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e0e598261fe788237c3bdde6fb1c04e0726dc227 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is a reasonable sed? On Yosemite. The sed is old: does not understand \t for example. I installed coreutils and can not find any sed associated with same.
What are my options here?
A: Install fink . You will also need XCode if you haven't got it already.
Then install the latest sed (and lots of other useful things) like this:
fink install sed
| Q: Where is a reasonable sed? On Yosemite. The sed is old: does not understand \t for example. I installed coreutils and can not find any sed associated with same.
What are my options here?
A: Install fink . You will also need XCode if you haven't got it already.
Then install the latest sed (and lots of other useful things) like this:
fink install sed
A: You need to install gnu-sed, not just the coreutils:
brew install gnu-sed
Then, you have to add the following lines on your .bash_profile:
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
export MANPATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH"
Then your sed version should be the latest:
$ sed --version
sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Jay Fenlason, Tom Lord, Ken Pizzini,
and Paolo Bonzini.
GNU sed home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <[email protected]>.
Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
A: Your question is tagged homebrew, but for those readers using MacPorts:
Run sudo port install gsed to get GNU sed (available with the gsed command, similarly to gfind in the findutils port).
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0aedac64e8fae817a1b8b44ab461d9aa1018fcca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How is "--" changed to "—" within Mail, TextEdit…? I just incidentally discovered that within Mail, TextEdit when typing two dashes in a row, the string "--" is instantaneously changed to "—" (i.e. a long dash).
This magic is mostly loathsome when you need to type exactly "--",
you didn't notice this magic and wasted hours searching why a correct syntax isn't where you typed it. With small fonts this magic change is hard to notice.
This function doesn't exist on Lion and Mountain Lion.
This magic but as unwanted as ununderstood feature raises 3 questions.
Where is this function configured?
How may I get rid of it?
Is this magic useful?
A: System Prefs > Keyboard > Text
Uncheck "Use smart quotes & dashes"
| Q: How is "--" changed to "—" within Mail, TextEdit…? I just incidentally discovered that within Mail, TextEdit when typing two dashes in a row, the string "--" is instantaneously changed to "—" (i.e. a long dash).
This magic is mostly loathsome when you need to type exactly "--",
you didn't notice this magic and wasted hours searching why a correct syntax isn't where you typed it. With small fonts this magic change is hard to notice.
This function doesn't exist on Lion and Mountain Lion.
This magic but as unwanted as ununderstood feature raises 3 questions.
Where is this function configured?
How may I get rid of it?
Is this magic useful?
A: System Prefs > Keyboard > Text
Uncheck "Use smart quotes & dashes"
A: If you'd still prefer substitutions to be enabled, but just want to undo a substitution one time, immediately after the substitution occurs simply press CommandZ (or Edit → Undo). I suppose this isn't too well-known; I recall myself finding out only by coincidence. The downside to this is the substitution will be selected so you need to press Command→ to jump back to the end.
A: Edit > Substitutions > Untick "Smart dashes". Then relaunch "TextEdit". Same with "Mail".
To your third q: It is simply more beautiful. Personally I don't like when people type long dashes by using two short ones.
A tip: you can type long one even with "smart dashes" disabled with Option+- (short dash).
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d707e9f7fd1880570bc65bef4bf03645795aa081 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I find out word count in pages 5.2.2 I often write short articles and am limited to 100 words per document.
Can I find word counts in pages 5.2.2?
A: You can show the word count, character count, and number of paragraphs in a document.
Show word, character, and paragraph count
*
*Click View in the toolbar, then choose Show Word Count.
*The word count appears at the bottom of the page.
Move the pointer over the right side of the word count, then click the arrows to see character and paragraph count.
You can choose one of these counts to display it (instead of word count) at the bottom of the page.
once word count in turned on, you can select a portion of text and it will automatically display the count for that selection.
| Q: How do I find out word count in pages 5.2.2 I often write short articles and am limited to 100 words per document.
Can I find word counts in pages 5.2.2?
A: You can show the word count, character count, and number of paragraphs in a document.
Show word, character, and paragraph count
*
*Click View in the toolbar, then choose Show Word Count.
*The word count appears at the bottom of the page.
Move the pointer over the right side of the word count, then click the arrows to see character and paragraph count.
You can choose one of these counts to display it (instead of word count) at the bottom of the page.
once word count in turned on, you can select a portion of text and it will automatically display the count for that selection.
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a41966ba182afd8f514502d6310195cb8c6a2864 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I type a Greek delta with a circumflex? I need to create a capital Greek delta with a circumflex on top of it:
How do I do that in Word or any other text editor (on a Mac)?
The file will be mailed to a publisher, so the letter should appear the same on his computer (so the method should use some standard font).
Note: I do not want to create an image!
A: You can use Character Viewer to add a combining circumflex (U+0302) to your delta. You may need to experiment with fonts to see what looks best among the ones which are common to most computers. My TextEdit version with Helvetica below:
| Q: How do I type a Greek delta with a circumflex? I need to create a capital Greek delta with a circumflex on top of it:
How do I do that in Word or any other text editor (on a Mac)?
The file will be mailed to a publisher, so the letter should appear the same on his computer (so the method should use some standard font).
Note: I do not want to create an image!
A: You can use Character Viewer to add a combining circumflex (U+0302) to your delta. You may need to experiment with fonts to see what looks best among the ones which are common to most computers. My TextEdit version with Helvetica below:
A: Delta with circumflex has not been coded as a single character (precomposed character), so at the character level the only option is to use the letter delta followed by U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT, as @TomGewecke suggests.
The font issue is tricky. First, there are literally no standard fonts in the sense that some fonts would be available on all platforms. To begin with, Android devices have their own limited repertoire of fonts, which do not exist on other platforms (unless installed separately). Second, in most fonts this combination is rendered in an awful way. This may partly depend on rendering software, partly on font design.
Although Tom’s image shows a nice delta with circumflex, the Helvetica font is not installed in most computers of the world. Its Windows counterpart, has the circumflex badly misplaced. The following screenshot is from Win 7 version of Word 2007:
(Equation Tools have a construct for adding a circumflex, but as the image shows, it’s odd-looking. Besides, Equation Tools work only when creating a .docx file, and such files cannot be read by old versions of Word.)
In most fonts, the rendering is closer to the Arial problem than the Cambria rendering. So if I had to compose a Word document to be readable across platforms, I would use the Cambria font and save the document with font embedding enabled (Word settings, section Save; check the checkbox for including only the characters actually used, since otherwise you get a few extra megabytes in the file).
Your mileage may vary. Using Helvetica for this specific character, with font embedding, may be a feasible option. However, since the notation is essentially mathematical and since math texts are generally better rendered in serif fonts, I would look for a suitable serif font in the system.
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a674d5550cefbad1a8f71c41620c1fbaa8172b1a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: First Admin account not showing on login page I created a second Admin account on my Macbook Pro (Yosemite) and also enabled Guest login. Now I can only access the second account and the guest login from the login screen, the primary admin account is no longer shown.
It is also not shown in the fast user switching menu, nor am I able to log into it when I select username and password as login option.
I have not activated FileVault and I have not hidden the user by adding it to the HiddenUsersList. Any other things I might check?
I am able to su to the old user and the home directory and all still exist.
A: What I did (and what seems to have worked so far) is the following:
*
*change username and home folder of the "missing user"
*create a new user with the old username/home folder
*delete the old user
*use the new user instead
I think I should also have reused the old UID because I got a lot of files belonging to an unnamed "501" user that I had to chown to my new user.
| Q: First Admin account not showing on login page I created a second Admin account on my Macbook Pro (Yosemite) and also enabled Guest login. Now I can only access the second account and the guest login from the login screen, the primary admin account is no longer shown.
It is also not shown in the fast user switching menu, nor am I able to log into it when I select username and password as login option.
I have not activated FileVault and I have not hidden the user by adding it to the HiddenUsersList. Any other things I might check?
I am able to su to the old user and the home directory and all still exist.
A: What I did (and what seems to have worked so far) is the following:
*
*change username and home folder of the "missing user"
*create a new user with the old username/home folder
*delete the old user
*use the new user instead
I think I should also have reused the old UID because I got a lot of files belonging to an unnamed "501" user that I had to chown to my new user.
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5258d33fae97ccb011ba6f56fde824c0d30559e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone - Showing the road speed limit while driving I am looking for an iOS application that can display the speed limit of the road where I am located. I am mostly interested in the USA, particularly Boston and California. Gratis is better but not necessary.
A: In the latest version of iOS 11, I believe the speed limit does show up on highways (at least when you're going too fast). Another app that does this is Waze.
| Q: iPhone - Showing the road speed limit while driving I am looking for an iOS application that can display the speed limit of the road where I am located. I am mostly interested in the USA, particularly Boston and California. Gratis is better but not necessary.
A: In the latest version of iOS 11, I believe the speed limit does show up on highways (at least when you're going too fast). Another app that does this is Waze.
A: HERE WeGo maps app (formerly Nokia Here Maps) for iOS has exactly the functionality you are looking for.
The app can be downloaded for free on the App Store (all features available, no In-App purchases).
The app features excellent and extensive maps data, with full offline support. You can easily search for points of interest and perform navigation even without a data connection (Solely with the help of GPS).
The maps data is regularly updated and you can choose to download maps on a country/province basis.
As can be seen in the screenshot, the app not only contains up-to-date speed limit data for all major highways, but also alerts by flashing the current speed indicator in red when the limit is exceeded.
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93d3b9d94fb8b8c3f573f870f4f3bab3152b31d1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change me in contacts In my contacts, there is a contact wrongly labeled as 'me'. What should I do so that I can label the right person as 'me'? How do I change 'me'?
I'm using iOS8.
A: *
*Within the Settings application, go to ‘Mail Contacts and Calendars’ and scroll down to the Contacts section.
In later versions of iOS, there are three separate pages, one of which is ‘Contacts’.
*Change the selection within My Info to the correct contact.
| Q: How to change me in contacts In my contacts, there is a contact wrongly labeled as 'me'. What should I do so that I can label the right person as 'me'? How do I change 'me'?
I'm using iOS8.
A: *
*Within the Settings application, go to ‘Mail Contacts and Calendars’ and scroll down to the Contacts section.
In later versions of iOS, there are three separate pages, one of which is ‘Contacts’.
*Change the selection within My Info to the correct contact.
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b88c08c029249c9bedd92b356c931f1e5697a60f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Display a webpage in Mac lock screen I want to leave my Mac locked, but display a web page (representing a web-based dashboard) in the lock screen. The idea is to leave this web dashboard showing 24x7 but without letting anyone else get access to the rest of the system.
A: *
*You can download this screensaver which allows you to specify the site you want to display (found there).
*Turn on the password to make your screensaver to be the lock screen:
*
*Open "System Preferences"
*Go to "Security & Privacy"
*Check "Require password [immediatly] after sleep or screensaver begins"
| Q: Display a webpage in Mac lock screen I want to leave my Mac locked, but display a web page (representing a web-based dashboard) in the lock screen. The idea is to leave this web dashboard showing 24x7 but without letting anyone else get access to the rest of the system.
A: *
*You can download this screensaver which allows you to specify the site you want to display (found there).
*Turn on the password to make your screensaver to be the lock screen:
*
*Open "System Preferences"
*Go to "Security & Privacy"
*Check "Require password [immediatly] after sleep or screensaver begins"
A: You may be interested in a product my team and I are about to release, called Screensaver Ninja. True to its name, the ninja transforms your screensaver into a rotation of live websites like dashboards, analytics, news, the weather...whatever you need.
Apart from being able to lock your computer as detailed above, you can also choose to lock the screensaver so that whilst everyone can view the data, you must have a keycode to access it.
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b17bfe501538bfd4460a74e5302cb0b829760b41 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Manipulate incoming HTML data My ISP, injects JavaScript code into every website I visit. Is there a way to filter all incoming traffic in OS X and remove that injected code?
A: That will be incredibly hard. It would be far easier to establish a VPN connection to get out from under the offending hostile network.
If you can ensure SSL connections and the network isn’t a very strong state actor, you might get pretty good immunization / isolation from that sort of tampering.
Barring that, keep the OS updates as far as possible as Apple continues to enhance security and privacy and this sort of attack leaves you extremely vulnerable to snooping, security risks and data leakage from the sites you enter data.
| Q: Manipulate incoming HTML data My ISP, injects JavaScript code into every website I visit. Is there a way to filter all incoming traffic in OS X and remove that injected code?
A: That will be incredibly hard. It would be far easier to establish a VPN connection to get out from under the offending hostile network.
If you can ensure SSL connections and the network isn’t a very strong state actor, you might get pretty good immunization / isolation from that sort of tampering.
Barring that, keep the OS updates as far as possible as Apple continues to enhance security and privacy and this sort of attack leaves you extremely vulnerable to snooping, security risks and data leakage from the sites you enter data.
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01d5f8e00ee23f5e149775e5ca490f95d1e1f892 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: TextEdit app always opens with File Open dialog Every time I open my TextEdit app it starts with the File Open dialog open.
How do I stop this?
A: I find this behaviour irritating too. I believe Mountain Lion introduced a new Open dialog to provide the option to save a new file in iCloud so that it’s available from other iOS devices. You can disable this feature by going to System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive Options then untick TextEdit.app and any other apps that have a similar behaviour.
| Q: TextEdit app always opens with File Open dialog Every time I open my TextEdit app it starts with the File Open dialog open.
How do I stop this?
A: I find this behaviour irritating too. I believe Mountain Lion introduced a new Open dialog to provide the option to save a new file in iCloud so that it’s available from other iOS devices. You can disable this feature by going to System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive Options then untick TextEdit.app and any other apps that have a similar behaviour.
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759687cb40f5650051e428b480e8e8f148eee198 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Log out (username)" logs out all users When I click on "Log out User A" in the Apple menu, then click the Log Out button, the current user is logged out. After I get back to the user selection page, I can pick another logged-in user (call them User B), but almost as soon as I see their desktop they start logging out as well. By the time I return to the user selection page, all users including User C and User D are also logged out.
I saw this a few times when using they keyboard shortcut (CMD-SHIFT-Q) for logout, where I'd quickly switch after logging out a user and see the "log out" popup prompt for an unrelated user, but I figured that somehow the keyboard input was being relayed to a background user's account (which would also be crazy, I grant you, but less crazy than this).
I think it started happening when I upgraded to 10.10, but I wouldn't swear to it. It's happening almost every time I log anybody out now, and I'd really like to make it stop. Help?
| Q: "Log out (username)" logs out all users When I click on "Log out User A" in the Apple menu, then click the Log Out button, the current user is logged out. After I get back to the user selection page, I can pick another logged-in user (call them User B), but almost as soon as I see their desktop they start logging out as well. By the time I return to the user selection page, all users including User C and User D are also logged out.
I saw this a few times when using they keyboard shortcut (CMD-SHIFT-Q) for logout, where I'd quickly switch after logging out a user and see the "log out" popup prompt for an unrelated user, but I figured that somehow the keyboard input was being relayed to a background user's account (which would also be crazy, I grant you, but less crazy than this).
I think it started happening when I upgraded to 10.10, but I wouldn't swear to it. It's happening almost every time I log anybody out now, and I'd really like to make it stop. Help?
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2365bbfa486de873cb68b86b1b6830b9d4291870 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In OS X, how does manually sandboxing an application from the internet compare to blocking it with Little Snitch? I want to prevent inbound and outbound connections to one application. I can buy Little Snitch if it's the best option, but it feels like I wouldn't be getting much value out of it for that one use.
I've been trying to read up on OSX's ability to manually sandbox applications from functions you can specify. I'm wondering if this is something worth pursuing - meaning will it be as good (or more effective) than Little Snitch to block one application only, and how complex is it to set up for an OS X novice?
I've been trying to work out exactly how to go about this. 'man sandbox-exec' probably tells me all I need to know, but I need more dumbed-down steps of the whole process if possible.
A: For most purposes, the following is good enough for most situations:
sandbox-exec -n no-network command
However, it's not more effective—there's numerous ways of apps escaping the sandbox. Little Snitch also lets you be more specific with what you are blocking—specific ports/etc.
| Q: In OS X, how does manually sandboxing an application from the internet compare to blocking it with Little Snitch? I want to prevent inbound and outbound connections to one application. I can buy Little Snitch if it's the best option, but it feels like I wouldn't be getting much value out of it for that one use.
I've been trying to read up on OSX's ability to manually sandbox applications from functions you can specify. I'm wondering if this is something worth pursuing - meaning will it be as good (or more effective) than Little Snitch to block one application only, and how complex is it to set up for an OS X novice?
I've been trying to work out exactly how to go about this. 'man sandbox-exec' probably tells me all I need to know, but I need more dumbed-down steps of the whole process if possible.
A: For most purposes, the following is good enough for most situations:
sandbox-exec -n no-network command
However, it's not more effective—there's numerous ways of apps escaping the sandbox. Little Snitch also lets you be more specific with what you are blocking—specific ports/etc.
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0f2cd07d6f073d478dcdb726644058cfb0be5d28 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Looking for an app to amplify audio from YouTube Years ago I saw someone use a program for Windows and I was hoping that someone can tell me if there is a Mac equivalent!
Say you are watching a YouTube video and the audio is up full but it's still quiet.
The audio on the video is out of sync too.
You open this program and you can increase the audio even though it's full on YouTube. You can also speed up the audio so that it is in sync with the video.
Is there an app available for OS X that allows me to do this?
A: A costly solution: the Boom app:
http://www.globaldelight.com/boom/
It boosts the system volume
| Q: Looking for an app to amplify audio from YouTube Years ago I saw someone use a program for Windows and I was hoping that someone can tell me if there is a Mac equivalent!
Say you are watching a YouTube video and the audio is up full but it's still quiet.
The audio on the video is out of sync too.
You open this program and you can increase the audio even though it's full on YouTube. You can also speed up the audio so that it is in sync with the video.
Is there an app available for OS X that allows me to do this?
A: A costly solution: the Boom app:
http://www.globaldelight.com/boom/
It boosts the system volume
A: Personally, when I came across a YouTube video with low audio output, I use an app called VLC player and its audio to boost the signal.
The VLC player is free.
Just copy the YouTube video link in the VLC player, then use its Audio to modify it to your liking.
It also comes with a very handy Audio Mixer, allowing you to set up full range of audio output.
VLC also allows you to synchronize the Audio-Video playback and more.
For example, while you're watching the video, just press the J or K keys to move the audio back or forward 50 milliseconds (or more), respectively.
A: You can use Audio Hijack Pro:
*
*$32
*Amplify a specific application or the entire system audio:
*
*Launch Audio Hijack Pro.
*Open the main window by choosing Window > Audio Hijack Pro.
*In the left-hand column, select the program you wish to amplify.
*Click one of the "Click here to insert effect" squares.
*Choose FourFX Effect > Gain. A gain control appears.
*Click the Hijack button to enable the new effect.
*Adjust the right-hand Gain controller to boost the hijacked program's volume in real time.
*
*tons of other features
A: Free solution: https://bongiovidps.com
Allows you to boost system volumes and also adjust how it sounds. It installs a menu bar item.
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69c568df5a9e296b0ed727d26c1fa78a307c6f7c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remove apps that are remembered by App Store? Over the past few years, I have downloaded various apps onto my iPhone from the App Store. I have noticed that the App Store remembers the apps that I have downloaded. So, for instance: If I download an app and then delete it from my phone and go back into the App Store, the download icon is different (it doesn't say "+Get" like apps that I have never downloaded before, instead it will have an icon of a cloud with an arrow pointing downwards).
How to I get the App Store/iCloud to forget these programs?
A: This will not be possible. You will see an cloud icon when you previously "purchased" an app. This will notify you that you could download the app without any costs.
It is not possible to delete those apps from your Apple ID.
If you don't want to see the cloud icon, you could sign out from the appstore via settings > iTunes & App Store > sign out. This will hide the cloud icon but you have to log in each time you want to download an app.
| Q: How to remove apps that are remembered by App Store? Over the past few years, I have downloaded various apps onto my iPhone from the App Store. I have noticed that the App Store remembers the apps that I have downloaded. So, for instance: If I download an app and then delete it from my phone and go back into the App Store, the download icon is different (it doesn't say "+Get" like apps that I have never downloaded before, instead it will have an icon of a cloud with an arrow pointing downwards).
How to I get the App Store/iCloud to forget these programs?
A: This will not be possible. You will see an cloud icon when you previously "purchased" an app. This will notify you that you could download the app without any costs.
It is not possible to delete those apps from your Apple ID.
If you don't want to see the cloud icon, you could sign out from the appstore via settings > iTunes & App Store > sign out. This will hide the cloud icon but you have to log in each time you want to download an app.
A: You can delete the apps from your local iTunes, but they will show in your 'Purchased' view. If you don't want to see them any longer, you can simply right click and choose 'Hide'. They won't show in your Purchased view.
A: If you want to hide an app on an iPod 4, iPhone 4 or a newer model of either you just have to go to "purchased" in the App Store app and slide the app to the left, then click "hide".
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bdc9e96797cd04ec42ee696b6b93e0c002e661d9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Processor affinity on mac. In Linux machines, there is a command called taskset, which can be used to do the processor affinity.
In mac(from mavericks) are there any commands to the same job like taskset?
Else how one can achieve processor affinity on mac?
Thanks in advance.
A: Apple provides a Thread Affinity API, but nothing like taskset.
OS X does not export interfaces that identify processors or control thread placement—explicit thread to processor binding is not supported. Instead, the kernel manages all thread placement. Applications expect that the scheduler will, under most circumstances, run its threads using a good processor placement with respect to cache affinity.
| Q: Processor affinity on mac. In Linux machines, there is a command called taskset, which can be used to do the processor affinity.
In mac(from mavericks) are there any commands to the same job like taskset?
Else how one can achieve processor affinity on mac?
Thanks in advance.
A: Apple provides a Thread Affinity API, but nothing like taskset.
OS X does not export interfaces that identify processors or control thread placement—explicit thread to processor binding is not supported. Instead, the kernel manages all thread placement. Applications expect that the scheduler will, under most circumstances, run its threads using a good processor placement with respect to cache affinity.
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c5b8fa4fbadd3ad518e356b03ae00d8542eced18 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I uninstall the FTDIUSBSerialDriver? How can I uninstall the FTDIUSBSerialDriver and FTDIUSBSerialDriverInstaller from my MacBook Air with Yosemite? They are shown in System Information → Software → Installations.
The files are highlighted in blue below:
A: Answer from codebender itself here:
http://feedback.codebender.cc/knowledgebase/articles/861399-how-to-uninstall-the-drivers-installed-by-codebend
Unistall FTDI drivers
In order to uninstall the FTDI drivers follow the steps below:
Open a terminal and type:
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
Verify that the .kext file is present:
ls | grep FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Output should be:
FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Then type:
sudo rm -R FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Verify that the .kext file has been removed:
ls | grep FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Output should be empty.
After you should remove the files stored in receipts folder:
cd /private/var/db/receipts/
Find the enties:
ls | grep FTDI
Output should be: com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.FTDIUSBSerialDriver-2.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.FTDIUSBSerialDriver-2.pkg.plist com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.postflight.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.postflight.pkg.plist com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.preflight.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.preflight.pkg.plist
Remove each one of the files of the above list:
sudo rm -rfilename
| Q: How can I uninstall the FTDIUSBSerialDriver? How can I uninstall the FTDIUSBSerialDriver and FTDIUSBSerialDriverInstaller from my MacBook Air with Yosemite? They are shown in System Information → Software → Installations.
