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a4de19bd86ac92f42a10291dc140868e9e18ab7b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: make, gcc and other developer tools unavailable after installing XCode on Lion I installed XCode after I upgraded to OS X Lion, I downloaded XCode from the App Store. gcc, make and such are still not found and I cannot compile anything from source because of this. I did a find / -name make and it looks like it found something:
/Developer/Library/Xcode/Project Templates/Framework & Library/JNI Library/make
/Developer/usr/bin/make
What's going on here? Is this normal?
A: Is /Developer/usr/bin in your PATH variable?
You could try ln -s /Developer/usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make
| Q: make, gcc and other developer tools unavailable after installing XCode on Lion I installed XCode after I upgraded to OS X Lion, I downloaded XCode from the App Store. gcc, make and such are still not found and I cannot compile anything from source because of this. I did a find / -name make and it looks like it found something:
/Developer/Library/Xcode/Project Templates/Framework & Library/JNI Library/make
/Developer/usr/bin/make
What's going on here? Is this normal?
A: Is /Developer/usr/bin in your PATH variable?
You could try ln -s /Developer/usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make
A: Make sure that your system's $PATH has been updated. If you had a terminal window open before you installed, and are using the same one now that you have Xcode installed, open a new one and let it run through .bashrc/.bash_profile/etc again to update the path. If you know the specific file that the $PATH variable lives in on your system, you can also just run source on that file.
If that doesn't work, you can manually add the path that the find command finds these tools at (should be /Developer/usr/bin) to your $PATH inside ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile (depending on how your bash files are configured — mine has everything in ~/.bashrc but I've customized them heavily).
A: Yeah, looks like Apple has moved all the Developer Tools under /Developer. Why, beats me. Fixing the $PATH is easy, but the annoying part is that the includes have also moved under /Developer/usr/include etc.
I spent a good half a day trying to compile some PHP extensions, to no avail, running into all sorts of "blah.h not found" errors.
A: Finally figured this out. They're under /Developer because installing Xcode from App Store does not install Xcode, but an app named "Install Xcode". After running it, everything went back to normal. :)
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bc20587d1a85c8259410c55263275a6e6832eb5b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to rename a bluetooth device in OSX Lion? Before I upgraded to OSX Lion, I could open up the Bluetooth Preferences, select a device, click on the settings icon, choose 'Rename Device' and rename the Bluetooth device.
Now that I've upgraded to OSX Lion, the option is there on the same location, but it is called 'Update Name', however, it doesn't do anything for me. Is that just a dead GUI component that will get functionality tied to it later on, or am I doing something wrong?
A: System Preferences > Bluetooth
*
*Select (click) the device you wish to rename
*
*Click the gear icon at the bottom of the list and Rename is one of the actions you can take on each paired device.
| Q: How to rename a bluetooth device in OSX Lion? Before I upgraded to OSX Lion, I could open up the Bluetooth Preferences, select a device, click on the settings icon, choose 'Rename Device' and rename the Bluetooth device.
Now that I've upgraded to OSX Lion, the option is there on the same location, but it is called 'Update Name', however, it doesn't do anything for me. Is that just a dead GUI component that will get functionality tied to it later on, or am I doing something wrong?
A: System Preferences > Bluetooth
*
*Select (click) the device you wish to rename
*
*Click the gear icon at the bottom of the list and Rename is one of the actions you can take on each paired device.
A:
Mavericks 10.9:
"System Preferences" - "Bluetooth" - select your device, right click - "Rename"
A: J.Y Han's answer for Mavericks 10.9 no longer works with Yosemite 10.10.
Go to System Preferences -> Bluetooth.
Now, instead of right-clicking the device, hold down CTRL and left-click. You will now see a menu with an option to rename the device.
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55d1a96da32c4b87800f75c54351ed0cb74bcdd0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I take a steathy picture with my iSight camera from the command line? Is there a command line utility that allows me to take a picture from the built in camera? Something like screencapture allows for, well, screen captures.
The reasoning for a command line tool is I would like for it to be stealthy, without a countdown or flash or other indication to the user that a picture is being taken.
A: OS X does not come with any utilities for this purpose.
A third-party solution is imagesnap. It lets you capture an image from any connected video device, defaulting to the built-in iSight camera. It's available as a single binary file you could bundle with your software, and is released into the public domain.
There are many references around the internet to the iSightCapture utility, which used to be a popular choice for this, but it is no longer maintained.
| Q: How do I take a steathy picture with my iSight camera from the command line? Is there a command line utility that allows me to take a picture from the built in camera? Something like screencapture allows for, well, screen captures.
The reasoning for a command line tool is I would like for it to be stealthy, without a countdown or flash or other indication to the user that a picture is being taken.
A: OS X does not come with any utilities for this purpose.
A third-party solution is imagesnap. It lets you capture an image from any connected video device, defaulting to the built-in iSight camera. It's available as a single binary file you could bundle with your software, and is released into the public domain.
There are many references around the internet to the iSightCapture utility, which used to be a popular choice for this, but it is no longer maintained.
A: Unfortunately imagesnap no longer appears to work on OSX10.11/El Capitan so another alternative is to install ffmpeg (MacPorts: port install ffmpeg or brew install ffmpeg) and run:
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 30 -i "0" -vframes 1 out.jpg
A: Natively, there is a way but it is extremely basic. You can use Automator to make an application that takes a picture. The action is called "Take Video Snapshot" and requires a "built-in camera, iSight or other webcam, or digital camera connected to your computer." Just check the box to take picture automatically and you now have an app you can call from the command line. Save it as an app and then you can call it from the command line like open TakePicture.app.
A: As another poster mentioned there is a utility called iSightCapture which can do this.
I once wrote a script to periodically grab an iSight image and a grab of my two monitors and post it to a private website so I could see what's going on at my computer. Here's how I scripted iSightCapture to do so.
#!/bin/bash
~/scripts/isightcapture -w 320 -h 240 -t jpg ~/capture.jpg
RESULT=$?
if [ $RESULT -ne 0 ]; then
growlnotify -s -a FaceTime -m "isightcapture failed ($RESULT)" $0
exit 1
else
sips -f horizontal ~/capture.jpg
fi
screencapture -S -tjpg ~/scr1.jpg ~/scr2.jpg
RESULT=$?
if [ $RESULT -ne 0 ]; then
growlnotify -s -a FaceTime -m "screencapture failed ($RESULT)" $0
exit 2
else
sips -z 240 320 ~/scr1.jpg
sips -z 240 320 ~/scr2.jpg
fi
exit 0
Note the use of 'sips' to flip the isight capture horizontally.
A working download link (2012-10-05): iSightCapture (via), tested on OSX 10.8.2
A: Use imagesnap. It can be installed with brew install imagesnap or by downloading the binary from the website.
One use for it is to take series of snapshots:
while :; do
imagesnap ~/Desktop/$(date +%y%m%d%H%M%S).png
sleep ${1-1}
done
It doesn't crop images horizontally either. (Photo Booth changes the aspect ratio to 3:2.)
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50c0382e636271ceb030d9447decdfa3f8d1f43a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Macintosh HD" no longer shows up in Finder on Lion How do I get to the Macintosh HD, or the root folder, from Finder in Lion? It no longer appears in the favorites section.
I know I can open it from Terminal, but I want to do it in Finder easily like I could in 10.6.
A: Disks have been removed from the Finder sidebar by default, however you can easily reenable these. In Finder go to File > Preferences and then to the Sidebar tab. There you can choose what gets displayed in your sidebar.
| Q: "Macintosh HD" no longer shows up in Finder on Lion How do I get to the Macintosh HD, or the root folder, from Finder in Lion? It no longer appears in the favorites section.
I know I can open it from Terminal, but I want to do it in Finder easily like I could in 10.6.
A: Disks have been removed from the Finder sidebar by default, however you can easily reenable these. In Finder go to File > Preferences and then to the Sidebar tab. There you can choose what gets displayed in your sidebar.
A: Shift-Cmd-C is how I do it. You can also use the "Go" menu in Finder and choose the "Computer" option.
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65e0a217839ed7ff8c0e0d0a0cda42cf165d1613 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Xcode 4.1 Installer ask me to quit iTunes if iTunes isn't running? Xcode 4.1 Installer downloaded from the App Store, I have no applications running except the installer and the Finder. The dialog that pops up says that iTunes needs to be quit in order for installation of Xcode to continue.
How do I make Xcode installer realize that iTunes isn't running?
A: This is a widely-reported bug in some App Store installers. It sees the iTunesHelper process and displays this error, even though that process is not controlled by the user.
You can open Activity Monitor (in /Applications/Utilities), find the process and kill it with the Quit Process button in the top-left corner.
You can also instead open Terminal (also in /Applications/Utilities), enter the following line and press enter to kill it.
killall iTunesHelper
| Q: Why does Xcode 4.1 Installer ask me to quit iTunes if iTunes isn't running? Xcode 4.1 Installer downloaded from the App Store, I have no applications running except the installer and the Finder. The dialog that pops up says that iTunes needs to be quit in order for installation of Xcode to continue.
How do I make Xcode installer realize that iTunes isn't running?
A: This is a widely-reported bug in some App Store installers. It sees the iTunesHelper process and displays this error, even though that process is not controlled by the user.
You can open Activity Monitor (in /Applications/Utilities), find the process and kill it with the Quit Process button in the top-left corner.
You can also instead open Terminal (also in /Applications/Utilities), enter the following line and press enter to kill it.
killall iTunesHelper
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cf12fbe1bf90f737cb06af1988df5bccbb50c7a4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to resize Lion partition I decided to do a clean install of Lion on a new partition, then after copying my stuff removed the old one. I'm now stuck with 100~ GB of free space and a 20 GB partition that Disk Utility won't let me resize... oops.
I really don't want to have to:
*
*create a partition in the free space
*install Lion onto it then copy my stuff (again)
*delete the old partition and resize the new one
Is there anything else I can do?
A: Yes - boot to your Recovery HD and use Disk Utility there to perform the operation. If it's missing, you can download and re-install Lion which will recreate the Recovery HD.
It's likely the volume is in use or one file that is open needs to be closed so it can be moved.
| Q: Unable to resize Lion partition I decided to do a clean install of Lion on a new partition, then after copying my stuff removed the old one. I'm now stuck with 100~ GB of free space and a 20 GB partition that Disk Utility won't let me resize... oops.
I really don't want to have to:
*
*create a partition in the free space
*install Lion onto it then copy my stuff (again)
*delete the old partition and resize the new one
Is there anything else I can do?
A: Yes - boot to your Recovery HD and use Disk Utility there to perform the operation. If it's missing, you can download and re-install Lion which will recreate the Recovery HD.
It's likely the volume is in use or one file that is open needs to be closed so it can be moved.
A: bmike's suggestion is correct; boot from the Recovery HD itself in order to change anything.
I would also advise that before making any changes of this sort, you first make a complete bootable disk image backup of your hard disk to an external hard disk using a utility like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
You cannot resize with Disk Utility from within Lion because of the existence of the hidden Recovery HD partition. Furthermore, if you try to reformat or re-partition anything on your disk, you risk deleting the hidden Recovery HD partition altogether. This will cause no immediate harm, but it will interfere with many operations should you need to change anything further, or recover from a disaster.
By way of providing further insight, there is a procedure for making the hidden Recovery HD partition visible from within Disk Utility while you are booted into the regular Lion or Snow Leopard. You perform a command-line operation to enable Debug Mode in Disk Utility, and this gives you an extra menu in Disk Utility from which you can make the hidden partitions visible.
The Recovery HD partition is something completely new from Apple. It is my understanding that the makers of utilities like SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner are hoping for further API information from Apple, and have yet to figure out how best to deal with this new situation.
A: I had this issue and was also unable to resize my partition. I called Apple Care and spoke with a senior rep. He said that because I had once installed Boot Camp, but had removed it improperly (with Disk Utility instead of Boot Camp Assistant) that one of those tiny Windows partition was still there, even though it doesn't show up in Disk Utility. He said he'd seen this before and every time it couldn't be fixed, the user had removed Boot Camp via Disk Utility.
He said (paraphrasing) to fix the partitions I'd have to back up and re-partition the whole disk. I will update this answer when I've done so.
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8f27231df1986a265d26d009ae744d1234977afd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you disable rubber-band scrolling in OS X Lion? In OS X Lion, is there a way to disable rubber-band scrolling? This is the bounce that occurs when the window is scrolled beyond the top or bottom edge.
I'm aware that non-apple input devices don't rubber-band and hope to find a setting or software to eliminate this on the Apple trackpad and mice.
Follow-up: There's a very good discussion on Apple Support Communities regarding this topic. Apparently defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false disables rubber band scrolling for some applications.
A: I found a hidden preference for disabling rubberband scrolling with strings /System/Library/Frameworks/*.framework/Versions/*/* 2> /dev/null | grep -iE '(rubb|elastic)' | grep -v ' ' | sort | uniq:
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false
It should take effect after reopening applications. It doesn't seem to affect web views like Safari windows though.
| Q: Can you disable rubber-band scrolling in OS X Lion? In OS X Lion, is there a way to disable rubber-band scrolling? This is the bounce that occurs when the window is scrolled beyond the top or bottom edge.
I'm aware that non-apple input devices don't rubber-band and hope to find a setting or software to eliminate this on the Apple trackpad and mice.
Follow-up: There's a very good discussion on Apple Support Communities regarding this topic. Apparently defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false disables rubber band scrolling for some applications.
A: I found a hidden preference for disabling rubberband scrolling with strings /System/Library/Frameworks/*.framework/Versions/*/* 2> /dev/null | grep -iE '(rubb|elastic)' | grep -v ' ' | sort | uniq:
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false
It should take effect after reopening applications. It doesn't seem to affect web views like Safari windows though.
A: For anyone else trying to figure this out, this may be of help:
Apple uses the word "elasticity" in reference to this part of rubber-band scrolling. Xcode's documentation includes more details.
Also, look into the content of "/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit".
A: Disabling the rubber banding when scrolling past the end of a page can be done. It simply requires you to ditch your Apple pointing device and use any third party mouse, like my 8 year old Logitech mouse. No bouncing rubber band effect when scrolling past the end of any page.
Of course, this means giving up all gestures. If, like me, you hate the rubber band effect enough to trade away all gestures to be rid of it, run out to the dollar store and get that $4.99 USB mouse.
A: I have found this CSS snippet that apparently disables it:
http://www.smilingsouls.net/Blog/20110804114957.html
Now to figure out how to implement the CSS rule in every web page we visit... probably via a Safari extension, like QuickStyle or NinjaKit.
QuickStyle: http://canisbos.com/quickstyle
A: I think the answer is no: you can't disable that feature.
Keep an eye on third party software like MagicPrefs and Secrets. If anyone figures out how to do it, it'll probably be one of those.
A: This is not an answer, but a hint in the right direction.
I have a non-multi touch trackpad and I rubber band scrolling is disabled in Lion for me. So this setting is linked to the multi-touch support.
A: Rubber band scrolling cannot be disabled in Lion.
The best solution to your issue is probably to use applications that do not include rubber-band scrolling. Looking around, it appears Chrome and Path Finder do not include this. Many other apps also do not use rubber band scrolling, but this is just a temporary fix as some apps will be updated to include this Lion standard.
Another fix is to stop using a Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, or MacBook Trackpad. Any other mouse that is used will not have rubber band scrolling.
A: It's somewhere in NSScrollView.NSScrollElasticity
NSScrollElasticity
These constants determine the elasticity behavior for an axis of the scrollview.
We need to find a way to set NSScrollView.NSScrollElasticity of every application to 1, which = none. Details below:
enum {
NSScrollElasticityAutomatic = 0,
NSScrollElasticityNone = 1,
NSScrollElasticityAllowed = 2,
};
typedef NSInteger NSScrollElasticity;
Constants
NSScrollElasticityAutomatic
Automatically determine whether to allow elasticity on this axis.
Available in Mac OS X v10.7 and later.
Declared in NSScrollView.h.
NSScrollElasticityNone
Disallow scrolling beyond document bounds on this axis.
Available in Mac OS X v10.7 and later.
Declared in NSScrollView.h.
A: For Safari, I built an extension: https://github.com/lloeki/unelastic/releases
the rest, as they say, is history:
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disable-elastic-scroll -bool YES
A: Yep, you can. Go to System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad -> Trackpad Options or Mouse Options. You can select with inertia or without inertia.
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b623026b636cac18211aa60ae067f5e70c156b7c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Put Lion "Recovery HD" on USB In an attempt to save some space on my ssd, I used SuperDuper to clone Recovery HD to a USB drive. But when I booted up my Mac holding the option key I only got the ssd and Recovery HD as alternatives.
Does anyone have an idea as to how I can clone Recovery HD to an external drive/memory stick and then remove it from the boot drive?
A: The best answer is one supported by Apple.
Why not use the new Lion Recovery Disk Assistant to make your USB bootable media.
The only requirements are listed as:
*
*A Mac running OS X Lion with an existing Recovery HD
*An external USB hard drive or thumb drive with at least 1GB of free space
Detailed, step by step instructions are updated at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848
| Q: Put Lion "Recovery HD" on USB In an attempt to save some space on my ssd, I used SuperDuper to clone Recovery HD to a USB drive. But when I booted up my Mac holding the option key I only got the ssd and Recovery HD as alternatives.
Does anyone have an idea as to how I can clone Recovery HD to an external drive/memory stick and then remove it from the boot drive?
A: The best answer is one supported by Apple.
Why not use the new Lion Recovery Disk Assistant to make your USB bootable media.
The only requirements are listed as:
*
*A Mac running OS X Lion with an existing Recovery HD
*An external USB hard drive or thumb drive with at least 1GB of free space
Detailed, step by step instructions are updated at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848
A: Luckily I've done this as a proof of concept. The key is to use the terminal for it. Apple hides the recovery partition by default in Disk Utility which makes it hard to clone. Fire up your terminal and let's get started.
Type diskutil list and find the partition name for Recovery_HD, it should be something like disk0s3
What we're going to do with this is create a disk image with dd and then we can use disk utility to restore it to the usb drive.
Type dd if=/dev/disk0sX of=/Users/USERNAMEHERE/Desktop This creates a disk image copy of the recovery partition in a disk image on your desktop. Note, X is the number that you found from diskutil list
Let dd run and the once you get your prompt back, you can quit terminal.
Open up Disk Utility and find the USB drive you want to clone to. Make sure that you have everything off the drive.
Click on the 'Restore' Tab. Drag your newly created disk image into the Source box, and do the same with your drive into the destination box.
click restore and let it run.
Once it's finished you should be able to boot from this drive, in theory.
I would like to note that I had an issue using this drive on a computer that had SL installed, which I find to be a bit odd but YMMV
A: Caution
Whilst Apple makes it very easy to create a disk/volume from an image (.dmg):
*
*if straying from what is recommended by Apple, you should not expect the result to be good for all purposes.
Recommendation
Wait for Apple to provide Lion on a USB thumb drive (announced on the day of Lion's release, scheduled for August 2011).
Background
Experimental uses of .dmg files relating to Lion (burning to USB flash drive, DVD, external hard disk partition etc.) have been publicised by well-meaning hackers since February 2011, and continue to be promoted (not by Apple) without due caution for Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A511). Bootable media produced in this way 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. Consider this recent conversation in Ask Different Chat:
*
*home-produced bootable media for Lion: known risks and unknowns around 10.7 (Build 11A511)
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3c27898fd50dfc859fa3debea12a2a8f57bd2ca6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to join an Active Directory domain in Lion? where do I begin in joining an OS X Lion workstation to an existing AD Domain (Server 2008 R2)?
A: Looks to me like it's under System Preferences > Users & Groups > Click on 'Login Options' > then click 'Join' button next to where it says "Network Account Server".
Then the dialog box that comes down allows you to enter the AD domain server there. Click Ok.
| Q: How to join an Active Directory domain in Lion? where do I begin in joining an OS X Lion workstation to an existing AD Domain (Server 2008 R2)?
A: Looks to me like it's under System Preferences > Users & Groups > Click on 'Login Options' > then click 'Join' button next to where it says "Network Account Server".
Then the dialog box that comes down allows you to enter the AD domain server there. Click Ok.
A: There are major problems with the Mac OS Active Directory plug-in that actually started with 10.6.8 and they were NOT fixed in 10.7.2. I've found that the AD plug-in from Likewise Open to be a very good solution, and it's free.
Kent
A: I joined MAC OS X 10.8.3 to AD (windows 2008 R2 SP1) successfully. However faced system hang when accessing 'Security and Privacy' from 'System Preferences'.
In logs saw lot of permission errors. Solved it by 'Repairing Disk Permissions' from Disk Utility.
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d8f34aad0050edabf242ddcf17adfc672d0e513e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable Developer and Web Searches in Spotlight? Yesterday I upgraded to Lion and it seems it got some additions on Spotlight - the Developer and Web Searches groups.
Sadly I couldn't find a way to disable them. There isn't an option in the Spotlight preferences and I couldn't find the right defaults option.
Any ideas on how to hide them? They are cluttering Spotlight FAR too much :)
A: As the top answer is a link to a forum post, below is the steps from post in case it disappears one day.
The fix below describes how to remove the spotlight developer category without installing XCode first.
Convert the plist to XML:
plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
Open the file in the editor of your choice:
vim ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
Just before </array> at the bottom, add the following:
<dict>
<key>enabled</key>
<false/>
<key>name</key>
<string>SOURCE</string>
</dict>
Convert the file back to binary:
plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
Log out and back in again.
| Q: How to disable Developer and Web Searches in Spotlight? Yesterday I upgraded to Lion and it seems it got some additions on Spotlight - the Developer and Web Searches groups.
Sadly I couldn't find a way to disable them. There isn't an option in the Spotlight preferences and I couldn't find the right defaults option.
Any ideas on how to hide them? They are cluttering Spotlight FAR too much :)
A: As the top answer is a link to a forum post, below is the steps from post in case it disappears one day.
The fix below describes how to remove the spotlight developer category without installing XCode first.
Convert the plist to XML:
plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
Open the file in the editor of your choice:
vim ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
Just before </array> at the bottom, add the following:
<dict>
<key>enabled</key>
<false/>
<key>name</key>
<string>SOURCE</string>
</dict>
Convert the file back to binary:
plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
Log out and back in again.
A: Spotlight thinks you are a 'Developer', if you have Xcode installed, or happened to install it at any time in the past, and hence shows you search results that maybe relevant to a developer.
When Xcode is actually installed and present on the computer, a check-box called 'Developer' appears in the System Preferences > Spotlight > Search Results panel giving us the option to disable 'Developer' results from appearing in our searches. When Xcode is not detected, the check-box disappears from the Preferences Panel, but Spotlight continues to show results from the 'Developer' category.
I am currently on Yosemite, and had installed and un-installed Xcode way back on Mountain-Lion or Lion, opting to use the 'Command Line Tools' instead. I also had Spotlight disabled until recently, and started getting hundreds of Search Results under the Developer category, once I re-enabled it. The clutter was making spotlight unusable.
Unable to find a solution anywhere on the Web, this is what I finally tried, and it worked:
I created an empty file called Xcode.app in the Applications folder, and the missing 'Developer' check-box showed up in Spotlight Preferences, which I could then un-check to solve my problem.
Open Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app then type and press Enter after each of the following lines to create the dummy Xcode app
cd /Applications
touch Xcode.app
then head to Spotlight Preferences and uncheck 'Developer' (you might need to restart the System Preferences app to see the missing check-box appear).
Notes:
*
*You need to keep the dummy Xcode.app even after changing the
setting, deleting it will cause the setting to revert back.
*Another solution would be to install Xcode itself
A: I detailed a fix in this forum thread: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1193533
A: Only one solution I could find, block all spotlight web access using little snitch. I guess this is up there with iCloud helping itself to your personal files.
A: Although the Search Results do not have toggles to sort or suppress these results, it's trivial to add the folders to the Privacy Pane.
Perhaps something like this might work to Suppress the Developer hits?
I don't see an obvious way to suppress the Web Search yet, but thankfully it's placed last as a catch all - last resort. I'll probably feedback / bug Apple if 10.7.1 doesn't address that with a preference.
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b2a887be17364ad7e9e87544b2e9604d7d97d594 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to configure 802.1X without a configuration file? After upgrading to Lion, all my 802.1X configurations are gone. There also does not seem to be a possibility to configure them via the system preferences:
It just tells me to get a configuration file from my system administrator.
Question:
How can I create a profile manually like before, or, if this is not possible, can I create a configuration file myself with the data I have and how?
Update:
It turned out that it was sufficient to just provide my credentials at the when I connected to the network. I was just confused as there was not profile anymore in the preferences as you can see in the screenshot above. I hope the accepted answer will still be useful.
A: You need a .mobileconfig file that includes your 802.1X profile. Acording to apple ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4772 ) you can use the Server extensions of Lion to create it. Alternatively (and easier ) the Iphone Configuration Utility ( http://support.apple.com/kb/dl851 ) can also create it. If you upgrade to Lion from Snow leopard any existing profile is migrated.
| Q: How to configure 802.1X without a configuration file? After upgrading to Lion, all my 802.1X configurations are gone. There also does not seem to be a possibility to configure them via the system preferences:
It just tells me to get a configuration file from my system administrator.
