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2183c36c86878cb1cc7079b5aa588a90a9c594e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: My Mac Pro boots into recovery mode every time it boots up My Mac Pro boots into recovery mode every time it boots up. I have to select the start-up disk when in recovery mode.
How can I make so it starts up in Mac Os X Lion every time without it going into recovery mode?
A: The startup disk system preference is the usual method to set this. As the setting is written to NVRAM, you could also just reset that and the mac should prefer the OS over the Recovery HD
If you can't select the Mac OS X, re-run the lion installer.
| Q: My Mac Pro boots into recovery mode every time it boots up My Mac Pro boots into recovery mode every time it boots up. I have to select the start-up disk when in recovery mode.
How can I make so it starts up in Mac Os X Lion every time without it going into recovery mode?
A: The startup disk system preference is the usual method to set this. As the setting is written to NVRAM, you could also just reset that and the mac should prefer the OS over the Recovery HD
If you can't select the Mac OS X, re-run the lion installer.
A: I had the same problem. Resetting NVRAM didn't solve the problem for me and my MacBook Pro late 2011 still booted to macOS Sierra Recovery. However, from there, I chose the boot device: from the upper-left menu, I selected my hard disk. After that I restarted and it started correctly.
A: Once the recovery mode started, just click on in the menu and choose restart.
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18488f05cd7b021f638c3368bac8c3dd2ed05a91 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPod touch sync problem - play counts An example situation:
Let's say I have a song on my iPod (in iTunes Devices > iPod > Music) and it shows a play count of, let's say 16. I disconnect my iPod, play the song, then connect it again and check the play count again. I would expect it to be, of course, 17. However the play count almost doubles every time (for a song with 16 plays, I suddenly got 31).
This is quite a problem for me, as I want to scrobble my tracks to last.fm, but I can't if my play count increases on some freaking exponential scale (when I do what I described above (disconnect, play the track once, connect + sync), the last.fm scrobbler suddenly has 16 scrobbles of the same song to upload).
Is there any known way to fix this? Most of discussions I read about this were years old and without any solution.
A: You could try using the CloudScrob app that lets you preview the Scrobbles and edit them before it sends them. Perhaps it could sidestep the bug?
| Q: iPod touch sync problem - play counts An example situation:
Let's say I have a song on my iPod (in iTunes Devices > iPod > Music) and it shows a play count of, let's say 16. I disconnect my iPod, play the song, then connect it again and check the play count again. I would expect it to be, of course, 17. However the play count almost doubles every time (for a song with 16 plays, I suddenly got 31).
This is quite a problem for me, as I want to scrobble my tracks to last.fm, but I can't if my play count increases on some freaking exponential scale (when I do what I described above (disconnect, play the track once, connect + sync), the last.fm scrobbler suddenly has 16 scrobbles of the same song to upload).
Is there any known way to fix this? Most of discussions I read about this were years old and without any solution.
A: You could try using the CloudScrob app that lets you preview the Scrobbles and edit them before it sends them. Perhaps it could sidestep the bug?
A: I've never run into this problem, the play count in iTunes works ok for me even with the iPod (or iPhone in this case). Maybe the last.fm scrobbler is doing something funny here?
You could try to use ScrobblePod instead which just looks at the most recently played songs and updates Last.FM accordingly.
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b48fc6c01959272377eea81dab24bc8ad2e79a09 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get notified when the Dropbox app is updated? I realized that I was running a very old version of Dropbox for Mac. Somehow I was not notified about the latest updates. I was expecting the same behavior as apps like 1Password.
In the past, I missed out Selective Sync by few months which I was eagerly waiting for.
I was running 1.1.35 (Under Preferences/ Account) and the latest version is 1.1.43 .
Where can I find the config to let Dropbox auto-update/prompt me on every release, similar to 1Password.
A: Try MacDropUpdate.
It's an automatic updater that automatically updates your Dropbox to the latest forum build of Dropbox. Works on OS X Leopard|Snow Leopard|Lion.
Edit: it's also Growl-enabled, so you may get notified whenever Dropbox's been updated.
| Q: How do I get notified when the Dropbox app is updated? I realized that I was running a very old version of Dropbox for Mac. Somehow I was not notified about the latest updates. I was expecting the same behavior as apps like 1Password.
In the past, I missed out Selective Sync by few months which I was eagerly waiting for.
I was running 1.1.35 (Under Preferences/ Account) and the latest version is 1.1.43 .
Where can I find the config to let Dropbox auto-update/prompt me on every release, similar to 1Password.
A: Try MacDropUpdate.
It's an automatic updater that automatically updates your Dropbox to the latest forum build of Dropbox. Works on OS X Leopard|Snow Leopard|Lion.
Edit: it's also Growl-enabled, so you may get notified whenever Dropbox's been updated.
A: Inspired by this question, I made an RSS feed for Mac betas. You can find it at http://feeds.feedburner.com/dropboxmacbeta
The official RSS feed https://www.dropbox.com/release_notes/rss.xml has the release notes, the feedburner feed links directly to the DMG so you can download it, and it links to the forum discussion for that specific build so you can see if there are any details/issues that other people have found.
(More info available at http://tj.luo.ma/post/9957496270/dropbox-rss if you want it.)
A: Normally Dropbox pushes updates out in the background without you detect it - but not all updates will be pushed - it appears that it is only critical ones (or major releases).
The latest Lion compatible release is however 1.2.28 (which is still a beta) - http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=43550&replies=16
A: "Bodega makes the process painless by automatically checking the apps on your hard drive, and then ensuring you have the latest versions installed on your Mac. If you have an app that’s out of date and in the Bodega catalog, Bodega conveniently downloads and even installs the update for you."
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1e6c15c7651a490685d523219e2c67283533c5fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dynamically (automatically) change the "download folder" in Safari Saft -- the (now seemingly defunct as of Safari 5.1) Safari plugin -- had the ability to change the name of the download folder (and create said folder if it didn't already exist) that Safari uses (e.g., by creating a name based on the date). This was incredibly useful for decluttering/ordering my downloads.
Is there any comparable feature in a supported Safari extension (for Safari 5.1)?
P.S. I know I can create a cron job to do this after the fact, but that seems kludgey and prone to errors because of file timestamps, automatically unpacked ZIP/tar/cpio files, etc.
A: I am using the Glims Safari Plugin (ver1.0b29) in Safari 5.1 (OSX Lion), which has the feature "Create dated folder for downloaded files".
| Q: Dynamically (automatically) change the "download folder" in Safari Saft -- the (now seemingly defunct as of Safari 5.1) Safari plugin -- had the ability to change the name of the download folder (and create said folder if it didn't already exist) that Safari uses (e.g., by creating a name based on the date). This was incredibly useful for decluttering/ordering my downloads.
Is there any comparable feature in a supported Safari extension (for Safari 5.1)?
P.S. I know I can create a cron job to do this after the fact, but that seems kludgey and prone to errors because of file timestamps, automatically unpacked ZIP/tar/cpio files, etc.
A: I am using the Glims Safari Plugin (ver1.0b29) in Safari 5.1 (OSX Lion), which has the feature "Create dated folder for downloaded files".
A: I created my own "S/W Downloads" folder and put it in the Dock. I have it show as List, and there is an option to display by date, the newest being on top.
If that is sufficient, there is no need for Saft.
A: With the demise of Glims support (beyond Mavericks?), I broke down and wrote a cron job to automatically change the default download folder of Safari.
The crontab entries look like:
@reboot $HOME/bin/rotateDownloads
0 0 * * * $HOME/bin/rotateDownloads
The contents of rotateDownloads looks like:
#! /bin/ksh
NEWPATH=$HOME/downloads/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
mkdir -p ${NEWPATH} && defaults write com.apple.Safari DownloadsPath ${NEWPATH}`#! /bin/ksh
OLDPATH=$HOME/downloads/$(date -v -1d +%Y-%m-%d)
rmdir ${OLDPATH} > /dev/null 2>&1 # remove old directory if empty
This seems to work on El Capitan (MacOS 10.11.4) with Safari 9.1.
Edit: Safari 13 seems to have broken this.
A: just Control click the download link
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dd77c50745901e1cc40a6cfde9cf6b1d12ad1963 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Folders in Applications not in sync with Launchpad I created a folder in /Applications to move all Games into a folder called Games. Launchpad is not in sync with the folders that I created.
Looking at the folder Utilities, I was under the impression that creating a folder in /Applications would keep Launchpad in sync .
Is there a way to keep these two distinct Applications (LaunchPad and Finder) which show me a list apps to respect the folders hierarchy ?
A: The two hierarchies are separate, and cannot be kept in sync without third-party intervention. Even then, there would be difficulties. Note that Launchpad folders have capacity limits that actual folders do not have, and folders within /Applications can contain nested folders, while Launchpad folders cannot.
It's just a coincidence that the apps in /Applications/Utilities match up with the Utilities folder in Launchpad. On my machine, I moved Terminal out of the Utilities folder in Launchpad, but it's still /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
| Q: Folders in Applications not in sync with Launchpad I created a folder in /Applications to move all Games into a folder called Games. Launchpad is not in sync with the folders that I created.
Looking at the folder Utilities, I was under the impression that creating a folder in /Applications would keep Launchpad in sync .
Is there a way to keep these two distinct Applications (LaunchPad and Finder) which show me a list apps to respect the folders hierarchy ?
A: The two hierarchies are separate, and cannot be kept in sync without third-party intervention. Even then, there would be difficulties. Note that Launchpad folders have capacity limits that actual folders do not have, and folders within /Applications can contain nested folders, while Launchpad folders cannot.
It's just a coincidence that the apps in /Applications/Utilities match up with the Utilities folder in Launchpad. On my machine, I moved Terminal out of the Utilities folder in Launchpad, but it's still /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
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d88c7d1c9d01351df8767688d9c332a892ba742f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I switch off disk while disk encryption is going on I am trying to encrypt a disk which is taking approximately 20-30 minutes per every 1% .
Can I restart/switch off my Mac while the encryption is going on ?
Would the Mac automagically resume encryption after switching it back on ?
A: If you're using the Lion's built-in encryption, the answer is yes. You can just work with the disk as usual, and the encryption happens in the background, even if you restart the Mac.
In Terminal.app, you can check the encryption status with
diskutil cs list
| Q: Can I switch off disk while disk encryption is going on I am trying to encrypt a disk which is taking approximately 20-30 minutes per every 1% .
Can I restart/switch off my Mac while the encryption is going on ?
Would the Mac automagically resume encryption after switching it back on ?
A: If you're using the Lion's built-in encryption, the answer is yes. You can just work with the disk as usual, and the encryption happens in the background, even if you restart the Mac.
In Terminal.app, you can check the encryption status with
diskutil cs list
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d2606483e84d1fbbd6f7e0a668b164f5ebce2a35 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: IPhone iPod app: how do you get out of the iTunes store? A question about the built-in iPod app on iPhone. Once you get into the iTunes mode (e.g. after clicking "get more episodes" on a podcast view) it seems you are stuck forever wandering the endless isles of the iTunes store.
When you first open the iPod app, going to "podcasts" shows the podcasts that are downloaded to your phone. But once you've gone into "iTunes mode", clicking "podcasts" now reveals all the podcasts available on iTunes.
How do you get back to the original mode? The only way I've found is exiting the iPod app and opening it again. Is that really the way it's designed (presumably "by Apple in California")?
Am I missing something here?
A: What you refer to as "iTunes mode" is actually a separate application called iTunes. The only way to get back is to relaunch the iPod app. If you have a multitasking-capable device, you can double tap on the home button and the iPod app will be there as it was the most recently used app.
| Q: IPhone iPod app: how do you get out of the iTunes store? A question about the built-in iPod app on iPhone. Once you get into the iTunes mode (e.g. after clicking "get more episodes" on a podcast view) it seems you are stuck forever wandering the endless isles of the iTunes store.
When you first open the iPod app, going to "podcasts" shows the podcasts that are downloaded to your phone. But once you've gone into "iTunes mode", clicking "podcasts" now reveals all the podcasts available on iTunes.
How do you get back to the original mode? The only way I've found is exiting the iPod app and opening it again. Is that really the way it's designed (presumably "by Apple in California")?
Am I missing something here?
A: What you refer to as "iTunes mode" is actually a separate application called iTunes. The only way to get back is to relaunch the iPod app. If you have a multitasking-capable device, you can double tap on the home button and the iPod app will be there as it was the most recently used app.
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7063ae8ac465deee07d332739421ae9870c4717f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Installing from a .pkg or .mpkg file on Mac OS X Lion I have a strange problem since upgrading to Lion: Some .pkg and .mpkg files won't open the installer but instead will open the terminal, and no installation takes place.
The most recent example is the Microsoft Office 2011 Update 14.1.2.
Does anyone know of that problem?
A: The update did not work for me, as I had already run it. It broke after the update. I still had the problem. In Finder, I could see that the file extension icon was not the gold/tan box icon that goes with Installer. There are two ways to do this. 1) In Finder, right-click, or get to the property window, and "Open With" and navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app. There is a checkbox to always open with this app. -or- 2) Open Installer itself and drag the mpkg file into it. Run the installer.
Both of these should run, and also change the mpkg icon in your Finder.
| Q: Installing from a .pkg or .mpkg file on Mac OS X Lion I have a strange problem since upgrading to Lion: Some .pkg and .mpkg files won't open the installer but instead will open the terminal, and no installation takes place.
The most recent example is the Microsoft Office 2011 Update 14.1.2.
Does anyone know of that problem?
A: The update did not work for me, as I had already run it. It broke after the update. I still had the problem. In Finder, I could see that the file extension icon was not the gold/tan box icon that goes with Installer. There are two ways to do this. 1) In Finder, right-click, or get to the property window, and "Open With" and navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app. There is a checkbox to always open with this app. -or- 2) Open Installer itself and drag the mpkg file into it. Run the installer.
Both of these should run, and also change the mpkg icon in your Finder.
A: Ha, I thought I'll have a look if there is a new mac osx update and—"yes!"—Mac OSX Update 10.7.1 solved the problem.
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a1b63edb00f75be9227f50001f0a4aba91d0a1a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I have a second menu bar on my secondary display? Is there software that will allow you to add a second menu bar to a secondary display? I am using Second Bar, but I was wondering if there was other software out there that would do this. Note that I don't want to move the menu bar. I know I can move the menu bar in System Preferences. This is not what I want. I want a second menu bar.
A: To the best of my knowledge, no there is not another app that currently provides the same functionality as Second Bar.
MenuEverywhere or DejaMenu provide other workarounds to make menu bar commands selectable elsewhere, but I am not aware of any other program that puts a menu bar on multiple monitors.
| Q: Can I have a second menu bar on my secondary display? Is there software that will allow you to add a second menu bar to a secondary display? I am using Second Bar, but I was wondering if there was other software out there that would do this. Note that I don't want to move the menu bar. I know I can move the menu bar in System Preferences. This is not what I want. I want a second menu bar.
A: To the best of my knowledge, no there is not another app that currently provides the same functionality as Second Bar.
MenuEverywhere or DejaMenu provide other workarounds to make menu bar commands selectable elsewhere, but I am not aware of any other program that puts a menu bar on multiple monitors.
A: Multimon
"adds a menubar to your second (or third, or so on) display and gives you hotkeys to quickly move windows from one monitor to another. You also get a menubar icon to click and move windows. When it does move windows, it automatically scales and resizes them for you to match the target monitor's resolution." - lifehacker
Note: not free ($10)
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19935da840d2cf35d8becaf90e04a58527f7ad23 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What extra features does the iOS YouTube application have over the HTML one? I also asked the same question for Android but I found that Android Browser has a bug that crashes when uploading big files, so you need the native app: What extra features has the Android YouTube application over the HTML one?
It seems that iOS 5 still provides the native YouTube app, but it seems it is obsolete:
*
*http://www.pcworld.com/article/200686/youtube_mobile_site_trumps_dedicated_app.html
*http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/07/youtube-iphone-mobile-html5/
A: I use YouTube for the simplest case - watching movies that have been sent to me. I don't do much posting or browsing.
To my knowledge, the iOS YouTube app hasn't seen a lot of changes since the 1.0.
I think the biggest "feature" of the native app is the improved responsiveness. I've found the webapp to be slower doing things like full screen or changing screen orientation, and in the initial loading speed. However I wasn't aware of the decreased quality. I think it should however load the higher bitrate videos when you're on Wifi.
As for uploading, on iOS that's usually handled by the app that's recording/editing the video.
| Q: What extra features does the iOS YouTube application have over the HTML one? I also asked the same question for Android but I found that Android Browser has a bug that crashes when uploading big files, so you need the native app: What extra features has the Android YouTube application over the HTML one?
It seems that iOS 5 still provides the native YouTube app, but it seems it is obsolete:
*
*http://www.pcworld.com/article/200686/youtube_mobile_site_trumps_dedicated_app.html
*http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/07/youtube-iphone-mobile-html5/
A: I use YouTube for the simplest case - watching movies that have been sent to me. I don't do much posting or browsing.
To my knowledge, the iOS YouTube app hasn't seen a lot of changes since the 1.0.
I think the biggest "feature" of the native app is the improved responsiveness. I've found the webapp to be slower doing things like full screen or changing screen orientation, and in the initial loading speed. However I wasn't aware of the decreased quality. I think it should however load the higher bitrate videos when you're on Wifi.
As for uploading, on iOS that's usually handled by the app that's recording/editing the video.
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84140a28c7f0109e8aae1b9b6a54804e55760969 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Archive emails on Google Mail using Apple Mail Is it possible to archive emails using apple mail? Or do I have to log in to the web UI to archive old mail? I am using 10.6.7.
A: Two options work for this.
*
*Move the message to the [Gmail]/All Mail folder. Mail.app will show two copies of the message in there, but it will appear properly in other clients (definitely the web interface and on iPhones, should be respected elsewhere).
*Goto the Mailbox Behaviours section in the Accounts tab of the Mail.app preferences and deselect "Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox" and "Store deleted messages on the server". This way deleting messages out of your Inbox removes them instantly, but there's still the archived copy in [Gmail]/All Mail. Solves the duplicates problem, but if you really want to delete something, you've got to move it to the [Gmail]/Trash folder.
Hope that helps. Google has published some other guidelines for using Gmail in Mail.app that may be helpful.
| Q: Archive emails on Google Mail using Apple Mail Is it possible to archive emails using apple mail? Or do I have to log in to the web UI to archive old mail? I am using 10.6.7.
A: Two options work for this.
*
*Move the message to the [Gmail]/All Mail folder. Mail.app will show two copies of the message in there, but it will appear properly in other clients (definitely the web interface and on iPhones, should be respected elsewhere).
*Goto the Mailbox Behaviours section in the Accounts tab of the Mail.app preferences and deselect "Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox" and "Store deleted messages on the server". This way deleting messages out of your Inbox removes them instantly, but there's still the archived copy in [Gmail]/All Mail. Solves the duplicates problem, but if you really want to delete something, you've got to move it to the [Gmail]/Trash folder.
Hope that helps. Google has published some other guidelines for using Gmail in Mail.app that may be helpful.
A: Obviously it's a non-trivial fix, but upgrading to Lion would also enable the feature you are looking for.
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d679ad1316b0386cdc6383997d0c8ce1566ac268 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What do the small-sunrise / big-sunrise icons mean on F5 and F6 on the MacBook Air? What do the F5 and F6 keys do on the 2011 MacBook Air? They are marked with what I interpret to be small-sunrise and big-sunrise icons. I do not see any effect when I press them.
A: These are for decreasing and increasing the brightness of the keyboard backlight. When the system senses low light and the keyboard is allowed to illuminate, the keys will work. Otherwise, they silently do nothing at all.
| Q: What do the small-sunrise / big-sunrise icons mean on F5 and F6 on the MacBook Air? What do the F5 and F6 keys do on the 2011 MacBook Air? They are marked with what I interpret to be small-sunrise and big-sunrise icons. I do not see any effect when I press them.
A: These are for decreasing and increasing the brightness of the keyboard backlight. When the system senses low light and the keyboard is allowed to illuminate, the keys will work. Otherwise, they silently do nothing at all.
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81da0453aa4d795fca511dbb22b1ce059a1b32b7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make the "Search with Google" menu option open up in a new tab by default in Safari? I know I can Command-click it to achieve that. What I want is to change the default behavior from opening in the same tab to opening in a new tab.
Is there an extension or a hidden configuration for that?
A: In this article Jonathan Rentzsch creates a new service because he wants "Search with Google" to work in Chrome (his default browser) but a side benefit of following his tutorial is that your search should open in a new tab.
If your default browser is Safari it should open your new tab there.
http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/post/5794765921/search-with-google-using-chrome
Warning: This is essentially a follow directions, cut-and-paste affair but it does involve seeing code. I'm unaware of a easy to install extension to accomplish this same task.
| Q: How to make the "Search with Google" menu option open up in a new tab by default in Safari? I know I can Command-click it to achieve that. What I want is to change the default behavior from opening in the same tab to opening in a new tab.
Is there an extension or a hidden configuration for that?
A: In this article Jonathan Rentzsch creates a new service because he wants "Search with Google" to work in Chrome (his default browser) but a side benefit of following his tutorial is that your search should open in a new tab.
If your default browser is Safari it should open your new tab there.
http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/post/5794765921/search-with-google-using-chrome
Warning: This is essentially a follow directions, cut-and-paste affair but it does involve seeing code. I'm unaware of a easy to install extension to accomplish this same task.
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08ae9d8fa9d5025d50c5cb11fcd4eeef3697e135 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remove an accidentally dropped file shortcut icon from Finder toolbar? I accidentally dropped a file in the Finder toolbar instead of the destination folder (the ZIP icon on the right of the screenshot):
How can I remove it from the toolbar?
A: *
*Hold down ⌘ Command
*Click file and drag it out
| Q: How to remove an accidentally dropped file shortcut icon from Finder toolbar? I accidentally dropped a file in the Finder toolbar instead of the destination folder (the ZIP icon on the right of the screenshot):
How can I remove it from the toolbar?
A: *
*Hold down ⌘ Command
*Click file and drag it out
A: Maybe it's different on older versions of the OS, but I'm running OS X Lion, and I have to hold ⌘ + ⌥ and then drag it off.
A: I had this issue with a bunch of my files, until I realized that like all toolbars, there's a default set. Here's how to restore it:
Control-click (right-click) the menu bar and click Customize Toolbar...
In the sheet that presents itself, drag the default menu bar on top of your "messy" one.
A: I had this problem, too. Right click, select "customize toolbar," THEN just drag the folder out of the toolbar. No need to hold Cmd.
A: You need to hold down Command ⌘ and Fn and then drag the file off the toolbar.
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db303fb9a55da86b43691ecef6c7ab94929e9c8f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What desktop software (for Mac OS) is there similar to Zite? Zite is an awesome iPad app that offers a personalized magazine from web sources (an amazing variety of public RSS feeds from conventional news to popular blogs). You start by giving it some keywords that characterize your interests. Then, every time you read an item, you can indicate whether you like it or not, and it will learn your tastes and give you more suitable content.
I love it, but I don't have my iPad anymore. What similar applications exist for the Mac desktop, or as a web app?
A: You may have found something by now (if so please share), but I just discovered Prismatic, which is similar to Zite, but on the web, and mobile. http://getprismatic.com/.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/prismatic-perfect-desktop-alternative-flipboard-zite/
| Q: What desktop software (for Mac OS) is there similar to Zite? Zite is an awesome iPad app that offers a personalized magazine from web sources (an amazing variety of public RSS feeds from conventional news to popular blogs). You start by giving it some keywords that characterize your interests. Then, every time you read an item, you can indicate whether you like it or not, and it will learn your tastes and give you more suitable content.
I love it, but I don't have my iPad anymore. What similar applications exist for the Mac desktop, or as a web app?
A: You may have found something by now (if so please share), but I just discovered Prismatic, which is similar to Zite, but on the web, and mobile. http://getprismatic.com/.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/prismatic-perfect-desktop-alternative-flipboard-zite/
A: Try Pulp from Acrylic software. It has many of the same features as Zite. The product description from their website:
News shouldn't be like email. Pulp takes your favorite news feeds and presents them in a beautifully friendly & familiar format, making it easy to quickly scan through headlines, previews, and photos to find the stories that interest you most. It's like your very own personalized newspaper, designed for your Mac & iPad.
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9bf398bc6965f845533eba8392def2f37f4f7ffb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Two page continuous view in Lion Preview? Is there some way to get back the side-by-side page view from Snow Leopard with the continuous scrolling? From the View menu in Lion Preview, it appears they're mutually exclusive now. I can't help shake the idea that Lion was designed by someone without a desktop Mac.
A: The free app Skim supports continuous-scroll side-by-side pages. To use that view, select the menu item PDF → PDF Display → Two Pages Continuous.
Also, if the left-hand page is wrongly displayed on the right side and vice versa, you can fix that by toggling Book Mode in the same menu.
| Q: Two page continuous view in Lion Preview? Is there some way to get back the side-by-side page view from Snow Leopard with the continuous scrolling? From the View menu in Lion Preview, it appears they're mutually exclusive now. I can't help shake the idea that Lion was designed by someone without a desktop Mac.
A: The free app Skim supports continuous-scroll side-by-side pages. To use that view, select the menu item PDF → PDF Display → Two Pages Continuous.
Also, if the left-hand page is wrongly displayed on the right side and vice versa, you can fix that by toggling Book Mode in the same menu.