The files are highlighted in blue below:
A: Answer from codebender itself here:
http://feedback.codebender.cc/knowledgebase/articles/861399-how-to-uninstall-the-drivers-installed-by-codebend
Unistall FTDI drivers
In order to uninstall the FTDI drivers follow the steps below:
Open a terminal and type:
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
Verify that the .kext file is present:
ls | grep FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Output should be:
FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Then type:
sudo rm -R FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Verify that the .kext file has been removed:
ls | grep FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Output should be empty.
After you should remove the files stored in receipts folder:
cd /private/var/db/receipts/
Find the enties:
ls | grep FTDI
Output should be: com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.FTDIUSBSerialDriver-2.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.FTDIUSBSerialDriver-2.pkg.plist com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.postflight.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.postflight.pkg.plist com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.preflight.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.preflight.pkg.plist
Remove each one of the files of the above list:
sudo rm -rfilename
A: The kext is located here:
/System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Delete the kext, then delete the relevant receipts:
/Library/Receipts/ftdiusbserialdriver.pkg
ftdiusbserialdriverinstallerPostflight.pkg
ftdiusbserialdriverinstallerPreflight.pkg
Make sure you've got a backup.
A: First, find out if the package is installed, and it's name:
pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i ftdi
It should output:
com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver
Then get a list of files:
pkgutil --files com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver
In my case, this was the result:
Library
Library/Extensions
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/MacOS
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/MacOS/FTDIUSBSerialDriver
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Resources
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
Then simply delete the files in question:
sudo rm -r /Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
And follow it up with "forgetting" the package:
sudo pkgutil --forget com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver
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154c216eeff5f4e91c28187014d3053e04637636 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Could Not load Date & Time preference pane
*
*I am getting weird time in my click (attached is the screenshot)
*And it's not letting me change my time and giving me error "Could Not load Date & Time preference pane"
Any idea what's going on? Because of this error lots of app have stopped working such as chrome, sublime etc. My suspicion is that it has been corrupted by MAMP but can't confirm.
Thanks.
A: I solved this problem by opening Disk Utility and selecting "Repair Disk Permissions" in OS X 10.9. I had used chown to change permissions and messed up my preference pane apparently.
| Q: Could Not load Date & Time preference pane
*
*I am getting weird time in my click (attached is the screenshot)
*And it's not letting me change my time and giving me error "Could Not load Date & Time preference pane"
Any idea what's going on? Because of this error lots of app have stopped working such as chrome, sublime etc. My suspicion is that it has been corrupted by MAMP but can't confirm.
Thanks.
A: I solved this problem by opening Disk Utility and selecting "Repair Disk Permissions" in OS X 10.9. I had used chown to change permissions and messed up my preference pane apparently.
A: Selecting the 'Language & Region' preference fixed one of my issues - now the Panes show up. I had an issue that the difference preferences were not rendering on the screen, to see the actual buttons and selections, I had to toggle the arrows at the top of the System Preferences window, and get a glimpse of the buttons, and then hope that I was actually selecting one. In any case, I now have panes that render, but I still can't change my Parental Controls to block specific web sites.
I can create a new user that I can change, but I just want to fix the 'family' account that I have. Best case is that I hope that there is some corruption going on that the disk utility will fix.
A: There are multiple things that could cause this issue.
For the first one, the notorious, but (sometimes) helpful chown.
If you have run terminal, and used chown to attempt to fix a system error, such as sudo not running due to it not being 'run as root' on an administrator account, you may have royally screwed over your PC. Yea, I did that exact thing once. I had to back up my files and wipe the disk.
And second on the list is attempting to change the user ID. This will mangle your PC's filesystem, and also require either a $250 PC repair bill, or another system wipe.
Last but not least, think, have you downloaded ANY programs from the internet? If so, what are they? There aren't many 'viruses', so to speak, for macs (yet), however, during a package installation, when it says 'Running Scripts', that may also mean 'Running chown and changing system files to the point of corruption', or even one of the many other destructive commands.
The third is more than likely the cause of your problems, as most users of any PC run into problems just by downloading a 'clean looking' program. 7 system wipes later, I still haven't learned that... ANYhoo, I hope your problem is solvable without wiping the system!
In the case that any of these did happen, the first thing to do would be to run disk utility from the launchpad, click on 'Macintosh HD' or whatever your drive name is, then click 'repair disk permissions'. If this doesn't help, you may be in for a system wipe, unless either you can fix it, or you pay a professional to fix it.
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24a489d190d971a4d1aa027e89452f25e5710895 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to show the calendar on iPhone lock screen? I used to be a Windows Phone user and I loved the way the calendar (a today's agenda) is shown on the lock screen. So I was wondering if there's a way to see a days's events on the iPhone lock screen. It happens that I feel I am out of sync with day's events without having it on my lock screen.
A: Swipe down the screen from the top, it will show events you have set to show at the lock-screen.
You can decide what to show in Settings > Notifications
& whether to allow it at all in Settings > TouchID & Passcode
| Q: Is there a way to show the calendar on iPhone lock screen? I used to be a Windows Phone user and I loved the way the calendar (a today's agenda) is shown on the lock screen. So I was wondering if there's a way to see a days's events on the iPhone lock screen. It happens that I feel I am out of sync with day's events without having it on my lock screen.
A: Swipe down the screen from the top, it will show events you have set to show at the lock-screen.
You can decide what to show in Settings > Notifications
& whether to allow it at all in Settings > TouchID & Passcode
A: Not without jailbreaking, the notification centre is currently the only place where widgets can be displayed in iOS.
A: You can do a screen capture of your calendar and then use the image as your lock screen
A: "Lock Info" on the app store can do this. Works pretty well but not as good as some of the jailbroken alternatives.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lock-info-lock-screen-reminders/id683108563?mt=8
A: Lock Screen Calendar is supposed to do the trick
A: You can simply swipe left from the Home screen to see all Calendar, Reminders, Travel, News, Weather, and much more!
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e99c25aea3194a67ce7abac16d757618bff35823 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I customize the symlinks that MacPorts creates/deletes when using its `port select --set ` command? I use MacPorts to manage certain *nix packages on my Mac. One such Mac has multiple Python versions installed.
When I switch between Python versions, I use a command like:
port select --set python python27-apple
to set the default python to the Python 2.7 that my Mac shipped with from Apple, as described here.
However, MacPort's select command doesn't change any of the utilities that use python, such as easy_install.
This means that regardless of which Python is active, the supporting utilities are always the system default ones:
bash-3.2$ which python
/opt/local/bin/python
bash-3.2$ port select --show python
The currently selected version for 'python' is 'python27'.
bash-3.2$ which easy_install
/usr/bin/easy_install
bash-3.2$ ls /opt/local/bin/easy_install-*
/opt/local/bin/easy_install-2.7 /opt/local/bin/easy_install-3.4
Notice that installing a Python version with MacPorts brings along its easy_install command, but switching to that python using port select --set python27 does not also set /opt/local/bin/easy_install-2.7.
This leads to confusing errors where the wrong version of Python was used to install packages.
Thus, my question:
How can I instruct MacPorts to make appropriate symlinks for Python's additional utilities, not just the single python command?
| Q: How can I customize the symlinks that MacPorts creates/deletes when using its `port select --set ` command? I use MacPorts to manage certain *nix packages on my Mac. One such Mac has multiple Python versions installed.
When I switch between Python versions, I use a command like:
port select --set python python27-apple
to set the default python to the Python 2.7 that my Mac shipped with from Apple, as described here.
However, MacPort's select command doesn't change any of the utilities that use python, such as easy_install.
This means that regardless of which Python is active, the supporting utilities are always the system default ones:
bash-3.2$ which python
/opt/local/bin/python
bash-3.2$ port select --show python
The currently selected version for 'python' is 'python27'.
bash-3.2$ which easy_install
/usr/bin/easy_install
bash-3.2$ ls /opt/local/bin/easy_install-*
/opt/local/bin/easy_install-2.7 /opt/local/bin/easy_install-3.4
Notice that installing a Python version with MacPorts brings along its easy_install command, but switching to that python using port select --set python27 does not also set /opt/local/bin/easy_install-2.7.
This leads to confusing errors where the wrong version of Python was used to install packages.
Thus, my question:
How can I instruct MacPorts to make appropriate symlinks for Python's additional utilities, not just the single python command?
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937d025d6022eacf06f64246b53146b5457cdfa8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you get iPhone to share contacts with Mac Messages app? When I get a new text, it appears both in the Messages app on my iPhone and in the Messages app on my Mac. The iPhone text show the person's name, and the Mac text only shows the person's number. I have Contacts checked under iCloud sync. Both OSes are latest.
A: I found that going onto system preferences/icloud then selecting the Contacts to uncheck it then selecting it again helps to sync it!
| Q: How do you get iPhone to share contacts with Mac Messages app? When I get a new text, it appears both in the Messages app on my iPhone and in the Messages app on my Mac. The iPhone text show the person's name, and the Mac text only shows the person's number. I have Contacts checked under iCloud sync. Both OSes are latest.
A: I found that going onto system preferences/icloud then selecting the Contacts to uncheck it then selecting it again helps to sync it!
A: This is not an iCloud syncing issue, it's an issue related to the default account used for Contacts on your phone / iPad.
After searching for a long time, I finally figured out the missing info - I wasn't able to find this anywhere else, so am posting here. A brief explanation, solution is below the separating line.
If you've got iCloud sharing set up & are confident that it's not a login/logout issue etc then it is probably that your phone / iPad is adding new contacts to an account that is not your iCloud account.
If you're like me, you might not have realized that the iOs Contacts even distinguished between different groups. Even if you did notice the "Groups" button, nothing inside iOs Contacts.app tells you that there is a default account. Even if you view a particular contact card, it won't tell you the group it's in.
*
*On your iOs device, go to preferences > Contacts (when I search "contacts" in preferences, it gave me three options, take the one that has the same icon as the Contacts.app not* iCloud, **not privacy).
*Click "Default Account" and set it to "iCloud" (if it was already set to iCloud, then you are having syncing issues).
Now, when you add a new contact, it will be added to your iCloud contacts by default, and so will sync properly.
N.B. This won't fix previously added contacts. It will just eliminate the problem, moving forward. You'll have to be sure that the previous default account is added to Max OS Contacts.app and can try dragging and dropping to iCloud, but mine was set to an Exchange account which is supposed to be synced with my Macbook, and those contacts aren't showing up; new contacts added to iCloud do.
Hope this helps someone else - can't believe it's not explained better on Apple's support pages.
A: I have been having this same problem and as I go through this thread I found that I could answer yes to everything, but the problem persisted.
I ended up opening the Contacts page on my Mac and while the contacts I needed were in "All Contacts" they were not in the "On My Mac" so I highlighted them all under "All Contacts" and did a drag and drop into "On My Mac" it fixed almost all my problems.
The ones that it didn't fix I found out that the formatting on the phone number themselves were not correct. For example the one on Mac messenger was 1(234)567-8900 while the contact card did not have a 1... so, (234)567-8900. Changing those two things fixed everything.
A: I assume your contact sync all fine. Match telephone number work a little bit different with iOS and OS X, please check the person's telephone number format. and very important, check "system preferences"->Language & Region" settings, make sure OS X could match the telephone number format.
A: I had the same problem. I opened Contacts app on my macbook pro went to preferences > accounts > icloud
it added my icloud account and pulled all my contacts from my phone/icloud.
A: I was having the same problem, I just barely figured out how to make it work. If you open up the contacts app and look along the left-hand side it shows which contact lists you have connected to your computer and the messenger app. Just make sure all accounts linked to your contacts in your iPhone are also linked in the Macbook. My problem was I have three accounts linked to the contacts on my phone, but only two linked on the computer.
A: So the problem for me was that I previously had an android device and all my contacts were associated with my Gmail account. When setting up my iPhone SE, I imported all my contacts from Gmail.
*
*On iPhone (iOS 11.4.1) : Contacts.app -> Groups -> All Gmail (checked). If I uncheck it, I no longer have any contacts. This diagnoses the problem.
*On Macbook Pro : Go to Gmail -> click on 9 box menu (top right) -> Contacts -> drop down bar on top left -> More -> Export -> Export as vCard (called contacts.vcf).
*Import contacts into iCloud. This can be done from either www.icloud.com or macbook pro. On Macbook Pro (OSX : 10.13.6) : Finder -> Applications -> Contacts.app -> File -> Import -> select contacts.vcf. On icloud.com (log in from web browser) : Contacts -> Gear Wheel (lower left) -> import vCard -> select contacts.vcf
Additional information:
*
*About vCards
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fa52d929b14e57319fffdb9ef305355ce3c580e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to view Export Mailbox status in Mail App? How to view Export Mailbox status in Mail App?
I am trying to archive my mails: I created a Smart Mailbox, which includes the mails received in last year, then right click Export Mailbox to a .mbox file.
In the User Interface of Mail App, no export progress/ status is being displayed. How can I view the export status?
I can now only guess the export status is complete or not by checking the .mbox filename contains .partial or not.
A: Window > Activity - will show you what the mail app is busy with
i.e. Exporting mailbox, copying 2551 of 3762 messages and a progress bar
| Q: How to view Export Mailbox status in Mail App? How to view Export Mailbox status in Mail App?
I am trying to archive my mails: I created a Smart Mailbox, which includes the mails received in last year, then right click Export Mailbox to a .mbox file.
In the User Interface of Mail App, no export progress/ status is being displayed. How can I view the export status?
I can now only guess the export status is complete or not by checking the .mbox filename contains .partial or not.
A: Window > Activity - will show you what the mail app is busy with
i.e. Exporting mailbox, copying 2551 of 3762 messages and a progress bar
A: So I spent the last 3 days trying to export 500GB worth of Apple / Mac Mail and could not find a good answer anywhere. So I came up with a system that worked for me.
*
*Begin export by right-clicking a mailbox in Mac Mail, and click Export. Don't forget the Options button on that screen as it allows you to include subfolders, and it's not included by default.
*Go to the folder where you chose to export mail. Set your View To List, and sort by Date Modified.
*If a mailbox is still getting migrated, it will have the word Partial in its filename. Once done, it will automatically remove that word so you know that box is done. If you have subfolders in your mailboxes, it will first create a folder with your mailbox name and subfoldername.partial.mbox will appear in your export folder. Once all subfolders are exported, You will also see a mbox file for the parent mailbox. That is all. Enjoy!
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b4914dc245491836d557f40f12761d98067d1578 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: SSD upgrade for mid 2012 MBP I recently started getting performance issues with my MBP while running apps like Xcode and Eclipse. A quick diagnostic of the system showed that it thrashed over 458k times.
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 095 095 062 Pre-fail Always - 458757
I just ordered a SSD to replace the HDD, will this help solve the problem, and also how do I get OSX back onto the computer if I replace the HDD and the new SSD is empty?
A: Put it in an external caddy, USB etc, then use something like Carbon Copy Cloner to duplicate it.
It will then be bootable when you swap.
| Q: SSD upgrade for mid 2012 MBP I recently started getting performance issues with my MBP while running apps like Xcode and Eclipse. A quick diagnostic of the system showed that it thrashed over 458k times.
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 095 095 062 Pre-fail Always - 458757
I just ordered a SSD to replace the HDD, will this help solve the problem, and also how do I get OSX back onto the computer if I replace the HDD and the new SSD is empty?
A: Put it in an external caddy, USB etc, then use something like Carbon Copy Cloner to duplicate it.
It will then be bootable when you swap.
A: This RAW value means nothing to you disregard it.
Here is on understanding SMART attributes.
From there:
PLEASE completely ignore the RAW_VALUE number! Only Seagates report
the raw value, which yes, does appear to be the number of raw read
errors, but should be ignored, completely. All other drives have raw
read errors too, but do not report them, leaving this value as zero
only. To repeat, Seagates are not worse than other drives because they
appear to have raw read errors, rather they are the only one to report
the number. I suspect that others do not report the number to avoid a
lot of confusion, and questions for their tech support people. Seagate
leaves those of us who provide tech support the job of answering the
constant questions about this number. Hopefully now that you
understand this, you will never bother a kind IT person with questions
about the Raw_Read_Error_Rate RAW_VALUE again?
Regarding getting OS X on computer you can either clone your existing install (like mentioned before), start with Internet Recovery (pressing cmd + r) or prepare bootable USB key with installer with Diskmaker X utility or manually
System on SSD for sure be a lot faster than on HDD
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b46502f7d1ff9d00f0c98cc0138c59d861c237d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari 8 Not Showing Network Requests when using the web inspector/develop tools I have a feeling that I may have toggled some settings, but I can't find it anymore.
Basically I am trying to monitor requests sent from my webapp. The usual method is Inpect Element -> Timelines -> Network Requests, where Safari gives me a graph and a list of all the requests made.
Now I can see the graph, but I can't see the list of the requests made.
Here's a screenshot illustrating where I'd like to see the requests:
A: Deselect timeline (between 10 and 12 seconds)
| Q: Safari 8 Not Showing Network Requests when using the web inspector/develop tools I have a feeling that I may have toggled some settings, but I can't find it anymore.
Basically I am trying to monitor requests sent from my webapp. The usual method is Inpect Element -> Timelines -> Network Requests, where Safari gives me a graph and a list of all the requests made.
Now I can see the graph, but I can't see the list of the requests made.
Here's a screenshot illustrating where I'd like to see the requests:
A: Deselect timeline (between 10 and 12 seconds)
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5c3b9a0bc9c8ebc0acba4d2837aea987e304eb11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to use Logitech Anywhere MX back/forward button on OSX Finder? is there a way to use Logitech Anywhere MX's back/forward button on OSX Finder? I can use these buttons on Chrome or any other browsers succesfully, but cannot find a way to do so on Finder?
A: In the Logitech Control Center, change the assigned action for Thumb Back Button and Thumb Forward Button to Keystrokes instead of Back and Forward.
For Thumb Back Button, set the keystroke to ⌘[ (Command-[) and for Thumb Forward Button, set it to ⌘] (Command-]).
(This keystroke combination can be seen in the Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts page (currently at Help > Keyboard Shortcuts), and in the Chrome Keyboard shortcuts page as well (Help > Keyboard shortcuts).
| Q: how to use Logitech Anywhere MX back/forward button on OSX Finder? is there a way to use Logitech Anywhere MX's back/forward button on OSX Finder? I can use these buttons on Chrome or any other browsers succesfully, but cannot find a way to do so on Finder?
A: In the Logitech Control Center, change the assigned action for Thumb Back Button and Thumb Forward Button to Keystrokes instead of Back and Forward.
For Thumb Back Button, set the keystroke to ⌘[ (Command-[) and for Thumb Forward Button, set it to ⌘] (Command-]).
(This keystroke combination can be seen in the Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts page (currently at Help > Keyboard Shortcuts), and in the Chrome Keyboard shortcuts page as well (Help > Keyboard shortcuts).
A: The Logitech application that worked for me in 2022 on M1 macOS 12.3.1, was Logi Options.
Note that the zip you'll be downloading is options_installer.zip, which unzips to LogiMgr Installer 9.50.122.app, and when installed it appears as Logi Options.app in /Applications...
Unplug and plug in the USB cable connecting the mouse and mac.
Finder, Chrome, Slack, Xcode all started to go back and forward using the side buttons on my mouse (M-U0007).
For Visual Studio Code, https://superuser.com/a/1710037/332630 this answer worked.
BetterTouchTool, Logitech Control Center Installer, didn't work for me.
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2187f38bc6fe69db16801e21a8abac92d119f35c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable Wi-Fi and bluetooth using Apple Configurator? How do I disable Wi-Fi and bluetooth on my supervised devices using Apple Configurator? I see options for deploying SSID setup uniformly but not the ability to disable.
We're attempting to use iPads with pre-loaded references in the classroom so we don't want the student to be able to get onto the internet or connect to any bluetooth devices.
A: Currently there is no way to disable either Wifi or Bluetooth using Apple Configurator profiles. Configurator has gotten much better over the past few years limiting various activities in academic environments, but it does not allow restrictions on a number of things that they deem important, like network & device connectivity.
Other activities, like installed new iOS updates, are also cannot be locked down. This bit us hard when 8.1 was introduced, as a number of our 1:1 students with managed iPads updated to 8.1 Several of the apps they need for their schoolwork needed updates as well and crashed, but because we restrict the App Store, we had to do a mass update with Configurator over the course of a day.
| Q: How to disable Wi-Fi and bluetooth using Apple Configurator? How do I disable Wi-Fi and bluetooth on my supervised devices using Apple Configurator? I see options for deploying SSID setup uniformly but not the ability to disable.
We're attempting to use iPads with pre-loaded references in the classroom so we don't want the student to be able to get onto the internet or connect to any bluetooth devices.
A: Currently there is no way to disable either Wifi or Bluetooth using Apple Configurator profiles. Configurator has gotten much better over the past few years limiting various activities in academic environments, but it does not allow restrictions on a number of things that they deem important, like network & device connectivity.
Other activities, like installed new iOS updates, are also cannot be locked down. This bit us hard when 8.1 was introduced, as a number of our 1:1 students with managed iPads updated to 8.1 Several of the apps they need for their schoolwork needed updates as well and crashed, but because we restrict the App Store, we had to do a mass update with Configurator over the course of a day.
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8fc9e7ff0f626434492b7852ae437ca9d4d3629b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Non USB iPhone Charger Does anybody know of any non-USB chargers for iPhone (lightning connector)? I need a charger that can only plug into an AC outlet and not have any type of USB connector.
A: Found this a BH in a 20 second google search!
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=902893&gclid=CJ6GgZrLkcMCFWFp7AodCg4AzQ&Q=&is=REG&A=details
| Q: Non USB iPhone Charger Does anybody know of any non-USB chargers for iPhone (lightning connector)? I need a charger that can only plug into an AC outlet and not have any type of USB connector.
A: Found this a BH in a 20 second google search!
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=902893&gclid=CJ6GgZrLkcMCFWFp7AodCg4AzQ&Q=&is=REG&A=details
A: OK, if for "Edward Snowden" reason you can not use any USB connection in your work place, there is a alternative solution:
It is a 2 piece set that allows you to charge you phone in the car and in the office for $25 total.
1- Get a car charger to lightning like this one
2- get a car charger to wall adapter. Like this one.
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86b037c10fb2a1ed406626e41a9b5b4c56afe754 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a technical reason why I cannot find a mini display port to hdmi (female) cable that's more than 6 inches? I've looked and looked and don't see one. Do they just not exist?
A: May I suggest that you not look for a cable with a "female" HDMI end on it (those would typically be called "adapters" and would be very short. Instead, look for a full-length cable with mini-DisplayPort to HDMI. Such as:
http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=102&cp_id=10246&cs_id=1024603
| Q: Is there a technical reason why I cannot find a mini display port to hdmi (female) cable that's more than 6 inches? I've looked and looked and don't see one. Do they just not exist?
A: May I suggest that you not look for a cable with a "female" HDMI end on it (those would typically be called "adapters" and would be very short. Instead, look for a full-length cable with mini-DisplayPort to HDMI. Such as:
http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=102&cp_id=10246&cs_id=1024603
| apple | {
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22ba1c51917d813dfd99121c3cd0bdb6c72cb61d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Read GnuPG encrypted emails transperently on iOS Are there any tools that integrate OpenPGP/GnuPG with the mail reader on iOS
I've heard that iPGMail and oPenGP, probably SecuMail too, all require that you copy & paste an encrypted email into the application, which sounds obnoxious. Any of these tools managed to actually integrate with iOS's mail reader the way GPGTools does on OS X yet?
Yes, I'm aware Apple's Mail readers support S/MIME, but that's less secure in practice.
A: Do you need to use Copy & Paste with PGP/GPG mail?
No, that is not required. For iPGMail:
*
*Click the encrypted attachment to open it - you see the encrypted
text.
*Click on the transfer button (at top right).
*Open in iPGMail.
*Enter your pgp password and see the unencrypted message.
