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5b51c522cf4519063ab7eb2e7c60ed92f39e2f41 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a native terminal in OS X, without having to load the desktop, window manager, etc? FOr example, in linux you can boot to a terminal, you don't have to load a desktop, window manager, etc. Is there something like this in Mac OS X? And like in Linux, is it possible to switch to one of these from in the desktop?
A: What you are looking for is called Single-User mode. Restart the computer, once you hear the start-up chime, hold down Command-S and OS X will load everything but the GUI.
| Q: Is there a native terminal in OS X, without having to load the desktop, window manager, etc? FOr example, in linux you can boot to a terminal, you don't have to load a desktop, window manager, etc. Is there something like this in Mac OS X? And like in Linux, is it possible to switch to one of these from in the desktop?
A: What you are looking for is called Single-User mode. Restart the computer, once you hear the start-up chime, hold down Command-S and OS X will load everything but the GUI.
A: See Apple's Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode.
On power up hold the 's' key down. You'll enter single-user mode where the interface is via a full screen terminal window (the console).
There are caveats, you are essentially root at that point, and yes you could switch user or execute login.
A: I don't think Single User Mode is really what you want.
A better idea is to use a console login.
To do this, first you have the login window set to show “Name and Password”:
Then you can login as ">console" as the username (no password) and get a terminal prompt.
It's not very pretty, but it's handy if you need it.
A: In addition to what TJ Luoma said, you can also:
*
*Go to the normal login screen, with the list of users.
*Select one (any, it doesn't matter) with the keyboard.
*Press ⌥ Option+↩︎ Return.
*Type >console in the username field, leaving the password blank.
*Press ↩︎ Return and log in.
Unfortunately I haven't had much luck with this—sometimes it just doesn't show up, with or without an external display.
A: To switch to a console from the desktop just use Terminal.app and maximise it so when you switch to it is the full screen.
Note that this is not the same as Single User Mode as you will be logged in as a user, so it is like xterm under Linux.
Just note that Linux and OS X are different and will do things different ways e.g. from the Linux console boot you can start X11 (i.e. the desktop) but not in OS X.
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2b6a085d5feaecc61c9838eccfcf87f64a5a0927 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is this line on my dock? I recently upgraded to Yosemite and I seem to have some sort of line on my desktop near the dock that won't go away. I've changed my background, moved the dock and even rebooted and it stays there. It looks like something that I can click on and drag up but it doesn't do anything if I click on it. Did I install something that is causing this?
A: Moving the downloads folder to a new position on the Dock and then moving it back takes care of the problem without using Terminal. Great solution for non-technical people! :)
| Q: What is this line on my dock? I recently upgraded to Yosemite and I seem to have some sort of line on my desktop near the dock that won't go away. I've changed my background, moved the dock and even rebooted and it stays there. It looks like something that I can click on and drag up but it doesn't do anything if I click on it. Did I install something that is causing this?
A: Moving the downloads folder to a new position on the Dock and then moving it back takes care of the problem without using Terminal. Great solution for non-technical people! :)
A: This is a progress bar under Downloads folder. It sometimes doesn't go away after completing the downloads. One solution for this is to enter this command in Terminal:
killall Dock
This will reset the Dock.
A: This problem persists since Mavericks. I really don't know why Apple hasn't fixed this yet. The only workaround that I know of is a restart or the killall Dock command in terminal.
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1f657443ea9527c2b02a411f737ebda6d294fb4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to identify an iOS hotspot from the command line? Is it possible from the command line to identify whether the current Wi-Fi connection, or a detected SSID, is an iOS personal/instant hotspot?
I know OS X can detect this, as it shows a specific "hotspot" icon in the topbar when scanning the list of SSIDs or when being connected to an iPhone (see screenshot)
I tried using /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I and ifconfig but I'm not able to find information that helps me identify an iOS hotspot.
| Q: How to identify an iOS hotspot from the command line? Is it possible from the command line to identify whether the current Wi-Fi connection, or a detected SSID, is an iOS personal/instant hotspot?
I know OS X can detect this, as it shows a specific "hotspot" icon in the topbar when scanning the list of SSIDs or when being connected to an iPhone (see screenshot)
I tried using /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I and ifconfig but I'm not able to find information that helps me identify an iOS hotspot.
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23932ef17a96a660ba891b239d9747669082a38a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to put switches at the end when using OS X command-line? For example:
rm long/path/to/some/dir -r
instead of:
rm -r long/path/to/some/dir
Is it possible to make it work like that, as in GNU command line utils?
TIA, Karol
A: Unfortunately the answer is negative unless you are willing to switch to GNU command line utilities. OS/X command line tools derive from BSD sources which process command line arguments differently. This all boils down to usage of the library calls like getopt() in the standard C-library. OS/X command line tools use the standard library functions whereas GNU command line tools use their own, similar, but slightly more "advanced" version of getopt() and companions.
That said, you could work around that by installing GNU coreutils. One way of doing that would be to use Homebrew. That, of course, is not the same thing as making OS/X provided BSD command line utilities to the parse command line like the GNU command line utilities do.
| Q: Is there a way to put switches at the end when using OS X command-line? For example:
rm long/path/to/some/dir -r
instead of:
rm -r long/path/to/some/dir
Is it possible to make it work like that, as in GNU command line utils?
TIA, Karol
A: Unfortunately the answer is negative unless you are willing to switch to GNU command line utilities. OS/X command line tools derive from BSD sources which process command line arguments differently. This all boils down to usage of the library calls like getopt() in the standard C-library. OS/X command line tools use the standard library functions whereas GNU command line tools use their own, similar, but slightly more "advanced" version of getopt() and companions.
That said, you could work around that by installing GNU coreutils. One way of doing that would be to use Homebrew. That, of course, is not the same thing as making OS/X provided BSD command line utilities to the parse command line like the GNU command line utilities do.
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1cff2263d2abc2e7d0f1cd256ed93298d7fb0cda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Transferring macOS Messaage app conversation history to new iPhone (w/o backup) Short question: I just bought a new iPhone and am can't figure out how to transfer my message history onto the new device from Messages.app on my Mac.
Long story: My old iPhone had something corrupted in the OS so I didn't want to do a backup/recovery approach to the migration through iCloud to prevent the problem from coming along with the data.
I've setup new one using the New iPhone workflow and have connected to iCloud so all my contacts, calendar info, etc., are now on the new phone.
My problem is that the my (text) message history didn't make it over to the new phone. It's still in the Messages app on my Mac but I need guidance on how to make it also show on the phone.
In case you're curious, the old phone has been wiped and traded-in.
Ideas? Suggestions? All help appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
| Q: Transferring macOS Messaage app conversation history to new iPhone (w/o backup) Short question: I just bought a new iPhone and am can't figure out how to transfer my message history onto the new device from Messages.app on my Mac.
Long story: My old iPhone had something corrupted in the OS so I didn't want to do a backup/recovery approach to the migration through iCloud to prevent the problem from coming along with the data.
I've setup new one using the New iPhone workflow and have connected to iCloud so all my contacts, calendar info, etc., are now on the new phone.
My problem is that the my (text) message history didn't make it over to the new phone. It's still in the Messages app on my Mac but I need guidance on how to make it also show on the phone.
In case you're curious, the old phone has been wiped and traded-in.
Ideas? Suggestions? All help appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
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fa37503a31a1e40bf341c27ae674c8ce99a305af | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to screencapture just the active display in a dual monitor setup? When I use ⇧+⌘+3 to take a screenshot with my laptop connected to a external monitor, it output a couple of images, one for each display.
Is there any way to take the screenshot of just the active monitor instead of both?
BTW, I know that exist ⇧+⌘+4 that let me select a region, but this is not the idea.
I found the command screencapture that can capture only the main monitor with -m option.
screencapture -m ~/Desktop/screencapture.jpg
But, what about second monitor?
A: I think from looking at Apple's official list of screenshot shortcuts, the shortcut that comes closest to what you're trying to do is
⇧ + ⌘ + 4 and then SPACEBAR.
After pressing that combination, you need to click on the window you want a screenshot of. Since there's no other shortcut on the Apple-provided list that can capture the active screen, I believe you'll have to use this unless there's a third-party solution that allows different key combinations.
| Q: How to screencapture just the active display in a dual monitor setup? When I use ⇧+⌘+3 to take a screenshot with my laptop connected to a external monitor, it output a couple of images, one for each display.
Is there any way to take the screenshot of just the active monitor instead of both?
BTW, I know that exist ⇧+⌘+4 that let me select a region, but this is not the idea.
I found the command screencapture that can capture only the main monitor with -m option.
screencapture -m ~/Desktop/screencapture.jpg
But, what about second monitor?
A: I think from looking at Apple's official list of screenshot shortcuts, the shortcut that comes closest to what you're trying to do is
⇧ + ⌘ + 4 and then SPACEBAR.
After pressing that combination, you need to click on the window you want a screenshot of. Since there's no other shortcut on the Apple-provided list that can capture the active screen, I believe you'll have to use this unless there's a third-party solution that allows different key combinations.
A: This solution works for me using Keyboard Maestro.
Steps to do it:
*
*Create a new trigger: name it something like Screenshot Active Monitor
*Add a hot key trigger. I use Print Screen button on my keyboard (which is F13). You can use any shortcut that work for you.
Add following actions to execute on the above keypress:
1. Type a combination of the keystrokes – Shift + Command + 4
2. Type a Space Keystroke
3. Type the Return Keystroke
Check your active monitor screenshot (that has active window you last accessed) in your saved location for screenshots!
A: Expanding on your own findings, you can use screencapture in additional ways:
*
*screencapture -SW ~/Desktop/screencapture.jpg
-S in window capture mode, capture the screen not the window
-W start interaction in window selection mode
Now you need to click on a “window” that is big enough to capture the whole screen – the Desktop.
When capturing the main screen, move your mouse to the screen edge where your dock is located and click (even clicking on the Dock, visible or not, captures the whole screen).
Capturing a screen without the Dock, you need to find an area where the Desktop is visible.
You can capture a rectangle that matches your secondary screen. This is more useful if your monitor layout doesn't change.
For example, given two full-HD monitors, main on the left, you could use this to capture a rectangular area of 1920x1080 starting 1920 pixels to the right (where your secondary monitor starts):
*
*screencapture -R1920,0,1920,1080 ~/Desktop/screencapture.jpg
-R<x,y,w,h> capture screen rect
A: Starting from macOS 10.14 you can do the following:
*
*Press ⌘⇧5
*Select the «Capture entire screen» option
*Click on the required screen to take its screenshot
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de1e8fbb6c4a09cf5eee85ecc45cf4285a9958af | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macports with Xcode CLI tools only I ve installed the latest version of MacPorts and Xcode CLI tools for OS X 10.10 - I don't want download 4GB of data because I need only GCC.
Everything looks fine - I can download and compile ports, except the one thing - every time when I try to install new port I get following messages:
Warning: xcodebuild exists but failed to execute
Warning: Xcode does not appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail to build.
But as I said before everything works fine. Should I worry or just ignore these messages?
A: You might be lucky and ports work :)
I think the latest I saw in the mailing lists is that most ports will work. The issue is for GUIS and there other issues.
Note that Xcode for OS X 10.10 does not supply gcc, it uses clang. However this works just as well if not better.
| Q: Macports with Xcode CLI tools only I ve installed the latest version of MacPorts and Xcode CLI tools for OS X 10.10 - I don't want download 4GB of data because I need only GCC.
Everything looks fine - I can download and compile ports, except the one thing - every time when I try to install new port I get following messages:
Warning: xcodebuild exists but failed to execute
Warning: Xcode does not appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail to build.
But as I said before everything works fine. Should I worry or just ignore these messages?
A: You might be lucky and ports work :)
I think the latest I saw in the mailing lists is that most ports will work. The issue is for GUIS and there other issues.
Note that Xcode for OS X 10.10 does not supply gcc, it uses clang. However this works just as well if not better.
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85e4497cdd62ea649cf4154a8289bcd52d75004c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Dictation and Dragon Dictate: which one has the highest speech recognition accuracy? Which one amongst Mac Dictation and Dragon Dictate has the highest speech recognition accuracy for English?
| Q: Mac Dictation and Dragon Dictate: which one has the highest speech recognition accuracy? Which one amongst Mac Dictation and Dragon Dictate has the highest speech recognition accuracy for English?
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1410b320f9e6b4b3ed716e37956e0995bc840072 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Internet Recovery "?" Folder With my 2012 MacBook Pro, I'm trying to reinstall Mac OS X (any version that will work) onto a new Solid State Drive that replaced a broken one. I can get to the Internet Recovery screen just fine when directly connected to the Internet (ethernet). The problem lies AFTER the Internet Recovery installation succeeds.
There really isn't a good way to describe what happens because the laptop seems to be trying to decide whether or not there is a problem or not. Here is a link to a YouTube video I've uploaded of the problem:
YouTube Video of Problem
After this happens for a while, it resolves to just the blinking "?" Folder Icon.
I do not have access to another Mac computer.
A: The '?' generally means that the system is not able to detect a properly-formatted hard drive. If your SSD is new, your will need to format it to Mac OS Extended Journaled using disk-utility.
Here is the link that will help your through most of this stuff.
http://mashable.com/2014/10/17/clean-install-os-x-yosemite/
| Q: MacBook Internet Recovery "?" Folder With my 2012 MacBook Pro, I'm trying to reinstall Mac OS X (any version that will work) onto a new Solid State Drive that replaced a broken one. I can get to the Internet Recovery screen just fine when directly connected to the Internet (ethernet). The problem lies AFTER the Internet Recovery installation succeeds.
There really isn't a good way to describe what happens because the laptop seems to be trying to decide whether or not there is a problem or not. Here is a link to a YouTube video I've uploaded of the problem:
YouTube Video of Problem
After this happens for a while, it resolves to just the blinking "?" Folder Icon.
I do not have access to another Mac computer.
A: The '?' generally means that the system is not able to detect a properly-formatted hard drive. If your SSD is new, your will need to format it to Mac OS Extended Journaled using disk-utility.
Here is the link that will help your through most of this stuff.
http://mashable.com/2014/10/17/clean-install-os-x-yosemite/
A: If your machine boots to Internet Recovery successfully, you will have the option to choose Utilities - go into Disk Utility and verify/repair/partition the new drive.
If the machine cannot successfully boot to internet recovery then you have isolated the issue to one of two things:
*
*The network isn't reliable enough to download the boot image and utilities
*The hardware itself isn't healthy enough to run the known good system loaded from the internet
The fix for the former is choose a different network. The latter will need a technician to troubleshoot the hardware.
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bfe0a9f27373754182061d55b6961f920fd510a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Encrypt Time Machine backup data sent over the network I have three relevant machines:
*
*An iMac running 10.10 as my Time Machine server.
*A MacBook Pro running 10.10, which backs up to the server. Backup encryption is enabled.
*A PowerBook G4 running 10.5, which also backs up to the server. Backup encryption is not supported by 10.5.
In the case of the 10.10 MacBook, I understand that setting the MacBook to encrypt backups means that the backups stored on the server will be in an encrypted sparse image. However, the data being sent to the server is sent in the clear, unless the client handles encryption (unlikely).
Could the data transfer be secured by SSH for both machines?
A: The easiest way to be sure that all your clients' backups are encrypted is to create an encrypted sparse (bundle) image using Leopard (10.5) on the server using hdutil. The newer versions of OSX should be able to read/write to the older encrypted volume without a problem.
Here is an example using a Linux AFP server...
http://www.cognizo.com/2012/04/encrypted-network-backups-with-os-x-time-machine/
And another
http://bubba.org/wiki/Encrypted_Remote_Backups_with_Sparse_Bundles
This way all data encryption/decryption is done at the client end. Problem sovled.
| Q: Encrypt Time Machine backup data sent over the network I have three relevant machines:
*
*An iMac running 10.10 as my Time Machine server.
*A MacBook Pro running 10.10, which backs up to the server. Backup encryption is enabled.
*A PowerBook G4 running 10.5, which also backs up to the server. Backup encryption is not supported by 10.5.
In the case of the 10.10 MacBook, I understand that setting the MacBook to encrypt backups means that the backups stored on the server will be in an encrypted sparse image. However, the data being sent to the server is sent in the clear, unless the client handles encryption (unlikely).
Could the data transfer be secured by SSH for both machines?
A: The easiest way to be sure that all your clients' backups are encrypted is to create an encrypted sparse (bundle) image using Leopard (10.5) on the server using hdutil. The newer versions of OSX should be able to read/write to the older encrypted volume without a problem.
Here is an example using a Linux AFP server...
http://www.cognizo.com/2012/04/encrypted-network-backups-with-os-x-time-machine/
And another
http://bubba.org/wiki/Encrypted_Remote_Backups_with_Sparse_Bundles
This way all data encryption/decryption is done at the client end. Problem sovled.
A: You could use a product like SSHFS that uses MacFUSE, which would mount a directory on the remote SSH server as a filesystem, and all transactions over the wire would be encrypted. You can also use a utility like EncFS which is a file-based loopback encryption layer on top of an existing volume or filesystem like AFP.
I would agree with the above poster -- I'd create and mount a sparse bundle or drive image over the network that is encrypted. From there on out, if it is mounted, anyone watching the network traffic will only see encrypted data going across.
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ef45414291e4ff168682beabbf20c6f99e64fe82 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Jailbroken, supervised iPhone. Is it bricked? I received this iPhone 4 from work, and they don't have access to the Mac used to supervise it anymore. According to this Apple support article, device supervision can be removed by using "Erase All Content and Settings". Unfortunately, I just found out that the device was jailbroken so "Erase All Content and Settings" will put it on a bootloop. I can't seem to put the device on DFU mode; is this because it's supervised? Is there anything I can do to unsupervise this device?
EDIT: I finally managed to put it to DFU mode! Took a few tries, and had to exit/relaunched my iTunes a few times before it showed up as a device there. As @grgarside mentioned below, recovery mode should have worked too, but somehow my iTunes kept either not recognizing the device when on recovery mode, or it says that the device is supervised by another computer so it can't be used with mine.
A: You should be able to put the device in DFU mode even if it is supervised. Recovery mode should work too—both should let you restore the device in iTunes.
| Q: Jailbroken, supervised iPhone. Is it bricked? I received this iPhone 4 from work, and they don't have access to the Mac used to supervise it anymore. According to this Apple support article, device supervision can be removed by using "Erase All Content and Settings". Unfortunately, I just found out that the device was jailbroken so "Erase All Content and Settings" will put it on a bootloop. I can't seem to put the device on DFU mode; is this because it's supervised? Is there anything I can do to unsupervise this device?
EDIT: I finally managed to put it to DFU mode! Took a few tries, and had to exit/relaunched my iTunes a few times before it showed up as a device there. As @grgarside mentioned below, recovery mode should have worked too, but somehow my iTunes kept either not recognizing the device when on recovery mode, or it says that the device is supervised by another computer so it can't be used with mine.
A: You should be able to put the device in DFU mode even if it is supervised. Recovery mode should work too—both should let you restore the device in iTunes.
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7dd0672c53c7fbeaee5190519b157145b57dfd69 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable sticky-keys sound Is there a way to disable the sound made when sticky-keys are enabled or disabled by press-shift-five-times?
Since changing to OS X 10.9, this sound is played every time on startup, which is quite annoying.
| Q: Disable sticky-keys sound Is there a way to disable the sound made when sticky-keys are enabled or disabled by press-shift-five-times?
Since changing to OS X 10.9, this sound is played every time on startup, which is quite annoying.
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2633e52299b8525054791c122fa4cbeba681afa1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I can not turn off VoiceOver on iPhone 4S How can I turn off VoiceOver and get back to normal ?!
As I follow the instructions how to turn off 'VoiceOver' in Setting on my iPhone,
however VoiceOver icon get back on quickly after double click...
(haven't upgrade iOS 8.1.1 yet)
*
*Tried to do double click 'Voiceover' icon in Setting, but doesn't off and switch on back quickly..
*Done press 'Home' button 3 times quickly, but Top page shows up later..
*Done turn off the phone, the VoiceOver shows up with passcode screen..
What else I can do for turning off the annoying voice?
A: Turning Voiceover Off
*
*Double-tap the Settings icon on your homepage.
*Use three fingers to scroll down to the General menu, and double-click on it.
*Use three fingers to scroll down to the Accessibility menu, and double-click on it.
*Double-tap on the VoiceOver menu item.
*Turn VoiceOver off
Alternatively, in iTunes you select summary and click Universal Access, then choose either Zoom or Neither rather than VoiceOver.
| Q: I can not turn off VoiceOver on iPhone 4S How can I turn off VoiceOver and get back to normal ?!
As I follow the instructions how to turn off 'VoiceOver' in Setting on my iPhone,
however VoiceOver icon get back on quickly after double click...
(haven't upgrade iOS 8.1.1 yet)
*
*Tried to do double click 'Voiceover' icon in Setting, but doesn't off and switch on back quickly..
