Mac search no longer searching within files for text matches? Good day, I recently noticed that my Mac is not searching inside files any more. If you notice, when you put in a search string at the search bar in Finder, Mac will also look up that string inside files it can read the text in (Word, Powerpoint, TextEdit files, even Java, PHP, C/C++ files -- as long as the file can be read as text).

For example, if you look up "Hello World", it's going to look for all files containing in their filename and in their file content the string "Hello World" and show those files.

This is very handy because I can just search up a line of code I want to search and then all the files with that line of code will show up, I wouldn't have to check every file individually as it will get very tedious once the files in my code work reach 20+ files.

Does anyone know how to make Finder search within files again? I've tried resetting my laptop, as well as PRAM and SMC but to no avail.

grep command can do the same thing:

To find word "main" in all files(and directories) in the current working directory
In terminal: grep -r main *


How to make the "Pictures" folder a folder again Question:
Is it possible to change a package directory into an ordinary directory, and how?
Context:
I was copying an old iPhoto library to my "~/Pictures" folder from an external drive, but I somehow made a mistake as only the subdirectories of the iPhoto library were copied over.
I tried making a new ".photolibrary" directory and moving the subdirectories into that, but the system still thinks that my Pictures folder is a ".photolibrary" directory. It comes up as a "package" rather than as a folder now, meaning I can only access it throught the command line or by choosing "show package contents" in Finder.
Also, when I tried renaming the new photolibrary to be the same as the old one, I get an error message saying that there already exists a directory with that name, even though there doesn't. I'm guessing the Pictures folder/package somehow comes up as having the name of my old photolibrary after I copied it over.
Edit:
I am using OSX version 10.9, so I don't think SIP applies.
ls -dle@ ~/Pictures
drwxrwxrwx@ 131 User  staff  4454 19 Jun 01:37 /Users/User/Pictures
com.apple.FinderInfo      32
com.apple.quarantine      21
0: group:everyone deny delete

This is what comes up when I do "get info" on my Pictures folder:

Using answer space to provide pictures...

Get Info on both your Pictures & Photos Library directories, make sure they are named as below, Pictures & Photos Library.photoslibrary
Also check whether the extension is hidden for only the Library & whether something managed to rename it with a double extension .photoslibrary.photoslibrary - which has been known to happen.

The Pictures directory ought to be protected by SIP & not allow you to change it. Post a comment below if the Pictures naming is wrong & you need to change it.
Photos Library can be renamed at will [though Photos.app may lose it until you tell it where to look]

To look inside the package, you can just right click it & Show Package Contents, however, the .photoslibrary structure can be toggled between a regular folder & package by adding/removing the .photoslibrary extension then rebooting.

Post a comment if I missed anything & I'll tweak my answer.


10.8.2 Finder windows: number of files in folder? I just upgraded to 10.8. Finder windows used to show me how many files were in a folder; where is that info now? Apple didn't get rid of it completely, did they?

Please tell me I don't have to manually count files now!

I guess the status bar was just hidden. You can show it by checking Show Status Bar from the View menu.


Remove an email address from apple-ID I have two Apple IDs:

One (lets say A) associated with my old email address (lets say old@xyz), which is the one I actually use
Another one (lets say B) associated with my new email address (lets say new@xyz), which I created when I was in the US.

Now I want to associate new@xyz to the account A. However I'm not able because that mail is already used for the account B.
I tried to change the primary email of the account B with another_one@xyz, but then, when I try to change the primary mail of the account A with new@xyz it says that the mail address is already verified with another account (the B).

Is there a way for dissociating an email from an apple ID?
In other words, how can I use new@xyz with the account A when the address is alraedy used for the account B?

You can’t remove the primary email address associated with the account. You can set another one as the primary, but the first email address that you use to create the account with cannot be changed ever. Not even by calling Apple. I tried. Eventually, I created a dummy gmail account to get my invoices and stuff. Once an email address is verified, there is no way to “unverify” it.


How can I reinstall Lion so that the "Welcome" movie plays at first boot? I'm preparing an old Macbook Pro for resale. I want to setup the Lion installation in a way so that the Welcome video plays when the buyer boots the MBP for the first time.

How can I accomplish this?

You can't — sadly, Lion has no welcome video!

(However, you can reset a machine to the first-boot state by simply booting from the recovery partition, erasing the drive, and reinstalling Lion. See this thread for more instructions.)


iOS 11 share-sheet not including Messages option Upgraded to iOS 11 and noticed that my share-sheet no longer includes the option to share in Messages. Has anyone experienced this and know how to get the functionality back?

I’ve confirmed it hasn’t been disabled in the “more” options

This seems to be happening in most 3rd party applications and from the home screen when using “Share App” feature via 3-D touch

I’d try installing the iOS 11.01 update via Settings > General > Software Update.

For more information, refer to: iOS 11.0.1: What’s New Or Changed?


Magic mouse 2 is not recognized On my MacBookPro 2017 I was using a wireless keyboard and a magic mouse 2. I didn't used the wireless devices for a week, and now apple's wireless keyboard works well, but the magic mouse is not being discovered by the mac.
BT works as the keyboard works, I charged the mouse many times, but as the Apple removed led indicators it is hard to say if it was chargin or it is on.
I removed the device from the BT list to discover it again, but that didn't help.
I use Mojave 10.14.2

There could be several issues:

Make sure your device is turned on

  The Magic Mouse and Magic Mouse 2 have a slide switch on the bottom of the device. Slide the switch to turn on the device. On the Magic Mouse, the green LED briefly lights up. On the Magic Mouse 2, green coloring is visible beneath the switch.

Make sure your  devices are setup with your Mac

See here how to set it up.

If you charge your mouse wiring a lightning cable then you can go to Bluetooth preferences to see the charge level.

Turn Bluetooth on

Go to the Apple menu -> System preferences and then Bluetooth on.

(Source)


The add appointment icon is disabled in Calendar How can I enable the + icon on Calendar in my iPhone so I can add an appointment to it?

Since the + icon is not enabled, I am not able to add a future appointment. I have to get on a Mac computer to do that.

If your iPhone is syncing with iCloud properly your add button will disappear until the system finishes syncing.  If the sync is frozen, you can toggle iCloud Calendars off in Settings>iCloud, restart the iPhone, and then turn Calendars on again to restart the OTA sync.  If there still is no add button sync iPhone with iTunes to restore the calendar app.  On rare occasions you might have to restore the iPhone firmware.


Retina MacBook Pro takes a long time to wake from sleep So here's the thing. The rMBP is on Mountain Lion with all possible updates. When I open the lid I can see the login screen just fine but it is unresponsive for several seconds, can't enter my password or move the cursor.  Sometimes it makes the 'pop' system sound like it's getting a new mail or something several times in immediate succession, like pop-pop-pop-pop, just after opening the lid. Now this might make you think it might be related to power nap but this is happening before power nap came along. If I remember correctly, this happened before I installed Mt. Lion too.

Another very clear symptom is whenever I log back in from sleep and had the problem just described, the RAM in activity monitor is always clear. All green.

It is almost faster to cold boot it. Any ideas?

I actually experienced this on my '12 MacBook air as well and it was driving me crazy so I think I've figured it out without having to buy any apps like smartsleep, etc.

So first off you need to look at how the Mac operates with its settings.  The pmset command from Terminal shows and controls the settings. Don't change anything until you read the man page.  Enter pmset -g in Terminal to see your current settings.

pmset -g | grep hibernate mode
hibernatemode     3
pmset -g | grep standby
standbydelay      4200
standby             1

Those are the defaults and you should read the full details on Apple's Man Page.

But basically what that means is after 4200s (70min) of regular sleep ("standby" on Windows), it goes into deep sleep ("hibernate" on Windows).  From testing, wake from deep sleep takes about 3-4 seconds or up to 10 seconds depending on what you had open (all SSD times of course).

Now you can increase this time which means it remains in standby (aka memory is still powered).  I have mine set to 42000s (700min) so that it covers most of my inactive scenarios (sleep, travel etc) and only hibernates on an errant weekend or two where I don't turn my computer on.  Mac OS still creates the hibernate file anyways so you don't risk losing data.  I have yet to test its affect on battery drain but maybe someone here can do that.

To set the standbydelay to 42000 seconds (11.66 hours), in your Terminal, type:

sudo pmset -a standbydelay 42000

and enter your password.

Now if you'd rather have it based on battery percentage there's a neat loophole.  You see Power Nap basically also means that you have to keep standby active as obviously waking from Hibernate is inefficient.  So when you check Power Nap on battery you are essentially keeping the computer on Standby until you hit 30% and then it will hibernate.  This is because Apple set up Power Nap to do this so you can use this mechanism as well.

I've tried both and now my computer wakes quickly all the time.


Stuck at the boot screen I'm running Yosemite. While booting up I get stuck at the screen with the following screen.

Is it a serious issue? If yes, how can I save my data?

The prohibitory means the system has found an installed OS but was unable to boot it.

Your possibilities are :

Boot into safe mode (Hold shift at boot and if it boots, fixing your permissions
Backing you drive using another Mac and Target Disk Mode


Place page number in a Pages document using AppleScript How do I get the page number of each page and place it on the actual page using AppleScript?

I know how to place text in a placeholder text box, but I cannot figure out how to get the page number in AppleScript.

The pages are stored in ‘pages’. You can iterate over this with ‘repeat’.

tell application "Pages"
    activate
    tell document "Untitled.pages"
        repeat with i from 1 to number of pages
            set thispage to item i of pages
            (* do something
            -- variable i is the page number
            -- variable thispage is the page itself
            *)
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell


How can I remove cmd+shift+left/right shortcut in Finder? How can I remove the keyboard shortcuts shift+command+→ (Show Next Tab) and shift+command+← (Show Previous Tab) from Finder? I need those two shortcuts to select text while changing filename.

macOS Mojave -- 10.14.2 (18C54)

Finder shortcuts:

In System Preferences select Keyboard, then the Shortcuts tab. Click App Shortcuts in the left column, then the + button. Next you will change the Application to Finder, Menu Title to Show Next Tab, and the Keyboard Shortcut to whatever new you'd like.

