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79783094e1a6a61ea8e5526e9c9d00fd29f25fd3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What happens with my external drive upon using Time Machine? So I got a USB drive I want to use with Time Machine. This USB drive has some files of mine.
If Time Machine creates the backup in it, what happens to such files? Are they deleted?
A: Two things happen:
*
*Time Machine sees if the format is acceptable and makes a change to enforce enhanced security on that drive if needed.
*Time Machine makes a folder named Backups.backupdb if needed and makes a folder for each machine that uses that drive.
Assuming you don't have a Backups.backupdb folder - then everything on the drive won't be touched by Time Machine. If the drive isn't in a mac format, you may be asked to erase the drive and reformat it. Do use care and read any messages carefully before you start that first backup.
Full details on this is at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427 - look for the section titled Changing your backup disk about a quarter of the way down for the restrictions on which format drives are supported and which need to be erased.
| Q: What happens with my external drive upon using Time Machine? So I got a USB drive I want to use with Time Machine. This USB drive has some files of mine.
If Time Machine creates the backup in it, what happens to such files? Are they deleted?
A: Two things happen:
*
*Time Machine sees if the format is acceptable and makes a change to enforce enhanced security on that drive if needed.
*Time Machine makes a folder named Backups.backupdb if needed and makes a folder for each machine that uses that drive.
Assuming you don't have a Backups.backupdb folder - then everything on the drive won't be touched by Time Machine. If the drive isn't in a mac format, you may be asked to erase the drive and reformat it. Do use care and read any messages carefully before you start that first backup.
Full details on this is at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427 - look for the section titled Changing your backup disk about a quarter of the way down for the restrictions on which format drives are supported and which need to be erased.
A: While using the drive for additional purposes isn't recommended for various reasons (mostly simplicity; Time Machine's estimates of available space and corresponding expiration of backups will be off if something else is writing unrelated data to it at the same time), it can be done. The backups are written to a particular directory (Backups.backupdb/machine, for whatever the name of the machine is), and nothing outside of that directory, including Time Machine backups from other machines and non-Time Machine files, will be touched. (Also, if Time Machine sees something out there that is named the same as the current machine but doesn't actually appear to be related, such as a backup from a past install with the same machine name, it will retain it instead of overwriting it; or if it believes that the backup is related but isn't in its local database, it will ask you whether to preserve the existing backup or append to it.)
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094b7676d4a39e37abdcaca5d0d1dc0488bc19c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use a Mid 2011 27 inch iMac (Thunderbolt) as a display for a PC? There are other questions on here that are similar, but I believe they relate to older models. If this is a dupe please close it though - I just want to find out if this can be done.
I bought a 27 inch iMac (iMac12,2). The back port cluster looks like this (on the right):
*from apple.com
I wonder if I can use those Thunderbolt ports as inputs from a PC? The PC will be running a Radeon HD 4850 (i.e. it has enough juice to power the display).
Can it be done?
A: No - currently, only computers with a ThunderBolt port (combined DisplayPort + PCIe data) will work for video in mirroring on an iMac. This means a small selection of other Macs that ship with thunderbolt currently work.
There could be adapters later that help, and perhaps a firmware update, but even a MacBook Air that you buy today with DisplayPort out won't work with the iMacs expecting thunderbolt in.
| Q: Can I use a Mid 2011 27 inch iMac (Thunderbolt) as a display for a PC? There are other questions on here that are similar, but I believe they relate to older models. If this is a dupe please close it though - I just want to find out if this can be done.
I bought a 27 inch iMac (iMac12,2). The back port cluster looks like this (on the right):
*from apple.com
I wonder if I can use those Thunderbolt ports as inputs from a PC? The PC will be running a Radeon HD 4850 (i.e. it has enough juice to power the display).
Can it be done?
A: No - currently, only computers with a ThunderBolt port (combined DisplayPort + PCIe data) will work for video in mirroring on an iMac. This means a small selection of other Macs that ship with thunderbolt currently work.
There could be adapters later that help, and perhaps a firmware update, but even a MacBook Air that you buy today with DisplayPort out won't work with the iMacs expecting thunderbolt in.
A: ATLONA is making a compatible cable.
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b85a06548474c0f792cc79706b4db5de0e00d31e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Import and export bookmarks in Skim How can I import my Skim bookmarks so that they can be restored on a clean installation of OS X?
A: They're stored in ~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.bookmarks.plist. You should quit the application before restoring a copy of the plist.
| Q: Import and export bookmarks in Skim How can I import my Skim bookmarks so that they can be restored on a clean installation of OS X?
A: They're stored in ~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.bookmarks.plist. You should quit the application before restoring a copy of the plist.
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6118c9bd9ac87a2ba584e3cc09d48c2eab590552 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to monitor which apps are "calling home'? I want to monitor one app on my phone to see what webservice it is accessing when it first launches. I remember seeing an article on TUAW a while ago that detailed using Charles snooper, or something like that to set up a network to detect that. However, I can't find it. Anyone know where it went?
A: For a fully featured application to monitor other applications' network usage (all traffic, not just http), try Little Snitch.
EDIT
Apologies, missed the whole key "app on my phone" bit. There is no way for one process to inspect or intercept data from any other app, since all apps are sandboxed. The only way to get close to accomplishing this is through a jailbreak.
Otherwise, you would have to enable logging on your router, and the specifics on how to do this or how easy it is depends on your firewall/modem/router. Little Snitch may still be able to help you here if you have your Mac act as the wireless access point.
| Q: How to monitor which apps are "calling home'? I want to monitor one app on my phone to see what webservice it is accessing when it first launches. I remember seeing an article on TUAW a while ago that detailed using Charles snooper, or something like that to set up a network to detect that. However, I can't find it. Anyone know where it went?
A: For a fully featured application to monitor other applications' network usage (all traffic, not just http), try Little Snitch.
EDIT
Apologies, missed the whole key "app on my phone" bit. There is no way for one process to inspect or intercept data from any other app, since all apps are sandboxed. The only way to get close to accomplishing this is through a jailbreak.
Otherwise, you would have to enable logging on your router, and the specifics on how to do this or how easy it is depends on your firewall/modem/router. Little Snitch may still be able to help you here if you have your Mac act as the wireless access point.
A: Is this what you're looking for?
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/02/21/how-to-inspect-ioss-http-traffic-without-spending-a-dime/
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98d9572f7e39e079d5e050fabd4cabfd5d07df00 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using the ALT key in Windows with Parallels I need Windows for my development environment on my Mac. I use Alt-U and Alt-S a lot in this software. I can't do this on my Mac. Is there a way to send the Alt key presses to the virtual machine?
Alt-U shows the Accessibility Utility Manager. Pressing Alt-S just types an "s". At work on Windows XP, neither of these behaviors happen.
A: I was able to get the desired effect by holding down the ctrl+alt keys, then releasing just the ctrl key to use the alt function.
Hurrah! No editing keyboard preferences required. Hope this helps someone else too.
| Q: Using the ALT key in Windows with Parallels I need Windows for my development environment on my Mac. I use Alt-U and Alt-S a lot in this software. I can't do this on my Mac. Is there a way to send the Alt key presses to the virtual machine?
Alt-U shows the Accessibility Utility Manager. Pressing Alt-S just types an "s". At work on Windows XP, neither of these behaviors happen.
A: I was able to get the desired effect by holding down the ctrl+alt keys, then releasing just the ctrl key to use the alt function.
Hurrah! No editing keyboard preferences required. Hope this helps someone else too.
A: For me the solution is to use the right Alt not the left Alt on the keyboard. For unknown reasons that does the trick.
A: Disable the option for switching alt and cmd. The mapping should be: alt=option, cmd=windows.
A: Go in to preferences on Parallels and add mappings individually for each letter combo of alt and a letter. alta maps to alta, altb maps to altb etc for all key combos that involve alt. Time consuming but it appears to work so far.
A: You should be able to use the option key - I just used it on the Windows 8 Dev Preview as well as Windows 7 using VMWare Fusion 4. See picture below for detail of option key:
A: Can you use the "Optimize modifier keys for games" option; does it help you?
Problems with Ctrl, Alt, Cmd, Shift and other modifiers in games
(I want to use the option, but don't see it in my configuration panels...)
Oh, it's moved to the Advanced pane.
A: I just set one map: option to Alt, and it works.
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5ab8dd41d89c427a00610f28106407b6fa544051 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Never ask about Parallels registration Is there an option to prevent the Parallels Desktop 6 registration permanently?
A: This was bugged me too, so changed some values in the preferences.plist, but not absolutely sure what one. So make a backup first.
open with Property List Editor.app the next file:
$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.Parallels Desktop.plist
search for the key:
Register.Show Welcome Dialog.{some-hex-numbers}
and uncheck the checkbox. Or, here is the
Register.Welcome next show time.{some-hex-numbers}
what is the date, when you will get the next regitration window. Try change this to the far-future, e.g. 2015 or so.. ;)
Ps: don't forget: make a backup from the plist file.
And if you haven't installed the Developer Tools (for the Property List Editor.app) you're probably out of luck, because the plist is binary. While it is possible convert it into ascii, edit and convert back - this is not safe...
Maybe someone know the easier solution. ;)
| Q: Never ask about Parallels registration Is there an option to prevent the Parallels Desktop 6 registration permanently?
A: This was bugged me too, so changed some values in the preferences.plist, but not absolutely sure what one. So make a backup first.
open with Property List Editor.app the next file:
$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.Parallels Desktop.plist
search for the key:
Register.Show Welcome Dialog.{some-hex-numbers}
and uncheck the checkbox. Or, here is the
Register.Welcome next show time.{some-hex-numbers}
what is the date, when you will get the next regitration window. Try change this to the far-future, e.g. 2015 or so.. ;)
Ps: don't forget: make a backup from the plist file.
And if you haven't installed the Developer Tools (for the Property List Editor.app) you're probably out of luck, because the plist is binary. While it is possible convert it into ascii, edit and convert back - this is not safe...
Maybe someone know the easier solution. ;)
A: I found the following script on this blog site. It had no carriage returns in it - I edited for readability.
defaults read "com.parallels.Parallels Desktop"
| grep "Register.Show Welcome Dialog"
| sed "s/.*{\(.*\)}.*/\1/"
| while read id;
do defaults write "com.parallels.Parallels Desktop"
"Register.Show Welcome Dialog.{$id}" -bool NO;
done;
I applied it to my lionized macbook-pro w/ no ill effects.
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0fcb0d3c4288e85eaae690424e26c4f92bc68113 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Set "Always on Top" for a window How do I set a window to be "Always on Top" like in Linux (ie, even if you switch to another application the current window will not go to the background, but it will stay "on top")? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
A: Youre probably looking for the free Afloat application. It is really very cool. ;)
| Q: Set "Always on Top" for a window How do I set a window to be "Always on Top" like in Linux (ie, even if you switch to another application the current window will not go to the background, but it will stay "on top")? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
A: Youre probably looking for the free Afloat application. It is really very cool. ;)
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cdd1a780b80e7002472faa3ba46b37c124821b77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do I keep getting Recovered files in my trash after restarting? Whenever I restart my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.8, I see a Recovered files folder in the trash—most recent example shown below. This is after a regular restart and not after a crash.
Any ideas why this keeps happening?
I'm not sure if this happens on every restart or just regularly. I'll have to investigate more to determine that.
A: Any file that isn't closed when the program terminates (or the mac crashes or is rebooted) gets flagged as a recovered file.
Usually these are temporary files and never intended by the program to be seen by you. Here are some links from Apple on this behavior:
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7225
*http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4205
It is only a problem if you lose work or feel the program should be exiting cleanly and not crashing. Have you looked into the console app to see if the programs are crashing or it's just a matter of shutting things down before the apps have a chance to clean up and quit in an orderly fashion.
| Q: Why do I keep getting Recovered files in my trash after restarting? Whenever I restart my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.8, I see a Recovered files folder in the trash—most recent example shown below. This is after a regular restart and not after a crash.
Any ideas why this keeps happening?
I'm not sure if this happens on every restart or just regularly. I'll have to investigate more to determine that.
A: Any file that isn't closed when the program terminates (or the mac crashes or is rebooted) gets flagged as a recovered file.
Usually these are temporary files and never intended by the program to be seen by you. Here are some links from Apple on this behavior:
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7225
*http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4205
It is only a problem if you lose work or feel the program should be exiting cleanly and not crashing. Have you looked into the console app to see if the programs are crashing or it's just a matter of shutting things down before the apps have a chance to clean up and quit in an orderly fashion.
A: I have had the same problem since I installed Microsoft 2011 for Mac on my system, overtime when I shut down my mac and come back to use it there are recovered files in my trash can. The way I fixed it was by going in the Microsoft word and goto the preference setting/personal settings/feedback it will open a pane for the customer experience improvement program, if you have checked yes you will need to check no and then click on ok for it to change.
The next step I had to do was open finder goto devices and click the on with you username in the window you will need to click on Macintosh HD / Library / Application support / Microsoft / MERP 2.0 you will look for Microsoft error reporting click on it and on the top bar in the upper left hand conner you will see Microsoft error reporting , click on it and goto preferences a small window will open and you will see enable error Reporting uncheck that if has been checked close all the window panes out and restart you OS. Your trash bin should not have and recovered files that were produced by the Microsoft Office 2011 program.
I have not had any issues since doing this over two weeks ago and do not keep having the constant annoyance of emptying the trash bin all the time, I hope this helps .
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364db8e8db29488e758717854f13a8ed040fd44b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to keep my iTunes (app) library after reinstalling Windows? I have an iPhone 4 and I'm a windows 7 user; I have the latest iTunes installed on my PC and synchronized with my iPhone; I don't have any music or video in there, as I don't use the iPhone for that purpose, but I have quite a big app library.
If I'm going to reinstall Windows on my computer, or even move to a different one, what should I do to keep my iTunes library? I'm assuming the App Store keeps track of what I've purchased, but how to avoid re-downloading everything again?
A: Just backup your whole iTunes Library folder. On the new OS, install iTunes, copy your Library to the old place and open iTunes holding down Shift (Windows) or ⌥ (Mac OS).
A dialog should appear:
Select Choose Library... and select your old Library (I think you have to select the xml-file inside the Library folder) and everything should be as it has been before.
Source: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
| Q: How to keep my iTunes (app) library after reinstalling Windows? I have an iPhone 4 and I'm a windows 7 user; I have the latest iTunes installed on my PC and synchronized with my iPhone; I don't have any music or video in there, as I don't use the iPhone for that purpose, but I have quite a big app library.
If I'm going to reinstall Windows on my computer, or even move to a different one, what should I do to keep my iTunes library? I'm assuming the App Store keeps track of what I've purchased, but how to avoid re-downloading everything again?
A: Just backup your whole iTunes Library folder. On the new OS, install iTunes, copy your Library to the old place and open iTunes holding down Shift (Windows) or ⌥ (Mac OS).
A dialog should appear:
Select Choose Library... and select your old Library (I think you have to select the xml-file inside the Library folder) and everything should be as it has been before.
Source: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
A: How to avoid re-downloading everything again?
Your apps by default are downloaded to the location 'C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Mobile Applications'. Take a copy of the apps from this location and back it up on an external hard drive, flash drive, DVD or a different machine.
When you re-install or move to a new machine, simply bring the apps back to the new PC and drag-drop them on to the apps section of iTunes.
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98809471041ff789dcd6341dfc3ef467185fe348 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any app on mac os x can hide icons on menu bar? I'm seeking software for Mac OSX that can hide any icon on menu bar.
Some apps leave an icon on menu bar, but don't have a option to hide its icon from menu bar, are there any applications that hide all of the icons on the menu bar? Thanks.
A: There is an app called Bartender, it's paid through.
As far as I remember it has a full functional trial and a lot of useful functions, so you should try it.
| Q: Any app on mac os x can hide icons on menu bar? I'm seeking software for Mac OSX that can hide any icon on menu bar.
Some apps leave an icon on menu bar, but don't have a option to hide its icon from menu bar, are there any applications that hide all of the icons on the menu bar? Thanks.
A: There is an app called Bartender, it's paid through.
As far as I remember it has a full functional trial and a lot of useful functions, so you should try it.
A: For every third-party status menu item (those implemented using the public NSStatusItem class) that is present in the menu bar, there is an application (possibly a background application) that must be running which is responsible for putting it there.
As such, there's no way to have Application B directly hide the status menu item of Application A, except to simply terminate Application A.
I'd suggest using Activity Monitor to try to determine what application or background process is responsible for the status menu item, and then quitting that process. (Note: SystemUIServer is the name of the background process that is responsible for presenting the status menu items. It's part of the OS, so don't quit it).
You could also use ps auxww in a Terminal window to get a list of all processes (including the path to the executable), which might help you figure out the desired background process name depending on where it's located on disk.
If you're not sure, just list the names of the apps that put status menu items up there and I or someone else can figure out what process it is for you.
A: There's another freemium app called Vanilla that adds a simple toggle for it.
A: I believe that to remove unwanted menu bar items you can use the following steps:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Remove_Unwanted_Menu_Bar_Icons/
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75534b6140de9254e0e8c4e5e818df7e60eee74a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I release and renew my DHCP lease from Terminal? From the Terminal, how can I release and renew my DHCP lease?
Currently, I'm doing the following for the wireless interface, but I'm wondering if there's a better way:
sudo ifconfig en1 down
sudo ifconfig en1 up
For the wired interface, replace en1 with en0.
A: This can also be achieved with the following two commands :
sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP
sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP
You can alias the two together in your bash profile:
alias renew="sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP && sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP"
So then you just have one command called renew that will release and renew your DHCP.
| Q: How can I release and renew my DHCP lease from Terminal? From the Terminal, how can I release and renew my DHCP lease?
Currently, I'm doing the following for the wireless interface, but I'm wondering if there's a better way:
sudo ifconfig en1 down
sudo ifconfig en1 up
For the wired interface, replace en1 with en0.
A: This can also be achieved with the following two commands :
sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP
sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP
You can alias the two together in your bash profile:
alias renew="sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP && sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP"
So then you just have one command called renew that will release and renew your DHCP.
A: The way the renew button works in System Preferences is to create a key in the system configuration. One can create the key via:
echo "add State:/Network/Interface/en0/RefreshConfiguration temporary" | sudo scutil
Swapping en0 for the desired interface.
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911069d3fdae9000a73340f6fc2ece91b6652f4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Jailbreak my work phone I just got an iPhone from my company. I have to access my work email on this iPhone 4.
However, I can't use Grooveshark as my music service, since it only works on jailbroken iPhones.
How can I jailbreak my phone so that company's server is unaffected? Or would it possibly even be affected in the first place?
How do I un-jailbrake the phone later, so I can return it to my company later unaltered?
A: Backup with iTunes to restore later, but just go to http://www.jailbreakme.com from you're iPhone, slide to unlock, and wait
| Q: Jailbreak my work phone I just got an iPhone from my company. I have to access my work email on this iPhone 4.
However, I can't use Grooveshark as my music service, since it only works on jailbroken iPhones.
How can I jailbreak my phone so that company's server is unaffected? Or would it possibly even be affected in the first place?
How do I un-jailbrake the phone later, so I can return it to my company later unaltered?
A: Backup with iTunes to restore later, but just go to http://www.jailbreakme.com from you're iPhone, slide to unlock, and wait
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9ad3c8a006f78b2f4587a864fbc23437ad00638e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can TextEdit save as plain text? When I try to save a new file in TextEdit, I always get a popup saying I can't save with ".txt" at the end of the file name.
I want to save a plaintext file, but TextEdit insists on saving as .rtf instead. It also lists .doc, .odt, .html, and some others.
How can I save a TextEdit document as plain text?
A: The format menu has a toggle to switch things for you.
Pressing shift + command + T will toggle the document to plain text mode.
You can also set the default format in the preference pane for the app.
| Q: Can TextEdit save as plain text? When I try to save a new file in TextEdit, I always get a popup saying I can't save with ".txt" at the end of the file name.
I want to save a plaintext file, but TextEdit insists on saving as .rtf instead. It also lists .doc, .odt, .html, and some others.
How can I save a TextEdit document as plain text?
A: The format menu has a toggle to switch things for you.
Pressing shift + command + T will toggle the document to plain text mode.
You can also set the default format in the preference pane for the app.
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8b4499ba06368ea2c78d7c1488881af57a00c34a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I disable the Lion animation when switching to/from fullscreen apps? In Lion there is an animation when switching to and from full screen applications. Full screen apps are great, especially on a 11" screen, but this animation is getting very annoying. Is there a way to turn off these animations?
A: There is, at least, a way to speed them up with a SIMBL bundle: http://www.yllier.net/SUFSA.html
| Q: Can I disable the Lion animation when switching to/from fullscreen apps? In Lion there is an animation when switching to and from full screen applications. Full screen apps are great, especially on a 11" screen, but this animation is getting very annoying. Is there a way to turn off these animations?
A: There is, at least, a way to speed them up with a SIMBL bundle: http://www.yllier.net/SUFSA.html
A: No..for now there is no way to turn it off. I also want to turn to the annoying animations when a new window appears.
A: You can disable the system-wide animation for opening new windows in Lion.
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/26/hackinations-5-really-good-lion-tweaks/
Turn off zooming windows
Open Terminal and type the following:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO
Reboot.
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1bd24916e1b19d4e449393892426a4247d455351 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delete Mails in Mac Mail without Trash How can I delete an email in Mac Mail instantly without moving it to the trash? I don't want to look at the spam crap twice :-)
UPDATE: I want to do this because I have some very old mails in my trash I don't want to delete at the moment (or decide what to do with). So I cannot delete my whole trash. But to avoid the trash becoming bigger and bigger I want to delete spam etc. without moving to trash...
A: Why look in the trash at all? Just set your Trash to automatically delete messages after a day. You can do that in the Accounts pane of preferences:
| Q: Delete Mails in Mac Mail without Trash How can I delete an email in Mac Mail instantly without moving it to the trash? I don't want to look at the spam crap twice :-)
UPDATE: I want to do this because I have some very old mails in my trash I don't want to delete at the moment (or decide what to do with). So I cannot delete my whole trash. But to avoid the trash becoming bigger and bigger I want to delete spam etc. without moving to trash...
A: Why look in the trash at all? Just set your Trash to automatically delete messages after a day. You can do that in the Accounts pane of preferences:
A: You can delete emails and bypass the trash using
⌥ Option + ⌫ Backspace
(Successfully tested with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks). Could work with older versions, too.)
If you want to delete emails that are already in trash it is enough to hit ⌫ Backspace to delete them permanently. If you are accustomed to also press the ⌘ Command, like deleting a file in Finder, you can do so. But basically, backspace is enough.
A: All you have to do is any of the following:
*
*hold down the Option key, while clicking on the trash can on the top toolbar
*hold down the Option key, while clicking on 'delete' on the top menubar
*hold down the Option key, while right-clicking on the desired emails and scroll down to select 'delete'
*hold down the Option key, while pressing the Delete key on your keyboard.
A: Delete the message: ⌘⌫
Then empty the trash: ⇧⌘⌫
A: A very old tip (2006) from MacWorld suggests using ⌘ Command+X to cut the messages and then just copying some text to wipe the clipboard. This seems to work, but Mail.app tries to copy the contents of those emails to memory - so probably not very useful for lots of mails with attachments.
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5ca0dc2b85748a08546be5029efaaaadf560b9c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sparrow over a SSH-tunnel Is it possible to use Sparrow over a SSH-tunnel since the imap and ssl ports are blocked at my work?
A: I think your basic strategy is correct, e.g.:
ssh -L 587:smtp.gmail.com:587 -L 993:imap.gmail.com:993 user@yourremotehost
should get you talking to Gmail via yourremote host. Potential problems are if you do not run this as root (with sudo), you are not allowed to specify local ports below 1024 - so you can't use 587 or 993 as your local ports. So, do something like this:
ssh -L 9587:smtp.gmail.com:587 -L 9993:imap.gmail.com:993 user@yourremotehost
...and configure Sparrow to talk to localhost on those high local port numbers instead of the defaults.
Again, you can debug by trying 'telnet localhost 9587' which should get you an SMTP prompt from Gmail. If that works, you should feel confident that the SSH part is working, and concentrate on Sparrow configuration.
If you get it all working, an alternative to the commandline switches is to make a file called 'config' in your local .ssh directory that looks like this:
Host yourremotehost
LocalForward 9587 smtp.gmail.com:587
LocalForward 9993 imap.gmail.com:993
| Q: Sparrow over a SSH-tunnel Is it possible to use Sparrow over a SSH-tunnel since the imap and ssl ports are blocked at my work?
A: I think your basic strategy is correct, e.g.:
ssh -L 587:smtp.gmail.com:587 -L 993:imap.gmail.com:993 user@yourremotehost
should get you talking to Gmail via yourremote host. Potential problems are if you do not run this as root (with sudo), you are not allowed to specify local ports below 1024 - so you can't use 587 or 993 as your local ports. So, do something like this:
ssh -L 9587:smtp.gmail.com:587 -L 9993:imap.gmail.com:993 user@yourremotehost
...and configure Sparrow to talk to localhost on those high local port numbers instead of the defaults.
Again, you can debug by trying 'telnet localhost 9587' which should get you an SMTP prompt from Gmail. If that works, you should feel confident that the SSH part is working, and concentrate on Sparrow configuration.
If you get it all working, an alternative to the commandline switches is to make a file called 'config' in your local .ssh directory that looks like this:
Host yourremotehost
LocalForward 9587 smtp.gmail.com:587
LocalForward 9993 imap.gmail.com:993
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bc2dfaed7323ab18ba18d1a890e9f29fc6b5421e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone "software" vs. "hardware" keyboard layout? I'm a bit confused. In the keyboard settings of my iPhone are two options:
"sofware keyboard layout" and "hardware keyboard layout"
But what is the latter? Isn't they keyboard totally "software"? What does it mean?
And why do I need it?
A: With iOS 4 and above, you can pair a Bluetooth keyboard to the phone. That's the hardware keyboard for which you'd be specifying the layout.
| Q: iPhone "software" vs. "hardware" keyboard layout? I'm a bit confused. In the keyboard settings of my iPhone are two options:
"sofware keyboard layout" and "hardware keyboard layout"
But what is the latter? Isn't they keyboard totally "software"? What does it mean?
And why do I need it?
A: With iOS 4 and above, you can pair a Bluetooth keyboard to the phone. That's the hardware keyboard for which you'd be specifying the layout.
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2d4d1e6bf35c23e1bd0461c4893296a15c0db836 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I force command-line arguments to a program shortcut in the dock? I have Chrome installed in Applications, and a shortcut to it in the Dock.
How can I achieve to force some command-line arguments to each start-up of this app?
Let me be clearer, in the Terminal, I can do this:
open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app --args --explicitly-allowed-ports=6666
And that way I modify Chrome's behavior as I like it.
How can I have this option by default when launching the app from the Finder of the Dock?
A: If you go inside the app bundle (right-click on the app in Finder and select "View Package Contents") and go to the Contents/MacOS folder, there should be a file called Google Chrome whose icon is a black square. Make a note of its name and rename it (something easy like Google Chrome orig). Make a blank text file in the folder with the same name (Google Chrome) as the original file and paste in the following script:
#!/bin/bash
/Applications/"Google Chrome.app"/Contents/MacOS/"Google Chrome orig" --args --explicitly-allowed-ports=6666
Make your script file executable (chmod +x "Google Chrome orig") and see if that starts Chrome properly!
| Q: How can I force command-line arguments to a program shortcut in the dock? I have Chrome installed in Applications, and a shortcut to it in the Dock.