Do any of the tools integrate like GPGTools on OS X?
This is impossible given Apple's sandboxing requirements. As an aside this may well be a good thing as it avoids the annual scramble by GPG developers when Apple updates OS X and its Mail app.
| Q: Read GnuPG encrypted emails transperently on iOS Are there any tools that integrate OpenPGP/GnuPG with the mail reader on iOS
I've heard that iPGMail and oPenGP, probably SecuMail too, all require that you copy & paste an encrypted email into the application, which sounds obnoxious. Any of these tools managed to actually integrate with iOS's mail reader the way GPGTools does on OS X yet?
Yes, I'm aware Apple's Mail readers support S/MIME, but that's less secure in practice.
A: Do you need to use Copy & Paste with PGP/GPG mail?
No, that is not required. For iPGMail:
*
*Click the encrypted attachment to open it - you see the encrypted
text.
*Click on the transfer button (at top right).
*Open in iPGMail.
*Enter your pgp password and see the unencrypted message.
Do any of the tools integrate like GPGTools on OS X?
This is impossible given Apple's sandboxing requirements. As an aside this may well be a good thing as it avoids the annual scramble by GPG developers when Apple updates OS X and its Mail app.
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c50207d52a74d76439eb0934903b530558e6c510 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Suddenly Apple Wired Keyboard not working Suddenly my wired Apple Keyboard isn't working anymore. My MacBook don't recognize the external keyboard, and the keyboard is only two weeks old.
Is the Keyboard physically broken, or is it a software issue?
What can I do to fix it?
A: This is what solved it for me:
Eventually I found this thread on the Apple website, and followed the rather bizarre advice of adding a USB extension cable between the keyboard and the Mac (luckily the keyboard comes packaged with one). Bingo! Keyboard fine, mouse plugged into it also fine.
http://www.zigpress.com/2014/12/30/has-your-apple-mac-external-usb-keyboard-stopped-working/
| Q: Suddenly Apple Wired Keyboard not working Suddenly my wired Apple Keyboard isn't working anymore. My MacBook don't recognize the external keyboard, and the keyboard is only two weeks old.
Is the Keyboard physically broken, or is it a software issue?
What can I do to fix it?
A: This is what solved it for me:
Eventually I found this thread on the Apple website, and followed the rather bizarre advice of adding a USB extension cable between the keyboard and the Mac (luckily the keyboard comes packaged with one). Bingo! Keyboard fine, mouse plugged into it also fine.
http://www.zigpress.com/2014/12/30/has-your-apple-mac-external-usb-keyboard-stopped-working/
A: I think the problem is that the keyboard draws so little current that it won´t wake the port if you have the Apple keyboard with a usb hub.
Just stick a usb memorystick in the keyboard and re-insert the cable. If it works then just remove the memorystick or what ever you put in (doesn´t matter what).
A: I resolved my issue by following the SMC Reset instructions here.
Basically unplug everything, power down the mac, hold the power button for 5 seconds. Once the system has rebooted then reattached all peripherals. Then my keyboard started working again.
Kieran
A: I just had this on a box-fresh macbook pro. Sigh. This was the only thing that worked for me:
To reset the SMC:
*
*Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe or USB-C power adapter to a power source and to your computer.
*On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
*Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
*Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Source: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Update
Actually, using the USB extension lead is all that works now. Reproducibly weird.
A: Just tried adding a usb memory stick fix, and it worked. I can't believe I am having to do this, why can't apple recognise that it is a problem.
A: I had a similar problem. Brand new iMac that refused to detect my wired keyboard.
After a lot of experimenting, I resolved the problem by removing my bluetooth keyboard from the bluetooth devices list completely and then plugging in the wired keyboard.
*
*Open System Preferences and select “Bluetooth”
*A list of the devices detected (both paired and unpaired) will appear.
*Hover your mouse to the right of any connected bluetooth keyboard and press the x that appears, to remove it from the list completely.
*Finally, connect your wired keyboard and hopefully voila. For me, everything returned to normal.
A: Since February 2015, I've had this happen to me twice. Mac refusing to recognize wired keyboard (new mac keyboard received at Xmas). Holding down power button 5 sec after rebooting works for me, but this should be happening at all! Disabled Bluetooth, removed all connections as well
A: On my iMac the wired keyboard quit working—I checked the USB ports, which all worked. I tried the keyboard on my MacBook, which worked. Then I read this blog. The restart didn't work but as a last resort I tried the USB extension and to my surprise, the keyboard works again.
A: I have a usb hub attached to the kyboard, and the keyboard plugged directly into my imac. I tried adding a usb extension cable between the keyboard and imac, but the usb hub light kept blinking and the keyboard wouldn't work. I removed the extension cable. Now the usb hub light didn't even blink. I unplugged and replugged the keyboard a few times, and on one of the atempts it started working again. No idea exactly what's going on. wiggling the usb connections doesn't work, so it doesn't seem to be a loose connection -- the connector actually has to be unplugged for a few seconds and then plugged back in for it to work.
A: I had the same issue on my 2015 Air. I had a mouse dongle in the keyboard and plugged it straight into the computer and it didn't work. I plugged a USB hub into the computer and plugged the keyboard into that and it started working for some reason.
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3514281f5c8f9c2d91d8a5bf523298e4926f96ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Install OS X 10.7 to 10-10 on MacBook Air MD232 I have MacBook Air MD232. As we need to test our software on all OS X from 10.7 to 10.10, we need to install them all. Is it possible to install them on my MBA? When I buy, this MBA has been installed with Yosemite. I tried to install any other OSs by using "restore" feature from Disk Utility. However, restoring process were successful and pressing alt/option during restart, I get only gray screen with a stop sign and nothing happen afterwards. Would you please tell me how?
A: Hardware Requirements
Every Mac has a minimum supported operating system. Older versions of OS X will not run on a Mac with a higher minimum.
For example, the MacBook Air (Early 2014) requires OS X 10.9.2 or later.
EveryMac has a comprehensive list of Mac models and their minimum supported OS X.
Virtual Machines
To work around this, consider using a virtual machine for your testing; VMware Fusion, Parallels, and VirtualBox are all reasonable choices.
| Q: Install OS X 10.7 to 10-10 on MacBook Air MD232 I have MacBook Air MD232. As we need to test our software on all OS X from 10.7 to 10.10, we need to install them all. Is it possible to install them on my MBA? When I buy, this MBA has been installed with Yosemite. I tried to install any other OSs by using "restore" feature from Disk Utility. However, restoring process were successful and pressing alt/option during restart, I get only gray screen with a stop sign and nothing happen afterwards. Would you please tell me how?
A: Hardware Requirements
Every Mac has a minimum supported operating system. Older versions of OS X will not run on a Mac with a higher minimum.
For example, the MacBook Air (Early 2014) requires OS X 10.9.2 or later.
EveryMac has a comprehensive list of Mac models and their minimum supported OS X.
Virtual Machines
To work around this, consider using a virtual machine for your testing; VMware Fusion, Parallels, and VirtualBox are all reasonable choices.
A: I understood correctly your question, you want to test your software on several versions of OS X. I think what you should do is partion your ssd into 4 parts for each OS X version. You can install any version of OS X using a usb key. How to create a bootable usb key with a OS X you can watch THIS
So what I want to suggest you to do is make sure that the current files and documents from MBA are backed up
Restart the machine and hold ALT key, you will see a gray screen with two options, choose Disk Utility and from there you will have to erase the hard drive and patron it into 4 parts. You can watch THIS to see how do so. Even so in the video it is performed inside the OS X and on external drive the moves are the same.
After you partioned your drive you can start installing different versions of OS X with a usb stick, how to do it you can watch THIS
Hope this helps
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ab04f87799710cea65e5844c7ceea7fd0cd1c38e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Process named after website executing? While looking at Activity Monitor processes, I noticed a process whose name started with "http://".
Shortly after observing and screenshoting the process disappeared. This morning, it briefly re-appeared and then died.
lsof and dtracte indicate the process is looking at standard system libraries, one of which is /private/var/db/mds/messages/se_SecurityMessages.
Any ideas on:
*
*Whether this is a normal process?
*How to find where and how it's launched? (Mac doesnt have /proc...?)
*How to investigate what its doing?
A: This is Normal in the way Safari now operates.
Each process is part of Safari sandboxing.
If you go to the View menu in Activity Monitor and down to the 'All Processes Hierarchically'
You will see that they all gathered and are owned by Safari.
Also this is a known feature: apple.com/safari
Sandboxing for websites.
Sandboxing provides built-in protection against malicious code and
malware by restricting what websites can do. And because Safari runs
web pages in separate processes, any harmful code you come across in
one page is confined to a single browser tab, so it can’t crash the
whole browser or access your data.
| Q: Process named after website executing? While looking at Activity Monitor processes, I noticed a process whose name started with "http://".
Shortly after observing and screenshoting the process disappeared. This morning, it briefly re-appeared and then died.
lsof and dtracte indicate the process is looking at standard system libraries, one of which is /private/var/db/mds/messages/se_SecurityMessages.
Any ideas on:
*
*Whether this is a normal process?
*How to find where and how it's launched? (Mac doesnt have /proc...?)
*How to investigate what its doing?
A: This is Normal in the way Safari now operates.
Each process is part of Safari sandboxing.
If you go to the View menu in Activity Monitor and down to the 'All Processes Hierarchically'
You will see that they all gathered and are owned by Safari.
Also this is a known feature: apple.com/safari
Sandboxing for websites.
Sandboxing provides built-in protection against malicious code and
malware by restricting what websites can do. And because Safari runs
web pages in separate processes, any harmful code you come across in
one page is confined to a single browser tab, so it can’t crash the
whole browser or access your data.
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17b91e3694f5c963414d9c36c450fda1c9ef4f3c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does iTunes 12.1 keep deleting podcasts I've downloaded but not listened to? I have had this happen many times in the past few months. I spend quite a bit of time downloading all the episodes of a podcast so I can listen to them in my own time. Then when I refresh my podcast list to download my daily podcasts all of a sudden it will refresh and all my downloaded podcasts will disappear! It's very frustrating. Is there a way to get back the episodes I've "lost" and how can I stop it from happening again?
A: Go to myPodcasts in iTunes
Choose a podcast series (i.e. in the left hand column)
Choose Settings (in lower right hand corner)
Check the On This computer settings. Limit Episodes needs to be set to off
| Q: Why does iTunes 12.1 keep deleting podcasts I've downloaded but not listened to? I have had this happen many times in the past few months. I spend quite a bit of time downloading all the episodes of a podcast so I can listen to them in my own time. Then when I refresh my podcast list to download my daily podcasts all of a sudden it will refresh and all my downloaded podcasts will disappear! It's very frustrating. Is there a way to get back the episodes I've "lost" and how can I stop it from happening again?
A: Go to myPodcasts in iTunes
Choose a podcast series (i.e. in the left hand column)
Choose Settings (in lower right hand corner)
Check the On This computer settings. Limit Episodes needs to be set to off
A: I don't know for sure because I'm struggling to get iTunes 12.1 to behave in anything resembling a consistent way myself, but I wonder if your issue is to do with iCloud syncing?
I had several podcast subscriptions wiped out - along with all their episodes - on desktop because the same subscriptions weren't also in the cloud. iCloud sync of podcasts subscriptions seems to be fundamentally broken so my recommendation would be turn it off altogether if you haven't already.
Sorry, but no idea how to get the episodes back, other than re-downloading them (unreliable - they might not still be available) or restoring from backups...
Alternatively, it could be as simple as you have something other than "Off" selected for the limit episodes setting for the podcasts in question and/or the defaults, but I imagine you've already checked that.
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1b8177b95af18f00141a4ce5fbc8690e031cfb1f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Yosemite resolution "jump" when logging in When I start my MacBook Pro Retina, the resolution is the non-scaled option. But on my user account, I have selected the 1680x1050 scaled option. This means that when i login the resolution "jumps/flashes" from non scaled to scaled.
Is there a way to make the login screen the same resolution or is there another solution?
A: Press and hold the Option-Command-P-R keys immediately after powering on. This will reset the login screen resolution
| Q: OS X Yosemite resolution "jump" when logging in When I start my MacBook Pro Retina, the resolution is the non-scaled option. But on my user account, I have selected the 1680x1050 scaled option. This means that when i login the resolution "jumps/flashes" from non scaled to scaled.
Is there a way to make the login screen the same resolution or is there another solution?
A: Press and hold the Option-Command-P-R keys immediately after powering on. This will reset the login screen resolution
A: I had this problem on a non-Retina Mac and fixed it by changing the resolution for the root user, then restarting. It seems the root user sets the resolution for the login screen (like how it controls the language and input source).
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c7840064b0e80851e578768bbdce6fa3606bc7a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Share iCloud Family Calendar with Outlook My wife and I use the iCloud shared Family calendar for scheduling family events. I would like to be able to view this calendar from my work Outlook account. Is there some way to share the calendar with non-Apple calendar applications?
A: First, I am assuming by "Outlook" you mean the Outlook email client application and not an @outlook.com email account. In other words, your work computer uses the Exchange/Outlook system for emails, calendar, and so on.
If so - and assuming your IT department would permit this - you could try the iCloud Control Panel on your work computer. This add-in for Outlook will sync the Outlook email app with your iCloud email, calendar, and contacts - including your Family Calendar.
Instructions can be found on Apple's website. Good luck!
| Q: Share iCloud Family Calendar with Outlook My wife and I use the iCloud shared Family calendar for scheduling family events. I would like to be able to view this calendar from my work Outlook account. Is there some way to share the calendar with non-Apple calendar applications?
A: First, I am assuming by "Outlook" you mean the Outlook email client application and not an @outlook.com email account. In other words, your work computer uses the Exchange/Outlook system for emails, calendar, and so on.
If so - and assuming your IT department would permit this - you could try the iCloud Control Panel on your work computer. This add-in for Outlook will sync the Outlook email app with your iCloud email, calendar, and contacts - including your Family Calendar.
Instructions can be found on Apple's website. Good luck!
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d6575662497c92ae989c76feefc2a4e3a57c98ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to sort a table in Pages? Few hours ago I am trying to sort a table! I don't know where is this think but is so annoying that I can't find with ease this thing.
I saw many articles saying that you have to go to Inspector, table tab and there is an option there, but this is the old version, I own the new one 5.5 and there is no such option.
Do you know guys where is this thing?
A: Click the down arrow on the column header and select Sort Ascending or Sort Decending.
| Q: How to sort a table in Pages? Few hours ago I am trying to sort a table! I don't know where is this think but is so annoying that I can't find with ease this thing.
I saw many articles saying that you have to go to Inspector, table tab and there is an option there, but this is the old version, I own the new one 5.5 and there is no such option.
Do you know guys where is this thing?
A: Click the down arrow on the column header and select Sort Ascending or Sort Decending.
A: *
*Click anywhere in the table so the row and column designations appear.
*Put your cursor on the letter of the column you'd like to sort by.
*Right-click, then select "Sort Ascending" or "Sort Descending"
A: Apple is no help with this. I found this wonderful website which does alphabetizing and more: http://alphabetizer.flap.tv
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da78748dfe47c7acb65bcffb4051eced8a0724c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: PackageMaker alternative? I am looking for something to create .pkg files to use with System Image Utility. The old school PackageMaker that was included in Xcode Aux tools make be causing errors in Yosemite so I am wanting to test this with another tool.
Goal:
Create a .pkg that will contain Firefox, Chrome, other software to installing during the imaging process
A: There's two alternatives I'm aware of for PackageMaker that would work in this situation:
*
*A third-party tool named Packages
*Apple's pkgbuild and productbuild tools working together.
If you're planning to add packages to a NetInstall set, you should be aware that Apple made an undocumented change in Yosemite. If you add any additional packages for installation as part of a Yosemite OS install/upgrade (like you would with NetInstall), they must all be distribution-style flat packages.
Bundle-style packages (like those created by PackageMaker) will not work when added to a Yosemite OS install/upgrade and component-style flat packages also will not work.
For more information, see Further note on additional packages and Yosemite.
| Q: PackageMaker alternative? I am looking for something to create .pkg files to use with System Image Utility. The old school PackageMaker that was included in Xcode Aux tools make be causing errors in Yosemite so I am wanting to test this with another tool.
Goal:
Create a .pkg that will contain Firefox, Chrome, other software to installing during the imaging process
A: There's two alternatives I'm aware of for PackageMaker that would work in this situation:
*
*A third-party tool named Packages
*Apple's pkgbuild and productbuild tools working together.
If you're planning to add packages to a NetInstall set, you should be aware that Apple made an undocumented change in Yosemite. If you add any additional packages for installation as part of a Yosemite OS install/upgrade (like you would with NetInstall), they must all be distribution-style flat packages.
Bundle-style packages (like those created by PackageMaker) will not work when added to a Yosemite OS install/upgrade and component-style flat packages also will not work.
For more information, see Further note on additional packages and Yosemite.
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7feaeec9b6e7f29bda9f592df28c033c6e03aa02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to disable headphone detection in Yosemite? What i would like to do is be able to manually switch to the internal speakers even if something is plugged in to the headphone jack. Reason being my docking station has a connector plugged in but i do not have an speakers attached (nor do i want to attach them). I think the connector is adjustable/removable but i'd really rather not mess with that.
Im thinking this is a low level hardware driver issue/feature because I have 10.10 running on my 2011 13" MBP and it still has the "Use audio port for:" option in the sound prefs. I'm wondering if maybe there is a kext I can disable or a terminal command i can use to get this option back, or otherwise allow "Internal Speakers" to be selectable even when something is connected.
A: That is not possible.
By design there is a mechanical switch inside the headphone jack that will automatically turn off the speakers.
| Q: Is there a way to disable headphone detection in Yosemite? What i would like to do is be able to manually switch to the internal speakers even if something is plugged in to the headphone jack. Reason being my docking station has a connector plugged in but i do not have an speakers attached (nor do i want to attach them). I think the connector is adjustable/removable but i'd really rather not mess with that.
Im thinking this is a low level hardware driver issue/feature because I have 10.10 running on my 2011 13" MBP and it still has the "Use audio port for:" option in the sound prefs. I'm wondering if maybe there is a kext I can disable or a terminal command i can use to get this option back, or otherwise allow "Internal Speakers" to be selectable even when something is connected.
A: That is not possible.
By design there is a mechanical switch inside the headphone jack that will automatically turn off the speakers.
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6c081a686d838509f6be694bc440f1aa92dbd92e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: FaceTime calls wrong person Often (not always) I try to call my mother using FaceTime it calls totally the wrong person. The wrong person it calls, is always the same wrong person. How is this even possible?
A: Open your Contacts and check all of the phone numbers and email addresses listed for the person that gets called (check your mother's contact as well). This person's contact likely incorrectly contains your mother's phone number or email address. Remove or correct the incorrect information from that person's contact information and the problem will go away.
| Q: FaceTime calls wrong person Often (not always) I try to call my mother using FaceTime it calls totally the wrong person. The wrong person it calls, is always the same wrong person. How is this even possible?
A: Open your Contacts and check all of the phone numbers and email addresses listed for the person that gets called (check your mother's contact as well). This person's contact likely incorrectly contains your mother's phone number or email address. Remove or correct the incorrect information from that person's contact information and the problem will go away.
A: This has been happening in our family as well, but not sure if it's a bug in "the system" or an effect of misconfiguration somewhere (like contacts, old numbers, etc) locally.
When my daughter uses my wife's phone to call my mother-in-law via FaceTime, often a stranger will answer (seems to always be the same person) and says to stop calling. But on the phone itself is shows my wife's mom's name listed, and when we try the call again it usually goes through as expected the second time.
It happened again this morning so I tried looking it up to see if others are experiencing this and found a bunch of threads where other's have experienced this bug as well. Some other sources:
*
*Incoming FaceTime Call from My Mother - But Isn't My Mother
*FaceTime video calls go to wrong person
*Me and a random stranger got connected over FaceTime... neither of us called and the calls appeared to be from someone else.
*Someone else answers facetime call.
*FACETIME CALLING WRONG PERSON
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4dfdaef53486e9a41d3885949dbd57cb64689367 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone 6 status bar, what is this symbol? See pic What is this symbol? On my iPhone 6, it's on the top by the Bluetooth symbol.phone with keyboard?
A: That indicates that "iPhone is set to work with a TTY machine." See the official iPhone manual for additional information (page 13, 165).
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
| Q: iPhone 6 status bar, what is this symbol? See pic What is this symbol? On my iPhone 6, it's on the top by the Bluetooth symbol.phone with keyboard?
A: That indicates that "iPhone is set to work with a TTY machine." See the official iPhone manual for additional information (page 13, 165).
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
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8ef6de52e4b865e9441f3992ac3582fb5235f727 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Duplicate a Safari tab along with associated browsing history (OS X) Is there a way to duplicate a Safari (Safari 7 for OS X) tab and carry its browsing history to the duplicate? Like, when I do Cmd-L, Cmd-Enter the copy has no history, as if I just pressed Cmd-T and pasted the URL of an existing tab.
Any suggestions on how to implement such a feature in case none exists will also be highly appreciated.
A: Not a solution (yet), but fyi you might want to keep an eye on this, if it gets implemented: https://github.com/thiemo/duplicatetabbutton/issues/2
| Q: Duplicate a Safari tab along with associated browsing history (OS X) Is there a way to duplicate a Safari (Safari 7 for OS X) tab and carry its browsing history to the duplicate? Like, when I do Cmd-L, Cmd-Enter the copy has no history, as if I just pressed Cmd-T and pasted the URL of an existing tab.
Any suggestions on how to implement such a feature in case none exists will also be highly appreciated.
A: Not a solution (yet), but fyi you might want to keep an eye on this, if it gets implemented: https://github.com/thiemo/duplicatetabbutton/issues/2
A: It's not quite what you want, but you can set the default tab behavior to be open with same page, which will preserve your history.
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199e999e0d205133b86d696a7e4d072498ef7d25 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to have character accent menu _and_ key repeat So it seems you have an either/or choice for the character accent menu or normal press-and-hold for key repeat behaviour.
Surely it's possible to have press and hold bring up the Character Picker accent menu, then - after a set delay - start repeating? Is there any way to enable this behaviour?
A: OK I think I finally understood what you want, and that is not possible.
Holding a key will bring up that character accents.
But you do not want to pick one you only want to have the pressed key repeat.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
So to do that you need following command in Terminal to enable it.
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
Since the keyboard is initialized during the boot cycle, you need to restart for it to take effect.
To set it back just use True at the end instead of false.
Unfortunately that will disable the "Accents" pop up since those 2 functions are conflicting.
Writing a Script that switches the function for the press and hold is useless since you would need to restart anyway.
| Q: How to have character accent menu _and_ key repeat So it seems you have an either/or choice for the character accent menu or normal press-and-hold for key repeat behaviour.
Surely it's possible to have press and hold bring up the Character Picker accent menu, then - after a set delay - start repeating? Is there any way to enable this behaviour?
A: OK I think I finally understood what you want, and that is not possible.
Holding a key will bring up that character accents.
But you do not want to pick one you only want to have the pressed key repeat.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
So to do that you need following command in Terminal to enable it.
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
Since the keyboard is initialized during the boot cycle, you need to restart for it to take effect.
To set it back just use True at the end instead of false.
Unfortunately that will disable the "Accents" pop up since those 2 functions are conflicting.
Writing a Script that switches the function for the press and hold is useless since you would need to restart anyway.
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79873236521080c8ad0fe4c823521353395f3519 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Web Inspector quickly inspect element How do I quickly inspect an element using Safari's Web Inspector, preferably by keyboard shortcut?
Expected functionality
In Chrome, command+shift+c enables the function and the mouse then selects an element.
