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eaae411cf9bbad38e68a9aa8e6f08f7e899922b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Notification Center stuck in landscape orientation This screenshot pretty much says it all:
Notification Center seems stuck in landscape mode, based on the height and horizontal distance from the edge to the center pulldown arrow.
*
*The date and top widget update correctly
*I can interact with (what I can see of) the top widget
*I can't swipe the arrow up to dismiss Notification Center
*I can't interact with the visible screen "behind" Notification Center
The home button dismisses Notification Center as usual. This behavior has persisted across several restarts.
Interestingly, I can't bring down Notification Center while in real landscape mode. I can get the little arrow tab to come down, but in the wrong spot:
...but pulling down on the tab just dismisses it.
Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this short of a restore?
iPhone 5, iOS 8.3.
A: Something similar happened to me once like this. Try a hard restart by holding both the power and the home buttons until you see the Apple icon appear on the screen. Let me know if that works.
| Q: Notification Center stuck in landscape orientation This screenshot pretty much says it all:
Notification Center seems stuck in landscape mode, based on the height and horizontal distance from the edge to the center pulldown arrow.
*
*The date and top widget update correctly
*I can interact with (what I can see of) the top widget
*I can't swipe the arrow up to dismiss Notification Center
*I can't interact with the visible screen "behind" Notification Center
The home button dismisses Notification Center as usual. This behavior has persisted across several restarts.
Interestingly, I can't bring down Notification Center while in real landscape mode. I can get the little arrow tab to come down, but in the wrong spot:
...but pulling down on the tab just dismisses it.
Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this short of a restore?
iPhone 5, iOS 8.3.
A: Something similar happened to me once like this. Try a hard restart by holding both the power and the home buttons until you see the Apple icon appear on the screen. Let me know if that works.
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0ed65f5508c8bbee753a7aed98d5ab3ad3134945 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use a Mac mini without the power brick? I don't have the power brick for my Mac mini with me but I have cord that plugs into the back of it, can I use it without and plug directly into the wall? Any harm?
The model is A1347
A: If it's a 2005-2009 model then NO! You absolutely cannot plug directly from a AC power source to a computer that does not have a built in transformer power supply, which the Mac mini 2005-2009 model does not have. The AC current must be converted to DC current first and that is what the Mac mini's power supply does.
Starting in 2010 the Mac mini used a built-in power supply and the power cord does not use a power brick like in previous modles, it plugs directly from wall to computer.
| Q: Can I use a Mac mini without the power brick? I don't have the power brick for my Mac mini with me but I have cord that plugs into the back of it, can I use it without and plug directly into the wall? Any harm?
The model is A1347
A: If it's a 2005-2009 model then NO! You absolutely cannot plug directly from a AC power source to a computer that does not have a built in transformer power supply, which the Mac mini 2005-2009 model does not have. The AC current must be converted to DC current first and that is what the Mac mini's power supply does.
Starting in 2010 the Mac mini used a built-in power supply and the power cord does not use a power brick like in previous modles, it plugs directly from wall to computer.
A: Only if you want it to go Bang & never work again.
The plug design ought to be such that you cannot even do it.
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2605e01445b3384bc0b295a8a85ef930b14780b8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable message autoselect in OS X Mail Is there a way to stop Mail from automatically selecting messages? For example when I delete a message, it will immediately select the next one and mark it read. Then if I don't want to read the message yet, I need to mark it as unread.
A: Press option+delete or option+← to delete an email and not select the next email.
If you use an international keyboard: United states option key may be labelled alt and/or ⌥.
| Q: Disable message autoselect in OS X Mail Is there a way to stop Mail from automatically selecting messages? For example when I delete a message, it will immediately select the next one and mark it read. Then if I don't want to read the message yet, I need to mark it as unread.
A: Press option+delete or option+← to delete an email and not select the next email.
If you use an international keyboard: United states option key may be labelled alt and/or ⌥.
A: I'm afraid you can not change this behaviour in the Mail.app settings.
Edit: As @myhd pointed out, you can indeed change the behaviour with ⌥ + ⌫ Delete!
A: I, too, prefer that Mail.app not mark the next message as read. I am also using Yosemite. The only way that I know of to accomplish this is to hide the message viewer:
Mail => Preferences => Viewing tab => select 'Use classic layout'
Now the Mail window only shows the list of Mailboxes on the left (which is optional) and the messages in the current mailbox on the right. (You may need to drag the divider between the message list pane and the message viewer pane all the way down to the bottom of the window.) To view a message, double-click it in the list view and it opens in a separate window. From there, you can close, reply, forward, mark or delete it. If you delete it, the next message in the list is highlighted, but not marked as read until you open it.
Hope this helps.
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8c8550035ab91215bcc771eea9d8bacc7f54b173 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I delete offensive emojis on my iPhone keyboard I would like to be able to delete certain emojis on my keyboard. How do I do that?
A: Unfortunately, there is no way to edit the Apple Emoji keyboard. You can, however, turn it off, by following the instructions posted at the following question:
How can I remove Emoji keyboard from iOS8?
Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards. You'll see English and Emoji.
On the top right corner is the word Edit. Press Edit, and then tap the red button followed by Delete to remove the Emoji keyboard.
Additionally, you may be able to find a 3rd-party Emoji keyboard on the app store that is customizable.
| Q: How can I delete offensive emojis on my iPhone keyboard I would like to be able to delete certain emojis on my keyboard. How do I do that?
A: Unfortunately, there is no way to edit the Apple Emoji keyboard. You can, however, turn it off, by following the instructions posted at the following question:
How can I remove Emoji keyboard from iOS8?
Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards. You'll see English and Emoji.
On the top right corner is the word Edit. Press Edit, and then tap the red button followed by Delete to remove the Emoji keyboard.
Additionally, you may be able to find a 3rd-party Emoji keyboard on the app store that is customizable.
A: Custom Keyboard
If you are using an iOS device, such as an iPhone, you may be able to customise the available emojis using a custom keyboard.
iMore review a few custom keyboards and others are likely discoverable with the search custom iOS keyboard.
Tell Apple
Given you find some emojis offensive, I recommend letting Apple know via Apple's feedback page. This may be useful cultural information that their designers are not familiar with.
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ccb1c0d964822170a39bb0d7e47082ad70639332 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use GNU ps on OS X? We can install GNU coreutils via brew. But there's no ps in the utils. Can we use gnu ps in OS X?
I'd like to use GNU ps as it has more options and features.
A: ps is not part of GNU coreutils according to Wikpedia. The version that comes with my Linux distribution seems to be from procps, but it seems like there is no formula for it in homebrew. There are formulas for pstree which can give you great tree views, and also htop is another good process viewer.
| Q: Can I use GNU ps on OS X? We can install GNU coreutils via brew. But there's no ps in the utils. Can we use gnu ps in OS X?
I'd like to use GNU ps as it has more options and features.
A: ps is not part of GNU coreutils according to Wikpedia. The version that comes with my Linux distribution seems to be from procps, but it seems like there is no formula for it in homebrew. There are formulas for pstree which can give you great tree views, and also htop is another good process viewer.
A: There is no portable ps program. The ps command available on linux is, as others have mentioned, from the "procps" package. The reason why this cannot be ported to OSX is because Linux and OSX kernels do not expose this information in the same way. Linux uses a pseudo-filesystem in /proc, whereas OSX uses the sysctl function. Other systems may use either mechanism but provide data in a different format, or may require programs like ps to read directly from the kernel's memory.
In general there is no standard for how process information is available to programs like ps and top; so the program has to be designed for a specific operating system. If there is a specific feature missing from the OSX ps, you'll have to find another program that can do it, or write one yourself (look at the sysctl manual, in particular KERN_PROC as a starting point), or modify the existing ps command to add the feature.
Alternately, if you can get what you need by parsing the output of the ps command itself, you may be able to write a portable program - the output with the -o option is reasonably reliable across platforms, particularly if you refer to the UNIX standard for the column names to use.
A: No - since it does not exist. As to why there is no builtin ps in GNU’s coreutils package, see this answer on the Unix & Linux Forums.
The best alternative formula available via Homebrew is psgrep:
psgrep is a small Bash shell script that searches the process list
(as obtained by ps(1) ) using the awesome utility grep(1) for its power.
That said, you can still use psgrep to behave as OS X’s ps would. For example:
OPTIONS
-a Search the process list using BSD's "ps aux" format. This option
includes all users' processes in the search.
-b Search the process list using BSD's "ps ux" format (default).
This option only includes the running user's processes.
pgrep is also available via brew, which is syntactically closer to ps, but less efficient than psgrep:
psgrep(1) is more useful than pgrep(1) because not only can it search the process list and return a PID, it can give more useful information such as its UID, GID, memory/CPU usage, niceness, and anything else supported by ps.
All emphasis mine.
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d49c0ea32f4ca85f86e4b043da46ec120547a580 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App for changing between a work and private mode I use my Mac for private and work. Between this two scopes I share a lot of configuration. Because of that I want to use only one account.
Here is my question:
Is a app existing with which I can change between a work and private mode? Here some things that the app should do:
*
*enable and disable my work email account
*mount and unmount a list of devices
*start a specific collection of software
A: I would go for ControlPlane which is location-aware or can change state depending on what devices are plugged in.
You will then need to configure it with a work location and a private or home location.
Things like launching multiple apps would be firstly set up in Automator and saved as a double-clickable script.
For example, I have one that launches Safari and opens a number of websites, then launches iTerm.
You would get ControlPlane to run this script when it detects the stage change.
| Q: App for changing between a work and private mode I use my Mac for private and work. Between this two scopes I share a lot of configuration. Because of that I want to use only one account.
Here is my question:
Is a app existing with which I can change between a work and private mode? Here some things that the app should do:
*
*enable and disable my work email account
*mount and unmount a list of devices
*start a specific collection of software
A: I would go for ControlPlane which is location-aware or can change state depending on what devices are plugged in.
You will then need to configure it with a work location and a private or home location.
Things like launching multiple apps would be firstly set up in Automator and saved as a double-clickable script.
For example, I have one that launches Safari and opens a number of websites, then launches iTerm.
You would get ControlPlane to run this script when it detects the stage change.
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6a290c187c78eddcc219cb3675ef617985aa9345 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard shortcut to scroll window up and down? In Windows, there's a really useful keyboard shortcut for scrolling the current text editor window up or down by one line without moving the cursor. This appears to be implemented in the operating system because it works in almost every application.
The shortcut is ⌃ CTRL+↑ Up Arrow to move the viewport up the document and ⌃ CTRL+↓ Down Arrow to move the viewport down the document.
Is there something similar in OS X?
A: You can try ⇞ page up and ⇟ page down, which usual pages one whole page back and forth. I don't think there is a system wide shortcut to scroll by line.
| Q: Keyboard shortcut to scroll window up and down? In Windows, there's a really useful keyboard shortcut for scrolling the current text editor window up or down by one line without moving the cursor. This appears to be implemented in the operating system because it works in almost every application.
The shortcut is ⌃ CTRL+↑ Up Arrow to move the viewport up the document and ⌃ CTRL+↓ Down Arrow to move the viewport down the document.
Is there something similar in OS X?
A: You can try ⇞ page up and ⇟ page down, which usual pages one whole page back and forth. I don't think there is a system wide shortcut to scroll by line.
A: Apple's official list of macOS keyboard shortcuts only has ⌃ CTRL+P to "move up one line" and ⌃ CTRL+N to "move down one line", but it seems to work exacly like ↑ and ↓, moving the cursor.
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89590c34d3dc2c510114216fb862c0aa67584b7c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is this 'Autoupdate' app that keeps popping up in the dock? I've recently seen this app show up in the dock a couple of times. Any idea what it is? I'm slightly concerned as it doesn't look very official and I fear it could be malicious:
A: That icon is from http://sparkle-project.org, which is an open-source auto-updating framework. However, it could be embedded in almost any application, since Sparkle is one of the most popular auto-update frameworks in indie Mac software.
Did you recently install new software that has Automatically check for updates checked in the preferences?
Edit to include my comment.
If you're interested in locating which application it is from, you can hold ⌘ Command and click the icon in the dock (or right-click and select Options > Show In Finder), and it will open its location in the Finder. You can then right click on the top of the Finder window that appears (on the icon), to show the path to the containing application.
With this method, you can see that this Autoupdate.app is from within iTerm.
| Q: What is this 'Autoupdate' app that keeps popping up in the dock? I've recently seen this app show up in the dock a couple of times. Any idea what it is? I'm slightly concerned as it doesn't look very official and I fear it could be malicious:
A: That icon is from http://sparkle-project.org, which is an open-source auto-updating framework. However, it could be embedded in almost any application, since Sparkle is one of the most popular auto-update frameworks in indie Mac software.
Did you recently install new software that has Automatically check for updates checked in the preferences?
Edit to include my comment.
If you're interested in locating which application it is from, you can hold ⌘ Command and click the icon in the dock (or right-click and select Options > Show In Finder), and it will open its location in the Finder. You can then right click on the top of the Finder window that appears (on the icon), to show the path to the containing application.
With this method, you can see that this Autoupdate.app is from within iTerm.
A: If you right click the Dock icon and select Options > Show in Finder, you should be able to see the path to the application it resides in.
(If necessary enable the "path bar" in Finder's View menu ⌥⌘P)
You can also use the Activity Monitor app to find that app and in the details, it will show all the open files. With that information you should be able to suss out which program / package is updating and turn off the update check or just update it directly from the developer site.
A: Autoupdate does not always show up in the Dock. I was able to find out what application was driving the update by: opening Activity Monitor, going to the CPU tab, entering autoupdate in the search bar, double-clicking on it to get the process information pane, and reading what it said under "Open Files and Ports".
(The open files go away if you enter your password and finish the update, so you have to examine it first.)
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42a03c06765f342ee843c44fc2bd84433d847171 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use external monitor with MacBook Air closed and on battery power? I often use my MacBook Air (running OS X 10.9.5) closed at a docking station, where it's hooked to external monitor, keyboard/trackpad, and power. All good. The only issue is that occasionally the external power will come loose or jostle*, which turns off the external monitor or causes it to flicker. I understand the system is designed to work this way -- no external monitor when closed unless the power is plugged in.
My question is: how to change this default behavior? i.e. keep the external monitor going while closed on battery power?
[*] Why you ask? My loving, atttention-seeking cats.
A: You can. All you need is an app such as NoSleep.
| Q: How to use external monitor with MacBook Air closed and on battery power? I often use my MacBook Air (running OS X 10.9.5) closed at a docking station, where it's hooked to external monitor, keyboard/trackpad, and power. All good. The only issue is that occasionally the external power will come loose or jostle*, which turns off the external monitor or causes it to flicker. I understand the system is designed to work this way -- no external monitor when closed unless the power is plugged in.
My question is: how to change this default behavior? i.e. keep the external monitor going while closed on battery power?
[*] Why you ask? My loving, atttention-seeking cats.
A: You can. All you need is an app such as NoSleep.
A: In case it helps anyone who isn't comfortable downloading an app for this. I have the exact same need when I forget to bring my AC Adapter to the office, and I've worked around it by simply:
*
*Mirroring the 2 displays (MacBook's & external)
*Dimm the MacBook display all the way down to off (press F1 until the display turns off)
I still can't close the lid, but my battery saving needs are met.
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b808848bdd27d82cf617126746415b0b214ce4b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is disk image encryption slower than partition encryption? I am considering two options to encrypt some data:
*
*add a new encrypted partition
*add an encrypted disk image
Which option is faster in terms of disk read/write speed? I suspect that an encrypted disk image would have a worse performance than using an encrypted partition, but I am not sure.
A: An encrypted partition would likely be faster. With a disk image, you're actually accessing two filesystems, one within the disk image, and the one on which the disk image is stored, as well as the technologies needed to read the disk image itself. It seem unlikely that a disk image could ever be faster than full-disk encryption, but you would have to run benchmarks to be certain.
| Q: Is disk image encryption slower than partition encryption? I am considering two options to encrypt some data:
*
*add a new encrypted partition
*add an encrypted disk image
Which option is faster in terms of disk read/write speed? I suspect that an encrypted disk image would have a worse performance than using an encrypted partition, but I am not sure.
A: An encrypted partition would likely be faster. With a disk image, you're actually accessing two filesystems, one within the disk image, and the one on which the disk image is stored, as well as the technologies needed to read the disk image itself. It seem unlikely that a disk image could ever be faster than full-disk encryption, but you would have to run benchmarks to be certain.
A: As another data point, I tested with a regular non-SSD hard drive via USB3.0 and two volumes, one an encrypted partition and the other an encrypted sparseimage on an unencrypted partition.
For large file transfers to the encrypted partition, the speed topped out at about 50MB/s, while transfers to the sparseimage topped out at about 2.5MB/s.
So that's about a 20x performance difference which seems pretty extreme but was fairly consistent in my non-scientific tests. Part of the problem could have been that the sparesimage was having to expand itself during the copy operations, but it still seems pretty slow.
As a reference, copies to the unencrypted partition ran around 70MB/s.
To summarize:
2.5 MB/s encrypted sparseimage on unencrypted partition
50.0 MB/s encyrpted partition
70.0 MB/s unencrypted partition
A: The difference is minimal, from my experience.
When I made a fresh upgrade to Yosemite, I did some tests. I have 16Gb RAM, and 2 internal SSDs - one unencrypted, and one encrypted with FileVault2. On the encrpyted disk, there's a encrypted sparsebundle where Firefox profiles are stored. I can't remembered the numbers, but after comparing the read/write speeds, I choose double encrypted sparsebundle and FileVault2.
Modern CPUs are specially designed circuit to handle AES encryption/decryption. So it only counts for 1-2% additional load on CPU. The speed you will have is ultimately decided by other factors such as CPU (speed/core), RAM (speed/size), drive I/O speed. You have to decide whether the compromise is worth it.
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4421446ab4e0bf36f00cbb0960c1264557d5ee46 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shuffle by album on iOS-devices? In iTunes and on iPods (excluding the most recent Nano) there is an option to playback a playlist shuffled by album. This option does not exist in "Music.app" on iOS-devices. However, since you can play a playlist in order I was thinking that it would be possible to emulate the shuffle by album-behaviour if you somehow managed to sort the playlist in a random by album order and then just play it from the first track with shuffle disabled. This raises two questions:
*
*What determines the sorting order for a playlist on an iOS-device?
*Can you somehow (maybe with an Applescript) sort a playlist in iTunes in a shuffle by album order?
A: This is not possible in music.app.
From this Apple Discussion:
The Foobar2000 music player app available in the App Store respects albums and supports 'Shuffle Albums'. It is a competent, comfortable and convenient music player with full Gain Management and many other useful features. It will work with your iTunes library as well as many other music file formats (via iTunes App File Folders). At time of writing it is free.
| Q: Shuffle by album on iOS-devices? In iTunes and on iPods (excluding the most recent Nano) there is an option to playback a playlist shuffled by album. This option does not exist in "Music.app" on iOS-devices. However, since you can play a playlist in order I was thinking that it would be possible to emulate the shuffle by album-behaviour if you somehow managed to sort the playlist in a random by album order and then just play it from the first track with shuffle disabled. This raises two questions:
*
*What determines the sorting order for a playlist on an iOS-device?
*Can you somehow (maybe with an Applescript) sort a playlist in iTunes in a shuffle by album order?
A: This is not possible in music.app.
From this Apple Discussion:
The Foobar2000 music player app available in the App Store respects albums and supports 'Shuffle Albums'. It is a competent, comfortable and convenient music player with full Gain Management and many other useful features. It will work with your iTunes library as well as many other music file formats (via iTunes App File Folders). At time of writing it is free.
A: There are a few apps that can achieve this like Cs Music.
Personally I prefer to use the Shortcuts app (previously Workflow) to queue up random albums and play them back in order. With a lock screen widget or home screen shortcut this can be done with a single tap.
Links to some Shortcuts can be found here, they are quite straightforward to customise if you want to limit to albums within a specific playlist or genre.
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951f0f2a7fd765003cdcf2e8faf8d82e8c839d1b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In the new Photos OSX app, where is the machine-readable photo information stored? In iPhoto, there was an AlbumData.xml file with information about all the photos like title, filename, etcetera. I was planning to use it from within a Python program to automatically export photos in certain albums to my website.
With the new OSX Photos app, I cannot find an AlbumData.xml or a plist file with the same information. The ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Database/apdb/ directory contains serveral .apdb files, which are sqlite databases. I inspected the schema in two of them but didn't find any list of photos. (Note: "apdb" stands for "aperture db", so it seems Apple re-used quite a bit of aperture in the new Photos app.)
So... I want to get my hand on the filenames of my photos, their titles, which albums they're in. Where is this data stored?
(Googling is very hard because of the generic 'photos' search term...)
A: The "list of photos" is in the RKMaster table.
cd ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Database/apdb
sqlite3 Library.apdb
select modelId,fileName,imagePath from RKMaster;
Do .schema RKMaster to see the other fields of the table.
| Q: In the new Photos OSX app, where is the machine-readable photo information stored? In iPhoto, there was an AlbumData.xml file with information about all the photos like title, filename, etcetera. I was planning to use it from within a Python program to automatically export photos in certain albums to my website.
With the new OSX Photos app, I cannot find an AlbumData.xml or a plist file with the same information. The ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Database/apdb/ directory contains serveral .apdb files, which are sqlite databases. I inspected the schema in two of them but didn't find any list of photos. (Note: "apdb" stands for "aperture db", so it seems Apple re-used quite a bit of aperture in the new Photos app.)
So... I want to get my hand on the filenames of my photos, their titles, which albums they're in. Where is this data stored?
(Googling is very hard because of the generic 'photos' search term...)
A: The "list of photos" is in the RKMaster table.
cd ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Database/apdb
sqlite3 Library.apdb
select modelId,fileName,imagePath from RKMaster;
Do .schema RKMaster to see the other fields of the table.
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b22c18578ab37b85c0ace5738e793c2e60e5a50b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I add a UTC world clock to my OSX dashboard? In the OSX dashboard, the world clock doesn't have a UTC option. Choosing London only works half of the year (the other half London is on Daylight Savings Time and is UTC+1).
I could choose Atlantic/Reykjavik, which is always on UTC, but it seems like a hack, and I'd rather have my clock display "UTC" instead of "Reykjavik".
A: I couldn't figure out these instructions for my High Sierra Machine machine so I installed this Status Clock from Pulsely Consulting:
| Q: How can I add a UTC world clock to my OSX dashboard? In the OSX dashboard, the world clock doesn't have a UTC option. Choosing London only works half of the year (the other half London is on Daylight Savings Time and is UTC+1).
I could choose Atlantic/Reykjavik, which is always on UTC, but it seems like a hack, and I'd rather have my clock display "UTC" instead of "Reykjavik".
A: I couldn't figure out these instructions for my High Sierra Machine machine so I installed this Status Clock from Pulsely Consulting:
A: There is already a UTC clock available.
Assuming you're on Yosemite:
*
*Go to your notification center
*Click Edit at the bottom
*Add the World Clock and click Done.
*Hover over the World Clock you just added, and click on the (i) icon.
*Enter UTC when it asks for City.
*That's it. You're done.
