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72ad87a2bdad9c9db8b2cf9dfa878ca6dfaf0a41 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari anchor download On the site I'm working on we have some download links for images. We tested on an older macbook running safari 5 and that worked perfectly. However when we updated the OS, safari went to version 8 and now when you click the download link it renames every file "download-#" and changes the extension from JPEG to a TextEdit document. Chrome and Firefox on the same laptop don't do this, only happens in Safari.
If you "Save Image to "Downloads" or "Save Image As..." the filename and extension remain unchanged.
Is there a way to force it to keep the original filename and extension, when using the download links?
| Q: Safari anchor download On the site I'm working on we have some download links for images. We tested on an older macbook running safari 5 and that worked perfectly. However when we updated the OS, safari went to version 8 and now when you click the download link it renames every file "download-#" and changes the extension from JPEG to a TextEdit document. Chrome and Firefox on the same laptop don't do this, only happens in Safari.
If you "Save Image to "Downloads" or "Save Image As..." the filename and extension remain unchanged.
Is there a way to force it to keep the original filename and extension, when using the download links?
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d0cfc796d20b79f8528068ae03e18294da2a0b9c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Previous deleted text keyboard shortcuts keep appearing I kept a bunch of keyboard shortcuts via System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts and over time, I deleted some shortcuts that are not necessary for me and added new ones.
Some time ago, it appears that the unwanted shortcuts appeared back when the added one didn’t appear — manually deleting them in the system panel only made them return.
How do I keep one set of keyboard shortcuts please?
A: Deleting from all devices does not appear to permanently fix the problem. They live in the cloud somewhere, and I was told by Apple in 7/15 that the are working on a permanent fix. Mine stay away from the most part, but have come back occasionally on my MacBook and iPad.
| Q: Previous deleted text keyboard shortcuts keep appearing I kept a bunch of keyboard shortcuts via System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts and over time, I deleted some shortcuts that are not necessary for me and added new ones.
Some time ago, it appears that the unwanted shortcuts appeared back when the added one didn’t appear — manually deleting them in the system panel only made them return.
How do I keep one set of keyboard shortcuts please?
A: Deleting from all devices does not appear to permanently fix the problem. They live in the cloud somewhere, and I was told by Apple in 7/15 that the are working on a permanent fix. Mine stay away from the most part, but have come back occasionally on my MacBook and iPad.
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6a5034666d8368fcfa9ba6b149c5c30c8bda11c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Repeated keystroke "w" for Agar.io I've been searching for the relevant articles on the Internet and found nothing useful. Maybe I'm too stupid to understand.
I would like to create a script that automatically keep pressing the "W" key, like wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, endlessly and as quick as possible when I press and hold the key, and it ends when I release the key.
"defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false" doesn't work in this case.
Thank you very much in advanced.
A: Karabiner:
<item>
<identifier>private.w2wRepeat</identifier>
<name>Turn W key to W key repeat</name>
<autogen>
__KeyToKey__
KeyCode::W,
KeyCode::W,
DelayUntilRepeat::RawValue::1,
KeyRepeat::RawValue::1,
</autogen>
</item>
| Q: Repeated keystroke "w" for Agar.io I've been searching for the relevant articles on the Internet and found nothing useful. Maybe I'm too stupid to understand.
I would like to create a script that automatically keep pressing the "W" key, like wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, endlessly and as quick as possible when I press and hold the key, and it ends when I release the key.
"defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false" doesn't work in this case.
Thank you very much in advanced.
A: Karabiner:
<item>
<identifier>private.w2wRepeat</identifier>
<name>Turn W key to W key repeat</name>
<autogen>
__KeyToKey__
KeyCode::W,
KeyCode::W,
DelayUntilRepeat::RawValue::1,
KeyRepeat::RawValue::1,
</autogen>
</item>
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0f93cc6b89d1b9baff756153a8486cb57e3f77c5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent VPN Disconnection message OSX When my computer wakes from sleep, it tries to reconnect to my VPN network before the Wifi connection is fully established. The result is that nearly every time I get this message, "You were disconnected because the PPP server is not responding. Try reconnecting."
Is there a way to disable this message or prevent OS X from reconnection on sleep (automatically of course).
A: This worked for me:
sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Find the vpn connection you want the disconnect-dialog to go away and set the key “DisconnectOnSleep” to 1 (instead of 0)
| Q: Prevent VPN Disconnection message OSX When my computer wakes from sleep, it tries to reconnect to my VPN network before the Wifi connection is fully established. The result is that nearly every time I get this message, "You were disconnected because the PPP server is not responding. Try reconnecting."
Is there a way to disable this message or prevent OS X from reconnection on sleep (automatically of course).
A: This worked for me:
sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Find the vpn connection you want the disconnect-dialog to go away and set the key “DisconnectOnSleep” to 1 (instead of 0)
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1f2d81c8b2f26004c881c7176541888d16812a5f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Issues when playing through bluetooth speaker (youtube mutes)
*
*I listen to iTunes via Archt One BT speaker
*I pause iTunes, try to play youtube video and there is no sound
*while youtube stil playing "muted", I then play iTunes again and both can be heard
*this doesn't happen with Swinsian (alternative to iTunes)
I'm on Mac OS Mavericks.
Any solution? Is it just an iTunes/OSX bug? I think it's not related to that particular BT speaker although it's with it that I experience this for the first time.. I don't remember if I used Swinsian or already back to iTunes when testing the previous speaker.
A: It's not really a solution, more like a work-around, but for me it helps if I
*
*open System-Preferences -> Sound -> Output
*switch Output to Internal Speakers
*close iTunes if still open
*switch Output back to your bluetooth connected device (sometimes the output sounds like being under water for a few seconds and than plays normal)
But yeah, it's really annoying. Seems like iTunes has a built-in "manage bluetooth" function, which you cannot switch off. Not using iTunes seems the best solution ;-)
| Q: Issues when playing through bluetooth speaker (youtube mutes)
*
*I listen to iTunes via Archt One BT speaker
*I pause iTunes, try to play youtube video and there is no sound
*while youtube stil playing "muted", I then play iTunes again and both can be heard
*this doesn't happen with Swinsian (alternative to iTunes)
I'm on Mac OS Mavericks.
Any solution? Is it just an iTunes/OSX bug? I think it's not related to that particular BT speaker although it's with it that I experience this for the first time.. I don't remember if I used Swinsian or already back to iTunes when testing the previous speaker.
A: It's not really a solution, more like a work-around, but for me it helps if I
*
*open System-Preferences -> Sound -> Output
*switch Output to Internal Speakers
*close iTunes if still open
*switch Output back to your bluetooth connected device (sometimes the output sounds like being under water for a few seconds and than plays normal)
But yeah, it's really annoying. Seems like iTunes has a built-in "manage bluetooth" function, which you cannot switch off. Not using iTunes seems the best solution ;-)
A: Play both through iTunes and YouTube so you can hear both and then press the play/pause button on your keypad. this should pause the iTunes music but still play the YouTube video sound. Then you can exit the iTunes app.
Hope it Helps!
A: Still happening on Mojave using bluetooth headphones, with Apple Music, Spotify & the browser. I've noticed that if you go into audio midi setup, and change the channel format from one option to another, and then back to the original highest setting, the headphones work again.
A: Same happens with Safari and yes seems like some OS X bug
This also happens when f.ex. playing any youtube video while using Vox player. Pausing/closing youtube tab on Chrome/Safari stops sound in Vox. Same with f.ex. Itunes/Vox.. So yeah seemingly OSX issue.
Only thing I found to help was is switching bluetooth off and on again to reconnect to speakers, but I hope that someday there will be permanent solution, this bug bothers me already many years.
A: I have same issue with bluetooth headphones and Safari. Whenever I pause video in YouTube or Facebook or similar, other sounds stop working (Cog player for example that I use for music, some voice call software as well).
My solution to this is to use youtube mute function (press "m" key) before pausing the video. Surprisingly, this prevents the "global" muting.
A: And I still have the same problem with Jabra Evolve2 85, and Chrome Youtube video. MacOS 10.15.7. So annoying!
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82338774bd20083cd416d52d8fe60b1d91a4d7f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mouse scrolling speed setup on Mac I do two tests - I rotate the scroll wheel on my mouse the same angle very slowly and very quickly. On Mac when I rotate the wheel very slowly it scrolls on the same webpage say 1 line. When I scroll the same angle in max speed it scrolls 1 page. Why the scroll is not consistent on the mouse and how can I fix this?
A: I believe that is by design. The Apple mouse wheel scroll settings are not designed to be proportional like they are on Windows. Since I go back and forth between the two systems I find it a little disconcerting but I don't find it that much of an issue for me.
You sound like it is a bit of an issue for you. There may be a program that will allow you to change this behavior, but since I have never needed it I don't have a specific suggestion for you other than to have a search on macupdate.com
| Q: Mouse scrolling speed setup on Mac I do two tests - I rotate the scroll wheel on my mouse the same angle very slowly and very quickly. On Mac when I rotate the wheel very slowly it scrolls on the same webpage say 1 line. When I scroll the same angle in max speed it scrolls 1 page. Why the scroll is not consistent on the mouse and how can I fix this?
A: I believe that is by design. The Apple mouse wheel scroll settings are not designed to be proportional like they are on Windows. Since I go back and forth between the two systems I find it a little disconcerting but I don't find it that much of an issue for me.
You sound like it is a bit of an issue for you. There may be a program that will allow you to change this behavior, but since I have never needed it I don't have a specific suggestion for you other than to have a search on macupdate.com
A: You can probably correct this by disabling the "scrolling inertia" option.
Go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad and under "Mouse Options" or "Trackpad Options" (try both) choose the "without inertia" option of scrolling.
I hope it helps, let me know ;)
A: I've also run into this problem after re-pairing my multi-device Bluetooth Logitech mouse with my Linux laptop. Had changes no settings on the MacOS, but no matter how low I set the scroll speed on the MacOS, it was still fast AF.
The solution was to re-pair the mouse using a different device number. After that, MacOS took the scroll speed into account.
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a8a8af4c3d7f6e963e36fde60a6a7656110c59ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Photos vs iPhoto events Should I be using Events or Albums? Say I go to the Zoo with my family, take some pictures and then import into Photos. Is that an Event or an Album? I always used Events with iPhoto.
A: There are no Events on the Photos.app.
You should have all of your old iPhoto Events, but they are Albums now.
This answer describes a way of manually replicating some of the Events functionality:
(…) you can create an Album from the last imported by selecting all in the Last Imported album and clicking the + icon on the toolbar.
| Q: Photos vs iPhoto events Should I be using Events or Albums? Say I go to the Zoo with my family, take some pictures and then import into Photos. Is that an Event or an Album? I always used Events with iPhoto.
A: There are no Events on the Photos.app.
You should have all of your old iPhoto Events, but they are Albums now.
This answer describes a way of manually replicating some of the Events functionality:
(…) you can create an Album from the last imported by selecting all in the Last Imported album and clicking the + icon on the toolbar.
A: Unless you don't take many photos, replacing the concept of Events with Albums will quickly become unmanageable in Photos. I'd suggest turning on the sidebar and taking a look at the Photos view to see what Apple has replaced it with - an automatically generated stream called Moments. It basically does what auto-split events during import did in iPhoto, except instead of creating a discrete Event (that was basically an album with a different name), it does it on the fly as you're scrolling.
It has its upsides and downsides, but one nice thing is that if you later add additional photos from the same timeframe, you don't have to manually merge Events or anything like that.
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abbb678a1a0fbad408a1ee3875168c8f56fbfe3c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: To prevent Text Wrap in OSX Terminal? I would like to prevent the text wrap in OSX Terminal, by letting text to continue under the border.
I could not find it in Preferences of the terminal.
How can you prevent text wrap in OSX Terminal?
A: Not really a Terminal.app bug, but rather part of the terminfo entries which describe various terminals and their features (like xterm-256color, the Terminal.app default).
From man terminfo:
Variable String Capname TCap Code Description
enter_am_mode smam SA turns on automatic margins
exit_am_mode rmam RA turns off automatic margins
Try tput rmam then the commands you want. This should turn off auto wrapping.
tput smam sets automatic margins back to the default for terminal entries with the "am" or "automatic-right-margin" capability.
less doesn't seem to deal well with long lines after tput rmam, use the option -S or --chop-long-lines instead.
For horizontal scrolling of the prompt line, see man bash under horizontal-scrolling-mode (off by default).
| Q: To prevent Text Wrap in OSX Terminal? I would like to prevent the text wrap in OSX Terminal, by letting text to continue under the border.
I could not find it in Preferences of the terminal.
How can you prevent text wrap in OSX Terminal?
A: Not really a Terminal.app bug, but rather part of the terminfo entries which describe various terminals and their features (like xterm-256color, the Terminal.app default).
From man terminfo:
Variable String Capname TCap Code Description
enter_am_mode smam SA turns on automatic margins
exit_am_mode rmam RA turns off automatic margins
Try tput rmam then the commands you want. This should turn off auto wrapping.
tput smam sets automatic margins back to the default for terminal entries with the "am" or "automatic-right-margin" capability.
less doesn't seem to deal well with long lines after tput rmam, use the option -S or --chop-long-lines instead.
For horizontal scrolling of the prompt line, see man bash under horizontal-scrolling-mode (off by default).
A: This function doesn't exists in Terminal. It doesn't exist within xterm either. It might be really usefull to read log files with very long lines or output of commands as tcpdump. The wrapping render them unreadable.
I suggest you to fill a feedback about this function on:
MacOS X feedback
To make it a winning improvment proposal I suggest you to ask for an horizontal scrollbar so as to be able to display the text which is beyond the right border.
A: This report is included here because Apple does not make these feature requests public by any means, organizing better the application of this proposal.
I submitted the following feature request to Apple
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75dd61e7e0296a53e37f106ea0c2d454f755a38e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is my unsaved Quicktime player movie recording still on the hard drive somewhere? I recorded a movie (File > New Movie Recording) using Quicktime Player and when I stopped I accidentally clicked "Don't Save" instead of "Save".
Is that recorded content still on the hard drive somewhere, maybe in a temp or cache folder or something in a hidden directory?
I'd like to recover it. Thanks.
A: I was able to recover a recording after QuickTime Player crashed because I disconnected the projector which was in full-screen. I found my recording up until the point of crash in this location: /Users/AB/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information/Unsaved QuickTime Player Document.qtpxcomposition
More info here: https://www.macstories.net/news/recovering-a-lost-quicktime-recording/, which in summary said to:
*
*Right-click the qtpx file we found
*Select "Show Package Contents"
*Find the movie or audio we were looking for and copy it to where we want
| Q: Is my unsaved Quicktime player movie recording still on the hard drive somewhere? I recorded a movie (File > New Movie Recording) using Quicktime Player and when I stopped I accidentally clicked "Don't Save" instead of "Save".
Is that recorded content still on the hard drive somewhere, maybe in a temp or cache folder or something in a hidden directory?
I'd like to recover it. Thanks.
A: I was able to recover a recording after QuickTime Player crashed because I disconnected the projector which was in full-screen. I found my recording up until the point of crash in this location: /Users/AB/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information/Unsaved QuickTime Player Document.qtpxcomposition
More info here: https://www.macstories.net/news/recovering-a-lost-quicktime-recording/, which in summary said to:
*
*Right-click the qtpx file we found
*Select "Show Package Contents"
*Find the movie or audio we were looking for and copy it to where we want
A: It appears that you can't recover the file, at least at the level of the Finder. However you may be able to by using recovery software (See below as to where the file is temporarily located).
When a QuickTime recording is started using File : New Movie Recording, the temporary file sits in the folder:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX.savedState/
Once the recording is closed, without saving, the file window_(some unique number).data is automatically deleted. You can see this if you go to the location above, start a recording, and then close without saving.
A: thank you Robert Hume
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information/
it's important don't close or reopen Quicktime jut go to that folder and you will see your file
thanks a lot this was so helpful
A: For macOS Ventura:
*
*On your Desktop, select Go
*When the dropdown list will come, then hold "Option" key on the keyboard
*Select Library
*Select ScreenRecordings folder
Library/ScreenRecordings
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03ca32d9c27b022bae36bc560da631967477039f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do i install OS X on new hard drive? I have macbook pro mid 2010. I have 13 inch mid 2010 macbook pro. Just installed new 1T hard drive but now am hesitating on what to do next. I have my old hard drive converted to external drive and a back up drive as well.
| Q: How do i install OS X on new hard drive? I have macbook pro mid 2010. I have 13 inch mid 2010 macbook pro. Just installed new 1T hard drive but now am hesitating on what to do next. I have my old hard drive converted to external drive and a back up drive as well.
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144b36b4bd185346db2f4555f1197cb9c13e6c84 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Force Touch - How do I make it feel like the old tap-to-click? I just purchased a new Macbook Pro with Force Touch.
I’m used to the old tap-to-click feature. Force Touch does not feel the same – it requires a much harder press even with “Click” sensitivity set to “light.”
Tap-to-click, is also not working on my Magic Trackpad.
How do I make Apple Force Touch feel like the old tap-to-click?
How do I make tap-to-click work on a Magic Trackpad connected to a Macbook Pro 2015 with Force Touch?
A: Go to system preferences and navigate to accessibility.
Disable "Spring-loading delay."
| Q: Apple Force Touch - How do I make it feel like the old tap-to-click? I just purchased a new Macbook Pro with Force Touch.
I’m used to the old tap-to-click feature. Force Touch does not feel the same – it requires a much harder press even with “Click” sensitivity set to “light.”
Tap-to-click, is also not working on my Magic Trackpad.
How do I make Apple Force Touch feel like the old tap-to-click?
How do I make tap-to-click work on a Magic Trackpad connected to a Macbook Pro 2015 with Force Touch?
A: Go to system preferences and navigate to accessibility.
Disable "Spring-loading delay."
A:
Disabling the "Force Click and haptic feedback" checkbox reverts to the original behavior.
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1812725e292d57d4c493a055eba8a2409238ffc8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is htop producing different reports than Activity Monitor? I'm using htop on my Mac. I put it side by side with Activity Monitor, but the reports are widely different.
On Activity Monitor, I can get finder using up to 100% of CPU, while it doesn't show at all the process on htop. Is there a better tool for monitoring processes for Yosemite?
A: In order to get accurate processes, cpu usage and accumulative time, the user running htop should be root. This is not the case with top, because it has the "set-user-ID-on-execution bit" (suid) set.
Execute sudo htop from your user terminal or if you trust your local users add the suid to the binary (# chmod u+s path-to-htop-binary).
| Q: Why is htop producing different reports than Activity Monitor? I'm using htop on my Mac. I put it side by side with Activity Monitor, but the reports are widely different.
On Activity Monitor, I can get finder using up to 100% of CPU, while it doesn't show at all the process on htop. Is there a better tool for monitoring processes for Yosemite?
A: In order to get accurate processes, cpu usage and accumulative time, the user running htop should be root. This is not the case with top, because it has the "set-user-ID-on-execution bit" (suid) set.
Execute sudo htop from your user terminal or if you trust your local users add the suid to the binary (# chmod u+s path-to-htop-binary).
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9a2856234198474ffa09918a34a076f18df735b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which macs are compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan? Is there a list of officially supported Macs for OS X El Capitan?
I ask to get ready if any hardware which is supported on Yosemite is not supported by El Capitan?
A: If you care to read the tea leaves, the initial OS X v10.11 Developer Beta supports the following Macs:
*
*iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
*MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
*MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
*Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
*Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
*Xserve (Early 2009)
Source: OS X v10.11 Developer Beta 1 Release Notes.
No official requirements are published by Apple.
About your last question, no. There are no macs supported by Yosemite that are not supported by El Capitan.
| Q: Which macs are compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan? Is there a list of officially supported Macs for OS X El Capitan?
I ask to get ready if any hardware which is supported on Yosemite is not supported by El Capitan?
A: If you care to read the tea leaves, the initial OS X v10.11 Developer Beta supports the following Macs:
*
*iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
*MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
*MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
*Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
*MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
*Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
*Xserve (Early 2009)
Source: OS X v10.11 Developer Beta 1 Release Notes.
No official requirements are published by Apple.
About your last question, no. There are no macs supported by Yosemite that are not supported by El Capitan.
A: It's worth noting that every Mac that supports Mountain Lion (10.8) also supports Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10), and El Capitan Developer Beta 1 (10.11). System requirements in El Capitan are unlikely to change from those in the developer beta.
However, some features might be unavailable on earlier systems. There is informed speculation that Metal, for example, might only work with newer GPUs.
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30266c004e334b35f8836d6a7cd365ce0f06f11a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disk space not free up after photos and videos are deleted from Photos app In Photos app of my MacBook, I delete hundreds of photos. Then I go to Show Recently Deleted screen, click Delete All.
However, my disk space is same as before as shown on Finder.
How can I get the disk space back?
