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931b399eab8e5e94376e81884767417728453b75 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a quicker way to clear cache on Safari mobile? Is there a quicker way to clear cache in Safari on iPhone besides going to Settings -> Safari -> Clear Cache?
A: I have found that reloading a Web page in Mobile Safari twice clears the cache for the current Web page. Simply press reload, wait for it to finish loading, then reload again.
| Q: Is there a quicker way to clear cache on Safari mobile? Is there a quicker way to clear cache in Safari on iPhone besides going to Settings -> Safari -> Clear Cache?
A: I have found that reloading a Web page in Mobile Safari twice clears the cache for the current Web page. Simply press reload, wait for it to finish loading, then reload again.
A: Regretfully, no.
(When I test my web code using Xcode's iOS Simulator, I find it easier to use the "Reset Content and Settings..." menu options rather than navigate into iOS's settings to clear the cache.)
A: Here is a way you can follow:
*
*From the iPhone main menu, select "Settings" and then "Safari".
*Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. There will be three options for you to choose from: "Clear History", "Clear Cookies", and "Clear Cache". You can simply clear all three by tapping each of them once and confirming the deletion
*You can also clear your browsing history directly from the Safari browser. Start Safari and select "Bookmarks" at the bottom of the screen. Navigate to the history section and select it.
*Your internet history should then appear on the screen. You can then clear out the history by selecting "clear" at the bottom of the screen. It will then ask you to confirm "clear history".
I hope this helps
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3102b44ae1eb94114c3af7482a584159537afdb9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Vertically arranged multiple monitors: some apps won't let me drag them "above" the menu bar I'm working on a MacBook Pro, with my external monitor arranged on a higher shelf, and "arranged" within my display preferences as being "above" my MBP display. I use the larger monitor when I'm coding, using the terminal, etc., and the MBP display for browsing, IM, and other things.
My problem is this: some apps won't let me drag them to beyond the menu bar on the MBP display. If I arrange the displays in a horizontal configuration, or with the MBP display "above" the external monitor, I can drag the windows wherever I want. An example of some apps that do this are Sublime Text 2 and XCode.
Is there some trick to getting this to work that I'm missing?
Thanks!
A: You are able to choose which monitor will have the menubar in the 'Displays' section of System Preferences.
Go to System Preferences, click 'Displays', and choose the 'Orientation' tab. If you click and hold on the small white rectangle signifying the menu bar, you can move it between screens and move it to the top most display.
| Q: Vertically arranged multiple monitors: some apps won't let me drag them "above" the menu bar I'm working on a MacBook Pro, with my external monitor arranged on a higher shelf, and "arranged" within my display preferences as being "above" my MBP display. I use the larger monitor when I'm coding, using the terminal, etc., and the MBP display for browsing, IM, and other things.
My problem is this: some apps won't let me drag them to beyond the menu bar on the MBP display. If I arrange the displays in a horizontal configuration, or with the MBP display "above" the external monitor, I can drag the windows wherever I want. An example of some apps that do this are Sublime Text 2 and XCode.
Is there some trick to getting this to work that I'm missing?
Thanks!
A: You are able to choose which monitor will have the menubar in the 'Displays' section of System Preferences.
Go to System Preferences, click 'Displays', and choose the 'Orientation' tab. If you click and hold on the small white rectangle signifying the menu bar, you can move it between screens and move it to the top most display.
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c94e9b732166c546c6409246f1d16aee8d821761 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to force Google Chrome to open in full screen? When I'm working just on my MacBook Pro,I like to keep as many apps as I can in Lion's full-screen mode. One of these apps is Google Chrome. However, Chrome doesn't remember that I want it to appear full screen after I quit it. It always opens up in "windowed" mode. Is there a way to force it to start in full screen?
Thanks.
A: I was having the same problem BUT i think i found out how to make google chrome always open full screen. go to the wrench on the right hand side of the task bar when you have chrome open. go to settings, under the on start up section click "continue where i left off." BAM google chrome should now open full screen... well it does for me anyways. hope this helps.
| Q: Is there a way to force Google Chrome to open in full screen? When I'm working just on my MacBook Pro,I like to keep as many apps as I can in Lion's full-screen mode. One of these apps is Google Chrome. However, Chrome doesn't remember that I want it to appear full screen after I quit it. It always opens up in "windowed" mode. Is there a way to force it to start in full screen?
Thanks.
A: I was having the same problem BUT i think i found out how to make google chrome always open full screen. go to the wrench on the right hand side of the task bar when you have chrome open. go to settings, under the on start up section click "continue where i left off." BAM google chrome should now open full screen... well it does for me anyways. hope this helps.
A: Sorry, but everyone seems to want to mak a major deal out of this. The fix is VERY simple.
When Chrome opens in half screen or whatever, put the cursor at the very top right edge of the window. A double headed, diagonal arrow will appear. Drag it all the way to the right. Do the same with the left side. Close Chrome and reopen it. It will open full screen every time from that point forward.
A: The current version of Google Chrome for Mac (14.0.835.202) is not correctly supporting this behavior, even when the System Preference to "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" is selected in the General Preferences pane (like the Mail app or Safari does). There is an open bug ticket on this issue with Google so at some point the "remember full screen state after close" should be resolved. Here is the bug report link:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=94611
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0a26c7c4e66c9b1db5c0b7ee7431a287726e61c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn on Intel VT in MacBook Pro 2011 (MC721LL/A)? I used to turn on virtualization on my PC by turning it on from BIOS. But how I do it on MacBook Pro, as I am using WinXP on VMware Fusion 4.0, but its very slow, and both Windows XP and Mac OS starts lagging.
Is there any way I can turn on virtualization for Mac so that the lagging stops? It's really driving me crazy.
[Note: it's a 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 quad-core processor ("Sandy Bridge") with 6 MB shared L3 cache for excellent multitasking.]
A: It should be turned on automatically. If you go into the settings for the Windows XP virtual image, then click advanced, you'll see a field for Preferred virtualization engine. It should be set to "Automatic" by default, but if you want to force Intel VT, you can select one of those options.
If you're lagging, something else might be to blame. Does Console say anything and how much memory do you have installed?
| Q: How to turn on Intel VT in MacBook Pro 2011 (MC721LL/A)? I used to turn on virtualization on my PC by turning it on from BIOS. But how I do it on MacBook Pro, as I am using WinXP on VMware Fusion 4.0, but its very slow, and both Windows XP and Mac OS starts lagging.
Is there any way I can turn on virtualization for Mac so that the lagging stops? It's really driving me crazy.
[Note: it's a 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 quad-core processor ("Sandy Bridge") with 6 MB shared L3 cache for excellent multitasking.]
A: It should be turned on automatically. If you go into the settings for the Windows XP virtual image, then click advanced, you'll see a field for Preferred virtualization engine. It should be set to "Automatic" by default, but if you want to force Intel VT, you can select one of those options.
If you're lagging, something else might be to blame. Does Console say anything and how much memory do you have installed?
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e62a96c7835b0e0515f7c1e2f278c2209ab65469 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes "Check for Update" button puts up a dialog box asking for a file This is on Snow Leopard.
When I plug in my iPhone or iPad into iTunes and click the "Check for update" button, it puts up a dialog box asking me to choose a file. This is supposed to happen if you press option while clicking Check for Update [which I'd done once], but now it happens every time. Restarting iTunes makes no difference, and it happens both on iTunes 10.4 and 10.5.
How can I get iTunes to check with Apple for an update? Thanks.
A: I am on Lion but had a similar problem. Based on info here: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/FA_Deploying_iTunes/Introduction/Introduction.html , which says that 'the file selector dialog only appears only if automatic detection of iOS updates is turned off', I tried removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist.
This fixed things for me. Quit iTunes before you do this, and move the plist file somewhere so that you can restore it if necessary. (It may be possible to change this preference setting without messing with the plist; however, I couldn't immediately spot where to do it in the UI).
| Q: iTunes "Check for Update" button puts up a dialog box asking for a file This is on Snow Leopard.
When I plug in my iPhone or iPad into iTunes and click the "Check for update" button, it puts up a dialog box asking me to choose a file. This is supposed to happen if you press option while clicking Check for Update [which I'd done once], but now it happens every time. Restarting iTunes makes no difference, and it happens both on iTunes 10.4 and 10.5.
How can I get iTunes to check with Apple for an update? Thanks.
A: I am on Lion but had a similar problem. Based on info here: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/FA_Deploying_iTunes/Introduction/Introduction.html , which says that 'the file selector dialog only appears only if automatic detection of iOS updates is turned off', I tried removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist.
This fixed things for me. Quit iTunes before you do this, and move the plist file somewhere so that you can restore it if necessary. (It may be possible to change this preference setting without messing with the plist; however, I couldn't immediately spot where to do it in the UI).
A: You don't want to delete the whole plist, because you'll lose all your preferences. Just change the single flag by running the following in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disableCheckForUpdates -bool NO
A: I've had the same problem updating my iPhone OS with iTunes on Windows 7. Editing/deleting the .plist doesn't help. I had to edit the Windows registry manually. The following pages were useful:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2102
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/136393
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\iTunes[SID]\Parental Controls\AdminFlags
Setting the AdminFlags to 0x0000ec00 worked for me.
A: As @kartick noted
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disableCheckForUpdates -bool NO
Works perfectly on my Mac (currently running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3) just remember to shutdown iTunes first. This is ideal as you do no loose any of your preferences. Think scalpel vs battle axe where battle axe is deleting the entire plist preferences file. I am running iTunes 12.3.0.44 btw.
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fa7aff6b1d6ec3ea6dcc8d7a021f7721b6e6fc37 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I convert a .eml file to a .mbox file for Apple Mail? How can I convert a Windows Live Mail eml file to Apple Mail mbox file
A: Assuming you have access to the PC with windows live mail.
*
*Install thunderbird on the PC. This will allow you to import windows live mail, outlook express
mails etc.
*Create a gmail account, with IMAP enabled. Upload your imported email from thunderbird to gmail. This should be as simple as dragging the mail over.
*Point your Mail.app at gmail and download your mail.
| Q: How can I convert a .eml file to a .mbox file for Apple Mail? How can I convert a Windows Live Mail eml file to Apple Mail mbox file
A: Assuming you have access to the PC with windows live mail.
*
*Install thunderbird on the PC. This will allow you to import windows live mail, outlook express
mails etc.
*Create a gmail account, with IMAP enabled. Upload your imported email from thunderbird to gmail. This should be as simple as dragging the mail over.
*Point your Mail.app at gmail and download your mail.
A: There is a shell script and also a ruby script here - http://tinyapps.org/blog/misc/201110180700_eml2mbx.html
Ruby script did not work for me but shell script worked nicely. Both are free options.
A: Here is one solution I found... Here is another, and another. I thought there was a free solution, but I cannot find it.. Hope these help. I will keep looking..
A: Klammer will open Outlook .msg files, standard .eml files, and also winmail.dat files on your iPad. We purchased the app and took it for a spin on our iPad, testing its ability to open both eml and Outlook msg files.
It will be found at apple store.
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a6c546d47907ba94a269ffa2bc72c39690c7ee73 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Simplest way to prevent iTunes from automatically launching when iPhone/iPad is connected When I connect my iPad or iPhone to my Mac iTunes automatically launches. What is the simplest way to prevent this from happening?
A: If you are using Apple's iTunes on Windows 8 or Windows 10, you can disable iTunesHelper by executing the following instructions:
*
*Right click the task bar
*Select the Task Manager
*Click the Startup tab
*Click the iTunesHelper app
*Click the Disable button
*Close the Task Manager
You can also right-click the iTunesHelper app and select Disable from the context menu.
| Q: Simplest way to prevent iTunes from automatically launching when iPhone/iPad is connected When I connect my iPad or iPhone to my Mac iTunes automatically launches. What is the simplest way to prevent this from happening?
A: If you are using Apple's iTunes on Windows 8 or Windows 10, you can disable iTunesHelper by executing the following instructions:
*
*Right click the task bar
*Select the Task Manager
*Click the Startup tab
*Click the iTunesHelper app
*Click the Disable button
*Close the Task Manager
You can also right-click the iTunesHelper app and select Disable from the context menu.
A: For all those who never use iTunes and do not have that 'Summary' panel (not sure why this happens, perhaps iTunes version too old)
I just disabled execution for iTunes altogether.
So, open terminal and sudo chmod -x /Applications/iTunes.app/ - never see iTunes again.
A: iTunes Helper is no longer shown as a login item, so the technique of removing this to keep iTunes away no longer works. However, there is an ignore-devices configuration value to tell the helper to stop launching iTunes when a device is attached.
Set this option like so (seems to take effect immediately):
defaults write com.apple.iTunesHelper ignore-devices 1
This allows you to keep auto sync enabled in iTunes (so it will sync when you decide to launch it manually), while also keeping iTunes from still popping up when your device has a software update available.
A: Unfortunately, the option mentioned in the other answers is no longer present on iTunes. Instead, the OSX solution is now similar to the Windows one:
*
*Open System Preferences
*Select Users & Groups
*Select your user profile if not selected already
*Go into the Login items tab
*Select and remove iTunes Helper from the list
*Log out and back in, or restart OSX
A: The simplest way is to un-tick the Automatically sync this... box* on the Summary Screen for the device in iTunes when the device is connected:
*
*This is per device.
Alternatively you can just remove the iTunesHelper service under your Login Items which will disable it irrelevant of the tick box state.
A: From the iTunes menu at the top go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices>Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically. Check the box at the bottom of that window. Click OK, quit iTunes.
That will stop iTunes from launching when you connect the phone stop automatic syncing.
A: If you NEVER use iTunes and simply want to charge your devices without seeing the annoying pop-up every time, you can simply rename the iTunes app.
Solution for Mac:
*
*Make sure your iTunes app is off.
*Open Terminal and enter:
cd /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS && sudo mv iTunes iTunes_off
*Enter your admin password and you should be all set.
UNDO
If you need to UNDO this later, all you need to do is rename it back, i.e.:
cd /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS && sudo mv iTunes_off iTunes
P.S. This is a similar to @YemSalat solution from Jun 1 '16 (+1), except for this one is a bit more obvious if you come back 6 months later.
P.P.S. If you update iTunes it may restore the original functionality.
A: *
*Connect the iPhone/iPad/iPod device to the computer
*Inside iTunes, click on the device and then click on the ‘Summary’ tab
*Scroll to the bottom of the Summary tab selections until you see “Options”
*Click on the checkbox next to ‘Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected’ – wording will be slightly different if your device is an iPad or iPod or whatever
*Close iTunes
A: Here is one additional hint to prevent any system app from launch on iPhone/iPad/Camera connection:
*
*Launch app "Image Capture" by typing its name in Spotlight by Ctrl+Space
*In bottom left corner use combo box to select "No application"
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5ffeccd3d9b805b8b6391f417cf15692f7eaba97 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes is not recognising my iPhone after upgrading to Lion I've just upgraded my Mac to Lion, and now my iPhone is not being recognised in iTunes.
I've tried...
*
*Updating iTunes (to 10.5)
*Checking for all updates
*Restarting both the Mac and iPhone
*Extracting iTunesHelper.app from the iTunes bundle and installing it into the Login Items list, and confirmed it's running in the Activity Monitor.
For the past 3 years I've been happy with the "It just works" idea, but not today. :(
What other options are there?