*Done press 'Home' button 3 times quickly, but Top page shows up later..
*Done turn off the phone, the VoiceOver shows up with passcode screen..
What else I can do for turning off the annoying voice?
A: Turning Voiceover Off
*
*Double-tap the Settings icon on your homepage.
*Use three fingers to scroll down to the General menu, and double-click on it.
*Use three fingers to scroll down to the Accessibility menu, and double-click on it.
*Double-tap on the VoiceOver menu item.
*Turn VoiceOver off
Alternatively, in iTunes you select summary and click Universal Access, then choose either Zoom or Neither rather than VoiceOver.
A: I had the exact same problem after my phone was reset.
It was fixed after I connected it with iTunes via my Computer, and loaded a backup.
In one way or another iTunes seem to be the answer.
A: My sin was exploring what this voice over toggle do... Then it turned the screen off!!! I started taking screen shots to know where I am .. Then I reset all settings.. The screen light cane back but the voice over still On!! Then I did it with SiRi ... Tried siri to close it and Siri did it.. Do not ask me how :-) ..After one full hour of total frustration..
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18ae4e54e7708b9202193538948381f0a38ad293 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Move existing USB Time Machine backup to OS X Server Time Machine How can I move an exiting OS X (10.10.1) USB Time Machine backup history to an OS X (10.10.1) Server (version 4) Time Machine service?
A: You will need to enable and configure the Time Machine service on the Server as per this set of instructions. Pay attention to any size limits you may want to enforce for the Time Machine backups when creating the destination location.
Turn off Time Machine in System Preferences. Copy your existing Time Machine backup structure to the new location. Open Terminal and use tmutil to re-associate your backups on the new location. Use the instructions here for doing this with tmutil. Restart the Time Machine service and you should be set to go.
| Q: Move existing USB Time Machine backup to OS X Server Time Machine How can I move an exiting OS X (10.10.1) USB Time Machine backup history to an OS X (10.10.1) Server (version 4) Time Machine service?
A: You will need to enable and configure the Time Machine service on the Server as per this set of instructions. Pay attention to any size limits you may want to enforce for the Time Machine backups when creating the destination location.
Turn off Time Machine in System Preferences. Copy your existing Time Machine backup structure to the new location. Open Terminal and use tmutil to re-associate your backups on the new location. Use the instructions here for doing this with tmutil. Restart the Time Machine service and you should be set to go.
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cd444e7e3b1b697ba7a2fabf48bb0b6a93015e09 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to fix the slow space switching animation in Yosemite? I'm a developer and use spaces extensively. I have my terminal in one space, my editor in another, etc.
When I use ctrl + arrow key to switch to the left or right the animation is incredibly slow (better than in older versions, but still). This is killing it for me.
Is there a way to turn this animation off or influence its speed?
I know there was a command in Snow Leopard that could do that
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES
but it doesn't work anymore. Does anyone know a trick to fix this?
Thanks!
Edit:
I filled a bug for this with Apple. The Radar number is 19169435. I would encourage you to also file the report at https://bugreport.apple.com/. Note in your description that it is a duplicate of the above bug report number to help the support staff categorize and prioritize this bug.
A: I'm using TotalSpaces (http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/), a small tool a bit more flexible than spaces. There you can switch off transitions in the preferences.
| Q: Is there a way to fix the slow space switching animation in Yosemite? I'm a developer and use spaces extensively. I have my terminal in one space, my editor in another, etc.
When I use ctrl + arrow key to switch to the left or right the animation is incredibly slow (better than in older versions, but still). This is killing it for me.
Is there a way to turn this animation off or influence its speed?
I know there was a command in Snow Leopard that could do that
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES
but it doesn't work anymore. Does anyone know a trick to fix this?
Thanks!
Edit:
I filled a bug for this with Apple. The Radar number is 19169435. I would encourage you to also file the report at https://bugreport.apple.com/. Note in your description that it is a duplicate of the above bug report number to help the support staff categorize and prioritize this bug.
A: I'm using TotalSpaces (http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/), a small tool a bit more flexible than spaces. There you can switch off transitions in the preferences.
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2daa52ff8c72b226a6618669e8665bb8e86377c7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: listing files with extension in Terminal in a Terminal session the command
ls *.pdf -l
does not list the pdfs (or whatever other file format) as expected, as the -l option seems to be ignored. Everything works fine if I issue a simple
ls -l
How do I fix this?
I'm on Mac OS X 10.7.5 and using a bash shell.
A: Just place the -l flag before the other arguments, like this:
ls -l *.pdf
| Q: listing files with extension in Terminal in a Terminal session the command
ls *.pdf -l
does not list the pdfs (or whatever other file format) as expected, as the -l option seems to be ignored. Everything works fine if I issue a simple
ls -l
How do I fix this?
I'm on Mac OS X 10.7.5 and using a bash shell.
A: Just place the -l flag before the other arguments, like this:
ls -l *.pdf
A: If you want ls (and other commands) feeling like on a linux system, you should install homebrew by typing:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
In order the ls command to work like you said, after installing homebrew, you need the coreutils package.
brew install coreutils
After that, you will use like you want.
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7fb5794173b9d7caa7dc9a4986e6577fd93eb719 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sharing iCloud storage between family members Is there a way to share iCloud storage between family members?
I included my wife's iPhone into Family sharing, but I would like to have one storage bucket (20G) that would allow us both Apple ID accounts to backup more then default 5G per device. Is it possible?
A: This feature is coming in iOS 11 (see iMore). From that page:
.. yes, now you can share that data with your family, with up to six
people using one storage plan for backups, files, and photos.
Presumably, each family member's files are only available to that
person, unlike, say, Family Sharing of iTunes, iBooks, and App Store
content.
| Q: Sharing iCloud storage between family members Is there a way to share iCloud storage between family members?
I included my wife's iPhone into Family sharing, but I would like to have one storage bucket (20G) that would allow us both Apple ID accounts to backup more then default 5G per device. Is it possible?
A: This feature is coming in iOS 11 (see iMore). From that page:
.. yes, now you can share that data with your family, with up to six
people using one storage plan for backups, files, and photos.
Presumably, each family member's files are only available to that
person, unlike, say, Family Sharing of iTunes, iBooks, and App Store
content.
A: Update 2017/2018: It appears Apple finally allows sharing iCloud storage between family members (see the newly accepted answer). Glad to hear it!
Original:
The correct answer is No, there is not. Apple does not let you share iCloud Storage with family members, unfortunately.
Here's a forum link where this has been discussed:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6543858
You can share your account and password, but then the storage is yours and not really sharing with a sub-account. Each individual Apple ID gets their own paid/gifted/free storage quota and any one account can bump up their storage only and it doesn't affect any other AppleID storage capacity - family membership regardless.
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b84d3fe4519f7a6c3a4d2669e4b0fab075b04d53 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Voice command to output "\ref{}" in Dragon Dictate 4 I want to define a voice command that outputs "\ref{}" in Dragon Dictate 4. When I define the following voice command:
the output is:
[blank line]
ef{}
Basically \r is interpreted as a carriage return. How can I escape this? I would prefer a solution that works as the text macro (it should be easy to do it in Automator as a last resort otherwise).
I tried writing \\ref{} as escape character but it didn't work, I get the following:
\
[blank line]
ef{}
| Q: Voice command to output "\ref{}" in Dragon Dictate 4 I want to define a voice command that outputs "\ref{}" in Dragon Dictate 4. When I define the following voice command:
the output is:
[blank line]
ef{}
Basically \r is interpreted as a carriage return. How can I escape this? I would prefer a solution that works as the text macro (it should be easy to do it in Automator as a last resort otherwise).
I tried writing \\ref{} as escape character but it didn't work, I get the following:
\
[blank line]
ef{}
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05e4066adeb89b1a344dc914295b3eaaa4e47950 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No cap after a period in Dragon Dictate 4 In Dragon Dictate 4, when I say "Hello world period this is a test period", it outputs:
Hello world. this is a test."
There is no cap after the first period. Is there any way to fix it?
This issue affects most programs: Evernote, the default Mac OS X mail application, Safari, Latexian, etc. There is no such issue using Dragon's notepad or Google Chrome.
Obviously I don't want to have to say "Cap" after each period.
A: Considering it's not happening in every application (it works in the built-in Notepad and Google Chrome), I would think it's a bug. Have you reported this behavior to Dragon?
| Q: No cap after a period in Dragon Dictate 4 In Dragon Dictate 4, when I say "Hello world period this is a test period", it outputs:
Hello world. this is a test."
There is no cap after the first period. Is there any way to fix it?
This issue affects most programs: Evernote, the default Mac OS X mail application, Safari, Latexian, etc. There is no such issue using Dragon's notepad or Google Chrome.
Obviously I don't want to have to say "Cap" after each period.
A: Considering it's not happening in every application (it works in the built-in Notepad and Google Chrome), I would think it's a bug. Have you reported this behavior to Dragon?
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e98727e622d43961da3883cb23eab6d8c8b8f386 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Console log flooded with "discoveryd: Basic Warn DD_Warn: Bad count; corrupt NSEC RDATA" My console log is flooded with the message
discoveryd[51]: Basic Warn DD_Warn: Bad count; corrupt NSEC RDATA
They appear in bunches of many identical messages within only a few seconds, separated by short pauses (some seconds to some ten seconds).
I have a feeling that this started with updating Mavericks to Yosemite, but I cannot be sure as I am a fairly new Mac user for about half a year and am only now discovering the depths of the system.
Looking up the problem on Google seems to be extremely difficult as the msg string appears as an occasional side effect in many posted logs that discuss other topics.
My current system is 10.10.1
| Q: Console log flooded with "discoveryd: Basic Warn DD_Warn: Bad count; corrupt NSEC RDATA" My console log is flooded with the message
discoveryd[51]: Basic Warn DD_Warn: Bad count; corrupt NSEC RDATA
They appear in bunches of many identical messages within only a few seconds, separated by short pauses (some seconds to some ten seconds).
I have a feeling that this started with updating Mavericks to Yosemite, but I cannot be sure as I am a fairly new Mac user for about half a year and am only now discovering the depths of the system.
Looking up the problem on Google seems to be extremely difficult as the msg string appears as an occasional side effect in many posted logs that discuss other topics.
My current system is 10.10.1
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fbd1a4ae74fc992d9edbe4e7484c843386417ccc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Console log flooded with "VMware Fusion Start Menu ... : assertion failed: ..." I get tons of messages of this style in my console log:
08.12.14 11:03:41,045 VMware Fusion Start Menu[444]: assertion failed: 14B25: libxpc.dylib + 40320 [9437C02E-A07B-38C8-91CB-299FAA63083D]: 0x13
The effect started after updating OS X from Mavericks to Yosemite. Updating to Yosemite 10.10.1 did not help.
I have installed VMWare Fusion 6.05 which should be compatible to Yosemite and the effect happens also when Fusion is NOT running.
The problem is hard to investigate as the string appears in many posted logs that discuss other topics.
A: After multiple attempts to solve this, I finally found the solution in a side note of a VMWare community thread:
Start Fusion, select one of your VMs (no matter which one) and change the virtual machine settings like this:
Virtual machine -> Settings -> Application Menu -> "Show only when machine is running"
After I did this the messages stopped immediately. I could even switch back to the default setting of "Always" and the messages did not reappear.
| Q: Console log flooded with "VMware Fusion Start Menu ... : assertion failed: ..." I get tons of messages of this style in my console log:
08.12.14 11:03:41,045 VMware Fusion Start Menu[444]: assertion failed: 14B25: libxpc.dylib + 40320 [9437C02E-A07B-38C8-91CB-299FAA63083D]: 0x13
The effect started after updating OS X from Mavericks to Yosemite. Updating to Yosemite 10.10.1 did not help.
I have installed VMWare Fusion 6.05 which should be compatible to Yosemite and the effect happens also when Fusion is NOT running.
The problem is hard to investigate as the string appears in many posted logs that discuss other topics.
A: After multiple attempts to solve this, I finally found the solution in a side note of a VMWare community thread:
Start Fusion, select one of your VMs (no matter which one) and change the virtual machine settings like this:
Virtual machine -> Settings -> Application Menu -> "Show only when machine is running"
After I did this the messages stopped immediately. I could even switch back to the default setting of "Always" and the messages did not reappear.
A: I had the same issue, but after I performed the VMware Free upgrade the issue was resolved.
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8c237ca6889cf01181aca2369e9616c25014d7e5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to configure the status bar? Does anybody know how to configure the status bar (bar size, icons and font size, and so on)?
I'd like to do it while keeping the screen resolution, of course.
I've browsed and searched both Ask Different and the web to little or no avail.
A: For the most part the menu bar has no configuration options in respect to font, size, etc.
You can however manage the icons in the menu bar by holding command while clicking & dragging them. This allows you to re-arrange the icons or drag them off the menubar to hide them.
As others have suggested, I'd encourage you to submit feedback to Apple regarding any customization changes you'd like to see in future versions of the OS.
Apple Mac OS X Feedback
| Q: How to configure the status bar? Does anybody know how to configure the status bar (bar size, icons and font size, and so on)?
I'd like to do it while keeping the screen resolution, of course.
I've browsed and searched both Ask Different and the web to little or no avail.
A: For the most part the menu bar has no configuration options in respect to font, size, etc.
You can however manage the icons in the menu bar by holding command while clicking & dragging them. This allows you to re-arrange the icons or drag them off the menubar to hide them.
As others have suggested, I'd encourage you to submit feedback to Apple regarding any customization changes you'd like to see in future versions of the OS.
Apple Mac OS X Feedback
A: The Finder status bar is currently unconfigurable. You can provide feedback to Apple here:
*
*https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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ef55412bd7f514591a72c8484968f592a62776a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix fontd process taking up 100% of the CPU? I experience reoccurring incidents of fontd eating up all the process power. What could be the cause of this and how do I make it behave again?
A: sudo atsutil databases -remove; atsutil server -shutdown
From 50% cpu usage to 1%
Source: http://icicity.com/2014/02/13/high-cpu-usage-caused-by-fontd-on-os-x
| Q: How to fix fontd process taking up 100% of the CPU? I experience reoccurring incidents of fontd eating up all the process power. What could be the cause of this and how do I make it behave again?
A: sudo atsutil databases -remove; atsutil server -shutdown
From 50% cpu usage to 1%
Source: http://icicity.com/2014/02/13/high-cpu-usage-caused-by-fontd-on-os-x
A: You might want to check for defective fonts. I believe there are apps that can help with that. "Doctoring" is the term used often
A: Do the following and place your removed fonts back to the "font" folder of your library folder.
Restore fonts that came with your Mac using Font Book
You can restore the fonts that were originally included with your Mac. This may be useful if you’re having issues with Font Book. Restoring the standard fonts moves any fonts you’ve installed into a separate folder, which makes them unavailable to use in apps.
In the Font Book app on your Mac, choose File > Restore Standard Fonts.
Any fonts you’ve installed are placed in /Library/Fonts (Removed) or in ~/Library/Fonts (Removed). To install those fonts again, just reinstall them.
A: Simply you can do rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FontRegistry.user.plist and 90 percent I sure that your problem will be resolved!
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2854a97e947a131c09bdbae8e7e3ca571f292ce9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change space with mouse wheel + modifiers I hate that I have to use both hands on my keyboard to change spaces (one for control, one for arrow keys). A much more practical shortcut would be, for example, control + mouse wheel. However I don't know if it's possible to do so. I'm using 10.10 Yosemite.
I'm also open to third-party software.
A: If you use the Apple Magic Mouse you can change between spaces by "Swipe left or right with two fingers".
You should check if you have active this option on System Preferences → Mouse → More Gestures.
Additionally, if you want to change it with only one hand, you could change the shortcut for "Move left a space" and "Move right a space" under System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Mission Control to something easily usable with a single hand like ⇧+ctrl+z and ⇧+ctrl+x
| Q: Change space with mouse wheel + modifiers I hate that I have to use both hands on my keyboard to change spaces (one for control, one for arrow keys). A much more practical shortcut would be, for example, control + mouse wheel. However I don't know if it's possible to do so. I'm using 10.10 Yosemite.
I'm also open to third-party software.
A: If you use the Apple Magic Mouse you can change between spaces by "Swipe left or right with two fingers".
You should check if you have active this option on System Preferences → Mouse → More Gestures.
Additionally, if you want to change it with only one hand, you could change the shortcut for "Move left a space" and "Move right a space" under System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Mission Control to something easily usable with a single hand like ⇧+ctrl+z and ⇧+ctrl+x
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054b150137fd798c75f3ccdd16dd83f7ce16d957 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I zip a .app file using terminal? I'm having trouble zipping a .app file. If I zip without -r (recursive) it is really shallow, if I zip with -r it's really dense. The zip doesn't unzip correctly regardless.
A: From the man page for ditto:
ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent src_directory archive.zip
| Q: How do I zip a .app file using terminal? I'm having trouble zipping a .app file. If I zip without -r (recursive) it is really shallow, if I zip with -r it's really dense. The zip doesn't unzip correctly regardless.
A: From the man page for ditto:
ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent src_directory archive.zip
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ff1c45c2b10133089eec59de87f0e946d2908b6f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why can't Finder be closed using command+q? command+q has no effect on Finder, which means there is no way of closing a whole Finder window using a keyboard shortcut. Instead, you have to use command+w to close all of its tabs one by one.
I understand that Finder is treated differently and that it is a special application, but it just seems awkward and inconsistent, because to me as a user, Finder is a file manager and I expect it to respond to command+q like any other program would. Why does Finder even appear in OS X's Application Switcher (command+tab), if it cannot be closed?
It seems to me that Finder is somewhat special because OS X does not distinguish the file manager from the whole desktop environment. From OS X's perspective, closing Finder would be closing the Desktop, the Bars, and even the Application Switcher, which is why it is blocked.
Now, my actual question:
How can I close a Finder window without closing each tab on its own?
A: You can use cmd + alt + w to close All windows.
| Q: Why can't Finder be closed using command+q? command+q has no effect on Finder, which means there is no way of closing a whole Finder window using a keyboard shortcut. Instead, you have to use command+w to close all of its tabs one by one.
I understand that Finder is treated differently and that it is a special application, but it just seems awkward and inconsistent, because to me as a user, Finder is a file manager and I expect it to respond to command+q like any other program would. Why does Finder even appear in OS X's Application Switcher (command+tab), if it cannot be closed?
It seems to me that Finder is somewhat special because OS X does not distinguish the file manager from the whole desktop environment. From OS X's perspective, closing Finder would be closing the Desktop, the Bars, and even the Application Switcher, which is why it is blocked.
Now, my actual question:
How can I close a Finder window without closing each tab on its own?
A: You can use cmd + alt + w to close All windows.
A: You can close all windows of an application (including Finder) with ⌘+⌥+w.
You can add a quit option to the Finder by running:
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES && killall Finder
Considering Finder is responsible for the desktop icons, quitting it rather pointless, but have it!
A: Think of Finder as explorer.exe on Windows. It is like the shell, it must always be running.
A: The main purpose of the Application Switcher is switching between applications which includes Finder as well. As you can't quit the Finder directly you can't quit it from the Switcher either.
A: Finder is a special application and must always be running. Even if you go to Force Quit menu - there is no 'Force Quit' for Finder process, only 'Relaunch'.
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95ca95466ac2222582577c0ed6c38faab7ef79f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to start to recovery mode in a Mac OS X VM in Parallels? Is it possible to start into Recovery/Internet recovery mode in a virtualized Mac OS X in Parallels?
It would come in handy to take screenshots of those UIs or running apps to exemplify some steps especially here at askdifferent.
A: I've found a way:
*
*Enable Select boot device at startup in the virtual machine
*After the startup of the VM press any key to enter the boot device menu
*Select Boot Maintenance Manager
*Select Boot from file
*Search your recovery volume (usually it's the 2nd one listed)
*Select com.apple.recovery.boot
*Select boot efi
*Recovery mode:
In Yosemite the mouse acts flaky though and i can't hoover the mouse over the menubar (e.g. to start /Utilities/Terminal) - it immediately jumps to the framing window. Menu navigation with CtrlF2 to circumvent this malfunction doesn't work.
In Mavericks everything seems to work bug-free.
**Addendum: You may access the menubar with your pointer after enabling FileVault 2 on the VM's system drive. **
| Q: How to start to recovery mode in a Mac OS X VM in Parallels? Is it possible to start into Recovery/Internet recovery mode in a virtualized Mac OS X in Parallels?
It would come in handy to take screenshots of those UIs or running apps to exemplify some steps especially here at askdifferent.
A: I've found a way:
*
*Enable Select boot device at startup in the virtual machine
*After the startup of the VM press any key to enter the boot device menu
*Select Boot Maintenance Manager
*Select Boot from file
*Search your recovery volume (usually it's the 2nd one listed)
*Select com.apple.recovery.boot
*Select boot efi
*Recovery mode:
In Yosemite the mouse acts flaky though and i can't hoover the mouse over the menubar (e.g. to start /Utilities/Terminal) - it immediately jumps to the framing window. Menu navigation with CtrlF2 to circumvent this malfunction doesn't work.