A: This is one of those things that really makes me wonder "If it's not broken why fix it?".
Other than switching to another application that might give you back the lost functionality, I only have one suggestion at the moment. This is how I've been able to use Preview (5.5) and still get two page (side by side) continuous scrolling:
*
*Open up your pdf, document, etc. in Preview.app
*File > Print or ⌘P
*In the Print Dialog Box click Preview > Change to Layout [ 2 pages ]
*Lastly, click PDF > Open PDF in Preview.
You should now see your document layout as two pages and you can scroll continuously. I realize it's far from ideal, although it is a way to still use Preview exclusively, yet still have similar functionality as before. I hope they will fix it; I shouldn't have to be thinking of ways like this to use it like it could have been. ;-)
A: Right click PDF document. Select "Open With". Select "Safari.app". Right click on a page of the document within Safari. Select "Two Pages Continuous".
Very stupid for Apple to remove this feature from Preview in the latest versions.
A: You can get that view with Evince, which is installable via brew install evince.
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89b91fd0fe65fbc7a864fa8702fb959f11ac2610 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Inconspicuous microSD card adapter for MacBook Pro Does a microSD adapter exist that doesn't stick out of the MacBook Pro SD card slot? I don't want to live in fear of breaking the SD card off while carrying around my laptop.
A: I know this is an old question but I just found it via a Google search. Check out the Nifty MiniDrive which is exactly what you are describing.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342319572/the-nifty-minidrive
| Q: Inconspicuous microSD card adapter for MacBook Pro Does a microSD adapter exist that doesn't stick out of the MacBook Pro SD card slot? I don't want to live in fear of breaking the SD card off while carrying around my laptop.
A: I know this is an old question but I just found it via a Google search. Check out the Nifty MiniDrive which is exactly what you are describing.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342319572/the-nifty-minidrive
A: Check out this low profile micro SD card reader for the Raspberry Pi computer:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/966
$6 versus $25 for the Kickstarter polished Nifty Drive (I actually bought one for a friend).
A: I think the Nifty MiniDrive might be exactly what you're looking for:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342319572/the-nifty-minidrive
A: Are you looking for something like a half-length SD card->microSD adapter? If you want to use that slot, the card is going to stick out--you're probably not allowed to license the SD spec without making the card that size.
However, there are some incredibly small USB drives/card readers that are bigger inside the port than they are outside. This microSD card reader's slot is inside the usb port, and this is a USB drive with a similar form factor.
A: there are tons of sd/micro sd card readers that usb but they have the same danger. the only alternative is to use a usb extension to plug one of those in, but it still sticks out like any usb cord and can still damage ur usb port. i recommend just sticking to a micro sd to sd adapter and just use caution when using the card
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a993eba7feebeaa5f154a76052f863b3f9db7511 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Console + iMac 27" 2011 External Display Can i use the iMac 27" mid 2011 as an external display for, let's say, a Playstation 3?
Is this possible for the latest iMac?
A: Three things need to align for a game console to send video out and have it be mirrored on an iMac.
First, the iMac needs Target Display Mode.
The 2011 iMac and later run thunderbolt - so you need a legitimate thunderbolt video connection for Target Display Mode to work.
The older iMacs had Mini DisplayPort video out and video in, so you would simply need to get an inexpensive adapter to change HDMI to miniDP (note - most adapters go the other way - take a MiniDP signal and split out HDMI - this would need to function in the other direction.)
I believe PS3 doesn't have native thunderbolt adapter or even a mini DP adapter, so you'd need additional hardware for Macs older than 2011 and I don't know of a box that takes HDMI and converts it into thunderbolt - so you might be out of luck on 2011 and newer iMacs.
| Q: Console + iMac 27" 2011 External Display Can i use the iMac 27" mid 2011 as an external display for, let's say, a Playstation 3?
Is this possible for the latest iMac?
A: Three things need to align for a game console to send video out and have it be mirrored on an iMac.
First, the iMac needs Target Display Mode.
The 2011 iMac and later run thunderbolt - so you need a legitimate thunderbolt video connection for Target Display Mode to work.
The older iMacs had Mini DisplayPort video out and video in, so you would simply need to get an inexpensive adapter to change HDMI to miniDP (note - most adapters go the other way - take a MiniDP signal and split out HDMI - this would need to function in the other direction.)
I believe PS3 doesn't have native thunderbolt adapter or even a mini DP adapter, so you'd need additional hardware for Macs older than 2011 and I don't know of a box that takes HDMI and converts it into thunderbolt - so you might be out of luck on 2011 and newer iMacs.
A: It is possible, but you'll need and adapter/converter to do it.
You can find a HDMI to Mini DisplayPort adapter on some sites, like this one, although it is a little expensive.
Other models/types can be found here, for other input types, or Kanex's one.
Editing: right now I'm reading the new iMac tech specs and it is clearly that it does not support input: Mini DisplayPort output with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI (adapters sold separately). Some users on forums are tolding that thunderbolt adapters are not ready and no one even know if it will be possible.
A: You could use the Intensity Shuttle from Blackmagic Design to capture HDMI video to Thunderbolt, then use a program running in full screen on the iMac to display the incoming video stream.
A: Besides using target display mode you can use say a elgato game capture, this will mirror your ps3 onto the iMac.
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d1176289d8b629ce16ed1d750aaf1ed8c558be4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you add a specific link to IOS homescreen? I have a vbulletin forum I frequent in which I'd like to place a link to the "new posts" search on my homescreen. Anyone familiar with vbulletin knows this is a url with search.php?do=getnew , once you access that URL it redirects you to a search ID which is cached for easy access later. Thing is, you can't add that to your home screen as it wil just pull up the old search results rather than returning the newest posts. I'd like to add a link to the new posts link on my homescreen but it seems there is no way to edit the homescreen links.
A: Short answer: yes!
I faced the same issue and basically tricked my iPad, you simply turn on airplane mode, you don't hit the redirect, you store the "server not found" page on the home screen and you are done :-)
Hope you can now resolve your 4 year old question.
| Q: Can you add a specific link to IOS homescreen? I have a vbulletin forum I frequent in which I'd like to place a link to the "new posts" search on my homescreen. Anyone familiar with vbulletin knows this is a url with search.php?do=getnew , once you access that URL it redirects you to a search ID which is cached for easy access later. Thing is, you can't add that to your home screen as it wil just pull up the old search results rather than returning the newest posts. I'd like to add a link to the new posts link on my homescreen but it seems there is no way to edit the homescreen links.
A: Short answer: yes!
I faced the same issue and basically tricked my iPad, you simply turn on airplane mode, you don't hit the redirect, you store the "server not found" page on the home screen and you are done :-)
Hope you can now resolve your 4 year old question.
A: Yes - this works just fine for many web sites.
For example, these two links work very well when saved to the home screen on iOS.
*
*http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions?sort=active
*http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions?sort=newest
Each will reuse an existing window and refresh the content to be sorted as specified (active versus newest) and they also work if you don't already have a "tab" open to this site on Mobile Safari.
Not all websites will allow you to embed these codes, so you might have to shoot off an email to the webmaster asking if they have an URL that will set the proper cookies or yield the desired results. This is the sort of technical thing most web sites will provide for users with the smarts to take advantage of - even if they decide to hide that URL from most of the users that are browsing the site normally.
A: Short answer: No!
There's only one possibility to add a website to homescreen: Tell the user to add it. It's also not possible to change the link for this.
So the user needs to navigate to your search.php and add this page to the homescreen.
Maybe you could write a webapp with dashcode which creates a page for new posts..?
A: I was also wondering how I could create a Safari icon on the home screen of my iPhone with the http://vbulletin-forum/thread-name-new-posts.html URL, which will take me to the latest page in a forum thread. The problem is when you go to that URL in Safari, it will redirect you to a URL for a specific page in the thread (e.g. http://vbulletin-forum/thread-name-page-number.html). If you try to add that to your home screen, you are adding the URL for that specific page, not the "new posts" URL. There is no way to edit the URL for an icon already on the home screen.
But I found a free app called App Icons that lets you create a Safari icon with a URL and put it on your home screen. After installing the app, do the following:
*
*Touch "Create Icon"
*Under "Common Tasks", touch "Go to Link"
*In the "TYPE URL" field, paste or type in your desired URL
*In the "Go to Link" field, type in a name for the icon
*Touch "Install" and touch "Install" again
*Touch the square icon with the up arrow
*Touch "Add to Home Screen"
*Touch "Add" and a Safari icon with your desired URL will be on your home screen
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76d993090aaf82bb16f3bafc752a7d1ba0ced276 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will @mac.com e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition? Will @mac.com (as from .Mac) e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition?
A: Yes.
You will have to opt in to switch your account over, but it sounds like it will be fairly painless as long as you agree to all the new (unannounced as of yet) license terms. From the Apple FAQ on the MobileMe/iCloud transition:
Will I be able to keep my MobileMe email address when I move to iCloud?
Yes. If you have an active MobileMe account when you sign up for iCloud, you’ll be able to keep your me.com or mac.com email address and move your MobileMe mail, contacts, and calendars, as well as your bookmarks, to the new service. When iCloud becomes available this fall, Apple will provide details and instructions on how to make the move.
If you do not opt in, you should expect your @mac.com and @me.com email to only work through June 30, 2012.
| Q: Will @mac.com e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition? Will @mac.com (as from .Mac) e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition?
A: Yes.
You will have to opt in to switch your account over, but it sounds like it will be fairly painless as long as you agree to all the new (unannounced as of yet) license terms. From the Apple FAQ on the MobileMe/iCloud transition:
Will I be able to keep my MobileMe email address when I move to iCloud?
Yes. If you have an active MobileMe account when you sign up for iCloud, you’ll be able to keep your me.com or mac.com email address and move your MobileMe mail, contacts, and calendars, as well as your bookmarks, to the new service. When iCloud becomes available this fall, Apple will provide details and instructions on how to make the move.
If you do not opt in, you should expect your @mac.com and @me.com email to only work through June 30, 2012.
A: Both my mac.com and me.com email addresses still work after my move to iCloud.
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0709cfeef4b3f255f2949fe9ca50bb45b1c45d00 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a free hypervisor that runs on a Mac Mini? I need to run 4 instances of Mac OS X desktop (10.4 to 10.7) for our continuous integration setup (so they need to be on all the time). I've used PC hypervisors in the past (XenServer, ESXi, etc) but never for a Mac.
Is it possible to run those guest operating systems on a Mac Mini hypervisor?
Edit: Ideally, it should be managable remotely (like XenServer and ESXi), desktop virtualization software (like VirtualBox) isn't really what I had in mind.
A: You might take a look at VirtualBox which includes a GNU GPL version as well. It offers limited/experimental capabilities to run virtualized OS X VMs, but I think Apple generally forbids virtualizing OS X via their licensing/usage terms.
| Q: Is there a free hypervisor that runs on a Mac Mini? I need to run 4 instances of Mac OS X desktop (10.4 to 10.7) for our continuous integration setup (so they need to be on all the time). I've used PC hypervisors in the past (XenServer, ESXi, etc) but never for a Mac.
Is it possible to run those guest operating systems on a Mac Mini hypervisor?
Edit: Ideally, it should be managable remotely (like XenServer and ESXi), desktop virtualization software (like VirtualBox) isn't really what I had in mind.
A: You might take a look at VirtualBox which includes a GNU GPL version as well. It offers limited/experimental capabilities to run virtualized OS X VMs, but I think Apple generally forbids virtualizing OS X via their licensing/usage terms.
A: There are licensing issues with the scheme that you propose. See this previous answer regarding the Mac OS X EULA, which will lead you to additional information. Summary: you can't do what you want as virtualization, as versions prior to 10.7 were not available for virtualization at all per their license.
Neither VMWare or Parallels will talk publicly about circumventing the Apple EULA for pre-10.7 versions. VMWare Fusion actively prevents virtualizing the OS X client versions (there are one or more workarounds that I've seen; Google is your friend here).
I know of no hypervisor software that will allow you to accomplish your goal, either. Sorry.
A: You have confusion between PC and Mac, they are both x86/x64, they are the same as John Hodgman and Justin Long have demonstrated before. The compatibility concern should only arise with older PowerPC based Macs, and the EFI boot process instead of BIOS.
Therefore XenServer would run fine, ESX 4.0 does not support EFI as discussed here:
http://communities.intel.com/thread/3909
Recently discussion about vSphere apparently supporting EFI on XServe:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/2011/Jul/msg00080.html
What's New in VMware vSphere 5?
* Support for Apple products -- vSphere 5 supports Apple Xserve
servers running OS X Server 10.6 (Snow Leopard) as a guest operating
system.
To read for yourself, the What's New PDF can be downloaded from this
web page "VMware vSphere for Small and Midsized Busienss":
http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/small-business/overview.html
A: I currently run 10.7 (was originally 10.6 then upgraded it) in ESXi 5 on my Mac Mini (Upgraded from 4GB RAM to 16GB) without any issues.
The performance isn't great when using the actual desktop, but for your requirement (I'm doing the same, using the VMs as build bots) it works absolutely fine.
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54443286e54aac8f512c340022bd6a50fde307db | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Selecting a default wi-fi connection I have multiple wifi connections in my campus (XYZ-Open, XYZ-Secure and XYZ-Guest) where XYZ-Secure is a secure connection and asks for authentication. Students use the secure connection which has a better bandwidth than the rest.
The issue is this: When my mac returns from a sleep mode or powers up, it chooses the XYZ-Open all the time by default and I need to manually switch to the secure connection each time. Is there an option to make XYZ-Secure the default connection which my mac should connect?
Thanks.
A: You can change the preferred network simply by dragging it to the top of the list.
Lion: System Preferences -> Network -> Wi-Fi -> Advanced
Older OS: System Preferences -> Network -> Airport -> Advanced
| Q: Selecting a default wi-fi connection I have multiple wifi connections in my campus (XYZ-Open, XYZ-Secure and XYZ-Guest) where XYZ-Secure is a secure connection and asks for authentication. Students use the secure connection which has a better bandwidth than the rest.
The issue is this: When my mac returns from a sleep mode or powers up, it chooses the XYZ-Open all the time by default and I need to manually switch to the secure connection each time. Is there an option to make XYZ-Secure the default connection which my mac should connect?
Thanks.
A: You can change the preferred network simply by dragging it to the top of the list.
Lion: System Preferences -> Network -> Wi-Fi -> Advanced
Older OS: System Preferences -> Network -> Airport -> Advanced
A: You should be able to "forget" the XYZ-Open network in order to never automatically connect to it again.
Wifi connections are connected to based off the strongest remembered one first, if I recall correctly.
Open your Network pane in System Preferences.
Click Advanced there in the bottom right when the Wifi adapter is selected.
Then click the XYZ-Open network and delete it, it should never be automatically joined again.
Since it is an Open Network, there should be no concern in deleting it, as you can always simply rejoin it. What I don't know is how to select it, but doing so without remembering it. That's easy to do when you have to type in a password, but that dialog never appears on an Open network.
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7cb265b8691f9ec85518e156b61fb87476846e79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Pen drive does not show on mac on attaching but show error on removal? My problem is that when I attach my pen drive to any of the ports on my Mac, it won't show up on my Mac, but when I remove the pen drive, it shows the error, "The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before unplugging."
This means the Mac detects the pen drive on removal, but not on attaching.
Can anybody tell me how I can fix this problem?
A: If the drive is appearing in Disk Utility and shows up as being mounted, try this:
In the Finder, go to the Finder menu, then Finder Preferences, then General and be sure "external disks" is checked under "Show these items on the desktop". Then on the Sidebar screen and be sure "external disks" is checked under "Show these items in the sidebar."
This should make the drive appear.
| Q: Pen drive does not show on mac on attaching but show error on removal? My problem is that when I attach my pen drive to any of the ports on my Mac, it won't show up on my Mac, but when I remove the pen drive, it shows the error, "The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before unplugging."
This means the Mac detects the pen drive on removal, but not on attaching.
Can anybody tell me how I can fix this problem?
A: If the drive is appearing in Disk Utility and shows up as being mounted, try this:
In the Finder, go to the Finder menu, then Finder Preferences, then General and be sure "external disks" is checked under "Show these items on the desktop". Then on the Sidebar screen and be sure "external disks" is checked under "Show these items in the sidebar."
This should make the drive appear.
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15db5e59a4831aa42a8efd403c47ddd269533de4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Save and Restore Launchpad Layout? I've spent a lot of time arranging the apps the way I want them on my Mac and would like for them to stay that way. Is there anyway to save the current layout of Launchpad for a later restore if it gets all mixed up again? I already know about LaunchpadCleaner 2 but would rather not buy an AIR app.
A: The database it uses (a simple sql database) is located in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock. That holds all your apps and their placement.
You could back up the file (or simply use TM) so that it can be restored at a later date.
| Q: Save and Restore Launchpad Layout? I've spent a lot of time arranging the apps the way I want them on my Mac and would like for them to stay that way. Is there anyway to save the current layout of Launchpad for a later restore if it gets all mixed up again? I already know about LaunchpadCleaner 2 but would rather not buy an AIR app.
A: The database it uses (a simple sql database) is located in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock. That holds all your apps and their placement.
You could back up the file (or simply use TM) so that it can be restored at a later date.
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a13ee40f6a4ff074dbccc7b9266662c4d4daf1fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a GUI front-end to Apache for Mac OS X (Lion)? I am using the default Apache and PHP installs that are present in OS X Lion. But I would like to make some settings (like adding Virtual Hosts to Apache) using a GUI interface. Is there such a thing?
I know of OS X Server of course, and also I think MAMP Pro has this. But I would like to keep using the stock servers and not install another version if I don't have to.
A: There's no built-in GUI, but there are third party ones. One that I know of for managing virtual hosts is called VirtualHostX: http://clickontyler.com/virtualhostx/
| Q: Is there a GUI front-end to Apache for Mac OS X (Lion)? I am using the default Apache and PHP installs that are present in OS X Lion. But I would like to make some settings (like adding Virtual Hosts to Apache) using a GUI interface. Is there such a thing?
I know of OS X Server of course, and also I think MAMP Pro has this. But I would like to keep using the stock servers and not install another version if I don't have to.
A: There's no built-in GUI, but there are third party ones. One that I know of for managing virtual hosts is called VirtualHostX: http://clickontyler.com/virtualhostx/
A: No, there is no GUI for the built-in apache. This is how I just set mine up so I can add my own VirtualHosts more easily:
sudo -s
mkdir /etc/apache2/vhosts
chgrp admin /etc/apache2/vhosts
chmod g+w /etc/apache2/vhosts
cat << EOF >> /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
#
# Load user-defined vhosts
#
Include /private/etc/apache2/vhosts/*.conf
EOF
This adds a vhosts directory under /etc/apache2/vhosts. You just need to turn on vhosts in the master /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file, and then it will look for all .conf files in that vhosts directory. I made it so as an admin user I have privileges to save in there.
It's a little tidier than trying to put everything in one file like the example vhosts in the config file.
A: There's another GUI for built-in apache: WebMon for Mountain Lion. But this one is not as simple as VirtualHostX.
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a36e91dbf6e5e9e43cae446417da3d617b80c83e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using Windows on Mac keyboard without Delete key I'm just curious - I guess lots of people with Mac hardware use Windows.
How do they manage to do so, given that delete key is missing on Mac keyboard and you have to press ctrl+alt+delete to log in to Windows?
Are they all forced to use autologin (to bypass ctrl+alt+delete pressing) or buy a PC keyboard?
A: When you press the Fn key, the backspace key (Mis-labeled "Delete") on a mac keyboard functions as the delete key.
Therefore, to log onto a windows install which requires Ctrl+Alt+Delete, you would press Ctrl+Alt+Fn+Backspace("Delete").
It's worth noting that this works even on the full wired keyboard, with a separate delete key.
| Q: Using Windows on Mac keyboard without Delete key I'm just curious - I guess lots of people with Mac hardware use Windows.
How do they manage to do so, given that delete key is missing on Mac keyboard and you have to press ctrl+alt+delete to log in to Windows?
Are they all forced to use autologin (to bypass ctrl+alt+delete pressing) or buy a PC keyboard?
A: When you press the Fn key, the backspace key (Mis-labeled "Delete") on a mac keyboard functions as the delete key.
Therefore, to log onto a windows install which requires Ctrl+Alt+Delete, you would press Ctrl+Alt+Fn+Backspace("Delete").
It's worth noting that this works even on the full wired keyboard, with a separate delete key.
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a41e5ecba1642202a0434687051a4298c0745d20 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX Second monitor/display background Is it possible to change the display default image on a second display connected to an Apple running OSX 10.6. ? I can see all the display options for the desktop, but the 2nd display has the Apple Desktop picture 'Apple/Nature/Aurora as a default. The only way I can find of changing this is to select mirroring on displays and then choose an alternative, which will display on both screens. Turn mirroring off then 'Aurora' returns, but the desktop will reflect the new change.
kind regards
Ric
A: @Rick - With Mirroring turned off, when you open System Preferences and click Desktop & Screen Saver, you should see a window open in each display that allows you to select a distinct background image for each display.
Mac 101: Change your desktop
| Q: OSX Second monitor/display background Is it possible to change the display default image on a second display connected to an Apple running OSX 10.6. ? I can see all the display options for the desktop, but the 2nd display has the Apple Desktop picture 'Apple/Nature/Aurora as a default. The only way I can find of changing this is to select mirroring on displays and then choose an alternative, which will display on both screens. Turn mirroring off then 'Aurora' returns, but the desktop will reflect the new change.
kind regards
Ric
A: @Rick - With Mirroring turned off, when you open System Preferences and click Desktop & Screen Saver, you should see a window open in each display that allows you to select a distinct background image for each display.
Mac 101: Change your desktop
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007f9404cd999fd6b91315907155f889eff28552 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Wifi problem in OSX 10.7.1 after wake from sleep Basically it takes very long (sometimes up to 5 minutes) to reconnect to wifi after waking my Macbook Air (june '11 model) running OSX 10.7.1
It does show a list of available networks when I click the wifi icon and it does include the network I want to connect to, but it doesn't do anything if I click the network name.
A: Seems these issues will be fixed in 10.7.2—maybe you'll just have to wait a few more days until things will get back to normal.
| Q: Wifi problem in OSX 10.7.1 after wake from sleep Basically it takes very long (sometimes up to 5 minutes) to reconnect to wifi after waking my Macbook Air (june '11 model) running OSX 10.7.1
It does show a list of available networks when I click the wifi icon and it does include the network I want to connect to, but it doesn't do anything if I click the network name.
A: Seems these issues will be fixed in 10.7.2—maybe you'll just have to wait a few more days until things will get back to normal.
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a1c7b3e62fc1b7adeda1a34ad12a7b1bdf35db05 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an equivalent to ⌘ + D in the new save dialogs? In Snow Leopard and prior, when clsoing a window with unsaved changes, the system would suggest to either save, cancel or discard the changes from keyboard shortcuts. You could:
*
*save return
*cancel ⌘+.
*discard the changes ⌘+D.
The Lion save dialog that gets summoned instead of the "Would you like to save?" dialog works differently:
⌘+. and return still work1, but ⌘+D has no effect.
Is there a new keyboard shortcut to discard?
1. I'm not in front of my Mac right now; IIRC they work, but maybe I'm wrong.
A: In Terminal.app, you can change this back to the old behaviour using
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSSavePanelStandardDesktopShortcutOnly -bool YES
To revert to the default behaviour, set
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSSavePanelStandardDesktopShortcutOnly -bool NO
| Q: Is there an equivalent to ⌘ + D in the new save dialogs? In Snow Leopard and prior, when clsoing a window with unsaved changes, the system would suggest to either save, cancel or discard the changes from keyboard shortcuts. You could:
*
*save return
*cancel ⌘+.
*discard the changes ⌘+D.
The Lion save dialog that gets summoned instead of the "Would you like to save?" dialog works differently:
⌘+. and return still work1, but ⌘+D has no effect.
Is there a new keyboard shortcut to discard?
1. I'm not in front of my Mac right now; IIRC they work, but maybe I'm wrong.
A: In Terminal.app, you can change this back to the old behaviour using
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSSavePanelStandardDesktopShortcutOnly -bool YES
To revert to the default behaviour, set
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSSavePanelStandardDesktopShortcutOnly -bool NO
A: ⌘+⌫
Pressing Command-Delete (or perhaps more commonly known as backspace) also does the same trick.
That's all there is to it!
A: It depends on the application. For example, in Powerpoint 2011 ⌘D still works, ⌘⌫ does nothing in the dialog.
I guess it's personal preference, I like to use Space (or Tab until Don't Save is in focus, Space) for this action.
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24066cb9f4a4c901afca43aa7709911eeee6f1d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does installing rEFIt void my warranty? I would like to install rEFIt. Will it void my warranty, even though it can be uninstalled?
A: No, rEFIt is software and therefore should not affect the hardware warranty.
However, if you're concerned about that and want to avoid trouble (there's always the odd thickheaded customer service rep, even at Apple), you can simply wipe your drive and do a clean OS X reinstall before you send your machine in for service (and restore from backup once you get it back). rEFIt does not modify your EFI or anything else, so there'll be no trace left of it if you do so.
| Q: Does installing rEFIt void my warranty? I would like to install rEFIt. Will it void my warranty, even though it can be uninstalled?
A: No, rEFIt is software and therefore should not affect the hardware warranty.
