Some photos are not syncing to iPhone 4 When syncing photos through iTunes to my iPhone 4, I am finding that certain photos are not syncing. In one event there are 600+ photos yet only 200 are syncing across. Does anybody know why?

Deleting the Photo Cache may do the trick.

To do so, just:

From the Finder, choose Home from the Go menu.
Once there, open the Pictures folder and locate the iPhoto Library
file. (For Aperture, this is called Aperture Library.)  If you have
moved your iPhoto Library or Aperture Library to a different
location, go to that location in Finder first.
Control-click the iPhoto Library or Aperture Library file and choose
Show Package Contents from the shortcut menu.
In the next window, locate the iPod Photo Cache folder and drag it
to the Trash. Important: Do not remove or modify any other file
within the library package. Removing or modifying other files may
cause data loss. Close the Finder window.

Extracted from iTunes: Understanding the iPod Photo Cache folder.


How can I check the build number of the current available macOS / OS X installers? I operate a small-medium fleet of macOS and OS X computers. For various legacy software and licensing reasons, the fleet operates on each release from 10.9 (Mavericks) to 10.15 (Catalina, current). All of these releases are free to download via the App Store and from Apple directly via their website.

I am not a member of any Apple program that provides access to early and/or special macOS / OS X builds. I am reliant on common sense and trial-and-error to maintain a set of OS installers from official sources. Sometimes the App Store installers are silently updated, especially when minor updates are applied outside of a combo updates release.

Right now, I check every couple of weeks and spend time downloading ~5-8GB, check the build number and invariably see it hasn't changed, then ditch the download. This seems wasteful.

I would like to be able to check a location online that can tell me the current build number of the active release, for example the one that's downloadable from the App Store.

Is there a location I can check that will tell me the build number of the freely-available macOS & OS X releases?

Thank you.

Edit #1: addressing @Jay-Way's post below with a screenshot. It looks like Mactracker doesn't have 10.15 (Catalina) details at all, so I'm guessing it's a manually-maintained list by the author or a third party.

There is an app for that :) https://apps.apple.com/app/mactracker/id430255202?mt=12

It seems like there is no web service or similar providing this info, but I just took a quick look at the app and it seems to provide infos on every mac- and iOS, with build informations for every version.

Screenshot:


HTTPS POSTS sometimes not getting to apache On OS X 10.8.5, I have apache fronting a web app that communicates with Authorize.net. After Authorize.net completes a transaction it posts back to my app with confirmation information.

97% of the time this works fine. The 3% that doesn't work is a problem because a customer has paid for a transaction that my app doesn't know has completed.

The failed posts don't show up in apache logs. I've checked access, error and ssl_request log.

They do show up in the appfirewall.log, without anything looking any different about the successful posts vs the unsuccessful:

In this sample, the post at May 23 08:40:26 failed, the rest worked fine.

May 23 02:36:27 my-host.local socketfilterfw[111] <Info>: Allow httpd connecting from 12.12.123.123:2381 to port 443 proto=6
May 23 08:40:26 my-host.local socketfilterfw[111] <Info>: Allow httpd connecting from 12.12.123.123:3706 to port 443 proto=6
May 23 10:51:13 my-host.local socketfilterfw[111] <Info>: Allow httpd connecting from 12.12.123.123:1254 to port 443 proto=6

I'm looking for some help on where else I can look to see why apache isn't seeing these requests.

Thanks

This article walks through a series of approaches for debugging Apache httpd, Debugging Apache Web Server Problems:

  Debugging requests and responses

  When supporting web applications, there are times when a problem can
  be caused by an application server, proxy server or the web server
  itself. To troubleshoot these types of issues, it is useful to dump
  the HTTP requests and responses to isolate the problem to the local
  system, or a remote system. The apache web server module mod_dumpio
  can be used for this purpose, since it allows HTTP requests and/or
  HTTP responses to be written to the error_log.

Alternatively, is your httpd instance occasionally saturated with requests and dropping new connections?

The techniques in the link above should help you isolate which part is encountering problems.

Failing that, try the Webmasters StackExchange; you may find more experienced people there.


Is it possible to remove the Dock in Lion? Is there a defaults write command to remove the dock in Lion.

I tried the steps mentioned but that does not seem to work on Lion. I can still see the dock. Are there hidden defaults that can make the dock invisible or off-screen on OS X Lion?

Yes. You can make it so you don't see the dock by adding a very long delay to the animation so that in practice, you never leave the mouse on the "expose the dock" target long enough to see it.

This is technically a "workaround" since the dock is still there, just slower to appear than we care about on our timescale.

Two steps are needed to set this up.

One, activate auto-hide in System Preferences → Dock → Autohide or type ⌘+⌥+D

Two, open the Terminal an type:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -int 100; killall Dock

You're set up now. In this example, it takes 100 seconds for the dock to appear. Make the timer even longer if you like, this long delay eventually helps you to forget that the dock is even there.

Reset to default behavior by typing:

defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier; killall Dock


iOS apps for sync data via sftp Please give me advice with iOS apps for data sync via sftp. I've tried using google... But there is no result.
I need to sync iOS 8.1 with debian via sftp in live mode.

I'm not sure what you meant with "sync via sftp", but if you just need an ftp client, you could use Transmit, that is available for iPhone and iPad and support the following protocols:

FTP
FTP with TLS/SSL
FTP with implicit TLS/SSL
SFTP
WebDAV
WebDAV HTTPS
Amazon S3
DreamObjects


macbook pro 17 2,1 - no video and how to bypass it The Lapzilla of my stable has given up the video ghost. Everything else works, save for the fact that when booting it either ends up on a white screen, or a blurry black & white checkerboard. I can ssh to it and do most anything you can do from Terminal sessions, I can even go into single user mode, if the screen does not misbehave completely. It is running Lion.

I have done all the things you can think of, change hard drive, tried with external monitors, reinstall from scratch to Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion, do the NVRAM dance, etc. So apart from the video, it works, and I am not going to go for a new logic board, not worth the hassle and the expense.

I am planning to use is as "test server" for when I want to play around with Nginx and PHP, that sort of thing. My fear is that if I change something and it doesn't boot or hangs in the process and I cannot ssh to it, I will have no way to troubleshoot and the machine will be in a sort of vegetative state,

Is there a way to get a terminal session, say with a screen connected via USB or something, so that even if do not get the bells and whistles of the Finder, which I do not need, I can still see what's happening without having to rely exclusively on SSH via Wi-Fi?

Can you boot into Target Disk mode, connect the computer to the network, and use the drive/system remotely..

There are other startup possibilities , and there is also Apple Remote Desktop, and Screen Sharing. Have you tried connecting an external monitor? The screen must be connected through the video port - is that what has blown? Hope this helps a bit


iPad/iPhone on iOS 5 - images don't always load in Safari, just on my network This question is baffling to say the least, as I'm just not sure how to diagnose where the problem is happening.

Here's the problem: when I am connected to my network in the office (but not on other networks), the iPads or iPhones (all running latest iOS) sometimes don't show all of the images in Safari, and you have to reload the page (sometimes several times) to get all of the images to load. This was never an issue with prior iOS builds (prior to version 5).

This never happens on any other network - for example at the Apple Store, or cafe wifi networks.

Our office setup is as follows:

D-Link 4 Port Modem Router DSL-526B connected to ADSL2+ service
connected to:
D-Link NetDefend SOHO UTM Firewall DFL-160
connected to:
D-Link 16-Port WebSmart Gigabit Switch DGS-1210-16

Nothing has changed with the aforementioned setup between going from iOS 4 to 5. And we're seeing it with both iPad 2s and 3rd-generation iPads and with iPhone 4/4S

What could be happening for this to be a problem with our network? We don't have any issues with our Macs.

Tough one.  Definitely need to see more troubleshooting.  Some places to start:

Find an image that the iPads are having difficulty loading, then open just that image in a separate page in Safari.  Any problem loading and reloading the image on a page by itself?
How many WiFi devices are being served by one base station?  At some point it gets overloaded with sheer volume of requests, even if the data transfer is small.
Is the WiFi base station doing NAT, possibly leading to a double-NAT setup that will clog the local network with failed connections?  You would still be able to browse the web, but overall network performance would suffer.


External monitor for Macbook Pro Retina 13" 2015 laggy (UHD like P2415Q) I have a Macbook Pro Retina 13" 2015 and I'm searching for an external monitor to use with it.

Until now I tried two external monitors: DELL UltraSharp U2515H (25") and Dell P2415Q-C (24").

The first one (U2515H) is 4K monitor and is amazing. A lot. But, there is a but.

The monitor is not sharp (retina, splendid, beautiful) like the second one, the P2415Q that I tried.

The second one has 185 PPI (pixel density: 3840x2160 on 23.8") that make this monitor amazing, beautiful, excellent, LIKE A RETINA DISPLAY!

But, another but.
My Apple Macbook Pro Retina 13" 2015 (yes, the last one, the one with 8Gb of RAM) is crappy and lag a lot using Chrome, Safari and other software in any resolution, INCREDIBLY!!! except the last one (3840x2160). I think

because my Mac at the 3840 (4k) resolution doesn't have to manipulate and recalculate any pixel and so it is fast and usable. In other resolutions, also in the Full HD (1920x1080), it is crappy and unusable like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBgLMls-f6I

I hope this is not a fail of my own Mac, of my own graphic card. Because if just a my problem I have to fix this. Can you confirm this is not just a my problem? Just my pc makes like this? Can you post a scroll on a website with your 13 rMBP?

So, for this reasons, now I'm looking for an external monitor to use with my Macbook Pro Retina 13" 2015 which is at least 21" (max 22!!!) and Full HD (so my mac have just to be a division by two: from 3840/2=1920 and 2160/2=1080, and it will suffer less that a mathematical operation with height like 1440p or 1600p) but the monitor have to be an UHD one, at least high resolution like DELL P2415Q which have 185 PPI.

There is something like this? Thanks in advance.

I had a similar problem - it is due to your MBP not being able to "drive" the larger monitor.  It also has to do with how you are connecting to your monitor.  When I tried to go from mDP (mini DisplayPort) to DVI, there was lag.  But when I went to mDP to DP, the lag was gone.