A: Start by checking in the system profiler under USB to see if the Mac see's that the iPhone is connected.
.
Then remove the following to the Trash and RESTART the computer
/System/Library/Extensions and Locate the file AppleMobileDevice.kext
| Q: iTunes is not recognising my iPhone after upgrading to Lion I've just upgraded my Mac to Lion, and now my iPhone is not being recognised in iTunes.
I've tried...
*
*Updating iTunes (to 10.5)
*Checking for all updates
*Restarting both the Mac and iPhone
*Extracting iTunesHelper.app from the iTunes bundle and installing it into the Login Items list, and confirmed it's running in the Activity Monitor.
For the past 3 years I've been happy with the "It just works" idea, but not today. :(
What other options are there?
A: Start by checking in the system profiler under USB to see if the Mac see's that the iPhone is connected.
.
Then remove the following to the Trash and RESTART the computer
/System/Library/Extensions and Locate the file AppleMobileDevice.kext
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92bcb24342a665dcb36a5b6e97fd90426bca8cd5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Ubuntu-like bash completion in Mac OS X? I work in the terminal a fair bit, and one thing I really miss from the servers I usually work on is the comprehensive autocompletion bash provides on Ubuntu servers.
Are there any readymade tools that will add a similar level of completion to my Mac; containing at the very least command line arguments for built-in system utilities and developer tools (like git, xcodebuild, etc.)?
A: The easiest way is to install bash-completion from homebrew and follow the provided instructions.
Example output:
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/bash-completion-1.3.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring bash-completion-1.3.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
Add the following lines to your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f "$(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion" ]; then
source "$(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion"
fi
The Homebrew bash completion script has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
==> Summary
/usr/local/Cellar/bash-completion/1.3: 188 files, 1.1M
Once you are done, you can create your own scripts under /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/.
| Q: Ubuntu-like bash completion in Mac OS X? I work in the terminal a fair bit, and one thing I really miss from the servers I usually work on is the comprehensive autocompletion bash provides on Ubuntu servers.
Are there any readymade tools that will add a similar level of completion to my Mac; containing at the very least command line arguments for built-in system utilities and developer tools (like git, xcodebuild, etc.)?
A: The easiest way is to install bash-completion from homebrew and follow the provided instructions.
Example output:
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/bash-completion-1.3.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring bash-completion-1.3.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
Add the following lines to your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f "$(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion" ]; then
source "$(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion"
fi
The Homebrew bash completion script has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
==> Summary
/usr/local/Cellar/bash-completion/1.3: 188 files, 1.1M
Once you are done, you can create your own scripts under /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/.
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c86af310d613a4f7dcfa7b7cc4eb3da8d9fe2ab6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any free screencasting software? I am searching for an OK and free screencasting app to finally start LP-ing.
The app doesn't have to record sound because I can do that sort of stuff with Audacity. Recently tried out "Copernicus", a screencasting app; I set the frame rate to 30, hoping for a good result, but it didn't turn out that well. In fact, it was horrible, the 8 second video I captured using this software turned out to have 2 frames per second.
If you happen to know of any good, free software for screencasting, please post some links.
A: Jing
by TechSmith. There's a free version and a paid Pro version.
| Q: Is there any free screencasting software? I am searching for an OK and free screencasting app to finally start LP-ing.
The app doesn't have to record sound because I can do that sort of stuff with Audacity. Recently tried out "Copernicus", a screencasting app; I set the frame rate to 30, hoping for a good result, but it didn't turn out that well. In fact, it was horrible, the 8 second video I captured using this software turned out to have 2 frames per second.
If you happen to know of any good, free software for screencasting, please post some links.
A: Jing
by TechSmith. There's a free version and a paid Pro version.
A: Check out Screenr
It allows to create great screencasts and share them online instantly.
It requires Java to be installed. For the first time you need to accept their Java Plugin to launch the Screen Recorder.
I am using it for several small screencasts, because it just works.
A: I don't do a lot of LPs, but the last time I did I used QuickTime Player.app (Quicktime Player X); you'll find it in /Applications. To record your screen, select File > New Screen Recording.
The results were pretty good; recording Minecraft 1.7.3 gameplay on an about a year and a half old MBP, but I have a lot of RAM, so that certainly helps.
Edit:
It's worth noting that QuickTime Player X does not support loopback sound; meaning that the only sound recorded will be from the microphone, or virtual sound device providing loopback sound.
This may or may not be a good thing, depending on what you are doing.
A: You may want to give Debut a try which (according to their website) offers screen recording and a lot of additional features. They also provide a free version for home use so you can do a test run without having to invest a lot of money.
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ba7178344fe977be67e3420ec41d8a6462e7abda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is a Macbook pro not able to use dual screen on the integrated graphics card? I have a MBP early 2011 model and when running on the integrated GPU I'm unable to dual screen. The screen is a VGA monitor running at 1400 x 900 yet it won't display so do I always have to switch to my AMD GPU to run dual screens? I'm running gfxCardStatus to switch between them and i'm just trying to save power.
A: No, it does not. You need the discrete GPU to run an external display.
Funny though, because the integrated GPU's of the MacBook Air can power up to a 27" thunderbolt display. But that's how Apple rolls.
| Q: Is a Macbook pro not able to use dual screen on the integrated graphics card? I have a MBP early 2011 model and when running on the integrated GPU I'm unable to dual screen. The screen is a VGA monitor running at 1400 x 900 yet it won't display so do I always have to switch to my AMD GPU to run dual screens? I'm running gfxCardStatus to switch between them and i'm just trying to save power.
A: No, it does not. You need the discrete GPU to run an external display.
Funny though, because the integrated GPU's of the MacBook Air can power up to a 27" thunderbolt display. But that's how Apple rolls.
A: No, it appears that using an external display requires using the discrete graphics card.
The reason for this is probably how the electrical connections are hooked up. Usually with a switchable-graphics setup like this, the internal display is connected to the integrated GPU and the external display is hooked up to the discrete GPU. In discrete graphics mode, the integrated GPU acts as little more than a framebuffer, routing the discrete GPU's signals to the internal screen. In integrated graphics mode, however, the discrete GPU is off, so nothing can talk to the external display.
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fbccca989d87a58a3033141ffb8d71733b26977b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get rid of this icon in my menu bar? I have this icon (which I never use) in my menu bar:
What is this icon for and how can I get rid of it?
A: Looking at the position, it seems to be an app from Apple.
Press Command and drag & drop it out of the menu bar.
| Q: How can I get rid of this icon in my menu bar? I have this icon (which I never use) in my menu bar:
What is this icon for and how can I get rid of it?
A: Looking at the position, it seems to be an app from Apple.
Press Command and drag & drop it out of the menu bar.
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34c808e2d00d0892168c69153a551cd9706ad0bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the location of background image set from Safari? Safari allows you to set any image as desktop background right from the browser.
Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane will then display it as Safari Desktop Picture.
No filename, no location, and if I change it, seems like the picture is lost.
I find it frustrating because, although I frequently change wallpapers, I'd like to keep each of them.
I could as well download the file manually but isn't this what Use As Desktop Picture exists for?
So, the question is:
Where is this image actually stored on my hard drive?
How do I retrieve it?
A: Open ~/Library/Safari/.
It is there, called Safari Desktop Picture.jpg (or whatever the extension is).
If you're on Lion, to get to Library folder you may open Finder, select Go from the top menu and hold ⌥ Option. The normally hidden Library menu will reveal itself in the folder list. Open it, and proceed to Safari subfolder.
If you're not on Lion or just prefer the quick way, open Finder, press ⇧ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + G to open directory prompt and paste ~/Library/Safari/:
| Q: What is the location of background image set from Safari? Safari allows you to set any image as desktop background right from the browser.
Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane will then display it as Safari Desktop Picture.
No filename, no location, and if I change it, seems like the picture is lost.
I find it frustrating because, although I frequently change wallpapers, I'd like to keep each of them.
I could as well download the file manually but isn't this what Use As Desktop Picture exists for?
So, the question is:
Where is this image actually stored on my hard drive?
How do I retrieve it?
A: Open ~/Library/Safari/.
It is there, called Safari Desktop Picture.jpg (or whatever the extension is).
If you're on Lion, to get to Library folder you may open Finder, select Go from the top menu and hold ⌥ Option. The normally hidden Library menu will reveal itself in the folder list. Open it, and proceed to Safari subfolder.
If you're not on Lion or just prefer the quick way, open Finder, press ⇧ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + G to open directory prompt and paste ~/Library/Safari/:
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af66404e36398abef834314af3541a9d3764b534 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is the text-to-speech hotkey not working? For some reason, my text to speech isn't working. I don't know why it stopped working. It works when I manually click it, but when using the default hotkey alt+esc, it doesn't do anything.
I have no idea what happened. How can I fix this? I tried changing hotkeys, but the problem persists.
A: I have found a solution that worked for me without restarting (although restarting worked before when this happened)
My problem was that both the Hot Key or the contextual menu Right-Click -> Speech -> Start Speaking did not work within any application like Chrome and Text Edit
When I went to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Speech -> Play the button toggled to Stop as if playing but I heard no audio.
My Solution: I switched my default voice from Heather Infovox iVox HQ to Samantha then pressed the Play button.
I got audio.
Then I switched back to Heather and both Hot Key and contextual menu Right-Click -> Speech -> Start Speaking worked without quitting any apps or restarting my computer.
| Q: Why is the text-to-speech hotkey not working? For some reason, my text to speech isn't working. I don't know why it stopped working. It works when I manually click it, but when using the default hotkey alt+esc, it doesn't do anything.
I have no idea what happened. How can I fix this? I tried changing hotkeys, but the problem persists.
A: I have found a solution that worked for me without restarting (although restarting worked before when this happened)
My problem was that both the Hot Key or the contextual menu Right-Click -> Speech -> Start Speaking did not work within any application like Chrome and Text Edit
When I went to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Speech -> Play the button toggled to Stop as if playing but I heard no audio.
My Solution: I switched my default voice from Heather Infovox iVox HQ to Samantha then pressed the Play button.
I got audio.
Then I switched back to Heather and both Hot Key and contextual menu Right-Click -> Speech -> Start Speaking worked without quitting any apps or restarting my computer.
A: I found that these steps worked for me and prevented a reboot.
*
*Go into System Preferences and open Sound
*Select the Output tab.
*Switch to a different output than you are currently using.
*Switch back to Internal Speakers, Headphones, or whatever you typically use.
*Return to Accessibility, Speech and test using the Play button.
These steps worked for me and I'm assuming it might have to do with an application I have installed called Loopback that allows me to record internal audio. Hope this helps someone else out there that might be experiencing the same issue.
A: Sometimes you just need to reboot your machine. Mine sometimes just stops working. A reboot takes care of it.
A: I had a problem using speech with the Preview app. Turns out something went screwy after adding annotations to the specific document I was looking at and all I had to do was revert it.
A: I have also experience this problem.
I have found today that shutting Google Chrome and restarting it cures the problem.
Update. This happened again & restarting google chrome did not fix it.
I ended up closing all my open programs & finder windows & restarting finder then it worked again. I will update this again next time it fails & try to identify the specific action that fixes it or causes it.
I have a hunch it may be connected with System Preferences, finder windows or Monitor.
A: Thanks geekinit! I used your idea but in less steps.
*
*Hold option and click the speaker(sound/Volume) icon on the top menu bar
*Change to different output device
*Use same technique to switch back to internal speakers or headphones (etc...)
This fixed the problem for me without having to go into system preferences.
A: Maybe try deleting
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist
Make a copy of it first in case it goes bad. Also, just be careful because it will remove your shortcuts.
A: For me, the fix was:
*
*go to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Speech
*change System Voice to something other than what is currently used, such as Samantha. Test it by clicking Play.
*for me, if I select some text and press the keyboard shortcut (option+esc), it works now.
*switch back to the voice you want, such as Alex. It still works with the keyboard shortcut.
So by toggling the voice, it reset something which made the bug goes away.
A: For me, Console showed this error when I tried alt + esc: NSSpeechSynthesizer: [NSSpeechSynthesizer _setObject:forProperty:usingDataSize:] - Error -50
So to fix, I went to Activity Monitor, searched for speech, and Force Quit matching processes: corespeechd, com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd, and Speech Synthesis Server. The subsequent restart of one or more of those did the trick.
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6606bafe093696b5d4c97bf18600fc2a00e627b8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I put Newsstand into a folder? In iOS5 (and later) my newsstand icon will not go into a folder on either my iPod touch, or my iPad2. Anyone have any suggestions on how to move this application?
A: I've put in the last screen, all alone, so I never have to see that
| Q: Can I put Newsstand into a folder? In iOS5 (and later) my newsstand icon will not go into a folder on either my iPod touch, or my iPad2. Anyone have any suggestions on how to move this application?
A: I've put in the last screen, all alone, so I never have to see that
A: If you don't mind Jailbreaking your device, several apps allow this. One such app is NoNewsIsGoodNews which runs as an application.
http://opinionativereviewer.com/archives/3683
A: Actually, you can put Newsstand into a folder- from Mac or Windows. Just install
StifleStand (free)
It's really a simple application and does not require a jailbreak. I've just tested it from an iPod touch 4th gen and it really "just works". However, note that tapping Newsstand once its in its folder causes it Springboard to crash (as mentioned by above answers). This could be useful for a little SpringBoard restart for those who don't want to jailbreak!
A: Looks like there is a way after all (even if it's most probably a bug because it renders Newsstand useless):
From The Coding Massacre:
*
*Take two apps and go to create a folder
*The second the apps are in the folder and it’s doing the folder creation animation, drag Newsstand into the folder
*As long as you’re quick enough Newsstand will go into the folder
If you open Newsstand while it’s in a folder your springboard will crash.
A: Newsstand behaves as a folder itself. In the same way as you cannot nest folders within folders, Newsstand cannot be placed inside any other folder.
As a side note, jailbreaking makes folder nesting possible.
You can actually get it in a folder by making a new folder and very quickly placing it in as a third item, but launching newsstand from within a folder usually causes things to crash in the phone. Furthermore, the system cleans this up when it notices it - so you have a very short term win in terms of getting newsstand in to another folder.
Until this changes in the OS - the safest thing is to move it out of sight.
A: With the latest iOS 7, you can place Newsstand in a folder without having to buy apps or jailbreak your device.
A: Just install the new iOS 7 (free from Apple via iTunes).
Jailbreaking and similar "hacking" procedures usually cause more problems than they promise to solve...
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096bb5263a7b4d1b05e5a277a778bd2212d730ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Wi-Fi sync missing from iTunes 10.5 This is really weird. I updated my iPhone to iOS 5 today, along with iTunes to version 10.5. According to Apple's own documentation, I should have an option to "sync with this iPhone over wifi" under the Summary tab when my iPhone is plugged in - but I don't!
Since I can't enable it, my iPhone doesn't "see" my computer when I go to Settings > General > iTunes Wi-Fi Sync on my iPhone, even though both are on the same network.
The only thing I can think of is that it's because I'm running OS X 10.5? But I still have iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5, which is all that Apple says is required (they don't list a minimum required version of OS X itself).
Anyone have any idea how I can enable this?