A: You can edit the source of the world clock widget to add UTC:
cd /Library/Widgets
sudo vi WorldClock.js
Since Mac OS El Capitan, the file is now found here:
cd /Library/Widgets/World Clock.wdgt/
sudo vi WorldClock.js
Then, in the Europe section, add the line:
{city:'UTC', offset:0, timezone:'UTC', id:"2647937"},
The "city" will become the display name of the clock widget; it can be whatever you like.
You may need to remove and recreate any existing clocks in your dashboard for UTC to show up in the list. Since Mac OS Mojave, you will need to kill the DashboardClient process to see the new option (it will restart on its own):
killall DashboardClient
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5e20bef1be0228d07e5e88d69bdefa8701a1022e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does photolibraryd do whenever I log in to my Mac? Whenever I log into my MacBook Pro the CPU cranks up to 100%+ for a few seconds, my board gets hot, and the fans start going. I open up Activity Monitor to find that the culprit is 'photolibraryd'. What's going on? What's it doing that uses so much CPU?
A: It also matches photos that are on your local library and in iCloud. So for instance, if you have a sync problem, you can toggle iCloud Photo Library in Photos app → Preferences → iCloud and this will cause a complete re-sync of the local and the iCloud photos.
When this happens (at least on my 51K photo library), it takes 24 hours or so of photolibraryd running to match photos and sync the changes.
| Q: What does photolibraryd do whenever I log in to my Mac? Whenever I log into my MacBook Pro the CPU cranks up to 100%+ for a few seconds, my board gets hot, and the fans start going. I open up Activity Monitor to find that the culprit is 'photolibraryd'. What's going on? What's it doing that uses so much CPU?
A: It also matches photos that are on your local library and in iCloud. So for instance, if you have a sync problem, you can toggle iCloud Photo Library in Photos app → Preferences → iCloud and this will cause a complete re-sync of the local and the iCloud photos.
When this happens (at least on my 51K photo library), it takes 24 hours or so of photolibraryd running to match photos and sync the changes.
A: In my case photolibraryd wants to conntect to edge.quantserve.com on Port 80 (http), probably to set a tracker-cookie or web-beacon. I stopped this behaviour with Little Snitch.
For more information on quantserve, read this guardian-article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/23/quantcast-tracking-trackers-cookies-web-monitoring
A: If Photo Stream is enabled, photolibraryd connects to iCloud and checks for any new photos in your Photo Stream. If there are new photos, they are downloaded and added to the photo library you have selected as your ‘system’ library.
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9c29101e5860577daaaed19eaebda897e2483e1f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X Recovery Mode - Headless Access? I have a Macbook Pro, which unfortunately the screen has died on. External displays do not work either.
I can normally ssh and screenshare into the mac fine, but now need to repair the internal HD.
Is it possible to screen share or ssh into a machine in recovery mode?
At the moment it doesn't seem to be appearing on the network, but I know recovery mode should connect to my wifi.
Is ssh enabled or can I enable it somehow?
A: Turn the problem upside down. Boot the laptop in target disk mode and use another (working) Mac to access the drive over firewire or thunderbolt. It will behave just like an external drive.
| Q: Mac OS X Recovery Mode - Headless Access? I have a Macbook Pro, which unfortunately the screen has died on. External displays do not work either.
I can normally ssh and screenshare into the mac fine, but now need to repair the internal HD.
Is it possible to screen share or ssh into a machine in recovery mode?
At the moment it doesn't seem to be appearing on the network, but I know recovery mode should connect to my wifi.
Is ssh enabled or can I enable it somehow?
A: Turn the problem upside down. Boot the laptop in target disk mode and use another (working) Mac to access the drive over firewire or thunderbolt. It will behave just like an external drive.
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a895b214104f083e6a36e25c3870aa4917338c42 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: sudo killall coreaudiod made it so I don't have any sound at all I ran into an issue where my volume buttons on my mac weren't able to adjust the volume of my computer. I sought a solution and someone suggested using sudo killall coreaudiod. Now I have no volume on my computer at all. How do I fix this?
A: This command will do it:
sudo launchctl stop com.apple.audio.coreaudiod && sudo launchctl start com.apple.audio.coreaudiod
Details
Martin Strouhal's answer doesn't work for OS X/macOS ≥ 10.12.4 due to removal of com.apple.audio.coreaudiod from system integrity protection's RemovableServices whitelist in /System/Library/Sandbox/com.apple.xpc.launchd.rootless.plist [1].
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist: _
Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged
So instead of unloading the service, we instead just restart it.
Also, the latter command (sudo launchctl start com.apple.audio.coreaudiod) worked to restart the service after I had killed coreaudiod using killall coreaudiod.
| Q: sudo killall coreaudiod made it so I don't have any sound at all I ran into an issue where my volume buttons on my mac weren't able to adjust the volume of my computer. I sought a solution and someone suggested using sudo killall coreaudiod. Now I have no volume on my computer at all. How do I fix this?
A: This command will do it:
sudo launchctl stop com.apple.audio.coreaudiod && sudo launchctl start com.apple.audio.coreaudiod
Details
Martin Strouhal's answer doesn't work for OS X/macOS ≥ 10.12.4 due to removal of com.apple.audio.coreaudiod from system integrity protection's RemovableServices whitelist in /System/Library/Sandbox/com.apple.xpc.launchd.rootless.plist [1].
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist: _
Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged
So instead of unloading the service, we instead just restart it.
Also, the latter command (sudo launchctl start com.apple.audio.coreaudiod) worked to restart the service after I had killed coreaudiod using killall coreaudiod.
A: sudo killall coreaudiod should work to kill your audio drivers. It should reload itself within a fraction of a second.
(verified on my mbp running 10.14 but used this on a couple of previous versions)
A: You need to reload coreaudiod instead of killing it. This one-liner will fix broken sound without restarting your mac
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist && sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist
A: You can also use the command:
sudo launchctl kill SIGTERM system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod
A: I'm using an M1 pro. This is very frustrating so I just created an alias in my .zshrc.
alias ar="sudo pkill coreaudiod -i"
copy paste this line and it will just append+write to your .zshrc or .bashrc
echo 'alias ar="sudo pkill coreaudiod -i"' >> ~/.zshrc; source ~/.zshrc
Or if bash:
echo 'alias ar="sudo pkill coreaudiod -i"' >> ~/.bashrc; source ~/.bashrc
Sadly Still looking for a fix.
Hope this helps someone.
Happy Coding =)
A: I prefer the more modern form using this syntax:
sudo launchctl kickstart -kp system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod
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6d7a4fbf976663cfcc2b2dc7c96ea5685cc33b16 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I take a screenshot of an active phone call without hanging up? I'm trying to take a screenshot of the "hard-pause" dialing feature. If you put a semicolon after a phone number you can provide, for example, a conference line pass-code as part of a phone number.
1-800-123-4567;987654#
The call screen then shows a little clickable label in the bottom left-hand side of the call screen to appear
Dial "9876..."
I try to screenshot that, but pressing the home button causes the call to end and I get a screenshot of the hanging up call screen.
A: Use Assistive Touch, available from Settings → Accessibility → Assistive Touch.
Enable the feature using the switch, then take a screenshot by pressing the Assistive Touch button, then Device → More → Screenshot.
| Q: How do I take a screenshot of an active phone call without hanging up? I'm trying to take a screenshot of the "hard-pause" dialing feature. If you put a semicolon after a phone number you can provide, for example, a conference line pass-code as part of a phone number.
1-800-123-4567;987654#
The call screen then shows a little clickable label in the bottom left-hand side of the call screen to appear
Dial "9876..."
I try to screenshot that, but pressing the home button causes the call to end and I get a screenshot of the hanging up call screen.
A: Use Assistive Touch, available from Settings → Accessibility → Assistive Touch.
Enable the feature using the switch, then take a screenshot by pressing the Assistive Touch button, then Device → More → Screenshot.
A: If you have a Mac you could use QuickTime Player?
Connect iPhone to Mac > Open QT Player > Make sure iPhone is unlocked > New Movie Recording > in the new window: Pick Source Camera as 'Name Of iPhone' > Phone screen should show up on the computer.
From there make the call and screenshot it on the Mac.
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e2655f874bd2cc98cb5634f4780d3c3664624fd9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I stop NSURLSessionD from starting every time I restart my Mac? I have to use the following script to terminate it every time I restart my Macbook:
#!/bin/sh
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
Is there a way to permanently prevent it from starting?
A: To permanently unload an agent or a daemon simply add a -w.
Example:
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
However, the long term solution would be to identify what application is requesting downloads and controlling it. As an analogy, you can shut down a road temporarily to stop traffic, but long term, you want to control access to the road itself and not stop all traffic because some users are abusing or overloading the roadway.
| Q: How do I stop NSURLSessionD from starting every time I restart my Mac? I have to use the following script to terminate it every time I restart my Macbook:
#!/bin/sh
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
Is there a way to permanently prevent it from starting?
A: To permanently unload an agent or a daemon simply add a -w.
Example:
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nsurlstoraged.plist
However, the long term solution would be to identify what application is requesting downloads and controlling it. As an analogy, you can shut down a road temporarily to stop traffic, but long term, you want to control access to the road itself and not stop all traffic because some users are abusing or overloading the roadway.
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b6effa69ff9c2a13dd1ed0a9aee7b54eef5538e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the file .vimrc in macOS? (Downloaded Macvim through Homebrew) I have Yosemite 10.10.3 and I recently downloaded macvim using homebrew. I find a vimrc file under the directory:
/usr/share/vim
However, after putting some modification like setting the background theme to dark, nothing changed when I opened macvim. Am I doing something wrong? Is it the wrong vimrc file? Does it mean the vimrc file is in a different directory if it was downloaded from homebrew?
A: If you use vim before the installation, the file .vimrc should be on your $HOME directory (/Users/your-username/.vimrc). Macvim will use that file if exists.
| Q: Where is the file .vimrc in macOS? (Downloaded Macvim through Homebrew) I have Yosemite 10.10.3 and I recently downloaded macvim using homebrew. I find a vimrc file under the directory:
/usr/share/vim
However, after putting some modification like setting the background theme to dark, nothing changed when I opened macvim. Am I doing something wrong? Is it the wrong vimrc file? Does it mean the vimrc file is in a different directory if it was downloaded from homebrew?
A: If you use vim before the installation, the file .vimrc should be on your $HOME directory (/Users/your-username/.vimrc). Macvim will use that file if exists.
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4c106be9bbb55ad1c7343586a09c4c39c9a79d09 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to switch between multiple fullscreen windows of same application in OS X? When I'm running several instances of the same app (might be Chrome separate windows, or several IntelliJ projects) in fullscreen mode, I can't navigate to concrete app using ⌘-Tab, it will just show one icon of the app but there are several running in the background.
Also there is no application specific shortcut to do so.
Is there a way to make ⌘-Tab show instances rather than global app icon?
A: Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to switch between fullscreen windows of the same application.
You have two alternatives that are not ideal but enough:
*
*Shortcuts to switch between spaces/desktops or jump to a specific one
*Gestures to switch between spaces/desktops
To make this workflow work well, just put your fullscreen windows side by side.
| Q: How to switch between multiple fullscreen windows of same application in OS X? When I'm running several instances of the same app (might be Chrome separate windows, or several IntelliJ projects) in fullscreen mode, I can't navigate to concrete app using ⌘-Tab, it will just show one icon of the app but there are several running in the background.
Also there is no application specific shortcut to do so.
Is there a way to make ⌘-Tab show instances rather than global app icon?
A: Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to switch between fullscreen windows of the same application.
You have two alternatives that are not ideal but enough:
*
*Shortcuts to switch between spaces/desktops or jump to a specific one
*Gestures to switch between spaces/desktops
To make this workflow work well, just put your fullscreen windows side by side.
A: Apart from Mission Control, there also is the Dock.
When you click repeatedly it will cycle through the application's full screen spaces.
A: If you know how to bind an applescript to keyboard shortcut/trackpad gesture, this is the answer for you.
The script is meant to be universal. It uses the most generalized terms to include as many scenarios as possible. I've tested on Finder, Script Editor, and Firefox. No errors.
However, it has caveats:
*
*The script only works when there's only one instance of an app. (BTW, it still says "several instances" in the text of OP.) It's possible to work multiple-instance into it, but that's a fight for another day.
*This script scrolls down the list of windows in Window menu. It in essence clicks the item right below the one with a check ("✓") mark. If the item with a "✓" is the last item, the script will instead click the first item under the last separator line. A script that goes backward in the reverse direction can be obtained be modifying this script. However, I do not see how the two can be combined into a single script.
*The try statement that produces an errorMessage is the most CPU-efficient way I know to produce the index of the separator. If you know a better way, please enlighten me.
The script:
tell application "System Events" to tell (first application process whose frontmost is true) to tell menu bar 1 to tell menu "Window"
set cellingSeperator to last menu item whose value of attribute "AXEnabled" is false
set checkedItem to first menu item whose value of attribute "AXMenuItemMarkChar" is "✓"
try
set intentionalError to cellingSeperator as Unicode text
on error errorMessage
set firstItemIndex to (characters ((offset of "«class menI» " in errorMessage) + 13) through ((offset of " of" in errorMessage) - 1) of errorMessage as string as integer) + 1
end try
repeat with iterator from firstItemIndex to number of menu items
if value of attribute "AXFrame" of menu item iterator is equal to value of attribute "AXFrame" of checkedItem then
set clickItemIndex to iterator + 1
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
if clickItemIndex is greater than number of menu items then set clickItemIndex to firstItemIndex
tell menu item clickItemIndex to perform action "AXPress"
end tell
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8051fc6583b9882106057f81f358b7f3c376c783 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does upgrading Yosemite risk losing material on HD? What are the risks of losing what's on my hard disc--especially programs--when I update Yosemite?
A: Low as this does get tested before.
What is not tested as much is does each application work with the new OS. Apple can only test major apps it is the responsibility of the App's developer to test their app with the new OS and not all have the time to do this.
But as always with any computer change take backups as there is always a chance of something going wrong.
I assume that changing something will break something else. When it does I have to work out if it is worth living with that problem or revert to the old version.
Another example is professionally in enterprise software when I install a new version of my program I have to provide a tested process that will reverse the change as stopping something working can cost money
| Q: Does upgrading Yosemite risk losing material on HD? What are the risks of losing what's on my hard disc--especially programs--when I update Yosemite?
A: Low as this does get tested before.
What is not tested as much is does each application work with the new OS. Apple can only test major apps it is the responsibility of the App's developer to test their app with the new OS and not all have the time to do this.
But as always with any computer change take backups as there is always a chance of something going wrong.
I assume that changing something will break something else. When it does I have to work out if it is worth living with that problem or revert to the old version.
Another example is professionally in enterprise software when I install a new version of my program I have to provide a tested process that will reverse the change as stopping something working can cost money
A: The risks to a system being able to boot again are highest when you make fundamental changes to the OS as part of an upgrade.
This is due to three factors:
*
*some parts of the code base are only called when swapping in and out a new system so those code paths don't run normally. Any degradation of the files (bit rot) will be discovered, but not necessarily caused at upgrade time.
*any change has a very small chance of failing - more change, more chance
*you run new migration steps from the vendor and they could run poorly or not anticipate the changes you have made to your system and cause data loss. This is mitigated by storage idioms like putting all user settings and app data in folders where the OS doesn't install any files. (i.e. the system is designed to not break thusly)
The risk to your data files is no higher during an upgrade than otherwise. If you don't care to back up the files anyhow, then you're always one disk error or drive failure away from losing data. If you have a good backup, you mitigate all the risk of upgrading other than the time you spend wiping and reinstalling the old system / old backup.
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44ca1a0ae160d0d28882b9a1a08daf636b543a7e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I turn off responses to Calendar invites? When I accept or decline a meeting invite, Calendar automatically sends an email to the person that invited me to the meeting.
OS X 10.10.2 calendar app
How can I turn this off so that no response is sent?
A: This is not possible using Calendar.app, including both macOS (OS X) and iOS.
Your best bet is to submit feedback on Apple's website: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html
If enough of us do it hopefully they'll add the functionality.
| Q: How can I turn off responses to Calendar invites? When I accept or decline a meeting invite, Calendar automatically sends an email to the person that invited me to the meeting.
OS X 10.10.2 calendar app
How can I turn this off so that no response is sent?
A: This is not possible using Calendar.app, including both macOS (OS X) and iOS.
Your best bet is to submit feedback on Apple's website: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html
If enough of us do it hopefully they'll add the functionality.
A: On macOS, the Calendar app allows you to decline meetings without sending an email -- however you can't use the inbox window to do it and it doesn't appear as an explicit button like Accept / Maybe / Decline, and I have not found a way to do it in iOS. Also, I'm not sure what version of macOS it was added in, but I'm able to do it using Monterey (12.6).
What you want to do is "delete" the meeting rather than "decline" it. To do this:
*
*Click on the meeting in your calendar view so that the meeting is highlighted, then hit the Delete key on your keyboard. (Alternately, you can right click the meeting and then click the Delete menu item.)
*If it's a recurring meeting, a pop-up will ask you if you want to respond to Only this event or All. Click whichever one you intended.
*Finally, you get a pop-up that asks if you want to Delete and Notify or Delete and Don't Notify. Hit Delete and Don't Notify.
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9760d99bf0375de58a17482dbde2ca45e325845b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the default (blue) value for AppleHighlightColor? Lots of popular dotfiles repos (stemming from this one) include this:
# Set highlight color to green
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleHighlightColor -string "0.764700 0.976500 0.568600"
It looks bad. How do I change it back? What was the original value?
A: The original value of blue is used when AppleHighlightColor doesn't exist, therefore you can reset it deleting AppleHighlightColor:
defaults delete -g AppleHighlightColor
You can change the AppleHighlightColor with a GUI through System Preferences → General → Highlight Color.
Setting the highlight colour to Green through System Preferences:
~ ❯ defaults read -g AppleHighlightColor
0.752941 0.964706 0.678431
Setting the highlight colour to Blue through System Preferences:
~ ❯ defaults read -g AppleHighlightColor
2015-05-21 18:47:25.072 defaults[37881:344707]
The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleHighlightColor) does not exist
-g is shorthand for NSGlobalDomain
| Q: What is the default (blue) value for AppleHighlightColor? Lots of popular dotfiles repos (stemming from this one) include this:
# Set highlight color to green
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleHighlightColor -string "0.764700 0.976500 0.568600"
It looks bad. How do I change it back? What was the original value?
A: The original value of blue is used when AppleHighlightColor doesn't exist, therefore you can reset it deleting AppleHighlightColor:
defaults delete -g AppleHighlightColor
You can change the AppleHighlightColor with a GUI through System Preferences → General → Highlight Color.
Setting the highlight colour to Green through System Preferences:
~ ❯ defaults read -g AppleHighlightColor
0.752941 0.964706 0.678431
Setting the highlight colour to Blue through System Preferences:
~ ❯ defaults read -g AppleHighlightColor
2015-05-21 18:47:25.072 defaults[37881:344707]
The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleHighlightColor) does not exist
-g is shorthand for NSGlobalDomain
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04204c1d9cdf3ab284fe4c839ea86eacdb162d92 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Ignore bluetooth volume control in OS X Is there a way to ignore incoming Bluetooth sound-volume control in OS X?
And is there a way to disable outgoing volume control via Bluetooth?
Here's my situation:
I have a bluetooth speaker that has its own volume control. Every time I increase its volume, it sends a command to my Mac to increase its volume too. This is really annoying since both volumes add and volume feels like it increases exponentially.
When I connect my speaker by wire there is no problem, as I can control each volume separately.
| Q: Ignore bluetooth volume control in OS X Is there a way to ignore incoming Bluetooth sound-volume control in OS X?
And is there a way to disable outgoing volume control via Bluetooth?
Here's my situation:
I have a bluetooth speaker that has its own volume control. Every time I increase its volume, it sends a command to my Mac to increase its volume too. This is really annoying since both volumes add and volume feels like it increases exponentially.
When I connect my speaker by wire there is no problem, as I can control each volume separately.
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109c80c8c23bc28f4681603864e24f3c1a0cf3d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent Photos app on OSX from launching when plugging in device The Photos app opens whenever I plug in my phone.
How can this be prevented?
I have seen many solutions for the old iPhoto app that involve changing the "Connecting camera opens" option, but the new app has no such option.
A: Plug in your phone and let Photos load. Then note check box in the Photos window and uncheck it:
| Q: Prevent Photos app on OSX from launching when plugging in device The Photos app opens whenever I plug in my phone.
How can this be prevented?
I have seen many solutions for the old iPhoto app that involve changing the "Connecting camera opens" option, but the new app has no such option.
A: Plug in your phone and let Photos load. Then note check box in the Photos window and uncheck it:
A: With the iPhone plugged in, open the Image Capture app on your Mac. In the Image Capture window, left lower corner, choose which app should automatically open when you plug in your phone, chose "no application"
A: If you like the command line or need to have all devices not open rather than manage each single device as it connects and then after Photos has already opened, try:
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool YES
This sets a flag to tell the system to not activate ImageCapture or Photos or iPhoto when a hot plug of an iOS device is detected.
A: Just launch iPhoto, it's still in your Applications folder (if not try the Purchases tab in the Mac App Store app). The same old "Connecting camera opens" option is still there and still works.
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0fdb8d61538e8850308b5c78e3c97584ee9999a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't kill Preview app I have strange problem, my Preview app is not responding and can't kill it.
leo-mac:~ leo$ sudo killall Preview
No matching processes were found
Force Quit button also doesn't give any result.
ps (and Activity Monitor) is empty:
leo-mac:~ leo$ ps -ax | grep -i preview
24793 ttys000 0:00.00 grep -i preview
It's not a zombie because next command is also empty:
ps aux | awk '"[Zz]" ~ $8 { printf("%s, PID = %d\n", $8, $2); }'
I really can't understand what happened. Any ideas?
A: I had the same problem. Workaround:
sudo killall launchservicesd
sudo killall Dock
| Q: Can't kill Preview app I have strange problem, my Preview app is not responding and can't kill it.
leo-mac:~ leo$ sudo killall Preview
No matching processes were found
Force Quit button also doesn't give any result.
ps (and Activity Monitor) is empty:
leo-mac:~ leo$ ps -ax | grep -i preview
24793 ttys000 0:00.00 grep -i preview
It's not a zombie because next command is also empty:
ps aux | awk '"[Zz]" ~ $8 { printf("%s, PID = %d\n", $8, $2); }'
I really can't understand what happened. Any ideas?
A: I had the same problem. Workaround:
sudo killall launchservicesd
sudo killall Dock
A: It could be an issue with one of the files preview is attempting to open.
Go to
~/Library/Saved Application State/
Remove the com.Apple.Preview folder. This should resolve the issue when attempting to launch Preview after quitting the application from the above answer or shutting down.
A: I'm running OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" on my Macbook Pro, and I'm experiencing this issue with Mozilla Firefox. Unfortunately, in my case the commands sudo killall launchservicesd and sudo killall Dock aren't working this problem out: after I do this, I still can't e.g. reboot the operating system.
I found that the following command works:
sudo shutdown -r now
If your user account has administrative privileges on OS X, running the above command on Terminal will force OS X to reboot. Unfortunately, this is not a solution for the issue, but as a "last resource workaround" it works like a charm.