The UltraSharp monitor that I am using is this model:  U2312HM UltraSharp IPS Monitor

I found this on Apple's Support site.  If you notice the resolutions and frequencies for HDMI go down as the resolution goes up.  This also applies for the other display formats.  You really can't drive anything more than 1080p at 60Hz  the more Hz, the smoother (less choppy) things look.

I will bet that if you tried this monitor on a PC with dedicated graphics, you would see no performance lag.


How do I adjust the settings on my MacBook so it doesn't automatically open things when I turn it on? If I Shut Down my MacBook, when I turn it on it automatically opens Stickies, Keychain, Activity Monitor and SketchBook.

None of these have 'Open at Login' ticked.

How do I change the settings so none of these open automatically?

Open up System Preferences then search for Login Items

Then find the list of items and delete the ones you dont want to open.

Note: You must click the subtract button or else the item will still open up. I don't know what the tick does but the item will still open even if its not ticked. The application must disappear from this list or it will continue to open. (eg. Docker, Thor and Kawa are not ticked yet they still open on startup for me)


How to restore access to a disabled iCloud data? I've tried my iCloud password too many times and it got disabled. I got the following notification:

  Email has been sent.

  When you receive your sign in information, follow the directions in the email to reset your password.

  Return to My Apple ID

How to restore access to my iCloud data?

If you go to https://appleid.apple.com and log in - pay attention to see if you get a message like "This Apple ID has been disabled for security reasons". If not, you can ignore all the emails and just make sure you know your security questions (perhaps choosing new ones if someone is trying to guess your account). If so, your account is locked. There are steps to fix it are here:

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204161

If you truly can't make sense of the instructions, you can contact Apple ID support and a human can help explain your situation if needed:

http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/contact/


How to enable external display on touchbar MBP with broken screen I have a very recent (this year) MacBook Pro with touchbar and 4 USB-C ports (not sure the exact model, as the screen doesn't work).  Somehow while going through airport security yesterday, something got between my screen and touchpad and cracked the screen right below the camera.  The screen is mostly dead, showing just a few pixels along the break.

Before I take it for repair, I'd like to access some things on it.  I normally use it with external monitors via USB-C to HDMI adapters, but when I try it now, nothing is happening.  The machine chimes when connected to power.  Powering on will run fans, and the esc key appears on the touchbar, but that's it.  The external monitor stays in powersave mode.  I've tried connecting an external USB keyboard (Via USB-c adapter) to see if Cmd+F1 would enable mirror mode and enable the external monitor, with no luck.  I've tried closing the lid while the keyboard and monitor are attached, again with no luck.

Is there any way to get the machine to use the external display prior to logging in?

Update: I was never able to get the machine to work with an external monitor.  My employer sent it to Apple for repair; when it came back, everything was fine and all my files were intact.  It would have been helpful to grab a few files off the machine before I sent it off, but in the end nothing was lost.

There is two solutions that I can recommend for you.

First, a very generic one where you need to close the screen lid.

Hook the LCD display to the Mac with the appropriate adapter
Hook up the external keyboard and mouse (optional but recommended)
Boot the MacBook with the broken screen, then close the screen during boot

This will automatically boot your Mac to use the attached external screen

In brief: Restart your system and then close the lid so the lid sensor acknowledges the lid is closed your external display should automatically become the primary display.

And, Second, if you have another Macbook with you, you can try this crazy idea too

If you have easy access to a second Mac and the right cable to connect the two (e.g., Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt, USB-C to Thunderbolt, USB-C to USB-C, etc.), you could:

Connect the two Macs with said cable
Put your damaged MacBook Pro into Target Disk Mode by holding down its "T" key while you turn it on
Turn on the second Mac while holding down its Option key so you get to choose which partition to boot from
Choose the system volume of the broken MacBook Pro

This basically lets you use the intact second Mac to boot into the system that is installed on the MacBook Pro with the damaged screen. If there are indeed any software or hard drive issues with that first Mac that prevented you from logging in, you are now able to see and potentially address them.

For more details on Target Disk Mode, see this guide.


Keyboard viewer in macOS Mojave dark mode I upgraded to macOS Mojave and switched to dark mode.

I use Accessibility Keyboard. I am wondering if the keys on it are supposed to look like this in Light mode.

Honestly, I don't know if they're supposed to, but they do, & have done since the first beta. Still the same in the latest beta 10.14.2

Sorry, some confusion... the picture in the OP isn't the Accessibility keyboard, it's the "Show Keyboard Viewer" keyboard, which used to be white & is now as above.

From High Sierra

The Accessibility keyboard seems to have been the same since High Sierra [can't test Sierra] & didn't exist in El Capitan.


How would I preserve only a certain user account while doing a secure wipe of my MacBook Pro? I have a MacBook Pro with a separate user account for work-related stuff.  Suppose I am required by contract to use reasonable means to destroy all copies of data that I had access to while performing the contract.

What is a reasonably secure way to wipe a single account off the machine so it's practically impossible to recover the data from that account?  Is it sufficient to simply delete the account and its contents?  (My laptop has an SSD and I presume the firmware's write optimizations make it more difficult to recover deleted data than on magnetic media.) If not, does it make any difference if I'm using FileVault?  If that still isn't secure enough, then what about deleting the account, doing a full-backup of the remaining account(s), formatting the SSD, and restoring the backup?  Presumably the backup would not include any data from the previously-deleted work account...right?  Or is there some other recommended way to selectively wipe a user account on a Mac laptop?

I would do the following: from your other admin account, delete that corporate user account in SysPrefs/Accounts.  I believe when you delete an account you have the option to leave the home folder where it is, which I would choose.

Then I would delete that account's home folder via the Terminal.app command rm -R -P /Users/TheAccountToDelete.

from man rm:

-P          Overwrite regular files before deleting them.  Files are overwritten
             three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff, then 0x00, and then
             0xff again, before they are deleted.

I am not sure if leaving FileVault on or off is the best way to accomplish this - test it out on a dummy user account first!


Trying to set boot-args with nvram gets "general error" on Sierra I'm trying to temporarily disable KEX signing enforcement on my MBP since my company's VPN client (GlobalProtect) is failing the signature check now.  This started yesterday when I did the OS upgrade to Sierra yesterday.

The solution should be running this command:

sudo nvram boot-args=kext-dev-mode=1

The problem is that I am getting the following response, and I can't figure out what it means or what to do about it (meaning I can't connect to my company network, too).

nvram: Error setting variable - 'boot-args': (iokit/common) general error

Does anybody have any ideas of things I could try or otherwise look at to track down the problem?

Thanks.

The kext signing restriction was integrated into System Integrity Protection starting in El Capitan, and as a result the old disable flag no longer works. But there's a new way to do it: boot in recovery mode, and run the command csrutil enable --without kext. I haven't tested it, but my understanding is that this will turn off the kext requirements, while leaving the rest of SIP enabled. If that doesn't do it, try csrutil disable to turn SIP off entirely.


iCloud Keychain out of sync after Mac user password change on my macOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F132), where I'm logged in with my iCloud account, if I perform a domain Mac user password change (from System Preferences) then the iCloud Keychain sync will be turned off. If I go to iCloud prefs I can re-enable iCloud Keychain, but it won't sync anymore with the ones I've on my iDevices.

Any hint about it?

Thank you

Probably I found an acceptable workaround:

disable the iCloud Keychain (keeping a local copy)
change password,
log out and log in again into your User account
re-enable the iCloud Keychain

It seems to work with any need to log out from iCloud and/or loose data.


Any app or script to track per process usage? I am running a process and I want to track it's CPU usage and in the end I would like to have a graph of time vs CPU usage. Any app or script for that? I googled and I couldn't find any. And activity monitor does not give graph of over the time of the process.

You could also use a shell command like this:

while :;do ps -p 1234 -o %cpu=;sleep 1;done

Replace 1234 with the pid of the process.

You can use gnuplot to create a graph for the data:

gnuplot<<<'set term png;set output "/tmp/plot.png";plot "/tmp/data" with boxes'
qlmanage -p /tmp/plot.png


How to run AppleScript (.scpt) as LaucnDaemon by root I have an AppleScript or set of Applescripts that I am trying to run as a LaunchDaemon. I have no problem running the LaunchDaemon with my user. The problem comes in where I have the need to read a file that is only readable by root, this is by design for security reasons as the file contains sensitive information.

I have installed the necessary precompiled AppleScript files, the .scpt files, in:

/Library/Scripts/myApplication/

I have put my plists under:

/Library/LaunchDaemons

Edit:
Here is the plist for my Daemon:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"     "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.mycompany.myapp.service</string>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
      <string>/Library/Scripts/myApp/myApp.scpt</string>
    </array>
</dict>

Now, when I try to load the plists using launchctl and sudo

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mycompany.myapp.service.plist

I get errors in the systemlog.log:

Aug 26 17:54:13 computername com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.mycompany.myapp.service[74757]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Aug 26 17:54:13 computername com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.mycompany.myapp.service): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

However if I drop the "sudo" from the launchctl command it works perfectly. I have even tried running the scripts from the terminal as the root user, which also works fine. However, as soon as I try to load them with launchctl and sudo everything dies.

In order to get this script to run previously I had to give the application running the script accessibility privileges on the machine, so previously Sublime Text 2, Terminal and Script Editor. I am guessing that this what is causing the script to not run but I do not know which program to enable under accessibility, since I am not being prompted. So how do I get this script to run the way I need it to?

Assuming your launchd job is correctly set-up, you may be reaching a limitation of AppleScript.

AppleScript Requires a GUI (Aqua Session)

If your AppleScript is launched using launchd as a user root process, it will not have a graphical user interface associated. The majority of AppleScript requires a graphic user interface to work consistently. Depending on the version of OS X, it may work, but it is not designed to.

Processes on OS X can not trivially cross between user sessions.

Do Shell Script

A more robust approach is to separate out the functionality needing higher privileges into a shell script such as bash, perl, ruby, or python.

Your AppleScript can then call that script using AppleScript's do shell script:

do shell script "command" user name "me" password "mypassword" with administrator privileges

If you need to avoid embedding a username and password, this is possible but beyond the scope of this question.