Question:
How can I create a profile manually like before, or, if this is not possible, can I create a configuration file myself with the data I have and how?
Update:
It turned out that it was sufficient to just provide my credentials at the when I connected to the network. I was just confused as there was not profile anymore in the preferences as you can see in the screenshot above. I hope the accepted answer will still be useful.
A: You need a .mobileconfig file that includes your 802.1X profile. Acording to apple ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4772 ) you can use the Server extensions of Lion to create it. Alternatively (and easier ) the Iphone Configuration Utility ( http://support.apple.com/kb/dl851 ) can also create it. If you upgrade to Lion from Snow leopard any existing profile is migrated.
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5310de8a4bf76dd705ed593e1744dab5bb68d775 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable page curl animation in Lion's iCal I can live with the skeuomorphic skin of the new iCal, but the useless page curl animation when switching months is both slow and jittery. Is there any way to disable it?
A: For some reason, holding Option down with the keyboard shortcuts doesn't work (iCal just beeps at you), but you can change the keyboard shortcuts in System Preferences to include the Option key, then it'll work.
For example, I changed the shortcut for "Next" from Cmd-Right Arrow to Cmd-Option-Right Arrow and changed "Previous" to Cmd-Option-Left Arrow. Now the keyboard shortcuts will navigate without the annoying page flip animation.
To do this, go to System Preferences, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Application Shortcuts, then hit the "+" icon, and enter the following details - Application: iCal, Menu Title: "Next", Keyboard Shortcut: Cmd-Option-Right Arrow. Then hit "+" again and enter Application: iCal, Menu Title: "Previous", Keyboard Shortcut: Cmd-Option-Left Arrow.
| Q: Disable page curl animation in Lion's iCal I can live with the skeuomorphic skin of the new iCal, but the useless page curl animation when switching months is both slow and jittery. Is there any way to disable it?
A: For some reason, holding Option down with the keyboard shortcuts doesn't work (iCal just beeps at you), but you can change the keyboard shortcuts in System Preferences to include the Option key, then it'll work.
For example, I changed the shortcut for "Next" from Cmd-Right Arrow to Cmd-Option-Right Arrow and changed "Previous" to Cmd-Option-Left Arrow. Now the keyboard shortcuts will navigate without the annoying page flip animation.
To do this, go to System Preferences, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Application Shortcuts, then hit the "+" icon, and enter the following details - Application: iCal, Menu Title: "Next", Keyboard Shortcut: Cmd-Option-Right Arrow. Then hit "+" again and enter Application: iCal, Menu Title: "Previous", Keyboard Shortcut: Cmd-Option-Left Arrow.
A: Press "alt" key (⌥) while clicking on the arrows.
And for the pattern there is LionBleacher 1.0 out now for free.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39514/lionbleacher
A: Try iCal-Classic-Page-Flip (via MacUpdate):
iCal Classic Page Flip
The solution to Apples very slooow Page-Flip animation for monthly and yearly view in iCal 5.
iCal Classic Page Flip is a little SIMBL plugin for those of us who are frustrated by the very slow page animation in the latest version of iCal (the one that comes with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion). Both Monthly and Yearly views both have an animation of a turning page, which might be nice on the first look, but it's time consuming and slows down the work flow on the long run.
This software is the solution. It disables the painfully slow animation of the latest iCal version and gives you back fast navigation in iCal. Now again, you can use cmd + arrows to move to the next / previous month or year in iCal blazingly fast.
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8c262c62d93604941de649b30115f70fa0c8d97d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode 4.1 installation not customizable? Missing Installation Type Step? Any ideas on how to get around installing that huge iOS SDK in Xcode 4.1?
This Q&A suggests to deselect iOS SDK during installation, but the Xcode 4.1 (App Store-Version) Installer seems to have no "Installation Type" Step anymore.
A: You can control or right click to show package contents and run only select portions of Xcode 4.1.
The program Pacifist will let you look into the packages to see what each contains.
The installer has changed to remove the options - it's all or nothing. If space is tight on your boot drive, you will have to either install to another volume and move parts back or temporarily free up enough space to install and clean out what you don't want to keep.
| Q: Xcode 4.1 installation not customizable? Missing Installation Type Step? Any ideas on how to get around installing that huge iOS SDK in Xcode 4.1?
This Q&A suggests to deselect iOS SDK during installation, but the Xcode 4.1 (App Store-Version) Installer seems to have no "Installation Type" Step anymore.
A: You can control or right click to show package contents and run only select portions of Xcode 4.1.
The program Pacifist will let you look into the packages to see what each contains.
The installer has changed to remove the options - it's all or nothing. If space is tight on your boot drive, you will have to either install to another volume and move parts back or temporarily free up enough space to install and clean out what you don't want to keep.
A: As it turms out Apple released a commandline tools package recently, which seems to be exactly what I need: Apple Developer Downloads
A: You can try the following:
*
*Right-click on Install XCode.app and choose "Show Package Contents"
*Browse to Contents->Resources and run Xcode.mpkg
*Customize your install, leave out the iOS SDK, save 5 GB of disk space
*Profit?
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a33c2563d7fa8f96002b1e0410f6c2492e8019b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Chax with Mac OS X Lion? Has anybody tried Chax with Mac OS X Lion?
I got it to install perfectly, but I do not see a Chax tab in iChat preferences.
A: I've been in communication with the creator of Chax, and no, it doesn't work on Lion (it definitely works in Snow Leopard). He says he's working on it.
His site is here.
Addendum 9-11-11: The main awesomeness of Chax is the ability to auto-accept Screen Shares with certain people in your Buddy List... including yourself. For instance, if you travel with a laptop and suddenly need to get files from your Mac back home, you simply get a second iChat/AIM account for that laptop, set up Chax on the home Mac, set it up to autoaccept the laptop's account, and you can screen share automatically with your home Mac. I've come to completely rely on that weekly for the past couple years.
| Q: Chax with Mac OS X Lion? Has anybody tried Chax with Mac OS X Lion?
I got it to install perfectly, but I do not see a Chax tab in iChat preferences.
A: I've been in communication with the creator of Chax, and no, it doesn't work on Lion (it definitely works in Snow Leopard). He says he's working on it.
His site is here.
Addendum 9-11-11: The main awesomeness of Chax is the ability to auto-accept Screen Shares with certain people in your Buddy List... including yourself. For instance, if you travel with a laptop and suddenly need to get files from your Mac back home, you simply get a second iChat/AIM account for that laptop, set up Chax on the home Mac, set it up to autoaccept the laptop's account, and you can screen share automatically with your home Mac. I've come to completely rely on that weekly for the past couple years.
A: If you don't see Chax, it might not be compatible. That said, it really depends on what you intend to use Chax for. I suggest looking up the enhancements in the new iChat and seeing if your needs are covered there.
A: you might want to take a look at this. this actually works very well, just like Chax. I love it!
http://scriptingosx.com/2010/11/ichat-notification-with-growl/
A: There's a big ole notice up on the creator's site saying it's not compatible with Lion. Looks like he's working on it though.
A: I Actually think that we lost Chax in Snow Leopard so it's possible that it just won't work in Lion either. Apple removed a few of the ways that Chax used to interact with iChat in Snow Leopard so unless the developer has found a way around them you're out of luck.
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c34799d68009a9851ee9226e08ab3ccb92e9c1ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to move cursor one word at a time in Terminal? I love CMD-Ö and CMD-Ä (in German keyboards). Navigating through tabs is intuitive and comfortable.
But navigating through a command already typed into the terminals a pain in the ... - especially when the command is long. Trying to modify a command - may be correcting a spelling or adding an option flag or something - takes ages, because I have to navigate by cursor and it jumps only several positions per second.
On Linux machines you can hold some keys pressed to jump whole words and such. That is much faster. Is it possible to do that on a Terminal of Mac, too?
A: ESC and then B moves back one word
ESC and then F moves forward one word
You can change the terminal settings to more sane shortcuts like ALT + B and such: here's a link on how to do that http://blog.macromates.com/2006/word-movement-in-terminal/
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to move cursor one word at a time in Terminal? I love CMD-Ö and CMD-Ä (in German keyboards). Navigating through tabs is intuitive and comfortable.
But navigating through a command already typed into the terminals a pain in the ... - especially when the command is long. Trying to modify a command - may be correcting a spelling or adding an option flag or something - takes ages, because I have to navigate by cursor and it jumps only several positions per second.
On Linux machines you can hold some keys pressed to jump whole words and such. That is much faster. Is it possible to do that on a Terminal of Mac, too?
A: ESC and then B moves back one word
ESC and then F moves forward one word
You can change the terminal settings to more sane shortcuts like ALT + B and such: here's a link on how to do that http://blog.macromates.com/2006/word-movement-in-terminal/
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88ff28e422e611d8eba97b7d1a45332d8bf8069a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to let Terminal on Mac OS behave show folders and executables and such in different colors? On Linux (e.g. Ubuntu) the terminal shows you executables and folders and such in different colors so you can identify them easier. Is this possible on Mac OS Terminal, too?
A: To add color output of the ls command, you need to edit your ~/.bash_profile and add:
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad
This is just an example, look at the ls manpage on how to change specific color values.
| Q: How to let Terminal on Mac OS behave show folders and executables and such in different colors? On Linux (e.g. Ubuntu) the terminal shows you executables and folders and such in different colors so you can identify them easier. Is this possible on Mac OS Terminal, too?
A: To add color output of the ls command, you need to edit your ~/.bash_profile and add:
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad
This is just an example, look at the ls manpage on how to change specific color values.
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5c11b0eb31a34a99549dc58ad7d2010b70b8f936 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the any way to find my stolen Mac? Two weeks ago, my 13" Macbook Pro was stolen. Is there any way to locate my laptop if and when the thief accesses the internet?
Is there any application or a website similar to this that can give me an alert message if I register my Macbook pro ID number?
A: It depends. If your machine was password protected, you might be out of luck. If not, there are a few possibilities.
If you have SSH enabled that might be an option. Also, if you had any remote access programs installed, like TeamViewer or LogMeIn, you have a chance to find it, assuming it's connected to the internet.
Regardless, I suggest contacting Apple and telling them the serial number of the machine and that it was stolen. If it's brought in for service, you might be able to get it back. (Although Apple has no official policy on this, it doesn't hurt to tell them. I contacted them when my iMac was stolen. Like I said, not much help, but it's better than nothing.)
PS: Check this out. You might find it inspiring at least.
| Q: Is the any way to find my stolen Mac? Two weeks ago, my 13" Macbook Pro was stolen. Is there any way to locate my laptop if and when the thief accesses the internet?
Is there any application or a website similar to this that can give me an alert message if I register my Macbook pro ID number?
A: It depends. If your machine was password protected, you might be out of luck. If not, there are a few possibilities.
If you have SSH enabled that might be an option. Also, if you had any remote access programs installed, like TeamViewer or LogMeIn, you have a chance to find it, assuming it's connected to the internet.
Regardless, I suggest contacting Apple and telling them the serial number of the machine and that it was stolen. If it's brought in for service, you might be able to get it back. (Although Apple has no official policy on this, it doesn't hurt to tell them. I contacted them when my iMac was stolen. Like I said, not much help, but it's better than nothing.)
PS: Check this out. You might find it inspiring at least.
A: Good luck getting this taken care of. In the future (as in your next machine) there are a couple of things you can do.
I use prey from http://preyproject.com/ and it allows remote locking, reporting, and gps coordinates. Prey is great and works on my mobile phone as well.
I also use backblaze for offsite backup and they offer a "Locate My Computer" option here http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/05/23/lost-your-computer-get-it-back-backblaze-launches-locate-my-computer/
There are other pay options out there (lojack) but I have no experience with them.
A: Assuming you have Gmail or Dropbox (and you don't already have anti theft software already installed) then you might be able to track your Macbook's IP Address.
If your macbook was stolen, you can use a service like Gmail or Dropbox to find the IP address of your thief. When you log into those services from any computer, it logs the IP address used, and displays your last used IP in your account. In Gmail, it's in the bottom right-hand corner under "Details," and in Dropbox, it's in Settings > Security under the details of each individual computer. If the thief used your computer, the last logged IP address may be theirs instead of yours. Again, though, if they're smart, they didn't use your computer and this trick won't work.
Of course, knowing their IP only gets you so far. You'd still have to file a police report, send a subpoena to that IP addresse's internet provider, and find out where they're located, which could take a long time. Using this method is no guarantee unfortunately Whatever you do, don't try to track the thief down yourself and get your gear back. That could lead to all sorts of trouble.
A: Sign up for an iCloud account.
Log in with your iCloud account on all your iPods,iPhones,Macs, and iPads.
Now go to iCloud.com and Log in.
You will be able to use Find My iPhone to track all of your iPods,iPhones,Macs, and iPads.
Too bad for you that you didn't already have an iCloud account. Use this method when you purchase your new mac products.
Also, use a kensington lock to secure your devices and reduce theft. Install some software like ilostfinder or Aobo Keylogger will help too.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-trace-stolen-macbook-use-find-my-mac-find-stolen-macbook-3493958/
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7073e1a40110c5966e3e3e1de57e679480483cf1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable Syntax highlighting on Vim in Mac OS Terminal? Is there a way to let Vim on Mac OS highlighten syntax of different languages in Terminal? I would guess for vim it is a .vimrc thing, right? (But I cannot find this file in my home folder).
A: If the file ~/.vimrc is not there, you'll just need to create it. To enable syntax highlighting, add
syntax on
to it. Also make sure that "Display ANSI colors" is enabled in the Terminal Settings.
| Q: How to enable Syntax highlighting on Vim in Mac OS Terminal? Is there a way to let Vim on Mac OS highlighten syntax of different languages in Terminal? I would guess for vim it is a .vimrc thing, right? (But I cannot find this file in my home folder).
A: If the file ~/.vimrc is not there, you'll just need to create it. To enable syntax highlighting, add
syntax on
to it. Also make sure that "Display ANSI colors" is enabled in the Terminal Settings.
A: You most probably want to enable indentation along with syntax highlighting, so add these to lines to ~/.vimrc
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
Steps with screenshots can be found here
http://osxandiosdaily.com/how-to-enable-vim-syntax-highlighting-on-mac-osx/
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59e60e91033a7c823b578acbb17e837a73174f0f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the implications of how versions are stored? I haven't found good data about how the versions feature is implemented. As I see it there are three ways it could be implemented:
*
*The separate versions are all in one file (possibly as resource forks)
*The version information is part of the filesystem
*The version information is kept in a set of files and a library is need to put them together into one file
I want to know because I am worried about what will happen when you send a copy of a file to a third party. Will the third party be able to see the history of the file (bad in some cases, desirable in others)? What if the third party is using an earlier version of OS X, or a different OS completely?
A: You should read the big Siracusa's Lion review in Ars Technica.
The gist of it is, no, every time another program tries to access the file (e.g. you're trying to send it in Mail, upload it in safari) what the other program will get is the current version you're looking at. Nothing else.
See more at this particular section.
| Q: What are the implications of how versions are stored? I haven't found good data about how the versions feature is implemented. As I see it there are three ways it could be implemented:
*
*The separate versions are all in one file (possibly as resource forks)
*The version information is part of the filesystem
*The version information is kept in a set of files and a library is need to put them together into one file
I want to know because I am worried about what will happen when you send a copy of a file to a third party. Will the third party be able to see the history of the file (bad in some cases, desirable in others)? What if the third party is using an earlier version of OS X, or a different OS completely?
A: You should read the big Siracusa's Lion review in Ars Technica.
The gist of it is, no, every time another program tries to access the file (e.g. you're trying to send it in Mail, upload it in safari) what the other program will get is the current version you're looking at. Nothing else.
See more at this particular section.
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4e23d122614d80aaa85aa1a58cfab2727120882e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I see messages I send in Mail 5's Conversation View? I love Mail 5's new Conversation View. But, I don't like that it only shows messages sent to me, and doesn't show the messages I send.
Is there a way to show both messages I receive and messages I send in Conversation View?
A: Go to Mail-> Preferences-> Viewing and check Include related messages (under View conversations: at the bottom).
This will show "related messages", which (as far as I can tell) means messages that you send in the same conversation.
| Q: How can I see messages I send in Mail 5's Conversation View? I love Mail 5's new Conversation View. But, I don't like that it only shows messages sent to me, and doesn't show the messages I send.
Is there a way to show both messages I receive and messages I send in Conversation View?
A: Go to Mail-> Preferences-> Viewing and check Include related messages (under View conversations: at the bottom).
This will show "related messages", which (as far as I can tell) means messages that you send in the same conversation.
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cea8a3a0f3bc0f34316d934f8c93497f17437935 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I set an alarm clock with a ringtone, how long will the ringtone run if I do not stop it? If I set the iphone alarm clock with a ringtone, how long will the ringtone run if I do not stop it?
Will it run all the way until it runs out of battery and the phone shuts down?
A: Indefinitely, near as I can tell. I once had my phone go for over a half hour on an alarm.
| Q: If I set an alarm clock with a ringtone, how long will the ringtone run if I do not stop it? If I set the iphone alarm clock with a ringtone, how long will the ringtone run if I do not stop it?
Will it run all the way until it runs out of battery and the phone shuts down?
A: Indefinitely, near as I can tell. I once had my phone go for over a half hour on an alarm.
A: I just tested this with iPhone 3GS iOS 5.1 and the alarm stopped after exactly 15 minutes.
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504025c2593a84cb8833017cb7391ffcdc826603 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an AirDrop client for Microsoft Windows? It would be nice to have an AirDrop client for Microsoft Windows. Does anyone know if such a program exists as a shipping product or an open source work-in-progress?
I'm aware that there are many other file sync options, but I'm looking for something that works with Apple's implementation from the Windows OS.
A: As other answers have said there's currently nothing for non-Apple OSes which can talk to Apple's AirDrop.
However there is Snapdrop which offers similar functionality to AirDrop via a cross-platform and open source web app. It does require the sending and receiving devices to be connected to the same LAN (rather than creating an ad-hoc wireless network like AirDrop) and uses WebRTC (with a fall back to WebSockets) for peer-to-peer communication directly between them.
More technical details about it can be found on the GitHub page.
| Q: Is there an AirDrop client for Microsoft Windows? It would be nice to have an AirDrop client for Microsoft Windows. Does anyone know if such a program exists as a shipping product or an open source work-in-progress?
I'm aware that there are many other file sync options, but I'm looking for something that works with Apple's implementation from the Windows OS.
A: As other answers have said there's currently nothing for non-Apple OSes which can talk to Apple's AirDrop.
However there is Snapdrop which offers similar functionality to AirDrop via a cross-platform and open source web app. It does require the sending and receiving devices to be connected to the same LAN (rather than creating an ad-hoc wireless network like AirDrop) and uses WebRTC (with a fall back to WebSockets) for peer-to-peer communication directly between them.
More technical details about it can be found on the GitHub page.
A: I install Pidgin on my Windows machines and enable its Bonjour account, which enables file transfers - including with Macs running iChat.
AirDrop is Lion-only, but iChat file transfer works 10.4+.
A: No, AirDrop for Win does not exist. I think you could use Dropbox with "Enable LAN Sync" option enabled. It will sync your files over local network. If you want to use it at home and in the office, you also might turn on "Selective Sync" to avoid large files transfer over the internet.
A: No, I don't believe you can. Apple advertise AirDrop as: "AirDrop, a remarkably simple way to copy files wirelessly from one Mac to another with no setup;"
.
Key part of that sentence being "from one Mac to another" - Second bullet point: http://www.apple.com/uk/pr/library/2011/02/24Apple-Releases-Developer-Preview-of-Mac-OS-X-Lion.html. It's highly unlikely Apple would open this feature up to Windows or Linux because it's a selling point for them in new Macs running Lion.
A: You can try Transfer on LAN. You can transfer files with machines running on Windows, Mac and Linux because it uses Java. It needs no configuration and it's open source.
A: Try Filedrop. It works for both win and mac computers. www.filedropme.com
A: An alternative to SnapDrop is ShareDrop. Like SnapDrop, it runs on your browser. I believe these two websites only work if you're connected to the same WiFi network/router, which is a possibly disadvantage over AirDrop. However, it works cross-platform.
A: I have a Mac and AirDrop is pretty good, but Windows laptops and PCs can just use peer-to-peer Bluetooth instead.
A: There's Bump. its like airdrop, but you have to bump the phone to the keyboard.
www.bu.mp
A: easy way it use iCloud - it's simple and fast.
Only need to set it up on a computer and share your screen to you account.
A: If you're a Windows user looking for some of the same functionality as AirDrop, check out Flik. Through it, you can share all sorts of files plus message between friends, like iMessage. Everything happens over wi-fi/internal network.
Also, if you're on a mixed network with Windows and OS X users, those on Macs can run Flik from within Parallels or VMware Fusion.
A: You might want to try Dropbox. It works with almost all internet-compatible operating systems, even iOS and android. You'll get 2 GB free storage space for free and you can buy additional storage.
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5fc1b82c76e3cfbac40b939fd3274f4c51477f59 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to upgrade Xcode 4 to 4.1? After upgrading to Lion, I am getting a launch error from Xcode 4 saying it requires Snow Leopard. I see 4.1 is now a free app for Lion in the App Store, but it doesn't show up in Software Update.
If I install it from the App Store will it upgrade 4.0 or live side-by-side?
Or, do I have to uninstall Xcode first if I only want 4.1?
A: You need to install XCode 4.1 from the app store, which will replace XCode 4.0 with 4.1.
When updating XCode to 4.1 you will get a message to quit iTunes to continue the installation. The installation is actually waiting for iTunesHelper process to be terminated. You can terminate the iTunesHelper process using activity monitor.
On my Mac the upgrade to XCode 4.1 failed. So I needed to uninstall XCode 4.0 first.
| Q: How to upgrade Xcode 4 to 4.1? After upgrading to Lion, I am getting a launch error from Xcode 4 saying it requires Snow Leopard. I see 4.1 is now a free app for Lion in the App Store, but it doesn't show up in Software Update.
If I install it from the App Store will it upgrade 4.0 or live side-by-side?
Or, do I have to uninstall Xcode first if I only want 4.1?
A: You need to install XCode 4.1 from the app store, which will replace XCode 4.0 with 4.1.
When updating XCode to 4.1 you will get a message to quit iTunes to continue the installation. The installation is actually waiting for iTunesHelper process to be terminated. You can terminate the iTunesHelper process using activity monitor.
On my Mac the upgrade to XCode 4.1 failed. So I needed to uninstall XCode 4.0 first.
A: For me, it got stuck @ 99%. For most folks, it still works since it just didn't get the completed notification (by running Developer/Applications/XCode.app). But for me, it crashed everytime. To fix it, I had to run Applications/Install XCode.app again (the appstore just installs the application to install it (similar to Lion). Hope that helps someone else...
A: I downloaded Xcode 4.1 from the app store and installed it with no issues. Working fine now.
A: *
*Download Xcode from the AppStore (you will get an installer: "Install Xcode.app")
*run the installer
*your old /Developer will be renamed into /Developer-old
*into the new /Developer you'll get installed the new Xcode
*thats all
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a9c823cfb7ed1021143aefd69763e830da29dad5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Convert bin/cue image to iso format on OS X? How can I convert an .bin/.cue image to .iso format? ... preferably free.
A: If you can bring the image into Disk Utility, use the convert option. Choose CD/DVD master, it will save as a .cdo. Rename to .iso.
| Q: Convert bin/cue image to iso format on OS X? How can I convert an .bin/.cue image to .iso format? ... preferably free.
A: If you can bring the image into Disk Utility, use the convert option. Choose CD/DVD master, it will save as a .cdo. Rename to .iso.
A: A nice tool is bchunk (I have used it under linux) which is available in homebrew.
$ brew install bchunk
==> Downloading http://he.fi/bchunk/bchunk-1.2.0.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> make
/usr/local/Cellar/bchunk/1.2.0: 5 files, 56K, built in 2 seconds
Avatars-MBP:~ avatar$ bchunk a.bin a.cue test
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080f4e7c13d64582edb5fab321e81dc7c035dd9a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to use an Apple gift card toward repairs? I have a gift card whose balance should just about exactly cover the cost of some repairs Apple is doing on my computer. Is it possible to spend a gift card on repairs? I assume so, but I cannot find any confirmation on Apple's website. Just wondered if anyone on here had any experience to confirm or disconfirm.
A: If the card can be used in an Apple retail store (i.e. not an iTunes gift card), then yes. Repairs are treated as an in-line item in their POS system. Any valid form of payment that could be used to pay for anything else in the store can be used to pay for repairs.
I called an Apple retail store to confirm this.
| Q: Is it possible to use an Apple gift card toward repairs? I have a gift card whose balance should just about exactly cover the cost of some repairs Apple is doing on my computer. Is it possible to spend a gift card on repairs? I assume so, but I cannot find any confirmation on Apple's website. Just wondered if anyone on here had any experience to confirm or disconfirm.