However, if you're concerned about that and want to avoid trouble (there's always the odd thickheaded customer service rep, even at Apple), you can simply wipe your drive and do a clean OS X reinstall before you send your machine in for service (and restore from backup once you get it back). rEFIt does not modify your EFI or anything else, so there'll be no trace left of it if you do so.
A: I have a user with a rMBP that was told by the GeniusBar that his warranty was voided by using rEFIt to install Linux. Trouble is, the system never had Linux on it, only a BootCamp partition which has since been removed.
They said removing the "unauthorized software" would reinstate the warranty.
Run the following two lines and reboot to remove rEFIt.
sudo rm -r /efi
sudo rm -r /Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser
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ec46d9e5507e4ed008e12e86fc951fda8c4c64c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I prevent Lion Mail from marking a message as read after deleting/archiving another message? This is driving me nuts. I go through my mail in reverse chronological order. This means I look at the newest mails first and then go back from there. So this scenario happens dozens of times a day:
*
*Check out message, decide to mark it as unread to review/act on later
*Proceed to next, older, message
*When I decide to delete/archive the current message, Mail will highlight the message from 1. and mark it as read (because it is selected)
*This forces me to REmark this last message as unread before proceeding
Any ideas on how to solve this?
A: Press ⌥+backspace to delete the message. No other message will be highlighted.
Warning: This deletes the selected message(s) permanently.
| Q: How do I prevent Lion Mail from marking a message as read after deleting/archiving another message? This is driving me nuts. I go through my mail in reverse chronological order. This means I look at the newest mails first and then go back from there. So this scenario happens dozens of times a day:
*
*Check out message, decide to mark it as unread to review/act on later
*Proceed to next, older, message
*When I decide to delete/archive the current message, Mail will highlight the message from 1. and mark it as read (because it is selected)
*This forces me to REmark this last message as unread before proceeding
Any ideas on how to solve this?
A: Press ⌥+backspace to delete the message. No other message will be highlighted.
Warning: This deletes the selected message(s) permanently.
A: There's a plugin for Apple Mail called TruePreview (freeware, http://christianserving.org/project/truepreview) which let you define when a message should be marked as read.
E.g I have set it to seven seconds so when I go through my messages (I do it the same way as you) they still are marked as unread. I have to stay on a message for seven seconds to be marked as read.
You can configure that behavior on a per account basis.
The plugin for Lion Mail is an alpha relase (please read the release notes)
A: What works for me is to collapse the message preview section of the window, which requires clicking on a message index to open the message in a new window. In SnowLeopard, drag the divider below the message index to the bottom of the window; in Lion, drag the divider on the right side of the message index to the right of the window.
When using Mail like this, it won't mark a message as read until you open the message in a separate window. So, when the selection moves around the message index, it won't automatically preview the message and mark it as read.
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afa420ab52aa395ec6a9c2acf5869f90338d1d06 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I mount a sparsebundle to a folder rather than an image? I have a encrypted sparsebundle and I want to mount to to a folder in my home directory and not under /Volumes. How can I do that?
A: You might also be interested in http://blog.marc-seeger.de/2011/02/06/encrypted-diskimages-in-osx/ which explains step by step how to set up auto-mount to the specified mount point:
*
*run mount to identify the disk device (/dev/diskNsN usually)
*run diskutil info /dev/diskNsn | grep UUID to get the UUID
*use sudo vifs to add a line to /etc/fstab
UUID=whatever-you-noted-before /path/to/mountpoint hfs rw 1 0
*Add your disk image to your login items to have it automatically mounted on /path/to/mountpoint at the next login
| Q: How do I mount a sparsebundle to a folder rather than an image? I have a encrypted sparsebundle and I want to mount to to a folder in my home directory and not under /Volumes. How can I do that?
A: You might also be interested in http://blog.marc-seeger.de/2011/02/06/encrypted-diskimages-in-osx/ which explains step by step how to set up auto-mount to the specified mount point:
*
*run mount to identify the disk device (/dev/diskNsN usually)
*run diskutil info /dev/diskNsn | grep UUID to get the UUID
*use sudo vifs to add a line to /etc/fstab
UUID=whatever-you-noted-before /path/to/mountpoint hfs rw 1 0
*Add your disk image to your login items to have it automatically mounted on /path/to/mountpoint at the next login
A: hdiutil attach /Volumes/ATimeMachine/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library.sparsebundle -mountpoint ~/iPho
If this command is successful you should see something like:
/dev/disk3 Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk3s1 Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk3s2 Apple_Driver43
/dev/disk3s3 Apple_Driver43
/dev/disk3s4 Apple_Driver_ATA
/dev/disk3s5 Apple_Driver_ATA
/dev/disk3s6 Apple_FWDriver
/dev/disk3s7 Apple_Driver_IOKit
/dev/disk3s8 Apple_Patches
/dev/disk3s9 Apple_HFS /Users/me/iPho
where iPhoto Library.sparsebundle is on a DroboFS (NAS) and is a 500G "hard disk" image formatted MacOS HFS journaled
Running the hdiutil command mounts the image under my home directory. I tired to mount it on top of the original iPhoto Library, but the original was still visible in there after mounting, so I changed the name of the mount point to iPho instead. Then I decided it didn't really matter where the mount point was, it would be fine under /Volumes as long as iPhoto.app knows where it is.
Option click iPhoto.app to launch it with a prompt to create a new library, and I did that in the mounted disk image. Then import all photos (previously managed with Picasa under a ~/Pictures directory tree) on my hard drive into iPhoto, which copies them into the mounted image, which resides on the NAS where it has some fault tolerance because of the DroboFS. This also frees up half the space on my small 500G SSD drive in the MacBook Air.
A: The hdiutil command-line utility gives you more flexibility, and is extensively documented in man hdiutil. Something like this should do:
hdiutil attach -mountpoint ~/myMountPoint mySparsebundle.dmg
A: Just wanted to point out the -mountroot option:
hdiutil attach -mountroot ~ path/to/image.sparsebundle
In this case, it would be mounted to ~/image.
Also note that with the -mountroot option, if ~/image already exists, it would automatically append the mountpoint and instead mount the volume to, for example, ~/image\ 2.
A word of caution: be sure you do not confuse the -mountroot option with with the -mountpoint option. This would cause the volume to be mounted in place of your home directory!
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4afbaad3495ec56055b9fdb0880f0f978cfb904b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you switch between built-in audio and headphone audio without unplugging? Once I plug headphones into my iMac I no longer have the option in the sound preferences panel to output audio to the built-in speakers. I have to unplug the headphones to get audio output through the built-in speakers. Since the plug is on the back of the display this is inconvenient. Does anyone know of an audio app that allows me to easily switch between built-in speakers and headphones for audio output?
A: I think the condition has always been there. I believe plugging into the headphone jack physically disconnects the sound output from the speakers. I believe you will have to use bmike's suggestion to get the desired outcome.
| Q: How do you switch between built-in audio and headphone audio without unplugging? Once I plug headphones into my iMac I no longer have the option in the sound preferences panel to output audio to the built-in speakers. I have to unplug the headphones to get audio output through the built-in speakers. Since the plug is on the back of the display this is inconvenient. Does anyone know of an audio app that allows me to easily switch between built-in speakers and headphones for audio output?
A: I think the condition has always been there. I believe plugging into the headphone jack physically disconnects the sound output from the speakers. I believe you will have to use bmike's suggestion to get the desired outcome.
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4f72c0cc4c7f99e5ec0658862ba76749cde5a119 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a QuickLook preview for plain-text files with unknown extensions? A similar question was asked here but the answer refers to something called QL Stephen, which only claims to preview files with no extension. I need something that will show previews of files with extensions that are unknown to the Finder. They are all plain-text files. And, it needs to run on Lion (10.7).
To clarify: I'm not looking for a default QL for any unknown extension, but rather for one that will preview certain specific extensions (e.g., .sps, .fort) as plain text.
A: You can use QuicklookStephen (https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen).
Install via Brew:
brew install qlstephen
and then reset the Quicklook plugins:
qlmanage -r && killall Finder
and you should be good to go!
Tested with both files without extension and files with "unknown" extension (e.g. .nfo)
| Q: Is there a QuickLook preview for plain-text files with unknown extensions? A similar question was asked here but the answer refers to something called QL Stephen, which only claims to preview files with no extension. I need something that will show previews of files with extensions that are unknown to the Finder. They are all plain-text files. And, it needs to run on Lion (10.7).
To clarify: I'm not looking for a default QL for any unknown extension, but rather for one that will preview certain specific extensions (e.g., .sps, .fort) as plain text.
A: You can use QuicklookStephen (https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen).
Install via Brew:
brew install qlstephen
and then reset the Quicklook plugins:
qlmanage -r && killall Finder
and you should be good to go!
Tested with both files without extension and files with "unknown" extension (e.g. .nfo)
A: After a quick google, maybe this is what you need?
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071028184428583
It explains how to declare specific file types as plain text, QuickLook will use these declarations.
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17d0a632b1edb850ee302be3e919a675ec3e304b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Many Genius Mixes Are There in iTunes? Every so often I'll add a couple hundred new songs to my iTunes and discover a new mix has been created. It makes me wonder then, exactly how many mixes are there, what genres are they, etc.
Here's a photo, in case you're unsure what I'm talking about.
A: Most macs with screens less than 27 inches get a maximum of 12 Genius Mix playlists if you have genius turned on in the view.
There are clearly more than 50 genres on the iTunes store and I've easily seen more than 20 mixes on various people's libraries. I'm not sure if Apple has disclosed how this is curated or how many categories are possible at any point in time.
You can remove a certain list to make room for another Mix by right-clicking on an existing mix icon. As you add more music and the genius updates, you may get a new mix when it can identify enough music in one of the mix categories.
| Q: How Many Genius Mixes Are There in iTunes? Every so often I'll add a couple hundred new songs to my iTunes and discover a new mix has been created. It makes me wonder then, exactly how many mixes are there, what genres are they, etc.
Here's a photo, in case you're unsure what I'm talking about.
A: Most macs with screens less than 27 inches get a maximum of 12 Genius Mix playlists if you have genius turned on in the view.
There are clearly more than 50 genres on the iTunes store and I've easily seen more than 20 mixes on various people's libraries. I'm not sure if Apple has disclosed how this is curated or how many categories are possible at any point in time.
You can remove a certain list to make room for another Mix by right-clicking on an existing mix icon. As you add more music and the genius updates, you may get a new mix when it can identify enough music in one of the mix categories.
A:
We can crowd source this:
*
*Please type very carefully. Don't split combinations that use "&" or
"/"- just list them as you see them. Do remove the word "Mix" from the
end.
*If you have Brit Pop and Brit Pop 2, add in ( 2 ) or ( 2 3 ) if
you have more than one mix with the same name.
These mixes have been observed already "in the wild."
*
*Acoustic Blues
*Adult Alternative
*Adult Alternative Pop
*Adult Alternative Rock
*Adult Contemporary
*Adult Pop/Rock
*Alt. Folk
*Alt Metal
*Alt Pop
*Alt Singer/Songwriter
*Alternative Country
*Alternative Pop/Rock
*Ambient
*Americana
*Animation
*AOR Classic Rock
*Art & Experimental Rock
*Art & Progressive Rock
*Big Band & Swing
*Black & Death Metal
*Bluegrass
*Blues, Boogie & Southern Rock
*Bossa Nova
*Brazilian Pop
*Brazilian Folk & Traditional
*Breakbeat
*Brit Pop
*Brit Pop & Rock
*British Invasion
*Canto-Pop
*Celtic
*Chamber Pop
*Children's
*Christian Pop/Rock
*Christian Urban
*Classical
*Classical Crossover
*Classical Instrumental
*Classic R&B
*Classic Hard Rock
*Classic Punk (2)
*Classic Rock (2)
*Classic Ska
*Classic Soul
*Comedy
*Conscious Rap (2)
*Contemporary
*Contemporary Country
*Contemporary Folk
*Contemporary R&B
*Cool & West Coast Jazz
*Country
*Christian Rock
*Dance Pop
*Danceclub
*Dancehall & Ragga
*Disco
*Dream Pop
*East Coast Rap
*Electric Blues
*Electro Pop
*Electronica
*Electronica Mainstream
*Emo
*Europop
*Folk (2)
*Folk Rock
*Folk-Pop
*French
*Funk
*Gangsta Rap
*Goth (2)
*Gothic Metal
*Grunge
*Hardcore & Thrash
*Hard Bop & Post-Bop
*Hard Rock & Stoner Rock
*Heavy Metal
*Hip-Hop/Rap
*Honky Tonk & Outlaw
*House
*Indie Pop
*Indie Rock
*Indie Rock & Lo-Fi
*Industrial
*Israeli
*Jam Bands
*Jazz
*Jazz Vocals
*Jungle / Drum n' Bass
*J-Guitar Rock
*J-Pop
*J-Pop Dance
*J-Pop Female
*J-Pop Urban
*J-Rock Female
*Kammerpop
*Korean Pop
*Latin Dance/Pop
*Latin Folk & Traditional
*Latin Rock
*Latin/World Jazz
*Lounge
*Mainstream Rock
*Mandarin Pop
*Meditation
*Metal
*Minimalist
*Musicals (3)
*Neo-Soul
*New Age
*New Age/World Music
*New Wave
*Nü-Metal
*Old-School Rap
*Pop
*Pop Metal
*Pop-Soul
*Post-Modern Rock
*Post Punk
*Power Pop
*Progressive House
*Progressive Metal
*Punk (2)
*Punk Pop
*Punk Rock
*Quiet Storm
*Reggae
*Rock Singer/Songwriter
*Singer/Songwriter
*Ska
*Soft Rock
*Soft Rock Oldies
*Soul
*Soundtracks
*Southern Rap
*Surf/Garage Revival
*Swing Revival
*Synth-Pop
*Techno/House
*Teen Pop
*Traditional Acoustic Blues
*Traditional Folk
*Trance
*Trip-Hop (2)
*Urban Crossover
*Video Games
*Vocal
*West African
*West Coast Rap
*World
*'50s Oldies
*'60s
*60's Psychedelic Pop/Rock
*'70s Pop
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e45eced6b38409073eac5fef4c687c64bb76206c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the best widget for song lyrics? I'm looking for a widget that can
*
*Show the lyrics of the current playing song
*Get the lyrics online if there is none on the music, and save it
*Nice designed
I used to use the Harmonic widget, but it seems it was abandoned
A: SaveThoseLyrics (Freeware)
It looks like it does the same thing as Harmonic.
LyricSearch (Free)
Allows you to search for lyrics by song. (Don't think this is what you are looking for)
Canto Pod (Free)
Allows you to search for a song, then add it to your iTunes library. (Don't think you are looking for this either)
LyricSearch and Canto Pod were lyrics widgets that I found. As I already said, I don't think that's what you are looking for, but I put them there in case you did want to search by song, rather than the current iTunes song. I hope this helps you out.
| Q: What is the best widget for song lyrics? I'm looking for a widget that can
*
*Show the lyrics of the current playing song
*Get the lyrics online if there is none on the music, and save it
*Nice designed
I used to use the Harmonic widget, but it seems it was abandoned
A: SaveThoseLyrics (Freeware)
It looks like it does the same thing as Harmonic.
LyricSearch (Free)
Allows you to search for lyrics by song. (Don't think this is what you are looking for)
Canto Pod (Free)
Allows you to search for a song, then add it to your iTunes library. (Don't think you are looking for this either)
LyricSearch and Canto Pod were lyrics widgets that I found. As I already said, I don't think that's what you are looking for, but I put them there in case you did want to search by song, rather than the current iTunes song. I hope this helps you out.
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14c8c229efba5e97e897c485a912ae3d5588061d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I make a symlink (to a .app folder) in Applications directory show up in spotlight? I used brew to install MacVim and it put it in /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app
I would like to be able to go to spotlight and type MacVim to launch the app. I tried creating a symlink in the Applications directory to /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app. But that doesn't seem to show up in Spotlight. I set the executable bits on the symlink. open MacVim.app from the command line works. How can I get MacVim to show up in Spotlight search?
A: The way I've solved this is using a shell script and appify.
For example make a script with a text editor that contains
#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app
Then get appify - http://git.abackstrom.com/appify.git
Run appify on the shell script and it will make an application you can put in /Applications that will invoke MacVim. This will show up in spotlight.
| Q: Can I make a symlink (to a .app folder) in Applications directory show up in spotlight? I used brew to install MacVim and it put it in /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app
I would like to be able to go to spotlight and type MacVim to launch the app. I tried creating a symlink in the Applications directory to /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app. But that doesn't seem to show up in Spotlight. I set the executable bits on the symlink. open MacVim.app from the command line works. How can I get MacVim to show up in Spotlight search?
A: The way I've solved this is using a shell script and appify.
For example make a script with a text editor that contains
#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app
Then get appify - http://git.abackstrom.com/appify.git
Run appify on the shell script and it will make an application you can put in /Applications that will invoke MacVim. This will show up in spotlight.
A: *
*Symbolic links (ln -s) did not work well for me, it did not appear that Spotlight would see this as an application.
*Making a finder alias (as described by Daniel) worked better regarding launching from Finder, but did not when using Finder Open With..., the alias would remain grayed out.
In particular, like mentioned in other comments here, I also wanted MacVim to be available when using Open With... from Finder, but with either the symbolic link or Finder alias, MacVim would remain grayed out.
What worked for me was the simple Automator script (as zim described), with the "Run Shell Script" command. The only thing I had to do differently than what zim showed in his answer is adding the -a parameter to open:
open -a /usr/local/opt/macvim/MacVim.app $@
Without the -a, when used with "Open With...", MacVim would launch, but also the parameter filename would open with whatever its default application was -- so I would get both MacVim with empty document AND TextEdit with the file I had selected to open (rather than MacVim with my selected file opened).
The automator script can be copied or aliased to the Applications folder. I also changed my automator script's icon to MacVim's icon by copying & pasting the icon from the Finder's Get Info popups.
A: In the Finder, press CommandShiftG for Go to the Folder. Type /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/ and press return. Select the file (actually a folder) MacVim.app Press CommandL for Make Alias. Depending on permissions, you may be prompted for an administrator password here.
Press CommandN to create a New Finder Window.
Press CommandShiftA to go to the Applications folder in that window.
Drag the newly created alias from the window in which it was created to the window containing the Applications folder. Rename the alias so it no longer ends in " alias".
A: To keep things nice and scriptable, you can use osascript to run a little AppleScript and create your alias automatically.
osascript <<END
set macvim to POSIX file "/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app"
set applications_folder to POSIX file "/Applications"
tell application "Finder"
make alias file to macvim at applications_folder
end tell
END
A: After trying several of the suggested solutions, the best thing that worked for me was to copy the app from the Homebrew Cellar to the applications directory:
cp -r /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-66/MacVim.app /Applications/
Spotlight found it instantly.
A: For those who use homebrew to install macvim (totally recommended)
Run the following after install
brew linkapps macvim
A: The alias method did not work for me. A better option is to use Automator to create an Application that runs a shell script:
Also, linking directly to the MacVim.app in the Cellar directory like some of the other answers suggest binds you to a specific version. If brew upgrades MacVim, your link will still point to the old version. Rather, you should use:
open /usr/local/opt/macvim/MacVim.app $@
as this location is automatically symlinked by brew to the most recent version.
This worked great for me. I save the Automator file in iCloud so I can conveniently add the app on other machines.
A: Best way doing it come from homebrew it self
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to make alias file to POSIX file "/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app" at POSIX file "/Applications/"'
here is the reference:
A: The simple act of installing homebrew allowed me to create a symlink to Sublime Text. Perhaps you are needing more.
Install homebrew here if you have macOS
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
and then from command line (assuming ST is installed)
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/subl
A: Sounds like you could do the following from the Terminal.
$ ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61/MacVim.app /Applications
You might have to use sudo to put the symlink in the /Applications directory.
A: This doesn't directly answer the question, but instead inverts the install process so that MacOS will find MacVim like any app.
*
*If you already installed macvim with brew, uninstall it with brew uninstall macvim.
*Download MacVim and install the .dmg like any application.
*Add an alias to your .bash_profile:
# Create a MacVim alias if it's installed as MacOS application
[ -x "$(command -v /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim)" ] \
&& alias vim='/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim'
Now the MacVim GUI will work like any MacOS app (including with Spotlight), and the next time you open the terminal, the command vim will open MacVim in the terminal instead.
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8ab06a65a9c4af5d598af920e720bb0bdc290530 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to sort iTunes U other than "Released Date"? In iTunes > Library > iTunes U, the items are sorted by Released Date. How can I sort the items, say, by Name?
A: Sorting by "Release Date" is currently the only option for sorting iTunes U in iTunes.
The sorting of content is meant to be left up to the creator of the iTunes U collection/course.
The collections are automatically sorted alphabetically by collection name. If you click on the disclosure triangle for each collection, the lectures can then be sorted by release date in ascending or descending order.
| Q: Is it possible to sort iTunes U other than "Released Date"? In iTunes > Library > iTunes U, the items are sorted by Released Date. How can I sort the items, say, by Name?
A: Sorting by "Release Date" is currently the only option for sorting iTunes U in iTunes.
The sorting of content is meant to be left up to the creator of the iTunes U collection/course.
The collections are automatically sorted alphabetically by collection name. If you click on the disclosure triangle for each collection, the lectures can then be sorted by release date in ascending or descending order.
A: Easiest way around this problem is to create a play list in the add + playlist. Add the relevant tracks then sort by name. If you find that some of the tracks are not named correctly then just rename i.e. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2, 2.1 etc
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d7fdb47c631906506e0c58bae31433e74ddaf363 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: The Function (fn) key keeps bringing up Mission Control. How do I disable it? (fn) Function Key keeps bringing up Mission Control. How do I disable it? I have looked all around and have found no answers? any ideas?
A: I was able to replicate the problem. Here's what worked on my machine to fix it:
*
*Go to System Preferences » Mission Control
*Under Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts, go to Mission Control.
*
*If it's set to fn, set it to some other value (or the - at the bottom of the list to disable a keyboard shortcut for Mission Control).
*If it's not set for fn, but fn keeps triggering it (which happened to me), change it to anything else, then change it back to the value you want it to have.
On my machine, that made fn stop triggering Mission Control.
| Q: The Function (fn) key keeps bringing up Mission Control. How do I disable it? (fn) Function Key keeps bringing up Mission Control. How do I disable it? I have looked all around and have found no answers? any ideas?
A: I was able to replicate the problem. Here's what worked on my machine to fix it:
*
*Go to System Preferences » Mission Control
*Under Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts, go to Mission Control.
*
*If it's set to fn, set it to some other value (or the - at the bottom of the list to disable a keyboard shortcut for Mission Control).
*If it's not set for fn, but fn keeps triggering it (which happened to me), change it to anything else, then change it back to the value you want it to have.
On my machine, that made fn stop triggering Mission Control.
A: To disable the functions of all Fn keys you can go to Apple > System Preferences. Then click on Keyboard and check the box that says "Use all F1, F2, keys as standard function keys"
As for jsut Mission Control you can go to in System Preferences to Mission Control, and you'll find there some list menus that let you choose the keys for the different features of Mission Control. At the bottom there is a "-" which turns it off.
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3ee8d05f31b3d41073706b1a4860fd7eb2a9de89 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPod Touch Passcode doesn't work after restore from backup My son entered too many incorrect passcodes on my iPod Touch and apparently forced it to wipe my iPod clean. Sadly, this has happened before. I connected to iTunes and restored from my latest backup and then sync'd. When I went to unlock my iPod, instead of being presented with the usual numeric keypad, I was given the full qwerty keyboard. This was alarming, but I switched to number mode and entered my numeric passcode. I was told "Wrong Passcode, try again".
What has happened? Why won't my passcode work, and where did this qwerty keyboard come from? And most importantly, how do I fix this?
A: The solution to my problem was rather simple, though I still don't understand it:
Reboot.
My battery drained completely, and when it came back on after plugging it in it presented the expected numeric keypad and accepted my passcode. It seems rebooting was all I needed to get back to normal.
It doesn't make sense to my why it happened that way. If you have an explanation, I'll happily accept your answer.
| Q: iPod Touch Passcode doesn't work after restore from backup My son entered too many incorrect passcodes on my iPod Touch and apparently forced it to wipe my iPod clean. Sadly, this has happened before. I connected to iTunes and restored from my latest backup and then sync'd. When I went to unlock my iPod, instead of being presented with the usual numeric keypad, I was given the full qwerty keyboard. This was alarming, but I switched to number mode and entered my numeric passcode. I was told "Wrong Passcode, try again".
What has happened? Why won't my passcode work, and where did this qwerty keyboard come from? And most importantly, how do I fix this?
A: The solution to my problem was rather simple, though I still don't understand it:
Reboot.
My battery drained completely, and when it came back on after plugging it in it presented the expected numeric keypad and accepted my passcode. It seems rebooting was all I needed to get back to normal.
It doesn't make sense to my why it happened that way. If you have an explanation, I'll happily accept your answer.
A: That is normal behavior. Each reinstall of settings on a clean device requires a reboot. It doesn't matter if the device is 'clean' due an iOS upgrade or clean from a security wipe. iOS backups are not simply copied over. They are interpreted for security and compatibility.
Have a look on the device next time you upgrade iOS. It should perform two reboots. One for the iOS and one after your settings are in place.
Oddly, he should have don't that second reboot on his own since its part of the procedure.