How can I kill/launch wifi from terminal Linked to this

Is there any way to literally kill wifi (wifi process/wifi related processes?) and then launch/relaunch it, all with terminal?

maybe sudo killall WiFiAgent?

macOS Sierra (10.12)

As found here:

Wifi can be turned on and off using

networksetup -setairportpower en0 off

and back on using

networksetup -setairportpower en0 on

When I use this, it says something along the lines of en0 is not wifi, turning on/off en1 instead, presumably because en0 is my ethernet connection.

EDIT: Also, this should be a comment, but I cannot yet comment, but sudo killall WiFiAgent does not appear to do anything on my computer.


Does the iPhone 5C still work after being unsupported? iOS 11 signaled the end of support for 32-bit platforms like iPhone 5C. There are now a plethora of used or refurbished iPhone 5C's on eBay and elsewhere online at very good prices, so the idea of buying one is attractive.

If I bought an iPhone 5C what can I practically expect to be able to use it for?

iOS

The phone can still run iOS 10. Does Apple provide downloads for iOS 10? If I get a phone that has iOS 9 running on it, will I be able to upgrade it to iOS 10?

Sync

Can I sync an iPhone 5C with iTunes on my iMac so I can play music and podcasts on it?

Apps

Do most major apps like Lyft, Facebook, and Google provide 32-bit versions of their apps that I can download from the App Store? Could it even provide access to older games and apps that never got upgraded to 64-bit versions?

Phone

Can it make phone calls?

iCloud

Could I still connect to my iCloud account for use in iMessage, Find My Friends, etc?

Yeah, it would still work.

It wouldn't be a bad phone for very simple tasks like the ones you have listed.

You could run apps that support iOS 9(some apps require a certain minimum iOS). This would be assessed on an app-by-app basis. You might get lucky with some, but you should research the requirements of the specific apps you'd like.

You could sync it with iTunes to listen to music and podcasts.

You could still make phone calls.

You can use iCloud for iMessage, Find My Friends/iPhone and syncing contacts etc.

Overall the phone is still very much usable, but it may be frustratingly slow if you're used to newer models and I'd try to get one with at least 16gb if not the 32gb memory version. The 8gb model would have maybe 4gb of usable storage.

As a side note - there is still some stores that sell these phones, although most of them would be pre-owned/refurbished. €189 for a used one in Ireland from a reputable chain of stores. They seem to hold their value reasonably well, which shows that they are definitely a viable option.


Is shutting down and restarting different from doing restart? A first-level Applecare rep recommended shutting down and then turning on my computer to deal with an issue.  Specifically, she told me to do select "Shut Down" from the Apple menu, wait 20 seconds, and then turn it back on, explaining this is different from selecting "Restart".

This surprised me, because I thought restart incorporated a full shutdown, followed by an auto-restart.   She said no, that the software shutdown executed when one selects "Restart" is not as complete as the software shutdown executed when one selects "Shut Down".  She further explained, colloquially, that the latter allows the system to more fully reset (and that to truly get a full reset, you additionally wait ~20 seconds before turning it back on).

Is what she is saying correct?

Independent of (but related to) this, my computer freezes unless I do a restart about once a week.  An Applecare engineer explain this is likely because of errors that can accumulate in non-ECC RAM, which a shutdown flushes out.  He said the rate at which they accumulate varies with usage.  For some reason my usage causes fairly rapid accumulation of these errors, which is why I have to reboot more frequently than most.  I have found that restart (as opposed to shutdown + restart) is sufficient for this, suggesting that the former is sufficient to flush RAM.   Is this correct?

The only difference is power is actually (mostly) removed from the components (logic board, PCIe bus, etc.)

The difference from back in the day, was called a warm restart or a cold restart .

Why the difference?

It depends on the issue.  If you're having a hardware issue like a track pad not responding or a GPU acting weird, you may be asked to shutdown and then restart, usually removing the power cord and waiting for a period of time in between.  If you're having an issue with a service, like your web server not working, a warm restart is sufficient.

So, from a software perspective, they are identical.  From a hardware perspective, the difference is power is actually removed and reapplied.

Now, usually cold (re)boots are done.

It's important to note that an SMC reset sits in between a warm and a cold boot.  When you reset the SMC, you are "resetting" the values the chip has accumulated back to factory defaults.  You're forcing the SMC to go back to when it was first initiated and needs to "relearn" everything power, temp and fan related with your Mac.  When you reset the SMC, you actually do a warm reset as well.

  ...my computer freezes unless I do a restart about once a week.

You have a hardware issue - it's not normal to need to continually reboot a Mac in this manner.

  She further explained...the latter allows the system to more fully reset...you additionally wait ~20 seconds before turning it back on).

To truly get a cold reboot/reset, you need to disconnect all power.  So depending on your Mac model, you'd need to disconnect the battery as well.

  An Applecare engineer explain this is likely because of errors that can accumulate in non-ECC RAM, which a shutdown flushes out.

This statement from the Apple engineer is incorrect.

non-ECC memory isn't "building up" a cache of errors that must be flushed out;  that's not how this works.  While non-ECC memory won't "fix" the corrupted data, corruption is actually very rare, especially in desktop computers.    The worst that will happen is a glitch or a hung app.  If you're having this all the time, you may have faulty memory.

Start by running Apple Diagnostics (Hold D while booting).


Unable to toggle natural scrolling direction I've been experimenting a bit when trying to write a script for toggling the scrolling direction; com.apple.swipescrolldirection.

There are plenty of examples of people doing this online, and several approaches worked for me. E.g the following, which turns natural scrolling off:

$ defaults read -g com.apple.swipescrolldirection
1

$ defaults write -g com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool false

$ defaults read -g com.apple.swipescrolldirection
0

However, the above does not take effect immediately, one has to log off and on again for it to work.

To attempt to force the changes to take effect without logging out I attempted to kill my users cfprefsd process. This caused a new process to start up, but the changes did not take effect.

Now to my problem. It seems my experimenting has caused something to break, cause I'm no longer able to change my scrolling direction. Not even from the System Preferences gui:

In fact, if I try to check 'Scroll direction: natural' it will uncheck itself. The exact same thing happens if I try to check 'Scroll direction: natural' in the 'Trackpad' window of System Preferences. And if I do $ defaults read -g com.apple.swipescrolldirection the value won't have changed.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks.

Use defaults write -g com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool NO

If it's automatically checking itself in the GUI it's because you have a invalid value set, IE: -int 0/1 using the BOOL value will restore functionality.


Setting iCal Calendar defaults I have a calendar with birthdays in them and I'd like to set the repeat to "Every year" -- unfortunately setting each manually seems quite painful. Would there be an easier way to accomplish this?

Im on an OSX 10.8.

You could add the birthdays to your Contacts, then you'll see each birthday every year automatically.


Ignoring Autocorrect on Pages? On Pages, how do I ignore an autocorrect suggestion? I use the esc key to ignore the suggestion, but as soon as I press space bar it changes the word anyway.

Open Pages as usual then go to the Edit menu:

Scroll down to Spelling and Grammar submenu and disable Correct Spelling Automatically.

Additionally you can disable Check Spelling While Typing.


VMware Fusion 6: cannot start Windows 2000 VM that worked in VMware Fusion 4 Got this message when starting a Windows 2000 VM on VMware Fusion 6 on a Retina MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks:

  This virtual machine's policies are too old to be run by this version of VMware Fusion.

Could only find this Danish question with no answers.

Fusion 6 is supposed to

run any old virtual hardware version (this one is virtual hardware 7, I think it originates from VMware Workstation 6.5).
support Windows 2000
Anyone having the faintest idea how to start digging for a cause?

Edit: extra information about the settings, .vmx and .vmxf files.

Opening the settings for this VM gets the same message.

VMware Virtual Hardware version overview.

There are a few lines with the word policy in the .vmx file, but none in the .vmfx file. And there is a .vmpl file (which seems to have to do with the -now discontinued- VMware ACE that used to ship with older VMware versions including VMware 6.5).

These are the lines with policy in the .vmx file:

tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"

policy.vm.mvmtid = "52 3f 1e 13 9d 44 69 76-7c dd cc d1 67 a4 46 32"
policy.vm.managedVMTemplate = "FALSE"
policy.vm.managedVM = "FALSE"

Note:

This is not a VMware Fusion specific question, searching for "This virtual machine's policies are too old to be run by this version of VMware" (so without Fusion or Workstation) reveals some nice links including Starting a virtual machine in Workstation or Fusion fails with the error: This virtual machine's policies are too old to be run by this version of VMware (2034362) which also answers this question.

Open the virtual machine's configuration file .vmx using a text editor.
Remove the lines which starts with policy.vm.*:

policy.vm.mvmtid = "52 d6 6f f9 f3 36 0f 9f-31 da 9f f5 90 7b ce 76"
policy.vm.managedVMTemplate = "TRUE"
policy.vm.managedVM = "FALSE"

Save the file and close the text editor.
Restart the VM.

If you still encounter the error…

Rename/delete the file with the extension .vmpl
Restart the VM.

For further reading, check out this thread: VM's policies are too old to be run by this version


How can I quickly change DNS server I often like to use a non-network specific DNS server (like Google's public DNS 8.8.8.8).  However, many public wi-fi locations won't load their "terms of service, click here" page during the authorization process.  I suppose it is because my Macbook needs to look-up their web page, but is sending DNS requests to Google, which are blocked because I'm not yet authorized.

The quick fix is to delete the DNS server from the Network preference pane (Network / Advanced / DNS / Select / delete / clickety / click /GAAA) ...

... and then add it back after I'm authorized.

So, what I'm looking for is an easy way to specify my DNS server.  I'd love to run some service or app that would clear the DNS server list (ideally without needing me to select anything).  And then run it again to put my DNS server specifications back.

Can this be accomplished with some Applescripting?  Or a terminal command (that I could then wrap with Automator)?

Once you have setup different Network Loacations as per Adam Rice's solution, you can quickly switch between the locations using top menubar option "Apple > Location".