How can I achieve to force some command-line arguments to each start-up of this app?
Let me be clearer, in the Terminal, I can do this:
open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app --args --explicitly-allowed-ports=6666
And that way I modify Chrome's behavior as I like it.
How can I have this option by default when launching the app from the Finder of the Dock?
A: If you go inside the app bundle (right-click on the app in Finder and select "View Package Contents") and go to the Contents/MacOS folder, there should be a file called Google Chrome whose icon is a black square. Make a note of its name and rename it (something easy like Google Chrome orig). Make a blank text file in the folder with the same name (Google Chrome) as the original file and paste in the following script:
#!/bin/bash
/Applications/"Google Chrome.app"/Contents/MacOS/"Google Chrome orig" --args --explicitly-allowed-ports=6666
Make your script file executable (chmod +x "Google Chrome orig") and see if that starts Chrome properly!
A: According to Mac OS X Hints article (found by Googling mac gui application command options), this can be accomplished by editing the application's bundle. I would do this on a backup copy of Chrome to test it out first.
*
*Open the Google Chrome application bundle by right/ctrl-clicking on it and selecting Show Package Contents.
*Within the package, navigate to Contents/Mac OS/Google Chrome and rename it something like Google Chrome-bin.
*Create a text file at that same location with the name Google Chrome with the following contents:
!/bin/sh
exec '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome-bin' --args --explicitly-allowed-ports=6666"
*Use terminal to change the new file to be executable (chmod 755).
Note, I've not actually tried this, only outlining what's mentioned in the linked article.
A: One way to do this is with AppleScript.
Open AppleScript Editor (/Applications/Utilities) and type this in:
do shell script "open '/Applications/Google Chrome.app' --args --explicitly-allowed-ports=6666"
Save it as an Application, and add that application to the Dock.
Click on the app's icon and you Chrome will open with your custom parameters.
This way works, but it isn't exactly ideal for a couple reasons:
*
*Running the AppleScript will take a little longer than just opening the app
*You'll have two icons in your dock (the script and Chrome)
This will work, but I'm interested to see if someone comes up with a better answer.
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f42a96bce9558a8ddce2d4962f802e9d819ce8c2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I prevent SMS from showing on the Lock Screen in iOS 4? I have some private SMS messages I want to hide. The problem is that they are displaying on main screen even when it's locked. So it was useless using password because it's displayed even with the lock.
How can I make SMS messages hidden on locked screen?
A: As of the latest OS (5.0 and 5.1), you use the following method:
To turn off Message preview:
*
*Launch the Settings app.
*Navigate to Notifications > Messages.
*Scroll down to Show Preview and set it to Off.
Now, instead of showing the actual message on the lock screen and in notifications, it will only tell you that you received a message and by whom you received it.
| Q: Can I prevent SMS from showing on the Lock Screen in iOS 4? I have some private SMS messages I want to hide. The problem is that they are displaying on main screen even when it's locked. So it was useless using password because it's displayed even with the lock.
How can I make SMS messages hidden on locked screen?
A: As of the latest OS (5.0 and 5.1), you use the following method:
To turn off Message preview:
*
*Launch the Settings app.
*Navigate to Notifications > Messages.
*Scroll down to Show Preview and set it to Off.
Now, instead of showing the actual message on the lock screen and in notifications, it will only tell you that you received a message and by whom you received it.
A: Go to Settings > Messages. There's an option "Show Preview" there. If you toggle this to off, it will stop showing SMS previews on the lock screen. This will also disable the alert popup when a new SMS arrives and the phone is not locked.
A: Go into settings->notifications->messages and turn off the badges option.
A: If you're jailbroken, iBlacklist is an excellent app. You can block SMS and calls from your phone completely. The app intercepts them, and can save the logs. It is password-protected, so there's an extra layer of security as well.
Even if you don't want to blacklist anyone, you can still set it so that you don't get a popup at all when new SMS messages arrive. Your messages will go to your regular inbox, and you'll still hear the alert, but no popup.
Free trial, costs $12 to buy.
I have also heard about MCleaner. Never used that one though.
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4f16dafc50b210a2a67c2b19c5129aa5413a639e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Boot Camp Additional Software Offline? I'm trying to install Windows on my Mac, and I don't have my OSX installation CD with me. I see an option of Boot Camp Assistant to download the drivers online, so I select it - and it says the download is unavailable. Does anyone have a work-around? Or experience the same issue when they try it? I have a 13" Mid-2010 MBP.
Thanks!
Zach
A: There is no work around. I spent hours attempting to find one. If I were you, I would just wait until Lion, which will certainly have a work around, because there is no install disk.
| Q: Boot Camp Additional Software Offline? I'm trying to install Windows on my Mac, and I don't have my OSX installation CD with me. I see an option of Boot Camp Assistant to download the drivers online, so I select it - and it says the download is unavailable. Does anyone have a work-around? Or experience the same issue when they try it? I have a 13" Mid-2010 MBP.
Thanks!
Zach
A: There is no work around. I spent hours attempting to find one. If I were you, I would just wait until Lion, which will certainly have a work around, because there is no install disk.
A: First, find on the Apple Support site the right version of the Windows drivers for Boot Camp. For instance, this link takes you to the Windows XP 32-bit drivers update and this link takes you to the Vista/XP 64-bit drivers update. Keep in mind that you may need a different download for your particular Mac, just search in the Apple Support site. Store the drivers update in a drive you can get to in Windows (like an external USB drive or "thumb-drive").
Then, remember to back up your Mac. :)
Now, run the Boot Camp Assistant on your Mac. I don't believe you need access to the OS X installation disc to use the Boot Camp Assistant. You just run the assistant, set up your partitions, and then the assistant will prompt you to insert the Windows installation disc. After Windows set up is complete, you will have a very basic version of Windows without the latest drivers installed.
Now plug in the drive where you stored the drivers upload you previously obtained and run it. After setup is complete and the required reboot, you should see your Mac use the latest drivers.
Hope this helps.
A: After reading this article for Air owners - it looks like the download is only for models that didn't include the drivers in the box with the new mac.
You can always contact Apple Care and order a replacement DVD - it might cost you but it will save having to find an equivalent DVD and borrowing it. It also might take a week or more to arrive so it's of less use in an urgent situation.
I've been saved by a retail store that had the correct disk I could borrow in store to get me going while I waited for the replacement to ship.
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99026f446d914729ad60f9225ecb7757953fc7f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro 15" replacement Keyboard / Keys i am using a macbook pro 15" early 2011 unibody with an german (DE) keyboard. and that sucks really hard. So ive decided to change it, and it should be working because the english international and the german keyboard-layout are the same.
But here's my problem i dont really know where to buy it. Nor Apple Store neither ebay haven't something like that. Any suggestions??
BIG thanks in advance. I'm going crazy with this german keyboard. :(
A: Here is an English-language keyboard cover for the European keyboard that you already have. It costs US $30. This would provide a good solution to your problem with no need to install any parts. It is designed to remain in place all the time, while you type, and you can leave it on when you close the MacBook. In addition, the cover provides protection from spills and wear-and-tear.
Make sure you are ordering the exact correct part for your exact model of MacBook.
http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Detail?no=487
| Q: Macbook Pro 15" replacement Keyboard / Keys i am using a macbook pro 15" early 2011 unibody with an german (DE) keyboard. and that sucks really hard. So ive decided to change it, and it should be working because the english international and the german keyboard-layout are the same.
But here's my problem i dont really know where to buy it. Nor Apple Store neither ebay haven't something like that. Any suggestions??
BIG thanks in advance. I'm going crazy with this german keyboard. :(
A: Here is an English-language keyboard cover for the European keyboard that you already have. It costs US $30. This would provide a good solution to your problem with no need to install any parts. It is designed to remain in place all the time, while you type, and you can leave it on when you close the MacBook. In addition, the cover provides protection from spills and wear-and-tear.
Make sure you are ordering the exact correct part for your exact model of MacBook.
http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Detail?no=487
A: It isn't cheap, but...
http://www.welovemacs.com/6615854.html
When you say apple store, do you mean the physical store, or the online store? I bet that you could go into a store and get a new keyboard.
A: The keyboard keys are manufactured into the unibody top case and Apple doesn't really sell a set of key caps, but the entire topcase. So the correct way to change things would be to take apart your entire mac and re-assemble it on the new frame. I don't know of anyone making replacement keys - just silicone overlays.
Put another way, when taking your mac apart, when everything is out and sitting on the workbench, you have the frame with all the keys sitting in your hands as a whole part.
Thanks to iFixit for the great photo and repair guides.
If you are near an Apple Retail store - I would certainly go in and have a chat with the technicians. Let them explain how many screws are there to do the work to replace all the key caps. See if they have any ideas how to help you out. Just know you will be asking them to rebuild your mac around some new plastic keys.
I don't know if the current DE keyboard aluminum is 100% identical to the US aluminum - but in the past the return keys and key spacings were enough different that you couldn't just pop the caps and have things work. The white plastic scissors underneath the keys were different due to internal cable routing and things not obvious on the outside of the mac.
A: I do not know if the official Apple Stores sell individual laptop keyboard layouts. However, if your local Apple Store does not sell them; my recommendation is to search within your city or closest major city for the mom-and-pop, brick-and-mortar, non-official Mac stores.
For example, I live two towns away from Austin and there is nothing good around here for my Mac accessory needs. I use a search engine to get local results for Austin and it's usually pretty easy to find a store that has just what I need. Sometimes they'll even ship to my address.
Good luck.
A: Why not just buy one of those silicone MacBook keyboard covers and lay it over your keyboard. They're like 99 cents on Ebay as long as you don't buy the Apple branded one.
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27922b934317372260399576155ec56724ebc15f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac app to show cumulative CPU usage? Activity Monitor will show you how much CPU time the current instances of each process have taken. I want an app that will show the total CPU time all instances of each process have taken, so I can (for instance) see what's draining my MacBook's battery the most on average.
If this exists, I can't find it. Does it exist?
A: You'll want sa and accton commands to dump accounting information to a file.
Here's an article that's a bit old. The perl script at the end works well - look out for * characters in the shell - those might need to get filtered or the input sanitized if the perl script doesn't show you totals.
| Q: Mac app to show cumulative CPU usage? Activity Monitor will show you how much CPU time the current instances of each process have taken. I want an app that will show the total CPU time all instances of each process have taken, so I can (for instance) see what's draining my MacBook's battery the most on average.
If this exists, I can't find it. Does it exist?
A: You'll want sa and accton commands to dump accounting information to a file.
Here's an article that's a bit old. The perl script at the end works well - look out for * characters in the shell - those might need to get filtered or the input sanitized if the perl script doesn't show you totals.
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43ddb0978f94b3ca056e10fecc104016db556019 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I give away my iPhone apps with my phone? I had an iPhone 3G that I've given to my friend. I had a number of paid apps that I left on there in the hope my friend would be able to use them, however when he tries to sync iTunes tries to delete them all.
I no longer have an iPhone and so have no need for these apps - is there any way that I can give these apps to my friend?
A: These apps go with your iTunes account. So unless you are giving your iTunes account to that guy, he cannot keep those apps.
| Q: Can I give away my iPhone apps with my phone? I had an iPhone 3G that I've given to my friend. I had a number of paid apps that I left on there in the hope my friend would be able to use them, however when he tries to sync iTunes tries to delete them all.
I no longer have an iPhone and so have no need for these apps - is there any way that I can give these apps to my friend?
A: These apps go with your iTunes account. So unless you are giving your iTunes account to that guy, he cannot keep those apps.
A: TL;DR
technically: yes
practically: no
legal: untested, your mileage may vary
Of course you can give away whatever is in your possession. Your friend can keep the apps as long as he clicks carefully and doesn't allow iTunes to delete them.
I am not a lawyer, but I don't think you own the software - just a license to use it. If you look at the current store terms, it asks us not to transfer a license among other restrictions.
You may not rent, lease, lend, sell, transfer redistribute, or
sublicense the Licensed Application and, if you sell your Mac Computer
or iOS Device to a third party, you must remove the Licensed
Application from the Mac Computer or iOS Device before doing so.
To complicate things, there may be local laws that prevent this sort of language or restriction, or other problems with an "agreement" where one party might not be able to change or negotiate any of the terms. Get legal advice if you are worried about this end of things.
Technically, the apps will run until the phone needs to be restored or the user removes one or all of the apps. The next software update will have that person either losing the apps, needing your password to download them again, or needing use of a computer that is authorized to transfer your apps to that device.
If you give them the password to your account, they could be nice and only access the apps or run up charges against your name or account (or even change your password).
The best technical workaround if you want more than one account's apps on one device is to let him sync his apps from his computer and you place your credentials on that device and download whatever purchases of yours that you want on that device. Every time the device syncs - the apps from the computer should update and it will offer to transfer your purchases - but the warning that the other password is needed to transfer will pop up each time a sync happens. Your apps won't update or delete during a sync. You could log in to update them. In practice - it's a nice way to try some things, but your friend will likely tire of the warnings and delete the apps and buy the ones he wishes to keep so his syncs are fast and warning free.
In the old days when it was just music and less powerful iPods, I seem to remember 5 being the big number to remember. 5 accounts worth of protected music could run on any one iPod. Your account would work on 5 computers and there was no restriction how many iPods connected to a mac so the whole neighborhood could have connected and gotten music from your one computer.
Now it's a little harder to remember - 5 computers get purchases, up to 10 can auto download purchases and no word on how many can manually load or how many accounts are "allowed" technically on one device. The hassle factor keeps me from getting any more than two or three accounts purchases on any one device at the same time.
I hope I didn't go on too long here - there's always that edit button :-)
A: I'm not sure of the legalities of it, but techically it IS possible.
*
*If the device is jailbroken, your friend can ssh into the device and manually copy the apps from /var/mobile/Applications.
*One by one, copy the AppName.app files into their own folder named "Payload"
*Zip the Payload folder
*Change the extension from .zip to .ipa
*Drop into iTunes
Now, in order to sync, you may have to have AppSync installed from Cydia. This guide (method 7) explains one way of doing that.
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aae51b0d0d550030a7b0d6016f06954758570f06 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable the random/auto keeping of apps in the Dock? Sometimes the Dock will keep an icon app in the Dock, even though I haven't set it as such, even though I've previously de-kept it in Dock after the first time it kept it 'for me'.
Is there a way to turn this off it's a bit annoying?
A: go to "system preferences", then choose "Dock" and uncheck the "show recent applications in dock" radio button.
| Q: How can I disable the random/auto keeping of apps in the Dock? Sometimes the Dock will keep an icon app in the Dock, even though I haven't set it as such, even though I've previously de-kept it in Dock after the first time it kept it 'for me'.
Is there a way to turn this off it's a bit annoying?
A: go to "system preferences", then choose "Dock" and uncheck the "show recent applications in dock" radio button.
A: Usually apps don't place themselves in the dock without your consent or knowledge. There are a couple ways to put them there though. Perhaps you may not realize it, but it may be one of these reasons:
*
*The App Store will place an app in the Dock upon installation. Note: Lion will not do this though; it simply places it in Launchpad.
*The App Store will place an app in the Dock upon updating an app. Note: Updating an non-docked app individually via the updates tab is when it gets re-placed in the dock. However using the 'Update All' button at the top of the page will not do any such thing. Again, this is changed in Lion.
*If you run an app that is not kept in the dock and drag it to another position anywhere on the dock, it will stay in the dock
*Drag an app into the dock from Finder
*Right click an app in the dock an under options select 'Keep in Dock'
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d4474fdfaded13225369d5b78673fbc1b9764c64 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I set site restrictions on iPhone? I would like to restrict some sites on my iPhone?
How it would be possible? (if it is)
A: From here
General
Once you are in the settings, go directly to the general tab.
alt text http://www.theiphoneblog.com/images/stories/2009/04/parental2-266x400.jpg
Restrictions
Tap the restrictions tab and once on that screen choose enable restrictions.
alt text http://www.theiphoneblog.com/images/stories/2009/04/parental3-266x400.jpg
You will now be asked to enter a 4 digit passcode. Do not forget this passcode, there is no way to retrieve it, and a full restore (re-installation) of the iPhone is needed to reset it.
Restriction Options
After you have entered your passcode, you will now have the ability to restrict any of the functions you see on the screen. Without going through each and every option, lets just take a look at Safari. If you turn off Safari and head back to your home screen you will see that the icon is removed and there is no way possible to reach that application any more.
To re-enable a function like Safari, return to the restriction page, authorize with the 4 digit passcode you entered above, and turn it back on.
| Q: How do I set site restrictions on iPhone? I would like to restrict some sites on my iPhone?
How it would be possible? (if it is)
A: From here
General
Once you are in the settings, go directly to the general tab.
alt text http://www.theiphoneblog.com/images/stories/2009/04/parental2-266x400.jpg
Restrictions
Tap the restrictions tab and once on that screen choose enable restrictions.
alt text http://www.theiphoneblog.com/images/stories/2009/04/parental3-266x400.jpg
You will now be asked to enter a 4 digit passcode. Do not forget this passcode, there is no way to retrieve it, and a full restore (re-installation) of the iPhone is needed to reset it.
Restriction Options
After you have entered your passcode, you will now have the ability to restrict any of the functions you see on the screen. Without going through each and every option, lets just take a look at Safari. If you turn off Safari and head back to your home screen you will see that the icon is removed and there is no way possible to reach that application any more.
To re-enable a function like Safari, return to the restriction page, authorize with the 4 digit passcode you entered above, and turn it back on.
A: You can restrict access to specific sites using Apple Configurator by blacklisting the sites you want to restrict. You can also restrict apps by blacklisting the apps or in the new iOS 10 whitelisting the ones you want. For additional management features you may have to supervise your device. If it is just your device Configurator will do. But if you are dealing with devices in a company or something similar you might want to consider a Mobile Device Management solution.
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6cd7a729d405bea1bcc31b52b77d9d6befbfbfaa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to properly ground a MacBook Pro I have a MacBook Pro 4.1. In the past - from time to time - you could feel a bit of electricity close to the aluminium case when working in AC mode, but now things are getting worse. I can feel the electricity all the time, especially close to the opening button and to the corners. Talking with other MBP users, I have been told that the whole MBP 1.4 series has got this problem and that it is due to the presence of the aluminium case. Is it a known issue? Is there any workaround to properly ground the laptop?
A: I ended up with the solution in this link. You just need to connect 3 ping adapter's earth and the earth pin of the charger.
| Q: How to properly ground a MacBook Pro I have a MacBook Pro 4.1. In the past - from time to time - you could feel a bit of electricity close to the aluminium case when working in AC mode, but now things are getting worse. I can feel the electricity all the time, especially close to the opening button and to the corners. Talking with other MBP users, I have been told that the whole MBP 1.4 series has got this problem and that it is due to the presence of the aluminium case. Is it a known issue? Is there any workaround to properly ground the laptop?
A: I ended up with the solution in this link. You just need to connect 3 ping adapter's earth and the earth pin of the charger.
A: Here's a simple fix to this design flaw. Whoever thought of ending the ground circuit at the pin on the transformer, where it connects to the plastic channel on the UK plug adapter needs to be sent on a long holiday. I finally got my Trackpad working (while the charger's plugged into the computer), by ensuring continuity between the transformer's earth pin and the one on the UK wall plug.
A: Actually, this problem gets really bad, when you connect a 3.5mm plug from your headphones to your MBP, you can hear the buzz from the electricity, I must unplug the MBP from the electrical outlet to avoid that buzzing sound (which is realy high and loud), I must find a way to ground the laptop, I have found that if I touch it it reduces the amount of buzzing sound, so I will connect a cable from the body to some sort of metal to see if that helps, until i found a longer solution.
A: tl;dr
Use the extension cord! It is grounded.
Apple's grounding madness
You need your device to be grounded. The charger can be grounded because the metal pin that holds the adapter is (subtly) also the ground:
You need the plug to be grounded too. Obviously a 2 pin/prong plug is not grounded, you'll need one with 3 of them, but even in this case you have to check if the adapter's socket/shoe has metal in it (AKA is connected to the ground), because you can't take that granted at Apple! Just check out this picture from this article:
This is a 3 prong UK plug that has a grounding prong, but they haven't connected it! Fortunately at the extension cord there is a connection. You have to carry that extra 1.8 meter of cable tho...
So at Apple, the rule of thumb is that if it is an extension cord, then the socket is connected to the ground pin so it is probably grounded, if it is the small adapter, then there is no connection in the socket so no grounding for you:
The left picture from this answer shows the difference. The metal is more visible in the magnified picture on the right.
Hacky solution
Technically you could hack the not grounded 3 prong UK (Type G) adapter (that I mentioned before) to connect the ground prong to the grounding pin as shown in this tutorial. Of course, unless you want to use it with a Type G socket instead of the many other types, you will need to use another (grounded!) adapter to convert it to your desired (grounded!) wall socket.
A: Your specific mac only grounds itself through the magsafe connector if you are using a grounded plug. In the US, standard power means the "duck head" two prong connector is ungrounded. (Or unearthed to some) Use a three conductor plug to ground the device and check your MagSafe pins to be sure they extend fully and mate correctly with the Mac.
The adapter article from Apple has some good tips and a nice picture.
You shouldn't be able to feel any tingle due to you being better grounded than the mac if your outlet is properly grounded.
You'll have to check with an electrician or take your mac to another outlet that is known to be properly grounded if you are already grounding it through the wall if you still feel the tingle with a grounded cord.
This sort of ground current drives me nuts (even though it's normally totally safe). I have on occasion intentionally grounded one of the plastic feet with foil when I am waiting for the electrician to fix an outlet or I am working in a location where I can't get a proper ground.
A: Well I have just experienced this tingle on my Macbook Pro with the magsafe 85w power supply and the 3 pin plug lead with a UK 3 pin plug.
I could not believe that Apple would not earth the machine via the magsafe adapter, so I detached the power lead from the 85w power supply block and took a look how they earth it. The power supply block has a 2 pin connection for live and neutral and the earth connects via the 10mm dia stainless steel stud that the plug lead [or the plug with no lead] slips over to lock it onto the block. Then I saw the problem! On the end of the 10mm stud, the manufacturer had put a 12mm disk of protective plastic [the peal-off film type that you often find on say a new phone screen]. So in their efforts to keep the stud looking shiny and polished, they insulated it from electrical connection, that is they insulated the EARTH STUD !! Just peal it off, plug it back together and [unsurprisingly] there is no more tingle from the alloy case.
A: I accidentally solved this problem by connecting my macbook pro to an external monitor(using USB type to VGA adapter and connected monitor via VGA cable). Since the monitor is using 3 pin power connector for power supply, so indirectly my macbook also got earthed. I tested this using electrical tester pen screwdriver and it shows zero current on macbook body if the setup is connected. Also, i don't feel the current anymore even if I touch the macbook bare foot.
A: Use the extension cable that comes with the magsafe as that has an earth connection to the 10mm stud which is not present on the non extended plug block
A: To add to this: if you buy 3rd party power supplies to replace genuine they often do not have an earth* (the stub which the cable slides onto is plastic, but the Americans barely use earth on the American model of this laptop, and seem to survive.
*AKA 'ground'
A: The same problem is now evident with the new MacBook Air. I called Apple and they admit there is a lack of earthing/grounding when the UK 3 pin plug connector is in use. Apple quote a UL and IEC approval which says that no earthing is required where the amperage induced is negligible. While I'm not suggesting that the levels of current are harmful they are intensely irritating requiring me to stop working, lick my finger and touch the metal case. This WAS NOT the case on my old Air book.
A: There is no protective plastic On the end of the 10mm stud with any of the 2013 models. So what you are saying, Paul Churchill, is incorrect. The problem with electrical current flowing through all the MacBooks can not be fixed. Only Apple can fix it, but they don't want to fix it.
Of course it is unhealthy & unnatural when an external electrical current flows through your body, no matter how small. It messes up your whole electrical system in your body. All nerve signals, all organ and all functions in general in your body function through the bodies own electrical current system.
I have noticed it too, and will return all my Apple products that conduct electrical current. So please watch out if you care about your health and don't want to get seriously sick in the long run.
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9e43b59a4851ead4ec2578cf30642ad2266b0acd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I automatically log out the guest account after a period of inactivity? As part of a kiosk system, I have set up a Guest account on a Mac OS X Snow Leopard computer. This account is cleared every time someone logs off the computer. However, plenty of people don't. Is there any way that I can automatically log out this guest account after a period of inactivity?
I tried using the security preferences pane, but that just causes the confirm logout dialog to show up.
I have hacked around the /System/Library/User Templates/ folder, so I can set the screensaver, desktop background, &c. If something like ScriptSaver can solve my problem, I will gladly use it.
A: Maybe you could consider using SleepWatcher instead of the Security.prefPane; it´s a unix utility you could use to force a logout (or anything else via AppleScript) after a certain period of inactivity.
| Q: How can I automatically log out the guest account after a period of inactivity? As part of a kiosk system, I have set up a Guest account on a Mac OS X Snow Leopard computer. This account is cleared every time someone logs off the computer. However, plenty of people don't. Is there any way that I can automatically log out this guest account after a period of inactivity?
I tried using the security preferences pane, but that just causes the confirm logout dialog to show up.
I have hacked around the /System/Library/User Templates/ folder, so I can set the screensaver, desktop background, &c. If something like ScriptSaver can solve my problem, I will gladly use it.
A: Maybe you could consider using SleepWatcher instead of the Security.prefPane; it´s a unix utility you could use to force a logout (or anything else via AppleScript) after a certain period of inactivity.
A: You can use a commercial product called Power Manager to log out a user after a period of inactivity.
Power Manager will warn the user before starting the log out. During log out any open applications will be quit; applications attempting to block log out will be force quit after a short delay.
Disclosure: I work for the company who make Power Manager.
A: Haven't tried this with a aGuest account, but no reason it shouldn't work there.
In
System Preferences > Security > General
is a checkbox labeled "Log out after XX minutes of inactivity"
Here set your desired minute amount and let it do the magic!
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efd7b9ddeeab0b35735af661150da503bc03e7c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the keyboard layouts of a MacBook Pro 15"? Can someone find me a picture of Macbook Pro US keyboard Layout and one of an English international?
I need a detailed image, because I need to know the second key assignments of each key.
Everything I found on Google had too little resolution.
A: You can find this out yourself.
Open System Preferences-> Language and Text-> Input Sources. Check the boxes for the keyboards you want. Then, check the Show Input menu in menu bar box. Click the new menu bar item, select the keyboard layout you want to see, go back to the menu bar item, and click Show Keyboard Viewer.
This will work from any computer, and you can see any layout.
The first picture was snapped while a full sized keyboard was connected, the second shows the option key held down - and is what you will see if you have a smaller bluetooth or built in keyboard connected.
| Q: What are the keyboard layouts of a MacBook Pro 15"? Can someone find me a picture of Macbook Pro US keyboard Layout and one of an English international?
I need a detailed image, because I need to know the second key assignments of each key.