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dda4b170c845b0a8e74d1a2b8ebfea6255e621db | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to send mail using Command + Enter in Mail? I can't think of any reason why Command ⌘ + Enter ↩ would not send a mail draft, instead of the current shortcut, which is Command ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + D Is there a way to change this?
A: You can look at this answer and apply accordingly to your case.
TL;DR version:
| Q: Is it possible to send mail using Command + Enter in Mail? I can't think of any reason why Command ⌘ + Enter ↩ would not send a mail draft, instead of the current shortcut, which is Command ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + D Is there a way to change this?
A: You can look at this answer and apply accordingly to your case.
TL;DR version:
A: I tried to use the System Preferences, Keyboard Shortcuts tab to define Command+Return to send a mail. But the effect was that Command+Shift+Return sends mail.
A: I found a solution in Mathias's dotfiles. In a Terminal window, type:
defaults write com.apple.mail NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Send" "@\U21a9"
Then restart Mail.app
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566f82e653a9f0691cd9e7271d72321af08ee21f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: View IE (6,7,8,9) on Mac? I am a web developer. I would like to view my web design on IE(6 - latest). Is there a quick way to view it?
Thanks in advance
EDIT:
I already have a Windows OS on my Mac using VirtualBox. However, I dont want to load such heavy program just to preview IE :(
I need an alternative or faster way to view IE
A: Wine claims to support IE 6, 7, and 8 with varying levels of efficacy.
It's not a simple solution, but it sure is a hell of a lot lighter-weight then a VM, and it effectively runs the full browser on OSX.
You need to be at least somewhat familiar with the command line to get anywhere with Wine, though.
Crossover Mac is basically a MacOS GUI for wine. It has the same capabilities as wine, but the GUI makes installing things much easier. On the other hand, it's not free.
| Q: View IE (6,7,8,9) on Mac? I am a web developer. I would like to view my web design on IE(6 - latest). Is there a quick way to view it?
Thanks in advance
EDIT:
I already have a Windows OS on my Mac using VirtualBox. However, I dont want to load such heavy program just to preview IE :(
I need an alternative or faster way to view IE
A: Wine claims to support IE 6, 7, and 8 with varying levels of efficacy.
It's not a simple solution, but it sure is a hell of a lot lighter-weight then a VM, and it effectively runs the full browser on OSX.
You need to be at least somewhat familiar with the command line to get anywhere with Wine, though.
Crossover Mac is basically a MacOS GUI for wine. It has the same capabilities as wine, but the GUI makes installing things much easier. On the other hand, it's not free.
A: You can either install Windows as a virtual machine (eg. VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop) or on a Bootcamp partition. Note that this requires a Windows license and media for installing. In Windows you can then install IETester for example.
There are some online services that will make screenshots for you in said browsers like Adobe Browserlab (https://browserlab.adobe.com/). Though that might not be ideal when wanting to quickly debug some problems.
There are even services where you connect to a remote VNC instance running a selected Windows configuration like http://www.browsercam.com/. But those generally do not come free to my knowledge.
<= browsercam.com will be shut down FEB 1, 2013 <= http://www.browsercam.com/important-message/
A: Buy a cheap used Windows XP Pro box (or rent a Windows VM from some cloud if you want to be more "green") and just leave it running. Use a Remote Desktop or VNC viewer to view IE on it from your Mac. No big load on your Mac and little boot up time if you just leave it running.
A: Microsoft actually has virtual machines you can download (Windows XP, Vista, and 7) just for testing IE compatibility: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11575
This isn't a 'fast' solution but I think it is the best and supported solution. It is 'heavy' but I don't think there is a way around it. It is just part of the job if you need to support IE.
A: The website http://browsershots.org/ lets you preview a webpage in IE, Safari, Firefox, Chrome and other browsers on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and BSD.
A: http://browserling.com/ will let you try several browsers live, from the comfort of your browser. You get 10 minute sessions for free or you can buy a subscription.
It's made out of pure awesome.
A: possibly the best route out of all the options and a great tutorial
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/04/internet-explorer-for-mac-ie7-ie8-ie-9-free/
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dc2570b3593c42a4397e7d9ae981fe3db9d5f373 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I figure out if my OS is Mac OS X 32 bit or 64 bit? I am using a Mac for the first time and need to install Eclipse. How do I know if I am on a 32 bit or 64 bit computer? I am on a MacBook Pro.
| Q: How do I figure out if my OS is Mac OS X 32 bit or 64 bit? I am using a Mac for the first time and need to install Eclipse. How do I know if I am on a 32 bit or 64 bit computer? I am on a MacBook Pro.
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6cc2f80fe43f83a02235a1a9b568a58dc6550f85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I un-trust or remove blacklisted root CAs from mobile Safari on my iPhone or iPad? The DigiNotar root CA has been compromised and has been blacklisted by Mozilla and Chrome. I've already un-trusted their root CA in Keychain on my OS X devices, but how can I do something similar on my iPhone and iPad?
Edit: I'd like to do this without having to jailbreak any device.
Edit: The i0S 5 update from Apple removes the DigiNotar root CA from your iDevice and also gets rid of trust for MD5-signed certs. See this Ars Technica article for details.
A: You don't. (not without jail breaking iOS) More sadly, we've gone from the situation on iOS 4 -> 5 ->6 -> iOS 7 and still cannot choose what certificates are trusted by the OS.
This is either a bug in the iPhone configuration utility or an unimplimented feature. If you care, do reach out to apple to ask for this.
http://www.apple.com/feedback or http://bugreporter.apple.com
Unless you are comfortable writing a technically correct bug, the feedback link is a better avenue. Calling AppleCare or asking for this at the genius bar might also be worthwhile.
| Q: How do I un-trust or remove blacklisted root CAs from mobile Safari on my iPhone or iPad? The DigiNotar root CA has been compromised and has been blacklisted by Mozilla and Chrome. I've already un-trusted their root CA in Keychain on my OS X devices, but how can I do something similar on my iPhone and iPad?
Edit: I'd like to do this without having to jailbreak any device.
Edit: The i0S 5 update from Apple removes the DigiNotar root CA from your iDevice and also gets rid of trust for MD5-signed certs. See this Ars Technica article for details.
A: You don't. (not without jail breaking iOS) More sadly, we've gone from the situation on iOS 4 -> 5 ->6 -> iOS 7 and still cannot choose what certificates are trusted by the OS.
This is either a bug in the iPhone configuration utility or an unimplimented feature. If you care, do reach out to apple to ask for this.
http://www.apple.com/feedback or http://bugreporter.apple.com
Unless you are comfortable writing a technically correct bug, the feedback link is a better avenue. Calling AppleCare or asking for this at the genius bar might also be worthwhile.
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a9897828ee501e2bf76ec814b6df415c04b324f4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In Lion, if I keep pressing a key, why doesn't it repeat? I don't know if there are any settings to toggle, but I figured out that if I keep pressing a button on my keyboard it doesn't repeat it and displays only one character! Can this be fixed to go back to the previous repeating behavior?
A: This is a new "feature" that Apple introduced in Lion. To disable no key repeat, enter
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
in Terminal, and then restart your computer.
Source: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15678809
| Q: In Lion, if I keep pressing a key, why doesn't it repeat? I don't know if there are any settings to toggle, but I figured out that if I keep pressing a button on my keyboard it doesn't repeat it and displays only one character! Can this be fixed to go back to the previous repeating behavior?
A: This is a new "feature" that Apple introduced in Lion. To disable no key repeat, enter
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
in Terminal, and then restart your computer.
Source: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15678809
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82aeb3df64973c55ff05f050578c0742eb9b7842 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Command+right/left stopped working On a couple occasions since I installed Lion, the keyboard shortcuts ⌘+→ and ⌘+← have stopped working to navigate to the beginning/end of a line inside text fields and such. Any ideas what's going on?
Notes:
*
*My computer doesn't beep when I hit these shortcuts.
*Keyboard Viewer shows that when I hold down ⌘, pressing left/right doesn't do anything.
*When I hold down both ⌘ and ⇧, the arrow keys work fine.
*The left and right arrow keys still work by themselves.
*⌘+↑ and ⌘+↓, and ⌥+arrows still work.
*⌃+A and ⌃+E still work.
*I don't have any particularly weird custom keyboard shortcuts set up.
*If it matters, I use 4-finger swipes and ⌃+arrows for switching desktops, two- and three-finger swipes for navigation, and three-finger swipes for Mission Control & App Exposé.
A: I just had this problem as well, for me, this thread on apple.com worked.
The solution proposed there is to restart the Dock. To do so, type the following in the Terminal:
killall Dock
| Q: Command+right/left stopped working On a couple occasions since I installed Lion, the keyboard shortcuts ⌘+→ and ⌘+← have stopped working to navigate to the beginning/end of a line inside text fields and such. Any ideas what's going on?
Notes:
*
*My computer doesn't beep when I hit these shortcuts.
*Keyboard Viewer shows that when I hold down ⌘, pressing left/right doesn't do anything.
*When I hold down both ⌘ and ⇧, the arrow keys work fine.
*The left and right arrow keys still work by themselves.
*⌘+↑ and ⌘+↓, and ⌥+arrows still work.
*⌃+A and ⌃+E still work.
*I don't have any particularly weird custom keyboard shortcuts set up.
*If it matters, I use 4-finger swipes and ⌃+arrows for switching desktops, two- and three-finger swipes for navigation, and three-finger swipes for Mission Control & App Exposé.
A: I just had this problem as well, for me, this thread on apple.com worked.
The solution proposed there is to restart the Dock. To do so, type the following in the Terminal:
killall Dock
A: I've noticed that certain applications seem to trap the gestures, even when they're no longer active.
The only time I've been able to 100% narrow down something trapping various shortcut keys was with either Apple Remote Desktop (the built in screen sharing functions), or Microsoft Remote Desktop.
Even though I clicked outside of the app and started using something else, something caused notably my ctrl+←/→ to stop working.
I unfortunately do not remember the specific steps I took to resolve the issue. Whether it was explicitly sending focus into the remote connection window, and then (with the mouse only) explicitly out of the window, and onto another app that is not just the Desktop, might have fixed the problem. Otherwise, I may have just closed the window in frustration.
Either way, this issue is one that you may have to do some personal diagnosing to figure out. Check for any running apps that are notably not native (Java, AIR-based, etc.), or have some other form of deep integration (trapping keyboard events and sending them to another computer is pretty deep), that may be causing this issue.
A: No need to restart, these steps helped me:
*
*Swipe 4 fingers up to show Mission Control
*Select a full-screen app in the list of desktops
*Swipe 4 fingers up to show Mission Control again
*Select a text editor app on the main Desktop
A: It’s the second time I have this problem. This first time I restarted. Today I found your question and saw your remark about finger swipes. I switched desktops (I use two-finger swiped on the Magic Mouse) and now ⌘+←/→ works again.
I don’t know if it will work again next time, but it’s worth a try before restarting.
A: I saw the answer from Olivier, and the desktop switching gesture did not solve my problem. I ended up doing the gesture to show the mission control (for me, 3-fingers swipe up), and after that ⌘+→ started working again.
Update 12/8/2011: This has resurfaced for me again and sure enough using the gesture to show and close mission control solved it!
A: I've experienced the same problem since upgrading to Lion and found that it works ok again after a system restart.
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33c081c0e869a9a56f60e8a30f7bc6a02d66ebf2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lion kills application behind the scene, how to put application on a do not kill list? I am encountering an irritating feature of Lion.
Say I spend 30 minutes in XCode, then I go to iChat to talk to my girlfriend for 5 minutes, then I switch to Safari to check StackExchange, gmail, and whatever else I might want to check.
Then I switch to Safari where I run another set of pages. For 5 or 10 seconds, the app resumes with beachball. This is annoying as hell (switch appnames around, they behave the same).
How can I prevent this from happening at all (unlikely) or at least mitigate it by making a list of apps that are not allowed to go into silently-killed mode?
A: You can't. Check out this thread on the Apple discussion forum. You can also read this article from TUAW.
| Q: Lion kills application behind the scene, how to put application on a do not kill list? I am encountering an irritating feature of Lion.
Say I spend 30 minutes in XCode, then I go to iChat to talk to my girlfriend for 5 minutes, then I switch to Safari to check StackExchange, gmail, and whatever else I might want to check.
Then I switch to Safari where I run another set of pages. For 5 or 10 seconds, the app resumes with beachball. This is annoying as hell (switch appnames around, they behave the same).
How can I prevent this from happening at all (unlikely) or at least mitigate it by making a list of apps that are not allowed to go into silently-killed mode?
A: You can't. Check out this thread on the Apple discussion forum. You can also read this article from TUAW.
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dd94e1c4e0859ae85f71eca0350a720d39b9c047 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X Lion Terminal cursor problem Before I installed Lion opening a terminal window placed the cursor at the end of the prompt like so:
Wed Aug 31{shirsch4@Susan-Hirschs-iMac}/projects/perl/perl/lib/Utils--><cursor>
Now when I open a terminal window I get the cursor somewhere in the middle of the prompt like so:
Wed Aug 31{shirsch4@Susan-Hirsch<cursor>-iMac}/projects/perl/perl/lib/Utils-->
How can I correct this?
A: In Terminal > Preferences, change xterm-256color to xterm-color:
| Q: Mac OS X Lion Terminal cursor problem Before I installed Lion opening a terminal window placed the cursor at the end of the prompt like so:
Wed Aug 31{shirsch4@Susan-Hirschs-iMac}/projects/perl/perl/lib/Utils--><cursor>
Now when I open a terminal window I get the cursor somewhere in the middle of the prompt like so:
Wed Aug 31{shirsch4@Susan-Hirsch<cursor>-iMac}/projects/perl/perl/lib/Utils-->
How can I correct this?
A: In Terminal > Preferences, change xterm-256color to xterm-color:
A: The problem is that the curses package that is in charge of drawing your screen is miscounting the number of characters because your prompt contains some colour escape sequences.
To see this you can go echo $PS1 at the command prompt and see that it contains something like \[\033[34m\] at either end. This is the colour escape sequence.
The answer is to tell curses the correct terminal type so that it counts properly. Do that in Terminal > Preferences > Advanced - mine is set to xterm256color but any of the xterm choices should work. Note that this setting will only apply to Terminal windows created after you change the setting not any you have open when you make the change.
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c52ad20c7c519b803c18d253979cd9e9c364fa9d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to protect email using passcode in iPhone? I dont want to put passcode on phone, it is quite annoying, i just want to protect email. Is there any way to do so?
A: You will have to jailbreak your iPhone to password-protect the Mail app. Sorry, there's no other way. :-)
I ran across this article, which has three apps for password protecting iOS apps.
*
*Lockdown Pro
*FolderLock
*Locktopus
All are paid apps.
This article mentions an app called iAppLocker. It is free. Hope this helps you!
| Q: Is there a way to protect email using passcode in iPhone? I dont want to put passcode on phone, it is quite annoying, i just want to protect email. Is there any way to do so?
A: You will have to jailbreak your iPhone to password-protect the Mail app. Sorry, there's no other way. :-)
I ran across this article, which has three apps for password protecting iOS apps.
*
*Lockdown Pro
*FolderLock
*Locktopus
All are paid apps.
This article mentions an app called iAppLocker. It is free. Hope this helps you!
A: Use a web based email client via Safari, and log out when not using it.
A: forward all the mail adresses you want to see on you iphone to a single gmail account. get the gmail application the second one in the store, the blue one. set it up to access that account. Now you can remove the email account in the email section of your phone. When you want to do mail, sign into the gmail app, and sign back out when you're done.
A: Without jailbreaking, no. You cannot in the standard Mail app, and I know of no other iOS mail clients.
A: Boxer App does this. It has a free and a paid version.
Unfortunately, in my experience, it's a bit buggy, and it doesn't support Textexpander Touch snippets. However it's probably worth trying, if a passcode is important to you.
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1b7ac3beac20062b98a0e3ad4c5a6ed57a34a36e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I save SSH Bookmarks in Terminal? I've recently become infatuated with TotalTerminal and am tempted to switch from iTerm back to Terminal just so I can use it, except that I rely heavily on a half dozen SSH bookmarks in iTerm.
Is there a way, or extension, to save SSH bookmarks in OSX's Terminal? (or a way to use iTerm like TotalTerminal's quick visor
A: I'm not sure how SSH bookmarks work in iTerm but you can create an alias in your shell to accomplish the same thing:
aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command
To set an alias in the Terminal use the following syntax:
$ alias myserver="ssh [email protected]"
Now just run myserver in the Terminal when you want to connect to your server.
To make the alias permanent you have to add the alias to your login script and reload your login script for the changes to take effect. If your using the default shell, bash:
$ source ~/.bash_profile
More about aliases: http://ss64.com/bash/alias.html
| Q: How can I save SSH Bookmarks in Terminal? I've recently become infatuated with TotalTerminal and am tempted to switch from iTerm back to Terminal just so I can use it, except that I rely heavily on a half dozen SSH bookmarks in iTerm.
Is there a way, or extension, to save SSH bookmarks in OSX's Terminal? (or a way to use iTerm like TotalTerminal's quick visor
A: I'm not sure how SSH bookmarks work in iTerm but you can create an alias in your shell to accomplish the same thing:
aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command
To set an alias in the Terminal use the following syntax:
$ alias myserver="ssh [email protected]"
Now just run myserver in the Terminal when you want to connect to your server.
To make the alias permanent you have to add the alias to your login script and reload your login script for the changes to take effect. If your using the default shell, bash:
$ source ~/.bash_profile
More about aliases: http://ss64.com/bash/alias.html
A: Simply open the terminal app and then type Command + Shift + K from within the app. This will open a window that let's you save connections. (At least in OSX 10.9 Mavericks)
A: I'm not sure what SSH bookmarks are, but you might find the SSH config file useful. I would advocate it over the alias approach.
This option will work in all terminal emulators, and all shells (e.g. zsh instead of bash), and even other apps that use SSH (e.g. rsync, scp, git). Also, if you synchronise your dotfiles (e.g. via a github repository), your bookmarks/alias can be shared across machines.
You can store host specific settings (and aliases) in:
~/.ssh/config
Instead of doing:
ssh [email protected]
You could type:
ssh mw
If you added the following to your SSH config:
Host mw
Hostname mywebsite.com
User admin
You could also setup passwordless SSH and add the location of your identify file here. A bit more secure than storing passwords, and quicker than typing it out.
For more info about SSH config do:
man ssh_config
A: There are a few different ways to create ssh command bookmarks.
Settings Profiles with Custom Commands
You can create new settings profiles, each with a different ssh command. Profiles serve as both appearance "themes" and as "bookmarks" for commands and remote connections.
Go to:
Terminal > Preferences > Settings
Then either create a new profile or duplicate an existing one (there's a Duplicate command in the action menu at the bottom of the profiles list) and then customize the command:
Terminal > Preferences > Profiles > [profile] > Shell > Run Command
Enter the desired ssh command there.
Profiles appear in the Shell > New Window and New Tab submenus. Choose one to create a new terminal and run the associated command.
Running Multiple Commands at a Time with Window Groups
If you want to automatically create several terminals at a time (which will also run their profile commands), you can create a set of terminal windows/tabs using each profile, then save them as a window group with:
Window > Save Windows as Group…
When you open the window group it will restore all the windows/tabs and run the commands associated with each profile. You can even tell Terminal to open a particular window group each time Terminal starts in:
Terminal > Preferences > Startup
Improvements in Mac OS X Lion 10.7
In Mac OS X Lion 10.7 this gets simpler: you can tell Terminal to remember the commands for individual windows without creating a custom profile for each one.
If you use the Shell > New Command or New Remote Connection commands to create terminals, the command is recorded with the window/tab. If you save them in a window group, it will automatically restore (re-run) "safe" commands, and there's a checkbox to tell it to restore all commands. "Safe" commands include anything run from the New Remote Connection dialog, any shell listed in /etc/shells, plus emacs, vi/vim, pico, nano, screen, tmux and top.
Command Files
You can save shell commands (or, indeed, entire shell scripts) in a file with the filename extension ".command", and if you open one of these files Terminal will open a new terminal window and tell the shell to execute the commands in the file.
Some people use these as ssh bookmarks. To make it convenient to run them, you can put them in the Dock, or a collection of them in a folder in the Dock.
After creating a ".command" file, make it executable with chmod +x /path/to/file.command.
Function-Key Mappings
You can assign arbitrary strings to the function keys in
Terminal > Preferences > Profiles > [profile] > Keyboard
You can use this to conveniently enter information like host names, or entire ssh commands including a linefeed, so typing a single key will start the connection. You can also begin the string with a Control-C to discard the current command-line input if necessary, making it safer to type the key without intermingling new text with old.
In combination with modifier keys, this offers dozens of custom function keys you can use for arbitrary snippets or commands.
A: I've been looking for a way to bookmark SSH commands and eventually I developed a Mac app for our team, called TaskTips (https://task.tips/). Basically it can save you time by indexing your SSH commands, and autocomplete when you search SSH tasks, executing tasks automatically.
If it is also helpful for someone else, I would be really happy about it.
A: You can duplicate profiles, give them any name you want and save the login.
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b6672a3e44829f7f4c4e2cc9de2295f9c9cf12fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which process is periodically writing to the disk? Even when I am not doing anything on my Mac, I see a lot of Disk IO: "Data Written per Sec" in Activity Monitor showns continuous writes:
Is this normal? Why would some process continuously write? I understand there can be some housekeeping activities going on, the "Sleep image" being updated, but does this happen this frequently? (I have not set up Time Machine)
Edit: I have quite some free memory:
A: In addition to iotop and iosnoop you may use fs_usage.
sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys -e grep | grep -i ' write '
| Q: Which process is periodically writing to the disk? Even when I am not doing anything on my Mac, I see a lot of Disk IO: "Data Written per Sec" in Activity Monitor showns continuous writes:
Is this normal? Why would some process continuously write? I understand there can be some housekeeping activities going on, the "Sleep image" being updated, but does this happen this frequently? (I have not set up Time Machine)
Edit: I have quite some free memory:
A: In addition to iotop and iosnoop you may use fs_usage.
sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys -e grep | grep -i ' write '
A: You can get a better idea what's causing the activity with some of OS X's command-line tools:
sudo iotop -- display of what processes are doing the most I/O, updated every 5 secs.
sudo iosnoop -- shows I/O as it happens, including the process ID and process name doing the I/O, as well as data size, file path, etc
In both cases, you'll need to authenticate as an admin to run them, and use Control-C to exit. They may not tell you precisely why the activity's happening, but they'll at least tell you what processes and files are involved, which usually narrows it down considerably.
A: A few things: (Written in bullet points to make it concise)
*
*The OS itself writes.
*Open applications write.
*Browsers write as well, in the case of cookies, and when your RAM is maxed out.
A: I believe you should be able to use lsof to check what processes are writing to the disk. Here's the man page for it.
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22225483ccd4410434d87437d1f08386e5dd970c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I have replaced my hard drive in mac book pro with SSD drive - Can I use that hard drive to replace the optical drive and have 2 disks? If I do the above will the drive need a caddy or will it just slot straight in ?
A: If you have a unibody (black keyboard) MacBook Pro, then yes, you can totally use the old hard drive to replace the optical drive. In fact, I'm writing this post on a MacBook Pro with that exact set up :)
You'll need a caddy indeed. I'm using an OptiBay, which works fine. You can find cheaper alternatives on eBay, but I'm not sure how well they fit. However non-unibody (silver keyboard) MacBook Pros use PATA for the optical bay, and thus this won't work unfortunately.
| Q: I have replaced my hard drive in mac book pro with SSD drive - Can I use that hard drive to replace the optical drive and have 2 disks? If I do the above will the drive need a caddy or will it just slot straight in ?
A: If you have a unibody (black keyboard) MacBook Pro, then yes, you can totally use the old hard drive to replace the optical drive. In fact, I'm writing this post on a MacBook Pro with that exact set up :)
You'll need a caddy indeed. I'm using an OptiBay, which works fine. You can find cheaper alternatives on eBay, but I'm not sure how well they fit. However non-unibody (silver keyboard) MacBook Pros use PATA for the optical bay, and thus this won't work unfortunately.
A: +1 for Kiezpro but cheaper alternatives are available from macsales and from other sellers on amazon. Check those out as well.
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0303e43d005c99de55f7daf2101696ed7612188d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove unwanted apps, such as Chess or Address Book, from my Mac? There are a lot of applications that I have no use for that take up space on my Mac that I want to delete.
When ever I try to delete them it says that it is an essential part of the OS but with Chess.app, I find that reason specious at best.
A: Everyone knows the damage that comes with the use of sudo. However, it will help out for this situation.
*
*Open your terminal and go to the Applications directory.
$ cd /Applications
*To view your currently installed apps
$ ls
*Locate the application desired to be deleted
>>>WITH CAUTION<<<
$ sudo rm -rf application.name
This will force to recursively remove application.name directory and all sub directories. Again, this operation is permanent and cannot be undone. If you are unsure of the application that you are removing then you probably shouldn't.
| Q: How can I remove unwanted apps, such as Chess or Address Book, from my Mac? There are a lot of applications that I have no use for that take up space on my Mac that I want to delete.
When ever I try to delete them it says that it is an essential part of the OS but with Chess.app, I find that reason specious at best.
A: Everyone knows the damage that comes with the use of sudo. However, it will help out for this situation.
*
*Open your terminal and go to the Applications directory.
$ cd /Applications
*To view your currently installed apps
$ ls
*Locate the application desired to be deleted
>>>WITH CAUTION<<<
$ sudo rm -rf application.name
This will force to recursively remove application.name directory and all sub directories. Again, this operation is permanent and cannot be undone. If you are unsure of the application that you are removing then you probably shouldn't.