A: Your pictures didn't get deleted because they still exist in iPhoto or Aperture, whichever one you use. As Apple says in this support article, Photos saves disk space by creating links to the already-existing files in iPhoto/Aperture, rather than duplicating them. That means that if you want to delete a file, you need to make sure it's deleted everywhere.
If you can live without ever using iPhoto/Aperture again, go to your Pictures folder and delete iPhoto Library and Aperture Library. That way, the only copies of your pictures will be the ones in Photos, and deleting them will free up space on your computer.
| Q: Disk space not free up after photos and videos are deleted from Photos app In Photos app of my MacBook, I delete hundreds of photos. Then I go to Show Recently Deleted screen, click Delete All.
However, my disk space is same as before as shown on Finder.
How can I get the disk space back?
A: Your pictures didn't get deleted because they still exist in iPhoto or Aperture, whichever one you use. As Apple says in this support article, Photos saves disk space by creating links to the already-existing files in iPhoto/Aperture, rather than duplicating them. That means that if you want to delete a file, you need to make sure it's deleted everywhere.
If you can live without ever using iPhoto/Aperture again, go to your Pictures folder and delete iPhoto Library and Aperture Library. That way, the only copies of your pictures will be the ones in Photos, and deleting them will free up space on your computer.
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8fc140f3731f42f582f3447e1648e88d23f93cfa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Chrome Bookmarks disappear after being used Only on my Mac Mini this is happening (OS X Yosemite 10.10.2) and it just started yesterday. Whenever I start Chrome it shows all my bookmarks and when I click one of them (doesn't matter which one) they all disappear including the bookmark bar area. If I close Chrome and restart it they appear again, but the problem repeats itself.
A: Press ⇧⌘B to always show the bookmarks bar.
That's not the bookmarks bar—that's just bookmarks from your bookmarks bar being shown on the New Tab page.
| Q: Chrome Bookmarks disappear after being used Only on my Mac Mini this is happening (OS X Yosemite 10.10.2) and it just started yesterday. Whenever I start Chrome it shows all my bookmarks and when I click one of them (doesn't matter which one) they all disappear including the bookmark bar area. If I close Chrome and restart it they appear again, but the problem repeats itself.
A: Press ⇧⌘B to always show the bookmarks bar.
That's not the bookmarks bar—that's just bookmarks from your bookmarks bar being shown on the New Tab page.
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8b2341a92a1535f6db103ae8260fe9e199a2fb24 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is news app in iOS 9 beta? I'm a developer and was able to download the new iOS beta yesterday. However, the new News app was missing. Does it not go public for a while?
A: Apple news will be available in a few number of countries (not specified in the keynote).
The foot note on iOS 9 on Apple website does not have any clues on availability on every announced app. Just say the following:
Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in
all regions or all languages.
| Q: Where is news app in iOS 9 beta? I'm a developer and was able to download the new iOS beta yesterday. However, the new News app was missing. Does it not go public for a while?
A: Apple news will be available in a few number of countries (not specified in the keynote).
The foot note on iOS 9 on Apple website does not have any clues on availability on every announced app. Just say the following:
Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in
all regions or all languages.
A: Try this: Go to Settings > General > Language and Region, select USA. Restart your device...
If your location is already United states, change to anything else, and then repeat the procedure.
A: My experience is that news is a bit cranky. You should be able to tell if it's hidden in a folder by searching in spotlight and looking to the right of the name.
Worst case, erase all content and settings on the device and see if it shows up. If not you may have to restore the device and not restore your backup to see news in action.
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79470d07fe74d18f6730fcdea7212b941c4b2284 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable autocorrect for only one application in OSX? I know there is an option to disable autocorrect for all applications, but how do I disable autocorrect for only one application?
A: Update for 2022 and some apps like and FB messenger where the "Edit" menu doesn't have the sought option:
Left-click where you would type > Spelling and Grammar > Correct Spelling Automatically
| Q: How to disable autocorrect for only one application in OSX? I know there is an option to disable autocorrect for all applications, but how do I disable autocorrect for only one application?
A: Update for 2022 and some apps like and FB messenger where the "Edit" menu doesn't have the sought option:
Left-click where you would type > Spelling and Grammar > Correct Spelling Automatically
A: I want to expand on @Grizzwald's answer as that sadly won't always work.
IF "Correct Spelling Automatically" is grayed out for your Application (which was the case for me using the Todoist app).
*
*Found here: Edit->Spelling and Grammer->Correct Spelling Automatically
THEN you'll (unfortunately) need to turn this off for all Applications under:
*
*System Preferences->Keyboard->Text->Correct Spelling Automatically
A: Turn off Autocorrect per Application
You can do this in "Edit" menu for that Application under "Spelling and Grammar" and disable "Check Spelling While Typing".
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6585b217107014e93b8e26ac568a9557442170eb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a video recording app that stores the exact time the video starts (time of day to the millisecond)? I'm looking for an app that will log the exact time a video starts to millisecond precision.
I know that normal .mov videos recorded on Apple's Photos app stores time of day information - but from what I understand, this video format only stores up to the second precision, not the millisecond. I'm not looking for a different video format that would store this (although that would also be of interest)- an app that stores the exact time as a separate text file would suffice.
Of course, if there is a way to accomplish this without a 3rd party app, I would also be interested in this.
| Q: Is there a video recording app that stores the exact time the video starts (time of day to the millisecond)? I'm looking for an app that will log the exact time a video starts to millisecond precision.
I know that normal .mov videos recorded on Apple's Photos app stores time of day information - but from what I understand, this video format only stores up to the second precision, not the millisecond. I'm not looking for a different video format that would store this (although that would also be of interest)- an app that stores the exact time as a separate text file would suffice.
Of course, if there is a way to accomplish this without a 3rd party app, I would also be interested in this.
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867ba10b0aea2bb19c48863537732f02e7ec2cc3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I use Split View in OS X 10.11 El Capitan? I downloaded the Developer Preview of OS X El Capitan and I'm trying to use the new side-by-side split view feature. However, I can't seem to figure out the right incantation to use it.
How do I put two apps side-by-side in a full screen split view on El Capitan?
A: It appears that I was doing it wrong. I don't see a way to enable split-screen from just two fullscreen windows in mission control. Nor do I see a way to enable it from two regular windows. But if you have one fullscreen window and one regular window, you can drag the regular window onto the fullscreen in mission control, and it will create a split-screen view.
I tried this successfully with Safari, Finder, and Chrome.
| Q: How do I use Split View in OS X 10.11 El Capitan? I downloaded the Developer Preview of OS X El Capitan and I'm trying to use the new side-by-side split view feature. However, I can't seem to figure out the right incantation to use it.
How do I put two apps side-by-side in a full screen split view on El Capitan?
A: It appears that I was doing it wrong. I don't see a way to enable split-screen from just two fullscreen windows in mission control. Nor do I see a way to enable it from two regular windows. But if you have one fullscreen window and one regular window, you can drag the regular window onto the fullscreen in mission control, and it will create a split-screen view.
I tried this successfully with Safari, Finder, and Chrome.
A: For the split-screen feature to be available "Displays have seperate Spaces" needs to be enabled in the System Preferences of Mission Control:
Please also note a log out is required if this setting is toggled.
A: It's no longer Developer Preview. the solution I just found is:
Press and hold the green fullscreen button, drag the current window to the left/right side of screen, and select the second window for the other half of the screen.
A: I searched to make It, yet I tested it and worked (magic?) You must click on the Green button on the window, and make a reboot after installed El Capitan :)
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db344b1446092220ea01ff23c559980d38ee5c96 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X El Capitan find mouse dosen't work with external mouse Yesterday I installed El Capitan 10.11 (15A204h) and liked it a ton and intend to be use it exclusively from now on. I really liked the feature where you can shake the mouse to find the cursor and was very disappointed to find it didn't work when I tried with an external mouse.
Does anyone have any hacks or methods to get this to work? I think it's a really good feature and I don't want to not have it when working with external mouses and displays.
A: I know a hack to make it work. It's called "tell Apple that there's a bug in their beta software."
Seriously, don't expect flawless performance from features that still have every right to be half-baked. Open Feedback Assistant and file a report in the hope that Apple will have it fixed by the time El Capitan gets its stable release. Odds are other beta testers are having your problem too, so it's your duty as a tester to report all the bugs you can find.
| Q: OS X El Capitan find mouse dosen't work with external mouse Yesterday I installed El Capitan 10.11 (15A204h) and liked it a ton and intend to be use it exclusively from now on. I really liked the feature where you can shake the mouse to find the cursor and was very disappointed to find it didn't work when I tried with an external mouse.
Does anyone have any hacks or methods to get this to work? I think it's a really good feature and I don't want to not have it when working with external mouses and displays.
A: I know a hack to make it work. It's called "tell Apple that there's a bug in their beta software."
Seriously, don't expect flawless performance from features that still have every right to be half-baked. Open Feedback Assistant and file a report in the hope that Apple will have it fixed by the time El Capitan gets its stable release. Odds are other beta testers are having your problem too, so it's your duty as a tester to report all the bugs you can find.
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134a5dc959b79315dbfc45bb59d4f9c038ef02af | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you completely disable the space-switching animations in OS X Yosemite? Is there a way to completely disable the animations when switching from one space to another in Yosemite? Everything I have found so far is for previous versions of OS X.
I have tried all of these without success:
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock space-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
I want to avoid installing a tool like TotalSpace if possible.
A: You can't.
You can change the speed of switching into Mission Control. To do that in terminal Run:
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
To switch back to defaults run:
defaults delete com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration; killall Dock
| Q: How do you completely disable the space-switching animations in OS X Yosemite? Is there a way to completely disable the animations when switching from one space to another in Yosemite? Everything I have found so far is for previous versions of OS X.
I have tried all of these without success:
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock space-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
I want to avoid installing a tool like TotalSpace if possible.
A: You can't.
You can change the speed of switching into Mission Control. To do that in terminal Run:
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
To switch back to defaults run:
defaults delete com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration; killall Dock
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9aca0d74435adc589959392e0fd277675accb46a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to solve "User is not in sudoers file, incident reported" I added
"Syammala Naidu" ALL=(ALL) ALL
to /etc/sudoers, rebooted and logged in as Syammala Naidu and run sudo -i. Sudo tells me: user not in sudoers file, incident Reported.
How can I fix this?
A: sudo exclusively uses account names, not the user's full name. As a hint, account names don't contain spaces, so "Syammala Naidu" is not correct.
To find out a user's account name:
*
*Open Terminal and run:
id -un
or, alternatively:
*
*Open System Preferences.
*Select Users & Groups.
*If necessary, click the lock on the bottom left corner of the window and type an administrator's name and password to unlock the preference pane.
*Right-click the account and select Advanced Options....
*Locate the Account name property:
Use that account name in /etc/sudoers. To edit the file, use visudo. For more information, check man visudo and man sudoers.
| Q: How to solve "User is not in sudoers file, incident reported" I added
"Syammala Naidu" ALL=(ALL) ALL
to /etc/sudoers, rebooted and logged in as Syammala Naidu and run sudo -i. Sudo tells me: user not in sudoers file, incident Reported.
How can I fix this?
A: sudo exclusively uses account names, not the user's full name. As a hint, account names don't contain spaces, so "Syammala Naidu" is not correct.
To find out a user's account name:
*
*Open Terminal and run:
id -un
or, alternatively:
*
*Open System Preferences.
*Select Users & Groups.
*If necessary, click the lock on the bottom left corner of the window and type an administrator's name and password to unlock the preference pane.
*Right-click the account and select Advanced Options....
*Locate the Account name property:
Use that account name in /etc/sudoers. To edit the file, use visudo. For more information, check man visudo and man sudoers.
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b062fbe6d56c493acf4ca318721dd2fb0a4ad709 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is my MacBook Pro already using swap memory? I have a late 2013 MacBook Pro 13" with 8 GB of memory. Lately my MacBook Pro uses swap memory, when it has enough free memory. Is this normal and can I do something about it? Also when I only have safari and let's say Xcode open it uses 99% of the RAM. Is this normal behavior?
A: According to what I can understand from your screenshot (I don't know your language), you're only using 256KB of swap space, which is nothing. I wouln't worry unless your memory pressure went up
| Q: Why is my MacBook Pro already using swap memory? I have a late 2013 MacBook Pro 13" with 8 GB of memory. Lately my MacBook Pro uses swap memory, when it has enough free memory. Is this normal and can I do something about it? Also when I only have safari and let's say Xcode open it uses 99% of the RAM. Is this normal behavior?
A: According to what I can understand from your screenshot (I don't know your language), you're only using 256KB of swap space, which is nothing. I wouln't worry unless your memory pressure went up
A: This is normal behavior. You are not experiencing any memory issues in your screenshot above. What I suspect is happening is that OS X is creating some placeholder of sorts to enable swap memory, rather than actually using swap memory here. I have never seen a zero in the swap memory section, unless I have just restarted and open the Activity Monitor window fresh, and even then, I rarely see zero.
With Mavericks and Yosemite, the way the OS uses memory changed a bit. Essentially, the OS takes all the memory, and then manages it out as needed. So, our traditional way of looking at the memory report in Activity Monitor is not really valid. Due to this, Mavericks added the 'Memory Pressure' gauge, to give you an idea of when you have a limitation caused by memory. In your screenshot, you have a green memory pressure. For more see this answer.
Ars Technica has a nice description of this 'memory compression' in their Mavericks review:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/17/
A: You would need to be monitoring the memory and swap usage as the swap file was created to have a chance to understand why the swap was created. Based on what you describe in text and in the screen shot, I see nothing that is concerning.
As to why swap was created when you assume you had free RAM. The OS can move to swap based on predictive measures. For example, maybe you started up Photoshop which had several large image files automatically reopen from a prior session. The OS could see that there was suddenly a huge new demand on RAM, and moved some unused RAM content to swap in advanced of an expected need.
Or your backup program briefly ran in the background, and did a huge number of file checksums and comparisons and created large RAM based data structures, pushing other content to swap. Then the backup program released its RAM and went back to sleep.
Mac OS X (and most modern OS: Windows, Linux, etc) are very intelligent about automatically using Cache, Swap, memory compression and other techniques to keep the system running as fast as possible. I really would not be worrying about this unless you see that the Activity Monitor is reporting that Memory Pressure is in the Yellow or Red zone.
I currently have a 2010 13" MacBook Pro that has 16GB of RAM. I do lots of work that is heavy on RAM usages. (Web Development, data mining, running many heavy duty apps at the same time.) Even with 16GB I sometimes hit the Yellow zone for memory pressure. But I have to say this is seldom an issue because Mac OS X is very good about allocating resources as needed.
While I need the 16GB of RAM for my work, you should know that such an upgrade is not without negatives. The extra RAM does significantly reduce battery life both in active usage and in sleep.
A: Your Mac runs on Unix ( certified Single Unix Specification 2003 ), and that OS has been around for 40+ years. Core components (like memory management) are written, updated, debugged and polished by people who are definitive experts in the field. Apple, with more cash on hand than the US Treasury, can afford to hire the absolute best.
So, unless you have at least a PhD in theoretical computer science, and wrote your thesis on kernel-level process and memory management, stop worrying about the memory management. I have 24Gb in my desktop and it still uses swap. This concerns me not at all.
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76624bfe7bd5b8247cd499d9bdb123fa28d5b91d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Transfer Data between Macs I have a local web development environment setup with Brew, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Gem, Sass, and so many other packages out there that it would probably be a nightmare to set it up again with the same exact versions on a new machine. These packages are usually installed outside of the /Users directory.
So my question is, does the built-in OS X transfer Mac feature support transferring these type of files, and configurations that are located outside of the /Users/ folder and in system directories such as /usr/local or /etc, etc..?
A: If you make and then restore a complete Time Machine backup or use Migration Assistant you should have no problem moving everything to a new machine and having it work as expected. Otherwise I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall all of your tools and libraries.
| Q: Transfer Data between Macs I have a local web development environment setup with Brew, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Gem, Sass, and so many other packages out there that it would probably be a nightmare to set it up again with the same exact versions on a new machine. These packages are usually installed outside of the /Users directory.
So my question is, does the built-in OS X transfer Mac feature support transferring these type of files, and configurations that are located outside of the /Users/ folder and in system directories such as /usr/local or /etc, etc..?
A: If you make and then restore a complete Time Machine backup or use Migration Assistant you should have no problem moving everything to a new machine and having it work as expected. Otherwise I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall all of your tools and libraries.
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916e6b94931c1fe2303e7bccda90d6a94546174c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Downscale a iMac 5K screenshot to 50% using commandline
*
*Open the Screenshot in Preview
*Select “Adjust Size…” from the Tools menu
*Change the Width and Height to 50 percent of the original
*Change the Resolution to 72 pixels/inch
I wish to do this on CLI with a generic command (percent, not actual width and height).
GUI instructions with Preview
A: You can do it with imagemagick by typing the following:
convert image.png -resize 50% -density 72 image.png
In order to execute the previous command you need imagemagick installed on your computer. You can easy do it via homebrew:
brew install imagemagick
And, if you haven't homebrew, you can install with this:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
| Q: Downscale a iMac 5K screenshot to 50% using commandline
*
*Open the Screenshot in Preview
*Select “Adjust Size…” from the Tools menu
*Change the Width and Height to 50 percent of the original
*Change the Resolution to 72 pixels/inch
I wish to do this on CLI with a generic command (percent, not actual width and height).
GUI instructions with Preview
A: You can do it with imagemagick by typing the following:
convert image.png -resize 50% -density 72 image.png
In order to execute the previous command you need imagemagick installed on your computer. You can easy do it via homebrew:
brew install imagemagick
And, if you haven't homebrew, you can install with this:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
A: Take a look at the 'sips' command:
man sips
It is much simpler than GUI-scripting Preview and it's part of OSX. So you don't have to install anything. Example:
full_w=$(/usr/bin/sips -g pixelWidth image.jpg | /usr/bin/grep -Eo "[[:digit:]]+")
full_h=$(/usr/bin/sips -g pixelHeight image.jpg | /usr/bin/grep -Eo "[[:digit:]]+")
half_w=$(/bin/expr full_w / 2)
half_h=$(/bin/expr full_h / 2)
sips -z half_h half_w image.jpg
A: Here is some applescript to just what you wanted, can be coupled with automator or fed into the command line program osascript like so:
osascript << 'END'
{applescript here}
END
You can add it into your ~/.bash profile as an alias for a command as well, so all you have to do is enter the downsize alias name and it will pop up, ask you which file you want to resize, and it does the rest automatically.
alias downsize="osascript << 'END'
{applescript here}
END"
Applescript:
tell application "Preview"
activate
try
open (choose file with prompt "Pick file to modify")
on error
display dialog "Invallid selection!"
return 1
end try
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Preview"
set frontmost to true
click (menu item 1 where its title starts with "Adjust Size") of menu of menu bar item "Tools" of menu bar 1
tell pop up button 1 of group 1 of sheet 1 of window 1
click
tell menu 1
click menu item "percent"
end tell
end tell
set value of text field 1 of group 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 to "50"
set value of text field 2 of group 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 to "50"
set value of text field 3 of group 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 to "72"
click button "OK" of sheet 1 of window 1
click (menu item 1 where its title starts with "Save") of menu of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
end tell
ignoring application responses
tell application "Preview" to quit
end ignoring
Hope this helps!
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1fe630dfcdea5d0f9e07a3738c63a03daf829fe9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Headphone volume settings change after pressing play Here's an annoying iPhone 6 interaction I have on a regular basis:
*
*I plug my headphones into my iPhone.
*I open Podcasts and browse for what I want to hear.
*I use the volume buttons to set the headphone volume to a pleasant low setting.
*I put the headphones in my ears.
*I press play.
*The headphone volume changes to 100% volume, and Marc Maron blasts holes in my ear drums before I can turn the volume down or pull the headphones out of my ears.
How can I set the volume before pressing play? Or at least how can I keep an app from resetting my headphone volume when playback starts?
A: I share this problem--but my sense is that the headphone volume reverts to the last volume the headphones were on. I have the volume loud in the car, but when I run I want it much lower--I have to either lower the volume before leaving the car or lower it before listening with phones. Otherwise blasting ensues. Wish there were another way.
| Q: Headphone volume settings change after pressing play Here's an annoying iPhone 6 interaction I have on a regular basis:
*
*I plug my headphones into my iPhone.
*I open Podcasts and browse for what I want to hear.
*I use the volume buttons to set the headphone volume to a pleasant low setting.
*I put the headphones in my ears.
*I press play.
*The headphone volume changes to 100% volume, and Marc Maron blasts holes in my ear drums before I can turn the volume down or pull the headphones out of my ears.
How can I set the volume before pressing play? Or at least how can I keep an app from resetting my headphone volume when playback starts?