Everything I found on Google had too little resolution.
A: You can find this out yourself.
Open System Preferences-> Language and Text-> Input Sources. Check the boxes for the keyboards you want. Then, check the Show Input menu in menu bar box. Click the new menu bar item, select the keyboard layout you want to see, go back to the menu bar item, and click Show Keyboard Viewer.
This will work from any computer, and you can see any layout.
The first picture was snapped while a full sized keyboard was connected, the second shows the option key held down - and is what you will see if you have a smaller bluetooth or built in keyboard connected.
A: US Keyboard layout:
http://www.macfreek.nl/memory/images/MacLaptop-US-shift.png
English International: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/keyboards/en_international_notebook.png
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5732d87871e7228182c9c9bb490941913f2ecbea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to export syntax color settings from one Xcode installation to a new one? I have installed a new XCode 4 on a machine and I'd like to copy/paste the syntax coloring settings from the first one to the new one. How may I do this ?
A: Custom syntax color themes are located in
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes/
(Note that this directory may not exist if you've not yet modified any of your themes or haven't created a custom theme of your own, but will be created as soon as you do.)
The files have a .dvtcolortheme extension. Simply retrieve the file from that directory and copy it into the same directory on another machine.
I quite like Ethan Schoonover's Solarized themes; I find them to be very readable and easy on the eyes, and can be installed as explained above.
| Q: Is there a way to export syntax color settings from one Xcode installation to a new one? I have installed a new XCode 4 on a machine and I'd like to copy/paste the syntax coloring settings from the first one to the new one. How may I do this ?
A: Custom syntax color themes are located in
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes/
(Note that this directory may not exist if you've not yet modified any of your themes or haven't created a custom theme of your own, but will be created as soon as you do.)
The files have a .dvtcolortheme extension. Simply retrieve the file from that directory and copy it into the same directory on another machine.
I quite like Ethan Schoonover's Solarized themes; I find them to be very readable and easy on the eyes, and can be installed as explained above.
A: I found this answer while looking how to move the new (at the time of writing this answer) Civic theme in Xcode 8 to Xcode 7.3. Now themes are bundled inside of the Xcode application's bundle at following path:
Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/DVTKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/FontAndColorThemes
Also Xcode8 theme has extension xccolortheme while Xcode7.3 has dvtcolortheme. From my experience - it's safe change the extension without modifying the file itself.
A: As of Xcode Version 11.6 (11E708), the file extension for color themes is xccolortheme.
The path to the included themes is:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/DVTUserInterfaceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/FontAndColorThemes
The path to a user's custom themes is the same as in the accepted answer:
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes/
To install a custom theme, you can simply drag the xccolortheme file into the folder for custom themes; quit Xcode, then restart Xcode. The theme will now appear in Xcode's Preferences for Fonts & Colors.
A: With Themeinstaller, you can just open .dvtcolortheme files and they will be installed in your Xcode folder.
In case you wanted some new themes there are many to be found on codethemes.net, having Themeinstaller, you can install them, just by clicking "install" under any of your choice.
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4755d2c75a45300ad0a53de1d89dae8fc66762ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App for editing files in my Dropbox? My current setup is Dropbox with a directory called /Docs, in which I have my emacs .org outline files.
If you don't know about Emacs and org-mode, these files are plain text, just formatted with ** and so on for headings, however the extension is .org
I have tried Elements, however it would not let me view notes with the extension of .org
So essentially, I want to sync up notes between org-mode and an app on my iPhone 4, without using MobileOrg (which doesn't really sync as such).
A: You can use PlainText 2, it syncs with Dropbox (you can choose which folder to sync) and it let you choose which file extensions you want to sync.
| Q: App for editing files in my Dropbox? My current setup is Dropbox with a directory called /Docs, in which I have my emacs .org outline files.
If you don't know about Emacs and org-mode, these files are plain text, just formatted with ** and so on for headings, however the extension is .org
I have tried Elements, however it would not let me view notes with the extension of .org
So essentially, I want to sync up notes between org-mode and an app on my iPhone 4, without using MobileOrg (which doesn't really sync as such).
A: You can use PlainText 2, it syncs with Dropbox (you can choose which folder to sync) and it let you choose which file extensions you want to sync.
A: Nebulous Lite (there's also a non-ad-supported version) is a text editor for any type of file in Dropbox. I frequently use it to edit plain text files. I just tested it to sync and edit text files with a .org extension and it worked.
A: The best comparison of text editors for iOS is the one started by Brett Terpstra found here :-
http://brettterpstra.com/ios-text-editors/
Unfortunately org-mode support is not one of the fields but the only one I've ever heard of is MobileOrg that you've mentioned.
You might find this blog post on using a combination of other software to implement an org-mode workflow useful.
http://www.osomac.com/2013/10/07/ios-workflows-org-mode/
His idea of using Drafts and Pythonista to do org-mode work is a good one.
My recommendation to you would be to have a good look at Editorial as it is a good editor with a Python interpreter and automation system behind it. You could probably hack together some good org-mode stuff in that. It is written by the same person that wrote Pythonista mentioned in the blog post above.
Personally I find myself using Drafts, Byword and Editorial for different purposes and all three have no problem with Dropbox.
A: Here's a nice iPhone Text Editors comparison by the great Michael Tsai (author of SpamSieve among others).
Comparing iPhone Text Editors, v4. I can't post any conclusion he makes here, because he doesn't make much, other than that he's still sticking with Notesy.
A: There is a very comprehensive review of IOS text editors with DropBox support here:
http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/dropbox-text-editors
Reviews are quite detailed and describe the pros, cons and costs.
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d09cb8fe26e8763b376ce1b4f9e4d00019e0491a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Re-install the App Store application on OS X 10.6.8 I deleted the App Store application with AppCleaner some months ago, after ongoing problems with a freezing Finder. Now I would like to reinstall, but I cannot find a way. The 10.6.6 combo updater of course will not do the job because it needs an older OS X incarnation and I'm running 10.6.8.
A: Download and re-install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
at the link above.
| Q: Re-install the App Store application on OS X 10.6.8 I deleted the App Store application with AppCleaner some months ago, after ongoing problems with a freezing Finder. Now I would like to reinstall, but I cannot find a way. The 10.6.6 combo updater of course will not do the job because it needs an older OS X incarnation and I'm running 10.6.8.
A: Download and re-install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
at the link above.
A: This guy extracted the App http://www.qubesys.com/reinstall-mac-app-store/
A: If you don't want to trust an Internet version of the app, you can always reinstall from your Snow Leopard disc / restore media and run the combo updater of your choice. Any combo updater 10.6.6, 10.6.7 or 10.6.8 will have the App Store on it.
Also, your backup should have a copy of the app.
A: The issue with downloading the app that someone has extracted is that it is coded with his Apple ID. At this time I am unable to change the ID in the program to allow me to use it. Better choice is to go with re-installing the update.
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b1332174028039bb5f0f1292d440062a0e9dc074 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I open files in the Coda editor file browser using the keyboard? I am using coda as my main editor on mac. But I want to use just the keyboard for navigating through file browser. This I was able to quite easily by installing the plugin to switch between editor and file browser and then turning off the feature which opens files on a single-click or when it is focussed.
Now my problem is how to open a file in editor when I press enter - the file rename mode gets activated when I press enter while navigating in file browser. any ideas?
A: Both return and command + O work to open files in my version of coda.
Is your enter key only an enter key or combined?
It doesn't look like that plug in changes key bindings so you might have to search elsewhere for something that is altering the standard behavior. Other tweaks or software possibly?
| Q: How can I open files in the Coda editor file browser using the keyboard? I am using coda as my main editor on mac. But I want to use just the keyboard for navigating through file browser. This I was able to quite easily by installing the plugin to switch between editor and file browser and then turning off the feature which opens files on a single-click or when it is focussed.
Now my problem is how to open a file in editor when I press enter - the file rename mode gets activated when I press enter while navigating in file browser. any ideas?
A: Both return and command + O work to open files in my version of coda.
Is your enter key only an enter key or combined?
It doesn't look like that plug in changes key bindings so you might have to search elsewhere for something that is altering the standard behavior. Other tweaks or software possibly?
A: Press ⌘ Command ↓ to open a file you have selected.
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26f85337b502a3d8c195d496b182322e1ddb876f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you change an MOV to an MP4 without transcoding? How can change video container from .mov to .mp4 without touching the video itself? Preferably a GUI app.
I have a bunch of videos in .mov and since .mp4 is more widespread I want to use that, but I don't want to lose any quality.
A: You could do that with ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i video.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy video.mp4
This will just change containers, but obviously will only work with a codec that ffmpeg supports.
Edit: if you absolutely need a GUI, you could use Automator to create a Drag & Drop target, like this:
| Q: Can you change an MOV to an MP4 without transcoding? How can change video container from .mov to .mp4 without touching the video itself? Preferably a GUI app.
I have a bunch of videos in .mov and since .mp4 is more widespread I want to use that, but I don't want to lose any quality.
A: You could do that with ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i video.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy video.mp4
This will just change containers, but obviously will only work with a codec that ffmpeg supports.
Edit: if you absolutely need a GUI, you could use Automator to create a Drag & Drop target, like this:
A: QuickTime 7 Pro.
Again, only if it is in a codec allowed for MP4s.
A: It is also known as rewrapping.
Open the file with MPEG Streamclip (freeware, adware-free) and choose File > Save As…, then choose the format: MP4.
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9b2b1968c362280bc5c876eb79b473ab060f8909 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I create iPhone screenshots without the lock button? Is there any way to create a screenshot of an iPhone without using the combination home+lock button? Is there an app for jailbroken phones? Something else?
I do not have a Mac; only Windows.
A: Yes, there is. After you have jailbroken, install Activator. In there you can assign another activation method for taking a screen shot. Good luck!
| Q: How can I create iPhone screenshots without the lock button? Is there any way to create a screenshot of an iPhone without using the combination home+lock button? Is there an app for jailbroken phones? Something else?
I do not have a Mac; only Windows.
A: Yes, there is. After you have jailbroken, install Activator. In there you can assign another activation method for taking a screen shot. Good luck!
A: I just found out the solution: go to the Activator app, click on a gesture you want to use, keep scrolling down until you find "Take A Screenshot". Mine is now set up to where I can push both volume buttons simultaneously and bam, screen shot captured!
A: Go to settings>General>Accessibility>Scroll down>AssistiveTouch
Turn it on.
Then you just click the home button and it gives you the option of screenshot if you do this:
Click device>More>Screenshot and you are done!
A: An alternative would be to simply take a picture of the screen with a camera.
A: I'm sure there is not another way to do screenshots.
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54ce79b820feb99c5559cedd1d13aba287c11f8c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I open port 443 in Mac OS X 10.6? I have a local apache running on my macbook pro and I need to run a SSL website on the local host. I have everything configured in Apache, but can't open port 443 on mac. I tried to add ipfw rule to allow 443 but it doesn't work.
A: make sure 443 accessible from local and configured.
$ netstat -an|grep 443
allow 443 in ipfw
$ sudo ipfw add allow tcp from any to any 443
| Q: How can I open port 443 in Mac OS X 10.6? I have a local apache running on my macbook pro and I need to run a SSL website on the local host. I have everything configured in Apache, but can't open port 443 on mac. I tried to add ipfw rule to allow 443 but it doesn't work.
A: make sure 443 accessible from local and configured.
$ netstat -an|grep 443
allow 443 in ipfw
$ sudo ipfw add allow tcp from any to any 443
A: Open file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Look for line with listen 80
Add line listen 443
Save and restart apache using apachectl graceful
Check for any error in http.conf using apachectl configtest
Thank Bob at https://bobcares.com/blog/apache-not-listening-on-port-443/
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fc7493c9834e07c3014baed4054f82a2c093a373 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can water seep into my laptop through the sides of the trackpad? If I use the my laptop while my hands are (very) wet, will the water get into the insides of the computer through the gaps at the side of the trackpad?
A: Yes - capillary action is strongest in small gaps like the one surrounding the glass trackpad and the unibody frame. That liquid would likely seep and pool on top of the battery.
| Q: Can water seep into my laptop through the sides of the trackpad? If I use the my laptop while my hands are (very) wet, will the water get into the insides of the computer through the gaps at the side of the trackpad?
A: Yes - capillary action is strongest in small gaps like the one surrounding the glass trackpad and the unibody frame. That liquid would likely seep and pool on top of the battery.
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f4727c25df17a5c2696b4ab80cdbb85b2a236e03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are some steps to troubleshoot problems sharing printers, files, and screen? I am having many problems sharing (printer, file, screen) from a Macbook Pro (10.6.8) to a PowerMac G5 tower (10.5.8). It was working just fine until we switched internet providers and got a new router. I have checked IP addresses, etc.
What are some general troubleshooting steps I can take to determine where the problem might lie?
A: Please be more specific. If nothing changed except for the router, though, let me ask: is the one machine plugged in directly to the network via Ethernet, and is the other accessing the network through WiFi?
If so, it may be that the router has a feature enabled called "WAP Isolation" -- basically it creates a separate network segment (or collision domain, if you like) for the wireless clients. Try disabling wireless with the laptop and plug it in directly. If it works, that's probably where the problem is.
| Q: What are some steps to troubleshoot problems sharing printers, files, and screen? I am having many problems sharing (printer, file, screen) from a Macbook Pro (10.6.8) to a PowerMac G5 tower (10.5.8). It was working just fine until we switched internet providers and got a new router. I have checked IP addresses, etc.
What are some general troubleshooting steps I can take to determine where the problem might lie?
A: Please be more specific. If nothing changed except for the router, though, let me ask: is the one machine plugged in directly to the network via Ethernet, and is the other accessing the network through WiFi?
If so, it may be that the router has a feature enabled called "WAP Isolation" -- basically it creates a separate network segment (or collision domain, if you like) for the wireless clients. Try disabling wireless with the laptop and plug it in directly. If it works, that's probably where the problem is.
A: Absolutely. The best step would be to connect the two macs with an Ethernet cable.
You don't need a crossover cable - just any patch cable.
If the problem is software, it won't work when connected directly.
You will want to rule out the router as potential for causing the issue.
A: I did figure out the problem; my router had MAC address filtering on. So, I turned off the MAC address filtering and it works now.
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dac6ec00bc3da6e13025cd976043939619739881 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it safe to unplug a drive while MacBook is asleep? (i.e., does sleep unmount drives?) Is it safe to unplug a drive while MacBook is asleep? (i.e., does sleep unmount drives?)
I think probably not, at least if a file operation was running when you put the computer to sleep, I guess it expects the drive to be mounted when it wakes up. Does it?
A: No. Logging out dismounts the drives.
USB changes will wake most macs from sleep assuring an uncontrolled unmount should users be logged in. The file systems should be clean and synced when entering sleep, but there is no guarantee of it.
Firewire drives also could be corrupted in a similar fashion.
With journaled filesystems you'll likely only lose a few files, but it's not the best practice. Plugging things in as fast as possible is the best option in case you can get things back before the system wakes.
| Q: Is it safe to unplug a drive while MacBook is asleep? (i.e., does sleep unmount drives?) Is it safe to unplug a drive while MacBook is asleep? (i.e., does sleep unmount drives?)
I think probably not, at least if a file operation was running when you put the computer to sleep, I guess it expects the drive to be mounted when it wakes up. Does it?
A: No. Logging out dismounts the drives.
USB changes will wake most macs from sleep assuring an uncontrolled unmount should users be logged in. The file systems should be clean and synced when entering sleep, but there is no guarantee of it.
Firewire drives also could be corrupted in a similar fashion.
With journaled filesystems you'll likely only lose a few files, but it's not the best practice. Plugging things in as fast as possible is the best option in case you can get things back before the system wakes.
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c8604774edf5433e2bd47c67f66fb2b6c1f074a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to burn a DVD out of the Lion app store install? Is it possible to burn a DVD out of the Lion app store install?
A: Yes http://lifehacker.com/5812997/burn-the-mac-app-store-version-of-os-x-lion-to-a-dvd
| Q: Is it possible to burn a DVD out of the Lion app store install? Is it possible to burn a DVD out of the Lion app store install?
A: Yes http://lifehacker.com/5812997/burn-the-mac-app-store-version-of-os-x-lion-to-a-dvd
A: Yes!
After you purchase and download Lion from the App Store, the "Install" screen will appear:
Before you click Continue, open your Applications folder and look for the icon labelled Install Mac OS X Lion:
If you missed this chance (and the App is deleted from your system), you can always re-download the package using the App Store app. Even if it shows Lion Installed, you can hold the option key pressed, then press the button to re-download the Lion installer app.
Right-click (or Ctrl+Click) on this and choose Show Package Contents. Navigate to Contents > SharedSupport and look for InstallESD.dmg.
Use Disk Utility (in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder) to burn InstallESD.dmg to a DVD. Drag the InstallESD.dmg file to the Disk Utility window, select it, then choose Burn... from the Images menu.
A dialog appears allowing you to burn it to a DVD. The name of the DVD doesn't really matter, but I named mine Mac OS X Lion.
A: You can copy Install Mac OS X Lion.app — in its entirety — to a DVD that is not bootable.
A widely promoted hack involves using only a part of the .app for 10.7 (Build 11A511) to create a DVD (or USB flash drive, or external hard disk partition) that is bootable. Bootable media produced in this way from this source may be good for some uses but please, proceed with caution: other uses may leave a system unusable.
Be aware of the known risks, and unknowns, associated with straying from what is recommended by Apple.
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b243b4df26dfa13ce89671c6e1cd8b740cd3a506 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I find out the status of a large download from the Mac App Store? I just started downloading OS X Lion, and it's 3.49 GB.
This is the extent of the user interface for the download process:
Is there a place to see the download progress? Can I pause and/or resume the download?
A: Aha... found it. In the App Store application menu, you can choose Store > Check for Unfinished Downloads which pops up a window like this:
| Q: How do I find out the status of a large download from the Mac App Store? I just started downloading OS X Lion, and it's 3.49 GB.
This is the extent of the user interface for the download process:
Is there a place to see the download progress? Can I pause and/or resume the download?
A: Aha... found it. In the App Store application menu, you can choose Store > Check for Unfinished Downloads which pops up a window like this:
A: It's a bit of a hack, but you can check the size of ~/Library/Application Support/AppStore with Get Info in Finder -- assuming it's Lion that you're downloading, it should be about 3.5GB in total (I'm currently on 444MB, so it will take me a while).
A: You can also just check the Purchased tab.
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6e7218483b1af27db2ed36d836d7cb1aaa75a6da | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How long can I expect my system to be unusable during an upgrade to OS X Lion? I just downloaded Lion and am pretty eager to install it, but I can use every minute I have, so I'd rather not install it now if it means my system is unusable for 30+ minutes.
How long should I expect a Mac to be unusable during the upgrade process?
A: After downloading it, the upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion has taken 15-20 minutes on average and I literally have to do nothing to facilitate it. I grab a coffee and the upgrade's done before my cup's empty.
| Q: How long can I expect my system to be unusable during an upgrade to OS X Lion? I just downloaded Lion and am pretty eager to install it, but I can use every minute I have, so I'd rather not install it now if it means my system is unusable for 30+ minutes.
How long should I expect a Mac to be unusable during the upgrade process?
A: After downloading it, the upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion has taken 15-20 minutes on average and I literally have to do nothing to facilitate it. I grab a coffee and the upgrade's done before my cup's empty.
A: The installation on my MacBook Pro (early 2009) took exactly 21 minutes on a Crucial C300 SSD. It initially estimated 35 minutes. Add two 30 seconds reboots.
A: I'm running it on a sacrificial 2008 model iMac, 4Gb ram, 320Gb hard drive (with about 60Gb spare), 2.4 Ghz C2D processor. It reckons it's going to take about 35 minutes (and after 5 minutes is currently estimating about 30 minutes still).
I think you really are going to have to accept that your system will be unusable for a half hour or so while you upgrade.... and if you don't backup first, and there's a problem, it could be unusable for a lot longer than that!
I won't update my main work machine for a week or two yet, for this very reason.
A: On my 2010 iMac 21" it took about 90 minutes. In part this is because I have a lot of development tools on the system and it appears after having completed the upgrade that Lion rearranged and updated some of these tools (which is above and beyond the "typical" update).
A: It's a safe bet that most people are out of business for less than an hour. Of course, you'll probably be spending hours exploring all the new features, so you might want to count that against your system being unusable for "real work" due to "exploration and play".
Since you can't easily interrupt things and won't have use of the mac once the installer logs you out to start the upgrade, do give yourself a little window in case things run long.
Here are some ballpark numbers people are reporting for upgrades with real life amounts of data on their macs:
*
*iMac / Mac Pro + SSD: 8 to 15 minutes
*iMac / Mac Pro + HD: 12 to 20 minutes
*Portables: 15 to 30 minutes
*full drives / Air with HD: 30 to 45 minutes
Furthermore, you won't really know how long it will take if problems crop up moving thousands of tiny files or the process hangs. Then you will need to research what to do if trying again doesn't sort things out for you.
Even if your install should take 15 minutes, why risk it until the pressure is off?
The problem with any prediction is that there are four parts to the install:
*
*common prep tasks (pre-download any updates - lion won't have many to pre download now since it's new)
*a file system check of all your data (to avoid problems with bad files or bad file system structure)
*the standard install (move the old, write the new - most macs capable of Lion will be within 50% of each other for this part)
*upgrade script to crawl through all the your files and programs, upgrade things, and then delete the now un-needed files.
Parts 2 and 4 are where "slow installs" take the majority of your time.
Most people will be done in less than an hour - but you can't really know if your install will go long until you let it start. It matters little that other people had a good experience if your is going to be especially slow.
You can run a full file system check before starting to be sure your directories won't trap the installer in an infinite loop, but other than deleting things like un-needed apps and files that might need "migration", you can't speed up the parts of the process that depend on your pre-existing data.
A: This will depend on your Mac's disk subsystem more than anything, then CPU speed, as well as whether or not you elected to create a DVD from which to install Lion.
My 2011 iMac (3.4GHz i7, 16GB RAM, SSD+HDD) took 11.5 minutes from hitting the "Install" button, to being booted into Lion.
A: It really depends on your system setup. I have installed it on 2 machines so far.
*
*On a Macbook Pro i5 w/8gb of ram it took approx. 35 minutes
*On a Macbook Pro C2D w/4gb of ram it took almost an hour.
A: It says 33 minutes at first reboot, but is taking more than 45. Mac book pro 4GB core 2 duo 2.4GHz
A: Appears to have stalled at the "Install Mac OS X" screen
Shows "About 33 minutes" for the last 15 minutes, with no movement of the progress bar.
Hoping it'll kick in soon.
Mid 2010 MBP 17" w/ i7 4GB RAM approx 60GB free space on drive, 250GB drive.
And as I typed this... It actually changed to "About 32 minutes" so I'm breathing again.
As identified above, number of files appears to be key, I have millions of files on this machine.
Cheers
20 minutes into process.
A: I just installed the upgrade and it took 45 minutes on a MacBook Pro mid 2010 spec. I have the 500 Gb drive partitioned equally mac and bootcamp.
The only problem I've found so far is that VMWare Fusion seems to have lost how it connects to my Bootcamp partition. I've verified that the Bootcamp partition is still there by booting into it.
A: Just upgraded my MacBook Pro 13in with an i5 and a 320 GB HD.
The download took about 25 minutes, and then about the same for the install process.
While it was downloading I was able to work normally, so it was only unavailable during the 25 minutes of the install process.
Free disk space actually increased (?! maybe it removed some old installer backup files); before I had 234 GB available, now df -h reports 239 GB available.
Another thing is that I had XCode 4 installed in Snow Leopard, and now it complained that it won't run on Lion. However, the new XCode is now free again in the App Store, so I downloaded it again and it runs fine now.
A: New OS installs can have problems. OSX is not imune (though I'm going the guess most people will have a lot less trouble than XP -> Vista).
There's no advantage in running Lion. Well, Mission Control looks nifty, and the security will be great, and support for file versions will be a life saver for the muggles who don't use Git (or even dropbox), and autosave will even save hardcore Git user's bacon.
There's a new Python installation. Will that replace my interpreter? I doubt it, but a new install can take hours to recover from.
Just play it safe. Or not. Find the bugs, and then alert me.
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ce3d09b21fd63d06cbe43b810f1afba78418aae7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the 2011 13" MacBook Air have a longer battery life than the old one? My understanding is that the new MacBook Air 2011 is using a new Intel CPU that uses less power. I expected that should mean either longer battery life or a lighter computer, but I can't remember how much battery life they claimed the old one had...
Should I expect longer battery life from the new MacBook Air 2011?
A: Apple hasn't changed the claims about battery life. 7 hours for the 13,3", 5 for the 11,6". It's a bit strange that according to Apple the batter life didn't change. Maybe we'll get a nice surprise.
Found it here: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/10/20/apple-announces-new-13-3-inch-and-11-6-inch-macbook-air-models-with-flash-storage/
| Q: Does the 2011 13" MacBook Air have a longer battery life than the old one? My understanding is that the new MacBook Air 2011 is using a new Intel CPU that uses less power. I expected that should mean either longer battery life or a lighter computer, but I can't remember how much battery life they claimed the old one had...
Should I expect longer battery life from the new MacBook Air 2011?
A: Apple hasn't changed the claims about battery life. 7 hours for the 13,3", 5 for the 11,6". It's a bit strange that according to Apple the batter life didn't change. Maybe we'll get a nice surprise.
Found it here: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/10/20/apple-announces-new-13-3-inch-and-11-6-inch-macbook-air-models-with-flash-storage/
A: Actually, the previous MacBook Air 13" (2010) used a Core 2 Duo SL9400 or SL9600 which both have a TDP of 17W.
The new MacBook Air 13" (2011) uses an i5-2557M or i7-2677M which both have a TDP of 17W too.
I don't think we can say that these new CPU consume less power.
*
*MacBook Air specifications on Wikipedia
*MacBook Air 2010 CPUs on Wikipedia
*MacBook Air 2011 i5 CPU on Wikipedia
*MacBook Air 2011 i7 CPU on Wikipedia
My personnal opinion is that Apple tried to stick to the power consumption while boosting the performance by switching to a more modern architecture. I do not expect Apple engineers to work on switching architecture AND improving power consumption at the same time.
So to answer your question:
No, I would not expect a longer battery life with these new CPUs. Even a little reduction for those with an 11" MacBook Air because their CPU switched from 10W to 17W.
A: The old spec information for Macbook Air can be found here, as of July 20th: http://www.macmall.com/p/Apple-MacBook-Air/product~dpno~8233199~pdp.gcgabeg
New spec info: http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html
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3499b23676dd4270bd92c40c8c077d1ff9d5ad71 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to purchase the official Lion release when the Gold Master was previously installed? Is there a way to install the official release when you installed the Gold Master version? I can't purchase it from the app store because it think I have the app already intalled...
I wonder how you can purchase/install lion on x machines since your appstore login can be used at home, at works, etc...
A: http://handpickedpixels.com/app-store-refuses-lion-download/
Easy
| Q: Is there a way to purchase the official Lion release when the Gold Master was previously installed? Is there a way to install the official release when you installed the Gold Master version? I can't purchase it from the app store because it think I have the app already intalled...