In Mavericks everything seems to work bug-free.
**Addendum: You may access the menubar with your pointer after enabling FileVault 2 on the VM's system drive. **
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811108c1285fbe9379ff95e03582e665d63eb1a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: can anyone explain the default view of top on OS X 10.10 There are a lot of fields that are not described in the man page (as far as I can tell anyway). In particular these 3:
BOOSTS %CPU_ME %CPU_OTHRS
A: If you run man top, under the -o description (sort order), it lists the following short descriptions:
cpu_me CPU time charged to me by other processes.
cpu_others
CPU time charged to other processes by me.
boosts The number of boosts held by the process. This is followed by the number of times the process has transitioned from unboosted to boosted in brackets. An asterisk before the value indicates that the process was able to send boosts at some point since the previous update. For more information about boosts, see xpc_transaction_begin(3).
(the other two are self-explanatory, but boost basically refers to the times when a process is making a call that then increases it's run priority temporarily (boosted), and then drops it back down to normal after a period of time (unboosted))
| Q: can anyone explain the default view of top on OS X 10.10 There are a lot of fields that are not described in the man page (as far as I can tell anyway). In particular these 3:
BOOSTS %CPU_ME %CPU_OTHRS
A: If you run man top, under the -o description (sort order), it lists the following short descriptions:
cpu_me CPU time charged to me by other processes.
cpu_others
CPU time charged to other processes by me.
boosts The number of boosts held by the process. This is followed by the number of times the process has transitioned from unboosted to boosted in brackets. An asterisk before the value indicates that the process was able to send boosts at some point since the previous update. For more information about boosts, see xpc_transaction_begin(3).
(the other two are self-explanatory, but boost basically refers to the times when a process is making a call that then increases it's run priority temporarily (boosted), and then drops it back down to normal after a period of time (unboosted))
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e12766aaf680b318e7af005619d44699a0768584 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Finder sorting by date shows some files in incorrect order Is there any logic behind OS X's file sorting patterns?
Here is a screenshot of two file dialogs open side by side:
Why on the left it is labeled as "no date" and on the right it is "today"?
What is the purpose of "no date" anyway? Isn't it kind of useless, especially appearing on the very bottom of the list?
Is there any fix for this?
I'm on Mavericks.
A: Caching.
Not all Finder dialogs use the latest information available for a file to improve performance. Information such as that is loaded asynchronously, but this sometimes fails and doesn't show the correct information.
If a directory is taking too long to load, Finder may sometimes prefer to load partial information rather than not listing the directory contents in a timely manner. If this data is never loaded, it is never cached and is consistently listed incorrectly in certain circumstances.
This can usually be fixed by remounting the partition (if applicable) or restarting.
| Q: OS X Finder sorting by date shows some files in incorrect order Is there any logic behind OS X's file sorting patterns?
Here is a screenshot of two file dialogs open side by side:
Why on the left it is labeled as "no date" and on the right it is "today"?
What is the purpose of "no date" anyway? Isn't it kind of useless, especially appearing on the very bottom of the list?
Is there any fix for this?
I'm on Mavericks.
A: Caching.
Not all Finder dialogs use the latest information available for a file to improve performance. Information such as that is loaded asynchronously, but this sometimes fails and doesn't show the correct information.
If a directory is taking too long to load, Finder may sometimes prefer to load partial information rather than not listing the directory contents in a timely manner. If this data is never loaded, it is never cached and is consistently listed incorrectly in certain circumstances.
This can usually be fixed by remounting the partition (if applicable) or restarting.
A: The dialog on the left seems to be a File Open dialog, not a Finder window. (Note the word Open in the title bar, and the Cancel/Open buttons at the bottom.)
If the app is opening photos, it may be more interested in the date the photo was taken, rather than any modify/creation/access date associated with the underlying file. Finder, of course, is only interested in dates associated with the underlying file, and has no interest in the date the photo was taken nor any other EXIF tags.
The dates associated with the underlying file always have a value. EXIF tags may be missing. EXIF dates and file dates need not match in any way.
A: Force quit Finder. You can do this by pressing the option+command+esc keys and then selecting Finder from the list and clicking on the Relaunch button.
Then, delete the Finder's preferences file by launching the Terminal app and entering the following command:
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
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5209d2896b3b14d0b9ab798a88fa96f8bbf2435f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Desktop icons have disappeared after using HDMI cable (Yosemite) I had a strange issue recently where I had to reset PRAM after using an HDMI cable with my MBP (it had a blank screen on boot).
I feel like this is again related to the HDMI cable. After using it, all my Desktop icons have disappeared. I've run killAll Finder and rebooted and it hasn't restored them. Trying to avoid resetting PRAM again.
A: I had the same problem, I think. But my files were still in the finder under 'Desktop', just not on the actual desktop.
After trying a few of the above, I second-clicked the desktop and hit 'Clean up', and they all reappeared. So the simplest of all helped for me.
| Q: Desktop icons have disappeared after using HDMI cable (Yosemite) I had a strange issue recently where I had to reset PRAM after using an HDMI cable with my MBP (it had a blank screen on boot).
I feel like this is again related to the HDMI cable. After using it, all my Desktop icons have disappeared. I've run killAll Finder and rebooted and it hasn't restored them. Trying to avoid resetting PRAM again.
A: I had the same problem, I think. But my files were still in the finder under 'Desktop', just not on the actual desktop.
After trying a few of the above, I second-clicked the desktop and hit 'Clean up', and they all reappeared. So the simplest of all helped for me.
A: This just happened to a teacher at my site. After repairing disk permissions (Disk Utility) and restarting the computer, everything reappeared.
A: Try rightclicking the mouse on the desktop, and choose "Clean Up" - it worked for me :)
A: First (with HDMI connected, in multi-display environment):
Open System Preferences > Mission Control > uncheck “Open Displays as separate spaces.”
Log out and log back in. Any luck? If not...
Second:
Start up in Safe Mode. Among other things, this purges certain system caches, which may be corrupted, and subsequently rebuilds them.
Shut down your machine, and then restart it while holding Shift at the chime (let go after two seconds). Log into your user account. Log out. Restart normally. See if the issue persists.
Third:
*
*Log into your user account
*Click the Finder Icon and press the key combination ShiftCommandG to bring up a “Go to Folder” Window.
*Select the following text. Copy it, then paste it into the window ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist . Move the file to your trash. Log out, then back in. Finder preferences will be reverted to defaults.
*If it’s still happening, repeat (3) for the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
~/Library/Preferences/Byhost/ . Inside this folder, trash any com.apple.finder* file.
~/Library/Preferences/Byhost/ . Inside this folder, trash any com.apple.dock* file.
Fourth:
if necessary...
A: I had the same issue - but finally discovered it was due to Parallels Desktop = just click on 'Hide Desktop' and everything came back. Must be some setting which I mucked around with.
A: After installing a Yosemite update, my desktop icons all disappeared. I had three desktops open and I noticed that when I paged back and forth between the desktops, the icons would appear momentarily and then disappear. Solution: I closed down the two extra desktops and the icons reappeared. I then added two new desktops and the icons did not disappear on the new desktops. Thankful for a simple solution.
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7e042413a919df6325d41229a68bc8868d4dd039 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are symlinks recognized by iCloud? I would love to keep all of my personal files (docs, photos, videos, music) in my user folder where they're supposed to be, and still have them on iCloud for my mobile devices. I thought of putting symlinks that point to the user folders in the iCloud folder in ~/Library/Mobile Documents. Does anyone have authoritative information to tell if these symlink targets will be synced with iCloud similar to the way symlinks can be used with Dropbox?
A: Yes, symlinks work fine with iCloud. I have been using them since before the introduction of iCloud Drive using manual manipulation of the Mobile Documents folder and developer.apple.com, and this still works since the introduction of iCloud Drive.
| Q: Are symlinks recognized by iCloud? I would love to keep all of my personal files (docs, photos, videos, music) in my user folder where they're supposed to be, and still have them on iCloud for my mobile devices. I thought of putting symlinks that point to the user folders in the iCloud folder in ~/Library/Mobile Documents. Does anyone have authoritative information to tell if these symlink targets will be synced with iCloud similar to the way symlinks can be used with Dropbox?
A: Yes, symlinks work fine with iCloud. I have been using them since before the introduction of iCloud Drive using manual manipulation of the Mobile Documents folder and developer.apple.com, and this still works since the introduction of iCloud Drive.
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2918cf7cfa3c07e1da3556304bd081188ffc9e04 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Trying to get a Symlink but it turns to be an Alias I'm trying to move my Backup folder from the SSD to another internal HD via symlink using this command:
ln -s /MacintoshHD/Backup ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync
the problem is, when i hit enter instead of creating a Symlink I get an Alias. Any suggestion on why this is happening?
A: The command you used is ok. This created a link in ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync that points to /MacintoshHD/Backup. And this is is a symbolic link.
However, is you get the info on Finder it will catalog as Kind: Alias.
The first letter of the output of ls -l will show you that is a symbolic link:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 username staff 8 Dec 10 18:27 MobileSync -> /MacintoshHD/Backup/
| Q: Trying to get a Symlink but it turns to be an Alias I'm trying to move my Backup folder from the SSD to another internal HD via symlink using this command:
ln -s /MacintoshHD/Backup ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync
the problem is, when i hit enter instead of creating a Symlink I get an Alias. Any suggestion on why this is happening?
A: The command you used is ok. This created a link in ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync that points to /MacintoshHD/Backup. And this is is a symbolic link.
However, is you get the info on Finder it will catalog as Kind: Alias.
The first letter of the output of ls -l will show you that is a symbolic link:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 username staff 8 Dec 10 18:27 MobileSync -> /MacintoshHD/Backup/
A: It is a symlink, to Finder they look identical.
If you want to see whether it is a symlink do
ls -al
If it returns something that begins with l, then it is a symlink.
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d637bee3001c18112d6c67c3fd0a03dbd76d4fc0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Device to extend bluetooth range? Is there device that will extend the range of Bluetooth? We currently have a Mac Mini setup to control a board room, but we have problems with a magic mouse when it is on the other side of the room from the mac mini.
A: Yes. They're called "Bluetooth Extenders." I have never used one so I can't offer specific advice, but I did look into them once for a similar problem.
Here's the one I planned on buying. Note that I never did so this is not a recommendation, just a suggestion: http://www.amazon.com/Miccus-Home-RTX-Bluetooth-Transmitter/dp/B00713RSE0
| Q: Device to extend bluetooth range? Is there device that will extend the range of Bluetooth? We currently have a Mac Mini setup to control a board room, but we have problems with a magic mouse when it is on the other side of the room from the mac mini.
A: Yes. They're called "Bluetooth Extenders." I have never used one so I can't offer specific advice, but I did look into them once for a similar problem.
Here's the one I planned on buying. Note that I never did so this is not a recommendation, just a suggestion: http://www.amazon.com/Miccus-Home-RTX-Bluetooth-Transmitter/dp/B00713RSE0
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baa96302930ae928ea0bb4e00b261d38671828c3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Created a symlink but Finder shows it as an Alias When I try to backup my iPhone, iTunes gives me an error, saying that it cannot make a Backup because the backup is damaged or not compatible.
To move the backup folder I have followed the steps as below:
*
*Copy the Backup folder from the original path to the MacintoshHD
*Change the name of the original folder (From backup to backup-old) to try to avoid conflicts
*Run the command
ln -s /MacintoshHD/Backup ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync
At the end of the process the Mac creates me a backup alias file (the icon looks like a data file with a little arrow on the corner). By the way, when I hit the "get info" option of the alias file, it shows me that the path is on my SSD?!
Sorry guys, I'm quite new and I'm trying to learn something about the terminal.
A: Finder always shows symlinks as aliases. Even though they are actually different, Finder does not show the difference, regarding all symlinks as aliases.
| Q: Created a symlink but Finder shows it as an Alias When I try to backup my iPhone, iTunes gives me an error, saying that it cannot make a Backup because the backup is damaged or not compatible.
To move the backup folder I have followed the steps as below:
*
*Copy the Backup folder from the original path to the MacintoshHD
*Change the name of the original folder (From backup to backup-old) to try to avoid conflicts
*Run the command
ln -s /MacintoshHD/Backup ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync
At the end of the process the Mac creates me a backup alias file (the icon looks like a data file with a little arrow on the corner). By the way, when I hit the "get info" option of the alias file, it shows me that the path is on my SSD?!
Sorry guys, I'm quite new and I'm trying to learn something about the terminal.
A: Finder always shows symlinks as aliases. Even though they are actually different, Finder does not show the difference, regarding all symlinks as aliases.
A: The "ln" command doesn't copy or backup anything it just makes a link to it in a different place. Is that what you were trying to do? If you are trying to create a backup you need to use "rsync", or "cp" to copy the files for a backup.
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a611eb34b8c13bdd53fd1ae6da910c1c357c9157 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X Yosemite Facebook photo posts to OSX Album only The native integration of facebook and Mac OSX Yosemite. I am trying to post a photo with the native integration and the dialog already has "Timeline" Selected but yet it posts to "OS X Photos" album on FB.
How do i configure Mac OS X - to post to my FB timeline? I do not want to post it in an album.
A: Photos on Facebook are classified as a album. Every album contains a bunch of pictures. You cannot post images separately to your timeline without having it part of a album.
When you try to post on facebook.com as a timeline photo, the images are put into a album called "Timeline Images".
When you post pictures from OS X from the share tab it puts the images in the OS X Photos album. You can manually select another album to post to from the toggle beside the text Timeline.
| Q: Mac OS X Yosemite Facebook photo posts to OSX Album only The native integration of facebook and Mac OSX Yosemite. I am trying to post a photo with the native integration and the dialog already has "Timeline" Selected but yet it posts to "OS X Photos" album on FB.
How do i configure Mac OS X - to post to my FB timeline? I do not want to post it in an album.
A: Photos on Facebook are classified as a album. Every album contains a bunch of pictures. You cannot post images separately to your timeline without having it part of a album.
When you try to post on facebook.com as a timeline photo, the images are put into a album called "Timeline Images".
When you post pictures from OS X from the share tab it puts the images in the OS X Photos album. You can manually select another album to post to from the toggle beside the text Timeline.
A: Workaround: you have to drag the chosen photos from Photos app onto your Mac desktop or other location.
They are now duplicates, which you can login to FB and manually upload.
These photos will now ACTUALLY appear in your timeline, not in your old and already commented on MACOS or iOS or OSX etc. album
**Photos app still has the bug whereby the default stated upload folder is "timeline", so this is the expected upload location. However, it always defaults uploads to a different common folder which is not selected by the user, thus timeline is never a possible option despite the label.
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7e18948bb9956bd337f6267ef4b5f673b49a1695 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automatically mark Junk mail as read I've enabled the builtin Mail rules to move junk mail directly to the junk folder. But the messages do not get marked as read, so they are shown/counted as unread in the Mail sidebar.
How can I mark mail that goes to Junk and Trash folders as read automatically?
A: For Junk Mail, you can create a Rule. From the menu bar item “Mail”, select > Preferences > Rules > Add Rule. Make a rule with the following conditions:
For Trash, you can simply bypass Mail’s Trash and rely on the server settings of the email account. To do so, from the “Mail” menu bar item (again) > Preferences > Accounts > [select account] > Mailbox Behaviors > uncheck “Move Deleted Messages To the Trash Mailbox”
| Q: Automatically mark Junk mail as read I've enabled the builtin Mail rules to move junk mail directly to the junk folder. But the messages do not get marked as read, so they are shown/counted as unread in the Mail sidebar.
How can I mark mail that goes to Junk and Trash folders as read automatically?
A: For Junk Mail, you can create a Rule. From the menu bar item “Mail”, select > Preferences > Rules > Add Rule. Make a rule with the following conditions:
For Trash, you can simply bypass Mail’s Trash and rely on the server settings of the email account. To do so, from the “Mail” menu bar item (again) > Preferences > Accounts > [select account] > Mailbox Behaviors > uncheck “Move Deleted Messages To the Trash Mailbox”
A: Unfortunately the short answer here is likely to be; you can't.
To understand why, it's important to note that are two places where your junk mail will be filtered out.
Client Side Filtering
The settings you are looking at in Mail are for client-side junk mail filtering, this means that as messages are downloaded from your e-mail provider, Mail will attempt to identify if any are spam, and move them to your Junk mailbox(es).
Messages being filtered in this way should be marked as read if that's the behaviour you have configured under your Junk settings.
Client side filtering often gives you the most flexible control, but the downside is that settings will be specific only to your mail client (Mail.app), so if you access your e-mail on another device, your junk mail may still arrive directly into your inbox.
Server Side Filtering
The other place that junk mail filtering may occur is on your e-mail provider's own mail servers; these will attempt to identify junk and delete or filter it before it is downloaded into Mail. This can be great if properly configured, as it will be consistent across all devices, and usually requires no extra configuration.
However the downside to this is that junk mail filtered by your mail server won't normally be processed by client-side rules, so if the messages aren't marked as read by your server, they won't be marked as read by Mail.app, and at time of writing there is still no way to define a rule that can override this (as Mail does not allow rules to trigger only for messages in a certain mailbox).
Some e-mail providers don't mark junk mail as read by default, and provide no means of customising the behaviour. The most common example I'm aware of (and personally aggravated by) is Microsoft's Outlook 365 (previously Hotmail) service. Even though it offers server-side rules, these don't allow any control of automatically filtered junk mail, so they remain marked as read, despite many, many requests by many, many people to change this.
Conclusion
Unless your mail provider offers you some way to customise server-side filtering behaviour (usually through a webmail interface), then you may be stuck.
However, if the main annoyance for you is that Mail is counting unread junk on its icon, you can change this at least by creating a new Smart Mailbox (Mailbox -> New Smart Mailbox) then create a rule that looks like the following:
Basically you want to match all unread messages, except those in certain mailboxes (in our case Junk), Trash and Sent should already be excluded by default.
Now, under Mail -> Preferences in the General tab, change "Dock Unread Count" to your new smart mailbox, the Mail.app icon now will only show a count of unread messages excluding your junk folder. You can also use a smart mailbox to customise notification behaviour in much the same way.
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27d46f9d12edcb1b8ed0940e9abdd5bdabf058b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is is possible to deactivate the Lightning port? On a current iDevice, such as an iPhone 6 or an iPad Air 2, is it possible to deactivate the Lightning port? I don't want to break it, just temporarily disable it, similar to how Settings > Bluetooth can be used to temporarily disable Bluetooth.
Edit: Why? To prevent data exfil in an enterprise setting. So I'm looking to prevent data sync and data transfer. Charging is still ok.
A: No, any version of iOS doesn't allow the deactivation of the Lightning / 30-pin port.
Plugging an iOS device into a new computer will prompt a message on the device whether or not to "trust" that computer or not. "Trusting" a computer allows normal access, otherwise the device would only charge and disallow any data transfer... although it seems in your environment that would be of little benefit.
| Q: Is is possible to deactivate the Lightning port? On a current iDevice, such as an iPhone 6 or an iPad Air 2, is it possible to deactivate the Lightning port? I don't want to break it, just temporarily disable it, similar to how Settings > Bluetooth can be used to temporarily disable Bluetooth.
Edit: Why? To prevent data exfil in an enterprise setting. So I'm looking to prevent data sync and data transfer. Charging is still ok.
A: No, any version of iOS doesn't allow the deactivation of the Lightning / 30-pin port.
Plugging an iOS device into a new computer will prompt a message on the device whether or not to "trust" that computer or not. "Trusting" a computer allows normal access, otherwise the device would only charge and disallow any data transfer... although it seems in your environment that would be of little benefit.
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78dd72ccd1ed2a811cbbdb65604d458cd906f52a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Application eating ~840,000,000% of my CPU I noticed that sometime some application are using some impossibly high amount of my CPU according to the Activity Monitor, as the screenshots below illustrate. How comes Activity Monitor displays such high percentages?
Icons:
A: The other suggestions are good, I just wanted to ad that percentages higher than 100 are, oddly enough, not counter intuitive.
very simply if you see more than 100% usage (as was explained to me) it is a combination of the number of cores in the processor (usually 2 to 8) and how busy all the cores are compared to some (unknown to me) baseline.
So getting high percentages are not uncommon but in the end a bit confusing as this question illustrates. And honestly what is going on here, specifically, is beyond me as well.
| Q: Application eating ~840,000,000% of my CPU I noticed that sometime some application are using some impossibly high amount of my CPU according to the Activity Monitor, as the screenshots below illustrate. How comes Activity Monitor displays such high percentages?
Icons:
A: The other suggestions are good, I just wanted to ad that percentages higher than 100 are, oddly enough, not counter intuitive.
very simply if you see more than 100% usage (as was explained to me) it is a combination of the number of cores in the processor (usually 2 to 8) and how busy all the cores are compared to some (unknown to me) baseline.
