Use iPhone on external screen with multi-touch Best thing about the iPhone is that it fits into my pocket which makes it easy to take everywhere.  But from time to time, it would be convenient to view  content on a bigger, tablet sized screen.  E.g., reading a kindle book on the train or scrolling through sports scores during breakfast.

Is there something like a "dumb tablet" that would allow me to use the iphone on a bigger screen?

So something that would go beyond an external display (a.k.a. "mirroring") or a device that simply magnifies the screen. It's critical to be able to use the multi-touch functionality on the bigger, external screen.  Wireless connectivity (e.g., Bluetooth) would be ideal but a wired connection could also work.

TL;DR: the goal is to be able to use the iphone on a bigger, external screen from time to time without a full fledged 2nd tablet.

Thoughts?

AFAIK, this is definitely not possible. The closest thing to what you're describing would be AirPlay. However, AirPlay requires a newer Apple TV connected to a TV; it wouldn't work on an iPad or a Mac, let alone some cheap old Android tablet. Additionally, even if it were currently possible to mirror the display of your iPhone onto an iPad, that's all it would do is mirror the display of your iPhone; it wouldn't be able to respond to multi-touch.


How to download videos from iTunes? I wanted to download these Stanford and MIT lectures. Unfortunately, they are all privatized by iMac. Do you see that all download links bring to itunes.com site? BTW, why are all the best world universities are subsumed by Apple? I have installed the iTunes, but I still do not see the Download button. All it does is play online.

Here is how the iTunes download page looks like

You may enjoy the DPI-aware perfect Mac interface. But, where is the "Download" button?

If you want to stay up with the entire course, press the large subscribe button and you will then get a warning that explains a bit more about how the process works.

At that point, you can double check what content you want to actually download (just like a podcast works) and you will of course have to enter an AppleID with payment set up if the specific course you have chosen requires such for some or all of the materials.

You can also press the free buttons along the right to download individual lessons to your computer (or iOS device) for offline viewing.


Problems updating to OS X Yosemite I am trying to update to OS X Yosemite. It is asking me for an iTunes Store password of a different email address and I can't change it. What should I do?

Open the App Store and on the main page, sign out of the currently logged in Apple ID. Sign in with your Apple ID and then try to click upgrade/install on the Yosemite page.


How can I get the width or height of the dock in Mac OS X so I can resize a window properly? I want to write a code to resize a window by setting its bounds, and I need to consider where the dock is positioned and the size of the dock. I can get the dock's position and its size, but the problem is the size I'm getting is not in an immediately usable form. For example, when I do:
tell application "System Events"
    tell dock preferences
        properties
    end tell
end tell

I get
{show indicators:true, minimize into application:false, autohide:false, magnification size:1.0, class:dock preferences object, dock size:0.428571432829, autohide menu bar:false, double click behavior:zoom, magnification:false, show recents:true, minimize effect:genie, screen edge:left, animate:true}

How do I translate the dock size of 0.428571432829 into, for example, 100 so that I can set a window (in a 1024x768 resolution) to position x=100, y=0, h=768, w=924?
Notice x started after the dock, and the w is minus the dock width.

The following example AppleScript code will return the size of the Dock:
tell application "System Events" to ¬
    tell application process "Dock" to ¬
        set dockSize to ¬
            the size of list 1

return dockSize

If you want the width and height:
tell application "System Events" to ¬
    tell application process "Dock" to ¬
        set {dockWidth, dockHeight} to ¬
            the size of list 1

return {dockWidth, dockHeight}


Head Mode/iPod Mode Not Working for iPhone 4S in iOS 6 I've updated my iPhone 4S to iOS 6 and now I can no longer play music when connected to my car stereo via USB.

In the past, the stereo gave me the option to use either "Head Mode", where the function of the iPhone/iPod is controlled through the head unit, or "iPod Mode", where the device functions normally and just sends an audio signal through the USB cable to the stereo.

The "iPod Mode" is no longer available. According to the stereo's manual, it will only appear if the device supports it.  Well, the device supported it until iOS 6.

Is this something that's changed in the new OS?


Upgrading a jailbroken iPhone from 3.1.3 without data loss I have a jailbroken iPhone 3GS with 3.1.3 and I want to upgrade it to 3.2.

Is it possible to do so without losing everything?

I don't particularly see why you would lose your data when upgrading… but then I also don't particularly see why you'd prefer to have your 3GS on 3.2x when you could have it on 4.2x just as easily…

Do you sync your iPhone with iTunes and use it to back up? If so, you're unlikely to have a problem. Just go to http://iclarified.com/tutorials/iphone/ and pick the tutorial that's right for your phone's situation.


Permission prompt has misaligned button and breaks input For at least two major macOS versions now, just about any time any programs requests elevated permissions, the OK button is misaligned and often missing text.

For example, on Mojave while updating Docker:

(Apologies for the photo in place of a screenshot; input was too buggy at the time to take a proper screenshot, as explained below.)

When the button is completely lacking text, such as in this screenshot, the corresponding button on the Touch Bar will also be blank.

Typically, when a prompt with this bug is visible, interactions with any other window will be very buggy.  Spotlight will work fine, but input directed at other programs will be delayed or dropped entirely.  It could be delayed by seconds or even minutes.

For example, the dialog below the prompt in the screenshot is moveable, but any movements take about a minute to register.  This is somewhat expected, since it's waiting on input, but this will also happen with unrelated programs.  If I try to minimize a window, the first five clicks might not go through--ever.  The sixth might go through instantly.

These two issues are linked: when one is present, so is the other.  If the button is misaligned, input to other windows, with the exception of Spotlight, will be buggy.  While the first is just cosmetic, the second is problematic because it can interrupt my interactions with another application.  The cosmetic issue is a concern because it makes the security dialog look illegitimate, when I'm fairly certain it's the official Apple prompt.

These two issues happen with a wide variety of programs across many devices.  Why do they happen, and how can I resolve them?

Edit: Here's an example of the same dialog triggered via authopen.  This one has neither issue.

Bugs in macOS should be reported via https://bugreport.apple.com/. If it is within macOS or one of the core frameworks there isn’t a lot one can do as an end user.


Stop asking for password so often? Is there a way to make Mac OS X ask for my password less frequently?  For instance, I frequently have to re-enter my password into the Mac App Store.  Are there any tools or tweaks to tell the system to remember my password (maybe in the keychain), or to make the system ask for my password less frequently in other situations?

OS X Mountain Lion makes it impossible to do that, because of Security Reasons. You can’t store your Mac App Store password or iTunes Store password in the keychain. For everything else, there’s 1Password.


macbook - low power from the command line I often (for example on the train) want to put my macbook into a state that will maximise the amount of time I have before the battery runs out - so far example I'll switch off the bluetooth, then switch off the wifi, then alter the brightness - my question is, can I do all of this from the command line? Then I run some nice little script...

You can, but you will need some extra utilities:

brightness - you can download the program at                 http://dev.sabi.net/svn/dev/trunk/LocationDo/brightness.c and compile it using the command:

gcc -std=c99 -o brightness brightness.c -framework IOKit -framework ApplicationServices

Or you can just download it from my server at http://attic.luo.ma/brightness.bz2

Once you have it, brightness 0.01 will lower the brightness as much as possible

Bluetooth - The command you want is blueutil which you can find here https://github.com/toy/blueutil. I have a compiled version of that available at http://attic.luo.ma/blueutil2.bz2. I also have another, older version of a program by the same name which you can download from http://attic.luo.ma/blueutil.bz2.

Whichever program you use, the -h flag will explain how to use it.

Wi-Fi - You can turn AirPort power on or off using:

networksetup -setairportpower <device name> <on off>

where <device name> is probably either en0 or en1

You can find out which it is using

networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder | egrep "Wi-Fi, Device"

For my MacBook Air (which uses en0), the command to turn it off is:

networksetup -setairportpower en0 off

More Settings

Be sure that you have changed the Energy Settings in System Preferences too, but you can also set them using:

sudo pmset -b sleep 10

to tell the computer to sleep after 10 minutes when on battery, and/or:

sudo pmset -b displaysleep 5

to tell the computer display to sleep after 5 minutes, when on battery (the -b flag indicates battery).

pmset -g

will show you your current settings.


How do I turn off drawing mode in iOS 10's Messages? I want to turn off the little squiggle in the bottom right corner of the Messages keyboard (the one that activates drawing mode). How can I do this? Is there a setting?

(I know the keyboard in the bottom right screen turns off drawing in landscape mode, but I want to permanently disable the feature.)

To Turn off handwriting in landscape mode go turn your phone to the side to activate it. Then tap on the keyboard in the bottom right. This should keep the iPhone to a keyboard when you go to landscape.


Upgrade to an unsigned version of iOS - possible or not? I have an iPhone 5s (A1453). It is currently running iOS 9.x.

I need to upgrade it to iOS 11.x to perform testing of apps on this particular iOS version/device combination.

I've read couple of articles about a method with Prometheus, SHSH2, etc.
But it seems that I'm out of luck, because this device never had iOS 11 installed on it, so there's no SHSH2 for this version, and it is already unsigned.