A: While experimenting a bit further, I think that I may have solved the problem without using Terminal, which I have no experience with.
I selected the unwanted application, got information on it, unlocked the Sharing and Permissions, and changed every listed user name to be able to read and write. I then closed the "Get Info" window and selected the application again and control-clicked it and chose the "Move to Trash" command.
This successfully moved the chosen application to the Trash where I was able to delete it without getting the window saying that the application was necessary to the operating system. I was not able to do this by only changing the permissions for my user account. It was necessary to change all of the user account permissions.
A: Select the application you would like to remove and Get Info on it, either Command + i or from the Menu File>Get Info.
At the bottom of the resulting window, in the Sharing & Permissions section, change the "everyone" setting to "Read & Write". You will probably have to click the lock in the lower right corner first and authenticate as an administrator.
Once the setting is change, close the Get Info window.
You should be able to move the application to the Trash without any trouble.
A: The games don't take up that much space and if you don't bother trying to delete the applications now, you may save yourself the time in working out how to delete these 'unwanted' apps and also saved the time required to fix your installation later.
Plus, I wouldn't be surprised if during a later software update Mac OS tries to reinstall some of these applications. Then you may have to delete them all over again.
A: I would recommend NOT deleting any apps native to the OS. Deleting these apps now may seem harmless, but you never know when that will bite you down the road. Software update and other update look for those during the update process, and trying to put such apps back can get complicated.
Go to the Apple site and try to find with app to download. The only place you will find them is in the OS installation package.
You are better off by far doing the Monolingual thing, and using an external drive for data storage, if your data is that large.
It's false economy to skimp on drive space. You will pay dearly in the end, somewhere down the road.
A: That warning is there for a reason for that warning, I wouldn't suggest deleting those apps since they don't take up much space anyway... if your really tight on space try an app like Monolingual which can delete unused languages and incompatible binaries (duplicates of programs made to run on older Macs). The 2 combined will save you several gb off your lion hard disk
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ddd0cade7cd18cab2eeee54261cb2c115c24d0b9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: As a developer, what if I don't support iOS 3.1? I am currently developing an iOS application. I'm considering not supporting anything less than iOS 3.1. I was wondering, can I expect a huge backlash from customers that buy this application and try to use it on devices that haven't been updated in years?
A: You can find Marco Arment's stats on iOS version he collected from his Instapaper app (as CanuckSkier say in the comment, Instapaper is generally used by tech-savvy people, so "real"-people usage might be slightly less).
Here's a graph:
As you can see, at least 98% of users are already on iOS 4.0 and 96% on 4.2. So I guess you can safely stop supporting iOS 3.x.
| Q: As a developer, what if I don't support iOS 3.1? I am currently developing an iOS application. I'm considering not supporting anything less than iOS 3.1. I was wondering, can I expect a huge backlash from customers that buy this application and try to use it on devices that haven't been updated in years?
A: You can find Marco Arment's stats on iOS version he collected from his Instapaper app (as CanuckSkier say in the comment, Instapaper is generally used by tech-savvy people, so "real"-people usage might be slightly less).
Here's a graph:
As you can see, at least 98% of users are already on iOS 4.0 and 96% on 4.2. So I guess you can safely stop supporting iOS 3.x.
A: Just to add to the good data already available, here's some June 2011 data from a free, "who buys the next round" app, which may be a bit more representative than Instapaper:
While not quite as high as the percentage of Instapaper users, more than 95% on iOS 4 suggests you won't be missing out on a big number of users.
A: You can check for yourself. Look in the iTunes app store for popular apps which cater to the same customer demographic as yours, and which only run on later OS versions (3.2, or 4.1 or later). Check the reviews for those apps, and see the proportion of negative comments they get for not supporting such-and-such.
Usually the amount is tiny, as users of older devices, and people who don't update their OS, don't buy as many apps as people who have the latest devices and/or upgrade their OS. Many popular and highly rated apps are only compatible with very recent OS versions.
So, no huge backlash.
A: This is more of an opinion answer, but I suspect that the number of people with old iOS versions will decrease as time goes on, whereas the number of people with up-to-date iOS versions will increase a lot, both as more people buy iOS devices and as iCloud makes software updates easier (no iTunes required) and faster (delta updates).
Time spent supporting even 3.1 is worth less as time goes on, whereas time spent focusing on the new features in later versions pays off now, and keeps paying off.
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82bd400fa9a0f71a89195513208ca6264d1696e2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I select the architecture of a program from the command line? Many of the unix executable binary programs are delivered with more than one architecture:
mac:~ mike$ file `which bc`
/usr/bin/bc: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/bin/bc (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/bin/bc (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
Is there a way I can select or force a specific architecture to run (mainly for testing to explore the effects that some larger programs or longer running processes have when executing the same workload over different codebases / memory capabilities?)
A: You can use the arch program to select which architecture of a universal binary to run.
If you wanted to use the 32-bit version of the executable:
arch -arch i386 /usr/bin/bc
And if you wanted the 64-bit version of the executable:
arch -arch x86_64 /usr/bin/bc
Note this doesn't work with applications (folders that end in .app and have manifests and what not so OS X recognizes them as applications), just universal binaries. If you had a app with multiple architectures you'd want to use Launch Services to launch it with a specific architecture.
| Q: Can I select the architecture of a program from the command line? Many of the unix executable binary programs are delivered with more than one architecture:
mac:~ mike$ file `which bc`
/usr/bin/bc: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/bin/bc (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/bin/bc (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
Is there a way I can select or force a specific architecture to run (mainly for testing to explore the effects that some larger programs or longer running processes have when executing the same workload over different codebases / memory capabilities?)
A: You can use the arch program to select which architecture of a universal binary to run.
If you wanted to use the 32-bit version of the executable:
arch -arch i386 /usr/bin/bc
And if you wanted the 64-bit version of the executable:
arch -arch x86_64 /usr/bin/bc
Note this doesn't work with applications (folders that end in .app and have manifests and what not so OS X recognizes them as applications), just universal binaries. If you had a app with multiple architectures you'd want to use Launch Services to launch it with a specific architecture.
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4636cbad4def752427462c970b7dbea98da519c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get Finder in Lion to set group permissions to read/write by default? To have group permissions set to read/write by default in Snow Leopard and Leopard, I used /etc/launchd-user.conf to set the umask to 002.
This still works in Lion in every app except the Finder. Actually, Lion's Finder does apply the umask when setting permissions, but if the group (or everyone) bit is set to zero, the Finder will treat it like it's a 2, which makes new folders' group permissions read only.
Out of curiosity, I did try using the old technique I used in OS X 10.4, using the defaults command to set the umask and NSUmask, but that doesn't work (which was expected).
I'm hoping to find a solution without having to use ACLs.
Does anyone know of another way to get the Finder in Lion to set group permissions to read/write by default?
A: You can use BatChmod for setting permissions of files. You can also use it to chmod a batch of files. Download link: http://download.cnet.com/BatChmod/3000-2248_4-19574.html
| Q: How to get Finder in Lion to set group permissions to read/write by default? To have group permissions set to read/write by default in Snow Leopard and Leopard, I used /etc/launchd-user.conf to set the umask to 002.
This still works in Lion in every app except the Finder. Actually, Lion's Finder does apply the umask when setting permissions, but if the group (or everyone) bit is set to zero, the Finder will treat it like it's a 2, which makes new folders' group permissions read only.
Out of curiosity, I did try using the old technique I used in OS X 10.4, using the defaults command to set the umask and NSUmask, but that doesn't work (which was expected).
I'm hoping to find a solution without having to use ACLs.
Does anyone know of another way to get the Finder in Lion to set group permissions to read/write by default?
A: You can use BatChmod for setting permissions of files. You can also use it to chmod a batch of files. Download link: http://download.cnet.com/BatChmod/3000-2248_4-19574.html
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97cb630e47cd91e58f7a28efca0afa8f25c986d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Process "mtmfs" is using 98% of cpu, heating up the core and runing the fans flat out Process "mtmfs" is using 98% of cpu, heating up the core and runing the fans flat out.
I have quite the process through activity monitor, but does anyone know a longer term solution?
I am running a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 with 8GB RAM and OS 10.7.1
A: Presumably you're using Time Machine? mtmfs is Mobile Time Machine file system daemon. Have you tried disabling Time Machine?
| Q: Process "mtmfs" is using 98% of cpu, heating up the core and runing the fans flat out Process "mtmfs" is using 98% of cpu, heating up the core and runing the fans flat out.
I have quite the process through activity monitor, but does anyone know a longer term solution?
I am running a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 with 8GB RAM and OS 10.7.1
A: Presumably you're using Time Machine? mtmfs is Mobile Time Machine file system daemon. Have you tried disabling Time Machine?
A: I was running a search on EasyFind and forgot about it - started up Clean My Mac 2 - this is when mtmfs started cranking up my CPU/fan. I quit EasyFind and the CPU % went down immediately. Took a few minutes for fan to slow down. I think maybe the two programs running a thorough search at the same time did it. Haven't had a problem with either one when run alone.
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0f779327927223f388308453a564dcf397361eaf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a shortcut to add/remove spaces? With Snow Leopard one chose the number of Spaces before hand (in preferences); in Lion one must create spaces one by one. Are there shortcuts to create & remove Spaces/Desktops?
A: At the moment there is not shortcut to add/remove spaces in Lion
| Q: Is there a shortcut to add/remove spaces? With Snow Leopard one chose the number of Spaces before hand (in preferences); in Lion one must create spaces one by one. Are there shortcuts to create & remove Spaces/Desktops?
A: At the moment there is not shortcut to add/remove spaces in Lion
A: I'm assuming that your question is just as it reads, that you want to find the fastest way to add/remove Desktops.
By default, Mission Control is invoked by hitting F9.
Spaces are now called Desktops in Lion. I will not comment on that change.
If you hit F9, then moving the cursor over each Desktop should give you an "X" in the upper left corner of that Desktop, allowing you to click on that X and remove the Desktop. I believe you maybe required to remove the highest numbered Desktop first.
You also may run into trouble if you have assigned apps to Desktops, and try to remove the Desktop without first re-assigning the apps.
In that same F9 window, there should appear a translucent square in the upper right corner. It will have a "+" in it, allowing you to add a Desktop.
I believe these are as close to a shortcut as you will find native to the OS. It's not really lot of effort to hit F9, and you are there. I don't know how much faster you could make it without causing problems elsewhere.
I hope this helps.
A: I haven't found a way to add a desktop via a shortcut, but you can call Mission Control through any way you choose, not just default F9. Open Sys Prefs > Mission Control on the top row. Set your modifier keys, plus whatever you want to you.
As for switching, Control + Arrow lets you slide through each desktop && fullscreen app.
I find switching via keyboard much easier, but creating desktops with a mouse to be prefereable than the old Spaces.
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6e7094c9c7adb1ef182ae6bcd9ff1f2a8b6df9e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Deleting a partition in Disk Utility fails. (Error: -69879) This is the output in Disk Utility:
Disk Utility cannot modify this disk because it contains CoreStorage
physical volumes. Use command line distil instead.
The selected partition won't be changed.
How do I remove the partition?
It's completely empty now and I've cleared it by formatting it but I want to completely remove the partition and merge the free space back into the bigger partition.
I've tried doing this but it doesn't work in Terminal:
diskutil eraseVolume format name device
diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ awer disk1s4
It didn't work:
Started erase on disk1s4 asdf
Unmounting disk
Error: -69879: Couldn't open disk
A: Never mind - problem solved.
Turns out that the whole drive's partition table cannot be modified if one partition has encryption on, since CoreStorage is on. (The one that I had on was the encrypt feature for Time Machine.)
| Q: Deleting a partition in Disk Utility fails. (Error: -69879) This is the output in Disk Utility:
Disk Utility cannot modify this disk because it contains CoreStorage
physical volumes. Use command line distil instead.
The selected partition won't be changed.
How do I remove the partition?
It's completely empty now and I've cleared it by formatting it but I want to completely remove the partition and merge the free space back into the bigger partition.
I've tried doing this but it doesn't work in Terminal:
diskutil eraseVolume format name device
diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ awer disk1s4
It didn't work:
Started erase on disk1s4 asdf
Unmounting disk
Error: -69879: Couldn't open disk
A: Never mind - problem solved.
Turns out that the whole drive's partition table cannot be modified if one partition has encryption on, since CoreStorage is on. (The one that I had on was the encrypt feature for Time Machine.)
A: I had this same issue a few days ago,
Go back into disk Utility and use the erase option rather than the Partition option.
So select the drive you want to get rid off and select erase.
Hope this helps
A: I was trying to securely erase a Mac SSD which I mounted with Target Mode (restart, hold down T, connect two Macs with Thunderbolt cable-- now your target computer just shows up as an external drive) using the commands from https://lifehacker.com/how-to-securely-erase-a-solid-state-drive-on-mac-os-x-1580603733 -- which are to overwrite all data twice, using Terminal:
diskutil randomDisk 2 /dev/diskN
(btw, diskN means what number of disk, like disk0 disk1, etc. -- to find out your number, do
diskutil list
first)
Doing that erase I got that same error number as OP. What I did to resolve it was go in to Disk Utility in my host computer then erase the contents of the connected drive that way. It objected and said there was an error. When I went back to terminal the "virtual" and unencrypted disk2 was gone, but I reran the erase command and now it's going.
Perhaps that might help with someone having partition issues.
A: As pointed out by JFW, the error is raised when trying to erase a CoreStorage encrypted device (e.g., encrypted by Time Machine). If you want to erase the whole drive you can solve the error on the terminal by:
diskutil cs list
Now find the Logical Volume Group' lvgUUID (the long hex number) that you want to erase. Re-check that all volumes in this group are safe to be deleted. If so you can delete the volume group with
diskutil cs delete lvgUUID
The disk will be erased, formatted as HFS Plus volume and re-mounted. You can use Disk Utility as usual to change the format.
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485e83defca04c59855ae21099e20164c869fdd2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: can I use my OS X Lion upgrade on a different machine? If I buy a new mac that comes with a free upgrade to Lion, can I use the upgrade on a different machine instead of the new machine, or is it tied to the new machine? The upgrade site requires the serial number of the new machine. I prefer to have Lion on the old machine and Snow Leopard on the new one, then maybe I will buy Lion for the new machine if I decide I like it.
A: It is tied to the new mac. The store verifies the mac rather than the Apple ID to allow the download if you need to reinstall the OS.
Some people are reporting that the few macs that shipped with Snow Leopard from the factory, but were changed later get a redemption code that works more like you purchasing an upgrade. That purchase seems to work on 5 macs like the other App Store purchases.
| Q: can I use my OS X Lion upgrade on a different machine? If I buy a new mac that comes with a free upgrade to Lion, can I use the upgrade on a different machine instead of the new machine, or is it tied to the new machine? The upgrade site requires the serial number of the new machine. I prefer to have Lion on the old machine and Snow Leopard on the new one, then maybe I will buy Lion for the new machine if I decide I like it.
A: It is tied to the new mac. The store verifies the mac rather than the Apple ID to allow the download if you need to reinstall the OS.
Some people are reporting that the few macs that shipped with Snow Leopard from the factory, but were changed later get a redemption code that works more like you purchasing an upgrade. That purchase seems to work on 5 macs like the other App Store purchases.
A: Not 100% sure, but I think that when you buy a new Mac with Lion, is not like if you bought Lion through the Mac App Store. So you'll have to buy Lion for your old machine.
And most importantly, some people reported that Snow Leopard doesn't work that well on machine with Lion pre-installed, so you might not even be able to install Snow Leopard on your new machine.
A: Any OS X disc can be used on any compatible mac and has no form of serial numbers or registrations to worry about. I'm not sure new Macs with lion come with discs though, you should check that out online.
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e1622d20b4b35e3483a72c05b48509c6e6e0c204 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Native RNDIS USB tethering support for OSX Android phones can be USB tethered via RNDIS protocol on Windows and Linux. As far as I understood Apple does not provide RNDIS driver for OSX.
Are there RNDIS drivers for OSX by third party (Android vendor) or community?
I don't want to use any any app for tethering, I want the real thing, as other operating systems can do it, so please no suggestions for alternative methods.
A: Since then, this driver has come out. It's FOSS too.
http://www.joshuawise.com/horndis
| Q: Native RNDIS USB tethering support for OSX Android phones can be USB tethered via RNDIS protocol on Windows and Linux. As far as I understood Apple does not provide RNDIS driver for OSX.
Are there RNDIS drivers for OSX by third party (Android vendor) or community?
I don't want to use any any app for tethering, I want the real thing, as other operating systems can do it, so please no suggestions for alternative methods.
A: Since then, this driver has come out. It's FOSS too.
http://www.joshuawise.com/horndis
A: RNDIS is a Microsoft-proprietary protocol and it's highly unlikely that Apple is going to support it just for the sake of Android tethering.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNDIS
Your best chance is for a 3rd party to write a Mac OS X driver for RNDIS. Don't expect this to be free (as in beer) though.
However you should be able to use the Android phone as a USB dial-up modem, which was the standard way for tethering before the iPhone came about and still a supported method in OS X and others.
A: horndis is a brilliant solution - just started using it yesterday and it's completely stable
I couldn't get my Andriod phone to work as a USB modem.
I compiled it from source for 10.6.8 then used packagemaker and the included packagemaker project file to create a package to install.
Only gotcha was using sudo su to change the ownership and permissions on the installed kext manually
sudo su
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/HoRNDIS.kext
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/HoRNDIS.kext
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2e7ab8cdefb4e206980180fb0978400dc9c90a14 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disk utility in command line I'm looking for the CLI equivalent of "Check disk" and "repair disk" in Disk Utility. I think fsck is involved but I don't know with which options, and if it's the only program run.
A: In fact, Disk Utility does use fsck to check the disk in question.
"Verify Disk" uses
/sbin/fsck_hfs -fn -x /dev/diskX
while "Repair Disk" runs
/sbin/fsck_hfs -fy -x /dev/diskX
These are the options used:
-f: 'f'orces a check, even if the disk seems to be clean
-n: 'n'ever attempts to repair any found issues
-y: says 'y'es to any question whether an issues should be repaired (as you might have guessed, -n and -y are exact opposites)
-x: generates output in XML format, which is parsed by Disk Utility
/sbin/fsck (as opposed to /sbin/fsck_hfs) is a wrapper that calls /sbin/fsck_XXX for the type of file system in question.
You'll get more information in the man pages for fsck and fsck_hfs, from which I've borrowed a lot of information for my reply.
| Q: Disk utility in command line I'm looking for the CLI equivalent of "Check disk" and "repair disk" in Disk Utility. I think fsck is involved but I don't know with which options, and if it's the only program run.
A: In fact, Disk Utility does use fsck to check the disk in question.
"Verify Disk" uses
/sbin/fsck_hfs -fn -x /dev/diskX
while "Repair Disk" runs
/sbin/fsck_hfs -fy -x /dev/diskX
These are the options used:
-f: 'f'orces a check, even if the disk seems to be clean
-n: 'n'ever attempts to repair any found issues
-y: says 'y'es to any question whether an issues should be repaired (as you might have guessed, -n and -y are exact opposites)
-x: generates output in XML format, which is parsed by Disk Utility
/sbin/fsck (as opposed to /sbin/fsck_hfs) is a wrapper that calls /sbin/fsck_XXX for the type of file system in question.
You'll get more information in the man pages for fsck and fsck_hfs, from which I've borrowed a lot of information for my reply.
A: /usr/sbin/diskutil is what you are looking for.
Checkout man diskutil and look at the repairVolume command.
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f8d74e925234fd6dc8bac000fc5edc78e2e2bc0e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is something missing from my Macbook Air package? Should my brand new Macbook Air 13'' have come with a CD/DVD in that black booklet included in the package?
A: No. The mid 2011 air uses Internet recovery to network boot and reinstall lion.
You can use the recovery hd assistant to make your own USB media for booting if you don't expect to have Internet when you ever need to restore your air.
| Q: Is something missing from my Macbook Air package? Should my brand new Macbook Air 13'' have come with a CD/DVD in that black booklet included in the package?
A: No. The mid 2011 air uses Internet recovery to network boot and reinstall lion.
You can use the recovery hd assistant to make your own USB media for booting if you don't expect to have Internet when you ever need to restore your air.
A: No, Apple is ditching optical media, even when the computer has an optical drive.
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30ed468d9366eb6e0c5e2682beff42e5aedf5aee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why my MacBook Pro 15" (2011) power adapter turns orange? I bought an early-2011 MacBook Pro 15" (highest-spec model) in June. It's running Lion.
I have a problem which happens occasionally. My power adapter (while plugged in) from time to time (particularly when I play games) turns orange and shows me on the bottom of the screen that there is "0:09" or "0:10" minutes left. However, when I push on the battery menu icon for the detailed information, it shows me "99% Full".
A: It could be that your battery is defective.
If you go to System Information > Power, what do you see under "Battery Information" - "Charge Information"?
Mine says:
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 4693
Fully Charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4744
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 219
Condition: Normal
| Q: Why my MacBook Pro 15" (2011) power adapter turns orange? I bought an early-2011 MacBook Pro 15" (highest-spec model) in June. It's running Lion.
I have a problem which happens occasionally. My power adapter (while plugged in) from time to time (particularly when I play games) turns orange and shows me on the bottom of the screen that there is "0:09" or "0:10" minutes left. However, when I push on the battery menu icon for the detailed information, it shows me "99% Full".
A: It could be that your battery is defective.
If you go to System Information > Power, what do you see under "Battery Information" - "Charge Information"?
Mine says:
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 4693
Fully Charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4744
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 219
Condition: Normal
A: I have read it somewhere before (here) that on some heavy loads (especially GPU loads), 2011 MacBook Pro charger may not supply enough charge. There are no official confirmations, though, as far as I know.
Please check, however, that the "0:09" minutes are referred to the remaining time and not the "remaining time until fully charged". I suppose it is the latter.
I may also point out (but only as a last thought) that if you keep your Mac always under charge, the battery may stop charging at certain times to preserve lifetime.
A: First, unlug your Mac and use it until the battery is at 2% or 3%. Then, shutdown your Mac and plug in again. After that battery should be fully charged.
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6d1d3d0107026237a75b079241647782084639e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Uninstalling an incompatible color theme Today I did a mistake I normally never do - I blindly installed a software on my mac without knowing what I was doing.
I was looking for a dark color scheme and ran into this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT1CqiHqUXI
Went ahead and installed the software from here http://wavespell.deviantart.com/art/Snow-Leopard-Dark-Dock-wK-155508613
Only after installing I realized that it didn't work on Lion. Everything looks awful. The uninstall program does not work either. Is there a way to go back to defaults without having to reinstall the OS? (All user accounts on this Mac are affected by this change). Thanks in adv.
A: You should be able to manually delete it. I would say that you need to open the installer again and go up to the point where it installs it, but don't install it. It should tell you where it is going to install it. From there, you can manually delete it.
| Q: Uninstalling an incompatible color theme Today I did a mistake I normally never do - I blindly installed a software on my mac without knowing what I was doing.
I was looking for a dark color scheme and ran into this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT1CqiHqUXI
Went ahead and installed the software from here http://wavespell.deviantart.com/art/Snow-Leopard-Dark-Dock-wK-155508613
Only after installing I realized that it didn't work on Lion. Everything looks awful. The uninstall program does not work either. Is there a way to go back to defaults without having to reinstall the OS? (All user accounts on this Mac are affected by this change). Thanks in adv.
A: You should be able to manually delete it. I would say that you need to open the installer again and go up to the point where it installs it, but don't install it. It should tell you where it is going to install it. From there, you can manually delete it.
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29edf59a0cf9d220b8fca6466fa9639bc5394b11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Composing messages in Apple Mail: Displaying text on screen in larger size without changing font size When composing messages in Mail.app, as I now have an HD screen on my MBP, the default Helvetica 12pt appears quite small.
I would like to be able to enlarge the text size, but only locally, without changing the font in the message, as I don't want the recipients to have jumbo-size text on their screen.
Is there a way to perform this kind of "zoom" without using the "Universal access" zoom features which are a little bit too much.
A: You can go ahead and set it to what you want in Mail Preferences. These settings have no effect on what is seen at the other end. To do that you have to change the font for each outgoing individually in the New Message pane.
| Q: Composing messages in Apple Mail: Displaying text on screen in larger size without changing font size When composing messages in Mail.app, as I now have an HD screen on my MBP, the default Helvetica 12pt appears quite small.
I would like to be able to enlarge the text size, but only locally, without changing the font in the message, as I don't want the recipients to have jumbo-size text on their screen.
Is there a way to perform this kind of "zoom" without using the "Universal access" zoom features which are a little bit too much.
A: You can go ahead and set it to what you want in Mail Preferences. These settings have no effect on what is seen at the other end. To do that you have to change the font for each outgoing individually in the New Message pane.
A: I believe that this will allow you to increase font sizes in Mail.app for you but not for recipients of your messages:
Quit Mail and run this in Terminal (adjust "16" to the desired font size in pts):
defaults write com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize 16
Source: http://protips.posthaven.com/making-mail-dot-app-fonts-bigger
A: You can also use Command + to enlarge the message font size display, just like in a browser. (although oddly, you can't use Command 0 to revert to 100% zoom?)