Files on new computer are locked after using Migration Assistant and Time Machine I have an MacBook with OSX and backed up everything in a Time Capsule with Time Machine. Now I bought a MacBook Pro with Lion and then migrated everything from the old computer to the new using Migration Assistant and the Time Capsule, everything went right in other words the Migration Assistant said: the data was copied successfully.

The problem is that I can see all the data on my new computer but they seemed to be blocked because when I would like to open them there is a message which says they are blocked because I have no rights.

I have restarted my computer already and renamed my computer the same name as my old computer, no good.

Sounds like the permissions are "wrong" or rather the owner is. Click on the folder, press Command+i, in the "Sharing & Permissions:" section (on the bottom) and check if it shows your new user-account on the MBP as owner (first icon) and if the privileges are "Read & Write".
Probably it will show a different user as owner. You could then try to fix the permissions by running Disk Utility, selecting you OS X partition on the left and click "Repair Disk Permissions" - but maybe this won't fix it, then you have to do it using the Terminal.
Maybe someone else can elaborate on that.

Edit 2011-12-18: Ok, I'll try myself:

Something I didn't know yet but found now looking for an easy fix:

From Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X

Note: In Mac OS X 10.5 and later, while started up ("booted") from the Mac OS X 10.5 installation disc, a user's home directory permissions can be reset using the Reset Password utility.

But in Lion they removed the option form the menu, so if you boot (holding "alt ⌥") into Recovery HD

Wait for “Mac OS X Utilities” menu to appear, indicating that you are booted into recovery mode
Click on the “Utilities” menu and select "Terminal"
Type the following: resetpassword
Confirm the user account and then the password change and reboot Mac OS X 10.7 as usual with your new password

Copied from Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password

I didn't try it myself, but hopefully this should reset/repair your home directory permissions.

Maybe even better solution using Finder in normal OS X:

In Finder select the folder
Press Command+i
Expand "Sharing & Permissions" section (Unlock if necessary 1)
If you're not in the list of owners, press [+] 2
In the upcoming list, select your new user
Finally click the gear 3, make your new user the owner, apply to enclosed items

and delete the old user by selecting his name from the list and clicking [-]

Easiest way, if you're not afraid of the terminal:
Assuming your new user is named harmen

sudo chown -R harmen /Users/harmen

This will make you the owner of everything inside /Users/harmen
Read more here

Good luck.


Title 1, Title 2 number with sub-numbers in pages I'm using Pages to write a document.

I would like titles like :

1 Summary
1.1 Start
1.2 End

But I only get

1 Summary
2 Start
3 End

How can I number my titles with 1.1 and so on?

On Pages 13, under Bullet & Lists, just tick Tiered Numbers

on Pages 09 it's in the inspector. Select also Tiered Numbers


Mac stuck in restart cycle after failed macOS Catalina update I'm extremely worried about my MacBook. I tried updating to the official release of macOS Catalina a few hours ago but instantly hit a problem. I have not installed any beta releases beforehand.

I downloaded the updated and selected my drive as the install location. After a few minutes of the update seeming to go as normal, I was thrown a screen which said something like "macOS could not be updated on your Mac, there is not enough free space". It gave me the option to restart so I did that, hoping that I'd be able to log in and clear some more space for the install.

However, I restarted, entered my password then it seemed like the update instantly resumed. A few minutes later, the same error popped up so I pressed restart once more and the same cycle happened again.

Frustrated, I tried the obvious booting into recovery mode and selecting my main drive as the startup disk but whilst I was able to enter recovery mode, I wasn't able to select the disk - it didn't appear. I also tried booting into safe mode with no success.

I have done a lot of googling and most guides say something like "restart, log in and free up some space". The issue is, I can't log in. When I try to, it chucks me back into the update and the process repeats.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me out - this issue is really concerning as I'm currently unable to use my MacBook and really need it for my studies.

I was facing the same issue and was on the verge of reformatting my macbook.

Here's what fixed the issue for me. I'm not sure if step one was necessary, but since I did this en route to fixing the loop of death, I'll list it here for you to consider.

Try to reinstall Mojave (this won't wipe your disk) - I wanted to return my macbook to as original a condition as possible, and I figured attempting to install Mojave was the best way to do it. Since I couldn't boot from "Macintosh HD" anymore (I was just getting a white circle with a bar across it), I rebooted my macbook and pressed Cmd + r. This helped me boot into recovery mode. Once there, I clicked on "Reinstall macOS". Don't worry, you won't lose your data doing this as it merely overwrites the OS, it doesn't overwrite your files. Once you do so, and assuming you're connected to Wifi, your macbook will start downloading Mojave and eventually attempt to install it. After an agonizing 30-40 minutes, it'll give you the same error - "not enough free space to install the OS".
Try restoring from Time Machine Backups (you might actually have one) - I cannot emphasize how strongly I believed I didn't have one of these backups, but unbeknownst to me, it did exist on my drive. Even if you're convinced you don't have one, it doesn't hurt to give this a shot. Reboot and go into recovery mode again (press cmd + r during reboot). This time when the options pull up, choose "Restore from Time Machine Backup". Now, as I mentioned before, I thought I hadn't got this turned on, but I guess it was turned on by default by the OS. Your macbook will prompt you to pick a disk where the time machines are stored, and I picked "Macintosh HD". When I clicked this option, I saw about 5 backups populate from today itself. I picked one of them that felt fairly far away from the moment I had began installing this OS. For example, if I started my installation at 4pm, I decided to pick up the recovery from 2pm (even though there was a backup available from 4 pm).

It took all of 5 minutes for the backup to be restored. And all my files were intact, even though I had explicitly moved out/deleted about 30G of files while trying to debug the installation issue.

Godspeed.


AppleScript: How to double-click & right-click at cursor location? I want to be able to double-left-click, then immediately right-click using AppleScript.

The location of the click is wherever my cursor is located at the time that the AppleScript is triggered.

The AppleScript will be triggered by FastScripts via keyboard shortcut. I would like the script to work across all applications.

I installed cliclick. When I type cliclick -h into Terminal, I see that it can double-click, but there is no mention of the right-click.

Since you already know how to double-click with cliclick, my answer focuses on the right-click and traditionally on a Mac one used to preform a right-click via control-click, and as such you need to do the same thing when using cliclick.

As an example, using cliclick in Terminal, it will attempt to open the manual page for cliclick. I said attempt to open because cliclick doesn't have a manual page but will use the command line to preform some actions that will  control-click (right-click) to bring up the context menu, move the mouse to click Open man page as I've selected cliclick in the command line before pressing enter to execute the command line.

The image below shows the command line twice just so you can plainly see the full command line in the first line as part is obfuscated in the second line that's preforming the actual clicking on the Open man page from the context menu.

The image below is what appeared and was clicked when the cliclick command line was executed.

The image below is cropped but is presented to show it tried to open the manual page for cliclick.

I do not use FastScripts, however the example command should help you to understand what to pass cliclick to do whatever it is you're trying to do.

The cliclick command line explained:

cliclick kd:ctrl c:+0,+0 ku:ctrl m:+5,+5 c:+0,+0 - Full command line.
cliclick - The binary executable.
kd:ctrl - Press the control key down.
c:+0,+0 - Click relative to where the mouse is presently.
ku:ctrl - Let the control key up.
m:+5,+5 - Move the mouse five pixels on the x,y axis relative to where the mouse is presently.
c:+0,+0 - Click relative to where the mouse is presently.
Note: The full command line above can also be expressed as, cliclick kd:ctrl c:. ku:ctrl m:+5,+5 c:. since a . can be used in place of x,y axis coordinates e.g., +0,+0 for the relative position of the mouse. I personally prefer to use the former over the latter, however both forms work.

As you can see in the first image that cliclick was selected and the mouse, show as a text cursor, is right over the selection, then when the cliclick commands were executed, it opened the man page Terminal window for it, although these isn't one. However, it shows that a right-click was made and the mouse moved to the entry on the context-menu and clicked.

In AppleScript the above command line would be wrapped in a do shell script command as shown below:

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/cliclick kd:ctrl c:+0,+0 ku:ctrl m:+5,+5 c:+0,+0"

Note: Use the fully qualified pathname to the cliclick binary executable if it's in a location that is not in the PATH passed to AppleScript.


In App Purchases Review Status I have an app up for review that includes IAPs. The App has had the status of In Review for three days now. When I went to the IAP page in iTunesConnect, I noticed that all my IAPs had been changed to Developer Action Needed. When I clicked on each of the IAPs, the english language was highlighted and they were marked as rejected.

I went ahead a made a small change to each of the IAPs description and now all of them are in Waiting for Review. Today marks day two of the IAPs with the Waiting for Review status.

Is there something I need to do to get the review going? I have had no feedback from Apple and I am hesitant to upload a new binary, as that will push the review out for another week.

Yes, it takes time. Your in-app purchase should be approved before submitting your app to review. See Average App Store Review Times for waiting times.


Has 10.6.7 broken the built-in Cisco IPSec VPN client? No longer able to connect to my Cisco VPN using 10.6.7. No configuration changes have happened and another machine still on 10.6.6 works correctly.

If you've experienced this and resolved the issue, please advise.

Not sure if it's the same issue, but I've had problems with the 10.7 built-in Cisco IPSec client from within my work network - there are some cryptic references (i.e. tech-speak I don't understand) to what Apple changed at the bottom of this support discussion.

Switching over to a tethered 3G connection fixed the problem. I mention it here in case someone stumbles across this page & it helps them.


How to reliably migrate emails from Mac Mail to Google mail? A client has Google Mail on their Mac Mail app. All their emails have been stored within folders in the "On My Mac" section, so the emails were being removed from the Google mailbox. The mailbox is 11GB. Their internet connection is around 40/20Mb.

They now want their emails put back on Google Mail.

The client had started to move some of the 100+ folders themselves, but noticed that the message count would first appear to be correct, but then it would lose about 15 emails or so in every folder.

That issue seemed to have resolved itself, so now we tried to copy all 100+ folders over to Google, but then it says an error that a folder already exists and it stops. This is odd as previously, it seemed to just merge existing folders. So now I'm trying one folder at a time. Mac Mail shows that the emails are on Google, but when I go to Google Mail on the browser and check the folder, it is empty.