A: I believe the minimum requirements are iOS 5 iTunes 10.5 and Snow Leapard 10.6.8. I have Leapard 10.5.8 (and the other requirements) I can't use wifi sync. The option isn't in iTunes. I saw someone say somewhere that they had 10.6.7 and they did have the option until they updated snow leapard to 10.6.8.
| Q: Wi-Fi sync missing from iTunes 10.5 This is really weird. I updated my iPhone to iOS 5 today, along with iTunes to version 10.5. According to Apple's own documentation, I should have an option to "sync with this iPhone over wifi" under the Summary tab when my iPhone is plugged in - but I don't!
Since I can't enable it, my iPhone doesn't "see" my computer when I go to Settings > General > iTunes Wi-Fi Sync on my iPhone, even though both are on the same network.
The only thing I can think of is that it's because I'm running OS X 10.5? But I still have iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5, which is all that Apple says is required (they don't list a minimum required version of OS X itself).
Anyone have any idea how I can enable this?
A: I believe the minimum requirements are iOS 5 iTunes 10.5 and Snow Leapard 10.6.8. I have Leapard 10.5.8 (and the other requirements) I can't use wifi sync. The option isn't in iTunes. I saw someone say somewhere that they had 10.6.7 and they did have the option until they updated snow leapard to 10.6.8.
A: I just fixed this issue by restarting my macbook's wifi.
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5bcd4d57278cee3c1be1b229297ed96b635aa0fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App sharing in iOS 5 I have shared my App Store account with my family member not to purchase the same app twice. It has been simple so far. Just enter the same Apple ID in two devices.
Now we have iOS 5 and iCloud. Is it possible to use two different Apple ID in App Store and iCloud in the same device?
If it is not possible, how could we share App purchases with personally using own iCloud functionality?
A: See Apple's excellent FAQ on multiple App Store and iCloud Accounts: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
Particularly these sections:
*
*Using the same Apple ID for Store purchases and iCloud (recommended)
*Using an individual Apple ID for iCloud and a (different) shared Apple ID for Store
Purchases
| Q: App sharing in iOS 5 I have shared my App Store account with my family member not to purchase the same app twice. It has been simple so far. Just enter the same Apple ID in two devices.
Now we have iOS 5 and iCloud. Is it possible to use two different Apple ID in App Store and iCloud in the same device?
If it is not possible, how could we share App purchases with personally using own iCloud functionality?
A: See Apple's excellent FAQ on multiple App Store and iCloud Accounts: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
Particularly these sections:
*
*Using the same Apple ID for Store purchases and iCloud (recommended)
*Using an individual Apple ID for iCloud and a (different) shared Apple ID for Store
Purchases
A: The iCloud login is separate to the App Store login. You can still log into the same App Store account but different iCloud accounts (for data syncing etc).
Disclaimer: I'm fairly sure this works, but have not tried it and am not aware if there are any caveats yet.
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261dbd636f57331657c3c16b0dec44bdd9c07030 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will iCloud sync interfere with Gmail Contacts/Calendars sync? I'm looking to setup with iCloud, and I'm concerned with their desire to sync my contacts, calendars, and bookmarks. While I'm fine with the bookmarks, I am legitimately concerned about contacts and calendars since I consider that the domain of Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar, which I've had synced via Gmail Sync for some time now.
Will iCloud sync interfere with Gmail sync? Or does iCloud simply offer me another layer of redundancy?
A: With iCloud, you can choose which areas to sync and which not to. However, if you do choose to sync contacts and/or calendar, I believe you will simply end up with some double events on your phone, which can easily be cleared up by disabling view of the extra calendars.
In short, syncing contacts, calendar, music, and photos are all separate and can be enabled/disabled as such.
And yes, it does, in some way offer you additional redundancy as the Apple cloud and Google cloud are likely housed in different data centers...but this would require you to keep both calendars in sync, which I don't think will be easy to do without being annoyed absurdly.
| Q: Will iCloud sync interfere with Gmail Contacts/Calendars sync? I'm looking to setup with iCloud, and I'm concerned with their desire to sync my contacts, calendars, and bookmarks. While I'm fine with the bookmarks, I am legitimately concerned about contacts and calendars since I consider that the domain of Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar, which I've had synced via Gmail Sync for some time now.
Will iCloud sync interfere with Gmail sync? Or does iCloud simply offer me another layer of redundancy?
A: With iCloud, you can choose which areas to sync and which not to. However, if you do choose to sync contacts and/or calendar, I believe you will simply end up with some double events on your phone, which can easily be cleared up by disabling view of the extra calendars.
In short, syncing contacts, calendar, music, and photos are all separate and can be enabled/disabled as such.
And yes, it does, in some way offer you additional redundancy as the Apple cloud and Google cloud are likely housed in different data centers...but this would require you to keep both calendars in sync, which I don't think will be easy to do without being annoyed absurdly.
A: Yes, iCloud seems to interfere with google contact syncing. When you try to enable iCloud contact syncing on 10.7.2, you will see a dialog that will force you to disable Google Contact syncing. See How can I use iCloud to sync my contacts, while also syncing my contacts with Google?
A: Yes, best to stick to one sync. Just had the fun of having to delete lots of merged information. Trust me you dpn't want to go there
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a5db9da3e89609e519cd87be219e95bbe979af92 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is parallels 7 better in performance then Vmware Fusion 4? I got Vmware Fusion 4 when I bought my MAC Book Pro ( core i7 2.0Ghz Quad Core 6MB Cache, 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD). I installed Win7 first on Vmware and then later WinXp. In both case the Virtual Machine was slow, it lagged and even the host OS LION, started to lag.
I assigned 1.5GB to 700++MB RAM and also gave upto 4 cores, but performance was slow.
Did some research online and found that Parallels 7 is alternate to vmware. But is parallels 7 better in performance compared to vmware fusion 4?
A: Ars Technica recently did a rundown of the performance differences between Parallels 7 and VMware Fusion 4: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/10/virtual-showdown-parallels-desktop-7-and-vmware-fusion-4-reviewed.ars
The general takeaway seemed to me to be that Parallels is delivering better performance outside some very particular uses.
| Q: Is parallels 7 better in performance then Vmware Fusion 4? I got Vmware Fusion 4 when I bought my MAC Book Pro ( core i7 2.0Ghz Quad Core 6MB Cache, 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD). I installed Win7 first on Vmware and then later WinXp. In both case the Virtual Machine was slow, it lagged and even the host OS LION, started to lag.
I assigned 1.5GB to 700++MB RAM and also gave upto 4 cores, but performance was slow.
Did some research online and found that Parallels 7 is alternate to vmware. But is parallels 7 better in performance compared to vmware fusion 4?
A: Ars Technica recently did a rundown of the performance differences between Parallels 7 and VMware Fusion 4: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/10/virtual-showdown-parallels-desktop-7-and-vmware-fusion-4-reviewed.ars
The general takeaway seemed to me to be that Parallels is delivering better performance outside some very particular uses.
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c5e4219f6c82f04cf4403f9a86169316c682e5fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Replacing sync services Apple is dropping in iCloud I have a two Macs at home and one at work that I have kept nicely synced with a combination of MobileMe and Jungle Disk. Apple's replacement for MobileMe, iCloud, looks interesting, but I am not going to switch until I have an adequate replacement for three syncing services Apple is dropping.
*
*Mail Rule Syncing
*Preference Syncing
*Keychain Syncing
What are my options at present for replacing these services?
A: You can sync your keychain with Keychain2go
| Q: Replacing sync services Apple is dropping in iCloud I have a two Macs at home and one at work that I have kept nicely synced with a combination of MobileMe and Jungle Disk. Apple's replacement for MobileMe, iCloud, looks interesting, but I am not going to switch until I have an adequate replacement for three syncing services Apple is dropping.
*
*Mail Rule Syncing
*Preference Syncing
*Keychain Syncing
What are my options at present for replacing these services?
A: You can sync your keychain with Keychain2go
A: *
*Mail Rule Syncing: Developer (in this case Apple) needs to update the applications to use iCloud to synchronize preferences. It will happen slowly but surely since it's very convenient to users.
*Preference Syncing: See above.
*Keychain Syncing: I strongly recommend you don't sync your keychain, and instead use a more secure and complete solution. I very highly recommend 1Password. It will sync everything over iCloud but it's very secure, and it makes it very easy to have different randomly generated passwords for each and every site you use.
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70bfd6707b168f742f8089465e4716837c77b14e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Showing hidden files in specific directories? I use this command quite often to show hidden files on my machine:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
Is there a way to show all hidden files only in specific directories. E.g. I want to be able to see stuff like .ssh
However I don't want my desktop and every folder to show this damn .DS_Store files. Is there a trick to so?
thank you
A: If you want to hide specific files/folders from Finder (and any Open/Save dialogs) there is always
chflags hidden FILENAME
If, on the other hand, you only want to make specific dot-files/directories (like .ssh or .bashrc) visible in Finder, you may be better of with creating non-dotted symlinks
ln -s .bashrc bashrc
ln -s .ssh ssh
and using them to access the files where needed.
| Q: Showing hidden files in specific directories? I use this command quite often to show hidden files on my machine:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
Is there a way to show all hidden files only in specific directories. E.g. I want to be able to see stuff like .ssh
However I don't want my desktop and every folder to show this damn .DS_Store files. Is there a trick to so?
thank you
A: If you want to hide specific files/folders from Finder (and any Open/Save dialogs) there is always
chflags hidden FILENAME
If, on the other hand, you only want to make specific dot-files/directories (like .ssh or .bashrc) visible in Finder, you may be better of with creating non-dotted symlinks
ln -s .bashrc bashrc
ln -s .ssh ssh
and using them to access the files where needed.
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c2e3eccfb76d67cc76348de7fa6d89aac0753cb3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud calendar not sending invites As in the title. iCloud calendar is not sending invites to people being invited. No matter whether I try via icloud.com or iCal.app synced with iCloud - it just doesn't. No events no updates. Tested sending to a gmail address and at least two other.
Why doesn't it?
A: Here's what I found: when you send an iCloud calendar invite to someone's email address, if that address happens to be their AppleID username that is now also associated with iCloud, then Apple tries to outsmart the users, and routes that calendar invite instead to the recipient's AppleID/iCloud account calendar.
Here's a thread I started on it: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1267665
| Q: iCloud calendar not sending invites As in the title. iCloud calendar is not sending invites to people being invited. No matter whether I try via icloud.com or iCal.app synced with iCloud - it just doesn't. No events no updates. Tested sending to a gmail address and at least two other.
Why doesn't it?
A: Here's what I found: when you send an iCloud calendar invite to someone's email address, if that address happens to be their AppleID username that is now also associated with iCloud, then Apple tries to outsmart the users, and routes that calendar invite instead to the recipient's AppleID/iCloud account calendar.
Here's a thread I started on it: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1267665
A: I have found when I do not include a location with the invite it goes through. I have even edited earlier invites and removed the location and the invite is received
A: The problem still exists...
However, Google Gmail is smart to ignore any suffix in your gmail address following a '+' sign.
If your gmail is [email protected], then any [email protected] will go to your inbox.
You can use this trick to ask your iCloud contacts to use a fake but valid address like [email protected] address when they invite you.
This way, the Apple server logic is fooled, but you still receive all the notifications.
A: Found this @ http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/calendar/gtpX0F7kgKI
For what it's worth, I started having a similar issue recently and came across this thread while researching the solution. My wife has an iPhone, I'm Android, and she routinely sends calendar invites to me. We just realized that I've recently stopped getting those invites to my Gmail account, even though she's still adding me the same way she always has. It turns out that since my iCloud account is setup with my Gmail address, iCloud has started to "intercept" those invites from her iPhone. Instead of going to my email account, they're being automatically added to my iCalendar. This can be disabled by:
*
*Logging in at https://www.icloud.com
*Go to Calendar -> (Cog) -> Preference -> Advanced
*Beside "Invitations" select Email To (Use this option if your primary calendar is not iCloud).
This may solve your problem if:
*
*Someone with an iDevice is sending your the invite.
*You have an iCloud account.
A: Ok we have found a possible answer to this issue:
*
*If you are using any other mail address other than icloud.com as your apple id all your invitation is being redirected to your icloud calendar.
*If you do not sync your icloud calendar then you will remain unaware of the invitation.
*You can correct this by logging in to iCloud, accessing the calendar preferences and going to the advance tab and tick the bottom box to not use in app serviced but to send mail to your primary address
Please can someone force Apple to make this a default setting as the world is not on iCloud yet
A: My was not working either as of yesterday. I went into all of my events that I created yesterday and edited them to reflect a change so that an update email would have to be sent out. I did this to check if they were working and they myself and all of the invitees WERE sent emails this time.
Not real sure why, but it seems to be working now. Creating new events with invites also seems to work now. Go figure.
A: As in my previous problem with iCloud - it took a little bit of time for it to start working.
It's also worth noting, that calendar invites don't get delivered to email accounts that are configured in your Mail.app.
A: The person you are sending this to is using the email address as the log into iCloud. That person needs to log into iCloud and go to calendar on the bottom left is a gear click it go to preference and then up top click on advance. At the bottom on invitations In app should be highlighted as default under it click on use my email.
A: Seems to be new iCloud accounts, that hasn't assigned with phone number can't send invites, but can accept them.
I've just created new iCloud (with gmail email) account, logon on the iPhone w/o SIM and no one invite was send to contacts. I've tried: phone numbers, different email addresses, via iPhone / iCloud.com, and get no inapp invite, no email.
At the same time, I've received invitations in this account.
Probably, Apple denying sending invites from unphoned accounts to reduce calendar spam. But nothing that said in KB
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cc92f9ad3b864ee13ef6a286e04e3e06ca8c63cc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "This Apple ID is valid but is not an iCloud account" Trying to sign into iCloud on my Macbook and I get this error message. I've also had some trouble signing into the same account with iCloud on iPad and iPhone, but the messages there are even more vague.
My Apple ID is a gmail address - not anything from iTools/Mobile Me and existed as an Apple ID before iCloud was released.
A: Go into System Preferences » Users and Groups » and then under your name on your login it says Apple ID. Put your details in there and that should sort out your problem. Well, at least it did for me.
| Q: "This Apple ID is valid but is not an iCloud account" Trying to sign into iCloud on my Macbook and I get this error message. I've also had some trouble signing into the same account with iCloud on iPad and iPhone, but the messages there are even more vague.
My Apple ID is a gmail address - not anything from iTools/Mobile Me and existed as an Apple ID before iCloud was released.
A: Go into System Preferences » Users and Groups » and then under your name on your login it says Apple ID. Put your details in there and that should sort out your problem. Well, at least it did for me.
A: A little late to respond, but on Catalina I had the same problem and resolved by opening the app store, signing in there, and then enabling 2-factor authentication in system preferences. Shortly after I was able to successfully login to icloud as well.
A: Open iCloud preferences, check box for "Mail" and register new ID which must ends with @me.com.
your iCloud id must be different than your @gmail.com Apple ID. I have same settings and everything works well.
Official FAQ about Apple ID and iCloud ID: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4895
A: Oddly enough, putting in the Apple ID under System Preferences, Users and Groups did the job for me as well. I did receive an incomplete operation error the first time I tried (you'll see a yellow cautionary triangle if you have the same problem). I simply had to enter it again. Once the ID and Password was accepted I went to iCloud and was able to proceed. Now I have to upgrade iPhoto... one problem at a time ;).