How things work in Safari
In Safari, the same combo seems to work, but only if Web Inspector is selected. Here are some example scenarios:
*
*Web Inspector is not open. Pressing command+shift+c does nothing.
*Web Inspector is not open. Pressing command+option+i opens and selects Web Inspector, so following up with command+shift+c enables inspection mode.
*Web Inspector is open, but user has interfaced with web site and Web Inspector is not selected. Pressing command+shift+c does nothing and pressing command+option+i closes Web Inspector.
A: Right-click an element, then choose Inspect Element. This opens the developer tools and selects the element in the DOM. This can be scripted with Automator/Keyboard Maestro/etc for activation with a keyboard shortcut if you wish.
| Q: Web Inspector quickly inspect element How do I quickly inspect an element using Safari's Web Inspector, preferably by keyboard shortcut?
Expected functionality
In Chrome, command+shift+c enables the function and the mouse then selects an element.
How things work in Safari
In Safari, the same combo seems to work, but only if Web Inspector is selected. Here are some example scenarios:
*
*Web Inspector is not open. Pressing command+shift+c does nothing.
*Web Inspector is not open. Pressing command+option+i opens and selects Web Inspector, so following up with command+shift+c enables inspection mode.
*Web Inspector is open, but user has interfaced with web site and Web Inspector is not selected. Pressing command+shift+c does nothing and pressing command+option+i closes Web Inspector.
A: Right-click an element, then choose Inspect Element. This opens the developer tools and selects the element in the DOM. This can be scripted with Automator/Keyboard Maestro/etc for activation with a keyboard shortcut if you wish.
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91dbf1b5f6eda44c7d90bc1b7c7f2df196bd61c5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Messages wont open: the Messages database is being updated Recently on my new macbook when I try to open up the messages app it won't let me open it and gives me the error:
Messages is updating...
The Messages database is being upgraded, please wait while it finishes or Quit Messages and relaunch it later.
And no matter what I do it won't go away and work.
I have tried to copy over the messages folder in Library from another computer but it didn't help at all. this is really starting to bug me and I would appreciate any help towards fixing this issue.
My macbook is running the latest version of Yosemite and is the 2014 edition
A: I've been getting the same thing on and off for a long time now. I wait for any period of time and still get the same, most always a reboot of the system makes it work again...frustrating!
I'm running El Capitan 10.11.3
| Q: Messages wont open: the Messages database is being updated Recently on my new macbook when I try to open up the messages app it won't let me open it and gives me the error:
Messages is updating...
The Messages database is being upgraded, please wait while it finishes or Quit Messages and relaunch it later.
And no matter what I do it won't go away and work.
I have tried to copy over the messages folder in Library from another computer but it didn't help at all. this is really starting to bug me and I would appreciate any help towards fixing this issue.
My macbook is running the latest version of Yosemite and is the 2014 edition
A: I've been getting the same thing on and off for a long time now. I wait for any period of time and still get the same, most always a reboot of the system makes it work again...frustrating!
I'm running El Capitan 10.11.3
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fd3760b149a1d3e7b6fb947b774993b9310c640f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Install and open KeePass on Mac OS X How to install and open KeePass on Mac OS X form the User Interface and not just open a terminal and type commands?
A: I use KeepassX on my macs so I don't have to use the terminal. It is free and you'll find it here:
http://www.keepassx.org
| Q: Install and open KeePass on Mac OS X How to install and open KeePass on Mac OS X form the User Interface and not just open a terminal and type commands?
A: I use KeepassX on my macs so I don't have to use the terminal. It is free and you'll find it here:
http://www.keepassx.org
A: *
*downlaod keepass portable (zip-file)
*install mono
*create a shell script (e.g. keepass.sh) like this (assuming keepass is in /Applications/KeePass-2/KeePass.exe):
mono /Applications/KeePass-2/KeePass.exe /path/to/keepass-db.kdbx
*run chmod 755 keepassh.sh
*in Finder, right-lick on the shell script and choose "Open with", then choose Terminal
*From now on you can open Keepass from the finder by choosing the script keepass.sh
A: Even better, I found an opensource project that's great!
You can open the KeePass database and key without problems and has pretty much the functionality of KeePass.
https://macpass.github.io/
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I have no connection with the developer of this project.
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6eacdd29cba3791b3eb10b00e72d46de59e720f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get current path of Automator app I am trying to create an Automator application which I will be distributing to other users on the network. The automator app will be accompanied by a ZIP file and a PKG installer file.
I need to run the PKG installer file the automator app. For this I'm trying to use the Run Shell Script using the following command:
open gdata.pkg
The problem I'm having is that Automator cannot find this file. I think it doesn't pick up the current path. I tried changing it to following ways:
Experiment #1:
cd $@; open gdata.pkg
Experiment #2:
open ./gdata.pkg
Both didn't work for me. Automator keeps giving error that it couldn't run the script. How do I accomplish this here?
My next step after this would be to decompress the accompanied ZIP file onto a new folder on user's desktop.
A: Use a Run AppleScript action with the following to get the path:
POSIX path of (path to me)
When run in the workflow, this provides the path to Automator.app, but when run by launching the saved application, this provides the path to the application.
| Q: Get current path of Automator app I am trying to create an Automator application which I will be distributing to other users on the network. The automator app will be accompanied by a ZIP file and a PKG installer file.
I need to run the PKG installer file the automator app. For this I'm trying to use the Run Shell Script using the following command:
open gdata.pkg
The problem I'm having is that Automator cannot find this file. I think it doesn't pick up the current path. I tried changing it to following ways:
Experiment #1:
cd $@; open gdata.pkg
Experiment #2:
open ./gdata.pkg
Both didn't work for me. Automator keeps giving error that it couldn't run the script. How do I accomplish this here?
My next step after this would be to decompress the accompanied ZIP file onto a new folder on user's desktop.
A: Use a Run AppleScript action with the following to get the path:
POSIX path of (path to me)
When run in the workflow, this provides the path to Automator.app, but when run by launching the saved application, this provides the path to the application.
A: I'd post the answer here, but this article already fully captures it, so shrug:
http://albertech.blogspot.com/2011/08/get-path-of-running-script-with.html
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e56594d4baab7373d061ca45d8d57ea510c10c86 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove an erroneous email address from iCal invitee list I would like to remove an erroneous email address from an event's auto-completion list (via Add Invitee) in iCal.
OX S' Mail application provides a Remove from Previous Recipients List option, accessible from a drop-down menu located at the right edge of an email address:
Is there a way to do so in iCal? It is important that the solution doesn't remove my existing calendars or events.
A: As far as I know mail and calendar both pull from the same place. If you remove the email address from the previous recipient list in Mail that might fix the problem
| Q: Remove an erroneous email address from iCal invitee list I would like to remove an erroneous email address from an event's auto-completion list (via Add Invitee) in iCal.
OX S' Mail application provides a Remove from Previous Recipients List option, accessible from a drop-down menu located at the right edge of an email address:
Is there a way to do so in iCal? It is important that the solution doesn't remove my existing calendars or events.
A: As far as I know mail and calendar both pull from the same place. If you remove the email address from the previous recipient list in Mail that might fix the problem
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6ed7e30d0dfd9d7070d2af0e1ce28f179caf284a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reopen PDF in Preview on the same page when modified externally In Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks when a PDF document opened in Preview is modified by an external application, Preview automatically reopens the new version with the same page displayed as before.
After updating to Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite this behavior changed, and each time a PDF is modified externally, Preview reopens it on the first page. This is quite annoying to me, since I work with many LaTeX documents, which I recompile often to verify how changes in LaTeX code render in the PDF.
The question is, can I bring back the previous behavior of reopening PDF on the same page in Preview or I'm forced to change my default PDF viewer to other application?
Note that the option "Start on the last viewed page" in Preview preferences is enabled. However it seems to work only when Preview is closed and then reopened. It does not work when the PDF file is changed.
A: I always ⌘+W to close the current preview then compile. Preview then reopens at the last position, with modifications. It's not that convenient, but works for me.
| Q: Reopen PDF in Preview on the same page when modified externally In Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks when a PDF document opened in Preview is modified by an external application, Preview automatically reopens the new version with the same page displayed as before.
After updating to Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite this behavior changed, and each time a PDF is modified externally, Preview reopens it on the first page. This is quite annoying to me, since I work with many LaTeX documents, which I recompile often to verify how changes in LaTeX code render in the PDF.
The question is, can I bring back the previous behavior of reopening PDF on the same page in Preview or I'm forced to change my default PDF viewer to other application?
Note that the option "Start on the last viewed page" in Preview preferences is enabled. However it seems to work only when Preview is closed and then reopened. It does not work when the PDF file is changed.
A: I always ⌘+W to close the current preview then compile. Preview then reopens at the last position, with modifications. It's not that convenient, but works for me.
A: If you're wondering about the whole LaTeX thingy, have you ever considered another LaTeX compiler? I normally use texmaker because it has a built-in pdf viewer and i love it!
Instead if you want the behaviour back by default, i reckon it can't be done (same behaviour on OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El Capitan)
A: If you work with LaTeX I would suggest you to use TeXShop, which has a built-in pdf viewer, which keeps track of the page you last opened, even after re-compiling. Moreover, it can "synchronize" between the source and the pdf output document (and vice versa), meaning that a (command-) click on a word in the source highlights the same word in the pdf, and the other way around (very convenient!).
Instead of installing TeXShop only, you can download and install the full MacTeX-Distribution, which includes TeXShop, BibDesk and more.
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d424b97b6dfdfbf0de96f8ab27d60f31d5c275df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to deal with whitespaces in OS X along filepaths when certain UNIX programs dislike it I am trying to include a command in a TeX file to a bibliography file that I am storing centrally.
However, when including the filepath, like
/Foldername with whitespace/ANOTHER folder name with whitespace/nowsinfldrname/bibo.bib
my Unix-based typesetting system complains. Is there a way to rectify that other than renaming my folders?
A: In bash, there are two main ways to have spaces in path names:
*
*Backslash escape the spaces
/path/to/folder\ with\ spaces/
*Wrap with quote marks
"/path/to/folder with spaces and $variable/"
'/path/to/folder with spaces and a literal $/'
Double quote marks expand shell variables. Single quote marks do not.
| Q: How to deal with whitespaces in OS X along filepaths when certain UNIX programs dislike it I am trying to include a command in a TeX file to a bibliography file that I am storing centrally.
However, when including the filepath, like
/Foldername with whitespace/ANOTHER folder name with whitespace/nowsinfldrname/bibo.bib
my Unix-based typesetting system complains. Is there a way to rectify that other than renaming my folders?
A: In bash, there are two main ways to have spaces in path names:
*
*Backslash escape the spaces
/path/to/folder\ with\ spaces/
*Wrap with quote marks
"/path/to/folder with spaces and $variable/"
'/path/to/folder with spaces and a literal $/'
Double quote marks expand shell variables. Single quote marks do not.
A: Escape the spaces with a backslash:
This\ has\ spaces
A: As a last resort there are symbolic links.
the link is expanded at a lower level so the application level quoting is skipped.
ln -s '/Foldername with whitespace/ANOTHER folder name with whitespace/nowsinfldrname' /tmp/
A: The answer is very simple. It is not OS X's fault but BibTex. It is quite old and doesn't support whitespaces in file names or paths.
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240e6d4235d28dd0a560f5dc21582978bde3bc3e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where does MacOS store remembered Wi-Fi Names? My mac knows about 50-100 different Wi-Fi network names. I'd like to know where they are remembered, I can't find it. I've searched.
I understand that there is a GUI for editing this information, but it is horrible. I want to know the file where the data are stored. The Apple user interface is horrible because you can't search or sort. I have more than 100 names.
A: Ah. I finally found it. The file is /Library//Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and it's under the KnownNetworks key.
| Q: Where does MacOS store remembered Wi-Fi Names? My mac knows about 50-100 different Wi-Fi network names. I'd like to know where they are remembered, I can't find it. I've searched.
I understand that there is a GUI for editing this information, but it is horrible. I want to know the file where the data are stored. The Apple user interface is horrible because you can't search or sort. I have more than 100 names.
A: Ah. I finally found it. The file is /Library//Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and it's under the KnownNetworks key.
A: I saw that you already found a way but I wanted to teach you an easier way.
System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Wi-Fi
Use the Plus and Minus button to add/remove networks.
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bf884b99957aa7299436e6e46b91f34cd74943bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does disabling Background App Refresh disable Push notifications? I just got my iPhone, and before I make any default changes, I just wanted to make sure it doesn't do that.
A: No, it does not. This is a separate service and daemon on the device.
| Q: Does disabling Background App Refresh disable Push notifications? I just got my iPhone, and before I make any default changes, I just wanted to make sure it doesn't do that.
A: No, it does not. This is a separate service and daemon on the device.
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67c317f0072c0fdc6f35b1ce01fa20497a5d75d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dock Icons will not move in Yosemite I am able to rearrange the dock icons for a period of time after each restart, though I have not been able to determine the length of time. Then I am not able to rearrange the dock icons again.
I have tried the solutions found here: Can't rearrange Dock icons
The killall Dock command did not do anything.
Deleting the com.apple.dock.plist file only seemed to work due to the restart because after a while the issue came back.
Is there a way to fix this issue so that I do not have to restart every time I want to rearrange icons?
A: Did you try this?
Finder and Dock issues in OSX 10.10.1
I had the same exact problem and it was definitely caused by Pushbullet extension in Chrome. Disabled completely the extension, restarted the system and the dock started working.
Don't know if it was caused specifically by the "Universal copy & paste" option being enabled or the extension as a whole, would have to investigate this further. Hope this helps.
| Q: Dock Icons will not move in Yosemite I am able to rearrange the dock icons for a period of time after each restart, though I have not been able to determine the length of time. Then I am not able to rearrange the dock icons again.
I have tried the solutions found here: Can't rearrange Dock icons
The killall Dock command did not do anything.
Deleting the com.apple.dock.plist file only seemed to work due to the restart because after a while the issue came back.
Is there a way to fix this issue so that I do not have to restart every time I want to rearrange icons?
A: Did you try this?
Finder and Dock issues in OSX 10.10.1
I had the same exact problem and it was definitely caused by Pushbullet extension in Chrome. Disabled completely the extension, restarted the system and the dock started working.
Don't know if it was caused specifically by the "Universal copy & paste" option being enabled or the extension as a whole, would have to investigate this further. Hope this helps.
A: In Terminal.app type:
defaults read com.apple.dock contents-immutable
If it comes back with 1 then
Make a backup of the plist file and then try this command to unlock the Dock?
defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool no; killall Dock
A: Seems that pushbullet is the culprit (thanks @mysz). Specifically the chrome extension for pushbullet, uncheck universal copy and paste by visiting the extension's setting page. Do a restart and the problem should be fixed
A: Is it possible you're unwittingly holding down the command key while dragging. The command key temporarily "locks" the Dock, so that drags to/from the Dock do not affect it. This is new in Yosemite. The purpose is two-fold:
*
*When dragging a document to the Dock, it prevents icons already present from "dancing away" from the one you're dragging, making it easier to drop a document onto an app in the Dock.
*When dragging a document from the Dock, it lets the Dock know you intend to drop it somewhere (such as on an application or into your Finder sidebar) and are not trying to remove it.
You might object "I would know if I were holding down the command key." But it's possible you are inadvertently enabling "Sticky Keys". By default, Sticky Keys is turned on/off by pressing the shift key five times in a row. This is easy to do if you are playing a game that uses the shift key as a fire button.
When Sticky Keys is turned on, tapping any of the modifier keys (command, control, shift, option) makes the modifier key "stick", even after you lift your finger from the key, until you press a non-modifier key. The purpose is to facilitate use of the computer by someone who can press only one key at a time.
Note that dragging something to/from the Dock is a mouse action, not a "non-modifier key", and does not release the sticky modifier.
Tapping a modifier key twice in a row locks it, similar to how Caps Lock works. The key behaves as if pressed until you tap it again to unlock it.
If Sticky Keys has become activated, it's easy to press the command key intending to invoke some keyboard shortcut, and then change your mind. You lift your finger from the key, but Dock (and all your other apps) think you're still holding the key down.
A: Just killing the com.apple.dock.plist from the finder may not work because the system holds the current settings in memory and will just write them back.
You could try and delete it from Terminal.app
Update.
Go to ~/Library/Application Support folder in Finder and remove the folder:
Dock (this holds a dock database )
Then in terminal type and run
defaults delete com.apple.dock.plist;killall Dock
A: Do you use an app, such as TinkerTool (http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html) to modify the way your system works?
I had a similar problem, except that it wasn't time bound (to my testing). I simply couldn't re-arrange the dock icons, no matter what options I had selected (in TinkerTool).
Finally, I decided to reset the options in TinkerTool, logout, and log back in. This solved it for me.
If you haven't used any such apps, I think you could try downloading TinkerTool, playing around with the options it has for the dock, and finally, if nothing else works, do a reset of the TinkerTool options.
Note that I chose the option "Reset to pre-TinkerTool state" first, and immediately after I chose "Reset to defaults".
I hope this works for you as well!
A: If your issue is not resolved yet, I can come up with a series of things that might be happening but require some digging. You already commented somewhere that you found the solution in a Chrome extension, but if someone else arrives here with a similar issue but without using Chrome or an extension, this might prove useful.
First step is to check if this issue is system-wide or bound to your user account.
Make a new account via System Preferences, log out, and log in to the new account. Use the preinstalled Apple apps and see if the problem is still there.
If so, the issue has to do with something you installed and is running as an application or service in the background. It might also be something that hooked in to MCX which is a system designed for network administrators to make settings stick on computers.
If the issue is gone, it is only in your account. This means it is restricted to whatever applications are running when you log in, and any files and settings in your home folder. To figure out what is causing the problem, the following data is needed:
*
*List of files in ~/Library/LaunchAgents (if this directory exists)
*List of files in ~/Library/LaunchDaemons (if this directory exists)
*List of items in the extensions panel in the system preferences
*List of items in the Login Items in the Users & Groups panel (also sys prefs)
*List of applications that you have set to automatically start when you log in on the dock
This gives a list of all he possible items that might influence the normal operation of the Dock. The ~/ is a shorthand for your user home directory. The ~/Library directory can be accessed from the Finder by holding the Option key (or Alt key) and clicking the "Go" menu and then the Library item.
The next bit of data comes from the Activity Monitor. When you log in, please open the Activity Monitor, find the Dock item in the list of processes and double click it. This opens the detail view on the Dock process. The third tab, "Open files and Ports" contains a list of files the dock has opened. Copy that list here (or use a pasting service like pastebin.com ), which will give us a list of all the files that the Dock is using. If there is anything in there that doesn't belong there, that would be the culprit.
Next bit of data would be form the system logs. Console is the application you can use to view the logs and get specific data using the searching and filtering options. What you could do is start it and keep it open, and as soon as the Dock locks up (not allowing you to move items), check to see if the logs are suddenly showing things related to the Dock, or any application you have open, or maybe sandboxd, OpenGL or WindowServer. Copy those lines (and again, if it is a lot of text a pasting service like pastern.com might be useful to not bloat your post) and that might tell us what is happening.
Not begin able to drag anything around inside the dock but having everything else working leads me to believe that either something is locking the icons down, which is a supported function in the Dock, or an external application is trying to interface with the Dock for some sort of functionality and it is doing something wrong and thereby breaking some functions. The Dock is more than just a Dock, it also manages certain aspects of window swithcing, application switching, mission control, launching services and if I remember correctly some clipboard functions.
After you have collected the data, you might be able to restart the Dock from the Activity Monitor by using the "Quit" button at the bottom of that detail window you opened by double clicking the Dock from the process list. Hint: to stop the process list form bouncing around, sort it by name.
A: Trying to rearrange Dock icons on 10.10.2 new MacBook Pro 13" Retina, I had this problem too. Accidentally hit on dragging while holding down fn key; huh? But it worked!
A: I’m using 10.10.3 on a mid-2010 15" MacBook pro, and found the same problem. It seems that clicking on a particular dock icon very quickly opens the pop-up “Options…” menu immediately above it, and the icon is frozen in place. However, if I’m quick enough, I can move the icon before that menu appears, and icon remains movable for as long as I hold the trackpad “click.” Is it supposed to work this way? Who knows? Worth a try if it avoids some of the more exotic solutions offered above.
UPDATE: I got around to stopping in at a nearby Simply Mac store to see if my approach worked on any of their machines. Before I could explain the "problem," the nice sales clerk proceeded to move a dock icon exactly as I had at home. Seems that IS the way it's suppose to work!
A: I do not have the "Pushbullet" chrome extension. For me it was a bit of misunderstanding and actually quite silly, I'm a developer and live mostly in the shell/terminal so I'm still quite unfamiliar with the GUI. I came from one computer (2012 Air) to my new computer
I wanted to remove some icons from the dock. I tried dragging them off, at this point a tooltip with the word "remove" would appear, when I let go the icon would just slide right back to my dock, "wut?".
My Solution
If an application isn't set to "keep in dock" then you won't be able to drag it off the dock, you'll experience what I mentioned above. All you have to do is... close the application, and it disappears off the dock.
My Case
I was trying to remove "chrome" from my dock since I use alfred to launch everything. I wasn't able to remove it, once I realized what I mentioned previously, it was a "duh" moment. I was then able to see that I could remove the apps from the dock that were indeed "locked" to it.
A: Hold down "fn" key, then drag icons on Dock to desired position.
A: I had this issue on my 2016 MacBook Pro 13". It had something to do with the haptic feedback trackpad. If I pushed firmly slowly, I noticed that it clicked twice and the second click shrunk the window (or said no windows available if the app I was trying to move was not live); this action would not let me move the icon. However if I press gently and move the icon quickly so would engage the first click, but not the second click, I could now move the icon. There may be some trackpad setting that I can have it turn off the hard and soft click but I am tired of monkeying with it for now.
A: click and hold the ALT key, then mouse click and hold the icon you want to move. Took me a couple of times before I got the icon moving, but it worked for me.
A: If you have a USB mouse connected and are also using an Apple wireless mouse, disconnect the wired mouse.
For me the problems went away when I did this.
The issue returned as soon as the USB mouse was plugged in again, even though not using it. I guess this could point to an issue with the generic driver software for the USB mouse?
This and other dock-related issues were driving me nuts:
*
*unable to move dock items in Yosemite 10.10.5
*unable to add dock items by drag and drop
*dock autohide feature not working
*item magnification not working unless mouse clicked
*other weird behaviours.
I tried all previously suggested prefs deletions and resets without joy.
A: I just changed Dock preferences from Genie effect to Scale effect an it fixed the problem.
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f8d97b36e2648eda0bc5745c9635235a5733cb89 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Factory reset an iPad without knowing the iCloud password? Is there a way to reset a iPad or return it to factory settings if you don't know the iCloud password?
A: Just put the iPad in the DFU-Mode. Here's a tutorial: http://www.iclarified.com/1034/how-to-put-an-iphone-into-dfu-mode
After that you can restore your iPad in iTunes.
| Q: Factory reset an iPad without knowing the iCloud password? Is there a way to reset a iPad or return it to factory settings if you don't know the iCloud password?
A: Just put the iPad in the DFU-Mode. Here's a tutorial: http://www.iclarified.com/1034/how-to-put-an-iphone-into-dfu-mode
After that you can restore your iPad in iTunes.
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61f4ed37065e30c0cc3e87c9232163253f0a183b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reduce Transparency Keeps Turning Itself Off In the accessibility settings on Yosemite I have enabled the "Reduce Transparency" setting multiple times. The reason I am turning it off is to try to fix the issues causes with the menu redrawing when multiple monitors are connect and eventually slowing down the machine to a crawl. Each time I turn it on and go back in and check it has turned itself off.
It seems to turn itself off if the external monitor is connected.
Why does this setting not work?