I wonder how you can purchase/install lion on x machines since your appstore login can be used at home, at works, etc...
A: http://handpickedpixels.com/app-store-refuses-lion-download/
Easy
A: Word on the street is it's not necessary in the short term as build 11A494 once installed is the same as 11A511 (& same as the final GM seed).
If you still want to do something today (and don't want to hold the option key down when clicking purchase to bypass the App Store check) - I would install Snow Leopard to a spare partition or USB drive and do the purchase / download from there.
At that point, you can erase / restore / install as desired. Worst case, you'll have to wait for instructions or migrate your GM system to a fresh new install.
In the mean time - we can pick apart the manifest and pre-flight script for Lion ;-)
A: There is nothing to upgrade. The GM Seed version is the same as what's on the Mac App Store today.
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fdf3d8c59c5a16da8e7674efa09cf23f8fe9fa94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I get a Thunderbolt hub or splitter? Apple has just announced the new MacBook Airs, Mac mini, and Thunderbolt display. One of the features of the Thunderbolt display that caught my eye was its ability to daisy-chain two displays together from one Thunderbolt port (on a MacBook Pro).
I already have two 24" monitors and I don't feel like paying for two £900 displays. I worked out that all I need is a Thunderbolt hub/splitter so that I can plug the two cables that emerge into mini DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters.
Does anyone know of any Thunderbolt hubs or splitters? Or does anyone know of an alternative method?
A: I think that this question has already been asked:
Does Thunderbolt support chaining multiple monitors to a MacBook Pro?
To sum it up, it is too early for a splitter or hub for a Thunderbolt port. But you can daisy chain.
And this sums it up as well: http://www.the-cable-store.com/contents/en-us/d44_lightpeak_hubs.html
| Q: Where can I get a Thunderbolt hub or splitter? Apple has just announced the new MacBook Airs, Mac mini, and Thunderbolt display. One of the features of the Thunderbolt display that caught my eye was its ability to daisy-chain two displays together from one Thunderbolt port (on a MacBook Pro).
I already have two 24" monitors and I don't feel like paying for two £900 displays. I worked out that all I need is a Thunderbolt hub/splitter so that I can plug the two cables that emerge into mini DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters.
Does anyone know of any Thunderbolt hubs or splitters? Or does anyone know of an alternative method?
A: I think that this question has already been asked:
Does Thunderbolt support chaining multiple monitors to a MacBook Pro?
To sum it up, it is too early for a splitter or hub for a Thunderbolt port. But you can daisy chain.
And this sums it up as well: http://www.the-cable-store.com/contents/en-us/d44_lightpeak_hubs.html
A: This is a bit of a loaded question. Though your title refers to Thunderbolt the question solely references display daisychaining, so that's the aspect I'll try to address.
Hardware wise:
Thunderbolt 1 Apple devices have the ability to daisy chain Thunderbolt Displays but it seems that this is an Apple derived solution as TB 1 uses the DisplayPort 1.1 spec which DOES NOT have daisy chain capabilities. So if you have a TB 1 device it seems you are limited to daisychaining via TB ONLY through Apple Thunderbolt displays.
Thunderbolt 2, however, uses the DP 1.2 spec which DOES provide for MST (Multi Stream Transport). Using MST you should in theory be able to daisy chain upto 3 monitors off a single DP 1.2 connection*.
*I haven't found a clear limit on the display max, however given the max data throughput of 17.28 Gbit/s of DP 1.2 we can figure that it would be able to just barely handle 3x 2560x1600 displays at 24 bpp and 60 Hz.
This item here seems to be able to do just exactly that (and similar adapters seem to be found with a quick search):
http://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/Mini-DisplayPort-Triple-Head-DisplayPort-Multi-Monitor-MST-Hub~MSTMDP123DP
Software wise:
Prior to the launch of the new Mac Pro there was no MST support in OS X. It was introduced with the launch of the Mac Pro to enable 4k (via MST) by identifying a 4k panel to the computer as 2 2160x1920 panels, whose streams were sent over the wire, identified and pieced together by the monitor.
As of 10.9.4 it seems that MST still does not work in a daisychain scenario in OS X. As far back as November 2013 it was reported working in Windows but I have not seen any information indicating a change in OS X.
Its unfortunate but seems that at this point software is still preventing the proper operation of MST, possibly due to Apple's vested interest in their own daisychaining solution vs DP 1.2.
A: At the very least, you can get one Thunderbolt display and daisy-chain one of your 24" monitors off of that. I don't know about splitters; I haven't seen any.
A: There is no hub or splitter available at present.
At the risk of leading to further open-ended discussion (something they don't like here on Ask Different), let me mention that Intel held a technology demonstration in September, last month, at their Intel Developers Forum, where they showed prototypes of many Thunderbolt peripherals and devices from several different manufacturers. For each one of them, they indicated that the product would be available for sale sometime in the summer of 2012.
In other words, there will be many types of Thunderbolt devices and peripherals at some point in the future, but there is very little on the market right now.
A: This device allows you to connect two DVI monitors attached to one Thunderbolt/DisplayPort.
A: I use this, Kensington Universal USB 3.0 Multi-Display Adapter (K33974AM), and it works great. I am splitting an HP and Apple Cinema Display.
A: You want to connect two DVI monitors to one Thunderbolt port? Here you go: Mini Displayport to 2x DVI adapter offered by Matrox. Was searching for an adapter like this some months ago and this seems to be the best solution.
I didn't tested it but it got 4 / 5 stars at Amazon. Maybe worth a try?
A: I think the Caldigit Thunderbolt station is your best option. It has one Thunderbolt out and one HDMI out, that can be driven from 1 Thunderbolt connection on your MacBook.
http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation/
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760a8059d7b40795b4641dd6aee6ef9203684edd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I reverse the two-finger scrolling direction in OS X Lion (10.7)? I just got 10.7. The two-finger scrolling direction seems wrong to me, although it says "direction - natural." I couldn't see a way to reverse it. Does anyone have a way yet?
A: Uncheck the box:
I found it unnatural, too, since they flipped it. I think they're going for consistency between iPads and mice.
| Q: Can I reverse the two-finger scrolling direction in OS X Lion (10.7)? I just got 10.7. The two-finger scrolling direction seems wrong to me, although it says "direction - natural." I couldn't see a way to reverse it. Does anyone have a way yet?
A: Uncheck the box:
I found it unnatural, too, since they flipped it. I think they're going for consistency between iPads and mice.
A: Oh, found it: It's just the check-box, I thought that turned off two-finger scrolling, not the direction.
A: I have an older Mac, and the option to change this was unchecking the first option under trackpad: "When using gestures to scroll or navigate, move content in the direction of finger movement."
Maybe this new scrolling direction is better, but for now I have two Macs, and only one on Lion, so they need to be the same.
A: the option only available when i used magic mouse, my macbook was early 2008 model
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e59dc334c57105d657e1b928cbeb3c41e4b1c7fe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where did the ~/Library folder go in Lion? I just installed Lion, and I can't find the Library folder in my user folder.
Does the folder no longer exist? If it doesn't, where are my preferences? If it does, how do I get to it?
A: The ~/Library folder still exists, but it is hidden. You can easily unhide it by running the following command in Terminal (/Applicatiions/Utilities):
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Note that you'll have to do this again after each 10.7.X update (credit to Vincent).
If you want to reveal it on a per-use basis, you can get in by holding down option and clicking on the Finder's Go menu.
Or, you can use Go-> Go to Folder and type in the path.
Or, you can open Terminal and type open ~/Library
The app Lion Tweaks gives you an easy GUI way to change this setting, as well as other hidden Lion preferences.
| Q: Where did the ~/Library folder go in Lion? I just installed Lion, and I can't find the Library folder in my user folder.
Does the folder no longer exist? If it doesn't, where are my preferences? If it does, how do I get to it?
A: The ~/Library folder still exists, but it is hidden. You can easily unhide it by running the following command in Terminal (/Applicatiions/Utilities):
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Note that you'll have to do this again after each 10.7.X update (credit to Vincent).
If you want to reveal it on a per-use basis, you can get in by holding down option and clicking on the Finder's Go menu.
Or, you can use Go-> Go to Folder and type in the path.
Or, you can open Terminal and type open ~/Library
The app Lion Tweaks gives you an easy GUI way to change this setting, as well as other hidden Lion preferences.
A: Simpler way.
Set the Finder view to Columns (just for this exercise. You can change it afterwards).
Close Finder windows.
Hold Option key while going to Go in menu bar and selecting Library. This opens a Finder window with the word "Library" in the title/name location at top center of window. Release option key.
Click and hold the folder next to "Library" and drag it into your sidebar where you want it. Release.
Done
It will stay there until you Command-Drag it out, no matter how many SU for the 10.7.x OS you get.
A: The ~/Library folder is still present but is "hidden" in OS X 10.7 by default, however there are a variety of ways to access ~/Library, depending on how frequently you need to access and on whether you want it to remain hidden.
The best summary of these methods is found at 18 ways to view the ~/Library folder in Lion.
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d5a961dddfbbaa8ba80d6363ed367371cae17611 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I restore a Snow Leopard backup onto a Lion machine? So I am a little confused and slightly worried, and I was wondering if someone could answer this.
I have a Time Machine backup saved on an external HD for my Mac mini that is running the latest version of Snow Leopard.
If I buy a new computer running Lion, will there be issues with using my Snow Leopard back-up to put my files on the new machine running Lion? Is that even possible? Or do I have to update my old computer to Lion first, and make a back-up before moving to the new computer?
A: It's not complicated at all. I can't point to a current Lion Apple support doc but I just moved my old snow leopard time machine backup to my new Lion install.
Simply launch Migration Assistant, select your Time Machine backup and select which settings and users to copy. It doesn't care that your backup is a Snow Leopard backup.
For more information here is an article about how to use Migration Assistant in Snow Leopard. It is virtually the same in Lion.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/27921.html
| Q: Can I restore a Snow Leopard backup onto a Lion machine? So I am a little confused and slightly worried, and I was wondering if someone could answer this.
I have a Time Machine backup saved on an external HD for my Mac mini that is running the latest version of Snow Leopard.
If I buy a new computer running Lion, will there be issues with using my Snow Leopard back-up to put my files on the new machine running Lion? Is that even possible? Or do I have to update my old computer to Lion first, and make a back-up before moving to the new computer?
A: It's not complicated at all. I can't point to a current Lion Apple support doc but I just moved my old snow leopard time machine backup to my new Lion install.
Simply launch Migration Assistant, select your Time Machine backup and select which settings and users to copy. It doesn't care that your backup is a Snow Leopard backup.
For more information here is an article about how to use Migration Assistant in Snow Leopard. It is virtually the same in Lion.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/27921.html
A: I can't say if you can run migration directly but hope you can. If not, it's still not that bad so don't be overly worried :-)
Worst case, you will have to use something like Disk Utility to restore one of the Time Machine snapshot folders to a volume (like an external drive) where it will look close enough like a bootable external drive.
From there you should have no issues using the Migration Assistant to migrate that old data (either directly from the Time Machine folder - or copied onto a hard drive) just like the migration assistant supports to migrate from an external drive.
In the past, I have been able to use Disk Utility to make a DMG file from a Time Machine folder and use Migration Assistant on 10.6 to migrate that data - but I haven't really tested it with Lion yet.
You will be able to do it with some time and spare cheap USB hard drive (or perhaps enough drive space for a whole image copy of one snapshot in time) - it's just a matter of how many steps and disk space are needed.
A: You can restore files on Lion from Time Machine. See @Steve Moser's answer for the OS.
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7278daa1a3ca2f67c9aecc7be36325761c19b58c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can Time Machine volumes be easily encrypted with FileVault 2? Now that File Vault 2 can encrypt the entire disk and encrypt external drives, can I have a fully encrypted Time Machine volume?
A: According to the Lion features page, encrypted backups are supported.
| Q: Can Time Machine volumes be easily encrypted with FileVault 2? Now that File Vault 2 can encrypt the entire disk and encrypt external drives, can I have a fully encrypted Time Machine volume?
A: According to the Lion features page, encrypted backups are supported.
A: Daniel Jalkut's blog today has a post that may be what you're looking for.
http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1935/lions-whole-disk-encryption
Apparently, this:
% diskutil cs convert /Volumes/Data -passphrase [yourPasswordHere]
I haven't tried this yet, I just got Lion installed about an hour ago. Any destruction of your system is on your own head.
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b20826170dc0b83788cb037a01bb55793f26410b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I burn an OS X Lion install DVD once the installer has been auto-deleted? I've just installed OS X Lion on my iMac, and I want to make an installation DVD, so that I can reinstall without having to first install Snow Leopard.
The way to create the DVD is answered elsewhere, but it seems that the installer gets auto deleted after the installation of Lion completes.
It looks like I'll have to re-download the 4Gb Lion installer again, but when I try to download it again via the App store, I'm told a newer version already exists, and I'll have to move it to the trash first.
I've double checked, and there isn't another version of the installer present.
How can I now create the install disk?
A: You can re-download Lion even though it has already been installed by holding down the option key before clicking Purchased.
Do not release the key until after the option to Install appears alongside OS X Lion.
The workaround may be more reliable if something other than Purchased is in foreground before alt/option-clicking Purchased.
Burn the installer to disc, then delete it when you're done with it.
| Q: How can I burn an OS X Lion install DVD once the installer has been auto-deleted? I've just installed OS X Lion on my iMac, and I want to make an installation DVD, so that I can reinstall without having to first install Snow Leopard.
The way to create the DVD is answered elsewhere, but it seems that the installer gets auto deleted after the installation of Lion completes.
It looks like I'll have to re-download the 4Gb Lion installer again, but when I try to download it again via the App store, I'm told a newer version already exists, and I'll have to move it to the trash first.
I've double checked, and there isn't another version of the installer present.
How can I now create the install disk?
A: You can re-download Lion even though it has already been installed by holding down the option key before clicking Purchased.
Do not release the key until after the option to Install appears alongside OS X Lion.
The workaround may be more reliable if something other than Purchased is in foreground before alt/option-clicking Purchased.
Burn the installer to disc, then delete it when you're done with it.
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14adbd57bcaf249a3c0410837b171a429a054e15 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the Lion App Store have a debug menu? I like using the debug menu on the Snow Leopard App Store app by enabling it with
*
*defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
Does the same toggle work on the Lion version of the app?
A: The debug menu is available in the Lion app store, with the same command as you posted.
I don't see any other hidden prefs of interest:
NSWindow Frame Preferences" = "-1 53 1289 1005 0 0 1920 1058 ";
ShowDebugMenu = 1;
WebKitUserStyleSheetEnabledPreferenceKey = 1;
availableUpdates = (
);
| Q: Does the Lion App Store have a debug menu? I like using the debug menu on the Snow Leopard App Store app by enabling it with
*
*defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
Does the same toggle work on the Lion version of the app?
A: The debug menu is available in the Lion app store, with the same command as you posted.
I don't see any other hidden prefs of interest:
NSWindow Frame Preferences" = "-1 53 1289 1005 0 0 1920 1058 ";
ShowDebugMenu = 1;
WebKitUserStyleSheetEnabledPreferenceKey = 1;
availableUpdates = (
);
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394980fcbd171ed9a5ea88a55aa3ddd6f66fb4e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make the Cisco VPN Client work with Lion? Worked in Snow Leopard and now gives error 51 and the sudo restart system command in Terminal i used to use doesn't work. Any idea?
A: This is due to Lion booting into a 64 bit kernel verses older releases starting in 32 bit mode. There is no patch but a simple workaround involves booting into 32 mode and running the VPN client normally. This method will work on 10.7 until Cisco actually creates a 64 bit extension for mac os x. Details for booting into 32 bit mode are here: http://9to5mac.com/2011/03/20/new-macbook-pros-default-boot-in-64-bit-mode/
Cheers, -mjh
| Q: How can I make the Cisco VPN Client work with Lion? Worked in Snow Leopard and now gives error 51 and the sudo restart system command in Terminal i used to use doesn't work. Any idea?
A: This is due to Lion booting into a 64 bit kernel verses older releases starting in 32 bit mode. There is no patch but a simple workaround involves booting into 32 mode and running the VPN client normally. This method will work on 10.7 until Cisco actually creates a 64 bit extension for mac os x. Details for booting into 32 bit mode are here: http://9to5mac.com/2011/03/20/new-macbook-pros-default-boot-in-64-bit-mode/
Cheers, -mjh
A: Fix Issue with Cisco VPN on Lion 64bit
On Mac OSX Lion system kernel runs in 64bit mode by default.
Cisco VPN in the clinic will not start and comes up with the error:
Error 51: Unable to communicate with the VPN subsystem.
Please make sure that you have at least one network interface that is currently active and has an IP address and start this application again.
To be able to successfully run VPN you need to boot your mac with 32 bit kernel.
Option 1 (Boot 32 bit kernel for this session only)
To boot into 32bit one time hold 3 and 2 keys when rebooting until you see the desktop. Next time you reboot, the computer will start in 64bit again.
Option 2 (Permanently set system to boot in 64bit mode)
To change permanently to 32bit run in terminal:
"sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture i386"
To change permanently to 64bit run in terminal:
"sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture x86_64"
The above commands will modify the following file:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
A: Have you tried using the on-board Cisco VPN Client? I had serious issues with Cisco's client (it kept kernel panik-ing my Mac) and had the IT department help me set up the built in client.
It basically works the same way as it does on an iPhone or iPad, so if you can connect with that device, you should be able to do so as well with your Mac.
What I needed:
*
*the ip address of the VPN Server
*the Group Name
*the shared Secret
Login was done by using Active Directory authentication.
This is how I set it up:
In System Preferences -> Network hit the + button on the bottom of the list. The following dialog will open up
As you can see you'll need to choose VPN for the Interface and Cisco IPSec for the VPN Type. Name it as you please.
You'll find your newly created entry in the list, select it and you'll get a similar picture
Enter the IP Address you got from your IT department. You can leave the login stuff empty as you'll be prompted when connecting.
Hit the Authentication Settings... button.
Enter the group name (IT) and the shared secret. If your IT guys don't want to hand the data out to you, then ask them to kindly enter it for you.
Hit OK and then Apply your settings and you should be pretty much able to connect now. I like to have the Show VPN status in menu bar option enabled in order to have quick access to turn on and off the connection.
I also had to add one additional thing in order to be able to access remote computers just by their name instead of having to type name.domain. To do so I hit the Advanced... button and added our domain name to the Search Domains.
Hope it helps.
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8741b9d22fe83be134ca083d6b4c1875a143d2e7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I stop unwanted notifications from Google Calendar on an iPhone? My wife finds that her iPhone constantly reminds her of google calendar events (accessed via the exchange trick). None of the google events have reminders enabled. The phone preferences don't ask for reminders. Yet reminders she gets.
A: This is actually a default setting by Google that can be changed. To change this setting
*
*Go to your Google Calendar settings found in the top right under the gear icon.
*Select the Calendar tabs
*Click the Shared: Edit settings link for the calendar you want to edit.
*Select the Notifications tab
*Click the remove link next to the reminders you don't want.
Please note that this will only fix events created from this point forward, you will still have to change all the notifications in events that were previously setup.
| Q: How can I stop unwanted notifications from Google Calendar on an iPhone? My wife finds that her iPhone constantly reminds her of google calendar events (accessed via the exchange trick). None of the google events have reminders enabled. The phone preferences don't ask for reminders. Yet reminders she gets.
A: This is actually a default setting by Google that can be changed. To change this setting
*
*Go to your Google Calendar settings found in the top right under the gear icon.
*Select the Calendar tabs
*Click the Shared: Edit settings link for the calendar you want to edit.
*Select the Notifications tab
*Click the remove link next to the reminders you don't want.
Please note that this will only fix events created from this point forward, you will still have to change all the notifications in events that were previously setup.
A: There is a setting on your iPhone for calendar notifications you can turn off:
*
*Open Settings.
*Go to Notifications.
*Go to Calendar.
*Go to Shared Calendar Changes.
*Turn off all the notifications here.
A: It seems there are a number of different sources of event alerts and notifications when both Google and Apple are involved, so I'll post a solution to one that hasn't been mentioned yet here. If the event itself shows an alert when you inspect it in Calendar, with the word "(default)" after it, then go into Calendar Settings | Alerts, select the relevant account, and choose "None" in the dropdown for either Events or All Day Events as appropriate. Unfortunately there's no way to edit this preference per-calendar from the Mac side, and for shared calendars like Holidays from Google there's no editing to be done there either.
A: My solution is detailed here. I wrote a script to remove unwanted extra alerts
https://darrengosnell.blogspot.com/p/ical-gmail-osx-repeated-email.html
I hope it helps you :-)
A: Go to Google on your iPhone (Google App), and the first story that has the hamburger menu (3 stacked dots), click it and choose Customize Google Now. You can then turn off various things. For example, I have no interest in Sports so I turn off these notifications.
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4eed1ee672c364d258dec28f02c1687f5d3aeb84 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What tools are people using to check for Lion compatible software? I don't have a lot of extra software on my Mac, but wondered what tools people are finding useful for aggregating or checking that existing software is ready for Lion.
I'm also wondering if I need to buy new versions of iLife - will iLife 08 work OK with Lion?
I almost hesitate to ask, since the best solution is to dutifully check with each vendor - they are the best resource, but has anyone found a good resource that lists or aggregates software that is either known to have issues or is reported to be good to go Lion?
A: I've used RoaringApps' Compatibility Table, which seems fairly comprehensive.
However, their servers seem a bit bogged-down at the moment.
(edit - as of July 26 - it's still very slow to use)
| Q: What tools are people using to check for Lion compatible software? I don't have a lot of extra software on my Mac, but wondered what tools people are finding useful for aggregating or checking that existing software is ready for Lion.
I'm also wondering if I need to buy new versions of iLife - will iLife 08 work OK with Lion?
I almost hesitate to ask, since the best solution is to dutifully check with each vendor - they are the best resource, but has anyone found a good resource that lists or aggregates software that is either known to have issues or is reported to be good to go Lion?
A: I've used RoaringApps' Compatibility Table, which seems fairly comprehensive.
However, their servers seem a bit bogged-down at the moment.
(edit - as of July 26 - it's still very slow to use)
A: lipo
If you have lipo, probably installed with Xcode, a four-line command will list some files that are PowerPC-only:
sh
2>/dev/null find ~/Applications /Applications -type f -perm +111 -exec lipo \
-info '{}' ';' | grep -w Non-fat | grep -w ppc &&\
exit
I experimented with the script in an application, http://www.wuala.com/grahamperrin/public/2011/07/12/ppc-lister/ for anyone who's interested. I stopped experimenting when I realised that lipo is probably not present on the average Mac.
Either way, what's above is a rough approach. Finding some thing PowerPC-only within an .app may not mean that the .app as a whole is incompatible with Lion.
System Information
(Successor to System Profiler)
The list of applications produced by System Information is better for identifying .app bundles that are PowerPC-only.
You can copy from the bottom half of the window, but there are sometimes ten or more lines per application. In System Information 10.7 (733) you can not copy simpler lines from the top half of the window.
A: While this is not directly germane to your question, I hope you will find it useful.
I use CNET's TechTracker to scan my Applications folder each day and inform me if there are any newer versions or updates of any of the software programs I have installed on my system. I can then download all available updates directly from a single page on download.cnet.com in most cases. It's a useful service and the basic version is free. It is particularly helpful in times such as this when Apple has recently released a new operating system, because many software publishers are putting out new updates all the time.
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6109c54195490c6b26d03f1ea16fb78e0399b9ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I go back and forward in Chrome using a Magic Mouse in Lion? Before installing Lion, I could use the "double finger left/right swipe" gesture to go back and forward in the history in Google Chrome.
After installing Lion, I can't find any mouse gesture that implements this.
The new version of Safari uses a single finger swipe to go back and forward in history. Is there any way to emulate this in Chrome? Or, failing that, is there any other gesture for back/forward in Chrome?
A: IDK about the Magic Mouse but three finger swiping works on the Magic Trackpad
By default swiping between pages is set to two fingers in Lion. However chrome doesn't currently recognize two finger swiping but it does recognize three finger swiping.
To enable three finger back and forward swiping simply go to the Magic Trackpad preferences and set "Swipe between Pages" to "Swipe left or right with three fingers".
Update
Google has updated Chrome to work with a one finger swipe for the Magic Mouse and a two finger swipe for the Magic Trackpad in Lion.
| Q: How do I go back and forward in Chrome using a Magic Mouse in Lion? Before installing Lion, I could use the "double finger left/right swipe" gesture to go back and forward in the history in Google Chrome.
After installing Lion, I can't find any mouse gesture that implements this.
The new version of Safari uses a single finger swipe to go back and forward in history. Is there any way to emulate this in Chrome? Or, failing that, is there any other gesture for back/forward in Chrome?
A: IDK about the Magic Mouse but three finger swiping works on the Magic Trackpad
By default swiping between pages is set to two fingers in Lion. However chrome doesn't currently recognize two finger swiping but it does recognize three finger swiping.
To enable three finger back and forward swiping simply go to the Magic Trackpad preferences and set "Swipe between Pages" to "Swipe left or right with three fingers".
Update
Google has updated Chrome to work with a one finger swipe for the Magic Mouse and a two finger swipe for the Magic Trackpad in Lion.
A: There is a setting for this and it can be turned off / on:
To get there, go to Settings -> Mouse -> More Gestures
A: As of a late v16 version of the browser, Chrome now honors the preference of single-finger swipe to navigate back and forth. I am unsure of exact version numbers, however, in the v16 series after this feature was implemented, it was shortly followed up by an arrow that will float over the page and drift left or right, pointing either back or forward, and when that arrow is dragged over at least half the page, it is fully opaque and will actually cause the desired navigation to appear.
In either v17 or v18, that changed so that a small quarter circle with an arrow on the edge pops out from the relevant side of the page (left = back, right = forward), and when it stops animating any further out from the page edge you can lift your finger in order to cause the desired navigation to occur. If you don't wish to navigate back/forward, simply scroll horizontally in the opposite direction and collapse the arrow/pop-over.
A: I could not find a way to make it work with core utilities but I found a way to make it work with BetterTouchTool. First of all, disable three finger scrolling in the system preferences and then download and install BetterTouchTool, open its preferences and add the following settings for the Magic Mouse or Trackpad:
*
*Click "Add new gesture"
*
*Gesture: Two Finger Swipe Left
*Assigned Action: 3F Swipe Left (Page Back)
*Click "Add new gesture"
*
*Gesture: Two Finger Swipe Right
*Assigned Action: 3F Swipe Right (Page Forward)
A: Holding ⌥ Option while swiping with two fingers will do back and forth in Chrome, Firefox, Finder etc. if you have set OS X to change space with two finger swipe (the default setting).
Conversely, if you have set OS X to go back/forth with a two finger swipe, holding the ⌥ Option key while swiping will then switch spaces.
A: In system preference, in trackpad set swipe between pages to "swipe with two or three fingers"
This lets you use three fingers for apps that don't support two fingers but also use two fingers on apps that support it (currently on safari supports two fingers I think)
Note: to go back you swipe from right to left with three fingers, but for 2 fingers you swipe from left to right. (and etc with forward)
A: Three finger swipe works, and this what happened to Chrome:
http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-bugs/browse_thread/thread/be8a86eb6bf98f1c?fwc=1&pli=1
A: I found this whole thing quite frustrating too. I have used magic prefs for some time, and it seems that under OSX Lion, they have actually removed the system wide forward and back buttons, however: ⌘+[ and ⌘+] will do forward and back respectively in my experience pretty much system wide.