So getting high percentages are not uncommon but in the end a bit confusing as this question illustrates. And honestly what is going on here, specifically, is beyond me as well.
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be7171d6393ad05d4194c03b4b71c91b6b844570 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change video Release Date in iTunes Until now, I could change Release Date on videos without problem. But, from now, If the video hasn't Release Date field, when I tried to edit, it always appears 05/06/05 on that field and I could not edit it.
Is this a general issue?
Any way to update that field?
iTunes 12.0.1.26
| Q: Change video Release Date in iTunes Until now, I could change Release Date on videos without problem. But, from now, If the video hasn't Release Date field, when I tried to edit, it always appears 05/06/05 on that field and I could not edit it.
Is this a general issue?
Any way to update that field?
iTunes 12.0.1.26
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072e06476b3ecd657ea7125bea743ed32dd71564 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: contents-immutable and locking the Dock I have the following:
defaults write com.apple.Dock contents-immutable -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.Dock size-immutable -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.Dock position-immutable -bool yes
I can run them fine from the Admin account and it works, but is there a way to do this on a non-admin account? Even Sudo did not seem to work exactly.
Can I just do a chattr +i? what is the immutable string actually doing in the background?
This is running 10.9.x
A: The property list you are referring to is com.apple.dock.plist. Try using com.apple.dock as the domain.
| Q: contents-immutable and locking the Dock I have the following:
defaults write com.apple.Dock contents-immutable -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.Dock size-immutable -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.Dock position-immutable -bool yes
I can run them fine from the Admin account and it works, but is there a way to do this on a non-admin account? Even Sudo did not seem to work exactly.
Can I just do a chattr +i? what is the immutable string actually doing in the background?
This is running 10.9.x
A: The property list you are referring to is com.apple.dock.plist. Try using com.apple.dock as the domain.
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03acb6550a2f4616215df268151ddd2a4e457e8d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I download Youtube videos for offline viewing on an iOS device? I have just tried 28 different apps that claim to download youtube videos for offline viewing/listening, including Instapaper and Pocket.
None of them do it; they all expect there to be an internet connection.
Is there just .... 1 app .... that works?
A: YouTube currently offers this within their app if you pay the premium of $9.99 USD per month for what they call YouTube Red
Key Features according to their marketing is:
*
*YouTube Music
*Ad free & offline video
*Orginal Shows
| Q: How do I download Youtube videos for offline viewing on an iOS device? I have just tried 28 different apps that claim to download youtube videos for offline viewing/listening, including Instapaper and Pocket.
None of them do it; they all expect there to be an internet connection.
Is there just .... 1 app .... that works?
A: YouTube currently offers this within their app if you pay the premium of $9.99 USD per month for what they call YouTube Red
Key Features according to their marketing is:
*
*YouTube Music
*Ad free & offline video
*Orginal Shows
A: You could try FinalTube2 Free
https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/finaltube2/id843407334?mt=8
I have try it and it is works.
A: As pointed out, this is for macOS, not iOS...
Recently I have had good results with Bigasoft Video Downloader ... the non-"pro" free version works great (but cannot download multiple videos unattended)
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2c5236fd1efb417ce74e0224fc893b4444164f03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't download from App Store A click on "Install App" does nothing. No error message, no download.
I am trying to download an app appropriate for my installed OS.
I've rebooted and signed out/in at the app store. No change.
I'm editing because this appears to be the same issue. I signed out and into the app store, and am trying to update existing software.
This is the resulting error message. It references "other account" but this is the account I use, exact same ID I just signed in with.
A: Try resetting the Mac App Store.
*
*Enable the debug menu and restart the Mac App Store.
defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
*Choose the Reset Application option and restart the Mac App Store.
| Q: Can't download from App Store A click on "Install App" does nothing. No error message, no download.
I am trying to download an app appropriate for my installed OS.
I've rebooted and signed out/in at the app store. No change.
I'm editing because this appears to be the same issue. I signed out and into the app store, and am trying to update existing software.
This is the resulting error message. It references "other account" but this is the account I use, exact same ID I just signed in with.
A: Try resetting the Mac App Store.
*
*Enable the debug menu and restart the Mac App Store.
defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
*Choose the Reset Application option and restart the Mac App Store.
A: After struggling with the error message of "updates for other accounts", I found a solution to all of it.
The apple forums offered the solution through the debug option.
Type defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true into terminal and a combination of Cache Buster, Clear Cookies and Reset App did the trick.
After that, the apps were able to update. FWIW, I tried download a new app, but wasn't quickly able to find a Snow Leo app. 10 tries, and all wanted a newer OS.
A: Maybe deleting Mac App Store cache can help you.
Open Terminal and type:
open $TMPDIR../C/
This should open Finder. Delete the com.apple.appstore folder and relaunch Mac App Store see if it works.
A: Sometimes, you just need to sign out and sign in again to the Appstore. Worked for me.
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c07976f15ea36ffbceaf977486c68a247b96e25d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Avoiding maximized windows to overlap with the uBar's taskbar Is it possible to avoid maximized windows to overlap with the uBar's taskbar? By default when I maximize a window it will overlap with uBar's taskbar (but not with the Dock).
Example:
A: You can use BetterTouchTool (free):
When maximizing a window with BetterTouchTool, the maximized windows doesn't overlap with the uBar's taskbar.
| Q: Avoiding maximized windows to overlap with the uBar's taskbar Is it possible to avoid maximized windows to overlap with the uBar's taskbar? By default when I maximize a window it will overlap with uBar's taskbar (but not with the Dock).
Example:
A: You can use BetterTouchTool (free):
When maximizing a window with BetterTouchTool, the maximized windows doesn't overlap with the uBar's taskbar.
A: Neither of the answers above appear to work as of late 2021, but I found a work-around. I use SizeUp for window management on my laptop, and under Preferences > Margins, you can set a bottom (or other) margin to accommodate uBar. I am using a bottom bar, medium size, and 20px seems about right for that combination. I do not yet know uBar's behavior with many windows - will it increase the height? - so there may be a limitation, but for now it works and solves the issue.
A: For anyone still looking for the answer in 2022 - the free/open source app Rectangle seems to respect uBar when you drag a window to the top (i.e. maximize) on an external display.
A: the latest version of uBar (4.13 right now) seems to have fixed this issue!
UPDATE: Although this is still true, it appears that the same can't be said for an external display (at least the first one, I haven't tried uBar with more than 1 external display).
That is, you can set the uBar to display on ALL CURRENT monitors, but that 2nd monitors windows will NOT automatically resize, and instead the very bottom of the windows will extend BELOW and underneath the uBar - the uBar will literally float on top of the bottom of the window...
so, depending on the size/height of your uBar, it could easily block your view, and your MOUSE from accessing the very bottom of the page.
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d5b37d7d86bf2255fe4b4a5b8e44bbd1690960d0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change the position of alerts pop up? With Yosemite we got handy, growl-like, alert popups from the notification center. It's great but it often hides handy utils which also take the top right position of the screen.
Is there any way change the position of those alerts (via system preferences, plist, or an app)?
A: Unfortunately, there is no built-in way to change the position of the popups still. Problem is well known (for instance, see here: Change location of notification center alerts).
The only way you can customize the position of notifications is to use commercial app - Growl (http://growl.info) for those apps that support it or turn all or some notifications off via System Preferences -> Notifications.
| Q: How can I change the position of alerts pop up? With Yosemite we got handy, growl-like, alert popups from the notification center. It's great but it often hides handy utils which also take the top right position of the screen.
Is there any way change the position of those alerts (via system preferences, plist, or an app)?
A: Unfortunately, there is no built-in way to change the position of the popups still. Problem is well known (for instance, see here: Change location of notification center alerts).
The only way you can customize the position of notifications is to use commercial app - Growl (http://growl.info) for those apps that support it or turn all or some notifications off via System Preferences -> Notifications.
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6850b835961402e1d2e3715998fece8782bb7ea5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use gcc or git without installing xcode? I am a newbie of Mac user. I can see there are gcc, git, etc in the "/usr/bin" folder. But when I want to use them, it prompts like this:
MacBook-Pro:~ nan$ git
xcode-select: note: no developer tools were found at '/Applications/Xcode.app', requesting install. Choose an option in the dialog to download the command line developer tools.
MacBook-Pro:~ nan$ gcc
xcode-select: note: no developer tools were found at '/Applications/Xcode.app', requesting install. Choose an option in the dialog to download the command line developer tools.
Does it mean I must install xcode to use gcc or git, thanks very much in advance!
A: You could install both of them using Homebrew:
brew install gcc
brew install git
To install homebrew, you just need this single command:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Anyway, if you want to use git and gcc installed on you system, you don't need to install Xcode, instead you just need to install the command line developer tools, that you can install by typing:
xcode-select --install
| Q: How to use gcc or git without installing xcode? I am a newbie of Mac user. I can see there are gcc, git, etc in the "/usr/bin" folder. But when I want to use them, it prompts like this:
MacBook-Pro:~ nan$ git
xcode-select: note: no developer tools were found at '/Applications/Xcode.app', requesting install. Choose an option in the dialog to download the command line developer tools.
MacBook-Pro:~ nan$ gcc
xcode-select: note: no developer tools were found at '/Applications/Xcode.app', requesting install. Choose an option in the dialog to download the command line developer tools.
Does it mean I must install xcode to use gcc or git, thanks very much in advance!
A: You could install both of them using Homebrew:
brew install gcc
brew install git
To install homebrew, you just need this single command:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Anyway, if you want to use git and gcc installed on you system, you don't need to install Xcode, instead you just need to install the command line developer tools, that you can install by typing:
xcode-select --install
A: No you don't, at least not anymore. The possibility mentioned by @jherran involves installing yet another piece of software. If that's ok with you, you can use Hombrew or Macports. Its controversial which one is 'better', so take which one you like.
But, since OSX Yosemite (or maybe earlier, not sure), the Command Line Tools can be installed separately, which is great since it allowed me to ditch the huge useless XCode app sitting idly on my hard drive.
The most straightforward way might be to simply download the right package from Apple here.
When issuing the commands you mentioned, does a window pop up prompting you to install the Command Line Tools? It is outlined here that this is what should happen.
Or, just try to run
xcode-select --install
Which should do what you want. They can be updated via the App store, at least on Yosemite.
Note that if the executables are present in /usr/bin, you should be able to call them with their full name, e.g. /usr/bin/git.
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04dd3365f114c8e71c4d0c3e3e787b6f1a70c5e3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What font is used for keyboard symbols? I'm looking for the font that Apple is using for Special Key Symbols on their keyboards. I know that Vag Rounded is used for regular characters, but that font does not support characters used for the special keys. I've been searching for a font that would look at least similar to the symbols, but so far I haven't found anything satisfying. For example, here are some of the keys with the special symbols:
Return(↩) key:
Tab(⇥), Caps Lock(⇪), Shift(⇧), Alt(⌥), Command(⌘) keys:
A: Have a look at Apple Symbols. Glyph 1009 in that one has similar corners.
| Q: What font is used for keyboard symbols? I'm looking for the font that Apple is using for Special Key Symbols on their keyboards. I know that Vag Rounded is used for regular characters, but that font does not support characters used for the special keys. I've been searching for a font that would look at least similar to the symbols, but so far I haven't found anything satisfying. For example, here are some of the keys with the special symbols:
Return(↩) key:
Tab(⇥), Caps Lock(⇪), Shift(⇧), Alt(⌥), Command(⌘) keys:
A: Have a look at Apple Symbols. Glyph 1009 in that one has similar corners.
A: You could find that symbols in emoji keyboard. Just type ctrl+⌘+space and search for it.
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dcc0bf9c20c28a5c57a980373f5db3311385eefb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you set own prices when selling music on iTunes? Can you set your own track/album prices when selling music on iTunes?
I was able to find answers on several forums (not on Apple's website/KBs), but they were contradictory (some say that it's $0.99 automatically, some that you can choose the price).
Can someone clarify the pricing parameters an artist can use on the iTunes store?
A: Check this info in official Apple site.This & this interesting sources. I think it could help.
If you already have an account with iTunes for music distribution, you can review your pricing options in the legal documents by logging in to https://itunesconnect.apple.com/ and then selecting Agreements, Tax, and Banking - if you don't have a selling account, you can apply and if accepted, you will get to review the legal agreements and then decide to proceed with signing them if you wish.
*
*https://www.apple.com/itunes/working-itunes/sell-content/music-faq.html
| Q: Can you set own prices when selling music on iTunes? Can you set your own track/album prices when selling music on iTunes?
I was able to find answers on several forums (not on Apple's website/KBs), but they were contradictory (some say that it's $0.99 automatically, some that you can choose the price).
Can someone clarify the pricing parameters an artist can use on the iTunes store?
A: Check this info in official Apple site.This & this interesting sources. I think it could help.
If you already have an account with iTunes for music distribution, you can review your pricing options in the legal documents by logging in to https://itunesconnect.apple.com/ and then selecting Agreements, Tax, and Banking - if you don't have a selling account, you can apply and if accepted, you will get to review the legal agreements and then decide to proceed with signing them if you wish.
*
*https://www.apple.com/itunes/working-itunes/sell-content/music-faq.html
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2a6b3b8d79a34a019e88f399eb554ba1313faedd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Renaming "Hey Siri" Hey Siri is too short: it keeps getting triggered when people talk around. Furthermore, I have several iOS devices: I would like to have a different voice command for each device. Is there any way to rename the voice command Hey Siri to turn on Siri?
A: There's no official way to rename the voice command to turn on Siri.
I've heard people discussing this after jailbreaking their devices, but I have no experience of that myself and wouldn't recommend it.
| Q: Renaming "Hey Siri" Hey Siri is too short: it keeps getting triggered when people talk around. Furthermore, I have several iOS devices: I would like to have a different voice command for each device. Is there any way to rename the voice command Hey Siri to turn on Siri?
A: There's no official way to rename the voice command to turn on Siri.
I've heard people discussing this after jailbreaking their devices, but I have no experience of that myself and wouldn't recommend it.
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8e1088fa4e70ed9a41802485ac1e633be03a9496 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Add a custom dictionary to manageable dictionaries? Is it possible to add a custom dictionary to use for the "Define" feature on iOS?
For example, I want to add a dictionary of unix/linux commands so that in situations like this a definition is provided:
A: I'll answer but with a question at the end.
First of all you need jail broken device or any other way to access system files.
On your browser press on some word and select 'define' then 'manage'
Install some other dictionary and then you need file system access to navigate to:
/var/mobile/Library/Assets/com_apple_MobileAsset_DictionaryServices_dictionary2
There you will see several folders, enter inside and then once again inside assetdata folder, there you will see name of the dictionary that you installed previously. Enter inside that folder and then inside 'contents'.
Basically this is the folder of the dictionary and all the data.
Now on your pc search on the net for OS X dictionary files (they will be in zip file) extract from that file only the files of 'contents' folder and replace the files on your mobile idevice.
I did it to add Hebrew language dictionary.
| Q: Add a custom dictionary to manageable dictionaries? Is it possible to add a custom dictionary to use for the "Define" feature on iOS?
For example, I want to add a dictionary of unix/linux commands so that in situations like this a definition is provided:
A: I'll answer but with a question at the end.
First of all you need jail broken device or any other way to access system files.
On your browser press on some word and select 'define' then 'manage'
Install some other dictionary and then you need file system access to navigate to:
/var/mobile/Library/Assets/com_apple_MobileAsset_DictionaryServices_dictionary2
There you will see several folders, enter inside and then once again inside assetdata folder, there you will see name of the dictionary that you installed previously. Enter inside that folder and then inside 'contents'.
Basically this is the folder of the dictionary and all the data.
Now on your pc search on the net for OS X dictionary files (they will be in zip file) extract from that file only the files of 'contents' folder and replace the files on your mobile idevice.
I did it to add Hebrew language dictionary.
A: If you can find the app called Dictionary.Appender it might be possible.
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ec550159fbed634cbd27d86e18e3087b9b8cea4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to measure data traffic from airport extreme? We have lot of machines and occasionally experience slowness in some devices and wanted to see if it has something do with a device stealing the bandwidth. So I would like to measure the bandwidth utilized by each device.
Of course the other reason is our cable company. But I am afraid there will be revolt if I criticize them.
A: PeakHour on the Apple Store can use snmp to monitor the bandwidth usage of network routers (including AirPorts). I don't know if can measure individual clients though.
Larger scale you could use something like Cacti to monitor all of your devices and graph their statistics such as open connections, bandwidth, etc.
| Q: Is there a way to measure data traffic from airport extreme? We have lot of machines and occasionally experience slowness in some devices and wanted to see if it has something do with a device stealing the bandwidth. So I would like to measure the bandwidth utilized by each device.
Of course the other reason is our cable company. But I am afraid there will be revolt if I criticize them.
A: PeakHour on the Apple Store can use snmp to monitor the bandwidth usage of network routers (including AirPorts). I don't know if can measure individual clients though.
Larger scale you could use something like Cacti to monitor all of your devices and graph their statistics such as open connections, bandwidth, etc.
A: It looks like you might be looking for something like this:
NetUse Traffic Monitor
By Prime73 Inc.
Found on Apple Store.
NetUse monitors and collects real-time Internet usage stats for all
the computers in your home or office that share an Internet
connection.
NetUse works great with Apple’s time capsule, airport extreme, airport
express (a new version with 802.11n support) or any other brand modern
router or a gateway with enabled SNMP function. Please note: The
latest Apple Extreme and Time Machine routers that have a tower shape
do not support SNMP.
A: This may be a solution but does require purchase of another (fairly cheap) router.
http://www.tmproductions.com/projects-blog/2015/11/8/bandwidth-monitoring
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d34b1b0918b2b771fcc5a56bda1d2080dc9bf91e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Transfer mp3 files from Mac to iPhone Music app using iTunes 12.0.1 I have not done this for a while. The iTunes version 10 or so was quite intuitive to do this task. The current iTunes version does not seem so obvious anymore.
Any instructions would be appreciated.
A: *
*Plug your iPhone and click the device icon in the iTunes bar.
*
*Select Music on the left side bar.
*From there you can select whatever music you want from you library (by artist, album, etc.).
*Select what you want and hit Sync button in the bottom of the screen.
| Q: Transfer mp3 files from Mac to iPhone Music app using iTunes 12.0.1 I have not done this for a while. The iTunes version 10 or so was quite intuitive to do this task. The current iTunes version does not seem so obvious anymore.
Any instructions would be appreciated.
A: *
*Plug your iPhone and click the device icon in the iTunes bar.
*
*Select Music on the left side bar.
*From there you can select whatever music you want from you library (by artist, album, etc.).
*Select what you want and hit Sync button in the bottom of the screen.
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ba0784415c3606f6633f6ad3f5aac01b55be5dc1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I connect to ftp server in terminal? How can I connect to ftp server in terminal? What is the command?
For example for the ssh server:
ssh [email protected]
A: I know that this topic is quiet old but I found it accidentally and maybe someone other will visit this site too. ftp command no longer works for High Sierra and higher. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8095899
| Q: How can I connect to ftp server in terminal? How can I connect to ftp server in terminal? What is the command?
For example for the ssh server:
ssh [email protected]
A: I know that this topic is quiet old but I found it accidentally and maybe someone other will visit this site too. ftp command no longer works for High Sierra and higher. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8095899
A: ftp
open ftp://username:password@hostname
These are two separate commands. The open command is run within ftp.
A: ftp hostname
or
ftp://username:password@hostname
Now, once connected the 5 most common options are:
cd foldername #e.g. cd /downloads/recent
get filename #e.g. get thisisthefileiwant.text
put filename #e.g. put sendthistotheserver.txt
mget filenameregex #e.g mget * to get every file in a directory
mput filemameregex #e.g. mput *.txt to upload every txt file to the server
The only trickery is sometimes you might need to put it into binary mode by typing binary
To exit, type bye
The difference between mine and @grgarside 's solution is his forks it to the Finder using open, while mine uses Terminal
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48167056f7ca543e6064da698ea5c47aa84d4197 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where do you get the tool they use at the Genius Bar to remove SIM cards? I was at the Genius Bar recently and the techs had a tiny tool on their loop of cables that looked like a pin with an oval-shaped loop at the top. Anyone know where to acquire this tool?
I know I could cut and bend a small paper clip, but this looked a bit thinner and sturdier. They used it to pop out the SIM card and clean out the Lightning port.
A: If you purchase an international or unlocked iPhone, it comes with this SIM ejection tool. They cannot be purchased from Apple, however they are sold on eBay/Amazon/etc.
| Q: Where do you get the tool they use at the Genius Bar to remove SIM cards? I was at the Genius Bar recently and the techs had a tiny tool on their loop of cables that looked like a pin with an oval-shaped loop at the top. Anyone know where to acquire this tool?