Keyboard Shortcut can be anything you want, but I might recommend controlshifttab (for Show Previous Tab) and controltab (for Show Next Tab).

Repeat the steps but change the Menu Title to Show Previous Tab for the other shortcut


Cannot `brew install` from a `bash` script I want to create a script to setup an environment on a Mac. Here's a simple sample...

#!/bin/bash
brew install gcovr || exit 1
gcovr --version

  NOTE: Script assumes brew was previously installed .

When I execute the script I get an error.

$ ./install
Warning: gcovr 4.1 is already installed and up-to-date
To reinstall 4.1, run `brew reinstall gcovr`
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/gcovr/4.1/libexec/bin/gcovr", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

However, if I run it directly from the command line, it progresses as expected.

$ brew install gcovr
Warning: gcovr 4.1 is already installed and up-to-date
To reinstall 4.1, run `brew reinstall gcovr`

It should be noted, the script does install gcovr before failing and bailing.

It appears this error comes from Python being misconfigured.

The answer is to brew postinstall python3.

When Googling around, I found a separate project demonstrating a similar issue.

Here is what I saw on my machine:

$ python --version
Python 2.7.10

$ brew install python
Warning: python 3.7.4 is already installed, it's just not linked
You can use `brew link python` to link this version.

$ brew postinstall python3
==> Postinstalling python
==> /usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.4/bin/python3 -s setup.py --no-user-cfg install
==> /usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.4/bin/python3 -s setup.py --no-user-cfg install
==> /usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.4/bin/python3 -s setup.py --no-user-cfg install

After running postinstall, it didn't appear to change Python

$ python --version
Python 2.7.10

However, it did postively affect Homebrew, and allowed the script to run successfully!

$ ./install
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 1 tap (homebrew/cask).
No changes to formulae.

Warning: gcovr 4.1 is already installed and up-to-date
To reinstall 4.1, run `brew reinstall gcovr`
gcovr 4.1

Copyright 2013-2018 the gcovr authors
Copyright 2013 Sandia Corporation
Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation,
the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.


How to prepend a character to start of each line in 250,000+ line file using a script? I have text file with 250,000 lines - and I need to append the same single character at the start of each line. I have tried to use various multiline /column edit plugins in Atom and Sublime but they just hang - I guess due to size of file.

Is this something I could do with with a bash/zsh script - or AppleScript/Automator maybe ?

Prepend each line of a file with a capital A and write a new file-

awk '{print "A"$0}' < FILE > NEWFILE


Does safari on iOS update automatically? Outside of iOS updates? I realize that safari is updated when iOS is updated. But is it ever updated silently, like chrome or firefox, for more minor additions? Say for bugs in webkit/nitro.

Or is it more like the stock android browser, or internet explorer? Which only are updated when the platforms they reside on are updated.

Safari is only updated with iOS updates. As far as I know, there is no background updating, and updates only happen along with iOS updates.

Above is a screenshot from the new features of iOS 6 - listed is Safari as one of those updates.


I recently cleaned my spacebar and a piece is stuck I have taken off my spacebar from my MacBook Pro mid-2012 and now one of the plastic rotating things is stuck to the keycap, while the other is still in the key space. How can I get the thing stuck to the keycap off the hook?

The scissors are quite delicate - you might need to buy some replacement parts or a used / damaged model and harvest parts. Without a very detailed picture, I can offer general advice.

Look for hinge pins that are sheared off.
Get a scrap part from a similar model (keep in mind - keyboard revisions are quite possible on very similar models in time - a mid year bump can have changed physical keys - especially hidden under the black parts)
carefully examine the function of the pins, the spacers under a bright task light - dim lights and lack of magnification can easily let you miss a sheared part or other damage bending of small metal and plastic parts.


internet restore without firmware support my Mac is not supported for Internet recovery, is there any other way/option to do Internet Recovery (boot-able tool to launch Internet Recovery )?

edit: Macbookpro2,2 with blank hard-disk

There is no way, the firmware required to do that is signed by Apple. There is no custom firmware for OS X devices.


Can the new 2013 27" iMac function like the Thunderbolt Display? The Thunderbolt display is a really cool external display for thunderbolt-enabled mac laptops, but the sad reality is, all those peripherals and that gorgeous display is useless when the laptop is gone.

My question is, will the new 2013 27" iMac support peripheral passthru via thunderbolt to my 2012 Macbook Air like a Thunderbolt display would?

I would have the following connected to the iMac

Gigabit ethernet
External speakers
Wired keyboard
Wired mouse
USB microphone
USB printer

Would the Macbook Air be able to use these?

When the Macbook Air is connected, I'd essentially like it to operate just like the Thunderbolt display.

When the Macbook Air is disconnected, I'd like the iMac to function as a normal iMac.

For the display, yes:

  Target Display Mode. In this mode your iMac can serve as a display for
  another Mac. This is supported via the Thunderbolt port using a
  Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable (not supported via a Mini DisplayPort
  cable)

source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5522

For the rest of the devices, theoretically not:

  7. When I have a Mac connected via the Apple Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable (2.0m) via Target Disk Mode or Target Display Mode,
  do devices connected to that Mac become active on my computer?

  No. The additional devices will become peripherals for the Mac in
  Target Disk Mode or Target Display Mode. The additional devices do not
  "chain" through the Mac and its other Thunderbolt port.

source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#target

Hope this helps (wouldn't it be neat?)


How can I make my Windows keyboard shortcuts work on a Mac, exactly how they do on Windows? I've yet to find a guide that is both (a) complete, and (b) compatible with recent macOS releases. I have a Windows keyboard that I'd like to set up on my Mac to work with the same shortcuts. Some things I've tried include setting Application Shortcuts, and modifying key actions in the keyboard settings (i.e., setting ⌘ to take the action ⌥) -- these sort of work, but still leave me without several shortcuts.

Shortcuts I'm specifically hoping to get on my Mac:

- ctrl + c : copy
- ctrl + v : paste
- ctrl + x : cut
- ctrl + a : select all
- ctrl + s : save
- ctrl + shift + s : save all
- end : end of line
- home : front of line
- ctrl + end : end of document
- ctrl + home : front of document

I know there are tons more that I'd like, but I assume if I can get the Ctrl, Shift, End, and Home keys working, then the rest of my normal keyboard shortcuts will kind of fall into place from there.

So basically, I'm looking for a way to get my Windows keyboard to act like a Windows keyboard, on a Mac. Is this possible?

Install https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/
Find PC-style shortcuts complex_modifications rules here https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/?q=%20PC-Style%20Shortcuts
Click import.
Enable all rules that you need in Karabiner-Elements app.


Opening a script with a script? I am using a script and I have a secret code to input within the script (If that makes sense) after I input the code, it is supposed to open the script within the application, the main.scpt. I don't know how to do that considering that I am an amateur so I thought I should ask the pros. How do I open a script that's inside the application's packaged contents using applescript

here is the script im tryna use. I feel like Im being stupid. It may help to know that I am trying to open the same script in the application Im running.  I made a secret message to use in a textbox to open the script to edit it, but it says Apple Event Timed out. Can I run an application and open the script at the same time? Swipe to the left of the code to see the whole thing. Here it is-

if mainReturned = "∆" then -- Special keyword that opens the script
    display dialog "Keyword '" & mainReturned & "' is being executed." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "Maccist Auto-Web" with icon file "Macintosh HD:Users:<Insert User>:Documents:robot-icon.png" giving up after 1
    open file "Macintosh HD:Users:<Insert User>:Desktop:<Insert Name of Application>:Contents:Resources:Scripts:main.scpt"
    with timeout of 600 seconds
    end timeout
end if

You said you needed to open the script in AppleScript:

tell application "Script Editor" to open file (POSIX path of (path to me))


MacBook Air RAM Usage Possible Duplicate:
  Trouble Understanding Inactive Memory in MacOSX

I'm just wondering why does the Activity Monitor or Free Memory app says that I have 867 MB free (while writing this question).

Currently I'm running the following apps: Chrome (1 tab), Skype, Activity Monitor.

Here is a shot from activity monitor. Can someone explain to me, with 8GB RAM how is it possible to have these statistics?

Free: 869.1MB
Wired: 1.23GB
Active:2.17GB
Inactive: 3.75GB
Used: 7.15GB
VM Size: 254.82GB
Page ins: 4.34GB
Page outs: 0bytes
Swap used: 0bytes

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Air with a 1.8 GHz i5, 8 GB of RAM, upgraded to Mountain Lion.

P.S. Why is the VM size 243GB? I don't even have that much space on my drive.

Mac OS X allocates and uses RAM differently than is reported by Windows and can be confusing at times. Microsoft originally built Windows to keep as much memory free as possible. Apple's memory model follows a guideline that empty RAM is a wasted resource that could be better utilized to enhance performance.

Here is a quick and somewhat simplistic breakdown of how your RAM is currently being used:

Wired: memory reserved by the operating system
active: memory used by currently running programs, e.g., Chrome, Skype, Activity Monitor
Inactive: memory used by programs you previously ran since your last reboot, but have since quit. Most people use a few programs all the time and may switch between them by quitting one program and then launching another. Rather than releasing the memory to be "free", the inactive programs are cached and ready to run again. Some or all of this memory will be combined with Free memory as needed by the system or programs.
Free: memory as of yet unused since the last boot.
Used: total of wired, active and inactive.

The VM Size is the "total memory footprint available to the computer". When you use VM (virtual memory), the processor swaps unused portions of chip memory with hard disk memory, giving the usability of a larger memory footprint when it might not be available.

Your total Swap used is 0 bytes used, so you're managing to do everything in real or chip RAM without having to use the slower SSD. The zero page outs shows you made a good choice going with the 8GB or RAM.

The VM statistics are reset every time you reboot.

Hope this helps demystify your computer.

additional info added in response to Ando's comment

Let me give you a different perspective on your memory use:

Rather than ask "1.2GB, really?", ask how many services, caches and other system files the Mac loads on boot rather than individually as needed. As long as the amount used remains constant, you should be fine. If the wired amounts tends to dramatically climb as you use it, then you have something to worry about.