I set the following:
OSX: Disable all the shiny new features:
http://www.ivoryhaze.com/temp/mouse.png
Magic Prefs: bind the gestures so that two finger swipe is the keyboard shortcut, and if you set it to three finger swipe to switch spaces it does the whole left right iOS style thing they have done with Lion.
http://www.ivoryhaze.com/temp/magicprefs.png
This is tried and tested working for me this morning, and i can actually carry on with my work now. - Good luck, i am sure it will work for you too.
( ps. magic prefs is a free preference pane app which is available from a google search i would post the link, but im all out of my allowed hyperlinks for this post!)
A: Felt your pain! I have Magic Mouse. Took me a few days to figure out what I think power users feel is right balance:
*
*change mouse prefs to "swipe with one or two fingers" (to restore system-wide back/forward gesture metaphor to Chrome, Finder, etc)
*you lose system-wide Spaces back/forward when you do this, but just hold down Option key with two-finger swipe to get it back (without having to lift right hand from mouse (as required for [ and ] shortcuts)
The above solution ("1 or 2 fingers" setting) also retains the cool (to me) back/forward animation in Safari (vs. "2 fingers" setting).
A: You can easily get the single finger forward/back in Chrome just like Safari by using the free BetterTouchTool
Add a Chrome specific gesture to bind the gestures.
For a magic mouse:
*
*Single finger swipe left => cmd+]
*Single finger swipe right => cmd+[
For a trackpad:
*
*Three finger swipe left => cmd+]
*Three finger swipe right => cmd+[
A: You can go back and forward with one finger swipe left/right in the new Chrome Dev Channel as you do in Safari.
It's not quite polished as Safari, but i think they will fix it ASAP.
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58bda165b2e2e2b38e45b28f9fe33e7a8dff9655 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I change a disk partition map scheme from MBR to GUID Partitions Table? I just finished the huge download of Mac OS X Lion, started the installer, and now I have a problem. The installer says that I must have the GUID-Partitions Table Scheme.
The problem is that when I go into the disk utility, I can't change the format anymore, because I have Master Boot Record as type.
Can anyone help me, please?
A: Ok thanks for your help, but I solved the problem on my way, here's what I've done:
*
*Backup everything important to an external Harddrive
*Inserted the Mac Installation Disc and ruined there the disc utility app.
*I removed everything from my HD and it was GUID-Partioned.
*Now I just installed Mac Os X 10.6.2 and updated to 10.6.8
*Now I could run the installer of Mac Os X Lion without any problems and as a benefit of the whole thing, I started with a brand new Mac Os X Installation, without any trash in the file system.
| Q: How do I change a disk partition map scheme from MBR to GUID Partitions Table? I just finished the huge download of Mac OS X Lion, started the installer, and now I have a problem. The installer says that I must have the GUID-Partitions Table Scheme.
The problem is that when I go into the disk utility, I can't change the format anymore, because I have Master Boot Record as type.
Can anyone help me, please?
A: Ok thanks for your help, but I solved the problem on my way, here's what I've done:
*
*Backup everything important to an external Harddrive
*Inserted the Mac Installation Disc and ruined there the disc utility app.
*I removed everything from my HD and it was GUID-Partioned.
*Now I just installed Mac Os X 10.6.2 and updated to 10.6.8
*Now I could run the installer of Mac Os X Lion without any problems and as a benefit of the whole thing, I started with a brand new Mac Os X Installation, without any trash in the file system.
A: search: http://www.google.ee/search?q=convert+mbr+to+guid&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t183105.html claims that http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php is able to do MBR -> GPT conversion.
Then there's supposedly some not-for-faint-of-heart options mentioned in that thread, which IMHO judging from the tone of the original question, are not safe enough to use. At least make a whole disk backup first.
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4c060c53dffcda9628b4e70d03610fe48b34ce53 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does a Magic Mouse let me use all the multitouch features of Lion? Does the magic mouse support all of the gestures that the magic trackpad supports, including but not limited to Launchpad and Mission Control?
A: NO
The Magic Mouse can open Mission Control with a double tap on the mouse's surface, but it does not provide a gesture to open Launchpad, a Lion only feature. However Launchpad can be launched with a Magic Trackpad with a four finger pinch.
| Q: Does a Magic Mouse let me use all the multitouch features of Lion? Does the magic mouse support all of the gestures that the magic trackpad supports, including but not limited to Launchpad and Mission Control?
A: NO
The Magic Mouse can open Mission Control with a double tap on the mouse's surface, but it does not provide a gesture to open Launchpad, a Lion only feature. However Launchpad can be launched with a Magic Trackpad with a four finger pinch.
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2448b02706bb5abca346b8ca0d2861f3e9b16712 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I rename a folder in Lion's Launchpad? I created a folder by dropping one icon on top of another.
Now I want to rename that folder, since the default name, "Utility" isn't the one I want.
According to all advice I find on the internet, I should open the folder and then double-click the title in order to rename it.
But, when I double-click the title, nothing is happening. Is there a lock somewhere I have to turn off?
This is what I tried:
*
*Double-Clicking
*Right-Clicking
*Ctrl-Clicking
*Option-Clicking
*Command-Clicking
What else?
A: Ok, I did a google search and came across a page where others are having the same problem.
The reply by etresoft - https://discussions.apple.com/message/15661045#15661045 - basically says to kill the Dock application and it should restart automatically, and then it should work.
I did that, started Activity Monitor, found Dock, and force-quit it, it started right up again, and afterwards renaming worked as expected.
| Q: How can I rename a folder in Lion's Launchpad? I created a folder by dropping one icon on top of another.
Now I want to rename that folder, since the default name, "Utility" isn't the one I want.
According to all advice I find on the internet, I should open the folder and then double-click the title in order to rename it.
But, when I double-click the title, nothing is happening. Is there a lock somewhere I have to turn off?
This is what I tried:
*
*Double-Clicking
*Right-Clicking
*Ctrl-Clicking
*Option-Clicking
*Command-Clicking
What else?
A: Ok, I did a google search and came across a page where others are having the same problem.
The reply by etresoft - https://discussions.apple.com/message/15661045#15661045 - basically says to kill the Dock application and it should restart automatically, and then it should work.
I did that, started Activity Monitor, found Dock, and force-quit it, it started right up again, and afterwards renaming worked as expected.
A: Once the folder created (with the name Utility) you click (once) on the folder to open it,
once opened the name of the folder appears in bold + the different apps inside that folder.
To change the name, click on the name (shown inside the folder) to change it.
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e1d2c4e68f889d6e51074c85dcefa294d62b4fc6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How much free disk space do I need to install Lion, and how much will I lose by upgrading? My hard disk is starting to get a bit cramped, with only 30GB available. I'm about download Lion and I'd like to know if I'll need to free up some space before I install it.
Also, I've read that Lion creates a hidden partition with a bare-bones copy of OS X for emergency system recovery. How large is it? How much space will I lose after installing Lion?
A: According to http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/ you only need 7G of free space.
Amazingly small amount of space considering the download is 3.6G itself.
Many are reporting gaining back between 5 and 10 GB of space as Lion is more compact than Snow Leopard.
| Q: How much free disk space do I need to install Lion, and how much will I lose by upgrading? My hard disk is starting to get a bit cramped, with only 30GB available. I'm about download Lion and I'd like to know if I'll need to free up some space before I install it.
Also, I've read that Lion creates a hidden partition with a bare-bones copy of OS X for emergency system recovery. How large is it? How much space will I lose after installing Lion?
A: According to http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/ you only need 7G of free space.
Amazingly small amount of space considering the download is 3.6G itself.
Many are reporting gaining back between 5 and 10 GB of space as Lion is more compact than Snow Leopard.
A: You should be fine with 30GB of space. Lion will take about 4 GB on your hard drive (plus the installer - which is automatically deleted afterwards) and it makes a 650MB recovery partition, which you can remove manually, if you so desire.
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c45a357c657e3788d9aa72390663c2834922065f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you delete apps from Lion's Launchpad? When pressing alt/option in Lion's Launchpad, only some icons get the delete X overlay to remove them. How do you delete the others? I've read that control-option-command should do this, but it simply launches the app for me.
A: It seems that apps that the only apps that are directly removable from Launchpad have to be installed through the App Store.
For every other app, you can simply do it the old fashioned way:
*
*Open programs
*Select 'open in finder'
*Delete the app that you want to delete
Many people are using folders to reduce clutter of apps shown in Launchpad. (while eagerly awaiting either an update or some tools to manage Launchpad layouts.)
| Q: How do you delete apps from Lion's Launchpad? When pressing alt/option in Lion's Launchpad, only some icons get the delete X overlay to remove them. How do you delete the others? I've read that control-option-command should do this, but it simply launches the app for me.
A: It seems that apps that the only apps that are directly removable from Launchpad have to be installed through the App Store.
For every other app, you can simply do it the old fashioned way:
*
*Open programs
*Select 'open in finder'
*Delete the app that you want to delete
Many people are using folders to reduce clutter of apps shown in Launchpad. (while eagerly awaiting either an update or some tools to manage Launchpad layouts.)
A: Launchpad-Control is what you are looking for my friend. It's a free preference pane app that lets you uncheck what you want to hide. It even backs up for safety :)
Alternatively, you could enter the following into Terminal:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db "DELETE from apps WHERE title='APP_NAME';" && killall Dock
Replace the "APP_NAME" with the name of the app as it's displayed in Launchpad.
To display it in Launchpad again, simply move it from Applications folder and then put it back.
A: You can drag the app to the trash.
A: This youtube video shows the simplest and cleanest way to remove individual apps that you did not download from the Mac App Store.
You don't need any external apps. It is very straightforward.
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7bc745ee7ed05472afe79f7d759748c655700ea0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is build number of the OS X Lion version released on the app store July 20th 2011? Can someone tell me what is build number of the Lion version released on the app store July 20th 2011?
A: The Lion build is "Mac OS X Lion 10.7 (11A511)".
| Q: What is build number of the OS X Lion version released on the app store July 20th 2011? Can someone tell me what is build number of the Lion version released on the app store July 20th 2011?
A: The Lion build is "Mac OS X Lion 10.7 (11A511)".
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6d7b6996011ba16e38aa9b5069ecf5e9cd9fee50 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use the new Lion OS X license on two machines, or do I have to buy one for each? I have 2 macbooks (the unibody and the one before that). Do I need to buy two licenses or can I just use one license for both machines?
A: Like everything else you purchase in the Mac App Store, you can install Lion on all of your Macs after buying it once. There is no activation process or DRM.
Here's the relevant excerpt from Lion's license agreement (emphasis mine):
If you obtained a license for the Apple Software from the Mac App
Store, then subject to the terms and conditions of this License and as
permitted by the Mac App Store Usage Rules set forth in the App Store
Terms and Conditions (http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/) ("Usage
Rules"), you are granted a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive
license:
(i) to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial
use, one (1) copy of the Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded
computer running Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server
("Mac Computer") that you own or control;
| Q: Can I use the new Lion OS X license on two machines, or do I have to buy one for each? I have 2 macbooks (the unibody and the one before that). Do I need to buy two licenses or can I just use one license for both machines?
A: Like everything else you purchase in the Mac App Store, you can install Lion on all of your Macs after buying it once. There is no activation process or DRM.
Here's the relevant excerpt from Lion's license agreement (emphasis mine):
If you obtained a license for the Apple Software from the Mac App
Store, then subject to the terms and conditions of this License and as
permitted by the Mac App Store Usage Rules set forth in the App Store
Terms and Conditions (http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/) ("Usage
Rules"), you are granted a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive
license:
(i) to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial
use, one (1) copy of the Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded
computer running Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server
("Mac Computer") that you own or control;
A: Technically you can use the Lion installer app from the app store to all your mac. Don't forget to move the installer from Applications folder before install Lion. it will deleted if you won't move the installer after the installation process.
Another good alternative is to create bootable DVD installer for Lion. You can use it to install Lion for all your mac. Follow this step to create it
http://www.macworld.com/article/161069/2011/07/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html
Anyway i have tried both from installer app and bootable DVD installer to install Lion for several mac. It works well.
A: You have to have your employer buy a license.
Your personal license can be used to install Lion on every Mac you own or control for personal, non-comercial, use. So it can't be used to install Lion on your computer at work. Your employer can buy a license and use it to install Lion on each of the Macs it owns or controls, as the following statement says:
If you obtained a license for the Apple Software from the Mac App Store [...] you are granted a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license [...] (if you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution) to download, install, use and run one copy of the Apple Software for use [...] by a single individual on each of the Mac Computers that you own or control
Taken from: http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx107.pdf
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7064e0d4b0b6251a039c0f85533a8045efd92311 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apart from being able to encypt an entire volume, what are the other differences of FileVault 2 over FileVault? Does FileVault 2 in Lion have any other differences compared to the old version, FileVault in previous releases of the system? Are there any additional benefits to using the new version?
A: Password less 'Guest' accounts can no longer be created since the whole disk is encrypted than just the User's home directory. It's sad that I could not find any information on the kb article in Apple about this.
| Q: Apart from being able to encypt an entire volume, what are the other differences of FileVault 2 over FileVault? Does FileVault 2 in Lion have any other differences compared to the old version, FileVault in previous releases of the system? Are there any additional benefits to using the new version?
A: Password less 'Guest' accounts can no longer be created since the whole disk is encrypted than just the User's home directory. It's sad that I could not find any information on the kb article in Apple about this.
A: The new Filevault seems to put far fewer constraints on you than the old version. You don't have to log out for time machine to work, for example, and all the sharing daemons appear to work fine (some of them were disabled when filefault was enabled if I recall correctly. I think web sharing was among them, which made my laptop a bit useless as a development platform for web applications :) ).
One problem with Filevault 2 is you can't ssh into a machine until you've entered a password locally, as the startup process can't commence until the encrypted drive has been unlocked.
A: Borrowing heavily from John Siracusa's Lion review...
FileVault 2 is a Whole Disk Encryption system, as opposed to just a 'store your home folder in an encrypted disk image' solution. It's implemented as a filesystem layer below the actual volume that you unlock at system boot time. If you're familiar with LVM, it's much the same way. Whenever you get past the password lock, everything looks the same to the rest of the system.
As Steve mentioned, the encryption work can be aided by specialized processor instructions, and runs entirely in the background. What's nice is that you can turn disk encryption on a full drive, and everything will be done at leisure (you can shut it down, bring it back up, etc. and everything will continue).
A: *
*It supports AES-NI which offloads encrypting and decrypting on supported CPUs (some core i5's and i7's).
*You can store your encryption key with Apple.
I'm sure there are a few other. This Apple support article should answer the rest of your questions.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4790
A: FileVault 2 LVG failures may be irreparable
From the manual page for fsck_cs:
The fsck_cs utility verifies and repairs CoreStorage logical volume group metadata.
...
BUGS
fsck_cs does not perform an exhaustive validation, nor is it able to fix many of the inconsistencies that it does detect.
Issues with FileVault 1
fsck_hfs (used by Disk Utility) has been developed for more than ten years and is capable of repairing most issues with JHFS+ as used by FileVault 1.
Should you encounter an issue that fsck_hfs can not repair, there are multiple alternative third party utilities.
Core Storage issues with FileVault 2
fsck_cs (also used by Disk Utility) first appeared along with CoreStorage in Mac OS X 10.7.0. Inconsistencies may be irreparable.
In the absence of alternatives to fsck_cs
If LVG failure occurs and fsck_cs can not make necessary repairs, then your startup volume will not mount. In this situation you may destructively reformat the disk and reinstall Mac OS X. (Using Recovery OS Time Machine alone will not provide the Apple_Boot Recovery HD that's required for FileVault 2.)
A: One drawback I can see is that before you could encrypt individual user accounts, whereas now you can only encrypt the whole disk. If you encrypt the whole disk, you also have to decrypt the whole disk every time you use the computer. This means that once the computer is booted, the whole disk is accessible to malware, whereas before you could log in (and soon again out of) to security-critical accounts separately.
I suppose you can still use encrypted disk images on top of FileVault for really important data.
Another problem could be Time Machine. Whereas before the FileVault users' directories were also stored encrypted on the backup volume, that does not seem to be the case anymore.
Does anyone know if Time Machine now support whole-disk encryption as well (from the reports so far it seems to be not enabled for external drives, at least not via the GUI)?
Update: Apparently, Time Machine does not support whole-disk encryption: Can Time Machine volumes be easily encrypted with FileVault 2?
A: For multiple administrators: FileVault 2 alone is less secure than FileVault 1
Similar to the answer offered by Thilo. This logic applies to any computer with two or more administrators.
FileVault 1 in Snow Leopard and in Lion
There is a good level of security to prevent a person without the master password from accessing any other person's data.
FileVault 2 alone
Any administrator can view, copy, edit all other users' data.
Example
Two business partners share a computer, both administrators. One of the two partners might like to keep something private. The partner who holds the master password, who wishes to keep something private, does not give that password to the other partner.
With FileVault 2 alone in such scenarios, security and privacy are easily ignored — sudo comes immediately to mind.
Comparison
ZFS encryption in Oracle Solaris, which can apply to users' home directories.
Workaround
If a user of FileVault 2 in the situation above requires the extra security, that person can:
*
*add a separate disk, internal or external
*on that disk, have a Core Storage encrypted logical volume (LV) with a Disk Password that differs from both (a) the Disk Password for the OS startup volume and (b) all user passwords for the startup volume
*store their home directory on the LV on the separate disk
*match the password for their user account to the Disk Password for the LV.
Alternatively, that person might use just a part of an existing disk … but partition management in and around coreStorage world is difficult, so for long-term simplicity: I would recommend investment in an additional/separate disk.
/var/folders
Expect some user data to be written to a subdirectory of /private/var/folders – all administrators will have access to this data. A solution for this is beyond the scope of this question.
A: Partition management in and around coreStorage world is difficult
For a disk that uses FileVault 2 — or any other application of Core Storage — it may be impossible to add or resize partitions using Disk Utility.
In Super User:
*
*an answer under How do I resize a FileVault 2 encrypted partition?
*an answer under Create new partition on encrypted volume in OS X Lion.
Expect Apple's diskutil(8) Mac OS X Manual Page to be updated for 10.7 in due course. In the meantime, if you already installed Lion, read the man page in Terminal.
A: FileVault 1 can be disabled for individuals
For any user who uses FileVault 1:
*
*System Preferences allow you to disable FileVault for that user alone, provided there is sufficient free space.
Enabled users of FileVault 2 can not be disabled
In Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A511) you can allow a user to unlock the startup volume, but once enabled:
*
*that user alone can not be disabled
*only FileVault 2 in its entirety can be disabled.
Disable a user's ability to unlock a FileVault 2 volume at startup/login time
A: Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lacks support for FileVault 2
Version 1.0 of the assistant used with FileVault 2 in Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A511) does produce a Recovery OS on a USB flash drive. However:
*
*the computer can not boot from that Recovery OS.
I found this problem with two different computers.
A: Some installations can not use FileVault 2
Not all installations of Lion gain the hidden Apple_Boot Recovery HD that is required for FileVault 2 — OS X Lion: "Some features of Mac OS X Lion are not supported for the disk (volume name)" appears during installation (2011-07-21).
… You won't be able to use FileVault …
If this happens — and if you abandoned FileVault 1 before the upgrade to Lion — your Mac with Lion will be less secure.
The advice published by Macworld before the release of Lion continues to advise users to disable FileVault 1 before installing Lion. It's most unusual for Macworld to give advice that is contentious but in this case, I disagree strongly.
A: Lion makes FileVault 1 homes less easy to create
Easiest to create the FileVault 1 home in Snow Leopard before upgrading to Lion.
If without Snow Leopard: you can use Lion to create the home, but there are a few steps to the routine.
After disabling Filevault 1, is it possible to enable it again in Lion?
A: FileVault 2 prevents remote restart
Do not expect remote access to the EFI loginwindow.
A: Disabling FileVault 1 may worsen performance
Two reasonably-sized volumes (one a home directory), with a good set of B-trees, are probably easier for the system to manage — and almost certainly perform better — than a single colossal volume with attributes and catalog B-trees that are oversized and fragmented.
Explanation
FileVault 1 uses bands of a size that is optimised.
Depending on the content of a home directory, abandoning those bands in favour of a greater number of smaller files may significantly increase the sizes and fragmentation of the following critical areas of the startup volume:
*
*attributes B-tree
*catalog B-tree
*extents B-tree.
Enlarged B-trees can be unexpectedly problematic
What follows is debatably beyond the scope of the opening question, and relatively technical, but for any user of a computer with (a) limited memory and (b) a considerable number of files within and outside their home directory, it's worth thinking about before abandoning FileVault 1.
If the sum of the sizes of the B-trees is too great, and if repair is required, third party utilities on your computer may be unable to repair the damage.
If a volume is irreparable by fsck_hfs — most obviously using Disk Utility, less obviously whenever the system encounters a file system that is dirty — a user may turn to a respected third party utility.
Example
I encountered a situation where the sum of the sizes of the B-trees — in relation to the physical memory — was too great for a third party utility to work as required for a Core Storage encrypted backup volume that was irreparable by fsck_hfs. As my MacBookPro5,2 can take no more than 8 GB, so for some time this volume was read only.
I might have taken the volume, with or without the computer, to a service provider for attention in an environment with more memory. However for security, I should not provide to any third party — however well trusted — the passphrase or key for some types of volume.
Eventually and unexpectedly the fsck_hfs in Lion did repair the volume without me using Disk Utility, possibly thanks to me experimentally (riskily?) removing the volume from coreStorage world (reverting, completely converting backwards) whilst in the irreparable and read-ony state. That was a pleasing outcome for me, and a thumbs-up to Apple for the qualities and capabilities of 10.7 (Build 11A511), but this should serve as a caution to other readers.
A: FileVault 1 impact on performance
In my experience, the impact is usually acceptable. I'd like to see relevant benchmarks.
Performance comparisons
In Ask Different: Speed of old Filevault vs. new Lion full disk encryption
*
*my answer there (work in progress) includes some technical data.
FileVault 2 impact on performance
Apple suggests:
FileVault 2 encrypts and decrypts your data on the fly with an imperceptible performance impact.
— page cached 2011-07-28.
AnandTech — Back to the Mac: OS X 10.7 Lion review: FileVault performance observes:
… Overall the hit on pure I/O performance is in the 20 - 30% range. It's noticeable but not big enough to outweigh the benefits of full disk encryption. …
I'd like the AnandTech reviewers to weigh things again more broadly, to include at least:
*
*FileVault 1 in lieu of FileVault 2.
More observations on CPU, kernel_task et cetera in Re: [Fed-Talk] Lion FileVault (2011-07-22) (highlights).
A: By combining FileVault 2 with FileVault 1, you can have double layer security. Note that this is will cause troubles with TimeMachine and sharing. Therefore, this double layer security is only advisable for an account where TimeMachine is turned off!
On my computer, I have an everyday work account, a FileVault 1 account (excluded from TimeMachine) and an administrator account. When I activated FileVault 2 from my everyday work account (using the administrator account's password), I expected FileVault 1 to disappear because Apple says at OS X Lion: About FileVault 2: «If you turn off Legacy FileVault, the Legacy FileVault tab will disappear and you can then choose to enable OS X Lion's FileVault 2».
When FileVault 2 was all set up, I was very surprised that my FileVault 1 continued having FileVault 1 encryption. So I had a double layer security: A legacy FileVault 1 account within a FileVault 2 computer. All I needed was a non-FileVault 1 account from where to turn on FileVault 2.
Eventually, I turned off FileVault 2 again. I like being able to access the OS X filesystem from the Bootcamp Windows system. With FileVault 2, that was no longer possible. I still keep the FileVault 1 account and it continues working fine, even in 10.8.1.
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5fb1b42d9641c875f2461723653f12c926abf464 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove a folder that no longer exists from my Finder sidebar in Lion? There is a folder in my favorites in the sidebar of the finder on my Mac. That folder no longer exists, but for some reason it started showing up again as soon as I upgraded to Lion
When I right-click to delete the folder, nothing happens. Normally, for most folders, I see a "Remove from Sidebar" option, but alas, I do not for this folder.
Does anyone know a way to edit this list from the terminal? Has anyone else experienced this problem and found a solution?
A: This is how you do as described here:
To remove something from the Finder sidebar, hold Command as you drag
it out.
| Q: How can I remove a folder that no longer exists from my Finder sidebar in Lion? There is a folder in my favorites in the sidebar of the finder on my Mac. That folder no longer exists, but for some reason it started showing up again as soon as I upgraded to Lion
When I right-click to delete the folder, nothing happens. Normally, for most folders, I see a "Remove from Sidebar" option, but alas, I do not for this folder.
Does anyone know a way to edit this list from the terminal? Has anyone else experienced this problem and found a solution?
A: This is how you do as described here:
To remove something from the Finder sidebar, hold Command as you drag
it out.
A: I was having the same issue and here's what just worked for me:
Hold command, then drag it off the Favorites bar. The item will turn into a little "poof" white cloud and when you release, it'll go away! Finally!
A: All you have to do is click with 2 fingers on your trackpad or ctrl+click on the item and 'remove from sidebar'.
A: If the CMD+Option drag doesn't work (Pre 10.6.7 and all 10.5 for example), I suggest re-creating the same filename in it's same location (if you remember) then deleting the sidebar item, then re-deleting the folder... this was much easier to explain to a non-technical user than modifying the .plists
Later versions of 10.6 and all 10.7 allow the cmd-option drag, so that's the easiest if it works.
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449d264b5befd1d1695ad1c4d3ac162067a6948e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which text editors take advantage of Lion's Versions feature? I've been a fervent user of Textmate for many a year, and I hope to continue to be one. However, the versions feature of OSX seems like a great and easy to use idea.
I'm mostly doing HTML, CSS and PHP, and I am a solo developer. Admittedly, I probably haven't spent enough time trying to work it in, but I've never managed to fit SVN or git into my workflow. However, I recognise their potential usefulness.
So, are there any lightweight text editors suitable for web designers/developers that work with Versions?
Useful features would include:
*
*Syntax highlighting
*A project view/sidebar
*Auto-indent
A: TexShop, the Latex editor, now supports Lion versions. It is not a general Text Editor but can be used as such and supports many of the features you requested.
http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/lion.html
| Q: Which text editors take advantage of Lion's Versions feature? I've been a fervent user of Textmate for many a year, and I hope to continue to be one. However, the versions feature of OSX seems like a great and easy to use idea.
I'm mostly doing HTML, CSS and PHP, and I am a solo developer. Admittedly, I probably haven't spent enough time trying to work it in, but I've never managed to fit SVN or git into my workflow. However, I recognise their potential usefulness.
So, are there any lightweight text editors suitable for web designers/developers that work with Versions?
Useful features would include:
*
*Syntax highlighting
*A project view/sidebar
*Auto-indent
A: TexShop, the Latex editor, now supports Lion versions. It is not a general Text Editor but can be used as such and supports many of the features you requested.
http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/lion.html
A: Aptana is geared towards web development (html, javascript, css, php, ...) . It's based on Eclipse, which has build-in automatic version history, so I guess Aptana has it too.
