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31009006a959bf099bfb91daeaa717b58b22a695 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPod 3g 4.3.5 Updated Firmware Apps can't run I have installed Firmware update to 4.3.5 for my iPod touch 3g (32gb), and after installation, I have a problem where apps can't run. I tap on an app, it runs (~1 sec) and then skips to main menu of iPod.
What it can be? What I have to do?
A: I had a similar problem. Try go to AppStore and update or download something free; the point is to authorize with apple store. Once you finish this, everything should be back to normal.
| Q: iPod 3g 4.3.5 Updated Firmware Apps can't run I have installed Firmware update to 4.3.5 for my iPod touch 3g (32gb), and after installation, I have a problem where apps can't run. I tap on an app, it runs (~1 sec) and then skips to main menu of iPod.
What it can be? What I have to do?
A: I had a similar problem. Try go to AppStore and update or download something free; the point is to authorize with apple store. Once you finish this, everything should be back to normal.
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fd82190256196cfa41e4aef8eed7cddf2aef8a66 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do I have to source ~/.bash_login every time I open Terminal When ever I close and open Terminal.app, it never loads my ~/.bash_profile. I have my RVM setup at the top of the file but it never loads it.
As you can see, when I type rvm into Terminal, it says command not found this is a pain as I have to run source ~/.bash_login every time I open Terminal.
Am I the only one with this problem? What am I doing wrong?
A: Does it have to be .bash_login? Try renaming it to .profile.
| Q: Why do I have to source ~/.bash_login every time I open Terminal When ever I close and open Terminal.app, it never loads my ~/.bash_profile. I have my RVM setup at the top of the file but it never loads it.
As you can see, when I type rvm into Terminal, it says command not found this is a pain as I have to run source ~/.bash_login every time I open Terminal.
Am I the only one with this problem? What am I doing wrong?
A: Does it have to be .bash_login? Try renaming it to .profile.
A: Bash only reads the .bash_login file if it's started as a login shell (was passed the --login flag). Try renaming it to .bashrc instead, which is evaluated when bash was invoked as an interactive shell without the --login flag.
A: Make sure your .bash_login script doesn't contain relative paths like
source .profile
Change to
source ~/.profile
Lion changes the directory to your current tab or where your last session is, so all paths have to be absolute now.
A: For me bash in Lion does not load ~/.profile either.
Adding source ~/.profile command to run at startup in shell preferences helped, but is quite unelegant.
A: Changing .bashrc from
source .bash_profile
to
source ~/.bash_profile
did the trick for me.
A: The default behavior on my MacBook running Sierra (I don't know about High Sierra) seems to be that Terminal will run .bash_profile on login.
Only if .bash_profile does not exist will Terminal go and run .bash_login instead.
Check to make sure that you do not have an empty .bash_profile sitting around in your home directory. If you do, delete it and re-login; then you should see Terminal running your .bash_login.
(Empirically: my MacBook does not open or run either .profile or .bashrc. But indeed, I can disable my .bash_login by running touch ~/.bash_profile, and restore it to working order by running rm ~/.bash_profile.)
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616d0d910f3db01da19aa49e5243fcba84d3454f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the key differences between fink and macports? I don't want to start a holywar, but as far as I am concerned, I am on track according to the faq.
I wanted to know the key differences between macports and fink. I am a long time macports user and am looking for some fresh blood (if I may say so). I was looking towards fink. I'd appreciate it if anyone listed out a few differences between these two package management systems.
A: Fink is a binary distribution using tools that originated from Debian (e.g., apt-get, etc.)
Macports is built around the philosophy used by the FreeBSD ports collection. In this you download tarballs directly from the upstream source, apply patches and compile. It's entirely automated.
I haven't used Fink in quite a while (since Panther) because it didn't seem very well done to me.
| Q: What are the key differences between fink and macports? I don't want to start a holywar, but as far as I am concerned, I am on track according to the faq.
I wanted to know the key differences between macports and fink. I am a long time macports user and am looking for some fresh blood (if I may say so). I was looking towards fink. I'd appreciate it if anyone listed out a few differences between these two package management systems.
A: Fink is a binary distribution using tools that originated from Debian (e.g., apt-get, etc.)
Macports is built around the philosophy used by the FreeBSD ports collection. In this you download tarballs directly from the upstream source, apply patches and compile. It's entirely automated.
I haven't used Fink in quite a while (since Panther) because it didn't seem very well done to me.
A: Not to hijack, but if you're really looking for a cleaner option, try homebrew. I switched a while back and it's been great.
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7f15e08fe79b68ba8813ab9c402cb26a065957a3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why might iChat not connect after upgrading to Lion? Since upgrading to Lion, iChat refuses to connect to either my AIM or Google Talk accounts. (Not a Google Apps account, fwiw.) Interestingly, if I sign in to AIM on another computer and try to get iChat to sign on, I get a message that I'm trying to sign on in more than one place, but iChat still shows status as "offline" for all accounts.
So far, I've tried deleting all the com.apple.iChat preferences in Library, but to no avail.
A: This happens to be occasionally, and I'm almost sure it's a bug in Lion. Disabling then reenabling my AIM account in the iChat preferences seems to temporarily fix the issue.
| Q: Why might iChat not connect after upgrading to Lion? Since upgrading to Lion, iChat refuses to connect to either my AIM or Google Talk accounts. (Not a Google Apps account, fwiw.) Interestingly, if I sign in to AIM on another computer and try to get iChat to sign on, I get a message that I'm trying to sign on in more than one place, but iChat still shows status as "offline" for all accounts.
So far, I've tried deleting all the com.apple.iChat preferences in Library, but to no avail.
A: This happens to be occasionally, and I'm almost sure it's a bug in Lion. Disabling then reenabling my AIM account in the iChat preferences seems to temporarily fix the issue.
A: Open "Console," located in your Utilities folder, and type "iChat" into the filter search box. Then open iChat and watch the console for error messages.
A: For some reason iChat defaulted to selecting "https only" on aim and gtalk for me. Once I deselected both https options, iChat accounts connected successfully.
A: Change the port to 443, with SSL enabled. Doing it worked for me.
A: Try dropping your account and recreating it. That worked for me.
A: I had the same problem and followed some instructions I found in the MacRumors forum:
The issue is whith the server iChat is trying to use for authentication. Do the following:
*
*Go to menu iChat->Preferences
*Choose Accounts icon
*Select "Server Settings" tab
*change the Server to "slogin.oscar.aol.com"
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63e6bd6b7f985b8e1fe9e02dec44a90ef78dbe0b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Running VI on Lion Lion came with a sad surprise to me. Now, every time I want to run VI on terminal, I get VIM. I hate VIM. How do I get my old and bad VI back to the system? thanks.
A: Vi has actually been VIM on most Linux distributions that I have used over the years. In general if you have a ~/.vimrc file that is how you tell vim to act like vim and not vi. Otherwise it should look and act just like vi, this article from 2000 has more details (yup - its been that way for a long, long time).
What specifically are you not liking about Lion's vim behavior? Running vim with the -C flag should force it into full vi compatibility mode even if a .vimrc is present.
| Q: Running VI on Lion Lion came with a sad surprise to me. Now, every time I want to run VI on terminal, I get VIM. I hate VIM. How do I get my old and bad VI back to the system? thanks.
A: Vi has actually been VIM on most Linux distributions that I have used over the years. In general if you have a ~/.vimrc file that is how you tell vim to act like vim and not vi. Otherwise it should look and act just like vi, this article from 2000 has more details (yup - its been that way for a long, long time).
What specifically are you not liking about Lion's vim behavior? Running vim with the -C flag should force it into full vi compatibility mode even if a .vimrc is present.
A: Am i the only one that is using MacVim?
http://code.google.com/p/macvim/
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87dae3c180e931abdb5b003fcf81982c4d3d4107 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Chrome Mac gesture conflict with horizontal scrolling I am running Chrome 14 on OSX Lion.
I swipe 2 fingers horizontally to scroll a web page horizontally, for a page that is too wide.
When I swipe right, it works fine. When it swipe left it works for a second then I think it's trying to click on the browser's "back" button.
I'm not sure who's at fault, but there is some kind of conflict.
A: Turn off AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls.
In your terminal, run this command:
defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
Then quit Chrome if you have it running, re-launch it and tada, no more navigate-back-on-scroll-left.
If you ever need to turn it back on again, just set it to TRUE:
defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool TRUE
Picked this up over here.
| Q: Chrome Mac gesture conflict with horizontal scrolling I am running Chrome 14 on OSX Lion.
I swipe 2 fingers horizontally to scroll a web page horizontally, for a page that is too wide.
When I swipe right, it works fine. When it swipe left it works for a second then I think it's trying to click on the browser's "back" button.
I'm not sure who's at fault, but there is some kind of conflict.
A: Turn off AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls.
In your terminal, run this command:
defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
Then quit Chrome if you have it running, re-launch it and tada, no more navigate-back-on-scroll-left.
If you ever need to turn it back on again, just set it to TRUE:
defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool TRUE
Picked this up over here.
A: You can disable chromes gestures by going to System Preference > Mouse OR Trackpad > More Gestures > and uncheck Swipe between pages.
I still love gestures so I downloaded BetterTouchTools which allows me to make the gestures I want. I disabled all apples gestures then created my own. You can get very custom with gestures this way. Or if you prefer, leave some of apples gestures on and use BetterTouchTools for the more custom ones.
Oh, BetterTouchTools is free :)
A: On Safari in Lion, the horizontal scroll and browser back gestures conflict, but a single swipe doesn't activate them both; left-swiping when there is room to scroll scrolls then stops at the edge of the page. Left-swiping when the content is already at the edge of the page triggers the back action. If Chrome behaves differently, I suspect the conflict is in Chrome.
A: If you don't have a problem changing your back and forth gestures, that will solve the problem. The real issue is that Chrome's back and forward gestures are a bit too sensitive at this point. They're still working on it because Apple switched it up on them and changed the gesture defaults in Lion. Back and Forward used to be three fingers (if I'm not mistaken) so they have to rewrite some things.
A: I realized that I installed TouchpadSwipe Chrome extension to get the back and forward page functionality on my other windows machine, and it synced to my mac chrome. Once I disabled that it went back to normal
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bafb01bed1bbea4ffe96e06631c2c7971f14f556 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Screencapture with zooming In Snow Leopard when I used a screencapture program (⇧⌃⌘4) on the screen area that was zoomed in (by using ⌃ + mouse wheel) the resulting screen shot has the same zoom factor. Super useful when I wanted to take some small, detailed screen shot.
In 10.7 screencapture ignores the zoom factor and resulting screen shot is in 1:1 scale.
Is there some defaults setting, or anything else, that could bring back the SnowLeopard behavior?
A: The answer appears to be "No". I have also tested this with the commercial screen-capture utility SnagIt, and it behaves the same way, which is different in Lion from the way it behaved in Snow Leopard.
My suggested work-around is to use Automator's built-in "Scale Images" action to create a workflow to scale your screen shots to the size you want.
[Commercial programs such as GraphicConverter and Pixelmator can scale screen captures, and they also provide additional Automator actions with additional capabilities. You can see some of these in the example above--I own both GraphicConverter and Pixelmator, so these additional options are visible under Automator on my system.]
| Q: Screencapture with zooming In Snow Leopard when I used a screencapture program (⇧⌃⌘4) on the screen area that was zoomed in (by using ⌃ + mouse wheel) the resulting screen shot has the same zoom factor. Super useful when I wanted to take some small, detailed screen shot.
In 10.7 screencapture ignores the zoom factor and resulting screen shot is in 1:1 scale.
Is there some defaults setting, or anything else, that could bring back the SnowLeopard behavior?
A: The answer appears to be "No". I have also tested this with the commercial screen-capture utility SnagIt, and it behaves the same way, which is different in Lion from the way it behaved in Snow Leopard.
My suggested work-around is to use Automator's built-in "Scale Images" action to create a workflow to scale your screen shots to the size you want.
[Commercial programs such as GraphicConverter and Pixelmator can scale screen captures, and they also provide additional Automator actions with additional capabilities. You can see some of these in the example above--I own both GraphicConverter and Pixelmator, so these additional options are visible under Automator on my system.]
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181b5ed7aed73882a7b3202e722fcf76922fbe82 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to manually restore emails in Lion? Before upgrading to Mac OS X Lion with a clean install, I backed up Mail app according to this article on Apple Discussions. I know have the com.apple.mail file and the Mail directory and I have no idea how to restore it. As it seems, theses paths have changed. Do you have any ideas on how to restore my emails?
A: Put the contents of the mail directory in /Users/yourusername/Library/Mail (or ~/Library/Mail in other words)
com.apple.mail.plist goes to /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences (~/Library/Preferences)
| Q: How to manually restore emails in Lion? Before upgrading to Mac OS X Lion with a clean install, I backed up Mail app according to this article on Apple Discussions. I know have the com.apple.mail file and the Mail directory and I have no idea how to restore it. As it seems, theses paths have changed. Do you have any ideas on how to restore my emails?
A: Put the contents of the mail directory in /Users/yourusername/Library/Mail (or ~/Library/Mail in other words)
com.apple.mail.plist goes to /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences (~/Library/Preferences)
A: Firstly copy the com.apple.mail.plist from the backup to the user library (~/Library/preferences) and it does ask to replace, just click yes.
Secondly copy the mail folder to the user library (~/Library) and when complete, just open mail as normal.
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1f8db59348b981883fbbf915f92feebb66793dca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Need location of image for preference pane "PREF" icon I have a stack in my Dock with aliases to my most-used preference panes. In the past, the icons that appear in the grid when I click on the stack have been the large descriptive icons shown in Finder. Since upgrading to Lion, instead, I'm getting new icons. The descriptive icon is small, surrounded by a gear, and the word PREF is under it. At a glance, it's no longer possible to tell which preference pane is which.
Finder doesn't show these large "gear/PREF" icons; the stack and QuickLook do.
Where might I find the image for this icon so I can start figuring out how to replace it? It's nowhere inside the packages for the individual preference panes, System Preferences.app, or Dock.app.
A: You lift the the icon of any prefpane by the "get info trick"
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2493
Also I'm seeing icons in the prefpane bundles in Contents/Resource/xxxx.icns
| Q: Need location of image for preference pane "PREF" icon I have a stack in my Dock with aliases to my most-used preference panes. In the past, the icons that appear in the grid when I click on the stack have been the large descriptive icons shown in Finder. Since upgrading to Lion, instead, I'm getting new icons. The descriptive icon is small, surrounded by a gear, and the word PREF is under it. At a glance, it's no longer possible to tell which preference pane is which.
Finder doesn't show these large "gear/PREF" icons; the stack and QuickLook do.
Where might I find the image for this icon so I can start figuring out how to replace it? It's nowhere inside the packages for the individual preference panes, System Preferences.app, or Dock.app.
A: You lift the the icon of any prefpane by the "get info trick"
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2493
Also I'm seeing icons in the prefpane bundles in Contents/Resource/xxxx.icns
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4fc913a91894e5a17932f3ae269c80b1c396c634 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Create a wireless network while connected to another I am looking for something like the hostednetwork on Windows, which lets you create a wireless connection at the same time as being connected to another.
I have a widespread enterprise wireless network, which, for security reasons, blocks all communication between devices on the network. However, in order to test mobile websites and such, I need my devices to connect to my MacBook Air.
I can create a wireless network from the Wi-Fi menu, but that knocks me off the main wireless connection, so both my MacBook and my iPod have no internet. I used to be able to create a second wireless ad-hoc network in Windows that my devices could connect to, while my laptop would remain connected to the main wireless network, but I am unable to find a similar option in Mac.
Is there any such feature in mac at all? If so, how can I use it?
I am not against using the Terminal. Also, feel free to migrate to SuperUser if this may be a better fit there.
A: Nope, not possible with Mac.
| Q: Create a wireless network while connected to another I am looking for something like the hostednetwork on Windows, which lets you create a wireless connection at the same time as being connected to another.
I have a widespread enterprise wireless network, which, for security reasons, blocks all communication between devices on the network. However, in order to test mobile websites and such, I need my devices to connect to my MacBook Air.
I can create a wireless network from the Wi-Fi menu, but that knocks me off the main wireless connection, so both my MacBook and my iPod have no internet. I used to be able to create a second wireless ad-hoc network in Windows that my devices could connect to, while my laptop would remain connected to the main wireless network, but I am unable to find a similar option in Mac.
Is there any such feature in mac at all? If so, how can I use it?
I am not against using the Terminal. Also, feel free to migrate to SuperUser if this may be a better fit there.
A: Nope, not possible with Mac.
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5051ae266207ddea67c0e97f910e226e481b78eb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible for two users to mount the same Shared disk on Time Capsule? (On one Mac.) The situation is this; 1 shared Mac Mini with user switching. If I leave the Shared disk mounted and the other user logs in, they get prompted for Administrator credentials (which disconnects me.) We both need to be able mount and use the share without disrupting processes running under each user.
A: I just tried the same thing, without any problems... Do you use user accounts to authenticate the users on the time capsule ? If yes, you should probably configure it to use the airport network. With this, both users will connect with the same "account", and should be able to use the same share concurrently (that works for me)
Here is a screen cap of the setting (sorry, it's in french) :
| Q: Is it possible for two users to mount the same Shared disk on Time Capsule? (On one Mac.) The situation is this; 1 shared Mac Mini with user switching. If I leave the Shared disk mounted and the other user logs in, they get prompted for Administrator credentials (which disconnects me.) We both need to be able mount and use the share without disrupting processes running under each user.
A: I just tried the same thing, without any problems... Do you use user accounts to authenticate the users on the time capsule ? If yes, you should probably configure it to use the airport network. With this, both users will connect with the same "account", and should be able to use the same share concurrently (that works for me)
Here is a screen cap of the setting (sorry, it's in french) :
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bdba9de9375575305ca9cebbdbb5683286c8e88e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the filename of "New Messages Sound"? I'm looking for the file which Mail plays when a message comes in.
A: It's located in the Resources folder inside Mail.app. Assuming you've left Mail.app in its default installed location, the path is:
/Applications/Mail.app/Contents/Resources/New\ Mail.aiff
| Q: What is the filename of "New Messages Sound"? I'm looking for the file which Mail plays when a message comes in.
A: It's located in the Resources folder inside Mail.app. Assuming you've left Mail.app in its default installed location, the path is:
/Applications/Mail.app/Contents/Resources/New\ Mail.aiff
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f6e2d9096d17909c7bd1f81362724c6d9c671e40 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I encrypt an external harddisk which is in HFS+? (journaled, encrypted) is a new option which I am able to find in Lion.
Can I convert an existing harddrive (external) to encrypt the whole drive instead of using other tools ?
A: Whole disks, no, but partitions, yes. While the Disk Utility GUI application cannot, the diskutil command-line utility can do this.
First, come up with a password (such as myVerySecurePassword). I believe this is not tied to your login password, unlike encrypting the boot volume.
Then, find out the identifier for the target volume, e.g. disk1s1:
diskutil list
Then, use diskutil cs convert, like so:
diskutil cs convert disk1s1 -passphrase myVerySecurePassword
| Q: Can I encrypt an external harddisk which is in HFS+? (journaled, encrypted) is a new option which I am able to find in Lion.
Can I convert an existing harddrive (external) to encrypt the whole drive instead of using other tools ?
A: Whole disks, no, but partitions, yes. While the Disk Utility GUI application cannot, the diskutil command-line utility can do this.
First, come up with a password (such as myVerySecurePassword). I believe this is not tied to your login password, unlike encrypting the boot volume.
Then, find out the identifier for the target volume, e.g. disk1s1:
diskutil list
Then, use diskutil cs convert, like so:
diskutil cs convert disk1s1 -passphrase myVerySecurePassword
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381ecc01e62a6a27a52663463846570d5fa0a68e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I turn pages in ebook with single touch? I am considering the purchase of the iPad2 and among other things, the one that bother me is this -- you can turn pages when reading an ebook with hand gesture, i.e. moving finger from left to right with nice animation. This is cool for starter.
But I want something 100% traditional -- just touch of the finger on left or right edge of the screen, and I would get just next/previous page. No animation, no moving hand.
Is this possible on iPad? If yes -- is it device settings, or given app?
A: Yes it is. At least in the iBooks app (the one from Apple). I don't know about the Kindle app, but I'm pretty sure it's possible as well.
You can make a single touch in the right or left part of the screen to go to the next or previous page in your eBook.
| Q: Can I turn pages in ebook with single touch? I am considering the purchase of the iPad2 and among other things, the one that bother me is this -- you can turn pages when reading an ebook with hand gesture, i.e. moving finger from left to right with nice animation. This is cool for starter.
But I want something 100% traditional -- just touch of the finger on left or right edge of the screen, and I would get just next/previous page. No animation, no moving hand.
Is this possible on iPad? If yes -- is it device settings, or given app?
A: Yes it is. At least in the iBooks app (the one from Apple). I don't know about the Kindle app, but I'm pretty sure it's possible as well.
You can make a single touch in the right or left part of the screen to go to the next or previous page in your eBook.
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7d693ca7fb0c86b46c5f39d1574d97a9c08cb54f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I combine multiple photos into a single image on my iPhone? I want to combine multiple photos like this
I tried many apps like diptic, picstich and many more.
But they all combine like this.
Just a bit of clarification: I don't want to create panorama, don't want to stitch and mix images. I just want to add multiple images horizontally or vertically.
A: Have you looked at Frame Magic. There's a free version and a 99¢ version
| Q: How can I combine multiple photos into a single image on my iPhone? I want to combine multiple photos like this
I tried many apps like diptic, picstich and many more.
But they all combine like this.
Just a bit of clarification: I don't want to create panorama, don't want to stitch and mix images. I just want to add multiple images horizontally or vertically.
A: Have you looked at Frame Magic. There's a free version and a 99¢ version
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4436202ec984b0a15b11430f5b5c857761a8a4b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I upgrade to OS X 10.7 (Lion), will Intuit Quicken still work? I heard that my Intuit Quicken 2007 which I use for balancing my checkbook and other business accounts won't work on Lion. Is that true? I am so dependant on it that I have postponed my Mac's OS upgrade to Lion. What can i do to work around this issue?
A: Unfortunately, no. Quicken 2007 requires Rosetta which Apple has decided to leave behind in their OS. MacWorld.com has a great article here with some great alternatives, but right now, you need to either give up Quicken 2007, or wait on Lion until you are ready to do so.
Dual booting is also possible, but it's not a convenient solution to just run banking software.
| Q: If I upgrade to OS X 10.7 (Lion), will Intuit Quicken still work? I heard that my Intuit Quicken 2007 which I use for balancing my checkbook and other business accounts won't work on Lion. Is that true? I am so dependant on it that I have postponed my Mac's OS upgrade to Lion. What can i do to work around this issue?
A: Unfortunately, no. Quicken 2007 requires Rosetta which Apple has decided to leave behind in their OS. MacWorld.com has a great article here with some great alternatives, but right now, you need to either give up Quicken 2007, or wait on Lion until you are ready to do so.
Dual booting is also possible, but it's not a convenient solution to just run banking software.
A: No, Quicken will not run or work at all under Lion, since Quicken was designed as a PowerPC app, which relies on "Rosetta" emulation (built in to OSX, but no longer present in OSX Lion) to work.
For more info, go here.
At the moment, you should wait until Quicken is updated to Work under Lion, or if you can get by with "Quicken Essentials" (which does work under Lion), you could use this instead.
A: fwiw, I moved to iBank, and love it. It handles transfers between accounts much better than Quicken ever did. It's really mac like, and helps me at tax time. There are a number of others as well, and many have great Quicken import capabilities.
I've never looked back, and converted accounts from 1991 to iBank with ease.
Hope this helps.
A: If you need the features of Quicken and want to move to Lion, your best alternative is to install a Windows virtual machine (Parallels, VMware, Virtual Box) and covert to Quicken for Windows. That's a lot of complexity and at least a couple of hundred dollars to do so you need to be really sure that Quicken is worth it compared to the alternatives.
There's no indication that Rosetta will ever come back nor that Quicken will update Quicken for Mac so waiting for one of those to happen is just wasting time.
A: Quicken did just announce that they plan to update Quicken 2007 to work with Lion. Sounds like there will be no new features, but they plan to ship in the 1st half of 2012.
A: I solved this one temporarily by setting up an old Mac Mini as a monitor-less server with Snow Leopard and Quicken installed. It sits on a shelf out of the way. When I need to use Quicken, I use screen sharing to log in from my main computer. It is somewhat less awkward and a little quicker than rebooting from a separate partition.
It would be nice to have a real update, but there appears to be faint hope of that.