A: I share this problem--but my sense is that the headphone volume reverts to the last volume the headphones were on. I have the volume loud in the car, but when I run I want it much lower--I have to either lower the volume before leaving the car or lower it before listening with phones. Otherwise blasting ensues. Wish there were another way.
A: I believe this issue is caused by the following setting:
Set Settings >> Music >> Sound Check = OFF
For more information, here's Apple's description of the Sound Check feature.
A: back in 2006
http://www.dailytech.com/Man+Sues+Apple+Over+iPod+Hearing+Loss/article579.htm
In France, for example, all new iPods have limiting software inside the unit to govern the volume below 100 decibels -- the current models in the US can reach upwards of 125 decibels.
I believe this is the same for phones
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826fec8182c21769c46bd783704d5005b66ccfb6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which graphics cards or integrated GPUs support metal? Apple announced metal for OS X.
Apple's website clearly states some features will not be available on all macs, which seems to refer to metal support.
But is there a list of already confirmed GPUs, most importantly are intel integrated GPUs supported?
This would help me choosing a future dev computer with metal support this summer.
We know Metal on iOS is linked to OpenGL ES 3.0 support. All devices which support OpenGL ES 3 also support Metal.
Is there a direct link between Metal support and a specific version of OpenGL (and maybe unrelated to graphics OpenCL)?
A: In the WWDC 2015 video "What's new in Metal, Part 1", Rav Dhiraj from the GPU software division states at 8'40"
Metal is supported by all Macs introduced since 2012. (Nvidia, AMD and Intel)
This means :
*
*Intel HD Graphics 4000, Iris 5000 & 6000 family,
*nVidia GT 600M, 700M family,
*AMD R9 M family,
| Q: Which graphics cards or integrated GPUs support metal? Apple announced metal for OS X.
Apple's website clearly states some features will not be available on all macs, which seems to refer to metal support.
But is there a list of already confirmed GPUs, most importantly are intel integrated GPUs supported?
This would help me choosing a future dev computer with metal support this summer.
We know Metal on iOS is linked to OpenGL ES 3.0 support. All devices which support OpenGL ES 3 also support Metal.
Is there a direct link between Metal support and a specific version of OpenGL (and maybe unrelated to graphics OpenCL)?
A: In the WWDC 2015 video "What's new in Metal, Part 1", Rav Dhiraj from the GPU software division states at 8'40"
Metal is supported by all Macs introduced since 2012. (Nvidia, AMD and Intel)
This means :
*
*Intel HD Graphics 4000, Iris 5000 & 6000 family,
*nVidia GT 600M, 700M family,
*AMD R9 M family,
A: I'm running a mac pro 3,1 with a gtx 760 card (kepler based) and according to the metalinfo app released by netkas it is metal supported:
MetalInfo!
Metal Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
Lower Power Device: No
Headless Device: Yes
logout
Saving session...completed.
Turns out all you need is a modern graphics card!
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7ee817c1628f90633521cca23582f06096f93536 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to stop cursor blinking in Pages I am using Pages '09 on Mac OSX 10.6 (SnowLeopard) and would like to stop cursor blinking. For TextEdit, this was possible by setting
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod 100000
from the Terminal, but this seems to have no effect on Pages. So I would really appreciate any hints or ideas on how to stop cursor blinking.
A: NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod is outdated. As of 10.9, OS S now has separate variables for ON and OFF times. 1000 represents one second. The following 2 commands can be used:
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn -float 1000
and
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff -float 1000
These numbers will set the on blink to 1 second and the off blink to one second (default).
| Q: How to stop cursor blinking in Pages I am using Pages '09 on Mac OSX 10.6 (SnowLeopard) and would like to stop cursor blinking. For TextEdit, this was possible by setting
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod 100000
from the Terminal, but this seems to have no effect on Pages. So I would really appreciate any hints or ideas on how to stop cursor blinking.
A: NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod is outdated. As of 10.9, OS S now has separate variables for ON and OFF times. 1000 represents one second. The following 2 commands can be used:
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn -float 1000
and
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff -float 1000
These numbers will set the on blink to 1 second and the off blink to one second (default).
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326974c99bbfc1ab5810fc1399ba7003c80b86e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to track installed apps usage on iOS devices using MDM profiles? I need to track not enterprise distributed apps, but all other apps installed on the device.
I need the information on when each app was launched, and for how long it was opened.
As I see so far, it is not possible, but maybe I am missing something...
A: I think your conclusion is correct. This information is not included in the MDM Protocol Reference and therefore isn't available through MDM.
The only way I can think of would be to side-load (using an Enterprise Distribution certificate/profile) an app that uses private APIs to monitor such activity and report back. Not recommended and against the Developer Program T&Cs I believe...
| Q: Is it possible to track installed apps usage on iOS devices using MDM profiles? I need to track not enterprise distributed apps, but all other apps installed on the device.
I need the information on when each app was launched, and for how long it was opened.
As I see so far, it is not possible, but maybe I am missing something...
A: I think your conclusion is correct. This information is not included in the MDM Protocol Reference and therefore isn't available through MDM.
The only way I can think of would be to side-load (using an Enterprise Distribution certificate/profile) an app that uses private APIs to monitor such activity and report back. Not recommended and against the Developer Program T&Cs I believe...
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9ac5bb8276d79d24e23d50fa609c7cc74b4f401b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable emojis system-wide? I never want to see an emoji again.
I have seen instructions for disabling them in specific apps, but I want a nuclear option.
How do I get rid of them for all apps, all users, all contexts?
I'm on OSX 10.10 Yosemite
A: You might be able to remove Apple's Color Emoji font, but you cannot remove it with FontBook. Instead, go to /System/Library/Fonts/ and drag "Apple Color Emoji.ttf" to the Trash. You must authenticate yourself as an administrator to do this. I haven't tested this, and I don't know if your computer will catch fire.
| Q: How to disable emojis system-wide? I never want to see an emoji again.
I have seen instructions for disabling them in specific apps, but I want a nuclear option.
How do I get rid of them for all apps, all users, all contexts?
I'm on OSX 10.10 Yosemite
A: You might be able to remove Apple's Color Emoji font, but you cannot remove it with FontBook. Instead, go to /System/Library/Fonts/ and drag "Apple Color Emoji.ttf" to the Trash. You must authenticate yourself as an administrator to do this. I haven't tested this, and I don't know if your computer will catch fire.
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89ef70f708921a0dc3dbbd4ff0ca5184e5fa9b54 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which Applications are accessing the microphone in OS X? I want to list the application names / process ids that are accessing any microphone / sound input device. This would be great if it were a Terminal command (like lsof) but even an application would be fine, especially if it is managed through Homebrew.
A: Oversight is an app that can notify when apps begin using microphone or webcam privileges. I don't know how it's implemented under the hood, though.
| Q: Which Applications are accessing the microphone in OS X? I want to list the application names / process ids that are accessing any microphone / sound input device. This would be great if it were a Terminal command (like lsof) but even an application would be fine, especially if it is managed through Homebrew.
A: Oversight is an app that can notify when apps begin using microphone or webcam privileges. I don't know how it's implemented under the hood, though.
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3d07a92e3fe1584bdb6c3c4d26b77cacf7a60537 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to pause and continue iCloud Photo syncing from command line? Uploading about 600GB of photos to iCloud Photos over a 300KB uplink takes weeks but also creates network congestion that destroys any download bandwidth. The only obvious way to control it is to navigate to the Photos Preferences window and hit the Pause or Continue button. Is there any way to do this from the command line? Any launchctl commands that might work?
| Q: Is there a way to pause and continue iCloud Photo syncing from command line? Uploading about 600GB of photos to iCloud Photos over a 300KB uplink takes weeks but also creates network congestion that destroys any download bandwidth. The only obvious way to control it is to navigate to the Photos Preferences window and hit the Pause or Continue button. Is there any way to do this from the command line? Any launchctl commands that might work?
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813f95e6f58e4257c1b29438e87055af84687b21 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does an X in the upper-left of a folder icon mean? I created this at the volume root per instructions to install MongoDB. I haven't seen this before. Is it invalid for me to create a top-level folder like this?
A: The X is actually a button.
It appears for example when you download a file or when you copy a folder/file.
It allows you to cancel the download/copy process.
| Q: What does an X in the upper-left of a folder icon mean? I created this at the volume root per instructions to install MongoDB. I haven't seen this before. Is it invalid for me to create a top-level folder like this?
A: The X is actually a button.
It appears for example when you download a file or when you copy a folder/file.
It allows you to cancel the download/copy process.
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5ff6bb532f719ebad2a6f0985cce9fce6463d78e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: get output volume with AppleScript I'm writing an AppleScript which should show the value for the output volume. With get volume settings I'm getting 4 values, but I need just the output volume value. The integer should be shown in a display dialog.
A: use this:
display alert output volume of (get volume settings)
| Q: get output volume with AppleScript I'm writing an AppleScript which should show the value for the output volume. With get volume settings I'm getting 4 values, but I need just the output volume value. The integer should be shown in a display dialog.
A: use this:
display alert output volume of (get volume settings)
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fd81461377d60c3c1f81591b88fb6dbcd7890411 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to send messages from iPod to users with non-Apple devices I have an iPod touch 5, and it won't let me send messages to non-Apple users. I've tried to find help in a lot of websites, but my iPod is still not letting me text non-Apple users.
A: The iPod can only send iMessages, not SMS. iMessage is a service from Apple that only work on Apple devices. It is possible to send regular SMS from an iPod if you have an iPhone on the same Apple-ID and on the same Wi-Fi network. If you do not have an iPhone all messages is sent from your e-mail address not a phone number.
| Q: Unable to send messages from iPod to users with non-Apple devices I have an iPod touch 5, and it won't let me send messages to non-Apple users. I've tried to find help in a lot of websites, but my iPod is still not letting me text non-Apple users.
A: The iPod can only send iMessages, not SMS. iMessage is a service from Apple that only work on Apple devices. It is possible to send regular SMS from an iPod if you have an iPhone on the same Apple-ID and on the same Wi-Fi network. If you do not have an iPhone all messages is sent from your e-mail address not a phone number.
A: In order to be able to send a traditional text message, you need access to a mobile phone network (and a way of "paying" for the message-usually part of your PAYG sim contract etc). An iPad or iPod touch can send iMessages but will not be able to send a text unless it is linked to an iPhone with a valid mobile sim.
A: While the other answers are basically correct, you can use a third party app.
Try Google Hangouts/Google Voice (your Google Voice phone Number is associated with your hangouts identity) or Pinger, as well as others (search the App Store for "SMS" or "texting app").
These apps will assign a phone number so that you can send and receive SMS messages.
A: Good news, Yes you can send normal Text messages on your ipod touch. There is something called google voice, all you need is a google account.
*
*Go to google voice.
*Set up your new free phone number.
*Download the google voice app on your ipod touch.
You are now ready to go you can make phone calls and send text messages on your ipod touch with the google voice app.
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615a0d3730a5c58b66d1e734cd26679b1a6fa15b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I turn off Bluetooth with only keyboard actions? A trackpad in another room was interfering with my ability to use my laptop's native trackpad, such that I could not click on anything. I wanted to either turn off bluetooth or disconnect the offending device.
I used Finder to get into Bluetooth settings but then I was stuck. I could not figure out a keyboard shortcut to get to the button to turn off bluetooth nor to disconnect the connected trackpad.
A: If you have a TouchBar Mac Book:
Invoke Siri via TouchBar and simply say "Turn Off Bluetooth"
If Siri is not enabled, it will prompt you to enable first.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206993
First time used Siri on my Mac!
| Q: How can I turn off Bluetooth with only keyboard actions? A trackpad in another room was interfering with my ability to use my laptop's native trackpad, such that I could not click on anything. I wanted to either turn off bluetooth or disconnect the offending device.
I used Finder to get into Bluetooth settings but then I was stuck. I could not figure out a keyboard shortcut to get to the button to turn off bluetooth nor to disconnect the connected trackpad.
A: If you have a TouchBar Mac Book:
Invoke Siri via TouchBar and simply say "Turn Off Bluetooth"
If Siri is not enabled, it will prompt you to enable first.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206993
First time used Siri on my Mac!
A: Go into the Finder, type command + shift + u and open Script Editor by selecting it and typing command + o. In a new script, type (since you can't highlight to copy)
tell application "System Events"
click button "Turn Bluetooth Off" of window 1 of application process "System Preferences"
end tell
and then type command + r to run the script. The trackpad should now be disconnected.
A: Another way would be to enable VoiceOver (CMD + F5) and using this to keyboard navigate the bluetooth settings panel with TAB and ENTER plus the arrow keys.
That let's you both turn off bluetooth and disconnect specific devices.
A: If it is just the primary click function you are missing and you still have control of where you move the mouse you likely also have the function to right click.
Therefore, if you can bring up Bluetooth settings with your keyboard using spotlight search, you can then right click on the device you need to disconnect.
No script necessary!
I just did it.
A: This works in BigSur 11.2.3:
*
*Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts
*Check Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls
Then, in future:
*
*Cmd <Space> to open Spotlight Search
*Type bluetooth and select the Bluetooth settings app
*Press the tab key to move focus to the Turn Bluetooth On or Turn Bluetooth Off button
*Press space to activate the button
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2a4bf8450c7c75c5a0e1837ae395033713c9829c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a free VMWare Player for Mac? There is a free player for vmware on windows, is there a free version as well for mac? If not, any other free alternatives?
A: There is also Parallels Desktop for Mac. Years ago I just received a license as a developer, and until now I did not find in any other hypervisor such an integration
| Q: Is there a free VMWare Player for Mac? There is a free player for vmware on windows, is there a free version as well for mac? If not, any other free alternatives?
A: There is also Parallels Desktop for Mac. Years ago I just received a license as a developer, and until now I did not find in any other hypervisor such an integration
A: Already asked at superuser (Credits to the OP). I post the answer here again - slightly modified:
There is no version of VMware Player for OS X. Instead, VMware sells a Mac version of their product called VMware Fusion. You may use it as trial version 30 days for free
If you don't want to purchase VMware Fusion, you can:
*
*Use Boot Camp to some other OS. The OS itself should run fine.
*Use Boot Camp and run vmplayer from the other OS. (Untested since I do not have a OS/X host)
*Use VirtualBox. VirtualBox can use virtual hard disks in VMware's VMDK format (like so).
A: From September 2020 there is free VMWare Fusion Player 12 for macOS (VMware Fusion Blog: Fusion 12: Now Available!):
Fusion Player offers a Personal Use License, available for free with a
valid MyVMware account. Home users, Open Source contributors,
students, and anyone else can use Fusion Player Free for
Non-Commercial activity.
You can register and download it from this VMWare page
A: There Is Wine Or Playonmac There Are Free Like Virtualbox
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86b9a36402a5b1a5a3b282825b34ad00863f13b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Left (or right) border in Apple's Pages I am writing a Pages (5.5.3) document for my Diploma thesis.
I want to create a paragraph style for source code that has a colored border only on one side. Unfortunately, Pages gives me a limited number of options to choose from:
Is there any solution for achieveing the following style (notice the blue and gray left borders):
(BTW, this is a slide from an Apple presentation)
A: Not with paragraph styles, no. You can do this with a single cell table which can be inlined and have a left border style different to the others.
| Q: Left (or right) border in Apple's Pages I am writing a Pages (5.5.3) document for my Diploma thesis.
I want to create a paragraph style for source code that has a colored border only on one side. Unfortunately, Pages gives me a limited number of options to choose from:
Is there any solution for achieveing the following style (notice the blue and gray left borders):
(BTW, this is a slide from an Apple presentation)
A: Not with paragraph styles, no. You can do this with a single cell table which can be inlined and have a left border style different to the others.
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2005824974472e2690c27482806c1ac33800330f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Wireless Time Machine Backup Without Time Capsule Is there an alternative to Time Capsule to do a wireless time machine backup. My mom already has a router and doesn't want to replace it but I still want to make sure she has a backup. She never has her MacBook connected so I'm looking for a wireless solution.
A: You can still use a Time Capsule, just don't use it as a router. You can turn it's routing off by putting it in bridge mode (using the AirPort utility) and simply connecting a network cable between it and the existing router. You can turn wifi off as well if you don't want to use it, networking will happen via the existing wireless network.
As a somewhat cheaper yet officially supported alternative, an AirPort Express with an external USB drive works too. If the backups aren't too big, an older model works too, but since it's slower, big backups will take a while.
Alternatively, any NAS with "Time Machine Support" works out of the box as well, QNAP and Sinology make those for example.
| Q: Wireless Time Machine Backup Without Time Capsule Is there an alternative to Time Capsule to do a wireless time machine backup. My mom already has a router and doesn't want to replace it but I still want to make sure she has a backup. She never has her MacBook connected so I'm looking for a wireless solution.
A: You can still use a Time Capsule, just don't use it as a router. You can turn it's routing off by putting it in bridge mode (using the AirPort utility) and simply connecting a network cable between it and the existing router. You can turn wifi off as well if you don't want to use it, networking will happen via the existing wireless network.
As a somewhat cheaper yet officially supported alternative, an AirPort Express with an external USB drive works too. If the backups aren't too big, an older model works too, but since it's slower, big backups will take a while.
Alternatively, any NAS with "Time Machine Support" works out of the box as well, QNAP and Sinology make those for example.
A: Why don't you buy any (cheaper) NAS drive? The only requirement is to have a Time Machine Service, which most of them have. (Time Capsule is also a NAS, but restricted to Apple devices.) You can plug it into her router to do the basic setup. You should see it then as a valid Time Machine target drive.
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8c9ebc2a352ed4f93064dda596c5419e661215a3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari keeps deleting items from my reading list My safari's reading list is "one shot", in the sense that if I open a URL it gets deleted, so I can just read it once. But some articles are long and I read them in 3-4 times.
I’d like manual removal only from my reading list using safari on macOS.
Is this how reading list is designed, that links disappear when you read them?
A: They're not being deleted, they're just read and you're hiding read items. Show unread items in reading list by clicking the Show Unread button above the list.
| Q: Safari keeps deleting items from my reading list My safari's reading list is "one shot", in the sense that if I open a URL it gets deleted, so I can just read it once. But some articles are long and I read them in 3-4 times.
I’d like manual removal only from my reading list using safari on macOS.
Is this how reading list is designed, that links disappear when you read them?
A: They're not being deleted, they're just read and you're hiding read items. Show unread items in reading list by clicking the Show Unread button above the list.
A: Not true. Checked the bottom of the list immediately. The entry will be at the top once or twice, then disappears.
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76d4843a3461e5bae59d7c52d8c700929646ceb3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can not copy and paste within Chrome from time to time Chrome Mac is a bit dodgy, I can not use copy/paste function from time to time, both Cmd ⌘ C and right-click menu. I must reopen it to enable copy/paste again.
OS X version is 10.10.3, Chrome version is 41.0.2272.118
Firefox and Safari do not have such problem.
A: Only thing I found is to quit and restart Chrome.
| Q: Can not copy and paste within Chrome from time to time Chrome Mac is a bit dodgy, I can not use copy/paste function from time to time, both Cmd ⌘ C and right-click menu. I must reopen it to enable copy/paste again.
OS X version is 10.10.3, Chrome version is 41.0.2272.118
Firefox and Safari do not have such problem.
A: Only thing I found is to quit and restart Chrome.
A: I have the same problem with a copy and paste operating in Chrome, but it only happens from time to time, which makes it all the more frustrating... namely, its unpredictability.
I have found one solution that solves the problem quite consistently, it is called Firefox.
A: This seems to have been a problem for a L-O-N-G time now. Here is a issue from 2009: Copy and paste issues on google crome
While I am not a fan of Safari and I really hate FF, I found Chrome fast but full of issues. My fix? Opera.
It's not great, but it seems to be the best that we've got at present. I am using it exclusively across platforms - OS X, Linux and Windows 7 - and it is very stable.
It's based on the Chrome engine, but doesn't seem to have the issues Chrome has. For example, I have yet to deal with the Cut/Paste issue on OS X 10.10 and Opera.
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3b9b445b06dfa59bd8a185519ca0d95e003dc16f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable 'Exit Full Screen' with escape on Yosemite If I press Escape by mistake while working, it exits full screen mode.
I could use Ctrl+Cmd+F if I want to exit full screen mode. How can I prevent Escape key in full screen mode?
A:
Now, you could go ahead and brute-force disable the Escape key in
Safari. But that'd defeat the purpose of still allowing Escape to work
as a shortcut in the aforementioned places, which I'd rather avoid.
http://patricklenz.co/blog/2014/9/1/dont-escape-full-screen-mode-in-safari
Btw I think that your question is a duplicate : Disable Escape key in Safari for getting out of full screen mode
| Q: How to disable 'Exit Full Screen' with escape on Yosemite If I press Escape by mistake while working, it exits full screen mode.
I could use Ctrl+Cmd+F if I want to exit full screen mode. How can I prevent Escape key in full screen mode?