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6d8305e255600b1b0ae71d9b7a997a9569bcb26c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I take selfie by running a console command on Mac? I know I can take a selfie with the built-in camera via the Photo Booth app. However, is there a way capture an image via command line, in sort of lolcommits style?
A: The easiest way to do this is a program called "ImageSnap". You can take iSight photo's by typing the command imagesnap into terminal.
All commands:
USAGE: imagesnap [options] [filename]
Version: 0.2.5
Captures an image from a video device and saves it in a file.
If no device is specified, the system default will be used.
If no filename is specfied, snapshot.jpg will be used.
Supported image types: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP
-h This help message
-v Verbose mode
-l List available video devices
-t x.xx Take a picture every x.xx seconds
-q Quiet mode. Do not output any text
-w x.xx Warmup. Delay snapshot x.xx seconds after turning on camera
-d device Use named video device
Just incorporate imagesnap commands into a cron job or workflow of your command. ImageSnap is also available thru homebrew:
brew install imagesnap
| Q: How can I take selfie by running a console command on Mac? I know I can take a selfie with the built-in camera via the Photo Booth app. However, is there a way capture an image via command line, in sort of lolcommits style?
A: The easiest way to do this is a program called "ImageSnap". You can take iSight photo's by typing the command imagesnap into terminal.
All commands:
USAGE: imagesnap [options] [filename]
Version: 0.2.5
Captures an image from a video device and saves it in a file.
If no device is specified, the system default will be used.
If no filename is specfied, snapshot.jpg will be used.
Supported image types: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP
-h This help message
-v Verbose mode
-l List available video devices
-t x.xx Take a picture every x.xx seconds
-q Quiet mode. Do not output any text
-w x.xx Warmup. Delay snapshot x.xx seconds after turning on camera
-d device Use named video device
Just incorporate imagesnap commands into a cron job or workflow of your command. ImageSnap is also available thru homebrew:
brew install imagesnap
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90866ecb10829cb1612566714206e565881fef1f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored" Every time I take a screenshot, I get this error:
You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored.
How do I fix it?
A: If you type defaults read com.apple.screencapture location into a Terminal window it should tell you where OSX is currently trying to save screenshots.
You can change the location with a similar command. For example:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop will save screenshots to your Desktop.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents will save screenshots to your Documents folder.
Once you've told it a new location you need to run the following command for OSX to pick up the change.
killall SystemUIServer
| Q: "You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored" Every time I take a screenshot, I get this error:
You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored.
How do I fix it?
A: If you type defaults read com.apple.screencapture location into a Terminal window it should tell you where OSX is currently trying to save screenshots.
You can change the location with a similar command. For example:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop will save screenshots to your Desktop.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents will save screenshots to your Documents folder.
Once you've told it a new location you need to run the following command for OSX to pick up the change.
killall SystemUIServer
A: Run disk utility and select your hard drive, then repair permissions.
While you can do this with apps running it would probably run more smoothly and quickly if you quit out of all open apps before doing this.
If repair permissions fails for whatever reason start the Mac in recovery mode (COMMAND-R upon reboot) and then go into disk utility and repair the disk and then permissions.
If it still fails it may be time for a 3rd-party disk repair utility.
A: Another case where this error will occur is if the connection to a network-based home folder is broken. A bunch of other trouble will occur simultaneously, but if you try to take a screen shot of that trouble, you'll get this error message. (From first-hand experience)
Doubt that this is the answer to the original question; but it's probably worth noting nonetheless.
A: Make a new user and see if the problem is due to errors on your account would be my first step.
Once you know it's a system problem or a user problem you can proceed as the fix is different for both. I would start a new thread with this detail added since there are going to be two cases to solve for the general situation causing this error.
You could also use the Grab app to save the screen shot to a place you do have permissions and avoid the system screen shot problem entirely.
A: Go to the location, right click and select Get Info, then uncheck "Locked"
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e56176c0e6215c1570e9570dee878fd638032415 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I allow text messages from certain contact through when in Do Not Disturb mode? The iPhone allows you to say that calls from certain contacts can get through when the phone is in Do Not Disturb mode. In my experiments it seems that it's not possible to allow text messages to get through as well. Is this true, or is there some setting that I am missing?
A: AFIK the Do Not Disturb does not have setting to let Text Messages through like phone calls.
You can join the large group asking Apple to do it http://www.apple.com/feedback/
| Q: Can I allow text messages from certain contact through when in Do Not Disturb mode? The iPhone allows you to say that calls from certain contacts can get through when the phone is in Do Not Disturb mode. In my experiments it seems that it's not possible to allow text messages to get through as well. Is this true, or is there some setting that I am missing?
A: AFIK the Do Not Disturb does not have setting to let Text Messages through like phone calls.
You can join the large group asking Apple to do it http://www.apple.com/feedback/
A: Edit the contact, and when you go to pick the text tone there is an option to bypass dnd.
This is done by enabling the Text Tone Emergency Bypass
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a2f0bf007d6e5ff6faa835f88ab3519375a4e7a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to replay old sketches on my Apple Watch? I naturally think of sketches like SMSs - you have a sequence of the old ones lying around you can peruse.
The other model of online messaging is snapchat, where your messages disappear after sending.
I've got a couple of sketches from a friend I'd like to replay - I'm wondering if this is possible, or I'm just thinking in the 'wrong model'.
My question is: Is there a way to replay old sketches on my Apple Watch?
| Q: Is there a way to replay old sketches on my Apple Watch? I naturally think of sketches like SMSs - you have a sequence of the old ones lying around you can peruse.
The other model of online messaging is snapchat, where your messages disappear after sending.
I've got a couple of sketches from a friend I'd like to replay - I'm wondering if this is possible, or I'm just thinking in the 'wrong model'.
My question is: Is there a way to replay old sketches on my Apple Watch?
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4dfa301886d9d542c9b81858ce4f48aeae0fac9f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I install figlet from the terminal? I really love FIGlet, and use it frequently in my code and emails. It's really easy to install through the terminal in Linux, but I can't figure out how to install it on a Mac (OS X Yosemite 10.10.3). Does anyone know how to install FIGlet straight for Mac so I can run it from the terminal?
A: You can install it using homebrew. Just type the following:
brew install figlet
If you don't have homebrew installed, you can simply do it by typing:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
| Q: Can I install figlet from the terminal? I really love FIGlet, and use it frequently in my code and emails. It's really easy to install through the terminal in Linux, but I can't figure out how to install it on a Mac (OS X Yosemite 10.10.3). Does anyone know how to install FIGlet straight for Mac so I can run it from the terminal?
A: You can install it using homebrew. Just type the following:
brew install figlet
If you don't have homebrew installed, you can simply do it by typing:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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5a2c6632eebc6cabb272b9f9f7ac93ddb9ae07fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to properly install Java in OS X
*
*When I look at System Preferences > Java > Update, I see
Your system has the recommended version of Java.
Java 7 Update 79
*From Terminal, java -version:
java version "1.7.0_71"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_71-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.71-b01, mixed mode)
*From Terminal, export:
JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home"
*In addition to that, I also have the Java from Apple/Oracle installed as well (when first prompted to install when opening a Java-based app when there's no Java yet installed)
Questions:
*
*Is Java 7 Update 79 == jdk1.7.0._71.jdk? Or are these separate?
*When running some thing with Java, there is always the following:
objc[63077]: Class JavaLaunchHelper is implemented in both
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
and
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/libinstrument.dylib.
One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
I'd be more than willing starting from scratch had I understood the steps to do that properly (remove, re-install). If it matters, am running OS X 10.10.
A: System Preferences shows the Java used for web applets and java -version the one found by /usr/bin/java
To get the latter install the JDK not the JRE
| Q: How to properly install Java in OS X
*
*When I look at System Preferences > Java > Update, I see
Your system has the recommended version of Java.
Java 7 Update 79
*From Terminal, java -version:
java version "1.7.0_71"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_71-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.71-b01, mixed mode)
*From Terminal, export:
JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home"
*In addition to that, I also have the Java from Apple/Oracle installed as well (when first prompted to install when opening a Java-based app when there's no Java yet installed)
Questions:
*
*Is Java 7 Update 79 == jdk1.7.0._71.jdk? Or are these separate?
*When running some thing with Java, there is always the following:
objc[63077]: Class JavaLaunchHelper is implemented in both
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
and
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/libinstrument.dylib.
One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
I'd be more than willing starting from scratch had I understood the steps to do that properly (remove, re-install). If it matters, am running OS X 10.10.
A: System Preferences shows the Java used for web applets and java -version the one found by /usr/bin/java
To get the latter install the JDK not the JRE
A: The following generally works for Java, versions 8 through 17.
brew install java may not be the best way to install Java.
Java JDK should be unzipped into a folder identifying it, withing /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines . I usually either manually download JDK and unzip it into the above folder OR install it via jenv command. The former gives you more control.
Then you should have jenv installed and have this in your .bash_profile :
export PATH="$HOME/.jenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(jenv init -)"
Don't install Java with brew . Instead: brew install jenv . Then, install Java (OR link to your installed java) using jenv.
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c99ff3e884282b2430a81a8988a258c5abf6f184 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do you still need iPhone when running with Apple Watch? Are you able to use the Apple Watch when running or jogging without taking the iPhone out? The iPhone is bulky and I don't like running with it.
A: You are able to use the Apple Watch when running without taking your iPhone with you. The caveat to do doing so is that you won't have access to any online services but the included fitness apps will work just fine!
This article at MacWorld has actually summarised exactly what you can and cannot do when your watch isn't connected to your phone. The paragraph that might be of most interest to you is:
If you want to go for a run without having to tote a bulky phone, the Apple Watch’s exercise capabilities are pretty much self-sufficient. All of the watch’s onboard sensors, such as the accelerometer and the heart rate monitor, keep on trucking even when your phone’s not around. Just fire up the Workout app, pick your exercise type and goal, and leave the iPhone at home.
References:
What can your Apple Watch do without your iPhone? | MacWorld
| Q: Do you still need iPhone when running with Apple Watch? Are you able to use the Apple Watch when running or jogging without taking the iPhone out? The iPhone is bulky and I don't like running with it.
A: You are able to use the Apple Watch when running without taking your iPhone with you. The caveat to do doing so is that you won't have access to any online services but the included fitness apps will work just fine!
This article at MacWorld has actually summarised exactly what you can and cannot do when your watch isn't connected to your phone. The paragraph that might be of most interest to you is:
If you want to go for a run without having to tote a bulky phone, the Apple Watch’s exercise capabilities are pretty much self-sufficient. All of the watch’s onboard sensors, such as the accelerometer and the heart rate monitor, keep on trucking even when your phone’s not around. Just fire up the Workout app, pick your exercise type and goal, and leave the iPhone at home.
References:
What can your Apple Watch do without your iPhone? | MacWorld
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f42cea065824913e9c19d3696788a90c343897ac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Pros and cons of wiping a new Mac? Coming from the PC world, most made-to-order manufacturers (e.g., Dell, HP, Acer, etc.) all have annoying little addons which I consider spyware/bloatware--things like toolbars with ads. When buying such PC laptops, I would always reformat their hard drives and then install just Windows (and drivers), ensuring a blank slate without any bloat.
I don't believe Apple includes such spyware/bloatware. Nevertheless, when purchasing a new machine direct from Apple, are there are any advantages or disadvantages to wiping the existing drive and performing a fresh install of OS X?
A: There isn't any advantage to wiping and reinstalling OS X on a new Mac direct from Apple. You'll end up with the exact same drive contents. I can't think of any difference between an Apple-imaged Mac and a self-imaged Mac.
| Q: Pros and cons of wiping a new Mac? Coming from the PC world, most made-to-order manufacturers (e.g., Dell, HP, Acer, etc.) all have annoying little addons which I consider spyware/bloatware--things like toolbars with ads. When buying such PC laptops, I would always reformat their hard drives and then install just Windows (and drivers), ensuring a blank slate without any bloat.
I don't believe Apple includes such spyware/bloatware. Nevertheless, when purchasing a new machine direct from Apple, are there are any advantages or disadvantages to wiping the existing drive and performing a fresh install of OS X?
A: There isn't any advantage to wiping and reinstalling OS X on a new Mac direct from Apple. You'll end up with the exact same drive contents. I can't think of any difference between an Apple-imaged Mac and a self-imaged Mac.
A: No, Apple doesn't have any bloatware. But I still see two advantages:
*
*Free up some space (precious if you have 128 GB SSD) if you won't be using iLife apps such GarageBand or use Office instead of iWork apps. They can consume a few gigabytes. And you will be still able install them later as when you first run Mac App Store, it will run a check of your serial number to see if you're eligible to download it for free.
*Consider splitting Fusion Drive to two drives - fast SSD for system, apps and home folder, and large HD for other, more space consuming media such as videos. Of course out-of-box FD is working well but geeks like us might want to be more in control of what's happening with our data.
Apple Diagnostics can be loaded from Internet with option-D. This lists the disk images which are loaded.
Just a warning - some apps such as Adobe won't work with case-sensitive format.
A: There are several disadvantages:
*
*Most internet posts describing how to reinstall OS X miss the hardware specific diagnostic boot image that is stored on Recovery HD (this has changed starting with El Capitan 10.11).
*You will lose the iLife apps if you don't first boot the factory OS and claim those redemptions to an Apple ID.
The recovery boot isn't a deal breaker if you don't mind using a generic internet recovery boot image when needed. Or you can find and reinstall the following folder on the 'Recovery HD': /com.apple.recovery.boot/.diagnostics
So, your call on what happens when pressing and holding the 'D' button at startup.
Losing iMovie, Photos (or iPhotos if the Mac shipped with that as well/instead), GarageBand doesn't matter if you purchased the hardware under a DEP program or don't care to use those or already have them or don't care to spend money later to buy them as needed.
A: Wiping the disk could disable the software necessary to implement FileVault 2, Apple's method of full disk encryption.
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574b03cc6d98a3215bfca07b4bf24e3772d94ae1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to backup with Time Machine in Single User Mode? Is there any way to enable Time Machine / tmutil and perform a backup from inside the Single User Mode?
I have a Late '11 Radeongate-affected MBP that won't boot beyond the gray boot screen anymore, and I'm about a week's worth of data from my latest backup.
A: Problem resolved:
(You will need another mac with a Thunderbolt port to make this work. We'll call the problematic one A and the other one B)
*
*Connect a Thunderbolt cable between the old machine (A) to another one (B).
*Start A in target mode (Press T on boot).
*You'll now see A's drive as an external drive on B's desktop. Go to 'Startup Disk' in 'System Preferences'. Pick A's drive as your boot disk.
*Reboot. If everything's working, you should see A's Finder etc. on B's display.
*Connect Time Machine to B. Start it. Click 'Options...' and exclude B's drive from the backup.
*Run another time machine backup on the HD.
I eventually went out and got a new MBP (which I was planning to do anyway) and migrated directly from the time machine latest backup.
| Q: How to backup with Time Machine in Single User Mode? Is there any way to enable Time Machine / tmutil and perform a backup from inside the Single User Mode?
I have a Late '11 Radeongate-affected MBP that won't boot beyond the gray boot screen anymore, and I'm about a week's worth of data from my latest backup.
A: Problem resolved:
(You will need another mac with a Thunderbolt port to make this work. We'll call the problematic one A and the other one B)
*
*Connect a Thunderbolt cable between the old machine (A) to another one (B).
*Start A in target mode (Press T on boot).
*You'll now see A's drive as an external drive on B's desktop. Go to 'Startup Disk' in 'System Preferences'. Pick A's drive as your boot disk.
*Reboot. If everything's working, you should see A's Finder etc. on B's display.
*Connect Time Machine to B. Start it. Click 'Options...' and exclude B's drive from the backup.
*Run another time machine backup on the HD.
I eventually went out and got a new MBP (which I was planning to do anyway) and migrated directly from the time machine latest backup.
A: Using the command line you can do the rsync as it only copies files changed since the last time you ran it.
rsync -av "/Users/your name" "/Volumes/My External Drive"
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11db1d8a102649521dafcd9785f3b5124f0941ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to export photos from the new Photos app in full quality? I noticed that the new Photos.app reduces image size on export. If I drag & drop a photo from the Photos library, the size is reduced by at least 50%.
How do I get rid of this behavior and recover my original photo file?
A: File > Export > Export Unmodified Original...
will export a full size image to the folder of your choice.
| Q: How to export photos from the new Photos app in full quality? I noticed that the new Photos.app reduces image size on export. If I drag & drop a photo from the Photos library, the size is reduced by at least 50%.
How do I get rid of this behavior and recover my original photo file?
A: File > Export > Export Unmodified Original...
will export a full size image to the folder of your choice.
A: I found the original in:
~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Masters/
I still need to find a way to tweak the awful default behavior...
A: The title of your question asks how to export photos in full quality, whereas your last sentence asks how to recover your original photo. @JaimeSantaCruz is absolutely correct that you can Export Unmodified Original, which will give you a full-quality copy of your original. However, if you've made edits to the photo, they will be lost with that command.
What I would suggest is using the standard Export command instead (⇧ shift ⌘ cmd E).
If you expand the Photos section by clicking the ∨ button you will be given the choice of several parameters for your export.
Make sure you pick Full Size as the Size.
For JPEG Quality, I recommend High for photos taken with an iPhone or iPad, as I believe this is the quality setting used by iOS to save photos.
As a test, I emailed an iPhone photo to myself as Actual Size, from my iPhone then from macOS Photos (using the Share action), and also exported it using Unmodified Original, High and Maximum.
Unmodified Original, High and email as Actual Size from both iPhone and macOS all came out to the same size (although emailing from macOS occasionally produced a slightly larger file). On the other hand, Maximum produced a file almost three times as large, with no perceivable difference in quality when blown up on a 27” non-Retina iMac.
Therefore, I would only use Maximum for images imported manually, known to use a lesser compression (higher quality) originally.
Note that when you Export an edited photo, Photos re-encodes that photo (necessary to apply the changes). That is why the size of the exported photo won’t match the original. Using Export with High quality on an unmodified photo should produce the same photo as Unmodified Original.
Personally, when I drag an iPhone photo from Photos to my desktop, it is exported with the same size and quality as an Unmodified Original or a photo shared by email as Actual Size. As far as I can tell, this is not a case of Photos simply applying your last-used settings. So I'm not sure why you're seeing different behavior.
It’s also worth mentioning that you’ll get to choose compression options when you export videos as well. However the videos appear to be re-encoded regardless of the settings you choose for Export. They do not get re-encoded when you use Export Unmodified Original.
A: As an alternative to the solutions described in the other answers, you may drag-and-drop from Photos to, e.g., the Finder by holding the alt key. Doing so will cause the original to be copied instead of the converted version. This works both for photos and videos.
A: right click and select displayn package content should do enable that.
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4ac652dedeadde5a6914cf53fa033329e88d35f0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do I need to reinstall OS X after accidentally removing Python? I managed to delete my python in usr/bin by foolishly doing sudo rm /usr/bin/python and now it seems like I need to reinstall my OS.
First off is this necessary? And secondly is there an easy way to do this without having to erase everything on my disk?
In other words ideally I would like my programs I have installed to remain there after reboot saving me the trouble of having to install everything again to date. Is this possible?
A: This question probably has all the answers for you. In short there is no easy way. Your options are:
*
*Recover the files from a (Time machin) Backup, if existent.
*Reinstall OSX, e.g. from the Recovery mode pressing Command+R at the startup screen
*Copy the missing files from the Recovery partition (check if the partition is up to date first). E.g. by doing cp -a /bin /Volumes/<your disk name>
| Q: Do I need to reinstall OS X after accidentally removing Python? I managed to delete my python in usr/bin by foolishly doing sudo rm /usr/bin/python and now it seems like I need to reinstall my OS.
First off is this necessary? And secondly is there an easy way to do this without having to erase everything on my disk?
In other words ideally I would like my programs I have installed to remain there after reboot saving me the trouble of having to install everything again to date. Is this possible?
A: This question probably has all the answers for you. In short there is no easy way. Your options are:
*
*Recover the files from a (Time machin) Backup, if existent.
*Reinstall OSX, e.g. from the Recovery mode pressing Command+R at the startup screen
*Copy the missing files from the Recovery partition (check if the partition is up to date first). E.g. by doing cp -a /bin /Volumes/<your disk name>
A: If it's only one file you need, you can DL your version of OS X, and create a USB installer. Then install the new OS X on another flash drive. This one is called a bootable flash drive. Then go back to your troubled system and mount the bootable drive. Find the file you need and voila.
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7f7835271cec4f8236064aa1b4537717f3312294 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Eliminate com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist malware Running an Early '09 iMac with Mavericks. Earlier this month I began to see a pop up referencing a 'malware cleaner'. Below is a copy of items dated May 4th in the Launch Agents and Launch Daemons folders. Any thoughts on resolving this issue?
Here are the May 4th items:
Launch Agents folder
*
*com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist
Launch Daemons Folder
*
*com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist
*com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist
A: These are probably real Adobe files, but I'm deleting them because I didn't authorize their installation and they're useless daemons running at launch. The "ARM" ones are apparently for alerting you to updates of Adobe Reader... and who uses that anymore?
Another one is com.adobe.fpsaud, 32-bit junk that's still lingering around to warn you about Flash player updates. It prompts warnings from Mac OS about being "not optimized," because 32-bit support is deprecated.
One guy took the time to write up his exploration of these files and shows how to remove them here.
| Q: Eliminate com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist malware Running an Early '09 iMac with Mavericks. Earlier this month I began to see a pop up referencing a 'malware cleaner'. Below is a copy of items dated May 4th in the Launch Agents and Launch Daemons folders. Any thoughts on resolving this issue?
Here are the May 4th items:
Launch Agents folder
*
*com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist
Launch Daemons Folder
*
*com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist
*com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist
A: These are probably real Adobe files, but I'm deleting them because I didn't authorize their installation and they're useless daemons running at launch. The "ARM" ones are apparently for alerting you to updates of Adobe Reader... and who uses that anymore?
Another one is com.adobe.fpsaud, 32-bit junk that's still lingering around to warn you about Flash player updates. It prompts warnings from Mac OS about being "not optimized," because 32-bit support is deprecated.
One guy took the time to write up his exploration of these files and shows how to remove them here.
A: I cannot speak of the ARMDC Launch Agents or Daemon specifically, but it could be the culprit. It could also be a revenant of a legitimate prior Adobe installation, as Adobe CC leaves A LOT of remaining files, even after running the uninstaller.
I suspect there is advanced Mac malware in the wild that mascaradas as Adobe. I encountered something less blatant than pop ups, but I’m certain it’s no longer the obvious Update Adobe Flash malware that tricks uninformed users. I believe the use Adobe to mask thier malware because Adobe CC has massive bloat and is constantly updating, so it’s easier to hide if they have managed to get remote access.
You could delete them since you’re no longer using Adobe and see if the pop-ups disappear, but even then you wouldn’t know if your system has been compromised further.
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d67388e2d0f3bc626d238e32d5f2c12696d632bc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to recover iMessages sent to main phone number when using a different SIM card overseas? I am a U.S. AT&T customer with an unlocked iPhone 6 plus, but am currently travelling through Spain and using a pre-paid Vodafone SIM card.