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334d896f917f31193d40f441c5bb0bf1500c0d6b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What application can record a cursor location and multi-touch input heatmap? Are there any applications out there that can record mouse interaction, and save a standard image1 that adequately conveys the exact situation that using the mouse created?
Due to the proliferation of gestures in Lion, I would like to include an image conveying exactly what I do in bug reports. Take for example my question regarding Chrome's use of Two-finger forward/back gestures. I would love to attach an image that conveys my exact touch pad usage (and a standard mouse could be beneficial too in other cases) when filing a bug report regarding my gesture grievance.
1 Where standard image file is something like an animated gif, or perhaps an annotated jpg/png with indicators of finger number, and stroke direction.
A: I don't know of an app that displays gestures, but FingerMgmt displays the locations of your touches (and the size, dimension, etc.) in a window. You could record that to attach to your bug reports.
| Q: What application can record a cursor location and multi-touch input heatmap? Are there any applications out there that can record mouse interaction, and save a standard image1 that adequately conveys the exact situation that using the mouse created?
Due to the proliferation of gestures in Lion, I would like to include an image conveying exactly what I do in bug reports. Take for example my question regarding Chrome's use of Two-finger forward/back gestures. I would love to attach an image that conveys my exact touch pad usage (and a standard mouse could be beneficial too in other cases) when filing a bug report regarding my gesture grievance.
1 Where standard image file is something like an animated gif, or perhaps an annotated jpg/png with indicators of finger number, and stroke direction.
A: I don't know of an app that displays gestures, but FingerMgmt displays the locations of your touches (and the size, dimension, etc.) in a window. You could record that to attach to your bug reports.
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c25495cf5d3828bfc205140c6f4183a9c2f030a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to see all options configurable by "defaults write ..." Many Mac apps have "hidden" configurable options that can be modified in Terminal by using the defaults write ... command. This is straightforward to do if you know the name of the option that you want to configure ahead of time.
Is a list of values that each application actually uses tucked away somewhere in a master config file?
How do people discover these options without a list of all configurable options for a given Application?
| Q: How to see all options configurable by "defaults write ..." Many Mac apps have "hidden" configurable options that can be modified in Terminal by using the defaults write ... command. This is straightforward to do if you know the name of the option that you want to configure ahead of time.
Is a list of values that each application actually uses tucked away somewhere in a master config file?
How do people discover these options without a list of all configurable options for a given Application?
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4fe2c05203a25ef65018bcedd87f4f9459d46d34 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I kill a non-responding app? What are all the ways to kill a buggy GUI app?
I can't right-click on its icon in the whatever-its-called bar, or use the top-of-window menu. The app does not respond to anything, and does nothing but eat more and more memory as times goes on.
In Linux, there's xkill. Is there something similar on OSX?
A: Another way from the Terminal:
ps auxww | grep -i 'google chrome' | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill
Or to force kill:
ps auxww | grep -i 'google chrome' | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9
This can be helpful if the screen isn't responding or you get Spinning Wheel of Death, but are able to somehow get to the terminal (e.g.: via SSH)
| Q: How can I kill a non-responding app? What are all the ways to kill a buggy GUI app?
I can't right-click on its icon in the whatever-its-called bar, or use the top-of-window menu. The app does not respond to anything, and does nothing but eat more and more memory as times goes on.
In Linux, there's xkill. Is there something similar on OSX?
A: Another way from the Terminal:
ps auxww | grep -i 'google chrome' | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill
Or to force kill:
ps auxww | grep -i 'google chrome' | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9
This can be helpful if the screen isn't responding or you get Spinning Wheel of Death, but are able to somehow get to the terminal (e.g.: via SSH)
A: You can access the Force Quit dialog box by pressing ⌘+⌥+esc, or using the Apple Menu (top left corner of the screen) and choosing Force Quit.... Select the problem app, and click the Force Quit button.
You can also kill an app using the command line (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal):
killall 'Google Chrome'
You can also use the Activity Monitor app (/Applications/Utilities). Select an app and click the Quit button:
Then, from the dialog that slides down, click Force Quit.
A: All the ways? There's always another way :-)
Sometimes ⌘+⇥ will get focus away from the app so you can talk to the Dock or Finder.
⌘+⌥+esc should bring up the Force Quit dialog box.
If you have/can get to a Terminal window, there's the kill command.
If you have another machine and have enabled remote login, you can ssh in to your machine and issue a kill even if the GUI won't respond at all (and if kill doesn't work there's always sudo reboot as a last resort).
A: The "kill" command also exists in OS X (check out "man kill"); you can also kill an app using a couple of GUI-based tools:
*
*press ⌘+⌥+esc. That brings up a "force quit" menu
*launch the Activity Monitor application. You can also force-quit an app from there.
A: ⌘+⌥+esc
A: You also have the option of ⌥-right-clicking the icon in the dock, which (after a few seconds, likely) will pop up and have a 'Force Quit' option, which you can use to kill an app.
A: the command line way, paste the following in your terminal ( example with Chrome ) :
while read -r p; do
kill -9 $p
done < <(ps -x | grep "Google Chrome.app" | perl -pi -e 's/^\s*(\d+)\s+.*/$1/g;print')
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fd9fc0c42b442c59087e38a69a5fa2c9fb884390 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Login screen freezes after the Lion 10.7.1 update After updating to 10.7.1 (the first Lion update) & restarting the system, it's not logging me in. As I give my password and press return it stays on the same login screen. I could move the mouse but there is no rotating wheel, just the same login screen. I tried starting Mac in safe mode but same thing.
Resolution
It was because of Login Hook script which was stopping the login action. Booted in Single User mode and moved the script away from the expected location. Thanks to bmike for the tips.
A: If you have another mac at home, I recommend using the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant to clone the recovery partition. Then just insert the USB into the non-functional Mac and boot from the USB, as this will allow reinstallation of the OS.
Tip: only use these steps if the built-in recovery partition is not accessible. After taking these steps I would strongly recommend that you upgrade your OS (preferably to Mavericks) if you don't want this to happen again.
| Q: Login screen freezes after the Lion 10.7.1 update After updating to 10.7.1 (the first Lion update) & restarting the system, it's not logging me in. As I give my password and press return it stays on the same login screen. I could move the mouse but there is no rotating wheel, just the same login screen. I tried starting Mac in safe mode but same thing.
Resolution
It was because of Login Hook script which was stopping the login action. Booted in Single User mode and moved the script away from the expected location. Thanks to bmike for the tips.
A: If you have another mac at home, I recommend using the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant to clone the recovery partition. Then just insert the USB into the non-functional Mac and boot from the USB, as this will allow reinstallation of the OS.
Tip: only use these steps if the built-in recovery partition is not accessible. After taking these steps I would strongly recommend that you upgrade your OS (preferably to Mavericks) if you don't want this to happen again.
A: I'd rather @kaychaks answer this since they took my hint and ran with it to find the culprit, but we have a question that isn't really answered - so here is the answer from the comments above...
You should be able to get further if you make a new admin user and log in to check if this is an account problem or a system problem.
How can I fix permission issue when I cannot start Mac OS X?
Also, if you boot in single user mode you might be able to sniff around or just delete un-needed items to address the issue.
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2f1c28c7b596ac622f2f317d107b24311e6138b3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: BBEdit - The authenticated save for this file failed (application error code: 20004) I'm trying to edit my hosts file with BBEdit 10. When I begin, it tells me to unlock the file with this message:
Are you sure you want to unlock "hosts"?
You aren't a member of the group "wheel".
I go ahead and unlock the file but I'm not able to save it. When I try to I get this error:
The authenticated save for this file failed (application error code: 20004)
I can edit and save the file with TextEdit or Textmate, so I'm guessing that I do have the proper permissions. Why can't I save the file with BBEdit? Is it because I bought the App Store version instead of the direct download?
A: I emailed Bare Bones's support about a related issue, and they sent me a link to a support page, which provides a workaround for the MAS limitation. They provide a script you can download into BBEdit's Application Support directory, which adds the feature back. No need to abandon the MAS after all!
| Q: BBEdit - The authenticated save for this file failed (application error code: 20004) I'm trying to edit my hosts file with BBEdit 10. When I begin, it tells me to unlock the file with this message:
Are you sure you want to unlock "hosts"?
You aren't a member of the group "wheel".
I go ahead and unlock the file but I'm not able to save it. When I try to I get this error:
The authenticated save for this file failed (application error code: 20004)
I can edit and save the file with TextEdit or Textmate, so I'm guessing that I do have the proper permissions. Why can't I save the file with BBEdit? Is it because I bought the App Store version instead of the direct download?
A: I emailed Bare Bones's support about a related issue, and they sent me a link to a support page, which provides a workaround for the MAS limitation. They provide a script you can download into BBEdit's Application Support directory, which adds the feature back. No need to abandon the MAS after all!
A: Yes, the App Store version is not able to do authenticated saves. From the Bare Bones Mac App Store FAQ
Are there any differences between the Mac App Store versions of your
software and the versions available directly from your web site?
[...]
In BBEdit and TextWrangler, authenticated saves (the ability to save
changes to files that you do not own) and the command-line tools are
not available in the Mac App Store versions, in order to comply with
Apple’s submission guidelines.
[...]
Authenticated saves will not be possible in versions of BBEdit or
TextWrangler obtained from the Mac App Store. If you desire this
capability, please purchase BBEdit directly from us or download
TextWrangler directly from us.
If you have already purchased BBEdit from the Mac App store and need
support for authenticated saves, please contact our customer service
department for assistance. We will require proof of purchase from the
Mac App Store in order to assist you; if you include that information
when you write us, doing so will speed the process.
Update: As of version 10.1.1 there is a script that BareBones has provided to allow users of the Mac App Store version to enable this feature. More information is available on this Auth Saves Support Page.
A: You can sort of get around this, though it's clumsy.
*
*Open the file in TextWrangler, then also in TextEdit. Use text edit to make a duplicate with any filename.
*Do your changes in TextWrangler as usual. It won't let you save, so Copy the whole file, and Paste it as a complete replacement of the duplicate you made in TextEdit.
*Save the duplicate. This is the finished file.
*Go into finder and manually change the filenames to replace the old one with a new one of the exact same file name.
A: Had the same issue, but with error code 100013 (permission error related to folders). The problem was that bbedit can't edit files just anywhere, so the directory ~/myproject was off limits for it.
I solved the issue by moving my project to the ~/Documents folder.
A: The link to the script which fixes the issue is here:
http://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/auth-saves.html
And as Rafael said, restarting BBEdit is necessary, despite the wording on barebones's site.
A: I just ran into this problem, the go around that I used was to save the file on the Desktop and then I dragged it into the restricted directory.
Closed the file on BBEdit then re-opened the file from the directory into BBEdit and it works fine.
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3871b33cabf5a1415962242b518d7f44cd88ef57 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro with Lion: scrolling via trackpad vs. mouse So the default scrolling behavior for the trackpad in Lion is to scroll in the direction of your finger movement similar to the iPad. This can be changed in the trackpad preferences by un-checking Scroll Direction: natural. I get that part. My problem is that un-checking or checking this box in the trackpad settings also causes the box in the mouse settings page labeled Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating to be checked or un-checked - effectively tying the mouse scroll wheel behavior to the trackpad scroll behavior. Is this a bug?
I want to be able to scroll with the trackpad in the default Lion way while still being able to scroll with a mouse wheel in a conventional way. Is there a workaround to the above issue to be able to do this?
A: Yes there's just one setting for all input devices.. It's a pity because the natural scrolling doesn't work as well with regular scroll-wheel mice. It works great with an Apple Magic mouse, in my experience. Hopefully someone will find a hack for this.
| Q: Macbook Pro with Lion: scrolling via trackpad vs. mouse So the default scrolling behavior for the trackpad in Lion is to scroll in the direction of your finger movement similar to the iPad. This can be changed in the trackpad preferences by un-checking Scroll Direction: natural. I get that part. My problem is that un-checking or checking this box in the trackpad settings also causes the box in the mouse settings page labeled Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating to be checked or un-checked - effectively tying the mouse scroll wheel behavior to the trackpad scroll behavior. Is this a bug?
I want to be able to scroll with the trackpad in the default Lion way while still being able to scroll with a mouse wheel in a conventional way. Is there a workaround to the above issue to be able to do this?
A: Yes there's just one setting for all input devices.. It's a pity because the natural scrolling doesn't work as well with regular scroll-wheel mice. It works great with an Apple Magic mouse, in my experience. Hopefully someone will find a hack for this.
A: There is a workaround, and it is called Scroll Reverser. That screenshot says it all; you can invert scrolling per-axis and per-device.
A:
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.trackpad" end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
click radio button "Scroll & Zoom" of tab group 1 of window
"Trackpad"
click checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of window "Trackpad"
end tell end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
quit end tell
Try this - you can have a small script/app on your desktop for switching scrolling from natural to the old one. As soon as I plug in my USB mouse i just run this script ale everyhting is set up.
A: I was able to set up ControlPlane to automatically toggle OS X natural scrolling on/off when I switch between using my trackpad & mouse.
I outlined exactly how to set it up step-by-step in this blog post: http://kellenmace.com/automate-trackpad-mouse-natural-scrolling-in-mac-os-x/
I looked at Scroll Reverser also, but the developer describes a few downsides to using it on his website that I wanted to avoid. I'm happy to report that this ControlPlane solution is working perfectly. I hope it helps anyone still looking for a solution.
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a99b690f8026d47a53edc11652e869869afb3796 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot Install or Update Apps in App Store - Error 13 I can currently no longer update or purchase software in the Mac App Store.
I have cleared Safari's cookie cache, cleared ~\Library\Caches\com.apple.appstore logged in and out again, but none of these help.
The error message is:
We could not complete your request. There was an error in the App Store. Please try again later. (13).
Anyone else experienced this? Any fixes?
In the console I am seeing:
17/08/2011 15:30:15.384 com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize
right 'system.install.software' by client
'/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/installd'
[6043] for authorization created by '/Applications/App Store.app' [9337]
Update: I logged in as admin and the App Store works fine. So some sort of Prefs file is hosed in my main user. Does anyone know which one it would be?
A: I seem to have fixed the problem.
I used opensnoop to follow all file accesses while the app store was running.
I spotted that
~/Library/Cookies/com.apple.appstore.plist
was being accessed - this file had not been deleted by Safari when I cleared all cookies!
The file had incorrect permissions - I deleted it.
Now the App Store seems to be working again.
Opensnoop is a great tool!
| Q: Cannot Install or Update Apps in App Store - Error 13 I can currently no longer update or purchase software in the Mac App Store.
I have cleared Safari's cookie cache, cleared ~\Library\Caches\com.apple.appstore logged in and out again, but none of these help.
The error message is:
We could not complete your request. There was an error in the App Store. Please try again later. (13).
Anyone else experienced this? Any fixes?
In the console I am seeing:
17/08/2011 15:30:15.384 com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize
right 'system.install.software' by client
'/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/installd'
[6043] for authorization created by '/Applications/App Store.app' [9337]
Update: I logged in as admin and the App Store works fine. So some sort of Prefs file is hosed in my main user. Does anyone know which one it would be?
A: I seem to have fixed the problem.
I used opensnoop to follow all file accesses while the app store was running.
I spotted that
~/Library/Cookies/com.apple.appstore.plist
was being accessed - this file had not been deleted by Safari when I cleared all cookies!
The file had incorrect permissions - I deleted it.
Now the App Store seems to be working again.
Opensnoop is a great tool!
A: This post seems relevant: http://www.ryanragle.com/index.php?/site/comments/where-does-the-mac-app-store-download-temp-files-to
What worked for me in the end was this:
*
*Per post above, enable debug menu via
defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
*Sign out
*Clear cookies AND reset the app, using debug menu
*Select Menu->Store->Check for unfinished downloads
*Wait for the downloads to finish and then
*restart the app store app.
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b67d08b967dea62f4f52e03e6861ff04d3522dce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will backing up using time-machine also backup all the users? I have two users on my MBP, and IIRC, both are Admin accounts. I want to upgrade to Lion GM, and have the dmg to do that. However, to be safe, I want to have a backup. I am not familiar with Time-machine, being new to this ecosystem and all.
Will running a backup from an Admin account backup all the user accoiunts on the machine? Is it a 1:1 backup?
A: In essense, it's not a true one to one backup, but it's like 99.9% there. It will backup all your files, users, user documents, settings, applications etc, but not quite every file. Pagefiles, certain cache files, logs areas etc can be ommitted as they are recreatable and as such don't need to be recoverable. I don't believe you need to be an admin user to do a backup, as the backup daemon is always running as a priveleged process anyway and you just pass it the message to go and do it's stuff, therefore you do not need access to all the files under your own accounts permissions.
| Q: Will backing up using time-machine also backup all the users? I have two users on my MBP, and IIRC, both are Admin accounts. I want to upgrade to Lion GM, and have the dmg to do that. However, to be safe, I want to have a backup. I am not familiar with Time-machine, being new to this ecosystem and all.
Will running a backup from an Admin account backup all the user accoiunts on the machine? Is it a 1:1 backup?
A: In essense, it's not a true one to one backup, but it's like 99.9% there. It will backup all your files, users, user documents, settings, applications etc, but not quite every file. Pagefiles, certain cache files, logs areas etc can be ommitted as they are recreatable and as such don't need to be recoverable. I don't believe you need to be an admin user to do a backup, as the backup daemon is always running as a priveleged process anyway and you just pass it the message to go and do it's stuff, therefore you do not need access to all the files under your own accounts permissions.
A: Time Machine backs up an entire drive/partition/volume unless you specifically remove files and folders under "Options". All User accounts are included unless you uncheck them in Options.
All of this info is available in your Finder Help menu.
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f7f024515ebfe184018f097518f13847de81033c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to initiate VPN conection from command line? I would like to save some mouse clicks and keystrokes by initiating VPN connection from command line. Is there tool for this in Mac OS X? Ideally, it should accept VPN connection name and password and start VPN connection.
Update: I'm talking about builtin VPN client for Cisco IPSec VPN.
A: Your best bet seems to be AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
tell current location of network preferences
set VPNservice to service "VPN (L2TP) 2" -- name of the VPN service
if exists VPNservice then connect VPNservice
end tell
end tell
(from http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=22992)
As for entering a username and password, I'm not sure how you could do that. Further scripting could get you the frontmost window and input the username and password, then submit the dialog, but as I don't have a Cisco VPN to test I couldn't tell you how to set that up.
If you have the actual Cisco VPN client installed (which afaik is not necessary), you could just use this command:
open /Applications/VPNClient.app --args -c -user <YourUsername> -pwd <YourPassword> <ProfileNameToConnect>
| Q: How to initiate VPN conection from command line? I would like to save some mouse clicks and keystrokes by initiating VPN connection from command line. Is there tool for this in Mac OS X? Ideally, it should accept VPN connection name and password and start VPN connection.
Update: I'm talking about builtin VPN client for Cisco IPSec VPN.
A: Your best bet seems to be AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
tell current location of network preferences
set VPNservice to service "VPN (L2TP) 2" -- name of the VPN service
if exists VPNservice then connect VPNservice
end tell
end tell
(from http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=22992)
As for entering a username and password, I'm not sure how you could do that. Further scripting could get you the frontmost window and input the username and password, then submit the dialog, but as I don't have a Cisco VPN to test I couldn't tell you how to set that up.
If you have the actual Cisco VPN client installed (which afaik is not necessary), you could just use this command:
open /Applications/VPNClient.app --args -c -user <YourUsername> -pwd <YourPassword> <ProfileNameToConnect>
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b02d6dac76cce1887499bac5820537f87f9c79a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to check what's locking a file? I noticed that sometimes Mail.app locks files. The lock itself allows for files to be moved to Trash, but doesn't allow Trash to be emptied. (Perhaps Trash should be renamed Thrash in this case)
Is there a way (via a terminal command or an app) to see which app locks the file and/or unlock the file without quitting the app?
A: As others pointed out, lsof does the trick. To make the task even simpler, I suggest the (free) app "What's keeping me" (URL: http://www.hamsoftengineering.com/products/wkm/wkm.html) which is basically a frontend for lsof and has a few time-saving options.
| Q: How to check what's locking a file? I noticed that sometimes Mail.app locks files. The lock itself allows for files to be moved to Trash, but doesn't allow Trash to be emptied. (Perhaps Trash should be renamed Thrash in this case)
Is there a way (via a terminal command or an app) to see which app locks the file and/or unlock the file without quitting the app?
A: As others pointed out, lsof does the trick. To make the task even simpler, I suggest the (free) app "What's keeping me" (URL: http://www.hamsoftengineering.com/products/wkm/wkm.html) which is basically a frontend for lsof and has a few time-saving options.
A: Apparently the lsof ("list of open files") terminal command can be used to do that:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040121001144687
A: As Rabarberski says, lsof can be used to find any process that has the file open. Note that you need to run the program as root, i.e., using sudo, and that you can give the pathname to the file you're interested in as an argument, so there is no need for the grep invocation in the hint that Rabarberski points to. Also, if a process holds a lock on the file, you're supposed to be able to see that from the FD column in the lsof output. See the manual page for the details. (When I run sudo lsof on my machine, I see no locked files, so I won't guarantee that this works right on the Mac. sudo is after all a generic unix program, and conceivably some features don't work on OSX.)
You cannot unlock a file without killing the process that holds the lock. But you can remove it with rm from the command line.
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54f268c06bf734d540f5f1607bc03d97fd1569d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I add Trash icon to the sidebar in Mac OS X Lion? How can I add the Trash icon and empty Trash from the sidebar of Finder.app in Mac OS X Lion ?
I dont have a problem to add them in the list of favorites too, but the Trash icon is not draggable.
A: According to this article, each partition has its own trash folder, so dragging one to the sidebar is not a global trash. This script is:
on open
tell the application "Finder"
move the selection to the trash
end tell
end open
Save the script as an application, give it an icon, and drag it into the sidebar.
I think that looks dangerous, though; what if you simply want to see the trash content while having a file selected? This answer looks safe:
on open input
repeat with i in input
tell application "Finder" to move i to the trash
end repeat
end open
on run
tell application "Finder" to open trash
end run
| Q: How can I add Trash icon to the sidebar in Mac OS X Lion? How can I add the Trash icon and empty Trash from the sidebar of Finder.app in Mac OS X Lion ?
I dont have a problem to add them in the list of favorites too, but the Trash icon is not draggable.
A: According to this article, each partition has its own trash folder, so dragging one to the sidebar is not a global trash. This script is:
on open
tell the application "Finder"
move the selection to the trash
end tell
end open
Save the script as an application, give it an icon, and drag it into the sidebar.
I think that looks dangerous, though; what if you simply want to see the trash content while having a file selected? This answer looks safe:
on open input
repeat with i in input
tell application "Finder" to move i to the trash
end repeat
end open
on run
tell application "Finder" to open trash
end run
A: First, open the trash can by clicking on it in the Dock.
In the Finder, press Command-shift-G (go to folder) and go to ~/.Trash
In the Finder window for .Trash, click the proxy icon in the title bar of the window and drag it to the sidebar.
You then have a trash folder in your sidebar.
To empty the trash from the sidebar, open Automator and create an application.
As the sole action in the application, select "Run AppleScript" and use this AppleScript:
on run {}
tell application "Finder"
empty the trash
end tell
end run
Save the application as "Empty Trash", and drag it to the sidebar.
A: If you have iCloud enabled you may need to tweak the path offered by Daniel to
~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/.Trash
A: In macOS Ventura, there's a new official way. You can open Trash from Dock, then click File > Add to Sidebar in the Finder's menu bar. (Thanks to this answer for the tip.)
There's no official way to add "Empty Trash" in the sidebar, but once you click the new Trash option in the sidebar, you can just click the Empty button on the top right.
You can also right-click (Control-click) Trash on the Dock and click Empty Trash. Unfortunately this option isn't present if you right-click Trash in the Finder sidebar.
Of course, you can add one of the Automator scripts mentioned in other answers, or see whether the Shortcuts app can help.
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fca603fda732790fe05209df8629b60dbc4b1364 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone data connection types Just curious — could anyone explain the exact meaning of all the connection type symbols in iPhone?
Let's see, wifi and 3G, the fastest connection types, are quite clear, but how about the others: E is probably for EDGE (aka EGPRS), but what does the circle (O) mean? (2G something? GPRS? Or is the latter a higher-level concept in mobile data transfer?) EDGE is presumably the better of these two? (In practice I haven't noticed great difference as both are much slower than 3G.)
Finally, how do UMTS or W-CDMA fit in this picture? And if EDGE is a 3G technology too (as stated in Wikipedia), what kind of 3G technology exactly does iPhone's "3G" refer to?
(Also, please correct me if there are more than the four types I could remember.)