A:
Now, you could go ahead and brute-force disable the Escape key in
Safari. But that'd defeat the purpose of still allowing Escape to work
as a shortcut in the aforementioned places, which I'd rather avoid.
http://patricklenz.co/blog/2014/9/1/dont-escape-full-screen-mode-in-safari
Btw I think that your question is a duplicate : Disable Escape key in Safari for getting out of full screen mode
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60f3c19f5409132853cf2e220e9c153d4beac6d7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way to get Bluetooth to work on MacBook 12″ Boot Camp? I know that it’s not officially supported, but there is any manual way that I can get Bluetooth to work on a MacBook 12″ Windows Boot Camp partition?
A: Use Boot Camp 6.0, it will let you use Bluetooth on the MacBook 2015.
| Q: Any way to get Bluetooth to work on MacBook 12″ Boot Camp? I know that it’s not officially supported, but there is any manual way that I can get Bluetooth to work on a MacBook 12″ Windows Boot Camp partition?
A: Use Boot Camp 6.0, it will let you use Bluetooth on the MacBook 2015.
A: I searched my ass off to find a solution.
When i released, it might just be that the hardware is confuesed, and looked to the MacOSx bluetooth service some how...
So i logged back in to OSx, unpaird my Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse... (Unpaird = make sure it is working, then activated the pairing mode, so it don't work :P)
Then i logged back into bootcamp... AND fu... yeah it worked!
I spent 4h online, and did't get anything to work. Now i feel stupid :P
Hope this Works for someone els aswell! (Sry for the bad English)
And you need Bootcamp 6 ofc :)
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3adefc333cb6e55831bef1d778f70d6155131acb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Stop synchronising the call history log between iPhones on shared Apple ID? How to stop synchronising the call history log between my two iPhones that share the same Apple ID. I know this is related to the Apple ID but I have no choice since I have to use my shared iCloud contact list by both iPhones.
Is there a workaround to avoid duplicate calls registering in both iPhones? For example, when I receive a missed call in one iPhone it shows up in the second iPhone as a missed call in the call history log.
A: Try turning off iCloud drive on all iPhones. You can optionally keep it on in one of the iPhones, but make sure it's turned of on all others sharing the apple ID. This worked for me.
| Q: Stop synchronising the call history log between iPhones on shared Apple ID? How to stop synchronising the call history log between my two iPhones that share the same Apple ID. I know this is related to the Apple ID but I have no choice since I have to use my shared iCloud contact list by both iPhones.
Is there a workaround to avoid duplicate calls registering in both iPhones? For example, when I receive a missed call in one iPhone it shows up in the second iPhone as a missed call in the call history log.
A: Try turning off iCloud drive on all iPhones. You can optionally keep it on in one of the iPhones, but make sure it's turned of on all others sharing the apple ID. This worked for me.
A: I found that toggling airplane mode on the 2nd phone fixes the problem for me.
A: My pervious answer was wrong. Call history is shared between iOS devices via iCloud Drive. http://www.imore.com/apple-comments-icloud-call-history-sync-what-you-need-know
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128042446b74620ba367a297fbc8476706dd0f3a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the mount point and format of the iOS memory when it is plugged in a mac? I would like to do manual changes to my iOS iPhone, and I would like to know if it is possible to plug the iOS into a mac, find the mount point and /dev/disk<number> and then cd to it and do changes. What is the format of the iOS memory and mount point?
Is it possible to mount the phone if it is not mounted yet? How does iTunes make changes to the phone?
A: the iPhone does not present itself to any computer as a block device, so you won't be able to mount it and access the file system. This is among other things a security feature. Depending on what you are trying to change, you might be able to use iTunes for manually uploading music, playlists and I think possibly videos as well. Additionally you can use iTunes to upload files to any apps that allow it.
If you jailbreak your phone, you get full file system access at which point you can install an ssh daemon and ssh into your phone.
| Q: Where is the mount point and format of the iOS memory when it is plugged in a mac? I would like to do manual changes to my iOS iPhone, and I would like to know if it is possible to plug the iOS into a mac, find the mount point and /dev/disk<number> and then cd to it and do changes. What is the format of the iOS memory and mount point?
Is it possible to mount the phone if it is not mounted yet? How does iTunes make changes to the phone?
A: the iPhone does not present itself to any computer as a block device, so you won't be able to mount it and access the file system. This is among other things a security feature. Depending on what you are trying to change, you might be able to use iTunes for manually uploading music, playlists and I think possibly videos as well. Additionally you can use iTunes to upload files to any apps that allow it.
If you jailbreak your phone, you get full file system access at which point you can install an ssh daemon and ssh into your phone.
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462cad6c5a97ee86cd827daea48239ea056e5952 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I pair and use two microphones with my iPhone 6+? I want to connect two bluetooth microphones to my iPhone 6+ to record a conversation during a walk/hike. I know the iPhone can handle up to 7 connections, but can only output sound to one device at a time (unless a splitter is used). Can there be two inputs via bluetooth?
A: To my knowledge you do not need bluetooth microphones to record a conversation.
iPhones have a built-in app called voice memos which, assuming you have a relatively new iPhone, should be able to pick up the conversation fairly well if you just set the iPhone to record and put it in your pocket.
| Q: Can I pair and use two microphones with my iPhone 6+? I want to connect two bluetooth microphones to my iPhone 6+ to record a conversation during a walk/hike. I know the iPhone can handle up to 7 connections, but can only output sound to one device at a time (unless a splitter is used). Can there be two inputs via bluetooth?
A: To my knowledge you do not need bluetooth microphones to record a conversation.
iPhones have a built-in app called voice memos which, assuming you have a relatively new iPhone, should be able to pick up the conversation fairly well if you just set the iPhone to record and put it in your pocket.
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20320adb2c779909d707bc7faa813875433af089 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: To install GNU Cut in OSX? I did not find it in brew by brew search cut.
I wound if it exists in any other package systems.
How can you install GNU Cut in OSX?
A: cut is part of CoreUtils.
To install it :
brew install coreutils
Then it's available in terminal as gcut.
| Q: To install GNU Cut in OSX? I did not find it in brew by brew search cut.
I wound if it exists in any other package systems.
How can you install GNU Cut in OSX?
A: cut is part of CoreUtils.
To install it :
brew install coreutils
Then it's available in terminal as gcut.
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a3f039a02173f68ffbbf26599c17f83dd16d122c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to prevent 'sudo rm -rf /' A few times I have accidentally executed the command sudo rm -rf /.
Is there a way how to prevent me from running this command? For example can I somehow disable it using the sudoers file?
A: I know you phrased the question in a way that makes me suspect you don't want to hear this answer, but you really should remove yourself from the sudoers file if you're prone to making the same mistake over and over.
The underlying problem is you haven't aliased rm to be move to trash (which is clearly how you are using it currently and in the past) or otherwise forced rm -r to be forced into rm -ri
alias rm='/bin/rm -i'
You can always get around the alias with command rm -rf whatever once you've trained your mind on when measure twice, cut once is needed for rm -rf use.
| Q: How to prevent 'sudo rm -rf /' A few times I have accidentally executed the command sudo rm -rf /.
Is there a way how to prevent me from running this command? For example can I somehow disable it using the sudoers file?
A: I know you phrased the question in a way that makes me suspect you don't want to hear this answer, but you really should remove yourself from the sudoers file if you're prone to making the same mistake over and over.
The underlying problem is you haven't aliased rm to be move to trash (which is clearly how you are using it currently and in the past) or otherwise forced rm -r to be forced into rm -ri
alias rm='/bin/rm -i'
You can always get around the alias with command rm -rf whatever once you've trained your mind on when measure twice, cut once is needed for rm -rf use.
A: You can add a line like
%admin ALL = !/bin/rm -rf /
to your sudoers file to prevent the execution of the command with the specific options.
Or, if you want to exclude several commands, you can work with command aliases
Cmnd_Alias DANGEROUS_CMNDS=/bin/rm -rf /, /bin/rm -fr /
%admin ALL=!DANGEROUS_CMNDS
You can also try to play it safe by using
Cmnd_Alias DANGEROUS_CMNDS=/bin/rm -rf /, /bin/rm -fr /, /bin/rm / *, /bin/rm * /, /bin/rm -rf / *, /bin/rm -rf * /, /bin/rm -fr / *, /bin/rm -fr* /
%admin ALL=!DANGEROUS_CMNDS
but there still might be other ways you can shoot yourself in the foot with rm so be careful anyway.
But keep in mind that all matching is done on the full string of the command, so sudo rm -rf /Volumes would still work (as would cd /; sudo rm -rf .).
PS: By all means, use sudo visudo to edit the sudoers file and NEVER edit it directly
PPS: I obviously didn't test this with rm (only with /bin/echo instead)
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0a8b526a3b097e99c267dcf1d4337d6e6fddd439 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In Outlook for Mac is it possible to set "Respond Without Comments" to be my default when accepting an invite? As it is, the default action on the "Respond" button is "Respond with Comments" and I have to click the drop down to send the response without comments.
Please Respond.
Accept | Tentative | Decline
Respond With Comments
Respond Without Comments
Do Not Send a Response
99% of the time if I'm accepting an invite I don't need to comment.
I've looked through the Preferences for Outlook and I don't see anything related to this.
A: There is no keyboard shortcut.
No way to reduce mouse clicks.
| Q: In Outlook for Mac is it possible to set "Respond Without Comments" to be my default when accepting an invite? As it is, the default action on the "Respond" button is "Respond with Comments" and I have to click the drop down to send the response without comments.
Please Respond.
Accept | Tentative | Decline
Respond With Comments
Respond Without Comments
Do Not Send a Response
99% of the time if I'm accepting an invite I don't need to comment.
I've looked through the Preferences for Outlook and I don't see anything related to this.
A: There is no keyboard shortcut.
No way to reduce mouse clicks.
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a4bf19688af85944de3c218cd009d6a870e32aea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I configure my Terminal app with bash and iTerm2 with zshell and oh my zsh? The Terminal app uses bash by default. And I don't want to change it. However I want to configure iTerm2 with zshell and oh my zsh. and I don't want bash on it. The instructions I checked online, make zshell default in both apps.
A: If your default system shell is bash, your Terminal should start with it. You can check it on General tab under Terminal Preferences. Should look like the following:
If bash isn't your default shell, you can change it by typing:
chsh -s /bin/bash
To configure iTerm2 with zsh you have to open Preferences and change the command on General tab on your default profile. You have to enter /bin/zsh or whatever shell you want.
To install oh-my-zsh type the following:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
| Q: How do I configure my Terminal app with bash and iTerm2 with zshell and oh my zsh? The Terminal app uses bash by default. And I don't want to change it. However I want to configure iTerm2 with zshell and oh my zsh. and I don't want bash on it. The instructions I checked online, make zshell default in both apps.
A: If your default system shell is bash, your Terminal should start with it. You can check it on General tab under Terminal Preferences. Should look like the following:
If bash isn't your default shell, you can change it by typing:
chsh -s /bin/bash
To configure iTerm2 with zsh you have to open Preferences and change the command on General tab on your default profile. You have to enter /bin/zsh or whatever shell you want.
To install oh-my-zsh type the following:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
A: Update Dec 2022
You need to go to:
*
*Preferences
*Profiles tab
*Select Command in the drop down
*Enter /bin/zsh/ in the text input
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128bffdf75336b83b3ea3c3fb94d788e1f73ac7e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Preventing automatic backtick ` When I type a backtick ` it's underlined and I can press space to make it this character ´. This is annoying because I never need this when I type in markdown I only need the backtick. So I wonder how I can turn this off?
A: Try alt/option plus shift plus `
| Q: Preventing automatic backtick ` When I type a backtick ` it's underlined and I can press space to make it this character ´. This is annoying because I never need this when I type in markdown I only need the backtick. So I wonder how I can turn this off?
A: Try alt/option plus shift plus `
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157df8d2313420b708a4d417e474cd8a2e2bc1c5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open application in specific space through AppleScript I have a script that I run when I get to work to open all of the applications that I work with. But when I run it they all open in one space. I'm running OSX Yosemite 10.10.3.
So I need an AppleScript that will make new spaces if needed and then open the applications in specified spaces.
A: If you lock an app to a space it will always open in that space, no script required. the limitation is that all windows of each app will be in the same space; no way round that except manually, afaik.
First open the app in the required Space, then right click the Dock icon & select 'This Desktop'
After that, if you check from any other Space you will see the Space number listed.
[& I do wish they'd stop calling them Desktops]
If you really need it to be scripted, then this MacScripter page has all the calls - http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=23453
| Q: Open application in specific space through AppleScript I have a script that I run when I get to work to open all of the applications that I work with. But when I run it they all open in one space. I'm running OSX Yosemite 10.10.3.
So I need an AppleScript that will make new spaces if needed and then open the applications in specified spaces.
A: If you lock an app to a space it will always open in that space, no script required. the limitation is that all windows of each app will be in the same space; no way round that except manually, afaik.
First open the app in the required Space, then right click the Dock icon & select 'This Desktop'
After that, if you check from any other Space you will see the Space number listed.
[& I do wish they'd stop calling them Desktops]
If you really need it to be scripted, then this MacScripter page has all the calls - http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=23453
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827089017d4ddc326a66c8fc9f6d591b3025801b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you adjust the dock bounce animation in OSX? I'd like to adjust the animation for bouncing dock icons in OSX. (I'm running Yosemete 10.10.3) I've already found this article showing how to completely disable the bounce, but I want more control than simply ON/OFF. Is there a way to adjust the animation? Specifically, I want to change:
*
*number of bounces before it stops
*
*Right now, it just bounces forever, until you switch over to that application and deal with whatever it's nagging you about.
*bounce height
*bounce frequency
*bounce speed
Can these things be changed, and if so, how?
| Q: How do you adjust the dock bounce animation in OSX? I'd like to adjust the animation for bouncing dock icons in OSX. (I'm running Yosemete 10.10.3) I've already found this article showing how to completely disable the bounce, but I want more control than simply ON/OFF. Is there a way to adjust the animation? Specifically, I want to change:
*
*number of bounces before it stops
*
*Right now, it just bounces forever, until you switch over to that application and deal with whatever it's nagging you about.
*bounce height
*bounce frequency
*bounce speed
Can these things be changed, and if so, how?
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4cdd2fa4e22b85a6bf538937b640f35f173baf39 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I download an app to an iPad that asks for another user's password? Probably going to sound wordy to explain but I've got an issue where my Apple ID is signed into my iPad but when I try to download an app it requests my ex girlfriends password for her Apple ID. When I'm using anything else on my iPad it requests my password and it's no problem.
Does that make sense and can anyone help?
A: The app was downloaded / bought using your ex-girlfriend Apple ID; delete and re download the app in question.
| Q: How do I download an app to an iPad that asks for another user's password? Probably going to sound wordy to explain but I've got an issue where my Apple ID is signed into my iPad but when I try to download an app it requests my ex girlfriends password for her Apple ID. When I'm using anything else on my iPad it requests my password and it's no problem.
Does that make sense and can anyone help?
A: The app was downloaded / bought using your ex-girlfriend Apple ID; delete and re download the app in question.
A: Two things:
*
*Open the settings app and App Store - sign out of the account.
*Then make note of all apps that need an update. You'll have to determine by which account pops up, which account bought the app in the first place.
Delete all the apps that are assigned to the account you wish to remove from the device. Sign in only with your account going forward and delete all the apps (either waiting for them to update or clearing them out more pro-actively).
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5fd1ea9d22a5b4ef82088e54dd8a164725c63988 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Pro ATI 5770 with 3 monitors - what active adapters needed? I just bought a Mac Pro 2010 with an ATI5770 that has 2 x Mini Display Port (DP) and 1 x DVI.
The current configuration is as follows:
*
*Mini DP A > passive HDMI adapter > 1920 LCD
*Mini DP B > passive HDMI adapter > 1920 LCD
*DVI > passive DVI to HDMI adapter > 1920 LCD
In this configuration, only two out of the three monitors will work at any given time. From reading up on the topic, I understand that I'll need at least one active adapter in order to get all three monitors going together.
What is the minimal number of active adapters I need? i.e. do I need one or two, and on which port(s)? If that matters.
A recommendation for suitable non-Apple adapters would also be appreciated.
A: Confirmed: for this to work you need two (not just one) active adapters on the Mini DisplayPorts. When shopping around, the adapters may also be referred to as Eyefinity compatible. You don't have to buy genuine adapters - I am using two of the cheaper ones.
| Q: Mac Pro ATI 5770 with 3 monitors - what active adapters needed? I just bought a Mac Pro 2010 with an ATI5770 that has 2 x Mini Display Port (DP) and 1 x DVI.
The current configuration is as follows:
*
*Mini DP A > passive HDMI adapter > 1920 LCD
*Mini DP B > passive HDMI adapter > 1920 LCD
*DVI > passive DVI to HDMI adapter > 1920 LCD
In this configuration, only two out of the three monitors will work at any given time. From reading up on the topic, I understand that I'll need at least one active adapter in order to get all three monitors going together.
What is the minimal number of active adapters I need? i.e. do I need one or two, and on which port(s)? If that matters.
A recommendation for suitable non-Apple adapters would also be appreciated.
A: Confirmed: for this to work you need two (not just one) active adapters on the Mini DisplayPorts. When shopping around, the adapters may also be referred to as Eyefinity compatible. You don't have to buy genuine adapters - I am using two of the cheaper ones.
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0ddf79d9863d3f9f6fe763ab137b993c7e3cb1cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Outlook 15.11 2015 "connection to the server failed or was dropped" (Error # -3253) In Outlook 15.11 2015 on Mavericks, I am constantly getting a "connection to the server failed or was dropped (Error # -3253)" for my pop accounts when I send/receive. I can send mail, but not receive it. I use GoDaddy as a hosting service. I have tried deleting the account, as well as the profile under profile manager. Has anyone else encountered this issue? If so, do you have a solution? I see on the MS forums where this is an issue, but I don't see a resolution.
A: I had this problem, too, and about the same time Safari started acting up by not loading pages. I found that the problem was the Avast Anti-Virus Software that I had installed on my machine. Once it was removed, the problem was solved: no more Safari issues and no more Outlook issues, specifically Error -3253.
| Q: Mac Outlook 15.11 2015 "connection to the server failed or was dropped" (Error # -3253) In Outlook 15.11 2015 on Mavericks, I am constantly getting a "connection to the server failed or was dropped (Error # -3253)" for my pop accounts when I send/receive. I can send mail, but not receive it. I use GoDaddy as a hosting service. I have tried deleting the account, as well as the profile under profile manager. Has anyone else encountered this issue? If so, do you have a solution? I see on the MS forums where this is an issue, but I don't see a resolution.
A: I had this problem, too, and about the same time Safari started acting up by not loading pages. I found that the problem was the Avast Anti-Virus Software that I had installed on my machine. Once it was removed, the problem was solved: no more Safari issues and no more Outlook issues, specifically Error -3253.
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b7cee8e0e951ce8b49b5e79fdf5369fdc169cb22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to change opacity of an application window? Is it possible to change the opacity/alpha value of a program window such as preview or chrome? I know this was possible in Linux by editing some gnome shell file. Is there anything similar in OS X
A: You can use afloat. This allows you to set the opacity of a window from the Window menu.
| Q: Is it possible to change opacity of an application window? Is it possible to change the opacity/alpha value of a program window such as preview or chrome? I know this was possible in Linux by editing some gnome shell file. Is there anything similar in OS X
A: You can use afloat. This allows you to set the opacity of a window from the Window menu.
A:
Edit: Dec 2018: It seems that a new replacement for Afloat is out called Deskovery,
You should enter your email here to join the beta program:
https://www.neomobili.com/products/deskovery/
And browse the blog to figure out which beta version you want: https://www.neomobili.com/blog/
Downloads for all versions of this app are kind of hidden here: https://www.neomobili.com/files/
The previously mentioned Afloat is not working anymore on El Capitan and Sierra since both deprecate applications using code injection techniques.
There seems to be no direct equivalent for this SIMBL using Afloat.
If you now need just a 'mock version', does a mock picture suffice your needs? These needs are a bit underdetermined.
However, you may find a number of possible alternatives available that might offer a somewhat similar functionality:
*
*LayerX
*Duplicate-any-windows
*Overlay
*Overlay2
*Uberlayer
*GluePrint
These are not tested as to whether they may be combinable.
A: The question is about setting the opacity for a single application, but to globally set transparency off, go to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Display. Then make sure that "Reduce transparency" is selected. I found this here:
https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/reduce-transparency-effects-os-x-yosemite/
for Yosemite, but it works in El Capitan.
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95eb1981a24c78868417332607005f7503253f0c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remote control music on my computer from my iPhone? I want to change, play or pause my music using my iPhone while it is playing on my laptop.
A: Get Remote from the App Store which lets you control iTunes playback on your computer.
| Q: How can I remote control music on my computer from my iPhone? I want to change, play or pause my music using my iPhone while it is playing on my laptop.