A: The symptoms you describe are likely caused by the preference not getting saved to disk. This is caused by a problem with the file permissions, or if the preference file somehow got corrupted.
If this is the case, you can move the preference file (I think the relevant one is ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist) from its location: this will cause the preference file to be recreated.
Of course this will work also for other preferences (though identifying the correct file isn't always as easy); remember to keep the file around (instead of deleting it) so you can restore it in case this fix doesn't work.
| Q: Reduce Transparency Keeps Turning Itself Off In the accessibility settings on Yosemite I have enabled the "Reduce Transparency" setting multiple times. The reason I am turning it off is to try to fix the issues causes with the menu redrawing when multiple monitors are connect and eventually slowing down the machine to a crawl. Each time I turn it on and go back in and check it has turned itself off.
It seems to turn itself off if the external monitor is connected.
Why does this setting not work?
A: The symptoms you describe are likely caused by the preference not getting saved to disk. This is caused by a problem with the file permissions, or if the preference file somehow got corrupted.
If this is the case, you can move the preference file (I think the relevant one is ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist) from its location: this will cause the preference file to be recreated.
Of course this will work also for other preferences (though identifying the correct file isn't always as easy); remember to keep the file around (instead of deleting it) so you can restore it in case this fix doesn't work.
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68f08d2b8595a2cd19eae86b869c8ec130c25b29 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is my instant hotspot on Yosemite / iOS 8 inconsistent? Sometimes, instant hotspot works in a split second. Sometimes, it works after 30 seconds, and other times, it just says "failed". In all cases, the state of the Mac running Yosemite or the iPhone is the same. To fix it, I have to restart one or both devices. What is the factor that is causing it not to work so I can always just turn it on without guessing which device to reboot? Is it something with bluetooth?
A: It appears this issue still exists on the latest version of OS X (El Capitan, 10.11). I was able to find this in my system logs:
10/9/15 5:25:03.213 PM sharingd[679] 17:25:03.212 : Tethering: Request failed (id = 5D648B94-FFEB-44B2-BC8D-E116CA674465, duplicates = NO, error = Error Domain=com.apple.identityservices.error Code=23 "Timed out" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Timed out, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f9cfaece050 {Error Domain=com.apple.ids.idssenderrordomain Code=12 "(null)"}})
It would appear that there is some sort of connection issue with Apple's authorization servers (which it needs to validate the iCloud credentials). However, I received this at a time my iPhone had no connectivity issues (full cellular service).
Filed a radar (23058238) with Apple. I'll update this answer when/if I hear anything.
| Q: Why is my instant hotspot on Yosemite / iOS 8 inconsistent? Sometimes, instant hotspot works in a split second. Sometimes, it works after 30 seconds, and other times, it just says "failed". In all cases, the state of the Mac running Yosemite or the iPhone is the same. To fix it, I have to restart one or both devices. What is the factor that is causing it not to work so I can always just turn it on without guessing which device to reboot? Is it something with bluetooth?
A: It appears this issue still exists on the latest version of OS X (El Capitan, 10.11). I was able to find this in my system logs:
10/9/15 5:25:03.213 PM sharingd[679] 17:25:03.212 : Tethering: Request failed (id = 5D648B94-FFEB-44B2-BC8D-E116CA674465, duplicates = NO, error = Error Domain=com.apple.identityservices.error Code=23 "Timed out" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Timed out, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f9cfaece050 {Error Domain=com.apple.ids.idssenderrordomain Code=12 "(null)"}})
It would appear that there is some sort of connection issue with Apple's authorization servers (which it needs to validate the iCloud credentials). However, I received this at a time my iPhone had no connectivity issues (full cellular service).
Filed a radar (23058238) with Apple. I'll update this answer when/if I hear anything.
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73f91f116fcaace407cfff0c714170f556484535 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone only showing purchased music Today I was editing my music library, deleting old songs and such, and then of course, synced my iTunes to my iPhone. Everything synced fine until I realized my iPhone was only showing music purchased from iTunes. Nothing I downloaded nor my CD's were showing up. My playlists were all gone as well. I have tried to sync multiple times today and nothing has worked. I am NOT on iTunes Match.
| Q: iPhone only showing purchased music Today I was editing my music library, deleting old songs and such, and then of course, synced my iTunes to my iPhone. Everything synced fine until I realized my iPhone was only showing music purchased from iTunes. Nothing I downloaded nor my CD's were showing up. My playlists were all gone as well. I have tried to sync multiple times today and nothing has worked. I am NOT on iTunes Match.
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1d95113accaa454403efb6e874d1b978591a4a5d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to hide running app from Dock in Yosemite? I want to hide icon of running app in Dock without installing any apps like Dockless. Maybe there is some CLI unix trick.
This Info.plist trick does it but modern Code Signed apps don't work:
Hide a running app from Dock?
A: The plist edit should work with Signed Apps, you just might need to force a resign. Try the command sudo codesign -f -s - /path_to_app/appname.app, replacing appname with the name of the app you are looking to hide from the dock.
Note that this will also disable menu bar actions, but all keyboard shortcuts should still work.
| Q: How to hide running app from Dock in Yosemite? I want to hide icon of running app in Dock without installing any apps like Dockless. Maybe there is some CLI unix trick.
This Info.plist trick does it but modern Code Signed apps don't work:
Hide a running app from Dock?
A: The plist edit should work with Signed Apps, you just might need to force a resign. Try the command sudo codesign -f -s - /path_to_app/appname.app, replacing appname with the name of the app you are looking to hide from the dock.
Note that this will also disable menu bar actions, but all keyboard shortcuts should still work.
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ea4d77d529a73a464bec81078f8a0ea80e589fcc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Tab completion for hosts defined in ~/.ssh/config doesn't work anymore on Yosemite I'm trying to create my ~/.ssh/config file for simplify my work life on the server connection.
In Mavericks all worked properly and with the tab I was be able to autocomplete the hostname with file like this:
Host test-host-name
HostName 192.168.1.2
User root
The same configuration on Yosemite have a different behavior. When I type ssh t on the shell the tab does not autocomplete the hostname.
Do someone know if is something changed in Yosemite and now I need to do something to make it work?
A: You can enable bash shell completion by installing bash-completion via brew:
brew install bash-completion
Then add the following to your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then
. $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
fi
Source
(Edit: brew tap homebrew/completions is deprecated as of 2018.)
| Q: Tab completion for hosts defined in ~/.ssh/config doesn't work anymore on Yosemite I'm trying to create my ~/.ssh/config file for simplify my work life on the server connection.
In Mavericks all worked properly and with the tab I was be able to autocomplete the hostname with file like this:
Host test-host-name
HostName 192.168.1.2
User root
The same configuration on Yosemite have a different behavior. When I type ssh t on the shell the tab does not autocomplete the hostname.
Do someone know if is something changed in Yosemite and now I need to do something to make it work?
A: You can enable bash shell completion by installing bash-completion via brew:
brew install bash-completion
Then add the following to your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then
. $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
fi
Source
(Edit: brew tap homebrew/completions is deprecated as of 2018.)
A: From this article on MacWorld.
Copy/paste the following into ~/.bash_profile:
complete -o default -o nospace -W "$(/usr/bin/env ruby -ne 'puts $_.split(/[,\s]+/)[1..-1].reject{|host| host.match(/\*|\?/)} if $_.match(/^\s*Host\s+/);' < $HOME/.ssh/config)" scp sftp ssh
You'll then need to either restart your terminal or type source ~/.bash_profile (note that the latter will only work in your current tab).
A: I assume the shell of your Mac is bash.
You need to complete ssh command, for more detail you can read man complete
_complete_ssh_hosts ()
{
COMPREPLY=()
cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
comp_ssh_hosts=`cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts | \
cut -f 1 -d ' ' | \
sed -e s/,.*//g | \
grep -v ^# | \
uniq | \
grep -v "\[" ;
cat ~/.ssh/config | \
grep "^Host " | \
awk '{print $2}'
`
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${comp_ssh_hosts}" -- $cur))
return 0
}
complete -F _complete_ssh_hosts ssh
Don't forget you need to source the file to get the new command to load in your terminal. or You can put this code in .bash_profile
A: FYI, I'm not sure how to respond directly to nelson's answer since I haven't built up enough reputation to comment on it yet, but on my machine running El Capitan, ^M was being appended to all of the host names from my config file. I had to either add \r to my $IFS variable or remove/substitute all instances of \r from the output of the second cat. In the end, I did the latter by adding tr '\r' '\n' to make that command chain look like this:
cat ~/.ssh/config | \
grep "^Host " | \
awk '{print $2}' | \
tr '\r' '\n'
A: Nelson's answer (above) doesn't tell you which macOS version he's using.
For macOS 10.14, after installing bash-completion with:
brew install bash-completion
The installer told me to add this line to my .bash_profile (which I put in my .profile instead) and it worked:
[[ -r "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh" ]] && . "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh"
A: If you are using MacPorts:
$ sudo port install bash-completion
Then add the following to your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f /opt/local/etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /opt/local/etc/bash_completion
fi
A: Existing answers seem like hacks to me. The proper way is to compile OpenSSH with editline/readline/history support, it’s that easy!
Honestly, I cannot possibly fathom WHY any sane person would’ve built it without this, as it gives all the desirable features (up-arrow command history, tab-completion of local and remote filenames, etc.) with zero caveats. I enabled it when I built OpenSSH 8.7p1 on my jailbroken iPad but I'm sure it works equally well anywhere.
A: You can add entries in /etc/hosts and use them in host name autocomplete:
"ssh @" + [TAB]
Reboot is required for system to reload this file.
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48d37a95588ebe88dae375bed196efb9ab76b9b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk I own a MacBook Pro 13 Retina, OSX reports disk usage as 450Gb, but utilities such as DiskInventoryX tells a different story reporting 226Gb as used disk space:
How can I convince OSX to give me back my disk space?
Given that DiskInventoryX (and other I tested) cannot find where these 411Gb marked as "Other" are what can I do to identify the issue?
Output of df -h
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
/dev/disk1 465Gi 421Gi 43Gi 91% 110450433 11387165 91%
devfs 184Ki 184Ki 0Bi 100% 638 0 100%
A: You may be seeing the difference between used bytes versus used blocks on the disk.
If a tool iterates over the files on your disk and totals the file sizes in bytes, the total value will not match the used disk space.
Try using other disk tools to determine the remaining disk space. The df tool should provide some insight df -h.
Consider using a tool like GrandPerspective to view the contents of your drive; it appears better maintained than Disk Inventory X. Be aware that these tools show file size and not blocks used.
| Q: Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk I own a MacBook Pro 13 Retina, OSX reports disk usage as 450Gb, but utilities such as DiskInventoryX tells a different story reporting 226Gb as used disk space:
How can I convince OSX to give me back my disk space?
Given that DiskInventoryX (and other I tested) cannot find where these 411Gb marked as "Other" are what can I do to identify the issue?
Output of df -h
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
/dev/disk1 465Gi 421Gi 43Gi 91% 110450433 11387165 91%
devfs 184Ki 184Ki 0Bi 100% 638 0 100%
A: You may be seeing the difference between used bytes versus used blocks on the disk.
If a tool iterates over the files on your disk and totals the file sizes in bytes, the total value will not match the used disk space.
Try using other disk tools to determine the remaining disk space. The df tool should provide some insight df -h.
Consider using a tool like GrandPerspective to view the contents of your drive; it appears better maintained than Disk Inventory X. Be aware that these tools show file size and not blocks used.
A: After deleting a user account of about 800GB on a new Max OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite system with a 1TB SSD, I was left with only 400GB of free space instead of the expected 900GB.
A whole disk scan of the system by GrandPerspective reported that the scanned files (all of "/" ) were only about 35 GB in size, and that "Miscellaneous used space" was a few hundred GB, which should have been deleted/freed when I killed off the unwanted user account.
I ran Disk Utililty.app to "Erase Free Space" and it churned away creating temporary files to write to the "unused space". While that was running, GrandPerspective reported smaller "Miscellaneous used space" and the Finder reported around 700 GB of free space (up from just a few hundred). Then it jumped to larger "misc used" and smaller "free". Then it reported "running out of room on boot drive!" then it failed with a "cannot create temp file" error, but after I quit Disk Utility.app the finder reported 963GB free space, as did Disk Utility.app as did GrandPerspectives.
So the long and sort of it is that running "Erase Free Space" via Disk Utility.app freed up that free space.
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fe9c6ab589a87a83c59964a49adeebee1bea9163 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do Thunderbolt to Display Port cables exist? Is there any such cable? I'm trying to connect a monitor with display port connector to a MBA with Thunderbolt port. I know I can use a Display port to Mini-display port cable but I'm wondering if there is any Thunderbolt to Display Port cable so that I can get a better resolution.
A: There can be no such thing.
Thunderbolt is an active technology, Display Port is passive.
Adding the required circuitry to one end of such a cable would be pointless - it needs both ends to work.
Edit: Now I read your question again…
You have a Thunderbolt machine & a Display Port monitor…
That's Thunderbolt to Display Port not Display Port to Thunderbolt.
In which case DP to DP would be sufficient; the Thunderbolt circuitry would simply be inactive if you used Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt.
Display Port & mini-DP are the same thing, but different sizes.
| Q: Do Thunderbolt to Display Port cables exist? Is there any such cable? I'm trying to connect a monitor with display port connector to a MBA with Thunderbolt port. I know I can use a Display port to Mini-display port cable but I'm wondering if there is any Thunderbolt to Display Port cable so that I can get a better resolution.
A: There can be no such thing.
Thunderbolt is an active technology, Display Port is passive.
Adding the required circuitry to one end of such a cable would be pointless - it needs both ends to work.
Edit: Now I read your question again…
You have a Thunderbolt machine & a Display Port monitor…
That's Thunderbolt to Display Port not Display Port to Thunderbolt.
In which case DP to DP would be sufficient; the Thunderbolt circuitry would simply be inactive if you used Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt.
Display Port & mini-DP are the same thing, but different sizes.
A: Tetsujin's answer is not correct. A display port WILL support resolutions up to 4K with the correct cable. Every high end graphics card have display ports as output. The cable must be certified to support 4K resolution otherwise you will not get 2K resolution support on your LG monitor.
Try this setup: Cable Matters DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort Male to Female Adapter - 6 Inches with a Thunderbolt cable - length of your choice. The adapter plugs into the LG's display port and the female thunderbolt port is connected to the MBA with a male to male thunderbolt cable. Done.
Here is a link to Amazon store to purchase the adapter (Cost is only $9): http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-DisplayPort-Female-Adapter/dp/B014DV2RGG?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
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4b2207131265dac33fb7a48d0f145ccaae5a121b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to empty MobileBackups.trash content I noticed that OSX reports a wrong disk space amount, reporting that "Other" space is near to 170Gb.
Digging into the issue here "Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk"
I discovered that the root cause of the issue is the MobileBackups.trash folder that contains some files, really old, and a backup of a VM created more than one year ago.
I tried some suggestions that says to disable local backup with no luck (running sudo tmutil disable local had no effects on disk space).
I can manually delete the above files using for example GrandPerspective, but I suspect that manually is not the way to go.
What is the correct way to purge that folder?
Update: seems to be somewhat related to CrashPlan, that I used to have installed at that time and that seems to not really like to coexist with Time Machine
A: Fixed following @bruno-buccolo suggestion to run sudo rm -rf /.MobileBackups.trash
| Q: How to empty MobileBackups.trash content I noticed that OSX reports a wrong disk space amount, reporting that "Other" space is near to 170Gb.
Digging into the issue here "Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk"
I discovered that the root cause of the issue is the MobileBackups.trash folder that contains some files, really old, and a backup of a VM created more than one year ago.
I tried some suggestions that says to disable local backup with no luck (running sudo tmutil disable local had no effects on disk space).
I can manually delete the above files using for example GrandPerspective, but I suspect that manually is not the way to go.
What is the correct way to purge that folder?
Update: seems to be somewhat related to CrashPlan, that I used to have installed at that time and that seems to not really like to coexist with Time Machine
A: Fixed following @bruno-buccolo suggestion to run sudo rm -rf /.MobileBackups.trash
A: I discovered an alternative method of removing these folders.
Apparently, these are created by Time Machine backup when it does not have access to the backup drive.
Running the following command from a terminal will disable this feature and reclaim the disk space:
sudo tmutil disablelocal
I learned about this from this article:
https://classicyuppie.com/what-crap-is-this-os-xs-mobilebackups/
Hope this helps someone!
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b10860369badbd9979b9c9e807386537e1c4be3f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can thief use locked MacBook Air? My MacBook air was stolen from my apartment a few days ago. I got the address on the find my iPhone app, but then it said that the MacBook was locked, requiring a code. I didn't lock my MacBook from find my iPhone, and when I spoke to the Apple store they told me that it was probably locked because of the thief entering the wrong password too many times.
My question is: can the thief still use my MacBook? Can they delete the HD when it's locked and when I have a password on it?
A: If you set a firmware password (which isn't set by default) and you used FileVault to encrypt the disk (also not the default), then the thief probably can't do anything with it. Without the firmware password, they can boot from USB, repartition the drive and do a new clean OS X install. Without FileVault they can remove the drive and mount it elsewhere, and then access your data. I'm afraid that just locking the screen is not enough.
| Q: Can thief use locked MacBook Air? My MacBook air was stolen from my apartment a few days ago. I got the address on the find my iPhone app, but then it said that the MacBook was locked, requiring a code. I didn't lock my MacBook from find my iPhone, and when I spoke to the Apple store they told me that it was probably locked because of the thief entering the wrong password too many times.
My question is: can the thief still use my MacBook? Can they delete the HD when it's locked and when I have a password on it?
A: If you set a firmware password (which isn't set by default) and you used FileVault to encrypt the disk (also not the default), then the thief probably can't do anything with it. Without the firmware password, they can boot from USB, repartition the drive and do a new clean OS X install. Without FileVault they can remove the drive and mount it elsewhere, and then access your data. I'm afraid that just locking the screen is not enough.
A: You can get law enforcement. But it's a bit tricky for them. If the new owner has the MacBook but was not actually caught stealing it from you. Then they would not be considered a thief. Common examples of what thiefs usually do is sell the device immediately on the streets for a low cost.
This leaving the new owner with a stolen device they purchased but did not steal. The crime has to be caught in action.
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0074c4dc4cef023b3252b515d3513d30d018dee8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Move all contents from a folder to another with shell script Why does this work?
mv /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Novas/* /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Tratadas
…but the commands below don't work?
mv "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Novas/*" "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Tratadas"
I had to rename the folder "Youtube" from "Youtube - Downloads", just because this don't work:
mv "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Novas/*" "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Tratadas"
I want integrate this in an Automator app. Is there a better way to move all contents from an folder to another with Automator.app?
A: The space character is used by bash to separate different parameters to a command so you need to protect/escape it if it occurs in filenames (or other parameters):
mv /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads\ -\ Youtube/Novas/* /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads\ -\ Youtube/Tratadas
You can also use quotes to protect the space characters from being misinterpreted by the shell but need to move the * outside the quotes then to allow wildcard expansion:
mv "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Novas/"* "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Tratadas"
| Q: Move all contents from a folder to another with shell script Why does this work?
mv /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Novas/* /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Tratadas
…but the commands below don't work?
mv "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Novas/*" "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Youtube/Tratadas"
I had to rename the folder "Youtube" from "Youtube - Downloads", just because this don't work:
mv "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Novas/*" "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Tratadas"
I want integrate this in an Automator app. Is there a better way to move all contents from an folder to another with Automator.app?
A: The space character is used by bash to separate different parameters to a command so you need to protect/escape it if it occurs in filenames (or other parameters):
mv /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads\ -\ Youtube/Novas/* /Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads\ -\ Youtube/Tratadas
You can also use quotes to protect the space characters from being misinterpreted by the shell but need to move the * outside the quotes then to allow wildcard expansion:
mv "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Novas/"* "/Users/diogosaraiva/Music/Downloads - Youtube/Tratadas"
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ee363063903fb77d497aac372ba70091c16d6e12 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the equivalent of "do shell script" with javascript automations? (Yosemite) Support for javascript automations started with Yosemite.
How could I run using javascript an external command? (i.e. the equivalent of do shell script of applescript?
A: If you look in the StandardAdditions.sdef.
*
*Menubar menu: Windows -> Library
*Double click on: StandardAdditions
*Change the dropdown to Javascript.
You will see that many of the script command change to the camelHump syntax
app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
app.doShellScript('ls')
| Q: What's the equivalent of "do shell script" with javascript automations? (Yosemite) Support for javascript automations started with Yosemite.
How could I run using javascript an external command? (i.e. the equivalent of do shell script of applescript?
A: If you look in the StandardAdditions.sdef.
*
*Menubar menu: Windows -> Library
*Double click on: StandardAdditions
*Change the dropdown to Javascript.
You will see that many of the script command change to the camelHump syntax
app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
app.doShellScript('ls')
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6d5f76360a60acb19bec6a63d2de7ef10ecbdb2f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way to use a scan as a signature in Preview (Yosemite)? I want to add my signature to PDFs in Preview, but the Trackpad/Camera method is terrible.
Any way to add a scanned signature to Preview??
A: sadly the only ways to add a signature in Preview, is by using the two different ways you mentioned. You could type your name in pages, print it out and use the camera.
| Q: Any way to use a scan as a signature in Preview (Yosemite)? I want to add my signature to PDFs in Preview, but the Trackpad/Camera method is terrible.
Any way to add a scanned signature to Preview??
A: sadly the only ways to add a signature in Preview, is by using the two different ways you mentioned. You could type your name in pages, print it out and use the camera.
A: The camera capture method works just fine, so long as you get the basics right.
*
*Write your signature in black on a sheet of clean white paper.
*Take your MacBook, camera etc over to the window, facing inwards.
*Hold paper, now in daylight, to camera.
*Done.
If the lighting is bad, the result will be bad.
A: Ok, for those who don't have a trackpad, and who also think the camera "scanned" signature looks crappy:
Open up a random PDF in the Mail app on your iPhone or iPad, press the mark up icon on the top left, then the + icon on the bottom right, then signature. Create your signature here. It is then synced to all of your devices for use.
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d6f95fdfb99345cea5a0056432fe8b868cfa63e3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to navigate google search results in Safari 8 with keyboard? A while ago I remember being able to navigate through search results using J and K.
Is there anyway to do that in Safari 8?
I've tried changing tab behaviour in Safari prefs to tab through every item, but that's too many tabs to accomplish what I want to do.
A: Here's an extension that will let you do it in Google Chrome: https://github.com/nqzero/knogs
At the bottom of that page is a link to do the same thing in Safari (I can't link to it directly from here because I don't have the reputation for it).
I haven't tried either version though.
Personally, I use Mafuyu (http://wakabamac.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-1013.html). Instead of using J and K to navigate and return to open the result, you use 1-9 or 0 to open the result directly.
| Q: How to navigate google search results in Safari 8 with keyboard? A while ago I remember being able to navigate through search results using J and K.
Is there anyway to do that in Safari 8?
I've tried changing tab behaviour in Safari prefs to tab through every item, but that's too many tabs to accomplish what I want to do.
A: Here's an extension that will let you do it in Google Chrome: https://github.com/nqzero/knogs
At the bottom of that page is a link to do the same thing in Safari (I can't link to it directly from here because I don't have the reputation for it).
I haven't tried either version though.
Personally, I use Mafuyu (http://wakabamac.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-1013.html). Instead of using J and K to navigate and return to open the result, you use 1-9 or 0 to open the result directly.
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2de67b4a89f5891010895a78e0afa3e83673d08e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to sync iCloud contacts with Thunderbird's address book? I would like to keep my iCloud addresses in sync with my Thunderbird address book. Is there a way to do this directly?