A: On GSM (All but Verizon/Sprint):
*
*4G = LTE (or HSPA+ on AT&T)
*3G = UTMS/HSDPA
*E = EDGE
*o = GPRS
On CDMA (Verizon or Sprint in the USA):
*
*4G = LTE
*3G = EV-DO
*E = no equivalent - not possible
*o = 1xRTT
| Q: iPhone data connection types Just curious — could anyone explain the exact meaning of all the connection type symbols in iPhone?
Let's see, wifi and 3G, the fastest connection types, are quite clear, but how about the others: E is probably for EDGE (aka EGPRS), but what does the circle (O) mean? (2G something? GPRS? Or is the latter a higher-level concept in mobile data transfer?) EDGE is presumably the better of these two? (In practice I haven't noticed great difference as both are much slower than 3G.)
Finally, how do UMTS or W-CDMA fit in this picture? And if EDGE is a 3G technology too (as stated in Wikipedia), what kind of 3G technology exactly does iPhone's "3G" refer to?
(Also, please correct me if there are more than the four types I could remember.)
A: On GSM (All but Verizon/Sprint):
*
*4G = LTE (or HSPA+ on AT&T)
*3G = UTMS/HSDPA
*E = EDGE
*o = GPRS
On CDMA (Verizon or Sprint in the USA):
*
*4G = LTE
*3G = EV-DO
*E = no equivalent - not possible
*o = 1xRTT
A: The circle is GPRS, and UMTS or W-CDMA are technologies that make up 3G. Edge is not a 3G connection, it is a 2G connection.
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2d431976835997517fbcfb88df75a5dbbb4d6bb8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is the filesize of downloaded disk image different? I have a disk image which I uploaded to a web server and then downloaded with Safari 5.1 in OS X 10.7.
Finder reports the original as 34,911,334 bytes, and the downloaded file as 34,909,684. Both appear to contain identical contents when mounted.
What's going on here?
Edit: See output of ls -l@ and md5 as suggested:
$ ls -l@
total 136376
-rw-r--r--@ 1 rich staff 34909684 15 Aug 16:37 Downloaded.dmg
com.apple.diskimages.fsck 20
com.apple.diskimages.recentcksum 80
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate 53
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms 144
com.apple.quarantine 74
-rw-r--r--@ 1 rich admin 34909684 15 Aug 12:42 Original.dmg
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
com.apple.ResourceFork 1650
com.apple.diskimages.recentcksum 80
$ md5 Original.dmg
MD5 (Original.dmg) = 4c1ed7a85de6ae51479a136ea23ac69e
$ md5 Downloaded.dmg
MD5 (Downloaded.dmg) = 4c1ed7a85de6ae51479a136ea23ac69e
A: The difference of 1650 bytes is probably the result of the resource fork being stripped from the uploaded disk image.
To test, I created a disk image from a folder in Disk Utility. I then used
ls -l@
in the folder that contained the disk image, and it showed the image had a resource fork that was 1650 bytes.
| Q: Why is the filesize of downloaded disk image different? I have a disk image which I uploaded to a web server and then downloaded with Safari 5.1 in OS X 10.7.
Finder reports the original as 34,911,334 bytes, and the downloaded file as 34,909,684. Both appear to contain identical contents when mounted.
What's going on here?
Edit: See output of ls -l@ and md5 as suggested:
$ ls -l@
total 136376
-rw-r--r--@ 1 rich staff 34909684 15 Aug 16:37 Downloaded.dmg
com.apple.diskimages.fsck 20
com.apple.diskimages.recentcksum 80
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate 53
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms 144
com.apple.quarantine 74
-rw-r--r--@ 1 rich admin 34909684 15 Aug 12:42 Original.dmg
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
com.apple.ResourceFork 1650
com.apple.diskimages.recentcksum 80
$ md5 Original.dmg
MD5 (Original.dmg) = 4c1ed7a85de6ae51479a136ea23ac69e
$ md5 Downloaded.dmg
MD5 (Downloaded.dmg) = 4c1ed7a85de6ae51479a136ea23ac69e
A: The difference of 1650 bytes is probably the result of the resource fork being stripped from the uploaded disk image.
To test, I created a disk image from a folder in Disk Utility. I then used
ls -l@
in the folder that contained the disk image, and it showed the image had a resource fork that was 1650 bytes.
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ccaef0470b01506afb3509bc0efe8f7a246a82ee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is bash in OSX case-insensitive? Are bash commands on OSX case insensitive? I type "which TR" and it shows /usr/bin/TR, though there is no such binary there. Same thing for other binaries, when capitalized. Or is Terminal.app maybe doing this translation? How do I turn this off?
A: I managed to fix this with one line by following http://blog.nickburwell.com/blog/2008/11/mac-os-x-terminal-case-insensitive-auto
echo "set completion-ignore-case On" >> ~/.inputrc
| Q: Is bash in OSX case-insensitive? Are bash commands on OSX case insensitive? I type "which TR" and it shows /usr/bin/TR, though there is no such binary there. Same thing for other binaries, when capitalized. Or is Terminal.app maybe doing this translation? How do I turn this off?
A: I managed to fix this with one line by following http://blog.nickburwell.com/blog/2008/11/mac-os-x-terminal-case-insensitive-auto
echo "set completion-ignore-case On" >> ~/.inputrc
A: Take a look at your filesystem, as there are both case sensitive and case insensitive variations on HFS. The default is case insensitive, in which case it's not so much a case of BASH, but the underlying filesystem. You can test this by formatting a spare USB stick with the case sensitive option, and copying files over ato repeat your test, etc.
A: It's your file system thing.
I'm using APFS, it's also case insensitive but case-preserving. This post provides a good explanation about H(ierarchical)FS and APFS.
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
struct stat sb;
int ret = stat(argv[0], &sb);
std::cout << ret << std::endl;
}
output of this program using stat:
$ ./a.out ./test_dir/cat.png
0
$ ./a.out ./test_dir/caT.png
0
a simple bash test
$ cp cat.png caT.png
cp: caT.png and cat.png are identical (not copied).
As for bash, I believe it's also case insensitive on Mac OS if you are using the default HFS or APFS since command executable is also a file and when you type a command name, the name is used search through search PATH to find that file to be executed.
$ echo x X
x X
$ eChO x X
x X
A: This is actually a feature of the filesystem of your disk, not bash or Terminal.app.
HFS+ (the Mac filesystem) is usually configured to be case insensitive but case preserving. This means that the file system will consider foo and FoO to be the same, but when you create a new file it will remember which letters where capitalized and which were not.
When you format a disk with HFS+ you can chose whether the file system should case sensitive or not. If you chose to format with UFS (Unix FileSystem) it is always case sensitive, AFAIK.
To check whether a disk is case sensitive, run:
diskutil info <device>
For example:
diskutil info disk0s2
Look for the Name: line. If it reads something like Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) it means that it is case-sensitive. If it just reads Mac OS Extended (without the Case-sensitive) then it is only case preserving but not case sensitive.
A: Bash is definitely case sensitive.
I just typed whoami into terminal and the caps lock button was on.
I got a completely different response from WHOAMI.
I can see there is a WHOAMI command with which but I can't find it with ls.
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c95c741c595a87eee818b0712f23068ee562f07d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Full Screen Mail.app with other windows in other Desktops - Lion I use Mail.app in full screen mode quite frequently. However, I often like to open up and individual message for a task I'm working on and move it to a different Desktop. Opening up a message in full screen mode does nothing more than bring up a overlay showing the message but doesn't open another window that I can move elsewhere.
Is there a way to get individual messages in different windows to move to other Desktops when using Mail.app in full screen?
A: When I need to open a message in other desktop I quit full screen mode, open the message(s) and then fullscreen again: just the main Mail window goes to fullscreen, leaving the messages windows open in the desktop where they were open.
| Q: Full Screen Mail.app with other windows in other Desktops - Lion I use Mail.app in full screen mode quite frequently. However, I often like to open up and individual message for a task I'm working on and move it to a different Desktop. Opening up a message in full screen mode does nothing more than bring up a overlay showing the message but doesn't open another window that I can move elsewhere.
Is there a way to get individual messages in different windows to move to other Desktops when using Mail.app in full screen?
A: When I need to open a message in other desktop I quit full screen mode, open the message(s) and then fullscreen again: just the main Mail window goes to fullscreen, leaving the messages windows open in the desktop where they were open.
A: I was using mail.app in full screen and hit the same problem. Can't figure out a solution and now am not using it in full screen. The way I am using now is create a new Desktop, assign the mail.app only running on this desktop, and make the mail.app main screen as large as the Desktop so that it looks like running as full screen mode.
A: As mentioned here you can use a trackpad gesture to move a little to the other space (just enough to make the black inter-space bar visible) and then use a keyboard shortcut to open the current e-mail (Cmd-O) or create a new one (Cmd-N). You will get a normal new window which can then be dragged to any space you want.
A: In 10.10 I use the following series of actions attached to a keyboard shortcut using BetterTouchTool (although it should work for older versions on OS X):
*
*Send Ctrl+Cmd+F to Mail (tells Mail.app to exit fullscreen)
*Wait 3 seconds (waits for app to properly exit fullscreen - adjust to your system's speed)
*Send Cmd+O to Mail (opens selected message in new window)
*Send Cmd+` to Mail (switches back to main mail window)
*Send Ctrl+Cmd+F to mail (switches back to fullscreen)
By assigning a single keyboard shortcut to this, I can easily open the selected message in a new window and return the main mail app to fullscreen in one go.
A: I had the same issue. My workaround is to open a new viewer window in full screen, which allows me access to my other messages in the preview pane, and ability to copy attachments, text back and forth to the full screen window through swiping with my fingers. Works pretty well.
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10b3e4b29f0c07e961431be007864eb92d15b857 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I export a QuickTime File with Chapter Markers from iMovie HD? I have a video with chapter markers in iMovie HD 6.03 (267.2).
What settings do I need to use when exporting to get a file with chapter markers viewable by QuickTime and iTunes?.
A: Looks like you can do it using Metadata Hootenanny.
It allows you to edit and search the metadata that can be stored in QuickTime movies (mov files), including chapters. Quicktime files support a large number of metadata options, but the QuickTime Player doesn't provide an easy way of accessing them. Metadata Hootenanny does.
You can read this forum thread for more info.
| Q: How can I export a QuickTime File with Chapter Markers from iMovie HD? I have a video with chapter markers in iMovie HD 6.03 (267.2).
What settings do I need to use when exporting to get a file with chapter markers viewable by QuickTime and iTunes?.
A: Looks like you can do it using Metadata Hootenanny.
It allows you to edit and search the metadata that can be stored in QuickTime movies (mov files), including chapters. Quicktime files support a large number of metadata options, but the QuickTime Player doesn't provide an easy way of accessing them. Metadata Hootenanny does.
You can read this forum thread for more info.
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6d84c240f9294c16f142d5c23b920e306f1d44a4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get Terminal to remember previous commands after closing window in SL 10.6.8? Any way to enable scrollbacks after you quit the window? Even if the app itself is still running, closing the window and opening a new one doesn't work.
I am SURE it used to work on my old Mac, but I simply cannot find an option in preferences anywhere and Google is not my friend.
A: I had the same issue on my new Mac, when I checked the history file ~/.bash_history I discovered that it was owned by root. I run sudo chown username .bash_history, now when I reopen terminal my history is preserved.
| Q: How do I get Terminal to remember previous commands after closing window in SL 10.6.8? Any way to enable scrollbacks after you quit the window? Even if the app itself is still running, closing the window and opening a new one doesn't work.
I am SURE it used to work on my old Mac, but I simply cannot find an option in preferences anywhere and Google is not my friend.
A: I had the same issue on my new Mac, when I checked the history file ~/.bash_history I discovered that it was owned by root. I run sudo chown username .bash_history, now when I reopen terminal my history is preserved.
A: Assuming you have not modified the default behaviour in any way, you should be able to scroll through a list of your previous commands simply by hitting the up cursor key. There are so many alternatives depending on what shell you are using if you have changed the defaults etc, so that would be useful info. Also, what OS are you on, from Lion onwards Terminal reloads the last 500 lines out output even from the last closed screen on restart.
A: If your Terminal is losing the history (previously entered commands), try this:
Check first, in your home directory, who owns the file .bash_history:
ls -al .bash_history
If for some reason the file is not owned by your username, will appear (for example) in the listing as:
-rw------- 1 root staff 32 Jul 11 2011 .bash_history
Fix it with:
sudo chown [username] .bash_history
(source: http://www.paulmc.org/2009/01/enable-bash-history-in-terminal/ )
Now close Terminal, open it again and you should be capable of seeing previously entered commands by pressing the up arrow (that is, if you're using bash as your Terminal shell - - the default).
A: As far as I know, the scrollback history is discarded when a window is closed; there is no way to reopen a window that you closed to review its scrollback history. There is, however, a preference setting that lets you configure “one last chance” to review or save the scrollback history after you exit a window’s initial shell (I am not sure if this matches what you mean by “after you quit the window”).
In 10.6, this preference setting is in Terminal’s preferences (the Terminal > Preferences… menu item, or its shortcut: ⌘,) under the Settings section in the Shell tab of your “settings set” (probably named Basic, look for the one with the word “Default” under its name). The preference is labeled “When the shell exits:”.
The available options are
*
*Close the window
The window will always disappear immediately after you exit the shell.
*Close if the shell exited cleanly
The window will be closed immediately (as above) if the shell gives a exit code of zero (“exited cleanly”).
The window will remain open (see below) if the shell gives a non-zero exit code.
*Don’t close the window
The window will always stay open when you exit the shell; the line [Process completed] will be appended to contents of the window.
To close the window you must use
*
*the Shell > Close Window menu item (Shell > Close Tab for a tab), or
*⌘W (the menu item’s shortcut), or
*the red close button in the title bar (the x button in the tab for a tab).
A: This is controlled globally by enabling System Preferences -> General -> Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps.
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03128f251df3119a5da0719fc47eb55f0381c773 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How much will adding an extra hard drive to my MacBook Pro affect battery performance? I have a current MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.2Ghz with a 500GB 7200RPM (default) hard drive.
I am thinking of replacing both the current hard drive and the superdrive with two Seagate Momentus Hybrid 500 GB drives and placing them in RAID0 for optimal performance.
Now, I don't think performance will be a problem, but how about battery life? Are there any examples of users who already have done similar things and noticed the effect on battery life?
A: Having a second hard drive will certainly decrease battery life by a noticeable amount. Behind the CPU and LCD, the hard drive is the largest drain on battery.
A word of caution: RAID 0 is almost never a good idea, unless you'll be doing backups constantly and don't mind being totally down if a drive fails. You'll get better performance from an SSD and you'll be able to keep your optical drive.
| Q: How much will adding an extra hard drive to my MacBook Pro affect battery performance? I have a current MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.2Ghz with a 500GB 7200RPM (default) hard drive.
I am thinking of replacing both the current hard drive and the superdrive with two Seagate Momentus Hybrid 500 GB drives and placing them in RAID0 for optimal performance.
Now, I don't think performance will be a problem, but how about battery life? Are there any examples of users who already have done similar things and noticed the effect on battery life?
A: Having a second hard drive will certainly decrease battery life by a noticeable amount. Behind the CPU and LCD, the hard drive is the largest drain on battery.
A word of caution: RAID 0 is almost never a good idea, unless you'll be doing backups constantly and don't mind being totally down if a drive fails. You'll get better performance from an SSD and you'll be able to keep your optical drive.
A: Go with an SSD. The lack of moving parts will increase battery life.
On my previous (late 2011) non-Retina MBP, I replaced the optical drive with a 512GB SSD, (The optical drive is basically useless 90% of the time - may as well use the space for SOMETHING.), and moved the operating system installations (OSX and Win7) to the SSD. This significantly improved battery life as well as overall performance.
If you don't want to pony up the cash for two large SSDs, put one SSD in along with a higher RPM spin drive.
Also, check out the Corsair 16GB RAM upgrade available from Newegg, among other places. Takes about 10 minutes to install, doesn't void your warranty, and also really helps overall performance.
A: i wonder how well a hybrid will work in a raid0.
could there be some logic that would make the ssd portion of this hybrid useless when used as a raw raid0 drive?
i'm not sure about their logic of caching from spinning drive to the ssd portion. but if it's by file name or structure, the raid-0'ness of it might defeat that.
just a thought
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368be7666ee483340f7f77928eba65411b4eedf3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Report a problem with an app I purchased on the Mac App Store I have purchased an app on the Mac App Store which doesn't work at all on my computer. Is there a way to contact the App Store team and report the problem and maybe get a refund?
A: Apple will give refunds, though it’s not a very advertised thing.
Point your browser at the Mac App Store Support Page, which can also be found in the right side bar of the Featured page in App Store.app. From there choose Account & Billing. From the Specific Request select menu, This app didn't function as expected should be the option you’re after.
Be polite, state your case, ask nicely (don’t demand a refund), and you should have good luck.
| Q: Report a problem with an app I purchased on the Mac App Store I have purchased an app on the Mac App Store which doesn't work at all on my computer. Is there a way to contact the App Store team and report the problem and maybe get a refund?
A: Apple will give refunds, though it’s not a very advertised thing.
Point your browser at the Mac App Store Support Page, which can also be found in the right side bar of the Featured page in App Store.app. From there choose Account & Billing. From the Specific Request select menu, This app didn't function as expected should be the option you’re after.
Be polite, state your case, ask nicely (don’t demand a refund), and you should have good luck.
A: I have been using up to now the free download to 'clean up my mac'recently was prompted to purchase it,, which I ve done, but now
I just have a page that says to put the serial number and I havent received anything from apple with a number and Im very confussed
thankyou
A: Apple has updated the process to ask for a refund or report a problem. Simply go to https://reportaproblem.apple.com/. Sign-in with your Apple ID and choose the app to report. You can also find the link at the bottom of the iTunes receipt you receive after purchasing an app.
More detailed instructions can be found here: http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-get-an-app-refund-from-apple--cms-19757
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a7c95c09b32f315fc6dcbea153d8b822bbf46d1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to stop the iPhone from vibrating for just the alarm? How do I set the vibrate to not fire for alarms but still fire for calls, texts, emails, reminders, etc?
I have looked at third party alarms but they all seem quite fallible, many do not work when you press the home button. Those that do use push notifications to get around this but this feature obeys the silent switch on the phone which means you have to remember to switch the sound on each night. And I have had two of them just randomly not work on me.
Is there a way of turning the vibrate off for just the alarm?
I'm willing to jailbreak for this.
A: I know it`s been a while.
@SomewhereThere's answer is good for any version before IOS9.
Since IOS 9
You may disable vibration from the alarm menu per alarm independently.
In the alarm settings. When you add a new alarm time, you can select sounds > vibration and set it to ”none”. You can also edit existing alarm schedules to disable vibration individually.
Credits
| Q: How to stop the iPhone from vibrating for just the alarm? How do I set the vibrate to not fire for alarms but still fire for calls, texts, emails, reminders, etc?
I have looked at third party alarms but they all seem quite fallible, many do not work when you press the home button. Those that do use push notifications to get around this but this feature obeys the silent switch on the phone which means you have to remember to switch the sound on each night. And I have had two of them just randomly not work on me.
Is there a way of turning the vibrate off for just the alarm?
I'm willing to jailbreak for this.
A: I know it`s been a while.
@SomewhereThere's answer is good for any version before IOS9.
Since IOS 9
You may disable vibration from the alarm menu per alarm independently.
In the alarm settings. When you add a new alarm time, you can select sounds > vibration and set it to ”none”. You can also edit existing alarm schedules to disable vibration individually.
Credits
A: In iOS 6 vibrate settings, set "vibrate on ring" to "on" and "vibrate on silent" to "off".
Then, when on silent your alarm will ring without vibrating, and when not on silent everything will vibrate and ring normally.
A: NoVibratedWakeup is a Cydia tweak that turns off the vibration when the alarm sounds.
A: I have seen many answers that did not work here. So here is my clear explanation of what I had to do, using iOS 7.1.2 on an iPhone, to get it so that the horrible buzzing vibrate does not happen when you set the clock alarm clock. It is not a dream solution, because the method does ALSO influence the vibration behavior for OTHER sounds on your phone.
*
*In settings > sounds, down inside the section Reminder Alerts I have vibration set to none. (this may not actually be necessary for the above goal. just how I have it set.)
*In settings > sounds, down inside the section Calendar Alerts I have vibration set to none. (this may not actually be necessary for the above goal. just how I have it set.)
*The main thing: In settings > sounds, at the very top, I had to turn both Vibrate on Ring and Vibrate on Silent OFF. (The reason I turned that Vibrate on Silent to be off is because I have my settings > Do Not Disturb > Scheduled set to make my phone go into Do Not Disturb mode between 10pm and 7am. So for this "no vibrate on alarm" goal, I have to have Vibrate on Silent off, or the phone would say, oh, he's in silent mode because of do not disturb... I should do Vibrate! ... You may wonder why my alarm would be set for a time inside my do not disturb period. That's because the only time I use my alarm is when I am getting up at weird ungodly hours for flights, etc. I don't use my alarm for normal waking before work.)
Under these circumstances, your alarm clock will not make the horrible buzz before ringing.
But again, this is not a happy solution, because it will also have an effect on your phone's RINGER (your ringer will now never vibrate). So, if you never hear your phone when it's ringing in your pocket, the function of the vibrate to remedy that situation is disabled by this method.
A: I believe PlayAwake may be of help to you, it's a Jailbreak app that allows you to set a custom song as an alarm. It lets you choose whether you want vibrate on and off, too! (Only downside is the price, and the fact you have to use your own music in order to have it not vibrate!
A: I have done it as following:
Vibrate on ring - off.
Vibrate on silent - on.
Then set mode to ring for alarm sounds and set DND time for silencing all other things. It works for me. iOS 8.1.2
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9dad102c45c90b1a9a4870a49e57ab33560c2bbe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the purposes and safety to enable the hidden debug menu in Disk Utility? I'm primarily interested to know whether installation of Lion included the Recovery System.
I understand you can enable extra formats and debugging in Disk Utility, using the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility advanced-image-options -bool true
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled -bool true
Is this safe? What can this be used for?
A: If you need to ask, you probably don't want to mess! ;)
It's going to let you see things like the Lion Recovery Partition etc that are normally hidden from use.
It's certainly safe to turn the debug menu on. Whether it's safe to do anything once it is enabled depends very much on your skills.
But it can;t hurt to take a look if you are curious, just remember to turn if off if you don't intend to do anything other than poke about.
| Q: What are the purposes and safety to enable the hidden debug menu in Disk Utility? I'm primarily interested to know whether installation of Lion included the Recovery System.
I understand you can enable extra formats and debugging in Disk Utility, using the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility advanced-image-options -bool true
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled -bool true
Is this safe? What can this be used for?
A: If you need to ask, you probably don't want to mess! ;)
It's going to let you see things like the Lion Recovery Partition etc that are normally hidden from use.
It's certainly safe to turn the debug menu on. Whether it's safe to do anything once it is enabled depends very much on your skills.
But it can;t hurt to take a look if you are curious, just remember to turn if off if you don't intend to do anything other than poke about.
A: There's really not much you can't do if you already are in the terminal issuing commands.
It appears to be mostly for the people that made/maintain the Disk Utility program itself to debug the inner workings of the program than something an end user might need.
diskutil list will show the presence or absence of the Recovery HD on systems prior to 10.8. You may need diskutil cs list to show core storage volumes if you are using FileVault 2.
I've not had any issues enabling it other than you might get confused. I used it recently to debug why Boot OS X was appearing in the BackupLoupe utility that scans Time Machine destinations.
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84339b73f2182bc751ff3e5a5c0332dc9c9979ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode 4.1 does not show any recent projects I would like to ask you what is wrong with my Xcode 4.1. Every time I launch it, it show me that there are "No recents" nevertheless the fact that I have created lots of projects.
P.S.:
defaults write com.apple.Xcode NSRecentDocumentsLimit X
does not work
Thank you in advance.
A: Recent items menus can be tied to the "Number of recent items" preferences for the Finder in System Preferences, but this is particularly true for Apple's software now. Setting the OS preference for "Documents" to anything other than "None" will activate that feature in Xcode. I wouldn't have done it that way either.
You might have to Quit and Discard Windows Command-Option-Q, change the number in the general pane and relaunch Xcode. It's a bit convoluted to get the change active with all the recent "save your workspace" changes in Lion.
| Q: Xcode 4.1 does not show any recent projects I would like to ask you what is wrong with my Xcode 4.1. Every time I launch it, it show me that there are "No recents" nevertheless the fact that I have created lots of projects.
P.S.:
defaults write com.apple.Xcode NSRecentDocumentsLimit X
does not work
Thank you in advance.