I know I could cut and bend a small paper clip, but this looked a bit thinner and sturdier. They used it to pop out the SIM card and clean out the Lightning port.
A: If you purchase an international or unlocked iPhone, it comes with this SIM ejection tool. They cannot be purchased from Apple, however they are sold on eBay/Amazon/etc.
A: The "Apple SIM ejector" is a glorified paperclip. A much better (and more comfortable) tool is a 0.8mm hex driver. Find the precision tools section of your local hardware store and get one that fits. Do NOT get a pointy-end driver like Phillips. Hex drivers have flat ends and smooth sides.
And don't use metal objects to clean out the connector - a toothpick won't scratch up the electrical connections.
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5321d87d4304e6982339c55c40e96c3798cfdbca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make Dock less sensitive I am having a problem with the Dock popping up when I have my mouse near the bottom. Before, the Dock would pop up when the mouse was at the very bottom. But the current behavior makes it difficult to access things like tabs on a spreadsheet because the Dock comes up and covers them. What is to be done?
A: Try following in Terminal to adjust the Dock behavior.
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.5
compliment that with killall Dock to make it active.
The number at the end is in seconds (delay) so choose what it suits you.
To return to original settings use
defaults delete com.apple.Dock autohide-time-modifier
| Q: How to make Dock less sensitive I am having a problem with the Dock popping up when I have my mouse near the bottom. Before, the Dock would pop up when the mouse was at the very bottom. But the current behavior makes it difficult to access things like tabs on a spreadsheet because the Dock comes up and covers them. What is to be done?
A: Try following in Terminal to adjust the Dock behavior.
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.5
compliment that with killall Dock to make it active.
The number at the end is in seconds (delay) so choose what it suits you.
To return to original settings use
defaults delete com.apple.Dock autohide-time-modifier
A: My personal solution?
a) Put the dock on the side of the screen, not at the bottom. Screens are generally wider than they are tall, and documents are generally taller than they are wide. Screen real estate is much more precious at the bottom than at the sides.
b) Never let the dock hide. Having the dock hide is not useful, because the space it covers isn't really available for anything else, as you've noticed. A hidden dock entices you to put things in places on your screen that you cannot reach.
But that's just my opinion. Yours may vary, or course. But you did ask....
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4f9408541e1412446191452c20764c11d1ac39f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get notifications to pop up in my active display? I have an MBA running Yosemite. Apps like Mail, messages, calendar, and FaceTime have 'banner' notifications that pop up in my laptop's built-in display but they don't pop up on my external monitor that's plugged in via a thunderbolt adapter.
How can I get notifications to display on my active display?
Is this even possible or a feature that is yet to be implemented by Apple?
A: Go to notifications and under the section "Turn on Do Not Disturb" toggle off, "When mirroring to TVs and projectors".
| Q: How can I get notifications to pop up in my active display? I have an MBA running Yosemite. Apps like Mail, messages, calendar, and FaceTime have 'banner' notifications that pop up in my laptop's built-in display but they don't pop up on my external monitor that's plugged in via a thunderbolt adapter.
How can I get notifications to display on my active display?
Is this even possible or a feature that is yet to be implemented by Apple?
A: Go to notifications and under the section "Turn on Do Not Disturb" toggle off, "When mirroring to TVs and projectors".
A: Try this: System Preferences -> Displays and drag menubar (small white stripe at the top of the blue box in the "Arrangement" tab) to your external (attached) display. Built-in notifications will be displayed on the monitor with main menubar.
In addition to this you may wish to explore Growl app (http://growl.info/), which allows you to setup notifications in more sophisticated way and configure them for several displays.
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5d98e846ce6210cc77a778f99c558d8facb00993 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Strange padlock icon on status bar (not rotation-lock!) I recently noticed that a strange padlock icon with a "T" in it on my status bar. It is not rotation-lock tho. What exactly is this?
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.6
A: This icon does not appear in any of the devices running iOS 7 or 8.
It's probably caused by a jailbreak tweak. OpenNotifier is one such jailbreak tweak which lets you customise the status bar to indicate notifications from any app. The icon does not seem to relate to anything specific so it's quite impossible to tell what's it's indicating. Checking the tweak settings could tell what's that icon is indicating.
| Q: Strange padlock icon on status bar (not rotation-lock!) I recently noticed that a strange padlock icon with a "T" in it on my status bar. It is not rotation-lock tho. What exactly is this?
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.6
A: This icon does not appear in any of the devices running iOS 7 or 8.
It's probably caused by a jailbreak tweak. OpenNotifier is one such jailbreak tweak which lets you customise the status bar to indicate notifications from any app. The icon does not seem to relate to anything specific so it's quite impossible to tell what's it's indicating. Checking the tweak settings could tell what's that icon is indicating.
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3a5a9a483a88b091c1a364f89e910b854379284b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disassociate an Apple ID from a computer There's a work computer (iMac) I'll soon stop using, which might be used by other people in the future.
While I've mainly used a separate work-only Apple ID on the computer, I suspect I may have used my personal Apple ID on the computer from time to time.
I want to make sure that my personal Apple ID isn't used in the future on the work computer. How do I ensure this is the case?
A: Go to System Preferences, and check "iCloud" and "Internet Accounts". Sign out where necessary, and once neither of them list your personal account, you're good to go.
You may also want to make sure your web browsers don't remember any of your passwords.
| Q: Disassociate an Apple ID from a computer There's a work computer (iMac) I'll soon stop using, which might be used by other people in the future.
While I've mainly used a separate work-only Apple ID on the computer, I suspect I may have used my personal Apple ID on the computer from time to time.
I want to make sure that my personal Apple ID isn't used in the future on the work computer. How do I ensure this is the case?
A: Go to System Preferences, and check "iCloud" and "Internet Accounts". Sign out where necessary, and once neither of them list your personal account, you're good to go.
You may also want to make sure your web browsers don't remember any of your passwords.
A: Removing an associated device or computer from an Apple ID
To remove a device or computer from your Apple ID:
*
*Open iTunes.
*Sign in to your Apple ID by choosing Store > Sign In from the iTunes menu.
*Choose Store > View My Account from the iTunes menu.
*From the Account Information screen, click Manage Devices.
*Click the Remove button next to the device name you would like to unassociate.
Note: Removing a device from your Apple ID does not override the 90-day timer. You must wait 90 days from the day the device was first associated with your Apple ID before it can be associated with another Apple ID.
Source: iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID
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da8b97a728ac2c298eda60f6ba4259f3a76b5871 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delete "Recently Deleted" album on iOS 8? With iOS8, there was a new album called "Recently Deleted" in the Photos app. Is there any way to delete the "Recently Deleted" album or any way to disable this feature ?
I want the photos to get deleted as soon I delete them, I don't want to delete them twice. Jailbreak solutions are welcome too.
A: If your device is jailbroken, you can install NoRecentlyDeleted, which does exactly what you would expect, making all photos be deleted immediately.
| Q: Delete "Recently Deleted" album on iOS 8? With iOS8, there was a new album called "Recently Deleted" in the Photos app. Is there any way to delete the "Recently Deleted" album or any way to disable this feature ?
I want the photos to get deleted as soon I delete them, I don't want to delete them twice. Jailbreak solutions are welcome too.
A: If your device is jailbroken, you can install NoRecentlyDeleted, which does exactly what you would expect, making all photos be deleted immediately.
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e3660d3b644c441de882196f67a7d7f2d369f601 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: install an older version of xcode on mac lion 10.7 I want to install xcode on vmware image mac os x lion 10.7 ..
I went to app store but it won't let me download because it's the latest version which not compatible with lion 10.7 ..
I don't have an developer account ..
So, is there any way to install an old xcode ?
A: You should be able to login to Downloads for Apple Developers with your Apple ID. From there, search for "Xcode 4." You should see "Xcode 4.6.3" at the top of the list. It includes the iOS 6.1 SDK and OS X 10.8 SDK. This is the last version of Xcode supported by OS X Lion (10.7.x) and was released on June 13, 2013.
| Q: install an older version of xcode on mac lion 10.7 I want to install xcode on vmware image mac os x lion 10.7 ..
I went to app store but it won't let me download because it's the latest version which not compatible with lion 10.7 ..
I don't have an developer account ..
So, is there any way to install an old xcode ?
A: You should be able to login to Downloads for Apple Developers with your Apple ID. From there, search for "Xcode 4." You should see "Xcode 4.6.3" at the top of the list. It includes the iOS 6.1 SDK and OS X 10.8 SDK. This is the last version of Xcode supported by OS X Lion (10.7.x) and was released on June 13, 2013.
A: You can get older versions of Xcode in the Developer Center Downloads section you can go through the pages of Xcode related downloads to find the one you're looking for. You may need to log in to access this page.
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550c44744084cc0d1a86c9d58e3348d6b5ecb6a1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mobile Safari Redirects to App Store According to several news stories, the iOS 8 betas included a new feature:
Safari now blocks ads from automatically redirecting to the App Store without user interaction.
(The last link makes it look like the feature did get into the released version of iOS 8, not just the betas.)
However, certain sites (with ads) are still managing to open the App Store on my iPhone 5S.
Is there a way to ensure this setting is enabled?
A: Unfortunately regardless of Apple's efforts to curb websites redirecting users to the iTunes App Store, it still regularly occurs.
There is no 'setting' which enables / disables this 'feature', my only recommendation would be to ensure the "Fraudulent Website Warning" is switched on, having the "Block Cookies" setting on anything but 'always allow' and also testing weather turing off JavaScript support (under Advanced) helps in any way.
| Q: Mobile Safari Redirects to App Store According to several news stories, the iOS 8 betas included a new feature:
Safari now blocks ads from automatically redirecting to the App Store without user interaction.
(The last link makes it look like the feature did get into the released version of iOS 8, not just the betas.)
However, certain sites (with ads) are still managing to open the App Store on my iPhone 5S.
Is there a way to ensure this setting is enabled?
A: Unfortunately regardless of Apple's efforts to curb websites redirecting users to the iTunes App Store, it still regularly occurs.
There is no 'setting' which enables / disables this 'feature', my only recommendation would be to ensure the "Fraudulent Website Warning" is switched on, having the "Block Cookies" setting on anything but 'always allow' and also testing weather turing off JavaScript support (under Advanced) helps in any way.
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8b592ef496938e83b958ec951bd864dd6d16a03a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the differences between Applescripts saved as *.scpt and *.applescript? It seems to me that those scripts that are saved as *.applescript are always meant to be the raw, uncompiled text while those that are saved as *.scpt can be either the raw text or the compiled program.
What advantages/disadvantages are there to using each extension?
An ancillary question: is there an analogous extension to *.applescript for the new JavaScript for Automation (JXA) language? Perhaps *.jxa?
A: .scpt is in binary. .applescript is in text.
You can use Spotlight/Finder's find function to search for words in .applescript. You cannot do this with .scpt.
Since .scpt is already compiled, it's quicker to launch.
My favorite thing about .applescript is that I can write that a script that read/write onto itself, so that variables are saved for next run without creating a separate file to house the variables.
| Q: What are the differences between Applescripts saved as *.scpt and *.applescript? It seems to me that those scripts that are saved as *.applescript are always meant to be the raw, uncompiled text while those that are saved as *.scpt can be either the raw text or the compiled program.
What advantages/disadvantages are there to using each extension?
An ancillary question: is there an analogous extension to *.applescript for the new JavaScript for Automation (JXA) language? Perhaps *.jxa?
A: .scpt is in binary. .applescript is in text.
You can use Spotlight/Finder's find function to search for words in .applescript. You cannot do this with .scpt.
Since .scpt is already compiled, it's quicker to launch.
My favorite thing about .applescript is that I can write that a script that read/write onto itself, so that variables are saved for next run without creating a separate file to house the variables.
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9ef98e0a44464844bb0cd09e0e8140a8eaeb8990 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to access iPhone Google Chrome history over 90 days ago? How can we access all browsing history from Chrome on iPhone?
Does Google Chrome on iPhone have a SQLite database I can access?
A: You can use google chrome sync option to sync your chrome history on other devices. I believe this URL will helps you https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2591582?hl=en
| Q: How to access iPhone Google Chrome history over 90 days ago? How can we access all browsing history from Chrome on iPhone?
Does Google Chrome on iPhone have a SQLite database I can access?
A: You can use google chrome sync option to sync your chrome history on other devices. I believe this URL will helps you https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2591582?hl=en
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53175e5428cf803e58f689d0701770f1c0441b98 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine attempts to inherit backup from wrong Mac Most people seem to want to get their new Mac to inherit their old Mac's backup. I seem to have the opposite problem.
I have a person who used Migration Assistant to move from a Mac mini to a laptop. I wiped and repurposed the mini, and used Time Machine to make a fresh backup image of it on an AFP server running FreeNAS 9.2. What's curious is, when the laptop creates a new Time Machine backup on the same server, I'm asked if I want to inherit the new backup image made by the mini.
Clearly there's still something in the migrated system on the laptop left over from the Mac mini that's causing it to associate itself with the mini's backup. I've confirmed that the value of com.apple.backupd.HostUUID in the com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist file of the mini's backup matches the mini's hardware UUID from system_profiler SPHardwareDataType, which differs from the laptop's hardware UUID.
Any ideas why Time Machine thinks it's still installed on the older Mac?
| Q: Time Machine attempts to inherit backup from wrong Mac Most people seem to want to get their new Mac to inherit their old Mac's backup. I seem to have the opposite problem.
I have a person who used Migration Assistant to move from a Mac mini to a laptop. I wiped and repurposed the mini, and used Time Machine to make a fresh backup image of it on an AFP server running FreeNAS 9.2. What's curious is, when the laptop creates a new Time Machine backup on the same server, I'm asked if I want to inherit the new backup image made by the mini.
Clearly there's still something in the migrated system on the laptop left over from the Mac mini that's causing it to associate itself with the mini's backup. I've confirmed that the value of com.apple.backupd.HostUUID in the com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist file of the mini's backup matches the mini's hardware UUID from system_profiler SPHardwareDataType, which differs from the laptop's hardware UUID.
Any ideas why Time Machine thinks it's still installed on the older Mac?
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a6770ffbf2f7901141b73d7e969b08d74c84a1ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable notification center in Yosemite I tried several solutions to disable completely the notification center in Yosemite.
For example, see https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/57477/104881 or https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/139171/104881.
These solutions disable the notification panel, but, in Yosemite, the notification icon of the menu bar is still there.
How can I remove the menu bar icon ?
I know the bartender software can do that but I am looking for a solution which does not require addind another app.
EDIT:
*
*I have already tried to remove NotificationCenter.app in /System/Library/CoreServices.
*I also tried the following command:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist; killall NotificationCenter
These two techniques remove the notifications but do not remove the icon.
A: Like the spotlight search icon, the notification centre icon cannot be removed from the status bar using OS X. You should use the bartender program to hide that icon.
It works with Yosemite and has the feature you seek:
With Bartender you can hide or move the Notification Center menu bar item, but still use Notification Center.
| Q: Disable notification center in Yosemite I tried several solutions to disable completely the notification center in Yosemite.
For example, see https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/57477/104881 or https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/139171/104881.
These solutions disable the notification panel, but, in Yosemite, the notification icon of the menu bar is still there.
How can I remove the menu bar icon ?
I know the bartender software can do that but I am looking for a solution which does not require addind another app.
EDIT:
*
*I have already tried to remove NotificationCenter.app in /System/Library/CoreServices.
*I also tried the following command:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist; killall NotificationCenter
These two techniques remove the notifications but do not remove the icon.
A: Like the spotlight search icon, the notification centre icon cannot be removed from the status bar using OS X. You should use the bartender program to hide that icon.
It works with Yosemite and has the feature you seek:
With Bartender you can hide or move the Notification Center menu bar item, but still use Notification Center.
A: Solution (not perfect because it leaves the space of the icon in the menu bar, but it's always better than nothing), type this in the Terminal and confirm with your password :
sudo rm System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/menuitemNormal.pdf
And reboot your computer (or close and reopen your session).
Explanation :
I was searching for the same thing, so I searched where the file image of the icon is in the system, and it was not hard to find it.
First, I looked for something related to the user interface in the Activity Monitor, and I found SystemUIServer. Next, I searched its emplacement in the hard drive, I used Show Package Contents, and I looked in the Resources folder. Bingo, the icon was this pdf file ! Next step was as simple as deleting it.
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4587322ff3c24562e445de7938e5cf6707918da1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud Drive taking up space on local drive? My computer seems to be keeping a local copy of my iCloud Drive folder. Is there any way to disable this?
I know this because in my "Library" folder, there is another folder called "Mobile Documents" that links to the contents in my iCloud Drive folder.
Also, when I click on "About This Mac", under "Storage", it includes the iCloud Drive folder's contents.
Is there a way for me to not keep a local copy of the iCloud Drive folder? I don't want it taking up space on my hard drive...
A: No, I don't believe this can be done. This is how the service works - copies of everything in the drive is copied to all devices that have the drive enabled.
You can choose to disable iCloud drive entirely, but you can't pick and choose what files arrive on which device.
Other cloud storage service like Dropbox and Google Drive behave in this way as well.
| Q: iCloud Drive taking up space on local drive? My computer seems to be keeping a local copy of my iCloud Drive folder. Is there any way to disable this?
I know this because in my "Library" folder, there is another folder called "Mobile Documents" that links to the contents in my iCloud Drive folder.
Also, when I click on "About This Mac", under "Storage", it includes the iCloud Drive folder's contents.
Is there a way for me to not keep a local copy of the iCloud Drive folder? I don't want it taking up space on my hard drive...
A: No, I don't believe this can be done. This is how the service works - copies of everything in the drive is copied to all devices that have the drive enabled.
You can choose to disable iCloud drive entirely, but you can't pick and choose what files arrive on which device.
Other cloud storage service like Dropbox and Google Drive behave in this way as well.
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28bc6f9e1abd9311e47eacc40e15b986df67e735 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Service Packs? I'm trying to get the Mindstorms software on my MacBook, and this is part of the requirements:
Mac 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 with the latest service packs
What are the service packs it is talking about? Were they on older versions of OS X, but not on the current version? I'm confused because I thought service packs were a Microsoft thing.
EDIT: I'm currently running 10.10.1 (Yosemite).
A: Whoever wrote the requirements probably is more familiar with Windows terminology. While they aren't called "service packs", every major release of OS X (such as 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8) has had multiple "minor" or "point" releases containing improvements and fixes. See this list for details of release dates. For the example given, 10.6.8, 10.7.5, and 10.8.5 would be the most-current releases of the major versions mentioned.
These minor updates have historically been made available through the Software Update item under OS X's Apple menu, and, since either 10.7 or 10.8, are now available through the Mac App Store.
| Q: OS X Service Packs? I'm trying to get the Mindstorms software on my MacBook, and this is part of the requirements:
Mac 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 with the latest service packs
What are the service packs it is talking about? Were they on older versions of OS X, but not on the current version? I'm confused because I thought service packs were a Microsoft thing.
EDIT: I'm currently running 10.10.1 (Yosemite).
A: Whoever wrote the requirements probably is more familiar with Windows terminology. While they aren't called "service packs", every major release of OS X (such as 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8) has had multiple "minor" or "point" releases containing improvements and fixes. See this list for details of release dates. For the example given, 10.6.8, 10.7.5, and 10.8.5 would be the most-current releases of the major versions mentioned.
These minor updates have historically been made available through the Software Update item under OS X's Apple menu, and, since either 10.7 or 10.8, are now available through the Mac App Store.
A: Service Pack is Microsoft naming convention for a major update pack which incorporates a plethora of minor security and other updates in one single installer.
A rough Apple equivalent are the latest Combo Updates:
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Client Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.7.5 Client Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.8.5 Client Combo Update
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cb359dc1c2867408977452d639e695a49b7a5034 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Suspicious Activity Might Have been Detected" malware in Safari or other browsers Did you navigate to a page that produced a popup that says (among other things)...
Suspicious Activity Might Have been Detected
...and then asks you to call a toll free number? As you might have guessed, this is a scam, and seems to be going around for a while now. It happens on iOS and MacOS, and in different browsers.
How do I fix it?
A: Here's the solution on iOS/Safari:
*
*Close Safari
*Open Settings
*Look for the Safari settings, click it
*Click Advanced (at the bottom)
*There is a setting for JavaScript, turn it off
*Close Settings
*Open Safari
*Close the message box if it is still open
*Click on the "show me all the web pages" icon in the lower right (whatever it's called)
*Close the page in question
*Go back to Settings and turn JavaScript back on
All done!
| Q: "Suspicious Activity Might Have been Detected" malware in Safari or other browsers Did you navigate to a page that produced a popup that says (among other things)...
Suspicious Activity Might Have been Detected
...and then asks you to call a toll free number? As you might have guessed, this is a scam, and seems to be going around for a while now. It happens on iOS and MacOS, and in different browsers.
How do I fix it?