Is there a better way to migrate the emails? We've spent 4+ hours on this already and Apple were unable to help with it.

Edit: This is a nightmare! After copying all the folders again, Google place all the emails in the "Drafts" folder on Google mail, but on Mac Mail, it doesn't show them there at all.

I think that the main Issue is the Import process into Gmail which has several restrictions, f.e. Bandwidth-Limitations, and automated functions, f.e. automated filtering, labeling and sorting.

First of all, with 11GB of mail you need Patience!!!!

Google Infrastructure has a bandwidth-Limitation on Traffic, see Google Support here for details. As mentioned there, 500MB IMAP Upload/per Day is not much and considering the amount you are planning to upload will result in quite some Migration Time.

Another point would be the rebuild and reindexing of the Apple Mail Mailboxes, see the Apple Support page here. Only the you can be (reasonably) sure that the Mailcount is correct.

Another Recommendation: While Migrating, make sure that the Account is not in use by other Clients!!!! There are several Issues in which multiple access to an IMAP Account can result in conflicting operations and filtering.

Also, try not to repeat the same procedure to often - Google has a limitation there (see earlier mentioned Support page from Google)

That's all very general, but i think you should be aware of the limitations first before planning and executing a Migration of that scale. Letting your Client start something like that and trying to fix the Problems resulting from 'simply copying mails' does not work on that scale.


AppStore trying to download app that's already downloaded I restored my phone from a backup and the apps were synced with iTunes, but the App Store says it's trying to download apps that are already installed. It won't go passed the loading wheel and it's doing it with multiple apps.

Usually such App Store issues are not easily fixable.

First

Something you may try at first is the following:

Restart your iDevice
Sign out and back in with your AppleID I'm the App Store
Sync your iDevice using iTunes

At last

If all the above possible solutions didn't work, you may want to restore your iDevice, so first of all you'll have to:

Make a Backup of your iDevice and save it either on iCloud or on to your Mac/PC.
Erase all content and data of your iDevice through Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content And Settings.
Once you erased your content, and you initialize back your iDevice, when asking wether you want to setup your iDevice as new or restore a Backup, choose the second option, and select your backup.

For a reference and an official guide about successfully performing a restore, you may want to take a look at this Apple article.


How do I share full-resolution photos between Apple devices? As the title states, I need to know a way of sending full-resolution photos from one Apple device to another (iPhone to iPhone/iPad/Mac) but don't want to lose quality at all.

I'm guessing photos get downsized in iMessage. What about AirDrop? What about sharing a photo album via iCloud?

Does anyone know the definitive answer?

Airdrop sends full sized versions.

iCloud link/album sharing sends full size versions.

iMessages can downsize if enabled in Message settings, but I don't know otherwise.

Put them in a note and add collaborators or create a sharable link.

Put them in iCloud Drive and share from there.

Use Dropbox, Firefox Send, Google Drive, OneDrive.

Plug in the iPhone to a Mac, trust the device and import using Photos.app. And then export unmodified original or let it do so modifications.


Does my Macbook Pro support 5 GHz Wi-Fi? I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013). Does it support 5 GHz Wi-Fi?

I found the following details about Wi-Fi module there:

Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0
802.11 a/b/g/n

If 5 GHz are supported, then will it work with 2.4 GHz in parallel?

Yes, your MacBook Pro supports 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz but not simultaneously. All Macs manufactured since 2007 with integrated Wi-fi support 802.11 a/b/g/n and and some 2006 Macs support 802.11 a/b/g.

Only AirPort Base Station and Time Capsules released in March 2009 or later can operate simultaneously over both bands.

Source


Free OS X utility to scrape web sites? I want to scrape all the pages and subpages of a web site (by scrape, I mean save all the online content to local HTML files).

What is the best utility to crawl all the pages? Ideally, I would like to specify how many layers deep to scrape.

You have two options:

You can use the wget command-line utility like so:

wget -rl 10

Replace the 10 with the number of levels you would like to recurse down into.

Or, you can use SiteSucker. A GUI application that recursively downloads websites. You can also specify how far down to recurse with SiteSucker.


Lost second Game center account of my daughter I updated the last iOS 7 for my dhaughters iPad. We have had the same apple ID for iTunes shop but different game center nicknames so that we could play same games but saved separately with our personal game develoments. Now after the update the game center is not letting me to log her in with her nickname but is telling that this name is already in use!? What can i do to not to loose all her games?

A game center account is simply an AppleID.

You can go to https://appleid.apple.com and recover her password for the AppleID you want to use in Game Center. It might also be a password problem, so checking that the account is in good standing will give you better error messages and options to recover by using the website instead of logging in through iOS.


How to sync Yahoo Mail with OS X? Ever since I moved to a MacBook Air from a PC about two weeks ago, I have had a problem in syncing my Yahoo Sent Mail on my MacBook Air with my iPad and iPHone. What gets synced is some old sent mail going back from 2010, rather than the latest.

How can this be rectified?

The problem is likely to be that Yahoo Mail runs on POP3 normally as opposed to IMAP. Without going through all the technical details all you really need to know is that POP is all about the Server talking to you in one direction, your mail client isn't talking back, whereas IMAP is a two way street - as in, when you delete something in your mail client, it gets deleted on the server.

SO, what has likely happened is you were running a mail client on your PC (like outlook probably), and when you delete mail that you've red or sent etc. or clear out any of your folders, it only deletes the mail on your PC, not on the server, and all your old messages are still there. What this means is a significant anti-clutter session may be necessary on your end of things.

To solve the problem for future, there is a way to setup IMAP mail transfer with Yahoo Mail, but rather than ramble on here I'm just gonna give you a link to this youtube video which will show you how to set it up.

Hope this helps.


Home folder has two Desktops within it - can one be deleted? Somehow I created a second Desktop Folder and icon within my Home Folder. One Desktop has the word original following it, the second has a different icon.

Can any suggest how this happened and can I get rid of one of them?

The ~/Desktop folder is the one you should keep since it contains your actual desktop. It should be the one with Apple's Desktop folder icon on it.

The ~/Desktop (original) (I presume the original is in brackets) is from Migration Assistant (and/or Time Machine) unless you manually created it yourself. You can take out files that you need and place them elsewhere, then delete the folder.


Mac Mini Changing Static Routing I am a beginner on this.
When I perform a netstat -nr.

I need to change

default    192.168.1.254
default    link#4

to

default    link#4
default    192.168.1.254

What command to swap this sequence?

Why don't you go to System Preferences -> Network to change it manually, with GUI.


Experience surviving a change of file ownership on time machine After upgrading to Lion, the owner of my files on the time machine disk is no longer myself but some user '501'. This makes all the backups that preceded Lion inaccessible.

I would like to run a recursive chown directly on the time machine disk to fix the ownership of everything under ~/., but I'd like to check first.

Have you run a recursive chown on your time machine disk under Lion and survived it?

I've not done this personally but chown is pretty non-destructive spa recursive chown to make you the owner again is a perfectly valid and safe thing to do. In fact, it's what you are supposed to do when ownership is wrong.

You can always change it back to different ownership later with no loss or risk to file data but given that it is inaccessible right now due to ownership issues, I can't see why you would want to.

Just be very sure you are doing it to the time machine backup only.


Is it possible to define a custom numbering style in Pages? I would like to cite some articles, books. The standard form is to use square brackets, but Pages these are not within Pages numbering styles. I want to achieve:

[1] 1st source

[2] 2nd source

.

.

.

[n] n source

Is it possible to create a completely new style? I know that I can redefined style in the terms of spacing, but I have not find an option to define own "bullet buttons".

Unfortunately not.
While you can indeed define custom bullet styles, you cannot modify the predefined numbering styles or add a new numbering style.

You can use Apple's feedback form to send a feature request.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html


Why doesn't tap-clicking work often in Flash? In a few situations in Flash, tapping to click doesn't work, while mechanically clicking does. (Tap-clicking is of course turned on.) It's in some cases a Flash game, and in some cases Hulu or another video site. Why doesn't tapping work, and why does clicking work?

My guess is that it has something to do with whatever the Flash equivalent is of "mouse down" versus "mouse clicked."

It's probably about that Flash object's design/development.

I haven't used Flash for development in a long time, but it must have attributes for allowing/disallowing such things. And since every developer behaves differently you are experiencing different things like that.


Can I upgrade the Radeon Pro graphics card in my iMac early-2008? I have a 20″ early-2008 iMac with Radeon Pro (256 MB) and I wish to upgrade it. Are there any suitable (and more powerful) replacements for it (the video card)?

Yes, yes you can (although it may involve a firmware upgrade):

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iMac+Intel+20-Inch+EMC+2133+and+2210+Video+Card+Replacement/1014

(Taken from: http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/90234/Can+I+change+my+graphics+card)


Login screen freezes after the Lion 10.7.1 update After updating to 10.7.1 (the first Lion update) & restarting the system, it's not logging me in. As I give my password and press return it stays on the same login screen. I could move the mouse but there is no rotating wheel, just the same login screen. I tried starting Mac in safe mode but same thing.

Resolution

It was because of Login Hook script which was stopping the login action. Booted in Single User mode and moved the script away from the expected location. Thanks to bmike for the tips.

If you have another mac at home, I recommend using the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant to clone the recovery partition. Then just insert the USB into the non-functional Mac and boot from the USB, as this will allow reinstallation of the OS.

Tip: only use these steps if the built-in recovery partition is not accessible. After taking these steps I would strongly recommend that you upgrade your OS (preferably to Mavericks) if you don't want this to happen again.


Blocking the internal microphone hole Anyone know why blocking the Macbook Air's internal microphone hole (using a tape or finger) seems to almost completely disable recording? Surely, sound should penetrate through the metal case. Could it be that when the hole is taped, OSX thinks all sounds are ambient noises?

EDIT: Covering the microphone hole on my LG G3 phone hardly does anything though.

So the answer to this question involves 8th grade science. So brace yourself. The answer has to do with the change of medium for the sound waves to travel through. Solids can conduct sound much better than air in truth but the transition between the two states of matter requires a decent amount of energy to switch so by covering it you are trying to make it change not once but twice as it hits the outside and changes to move through the solid then hits the air and thus you expend much of the energy. This reduces the volume and can even negate it all together. (Ever heard of sound proofing? This is the concept of it they just find a substance that absorbs the energy rather than allowing it to pass) So now knowing this you may just want to remove the case or get an external mic. like the rest of us. Sorry for the lengthy answer.