A: Recent items menus can be tied to the "Number of recent items" preferences for the Finder in System Preferences, but this is particularly true for Apple's software now. Setting the OS preference for "Documents" to anything other than "None" will activate that feature in Xcode. I wouldn't have done it that way either.
You might have to Quit and Discard Windows Command-Option-Q, change the number in the general pane and relaunch Xcode. It's a bit convoluted to get the change active with all the recent "save your workspace" changes in Lion.
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6a2c4a27d91c0fbe8d6315dcdc24432f339603ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable volume control noise on mac book pro? When I hit F11 or F12 (volume up and volume down) I get the volume control overlay; the volume increases or decreases; and the machine makes an "SQUICK SQUICK SQUICK" noise.
How do I keep the functionality of the keys but stop them making that noise?
(Mac Book Pro with Snow Leopard)
A: You can change this in System Preferences.
Go to the Sound pane, and uncheck the Play feedback when volume is changed checkbox.
Also, if you want to not play the sound for a given change (a one-off thing), hold down shift and change the volume.
This will also play the sound if it's turned off.
| Q: Disable volume control noise on mac book pro? When I hit F11 or F12 (volume up and volume down) I get the volume control overlay; the volume increases or decreases; and the machine makes an "SQUICK SQUICK SQUICK" noise.
How do I keep the functionality of the keys but stop them making that noise?
(Mac Book Pro with Snow Leopard)
A: You can change this in System Preferences.
Go to the Sound pane, and uncheck the Play feedback when volume is changed checkbox.
Also, if you want to not play the sound for a given change (a one-off thing), hold down shift and change the volume.
This will also play the sound if it's turned off.
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9250bdd5ab77384a613617d3cc7e606c3890952e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I save tabs in iTerm 2 so they restore the next time the app is run? Can I save tabs on exit in my iTerm 2, so I don't have to open same directories again after restart?
Like Chrome does, for example.
I couldn't find such option in settings. Maybe "Arrangements" is what I want, but it seems that it requires me to explicitly save tabs.
A: This is possible with iterm2: https://www.iterm2.com/documentation-restoration.html
You can toggle this feature with Prefs>Advanced>Enable session
restoration, but you must restart iTerm2 after changing this setting.
I also had to uncheck "close windows when quitting an app" in my General system preferences: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204005.
| Q: How can I save tabs in iTerm 2 so they restore the next time the app is run? Can I save tabs on exit in my iTerm 2, so I don't have to open same directories again after restart?
Like Chrome does, for example.
I couldn't find such option in settings. Maybe "Arrangements" is what I want, but it seems that it requires me to explicitly save tabs.
A: This is possible with iterm2: https://www.iterm2.com/documentation-restoration.html
You can toggle this feature with Prefs>Advanced>Enable session
restoration, but you must restart iTerm2 after changing this setting.
I also had to uncheck "close windows when quitting an app" in my General system preferences: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204005.
A: *
*In iTerm go to Preferences -> General and under Startup set Use System Window Restoration Setting.
*Go to macOS System Preferences -> General and make sure that Close windows when quitting an app is unchecked.
A: If someone like me is having trouble enabling 'Session Restoration' in iTerm 2.9 beta (or iTerm3 beta how they call it) do next:
*
*Open preferences
*General tab
*Startup
*Change to 'Use System window restoration setting'. Restart.
Probably for tech geeks it's obvious that one should select this option for this feature to work but for me it was not and I have never seen this mentioned anywhere.
A: In iTerm2 v2.1.4 there's a setting under Profiles: Reuse previous session's directory. It may have been there in the earlier versions, but I haven't looked.
See screenshot:
A: No, as of today I couldn't find any way to set a layout/tabs with paths and recover it (as Sublime Text does for example) in iTerm (2.9).
Personally, I'm astonished on how a basic feature (I think much more relevant than tabs colours, for example) is still missing on such a mature project.
A: Try iTermocil
iTermocil allows you to setup pre-configured layouts of windows and panes in iTerm2, having each open in a specified directory and execute specified commands.
A: Coming in quite late, but you should first create some profiles and then use Command - Option/Alt - Shift H (H is for horizontal split; or swap in V for vertical split). It will show you a list of your profiles and you can then add those to your split. Once you build the setup you like just like Sairam did above.
Here's a vid explaining: iterm2 Profiles and Window Arrangements.
A: It's still not exactly what you want, but since you can check the $ITERM_SESSION_ID environment variable to see which panel you are in, by combining this with a saved window arrangement, you can have each of your panel to start with different initial path, or just anything you would like to run by default.
For example, my saved windows arrangment is two tabs with two panels in the first tab. So I will have $ITERM_SESSION_ID=w0t0p0 for the first panel in the first tab, $ITERM_SESSION_ID=w0t0p1 for the 2nd panel, and $ITERM_SESSION_ID=w0t1p0 for the single panel in the 2nd tab. 'w' stands for window, 't' for tab, and 'p' for panel. I check these variables in my .zshrc, and run Vim in the w0t0p0, iPython in the w0t1p0, respectively.
A: You can Save and Restore Window Arrangement with ⇧ ⌘ S and ⇧ ⌘ R options under the Window screen in iTerm2
You can start the default Arrangement Option to enable are at Preferences -> General -> Startup -> Open default window arrangement .
You can add arrangements with the ⇧ ⌘ S and manage them under Preferences -> Arrangements tab .
A: Here's what I do, running OSX 10.10.4:
Install iTerm nightly (the latest release). Brew is the easiest:
brew tap caskroom/versions && brew cask install iterm2-nightly
You can run this side-by-side with other versions; I use Spotlight and look at the versions to see which one I'm opening. By default it will be set to enable session restore which will restore tabs and directories. However, you may have to adjust your Apple system preferences in System Prefs>General where Close windows when quitting an app. See this Gitlab issue for a screenshot if that confuses you.
A: Disabling the System Preferences -> General -> "Close windows when quitting an app" checkbox did the job for me.
A: Use AppleScripts!
Here is a script from an old project of mine:
#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "iTerm2"
tell current window
create tab with default profile
end tell
tell current session of current tab of current window
write text "cd ~/Documents/dev/roarr/roarr-api"
write text "source .development.env.sh"
write text "npm run dev | roarr"
split vertically with default profile
end tell
tell second session of current tab of current window
write text "cd ~/Documents/dev/roarr/roarr-api"
end tell
tell current window
create tab with default profile
end tell
tell current session of current tab of current window
write text "cd ~/Documents/dev/roarr/roarr-web-app"
write text "source .development.env.sh"
write text "npm run dev | roarr"
split vertically with default profile
end tell
tell second session of current tab of current window
write text "cd ~/Documents/dev/roarr/roarr-web-app"
end tell
tell current window
create tab with default profile
end tell
tell current session of current tab of current window
write text "cd ~/Documents/dev/roarr/roarr-cli"
write text "source .development.env.sh"
write text "npm run dev | roarr"
split vertically with default profile
end tell
tell second session of current tab of current window
write text "cd ~/Documents/dev/roarr/roarr-cli"
write text "source .development.env.sh"
write text "ts-node --transpile-only .bin/demo.ts | ts-node --transpile-only src/bin/index.ts --output-format json"
end tell
tell current window
create tab with default profile
end tell
tell current session of current tab of current window
write text "docker run --rm -p 8123:8123 --name some-clickhouse-server --ulimit nofile=262144:262144 yandex/clickhouse-server"
end tell
end tell
It is mostly self-explanatory, the gist of which is that it is a sequence of commands that we are telling iTerm2 to perform.
These commands are documented in iTerm2.
While this does not answer the original question of how to "save" the current session, it provides a framework of how to quickly setup your workstation, which is likely what the intent is behind the original question.
A: I found the solution in iTerm2's official website, check it out here https://www.iterm2.com/documentation-restoration.html.
After setting iTerm2 restores last session just like Chrome. However the process(e.g. npm start) can not be restored.
Works perfectly under iTerm2 build 3.0.14 and macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29). Hope it helps.
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08fb6a82790dac6722e7035ad90623e1151fc4a4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to configure Safari's search box to use google.co.uk rather than google.com? Is it possible to customise the search engines used by Safari 5.1 on Snow Leopard? I'd like to get it to use google.co.uk rather than google.com for searches. I've found a couple of old posts (including this one which doesn't seem to apply any more) but nothing very recent.
A: the query string is defined in :
~/Library/Safari/Configurations.plist.signed
but the file is signed and cannot be edited without being replaced by safari.
Also, it seems that every time you use this search bar, Safari hits This file on apple.com which can make one assume that Safari compares the 2 files and replaces the local one when needed.
I think your only options are via extensions or another browser
| Q: Is it possible to configure Safari's search box to use google.co.uk rather than google.com? Is it possible to customise the search engines used by Safari 5.1 on Snow Leopard? I'd like to get it to use google.co.uk rather than google.com for searches. I've found a couple of old posts (including this one which doesn't seem to apply any more) but nothing very recent.
A: the query string is defined in :
~/Library/Safari/Configurations.plist.signed
but the file is signed and cannot be edited without being replaced by safari.
Also, it seems that every time you use this search bar, Safari hits This file on apple.com which can make one assume that Safari compares the 2 files and replaces the local one when needed.
I think your only options are via extensions or another browser
A: I don't use it, but GLIMS looks like it will easily let you insert a search engine different than what Safari bundles.
More intrusive, but way slick in my opinion is the SafariOmnibar it's excellent work and you can customize your search provider since it's hacked into that part of safari using SIMBL - the SIMple Bundle Loader process.
I use LaunchBar and search from a keyboard shortcut - it allows extensive control over searching - you can define custom search sites and criteria easily. It has many other features (notable extremely quick app and file launching as well as a clipboard history) but it's so fast you might like it just for getting a UK search if nothing else fits your needs.
A: As an update to my own question, I have just come across this Safari extension which redirects searches from google.com to google.co.uk. It also redirects Yahoo searches from search.yahoo.com to uk.search.yahoo.com.
A: As of Safari 6, there is now an "omnibar" instead of separate search and address bars. This breaks a lot of previous extensions and plugins, but the updates to the extension API for Safari 6 actually make it much easier to make an extension allows you to use a custom search engine within the new omnibar.
I put together a really simple one here: AnySearch.
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8dbb7a5522b6f32ce023fb8f985fc3644c57cb05 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lion, Filevault, Security, Require password immediately after screensaver is forced - any workaround? Here's my first question:
In Lion, if you turn on Filevault, you can no longer modify the System Preferences/Security & Privacy/Require password... after sleep or screensaver. The value is forced to 'immediately' and changes are not saved. If you haven't turned on Filevault, this setting acts as expected.
Has anyone found a workaround?
It's not a security feature, in that you can set the screensaver not to come on for hours (or never), but it sure is annoying for those folks who reach over and wiggle the mouse when the screensaver comes on.
A postscript: my workaround is to change the setting and never close System Preferences. Dumb, but it works.
A: Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7.2 or higher for the Security and Privacy setting "Require password time period after sleep or screen saver begins" to be respected after FileVault is enabled (though I don't see anything about this fix on the download page). There is no longer a need to keep System Preferences open forever (what a silly but effective fix) or any of the other workarounds.
| Q: Lion, Filevault, Security, Require password immediately after screensaver is forced - any workaround? Here's my first question:
In Lion, if you turn on Filevault, you can no longer modify the System Preferences/Security & Privacy/Require password... after sleep or screensaver. The value is forced to 'immediately' and changes are not saved. If you haven't turned on Filevault, this setting acts as expected.
Has anyone found a workaround?
It's not a security feature, in that you can set the screensaver not to come on for hours (or never), but it sure is annoying for those folks who reach over and wiggle the mouse when the screensaver comes on.
A postscript: my workaround is to change the setting and never close System Preferences. Dumb, but it works.
A: Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7.2 or higher for the Security and Privacy setting "Require password time period after sleep or screen saver begins" to be respected after FileVault is enabled (though I don't see anything about this fix on the download page). There is no longer a need to keep System Preferences open forever (what a silly but effective fix) or any of the other workarounds.
A: I haven't been able to test it on Lion, but this works fine on Snow Leopard for disabling the password requirement on screensaver: defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 0
A: You can force System Preferences to quit. It doesn't get a chance to reset the the wait before dying.
You can see the current value with: defaults read com.apple.screensaver. Mine now looks like this:
{
askForPassword = 1;
askForPasswordDelay = 3600;
tokenRemovalAction = 0;
}
This also worked for setting the value without the hack of forcing system prefs to quit: defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 3600 and I'd imagine the suggestion to set askForPassword would work too.
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413a907da22a3f52f56fb00e69f21bcf2bd65936 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Folder management app for iPhone photos? Is there any iPhone app available that allows you to create folders in iPhone while using their Photos app?
It is kind a annoying that every time I must connect to iTunes and do the folder management there.
A: Looks like there are a couple out there if you search the App Store for 'sort photo albums'. Of the results returned Pics looked the best to me. Plus it had an interesting WP7 style to it.
| Q: Folder management app for iPhone photos? Is there any iPhone app available that allows you to create folders in iPhone while using their Photos app?
It is kind a annoying that every time I must connect to iTunes and do the folder management there.
A: Looks like there are a couple out there if you search the App Store for 'sort photo albums'. Of the results returned Pics looked the best to me. Plus it had an interesting WP7 style to it.
A: There is an app"photo folder" which have some wonderful features:
It helps in creation of folders & sub folders for easy drag & Drop photo organization.
Allows to filter photos based on keywords,metadata,rating or by favorite.
It allows to create & assign new keywords to a photos metadata.
Arrange the order of photos using manual,name,date,size or ratings etc.Also we can play a slideshow & share photos on various social media sites.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-folder/id453985116?ls=1&mt=8
Hope this helps
A: The new iOS 5 has added this as one of its new features.
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b1446c762c02c5616f494fc903e902b8e0a9c15e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Don't copy songs into iTunes folder just use them from file system I need to add songs into iTunes Library but I don't want to copy songs into library. While drag and drop just copies all songs which needs to be added to the Library folder and then uses it. So, we have waste of space twice, from where we copy songs and to where we copy them. But I don't want to copy songs into Library folder, I just want to add it into Library and play or sync with iPhone. So, at only one place all songs can be managed.
A: Option (alt) dragging them in the library will not copy them.
| Q: Don't copy songs into iTunes folder just use them from file system I need to add songs into iTunes Library but I don't want to copy songs into library. While drag and drop just copies all songs which needs to be added to the Library folder and then uses it. So, we have waste of space twice, from where we copy songs and to where we copy them. But I don't want to copy songs into Library folder, I just want to add it into Library and play or sync with iPhone. So, at only one place all songs can be managed.
A: Option (alt) dragging them in the library will not copy them.
A: In iTunes > Preferences > Advanced
Uncheck Keep iTunes Media folder organised and Copy Files to iTunes Media folder when adding to Library
Screen shot provided by @Wheat Williams:
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9da86061fec1ae96134deb3b678edae491f9fd20 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "usb device was drawing too much power" error message
Ever since I upgraded to Lion, I've been getting this error message a lot. It seems to trigger(not every time though) when I plug in my iPhone to the usb port on my keyboard.
The only other USB device that's connected to my brand new 27" iMac is my printer. I'm using a Magic Mouse. I've never had this problem before prior to upgrading to Lion. What's causing it how do I make it go away?
A: If you plug your iPhone with your keyboard the total power requested by you keyboard (i.e. iphone + keyboard) is too high for the usb to handle. I suggest you plug your iphone directly to your iMac.
| Q: "usb device was drawing too much power" error message
Ever since I upgraded to Lion, I've been getting this error message a lot. It seems to trigger(not every time though) when I plug in my iPhone to the usb port on my keyboard.
The only other USB device that's connected to my brand new 27" iMac is my printer. I'm using a Magic Mouse. I've never had this problem before prior to upgrading to Lion. What's causing it how do I make it go away?
A: If you plug your iPhone with your keyboard the total power requested by you keyboard (i.e. iphone + keyboard) is too high for the usb to handle. I suggest you plug your iphone directly to your iMac.
A: Check that the USB port is still functional. I've had the same issue, but have now found that the USB port isn't working irrespective of the device that is connected to it. Discussion over at Apple here (but no replies yet):
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17202737#17202737
A: Lion might have better detection of underpowered devices being used by i personally never have been able to charge my iPhone through my apple keyboard
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5ddbd1a0287a8800faad157991b865ced10b24ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to force iOS apps to use global proxy settings Most stock apps will use the proxy settings, but apps from the App Store rarely use the proxy settings given under Settings > Wifi. I am told that the proxy API must be called explicitly, but is there a way, perhaps a jailbreak app, that will force all connections to go through the proxy? I currently have the option of using either a .PAC config file or typing out the http proxy of my university manually and providing authentication details.
A: I was able to proxy URL requests from 4 apps I just tested (Instagram, App Store, Omni Focus, Bookmarks). I used a manual proxy configuration and Charles to test.
I'm not sure what proxy API you're talking about. From personal experience, I know that any app using an NSURLConnection to make the request will go through the proxy as defined by the system. It's possible some apps use a socket directly to make the request - if so that may bypass the system's proxy settings, but I'm not sure about that.
| Q: How to force iOS apps to use global proxy settings Most stock apps will use the proxy settings, but apps from the App Store rarely use the proxy settings given under Settings > Wifi. I am told that the proxy API must be called explicitly, but is there a way, perhaps a jailbreak app, that will force all connections to go through the proxy? I currently have the option of using either a .PAC config file or typing out the http proxy of my university manually and providing authentication details.
A: I was able to proxy URL requests from 4 apps I just tested (Instagram, App Store, Omni Focus, Bookmarks). I used a manual proxy configuration and Charles to test.
I'm not sure what proxy API you're talking about. From personal experience, I know that any app using an NSURLConnection to make the request will go through the proxy as defined by the system. It's possible some apps use a socket directly to make the request - if so that may bypass the system's proxy settings, but I'm not sure about that.
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bc73ea4b033bd17cc4fb81267e76d96ac62665fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many apps are the Mac AppStore? Is there a way to find out today how many applications are in the Mac AppStore approximately?
A: I use AppShopper.com to get information like this. In the right sidebar of every page, it shows the total stats of all the app stores. For example, as of 18 Sep 2011 at 5:10pm GMT, the sidebar shows:
Total Apps
Total Apps Approved: 595452
Total Available Apps: 462144
Total Available iPhone Apps: 411134
Total Available iPad Apps: 132388
Total Available Mac Apps: 6939
| Q: How many apps are the Mac AppStore? Is there a way to find out today how many applications are in the Mac AppStore approximately?
A: I use AppShopper.com to get information like this. In the right sidebar of every page, it shows the total stats of all the app stores. For example, as of 18 Sep 2011 at 5:10pm GMT, the sidebar shows:
Total Apps
Total Apps Approved: 595452
Total Available Apps: 462144
Total Available iPhone Apps: 411134
Total Available iPad Apps: 132388
Total Available Mac Apps: 6939
A: I believe there is a Browse button when you're in the App Store in iTunes. As long as you don't do it from within an App Store Category it should give you a complete list of apps. At the top you should see something that tells you that you're in page 1 of X where X is the total number of pages. Multiply that by the number of apps in each page and you have your number. Hope this helps.
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ad97cd878fe7708088069ead33123ec14afdd7ec | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove duplicates from contextual menus In addition to Time Machine I do a weekly clone of my system drive to a volume on a second hard drive in my 2011 MacBook Pro. I also made a clone in another volume before I upgraded to Lion.
Now some of the apps from the Snow Leopard drive clone are starting to show up as duplicates in "open with" contextual menus. If I choose one of the duplicates it will open the app from the cloned volume.
How can I remove these items from the menu and make sure OS X doesn't think these are installed apps?
Screenshot:
A: I had the same problem, rebuilding the Launch Services database did the trick for me. Entered the following in Terminal:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain user
Then log out and back in. The open with menu should be clear of duplicates.
Credit: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15251482#15251482
| Q: Remove duplicates from contextual menus In addition to Time Machine I do a weekly clone of my system drive to a volume on a second hard drive in my 2011 MacBook Pro. I also made a clone in another volume before I upgraded to Lion.
Now some of the apps from the Snow Leopard drive clone are starting to show up as duplicates in "open with" contextual menus. If I choose one of the duplicates it will open the app from the cloned volume.
How can I remove these items from the menu and make sure OS X doesn't think these are installed apps?
Screenshot:
A: I had the same problem, rebuilding the Launch Services database did the trick for me. Entered the following in Terminal:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain user
Then log out and back in. The open with menu should be clear of duplicates.
Credit: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15251482#15251482
A: Rebuilding your LaunchServices database won't do you any good because your computer is seeing the version of the apps on your cloned hard drive (hence the different version numbers). If they were the same number rebuilding the LaunchServices database like answered by others would work.
Your easiest method is to eject your cloned hard drive - this way they won't appear. Telling Spotlight to ignore the drive should tell it from now on to not add the applications to it's list of apps that can open that type of file.
A: Try rebuilding the Launch Services database as described here. Also, it may help to set your backup drive to be ignored by Spotlight (from the Spotlight preferences):
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6e62964cedbeb0e2cac22dd95fff8a63b2c3eb7e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Installing Lion on another MacBook Pro through a bootable DVD but won't show up I tried creating a bootable DVD of Lion, which was successful and would load in my MacBook Pro (already running Lion). I inserted the same DVD to another MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard, but it comes up as a blank CD... Anyone have any idea why this is happening?
Thanks!
A: Same as you : my brand new MBP cannot read a DVD (it says it is blank), but that same DVD can be read OK from older Macs. I went to an Apple store with that DVD, and they found the same problem, i.e. the DVD can be read OK on some machines, but not OK on others. I left them the DVD, they are going to enquire about it and about why some of their own machines can read and some others cannot.
So maybe your problem is just about that : a DVD which unluckily cannot be read on your machine.
Hope this helps !
| Q: Installing Lion on another MacBook Pro through a bootable DVD but won't show up I tried creating a bootable DVD of Lion, which was successful and would load in my MacBook Pro (already running Lion). I inserted the same DVD to another MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard, but it comes up as a blank CD... Anyone have any idea why this is happening?
Thanks!
A: Same as you : my brand new MBP cannot read a DVD (it says it is blank), but that same DVD can be read OK from older Macs. I went to an Apple store with that DVD, and they found the same problem, i.e. the DVD can be read OK on some machines, but not OK on others. I left them the DVD, they are going to enquire about it and about why some of their own machines can read and some others cannot.
So maybe your problem is just about that : a DVD which unluckily cannot be read on your machine.
Hope this helps !
A: It's hard to say. Do you have issues reading any other bootable DVDs/CDs on that device? I have had issues with my SuperDrive and because of it I actually created a bootable USB stick with Lion on it, worked perfectly.
You can find instructions on creating this bootable USB media here: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/11/build-your-own-lion-install-usb-thumb-drive-for-cheap/
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e2a0dd93e7123b79f774f457e9ed6f3349fd8fd0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I migrate data when Migration Assistant doesn't recognize Time Machine external drive? I'm trying to migrate my files from my time machine backup (external drive 500 Gb) to my MacBook Pro with Lion 10.7.1. It has almost empty brand new internal hard drive 500 Gb.
I can see the external hard drive in the desktop (is connected to my MacBook Pro with a FireWire cable), but the Migration Assistant is unable to recognize it!
What can I do to migrate my files?
A: Have you tried right clicking on the time machine icon on your dock, and telling it to browse other time machine disks? See if Time Machine will recognize it as a backup, and see if it will restore any files that way.
When you select Restore From Time Machine backup it doesn't even see the external drive or list it/any backups?
| Q: How can I migrate data when Migration Assistant doesn't recognize Time Machine external drive? I'm trying to migrate my files from my time machine backup (external drive 500 Gb) to my MacBook Pro with Lion 10.7.1. It has almost empty brand new internal hard drive 500 Gb.
I can see the external hard drive in the desktop (is connected to my MacBook Pro with a FireWire cable), but the Migration Assistant is unable to recognize it!
What can I do to migrate my files?
A: Have you tried right clicking on the time machine icon on your dock, and telling it to browse other time machine disks? See if Time Machine will recognize it as a backup, and see if it will restore any files that way.
When you select Restore From Time Machine backup it doesn't even see the external drive or list it/any backups?
A: Boot to your recovery partition holding down cmd+R on restart. That will give you the option to restore from time machine backup. That will definitely find your time machine backup
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a0a13d1c012d60ca64ccf1ec6c80401dbae583b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Air 2010 OS X 10.6.8 w/Broadcom wifi disconnecting: "Disassociated because station leaving" The wifi on my MacBook Air 2010 keeps dropping the connection at home with a Linksys WRT160N router running DD-WRT v24-sp1 (07/27/08) std. Other devices maintain their connection to the router just fine.