A: At first, you should be sure your account is not webonly format. If your account is in web only format. You should sign-in with your account from an apple device, for example iphone. For more information please refer to below link.
https://help.apple.com/icloudwebonly/#/mm16f36425ee
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2abf2b341e6b23dba367f70e80278195d98b823f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: After upgrading to iOS 5, how to restore my apps? I've just upgraded to iTunes 5 and iOS 5 and after the process completed, my apps are missing from my device. I can still see them in iTunes under Library/Apps folder, how do I push them to the device? (I've tried sync already but it did nothing.)
A: When you connect your iPad/iPhone you choose your device in left column under the Devices section, then got the Apps tab and select the Apps you want to sync.
Afterwards, select "Synchronize" at the bottom right to update your iDevice.
| Q: After upgrading to iOS 5, how to restore my apps? I've just upgraded to iTunes 5 and iOS 5 and after the process completed, my apps are missing from my device. I can still see them in iTunes under Library/Apps folder, how do I push them to the device? (I've tried sync already but it did nothing.)
A: When you connect your iPad/iPhone you choose your device in left column under the Devices section, then got the Apps tab and select the Apps you want to sync.
Afterwards, select "Synchronize" at the bottom right to update your iDevice.
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b8b50a1c71a5274c800f0d34db1ad171eb70d6a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS5 - Does the ActiveSync Pin code lock prevent the new camera shortcut? I've had an iPhone of various vintages for 3 years connected to MS Exchange activesync for work email.
Part of the deal with this that you need to enter a four digit PIN before you unlock.
I was quite excited about the iOS5 camera option available from the lock screen.
From what I can see - the camera shortcut is not available if you have ActiveSync enabled and thus the four digit PIN. I'm asking the question because I hope I am wrong. Here is my question:
Does the ActiveSync Pin code lock prevent the new camera shortcut?
A: No, the PIN Code doesn't prevent you from using the camera shortcut.
Just make sure to double-press the home button to show the camera shortcut.
Note: you can't access your old photos as long as the iPhone is locked.
| Q: iOS5 - Does the ActiveSync Pin code lock prevent the new camera shortcut? I've had an iPhone of various vintages for 3 years connected to MS Exchange activesync for work email.
Part of the deal with this that you need to enter a four digit PIN before you unlock.
I was quite excited about the iOS5 camera option available from the lock screen.
From what I can see - the camera shortcut is not available if you have ActiveSync enabled and thus the four digit PIN. I'm asking the question because I hope I am wrong. Here is my question:
Does the ActiveSync Pin code lock prevent the new camera shortcut?
A: No, the PIN Code doesn't prevent you from using the camera shortcut.
Just make sure to double-press the home button to show the camera shortcut.
Note: you can't access your old photos as long as the iPhone is locked.
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bf75964a1a87529e88bdc8da4afc34bc4d98d26e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does the iTunes artist list jump to start when I scroll it? I updated my iTunes yesterday, along with Lion, as did a lot of other people. Now I've been experiencing some weird behaviour.
I have my iTunes setup like above. I usually browse to artist by typing the first few letters of their name, and the list jumps down to the results. It still does that. However, when I scroll the list afterwards it jumps to the very top of the list, regardless of scroll direction.
Have anyone experience similar problems? And if so, how have you solved it?
Edit: Problem has been solved in the new iTunes 10.5.1
A: It's probably scrolling to where the cursor is, and since you searched, the cursor has been reset and moved to the top of the list. Click once in the list to select a visible item, then scroll.
| Q: Why does the iTunes artist list jump to start when I scroll it? I updated my iTunes yesterday, along with Lion, as did a lot of other people. Now I've been experiencing some weird behaviour.
I have my iTunes setup like above. I usually browse to artist by typing the first few letters of their name, and the list jumps down to the results. It still does that. However, when I scroll the list afterwards it jumps to the very top of the list, regardless of scroll direction.
Have anyone experience similar problems? And if so, how have you solved it?
Edit: Problem has been solved in the new iTunes 10.5.1
A: It's probably scrolling to where the cursor is, and since you searched, the cursor has been reset and moved to the top of the list. Click once in the list to select a visible item, then scroll.
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5952480ab88dc89f1b916063f15b52ee4eae1e23 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is the Location Services icon always present? I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 5 last night. In iOS 4, the purple GPS arrow appeared next to the battery indicator when an app I was using (or had running in the background) was actively accessing my location data. Now, it seems to be on all the time, even when I have no apps running.
Does this icon now simply denote the fact that I have Location Services turned on, instead of notifying me that they are being used (like it used to)?
A: Ah - I fiddled around with a few different apps and discovered that Foursquare was the culprit. When Foursquare's new Radar feature is on, it is always using your location data, even when the app itself is not running. I've turned it off for now, since I don't want it running my battery down unnecessarily.
| Q: Why is the Location Services icon always present? I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 5 last night. In iOS 4, the purple GPS arrow appeared next to the battery indicator when an app I was using (or had running in the background) was actively accessing my location data. Now, it seems to be on all the time, even when I have no apps running.
Does this icon now simply denote the fact that I have Location Services turned on, instead of notifying me that they are being used (like it used to)?
A: Ah - I fiddled around with a few different apps and discovered that Foursquare was the culprit. When Foursquare's new Radar feature is on, it is always using your location data, even when the app itself is not running. I've turned it off for now, since I don't want it running my battery down unnecessarily.
A: It's a new feature in ios 5 called "region Monitoring"
The reason it's active even if the app is closed is that this feature runs in iOS 5 core and notifies all apps that are registered when they have entered or left a specific geo-fence.
Reminders does that when you use a location based reminder.
Although the location icon appears at all time. This actually has very minimal impact on the battery due to apple really optimizing this feature by using cell and wifi mostly.
A: Since it's a new iOS 5 feature, I'll add some information (even though it's not your problem).
Starting with iOS 5, you can ask the system to notify you when your location is being used.
You can find the relevant options in Preferences > Location Services > System Services.
There you can choose iOS 5 services that are allowed to geolocate:
*
*Cell Network Search
*Compass Calibration
*Diagnostics & Usage
*Location-Based iAds
*Setting Time Zone
*Traffic
You can also specify whether or not to show the icon in the status bar.
Also, a grey icon in front of an application in Preferences > Location Services means that the app has used your location in the last 24 hours. If the icon is blue, the application is using it right now.
So you could have known right away which app was the culprit.
A: My location services icon was always on due to the Setting Time Zone locations service always being active. This is an Apple bug which does not happen on all devices and DOES drain your battery life considerably.
If you want to prove it just turn on the Time Zone locations service and before you put your phone onto charge at night go to Settings > General > Usage and take note of the time since last charged. Then do the same the following night and you will see a dramatic difference.
This is a known bug which Apple intend to fix in the near future but anyone who says Location Services does not drain the the battery in your iPhone quicker does not know what they are talking about. This service is only used if you want your phone to update its time zone when you travel to different countries. Which you can do by switching it on for a short period when you get to your destination, let the time update then turn it back off again.
A: I was same problem
I just done reset all setting from general
That's it it is gone
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dddc9c11a99000dd7e38b00f33cfcd75f62dd61f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to set a default Calendar in iCal 10.7.2 Since I activated iCloud, iCal has changed the default calendar to new events to one which I do not want to use.
How can I change the default calendar for iCal? I cannot find a setting!
A: This is in iCal's preferences:
Preferences > General > Default Calendar.
This enables the default calendar to be set.
| Q: How to set a default Calendar in iCal 10.7.2 Since I activated iCloud, iCal has changed the default calendar to new events to one which I do not want to use.
How can I change the default calendar for iCal? I cannot find a setting!
A: This is in iCal's preferences:
Preferences > General > Default Calendar.
This enables the default calendar to be set.
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542e9edf360cab14da097aea7b705e80e6f1a96d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to remove the stock ticker from Notification Center in iOS5? I like Notification Center in iOS5, but I find the stock ticker at the bottom a bit distracting. Is there any way to turn it off?
A: Go to Settings > Notifications > Stock Widget and turn it Off.
Notifications for all apps that can display them are managed in Settings. Two built-in apps, Stocks and Weather, get exceptional treatment and show in Notification Center as widgets. In the Notifications Settings, they are listed as Stock Widget and the Weather Widget.
To prevent an app from displaying in Notification Center, click the app in the list and make sure the option “Notification Center” is set to off.
| Q: Is there any way to remove the stock ticker from Notification Center in iOS5? I like Notification Center in iOS5, but I find the stock ticker at the bottom a bit distracting. Is there any way to turn it off?
A: Go to Settings > Notifications > Stock Widget and turn it Off.
Notifications for all apps that can display them are managed in Settings. Two built-in apps, Stocks and Weather, get exceptional treatment and show in Notification Center as widgets. In the Notifications Settings, they are listed as Stock Widget and the Weather Widget.
To prevent an app from displaying in Notification Center, click the app in the list and make sure the option “Notification Center” is set to off.
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6423d01fb1dd9df063025aff58020f97603f86c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What to do with "There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup" on iPad? I just upgraded to iOS 5 on my iPad and during the intro session it asks you if you want to "back up to iCloud". Choosing yes, gives the error "There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup". Any ideas?
A: The iCloud System Status page lists several problems on 13 October.
Others have said they had the same problem, so maybe one of the troubleshooting pages linked from the iCloud Backup Support page might help?
Later: Yes, it does help. this linked page 'iCloud: troubleshooting creating backups' lists specific error messages and says of yours:
"There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup."
There are various reasons that this can occur. If you receive this alert, wait and try again later. If you receive a more specific alert message as well, make any required adjustments and try again. If you continue to receive this generic alert, contact iCloud Support for assistance.
| Q: What to do with "There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup" on iPad? I just upgraded to iOS 5 on my iPad and during the intro session it asks you if you want to "back up to iCloud". Choosing yes, gives the error "There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup". Any ideas?
A: The iCloud System Status page lists several problems on 13 October.
Others have said they had the same problem, so maybe one of the troubleshooting pages linked from the iCloud Backup Support page might help?
Later: Yes, it does help. this linked page 'iCloud: troubleshooting creating backups' lists specific error messages and says of yours:
"There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup."
There are various reasons that this can occur. If you receive this alert, wait and try again later. If you receive a more specific alert message as well, make any required adjustments and try again. If you continue to receive this generic alert, contact iCloud Support for assistance.
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0f06b1d50fac8c4c560648cb8037da0507359b32 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I sync Reminders with Google Tasks? I was looking for a way to sync my reminders from Google Calendar with the reminders app in iOS 5.
I have Google Sync set up, and on my "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" settings page, it says "Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders" are being synced with Google Sync, but reminders created on the gmail tasks (or google calendar tasks) do not show up on the phone, and vice versa.
What can I do to get them to sync?
--update:
Macworld says:
You can also save your tasks to Google Calendar or Exchange servers,
which then handle the syncing separately.
But it doesn't say how to do it...
A: Update: Tasket is no longer an option it seems, original answer below.
Beware: url now as it leads to suspicious ad-popups.
Tasket seems to be the solution for this problem.
Your iOS Device (iPhone, iPad, etc.) talks to Tasket, and Tasket talks to your Gmail account. Now you can now use the native Reminders app to manage your Gmail tasks!
Tasket is currently in beta right now, but it looks very promising.
| Q: How can I sync Reminders with Google Tasks? I was looking for a way to sync my reminders from Google Calendar with the reminders app in iOS 5.
I have Google Sync set up, and on my "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" settings page, it says "Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders" are being synced with Google Sync, but reminders created on the gmail tasks (or google calendar tasks) do not show up on the phone, and vice versa.
What can I do to get them to sync?
--update:
Macworld says:
You can also save your tasks to Google Calendar or Exchange servers,
which then handle the syncing separately.
But it doesn't say how to do it...
A: Update: Tasket is no longer an option it seems, original answer below.
Beware: url now as it leads to suspicious ad-popups.
Tasket seems to be the solution for this problem.
Your iOS Device (iPhone, iPad, etc.) talks to Tasket, and Tasket talks to your Gmail account. Now you can now use the native Reminders app to manage your Gmail tasks!
Tasket is currently in beta right now, but it looks very promising.
A: As I understand it from http://www.google.com/mobile/sync/ the Google Sync (push-email) doesn't currently support Tasks, so even if the iPhone page says Tasks (as it's using the Exchange protocol) Google won't actually do anything with tasks yet
A: I would have suggested Google Tasks Porter (a Google app which is designed to import/export Google tasks). However, Google Tasks Porter has long been dead.
Tasket also seems dead.
gTasks is not the native iOS Reminders app although it will sync to Google Tasks.
Since tasks from Google calendar do not sync to the iPhone (via Google Sync), I'd conclude that there's currently no way to bring iPhone Reminders app in sync with Google Tasks.
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caf4dd970ad44fca5409af56fc98ce1bf3e48b6a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my iPhone use so much "other" space after upgrade to iOS 5? After upgrading my iPhone, there is about 10 gigabytes assigned to Other that I don't remember seeing before.
What could be causing this space to be filled?
A: It may be leftover data from a failed upgrade/sync. I noticed the same thing on my iPad, which then disappeared once I re-synced it.
| Q: Why does my iPhone use so much "other" space after upgrade to iOS 5? After upgrading my iPhone, there is about 10 gigabytes assigned to Other that I don't remember seeing before.
What could be causing this space to be filled?
A: It may be leftover data from a failed upgrade/sync. I noticed the same thing on my iPad, which then disappeared once I re-synced it.
A: I installed the iExplorer, then went to iTunes_Controls Music folder and cleaned it all including subfolders. My "other" went from 2.9 GB to ZERO... before that I tried to clean Safari cache, clean trash folders in my emails, etc, and nothing worked.
A: Here's what worked for me:
I used PhoneView on my mac (not sure if there's an equivalent app for Windows) to archive and delete:
*
*Old (text) messages. All those videos take up a lot of space
*Old Voicemails
I deleted all of my voice recordings on the iPhone, then went into iTunes on my computer where they were saved, and went through and deleted all of the duplicates (2-5 duplicates per recording!)
Nothing else worked for me, including doing a restore. I went from >5GB of "other" stuff to 1.2 GB (Mostly voice memos)
A: My ex-wife's other space was 6 GB, and she couldn't hardly do anything. It became apparent that her gmail account was the culprit - lots of big media files.
I reclaimed space in her gmail account by running it through findbigmail.com. It's a web app that places all the big gmail files in three folders varying by size. This takes them away from the inbox and frees up the space that the iPhone uses for gmail.
Findbigmail.com is a wonderful service, and I recommend them whole-heartedly. They removed the big attachements in her email in a few minutes. They say on their site they don't read the emails at all or scan them, so I felt safer.
It was then solved by erasing the iPhone after a backup. To be clear, you must specify the erase all content-and-settings to remove all the bloat.
Then a quick restore brought up a fresh iPhone with 6 GB more of space, and she's happier!
A: If it's jailbroken then Cydia and other JB AppStore apps may use it.
Say for instance you have downloaded some App using Cydia and installed it. The installation-file (*.ipsw) stays in the filesystem. until you remove it.
A: I had 6 GB of "other" and couldn't rid myself of it. I finally realized that I send pictures all the time via text message. I deleted my texts, and the "other" disappeared!!!