Am I right with my guess, or is there some way to do such an upgrade?

No. It is not possible to installed an unsigned version of iOS.

The only version you can upgrade your iPhone 5s to is the current latest available for the device which is iOS 12.2.

If you have the source code for the app that you wish to test on iOS 11, you can test the same by building it for iPhone 5s Simulator running iOS 11 (you can test the software based features but not all of the hardware based features this way).


What Apple iPhone have that iPod Touch doesn't? Possible Duplicate:
  Any other major difference between iPhone and iPod Touch except telephone function?

Short answer: Touch is not a cell-phone.

I'm looking for long answer because I don't really get why iPhone is like 2x more expensive than Touch?

P.S. I'm comparing iPhone 32 GiB (4th generation) with iPod Touch 32 GiB (4th generation). Newest models with the same capacity of memory.

Well, some of the costs come from the GSM components that the iPhone has, others come from the production process, which is different.

Then there is the amount of RAM is 512 MB for iPhone and 256 MB for the iPod Touch. Also, the iPhone has a compass. The rear cameras are different - 5 Megapixel camera for the iPhone and 0,7 Megapixel for the iPod.


Time Machine says "There isn't enough space" and says I need 50 petabytes available to back up a one terabyte drive Time Machine hasn't backed up for a week. It says "There isn't enough space," and yet there is plenty.
I'm backing up to a Western Digital My Passport with 5 TB capacity and 4.81 TB free. Time Machine correctly reports there is 4.81 TB.
I have a 1 TB hard drive on my MBP running Catalina. If I click on the options for Time Machine it says: "Estimated size of full backup: 100.51 GB."
However, when I click on the red "information" "i" next to the Latest backup, it reports that it needs 50.21 PB (yes, PB) of space. What in the world? I already have things like ~/Dropbox excluded.

The comments got me pointed in the right direction. In my case it seemed to be all the Python virtual environments I have. I excluded all that I could find, including ~/.pyenv/. Would be sad to lose those, but not the end of the world. I'll have everything else in source control.


USB hub that charges and allows normal data connectivity at the same time on same port I've read a few posts on here, but not seem to answer my question.

I'm a musician with a MacBook Pro and a 2016 model iPad, these are connected via a Hub. The Hub is a Amker mains powered which has 7 data ports and 3 separate charging ports.

When I'm recording etc, I plug the iPad into one of the 7 data ports and I can stream audio and Midi between Mac Book and iPad both ways, works really well. But the iPad loses charge as some of the audio apps hit the cpu really hard. So I plug the iPad into one of the charging ports, and it charges.

But, I can't then stream audio/Midi, which is what I'd expect, as a charging port is exactly that !

So my question is , is there a Hub on the market that allows charging and data on the same port ?

It sounds like you need a Thunderbolt dock, not a USB hub.  Maybe one like this:  https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3PRODCK/
The reason I suggest a Thunderbolt dock is because I have yet to see a USB hub or dock that provides more than 15 watts to a downstream data port.  I assume you are using a Lightning to USB-A cable to plug in the iPad, that's going to limit power to the iPad to 12 watts, maybe 15 watts.  Even if you are using a USB-C cable I have yet to see a USB hub with a charge and data port that provides more than 15 watts.  I suspect that the iPad is charging fine, it's just that by streaming music constantly it is consuming more than the 12 watts provided.
You'll need a quality Lightning to USB-C cable to get more than 12 watts into the  iPad.  I emphasize "quality cable" because I bought a non-Apple brand Lightning to USB-C cable only to find that it did not support USB-PD and therefore was limited to 12 watts to my iPhone.  Apple's USB-C cables will pass more power, as I assume would a better built cable from someone else.  I suspect your iPad came with a Lightning to USB-C cable, use that.  I will assume and suspect a lot here, you didn't specify everything I need to know in your question.
Even if your MacBook Pro doesn't have Thunderbolt/USB-C ports you can still use a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) dock on a Thunderbolt 1 or 2 (mini-DP) port.  A Thunderbolt/Mini-DP to Thunderbolt/USB-C adapter will allow you to plug in the dock and still get the full Thunderbolt and USB 3.x bandwidth.  The reason you want the Thunderbolt dock is to get a more powerful USB-C port (as in more than 15 watts), and is still full bandwidth, for your iPad and all other devices.
Assuming you get a Thunderbolt dock like that I linked to above you will find two Thunderbolt/USB-C ports, one of which will be labeled for connecting to the laptop.  Don't connect the MacBook Pro to the laptop port, that's for the iPad.  The goal is to get most power to the iPad, and that will be on the port labeled to the computer.  Connect the MacBook Pro to the low power Thunderbolt/USB-C port, leaving the laptop to run from it's bigger battery or from a power brick plugged in directly.  Thunderbolt is not like USB, Thunderbolt is peer to peer and so "upstream" and "downstream" lose some of it's meaning, connecting the Macbook to either Thunderbolt port will give full function and bandwidth.
Now my disclaimer.  I have not tried this myself.  I'm taking educated guesses based on my experience with Apple hardware.  There may be a cheaper non-Thunderbolt hub or dock that can provide both power and data, I simply have not seen one in my own searching for my own needs.


Change permissions of wheel to Read Only How do I do the following using the terminal on mac os x?:

  Change permissions of wheel to Read Only in
  /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext

For OS X versions before 10.11

sudo chmod g-wx /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext

For 10.11 you'll need to disable SIP first.


how to force OSX to refresh the Text Replace -list after losing it? (still on iOS safe&sound) I use a lot of text replace on iOS + OSX, but today I woke up and my OSX El Capitan has lost it's text replace list. I have about 40 different text replaces there (long urls, bankaccount numbers, addresses etc), and they're on my iPhone but I'm wondering how to force-slam them back onto OSX, without having to copypaste one at a time from my iPhone to iCloud Notes and then to the Settings -> Keyboard -> Text replace?

Also, does anyone know if these are actually on the iCloud at all?

Unfortunately the answer seems to be: "Just boot your Mac and log in and see if they come back". And yep, they do. How weird.

Here's to wishing there was a way to press a button and force a reload of the Text Replacement data.


iCloud photos don't show up in any editor I am new to MacOS (Sierra). I used iOS and iCloud photos for quite a long time now but I wonder why I cannot open any photo from iCloud photo stream in an editor like Pixlr to edit it directly. I know the workaround but I wanted to know if this is intended and maybe if there is a setting that I missed so far.
I'd like to open photos from my photo stream directly in any editor and program.

Open up Pixlr, and when you go to 'open', in your sidebar you should have a Media / Photos option.  If you click that it'll show your albums etc.  See the screenshot...


Keys no longer responding on Magic Keyboard (A1314) I have a 17" Macbook Pro 2011 and use my wireless keyboard daily. It's great and I've had no issues until recently. At first I noticed that the right CMD key didn't work, then the tilde / ` key as well as the § key. All my other keys work. I realise it's possible that the keyboard is faulty and want to know is there any way to "reset" the keyboard or any additional troubleshooting step that can be taken to be sure that the keyboard is due for replacement?

I think what you have is a worn out keyboard. I've had a keyboard do this to me. More than one actually. I'm a writer by the way. And since 2011 if you used it daily, that's a lot of keystrokes.
Not only wearing out, but the key pads - the contacts inside - can develop corrosion. Kind of like rust? but actually just grime can slowly coat the surfaces inside and stop the contact being made when you press the key. Try borrowing another keyboard. I don't think they can be repaired.


How to find low bitrate audio (non alac/flac) I'm relatively new to the audiophile world and I still have some lossy audio files in my music folder. I do have all this music on cd so I would like to find the lossy albums so that I can rerip these, but this time in alac. How can I do this?

A smart folder works, but shows each track individually so that identifying each album still takes up quite a bit of time. I've tried a couple of disk usage tools, but none of them were capable of filtering by filetype or even better by audio bitrate.

Is there software out there that can do this? An iTunes script perhaps? Any help with sieving through a 300gB collection will be much appreciated.

In iTunes, go to the menu View -> View Options.

Expand the File triangle, and check “Kind”

You can now sort your songs by file type by clicking on that column header, and they cluster by album.

Alternately, make a smart playlist that includes files by their kind or size, and use the View dropdown in the top right to view it by Artist List (or Grid, but I assume you have your music collection sorted by artist.)


Watching 720p and 1080p Movies on a 4K or 5K Monitor I want to buy a 4k or 5k monitor but I'm worried about watching 720p and 1080p movies on it.  I have a 24" 1920x1200 monitor that I watch lots of movies on and just wondering how would I watch movies on a 4k or 5k monitor if it has much more pixels?

Assuming you're talking about playing the movies on your Mac, the Mac will scale the picture up or down to the appropriate pixel size. If you've ever watched a DVD, or DVD-quality, video on your current monitor then you've already seen this in action because the native DVD resolution is only 480 or 576 pixels high. Conversely I can watch 1080p HD video on my iMac with only a 1680x1050 screen; the Mac scales the video down to fit.