Additional wired memory can be used by system preferences, menu bar programs, and other background processes.

Comparing your system to a 2GB Linux machine is similar to comparing your computer to my Mac Pro with 24GB of RAM, multi-terabyte internal arrays, numerous graphic cards, etc. Both were designed and configured for different purposes and footprints.

You can get a good idea of the individual app footprints in the Activity Monitor window above the RAM statistics.

Hope this helps!

third edit in response...

I don't have a lot of experience with Chrome, but don't forget that it has a full instance of Flash living within it. Most of my circle works on iOS or OS X so I run FaceTime instead of Skype.

Here are some procedures to follow:

Check and see if you have the latest versions, especially for Chrome. Known memory leaks tend to get corrected over time.
When diagnosing memory issues, it's best to begin with a fresh boot.
As you run Skype and Chrome, track their memory uses over time.
As  you open another tab, how much additional memory does it grab?
When you close that tab is all the additional memory released?

Rather than spend a lot of time worrying about minimum memory footprints and such, track system performance with your clock... Does the computer still feel fast and peppy to you?


Macbook fan problems :( For awhile now, my MB has been slowing down at times and I've been trying to diagnose the problem. Here were my hunches:

old age?(only 2 yrs old)
needs more RAM(at 2GB - this is the late 2009 MB btw, the last one before the unibody)
fan problems
filevault?

The immediate thing I could do was to check the fans. So, I installed smcFanControl at first but then nothing was happening. I created a "High RPM" setting and even if I set it to that, fan stays at 2000rpm. When I open a flash app(say an fb game or even Steam) it lurches to 6krpm(not surprising i guess?)

Anyway, I tried another fan control(Fan Control) for Mac and now I got this:

the right fan is at -1! Is this the reason? I am guessing it is somehow broken and that the left fan was compensating for the longest time, which may or may not have been the culprit to the slow down. Is it? Stupid question, but should a hot MB slow down in the first place?

I had fan problems too on my macbook (Black 2006) and in fact I installed Fan Control too. I thought I would never have to see that app again! haha.

Ok. First things first. It is pretty normal that Flash makes your fan spin like crazy. It happens on my machine too, since it is really processor intensive.

Secondly, as far as I know Macbooks have just 1 fan, unlike iMacs for example, so if thats the case of your machine (which most likeley is, but jsut to make sure research) than you must not worry for the -1.

And finally: nope. Fan speeds should not affect the performance of your machine. I know because when I had problems with mine my macbook would just overheat/make noise but work as usual. The fan even died, and my macbook kept running (though it's dangerous to run a computer without a fan). I didn't notice this happened and it finally overheated to about 90-100 degrees Celsius which caused it to shutdown automatically for safety. My point? I didn't even notice, because my mac never slowed down.

So I'm guessing your issues are due to something else.

Firevalut could be a reason, and a pretty big one if your disk is very cluttered. Even with Firevalut off, disk clutter can slow down your computer if its excessive, specially on startup.

RAM could be, specially if your running memory intensive apps. Your macbook should be able to get an upgrade. Your manual should have some more info on that, like up to what you can expand it (perhaps 4 or 8 GB).

What OS do you have? If your'e still running leopard I recomend Snow Leopard: it frees up Disk Space and has some other optimizations.

And last, your apps. Check if any apps are eating your CPU in the background using Activity Monitor (Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor). Also, check on System Preferences for any apps loading when you loggin (Accounts > Login Items tab). Try to get rid of some background apps you might not need.

Hope it helps! Anything else you need just tell me.


macOS Sierra ALL features page In previous releases Apple had an "All Features" or "New Enhancements" page buried somewhere off the main Mac OS X page. It listed features that were beyond just the main marketing ones. Does anybody know where this information lives for Sierra?

10.6: http://web.archive.org/web/20110328202042/https://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html

10.7:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120329193957/http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html

10.8:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130405191728/http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html

10.9:
http://web.archive.org/web/20140729182042/http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html

10.10:
http://web.archive.org/web/20150912081700/https://www.apple.com/osx/all-features/

10.11:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160710162027/http://www.apple.com/osx/all-features/

I wasn't able to find full, straight-from-the-Apple's-mouth release notes for Sierra, but you can find developer-level release notes for all versions of macOS since OS X 10.6 on this page on the Apple developer website. The notes for macOS Sierra 10.12 can be found here and those for 10.12.1 can be found here. However, note the caveat:

This document describes key developer-level features that were introduced in different versions of macOS.
This document is not intended as a complete list of features or changes for each new version of macOS. Instead, it focuses on those features or changes that affect the development of third-party software, providing overviews of each along with insight into how and when you might use them to create your own software.


What does (MM) mean in the iPad model lineup? While looking at iPad models, I notice several showing as (MM).

In particular, the 4th generation iPad mini with Cellular has models A1454 and
A1455 with the latter being labeled (MM). The same exists for A1459/A1460 on the larger iPad with a Retina display.

What does MM represent?

I do not have a direct link or citation on/about Apple to prove my conclusion. But the most logical answer I could gather by reading several sites is that MM would stand for "Multi-mode", signifying that the iPad supports not just CDMA and GSM, but also multiple LTE implementations. The term "multimode" or "multi-mode" is used to designate chips/devices that support multiple, disparate communication technologies (a device with WiFi and Bluetooth can be called multimode too, but we're talking only about cellular here. Plus, all of Apple's iDevices have had WiFi and Bluetooth in all models).

Only the GSM + CDMA + LTE models that support multiple carriers have the "MM" tag.
Example: The 4th generation iPad and the iPad mini have models that support CDMA/GSM/LTE on Verizon and Sprint. So they're marked as "Cellular (MM)" to give them a more substantial (and carrier neutral) name.
The GSM + CDMA + LTE models in older generations that support only Verizon have a "VZ" tag instead of the "MM" tag.
Example: The 3rd generation iPad, the first iPad to come with support for both CDMA and GSM on a single device, has a CDMA/GSM/LTE Verizon model, but it does not support Sprint. So it's marked as "Cellular (VZ)" to signify that it's tied to Verizon (and cannot work with another CDMA carrier like Sprint).

In Apple's current terminology:
"Cellular" implies GSM+LTE
"Cellular (MM)" implies GSM+CDMA+LTE (across CDMA carriers)

Note that there is no "CDMA only" version of the iPad after the iPad 2, unlike "GSM only" versions that have been and continue to be available.

You can come to similar conclusions by comparing the cellular support across iPad models/generations and how they relate to the chipsets used, the carriers supported, and their technology implementations.

Here are some links related to the iPad specs across generations and multi-mode (as it applies to cellular technology) that would help understand my conclusion better.

Technical specifications for iPads of different generations (pay attention to the technologies/carriers supported):
1. iPad (4th Generation) - Technical Specifications
2. iPad mini - Technical Specifications
2. iPad (3rd Generation) - Technical Specifications
3. iPad 2 - Technical Specifications

Links related to multi-mode (read them completely or search for "mode" to go to multimode related snippets on these pages):
1. Multi-band and multi-mode phones, Multi-mode and multi-band mobile phones
2. Cell phone bands and modes
3. Qualcomm Fifth Generation Gobi Platform
4. A rare look inside an LTE cell site
5. Sprint - multimodal hardware rollout
6. Intel previews multimode LTE chips


iPhone 3GS (jailbreak) not recognized in iTunes I have iPhone 3GS jailbroken running some version of iOS4.

With the latest iTunes version 12.2.1 (and the previous one I had installed), the device is not recognized as plugged in. Windows sees the device just fine.

I've tried restarting the device.
I've tried restarting the computer.
I've updated to latest iTunes.
Bonjour and the "Apple Mobile Device Service" (sp?) are running.

Is it not recognized because it's jailbroken? Or are there other things I can try before restoring to non-jailbroken version?

Edit:
- Tried clean reinstall of iTunes 10.7 and 9.2.1 (edit 3: and 8.2.1)
- Tried different USB port

Still no luck. Windows sees the device, but iTunes does not.

Edit 2:
- Tried different cable
- Tried on a different PC
- Tried on a different Mac

The latest iTunes does not support as much older versions of iOS as iOS4 is.

I recommend you to uninstall your current iTunes, clear cache ... etc., reboot your computer and then download and install an older version of iTunes.

Once you are done with the above steps, I can recommend you to make sure that the USB port on your computer works well and to check the USB cable of the phone as well. Last thing that I can suggest is to have your iPhone unlocked and follow up if anything occurs on it's display.

Let us know if any additional information is needed.


Is there a way to verify the URL of a page loaded in a browser window inside an iPhone app? Specifically, I'm trying to make a purchase inside a certain iPhone app using Paypal. Instead of the app opening for me a paypal url in the Safari, it seems to be loading the paypal url in a browser window inside the app. I can't see the url of the page and in general can't be sure that the app isn't intercepting my paypal credentials.

Is there a way to see what the url is of a browser window opened inside an app? Is there to verify that it is a genuine browser window and that the app can't eavesdrop on what I'm typing/submitting inside the window?

Two Questions:

Verify URL

Connect through laptop. Use packet sniffing tools to check what requests go out.

Perhaps: Disable 3G. Wrap with WiFi in Faraday cage, make sure no other covert incoming or outgoing communication.

Eavesdrop

Cat and mouse. Basic tools and basic skills will detect basic phishing/eavesdropping. But the above URL verification would not catch other simple methods like the website re-broadcasting it elsewhere, or the app recording and transmitting at other times.

Still, you could read the EULA.

Given what is currently known about Apple and Google, Verizon and AT&T, Paypal and credit card companies, your ISP, business focii, data breaches, government agreements, other gov't interactions, etc. it is probably safest to assume that everything is tracked and recorded, whether you are using the phone or not.


How can I check if my MacBook Pro is shut down without turning it back on? Sometimes I like to shut down my Macbook Pro (e.g. if I know I won't be using it for some time and I want to save battery).