Currently I sync both with my Gmail contacts, but the results are not very reliable.
| Q: Is it possible to sync iCloud contacts with Thunderbird's address book? I would like to keep my iCloud addresses in sync with my Thunderbird address book. Is there a way to do this directly?
Currently I sync both with my Gmail contacts, but the results are not very reliable.
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b7478c3e50ee70e874017dd51b0efd4c66f31697 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to release mouse capture in VirtualBox?
I'm on my MacbookPro and using TeamViewer for remote access to my 2k3 Server. On this server I installed VirtualBox to create a virtual machine. But now I stuck at this screen and no more can use my mouse.
How can I release the mouse capture?
A: Control Alt Delete worked for me
| Q: How to release mouse capture in VirtualBox?
I'm on my MacbookPro and using TeamViewer for remote access to my 2k3 Server. On this server I installed VirtualBox to create a virtual machine. But now I stuck at this screen and no more can use my mouse.
How can I release the mouse capture?
A: Control Alt Delete worked for me
A: You need to press "host key" which is written in right bottom corner of VirtualBox window.
Looking at your screenshot its Right Ctrl.
Its not default Mac Command ⌘ because you are running VirtualBox on Windows host, which you are accessing using TeamViewer.
See virtualBox manual: link
A: Press Control+Command+⌘ at the same time to release the mouse from the VirtualBox window.
A: You could also try triggering Sticky Keys (Press Shift repeatedly) that will pop you back to windows control. click no on the Sticky keys popup before you click back into virtual box (You can't trigger sticky keys if the pop up is open).
A: You also use Ctrl+Alt+Del per Teamviewer Panel.
A: Update 2021: You must HOLD the RIGHT CTRL KEY while moving the mouse to escape the Virtual Machine.
If you look closely at the image below it shows the hotkey that needs to keep on pressing to escape from the virtual machine.
A: I have faced the same issue while I installed virtualbox for the first time.
To switch between host and the VB press "right ctrl" on your keyboard.
Hope this will solve your problem.
A: Already Virtualbox gives you the guide at the bootom right of the window:
for me, as you can see in the picture, i have to use the Command button (⌘) LEFT one.
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c1dddafd14603efda7426c5e3aca0efea260c7b3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App adds itself to Login Items each time it starts How do I prevent an app from adding itself to the list of Login Items every time it starts?
The app in question is Unified Remote, which seems to completely wonderful apart from this "bug".
A: Contact Unified Intents AB
Your best option is to contact the developers of Unifed Remote directly. This way they will know it is a problem and may be able to offer an immediate solution.
AppleScript Removal of a Login Item
Otherwise, you might want to investigate scripting the removal or quitting of the Login Item. The Mac Stuff web site has a good overview at Adding and deleting login items using AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
--Find out what login items we have
get the name of every login item
--see if the item we want exists. If so then delete it
if login item "home" exists then
delete login item "home"
else
display dialog "That login item doesn't exist"
end if
end tell
| Q: App adds itself to Login Items each time it starts How do I prevent an app from adding itself to the list of Login Items every time it starts?
The app in question is Unified Remote, which seems to completely wonderful apart from this "bug".
A: Contact Unified Intents AB
Your best option is to contact the developers of Unifed Remote directly. This way they will know it is a problem and may be able to offer an immediate solution.
AppleScript Removal of a Login Item
Otherwise, you might want to investigate scripting the removal or quitting of the Login Item. The Mac Stuff web site has a good overview at Adding and deleting login items using AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
--Find out what login items we have
get the name of every login item
--see if the item we want exists. If so then delete it
if login item "home" exists then
delete login item "home"
else
display dialog "That login item doesn't exist"
end if
end tell
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d3c58a4a69cf14251588f95edd615149812ac691 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Create a line separation for finder in the dock? (osx 10.10) I was wondering if it would be possible to create a line separator for the finder app, just like the one found next to the trash can?
The only behaviour difference that I'd like is for the line to display to the right of the finder app, not left.
I've done a lot of googling with no luck, I can only find a command to create transparent seperations:
Using:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ "tile-type" = "spacer-tile"; }'
killall Dock
Is anyone aware of how to do this?
A: Update: As of December 2022, the project "Vertical Bar" is no longer available on GitHub.
I've created a binary release for a project called Vertical Bar that lets you add as many vertical bars as you want to the macOS dock.
Project here:
https://github.com/afallon02/VerticalBar
| Q: Create a line separation for finder in the dock? (osx 10.10) I was wondering if it would be possible to create a line separator for the finder app, just like the one found next to the trash can?
The only behaviour difference that I'd like is for the line to display to the right of the finder app, not left.
I've done a lot of googling with no luck, I can only find a command to create transparent seperations:
Using:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ "tile-type" = "spacer-tile"; }'
killall Dock
Is anyone aware of how to do this?
A: Update: As of December 2022, the project "Vertical Bar" is no longer available on GitHub.
I've created a binary release for a project called Vertical Bar that lets you add as many vertical bars as you want to the macOS dock.
Project here:
https://github.com/afallon02/VerticalBar
A: The dock doesn't support additional horizontal spacers per se (besides those invisible ones), but there used to be a hacky work-around where you made a .app file with a line as an icon, and could use that as a spacer.
Basically, create a folder, append .app to it, and give it a separator icon by changing the icon. Then drag and drop the separator to the dock. You can find lots of assets for docks online at sites like deviantart or the old macthemes.net (if that still exists...)
Still, the easiest way is to probably just use the defaults write command to get those invisble spacers. I use them and find it works very nicely:
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c429cc4995beded82b5ef443a0b247073c3464b9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Possible to transfer WhatsApp history from Android to iOS? I have an Android phone with WhatsApp installed on it. I want to move this Sim-Card to an iPhone and installing WhatsApp on it.
Is it possible to backup/transfer/restore the history over to iOS?
I saw that there are third party apps. So it seems it should work.
A: Quoting Quora user Julio Cesar Sanchez Hernandez:
The only free way I’ve found is using watoi:
It requires a mac with Xcode and iTunes, and the unencrypted
msgstore.db with the Whatsapp conversations from Android (you can get
it using WhatsApp Key/DB Extractor)
Won’t give much more details as the watoi project link has a README
with the instructions and are easy to follow
Watoi has two limitations though, per its github page:
*
*Media files and shared locations are not imported (got placeholders
instead)
*Messages from contacts that changed ids (phone numbers) are
not linked
| Q: Possible to transfer WhatsApp history from Android to iOS? I have an Android phone with WhatsApp installed on it. I want to move this Sim-Card to an iPhone and installing WhatsApp on it.
Is it possible to backup/transfer/restore the history over to iOS?
I saw that there are third party apps. So it seems it should work.
A: Quoting Quora user Julio Cesar Sanchez Hernandez:
The only free way I’ve found is using watoi:
It requires a mac with Xcode and iTunes, and the unencrypted
msgstore.db with the Whatsapp conversations from Android (you can get
it using WhatsApp Key/DB Extractor)
Won’t give much more details as the watoi project link has a README
with the instructions and are easy to follow
Watoi has two limitations though, per its github page:
*
*Media files and shared locations are not imported (got placeholders
instead)
*Messages from contacts that changed ids (phone numbers) are
not linked
A: It is not possible to transfer WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone/iOS without paying for a third-party utility. I recently switched from Android to iPhone 11, and I tried almost every single application available on the internet (free ones are non-existent) that claims to transfer WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone. I also tried an open-source software Watoi (WhatsApp Android to iOS Importer), but that didn't work for me either.
I finally bought the desktop application recommended here, and it did transfer my WhatsApp messages as well as media from Android to my new iPhone. Trial version is free to download and it can transfer 20 chats per contact, but you have to pay $19.95 for the full version. This is how the software works:
*
*You'll first need to enable USB debugging on your Android and backup all the chats to your phone's storage or SD card.
*Go to Google drive (drive.google.com), and login with your Google account. Go to Settings > Manage Apps and disconnect WhatsApp messenger from drive.
*Connect Android device to computer transfer all the chats to a local database by clicking "Backup Messages" button.
*Connect iPhone to your computer and encrypt the iPhone backup using iTunes.
*Now, download the WhatsApp messenger on you iPhone and verify your phone number. You can remove the SIM card from your Android and insert it on your iPhone or you can receive the verification SMS on your Android.
*Finally, connect the iPhone to your PC via Lightning cable, and click "Transfer messages from database to iPhone" button.
The whole process takes some time, but it works.
A: It is possible, but you need a paid software for this.
I used Android WhatsApp to iPhone Transfer from Backuptrans and it works. It costs about 25 EUR for three devices.
Requirement: Both devices needs to be connected to the PC and they should trust each other.
Here is a rough step-by-step guide to demonstrate, how it works:
*
*Enable USB-Debugging on Android Device
*Make local backup within Whatsapp (Google Drive backup disabled and disconnected)
*Start the software on the PC. An app (Backuptrans WA Sync Version: 3.1.21) will be started on the Android device (you need all device specific USB drivers)
*You have to uninstall Whatsapp on Android. Then the software will install a modified version of Whatsapp
*Software on the PC syncs with the Android device and extracts the local backup you made before and store is it on the PC (takes some time)
*On iPhone you have to disable find my iphone, disable passcode and disable iCloud backup. Then you have to install iTunes
*You have to install Whatsapp on iOS and activate it without choosing a backup (fresh install)
*Make a sync of your iPhone with iTunes (so that Whatsapp is in the backup) and the backup must be encrypted
*The software will then show your Android and iOS device. Either right click on Android device and choose "Transfer Messages from Android to iPhone" or use the relevant icon button at the top
*The software then modifies the iTunes backup and restores with it your iPhone (takes time)
*iPhone restarts and the restore is complete. You have to enter SIM PIN, device PIN and Apple ID again
*Activate Whatsapp on iPhone again and have fun
The software itself is not user friendly and many popups come again and again until it works. There are also some instructions here or here available on the website. You can also find a video from someone on Youtube (in German) to see how it looks and works.
A: From the WhatsApp FAQ it looks like it is unfortunately not possible.
Also there is info on the website saying:
Your WhatsApp messages are automatically backed up and saved on your phone's memory daily.
So that must mean that it is saved in the application sandbox on iOS - therefore there would have to be an in-app mechanism to import the data, which seems to be lacking as the only feature close to this matter is Archive All Conversations - one way only.
EDIT:
The previous FAQ link expired, but the information still holds on a new FAQ page:
Move to a different type of phone
...
You can’t transfer your chat history
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6b9f525c17cbf2445f0064f9be23af4b28362cee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS storage disappearing I've got an iPhone 5s 8gb with about 1.4gb of unused storage.
Within the last week this storage goes down to zero multiple times a day just through normal use. When this happens iOS "cleans" all apps and frees up the storage back to 1.4gb.
I've turned app background refresh off but still hasn't improved the situation.
I suspect there's an app using storage without my knowing it.
Is it possible to find the app causing the problem without restoring factory settings and reinstalling apps one at a time?
A: Plug your device into your computer. Download the app iFunbox. Go to the root file system, then open the directory "Application Archives" then delete all of the ipa files.
Another alternative (without ads) is iMazing it does an amazing job with my files. (It's a paid app)
| Q: iOS storage disappearing I've got an iPhone 5s 8gb with about 1.4gb of unused storage.
Within the last week this storage goes down to zero multiple times a day just through normal use. When this happens iOS "cleans" all apps and frees up the storage back to 1.4gb.
I've turned app background refresh off but still hasn't improved the situation.
I suspect there's an app using storage without my knowing it.
Is it possible to find the app causing the problem without restoring factory settings and reinstalling apps one at a time?
A: Plug your device into your computer. Download the app iFunbox. Go to the root file system, then open the directory "Application Archives" then delete all of the ipa files.
Another alternative (without ads) is iMazing it does an amazing job with my files. (It's a paid app)
A: Troubleshooting this is going to be difficult due to the way the storage tiers are arranged. Each app stores various caches, downloaded assets and items that are stored to the filesystem and iOS sends various storage pressure messages to apps so that they can clean up.
In your case, the apps aren't releasing enough storage and the OS is going in and cleaning house.
If you have a Mac, you can connect the device over USB and view the log files. Ask how to do that and link here and I'll provide that as an answer.
Assuming you only want to use iOS - I would do several things:
*
*Watch the storage data reported in the Settings app - perhaps saving screen images to document the state over time.
*Sign out of iCloud - that can put a lot of storage out of "view" of the settings app. Mail downloads also use space that isn't "accounted for" so you could sign out of all Mail accounts temporarily while you try to isolate what program/programs are storage hungry.
*Try and keep track of which apps you run. Turning off background refresh is a good start to controlling which apps are run, but Apple Watch, extensions (say when dropbox appears in another app) mean that you can get code running from an app even when you don't launch it explicitly from the springboard/siri/spotlight.
Sadly, your "reinstalling apps" and watching them one by one is the best way to sort this out if you don't want to enroll a computer to measure things and watch the log file for messages that might give you a clue to storage space warnings.
A: Have you updated your iPhone to latest iOS version? Have you installed the app "WhatsApp"? Seems it was the app "WhatsApp", creating lots of cache files and stealing storage from the phone. You can try to install the update and see whether the storage came back to a normal level. You can also use iMyfone Umate to clean up iPhone space, it supports large file deletion.
A: I just turned off the family sharing and iCloud and gained back 3 GB of space.
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a7908308c9113876f55c5b9d6bc26e6463efe091 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the difference between "restore backup" and "restore iPhone" in iTunes? Connect the iPhone to the computer, click on the device in iTunes, and under Summary there are two buttons as described in the question.
What is the difference in terms of what is actually restored?
A: Restore Backup restores the contents of an iPhone backup performed sometime in the past. It restores content and stored data such as app settings, home-screen layouts, etc. Saved account login information is restored if the backup was encrypted.
Restore iPhone wipes the iPhone of all data & apps and reinstalls iOS, leaving the iPhone reset to factory settings. The iPhone is left with just the latest iOS and the Apple default apps.
Find My iPhone must be turned off for either to work.
| Q: What is the difference between "restore backup" and "restore iPhone" in iTunes? Connect the iPhone to the computer, click on the device in iTunes, and under Summary there are two buttons as described in the question.
What is the difference in terms of what is actually restored?
A: Restore Backup restores the contents of an iPhone backup performed sometime in the past. It restores content and stored data such as app settings, home-screen layouts, etc. Saved account login information is restored if the backup was encrypted.
Restore iPhone wipes the iPhone of all data & apps and reinstalls iOS, leaving the iPhone reset to factory settings. The iPhone is left with just the latest iOS and the Apple default apps.
Find My iPhone must be turned off for either to work.
A: The restore back up is just restoring your data from when it was backed up.
Warning:
Restoring iPhone will restore all, including the operating system and leave it as it came out of the box. You will lose your settings and data, but you can get those from restore back up.
A: Restore backup mean that you restore your iPhone from an iTunes backup, or the backup you made by other iPhone backup tools before. After restore, all the data in the backup will replace the current data on your iPhone.
Restore iPhone is like erasing all the content and settings on your iPhone which you can do it by going to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings on your iPhone. It will wipe all the data on your iPhone.
Note that no matter you restore iPhone from backup or restore it directly by iTunes, all the data which is currently on your iPhone will be removed and no way to recover it.
So back up your iPhone before you do this.
A: This same thing happened to me. I restored my phone and the. Jail role again. That time the jailbreak didn't complete(there was a blue screen at the end of jailbreak) After that for the third time I jail broke and this time it worked. Now I can use jailbreak freely. I hope that helped. Have a good day
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f2557fa10dcdeb2aa0d846bc6e7c687d0f09473f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I redirect the output of screen to a file? I'm trying to capture data from a Serial Port by opening 'screen' from the terminal. It works, I see the data coming but I can't figure out how to save it to a file.
I tried to redirect the output of screen by adding > file.txt to the command line that opens screen, something like this:
screen /dev/tty.Airconsole-1 > file.txt
But it didn't work, it creates an empty file but I still see the data on the screen window.
Ideally I would like to redirect to both, I mean keep it in the window and at the same time feeding the file, probably by using the tee command.
A: Found possible answer at Stack Overflow:
Have you tried:
screen -L /dev/tty.Airconsole-1 > file.txt
| Q: How can I redirect the output of screen to a file? I'm trying to capture data from a Serial Port by opening 'screen' from the terminal. It works, I see the data coming but I can't figure out how to save it to a file.
I tried to redirect the output of screen by adding > file.txt to the command line that opens screen, something like this:
screen /dev/tty.Airconsole-1 > file.txt
But it didn't work, it creates an empty file but I still see the data on the screen window.
Ideally I would like to redirect to both, I mean keep it in the window and at the same time feeding the file, probably by using the tee command.
A: Found possible answer at Stack Overflow:
Have you tried:
screen -L /dev/tty.Airconsole-1 > file.txt
A: You can get screen log with interactive command "Control-a H" on screen command. It create a log file as "screenlog.n" on your user directory such as "/Users/xxxx".
Please see below link:
https://ss64.com/osx/screen.html
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00db630424e4800ce609e7d5f28c6f875c7d4f21 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: External monitor goes black for short periods on MBP mid 2010 but not on same machine running Windows Can anyone advise on how to stop this happening.
The external monitor attached to it goes black for a few seconds but then comes back to show the Desktop etc.
When I boot into Windows 7 64 bit Pro (via Boot Camp) this never happens. So I don't think it's a hardware issue.
Please advise.
Update
Removed OS version from title as issue occurred in several versions. Added versions where seen as tags.
It never happened with Mavericks (but did following the upgrade to Yosemite, went away, then came back after a while after upgrading to El Capitan (I think) but also Sierra).
A: I did have this with my Mac Air and it was a bad cable.
I replaced it and then it would crash, if that happens try this:
system prefs > security > advanced > uncheck logout after xx minutes of inactivity
Someone on this site suggested it for display crashes and it worked beautifully for me.
| Q: External monitor goes black for short periods on MBP mid 2010 but not on same machine running Windows Can anyone advise on how to stop this happening.
The external monitor attached to it goes black for a few seconds but then comes back to show the Desktop etc.
When I boot into Windows 7 64 bit Pro (via Boot Camp) this never happens. So I don't think it's a hardware issue.
Please advise.
Update
Removed OS version from title as issue occurred in several versions. Added versions where seen as tags.
It never happened with Mavericks (but did following the upgrade to Yosemite, went away, then came back after a while after upgrading to El Capitan (I think) but also Sierra).
A: I did have this with my Mac Air and it was a bad cable.
I replaced it and then it would crash, if that happens try this:
system prefs > security > advanced > uncheck logout after xx minutes of inactivity
Someone on this site suggested it for display crashes and it worked beautifully for me.
A: This solution worked for me on Macbook Air (Early 2015) - Catalina
"Having spoken with Apple they recommended turning off completely and holding Cmd+Alt+P+R and turning the power on. once you press the power button, keep holding the four buttons and you should hear the startup tone, then you will hear the tone again."
Source: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/external-display-randomly-goes-black.601565/post-22383921
A: I don't know if your problem has been solved but you can simply start by running a power on self diagnostic. To do this: reboot and hold "D" while starting up. If you have a firmware password enabled, then this will do nothing. You will need to disable that first. You can try resetting the SMC and NVRAM/PRAM. This may fix your issue. If this continues, try reinstalling the version of macOS that came with your computer. This will reinstall necessary drivers.
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aa5d0fe8df3af06025f88a48443ea87317cd587c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way of Filtering out messages from OS X system log? Is there any way of Filtering out messages from OS X system log?
I am looking through the log on an old MacBook running Lion.
This has an error message every 10 seconds from an obsolete service:
com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[154] (de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver[1386]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/Vodafone/NML2NDeviceObserver.app/Contents/MacOS/NML2NDeviceObserver", ...): No such file or directory
The actual app is long gone, it was only the launch service that is generating error messages (for the last 5 years!)
A: if you just wish to hide the error messages that are cluttering up the console log, for easier readability, then this can easily be accomplished by selecting any one of the offending event messages, then click 'Ignore Sender' on the Console toolbar; those messages will then be hidden from view. the event messages are still generated, until you fix the obsolete driver issue, but you won't see them in the Console. see more info HERE and HERE.
| Q: Is there any way of Filtering out messages from OS X system log? Is there any way of Filtering out messages from OS X system log?
I am looking through the log on an old MacBook running Lion.
This has an error message every 10 seconds from an obsolete service:
com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[154] (de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver[1386]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/Vodafone/NML2NDeviceObserver.app/Contents/MacOS/NML2NDeviceObserver", ...): No such file or directory
The actual app is long gone, it was only the launch service that is generating error messages (for the last 5 years!)
A: if you just wish to hide the error messages that are cluttering up the console log, for easier readability, then this can easily be accomplished by selecting any one of the offending event messages, then click 'Ignore Sender' on the Console toolbar; those messages will then be hidden from view. the event messages are still generated, until you fix the obsolete driver issue, but you won't see them in the Console. see more info HERE and HERE.
A: have you tried to locate & remove the obsolete Vodafone driver from the LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons and/or StartupItems folders?
have a look in these locations:
*
*~/Library/LaunchAgents
*/Library/LaunchAgents
*/Library/LaunchDaemons
*/System/Libary/LaunchAgents
*/System/Libary/LaunchDaemons
see HERE for more discussion
A: I've successfully filtered log entries from /var/log/system.log by creating a new file in /etc/asl/custom.cleanup.conf with these entries -
# Ignore some noisy log entries.
? [CA= Message Google Chrome He] file /dev/null
? [CA= Message Google Chrome He] claim
? [CA= Message Time to encode state for window] file /dev/null
? [CA= Message Time to encode state for window] claim
You would adjust your filters to match the specific log entries you wish to exclude; the above filters match the log entries I wanted to get rid of (section below).
Once the config file is created (note you'll need to edit with root permissions in that directory), restart syslog with
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist
These are the log entries I wanted to exclude.
Aug 20 10:38:54 strike iTerm2[11929]: Time to encode state for window <PseudoTerminal: 0x7ff611223344 tabs=2 window=<PTYWindow: 0x7ff611223344 frame=NSRect: {{-0, 6}, {1914, 1051}} title=1. sudo alpha=1.000000 isMain=1 isKey=1 isVisible=1 delegate=0x7ff611223344>>: 0.01158303022384644
Aug 20 10:38:56 strike kernel[0]: Google Chrome He[72873] triggered unnest of range 0x7fff11223344->0x7fff11223344 of DYLD shared region in VM map 0x84d623d211223344. While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.
syslog does then complain about not being able to write to /dev/null, but the filtered items will be excluded from /var/log/system.log which is your intended outcome!
Aug 20 11:36:31 strike syslogd[74699]: Disabling module custom.cleanup.conf writes to /dev/null following 6 failures (Operation Failed)
I'd love to hear of a cleaner way to configure this, especially if it doesn't require two lines per filter :)
A: The asl.conf man page states that it may contain query-action rules in the form
? query action …
and that query has the format
[operator key value]
Example
? [= Sender foobar] [<= Level error] notify com.apple.foobar
op key value op key value
-----query 1----- -----query 2---- ---------action--------
From that same source (bold is mine)
ignore Causes a matching message to be ignored in all **subsequent** matching rules.
Configurations that used to be in syslog.conf are now in asl.conf below the comment
# Flat file configurations formerly in syslog.conf
It is my understanding that, in order to ignore messages in both system.log and in Console.app, you should put rules to ignore messages before the comment above.
Example with modifier S, which ignores messages matching that substring from SIMBL Agent.
? [= Sender SIMBL Agent] [S= Message warning: failed to get scripting definition from] ignore
op -key-- ---value--- mod --key-- --------------------value-----------------------
--------query 1------- -----------------------query 2------------------------------- action
After adding a rule restart the daemon with sudo killall HUP syslogd.