A: I found that having the camera application in memory kept it from releasing the space when I deleted the videos and pictures after uploading them to iPhoto. Quit all my apps and the Other shrunk from 7G to 0.7G
A: I had the same problem and after multiple syncs, it still wouldn't resolve. I turned off all of my mail (I had my .mac and google email addresses on the phone) and synced again. That resolved the issue.
A: I've seen this a few times, and something different seems to be the cause each time. You can fix it by syncing with iTunes, then disabling different types of data to be synced, syncing again, and checking to see if "other" goes down. If not, enable that data again and move on to the next.
For me, it was music, but I've seen books and podcasts and I think calendars do the same thing.
A: For me, backup & restore fixed the issue. Had lost 13 GB, which went down to 1 GB after restore.
A: Whenever I deleted my music from my iphone, it also cleared out a huge chunk of what was labeled as "other". My usage went from 6.9 gigs to 2.9 gigs. Still a lot for just "other"...but for whatever reason my music was only showing up as 1.6 gigs in iTunes, but when I looked under usage in the iphone settings...it said it was 5.6 gigs. I have no idea what the deal is...but at least I got my "other" down to a smaller size.
Apple needs to get this fixed...
A: I've pinpointed this to be mail related - specifically the time duration you're syncing mail.
I use exchange for work mail and when I had 1 month of mail sync, "other" was at 5.5gb. I changed that to be 1 week sync and it dropped to .5 gb. Don't know if icloud or gmail are affected as well but it appears to be an issue with the default iphone email app.
I've done multiple factory resets and restored to new phone condition but the above is the only consistent solution
A: Go to Settings > Safari and clear history, cookies, and data.
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aac75335bcf769453f32e66f09bdde34e6fae542 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I relist an App in App Store Purchased list that was inadvertently deleted? I inadvertently deleted the wrong App from the list of purchased Apps in the Mac App store. I would like to get it back. How can this be done?
I was able to to "Re-Purchase" for free, by searching for the App and clicking buy, but that did not re-add the App to my Purchased list.
A: This works for both iTunes Apps and the App Store on the Mac.
*
*Log into your account via the App Store account link.
*Look for iTunes in the Cloud
*Click the View Hidden Purchases link.
*Select Unhide next to the App you want back in the list.
Items aren't deleted from the list, just merely hidden.
| Q: How can I relist an App in App Store Purchased list that was inadvertently deleted? I inadvertently deleted the wrong App from the list of purchased Apps in the Mac App store. I would like to get it back. How can this be done?
I was able to to "Re-Purchase" for free, by searching for the App and clicking buy, but that did not re-add the App to my Purchased list.
A: This works for both iTunes Apps and the App Store on the Mac.
*
*Log into your account via the App Store account link.
*Look for iTunes in the Cloud
*Click the View Hidden Purchases link.
*Select Unhide next to the App you want back in the list.
Items aren't deleted from the list, just merely hidden.
A: Yes, when you "Accept" the item which you hid, it is very unclear how to restore the item to the app list. Here is how to do it from Lion (OSX 10.7.4).
*
*Under the Store Menu, select view my account.
*After entering in your password, you will see a section that shows iTunes in the Cloud
*Click on the View Hidden Purchases
*Click Unhide on the Apps you wish to view
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6e71d3ae56ec336782effaefb367574522f666af | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the font in Messages.app changed in iOS5? The fonts in the Messages app look much better in iOS5 than in iOS4, and wanted to confirm it. I couldn't find any discussion or note about this online. I don't have a phone running iOS4 around to compare myself.
Has it really changed? Any sources?
A: Same font, but Apple added a very subtle text-shadow and tweaked the bubble reflection. That's the difference.
iOS 4
iOS 5
| Q: Is the font in Messages.app changed in iOS5? The fonts in the Messages app look much better in iOS5 than in iOS4, and wanted to confirm it. I couldn't find any discussion or note about this online. I don't have a phone running iOS4 around to compare myself.
Has it really changed? Any sources?
A: Same font, but Apple added a very subtle text-shadow and tweaked the bubble reflection. That's the difference.
iOS 4
iOS 5
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2d3b3c4ba298d0572a0f43b4bcba4baaf917d0fe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do empty "Icon\r" or "Icon^M" files appear in directories? There's an empty file called Icon^M occasionally in my directories. I guess this stuff predates OSX, and it's a file that gets created by the finder to be backward compatible with OS 9. Yet, this is my guess. I tried to google, but given the name, I had some trouble finding something meaningful (in the sense that it explain what the file is and where it comes from, historically).
If you have any reference at hand I would enjoy learning this bit of lore.
A: Do you have by any chance a custom icon you set up for that folder?
I believe this is what this file is there for.
This Super User answer has the answer.
| Q: Why do empty "Icon\r" or "Icon^M" files appear in directories? There's an empty file called Icon^M occasionally in my directories. I guess this stuff predates OSX, and it's a file that gets created by the finder to be backward compatible with OS 9. Yet, this is my guess. I tried to google, but given the name, I had some trouble finding something meaningful (in the sense that it explain what the file is and where it comes from, historically).
If you have any reference at hand I would enjoy learning this bit of lore.
A: Do you have by any chance a custom icon you set up for that folder?
I believe this is what this file is there for.
This Super User answer has the answer.
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90aadfb7310bb85e0c4728a6f2a39443455b0654 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I make the Launchpad key (F4) on my new Macbook Pro toggle Mission Control instead? I will never use Launchpad, however I really like Mission Control. I'd love to disable the Launchpad feature and make my F4 key toggle Mission Control instead. F3 does that already, however I'd like to have both keys assigned to that feature.
A: What you want is FunctionFlip:
You can individually choose which keys you want as standard f-keys and which you want as the Mac-specific functions. In your case, "flip" the F4/Launchpad key, then assign F4 to launch Mission Control.
The only caveat is you cannot use both FunctionFlip and BetterTouchTool, as the developer of BTT points out.
| Q: Can I make the Launchpad key (F4) on my new Macbook Pro toggle Mission Control instead? I will never use Launchpad, however I really like Mission Control. I'd love to disable the Launchpad feature and make my F4 key toggle Mission Control instead. F3 does that already, however I'd like to have both keys assigned to that feature.
A: What you want is FunctionFlip:
You can individually choose which keys you want as standard f-keys and which you want as the Mac-specific functions. In your case, "flip" the F4/Launchpad key, then assign F4 to launch Mission Control.
The only caveat is you cannot use both FunctionFlip and BetterTouchTool, as the developer of BTT points out.
A: Simple answer: Not really.
You can, however, enable the "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" option in the Keyboard preference pane:
... and then use BetterTouchTool to map F4 to Expose.
By doing this, all functions of your current function keys won't work and you'll have to remap all of them using BTT as you like.
A: A tool very similar to FunctionFlip is Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4MacBook). You can use it together with BetterTouchTool. Here’s how to remap F4 to Dashboard (which I still use and find useful) instead of the useless Launchpad:
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8b2368f4bc715394cb1fe983801b3cf7e3d1e0bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How set up a local domain such as local.test? I'm web-developer and I need local domains. Before 10.7.2 update, I'm just fix /etc/hosts as I need, but new update crash this solution. How fix this new "feature"?
A: This answer on the question Lion “hosts” File Bug is relevant here as well.
All additional entries to the HOSTS file must be above the:
fe80::1%lo0
Make sure there is at least one line break after the last entry. Like so:
127.0.0.1 LLL.localhost
127.0.0.1 LLL.localhost
#
Although you probably can't tell, there is another line following the # symbol. One more thing to mention, using Space instead of Tab between 127.0.0.1 and localhost might help too.
| Q: How set up a local domain such as local.test? I'm web-developer and I need local domains. Before 10.7.2 update, I'm just fix /etc/hosts as I need, but new update crash this solution. How fix this new "feature"?
A: This answer on the question Lion “hosts” File Bug is relevant here as well.
All additional entries to the HOSTS file must be above the:
fe80::1%lo0
Make sure there is at least one line break after the last entry. Like so:
127.0.0.1 LLL.localhost
127.0.0.1 LLL.localhost
#
Although you probably can't tell, there is another line following the # symbol. One more thing to mention, using Space instead of Tab between 127.0.0.1 and localhost might help too.
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28f585f275b3fcbbe50016a62fd549c9d42bf6d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to completely disable auto-save and versions in Mac OS X Lion? I hate the automatic saving and versioning in Mac OS X Lion.
Is there a way to completely turn it off?
(This has been asked before here, but the answer and the linked article are completely wrong, so I thought I'd try again.)
A: There is a much much simpler way to do it that was only introduced in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
According to this post, you just have to enable System Preferences > General > Ask to keep changes when closing documents.
| Q: How to completely disable auto-save and versions in Mac OS X Lion? I hate the automatic saving and versioning in Mac OS X Lion.
Is there a way to completely turn it off?
(This has been asked before here, but the answer and the linked article are completely wrong, so I thought I'd try again.)
A: There is a much much simpler way to do it that was only introduced in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
According to this post, you just have to enable System Preferences > General > Ask to keep changes when closing documents.
A: I agree, too many assumptions on Apple's side what users need and especially what can be controlled by the user → hint: new full-screen apps on dual-/multi-monitor setups (fail)
For Versions it's quite similar, no control for the user :(
The only thing I found so far is checking the size of the Versions folder /.DocumentRevisions-V100 and deleting it if I think it takes up too much space.
Note: This is a very bad idea ! It will delete all your previous versions of doucuments/files
sudo rm -rf /.DocumentRevisions-V100
You could then prevent the re-creation of that directory by
sudo touch /.DocumentRevisions-V100
But that creates a big mess, leaving you unable to re-save documents in Apps featuring "Versions & Autosave"
Not a satisfying solution. I really hope someone finds a way to turn it off or that one of the next OS X updates gives the user more control.
Hackinations: 5 really good Lion tweaks mentions that the switch NSDocumentAutosaveOldDocumentDayThreshold could be used to tweak autosave but I couldn't find any details about its function.
And it seems the deamon
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GenerationalStorage.framework/Versions/A/Support/revisiond is responsible for creating the versions - if you rename or move it and restart, "Versions" no longer functions but this is a bad idea again as all processes that depend on that deamon run into serious troubles.
Anyone with better ideas ?
A: I intentionally was searcing for hidden defaults1 and fortuitously stumbled across a defaults setting that disables Auto Save, Versions and Resume, all at once.
If you have a tolerance for potentially breaking things (joke), try the following Terminal command (for Preview in this example):
defaults write -app 'preview' ApplePersistence -bool no
Replace preview with the name of whatever app you wish to perform this on.
Alternatively, you can configure this globally with this command (but beware that this causes slow logins, so not recommended):
defaults write -g ApplePersistence -bool no
I can confirm that this works for TextEdit, Preview, Automator and Safari (for disabling Resume), but it should also work for other Apple applications like iWork, Xcode, iPhoto etc. It also works for some, but not all, third party applications. My machine hasn't gone up in flames (joking again) but as long as you have a good backup system, these settings seem stable to change and test.
For TextEdit, you must additionally run the following command, in order to avoid sandbox errors:
defaults write -app textedit AutosavingDelay -int 0
[This effectively disables the old-style, pre-Lion autosaving completely, so the sandbox won't complain anymore about TextEdit trying to automatically save stuff without your "consent".]
Another option, is a TextEdit fork called "TextEdit+", that thankfully isn't sandboxed (surprisingly, TextEdit is actually open source). It can be downloaded here.
Disabling ApplePersistence also restores Save As in most apps, except in Preview, iWork and maybe some others. In those cases you can use the Export… menu item instead. This is almost identical to Save As, except that you have to manually open the document after saving it. Just assign Command-Shift-S to Export… in these applications, and you'll get something very similar to Save As there too.
To restore normal behaviour, run:
defaults delete -app 'preview' ApplePersistence
defaults delete -g ApplePersistence
defaults delete -app textedit AutosavingDelay
1 Thanks to Lri for his excellent one-liner for finding hidden defaults settings.
A: I found a way to disable Versions (not Autosave) in a (hopefully) non-destructive reversible way: (re)move the SQLite database that Versions uses
Careful, this comes with absolutely no warranty and may break your system!
sudo mv /.DocumentRevisions-V100/db-V1 /.DocumentRevisions-V100/db-V1_off; sudo touch /.DocumentRevisions-V100/db-V1; sudo killall revisiond
If it worked you'll be notified e.g. in Textedit when you close a document:
That (probably) means that your document will still be automatically saved in certain intervals, but once you close it (or the program) you can only retrieve the latest version (and Time Machine backups, if available).
The changes can be undone with sudo rm /.DocumentRevisions-V100/db-V1; sudo mv /.DocumentRevisions-V100/db-V1_off /.DocumentRevisions-V100/db-V1; sudo killall revisiond
Edit 2012-04-04:
Versions (especially of Autosave) may still end up in ~/Library/Containers as nicely described in this answer.
A: Happily, I didn't have to resort to this. I studied all other safe measures and after trying out some clean disk apps OnyX did the work.
This application requires full system admin privileges to install, and will essentially run the commands mentioned in some of the other answers automatically for you. Be sure you trust this application before you decide to grant it this level of access and control over your machine.
It cleared up all the revisions folder without me having to run the scripts above or doing it manually. It freed up 75GB in 10 minutes. I'm using Yosemite still but they offer for other systems as well. And it's free. I had to post the comment to help others, I've been cracking my head in 7 pieces for the last day or so. - https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/index.html
What to do: install OnyX /
Close all apps that are running /
Open Onyx - it asks to run a disk check, press ok /
It will look like it has frozen but it's not /
Then select tab Cleaning /
Then Select tab Misc. /
Then check option: Automatically saved versions of documents /
Press enter /
Tada!
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a4812f9334f34b5b66e554fc76b4314e85575901 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remotely view photos uploaded to iCloud? Is it possible to view the photos we upload to iCloud from icloud.com or somewhere else?
Are the photos available anywhere?
A: Enable the photo streaming, then you can view the photo from any device connected with your apple ID and have iCloud enabled.
Check the Photo stream page on apple.com : http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/photo-stream.html
| Q: How to remotely view photos uploaded to iCloud? Is it possible to view the photos we upload to iCloud from icloud.com or somewhere else?
Are the photos available anywhere?
A: Enable the photo streaming, then you can view the photo from any device connected with your apple ID and have iCloud enabled.
Check the Photo stream page on apple.com : http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/photo-stream.html
A: In a nutshell, you don't.
iCloud doesn't have any feature for hosting your content for others to see. Only giving (or entering) your password into software that speaks iCloud allows the content to be viewed or "shared".
A: Once you have enabled photo sharing with iCloud on your device that has captured the image it will upload to the cloud.
You will need to enable the other devices you have to also enable iCloud sharing,
Once this is done you can view on these devices, oddly you cannot view them on the iCloud website.
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36ea8f1ddfac984dbfefee7163384c5183351889 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can a developer make an app that can be controlled with Siri? Example: A commute planer app could take a start and destination from you, through Siri, and plan your trip. Would be very useful, especially when you're in a hurry.
A: As of now, there is no API for Apple developers to use to connect to Siri. That may or may not be changed in the future; see e.g. http://daringfireball.net/2011/10/iphone_4s for discussion.
| Q: Can a developer make an app that can be controlled with Siri? Example: A commute planer app could take a start and destination from you, through Siri, and plan your trip. Would be very useful, especially when you're in a hurry.