A: When going to "Mail > Preferences > Fonts & Colors > Message Font", it changes the font of the message to be sent, and not the font that one visualizes on screen.
I cannot report the exact menu, as I am away from my Lion at the moment; it could be the menu it is not where I said it is.
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24c96ce1ad5392df609b048d099dd63b4d65d30c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable quarantine on Lion? I've been tearing my hair out trying to get rid of the quarantine "Do you want to open this?" warning because I don't like it.
The well documented way (defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO) does NOT work.
Also, I've used the Secrets Preference pane and that doesn't work either. As soon as I uncheck the box and close the pane and reopen, it's still checked.
(I've tried rebooting right after these methods, no dice.)
A: Never tried to disable the behavior entirely, but you can always remove the quarantine from a file with xattr. For example:
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ./*
I think of it less as a moron check than it is a safeguard from browser vulnerabilities that might otherwise download and something without your knowledge.
| Q: How do I disable quarantine on Lion? I've been tearing my hair out trying to get rid of the quarantine "Do you want to open this?" warning because I don't like it.
The well documented way (defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO) does NOT work.
Also, I've used the Secrets Preference pane and that doesn't work either. As soon as I uncheck the box and close the pane and reopen, it's still checked.
(I've tried rebooting right after these methods, no dice.)
A: Never tried to disable the behavior entirely, but you can always remove the quarantine from a file with xattr. For example:
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ./*
I think of it less as a moron check than it is a safeguard from browser vulnerabilities that might otherwise download and something without your knowledge.
A: Here's a simple Automator folder action that will remove the quarantine flag from files as they are downloaded to the Downloads folder:
*
*Make a new Folder Action workflow in Automator
*In the "Choose folder" menu, choose your Downloads folder
*Add a "Run Shell Script" command
*Change the "Pass input" menu to "as arguments"
*Change the script to:
for f in "$@"
do
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "$f"
done
Finally, save the workflow with whatever name you want and it should start working immediately.
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d38a6e2c82a841aa78973ce71c9faf8f70bb8e72 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Create global shortcut to run command line applications What steps do I need to run a command line program via a global shortcut?
I setup Automator to create a new Run Shell Script and tried to assign a shortcut in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts, but nothing happened.
A: Applescript it:
do shell script "ls ~/Desktop"
Add what you want there, then you can run the Applescript via a global hot key application. I would recommend Spark
Oh, and I don't know about assigning an shortcut through System Preferences
| Q: Create global shortcut to run command line applications What steps do I need to run a command line program via a global shortcut?
I setup Automator to create a new Run Shell Script and tried to assign a shortcut in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts, but nothing happened.
A: Applescript it:
do shell script "ls ~/Desktop"
Add what you want there, then you can run the Applescript via a global hot key application. I would recommend Spark
Oh, and I don't know about assigning an shortcut through System Preferences
A: Without knowing the specifics of what you are looking for, I'd suggest creating a new Service through Automator. Services can be bound to keystroke triggers, and can execute shell scripts (among other things).
To set up the keyboard shortcut, go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services, select the service you just saved, and then click the "Add Shortcut" button.
A: Quicksilver can be used to bind hotkeys to actions.
If you find yourself doing something frequently, you can speed up the task even more by assigning a “trigger” to it. Triggers can be activated by keyboard shortcuts or mouse movements
If it's a Unix command or shell script you want to execute, this Stackoverflow post gives some more information on using Quicksilver's "Terminal module".
A: I tried all those options, but they're too complex and unreliable or really expensive. So i ended up writing my own solution (open-source and free).
iCanHazShortcut
It can't do much right now, but that's a start.
Feel free to contribute by adding feature requests and suggestions.
A: FastScripts includes all scripts in ~/Library/Scripts/, so you don't have to add files manually. It also supports application-specific scripts.
Other applications that can be used to assign shortcuts for running scripts:
*
*Alfred
*Apptivate
*BetterTouchTool
*Butler
*Cockpit
*Controller Mate
*iKey
*Keyboard Maestro
*NuKit (only AppleScript)
*QuicKeys
*Quicksilver
*Shortcuts (only AppleScript)
*Spark
*ThisService
You can also create an Automator service:
*
*Open Automator and choose the Service template
*Add a Run Shell Script or Run AppleScript action
*Check that the input type and application scope are correct
*Paste the script and save the service
*Assign a shortcut in the Keyboard preference pane
There's a bug in 10.7 and 10.8 where the shortcuts for services don't always work until the services menu has been shown from the menu bar. Shortcuts for services don't work when the frontmost application doesn't have a menu bar or a services menu. There's also a short delay before services are run.
A: I'll add my answer here using BTT, since it's easy and can actually be bound directly to a command line script:
*
*Select Keyboard from BTT
*Input your shortcut (or key sequence!)
*Select "Trigger Predefined Action" and type "shell" to find the action.
*You can paste your script and shell that you want to run in:
Click save and you're finished! Now test your script with the keyboard trigger you set up.
*EXTRA: You may want to add notes to remember what the shortcut is for...
A: It appears as though this was available in 10.6, (see http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090903085255430) but something broke in 10.7.2 (and possibly earlier 10.7)
I have found though that the Services keyboard shortcut is honoured when System Preferences is at the forefront, but not in any other application, including Finder.
However, the earlier suggestion to use Spark worked perfectly in lion, except that I couldn't use Ctrl in my keyboard shortcut. (not a showstopper!)
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850d3a32d3c07912b9bf0b32651ab996bd967d5b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to simulate slow internet connections on the mac What's a good software solution to slow down internet connections on the mac for testing and simulations?
My primary need is when testing code in the iPhone / iOS simulator, so slowing down the connection for specific applications or processes would be great.
A: You can also use ipfw piping to slow down your network.
First, setup a virtual "pipe" to limit throughput to 800KBit/sec:
ipfw pipe 1 config bw 800Kbit
Then you can setup rules to push traffic through that pipe (pipe 1). (ports 6881-6890 being bittorrent traffic)
ipfw add 10 pipe 1 tcp from any to me 6881-6890
ipfw add 11 pipe 1 tcp from any 6881-6890 to me
Here's another example to limit traffic down to 10Kbit/sec from a specific IP address:
ipfw pipe 2 config bw 10Kbit
ipfw add 15 pipe 2 ip from me to 64.81.84.114
(Source)
| Q: How to simulate slow internet connections on the mac What's a good software solution to slow down internet connections on the mac for testing and simulations?
My primary need is when testing code in the iPhone / iOS simulator, so slowing down the connection for specific applications or processes would be great.
A: You can also use ipfw piping to slow down your network.
First, setup a virtual "pipe" to limit throughput to 800KBit/sec:
ipfw pipe 1 config bw 800Kbit
Then you can setup rules to push traffic through that pipe (pipe 1). (ports 6881-6890 being bittorrent traffic)
ipfw add 10 pipe 1 tcp from any to me 6881-6890
ipfw add 11 pipe 1 tcp from any 6881-6890 to me
Here's another example to limit traffic down to 10Kbit/sec from a specific IP address:
ipfw pipe 2 config bw 10Kbit
ipfw add 15 pipe 2 ip from me to 64.81.84.114
(Source)
A: OS X 10.9 and earlier provide ipfw and it allows you to define custom firewall rules. Create a pipe with limited bandwidth using ipfw and you can run your tests and simulations.
*
*Create a pipe "1" limited to 500KBytes/s via
sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 500KByte/s
*Guide all network traffic of port 80 through pipe "1" using
sudo ipfw add 1 pipe 1 src-port 80
*When you don't need the pipe anymore, remove it from the port using
sudo ipfw delete 1
Other
*
*If you want to set higher traffic barriers, you can use MByte/s
*Port 80: standard port for unencrypted http traffic. This port is used for most browsing and downloading. You should be fine with this in most cases.
*Port 443: standard port for SSL encrypted https traffic.
A: Speed Limit is a System Preferences pane for intentionally and selectively slowing down specific ports and domains.
A: I found this terminal command helpful in my case
Installation:
Open mac terminal and type this command
sudo npm install @sitespeed.io/throttle -g
Usage:
Open terminal and type the required command
Start throttle (Suppose we want the upload and download speeds as 5000kbps)
throttle --up 5000 --down 5000
Stop throttle
throttle --stop
There are premade profiles also
--profile Premade profiles, set to one of the following
3g: up:768 down:1600 rtt:150
3gfast: up:768 down:1600 rtt:75
3gslow: up:400 down:400 rtt:200
2g: up:256 down:280 rtt:400
cable: up:1000 down:5000 rtt:14
dsl: up:384 down:1500 rtt:14
3gem: up:400 down:400 rtt:200
4g: up:9000 down:9000 rtt:85
lte: up:12000 down:12000 rtt:35
edge: up:200 down:240 rtt:35
dial: up:30 down:49 rtt:60
fois: up:5000 down:20000 rtt:2
Usage of profiles
throttle 4g
A: Apple’s official tool to slow down the network connections on you Mac for testing purposes is Network Link Conditioner
*
*Additional Tools for Xcode [version].
Additionally, iOS has similar function accessible from within Xcode and iOS 6 or later.
Older versions of Xcode before version 4.3.2 embedded a copy of this tool. This SO thread documents some history of the tool in a similar manner to the iOS simulators and developer documentation.
There are 11 built in profiles from a Lossy Edge network with 400ms delay to a cable modem. If you need other limits, you can create custom profiles with your own settings or you can also use ipfw yourself as described in Craig Hockenberry's article slow ride, make it easy It also mentions the Speed Limit panel by Mike Schrag that is a smaller download than Xcode, but has fewer options than Apple's tool.
It slows down the entire network stack, so you can't throttle on a per app basis without doing things like install lion in a virtual machine and set that VM with a throttled stack.
A: To add to the accepted answer: it looks like you shouldn't need XCode, just an account at the Apple Developer website (simpler than first downloading the 2GB XCode package if you don't have it already).
Go to https://developer.apple.com/downloads and search for "Network Link Conditioner" or "Additional Tools for XCode", the latter being the name of the package it's found in.
To download it via Xcode 8.x:
*
*Click on the Xcode menu
*Go to Open Developer Tool > More Developer Tools...
*This will open a page at developer.apple.com (Note: you may need to log in first)
*Click on the '+' sign next to Additional Tools for Xcode 8.x
*Click on the download URL
A: If you only need throttling for Web development, I can wholeheartedly recommend Charles. It's an excellent tool for debugging HTTP applications anyway, and among its many features, it's got a Throttle option. The software isn't cheap, but it does an excellent job.
A: Mac OS X 10.10+ users need to use dnctl and pfctl but documented usage examples aren't easy to find.
# Configure `pfctl` to use `customRule`.
(cat /etc/pf.conf && echo "dummynet-anchor \"customRule\"" && echo "anchor \"customRule\"") | sudo pfctl -f -
# Define `customRule` to pipe traffic to `pipe 1`.
# Note this is the actual port definition, not a textual comment
echo "dummynet in quick proto tcp from any to any port 443 pipe 1" | sudo pfctl -a customRule -f -
# Define what `pipe 1` should do to traffic
sudo dnctl pipe 1 config delay 10000
sudo dnctl pipe 1 config bw 10Kbit/s
# DO NOT FORGET to undo these when you're done
sudo dnctl -q flush
sudo pfctl -f /etc/pf.conf
If you want to go all out and shape everything you can use:
echo "dummynet in quick proto tcp from any to any pipe 1" | sudo pfctl -a customRule -f -
I believe this also affects localhost pipes which slowed down my vs-code debugging, so be mindful of that.
A: In XCode 12 you have to install Additional Tools for XCode 12 instead of Hardware IO Tools.
A: For XCode 10.2, in More developer tools - Additional Tools for XCode 10.2, you will find Network Link Conditioner.
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e5666a0dcb58809407825a1199d5fc4ab9015789 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard shortcut for Downloads folder? I use ⌘ + D whenever I go the the Desktop folder. Is it possible to add a shortcut for the Downloads folder?
A: ⌥+⌘+L opens the Downloads folder.
| Q: Keyboard shortcut for Downloads folder? I use ⌘ + D whenever I go the the Desktop folder. Is it possible to add a shortcut for the Downloads folder?
A: ⌥+⌘+L opens the Downloads folder.
A: *
*Create a new service in Automator.
*Set the dropdowns to Service receives to no input, in any application, or limit it to just the Finder if you like.
*Add the "Run Shell Script" item, and set the content to open ~/Downloads
*Save the Service, name it whatever you like.
*In the keyboard shortcuts preference pane, select "Services" from the source list. Find the service you created at the bottom of the list on the right, and give it whatever shortcut you'd like.
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e9f6f32afdfb666f6d86ad212a389f4b1e975143 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I delete a single file from the Trash? I'm trying to free up space on an external drive, and after deleting a bunch of stuff, it's still showing very little actual free space. I went to the trash can, but can't seem to delete the files there other than by emptying the entire trash.
Am I missing something? What's the point of having a "staging area" for stuff you (probably) want to delete, if you can't get rid of the files in it individually? The drive will be used on an embedded system, so just "putting files in the trash" doesn't actually make space on the drive, as far as the consuming device is concerned.
A: You could create an Automator service like this one
for f in "$@"
do
rm -rf "$f"
done
to then be able to delete individual selected files with a command from the services menu.
| Q: How do I delete a single file from the Trash? I'm trying to free up space on an external drive, and after deleting a bunch of stuff, it's still showing very little actual free space. I went to the trash can, but can't seem to delete the files there other than by emptying the entire trash.
Am I missing something? What's the point of having a "staging area" for stuff you (probably) want to delete, if you can't get rid of the files in it individually? The drive will be used on an embedded system, so just "putting files in the trash" doesn't actually make space on the drive, as far as the consuming device is concerned.
A: You could create an Automator service like this one
for f in "$@"
do
rm -rf "$f"
done
to then be able to delete individual selected files with a command from the services menu.
A: The keyboard shortcut ⌘ command + ⌥ option + delete removes the file permanently. This works from anywhere in Finder (including the Trash) on El Capitan and higher, but not on previous versions of OS X.
A: The Trash isn't intended for files you may want to delete later but rather as a safety net if you delete the wrong files. If you want to mark files for later deletion, either use a dedicated folder (as already mentioned in another comment) or mark them with a specific label/color.
To delete individual files from the Trash
*
*Open the trash in the Finder
*Open Terminal.app
*Type rm -rf and then one space character at the end
*Drag one or more files to be deleted into the Terminal window ('til you see the green + sign)
*Press Enter in Terminal.app
*Puff, files are gone!
If you need this very often, I would recommend writing a service using Automator or getting more familiar with Terminal.app/bash.
A: What I do is right click (secondary click) on the items that I don't want to delete and then from the menu I get I tick the checkbox says "Locked" under "General" and it locks the item that you don't want to delete.
!
After doing it for all the items that I don't want to delete then I click "Empty Trash" after which it asks whether to delete all or to delete only the unlocked items (which are the items you didn't lock and you want to be deleted) so choose "Remove Unlocked Items".
!
A: This seems to work on El Capitan. Control-select the file, then Delete Immediately from pop-up menu and confirm.
A: *
*Open the Trash
*Right-click on the item you wish to delete.
*Select 'Delete Immediately"
*On the Warning dialog, click 'Delete'
You can also select a range of files by clicking on the first one, pressing 'Shift' and then on the last file of the range. Then right-click on any of the selected files and choose 'Delete Immediately' as described above.
Finally, you can select multiple files by clicking on the first one, then pressing 'Command' and clicking on a second one, then a third one, etc. Then right-click on one of the selected files and choose 'Delete Immediately' as described above.
A: I tried the Terminal approach- it works as a good alternative to what I do!
I am a Parallels Windows7 user (I'm not really "ashamed" - dunno why I should be- maybe I'm just a Po'ol' Third-Worlder who does not share the exotic tastes & prejudices of the first world haha!)
Anyway, what I do is I open my Windows7 desktop through Parallels and just drag stuff from my Mac (any folder, FTM) right into the Windows7 RecycleBin and, Voila- Selective, safe, effective deletion!
Best of both worlds, I say.
A: If you restart your Mac, you can delete it from Trash.
When I move an app to Trash, some plist file the app used will be moved to Trash too, if you empty the Trash now, you will get a warning like "xxx.plist is using , you can not delete it", but if you restart your mac, you can delete it, restart system may unlock some plist from system, so you can delete it, also, you can delete it in Terminal described before.
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3846243f92cfbf110ce08f01cfbe812c8b6af805 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I record my iPhone's screen? I'm wondering how I could record the screen of my iPhone without jailbreaking? Are there any Apps that will do this? I know how to take a screen shot but I don't know how to record video.
A: Since iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, you can connect the iPhone to your Mac using the Lightning connector, and it will be available as a video camera. Then you can record video of what happens on the screen using QuickTime Player.
(Source: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-previews/)
With previous versions of iOS and OS X, you can use AirPlay mirroring on your phone and an AirPlay receiver/recorder like Reflector or X-Mirage.
| Q: How can I record my iPhone's screen? I'm wondering how I could record the screen of my iPhone without jailbreaking? Are there any Apps that will do this? I know how to take a screen shot but I don't know how to record video.
A: Since iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, you can connect the iPhone to your Mac using the Lightning connector, and it will be available as a video camera. Then you can record video of what happens on the screen using QuickTime Player.
(Source: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-previews/)
With previous versions of iOS and OS X, you can use AirPlay mirroring on your phone and an AirPlay receiver/recorder like Reflector or X-Mirage.
A: I don't believe there's a way to do it without jailbreaking. Because of the security restrictions on what apps can access, and particularly the limited functionality when running in the background, I'm pretty sure it's impossible without jailbreaking (and maybe even if you do jailbreak).
If you're looking to make a screen-cast or something similar, the technique I've heard is popular (at least with Adam Lisagor, who does a lot of iOS app videos) is using the iPhone simulator included with Xcode.
A: You can use the Apple 30 pin to HDMI cable (meant for iPads) and hook it up to a Tivo. This will only work if your using an iPhone 4, no other iPhones will work with the cable.
A: You can use an OS X app like Reflector or AirServer to make your Mac simulate an AirPlay display. Then you select your Mac as an external AirPlay display on your iPhone. AirServer and Reflector provide features to record the output.
OS X 10.10 Yosemite has an iOS screen recording feature built into QuickTime.
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0c1fa23bdc1fbf2ccf967ba81df2ff15cc43f11c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Offline Maps application for Mac Can anyone recommend an offline mapping application for Mac (something similar to Google Maps, but that works when not connected to the internet)? Ten years ago, Microsoft Streets and Trips worked well for Windows, but I'm looking for something similar now for Mac.
A: Planito seems to be a good app for offline map viewing. It allows you to cache and view many different maps:
Planito does cost $4.99, but there is a trial available.
| Q: Offline Maps application for Mac Can anyone recommend an offline mapping application for Mac (something similar to Google Maps, but that works when not connected to the internet)? Ten years ago, Microsoft Streets and Trips worked well for Windows, but I'm looking for something similar now for Mac.
A: Planito seems to be a good app for offline map viewing. It allows you to cache and view many different maps:
Planito does cost $4.99, but there is a trial available.
A: RouteBuddy is a dedicated off-line mapping tool that seems to fit your needs. It's not cheap ($60 plus taxes) but it is very impressive.
I downloaded the trial version which comes pre-loaded with vector street maps of Santa Fe, NM and a topographic map of Yosemite National Park. You can (without internet) easily search addresses, navigate, set waypoints, etc. and their website also lists several other features such as route statistics/elevation data/GPS support, among others, which I presume is available only in the full version.
Since this is an offline mapping tool, you'll have to download the maps and check everything before your trip. Although it feels a bit slow to zoom in the first time, it's faster the second time onwards, once the data has been cached.
Below are a couple of screenshots of Santa Fe, NM and Yosemite as seen in the app.
A: OpenStreetMap Wiki
...has listed a large collection of software which uses it's data for Mac/PC or mobile devices.
A: This is a terrible cop-out of an answer, but the best solution I've found so far is to run Microsoft Streets and Trips under Windows on my Mac.
I tried Garmin BaseCamp with my GPS attached to the computer via USB cable. The software was slow, clunky, and unwieldy, compounded by the fact that I had a large item hanging off of my computer. So amazingly and unfortunately, the best mapping software I've been able to run on my Mac involved booting into Windows.
A: This might be working for you. It's not been updated in a year, though, and requires a tiny bit of extra work upfront to get it up and running. Offline support is advertised.
http://code.google.com/p/maps4mac/
Then there's also http://www.mifki.com/planito/ which costs $4.99 but has a free demo. It's not open source.
A: Exploring the app space on the OpenStreetmap wikipedia page I gathered the following.
There's a few iOS and macOS keyword hits on this page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Using_OpenStreetMap_offline
There's a handful of apps listed here specifically for MacOS https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MacOS#Viewing_maps
Application
Offline Support
Cartograph
Yes
Jeography
Yes
JGPSTrackEdit
?
LiveMapViewer – live changeset viewer
?
Maps4Mac
Yes
There's a recommendation for maps.me in this Apple community discussion How to download Apple Maps offline
I highly recommend maps.me app for traveling. They do offer offline mode and they have all the paths which Apple Maps or Google Maps sometime do not have.
Unfortunately in the app store there's no mention for MacOS
https://apps.apple.com/app/id510623322 neither on their website https://maps.me/
MAPS.ME: Offline Maps, GPS Nav 4+
addendum
There's also the IOS page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IOS.
Specifically Guru Maps and Pocket Earth have mention of offline map support.
It's a bit unclear on this other wiki page but this table for Map display features has this curious column Stores map-data off-board (downloads from internet), sounds like offline support but maybe under different terminology hopefully? This may be a separate concept however, maybe with tiling, I couldn't find a definition of "off-board" in a reasonable time.
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51f9b8f6ad0032271a79de6f02b5fd8c487cce8e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I use NTFS-3G installed using MacPorts? After upgrading to Lion I'm having problem mounting NTFS drives in read/write mode. This is because NTFS-3G distributed by Tuxera does not work with Lion.
At their suggestion I installed NTFS-3G using MacPorts. But as far as I can see it does not come with the usual preference pane. Its not enabled by default.
Do anyone know how to enable it? Or how to have the Preference Pane for the NTFS-3G from MacPorts?
A: NTFS-3G from macports works perfectly fine. Check this detailed and well-written instruction: http://fernandofig.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/ntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-f/
| Q: How can I use NTFS-3G installed using MacPorts? After upgrading to Lion I'm having problem mounting NTFS drives in read/write mode. This is because NTFS-3G distributed by Tuxera does not work with Lion.
At their suggestion I installed NTFS-3G using MacPorts. But as far as I can see it does not come with the usual preference pane. Its not enabled by default.
Do anyone know how to enable it? Or how to have the Preference Pane for the NTFS-3G from MacPorts?
A: NTFS-3G from macports works perfectly fine. Check this detailed and well-written instruction: http://fernandofig.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/ntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-f/
A: Are you having issues mounting the NTFS volumes or just enabling the preference pane? If you need something to fix issues with mounting volumes, MacFuse should work; The last official build for Tuxera w/ OS X Lion can be downloaded here:
MacFuse 2.2: http://www.tuxera.com/mac/macfuse/MacFUSE-Tuxera-2.2.dmg
MacFuse: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
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edf7b78a5a607e7e46aa2eb6caeecde993fa6b40 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any free/paid Windows emulator for Mac OS X? I am new to Mac and I am looking for a Windows emulator for Mac OS X. I want to use an application which is not available for Mac.
Please recommend the strengths and weaknesses (including cost) of the various options available.
A: Wine
You could try Wine and use the Winebottler frontend for installing common Windows software.
With Wine isn't 100% compatible with all windows programs, so consider yourself lucky if all your applications work.
Virtualbox
Virtualbox is a PC virtualization software. You'll need to install Windows as a "Guest operating system", which requires a Windows license.
Virtualbox is compatible with all Windows software, but has limited support for hardware 3D acceleration.
Boot Camp
For 3D games you'll need to use Boot Camp.
| Q: Is there any free/paid Windows emulator for Mac OS X? I am new to Mac and I am looking for a Windows emulator for Mac OS X. I want to use an application which is not available for Mac.
Please recommend the strengths and weaknesses (including cost) of the various options available.
A: Wine
You could try Wine and use the Winebottler frontend for installing common Windows software.
With Wine isn't 100% compatible with all windows programs, so consider yourself lucky if all your applications work.
Virtualbox
Virtualbox is a PC virtualization software. You'll need to install Windows as a "Guest operating system", which requires a Windows license.
Virtualbox is compatible with all Windows software, but has limited support for hardware 3D acceleration.
Boot Camp
For 3D games you'll need to use Boot Camp.
A: When using the term "emulator", it is important to distinguish between something that acts like Windows to applications (like Wine/Crossover) and something that acts like a PC to Windows (most of the other solutions) so that Windows can be installed.
Wine (Free)
I highly recommend Wine, which allows for running Windows applications without actually emulating the whole Windows OS. I don't know how well it works with 3D stuff. I would also not recommend compiling it yourself. You do need to install the Developer Tools, included on your computer's install disc. I would recommend Winebottler, a free binary installer that also allows you to turn a Windows executable into a simple application that launches in X11.
Wine (and Crossover) do not require an actual copy of Windows installed on your machine.
Crossover ($39.95)
Professionally supported enhancement of Wine
Q (Free)
Q is a great lightweight CPU emulator for OS X. Oddly enough, it runs on PPC Macs, in addition to Intel Macs. It supports emulating x86, x86-64bit, PPC PowerMac, PPC PREP, SPARC32, MIPS, and ARM processors.
