putting out low sound input Every app that I use, the speakers hardly put out sound even when set to full volume full blast. I went into sound settings and made sure the volume was up all the way and it sounds like it is on a mid-low volume.

It is a 2018 15" Macbook Pro running OS Mojave.

First, make sure any volume controls in the app you’re using aren’t turned all the way down. Also, try playing a different audio file, CD, or DVD, or try playing the file or disc on another computer or media player to isolate the problem. Check this thread https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-you-cant-hear-sound-from-your-speakers-mchlp1439/mac


I suddenly cannot open any files in Script Editor.app Today, I was working on an .scpt file in Script Editor.app, when, suddenly, Script Editor would not allow me to save the file. It was a seemingly random occurrence; I had not done something unique when the error surfaced. I had successfully saved this file in Script Editor dozens of times today.

I then Quit Script Editor and double-clicked on the .scpt file in Finder, to open the file in Script Editor (which is my default application for .scpt files).

Script Editor responded with the following error dialog:

It reads:

  The document "My script.scpt" could not be opened.

I can launch Script Editor and I can create a New Document. But, I cannot open an existing document.

What I've tried:

Restarting and shutting down the computer
Running "First Aid' in Disk Utility.app
Opening Script Editor.app via the right-click context menu in Finder
Opening a .scpt file via the menu bar in Script Editor (File → Open...)
Opening a .scpt file via the right-click context menu in Finder
Creating a new document in Script Editor that contains zero characters. I can successfully save new documents in Script Editor, so I saved this .scpt file to my Desktop. But, after I closed the document window, I could not open the document in Script Editor.
All of my .scpt files originated in (i.e., were created by) Script Editor.
It may be important to note that I could open the .scpt files in TextWrangler.app and Atom.app.

Here is the Sharing & Permissions pane for the app file (via Get Info window in Finder):

These two questions are similar to my own:

Can't save AppleScript file when created by touch
Why am I getting “Error -1,752” when trying to save in Script Editor?

However, the solutions do not apply to my scenario.

Short of re-installing the OS, is there anything that I can do to get Script Editor up and running again?

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.

Script Editor Version 2.8.1 (183.1)

Personally if it was me, I would run disk utility app on my system first..  Then I would reboot and see if that fixes the problem. If that did not fix the problem, I would then go to /Users/your short name/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScriptEditor2.plist. <—- and delete that .plist file, then reboot and fire up the script editor app to see if the problem is fixed.  You may want to make a backup copy of that plist file before you delete It.

I'm not quite sure if that file is hidden in the system, So you may have to unhide hidden files before you can find that plist file

This is the script I use to show hidden files in the system...

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE\nkillall Finder"

An alternate solution would be trying to restore that .plist file using Time Machine


Ability to control lock screen of iPhone running iOS 7 with bluetooth keyboard? On my iPhone with iOS 6, I often use the Amazon bluetooth keyboard to use my iPhone, including turning it on (home button on keyboard) and unlocking (escape button instead of swiping to unlock). But (and I don't remember how this was on iOS 6) with my iPad on iOS 7, the iPad won't respond to the keyboard when the screen is off (can't access lock screen) and the "escape" button doesn't reveal the home screen. (Search button doesn't activate spotlight either, it does on my iPhone with iOS 6, but that's a side issue.)

So would it work on the iPhone? Is this just an iPad problem? Would Apple or Amazon fix this in the future?

I upgraded the iPhone. And yes, the bluetooth keyboard still works to unlock the phone (just not iPad), and unlike in iOS 6 it jumps straight past the "slide to unlock" to the passcode screen.

Interestingly, though, if I show the slide to unlock screen, "esc" no longer swipes it to the passcode screen.

Spotlight/search button on keyboard is, by the way, useless now also on the iPhone.


How to edit theme colors in TextMate 2? In TextMate 1 there is a Fonts & Colors tab in Preferences to edit theme colors, but in TextMate 2 I cannot find how to do the same...

I can select a theme in the View menu, but I want to customize a theme, the same way it was possible in TextMate 1, by selecting the "scope" and changing the color with a palette and the font style.

Where is this function in TextMate 2?

Option 1: use TextMate 1:

open ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles/Themes.tmbundle/Themes/Custom.tmTheme -a TextMate
cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/TextMate/Themes/Custom.tmTheme \
~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles/Themes.tmbundle/Themes/Custom.tmTheme

Option 2: edit the theme as an old-style plist from the bundle editor:

Option 3: edit the tmTheme file directly by opening it with mate:

mate ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles/Themes.tmbundle/Themes/Custom.tmTheme

The last two options require you to close and reopen files to make them use the edited theme. tell app "TextMate 2" to reload bundles does not work.

You can use pl and plutil to convert between the XML and old style formats:

pl -input file.plist -output file.plist
plutil -convert xml1 file.plist


Get list of networked devices via CLI I want to get all the entries I would normally get via Finder, but using command line. So from this:

I want to retrieve at least "celeste-7" and "Time Capsule" (just the label is fine) directly in a bash script or applescript.

Commands like ippfind and dns-sd -B _ssh._tcp . don't show all the devices I see in the Finder, not even half.

Any ideas?

You are using the correct dns-sd to discover local services. The problem is you need to search for all the potential items.

Screen sharing, AFP file sharing, SMB file sharing, etc...

Worse, if you have Back to My Mac and iCloud connected devices, not all of them are local, but they are still discoverable from the command line:

Is it possible to terminal login remotely (outside local network) to my mac at home via SSH + VPN?
Does Apple Remote Desktop connect to computers over the internet?
Screen Share connects to wrong device

If you wanted to pick apart all the ports / protocols you could use the Network Utility to port scan each device you see in you finder sidebar and look for the common ports that are listening.

Apple’s big list of ports and names is here:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202944

I think you’ll get good coverage if you start with remote control, file sharing (VNC/AFP/SMB) though.


How do I copy the text content of a dialog box on OS X? Many people are not aware that on Windows you can copy the whole text content of a MessageBox by pressing Ctrl ⌃ + C when the dialog is focused.

This is an essential feature for reporting error messages, and in some cases these could be huge.

Still, it seems that on OS X, that Command ⌘ + C does not work and I'm wondering if there is another method for doing this.

Doing screenshots is not so convenient, especially that they are not searchable :p

I am looking for a generic solution, if it exists. Here is an example:

The most generic way may be to use the Accessibility Inspector and copy the text form its window.

  In Mac OS X v10.4 and later, Apple provides the Accessibility Inspector testing tool...

  Accessibility Inspector presents a utility window that displays the attributes (and values), actions, and position in the accessibility hierarchy of the object currently under the mouse pointer. To use Accessibility Inspector, be sure to enable assistive applications in the Universal Access Preferences.

Here is an example for Trim Enabler, where you can't select and copy the text of the "About" tab:

And the window displayed by Accessibility Inspector:

This is with the mouse pointer hovering over the long text, which can then be found in AXValue.

Edit 2014-10-18:

The next example shows step-by-step how to copy text that is not selectable using Accessibility Inspector 4.0:

Open the window from where the information shall be extracted and open Accessibility Inspector, then hover the mouse pointer over the element of interest:

Press Command ⌘ + 7 to lock Accessibility Inspector, then click on the line you want to copy (e.g. AXValue) and press Command ⌘ + C to copy it to the clipboard:

Paste the copied text where needed:


Can I use iCloud Drive as a backup with non-macOS? I am a Mac user who used to benefit much from the Genius Bar in America.
Now I relocated to elsewhere without the support and I know so little what to do right now.

A couple of months ago, I made a lot of change to my Macintosh' directories. I sent most of the archives to iCloud and removed them from the hard drive. Then I bought another laptop so that I can install Windows, the OS needed to run the particulars of South Korean web browsers. Also my Mac was aging (bought 2012, MacBook Pro).

I was able to locate the iCloud section on my sidebar and check the contents I need are there. But is it something sustainable?

The problem of its not synching with my new laptop properly still persists though. The model it is not synching to is MSI GS63 7RD stealth, although I think Windows is causing the problem. Domestic customer contact commented that it sometimes doesn't sync well with non-macOS environment, and that was it.