Unfortuantely, I can't figure out any way to actually check that it's shut down when the lid is closed. There's no visible signal from the outside, and if I open up the lid, then due to (what I consider to be) a terrible design decision, it automatically turns back on. I then have to wait quite a few seconds before I can manually shut it back down again.

Is there a way I can either (a) see whether it's completely shut down without opening the lid, or (b) disable the automatic boot up upon opening the lid?

Shut down before you close the lid.

Set the lid behavior so that it does not auto wake.

I set that behaviour when I want to clean the keyboard but you have to avoid the power button...


Sync iOS Notes with Exchange Why is it that I can sync Apple Notes with Exchange on Mountain Lion but not with iOS 6?

Is there any way to sync iOS notes with Exchange like I can with iOS Reminders?

iOS Notes only supports syncing with iCloud or an IMAP email account, according to their
Syncing Notes support article.

If your Exchange server allows IMAP access, you could create another account on your iOS device that only syncs the notes for your account.  You'll have to ask your Exchange admin whether they have enabled IMAP access and what the settings are for it.

There are a handful of iOS apps which claim to sync Exchange notes, but their reviews indicate that they're unreliable, and it doesn't appear that any of them support Exchange 2010 or 2013.  As of this writing, the IMAP workaround appears to be the best option.


How can i disable menu blinking after selecting a menu item in macOS I want to disable the slow menu blinking which occurs after I've selected a menu entry from any menu in macOS. It always takes about half a second or more and is just a waste of time since I know what I am doing.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_blinking for more information.

It seems this is just a core MacOS feature built in - if you go into system preferences and General, you can change the color to graphite if you prefer, make it less irritating. Apple made this choice because "It is a visual clue to help the user understand they have selected this option", and after this it is executed.


Why do applications I install only sometimes appear in the Applications directory? This is on OSX 10.7.5.

Often when I install a new application it wont appear in the Applications folder and the only way I can access it is by using Spotlight.

Any way I can make all applications appear in this folder?

Its the path of the installer. Most will automatically download in Applications.Notice how at the end of most installers, the finder window pops up with only its contents, and a symlink to your Applications folder for you to drag & drop into it. If an application does not follow that installation structure, its because the developer didn't invest the time to do so.


What's a good program to batch resize 100,000 jpg images? The program should run in batch mode to resize all files in a folder and then save new files to different folder. An option for setting jpg quality would be great, too.

I'm a little surprised that no one has mentioned the easiest, cheapest, and least technical option:
Automator
First, open Automator, which is in your Applications folder.
Next, choose to create a new workflow:

Next, add the following steps to the workflow by dragging and dropping:

When you run this, Automator is going to:

pop up a window asking you to pick some files (as many as you want)
pop up another window asking where you want to save the resized copies
ask you how big you want the resized copies to be.  You'll be able to choose either a fixed size or a percentage.  All the images will be resized to either that size or by that percentage.

(The "show this action when the workflow runs" checkbox means that the workflow is going to pause, display the option, and allow you to change it then)
Once you do that, Automator is going to churn and burn, and when it's done it'll beep at you.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have an option to choose JPEG quality.  However, for the price (free), it's pretty dang convenient.


Hide Mail from showing in Spotlight but keep Messages I want to remove Mail from Spotlight as I don't use it on my Mac. However, the only way to do this is to uncheck "Mail & Messages" from being indexed on Spotlight in Preferences, here:

Unchecking this removes my Messages from showing in Spotlight, which I do want to appear in Spotlight searches.

I have deactivated all mail accounts in mail in the hope this would remove the Mail index for these accounts but this didn't remove Mail from Spotlight. This is a screenshot of mail still showing despite no email accounts being active:

I am using OS X El Capitan, latest release.

Using the "Privacy" tab in the Spotlight item of "System Preferences" may allow you to add the folder ~/Library/Mail which should remove all email messages from the Spotlight index, at least for email from the Mail.app program. Other email programs like Thunderbird store their data elsewhere and would likely still be indexed by Spotlight.

Generally however the folder ~/Library is not visible, so cannot be navigated through to select ~/Library/Mail unless you something to make it visible as detailed in various places, including http://www.macworld.com/article/2057221/how-to-view-the-library-folder-in-mavericks.html and How do I tell Finder to always show my Library folder on Mavericks?


Converting M4A file to MP3 - Selected files could not be found iTunes IOS 12.9 on PC

I want to convert M4A files (in this case, audiobooks) to MP3. This is what happened.

Changed the iTunes import settings to MP3.
Selected the book.
Selected File > Create MP3 version.

But iTunes displayed None of the selected files could be converted because they could not be found.

I did a general web search and found and tried two purported solutions:
 - Exit and reopen iTunes (did not work)
 - Use Ctrl-A to select all of the tracks (did not work)

In the next post, I explain what did work.

Another solution:

Select View | As Songs to display the library as a list of tracks (i.e. not organised by album). This is the key part.
Then hold the Control key and select the songs to be converted by clicking each one.
Lastly, select File | Convert | Create MP3 Version.

Before doing the above, make sure that the sound encoder is set to MP3 under Edit | Preferences | Import Preferences | Import Using ...


Can Roambi or any iPad app make authorized http-requests to pull data to visualize? Can Roambi or any iPad app make authorized http-requests to pull data (say JSON or .csv) from some source and interactively visualize it on the iPad screen?

I don't know about Roambi (but it does seem like they care about the security of their clients' business data, so the requests from the app are very likely authenticated and encrypted), but of course an iPad app can make HTTP requests that include authentication information, if that was your question. Even Mobile Safari supports Basic Auth, for example.


OS-X: How to copy files according to their file types from an external hard drive onto an OS-X computer? I have a lot of files (music, pictures, documents) on an external hard drive that I want to copy into the respective folders on OS-X. I would like to automate the copying process and put all .bmp, .jpg and .jpeg into the pictures folder on OS-X, .mp3 into music and so on for all the different file types.

How can I automate this and what software could I use?

One option would be to run the following script in Terminal

#!/bin/bash

find /Volumes/NAME_OF_EXTERNAL_DRIVE -type f -print | while read f; do
    case "$f" in
       *.jpg) cp "$f" "~/Pictures/${f##.*/}"
              ;;
       *.mp3) cp "$f" "~/Music/${f##.*/}"
              ;;
       *) echo "Don't know how to handle '$f'"
          ;;
     esac
done

Add lines for additional suffixes and target folders as needed (and also keep in mind that .jpg is not the same as .JPG).


Unknown backups on main hard drive On my MacBook's 'About This Mac' pane there is a section that is taking up a lot of storage it is titled 'Backups'.
Now I do use a Time Capsule but I don't know why it would be labeled under my MacBook's hard drive.
Can anyone help me identify and solve this problem?
Here is a screenshot of what I see.

Those might be Local Backups Feature of Time Machine.

  Local snapshots complement regular Time Machine backups that are stored on your external disk or Time Capsule by creating a local backup on your startup disk when your normal backup drive is not available. This provides you with a "safety net" for times when you might be away from your external backup disk or Time Capsule but accidentally delete a file. When your normal backup is available again, Time Machine copies the local snapshot contents from your startup disk to your normal backup drive.

Read the link above for detailed explanation.


App Store on OS X broken after system restoration from backup I recently had to restore my installation of OS X 10.9.4 from a backup. Since then(*), the App Store application is broken. It displays an empty window showing the MAS symbol and the menu bar. Clicking icons in the menu bar highlights them all. Nothing else happens. See the console output below:

  01.10.14 19:09:08,079 storeagent[759]: * Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '* setObjectForKey: key cannot be nil'
  *** First throw call stack:
  (
      0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c63425c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
      1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8cdb1e75 objc_exception_throw + 43
      2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c52f22e -[__NSDictionaryM setObject:forKey:] + 1102
      3   storeagent                          0x000000010e751b0b storeagent + 31499
      4   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff904df1bb _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
      5   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff904dc28d _dispatch_client_callout + 8
      6   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff904de673 _dispatch_queue_drain + 451
      7   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff904df9c1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 110
      8   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff904ddf87 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 75
      9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff904df177 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
      10  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff96e9bef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
      11  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff96e9efb9 start_wqthread + 13
  )
  01.10.14 19:09:08,519 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.storeagent[759]) Job appears to have crashed: Abort trap: 6

Enabling the debug menu (terminal: defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true) and resetting the application had not effect (same console output as mentioned above).

I installed OS X 10.9.5 using the terminal. The Mac App Store application worked until the next reboot.

What can I do short of reinstalling OS X from the recovery partition?

There are several Options you could try in order to identify the source of your troubles:

create a new User and try to access the AppStore with your current ID (or a temporary one). If it works, the Problem lies within your User-Profile and not the OS. If it doesn't, the Problem is located in the OS (or the Drive itself).
OS & User-Profile: try clearing out the Cache files, either manually (see f.e. StackExchange Article here) or use the freeware 'Onyx' (my preferred method)
OS: Check the Harddrive and the File System Permissions with Disk Utilities.app (found in /Applications/Utilities). It is possible (but not liklely) that your HD or Filesystem is defective/corrupt.
User-Profile: go to ~/Library/Containers/ an move the Folder com.apple.appstore somewhere else, f.e. the Desktop. Try starting the App Store again.

Try these and if it doesn't work look in the console. perheaps there are news error messages there.


Linux-style window resizing Redhat Linux has this really nice feature where I can hold down the Window key, middle-mouse click-and-hold somewhere in a window, and drag to resize the window.  It doesn't have to be the very corner of the window.  The corner that is resized depends on which quadrant of the window I clicked in - for instance, if I middle-mouse clicked somewhere in the lower-left of the window, dragging would lock the upper-right of the window, but resize based on shrinking/growing the lower left.  Using the left click instead of the middle click can move the entire window (this can only be done on Mac OS X by grabbing the title bar).

I'm specifically only interested in these 2 features - are there any apps available that can accomplish this?