One major problem I've run into:
After inserting the new Vodafone SIM card, my AT&T number gets deactivated from iMessage and all messages being sent to that number aren't being delivered.
My questions are:
1) Will the iMessages currently being sent to my AT&T number be delivered once I put my AT&T SIM back in?
2) If not, what should I do so that I don't lose all of the messages that are being sent to my AT&T phone number?
A: Apple stores iMessages on their servers only until they are sent to your device. Therefore, they will be sent to your iPhone once you put your original SIM back in.
Another option would be to add an email address to your iMessage account and then even messages sent to your original number will be forwarded to your phone with the temporary SIM in if it has the email address associated with your iMessage account.
| Q: How to recover iMessages sent to main phone number when using a different SIM card overseas? I am a U.S. AT&T customer with an unlocked iPhone 6 plus, but am currently travelling through Spain and using a pre-paid Vodafone SIM card.
One major problem I've run into:
After inserting the new Vodafone SIM card, my AT&T number gets deactivated from iMessage and all messages being sent to that number aren't being delivered.
My questions are:
1) Will the iMessages currently being sent to my AT&T number be delivered once I put my AT&T SIM back in?
2) If not, what should I do so that I don't lose all of the messages that are being sent to my AT&T phone number?
A: Apple stores iMessages on their servers only until they are sent to your device. Therefore, they will be sent to your iPhone once you put your original SIM back in.
Another option would be to add an email address to your iMessage account and then even messages sent to your original number will be forwarded to your phone with the temporary SIM in if it has the email address associated with your iMessage account.
A: In my tests, sending an iMessage to a phone without SIM will result in the Not delivered status on the sender phone, and subsequent messages will be routed by SMS if the phone is configured to do so.
The receiving phone was connected via wifi to internet.
Putting the SIM back will not remediate this problem (probably because it appears as a failure on the sender's phone).
Interestingly, the SMSs sent during the test did arrive after the SIM was inserted.
In order to be reached at your associated email address instead, the person messaging you will have to directly choose that address as the destination.
Here you can see a contact with two phone numbers and two email address but only two of them (one email and his mobile phone number) are iMessage destinations.
This makes everything more confusing because you'll end up with two (or more) different message threads for the same contact, with no easy way of sorting them out
—not impossible though, you can enter each thread and click though Details in order to establish the associated destination.
After further tests, I can't confirm the first part of my answer: I received messages connected to wifi without the SIM inserted. The only difference is that the person sending the messages had the Send as SMS option disabled.
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c694a0bdf2a104f11193c1e041b54fc2bdb48892 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: finding large videos in the OSX Photos app Is there a way to find all videos above a certain size using the new Photos app so that they can be selected for Export or put in an album?
I'd like to move large videos off to an external drive, but I can't find a way to select them (or indeed, to find them at all).
A: *
*Navigate to Pictures folder
*Right click on Photos Librar and Show Package Contents
*Open the originals folder (prior to macOS 10.15 / Catalina, the 'originals' folder was named 'Masters')
*In search bar, type mov, then choose Type 'Movie'
*Make sure 'Masters' is still the search target
*Right click the column headings and tick 'Size'
*Click Size column header to sort
Do not change anything in Finder. Just use it to identify the videos, then go back to Photos to make changes.
| Q: finding large videos in the OSX Photos app Is there a way to find all videos above a certain size using the new Photos app so that they can be selected for Export or put in an album?
I'd like to move large videos off to an external drive, but I can't find a way to select them (or indeed, to find them at all).
A: *
*Navigate to Pictures folder
*Right click on Photos Librar and Show Package Contents
*Open the originals folder (prior to macOS 10.15 / Catalina, the 'originals' folder was named 'Masters')
*In search bar, type mov, then choose Type 'Movie'
*Make sure 'Masters' is still the search target
*Right click the column headings and tick 'Size'
*Click Size column header to sort
Do not change anything in Finder. Just use it to identify the videos, then go back to Photos to make changes.
A: This can be done via the free version of PowerPhotos (brew cask install powerphotos)
*
*Open your Photos library in PowerPhotos
*In the menu bar View section, select As List and Show Columns → Size
*Click the size column to sort by file size
*You now have a list with where the biggest files are easy to spot
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9a5ba8dad6ee99f1044d9ab485891adc14b71f43 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Closest equivalent of dstat on mac It seems that only iostat were available on mac. But I am looking for more comprehensive set of stats including cpu, memory, and network. What are the options here?
A:
Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat and ifstat. Dstat
overcomes some of the limitations and adds some extra features.
As you said, iostat is available on macs. But, additionally you can install ifstat using homebrew by typing the following:
brew install ifstat
To install homebrew -if you haven't it yet-, just use the following command:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
| Q: Closest equivalent of dstat on mac It seems that only iostat were available on mac. But I am looking for more comprehensive set of stats including cpu, memory, and network. What are the options here?
A:
Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat and ifstat. Dstat
overcomes some of the limitations and adds some extra features.
As you said, iostat is available on macs. But, additionally you can install ifstat using homebrew by typing the following:
brew install ifstat
To install homebrew -if you haven't it yet-, just use the following command:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
A: Even though this is old, time travelers might find Dabz dstat fork/port useful. See:
*
*https://lamada.eu/blog/2016/02/12/adapting-dstat-on-mac/
*https://github.com/Dabz/dstat/tree/mac
dstat is a Python script. The Makefile file has to be adjusted slightly to install to macOS (e.g. the install -D... switch doesn't exist in the default macOS install bin) - there is nothing to compile though. Additionally it's recommended to install brew/python2 and a separate Python env to install additional required packages with pip.
A lot of stats don't work though because they rely on Linux paths (e.g. /proc).
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fbd545d0bba8ac6f119d0df0be52a2af99954b43 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Messages.app (Mac) does not play sound when message received Why does Messages.app on my Mac (Yosemite) fail to play a sound when a message is received?
On my Mac, I'm hearing sound from other apps. I hear a sound when I drag the "Output volume" in System Preferences > Sound > Output.
I hear the ding sound when messages simultaneously arrive on my iPhone and iPad.
In Messages > Preferences > General > Message received sound I have the popup set to "Note (Default)". Changing that popup does not help.
In System Preferences > Notifications > Messages > Play sound for notifications is checked. Unchecking and rechecking does not help.
The only odd thing, the only clue, is that in System Preferences > Notifications > Messages I found the Messages alert style icons had "None" selected but nonetheless have been seeing the Alerts style notifications appear upon new messages. Perhaps there is some kind of settings file not being updated, and needs to be trashed?
A: I had the same problem and I found that in System Preferences> Sound> Sound Effects: The "Alert volume" was set at zero. Adjusting it up solved my problem.
| Q: Messages.app (Mac) does not play sound when message received Why does Messages.app on my Mac (Yosemite) fail to play a sound when a message is received?
On my Mac, I'm hearing sound from other apps. I hear a sound when I drag the "Output volume" in System Preferences > Sound > Output.
I hear the ding sound when messages simultaneously arrive on my iPhone and iPad.
In Messages > Preferences > General > Message received sound I have the popup set to "Note (Default)". Changing that popup does not help.
In System Preferences > Notifications > Messages > Play sound for notifications is checked. Unchecking and rechecking does not help.
The only odd thing, the only clue, is that in System Preferences > Notifications > Messages I found the Messages alert style icons had "None" selected but nonetheless have been seeing the Alerts style notifications appear upon new messages. Perhaps there is some kind of settings file not being updated, and needs to be trashed?
A: I had the same problem and I found that in System Preferences> Sound> Sound Effects: The "Alert volume" was set at zero. Adjusting it up solved my problem.
A: I had the same problem, I think I found what it was, for me at least.
System Preferences -> Sound Effects -> Play sound effects through: Internal Speakers
A: My issue was a software program that somehow became my default sound program. I changed it back to internal speakers, and all is well.
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80f02e021c55c7f8d7936e152c96b47e3d4ed864 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Mail receiving emails extremely slowly I recently purchased my first rMBP and I have noticed that Mail receives emails extremely slow. I receive the email on my iPhone 10 - 15 minutes before it appears on Mail.
I've tried searching for solutions however it doesn't seem like this is a problem many are having. Anyone have any solutions?
A: In Mail there is a Activity view. Turn it on and see what is happening.
It looks like this
All the bars should disappear with in a 1-2 minutes.
Also check in the Mail preferences the setting for how frequently to check for Mail. Hope it is not set on 15 minutes but more frequently.
| Q: Mac Mail receiving emails extremely slowly I recently purchased my first rMBP and I have noticed that Mail receives emails extremely slow. I receive the email on my iPhone 10 - 15 minutes before it appears on Mail.
I've tried searching for solutions however it doesn't seem like this is a problem many are having. Anyone have any solutions?
A: In Mail there is a Activity view. Turn it on and see what is happening.
It looks like this
All the bars should disappear with in a 1-2 minutes.
Also check in the Mail preferences the setting for how frequently to check for Mail. Hope it is not set on 15 minutes but more frequently.
A: Make sure the IDLE command is selected in Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Account in question > Advanced", if supported by your server.It's not the same as 'Push', but can speed up Mail delivery.
A: Consider clearing or archiving folders where mail is automatically being placed.
After trying many things (like clobbering old directories in Caches, Preferences and Containers) with only minimal benefit, I had some success by clearing out some subfolders that I don't pay much attention to, where I have less-important mail refiled by server-side rules.
When those folders had around 10K messages in them, I saw mail get stuck "Downloading messages" forever, not pull in incoming Mail for hours (until restart), or simply crash occasionally. I haven't seen any of those since clearing out that clutter, knock on wood.
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a69ecb7743c7e71b2017a7104859aba65d3956a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In Safari, there is a lag for the Open Location and New Tab shortcuts. I started noticing this about a month ago that when I hit CMD+L or CMD+T, there is about a second or so lag to when it actually does something.
I verified it's not a memory problem, as it happens after a restart. Internet searches didn't come up with anything.
I'm using OS X 10.10.3 and Safari 8.0.6.
A: Launch "Console" and have it running side by side with Safari. See if entries about "IMKServer" appear when the delay happens:
If you see similar entries try following below: https://gist.github.com/wkrsz/3d5ff7f908a180b87498
Steps from the article:
*
*Reboot into system restore mode (+R immediately after boot)
*Navigate to Utilities > Terminal
*Enter the command csrutil disable
*Reboot
*Open Terminal
*defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false && launchctl remove $(launchctl list | grep -oE 'com.apple.PressAndHold.+$')
*sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/Input\ Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/MacOS/PressAndHold
*Reboot
*You can choose reboot back into restore mode and issue crsutil enable again to re-enable rootless mode.
It's originally from Github user squeeb: https://gist.github.com/squeeb/5a9dd082cae1b2d753a0 – I just forked the article to fix a typo in one command.
| Q: In Safari, there is a lag for the Open Location and New Tab shortcuts. I started noticing this about a month ago that when I hit CMD+L or CMD+T, there is about a second or so lag to when it actually does something.
I verified it's not a memory problem, as it happens after a restart. Internet searches didn't come up with anything.
I'm using OS X 10.10.3 and Safari 8.0.6.
A: Launch "Console" and have it running side by side with Safari. See if entries about "IMKServer" appear when the delay happens:
If you see similar entries try following below: https://gist.github.com/wkrsz/3d5ff7f908a180b87498
Steps from the article:
*
*Reboot into system restore mode (+R immediately after boot)
*Navigate to Utilities > Terminal
*Enter the command csrutil disable
*Reboot
*Open Terminal
*defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false && launchctl remove $(launchctl list | grep -oE 'com.apple.PressAndHold.+$')
*sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/Input\ Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/MacOS/PressAndHold
*Reboot
*You can choose reboot back into restore mode and issue crsutil enable again to re-enable rootless mode.
It's originally from Github user squeeb: https://gist.github.com/squeeb/5a9dd082cae1b2d753a0 – I just forked the article to fix a typo in one command.
A: There are a few things you can try:
*
*Turn off iCloud sync for Safari
*Set "New tabs open with:" to "Empty Page"
*But for me, the culprit was "Retab" Safari extension.
A: Disable "Include search engine suggestions", Open New Tab (⌘T) is fast again...
A: This is a test, not a fix.
Open Terminal and type "nettop"
Scroll down (with arrow keys) till you see Safari.
Now scale the Safari and Terminal window side by side.
In Safari do the cmd+t and immediately switch/watch the terminal window for new connection. It should show established with in micro seconds.
A: This happened to me. And this fixed it for me.
Preferences -> Search -> uncheck "Show Favorites".
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00dd97cb4483945b4a9b88e3eeaa6046a076ddb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad usage does not seem accurate I have a 16GB iPad Air 2. I realize the OS takes up some space (on my iPad, "Used" + "Available" only equals 11.9GB), but looking at this screenshot, even my iPad can't accurately explain what's taking up 8.2 GB. I know it's not the OS because Used + Available is already lower than 16. And I added up all the apps underneath and only came to a little under 800MB. What on earth is taking up the remaining 7.5GB?!
My drawing to illustrate my question:
A: These could be some temporary files - usually, after a restart they get deleted freeing precious space.
When you connect iOS device to iTunes, these often show as "other" in Summary tab.
| Q: iPad usage does not seem accurate I have a 16GB iPad Air 2. I realize the OS takes up some space (on my iPad, "Used" + "Available" only equals 11.9GB), but looking at this screenshot, even my iPad can't accurately explain what's taking up 8.2 GB. I know it's not the OS because Used + Available is already lower than 16. And I added up all the apps underneath and only came to a little under 800MB. What on earth is taking up the remaining 7.5GB?!
My drawing to illustrate my question:
A: These could be some temporary files - usually, after a restart they get deleted freeing precious space.
When you connect iOS device to iTunes, these often show as "other" in Summary tab.
A: Some corrupted files might be stuck on you device, and the best option is to start from scratch. Use iTunes to create a backup of your device, restore to the current iOS version, and restore the backup you created.
Check this page for more info about what might steal your precious space.
I have had previous success doing a backup, reset and restore of my device to remove temporary files that are stuck on the device.
A: This is an excellent summary showing the utility of a periodic erase / install on iOS to let the system reclaim all the space in the filesystem.
One a technical level, SSD storage is made up of multiple cells and there are more complicated storage overhead than a traditional hard drive. This allows for the capacity to not decrease to the user when bad cells are mapped out of service as well as to allow wear leveling. Over time, eventually every storage device will have more and more blocks fail and you would see the same drop off on usable storage. Also, each iOS version uses different amounts of space:
*
*iOS 7 upgrade - how much space will I get back?
*How large is iOS?
I don't think the combination of OS overhead and bad blocks is the main cause for you, though. Based on your "unaccounted" size, it's likely orphaned files that no longer "belong" to any app.
To test this, make a backup of your iOS data to iCloud and/or to a computer and then restore the device.
Do not add any apps or settings back on the device and repeat the storage measurement. Then you will know if the true capacity was as originally delivered from the factory. If so, all your loss and overhead was filesystem fragmentation, lost files that weren't marked as "belonging" to a specific app.
If you wipe and still have all that space "lost" then it might be technically accurate and a sign the storage doesn't give you the designed capacity and a "repair" would fix it by swapping the device for one with the correct amount of available storage.
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9a291e8c736d90aa08106435aebe10b85949c656 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I warp the border between two different sized monitors, so the mouse doesn't get stuck in the larger one? When the monitor on one side of the border has a resolution higher than the monitor on the other side, the mouse can only cross over to the other monitor at the part where their edges overlap, as in the configuration below.
This means that when the mouse is not in the overlapping area, for example in the upper area of the right monitor in the image, it can't cross over to the other monitor without moving to the overlapping area.
Is there a way to warp the border, so that the proportional position of the mouse on the departing side is converted to the same proportion on the arriving side?
A: It's just not possible, I'm afraid.
Even with this setup, though I can move the mouse freely between the two screens, if I have a window tight to the top of the right hand screen, I must drop it far enough to clear the menu bar before it will drag to the left screen.
| Q: How can I warp the border between two different sized monitors, so the mouse doesn't get stuck in the larger one? When the monitor on one side of the border has a resolution higher than the monitor on the other side, the mouse can only cross over to the other monitor at the part where their edges overlap, as in the configuration below.
This means that when the mouse is not in the overlapping area, for example in the upper area of the right monitor in the image, it can't cross over to the other monitor without moving to the overlapping area.
Is there a way to warp the border, so that the proportional position of the mouse on the departing side is converted to the same proportion on the arriving side?
A: It's just not possible, I'm afraid.
Even with this setup, though I can move the mouse freely between the two screens, if I have a window tight to the top of the right hand screen, I must drop it far enough to clear the menu bar before it will drag to the left screen.
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30f360ffe4f7c6cdd27401b8659c88656a020b8e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Always "Resolving host" on initial connection until Wifi restart Lots of questions about "resolving host" but I can't find any that deal specifically with initial connections. When I try to connect my Macbook (mid-2012 13 inch, Yosemite 10.10.3) to an already setup network for the first time of the day - e.g. when tethering to android or arriving at work - the browser belligerently sticks to "resolving host" until I switch wifi off and back on, despite ostensibly having a full connection wifi icon. Then the connection is fine. This happens pretty consistently. Any idea why?
A: I think on the same line as ryebread:
in SystemPreferences->Network->WiFi chosen at the left side->Advanced->DNS tab:
put in
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
with the plus sign
then OK - Apply.
| Q: Always "Resolving host" on initial connection until Wifi restart Lots of questions about "resolving host" but I can't find any that deal specifically with initial connections. When I try to connect my Macbook (mid-2012 13 inch, Yosemite 10.10.3) to an already setup network for the first time of the day - e.g. when tethering to android or arriving at work - the browser belligerently sticks to "resolving host" until I switch wifi off and back on, despite ostensibly having a full connection wifi icon. Then the connection is fine. This happens pretty consistently. Any idea why?
A: I think on the same line as ryebread:
in SystemPreferences->Network->WiFi chosen at the left side->Advanced->DNS tab:
put in
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
with the plus sign
then OK - Apply.
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571bf6552a3988657cee9add7f77dde81b8accfd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Configure Apple Mail to always open calendar invites in Fantastical 2 How can I configure Apple Mail to always open calendar invites in Fantastical 2?
Typically in OS X dialogs, you'd:
*
*Right click on file
*Select Open With...
*Choose the application
*Select Always open files of this type option
However, this option isn't available in the Mail dialog.
How do I set this preference?
A: The OS X Default calendar app preference is set in Calendar.app's preferences. If you select Fantastical there it should yield the behavior you are looking for.
Calendar.app > Calendar > Preferences > General > Default Calendar App
| Q: Configure Apple Mail to always open calendar invites in Fantastical 2 How can I configure Apple Mail to always open calendar invites in Fantastical 2?
Typically in OS X dialogs, you'd:
*
*Right click on file
*Select Open With...
*Choose the application
*Select Always open files of this type option
However, this option isn't available in the Mail dialog.
How do I set this preference?
A: The OS X Default calendar app preference is set in Calendar.app's preferences. If you select Fantastical there it should yield the behavior you are looking for.
Calendar.app > Calendar > Preferences > General > Default Calendar App
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299a534d752e91705abd1e38c819ff5f7de5f03d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Spotlight Massive (out of control at 100GB+) Macbook Pro, 500GB SSD, Yosemite 10.10.3
Is there a way to determine what folder(s) are giving Spotlight grief? Or some other recommendations to fix spotlight?
Spotlight is killing my drive space at 100GB+. I can reset it, but after a day or so I'm right back to zero space free. The actual size jumps up and down, but trends to expand (+2,-1,+2, etc) until the drive is full.
Spotlight, as per
du -h -d 1 ./.Spotlight*
Yields:
110G ./.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2
Resetting with
sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/[DriveName]
Starts over as expected frees up the 110GB, but after number of hours, it's back to a full HD.
A: It turns out that a driver (DisplayLink in this case) was generating gigs and gigs of rotating logs, and this was being indexed which was generating many more gigs. Finding the offending driver was the hard part.
Remove driver (& ditch the port replicator), re-index, all is well.
| Q: Spotlight Massive (out of control at 100GB+) Macbook Pro, 500GB SSD, Yosemite 10.10.3
Is there a way to determine what folder(s) are giving Spotlight grief? Or some other recommendations to fix spotlight?
Spotlight is killing my drive space at 100GB+. I can reset it, but after a day or so I'm right back to zero space free. The actual size jumps up and down, but trends to expand (+2,-1,+2, etc) until the drive is full.
Spotlight, as per
du -h -d 1 ./.Spotlight*
Yields:
110G ./.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2
Resetting with
sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/[DriveName]
Starts over as expected frees up the 110GB, but after number of hours, it's back to a full HD.
A: It turns out that a driver (DisplayLink in this case) was generating gigs and gigs of rotating logs, and this was being indexed which was generating many more gigs. Finding the offending driver was the hard part.
Remove driver (& ditch the port replicator), re-index, all is well.
A: An index cannot be that big so something is erroneous.
I would monitor mdworker and mds, you should investigate this in Console.app and look for warning/errors (/Applications/Utilities).
Other option would be to turn off indexing, then turn it on and monitor what it does using some sort of verbose/debug mode.
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f746ecee0a1fb9af6705684bc0d0e4cc149572d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change drive "block size" to 4096 I just bought a 4tb hard drive and enclosure and attempted to encrypt it with truecrypt. I errored with a message saying the block size must be 4096 bytes for >2TB drive.
How do i alter the drive to have that block size?
Currently it says block size is 512
diskutil info /dev/disk2s2|grep "Block Size"
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
A: Note that this answer seems wrong, according to high-rep user klanomath, as I misunderstood the difference between allocation and device block size. Proceed with caution.
Format the drive using Disk Utility. Find out what disk identifier the drive has (/dev/disk0, /dev/disk1, /dev/disk2, etc…). You can do so in Disk Utility.
Then use the command line tool newfs_hfs to create a new HFS file system on the disk. The command below is taken from here.
newfs_hfs -v HFS_VOLUME_NAME -b 4k /dev/rdisk2s1
This creates a HFS volume with name "HFS_VOLUME_NAME" and a block size of 4k on the device with identifier disk2s1.
| Q: Change drive "block size" to 4096 I just bought a 4tb hard drive and enclosure and attempted to encrypt it with truecrypt. I errored with a message saying the block size must be 4096 bytes for >2TB drive.
How do i alter the drive to have that block size?
Currently it says block size is 512
diskutil info /dev/disk2s2|grep "Block Size"
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
A: Note that this answer seems wrong, according to high-rep user klanomath, as I misunderstood the difference between allocation and device block size. Proceed with caution.
Format the drive using Disk Utility. Find out what disk identifier the drive has (/dev/disk0, /dev/disk1, /dev/disk2, etc…). You can do so in Disk Utility.
Then use the command line tool newfs_hfs to create a new HFS file system on the disk. The command below is taken from here.
newfs_hfs -v HFS_VOLUME_NAME -b 4k /dev/rdisk2s1
This creates a HFS volume with name "HFS_VOLUME_NAME" and a block size of 4k on the device with identifier disk2s1.
A: Sure you want to encrypt a drive that big?
Just FYI, any kind of file corruption on an encrypted volume usually means loss of the entire volume. If this drive is sitting on a shelf holding movies and pictures there's not much need.