Alternatively, you can set the Mac's display resolution to 1920 x 1080 and let the monitor do the scaling. Either way should work.


"Home" and "End" HotKeys in Vim INSERT Mode with MacBook Pro I am pretty new to Vim and to Mac, I have a MacBook Pro with Retina Display running OS X 10.8.3, which does NOT have native Home, End, PageUp and PageDown keys.

I know the Fn + arrow keys can work in some applications. Also in bash, I can use Ctrl + A go to the beginning of the command line I am typing and Ctrl + E go to the end.

But in Vim with INSERT/edit Mode, all these works differently. I don't want to always switch to the Normal Mode using 0 and $ or I and A. (Or, is this the best way?)

So can anyone show me some tricks to map some hotkeys that can works conveniently? Or some other solutions? ( But please without MacVim, I want to try native Vim for a while first:) )?

Any other tips for Home, End, PageUp and PageDown functions under the Mac also welcome.

Go to Terminal -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Keyboard and add:

Key: ↖ Action: \033OH

Key: ↗ Action: \033OF


Create 128 Barcodes within Excel Is there a way to create Barcodes (128 standard) on a Mac, preferably via an add-in?

I need it to create barcodes in Excel sheets (or moreso a friend of mine needs it).

I have tried all VBA macros and fonts I found on Google, but none give me a scannable result (usually there are weird characters like ó's mixed in). Does anybody have a working solution?

You could try the Free Barcode Font downloaded from here: http://www.barcodelink.net/barcode-font.php and install it into /Library/Fonts.

To use it just choose the font** in any Application you want - including Excel.

The barcode will properly need to be in a larger font size then the rest of the cells - but you can try it out your self - maybe it is "good enough" for you.

It is not the best solution - but it is free. Alternatively, you can buy a solution - a search on e.g. Google will give you some hits.

** It is showing a barcode icon, and not the name, but it is located in the C's because the name of the font is code128.ttf


Moving photos from iPhone 5S to Laptop I am going to buy an iPhone 5s 16GB. Now my query is whether any videos that I still store in my phone can later get transferred into my laptop? That way I can save spaces by not keeping unnecessary videos, images, etc.

Yes. This is very easily done. All you need to use is iPhoto. Plug the device in, and (if it hasn't already,) open iPhoto. Click your device in the left-hand side menu, and click "Import Photos" on the prompt. The photos & videos will now be imported.

At the end of this, there will be another prompt. Click "Delete Photos" and the photos & videos will be removed from your device.


Missing artist's artwork in iTunes I last iTunes Apple have changed algorithm of displaying picture for Artist. How does it works? Why almost all my Artist's doesn't have artwork?

As I see Alice Cooper have the image:

But why I can't see it in my list?

Update: As I see I can not perform "Show in Apple Music" for this artists. Can it be related with that fact that I have created my own album (Collection) for this artist?

For me it shows only artwork for .m4a files. All the artist I have in mp3 format doesn't show artwork image.


Application refused to start because of local storage I am using application TopTracker on my MBP

My Mac have frozen and i have forced it to restart.

Unfortunatelly, when i'm trying to restart the App, i have this error :

  Failed to read from local storage. Database error:  Driver error:  The
  application will now exit.

There is any way to reset this database?

To remove the local storage, i have to go in

Library/Application Support/TopTracker

and delete

  TopTracker.db

This have fix my issue


How can you simultaneously change the name of a song in iTunes and the actual file When I download music it automatically goes very quickly to iTunes before I can change the name of the download to just the song's name. How can I change the name so that it then changes in iTunes as well as the actual file without having to do it twice?

If you're willing to do it using an app, there are a few apps that do it.

1-One is freeware and called "Tagger",

Here is what Tagger allows you to do, in terms of renaming options:

2-another app is called "Tune Instructor", which works as an iTunes plug-in (freeware too).

3-another one is called "Metadatics". This one is shareware (9$).

4-If you're good at more complex solutions, then maybe looking into [Applescript]5 would be a good idea.

5-Doug's free iTunes scripts also have iTunes applescripts to help you rename your files.

I didn't try the 2 and 3, but they're probably all good solutions. 5 is usually a very good source of scripts. Try them and chose what you like best!


reconfiguring key on mac I type a lot Unix commands and I need often "~" and "`" which in U.S. keyboards are on the key under the escape key.

I'm now using an Apple spanish keyboard set to U.S. layout, and this key
is mapped to the characters "§" and "±"  instead. I can't find
"~" and "`" anywhere, and I need them exactly at their usual place anyway.

Is there an easy way to remap the key that doesn't affect other users?
(they use the Spanish layout).  I'd rather not use apps like Karabiner
that ask to "control my computer" as I don't know what else it does, if possible. Thanks.

I solve a similar problem using the free public domain utility Karabiner. This allows for extremely extensive remapping of single or multiple key presses (including control keys) to any specifiable Unicode character, plus other operations. It is frequently updated, and photos has an older version for much older versions of OSX. You'll need to play a little bit with some examples to get what you want, but there's also pretty helpful documentation.


What is the 13th extra key on the new MacBook Air (vs. the new MacBook Pro)? The new M1 MacBook Pro has "65 (U.S.) or 66 (ISO) keys" plus a Touch Bar.
https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-13/specs/
The new M1 MacBook Air has no Touch Bar, but instead has 13 more keys, "78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 function keys".
https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs/
So 12 of the 13 additional keys are accounted for by the extra 12 function keys (instead of the Touch Bar).
What is the 13th additional key (that is not one of the 12 function keys) that is on the new M1 MacBook Air but not on the new M1 MacBook Pro?
P.S. An acceptable Answer would include giving support/documentation for the conclusion that Apple's claim (that the new M1 MacBook Pro has only "65 (U.S.) or 66 (ISO) keys") is an error, that new M1 MacBook Pro actually has 66 (U.S.) or 67 (ISO) keys, and that the only difference in keys is the 12 function keys.

You can compare photos of the two keyboards here:

Here we can see that the two keyboards have the same number of keys in the 5 lower rows of keys. The only difference being that the MacBook Air has 12 function keys where the MacBook Pro has the TouchBar.
The difference in Apple's technical specs I would attribute to Apple describing the power button (TouchID sensor) as a seperate key on the Air, whereas the Pro is is thought as a part of the TouchBar - even though it is physically separate (which is wasn't on earlier models).


Preview, how can I return back to the previous position after clicking a link in the pdf file In Preview, how can I return back to the previous position after clicking a link in the pdf file? I found command+[ or command+] doesn't work.

You can customize the toolbar and add the Page History buttons.


How can my iPhone know my location whilst in airplane mode? I've been curious about this for awhile. I've seen this happen for multiple versions of the iPhone with multiple apps, but to be specific, today with the iPhone 5s, iOS 9.0 and the Galileo map app, I was in a foreign country walking around, and had put my phone on airplane mode to avoid extra data charges. I had expected to use the Galileo app like a digital copy of an ordinary map, which is to say I did not expect it to know my current location. And yet, every time I moved 5m or so, my location was updated in real time. How is this possible? Was the phone getting signals from nearby WiFi, or cell towers, or what?

If you have a device with iOS 8.2 or earlier, Airplane Mode will also
  turn off GPS.

Thus with iOS 8.3 and above the GPS stays on while in Airplane Mode.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204234

GPS works independently of phone or WiFi signals and is "receive only", so keeping it enabled even in Airplane mode doesn't influence other electronical devices nearby.


How can I use Activity Monitor or "netstat -n" of terminal to check if my Mac OS X is being remotely viewed About 3 months ago, my windows often suddenly closed and the cursor would move. So I deleted all the team viewer apps and closed all the Share options in System Preference. I checked within Activity Monitor and also used netstat -n in terminal, but I don't know how to use/understand it.

How can I know if my Mac was being remotely viewed?

I would actually use the "last" command.

  $ last > ~/Desktop/last_users.txt

will output the results to a document on the desktop you can open up and have a look at. Really, you should see your own user, reboot (a pseudo-user that gets activated when rebooting the computer), and just about nothing else.  I. personally have a "_mbsetupuser" that has to do with updating my OS, so you may have that as well.

If you see any usernames you don't recognize, that's a red flag.  If you see your own user on a tty other than "console" that might be an issue.  I'm not really great with netstat nor lsof, but here's an lsof primer.  The reason to learn lsof (whether in conjunction with netstat or not) is that linux treats most things as files.  lsof (short for "list open files") is a utility that helps you find out which files are open.  If someone's watching your system, they're opening "files" to do it, and that utility will show you that, unless there's a rootkit in place and/or the lsof utility itself has been hacked/modified to not show their presence, which is unlikely.

See a primer I quite like here: https://danielmiessler.com/study/lsof/


Audio shifting balance to right headphone (MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014 - El Capitan) I have no idea when this started as I wasn't using the headphones on the laptop for long time - so it might be since the latest minor upgrade.

After listening to music for a while, the sound starts shifting the balance to the right as if someone was slowly moving the balance bar. Rarey I can hear it moving the balance left and right for a couple of seconds.