A: Here's the solution on iOS/Safari:
*
*Close Safari
*Open Settings
*Look for the Safari settings, click it
*Click Advanced (at the bottom)
*There is a setting for JavaScript, turn it off
*Close Settings
*Open Safari
*Close the message box if it is still open
*Click on the "show me all the web pages" icon in the lower right (whatever it's called)
*Close the page in question
*Go back to Settings and turn JavaScript back on
All done!
A: I simply just cleared my history and it went away for me (iPhone user)
A: Here's the solution on MacOS/Safari:
*
*In the effected Safari, select Settings from the Safari menu
*Click on Security
*Click on the "Enable JavaScript" checkbox to turn it off
*Close the message box, if it is still open
*Close the page that caused the pop-up
*Go back to Settings and turn JavaScript back on
All done!
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0516ba018a3561feba02f74a5740b701ff224a48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: My Mac is making an odd noise every couple of minutes Total Mac OS noob here, after spending a lifetime on Windows I have my first Mac.
Every couple minutes I hear an odd sound (playing through the speakers), it sounds like two beeps in quick succession, with a puddle-like noise in the background.
It doesn't seem to be anything listed under Sound Effects in the control panel.
What does this sound mean, and do I have to do anything?
A: This sounds like the sound Skype makes for a Contact Available notification.
| Q: My Mac is making an odd noise every couple of minutes Total Mac OS noob here, after spending a lifetime on Windows I have my first Mac.
Every couple minutes I hear an odd sound (playing through the speakers), it sounds like two beeps in quick succession, with a puddle-like noise in the background.
It doesn't seem to be anything listed under Sound Effects in the control panel.
What does this sound mean, and do I have to do anything?
A: This sounds like the sound Skype makes for a Contact Available notification.
A: Temporary solution
Go to Skype-> Preferences -> notifications-> Event: Contact becomes available and untick "play sound"
I'm almost 100% sure that I don't have any pending request yet this sound plays randomly in every minute. I removed the tick from the menu and it's fine now.
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e37f59f889dbfbddae43a53ba026e1596e289928 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard and Trackpad not working after login after spilling liquid I accidentally spill some liquid on the keyboard of my MacBook Air. It wasn't too much and I turned off the computer right way. The computer works perfectly fine, but after I log in the keyboard and trackpad stop working.
Does anyone have any clue on what is going on?
A: As physical connectors heat and cool, they may loose contact with what they are connected to. Rather than logging in immediately upon boot up, let the computer get up to temperature. In other words, wait 5-10 minutes. Can you log in at that point? If not, the increased heat from normal startup may have exposed some hardware damage done by the liquid.
| Q: Keyboard and Trackpad not working after login after spilling liquid I accidentally spill some liquid on the keyboard of my MacBook Air. It wasn't too much and I turned off the computer right way. The computer works perfectly fine, but after I log in the keyboard and trackpad stop working.
Does anyone have any clue on what is going on?
A: As physical connectors heat and cool, they may loose contact with what they are connected to. Rather than logging in immediately upon boot up, let the computer get up to temperature. In other words, wait 5-10 minutes. Can you log in at that point? If not, the increased heat from normal startup may have exposed some hardware damage done by the liquid.
A: After letting it siting for a couple of weeks the computer started working normal again. So I'd say that in cases like that it would be a good idea to let the computer off as long as possible and at least 72h.
(The computer wasn't actually mine and the guy turned it on after 3 or 4 hours).
A: I have had the same problem (only without the liquid) and I have find the solution... I was ready to restaure an old back up from time machin. To do so, I have before '''clean the desktop'''. I classified and '''removed all the desktop documents and restart the computer'''. Miracle, my macbook worked fine again. I think a document on the desktop was the cause of an interference with the keyborad and trackpad.
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60aead7516b64fddfe0ef681aa693c7972b3ca5d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMessage and facetime not displaying my number I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 7.1.2, I recently turned off the iMessage and FaceTime and then ejected my SIM card and inserted SIM card of another network. After few hours I again switched my SIM again to previous network.
After that I am trying to activate my iMessage and FaceTime but no luck. It is not displaying my number in address.
I checked my number in Phone but there my number is correct.
I have tried network reset, phone reset, hard reset, turning on and off both services but no luck. How do I go back to using FaceTime and iMessage on my original network?
A: Ring your carrier.
They may have to reset your phone's profile, if the other SIM messed it up. They can send the new data (connection profile) remotely, you just OK it when it arrives.
My carrier sometimes sends me a new phone profile after a major iOS update, or if they add new functionality etc. I can easily imagine swapping SIM cards could mess up the original profile.
| Q: iMessage and facetime not displaying my number I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 7.1.2, I recently turned off the iMessage and FaceTime and then ejected my SIM card and inserted SIM card of another network. After few hours I again switched my SIM again to previous network.
After that I am trying to activate my iMessage and FaceTime but no luck. It is not displaying my number in address.
I checked my number in Phone but there my number is correct.
I have tried network reset, phone reset, hard reset, turning on and off both services but no luck. How do I go back to using FaceTime and iMessage on my original network?
A: Ring your carrier.
They may have to reset your phone's profile, if the other SIM messed it up. They can send the new data (connection profile) remotely, you just OK it when it arrives.
My carrier sometimes sends me a new phone profile after a major iOS update, or if they add new functionality etc. I can easily imagine swapping SIM cards could mess up the original profile.
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a322e4f0cd83e6f353b285cbf3305146554b3a8b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dropbox109 process asking to access firewall on Yosemite As the title says, I have a process called Dropbox109 asking to access the internet. I have denied it.
I have Dropbox installed since Mavericks, and its been working fine (uploads/downloads/sync). What's suspicious is I got this Dropbox109 internet access request for the first time in a year of having Dropbox installed, and I couldn't find any information online.
Does anyone have any idea if it is a malicious program/virus or a legit process?
A: No, it’s a legitimate, routine request from Dropbox used to check your OS X version. Due to formatting limitations, I’m unable to directly embed this tweet from the official Dropbox support account. See the screenshot below, and click the link to view the tweet.
| Q: Dropbox109 process asking to access firewall on Yosemite As the title says, I have a process called Dropbox109 asking to access the internet. I have denied it.
I have Dropbox installed since Mavericks, and its been working fine (uploads/downloads/sync). What's suspicious is I got this Dropbox109 internet access request for the first time in a year of having Dropbox installed, and I couldn't find any information online.
Does anyone have any idea if it is a malicious program/virus or a legit process?
A: No, it’s a legitimate, routine request from Dropbox used to check your OS X version. Due to formatting limitations, I’m unable to directly embed this tweet from the official Dropbox support account. See the screenshot below, and click the link to view the tweet.
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fe2972451fd4dad4c9470522287dbde3fa331b9a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to show command of a process in activity monitor? I want to see the exact commands of some processes in activity monitor, as most linux process monitor can do. Is it possible with activity monitor?
A: I could not find such functionality in the Activity Monitor, but we can use following bash command to get the same outcome:
ps -eo pid,ppid,%mem,%cpu,args -r | head
Sample output:
PID PPID %MEM %CPU ARGS
215 1 0.1 50.4 /usr/libexec/sysmond
81699 81694 2.4 27.8 node /Users/pongli/my/git/shroogal-dev2/node_modules/.bin/tsc -w
81662 81657 0.9 19.0 node /Users/pongli/my/git/V2ServiceApp/node_modules/.bin/tsc -w
81702 81700 0.3 6.9 gulp
27827 27796 5.2 6.6 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper.app/Contents/MacOS
76036 72939 0.0 5.3 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper.app/Contents/MacOS
217 1 0.9 3.3 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Resources/WindowServer -daemon
83975 1641 1.3 2.8 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/63.0.3239.84/Google Chrome Helper.app
36742 1641 8.1 2.2 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/63.0.3239.84/Google Chrome Helper.app
| Q: How to show command of a process in activity monitor? I want to see the exact commands of some processes in activity monitor, as most linux process monitor can do. Is it possible with activity monitor?
A: I could not find such functionality in the Activity Monitor, but we can use following bash command to get the same outcome:
ps -eo pid,ppid,%mem,%cpu,args -r | head
Sample output:
PID PPID %MEM %CPU ARGS
215 1 0.1 50.4 /usr/libexec/sysmond
81699 81694 2.4 27.8 node /Users/pongli/my/git/shroogal-dev2/node_modules/.bin/tsc -w
81662 81657 0.9 19.0 node /Users/pongli/my/git/V2ServiceApp/node_modules/.bin/tsc -w
81702 81700 0.3 6.9 gulp
27827 27796 5.2 6.6 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper.app/Contents/MacOS
76036 72939 0.0 5.3 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper.app/Contents/MacOS
217 1 0.9 3.3 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Resources/WindowServer -daemon
83975 1641 1.3 2.8 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/63.0.3239.84/Google Chrome Helper.app
36742 1641 8.1 2.2 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/63.0.3239.84/Google Chrome Helper.app
A: Select desired process, click the gear button or the View menu, and then select Sample Process. The 5th line in the sample window shows the path to the executable.
A: Activity monitor doesn't allow you to display the exact command used to launch a process. You can use htop which display all command parameters and allows you to order processes in a tree. You can install htop with:
brew install htop
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d83d0eb55630d03b4c4e4013ae346980f7e4d6a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Displaying calendar events as text, in the terminal Using Yosemite, is there a way to display events from my calendar in the command line?
I'm aware of the stock calendars apple supplies for things like holidays and such, /usr/share/calendar/ and the command 'calendar' to display events listed in these. Is there a way to do the same thing but list events from my own calendars?
I've found that personal calendars are stored in ~/Library/Calendars but everything I've found within that folder does not work with the 'calendar' command. There are several folders with ambiguous names similar to "D4385-GS57-D352-GA248592.calendar". And some folders contain a lot of *.ics files, which I think are calendar events.
A: How about something like that:
$ find ~/Library/Calendars -name "*.ics" |
xargs grep -h -e "SUMMARY" -e "DTSTAMP" |
sed -E 's/^[A-Z].*:(.*$)/\1/g' |
sed -E 's/^([0-9]{4})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})T([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2}).*$/\1-\2-\3 \4:\5:\6/g'
Fist’s Birthday
2014-05-16 05:44:20
Secon’s Birthday
2014-07-26 09:58:49
Third’s Birthday
2014-05-16 05:44:20
...
This command will output all events in all your calendars (included subscribed ones).
| Q: Displaying calendar events as text, in the terminal Using Yosemite, is there a way to display events from my calendar in the command line?
I'm aware of the stock calendars apple supplies for things like holidays and such, /usr/share/calendar/ and the command 'calendar' to display events listed in these. Is there a way to do the same thing but list events from my own calendars?
I've found that personal calendars are stored in ~/Library/Calendars but everything I've found within that folder does not work with the 'calendar' command. There are several folders with ambiguous names similar to "D4385-GS57-D352-GA248592.calendar". And some folders contain a lot of *.ics files, which I think are calendar events.
A: How about something like that:
$ find ~/Library/Calendars -name "*.ics" |
xargs grep -h -e "SUMMARY" -e "DTSTAMP" |
sed -E 's/^[A-Z].*:(.*$)/\1/g' |
sed -E 's/^([0-9]{4})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})T([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2}).*$/\1-\2-\3 \4:\5:\6/g'
Fist’s Birthday
2014-05-16 05:44:20
Secon’s Birthday
2014-07-26 09:58:49
Third’s Birthday
2014-05-16 05:44:20
...
This command will output all events in all your calendars (included subscribed ones).
A: I like to use Homebrew to install a version of icalbuddy that works fine with OS X 10.11
brew install ical-buddy
from hasseg.org/icalBuddy/
icalBuddy is a command-line utility that can be used to get lists of
events and tasks/to-do's from the OS X calendar database (the same one
iCal uses).
A: You should look into icalbuddy http://hasseg.org/icalBuddy/ . This lets you configure what days you want to output, by date/calendar and all fields. It actually interacts great with calendars of all kinds (synced and not) and can be used in terminal, geektool, etc.
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81ba706621964f14d5cd72041c2e6b9f2f5d3adb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple keeps asking me to accept the new iCloud terms and conditions A pop-up will appear on my phone asking me to accept the new terms and conditions. To turn off these notifications, I need to turn off iCloud. Unfortunately, when I go into my settings to turn off iCloud, it requires me to accept the new terms and conditions in order to even turn off iCloud!
Does anyone know another way around this? Thanks.
A: You could call apple care to turn off icloud for you. This would take a couple of hours to accomplish so I suggest you accept the T&C and than log out from icloud via 'settings > icloud' like @Buscar said.
| Q: Apple keeps asking me to accept the new iCloud terms and conditions A pop-up will appear on my phone asking me to accept the new terms and conditions. To turn off these notifications, I need to turn off iCloud. Unfortunately, when I go into my settings to turn off iCloud, it requires me to accept the new terms and conditions in order to even turn off iCloud!
Does anyone know another way around this? Thanks.
A: You could call apple care to turn off icloud for you. This would take a couple of hours to accomplish so I suggest you accept the T&C and than log out from icloud via 'settings > icloud' like @Buscar said.
A: Since you had the iCloud turned on initially, you will have to accept the T&C anyway.
You have a iCloud account!
Turning it off now is to late since you used the product already.
A: None of the existing answers solved my problem on iOS 9. I have multiple iCloud accounts configured on my phone, which was the root of the problem. I followed the instructions posted here and my problems were solved. For posterity's sake, here is an excerpt from that link:
There’s not a lot of chatter about this, primarily because it only
affects a few few iPhone/iPad users who happen to have and use more
than one Apple ID on their device. This is you, so here’s how to fix
this:
*
*Tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and then tap on the first iCloud account. You should see a Terms and Conditions link near the
top in blue.
*Tap the link, scroll to the bottom and tap the Accept link.
*Repeat steps 1 & 2 for any other iCloud accounts you have showing in the list of accounts.
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729b44c91a6d3d5cc17ae55067219a1ec834c74c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remap F4 to Dashboard or Notifications on a MacBook Pro in Yosemite? I had this working fine in Tiger thru Mavericks, but it broke in Yosemite. Pressing F4 now launches Launchpad, and only fnF4 triggers Dashboard.
Launchpad is useless compared to Spotlight or even the Dock. I'd much rather have the F4 key triggering Dashboard again, or even Notifications (which is really starting to come along).
I have:
*
*System Prefs / Mission Control / Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts / Show Dashboard set to F4.
*Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Keyboard / Use all F-keys as standard function keys unticked.
*Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts / Launchpad & Dock / Show Launchpad unticked.
*Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts / Mission Control / Show Dashboard set to F4.
Ideas? Hopeless? Thanks!
2014 13" Retina MacBook Pro
Mac OS X v10.1 Yosemite (14B25)
A: Do you have any exclamation points in triangles indicating the key is also mapped to a different function? From what you’ve described as your settings, it should be working…
| Q: How to remap F4 to Dashboard or Notifications on a MacBook Pro in Yosemite? I had this working fine in Tiger thru Mavericks, but it broke in Yosemite. Pressing F4 now launches Launchpad, and only fnF4 triggers Dashboard.
Launchpad is useless compared to Spotlight or even the Dock. I'd much rather have the F4 key triggering Dashboard again, or even Notifications (which is really starting to come along).
I have:
*
*System Prefs / Mission Control / Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts / Show Dashboard set to F4.
*Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Keyboard / Use all F-keys as standard function keys unticked.
*Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts / Launchpad & Dock / Show Launchpad unticked.
*Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts / Mission Control / Show Dashboard set to F4.
Ideas? Hopeless? Thanks!
2014 13" Retina MacBook Pro
Mac OS X v10.1 Yosemite (14B25)
A: Do you have any exclamation points in triangles indicating the key is also mapped to a different function? From what you’ve described as your settings, it should be working…
A: I have the same settings described in the message above and I don't get the Dashboard either. I have ended up assigning the top-right corner as a "hot corner" that shows the Dashboard.
System Preferences > Mission control > Hot corners (left-bottom corner of the window).
A: System Preferences > Mission Control > Dashboard (drop-down)
Change dashboard drop down box from "off" to either "As overlay" or "As space"
Side note: I do have Show Dashboard set as F4 as seen below in this same Mission Ctrl window. Also, I have the same settings as was mentioned in the original posted question.
A: I mapped dashboard to F6 on my Mac Pro with a desktop keyboard. It doesn't require pressing the fn button since this key does not have a special use. But I think on Macbooks the F5 and F6 keys do keyboard illumination so that might not work on a laptop.
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2c7c940277cc83b7c61c1bf24b14b58978117a06 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone - How to set up not requiring passcode if recently closed I have an iPhone with iOS 8. Is there a way to setup my phone where it doesn't require a passcode to unlock if it has been closed in the last 5 (or some amount) minutes?
I know that my computer has a 15min feature.
Thanks
A: You have to disable Touch ID for "iPhone Unlock" on newer iOS devices in order to set a time to lock your phone. In Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, disable (toggle off) Touch ID for iPhone Unlock. Once toggled off, you can then change the time to require passcode by accessing the "Require Passcode" option.
Basically it sets to "immediately" only with Touch ID enabled for unlocking your phone.
| Q: iPhone - How to set up not requiring passcode if recently closed I have an iPhone with iOS 8. Is there a way to setup my phone where it doesn't require a passcode to unlock if it has been closed in the last 5 (or some amount) minutes?
I know that my computer has a 15min feature.
Thanks
A: You have to disable Touch ID for "iPhone Unlock" on newer iOS devices in order to set a time to lock your phone. In Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, disable (toggle off) Touch ID for iPhone Unlock. Once toggled off, you can then change the time to require passcode by accessing the "Require Passcode" option.
Basically it sets to "immediately" only with Touch ID enabled for unlocking your phone.
A: *
*Open the Settings App and navigate to General –> Passcode Lock.
*To set the passcode lock delay, locate the button where you see Require Passcode. By default you will see “Immediately” next to Require Passcode. This means that as soon as your device locks, your passcode will be enabled. If you want to delay this, tap on the button and select After 1 minute, After 5 minutes, or After 15 minutes. When you select any of these three time intervals, your device will not require you to re-enter your passcode for the relative time you selected.
A: I believe the setting you are looking for is Settings > Touch ID and Passcode > Require Passcode.
It should be noted that using a Microsoft Exchange account in email can effect the options available here. For example the only option on my phone is "immediately". this thread is how i finally learned why I only have the option "immediately".
A: I think what you mean can be found under settings> general. There's a function called, I think, Automatic Lock.
You can automatically lock your iphone after:
*
*1 minute
*2 minutes
*3 minutes
*4 minutes
*5 minutes
*Never
A: If you want to override the requirement to use a passcode - say if Microsoft exchange is installed and the requirement for a passcode is set server-side; and if your phone is JB'd then you can install cydia then activator then an app called bypass which will run within activator. both activator and bypass are located on the bigboss repo that comes preinstalled in cydia.
A: I know this is an old thread but I've found with my 6s, running iOS 9.3.2, if you have the option "Use Touch ID for:" and you have "iPhone Unlock" turned on then the option "Require Passcide" will be automatically limited to "immediately" as well as selected & unchangeable.
A: 6s
10.1.1
turned off Touch ID
Allowed delayed lock options
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a528b492c66d684d17780a96d4e3aaef09f19959 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTerm2: How to change the color used to highlight search results? It seems that iTerm2 is hardcoded to highlight search results using a yellow background color. I tried both the latest release and the nightlies but could not find a way to change that color.
Did I miss something? It seems implausible to me, that a terminal emulator with such a degree of customizability would really hardcode a single color while at the same time making virtually everything else user-configurable.
For clarification, here's a screenshot:
As you can see, I searched the screen contents for the word "stack" and all its occurrences are highlighted in yellow (except for the selected one).
A: For iTerm2 Text color changes:
*
*From the menus choose Profiles → Open Profiles.
*Click the Edit Profiles button, then the Colors tabs.
*You can change the colors by clicking on the color wells.
You can find iTerm color schemes at iterm2colorschemes.com.
| Q: iTerm2: How to change the color used to highlight search results? It seems that iTerm2 is hardcoded to highlight search results using a yellow background color. I tried both the latest release and the nightlies but could not find a way to change that color.
Did I miss something? It seems implausible to me, that a terminal emulator with such a degree of customizability would really hardcode a single color while at the same time making virtually everything else user-configurable.
For clarification, here's a screenshot:
As you can see, I searched the screen contents for the word "stack" and all its occurrences are highlighted in yellow (except for the selected one).
A: For iTerm2 Text color changes:
*
*From the menus choose Profiles → Open Profiles.
*Click the Edit Profiles button, then the Colors tabs.
*You can change the colors by clicking on the color wells.
You can find iTerm color schemes at iterm2colorschemes.com.
A: Unfortunately, the yellow color is actually hardcoded in the source code and cannot be configured in the preferences.
Here is the corresponding code snippet where the color is applied:
if (isMatch && !bgselected) {
aColor = [NSColor colorWithCalibratedRed:1 green:1 blue:0 alpha:1];
} else ...