A: If the card can be used in an Apple retail store (i.e. not an iTunes gift card), then yes. Repairs are treated as an in-line item in their POS system. Any valid form of payment that could be used to pay for anything else in the store can be used to pay for repairs.
I called an Apple retail store to confirm this.
A: From the Apple Gift Card Page:
The pressure's off. Now your friends and family can choose almost
anything that Apple offers in its huge collection of Mac and iPod
products at any Apple Store in the United States - online, by phone,
and at an Apple Store near you. Just give an Apple Gift Card and the
recipient can choose from qualifying products.
Clearly just for buying a subset of products, not for repairs.
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0e4f312043d6674a7239c402220cb66533d50547 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can i install the applications disc of my snow leopard on Mac OS X Lion? I had Snow Leopard running on my MBP, now I just installed Lion on a Clean Installation and I noticed iLife is not in the installer.
Can I insert my snow leopard's application disc and install them on Lion ?
A: Yes
I have verified that this works first hand.
| Q: Can i install the applications disc of my snow leopard on Mac OS X Lion? I had Snow Leopard running on my MBP, now I just installed Lion on a Clean Installation and I noticed iLife is not in the installer.
Can I insert my snow leopard's application disc and install them on Lion ?
A: Yes
I have verified that this works first hand.
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15033c12bc2c895c73b52e0a5dad266cf332fe4b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I gift a song from the iPhone iTunes app? Just as the title says: can I gift a song from within the iTunes iPhone app? I searched but couldn't find any option to.
A: Gifting only works from iTunes on a computer.
Perhaps it could be added if enough people ask to spend money that way.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
You can also gift from store apps with iOS 6.
| Q: Can I gift a song from the iPhone iTunes app? Just as the title says: can I gift a song from within the iTunes iPhone app? I searched but couldn't find any option to.
A: Gifting only works from iTunes on a computer.
Perhaps it could be added if enough people ask to spend money that way.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
You can also gift from store apps with iOS 6.
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014768446156bd05a19777d89fa9b73ab6f19eb3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Anyone got Logic 8 working with Lion? I know officially Logic 8 isn't compatible with Lion.
However, I know you can edit the plist (inside the package), or open it with terminal, to make it open under Lion. And it launches. (See this thread on the apple discussion forums).
The question is, is it buggy, and do plug-ins work etc? - It would be great if someone who has tried this could post here!
A: Logic Pro 8 uses some Carbon libraries. Carbon is no longer supported in Lion. That's why Logic Pro 8 is unstable running on OS X 10.7 Lion.
| Q: Anyone got Logic 8 working with Lion? I know officially Logic 8 isn't compatible with Lion.
However, I know you can edit the plist (inside the package), or open it with terminal, to make it open under Lion. And it launches. (See this thread on the apple discussion forums).
The question is, is it buggy, and do plug-ins work etc? - It would be great if someone who has tried this could post here!
A: Logic Pro 8 uses some Carbon libraries. Carbon is no longer supported in Lion. That's why Logic Pro 8 is unstable running on OS X 10.7 Lion.
A: As of the current version of Lion (10.7.2) the plist and Terminal tricks are unnecessary. It launches fine from the app icon and has been stable for me.
Whatever piece of the puzzle was missing, they apparently added it back to Lion in 10.7.2. Woohoo!
A: I didn't need the terminal to start it, but I couldn't install it using the installer. The installer just told me that Logic Pro is not compatible with Lion. But I was able to simply copy Logic Pro 8 from an older Mac (go to filer -> applications and drag & drop to a USB stick and then again on Lion drag and drop it from the USB stick to applications.
It seemed to work fine, but I didn't test it a lot until now.
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c8a841061edd96f3f7cf99db01d7be2cfc4fcdb1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get the hexadecimal functionality of Digital ColorMeter back? I often used Digital ColorMeter to capture colours as hex codes for web development. For some reason, Lion's version has removed a whole load of functionality, including this. Some people have managed to copy over the Lion version with their Snow Leopard version, but my Mac tells my that it's required by OSX and can't be deleted. Can anyone work out a way to do the method described by these people?
A: Select View → Display Values → as Hexadecimal:
Now the main window displays hex values:
Also, Color → Copy Color as Text ⇧⌘C will now format the color like #C8D8E8 (instead of 200 216 232).
| Q: How can I get the hexadecimal functionality of Digital ColorMeter back? I often used Digital ColorMeter to capture colours as hex codes for web development. For some reason, Lion's version has removed a whole load of functionality, including this. Some people have managed to copy over the Lion version with their Snow Leopard version, but my Mac tells my that it's required by OSX and can't be deleted. Can anyone work out a way to do the method described by these people?
A: Select View → Display Values → as Hexadecimal:
Now the main window displays hex values:
Also, Color → Copy Color as Text ⇧⌘C will now format the color like #C8D8E8 (instead of 200 216 232).
A: In lieu of DigitalColor Meter, I've been using an alternative.
*
*Open up AppleScript Editor
*Enter the words choose color and go to Save. Make it an application.
*You now have a pop-up colour chooser. Unfortunately, there's no inbuilt hex display. Luckily, Waffle Software have made a plugin that gives you the hex of any colour.
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eb43a6ff5f2b369c3ff7842cf4e9dfdecb4c616b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Do I enable ftp in Mac OX Lion I recently updated my Snow Leopard installation to Lion, and I couldn't ftp into my localhost. I went into the system preferences pane > sharing > file sharing > options and looked for the FTP option. It's not there! Apple has removed the FTP option from the GUI, so you now have to enable it through terminal. I had to wait on tech support to get that answer, so I figure I'd help someone else out. Someone like me is bound to run into this issue. Here's the link to the article they sent me that fixed the issue: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4704?viewlocale=en_US.
Note: In step three, you need to add yourself again, even if you are the admin user that was put in step one.
| Q: How Do I enable ftp in Mac OX Lion I recently updated my Snow Leopard installation to Lion, and I couldn't ftp into my localhost. I went into the system preferences pane > sharing > file sharing > options and looked for the FTP option. It's not there! Apple has removed the FTP option from the GUI, so you now have to enable it through terminal. I had to wait on tech support to get that answer, so I figure I'd help someone else out. Someone like me is bound to run into this issue. Here's the link to the article they sent me that fixed the issue: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4704?viewlocale=en_US.
Note: In step three, you need to add yourself again, even if you are the admin user that was put in step one.
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de9bb46e6409a3ecb2f602f62ad2641b6dca1b5e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: lion: assign buttons on a Microsoft mouse I have an old 5 button Microsoft mouse (Laser Mouse 6000) and forever I've assigned the thumb button to "back" in the browser and the middle mouse button to "next app" on the desktop. Since I've installed Lion, this doesn't seem to work. The settings in the "Microsoft Mouse" panel in System Preferences don't seem have any effect.
Is there another way to map mouse buttons? I've noticed that Mission Control seems to detect my 5 buttons and let me assign them, but only to Mission Control functions. I don't see anywhere else where I can do this. Do I just need to wait for new MS drivers? Thanks.
A: BetterTouchTool's "Normal Mouse" area allows you to assign functions to all kinds of mouse buttons and should work for you. It's free, too, so it won't hurt to try.
The author has issued a couple of recent updates to make it more compatible with Lion. There are still a couple of small things but I'm using it every day (previously with my mouse, now with my trackpad) and it's tremendously useful.
| Q: lion: assign buttons on a Microsoft mouse I have an old 5 button Microsoft mouse (Laser Mouse 6000) and forever I've assigned the thumb button to "back" in the browser and the middle mouse button to "next app" on the desktop. Since I've installed Lion, this doesn't seem to work. The settings in the "Microsoft Mouse" panel in System Preferences don't seem have any effect.
Is there another way to map mouse buttons? I've noticed that Mission Control seems to detect my 5 buttons and let me assign them, but only to Mission Control functions. I don't see anywhere else where I can do this. Do I just need to wait for new MS drivers? Thanks.
A: BetterTouchTool's "Normal Mouse" area allows you to assign functions to all kinds of mouse buttons and should work for you. It's free, too, so it won't hurt to try.
The author has issued a couple of recent updates to make it more compatible with Lion. There are still a couple of small things but I'm using it every day (previously with my mouse, now with my trackpad) and it's tremendously useful.
A: It turned out I just needed to install the most recent version of the MS drivers. Everything now works like it did.
The latest MS Drivers can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/downloads (the versions in the MS Downloads Center, and in Google results are older which don't work with Lion)
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765db7debdd89445ceb53e04dabe229d2de53148 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the format for logging into a domain account in OS X? At the login screen, how do I login to a domain account?
For example, on Windows the username might be something like [email protected], where the domain is contoso.local.
Edit: The AD username happens to be the same as a local username.
A: You need to set up Network Account Server settings in Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options.
In the company I work for I can either use DOMAIN\username or username@DOMAIN when logging in to the AD on from a Windows Machine, but on the Mac this is not required. I just type in username and my AD password, and it logs me in.
| Q: What is the format for logging into a domain account in OS X? At the login screen, how do I login to a domain account?
For example, on Windows the username might be something like [email protected], where the domain is contoso.local.
Edit: The AD username happens to be the same as a local username.
A: You need to set up Network Account Server settings in Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options.
In the company I work for I can either use DOMAIN\username or username@DOMAIN when logging in to the AD on from a Windows Machine, but on the Mac this is not required. I just type in username and my AD password, and it logs me in.
A: I've been having the same issue today and I believe I've resolved this (Yosemite).
I've got my local user (user.name) and my domain user (domain.local\user.name). I've added to OD auth correctly without issue.
When I attempt to log in with my domain user (domain.local\user.name) it rejects me for an invalid password. I tried out the password for my local user, and it worked, but threw an error when loading the desktop.
I've right clicked on the user under "Users & Groups" and gone into "Advanced Options" (which I found completely by accident). I then modified my "Full Name" - which was user.name - to be user.name.local.
After rebooting the machine, all worked and I could log into the domain user with the correct password without issue.
One thing to note here is that I didn't have to change the "Username" in advanced options here. There may be ramifications to this - see this Apple support KB for more information.
A: You can control this by setting the search order for each domain in the forest. This can by found on the Mac by going to:
System Prefs->Users & Groups->Login Options->Click Edit next to Network Account Server
Then
Open Directory Utility and Click on Search Policy
A: mwidman has given you the answer for this.
If you wish to log in to your Active Directory domain account rather than the local account then precede the account name with the AD domain name and a .
So in your case contoso.local\louis
This assumes that you have already bound the Mac to Active Directory. I am also wary of using Spider-moe's solution - as a sysadmin I never like altering the search policy order.
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4ac52bcb46d59354ab3d6ab5e750e6cb9c8434b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to do a "clean" install of Lion? Is it possible to take a Lion install burned by the method outlined in this question and preform a clean install with it?
I just want to make sure that if I buy Lion from the App Store in the near future that when the mood strikes me I will be able to reformat and install Lion without some previous install of Snow Leopard.
A: Yes, it is possible. It is bootable, and will be able to do a complete clean install (with you having to format the hard disk first).
Also, if you have installed Lion already, you would be able to do a reinstall by holding ⌥ Option on bootup and selecting Recovery HD. Wait for it to load, and you will be able to see an option for reinstalling.
| Q: Is it possible to do a "clean" install of Lion? Is it possible to take a Lion install burned by the method outlined in this question and preform a clean install with it?
I just want to make sure that if I buy Lion from the App Store in the near future that when the mood strikes me I will be able to reformat and install Lion without some previous install of Snow Leopard.
A: Yes, it is possible. It is bootable, and will be able to do a complete clean install (with you having to format the hard disk first).
Also, if you have installed Lion already, you would be able to do a reinstall by holding ⌥ Option on bootup and selecting Recovery HD. Wait for it to load, and you will be able to see an option for reinstalling.
A: Yes - Apple have published a very nice how to install lion that goes over the steps to install it internally as well as on a second drive.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
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c3c3c15a073eaa16de1c2410dfa5f8ff36e76179 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook that lack eject keys? The new MacBook Air and Pro without optical drives lack an Eject key.
I use Ctrl + Shift + Eject a lot to put my display to sleep at the simple press of three keys. Without the Eject key being there anymore I'm wondering if there's an alternative to those very handy shortcuts which required the Eject key.
The alternatives I've found so far are not too good:
*
*in Alfred type "lock" - too many strokes for fast computer locking
*a hot corner in the bottom left to put the display to sleep - ok, but I get there by error too often and lock the computer for serious productivity bummers
*close the lid of the MacBook Air - puts the Mac to sleep completely and therefore not very useful, when it should keep doing what it's doing.
Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook?
A: If you just need to lock the screen, you can use
Control ⌃ + Command ⌘ + Q
available since High Sierra.
| Q: Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook that lack eject keys? The new MacBook Air and Pro without optical drives lack an Eject key.
I use Ctrl + Shift + Eject a lot to put my display to sleep at the simple press of three keys. Without the Eject key being there anymore I'm wondering if there's an alternative to those very handy shortcuts which required the Eject key.
The alternatives I've found so far are not too good:
*
*in Alfred type "lock" - too many strokes for fast computer locking
*a hot corner in the bottom left to put the display to sleep - ok, but I get there by error too often and lock the computer for serious productivity bummers
*close the lid of the MacBook Air - puts the Mac to sleep completely and therefore not very useful, when it should keep doing what it's doing.
Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook?
A: If you just need to lock the screen, you can use
Control ⌃ + Command ⌘ + Q
available since High Sierra.
A: The easiest way to lock your computer is to set require password immediately and turn off the display with the following key combination:
control + shift + power
I find this super helpful and a great replacement for ctrl + shift + delete in Windows.
A: There's a writeup here about using Automator to assign the keyboard shortcut of your choice to lock the screen.
A: control ⌃+shift ⇧+eject ⏏ or control ⌃+shift ⇧+power ⌽ should instantly put your display to sleep.
I also recomend you to setup hot corner in System preferences -> Mission control -> Hot Corners.
If you want to put machine to sleep use command ⌘+option ⌥+power ⌽
A: I'm using a MacBook Air 2012 with Mountain Lion, and the new keyboard shortcut is:
Control+Shift+Power
A: Simple combination for Macs without eject button:
Ctrl+Shift+FN+Power
Don't forget the FN button (& power replaces earlier Eject)
A: On my 2018 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, none of the key combinations mentioned that use the power button (now the Touch ID button) worked.
I couldn’t find an existing keyboard shortcut to put the screen to sleep, so I used the software BetterTouchTool (costs money) to create a custom Touch Bar button for it. See the button “Put Display to Sleep” in this screenshot:
I can press that button whenever the BetterTouchTool Touch Bar is expanded. It behaves equivalently to the old Ctrl+Shift+Eject shortcut – it puts the display to sleep immediately, without locking the screen or putting the computer to sleep.
When configuring the button, I gave the button the name “Put Display to Sleep” and set the icon to this blank screen icon from Icons8. The action I assigned was BetterTouchTool’s predefined action “Sleep Display”.
(See also my newer answer about creating a custom keyboard shortcut to put the display to sleep. I have stopped using the above custom Touch Bar button because I found it cumbersome to expand the BetterTouchTool Touch Bar when I needed it—I now use only my custom keyboard shortcut.)
A: I just found that I could lock my screen using the following shortcut:
Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Power ⌽
Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins should be checked in the Security & Privacy in System Preferences panel if you want to ensure a slept screen is also securely locked.
A: Another quick keyboard option is to use Alfred to perform basic system commands. However, I've chosen to customise my commands to put exclamation marks before shutdown, restart and logout to avoid the risk of accidentally activating them.
A: My current solution is to use a third-party program to assign a custom keyboard shortcut to an action that puts the display to sleep. The program I use to define the global shortcut is Keyboard Maestro (costs money), but many other apps can do that, including the free program Quicksilver.
The configuration of my “Put Display to Sleep” keyboard macro in Keyboard Maestro
Configure your program to run the following shell script when the keyboard shortcut is pressed (source):
pmset displaysleepnow
Or, if your keyboard macro program has a built-in “Sleep Display” or “Sleep Screen” action, you can use that as the action instead, as I did in the above screenshot.
The hot key to trigger that command can be whatever you want. I have configured my macro to accept any of these:
*
*Ctrl+Shift+S – the shortcut I recommend, because it only needs one hand
*Ctrl+Shift+Delete – similar in shape to the old shortcut with Eject
*fn+Ctrl+Shift+Delete
I would have used the hotkey Ctrl+Shift+Touch ID / Power, but it seems like macOS doesn’t let programs listen to presses of the Touch ID / Power key.
(If you would rather use a custom Touch Bar button, see my previous answer about BetterTouchTool. I gave up on that solution because I didn’t always have the BetterTouchTool Touch Bar open.)
A: Are you just trying to put the display to sleep, or to lock it? If you're just putting the display to sleep, turning the brightness down all the way works as well.
BTW Control+Shift+Power does NOT work on my MacBook Pro 10,1 (Retina).
A: On Mavericks (OS X 10.9) I can just use the Power button to put the display to sleep.
I've tested this on a Mid 2011 Macbook Air and a late 2013 Macbook Pro.
A: On Mavericks, simply press the power button to put the display to sleep or Ctrl-Shift-Power works as well.
To put your machine to sleep, use Cmd-Option-Power.
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8d534f5ce4af55ec951615e9ff0100646eb19090 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why isn't my auto proxy setting working for Safari 5.1 in Lion? I have a SOCKS proxy listening on 7070 at localhost.
Here is what my proxy.pac file looks like (to keep the test simple, I just return SOCKS proxy for all urls):
function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
return "SOCKS 127.0.0.1:7070";
}
This doesn't work in Safari or Chrome. However, for other native apps like Twitter for Mac and Dropbox, this works fine.
I'm getting around it by using Firefox with the Autoproxy plugin, but I would like to use Safari. Why isn't it working?
A: Enable web sharing and place the PAC file (e.g. proxy.pac) in the documents folder (/Library/WebServer/Documents). Then set the auto proxy setting to http://127.0.0.1/proxy.pac. If the changes don't take effect immediately or you change the contents of the PAC file at any point in time you need to restart Safari and clear its cache. If this doesn't help, reboot the system.
| Q: Why isn't my auto proxy setting working for Safari 5.1 in Lion? I have a SOCKS proxy listening on 7070 at localhost.
Here is what my proxy.pac file looks like (to keep the test simple, I just return SOCKS proxy for all urls):
function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
return "SOCKS 127.0.0.1:7070";
}
This doesn't work in Safari or Chrome. However, for other native apps like Twitter for Mac and Dropbox, this works fine.
I'm getting around it by using Firefox with the Autoproxy plugin, but I would like to use Safari. Why isn't it working?
A: Enable web sharing and place the PAC file (e.g. proxy.pac) in the documents folder (/Library/WebServer/Documents). Then set the auto proxy setting to http://127.0.0.1/proxy.pac. If the changes don't take effect immediately or you change the contents of the PAC file at any point in time you need to restart Safari and clear its cache. If this doesn't help, reboot the system.
A: Setting the file again under Automatic Proxy Configuration after entering any junk URL seems to re-read the file for me.
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b9811806bf4ec59dc7564b14bd546946d589a1b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine Backup to Samba Share under Mac OS Lion In earlier versions of Mac OS you could enable TimeMachine to use Samba-Shares as a Backup-Target using this:
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
and create a backup image with this script.
Sadly Time Machine now says that my drive does not support the necessary AFP protocol.
Is there a workaround for this?
A: Suspiciously named Msftguy has written a program that fakes the required AFP features for unsupported volumes. AFAIK this is currently the only way to use non-AFP volumes with 10.7 lion. Use at your own risk!
Details
Executable
| Q: Time Machine Backup to Samba Share under Mac OS Lion In earlier versions of Mac OS you could enable TimeMachine to use Samba-Shares as a Backup-Target using this:
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
and create a backup image with this script.
Sadly Time Machine now says that my drive does not support the necessary AFP protocol.
Is there a workaround for this?
A: Suspiciously named Msftguy has written a program that fakes the required AFP features for unsupported volumes. AFAIK this is currently the only way to use non-AFP volumes with 10.7 lion. Use at your own risk!
Details
Executable
A: I used this blogpost as a guide, and it works quite well: http://basilsalad.com/how-to/create-time-machine-backup-network-drive-lion/
The approach is to create an HFS+ drive image on the network drive, mount it using tmutil, then use it with Time Machine. Since the drive appears to be HFS+, there should be no issue with using older AFP versions or even SMB/Samba on typical NAS drives and Linux servers.
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7b0e2c09b9605e290aef958049ab93008b6b70d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to access a FileVault 2 encrypted volume from Boot Camp? If I switch on FileVault 2 in Lion, can I still access my OS X volume from Boot Camp (Windows 7)? Are both volumes encrypted and decrypted together, or does it only affect the OS X volume?
A: And the correct answer is: No.
Encryption only affects the OS X volume. Booting into Boot Camp, the necessary password prompt to allow decryption is bypassed entirely. The volume becomes an opaque blob to anything but a running OS X system.
| Q: Is it possible to access a FileVault 2 encrypted volume from Boot Camp? If I switch on FileVault 2 in Lion, can I still access my OS X volume from Boot Camp (Windows 7)? Are both volumes encrypted and decrypted together, or does it only affect the OS X volume?
A: And the correct answer is: No.
Encryption only affects the OS X volume. Booting into Boot Camp, the necessary password prompt to allow decryption is bypassed entirely. The volume becomes an opaque blob to anything but a running OS X system.
A: In short, yes. John Siracusa from Ars Technica has a very long review of Lion with much more detail. Also, on a recent podcast he said to think of File Vault 2 this way - once you turn on your computer and enter the password (before anything boots) the disk is essentially unencrypted. Time Machine backups, Boot Camp, network access, etc all happens (essentially) unencrypted.
While I haven't tried your particular method myself I have FileVault running and I can access my system just fine in other ways. I hope this helps!
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c8cc8f67c68fbd3552ca9025d08ea324fa93ace5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Internet stops working frequently on OS X Lion After upgrading to Lion, I started experiencing this issue:
Internet stops working frequently.
- I open Safari and browse for some time
- Suddenly I can't open any sites; Internet will stop working.
- So I check WiFi; it is online and showing correctly in my MacBook Pro.
- I check with my roommate and his Internet is working properly.
- I switch to Google Chrome and it still doesn't work.
The solution is to turn WiFi off and back on, then restart my browser.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is this a bug?
A: This is currently a known issue that lots of Lion users are reporting. The average seems to be 2 wifi dropouts per hour.
The current work around is (as you discovered) to toggle AirPort on/off.
This particular issue seems to be getting alot of attention so I'd expect a fix soon.
Apple support forum topic about this issue
| Q: Internet stops working frequently on OS X Lion After upgrading to Lion, I started experiencing this issue:
Internet stops working frequently.
- I open Safari and browse for some time
- Suddenly I can't open any sites; Internet will stop working.
- So I check WiFi; it is online and showing correctly in my MacBook Pro.
- I check with my roommate and his Internet is working properly.
- I switch to Google Chrome and it still doesn't work.
The solution is to turn WiFi off and back on, then restart my browser.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is this a bug?
A: This is currently a known issue that lots of Lion users are reporting. The average seems to be 2 wifi dropouts per hour.
The current work around is (as you discovered) to toggle AirPort on/off.
This particular issue seems to be getting alot of attention so I'd expect a fix soon.
Apple support forum topic about this issue
A: This response describes a fix that worked for me:
Open up preferences and go to network. Make note of your settings as
you will have to rebuild them.
Rename the preferences.plist to .old
which can be found here: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/
Now
go back to preferences and rebuild your settings as it will be blank.
You may have to manually recreate a new location and then hit apply.
This recreates a new preferences.plist
After this, I also had to reboot, and the problem went away.
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13f66c19ac9fe8655fa07599f387be43b8735a22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I wirelessly connect my iPad with iTunes? I want to connect my iPad wirelessly with iTunes. Can it be done?
If it can be done, please explain on how it can be done.
A: *
*If you're looking for a way to stream music from iTunes to your iPad, you can use Home Sharing in the Music app:
*If you're looking for a way to control iTunes from your iPad, you can use the Remote app, available from the App Store:
*Finally, if you're looking for a way to wirelessly sync your iPad with iTunes, that is an announced feature of the next version of iOS, due out in the fall.
| Q: How do I wirelessly connect my iPad with iTunes? I want to connect my iPad wirelessly with iTunes. Can it be done?
If it can be done, please explain on how it can be done.
A: *
*If you're looking for a way to stream music from iTunes to your iPad, you can use Home Sharing in the Music app:
*If you're looking for a way to control iTunes from your iPad, you can use the Remote app, available from the App Store:
*Finally, if you're looking for a way to wirelessly sync your iPad with iTunes, that is an announced feature of the next version of iOS, due out in the fall.
A: To access your computer's music from your iPad, enable Home Sharing on both devices and use the Music app on the iPad to connect to iTunes.