Using the version feature (to either replace or compare the current version) is as easy as right-clicking a file (see image)
Pros:
*
*It's free
*has syntax highlighting, sidebar, auto-indent and many more.
*cross-platform (should you ever switch)
Possible cons:
*
*Probably not using Lion's versioning
*Not exactly lightweight
*Really targeted for web development, so less of a general text editor.
A: Chocolat
Really promising upcoming editor with super slick look, impressive features and a TextMate-like bundle system.
Lion features (enabled in preferences):
*
*Full screen
*Versions
*Autosave
Currently in public alpha.
A: TextEdit comes with Lion so it should incorporate Versions, if you use TextEdit make sure you save with the correct file format (Especially if you want to open the files on windows)
A: The only one I'm aware of right now is Smultron on the Mac App Store. Here's the developers page about the app http://www.peterborgapps.com/smultron/
A: NeoOffice
NeoOffice 3.2.1 Beta adds Apple's new Versions, Full-Screen mode, and Resume features for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion users
Whilst text editing is within the feature set of NeoOffice, I don't know whether it's ideal for web development.
I do regularly use NeoOffice for editing HTML, but do not imagine that it's compliant with any particular set of standards relating to HTML or HTML5.
A: Taco HTML Edit is designed to simplify the process of creating attractive web sites that render correctly in various browsers.
Taco HTML Edit includes tag wizards, which generate HTML markup for you.
Taco HTML Edit also helps find errors in your HTML markup, and it can even check spelling in your documents.
For those people who use PHP scripts in their development, Taco HTML Edit includes tools for PHP management.
OS X Lion Features
For OS X Lion users, Taco HTML Edit has support for Autosave, Resume, Versions, and Full Screen.
A: I strongly recommend avoiding opening any kind of markup in TextEdit (programming languages might be okay, though it's still a lousy tool for the job). It tries to display .html files as rich text, which implicitly turns the document into an RTF (silent conversion). If you then try to convert it to plain text, hoping it'll let you see the markup, you'll be disappointed to discover it just converts the RTF into plain text. At that point, if you decide to 'undo' that, the .rtf file will now silently replace your original .html file, which is now permanently destroyed. Hope you have a backup in Time Machine or elsewhere, because you're not getting it back through the built-in versioning system. (At least, this is how it works in Mountain Lion (10.8.1). I'm decribing the exact scenario I just went through when trying to use TextEdit to see older versions of a document, since BBEdit doesn't support Lion / Mountain Lion's versioning system.)
There is actually a setting that makes TextEdit usable for viewing HTML documents. In the preferences, under "Open and Save", make sure "Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text" is checked. Once you've done that, the issue I just described won't occur. The problem is that it's off by default, which is why I feel it's safer to just avoid TextEdit altogether.
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91be2a7816ca5ccf5d39813a934d1bf246b8ddd5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable inline PDFs in Safari 5.1? Today, Apple updated Safari to 5.1 (6534.50).
In Safari 5.0 or below it's very easy to disable opening pdfs inline, you simply say
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
and it never bothers you again.
In Safari 5.1 this no longer works. Does anyone know an alternative to prevent Safari 5.1 opening PDFs in the browser rather than as a download and then in Preview?
A: I don't know of any way to disable inline PDF viewing, but option-clicking on a link will force a download instead. Not exactly what you asked for, though...
What's interesting is that some PDFs actually get downloaded instead of previewed, so that could be a starting point for a hack: http://www.jbc.org/content/279/1/686.long (click on the link 'Full Text PDF').
| Q: How do I disable inline PDFs in Safari 5.1? Today, Apple updated Safari to 5.1 (6534.50).
In Safari 5.0 or below it's very easy to disable opening pdfs inline, you simply say
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
and it never bothers you again.
In Safari 5.1 this no longer works. Does anyone know an alternative to prevent Safari 5.1 opening PDFs in the browser rather than as a download and then in Preview?
A: I don't know of any way to disable inline PDF viewing, but option-clicking on a link will force a download instead. Not exactly what you asked for, though...
What's interesting is that some PDFs actually get downloaded instead of previewed, so that could be a starting point for a hack: http://www.jbc.org/content/279/1/686.long (click on the link 'Full Text PDF').
A: As cparnot mentions, this doesn't seem to be possible anymore, but you can work around it by option-clicking on PDF links. However, this doesn't always work; sometimes, links are opened with JavaScript code that ignores the option key.
In those cases, wait until the PDF's URL appears in the address bar, click into the address bar, hit option-return, and then hit back. That will start downloading the PDF and bring you back to the previous page.
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e15cf02eab6319e19c4f206cfcf4610478178fc4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I boot to Safari Only (Chromebook style) in Lion? How can I boot safari only in Mac OSX Lion Chrome OS style? I heard that there was a key that one had to hold at startup, which one is it?
A: I finally found the answer to this. There are two types of Guest User mode in Lion:
a) Safari-only mode: This is the default setting if no Guest account is enabled. Therefore to turn this on, go to System Preferences / Users and Groups / Guest User, then uncheck "Allow guests to log in to this account".
*
*Note: Under "Login Options", "Display login window as:" must be set to "List of Users" or this will not work.
b) Snow Leopard-like Guest Account - a full guest account as in previous versions of OS X. This mode is enabled when "Allow guests to log in to this account" is checked.
| Q: How can I boot to Safari Only (Chromebook style) in Lion? How can I boot safari only in Mac OSX Lion Chrome OS style? I heard that there was a key that one had to hold at startup, which one is it?
A: I finally found the answer to this. There are two types of Guest User mode in Lion:
a) Safari-only mode: This is the default setting if no Guest account is enabled. Therefore to turn this on, go to System Preferences / Users and Groups / Guest User, then uncheck "Allow guests to log in to this account".
*
*Note: Under "Login Options", "Display login window as:" must be set to "List of Users" or this will not work.
b) Snow Leopard-like Guest Account - a full guest account as in previous versions of OS X. This mode is enabled when "Allow guests to log in to this account" is checked.
A: It appears the Safari-only mode was not included in the retail build of OS X Lion.
A: Command-R will boot into the recovery partition. Once booted you can launch Safari as described on the feature page.
The Recovery HD includes the Safari web browser so you can check your email or
browse the Apple Support site.
Source: http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html#lionrecovery
A: Not yet. It is a part of Find My Mac, which is a part of iCloud.
Once Find My Mac is enabled & a user account is logged in, but at the login screen, you have the option to boot to Safari-Only mode. Once iCloud is released, it should be available (unless, of course, Apple decides to remove it), but not something you'd really want to do.
A: Noah has it right, it is currently part of iCloud, and unless you have downloaded and installed the iCloud beta software, and signed in with an iCloud ID, AND turned on back to my mac in the preferences area for iCloud, it will not appear as an option.
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69152a93f9fcdc0a4e50daad58f3a1c2902e9665 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable animation when switching desktops in Lion? I would very much like to disable the sliding animation that occurs when switching desktops via ctrl+→/← or ctrl+[number] in Lion. This was previously accomplished in previous versions with this command:
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES && killall Dock
This new animation is even more slow than in Snow Leopard - nearly 1 second to switch - a real productivity killer.
Any help greatly appreciated!
A: I've just noticed that doing ctrl+[number] is noticeably faster than ctrl+→/← .
It's still animated but it does complete the animation in about half the time. I'm not sure if that helps but I'll throw that out there.
| Q: How can I disable animation when switching desktops in Lion? I would very much like to disable the sliding animation that occurs when switching desktops via ctrl+→/← or ctrl+[number] in Lion. This was previously accomplished in previous versions with this command:
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES && killall Dock
This new animation is even more slow than in Snow Leopard - nearly 1 second to switch - a real productivity killer.
Any help greatly appreciated!
A: I've just noticed that doing ctrl+[number] is noticeably faster than ctrl+→/← .
It's still animated but it does complete the animation in about half the time. I'm not sure if that helps but I'll throw that out there.
A: TotalSpaces has an option to disable the animation for changing spaces:
TotalSpaces is still in beta and a bit glitchy though. There's a small delay before changing spaces, and the whole screen seems to move a few pixels horizontally during the transition. Edit: both of those have now been fixed.
A: I posted a bug on Radar#28495374 and here is the response from Apple:
Fixed in 10.12. Go to Accessibility and Turn on Reduce Motion…
Please let us know whether the issue is resolved for you by updating your bug report.
A: I noticed that it is possible to control the speed of the space-change animation when you use the Swipe gesture in OS X Lion. You can make the spaces change as fast, if not faster, than they did in Snow Leopard by doing a quick three-finger or four-finger swipe to the left or the right. Of course, it's definitely something to get accostomed to if you've always used ⌘+→/←.
This did get me thinking. Since it seems that changing spaces via arrow keys, number keys, and gestures all perform the same type of animation, there is likely a single system command that all three of these actions map to. Additionally, since they all perform the animation at a different speed, there must be a parameter that controls the animation speed. I'm not an OS X developer, so hopefully someone else with a better knowledge of the underlying functionality of OS X would be able to determine what system commands are actually running when the user performs a certain action.
A: I dug deep into the app using GDB but the results were disappointing. I don't think there is a way to do this currently. Here's what I learned:
First you can change the speed of switching into Mission Control (still called Expose in the prefs). To do that just enter this command:
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
And to go back to defaults run this command:
defaults delete com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration; killall Dock
Secondly there's a reference in the binary to fps-spaceswitch (frames per second spaceswitch). I messed with this for a while and also tried variations on this such as spaceswitch-animation-duration without luck.
Unfortunately (at least as of 10.7.1) there does not appear to be a way to change any settings related to this animation.
I filled a bug for this with Apple. The Radar number is 10073864. I would encourage you to also file the report at https://bugreport.apple.com/. Note in your description that it is a duplicate of the above bug report number to help the support staff categorize and prioritize this bug.
A: Rather than using Spaces, I have found that switching among non-fullscreen apps using the Alfred app is 'instant'. I create a key binding using shift+ctrl plus a letter for each app (e.g. e for Excel, w for Word, etc.). I have been doing this for years and the experience is truly instant.
If you put the apps in fullscreen mode, you still get the animation, so you still need to do Accessibility->Reduce Motion. In that case the app switching with Alfred is faster than using ctrl->arrow, but not as instant as it is if you avoid fullscreen.
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81e16653d0805fda1bd84ed63ac93713b047cc8d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I change how often Lion's "Versions" feature saves files? Is it possible to change Versions' save frequency?
For some kind of work, one hour's worth of work is too much to lose!
A: I haven't been experimenting with this for long enough to be an expert yet, but I think you're confusing two semi-separate features: autosave and versions.
Autosave saves frequently -- in TextEdit, it seems to save after about 30 seconds of inactivity. But it doesn't save a new version, it just saves the current document state.
Every hour and/or every time you explicitly save a version (Command-S), it saves a restorable version -- one that you can revert to if you decide you've made a mistake in editing. Once saved, the "version" does not get updated; you can revert to it, or go into the Browse all Versions interface and copy content from it, but it's essentially frozen.
Autosave protects you against forgetting to save changes. Versions protects you against mistaken edits you wish you hadn't made. They operate on different time scales (and as far as I know, neither has customizable timing).
| Q: Can I change how often Lion's "Versions" feature saves files? Is it possible to change Versions' save frequency?
For some kind of work, one hour's worth of work is too much to lose!
A: I haven't been experimenting with this for long enough to be an expert yet, but I think you're confusing two semi-separate features: autosave and versions.
Autosave saves frequently -- in TextEdit, it seems to save after about 30 seconds of inactivity. But it doesn't save a new version, it just saves the current document state.
Every hour and/or every time you explicitly save a version (Command-S), it saves a restorable version -- one that you can revert to if you decide you've made a mistake in editing. Once saved, the "version" does not get updated; you can revert to it, or go into the Browse all Versions interface and copy content from it, but it's essentially frozen.
Autosave protects you against forgetting to save changes. Versions protects you against mistaken edits you wish you hadn't made. They operate on different time scales (and as far as I know, neither has customizable timing).
A: While there is no interface for changing Versions' autosave frequency, you can still press command-S, which now invokes the "Save A Version" command. So, you can still save as often as you'd like manually if you're doing lots of work.
A: So, actually, the Versions part is Time Machine renamed, with a little addition: making it possible to force a separate Time Machine backup for a specific file.
Autosave saves every 5 minutes, or during idle times while working on a document. See HT4753, as linked to by Graham.
Considering the misleading "Each time you open..." I think Apple refers to the first autosave action after opening a file. I tried this using Textedit and found that if you open a file, make some changes and then close (do not use the explicit "save a version" or cmd+s command) the file (or wait a bit) a separate version is being stored, instead of the default overwrite action autosave uses.
So it is a little more intelligent about saving a version "every time you open" a file. Making changes is necessary. Could have been pointed out in the KB article though.
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f9fc000245f14c9891219021a7687c78dabfaa4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I run an app in Full Screen mode on OS X Lion on my second monitor? How do I get an app to run in Full Screen mode on OS X Lion on my second monitor? It seems to be stuck on my first monitor, and I'd like to move it.
A: At present there is no way you can. I filed a bug on this during the developer previews and it was marked as a duplicate and the duplicate is still open. (rdar://9741058 and rdar://8056880 for the Apple folk)
My assumption is that Full Screen mode is designed for single monitor setups and it does work especially well on single small monitor setups (read any MacBook or MacBook Pro).
| Q: How do I run an app in Full Screen mode on OS X Lion on my second monitor? How do I get an app to run in Full Screen mode on OS X Lion on my second monitor? It seems to be stuck on my first monitor, and I'd like to move it.
A: At present there is no way you can. I filed a bug on this during the developer previews and it was marked as a duplicate and the duplicate is still open. (rdar://9741058 and rdar://8056880 for the Apple folk)
My assumption is that Full Screen mode is designed for single monitor setups and it does work especially well on single small monitor setups (read any MacBook or MacBook Pro).
A: An upgrade to Mountain Lion will resolve the issue as it finally enables using full screen mode on multiple displays.
You can "take an app full screen on either display. Drag the window to the desired display and click the full-screen button."
A: This is an excerpt of Apple's AppKit Release Note for Lion regarding full screen apps & multiple desktops.
Multiple Monitors and Full Screen (New since early 2011 seed)
We have made some simplifying assumptions for Lion Full Screen
behavior on multiple monitors. Multiple monitors are treated as a
single unit by Spaces, and therefore are also treated as a single unit
in Full Screen. This means that all monitors will be dedicated to
windows belonging to the full screen application, and there can be
only one primary full screen window visible at a time. A secondary
monitor is useful for inspector windows.
Secondly, because the menu bar is located on the main monitor, the
primary full screen window will be located on the main monitor as
well. This allows the menu bar, floating toolbar, and full screen
window to maintain their interrelationship on the same monitor.
The full document can be found here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/releasenotes/AppKit/RN-AppKitOlderNotes/index.html#10_7FullScreen
According to this document, your full screen apps will always be shown on your primary monitor, and there is nothing that can be done about it.
A: You can switch which monitor is the "Primary" monitor by opening the Displays in Preferences and dragging and dropping the menu bar to your secondary monitor. That should make fullscreen apps use your other monitor.
A: I find the easiest way to fix this problem when trying to watch Youtube videos fullscreen on my 47" 1080p TV, was to use Fullscreen Mode in Firefox, as this stays on the 2nd screen.
ie Only the Apple supplied software has the annoying fullscreen bug/feature.
Hope they fix this
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c25966cd6a89c91aa996d6eb0e4d5f547ee52044 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Home and End commands in Lion After installing Lion, ⌘ + ← doesn't go to the line start and ⌘ + → doesn't go to the line end.
Anyone know how to reconfigure this?
A: Coming from Windows I've had a tough time adjusting to the way home and end behaves. Luckily the guys at MacroMates had a blog post about this.
http://blog.macromates.com/2005/key-bindings-for-switchers/
Create a file at ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict with the following contents:
{
/* home */
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:";
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:";
/* end */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:";
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:";
}
I restarted and my keys were behaving as expected!
| Q: Home and End commands in Lion After installing Lion, ⌘ + ← doesn't go to the line start and ⌘ + → doesn't go to the line end.
Anyone know how to reconfigure this?
A: Coming from Windows I've had a tough time adjusting to the way home and end behaves. Luckily the guys at MacroMates had a blog post about this.
http://blog.macromates.com/2005/key-bindings-for-switchers/
Create a file at ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict with the following contents:
{
/* home */
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:";
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:";
/* end */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:";
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:";
}
I restarted and my keys were behaving as expected!
A: You could try restoring defaults by using the 'Restore Defaults' button in System Preferences shown below:
A: Removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist.lock and logging out and back in did the trick for me.
A: This problem was driving me crazy.
Ortwin Gentz wrote:
Removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist.lock and logging out and back in did the trick for me.
I didn't have a file with that name, but I had one with this very similar name:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist
I moved that file to the trash, then logged out and back in. Problem gone. Hooray!
Thank you, Mr. Gentz!
A: It seems to have something to do with the language you selected.
I had mine set to English - Canadian (eh :P)
setting Language & Text > Input Sources
uncheck English - Canadian
check US
Once I did that my cmd + arrow key was back to normal.
A: Option + Command + right arrow (on the latest Lion update -- it changes)
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5e5c2efcc96526953c5120c2dc3f4c517f8a58a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I create a keyboard shortcut for LaunchPad on OS X Lion (10.7)? I know how to open Launchpad via a gesture, creating a hot corner and obviously clicking on it in the dock .... what I am looking for is creating a keyboard shortcut to open Launchpad. I tried going to System Preferences | Keyboard | Keyboard Shortcuts | Launchpad & Dock, but I cannot add any shortcut for the "Show Launchpad" checkbox that is there.
Has anyone figured out how to add a keyboard shortcut? I believe that would make Launchpad infinitely useful.
A: You can also set a shortcut of your choosing by adjusting Lion's built-in keyboard preferences. If you go to System Preferences --> Keyboard, one of the settings menus on the left side bar is for Launchpad & Dock.
Make sure the check box next to 'Show Launchpad' is selected, then double click to the right under the listed shortcut to turn dock hiding on/off. You'll see a data entry box selected, and you can then enter whatever shortcut you'd like.
| Q: How can I create a keyboard shortcut for LaunchPad on OS X Lion (10.7)? I know how to open Launchpad via a gesture, creating a hot corner and obviously clicking on it in the dock .... what I am looking for is creating a keyboard shortcut to open Launchpad. I tried going to System Preferences | Keyboard | Keyboard Shortcuts | Launchpad & Dock, but I cannot add any shortcut for the "Show Launchpad" checkbox that is there.
Has anyone figured out how to add a keyboard shortcut? I believe that would make Launchpad infinitely useful.
A: You can also set a shortcut of your choosing by adjusting Lion's built-in keyboard preferences. If you go to System Preferences --> Keyboard, one of the settings menus on the left side bar is for Launchpad & Dock.
Make sure the check box next to 'Show Launchpad' is selected, then double click to the right under the listed shortcut to turn dock hiding on/off. You'll see a data entry box selected, and you can then enter whatever shortcut you'd like.
A: I had the same problem. No matter where I clicked or how many times, the text box to enter the shortcut never opened. What did finally work was to click on "Restore Defaults." This must have cleared away some old setting that was preventing the change, because I was able to add the shortcut for Launchpad without any problem after that.
A: Try apptivate and it's free to add shortcut for any app.
If you have a trackpad then you get another chance to do this with gesture, although i'm hurting my fingers to do so.
A: F4 is the standard shortcut for Launchpad for me - was like that automatically...
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d81bb75fada2c40ae6ee359d9bec0e75eee128dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it safe to upgrade all outdated port when upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion? My Mac running Snow Leopard has several MacPorts based open source software packages installed. Upon the upgrade to Lion, all my ports are listed as outdated.
It's safe to upgrade them en masse?
A: macports.org currently says:
"Note for Lion users: There is no official release supporting Mac OS X 10.7 yet, but you can test the MacPorts 2.0.0 release candidate if you like."
I usually don't upgrade to a new major version of OS X until MacPorts has released their first official support for it.
I agree with Jerry Jacobs that you should probably back up your /opt hierarchy before attempting. Then you could try doing sudo port selfupdate to see if that upgrades you from 1.9.2 (or whatever) to the 2.0.0 release candidate. If it does, then you can try sudo upgrade outdated.
I wouldn't try doing a sudo upgrade outdated on Lion without at least being on the 2.0.0 release candidate of MacPorts.
| Q: Is it safe to upgrade all outdated port when upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion? My Mac running Snow Leopard has several MacPorts based open source software packages installed. Upon the upgrade to Lion, all my ports are listed as outdated.
It's safe to upgrade them en masse?
A: macports.org currently says:
"Note for Lion users: There is no official release supporting Mac OS X 10.7 yet, but you can test the MacPorts 2.0.0 release candidate if you like."
I usually don't upgrade to a new major version of OS X until MacPorts has released their first official support for it.
I agree with Jerry Jacobs that you should probably back up your /opt hierarchy before attempting. Then you could try doing sudo port selfupdate to see if that upgrades you from 1.9.2 (or whatever) to the 2.0.0 release candidate. If it does, then you can try sudo upgrade outdated.
I wouldn't try doing a sudo upgrade outdated on Lion without at least being on the 2.0.0 release candidate of MacPorts.
A: The best thing you can do is to copy the /opt/local directory to a other directory, and then upgrade everything you installed with macports. If it fails you still have your old ports in the backup directory.
A: I just upgraded to Lion yesterday. Port 1.9 stopped working until I upgraded Xcode to the newest version (4.1). After I upgraded Xcode, port (1.9) started working again.
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c149afca68db7ed3bd9d0e80fbf4b88070902009 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Thunderbolt -> Triple Monitor Mac Mini? It seems the new Mac Mini uses both HDMI and Thunderbolt, but bandwidth limitations of Thunderbolt may prevent using 3 daisy-chained Thunderbolt high resolution monitors such as the newly released Apple Thunderbolt 27" Display, limiting you to two instead of three.
If this correct:
1. What occurs to the 3rd monitor in a triple daisy-chain? Black screen? Reduced available resolution up to the bandwidth limit of Thunderbolt?
2. Are there HDMI to mini-displayport adapters for connecting the HDMI output of the Mini to the Thunderbolt input of an Apple Thunderbolt 27" Display? Would that even work?
A: If you get the Mac Mini with the AMD graphics it can support three monitors.
From MacRumors
Mac mini (Mid 2011): Two Thunderbolt displays. Mac mini with AMD graphics can support a HDMI compatible device on its HDMI port when using two Thunderbolt displays.
| Q: Thunderbolt -> Triple Monitor Mac Mini? It seems the new Mac Mini uses both HDMI and Thunderbolt, but bandwidth limitations of Thunderbolt may prevent using 3 daisy-chained Thunderbolt high resolution monitors such as the newly released Apple Thunderbolt 27" Display, limiting you to two instead of three.
If this correct:
1. What occurs to the 3rd monitor in a triple daisy-chain? Black screen? Reduced available resolution up to the bandwidth limit of Thunderbolt?
2. Are there HDMI to mini-displayport adapters for connecting the HDMI output of the Mini to the Thunderbolt input of an Apple Thunderbolt 27" Display? Would that even work?
A: If you get the Mac Mini with the AMD graphics it can support three monitors.
From MacRumors
Mac mini (Mid 2011): Two Thunderbolt displays. Mac mini with AMD graphics can support a HDMI compatible device on its HDMI port when using two Thunderbolt displays.
A: The limitation is not in the Thunderbolt, but in your graphic card.
I believe the third display will have a black screen if you don't have enough power from your graphic card.
A: Apple recently posted a knowledge base article on this subject.
The bottom line is there is no currently available Mac that can power more than two thunderbolt displays. You may be able to use third-party hardware extensions to increase this number.
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91c468fc37b9a7909da595124891451ce6b814f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Show Space/Desktop Number in Mac OS X Lion in Desktop Top Bar In Snow Leopard, it was possible to display the space number in the top right corner of the status bar.
How do you do that in Lion with Mission Control?
A: This function was removed by design. Lots of people want this back, so perhaps an add on or secret setting can be discovered later, but for now, the answer is no.
| Q: Show Space/Desktop Number in Mac OS X Lion in Desktop Top Bar In Snow Leopard, it was possible to display the space number in the top right corner of the status bar.
How do you do that in Lion with Mission Control?
A: This function was removed by design. Lots of people want this back, so perhaps an add on or secret setting can be discovered later, but for now, the answer is no.
A: TotalSpaces is a good alternative: http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/
TotalSpaces2 have an icon in menubar, like Spaces in Snow Leopard. More intelligent and more powerful application, as the factory default. You can define a grid of spaces, and you can use your fullscreen apps in a new row… This program now available from $18, but the two weeks long trial period is free. See the intro: http://cdn.binaryage.com/totalspaces2-intro.mp4
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cdb1020a75102b1660ddd63296aa883d3cd3b765 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to reorder spaces in Lion? I would expect 'Mission Control' to allow me to drag spaces in a certain order (with the exception of the 'Dashboard' space), but this does not seem like an option.
This would be especially useful when re-ordering full-screen apps: for example, opening iCal and then opening Mail fullscreen would result in Mail being 'spaced' after iCal. But what if I'd want Mail to have a higher 'priority', thus wanting it spaced before iCal?
Is there an option to re-order spaces without recreating them entirely?
A: I can confirm that this option is in the developer release of the 10.7.2
I was actually surprised that this wasn't available in the public release of Lion. Oddly enough I just noticed it today when playing around with a friends MacBook Air... I was trying to show him how to use it and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why in the world I wasn't able to grab the spaces and reorder them. What an annoyance.
| Q: Is it possible to reorder spaces in Lion? I would expect 'Mission Control' to allow me to drag spaces in a certain order (with the exception of the 'Dashboard' space), but this does not seem like an option.
This would be especially useful when re-ordering full-screen apps: for example, opening iCal and then opening Mail fullscreen would result in Mail being 'spaced' after iCal. But what if I'd want Mail to have a higher 'priority', thus wanting it spaced before iCal?
Is there an option to re-order spaces without recreating them entirely?
A: I can confirm that this option is in the developer release of the 10.7.2
I was actually surprised that this wasn't available in the public release of Lion. Oddly enough I just noticed it today when playing around with a friends MacBook Air... I was trying to show him how to use it and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why in the world I wasn't able to grab the spaces and reorder them. What an annoyance.
A: OS X 10.7.2 Update
Since OS X 10.7.2 Desktops (or Spaces) and full screen apps can be reordered, i.e. spaces can be mixed with full screen apps in any order a user may fancy, but with one exception - Dashboard and Desktop 1 (1st Space) cannot be moved.
Pre OS X 1.7.2 answer:
Based on several reviews and reports you cannot.
Seems like an oversight to me as I consider it as a must-have feature.
Be aware there's also something called automatic-ordering (System Preferences > Mission Control > Automatically rearrange Spaces), which apparently orders them based on usage.
A: it seems you've accepted an answer, but here's a workaround:
*
*Turn ON automatic-ordering (System Preferences > Mission Control > Automatically rearrange Spaces)
*Command-Tab through applications on each space until you get the order you want (they will automatically reorder themselves.)