A: Get Remote from the App Store which lets you control iTunes playback on your computer.
A: Another app to try is Mobile Mouse, which is an iPhone app and a server app you install on your computer. I prefer it to Apple's remote, and it adds the ability to launch any program from the dock, use Fkeys, a trackpad, and has iPod-like controls for iTunes.
It's a paid app, but there's a free version (Mobile Mouse Free) with similar features.
A: Take a look at "VLC Remote": "VLC Remote® turns your iDevice into a remote control for VLC media player."
http://hobbyistsoftware.com/vlc-more
I use this on my iPhone and control VLC on a Mac Mini over WIFI, which is connected to my amplifier. It is very intuitive. A very useful little feature is the pause function, when the iPhone is ringing.
A: You can use Spotify. The music player has also a remote control. Start the app on iPhone and Windows/Mac than you can see on the status your iPhone or Mac. The function called Spot remote
Spot Remote is the leading remote control for Spotify, allowing you to control your music over the air from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. It is what Spotify has been missing.
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7196e84a7806706c49e1da883077f09cef170b23 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I sync itunes between my two mac laptops? I want to download a music CD into itunes. My new Mac doesn't have a disk drive, whereas my old one does. Can I sync my laptops together so that I can get the music from the CD onto the new Mac laptop?
Or... is there another way I can move the files successfully into the itunes on my new Mac?
A: Sign in to both computers with iTunes home sharing - then you can import files back and forth as needed. There is a filter to show songs not on the local library and the copying is drag and drop.
Much faster if you really want to copy files than iTunes Match which also would sync things, but take far longer to upload and download the files.
See these posts for some less useful options and extra commentary:
*
*How can I sync my iTunes music library between two Macs for free?
*Sync iTunes library across two machines
*Sync iTunes library with Dropbox without letting iTunes organize the folders and files
| Q: Can I sync itunes between my two mac laptops? I want to download a music CD into itunes. My new Mac doesn't have a disk drive, whereas my old one does. Can I sync my laptops together so that I can get the music from the CD onto the new Mac laptop?
Or... is there another way I can move the files successfully into the itunes on my new Mac?
A: Sign in to both computers with iTunes home sharing - then you can import files back and forth as needed. There is a filter to show songs not on the local library and the copying is drag and drop.
Much faster if you really want to copy files than iTunes Match which also would sync things, but take far longer to upload and download the files.
See these posts for some less useful options and extra commentary:
*
*How can I sync my iTunes music library between two Macs for free?
*Sync iTunes library across two machines
*Sync iTunes library with Dropbox without letting iTunes organize the folders and files
A: The best native software solution would be to sign up for iTunes Match on your older Mac that has a disk drive, then sign in on your new Mac.
Apple's iTunes Match puts all your music into the cloud, attached to your associated Apple ID using iCloud. You'll be able to play music from your old Mac, on your new Mac, and vice versa.
Even better, iTunes Match will take music you've ripped from CD's and replace it with the best possible audio quality from Apple's servers.
For more information about iTunes Match, visit this page: http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
A: You can also setup a Remote Disc on the Mac with an CD/DVD reader:
*
*On the Mac that has an optical drive, choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
*Click the Sharing icon in the System Preferences window.
*Make sure you've entered a name that you can easily recognize in the Computer Name field.
*Enable the checkbox for DVD or CD Sharing.
You can also restrict who has access to your optical drive by
selecting "Ask me before allowing others to use my DVD drive."
This adds a virtual CD / DVD reader to your Mac, in case you need it for other uses than CD ripping.
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ea60c96c496eab0fa33d9423a0a3aa29c7a94fe3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: F20-F24 keys do not respond, but are mapped OS X Yosemite, 10.10.3, MacBook Pro mid-2012.
I am building a keyboard, and have mapped onto it all F1-F24 keys using tmk's firmware. F1-F19 all respond (I'm using Karabiner's EventViewer utility to detect keypresses), but F20-F24 do not. I know the keys work physically, but OS X doesn't recognize them.
Is it even possible to use F20-F24 on OS X, or are there other keys unused by OS X that will work (I want to use them as macro keys)?
A: Here is the guessing answer, but makes sense, so probably possibly true.
What's peculiar about F21-F24 keys on MacOS?
| Q: F20-F24 keys do not respond, but are mapped OS X Yosemite, 10.10.3, MacBook Pro mid-2012.
I am building a keyboard, and have mapped onto it all F1-F24 keys using tmk's firmware. F1-F19 all respond (I'm using Karabiner's EventViewer utility to detect keypresses), but F20-F24 do not. I know the keys work physically, but OS X doesn't recognize them.
Is it even possible to use F20-F24 on OS X, or are there other keys unused by OS X that will work (I want to use them as macro keys)?
A: Here is the guessing answer, but makes sense, so probably possibly true.
What's peculiar about F21-F24 keys on MacOS?
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0e8e2208e0ffde5fd03b13953e7a8bdbc5c40cc1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX doesn't recognize a gaming keyboard I want to use this Genius keyboard with my 2014 MacBook Pro 15".
When connecting the keyboard, the Keyboard Setup Assistant opens, saying that keyboard could not be identified. Then, it asks to press the key on the left of right shift. When I pressZkey three times, it says that the keyboard still could not be identified and asks to chose the type of keyboard manually.
Despite of the answer, keyboard starts working improperly. When I pressq it types x,w->4,e->l,r->y,t->1,y-6and so on. When I chose different type of keyboard (ISO/ANSI) nothing changes and the same wrong buttons mapping preserves.
The keyboard itself is working fine on another PC. Other keyboards are working well with this mac.
Maybe there is some software to properly fix usage of gaming keyboards on mac?
Would really appreciate your help to make it work.
A:
Then, it asks to press the key on the left of right shift. When I press 'Z' key three times
Z is on the right of the left Shift key. You sure you pressing the right keys? According to your post you should be pressing the "/" key.
| Q: OSX doesn't recognize a gaming keyboard I want to use this Genius keyboard with my 2014 MacBook Pro 15".
When connecting the keyboard, the Keyboard Setup Assistant opens, saying that keyboard could not be identified. Then, it asks to press the key on the left of right shift. When I pressZkey three times, it says that the keyboard still could not be identified and asks to chose the type of keyboard manually.
Despite of the answer, keyboard starts working improperly. When I pressq it types x,w->4,e->l,r->y,t->1,y-6and so on. When I chose different type of keyboard (ISO/ANSI) nothing changes and the same wrong buttons mapping preserves.
The keyboard itself is working fine on another PC. Other keyboards are working well with this mac.
Maybe there is some software to properly fix usage of gaming keyboards on mac?
Would really appreciate your help to make it work.
A:
Then, it asks to press the key on the left of right shift. When I press 'Z' key three times
Z is on the right of the left Shift key. You sure you pressing the right keys? According to your post you should be pressing the "/" key.
A: Xah Lee has an excellent overview of key remapping solutions. The best tool for you may be Karabiner, using the Custom Setting option (the post refers to KeyRemap4MacBook, which has been renamed to Karabiner).
To do this you may want to use the Key Codes utility to determine what your Mac is actually receiving. You will then need to specify the desired translation. A handy list of codes is here.
Some fancy keyboards support configurable key mapping that you download into non-volatile memory. There may be a utility for your keyboard (that might only run on Windows) that can make it emulate a standard layout. I would check on that first so then you could easily move it to another Mac.
A: "x4ly16" is typical of anti-ghosting (n-key rollover) which macOS doesn't support. If you can turn that off, you should get "qwerty" instead. Your link is broken so I don't see what keyboard model you have, but the manual should say which key combo turns that off.
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e3d0550e8ccf8a5372c1a99b7e677a799c6c2e11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to extend Quick Look to support h.265? H.265 (or HEVC) is the official successor to H.264, with a significant reduction in bitrate for the same picture quality.
However it's not supported widely yet, including in Quicktime, iTunes or Quick Look in the Finder (cmd+space) and I haven't seen anyone talking about support in OSX 10.11 (El Capitan).
I can view files in, for example, VLC, but was wondering if there's any sort of plugin for Quick Look.
A: QuickLook's API is not all that great. It's meant for documents that can be displayed in a single frame, like text or photographs. There is no way that I know of (or apparently anyone else) to have QuickLook play movies. Apple obviously can, but they're clearly using APIs that the rest of us do not have access to.
| Q: Is it possible to extend Quick Look to support h.265? H.265 (or HEVC) is the official successor to H.264, with a significant reduction in bitrate for the same picture quality.
However it's not supported widely yet, including in Quicktime, iTunes or Quick Look in the Finder (cmd+space) and I haven't seen anyone talking about support in OSX 10.11 (El Capitan).
I can view files in, for example, VLC, but was wondering if there's any sort of plugin for Quick Look.
A: QuickLook's API is not all that great. It's meant for documents that can be displayed in a single frame, like text or photographs. There is no way that I know of (or apparently anyone else) to have QuickLook play movies. Apple obviously can, but they're clearly using APIs that the rest of us do not have access to.
A: QLVideo can display metadata, thumbnails and static QuickLook previews of H.265 video (as long as the H.265 stream is packaged within a suitable container e.g. .mkv, .ts, etc).
Given the architecture of the QuickLook and QuickLookUI frameworks only Apple can add support for playable QuickLook previews. There's some discussion of this under QLVideo Issue#3.
A: It has been a long while since this was posted, but as QuickLook still doesn't show previews of HEVC streams in MP4 containers by default, I will add my 2 cents for the Googlers who will end up here trying to find a solution.
Apple operating systems expect the "hvc1" tag to properly recognise HEVC streams in MP4 containers.
Once this tag is added, macOS will properly display QuickLook previews, iTunes will properly recognise the video for the purpose of syncing with devices, and supporting devices like iPhones will recognise the video for playback from Gallery.
Example using ffmpeg:
# -tag:v hvc1 enables support by most Apple devices
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v hevc_videotoolbox -q:v 65 -tag:v hvc1 -c:a copy output.mp4
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a0c2bcd95c75f26c982dd8a61715edc026eeaa20 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to verify that an iTunes backup is valid? Is there a way to verify that a backup of an iPhone is valid (other than wiping the device and attempting to restore it :))?
I've had a recent catastrophic incident involving an iTunes encrypted backup, with the key stored on the keychain, that won't restore complaining of wrong key (Details on this question), and that's made me remember the old IT adage that:
Your backup strategy is only as good as your data restoration capabilities...
So, is there a way to verify that a backup that has complete successfully is valid and working (i.e., would restore itself successfully)? I don't have several iPhones to test, and wiping the "source" phone to attempt to restore it - and maybe fail! - doesn't seem like a good idea.
Thank a lot in advance.
| Q: How to verify that an iTunes backup is valid? Is there a way to verify that a backup of an iPhone is valid (other than wiping the device and attempting to restore it :))?
I've had a recent catastrophic incident involving an iTunes encrypted backup, with the key stored on the keychain, that won't restore complaining of wrong key (Details on this question), and that's made me remember the old IT adage that:
Your backup strategy is only as good as your data restoration capabilities...
So, is there a way to verify that a backup that has complete successfully is valid and working (i.e., would restore itself successfully)? I don't have several iPhones to test, and wiping the "source" phone to attempt to restore it - and maybe fail! - doesn't seem like a good idea.
Thank a lot in advance.
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7f55c53d6093d96cab3bc628fa21653ea8c2290a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why can't I delete Chess.app Why is Chess.app "required by OS X"?
I don't use it, and I can't delete it. Is it really required by the operating system?
A: It is a crucial component in OS X's anti-boredom technology.
Non-troll answer: Yes, you can delete it.
run this command in Terminal:
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Chess.app
enter your password and push return
| Q: Why can't I delete Chess.app Why is Chess.app "required by OS X"?
I don't use it, and I can't delete it. Is it really required by the operating system?
A: It is a crucial component in OS X's anti-boredom technology.
Non-troll answer: Yes, you can delete it.
run this command in Terminal:
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Chess.app
enter your password and push return
A: No, it is not required as such, but Chess is, like any other preinstalled application, protected from deletion. There are ways around it, but it's probably not worth the hassle for a meager 5 MB in disk space.
A: Later Mac OS versions have SIP enabled, which prevents you from simply sudoing your troubles away. What you have to do now is:
*
*Shut down your machine.
*Turn it on while holing Cmd-R, which should eventually boot you into recovery mode.
*Select Utilities > Terminal.
*Type in csrutil disable to disable SIP.
*Reboot and let it boot normally.
*Now you can open up a terminal and do cd /Applications/ && sudo rm -rf Chess.app/
*When done removing all the unnecessary software, reboot into recovery mode once again, and perform csrutil enable.
*As of macOS 11 Big Sur, csrutil authenticated-root disabled must also be run, and the root volume must be mounted to a temporary mount point with sudo mount -o nobrowse -t apfs [path to disk] [mount path], then the volume must be blessed after editing it with sudo bless --folder [mount path]/System/Library/CoreServices --bootefi --create-snapshot (taken from here
*Turning authenticated-root on after modifying the root volume on macOS 11 > and editing it will cause boot looping.
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525b8f7e9dce2580bff3fa3e39ae51c8499800af | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is search in Activity Monitor disabled? The search on my activity monitor app is disabled/grayed out. I can't figure out how to enable it.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
ps: mac noob here, be gentle please! :)
A: The search doesn't function when Activity Monitor's view is set to "All Processes, Hierarchically". Open the view menu and change it to anything else, and it'll activate again.
| Q: Why is search in Activity Monitor disabled? The search on my activity monitor app is disabled/grayed out. I can't figure out how to enable it.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
ps: mac noob here, be gentle please! :)
A: The search doesn't function when Activity Monitor's view is set to "All Processes, Hierarchically". Open the view menu and change it to anything else, and it'll activate again.
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03c6739643313839f65033a07dc67b061f41fbb8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use GPL-licensed source in my iOS app? I'm going to use some GPL-covered code in my app. Firstly, I'm not sure if GPL is compatible with Apple's App Store, i.e. whether apps entirely covered by GPL can be published through App Store.
Second, iOS does not allow 3rd party dynamic libraries, which means, to my understanding, you can't legally combine GPL and non-GPL code in one iOS app.
So what are my options if I want to use some GPL code in my app?
A: As this is a legal question you have to ask a lawyer about this, any answer on the internet (including this) is not reliable
However The Free Software Foundation (which write the GPL) have written this blog about GPL v2 and the App Store http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement
This includes
That's the problem in a nutshell: Apple's Terms of Service impose restrictive limits on use and distribution for any software distributed through the App Store, and the GPL doesn't allow that.
| Q: Can I use GPL-licensed source in my iOS app? I'm going to use some GPL-covered code in my app. Firstly, I'm not sure if GPL is compatible with Apple's App Store, i.e. whether apps entirely covered by GPL can be published through App Store.
Second, iOS does not allow 3rd party dynamic libraries, which means, to my understanding, you can't legally combine GPL and non-GPL code in one iOS app.
So what are my options if I want to use some GPL code in my app?
A: As this is a legal question you have to ask a lawyer about this, any answer on the internet (including this) is not reliable
However The Free Software Foundation (which write the GPL) have written this blog about GPL v2 and the App Store http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement
This includes
That's the problem in a nutshell: Apple's Terms of Service impose restrictive limits on use and distribution for any software distributed through the App Store, and the GPL doesn't allow that.
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c320556422acce17a66b8c06d12dca65e67dd708 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Upgrade svn on OS X 10.9 On OS X 10.9.5, there is /usr/bin/svn, which is version 1.7.19 (r1643991). However, the most recent version is 1.8.13. Apperently, with version 1.7.19 I cannot access certain subversion servers.
How can I upgrade svn? Do I really need to download and make svn (or build it via homebrew)? Why is Apple keeping me out-dated with an old version?
A: Easy way is installing via Homebrew. Just need to type the following:
$ brew install svn
These are the options:
$ brew info svn
subversion: stable 1.8.13, devel 1.9.0-rc2
Version control system designed to be a better CVS
https://subversion.apache.org/
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/subversion.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: pkg-config ✔, scons ✘
Required: sqlite ✔, openssl ✔
Optional: gpg-agent ✘
==> Options
--universal
Build a universal binary
--with-gpg-agent
Build with support for GPG Agent
--with-java
Build Java bindings
--with-perl
Build Perl bindings
--with-python
Build with python support
--with-ruby
Build Ruby bindings
--devel
Install development version 1.9.0-rc2
==> Caveats
svntools have been installed to:
/usr/local/opt/subversion/libexec
If you need to install homebrew, just use this sentence:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
| Q: Upgrade svn on OS X 10.9 On OS X 10.9.5, there is /usr/bin/svn, which is version 1.7.19 (r1643991). However, the most recent version is 1.8.13. Apperently, with version 1.7.19 I cannot access certain subversion servers.
How can I upgrade svn? Do I really need to download and make svn (or build it via homebrew)? Why is Apple keeping me out-dated with an old version?
A: Easy way is installing via Homebrew. Just need to type the following:
$ brew install svn
These are the options:
$ brew info svn
subversion: stable 1.8.13, devel 1.9.0-rc2
Version control system designed to be a better CVS
https://subversion.apache.org/
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/subversion.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: pkg-config ✔, scons ✘
Required: sqlite ✔, openssl ✔
Optional: gpg-agent ✘
==> Options
--universal
Build a universal binary
--with-gpg-agent
Build with support for GPG Agent
--with-java
Build Java bindings
--with-perl
Build Perl bindings
--with-python
Build with python support
--with-ruby
Build Ruby bindings
--devel
Install development version 1.9.0-rc2
==> Caveats
svntools have been installed to:
/usr/local/opt/subversion/libexec
If you need to install homebrew, just use this sentence:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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d6edb60a4f45baf26d74e5e1d37da1b5e0e4b368 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way or a tweak to make Siri execute shell commands Indeed I have a home automation system, I would like to integrate a voice control system and for that I need to be able to call shell commands like curl.
I have seen many Siri tweaks but none of them allowing to assign a voice command like :
turn on the light
To a specific shell command
A: Ok I got it working with the awesome tweak Assistant+.
You just need to set the voice command you wan't to say, and then you can type the shell command to execute.
It costs 1.99$ on cydia
| Q: Is there a way or a tweak to make Siri execute shell commands Indeed I have a home automation system, I would like to integrate a voice control system and for that I need to be able to call shell commands like curl.
I have seen many Siri tweaks but none of them allowing to assign a voice command like :
turn on the light
To a specific shell command
A: Ok I got it working with the awesome tweak Assistant+.
You just need to set the voice command you wan't to say, and then you can type the shell command to execute.