In Numbers can you auto-populate a cell with a date when another cell is populated? I'm an avid Excel user and recently I've had to figure out how to use Numbers. So far I've been able to replicate all the Excel functionality that I use in Numbers... except for one thing.

In Excel I can add the following formula...

=IF(A1="", "", IF(B1="", NOW(), B1))

This formula says when a value in added to cell A1 populate cell B1 with the current date. To get this to work you must turn on an Excel feature named iterative calculation (Options==>Formulas==>Enable iterative calculation).

I use this when I'm building an Excel task journal and I want to auto-populate the date.

The important thing about this formula is that the date value is not updated another change is made.

How can I do this in Numbers? How can I auto populate a date value in column "B" when a value is set in column "A"? It's important to keep in mind that once the date is set I don't want it to change.

Here is my attempt at translating this formula in Numbers...

=IF(A2="", "", IF(B2="", NOW(), B2))

I get an error message in Numbers...

This formula can't reference its own cell, or depend on another formula that references this cell.

Thanks

Unfortunately, even if you were able to reference your own cell in Numbers, there is no assignment operator.

Meaning that there would be no way to override the current value of the cell.


How long can Photo Booth record video? Does anyone know how long Photo Booth can record video with iSight camera on Mac? I want to record for a few days non stop, and don't know if that's possible even if there is sufficient space in HD? I'm using OS X 10.6.

Your HD storage space is the limiting factor

There is no reasonable limit to the file size of Photo Booth video's. Photo Booth stores video's with AAC audio and H.264 video compression.

Video will take the most storage space. The H.264 uses a lossy video compression method. The amount of compression is usually defined by the amount of motion in your video. A tripod mounted camera recording of a vase with flowers will result in a smaller file size than a hand filmed recording of a flock of birds.

So your answer in short, your HD storage space is the limiting factor. Record for one hour and see how much space you needed for your type of video.

If you are only interested in 'changes in your scene', try another option, like senstic (the first google hit, nothing special)


Mac Mail Limits (messages and mailbox size) We use Google Apps and with users approaching 250K email messages and over 25GB of storage Mail App is getting ever slower for most users.

Are there any guidelines on how large we should let the mailboxes grow?

I have not been able to find any information on limits (even from user experience) online.

The Limit is not something programmed into Mail.

In effect, your Hard-Drive storage and the Performance of your Mac are the only limiting factors, not some count of messages in terms of size or number.
As you already noticed, the app gets really slow with Mails over 100k or even 200k on current hardware (perhaps except the Mac Pro).

It is not recommended having such a big MailBox at all.

How I think it should/could be handled :

Don't go beyond 10k Mails (in your main Postbox)
Move Old Mails into a Mail-Archive

Having your own Server for that helps a lot.
I use a OS X (Mail-) Server  with a Roundcube Frontend and a MySQL Database.
In our company we have a Linux Mail-Server and a Roundcube Frontend with a MySQL DB.
The Server can handle those Mails a lot better than Apple Mail. Also roundcube as a Frontend is much faster when going through severel houndred of thousands of mails.

If you're reaching a Mail-Count of more than 200k, you are probably collecting a decade of mails (unless you are writing a lot).
After 3-5 Years you should store those mails on a Backup Server (Maybe at a different location), safe for nobody to access and safe regarding any kind of loss.


How much space do I need to make a bootable Catalina volume on my Mojave Mac? I'm thinking of installing Catalina on a Volume to test and wondered how much space this new OS will take up on my Mac.

I'm planning on using APFS Volume so both my main Macintosh HD and User data would stay untouched and just install Catalina to look for now, so please assume I don't need to worry about two copies of my user data or Applications - just the bare OS to install and try booting to look around without running the migration assistant.

What space needs should I plan on needing to install a clean macOS Catalina install with no user data or apps?

The installer takes 8.1 GB of space in your Mojave /Applications folder when it downloads the installer to your Mac.

In the case where you install to a brand new / empty volume, you will end up with two APFS container volumes - one for the read only system files and another for the user data.

APFS Volume Catalina - Data         3.7 GB     disk1s5
APFS Volume Catalina                10.8 GB    disk1s6

Doing the math, that's 14 GB of space for a totally empty installation, no third party apps, no user data migrated, no iCloud and just an admin account home folder.

Add an additional 8.1 GB of space for the installer and you're able to start testing with as little as 25 GB of free space on Mojave.

If you're interested in how this split works in practice - I recommend this article highly.

https://eclecticlight.co/2019/10/08/macos-catalina-boot-volume-layout/


Is it possible to copy text from image? Is there any tools to copy text from video's or images?

You can upload the image to Google Drive and it will use OCR to get the text from it. Or you can use a specialized software like Abby Fine reader for more advanced work.

The quality of the text recognition will vary with image quality. I would use a screenshot to get texts from video.

In Google Drive, you need to set Upload settings below the cogwheel on the right top to „Convert text from uploaded PDF and images files“.  He will copy the recognized text in the document below the image.


Apple TV Home Videos I'm considering importing my home videos into my iTunes library so I can easily access them over any device in the house.  The one problem I'm seeing is when I add home movies, and I have them labeled as home movies in iTunes, on the apple tv they just show up under the movies selection for my iTunes Library.  I heard you can label them as TV Shows and have a bit more control, but honestly I'd just rather have a "Home Movies" option and "Movies" option to pick from on my main screen?  Is something like this possible?

If you don't mind sacrificing the Genre tag, you could tag "real" Movies with Genre="Movie", and your home movies with Genre="Home Movie", and then browse by Genre on the ATV.


Checking if option is selected under System Preference on Mac I have an issue with  AD binding on Mac. Computer shows its already bind to AD but won't allow domain logins. What I noticed is "Allow network users to log in at login windows" option is grayed out. I have a script which allows me to rejoin AD remotely which is fine but I would like to know if there is a command or script that can go this setting and see if "Allow network...." is available and checked through terminal.

It would be great if someone can help me out or point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Fahed

This usually indicates that the domain record needs cleanup and not that the Mac is broken.

Have you removed the binding, cleared up the machine record (deleting it) and then re-adding the mac?

You could script the removal and binding or script the check in AD, but the language and script for each would be better asked as a follow on question if needed.


Macbook boot troubleshooting Since a system upgrade my macbook fails to boot properly: a loading bar appears, it takes about 15 minutes to get filled and then the system shuts down again.

When booting in recovery mode, I tried to "Repair" the main partition in the disk utility tool but an error message told me there actually was an issue but it could not be fixed and I needed to format/reinstall the system.

I also tried to erase the bootable partition but it also failed (saying the drive could not be unmounted).

I tried to choose "Reinstall Mac OS X" from the main menu, but my main partition was not found.

I don't have any bootable disk or USB drive of Mac OS X. Is it possible to create one from a windows PC?

What else could I try to fix the problem?

You won't be able to erase the boot disk since you're currently booted into a partition on the same drive (which will result in the unmount failure).

Try Internet Recovery. Boot with ⌘⌥R until you get a spinning globe, then follow the instructions.


SRT subtitle problem I have the same issue as in [this question][1], but now, there is no Perian to help me out. I have an m4v film that I can play in QT7 and see the subtitles, but not in QTX.

I've tried Subler, Handbrake and Submerge. I've tried QT7 export, and VLC.

I really want to get the film into iTunes. Does anyone know some methods?

UPDATE - thanks to Kerlix. I had to save the art in UTF-8.

This was the sequence that worked for me:

Handbrake from avi to m4v
Subler:

 - . remove any existing subtitles
Save and verify
Convert my subtitles to UTF-8 Subler

. new file
. drag in movie
. import my subtitles.
. at first import screen, change Passthrough to Tx3g
. OK
. change default language to your subtitle language
. save
Test in QTX

  [1]: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/44406/quicktime-x-cant-use-srt-files

you might try Subs Factory or re-saving the SRT in Text Wrangler as UTF-8. Or re-encoding the file with the SRT as soft subs in Handbrake. I've also used MPEGStreamclip and Avidemux for other file formats. Good luck!


Factory Reset MacBook but it is in Japanese I have a MacBook Air (A1466). I do not know the password for the screen lock. It has been set on Japanese (I only know English).

I can not do a Factory Reset because I don't understand Japanese. Can anyone walk me through Factory Reset, while it is in Japanese? How do I change the language of my MacBook if it is in Japanese, but I do not know the password?

The OS Controls language. You will need to boot a different OS to that machine and run through the set up assistant to choose a different language for the new OS or you need someone to make you a new user account on that machine to change the OS.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

The only thing that can foil this plan is if there's a firmware password on the Mac. That would prevent you from Internet booting to recovery or bringing another external  OS to the Mac


Mac won't boot up using Bootcamp after trying to resize partitions my son is working on a 2012 Macbook Pro - 2.5Ghz Intwl Core i5 and running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6. The machine was split into two partitions and windows bootcamp was loaded. My son told me that every time he tried to save a document on the windows side he got error message about no available disk space. I tried to resize the windows disk partition and when we tried to start-up again, bootcamp would not load (error saying no bootable device).

I have read through as many similar questions and answers as I can but am not able to solve the problem. REALLY want to avoid paying to have the windows reloaded. Any way someone in the know could help me?

Thanks KD

Your Windows installation is probably permanently ruined.

Disk Utility can't resize NTFS partitions correctly. When it tries to, it corrupts some of the data inside. Unfortunately, Windows may not be able to boot anymore.

What you can do, however, is try to mount the partition (usually labeled BOOTCAMP) in macOS and copy whatever important files you have there onto a backup drive or other external/internal storage.

Sorry to say, but Windows may not boot ever again.

I once made this exact mistake and had to reinstall Windows completely.


Can I "play higher rated songs more often" in iTunes 11? After upgrading to iTunes 11, I miss the "Play higher rated songs more often" feature available in iTunes DJ from previous versions. Is there a simple way to restore this feature? I used to use a complex series of smart playlists like The Ultimate Smart iTunes Playlist before this feature came around. I suppose I could do that again, but I'd rather have something simpler.