Please note this is not the same issue recognised by Apple where opening the sound preferences you suddenly see that the balance is actually shifted to the right (or left). My sliders are always perfectly centered.

Sometimes when it happens and I go to the "Audio Midi Setup" and I move the left slider, the balance restores to the center, but other times it just mute completely the left channel. When this happens, also the test sound in the "Configure speakers..." section stops working, for both channels even if the right one is still playing music.

Sometimes plugging out the headphones and plugging them in again restores the balance, other times it doesn't.

This also happens if I use an external USB amp/dac so it's not the headphone itself nor the jack.

I tried rebooting without re-opening the apps, I've reset the SMC (actually I have no way to know if it worked as the green light in the power plug did not flash?) and NVRAM, several times. Killing coreaudiod too doesn't work.

I used Onyx to clear the system caches (including Kernel and such) and rebooted, still nothing.

I wouldn't like to upgrade to Sierra yet (assuming it would possibly fix it) as it seems there are too many bugs and I need the laptop to work.

Any idea, please?

In your question you state:  I've reset the SMC (actually I have no way to know if it worked as the green light in the power plug did not flash?)

So, just to be sure you've used the correct procedure for your particular MacBook Pro (i.e. one with a built-in battery you can't remove), the steps for resetting the SMC are:

Shut down your computer
Keep the MagSafe adapter (power cable) plugged in.
Press at the same time shiftoptioncontrol (on the left side of the keyboard) and the power button
Let go
Turn your computer back on with the power button.

Hope this helps.


Multi-slide animations in Keynote In Keynote I use a lot of animations to illustrate my scientific presentations. Often, I find myself wanting to move an object (and/or scale and rotate it), and have it remain in its new position when I advance to the next slide.

To do this, I end up making a new slide, and then creating a new copy of the object, positioned at the approximate location of where its action builds finished. Since I have to position it manually there's often quite a bit of fiddling around involved in getting the build to line up with the object's position on the new slide.

So I'm wondering if there's a way to do that automatically. In other words, I want to create a new slide that's a copy of what the previous slide looks like after all the builds are completed. Or alternatively, I want to create a copy of an object, but scaled and repositioned to line up with its location after all of its action builds.

Is it possible to do that in the current version of Keynote, or is my fiddly workaround the only way?

Here's a self-answer, which I didn't know about when I wrote the question. Keynote has a "magic move" feature, which allows objects to move from initial positions on one slide to final positions on the next. This is a bit more limited than using action builds, because you don't have control over build order. (Objects always all move simultaenously, and the moves must all take the same duration.) However, you can use it in combination with action builds, in which case the "magic move" transition will animate the objects moving from their final positions on the first slide to their initial positions on the second.

You can also simply chain 'magic move' transitions together, building an animation up out of multiple slides. In some ways this is easier than building the animation up out of actions, though it does have the disadvantage that if you want to make a change you have to manually change every slide in the animation.

I've found that with a bit of careful thought I can achieve all the effects I want in a fairly convenient way.

To use this feature, you have to use CMD-D to duplicate a slide, then move the objects to where you want them on each slide, and then select "magic move" as a transition effect between the two slides. For more details, see the link above.


How to add padding to a word in Pages? I want to add background to a specific word in Pages. I want to make a distance between this word and the edges of its background. Making distances horizontally on both sides of this word is more important to me. How can I add padding to a word in Pages?
PS: I know how to work the spacing section in Pages to add space before and after each paragraph. So it’s not my problem.

If it is for one word and you are ready to abuse software features in unforeseen way then just enter two or whatever number of characters before and after the word and make their color same as background:


Using another Mac as a display My MacBook Pro (OS X 10.8) only has one port for an additional monitor but I want to add a third monitor. I have a spare Mac mini (OS X 10.5) and I want to use it to support a third monitor. Is there an app that will use another Mac as an extended desktop?

If one does not exist then I would like to know what frameworks and libraries I would use to write an app for both the Mac mini and the MacBook Pro? How would I write the drivers? I intend on connecting the computers using FireWire. I have been learning how to write Cocoa applications.

Yep, there's an app for that.. (or two)

"ScreenRecycler" http://www.screenrecycler.com/ScreenRecycler.html
"AirDisplay" http://avatron.com/apps/air-display

I have used it, it works, but it's much better over an Ethernet connection instead of WiFi just be forewarned.

Also, you could use a (~$50) USB -> DVI adapter with the DisplayLink software for Mac and just add the monitor to your computer via USB, but honestly the performance is going to be about the same as AirDisplay over Ethernet (you just wouldn't have to run the other computer)

Anyway I have used both methods and found them to be very useable for mostly text-based work as a secondary screen.


8T external HDD failing to format Disk Utility is failing to format an 8T external hard drive on my iMac.

I keep getting an error stating Unable to write to the last block of the device: (see below):

How might I troubleshoot this?

There's a few reasons why this can happen, but to start with I would try two very simple things: (1) plugging the drive into a different port, and (2) trying a different cable.

If that doesn't work I would try using Disk Utility from macOS Recovery.

You don't specify the version of macOS you're running, but you should be able to use these steps to use Disk Utility from macOS Recovery

Fully shutdown your iMac
Power up your iMac and immediately press and hold the Command ⌘ + R keys
Let go of the keys once you see the Apple logo
Eventually you'll see the macOS Utilities window
Now select the Disk Utility option
When Disk Utility opens, use it as you normally would to try and format the external drive

If you still have no joy, post a comment below to let me know what happens.


How to know Magic Mouse 2 is charging properly? When I connect my Magic Mouse 2 to the wall socket through a lighting cable, there is no indicator to show that it is charging. It has been some time and I don't see it working yet. Is there a way to know that it is charging indeed?
(It could be an issue with the lightning cable as well, but I have no other device to test it with)

Unlike the first generation Magic Mouse, there is no indicator present on the Magic Mouse 2 that would indicate the charging status.
But if you have access to a Mac (which is with which you are most likely using your Magic Mouse), you can use it to check if your Magic Mouse is charging.
Start by pairing your Magic Mouse to your Mac and checking the battery status in either one of the following places:

Click on the Bluetooth icon towards the right of the macOS Menu Bar. Hover the mouse pointer over the entry corresponding to the Magic Mouse and see the current battery charge level.

Go to System Preferences → Mouse and look for the current battery charge level at the bottom of the window.

Now charge your Magic Mouse 2 for a little while which you can do either using a wall outlet or Mac. Disconnect and check the charge status again to confirm if the Magic Mouse is indeed charging.
Alternatively, you can have the Mouse System Preference pane open and connect the Magic Mouse 2 using the Lightning cable, and the battery indicator would change to show that the Mouse is charging.


Can I use the same time machine backup for two macs? Is it possible to use the same time machine backup for two different machines? Is it possible to take the backup of my laptop and push it to my desktop?  If I make changes to one machine do the changes go to the other machine?

I know I can restart and hold CMD + R and select a time machine.  So far though the time machine backup is not recognized.  I ended up with two sparse files.  So all the programs and stuff on one mac are not installed on the second mac.

In a nutshell: No, you can't.

A backup is not a synchronisation solution so there is always a 1:1 relationship between your main drive(s) and your backup. You can use Time Machine to backup multiple computers to the same network drive, but the backups will always end up as separate bundles.

To transfer applications/data from one Mac to another once, have a look at Migration Assistant (/Applications/Utilities/Migration\ Assistant.app). To share data with ongoing updates from several machines, consider defining remote access/folder sharing on a master drive or look into rsync.


Stop text input from changing tm to ™ Every time I type "tm" in Safari, or an app that uses a Webkit control, it changes it to ™.  How do I stop this from occuring?

By default, OS X has system-wide symbol and text substitution. You can disable this one substitution, all substitutions or even modify the TM trigger so you are less likely to accidentally trigger a ™ inadvertently.

System Preferences > Language & Text > Text pane/tab


MacBook Pro 13" 2019 won't display @ 75hz with 3800 x 1600 resolution (Acer XR382CQK) I have my MacBook Pro hooked up to the display via the Apple Thunderbolt 3 cable.

However, the refresh rate is locked to 30hz, despite the monitor supporting a 75hz refresh rate at its native resolution.

I've seen this issue come up all over the internet so I decided to do a QA with a solution I stumbled upon by chance

Disabling USB 3.0 allows me to use the monitor at 75hz.

This only affects peripherals plugged into the monitor dock.

On the XR382CQK the option is under Menu > System > USB 3.0

I haven't had a chance to explore why this is (my theory is something with bandwidth limits) but turning USB 3.0 off allows up to the full 75hz refresh rate to be used, meanwhile turning it on instantly downgrades the refresh rate to 30hz again.


Unable to do Time Machine backups from MacBook Pro on Mavericks I purchased a MacBook Pro Retina on March 2014 to replace my old MacBook.

Both were running Mavericks, but I decided to clone the disk into a partition on the new MacBook Pro and keep the ready installed software as a separate bootable backup partition. I have a 2 TB Time Capsule that I access the internet through. This did back up my new machine until a couple of months ago, and now is not found on the network even though it is still providing me with an internet connection.