Virtualbox (Free)
Virtualbox is not quite as lightweight as Q. It supports x86 and AMD processors. It allows multiple operating systems to run on your computer.
Boot Camp (Free) - Comes with all Intel Macs
I would recommend Boot Camp for 3D stuff. I haven't actually installed it on a Mac, I've used a friend's computer, so I can't help you with installation. As with anything Apple-related, it should be pretty straightforward. It also runs really well.
QEMU (Free)
Another lightweight emulator. This one is somewhat confusing to download; I think you have to compile the emulator by hand.
VMware Fusion ($80) by VMware
I don't use VMware (I like the free stuff), but I've heard good things about it.
Parallels Desktop ($80)
I haven't used Parallels, but it used to come for free with a new Mac. It still may, but I'm not sure.
A: CrossOver ($40)
(was not mentioned by the other two answers).
A: Two possible solutions to the problem you seem to be trying to solve (as opposed to the question you asked):
*
*Dialectic, a shareware, script-able dialer.
*Jon's Phone Tool, an earlier, discontinued, version from the same
author. Free(?).
Both claim to be able to dial a modem.
A: CoolROM has a list of Macintosh / Mac OS X Emulators:
*
*MacMAME - Arcade
*Stella - Atari 2600
*Jum52 - Atari 5200
*Atari800MacX - Atari 5200
*SDLMESS - Atari 7800
*Virtual Jaguar - Atari Jaguar
*Handy - Atari Lynx
*Frodo - Commodore 64
*Boycott Advance - Gameboy Advance
*Visual Boy Advance - Gameboy Advance / Color
*KiGB - Gameboy Advance / Color
*OpenEmu - Multiple Systems
*NeoRaine - Neo Geo CD
*Neopocott - Neo Geo Pocket
*RockNES - Nintendo
*Nestopia - Nintendo
*sixtyforce - Nintendo 64
*Mupen64 - Nintendo 64
*DeSmuME - Nintendo DS
*Dolphin - Nintendo Gamecube
*Fusion - Sega CD / Master System / More
*lxdream - Sega Dreamcast
*Generator - Sega Genesis
*Genesis Plus - Sega Genesis
*SMS Plus - Sega Master System / Game Gear
*Yabause - Sega Saturn
*PCSX-Reloaded - Sony Playstation
*PCSX2 - Sony Playstation 2
*JPCSP - Sony Playstation Portable
*Fuzzbug - Spectrum ZX
*BSNES - Super Nintendo
*Snes9x - Super Nintendo
*ViBE - Virtual Boy
*Oswan - Wonderswan
A: What about Parallels? Here's the trial link.
This is what my Intuit and MacBook help desk representative recommended.
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9cd3746a6670ff82d482e14fb961dc8beb3ad068 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I clone a dual-boot Macbook I have a Macbook Air set up for dual-boot (Lion & Windows 7) and am planning on buying a newer model. How would I go about cloning the entire hard drive to the new machine?
Do I need to separately clone the Mac & Windows halves? Or is there a tool to move the whole thing verbatim?
A: I would highly recommend Carbon Copy Cloner. I believe it copies invisible files.
| Q: How do I clone a dual-boot Macbook I have a Macbook Air set up for dual-boot (Lion & Windows 7) and am planning on buying a newer model. How would I go about cloning the entire hard drive to the new machine?
Do I need to separately clone the Mac & Windows halves? Or is there a tool to move the whole thing verbatim?
A: I would highly recommend Carbon Copy Cloner. I believe it copies invisible files.
A: If you had any other Macs besides the MacBook Air, it would be trivial - put one Mac in Target Disk Mode, boot the other with the Installer disk, fire up the Terminal and dd from one disk to the other. If the new disk is larger, boot the new computer and either use diskutil resizeVolume to resize your OS X partition to take up the rest of the space, or create another partition in the free space (if the free space is not adjacent to the OS X partition).
However, since you have two MacBook Airs, this gets considerably more tricky. The MacBook Air does not have a Firewire port, so it doesn't support Target Disk Mode. And you can't boot from the Installer disk (to bypass mounting the internal HD) because the new Air comes with a recovery partition instead.
The only thing that could conceivably work is to buy or make an installer USB drive and use that to boot your new Air and use the restore USB that came with your old Air to boot that one, connect them to the same network (via USB to ethernet, if you have the adapters) then pipe the dd through nc. This will take a long time, especially over Wifi, but it's in theory possible.
A: You can use SuperDuper!
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1deadb5aeba355d37377ef15dae60a5646a3dc30 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What Does A "There is a user sharing this computer..." Window Mean? I was trying to turn off my Macbook Pro and suddenly got this message. As far as I know, there's no reason why this should be happening. Anyone want to fill me in on some possibilities?
A: Apparently, you've enabled File Sharing in the Sharing section of System Preferences. Someone on your network has connected to your computer, either as a registered user or as a guest.
Unless this kind of access is absolutely required, it's good security practice to disable both File Sharing and the Guest user in System Preferences -> Sharing and System Preferences -> Accounts and Groups, respectively.
| Q: What Does A "There is a user sharing this computer..." Window Mean? I was trying to turn off my Macbook Pro and suddenly got this message. As far as I know, there's no reason why this should be happening. Anyone want to fill me in on some possibilities?
A: Apparently, you've enabled File Sharing in the Sharing section of System Preferences. Someone on your network has connected to your computer, either as a registered user or as a guest.
Unless this kind of access is absolutely required, it's good security practice to disable both File Sharing and the Guest user in System Preferences -> Sharing and System Preferences -> Accounts and Groups, respectively.
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a417e1523a23242b4c8b8592013b53caad9e1671 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can an app window be minimized by clicking its Dock Icon? Something that bothers me as Windows user on OS X is that I can't minimize an app window by clicking the dock icon of the application. Is there a hidden setting for enabling this behavior or a utility that someone could recommend?
A: Right click on the Icon and choose Hide
| Q: Can an app window be minimized by clicking its Dock Icon? Something that bothers me as Windows user on OS X is that I can't minimize an app window by clicking the dock icon of the application. Is there a hidden setting for enabling this behavior or a utility that someone could recommend?
A: Right click on the Icon and choose Hide
A: ⌘+M or double-click the window title bar to minimize the window.
A: As you can see, there isn't a way to click the dock. Another option past the accepted answer of using a keyboard shortcut is to enable hiding from clicking the window's title bar.
Open System preference, select General, select Double-click a window's title bar to minimize'. On Lion this is above the control for Sidebar icon size.
A: click and hold on the applications icon in the dock and choose hide
A: The trouble is, if you hide (ALT-click or CMD-H), you hide all windows of that application. You probably don't want to do that, just to minimize the current window.
In OS X you don't have the Title Bar, with an item for each open window (eg. 3 different items for 3 windows of the MS Word) - but instead, an indicator for applications that have open windows, but nothing indicates how many windows are open... so you don't actually know where to click in the Dock to minimize which exact window (if more windows of the same app are open). You can right-click on the app in the Dock, then you'll get the list of the open windows, but that's for people with muuuuch time to spend clicking. For Zen practitioners :-)
Some Windows-like behavior can be achieved with 3rd party tools like HyperDock, but I don't remember I had a way to click a window to minimize it. But frankly I tested it for a really short time.
A: Simple answer is it'll bring the window to the front. Command H hides the window however, so that might be a bit more useful to you.
A: One thing that is significantly different between Windows and OSX is how OSX treats, well, windows in an app. An application can have more than one individual window. Each window is treated independently of the application itself.
So, if you want to minimize a specific window, instead of the Dock icon (which is for the application) you want to use any of the options for window minimization:
*
*Click the yellow ball in the title bar
*Command + M
You can't actually minimize an application (you can get that effect if there is only one open window and you minimize that window). The "Hide" effect is probably what you are looking for.
A: You can hide an active application by option-clicking (alt-clicking) its icon in the dock. You can also hide the active window and open another window by alt-clicking whatever application you want to open in the dock.
But I agree with you that it would be more symmetrical to be able to click to minimize all the open windows in an application. I am a long-time PC user and this is one area where PCs got it right. That and combining closing and quitting (and the related window management issue).
A: Press and hold ⌘, use tab to select the application and then press H to hide it. Now release ⌘.
Do the same to unhide the application.
A: In MacOS if you use HyperDock you can press Shift+Click on Dock icon, and it will Hide the application. It's equivalent to pressing keyboard shortcut Cmd+H - Hide.
But realy it hides ALL the app windows.
HyperDock currently does not have option to Click to minimize/hide..
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c62d0ae853aa206a5051a04ef4535c70b7661fc9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to increase history length on iPhone Safari? Is it possible on Safari for iPhone to increase the length of the browsing history? It seems to only keep one week of browsing history, which makes it hard to go back to stuff more than a week later.
A: I don't think this is possible without a jailbreak of your iPhone.
The history should clear it's self twice in a month - but how the logic is (every 1. and 15. ??) - I don't know.
| Q: Is it possible to increase history length on iPhone Safari? Is it possible on Safari for iPhone to increase the length of the browsing history? It seems to only keep one week of browsing history, which makes it hard to go back to stuff more than a week later.
A: I don't think this is possible without a jailbreak of your iPhone.
The history should clear it's self twice in a month - but how the logic is (every 1. and 15. ??) - I don't know.
A: Yes, it is possible to have more than 1 week of history... by upgrading the iPhone to iOS 7 or newer.
On iOS 7, Safari keeps roughly 1 month of history.
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609d2f8bc1fb34b30c39ffd0ad2260cc5308aeb7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: This PDF displays with question marks instead of letters Something is wrong with the rendering of this PDF in Preview (or Quick Look). This is how it looks:
I can see it in Adobe Reader on Windows. I'm not sure what font it is using, and I have Office 2011 installed, so I have all of those fonts. Why is it displaying question marks on everything (except the text in the bottom left)?
I'm using Lion 10.7.1 on a 2010 17" MacBook Pro.
A: Try Adobe Reader for Mac. Sometimes Preview is not a perfect substitute for that.
| Q: This PDF displays with question marks instead of letters Something is wrong with the rendering of this PDF in Preview (or Quick Look). This is how it looks:
I can see it in Adobe Reader on Windows. I'm not sure what font it is using, and I have Office 2011 installed, so I have all of those fonts. Why is it displaying question marks on everything (except the text in the bottom left)?
I'm using Lion 10.7.1 on a 2010 17" MacBook Pro.
A: Try Adobe Reader for Mac. Sometimes Preview is not a perfect substitute for that.
A: Opening the PDF in Chrome makes it readable.
A: It looks like all the previous answers to this question are completely uninformed. I suggest that you completely disregard all of them. It is unlikely, for instance, that telling the document creator that what they did was faulty will really get you anywhere.
First, it's likely that they did not embed fonts, yes, but there are many fonts that carry flags telling apps NOT to embed them. This is an especially favorite trick of Microsoft products. Presumably they do not want people to be successful using non-Microsoft products (at least, that's what the documents in their antitrust case indicated), so they make it as painful as possible to transfer documents from Windows to Mac. Other companies know about this, and they may try to compensate. For instance, Adobe may license fonts to make the process more transparent to the end user but Apple may not have the same license for Preview. There is a lot going on behind the scenes. "Correctly" embedding the font won't get to the root of the problem either.
Second, you say that this document was created by someone "already not very good with computers." It would be ridiculous to tell such a person to correctly embed fonts. It's not even fair to consider the lack of font embedding as an error since you could quite possibly install the fonts, depending on the license, in a place where Preview can see them.
Third, it is naive to claim that Preview is at fault because it can't find a font when you have not told it where to find the font.
You can compensate for this. I can think of at least three ways.
First, if the creator wants to embed fonts, they may be able to and they may be able to choose similar fonts with different licenses if that is the source of the problem. In the displayed example, there is a correctly rendered font in the lower left hand corner. The creator could possibly use that font throughout.
Second, if you don't want to go to the document creator, you can apply one of several software solutions. I prefer open source software so, when I receive a file like this, I use the free, open source ps / pdf tools you can get with Xpdf. The problem with this solution is that many people don't want to use open source or feel uncomfortable with it. There are projects to make it easier on Mac. I use a package installer called macports to make it easier for me. Having done that, I would solve this problem by typing the following two lines in the terminal:
pdftops badfile.pdf intermediatefile.ps
pstopdf -o goodfile.pdf intermediatefile.ps
This will effectively replace the non-embedded fonts in badfile.pdf with their nearest Postscript core font equivalents. For me this is usually adequate. If the image in the above picture is going to be part of a book, you may need the fonts to match. In this case, you must either learn more about fonts or purchase non-free software. Depending on the circumstances, the options to the commands mentioned above may be modified to match fonts precisely.
Third, if this is a book project and you are uncomfortable with free software, you should try using a combination of Adobe Acrobat (not the free Adobe Reader) and Adobe Distiller to convert the document from pdf to ps, put the desired fonts in place, and convert the document back to pdf. I just googled and saw that there are a number of hits for tutorials for doing this process.
By the way, as a former professor, I feel that students who don't "try and get them to change their ways" are not doing me or the other students a favor.
Sometimes there are legitimate reasons why professors resist change. I don't know about your cases. If the professor is "already not very good with computers" you might want to use psychology. Since you are in a college or university, there are probably some experts around who could help you. Maybe the prof feels threatened or confused in an area outside his expertise. Maybe he's afraid students will think he's generally stupid. Who knows? ... But you might be able to figure it out and help everyone in the class. Good luck!
A: The problem is most probably not with displaying the PDF on the Mac.
The problem is most probably that this is a faulty PDF created by someone who made an error, or does not understand how to make them correctly.
The person who generated the PDF on Windows used a method which did not embed the fonts from the source document into the PDF. Therefore anybody who views this PDF, on Windows, Mac or any other platform, will not see the fonts unless they happen to have that particular custom font already installed on their system.
Your best hope is to contact the person who generated the PDF and ask them to make a new PDF from the source document and to make sure that fonts are properly embedded.
If you open this PDF in Adobe Reader you can use File: Properties and then the Fonts tab to get a list of the names of all the fonts that are referenced in the document. It should also list the names of the fonts which are NOT properly embedded. You can use this information if you can get the person who created the PDF in the first place to make a new one.
A: In my case, I embed the font in the pdf file. Acrobat Reader for Mac display the font properly (the intended font, not a subtitute). Preview show black squared, some sort of a bar code.
It's a Preview problem.
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7f60a00c1be573305ff31224d4b7f6a0c8055e03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unopened .mac box - any value? I found an unopened .mac box. It's still in its plastic wrap, so the subscription code has not been used. Is this of any value or should it simply be thrown away?
A: Apple takes applications for refunds for MobileMe boxes. I don't know if they would give a refund for .Mac or not, but it's worth trying.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4445
| Q: Unopened .mac box - any value? I found an unopened .mac box. It's still in its plastic wrap, so the subscription code has not been used. Is this of any value or should it simply be thrown away?
A: Apple takes applications for refunds for MobileMe boxes. I don't know if they would give a refund for .Mac or not, but it's worth trying.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4445
A: If you can't get a refund (you may need a receipt to do so), since it's an actual box, you might think about donating it to
Shrine of Apple. New site set up looking to collect and preserve every Apple product they can find in an online museum of sorts.
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251ff81ec4a5f7e7edea129fcea08fc3b96cab2a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Useful Chrome extensions for OS X I know there is already a post out there for Safari extensions, but Chrome extensions are completely different. So, what extensions do you think are useful? Please read these simple rules before posting:
*
*Include only one extension in each anwer.
*Include a description of the extension, its pros/cons, and why you use it.
*Link to the developer's website, rather than a direct download page.
*Cite the application name like such:
#appName by [developer]
*Check to see if there are duplicates
in this post by typing in the search box:
inquestion:this
searchTerm
*Please do not give a price because that can localize your answer too much.
A: FlashBlock by josorek
No developer site listed
Description:
Sets up Chrome to default to blocking Flash content on webpages.
Pros:
*
*Helps reduce download time and bandwidth usage since flash files aren't loaded by default.
*Easy to adjust blocking filter to allow flash for entire sites via a button in the address bar.
Cons:
*
*Sometimes removes stuff without an easy way to add it back with the extension running.
| Q: Useful Chrome extensions for OS X I know there is already a post out there for Safari extensions, but Chrome extensions are completely different. So, what extensions do you think are useful? Please read these simple rules before posting:
*
*Include only one extension in each anwer.
*Include a description of the extension, its pros/cons, and why you use it.
*Link to the developer's website, rather than a direct download page.
*Cite the application name like such:
#appName by [developer]
*Check to see if there are duplicates
in this post by typing in the search box:
inquestion:this
searchTerm
*Please do not give a price because that can localize your answer too much.
A: FlashBlock by josorek
No developer site listed
Description:
Sets up Chrome to default to blocking Flash content on webpages.
Pros:
*
*Helps reduce download time and bandwidth usage since flash files aren't loaded by default.
*Easy to adjust blocking filter to allow flash for entire sites via a button in the address bar.
Cons:
*
*Sometimes removes stuff without an easy way to add it back with the extension running.
A: AdBlock by chromeadblock.com
(The listed developer link just circles back to the extension URL.)
Pros:
*
*Does a good job of preventing ads from showing up. Inspired by the Firefox Extension AdBlock Plus.
*Helps reduce the time it takes for pages to render and bandwidth usage since ads don't have to download.
Cons:
*
*Some sites and/or features don't work with ads blocked.
A: StackNotify by me :)
Your StackExchange notification inbox, right into your browser's toolbar.
A: Google Mail Checker by google.com
Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox.
A: Chrome Currency Converter by phaistonian
You just install it and you forget about foreign currencies once and for all :)
This extension will automatically convert prices (Dollars, Pounds, Yen and Euros) within the page to the selected currency.
If any conversions take place, an icon will appear on the address bar. Hovering on it will show the sum of conversions.Clicking it will restore (and convert back) the affected prices.
A: DNSSD by Andrew Tunnell-Jones
Developer's description:
This extension provides quick and easy access to DNSSD advertised
websites from within Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
AKA it's an awesome plugin that shows you all Bonjour sites/services available on your network! Think Safari's Bonjour collection but awesomer, geekier and in a decent browser.
A: Tabs to the front!
Add missing functionality to Chrome.
From the developer:
Brings newly created tabs to the foreground.
A: AutoPagerize
Turns long, multi-paged articles into one page. Great extension!
A: Aviary Image Editor by Aviary.com
A powerful layer-based image editing application.
A: Speed Tracer by Google
A tool to help you identify and fix performance problems in your web applications.
A: Edit this Cookie
Free little extension that allows you to view and edit cookies.
A: Google +1 Button by google.com
An extension that allows you to +1 any page from Google Chrome.
A: PageRank Status by ChromeFans.org
PageRank Status is a nifty little extension that allows you to see the page rank of the web page you are on. It also adds several other useful tools, such as Alexa Ranks, Whois, Geolocation, and several other handy tools:
A: Print Friendly & PDF by printfriendly.com
Converts website articles into pleasing-to-the-eye documents that you download. A beagle could operate this app. Click a green button to right of URL bar and a window appears with a preview of the automatic removal of ads, most images, etc. End result looks like Reader view in iOS Safari, but then, before you download, you can still customize and either remove all images or scale them to 25%, 50% etc., or inoculate any image you don't need by literally just clicking on it. Genius. A must-have for grad students. There is no price, so I hope I'm breaking OP's final rule to say it's free.
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1a04524444a1f45daa6dcdfad2e80c98912543c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shutter count from NEF photo I know Nikon embeds the shutter count in the EXIF of their NEF raw files.
What's the easiest way to find it?
A: Just open the photo in Preview, press Command-I (⌘+I) to bring up the Inspector. Click the circled i (ⓘ) tab, and then the Exif tab. At the bottom of the list you'll find Image Number.
This is your camera's shutter count.
| Q: Shutter count from NEF photo I know Nikon embeds the shutter count in the EXIF of their NEF raw files.
What's the easiest way to find it?
A: Just open the photo in Preview, press Command-I (⌘+I) to bring up the Inspector. Click the circled i (ⓘ) tab, and then the Exif tab. At the bottom of the list you'll find Image Number.
This is your camera's shutter count.
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b2f9f9a7b2bfb033894b0c8e9ed04ae2cc163cfb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keynote - Print Slide with Notes I know there is a way in Keynote to print your slides with notes. However, on some of my slides I have notes that are VERY long (as in a couple of pages). I'd like to print these off as handouts, but after the text gets to this point (in length) the slide (when printed) will SHRINK the text to fit. I'd prefer if the overflow text would go onto a new page. So that when it prints I have one page with the slide at the top and then notes beneath and then the rest of the notes print on the additional pages.
Can this be done? If so, how?
A: I don't believe there is a way to overflow the text. Your easiest bet is to make do with the smaller text size. Another alternative (which may require more work but could lead to a nicer design) would be to export a PDF of just the slides, then use Pages/Acrobat/Word/etc to build a document with both the text and slides by hand.
| Q: Keynote - Print Slide with Notes I know there is a way in Keynote to print your slides with notes. However, on some of my slides I have notes that are VERY long (as in a couple of pages). I'd like to print these off as handouts, but after the text gets to this point (in length) the slide (when printed) will SHRINK the text to fit. I'd prefer if the overflow text would go onto a new page. So that when it prints I have one page with the slide at the top and then notes beneath and then the rest of the notes print on the additional pages.
Can this be done? If so, how?
A: I don't believe there is a way to overflow the text. Your easiest bet is to make do with the smaller text size. Another alternative (which may require more work but could lead to a nicer design) would be to export a PDF of just the slides, then use Pages/Acrobat/Word/etc to build a document with both the text and slides by hand.
A: There are a couple of AppleScripts / Automator Actions around that will extract the text from the Presenter notes, so that you can easily create a Pages/Word document to act as handouts.
You can also export your slides as images to add to the pages/word doc.
See:
http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2010/07/07/extracting-speakers-notes-from-keynote/
An automator action from David Weinberger to extract speakers notes.
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/10/send-keynote-presenter-notes-to-evernote-with-applescript/
Sending Keynote presenter notes to Evernote with AppleScript.
and http://humbledown.org/keynote_speakers_notes.xhtml
an XSLT stylesheet that you pass your Keynote presentation to, and it outputs an XHTML document with the titles and thumbnails of each slide along with the speakers notes
I have not tested these yet!
A: You can control the size of the text in the speaker's notes. Pulling back to a 12 point font will greatly increase how much text displays.
But if, even at 12 points, you have multiple pages of notes for the slide, your best bet maybe to insert text pages into the handout.
A: A simple workaround is to duplicate the slide and split the speaker notes across the two (or more). If you have no transitions between slides, no one in the audience will know that you clicked between them.
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78ed40193beb0fda56ec4ad1897402eeb0461cf9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does 9:41 mean? As you may have noticed, the time in iPhone/iPad advertisements has always been 9:42 am, and it's recently (?) switched to 9:41.
Why the original 9:42, and also, why the switch?
A: I've heard it was used because that was the approximate time at which the iPad was revealed originally, and given the Apple attention to detail, the clock had to match up. It was used in everything else because a lot of the same materials were used in the presentations as in the ads.
| Q: What does 9:41 mean? As you may have noticed, the time in iPhone/iPad advertisements has always been 9:42 am, and it's recently (?) switched to 9:41.
Why the original 9:42, and also, why the switch?
A: I've heard it was used because that was the approximate time at which the iPad was revealed originally, and given the Apple attention to detail, the clock had to match up. It was used in everything else because a lot of the same materials were used in the presentations as in the ads.
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8d315732d20d3441965785f6d34e17031efb9679 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the difference between .command, .tool, and .sh file extensions? I saw a couple of questions about executing command line scripts? I saw that the .command and .tool extensions were mentioned. I have always used .sh. What is the difference between these different scripts? Do some extensions allow for different commands?
A: I believe that .sh files are "owned" by Xcode by default, so if you were to double-click on one of them, it would open in Xcode instead of executing.
.command and .tool files are owned by Terminal by default, so if you double-click on one of them, it will open and execute in Terminal.
I am not aware of any other differences between them.
I, too, have used .sh for shell scripts, but I've recently stopped because I've started writing my shell scripts in Zsh instead of sh, and it was confusing to try to remember whether a certain command ended in .sh or .zsh, so I finally just put them all in ~/bin/ and made sure they were executable, and don't use file extensions on them at all.
| Q: What is the difference between .command, .tool, and .sh file extensions? I saw a couple of questions about executing command line scripts? I saw that the .command and .tool extensions were mentioned. I have always used .sh. What is the difference between these different scripts? Do some extensions allow for different commands?
A: I believe that .sh files are "owned" by Xcode by default, so if you were to double-click on one of them, it would open in Xcode instead of executing.
.command and .tool files are owned by Terminal by default, so if you double-click on one of them, it will open and execute in Terminal.
I am not aware of any other differences between them.
I, too, have used .sh for shell scripts, but I've recently stopped because I've started writing my shell scripts in Zsh instead of sh, and it was confusing to try to remember whether a certain command ended in .sh or .zsh, so I finally just put them all in ~/bin/ and made sure they were executable, and don't use file extensions on them at all.
A: *
*.command - (Terminal shell script) Specifically associates a shell script with Terminal. Sometimes referred to as a "Terminal File."
*.tool - (Terminal shell script) Same as the ".command" file extension.
*.sh - (Shell Script) A basic shell script that is associated with Xcode 4.1.