It costs 1.99$ on cydia
A: Here is a sample script for uses with Voice recognition. You can modify it to your liking.
with timeout of 2629743 seconds
set exitApp to "no"
repeat while exitApp is "no"
tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer" -- <callout id="code.osx-voice-automation.scpt.speechrecognizer"/>
activate
try
set voiceResponse to listen for {"light on", "light off", ¬
"unlock door", "play music", "pause music", ¬
"unpause music", "stop music", "next track", ¬
"raise volume", "lower volume", ¬
"previous track", "check email", "time", "make a call", ¬
"hang up", "quit app"} giving up after 2629743
on error -- time out
return
end try
end tell
if voiceResponse is "light on" then --
-- open URL to turn on Light Switch
open location "http://192.168.1.100:3344/command/on"
say "The light is now on."
else if voiceResponse is "light off" then
-- open URL to turn off Light Switch
open location "http://192.168.1.100:3344/command/off"
say "The light is now off."
else if voiceResponse is "unlock door" then
-- open URL to unlock Android Door Lock
open location "http://192.168.1.230:8000"
say "Unlocking the door."
else if voiceResponse is "play music" then --
tell application "iTunes"
set musicList to {"Cancel"} as list
set myList to (get artist of every track ¬
of playlist 1) as list
repeat with myItem in myList
if musicList does not contain myItem then
set musicList to musicList & myItem
end if
end repeat
end tell
say "Which artist would you like to listen to?"
tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
set theArtistListing to ¬
(listen for musicList with prompt musicList)
end tell
if theArtistListing is not "Cancel" then
say "Which of " & theArtistListing & ¬
"'s albums would you like to listen to?"
tell application "iTunes"
tell source "Library"
tell library playlist 1
set uniqueAlbumList to {}
set albumList to album of tracks ¬
where artist is equal to theArtistListing
repeat until albumList = {}
if uniqueAlbumList does not contain ¬
(first item of albumList) then
copy (first item of albumList) to end of ¬
uniqueAlbumList
end if
set albumList to rest of albumList
end repeat
set theUniqueAlbumList to {"Cancel"} & uniqueAlbumList
tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
set theAlbum to (listen for the theUniqueAlbumList ¬
with prompt theUniqueAlbumList)
end tell
end tell
if theAlbum is not "Cancel" then
if not ((name of playlists) contains "Current Album") then
set theAlbumPlaylist to ¬
make new playlist with properties {name:"Current Album"}
else
set theAlbumPlaylist to playlist "Current Album"
delete every track of theAlbumPlaylist
end if
tell library playlist 1 to duplicate ¬
(every track whose album is theAlbum) to theAlbumPlaylist
play theAlbumPlaylist
else
say "Canceling music selection"
end if
end tell
end tell
else
say "Canceling music selection"
end if
else if voiceResponse is "pause music" or ¬
voiceResponse is "unpause music" then
tell application "iTunes"
playpause
end tell
else if voiceResponse is "stop music" then
tell application "iTunes"
stop
end tell
else if voiceResponse is "next track" then
tell application "iTunes"
next track
end tell
else if voiceResponse is "previous track" then
tell application "iTunes"
previous track
end tell
-- Raise and lower volume routines courtesy of HexMonkey's post:
-- http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=144749
else if voiceResponse is "raise volume" then --
set currentVolume to output volume of (get volume settings)
set scaledVolume to round (currentVolume / (100 / 16))
set scaledVolume to scaledVolume + 1
if (scaledVolume > 16) then
set scaledVolume to 16
end if
set newVolume to round (scaledVolume / 16 * 100)
set volume output volume newVolume
else if voiceResponse is "lower volume" then
set currentVolume to output volume of (get volume settings)
set scaledVolume to round (currentVolume / (100 / 16))
set scaledVolume to scaledVolume - 1
if (scaledVolume
tell application "Mail"
activate
check for new mail
set unreadEmailCount to unread count in inbox
if unreadEmailCount is equal to 0 then
say "You have no unread messages in your Inbox."
else if unreadEmailCount is equal to 1 then
say "You have 1 unread message in your Inbox."
else
say "You have " & unreadEmailCount & ¬
" unread messages in your Inbox."
end if
if unreadEmailCount is greater than 0 then
say "Would you like me to read your unread email to you?"
tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
activate
set voiceResponse to listen for {"yes", "no"} ¬
giving up after 1 * minutes
end tell
if voiceResponse is "yes" then
set allMessages to every message in inbox
repeat with aMessage in allMessages
if read status of aMessage is false then
set theSender to sender of aMessage
set {savedDelimiters, AppleScript's text item delimiters} ¬
to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, "
set current_time to (time string of (current date))
set {savedDelimiters, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to ¬
{AppleScript's text item delimiters, ":"}
set hours to first text item of current_time
set minutes to the second text item of current_time
set AMPM to third text item of current_time
set AMPM to text 3 thru 5 of AMPM
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to savedDelimiters
say "The time is " & hours & " " & minutes & AMPM
--else if voiceResponse is "make a call" then
-- tell application "Skype"
-- -- A Skype API Security dialog will pop up first
-- -- time accessing Skype with this script.
-- -- Select "Allow this application to use Skype" for ¬
-- -- uninterrupted Skype API access.
-- activate
-- -- replace echo123 Skype Call Testing Service ID with ¬
-- -- phone number or your contact's Skype ID
-- send command "CALL echo123" script name ¬
-- "Place Skype Call"
-- end tell
-- else if voiceResponse is "hang up" then
-- tell application "Skype"
-- quit
-- end tell
else if voiceResponse is "quit app" then --
set exitApp to "yes"
say "Listening deactivated. Exiting application."
delay 1
do shell script "killall SpeechRecognitionServer"
end if
end repeat
end timeout
But this script might be to much. So try more simple task first using SIRI on you iPhone.
Control your lights using Siri and a WeMo Switch
A: Maybe a little bit late, but now with iOS12 you can execute SSH with Siri Shortcuts App. No jailbreak needed.
I already tested it and worked awesome.
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9fa5e7cd2562a480e86eca9672bdf22ecb4cfa22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it 'OK' to use the root user as a normal user? I have enabled the root user on my Mac so I can log into it and run Finder etc. Being the lazy person that I am, just transferred everything from my home directory to /var/root. I'm not too sure of doing this, so I may move everything back. Is it technically 'OK' to be using this like a normal user? (I am the only one who can access my computer.)
A: In case the other reasons weren't good enough... Don't forget that you can't use Homebrew as root (which is actually a huge pain). Other programs also don't let you use them as root or run into permissions problems when you do, often times for no apparent reason, because their programmers assume that they won't be run as root. I think Steam is one of them.
It's also nice to have all the system and user stuff separate for various reasons.
I don't know if it's that bad of a security issue. I'd personally be more worried about problems with organization and permissions than anything else.
| Q: Is it 'OK' to use the root user as a normal user? I have enabled the root user on my Mac so I can log into it and run Finder etc. Being the lazy person that I am, just transferred everything from my home directory to /var/root. I'm not too sure of doing this, so I may move everything back. Is it technically 'OK' to be using this like a normal user? (I am the only one who can access my computer.)
A: In case the other reasons weren't good enough... Don't forget that you can't use Homebrew as root (which is actually a huge pain). Other programs also don't let you use them as root or run into permissions problems when you do, often times for no apparent reason, because their programmers assume that they won't be run as root. I think Steam is one of them.
It's also nice to have all the system and user stuff separate for various reasons.
I don't know if it's that bad of a security issue. I'd personally be more worried about problems with organization and permissions than anything else.
A: Just a few examples why it's not ok to always run as root:
*
*Root user can easily place files in locations that are far more difficult to track down.
*Root user has raw access to interfaces and so can put an interface into promiscuous or monitor mode and log ALL network traffic.
*Root user has raw access to device nodes and can thrash a disk making it far harder to recover files than a simple 'rm' at user level. Root user can also potentially modify boot sectors of a drive, making malware persistent even after a reinstall of the operating system.
I could go on. The point is that there ARE good reasons not to run as root. I don't disagree that to most people their most personal data is in their home directory anyhow, but running as root still does put that data, and the entire system, at a greater risk. The advice to not run as root is not misplaced. If a person does not understand the implications of running as root, they definitely should not be doing so. Suggesting anything else is irresponsible.
A: Using your computer logged in as root all the time is like always carrying around all your keys, your passport, $5,000 in cash, that piece of paper with all your passwords written on it and the only photo you have of Flopsy, the adorable rabbit whose death broke your seven-year-old heart. Oh, and a chainsaw.
Which is to say, it's mighty convenient from time to time, because it means you can do whatever you want, whenever you want, without needing to go back home to get stuff or talk to your bank manager. But it also puts you at great risk of losing stuff, having it stolen (don't think that chainsaw will help you: you'll be streets away before you notice your wallet's gone), doing things you really regret later (impulse-buying plane tickets to Vegas while drunk), taking dangerous shortcuts (chainsawing through the lion enclosure fence because that's the fastest way to the pandas) and over-reacting (chainsawing your neighbour's car because his dog barks too much). And, when you think about it, mostly, you're just going to the office, going grocery shopping, hanging out with your friends. You don't need all that stuff with you all the time just for the convenience of needing it, what?, once a month? Once a week?
So, no, it's not OK to use the root account all the time. It gives you a tiny amount of convenience but puts you in a lot of danger. There's the danger of stupid mistakes having catastrophic results ("Hey, why is rm -rf * taking so long to run? **** I'm in /!"). There's the danger of acclimating yourself to the idea that all files are equal and you can just mess about with whatever you want, anywhere in the directory tree. There's the danger that any hack to your account is immediately a hack to the whole system, so now every single piece of software on your machine is security-critical. And even if you think you don't care about your machine getting hacked (after all, that photo of Flopsy is a real piece of glossy paper, not some ephemeral JPEG), I care about your machine getting hacked because then it's on the botnet that's mounting the DDOS attack against whatever internet service I can't access today.
Root is your spiderman costume. It gives you great power but requires great responsibility. It's there in the closet whenever you need it, so you don't have to wear it all the time.
A: You can, but it's a major security and stability risk. Doing so allows any application full access to your computer. You can't know what they're doing with that access. It's unnecessary, and just really unsafe.
For a lot more background information on this, see
*
*Why is it bad to login as root
*Why not run always logged in as root
*Why it is not recommend to use root login in linux
A: Honestly, I agree that there are a lot of risks associated with using the root user as default. But let me just run through them and criticize some of the arguments a bit
*
*Defending against applications: Practically the permission system of *nix is not strong enough (by far) to allow running arbitrary programs. A malicious program on *nix is able to do enough evil stuff (like stealing your bank credentials) without root permissions. It will be somewhat harder for a non-root application than for a root application (e.g. instead of directly installing a root-certificate and intercepting the connection to the bank you will need to mess around with the browser instead, but hey, that's actually quite doable and you likely had to do that anyways to make sure the user doesn't notice anything)
*Defending against user mistakes (like running a wrong command and deleting all system files): Absolutely true, but even though a non-root user will save the system, all the important files will normally be lost already (as the user owned files are far more likely to be unique).
*Defending against exploitable bugs in applications you run: Now this is more like it. E.g. when you run a web server where a lot of applications are open to the outside and thus any exploitable bugs will be easily reached. The same still applies of course even if you are sitting behind a router and firewall, though the extent of the danger is far less significant. Once again however the question becomes how much the permission system will realistically defend on a private system. Without root permissions all private files can still be accessed and intercepting network data is also possible... the two most important things you can wish for as an attacker of a private system.
*
*(Now, on top of the standard *nix file permission system Apple has also introduced an application sandboxing system. As far as I know that one is still fully functional even when logged in as root. If however it weren't then that would be a total deal breaker.)
Either way, all considered I do not think it's as terrible an idea as some others claim. Mind you, I am not saying it's a good idea either, but I think that people overestimate the usefulness of the *nix file system permission model in protecting you. Yes, it's incredibly useful for certain things (e.g. multi user systems, complex multi-application servers, keeping the system running no matter what happens (running, but not necessary usable), locking important files away (though you're better off encrypting those...), etc.), but it's not some magical protection that prevents bad stuff from happening.
In the comments I came up with an analogy which seems quite adequate in describing the situation. In Dutch we have a word for the little closet where you can find all the meters and the toggle for the main water supply, etc. Running as the root user account is like taking the lock off that little closet. Ironic fact: Most people don't have locks on it in the first place. Now, just like with the root user that's not to say that it's not useful to lock it away in certain cases, for example in offices or other semi-public buildings it's often locked away, but in normal houses it's far more important to have a strong lock on the front door (not installing random things, firewall, etc.) and putting all your important stuff in a safe (making backups, encrypting stuff, etc.). Will an extra lock on that closet hurt? Nope, so it might be a good idea to have it in place just in case, but in all likelihood it's going to be quite useless.
Running as the root user is nothing like taking all the locks of your house and carrying all the stuff in the safe with you all the time as is claimed by David Richerby. Your passport (identity) is in no way protected by the *nix file system, your money (bank account) is in no way protected by the *nix file system, your important passwords are likely not protected by the *nix file system (if you're using Safari however they might actually protected partially by the *nix file system permission model, but without root you can still add an invisible extension to Safari and next just intercept the password the next time you use it), your photos are definitely not protected by the *nix file system and if you're using the terminal you're already carrying a chainsaw around with you (per point 2 above).
A: Back around 1990 I was working on a project with a guy named Tom. We were using a SUN server running SunOS (a Unix derivative, predecessor to Solaris). This was back in the days before CD drives and flash drives, so if you messed up the OS on your hard drive there was no way to recover.
Tom used to routinely log in as root. I told him that was a bad idea, but he did not listen. One day I heard him say "Uh-oh". He had meant to type comething like this:
mv something* .
Unfortunately he left off the final dot, so the shell expanded all the file and directory names which matched this pattern. Then the mv command used whatever ended up as the final name in the list as the destination directory, and moved everything else into it. Also unfortunately, he was currently at the root directory, so basically the entire file system got moved into one of its subdirectories.
I used up-arrow to bring back the previous command and saw what had happened.
The first thing I then said was, "Don't log off! Or you will never be able to log in again."
No problem, right? We could just move everything back. We could, except that the mv command was not one of the built-in commands of the shell. Instead, it was an executable program, stored in one of the files which had been moved. Luckily, ls was a built-in command, so after using ls to confirm where the commands had moved to, I was able to find the mv command, invoke it with its full path name, and put things back where they were supposed to be.
And then I told him, "Tom, this is why it is a bad idea to routinely log in as root."
A: Generally you want to keep ownership of your personal files separate from the root user. This is why you create a account for yourself as an administrator. The accepted way, under OS X, to gain root level access is to use the sudo command from the Terminal application. For example, if you want to see the partitioning of your internal drive the command is
gpt -r show /dev/disk0
which if entered will result in the following error message.
gpt show: unable to open device '/dev/disk0': Permission denied
To use the command, you need to use sudo as shown below.
sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
If you want to become the root user to avoid entering sudo, you can just enter sudo sh. The exit command can be used to exit from being the root user.
If you want to execute an application as the root user, you can by using the Terminal application. For example, if you want to launch the Finder as the root user, enter the following command.
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder &
To avoid the confusion of having two Finder applications open at the same time, it is usually best to quit your Finder application first. This can be done using the following terminal command.
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to quit'
One word of caution: preceding a command with sudo is not the same as becoming the root user. For example, the commands
sudo echo $USER
sudo echo $SUDO_USER
result in the same output as the commands shown below.
echo $USER
echo $SUDO_USER
If you become the root user (the superuser), then the same commands result in a different output. This can be verified by entering the commands shown below.
sudo sh
echo $USER
echo $SUDO_USER
sudo echo $USER
sudo echo $SUDO_USER
exit
A: Unless you're using backtrack/kali for a specific task: NO.
Treat the super user as you would a loaded gun: if you have an immediate need and intention to use it: OK. If you can solve your problem in any other manner, however (e.g. "sudo"), do that.
A: NO! This will get your system broken into in a very short amount of time. Instead, su or sudo into root as necessary. If you absolutely, positively, must run as root, at least log out at any time when you're not using the computer. If your system is capable of running multiuser, but no users are configured, I suggest you create a privileged user (i.e: one that can sudo/su into root as necessary.) ASAP!!!
A: Simply use SUDO
My guess is the OP does not know how easy it is to use sudo on the occasions you need to use root.
OP, all your problems are over. Immediately restore your Mac to a normal state.
And just use sudo as needed. Phew.
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6188696258a59e626cbe9524cf138faac04aa292 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you sync an iPhone to the new MacBooks wirelessly? I recently bought a new MacBook and it doesn't have a usb port (I knew this when I bought it) I assumed there was a way to sync my iPhone to it wirelessly but I'm not sure if you can, Im just wondering if I'm going to have to buy the extension for the usb?
A: Are you talking about the MacBook that has exactly one port that handles everything, including power? That actually is a USB port, it just uses a USB type-C connector, which is not what your iPhone cord has.
You will need to buy the USB to USB-C adapter. Virtually 100% of USB devices sold today use the connector before type-C, the one that has been standard for nearly two decades (like the one on your iPhone cord), and so buying the adapter will likely become necessary at some point regardless of your iPhone's need for it.
Once you plug the iPhone into the MacBook for the first time, you can modify the settings so you can sync wirelessly with iTunes in the future - see Tetsujin's answer for instructions.
| Q: Can you sync an iPhone to the new MacBooks wirelessly? I recently bought a new MacBook and it doesn't have a usb port (I knew this when I bought it) I assumed there was a way to sync my iPhone to it wirelessly but I'm not sure if you can, Im just wondering if I'm going to have to buy the extension for the usb?
A: Are you talking about the MacBook that has exactly one port that handles everything, including power? That actually is a USB port, it just uses a USB type-C connector, which is not what your iPhone cord has.
You will need to buy the USB to USB-C adapter. Virtually 100% of USB devices sold today use the connector before type-C, the one that has been standard for nearly two decades (like the one on your iPhone cord), and so buying the adapter will likely become necessary at some point regardless of your iPhone's need for it.
Once you plug the iPhone into the MacBook for the first time, you can modify the settings so you can sync wirelessly with iTunes in the future - see Tetsujin's answer for instructions.
A: From comments - you may need to borrow an adapter to initialise the trust between iPhone & Mac, physically [see if a Genius bar will let you borrow one of theirs for 5 mins; they'll probably help you do it, too]
after that it will work as below...
You can sync & backup your iPhone to iTunes, so long as they are both on the same WiFi network.
It will run automatically when the phone is plugged into a charger, or manually at any time by selecting the device, then clicking the Sync button in iTunes.
You can also manually run Backups the same way.
I use these settings so that I get sync to iCloud & iTunes automatically…
Backups go automatically to iCloud & manually to the Mac.
Note both Sync & Backup buttons are active, even though the phone is not currently connected over USB.
A: if you wanna sync your pictures and videos just log in to your iCloud from MacBook and retrieve them !
now USB cable is necessary for backing up and restore your iPhone .
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0730630245fbd24bc32ec8d091a2c68075a08ddc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari Bookmarklet - accessing DOM I've tried following bookmarklets:
javascript:document.body.style.width='50%';
or
javascript:document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].width='50%';
They both work in console, but not in bookmarklet. What is the reason?
They both work fine as Chrome's bookmarklets.
Also, this bookmarklet works fine (on HTML5 videos):
javascript:document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackRate=2.5
A: Safari requires that a literal percent sign in a URL (%) be URL-encoded in a bookmarklet (%25...while it looks like that's just 25 added, the percent sign followed by two numbers is decoded to a literal percent sign). Also, the property is .style.width, not just .width.
Change your bookmarklet to this:
javascript:document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.width='50%25';
I've confirmed this works in Safari v8.0.6 (OS X 10.10.3).
| Q: Safari Bookmarklet - accessing DOM I've tried following bookmarklets:
javascript:document.body.style.width='50%';
or
javascript:document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].width='50%';
They both work in console, but not in bookmarklet. What is the reason?
They both work fine as Chrome's bookmarklets.
Also, this bookmarklet works fine (on HTML5 videos):
javascript:document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackRate=2.5
A: Safari requires that a literal percent sign in a URL (%) be URL-encoded in a bookmarklet (%25...while it looks like that's just 25 added, the percent sign followed by two numbers is decoded to a literal percent sign). Also, the property is .style.width, not just .width.
Change your bookmarklet to this:
javascript:document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.width='50%25';
I've confirmed this works in Safari v8.0.6 (OS X 10.10.3).
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6a2f91d6187d3537d46ef43bbd790a92e9ce09e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reopen Swift 2.0 migration tool in Xcode 7 I just opened a Swift project on the new Xcode 7.
I didn't really look on what button I clicked and closed the migration tools without migrating anything.
Any idea how I could reopen it?
A: To begin migration to swift 2.0 latest syntax, open your Xcode project with xcode7, Click Edit > Convert. See this link:
https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/
| Q: Reopen Swift 2.0 migration tool in Xcode 7 I just opened a Swift project on the new Xcode 7.
I didn't really look on what button I clicked and closed the migration tools without migrating anything.
Any idea how I could reopen it?
A: To begin migration to swift 2.0 latest syntax, open your Xcode project with xcode7, Click Edit > Convert. See this link:
https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/
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2c7fb24728cabfd464efa10fa4a0a927ff0c1104 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Enable KVM on VMWare Fusion I'm running Linux in a VM on my VMWare Fusion. I want to use qemu-kvm within the Linux VM (yes, I know it's not efficient).
QEMU reports the following problem:
Could not access KVM kernel module: No such file or directory
failed to initialize KVM: No such file or directory
A: Stop the virtual machine and open its settings. Under the "Processors & Memory" pane, expand the "Advanced options" section. Check "Enable hypervisor applications in this virtual machine."
You can also manually edit the VM's .vmx file. For example, if your VM is named "Ubuntu", edit Ubuntu.vmwarevm/Ubuntu.vmx (to get into the .vmwarevm in Finder, select Show Package Contents).
Within the .vmx file, add the following line:
vhv.enable = "TRUE"
After doing either of the above, restart the VM and you can use KVM.
| Q: Enable KVM on VMWare Fusion I'm running Linux in a VM on my VMWare Fusion. I want to use qemu-kvm within the Linux VM (yes, I know it's not efficient).
QEMU reports the following problem:
Could not access KVM kernel module: No such file or directory
failed to initialize KVM: No such file or directory
A: Stop the virtual machine and open its settings. Under the "Processors & Memory" pane, expand the "Advanced options" section. Check "Enable hypervisor applications in this virtual machine."
You can also manually edit the VM's .vmx file. For example, if your VM is named "Ubuntu", edit Ubuntu.vmwarevm/Ubuntu.vmx (to get into the .vmwarevm in Finder, select Show Package Contents).
Within the .vmx file, add the following line:
vhv.enable = "TRUE"
After doing either of the above, restart the VM and you can use KVM.
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48bebbbf89317ceef846886ffed690ab4812456c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does `brew man` do? I mean brew man, not man brew.