To access your computer's videos from your iPad, enable Home Sharing and use the Movies app on the iPad to connect to iTunes.
To access your iPad's apps, files, music, movies, etc. (anything you can normally access via USB), follow these steps:
*
*Enable Wi-Fi Sync in Settings > General on your iPad.
*Connect your iPad to iTunes via USB and let it mount.
*Remove the iPad's physical connection, and it'll stay in the Devices area of the iTunes sidebar.
To control iTunes with your iPad, follow these steps:
*
*Download and use the Remote app from the App Store.
*Tick "Allow iTunes audio control from remote speakers" in the Devices pane of iTunes's preferences.
*Open the remote app, and follow the steps to connect the two outlined in the Remote app.
A: I have the same problem but if you try going to settings and then disconnect then connect agin it should solve the problem.
A: One way to sync the iPad with iTunes now, without having to wait for iOS 5 is the jailbreak and then buy the Cydia app Wi-Fi Sync. More information is available here: http://wifisyncapp.com/beta/
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ba948cfa5595e345868629106eacf8c22f2b4103 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Battery life decreased after upgraded to Lion Has anyone noticed any battery life decrease after upgrading to Lion?
I'm on MacBook Pro (mid-2010). Before, on Snow Leopard, when unplugged I had minimum 5hrs of life. Now, it's not much above 4hrs at best. Is this a common problem?
I notice the estimate battery life now fluctuates a lot more than before, too.
UPDATE
Battery life is definitely lower than before upgrading. I'm getting up to about 5hrs of work now while I was able to pull out 6-7 before.
Re RAM usage. I'm not a heavy RAM user tbh. I always have at least 0.5GB RAM completely free and most of the time it's around 1GB free at least so this can't be it.
A: Rather than looking at the estimated time remaining, use your machine to determine if there is an actual difference or if it's just a change in the battery-life-remaining algorithm
| Q: Battery life decreased after upgraded to Lion Has anyone noticed any battery life decrease after upgrading to Lion?
I'm on MacBook Pro (mid-2010). Before, on Snow Leopard, when unplugged I had minimum 5hrs of life. Now, it's not much above 4hrs at best. Is this a common problem?
I notice the estimate battery life now fluctuates a lot more than before, too.
UPDATE
Battery life is definitely lower than before upgrading. I'm getting up to about 5hrs of work now while I was able to pull out 6-7 before.
Re RAM usage. I'm not a heavy RAM user tbh. I always have at least 0.5GB RAM completely free and most of the time it's around 1GB free at least so this can't be it.
A: Rather than looking at the estimated time remaining, use your machine to determine if there is an actual difference or if it's just a change in the battery-life-remaining algorithm
A: Yes!
Both me and my girlfriend have had the feeling that the battery life has decreased significantly with Lion on our 2010 MacBook Pro's, compared to Snow Leopard. Especially when the machine is "sleeping" (when you just close the lid). Unfortunately, we don't have any numbers to back this up (yet).
I've been trying to determine what the problem could be, but it's a bit tricky due to the sheer amount of variable factors. We're pretty much running the same applications as before, and nothing seems to be out of the ordinary when examining the running processes and hardware utilization. We've both got 8GB or RAM, which should be more than enough for Lion (it doesn't write to scratch).
A: Lion is said to run best with 4GB of ram. Snow Leopard didn't demand that much. I haven't tested Lion on older systems, but it is logical to conclude that because it demands more of your machine it will decrease battery life.
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d8ef1101e979fda11207f1f94396a547508716d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problem with mounting NTFS USB HDD via Tuxera in Lion I've just updated to Lion and noticed that I cannot mount my NTFS USB HDD. I'm using Tuxera and it gives me the error listed below.
Has anybody encountered this error? Any working solution will be appreciated, thanks in regards.
Tuxera NTFS could not mount /dev/disk1s1
at /Volumes/MYHDD because the following problem occurred:
CBCIO activated with:
cp.fildes=3
cp.blockSize=524288
cp.items=32
cp.mode=1
cp.flushInterval=1000
/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) link error; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
the MacFUSE file system is not available (71)
__ntfs_volume_release(): Inode 9 still have 1 references.
A: I had the same problem, and after a search over the web, I found the following updated package of macfuse that worked for me: http://www.tuxera.com/mac/macfuse-core-10.5-2.1.9.dmg
| Q: Problem with mounting NTFS USB HDD via Tuxera in Lion I've just updated to Lion and noticed that I cannot mount my NTFS USB HDD. I'm using Tuxera and it gives me the error listed below.
Has anybody encountered this error? Any working solution will be appreciated, thanks in regards.
Tuxera NTFS could not mount /dev/disk1s1
at /Volumes/MYHDD because the following problem occurred:
CBCIO activated with:
cp.fildes=3
cp.blockSize=524288
cp.items=32
cp.mode=1
cp.flushInterval=1000
/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) link error; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
the MacFUSE file system is not available (71)
__ntfs_volume_release(): Inode 9 still have 1 references.
A: I had the same problem, and after a search over the web, I found the following updated package of macfuse that worked for me: http://www.tuxera.com/mac/macfuse-core-10.5-2.1.9.dmg
A: This solution helped me without problem, since I couldn't finish last step, immediately after that could not mount stopped. I have Lion 10.7.5 Macbook Pro 2011 and have NTFS Mac-fuse solution installed from early beginning. Don't stop be interested in know, there are solutions for Paragon and some other to. This looks quite dificult for me at first look but now I finally tried it and it takes about 10 minutes. Just don't be scare if you don't know terminal yet, then you'll be prompted to type password it looks like you can't type but you can. Just type and press enter.
Here's the link http://fernandoff.posterous.com/ntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-f (sometimes it takes little bit longer to load)
Hope it helps
PS: Sorry, I don't have time to read everything, just found working solution so I decided to post it everywhere
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371fb9fb3e1db1e53bfcec20046c2aae533098dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I jump to a topic in vim under Terminal for a French Keyboard I'm on a French keyboard and I'm unable to jump to a topic in vim: If I go ':help' the instructions say:
Jump to a subject: Position the cursor on a tag (e.g. |bars|) and hit
CTRL-].
I've tried various combinations with no luck. For example ALT+SHIFT+) gives ']' but adding CTRL does not work.
The only hack I found was to map CTRL-L to CTRL-] by add this to .vimrc:
map <C-l> <C-]>
Are there perhaps special mappings for French keyboards in Vim or Mac + French keyboards?
A: If you don't want to waste your CTRL-L, you can make CTRL-"] key" work like this:
:map CTRL-VCTRL-"] key" <C-]>
| Q: How do I jump to a topic in vim under Terminal for a French Keyboard I'm on a French keyboard and I'm unable to jump to a topic in vim: If I go ':help' the instructions say:
Jump to a subject: Position the cursor on a tag (e.g. |bars|) and hit
CTRL-].
I've tried various combinations with no luck. For example ALT+SHIFT+) gives ']' but adding CTRL does not work.
The only hack I found was to map CTRL-L to CTRL-] by add this to .vimrc:
map <C-l> <C-]>
Are there perhaps special mappings for French keyboards in Vim or Mac + French keyboards?
A: If you don't want to waste your CTRL-L, you can make CTRL-"] key" work like this:
:map CTRL-VCTRL-"] key" <C-]>
A: Well on a Mac French keyboard, I just press CTRL+$ (the */$/€ key is the one located to the left of the return key)
A: I Use CTRL+5 on my Spanish keyboard.
A: Well, seems the answer is:
The only hack I found was to map CTRL-L to CTRL-] by add this to
.vimrc:
map <C-l> <C-]>
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16ed3011cef7cab2ea4690a18174720f58c607f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is Preview excessively slow after upgrading to Lion? After upgrading to OS X Lion, I noticed that my preview app is now excessively slow, taking minutes to open a file instead of seconds, even when opening a local file. In addition, it is often unresponsive.
What is the cause of tis, and do I have to reinstall Lion to fix this issue? I'd rather not go through the whole process again if possible.
A: OptCmdQ worked for me on a new Macbook Pro i5 2.4Ghz
I can only presume that discarding the previous windows cleaned out something that was causing the app to run slowly.
| Q: Why is Preview excessively slow after upgrading to Lion? After upgrading to OS X Lion, I noticed that my preview app is now excessively slow, taking minutes to open a file instead of seconds, even when opening a local file. In addition, it is often unresponsive.
What is the cause of tis, and do I have to reinstall Lion to fix this issue? I'd rather not go through the whole process again if possible.
A: OptCmdQ worked for me on a new Macbook Pro i5 2.4Ghz
I can only presume that discarding the previous windows cleaned out something that was causing the app to run slowly.
A: Using the fs_usage command to view file system activity
If you're happy working in Terminal, a result from the following routine might help to estimate the causes of slowness.
*
*open Preview then alt/optioncommandq to Quit and Discard Windows
*in Terminal, open a new window
*paste the following line to Terminal then key return or enter
sudo fs_usage cmd Preview
*if prompted, enter your admin password
*observe the hints for usage — you probably won't need them now, but it's good to be aware of them
*key up to represent the same line but do not return or enter
*be prepared to bring Terminal quickly to foreground
*in rapid succession: click the Dock icon for Preview — bring Terminal quickly to foreground — key return or enter
*at your leisure, when Preview is ready: open a file that you associate with delays
*after that file is open, key commandw to close the window
*after the window closes, key commandq to quit Preview
*bring Terminal to foreground, maximise the window then key controlc
*if you see nothing confidential or sensitive in the Terminal window: select all text, copy the text
then:
*
*edit your question to include the pasted text.
Screenshots
Examples of Terminal as it might appear after steps (6), (8) and (12):
Other readers
Is there a smarter or more user-friendly way of getting similar information?
In this case I aim for fs_usage because its output includes time stamps, which could help to understand the points at which delays are most noticeable.
Reference
fs_usage(1) Mac OS X Manual Page
A: Before you reinstall, why not do a couple of easy isolation exercises - the network, other processes or your user account could be the issues and none get resolved with a reinstall.
Lion has obviously made Preview app do more things. It tracks open files so they get opened again at the next launch, it has smarter detection of data, a new loupe - your mac might just have more to do and this could be the proverbial "straw that has broken the camel's back"
Rather than just reinstall - you might poke a bit to see what it really going on. Are there other background processes? Is it still indexing the hard drive?
The order here might help, but feel free to do whatever makes sense: (you'll run your preview test after each of these steps)
*
*Turn off the network (all of them if needed)
*Log out and back in
*Reboot
*Make a new user
*Safe boot
There are some great but exhaustive procedures on isolating a software issue on apples support sites, but these are a few that might fast track you in ruling out this one issue.
If preview is slow with nothing else going on - you have a good chance at figuring out why. Best luck in chasing down the culprit.
A: I had the same problem and managed to resolve it disabling the "resume" feature. This can be done system wide, but to solve just the Preview problem, type this in the Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Preview NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
You might need to go to the ~/Library/Preferences folder for this to have effect (for me it didn't work at first).
cd ~/Library/Preferences
A: I was having this issue with OS X Lion 10.7.3 2GB RAM in a MBP. I tried the above terminal steps but couldn't find anything there. I was reading through my code and noticed that it named "font" early on in the terminal output. I recall having duplicate fonts in the past causing issues in Snow Leopard.
What to do:
*
*Open up Font Book (spotlight search) and selected All Fonts in the Collection column.
*Scroll through the Font list and look for a font with a yellow triangle indicating that it is a duplicate.
*Click on the triangle and choose remove automatically.
Preview and TextEdit now open much much faster.
A: Try this: it made a big difference on my Mac.
Under Preview, Preferences, General, select Open each file in its own window.
A: Just stumbled on an answer that worked from me on the apple.com forums:
In Preview, select File -> Open recent -> Clear menu.
When I restart after doing this, it's lightning fast again.
Unfortunately, this is a manual fix; the menu will clearly fill up again and slow Preview down, so Apple has some work to do to get this fixed. But at least there's a way to clean it up from time to time.
A: If you have Axiotron Quickscript installed you will need to disable/remove it until they supply a fix.
A: I would consider this a bug in Lion, probably related to the auto-quitting of apps introduced with Lion.
I have a similar thing happening, does it sound familiar?
I open a file, which activates Preview. I see my last opened documents, and a grey overlay over them, with a spinner.
What helps me is force quitting Preview, and reopening the file.
Preview is definitely eager to close itself in Lion, see this tidbits article for more info: http://tidbits.com/article/12398
A: As described by others, one possible reason for slow performance of Preview under Lion is related to the new resume feature. This can be disabled in multiple ways:
*
*temporarily by closing Preview using OptCmdQ which causes a clean Preview on next startup.
*Permanently for Preview only using the Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.Preview NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false [but see note below] or
*Globally for all Applications from the General System Preferences [but see note below]
But, in my experience with a similar slowdown in Preview (5.5.1) after a recent upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion (10.7.3) you may need to use Multiple Techniques. Specifically, Even after I disabled resume for Preview from the command line and globally in systems preferences, I still experienced very slow Preview performance until I also closed preview using OptCmdQ. Now finally, Preview is back to running fast.
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5644d0353f44e71fbe3d38d483f85efb730a35ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I customize the Lion login screen to remove the vignette effect? Just upgraded to Lion, but the new login screen needs some colour. I found someone online who posted the address of the image that's in the background, so I went and replaced that.
Only, after doing that, I realized that there's an additional overlay being drawn that adds a vignette effect by brightening the center of the screen.
Does anyone know of a way to remove this?
A: I suspect that the effect is actually something that's drawn programmatically. I dug around for a while and I can't seem to find it anywhere. My suggestion: Open your image in a graphics editor and modify it to account for the shadow.
| Q: How can I customize the Lion login screen to remove the vignette effect? Just upgraded to Lion, but the new login screen needs some colour. I found someone online who posted the address of the image that's in the background, so I went and replaced that.
Only, after doing that, I realized that there's an additional overlay being drawn that adds a vignette effect by brightening the center of the screen.
Does anyone know of a way to remove this?
A: I suspect that the effect is actually something that's drawn programmatically. I dug around for a while and I can't seem to find it anywhere. My suggestion: Open your image in a graphics editor and modify it to account for the shadow.
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c40ef5f3d841f962f13e2804cbbe5730f6f1ba5b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to create a pseudo-guest account in Lion with FileVault 2? The guest account always had very limited permissions, unfortunately since activating FileVault on Lion it's deactivated by default. (More about it here: Unable to create Guest Account after enabling FileVault.)
Is it possible to give the guest account a password? Or can I create a regular account with the normal guest account's privileges (hence making a pseudo-guest account)?
I simply need FileVault and a limited account for my guest! :)
A: Guest Account
This account is visible in Directory Utility, but please do not attempt to make it compatible with FileVault 2. Not only for security; there may be other good reasons for Apple making this account not available whilst FileVault 2 is enabled.
Other accounts
For your guest you might like to create a standard account, or add parental controls. You can probably have an account that is password-free. This is in line with Kyle Cronin's answer to a linked question.
Recommended reading
Apart from being able to encypt an entire volume, what are the other differences of FileVault 2 over FileVault?
| Q: How to create a pseudo-guest account in Lion with FileVault 2? The guest account always had very limited permissions, unfortunately since activating FileVault on Lion it's deactivated by default. (More about it here: Unable to create Guest Account after enabling FileVault.)
Is it possible to give the guest account a password? Or can I create a regular account with the normal guest account's privileges (hence making a pseudo-guest account)?
I simply need FileVault and a limited account for my guest! :)
A: Guest Account
This account is visible in Directory Utility, but please do not attempt to make it compatible with FileVault 2. Not only for security; there may be other good reasons for Apple making this account not available whilst FileVault 2 is enabled.
Other accounts
For your guest you might like to create a standard account, or add parental controls. You can probably have an account that is password-free. This is in line with Kyle Cronin's answer to a linked question.
Recommended reading
Apart from being able to encypt an entire volume, what are the other differences of FileVault 2 over FileVault?
A: If you download the OS X server tools package, you can use the Users and Groups application to modify user's rights, even on OS X Client.
There are quite a few options to lock it down in various ways, depends on your exact requirements for locking it down.
So, I would just create a regular account and configure it to run the way you'd like.
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7204b0efdb5c1f15accbf2c54dbf0744ea27d80e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is Git not found after installing OS X Lion? I just upgraded to OS X Lion and now cannot initialize Git where it used to work fine:
$ git add .
-bash: git: command not found
I'm new to Git and to programming, so I'm sure it's a quick fix, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
A: If /usr/local/git already exists, you'll need to either add it to your $PATH or make a symlink placing the symlink inside a directory that is in your existing PATH.
A common practice is to make /usr/local/bin if it doesn't exist and add a link:
sudo -s
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/local/git/bin/git /usr/local/bin/git
exit
| Q: Why is Git not found after installing OS X Lion? I just upgraded to OS X Lion and now cannot initialize Git where it used to work fine:
$ git add .
-bash: git: command not found
I'm new to Git and to programming, so I'm sure it's a quick fix, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
A: If /usr/local/git already exists, you'll need to either add it to your $PATH or make a symlink placing the symlink inside a directory that is in your existing PATH.
A common practice is to make /usr/local/bin if it doesn't exist and add a link:
sudo -s
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/local/git/bin/git /usr/local/bin/git
exit
A: Lion (and Snow Leopard) didn't ship with git - so perhaps the way you installed git didn't survive the upgrade. You'll need to find your copy of git or just get a new copy. Using spotlight to search your Time Machine backups might be fruitful to find the files and know if it's a path issue or the binaries are truly gone after Lion migrated your data.
All of your repos stored in user space are fine. Do try to get the same or newer version of git.
The command line mdfind -name git will list all files that spotlight has seen with git in the name. Most installations of git should survive an upgrade to Lion and you only have to clean up your environment or link to the binary from somewhere in your $PATH.
Xcode 4(4.0-4.2) drops git into /Developer/usr/bin along with most of the other tools you need like make and gcc. It might be simplest to maintain git after getting the (currently) free Xcode from the App Store. Xcode 4.3 puts giy and other tools in Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin.
To avoid issues with different versions, you might want to make sure any old versions are gone from your hard drive. (and certainly from your $PATH)
A: Step 1: Reinstall git (I just installed the Snow Leopard version from here) if it's not in:
/usr/local
Step 2: Open Terminal and do the following:
cd /etc
sudo nano bashrc
Then in nano at the top of the file write (as aaron suggested)
PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
Press Ctrl+X to quit nano and press Y to save. Then exit terminal and reopen and git should be working for you.
A: Possibly, you had installed git through MacPorts or Fink.
I think it will take some time to have a release of either for Lion... or possibly you should try and reinstall it...
Indeed, it seems that you need to install MacPorts from trunk to get Lion compatibility...
Fink has also got some hints about upgrading to Lion.
A: If you have XCode installed, the best solution is Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads -> Install Command Line Tools.
This put git (among other things) at /usr/bin/git.
If you don't have Xcode installed, then installing it just for git would definitely be overkill.
A: I think you will find that Git is still installed on your system. It looks like the PATH is just messed up. Check to see if /usr/local/git still exists on your system.
I just added the following to my ~/.bashrc file and everything is back to normal.
PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
To be more specific, this site - http://www.joshstaiger.org/archives/2005/07/bash_profile_vs.html - details the difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile. If you use Mac's terminal with Git, then adding the above PATH specification to your .bash_profile will do the job. Of course, you'll have to close the Terminal window and open a new one because the .bash_profile file is loaded on a Terminal window's opening.
In summary, adding this to .bash_profile would work too.
A: From StackOverflow:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin/
then run source ~/.bash_profile in Terminal
Link to the post there: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6810059/git-on-mac-os-x-lion/6810082#6810082
A: If you are using brew, just run this command from the terminal.
brew install git
A: This happened because git stop being part of the $PATH (for some migration reason).
There is a very simple way of fixing this in OS X:
In OS X, you can add variables to $PATH by changing the file
/etc/paths
so, you can put back git doing the following:
sudo vim /etc/paths
add /usr/local/git/bin to the end of the file, save, and exit. Restart shell. Git should work.
A: Just download the newest version from here: http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/
Install it, open up a new terminal, and it works like before :D
A: Same issue here, downloaded and installed the snow leopard version from google code and off I went. Needed to quit and re-open terminal though...
All is well again..
A: When there is git path already,
just add directory to your PATH variable.
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
A: I fixed it by downloading and reinstalling git from here.
A: I used the App Store to install Xcode and it just gives you an all in one app blob. However it DOES have other apps and installers in it. I just needed git so the path from that is
export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin
Its a bit of a hack, but I don't use Xcode for a lot of stuff. Add to your bash config as other posters described and your good to go
A: You don't need to modify the path or install the Xcode command-line tools. Just use the "xcrun" utility from the Terminal:
http://www.cocoanetics.com/2012/07/you-dont-need-the-xcode-command-line-tools/
A: I solved it by following advice on this site:
http://blogger.forgottenskies.com/?p=740
It was just a pathing issue. To be honest, I expected a whole lot more issues. The upgrades are getting smoother. I remember when I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard, just about everything "open source" broke..
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ea9113a678865cfc41baa62b5976e4b63f3359d9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Searching by file name (as opposed to name and contents) in Lion In earlier versions of OSX, when you search in a Finder window, it gave you the choice of searching by contents or file name. In Lion this choice seems to have disappeared, I can only search by content now. Is there any way to search by name in Lion?
A: Another way would be to use the Terminal and the mdfind command-line utility. Add this function to your ~/.bash_profile (or any other shell config file you might use):
spot() {
mdfind "kMDItemFSName=='*$@*'cd";
}
You can then use the spot function on the command-line:
spot foo bar
This will search for all files and directories containing the arguments you passed to spot in their name.
Note that cd in the above function is a modifier, making the search case-insensitive (c) and ignoring diacrtical marks (d). For more info about querying, see this document.
| Q: Searching by file name (as opposed to name and contents) in Lion In earlier versions of OSX, when you search in a Finder window, it gave you the choice of searching by contents or file name. In Lion this choice seems to have disappeared, I can only search by content now. Is there any way to search by name in Lion?
A: Another way would be to use the Terminal and the mdfind command-line utility. Add this function to your ~/.bash_profile (or any other shell config file you might use):
spot() {
mdfind "kMDItemFSName=='*$@*'cd";
}
You can then use the spot function on the command-line:
spot foo bar
This will search for all files and directories containing the arguments you passed to spot in their name.
Note that cd in the above function is a modifier, making the search case-insensitive (c) and ignoring diacrtical marks (d). For more info about querying, see this document.
A: ⌃⌘F (File > Find by Name…) also opens a Spotlight window that is set to search by name by default.
A: *
*Open a finder window
*Open the folder you wish to search in
*Click in the search box
*Type the text you want to find
*A dropdown should appear like the one in the image below which allows you to select the 'Filename contains' option
If you've already run the search and want to alter the search to only look for files with your search term in the filename, you can click the '+' button just beneath the search box and change the search type from there. See screenshots below:
Mike Scott has nice suggestions from the comments that are worth incorporating here to use the name: selector in spotlight.
You can prefix your search with name: as shown below
This results in a window which you can select 'Filename' or 'Everything' from if you click the button labelled 'name' in the search box as shown below:
A: Ross is correct that the option to switch between searching filenames or contents disappears once you perform your search -- if you don't choose filenames to search filenames from the drop-down when you first type in the search term. Once you perform the search without having clicked on that drop-down, the drop-down will not appear even if you click again in the search bar. You have to type another character in the search bar, then delete it, and THEN the drop down appears.
This is pretty stupid on Apple's part. They took something that was simple, very clear and self-explanatory, and made it hard to find, a bit difficult, less useful and inconsistent. If you want to search contents first and then switch to filenames, it's not as easy as the simple click of a visible button. No logical reason for this. I hope they return the original, better-designed feature.
A: Search using the name: selector
The Found app was awesome. It was free on the app store and lightning fast (seems faster than LaunchBar to me - and that's saying a lot as it's also speed demon). More recently, find any file and HoudahSpot are my go-to tools when finder and spotlight are not the best tool for searching filesystem.
*
*https://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot/
*https://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
A: It does not disappear - just enter your query into the searchfield and hit enter - then click into it again and find the possibility to switch right there.
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364a0c70f00a7ae4325bef2a9f7dc88d1c02ad22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where does Mac OS X store contacts in my Address Book? Where does Mac OS X store contacts in my Address Book? Has this changed from Snow Leopard to Lion?
A: The path is ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ on both Snow Leopard and Lion.
Note that you can't see the Library in your home folder (as it is hidden by default). You can type in chflags nohidden ~/Library in Terminal to make it appear permanently, or hold down ⌥ Option while in the "Go" menu of Finder.
| Q: Where does Mac OS X store contacts in my Address Book? Where does Mac OS X store contacts in my Address Book? Has this changed from Snow Leopard to Lion?
A: The path is ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ on both Snow Leopard and Lion.
Note that you can't see the Library in your home folder (as it is hidden by default). You can type in chflags nohidden ~/Library in Terminal to make it appear permanently, or hold down ⌥ Option while in the "Go" menu of Finder.