Zooom/2 is the closest thing I could find so far.
Sadly, it's discontinued and hasn't been actively worked on since 2011.  It is $20 shareware.
The functionality is pretty close, however it doesn't allow you to use the middle- and right- click buttons as modifiers, so it's not possible to mimic Linux functionality, but it's close enough.

The other major drawback is that it doesn't work with Photoshop :(  I suspect this is Apple's fault, however.


Is it wise to turn off the iPad completely if I don't use it during the day? A friend of mine has an iPad that she uses only once a day for about a half hour.

I told her to turn it off completely in between uses to conserve energy - no point having the device run in standby for 23.5 hours a day. (So no standby, but a real "swipe to turn off" shutdown.)

I'm not completely sure whether this is correct, though. Is this the optimal way to go in terms of optimal battery lifespan? Battery life (i.e. the time until she has to recharge it again) is secondary, we just want to preserve the battery for as long as possible.

Apple's iPad battery tips don't give any hints, nor does what appears to be the reference question here on Apple.SE.

The total life of the iPad's battery is going to be affected by the temperature you keep the battery at and the number of discharge-charge cycles it goes through.

Turning off the iPad will cause the battery to drain more slowly than leaving it in standby mode. But the battery will still be draining when the device is "powered off" as there's circuitry enabled to detect you pressing the power button to turn it back on.

I'm not sure how long an iPad that's off will hold its charge vs. one that is simply sitting in standby mode. I can't imagine the marginal gain in battery life is worth the hassle of waiting for it to power up every time you want to use it.


How to upload photos/files to iCloud like with Dropbox's application? I've recently extended my iCloud storage to 20GB and now I am wondering how to upload files to it from my iPhone.

Is there any way to do it as it is in dropbox's application? Just to open the folder that you want and upload the files.

If not, are there any alternatives?

I'm sorry, you can't manually upload files to iCloud from your iPhone. Since iOS 8 Apple introduced iCloud Drive, which makes it possible to upload any file with a Mac (on Yosemite).

You can only access those files on an iPhone when you're, for example, in the Dropbox app.


More than two windows split view Is there some sort of clever hack of achieving that, because I did not find anything. I have a 27" Mac and everything is still kind of huge.

No - you get two windows in the current implementation. One on the left and one on the right.

I suppose the notification center slide over could be considered a "third window" but you can't put an application window there - it's just a system tray of sorts.

I would look at a program like Divvy on the Mac App Store for customizing a workspace with multiple tiled windows. It's not split view, but it's far more flexible and able to make use of the 27 inch display space to quite a granular basis.


Uninstalling macOS App Extensions from System Preferences I'm a developer, but it is more of a user-centric question.

How can one "unregister" a Finder Sync (or any other, presumably) OS X / macOS App Extension so that it disappears from System Preferences > Extensions?

I've removed the app that's hosting it (FinderSyncTest), but it still shows here:

I found my extensions in:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/PlugIns

Delete FinderSyncTest.appex, restart Finder, and it should be gone.


Adding playlists to iPod Nano 6th generation I recently found out that you can add playlists from within the Nano. Can I do that from iTunes? If so, how?

You can! When your iPod is connected to iTunes, it should appear in the sidebar. Select it, and make sure  is checked.

Now, create a playlist with the + button at the bottom right of the window, and name it what you will. Simply drag the songs you want the playlist to contain over to the sidebar, and drop them in!

When you've finished, be sure to press the ⏏ button to the right of the iPod's name before you disconnect the cable.


13-inch 2020 MacBook Pro has incorrect "default scaling" value (compared to 2012 MBP) I'm having a rather strange issue. When I opened my 13-inch 2020 MacBook Pro, right out the box everything seemed rather small. I went into the display settings and noticed the display setting was set to the "default." However, poking a bit further into this, I saw that the "default" software resolution was being recognized as 1440x900, which corresponds to a 2880x1800 panel @2x. This happens to be the panel resolution of the 15-inch MacBook Pro.

However, my MacBook is the 13-inch variant, which has a panel resolution of 2560x1600. The software resolution should as a result be displaying 1280x800 as default, as that's exactly half of the panel's 2560x1600 native resolution.

I checked on my late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro (which has the same resolution display panel resolution and size), and it correctly identifies the default software resolution as 1280x800.
I was having some display issues related to True Tone being intermittently enabled/disabled, so I called Apple Support. I brought up this issue and escalated it to a senior advisor. I tried to show these numbers to him, but he simply stated that the default is "scaled higher than the panel supports since customers complain about text being too small." Which seems to be the opposite of my issue, since everything appeared smaller than it should be.
I reset my NVRAM, but these issues still occur.
Is my display panel faulty, communicating to the OS that it's a 15-inch panel instead of a 13-inch one? Could this possibly be related to the True Tone issues that I'm having?

So it looks like all modern 13" MacBook Pros do this. It has been confirmed in this MacRumors thread.

This change was likely made with the recent thunderbolt 13" MacBook Pros.
This was most likely done in order to allow the user to "fit more" into the relatively small 13" screen by default.

I find it strange for this to be the default resolution, because it is a fractionally scaled resolution. This means that the virtual pixels do not map perfectly to physical pixels. If the default scaling was set to the second box, as with older 13" MacBooks, then a 1x1 block of virtual pixels would correspond exactly to a 2x2 block of physical pixels. With the new default scaling, this is not the case.
This leads to text which is slightly less sharp if you look at it up close. Why this change in default scaling was made, I don't know—perhaps Apple determined the loss in sharpness wasn't significant enough to discount it as a default option. Oh well, it's good to know anyway. At least my display isn't having an identity crisis.


Apple USB Keyboard not working on 27" iMac (Intel Core i7) I have two similar iMacs (27" - i7 - os10.8.4 ) and use Apple's extended USB keyboards on both of them. After a power outage neither keyboard will work on one iMac (A) although both keyboards work fine on the other iMac (B). I have reset NVRAM and SMC on iMac A but to no avail. I have plugged printers into the USB ports and they seem to work fine. As it stands, the only way I can log in on iMac A is by using a Bluetooth keyboard, the USB port however remains "invisible"...

Thank you for your help.

Sorry this isn't really an answer but I can't post a photo in a comment.

I have a 27" iMac i7 as well, when I connect a Key Board/Mouse and an iPhone via USB in "System Information" I see this:

What do you see?

Note that the two USB ports are on different busses.  Have you tried both of them?  You mentioned that bluetooth works; do the other USB functions work (Card Reader, iSight Cam)?


Can't log in or access recovery! I have a 2011 MacBookPro running OS X Yosemite. I was browsing online when suddenly my entire screen went grey (no cursor, completely unresponsive). I restarted the laptop & got the usual "Update Needed" user (I have FileVault on). As soon as it reaches halfway thru the progress bar, it reboots on its own! I tried resetting the SMC, as well as holding down Cmd + R to access recovery. In the latter case, the Apple logo appears with a progress bar underneath. As soon as it reaches halfway thru, the screen turns grey & it just sits there. The same thing happens when I try to boot into safe mode.

Tried many times unsuccessfully. I have a feeling this has to do with FileVault.

Help!

Turns out my 2011 MacBook Pro is one of several units suffering from a defective GPU.
I realized this issue happens only when I'm doing something GPU-related like using iPhoto or viewing certain webpages. My Mac is now completely unusable & I'm going to have to get a new one.

Here's more info on this.


How do I install Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro running OS X Sierra? Sierra dropped Bootcamp support for pre-Windows 10. I've just reformatted and was running Windows 7 and OS X Sierra before the reformat but now I can't reinstall Windows 7. Is there a way to roll Bootcamp assistant back, or an easy way to reinstall?

Update to macOS 10.12.2 or above in order to become nostalgic again.

  Adds support for new installations of Windows 8 and Windows 7 using Boot Camp on supported Macs.

About the macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Update


Applescript multiple commands error I'm very new to AppleScript and I'm held up in my command to click on a spot in an application.  I'm not sure the proper way to tell it to click on the file.

Open App, Click "Football" , Click the checkbox "Enabled"at the top, Then Click "Save" at the bottom

If someone could help with the correct UI. That's as far as I've gotten.

tell application "Lingon X"
activate
delay 5
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Lingon X"
        click "Football"
        delay 2
        click checkbox "Enabled"
        delay 2
        click button "Save"
    end tell
end tell

end tell

UI Scripting doesn't always work well or that easily.

Try the following example AppleScript code.

tell application "Lingon X"
    activate
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke 1 using command down
        tell application process "Lingon X"
            tell window 1
                tell splitter group 1
                    click row 1 of group 2 of list 1 of list 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1
                    click checkbox "Enabled"
                    click UI element "Save"
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
    quit
end tell

Note: This ran as coded on my system and took these actions on the first object shown in Lingon X, version 5.1.1 (5110), under macOS 10.12.5. It should work for you too, based on the picture shown in your OP.


Navigate to current location of a friend I must be missing something simple - I've located my son using iOS 8's Find my Friends app, and now I want to use Maps to navigate to that location.

How can I do that? I don't see a way to start a navigation from the Friends app, Siri always wants to navigate to my son's home address (I know where that is, thanks), and Maps doesn't seem to offer access to Friends either...

Tap the friend in the list, then go to More → Open in Maps. From there you can navigate normally.


Navigating to options in context menus When a context menu opens how do you know which keys are mapped to which entries in the menu? Is OS X just guessing or is there something that the developer specifically defined for these.  In this particular menu when pressing E it jumps down near the bottom.  Took a screenshot to show explanation.

In cases where there is not a visible shortcut, it is based on the title of next item. If you type the first few letters of the title of the menu, it will be selected. So if I wanted to select "Introduce Parameter" in your example above, I could quickly type I N T or I N T R to select it. My guess is that the case of "Extract" above, it is taking you to the next unique case alphabetically - you have three "Extract " listings and the next unique letter, alphabetically is "Extract *C*lass." If you wanted to select the previous entry, I think you'd be stuck with typing E X T T R A C T  I

You can select Finder items on the Desktop, or in folders, in a similar manner. If I want to select a file called "my stuff", I can start typing M or M Y instead of single-clicking the file itself.