Inquiry in sum:

I would like to ask if anyone restored data using iCloud Drive in a non-MacOS environment with success. If it is even possible.
I mean iCloud Drive by the storage service that you pay monthly. I started the service expecting it could be used in place of external hard drive for backup.. or is it not how it should be used?

I currently use macOS High Sierra 10.13.2

No single backup destination should be your only backup of important files. iCloud Drive is no exception.

iCloud Drive is supported on Windows as you've found. This folder is synchronised with iCloud Drive, so providing you have an internet connection, the files you add there will be copied to iCloud. Later, on another computer or if you erase your current computer, you can sign in to iCloud again and your files will still be there.

iCloud Drive is not meant to be a backup solution for your files in their current location. You shouldn't expect to store all your files in iCloud Drive on Windows as the integration just isn't there yet. You can add iCloud Drive as a library folder so it appears as part of Documents, but unlike macOS you can't replace your entire Documents folder on Windows with iCloud Drive.

An external drive is useful for backups since you take the files on your computer, copy them to the external drive, then remove the drive and place it elsewhere — that's a quintessential backup. iCloud Drive is a little different:

If you copy all your documents into iCloud Drive, you're using twice as much storage space on your computer.
If you move all your documents into iCloud Drive, they're no longer where you left them in your Documents folder or wherever.

iCloud Drive is great for files you want to synchronise, and can work as a backup solution, but it's not designed for that primarily.


How to I delete WINS name from Network > Advanced > WINS I'm unable to clear the NetBIOS and Workgroup names (when I try, the current NetBIOS name appears grayed out, and always returns, even after I press "Apply"). I've already issued the command

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.netbiosd.plist

I don't have any file sharing enabled, nor is there an active directory configured.

Turns out that the solution was to

Remove all the NetBIOS name entries in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist (there was one for every interface)
Killall -9 cfprefsd
Issue the

sudo defaults delete/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server.plist

command for good measure.
Restart

I hope this can help others.


Is there an app for iPhone to record the audio output streaming of any other app ? Is there an app for iPhone/iPad to record the audio output streaming of any other app ?

I need to record the audio streamed from other apps and not the audio from the microphone.

thanks

This link shows the steps on mac. https://www.apptamin.com/blog/capture-iphone-ipad-screen-video/

You use Quicktime,
Connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac via the lightning cable.
Open QuickTime player.
Click File then select 'New Audio Recording'
A recording window will appear.
Select the Mic of your iPhone if you want to record music/sound effects.
Click the Record button.
You will not hear the sound, but the levels show the input.


Using two headsets on my MacBook Air I want to rent a movie on my MacBook Air and my husband and I want to watch the movie together using two separate headsets. Can this been done. I have 3 headsets to choose from, Wireless Bose, Logitech  usb plugin and a set that uses the pin plug in. I am not able to bluetooth my bose - only works on my iPad. The other two pin plug in and USB plug in only allows one to work at a time. Is it possible for both of us to watch a movie using separate headphones on MacBook Air??

You need a Y cable splitter to connect 2 headsets.

Most come with single audio control but there are some with dual audio volume. If you already have audio volume control on each headset then no problem.

Since you have the headsets already with different plugs you will have to get appropriate cable splitter for that.

I did some search for you.

First the USB male to 2x Female splitter like this.

One you use for your USB Head set.

For the second headset you need another adapter like this.

Those do not have Volume adjustment, so hope there is no problem with that :).


Two Time Capsules in one network, Macbook connects to the slower one when backing up I have two time capsules. They are connected via an ethernet cable and are part of the same wifi network. My devices connect to the one which has the better signal.

The problem is that my Macbook Pro always connects directly to the one where I store my Time machine backups when backing up (every hour). It happens even in cases where the signal is pretty bad and normally the other capsule would be used.

Current behavior

Macbook connects to tc2 when backup is in progress even though tc1 is closer and tc2 is in the same network:

                    [Macbook]............(wifi)..........................
                                                                        |
   [tc1]                                                              [tc2]

Desired behavior

Macbook connects to tc1, since it's closer, and runs the backup through it:

      .....(wifi)....[Macbook]
      |
   [tc1]........................(ethernet)...........................[tc2]

Is there a way to tell Time machine to always use the Time Capsule wich has the better signal?

You don't explicitly state it, but is one of the APs extending the other, or are they both separate network IDs?

If they are participating in what used to be called a WDS extended network, then it's tricky to tell it which one to use.  But if you have them operating separate SSIDs, then you can simply not store the password to the one that is furthest away and allow the macbook to not even have a choice.

If you already have the 2 routers connected over cable, then there is absolutely no need for them to broadcast the same SSID other than for neatness.  Usually when you do that, it it because one it extending the range of the other by repeating the signal.  This is utterly redundant in your scenario, and you are far better off forcing any traffic that enters the network on Router A to route over ethernet to Router B if it is required.

Having a repeated wireless means you have 2 possible identical access points to connect to and having it potentially connect to the wrong one, and even if it connects to the right one, it will still just subsequently pass it back to the other one over Wifi thus negating the denefit of the lovely wired link you have.  It won't dump that traffic onto the local wired LAN to traverse over to the other router.  WDS is for when you can't link via a cable.

There are other considerations:

Your links speed to one AP may be faster than to another, but that doesn't consider (or even tell) what the link speed "back to base" is.  Imagine this.  You sit 30 metres from 1 wifi AP, and 70 from another, each of you in a straight line.  Your strongest signal is clearly from the one 30 meters away.  However your best connection may be to do the 70 meter link to the furthest point instead, as it will be closer and likely faster than going 30 meters in one direction to what appears to be the best conection, which then needs to go 100 meteres back the other way to complete the route.

Also, don't go thinking 300Mb wireless is faster than 100Mb wired.  It's not.  The speeds shown are for total bandwidth speeds, not usable bandwidth.  Wifi has considerable overhead that ethernet does not, including extended packet information for encrypted packets and associated handshaking etc etc that a wired LAN link will not have.


How to make applescript type items into url bar How do i make applescript type certain things such as urls into the url bar?
I've been trying to set up my computers so I don't take 9 years to set everything up when I need to work.
I have most of it ready but I can't figure this part out...
Can someone help me?

This works with following AppleScript lines:

tell application "Safari"
open location "https://google.ch"
activate
end tell


How different amperage could affect a rechargeable device? I have an iPad with it's own charger that has 2 components: a USB connection cable and an electrical adapter that outputs 5.1 V and 2.1 A.

Also I have a car charging device that is suitable for phones that can be charged via the USB data cable. This one has the fallowing output specifications: 5.1 V and 1.0 A.

My question is if it is safe for the iPad to connect it to the car charging device and if the difference in the current output would affect it's accumulator.

The iPad and other iOS devices are very good about only charging from appropriate voltages and currents. In fact, the iPad even is programmed to detect and show a not charging message in the status bar when it is connected to a power source with current too low. This is most commonly seen when the iPad is plugged into a computer that only supplies the normal USB current of 500 mA.

In your specific case, one amp at 5.1 V will charge the iPad slower than normal but still provide a useful charge even when the iPad is in operation. Should you be consuming a lot of data, a lot of graphics, and using GPS location you could possibly use more current than the one amp charger supplies, so just watch your battery level while it's charging and you should be fine.


How do I know if a graphics card is sufficient for a given external monitor? (Time-sensitive) [This is time-sensitive because the deal I want to get closes soon. Any helpful ideas re: the below would be greatly appreciated]

I have mid-2012 MBP 13in and I run it at home connected to an Acer 24 inch monitor which has been great for the past couple years.

Basically, I have an opportunity to get a highly discounted HP Pavilion 32inch QHD Wide-Viewing Angle Display Monitor. Has DisplayPort and 2 HDMI connects, and a 2560x1440 resolution.

I read some Amazon reviews and many of them mentioned making sure that your video card can support the resolution the monitor requires. My video card is the Intel HD Graphics 4000 that came with the computer.

Will I run into problems with this potential purchase and, if so, what sort of problem(s) and how much would they perhaps cost me to remedy? Thanks!

According to EveryMac.com, the mid-2012 MacBook Pro can support an external monitor with a resolution of 2560x1600.