In Airport Utility, the internet connection is shown along with an unaccessible Time Capsule. If I try to access the Time Capsule it says it was previously part of the network, but cannot be found if I scan for it. If I reboot into the other partition (my emergency boot) the Time Capsule is there and able to do backups.

Ideally I would like the Time Capsule to show up when I am working out of my main partition rather than the spare bootable but am unable to find any advice on how to correct this. I did successfully restore the main partition a couple of days ago after three days of failing to get Yosemite to work, so I know that it works fine through the other partition.

I am unsure on how to best move forward with this other than factory reset and hope. Does anyone have any less drastic solution?

Troubleshooting Time Machine against a Time Capsule is a very slow process.

I like to just get a new USB drive and let Time Machine back up there and you can know if the problem is the Mac or the destination.

Doing that will help isolate what is causing the delay. I would also use a second machine to go into the Time Capsule and delete any "in progress" backups while your "problem Mac" is doing it's first backup to the USB drive.


iPhone battery life: Siri or iOS 6? I updated my iPhone 4S to iOS 6. I suddenly activated Siri (because finally it comes in my language) and in this days I noticed that my iPhone battery life is less than previously.

This problem is due to iOS 6 (that maybe needs more power) or it is due to Siri? I have to say that I didn't used Siri in this days. So Siri consume battery even if I don't use it?

The battery life in iOS 6 has been improved over iOS5 - the big thing will be Siri.

Siri listens to your voice and then sends that information to Apple's servers, which sends it back to your phone. All this costs data and the use of the hardware to accomodate that.

So even thought the battery life has been improved, because you use more features that require more intense processing, you will find that your battery may reduce. In my case I find that I do not use bluetooth as much, so I turn it off when I do not use it.

Hope this helps:-)


macintosh HD missing from Disk utility I've purchased macbook pro 13 retina, wanted to migrate data from my mba.

So I formated drive, installed spanking brand new osx from recovery disk. And launched migration assistant.

Migration assistant got stuck, at 70 hours...

I hit esc on keyboard, and mac restarted. Error message came on screen saying something has crashed.

Tried to restart but loading got stuck in the middle. I did another restart via power button.

Now macbook loads blinking folder icon with a question mark.

Tried to get back to recovery mode, but it forced me into internet recovery.

Under disk utility I don't see Macintosh HD anymore, just osx base system volume.

Is ssd dead?

It is likely that the drive is toast. Disk utility is designed to see everything on any bus that looks like a drive.

You could try zapping the PRAM, or as the kids call it these days, "resetting the SMC." Google will help you find instructions for that.

Failing that you could try putting the internal drive in an external enclosure, which will mostly tell you if there is something wrong with your internal bus. There is a slim chance that this will work, allow you to format the drive and put it back in the Mac and it will work. Depends on how skilled you are with hacking around in the hardware and how much time and effort you want to put into it to test a long shot.


AirPlay to Apple TV not displaying at full 1080 resolution? I can successfully AirPlay from my M1 MacBook Pro to my 4k Apple TV connected to a 1920 x 1020 display... but I can only get a resolution of 1280 x 720:

When I'm not AirPlay'ing and just using the Apple TV as one would typically use an Apple TV, I get full 1080.
How can I AirPlay at full 1080?

Hold down Option and click the Scaled button. Like magic, a whole bunch of new resolutions appear:

I found this here: How To Set Custom Resolutions For External Displays In Mac OS X
I have no idea why these resolutions don't appear initially... especially in my situation where 1080 is the native resolution.


How to make Kindle Preview run on El Capitain Installed Kindle Previewer v2.94 but it doesn't open, just crashes without even an error message.

tried to solve using this blog's instructions

but it didn't worked out.

I found this works
(from Apple's Java support note )

1) Download and install X11
https://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac

2) Download and install Java for OSX
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?locale=en_US

3)
finder>applications>(right click) kindle previewer.app>show package contents>contents>macos>
(Right click) Launcher>open with> other, choose textedit, then enter the following and save

#!/bin/sh

export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home"

dir=`dirname "$0"`
cd "$dir"
classpath=./:./lib/touchLibs/etc/fonts/fonts

for i in `ls ./lib`
do
classpath=$classpath:./lib/$i
done

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=.

# start the previewer
fileExtT=`echo $1 | awk -F. '{print $NF}'`
fileExt=`echo $fileExtT | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`

if [ "$fileExt" == mobi -o "$fileExt" == azw3 -o "$fileExt" == epub -o "$fileExt" == opf -o "$fileExt" == html -o "$fileExt" == zip ]
then
# opens only the first book in command line. TODO: handle multiple books in command line
${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -d32 -XstartOnFirstThread -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -cp "${classpath}" com.amazon.epub.reader.Main "$1"
exit 1
else
${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -d32 -XstartOnFirstThread -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -cp "${classpath}" com.amazon.epub.reader.Main
exit 1
fi

4)
(Right click) KindlePreviewer>open with> other, choose textedit> then enter the following and save

#!/bin/sh

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.6
# start the autoupdate
java -jar autoupdate.jar

./Launcher $@

dir=`dirname "$0"`
cd "$dir"
classpath=./

for i in `ls ./lib`
do
    classpath=$classpath:./lib/$i
done

# start the autoupdate
java  -jar autoupdate.jar

./Launcher $@


How to reset Messages application settings in Mountain Lion? I upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion and, when I started the Messages app for the first time, it imported the iCloud account, a Google Talk account and to old iChat accounts I used in the past.
I removed all the unwanted accounts and only left the iCloud one, but the problem is that it is someway duplicated.

Two iCloud accounts appear, one active, with the right account set-up, and the other one in inactive, and I can't delete it. If I configure it with the same data from the first account, or with data of a different account, the second one becomes active and the first one becomes inactive, and I couldn't fin any way of removing one of the two.

Is there a way for resetting the app configuration so that I can restart the program from scratch?

Messages.app uses many files in various locations for storing information.
To completely start from scratch, all these files must be deleted.

Delete the preference files (there are many of these):

find ~/Library/Preferences -name "*iChat*" -delete

Delete caches:

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Messages

Delete chat database:

rm -rf ~/Library/Messages

Remember to take a backup before deleting files.


How do I get rid of "access privileges" popup message? I have Windows 10 and I just upgraded to a new iTunes version. Now, every time a new song starts I get a popup message saying "iTunes could not connect to the iTunes store. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." ... etc.
OK... I do not care about having access to the iTunes store; haven't shopped there in 8 years.
How do I make it so that the message stops popping up?
There is no "Do not show this again" box on it.
Thanks in advance!

Source.

Use Restrictions to disable access to the iTunes Store and it shouldn't ask you  anymore.

  Using Restrictions in iTunes on your Mac or PC, you can turn off
  access to:

  Podcasts
  Internet radio
  iTunes Store and iTunes U
  Apple Music
  Apple Music Connect
  Shared libraries

Open iTunes.
Mac: From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose iTunes > Preferences.
Windows: From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit > Preferences.
Click the Restrictions tab.
Select the items that you want to disable and restrict. You can also set rating levels for movies, TV shows, and apps using the menus to the right of these items.

If you want to make sure that other people can't make changes to your restrictions, click the lock icon in the lower-left corner of the window and enter the administrator password for your computer. If you later want to make changes to what you disable or restrict, click the lock icon and enter your password when prompted.
Click OK to confirm your choices.


Why can my Macbook plays sound in Windows but not OS X? Awhile back, a pair of headphones I owned broke off inside of the headphone slot on my Mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro. I followed some instructions suggested by people online which involved using a bit of superglue with a toothpick to get the stuck piece out of the port. Unfortunately this didn't work, and I'm now stuck with the piece of headphone in my MacBook.

Naturally, OS X will not play any sound. When trying to adjust the volume I am presented with the "system problem" icon. (A speaker with an X under it, or something similar). Basically I'm assuming it's detecting an issue with the audio port. So in OS X I'm left with no sound unless I use Bluetooth headphones.

Today, I installed Windows 8.1 using Bootcamp. After installing the Bootcamp Support Software, I was surprised to hear that I could play sound through my MacBook's speakers. I have looked online in the past trying to find a way to override the headphone port in OS X. The general consensus seems to be that it's simply not possible, because the speakers are disabled on a hardware level by the piece of headphone. Obviously this is not true, since Windows is able to play sound.

Any ideas as to why this might be, or how I can actually go about bypassing the broken headphone port? I really appreciate any help that's provided. Thank you!

So with a lot of time and hard work on behalf of a much more patient friend of mine, I was able to get the stuck piece of headphone out of my Macbook. I can now use my speakers, however the headphone port itself is not working. (There may have been some super glue in it from when I previously tried to remove the piece, and it required a lot of digging and scraping to get it out)

Unfortunately this does not answer the original question I asked, but it would appear that there is absolutely no way to make OS X play sound, even though Windows has no issue playing sound. This is very unfortunate. Good luck to everyone who was in my situation, and thank you to everyone who posted their advice in the comments. I appreciate it! :)


Photos for OS X: How to generate album automatically at import In iPhoto I relied heavily on the events feature. I had about 100 events. In Photos for OS X I'm totally ok with the new albums that replaces events somehow. But I am looking to automatically create an album of the pictures I import.