A: As of now, there is no API for Apple developers to use to connect to Siri. That may or may not be changed in the future; see e.g. http://daringfireball.net/2011/10/iphone_4s for discussion.
A: As Victor mentioned, there is currently no API which allows an app to be accessed using the Siri interface. However, the speech-to-text portion of Siri is available automatically. Any app which displays the standard keyboard will have a microphone icon which allows you to speak, and Siri will transcribe that to fill in the field for you. You won't be able to access it by holding the home button, but you won't have to type it in either. See the bottom of Apple's Siri page for more information.
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9e9bc83efefc0ce17d1e6ca954672466574d4dea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change Finder's default sort to filename? Since I updated to Lion, every time I bring up a new Finder window the default sort order is by modification date. I want the default sort by filename. Is there any way to change this?
A: Open the finder window and hit cmd+j.
Select the settings you want and then at the bottom hit Use As Defaults.
| Q: How can I change Finder's default sort to filename? Since I updated to Lion, every time I bring up a new Finder window the default sort order is by modification date. I want the default sort by filename. Is there any way to change this?
A: Open the finder window and hit cmd+j.
Select the settings you want and then at the bottom hit Use As Defaults.
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48340c390b590738939e4d4caa9b7ae098fe1a77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is iOS 5 draining my battery so fast? My wife's phone went from lasting a full day to needing a recharge every few hours after upgrading to iOS 5. Mine still works fine after the upgrade. What might be causing this?
A: After upgrading to iOS 5 I noticed a huge battery loss compared to normal (10% per hour) and my iPhone was regularly warm to the touch. The steps that resolved this issue for me were resetting all network settings (this restarted the iPhone) and then erasing all email accounts, including iCloud, and manually re-adding them.
After performing these steps my phone immediately cooled off and the battery was stable once again. Your mileage may vary.
| Q: Why is iOS 5 draining my battery so fast? My wife's phone went from lasting a full day to needing a recharge every few hours after upgrading to iOS 5. Mine still works fine after the upgrade. What might be causing this?
A: After upgrading to iOS 5 I noticed a huge battery loss compared to normal (10% per hour) and my iPhone was regularly warm to the touch. The steps that resolved this issue for me were resetting all network settings (this restarted the iPhone) and then erasing all email accounts, including iCloud, and manually re-adding them.
After performing these steps my phone immediately cooled off and the battery was stable once again. Your mileage may vary.
A: To fix the battery drain issue:
*
*Go to Location services > System services
Everything should be OFF in there.
Also limit apps location service for those which you do not use frequently.
*Notifications, disable those you do not use.
*iCloud, set to sync manually now and then over WiFi.
*Disable Ping
Go to Settings > General > Restrictions
Enter 4 digit pass code.
Scroll down to Ping settings and disable it.
A: As for the technical why of iOS5 draining your battery much faster than the previous OS, this Fastmail blog article might give some specific clues (Fastmail is an email provider, and the issue described applies to the IMAP email protocol, but it might be hinting about a more general change in iOS):
Unfortunately, there’s a new and recent problem that has now appeared.
iOS 5 now uses long lived persistent IMAP connections (apparently
previous versions only used short lived connections). The problem is
that our ping packets every 4 minutes mean that the device
(iPhone/iPad/iPod) is "woken up" every 4 minutes as well. This means
the device never goes into a deeper sleep mode, which causes
significantly more battery drain when you setup a connection to the
Fastmail IMAP server on iOS 5 devices.
Given the rapid increase in use of mobile devices like iPhones, and
the big difference in battery life it can apparently cause, this is a
significant issue.
A: The question has been mostly covered, but I'll also point out that iOS5 will eat your battery a bit more than previous versions, there's plenty going on in the background with the iCloud sync, Photostream et al.
The ones that haven't been touched on that really helped my battery life over the betas are these:
1) Find my iPhone occasionally will ping and not fully shutdown location services and take a bit more running.
2) Heavy heavy games and apps won't always dump out of memory, this is mostly sorted now (mostly), and can cause a bit of a battery eating situation. If you've been playing a game and your phone is still warm manually kill it.
3)Photostream seems to run quite a lot, disable it if you don't really need it. Your photos still get backed up to iCloud.
4) Disable the weather and stock widgets
Those helped me get it back from half a day if I was lucky to a full day. There's a few that are a bit killing a chicken to appease the gods (looking at you number 4), but still worth ticking off if you want max battery life.
A: Did you perchance set up a geofence? It keeps the location services on, it might explain the draining.
A: Do you guy's have foursquare running? If so, turn off that new feature called "Radar". It's constantly running in the background that's why Location is ALWAYS active even if you kill the app
A: I think I've found the answer for my case. Location services were completely innocent, and I've returned them to default settings. My phone synchronises with a Zimbra server, set up as an Exchange account. The update enabled sync of Reminders, but the Reminder sync didn't work. Removing Reminder sync from the Exchange account setup has stopped the battery level dropping while I watch.
My general advice is to check your mail accounts to see if anything new is being synchronised, and then disable it if you're not using it.
Edit: added image showing Reminders control.
A: This is quite a general question, and you should compare how your wife and you use the iPhone to find out what was/were draining your wife's iPhone battery.
You may need to check whether your wife was using iPhone more frequently than before, or she was using some app consumes more power i.e. games, or streaming movies from Netflix etc.
Also, the location service really drains battery, so make sure to check whether some app is using the location service all the time.
A: Go to location services-> choose System Services-> and switch Setting Time Zone off
A: Taken from here : http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/16/ios-5-battery-life-fix-tips/
Reset Network Settings
Tap on “Settings” > Reset > Reset Network Settings
Disable Bluetooth
Settings > General > Bluetooth > “OFF”
Disable Notifications & Apps in Notification Center
Settings > Notifications > Turn OFF for anything you don’t need
Disable iCloud
Settings > General > iCloud > Turn everything to OFF
Disable Location Services
Settings > Location Services > Disable selectively for services you don’t use
Disable Time Zone Adjustment
Tap on “Settings” > “Location Services” > ‘System Services’ > Setting Time Zone to OFF
Disable Ping
Settings > General > Restrictions > Enable Restrictions > Ping > OFF
Disable Diagnostic & Usage Reports
Tap on “Settings” > General > About > Diagnostic & Usage > Don’t Send
Delete eMail Accounts, Reset Network Settings, Re-add eMail Accounts
Delete your email accounts by going to “Settings” > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Account Name > Delete Account
Now Reset Network Settings in “Settings > Reset > Reset Network Settings
Reboot the iOS device
Re-add email accounts back in “Settings” > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account
A: Mine is draining the battery faster too, but I think it is due to location services. I usually have no location app running, but I've been trying the new Reminders app with the "at location" option and that implies keeping the location service active all the time.
On the other hand, with iOS 4 my iPhone could handle 1-2 hours with the location service active, and now it works for almost 8 hours.
I've turned the location service off to confirm that is the problem.
A: For me, disabling iTunes WiFi sync seemed to do the trick. Before, other methods like disabling location services and Ping, removing mail settings, etc. did not make any difference before - the battery would go from 100% charged to dead within 3-4 hours.
A: I have fixed a lot of iPhone batter problems in my day, and people who think they might even have a hardware problem find if they restore the device as new and sync the data back, they generally notice a large improvement in battery life. This is especially noticeable in upgrades of the operating system.
Obviously this is just hearsay, but I have heard it and said it a good thousand times.
A: GPS tracking does consume indeed a lot of power. Therefore disabling location based services should do the trick.
Somebody suggested to switch off iTunes WiFi sync - however this should not matter, because it gets activated only when your iPhone is plugged in to power.
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e555d62e9e7a98812d2f2ca82f329a152782a46a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sharing files with others using iCloud? From what I know, iCloud is like a personal storage and you uses your own Apple ID for it. Is it possible for users to store for example an image and be shared with other users?
Which means something like DropBox. You upload files into your DropBox account and there will be a url that allows other people to download the file.
Does iCloud has this kind of function?
A: I don't believe so, no. iCloud is meant to be a cloud-based backing store for apps, not a file-syncing service like Dropbox. It's a subtle difference, but consider that all interactions with your iCloud data happen through apps (Address Book, iCal, iPhoto, iTunes...), rather than with the individual files themselves.
So any sharing functionality for a given type of data will likely be delivered through the associated app(s). Whether it will make use of iCloud directly is uncertain, but although still in early days that doesn't seem to be the current pattern.
| Q: Sharing files with others using iCloud? From what I know, iCloud is like a personal storage and you uses your own Apple ID for it. Is it possible for users to store for example an image and be shared with other users?
Which means something like DropBox. You upload files into your DropBox account and there will be a url that allows other people to download the file.
Does iCloud has this kind of function?
A: I don't believe so, no. iCloud is meant to be a cloud-based backing store for apps, not a file-syncing service like Dropbox. It's a subtle difference, but consider that all interactions with your iCloud data happen through apps (Address Book, iCal, iPhoto, iTunes...), rather than with the individual files themselves.
So any sharing functionality for a given type of data will likely be delivered through the associated app(s). Whether it will make use of iCloud directly is uncertain, but although still in early days that doesn't seem to be the current pattern.
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73702ddfee5c9d73f2e886924a5d9da6fcef048d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the difference between backing up and syncing an iPad/iPod/iPhone? What is the difference between synchronizing an iPad/iPod/iPhone compared to backing it up? Is it not the same thing?
A: A backup it part of a sync. Synchronizing your iPhone:
*
*Saves a backup of the installed apps and all personal data (contacts, saved games, documents, etc.)
*Adds or removes music, podcasts, etc.
*Copies the latest version of apps to or from your iPhone.
*(I don't remember the rest of the steps off the top of my head...)
The backup is useful if your iPhone has to be reset to factory settings or is lost. You can restore your backup to your fresh iPhone and it will reinstall the apps along with all of their data. Without a backup, you would have to manually type in all of contacts, reproduce your documents, and start your games from scratch. You'll still have to restore your music manually, but that's a minor issue.
| Q: What is the difference between backing up and syncing an iPad/iPod/iPhone? What is the difference between synchronizing an iPad/iPod/iPhone compared to backing it up? Is it not the same thing?
A: A backup it part of a sync. Synchronizing your iPhone:
*
*Saves a backup of the installed apps and all personal data (contacts, saved games, documents, etc.)
*Adds or removes music, podcasts, etc.
*Copies the latest version of apps to or from your iPhone.
*(I don't remember the rest of the steps off the top of my head...)
The backup is useful if your iPhone has to be reset to factory settings or is lost. You can restore your backup to your fresh iPhone and it will reinstall the apps along with all of their data. Without a backup, you would have to manually type in all of contacts, reproduce your documents, and start your games from scratch. You'll still have to restore your music manually, but that's a minor issue.
A: To expand on Hand-E-Food's answer.
A backup is a complete snapshot off your device at that particular point in the time the backup is made. Not every synchronize causes a backup, and the backup does not contain actual copies of the Apps, Music, Books or Photos stored on your phone. It does however contain all the settings, contacts, calendars, saved games and anything else not handled by the synchronize.
A synchronise copies all Apps, Music, Books and Photos to the phone, and works in conjunction with the backup. When you restore a backup, it will require you to synchronize to retrieve the actual Apps etc.
You can synchronize your phone irrelevant of the backup state, and if you don't restore a back after a reset, you can continue synchronizing items the way you did before the reset, however all your application settings, saved games etc. will be lost and has to be reconfigured and restarted.
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83a42d8d98ef9b01473b0b27f398a48a88a45505 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I use iCloud to sync my contacts, while also syncing my contacts with Google? If you have Google contact syncing enabled in 10.7.1 or earlier, then upgrade to 10.7.2 and try to enable iCloud contact syncing, you will see the following dialog:
Is it possible to have both worlds? I would like to sync with iCloud for my iOS/mac devices, but ALSO sync with google for my gmail/android devices. This used to be possible with mobileme.
A: Doesn't look like this is presently possible. Only way to get this to work is use Google Contacts as the main source, and then set OS X Address book to sync to Google, and use Google ActiveSync on the iPhone to also sync contacts with Google.
| Q: How can I use iCloud to sync my contacts, while also syncing my contacts with Google? If you have Google contact syncing enabled in 10.7.1 or earlier, then upgrade to 10.7.2 and try to enable iCloud contact syncing, you will see the following dialog:
Is it possible to have both worlds? I would like to sync with iCloud for my iOS/mac devices, but ALSO sync with google for my gmail/android devices. This used to be possible with mobileme.
A: Doesn't look like this is presently possible. Only way to get this to work is use Google Contacts as the main source, and then set OS X Address book to sync to Google, and use Google ActiveSync on the iPhone to also sync contacts with Google.
A: Well... I also want to use contacts from GMail. So... After reading that there was no solution, I came to a very simple solution: Don't use iCloud for contacts. Period.
Each Apple device can be setup to sync with GMail contacts - and that's it.
Works for me.
A: As for Contacts, the best solution, as of March 2012, is to:
*
*Google Contacts as the main source, you get backups for free without doing anything
*On OS X, configure the Address Book to sync to Google
*On iOS, configure Gmail as Exchange, not as Gmail (counter intuitive but that's the way!)
Keep iClould out of your contacts for some time, until Apple will include native support for Gmail contacts, which I doubt.
A: Ignoring iCloud and using Google's ActiveSync is not a solution which works for everyone. ActiveSync is limited in number of data entries in your address book which can be synced, and the name of these data entries. In short:
*
*3 email addresses
*2 home numbers
*1 home fax number
*1 mobile number
*1 pager number
*3 work number (one will be labeled 'Company Main')
*1 work fax number.
Numbers have to be named exactly as stated above. Other names like "Support" or "Hotline" won't be synced without displaying any errors.
See Google Sync Known Issues with iOS for more information.
A: Currently, doesn't seem possible.This website categorically says so.
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7c5268732f8cdd23a28b5f021b319864644231f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I set up iCloud for a family? What is the right way to set up iCloud for a family? Assume that I want to share iTunes store account, have separate mail, contacts, bookmarks and notes, but have the possibility of sharing calendars and reminders, and have all devices appear under one ID for Find My iPhone. It would be nice to share data as well, so that I only need to add space on one account for backups. Is this possible?
If not, what is the best way to set up for a family with, at a minimum, shared iTunes account for purchases?
A: If you have multiple devices spread among family members and also share your iTunes account with family members, this should help:
Article: How to Use iCloud in a Family Setting:
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/10/how-to-use-icloud-in-a-family-setting-share-apps-but-not-contacts
| Q: How do I set up iCloud for a family? What is the right way to set up iCloud for a family? Assume that I want to share iTunes store account, have separate mail, contacts, bookmarks and notes, but have the possibility of sharing calendars and reminders, and have all devices appear under one ID for Find My iPhone. It would be nice to share data as well, so that I only need to add space on one account for backups. Is this possible?
If not, what is the best way to set up for a family with, at a minimum, shared iTunes account for purchases?
A: If you have multiple devices spread among family members and also share your iTunes account with family members, this should help:
Article: How to Use iCloud in a Family Setting:
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/10/how-to-use-icloud-in-a-family-setting-share-apps-but-not-contacts
A: iCloud does not offer family accounts at the moment, and there is no migration path if you do have one. That may change in future, but I suspect Apple may not do it since iCloud is now free compared to MobileMe.
iCloud isn't big on sharing, so each family member will need their own account for email, calendars, contacts and device backups. Possibly consider creating a separate iCloud account that can invite the other family members to be events so you can "share" your calendars in that way, or just ensure that when creating an event on your account you invite the rest of the family.