This means that your Intel HD Graphics 4000 chip is capable of supporting your monitor.  However, you should be aware that the HD 4000 uses shared memory (meaning it takes up to 1.5GB of RAM from the system).

Personally, I would upgrade your memory to the maximum amount and again, according to EveryMac.com, you can upgrade it to 16GB of PC3-12800 SO-DIMM Memory.  This will ensure that your integrated graphics chip and the system has enough memory to deliver the best graphics performance it possibly can.

Also, regarding the monitor connection, I would avoid converting DisplayPort to HDMI and just stick with DisplayPort (go mDP to DP).


Emptying the trash failed with "can't copy" on Yosemite While using empty stack securely under Yosemite, it halted with the message:

  You can't copy the item InfoPlist.strings because its name is too long or includes characters that are invalid on the destination volume.

What's the matter and, more important, what can I do about it?

PS. It might be that the InfoPlist.strings is located on an MS-DOS (FAT32) partition on an USB disk. (On which I lost 130 GB because I deleted that data.)

Open the trash folder, try to rename few sub files and main directory in which the file content and then try to empty the trash. By doing the same, it will not show error and will empty the trash.

For me this worked. Hope it also helps you.


Very slow to open Outlook on Parallels 8 with Windows 7 on OS X 10.8.5 When I wake my MacBook Air after being in sleep mode, and open Outlook 2010, it can take 30+ seconds to open. This is a relatively new phenomenon.

My system is a MacBook Air (i5 and 8GBs memory) running Windows 7 using Parallels 8.

I disabled most of the Outlook Add-Ins, and the issue seems to have been resolved. The only Add-In I use is the one for Exchange to work properly.
thx-


When logging in, screen flashes then kicks back to login screen - Cannot login even in Safe mode I know this is similar to another post here but it went unanswered.
Previous Thread

I have a Late 2010 13" Macbook Air with Mavericks installed since launch.

I was trying to use an external monitor which was giving me fits.  I unplugged it and ended up getting logged out of my user account.  When logging back in my screen turned a bluish tint then flashed and returned to the login screen.  At the time I also had a keychain problem pop up which I was able to fix.  I have tried the suggestions on the other thread other than transferring the information to a new user account as this happened yesterday.

I need to know if anyone has found a fix for this as the previous poster hasn't returned to the thread.  This is my work computer so I need to salvage as much as possible and hopefully fix it completely.

Thank you for any help!

I'm having the identical problem. There appears to be no solution other than to reinstall OSX from the ground up!


Use AirPods with the Vonage Phone service on my Mac I use the Vonage service to make calls from my MacBook Pro for business, both outgoing and incoming. My Mac shows the AirPods as connected but if I try to make a call, the sound still comes out of the internal speaker on my Mac.

Does anyone kn ow how I might fix this? Perhaps I need to adjust the internal microphone somehow?

I've already set the AirPods as both the Input and Output for sound.

If the headphones work with FaceTime and other audio apps then you can conclude the program you’re using for Vonage need some set up or you need to find a different program that respects the capabilities of macos to switch between multiple sound in and out options.

You have done all you can by using the sound preference pane to select a  choice and it’s up to the third-party software to respect your choices.


iTunes to iPhone cannot sync parts of the iTunes music library I'm using iTunes on Windows and I have my Music Library. Recently I added some music (Mafia II soundtrack I purchased with the game) to the local iTunes Library, but the neither the Artist, nor the Album turn up in the Music Sync overview. Can someone tell me what might be the issue here?

Edit:
The Soundtrack in Question is the Mafia II Soundtrack acquired through the Digital Deluxe Steam Version. The Files are all in MP3 Format and to my knowledge properly tagged.

I primarily tried adding it by hand (dragging it into iTunes) and by adding them via the Add Folder/File to Library buttons. I disabled iTunes ability to manage the folders itself, as that is a behavior I do not want.

However, now, after removing and readding the tracks to the library several times, the Album itself ("2K Games - MAFIA II Official Orchestral Score") appears in the Album overview of the Music Sync menu (and there only). When looking for the ID3 Tag of the Genre ("Soundtrack") or the Contributing Artists ("2K Czech / FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague") and Album Artist ("2K Games"), nothing can be found. This changes my initial question to a small extent, but the problem, in a way, remains: It can't be found in 2 out of 3 overviews of my iTunes library.

How did you add the music to iTunes? Did you drag and drop it into the iTunes windows itself or did you manually add the music to the local folder?

If you manually added the music to the to the local folder then you need to "re-sync" your iTunes library so that the music appears in iTunes application.

Just choose "Add Folder to Library" and choose your iTunes music folder so that it "re-syncs" your library and ALSO adds all the new songs to your list as well.

You can add songs manually to your iTunes music folder without them appearing in iTunes if you navigate to the iTunes music folder itself on your computer and just drop the music in. iTunes tells you in the preferences:

But all of this is irrelevant until you tell us how you added the music to your computer???????

Hope this helps!


Keyboard Backspace key not working but repeats when reconnecting USB I've been using, and enjoying, a Microsoft Sculpt Wireless keyboard for the past couple years. All of a sudden tonight the backspace key stopped working. Using the keyboard viewer, I can tell all the other keys are fine:

What's odd is if I disconnect and reconnect the USB receiver the viewer shows the backspace key like it's stuck. It's not. I've read some of the other answers on here about checking for crumbs and dust. Blown it out with air but haven't gone as far as disassembling it.

2013 iMac running 10.11.6 but it's also sadly happening on my MacBook Pro running the latest version of High Sierra. Love this keyboard, but wanted to see if anyone else has solved this without popping keys off.

I'm considering treating this as a challenge to improve my typing and spelling :)

Dude... your number pad is under something and the backspace key there is being pressed.

Just clear the number pad and it will start working.


MacBook keyboard error, only letters not working A couple of weeks ago I damaged the logicboard of my MacBook when I attempted to clean the keyboard. However, it worked perfectly fine if I had the lid closed and attached it to an external keyboard.
But it happened twice, that there was a triple klick sound from the MacBook internal speakers and my Bluetooth keyboard stopped working. I figured out that only a restart could fix the problem.

Now, I got a new MacBook and transferred the system from the old one. Now it gets weird: the same strange clicking sound and the in-built keyboard stops responding. However only letters seem to be affected. Now I am wondering if it is a software issue that I carried over via the system transfer. Any ideas?

I had some similar issues with USB keyboards attached to an iMac. I solved this issue by deleting the contents of the Library/Caches folder from my user session (the Home icon) and rebooting the Mac.


How to auto-copy photos taken with camera? I’m using OneNote app on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil for note taking
at my university. Sometimes I want take photos of lecture slides on the projector screen and paste them on my one note.
Since my iPad is 12.9” large it’s weird to hold it up to take a photo.
So, I'll take a photo with my iPhone, copy it from the photo library then paste it on my iPad using Universal Clipboard on iOS 11.

But, if there were an app that automatically copied the last photo I took with my camera to Universal Clipboard, then I could directly paste it without going back to the camera app to copy the image.

If anyone knows of any app that has this functionality, let me know.
Thanks

This can all be done in OneNote without having to copy paste. However, this requires a Microsoft account to sync.  Be sure to install OneNote also on your iPhone.

Transfer photos to a note

Open OneNote on the iPad, open a note or create a new one.
Open OneNote on the iPhone, navigate to the same note.
Keep both open during the lecture.
On the phone when it is time to snap a photo, tap on the note were you wish to insert the photo.
There is a camera icon above the virtual keyboard - Take photo.
Tap the check mark to accept [Top right of screen].
The photo will automatically appear in the note on the iPad.

Viola!

Camera Icon location in OneNote for iPhone:

Take Photo Dialog:

Inserted photo on iPhone:

Updated automatically to iPad [note the time stamp on the note is the same as on iPhone]:


How to safely charge your apple device at a charging station? Recently there has been alot of news about how free charging stations could be reading data from devices that are plugged into them. The obvious solution to this issue is to place an adaptor between the charging station and the device that is only wired to transmit power.