One not very simple way:

create smart playlists for various ratings.
Create a simple playlist.
Drag and drop the smart playlist into the simple playlist.  Drag the 5* list 5 times, the 4 star list 4 times, and the 3 star list three times.

This will NOT automatically update the simple playlist.


How can I recover iCloud Calendar backup to iPhone 4? My calendar entries in my iPhone 4 have disappeared. I have no total backup - just calendar and contacts backup in iCloud. I only want to restore the calendar back to my iPhone 4. I already extracted the iCloud calendar backup into my PC.

Most websites only have instructions on how to restore the whole iCloud backup to the iPhone. What should I do?

If you previously synced your iPhone calendar with iCloud, you do not need to restore your iPhone. Just make sure you enable iCloud calendar sync by going to Settings → iCloud → Calendars → ON.

Always make sure to keep a safe backup of iPhone calendars and other data too in case you need to restore it later.


How do I retrieve photos from the cloud after I place them there? I recently uploaded photos from my iPad to iCloud.  Then deleted them from my iPad.  How do I retrieve selected ones and load them back onto my iPad?

Both iCloud Photo Library and iCloud Photo Stream are synchronisation services, and will do exactly that. Sync between devices.
Meaning that if you delete your photos from your iPad manually, they will also be deleted in the iCloud Photo Library unless you disabled this feature first.

Your best shot at retrieving your images is to check your "Recently deleted" folder on the iPad or after logging in to https://www.icloud.com under Photos.


Changing the type of an App to Universal App later in App Store? Can I change the type of an submitted App in the App Store later? Initially I want to submit an iPhone only App, but later there might be an Universal App as well to support the iPad. Can this be submitted as an update to the existing App? So can the type of an App changed later?

Yes.

Xcode has built-in support for targeting specific devices with your app. It's as simple as selecting the target device from a drop-down list.

This could enable you to create an initial version that targets either iPhone or iPad, and then later switch to Universal and submit it as a new version. The App Store will then automatically recognize that the new version of the app is Universal, and you would need to add additional screenshots, etc. for the new devices.


use MBP as external screen I've done some search about it, leading me to this link which provide support for using it with another mac. What I'd like to do is use it with another device (like a ps3) via HDMI & Thunderbolt. I've got a late 2011 mbp 15"

I've researched this topic myself, and everything I've found says that the HDMI port and/or Thunderbolt port on Macs is not meant as a display input. You can't use it for that purpose.

However, something that may work, if you're willing to spend money, is a capture card. I've used them for recording video game footage before. The one I use has a noticeable lag. It's split from the TV to the capture card, and what happens on the TV takes 1 or 2 seconds to display on the input from the capture card.

If you could find one without lag, or with very minimal lag, it'd be usable for gaming purposes. Of course, if you're trying to hook up something that doesn't need to be lag free, such as a movie player, or anything else that plays non-actively controlled media (actively-controlled media would be video games, and pretty much nothing else), you could do with a capture card that has some lag.

This is a capture card that advertises OS X compatibility: http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensity/

It has probably any input you could need. I'm not sure if it lags or not, as I have not used it. Also, you have to consider the fact that they may use proprietary software for recording. If they do, and there's no way to display a video stream without recording, it's probably not a good solution for you.

Some quick searching seems to indicate there is no noticeable lag with Blackmagic's Intensity capture cards. It also seems to suggest that their software can display without recording. I don't know if you can full screen it or not. Or if you can display a video stream in a program of your choice.

Edit: I just noticed on their site, they said it supports streaming. And doing so with "all leading streaming software" too. Which would suggest that it does provide a video stream, which you could utilize in a program of your choice, and also display in full screen.


Connect MacBook Pro to Smart TV wirelessly I have a MacBook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.6.
In my house I have two Smart TVs:

LG Smart TV with webOS
Xiaomi Mi SmartTV with Android TV 9.0

I would like to wirelessly transmit the screen of my MacBook to these TVs (not both at the same time because they are in different house's divisions).
I know that Xiaomi Mi SmartTV has Chromecast incorporated but I think that would only work with Google Chrome's "cast" feature.
I want to transmit the screen of my MacBook to these TVs so I can work in different apps, documents, code and watch movies.
Is there any way to do this without Apple TV?

I want to transmit the screen of my MacBook to these TVs so I can work in different apps, documents, code and watch movies.

You need a simple AirPlay compatible dongle plugged into the HDMI port of your TV.
I have used several of these in different locations

The work great for business presentations (i.e. PowerPoint) and simple animations
They work fairly well for playing standard definition video (i.e. YouTube or regular DVD).
It's marginal at best once you get to HD video (720p or 1080p)
If you want 4K, UHD, HDR, etc, you need an AppleTV.
It doesn't get around any copy protected (DRM) content; it won't play!

For their price point of sub $50 USD, they're a great little adapters to keep in your computer bag for when you go on client site for a presentation, training, or you just want to mirror to a larger screen.  It's also good to attach to a projector so guests can easily connect.  They're convenient, but not meant for high performance so keep that in mind when putting together your solution.


How does one fix a MBP trackpad which is slightly tipping/popping out from its base? I want to fix my trackpad for my mid-2010 MBP. It's partially tipping upwards on the left-hand side. Any ideas on how to fix this? Is it a relatively easy job? will I need to buy a new trackpad? or is there a way to fix the current one?

Thanks

Sounds like a swollen battery. Same thing happened to me last year, fixed when I replaced the dying battery.


Deleteing Original File After Creating Another Here is the Script I have so far:

#! /bin/bash

dd=$(date -v -1d '+%Y-%m-%d')
for file in *.csv ; do
    saveName="${dd} - TF.csv"
    cut -d',' -f5,8 "$file" > "$saveName"
done

The file above would output 2014-02-09 - TF.csv and the file that created the file is Campaigns stats for period from Feb 9, 2014 to Feb 9, 2014 I'm trying to delete Campaigns stats for period from Feb 9, 2014 to Feb 9, 2014 how do I delete this with the script above after it creates 2014-02-09 - TF.csv

cut -d',' -f5,8 "$file" > "$saveName" && rm "$file"

Using && (the shell 'and' operator) instead of ; as the command separator means that the rm command is only executed if the cut command succeeds.


dd input/output error. No information in error string I am using a MacBook macOS Mojave 10.14.5. I can list the device with diskutil list, but it isn't mounted. I perform the dd command below. The output states input/output error, which doesn't give a lot of information.

sudo dd if=~/Downloads/ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.dmg of=/dev/rdisk2s2
Password:
dd: /dev/rdisk2s2: Input/output error
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes transferred in 80.936791 secs (0 bytes/sec)

Anyone know how I can resolve this issue?

For a bootable flash drive, follow the Ubuntu help:

This will be easier since there is the Etcher app you download to avoid the direct use of the dd command.

https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-macos#0

While I recommend using the Ubuntu ISO image with Etcher, my comments on the use of the dd command follow. You seem to be following the instructions from the link below. You got the wrong device name, /dev/rdisk2s2. You need the disk name not the partition name. You should remove all external drives except your flash drive.  This will make it easier to identify the flash drive and reduce the risk from using the dd command. Try the instructions again from the beginning.

https://itsfoss.com/create-bootable-ubuntu-usb-drive-mac-os/


Deleted Users Confusion/Worry I found a 'Deleted Users' folder, which apeard on the side bar of the finder some how, which I've never seen before. I'm confused how they got here and why I never saw them before.

It has two .dmg and one is 'aspnet.dmg' I don't know what that even is?

The other seems to be my older personal user account, lets just say its called 'M.dmg' which I again don't know how it got there. I did transfer my old computer on to this but i don't remember deleting it on my mac or anything about it ending up in this Deleted Users folder.

I'm just worried what these things are and how they got there. They both apparently have 1gb of data but I cant find anything inside them other than a few older personal files in the 'M.dmg'.

Basically I'm just worried what these are exactly. They both have about 1gb of data but I cant see anything other than a few things in the old user .dmg and I have no idea what aspnet.dmg even is.

Edit: I'm mostly confused and worried how they got there, is there anything I should be worried about or is it just me being stupid and not knowing? Also they both say they're 1gb each even though they seem to be empty, why is that?

The Deleted Users folder contains DMGs of users that you've deleted. When deleting a user in System Preferences → Users & Groups, you are given the option of saving that user's home folder as a DMG in a Deleted Users folder:

  Save the home folder in a disk image
  The disk image is saved in the Deleted Users folder (in the Users folder).

Selecting the Save the home folder in a disk image option will cause the home folder of the deleted account to be saved in a disk image

If there's nothing in the account that you want any more, you can safely delete the disk image from the Deleted Users folder, or even the entire Deleted Users folder itself.


Can a Thunderbolt iMac be used in target display mode while booted into Windows 7? Slightly different than what I'm seeing in search:

If I have my iMac booted into Windows 7, can I (via Thunderbolt) use the iMac as a target display from my Thunderbolt MacBook Pro running OS X?

Target Display Mode is not supported from Boot Camp

Ref: Apple KB - Use your iMac as a display with Target Display Mode

  If your iMac is currently started up in Windows, it won't enter Target
  Display Mode. Target Display Mode isn't supported in Boot Camp.


How do I stop Finder from warning me when I change a file extension? When renaming a file in the Finder and changing the file extension, I get the following confirmation dialog warning message:

  Are you sure you want to change the extension from ".md" to ".txt"?

  If you make this change, your document may open in a different application.

How can I disable it?

Uncheck Show warning before changing an extension in Finder preferences / Advanced (⌘+,)


How can I make two applications activate from an AppleScript app? So I am playing around with AppleScript and am quite new to it.