I'm getting these messages in my kernel.log:
air-ethernet kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en0. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
Does anyone know the canonical solution to this problem? There are threads on Apple Support Communities that go on for 70 pages, but no high-profile links that have a definitive answer.
A: I have the same problem and I've also been looking around a lot. The only thing I find is that if you have an Atheros Wi-Fi hardware in your Mac (I just found out that I did, mid-2011-iMac) this will help:
http://rys.pixeltards.com/2011/09/04/osx-lion-wifi.html
| Q: MacBook Air 2010 OS X 10.6.8 w/Broadcom wifi disconnecting: "Disassociated because station leaving" The wifi on my MacBook Air 2010 keeps dropping the connection at home with a Linksys WRT160N router running DD-WRT v24-sp1 (07/27/08) std. Other devices maintain their connection to the router just fine.
I'm getting these messages in my kernel.log:
air-ethernet kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en0. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
Does anyone know the canonical solution to this problem? There are threads on Apple Support Communities that go on for 70 pages, but no high-profile links that have a definitive answer.
A: I have the same problem and I've also been looking around a lot. The only thing I find is that if you have an Atheros Wi-Fi hardware in your Mac (I just found out that I did, mid-2011-iMac) this will help:
http://rys.pixeltards.com/2011/09/04/osx-lion-wifi.html
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5bb9302fe3b27999af26c60a7dc83a0c1b6059ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lion version of vim crashing repeatably - caught deadly signal SEGV whenever I work on multiple files in different vim buffers/tabs and do a :w to save, vim crashes with a segmentation fault.
I'm using vim 7.3 that came long with Lion (Actually with SnowLeopard which later I upgraded to Lion).
Is this issue Lion specific or is this only affecting upgrade users? Any one seen similar issues.
I've been a linux user for most of the time but just bought a mac recently and also upgraded to Lion recently.
It's quite aggravating to spend so much money and now can't use vim :(
A: There are two avenues when you have located a repeatable crash (and from the comments and discussions it sure looks like the shipping version is more crash than ideal for the latest shipping OS).
*
*File a bug at bugreporter.apple.com - it's free if you sign up for a free developer account.
*Use something like homebrew to get a newer (or older) version of vim that isn't crashing.
| Q: Lion version of vim crashing repeatably - caught deadly signal SEGV whenever I work on multiple files in different vim buffers/tabs and do a :w to save, vim crashes with a segmentation fault.
I'm using vim 7.3 that came long with Lion (Actually with SnowLeopard which later I upgraded to Lion).
Is this issue Lion specific or is this only affecting upgrade users? Any one seen similar issues.
I've been a linux user for most of the time but just bought a mac recently and also upgraded to Lion recently.
It's quite aggravating to spend so much money and now can't use vim :(
A: There are two avenues when you have located a repeatable crash (and from the comments and discussions it sure looks like the shipping version is more crash than ideal for the latest shipping OS).
*
*File a bug at bugreporter.apple.com - it's free if you sign up for a free developer account.
*Use something like homebrew to get a newer (or older) version of vim that isn't crashing.
A: You could give MacVim a go. I switched over a few months ago and haven't looked back. The package comes with an executable that you can drop in your $PATH (e.g., /usr/bin/) to launch it from BASH/Terminal by typing mvim. Obviously this is not the solution you were looking for, but MacVim works exactly like VIM and with the polish of a GUI.
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6382d60487f134399109cada6a3a31d5a102a91d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problem with "Open With" menu I ran this command in Terminal, which supposedly clears all duplicate applications from the "Open With…" menu and now many of my files are just showing up as blank images (.zip files, .dmg files, .rar, etc.) and they don't open with the correct application. I did log out and log back in after doing this. Help!!
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain user
A: Logout and then Login.
It's common for this to happen. If the problem doesn't fix itself upon logging back in it's just a matter of Rebuilding the Launch Services.
Try it this way:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister
-kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Alternatively, you can use the commercial utility MacPilot:
| Q: Problem with "Open With" menu I ran this command in Terminal, which supposedly clears all duplicate applications from the "Open With…" menu and now many of my files are just showing up as blank images (.zip files, .dmg files, .rar, etc.) and they don't open with the correct application. I did log out and log back in after doing this. Help!!
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain user
A: Logout and then Login.
It's common for this to happen. If the problem doesn't fix itself upon logging back in it's just a matter of Rebuilding the Launch Services.
Try it this way:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister
-kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Alternatively, you can use the commercial utility MacPilot:
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f8d5aa5b3dece4108c0a7a26f209e92c8f5cba9f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I automatically split video files into separate clips? I imported a lot of super 8 film using iMovie. While the import worked great it didn't split the video into separate clips. I've read that iMovie does this automatically for DV tapes. Is there any OSX software out there that will detect when one clips ends and another begins and automatically split the two into separate files. I imagine it would have to compare adjacent frames and determine if the difference between the two was great enough to warrant a split.
FYI I'm looking for a simple application that will do the above without breaking the bank. I don't want to invest in a video editing suite right now.
A: You might find ReCut helpful.
ffmpeg, a free open source product, looks like it is working on this issue. Unfortunately, it is not complete yet.
See also this Super User question: Automatic Scene Detection
| Q: How do I automatically split video files into separate clips? I imported a lot of super 8 film using iMovie. While the import worked great it didn't split the video into separate clips. I've read that iMovie does this automatically for DV tapes. Is there any OSX software out there that will detect when one clips ends and another begins and automatically split the two into separate files. I imagine it would have to compare adjacent frames and determine if the difference between the two was great enough to warrant a split.
FYI I'm looking for a simple application that will do the above without breaking the bank. I don't want to invest in a video editing suite right now.
A: You might find ReCut helpful.
ffmpeg, a free open source product, looks like it is working on this issue. Unfortunately, it is not complete yet.
See also this Super User question: Automatic Scene Detection
A: This is probably not a real answer (I do not have enough reputation to leave it as a comment on the question), but it gives a bit of information on why iMovie and other cheaper video editors split DV, but not super 8 and other analogue tapes.
DV formats encode the timestamp on the feed, and applications can read these timestamps and when a stop/start point is detected (missing time seconds) they split the video.
To split analogue formats, you must do image comparison, as you mention, detecting when the whole frame changes between frames. There are applications that do this, but I do not know of any that are in the lower price ranges.
A: Andrew is correct. With DV there is the timestamp that determines when a clip starts/stops. But bringing in an analog tape, when you bring it in, it just gets one long timestamp. There's no software i'm aware of that does it well. In the end, it would probably be faster to just split it up manually anyways. The software, if it existed, would have to analyze every frame of video, and then guess where the breaks are. It would probably guess wrong too often, and you would end up having to put together clips that were not meant to be broken apart..
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86719fece591a67d00d0ca40ea7c8162cb577d1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to "star" messages or mark them as important in iPad mail app? I would like to mark messages as "important" in the iPad mail app via my gmail account. The app can move messages to a new folder, so I can put them in Gmail's "starred" folder, but that moves it out of the current label. How can I "star" messages on the iPads email app?
A: Since the release of iOS 5, it it possible to flag messages using the "Mark" dropdown menu.
| Q: How to "star" messages or mark them as important in iPad mail app? I would like to mark messages as "important" in the iPad mail app via my gmail account. The app can move messages to a new folder, so I can put them in Gmail's "starred" folder, but that moves it out of the current label. How can I "star" messages on the iPads email app?
A: Since the release of iOS 5, it it possible to flag messages using the "Mark" dropdown menu.
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9ecd31655103f9bfc352b9c6165d4d7e97e780a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Blacking out a part of a PDF, or redaction of text What methods are there to blackout a part of a PDF?
I don't want to simply use Preview's annotation tools and then save the document, since then someone could open up the PDF and remove the annotation to reveal the part of the document which I'm trying to black out.
A: PDFPen has a redaction tool which works properly.
| Q: Blacking out a part of a PDF, or redaction of text What methods are there to blackout a part of a PDF?
I don't want to simply use Preview's annotation tools and then save the document, since then someone could open up the PDF and remove the annotation to reveal the part of the document which I'm trying to black out.
A: PDFPen has a redaction tool which works properly.
A: OK, so the only real solution is to redact a paper copy and then scan it back in!
All other methods mentioned here don't work properly.
Importing the image in to GIMP and editing it there doesn't work, as once the page is put back in to a PDF document, that page is no longer text searchable as the whole page is now seen as an image!
Skim just doesn't work for redacting text. Or maybe it's just completely unintuitive with no good help.
Most other methods leave the text accessible beneath the redacted 'white outs'.
I have given feedback to Apple about this (http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html)
A: I opened the PDF in preview, exported it as a jpg. Opened word/pages and pasted the jpg into the document and then used a rectangle box to blackout whatever I wanted to and then I exported it as a pdf.
A: If you want to leave it as a PDF, you really need to use the actual redaction tools in Adobe Acrobat, otherwise you are simply leaving yourself open to reversals.
https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/resources/how-to-redact-a-pdf.html
If you want to save the PDF as a graphics file, then any black box over the words should work.
A: A free solution, is to convert the PDF to an image, then save it as a PDF again. The only drawback is that the PDF will remove any OCR info it might have had.
Steps:
*
*Open the PDF file to redact in Preview.
*Black out text using any method you want (e.g. use the rectangle annotation tool with black as the color and choose the thickest border. Then draw the shape as many times as needed until your document is blacked out.)
*File > Save As, and choose an image format such as PNG or GIF.
*Open the saved image file, then File > Save As, and choose PDF.
A: If you are looking for a no-cost way in Preview.app
*
*File->Export (or save as)
*Export PDF to TIFF file format (it's a multipage image format)
*Open TIFF file
*Export TIFF to PDF file format
Maintains page structure, OCR will be lost.
A: Big Sur’s Preview now has a Tools / Redact menu item that specifically deletes the content being redacted when the document is closed. More information in Apple’s Preview guide:
https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/annotate-a-pdf-prvw11580/11.0/mac/11.0
A: ScanTango
Features include redaction.
Using a demo version today: the option to redact is greyed out, so I can't confirm its efficacy.
According to a 2008 post by Adam Greivell:
… the redaction tool worked pretty well. Actually, it even seemed to muck up the text in a live pdf document so you couldn’t copy what was under the redaction. … I can’t say how much I’d trust this feature with sensitive live text. I scanned all of my documents to PDF with no OCR before I did my redaction. Then, I printed to PDF to add one more layer of separation to make sure nobody could see what was behind the redactions.
A: I tried saving my image as an image in preview and this only works if your pdf is one page. If it's multiple pages, exporting as an image will only save the first page.
The solution I found was this (it's a bit tedious, but you can get through it pretty fast once you get the hang of it):
Open PDF in GIMP (free photo editor) as an image. Only open those pages that need redaction. When you open it as an image, it essentially flattens the pdf so you're no longer able to highlight and copy text.
Use tools in GIMP to black out text.
Then, file -> print. On the print screen, choose "Print Preview". This will bring up the pdf in Preview where you can export/save the file.
If you have more than once page, then you can choose the thumbnail view in Preview and drag/drop the pdfs onto one another to form a larger document that you can then print. This is what I do when I have to sign just a few pages of a large pdf document.
Hope this helps!
A: Open your PDF or image.
Use the line tool or whatever to make your redactions.
Then File>Print. Instead of printing to paper, save it as a PDF. Doing it this way causes the black lines or boxes to no longer be clickable. If you just "save as" a new PDF, the boxes remain able to be manipulated,
A: PDF Studio version 8 has a manual redaction tool built-in its content editing tool. It is real redaction that actually removes content. It can select text and images in the PDF document content and redact them.
PDF Studio version 9 (coming March 2014) will have a full fledged redaction feature where users can select an area on a document, and it will redact any images or text intersecting with this area.
PDF Studio works on Mac (including 10.9 Mavericks) but also Windows and Linux and the same license key can be used on 2 different computers with different OS.
http://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/
A: The subject of redation of PDF files seems to be a difficult subject concerning programming. As Acrobat Pro CD is much to expensive for me as a private non-profit user, I was looking for an alternativ. It took me rather long time to find a real good alternative to Acrobat Pro:
*
*PDF Studio PRO from Qoppa (http://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/): This tool really gives you virtually the whole functionality of Acrobat Pro. It is a solid part of software and according to my extensive tests the only tool that is really able to redact safely PDF files. Note that you need the PRO version, as the standard version lacks the ability of redaction.
I tried several other possibilities, which all don't work properly:
*
*Apple Preview: this application allows to visually hide parts of a pdf behind a box, but it is always possible to remove the box or copy / paste the text behind as the sensitive information is NOT removed from the file!
*PDF Pen: PDF Pen seems to be a nice tool and it offers a nice reaction functionality - seems to at least. Be careful about this tool: it messes up your PDFs completely as you redact. Therefore the functionality is limited to a files who are by chance compatible with this tool. Especially in PDFs with pictures (i.e. all scanned files) PDF Pen has big problems and messes up your file so it gets irreversibly unusable. My contact with the support never brought a solution so far over a time of several weeks.
*Nuance PDF Coneverter for Mac: I bougth this tool as it offers a redaction functionality. Unfortunately there is no trial version available, but the refunding worked fine without problems. As soon as I had the tool installed, I had to realise, that it was nothing else than PDF Pen under a different hood. Now you don't have to wonder, why PDF Pen is using the OCR engine of Nuance :-). For the record: PDF Pen = Nuance PDF Converter for Mac. Same errors while redacting as expected. Result: equally useless as PDF Pen.
As a simple summary I suggest you spend the $129 for PDF Studio PRO from Qoppa.
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30f2635096545d728770333c7ac07450a28e4d0f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I transfer video to iPad and password protect it? Is there a way to transfer videos to iPad but at the same time password protect it? Or password protect a folder so that only people with a password can go into that folder?
A: There are a lot of applications doing this job: VideoVault (1$), FolderLock (4$), and a free LockDown, but it requires your iPad to be jailbroken. Sorry, didn't found anything that would be free and, ehm, completely legal.
| Q: How do I transfer video to iPad and password protect it? Is there a way to transfer videos to iPad but at the same time password protect it? Or password protect a folder so that only people with a password can go into that folder?
A: There are a lot of applications doing this job: VideoVault (1$), FolderLock (4$), and a free LockDown, but it requires your iPad to be jailbroken. Sorry, didn't found anything that would be free and, ehm, completely legal.
A: You can transfer a video to Goodreader and store it in a password protected folder. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to gain access to it, but it seems fine for casual protection. GoodReader is free and is one of the "essential" apps for the iPad. Sounds like Goodreader is for "books" but it also works fine for Audio and Video.
Best way to transfer is via iTunes. Click on your iPad in the left navigation area in iTunes, pick the Apps tab, scroll down to the bottom and Click on Goodreader
A: New App Video Voltage is perfect for protecting videos:
Video Voltage is a secure way to store films and videos away from prying eyes. Upload videos from iTunes and move them to a vault of your choosing.
During fullscreen playback, a hide button is available to quickly return to the default vault.
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5d2ecf8d4e397bd1841970aba1708cac7bfe3c85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to set 'arrange by' for all the folders in the finder In finder, we can 'arrange by' for each folder separately, but how to set these settings for all folders.
NOTE: i have tried 'Use as defaults' in info dialog but of no use
A: *
*Go to a folder that should be arranged by Name.
*Open "View Options" with ⌘+J.
*Select "Arrange by Name".
*Select "Use as Defaults" to make it default to all folders.
| Q: how to set 'arrange by' for all the folders in the finder In finder, we can 'arrange by' for each folder separately, but how to set these settings for all folders.
NOTE: i have tried 'Use as defaults' in info dialog but of no use
A: *
*Go to a folder that should be arranged by Name.
*Open "View Options" with ⌘+J.
*Select "Arrange by Name".
*Select "Use as Defaults" to make it default to all folders.
A: To answer your first question, this isn't a script, but it is a procedure you can follow to make all Finder windows sorted by name. Open a Finder window. Select a regular folder; not a pseudo-folder (the Use as defaults button does not appear on Airdrop or Recents). Press Command-J. In the Sort By drop-down control, select Name. Click the Use as defaults button at the bottom of the window.
For the second, no, "sort by" sorts everything, including folders. If there are particular files or folders you want at the top of the list, you could start their name with a space, but don't do that to folders that applications or the system expect to have particular names. It does work for folders you create within your own Documents directory, however.
A: You can use TotalFinder to do this.
A: Unfortunately, I don't know of any scripts that can arrange all files in EVERY folder by name, or scripts to keep the folders at the top, but you can sort your files by type (extensions, alphabetically), and by name through right clicking (Control-click) in your folder (not selecting any specific file), and select Clean up by -> Kind or Name.
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8ac5349f13af8fe086738298cfee495b08781b4b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to enable "Focus follows Scrolling"? I tried out Focus follows mouse and found too many occasions when it really annoys me. Thinking about the cases when I would need focus follows mouse, I realized that it's only necessary when I'm scrolling in a non-active window.
So: Is there the possibility of having the focus switch to a window in that I scroll? Either via some setting or external application?
A: I find that many applications already behave this way. At least with a trackpad.
If I am working in this window, responding to your comment, and I hover over another Safari window, OR over my iTunes window, I can scroll without clicking on the other window.
My computer is not set to Focus follows mouse.
It may well be that some applications do not support this...
Do you have a specific set of apps in mind?
| Q: Is it possible to enable "Focus follows Scrolling"? I tried out Focus follows mouse and found too many occasions when it really annoys me. Thinking about the cases when I would need focus follows mouse, I realized that it's only necessary when I'm scrolling in a non-active window.
So: Is there the possibility of having the focus switch to a window in that I scroll? Either via some setting or external application?
A: I find that many applications already behave this way. At least with a trackpad.
If I am working in this window, responding to your comment, and I hover over another Safari window, OR over my iTunes window, I can scroll without clicking on the other window.
My computer is not set to Focus follows mouse.
It may well be that some applications do not support this...
Do you have a specific set of apps in mind?
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8593a442536e4e8d59ad087a106d531b48b5cbf3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using NFS between OSX and Ubuntu with mis-matched uids I have a fileserver running Ubuntu 10.04 I'd like to access via NFS from my Mac running 10.6.8. Problem is, while the usernames are the same, the uids are different.
Googling suggests that the past method of dealing with this was static uid mapping on the server end, but that seems to have been eliminated in NFSv4, which is the only version on 10.04 that I can find.
Is there any way to map the uids so I can get proper NFS read/write access? Or do I have to change the uid on one of the machines? If so, what's the best and most fool-proof way to go about it. I'm concerned about borking permissions all over the place.
A: Ultimately, the proper solution is to use a directory service (like NIS or LDAP) to provide consistent UID/GID mapping for all users. Of course, this is a very heavy solution for a smaller and/or home network.
The easiest thing to do is to simply make the UIDs/GIDs consistent on all the hosts involved.
| Q: Using NFS between OSX and Ubuntu with mis-matched uids I have a fileserver running Ubuntu 10.04 I'd like to access via NFS from my Mac running 10.6.8. Problem is, while the usernames are the same, the uids are different.
Googling suggests that the past method of dealing with this was static uid mapping on the server end, but that seems to have been eliminated in NFSv4, which is the only version on 10.04 that I can find.
Is there any way to map the uids so I can get proper NFS read/write access? Or do I have to change the uid on one of the machines? If so, what's the best and most fool-proof way to go about it. I'm concerned about borking permissions all over the place.
A: Ultimately, the proper solution is to use a directory service (like NIS or LDAP) to provide consistent UID/GID mapping for all users. Of course, this is a very heavy solution for a smaller and/or home network.
The easiest thing to do is to simply make the UIDs/GIDs consistent on all the hosts involved.
A: You should look into using map_static on the server, as per: http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/nfs-uidgid-mapping/2007/09/10/
Update It appears that map_static isn't supported in Ubuntu any more. Not sure what to replace it with - possibly NFSv4 exports with idmapd.conf?
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571b93f43cf3e22ece26262bef7ce45e2cbf2ed5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Quicktime now reopens last video. How to avoid? It seems to be a new behavior in Lion but here is what is happening for me:
*
*I open a video file
*Quicktime launches and play the video
*When I'm done, I hit CmdQ
Now, with Lion, when opening another video the same way, it opens but the previously opened one also...
To avoid this I have to do a CmdW before my CmdQ.
I suppose it's linked to the General System Preference Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps.
If so, is there a way to deactivate it for some of the apps and not globally (as I must admit it's quite handy in other applications)?
A: The NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows setting seems to work for me on QuickTimePlayer as well as with Preview. This undocumented setting seems to override any system wide preference.
*
*defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayer NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -int 0
For those that care - here is the syntax to set the same for Preview:
*
*defaults write com.apple.Preview NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -int 0
| Q: Quicktime now reopens last video. How to avoid? It seems to be a new behavior in Lion but here is what is happening for me:
*
*I open a video file
*Quicktime launches and play the video
*When I'm done, I hit CmdQ
Now, with Lion, when opening another video the same way, it opens but the previously opened one also...
To avoid this I have to do a CmdW before my CmdQ.
I suppose it's linked to the General System Preference Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps.
If so, is there a way to deactivate it for some of the apps and not globally (as I must admit it's quite handy in other applications)?
A: The NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows setting seems to work for me on QuickTimePlayer as well as with Preview. This undocumented setting seems to override any system wide preference.
*
*defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayer NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -int 0
For those that care - here is the syntax to set the same for Preview:
*
*defaults write com.apple.Preview NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -int 0
A: This is not so much an answer as a suggestion, but here goes: Try forgetting about Cmd-Q, at least for most things. Lion has support for the automatic termination of apps if resources become constrained. Most Apple-provided applications support this facility, and Quicktime is one of them. It will quietly go away if it has no windows open and OS X decides that it is in the way.
For an example of this technology in action, you might try keeping Preview running with no windows open – it can be a real challenge, for some folks it quits as soon as they switch away from it :-)
A: In Mountain Lion, which I believe it's also there in Lion, go to System Preferences, General, check the checkbox that reads "Close windows when quitting an application". The bottom of that option also explains the following: 'When selected, open documents and windows will not be restored when you re-open an application'.
It worked for me. Quicktime stopped reopening the last video played.
A: The shortcut CmdOptQ is for "Quit and Discard Windows" which will quit the app 'the old way', and not reopen the windows the next time it's launched. So if you only need to suppress this functionality some of the time, this is a good shortcut to know.
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755df3f2af3fd72b5fec42453243fe67fe067735 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I buy a spare power cable for a i5 Mac Mini? I don't see extra power cables for the i5 2011 Mac Mini in the Apple Store Accessory section.
But this power cable looks a lot like black ones I've seen that go between a power brick for a Lenovo laptop and the outlet. Is this the very same cable?
A: Provided it connects fine you should be ok. It uses a standard power plug with this design. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4806
Otherwise any sort of Apple Service Provider or http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/23-190
| Q: Where can I buy a spare power cable for a i5 Mac Mini? I don't see extra power cables for the i5 2011 Mac Mini in the Apple Store Accessory section.
But this power cable looks a lot like black ones I've seen that go between a power brick for a Lenovo laptop and the outlet. Is this the very same cable?
A: Provided it connects fine you should be ok. It uses a standard power plug with this design. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4806
Otherwise any sort of Apple Service Provider or http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/23-190
A: The Mac Mini uses the standard IEC 60320 C-7 female connector, take a look here for useful reference -
*
*(ref) http://www.qiao-pu.com/en/IEC-60320-C-7-ac-figure-8-connector-IEC-60320-IEC-C7-female-connector-figure-8-power-cords-99.html
*(pic) http://www.qiao-pu.com/upload/photo/75a07d8e4a1e664433f34a4dc63f83e9.jpg
C-7’s are common and available everywhere (e.g. Amazon, Target, Best Buy, etc.)
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aaa0cb3b1228d2a18372248b5bfa800a92315315 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: PC to Mac - Remote Desktop I want to connect to my mac remotely from my Windows PC. What good products are there available that you recommend checking out?
A: I've tried them all and RealVNC is the best by far. Anything else either lacks important functionality or lags miserably. I recommend you try them all though and decide for yourself; it really comes down to what level of remote control you're looking to have.
| Q: PC to Mac - Remote Desktop I want to connect to my mac remotely from my Windows PC. What good products are there available that you recommend checking out?
A: I've tried them all and RealVNC is the best by far. Anything else either lacks important functionality or lags miserably. I recommend you try them all though and decide for yourself; it really comes down to what level of remote control you're looking to have.
A: This is a full list I found on Wikipedia comparing remote desktop software.
A: VNC
Recent versions of Mac OS X include a VNC server built-in, analogous to Microsoft's Remote Desktop Server (included in Windows). This can be accessed via the System Preferences > Sharing > Apple Remote Desktop option.
There are various free VNC clients available for Windows, most notably RealVNC.