I would sugest that the ideal design of would be a USB micro female to Apple dock male connector. This could be small enough to be carried around in a wallet and as USB micro is the current device charging standard compatability would be good.

This would also have an impact for non Apple devices where a USB micro passthrough addaptor could be used.

Does anyone know of any such device on the market?

This article is the inspiration behind my question.

I know of no device that is sold to act as a write block that also allow full 1A charging, but Apple's patent covering potential upcoming changes to the dock connector might help you if you wanted a DIY hardware solution for the older 30 pin USB connectors.

In the mean time, you have several ways to secure the data without needing a custom piece of hardware.

Lock your iOS device with a passcode before connecting it. This ensures the data is encrypted.
You could go a step further and be ready to power off the device as soon as it's connected - shortening the window for the OS to be available to the charging station. The devices will still charge and shouldn't wake up unless it detects a disconnect/reconnect of the USB cord.
Be careful to not establish trust with unknown chargers and computers by tapping when prompted by iOS 7.

Furthermore, if you upgrade to iOS 7, anytime you connect to a computer which could potentially read your data, you are alerted to this fact rather than having the device share all data because it's not locked with a passcode.

This new "trust this computer" functionality prevents any access to your device's storage without a positive user step to allow that access.

The device won't talk data to the "charging station" until the passcode is entered on the touchscreen. (Or the astronomically unlikely but theoretically possible chance that the charging station provides the one and only unique to you secure certificate generated and stored on your primary iTunes computer.)

The charging station can't try entering passwords one by one - so it's not like you are at more risk by charging an hour versus 2 minutes.


OS X 10.11.5 Update won't download I am having trouble downloading the OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 Update. Both direct downloads and App Store downloads end up being crazy slow (1kb/sec). Other App Store downloads or the direct iTunes 12.4 download are fast at ~2mb/sec.

I tried flushing the DNS Cache, changing the DNS from Google to ISP, and restarted all systems (Router, Modem, MacBook).

I enabled App Store Debug mode and deleted the App Store Temp Downloads folder but no luck. The download always continues at around 25 MB from the App Store.

I tried direct downloads with Chrome and Safari, but that did not work either. Is there a third party host for the combo update I could try?

I solved my problem by downloading the combo update to my server and then downloading the update from there. Apparently my ISP had too much people accessing the direct link from Apple. i don't know. I found it odd. Everything working now tho...


How to change the default VNC client? I have a VNC Viewer installed. Is it possible to make it the default VNC client?

I would like to get rid of the built-in Screen Sharing app and automatically open VNC Viewer whenever I type

open vnc://server:port

in Terminal.

Try the RCDefaultApp preference pane at http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/. It lets you choose the application to be launched for all sorts of situations.

Install it, open it (it becomes the "Default Apps" preference pane), and then choose the "URLs" tab:

Scroll down to the "vnc" prefix, and then choose what you like from the "Default Application" popup.


How can I get Terminal to accept mouse clicks the way PuTTY does (eg inside elinks)? When running ncurses-based tools like elinks, PuTTY (for Windows) allows you to click on links.

However, in Terminal, you need to navigate via keyboard.

Is there a way to get Terminal to pass-through clicks the way PuTTY does? If not, is there a terminal emulator for OS X that will do that?

I don't think this is possible on Terminal app. But, if you want this functionality you should try a Terminal alternative like iTerm2, where you can do it with ⌘ + click.


Proxy username and password not remembered in system preferences I am trying to set a username and password for my http proxy in the network panel in system preferences, I select the "Proxy server requires password" checkbox, enter a username and password and click ok and apply but when I go back to the proxy page the checkbox is unselected, how do I make osx remember my proxy username and password?

I am running 10.6.7

Thanks
Mark

Looks like this was a transient bug in 10.6.7 (and possibly earlier), I upgraded the OS to 10.6.8 and now the dialog remembers my settings.


Pop-up windows that disappear mysteriously It's been a while since, every now and then, I see a pop-up window appearing for a few milliseconds, that then disappears. I don't even have the time of reading what it says.

Any idea on what could that be?

Is it when you launch an application?

I have a similar behavior with jDownloader, and it seems to be the Firewall (Allowing the app to make a connection) popup.

I don't have a solution, it's still happening, but since I don't have any trouble using the app, I haven't looked further.

Since the app is based on Java, maybe OS X Lion notice (after showing the popup) that Java is allowed to connect and cancel the prompt. It's purely based on assumption and I wouldn't be surprise to be proven wrong but I can't find any other reason (since it's only with this, Java-based, app that it's happening)


nsurlsessiond downloading 100s GB in a month Is there anyway to know what nsurlsession is downloading?
My iCloud Drive is only 30GB. Most of the Apple Music and Photos are already on my Mac. I don't even generate 1GB of Photos or video per month.

And yet nsurlsessiond is downloading 100s of GB of data. This is 10 times more then all the App update, OSX Update and iCloud Data combined !!!

Is this a bug or have i been hacked? I send a support letter to Apple and no response.

Whatsapp was causing it. Whatsapp's internal backup system to iCloud Drive. If you have have your Mac setup to sync with iCloud, it will prefetch all iCloud drive content to your Mac as cache, which includes your Whatsapp Backup. Since your whatsapp backup are constantly renewed, the Mac will constantly have to fetch the newer version.

For me the Whatsapp backup was 5GB, which is why it easily consume all your bandwith. This problem could also be the same for any other Apps that backup to iCloud. Disable the Whatsapp Internal iCloud Drive backup was the solution, as whatsapp itself is backed up when you do full iPhone Backup to iCloud.

Problem has been reported to both Apple and Whatsapp few weeks after this post, in 2016 i tested it and the problem was still there. Not sure about it now.


Ipad mini 4 won't turn on I just got my ipad mini 4 for christmas. It has been working perfectly fine until this morning the battery was completely dead so I wen't to charge it and realized that it wasn't coming on. When I press the power button, the apple sign appears then the screen returns to being black. What is the issue? Is my battery gone?

Might just be completely dead right now, or the software is freaking out. Try plugging it into a computer in recovery mode and see if its goes through.


How to migrate to a brand new Mac from a more-recently-updated Mac? I just bought a new 15" MacBook Pro, brought it home, followed the Migration Assistant instructions on my old 13" Retina MacBook Pro running Mavericks (which explicitly say to install all software updates on the source machine before migration; I did so, including an OS X update), powered on the new computer, and when prompted to do so connected the two via Ethernet (using two Thunderbolt adapters; I do not have a Thunderbolt-to-Thunderbolt cable).

The old Mac appeared on the new Mac's migration screen, but with a warning sign over its icon. When I clicked it, I got:

This source contains a newer release of OS X. Your Mac requires an upgrade before you can migrate from this source.

I've found sources saying this can happen when you upgrade to Yosemite, but I have not done so. I'm just running Mavericks, up to the newest software update. So I assume the issue is that the old Mac is running a newer Software Update.

How can I proceed with Mac-to-Mac migration? I would like to avoid having to purchase new equipment if possible; is there some way to update the new Mac even though I haven't set it up yet?

It's quite likely the new MacBook is running OS X 10.9.4 or older, depending on how long it was built prior to shipping and purchase. In this case, you'll want to create a throwaway account on the system to set it up and use Software Update to bring the system up to the same patch level as the old one from which you're migrating.

After you've updated the system, you can run the migration wizard and import your profile and apps. After that's done, make sure the new account has administrator rights and then you can log out of the throwaway account and delete it.

Alternative method: If you have access to another Mavericks-compatible Mac, you can login to the App Store on your Apple ID and download Mavericks. Then use DiskMaker X to create a bootable USB (use an 8GB stick). Then do a fresh installation of Mavericks from that. The version of Mavericks from the App Store is 10.9.5 currently.

Alternative method 2: Do an Internet Recovery with the MBP: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

Note that either of the installation processes will require you to go into Disk Utility and erase the volume to which you wish to install the pristine OS. If you don't erase the volume first, the installer will merely upgrade the volume, not replace it. NOTE: Do not erase the Recovery Partition; otherwise you'll be unable to do an Internet Recovery.

Internet Recovery should download 10.9.5*, giving you version parity with your updated system.