How do I make the script quit both apps if:

app1 and app2 are running
or if app1 or app2 is running
and run them if they are not running

My script:

if application "app" is running or "app2" is running then
        tell application "app1" to quit
        tell application "app2" to quit
else
        tell application "app1" to activate
        tell application "app2" to activate
end if

I think this may be what you're looking for.

set app1 to "TextEdit" -- Change as needed
set app2 to "Mail" -- Change as needed

if (application app1 is running or application app2 is running) or ¬
    (application app1 is running and application app2 is running) then
    tell application app1 to quit
    tell application app2 to quit
else
    tell application app1 to activate
    tell application app2 to activate
end if


How can I remove all alarm times from the clock app? How can I remove all alarm times from the clock app on iOS 9.3.5 (iPad)? (regardless of whether the alarm is activated)

When one has to many alarm times, the clock app becomes very laggish:

I think if you have access to Siri you can ask her to delete all your alarms. Simply long press your home button and say "Hey Siri" and then ask her to "delete all your alarms".

If you don't have access to Siri on your device, which you might not, given your vintage of iOS you're out of luck from what I'm finding when searching for this.

How to Delete or Disable All Alarms on Your iPhone
[Tip] Delete all alarms at once in iOS

excerpt

  The stock iOS Clock app is quite functional but it does lack an
  important feature. It doesn’t let you delete all alarms at once in
  iOS, which would be a very convenient option for those who end up
  having a dozen or more alarms that are not relevant anymore.

  Normally, you’d need to enter ‘Edit’ mode and hit the delete button
  for each alarm you want to remove. In many cases, avoiding all this
  manual work is what causes all those alarms to pile up in the first
  place.

  While the stock Clock app doesn’t have a ‘Delete all’ option, Siri
  provides a solution. Since Apple’s virtual assistant integrates with
  the Clock app, among the many other things it can do, is you can use
  it to delete all alarms at once in iOS.

NOTE: if you have many alarms (>100, approximately), Siri might say "Sorry, there is something wrong. Please try again", as shown in the screenshot below. The issue is due to the fact that the Clock application takes some time to remove all alarms, which exceeds Siri's timeout. Siri will have removed some alarms though: just repeat the voice command  a few more times until Siri confirms all alarms were removed.

References

[Tip] Delete all alarms at once in iOS


Which current Macs have an infrared receiver I have an Apple Remote that I used with a white plastic MacBook. I no longer have the MacBook, but still have the remote. What current Macs have an infrared receiver and can work with the Apple Remote? What current Macs do not have an infrared receiver and cannot work with the Apple Remote?

Currently (March 2012) the MacBook Air and the Mac Pro are the only generally available macs that lack a built-in infrared receiver.

The white polycarbonate MacBook that is still available as a refurbished product and from educational sales channels also lacks an infrared receiver.


How to stop my SSD "ejecting" from my iMac when in standby? I recently purchased an SSD drive for my 2009 27" iMac to replace the DVD Drive.

Everything installed fine, performance is good etc. However when the device (SSD) is put to "sleep", OS X sees it as ejected, and will not see it again until I pull the power from the iMac. Shutting down does not seem to help -- nor does restarting.

Things I've tried:

Reset the NVRAM -- after this it did show up without pulling the power, but then it disappeared again after going to slee[
resetting the SMC
Pulling the drive, and completely reseating it in case something wasn't quite installed right

None of which seemed to have helped. Support from the vendor suggested "Turn off sleeping of the hard disks". This seems poor since it leaves the HDD that is still in there spinning. Additionally, surely it's going to go to sleep when it goes to standby for the whole Mac.

Any suggestions/Thoughts?

have a look at:

http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-notebooks/273332-2nd-internal-hard-drive-ejects-sleep.html

It seems to be the caddy.


Finder and Dock issues in OSX 10.10.1 I have been having issues with Finder and the Dock ever since the upgrade to 10.10.1 (I can't be certain they weren't there in 10.10).

I am unable to drag items off of the Dock (to remove them). I also can't drag items from the download stack that I have beside my trash can in the dock. Dragging the item simply does nothing. If I drag it somewhere and release the mouse button, it just opens the app/file.
And in Finder, I am only able to drag and move/copy 86 items. I can select more but when I drag them to a new folder or other location the most that will get moved is 86.

I have confirmed the issue with a friend but have several other friends for which everything is working fine.

I have a mid 2012 retina MBP and my friend has an older (2010 i think) non retina MBP. I have restarted several times and tried to find any sort of setting that might be turned off. Googling doesn't seem to turn up any information either. So I am mostly wondering if anyone else is having this issue and/or if it is an OSX bug or how to fix it.

Thanks.

Update

Running repair disk permissions from disk utility then restarting worked for a while. But then things went right back to not working again. Going to test some things to see what might be causing it to revert.

Update 2

It turns out that restarting does fix it temporarily and repair permissions has nothing to do with it. I am assuming I didn't notice this before because it is being caused by an application that was reopening (because I usually check off the "Reopen applications" option).

Update 3

For clarity, here are videos showing what the issue is.

In this video it is working as it should be (right after a restart):http://youtu.be/DO4KsLiLveo
In this video it is not working:http://youtu.be/V48UKWlG1sE

I know it may seem totally unrelated, but if you have the Pushbullet extension installed for chrome, try disabling "Universal copy & paste".  You may need a restart afterwards.


El Capitan animation direction in Spaces El Capitan allows switching workspaces in Mission Control view (which shows an overview of all windows) by using 4-finger swipe left/right gesture. However, when invoking Mission control from fullscreen mode, and then swiping left/right, the spaces seem to visually slide in the wrong direction, which is very irritating.

For example, if there are 3 spaces (desktop1, desktop2 and fullscreen application, in that order), then swiping up from fullscreen view followed by swiping left twice, would result in switching to desktop2 and then desktop1, which is correct, but visually, the desktop background would slide first to the left, and then to the right (instead of sliding to the left twice). Just to clarify, this is not related to 'natural scrolling direction' option of trackpad. The problem is that the animation is inconsistent when moving between spaces.

Does anybody else experience this problem or knows how to fix it?

Check that under System Preferences > Trackpad, "natural scrolling direction" is enabled.

Not having this option enabled would cause the screen to follow the exact direction your hand is swiping along the trackpad, and not the natural direction I assume you're used to.

NB: I'm not sure of the exact term for natural scrolling but I'll update my answer when I can be.


How can I change the icon size in Lauchpad? The icon in Launchpad look huge on my iMac and I usually like my icons fairly small.

Is there a setting to resize the icon app size in Lauchpad?

I have found no way to do that, nor have I heard of a way.  MacOSXHints is the place to watch for this kind of thing.

I have created folders in effect by dropping similar apps onto each other.  All QuickTime apps are together.  All Maintenance Apps are together, as are media viewing apps, etc.  I also move the least used apps to page 2

This reduces the number of pages for Launchpad and makes apps more accessible for me.  My most-used apps are still in my Dock so LP is rarely invoked.

This doesn't give you the solution you wanted, but may help as workaround.


How to recover files from an iPhone backup without restoring to an iPhone? I have a backup file of an iPhone that was backed up to a Mac. It was not an iCloud backup.

Is there a way to browse that backup on the Mac and recover selected photos, etc.? (Without restoring it to another iPhone.)

The backup is encrypted, and I know the password.
The backup is of an iPhone 5s.

iExplorer, which runs on macOS and Windows, can open iPhone backups. You need to know the password if the backup has been encrypted.

Disclaimer: I’m a satisfied customer of MacroPlant LLC, and have no financial or other ties.


Password lock for shut down screen I just got my iPhone stolen and the first thing they did was shut it off. I have a new iPhone and I noticed you have to slide it to power off. Yes, I had no idea. I owned my last phone three weeks. My question is, if it requires you to slide it could an app or something be made to be able to require a password beforehand?

No, that's not likely without jailbreaking the phone.

There are only a limited number of features on the iPhone that an app can interface with.  I very much doubt "shutdown" is one of them.


Can I upgrade directly from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to 10.7 Lion? Possible Duplicate:
  Can I upgrade to Lion straight from 10.5.8?

For us 10.5 users, is the only path a two step upgrade to 10.6 then 10.7?

Also, is there a hardware compatibility chart? My mac is an older macbook, not sure if it's even supported by Lion.

According to this page, you need to get on Snow Leopard before installing Lion.  It also gives hardware compatibility requirements, which are basically that you have an Intel Core 2 Duo (note: NOT Intel Core Duo), Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor in your Mac.


Download 4 apps at a time during restore from iCloud backup? I noticed that usually when you download multiple apps on iOS 6, it will download 4 at a time. I had to restore my phone from an iCloud backup twice in the past week. The first time it was only downloading one app at a time. The second time it began downloading 4 apps at a time but then switched to downloading one at a time again. I'm not sure if I did anything to change its behavior.

Is there any way to have it download multiple apps again during this restore process?

If I try clicking on an app which says "Waiting...", it will say loading on both apps, but only the one I clicked on last will actually be downloading. The other apps progress does not change until the 2nd one is finished.

This is normal behavior that you can't change. I don't know why, I guess it's just the way Apple wanted it to work.


Why can't I navigate to /.ssh folder on jailbroken iPhone 5S I have installed OpenSSH on my jailbroken iPhone 5S, I am trying to set up ssh keys for it but I need to get to my /.ssh folder. I try to cd there while at root with cd ~/.ssh but it says "not a directory". I then tried mkdir ~/.ssh and get "cannot make directory: file exists". So once again I tried to cd ~/.ssh and still nada. I navigated to ~ and ls, and once again no .ssh directory.

$ ls -ad ~/.ssh
/var/root/.ssh
$ echo ~
/var/root

Looks like .ssh is a file and not a directory. Either remove the file (rm ~/.ssh) or rename it (mv ~/.ssh ~/.ssh-strange) and set up your ssh keys again.


How do I forget or change the username and password for file sharing? I connected my MacBook (macOS 10.13 if it matters) to my Mac Pro fileshare using the username foo and the password. I tell Finder to save the password.
I want to disconnect from that server and login again but this time with username bar and bar's password.

Here's the problem: as soon as I press the Disconnect button in the Finder on my MacBook, it immediately reconnects as user foo. It does not stay disconnected.

How can I connect to an existing server with a different username and password?

Go to the Finder’s Go menu and choose Utilities
Select Keychain Acces
Select the Login Keychain then select the network password or internet password for the printers and/or shares.
Hold down the “control” key and click the keychain entry. Select Delete.

Now, access your network resource (printer or share) and re-enter your new username and password when prompted.