How come Android finds lists Wi-Fi networks that OS X doesn't? I have a MacBook Air with OS X 10.8.5 and a Samsung cell phone with Android. I use the Wi-Fi heavily on both (I travel a lot, and only use Wi-Fi when I'm out of the US) — often in cafes — and I rarely ever have a problem. Wi-Fi is usually perfect and easy in any cafe.

But there are a couple of cafes I frequent where, my Samsung Android phone picks up the cafe's Wi-Fi signal — and picks it up very strongly — but on OS X, the network just doesn't list it at all. I know it's not a signal-strength issue, since on the Samsung Android, the signal is super strong in all 3 cafes. But OS X for some reason just doesn't find the network — not even when I go to "Join other network" and type in the network name.

What could cause this? …and is there a solution to this that you would recommend?

1) Possible interferences :

Do you have many Bluetooth peripherals connected to the Mac ?
Try tuning off Bluetooth and connecting to Wi-Fi…
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1365

2) Possible mal-functionning hardware :

Check your machine is working with extra channels than 1 to 13 (802.11g) by going in the "Apple" menu, hold down the "alt" key and select "System Information…".

Then in the "System Report…" window select in the sidebar "Wi-Fi" or "Airport" under "Network".

You should see next to :

"Supported PHY Modes" : 802.11 a/b/g/n

"Supported Channels" : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140

If this is not ok you might need to have your machine serviced as every MacBook Air are compatible with 802.11n. Beware that some channels are banned in some countried thus restricted on your machine : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

3) Possible problem with the configuration of the router :

I have encountered sometimes connection drop / timeout with 300 Mbps optimisation (using wide channel configuration 2,4GHz and 5GHz : 20 MHz and 5GHz only : 40 MHz) and some computers. Best would be if the cafes you go to could make sure to have an optimised network for everyone.

If the newtork requires a password : WPA / WPA2 encryption instead of WEP ;
Support for both channels (if using 40MHz with 2,4GHz channels can create performance and reliability issues) ;
For a cafe IP addresses should be cleaned regulary (leased time 1 hour) ;

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4199


snippet.cgi — as many as 10 at a time in rapid succession… Some sites, just navigating to them, in Safari, I have not tested in any other browsers, will auto download a file called snippet.cgi to your ~/Downloads folder.

I just went to www.cliftonchilliclub.co.uk/ and merely loading the page shoved 6 snippet.cgi files to my ~/Downloads folder.  The OS renames them sequentially. snippet.cgi, snippet-1.cgi, snippet-2.cgi, snippet-3.cgi.

Opening snippet.cgi in TextMate ( Basic Mac OS X Text Eitor ) and the file contains "Cant get component".

Here is a gist of what is going on:
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/143323b1553bfd502a08

Here is the raw data:

me@foonty ~ $cd Downloads/
me@foonty Downloads $ls -la
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-2.cgi
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-3.cgi
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-4.cgi
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-5.cgi
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-6.cgi
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-7.cgi
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-8.cgi
-rw-r--r--@ 1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:37 snippet.cgi

me@foonty Downloads $more snippet-2.cgi
Cant get component

me@foonty Downloads $file snippet-2.cgi
snippet-2.cgi: ASCII text, with no line terminators

me@foonty Downloads $ls -la@
drwx------+ 12 me  staff     408 Feb  8 04:41 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 32 me  staff    1088 Feb  8 01:53 ..
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff    6148 Feb  8 04:37 .DS_Store
    com.apple.FinderInfo        32
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-2.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       189
    com.apple.quarantine        61
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-3.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       189
    com.apple.quarantine        61
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-4.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       189
    com.apple.quarantine        61
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-5.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       188
    com.apple.quarantine        61
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-6.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       189
    com.apple.quarantine        61
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-7.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       188
    com.apple.quarantine        61
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:41 snippet-8.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       189
    com.apple.quarantine        61
    com.macromates.selectionRange        1
    com.macromates.visibleIndex      1
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff      18 Feb  8 04:37 snippet.cgi
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate        53
    com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       189
    com.apple.quarantine        61

Here is curl -I http://www.cliftonchilliclub.co.uk
$curl -I http://www.cliftonchilliclub.co.uk
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Connection: close
Status: 200
X-Powered-By: Phusion Passenger (mod_rails/mod_rack) 2.2.5
X-Runtime: 9
ETag: "268dccda66a2552189bd2851a2f199a0"
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Content-Length: 852
Server: nginx/0.7.65 + Phusion Passenger 2.2.5 (mod_rails/mod_rack)
P3P: CP="IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT"

Quick trip with curl to download the file:

$curl -o file.html http://www.cliftonchilliclub.co.uk

This is a problem at the web server end, most likely. This meta-Google search link will show you that the problem has existed for a while in many different places. Delve deeper & report back your findings.

Note: The cliftonchilliclub site is mentioned at the Apple Support Communities as a site which triggers the same behavior you are experiencing.

All this being said, I believe the files are harmless.


Calendar sharing with iCloud and MobileMe There are 3 different people, each needing to publish their own calendar, and view/edit the other calendars. Each has an iMac or macbook, and iPhone. Person 1 has MobileMe and is unable to upgrade to iCloud (iPhone 3g). Person 2 has already upgraded to iCloud. Person 3 can upgrade but is waiting for the solution to this calendar dilemma.

All 3 were happily sharing via MobileMe until Person 2 upgraded to iCloud, at which point their calendars were no longer visible to Person 1 & 3. There seems to be no way to share between iCloud and MobileMe - does anyone know of a solution??

This is a dilemma that I too have been struggling with and am sorry to say that at this time, I don't believe a real solution exists.  The new sharing interface in iCloud seems to have removed any and all methods of sharing an editable calendar with a non iCloud user.  The only sharing option for non iCloud users that seems to have remained intact is the ability to create a public calendar, viewable from a web browser.  There is however a partial work around that will solve a portion of your problem, but not all of it.

You can get around the new iCloud sharing interface and restrictions by moving the calendars in question from the cloud to each individuals respective Mac locally.  The simplest way I've found to do this is to export said calendar to your desktop and then open the resulting ".ics" file into iCal.  When prompted for a destination calendar, select "New Calendar" from the bottom of the list.  This will create a new calendar stored locally on the Mac with the same name and events of the first calendar. (Be aware, that this will result in duplicate events unless you choose to then delete the iCloud counterpart.)  Once you've done this, the new local calendar will give you a "Publish" option inside of it's contextual menu (Right or Ctl Click) which leads you to an option to publish to Mobile Me, giving you a web cal link that any standard calendar service can subscribe to.

There are too major downsides to this, the first being that it only provides viewing options, no editing ability.  The second problem is that it is now dependent on syncing your iPhone to your computer in order to keep everything up to date.  Local Calendars are not privy to either iCloud or mobile me cloud syncing.

I know that this is definitely not the solution you're looking for, but hopefully it will provided some sort of stop gap until either Apple or some of our more industrious developer friends out there come up with something both more elegant and fully functional.  As always, I highly recommence backing up iCal before moving and or removing any calendars.

I look forward to seeing what the rest of the community comes up with as well, hopefully there is something simple that I have missed.


How do I get my AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire TV screen? I have a 2011 27" iMac that currently has Mountain Lion installed on it, and I am trying to get the AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire 1080p widescreen TV.  How do I get that to happen?

Try setting the Match Desktop Size To setting in the AirPlay menubar item to Apple TV

If that doesn't work, it may be that AirPlay is outputting at 720p and your TV isn't scaling - perhaps try a stretch or scale mode on your TV.


How to update jailbroken iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 to 5.1? I want to update my jailbroken iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 to iOS 5.1 or any other iOS which is best for it.
But I havent synced my iphone since a long time and that device I synced it to is no longer with me. So there's no backup. PLease help me:(

Put your device in DFU mode. (http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034 and http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/06/recovery-mode-and-dfu-mode/).
Connect to iTunes and it should prompt you with a box saying that your iPhone is in DFU mode and needs to be restored.

Sometimes it's possible to backup your phone and restore from that one once updated. Will not recommend it though; did that with my iPod and it didn't work perfectly afterwards.


Can I charge a power bank through charging MacBook I have:

15" 2018 MacBook Pro with USB Type-C ports.
Xiaomi PowerBank 3 Pro with 1 Type-C input/output and 2 regular USB outputs.

Can I charge my MacBook via MagSafe, and simultaneously charge Xiaomi power bank via Macbook type-C port without any harm?

I have no clue about the Xiaomi, but I charge my power bank while charging my 15" MacBook Pro all the time...

Actually, I generally have my power bank charging my iPad Pro and my Apple Watch Valet, which is charging my iPhone and Apple Watch.


MacBook Pro (Mid 12, 13") not booting OS X Yosemite - "No sign" on boot My MacBook Pro Mid 2012, 13" currently works with a HDD (on newest OSX). Now I connected a brand new (completely tested) SSD (Transcend SSD370S 256GB) to the HDD Strip inside the macbook.

I've made a bootable USB-Stick with the newest version of Yosemite with Terminal this way:

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Name-des-USB-Sticks/ --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/ --nointeraction

Now a started the MacBook, hold down Option Key.
Booted from USB stick
Formatted SSD as Mac OS Journaled, 1 Part. GUID
Installed Mac OS X on Volume "SSD"

On finish of OS X Installation I clicked on "Restart" and the MacBook did a reboot, after the reboot it show the "international no" sign appeared.

After some seconds the MacBook started the Installation from the USB stick and shows up the the "Install OSX" again...

I also used the Disk Utility to repair and verify options.

Edit #1:
While writing this question, I tried it again and after a short period of the "no-sign" (about 5sec) the "OSX-Installation-Finish" screen appeared, but I don't think this is "good" at all.

Edit #2:
After setting my system language I needed to reboot again and now It is trapped again in the "no-sign" mode

Fixed it. It's so curious I didn't thought this was even possible. When I removed the connector of my optical drive, the macbook starts. When I connect it, it shows me the "no sign"

1Mio. Dollar Question: Why doesn't it boot with SSD but with HDD?