In iPhoto you could drag a folder into the program and it automatically created an event with the name of the dragged folder. Is there some similar mechanism to automatically create an album? The only way I found to create the similar behaviour is to drag a folder to Photos for OS X, import all of the photos, go over to the last imported section and create an album out of these images. Is there a better workflow?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Edit: I read the question here (Events or Albums in Photos for OSX) but it doesn't help me very much unfortunately.

I just wrote a small Apple Script to import folders and their subfolders as folders and albums into Photos. Have a look at it here: https://github.com/codez/ImportPhotoFolders. You probably need El Capitan to have it work correctly.


Is there anyway to connect to IRC server via Message app? I'm wondering is there anyway to connect to IRC server via Message default app in OS X. Could I do it over XMPP protocol?

No the Messages app won't work as an IRC client. You have to use another app. Here you can find a list of good apps supporting IRC.


Movies button missing in Purchased items in iTunes I've bought some movies in iTunes on my Mac. Now I want to download them to my Windows XP PC in iTunes. (Both machines have the latest iTunes version installed.)

According to the description at the apple web site, I should see the movies in the "Purchased" section of the quick links. I can get to the "Purchased" section fine, except that I don't get a "Movies" button at all.

Any ideas about how to get the movies button (or get the movies to the other pc in an other way)?

You're probably in an iTunes-restricted country. While any user may re-download apps and books, re-downloads of music and movies are restricted to certain countries.

You'll need to manually copy the movies over to the XP computer. Note that you will need to activate iTunes with your AppleID to be able to play them.


Creating Network Between Macbooks for Screen Sharing I have 1 Macbook Air and 1 Macbook Pro.

Macbook Pro screen is broken so I log into Macbook Pro by Screen Sharing app on my home local network and view it in my Macbook Air.

But for traveling, e.g. Hotel, how can I create a network between Macbook Air and Macbook Pro so that they can find their IPs and connect through Screen Sharing app?

Is it necessary to have router or modem to have those computers in network? Or is there any cable solution between computers that it can allow me to use Screen Sharing app?

You can create an ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) network which will allow the two computers to talk.

Click on the Wifi icon in your menubar.
Click Create Network....
Put a Network Name (SSID) in the dialog box, choose a channel.
Click the Create button

On your other computer, join that network like any other Wi-Fi network.

You may be prohibited from creating an ad-hoc network. If so:

Go to System Preferences -> Network -> Wi-Fi.
Click on the Advanced button, then the Wi-Fi menu item.
Deactivate the checkbox require admin to Create computer-to-computer networks.


Has my MacBook been hacked? The logo on the back of my MacBook was glowing when it was in sleep mode. This happened a couple of times when I was out of my room for about 15 mins, the apple logo which wasn’t glowing initially started to glow.It stopped glowing by the door sound.Is there a possibility that my Laptop is hacked?
The laptop is MacBook Air 2015 model currently on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6.
It was this thing which made me more suspicious:
When I did ssh to a specific IP in our network It showed a warning stating remote host identification has changed and that it could be man in middle attack

Yes, there's always a possibility that a laptop has been hacked. Are the observations you have cause for concern - not really.

macOS contains a feature named "Power Nap" which allows the Mac to wake itself up from sleep to perform routine activities for a short while, and then go back to sleep. This is stuff like receiving new emails, syncing calendars and iCloud documents - or when connected to a charger - downloading software updates, taking backups, etc.

You can read about the feature here:

https://support.apple.com/en-bn/HT204032

Regarding SSH remote host identification changed: You'll need to contact the owner/administrator of that host to confirm whether or not the remote host identification change is a problem or not. It can happen for completely benign reasons such as reinstalling the computer, changing SSH configurations, etc.

In addition, it doesn't mean that your computer has been hacked. Rather it means that someone could be tampering with the remote computer or the network in between.


Cannot set Finder window background colour / image I have created a folder inside HD>Users>Username (the folder where default things like Pictures, Movies, Sites, Documents etc. are) and I'd like to change the background image. The only thing is, the option is greyed-out in View Options.

Some info -

2009 MacBook Pro, Yosemite 10.10.4

[Seemingly] every other folder (including all default folders) (I haven't tested EVERY folder, obviously) can be changed.

I haven't changed anything in the folder's preferences etc. The only thing different is that a folder within this folder has a custom folder icon image.

The folders within this folder also cannot have their BGs changed.

I have tried restarting computer & relaunching Finder, to no avail.

Have I changed an option somewhere without realising? I have looked all over but no one seems to have had the same issue.

Thanks in advance.

Okay, so I just found a work around instead of a solution..

Made a new folder, changed background image and dragged everything over..

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm sure it would have worked but it seemed like a lot to try just to change the background on a folder.. A pretty pointless thing anyway really!


Thunderbolt - HDMI - TV display switching problems I have a Thunderbolt to HDMI to TV set up.

On occasion it just starts switching the TV display on and off.

I have not been able to determine the root cause.

Looking in the Console just confirms the Display switching, but I do not see the reason.

I can not isolate the problem since it is sporadic, but started recently.

I have tested the HDMI cable (not the Thunderbolt adapter) otherwise and it works fine.

I tired all 3 of the HDMI inputs on the TV without success.

    5/13/14 11:44:44.439 PM WindowServer[108]: Display added
    5/13/14 11:44:44.439 PM WindowServer[108]: Display removed
    5/13/14 11:44:44.439 PM WindowServer[108]: Displays mirrored
    5/13/14 11:44:37.584 PM WindowServer[108]: hw_mirror_device_if_possible: windowserver picks master 0x4273c00 as primary (driver did not pick)
    5/13/14 11:44:37.584 PM WindowServer[108]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Startup Mode 1440 x 900, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80000000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
    5/13/14 11:44:37.585 PM WindowServer[108]: Display mode changed
    5/13/14 11:44:37.585 PM WindowServer[108]: Display added
    5/13/14 11:44:37.585 PM WindowServer[108]: Display removed
    5/13/14 11:44:37.585 PM WindowServer[108]: Displays mirrored
    5/13/14 11:44:37.586 PM WindowServer[108]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1440 x 900], 17 modes available
    Master in mirror set; Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, OpenGL-accel, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
    UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorProfile { 5, "Color LCD Calibrated"}

UPDATE:

It is not the TV sleep mode since it goes for 10 minutes or more then it starts switching on/off...on/off like crazy (see Console report), then it eventually stops and goes on for another while.

More Update:

So I am trying to narrow it down:
This is only a small extract of a long list in what is it doing in very rapid fashion. I am not touching anything but it keeps switching the display mode?
It says Received display connect changed? So my question is "Received from whom?" The TV, or the Thunderbolt/HDMI plug? Where do the all different display ### come from?

    5/15/14 10:45:59.804 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273c00
    5/15/14 10:45:59.853 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003d
    5/15/14 10:45:59.890 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
    5/15/14 10:46:07.425 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273c00
    5/15/14 10:46:07.441 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x44105d81
    5/15/14 10:46:07.443 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
    5/15/14 10:46:09.913 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273c00
    5/15/14 10:46:09.964 AM WindowServer[108]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003d

MBA 10.9.2

Problem Solved.

After analyzing the Console reports:

5/19/14 4:41:03.605 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)

I learned that the 0x04273c00 is my Build in Display for reference.