It's possible that if you overwrite your existing 10.9.4 that Internet Recovery will install the same version. I am unsure of how IR will work in an overwrite mode versus clean install.


Application folder is empty I am using OSX - Snow Leopard on my Mac.
I could find the Application folder is empty, please help.
Thank you!

Regards,
Krishna

As stated by Tom. you may be looking in the wrong Applications folder.  There are 2 - the main one is in the root directory so all users can access them: There are various ways to see root - I use shift-command-c  from a finder window - you should see all your drives/network/servers etc.  Click on main OS drive, probably called Macintosh HD and the main App folder will be there. You will also see the Users folder.  If you delve into there, you may well see another, possibly empty Application folder.  This is for Apps to be used by that user only.


Install John the Ripper Jumbo I've been following the instructions here for installing John the Ripper on my Macbook Pro (El Capitan). I've skipped the Iterm and Cuda sections (I have a Redeon GPU).

All is well until I run

make clean macosx-x86-64

Which gives me the error:

gcc -c -Wall -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include     -m64 -Wno-deprecated-declarations -funroll-loops dynamic_fmt.c
In file included from dynamic_fmt.c:69:
./sha.h:4:10: fatal error: 'openssl/sha.h' file not found
#include <openssl/sha.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [dynamic_fmt.o] Error 1
make: *** [macosx-x86-64] Error 2

How can I get it to compile?

I've read that it is better to use CommonCrypto API instead of OpenSSL. However, I'm not sure how to go about doing this. Is there a better solution?

I had more luck using the latest Jumbro version (1.8.0.6).

To retrieve and compile:

git clone https://github.com/magnumripper/JohnTheRipper jumbo
cd jumbo/src
./configure --enable-mpi

Note there is no need to edit the Makefile to enable the MPI any more - the above command will get everything ready for building.

make clean

Boom - everything now working.


Enable sudoing for the logged-in user for one specific prefpane only? We are running OS X 10.14 VMs hosted on VMWare ESX.
Users log into the VMs via Screensharing app.
VMWare sets the resolution settings to an odd value, so the users would have to use a VMWare command line tool to change the setting to their needs.
Since most users are not capable of using the command line, I installed a PrefPane on the VMs:
VMware.prefPane. Works pretty good.
In order to set the resolution setting boot-persistent, you need to enter an admin pw, which no user is allowed to.
So I would like to change the sudoers file as follows:
Allow sudo for

a specified account or the logged-in user
only for the purpose of changing resolution values via the VMware.prefPane.

Can someone give me a hint on this ...?

You have to script a task to run from the command line for sudo to grant password-less admin rights. It only works on shell scripts and not the GUI password prompt.
The first way to help you is to clarify you have two problems.

Make a terminal command into an app that can be clicked so you don’t have to train people in terminal app. (A very valid and worthwhile exercise to solve a general class of problems)
Make a command line tool that does what you need - which solves your specific vmware control issue or blockage.

Once you have solved both of these sub tasks, you may or may not need a third question on how to combine two working parts together.


How to Disable USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 while keeping USB 1.0/1.1 on Mac Mini? Is it possible to disable both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 support, while keeping USB 1.0/1.1 support, on my 2012 Mac Mini, under OS X 10.13 High Sierra? Perhaps by removing certain kernel drivers while leaving others in-place?

I need only USB 1.0/1.1 support to allow a simple USB keyboard + mouse to be connected.

I am concerned about physical hardware-based DMA attacks on my Mac Mini with USB 3.0 ports. (Because USB 3.0 can be used as an avenue for direct access to the Mac's internal PCIe bus.)

(I will be disabling or physically removing all other interfaces on the device, i.e. epoxying the Lightning and Firewire connectors so they are unusable, epoxying the Mac Mini's case shut so it becomes tamper-evident, removing the 802.11 wifi and Bluetooth boards, etc. I just need a dumb USB 1.0/1.1 port for keyboard, and an Ethernet RJ45 port.)

All Intel-based USB host controllers use hardware-based DMA engine to execute linked list of TD (transaction descriptors) from main memory. This is/was true for all three of them, UHCI, EHCI, and latest xHCI. More, in recent Intel platforms the UHCI (which did handle full-speed and low-speed) is now abandoned.

In intermediate USB architectures (Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, series 7 chipsets) the only remaining controllers were EHCI and xHCI, which is still an eclectic mix. Funny, it looks like the FS/LS modes are handled via xHCI (USB3) controller if the EHCI controller determines that the attached device is LS or FS, and mark port ownership to "companion controller".

In recent USB architectures there is only one, xHCI type of controllers, which handles all modes (SS, HS, FS, and LS) uniformly via the same DMA access method.

So this is highly unlikely that you can avoid using xHCI USB 3.0 controller if you still want your USB keyboard and mouse.

You can try to use a regular HS hub to connect your keyboard and mouse. In this case the traffic will be controlled via EHCI HS controller (if this is C216 chipset), and xHCI can be disabled, if EHCI makes you feel more secure.


How can I use the desktop version of Google translate on my iPhone? The desktop version of Google Translate has features that are not available when using the App on an iPhone (e.g., the phrasebook).  I’ve tried to use  these features by accessing the desktop version of Google Translate on my iPhone via the “request desktop app” feature in both Safari and Chrome without success.

Is there anyway to use the desktop version of Google Translate while on an iPhone?

I think what you want is in the Google Translate ios app. At least the phrasebook.

Here's Google's documentation that talks about how to use the phrasebook (save translations) on different platforms.

  Save translations - IOS

  Add a word or phrase

  On your iPhone or iPad, open the Translate app.
  Translate a word or phrase.
  Next to the translation, tap Star translation.

  See & delete translations

  On your iPhone or iPad, open the Translate app.
  At the bottom, tap Saved.
  To remove a word or phrase, tap Star translation.

    Note: Your app phrasebook saves on the app only. You won't see it on other devices or in your mobile browser.


How can I reset the service battery warning? I learned from one of my other questions that the "Service Battery" warning will limit your CPU power and slow your computer down - this is a problem I've been having with my MacBook Pro.

I have 906 cycles on it but I'm still getting good life and unfortunately, I don't have time to go to get my battery replaced ATM since it's the middle of exam season for me.

Resetting the SMC gets me going for a while with full CPU speed, but then it slows down again.

How can I disable this warning and get my computer back for the next week?

The bad news is you can not reset the cycle counter, it is a part of battery circuit. Your battery is at its end of life (EOL).

Temperature

How to keep battery running just a bit longer, keep it cold.

Do not have your laptop on your lap even if the name says so.

Go to your fridge and get one of those jelly-packs and put it under the laptop.

Energy Saving

Quit or disable any applications you are not actively using.

Dim the screen as much you can.


Turn off power output from a USB Type C Monitor I'm currently using my MacBook Pro with an external Benq Monitor (4K HDR) with a USB-Type C connection.
The problem is that it's also simultaneously charging my laptop over this same connection and the amount of power it can supply is much less that what my laptop needs.  So, it doesn't charge properly.
Now, what I would like to do is disable the power output from the monitor and have the laptop only take charging from the Apple power adapter.

Just plug in a “larger” power adapter like the one your Mac came with.  It’s not that it will use both simultaneously, but instead it will select the charger that’s delivering the most current.
What happens if you plug more than one charger in the new MacBook Pro (2016)?


How to connect two Dell P2415Q 4k displays to MacBook Pro 2016 What's the best way of connecting two Dell P2415Q 4k displays to the MacBook Pro 2016 with TouchBar and TouchID?

I have the monitors connected to an older MacBook Pro currently with two mini-DisplayPort cables. Can I somehow reuse those cables or do I need new ones?

Apple's support page 1 lets me know that:

"Note that although it uses a Mini DisplayPort connector, the Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter doesn't support connections to Mini DisplayPort displays."

So I guess reusing the cables is not the way to go?

I'm not sure why you would go from a Thunderbolt 3 connection to a Thunderbolt 2 to DisplayPort rather than go directly from Thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort.

A general rule of thumb in tech (and for many areas in everyday life) is reduce complexity to increase reliability.  The best (IMO) solution would be to go from native DisplayPort to DisplayPort.