Edit:

The bug wasn't the SSD or the HDD, it was the the HDD flex cable. Firstly I connected my SSD with an OpticalDrive-to-2,5"-Drive-Adapter and it worked like a charm. So the only possible defect should be the flex cable. Bought one on ebay for 40 bucks and replaced it. Now the macbook works without any problems.

Edit #2:

Apple already claimed there is/was a fault with the HDD flex cable. But it's not public stated - so you had to ask apple. Found this news article – So I just called Apple, because I already replaced it on my own. Apple said that they can't replace it "again" but they can refund my replacement. So 2 weeks later I got a full refund of be ebay invoice.


2016 MacBook Pro shutdowns when the lid is close with cause 0 My 15-inch 2016 MacBook Pro is now experiencing shutdowns when the lid is closed. Though it is not a crash because I don't get a crash report when I turn the computer back on (unlike the problem I had earlier). I used the following Terminal command to obtain the Previous Shutdown Cause (as the console app can't do it anymore in Sierra):

log show --style syslog --last 48h | egrep shutdown\ cause | awk -F')' '{print substr($0,1,19), $NF}'

The code for the shutdown is 0. From this question I found that 0 triggers when you unplugged the battery, or the power cable on desktop Macs. But the battery on the 2016 MacBook Pro is non-removable (obviously). Even more strangely, when this happens, my laptop is plugged into the power adapter and for sure it is charging. This doesn't happen when I am using the computer both on battery and power adapter, it only happens when the lid is closed for a while.

I have tried to reset SMC and NVRAM with no luck. Anyone know how to solve this problem?

Possible hardware issues aside, check what is your setting on what the computer wants to do when you close the lid and the behaviour afterwards. You can see the settings with the:

pmset -g

Look for the hibernatemode, autopoweroffdelay and standbydelay settings.

See a blog post describing the pmset settings here

On the hardware problems side I've read reports that a faulty charger might cause the MacBook to shutdown. As you report that the problem does not occur when on battery life, this may be the culprit and I'd suggest you try a different charger.

Is the time you mention "for a while" three hours or more? Then the problem occurs when your MacBook tries to enter the standby (see standbydelay setting above).


Is it legal to use content from Apple developer site for internal training documents? Apple developer site has lot of content for someone who is learning iOS/Mac Development. Is it legal to use that content to prepare a training document for freshers in our company to help them learn things better? The use of the content will be completely non-commercial.

Well, not a lawyer here, but you could infer that your use would be considered acceptable use based on the following information, as long as you don't use any paid content (content obtained as part of a paid developer program) in these presentations:

Support Center - Registered Apple Developers has a question titled "What are the terms and conditions of being a Registered Apple Developer?", the answer for which points to the Registered Apple Developer agreement (PDF).
The agreement PDF talks about publicly available information and confidentiality here:

  4. Confidentiality.
  You agree that any Apple pre-release software and/or hardware (including related documentation and materials) provided to you as a Registered Apple Developer (“Pre-Release Materials”) and any information disclosed by Apple to you in connection with Apple Events or Paid Content (defined below) will be considered and referred to as “Apple Confidential Information”. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Apple
  Confidential Information will not include: (i) information that is generally and legitimately available to the public through no fault or breach of yours, (ii) information that is generally made available to the public by Apple, (iii) information that is independently developed by you without the use of any Apple Confidential Information, (iv) information that was rightfully obtained from a third party who had the right to transfer or disclose it to you without limitation, or (v) any third party software and/or documentation provided to you by Apple and accompanied by licensing terms that do not impose confidentiality obligations on the use or disclosure of such software and/or documentation.

Note the exclusion of "(ii) information that is generally made available to the public by Apple" from the list of Apple Confidential Information.
Also, when you browse through the documentation online (or download a PDF), they don't state those as Apple Confidential Information. However, you are allowed to disclose Apple Confidential Information to other employees/contractors who are also registered Apple developers.
The agreement PDF also deals with Apple Confidential Information disclosure here:

  5. Nondisclosure and Nonuse of Apple Confidential Information. Unless otherwise expressly agreed or permitted in writing by Apple, you agree not to disclose, publish, or disseminate any Apple Confidential Information to anyone other than to other Registered Apple Developers who are employees and contractors working for the same entity as you and then only to the extent that Apple does not otherwise prohibit such disclosure. Except for your authorized purposes as a Registered Apple Developer or as otherwise expressly agreed or permitted by Apple in writing, you agree not to use Apple Confidential Information in any way, including, without limitation, for your own or any third party’s benefit without the prior written approval of an authorized representative of Apple in each instance. You further agree to take reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use, disclosure, publication, or dissemination of Apple Confidential Information. You acknowledge that unauthorized disclosure or use of Apple Confidential Information could cause irreparable harm and significant injury to Apple that may be difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, you agree that Apple will have the right to seek immediate injunctive relief to enforce your obligations under this Agreement in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have. If you are required by law, regulation or pursuant to the valid binding order of a court of competent jurisdiction to disclose Apple Confidential Information, you may make such disclosure, but only if you have notified Apple before making such disclosure and have used commercially reasonable efforts to limit the disclosure and to seek confidential, protective treatment of such information. A disclosure pursuant to the previous sentence will not relieve you of your obligations to hold such information as Apple Confidential Information.

The agreement prohibits you from sharing paid content available as part of a paid developer program with anyone (including other employees in your organization) here:

  7. Paid Content License and Restrictions. As a Registered Apple Developer, you may have access to certain proprietary content (including, without limitation, video presentations and audio recordings) that Apple may make available to you from time to time for a separate fee (“Paid Content”). Paid Content shall be considered Apple Confidential Information, unless otherwise agreed or permitted in writing by Apple. You may not share the Paid Content with anyone, including, without limitation, employees and contractors working for the same entity as you, regardless of whether they are Registered Apple Developers. Subject to these terms and conditions, Apple grants you a personal and nontransferable license to access and use the Paid Content for authorized purposes as a Registered Apple Developer; provided that you may only download one (1) copy of the Paid Content and such download must be completed within the time period specified by Apple for such download. Except as expressly permitted by Apple, you shall not modify, translate, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works of the Paid Content or any part thereof. You shall not rent, lease, loan, sell, sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer any rights in the Paid Content. Apple and/or Apple’s licensor(s) retain ownership of the Paid Content itself and any copies or portions thereof. The Paid Content is licensed, not sold, to you by Apple for use only under this Agreement, and Apple reserves all rights not expressly granted to you. Your rights under this license to use and access the Paid Content will terminate automatically without notice from Apple if you fail to comply with any of these provisions.


How can I use SMB shares under Mavericks? There seem to be different problems and solutions to this problem floating around:

Fix switching from SMB to cifs
Not being able to access OS X shares from Windows
All kinds of problems with SMB and Mavericks over at Apple

My problem is like in the first link: I have a Raspberry Pi (Linux) SMB server. It serves files to my MBP running Mavericks. However, I cannot connect to the Pi. The Console logging says:

30.10.13 21:50:53,422 NetAuthSysAgent[6632]: smb_mount: mount failed to raspberrypi/MyShare, syserr = File exists

When I go to /Volumes in a shell and do an ls, I get this:

user@mac:/Volumes $ ls -l
ls: MyShare: Invalid argument
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  1 28 Okt 21:39 M4 -> /
user@mac:/Volumes $

So my main hard drive M4 is visible, the share produces an invalid argument. I already rebooted my Mac three times.

How can I solve this?

If you can't get SMB working, try AFP. You can run both side-by-side, and use SMB on your Windows and AFP on OS X.

To set up AFP on your Raspberry Pi, you can use the following command:

sudo apt-get install netatalk

This will install Netatalk on your RPi, and following successful installation, the RPi should automatically show in the Shared section in Finder and the Network neighbourhood (⌘⇧K):

If not, you can connect manually by pressing ⌘K and typing afp:// followed by the IP address of your RPi.


How to eject ipod in itunes 12.1 There doesn't appear to be an eject button on the new 12.1 menu screen.  Is this correct, or have I missed it?

Right of the device's icon, when you're in the appropriate 'device' section on the top row...


Recover data from locked iPad Here's the deal... I've an ipad that is locked after missing the lock key a few times.

Now it is requesting to connect to iTunes but this iPad was never synced with the iTunes. I know i can restore to factory settings but I don't want to lose everything.

Is there anyway to unlock the iPad without loosing all the data that is inside? Or retrieve the data from it in some way? I don't have any backup...

The iPad is running iOS 7.

It is very important that I can get the photos that are inside.

Thanks in advance!

This is a tough question even for law enforcement. There's some software out there that claims to do this, try Google. You can also jailbreak older devices but you don't say what kind of iPad you have.

http://www.redsn0w.us/2010/03/download-direct-links-jailbreak-guides.html

Try recovery mode if you don't have iTunes, at least you can use the iPad after.

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1212


EDID loss on HDMI switching I have a LCD tv hooked up to an HDMI switcher flipping between a Mac Mini (2006 snow leopard using a DVI - HDMI cable), cable tv and dvd player.

Trouble is, whenever the switch goes away from mac the picture is blank when coming back.

Having looked into it extensively it seems that the mac polls for edid data from the screen once only. Once the screen is disconnected, the mac won't poll for it again and doesn't "see" the edid from the tv anymore - hence no output from the mac. To double check, when I vnc into the mac it goes to a default 4:3 screen not the widescreen.

There is a supposed hardware solution that buffers the edid and keeps it live - effectively fooling the mac to think the display is there all the time, even when switched to another source. This is a crazy solution requiring an extra box, extra power consumption and anywhere between £50 and £100 (upto $150).

Then I found a little script called HDMI reviver, but that didn't work for me either.

Can anyone explain (to an idiot) how to get the Mac to read, keep and store the EDID and always broadcast a signal, even when the HDMI switch isn't looking for it?

I've noticed the same thing. I have not come up with an elegant solution (and in fact, you sound better educated on the problem than I am).