It says:
Fetching: hpricot-0.8.6.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This
could take a while... Successfully installed hpricot-0.8.6 Fetching:
rdiscount-2.1.8.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This could
take a while... Successfully installed rdiscount-2.1.8 Fetching:
mustache-1.0.1.gem (100%) Successfully installed mustache-1.0.1
Fetching: ronn-0.7.3.gem (100%) Successfully installed ronn-0.7.3 4
gems installed Writing manpages to /usr/local/share/man/man1
So what have I installed? What does it do?
A: From Homebrew issue #40735, what would the command "brew man cask" do? (which can be found by simply googling "brew man")
brew man generates the Homebrew manpage from markdown, using these gems to do the translation.
| Q: What does `brew man` do? I mean brew man, not man brew.
It says:
Fetching: hpricot-0.8.6.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This
could take a while... Successfully installed hpricot-0.8.6 Fetching:
rdiscount-2.1.8.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This could
take a while... Successfully installed rdiscount-2.1.8 Fetching:
mustache-1.0.1.gem (100%) Successfully installed mustache-1.0.1
Fetching: ronn-0.7.3.gem (100%) Successfully installed ronn-0.7.3 4
gems installed Writing manpages to /usr/local/share/man/man1
So what have I installed? What does it do?
A: From Homebrew issue #40735, what would the command "brew man cask" do? (which can be found by simply googling "brew man")
brew man generates the Homebrew manpage from markdown, using these gems to do the translation.
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b8758fe15324a4d437c80f5dc1e6ddeedb91e70e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Move iMovie project to an external drive I have loaded some camcorder cassette tapes into iMovie and have tried to move the video projects to a back up disk to free up space on my hard drive. The help menu says that if you choose "move project and events" it will move the projects and delete them from the hard drive. So far all I've been able to do is move the event and It doesn't free up any hard drive space. What am I doing wrong?
| Q: Move iMovie project to an external drive I have loaded some camcorder cassette tapes into iMovie and have tried to move the video projects to a back up disk to free up space on my hard drive. The help menu says that if you choose "move project and events" it will move the projects and delete them from the hard drive. So far all I've been able to do is move the event and It doesn't free up any hard drive space. What am I doing wrong?
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/192674"
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b70508d4496bd5c62c05b3b292f58732ad1ce20e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to import OS X keyboard text shortcuts? On OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, I use keyboard text shortcuts:
I have a large list of text shortcuts I would like to use.
*
*Is it possible to import my shortcuts into the OS X/iOS list of shortcuts?
*Where are my keyboard text shortcuts stored on my Mac?
A: If you sign in with the same primary iCloud account on OS X and iOS, the list of shortcuts is synchronised automatically.
It's currently unknown where the shortcuts are stored. source
| Q: How to import OS X keyboard text shortcuts? On OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, I use keyboard text shortcuts:
I have a large list of text shortcuts I would like to use.
*
*Is it possible to import my shortcuts into the OS X/iOS list of shortcuts?
*Where are my keyboard text shortcuts stored on my Mac?
A: If you sign in with the same primary iCloud account on OS X and iOS, the list of shortcuts is synchronised automatically.
It's currently unknown where the shortcuts are stored. source
A: Source
Summary of steps:
Export
*
*Open System Preferences > Keyboard > Text.
*Select the shortcuts you want to export (or one and then use "Select All" from the Edit menu).
*Drag the selected shortcuts to the desktop. This creates a file name Text Substitutions.plist that contains the substitutions you selected.
Import
*
*Drag the Text Substitutions.plist file (created through Export) to the area of the System Preferences window where the text substitutions are shown (under Replace or With).
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d7e859fd4fb33bbf5d010e9d33aee634e7244f8f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Removing computer name from terminal Right now, this is what my Terminal shows:
MyName's-MacBookPro:location MyName$
I'd like for it to only show my name, so something like this:
MyName$
When I browsed online for a solution, they said to edit my .bashrc file. I added the following line to my .bashrc:
export PS1="\u$ "
but there hasn't been any change, even after restarting Terminal.
This is the current contents of my .bashrc file:
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin" # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
export PS1="\u$ "
A: Two easy options:
*
*Move your changes from .bashrc to .bash_profile (and delete .bashrc)
*Add a line source ~/.bashrc to ~/.bash_profile to make sure .bashrc is read during shell startup
| Q: Removing computer name from terminal Right now, this is what my Terminal shows:
MyName's-MacBookPro:location MyName$
I'd like for it to only show my name, so something like this:
MyName$
When I browsed online for a solution, they said to edit my .bashrc file. I added the following line to my .bashrc:
export PS1="\u$ "
but there hasn't been any change, even after restarting Terminal.
This is the current contents of my .bashrc file:
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin" # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
export PS1="\u$ "
A: Two easy options:
*
*Move your changes from .bashrc to .bash_profile (and delete .bashrc)
*Add a line source ~/.bashrc to ~/.bash_profile to make sure .bashrc is read during shell startup
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} |
97561f6c6acfb3c77c4fad01598a7e7c68f51734 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Opening links on Mac Chrome app in Incognito Mode Is there a way to open a certain link with Chrome app Incognito Mode using the Terminal app on my Mac? (I want to input the link in the command as well).
A: To open a certain link with Google Chrome, use this command in terminal:
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome 'http://example.com' --incognito
Simply edit http://example.com to any other URL you want to use.
| Q: Opening links on Mac Chrome app in Incognito Mode Is there a way to open a certain link with Chrome app Incognito Mode using the Terminal app on my Mac? (I want to input the link in the command as well).
A: To open a certain link with Google Chrome, use this command in terminal:
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome 'http://example.com' --incognito
Simply edit http://example.com to any other URL you want to use.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/192892"
} |
bba8afa590e6ad2d78e385e68fdfe4afb70ac23c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make MagSafe2 charger stronger I used to have a L shaped MagSafe charger for my 2010 MBA. Now I have my 2015 MBP I now need to use the T shaped MagSafe2 charger. The only issue is because the angle the wire is on the connecter (and not going in the port as much) this makes it very easy for it to fall out of my computer when I move it (it gets very annoying!).
Is it possible somehow to make the charger stronger without modifying it too much?
A: There is a product that also can help with this.
http://www.snuglet.com
It works by using a tiny machined piece of metal inside of the port on the computer to strengthen the connection of the magsafe 2 connector.
| Q: How to make MagSafe2 charger stronger I used to have a L shaped MagSafe charger for my 2010 MBA. Now I have my 2015 MBP I now need to use the T shaped MagSafe2 charger. The only issue is because the angle the wire is on the connecter (and not going in the port as much) this makes it very easy for it to fall out of my computer when I move it (it gets very annoying!).
Is it possible somehow to make the charger stronger without modifying it too much?
A: There is a product that also can help with this.
http://www.snuglet.com
It works by using a tiny machined piece of metal inside of the port on the computer to strengthen the connection of the magsafe 2 connector.
A: There are three axes to consider when measuring the force needed to separate a MagSafe 2.
There are two great articles that cover the basics:
*
*http://www.macworld.com/article/2895694/will-your-new-macbook-crash-to-the-ground-without-magsafe-yes.html
*http://leancrew.com/all-this/2015/03/slippin-and-a-slidin/
The MagSafe 2 is quite strong if you have a direct yank or pull as discussed in the USB-C discussion above. The snuglet or a knot you tie won't help much at all for the direct yank. However, I've not heard of people feeling that one direction was too easy to disconnect.
The MagSafe is very underpowered if you push or pull it in the N (normal force) direction in the above diagram from Mac World. This is also the “put the Mac on a pillow” force that many people don’t want to have disconnect the charger. The snugglet fixes this problem exceptionally. It physically shims the magsafe adapter into the unibody frame for a snug fit. A cable knot won’t help you there either since the force needed to disconnect is so little, the knot can’t absorb or redirect a pull in this direction (and if you are pushing on the magnet end, no cable knot can help.
The last axis you can consider is if you pull the cord along the table plane (assuming your Mac is open on a kitchen table) and pull the cord towards the chair where you would sit. The force needed to disconnect the adapter is less than the force needed for a yank/pull but more than is needed in the vertical (normal force) direction. The snuglet helps here a little since a little is all that’s needed. A knot can help here both by acting as a shock absorber and to help possibly redirect some of that pull to the yank direction.
A: You can turn it into an approximation of an L or even a U by the simple expedient of tying a knot in it.
This is my standard way of dealing with any awkward cable.
It's not perfect, but boy, it's cheap ;-)
L-knot
U-knot
From comments - the U-knot is achieved by simply wrapping one end through a second time, if it's not clear from the picture.
BTW - keep the knot very loose, so you don't damage anything.
From further comments -
Of course, no knot is going to help if the cable gets yanked, in any direction; this idea is really just to set the cable off in the direction of the PSU, if that's not to the left of the machine.
Just reducing its tendency to want to be straighter in the 'wrong' direction, nothing more, & reducing pull angularly, rearwards, which is what the older L-plug would do naturally, thereby reducing the lever length of the T-cable in that one direction.
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a974a630edc4035590e5e16be1e8948838f40982 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I disable Location Services, will Find My iPhone continue to work? If I disable Location Services, will Find My iPhone continue to work? I turned off Location Services, but iOS 8.3 is allowing me to leave Find My iPad turned on. The message underneath says though:
Locating your iPad on a map is disabled. Turn on Location Services to enable it.
A: No, Find My iPhone will not continue to work if Location Services is disabled. However, if you enable lost mode, it will automatically enable Location Services.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201357
In iOS 7, if you turn off Location Services and use Find My iPhone
Lost Mode, Location Services will be re-enabled on the device as long
as the device is in Lost Mode. Once Lost Mode is disabled, Location
Services will return to its previous state.
| Q: If I disable Location Services, will Find My iPhone continue to work? If I disable Location Services, will Find My iPhone continue to work? I turned off Location Services, but iOS 8.3 is allowing me to leave Find My iPad turned on. The message underneath says though:
Locating your iPad on a map is disabled. Turn on Location Services to enable it.
A: No, Find My iPhone will not continue to work if Location Services is disabled. However, if you enable lost mode, it will automatically enable Location Services.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201357
In iOS 7, if you turn off Location Services and use Find My iPhone
Lost Mode, Location Services will be re-enabled on the device as long
as the device is in Lost Mode. Once Lost Mode is disabled, Location
Services will return to its previous state.
A: If you go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, you can toggle Location Services being on and off. If you turn LS off, everything that uses your GPS location won't be able to fully function. It ranges from small things, like Snapchat's filter options not being available to you, to large things, like Maps not being able to use GPS location. Which is why Find My iPhone will not function if you turn LS off completely.
However, you can manage which applications use your location and which do not. Since I am often on the go, and don't want apps like Twitter or Facebook to post my location, I have it set to "Never" for whether or not I allow those apps to access LS. But for apps like Maps and Find My iPhone, I have it set to allow them to access LS and use my location. If you don't do that, you won't be able to use Maps, Find My iPhone, or any app that utilizes the LS function.
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033f8474a52d3c70bbec4f278ca277f8066e0c59 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Switch profile of current Terminal Is there a way to switch the profile of an already-opened Terminal window? Let's say I already have a Terminal window opened with Basic profile. Can I switch it to Grass profile?
I seem to only be able to change profiles if I open a new Terminal window.
A: You can change the profile of an active window by doing the following:
*
*Right click in the open space of the Terminal window (or cmd+I)
*Choose "Show Inspector"
*Click on the "Settings" header in the Inspector window
*Choose a new profile for the current window
EDIT:
In macOS 10.14.6 the Terminal.app Inspector profile-selection list looks like this:
| Q: Switch profile of current Terminal Is there a way to switch the profile of an already-opened Terminal window? Let's say I already have a Terminal window opened with Basic profile. Can I switch it to Grass profile?
I seem to only be able to change profiles if I open a new Terminal window.
A: You can change the profile of an active window by doing the following:
*
*Right click in the open space of the Terminal window (or cmd+I)
*Choose "Show Inspector"
*Click on the "Settings" header in the Inspector window
*Choose a new profile for the current window
EDIT:
In macOS 10.14.6 the Terminal.app Inspector profile-selection list looks like this:
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db563d7be287d560759fa691631f186af5e38481 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use headphone jack as line in for microphone on MacBook Pro Retina MacBook Pro Retinas dropped the line-in (microphone) jack that previous MacBook Pros had. Sometimes I want to plug in a 1/8" microphone, but there's no option to switch the input from "internal microphone" to "line in".
Is there a way through the command line or 3rd party utility to reverse the direction of the headphone jack to use it as a line in for a microphone?
A: For those Macs with a single shared input/output jack, the key to using a microphone is to have the correct plug. I'm guessing your're not seeing the input options because your microphone jack doesn't have three rings on it (Apple headsets with microphone have three rings)? If that's the case, you'll need to get a splitter cable so that the Mac realises that a microphone is available. See here for more information.
| Q: Use headphone jack as line in for microphone on MacBook Pro Retina MacBook Pro Retinas dropped the line-in (microphone) jack that previous MacBook Pros had. Sometimes I want to plug in a 1/8" microphone, but there's no option to switch the input from "internal microphone" to "line in".
Is there a way through the command line or 3rd party utility to reverse the direction of the headphone jack to use it as a line in for a microphone?
A: For those Macs with a single shared input/output jack, the key to using a microphone is to have the correct plug. I'm guessing your're not seeing the input options because your microphone jack doesn't have three rings on it (Apple headsets with microphone have three rings)? If that's the case, you'll need to get a splitter cable so that the Mac realises that a microphone is available. See here for more information.
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7890a506ce357345d737349a98cb4eaf9bf0a27b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: To install unbuffer in OSX There is the terminal command unbuffer in Linux Redhat, for instance.
I did not find it in homebrew.
How can you install unbuffer in OSX Yosemite 10.10.3?
A: unbuffer is part of the expect package:
brew install homebrew/dupes/expect
You may need to:
brew tap homebrew/dupes/expect
Before you can install it.
UPDATE: As of 2018 expect is available without prefix in homebrew, thus:
brew install expect
is all that is necessary.
| Q: To install unbuffer in OSX There is the terminal command unbuffer in Linux Redhat, for instance.
I did not find it in homebrew.
How can you install unbuffer in OSX Yosemite 10.10.3?
A: unbuffer is part of the expect package:
brew install homebrew/dupes/expect
You may need to:
brew tap homebrew/dupes/expect
Before you can install it.
UPDATE: As of 2018 expect is available without prefix in homebrew, thus:
brew install expect
is all that is necessary.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/193138"
} |
b62e9fd8f2ac3d7ff935e4c9e7744a6bd480346d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: To use STDBUF from Homebrew's coreutils I run brew search stdbuf and get
No formula found for "stdbuf".
Searching pull requests...
Closed pull requests:
coreutils: upstream fix for stdbuf (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/32955)
I run brew install coreutils but get Warning: coreutils-8.23_1 already installed.
I do but see no stdbuf in my system.
$ std [tab]
stdethers stdhosts
My PATH is
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:
/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/masi/.cabal/bin
Uninstall Macports
Using Macports and Homebrew together cause conflicts.
Final solution is to uninstall Macports which is immature.
Regardless of what your PATH is, Macports causes conflicts with programs in the PATH.
I realised the core of the problem here at the end of the body about How to Enlarge Disk Image in VirtualBox?
How can you use stdbuf in OSX Yosemite?
A: You have to alter your path adding coreutils dir before /usr/bin. You can do something like this:
export PATH=/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH
And should looks like the following after the changes:
/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:
/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:
/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin:
/Users/masi/.cabal/bin
After that, you must be able to use stdbuf.
| Q: To use STDBUF from Homebrew's coreutils I run brew search stdbuf and get
No formula found for "stdbuf".
Searching pull requests...
Closed pull requests:
coreutils: upstream fix for stdbuf (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/32955)
I run brew install coreutils but get Warning: coreutils-8.23_1 already installed.
I do but see no stdbuf in my system.
$ std [tab]
stdethers stdhosts
My PATH is
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:
/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/masi/.cabal/bin
Uninstall Macports
Using Macports and Homebrew together cause conflicts.
Final solution is to uninstall Macports which is immature.
Regardless of what your PATH is, Macports causes conflicts with programs in the PATH.
I realised the core of the problem here at the end of the body about How to Enlarge Disk Image in VirtualBox?
How can you use stdbuf in OSX Yosemite?
A: You have to alter your path adding coreutils dir before /usr/bin. You can do something like this:
export PATH=/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH
And should looks like the following after the changes:
/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:
/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:
/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin:
/Users/masi/.cabal/bin
After that, you must be able to use stdbuf.
A: coreutils on OS X adds the prefix g to all the commands so as to not mess up with default programs on OS X.
It prints this when you run brew install coreutils
==> Caveats
All commands have been installed with the prefix 'g'.
If you really need to use these commands with their normal names, you
can add a "gnubin" directory to your PATH from your bashrc like:
PATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
So unless you really need to use it as stdbuf, there is no real reason to update your path, you can simply run gstdbuf instead:
$ gstdbuf --help
Usage: gstdbuf OPTION... COMMAND
A: If you don't want to mess with your PATH and all you need is stdbuf:
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -s ../opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/stdbuf stdbuf
For whatever reason I also already had coreutils brewed, but only certain binaries linked - not remembering why, this seemed like the safest option
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daac039ebf0f974b49dbc35b5968e8dd4c4bbef4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable calling back from notification when iPhone is locked? When the phone is locked and I get a missed call I can just swipe it and it will call without requiring the passcode. How can I disable this function so that I need to enter the passcode?
A: It is not possible, but will be soon.
As of right now, there is no toggle that can disable returning missed calls from the lockscreen, however, in iOS 11 (which will be publicly released in Fall 2017), you can disable this feature by toggling the switch in Settings > TouchID & Passcode > Return missed calls
| Q: How to disable calling back from notification when iPhone is locked? When the phone is locked and I get a missed call I can just swipe it and it will call without requiring the passcode. How can I disable this function so that I need to enter the passcode?
A: It is not possible, but will be soon.
As of right now, there is no toggle that can disable returning missed calls from the lockscreen, however, in iOS 11 (which will be publicly released in Fall 2017), you can disable this feature by toggling the switch in Settings > TouchID & Passcode > Return missed calls
A: How to turn off Return Missed Calls on the Lock Screen
*
*Launch Settings from your Home screen.
*Tap Touch ID & Passcode.
*Enter your passcode.
*Tap the switch next to Return Missed Calls under Allow Access When Locked.
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2dfd27fd577cd0cff43a83497b0ae849813a6289 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to left-align the URL in the Safari address bar? As of Safari 8 on OS X Yosemite, URLs in the URL bar are displayed centered. This looks really nice, but I’m a web developer and I often need to change just part of an URL to test something. To do that, I need to click somewhere on the URL, reposition my cursor over the newly-left-aligned address, and then click again to place the insertion point.
Is there a way to get Safari to display URLs left-aligned all the time?
A: Not sure it's exactly what you want, but Cmd ⌘ L will select & left align, same as if you'd clicked it - so you could do it as you're mousing towards it.
| Q: Is it possible to left-align the URL in the Safari address bar? As of Safari 8 on OS X Yosemite, URLs in the URL bar are displayed centered. This looks really nice, but I’m a web developer and I often need to change just part of an URL to test something. To do that, I need to click somewhere on the URL, reposition my cursor over the newly-left-aligned address, and then click again to place the insertion point.
Is there a way to get Safari to display URLs left-aligned all the time?
A: Not sure it's exactly what you want, but Cmd ⌘ L will select & left align, same as if you'd clicked it - so you could do it as you're mousing towards it.
A: This was irritating me also - I kept clicking on the padlock by accident and the security cert kept popping up.
In the end - I just changed the settings to show the full URL- therefore the link was generally taking up the full bar. You can do this by going to:
Safari > Preferences > Advanced > Show full website address
Hope this helps
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19a5094498e9f92dcae2dfc85926cefb565f070a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can a developer change the minimum payment threshold? Is there a way to change the minimum payment threshold generated by inApp purchases?
Google allows to change the minimum threshold (i.e.: 3.000€) and also to postpone the payment till 1 year.
This is very useful for starting indie studios in countries with a bad entrepreneur tax policies. Even a small invoice will force the studio to pay 600€ taxes per month to remain legal.
A: No, you can't change the payment threshold. It'll always be either $10 USD (if your currency is supported by Apple), or $150 USD (if it's not).
Source: iTunes Connect > Resources and Help > Getting Paid
When will I be paid?
Payments are made within 45 days of the last day of the month in which
book purchases were made. To receive payment, you must have provided
all required banking and tax information and documentation, as well as
meeting the minimum payment threshold.
If your bank and bank account currency is listed in this table, you
must exceed a minimum payment threshold of $10 USD. All other bank
countries and bank account currencies must exceed a minimum payment
threshold of $150 USD.
| Q: Can a developer change the minimum payment threshold? Is there a way to change the minimum payment threshold generated by inApp purchases?