A:
On SL, it's in
*
*~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Metadata
I can't answer for Lion.
Lion is the same....
In High Sierra, its in ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources/
A: from my experience of just trying to recover those files with TimeMachine in Mavericks, the location in Mavericks appears to be incorrect.
A: OSX 10.9.1 go to Contacts.app, highlight the contact(s) select more than one with the shift key, press DELETE then OK
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27172218d2f9f81b9a4a3e60dbe17645ea16a8e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a problem with Thunderbolt to HDMI in Lion? After upgrading to Lion on my recently purchased Macbook Pro 13" base model I'm having trouble connecting to an HDLCD TV. My TV is connected to a receiver. Sometimes when I connect I get 5.1 sound to play through my speakers. Sometimes it's 2.1 sound. And other times no sound can be played. Even just getting the laptop to display to the TV is hit or miss.
Is this a known issue? Any suggestions on how to get things to work consistently?
UPDATE: It appears that connecting the laptop to the TV is not problematic if there is nothing playing at the time the connection is made. I get anomalous results if I make a connection while playing something.
A: The best chance of success (and Lion doesn't seem to affect this either way) is to have the cord connected when the TV is turned on. This lets the mac and the TV negotiate the formats that the TV supports. Sometimes hot plugging it, even though it's supposed to work causes interference (snow) or worse on the TV until you make the connection again.
| Q: Is there a problem with Thunderbolt to HDMI in Lion? After upgrading to Lion on my recently purchased Macbook Pro 13" base model I'm having trouble connecting to an HDLCD TV. My TV is connected to a receiver. Sometimes when I connect I get 5.1 sound to play through my speakers. Sometimes it's 2.1 sound. And other times no sound can be played. Even just getting the laptop to display to the TV is hit or miss.
Is this a known issue? Any suggestions on how to get things to work consistently?
UPDATE: It appears that connecting the laptop to the TV is not problematic if there is nothing playing at the time the connection is made. I get anomalous results if I make a connection while playing something.
A: The best chance of success (and Lion doesn't seem to affect this either way) is to have the cord connected when the TV is turned on. This lets the mac and the TV negotiate the formats that the TV supports. Sometimes hot plugging it, even though it's supposed to work causes interference (snow) or worse on the TV until you make the connection again.
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4407db7188c58bb150cf4ad763ff66d6d97f631d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can any settings reduce or eliminate the Mac OS X Lion Jumping Cursor Bug? How do you stop the jumping cursor bug in Mac OS X Lion?
I am using the Magic Mouse and the cursor keeps jumping to the edge of the screen very often, every minute or two I say. The mouse seems to take off in whatever direction the mouse is moving, just going way too far leaving the cursor at the edge of the screen
After googling, it looks like it is a widespread issue and definately a Mac OS X Lion bug.
Are there any solutions besides waiting for Apple to fix this? Afterall, could take ages and I need to get work done!... Can't downgrade to Snow Leopard, new laptop with Lion.
A: This blog post mentions turning off mouse acceleration as a solution:
http://incredimike.com/blog/2011/08/os-x-lion-causing-a-jumpy-mouse-movement/
He supplies links to a command line script and an app that'll do it. I haven't tried it as I'm hoping Apple fixes this before I feel like I need to muck with hidden settings.
| Q: Can any settings reduce or eliminate the Mac OS X Lion Jumping Cursor Bug? How do you stop the jumping cursor bug in Mac OS X Lion?
I am using the Magic Mouse and the cursor keeps jumping to the edge of the screen very often, every minute or two I say. The mouse seems to take off in whatever direction the mouse is moving, just going way too far leaving the cursor at the edge of the screen
After googling, it looks like it is a widespread issue and definately a Mac OS X Lion bug.
Are there any solutions besides waiting for Apple to fix this? Afterall, could take ages and I need to get work done!... Can't downgrade to Snow Leopard, new laptop with Lion.
A: This blog post mentions turning off mouse acceleration as a solution:
http://incredimike.com/blog/2011/08/os-x-lion-causing-a-jumpy-mouse-movement/
He supplies links to a command line script and an app that'll do it. I haven't tried it as I'm hoping Apple fixes this before I feel like I need to muck with hidden settings.
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48261399a562e4b63a62a37c916ad42b7e7e99ca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I change some but not all Apple keyboard function keys (dim vs F1, bright vs F2)? I want to override F1 and F2 behavior, since I have external display and Mac can't control display's brightness. The rest of the keys should retain their non Fx
I know about "Use all F1-F12 keys as standard function keys.", but I don't want to change all of the keys to be F when pressed, just some of them. (For me single press music and volume control is necessary.)
Is there a way to pick some of the function keys to default to numbered function instead of the "Apple" definitions system wide?
A: Another great way to fully customise Function keys (or any keys) is KeyRemap4Macbook
You can customise individual or key type behaviour either per application or system wide.
It's also free.
| Q: Can I change some but not all Apple keyboard function keys (dim vs F1, bright vs F2)? I want to override F1 and F2 behavior, since I have external display and Mac can't control display's brightness. The rest of the keys should retain their non Fx
I know about "Use all F1-F12 keys as standard function keys.", but I don't want to change all of the keys to be F when pressed, just some of them. (For me single press music and volume control is necessary.)
Is there a way to pick some of the function keys to default to numbered function instead of the "Apple" definitions system wide?
A: Another great way to fully customise Function keys (or any keys) is KeyRemap4Macbook
You can customise individual or key type behaviour either per application or system wide.
It's also free.
A: A slightly clunky workaround would be to turn them all into standard function keys, and then program the ones that you want manually through the Keyboard Shortcuts section. That would obviously be no good if you wanted to use the function keys for other behaviour.
A: You can use BetterTouchTool for this. It is a paid app (at least 4,45€) but it's totally worth the price!
*
*Select in the keyboard preferences, that by default you want to use F keys.
*Disable "F > 6" shortcuts:
*Set new global keyboard shortcuts in BetterTouchTool:
*Done!
A: You can use FunctionFlip to change individual "special" keys back to their function key value.
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eb6fd41668c440f93cef055823247f08f4caaf37 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to import an old iPhoto 09 library to iPhoto 11? I have found an old iPhoto 09 library on a back up folder and I want to import its content to my newly purchased iPhoto 11. Is this possible? If yes, how is it done?
By the way: I tried to import it through iPhoto 11 by SHIFT-CMD+I and then navigating to the old library but it was grey and therefore not possible to select.
A: Open the old library directly by holding down the [option] key while starting iPhoto. iPhoto will then allow you to browse to the library location (use the "Other Library" button) and should update it automatically to iPhoto '11 format. You may want to back it up first
Close iPhoto and restart holding [option] once again, make sure the active library is your current (new) one. Try reimporting the old library now. It might still be greyed out in the file picker but double click it anyway, it should import.
| Q: How to import an old iPhoto 09 library to iPhoto 11? I have found an old iPhoto 09 library on a back up folder and I want to import its content to my newly purchased iPhoto 11. Is this possible? If yes, how is it done?
By the way: I tried to import it through iPhoto 11 by SHIFT-CMD+I and then navigating to the old library but it was grey and therefore not possible to select.
A: Open the old library directly by holding down the [option] key while starting iPhoto. iPhoto will then allow you to browse to the library location (use the "Other Library" button) and should update it automatically to iPhoto '11 format. You may want to back it up first
Close iPhoto and restart holding [option] once again, make sure the active library is your current (new) one. Try reimporting the old library now. It might still be greyed out in the file picker but double click it anyway, it should import.
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5850be7bde6e4081168890ef6f9003365bc8a657 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to have Snow Leopard match the scrolling behavior of Lion? I can see that I will quickly come to love the Lion way of scrolling.
My brain will soon become rewired to think of moving the content with my gestures instead of moving the controller down to slide content up in my fixed viewport.
I have several macs that need to remain on Snow Leopard for some time, and would love any suggestions on how I might change them to better fit Lion's new model for scrolling.
A: This post by John Gruber outlines several possibilities:
For OSX:
*
*Scrollvetica
*Scroll Reverser
For Windows:
*
*An AutoHotkey hack
On the Mac side, Scroll Reverser looks nice in the menu bar, is free, and works from Tiger to Snow Leopard (10.4 - 10.6).
| Q: Is there a way to have Snow Leopard match the scrolling behavior of Lion? I can see that I will quickly come to love the Lion way of scrolling.
My brain will soon become rewired to think of moving the content with my gestures instead of moving the controller down to slide content up in my fixed viewport.
I have several macs that need to remain on Snow Leopard for some time, and would love any suggestions on how I might change them to better fit Lion's new model for scrolling.
A: This post by John Gruber outlines several possibilities:
For OSX:
*
*Scrollvetica
*Scroll Reverser
For Windows:
*
*An AutoHotkey hack
On the Mac side, Scroll Reverser looks nice in the menu bar, is free, and works from Tiger to Snow Leopard (10.4 - 10.6).
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c226601d61ebc51c9b78f5846c049ac24f2a55c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an AppleScript or Automator action to quickly edit Info for Video in iTunes? I ripped the DVD set of a television series to my iMac. But now, the filenames are weird and there is no meta info.
In Automator, I see there is an action to edit Info for a song. That's great, but it doesn't really work for TV Shows - it won't handle the stuff that you'd see in the "Video" tab when viewing Info in iTunes.
Is there an Automator action for this that I can use? If not, AppleScript?
A: It's possible on iTunes, here's a example
tell application "iTunes"
repeat with i in (get selection)
tell i
set episode number to 1
set episode ID to "blah"
set season number to 1
set show to "blah"
end tell
end repeat
end tell
| Q: Is there an AppleScript or Automator action to quickly edit Info for Video in iTunes? I ripped the DVD set of a television series to my iMac. But now, the filenames are weird and there is no meta info.
In Automator, I see there is an action to edit Info for a song. That's great, but it doesn't really work for TV Shows - it won't handle the stuff that you'd see in the "Video" tab when viewing Info in iTunes.
Is there an Automator action for this that I can use? If not, AppleScript?
A: It's possible on iTunes, here's a example
tell application "iTunes"
repeat with i in (get selection)
tell i
set episode number to 1
set episode ID to "blah"
set season number to 1
set show to "blah"
end tell
end repeat
end tell
A: If your files are MP4s, you can use MetaX for this.
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e69b1a5f36c1227d14818d59f8161ff6c7288cae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why isn't iPhoto '11 showing an event present in the library? I'm having a problem where the last imported photos to my iPhoto '11 (version 9.1.5 (615)) library don't show up under the "Events" entry. The event shows up under "Last import" and under "Photos", but not under "Events". I have tried to re-create the event several times, without luck. There are several events created from the last two photo imports that aren't showing under "Events".
What can I do to fix this problem? Is there a way to reset iPhoto's "Event" index somehow so it can be rebuilt?
A: Seems like the problem only was that I had managed to sort the events "manually" (View > Sort Events > Manually) which hid the newly created events in-between my rather large amount of existing events. Sorting by date (View > Sort Events > By Date + Descending) shows my new events first in the list as they should.
| Q: Why isn't iPhoto '11 showing an event present in the library? I'm having a problem where the last imported photos to my iPhoto '11 (version 9.1.5 (615)) library don't show up under the "Events" entry. The event shows up under "Last import" and under "Photos", but not under "Events". I have tried to re-create the event several times, without luck. There are several events created from the last two photo imports that aren't showing under "Events".
What can I do to fix this problem? Is there a way to reset iPhoto's "Event" index somehow so it can be rebuilt?
A: Seems like the problem only was that I had managed to sort the events "manually" (View > Sort Events > Manually) which hid the newly created events in-between my rather large amount of existing events. Sorting by date (View > Sort Events > By Date + Descending) shows my new events first in the list as they should.
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0946d81224b98b760df5ea43ea32b9a9bd54fea3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are all Snow Leopard apps resume-enabled when run in Lion? I see this in iWork 08, is it the case for everything else?
A: Yes, safari restores tabs/windows, Preview.app does the same with last viewed documents, Xcode 4.1 does that too.
I think all Apple apps support resume. Not sure what should be done for 3rd party applications to support this.
| Q: Are all Snow Leopard apps resume-enabled when run in Lion? I see this in iWork 08, is it the case for everything else?
A: Yes, safari restores tabs/windows, Preview.app does the same with last viewed documents, Xcode 4.1 does that too.
I think all Apple apps support resume. Not sure what should be done for 3rd party applications to support this.
A: It all depends on how each app is developed. It's a safe bet that Apple would implement this feature on most of the apps included in OS X as well as the iWork and iLife apps.
I would argue that another question just as important is which third-party apps have this feature. Not every third-party app that runs on Snow Leopard has Resume automatically when executed in Lion. This is a case-by-case situation, on which third-party app developers have to modify how their apps handle individual documents. Sometimes they have to make minor modifications, sometimes it may involve more complicated changes.
The same goes for all the other major document management features in Lion (such as Versions).
Hope this helps.
A: All Cocoa apps (native Objective C apps for the Intel Architecture) support Resume
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88e4b8a4a4da23f6567480dc886c836abe640767 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Support for Windows Live Messenger protocol in iChat I Love iChat and its sleek UI and prefer it to Adium or Windows Live Messenger for Mac. iChat now has ".impreferencepane" which allows the addition of support for new networks. My question is: has anybody found a plugin to support Windows Live Messenger within iChat?
A: DrinkBrainJuice is developing a MSN service plug in for iChat (exactly what you're searching): it's called Cocoon and is currently in Public Beta, so give it a try.
http://cocoon.drinkbrainjuice.com/
| Q: Support for Windows Live Messenger protocol in iChat I Love iChat and its sleek UI and prefer it to Adium or Windows Live Messenger for Mac. iChat now has ".impreferencepane" which allows the addition of support for new networks. My question is: has anybody found a plugin to support Windows Live Messenger within iChat?
A: DrinkBrainJuice is developing a MSN service plug in for iChat (exactly what you're searching): it's called Cocoon and is currently in Public Beta, so give it a try.
http://cocoon.drinkbrainjuice.com/
A: Gigaom have a rather convoluted method here, which involves downloading a program called Psi to act as a Jabber intermediary.
There's allegedly a chat gateway between MSN and Yahoo, which should allow an Yahoo user to talk to MSN users, but I can't find any concrete evidence of it online.
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4b119908e2caea2a6d21b859c5117323a34fccad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Error when downloading Window support software under Boot Camp Currently, I have already upgraded to Mac OS X Lion.
But an error occurred(Progress to the last 99%) that when I trying to downloading Windows support software via Boot Camp 4.0.
It says "Can't install Windows Support Software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server".
How can I do ? thanks
A: I had that exact same problem. I don't have an easy fix for it but what I did was just keep retrying and it eventually made it to 100% and worked fine.
| Q: Error when downloading Window support software under Boot Camp Currently, I have already upgraded to Mac OS X Lion.
But an error occurred(Progress to the last 99%) that when I trying to downloading Windows support software via Boot Camp 4.0.
It says "Can't install Windows Support Software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server".
How can I do ? thanks
A: I had that exact same problem. I don't have an easy fix for it but what I did was just keep retrying and it eventually made it to 100% and worked fine.
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60b325507819c8ac0e601e08505da84bf0855c16 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No more Xcode 4 for Snow Leopard? I'm trying to download Xcode 4.0 for my Mac and they want me to upgrade to Lion and download 4.1. Is there a way to download 4.0 without having to change my entire operating system?
A: The App Store only distributes one version of each app. Xcode 4.0 is no longer available as Xcode 4.1 replaced it.
If the author of the software wishes to keep an older version on the store, the new version has to be uploaded as a different sellable item.
In this case, Apple didn't choose to leave both.
You can get multiple versions of Xcode by joining the paid developer programs. Last time I checked, Xcode 3 was available with the free account. It runs on Snow Leopard - but it doesn't look like you can buy Xcode 4.0 anymore without a paid developer account - it might not even be available to the developers - you might ask before paying money if you really need 4.0 and only 4.0.
| Q: No more Xcode 4 for Snow Leopard? I'm trying to download Xcode 4.0 for my Mac and they want me to upgrade to Lion and download 4.1. Is there a way to download 4.0 without having to change my entire operating system?
A: The App Store only distributes one version of each app. Xcode 4.0 is no longer available as Xcode 4.1 replaced it.
If the author of the software wishes to keep an older version on the store, the new version has to be uploaded as a different sellable item.
In this case, Apple didn't choose to leave both.
You can get multiple versions of Xcode by joining the paid developer programs. Last time I checked, Xcode 3 was available with the free account. It runs on Snow Leopard - but it doesn't look like you can buy Xcode 4.0 anymore without a paid developer account - it might not even be available to the developers - you might ask before paying money if you really need 4.0 and only 4.0.
A: Here’s a link to Xcode 3.2.6 for Snow Leopard that I found on developer.apple.com. I couldn’t find versions 4.0 or 4.1.
A: The site https://developer.apple.com/downloads has a search field. Enter "Xcode" and you will see "Xcode 3.2.6 and iOS SDK 4.3 for snow leopard". You can download a non App Store version of Xcode from there after signing up as a developer.
A: You can get assorted versions of Xcode all the way back to Xcode 2.3 it seems. You can do this without a paid account, but, you do have to register as an Apple Developer.
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65911df921401bfbd0ccc514d0d6b662536a7afb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I upgrade to Lion straight from 10.5.8? Can I upgrade to Lion from 10.5.8 without upgrading to 10.6.6 first?, or with a package deal?
And can I upgrade just downloading? -- Without having to have the discs mailed to me?
A: At the moment it is not possible to upgrade to Lion without first installing the App Store, and Apple hasn't announced any plan to make that available on versions older than Snow Leopard.
From Apple's press release announcing Lion's availability:
Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores and later this August, Lion will be made available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com) for $69 (US).
They haven't confirmed that this will work for upgrading for older versions, but given the price many people are assuming that this is the case.
| Q: Can I upgrade to Lion straight from 10.5.8? Can I upgrade to Lion from 10.5.8 without upgrading to 10.6.6 first?, or with a package deal?
And can I upgrade just downloading? -- Without having to have the discs mailed to me?
A: At the moment it is not possible to upgrade to Lion without first installing the App Store, and Apple hasn't announced any plan to make that available on versions older than Snow Leopard.
From Apple's press release announcing Lion's availability:
Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores and later this August, Lion will be made available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com) for $69 (US).
They haven't confirmed that this will work for upgrading for older versions, but given the price many people are assuming that this is the case.
A: You most certainly can upgrade, but it is a three (maybe two) step upgrade.
*
*Upgrade to 10.6 (this is a paid upgrade and you need Snow Leopard media - it is not sold or delivered as a download)
*Run free patches to a minimum of 10.6.6 (unless your installer is very new)
*Use the App Store to purchase and download Lion upgrade.
You won't be able to download everything, and it is not one step. As always, look well at all the add on software - much from Leopard era is PPC /rosetta or just tool old to run on two major upgrades. Also look well into hardware requirements. Not fun to spend the money to have Lion tell you your hardware is not compatible. So do:
*
*check your hardware for Lion compatibility
*check your software for Lion compatibility
*check your backup - perhaps checking it twice ;-)
Good luck if you jump to Lion
A: As others have noted, it's necessary to have Snow Leopard first to perform the upgrade. Technically it's possible to do the upgrade without snow Leopard installed on computer which you want to upgrade. If you have access to another Mac which is running Snow Leopard, you can burn an install DVD, once you've purchased Lion, and then do a fresh install on the Leopard machine. (I can confirm that this works - you may need to reformat the drive. This should be fine if you use time machine to do a backup first.) CNet has a list of things to do before you upgrade.
A: You can either wait until Apple releases Lion on a USB Drive (announced for August) or find someone who has 10.6.6 and the App Store, download Lion and burn a DVD.
I do not know if the DVD or USB Drive can be used to upgrade 10.5 since I used it for a fresh install.
A: You can't upgrade from 10.5 I suggest you take a backup on an external drive, partition your HD, download lion, install lion on the partition you created & when you boot from lion for the first time (mac restart automatically after installation) & the option to migrate your data comes up choose the option that migrates your files from a time machine backup.
PS If it fails for some reason you still have all your files in your backup & in the 10.5 partition on your HD so there is no real risk here. FYI you can dual boot by holding down the option (alt) key during startup & then choose from which partition to boot from. Also if you enable file sharing on 10.5 you can access all your files while booted in Lion
A: Yes you can! It is just 1 more step (see #4) from 10.5 to lion OS X
*
*Download from Appstore the lion os x
*make a bootable dvd or usb or partition your internal drive
*reboot with alt key and chose your source with burned .dmg on it
*choose: disk utility and erase your internal drive completely
*then start installation again and choose this new erased drive as a destination to recovery lion to it.
it works!
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57dc1bbc80b2b8e73ca3a73c300f11dfd932988b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari 5.1 (OS X Lion) Inspect Element / Web Inspector always pops up and is not docked to main window Been using OS X 10.7 Lion since early developer previews and there is this bug (or feature that's not implemented). Clicking Inspect Element/Web Inspector of the Develop tools will always pop up the Web Inspector window. It used to be stuck or used to remember my preference and used it as default.
It is docked by default on Chrome and FireBug is well docked in Firefox and it was docked by default (or remember my settings) in Safari 5 on Snow Leopard.
Anyone faced this issue and have a fix?
Much appreciated.
A: At the bottom left hand corner of the popup there is a little button that looks like a dark square with a white square in it. That button pops the inspector in and out.
Don't know if that will fix your problem but you can try
| Q: Safari 5.1 (OS X Lion) Inspect Element / Web Inspector always pops up and is not docked to main window Been using OS X 10.7 Lion since early developer previews and there is this bug (or feature that's not implemented). Clicking Inspect Element/Web Inspector of the Develop tools will always pop up the Web Inspector window. It used to be stuck or used to remember my preference and used it as default.
It is docked by default on Chrome and FireBug is well docked in Firefox and it was docked by default (or remember my settings) in Safari 5 on Snow Leopard.
Anyone faced this issue and have a fix?
Much appreciated.
A: At the bottom left hand corner of the popup there is a little button that looks like a dark square with a white square in it. That button pops the inspector in and out.
Don't know if that will fix your problem but you can try
A: Since I actually like to use it as a separate window, it does not bother me that much. However, the thing that drives me to the edge of suicide is the change that AJAX requests are not logged if the Web Inspector is not open. My usual development workflow of testing the UI -> in case something is broken, open Web Inspector -> check what's happening has been completely broken -- now I need to open Web Inspector and try to repeat the bug. Grrh, why Apple why?
A: See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6819523/safari-web-inspector-showing-up-in-new-window-by-default ; this is a bug that has been reported and appears to be fixed in the nightlies.
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a0ab582db96bfa7d30205d9c23bd36c075959c2c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I convert iPhone .m4a recordings to a more common and lossless format? what's the best way to convert .m4a to a more common song format, like mp3 etc.
The m4a files are recorded by the iPhone and my machine runs windows vista home premium 32-bit sp2
I want it to be as lossless as possible. (hopefully possibly 0%)
A: If the song is already in iTunes, it's easy to do it right within it. Go to the iTunes Preferences and choose "Import Settings" on the "General" page. You can set the desired output format here. Afterwards, select the songs you would like to convert and choose Advanced > Create XY Version, where XY is the file format you specified in the Import Settings. When iTunes has finished converting the files, you will have each track twice - you could use a smart playlist to filter the ones in the new format.
Bear in mind that converting from one lossy format to another lossy format will always result in a lower quality.
| Q: How can I convert iPhone .m4a recordings to a more common and lossless format? what's the best way to convert .m4a to a more common song format, like mp3 etc.
The m4a files are recorded by the iPhone and my machine runs windows vista home premium 32-bit sp2
I want it to be as lossless as possible. (hopefully possibly 0%)
A: If the song is already in iTunes, it's easy to do it right within it. Go to the iTunes Preferences and choose "Import Settings" on the "General" page. You can set the desired output format here. Afterwards, select the songs you would like to convert and choose Advanced > Create XY Version, where XY is the file format you specified in the Import Settings. When iTunes has finished converting the files, you will have each track twice - you could use a smart playlist to filter the ones in the new format.
Bear in mind that converting from one lossy format to another lossy format will always result in a lower quality.
A: You can download Max (then File > Convert file).
Max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats
including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Apple Lossless, Monkey's Audio,
WavPack, Speex, AIFF, and WAVE.
Max is integrated with MusicBrainz to permit automatic retrieval of
compact disc information. For MP3, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, Ogg Vorbis,
Monkey's Audio, WavPack, AAC and Apple Lossless files Max will write
this metadata to the output.
A: QuickTime will export most sound files in the m4a container to many common formats, including mp3. There are many utilities where you can drag and drop, but free, capable, included with every mac is hard to beat.
Especially with Automator to automate the conversion using a folder action.
Also, iTunes will convert tracks for you. Simply change the import settings to be AIFF / WAV / Apple Lossless and right click and convert your songs (you can select several and they will all be converted sequentially.) Watch to clean up the duplicates in your library.