You can however have one Apple Id to make purchases with. I do this since I have a American and South African account. My South African account is a fully migrated iCloud account for email, calendars etc.
My American account is simply an Apple Id and I use it solely for purchasing applications, books etc.
iCloud backs up all my devices to my South African account so I have backups of everything, and the purchase histories and updates goes through the American account. On my devices and in iTunes I am always signed into the App Store using my American account so never need to switch, iCloud on the devices is configured for my South African account.
For file sharing I suggest looking at something like DropBox.
A: You can add 2 iCloud accounts to the same device. But on the secondary account you won't be able to enable things like Backup and Photostream.
EG I have my account for Apps (I had the first iOS device in my family so I had the most apps to start off with), Music and Books and Find My iPhone, but a shared account for backups and iMessage. (on my families iPad).
I long for the day Apple let you have different Users on an iPad.
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e01826bbfe497d7ac0dca6721a1a7c7b664d3430 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Photo Streams from two or more iCloud accounts into same iPhoto library? I'd like to connect iPhoto on my MBP to my photo stream and my wife's photo stream. We each have our own Apple ID and iCloud account. Can iPhoto connect to multiple iCloud photo streams?
Thanks.
A: Currently it can't. Photo Stream settings are detected via the iCloud preference pane and is global to your machine. Until it can support multiple iCloud accounts, iPhoto can only connect to one Photo Stream at a time. Since it's only a temporary store of the last photos taken I am assuming Apple will most likely not make this possible.
I normally move my photos from the Photo Stream to Flickr to achieve this since you can have multiple Flickr accounts.
Look into Dropbox with photo upload if you want to merge photos from multiple devices into one collective stream. From there you can use the Mac client and Folder Actions to automate importing, processing and other tasks as needed.
| Q: Photo Streams from two or more iCloud accounts into same iPhoto library? I'd like to connect iPhoto on my MBP to my photo stream and my wife's photo stream. We each have our own Apple ID and iCloud account. Can iPhoto connect to multiple iCloud photo streams?
Thanks.
A: Currently it can't. Photo Stream settings are detected via the iCloud preference pane and is global to your machine. Until it can support multiple iCloud accounts, iPhoto can only connect to one Photo Stream at a time. Since it's only a temporary store of the last photos taken I am assuming Apple will most likely not make this possible.
I normally move my photos from the Photo Stream to Flickr to achieve this since you can have multiple Flickr accounts.
Look into Dropbox with photo upload if you want to merge photos from multiple devices into one collective stream. From there you can use the Mac client and Folder Actions to automate importing, processing and other tasks as needed.
A: Family Sharing is not a good option because you manually need to select the photos you share.
If you want you and your wife to have access to all the same photos, the solution is to use the same iCloud account for photo sharing for both of you. This also means you only need to pay for iCloud storage once.
What makes this feasible is that you can then setup your wife with a separate iCloud account for Notes, Email, Calendar, etc under Mail, Contacts, and Calendar. So, you can just share Photos.
Note, though, that you will want to turn off her iCloud access to Passbook, Safari, and Keychain, as you probably don't want to share those. I leave on Backup, so that all Backups are going to the primary account (mine), and we don't need to pay for more storage for her.
Finally, this meant that we needed to use Find My Phone for location sharing rather than Find My Friends.
Obviously, Apple should add an option to Family Sharing to share 100% of photos. But until they do, this is a workable scenario.
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decb454faa254570ed2b5277634cd2f3fd8f863e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to configure apps to download automatically similar to podcasts in iTunes? I'd like for apps to download 'free updates' whenever they are available so when I sync my phone they will already be there, similar to podcasts.
Is there a way to configure iTunes to do this automatically?
A: There currently isn't a way to do this. Especially with iCloud app downloading, I don't think there's any technical barrier to automatic updates. I think it's probably an intentional decision by Apple to keep app updates manual. That way, users are not surprised when an app suddenly changes UI or gains/loses features. However, I personally think the benefits of auto-updating are greater than the costs, especially for the users who never ever update apps.
I'd highly suggesting taking a trip to apple.com/feedback and submitting this as a feature request. I'd love to see this as a preference added in. Apple (surprisingly) does place a lot of stock in user feedback, so the more requests about a certain issue, the better.
| Q: Is there a way to configure apps to download automatically similar to podcasts in iTunes? I'd like for apps to download 'free updates' whenever they are available so when I sync my phone they will already be there, similar to podcasts.
Is there a way to configure iTunes to do this automatically?
A: There currently isn't a way to do this. Especially with iCloud app downloading, I don't think there's any technical barrier to automatic updates. I think it's probably an intentional decision by Apple to keep app updates manual. That way, users are not surprised when an app suddenly changes UI or gains/loses features. However, I personally think the benefits of auto-updating are greater than the costs, especially for the users who never ever update apps.
I'd highly suggesting taking a trip to apple.com/feedback and submitting this as a feature request. I'd love to see this as a preference added in. Apple (surprisingly) does place a lot of stock in user feedback, so the more requests about a certain issue, the better.
A: Sadly, as of iTunes 10.5.0, there is no way to do this.
A: This is now possible for jailbreakers.
Check out "Auto App Updater" on the ModMyI repo.
It does exactly that! I just installed it and it's perfect. For those of you that are worried that it's a bad idea to update apps without making sure they don't have "major bugs" should turn off auto updates for your mission critical apps in the settings. Problem solved.
http://modmyi.com/content/10439-auto-app-updater-updates-your-app-store-apps-background-automatically.html
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16b5c6a63721a0a8191174a050bc50ea49c53a39 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add Twitter to Notification Center in iOS 5? I just got a new 4S and am not seeing notifications pop-ups from Twitter. I'm using the Twitter for iPhone app. How can I enable new tweets in notification center?
A: New tweets in Twitter can't be added to the notification centre, thankfully. It will only notify you in the notification centre if your mentioned or receive a direct message.
The settings for the Twitter notifications can be found in Settings -> Notification Centre
Also make sure you have your Twitter set up correctly under Settings -> Twitter after installing the Twitter app.
| Q: How to add Twitter to Notification Center in iOS 5? I just got a new 4S and am not seeing notifications pop-ups from Twitter. I'm using the Twitter for iPhone app. How can I enable new tweets in notification center?
A: New tweets in Twitter can't be added to the notification centre, thankfully. It will only notify you in the notification centre if your mentioned or receive a direct message.
The settings for the Twitter notifications can be found in Settings -> Notification Centre
Also make sure you have your Twitter set up correctly under Settings -> Twitter after installing the Twitter app.
A: Go under Settings and look for the Notifications app and you should see listed there all the apps you have in your iOS. Select your Twitter account. You should see something similar or the same as the screen shown below. From there you can configure your Twitter for Notifications Center. Hope this helps.
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9a4f220a37cec22eca9b0e8b6646d5f910543a30 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to create a hard link in the finder? Is there any way to create a hard link in the finder?
A hard link in terminal would be created with:
ln /path/to/file /path/to/newpath
whereas a symlink / alias can be done by holding command and option or
ln -s /path/to/file /path/to/newpath
(though apparently the behaviors of 'alias' and 'ln' are different)
A: You could create an Automator service like this:
This takes the selected files and creates hard links to them in the directory where they exist. You can then drag and drop the links to the location where you want them.
This will work for files with spaces in their names, but not for files containing quotation marks in their name.
You can access it from the Finder » Services menu, the context menu, and you can assign it a keyboard shortcut analogous to the ⌘ L shortcut for aliases (perhaps ⌘⌥L).
| Q: Is there any way to create a hard link in the finder? Is there any way to create a hard link in the finder?
A hard link in terminal would be created with:
ln /path/to/file /path/to/newpath
whereas a symlink / alias can be done by holding command and option or
ln -s /path/to/file /path/to/newpath
(though apparently the behaviors of 'alias' and 'ln' are different)
A: You could create an Automator service like this:
This takes the selected files and creates hard links to them in the directory where they exist. You can then drag and drop the links to the location where you want them.
This will work for files with spaces in their names, but not for files containing quotation marks in their name.
You can access it from the Finder » Services menu, the context menu, and you can assign it a keyboard shortcut analogous to the ⌘ L shortcut for aliases (perhaps ⌘⌥L).
A: There's no way to do this in Finder.app itself. However, if your goal is just to avoid typing the commands into Terminal.app then you could use Automator.app to create a workflow to do the commands for you.
A: I actually wanted the link term in the rename with the extension preserved
otherwise finder wouldn't recognize the filetype.
so I used Daniel's Answer(thanks for that) and changed it a bit
for f in "$@"
do
dir=$(dirname "$f")
filename=$(basename "$f")
extension=$([[ "$filename" = *.* ]] && echo ".${filename##*.}" || echo '')
filename="${filename%.*}"
ln "$f" "${dir}/$filename Hardlink$extension"
done
EDIT: added what I think is better extension handling code - should be blank if no extension is present. Sorry, I am not good at coding scripts so please share any fixes you think this needs.
A: Yes, indirectly.
Automator let's you make services that run any shell script and also can ask you for a path to the destination for the hard link (since it won't be in the same location as the original presumably). I suppose you could default the link location somewhere like a desktop too.
Just add a step to pop up a dialog to enter or otherwise choose the destination and pass that to your ln command.
A: Nice solution provided by Daniel, but I suggest replacing his script code by the one below which preserves the file type.
for f in "$@"
do
ln "$f" "Plink-$(basename "$f")"
done
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c6256ee13bc2ba39f985913e4be16754e38baf52 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an iPad app that lets me share my iPad screen with someone at another computer at another location? Is there an iPad app that lets me share my iPad screen with someone at another computer at another location? I'd like an app that lets me write stuff with my stylus (like note taker HD) and have that appear on someone else's screen on a computer at another location. If there is no such app, I'd be happy with some hack that lets me do this through my computer. (Now what I tend to do is write a bunch of stuff and have note taker HD email it to the other person.)
A: There's a Mac app called AirServer that enables you to mirror your iPad 2 onto your Mac. Maybe from there you can get this to another location...
| Q: Is there an iPad app that lets me share my iPad screen with someone at another computer at another location? Is there an iPad app that lets me share my iPad screen with someone at another computer at another location? I'd like an app that lets me write stuff with my stylus (like note taker HD) and have that appear on someone else's screen on a computer at another location. If there is no such app, I'd be happy with some hack that lets me do this through my computer. (Now what I tend to do is write a bunch of stuff and have note taker HD email it to the other person.)
A: There's a Mac app called AirServer that enables you to mirror your iPad 2 onto your Mac. Maybe from there you can get this to another location...
A: If you simply want to share live drawing on your iPad and nothing else, Air Sketch is a good app. You launch the app and it provides you with a local IP and port to type into a web browser, and your drawing on the iPad will show up live.
Links: Air Sketch ($9.99) Air Sketch Free (Free, obviously)
Also: while this only tells you to use a local IP (192.168.X.X:8080), I have not tested using a global IP with it. It may or may not work for this purpose.
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44e635a45a6c47e9b5f2d3d8bbfd075c15fbd975 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Changing the default screenshot filename Is there a way to change the default screenshot filename prefix (the Cmd-Shift-4 type screenshot) to something other than the default? The default name looks like this:
Screen Shot 2011-08-30 at 10.01.36 AM.png
But I'd prefer to use something like:
screenshot_2011-08-30_100136.png
Basically so I can remove the spaces and junk, since it's annoying to browse dig through files in Terminal. Any easy way to change this prefix with one of the defaults write com.apple.screencapture style commands?
A: I solved this another way. Using Automator I set up a Folder Action to monitor my screen shot folder and rename any new files exactly the way I want them.
There's a decent guide here with a similar approach and instructions.
| Q: Changing the default screenshot filename Is there a way to change the default screenshot filename prefix (the Cmd-Shift-4 type screenshot) to something other than the default? The default name looks like this:
Screen Shot 2011-08-30 at 10.01.36 AM.png
But I'd prefer to use something like:
screenshot_2011-08-30_100136.png
Basically so I can remove the spaces and junk, since it's annoying to browse dig through files in Terminal. Any easy way to change this prefix with one of the defaults write com.apple.screencapture style commands?
A: I solved this another way. Using Automator I set up a Folder Action to monitor my screen shot folder and rename any new files exactly the way I want them.
There's a decent guide here with a similar approach and instructions.
A: I have disabled the default shortcuts and assigned a shortcut to this command:
screencapture -i ~/Desktop/$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png
-i (interactive) is like ⇧⌘4 or ⌃⇧⌘4.
A: Open terminal and enter:
$ sudo su
$ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
$ plutil -convert xml1 ScreenCapture.strings
$ nano ScreenCapture.strings
change
<key>%@ %@ at %@</key>
<string>%@ %@ at %@</string>
<key>.</key>
<string>.</string>
<key>Screen Shot</key>
<string>Screen Shot</string>
to
<key>%@ %@ at %@</key>
<string>%@_%@_%@</string>
<key>.</key>
<string></string>
<key>Screen Shot</key>
<string>screenshot</string>
then
Control + O to write the file, and Control + X to exit nano
$ plutil -convert binary1 ScreenCapture.strings
$ killall SystemUIServer
One more thing to note here is that to get rid of AM/PM you will need to change it in System Preferences > Language & Text > Formats (24 hour format). Time stamps are displayed according to how this is set; keep in mind if you change this setting all filenames will use this format.
~ Let me know how it works out.
A: The same effect of the complicated terminal actions shown above can be achieved through the free secrets preference pane, which serves as an interface for all sorts of hidden setting in Mac OS and it's apps. Simply open the pref pane and find the setting u want to change
A: You can change 'Screen shot' to 'screenshot' with the following commands
defaults write com.apple.screencapture name screenshot
killall SystemUIServer
If you want to go digging a bit deeper in Terminal, you can achieve what you want by doing the following:
NOTE: Make a backup of any files you change in case you make a mistake.
*
*cd /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
*Make a copy of the existing file:
sudo cp ScreenCapture.strings ScreenCapture.strings.old
*Enter Admin password if prompted
*Convert to an editable format:
sudo plutil -convert xml1 ScreenCapture.strings
*sudo vi ScreenCapture.strings
Locate the following lines:
<key>%@ %@ at %@</key>
<string>%@ %@ at %@</string>
and replace with the following lines:
<key>%@ %@ at %@</key>
<string>%@_%@_%@</string>
*Convert back to binary:
sudo plutil -convert binary1 ScreenCapture.strings
*killall SystemUIServer
which combined with the first change should get you something like this:
screenshot_2011-08-30_10.01.36.png which is very close to what you need I think
A: IMO you should absolutely not muck around with anything in /System/.
For one thing, you are just asking for your customizations to be overwritten by a future update.
Download the demo of Sharpshooter from http://www.kerlmax.com/products/sharpshooter/
You can use it for 30 days. Then buy it for $15. It's a great utility.
Alternatively, have you tried Skitch? It's completely free, and a lot better than the built-in.
A: I liked Adrian B's answer. Here's the shell script I wrote to rename screen cap files: https://gist.github.com/DinoChiesa/7796444
To set it up as a Folder Action, follow this article.