While there are other options, VNC benefits from being a very mature graphical remote-access protocol with official support from Apple and good-quality client programs.
A: For quick helpdesk applications I use Teamviewer (https://www.teamviewer.com/)
A: I highly recommend LogMeIn. It is the fastest remote access program to Mac I've tested.
A: I'm currently using TightVNC to do the same thing. Lately it has started randomly dropping my connections though. I can get them back easily enough, but it's very annoying. Started with the OS X 10.8.1 update so I'm not sure if it's TightVNC or OS X that's got the problem.
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24d01fcab2b0d942852d8017f6c62b88c474d76b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone? How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone, my OS is Windows 7 and I don't want to erase all content from setting.
I have iTunes installed on my PC.
I want to delete images and folder in my iPhone except "Camera Roll"
A: *
*Connect your device to iTunes, select it in the left navigation bar.
*In the main screen, select the Photos tab.
*Check "Sync Photos" and select only the albums you want to sync. It will remove any pics on your iPhone that are not in the folder(s) selected on your PC
| Q: How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone? How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone, my OS is Windows 7 and I don't want to erase all content from setting.
I have iTunes installed on my PC.
I want to delete images and folder in my iPhone except "Camera Roll"
A: *
*Connect your device to iTunes, select it in the left navigation bar.
*In the main screen, select the Photos tab.
*Check "Sync Photos" and select only the albums you want to sync. It will remove any pics on your iPhone that are not in the folder(s) selected on your PC
A: *
*Launch iTunes. You must be using the same account you originally used to sync the picture folders.
*Connect your iPhone to the computer with your USB cable.
*Click on "iPhone" under "Devices" in the menu on the left side of the page.
*Click on the "Photos" tab at the top of the page.
*Un-check the boxes beside any folders you wish to delete.
*Click on "Apply" at the bottom-right of the page. This will sync your iPhone.
A: There is a bug in iTunes or iOS. You have to select "Synch Photos" in iTunes, choose "Selected folders", and leave all folders unchecked, then synch, and choose "Remove" from the pop up dialog. For some reason, just unselecting "Sync Photos" will not delete the photos from your phone.
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dc8c56835d3689c8e7265f727309669e3b63a21f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable the Command-Control-D word definition keyboard shortcut in OS X Lion? Mac OS X Lion introduced a new feature where in many applications you can press (Command-Control-D) to produce a popup with the definition for the word under the mouse cursor. A side effect of this is that you can no longer use the same shortcut to access functionality in other applications (for example, Emacs).
Is it possible to either
a) disable the word definition Command-Control-D keyboard shortcut, or
b) change the word definition keyboard shortcut to something other than Command-Control-D?
A: Yes, through System Preferences, you can change and disable keyboard shortcuts. Go to System Prefs -> Keyboard -> and hit the tab Keyboard Shortcuts. Click the Services entry, and scroll down to the Searching set of shortcuts. Uncheck the lookup in dictionary to disable it, or double click the space to the right to change the shortcut.
| Q: How do I disable the Command-Control-D word definition keyboard shortcut in OS X Lion? Mac OS X Lion introduced a new feature where in many applications you can press (Command-Control-D) to produce a popup with the definition for the word under the mouse cursor. A side effect of this is that you can no longer use the same shortcut to access functionality in other applications (for example, Emacs).
Is it possible to either
a) disable the word definition Command-Control-D keyboard shortcut, or
b) change the word definition keyboard shortcut to something other than Command-Control-D?
A: Yes, through System Preferences, you can change and disable keyboard shortcuts. Go to System Prefs -> Keyboard -> and hit the tab Keyboard Shortcuts. Click the Services entry, and scroll down to the Searching set of shortcuts. Uncheck the lookup in dictionary to disable it, or double click the space to the right to change the shortcut.
A: To disable the Control-Command-D binding enter the following in the terminal:
defaults write com.apple.symbolichotkeys AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 70 '<dict><key>enabled</key><false/></dict>'
and restart.
A: In Lion specifically, System Preferences / Keyboard / Keyboard Shortcuts / Searching / Look Up in Dictionary will allow you to assign an additional shortcut keystroke to do a Dictionary lookup, but it won't disable Command-Control-D for other applications to use.
In Snow Leopard, the same Command-Control-D lookup is available, but it can be reassigned by the user.
I hope this is just seen as a bug to correct in an update rather than a new 'feature'. I'd grown accustomed to mapping that combination to other things in SL.
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92cf0a86db98b2db0b4d2b2724777ba2c2e80747 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Plugged in new iPhone - iTunes is now using a foreign language I just got a new iPhone. I plugged it into my computer (iTunes was already installed). After clicking through the registration windows, iTunes displayed the screen below to me.
Does anyone know how to get this back to English? (So far, I haven't been game to press either the white or the blue button)
I live in Australia.
A: A similar case to what you are experiencing can be found here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3303287?start=0&tstart=0
Pretty weird stuff, but apart from restarting the computer you can try purchasing a free app (I assume through iTunes on the computer), another suggestion that I have read resolved this was to unplug the iPhone and do a reset (hold down the home and lock buttons until the apple logo appears) and then plug it back in when prompted.
| Q: Plugged in new iPhone - iTunes is now using a foreign language I just got a new iPhone. I plugged it into my computer (iTunes was already installed). After clicking through the registration windows, iTunes displayed the screen below to me.
Does anyone know how to get this back to English? (So far, I haven't been game to press either the white or the blue button)
I live in Australia.
A: A similar case to what you are experiencing can be found here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3303287?start=0&tstart=0
Pretty weird stuff, but apart from restarting the computer you can try purchasing a free app (I assume through iTunes on the computer), another suggestion that I have read resolved this was to unplug the iPhone and do a reset (hold down the home and lock buttons until the apple logo appears) and then plug it back in when prompted.
A: Well, that looks like simplified Chinese. No idea though how you might have gotten there. Is it the first time your iTunes app behaves this way?
And I assume you are in North America... this would discard the idea that the interface is location-aware.
Maybe deinstalling and reinstalling iTunes? After having backed up your data of course... :-)
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552519067e48998ad3cd6a5ee5d1377c939417b8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you search a non-indexed folder in Finder? Is there any way to search a folder in Finder that hasn't been indexed? I have an external HDD that I don't need indexed, but when I am search for a file, it brings up no results because it isn't indexed.
A: Find Any File
is a good, inexpensive search utility that does not use Spotlight and will enable you to perform these kinds of searches.
| Q: How do you search a non-indexed folder in Finder? Is there any way to search a folder in Finder that hasn't been indexed? I have an external HDD that I don't need indexed, but when I am search for a file, it brings up no results because it isn't indexed.
A: Find Any File
is a good, inexpensive search utility that does not use Spotlight and will enable you to perform these kinds of searches.
A: You can't do it in Finder as it depends on Spotlight for it's search database, you can do it with one of the Finder replacements like Pathfinder.
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a61ab562e04a19aa1f97486fb877cdd984a77228 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Increase horizontal speed scroll on Logitech Mouse I have a Logitech Mouse with a horizontal-scroll-enabled scroll wheel (it tilts left and right to scroll left and right) the only problem is that the scroll speed is very very slow to a point it is not worth using.
The normal mouse settings do not appear to alter the scroll speed at all.
A: Download the Logitech Control Center here. It will allow you to change the settings.
| Q: Increase horizontal speed scroll on Logitech Mouse I have a Logitech Mouse with a horizontal-scroll-enabled scroll wheel (it tilts left and right to scroll left and right) the only problem is that the scroll speed is very very slow to a point it is not worth using.
The normal mouse settings do not appear to alter the scroll speed at all.
A: Download the Logitech Control Center here. It will allow you to change the settings.
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2adb403884fcfe4133feab6af9a6100b674f06b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enforce backup of an .ipa from iPad to iTunes/Mac? Usually, all the .ipas are backup up in the ~/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications folder. I accidentally deleted an .ipa in the folder. Now, after syncing, the app is on iPad but the .ipa is not backup in the Mobile Applications folder. How can I enforce the sync to backup all .ipas to the Mac again?
My iPad is not jailbreak. I want to restore the VLC app (.ipa deleted from Mac) from iPad and install on another new iPhone ...
A: File - Transfer purchases from "device" command in the iTunes menu is intended to move all apps as well as any other purchased content to an iTunes library that lacks those items.
| Q: How to enforce backup of an .ipa from iPad to iTunes/Mac? Usually, all the .ipas are backup up in the ~/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications folder. I accidentally deleted an .ipa in the folder. Now, after syncing, the app is on iPad but the .ipa is not backup in the Mobile Applications folder. How can I enforce the sync to backup all .ipas to the Mac again?
My iPad is not jailbreak. I want to restore the VLC app (.ipa deleted from Mac) from iPad and install on another new iPhone ...
A: File - Transfer purchases from "device" command in the iTunes menu is intended to move all apps as well as any other purchased content to an iTunes library that lacks those items.
A: Just download it again from iTunes, at no extra charge.
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989a88a6aa551a3ec4647cb1eaa468bfbeef0a91 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I check a video file has an alpha channel? I have a bunch of video files (FLV and MOV), some with alpha channels and some without.
How can I efficiently know the ones that have an alpha channel?
A: Exiftool should report all clips with alpha channels as 32 bit:
exiftool -bitdepth /path/to/your/movie.mov
You can of course specify wildcards when calling exiftool:
exiftool -bitdepth *.mov
Media Inspector may do this as well if you prefer a GUI app.
| Q: How can I check a video file has an alpha channel? I have a bunch of video files (FLV and MOV), some with alpha channels and some without.
How can I efficiently know the ones that have an alpha channel?
A: Exiftool should report all clips with alpha channels as 32 bit:
exiftool -bitdepth /path/to/your/movie.mov
You can of course specify wildcards when calling exiftool:
exiftool -bitdepth *.mov
Media Inspector may do this as well if you prefer a GUI app.
A: Another way is to use ffprobe. Here is an example adapted from this answer, to show it for every .mov file in the current directory:
for f in *.mov; do
pixfmt=$(ffprobe -v 0 -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=pix_fmt -of compact=p=0:nk=1 "$f")
alpha=$(ffprobe -v 0 -show_entries pixel_format=name:flags=alpha -of compact=p=0 | grep "$pixfmt|" | grep -oP "(?<=alpha=)\d")
if (( alpha )); then
echo "With alpha: $f"
else
echo "no : $f"
fi
done
See the original answer for details on how it works.
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93cd7aa3be5701004576bcbdf9bccdd28348af59 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I record video of the iPhone screen without jailbreaking the phone? Is it possible to record video of the iPhone screen, and if so how? I'm talking about video screen capturing, not using a camcorder or any app that requires jailbreaking my phone.
A: Don't overlook the power of running things in the iOS simulator. Xcode is free for Lion users. This is a very limited solution since you aren't really on the iPhone and you can't run app store apps, since its running computer versions of the apps, not the ones you download from iTunes.
Being a paid developer allows some extra flexibility in capturing the screen while tethered, but this might be an alternate.
Until this becomes a feature, you'll be stuck with this and the other options you have ruled out - a real camera or jail breaking to modify the code and get a dump of the screen.
| Q: How can I record video of the iPhone screen without jailbreaking the phone? Is it possible to record video of the iPhone screen, and if so how? I'm talking about video screen capturing, not using a camcorder or any app that requires jailbreaking my phone.
A: Don't overlook the power of running things in the iOS simulator. Xcode is free for Lion users. This is a very limited solution since you aren't really on the iPhone and you can't run app store apps, since its running computer versions of the apps, not the ones you download from iTunes.
Being a paid developer allows some extra flexibility in capturing the screen while tethered, but this might be an alternate.
Until this becomes a feature, you'll be stuck with this and the other options you have ruled out - a real camera or jail breaking to modify the code and get a dump of the screen.
A: If you have an iPhone 4S or iPad 2 you can use mirroring to an Apple TV, then connect the Apple TV to something that can capture its output. No jailbreaking required.
A: As a previous commenter mentioned, video output is an option.
This appears to be available on the newer iOS devices (when loaded with iOS 4.x and later).
Check out this article from Apple about video out for iOS devices. You'll need a VGA adaptor for your device. You'd then be able to feed the video signal into another device that can record the signal.
So, you don't necessarily need to jailbreak to do this.
A: If you have a iPhone 4S or iPad 2, you could use the dock to digital video adapter into a video capture card.
The downside to this is the expense of purchasing extra hardware.
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dda01a16e404a5b2709b74d3fb815227ce7ed8c2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to make Windows-style SMB share paths launch correctly? We have a mixed Windows/Mac network, with Windows fileservers, and an Exchange/Outlook mailsystem.
The Windows users send out emails with links to the shared files that look like:
\\FileServer01\topfolder\subfolder\shared.doc
If you right-click on the link in Mac Outlook 2010, it seems to have a pseudo-URL of:
file://///FileServer01/topfolder/subfolder/shared.doc
Mac Outlook 2010 makes that link clickable, but fails with an error:
The file ///FileServer01/topfolder/subfolder/shared.doc could not be found.
Given that we're not going to be able to get people to stop copy-pasting in Mac-unfriendly SMB links, is there any way to get the Finder or some handler to rewrite the URL into something the Mac can open?
A: I'm in a similar position at work, with a mixed environment. We use WinShortcutter, which is freeware. The allows you to right-click on a UNC path (such as \\FileServer01\topfolder\subfolder\shared.doc) and Open as Windows Link:
It's quite configurable as well, and allows drive mappings (so when you are sent a link that starts S:/folder, it will allow you to Open as Windows Link).
This works quite reliably for us.
| Q: Is there a way to make Windows-style SMB share paths launch correctly? We have a mixed Windows/Mac network, with Windows fileservers, and an Exchange/Outlook mailsystem.
The Windows users send out emails with links to the shared files that look like:
\\FileServer01\topfolder\subfolder\shared.doc
If you right-click on the link in Mac Outlook 2010, it seems to have a pseudo-URL of:
file://///FileServer01/topfolder/subfolder/shared.doc
Mac Outlook 2010 makes that link clickable, but fails with an error:
The file ///FileServer01/topfolder/subfolder/shared.doc could not be found.
Given that we're not going to be able to get people to stop copy-pasting in Mac-unfriendly SMB links, is there any way to get the Finder or some handler to rewrite the URL into something the Mac can open?
A: I'm in a similar position at work, with a mixed environment. We use WinShortcutter, which is freeware. The allows you to right-click on a UNC path (such as \\FileServer01\topfolder\subfolder\shared.doc) and Open as Windows Link:
It's quite configurable as well, and allows drive mappings (so when you are sent a link that starts S:/folder, it will allow you to Open as Windows Link).
This works quite reliably for us.
A: I came across the similar problem at work and we found a 3rd party app for this:
linkconverter
it works pretty well, especially rightclicking on a file on an UNC Drive the pathname is directly in the clipboard and you get the windows path instantly.
A: Short answer: no. Long answer: Maybe, if Outlook support plugins or something. Macs will refer to a Samba server share as smb://Server/Share/Subfolder/File.ext. What you could do - copy the link, minus the junk at the beginning, so that you have something like this in your clipboard - "FileServer01/topfolder/subfolder/shared.doc".
Switch to finder, hit cmd+k, paste, move to the beginning of the line and type smb://, hit enter. It will drop down to the last folder before the "shared.doc".
Not elegant, not pretty, but it works. And for now it may just be your only option, sorry.
A: In recent (Mojave 10.14 - Catalina 10.15) versions of macOS Finder, you can easily get a copy of the network volume path:
Edit->Copy as Link with control & option ^⌥⌘-C puts a link akin to the following example into the clipboard:
smb://someserver/Share%20on%20some%20server/file.ext
A: In 10.8 there is functionality to do this built-in... so in a sense your wishes have been granted provided you can migrate to the newer operating systems. I can imaging the support for this will only get better with 10.9.
A: I was using 10.8 and have been sending links from my pc to our mac user as such---
smb://video/videoshare/folder/
Originally I was sending them
\\video\videoshare\folder\ --- This would still work, they would have to perform a right click then select open url and it would open the location.
Now we are on 10.9.3 and the ablilty to open a samba network link in outlook 2010 seems to have vanished without a trace. I send it the way I have been for mac users and now they can't click on the link to open. They have to do a right click and then open url and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
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e49a92d4ea4db2ba9d3db5b3c96d27e4466d500f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone Mail displays the wrong number of drafts I recently cleaned up my email drafts folder. I had 62 messages, and now I have only 6 email drafts saved.
My iPhone, however, still shows a count of 62! Only the 6 that really exist are available, but the count is still off.
How can I force the phone to re-count the number of drafts?
A: Try opening the Drafts folder; that will start synchronizing the folder with what's in your Gmail folder.
I've noticed this happening for some of the Gmail folders on iPhone. As long as you don't access them, they don't all update.
| Q: iPhone Mail displays the wrong number of drafts I recently cleaned up my email drafts folder. I had 62 messages, and now I have only 6 email drafts saved.
My iPhone, however, still shows a count of 62! Only the 6 that really exist are available, but the count is still off.
How can I force the phone to re-count the number of drafts?
A: Try opening the Drafts folder; that will start synchronizing the folder with what's in your Gmail folder.
I've noticed this happening for some of the Gmail folders on iPhone. As long as you don't access them, they don't all update.
A: I used the iPhone to create a new, 7th junk Draft. That action corrected the count.
A: I thought it might be a synchronization setting. But the phone is and has been set correctly to store drafts on the server, and not on the phone.
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cd4c31fb1e1c1295486b19f484c96607c96f40c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to place Dictionary definitions higher up in spotlight results I used to use spotlight fairly frequently to quickly look up words in a dictionary. With Lion, I've noticed that my dictionary results have dropped down much lower in the list of results:
I'd like to bump up the priority of these results so they show up near the top of the list. However, looking at the system Spotlight preferences in Lion, I don't see an obvious way to do this:
How can I make Dictionary.app results show up higher in the list of Spotlight results?
A: In 10.8+, you can open Spotlight, type in the word to look up, and press ⌘L to jump to the definition within Spotlight. Pressing ⌘D instead of ⌘L opens the definition of the typed word in the Dictionary.app.
| Q: How to place Dictionary definitions higher up in spotlight results I used to use spotlight fairly frequently to quickly look up words in a dictionary. With Lion, I've noticed that my dictionary results have dropped down much lower in the list of results:
I'd like to bump up the priority of these results so they show up near the top of the list. However, looking at the system Spotlight preferences in Lion, I don't see an obvious way to do this:
How can I make Dictionary.app results show up higher in the list of Spotlight results?
A: In 10.8+, you can open Spotlight, type in the word to look up, and press ⌘L to jump to the definition within Spotlight. Pressing ⌘D instead of ⌘L opens the definition of the typed word in the Dictionary.app.
A: Finally, I found a hack! I wrote a blog post about this which you can find here (in Chinese).
These are the key steps:
*
*Open the file with Xcode:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
If you do not have this file, change the order System Preferences → Spotlight which will cause the OS to create it.
*Within the orderedItems node, add a Dictionary item as follows:
*Save the .plist file.
*Open System Preferences → Spotlight, you will find a blank entry, this is what we had added above. You can drag it like other entries to change the order as you like.
*You are done! Now type a word in spotlight and see what happened.
A: After a bit of searching, I don’t have a direct answer to your question. But I have a couple of possible fixes:
*
*Find your Dictionary in the Applications folder. Drop it in the dock. Highlight a word in whatever application you are working in, and drag and drop it into the Dictionary icon in the dock.
*Google makes the "Google Quick Search Box" (QSB) which is a lot like QuickSilver and LaunchBar (more like Quicksilver of the two). I think for your purpose, QSB is the best option. Google will give you Dictionary results quite readily based on some criteria. I found that if the definition was not immediately available, I could invoke it more explicitly by typing the word whose definition I am seeking followed by ‘definition’.
Here is a little more information about those ‘quick launch’ applications. Google’s QSB is free, quite capable, clean in appearance, but is a little sluggish. … LaunchBar is faster, pretty powerful, not as ‘pretty’, and costs around USD 25-40. Quicksilver has been discontinued, and the developer has recommended that users switch to LaunchBar.
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5823082058174564688e58f5622252973b33e835 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make some space on iPad? Is there a way to delete music, podcast or iTunes-U to make some space available (to take more pictures for instance) without a computer ?
A: You can delete videos from the Videos app by tapping and holding on the thumbnail, then pressing the red X that appears in the corner (just like deleting apps from your home screen).
To delete audio podcasts, find them in the Music app, swipe your finger across the name of the podcast (or episode) and press the delete button. (The same way you would with emails.)
| Q: How to make some space on iPad? Is there a way to delete music, podcast or iTunes-U to make some space available (to take more pictures for instance) without a computer ?
A: You can delete videos from the Videos app by tapping and holding on the thumbnail, then pressing the red X that appears in the corner (just like deleting apps from your home screen).
To delete audio podcasts, find them in the Music app, swipe your finger across the name of the podcast (or episode) and press the delete button. (The same way you would with emails.)
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1e069b509cbcc2c9e0fcc9259d2d68c36f3c0325 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't delete old Time Machine backups I changed hard drives for my Time Machine backup. I can't delete the backups on the older hard drive. I get an error code after I use "Move to Trash": -8072. It spends 45min deleting some 1,000,000+ files to end in error -8072. A google search didn't turn up the reason for the error.
Also, for some reason creating a backup on this hard drive locked all my other folders and subfolders. I can unlock them one at a time but this will take a while. Is there a faster way?
A: On Lion, you can use tmutil to clean things up properly.
To delete backups one by one (snapshot by snapshot).
sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/mac_name/YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss
If you are sure you have selected the correct path, you can delete all backups from that one Mac by not passing in the time and letting it delete the entire folder:
sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/mac_name
The sudo command needs your password (and it won't echo to the screen, so just type it and pause to be sure you're dating the correct files before pressing enter).
| Q: Can't delete old Time Machine backups I changed hard drives for my Time Machine backup. I can't delete the backups on the older hard drive. I get an error code after I use "Move to Trash": -8072. It spends 45min deleting some 1,000,000+ files to end in error -8072. A google search didn't turn up the reason for the error.
Also, for some reason creating a backup on this hard drive locked all my other folders and subfolders. I can unlock them one at a time but this will take a while. Is there a faster way?
A: On Lion, you can use tmutil to clean things up properly.
To delete backups one by one (snapshot by snapshot).
sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/mac_name/YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss
If you are sure you have selected the correct path, you can delete all backups from that one Mac by not passing in the time and letting it delete the entire folder:
sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/drive_name/Backups.backupdb/mac_name
The sudo command needs your password (and it won't echo to the screen, so just type it and pause to be sure you're dating the correct files before pressing enter).
A: The Time Machine backup format is not designed to let you use the Trash. If you are sure you don't need your old backups, you should
1) Erase and reformat the drive in Disk Utility
2) Go to your Time Machine Preferences, click on Select Disk..., and select the disk again, instructing the Time Machine preferences to take control of the disk and create a new Time Machine backup.
Others have pointed out to me that you can store additional files of your own on your Time Machine volume if you like. But what you should not do is use the Finder to try to delete anything in the Backups.backupdb directory, or to move any files into those directories.
A: I used Path Finder, the alternative Finder app. I connected my mac directly to my Time Capsule via Ethernet (faster than wifi). Then in Path Finder, I selected the Time Machine disk, selected the sparsebundle, and then chose "Delete" from the Commands menu. It took about 10 minutes to delete a sparsebundle that was about 250GB.
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f4496a7c719f70e5b3055d9090a79adb9559f3ae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there any Lion optimized text editors with VIM keybindings? I am looking for a text editor with support for Lion's new features - specifically autosave, versions, and full-screen support.
I would also really like to be able to use VIM keybindings, either standard, or as an option. Does this combination exist?
A: Check Sublime Text 2, it is still in beta and they have adding full-screen support in Lion but not others you mentioned. And you can use Vim key-binding too.
MacVim is also working on some of the Lion refinements (the ones that are included have some rough edges) - it's certainly not stable since it's being fixed as the days go by, but as an open-source program, you can see the bugs/defects and know when the features you care are shipped or have issues.
| Q: Are there any Lion optimized text editors with VIM keybindings? I am looking for a text editor with support for Lion's new features - specifically autosave, versions, and full-screen support.
I would also really like to be able to use VIM keybindings, either standard, or as an option. Does this combination exist?
A: Check Sublime Text 2, it is still in beta and they have adding full-screen support in Lion but not others you mentioned. And you can use Vim key-binding too.
MacVim is also working on some of the Lion refinements (the ones that are included have some rough edges) - it's certainly not stable since it's being fixed as the days go by, but as an open-source program, you can see the bugs/defects and know when the features you care are shipped or have issues.