Programmatically, I'm sure the difference between the first two (.command vs. .tool) are subtle, while the third is essentially a simple, default shell script. And does in fact associate with Xcode 4.1.
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71c1e141927950d322dd084d2f3a841a838b3fb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I connect a Mac to an analog TV? Is it possible to connect my MBP with a Thunderbolt port to an old CRT TV? I think the TV has composite inputs at least, and maybe S-Video too.
I'd also like to use other computers with the same TV, including one with a Mini DisplayPort and one with a DVI output (I think).
I do video-editing and it's helpful to see my work on a TV.
A: Instead of the 2-part chain Mini-DisplayPort-to-VGA-adapter --> VGA-to-RCA/composite-or-S-video-converter,
you could use this one-step converter:
Mini DisplayPort/ThunderBolt to RCA-composite/S-video converter (NTSC/PAL) (Amazon.com)
Mini DisplayPort/ThunderBolt to RCA-composite/S-video converter (NTSC/PAL) (HDTV Supply)
In addition to the above links, here is a corresponding Google search.
| Q: How do I connect a Mac to an analog TV? Is it possible to connect my MBP with a Thunderbolt port to an old CRT TV? I think the TV has composite inputs at least, and maybe S-Video too.
I'd also like to use other computers with the same TV, including one with a Mini DisplayPort and one with a DVI output (I think).
I do video-editing and it's helpful to see my work on a TV.
A: Instead of the 2-part chain Mini-DisplayPort-to-VGA-adapter --> VGA-to-RCA/composite-or-S-video-converter,
you could use this one-step converter:
Mini DisplayPort/ThunderBolt to RCA-composite/S-video converter (NTSC/PAL) (Amazon.com)
Mini DisplayPort/ThunderBolt to RCA-composite/S-video converter (NTSC/PAL) (HDTV Supply)
In addition to the above links, here is a corresponding Google search.
A: The latest Mac models with either Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort can't directly output composite/S-Video (older Macs with micro-DVI could do this when using the right adapter).
Therefore you need a converter box (powered via USB or separate power supply) that takes a VGA signal and converts it to composite or S-Video, which can be connected to the TV. You need to get one that can supply the correct video signal for your TV (PAL/NTSC/SECAM), although most will support all of those. These converters are available in a wide price range - generally the more expensive, the better the quality (of the signal).
You will also need a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter to get a VGA signal from your Mac (this also works with the Thunderbolt MBP). For the computer with DVI output you will hopefully have a graphics card that can output a VGA signal, in which case you merely need a DVI to VGA adapter. If it outputs only DVI, you're in trouble, as you'll need another converter that converts this digital signal to a VGA one.
Alternatively you could get a USB graphics card that outputs TV signals directly, although I can't seem to find one right now. This would be act like an additional monitor, which may be preferable.
In case your TV has SCART inputs (Europe mostly) instead of composite/S-video, you'll also need a SCART adapter, although this may be included with some of the products mentioned above.
The whole setup would look like this:
Mac -> Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter -> Converter box -> [SCART adapter] -> TV
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165ba2dfb6ba3784a6418b3b73888b80831236ee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I restore the default certificate settings in Snow Leopard? After the DigiNotar certificate debacle, I tried to remove their certificate from my Keychain. However, I think I deleted the wrong one. I am not sure which one it was, but trying to go to https://github.com in Chrome shows me a Error 202 (net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID).
Whoops. How can I restore the default certificates into my keychain?
A: You want the two files ending in *.keychain found in /System/Library/Keychains (note that they may differ depending on your region, I'm not sure if things change depending on your geo-location).
Unfortunately, there is no way to roll back unless you have a Time Machine backup, or the install files from the OS (then you can extract them using something like Pacifist).
Alternatively, you can run Keychain First Aid from the Keychain Access menu and hope it fixes things but those likely will only deal with errors or anomalies in your user's keychain, not the system's.
ATTENTION: For those in a similar position, these are all the files located under /System/Library/Keychains from a default installation of Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (in North America).
| Q: How do I restore the default certificate settings in Snow Leopard? After the DigiNotar certificate debacle, I tried to remove their certificate from my Keychain. However, I think I deleted the wrong one. I am not sure which one it was, but trying to go to https://github.com in Chrome shows me a Error 202 (net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID).
Whoops. How can I restore the default certificates into my keychain?
A: You want the two files ending in *.keychain found in /System/Library/Keychains (note that they may differ depending on your region, I'm not sure if things change depending on your geo-location).
Unfortunately, there is no way to roll back unless you have a Time Machine backup, or the install files from the OS (then you can extract them using something like Pacifist).
Alternatively, you can run Keychain First Aid from the Keychain Access menu and hope it fixes things but those likely will only deal with errors or anomalies in your user's keychain, not the system's.
ATTENTION: For those in a similar position, these are all the files located under /System/Library/Keychains from a default installation of Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (in North America).
A: The fastest way back is to restore /System/Library/Keychains from your backup. Do make a backup now in case your system doesn't work properly after a reboot.
The next best is to install a clean copy of Snow Leopard onto an external drive. If your installer is older than the latest (or your preferred) patch level, do run updates ( or download and run the combo updater for your preferred ) to ensure you get any changes made to these files. Copy the same keychain files over once you've patched your rescue OS.
Failing these, you might have (or want) to reinstall the entire OS. Things in /System or /Library can easily break the normal functioning of your mac if modified.
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806ad0fc561d675ac1cc9b47035d25872da62cbf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How I can browse servers over SSH in visually?
Possible Duplicate:
How to mount SFTP/SSH in Finder on OSX Snow Leopard?
I remotely manage many servers every day. I'm currently using Nautilus in Ubuntu and it's awesome.
Before buying a Mac, I'd like to know if there's anything similar or equivalent to browse SSH servers visually over SSH for OSX.
A: You could connect to your remote host via sshfs over fuse. An implementation for OSX is MacFUSE. A nice fronted for macfuse is MacFusion.
A crossplatform solution for accessing ssh/sftp enabled hosts is MuCommander which provides a commander-like interface to your remote host.
| Q: How I can browse servers over SSH in visually?
Possible Duplicate:
How to mount SFTP/SSH in Finder on OSX Snow Leopard?
I remotely manage many servers every day. I'm currently using Nautilus in Ubuntu and it's awesome.
Before buying a Mac, I'd like to know if there's anything similar or equivalent to browse SSH servers visually over SSH for OSX.
A: You could connect to your remote host via sshfs over fuse. An implementation for OSX is MacFUSE. A nice fronted for macfuse is MacFusion.
A crossplatform solution for accessing ssh/sftp enabled hosts is MuCommander which provides a commander-like interface to your remote host.
A: Cyberduck does sftp so it can display remote files through an SSH connection.
A: ssh -X
will do it in mac, this will open X11 on your mac when you start an x application in your ssh session to your server.
the ssh client is native to mac (because it is BSD based) and can be started from the terminal
If you are managing windows servers RDP for mac is excellent as well.
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8e679e409e186bdcecef80ba530fb2265da456f0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the iPhone 3GS support iOS 5? Will the iPhone 3GS be compatible with iOS 5?
A: According to Apple, yes, iOS 5 will support the iPhone 3GS.
Apple's product webpage for iOS 5 claims that iOS 5 is compatible with:
*
*iPhone 3GS
*iPhone 4
*iPod touch 3rd generation
*iPod touch 4th generation
*iPad
*iPad2
| Q: Does the iPhone 3GS support iOS 5? Will the iPhone 3GS be compatible with iOS 5?
A: According to Apple, yes, iOS 5 will support the iPhone 3GS.
Apple's product webpage for iOS 5 claims that iOS 5 is compatible with:
*
*iPhone 3GS
*iPhone 4
*iPod touch 3rd generation
*iPod touch 4th generation
*iPad
*iPad2
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32f555e0df0eb76d8a180df1167ae09cb9efa254 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change the font smoothing setting from the command line? I'm trying to avoid installing lots of software willy-nilly, because like so many Mac users I don't have antivirus software. Case in point, I really like TinkerTool but I'd rather change my system wide settings from the command line than use someone's program for that.
So, how can I change the system-wide font smoothing setting from the command line?
Thanks.
A: It's defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int <1-3> as far as I remember
| Q: How to change the font smoothing setting from the command line? I'm trying to avoid installing lots of software willy-nilly, because like so many Mac users I don't have antivirus software. Case in point, I really like TinkerTool but I'd rather change my system wide settings from the command line than use someone's program for that.
So, how can I change the system-wide font smoothing setting from the command line?
Thanks.
A: It's defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int <1-3> as far as I remember
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aab5d15556299af2717b7e06303a18093c02900f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make symbolic links invisible in the Finder? I use SetFile via the terminal to render files and folders invisible inside Finder windows. This does not appear to work on symbolic links: the symlink destination is made invisible, rather than the symlink itself.
I see a number of symlinks in / which are invisible in the Finder (e.g. /etc -> private/etc), so it seems to be possible. Can I duplicate this behavior?
A: Reading fail.
-P # perform action on symlink instead of following it
This flag has strange indenting in SetFile -h, and I must have just ignored it assuming it was related to the -m date flag.
So,
SetFile -P -a V my_symlink
| Q: How do I make symbolic links invisible in the Finder? I use SetFile via the terminal to render files and folders invisible inside Finder windows. This does not appear to work on symbolic links: the symlink destination is made invisible, rather than the symlink itself.
I see a number of symlinks in / which are invisible in the Finder (e.g. /etc -> private/etc), so it seems to be possible. Can I duplicate this behavior?
A: Reading fail.
-P # perform action on symlink instead of following it
This flag has strange indenting in SetFile -h, and I must have just ignored it assuming it was related to the -m date flag.
So,
SetFile -P -a V my_symlink
A: To hide:
chflags -h hidden <symlink>
To show again:
chflags -h nohidden <symlink>
A: If you use ln -s source_file target_file from a terminal you'll get e.g. /etc -> private/etc shown in the ls -la - but only shown the target_file in the folder.
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056e5812cb0c62f6170d6324b3444c228dde8c61 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bootloader freezes on login screen when booting into Lion from Boot Camp Every time I reboot from Boot Camp into OS X, the bootloader gets to the login screen, and then after I've entered my username and password, the screen will just go grey. I have to force a restart with the power button, and then when I reboot, it proceeds normally.
Specifics: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit in Boot Camp, and OS X 10.7.1. The same issue happened with 10.7.0. This is on a late-2008 MacBook Pro 15".
A: This suggestion seems to helps a lot with all sorts of things, so I figured I'd suggest it here just in case.
Go to your Disk Utility app and press the following buttons in the numbered order. I would recommend only doing 1, 2, and 3, but if this doesn't help with the problem, you can also try to run 1(b) from Recovery Mode (or while running your computer off an external hard
drive) because it won't work while you're logged on.
Hope this helps :)
| Q: Bootloader freezes on login screen when booting into Lion from Boot Camp Every time I reboot from Boot Camp into OS X, the bootloader gets to the login screen, and then after I've entered my username and password, the screen will just go grey. I have to force a restart with the power button, and then when I reboot, it proceeds normally.
Specifics: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit in Boot Camp, and OS X 10.7.1. The same issue happened with 10.7.0. This is on a late-2008 MacBook Pro 15".
A: This suggestion seems to helps a lot with all sorts of things, so I figured I'd suggest it here just in case.
Go to your Disk Utility app and press the following buttons in the numbered order. I would recommend only doing 1, 2, and 3, but if this doesn't help with the problem, you can also try to run 1(b) from Recovery Mode (or while running your computer off an external hard
drive) because it won't work while you're logged on.
Hope this helps :)
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24a2d7ac20bebbd0aad4bd12c272093f07e31ca9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix OS X Lion being unresponsive? After having upgraded to OS X Lion seamlessly, the whole system became unresponsive. Sometimes, I have to wait seconds for keypresses or clicks to have effect, even sound playback or the Dock animation stutters, while strangely the CPU usage remains low. Repairing my disk and its permissions didn't help, upgrading to 10.7.1 neither. Can somebody help?
FYI: I have a 2.3 GHz 13'' MBP with 4 GB RAM.
A: This kind of thing is a RAM problem 9 times out of 10. Your RAM is constantly being paged in and out to your (relatively slow) hard drive, causing you to wait. THe best solution is to upgrade your RAM or if it's already maxed, consider getting an SSD.
| Q: How to fix OS X Lion being unresponsive? After having upgraded to OS X Lion seamlessly, the whole system became unresponsive. Sometimes, I have to wait seconds for keypresses or clicks to have effect, even sound playback or the Dock animation stutters, while strangely the CPU usage remains low. Repairing my disk and its permissions didn't help, upgrading to 10.7.1 neither. Can somebody help?
FYI: I have a 2.3 GHz 13'' MBP with 4 GB RAM.
A: This kind of thing is a RAM problem 9 times out of 10. Your RAM is constantly being paged in and out to your (relatively slow) hard drive, causing you to wait. THe best solution is to upgrade your RAM or if it's already maxed, consider getting an SSD.
A: I have a 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac that recently had this problem (I suspect it was caused by too many windows open under Safari) and I had searched on this site for a possible fix. Nothing I tried worked, so I unplugged the iMac and planned on taking it in for a repair. I got to thinking about the possibility that the mac's internal battery may be preserving the condition, preventing me from recovering from the freeze. After having the Mac off the mains for 24 hours, I re-plugged it and fired it up and the freeze was gone. I don't know if this was just dumb luck, but I don't have the freeze anymore.
A: The thing is moving from Snow Leopard to Lion should not have caused a slow-down. Period. If it was running fine on SL, it should run fine on Lion. The only reason Lion would be slow in this case is if something else/new was added and is in use with Lion, or if your hard drive is now short on space.
If nothing else changed other than installing Lion, then that is where you want to spend your efforts to fix.
I would first try Repair Permissions with Disk Utility. I always do that with a new Os that was installed on top of an old one. Usually I get a one-time repair of a bunch of items.
Test to see if the problem went away.
Next I would try a Safe Boot, and then just restart normally instead of logging in.
Test to see if the problem went away.
Please report back here with whatever you did, and post the results.
Hope this helps.
A: You can try reseting the System Management Controller (SMC) - as described in this Apple Support article.
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831cdd256cc7d666e10f7184538456632059c4b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I quickly navigate through man pages in the Terminal Is there any way to quickly scroll through text-heavy output in Terminal such as man pages ? Using the up and down arrows only move the screen one line at a time; is there any way to scroll faster?
A: You can open man pages in a single, scrollable window from Terminal's Help menu. Just type the command into the search field in the Help menu, then click the command in the search results to open its man page. It may occasionally take a few seconds for the command to appear in the search results.
You can also find most man pages online, with Apple-specific man pages found on apple's developer library. I generally google with apple man [command] replacing [command] with the actual command. One nice thing about this method is you can easily bookmark man pages you use frequently.
| Q: How can I quickly navigate through man pages in the Terminal Is there any way to quickly scroll through text-heavy output in Terminal such as man pages ? Using the up and down arrows only move the screen one line at a time; is there any way to scroll faster?
A: You can open man pages in a single, scrollable window from Terminal's Help menu. Just type the command into the search field in the Help menu, then click the command in the search results to open its man page. It may occasionally take a few seconds for the command to appear in the search results.
You can also find most man pages online, with Apple-specific man pages found on apple's developer library. I generally google with apple man [command] replacing [command] with the actual command. One nice thing about this method is you can easily bookmark man pages you use frequently.
A: If I understood you correctly, you want to skim through manual pages more efficiently.
By default, man uses less as its pager. In less, you can use:
*
*Space or f or Control ⌃-f to advance one page
*d or Control ⌃-d to advance half a page
*b or Control ⌃-b to go back one page
*u or Control ⌃-u to go back half a page
You can get the full list of less keyboard commands in its manual page. If you don't like the default pager, you can set MANPAGER or PAGER environment variables to specify a different program for controlling the pagination of man pages that are longer than one screen.
A: Shift ⇧-Page Up ⇞ and Shift ⇧-Page Down ⇟ will move man pages a page at a time.
(On a laptop or other smaller keyboard, the keystrokes are usually Shift ⇧-Fn-Up Arrow ↑ and Shift ⇧-Fn-Down Arrow ↓.)
A: For non-Apple specific commands which tend to be the same across various UNIX platforms something I do is Google man [command] in a browser. The top result will almost always be an HTML-ified man page.
A: This answer gets around your question: Install Bwana.
This will open man pages in the browser. I've used this for years and it's one of my favorite additions for Terminal functionality.
A: I would recommend ManOpen, which allows you to open a man page in a normal text window.
You can also create an alias (let me know if you need help with this) using
pman() {
man -t "${1}" | open -f -a Preview
}
A: I usually just use
*
*z to move forward one window
*w to move back one window
A: I have an app 'man reader' that lists all man pages on left and you can select one and it shows the man page in a Mac window. Runs on Sierra and is pretty nice. Can scroll man page up or down.
A: In VSCode on Mac
*
*g to go to the beginning of man pages.
*G to go to the end of man pages.
A: For me, on OSX, [fn] + [enter] works.
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05a1d5df31ef1a6899f41b4db14d0d5b2d24a147 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable the Control+Shift+Down Arrow Hotkey? I have a new Macbook Air with Lion and I'm using Excel in VMWare Fusion and it has a hotkey for Control + Shift + Down Arrow.
Every time I try and use this key combination instead of doing what it's supposed to do for Excel it's getting intercepted by Lion.
Is there a way to disable this hotkey globally or perhaps just when I'm using Fusion?
A: To reassign the key globally, go to System Preferences » Mission Control and under Application Windows, where it currently says ^↓, assign another key (I used F10, à la exposé).
| Q: How do I disable the Control+Shift+Down Arrow Hotkey? I have a new Macbook Air with Lion and I'm using Excel in VMWare Fusion and it has a hotkey for Control + Shift + Down Arrow.
Every time I try and use this key combination instead of doing what it's supposed to do for Excel it's getting intercepted by Lion.
Is there a way to disable this hotkey globally or perhaps just when I'm using Fusion?
A: To reassign the key globally, go to System Preferences » Mission Control and under Application Windows, where it currently says ^↓, assign another key (I used F10, à la exposé).
A: To remove the shift augmentation follow the steps outlined in this answer to a similar (but with much less Google juice it seems) question: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/115698
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3e454765930392d2603e3f61b43784cb442f2aeb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why am I receiving this error code, when trying to rename a flash drive? Broken image removed
I receive this error upon attempting to rename a flash drive. The renaming process works, but I would like to know what this error is, and why it's appearing.
A: Have you tried reformatting the unit to FAT using disk utility and then trying to rename? FAT is the default filesystem for most USB sticks. I had this problem, reformatted it with disk util and it started working.
| Q: Why am I receiving this error code, when trying to rename a flash drive? Broken image removed
I receive this error upon attempting to rename a flash drive. The renaming process works, but I would like to know what this error is, and why it's appearing.
A: Have you tried reformatting the unit to FAT using disk utility and then trying to rename? FAT is the default filesystem for most USB sticks. I had this problem, reformatted it with disk util and it started working.
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7629e0ff9df67c3ab97e6794cdf0b685fcdab856 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unmodified F4 no longer summons LaunchPad When I press F4, it no longer summons LaunchPad. F3 still invokes Mission Control, and the other function keys, without modifiers, have their respective meanings (volume, play, etc), but I can only invoke LaunchPad with my hot corner or the Dock button.
How can I reset this to default behavior?
A: One solution is to rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist and log out and back in. I just tried this and it seems to have restored the binding, no hack like FunctionFlip required. My other special keys all work, too. However, I lost my other customized Keyboard Shortcuts, like ctrl+← for switching spaces Mission Control. They worked after I re-enabled them.
It looks like com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist is the preferences file, and MacOS works fine if it's missing. After I'd edited my Keyboard Shortcuts via the preferences panel that file was recreated and everything's back to normal except Launchpad launches again. Based on a diff of the two plist files I'm guessing the keycode for Launchpad is one of 118, 119, 64, or 65.
I found this solution on a MacRumors discussion.
| Q: Unmodified F4 no longer summons LaunchPad When I press F4, it no longer summons LaunchPad. F3 still invokes Mission Control, and the other function keys, without modifiers, have their respective meanings (volume, play, etc), but I can only invoke LaunchPad with my hot corner or the Dock button.
How can I reset this to default behavior?
A: One solution is to rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist and log out and back in. I just tried this and it seems to have restored the binding, no hack like FunctionFlip required. My other special keys all work, too. However, I lost my other customized Keyboard Shortcuts, like ctrl+← for switching spaces Mission Control. They worked after I re-enabled them.
It looks like com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist is the preferences file, and MacOS works fine if it's missing. After I'd edited my Keyboard Shortcuts via the preferences panel that file was recreated and everything's back to normal except Launchpad launches again. Based on a diff of the two plist files I'm guessing the keycode for Launchpad is one of 118, 119, 64, or 65.
I found this solution on a MacRumors discussion.
A: To not lose your custom shortcuts, open ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist, look for the key named "160". Edit it as follows:
Then Log Out and back in.
A: I lost the F4 binding too, and after some investigation I got it working again. It's a bit of a hack, but here's what worked:
*
*Install FunctionFlip, a free preference pane to modify the function keys.
*In FunctionFlip click F4: Launchpad, so it's checked.
*In System Preferences / Keyboard / Keyboard Shortcuts, doubleclick on the keybinding for Show Launchpad and press F4.
FunctionFlip should not be necessary: it should be enough to set the binding in Keyboard Shortcuts. The problem is by default the F4 key does not actually send the keycode for F4, it sends the magic code for LaunchPad. (Just like F8 isn't F8, it's pause iTunes.) And the Keyboard preferences pane won't let you bind that magic LaunchPad key. FunctionFlip solves the issue by making it so the F4 key really sends F4.
Note that FunctionFlip is a bit tricky. For it to work, you have to enable System Preferences / Universal Access / Enable access for assistive devices. Also there's a "Start FunctionFliip at Login" preference that you probably want to enable.
The FunctionFlip page points to two tutorials for LaunchPad: TUAW and Josh Sunshine's. Same procedure as I describe above.
A: I have just upgraded from Snow Leopard to El Capitan, and have the F4=Dashboard key on my keyboard.
I have set fn+F4 to Launchpad, and turned Dashboard on, in System Preferences > Keyboard, but I wanted them the other way around so Launchpad would default.
I did not want to add anything i.e. FunctionFlip
Thanks to Kentzo's answer above, I downloaded TextWrangler, opened
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist
changed Item 1's number from 118 to 130,
logged off, now working as desired.
A: Ok, this is pretty weird. The item for Show Launchpad has to be checked (but not necessarily assigned to any regular shortcut) for fn+F4 to work:
A: For anyone seeing this in 2017 on a Macbook Pro with touch bar, chances are you are using Spotify and it is the cause of the issue (see discussion). As of this post's date, there isn't a fix. The simplest workaround is to stop using Spotify.
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7abe55e2b55b92e5d3fe14ef3b39901c356e0da9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac blogging client similar to Windows Live Writer Can someone suggest a really good blogging client for Mac OS?
I am looking for something having similar functionality like Windows Live Writer (on Windows).
Blog details: WordPress (installed on Windows).
I have a Mac laptop at home, and am trying to decide on a blogging client for WordPress.
A: I haven't had any exposure to live writer, but maybe you might want to give MarsEdit a try. It can interface with many different blogging systems.
| Q: Mac blogging client similar to Windows Live Writer Can someone suggest a really good blogging client for Mac OS?
I am looking for something having similar functionality like Windows Live Writer (on Windows).
Blog details: WordPress (installed on Windows).
I have a Mac laptop at home, and am trying to decide on a blogging client for WordPress.
A: I haven't had any exposure to live writer, but maybe you might want to give MarsEdit a try. It can interface with many different blogging systems.
A: Other than the MarsEdit, You may also want to try the Ecto, or MacJournal
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c69f72ff443900bf9e455f291fa3461c276f34b7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Setting Preview Default to Single Page So I'm not at all impressed with the "Continuous" view in Preview, that seems to be the default way PDFs are opened. Is there a way to change the Preview.app preferences in such a way as to set "Single Page" as the default?
A: In Mountain Lion, at least, there's a Opening for the first time entry in the PDF pane in Preferences, where you can select Single Page. This sets the default view mode for all PDF files.
If you for some reason can't get it to work, you could try this Terminal command (don't know if it will work in Lion) and restart Preview:
defaults write -app preview kPVPDFDefaultPageViewModeOption -int 1
(in ML, the value of kPVPDFDefaultPageViewModeOption changes to 1 in Preview's plist, when selecting Single Page)
| Q: Setting Preview Default to Single Page So I'm not at all impressed with the "Continuous" view in Preview, that seems to be the default way PDFs are opened. Is there a way to change the Preview.app preferences in such a way as to set "Single Page" as the default?
A: In Mountain Lion, at least, there's a Opening for the first time entry in the PDF pane in Preferences, where you can select Single Page. This sets the default view mode for all PDF files.
If you for some reason can't get it to work, you could try this Terminal command (don't know if it will work in Lion) and restart Preview:
defaults write -app preview kPVPDFDefaultPageViewModeOption -int 1
(in ML, the value of kPVPDFDefaultPageViewModeOption changes to 1 in Preview's plist, when selecting Single Page)
A: This terminal command should solve it
defaults write com.apple.Preview PVPDFDisplayMode 1
PS. This won't work in ML only in Lion. And you may have to restart before it will become functional.
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