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2313205ae94fe72cfa4b5069aea1c709ada08d46 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Know of any features or tips and tricks in OS X 10.7 (Lion)? Kind of like this: Please share your hidden macOS features or tips and tricks but specific to OS X Lion 10.7.x ONLY
Do you know any hidden or little-known nice feature of OS X 10.7 (Lion)? It doesn't matter what it is—maybe just a short terminal command. Share your experiences on hidden OS X features here.
Please post one tip per answer. Please also check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted. To search the answers of this question you can use inquestion:18677 (or inquestion:this, directly from the question page) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.
Also provide details on how to achieve that feature, and if possible, include a relevant image too!
A: To disable the iOS Spell Check popup accented character picker (and gain your repeat keys again), type in the terminal:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
to re-enable (default value):
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
UPDATE: this may not be working on GM. Will keep trying.. It requires restart.
| Q: Know of any features or tips and tricks in OS X 10.7 (Lion)? Kind of like this: Please share your hidden macOS features or tips and tricks but specific to OS X Lion 10.7.x ONLY
Do you know any hidden or little-known nice feature of OS X 10.7 (Lion)? It doesn't matter what it is—maybe just a short terminal command. Share your experiences on hidden OS X features here.
Please post one tip per answer. Please also check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted. To search the answers of this question you can use inquestion:18677 (or inquestion:this, directly from the question page) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.
Also provide details on how to achieve that feature, and if possible, include a relevant image too!
A: To disable the iOS Spell Check popup accented character picker (and gain your repeat keys again), type in the terminal:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
to re-enable (default value):
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
UPDATE: this may not be working on GM. Will keep trying.. It requires restart.
A: Add A Recent Applications Stack to the Dock
Launch the terminal and type the following command:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }
then you'll have to restart the Dock by issuing the following command:
killall Dock
The Dock will disappear for a moment then reappear. Your Dock will have a Recent Applications Stack located to the left of the Trash icon.
A: man sysdiagnose
What sysdiagnose Collects:
o A spindump of the system
o Several seconds of fs_usage ouput
o Several seconds of top output
o Data about kernel zones
o Status of loaded kernel extensions
o Resident memory usage of user processes
o All system logs, kernel logs, opendirectory log, windowserver log, and log of power management events
o A System Profiler report
o All spin and crash reports
o Disk usage information
o I/O Kit registry information
o Network status
o If a specific process is supplied as an argument: list of malloc-allocated buffers in the process's heap is
collected
o If a specific process is supplied as an argument: data about unreferenced malloc buffers in the process's
memory is collected
o If a specific process is supplied as an argument: data about the virtual memory regions allocated in the
process
A: When in full screen mode in Safari, try dragging in from the sides to shrink the page width while staying in full screen mode.
via @MacTip
A: If you are selecting a rectangle for making a screenshot (e.g. with ⇧+⌘+4) you can press and hold space to reposition the origin point of the rectangle without resizing it. Holding ⇧ at the same time you can reposition the rectangle at along an axis. And if you hold only ⇧ you can resize the rectangle along an axis (in both cases depending on the direction you initially move the mouse).
This is quite handy if you need to make precise screenshots and you don't want to spend a lot of time post processing your screenshots. The only bad thing about the selection rectangle is the fact that the borders are 2 pixels wide which makes it difficult to see the exact bounding of the rectangle.
A: Holding ⇧ when opening an application skips Resume
So far I have gotten this to work via Finder, Spotlight, Launchpad, and Dock icons, but not via Alfred.
A: Holding ⇧ and/or ⌥ while resizing a window retains the aspect ratio and/or anchors the windows center, respectively.
A: Finder move is now similar to Cut and Paste
⌘+C to copy the file/folder (nothing new here).
⌘+⌥+V will then paste the file/folder at the new location, and delete it from the old location.
A: To get into the contents of the user's now hidden Library folder.
While in Finder view click on the "Go" menu item, and then click on the ⌥ key - and you'll find the Library folder.
Alternately the Library Folder (or any other folder) can be unhidden with the command:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
in Terminal.app - to hide a folder, just use hidden instead of nohidden
A: turn off Mail.app animations:
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool YES
via: https://twitter.com/#!/neave/status/95888750185431040
A: Get access to second by second scrubbing in Quicktime.
While a video is paused in quicktime if you click and hold on the high-speed scrub bar it it will bring up a new bar that has white lines that correspond with a second by second precise scrub bar.
A: In Mail, it used to be the case that when you clicked on a folder in the list of folders, it was very easy for your mouse (or finger) to slip a bit, causing the folder to be picked up and dropped inside a neighbouring folder.
My mother, who has arthritis, and so finds accurate mouse clicking by no means easy, often lost mail folders by doing this.
Lion fixes the problem: if you slip when clicking on a folder in Mail, you only select the neighbouring folder, with no harm done. It's a very subtle and impressive piece of user interface design, that most users will never notice.
A: Highlight Stack Items on Hover
Launch the Terminal and type the following command:
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilite-stack -boolean yes
then, you’ll have to restart the Dock by issuing the following command:
killall Dock
To disable the hover highlights, type:
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilite-stack -boolean no
then, restart the dock:
killall Dock
A: Always felt,it would be handy if there is a keyboard shortcut to access the application menu bar.
Like in Windows, we can use (Alt+First letter of the menu) to activate that menu.
Looks in Mac,there is no straight way to access application menu via shortcut.
But,found the following workaround:
*
*Command + Shift + / : focuses the Help menu
*Once it's focussed, we can use Left/Right arrows to access other menus
A: To disable the restore/resume feature on a per-app basis set the NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows preference for that app to false.
E.G. to disable it for Preview enter the following in Terminal :-
defaults write com.apple.Preview NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
A: Diagnose wi-fi problems
Apple have added a useful little utility to diagnose wi-fi problems (check signal strength, see wi-fi related events, and even packet capture seem to be included). To access it use :
open /System/Library/CoreServices/Wi-Fi\ Diagnostics.app
from the terminal.
A: Reduce the size of the Finder side-bar font back to Snow Leopard size.
To get the font in the Finder back down to Snow Leopard size, go to System preferences / General / Sidebar icon size: Small.
A: Expanding threads with right arrow still works in Mail.app
It might be obvious for everyone else except me, but I just noticed that pressing the right arrow key in Mail.app when a collapsed thread is selected still expands the thread as it used to work in Mail in Snow Leopard and before. This is very useful when one wants to flag only one email of a long thread as it is easy to navigate to the right email and pressing ⌘+⇧+L to flag it - no need to use the mouse.
A: To hide your desktop icons, use the following command:
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
Afterwards, enter the following to make the changes go into effect:
killall Finder
To revert back, simply type:
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
And remember to kill Finder once again.
killall Finder
Source: OSXDaily
A: When using a Magic Mouse, you can enable a gesture to start Mission Control when you two-finger double tap the mouse (just tapping the surface, no clicking needed) in System Preferences > Mouse > More Gestures (tab).
If this feature is enabled, you can hover the mouse cursor over a dock icon, use the same gesture for Mission Control, but instead you will show all windows for the particular application being hovered over.
EDIT: Furthermore, when you use the gesture over a dock icon, it will show the recent items (for the appropriate apps) at the bottom of the screen.
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53e5d7bb31af13b39851b559a3c7ec4d8785d4f3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I enable pinch to zoom in Finder on OS X Lion? After upgrading to Lion the pinch-to-zoom seems to be gone in Finder. Didn't even find an option for it in system preferences. Any ideas?
A: The preference for this used to be located in Finder>Preferences. It's no longer available and after some research online, it looks like no one has discovered a way to turn this on using a plist edit.
You might consider telling Apple about how much you miss this:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
| Q: How can I enable pinch to zoom in Finder on OS X Lion? After upgrading to Lion the pinch-to-zoom seems to be gone in Finder. Didn't even find an option for it in system preferences. Any ideas?
A: The preference for this used to be located in Finder>Preferences. It's no longer available and after some research online, it looks like no one has discovered a way to turn this on using a plist edit.
You might consider telling Apple about how much you miss this:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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8d53e6861d5723ea8f9ab0a4523cd31419e2a3a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I show the "Dimension" column in Finder? I clearly remember seeing Dimensions column in Finder to show image dimensions (width x height) but I can't find it now.
Does anyone know how to show this column?
A: The best answer is here: https://superuser.com/a/473697/267407
and it's totally bizarre!
*
*Rename the parent folder "Pictures"
*Enable the Dimensions or Resolution column as usual
*Rename the parent folder back to its original name and the column setting should stay
| Q: How can I show the "Dimension" column in Finder? I clearly remember seeing Dimensions column in Finder to show image dimensions (width x height) but I can't find it now.
Does anyone know how to show this column?
A: The best answer is here: https://superuser.com/a/473697/267407
and it's totally bizarre!
*
*Rename the parent folder "Pictures"
*Enable the Dimensions or Resolution column as usual
*Rename the parent folder back to its original name and the column setting should stay
A: In Mountain Lion, the folder of photos must be named Pictures. Only then will you be able to sort by Dimension or Resolution in list view or cover flow view.
Hope this helps.
A: First, go into the folder and press ⌘ Command+J. "Show View Options" should appear:
Alternatively, you can right click and select "Show View Options".
After opening the view options, select "Show Item Info:
After you have selected that option, you should be able to see the image dimensions below the file.
If you would like this to be the user-wide default, select "Use as Defaults".
A: I sometimes see Dimensions, Duration, Title, and Codecs available as columns in the Mac OS X Finder's folder list view. I've only noticed it in folders containing videos, but I haven't tracked which types. Other folders containing the same video types don't necessarily offer those columns. When the columns are available, they appear in the list's column header contextual menu, but not in the window's View Options.
How do I go about posting my screenshot of this? I don't have 10 reputation pokes or likes or smiles or whatevers.
A: When in icon view, you can use "Show item info" under view options just as user6124 described.
Yes, but this is not the 'column' view. Thanks, but I knew this already. – Nimbuz (comment)
Column view, however, prefers to show as much of the current file tree path as possible at the price of extra info. You can enable the preview column from view options to show a preview of the selected image along with some basic information (including pixel dimensions) in the rightmost column.
The preview column only shows the info for the selected file (just one).
In list and cover flow views you can add more info columns to the list by right–clicking the list's titlebar and choose the extra data you want to see:
NOTE: The list of extra columns is relative to the folder's location. In order to get the dimensions available, the folder in question has to reside somewhere under ~/Pictures/. (Under ~/Music/ you could choose e.g. artist or album and under ~/Movies/ you could choose length or codecs and so on…)
A: User10355, I know this post is old, but if someone comes across it, they may read your comment and give up without trying. Nobody's memory was playing tricks. For the "Pictures" folder only, the 9 columns listed in the "View Options" panel are not the only columns available in List View! Right-click any column header and a dropdown menu appears showing the full range of options. For the Pictures folder, this includes the 9 columns offered in View Options, plus two more: dimensions and resolution. My screenshot is from El Capitan, but it sounds as if this feature was available as far back as Mountain Lion.
A: Your memory is playing tricks on you. This is the Finder from Snow Leopard (which I don't think changed from Leopard).
And here is Tiger's list view column options:
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bf10563d4b1acc9f8d3a4e0f5dbc6c44dbe30daa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I reinstall Mac OS X (Lion) without erasing data? My Lion installation ruined. Everything doesn't work. Even my Mac doesn't sleep. I want to reinstall whole OS, but I have no spare backup drive. So I want to reinstall OS without erasing or repartitioning to keep my data on disk.
I know it's not clear enough, but it should be a lot better than my current installation. So I want to try anything if it keep my data without backup.
Is this possible? How can I do this?
Or is there any way to repair current installation?
A: Reboot your Mac. When you hear the boot chime, hold the COMMAND + R keys. You will enter the Lion Recovery environment. From there, simply choose to reinstall Lion. It will simply remove the current system and replace it with a fresh copy. None of your data will be deleted or moved. The only thing that will be replaced will be the core system files. There is no longer any need to make backups, migrate your data, or mess with partitioning.
If you'd like to read more about the Lion Recovery function, go here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
| Q: How can I reinstall Mac OS X (Lion) without erasing data? My Lion installation ruined. Everything doesn't work. Even my Mac doesn't sleep. I want to reinstall whole OS, but I have no spare backup drive. So I want to reinstall OS without erasing or repartitioning to keep my data on disk.
I know it's not clear enough, but it should be a lot better than my current installation. So I want to try anything if it keep my data without backup.
Is this possible? How can I do this?
Or is there any way to repair current installation?
A: Reboot your Mac. When you hear the boot chime, hold the COMMAND + R keys. You will enter the Lion Recovery environment. From there, simply choose to reinstall Lion. It will simply remove the current system and replace it with a fresh copy. None of your data will be deleted or moved. The only thing that will be replaced will be the core system files. There is no longer any need to make backups, migrate your data, or mess with partitioning.
If you'd like to read more about the Lion Recovery function, go here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
A: I'm in the same boat. Kernel panics malloc errors everywhere PAH!
Anyway:
Download Lion. The install eats the file you need so don't install it right away. Only took me 2x +XCODE to figure that out.
Now, if you installed it you can do the brutal cmd-R on boot to get to the recovery partition. That's nice, you can now install Lion via your hopefully working network, as well as wiping the badness from your drive.
This sucks, since you probably did not save the download.
Really, you want to get a copy of Lion on a USB key.
*
*Applications > Install Lion > show package contents > find and mount the InstallESD file.
*Break out one of your many 16 gig USB keys and erase it. You're going to restore the InstallESD image onto the USB Key.
*Check with diskutil, the gui in Lion is sexy, but underneath is a sea of malloc(3)-y kernel panics. It needs to be bootable.
*It' won't boot. Thats OK, use the Recovery Partition ( cmd R on boot ) and set the USB key as your startup disk.
*Reboot. Try not to think about how you swore this time you'd wait until .1.
You should be back in what looks like the same place, except it should be from your USB key, which can install lion onto the wiped hard drive.
I shall attempt this last part right now, all I want is the oblivion of the zeroes ... perhaps my tinkering with snow leopard was the problem. BAH.
Very useful debugging stuff. Why is it "secret?" Why indeed?
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#technotes/tn2124/_index.html
man sysdiagnose
Super cool tool. I'll use it instead of watching the 14 gigs... ok enough. It is a cool tool though.
Oddly,
man -k diag
shows you the equally nifty mddiagnose for spotlight and tmdiagnose for time machine,
Yet not sysdiagnose.
Good luck.
EDIT: This actually did work quite well for me, the usb key even booted my lappy, and I only forgot to save Xcode, which is going on the key right now.
I'm seeing far less kernel panics, which is promising. Hope it works out for you.
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cb1480c9aa0dee7890f363f87a674ead93c7d098 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to copy updates from mac to another? I live in a country where Internet isn't that broadbandish, I installed Lion on my home laptop and want to copy the updates to my Mac Mini.
Is there a way to copy Apple updates from a machine to another?
A: You could, but not by using Software Update.
What you should do, is wait for Apple to release the update on its website, here is the 10.7.1 update, store it on a USB drive and install it wherever you want.
| Q: How to copy updates from mac to another? I live in a country where Internet isn't that broadbandish, I installed Lion on my home laptop and want to copy the updates to my Mac Mini.
Is there a way to copy Apple updates from a machine to another?
A: You could, but not by using Software Update.
What you should do, is wait for Apple to release the update on its website, here is the 10.7.1 update, store it on a USB drive and install it wherever you want.
A: You can copy Lion to another machine, but only if you do so before you run the installer on the original machine -- the last thing the installer does is to wipe itself. So I'm afraid it's too late now.
A: You can set up an OS X server, which can act as a local Software Update server. I.e. it downloads the updates from Apple, then distributes them to your machines. Unless you already have a server or have a spare machine and are interested in setting this up, this is a rather impractical solution, but I wanted to mention it for completeness.
A: What you should do is download the .pkg installer. When you update your software, you should be able to save the .pkg. Under Updates there is an option to "Install and Keep Package" Use this option.
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d7ff924b936384ac8c52a5b4cfef602f36636942 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is X11 installed by default on Mac OS X? I'm asking this because I'm considering distributing a commercial Windows application to mac users. The application would run in WINE, but WINE depends on X11.
I've read that X11 is installed by default on OS X 10.5 and later, and available as an optional install on the installation dvd for OS X 10.4
Can I reasonably expect X11 to be available on most of the users' computers? If not, how difficult it would be to install for the user? Can I just provide them a link to download and install it from apple's website?
A: The previous answer seems to be referring to Xcode, rather than X11. While Xcode is now downloadable from the App store, X11 is installed automatically when you install Lion.
If any of your users have problems, or find it not installed on their system, they can download the installer here:
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.6.3
| Q: Is X11 installed by default on Mac OS X? I'm asking this because I'm considering distributing a commercial Windows application to mac users. The application would run in WINE, but WINE depends on X11.
I've read that X11 is installed by default on OS X 10.5 and later, and available as an optional install on the installation dvd for OS X 10.4
Can I reasonably expect X11 to be available on most of the users' computers? If not, how difficult it would be to install for the user? Can I just provide them a link to download and install it from apple's website?
A: The previous answer seems to be referring to Xcode, rather than X11. While Xcode is now downloadable from the App store, X11 is installed automatically when you install Lion.
If any of your users have problems, or find it not installed on their system, they can download the installer here:
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.6.3
A: YES it's installed by default. It's in the installation options where users can tick or untick to install X11. But by default it's ticked in 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7
A: As from OS X 10.8 X11 is not installed by default.
However there is an easier way to install. Use Wineskin to wrap your app. Then you will get an OS X app that includes X11 and your app
A: No, it is not installed. Apple support now directs users to download the .dmg from XQuartz.org
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f5ca7ebf5f76c5db111b26451b23c199054b6293 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Snow Leopard vs. Lion performance: what are the differences? Is Snow Leopard or Lion faster?
And how significant is the speed difference?
A: There's very little difference.
Check out this cnet review it shows the performance of applications like Photoshop, Call of Duty 4 etc. on a 27" 2011 iMac running Snow Leopard & Lion:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20081987-1/snow-leopard-vs-lion-performance-head-to-head/, which concludes:
For the most part, we found only minor speed variations between the
two operating systems.
| Q: Snow Leopard vs. Lion performance: what are the differences? Is Snow Leopard or Lion faster?
And how significant is the speed difference?
A: There's very little difference.
Check out this cnet review it shows the performance of applications like Photoshop, Call of Duty 4 etc. on a 27" 2011 iMac running Snow Leopard & Lion:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20081987-1/snow-leopard-vs-lion-performance-head-to-head/, which concludes:
For the most part, we found only minor speed variations between the
two operating systems.
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acf1a727ea94670be85541b0f6c7419205df060b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I find out which generation my iPod belongs to? I have a iPod Classic 160 Gb. I have forgotten the generation. Is there any way by which I can find out the generation of the iPod?
A: See Apple's note on identifying which iPod model you have.
| Q: How can I find out which generation my iPod belongs to? I have a iPod Classic 160 Gb. I have forgotten the generation. Is there any way by which I can find out the generation of the iPod?
A: See Apple's note on identifying which iPod model you have.
A: Check out MacTracker. It's a free app with information on pretty much everything that Apple has ever made.
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42d6b758b8a078027fcaa9f57a1675bb0b0ad530 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to move all windows from one space to the other? Is there a way to move all the windows found in one space into another without having to move them one by one?
(This feature was available in Snow Leopard)
A: You can still do this in OS X Lion.
Move to the space you want to move the application's windows to. Right-click on the application icon in your Dock, select Options and enable "This Desktop" in the sub-menu. All of the windows should now move over to the current space.
Out of interest, how do you do this in Snow Leopard?
Edit: At last, I found a way to do this. Open Mission Control, and left-click and drag the application icon under the application windows to a new space at the top of the screen. You can create a new space entirely, or move all of the windows to an existing space. Hope this helps.
| Q: Is it possible to move all windows from one space to the other? Is there a way to move all the windows found in one space into another without having to move them one by one?
(This feature was available in Snow Leopard)
A: You can still do this in OS X Lion.
Move to the space you want to move the application's windows to. Right-click on the application icon in your Dock, select Options and enable "This Desktop" in the sub-menu. All of the windows should now move over to the current space.
Out of interest, how do you do this in Snow Leopard?
Edit: At last, I found a way to do this. Open Mission Control, and left-click and drag the application icon under the application windows to a new space at the top of the screen. You can create a new space entirely, or move all of the windows to an existing space. Hope this helps.
A: You can't at least for now, hope Apple adds more functionality to Mission Control. Although you can move all windows of a particular app between spaces....
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d52580c6cea91b27b15f10a6822f1a5b761dbfba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get archive to work in Mail.app in Lion? I can't get archive to work on Lion. When I choose archive in Mail.app it creates a folder called Archived. That's not what I want. When I choose delete it doesn't remove the message from my inbox. It is just greyed out. Right now I leave the messages in the inbox and archive them from my iPhone, which works great. Please help me get this working.
A: If you're okay using Mail's delete function as archive, then simply go into Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Gmail > Mailbox Behaviors and deselect both of these options:
[ ] Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox
[ ] Store deleted messages on the server
Screenshot:
Then when you delete a message in Mail, you'll be archiving it.
Reference here:
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78892
| Q: How do I get archive to work in Mail.app in Lion? I can't get archive to work on Lion. When I choose archive in Mail.app it creates a folder called Archived. That's not what I want. When I choose delete it doesn't remove the message from my inbox. It is just greyed out. Right now I leave the messages in the inbox and archive them from my iPhone, which works great. Please help me get this working.
A: If you're okay using Mail's delete function as archive, then simply go into Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Gmail > Mailbox Behaviors and deselect both of these options:
[ ] Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox
[ ] Store deleted messages on the server
Screenshot:
Then when you delete a message in Mail, you'll be archiving it.
Reference here:
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78892
A: I had the same problem, and it turned out that I had to enable Auto-expunge in gmail settings; otherwise actions performed in Mail don't sync up to the gmail server in a timely fashion. Just enable auto-expunge.
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0f2d6777233102d8493a70d92956652be10375fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I map a function key to a command key combo? Mission Control has freed up a couple of my function keys, I'd like to try using one of them to activate the application switcher. I've tried the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane, and Spark.app, but no luck. Any other ideas?
A: Try the free KeyRemap4MacBook from the site below
http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook
| Q: Can I map a function key to a command key combo? Mission Control has freed up a couple of my function keys, I'd like to try using one of them to activate the application switcher. I've tried the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane, and Spark.app, but no luck. Any other ideas?
A: Try the free KeyRemap4MacBook from the site below
http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook
A: Keyboard Maestro will accomplish this (and many other things). It is not freeware, however.
http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/
A: Uber Key
https://gist.github.com/lsfalimis/55b776c1f69d678b22fa
Use: http://lsfalimis.github.io/mac/2014/05/08/my-no-programmer-window-management-and-keyboard-shortcuts-settings/
(Just a suggestion: a disadvantage is that it's hard to memorise these shortcuts; since I have used up all my keys, so now I'm using Keyboard Maestro's typed string trigger.)