A: Chocolat is a Textmate style editor (like Sublime still in Development) that has all the Lion features.
Also vim mode was added in the latest version.
Personally I find Sublime's completion a lot better tho.
A: I can't believe no-one mentioned Vico. It's a relatively new code editor sold on the App Store that uses vi keybindings and is scriptable using Nu.
It doesn't support auto-save or Versions but does support Lion's full screen and Resume.
A: Xcode 4 does allow you to take advantage of all the new Lion features at the expense of native vi/vim key commands. Mac text entry is more emacs like than vi like, but there are plenty of good articles that explain how to customize the key bindings to make Xcode more vi like.
I find when I need heavy vi lifting, I drop into terminal and get the job done, but spend more and more time in Xcode due to the nature of the code I'm crafting.
A: MacVim? It has lion support (the full screen). Is there a problem with that?
I think autosave & versions is not in the spec for vim :( so an alternative would be needed.
A: I'm fairly sure there isn't anything (could be wrong, VIM makes my eyes glaze over), but that's probably best followed with a yet. A lot of devs seem to be scrambling to get updated with the new Lion calls.
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0919127d1f498be3921cd3b19670ebba82ed3b7b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to provide a sort order to an mdfind query? In trying to get a list of all music files from a particular album using mdfind I see that the files aren't necessarily returned in any order. I'd prefer album/track order if possible, but can't find a way to provide the sort order on the command line. The current invocation is something like:
mdfind -onlyin "$MUSICROOT" -literal "$MDQUERY"
where:
$MUSICROOT is ~/Music/iTunes
$MDQUERY is "kMDItemContentTypeTree == 'public.audio' && kMDItemAlbum == '*$1*'c"
Ideally I'd want to add something like the following to the query:
ORDER BY kMDItemAlbum, kMDItemAudioTrackNumber
A: I used the following shell function to provide the sort:
function sort_file()
{
TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/sortable.XXXXXX` || exit 1
export MDLS="mdls -raw -name kMDItemAlbum -name kMDItemAudioTrackNumber"
export TR="tr \"\0\" \"\;\""
awk '{system( "$MDLS \"" $0 "\" | $TR" ); print "\;"$0; }' $1 > $TMPFILE
sort -t\; -k 2n -k 1f $TMPFILE | awk -F";" '{ print $3; }' > $1
}
META NOTE: I would have put this in a comment in the above answer, but couldn't get it to format correctly.
| Q: Is there a way to provide a sort order to an mdfind query? In trying to get a list of all music files from a particular album using mdfind I see that the files aren't necessarily returned in any order. I'd prefer album/track order if possible, but can't find a way to provide the sort order on the command line. The current invocation is something like:
mdfind -onlyin "$MUSICROOT" -literal "$MDQUERY"
where:
$MUSICROOT is ~/Music/iTunes
$MDQUERY is "kMDItemContentTypeTree == 'public.audio' && kMDItemAlbum == '*$1*'c"
Ideally I'd want to add something like the following to the query:
ORDER BY kMDItemAlbum, kMDItemAudioTrackNumber
A: I used the following shell function to provide the sort:
function sort_file()
{
TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/sortable.XXXXXX` || exit 1
export MDLS="mdls -raw -name kMDItemAlbum -name kMDItemAudioTrackNumber"
export TR="tr \"\0\" \"\;\""
awk '{system( "$MDLS \"" $0 "\" | $TR" ); print "\;"$0; }' $1 > $TMPFILE
sort -t\; -k 2n -k 1f $TMPFILE | awk -F";" '{ print $3; }' > $1
}
META NOTE: I would have put this in a comment in the above answer, but couldn't get it to format correctly.
A: At the risk of stating the obvious, 'sort'.
e.g. mdfind -onlyin "$MUSICROOT" -literal "$MDQUERY" | sort
will sort the output alphabetically, giving you Artist, Title, Track.
(it won't do the cool iTunes trick of ignoring 'The').
The sort command has lots of options, including sorting on particular fields if you want more control.
Edit: The below shell script function will provide the desired sort in the specific case mentioned:
function sort_file()
{
TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/sortable.XXXXXX` || exit 1
export MDLS="mdls -raw -name kMDItemAlbum -name kMDItemAudioTrackNumber"
export TR="tr \"\0\" \"\;\""
awk '{system( "$MDLS \"" $0 "\" | $TR" ); print "\;"$0; }' $1 > $TMPFILE
sort -t\; -k 2n -k 1f $TMPFILE | awk -F";" '{ print $3; }' > $1
}
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0a43d5b38be546e1bb183b009c9ef61b4af08383 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lightweight Audio Waveform Viewer I'm doing a large amount of music library updating and de-duplicating and evaluating, and I would like a piece of software that would allow me to quickly be able to view a waveform of a selected audio file.
I currently use Fission for editing, but it loads slower than I would like, and I have no need for the actual editing aspect of the software. Additionally, Garageband is antagonistically slow and too hard to examine the waveform like I would like.
Is there software, or maybe something like a QuickLook plugin, that would allow me to select an audio file, and quickly get a rendered version of the waveform data within the file?
Loudness levels labels are appreciated, but not required.
A: It's not a Quick Look plugin, but Sound Studio it is fairly lightweight, and displays the waveform:
However, I'm afraid I don't think you'll find the waveform itself to be particularly useful for determining duplicate songs.
| Q: Lightweight Audio Waveform Viewer I'm doing a large amount of music library updating and de-duplicating and evaluating, and I would like a piece of software that would allow me to quickly be able to view a waveform of a selected audio file.
I currently use Fission for editing, but it loads slower than I would like, and I have no need for the actual editing aspect of the software. Additionally, Garageband is antagonistically slow and too hard to examine the waveform like I would like.
Is there software, or maybe something like a QuickLook plugin, that would allow me to select an audio file, and quickly get a rendered version of the waveform data within the file?
Loudness levels labels are appreciated, but not required.
A: It's not a Quick Look plugin, but Sound Studio it is fairly lightweight, and displays the waveform:
However, I'm afraid I don't think you'll find the waveform itself to be particularly useful for determining duplicate songs.
A: Try Audacity. It doesn't seem to heavyweight for just waveform viewing.
A: I have tried two options:
https://github.com/seagirl/QLWaveForm/releases/tag/v1.0 << that worked
https://github.com/ideoforms/qlspectrogram << Doesn't work on catalina
A: Checkout Snapper 2 from Audio Ease:
http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Snapper/SnapperMain.html#
I was looking for the same thing but this is the only all-in-one, finder level waveform viewer I could find.
A: The 'lightest' app I've found to see a waveform is Nulloy
http://nulloy.com/
But I wish there were a Quick Look plugin.
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3468a394cbcd7a43c2dbd9f9c515f5fde7468ecc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Playing the same music on multiple computers I have multiple Macs in my house. I'm looking for a way to play the same music simultaneously from both Macs. Each is connected to a speaker set, so I don't need bluetooth audio or anything fancy.
A: There are certainly multiple ways to accomplish this, but what I figured out is the simplest free approach I know of: use SoundFlower (a free download from Cycling 74) to pipe your system audio to iChat, and use iChat to send the audio to another computer.
In your System Preferences go to Sound and set SoundFlower as both Input and Output. Note that this will make your system sound not go through your speakers, so to turn that back on also run SoundFlowerbed (the front end that comes with SoundFlower) and set SoundFlower's output to the speakers.
Now launch iChat and go to Preferences. In the Video/Audio preferences you can set what input to use; it'll probably be defaulting to your microphone but you can set that to SoundFlower. Now when you do a voice chat with someone else they will hear your computer's audio.
| Q: Playing the same music on multiple computers I have multiple Macs in my house. I'm looking for a way to play the same music simultaneously from both Macs. Each is connected to a speaker set, so I don't need bluetooth audio or anything fancy.
A: There are certainly multiple ways to accomplish this, but what I figured out is the simplest free approach I know of: use SoundFlower (a free download from Cycling 74) to pipe your system audio to iChat, and use iChat to send the audio to another computer.
In your System Preferences go to Sound and set SoundFlower as both Input and Output. Note that this will make your system sound not go through your speakers, so to turn that back on also run SoundFlowerbed (the front end that comes with SoundFlower) and set SoundFlower's output to the speakers.
Now launch iChat and go to Preferences. In the Video/Audio preferences you can set what input to use; it'll probably be defaulting to your microphone but you can set that to SoundFlower. Now when you do a voice chat with someone else they will hear your computer's audio.
A: Airfoil does exactly what you ask. The author charges $25 for more than 10 minutes of music (I know you said free would be good). A list of alternatives to Airfoil exists, but i cant vouch for any other software.
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6d32f2cd1c236d51855bee4f2aca28a0a2dc19bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Move full screen apps? Is it possible to move full screen apps in Mission Control to be at the beginning, (before space #1)?
A: I think the sequence depends on how frequent you use the Desktop and the full app.
| Q: Move full screen apps? Is it possible to move full screen apps in Mission Control to be at the beginning, (before space #1)?
A: I think the sequence depends on how frequent you use the Desktop and the full app.
A: No, you can't. The only way to achieve some kind of manual ordering is disabling the "Automatically rearrange" option in the Mission Control prefpane, and switching all your apps to fullscreen in the correct order from left to right (new spaces get added to the right).
That said, you won't be able to move anything left of the first desktop space.
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b782c17f1517bc565ca19baba2cdee994ea7974e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are certain videos blocked by Youtube on the iPhone or is this a technical issue? When I search for any major label band on my iPhone 4 almost none of the official video clips are available.
I can always find the equivalent clip on DailyMotion.
I used to be able to find more results on the "classic" version of Youtube, but Youtube now always redirects to the mobile version. This started sometime in the past couple of months.
Say for example any of MGMTs official or VEVO videos or Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People. These can all be found and watched on a desktop browser, but can't be found anywhere on my iPhone.
Is there some licensing issue?
A: There is a syndication setting that you choose when you upload a video to youtube in the video settings page under Broadcasting and Sharing Options that allows it to be played on mobile devices or not.
| Q: Are certain videos blocked by Youtube on the iPhone or is this a technical issue? When I search for any major label band on my iPhone 4 almost none of the official video clips are available.
I can always find the equivalent clip on DailyMotion.
I used to be able to find more results on the "classic" version of Youtube, but Youtube now always redirects to the mobile version. This started sometime in the past couple of months.
Say for example any of MGMTs official or VEVO videos or Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People. These can all be found and watched on a desktop browser, but can't be found anywhere on my iPhone.
Is there some licensing issue?
A: There is a syndication setting that you choose when you upload a video to youtube in the video settings page under Broadcasting and Sharing Options that allows it to be played on mobile devices or not.
A: Without knowing for certain I imagine it's because they want you to watch them on your computer, in Flash, so they can add in the advertising. Used to be you could disable Flash and Youtube would redirect to a HTML5 viewer but they've cut it down to the very bare minimum, so it doesn't seem like much of a leap for them to do it on mobile devices.
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68390717c11bd889f798e941af4ff24e3e98ba57 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iChat + facebook disconnection Previously in SL I had chax to make sure iChat was always signed in.
Now on Lion I constantly find that iChat is disconnected from Facebook chat (jabber).
Does anyone have a clever idea to keep it connected?
A: Facebook will actively terminate your connection if you log-in from any other client like the Facebook web, or your mobile phone.
Even with just one client logged in, you should expect Facebook to close the connection anyway. This happens with everything I've tried, libpurple based clients (Admium, Pidgin on Linux...) gets disconnected now and then. Those clients do silently reconnect. For iChat, as you suggested, chax can accept the dialog for you.
IMHO, It seems to me that Facebook is still struggling to make their chat service stable.
EDIT:
IF you want to reconnect without using chad, you can edit your crontab (using crontab -e) and add:
*/5 * * * * osascript -e ‘tell application “System Events” to if (processes whose name is “Messages”) exists then tell application “Messages” to log in’
This will make sure iChat stays connected, telling it to reconnect every five minutes.
| Q: iChat + facebook disconnection Previously in SL I had chax to make sure iChat was always signed in.
Now on Lion I constantly find that iChat is disconnected from Facebook chat (jabber).
Does anyone have a clever idea to keep it connected?
A: Facebook will actively terminate your connection if you log-in from any other client like the Facebook web, or your mobile phone.
Even with just one client logged in, you should expect Facebook to close the connection anyway. This happens with everything I've tried, libpurple based clients (Admium, Pidgin on Linux...) gets disconnected now and then. Those clients do silently reconnect. For iChat, as you suggested, chax can accept the dialog for you.
IMHO, It seems to me that Facebook is still struggling to make their chat service stable.
EDIT:
IF you want to reconnect without using chad, you can edit your crontab (using crontab -e) and add:
*/5 * * * * osascript -e ‘tell application “System Events” to if (processes whose name is “Messages”) exists then tell application “Messages” to log in’
This will make sure iChat stays connected, telling it to reconnect every five minutes.
A: Don't know about keeping it alive, but I use this AppleScript to tell iChat to go online:
tell application "iChat" to set status to available
You could trigger that with Automator (or a dozen other ways) every hour or however often "constantly" is ...
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d9db673ec545089b13aa66c710f1ee0cfe953556 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the difference between thunderbolt and displayport iMacs when used as monitors? Somewhat confused by the Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort compatibility rules, and the apple store people were unhelpful, so I ask here (maybe I should ask here first :) Hopefully we can come to a complete compatibility matrix.
I have a 27" iMac from December 2010 ("old imac") and another 27" iMac ("new imac") from July 2011. The first is MDP and the second is TB. I also have a MBP from July 2010 (which is MDP) and a MBA from August 2011. I would like to make a unified setup.
What devices can be used as monitors for other devices? For example, I know that I can use an MDP cable to connect the MBP to the old imac.
A: The following options will work for you:
*
*old iMac as a display for MBP, MBA and new iMac. Use a mDP cable.
*new iMac as a display for MBA. Use a TB cable.
| Q: What is the difference between thunderbolt and displayport iMacs when used as monitors? Somewhat confused by the Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort compatibility rules, and the apple store people were unhelpful, so I ask here (maybe I should ask here first :) Hopefully we can come to a complete compatibility matrix.
I have a 27" iMac from December 2010 ("old imac") and another 27" iMac ("new imac") from July 2011. The first is MDP and the second is TB. I also have a MBP from July 2010 (which is MDP) and a MBA from August 2011. I would like to make a unified setup.
What devices can be used as monitors for other devices? For example, I know that I can use an MDP cable to connect the MBP to the old imac.
A: The following options will work for you:
*
*old iMac as a display for MBP, MBA and new iMac. Use a mDP cable.
*new iMac as a display for MBA. Use a TB cable.
A: From what I understand, the devices need to have the same connector technology, i.e. a Mini DisplayPort device will talk to another one, and a Thunderbolt device will talk to another one, but you can't cross connector technologies—no Mini DisplayPort on one side, Thunderbolt on the other.
A: The matrix is simple - matched icons on the ports is a winning combination.
Video in requires matching cable and port on the sending mac. (If all don't match, it won't work.)
Display mirroring (where an iMac can receive video input) only works thunderbolt to thunderbolt or displayport to displayport
The backwards compatibility between the formats only works when a displayport monitor is connected to a thunderbolt mac.
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a39c4ec941b41c50a667eef8fc8dab32e5c869df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get syntax highlighting of source code files within Quick Look back in Lion? Source code files viewed using Quick Look on Snow Leopard had syntax highlighting. Unfortunately the syntax highlighting has disappeared on OS X Lion. Is there a way to get it back?
A: I don't think Snow Leopard did that by default, you most likely had a QuickLook plugin installed, such as qlcolorcode or colorqc2. You can simply install this again in Lion.
| Q: How do I get syntax highlighting of source code files within Quick Look back in Lion? Source code files viewed using Quick Look on Snow Leopard had syntax highlighting. Unfortunately the syntax highlighting has disappeared on OS X Lion. Is there a way to get it back?
A: I don't think Snow Leopard did that by default, you most likely had a QuickLook plugin installed, such as qlcolorcode or colorqc2. You can simply install this again in Lion.
A: Actually, Xcode 3.x included a Quicklook plugin for source codes. With the intruduction of Xcode 4.x, such plugin has disappeared.
I have personallly tried to use qlcolorcode and colorqc2 on Lion, but both are not stable/reliable enough (slow response, sometimes missing quicklook). An updated version of the plugins would be welcome.
A: The Xcode 3 plugin was found at /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook/SourceCode.qlgenerator
Unfortunately I don't think this can be made to work now. :(
A: Guys you can do this procedure bellow:
To fix this, open a new Terminal window and enter these commands to open vim’s configuration file:
$ cd /usr/share/vim
$ sudo vim vimrc
Press the i key to switch vim to Insertion Mode, then enter these lines below the set backspace=2 line:
set ai " auto indenting
set history=100 " keep 100 lines of history
set ruler " show the cursor position
syntax on " syntax highlighting
set hlsearch " highlight the last searched term
filetype plugin on " use the file type plugins
" When editing a file, always jump to the last cursor position
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if ! exists("g:leave_my_cursor_position_alone") |
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line ("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal g'\"" |
\ endif |
\ endif
Press the ⎋ esc key to take vim out of Insertion Mode, then press : (colon) followed by x to save the file and exit.
It worked for me thanks.
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5fab9a5d1311d76b88b2086e50660b6a98b251e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad as a wireless webcam Can I use my iPad as a wireless webcam for my PC? I think the solution would be an app streaming the video captured by the iPad's camera from the iPad to the PC where another app would decode it, emulating a local webcam like ManyCam does (ManyCam could very well be part of the solution to this problem). Kinda like Air Video but reversed. I haven't been able to figure out how to do it; has anyone else figured it out?
Thanks!
A: How about PocketCam? It's only 5 dollars, and it does the job-even optimized for iPad. Never used it before, but it sounds useful.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocketcam/id316512204?mt=8
| Q: iPad as a wireless webcam Can I use my iPad as a wireless webcam for my PC? I think the solution would be an app streaming the video captured by the iPad's camera from the iPad to the PC where another app would decode it, emulating a local webcam like ManyCam does (ManyCam could very well be part of the solution to this problem). Kinda like Air Video but reversed. I haven't been able to figure out how to do it; has anyone else figured it out?
Thanks!
A: How about PocketCam? It's only 5 dollars, and it does the job-even optimized for iPad. Never used it before, but it sounds useful.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocketcam/id316512204?mt=8
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10f8db26d4f657bbd94c804837e9438e72695222 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 'Show Desktop' Mission Control/Expose Not Functioning I have recently upgraded to OS X Lion. I have mapped the keys via Mission Control preFpane as follows: F9 is 'Mission Control', F10 is 'Show Desktop'. F11 is 'Application Windows'
F9 and F11 works as intended. F10 seems to not do anything.
I thought it might be the keys themselves so I mapped the keys as: F9 'Show Desktop', F10 'Mission Control' and F11 'Application Windows'.
In this case only F10 and F11 keys worked; This small test gives me the impression that it is the Exposé 'Show Desktop' function itself is the part that is malfunctioning.
Does anybody have any further insight to this bug?
EDIT
You can view a recording of the problem here:
http://www.screencast.com/t/oDVMhBqkb
NOTE
This problem was tested initially on my external keyboard, the problem does persist on the internal macbook keyboard. Those '4 finger swipe' works, as does the 'Cmd + Expose(f3)' keyboard shortcut work.
A: Restart Dock, of which Mission Control is a child process. In terminal, run:
killall Dock
| Q: 'Show Desktop' Mission Control/Expose Not Functioning I have recently upgraded to OS X Lion. I have mapped the keys via Mission Control preFpane as follows: F9 is 'Mission Control', F10 is 'Show Desktop'. F11 is 'Application Windows'
F9 and F11 works as intended. F10 seems to not do anything.
I thought it might be the keys themselves so I mapped the keys as: F9 'Show Desktop', F10 'Mission Control' and F11 'Application Windows'.
In this case only F10 and F11 keys worked; This small test gives me the impression that it is the Exposé 'Show Desktop' function itself is the part that is malfunctioning.
Does anybody have any further insight to this bug?
EDIT
You can view a recording of the problem here:
http://www.screencast.com/t/oDVMhBqkb
NOTE
This problem was tested initially on my external keyboard, the problem does persist on the internal macbook keyboard. Those '4 finger swipe' works, as does the 'Cmd + Expose(f3)' keyboard shortcut work.
A: Restart Dock, of which Mission Control is a child process. In terminal, run:
killall Dock
A: I've solved this by deleting following plist files in ~/Library/Preferences. By default, they are hidden. Warning! Your Dock will revert to default state. Shortcuts and everything else will remain.
com.apple.dashboard.plist
com.apple.dashboard.plist.lockfile
com.apple.desktop.plist
com.apple.desktop.plist.lockfile
com.apple.dock.plist
com.apple.dock.plist.lockfile
com.apple.dock.3A51CCF9-CDE4-5F17-8CFB-FF648B8A6CDF (or similar)
com.apple.dock.3A51CCF9-CDE4-5F17-8CFB-FF648B8A6CDF.plist.lockfile
At my system (fresh 10.7.2 installation), this affected only Function keys (F1 row). I still could set Show desktop to Modifier keys or Mouse buttons.
A: I recently used MLpostfactor to upgrade my 2007 MacBook to Mountain Lion 10.8.3 from 10.7.5. Since this is officially unsupported, I had a few glitches. The most annoying was that Mission Control would display, but showed NO spaces and would not allow any to be added. Deleting the preference files in the answer fixed my problem. Mission Control now works completely. This is the only reference I have located on deleting the Mission Control preferences.
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7e84c4c5f7fd9c11b8028e7e6feb5f945e988675 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I use my iPad as a graphics tablet? I have an iPad and would like to use it as a graphics tablet for recording video tutorials on my computer.
What software should I use to allow the iPad to be an input device to control my PC directly? I want to be able to draw on my computer via the iPad. It would work like the Bamboo Pen Tablet like the one in the "graphics tablet" link.
A: The answer to your question is Avatron's AirPad software. http://avatron.com/apps/air-display I've just downloaded the Windows version and so far it seems stable enough, though I'm sure the Mac version is even more solid, since the Windows version appears to be relatively new.
That having been said, it's pretty impressive and does exactly what you want to do EXCEPT of course, there's no touch sensitivity, and there will always be a bit of lag (heck, Graphic tablets have lag too, believe it, but just a lot less).
Check it out!
| Q: How can I use my iPad as a graphics tablet? I have an iPad and would like to use it as a graphics tablet for recording video tutorials on my computer.
What software should I use to allow the iPad to be an input device to control my PC directly? I want to be able to draw on my computer via the iPad. It would work like the Bamboo Pen Tablet like the one in the "graphics tablet" link.
A: The answer to your question is Avatron's AirPad software. http://avatron.com/apps/air-display I've just downloaded the Windows version and so far it seems stable enough, though I'm sure the Mac version is even more solid, since the Windows version appears to be relatively new.
That having been said, it's pretty impressive and does exactly what you want to do EXCEPT of course, there's no touch sensitivity, and there will always be a bit of lag (heck, Graphic tablets have lag too, believe it, but just a lot less).
Check it out!
A: An iPad doesn't offer the same capabilities as a Wacom graphics tablet. At best--Eazel excepted--you'll only be able to control the cursor on the mac or pc. There are many of those types of programs for the iPad in iTunes from the free touch mouse (iPhone only) to iTeleport (iPad, US$25).
Graphics tablets aren't that expensive, especially compared to an iPad. The cheapest Wacom tablet in the USA goes for $200 or so. Ask someone you know to give you one for your birthday or appropriate holiday. If you know enough people, you might even be able to find one for free. I gave away my old Wacom Graphire last year when I bought a new Intuos. Ebay shows used Graphires for a variety of prices; make sure used tablets include the pen and mouse.
I also have made video tutorials using a graphics tablet and Photoshop. I have not settled on which video capture software to use. There are too many for me recommend one.
A: If you have Photoshop CS5, check out Eazel.
A: Extra late post, but it might be useful for anyone searching this subsequently.
Astropad is the app you need if you are using a Mac desktop, it is excellent.
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d3fb81f09b586066cc417710e504c53b32375dda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Secondary display with VGA connection resolution issue with Macbook Pro under Snow Leopard I am on a MBP Early 2011, running Snow Leopard and am facing a strange issue. If I boot up my system and try to connect to my external display using the MDP->VGA adapter, System Settings won't show the correct resolution for the secondary display. I can see 1440x1050 and 1600x1200, and even if I hit Detect Displays, nothing will change.
What is my workaround? Connect using MDP->DVI adapter, which will identify the correct resolution of the display (1680x1050), and then fall back to the VGA Adapter to surprisingly see the native resolution of my display listed!!
Do you guys know what is going on here? Thank you in advance.