If you are traveling with it, do you have a non-encrypted backup?
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2990383804b09199006fc68d0fe06c022882f719 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why am I seeing these weird characters in the popup that asks for my password when I try to update Adobe Flash on my Mac? I'm running OS X Yosemite on a Macbook Pro. I recently had an update for adobe flash but when the password prompt pops up to continue the installation of the update it looks like this:
What's going on here? I don't have any issues with characters missing anywhere else on my laptop. It's only when it asks me to enter my password for any system changes. Is this some kind of malware or just a system font issue?
A: Your system fonts got corrupted.
Stop/Ignore the flash update and start in safe mode.
Now use the Font Book app in the applications folder.
Use the File- restore standard fonts.
| Q: Why am I seeing these weird characters in the popup that asks for my password when I try to update Adobe Flash on my Mac? I'm running OS X Yosemite on a Macbook Pro. I recently had an update for adobe flash but when the password prompt pops up to continue the installation of the update it looks like this:
What's going on here? I don't have any issues with characters missing anywhere else on my laptop. It's only when it asks me to enter my password for any system changes. Is this some kind of malware or just a system font issue?
A: Your system fonts got corrupted.
Stop/Ignore the flash update and start in safe mode.
Now use the Font Book app in the applications folder.
Use the File- restore standard fonts.
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fd128d4aa32c0502ebb531b0683b590962486b11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why are there empty circles next to these voice memos in itunes? I am having a problem finding voice recordings in my iPad. I already had this problem on my phone and none of the blogs nor threads on Apple's site have worked.
I upgraded to iTunes 12.1.2.27
On my iPhone I already did a sync with voice memos. Ever since I put to import audio files as mp3 there is nothing showing up. Just these empty circles
So i used the voice recorder app on my iPad and now in my iTunes I don't see anything that I can even play. Nor do I even know what those circles are.
| Q: Why are there empty circles next to these voice memos in itunes? I am having a problem finding voice recordings in my iPad. I already had this problem on my phone and none of the blogs nor threads on Apple's site have worked.
I upgraded to iTunes 12.1.2.27
On my iPhone I already did a sync with voice memos. Ever since I put to import audio files as mp3 there is nothing showing up. Just these empty circles
So i used the voice recorder app on my iPad and now in my iTunes I don't see anything that I can even play. Nor do I even know what those circles are.
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1d43a8382e42ee43e56e3ead8174ac16efa81aed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS App stuck in 'Loading...' I tried downloading Tumblr yesterday but it never completed. At the moment I have an App icon stuck at 'Loading...'.
I have tried restarting the iPhone (holding down both home and side buttons at the same time) and I have also tried shutting down the iPhone (holding the side button and swiping).
I have also tried deleting it as usual (holding the icon down and choosing delete but it doesn't go away).
Any ideas on what I can do to get rid of this icon?
A: Go to Settings → General → Storage & iCloud Usage → Manage Storage, select the app from the list, then tap Delete App.
| Q: iOS App stuck in 'Loading...' I tried downloading Tumblr yesterday but it never completed. At the moment I have an App icon stuck at 'Loading...'.
I have tried restarting the iPhone (holding down both home and side buttons at the same time) and I have also tried shutting down the iPhone (holding the side button and swiping).
I have also tried deleting it as usual (holding the icon down and choosing delete but it doesn't go away).
Any ideas on what I can do to get rid of this icon?
A: Go to Settings → General → Storage & iCloud Usage → Manage Storage, select the app from the list, then tap Delete App.
A: Here is the real solution:
On the surface, some of what others have posted is correct, but may not help you because you don't know which apps are the blockers. The underlying problem is that all available download threads (was 10 for my iPhone SE) are being blocked on apps which either:
1. no longer exist in the app store or
2. are not compatible with the version of iOS installed on the device.
After repeatedly pausing the downloads and going into the AppStore to "reset" the download state and rebooting, you can whittle yourself down to where there are only 10 apps waiting and they are all as I described. From here, after a restart, if you start clicking on them you'll actually get the root-cause error message saying the app can't be installed and it will give you an option to delete it.
Then when there are NO apps in the download queue, reboot one more time and you'll be able to go into the App Store once more and re-initiate downloads for your remaining apps that are still compatible and available.
VERY painful, but this works.
A: Certain apps might be frozen with a blank icon and their will be no way of removing them for days. By holding down on the home screen to delete the stuck app also won't work..
Here are instructions on how to delete these waiting applications:
*
*Reboot your iPhone normally. See this link for instructions on how to restart your iPhone.
*If the apps are still stuck on the home screen, try logging out of the App Store temporarily. Navigate to Settings -> Store -> Apple ID -> Sign Out. Now open the App Store and Navigate to the Featured section. Scroll to the bottom of the page and touch the Sign In -> Use Existing Apple ID. Log in and the stuck apps should reset.
*Still have strange icons on the screen or frozen downloading apps? Connect your iPhone to the computer and open iTunes. Navigate to the app store. Install the apps you are having a problem with on the computer then sync your iPhone.
A: Don't want to connect to iTunes or delete and re-install the app (along with all the settings you may have customized?) Try this:
*
*If the app update got stuck at Loading... because of insufficient space free some: Settings... General... Storage & iCloud Usage... Storage: Manage Storage. Find a hog; either delete the app entirely or go into that app and manage its internal storage. (I find podcasts consume a lot and I will delete downloaded media files to free up space; or I will delete immediately (not just in 30 days) some unneeded pictures.)
*Reboot the iPhone
*Go into App Store, re-select Update All. It will appear as though you are stuck again.
*Touch the update circle of the app that is stuck; the circle will switch back to the Update button.
*Select Update button and now the app update should complete.
A: App or other window stuck in "loading" mode. Turn off/disconnect WIFI and then turn back on, should fix problem. Otherwise Go into "General" in "Settings", then Usage, then Manage Storage - should see a list of apps, delete it (the stuck in 'loading' mode one) and then reinstate it (turn it back on).
A: I found this as help:
In AppStore - search for this app, press on the button which download (it won't download it again, but slove the issue).
A: I found the culprit to be Google calendar. It was waiting for me to log into Google. Once I logged in this app loaded then all the rest loaded.
A: I found out that the problem is caused because too many apps are being loaded at the same time.
What i have done is that i paused all of them and then load one or two and it worked!!
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732dc207996e4f6573cc20f3fbed4dde9701131a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What determines when my Apple Watch uses a haptic tap for a notification? Some notifications on my Apple Watch (e.g. Viber) use a haptic tap when they appear on my Apple Watch. Others (e.g. Facebook) do not. What determines whether a haptic tap is used or not? Is this something I can change?
A: From this Apple Discussion:
There are variations. The 3rd party app developers have some control over what you get, but they won't have been able to check it before launch - they'll have been using a simulator.
This can currently not be changed by the user.
To turn haptic feedback of:
*
*Open the Settings app.
*Scroll down and tap Sounds & Haptics.
*Turn Haptic Alerts on or off.
| Q: What determines when my Apple Watch uses a haptic tap for a notification? Some notifications on my Apple Watch (e.g. Viber) use a haptic tap when they appear on my Apple Watch. Others (e.g. Facebook) do not. What determines whether a haptic tap is used or not? Is this something I can change?
A: From this Apple Discussion:
There are variations. The 3rd party app developers have some control over what you get, but they won't have been able to check it before launch - they'll have been using a simulator.
This can currently not be changed by the user.
To turn haptic feedback of:
*
*Open the Settings app.
*Scroll down and tap Sounds & Haptics.
*Turn Haptic Alerts on or off.
A:
What determines whether a haptic tap is used or not? Is this something I can change?
There are two types of haptic feedback:
*
*System provided
*Application provided
This means that in addition to the ones provided iOS, app developers can implement haptic feedback as they see fit.
Looking at Apple Developer's Human Interface Guidelines, it states:
Some system-provided interface elements, such as pickers, switches,
and sliders, automatically provide haptic feedback as users interact
with them. Your app can also ask the system to generate different
types of haptic feedback. iOS manages the strength and behavior of
this feedback.
Can you (the end user) enable this manually? Not unless the haptic feedback was implemented by the developer and gives you the option to selectively disable. From a system-wide perspective, you can only enable or disable all of them.
Not all devices support the full range of haptic feedback, and people can disable the feature entirely in Settings if they choose.
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bf497d2860776d21846998e8085345aeab48ef1a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Do I Remove Remote Disc from Finder (not in the Sidebar) I've an iMac 10.10.3. When I open Finder and go to iMac under Devices I see my HDD, NAS, etc. But I also see "Remote Disc". I can't eject it (right click->Eject doesn't do anything) or trash it (The item "Remote Disc" can't be moved to the Trash because it can't be deleted).
I have absolutely no use for Remote Disc. So how can I remove it from Finder?
Note: Please note I'm not talking about removing it from the Sidebar. I've already done that.
Regards,
A: To remove:
*
*Launch Terminal
*Enter the following string:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool false
*Enter the following string:
killall Finder
The icon should now be gone from both Finder and your sidebar. To reverse and make the icon show again, repeat the steps but run this command in step 2:
defaults delete com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing
The icon is present on Macs which do not have optical drives but may still need access to the physical media from another computer.
Source: Apple Support Forums
| Q: How Do I Remove Remote Disc from Finder (not in the Sidebar) I've an iMac 10.10.3. When I open Finder and go to iMac under Devices I see my HDD, NAS, etc. But I also see "Remote Disc". I can't eject it (right click->Eject doesn't do anything) or trash it (The item "Remote Disc" can't be moved to the Trash because it can't be deleted).
I have absolutely no use for Remote Disc. So how can I remove it from Finder?
Note: Please note I'm not talking about removing it from the Sidebar. I've already done that.
Regards,
A: To remove:
*
*Launch Terminal
*Enter the following string:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool false
*Enter the following string:
killall Finder
The icon should now be gone from both Finder and your sidebar. To reverse and make the icon show again, repeat the steps but run this command in step 2:
defaults delete com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing
The icon is present on Macs which do not have optical drives but may still need access to the physical media from another computer.
Source: Apple Support Forums
A: check out the Finder preferences. {click the Finder, go to the top menu bar and click the Finder drop-down, choose preferences.}
if that doesn't do it, I'm not sure it can be removed?
it's also possible that you might be able to turn it off in System Preferences.
if that doesn't work you are looking at some sort of terminal setting, and I don't know what that is yet.
I will have to boot over to 10.10 and see what this is all about. my suspicion is that you are seeing the all drives list which won't be able to be changed.
A: You can right click on it and on the menu select Remove from Sidebar
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c066a3a2b6d3e2b893527491b9c3ce0066411bde | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mouse Pointer Locator Due to a stroke, I have had some vision impairment in that I sometimes have a hard time locating my mouse pointer on the screen. I have tried making the mouse pointer larger which helps but is still not the solution.
I am new to the Mac world and would appreciate your help.
In Windows, there is an option where pressing the CTRL key will help to identify the mouse pointer using a temporary display of several radiating concentric circles around the mouse pointer. Is there something like this on OS X?
A: Pointer Finder
This app will put a circle around your cursor when you press a key.
| Q: Mouse Pointer Locator Due to a stroke, I have had some vision impairment in that I sometimes have a hard time locating my mouse pointer on the screen. I have tried making the mouse pointer larger which helps but is still not the solution.
I am new to the Mac world and would appreciate your help.
In Windows, there is an option where pressing the CTRL key will help to identify the mouse pointer using a temporary display of several radiating concentric circles around the mouse pointer. Is there something like this on OS X?
A: Pointer Finder
This app will put a circle around your cursor when you press a key.
A: With OS X El Capitan and later, all you need to do is move the mouse back and forth quickly, and it will automatically make the mouse bigger. The advantage of this is that you don't need to manually set your mouse to a bigger size if you don't want to.
If this doesn't work for you, the option to turn it on can be found in System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Shake mouse pointer to locate.
A: Mouse Locator
Highlights the cursor with a green circle upon keypress.
*
*Highly visible locator instantly reveals your mouse position.
*Controllable trigger time period, from 1 second to 30 minutes.
*Eliminates the frustrating search of your screen.
A: Mac OS X's built-in option is restricted to increasing the mouse cursor size. System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Display -> Cursor Size While this will help with your issue by making the mouse easier to find, it doesn't highlight the mouse, and you get side effects such as a larger mouse text selection tool which makes it harder to work with text.
The old go-to solution was OmniGroups's OmniDazzle, but this no longer works on most current Macs. I understand this is a hardware driver issue, and if you have a older Mac it may still work for you.
The free Mouse Locator was mentioned by @mateusz-szlosek. It does what you want, but has limited configuration and the style a bit unpolished.
The most sophisticated option is Mouseposé which is a polished application with very nice animation effects for highlighting the mouse. It has many other features which are very useful during presentations or creating screencasts such as effects on clicking buttons and displaying keystrokes on the screen. Check out their video to see what it can do.
A: Mouseposé
Mouseposè will highlight the cursor using a customisable dimming of the rest of the screen, and can zoom to the cursor's location.
Of course, there are other uses as well. If you have a large screen, it helps you quickly locate the mouse pointer when you return to your work after an interruption. Visually impaired people tell us that it helps them as well.
A: In the release of OS X El Capitan, just shake the cursor to locate it.
From Apple:
Call out your cursor.
Lost your cursor on your crowded desktop? Just shake your finger back and forth on the trackpad or give your mouse a shake, and the cursor gets bigger so it’s easy to spot.
To enable/disable this feature, go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Shake mouse pointer to locate
Shake mouse pointer to locate
Quickly move the mouse pointer back and forth to make it bigger.
A: I have found PinPoint for OS X. This is what I asked for.
A: Find My Mouse
Have troubles with finding Mouse(Cursor) on your screen?
This app can easily locate mouse position, and help you to move cursor between multiple displays immediately by one shortcut!
A: Simple Mouse Locator
I searched the App store (I was actually hoping this was something included in OSX) but this is EXACTLY what I was looking for.
I looked at the other apps (but did not install).
I appreciate all the help and hope that this will help some other person having similar problems.
A: Idea! It works on every version of OS X, for free!
cmd+scroll
OS X will zoom the whole screen in, centering it on the mouse. The cursor becomes huge and everything else around it will just fly outside the display.
A: You can checkout Presentify on the Mac App Store. It not only highlights the mouse/cursor for you but also lets you draw on or annotate any screen.
Demo: https://youtu.be/2WvmLwohIF0
Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/presentify/id1507246666
Setapp: https://go.setapp.com/stp285?refAppID=401
Note: Setapp is like Netflix for apps. You pay a monthly subscription fee and access all the apps on its store for free.
Disclosure: I am the developer of this app.
A: There is also a absolutely free way to do this without any installations.
Open the Accessibility in your system preference and select Display. Now you can scale the mouse pointer to the size you like.
Doing it the Apple way (without some 3d party apps)
Create a script as follows that will toggle your cursor size.
Go to System Preferences / Universal Access and check Enable access for assistive devices, this will let you use AppleScript to query and control the user interface of most Applications.
Go to /Applications / Utilities / AppleScript Editor and paste this code and save it as Application:
tell application "System Preferences"
reveal anchor "Seeing_Display" of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
set theSlider to slider "Cursor Size:" of group 1 of window 1 of application process "System Preferences"
set stash to value of theSlider
if value of theSlider is 1.0 then
set value of theSlider to 4.0
else
set value of theSlider to 1.0
end if
stash
end tell
source https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/88276/46541
*
*Then there are other solutions like:
myPoint Light S 2.17 07-May-2015
Cursor locator that is highly customizable.
A: A variation is a utility that will put a circle around the cursor when you shake the mouse. I don't find the built-in facility to be enough; growing the cursor is often not noticeable (to me). I've been using myPoint Light S for years and it's worked great. I recently updated to macOS 10.12.4 and it still works.
A: Pro Mouse can do the job nicely. Features also seem richer and modern.
Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/pro-mouse/id1505869474?mt=12
Site: http://www.alecsummers.com/portfolio/pro-mouse-for-mac/
Simple Mouse Locator, As the name suggests, simple with a good set of settings and can do the job.
Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/simple-mouse-locator/id946676425?mt=12
Site: http://www.coderace.net/simplemouselocator/en/index.html
A: PinPoint (also available in the Mac App Store)
The app provides many cursors and the ability to add others.
It will highlight the cursor on keypress or menu item, or if you just stop moving the cursor for a bit.
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fdee12bbad8ec1a72539505a6c4f627f22c6d314 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does FileVault 2 recovery key stored in iCloud work? When requested during the full disk encryption process, one option is to store the recovery key in your iCloud account.
I stored mine in iCloud, but frankly I'm confused as when I look at the drive contents I see NO files even indicating a recovery key.
So what exactly is happening? Also, how is this used during the recovery process?
Also, if you put your recovery key in iCloud, how is more than one device handled (i.e. macbooks)?
A: The recovery key absolutely isn’t stored locally by Apple, so you either need a safe place to store it where you won’t lose it or Apple will help store it for you to recover later when you choose to unlock the Mac by reading the key from iCloud.
*
*in a nutshell, your iCloud password gets you your key back instead of you needing to choose where to store it (paper in a safe, 1Password app, word document, under the keyboard, screen capture of the image of your key on screen, etc...)
| Q: How does FileVault 2 recovery key stored in iCloud work? When requested during the full disk encryption process, one option is to store the recovery key in your iCloud account.
I stored mine in iCloud, but frankly I'm confused as when I look at the drive contents I see NO files even indicating a recovery key.
So what exactly is happening? Also, how is this used during the recovery process?
Also, if you put your recovery key in iCloud, how is more than one device handled (i.e. macbooks)?
A: The recovery key absolutely isn’t stored locally by Apple, so you either need a safe place to store it where you won’t lose it or Apple will help store it for you to recover later when you choose to unlock the Mac by reading the key from iCloud.
*
*in a nutshell, your iCloud password gets you your key back instead of you needing to choose where to store it (paper in a safe, 1Password app, word document, under the keyboard, screen capture of the image of your key on screen, etc...)
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e0ceddcdfdca89a0e642eb2a270835fafd197477 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do some Unicode text messages crash the iPhone OS? Recently a new "glitch" has surfaced over the Internet over the last few weeks where if an iPhone user is sent:
effective.
Power
لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ
冗
via iMessage it crashes the phone OS temporarily and force restarts the receiving phone.
Why does this work?
A: It is something for Apple to fix.
The problem appears to come from the way that the phone tries to show the message in notifications. The characters cause that system to break, so that it briefly tries to show it before crashing and then re-setting the phone in an attempt to fix it.
Here are some short term fixes you can do till Apple fixes the problem.
*
*Have the person who sent you the malicious message send another
message effectively canceling out the initial strand
*Send yourself a message via Siri, the share sheet, or from your Mac.
*Another reader notes that “sending a photo to the contact via the Photos app can allow them to access the message history and
delete the conversation”
source: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-fix-ios-text-messages-crash-bug/
| Q: Why do some Unicode text messages crash the iPhone OS? Recently a new "glitch" has surfaced over the Internet over the last few weeks where if an iPhone user is sent:
effective.
Power
لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ
冗
via iMessage it crashes the phone OS temporarily and force restarts the receiving phone.
Why does this work?
A: It is something for Apple to fix.
The problem appears to come from the way that the phone tries to show the message in notifications. The characters cause that system to break, so that it briefly tries to show it before crashing and then re-setting the phone in an attempt to fix it.
Here are some short term fixes you can do till Apple fixes the problem.
*
*Have the person who sent you the malicious message send another
message effectively canceling out the initial strand
*Send yourself a message via Siri, the share sheet, or from your Mac.
*Another reader notes that “sending a photo to the contact via the Photos app can allow them to access the message history and
delete the conversation”
source: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-fix-ios-text-messages-crash-bug/
A: If you need a fix for this, use Siri or a Mac using iMessage to send yourself a new message. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204897
It's a three step procedure to recover and a future software update will patch this bug.
*
*Ask Siri to "read unread messages."
*Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you'll be able to open Messages again.
*If the issue continues, tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread.
As to why it happens, it's a specific bug in the way Notification Center renders the Unicode content of this message. The code performs an "unsafe" operation (something akin to 5 divided by 0 and then doesn't check for an unexpected results) that causes an unhandled error.
Then since Notification Center can not render the block of text and ultimately crashes the Springboard which didn't have code to handle this failure gracefully.
When no specific error handler is present, most operations have a fail safe "reboot yourself" to try and remedy the error.
Unicode is a way of encoding characters used to handle languages that have a greater character count than English. Programmers can have problems with it because they learned to program using ASCII text and they neglect to write their software with full Unicode support.
One good article on this explains "if you're still programming that way, you're not much better than a medical doctor who doesn't believe in germs".
This other article explains this specific situation well.
Apple could either do tighter code reviews, have specific unit tests or let end users fuzz test their code like in this and similar cases.
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11e9810493aa220687fa4aa58b37b723f7c9d527 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get the postion of the lid I am trying to figure out what the position of the lid is. Whether it is open or closed. Is there a terminal command or a cocoa code snippet for this?
I've already tried pmset -g but i can only get the sleep modes and the lidwake status.
A: I don't have a macbook by my side, is maybe
ioreg -r -k AppleClamshellState -d 4 | grep AppleClamshellState | head -1
still working ?
| Q: How to get the postion of the lid I am trying to figure out what the position of the lid is. Whether it is open or closed. Is there a terminal command or a cocoa code snippet for this?
I've already tried pmset -g but i can only get the sleep modes and the lidwake status.
A: I don't have a macbook by my side, is maybe
ioreg -r -k AppleClamshellState -d 4 | grep AppleClamshellState | head -1
still working ?
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f94130941e6fecfe9772bcdf2870c496cdbdcdd5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Bug Report (Apple's Response Time?) I did a bug report because of this Xcode Situation ( Xcode.app gets scanned by socketfilterfw (OS X Firewall) at every launch ).
I wonder about the time Apple usually needs to respond.
Weeks, Months? I really have no clue.
If you know more (from your experience) please tell me.
A: There is no easy way to tell how/when/if Apple acts on your bug report. I have filed quite a few bug reports during the last years. Some still seem to be unchanged since I created them, some got closed silently and there is only one where I ever got notified that the fix would be in the next OS X release.
So basically you filed the report, now just ignore it :-)
| Q: Apple Bug Report (Apple's Response Time?) I did a bug report because of this Xcode Situation ( Xcode.app gets scanned by socketfilterfw (OS X Firewall) at every launch ).
I wonder about the time Apple usually needs to respond.
Weeks, Months? I really have no clue.
If you know more (from your experience) please tell me.
A: There is no easy way to tell how/when/if Apple acts on your bug report. I have filed quite a few bug reports during the last years. Some still seem to be unchanged since I created them, some got closed silently and there is only one where I ever got notified that the fix would be in the next OS X release.
So basically you filed the report, now just ignore it :-)
A: Additionally, you should file your bug on Open Radar, that is a community maintain website who tries to keep as much reports public. A radar basically contains just the same information you report to Apple.
Note that, usually OSX/iOS developers ask for help regarding concrete radars, this is because "we suppose/believe" that if lots of people reports the same bug, it will be fixed soon. It's a common practice to report a bug on Apple bug tracker by just copying the radar report.
A: If you've developer account, you can try to report the bug at Bug Reporter with specific details of reproducing the issue. The time depends how on its Rank and whether the bug was described accurately.