Google allows to change the minimum threshold (i.e.: 3.000€) and also to postpone the payment till 1 year.
This is very useful for starting indie studios in countries with a bad entrepreneur tax policies. Even a small invoice will force the studio to pay 600€ taxes per month to remain legal.
A: No, you can't change the payment threshold. It'll always be either $10 USD (if your currency is supported by Apple), or $150 USD (if it's not).
Source: iTunes Connect > Resources and Help > Getting Paid
When will I be paid?
Payments are made within 45 days of the last day of the month in which
book purchases were made. To receive payment, you must have provided
all required banking and tax information and documentation, as well as
meeting the minimum payment threshold.
If your bank and bank account currency is listed in this table, you
must exceed a minimum payment threshold of $10 USD. All other bank
countries and bank account currencies must exceed a minimum payment
threshold of $150 USD.
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52d303f899c3005949ed410b5932e48ed49712d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I have different virtual desktops with different resolutions/scaling? I'm really frustrated by the way some applications are not HiDPI aware and resort to pixel doubling - video games, GIMP, etc.
Is it possible to have one of my virtual desktops (I think apple uses a different term? "Workspaces"?) be at the native resolution (ie "scaled" to "more space") while the other remain at "best for this display"?
I've done a tonne of searching and I can't find anything, but maybe it's just hurt by the fact I don't know the apple jargon.
I'd be happy with something like windows has that allows me to turn off DPI scaling for specific applications.
I have a 2014 Macbook Pro 15" retina with a 2880x1800 resolution.
Thank you for any help :)
A: No, each Desktop (Space) will have the same resolution, whatever the Display's resolution is set at.
You could use an App like Display Menu to more easily/quickly change the resolution as needed/wanted as you change between Desktops.
| Q: Can I have different virtual desktops with different resolutions/scaling? I'm really frustrated by the way some applications are not HiDPI aware and resort to pixel doubling - video games, GIMP, etc.
Is it possible to have one of my virtual desktops (I think apple uses a different term? "Workspaces"?) be at the native resolution (ie "scaled" to "more space") while the other remain at "best for this display"?
I've done a tonne of searching and I can't find anything, but maybe it's just hurt by the fact I don't know the apple jargon.
I'd be happy with something like windows has that allows me to turn off DPI scaling for specific applications.
I have a 2014 Macbook Pro 15" retina with a 2880x1800 resolution.
Thank you for any help :)
A: No, each Desktop (Space) will have the same resolution, whatever the Display's resolution is set at.
You could use an App like Display Menu to more easily/quickly change the resolution as needed/wanted as you change between Desktops.
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cf67f8243a2a89e1e4d9bbf2687413149515440e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to resize an image in Keynote or Pages? If I resize the width of an image in Keynote or Pages the height resizes as well. The same thing happens vice versa.
How can I resize the width without affecting the height and vice versa?
A: Select the picture, then in the Arrange tab uncheck Constrain Proportions [you may have to revert to original size before that will un-grey.
Then dragging the image by any edge will stretch.
If you need to crop, that's in Image - Edit Mask [though crop doesn't constrain anyway]
| Q: How to resize an image in Keynote or Pages? If I resize the width of an image in Keynote or Pages the height resizes as well. The same thing happens vice versa.
How can I resize the width without affecting the height and vice versa?
A: Select the picture, then in the Arrange tab uncheck Constrain Proportions [you may have to revert to original size before that will un-grey.
Then dragging the image by any edge will stretch.
If you need to crop, that's in Image - Edit Mask [though crop doesn't constrain anyway]
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16cdc41e3dba3894cdd8f4a021c8e89c2266e631 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot Add, Remove, Move, or Drag icons from Dock I'm using OS X Yosemite (10.10.2) and recently I have been unable to drag or move any items on the dock. Right clicking them gives no option for "remove from dock", and the icons cannot be rearranged. New icons cannot be added, old icons cannot be deleted.
I have tried restarting, and resetting dock preferences to default, and killall Dock, as suggested by earlier askers. None of it works.
I heard about problems with PushBullet - but I do not have PushBullet. Just in case, I deleted a lot of random applications. Still nothing works.
I've tried various commands from lots of answerers on other questions. I've consulted the Mac Help pages. Nothing.
Does anyone know how I can resolve this? After resetting my Dock in an attempt to fix it, it is now filled with the default icons too. This is really limiting my productivity.
A: Make sure the Dock is not locked:
defaults delete com.apple.Dock contents-immutable && killall -HUP Dock
| Q: Cannot Add, Remove, Move, or Drag icons from Dock I'm using OS X Yosemite (10.10.2) and recently I have been unable to drag or move any items on the dock. Right clicking them gives no option for "remove from dock", and the icons cannot be rearranged. New icons cannot be added, old icons cannot be deleted.
I have tried restarting, and resetting dock preferences to default, and killall Dock, as suggested by earlier askers. None of it works.
I heard about problems with PushBullet - but I do not have PushBullet. Just in case, I deleted a lot of random applications. Still nothing works.
I've tried various commands from lots of answerers on other questions. I've consulted the Mac Help pages. Nothing.
Does anyone know how I can resolve this? After resetting my Dock in an attempt to fix it, it is now filled with the default icons too. This is really limiting my productivity.
A: Make sure the Dock is not locked:
defaults delete com.apple.Dock contents-immutable && killall -HUP Dock
A: In Apple menu choose forcequit: Finder is in the list, choose relaunch.
A: go to system preferences, click parental controls, select your user account, click other, deselect "Prevent the dock from being modified"
A: For what it's worth, simply going to the Parental Controls section of the settings, unlocking it to modify (even though it was already off), then closings the settings window, fixed it for me.
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dcd44795114e9b5addf6c4a73de390bab44390a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will Apple Music work with iPod Classic and iPod Nano? Will I be able to sync offline Apple Music to non-internet Apple devices e.g. iPod Nano and iPod Classic?
A: Apple Music is not available on iPod nano and iPod shuffle.
See footnote 3: http://www.apple.com/uk/music/
| Q: Will Apple Music work with iPod Classic and iPod Nano? Will I be able to sync offline Apple Music to non-internet Apple devices e.g. iPod Nano and iPod Classic?
A: Apple Music is not available on iPod nano and iPod shuffle.
See footnote 3: http://www.apple.com/uk/music/
A: Offline tracks obtained through apple music do not sync across to ipod.
Its a shame really, they could easily put a timer on the songs, so if the ipod is not plugged into registered device every so often, the songs will become locked.
A: I recently bought an iPod Nano, and I am very happy with it! The only downside is that Apple Music is not available for it. Which frankly is a new low for Apple, but I'm pretty sure they're gonna fix it up later. Although it might be a huge way for people to abuse the system. They could download a gazillion tracks into the iPod and never connect it to a computer again. For now Apple Music is not available in devices such as iPod Nano, iPod Classic or iPod Shuffle. Apple will find a way to find a way, but for now all we can do is... wait.
A: No. Unlike iPhone,iPad or iPod touch 5/6, iPod nano and iPod shuffle don't have Wi-Fi compatibility which means they won't be able to support Apple Music. But there are speculation saying that you can sync Apple Music tracks to iPod nono with iTunes and Apple Music Converter.
A: Get AirPlay Recorder and download copies that can be transferred.
;)
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9854ffa8dac97017d5574e9461e1d7e103f49fc2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone mail doesn't show email address anymore I used to be able to click the name of the sender or the recipient and it brings up the contact information with the sender/recipient's email address highlighted in blue if I have multiple email addresses saved for the contact. It doesn't do this anymore. How do I enable it again?
A: Clicking on the sender or recipient name from within an e-mail header of the iOS Mail app opens the contact information page. This is extremely unfortunate because sometimes a contact can have several e-mail addresses associated with it. In these cases, it is impossible to determine the recipient/ sender e-mail address from within the iOS mail app.
The only fix for this issue is to use a different mail app which doesn't coddle its users in such helpful ways.
| Q: iPhone mail doesn't show email address anymore I used to be able to click the name of the sender or the recipient and it brings up the contact information with the sender/recipient's email address highlighted in blue if I have multiple email addresses saved for the contact. It doesn't do this anymore. How do I enable it again?
A: Clicking on the sender or recipient name from within an e-mail header of the iOS Mail app opens the contact information page. This is extremely unfortunate because sometimes a contact can have several e-mail addresses associated with it. In these cases, it is impossible to determine the recipient/ sender e-mail address from within the iOS mail app.
The only fix for this issue is to use a different mail app which doesn't coddle its users in such helpful ways.
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f0e63cd6479fdcce640375ed60eeefe1be560a23 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Image Viewer like Windows Image Viewer I want a good image viewer for mac. When I open any random image from a folder like this:
I want to be able to navigate to next/previous image with left and right arrow. Seems so simple but I downloaded 15 image viewers for mac and couldn't find the one I am looking for.
The default imageviewer for Windows does this perfectly. I want something like it: https://youtu.be/kWwjm-2U_mU?t=1m1s
A: You could try just using Quick Look, built into the OS.
Select any of the images, tap the Space Bar.
Navigate the way you normally would inside the folder, up/down/left/right arrows.
Tap Space again to close.
This works for more than just pictures, it can handle music, text files, movies etc. & is extendable with new plugins. There's a list here [I don't know how comprehensive] - http://www.quicklookplugins.com
| Q: Image Viewer like Windows Image Viewer I want a good image viewer for mac. When I open any random image from a folder like this:
I want to be able to navigate to next/previous image with left and right arrow. Seems so simple but I downloaded 15 image viewers for mac and couldn't find the one I am looking for.
The default imageviewer for Windows does this perfectly. I want something like it: https://youtu.be/kWwjm-2U_mU?t=1m1s
A: You could try just using Quick Look, built into the OS.
Select any of the images, tap the Space Bar.
Navigate the way you normally would inside the folder, up/down/left/right arrows.
Tap Space again to close.
This works for more than just pictures, it can handle music, text files, movies etc. & is extendable with new plugins. There's a list here [I don't know how comprehensive] - http://www.quicklookplugins.com
A: Here is the best Windows-like photo viewer you can try. It is free to download.
You can open a folder and double-click any image to start browsing with left or right arrows.
Note:
*
*You can click "+" icon on the top left corner of the screen to add new folders to browse.
*You can click the "Play" icon at the bottom to view images in slideshow mode.
A: I missed this on MacOS from the beginning. So I made my own :-)
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1226444549
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c914923f202e5dd03318bdbdaab453118694c821 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Move dock between displays keyboard shortcut (or keep on both displays) I would like to move my dock via keyboard shortcut between displays. When I connect my second display (which I use as my active display) and try to use the pad to 'learn' this new display is the main one it takes probably 20-30 seconds of moving my mouse up and down before the display finally jumps.
I was wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut that exists or I could create that could handle this action?
A: I thought perhaps the default [Opt + Cmd +D] to toggle Turn Dock Hiding On/Off would work. I considered that, depending on which display was active, that toggling the dock would cause it to appear on whichever display was active at the time. However, I find that dock remains on the given display.
However, I believe the solution is simply to explain how the mouse or trackpad is used to move the dock.
The rule is that by moving the cursor 1" below the bottom of the given display, the dock will then move.
| Q: Move dock between displays keyboard shortcut (or keep on both displays) I would like to move my dock via keyboard shortcut between displays. When I connect my second display (which I use as my active display) and try to use the pad to 'learn' this new display is the main one it takes probably 20-30 seconds of moving my mouse up and down before the display finally jumps.
I was wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut that exists or I could create that could handle this action?
A: I thought perhaps the default [Opt + Cmd +D] to toggle Turn Dock Hiding On/Off would work. I considered that, depending on which display was active, that toggling the dock would cause it to appear on whichever display was active at the time. However, I find that dock remains on the given display.
However, I believe the solution is simply to explain how the mouse or trackpad is used to move the dock.
The rule is that by moving the cursor 1" below the bottom of the given display, the dock will then move.
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e1dffe11875d9086ccdbcf1041794f285448f9da | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 802.1X Management on the command line I have a set of laptops I'm using as a testbed and need a way to remotely configure their networking settings when I install new ones.
I'm hoping to avoid a solution that scripts the GUI via AppleScript to simulate mouse/keyboard actions.
Is it possible to change 802.1X settings in OS X from the command line?
A: With EAP-TLS, manipulating certificates, identity preferences and a single password entry all in keychain access can be done from the command line.
Something like:
security import ${PK12} -A -x -k login.keychain -P ${PW}
security set-identity-preference -c ${CN} -Z ${FINGERPRINT} -s com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.default
security set-identity-preference -c ${CN} -Z ${FINGERPRINT} -s com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.wlan.ssid.${SSID}
security add-generic-password -a ${USER} -D "802.1X Password" -l Default -s com.apple.network.eap.user.item.default -T /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/EAPOLController.bundle/Contents/Resources/eapolclient
security add-generic-password -a ${USER} -D "802.1X Password" -l ${SSID} -s com.apple.network.eap.user.item.wlan.ssid.${SSID} -T /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/EAPOLController.bundle/Contents/Resources/eapolclient
com.apple.network.eap.user.item.default and com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.default are for wired 802.1X.
com.apple.network.eap.user.item.wlan.ssid.${SSID} and com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.wlan.ssid.${SSID} are for 802.1X on wireless SSID ${SSID}.
| Q: 802.1X Management on the command line I have a set of laptops I'm using as a testbed and need a way to remotely configure their networking settings when I install new ones.
I'm hoping to avoid a solution that scripts the GUI via AppleScript to simulate mouse/keyboard actions.
Is it possible to change 802.1X settings in OS X from the command line?
A: With EAP-TLS, manipulating certificates, identity preferences and a single password entry all in keychain access can be done from the command line.
Something like:
security import ${PK12} -A -x -k login.keychain -P ${PW}
security set-identity-preference -c ${CN} -Z ${FINGERPRINT} -s com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.default
security set-identity-preference -c ${CN} -Z ${FINGERPRINT} -s com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.wlan.ssid.${SSID}
security add-generic-password -a ${USER} -D "802.1X Password" -l Default -s com.apple.network.eap.user.item.default -T /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/EAPOLController.bundle/Contents/Resources/eapolclient
security add-generic-password -a ${USER} -D "802.1X Password" -l ${SSID} -s com.apple.network.eap.user.item.wlan.ssid.${SSID} -T /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/EAPOLController.bundle/Contents/Resources/eapolclient
com.apple.network.eap.user.item.default and com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.default are for wired 802.1X.
com.apple.network.eap.user.item.wlan.ssid.${SSID} and com.apple.network.eap.user.identity.wlan.ssid.${SSID} are for 802.1X on wireless SSID ${SSID}.
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a3526fcc9b9a9a33e461ef5533fcdfcc2c47f788 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Different UI for same version of YouTube official iOS app I have the same version (10.22.11614) of the official YouTube app in my iPhone 6 and iPhone 5, but the UI is not same in both of my phones.
My iPhone 5 has the new material design and my iPhone 6 has the old UI.
Why for the same version I'm having two different UIs?
iPhone 5
iPhone 6
A: According to this blog Google is testing the Material Design YouTube app.
One of my phone is part it the other one is not.
| Q: Different UI for same version of YouTube official iOS app I have the same version (10.22.11614) of the official YouTube app in my iPhone 6 and iPhone 5, but the UI is not same in both of my phones.
My iPhone 5 has the new material design and my iPhone 6 has the old UI.
Why for the same version I'm having two different UIs?
iPhone 5
iPhone 6
A: According to this blog Google is testing the Material Design YouTube app.
One of my phone is part it the other one is not.
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fa9e38dd99ea3222c7c3e2458887d58d47920f22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot reduce Keynote size I had a 17MB template that I wanted to reduce.
I started removing slides to identify which was causing problems, but even with just one remaining blank slide, the file is still 17MB.
I've restarted Keynote and my Mac, but the file size won't change.
Any help would be much appreciated!
A: Keynote files are basically zip archives, so you can see the contents of the presentation/archive using the unzip command. As a shortcut instead of unzipping the presentation, you can list the archive contents. Using this command will list all the embedded files in order of size:
unzip -l MyPresentation.key | sort -n
Since you mentioned a "template" you might check the Master Slides, which can become bloated, but won't show up in your list of regular slides. You can see them by popping up on the slide navigator icon and choose Edit Master Slides:
Additionally, you might look into letting Keynote optimize the file for you. You can do this by selecting File > Advanced > Reduce File Size
| Q: Cannot reduce Keynote size I had a 17MB template that I wanted to reduce.
I started removing slides to identify which was causing problems, but even with just one remaining blank slide, the file is still 17MB.
I've restarted Keynote and my Mac, but the file size won't change.
Any help would be much appreciated!
A: Keynote files are basically zip archives, so you can see the contents of the presentation/archive using the unzip command. As a shortcut instead of unzipping the presentation, you can list the archive contents. Using this command will list all the embedded files in order of size:
unzip -l MyPresentation.key | sort -n
Since you mentioned a "template" you might check the Master Slides, which can become bloated, but won't show up in your list of regular slides. You can see them by popping up on the slide navigator icon and choose Edit Master Slides:
Additionally, you might look into letting Keynote optimize the file for you. You can do this by selecting File > Advanced > Reduce File Size
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c2f2cf8ac6b249715af5446884685ff3fb85f011 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud Music Library can't be enabled I downloaded iOS 8.4 this morning, and activated Apple Music. I started browsing, and found an album I wanted to add to my library. When I tried to add it, I was told that I needed to enable iCloud Music Library, and was directed to the settings.
However, when I try to enable it in the settings, I get an error saying that "iCloud Music Library can't be enabled". No further details are available. This error occurs whether I choose to "Merge" or "Replace" my device's current library.
What do I need to do to get past this error?
A: From iMore
*
*Launch Settings from the Home screen.
*Tap Music (note, the icon has changed colors).
*Toggle iCloud Music Library to On.
*Choose if you want to Replace or Merge your library. (I ultimately chose Merge when it worked).
*If you get the error again, dismiss it.
*Repeat steps 3-4 until it works.
| Q: iCloud Music Library can't be enabled I downloaded iOS 8.4 this morning, and activated Apple Music. I started browsing, and found an album I wanted to add to my library. When I tried to add it, I was told that I needed to enable iCloud Music Library, and was directed to the settings.
However, when I try to enable it in the settings, I get an error saying that "iCloud Music Library can't be enabled". No further details are available. This error occurs whether I choose to "Merge" or "Replace" my device's current library.
What do I need to do to get past this error?
A: From iMore
*
*Launch Settings from the Home screen.
*Tap Music (note, the icon has changed colors).
*Toggle iCloud Music Library to On.
*Choose if you want to Replace or Merge your library. (I ultimately chose Merge when it worked).
*If you get the error again, dismiss it.
*Repeat steps 3-4 until it works.
A: Keep trying. After toggling the setting to enable it a dozen times over twenty minutes, it finally worked. This appears to have been a temporary problem associated with the launch.
A: Wait until tomorrow.
There are millions of people trying to enable, signing up and "force retrying" to activate Apple Music at the same time; from Apple's point of view this probably looks as a DDoS.
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1a2d233ad95bb50cbf90ca9f1d14a69bb2d1a588 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to play Apple Music and Radio (Beats 1) on iTunes? I've updated to Yosemite 10.10.4 but I can't find a way to listen Beats 1 on my Mac...
A: You need iTunes 12.2 - presumably will be out any minute now…
Update 07:30 GMT 1st July.
OS X 10.10.4 iTunes 12.2 & iOS 8.4 all now available & successfully installed here.
| Q: How to play Apple Music and Radio (Beats 1) on iTunes? I've updated to Yosemite 10.10.4 but I can't find a way to listen Beats 1 on my Mac...
A: You need iTunes 12.2 - presumably will be out any minute now…
Update 07:30 GMT 1st July.
OS X 10.10.4 iTunes 12.2 & iOS 8.4 all now available & successfully installed here.
A: Apple Music require iTunes 12.2, which is not included in Yosemite 10.10.4 so, soon, Apple should release another update exclusively for iTunes where there should be a button to play Apple Music.
You can get that update from the iTunes menu - select Check for Updates...
If that update isn't rolled out or available, you can listen here:
http://itsliveradio.apple.com/streams/hub01/session01/256k/prog.m3u8
A: If you open the Radio tab, click on the plus sign next to 'My Stations' and search for 'Beats 1' it'll be added to your stations and you can stream it. This works with iTunes 12.1.
I'm guessing this only works if you've updated to the latest Music app on iOS, but I haven't tested without upgrading my iPhone.
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04f74cebabb3238b1f980f1b42401297b48770b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Morphing Vector Shapes I have two vector shapes, and I need one to morph into the other as an animation. What application is best suited for this?
| Q: Morphing Vector Shapes I have two vector shapes, and I need one to morph into the other as an animation. What application is best suited for this?
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