This definitely falls under the category of "kludge" but it does work. Access the TV-connected Mac from another Mac on the same network using Screen Sharing (technically this would work under any VNC connection). Go into System Preferences: Displays and click the "Detect Displays" button. You could speed this up a little by adding a Displays menu to the menubar--"detect displays" is right there, and easier to get at.

This suggests that it should be possible to script the interaction so that with a combination of a programmable remote, Remote Buddy, and a suitable macro, you could force the Mac to re-recognize the screen. Still not ideal, but it should be workable.


Why is Target Display Mode via Thunderbolt so unreliable for me? I frequently want to display my MacBook Pro 15" Retina with my iMac Mid-2011, in Target Display Mode via a Thunderbolt cable.

TDM often fails on first attempt and just shows a black screen on the iMac. Getting TDM to work properly often requires multiple attempts to disconnect and reconnect the cable and going out and in of TDM again with fn + F2.

Also, the faintest touch on the cable can inadvertedly make it lose proper connection and have the iMac only display a black screen.

It's also erratic sometimes in it's way of handling audio, where sometimes it will be possible to change audio volume with the function keys, and sometimes not.

Is this behaviour "normal" (and to be expected) or is there something wrong with my cable?

Or is it that my iMac Mid-2011 that uses Thunderbolt v1 is really too slow to handle the video input? When it's actually working, it works just fine without stutters of any kind.

If you can touch the cable and have it drop in and out, I would say you either have a bad cable or bad connector (or both?) on one of the computers.

Try your setup with a different cable and see if you get the same result.

Good luck!


Remotely control a Mac's keyboard from another Mac, without network I have a few Macs running as servers, in a remote location.

Usually, I control them using Screen Sharing or Timbuktu.

Sometimes, e.g. when performing some system updates, the Mac does not start up fully, so that the Mac is not reachable over the network, yet.

Using a video digitizer, I can send the Mac's video output to another Mac in order to be able to see what the problem might be.

But I also need to be able to perform keyboard input on the stuck Mac. What are my options for this?

I've read about programs such as Type2Phone, which might be able to simulate a Bluetooth keyboard that the other Mac can then connect to. Not sure if that works. At least one of my Macs is a PPC Mac running OSX 10.5, so I am also looking for alternatives, such as a wired (USB) keyboard connection I can control from another Mac. Is there anything available like that?

Any other ideas? I guess there must be some solution for Macs installed in co-location centers that allow such kind of remote control, especially if the Mac somehow screwed up its network settings or is getting freshly installed.

The usual way to solve this is using a KVM-over-IP switch (Keyboard-Video-Mouse). This is a general solution that works with almost any type of computer - PC, Mac, whatever.

KVM switches comes in many forms and price ranges from many brands such as for example Raritan, Avocent, Aten, etc. Most have for example 12 or 24 RJ45 connectors where you plugin a normal network cable. You connect an adapter to the far end of the cable. The adapter will provide for example USB and DVI, PS/2 and VGA or similar connectors that you plugin to the computer you want to remotely control.

Cheaper KVMs also exist that uses USB or proprietary cabling, provides fewer ports, etc.

You can then from your desktop PC at any location connect to the KVM switch over the network and control keyboard/mouse and see what's on the remote computer's display. Some KVM switches also allow you to create a virtual DVD-drive or floppy-drive over USB that allows you to remotely install operating systems, etc.

You mention co-location centers and they normally use KVM switches for this purpose. However, modern servers usually have built-in management controller using a seperate processor on the mainboard with its own network interface (or piggy-backing on an existing interface). This management controller usually gives you a web interface (or IPMI interface) for remotely controlling the server including video and mouse/keyboard. Usually they also let you power on/off the server and sometimes also providing virtual DVD or floppy drives.

Here's links to different KVM-over-IP products:

Cheaper range:

1-port Lantronix Spider KVM (299.99$ on newegg)

8-port Avocent DSR1021 (389$ on newegg)

1-port Raritan KX II-101 (373$)

32-port Raritan DKX3-232 (3.895$)

16-port Aten CS1716I (661$)


Will removing developer devices break apps with old UDIDs on Provisioning profiles? I have come to the beginning of a new year on my developer license with Apple.  At this time I am able to remove old devices from the account:

Unfortunately there are several applications that are deployed to testers that have those old devices on the provisioning profiles.  When I remove the old device UDID's the provisioning profiles with the removed UDID's will be invalid.  Does this mean that at some point, my testers' apps will phone home and stop working until I can redeploy with regenerated provisioning profiles?  Or will they just keep working until their profile expires?

Effectively, I think I'm asking if Apple maintains a revocation list for provisioning profiles as well as signing certificates, and if deletion of a device would trigger revocation.

I don't think that Apple reaches out and revokes certificates on devices when you wipe the slate clean, but they would be in their right to do so and they have the capability to do so.

Most likely, those devices will work until a certificate (or intermediate in the trust chain) expires. Or until the "testers" remove the app or wipe the device or remove the trust profile.


wifi.log: what's going on? When I look at my wifi.log, I get the following output:

Note that it's adding a few lines every few seconds. What's going on? Should I be concerned that it seems to be "changing quality" every few seconds?

1.What are "Scan requests":
The scan requests are the system (the airportd dameon) scanning for available WiFi networks.
The precedure maybe runs like this:

Application send a request to airportd
ScanManager receive broadcast scan request from airportd
ScanManager initialize scan
ScanManager return scan results to airportd

("scan cache updated" will show due to a fresh scan result)

2.Possible Cause:

Shown in the picture,Google Chrome may trigger the scan frequently.Close chrome and QUIT chrome should stop this "annoying" loop.

3.Link quality:
Since it doesn't change a lot in the log,No need to worry about if your battery life does not seem to be suffering


My iPhone Literally Gets Full When I Connect To Computer 0 bytes available even though the apps on my phone aren't close to filling the 16GB. I don't sync with iTunes, all I do is debug apps with Xcode. On iTunes it shows that "other" mostly fills it up. It's iPhone 6 Plus OS 9.2.1.

I have already hit "Erase all content and settings" 3 times, it works until I connect it to my computer and debug an app I'm working on on Xcode - (I delete the app after I use it too).

Because Autofill is on In your iTunes,
Simply Connect your phone to iTunes then Go to Summary then Uncheck Autofill.


Will running the fans at maximum rpm all the time hurt the computer? I installed Macs Fan Control and I like to make both fans in my mac work at top RPM available all the time. The sound does not annoy me at all and I really like that the computer runs cooler.

Will this hurt the computer in any way?

Depends on what you mean exactly.

It will most likely mean that the fan itself will have a shorter lifetime before it fails. How much shorter is very hard to say - it might not mean much in practice.

The rest of the computer will definitely not be hurt by the fan running faster than usually.


Allow Apps won't unlock in Security & Privacy - El Capitan I am attempting to use an unsigned app. However, the options are grayed out under "Allow apps downloaded from". I did click the lock to unlock it, but still grayed out. I am an admin on my machine.

Is there a way that I can change that setting by editing a file?

Log in as Administrator; unlock the SystemPreferences->Security&Privacy Applet (left bottom), then click the General tab when it is not already chosen: check the middle Allow line.
Hold the Alt/Option key while selecting/opening the App.


Unable to edit config.inc.php in the phpmyadmin configuration I'm trying to edit a file on my mac. The file is config.inc.php of XAMPP located in /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin.

Permission of the folder and file:

Phpmyadmin -> drwxr-xr-x 12 root wheel 4096

Config.inc.php -> -rw-r--r-- 1 daemon daemon 5109 config.inc.php

I tried to open file with: sudo nano config.inc.php but it doesn't change it because it says i don't have permission to do it.

To changing the privileges with: sudo chmod 777 config.inc.php, but it doesn't make me modify it.

To reset privileges of the computer and create a new administrator User, but he doesn't want to know about changing the permissions.

I'm freaking out can anyone help me out?

Here a screenshot of the Terminal error:

XAMPP-VM runs within a Linux VM, so you can't access the config files directly within the macOS filesystem. To access the VM either open Terminal from the XMPP launcher

or run

ssh -i ~/.bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/ssh/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@192.168.64.2

By default the XAMPP VM doesn't include any editor at all so you need to install one using apt-get:

apt-get update
apt-get install nano

Afterwards you can run nano /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php to edit the file.

PS: Based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52932609/unable-to-edit-config-inc-php


How can I set up Gmail on my iPhone 4S with Exchange? I have set up my Gmail account to send and receive messages from my business email address over Exchange on my iPhone 4S. I receive all messages fine, but it doesn't send messages from my business email address unless I am logged into Gmail in a web browser.

http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&topic=14252&answer=138740

The only thing to notice is the m.google.com server address.


How to put a Mac to sleep after display disconnect using AppleScript? I would like to solve the issue from this question, namely, after disconnecting a Cinema display from a clamshell MacBook I would like to let the MacBook go to sleep without opening and closing the lid.

I have never used AppleScript before.  Is it possible to write an AppleScript which puts the computer to sleep, say 30 seconds after disconnect of an external display, but only if the lid is closed.

Using the included Script Editor.app with OS X, try experimenting with these snippets.

Wait 30 Seconds

The following snippet will make your script wait 30 seconds before showing a dialog:

delay 30 -- this waits thirty seconds
display dialog "Hello?" -- this shows a dialog

Sleep

The following snippet will put your Mac immediately to sleep:

tell application "System Events"
    sleep
end tell

Wait and then Sleep

Combining the two snippets above gives an AppleScript that will wait 30 seconds before putting your Mac to sleep:

delay 30
tell application "System Events"
    sleep
end tell

Displays and Desktops

I am not sure how best to determine if a monitor is connected. You could certainly poll regularly; calling system_profiler SPThunderboltDataType SPDisplaysDataType and parsing the output would work.

Polling is computationally expensive and best avoided.

Alternatively, maybe an approach whereby an AppleScript could determine if the number of active desktops has changed? When two monitors are connected to my Mac, the following snippet returns a two item list:

tell application "System Events"
    set myDesktops to desktops
end tell

Expanding on this, the following snippet provides more display information to work with:

tell application "System Events"
    set myDesktop to properties of the first desktop
end tell