Tested successfully in OS X 10.8.5.
UPDATE
Modules seem to have appeared on 10.9, see here.
If the /etc/asl directory exists, then syslogd and aslmanager will
read each file it contains. These files must have the same format as
asl.conf. Each file configures an independent module, identified by
the file name. Modules may be enabled or disabled independently.
Each module may specify its own set of rules for acting on received
messages. See the ASL MODULES section for details.
Thus filters could be configured in a separate file. I haven't tested it though.
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9ce4d526ceccf75cfa17f6115aa4db7ef05dcd79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Turn off mail notification in terminal I'm running some cron jobs on my machine and every time I fire up a terminal session I'm getting a 'You have mail.' message. Any way to turn this off?
A: It's likely to be in the spool file: /var/mail/$user. Because sometimes your mailbox will contain important messages (a failed cronjob task, etc.) you don't to check it every time by yourself.
Also, you can check man mail
| Q: Turn off mail notification in terminal I'm running some cron jobs on my machine and every time I fire up a terminal session I'm getting a 'You have mail.' message. Any way to turn this off?
A: It's likely to be in the spool file: /var/mail/$user. Because sometimes your mailbox will contain important messages (a failed cronjob task, etc.) you don't to check it every time by yourself.
Also, you can check man mail
A: I think if you add this line to your ~/.bashrc file, the notifications will go away.
unset MAILCHECK
A: Mac OS X runs "login" each time a login occurs. So, no matter what the setting is for Bash, the "login" will tell you about mail whenever you login.
However, if you have a ~/.hushlogin file, the login process will be quieter and (hopefully) not bother you.
Apple's man page for "login"
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d69a26564e9b4f97cb9f6d3de7fd389e78602aec | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to include a shared calender from Exchange in the calendar app on Mac OS X? I am trying to add a shared Exchange calendar to my Mac Calendar app. The shared calendar shows up in the Outlook calendar, but how do I add it to the Mac Calendar?
A: Here's the way that worked for me:
*
*With iCal open go to the menu bar at the top of the screen and select iCal, it's to the right of the Apple Symbol in the upper left corner.
*Select Preferences
*Once the Preferences window comes up select the Accounts section then select the Exchange account to bring up its information.
*Now select the Delegation tab.
*Under the list is a + sign. Click this to add a calendar.
*Begin typing the user's name as above and the auto-completion will begin. Once you've found the correct user's name select it to add it under the Users column.
*Under Accounts I can access: you will now see that user's name. You can enable or disable their calendar from displaying by checking or unchecking the boxes under the Show header.
I found these instructions from the USC website.
| Q: Is it possible to include a shared calender from Exchange in the calendar app on Mac OS X? I am trying to add a shared Exchange calendar to my Mac Calendar app. The shared calendar shows up in the Outlook calendar, but how do I add it to the Mac Calendar?
A: Here's the way that worked for me:
*
*With iCal open go to the menu bar at the top of the screen and select iCal, it's to the right of the Apple Symbol in the upper left corner.
*Select Preferences
*Once the Preferences window comes up select the Accounts section then select the Exchange account to bring up its information.
*Now select the Delegation tab.
*Under the list is a + sign. Click this to add a calendar.
*Begin typing the user's name as above and the auto-completion will begin. Once you've found the correct user's name select it to add it under the Users column.
*Under Accounts I can access: you will now see that user's name. You can enable or disable their calendar from displaying by checking or unchecking the boxes under the Show header.
I found these instructions from the USC website.
A: I just had this problem and just figured it out.
Here are the steps:
*
*Login to Outlook Web Access (the web interface for your Exchange Server).
*Click on public folders (for me, it was all they way in the bottom left).
*The, navigate to the public folder of your choice (I needed a calendar).
*Right click on the public calendar and select copy from the context menu.
*Navigate back to your own mailbox (I clicked "mail" in the lower left).
*Right click on your own calendar and click paste (I added it to a new folder).
*Then, return to calendar.app and refresh your calendars (View menu -> refresh or command R).
*After doing that, the public calendar popped up along side my other calendars.
Hope it works as well for you as it just did for me!
Also, I think this question is a duplicate of this one.
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48e5f63e6ba0f49d319b74c457ca7bcad6e8e899 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Export iCloud items from Keychain to CSV I want to export all my accounts login/password from Keychain. But you have many categories like : login, iCloud, System... in the Keychain menu. In fact I want to export them to 1Password, so I follow this overflow answer.
But in ~/Library/Keychains/ I have only the login.keychain and not the hopefully iCloud.keychain...
I have 422 accounts in the iCloud category and only 5 on the login category...
So my question is, how can I save/export this iCloud category
into a keychain or .csv file ?
EDIT :
I have already a login.keychain file. But I don't know how I can make an iCloud.keychain file.
A: A late reply, as I found this post while searching for something related.
You have to create a new keychain, and copy your iCloud keychain items to the new local keychain. Then you can use the security tool to dump them.
Since this is 1Password-related question, for others in the future, you can use MrC's conversion utility to directly convert the keychain dump into a 1Password consumable 1PIF file. It is much better than CSV importing.
https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/30286/mrcs-convert-to-1password-utility/p1
| Q: Export iCloud items from Keychain to CSV I want to export all my accounts login/password from Keychain. But you have many categories like : login, iCloud, System... in the Keychain menu. In fact I want to export them to 1Password, so I follow this overflow answer.
But in ~/Library/Keychains/ I have only the login.keychain and not the hopefully iCloud.keychain...
I have 422 accounts in the iCloud category and only 5 on the login category...
So my question is, how can I save/export this iCloud category
into a keychain or .csv file ?
EDIT :
I have already a login.keychain file. But I don't know how I can make an iCloud.keychain file.
A: A late reply, as I found this post while searching for something related.
You have to create a new keychain, and copy your iCloud keychain items to the new local keychain. Then you can use the security tool to dump them.
Since this is 1Password-related question, for others in the future, you can use MrC's conversion utility to directly convert the keychain dump into a 1Password consumable 1PIF file. It is much better than CSV importing.
https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/30286/mrcs-convert-to-1password-utility/p1
A: It's easy. Open Safari, go to Preferences, and then Passwords. Click on the three dots at the bottom, you will see Import Passwords and Export Passwords. This will export as .csv. Also, the passwords are not masked or Encrypted.
A: I'm on 10.13.6. The MrC's tool, while great for the local keychain, it didn't work for me for iCloud items. Nor did the script to retrieve passwords from Safari.
moxiefrog at 1Password forums posted a solution based on Automator that worked for me. Essentially, this script mimics a user doing copy-paste from each item to a text file.
Below is moxiefrog's code which I have adapted for my macOS version. You may have to adjust the number of tabs (see keystroke tab below), also taking into consideration what fields you would like to copy. As it is, running the script will produce a text file with the following format:
username,website,password
Steps
*
*Open TextEdit and create a new document
*Open Keychain
*Click on the iCloud keychain and sort it in the order that will be copied to the text document
*Locate the line keystroke "password" and insert your password (including the quotes)
*Run it once and check if it copied successfully, otherwise you may have to adjust the delay's and/or order and number of tabs.
*If everything went fine, increase the repeat value in the first line. Doing batches of 50 is recommended.
*Save the text file file as .csv.
Script
repeat 1 times
delay 0.2
tell application "Keychain Access"
activate
tell application "System Events"
--- Open a keychain item
delay 0.2
keystroke return
--- Press Tab x3
delay 0.1
keystroke tab
delay 0.1
keystroke tab
delay 0.1
keystroke tab
-- Press ⌘C to copy item title
delay 0.2
keystroke "c" using command down
end tell
end tell
--Switch to TextEdit
delay 0.2
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
tell application "System Events"
-- Press ⌘V
delay 0.2
keystroke "v" using command down
-- Type a comma
delay 0.2
keystroke ","
end tell
end tell
--Switch to Keychain
tell application "Keychain Access"
activate
tell application "System Events"
-- Press Tab x2
delay 0.1
keystroke tab
-- Press ⌘C
delay 0.2
keystroke "c" using command down
end tell
end tell
--Switch to TextEdit
delay 0.2
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
tell application "System Events"
-- Press ⌘V
delay 0.2
keystroke "v" using command down
-- Type ','
delay 0.2
keystroke ","
end tell
end tell
--Switch to Keychain
tell application "Keychain Access"
activate
tell application "System Events"
-- Click the “Show password:” checkbox.
delay 0.2
keystroke "c" using {shift down, command down}
-- Type password - update to yours
delay 0.5
keystroke "password"
delay 0.2
keystroke return
-- Close keychain item window
delay 0.3
keystroke "w" using command down
-- Go to next keychain item
delay 0.2
key code 125
end tell
end tell
--Switch to TextEdit
delay 0.2
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
tell application "System Events"
-- Press ⌘V
delay 0.2
keystroke "v" using command down
-- Press Return
delay 0.2
keystroke return
end tell
end tell
end repeat
end run
Disclaimer
Use at your own risk. If you know how to use AppleScript and Automator, then you might be just dangerous enough to screw things up. Good Luck!
A: 1Password 4 for Mac now supports importing of CSV format files
iCloud (Apple) Keychain items can be exported to a CSV file using script:
Convert OS X Keychain exported entries into logins for 1Password import
Another option is to save new items to 1Password after they've been filled with login details from Safari's AutoFill (which can remain enabled as long as you'd like).
please refer this discussions. You'll probably find particularly helpful posts #20 from AgileBits and #39 from AgileBits.
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d53f29e00468b4ab98d5e9f88efbe21bf478eba6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Badges don't show for mail in sub folders I've just bought a new iMac with Yosemite and set up my mailboxes with rules for sorting incoming mail. The rules work fine but no badges are shown for any mail sorted into subfolders. Badges only appear for mail that goes directly into my inbox. In previous operating systems badges were shown for every new email whether it was sorted or not. Is there any way of forcing Yosemite to badge sorted, unread emails?
A: Found the answer!
Mail Preferences -> General -> New Message Notifications. The default is inbox only. Use the dropdown menu to change it to all mailboxes.
| Q: Badges don't show for mail in sub folders I've just bought a new iMac with Yosemite and set up my mailboxes with rules for sorting incoming mail. The rules work fine but no badges are shown for any mail sorted into subfolders. Badges only appear for mail that goes directly into my inbox. In previous operating systems badges were shown for every new email whether it was sorted or not. Is there any way of forcing Yosemite to badge sorted, unread emails?
A: Found the answer!
Mail Preferences -> General -> New Message Notifications. The default is inbox only. Use the dropdown menu to change it to all mailboxes.
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5043af37c037a5ecb0534e449c40c6b606c91fbc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to tune Notes on OS X to use plain text or not to reformat quotes? As technical guy, I do hate the markup support in Notes.app and I would prefer to be just a smart text one.
Here is my wishlist:
*
*Use a different font, like a fixed width one
*Drop any font/color/size on text paste
*Prevent replacing quotes with smart-quotes/curly-quotes (I like this while typing an email but not here where I copy/paste even code!)
I suspect that some of these could be obtained using some hidden preferences options. Anyway, if you know other 3rd party applications that could replace Notes, let me know. Still I do not want to lose the ability to access notes from iOS!
A: Notes
Notes.app in OS X 10.10 can do all you request:
*
*Font colour, size, and family can be set through the Format menu.
*Substitutions and smart quote behaviour are managed through the Edit > Substitutions sub-menu.
Beyond Notes: Text Wrangler
If you need more than Notes.app offers, try Text Wrangler or the capable free version of BB Edit from Bare Bones.
| Q: How to tune Notes on OS X to use plain text or not to reformat quotes? As technical guy, I do hate the markup support in Notes.app and I would prefer to be just a smart text one.
Here is my wishlist:
*
*Use a different font, like a fixed width one
*Drop any font/color/size on text paste
*Prevent replacing quotes with smart-quotes/curly-quotes (I like this while typing an email but not here where I copy/paste even code!)
I suspect that some of these could be obtained using some hidden preferences options. Anyway, if you know other 3rd party applications that could replace Notes, let me know. Still I do not want to lose the ability to access notes from iOS!
A: Notes
Notes.app in OS X 10.10 can do all you request:
*
*Font colour, size, and family can be set through the Format menu.
*Substitutions and smart quote behaviour are managed through the Edit > Substitutions sub-menu.
Beyond Notes: Text Wrangler
If you need more than Notes.app offers, try Text Wrangler or the capable free version of BB Edit from Bare Bones.
A: BigSur Notes Application still offers this. However a more permanent solution is to go into preferences -> keyboard -> text
On the right side you can uncheck "use smart quotes and dashes"
Now the notes application will use plain text "straight" quotes
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588a9c2bdb1c979520f384f8c1ba16fee4f437af | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Restore an older version of iCloud keychain I saved an important password in an iCloud keychain, then deleted it there, and then forgot the password. Pretty dumb, I know.
Still, is it somehow possible to get an older version of that keychain that still keeps the password?
A: I just ran into the same situation and unfortunately no you cannot restore iCloud keychain from your own backup.
See Apple's support note on the topic https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20120, specifically:
Passwords stored in the iCloud keychain are encrypted and stored on your computer and can’t be copied.
As you, I tried copying other keychain files and 'keychain-db' files, but none of the iCloud passwords were contained in those.
| Q: Restore an older version of iCloud keychain I saved an important password in an iCloud keychain, then deleted it there, and then forgot the password. Pretty dumb, I know.
Still, is it somehow possible to get an older version of that keychain that still keeps the password?
A: I just ran into the same situation and unfortunately no you cannot restore iCloud keychain from your own backup.
See Apple's support note on the topic https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20120, specifically:
Passwords stored in the iCloud keychain are encrypted and stored on your computer and can’t be copied.
As you, I tried copying other keychain files and 'keychain-db' files, but none of the iCloud passwords were contained in those.
A: I was just able to do this. Here's the procedure I took. I suspect some of these steps might be extraneous, but I didn't have time to experiment, so I went nuclear:
*
*Removed MacBook from network - unplugged cable, turned off AirPort
*Logged out of account.
*Logged in as different admin user, and restored the iCloud Keychain directory for the original, which, FYI is named a random UUID, e.g. 48579CB8-D696-401C-913F-E3F87181CFD2, and lives in /Users//Library/Keychains/. Obviously, you need sudo to do this.
*Restarted, and logged in original account
*Opened Keychain Access, found the relevant key, copied the password, etc. to a temporary location.
*Repeated steps 2 through 4, but instead, restoring the most recent version of the iCloud Keychain.
So, I was able to get the key that was accidentally deleted from the backup, but there was some ensuing weirdness:
First, I started getting Push Notification prompts saying my passwords were wrong for my standard Mail, Contacts & Calendar accounts.
Then, I opened Keychain Access, and noticed iCloud Keychain had returned to being Local Items (that's its name if you don't use iCloud Keychain).
Finally, I went to iCloud Preferences, and noticed that iCloud Keychain was now disabled. So, something in my procedure caused that. I turned it back on, gave it a minute, and all was right in the world.
Except... I had to re-enable Unlock my Mac with my Watch. Presumably, that's not restored from iCloud Keychain, which makes sense.
A: Here's a procedure I followed that allowed me to recover an older accidentally overwritten password in my keychain (in my case Safari suggested a new password and asked if I wanted to update the password in my keychain before the website I was changing my password on rejected my new password). I found this easier to do the the method described by jaydisc. This method depends on using Time Machine backups, but since many Mac Users will have a few days of local backups on their machine, this often works.
*
*Go to my ~/Library/Keychains directory. There are directories with long UUIDs that contain the iCloud keychain (e.g., 871ED613-9835-5A2A-883B-1D25F123686F). Identify the directory corresponding to your current iCloud account - in my case there were several such directories but only one had a keychain-2.db file in it that had been recently updated.
*Disconnect from the network and quit the Keychain Access app.
*Rename the iCloud keychain directory to something else.
*Open Time Machine and navigate to the ~/Library/Keychains directory. Navigate to a backup prior to when the password was lost / changed. Restore the iCloud keychain directory.
*Exit Time Machine. At this point if you launch the Keychain Access app you will not be able to access any passwords stored in your iCloud keychain - MacOS needs network access to unlock the restored keychain file.
*Quit Keychain Access. Turn on the network and quickly launch Keychain Access. Click on your iCloud Keychain to verify that you can see items stored in it. Quickly disconnect from the network before the OS has a chance to synchronize the local keychain you just restored with what is stored on iCloud. Find your saved password in the restored keychain.
*If you want to go back to the most recent version of the keychain, before the old back you restored, quit Keychain access again. Copy the name of the iCloud keychain directory, delete it, and rename the old version of the iCloud keychain directory to the name you copied.
A: In my case, Airport network passwords had been deleted due to some sort of iCloud syncing error. I followed jaydisc's answer successfully, but I actually wanted to restore the keys instead of copying out individual passwords. I found a way of doing this.
After I restored the previous keychain directory (Library/Keychains/<UUID>) using jaydisc's answer, once the Mac connected to the Internet it would "update" to the version with the keys deleted.
However, before reconnecting to the Internet, if I caused the modification date of each key to be updated, I found the keys would remain in the keychain once reconnected to the Internet.
In the case of my Airport network password keys, I updated the Where attribute of each key from AirPort to something else, then changed them back to AirPort. This marked each key as newly modified, and allowed them to survive connecting back to the Internet.
A: Restore either ~Users/[User]/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
or ~Library/Keychains/System.keychain ( Select 'Keep both' option in Time Machine)
Open the newly restored file with the keyChain Access app.
You will be able to open the older entries in the restored file, and copy, or export them to your live keychain.
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c92294fc342183d3f19ff25839570103e8b1ed5f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Pushing an Apple ID for App Store to IPads with Apple Configurator Is there a way to push an Apple ID to the iPads with profiles via Apple Configurator?
I have several 100 and would like to push it so we do not have to enter it manually for each.
| Q: Pushing an Apple ID for App Store to IPads with Apple Configurator Is there a way to push an Apple ID to the iPads with profiles via Apple Configurator?
I have several 100 and would like to push it so we do not have to enter it manually for each.
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8850c676029aba57d75fd7c5cb45999b7fe34953 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I want to copy data from a text box under Settings, but drag and drop doesn't work. Is there a quick way to do it which is not OCR-ing the screen?
This is the text box. They're iCloud abbreviations.
I want to export them, but I don't know how to do it.
Can someone help me?
A: Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a way to do it through the UI.
Good news, though, is that this is stored in ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist. Here is a way to extract the information into a CSV file that you can open into a spreadsheet:
*
*Open Terminal
*Copy and paste the following line:
defaults read -g NSUserDictionaryReplacementItems | gawk '/replace|with/ {s = substr($0, index($0, "= ")+2 ); gsub(";", "", s); printf "%s, ", s }; /^ *with/ {printf "\n"};' > text.csv
*Open text.csv with Numbers, LibreOffice, or Excel.
| Q: I want to copy data from a text box under Settings, but drag and drop doesn't work. Is there a quick way to do it which is not OCR-ing the screen?
This is the text box. They're iCloud abbreviations.
I want to export them, but I don't know how to do it.
Can someone help me?
A: Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a way to do it through the UI.
Good news, though, is that this is stored in ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist. Here is a way to extract the information into a CSV file that you can open into a spreadsheet:
*
*Open Terminal
*Copy and paste the following line:
defaults read -g NSUserDictionaryReplacementItems | gawk '/replace|with/ {s = substr($0, index($0, "= ")+2 ); gsub(";", "", s); printf "%s, ", s }; /^ *with/ {printf "\n"};' > text.csv
*Open text.csv with Numbers, LibreOffice, or Excel.
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f7483a6a07999d23426f29fc412e08eca4bc5204 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change file icon OS X I tried following Apple's instruction to change a file icon, but it didn't work they way I expected.
Details
File type: "web internet location" or Inbox.webloc
So this it what I've tried so far.
^ Right click Get Info
Copied the icon file
And... pasted
Result
Not what I expected... Am I missing something? How do I change this file icon without using apple script?
A: Follow these steps:
*
*Get into on your icon file (open it for example with Preview).
*Select the icon with Command + A.
*Copy the selected icon with Command + C.
*Paste it over onto the webloc file (as you're doing) with Command + V.
Basically, don't paste the file onto the icon, copy the icon of the icon.
| Q: Change file icon OS X I tried following Apple's instruction to change a file icon, but it didn't work they way I expected.
Details
File type: "web internet location" or Inbox.webloc
So this it what I've tried so far.
^ Right click Get Info
Copied the icon file
And... pasted
Result
Not what I expected... Am I missing something? How do I change this file icon without using apple script?
A: Follow these steps:
*
*Get into on your icon file (open it for example with Preview).
*Select the icon with Command + A.
*Copy the selected icon with Command + C.
*Paste it over onto the webloc file (as you're doing) with Command + V.
Basically, don't paste the file onto the icon, copy the icon of the icon.
A: Check out Fasticns - drop your artwork onto it. Copy as Image from the Edit menu then paste it into your file's Get Info spot as you have tried already. (FastIcns is free)
A: You need a proper .icns file to do this.
iConvert Icons has the best converter around:
http://iconverticons.com/online/
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d43a49f3cce7c8a40b3088fb8528de6868800a9a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is /System/Library/CoreServices/WiFiAgent.app? Recently, I've been a bit worried about malware, so I've been examining my system and searching for out-of-place applications/programs, and this one stood out.
For one, when looking at the file in Finder, it's called Wi-Fi.app, but when looking at it via the command line, it's called WiFiAgent.app. In other words, in Finder, I see only a "Wi-Fi.app", but on the command line, I see only a "WiFiAgent.app". Moreover, I tried searching for both apps, with neither returning very many results.
What is this app?
A: WiFiAgent.app is part of OS X and is the agent responsible for all things Wi-Fi in the GUI.
This includes everything from managing the menu bar item to showing dialogs for entering the wireless key of the network. The agent runs in the background on all Macs with a wireless service.
Here's a converted version of the WiFiAgent.app Localizable.strings which shows some of the features of the agent through the messages that can be localised.
The reason why WiFiAgent.app is shown in Finder as "Wi-Fi.app" is because of the InfoPlist.strings file defining CFBundleDisplayName:
{ CFBundleDisplayName = "Wi-Fi";
CFBundleName = "WiFiAgent";
}
Contents/Resources/InfoPlist.strings
| Q: What is /System/Library/CoreServices/WiFiAgent.app? Recently, I've been a bit worried about malware, so I've been examining my system and searching for out-of-place applications/programs, and this one stood out.
For one, when looking at the file in Finder, it's called Wi-Fi.app, but when looking at it via the command line, it's called WiFiAgent.app. In other words, in Finder, I see only a "Wi-Fi.app", but on the command line, I see only a "WiFiAgent.app". Moreover, I tried searching for both apps, with neither returning very many results.
What is this app?
A: WiFiAgent.app is part of OS X and is the agent responsible for all things Wi-Fi in the GUI.
This includes everything from managing the menu bar item to showing dialogs for entering the wireless key of the network. The agent runs in the background on all Macs with a wireless service.
Here's a converted version of the WiFiAgent.app Localizable.strings which shows some of the features of the agent through the messages that can be localised.
The reason why WiFiAgent.app is shown in Finder as "Wi-Fi.app" is because of the InfoPlist.strings file defining CFBundleDisplayName:
{ CFBundleDisplayName = "Wi-Fi";
CFBundleName = "WiFiAgent";
}
Contents/Resources/InfoPlist.strings
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8b452d3667a523a79b2a935f59513e7bb18053bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Always show markup toolbar in Preview As the title says: is there a way to permanently show the markup toolbar in Preview?