Gist:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<!-- Next part belongs to lucifr https://gist.github.com/lucifr/4971978 -->
<item>
<name>F19 to F19</name>
<appendix>(F19 to Hyper (ctrl+shift+cmd+opt) + F19 Only, F19)</appendix>
<identifier>private.f192f19</identifier>
<autogen>
--KeyOverlaidModifier--
KeyCode::F19,
KeyCode::COMMAND_L, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L,
KeyCode::F19
</autogen>
</item>
<!--
<item>
<name>Remap F18 to Uber Key</name>
<identifier>uber_key.f18_as_uber_key</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::F18, KeyCode::VK_MODIFIER_EXTRA1</autogen>
</item>
-->
<!-- I have used PCKeyboardHack to remap Caps Lock to F19 as Hyper key, Shift_R to F18 as input source switcher, Command_R to -->
<!-- Eudic Light Peek key, and so Uber key will be Option_R mapped as F16. -->
<item>
<name>KeyOverlaidModifier of F16 to VK_MODIFIER_EXTRA1</name>
<identifier>f16_over_laid</identifier>
<autogen>
--KeyOverlaidModifier--
KeyCode::F16,
KeyCode::VK_MODIFIER_EXTRA1,
KeyCode::F16
</autogen>
</item>
<item>
<name>KeyOverlaidModifier of F17 to ⌃⌥⌘</name>
<identifier>f17_over_laid</identifier>
<autogen>
--KeyOverlaidModifier--
KeyCode::F17,
KeyCode::COMMAND_L, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L,
KeyCode::F17
</autogen>
</item>
<item>
<name>KeyOverlaidModifier of F18 to ⌃⌥⇧</name>
<identifier>f18_over_laid</identifier>
<autogen>
--KeyOverlaidModifier--
KeyCode::F18,
KeyCode::SHIFT_L, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L,
KeyCode::F18
</autogen>
</item>
<!-- Next part belongs to David Conner https://gist.github.com/dcunited001/4188771 -->
<!-- refer to this post of Google Groups https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ukelele-users/QO1mTJZEOVo -->
<!-- I comment on some lines because I want to keep ⌃F2 for "Move focus to the Dock" and ⌃F3 for "Move focus to the menu bar", -->
<!-- and I am unable to unmap ⌃F9, ⌃F10 and ⌘F1 for some reason I don't know. -->
<item>
<name>Uber+[1-90-=] mapped to Shift+F1-F12)</name>
<identifier>uber_key.uber_row1_to_shift_fn</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_1, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F1, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_2, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F2, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_3, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F3, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_4, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F4, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_5, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F5, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_6, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F6, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_7, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F7, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_8, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F8, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_9, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F9, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::KEY_0, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F10, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::MINUS, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F11, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::EQUAL, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F12, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
</item>
<item>
<name>Uber+[qwertyuiop\[\]] mapped to Ctrl+F1-F12). Unused keys: W, E | O, P </name>
<identifier>uber_key.uber_row2_to_ctrl_fn</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F1, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<!-- <autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::W, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F2, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen> -->
<!-- <autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::E, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F3, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen> -->
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::R, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F4, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::T, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F5, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::Y, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F6, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::U, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F7, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::I, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F8, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<!--<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::O, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F9, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen> -->
<!-- <autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::P, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F10, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen> -->
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::BRACKET_LEFT, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F11, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::BRACKET_RIGHT, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F12, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L</autogen>
</item>
<item>
<name>Uber+[asdfghjkl\;\'] mapped to Opt+F1-F12)</name>
<identifier>uber_key.uber_row3_to_opt_fn</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::A, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F1, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::S, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F2, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::D, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F3, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::F, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F4, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::G, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F5, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::H, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F6, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::J, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F7, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::K, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F8, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::L, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F9, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::SEMICOLON, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F10, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::QUOTE, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F11, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L</autogen>
<!-- OPT+F12 unassigned - tilda? -->
</item>
<item>
<name>Uber+[zxcvbnm\,\.\/] mapped to Cmd+F1-F12)</name>
<identifier>uber_key.uber_row4_to_cmd_fn</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::Z, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F1, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::X, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F2, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::C, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F3, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::V, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F4, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::B, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F5, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::N, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F6, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::M, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F7, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::COMMA, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F8, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::DOT, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F9, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::SLASH, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1 | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::F10, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<!-- CMD+F11 unassigned - delete? -->
<!-- CMD+F12 unassigned - backslash? -->
</item>
</root>
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e141dbb45257fd0db97b55923e880f8f24f2c520 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lion: Switching an Application's launch preference off of Rosetta (PPC) I have a case where a machine was upgraded to Lion. Prior to Lion the user was running Photoshop CS4 (a Universal Binary) under Rosetta which required hitting a checkbox in the application's "Get Info" dialog. With the advent of Lion and the removal of Rosetta, the checkbox is gone but the OS still tries to run Photoshop as a PPC binary and fails.
Is there a way I can reset the "Launch this UB as a PPC binary" flag?
A: Application launch preferences are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist, including whether or not to open using Rosetta.
Opening up this file (easier to parse if you have Property List Editor installed from the developer tools) will allow you to find the entry for the specific app that's set to open in Rosetta, and you can strip out the PPC-relevant bits. Make a back up first, just in case.
More info is available here.
| Q: Lion: Switching an Application's launch preference off of Rosetta (PPC) I have a case where a machine was upgraded to Lion. Prior to Lion the user was running Photoshop CS4 (a Universal Binary) under Rosetta which required hitting a checkbox in the application's "Get Info" dialog. With the advent of Lion and the removal of Rosetta, the checkbox is gone but the OS still tries to run Photoshop as a PPC binary and fails.
Is there a way I can reset the "Launch this UB as a PPC binary" flag?
A: Application launch preferences are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist, including whether or not to open using Rosetta.
Opening up this file (easier to parse if you have Property List Editor installed from the developer tools) will allow you to find the entry for the specific app that's set to open in Rosetta, and you can strip out the PPC-relevant bits. Make a back up first, just in case.
More info is available here.
A: Try downloading http://www.xslimmer.com/ and stripping out the PowerPC code from Photoshop. It should then default to running as Intel.
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50a82d9f943ab3ea8bf1e27d0a24a330a2374dcd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn off automatic typing correction in Lion? Since upgrading to Lion I notice that typing is automatically getting "corrected".
For example, I type "I posted to elance that" and the word elance automatically changes to "glance". I back up and change the 'g' to an 'e' and it changes it back to "glance" again.
I first noticed it in Mail, but I see it's also happening here in Safari too.
How do I turn this off? Note: I don't mind the 'red-squiggle' when it thinks there's a typo, but I don't want it automatically changing my text.
A: Go to system preferences -> and then language/text
Hit the "Text" tab.
There is a checkbox that says "Correct spelling automatically". Uncheck it.
Look here for more info:
http://www.applegazette.com/mac/how-to-disable-auto-correct-in-os-x-lion/
| Q: How to turn off automatic typing correction in Lion? Since upgrading to Lion I notice that typing is automatically getting "corrected".
For example, I type "I posted to elance that" and the word elance automatically changes to "glance". I back up and change the 'g' to an 'e' and it changes it back to "glance" again.
I first noticed it in Mail, but I see it's also happening here in Safari too.
How do I turn this off? Note: I don't mind the 'red-squiggle' when it thinks there's a typo, but I don't want it automatically changing my text.
A: Go to system preferences -> and then language/text
Hit the "Text" tab.
There is a checkbox that says "Correct spelling automatically". Uncheck it.
Look here for more info:
http://www.applegazette.com/mac/how-to-disable-auto-correct-in-os-x-lion/
A: Open a terminal window, and run this:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool NO
A: User "Gauzy" posted this in a comment. I'm posting it here and marking it as the correct answer:
For Safari (or any other app with a text input box, for the most part) right click (or control click) the text area, goto Spelling and Grammar, and deselect Correct Spelling Automatically. Screenshot – Gauzy
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537de05eca6e23249508f5e98f52fbebdc3beb85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to manually change orientation of iPad I feel ridiculous shaking my iPad and turning it many times before it finally orients itself to the proper landscape/portrait setting.
Is there a way to manually change the orientation, by hitting a button or something?
A: Seems like you have issue with the gyroscope inside the iPad. He's the one detecting when the iPad is turned.
Your better chance would be to go to an Apple Store if it's still under guaranty, maybe they'll find a problem and change it for you.
To answer your question, no, there's no hardware button to change the orientation. But you can lock it, and here's the 2 possibilities. If under Settings • General • Use Side Switch to
*
*Lock Rotation
Just flip the switch over the volume button to lock the iPad in it's current orientation.
*Mute
Double-click the Home button, slide the apps to the right and click the button to the further left. It will lock the orientation.
| Q: How to manually change orientation of iPad I feel ridiculous shaking my iPad and turning it many times before it finally orients itself to the proper landscape/portrait setting.
Is there a way to manually change the orientation, by hitting a button or something?
A: Seems like you have issue with the gyroscope inside the iPad. He's the one detecting when the iPad is turned.
Your better chance would be to go to an Apple Store if it's still under guaranty, maybe they'll find a problem and change it for you.
To answer your question, no, there's no hardware button to change the orientation. But you can lock it, and here's the 2 possibilities. If under Settings • General • Use Side Switch to
*
*Lock Rotation
Just flip the switch over the volume button to lock the iPad in it's current orientation.
*Mute
Double-click the Home button, slide the apps to the right and click the button to the further left. It will lock the orientation.
A: You can turn on "Assistive Touch," and go to device, then rotate, Then choose the orientation. Before you turn assistive touch off (if you DO want to turn it off, the black square on your screen can get in the way) you should lock orientation, just do it how the other user who answered said.
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b8aadc24ea7c5fa3814873ac28c78e31de19fcf3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to get Time Machine backup overnight instead of every hour? My (older) iMac runs 24/7 and it seems like it's constantly doing Time Machine backups which slows down things considerably. My wife is always complaining about beach balls.
Is there a way to configure Time Machine to do backups only in the wee hours of the morning?
A: There's a nice looking piece of freeware worth trying called Time Machine Editor which looks like it'll do the trick.
| Q: how to get Time Machine backup overnight instead of every hour? My (older) iMac runs 24/7 and it seems like it's constantly doing Time Machine backups which slows down things considerably. My wife is always complaining about beach balls.
Is there a way to configure Time Machine to do backups only in the wee hours of the morning?
A: There's a nice looking piece of freeware worth trying called Time Machine Editor which looks like it'll do the trick.
A: Use TimeMachineEditor. Free. Doesn't say, but it works on Lion too.
TimeMachineEditor is a software for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that lets you change the default one-hour backup interval of Time Machine.
You can change the interval or create a more sophisticated scheduling (see screenshot below).
This is useful if you don’t need to backup every hour and don’t want
the performance penalty. This is also especially useful if you
manipulate lots of data within one hour as you would spend the whole
day backing up.
A: I have been using TimeMachineScheduler for this purpose for quite some time now. You can set it up to make backups only at certain hours.
A: You can change the sync interval - you can in this link read how to do this: http://maketecheasier.com/change-your-time-machine-backup-interval/2009/06/05
The link also show a 3-part Time Machine Editor.
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b7efab7109d210aa615f302dc8ded61101263962 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MTMFS consuming an entire CPU core and fans running full bore with Lion You may be aware that Lion introduced MTMFS, the Mobile Time Machine File System.
I've had a couple of instances now where MTMFS has been chewing up an entire core of my dual-core (mid 2009) MacBook Pro for hours on end with no evidence that it's actually doing anything constructive.
As a consequence, CPU temperature rises and the cooling fans run fast and noisy.
Restarting the machine quietened things down again, but I'm expecting it to start again.
Does anyone understand MTMFS well enough to suggest why it's keeping itself busy (or is it most likely, simply a bug), or if there's currently any solution? I fear I may have gone deaf or been scalded to death before Apple release an update...
A: Running sudo find / -type f -mmin -5 while mtmfs was using 85% of my Mac, revealed that the process was writing to /Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb.
I guess that TM was doing its daily local backup.
| Q: MTMFS consuming an entire CPU core and fans running full bore with Lion You may be aware that Lion introduced MTMFS, the Mobile Time Machine File System.
I've had a couple of instances now where MTMFS has been chewing up an entire core of my dual-core (mid 2009) MacBook Pro for hours on end with no evidence that it's actually doing anything constructive.
As a consequence, CPU temperature rises and the cooling fans run fast and noisy.
Restarting the machine quietened things down again, but I'm expecting it to start again.
Does anyone understand MTMFS well enough to suggest why it's keeping itself busy (or is it most likely, simply a bug), or if there's currently any solution? I fear I may have gone deaf or been scalded to death before Apple release an update...
A: Running sudo find / -type f -mmin -5 while mtmfs was using 85% of my Mac, revealed that the process was writing to /Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb.
I guess that TM was doing its daily local backup.
A: To track down the issue you may have to dive into fs_usage or other tools that capture filesystem activity as it happens.
Normally, I have seen minor corruption issues on a filesystem (or bugs in the code - it's hard to tell / hard to reproduce this issue) as the cause of this. In practice I can't get it to fail again after cleaning the existing local backup.
*
*sudo tmutil disablelocal
*reboot the Mac in safe mode (which runs fsck and many other helpful and potentially irrelevant tests and checks for corruption)
*reboot the mac normally
*sudo tmutil enablelocal
A: I suffered this today when doing a find / -whatever -exec this-or-that {} \;
Suddenly mtmfs got 100% CPU. It turns out that mtmfs is a special filesystem mounted on /Volumes/MobileBackups. If you run something that will access files indiscrimately, such as a find (something many "cleaner" programs do) mtmfs will use a lot of CPU when its files are being accessed.
You have two options:
1) As suggested, disable local Time Machine backups (sudo tmutil disablelocal)
2) Make sure to exclude /Volumes/MobileBackups (or even /Volumes, as it can be a p.i.t.a. to run a find over network file systems) from the search command.
That should solve the issue.
A: I've noticed this as well on my new MacBook Air. I've found turning Time Machine off and on again will stop it chewing up CPU, but don't know how to stop it happening again.
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167ccf6d1849121d2856e2315b1908fd6e65baa5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is screen zoom broken in Lion? For years I've zoomed the whole Mac OS X screen with Control ⌃ + two finger scroll on the trackpad.
It was very useful when giving demos and when wanting to zoom in on a YouTube video.
Since I installed Lion it was working, then it stopped working, then worked again, now it's not working.
What am I doing wrong, or is it just broken?
A: I experienced a similar problem in the Developer Previews of Lion. A restart always fixed it.
I've not had any problems since I installed the GM public release build.
If you are experiencing such problems I suggest sharing feedback, and filing a bug report.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
https://bugreport.apple.com/
| Q: Is screen zoom broken in Lion? For years I've zoomed the whole Mac OS X screen with Control ⌃ + two finger scroll on the trackpad.
It was very useful when giving demos and when wanting to zoom in on a YouTube video.
Since I installed Lion it was working, then it stopped working, then worked again, now it's not working.
What am I doing wrong, or is it just broken?
A: I experienced a similar problem in the Developer Previews of Lion. A restart always fixed it.
I've not had any problems since I installed the GM public release build.
If you are experiencing such problems I suggest sharing feedback, and filing a bug report.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
https://bugreport.apple.com/
A: I had this problem with Leopard and it continues in Lion. The only solution that works for me is to reboot. Changing the settings in system preferences does not work on my machine.
A: Several answers contradict each other, so I wanted to make another answer to pull together some of the ideas that seem (to me) to be the root behavior of zoom failures:
*
*The zoom feature that many used reliably in Snow Leopard breaks often in Lion. It generally works perfectly immediately after a reboot. A quick sleep / wake cycle after a reboot isn't the only thing needed to break this, but it appears to fail after longer periods of sleep.
*When migrating from Snow Leopard to Lion - the migration is breaking the settings for people that had the zoom enabled. By "break" - the panel shows zoom off (or greyed out) even if it was previously on for Snow Leopard. Strangely, the system will zoom when the panel shows zoom off in this case of a migration.
Once zoom is "broken" a reboot will make it work again temporarily - it recovers from the failure, but doesn't prevent it from recurring again. The new zoom in window feature seems to work reliably - the window zooming will work when normal zooming is broken - you can turn that on to nudge the zooming without a reboot.
All of the above are "facts" that I've seen and reproduced on more than one Mac as well as seen more than one time on each mac that has had the problem.
My speculation is the new window zoom features (which are amazingly cool) is causing the tried and true older zoom function to have problems as the machine runs and some process crashes or some memory gets corrupted. Switching to Zoom in window or rebooting clears up this corruption or restarts whatever process needs serves the zooming temporarily.
My primary mac seems to fail to zoom somewhere between 8 hours into a boot and almost certainly after a day or two of use. I haven't tested a log out / log in to clear things up (yet) - but it's a near certainty it will be back within 48 hours for me to poke at it some more and see if I can see what is crashing...
There may be a link between using the default Control ^ key as the zoom modifier - the preference pane for choosing that modifier seems "screwy" to me in that it will substitute values for control when I go to look at the pane. I haven't determined if my preference file is corrupt or the system code is just mis-behaving whether or not the preference file is correct or not.
A: From support.apple.com:
The OS X Lion v10.7.2 Update includes […] fixes that: […]
*
*Resolve an issue that causes screen zoom to stop working.
So the answer and the solution is, in short: update to 10.7.2, if possible.
A: You now have to manually enable it.
*
*Go to Universal Access in System Preferences
*Turn on Zoom with the radio button.
*Click on Options and tick Use scroll wheel with modifier keys to zoom.
A: I adjusted the size of the "zoom in window" to cover the entire screen real estate; works as an adequate substitute for the big fail on screen zoom.
A: My zoom, for some reason, breaks when Lion goes to sleep. To fix it I just go to universal access turn zoom off, and then back on. When its is broken the radio is on but the stuff beside it is greyed out.
A: It is still broken for me in the 10.7.2, it does work very erratically…
My workarounds are to:
*
*Use ⌥⌘+ or ⌥⌘- (instead or ctrl scroll)
(Press ⌥⌘8 two times to reenable the zoom if the key above are not working)
*Trash ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess , open Universal Access and switch the zoom option to "ON". This seems to be the best workaround to make everything work again (including the ctrl+scroll).
A: I have found a solution. In Universal Access > Seeing Tab -- select Zoom in window as usual. Then, select Options > Use scroll wheel with modifier keys to zoom. If you have Enable temporary zoom... and the scroll wheel options selected... if you 'scroll out' on your mouse the zoom window will disappear once zoomed all the way out. Then, when you need it, hold command in scroll in with the wheel.
A: This resolved the problem in my case
Go to System Preferences -> Energy Saver
and check off
"Automatically reduce brightness before display goes to sleep"
If that doesn't work, this other solution temporary fixes the problem (so you don't have to reboot):
System Preferences -> Universal Access and re-check "Zoom in Window"
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bad13b800914659f6aa78f9dac7f705122c3959e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Window saver for Mac OS X Does anybody know of any software for Mac OS X which will save your program windows, so when you boot up again you can return to the same windows? This would be a huge help since as a developer I often have 10 windows open and often have to re-open and re-size them all when I reboot.
A: The latest version of Mac OS X, Lion (10.7) has this feature bult-in. It's called Resume.
From Apple:
Now apps you close will reopen right where you left off, so you never have to start from scratch again. And when you install software updates, you no longer need to save your work, close your apps, and spend valuable time setting everything up again. With Resume, you can restart your Mac and return to what you were doing — with all your apps in the places where you left them.
This happens automatically. Not all apps support it yet, but those that don't should be updated soon for full support.
Mac OS X Lion costs $29, and is available on the Mac App Store.
| Q: Window saver for Mac OS X Does anybody know of any software for Mac OS X which will save your program windows, so when you boot up again you can return to the same windows? This would be a huge help since as a developer I often have 10 windows open and often have to re-open and re-size them all when I reboot.
A: The latest version of Mac OS X, Lion (10.7) has this feature bult-in. It's called Resume.
From Apple:
Now apps you close will reopen right where you left off, so you never have to start from scratch again. And when you install software updates, you no longer need to save your work, close your apps, and spend valuable time setting everything up again. With Resume, you can restart your Mac and return to what you were doing — with all your apps in the places where you left them.
This happens automatically. Not all apps support it yet, but those that don't should be updated soon for full support.
Mac OS X Lion costs $29, and is available on the Mac App Store.
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2e818c9cc712261c637ed8577760d19a1e28fadf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a sexier alternative to the status bar in Safari? I hate the status bar. However, I love hovering over URLs to find out where they will take me. Is there an alternative to having the status bar on at all times, or constantly toggling on/off? An extension, or maybe a preference that I'm missing?
A: I like the free UltimateStatusBar extension.
Visible only when you're hovering over a link, it shows where things lead, but does other stuff too. Like shortener expansion and favicon previews.
It's got lots of built-in themes you can use to customize the appearance.
| Q: Is there a sexier alternative to the status bar in Safari? I hate the status bar. However, I love hovering over URLs to find out where they will take me. Is there an alternative to having the status bar on at all times, or constantly toggling on/off? An extension, or maybe a preference that I'm missing?
A: I like the free UltimateStatusBar extension.
Visible only when you're hovering over a link, it shows where things lead, but does other stuff too. Like shortener expansion and favicon previews.
It's got lots of built-in themes you can use to customize the appearance.
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7a2a9395e802ae2e98acaba659ed400e211b6345 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to resize finder icons in 10.7 Lion How do I resize icons in Lion's finder. So for example if I wanted to resize the icons in the application folder. In Snow leopard, there used to be a slider at the bottom of the finder page, but thats gone in Lion.
A: In the menu bar click View -> Show Status Bar
The status bar will appear at the bottom of the Finder window with the icon size slider on the right hand side.
| Q: How to resize finder icons in 10.7 Lion How do I resize icons in Lion's finder. So for example if I wanted to resize the icons in the application folder. In Snow leopard, there used to be a slider at the bottom of the finder page, but thats gone in Lion.
A: In the menu bar click View -> Show Status Bar
The status bar will appear at the bottom of the Finder window with the icon size slider on the right hand side.
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2f4253e7bd0c47af3f2fda13677abed17e45e9d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I'm looking for a good, lightweight email client I'm looking for a good, lightweight email client.
What do you guys recommend?
A: Apple Mail. Nothing is as integrated into the OS as apple's own mail. Works seamlessly with Gmail
| Q: I'm looking for a good, lightweight email client I'm looking for a good, lightweight email client.
What do you guys recommend?
A: Apple Mail. Nothing is as integrated into the OS as apple's own mail. Works seamlessly with Gmail
A: Popular email clients for the Mac include:
*
*Apple Mail - my current favourite, especially in Lion.
*Postbox - Paid for, but feature-rich and quite polished AFAICT
*Thunderbird Free and open-source. Extremely configurable with a similar extension ecosystem as Firefox.
*Microsoft Outlook - A very fully featured email and calendar package. It replaces Microsoft's previous Mac email client, Entourage.
*Sparrow - A unique email application. The layout encourages casual, Twitter-like conversation by evoking the timeline view of popular Twitter apps. It's pretty trendy at time of writing.
*Mailplane - Basically an optimised, dedicated Gmail browser window. Worth looking into if you're a heavy Gmail webmail user.
*MailMate - I hadn't heard of this one before, but it has a good review at Lifehacker.
A: Try Sparrow, you can try the free version and if you like it, buy it.
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bb766ff9e837298b7e038cb9087b852544da068b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to purchase Lion OS without going to Mac App Store? I would like to purchase Lion, but the Mac App Store requires a credit card, and I don't have one. Are there any other options which don't require a credit card?
A: Just to note, you can (at least in the UK) use the App Store with a debit card.
However, if you don't have one of those either, and you're not having any issues with OSX 10.6, why not continue using it for now? In August, Apple will start selling 10.7 on a USB drive, which you can purchase with cash in an Apple Store.
| Q: How to purchase Lion OS without going to Mac App Store? I would like to purchase Lion, but the Mac App Store requires a credit card, and I don't have one. Are there any other options which don't require a credit card?
A: Just to note, you can (at least in the UK) use the App Store with a debit card.
However, if you don't have one of those either, and you're not having any issues with OSX 10.6, why not continue using it for now? In August, Apple will start selling 10.7 on a USB drive, which you can purchase with cash in an Apple Store.
A: As someone already answered, you could wait till August and buy Lion in a USB Flash Drive, but that will cost you $30 more, besides the wait.
You could buy iTunes Gift Cards to put some credit in your iTunes Store account (and even open an account using using an iTunes Gift Card as the payment method). If you don't have a place nearby where to buy them, you can buy through eBay and pay with PayPal using your debit card.
Some vendor will send the iTunes Gift Card in a matter of minutes, through e-mail, and don't charge much more than in a store.
A: At least here in Finland they accept ClickAndBuy, which in turn accepts some debit cards (like Visa Electron). You can also add funds to the account with a bank transfer.
A: I used a prepaid MasterCard; you go to your local bank & you buy one, they come in denominations of €50,75,100 (or your countries equivalent). They work similarly to cellphone top-up card (for prepaid contract obviously)
A: lpacheco has the simplest solution, buy a gift card, you can get these everywhere from bookstores to supermarkets etc. Create an iTunes account if you don't already have one, and load the credit up.
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9e8a5cd551ca4cb533d3d6e34c1811cfc96efb1d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to reset spaces assignments after upgrading to Lion? On Snow Leopard I used to have 9 spaces organised just for my needs. Unfortunately new Mission Control approach broke it completely and I'm still feeling a bit lost with the new horizontal approach.
Anyway, it seemed that the the settings for number of spaces and apps assignments have been kept after the upgrade. I'd like to reset this to the default state. Reducing number of spaces is quite trivial, but what about app assignments?
Is the preferences pane for this long gone now?
A: I was just looking into this myself. The settings are still accessible via the Dock, when you have more than one space set up:
As far as removing these associations entirely, try removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spaces.plist.
| Q: How to reset spaces assignments after upgrading to Lion? On Snow Leopard I used to have 9 spaces organised just for my needs. Unfortunately new Mission Control approach broke it completely and I'm still feeling a bit lost with the new horizontal approach.
Anyway, it seemed that the the settings for number of spaces and apps assignments have been kept after the upgrade. I'd like to reset this to the default state. Reducing number of spaces is quite trivial, but what about app assignments?
Is the preferences pane for this long gone now?
A: I was just looking into this myself. The settings are still accessible via the Dock, when you have more than one space set up:
As far as removing these associations entirely, try removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spaces.plist.
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1bc6a4dc29d266c376568c0ee1765e9a33f70fad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Magic Mouse battery level broken in Lion? After upgrading to Lion my Magic Mouse's level indicator seems to be broken.
For the whole week it was reporting solid 100% on a pair of used batteries that were about 65% before upgrading. I swapped the batteries naively hoping it'll change anything and it actually did. It's now solid 95%!