The Thunderbolt ports on the MacBook Pro actual have DisplayPort as a native signal (on a type C connector), so this Cable Matters USB-C to DisplayPort 4K  should fit the bill.


Can a Mac act as Bluetooth receiver for sound? This is my setup to play music:

Mac with iTunes
2 Airport Express' connected to two pair of active
B&O speakers

I also have a turntable/record player that I want to use wirelessly with this setup. I therefore just ordered a Bluetooth transmitter. Now the question is if my Mac can receive A2DP (low latency AptX) from this device with its built in Bluetooth support or do I need to buy a separate receiver for the computer?

My plan is to use Rogue Amoeba's Line In app and redirect the sound from my turntable/Bluetooth combo to my Airport Express' but while waiting for my transmitter to arrive I have googled and it looks like a Mac can't act as a Bluetooth A2DP server. However, I also have a small portable Bluetooth speaker and that can act as a speaker phone and in Line In I can select this speaker both as output destination and input source, which seems to indicate that my Mac actually can receive sound from a Bluetooth source.

I found a solution using Airplay instead of Bluetooth, but I guess that is better anyway. The solutions is described in detail here

http://davidbo.livejournal.com/795.html

(page is added to Wayback Machine in case it disappears).


Mac OS X Lion Server: How to disable Sleep/Restart/Shutdown options for users? The Apple-Menu shows Sleep, Restart..., Shut Down... elements for all users.
I would like to be able to prevent users from shutting down the system or from restarting the system. While a Restart... may not be result in only temporary downtime, a Shut Down... would lead to a downtime until someone has physical access to the machine.

I've removed shutdown for my lab Macs on OS X Lion. The two commands that should accomplish this are:

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

I've not had 100% success with them, so I've also edited the interface file at: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/StandardMenus.nib/objects.xib

If you want to remove the Sleep and Shut Down options, look for the following id's in object and reference tags. Delete the entire object, one for the Sleep option and two for the Shut Down option, and each of the references.

id's:
Sleep - 236
Shut Down - 238, 285

Source: http://rustyisageek.blogspot.com/2012/06/editing-apple-menu.html

Edit: I've been told that when these settings are applied with MCX, they work as expected!


how does Time Machine restore? I imagine Time Machine is an incremental backup tool.

So while restoring it probably:

Restores to latest full backup
applies incremental changes since than

is this correct assumption?

As time goes by, you make various edits to a given file, and Time Machine will make progressive backups of that file. Backups continue so long as there is available storage space upon the hard drive. When hard drive space runs out, older file backups are discarded.

To perform a restore, one can perform a full system restore, which returns the entirety of your Mac file system contents to the latest files and structure that had been backed up.

Alternatively, you can browse through the progressive backups using a Finder-like interface, and choose specific files or folders to restore.

For more in-depth descriptions, it is worthwhile to read Pondini's repository of Time Machine information.


Wi-Fi indicator error after bad chown command I mistakenly ran chown -R /.

Subsequently, I reinstalled the OS from the recovery drive (10.12.6) and ran everything I could find on the internet, including diskutil resetUserPermissions (id -u). Things are functional for the most part. However, every once in a while I hit a bizarre problem that seems to be related to permissions.

This one is the fact that my Wi-Fi indicator is totally wrong. Right now for instance, I'm on Wi-Fi in a Peet's coffee and the indicator is the exclamation point over the Wi-Fi symbol. Clicking on it says no internet connection. No networks appear in the list either, anywhere I go. I'm able to list networks and get online in Terminal but the commands are pretty unwieldy. Does anyone know why this might be the case?

Not sure what the issue was, but it was blown away by an upgrade to High Sierra and the wifi indicator is working again.


How do I get the trackpad (force touch) to recognise a click right after a scroll? I use CAD software and a really common action is to zoom out (two finger scroll) followed by a click and drag to pan around the document.

On the new MBR pro with force touch trackpad I'm finding that if I do those operations in quick succession the click isn't recognised at all. Instead if have to do a deliberate finishing of the zoom before starting the click. As you can imagine, that's pretty frustrating when you do it all day.

I recently had my macbook stolen and was forced to upgrade from an old 2008 macbook to a new MBR pro. So I've gone from OS 10.6 to 10.10 and from the older trackpad to the new force touch one. This means I'm not sure if it's a change in the OS that I'm trying to track down or something to do with the new force touch trackpad.

I installed BetterTouchTool to see if there was anything in there that looked like it would help. It had a "live view" so I could see what the trackpad was seeing and the movements (and clicking) are all being "seen" by the software. It's just that the driver won't acknowledge the click until the scroll is done.

Any ideas of what I can do to tweak this behaviour?

Edit - try the following:

scroll down using two fingers on this page
lift one finger and apply pressure with the other to do a click
drag up to the top right as you're doing it to simulate a click and drag

alternatively:

scroll down using two fingers on this page
use your thumb to click and index finger to drag up to the top right

You'll see that it takes almost a second to recognise that you're trying to click. The only way to be sure of getting the click is to end the scroll before rolling into the click.

This was not a problem on the older trackpads because they had a physical button, so they knew when you had transitioned to the click. Now that it's the force system it's not distinguishing between them so well - evidently it has a delay in it before it acknowledges that you're definitely trying to click.

In Preferences/Accessibility/Trackpad there are additional (pre force touch) trackpad options such as 3 finger drag. I don't use CAD so cannot say if the exact scenario can be addressed, but it is worth a look.


Preview.app does not update a pdf when it changes In all pre Lion versions of Mac OS X Preview.app could show an updated PDF when the PDF it was showing changed.

Example: I'm writing a latex document and recompile it. Without closing Preview it just reloaded the PDF.

In Lion it does not show this behaviour any more. It just seems to get stuck when the open PDF changes.

Do you know how to get the pre Lion behaviour? Or am I just missing something here? Is there a PDF viewer which can update the PDF when it changes?

The Problem actually was the way I build the PDF file. I have a Makefile to build my latex files which looks like this:

pdflatex -output-directory out main.tex
mv out/main.pdf .

So the file does not get updated. It get's replaced. On pre Lion Osx this worked fine. In Lion it does not. Now I just open out/main.pdf and update it with pdflatex and it works.

It also works with Preview.app

Try Skim.  It has a preference option to check for file changes.


Unable to open numbers document stored on iPhone I am unable to open a numbers document I have used all the time.
Nothing happens, or I get a blank screen and have to close numbers.
If I try to copy or export the file it states The file does not exist.

The file is stored on the iPhone. I recently upgraded to iOS 11.1.2

I tried opening and copying the file in "Files" app, but the same there.
I tried General | Reset | Reset all settings, but it stil "does not exist"

I found that if I connected the iPhone to my Mac, then iTunes could see the document on my iPhone.

I was then able to copy the file from iTunes and to iCloud Numbers folder.

On the Mac I opened and saved the document again (just to upgrade the file if that was the issue.)

Now I can open the document on the iPhone again.


Do I need to do something special to get toslink input to work? I want to record some audio from my A/V receiver.  It has Toslink output, so I want to use that.  I plugged a Toslink cable into that (I can see the red light!), and plugged the other end into a toslink-to-mini-toslink adapter, and plugged it into the "line in" port of my Mac.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to do anything.  In the Sound control panel, even with the Input Volume turned all the way up, the "Input Level" shows nothing at all.  In Audacity, recording just records empty silence.

I have two Macs, and the behavior here is exactly the same on both.  One's an Intel Mac Mini Core Duo ("Macmini1,1"), and the other's a Macbook Core 2 Duo ("MacBook2,1").  According to the spec sheets, both have Toslink input.  I frequently use Toslink output on both Macs using this cable.

I've recorded audio onto both Macs using analog audio cables and Audacity before many times.  Is there anything special I need to do to enable Toslink audio input?

Just to be sure:

You mentioned checking the Sound control panel on the Macbook input side (I assume you selected Line In as well), but what about the output device on the Mac Mini?  Plugging in the cable usually switches system output to Line Out, but not necessarily the output of whatever application you are using.  So check both the Sound control panel output and the settings of your playback application (if it has any).