*Turn OFF automatic-ordering.
A: The use of cmd-tab to order the spaces (as suggested above) seems for me at least to work for some apps but not others. Another approach is this.
Turn the automatic reorder off in Prefs; then note (as above) that the desktops go to the left and the full-screen apps to the right. Then go through the apps one-by-one, for each one turning off full-screen and then back on again. When off'ed, the app will (temporarily) move to Desktop 1; but when re-on'ed, it will get its own space back again --- at the end of the line.
A: System Preferences -> Mission Control --> Uncheck Automatically rearrange Spaces
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7e8fb4f7ab845eed52d99c43e5a6b0d301b0de44 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the F13 button on my MacBook Pro? I was looking through the System Preferences for Mission Control in OS X Lion (10.7). One of the options had F13 in it but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Where is it?
A: MacBook's don't have the extended keyboard which contains the additional 7 function keys (F13-F19). They're only on Apple's full size ( with numeric keys) keyboard as presented on this photo:
| Q: Where is the F13 button on my MacBook Pro? I was looking through the System Preferences for Mission Control in OS X Lion (10.7). One of the options had F13 in it but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Where is it?
A: MacBook's don't have the extended keyboard which contains the additional 7 function keys (F13-F19). They're only on Apple's full size ( with numeric keys) keyboard as presented on this photo:
A: Apple laptops don't have function keys higher than F12.
Certain Apple keyboards do, however.
When using an external IBM/PC keyboard, PrtScn/SysRq, ScrLk and Pause Break should map to F13-F15.
A: You can use Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4MacBook) to remap most keys on your keyboard. Particularly I used the option which maps the Eject button to F13 and Fn+Eject to Eject.
Important note:
consider using a different key than Eject; since it sends KeyDown and KeyUp events at the same time the system will not notice you trying to hold it. Also, it does not send any event until a small delay time has passed, during which you must keep it pressed. This can be very annoying if you are a fast-typing maniac and wish to be able to hit it very quickly. However, delay time is smaller than 0.1 seconds on my keyboard, so you will hardly find it an issue
Another useful tip
It is also useful if you liked old MacBook Pro keyboards which made a distinction between Return and Enter keys (very useful with Wolfram Mathematica for example) to remap the right option key to Enter. It has loads of other options, you will surely find it suitable for your needs.
A: Use these 3 keys to send an F13: shift fn F1
I used this to send an F13 key to my windows application using Remote Desktop.
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3985266933f420cd0c2d4b2542983aff47b4d0d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is Mission Control an addition to Exposé & Spaces UI or a replacement? Lion has Mission Control that combines features from both Exposé and Spaces. Do the old Exposé and Spaces UIs still exist in Lion or does Mission Control replace them?
I've heard mixed rumors about whether Spaces/Exposé exists or not; and all the YouTube et al. videos/reports concentrate on featuring the Mission Control but won't tell straight if it is an addition or a replacement.
I understand, though, there are spaces—called desktops—on the top of the Mission Control UI.
There definitely are spaces, but is there Spaces?
A: Mission Control replaces them.
All the things that you used to be able to do in expose and spaces should be in Mission Control as well (Well... Not really, you can't have spaces arranged in two dimensional space anymore).
But no, there's no more Spaces or Expose anymore. Yes it's called desktop now.
| Q: Is Mission Control an addition to Exposé & Spaces UI or a replacement? Lion has Mission Control that combines features from both Exposé and Spaces. Do the old Exposé and Spaces UIs still exist in Lion or does Mission Control replace them?
I've heard mixed rumors about whether Spaces/Exposé exists or not; and all the YouTube et al. videos/reports concentrate on featuring the Mission Control but won't tell straight if it is an addition or a replacement.
I understand, though, there are spaces—called desktops—on the top of the Mission Control UI.
There definitely are spaces, but is there Spaces?
A: Mission Control replaces them.
All the things that you used to be able to do in expose and spaces should be in Mission Control as well (Well... Not really, you can't have spaces arranged in two dimensional space anymore).
But no, there's no more Spaces or Expose anymore. Yes it's called desktop now.
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a7c1ce5c6d95ac88bfcdc256a5420a7d665fae0f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari reopens last open tabs? On Lion, if I quit Safari using ⌘ Command+Q and then restart it, it reopens all tabs from last time.
In Preferences, I have set that new Windows open with an Empty Page, a setting that worked fine in Snow Leopard.
Is there a way to disable that nonsense? I can't seem to find a setting for this :(
A: In case you didn't have the foresight to shut down with a special command, you can always hold down Shift when starting Safari (or any other Resume-able app) to prevent it from restoring the previous state.
| Q: Safari reopens last open tabs? On Lion, if I quit Safari using ⌘ Command+Q and then restart it, it reopens all tabs from last time.
In Preferences, I have set that new Windows open with an Empty Page, a setting that worked fine in Snow Leopard.
Is there a way to disable that nonsense? I can't seem to find a setting for this :(
A: In case you didn't have the foresight to shut down with a special command, you can always hold down Shift when starting Safari (or any other Resume-able app) to prevent it from restoring the previous state.
A: In addition to the great ⌥ Option+⌘ Command+Q tip, another way to think about it: If you always close all your tabs (⌘ Command+W) before you quit, there won't be any state to save. Then when you restart Safari, you'll get your preference of a blank page, home page, etc.
A: This is a new feature in Mac OS X Lion. See here (Resume).
You can disable this in System Preferences > General and untick the "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps, but will be system wide.
Another solution is to hold ⌥ Option+⌘ Command+Q when quitting, the app will then not save the state.
A: Note that as per this other answer to a similar question, is is actually possible to disable resume on a per-app basis, forcing Safari to start with a new window and as such take your 'empty page' preference into account.
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c93f9a82abd74ccb67d902184f3a42236c9b3f01 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why won't closing the lid sleep my MacBook Pro with external monitor attached after upgrading to Lion? Up until yesterday (with Snow Leopard), closing the lid would cause my MacBook to sleep whether or not the external monitor was connected.
Since upgrading to Lion last night, closing the lid when the external monitor is attached just tosses all windows to that screen and keeps going.
I realize I can sleep via the Apple menu or keyboard before closing the lid. I'd rather not have to, and I'm wondering if there's a setting to restore the sleep-on-close behavior.
A: One alternative is use the "hot corners" feature instead of closing the lid to put the display to sleep.
For example, you can set it up so that moving the mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen initiates "Sleep."
The setting is in System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver and click the Hot Corners... button.
| Q: Why won't closing the lid sleep my MacBook Pro with external monitor attached after upgrading to Lion? Up until yesterday (with Snow Leopard), closing the lid would cause my MacBook to sleep whether or not the external monitor was connected.
Since upgrading to Lion last night, closing the lid when the external monitor is attached just tosses all windows to that screen and keeps going.
I realize I can sleep via the Apple menu or keyboard before closing the lid. I'd rather not have to, and I'm wondering if there's a setting to restore the sleep-on-close behavior.
A: One alternative is use the "hot corners" feature instead of closing the lid to put the display to sleep.
For example, you can set it up so that moving the mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen initiates "Sleep."
The setting is in System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver and click the Hot Corners... button.
A: I too have been puzzled by this since installing Lion, especially as I've been observing both behaviors (my MBP sometimes went to sleep when closing the lid while external monitor attached, sometimes it didn't).
I think I have found what is different in both scenarios: the power (magsafe) cable.
I believe that if you unplug the power cord before closing the lid, the mac will go to sleep when you close the lid. If the power cord is still plugged in, it won't sleep.
This might not answer the question "how can I make it always sleep", but it does answer the original question, which is "why"...
A: edit: See this as the behaviour has changed: Why won't closing the lid sleep my MacBook Pro with external monitor attached after upgrading to Lion?
There are two groups of people. Those who wish to have dual displays and have closing the lid go into sleep and people who wish to disable the monitor display, close the lid and use the external monitor as if you had 'docked' with it.
Previously, if you wished to switch from the macbook to an external monitor entirely then you had to perform the following to put the laptop into clamshell mode:
*
*Make sure the computer is plugged in to an outlet using the AC power
adapter.
*Connect a USB keyboard and mouse to your computer.
*With the computer turned on connect the Apple portable (using the appropriate
Apple adapter if necessary) to the appropriate port on the external
display or projector and turn the display or projector on.
*Once your computer's Desktop appears on the external display, close the
computer's lid.
*Once the lid is closed, wake the computer up by
either clicking your mouse button or by pressing a key on your
external keyboard.
source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3131
So to put the machine in clamshell mode required you to put it to sleep and wake it back up again. As far as user experience goes, that is somewhat jarring.
As you have the other options to put the machine to sleep, it seems very likely that this change will remain.
Right now, there is no way to alter this behaviour.
A: Though not answering your question, why not use a keyboard shortcut or the menu to sleep the machine?
I see this option as preferable as you'd use the hinge less, and probably stop it from wearing out quicker too.
A:
if there's a setting to restore the sleep-on-close behavior
Yes, there is. To restore Snow Leopard behavior just run the following command in the Terminal while the external monitor is disconnected and reboot:
sudo nvram boot-args=iog=0x0
I've just used it on my Lion – works like a charm.
If you ever want to reset it back, either run the following (and reboot of course):
sudo nvram -d boot-args
or just reset your PRAM with ⌘+⌥+P+R if for some reason you can't boot.
A: Found the solution which suits me, as I'm already using ControlPlane, one of the best CPU/Power-efficient schedulers.
*
*Create a new Context
*Add Laptop Lid Open/Closed State evidence source
*Add a rule triggering that Context on laptop lid close
*Add an action with pmset sleepnow script attached
Voila
A: This question is years old, but still relevant. I had this issue too and came up with a script that monitors the lid state and puts the machine to sleep when the lid is closed: https://github.com/pirj/noclamshell
A: Well… I have "a solution" as long as you are willing to accept a few less-than-ideal aspects.
Here's how it works:
*
*Using the 'brightness' tool (included in the zip below), check the active display IDs
*Add your laptop display ID number to a shell script (see zip)
*Run the shell script via launchd to monitor /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ for changes
*If the script sees that your laptop display is not active, it tells the computer to sleep
Caveat
Ideally we would monitor the system for resolution changes, except that I can't find any way to do that automatically.
(It seems like there would have to be a way to do that, but my GoogleFu has not turned up any.)
"Bug"
It can take a minute or two for the script to notice that something has happened. (It seems much longer when you're waiting, but it will happen.)
HOWTO
*
*You'll need to download this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18414/scripts/ase-18037.zip
*unzip it and read the README.txt file
*copy the 3 included files to their proper locations (as explained in the README)
*edit one of the files to include your monitor's ID number (ditto)
A: This similar to what I am experiencing:
I just upgraded to Lion on my Macbook (White 1.83 2007), I have an external Samsung XL2370HD monitor. The Macbook was sometimes running hot with the lid down with Snow Leopard.
The solution was to lift the lid half way to let it cool, and also to gain access to the built-in keyboard when the external keyboard was not hooked back up. Now with Lion, it switches back to the Macbook LCD display automatically when the lid is opened, and sometimes the colorsync settings get mixed up in the process, causing the second display to be off color until I manually reset the screen resolution to 1920 x 1080.
Also noticed that the ctrl+zoom wheel only zoomed in an area of 1280 x 800 on the samsung set to 1920 x 1080. This seems to be a bug, because restarting with the lid down into 1920 mode, all is well.
I can't find anyway to have the lid open except in mirror mode. Win 7 on Bootcamp works fine and I can lift the lid without it switching. It was very convenient to be able to close the Macbook to sleep it and then click the mouse to wake it on the ext monitor, then sleep and open the lid to wake the built-in display. That is the optimal way it should work, and has worked previously with dual displays.
*
*Try restarting the Mac in just the external mode (lid closed with pull down menu restart). the lid switch now seems to toggle when you lift and close the lid. So opening it once does nothing, but opening it a second time switches it to the built-in screen, and then a third lift and close puts it to sleep again.
*Click on the mouse in the third sleep mode and it returns to the external display (albeit with resized windows). I believe that Lion may adapt itself (learn?) automatically, which would be very cool, but I suspect that restarting in the different screen modes eventually may help reset the PRAM settings back to normal.
*Also try changing resolutions on both sides. It seems to cache whatever you are doing, and may just be hiccuping on earlier saved PRAM data.
*A last resort is a PRAM reset: Hold alt(option) + apple + p + r on reboot, after the chime. Hold the keys down and let it chime three times before releasing and booting up. BTW, Do this on an externally attached keyboard, lid closed if possible. This will give priority to the external monitor booted, hopefully.
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8ad3566e52649995ac1e7f3673006c160431f200 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion? ⌃ Control+→ and ⌃ Control+← switches desktops.
I actually had this enabled in Spaces on Snow Leopard, but I'd like to turn this off because I use those key combinations when editing in Eclipse. How do I turn this off?
A: I updated an app called Karabiner and it turned some Mission Control shortcuts off. I like moving desktops. Here's how you turn them back on:
| Q: How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion? ⌃ Control+→ and ⌃ Control+← switches desktops.
I actually had this enabled in Spaces on Snow Leopard, but I'd like to turn this off because I use those key combinations when editing in Eclipse. How do I turn this off?
A: I updated an app called Karabiner and it turned some Mission Control shortcuts off. I like moving desktops. Here's how you turn them back on:
A: Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control and change the settings for "Move left a space" and "Move right a space" or disable them completely.
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d8f104bdfd98549e605fdbfd37b907ee3c1d6e62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I show the Mission Control desktop number in the menu bar? Spaces used to show the space number in the menu bar; I would glance at it regularly to see which space I was in (1, 2, 3, etc).
How do I get Mission Control to display the current desktop in the menu bar like that?
A: Found SpaceId, a solution which I prefer over WhichSpace. It has options for viewing all created spaces (not just the current one) as well as multi-monitor and full-screen support. It also fixes some visual bugs WhichSpace suffers from. Works well on MacOS 12.0.1.
| Q: Can I show the Mission Control desktop number in the menu bar? Spaces used to show the space number in the menu bar; I would glance at it regularly to see which space I was in (1, 2, 3, etc).
How do I get Mission Control to display the current desktop in the menu bar like that?
A: Found SpaceId, a solution which I prefer over WhichSpace. It has options for viewing all created spaces (not just the current one) as well as multi-monitor and full-screen support. It also fixes some visual bugs WhichSpace suffers from. Works well on MacOS 12.0.1.
A: Maybe the open source WhichSpace project can do this:
WhichSpace
Have you ever forgotten which space is currently active on OS X (10.11+) and wanted a quick way to tell? Didn't think so... but I did!
Screenshot
A: I found this question because I had the same issue. Turns out, all I really wanted was to instantly know what screen I am on.
I just accidentally "discovered" the obvious: if you 4-finger swipe up, everything zooms out. Across the top, all your desktops are shown and your current desktop is highlighted! (4-finger swipe down to go back to normal).
So this quick & easy approach solves things for me! Besides requiring much less work, it's also better than making custom numbered background images because I often have windows that entirely block my background. Now, I just swipe up, then back down and, in a split second, I know exactly where I am.
Posting here just in case it helps someone else...
A: This problem now has a much more robust solution, thanks to Total Spaces. This app brings back the old 2D grid of spaces and shows the space number in the menu bar.
A: I could not find any built-in feature for this, so I decided to use the backgrounds.
*
*I found a background image that I wanted, and made 8 copies of it.
*Then I wrote the numbers 1-8 on each of them, next to where the dock usually is.
*Then you press ctrl+1 to make sure you're in desktop 1, right click the background, and choose the image with 1 written on it.
*Then close down the system preference box (otherwise you end up changing only desktop one).
*Then press ctrl+2 and do right click again.
Not allowed to post screenshot :( to show how it looks.
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556c2ca72289873db3eb37a938c96472d4d349a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a shortcut to expand all folders in Finder's list view? I have my Finder window set up to display in "list" view so that it shows all folders with triangles on the left to click to expand. I have a number of levels of nested folders. Is there any way (keyboard shortcut, menu item, etc.) to expand all, so I don't have to click through each level to see the files contained?
A: To expand one single level folder
Command Right arrow
To expand all levels of subfolders under the selected folder.
Command Option Right arrow
OR
Option and click the triangle in folder view in Finder
| Q: Is there a shortcut to expand all folders in Finder's list view? I have my Finder window set up to display in "list" view so that it shows all folders with triangles on the left to click to expand. I have a number of levels of nested folders. Is there any way (keyboard shortcut, menu item, etc.) to expand all, so I don't have to click through each level to see the files contained?
A: To expand one single level folder
Command Right arrow
To expand all levels of subfolders under the selected folder.
Command Option Right arrow
OR
Option and click the triangle in folder view in Finder
A: Select the folder you want (or command + A to select all) and then press:
*
*Command + right arrow
And the left arrow undoes what the right arrow did, should you want to close things back up again. Using option instead of command works on all folders enclosed in the selected folder. Both option and command modify a mouse selection on the folder toggle icon “triangle” or “arrow” to execute these shortcuts using the GUI.
A: I find mouse/trackpad-clicking the triangle while holding the Alt/Option or Command key works too.
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8b4c89f225113b41a239649599b418ebbc7f9461 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I disable window resizing from the top edge of the window in Lion? I often move windows around on the desktop by clicking and dragging them by the title bar. As of Lion, you can resize the window from the top, so if you put the cursor in the top portion of the title bar, the icon turns into resize arrows, when I actually want to move the window, not resize it.
Is there a way to turn this new feature off or customize it so resizing from the top is disabled?
A: Lion has (at least for now) the following preference keys:
AppleEdgeResizing (boolean)
AppleEdgeResizeBorderSize
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSize
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeNW
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeNE
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeSW
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeSE
AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize
These can be accessed either with either the following commands:
defaults read DOMAIN KEY
defaults write DOMAIN KEY VALUE
defaults delete DOMAIN KEY
Where DOMAIN can be either -globalDomain to affect all apps, or a specific app's identifier e.g.: com.apple.TextEdit
Or edit ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist or other .plist file thereabouts, in Xcode or some other Property List editor.
Apps need to be restarted before they'll recognize any changes.
| Q: Can I disable window resizing from the top edge of the window in Lion? I often move windows around on the desktop by clicking and dragging them by the title bar. As of Lion, you can resize the window from the top, so if you put the cursor in the top portion of the title bar, the icon turns into resize arrows, when I actually want to move the window, not resize it.
Is there a way to turn this new feature off or customize it so resizing from the top is disabled?
A: Lion has (at least for now) the following preference keys:
AppleEdgeResizing (boolean)
AppleEdgeResizeBorderSize
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSize
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeNW
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeNE
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeSW
AppleEdgeResizeCornerSizeSE
AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize
These can be accessed either with either the following commands:
defaults read DOMAIN KEY
defaults write DOMAIN KEY VALUE
defaults delete DOMAIN KEY
Where DOMAIN can be either -globalDomain to affect all apps, or a specific app's identifier e.g.: com.apple.TextEdit
Or edit ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist or other .plist file thereabouts, in Xcode or some other Property List editor.
Apps need to be restarted before they'll recognize any changes.
A: Based on mjmt's excellent info, here's how to globally disable resizing (tested in 10.7.4):
defaults write -globalDomain AppleEdgeResizing NO
Log out and log back into your account (or quit every single app) to see changes take effect.
A: Not currently configurable or able to be turned off by any out of the box control or setting.
It's meant to be always on and you'll likely need a third party solution (or a hidden default setting like the other answers have provided) to change the logic behind the resizing.
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e0c4a8a427ff32bf076fded1393de1cc56ea3678 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you disable the zoom effect / window animations in the new OS X Lion? I'd like to disable the Zoom effect that the windows produce when they are being opened. Does anyone know a way to disable them?
A: Open Terminal.app In your /Applications/Utilies folder and run the following command:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO
and press Enter
Note: Changes might only take place after restarting your mac
| Q: How do you disable the zoom effect / window animations in the new OS X Lion? I'd like to disable the Zoom effect that the windows produce when they are being opened. Does anyone know a way to disable them?
A: Open Terminal.app In your /Applications/Utilies folder and run the following command:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO
and press Enter
Note: Changes might only take place after restarting your mac
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823f5b7aea719d9e8923623cbc1ef5ce7a031ecf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mission Control; how do I correct the order of Desktops? I have 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6, 7? I've been playing with Lion and Mission Control. I'm not sure how I did it, but I seem to have reordered my desktops.
When I open Mission Control, the labels of the desktops at the top of the screen are (from left to right):
Dashboard, Desktop 1, Desktop 2, Desktop 4, Desktop 5, Desktop 3 (in the wrong place!), Desktop 6, Desktop 7, Desktop 8, Desktop 9
How did I relocate 3? And how do I put it back in the right place?
A: Starting with Mac OS Lion 10.7.2, you can drag to re-order your desktops, even the ones that are in full-screen mode.
| Q: Mission Control; how do I correct the order of Desktops? I have 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6, 7? I've been playing with Lion and Mission Control. I'm not sure how I did it, but I seem to have reordered my desktops.
When I open Mission Control, the labels of the desktops at the top of the screen are (from left to right):
Dashboard, Desktop 1, Desktop 2, Desktop 4, Desktop 5, Desktop 3 (in the wrong place!), Desktop 6, Desktop 7, Desktop 8, Desktop 9
How did I relocate 3? And how do I put it back in the right place?
A: Starting with Mac OS Lion 10.7.2, you can drag to re-order your desktops, even the ones that are in full-screen mode.
A: You can't drag or relocate them even after you disable automatic ortanization in System Preferences -> Mission Control.
They seem to be fixed, which is weird. Let's hope that in a future update, Apple fixes this issue.
A: What you can do is this:
Delete the desktops and then recreate the by hovering over them and pressing the red thing in the corner, then looking at the right to make a new desktop.
This is no longer necessary as of Mac OS Lion 10.7.2, see this answer for an easier solution.
A: By default, Spaces are reorganized by last used. You can change this in System Preferences -> Mission Control.
A: You can change the windows displayed on the single desktops by pressing the alt key and then clicking on a desktop. So if for example you want preview (which was on desktop 3) to move to desktop 2 you would do:
Alt + Click on Desktop 3 & Drag the Window of Preview and put in on
desktop 2.
Else you can also go to desktop 2 and right click on the Preview icon in the Dock and then click on: Assign to Desktop 2.
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bcbea665657bdf9f078603bfbc9b8b77003c4dfa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to bring up the Mac OS X Login Window? I’d like to assign an “Every Application” keyboard shortcut to bring up the login window, for when I step away from my computer. Is there a way to do this? (Lion-only methods are fine.)
A: If you want to assign alt ⌥+cmd ⌘+L to lock screen without installing any programs, in 5 minutes, I suggest you doing these three steps:
*
*Create a Service in Automator and set "Service receives selected" to "no input" instead of "text".
*(Still in Automator) add 'Run AppleScript' (search on the left "apple" then double-click).
In the script in place of (* Your script goes here *) you copy-paste:
do shell script "'/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession' -suspend"
Save and exit. (You can name your service "Lock Screen".)
*Open System Preferences, Keyboard then in Keyboard Shortcuts tab and under Services you will find your service "Lock Screen" towards the bottom of the list.
Now, click on "none" next to "Lock Screen" to assign ⌥⌘ L to
your service. Actually I suggest rather ⌃⌥⌘ L because ⌥⌘ L is assigned in Finder.
Done.
(For step 2 cudos goes to Lauri Ranta!)
| Q: Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to bring up the Mac OS X Login Window? I’d like to assign an “Every Application” keyboard shortcut to bring up the login window, for when I step away from my computer. Is there a way to do this? (Lion-only methods are fine.)
A: If you want to assign alt ⌥+cmd ⌘+L to lock screen without installing any programs, in 5 minutes, I suggest you doing these three steps:
*
*Create a Service in Automator and set "Service receives selected" to "no input" instead of "text".
*(Still in Automator) add 'Run AppleScript' (search on the left "apple" then double-click).
In the script in place of (* Your script goes here *) you copy-paste:
do shell script "'/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession' -suspend"
Save and exit. (You can name your service "Lock Screen".)
*Open System Preferences, Keyboard then in Keyboard Shortcuts tab and under Services you will find your service "Lock Screen" towards the bottom of the list.
Now, click on "none" next to "Lock Screen" to assign ⌥⌘ L to
your service. Actually I suggest rather ⌃⌥⌘ L because ⌥⌘ L is assigned in Finder.
Done.
(For step 2 cudos goes to Lauri Ranta!)
A: Press Shift-Cmd+Q. Make sure that "Reopen windows when logging back in" is checked. Press enter.
Thanks to Lion, when you log back in, everything will look the same.
A: I realise that this thread is probably quite old by now, but for all the options that has been given here, the simplest way has not been discussed.
Apple allows you to lock your screen with a keyboard shortcut. You don't have to create one, there is one built right in to OSX — via the “Require password after sleep or screensaver” feature.
Here is how to use it:
*
*Make sure that you have “Require password after sleep or screensaver
begins” set to “immediately”.
To do this, follow these steps:
*
*Open System Preferences
*Click on Security (on Lion, “Security & Privacy”)
*Go to the General tab
*If you don't already have one, put a tick in the box next to
"Require password after sleep or screen saver begins"
*Set the time interval to “immediately”
*Exit System Preferences
When now when you want to lock your Mac, simply use the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl ⌃ + Shift ⇧ + Eject ⏏ or
Ctrl ⌃ + Shift ⇧ + Power
A: Another way to log out to the fast user switching screen is to assign a shortcut to this shell command:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend
If you have the Alfred Powerpack, you can assign a shortcut to the lock action, but just typing "lock" doesn't take that much longer.
A: You can use Better Touch Tool (link) to create a multi-touch gesture or a shortcut to get to the login screen:
Multi-touch gesture
Keyboard Shortcut
A: You could also set an Applescript to click the "Login Window" menu item after a certain amount of time:
If you want to navigate the menubar, the script goes something like this:
on run {input, parameters}
(* Login menu has to be the last! *)
tell application "System Events"
tell process "SystemUIServer"
set n to number of menu bar items of menu bar 1
tell menu bar item n of menu bar 1
click
repeat with i from 1 to 10
try
if name of menu item i of front menu contains "Login Window" then
click menu item i of front menu
exit repeat
end if
end try
end repeat
end tell
end tell
end tell
return input
end run
A: This may not answer your question entirely, but at least it is a step in the right direction.
*
*Open Keychain Access located in the Utilities Folder inside the Applications Folder.
*Open Keychain Access preferences and check the box "Show keychain status in the menu bar."
*From the Lock icon in the menu bar, choose "Lock Screen."
A: Wow this has been going on a while… But after trying all these different suggestions I found the easiest way for me that I don't see mentioned here and elsewhere but is sorta common sense to me now that I think of it…
*
*Set the require password after sleep or screensaver to "immediately"
*Enable "hot corners" and select a corner to either "start screen saver" or "put display to sleep".
Then all you have to do is simply slide your cursor all the way into said corner and your screen saver will start of the display goes to sleep and then when you move the mouse again you will be at the login screen!
No scripts, no menu bar short cuts, no key sequences, just a simple swipe of the trackpad! This works wether you have the corner set to screen saver, sleep display, or close the lid.