If it's major issue, I believe it'll get the response fairly quickly.
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b319db51921fd4d32289b877437e0d2b2cea568f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Trying to install drivers manually without admin pass Hi I'm trying to install the drivers for xone on my Mackbook Pro running 10.9.5.
I don't have admin rights and it is in .pkg file form. Help?
A: You will need the admin password to install the driver.
Xone comes with a kernel extension aka kext file. Kernel extensions are installed in /System/Library/Extensions/, only administrators can modify the contents of this folder.
Ask an admin if he is willing to do it for you :)
| Q: Trying to install drivers manually without admin pass Hi I'm trying to install the drivers for xone on my Mackbook Pro running 10.9.5.
I don't have admin rights and it is in .pkg file form. Help?
A: You will need the admin password to install the driver.
Xone comes with a kernel extension aka kext file. Kernel extensions are installed in /System/Library/Extensions/, only administrators can modify the contents of this folder.
Ask an admin if he is willing to do it for you :)
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233d8df89093c9e9f57ecf0345824c912ec72da0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "open or reload" html doc from command line? I have a program which generates some html documentation. At the end of the script, I use the open command to automatically view the page in the browser.
generate-document > index.html
open index.html
However, after iterating on the code, I end up with numerous obsolete copies of index.html open in my browser.
Is there a way (either from the command line, or within the browser) to say something like "if index.html is already being viewed refresh it, otherwise load it."?
generate-document > index.html
open-or-reload index.html
Safari or Chrome specific methods are fine.
A: Check out LiveReload. It is an app that watches your HTML files and can automatically for reload the pages in your browser. LiveReload can also do other things like automatically recompile SASS files to CSS and then reload the browser.
In addition to the app at the link above, LiveReload is available on GitHub under a "Open Community Indie Software License" which is not quite open source, but does include a dead man clause to convert to MIT if no new binary updates come out for two years. https://github.com/livereload/LiveReload
| Q: "open or reload" html doc from command line? I have a program which generates some html documentation. At the end of the script, I use the open command to automatically view the page in the browser.
generate-document > index.html
open index.html
However, after iterating on the code, I end up with numerous obsolete copies of index.html open in my browser.
Is there a way (either from the command line, or within the browser) to say something like "if index.html is already being viewed refresh it, otherwise load it."?
generate-document > index.html
open-or-reload index.html
Safari or Chrome specific methods are fine.
A: Check out LiveReload. It is an app that watches your HTML files and can automatically for reload the pages in your browser. LiveReload can also do other things like automatically recompile SASS files to CSS and then reload the browser.
In addition to the app at the link above, LiveReload is available on GitHub under a "Open Community Indie Software License" which is not quite open source, but does include a dead man clause to convert to MIT if no new binary updates come out for two years. https://github.com/livereload/LiveReload
A: The following command line can be added to your script and it will refresh the Tab that has focus in the frontmost Safari window, (even if the frontmost window only has a single page loaded):
osascript -e \
'tell application "Safari" to set URL of current tab of front window to "file:///foo.html"'
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4dc61b34d8f9928a14ce4f7c4be53dbc743139c2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMovie picture in picture resizing I am placing multiple video picture in pictures in my iMovie project. Is there a function with which, once I find a size I like for the first one or two, I can then apply that same universal size to every picture in picture in the project?
I'm trying to avoid having to do all 40 odd clips manually and I want to be sure each is the same size, rather than just guessing.
A: Use the paste adjustments tool. Here is a quick video on how to use it. You're right, it will save you A LOT of time. http://youtu.be/kYWsFwBLNHY
| Q: iMovie picture in picture resizing I am placing multiple video picture in pictures in my iMovie project. Is there a function with which, once I find a size I like for the first one or two, I can then apply that same universal size to every picture in picture in the project?
I'm trying to avoid having to do all 40 odd clips manually and I want to be sure each is the same size, rather than just guessing.
A: Use the paste adjustments tool. Here is a quick video on how to use it. You're right, it will save you A LOT of time. http://youtu.be/kYWsFwBLNHY
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b68536b335e201933328df38b1ff0ade83143b8c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud Photo Library not fully syncing on iOS iCloud Photo Library appears to be working great between iMac and an iPhone 5c, but has been stuck on "13 items to download" for over a week on iPhone 5s, plus no photos taken with that phone have been uploaded in some time. Any ideas?
A: Turn your iPhone off and the back on. If that doesn't help, disable iCloud Photo Library and then turn it back on. If that doesn't help, logout entirely out of iCloud and then re-enable it.
| Q: iCloud Photo Library not fully syncing on iOS iCloud Photo Library appears to be working great between iMac and an iPhone 5c, but has been stuck on "13 items to download" for over a week on iPhone 5s, plus no photos taken with that phone have been uploaded in some time. Any ideas?
A: Turn your iPhone off and the back on. If that doesn't help, disable iCloud Photo Library and then turn it back on. If that doesn't help, logout entirely out of iCloud and then re-enable it.
A: None of those activities working so I had to bring my iPad Air 2 to a local retail Apple Store just to get an advice of performing a full backup, erase then restore the iPad from that latest backup and if it's still not working then bring it back and they will replace a new iPad under warranty. I did follow and fortunately it worked so saved me some more hassles with this defective iCloud photo album thingy. Hope Apple will fix it in the next iOS release...
A: I found that by enabling the 'ask to join new networks' option on the WiFi setting the phone could 'find' the Mac again. Quickly uploaded all images after that.
A: Turn your WI-FI on on your iphone.
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d60d6f6eb1b71e94f92680d125affcc76f921501 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable the sidebar in finder? All out of a sudden, the sidebar in "Finder" is gone. The weird thing is that the "Show Sidebar" entry of the View menu is disabled/grayed out, so the sidebar can't be enabled again. Do you have any ideas how to fix this issue?
Btw, restarting did not change anything.
Edit: Happens on OSX Yosemite/10.10.3
A: For me, the solution is that I need first (by Apple mis-logic) to hit:
"View / Show Toolbar" (⌥⌘T);
…then "View / Show Sidebar" (⌥⌘S) becomes ungreyed.
| Q: How to enable the sidebar in finder? All out of a sudden, the sidebar in "Finder" is gone. The weird thing is that the "Show Sidebar" entry of the View menu is disabled/grayed out, so the sidebar can't be enabled again. Do you have any ideas how to fix this issue?
Btw, restarting did not change anything.
Edit: Happens on OSX Yosemite/10.10.3
A: For me, the solution is that I need first (by Apple mis-logic) to hit:
"View / Show Toolbar" (⌥⌘T);
…then "View / Show Sidebar" (⌥⌘S) becomes ungreyed.
A: Carefully move the pointer to the left side of the finder window border till the cursor changes to arrow pointing to the right.
↦
Hold and Drag to the right.
If that did not work you need to restore the finders preferences.
In terminal run
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
and
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Restart.
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69e9d5bc2f290e2ffccdf2bc80c215f750e01e62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make Siri use non apple apps? Is there a general way extend Siri on iOS 8 to use other apps?
For instance, I am not using the apple E-Mail app but "myMail". I'd like to make Siri use this app when telling her to write an e-mail?
By extension, can non-apple apps for sending instant messages, listening to music be plugged into Siri?
A: This is currently not possible. Siri is only able to use Apple's standard apps, sadly.
| Q: How can I make Siri use non apple apps? Is there a general way extend Siri on iOS 8 to use other apps?
For instance, I am not using the apple E-Mail app but "myMail". I'd like to make Siri use this app when telling her to write an e-mail?
By extension, can non-apple apps for sending instant messages, listening to music be plugged into Siri?
A: This is currently not possible. Siri is only able to use Apple's standard apps, sadly.
A: Siri only provides full integration with first-party apps and services on iOS.
However, should certain apps use public APIs which integrate with iOS, such as media apps which utilise the media playback API (usually noticeable by being able to pause/play from Control Center) then Siri will be able to perform simple tasks such as pause/play/next.
This still won't let you pick specific media by name as you can with the first-party Music app, but Siri does provide some integration with apps outside those created by Apple.
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1d9554ddcab1190405a6e18d1ac39697bff9cad7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: List all calendar events on iPhone How can I see the list of all my events on my iPhone 4s? Not just the ones for that day or by searching with an alphabet letter.
A: This is really a bit tricky on iOS. If you are in Calender view, there are three icons on the right side. The third from the right is the list icon. But there are two types of that list icon: one only shows three lines, the other shows two lines and a square.
The mode you are talking about must be the one with the two lines and the square. So you see the calender view on top ("the square") and a list of events for that ("the two lines").
Press this button so it is not selected any longer. Now you see the calender view without the list. Now press the "Today" button in the lower left corner. The view will switch to show you the timeline of the day, and also the third icon from the right switched to the one with the three lines. Pressing this "three lines" button will show up the event list you are searching for.
| Q: List all calendar events on iPhone How can I see the list of all my events on my iPhone 4s? Not just the ones for that day or by searching with an alphabet letter.
A: This is really a bit tricky on iOS. If you are in Calender view, there are three icons on the right side. The third from the right is the list icon. But there are two types of that list icon: one only shows three lines, the other shows two lines and a square.
The mode you are talking about must be the one with the two lines and the square. So you see the calender view on top ("the square") and a list of events for that ("the two lines").
Press this button so it is not selected any longer. Now you see the calender view without the list. Now press the "Today" button in the lower left corner. The view will switch to show you the timeline of the day, and also the third icon from the right switched to the one with the three lines. Pressing this "three lines" button will show up the event list you are searching for.
A: I agree this is non obvious and takes a few try
Click on the menu icon so it is not highlighted (the third from left in the top row)
Then keep hitting today at the bottom left hand corner until the calendar disappears.
You then have a list of events
A: Completely non-intuitive, and it works differently on iPad vs iPhone.
On iPhone, from any view, click on the magnifying glass. Type in a '?'. This will show all events on all your calendars in an agenda format.
On iPad, select the magnifying glass. iPad by default will list all events in an agenda view, flowing under the Search box. The '?' trick still works, but there really is no need for it.
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518a77dd65aeb67fb1fa2e0a5ba0fd9537de9828 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple App Store (install and get) loop, how to fix it? Apple App Store is stuck in a loop, when you press "get" you get "install", and when you press "install" you get "get" again, and so on with infinity loop, trying to download a free or commercial app — how do I make it stop?
A: I figured out that the problem came from fingerprint (Touch ID), as when I turned their options off, it worked like charm.
Just turn off those settings under "Touch ID & Passcode" section:
1. iPhone Unlock.
2. iTunes & App Store.
| Q: Apple App Store (install and get) loop, how to fix it? Apple App Store is stuck in a loop, when you press "get" you get "install", and when you press "install" you get "get" again, and so on with infinity loop, trying to download a free or commercial app — how do I make it stop?
A: I figured out that the problem came from fingerprint (Touch ID), as when I turned their options off, it worked like charm.
Just turn off those settings under "Touch ID & Passcode" section:
1. iPhone Unlock.
2. iTunes & App Store.
A: I just confirmed from Apple Support Center that it cannot install apps even free ones if there is not a credit card on file.
So, if not, add the credit info and shipping address to your apple id in advance.
A: I had the exact same issue on Mac App store when I tried to download a free app. It was looping between Get and Install. I tried all the above mentioned suggestions but what worked for me was signing out from my App store and logging back in.
A: I had the same Install/Get loop problem. After lots of digging and resetting basically everything, I came upon my solution: it was the fake address I submitted when creating my Apple ID (literally just strings of random letters). I wasn't able to change it in the original ID, so I just made a new one where the zip code matched the state. That did the trick!
A: I had this issue when using a test account from the Apple Developer program. Once I changed back to my real account, I was able to install apps again. To be clear, I'm talking about the Settings/iTunes & App Store/Apple ID.
A: Press the button on the right side of phone to lock it.
then log in using your passcode rather than your finger print.
Click install on the app you want and it will ask you for your finger print.
Press finger an you should be good to go.
Worked for me.
A: If you're stuck in a loop that's asking for you to review some terms, when you try and view an app in the appstore, and it leads you back to the app store, to fill in a field that should be username, but is actually a password field, try the following, as it helped me on an ipad:
*
*Go to the TV app or some other app that is owned by apple, and has your Apple Id in it.
*Click on your account, and then whatever option there is to view your account
*That will launch the appstore to review your account, and will show the correct fields, etc
*Then you'll be redirected back to the TV app, and should now be able to install apps like normal in the app store.
If that still doesnt work, try this first, then try the above again
Ensure you have a billing/shipping address setup
*
*Go to your apple id page, and ensure you have billing/shipping address setup at apple, here: https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage
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1ecd8f17847f534fa33d2fca3ea2812098d7bc4e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to force Google Photos to upload in the background? I recently download the new Google Photos app for iOS, and I noticed that my photos are only uploaded when I have the app opened and in focus.
Background app refresh is on for the app.
Is there another setting I can tweak to make it upload even when I'm not using it? Otherwise I need to remember to open it from time to time to have my pictures safely backed up.
Is this a limitation in iOS that cannot be worked around? Is it something that should be programmed in the app itself and it's not?
A: Simply make sure the app refresh feature is enabled for Google Photos, enable auto-sync and when you're on wifi AND your phone is plugged in to a power source...it will continue to backup. Main issue people have is not having your iPhone plugged in. :)
| Q: Is there a way to force Google Photos to upload in the background? I recently download the new Google Photos app for iOS, and I noticed that my photos are only uploaded when I have the app opened and in focus.
Background app refresh is on for the app.
Is there another setting I can tweak to make it upload even when I'm not using it? Otherwise I need to remember to open it from time to time to have my pictures safely backed up.
Is this a limitation in iOS that cannot be worked around? Is it something that should be programmed in the app itself and it's not?
A: Simply make sure the app refresh feature is enabled for Google Photos, enable auto-sync and when you're on wifi AND your phone is plugged in to a power source...it will continue to backup. Main issue people have is not having your iPhone plugged in. :)
A: So I was experiencing the same issue and turning off background app refresh in for Google Photos under the settings app and then turning it back on seemed to do the trick for me.
Also when phone is in power saving mode background upload also disabled.
A: Google Photos does not auto upload when camera capture a photo; so you need open Google Photos to browse the album, then setup allow background refresh for Google Photos.
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24125bf1ded2f5ff26d4009ecc79bbe2d17b1901 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to automatically close an OS X apps after not being used for a number of minutes? How to automatically close an OS X apps after not being used for a number of minutes??
I am looking for a way to auto-close apps that are not used (focused at least) for a number of minutes, a number of minutes configured for each one.
Why? While freeing up memory is not so important in my case, decluttering the number of opened windows on OS X it is.
I am currently using ControlPlane to automate starting or stopping of apps based on different profiles and if there is a way to extend it to do that too it would be great.
A: You could use Quitter by Marco Arment: https://marco.org/apps
| Q: How to automatically close an OS X apps after not being used for a number of minutes? How to automatically close an OS X apps after not being used for a number of minutes??
I am looking for a way to auto-close apps that are not used (focused at least) for a number of minutes, a number of minutes configured for each one.
Why? While freeing up memory is not so important in my case, decluttering the number of opened windows on OS X it is.
I am currently using ControlPlane to automate starting or stopping of apps based on different profiles and if there is a way to extend it to do that too it would be great.
A: You could use Quitter by Marco Arment: https://marco.org/apps
A: I believe that OSX does this automatically, via AppNap. You don't need to pay a third party company for this feature, since Lion.
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c95ca94f05e06d3a292ee50b3c71e82183e73291 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Spring loaded folder settings missing in Yosemite My spring loaded folder settings are missing from the Finder prefs in Yosemite.
What might be the cause of this and how do I get all my options back?
FYI, I do have XtraFinder 0.25.4 installed but the option didn't move to the prefs there.
A: It appears that these settings have been removed from the Finder preferences window.
*
*The slider is now located in System Preferences → Accessibility → Mouse & Trackpad
*You can change the spring-loaded delay by writing the setting manually:
defaults write -g com.apple.springing.delay -float 1.0 && killall -HUP Finder
Replace 1.0 with the delay in seconds before springing.
| Q: Spring loaded folder settings missing in Yosemite My spring loaded folder settings are missing from the Finder prefs in Yosemite.
What might be the cause of this and how do I get all my options back?
FYI, I do have XtraFinder 0.25.4 installed but the option didn't move to the prefs there.
A: It appears that these settings have been removed from the Finder preferences window.
*
*The slider is now located in System Preferences → Accessibility → Mouse & Trackpad
*You can change the spring-loaded delay by writing the setting manually:
defaults write -g com.apple.springing.delay -float 1.0 && killall -HUP Finder
Replace 1.0 with the delay in seconds before springing.
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bb70ea8070cb7d5c34db13cddaa4e50e2c3ea1c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Paste only email address without name In the Mac Mail app, copying an email address of someone in your address book (e.g. from the header of some message) and pasting it elsewhere (e.g. in Text Edit) will result in "first_name last_name <mail address>" being pasted rather than just mail address or at least "<mail address>".
There used to be a Preference setting for this (see e.g. this osxdaily.com article), but this does not seem to work under Yosemite.
Is there a way to paste only the mail address, also if multiple contacts are copied under Yosemite?
| Q: Paste only email address without name In the Mac Mail app, copying an email address of someone in your address book (e.g. from the header of some message) and pasting it elsewhere (e.g. in Text Edit) will result in "first_name last_name <mail address>" being pasted rather than just mail address or at least "<mail address>".
There used to be a Preference setting for this (see e.g. this osxdaily.com article), but this does not seem to work under Yosemite.
Is there a way to paste only the mail address, also if multiple contacts are copied under Yosemite?
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/189526"
} |
e4586aff36c756d5f366d652da3fd1b0ec34361b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Early 90s Mac freeware anti-virus program I'm trying to find information about a popular early 90s Macintosh freeware anti-virus program. I can't remember its name.
As I recall it installed as an extension and the icon was a frilly black 'V' on a white background. I believe development stopped in the mid-90s in response to the threat of Word macro viruses.
Thanks
A: Disinfectant was a popular freeware antivirus program on the Mac from the 80's until its official retirement at version 3.7.1 in 1998:
Announcement and Press Release May 6, 1998
Updated: October 11, 1998
I regret to announce that I am officially retiring Disinfectant, our free
anti-viral utility for the Macintosh. The current version 3.7.1 is the last
version. Disinfectant will not be updated for the new Autostart 9805 worm or for
any future viruses, worms, or other Macintosh malware.
It's the last antivirus I've used on my Macs. There hasn't been much need.
| Q: Early 90s Mac freeware anti-virus program I'm trying to find information about a popular early 90s Macintosh freeware anti-virus program. I can't remember its name.
As I recall it installed as an extension and the icon was a frilly black 'V' on a white background. I believe development stopped in the mid-90s in response to the threat of Word macro viruses.
Thanks
A: Disinfectant was a popular freeware antivirus program on the Mac from the 80's until its official retirement at version 3.7.1 in 1998:
Announcement and Press Release May 6, 1998
Updated: October 11, 1998
I regret to announce that I am officially retiring Disinfectant, our free
anti-viral utility for the Macintosh. The current version 3.7.1 is the last
version. Disinfectant will not be updated for the new Autostart 9805 worm or for
any future viruses, worms, or other Macintosh malware.
It's the last antivirus I've used on my Macs. There hasn't been much need.
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6bf642b104f224a5135deba4735ae765f9c88f4e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: FaceTime calls lower system volume When you enter a FaceTime call in OS X, as of Mavericks, it lowers the volume of everything else besides the call. There's no way to disable this "feature." People here suggested disabling audio ducking in Voiceover Utility, but that doesn't have any effect, at least not in Yosemite.
Any suggestions for a hack solution to fix this? I don't want to install some system-wide audio mixer to help, but I'll happily mess with the FaceTime application or some system settings. I'm guessing there's some library it's using to control the system volume, and I'm trying to find a way to prevent the app bundle from accessing it.
A: On current macOS (Mojave and Catalina), System Integrity Protection doesn’t allow modifying the running FaceTime app. You will need to route the audio to another app to remove the ducking or amplify it.
One tool is called Loopback app from Rogue Amoeba. In FaceTime app, pick Loopback virtual device as the output so you can get control of the volume.
I am not affiliated with the developer, just a happy user who can't believe how useful this audio app is.
| Q: FaceTime calls lower system volume When you enter a FaceTime call in OS X, as of Mavericks, it lowers the volume of everything else besides the call. There's no way to disable this "feature." People here suggested disabling audio ducking in Voiceover Utility, but that doesn't have any effect, at least not in Yosemite.
Any suggestions for a hack solution to fix this? I don't want to install some system-wide audio mixer to help, but I'll happily mess with the FaceTime application or some system settings. I'm guessing there's some library it's using to control the system volume, and I'm trying to find a way to prevent the app bundle from accessing it.
A: On current macOS (Mojave and Catalina), System Integrity Protection doesn’t allow modifying the running FaceTime app. You will need to route the audio to another app to remove the ducking or amplify it.
One tool is called Loopback app from Rogue Amoeba. In FaceTime app, pick Loopback virtual device as the output so you can get control of the volume.
I am not affiliated with the developer, just a happy user who can't believe how useful this audio app is.
A: Open FaceTime app (don't make the call yet) and paste the following line into Terminal:
printf "p *(char*)(void(*)())AudioDeviceDuck=0xc3\nq" | lldb -n FaceTime
and then make the call.
Update: for macOS Sierra or higher, replace FaceTime with avconferenced (https://twitter.com/comex/status/1049459908012195840).
A: VoiceOver Utility -> Sound -> Disable audio ducking.
A: Go into the "Voiceover Utility", go to the "Sound" tab and uncheck "Enable audio ducking" checkbox.
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8229e9bdfa82d42aa0dbd8808f70937d9c1934b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to find the Apple ID of the activation lock? I understand it is impossible to find the password, but is it possible to find the apple ID so I can email the guy this phone was obviously stolen off? I've lost several hundred pounds on this stupid purchase, but at the very least I can give this poor man his phone back.
Dubhlainn
| Q: Is there any way to find the Apple ID of the activation lock? I understand it is impossible to find the password, but is it possible to find the apple ID so I can email the guy this phone was obviously stolen off? I've lost several hundred pounds on this stupid purchase, but at the very least I can give this poor man his phone back.
Dubhlainn
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a37c2386a02480f9f4fa60d0a9a392b175861fd4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Best practices to migrate from a single shared iTunes account to family sharing Since iOS 4, my family is equiped with multiple iOS devices. I used the same iTunes account on all devices to share :
*
*Applications
*Photos
*Notes
*Musics
*Data (game progression)
With iOS 8 Apple introduced family sharing. Firstly I didn't see any advantage in this new functionality.
But with this post, I understand that 1 account per physical person is the new golden rule.
So what are the best practices to migrate from a single shared iTunes account to family sharing without loosing anything ?
Some data (game progression) aren't shared accross all devices, how can I be sure that my daughter will not loose her data when she will use her newest iTunes account ?
A: Personally I would create subsequent accounts for other family members, then you can use your current account as the "parent" or "leader" account and then add the new accounts to the family.