Also make sure the TOS connecter seats all the way (usually with a click).  The Line In defaults to analog and, IIRC, it only switches to TOS if it senses a non-conductive plug clicking on some little switch.


Skype video call taking a lot of battery power on mavericks I have got mavericks 10.9.2 and latest Skype version 6.14(351) on a MBA 2013.
Whilst on a video call with one person only both cameras turned one and very good wifi signal Skype drained about 18% of the battery for 30 minutes.
Also the laptop base became quite warm to even hot.

Is this normal and if not, how might I resolve it?

Video processing is a CPU intensive task. 18% for 30 minutes is within normal operating times, as far as I can tell.

To save battery, consider lowering the brightness of your screen during a video call.


Macports: switching back to the system default version of Python I'm trying to use Macports to switch back to the system default version of python.

When I run this command:

port select --list python

I get back :

Available versions for python:
    none
    python26-apple
    python27
    python27-apple (active)
    python34

So for example, I want to switch back to the usr/bin/python (which is the apple version of python), I would enter this into the terminal:

 sudo port select --set python python26-apple

It says:

  Selecting 'python26-apple' for 'python' succeeded. 'python26-apple' is
  now active.

But, when I run which python, it gives me this:

/opt/local/bin/python

Which is not the system default version of python. That is the Macports version of python as Macports installs all their python versions into the /opt/local/bin directory.

I want to type in which python and get back this when I switch to the apple version of python:

/usr/bin/python

When I type into Terminal type -a python, I get back these two versions of pythons installed on my mac. The first one is where all the Macports versions of python get installed. The second one is the system version of Python:

python is /opt/local/bin/python
python is /usr/bin/python

I have read this post: How do I change back from MacPorts Python to system default version? however, it doesn't seem to address this problem.

/opt/local/bin/python is a symbolic link to the active version of python. You can view the structure with the following command:

ls -l /opt/local/bin/python*

Since /opt/local/bin is before /usr/bin in your PATH variable then the symbolic link will be listed first but it points to the version in /usr/bin.


How do apps get loaded on iOS for free I have Googled over and over and cannot get an answer to a fundamental question I have. To get an app downloaded onto an iPhone, do I need to open an apple account of some sort and pay for the account or is there a way to host the app (for free) and get it downloaded to an iPhone for free?

Thank you for helping me get started here.

Addendum

Let me clarify my question.

I am starting to build my own little app. I'm a web developer looking to move into mobile app development. I want my family to be able to download it and use it on their iPhones.

So, can I host my app for download onto their iPhones? Can I host it somewhere else where people can down without cost? Or is the only way to get an app downloaded to an iPhone is through Apple by registering with them to do that? And if Apple is the only way, do they offer free accounts to do that?

Web apps are easy, you just need to use Apple Configurator or the iPhone configuration utility to package the URL and add it to the home screen. You can also perform this from mobile safari directly.

You only need a web server and there are plenty of free web services if you don't want to host the app on a computer you control and could run MAMP or some other tool to serve http.

Once you cross over into native apps, it gets more complicated. There is an API and it's secured by digital signatures to ensure the OS can track the application's provenance and detect if it gets modified after it has been installed.

In general, iOS supports four major ways to load native applications. The first three require Apple to be involved and all carry a financial and time cost. The fourth bypasses the code checks and allows unsigned apps and has no financial cost but carries a different time cost.

Through the iTunes App Store once the app is signed directly by Apple
As a paid developer by signing the app with a developer certificate (which itself is signed indirectly by Apple)
As an enterprise customer by signing the app with an enterprise certificate (which itself is signed indirectly by Apple)
Jailbreak the device to load apps that are not signed by Apple (directly or indirectly)

Since you mentioned free:

Jailbreak should cost nothing, you just spend time learning and obtaining free software to jailbreak each device.
Paid iOS developer requires a Mac with a recent OS X (not free), Xcode (free) and a $99 one year window to run all your apps on a limited set of iOS devices (100 at the moment) for that one year period.
App Store Distribution requires a delay (where Apple decides if they even want your specific version of your app to be on their store) and costs nothing during the year your paid iOS developer account is valid. If your paid developer account expires, your apps come off the store.
Enterprise Distribution is the most costly. You near a legitimate corporation with legal filing, corporate DUNS number to prove you have a financial record as a corporation, etc… It starts at a $300 payment and I'd guess months delay and legal/regulatory fees of $1500 in the US to be set up as an enterprise client of Apple.

Now, you can mix apps of all 5 types above as long as your device is jailbroken. If your device is not jailbroken, you can mix the three Apple approved methods with web apps on the same device on an app by app basis.

The vast majority of people load apps through the app store, so all other methods are collectively called "side-loading". As you approach your work, think more about how the OS decides to install the app as opposed to how it's actually delivered. Once you get how code signing works, the delivery issues will work themselves out.


How do I clean out dust in the fans of my MacBook Pro? How do I clean out the dust in the fans of my MacBook Pro? (I'm perfectly comfortable with opening my MacBook Pro up (Unibody 2008 edition with removable battery cover), but I'm not exactly sure how I would carry out the dust-cleaning procedure.

Recently my lower left part (In typing perspective) of my MacBook Pro had a really odd sound coming from it. I remember seeing a fan on that part and had saw lots of dust on it, but never did anything much about it.

Would I use my fingers to scrape out the dust in the fans? Or a can of compressed air? (Wouldn't that be counterproductive? I would be blowing all the dust into the MacBook Pro/the unibody case itself/onto the other components on the motherboard?)

Thanks in advance. :)

At least, you will be able to have access to your fan without breaking your MacBook Pro. iFixit has a step by step procedure that you can follow to take off the parts of your computer so that you have access to the fans.

As far as I'm concerned, I would use a can of compressed air.


How to install Linux on a macbook? How do I install Ubuntu from DVD?

it's a 13 inch macbook, late 2008.  Intel core duo, 2GB RAM.

Download Ubuntu Live CD and burn it.
Install rEFIt (this step is optional, you can hold 'Alt' to select
partition everytime instead).
Use Boot Camp Assistant (it's in Applications/Utilities) to create
new partition. I allocate 5GB partition.
Insert the live CD into the drive and reboot
Hold down ‘C’ button at the black screen to boot from CD.
Follow usual Ubuntu installation step. In keyboard selection screen,
choose “macintosh”.
In partitioning screen, choose ‘manually edit partition table’.
Delete the 5GB partition just created from BootCamp. Then create the
ext3 partition at the same size. Mount it as ‘/’.
Complete the installation process. Then reboot.
If you install rEFIt, the boot menu will show up. If not, hold
 'Alt' button for a while and select the Windows partition for
 Ubuntu.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How%20to%20install%20Ubuntu%20on%20MacBook%20using%20live%20CD

If this doesn't work, then I'll need to know the version of Ubuntu that you have on CD. Rumor is 12.10 has network issues when setting it up. If you don't have anything newer than I'd recommend 12.04.


Floating row in Numbers for iPad Is there a way I can make a row float on top of everything else. So, no matter how many rows you add, the row will always be visible?

Yes, you can make the header row(s) or column(s) float on top of everything else.

Tap the information button (the circled i) in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Under the "Headers" tab, select how many header rows or columns you would like, and set "Freeze Rows" to ON.


Resetting printing password I use a printer on a Windows server configured as

smb://server.domain/printer

as it requires authentication after the first use I had to give my credentials which where then stored in the key chain.

So far so good.

I then had to change my password on the server side. Now OS X refuses to print telling me "Hold for Authentication"

With lpq I see:

stbh is ready
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
1st     corti   483     Printer Status                  1024 bytes
2nd     corti   484     Printer Status                  1024 bytes
3rd     corti   485     Microsoft Word - ************ 371712 bytes

In /var/log/cups/error_log:

E [03/Feb/2015:07:43:53 +0100] [Job 483] Unable to support AUTH_INFO_REQUIRED
E [03/Feb/2015:07:43:57 +0100] [Job 483] Authentication required
E [03/Feb/2015:07:43:58 +0100] [Job 484] Unable to support AUTH_INFO_REQUIRED
E [03/Feb/2015:07:44:00 +0100] [Job 484] Authentication required
E [03/Feb/2015:07:44:02 +0100] [Job 485] Authentication required

I deleted the stored password in Key Chain, deleted the job and tried again but I still don't get the dialog asking me for the new password.