(working on OSX 10.10.1 Yosemite)
A: Similar to what Al said
Go to View -> Customize Toolbar
Drag the markup tool up into your toolbar for it to always be available (in one click).
| Q: Always show markup toolbar in Preview As the title says: is there a way to permanently show the markup toolbar in Preview?
(working on OSX 10.10.1 Yosemite)
A: Similar to what Al said
Go to View -> Customize Toolbar
Drag the markup tool up into your toolbar for it to always be available (in one click).
A: No, the toolbar seems to reset every time a new image is opened.
However you can use the shortcut ⇧+⌘+A to toggle the option to show/hide it.
A: In addition to the already mentioned Shortcut ⇧+⌘+A Preview in El Capitan (and Yosemite I guess) features a toolbar icon that allows to open the markup toolbar with a single click instead of clicking through the View menu:
To make the Toolbar visible, go to View > Show Toolbar in the menu. (Thanks to Rachel for this aditional hint!)
A: I use keyboard maestro to effectively "pin" the menu to show. I just setup a rule so when the window title changes in preview it selects "show markup toolbar" if the menu option is available. Technically it is clicking the menu, but it happens so fast it just looks like it's always on.
Al
A: I found out! Just press cmd+ many times (zoom in), then press cmd- as often and it should appear again. I found this out by accident!
Hope this helps
A: I know this thread is quite old, but here's something I put together using Automator and Applescript...One caveat, I had to allow both Script Editor and Finder access in the Settings > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility.
*
*In Automator > Create a new Quick Action, I named mine Open-Preview
*Click Utilities
*Click and Drag Run Shell Script into the Automator
*Click and Drag Run Applescript into the Automator
*Make sure the Applescript is the second task and not the first.
*In the Shell script, Check and/or set Pass input: as arguments.
*Add the following code to the Shell script Task
open -a Preview "$*"
*
*In the Applescript, paste the following code block :
on run {input, parameters}
if application "Preview" is running then
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Preview"
tell menu bar 1
tell menu bar item "View"
tell menu "View"
get properties
click menu item "Show Markup Toolbar"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end if
end run
*
*Save the file.
*Now right-click on an Image file and select Open-Preview.
*Preview will open and then the Markup Toolbar will show.
This works on my Mac OS Catalina, 10.15.7. I only have 1 Macbook, so I can't test this with other versions.
Hope this helps, Adym
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2ae95c381fe777def30e4dc9cd2452375a9ae7c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will SCPlugin work on Mac OS Yosemite (10.10)? I'm looking for a svn client for Mac Yosemite (10.10) which is similar to TortoiseSVN on Windows and RabbitSVN on Ubuntu.
I came across SCPlugin, when I could see that its latest version is dated as Feb-2010.
Would like to know if it works fine on Yosemite?
(Or)
Are there any other substitute svn clients for the same?
Thanks in advance.
A: SCPlugin is not working on recent OSX / macOS because the finder does no longer support plugins.
Try free svnx or xversion
| Q: Will SCPlugin work on Mac OS Yosemite (10.10)? I'm looking for a svn client for Mac Yosemite (10.10) which is similar to TortoiseSVN on Windows and RabbitSVN on Ubuntu.
I came across SCPlugin, when I could see that its latest version is dated as Feb-2010.
Would like to know if it works fine on Yosemite?
(Or)
Are there any other substitute svn clients for the same?
Thanks in advance.
A: SCPlugin is not working on recent OSX / macOS because the finder does no longer support plugins.
Try free svnx or xversion
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9ae8788e8964d675e19d092e448c94da5c2c69ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove uninstalled applications from the Notifications system preferences I noticed that in my Notifications system preferences there two entries for Twitter (the old one with the white icon) and the new one.
The old Twitter application is long gone. How can I remove obsolete entries in the list?
A: I can't say for certain if this trick will work on older macOS versions, as I no longer have access to them. But, in High Sierra 10.13, you can just left-click once to highlight the offending entry, then tap the <DEL> key (not backspace, forward-delete) to remove it.
| Q: Remove uninstalled applications from the Notifications system preferences I noticed that in my Notifications system preferences there two entries for Twitter (the old one with the white icon) and the new one.
The old Twitter application is long gone. How can I remove obsolete entries in the list?
A: I can't say for certain if this trick will work on older macOS versions, as I no longer have access to them. But, in High Sierra 10.13, you can just left-click once to highlight the offending entry, then tap the <DEL> key (not backspace, forward-delete) to remove it.
A: I have two entries too, but they are not old and new. One is Twitter App, the other is system "build-in", this Twitter account for share(for example, click share button on Safari you can see it) and many other things.
You can check, "System Preferences"->"internet account".
A: If you click on the Help Center (?) icon (lower right of the Notifications pane), it says: To remove an app, drag it to the Not in Notification Center list.
Apps can be rearranged in the Notification Center by dragging them up / down in the list. 'Not in Notification Center' is at the bottom of the list. drag the app(s) you don't want to the very bottom, until you see a horizontal line appear beneath Not in Notification Center, then release. i'm not sure, however, if this will permanently remove the app from the list of apps in the Notification Center.
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67ce96119e7753e48db7d24fe9a0682aee4bde39 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMessage / iCloud via SSH Port forward to get through firewall What ports does iCloud and iMessage use and is it possible to use SSH port forwarding via a proxy to use them on a network that blocks the services?
A: According to: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202078
| Ports |FaceTime | iMessage|
| 80 (TCP) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 443 (TCP) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3478 through 3497 (UDP) | ✓ | - |
| 5223 (TCP) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 16384 through 16387 (UDP) | ✓ | - |
| 16393 through 16402 (UDP) | ✓ | - |
Which means 80, 443, and 5223
That being said I have YET to actually tunnel iMessage correctly
| Q: iMessage / iCloud via SSH Port forward to get through firewall What ports does iCloud and iMessage use and is it possible to use SSH port forwarding via a proxy to use them on a network that blocks the services?
A: According to: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202078
| Ports |FaceTime | iMessage|
| 80 (TCP) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 443 (TCP) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3478 through 3497 (UDP) | ✓ | - |
| 5223 (TCP) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 16384 through 16387 (UDP) | ✓ | - |
| 16393 through 16402 (UDP) | ✓ | - |
Which means 80, 443, and 5223
That being said I have YET to actually tunnel iMessage correctly
A: So I think i've found a way to accomplish this (however) its more of an idea right now than a reality.
The concept would be to stand up a socks ssh proxy ssh HOST -D 1080 and then write a custom proxy.pac file that routes specific sties through this socks connection
Directions on how to write one of these proxy things are here: https://mikewest.org/2007/01/auto-configuring-proxy-settings-with-a-pac-file
If i ever make progress i will update this answer.
A: They are permitting SSH outbound but not iMessage? Given the ports you have listed above, you would need to do something like this.
Outside of work: Force kill Messages. Set up a tcpdump or Wireshark listening to UDP 53 to read what hosts Messages is attempting to resolve and connect to.
This can kind of be duplicated by looking at the output of the lsof -i TCP, but the lsof shows the hostnames resolved by IP, not the IPs resolved by hostnames, which might be different.
Now, make host entries in /etc/hosts (or mess around with DNSMASQ, whatever), for every host that Messages attempts to connect to. Point them at 127.0.0.1.
127.0.0.1 imessages.host.whatever.apple.com
If Messages requires you to connect to multiple servers, you may need to make multiple subinterfaces for Lo, like lo.1 and give them 127.0.0.2-X addresses.
Now do the ssh. You will need to be root because you are listening on ports 80 and 443.
ssh myremoteserver.com -L80:127.0.0.1:remoteserver -L443:127.0.0.1:remoteserver -L5223:127.0.0.1:remoteserver
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767b6f418ba51c28b87898fd17c44111502e3b45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Drag and Drop file to desktop when windows are maximized I typically maximize my windows to the full size of the screen and then rather than clicking windows to navigate through them I cmd+tab to switch between applications. The only problem that this causes is that whenever I have to drag a file from my finder to the desktop all these maximized windows are in the way.
Is there any efficient way to move the file to the desktop. I've looked for right click "move to desktop" and I've look for some icon at the top of the screen I can drag it into and those don't exist.
A: You have several possibilities:
*
*Use the sidebar and drag & drop files or folders on the 'Desktop' item
*Create a 'Desktop' Dock item by dragging and dropping the folder '/Users/YourUserName/Desktop' to the Dock and afterwards drag & drop files or folders you want to move on the 'Desktop' item in your Dock
*Create an Automator Service to move (or copy) chosen items to the 'Desktop' folder (rough example)
| Q: Drag and Drop file to desktop when windows are maximized I typically maximize my windows to the full size of the screen and then rather than clicking windows to navigate through them I cmd+tab to switch between applications. The only problem that this causes is that whenever I have to drag a file from my finder to the desktop all these maximized windows are in the way.
Is there any efficient way to move the file to the desktop. I've looked for right click "move to desktop" and I've look for some icon at the top of the screen I can drag it into and those don't exist.
A: You have several possibilities:
*
*Use the sidebar and drag & drop files or folders on the 'Desktop' item
*Create a 'Desktop' Dock item by dragging and dropping the folder '/Users/YourUserName/Desktop' to the Dock and afterwards drag & drop files or folders you want to move on the 'Desktop' item in your Dock
*Create an Automator Service to move (or copy) chosen items to the 'Desktop' folder (rough example)
A: In addition to klanomath's answer:
You can also assign a Hot Corner to show the Desktop. In that way you can drag a file to the Hot Corner, the Desktop shows, then drop the file on the Desktop. Move your mouse to the hot corner again to show the original window.
The Hot Corner functionality can be found in the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preference pane.
A: You can also use Keyboard Shortcut to show Desktop while dragging the files. Default shortcut is: ⌃ CTRL+↓ DOWN ARROW (User look suggests also CMD ⌘+F3).
A: An elaboration to what @klanomath was saying:
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f93646c7378b40693ea9abb0382ef732e244c78d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I edit my cookies in Safari Web Inspector? I could not edit value of cookies.
How can I edit my cookies in Safari Web Inspector?
A: Entries in this table are read-only; if you want to edit a cookie’s value, you need to do so with the document.cookie object in JavaScript (you can use the Quick Console at the bottom of the content browser to modify the cookie and see the results update in real time). Pressing the Delete key while a cookie is selected deletes the cookie.
please reference Safari Web Inspector Guide
| Q: How can I edit my cookies in Safari Web Inspector? I could not edit value of cookies.
How can I edit my cookies in Safari Web Inspector?
A: Entries in this table are read-only; if you want to edit a cookie’s value, you need to do so with the document.cookie object in JavaScript (you can use the Quick Console at the bottom of the content browser to modify the cookie and see the results update in real time). Pressing the Delete key while a cookie is selected deletes the cookie.
please reference Safari Web Inspector Guide
A: Unfortunately you can't edit cookies in the default browser safari in Mac.
Try using third-party plugins like safaricookiecutter
or use firefox web browser and use firebug.
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8fd0752163632b10105f3534440ce95fa8a0bef9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Record video while playing TV on Jio Phone I connect my iPhone to the AUX cable in my car and play TV. This one time I wanted to video record, but when I switch to the video camera, it turns my TV off.
Is there anyway to record video on iPhone 6 while playing TV, so that the TV shows is in the video?
A: Check out Record and Listen. Jamcam is great, but only records videos for up to 15 seconds.
| Q: Record video while playing TV on Jio Phone I connect my iPhone to the AUX cable in my car and play TV. This one time I wanted to video record, but when I switch to the video camera, it turns my TV off.
Is there anyway to record video on iPhone 6 while playing TV, so that the TV shows is in the video?
A: Check out Record and Listen. Jamcam is great, but only records videos for up to 15 seconds.
A: I helped develop this iPhone app just for this purpose. It is a video recorder that won't pause your music.
A: An app called "Jamcam" is the only way I've found to do it, might be better options out there but I don't know them, hope his helped (:
A: Snapchat does. you can only make 10 second videos but its still plays in the background your voice and whatever you're playing from your phone
A: Hey there’s a possible way to do that its so simple without any jailbreak or anything .. everyone has whatsapp it does the same thing what you are asking for just creat group on whatsapp add your any friend and then go and remove him or her now you can go to now open camera from that group record a unlimited video with background music and sent it in group and save it
A: WhatsApp that’s what I use I just send to my old phone number find something like that or just send to a friend who doesn’t Mind getting random vids from you
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6409dae86a92b5ea2f3dfe2c546addff219f846e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Directory Services with OpenLDAP I have an OpenLDAP instance running on Amazon AWS. I've got a few users and groups set up, I'm able to use ldapsearch from my macbook to bind and search the server. I would like was trying to add my OpenLDAP server as a node in my Directory Services, and I provided all the necessary information, but it will not connect giving the oh so informative
Connection failed to node
'/LDAPv3/XX.XXX.XXX.X' <--IP address hidden for security purposes
(2100)
I've tried to debug this with dcsl (granted I just learned what it was today) and I can see the new node
$ dscl
Entering interactive mode... (type "help" for commands)
> ls /LDAPv3/
XX.XXX.XXX.X
but if try to do anything with the node (cd, list, read, etc.), I get this:
Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)
why is the nodename unknown? what am i doing wrong
| Q: Directory Services with OpenLDAP I have an OpenLDAP instance running on Amazon AWS. I've got a few users and groups set up, I'm able to use ldapsearch from my macbook to bind and search the server. I would like was trying to add my OpenLDAP server as a node in my Directory Services, and I provided all the necessary information, but it will not connect giving the oh so informative
Connection failed to node
'/LDAPv3/XX.XXX.XXX.X' <--IP address hidden for security purposes
(2100)
I've tried to debug this with dcsl (granted I just learned what it was today) and I can see the new node
$ dscl
Entering interactive mode... (type "help" for commands)
> ls /LDAPv3/
XX.XXX.XXX.X
but if try to do anything with the node (cd, list, read, etc.), I get this:
Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)
why is the nodename unknown? what am i doing wrong
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189c26e172070aba63d20bb36bf3e5977e613848 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Screen Burn (Yosemite) When moving some dock icons around, I noticed screen burn, basically my old dock icons were burnt into the screen, is there a way of fixing this issue? I'm running on a MacBook Pro and Yosemite. Is the burning the type of thing that's going to disappear after a while?
A: Something like this might help
Create an all-white screen in a graphics application such as
AppleWorks or Photoshop, and save it as a JPEG file.
Use this as the image displayed by the screen saver.
Turn the display brightness down (but not off) to preserve backlight
bulb life.
Leave the white screen saver on for a while.
or more simple, use the build in "Flurry" screen saver and let it run overnight.
| Q: Screen Burn (Yosemite) When moving some dock icons around, I noticed screen burn, basically my old dock icons were burnt into the screen, is there a way of fixing this issue? I'm running on a MacBook Pro and Yosemite. Is the burning the type of thing that's going to disappear after a while?
A: Something like this might help
Create an all-white screen in a graphics application such as
AppleWorks or Photoshop, and save it as a JPEG file.
Use this as the image displayed by the screen saver.
Turn the display brightness down (but not off) to preserve backlight
bulb life.
Leave the white screen saver on for a while.
or more simple, use the build in "Flurry" screen saver and let it run overnight.
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ad512d1ccb6c051972dca51f65bc40ead925ab64 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Enable Do Not Disturb in Notification Center when certain app is open Is there a way to get Do Not Disturb to automatically turn on when a certain app is running?
In the DND preference panel, you can tell it to engage whenever you're mirroring to a TV or projector, presumably for a presentation. When I give presentations it's using GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc., so I am trying to reproduce that behavior.
A: Sure. Create a Keyboard Maestro macro that runs when the app launches and runs an AppleScript to turn DND on.
Then create another one for when the app quits which runs another AppleScript to turn DND off.
AppleScript can be found here: http://m.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/applescripting-notification-center-scheduling-do-not-disturb/
| Q: Enable Do Not Disturb in Notification Center when certain app is open Is there a way to get Do Not Disturb to automatically turn on when a certain app is running?
In the DND preference panel, you can tell it to engage whenever you're mirroring to a TV or projector, presumably for a presentation. When I give presentations it's using GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc., so I am trying to reproduce that behavior.
A: Sure. Create a Keyboard Maestro macro that runs when the app launches and runs an AppleScript to turn DND on.
Then create another one for when the app quits which runs another AppleScript to turn DND off.
AppleScript can be found here: http://m.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/applescripting-notification-center-scheduling-do-not-disturb/
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40d749188be44d030ad39ccdda1d71f03a1d39de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to revert to non-beta Yosemite? I signed up for Yosemite betas at https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ but am having issues.
Is there any way to go back the "standard" version of Yosemite?
A: On System Preferences → App Store you have an option called Your computer is set to receive pre-releases Software Update seeds, use the button Change and select Do Not Show Pre-release Updates.
| Q: Is it possible to revert to non-beta Yosemite? I signed up for Yosemite betas at https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ but am having issues.
Is there any way to go back the "standard" version of Yosemite?
A: On System Preferences → App Store you have an option called Your computer is set to receive pre-releases Software Update seeds, use the button Change and select Do Not Show Pre-release Updates.
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66bbf0038fc7aa10cd015359a58606a0a69508b9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to extend the time i'm logged as administrator when enter sudo mode from the console? Is it possible to extend the time i'm logged as administrator when enter sudo mode from the console?
If yes, how?
A: Yes, it is possible.
Edit the sudoers file by typing the following at the command prompt:
sudo visudo
Find the section commented with # Defaults specification and look for a line like this:
Defaults env_reset
Change that line to:
Defaults env_reset,timestamp_timeout=10
Where you can replace 10 with whatever the number of minutes you'd like for the sudo password to live. Save the changes and you're done.
Edit: if you don't like to use vi you can tell visudo to use another editor. The editor must block until you're done with your edits. Just set the EDITOR environment variable before envoking visudo and it will use that editor instead:
EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano sudo visudo
would use nano to edit the file instead. I recommend you do not use a graphical editor like Sublime Text without knowing how to run the editor, from the command line, in blocking mode (for subl that means calling it with --wait).
| Q: Is it possible to extend the time i'm logged as administrator when enter sudo mode from the console? Is it possible to extend the time i'm logged as administrator when enter sudo mode from the console?
If yes, how?
A: Yes, it is possible.
Edit the sudoers file by typing the following at the command prompt:
sudo visudo
Find the section commented with # Defaults specification and look for a line like this:
Defaults env_reset
Change that line to:
Defaults env_reset,timestamp_timeout=10
Where you can replace 10 with whatever the number of minutes you'd like for the sudo password to live. Save the changes and you're done.
Edit: if you don't like to use vi you can tell visudo to use another editor. The editor must block until you're done with your edits. Just set the EDITOR environment variable before envoking visudo and it will use that editor instead:
EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano sudo visudo
would use nano to edit the file instead. I recommend you do not use a graphical editor like Sublime Text without knowing how to run the editor, from the command line, in blocking mode (for subl that means calling it with --wait).
A: In the terminal type this to open a file to edit:
sudo visudo
Find this:
Defaults env_reset
And replace with this:
Defaults env_reset,timestamp_timeout=NUMBER
Where NUMBER is the number of minutes to time-out.
Then save the file.
A: sudo bash
You may now remain the root user for as long as you want. No tinkering with system files required.
exit or <control-d> to return to the normal universe.
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9bcd9c72500f1e9b717ee5eec46ddecb08ddc857 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Flash doesn't appear in my Chromium "chrome://plugins" page I recently upgraded Chromium manually from http://build.chromium.org
I tried loading some Flash content and it won't load.
First I was thinking that maybe there's a problem with the plugin so I went to "chrome://plugins", it wasn't there, I tried installing, still wasn't there.
Went to /Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/Versions/42.0.2286.0/Chromium Framework.framework/Internet Plug-Ins/, there was no PepperFlash directory.
I copied from Google Chrome, reloaded Chromium, still nothing (No content and nothing appears in chrome://plugins).
Tried installing the Pepper Flash specifically from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ (Selecting My current Mac version and the PPAPI plugin from the other list below).
Still not working.
Any additional ideas? I'm really frustrated.
A: You can try to use the system-flashplayer, but you have to enable "Enable NPAPI Mac, Windows" in about:flags first.
| Q: Flash doesn't appear in my Chromium "chrome://plugins" page I recently upgraded Chromium manually from http://build.chromium.org
I tried loading some Flash content and it won't load.
First I was thinking that maybe there's a problem with the plugin so I went to "chrome://plugins", it wasn't there, I tried installing, still wasn't there.
Went to /Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/Versions/42.0.2286.0/Chromium Framework.framework/Internet Plug-Ins/, there was no PepperFlash directory.
I copied from Google Chrome, reloaded Chromium, still nothing (No content and nothing appears in chrome://plugins).
Tried installing the Pepper Flash specifically from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ (Selecting My current Mac version and the PPAPI plugin from the other list below).
Still not working.
Any additional ideas? I'm really frustrated.
A: You can try to use the system-flashplayer, but you have to enable "Enable NPAPI Mac, Windows" in about:flags first.
A: I set "Enable" to Enable Input IME API Windows, Linux in chrome://flags/ on my Win 64 Chromium and got the Flash Player in chrome://plugins/
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c793fae4557bbdd698a9dfa0d8bbd8403cbb86e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine file structure? I have a drive used only for Time Machine.
The drive is 3TB, with 1.75TB showing available, so TM actually has used only 1.25TB, yet the total reflects 50+ backups of 80GB each.
The question is - If I were to take one of these snapshots and copy it to another drive, will that file function as a TM backup? Or is that image a series of aliases and if the TM drive isn't there, this file will be useless?
A: Yes - copying any of the folders will use the hard link to make a full copy of that moment in time. The hard links only work on the same filesystem, so you can test things if you are copying to the same volume but most instances where I do this, I'm copying to another volume (compressed disk image or physical/logical volume).
In a nutshell - using Finder (or rsync/ditto) to make a copy of any of the folders will result in a functional full copy of the system at that point in time with all the files intact.
| Q: Time Machine file structure? I have a drive used only for Time Machine.
The drive is 3TB, with 1.75TB showing available, so TM actually has used only 1.25TB, yet the total reflects 50+ backups of 80GB each.
The question is - If I were to take one of these snapshots and copy it to another drive, will that file function as a TM backup? Or is that image a series of aliases and if the TM drive isn't there, this file will be useless?
A: Yes - copying any of the folders will use the hard link to make a full copy of that moment in time. The hard links only work on the same filesystem, so you can test things if you are copying to the same volume but most instances where I do this, I'm copying to another volume (compressed disk image or physical/logical volume).
In a nutshell - using Finder (or rsync/ditto) to make a copy of any of the folders will result in a functional full copy of the system at that point in time with all the files intact.
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f96f44603e42a05ceecd42fcc58662af2703378b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Stop blue dots from appearing next to updated apps? When apps get updated, little blue dots appear next to the app name in iOS 8.1 (and some earlier versions as well). This is just a pet peeve, but those blue dots annoy me. For example, if I update 10 apps, I have to open each of those ten apps to make the blue dots go away, which is a pain.
Is there any way to disable the blue dots so they don't appear for new/updated apps?
A: There currently is no way for you to disable this as of <=iOS8 and within the boundaries of factory OS. This is a visual aide for those people that have automatic updates enabled. You can look into jailbreaking your device if it is worth that much to you
| Q: Stop blue dots from appearing next to updated apps? When apps get updated, little blue dots appear next to the app name in iOS 8.1 (and some earlier versions as well). This is just a pet peeve, but those blue dots annoy me. For example, if I update 10 apps, I have to open each of those ten apps to make the blue dots go away, which is a pain.
Is there any way to disable the blue dots so they don't appear for new/updated apps?
A: There currently is no way for you to disable this as of <=iOS8 and within the boundaries of factory OS. This is a visual aide for those people that have automatic updates enabled. You can look into jailbreaking your device if it is worth that much to you
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