Source: https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/blob/3a99bb0a0e5924e2d515ec9638a4ffa6731a5682/sources/PTYTextView.m#L6274
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784ade2d7e7c44b7d6d84546f5886fd799ef8e4c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is there a web process active even if Safari isn't opened? I noticed that even when Safari is closed, many web processes are active, and these processes are active even when I just restarted my Mac.
Actually, I noticed that this process is in the Spotlight web content group, what is the purpose of it and when will it stop ?
A: I noticed that too, and did the following to "solve the problem" (it's not a problem for some people though :P ):
In System Preferences, open Spotlight. In Search Results tab, disable Bookmarks & History. Then restart. After that, Safari Web Content process won't be active when Safari is not open.
| Q: Why is there a web process active even if Safari isn't opened? I noticed that even when Safari is closed, many web processes are active, and these processes are active even when I just restarted my Mac.
Actually, I noticed that this process is in the Spotlight web content group, what is the purpose of it and when will it stop ?
A: I noticed that too, and did the following to "solve the problem" (it's not a problem for some people though :P ):
In System Preferences, open Spotlight. In Search Results tab, disable Bookmarks & History. Then restart. After that, Safari Web Content process won't be active when Safari is not open.
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536b746791e1084373ccf6794ff838c5e82c4a76 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Open With" ...running application option? This may have been asked before but I couldn't find any reference to it.
So Control-Click on a file brings up the context menu with "Open", "Open With.." and a number of other options. I often want to open a text based file in something other than the default application – for example, opening an mxml (Flex) file in BBEdit. The default application for that is Flash Builder and I don't want to change the default.
Is there some kind of extension or service I can add to have an "Open with Running Application...(list of open applications)"?
Or if not that, a way a user (me!) can register an app to open certain file types, so for example, BBEdit is listed as an option for mxml but is not the default?
A: Try to use automator. It's simple: create a new service with preferences (what items in which program to open). That's all - on right click menu there will be a new rule - "open in ...".
| Q: "Open With" ...running application option? This may have been asked before but I couldn't find any reference to it.
So Control-Click on a file brings up the context menu with "Open", "Open With.." and a number of other options. I often want to open a text based file in something other than the default application – for example, opening an mxml (Flex) file in BBEdit. The default application for that is Flash Builder and I don't want to change the default.
Is there some kind of extension or service I can add to have an "Open with Running Application...(list of open applications)"?
Or if not that, a way a user (me!) can register an app to open certain file types, so for example, BBEdit is listed as an option for mxml but is not the default?
A: Try to use automator. It's simple: create a new service with preferences (what items in which program to open). That's all - on right click menu there will be a new rule - "open in ...".
A: You could just drag the file onto the App icon in the Dock… [which is very difficult to take a screenshot of…]
[after comments…]
Alternatively, you could…
*
*drag the file onto the app switcher - the one you bring up by pressing Cmd ⌘ Tab ⇥
or
*
*use DragThing which has been a kind of substitute Dock since long before the Dock existed.
A: One way (which for just this is overkill but it has other benefits) is to use PathFinder as a replacement for Finder.
Its Open With... menu has submenus
*
*Applications - listing all apps it can find e.g. in /Applications
~/Applications
*Running - all running apps
*Text Editor - its copy of
TextEdit
*List of all apps that have registered for the extension
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511a8fad34fefbf56c367853371291c500c23e24 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I specify shutdown time with "sudo shutdown"? In the following Terminal command sudo shutdown -r now, there is a time set ("...now"). Is there a way to set a specific time. For example, could it be sudo shutdown -r -int 1200?
A: From man shutdown:
-r The system is rebooted at the specified time.
[...]
time Time is the time at which shutdown will bring the system down and may be the word now
(indicating an immediate shutdown) or specify a future time in one of two formats:
+number, or yymmddhhmm, where the year, month, and day may be defaulted to the current
system values. The first form brings the system down in number minutes and the second
at the absolute time specified.
More to be found at “How to shutdown Linux at a specific datetime from terminal?” on Unix & Linux Stack Exchange and The OS X-specific man page.
| Q: How can I specify shutdown time with "sudo shutdown"? In the following Terminal command sudo shutdown -r now, there is a time set ("...now"). Is there a way to set a specific time. For example, could it be sudo shutdown -r -int 1200?
A: From man shutdown:
-r The system is rebooted at the specified time.
[...]
time Time is the time at which shutdown will bring the system down and may be the word now
(indicating an immediate shutdown) or specify a future time in one of two formats:
+number, or yymmddhhmm, where the year, month, and day may be defaulted to the current
system values. The first form brings the system down in number minutes and the second
at the absolute time specified.
More to be found at “How to shutdown Linux at a specific datetime from terminal?” on Unix & Linux Stack Exchange and The OS X-specific man page.
A: sudo shutdown -r 12:00
As @napcae mentioned, information can be found using man shutdown, but here's another reference:
http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ushutdow.htm
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5b0b8176395ddd39f4ecd7ffab9c73a55fcd4841 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Format External Disk in FAT, NOT FAT32 I have an external device which mounts as an external drive and which I must format in FAT, not FAT32, for use elsewhere. Is there a way to do that from Snow Leopard?
A: This should do the trick:
In Terminal:
diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS <newname> <diskID>
where is the new name for the disk and is the disk identifier (you can find this by getting the disk info from Finder or Disk Utility, or by typing "diskutil list" into Terminal).
| Q: Format External Disk in FAT, NOT FAT32 I have an external device which mounts as an external drive and which I must format in FAT, not FAT32, for use elsewhere. Is there a way to do that from Snow Leopard?
A: This should do the trick:
In Terminal:
diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS <newname> <diskID>
where is the new name for the disk and is the disk identifier (you can find this by getting the disk info from Finder or Disk Utility, or by typing "diskutil list" into Terminal).
A: If you tell OS X to format a disk or volume in "MS-DOS" format, it'll try to choose the "best" option from FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32, based on the volume's size. If you need to override its choice, you have to use the command-line diskutil command with a more explicit volume format like "MS-DOS FAT16". Here's an example:
$ diskutil info /Volumes/UNTITLED/
Device Identifier: disk2s1
Device Node: /dev/disk2s1
Part of Whole: disk2
[...]
File System Personality: MS-DOS FAT32
Type (Bundle): msdos
Name (User Visible): MS-DOS (FAT32)
Partition Type: DOS_FAT_32
...note that at this point, I could either erase & reformat just the volume (disk2s1) or the entire disk (disk2). If the disk isn't partitioned into multiple volumes, it doesn't make much difference. I'll do the whole disk for demo purposes:
$ diskutil erasedisk "MS-DOS FAT16" CUSTOMVOL disk2
Started erase on disk2
$<3>Unmounting disk
$<3>Creating the partition map
$<3>Waiting for the disks to reappear
$<3>Formatting disk2s1 as MS-DOS (FAT16) with name CUSTOMVOL
$<3>512 bytes per physical sector
/dev/rdisk2s1: 1999456 sectors in 62483 FAT16 clusters (16384 bytes/cluster)
bps=512 spc=32 res=1 nft=2 rde=512 mid=0xf8 spf=245 spt=32 hds=128 hid=40 drv=0x80 bsec=1999984
$<3>Mounting disk
$<3>Finished erase on disk2
$ diskutil info /Volumes/CUSTOMVOL
Device Identifier: disk2s1
Device Node: /dev/disk2s1
Part of Whole: disk2
Device / Media Name: CUSTOMVOL
[...]
File System Personality: MS-DOS FAT16
Type (Bundle): msdos
Name (User Visible): MS-DOS (FAT16)
Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Note that you can use diskutil listFilesystems to get a complete list of the volume formats it knows about.
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b7301db394a5976fd12b7b478a6dd17f290b3b6f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable autosave in Preview Preview, by default, persists edits to the underlying file immediately. (i.e. if you crop something, the underlying file becomes cropped). I find this behavior very irritating.
I tried enabling Settings->General->"Ask to keep changes when closing documents". With this, Preview still persists the change to disk, but asks if I want to keep the change when I close the app.
A 2012 answer to a similar question suggested
defaults write -app 'preview' ApplePersistence -bool no
This does not seem to have any effect.
Is there any way to make Preview behave like a normal application? I want my changes unsaved and transient until I specifically hit save.
A: Per Turning Off Auto Saving In TextEdit And Other Mac Apps on the "Mac Tricks and Tips" website:
*
*Open System Preferences
*Go to "General"
*Enable "Ask to keep changes when closing documents"
| Q: Disable autosave in Preview Preview, by default, persists edits to the underlying file immediately. (i.e. if you crop something, the underlying file becomes cropped). I find this behavior very irritating.
I tried enabling Settings->General->"Ask to keep changes when closing documents". With this, Preview still persists the change to disk, but asks if I want to keep the change when I close the app.
A 2012 answer to a similar question suggested
defaults write -app 'preview' ApplePersistence -bool no
This does not seem to have any effect.
Is there any way to make Preview behave like a normal application? I want my changes unsaved and transient until I specifically hit save.
A: Per Turning Off Auto Saving In TextEdit And Other Mac Apps on the "Mac Tricks and Tips" website:
*
*Open System Preferences
*Go to "General"
*Enable "Ask to keep changes when closing documents"
A: While working with doc in Preview, hit the title bar of the doc and set its status to 'Locked'. This will lock the doc in Finder. If you'll try to edit it while it's locked, then system will propose to you to Duplicate the file so you can work with the copy.
Generally speaking they disabled this functionality in Yosemite since if you want to preserve original doc, you can easily create its copy and work with the copy. In all other cases docs are being autosaved as it is of great help to many other users.
A: Sadly, the ApplePersistence preference no longer works in Mojave and later. The only option is to disable Auto-saving in ALL applications, in System Preferences > General. This may not be desirable.
If you really want a PDF viewer that does explicit saves (or is entirely read-only), then you need to use a different application.
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39bce40487fcdca1844b93e76738f79288e36294 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine progress from the command line The Time Machine control panel gives information on in-progress backups. For example
Is there a way to get the information from the command line?
A: To get only the percentage value:
tmutil status | LC_NUMERIC="C" awk -F'"' '/_raw_Percent/ {print $4 * 100}'
| Q: Time Machine progress from the command line The Time Machine control panel gives information on in-progress backups. For example
Is there a way to get the information from the command line?
A: To get only the percentage value:
tmutil status | LC_NUMERIC="C" awk -F'"' '/_raw_Percent/ {print $4 * 100}'
A: While the backup is running, detailed information gan be gained by
tmutil status
which should return something like this:
Backup session status:
{
BackupPhase = Copying;
ClientID = "com.apple.backupd";
DateOfStateChange = "2014-12-18 14:14:21 +0000";
DestinationID = "B4AF88-5AD5-49BE-B254-650B44E20499";
DestinationMountPoint = "/Volumes/TimeMachine";
Percent = "0.852581430477103";
Progress = {
TimeRemaining = 0;
"_raw_totalBytes" = 38596759;
bytes = 36563200;
files = 480;
totalBytes = 42456434;
totalFiles = 480;
};
Running = 1;
Stopping = 0;
"_raw_Percent" = "0.9473127005301144";
}
If you only care for the percentage, try the following (looks ugly, works only if there is a percentage to display):
tmutil status | awk '/_raw_Percent/ {print $3}' | grep -o '[0-9].[0-9]\+\(e-[0-9]\+\)\?' | awk '{print $1*100}'
A: I managed to make a simple script from the accepted answer.
tmstatus () {
eval $(tmutil status | grep -E '[^}];$' | perl -p -e 's/^\s+[\"]*//g;' -e 's/[\"]*\s+\=\s+/=/g') || (echo "Something get wrong..." && return 1)
if [[ $Running -eq 1 ]]
then
export LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
[[ $BackupPhase == "Copying" ]] && Percent=$(printf '%0.2f%%' `bc <<< $Percent*100`) && echo "${DateOfStateChange} ${BackupPhase} backup to ${DestinationMountPoint}: ${totalFiles} files - ${Percent} (~$((${TimeRemaining:-0}/60)) min." || echo "${DateOfStateChange} ${BackupPhase} (Destination ${DestinationID})."
else
echo "TimeMachine backup is not running."
fi
}
A: Maybe a bit more complicated but also more practical for processing, the following command will write the progress status into a plist file and convert it into json:
tmutil status | grep -v 'Backup session status' > a.plist; plutil -convert json a.plist
Json can be parsed more easily to extract various information.
A: I used @Atika's very helpful script but sometimes got errors like
bash: 26520.80484282512/60: syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is ".80484282512/60")
So I made a slight tweak to pass that division operation to bc and now it works reliably (caveat: for me!):
Before:
(~$((${TimeRemaining:-0}/60)) min."
After:
(~$(bc <<< ${TimeRemaining:-0}/60) min.)
Updated Script:
tmstatus () {
eval $(tmutil status | grep -E '[^}];$' | perl -p -e 's/^\s+[\"]*//g;' -e 's/[\"]*\s+\=\s+/=/g') || (echo "Something get wrong..." && return 1)
if [[ $Running -eq 1 ]]
then
export LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
[[ $BackupPhase == "Copying" ]] && Percent=$(printf '%0.2f%%' $(bc <<< $Percent*100)) && echo "${DateOfStateChange} ${BackupPhase} backup to ${DestinationMountPoint}: ${totalFiles} files - ${Percent} (~$(bc <<< ${TimeRemaining:-0}/60) min.)" || echo "${DateOfStateChange} ${BackupPhase} (Destination ${DestinationID})."
else
echo "TimeMachine backup is not running."
fi
}
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a48c2467c5e5ab05d4b99d2d470cd7c277019555 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Paint.NET alternative for Mac OS X I would be extremely grateful to anyone pointing me in the direction of the Mac OS X analogue for the free Windows image-editing software Paint.NET.
Basically the way I use it is I take lots of screenshots for work, then put arrows in there, some ovals and text - it's all for documentation purposes - mainly for Confluence.
The feature I can't live without is the arrows - they have points where you can easily curve them creating a very good visual e.g. for tutorials.
And of course it's great that you can do all of that in a lightweight app, couple of clicks manner.
A: You can use builtin Preview.app for adding arrows, shapes, text, magnifying glass etc. It's not as lightweight as Skitch mentioned by @jherran, but does the job You need.
| Q: Paint.NET alternative for Mac OS X I would be extremely grateful to anyone pointing me in the direction of the Mac OS X analogue for the free Windows image-editing software Paint.NET.
Basically the way I use it is I take lots of screenshots for work, then put arrows in there, some ovals and text - it's all for documentation purposes - mainly for Confluence.
The feature I can't live without is the arrows - they have points where you can easily curve them creating a very good visual e.g. for tutorials.
And of course it's great that you can do all of that in a lightweight app, couple of clicks manner.
A: You can use builtin Preview.app for adding arrows, shapes, text, magnifying glass etc. It's not as lightweight as Skitch mentioned by @jherran, but does the job You need.
A: Gimp is a nice alternative. While it is a bit more complicated it can do a ton more
A: Preview is quite lightweight, in terms of start up time. Plus, in OS X 10.10 Yosemite, you can use the markup that are part of Preview.app from within Mail.app (as soon as you have the Markup extension enabled (see System Preferences > Extensions > Actions).
Depending on the way you want to create your snapshots (i.e., for instance, including menus and the mouse), you might want to consider Grab.app.
If the normal screenshot options, or those available through Grab.app are not good enough, then using Skitch might be more your thing.
One final recommendation: if you use Google Drive instead of Dropbox (but they are working on Dropbox integration, too), Marqueed (https://www.marqueed.com) is an online tool for image annotation.
A: You should try Skitch. It does exactly what you want, take screenshot, put arrows, etc.
Get your point across with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas become reality faster.
A:
Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after
Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way
to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
http://pinta-project.com/
A: You can use TechSmith Snagit:
*
*non-free
*Mac OS X / Windows
*Provide many kinds of annotations for screenshots:
A: You could try Patina, which is free in the Mac App Store. It's very polished and has high ratings.
Improved answer:
*
*Patina has a very simple interface that makes the learning curve very short.
*Patina gives the user a lot of control by allowing the user to turn on and off certain features, such as anti-aliasing and interpolation (for the latter one, not yet at the time of writing this but very soon and most likely already by the time most people are reading this post).
*Other features include continuous object rotation (not limited to 45 or 90 degrees), transparent image saving, a slider for controlling tool width thickness, and alpha blending of colors.
A: None, there are none. Paint.net is irreplaceable.
A: Although expensive, Napkin is purpose built for these tasks.
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c47a63f87a783f1dde1f4c3611850afa8d9281df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: One contact with several numbers - sent messages I have a contact with multiple (two) mobile numbers.
How do i know to which number the sms (text message) was sent?
The system did not ask me which telephone number to use.
Is there a way to check it?
A:
(This was done using iOS 13.5.1)
| Q: One contact with several numbers - sent messages I have a contact with multiple (two) mobile numbers.
How do i know to which number the sms (text message) was sent?
The system did not ask me which telephone number to use.
Is there a way to check it?
A:
(This was done using iOS 13.5.1)
A: Damian is correct above.
Hit "(i)" in the top right corner -> tap the person's contact -> look for which contact method has "RECENT" next to it. That's the one used in the thread.
A: For iOS 12 and later:
Starting at the screen with the all the messages you have sent to/received from the contact, tap the contact icon at the top of the screen (this can either be the picture you assigned for the given contact, or a gray circle with the first letter of the contact's name, if you have not assigned a contact image). After clicking this icon, a small menu bar will appear below the contact icon with three options, in gray: audio, FaceTime, and info; click info. The next screen will have similar options, but this time in blue. Once again, click info.
You should now be able to see the information for the given contact. Check where the phone numbers are listed – one of them should have a gray RECENT tag next to it. This is the number you are looking for – it denotes the phone number that you either got the most recent message from, or sent the most recent message to.
Note that if you are looking in the Contacts app, you will not see the RECENT tag. You must go through the Messages app in order to see this.
For earlier versions of iOS:
When typing in a contact name while creating a new message in the Messages app, if the contact sheet for that person has more than one number (or email addresses too) it'll display a list of all numbers. From there you can select which number you'd like to send the message to for that specific contact.
If you've already sent a message and wish to determine what number or email address you're using, simply tap on the message -> details -> the "i" icon. The contact sheet will display the currently used number/email in blue (the other numbers will be black).
A: For iOS if you follow the I symbol in the upper right hand corner of the message screen it will take you to a place where the contact name is given. Click on the name âne a list of all their numbers will show up. Next to the number that is related to the message you are inquiring about will have the word "recent" posted next. Apparently recent doesn't mean it is their most recent number like I had first assumed.
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07c2a0653472297801ffc408b07c9b65c1fab077 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 15" MacBook Pro to 27" iMac monitor Can I hook up my 15" macbook Pro thunderbolt to my 27" iMac thunderbolt, and operate the MacBook pro in Windows 7 in order to have a large monitor to run AutoCad?
Both computers are running OSX Yosemite and Bootcamp Windows 7.
A: According to Target Display Mode: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), you can't do it.
8. Can I use TDM in Boot Camp?
Target Display Mode is not supported under Boot Camp.
| Q: 15" MacBook Pro to 27" iMac monitor Can I hook up my 15" macbook Pro thunderbolt to my 27" iMac thunderbolt, and operate the MacBook pro in Windows 7 in order to have a large monitor to run AutoCad?
Both computers are running OSX Yosemite and Bootcamp Windows 7.
A: According to Target Display Mode: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), you can't do it.
8. Can I use TDM in Boot Camp?
Target Display Mode is not supported under Boot Camp.
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29e9df8d765922c2bd989ddd0230e39fd7ea229b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use HDMI for audio only without video? When I connect an HDMI display to my computer, it uses it as a display. I can't figure out how to use the HDMI cable for audio only and only use my laptop monitor. Is this possible?
A: If all you want is to have your desktop confined to your computer's screen, go to System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement, and check Mirror Displays. That'll make it so that your HDMI display only acts as a mirror of the desktop you already have, rather than an extension of it.
| Q: Can I use HDMI for audio only without video? When I connect an HDMI display to my computer, it uses it as a display. I can't figure out how to use the HDMI cable for audio only and only use my laptop monitor. Is this possible?
A: If all you want is to have your desktop confined to your computer's screen, go to System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement, and check Mirror Displays. That'll make it so that your HDMI display only acts as a mirror of the desktop you already have, rather than an extension of it.
A: There is no way to transmit only audio data via HDMI.
The HDMI white paper (page 10) notes that the signal is sent in HDMI packets consisting of both audio and video. Despite all the pins, there are no separate audio and video signals, so there are also no HDMI A/V splitter cables.
The only way to get around this is to send blank video data (e.g. a black screen). I'm not sure exactly why you want only the audio, but here are my suggestions:
*
*If you're connecting it to an audio receiver, just send it along without worrying about the video.