Any idea on how to force a new authentication?

Press the refresh icon to the far right of the print job.  This should bring up the dialogue for your credentials, supply these and then make sure to check the box to save them to your keychain and then it will pass this through for any subsequent print jobs.


See failed login attempts on OSX Maverics How can I See failed login attempts on OSX Mavericks?
I cannot look in /var/logs/system.log because I am not an administrator, and /var/logs/secure.log does not seem to exist on OSX Mavericks.

Without administrator permission you cannon't view that information.  It is held in /var/log/system.log which you can't access with a standard user.  You will need to obtain admin privileges to see that information.

Once you have permission you can search through the log using the Console.app for "Failed", to see the failed attempts.


separate apple IDs on same email address our two kids have got ipod touches for Christmas.  I tried to get them separate Apple ID accounts but it said because we had the same email address we could only have the one Apple ID.  Is there a way to have two separate Apple IDs on the same email address?  If not how is the best way to keep their itunes card money separate?

No - an Apple ID is a unique string, so you can't enter the same letters for two as the first reserves that "email" and prevents a second account.

You can have alases in one email account so that mails to more than one address get delivered to the same account. Google allows this with punctuation and arbitrary letters after a + in the email name. You can also enter punctuation like periods so if your email is RobynWhatever, mail to Robyn.Whatever also gets delivered to the first gmail account.

The only way is to have separate email account, you cannot use the same email for different account.

If I understand correctly, you want to have control over those accounts and receive the monthly purchased email in one account. You can setup 2 email accounts with forwarding service which will send all the mail from their account to your main email account.


Accessing a former account My stepmother had an @me.com email account associated with some cloud storage for a non-apple phone.  She got fed up with the non-apple phone and has given up on all smart phones, but wants to recover photos from the phone, which the tech at the store told here were in cloud storage, which she can't access without getting into her @me.com email.  I suspect that her email account is now closed, since she doesn't use or pay for it.  Is there any way to recover access to a closed email account?  Or a closed cloud account?

Apple does not delete closed iCloud (Apple ID / MobileMe / iTools) accounts without a significant effort by the documented owner of each account. It’s almost certain that the account remains active and available to log in.

You’ll have to review the options at http://iforgot.apple.com and decide to follow the normal account lock out procedure or to contact Apple support.

The accounts and storage are free so don’t assume the accounts is closed based on a long time since the last log in or that there was a quick “delete” button that got pressed “on the way out the door.”


How much of 32-bit support is dropped in macOS Catalina? macOS Catalina is said to have dropped support for 32-bit apps. It’s not clear how much support is dropped.

Is there any supported way for a 64-bit app to request the kernel to create a 32-bit code segment?

netkas has experimented with this here.  It seems like Apple has not removed 32-bit capability from the Darwin kernel itself, but merely disabled it as well as removing all the 32-bit libraries from the system.

To re-enable 32-bit processing from the kernel, just disable Apple's disabling function by adding no32exec=0 to your boot-args (sudo nvram boot-args="no32exec=0" if SIP is disabled, if not run the same command from Recovery mode).

To get the 32-bit libraries back, just copy them from Mojave

Sources: Bringing back 32-bit apps to life


Uninstall non-loaded extension from Safari When opening Safari I get this error:

Now I want to uninstall this extension, however it doesn't show up in the Extensions preferences:

How do I uninstall this?

That doesn't look like an extension, but a SIMBL Plugin.

These can be found in the directiory /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins, and you should be able to remove the SafariOmnibar.bundle from there.


Stuck on FileVault login screen with never ending spinner I am using FileVault 2.0 on Mavericks.

After restarting the computer one day, I was presented with the gray file vault login screen (normal). After typing in a password, it begins the login process, but then after 20 seconds or so, a spinner shows up below the account image. This spinner continues spinning indefinitely (the most I have waited at this screen is 30 minutes).

If I try holding down the power button and attempting to login again it fails no matter which user account I try.

I tried using Disk Utility to verify my disk and it shows that it is fine.

How do I fix this problem?

TLDR: I contacted Apple about this problem, and they recommended to reinstall OS X, which seems like a temp fix.

Reinstalling OS X should at least allow you to login again. This is great if you have any data that isn't backed up. However, after a subsequent restart, I have experienced this problem again, so it seems like this only a temporary solution.

Restart the computer.
Hold command-c while it is starting up.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the grayed out encrypted partition.
Choose unlock.
Type in your FileVault master password. (You saved it somewhere safe, right?)
Close Disk Utility.
Choose reinstall OS X.
Go through the setup process.
Once it is done, you should be able to login and access all of your data.

Note: according to the Apple representative, reinstalling OS X this way does not get rid of any of the data on your hard drive.


Customize delimiter character with Excel CSV save-as Is there any way to do this?  I need to use a pipe "|" as my delimiter.  On Windows you can change this during the export.  On Mac I haven't found a way. As a side note, my files have commas in the data itself.

If you're willing to move away from Excel, you could try using OpenOffice or LibreOffice to create .csv files. They're both free, they both have most of the functionality included in Excel, and they both allow tabulated data to be saved as a .csv file using any character as a data separator or text delimiter (including the pipe, of course).


How do I connect my PC to a Thunderbolt Display? Possible Duplicate:
  Are there adapters to use Thunderbolt Display with non-Thunderbolt computers?

So, I have a MacBook Air and a 27" Thunderbolt display. I was under the impression that I could connect my PC (Asus Laptop) to the Thunderbolt display by using a HDMI to Mini Displayport converter. However, it doesn't seem to be working. Is there some technical limitation as to why this isn't working?

Sorry, but currently it's not possible. Thunderbolt ports on Macs can output a Mini Displayport signal, but the Thunderbolt Display can only receive a Thunderbolt signal, nothing else. It's possible that an adapter to do this could be released in the future, but IMO that's unlikely or if it happens will be quite expensive.


Combine sound such as MP3 to video MOV in OS X? I need to combine a movie without sounds and a MP3 file. How can I do it in OS X? I have Adobe After Effects but it is not at all intuitive to use -- or better I need to find some button to render the sounds with the movie but now no time -- is there some easy fast-to-use software for OS X to combine sounds and videos?

ffmpeg supports combining video and audio without re-encoding:

ffmpeg -i input.mov -i input.mp3 -c copy -map 0:0 -map 1:0 -shortest output.mov

-map 0:0 means input file 0, stream 0. -c copy copies video and audio codecs. -shortest makes the combined file as long as the shorter file.


Link gcc using Homebrew on Mojave operating system I've looked at other questions similar to mine for answers, but I still have no idea what I'm doing. I'm not new to Macs or working in terminal environments, but when it comes to computer structure I'm a novice.

I need to be able to compile Fortran codes on my computer. Cool, I'll install one of those: gcc. I have installed homebrew, updated my OS, updated XCode, and installed gcc. Still I cannot get gcc/gfortran to compile properly because there is some kind of broken link:

conamara:~ me$ brew link gcc
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/gcc/9.2.0...
Error: Could not symlink include/c++/9.2.0
/usr/local/include/c++ is not writable.

I tried changing the permissions with chmod but I ran up against an Apple/Mac OS wall. I've Googled this error and the solution was to disable SIP on Mac. I did that. It still did not work. I enabled SIP again since then so my (organizationally owned) computer isn't a security issue.

Someone told me last week all I had to do was unlink clang, the default on Mac OS. But there are multiple answers even on here for how to do that that range from creating aliases to changing paths. In theory I get what everything is supposed to do but I have no idea where to start fixing it.

Anyway, any and all help is appreciated and I'll try to give as many clarifying details as needed. Thanks much!

The owner of the /usr/local/include/c++ seems to be changed, which indicates you may used sudo with command brew. Never use sudo brew.

Firstly, fix the ownership recursively.

sudo chown -R "$USER":admin /usr/local/*

Secondly, relink the package gcc.

brew unlink gcc
brew link --overwrite gcc

References

How to fix homebrew permissions?