You are still using your original account so you're guaranteed not to loose anything, the others should also have access to the content you choose to share with other family members.
| Q: Best practices to migrate from a single shared iTunes account to family sharing Since iOS 4, my family is equiped with multiple iOS devices. I used the same iTunes account on all devices to share :
*
*Applications
*Photos
*Notes
*Musics
*Data (game progression)
With iOS 8 Apple introduced family sharing. Firstly I didn't see any advantage in this new functionality.
But with this post, I understand that 1 account per physical person is the new golden rule.
So what are the best practices to migrate from a single shared iTunes account to family sharing without loosing anything ?
Some data (game progression) aren't shared accross all devices, how can I be sure that my daughter will not loose her data when she will use her newest iTunes account ?
A: Personally I would create subsequent accounts for other family members, then you can use your current account as the "parent" or "leader" account and then add the new accounts to the family.
You are still using your original account so you're guaranteed not to loose anything, the others should also have access to the content you choose to share with other family members.
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312c048351fd6bb302ffc09c10cf4e5b9fb7a278 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to zip from terminal without creating folder structure of path to folder? It is possible to zip a target folder with encryption by the terminal command
zip -er ~/Desktop/myzippedfolder.zip ~/Documents/myfolder/
However, the contents of myzippedfolder will be a folder called Users containing a folder called username containing a folder called Documents containing the folder myfolder and its contents.
Is it possible to zip the folder myfolder only such that when myzippedfolder is unzipped it contains only myfolder and its contents rather than the parent folders?
A: Simply…
cd to the correct directory first. For Example:
cd ~/Desktop
or alternatively, type cd [space], then drag your folder to terminal to auto-fill the path
| Q: How to zip from terminal without creating folder structure of path to folder? It is possible to zip a target folder with encryption by the terminal command
zip -er ~/Desktop/myzippedfolder.zip ~/Documents/myfolder/
However, the contents of myzippedfolder will be a folder called Users containing a folder called username containing a folder called Documents containing the folder myfolder and its contents.
Is it possible to zip the folder myfolder only such that when myzippedfolder is unzipped it contains only myfolder and its contents rather than the parent folders?
A: Simply…
cd to the correct directory first. For Example:
cd ~/Desktop
or alternatively, type cd [space], then drag your folder to terminal to auto-fill the path
A: zip ~/Desktop/myzippedfolder.zip --out ~/Desktop/myfolder/ -s 1m
There is for copying: fileIntoZIP.
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5a5c0618a8ee24a16e17a8aafc4ea7e661548606 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I prevent files from being saved as .webarchive Whenever I want to save files like .csv files that were open in a safari tab, it forces me to either name it as .csv.webarchive or .webarchive. Is there a way to disable this?
A: To answer the question about Saving in Safari:
When you are about to save a page you are viewing in Safari, you will find a Select option in the saving dialogue, that will let you choose the format you want to save the page.
By default it will be set as Web Archive. But you can change it to Page Source, so it will save on the source of the page, which in the csv case, it will save the csv file.
Next time, Safari will remember your last choice.
| Q: How do I prevent files from being saved as .webarchive Whenever I want to save files like .csv files that were open in a safari tab, it forces me to either name it as .csv.webarchive or .webarchive. Is there a way to disable this?
A: To answer the question about Saving in Safari:
When you are about to save a page you are viewing in Safari, you will find a Select option in the saving dialogue, that will let you choose the format you want to save the page.
By default it will be set as Web Archive. But you can change it to Page Source, so it will save on the source of the page, which in the csv case, it will save the csv file.
Next time, Safari will remember your last choice.
A: Here is another small tip, for downloading files like csv, pdf, mp3 etc, that are opened and viewable in a Safari tab/window and have been accessed directly through their urls (e.g. the url address in safari address bar is something like: www.example.com/mycsv.csv, or www.example.com/mymovie.mp4, and so on...)
*
*Go and click inside the address bar, so it gets active.
*Hold the ALT key down, and stroke once the ENTER key.
Safari will reload the current page, and immediately will start downloading the current file.
A: Webarchive (Wikipedia link) is a attempt to save the complete web page itself including all CSS and JavaScript files associated with it, not merely the CSV data displayed on the page.
If the site you are browsing contains a link to the file you need, you may be able to download it with an Option+Click or right click Download Linked File As...
I hope this helps!
A: Just rename the file as .csv It may leave some residual information you don't need but just delete it...simple.
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2bf50abac17687e06d14ae10b613c92ed7ecead5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Set bash_profile to open with Sublime Text 2 by default I'd like Sublime Text 2, not TextEdit, to be the default program to open my bash_profile file when I call open ~/.bash_profile in Terminal. Normally I would just control-click on the file in Finder to set the default program, but given that bash_profile is hidden I'm not sure how to go about this.
A: You can temporarily show hidden files. In terminal write:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
and then killall Finder to restart Finder.
Change what you need and then hide hidden files again by changing TRUE to FALSE.
Edit: Making this more explicit. In Finder, locate .bash_profile, open up the properties by right click + "Get Info". Then change the "Open with" to Sublime Text 2. This works, I just tried it.
| Q: Set bash_profile to open with Sublime Text 2 by default I'd like Sublime Text 2, not TextEdit, to be the default program to open my bash_profile file when I call open ~/.bash_profile in Terminal. Normally I would just control-click on the file in Finder to set the default program, but given that bash_profile is hidden I'm not sure how to go about this.
A: You can temporarily show hidden files. In terminal write:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
and then killall Finder to restart Finder.
Change what you need and then hide hidden files again by changing TRUE to FALSE.
Edit: Making this more explicit. In Finder, locate .bash_profile, open up the properties by right click + "Get Info". Then change the "Open with" to Sublime Text 2. This works, I just tried it.
A: What about:
subl .bash_profile
instead of open. You can launch Sublime Text with subl, and append a filename to open it.
A: You can do open -a "Sublime Text 2" ~/.profile Assuming that name is what's on the app's bundle.
A: I do this all the time, but i do it from the command line:
My bash profile has the st macro mapped to:
alias st='/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl'
And in the terminal i just type:
st ~/.bash_profile
A: Sublime Text Shortcut Guide
*
*Open Mac Terminal
*Go to homebrew.sh; copy and enter the following:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
*Enter brew install wget
*Enter the following into your Mac Terminal: open ~/.bash_profile but if for whatever reason you don't have one configured, enter
sudo nano .bash_profile. Please be advised, this solution presumes you are the root user of your system/device.
*Open another tab within the terminal-window and check Ruby version (e.g. ruby -v); if absent, become sufficiently by Rubified by entering: brew install ruby
*Download Sublime Text 3, then go to root/usr (e.g. cd alexanderjsingleton/).
*Next after you've installed Sublime 3, open /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl
*Create a symlink called sublime by entering ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/sublime
*Enter the following into your Mac Terminal: open ~/.bash_profile but if for whatever reason you don't have one configured, enter
sudo nano .bash_profile.
*Exit and open your bash profile; the following example should be contained in the profile export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH. This is the same file location for other user-profile settings for applications like iTerm.
*Test by entering the directory of app-files (e.g. sublime .).
*Boom! A special thanks to the great Ashley Nolan's blog, though for
whatever reason my new MacBookPro couldn't access the bash-profile, so I had to create one, which is why I included that caveat in step 4. I trust
this will assuage any systemAdmin anguish fellow developers may take for granted. :D
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c466579375e5071188722f6fdc2ea8e02a4572b7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Make a FaceTime call using AppleScript Is it possible to initiate a FaceTime call with "+1 (###) ###-####" when I execute an AppleScript?
Does FaceTime support AppleScript and how can I automate the start of a call?
A: This'll do it. You can input a phone number in most normal formats. Can't say I've tried them all:
set phone_num to text returned of (display dialog "Input a phone number to call:" default answer "")
do shell script "open facetime://" & quoted form of phone_num
tell application "System Events"
repeat until (button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime" exists)
delay 1
end repeat
click button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime"
end tell
| Q: Make a FaceTime call using AppleScript Is it possible to initiate a FaceTime call with "+1 (###) ###-####" when I execute an AppleScript?
Does FaceTime support AppleScript and how can I automate the start of a call?
A: This'll do it. You can input a phone number in most normal formats. Can't say I've tried them all:
set phone_num to text returned of (display dialog "Input a phone number to call:" default answer "")
do shell script "open facetime://" & quoted form of phone_num
tell application "System Events"
repeat until (button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime" exists)
delay 1
end repeat
click button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime"
end tell
A: Great code William Foggard! Thank you, your code works for me, running Big Sur, 11.4. Here is a slightly modified version. It will FaceTime what you put in for ***********, William's code has a pop up box. It's working well with Keyboard Maestro.
do shell script "open facetime://" & "+***********"
tell application "System Events"
repeat until (button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime" exists)
delay 1
end repeat
click button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime"
end tell
I wanted to leave this as a comment but looks like I need more points first. This is one of my first posts so hope it turned out ok.
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26a58abe814386782fe8b0c817995bcdbb9491f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Soft Return" character (Shift-Enter) on iOS? How can I enter a soft return character (Shift-Enter) on iOS?
A: There is actually a way by using the microphone symbol on your keyboard and then saying “nieuwe regel”. That is Dutch for “new line” but I am not sure what the exact english equivolant is. But it works, it creates a soft return.
| Q: "Soft Return" character (Shift-Enter) on iOS? How can I enter a soft return character (Shift-Enter) on iOS?
A: There is actually a way by using the microphone symbol on your keyboard and then saying “nieuwe regel”. That is Dutch for “new line” but I am not sure what the exact english equivolant is. But it works, it creates a soft return.
A: The answer is actually surprisingly simple:
*
*Say you are on WhatsApp, typing a text to be sent. You want to insert a new paragraph after a stop punctuation sign.
*Press the Shift key to make sure is not enabled.
*Now press and hold the Shift key and press the Return key once. There's your soft return!
*
*You can actually press the Return key (with the Shift key being held) more than once should you want to insert further returns in your text.
A: A soft line break is not supported by the iOS keyboard (nor, to my knowledge, by SwiftKey or Swype), but you can copy/paste an existing soft return from any other text.
I cannot give an example here, because the Stack Exchange markup doesn't know a soft return either. Instead, you can see this in action in the following Quora thread: How do I enter a soft return character (Shift-Enter) on iOS?
A: Extending zoagli's own answer, though again not a perfect solution as it adds potentially unwanted spaces you need to go back & tidy up.
Copy/paste a soft return from somewhere, then in System Prefs > Keyboard > Text you can add a new Replace, for instance sret, & paste the soft return to the With column.
That will then propagate over iCloud to your other devices & turn sret into a soft
return - though not on SE, as previously mentioned [unless you look at this answer in Edit]. It will also have a leading & trailing space, which you may need to go back & trim.
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9b868ee771b52846457d9f0b176964ca6ef3a27d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Internet sharing disabling Macbook Wifi So I wanted to share the Ethernet connection through my Wifi to my phone, since it is having problems connecting to my router at home.
My Wifi works fine on it's own. My ethernet connection works fine on it's own.
But when I plug in my Ethernet connection and turn internet sharing on it disables my wifi. When I try to click "Turn on WIFI" nothing happens.
As you can see in the top right corner the Wifi is disabled and I can't enable it.
After the Internet sharing disables my Wifi I need to turn off internet sharing and restart my macbook for the Wifi to switch back on again.
Does anyone know why this is the case?
I have tried looking for alternative hotspot software for mac, maybe this will solve my problems but couldn't find any of those either.
A: I was also scratching my head just to share my one iPhone internet to tether via my iMac. It was so silly what solved the problem.
Uncheck the internet sharing checkbox in sharing system preferences.
After unchecking the internet fields were enabled.
| Q: Internet sharing disabling Macbook Wifi So I wanted to share the Ethernet connection through my Wifi to my phone, since it is having problems connecting to my router at home.
My Wifi works fine on it's own. My ethernet connection works fine on it's own.
But when I plug in my Ethernet connection and turn internet sharing on it disables my wifi. When I try to click "Turn on WIFI" nothing happens.
As you can see in the top right corner the Wifi is disabled and I can't enable it.
After the Internet sharing disables my Wifi I need to turn off internet sharing and restart my macbook for the Wifi to switch back on again.
Does anyone know why this is the case?
I have tried looking for alternative hotspot software for mac, maybe this will solve my problems but couldn't find any of those either.
A: I was also scratching my head just to share my one iPhone internet to tether via my iMac. It was so silly what solved the problem.
Uncheck the internet sharing checkbox in sharing system preferences.
After unchecking the internet fields were enabled.
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1bd7bd71d6cf1812e52551551ee30e49021aa8b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I select an item from the icon bar alongside the menu bar using only keyboard keys? I have intermittent problems using a built-in MacBook mouse (another story), and need to select the Bluetooth icon from the menu bar using only the keyboard:
It appears that the shortcut keys Ctrl-F2 (or Ctrl-Fn-F2) allows me to navigate to the menu bar (it selects the Apple menu initially), but Right doesn't allow me to navigate to the icon bar.
How can I get there and select an item from that icon using only the keyboard?
A: I just figured this out. The answer is Ctrl-F8 (at least by default, assuming no shortcut customisation), or on some keyboards Ctrl-Fn-F8.
| Q: How can I select an item from the icon bar alongside the menu bar using only keyboard keys? I have intermittent problems using a built-in MacBook mouse (another story), and need to select the Bluetooth icon from the menu bar using only the keyboard:
It appears that the shortcut keys Ctrl-F2 (or Ctrl-Fn-F2) allows me to navigate to the menu bar (it selects the Apple menu initially), but Right doesn't allow me to navigate to the icon bar.
How can I get there and select an item from that icon using only the keyboard?
A: I just figured this out. The answer is Ctrl-F8 (at least by default, assuming no shortcut customisation), or on some keyboards Ctrl-Fn-F8.
A: I ran into this shortcut by accident; my own question was the related one to yours: where is this configured, and how can I disable it?
Here is the answer to that:
In system preferences -> keyboard -> "shortcuts" tab -> "keyboard" list entry -> last item in the list is "Move focus to status menus."
A: You might find this post useful:
http://lifehacker.com/321595/access-the-dock-and-menu-bar-from-your-keyboard
Access your menu bar and launch dock items from the comfort of your keyboard with the Ctrl-F2 (menu bar) and Ctrl-F3 (dock) shortcuts.
And how to select an item:
You can use the arrow keys to navigate if you prefer, but on the menu bar, for example, there aren't trigger letters for each item like Windows menus offer. Instead, just start typing the name of the menu bar item you want (for example, Edit) and then hit Enter once it's selected. You can then repeat this for actions within the drop-down menu.
Extra tip:
If these shortcuts don't work for you, you may either need to use Ctrl-Fn-F2/F3 or enable them with Ctrl-F1 (or Ctrl-Fn-F1).
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aee8059fe253bbc92b7cd730a002462e4c05781d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make 64-bit guests available in a nested VirtualBox installation on iMac 5K 27-inch? I have installed VirtualBox inside of VirtualBox.
*
*Host OS: OS X Yosemite
*Guest OS: Ubuntu 12.04
*Both versions of VirtualBox: 4.3.28
The guest versions in VirtualBox installed on Ubuntu 12.04 are only 32-bit.
How can I make 64-bit available?
A: At the present time VirtualBox does not officially support nested virtualization, even thought one can nest a 32-bit Guest a 64-bit guest cannot be nested as VT-x is not passed through to the nested Guest and it's one of the requirements to run a 64-bit Guest, nested or not.
VMware Fusion does support some nested 64-bit Guests although off the top of my head I'd have to check the documentation to be more specific. You can have a look Running Nested VMs at VMware's website.
| Q: How to make 64-bit guests available in a nested VirtualBox installation on iMac 5K 27-inch? I have installed VirtualBox inside of VirtualBox.
*
*Host OS: OS X Yosemite
*Guest OS: Ubuntu 12.04
*Both versions of VirtualBox: 4.3.28
The guest versions in VirtualBox installed on Ubuntu 12.04 are only 32-bit.
How can I make 64-bit available?
A: At the present time VirtualBox does not officially support nested virtualization, even thought one can nest a 32-bit Guest a 64-bit guest cannot be nested as VT-x is not passed through to the nested Guest and it's one of the requirements to run a 64-bit Guest, nested or not.
VMware Fusion does support some nested 64-bit Guests although off the top of my head I'd have to check the documentation to be more specific. You can have a look Running Nested VMs at VMware's website.
| apple | {
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a02ce9d7c9e2b9833b3ee621ec3c271bc27ab4a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make Open / Save dialogues stay in same folder in OS X? OS X's open and save dialogues have a very detailed way of remembering (or forgetting, depends on how you see it) the directory you're working in. I have the impression it is saved individually for each app and dialogue type.
A use case: we have a file my/akward/long/path/logos/logo.ai which we want to convert to a png and then upload it to a website.
*
*Illustrator: Open Dialogue: Browse to my/akward/long/path/logos/.
*Illustrator: Save for web - Save Dialogue: We're somewhere else
(where we last exported to), browse to my/akward/long/path/logos/
again, save the png.
*Chrome: Upload button, Open dialogue: Oh no,
again, we're where we last uploaded from. Browse to
my/akward/long/path/logos/ and upload the png.
I find this constant directory browsing extremely tedious.
I just want all Save, Open and possible other dialogues of all Apps to stay in the same directory. Until I change to another directory, then stay there.
Is that possible? Maybe with an extra app?
| Q: How to make Open / Save dialogues stay in same folder in OS X? OS X's open and save dialogues have a very detailed way of remembering (or forgetting, depends on how you see it) the directory you're working in. I have the impression it is saved individually for each app and dialogue type.
A use case: we have a file my/akward/long/path/logos/logo.ai which we want to convert to a png and then upload it to a website.
*
*Illustrator: Open Dialogue: Browse to my/akward/long/path/logos/.
*Illustrator: Save for web - Save Dialogue: We're somewhere else
(where we last exported to), browse to my/akward/long/path/logos/
again, save the png.
*Chrome: Upload button, Open dialogue: Oh no,
again, we're where we last uploaded from. Browse to
my/akward/long/path/logos/ and upload the png.
I find this constant directory browsing extremely tedious.
I just want all Save, Open and possible other dialogues of all Apps to stay in the same directory. Until I change to another directory, then stay there.
Is that possible? Maybe with an extra app?
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72025084bb344c75009549cbcc13f8eb46f1fbf5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Backup Photos using Google Photo Desktop Uploader I am a user of Photos for OSX, after upgrading from iPhoto. I am trying to use Google's photo service to backup my library from my Mac Mini. I have installed the Google Desktop Uploader application from the photos.google.com site.
The application does not seem to allow me to select my Photos library in the preferences as it is grayed out. If I select the "Pictures" parent folder, the application does not find my photos and they are not uploaded.
My Photos library resides on the internal drive in my mini, and is about 131GB in size.
A: To make sure "Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/" stays permanently in the list of folders, you must remove "Pictures/" from the list.
I found Google Photos Backup rejects folders contained in folders already in the list; since "Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/" is inside "Pictures/"... you get the ... picture.
| Q: Backup Photos using Google Photo Desktop Uploader I am a user of Photos for OSX, after upgrading from iPhoto. I am trying to use Google's photo service to backup my library from my Mac Mini. I have installed the Google Desktop Uploader application from the photos.google.com site.
The application does not seem to allow me to select my Photos library in the preferences as it is grayed out. If I select the "Pictures" parent folder, the application does not find my photos and they are not uploaded.
My Photos library resides on the internal drive in my mini, and is about 131GB in size.
A: To make sure "Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/" stays permanently in the list of folders, you must remove "Pictures/" from the list.
I found Google Photos Backup rejects folders contained in folders already in the list; since "Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/" is inside "Pictures/"... you get the ... picture.
A: I wasn't sure if this was possible, but I'm please to report that it is, and I'm going to use it myself. The trick is to understand that Photos Library.photoslibrary is a Package File that Google Photos Backup doesn't know how to see inside. However, Finder does. So, right click on Photos Library.photoslibrary (normally inside your Pictures folder) and select Show Package Contents. All of your pictures are inside of Masters, organized by date added (however note that any edits you made in Apple Photos are not included; these are the original images).
Now, run Google Photos Backup and click Add to select the folder. Drag the Masters folder into the File Dialog:
Now click Choose, and you've succeeded in getting the Google Photos Backup to look inside the Apple Photo package. You may want to unclick the other watched folders, since Apple Photo should already be importing all images.
I just figured this out, so I'll update if I find any downsides. Since Google Photos is completely free for the High Quality images (as opposed to Original resolution), it will be interesting to compare the two services.
A: The latest version of the desktop uploader can now recognise and upload directly from Photos library.
A: There is a configuration file for Google Photos Backup that will allow you to manually enter the value.
Look inside your Application Support directory and add the full path to your Photos app Masters directory:
*
*Quit the Google Photos Backup application (so your changes aren't overwritten by auto-save)
*Open a new Finder window
*Go to your user Home directory (Shift-Command-H)
*Open Library -> Application Support -> Google -> Google Photos Backup -> db
*You should see a directory named for the email address associated to your Google account. Open this.
*Open the file named watchedfolders.txt
*Add the path to your Masters directory to a new line in that text file...
*
*~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters
*Save and close the file watchedfolders.txt
However, I have found that no matter the solution (whether this or the former), only newly-added photos are detected and uploaded to Google Photos. All photos that are pre-existing in the Photos app library seem to be ignored. I'm curious if there is some way to "touch" each file in the Masters directory so that Google Photos Backup will suddenly see them.
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8d2cce1069ad08a2135d1fa7934cf68b27286566 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No SMS notifications for one contact I have a weird problem. For this one contact I don't get any sound or vibration notifications when a SMS arrives.
What I have tried:
*
*Change Text Tone
*Change Vibration
*Delete contact and create new with same mobile number
*Rebooted iPhone
What could be the problem?
A: You may have accidentally muted the SMS conversation.
To change this go to the SMS messages for that contact and click Details (top right) and make sure that Do Not Disturb isn't selected.
| Q: No SMS notifications for one contact I have a weird problem. For this one contact I don't get any sound or vibration notifications when a SMS arrives.
What I have tried:
*
*Change Text Tone
*Change Vibration
*Delete contact and create new with same mobile number
*Rebooted iPhone
What could be the problem?
A: You may have accidentally muted the SMS conversation.
To change this go to the SMS messages for that contact and click Details (top right) and make sure that Do Not Disturb isn't selected.
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/189972"
} |
35e7d45748c0d437ad61cf875a180a93733112d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get my own phone number from an iPhone running iOS 8? I am trying to get my own phone number but I can not find it. This is available in jailbroken phones and iOS 7 and lower versions. Please any help?
A: You can do one of the followings in order to find your phone number.
*
*First, If you have enabled My Number feature in your iPhone Settings before, you can see your number in the Phone app, the top row.
*Second, If you jailbroke the device before, you can use Cydia tweaks when possible.
*Finally, the most popular way is to call your friend's iPhone. He can see your phone number and he can tell you the number. That is your own number.
NOTE: The last way is only possible if you have enabled Show my Caller ID in Settings -> Phone.
| Q: How can I get my own phone number from an iPhone running iOS 8? I am trying to get my own phone number but I can not find it. This is available in jailbroken phones and iOS 7 and lower versions. Please any help?
A: You can do one of the followings in order to find your phone number.