*If you're connecting it to a TV, and don't want the TV to show your desktop, you can extend your desktop (turn off mirroring) and either have a blank desktop show up or put up any image you want on full screen while you do whatever you need to do on your MBP screen. That part's really up to you.
Hope that's helpful.
A: I use an "HDMI Splitter 1 in 2 Out" device (not KVM) for this purpose.
reasoning:
*
*send audio to a receiver without fudging with a mirrored setup on the
OS side
*avoid spdif because "Optical standards are limited to basically
"LPCM" 2 channel only.. .ever.... period. The only way to transmit
5.1 audio and it's LIMITED to 5.1 only, is via compressed bitstreamed DTS/DD" quote u/DHJudas
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5a6d4d7c2c3f0118356fca57c595b4becc06eb1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Need help with update to latest Git using Terminal I was trying to update to the latest Git version in my Terminal. I've no clue what I did and all I remember was that I removed the previous installed Git I think because when i run the following commands:
which git => /usr/local/bin/git
git --version => -bash: /usr/bin/git: No such file or directory
brew install git => Warning: git-2.2.1 already installed
brew doctor => Your system is ready to brew.
brew link git => Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.2.1
$PATH => "/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
My question is what should i do next so that I can use Git ?
A: I suspect that git's location is still cached in /usr/bin (the default location). To check this, type:
type git
The result will likely be:
git is hashed (/usr/bin/git)
To fix this, you can simply log out & back in, or clear the hash for git with the following:
hash -d git
Now, running git should work properly.
| Q: Need help with update to latest Git using Terminal I was trying to update to the latest Git version in my Terminal. I've no clue what I did and all I remember was that I removed the previous installed Git I think because when i run the following commands:
which git => /usr/local/bin/git
git --version => -bash: /usr/bin/git: No such file or directory
brew install git => Warning: git-2.2.1 already installed
brew doctor => Your system is ready to brew.
brew link git => Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.2.1
$PATH => "/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
My question is what should i do next so that I can use Git ?
A: I suspect that git's location is still cached in /usr/bin (the default location). To check this, type:
type git
The result will likely be:
git is hashed (/usr/bin/git)
To fix this, you can simply log out & back in, or clear the hash for git with the following:
hash -d git
Now, running git should work properly.
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b3b6b6bac8b06ab6c2bd84712d59a16ad18fac20 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Programmatically send text message through Messages app on OS X 10.10 With OSX 10.10 you can now send and receive text messages through your phone, from your mac. Is it possible to do this programatically? Either via applescript or a reverse engineered API?
A: There is quite a few good examples out there for using Applesccript to send iMessages. I haven't found one yet that will work to a number via sms, the below script only works with iMessage. Also it limited to the number(s) in your contacts(buddy list) and will error out if the buddy/number isn't in your contacts. Here's one that I use to send notifications of a server backup complete.
Create an applescript named "sendMessage.scpt" with the following code:
on run {targetBuddyPhone, targetMessage}
tell application "Messages"
set targetService to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
set targetBuddy to buddy targetBuddyPhone of targetService
send targetMessage to targetBuddy
end tell
end run
Then from terminal.app run this command to send iMessage:
osascript /path/to/sendMessage.scpt 12345550123 "Your Text Message to Send"
just change 12345550123 to the number your sending to.
Link to original guide from stackeoverflow
| Q: Programmatically send text message through Messages app on OS X 10.10 With OSX 10.10 you can now send and receive text messages through your phone, from your mac. Is it possible to do this programatically? Either via applescript or a reverse engineered API?
A: There is quite a few good examples out there for using Applesccript to send iMessages. I haven't found one yet that will work to a number via sms, the below script only works with iMessage. Also it limited to the number(s) in your contacts(buddy list) and will error out if the buddy/number isn't in your contacts. Here's one that I use to send notifications of a server backup complete.
Create an applescript named "sendMessage.scpt" with the following code:
on run {targetBuddyPhone, targetMessage}
tell application "Messages"
set targetService to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
set targetBuddy to buddy targetBuddyPhone of targetService
send targetMessage to targetBuddy
end tell
end run
Then from terminal.app run this command to send iMessage:
osascript /path/to/sendMessage.scpt 12345550123 "Your Text Message to Send"
just change 12345550123 to the number your sending to.
Link to original guide from stackeoverflow
A: send.scpt
on run {phoneNumber, message}
tell application "Messages"
send message to buddy phoneNumber of service "SMS"
end tell
end run
run from terminal like this:
osascript send.scpt +48500123456 'hello andi!'
this works both with iMessage and standard SMS when you have enabled on your iPhone the option Text Message Forwarding by setting your e.g macbook device.
A: Using:
tell application "Messages"
get name of every service
end tell
I noticed that I have "SMS" as a 4th option (yours may be different). So then I used:
launch application "Messages"
tell application "Messages"
activate --steal focus
set targetBuddy to "12345550123"
set targetService to id of service "SMS"
set textMessage to "Just a test"
set theBuddy to buddy targetBuddy of service id targetService
send textMessage to theBuddy
end tell
This lets me send a text message over SMS Relay. I'm not 100% sure that I did this correctly, but it does work if targetService points to "SMS". Now to convert it to script that works from the terminal.
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d5fee284d8260b8f90e38f72ec5f1da35397c4c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I clear individual types of browser data in Safari? Prior to upgrading my MacBook Pro to OS X Yosemite, I was able to clear individual types of browser data (such as cookies, visited URLs and website data) in Safari. However, the "Clear History and Website Data..." option in the new version of Safari only lets me choose how far back I want to clean the data; it doesn't let me choose what types of data to clear. How do I enable the option for choosing the data types?
I'm sure the solution is very simple, but I can't seem to figure it out for the life of me.
A: For cookies: The option to delete all of your cookies stored on your hard drive lies under your under the “Privacy” tab. There, click on “Remove All Website Data…” then click “Remove Now.” To delete individual cookies, click “Details…” under the “Privacy.” From there, find the specific cookie and delete it accordingly.
| Q: How do I clear individual types of browser data in Safari? Prior to upgrading my MacBook Pro to OS X Yosemite, I was able to clear individual types of browser data (such as cookies, visited URLs and website data) in Safari. However, the "Clear History and Website Data..." option in the new version of Safari only lets me choose how far back I want to clean the data; it doesn't let me choose what types of data to clear. How do I enable the option for choosing the data types?
I'm sure the solution is very simple, but I can't seem to figure it out for the life of me.
A: For cookies: The option to delete all of your cookies stored on your hard drive lies under your under the “Privacy” tab. There, click on “Remove All Website Data…” then click “Remove Now.” To delete individual cookies, click “Details…” under the “Privacy.” From there, find the specific cookie and delete it accordingly.
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3a56e0ed9ea5aa21bbf8bf4954586b7a46030d4e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Security update for git on mac The latest git installers linked to from http://git-scm.com/download/mac all seem to be for snow-leopard http://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/git-2.2.1-intel-x86_64-snow-leopard.dmg/download
I'm using a mac 10.9.3 (which I believe is Mountain Lion). How do I obtain the security update for git (the need for which is described here http://wptavern.com/critical-git-vulnerability-patched-update-your-git-clients-immediately)
A: For GitHub client for Mac, you have two options to get the latest version:
*
*Download from GitHub.
*Open GitHub app and go to Check for updates.
If you install the command line git through homebrew you have to type the following in your terminal:
brew update
brew upgrade
Apple command line git is on git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50) and there is no update available for the moment.
This is the official post from GitHub announcing the vulnerability.
| Q: Security update for git on mac The latest git installers linked to from http://git-scm.com/download/mac all seem to be for snow-leopard http://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/git-2.2.1-intel-x86_64-snow-leopard.dmg/download
I'm using a mac 10.9.3 (which I believe is Mountain Lion). How do I obtain the security update for git (the need for which is described here http://wptavern.com/critical-git-vulnerability-patched-update-your-git-clients-immediately)
A: For GitHub client for Mac, you have two options to get the latest version:
*
*Download from GitHub.
*Open GitHub app and go to Check for updates.
If you install the command line git through homebrew you have to type the following in your terminal:
brew update
brew upgrade
Apple command line git is on git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50) and there is no update available for the moment.
This is the official post from GitHub announcing the vulnerability.
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bfd5ca80b1562545f1330556b1a43ff179e1c7a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to remove item from dock in Yosemite Apple says to remove an item from the dock in Yosemite, drag it from the dock until you see a puff of smoke. I drag it from the dock, it has a tag called "remove" but it never goes up in smoke.It just returns to the dock.
A: Even though the items appeared not to be open, they were open. By holding down the right click on the icon, a drop down menu appeared with the option to "quit." Select that item, and the icon is removed.
| Q: Unable to remove item from dock in Yosemite Apple says to remove an item from the dock in Yosemite, drag it from the dock until you see a puff of smoke. I drag it from the dock, it has a tag called "remove" but it never goes up in smoke.It just returns to the dock.
A: Even though the items appeared not to be open, they were open. By holding down the right click on the icon, a drop down menu appeared with the option to "quit." Select that item, and the icon is removed.
A: This can be caused by a couple things.
Start with Repairing the Disk permissions through Disk Utility. Open Disk Utility, select the drive from the list on the left, and click Repair Disk Permissions. When it is finished, restart your computer. According to Apple, repairing the permissions only applies to "files installed by the Mac OS X Installer, Software Update, or an Apple software installer. It doesn’t repair permissions for your documents, your home folder, or third-party applications."
Rebooting may fix the issue, but temporarily. If so, it could be caused by some third party application interfering with the Docks normal function. Disable startup items for your account and see if the issue persists. You can also try and create a new, clean User account and see if the problem is system wide, or only specific to your account.
A: I thought this may be late but it can help you to sort it out. Open Terminal in Utilities and use this command line:
defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock
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ebee21a57f1b51cb0ab53087323257e2ab2abc3c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: window hidden behind menu the top of my photoshop is hidden under my mac menu and I can't seem to get it back to normal
A: shift/click/drag from the left-hand edge, which you can see, & the entire window will resize from all sides.
You can then drag it back into view.
| Q: window hidden behind menu the top of my photoshop is hidden under my mac menu and I can't seem to get it back to normal
A: shift/click/drag from the left-hand edge, which you can see, & the entire window will resize from all sides.
You can then drag it back into view.
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ab9243a1c5c7186004e53b2ae27b7030859cef79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Retrieve the Apple ID used to download a given app (in iphone) I have an iphone, which has some apps installed. The Apple ID used to sign in (to iTunes store and App strore) is, say, ID1.
When updating apps, in some cases it asks for the password of another ID, say, ID2.
Is there any way to know what Apple ID is associated with each app?
I know that I can remove an app and purchase it under a different ID (which may have cost), and I know that there exists Family sharing, but that does not answer the question.
This is a related question.
A: On your phone you can use the Setting app to set the default ID for App Store under "iTunes and App Store"
Set ID1.
Open App Store -> Updates. At the top you can click Purchased to see all apps purchased with that account.
Then, go back to settings, sign in to ID2, and go back to the App Store and check to see ID2s list.
| Q: Retrieve the Apple ID used to download a given app (in iphone) I have an iphone, which has some apps installed. The Apple ID used to sign in (to iTunes store and App strore) is, say, ID1.
When updating apps, in some cases it asks for the password of another ID, say, ID2.
Is there any way to know what Apple ID is associated with each app?
I know that I can remove an app and purchase it under a different ID (which may have cost), and I know that there exists Family sharing, but that does not answer the question.
This is a related question.
A: On your phone you can use the Setting app to set the default ID for App Store under "iTunes and App Store"
Set ID1.
Open App Store -> Updates. At the top you can click Purchased to see all apps purchased with that account.
Then, go back to settings, sign in to ID2, and go back to the App Store and check to see ID2s list.
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96342434bbb90e10a17b9f1b2ddf5aba61611811 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Annoying shrill outgoing Facetime ring tone Is there anyway to stop the FaceTime ringtone heard on an outgoing call? I have tried the iPhone mute button and FaceTime mute icon with no success.
A: No, this is not possible without switching output device to another connected device which is muted, such as a bluetooth speaker or car stereo, or jailbreaking to delete the audio file from the filesystem.
| Q: Annoying shrill outgoing Facetime ring tone Is there anyway to stop the FaceTime ringtone heard on an outgoing call? I have tried the iPhone mute button and FaceTime mute icon with no success.
A: No, this is not possible without switching output device to another connected device which is muted, such as a bluetooth speaker or car stereo, or jailbreaking to delete the audio file from the filesystem.
A: You can't actually mute it but you can reduce to a very low level, simply with the volume buttons. It will remember your settings for future calls.
A: Use earphones whilst it's calling and when it's connecting take them out.
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f7944232e2693844ed79ff8819c5d6f87d418958 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reset or Uninstall Yosemite Server I installed Yosemite Server and I had previously configured the Apache for web development. Now, It seems that the configuration and everything is messed up.
How can I reset my web server configuration to factory settings, like after installing a fresh Yosemite?
Does an uninstall of Yosemite Server affects my current web server configuration?
A: You can reset just the Websites service in OS X Server with the following command:
sudo serveradmin command web:command=restoreFactorySettings
Make sure the Websites and Wiki services are off when you run this command.
Uninstalling OS X Server will, by default, retain all configuration files so that reinstallation keeps all data, however you can delete the Server folder to reset all the data.
| Q: Reset or Uninstall Yosemite Server I installed Yosemite Server and I had previously configured the Apache for web development. Now, It seems that the configuration and everything is messed up.
How can I reset my web server configuration to factory settings, like after installing a fresh Yosemite?
Does an uninstall of Yosemite Server affects my current web server configuration?
A: You can reset just the Websites service in OS X Server with the following command:
sudo serveradmin command web:command=restoreFactorySettings
Make sure the Websites and Wiki services are off when you run this command.
Uninstalling OS X Server will, by default, retain all configuration files so that reinstallation keeps all data, however you can delete the Server folder to reset all the data.
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6b77f2e3287692341c4b826aa5d2c5d068b329f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone available space: significant difference between iTunes and iPhone I am trying to update my wife's iPhone from iOS 7 (.x.x) to 8 (the latest). I was trying through iTunes because the iPhone says only around 300MB is available. iTunes shows around 7GB as available space. But when I hit update, it complains that at least 770MB should be available and it is not.
Is this a known issue that iTunes reports a larger available space than iOS? I have read about the "Other" storage space problem, but this is about "Free" space.
Also, is there a workaround to reclaim this "free" space?
This is a iPhone 5S, latest iTunes (12.0.1.26) on OSX Yosemite (10.10.1)
iPhone:
iTunes:
A: I had the same problem too. My iPhone 6 showed free memory at less than 200mb and iTunes showed more than 5.6GB.
To correct this problem: go to your device (iPhone) and go to settings, iTunes & App Store, click on your Apple ID and select Sign Out. Go back and Sign in again. This is a lot simpler than restoring your backup.
| Q: iPhone available space: significant difference between iTunes and iPhone I am trying to update my wife's iPhone from iOS 7 (.x.x) to 8 (the latest). I was trying through iTunes because the iPhone says only around 300MB is available. iTunes shows around 7GB as available space. But when I hit update, it complains that at least 770MB should be available and it is not.
Is this a known issue that iTunes reports a larger available space than iOS? I have read about the "Other" storage space problem, but this is about "Free" space.
Also, is there a workaround to reclaim this "free" space?
This is a iPhone 5S, latest iTunes (12.0.1.26) on OSX Yosemite (10.10.1)
iPhone:
iTunes:
A: I had the same problem too. My iPhone 6 showed free memory at less than 200mb and iTunes showed more than 5.6GB.
To correct this problem: go to your device (iPhone) and go to settings, iTunes & App Store, click on your Apple ID and select Sign Out. Go back and Sign in again. This is a lot simpler than restoring your backup.
A: Are you using iTunes Match? If so, turn it off. Any locally cached files will be purged. iTunes doesn't see the Match downloaded music but only what it is configured to sync. I think this is why you see usage difference between the phone and iTunes.
A: To clear out 'ghost' space from iOS devices, first backup your device to iCloud [Fully] then wipe the device & restore from your most recent backup.
iCloud does not backup any of the 'ghost' space & therefore does not restore it either.
A: You might want to try out the third-party Mac application PhoneExpander. This can clear the cache of your iPhone and free up some space.
A: This may have happened if you recently deleted a bunch of photos from your phone. Oftentimes, when you delete a large amount of pictures from the Photos app, the amount of actual free space does not show up, and it shows a smaller amount of space available than you actually have. Maybe, if you haven't tried this yet, you could 'hard reboot/reset' your phone. This won't delete anything. To hard reboot, you need to hold down the power button and home button until the phone turns off and then shows the apple logo. If this doesn't work, there is a great Mac application called PhoneClean that deletes a bunch of cache files and the likes from your phone, freeing up a lot of space. On my first time, I got as much as 700mb of free space on my 16gb iPad from this application, so give it a try.
A: Join Apple beta and you can get cuter iOS updates and have a decketed out phone without jailbreak and it will work also
A: A simple solution: sign out from icloud, then sign in, all the "ghost" memory space will be back.
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418bd24c5f9be563877cc1775fc885af9d4b642c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keep sessions between private tabs I am used to of the old private browsing mode in Safari, where you can keep a login session between tabs. But since this new Safari came with Yosemite, the tabs maintain their own sessions.
Is there any way I can keep the login session between safari private tabs till the private window closes, just like how Google Chrome does?
A: No, this is currently not possible. Safari Private Browsing tabs and windows do not share any session data and are completely independent.
From the Apple Support KB "Safari for Mac: Use Private Browsing windows in Safari":
*
*Each tab in the window is isolated from the others, so websites you view in one tab can’t track your browsing in other tabs.
| Q: Keep sessions between private tabs I am used to of the old private browsing mode in Safari, where you can keep a login session between tabs. But since this new Safari came with Yosemite, the tabs maintain their own sessions.
Is there any way I can keep the login session between safari private tabs till the private window closes, just like how Google Chrome does?
A: No, this is currently not possible. Safari Private Browsing tabs and windows do not share any session data and are completely independent.
From the Apple Support KB "Safari for Mac: Use Private Browsing windows in Safari":
*
*Each tab in the window is isolated from the others, so websites you view in one tab can’t track your browsing in other tabs.
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b19a6fa182d634bcaf641b34dc6e82e400dbef48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari CMD+Click link new tab focus Is there a way to force focus to a new tab in safari when you cmd+click on links in google search results for example?
A: Go to Preferences → Tabs and enable When a new tab or window opens, make it active.
Enabling this option switches the shift modifier to disabling this functionality rather than enabling it.
| Q: Safari CMD+Click link new tab focus Is there a way to force focus to a new tab in safari when you cmd+click on links in google search results for example?
A: Go to Preferences → Tabs and enable When a new tab or window opens, make it active.
Enabling this option switches the shift modifier to disabling this functionality rather than enabling it.
A: Command-Shift-click takes you to the newly-opened tab.
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6a7b6afffaf54255e7ad6078c8d9afc63eae21bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Moving the focused window to the bottom/top monitor with a shortcut Short version: Is there a program that can move the focused/active window to the bottom/top monitor with a keyboard shortcut?
Long version:
Sometimes I need to move a window to the bottom/top, in my case between monitors 3 and 4 and between monitors 5 and 6:
I use BetterTouchTool to move a window to the left or right monitor:
But it doesn't have the option to move a window to the monitor up or down.
SizeUp has the same limitation:
A: Moom
You can:
*
*Move & Zoom to Full Screen
*Move & Zoom to Left Half
*Move & Zoom to Right Half
*Move & Zoom to Top Half
*Move & Zoom to Bottom Half
*Move & Zoom to Top Left Quarter
*Move & Zoom to Top Right Quarter
*Move & Zoom to Bottom Right Quarter
*Move & Zoom to Bottom Left Quarter
Define size and position and assign a shortcut.
Use a predefined shortcut and then use arrow keys to move the window.
Use a shortcut to move the window to another monitor.
For the record, Moom is usually 10$, but now is 5$.
| Q: Moving the focused window to the bottom/top monitor with a shortcut Short version: Is there a program that can move the focused/active window to the bottom/top monitor with a keyboard shortcut?
Long version:
Sometimes I need to move a window to the bottom/top, in my case between monitors 3 and 4 and between monitors 5 and 6:
I use BetterTouchTool to move a window to the left or right monitor:
But it doesn't have the option to move a window to the monitor up or down.
SizeUp has the same limitation:
A: Moom
You can:
*
*Move & Zoom to Full Screen
*Move & Zoom to Left Half
*Move & Zoom to Right Half
*Move & Zoom to Top Half
*Move & Zoom to Bottom Half
*Move & Zoom to Top Left Quarter
*Move & Zoom to Top Right Quarter
*Move & Zoom to Bottom Right Quarter
*Move & Zoom to Bottom Left Quarter
Define size and position and assign a shortcut.
Use a predefined shortcut and then use arrow keys to move the window.
Use a shortcut to move the window to another monitor.
For the record, Moom is usually 10$, but now is 5$.
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