A: Either the VGA cable you are using (or DVI-VGA adaptor, if you're using that) isn't correctly wired for EDID monitor identification, or the monitor itself is sending incorrect EDID information.
Try another VGA cable (or DVI-VGA adaptor, if you're using one) and see if that resolves the problem. If not, it's likely that your monitor doesn't implement EDID over the VGA connector correctly.
| Q: Secondary display with VGA connection resolution issue with Macbook Pro under Snow Leopard I am on a MBP Early 2011, running Snow Leopard and am facing a strange issue. If I boot up my system and try to connect to my external display using the MDP->VGA adapter, System Settings won't show the correct resolution for the secondary display. I can see 1440x1050 and 1600x1200, and even if I hit Detect Displays, nothing will change.
What is my workaround? Connect using MDP->DVI adapter, which will identify the correct resolution of the display (1680x1050), and then fall back to the VGA Adapter to surprisingly see the native resolution of my display listed!!
Do you guys know what is going on here? Thank you in advance.
A: Either the VGA cable you are using (or DVI-VGA adaptor, if you're using that) isn't correctly wired for EDID monitor identification, or the monitor itself is sending incorrect EDID information.
Try another VGA cable (or DVI-VGA adaptor, if you're using one) and see if that resolves the problem. If not, it's likely that your monitor doesn't implement EDID over the VGA connector correctly.
A: I had this issue with a MBP Retina mid 2012 as I often plug and unplug my laptop from my workstation. The simple solution is to unplug the VGA adaptor from your Mac and the cable and try again. That has worked for me 90% of the time ;)
A: I had the exact same issue, it's to do with OS X not getting a confirmation from the monitor of it's correct resolution and picking random defaults. Your workaround is pretty much the best way to go, or you can try SwitchResX and try a virtual solution.
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fbf1b1368151fb7fd06e575ee68eda7b7516aae4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Changing Airdrop Folder I have changed the location of many other applications to save files to a custom folder instead of ~/Downloads.
Is there a way to change the default Airdrop location from the Downloads folder to something else?
A: I work for a school district and just had to do this. The teacher receives student iMovie files for review, and I need to move this automatically from the Downloads folder to something else.
*
*Create the folder you want files moved to.
*I went into Automator (Applications folder) and created a new "Folder Action."
*At the top where it says "Folder Action receives files and folders added to" choose your Downloads folder.
*In Library (far left) choose Files and Folders, then Filter Finder Items. Drag this to the workflow area to the right. In my case, I added two criteria. Kind is movie, and File extension contains m4v.
*Below "Filter Finder Items" drag Move Finder Items from the left side, and choose the new folder location.
That's it. When someone airdrops a file that meets the criteria you set up, it should automatically move to the specified folder. Hope this helps someone!
| Q: Changing Airdrop Folder I have changed the location of many other applications to save files to a custom folder instead of ~/Downloads.
Is there a way to change the default Airdrop location from the Downloads folder to something else?
A: I work for a school district and just had to do this. The teacher receives student iMovie files for review, and I need to move this automatically from the Downloads folder to something else.
*
*Create the folder you want files moved to.
*I went into Automator (Applications folder) and created a new "Folder Action."
*At the top where it says "Folder Action receives files and folders added to" choose your Downloads folder.
*In Library (far left) choose Files and Folders, then Filter Finder Items. Drag this to the workflow area to the right. In my case, I added two criteria. Kind is movie, and File extension contains m4v.
*Below "Filter Finder Items" drag Move Finder Items from the left side, and choose the new folder location.
That's it. When someone airdrops a file that meets the criteria you set up, it should automatically move to the specified folder. Hope this helps someone!
A: Not easily, but you could enable Folder Actions on the Downloads folder before entering AirDrop and achieve the same effect on a more manual and case by case basis.
In practice it might be easier to change the other programs like Mail and Safari to not use the same default Downloads folder that AirDrop does have hard coded as the save point.
A: I am using Mark Lilbacks's Automator action (see his answer from June 2016), and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's the perfect solution.
https://github.com/mlilback/QuarantineAutomatorAction
Have created a dedicated Airdrops folder with a custom icon, which always goes to the bottom of my Download stack (set to Fan mode) when a new arrival appears.
Just DL the v0.1 Release, install the Action in Automator (with usual permissions - and caveats) and create a workflow. Works perfectly under High Sierra, though I can't comment on later OSs. Thanks Mark
(Newly registered here so can't comment or upvote yet)
A: I wanted to change the default folder, but there does not appear to be a builtin way to do it. Therefore, I wrote an automator action that can be used in a folder action on your downloads folder. For example, I have one set to move any airdropped files to my Desktop. There is a binary for download at my Github repository
A: This is not a direct answer to your question (which has already been sufficiently addressed), but it could be a workaround for some people who need a quick fix.
I noticed that immediately after receiving an AirDrop download, all of the newly received files are selected for you. This means you can simply right-click on them and choose New Folder with Selection. You will then have all the items you just received, neatly organized in one place.
It just requires a bit of patience, waiting for the items to be transferred, and not clicking on any other items in Finder during the process (so as not to risk deselecting the ones you want to group together).
I know it's not the same as changing the default download location, but it's good to be aware of, just the same - especially since we don't always receive files on computers we have full permissions on. It's equally handy when transferring files to someone else too, if you instruct them to do this, or do it for them.
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74ddf25b1b779de4edf499cebe26365ef508e761 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Looking for a good SSH apps for iPhone I have been using a free SSH app on my phone for a little while but stopped because using VIM mostly broke it. Now after some updates I seems to have a limited number of key strokes before it expires. So now seems like a good time to shop around.
There are the requirements:
*
*Can emulate color
*Can run VIM, though being able to run EMACS would be cool too.
*It does not have to be free.
*it must run on a non jail broken phone.
What is everyone else using? What do you suggest?
A: I like iSSH. It's been around a long time and is a high quality emulator. It's usable on an iPhone screen and quite nice on an iPad screen. It even has a workaround for using the Control key on an external Bluetooth keyboard. I also tried Prompt right when it was released and found it not as solid, although it's had a lot of improvements since then.
| Q: Looking for a good SSH apps for iPhone I have been using a free SSH app on my phone for a little while but stopped because using VIM mostly broke it. Now after some updates I seems to have a limited number of key strokes before it expires. So now seems like a good time to shop around.
There are the requirements:
*
*Can emulate color
*Can run VIM, though being able to run EMACS would be cool too.
*It does not have to be free.
*it must run on a non jail broken phone.
What is everyone else using? What do you suggest?
A: I like iSSH. It's been around a long time and is a high quality emulator. It's usable on an iPhone screen and quite nice on an iPad screen. It even has a workaround for using the Control key on an external Bluetooth keyboard. I also tried Prompt right when it was released and found it not as solid, although it's had a lot of improvements since then.
A: Being the fanboy that I am, I completely admit that I am absolutely in love with Prompt (by Panic). It's already come a long way since it's initial release, and here's a few wonderful features;
*
*It's not cluttered. They provided an app that offers what you need out of an SSH client and added a few bonuses that make it so much more worthwhile.
*Command, and parameter, auto-completion. (Oh my god this is amazing.)
*Public/Private key authentication support. Well documented, and also quite improved in recent versions with regard to how to load the actual key.
*Leveraging the amount of free space in the meta key bar, you can assign 4 "favorite special character keys", so pick the ones you use most often so you rarely have to hit the 123 keyboard key, or worse, the #+= key. I currently have /\.- chosen.
Prompt is $8 (universal app!) on the iTunes App Store.
A: Try Server Auditor. It's the best terminal for using Emacs from your iPhone. It allows to do C-x C-s without pain. It's also available on Google Play.
A: I've been using Panic's Prompt. It does color, SSH keys (including PEMs, if you've got a need to work with EC2), runs Vim and Emacs just fine, and most definitely works beautifully on a non-jailbroken phone. The soft keyboard also provides convenient access to escape, tab, and other keys that you need frequently when you're working with a terminal. Properly configured, Prompt also provides superb auto-complete that actually makes using a terminal on an iPhone palatable. Alternatively, Prompt works great with a Bluetooth keyboard--a combination that has proved excellent when I'm on the road and something goes wrong with a server.
Plus, Prompt is a universal app, so if you've got an iPad, you can use the bigger screen when you've got it, and still rely on the iPhone's size when you don't.
My only complaint is that Prompt can be a bit slow. I'm not sure how much of that is Prompt's fault, and how much of that is my cell phone's network not being quite up-to-snuff. But the slowness hasn't honestly
A: Panic's Prompt is noticeably much slower than iSSH. If that doesn't bother you, it's a nice, simple SSH terminal app.
A: Theres a new one called RapidSSH that is pretty good
*
*Supports SSH Agent and Agent Forwarding
*Really easy and comprehensive key management
*Supports multi-session and has good cut and paste slide out
*Integrates with Dropbox so you can get big lumps of text into, and log files out of the app really easily.
Also has loads of other features which I dont really use, but as OP requested- it runs vIM, does ANSI colour, emacs is not that good, isn't free but very cheap and runs on non-jailbroken phones fine.
A: try xCute - a new and existing SSH app for iPad / iPhone
Quotation from xCute web page:
Sending commands to a server can be as simple as sending a text
message to a friend.
Remote SSH asynchronous execution.
Results displayed back.
Persistent host details.
User defined sets for keyword colouring output.
Scripts for one touch execution.
iCloud on demand synchronisation.
Global or on a per user/server secure connections.
The application is available in English, Spanish and French
Extremely easy to use, just type a command or chose from your own list of scripts, and hit send.
Changing server is also extremely easy.
I like the colouring output, one can distinguish easily between commands and output, and can selectively colour words in the output which help my presentations which I can email with all that formatting.
A: My experience with iSSH is that it has quite a lot of ui bugs. Input disappearing behind the keyboard and such. Also the ui is not really ios standard.. It has got me searching for alternatives a few times. (Why I'm here)
Other than that, good client. Also does VNC quite good.
A: Why not try ssh term pro? It best in many case than above apps
A: vSSH - advanced ssh and telnet client for iPhone and iPad. In addition to standard iOS ssh client functions (background work, port forwarding, key forwarding, unicode and pseudographics support, sessions logging) has the following unique features:
*
*Touch screen gestures (configurable, simulates arrow Pg Up/Down and other key combination)
*Extended keyboard (configurable, F1-F20, Ctrl, Alt, Ins, Pg Up/Down and other keys)
*Full-featured external (bluetooth) keyboard support (including modifier keys)
*iCloud sync between all iOS devices as well as OS X app version
*Macros support (you shell scripts as menu items for quick access)
Free lite (with Ad) version is available.
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ae4fa4448bd93e8b8957551caf7aece9883cdb3c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to bypass a proxy when the proxy settings are set to Auto Proxy Config? I've set up Automatic Proxy Configuration (PAC) in OSX Snow Leopard to point to a URL. I've also filled out the "Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains" box because I want to skip the proxy for certain sites. (I'm using pow which as far as I understand, works by creating a local mini dns server.)
If I use Apple's Web Proxy/Secure Web Proxy, it'll use my settings for bypassing the proxy, but apparently not for PAC. Any way to make this work?
A: Just ran into this as well and it doesn't seem to apply the "bypass" sites when using the auto proxy settings. I suppose that is the intended behavior, otherwise it wouldn't be very "automatic".
I just entered the proxy settings manually and it worked for me.
| Q: Is it possible to bypass a proxy when the proxy settings are set to Auto Proxy Config? I've set up Automatic Proxy Configuration (PAC) in OSX Snow Leopard to point to a URL. I've also filled out the "Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains" box because I want to skip the proxy for certain sites. (I'm using pow which as far as I understand, works by creating a local mini dns server.)
If I use Apple's Web Proxy/Secure Web Proxy, it'll use my settings for bypassing the proxy, but apparently not for PAC. Any way to make this work?
A: Just ran into this as well and it doesn't seem to apply the "bypass" sites when using the auto proxy settings. I suppose that is the intended behavior, otherwise it wouldn't be very "automatic".
I just entered the proxy settings manually and it worked for me.
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773dc92d94fdcdece46cb08540e1b509b806680f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: exporting numbers 09 to excel with photos in spreadsheet When I export my numbers spreadsheet with photos in the column the photos do not transfer when I import it into excel. How can I do this?
A: There are two ways that an image can exist in Numbers.app, to my knowledge:
*
*Within a cell (in a table) - here, the cell has an "Image Fill";
*"On top of" the table.
Excel doesn't support option 1.
If you drag an image file into a Numbers spreadsheet, you'll get option 1: the image will be inserted within a cell.
Instead, in Numbers, use the Insert > Choose… menu and select the image file. You'll then get option 2, which is correctly exported to .xls format in my limited testing.
| Q: exporting numbers 09 to excel with photos in spreadsheet When I export my numbers spreadsheet with photos in the column the photos do not transfer when I import it into excel. How can I do this?
A: There are two ways that an image can exist in Numbers.app, to my knowledge:
*
*Within a cell (in a table) - here, the cell has an "Image Fill";
*"On top of" the table.
Excel doesn't support option 1.
If you drag an image file into a Numbers spreadsheet, you'll get option 1: the image will be inserted within a cell.
Instead, in Numbers, use the Insert > Choose… menu and select the image file. You'll then get option 2, which is correctly exported to .xls format in my limited testing.
A: I exported to PDF, and then use the "Export to Excel" function in the Adobe Acrobat app to convert the PDF back into Excel. It preserved the image fill nicely.
Note that Adobe Acrobat is a paid app that's part of the Adobe Suite subscriptions.
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d53dd243750a3ff1d7bd6927d74d4051eb555f7c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I add a wireless printer? This seems pretty easy in Windows 7, but I am unsure of how I can do this on Mac OS X. I have a Wireless printer connected to my router via Wireless, and now I want to use it with my Mac. How can I connect to the wireless printer with my Mac? I am using OS X Lion and am on a MacBook Pro.
A: If the wireless printer has joined the network, OS X should see it listed as a nearby printer. From the Print & Scan pane in System Preferences, click the Plus (+) button in the lower left, and it should show up in the popup menu.
If it doesn't, select "Add Other Printer or Scanner…" In the resulting window, the "Default" Tab will show all local Bonjour printers, as well as any connected directly via USB. If you know the local IP of the printer you want to add, you can enter this in the IP tab.
| Q: How do I add a wireless printer? This seems pretty easy in Windows 7, but I am unsure of how I can do this on Mac OS X. I have a Wireless printer connected to my router via Wireless, and now I want to use it with my Mac. How can I connect to the wireless printer with my Mac? I am using OS X Lion and am on a MacBook Pro.
A: If the wireless printer has joined the network, OS X should see it listed as a nearby printer. From the Print & Scan pane in System Preferences, click the Plus (+) button in the lower left, and it should show up in the popup menu.
If it doesn't, select "Add Other Printer or Scanner…" In the resulting window, the "Default" Tab will show all local Bonjour printers, as well as any connected directly via USB. If you know the local IP of the printer you want to add, you can enter this in the IP tab.
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04f0b9ecdf7d498693ed452fdcc260e9f7a941c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an alternative App to Mail on iPad? I'm looking for another app than Mail on my iPad. I have searched the appStore without success.
Is there not other emailers on iPad ?
A: A solution would be to use Gmail web app and add it to the dashboard.
The iPad web interface is pretty nice, I believe it works offline, too. One of the main problem is that there's no new mail notification.
| Q: Is there an alternative App to Mail on iPad? I'm looking for another app than Mail on my iPad. I have searched the appStore without success.
Is there not other emailers on iPad ?
A: A solution would be to use Gmail web app and add it to the dashboard.
The iPad web interface is pretty nice, I believe it works offline, too. One of the main problem is that there's no new mail notification.
A: If you are using Gmail then have a look at:
*
*Inbox2
*Mailing Desk
Inbox2 even lets you integrate your conversations from other webapps (twitter, facebook, linkdin), if that is something relevant for you.
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75ee614c10d96cae3d0264547683a12814525371 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to capture a screen shot of all spaces Regularly I use more than 4 spaces in my Macbook Pro ( lion/10.7.1 ).
Can I get a screenshot of all spaces at one time ?
A: screencapture ~/Desktop/1.png
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to key code 124 using control down' # ctrl-right
sleep 0.5
screencapture ~/Desktop/2.png
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to key code 123 using control down' # ctrl-left
# montage ~/Desktop/1.png ~/Desktop/2.png -tile 2x1 -geometry +2+2 ~/Desktop/`date '+%y%m%d%H%M%S'`.png
montage comes with ImageMagick.
| Q: How to capture a screen shot of all spaces Regularly I use more than 4 spaces in my Macbook Pro ( lion/10.7.1 ).
Can I get a screenshot of all spaces at one time ?
A: screencapture ~/Desktop/1.png
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to key code 124 using control down' # ctrl-right
sleep 0.5
screencapture ~/Desktop/2.png
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to key code 123 using control down' # ctrl-left
# montage ~/Desktop/1.png ~/Desktop/2.png -tile 2x1 -geometry +2+2 ~/Desktop/`date '+%y%m%d%H%M%S'`.png
montage comes with ImageMagick.
A: If you can get all Desktops to completely show on one screen, then yes. That will be a trick that will make you famous. 8-)
I suspect the only such screenshot you can get of all spaces at once is to capture when using Mission Control.
You could cobble together a screenshot by combining the individual shots in Preview, or stitch them together with a photo app, and then taking a picture of the result.
A: I don't think so, but you can click F3, view all the desktops in the mission control, and then use Command-Shift-4 to capture that screenshot.
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35192c7946d182b951cc182dfa8be67194725f11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change the mouse wheel scrolling acceleration I am new Mac user and I don't really like the Magic Mouse so I reverted to a good old 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel.
When I turn the wheel slowly, it only scrolls pixel per pixel (or per two pixels)
If I turn the wheel more quickly, it scrolls nearly line by line. There is a kind of scroll wheel acceleration where the amount scrolled for each wheel step depends on the rotation speed of the wheel.
This behavior is not present in Windows where you always scroll a few lines per wheel step.
Is there a way to disable this behaviour or to tweak it in Mac OS X Lion?
A: There is now a free program called DiscreteScroll - https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/262329/221420 - it will make it so that one mouse wheel tick scrolls 3 lines.
| Q: Change the mouse wheel scrolling acceleration I am new Mac user and I don't really like the Magic Mouse so I reverted to a good old 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel.
When I turn the wheel slowly, it only scrolls pixel per pixel (or per two pixels)
If I turn the wheel more quickly, it scrolls nearly line by line. There is a kind of scroll wheel acceleration where the amount scrolled for each wheel step depends on the rotation speed of the wheel.
This behavior is not present in Windows where you always scroll a few lines per wheel step.
Is there a way to disable this behaviour or to tweak it in Mac OS X Lion?
A: There is now a free program called DiscreteScroll - https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/262329/221420 - it will make it so that one mouse wheel tick scrolls 3 lines.
A: https://mousefix.org/ -- Try this, I was facing the same issue. Sometimes wanted to use trackpad and a normal mouse together. It has a setting "Invert Direction" too. I am sure you will not go anywhere else after using this.
I am on mac Mojave 10.14.6. Its FREE!
A: If you have logitech mouse then you can try installing Logitech Control Center for Macintosh® OS X http://www.logitech.com/en-us/support/3129?section=downloads&bit=&osid=35
A: The application found here fixes the issue:
https://github.com/davekeck/DisableExtremeScrollAcceleration
A: Hope you're still reading - I highly recommend one of the third party mouse managers like SteerMouse or USB Overdrive or ControllerMate.
I found the arch of the Magic Mouse just too low and went back to the old reliable Logitech MX Revolution, but I will never install Logitech software again without an excellent reason. These packages will let you configure all of the buttons and SteerMouse (haven't verified for the other two) will definitely let you specify linear or accelerated wheel scrolling with variable degree of acceleration.
A: After many years of frustration with macOS & wheel mice, I've developed Smooze.
Disabling the scroll acceleration and setting the number of lines you want to move on each tick are free features.
Smooze website
A: USB Overdrive changes the default scrolling behavior so that single ticks of a scroll wheel scroll in larger increments.
It also has an option to for example make a single tick always scroll a single line. It also supports changing the tracking (but not scrolling) acceleration, like SmoothMouse or MouseAcceleration.prefPane.
A: SmoothMouse donationware works great for me on OS X El Capitan 10.11.3
A: You can use this the Mouse acceleration Prefpane, download it free here:
http://triq.net/articles/mouse-acceleration-preference-pane-mac-os-x
A: System Preferences---Mouse
There you can speed up the scrolling speed.
Tracking Speed relates to how fast the mouse moves across the screen.
Good Luck!
A: SmoothScroll for Mac fixes this problem (you can disable acceleration or give your own parameters). Even better it makes scrolling animated between wheel ticks so you get a smooth experience.
By paying for it you ensure that there's somebody out there who cares about the mouse scrolling experience on Macs.
(disclaimer: I am the developer)
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b8786f315aa0277f0fe924e50727907383d3817b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Set default printer for each location Is there a way I can set a different default printer for each network location?
A: Sidekick will let you do this.
Highly recommended.
("Disclaimer:" I was a beta tester for the new version, but also a paying customer. Otherwise un-affiliated with them.)
| Q: Set default printer for each location Is there a way I can set a different default printer for each network location?
A: Sidekick will let you do this.
Highly recommended.
("Disclaimer:" I was a beta tester for the new version, but also a paying customer. Otherwise un-affiliated with them.)
A: I'm noticing (as I travel from office to office with my new MacBook Air) that OS is automatically choosing the appropriate printer as I switch locations. Is this new in Mountain Lion? I like it!
A: I'm using Control Plane. It's a rewrite of Marco Polo.
It can change the default printer based on your location or other rules. You can also write your own rules, if you want/need.
A: Try using Marco Polo (available here). It has some flexible rule matching to detect which network you are connected to and then fire off some actions. One of the actions is to set the default printer.
Sadly, it currently looks unsupported. The WiFi network input doesn't work under Snow Leopard or Lion. You might still be able to get other inputs to discriminate among locations, however.
A: LocationX used to be able to do this, it hasn't been updated in a long time though so no idea whether it'll work on 10.6 or 10.7.
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e1a9c4f79abe626f87c0de20dd2008c5c8d9b3c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delaying spotlight indexing to avoid the fan noise I am attending a meeting in a quiet room where everyone has a soft voice, and my mac decides to index for spotlight (the job is 'mds'), bringing the fan to 6200rpm. It's not too bad, just a bit distracting.
How do I tell mds that this is not the right time to do its job? Killing it to delay it could mean that it would choose to start a minute later.
Please note that this is not a case of initial indexing. I don't know (and I don't really care) why mds has a tendency to spend a lot of time not only after inserting a USB flash drive that the machine has not seen in a while, but also after removing that flash drive.
A: To turn off Spotlight indexing for all mounted volumes:
sudo mdutil -a -i off
See the mdutil man page for other options.
| Q: Delaying spotlight indexing to avoid the fan noise I am attending a meeting in a quiet room where everyone has a soft voice, and my mac decides to index for spotlight (the job is 'mds'), bringing the fan to 6200rpm. It's not too bad, just a bit distracting.
How do I tell mds that this is not the right time to do its job? Killing it to delay it could mean that it would choose to start a minute later.
Please note that this is not a case of initial indexing. I don't know (and I don't really care) why mds has a tendency to spend a lot of time not only after inserting a USB flash drive that the machine has not seen in a while, but also after removing that flash drive.
A: To turn off Spotlight indexing for all mounted volumes:
sudo mdutil -a -i off
See the mdutil man page for other options.
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c8ee82ae2d05c9db766c97833075a81d7fa9aa63 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to open .CSV file with Microsoft Excel? I was told that I could open a .CSV file with Excel. However, my Microsoft Excel refuses to recognize the file.
I have tried my different ways to open it in Excel but the program didn't give me a choice to click the file open.
I am using Mac 10.4 and the Excel version is Microsoft Excel X for Mac.
A: Assuming you have a valid/consistent CSV file, create a new workbook and then choose File -> Import. The first option on the list is "CSV file":
| Q: How to open .CSV file with Microsoft Excel? I was told that I could open a .CSV file with Excel. However, my Microsoft Excel refuses to recognize the file.
I have tried my different ways to open it in Excel but the program didn't give me a choice to click the file open.
I am using Mac 10.4 and the Excel version is Microsoft Excel X for Mac.
A: Assuming you have a valid/consistent CSV file, create a new workbook and then choose File -> Import. The first option on the list is "CSV file":
A: Here's a way to force any app to open any document :
*
*Make sure your Dock is visible.
*Select your .csv file in the Finder
*Grab it with your mouse and move it over the Excel icon in the Dock. Do not release the mouse button.
*Hold the Command and the Alt key on your keyboard
*Release the mouse button.
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