After plug in Thunderbolt but TV is still OFF

5/19/14 4:42:19.126 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273c00
5/19/14 4:42:19.128 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 16 modes for display 0x04273c00 [16, 0]
5/19/14 4:42:19.175 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003d
5/19/14 4:42:19.177 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 23 modes for display 0x003f003d [23, 0]
5/19/14 4:42:19.177 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003d changed state to online
5/19/14 4:42:19.199 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
5/19/14 4:42:19.200 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003e [1, 0]
5/19/14 4:42:19.243 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1440 x 900], 16 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, OpenGL-accel, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
5/19/14 4:42:19.243 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:42:19.243 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2464, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:42:19.243 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:42:19.243 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2465, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:42:19.243 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: GL mask 0x2; bounds (-1920, 0)[1920 x 1080], 23 modes available
Active, on-line, enabled, Vendor 4d10, Model 4176, S/N 0, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0x7644772bda565e1fbf3db170bfc97c32, ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}
5/19/14 4:42:19.244 PM Dock[272]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x44105d81
5/19/14 4:42:19.244 PM Dock[272]: uuid_callback_master: failed to retrieve UUID for display 0x44105d81 (1001) (invariant failure)
5/19/14 4:42:19.245 PM Dock[272]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x44105d81
5/19/14 4:42:19.245 PM Dock[272]: uuid_callback_master: failed to retrieve UUID for display 0x44105d81 (1001) (invariant failure)
5/19/14 4:42:19.494 PM WindowServer[88]: CGError post_notification(const CGSNotificationType, void *const, const size_t, const bool, const CGSRealTimeDelta, const int, const CGSConnectionID *const, const pid_t): Timed out 0.250 second wait for reply from "Google Chrome" for synchronous notification type 100 (kCGSDisplayWillReconfigure) (CID 0x103ab, PID 10899)
5/19/14 4:42:19.550 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x8000200b, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:42:19.666 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1: Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80002000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:42:19.746 PM WindowServer[88]: hw_mirror_device_if_possible: windowserver picks master 0x44105d81 as primary (driver did not pick)
5/19/14 4:42:19.752 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Startup Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x8000200b, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:42:19.752 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1: Startup Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80002000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:42:19.752 PM WindowServer[88]: Display mode changed
5/19/14 4:42:19.752 PM WindowServer[88]: Display added
5/19/14 4:42:19.752 PM WindowServer[88]: Display removed
5/19/14 4:42:19.752 PM WindowServer[88]: Displays mirrored
5/19/14 4:42:19.754 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: GL mask 0x2; bounds (0, 0)[1920 x 1080], 23 modes available
Master in mirror set; Main, Active, on-line, enabled, Vendor 4d10, Model 4176, S/N 0, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0x7644772bda565e1fbf3db170bfc97c32, ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}
5/19/14 4:42:19.754 PM WindowServer[88]: _CGXGLDisplayContextForDisplayDevice: acquired display context (0x7fc8eb427030) - enabling OpenGL
5/19/14 4:42:19.755 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:42:19.755 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1920 x 1080], 16 modes available
Hardware mirror of 0x44105d81; on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
5/19/14 4:42:19.755 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2944, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:42:19.755 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:42:19.755 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2945, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:42:19.806 PM WindowServer[88]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x44105d81 device: 0x7fc8eb427030  isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
5/19/14 4:42:19.817 PM WindowServer[88]: _CGXGLDisplayContextForDisplayDevice: acquired display context (0x7fc8eb4253c0) - enabling OpenGL
5/19/14 4:42:21.176 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:42:21.200 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:42:21.227 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.228 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:42:21.277 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.278 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:42:21.293 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.295 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:42:21.333 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.334 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:42:21.576 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:42:21.624 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.625 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:42:21.677 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.678 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:42:21.706 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:42:21.761 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.763 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:42:21.804 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:42:21.805 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, “Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)

Turn TV ON and select HDMI as Input source

5/19/14 4:46:30.666 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273c00
5/19/14 4:46:30.668 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 16 modes for display 0x04273c00 [16, 0]
5/19/14 4:46:30.730 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x44105d81
5/19/14 4:46:30.730 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 1 modes for display 0x44105d81 [1, 0]
5/19/14 4:46:30.730 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81 changed state to offline
5/19/14 4:46:30.731 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
5/19/14 4:46:30.732 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003e [1, 0]
5/19/14 4:46:30.758 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1920 x 1080], 16 modes available
Hardware mirror of 0x44105d81; Main, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, OpenGL-accel, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
5/19/14 4:46:30.758 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2944, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:30.758 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:30.758 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2945, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:30.759 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003d: GL mask 0x2; bounds (0, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
Master in mirror set; off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff, ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}
5/19/14 4:46:30.759 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:30.827 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Mode 1440 x 900, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80004000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:46:30.830 PM WindowServer[88]: WSDisplayPipeTransactionEnd returned error e00002be
5/19/14 4:46:30.831 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Startup Mode 1440 x 900, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80004000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:46:30.831 PM WindowServer[88]: Display mode changed
5/19/14 4:46:30.832 PM WindowServer[88]: Display added
5/19/14 4:46:30.832 PM WindowServer[88]: Display removed
5/19/14 4:46:30.832 PM WindowServer[88]: Displays mirrored
5/19/14 4:46:30.833 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1440 x 900], 16 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, OpenGL-accel, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
5/19/14 4:46:30.834 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:30.834 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2464, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:30.834 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:30.834 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2465, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:30.834 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003d: GL mask 0x2; bounds (2466, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff, ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}
5/19/14 4:46:30.840 PM WindowServer[88]: WSDisplayPipeTransactionEnd returned error e00002be
5/19/14 4:46:30.859 PM WindowServer[88]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04273c00 device: 0x7fc8eb4253c0  isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
5/19/14 4:46:32.192 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273c00
5/19/14 4:46:32.194 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 16 modes for display 0x04273c00 [16, 0]
5/19/14 4:46:32.248 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003d
5/19/14 4:46:32.250 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 23 modes for display 0x003f003d [23, 0]
5/19/14 4:46:32.250 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003d changed state to online
5/19/14 4:46:32.261 PM WindowServer[88]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
5/19/14 4:46:32.261 PM WindowServer[88]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003e [1, 0]
5/19/14 4:46:32.327 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1440 x 900], 16 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, OpenGL-accel, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
5/19/14 4:46:32.327 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:32.327 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2464, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:32.327 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:32.327 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2465, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:32.327 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: GL mask 0x2; bounds (-1920, 0)[1920 x 1080], 23 modes available
Active, on-line, enabled, Vendor 4d10, Model 4176, S/N 0, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0x7644772bda565e1fbf3db170bfc97c32, ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}
5/19/14 4:46:32.328 PM Dock[272]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x44105d81
5/19/14 4:46:32.328 PM Dock[272]: uuid_callback_master: failed to retrieve UUID for display 0x44105d81 (1001) (invariant failure)
5/19/14 4:46:32.329 PM Dock[272]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x44105d81
5/19/14 4:46:32.329 PM Dock[272]: uuid_callback_master: failed to retrieve UUID for display 0x44105d81 (1001) (invariant failure)
5/19/14 4:46:32.578 PM WindowServer[88]: CGError post_notification(const CGSNotificationType, void *const, const size_t, const bool, const CGSRealTimeDelta, const int, const CGSConnectionID *const, const pid_t): Timed out 0.250 second wait for reply from "Google Chrome" for synchronous notification type 100 (kCGSDisplayWillReconfigure) (CID 0x103ab, PID 10899)
5/19/14 4:46:32.654 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x8000600b, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:46:32.772 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1: Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80006000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:46:32.852 PM WindowServer[88]: hw_mirror_device_if_possible: windowserver picks master 0x44105d81 as primary (driver did not pick)
5/19/14 4:46:32.858 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Startup Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x8000600b, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:46:32.858 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1: Startup Mode 1920 x 1080, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80006000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
5/19/14 4:46:32.858 PM WindowServer[88]: Display mode changed
5/19/14 4:46:32.859 PM WindowServer[88]: Display added
5/19/14 4:46:32.859 PM WindowServer[88]: Display removed
5/19/14 4:46:32.859 PM WindowServer[88]: Displays mirrored
5/19/14 4:46:32.861 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: GL mask 0x2; bounds (0, 0)[1920 x 1080], 23 modes available
Master in mirror set; Main, Active, on-line, enabled, Vendor 4d10, Model 4176, S/N 0, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0x7644772bda565e1fbf3db170bfc97c32, ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}
5/19/14 4:46:32.861 PM WindowServer[88]: _CGXGLDisplayContextForDisplayDevice: acquired display context (0x7fc8eb427030) - enabling OpenGL
5/19/14 4:46:32.861 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:32.861 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1920 x 1080], 16 modes available
Hardware mirror of 0x44105d81; on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}
5/19/14 4:46:32.861 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2944, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:32.861 PM WindowServer[88]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024400, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x0000368b, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1024 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions FPRG|NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
5/19/14 4:46:32.861 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2945, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
5/19/14 4:46:32.862 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:46:32.869 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:46:32.926 PM WindowServer[88]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x44105d81 device: 0x7fc8eb427030  isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
5/19/14 4:46:32.936 PM WindowServer[88]: _CGXGLDisplayContextForDisplayDevice: acquired display context (0x7fc8eb4253c0) - enabling OpenGL

5/19/14 4:46:33.614 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:33.616 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:33.727 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:33.729 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:33.811 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:33.813 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:33.871 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:33.873 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.248 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:46:34.261 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:46:34.310 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.311 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.368 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.370 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.401 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.402 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.419 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.420 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.681 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:46:34.728 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.729 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.781 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.782 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.812 PM WindowServer[88]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
5/19/14 4:46:34.861 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.862 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)
5/19/14 4:46:34.904 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x44105d81: Unit 1; ColorProfile { 6, "HD 709-A"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
5/19/14 4:46:34.906 PM WindowServer[88]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "Color LCD"}; TransferTable (256, 12)

It turns out that the communication between the TV and Mac is constantly trying to find another profile to use. Probably because the TV is telling Mac it is something else then Mac is telling it to do.

So looking in the profiles setting using the ColorSync and the available vs assigned profiles.

The pic below show the solved solution with correct profiles.

The current profile was set to SD and not HD.

After changing the profile back to HD (High Definition) factory setting all was finally fine.

In plain English--Mac was telling the TV to use the SD profile (standard definition) normally not a problem but, the TV was replaying I am HD, and that is where the confusion came from.