*
*First, If you have enabled My Number feature in your iPhone Settings before, you can see your number in the Phone app, the top row.
*Second, If you jailbroke the device before, you can use Cydia tweaks when possible.
*Finally, the most popular way is to call your friend's iPhone. He can see your phone number and he can tell you the number. That is your own number.
NOTE: The last way is only possible if you have enabled Show my Caller ID in Settings -> Phone.
A: Go to settings > phone
First line is My Number
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190047"
} |
5f8e0a09839faf3c01324dfb70306ac071036dd7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: A modal occupies the entire Mail app when composing a new mail Some annoying new feature has been added since an update I did recently. When I start to compose a new mail the compose window till appear as a modal and lock the rest of the mail app. This makes it impossible to at the same time look at other emails or use Finder to drag and drop files. Very annoying.
Does anyone know how to disable this behavior?
A: This is a feature of using Mail.app in Full Screen Mode.
To disable this behaviour, use Mail.app in non-Full Screen Mode. You can do this with the menu item: View > Exit Full Screen.
| Q: A modal occupies the entire Mail app when composing a new mail Some annoying new feature has been added since an update I did recently. When I start to compose a new mail the compose window till appear as a modal and lock the rest of the mail app. This makes it impossible to at the same time look at other emails or use Finder to drag and drop files. Very annoying.
Does anyone know how to disable this behavior?
A: This is a feature of using Mail.app in Full Screen Mode.
To disable this behaviour, use Mail.app in non-Full Screen Mode. You can do this with the menu item: View > Exit Full Screen.
| apple | {
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190059"
} |
3e6617f1da671ce152b597537980ef1b82f929d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to upgrade brew cask Is there any way to upgrade all brew casks? Something like brew cask upgrade?
A: From the homebrew cask documentation:
Since the homebrew-cask repository is a Homebrew Tap, you'll pull down
the latest Casks every time you issue the regular Homebrew command
brew update. Currently, homebrew-cask cannot always detect if an
Application has been updated. You can force an update via the command
brew cask install --force. We are working on improving this.
The following should be enough to upgrade both brew formulaes and casks.
brew upgrade --all
| Q: Is there any way to upgrade brew cask Is there any way to upgrade all brew casks? Something like brew cask upgrade?
A: From the homebrew cask documentation:
Since the homebrew-cask repository is a Homebrew Tap, you'll pull down
the latest Casks every time you issue the regular Homebrew command
brew update. Currently, homebrew-cask cannot always detect if an
Application has been updated. You can force an update via the command
brew cask install --force. We are working on improving this.
The following should be enough to upgrade both brew formulaes and casks.
brew upgrade --all
A: As of December, 2017, brew cask upgrade is a thing.
https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/3396
A: Here's what I have in my .bash_profile that I run to do a full upgrade pass of homebrew. I "pin" a couple items to keep gigantic downloads from being repeatedly fetched for every update, because their versions are always "latest" or they shouldn't be upgraded.
boop() {
brew update && brew upgrade && brew cleanup \
&& cask-upgrade && cask-retire && brew cask cleanup \
&& brew doctor && brew cask doctor
}
__is_pinned() {
local pinned=";pixate-studio;sketchup;skype;"
[[ *";${1};"* != "${pinned}" ]] && return 0 || return 1
}
cask-upgrade() {
while read -r; do
reply=(${REPLY})
name="${reply[0]}"
vers="${reply[1]}"
if ! __is_pinned "${name}"; then
if [[ "${vers}" == "latest" ]]; then
brew cask install "${name}" --force
else
brew cask install "${name}" 2> >(grep -v "re-install")
fi
fi
done < <(brew cask list --versions)
}
cask-retire() {
room="/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom"
while read -r; do
reply=(${REPLY})
name="${reply[0]}"
vers="${reply[1]}"
if ! __is_pinned "${name}"; then
for inst in $(ls "${room}/${name}"); do
if [[ "${inst}" != "${vers}" ]]; then
echo "Removing ${name} version ${inst}"
rm -r "${room}/${name}/${inst}"
fi
done
fi
done < <(brew cask list --versions)
}
A: Casks with 'auto_updates' or 'version :latest' will not be upgraded; pass --greedy to upgrade them:
brew upgrade --cask --greedy
A: Bash script to upgrade packages
inspired by Pascal answer
#!/usr/bin/env bash
(set -x; brew update;)
(set -x; brew cleanup;)
(set -x; brew cask cleanup;)
red=`tput setaf 1`
green=`tput setaf 2`
reset=`tput sgr0`
casks=( $(brew cask list) )
for cask in ${casks[@]}
do
version=$(brew cask info $cask | sed -n "s/$cask:\ \(.*\)/\1/p")
installed=$(find "/usr/local/Caskroom/$cask" -type d -maxdepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name "$version")
if [[ -z $installed ]]; then
echo "${red}${cask}${reset} requires ${red}update${reset}."
(set -x; brew cask uninstall $cask --force;)
(set -x; brew cask install $cask --force;)
else
echo "${red}${cask}${reset} is ${green}up-to-date${reset}."
fi
done
What it does
*
*update brew/brew cask, cleanup
*read the casks list
*check the brew cask info for the newest version
*install new version if available (and removes all old versions!)
source: https://gist.github.com/atais/9c72e469b1cbec35c7c430ce03de2a6b
one liner for impatient:
curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/atais/9c72e469b1cbec35c7c430ce03de2a6b/raw/36808a0544628398f26b48f7a3c7b309872ca2c6/cask_upgrade.sh | bash /dev/stdin
save as /usr/local/bin/cask-upgrade, so you can run it locally as cask-upgrade later
A: homebrew-cask-upgrade
I think this is by far the best solution to upgrade the casks.
source: https://github.com/buo/homebrew-cask-upgrade
Installation & usage
brew tap buo/cask-upgrade
brew update
brew cu
(Optional) Force upgrade outdated apps including the ones marked as latest:
brew cu --all
A: To reinstall brew cask apps in zsh:
brew cask update;
for app in $(brew cask list); do
brew cask uninstall --force ${app}
brew cask install --force ${app}
done
A: This would probably be more appropriate as a comment, but I don't have enough reputation to leave one, so...
As of this writing, homebrew-cask has its own upgrade system, and so the third-party scripts and tools are no longer required.
To list outdated casks: brew cask outdated
To upgrade all outdated casks: brew cask upgrade
A: As the quote in the other answer says, there is currently no way to upgrade all updated casks.
The second part of the answer is wrong, though: brew upgrade --all cannot upgrade casks.
The only way to upgrade all casks is to get a list of the installed casks and force them to be reinstalled - including those that have not changed!
In fish, you could do that like this:
for app in (brew cask list)
brew cask install --force $app
end
edit:
Atais created a script that works: Bash script to upgrade packages.
Please upvote his answer rather than this one.
A: This has really irked me so I created this script to update all Brew apps and allow the user to choose which Cask apps to update. You can exclude apps from consideration too.
https://github.com/derrekyoung/ScriptsAndUtils/blob/master/brew-cask-upgrade.sh
A: I recommend @eduncan911's answer in the counterpart question on Stack Overflow.
In short:
*
*$ brew-cask.sh just lists an output similar to Homebrew's brew update.
the list above shows all packages installed, with a green ✔ indicating any pending updates.
*$ brew-cask.sh upgrade will force the upgrade of those packages.
Install from his repo with:
$ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eduncan911/dotfiles/master/bin/brew-cask.sh --create-dirs -o ~/bin/brew-cask.sh
$ chmod 755 ~/bin/brew-cask.sh
Then use it like this:
$ brew-cask.sh
$ brew-cask.sh upgrade
A: I made such script by myself. Please look at the github https://github.com/pesh1983/brew_cask_upgrade. It has pretty good description, but if you have any additional question, feel free to ask me.
It does fair upgrade: uninstall and install, so any necessary cleanup will be performed by 'brew' itself.
A: Similar to @DarrenPMeyer, this would probably be more appropriate as a comment, but I too don't have enough reputation to leave one, so...
Adding on to @Raúl Cuza and @DarrenPMeyer's comments, some casks are considered auto-updating, but in my experience, many typically do not update promptly.
One can do brew cask upgrade --greedy or brew cask outdated --greedy to include those auto-updating casks.
Also, if you wanted to upgrade your casks automatically, I would suggest first installing homebrew-cask-upgrade:
brew tap buo/cask-upgrade
brew update
brew cu
then scheduling brew cu --all --cleanup --yes in your crontab (we must use root's crontab because brew casks often need root permission):
sudo crontab -e
and write:
MAILTO=""
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
40 15 * * * brew cu --all --cleanup --yes
A: since homebrew version 2.6.0 brew cask upgrade is deprecated and was replaced with brew upgrade --cask
(March 2021)
https://brew.sh/2020/12/01/homebrew-2.6.0/
A: for app in $(brew cask list); do
cver="$(brew cask info "${app}" | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2)"
ivers=$(ls -1 "/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/${app}/.metadata/" | tr '\n' ' ' | sed -e 's/ $//')
aivers=(${ivers})
nvers=$(echo ${#aivers[@]})
echo "[*] Found ${app} in cask list. Latest available version is ${cver}. You have installed version(s): ${overs}"
if [[ ${nvers} -eq 1 ]]; then
echo "${ivers}" | grep -q "^${cver}$" && { echo "[*] Latest version already installed :) Skipping changes ..."
continue; }
fi
echo "[+] Fixing from ${ivers} to ${cver} ..."
brew cask uninstall "${app}" --force
brew cask install "${app}"
done
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} |
0eea76d1fc8f52971dc8038032641cc336397bda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why are switches grayed out in the iPhones Settings app with iOS 8.3? In 'Settings' > 'Cellular': all the switches under 'Use cellular data for:' are grayed out. Some are ON and some are OFF but none can be changed. These are the switches that control cellular data usage for individual apps. Why are they disabled?
In the same panel I have 'Cellular Data' turned ON and "Enable LTE" turned ON.
A: Looks like it's restricted —someone activated parental controls on your device.
Go to Settings > General > Restrictions and scroll down until you see the Cellular data item, you can deactivate it there (given you know the passcode).
On iOS 13, restrictions have been moved under Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions
| Q: Why are switches grayed out in the iPhones Settings app with iOS 8.3? In 'Settings' > 'Cellular': all the switches under 'Use cellular data for:' are grayed out. Some are ON and some are OFF but none can be changed. These are the switches that control cellular data usage for individual apps. Why are they disabled?
In the same panel I have 'Cellular Data' turned ON and "Enable LTE" turned ON.
A: Looks like it's restricted —someone activated parental controls on your device.
Go to Settings > General > Restrictions and scroll down until you see the Cellular data item, you can deactivate it there (given you know the passcode).
On iOS 13, restrictions have been moved under Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions
A: If your device is jailbroken, try removing the following file on your device and rebooting:
/var/wireless/Library/Databases/CellularUsage.db
Related: Cellular data app preferences not being saved
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190129"
} |
9bdd76fb07d5925f74cc8cf4a07a06bb8761696c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I exit full screen in VMWare Fusion 7? How do I exit full screen in VMWare Fusion 7?
The menu bar that used to appear when the cursor was oushed to the top of the screen no longer appears.
A: To enter or exit Fullscreenmode of your VM you can press [Command]+[Control]+[F].
| Q: How do I exit full screen in VMWare Fusion 7? How do I exit full screen in VMWare Fusion 7?
The menu bar that used to appear when the cursor was oushed to the top of the screen no longer appears.
A: To enter or exit Fullscreenmode of your VM you can press [Command]+[Control]+[F].
| apple | {
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"question_score": "16",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190159"
} |
e61dd67d0e4a228d32f1f0559998493bc8fde4c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable true color mode in an OS X Terminal? NeoVim recently added support for True Color mode in terminals that support it. I've tried both Terminal 2.5.3 (343.7) and iTerm 2.1.1, and neither one can display more than 256 colors by default.
This is a script used for testing terminal color capability. When I run it, the 3-byte color mode section at the bottom is just black and green, indicating that support is absent.
Is there a way to enable True Color mode in any OS X Terminal application?
A: True color mode is enabled by default in iTerm 3.0+.
The default MacOS Terminal.app is still limited to a 256 color palette.
| Q: How to enable true color mode in an OS X Terminal? NeoVim recently added support for True Color mode in terminals that support it. I've tried both Terminal 2.5.3 (343.7) and iTerm 2.1.1, and neither one can display more than 256 colors by default.
This is a script used for testing terminal color capability. When I run it, the 3-byte color mode section at the bottom is just black and green, indicating that support is absent.
Is there a way to enable True Color mode in any OS X Terminal application?
A: True color mode is enabled by default in iTerm 3.0+.
The default MacOS Terminal.app is still limited to a 256 color palette.
| apple | {
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190167"
} |
820ef1146f1fb2345fbdb19dbe4e3322548fd4ac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Auto shutdown iPad Is there a way to automatically shutdown an iPad after a certain time interval?
N.B. Not auto-sleep. Auto-shutdown.
A: No. iOS does not include this feature. Most iDevices are only fully shut down if the owner doesn't charge it, and only rebooted during updates.
If you jailbreak it you may find something within the Cydia packages.
Note that there is no need to shut it down, unless you are storing it for an extended period.
| Q: Auto shutdown iPad Is there a way to automatically shutdown an iPad after a certain time interval?
N.B. Not auto-sleep. Auto-shutdown.
A: No. iOS does not include this feature. Most iDevices are only fully shut down if the owner doesn't charge it, and only rebooted during updates.
If you jailbreak it you may find something within the Cydia packages.
Note that there is no need to shut it down, unless you are storing it for an extended period.
A: There is no way to do so with an unjailbroken iPad pr iPhone. The Auto Sleep feature is the only available feature of this kind at the moment.
If your device is jailbroken and you have Cydia installed on it, then you can enable auto shut down with a simple search in Cydia.
NOTE: The best way is always waiting for the new versions. WWDC 2015 takes place in San Francisco in June 8-12, and they will introduce the new versions of iOS and OS X which may allow you to do so without jailbreaking your iDevice.
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190173"
} |
59e7a60505d491ee9f6bdd8de1f2fc21fb01b6df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you make the dock more sensitive to being shown? The amount that you have to move the mouse downwards to get the dock to trigger is too high in my opinion. I've only found the following settings:
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0
This set the speed of the transition to 0, but does not make it easier to trigger.
defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0
This sets the delay to 0 once triggered, but does not make it easier to trigger.
I want it to launch the moment the mouse touches the edge of my screen.
Thanks
Edit: the suggested duplicate has no answers that answer this question as addressed in the text above.
A: Not sure why but with that setup, it feels pretty easy to trigger dock show/hide for me. I found 0.4 suits me most.
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -int 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.4
killall Dock
| Q: How do you make the dock more sensitive to being shown? The amount that you have to move the mouse downwards to get the dock to trigger is too high in my opinion. I've only found the following settings:
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0
This set the speed of the transition to 0, but does not make it easier to trigger.
defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0
This sets the delay to 0 once triggered, but does not make it easier to trigger.
I want it to launch the moment the mouse touches the edge of my screen.
Thanks
Edit: the suggested duplicate has no answers that answer this question as addressed in the text above.
A: Not sure why but with that setup, it feels pretty easy to trigger dock show/hide for me. I found 0.4 suits me most.
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -int 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.4
killall Dock
| apple | {
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"source": "stackexchange",
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190179"
} |
4cfbbd0c790ebe02b3f27b5bf3ef0cc0448a2f61 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why an AVI video file cannot be imported to iMovie? I'm using iMovie and try to import a .avi file, 730.5MB. But iMovie keeps saying that "None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again."
Small .avi files created by my camera are able to be imported, but the 730.5MB one cannot, which was downloaded from Internet. Why can't it be imported? Is it because of its size too large?
A: I can't tell you why some AVIs can be imported but this one can't, but if you know that the file itself isn't corrupt or anything, I can give you a remedy: Handbrake is an app that can convert almost any video format to MP4, which iMovie should definitely be able to handle. Open Handbrake, select your video file, enter the destination path you want if you don't like the default, and press Start to run the conversion. When it's done, see how iMovie reacts to the MP4. Good luck!
| Q: Why an AVI video file cannot be imported to iMovie? I'm using iMovie and try to import a .avi file, 730.5MB. But iMovie keeps saying that "None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again."
Small .avi files created by my camera are able to be imported, but the 730.5MB one cannot, which was downloaded from Internet. Why can't it be imported? Is it because of its size too large?
A: I can't tell you why some AVIs can be imported but this one can't, but if you know that the file itself isn't corrupt or anything, I can give you a remedy: Handbrake is an app that can convert almost any video format to MP4, which iMovie should definitely be able to handle. Open Handbrake, select your video file, enter the destination path you want if you don't like the default, and press Start to run the conversion. When it's done, see how iMovie reacts to the MP4. Good luck!
A: It likely has less to do with the size of the file and more to do with the format in which the audio was encoded. I second the suggestion to download the free application HandBrake and encode the file as an .mov or an .m4v with aac audio. There are presets built into the app, which make it very simple to choose output formats that'll work with whatever hardware & software you're intending to use to play (or edit) the video. HandBrake, also, has advanced options that allow for more granular control of encodings and a fairly active user and development community forum for support. HandBrake is really the best option for maintaining quality while reencoding any video files not of one's own creation and can also be used to rip video directly from disc; there are a number of lighter weight and more simplistic options if you needed to only remux the file.
A: I would suggest just downloading "Any Video Converter Lite" from the app store and using it to push out a quick mp4 file. Its solid and takes barely any configuring in order to get a workable output. I highly recommend it.
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190187"
} |
c28a6dd68fc668c8fcba50086028bb44bfca61d9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mirror parts of screen to external monitor I'd like to mirror/clone separate parts of my iMac screen to smaller external displays.
For me the best solution would be to draw a frame on top of the iMac display and let that special frame show up on a smaller external display.
Is this possible? How can I do this?
A: There are tools for doing this which are visual aids like zooming and following the mouse around, maybe they might work?
| Q: Mirror parts of screen to external monitor I'd like to mirror/clone separate parts of my iMac screen to smaller external displays.
For me the best solution would be to draw a frame on top of the iMac display and let that special frame show up on a smaller external display.
Is this possible? How can I do this?
A: There are tools for doing this which are visual aids like zooming and following the mouse around, maybe they might work?
| apple | {
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190188"
} |
4beeb9a1e637277e453a9026ea9a9033bfa0fd7d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does the Apple Watch get the temperature? The Apple Watch shows the temperature on the clock face.
When my Apple Watch is disconnected from my iPhone, the temperature display becomes disabled, but the time is still displayed. That leads me to think the watch doesn't have a temperature sensor, but it getting it from the Internet.
My question is: How does the Watch get the temperature?
A: The Apple watch doesn't have a temperature sensor for external temperature.
It probably uses the same web service as the Weather app.
| Q: How does the Apple Watch get the temperature? The Apple Watch shows the temperature on the clock face.
When my Apple Watch is disconnected from my iPhone, the temperature display becomes disabled, but the time is still displayed. That leads me to think the watch doesn't have a temperature sensor, but it getting it from the Internet.
My question is: How does the Watch get the temperature?
A: The Apple watch doesn't have a temperature sensor for external temperature.
It probably uses the same web service as the Weather app.
A: The temperature shown does come from the Weather App. Small bits of data on the watch face are known as complications.
Tapping the temperature on the watch face will open the Weather app thus revealing the source of the data. The watch gets the data from your iPhone which, in turn, uses location and data from the Internet.
You may find more useful information in the Apple Watch User Guide.
A: My watch updates temp when disconnected from iPhone. I've tested it
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190220"
} |
ce83fc27fccc28cbd76ec1272dc41ffb8b4ef21d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does storing photos on iCloud also consume storage space on iPhone? If I have all my pictures stored on the iCloud, why are they taking up so much room on my phone? I thought the iCloud was designed to free up storage on your actual device?
A: Even when your photos are stored in iCloud, the Photo app will still have a low resolution version of the image on the iPhone so that you can see what photos you have in the cloud. These images are quite small, but will still consume space on your iPhone. If you have selected 'optimise iPhone storage' the app will try to intelligently select photos the be available on your phone (possibly recent pictures, maybe ones you have looked at several times etc).
All these things will take some space ... but it will be a fraction of the space all of the full resolution pictures would take.
| Q: Why does storing photos on iCloud also consume storage space on iPhone? If I have all my pictures stored on the iCloud, why are they taking up so much room on my phone? I thought the iCloud was designed to free up storage on your actual device?
A: Even when your photos are stored in iCloud, the Photo app will still have a low resolution version of the image on the iPhone so that you can see what photos you have in the cloud. These images are quite small, but will still consume space on your iPhone. If you have selected 'optimise iPhone storage' the app will try to intelligently select photos the be available on your phone (possibly recent pictures, maybe ones you have looked at several times etc).
All these things will take some space ... but it will be a fraction of the space all of the full resolution pictures would take.
A: The process for optimizing space is a black box and don't expect it to conform to your expectations and desires. It's going to try to use as much space on your phone as it views as prudent before it starts replacing the original photos with the low-res versions.
One action you can take is to turn-off iCloud Photo Library on your phone and let it delete everything (it takes time so be patient) and then turn it back on. That will re-download all the low-res versions. That will give you a starting point of all low-res photos but eventually you'll be back in the same spot as you take new photos with your iPhone. I've done it and it does work but I've got multiple backups and it was still scary.
A: Go to iCloud settings and then go from optimize storage to download and keep originals keep the ones you want and disable photos on iCloud and the manage iCloud and storage .
| apple | {
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"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190234"
} |
6e56e51c138093fc974028102a833b1258b2ffbe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Outlook 2011: Re-mapping keyboard shortcuts? At work I'm using Outlook 2011 and OSX 10.10. I just sent yet another incomplete email accidentally with the shortcut CMD + right enter. Is there any way to disable this shortcut? Googling around shows adding keyboard shortcuts into OSX itself but not Outlook. Thanks!
A: You can't disable it, but you can re-map the shortcut so you're far less likely to hit it.
Open System Preferences, go to Keyboard > Shortcuts (tab)> App Shortcuts (Left field). Click the "+", select "Microsoft Outlook" from the "Application:" list, change "Menu Title:" to "Send," and change the shortcut to something you aren't likely to hit accidentally, such as Shift + CMD + Option + G," or similar.
Close and re-open Outlook. Enjoy not accidentally sending unfinished eMail!
| Q: Outlook 2011: Re-mapping keyboard shortcuts? At work I'm using Outlook 2011 and OSX 10.10. I just sent yet another incomplete email accidentally with the shortcut CMD + right enter. Is there any way to disable this shortcut? Googling around shows adding keyboard shortcuts into OSX itself but not Outlook. Thanks!
A: You can't disable it, but you can re-map the shortcut so you're far less likely to hit it.
Open System Preferences, go to Keyboard > Shortcuts (tab)> App Shortcuts (Left field). Click the "+", select "Microsoft Outlook" from the "Application:" list, change "Menu Title:" to "Send," and change the shortcut to something you aren't likely to hit accidentally, such as Shift + CMD + Option + G," or similar.
Close and re-open Outlook. Enjoy not accidentally sending unfinished eMail!
| apple | {
"language": "en",
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"question_score": "4",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190273"
} |
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