Screens from both system preferences and Bluetooth icon in the menu bar:
What's interesting, iStat Pro dashboard widget seems to be reporting a correct level:
Has anyone noticed such a problem? Or maybe even found a solution to it?
A: You are not the only one. Mine says the same - 100%. This is a bug. The terminal command for querying the battery percentage (probably what iStat Pro uses) reports: "BatteryPercent" = 82
For bluetooth mouse:
ioreg -n "BNBMouseDevice" | grep -i "batterypercent"
For Apple bluetooth keyboard:
ioreg -n "AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard" | grep -i "batterypercent"
I've posted this in the Apple Bug reporter. Hopefully it will be fixed in an future Lion update.
Here is another thread discussing the same issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3211868
| Q: Magic Mouse battery level broken in Lion? After upgrading to Lion my Magic Mouse's level indicator seems to be broken.
For the whole week it was reporting solid 100% on a pair of used batteries that were about 65% before upgrading. I swapped the batteries naively hoping it'll change anything and it actually did. It's now solid 95%!
Screens from both system preferences and Bluetooth icon in the menu bar:
What's interesting, iStat Pro dashboard widget seems to be reporting a correct level:
Has anyone noticed such a problem? Or maybe even found a solution to it?
A: You are not the only one. Mine says the same - 100%. This is a bug. The terminal command for querying the battery percentage (probably what iStat Pro uses) reports: "BatteryPercent" = 82
For bluetooth mouse:
ioreg -n "BNBMouseDevice" | grep -i "batterypercent"
For Apple bluetooth keyboard:
ioreg -n "AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard" | grep -i "batterypercent"
I've posted this in the Apple Bug reporter. Hopefully it will be fixed in an future Lion update.
Here is another thread discussing the same issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3211868
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e3eb7c6fa95c19ec5a51683d7241d62531688250 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I whitelist hosts when using 3G? When I'm on the move I want to tether to my phone to access a few essentials (telnet, ssh, IM, a few low bandwidth websites). What I don't want is for a load of background processes like Software Update or Google Software Updater to start downloading gigs of patches over the phone's 3G connection.
Is there a way to set up a temporary white list of hosts to which my machine can connect and deny access to anything else? NOTE: This must be temporary only, I obviously want full internet access when connected via a wifi/wired connection.
A: Little Snitch could help you out here. It's very configurable outbound firewall for Macs. The rule set it supports is comprehensive and you can block based on interface as well as IP ranges. You could set it up with everything blocked, tether, let through just the apps you want, and then enable/disable Little Snitch with this ruleset based on how you're using your Mac at any particular point in time.
| Q: How do I whitelist hosts when using 3G? When I'm on the move I want to tether to my phone to access a few essentials (telnet, ssh, IM, a few low bandwidth websites). What I don't want is for a load of background processes like Software Update or Google Software Updater to start downloading gigs of patches over the phone's 3G connection.
Is there a way to set up a temporary white list of hosts to which my machine can connect and deny access to anything else? NOTE: This must be temporary only, I obviously want full internet access when connected via a wifi/wired connection.
A: Little Snitch could help you out here. It's very configurable outbound firewall for Macs. The rule set it supports is comprehensive and you can block based on interface as well as IP ranges. You could set it up with everything blocked, tether, let through just the apps you want, and then enable/disable Little Snitch with this ruleset based on how you're using your Mac at any particular point in time.
A: I'm not sure how you could whitelist certain hosts, but you could quickly blacklists host by adding the Software Update domainnames to point back to your localhost. You can do this by editing /etc/hosts or by using a tool like ghost.
ghost add gs.apple.com
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9229ee4b9bb8935159b7e520d863cd9bb3f73727 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I force the Mac app store to re-install an application? For some reason, I cannot convince the app store that an application (Xcode, in this case) is not installed.
I have deleted /Developer (which only contained an old, busted Xcode 3.2.3) and tried to rebuild the LaunchServices DB (using lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user) but to no avail; The app store stubbornly claims that Xcode is already installed.
I'm at my wit's end, here.
A: For Xcode, try to go to /Applications and move "Install Xcode" to trash.
I think Xcode is a special case, it doesn't get deleted when you delete it form launchpad.
| Q: How can I force the Mac app store to re-install an application? For some reason, I cannot convince the app store that an application (Xcode, in this case) is not installed.
I have deleted /Developer (which only contained an old, busted Xcode 3.2.3) and tried to rebuild the LaunchServices DB (using lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user) but to no avail; The app store stubbornly claims that Xcode is already installed.
I'm at my wit's end, here.
A: For Xcode, try to go to /Applications and move "Install Xcode" to trash.
I think Xcode is a special case, it doesn't get deleted when you delete it form launchpad.
A: First, you can try to remove all remaining traces of the old program. Search your whole hard drive (including all partitions and accounts), and attached external drives for related files and remove them.
If you can't get the App Store to believe that you don't have the app anymore, hold down option and click on the Install button. That will let you download it, and the installer will probably work.
A: This probably indicates that you have a cracked application on your computer. Within the package of each application there is a folder called /Contents/_MASReceipt. This is the Mac App Store Receipt file. A common way for people to crack Mac App store applications is to replace the receipt folder with the receipt of another program that you have legitimately purchased or installed with your Apple ID. Since the receipt for XCode exists within some other application that is not Xcode, you will always see the update until you either install the latest version of Xcode or remove the application (that is not Xcode) that includes the Xcode receipt.
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ae4186e2fef9e0d2fce587911a672af16b619520 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does "mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume " signify? In Console.App I can see various log messages. I've diagnosed a Time Machine problem and searched for "backup". In the resulting messages from backupd I also noticed the message
27/07/11 16.01.59,562 mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume
showed up (which is most likely not Time Machine related but has the word backup in it).
Any suggestions on what this is and how I can fix it?
A: I have only seen that in relation to Time Machine timing out when preparing a network sparse disk image for backup.(and I've seen it on Snow Leopard and rarely on Lion - but lion is young)
mds is very tightly intertwined in the time machine process, so it could just be time machine asking mds to do some work.
You'll have to disable time machine and watch for other network mounts failing - separate the two and you'll have narrowed it down to one bad actor.
| Q: What does "mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume " signify? In Console.App I can see various log messages. I've diagnosed a Time Machine problem and searched for "backup". In the resulting messages from backupd I also noticed the message
27/07/11 16.01.59,562 mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume
showed up (which is most likely not Time Machine related but has the word backup in it).
Any suggestions on what this is and how I can fix it?
A: I have only seen that in relation to Time Machine timing out when preparing a network sparse disk image for backup.(and I've seen it on Snow Leopard and rarely on Lion - but lion is young)
mds is very tightly intertwined in the time machine process, so it could just be time machine asking mds to do some work.
You'll have to disable time machine and watch for other network mounts failing - separate the two and you'll have narrowed it down to one bad actor.
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eaeef59f18c4cb88540c76b73c3c1e2fe63c740b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to get the date of the first boot of an old mac? Is it possible to read the date when a mac first booted via terminal or system information GUI?
Maybe there's a file set at this moment.
A: The file /private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone is created on the first boot. I'd bet it doesn't get migrated over from an old mac if you choose that, so it might be a good place to start your search for a file stamp.
Any file can be changed later, but you have to go looking for this one.
AppleCare can also provide you details if you give them your serial number. They have manufacture date, sale date (sometimes inaccurate) and possibly if the user runs the "Mac Buddy" setup assistant and registers the Mac online during the first boot.
| Q: Is there a way to get the date of the first boot of an old mac? Is it possible to read the date when a mac first booted via terminal or system information GUI?
Maybe there's a file set at this moment.
A: The file /private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone is created on the first boot. I'd bet it doesn't get migrated over from an old mac if you choose that, so it might be a good place to start your search for a file stamp.
Any file can be changed later, but you have to go looking for this one.
AppleCare can also provide you details if you give them your serial number. They have manufacture date, sale date (sometimes inaccurate) and possibly if the user runs the "Mac Buddy" setup assistant and registers the Mac online during the first boot.
A: The closest answer to my problem could be:
ls -lt /private/var/db/ | tail -3
which shows for example:
drwx------ 8 root wheel 272 Apr 18 2009 krb5kdc
drwx------ 3 root wheel 102 Apr 18 2009 dhcpclient
-r-------- 1 root wheel 48 Jan 14 2009 SystemKey
Ignoring the date of the "SystemKey"-file.
A: I figured, I can get the date from System Information (Profiler) in all places. I had the habit of customizing the app the moment I have new machine. So it was a great found.
P.S: I'm saying good bye (wipe & install) to this work machine today, 1967 days of self learning of this instance going to disappear :-(
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830b6d38b48bb1405060fcffb10baff4fa2702e5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how do I access iTunes Visualizer options? I'm using iTunes 10.4 and under "menu > View > Visualizer >" there are two options, "iTunes Visualizer" or "iTunes Classic Visualizer" there's also a greyed out "Options..." menu.
The last time I used visualizer (a while ago) there were several cool visualizers to choose from like plasma shapes, and bouncing balls, and stuff. I don't see any of that here.
Where are these options? Were they removed? And why is "Options..." greyed out?
Thanks!
A: Have you upgraded to Lion?
As per this support thread it seems the extra visualizers require 32-bit mode:
Right click on iTunes.app in your Applications folder and click "Get Info". In the window that appears, click "Open in 32-bit mode" at the bottom of the "General" pane.
This is a work-around, not a fix, and I have filed a bug report with Apple.
| Q: how do I access iTunes Visualizer options? I'm using iTunes 10.4 and under "menu > View > Visualizer >" there are two options, "iTunes Visualizer" or "iTunes Classic Visualizer" there's also a greyed out "Options..." menu.
The last time I used visualizer (a while ago) there were several cool visualizers to choose from like plasma shapes, and bouncing balls, and stuff. I don't see any of that here.
Where are these options? Were they removed? And why is "Options..." greyed out?
Thanks!
A: Have you upgraded to Lion?
As per this support thread it seems the extra visualizers require 32-bit mode:
Right click on iTunes.app in your Applications folder and click "Get Info". In the window that appears, click "Open in 32-bit mode" at the bottom of the "General" pane.
This is a work-around, not a fix, and I have filed a bug report with Apple.
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931fd714b69950bd00cfd5a776429a3ee12c4aeb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I re-build Mail.app's search index? Since upgrading to Lion, my search in Mail has gotten drastically less helpful. Since I have read many reviews about what an improvement Mail 5.0's search is, I can only assume that my search index was not built correctly. Is there a file I can delete or a terminal command I can run to tell Mail to re-index my messages?
A: Here's what I've used in the past to rebuild the search index:
sudo mdutil -E /
The -E option "will cause each local store for the volumes indicated to be erased. The stores will be rebuilt if appropriate."
While I don't use Mail.app, I noticed similar behavior with Outlook 2011 -- which also uses Spotlight for search.
| Q: How can I re-build Mail.app's search index? Since upgrading to Lion, my search in Mail has gotten drastically less helpful. Since I have read many reviews about what an improvement Mail 5.0's search is, I can only assume that my search index was not built correctly. Is there a file I can delete or a terminal command I can run to tell Mail to re-index my messages?
A: Here's what I've used in the past to rebuild the search index:
sudo mdutil -E /
The -E option "will cause each local store for the volumes indicated to be erased. The stores will be rebuilt if appropriate."
While I don't use Mail.app, I noticed similar behavior with Outlook 2011 -- which also uses Spotlight for search.
A: Mail keeps a sqlite database of the index. To rebuild it, delete the index and restart Mail.
rm -f ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope\ Index
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7fcce8210cb21caf7a0569438011483d1daf981f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will Lion download from Mac App Store resume if network connection interrupted? I'm contemplating downloading it but I'm in an area prone to connectivity outages. Or does it install a pre-loader which then downloads the actual disk image (which I can curl)?
A: App applications downloaded from the App Store will automatically resume if your network service is interrupted. The Lion download is a DVD sized .dmg file that contains the OS, not a pre-loader.
If your download does get interrupted you can control + click on the Lion icon in your dock then click resume.
| Q: Will Lion download from Mac App Store resume if network connection interrupted? I'm contemplating downloading it but I'm in an area prone to connectivity outages. Or does it install a pre-loader which then downloads the actual disk image (which I can curl)?
A: App applications downloaded from the App Store will automatically resume if your network service is interrupted. The Lion download is a DVD sized .dmg file that contains the OS, not a pre-loader.
If your download does get interrupted you can control + click on the Lion icon in your dock then click resume.
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ca56f4a154fb5710034efd8e6afc3b192bcf9dfb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I change the default Space for an app in Mission Control? Under Snow Leopard and Spaces you could define which Space an app should automatically launch in, including the ability to indicate that it should be visible in every space.
My apps are respecting the settings I applied before upgrading to Lion -- for example, iChat, QuickTime Player, and my Billings time tracker show up in all Spaces, Chrome always launches in space 2, etc. -- but there no longer seems to be any way to modify them or add these kinds of defaults for new apps.
Is there any way to make these assignments with Mission Control?
A: You can do this from the dock.
Switch to the space you want to pin your app to, then access the options menu from its dock icon:
| Q: How do I change the default Space for an app in Mission Control? Under Snow Leopard and Spaces you could define which Space an app should automatically launch in, including the ability to indicate that it should be visible in every space.
My apps are respecting the settings I applied before upgrading to Lion -- for example, iChat, QuickTime Player, and my Billings time tracker show up in all Spaces, Chrome always launches in space 2, etc. -- but there no longer seems to be any way to modify them or add these kinds of defaults for new apps.
Is there any way to make these assignments with Mission Control?
A: You can do this from the dock.
Switch to the space you want to pin your app to, then access the options menu from its dock icon:
A: Right-click (control+click) on the dock icon, Options > Assign To
A: No longer possible with System Preferences
It seems impossible to use Mission Control or any other Apple-provided preference pane to change application—space bindings, or present an overview of bindings.
Using Terminal to view or change bindings
An overview of application—space bindings
Command:
defaults read com.apple.spaces
Where an application is listed without the UUID of a desktop space, this seems to mean desktop 1.
(I guess that the permanent desktop requires no UUID.)
Example
[macbookpro08-centrim:~] gjp22% defaults read com.apple.spaces
{
"app-bindings" = {
"com.apple.preview" = "7EA54FE0-EB71-444A-8075-C6A2D7000305";
"com.apple.safari" = AllSpaces;
"com.barebones.textwrangler" = "";
};
spaces = (
{
type = 0;
uuid = "7EA54FE0-EB71-444A-8075-C6A2D7000305";
},
{
type = 0;
uuid = "CD0AFD50-7902-41EC-A4C4-C313B04CD2BB";
}
);
}
Considering the arrays in that example, I would not attempt to change or delete individual items within an array using Terminal alone. From the defaults(1) Mac OS X Manual Page:
… Defaults can be structured in very complex ways, making it difficult for the user to enter them with this command. …
A relatively fresh start
To delete bindings without losing spaces:
*
*quit everything other than Finder and Terminal
*in Terminal, command:
defaults delete com.apple.spaces app-bindings
*make no attempt to use the Dock to set a binding
*log out.
Hint
If you use Dock too soon to set a binding, you may find that everything you deleted from preferences for Spaces is automatically rewritten to that preference file.
Information may be cached somewhere. I don't know where.
Dock menus accessibility
My experience of VoiceOver with Dock is that whilst Dock menus are accessible, the routine for changing a binding would be not particularly user-friendly.
Alternatives
There's scope for a third party developer to write an application, maybe a preference pane, for easier overview/management of bindings.
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17c43a0f7ea32246337f7376956f2b12ae99aa79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you turn Three Finger Drag on? I'm trying to use the new "three finger drag" gesture in Lion and it's not working. There isn't a preference setting for it in TrackPad -> Point and Click either. Does anyone know how to turn it on?
A: Some older Macs only support two finger scrolling on the trackpad, not three. Since you're not seeing a setting for three finger drag, I'd guess your hardware just doesn't support it.
Are you able to do other gestures that require more than two fingers? If not, it's probably a hardware limitation, and you could just get a Magic Trackpad.
| Q: How do you turn Three Finger Drag on? I'm trying to use the new "three finger drag" gesture in Lion and it's not working. There isn't a preference setting for it in TrackPad -> Point and Click either. Does anyone know how to turn it on?
A: Some older Macs only support two finger scrolling on the trackpad, not three. Since you're not seeing a setting for three finger drag, I'd guess your hardware just doesn't support it.
Are you able to do other gestures that require more than two fingers? If not, it's probably a hardware limitation, and you could just get a Magic Trackpad.
A: I've been trying to figure this out as well and found it on another site , so here you go:
System Preferences->Universal Access->Mouse and Trackpad->Trackpad Options-> then you have your choice of dragging with or without draglock :)
Hope this helps!
Source: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110630003322997
A: If you look under all your settings, you have the option to change to 2 or 3 finger swipe.
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282f6a8fdaf19c4aba1a406ca765b21cc9f44dbe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get rid of the sub headings in finder with "arrange be date created" in Lion So I installed Lion and I can't stand the way finder arranges icons arrange by date. Finder makes a bunch of sub headings like: today, yesterday, past 30 days or earlier. These settings have a show all button/coverflow thing. Is there a way to get rid of the headings? Thanks.
A: There's a new toolbar button in Finder, called Arrange. If you choose to arrange by anything in that menu, you'll get the new headings that you've described. To disable this sorting and get the standard click-to-sort column headers back, click the Arrange button, and set it to "None."
| Q: How do I get rid of the sub headings in finder with "arrange be date created" in Lion So I installed Lion and I can't stand the way finder arranges icons arrange by date. Finder makes a bunch of sub headings like: today, yesterday, past 30 days or earlier. These settings have a show all button/coverflow thing. Is there a way to get rid of the headings? Thanks.
A: There's a new toolbar button in Finder, called Arrange. If you choose to arrange by anything in that menu, you'll get the new headings that you've described. To disable this sorting and get the standard click-to-sort column headers back, click the Arrange button, and set it to "None."
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055f7510f8e902fad8fffa3dea7760872bb04709 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I determine when my Macbook pro was manufactured? I have an early 2011 17" Macbook Pro which is giving me issues related to SATA 6.0gbps; these issues were apparently consistent with the first machines off the line but some of the later machines have been better. I bought my first in March but fed up with the issue I went this week and bought another - alas - same issue.
How can I determine the manufacturing date of the machine?
A: This web service can give you information about the date your Mac was manufactured. You just input your serial number. You can find the serial number by going to the Apple menu > About this Mac. The Serial Number is the bottom of the list.
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
Macrumors.com also has an interesting article about the information encoded in Mac serial numbers.
| Q: How do I determine when my Macbook pro was manufactured? I have an early 2011 17" Macbook Pro which is giving me issues related to SATA 6.0gbps; these issues were apparently consistent with the first machines off the line but some of the later machines have been better. I bought my first in March but fed up with the issue I went this week and bought another - alas - same issue.
How can I determine the manufacturing date of the machine?
A: This web service can give you information about the date your Mac was manufactured. You just input your serial number. You can find the serial number by going to the Apple menu > About this Mac. The Serial Number is the bottom of the list.
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
Macrumors.com also has an interesting article about the information encoded in Mac serial numbers.
A: https://serial-number-decoder.com/ worked for me.
It is now one of the most comprehensive sets of serial number decoders on the internet. Aimed at collectors, sellers, dealers and eBayers, it now covers vintage or antique Rolex, Tissot, Timex, Elgin, Casio, Citizen and Omega watches as well as Gibson, Fender and CF Martin guitars, Roland and Boss (which includes all the old analogue gear and Boss pedals), Kawai and Yamaha pianos, DOD and Ibanez guitar pedals, Hot Wheels diecast models and some electronic component dating tools useful for dating vintage guitars, pedals and synthesizers. Recent additions have been tools to date and identify Apple devices as well as Samsung Galaxy and Sony Xperia mobile phones.
A: I'm always hesitant to recommend an app to do what a terminal command could do... but I cannot for the life of me find the terminal command to output the date of manufacture of any given Mac.
So...
I recommend the free app coconutBattery for this task. It's a battery health monitor, and it happens to also show the date of manufacture of the Mac that it's running on.
Installation
brew cask install coconutbattery (if you use Homebrew) or download from the developer's site.
A: The serial number of an Apple product has (almost always) the manufacture
date encoded. For a CPU, first two characters of the serial number is the factory code, next three are the year (one digit only), and week.
So, for my MacBook Pro, the serial number "WQ929xxxxxx"
indicates the twenty-ninth week of 2009 as the date of manufacture.
The format could change, of course, but this has been the pattern for years.
Under the Apple menu, "About This Mac" can be selected, to show the
serial number, or you can hunt the case of an iPad or iMac for a label.
In case of a repair and motherboard replacement, the software
might no longer know that serial number.
A: Try the official support page at Apple for determining your MacBook model. Hope this helps.
A: Get the serial number from About This Mac menu item and check it here . It will give complete information about warranty and manufacturing date.
A: I've had good luck asking at the genius bar or Apple Care online. They've been able to help me determine manufacture date.
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b1ea707ab8146c1ef4e9403556c4f6af539d9ad4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How long does a clean install of Lion take? How long should I expect it to take to do a clean install of Lion on an already-formatted disk? I'm using a mid-2010 15" MacBook Pro with an i7 and a 5,400RPM 500GB hard drive.
(I ask because I think my hard drive is in bad condition, and the installation seems like it's taking too long.)
A: About 40 minutes or so. I'm assuming a 5400RPM drive, 7200RPM or an SSD would be faster, obviously.
| Q: How long does a clean install of Lion take? How long should I expect it to take to do a clean install of Lion on an already-formatted disk? I'm using a mid-2010 15" MacBook Pro with an i7 and a 5,400RPM 500GB hard drive.
(I ask because I think my hard drive is in bad condition, and the installation seems like it's taking too long.)
A: About 40 minutes or so. I'm assuming a 5400RPM drive, 7200RPM or an SSD would be faster, obviously.
A: Macbook Pro i7 2.66GHz - USB install (copy image to USB, not install via Snow Leopard).
1st part (downloading additional components) : ~8 minutes
2nd part (actual install) : ~18 minutes
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113f73d8769c5efb8cd4ac8b6230a2e9649636d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to turn off autosave feature in Lion OS X? How can I turn off the autosave feature on all applications in lion?
A: Is this what you're looking for?
http://www.pubarticles.com/article-2-ways-to-disable-autosave-and-versions-on-mac-os-x-lion-1311670708.html
: Disable Autosave and Versions on Lion - Setting
*
*Go to System Preferences > General
*Untick "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps".
*Then reboot.
| Q: Is there a way to turn off autosave feature in Lion OS X? How can I turn off the autosave feature on all applications in lion?
A: Is this what you're looking for?
http://www.pubarticles.com/article-2-ways-to-disable-autosave-and-versions-on-mac-os-x-lion-1311670708.html
: Disable Autosave and Versions on Lion - Setting
*
*Go to System Preferences > General
*Untick "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps".
*Then reboot.
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9bfcb88f4f964b55af107d614ae86b16a0dddfc3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I create a self-extracting archive for Mac? In Windows I can create self-extracting archives, which end in exe instead of rar, and then you don't need to have an unarchiver available to extract them. How can I create a self-extracting archive for Mac?
I need to distribute for download a large (100 mb when compressed) archive from a server to many mac users. I'd rather use a better compression like RAR or LZMA, but I need to be sure that it can be opened by everyone without needing to install anything.
A: OSX contains an unarchiver so you don't need the equivalent of a .exe so you can extract on any machine and not be stuck as you are on a Mac when you receive a Windows self-extracting archive
To archive select the files in Finder. Command-click or right-click and choose compress from the menu - you will get Archive.zip. To unzip just double click on the .zip file
The tool that does the unarchiving is Archive Utility.app and understands various compression schemes from Wikipaedia including bzip2 which can be better than zip - but you need to compress using a command line tool bzip2
| Q: Can I create a self-extracting archive for Mac? In Windows I can create self-extracting archives, which end in exe instead of rar, and then you don't need to have an unarchiver available to extract them. How can I create a self-extracting archive for Mac?
I need to distribute for download a large (100 mb when compressed) archive from a server to many mac users. I'd rather use a better compression like RAR or LZMA, but I need to be sure that it can be opened by everyone without needing to install anything.
A: OSX contains an unarchiver so you don't need the equivalent of a .exe so you can extract on any machine and not be stuck as you are on a Mac when you receive a Windows self-extracting archive
To archive select the files in Finder. Command-click or right-click and choose compress from the menu - you will get Archive.zip. To unzip just double click on the .zip file
The tool that does the unarchiving is Archive Utility.app and understands various compression schemes from Wikipaedia including bzip2 which can be better than zip - but you need to compress using a command line tool bzip2
A: According to the StuffIt for Mac comparison page and an ehow howto, the Deluxe version can create self-extracting archives.
A: Also 7zX (Freeware) has the ability to create self-extracting archives. But I didn't know if the is a possibility to run or execute some code after extraction.
A: Hide the zip
Put a Python->exe file in this thingy that extracts the zip and runs what's inside!
That's the Best Way for it, ok?
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