How to (Right click + Move mouse to the Left) in MACBOOK PRO I am using Genymotion and playing game: Clash of Clan. To Zoom in I need to : Right click + Move mouse to the Left. How can i do this Macbook pro retina display 15 inch. I know that  tapping with two fingers means right click. I tapped with two fingers & without pulling them back i moved them to right of screen but nothing seems to happen. I also used my third finger to move right while tapped with 2 fingers but neither of these two tricks worked.

Press down on the trackpad with two fingers to click the trackpad.
Keep the fingers held down and move them left.
Release fingers.


MacBook Pro 15'' RAM Question I own a MacBook Pro 15 Late 2011 and I bought it for my work which involves crazy amounts of photoshoping every day. As PS is always hungry for RAM I bought 2 8Gb SODIMM modules to replace 4Gb modules that was factory installed.

I've tried to put 8Gb modules inside (which I've done before like 1*10^6 times before with other macs) and for some reason only one of them worked so I thought: "Ok maybe one of them is faulty I'll send it back", and I did. So after all I've upgraded my MBP15 from 8Gb to 12Gb of RAM.

Now (after one year LOL) I've suddenly realized that this 12Gigs is not enough for me and I want more. I started to search to buy a new 8Gb module to install it. Along with that, I've checked the google and found out that my MBP15 Late 2011 supports only 8Gb at max

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270?viewlocale=en_US
(context links don't work so just cmd+F and search for "15-inch, Late 2011")

So my questions are:
1. How it is possible for me to have 12Gb (8+4) right now? Is it safe?
2. Is it possible to boost it to 16Gb (8+8)?
3. Did anyone successfully boost MBP15 to 16Gb? If so please share the instructions.

I guess the other 8Gb I've sent back was not faulty and MB refused to work with it? Or I don't know ... I'm confused.

The 2011 Mac MacBook Pros have an Apple specified (as you found) maximum amount of RAM as 8GB.  The "real world" tests all show that the 2011 MacBook Pros actually have a maximum amount of 16GB of RAM.  See below for several examples.  This has been somewhat common practice for Apple over the years, where there specs will show a maximum of X but the real world tests and reviews all confirm a maximum of Y.

Your initial 8GB DIMM was probably faulty.  Had it been functioning properly your Mac should have recognized all 16GB of memory.  There are no technical reasons or firmware restrictions that would keep your Mac from recognizing the full 16GB.

Other World Computing's RAM upgrade page for this machine

Crucial's RAM upgrade page for this machine

EveryMac's spec page for this machine showing official & unofficial RAM specs


My iPad isn't charging My Apple iPad went dead over night and in the morning I plugged it in. It shows a little battery icon with three red bars so I plugged it in and I thought it would charge for about 4 hours I came back to see how it was. The same thing was on the screen and when I unplugged it from the charger, it flashed that the battery is low and I need to plug it in. So I plugged it back in and ever since it still has that bar with the three bars and will not charge or do anything. I've already held down the home and the other button for 15 seconds, and still it has not started to work and I do not know what to do!

Make sure you are using an official Apple charger.  Sometimes the cheap chargers are hit-or-miss.  I have a generic lightning cable for an iPhone that I bought at a gas station, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes it will notice that it's plugged in, but will not actually charge.  As for my knock-off lightning cable, sometimes it depends on which direction I have it inserted (since they fit both ways).

Just play around with it and come back every once in awhile.  If all else fails, take it to a Genius Bar.


My iPhone won't back up at all I have just upgraded my phone and I need to ensure everything transfers accurately. However my iPhone is not allowing me to back up. Not on iTunes or iCloud.

I have tried plugging it into my mac to backup and nothing happens. The last back up was last week, and I know its petty but I want to transfer everything over, not a week old transfer.

When I go to System Preferences > iCloud > Backup - I press "Backup now" and it says estimating time remaining and then "The last backup could not be completed."

I am connected to a strong Wi-Fi. I have storage on my phone but it's still not working.

I've had it where i can't back up my iPhone and it's to do with 'sharing' in the iCloud settings. Go to iCloud in System preferences and it should guide you from there.


How often is Shift, Control, Alt or Command combined with the secondary click? One option I have for activating expose is to combined Shift, Control, Alt or Command with a secondary click. I am wondering if any of these combinations are likely to interfere with any useful commands on the Mac. Do any of these combinations already do anything useful?

Interference depends entirely on the application you are in when you use that combination of keys. Based on my experience, the only applications that get into that deep of a combination of keys (shift+control+cmd+[...]) are very robust like those found in Microsoft Office and the Adobe Creative Suite.


How to connect 2 external non Apple monitors with 13" MacBook Pro 2017 This MacBook Pro has only two USB-C ports. Since one is used to charge the laptop (the monitor can't charge the laptop), there is only one available port to plug a monitor.

Is it possible to connect two external monitors, for example with a hub? If so, can we have 4K resolution for at least one monitor?

To get two external monitors on your 13" MacBook Pro, you need

a video adapter that supports pass-through charging
a Type C DisplayPort cable

Both displays can support 4K at 60Hz.  From Apple's technical specifications page:

Video Support
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and:

One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors

Up to two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at millions of colors

Up to two displays with 3840-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors


Using iPhone as modem - battery damage I am using my iPhone as a modem, transfrerring a lot of data(4G) over long periods of time (awesome provider plan with lots of internet), connecting it to my laptop with the usb cable. I searched the web but i could not find a straight answer to the following question:

Am I damaginging the batter in any way by doing this?
If I am, would it be less damaging to use WiFi?

I need do do this for a while, but I'm not sure if I can keep this up or if it would be better to get a separate device for internet connection (currently I'm putting my phone's SIM card into an old phone to be able to take calls and putting the internet's SIM card into iPhone)

I'll be grateful for answers and links that explain the matter if you have any.

So - looking over http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/ you should see that charging warms the device and your measured temperatures risk the device shutting itself off and permanent damage to the battery.

Yes, the battery is replaceable, but there's risk and cost there. I would tether over bluetooth or WiFi and disconnect the USB so that the unit doesn't have added heat load from the charging circuitry and chemistry (lithium batteries give off heat when charging) to keep the operating temperature of the iPhone to a level that's within Apple's recommendations.

Removing case or other external cooling might help a bit - but you can weigh the cost of an eventual battery replacement with the cost of a different tethering option and make your best choice.


Google Calendar subscription shared with iCloud Is it possible to share a Google Calendar subscription with multiple iCloud users? My sister has given me complete shared access to her Google Calendar so I can publish it to my iCloud calendar and share that with all the iOS users in the family.

Initially I simply exported the calendar file and imported it in OS X's Calendar App, then shared the new iCloud calendar. I have been notified that this calendar will now be updated on a regular basis.

I have been unable to locate any type of sync settings or app that would keep these two calendars in sync. Any suggestions?

You can not sync a Google calendar and an iCloud calendar out of the box. (Google and Apple both seem to avoid making it possible, probably because they both try to pull users onto their side.)

However:

All Apple devices can use and sync with Google calendars additional to iCloud calendars (I use it a lot with >10 Google calendars from >5 different users)
I saw some syncing tools that keep iCloud and Google calendars in sync, but a) they have to be always running somewhere and b) they are usually hacky and unstable.

You can Google both; I recommend 1.


How can I sort Safari bookmarks in Lion? I used Bookmarkdog in Snow Leopard and Lion but since I'm using iCloud that app no longer works and its successor BookMaster does not seem to be doing the sorting like Bookmarkdog used to do.

What others tools are using to sort Safari's bookmarks?
How do you keep your Safari Bookmarks sorted?

Bookmarks bar:

Bookmarks in the bookmarks bar can be sorted using drag-and-drop.

Bookmarks menu:

When you toggle Show All Bookmarks ⌘+⌥+B and click on collections → bookmarks menu, you may manually sort bookmarks which are located in the bookmarks menu.

You can sort bookmarks alphabetically using SafariSort (free). This applications works with the latest version of Safari in Lion (5.1.4, march 2012) and sorts folders and 'simple' bookmarks seperately. Unfortunately, such an option is not provided with Safari out of the box.


Why do I need an admin password to change the VPN PPP Password in my keychain? It's MY local personal keychain after all. I can edit other passwords, but not the VPN PPP pasword. See screenshot for details.

I think because VPN is a network interface, your basically changing preferences for that (so that´s a global change, not only for your keychain item). So the same way you need to identify as an admin to unlock "System Preferences...">"Network" for being able to change interfaces, you would need to do that here, too.


Is there a way to enable wifi-calling on an iPhone 5 Yes, I know that both Apple and my service provider say minimum iPhone 5c.

However, the 4 and 5 can do facetime, skype, etc, so shoving bits over the air isn't the issue.

Can this functionality be enabled through a 3rd party app and/or jailbreaking?

I used Talkatone on my 5S while out of the country, and it worked pretty well. http://www.talkatone.com/

This is a 3rd-party app that will assign you a new number, so it won't "enable" WiFi Calling on your phone using your existing phone number.

While FaceTime and Skype do work, WiFi Calling is slightly different. It involves the phone connecting to your carrier's servers through the internet, which for some reason isn't supported on certain devices (especially odd since my 5S is supposed to have WiFi Calling, but AT&T chooses not to support it).