A: There's only one way to do this, if you want to invoke the Login screen from a keyboard hotkey shortcut. It requires using the built-in Automator application in Mac OS. Here's the article on how to do it:
http://www.macyourself.com/2013/01/27/how-to-lock-your-mac-screen-with-a-keyboard-shortcut/comment-page-2/#comment-6991
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82f5ea76ed91a2e5b17f12a242840ce96f18f9ca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to transfer a Launchpad layout to another machine? If I spend time grouping apps in neat folders in Launchpad on one machine, is there a way to copy that mapping to another system without having to manually organize everything all over again ?
A: It does appear to work. Copy over the existing entry in the target ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock folder with the source file. The first use of launchpad was missing the majority of the icons but logging out and back in again to the account resolved this.
| Q: Is there a way to transfer a Launchpad layout to another machine? If I spend time grouping apps in neat folders in Launchpad on one machine, is there a way to copy that mapping to another system without having to manually organize everything all over again ?
A: It does appear to work. Copy over the existing entry in the target ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock folder with the source file. The first use of launchpad was missing the majority of the icons but logging out and back in again to the account resolved this.
A: I have not tested this yet, but I according to this TUAW article the .db files in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock contain all the configuration information for Launchpad.
I presume copying this folder to another machine will duplicate the configuration. Let us know if it works.
There are three ways to get to your Library folder:
-You can use the terminal to copy the files manually
-You can enter this in the terminal to "unhide" your Library folder within Finder so that you are always able to see it.
chflags nohidden ~/Library
-Or you can simply open Finder click Go, then press the Option key (alt) to temporarily show it in the list (this is the safest option).
A: What I ended up doing was copying the name of the original .db file that I wanted to remove, (let's say ABC123) then logged out of the user account. I logged in as an administrative user and deleted the original .db file then copied over my new one and gave it the ABC123 name I'd copied from the user's original. Convoluted, and maybe someone has a better way, but that's what worked for me. There was on icon out of place when I opened LaunchPad but it was easy enough to fix and all my folders were as I'd set them.
A: I haven't tried it, but there's lporg, a command-line utility that purports to do just this.
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17d10192e5f12a65548d4528b7ce95ad2d412843 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to buy multiple Lion licenses from the Mac App Store? I need to install Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on about 10 company workstations.
If those were my personal computers, I could simply buy one license and then log into the Mac App Store on each workstation to download the installer.
But since according to the EULA I need to purchase 10 licenses, I wonder how to do that using a single Mac App Store account (Apple ID)? Is it at all possible to buy multiple licenses for an app on the Mac App Store?
A: App Store Volume Purchasing for Business
| Q: How to buy multiple Lion licenses from the Mac App Store? I need to install Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on about 10 company workstations.
If those were my personal computers, I could simply buy one license and then log into the Mac App Store on each workstation to download the installer.
But since according to the EULA I need to purchase 10 licenses, I wonder how to do that using a single Mac App Store account (Apple ID)? Is it at all possible to buy multiple licenses for an app on the Mac App Store?
A: App Store Volume Purchasing for Business
A: Apple Software Volume Licensing lets you purchase bundles of 20+ licenses for Apple software, including Lion. The licenses can be bought via the Apple Store for Business and redeemed in the Mac App Store.
If you need to purchase less than 20 commercial licenses, it seems you cannot do so using a single Apple ID. Have fun creating an Apple ID for each license you want to buy..
A: Inside of the Mac App Store, no. Just purchasing the licenses at Apple's Online Store for Business, yes:
http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/D6377Z/A
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4577cbe13968d9824268ff9c967e0803b00972b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: transfering itunes library win-> mac - is it possible? I'm about to order one of the new macbook airs and wanted to know if it is possible to transfer my itunes library from my old windows machine to the mac. I know you can do win->win and mac->mac, but can you do win-> mac? If so, how?
With the music I'm not too concerned with play-counts and ratings, I just want the music, album and cover-art.
With the apps, I know I could share them with a "new" itunes library but would have to purchase them again if I need to update. Is there a way to circumvent that and make my new itunes library my "main" one?
A: Short answer: just copy the iTunes folder from the Windows machine to the mac. It works fine, I did it myself last year with no problems.
Longer answer with more details at http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html
| Q: transfering itunes library win-> mac - is it possible? I'm about to order one of the new macbook airs and wanted to know if it is possible to transfer my itunes library from my old windows machine to the mac. I know you can do win->win and mac->mac, but can you do win-> mac? If so, how?
With the music I'm not too concerned with play-counts and ratings, I just want the music, album and cover-art.
With the apps, I know I could share them with a "new" itunes library but would have to purchase them again if I need to update. Is there a way to circumvent that and make my new itunes library my "main" one?
A: Short answer: just copy the iTunes folder from the Windows machine to the mac. It works fine, I did it myself last year with no problems.
Longer answer with more details at http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html
A: Just copying the iTunes folder to a HDD will probably be simplest, but if you don't have a ton of music, and you want to transfer some documents and photos you could use migration assistant over your home network.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796
Never done it that way myself but migration assistant is generally a pretty good tool.
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4ebb8e54f627bed9894a2f6f3bc351ca2c26f085 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Open folder in new window" for Finder? In Finder, how do you open a folder in a new window, while the existing window keeps the same view?
All file managers I've ever used (on Linux only) have something like "Open folder in new window" in the right-click menu for a folder. Does Finder have this feature in a hidden way, or is there another file manager I should be using on Mac?
A: Right-click on the folder, hold ⌥ (Option), and select "Open in New Window".
If you'd prefer this to be the default (and hold Option for a new tab instead), you can change it in Finder preferences.
| Q: "Open folder in new window" for Finder? In Finder, how do you open a folder in a new window, while the existing window keeps the same view?
All file managers I've ever used (on Linux only) have something like "Open folder in new window" in the right-click menu for a folder. Does Finder have this feature in a hidden way, or is there another file manager I should be using on Mac?
A: Right-click on the folder, hold ⌥ (Option), and select "Open in New Window".
If you'd prefer this to be the default (and hold Option for a new tab instead), you can change it in Finder preferences.
A: Just hold down the Command key (Cmd) while double clicking the folder and it will open in a new Finder Tab.
In Finder Preferences, you can specify to open in a new window instead of a tab.
A: Command + Click on a folder opens what ever items you have selected in the current window. So if you have 3 folders selected, you will open each folder in a separate window - Annoying in some instances, but very useful in others.
Otherwise you can goto Finder > Preference and tick the "Always open folders in a new window" option.
A: I typically would tap 2 fingers on the Finder, and choose "New Finder Window"
That is assuming you enable Two Finger tap to trigger Right Mouse Button click
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94485d51253f8a126630b0642be914221071851b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lion: four finger swipe to switch desktops (spaces) works on internal trackpad but not magic trackpad? Even though in the pref pane for Trackpad it says "Swipe between full-screen apps" when I'm using the internal trackpad in my laptop, it will switch desktops even if I'm not using full screen apps. However, when I'm using my Magic Trackpad, the 4-finger swipe does not switch desktops.
Anyone have a solution?
A: Do any 4 finger gestures work? If not, it's likely the trackpad faulty and not just some software bug in Mission Control.
| Q: Lion: four finger swipe to switch desktops (spaces) works on internal trackpad but not magic trackpad? Even though in the pref pane for Trackpad it says "Swipe between full-screen apps" when I'm using the internal trackpad in my laptop, it will switch desktops even if I'm not using full screen apps. However, when I'm using my Magic Trackpad, the 4-finger swipe does not switch desktops.
Anyone have a solution?
A: Do any 4 finger gestures work? If not, it's likely the trackpad faulty and not just some software bug in Mission Control.
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ab75c6a6afe71baf33a3637e3ec4ff31750be96e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Repairing Time Machine volume taking forever Over 18 hours and counting, currently in the "Checking multi-linked directories" phase, but it's been there all night long.
I see disk I/O, not a lot, but some. I assume its from the TM drive as the machine is nominally idle (as idle as these machines get, anyway).
What prompted me was that I kept glancing up and see it backing up. It was stuck doing a backup for a long time, so I simply stopped the backup, and tried again. Later, it was still taking forever and nothing happening. So I shut down TM, unmounted the drive, unplugged it, replugged it in. Then I decide to run Repair.
The basic question is if this repair time is "normal", or is the drive bad. I'm debating simply erasing the drive and starting over, but if the drive is bad, then it's not trustworthy.
Advice appreciated.
A: The structure of a Time Machine disk is very complex.
Hundreds Gigabytes with hard links everywhere need a long time to check.
18 hours is not surprising.
| Q: Repairing Time Machine volume taking forever Over 18 hours and counting, currently in the "Checking multi-linked directories" phase, but it's been there all night long.
I see disk I/O, not a lot, but some. I assume its from the TM drive as the machine is nominally idle (as idle as these machines get, anyway).
What prompted me was that I kept glancing up and see it backing up. It was stuck doing a backup for a long time, so I simply stopped the backup, and tried again. Later, it was still taking forever and nothing happening. So I shut down TM, unmounted the drive, unplugged it, replugged it in. Then I decide to run Repair.
The basic question is if this repair time is "normal", or is the drive bad. I'm debating simply erasing the drive and starting over, but if the drive is bad, then it's not trustworthy.
Advice appreciated.
A: The structure of a Time Machine disk is very complex.
Hundreds Gigabytes with hard links everywhere need a long time to check.
18 hours is not surprising.
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1e1f9bbf8282276b2cf0fc7c98d685b1c937a16e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I download folders through FTP in Terminal? How do I download a whole folder through FTP in Terminal?
A: Another way is to use curl
curl ftp://ftp.com/mp3/* --user login:password -o /myfolder/*
I think this is working, or file by file
curl ftp://ftp.com/mp3/mymusic.zip --user login:password -o mymusic.zip
I hope this helped.
| Q: How do I download folders through FTP in Terminal? How do I download a whole folder through FTP in Terminal?
A: Another way is to use curl
curl ftp://ftp.com/mp3/* --user login:password -o /myfolder/*
I think this is working, or file by file
curl ftp://ftp.com/mp3/mymusic.zip --user login:password -o mymusic.zip
I hope this helped.
A: I am using
wget -r -l 10 --ftp-user='FTP_USER' --ftp-password='FTP_PASSWORD' \
ftp://ftp.server.com/folder_to_download/*
Unfortunately wget doesn't support parallel downloads.
A: Use scp (documentation) or sftp (documentation)
scp -r login@myserverip:/remote/directory/path/ mylocaldirectory
A: I had to download 22'000+ webcam pictures from my web server, which is a bit of a challenge for both the Finder and my FTP program CyberDuck.
So I did the following (based on @bmike's answer):
mkdir ~/Desktop/image-dump-myserver
ftp ftp://[email protected]
# enter password
# You're now in the ftp console (where the world is still okay)
# Set the local folder
lcd ~/Desktop/image-dump-myserver
# cd into the desired folder (`ls`, `pwd` etc. all work here)
cd /httpdocs/images
# Toggle the interactive mode
prompt
# Download the desired files (all the images in my case)
mget *.jpg
Then the files are being downloaded into the desired folder:
local: image1433509292_1582.jpg remote: image1433509292_1582.jpg
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||50001|)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for image1433509292_1582.jpg (63626 bytes)
100% |***********************************| 63626 1.51 MiB/s 00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete
63626 bytes received in 00:00 (0.98 MiB/s)
local: image1427279963_0841.jpg remote: image1427279963_0841.jpg
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||50053|)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for image1427279963_0841.jpg (67194 bytes)
100% |***********************************| 67194 1.64 MiB/s 00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete
67194 bytes received in 00:00 (1.04 MiB/s)
local: image1439798493_1783.jpg remote: image1439798493_1783.jpg
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||50357|)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for image1439798493_1783.jpg (48876 bytes)
100% |***********************************| 48876 1.80 MiB/s 00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete
48876 bytes received in 00:00 (996.81 KiB/s)
....
A: mget is the closest you can get with the included FTP binary. You have to mkdir and cd/lcd and then get all the files than match a pattern like *
The prompt toggle may come in handy.
FTP works within a directory, not on directories as containers of files. If you absolutely had to get the job done and ftp was the only tool you could use - you could cobble together an expect script to drive ftp for you.
Thankfully there are alternatives like scp|rsync|wget to get whole directories worth of files.
A: follow this instruction :
type
ftp
then you are in ftp looking like
ftp>
then you open ip of server
ftp> open xx.xxx.xxx.xx
then it will ask for username, you will provide
Name:(your ftp server): your_username
then it wil ask for password
Password: your_password
then you should be logged in and see the ftp> shell again,
you can type "ls" to list all files and you can navigate like in inix with cd
when you found your filename you can download it with
ftp> get filename
et voila, the file will be downloaded to the directory you opened shell localy from
you cant download directorys, but you could navigate into your directory and download multiple e.g all files
Task: Download Multiple Files
You need to use mget command as follows to copy multiple files from the remote ftp server to the local system. You may be prompted for a yes/no (Y/N) answer before transferring each file (you can disable prompt by passing the -i option to ftp client). To download all files, enter:
ftp> mget *
information from http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-ftp-commands/
cheers
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e21fb711b8cc990c403e175b454cf521fd512de2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you watch HTTP requests an iPhone app is making? Just the same way you can open the web inspector or activity window in Safari on your laptop and see all the HTTP requests any website has made, how do you do that on the iphone for an iPhone app, if the iPhone app is using HTML5 (or even if it's a native app)?
A: To watch the http(s) traffic, you will need to intercept the network traffic travelling between your iPhone and your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
To do this you need to set your phone to use WiFi and to pass network traffic through a proxy. Proxies include squid and Charles.
A good proxy will offer log files and allow you to see server addresses and, if not encrypted, requested URLs.
| Q: How do you watch HTTP requests an iPhone app is making? Just the same way you can open the web inspector or activity window in Safari on your laptop and see all the HTTP requests any website has made, how do you do that on the iphone for an iPhone app, if the iPhone app is using HTML5 (or even if it's a native app)?
A: To watch the http(s) traffic, you will need to intercept the network traffic travelling between your iPhone and your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
To do this you need to set your phone to use WiFi and to pass network traffic through a proxy. Proxies include squid and Charles.
A good proxy will offer log files and allow you to see server addresses and, if not encrypted, requested URLs.
A: Mitmproxy will also work for SSL connections, and even has a tutorial specific to iOS.
A: indeed if you download charles and follow the instruction on this page (under iphone). You can monitor the http requests that your iPhone
http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/
A: The easiest method is to install a debugging proxy and point your iPhone to it (specify the proxy address in the settings for the wifi network). Obviously, this'll only work over wifi and not via a cellular data connection. You'll then have access to all of the http(s) requests and responses sent and received by your iPhone.
As several commenters have mentioned (thanks!), a popular option is Charles, which supports Windows, macOS and Linux. There's also Paros, which is written in Java so will run on most platforms, but it was last updated in 2006.
A: You can also use Postman to capture HTTP requests. There's also Proxyman.
A: With respect to web apps on mobile Safari:
Besides the proxy method, these iOS apps/tools might be helpful, I've not used them though:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mihtool/id584739126?ls=1&mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/httpwatch-basic-http-sniffer/id658886056?mt=8
or use the remote debugging feature of Safari:
http://moduscreate.com/enable-remote-web-inspector-in-ios-6/
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680f1687d1e9fcd8ba4565f7054602277e90c79a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I pause a download in the Launchpad in OS X Lion? I started downloading XCode on my 10 mbit/s but it is 4 GB and I want to pause it for a while.
A: Open Mission Control and just click on the Downloading Xcode icon. This will pause it. Clicking again will resume.
| Q: How do I pause a download in the Launchpad in OS X Lion? I started downloading XCode on my 10 mbit/s but it is 4 GB and I want to pause it for a while.
A: Open Mission Control and just click on the Downloading Xcode icon. This will pause it. Clicking again will resume.
A: If you're downloading via the App Store, if you click on the Purchased icon at the top of the App Store window, I think that there's the option to Pause an active download. I seem to remember seeing it while I downloaded Lion earlier today.
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90746c683a4024ed810f97593d0718bb541c6ec7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Getting to the Dashboard in Lion I'm trying to decide whether or not to upgrade to Lion. I use the Dashboard a lot, and I value the ability to get to it quickly by hitting the button on my keyboard. In Lion, it sounds like I would have to open Mission Control, then use my mouse to open the Dashboard.
Is this the only way to get to the Dashboard in Lion? Does the old keyboard button still work? If not, can I set a keyboard shortcut to open it without going through Mission Control first?
A: By default the Dashboard is on its own space, always the leftmost one. The Dashboard button still works and makes you jump right there.
Alternatively, you can disable this behavior in the General preference pane and revert to the Dashboard as an overlay, just as it was before Lion.
| Q: Getting to the Dashboard in Lion I'm trying to decide whether or not to upgrade to Lion. I use the Dashboard a lot, and I value the ability to get to it quickly by hitting the button on my keyboard. In Lion, it sounds like I would have to open Mission Control, then use my mouse to open the Dashboard.
Is this the only way to get to the Dashboard in Lion? Does the old keyboard button still work? If not, can I set a keyboard shortcut to open it without going through Mission Control first?
A: By default the Dashboard is on its own space, always the leftmost one. The Dashboard button still works and makes you jump right there.
Alternatively, you can disable this behavior in the General preference pane and revert to the Dashboard as an overlay, just as it was before Lion.
A: check this:
so, hotkey for dashboard is working.
A: My new MacBook Air's keyboard doesn't HAVE a Dashboard button, it was replaced by a Launchpad button, and I hate Launchpad.
So I installed KeyRemap4MacBook: http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/
And that allowed me to swap the Launchpad key's functionality. Now it launches Dashboard instead. Happy!
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6af7b3d892e125c87360617eacfafc558ff29a97 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I get Mission Control to show minimized windows? Exposé in Snow Leopard showed minimized windows — if any — in a dedicated area at the bottom. This was extremely helpful and efficient, especially combined with the "Minimize windows in application icon" setting of the Dock.
Mission Control is apparently done with this behavior, so monitoring and fetching minimized windows is now a pain.
Is there a way to show minimized windows anywhere in Mission Control?
A: If you exposé (three finger swipe down or whatever shortcut you've set up) you can then switch through all of the applications by pressing tab.
Pressing tab on its own will go through each application showing all windows (minimised or not), pressing cmd and tab will show you the swap icon bar (in middle of screen) at the same time as going through the applications. The arrow keys followed by enter will help you select what window you want.
It's certainly not as elegant as SL used to be, but it's the only thing I've found that kinda/sorta/maybe comes close.
| Q: Can I get Mission Control to show minimized windows? Exposé in Snow Leopard showed minimized windows — if any — in a dedicated area at the bottom. This was extremely helpful and efficient, especially combined with the "Minimize windows in application icon" setting of the Dock.
Mission Control is apparently done with this behavior, so monitoring and fetching minimized windows is now a pain.
Is there a way to show minimized windows anywhere in Mission Control?
A: If you exposé (three finger swipe down or whatever shortcut you've set up) you can then switch through all of the applications by pressing tab.
Pressing tab on its own will go through each application showing all windows (minimised or not), pressing cmd and tab will show you the swap icon bar (in middle of screen) at the same time as going through the applications. The arrow keys followed by enter will help you select what window you want.
It's certainly not as elegant as SL used to be, but it's the only thing I've found that kinda/sorta/maybe comes close.
A: The most straightforward way is to use Exposé on the application with minimized windows to show them.
A: I don't think it's turned on by default, but you can turn on App Exposé (which shows minimized windows) as a trackpad gesture using three or four finger swipes downward. It's in Trackpad>More Gestures. If that's not quite what you're looking for, you might also try Hyperdock, which replicates Windows 7's aero peek functionality on OS X; it includes minimized windows.
A: Press Command-Tab which will show applications including minimized ones. Highlight the one you are looking for, release Tab and while still holding Command press on Opt/Alt before letting all keys go. This will bring up the minimized application.
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5a886d0c72ee560bcc0b82871e1bf66513521fa5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible for an iPad - or any iOS product - to get a virus? And if so, have there been any recorded instances of this?
(I'm excluding the so-called "jail broken" devices.)
A: The fact that the devices can be jail broken at all means that there are exploitable weaknesses in the security of iOS, because jail breaks involve bypassing the usual security to be able to run software that you couldn't otherwise run.
But -- being jail broken doesn't necessarily mean you are more vulnerable.
That said, unless the jail breaker's are lucky and can find a serious flaw like the recent PDF exploit, jail breaking an iOS system can be a little involved. Someone might be able to get you to click on a link on a website, but not go through a multi-step procedure where you are rebooting the devices with buttons held down, etc.
I've not heard of an in-the-wild trojan/virus for iOS.
| Q: Is it possible for an iPad - or any iOS product - to get a virus? And if so, have there been any recorded instances of this?
(I'm excluding the so-called "jail broken" devices.)
A: The fact that the devices can be jail broken at all means that there are exploitable weaknesses in the security of iOS, because jail breaks involve bypassing the usual security to be able to run software that you couldn't otherwise run.
But -- being jail broken doesn't necessarily mean you are more vulnerable.
That said, unless the jail breaker's are lucky and can find a serious flaw like the recent PDF exploit, jail breaking an iOS system can be a little involved. Someone might be able to get you to click on a link on a website, but not go through a multi-step procedure where you are rebooting the devices with buttons held down, etc.
I've not heard of an in-the-wild trojan/virus for iOS.
A: I think the answers here are a bit misleading. iOS is widely held to be the most secure software platform, mobile or otherwise. Any human made software system is vulnerable, but so far there has been no malware of any sort reported for iOS. It's an attractive target, though, and the existence of jailbreak exploits means that it's not impossible.
A: Yes, security vulnerabilities that would allow people to hack or infect Macs and iOS products do exist, though they're not exploited very often.
Pwn2Own is an annual contest where competitors try to hack into machines to win them as prizes. Both Macs and iOS products are hacked most years.
Here is one more story about an exploit that was patched:
Friday, Apple released an update to its mobile operating system (iOS 4.3.4) which patches a couple of vulnerabilities that left a door open for malware infections on the iPad, 3rd and 4th generation iPod touch, iPhone 4, and iPhone 3GS.
Apple's update describes the CoreGraphics vulnerability as "A buffer overflow…in FreeType's handling of TrueType fonts. Viewing a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution."
[...]
This update comes on the heels of an alert from German IT group BSI, which warned of an unpatched vulnerability that would "allow attackers to gain access to the entire system with administrative privileges."
Apple does "verify" any software for their App Stores, but developers have been known to sneak in features without Apple's testers seeing them, so don't expect this to entirely protect you.
A: It is possible, but not likely to get a virus from an app. All iOS apps are vetted by Apple. A virus is generally malicious code installed and run unintentionally. Because all apps are checked, unless you jailbreak jailbreak device, you should be safe.
On the other hand, as has been pointed out in the comments, it is quite possible that an iOS device can get infected via vulnerability in Safari or, as was specifically mentioned, the PDF reader. This is possible largely because the content that comes in from the web is not checked by anyone. The situation is worse on iOS because you cannot install antivirus. (Apple wouldn't allow an app that integrates that deeply with the OS into the store.) Contrast that with "traditional" computing environments where such protections are available.
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188def7b6230906ad47f734c1b171050a1a3e60d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mission Control to App Exposé In Snow Leopard you could switch to App Exposé from global Exposé by clicking an icon in the Dock. Doing the same in Lion merely exits you from Mission Control and focuses on that app.
Is there a way to go to a given App Exposé from Mission Control?
A: If you activate Mission Control whilst hovering the mouse over an app in the dock, it will do an Exposé for that app.
Activating Mission Control any other time will do a global Exposé as you say.
While in mission control, if you slide one finger up on the magic mouse (imagine it's a 2 two finger swipe with a trackpad) whilst hovering over the app windows, it'll Exposé the selected app's windows
In one of the earlier developer previews you could slide one finger up (on the magic mouse) over a dock icon while in Mission Control and it would trigger a per-app Exposé. Alas, it seems this feature has been removed.
There could be a hidden switch to turn it back on, but I've not had a play around with those 'secrets' apps to have a look yet.
| Q: Mission Control to App Exposé In Snow Leopard you could switch to App Exposé from global Exposé by clicking an icon in the Dock. Doing the same in Lion merely exits you from Mission Control and focuses on that app.
Is there a way to go to a given App Exposé from Mission Control?
A: If you activate Mission Control whilst hovering the mouse over an app in the dock, it will do an Exposé for that app.
Activating Mission Control any other time will do a global Exposé as you say.
While in mission control, if you slide one finger up on the magic mouse (imagine it's a 2 two finger swipe with a trackpad) whilst hovering over the app windows, it'll Exposé the selected app's windows
In one of the earlier developer previews you could slide one finger up (on the magic mouse) over a dock icon while in Mission Control and it would trigger a per-app Exposé. Alas, it seems this feature has been removed.
There could be a hidden switch to turn it back on, but I've not had a play around with those 'secrets' apps to have a look yet.
A: *
*Swipe up with 3 fingers = show mission control.
*When mission control is shown, move your mouse to the app window, and
*Swipe up with 2 fingers
This will show the app's windows.
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a6103edcd6e5cffd36f42125c97449679b24274a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keywurl for Safari 5.1 / Lion Has anyone made Keywurl work with Safari 5.1 after their Lion upgrade?
I tried updating the MaxBundleVersion without luck:
http://hacketal.com/making-keywurl-work-with-safari-5
I'm not interested in using Glims, SafariStand, etc, I just want Keywurl to work.
A: There is now a Safari extension for Safari 5.1 called Safari Keyword Search by Arne Martin Auerlie. It uses new API calls in 5.1 to reproduce all the functionality of Keywurl without the need for a SIMBL hack!
It is still an early version, so the interface is still a little rough, but it works wonderfully.
Get it here:
https://github.com/arnemart/SafariKeywordSearch
Read Arne's blog here:
http://am.aurlien.net/
Also if you don't mind hacks, Safari Omnibar does something similar, attempting to replicate the behaviour of Chrome's Omnibar.
https://github.com/rs/SafariOmnibar
It is a bit hacky, so I would recommend Arne's extension in preference to it, but it is worth watching how both projects develop.
| Q: Keywurl for Safari 5.1 / Lion Has anyone made Keywurl work with Safari 5.1 after their Lion upgrade?
I tried updating the MaxBundleVersion without luck:
http://hacketal.com/making-keywurl-work-with-safari-5
I'm not interested in using Glims, SafariStand, etc, I just want Keywurl to work.
A: There is now a Safari extension for Safari 5.1 called Safari Keyword Search by Arne Martin Auerlie. It uses new API calls in 5.1 to reproduce all the functionality of Keywurl without the need for a SIMBL hack!
It is still an early version, so the interface is still a little rough, but it works wonderfully.
Get it here:
https://github.com/arnemart/SafariKeywordSearch
Read Arne's blog here:
http://am.aurlien.net/
Also if you don't mind hacks, Safari Omnibar does something similar, attempting to replicate the behaviour of Chrome's Omnibar.
https://github.com/rs/SafariOmnibar
It is a bit hacky, so I would recommend Arne's extension in preference to it, but it is worth watching how both projects develop.
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