When you get to the Automator window, follow this guide:
Don't forget to save it (Command-S).
It takes 3-6 seconds, in my experience, for that folder action to "kick off" after I capture the screen.
A: just use 2 commands:
d̶e̶f̶a̶u̶l̶t̶s̶ ̶w̶r̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶.̶a̶p̶p̶l̶e̶.̶s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶c̶a̶p̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶"̶s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶s̶h̶o̶t̶_̶$̶(̶d̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶+̶%̶Y̶_̶%̶m̶_̶%̶d̶-̶%̶H̶_̶%̶M̶_̶%̶S̶)̶"̶ ̶
d̶e̶f̶a̶u̶l̶t̶s̶ ̶w̶r̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶.̶a̶p̶p̶l̶e̶.̶s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶c̶a̶p̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶"̶i̶n̶c̶l̶u̶d̶e̶-̶d̶a̶t̶e̶"̶ ̶0̶
you can also change the default screenshot location (in my case this is a folder in iCloud)
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location "~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com\~apple\~CloudDocs/screenshots"
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53b8d42d0e40c0603a4b831f48ea5d9273c8f1f9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change the colors of calendars on iOS5 Supposedly, you can change the colors of calendars from the iPhone now. How!? (In particular, I'm trying to do it for google calendars synced via exchange, but I can't see how to do it with iCloud ones, either.)
A: You can do this in the Calendar app.
1) Tap Calendars in the upper left corner:
2) Then tap Edit:
3) Select the calendar you want to change the colour of:
4) Pick the colour you want. If you want a more extensive selection than what's in the list, you need to do it from iCal on your Mac.
| Q: How can I change the colors of calendars on iOS5 Supposedly, you can change the colors of calendars from the iPhone now. How!? (In particular, I'm trying to do it for google calendars synced via exchange, but I can't see how to do it with iCloud ones, either.)
A: You can do this in the Calendar app.
1) Tap Calendars in the upper left corner:
2) Then tap Edit:
3) Select the calendar you want to change the colour of:
4) Pick the colour you want. If you want a more extensive selection than what's in the list, you need to do it from iCal on your Mac.
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864b3e23ed93e29f2b636040fe625945b080ab22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Set my default address for auto-fill? Since updating to 10.7.2, the email addresses in my address book card seem to have re-prioritized themselves. Now when I use Auto-Fill, the wrong address pops up, and I don't see any way to change it.
Can I set a "primary" or default address in Address Book? (I still hate this new version of Address Book by the way.)
Or, can I select which address is used in auto-fill in Safari?
A: I had the same problem. I went into address book and put my desired address as the first one on my card. It worked.
| Q: Set my default address for auto-fill? Since updating to 10.7.2, the email addresses in my address book card seem to have re-prioritized themselves. Now when I use Auto-Fill, the wrong address pops up, and I don't see any way to change it.
Can I set a "primary" or default address in Address Book? (I still hate this new version of Address Book by the way.)
Or, can I select which address is used in auto-fill in Safari?
A: I had the same problem. I went into address book and put my desired address as the first one on my card. It worked.
A: what worked for me was to make sure the address I wanted to use for Autofill was the top address in my Contacts entry.
A: Select or make the contact you to use as your autofill then go to card menu and select "make this my card" I hope this helps!
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a9e66a602beedb06a2371a113e24236b021f18b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the sender name for iMessages set? I need to change it on an iPhone 4 (iOS 5) The sender id as it displays on the recipients iMessage is what I would like to reset. However, I cannot find where it is set on the sending device (iPhone 4). It seems to be device dependent as sending iMessages from my iPad 2 displays a different sender name although both devices use the same Appleid.
A: I hope I understood your question correctly. Try this: go to settings>>messages>>caller id. Choose the email address that is associated with the name you want the recipients to see
| Q: Where is the sender name for iMessages set? I need to change it on an iPhone 4 (iOS 5) The sender id as it displays on the recipients iMessage is what I would like to reset. However, I cannot find where it is set on the sending device (iPhone 4). It seems to be device dependent as sending iMessages from my iPad 2 displays a different sender name although both devices use the same Appleid.
A: I hope I understood your question correctly. Try this: go to settings>>messages>>caller id. Choose the email address that is associated with the name you want the recipients to see
A: I'm pretty sure that it's set in the contact for that person's AppleID/Email Address. Take a look in that persons info in Contacts.app.
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3dea96fe777eaeb917321b68162b3ccc99ffc73d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my Macbook automatically open a browser Window at Starbucks? When I open my laptop at Starbucks a Chrome-window is automatically opened. It shows the login-page that allows me to log on to BT OpenZone for free Starbucks-wifi.
What kind of mechanism is used to achieve this? After all I don't get the same effect with my Ubuntu-computer or my Android phone.
A: This is a new feature of OS X Lion.
Lion automatically opens a web browser window when it detects that you need to agree to terms and conditions or log in to use the Internet.
It's worth mentioning that the window isn't actually Google Chrome, but an operating system window that includes a WebKit-based browser.
| Q: Why does my Macbook automatically open a browser Window at Starbucks? When I open my laptop at Starbucks a Chrome-window is automatically opened. It shows the login-page that allows me to log on to BT OpenZone for free Starbucks-wifi.
What kind of mechanism is used to achieve this? After all I don't get the same effect with my Ubuntu-computer or my Android phone.
A: This is a new feature of OS X Lion.
Lion automatically opens a web browser window when it detects that you need to agree to terms and conditions or log in to use the Internet.
It's worth mentioning that the window isn't actually Google Chrome, but an operating system window that includes a WebKit-based browser.
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cd5d10bf09b70fba34f4dd474c11e94f2df549c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does iTunes WiFi sync communicate with the Internet? When I use WiFi sync using my wireless router, is the data transfer completely in local network OR does it happen over the internet to iCloud or another service? Will the bandwidth used be deducted by my service provider?
A: If you iPhone talks to the internet while connected to WiFi, then yes, it costs your home internet bandwidth. If it talks to the internet outside of of WiFi range, it costs your mobile internet bandwidth.
Syncing your phone with iTunes does not use the internet, it only uses the local network. If your phone is configured to sync with iCloud, then it is using the internet.
| Q: Does iTunes WiFi sync communicate with the Internet? When I use WiFi sync using my wireless router, is the data transfer completely in local network OR does it happen over the internet to iCloud or another service? Will the bandwidth used be deducted by my service provider?
A: If you iPhone talks to the internet while connected to WiFi, then yes, it costs your home internet bandwidth. If it talks to the internet outside of of WiFi range, it costs your mobile internet bandwidth.
Syncing your phone with iTunes does not use the internet, it only uses the local network. If your phone is configured to sync with iCloud, then it is using the internet.
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5d7ee26df7d6ba45c84012271cab36e37ba7b90b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does iCloud have a different timezone for my calendar events than my devices do? I set an appointment on iCal from 19:30 to 22:00. In the iCloud calendar it shows as 18:30 to 21:00. In iCal on Macbook Pro, on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 it shows the correct time i.e. 19:30 to 22:00!
I have timezone support switched off and I have the UK as the timezone. How can it be that iCloud (where the devices get the times from) is showing incorrect times, yet all the devices are showing the correct time?
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
A: Each of your devices has a timezone setting, which you probably already set correctly.
What you probably didn't know is that iCloud.com has its own timezone setting. To access it, login to icloud.com, then click on your name in the upper right corner. Once set, you should see everything ok.
The “time zone support” setting you disabled has to do with creating events associated with a timezone, and is usually better left off.
NOTE: Once you change this you will have to logout and then login again for the changes to take effect.
| Q: Why does iCloud have a different timezone for my calendar events than my devices do? I set an appointment on iCal from 19:30 to 22:00. In the iCloud calendar it shows as 18:30 to 21:00. In iCal on Macbook Pro, on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 it shows the correct time i.e. 19:30 to 22:00!
I have timezone support switched off and I have the UK as the timezone. How can it be that iCloud (where the devices get the times from) is showing incorrect times, yet all the devices are showing the correct time?
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
A: Each of your devices has a timezone setting, which you probably already set correctly.
What you probably didn't know is that iCloud.com has its own timezone setting. To access it, login to icloud.com, then click on your name in the upper right corner. Once set, you should see everything ok.
The “time zone support” setting you disabled has to do with creating events associated with a timezone, and is usually better left off.
NOTE: Once you change this you will have to logout and then login again for the changes to take effect.
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a5ce0ac94c677d9f11659d5d6a4c258da456b30c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I take a larger screenshot on my iPhone? I would like to take a screenshot of an entire web page in Mobile Safari, not just the part that's visible on the screen. I'm running iOS 5 on an iPhone 4, but I'm pretty sure this functionality isn't built in anywhere. What app or trick do I need?
A: Natively available in iOS 13 and later
This functionality is now built into iOS 13 by Apple. Safari running in iOS 13 lets you screenshot the entire webpage as a single continuous image.
To do that, open the desired webpage in Safari, and simply take a screenshot as you would normally do on your device, and tap on the thumbnail shown immediately shown towards the bottom left.
You'll be presented with two options at the top in a segmented control:
*
*Screen
and
*Full Page
With the Full Page item selected, tap on the Share icon in the top right to share the capture via desired medium. AirDropping it for instance, exports a single PDF file, which can be easily exported into a desired image format.
| Q: How can I take a larger screenshot on my iPhone? I would like to take a screenshot of an entire web page in Mobile Safari, not just the part that's visible on the screen. I'm running iOS 5 on an iPhone 4, but I'm pretty sure this functionality isn't built in anywhere. What app or trick do I need?
A: Natively available in iOS 13 and later
This functionality is now built into iOS 13 by Apple. Safari running in iOS 13 lets you screenshot the entire webpage as a single continuous image.
To do that, open the desired webpage in Safari, and simply take a screenshot as you would normally do on your device, and tap on the thumbnail shown immediately shown towards the bottom left.
You'll be presented with two options at the top in a segmented control:
*
*Screen
and
*Full Page
With the Full Page item selected, tap on the Share icon in the top right to share the capture via desired medium. AirDropping it for instance, exports a single PDF file, which can be easily exported into a desired image format.
A: Webshot Free can do this (there's a 99¢ ad-free version too). It's supposed to let you just change http:// to webshot:// and it will open the same URL in in the app. That didn't work, but cut+paste did.
There may be other apps which are better for certain needs, depending on what you want to actually do with the page. If you just want a JPG or PNG of it, Webshot Free works fine.
If you are trying to save a page for reading later, iCab Mobile ($2, universal) will let you save a .webarchive or a .pdf file. [Note: the print to pdf function is actually provided by 3rd party webapps, but it's integrated into iCab].
There are a variety of "Print to PDF" apps in the app store, PrintBureau, seems to be one of the better ones (and is universal).
A: This question has been asked on StackOverflow.
Webpage Capture ($2.39, demo, confirmed on SO) or Website Screenshot ($0.99) should do the trick.
I have not tested any of them.
As a side note: since Safari for Mac itself doesn't do full page export*, it really doesn't come as a surprise there's no way to do so on iOS.
*yes, of course you can print as PDF, but that's completely different from saving a full-dimensioned, not-paginated, not-styled-for-print version of the website (for which a third-party app such as LittleSnapper is necessary)
A: Tailor (App Store link) is a free app that does this extremely easily by detecting sequential screenshots in your iOS device’s Photos and stitching them together automatically.
A: It's not ideal obviously, but if you need a shot of the page exactly as it appears on the phone, your best bet is to scroll around the page, taking a series of screen shots and manually stitch them together on a PC.
Printing to a PC as a PDF is an alright idea, as is setting your desktop Safari to send the iPhone user-agent, but neither will give you perfect renderings of what it looks like on the iPhone, often there will be substantial formatting differences.
A: Webpage Capture for iPhone | iPad
From the iTunes description:
Webpage Capture enables you to take a screenshot of the complete
webpage you are browsing. You can then save it, email it or share it
on Social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Saving as PDF
enables you to archive your files and access them for off-line reading
and for record-keeping.
This version also enables you to export pdf files to iBooks,
Evernote...and any other app you have for reading pdf files.
The app captures the complete webpage whether visible or not as an
image instead of HTML. This is useful for keeping track of pages
visited, keeping a log of dynamic pages, for storing information (eBay
auctions, digital magazine, digital newspapers...) or for later
reading or for sharing with somebody somewhere that cannot access a
webpage.
The screenshot can be saved on the device itself and can also be
transferred via iTunes File Share.
A: *
*Launch Mobile Safari on devices running iOS5.
*Type the URL of the website of interest.
*After the web page is done loading, touch the gray Reader "button"
to the right of the URL address.
*Mobile Safari is now in "Reader" mode (note the purple text color), select the icon and choose "Mail this Article". Provide a valid email address. The entire web page
(photos, text, etc) including portions not visible or not displayed
will be appended into the email message you're composing.
*Launch your email browser to verify. This is necessary because some websites may not render properly because they use frames, etc. Furthermore, the Reader function will not capture animated gifs, Flash animation, movies, and sounds.
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62bed8e960d3e1c96a6f45ac54629e12aae84a9d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I mark all emails as 'Read' after IOS Update 5.0 on iPhone? I just updated to iOS 5.0 on my iphone and when it started up for the first time, all of my emails in a POP account are now showing as unread. The total is 79 emails and I don't want to go one at a time marking each one as read. Is there a way to do it in one sweeping motion?
A: *
*Press the Edit button in the top-right corner.
*Select all of the emails you want to mark as "read".
*Press the Mark button in the bottom-right corner.
*Choose Mark as Read
| Q: How can I mark all emails as 'Read' after IOS Update 5.0 on iPhone? I just updated to iOS 5.0 on my iphone and when it started up for the first time, all of my emails in a POP account are now showing as unread. The total is 79 emails and I don't want to go one at a time marking each one as read. Is there a way to do it in one sweeping motion?
A: *
*Press the Edit button in the top-right corner.
*Select all of the emails you want to mark as "read".
*Press the Mark button in the bottom-right corner.
*Choose Mark as Read
A: I'm afraid ughoavgfhw gave you the answer. It's a "feature" in iOS 5.
But if you work with GMail, it's easy. Go to your browser, check them all and set them on read. If you've enabled push on your iPhone, the mails will be marked as read on your iPhone as well!
Check out this link for a better option.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaqzeXfO5s
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eafe3681e158e24ec05bc0e1187c9c05614bbc8e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I install themes for Terminal? I am rather new to Mac, but I am trying to get familiar with Terminal and I want to change its theme. I am a bit confused on how to go about installing Solarized themes I am seeing so much of around the net. I am able to get the theme installed for vim, but I want it for just my general terminal usage.
I see some suggesting to install SIMBL but then I read if you have Lion, SIMBL is not needed with the color support that it has.
And then I've seen a suggestion to just "double click" to install, I am not entirely sure what is meant to be double clicked, the Solarized Dark ansi.terminal file?
My concern is running something that I am not sure what it is going to do. So anyone who could shed some light on this process, that would be extremely helpful!
A: Double-Clicking a .terminal file will not "run" anything, it will just install the configuration in Terminal. At the end you will get to the same result by double-clicking and by importing the settings from Terminal directly.
| Q: How can I install themes for Terminal? I am rather new to Mac, but I am trying to get familiar with Terminal and I want to change its theme. I am a bit confused on how to go about installing Solarized themes I am seeing so much of around the net. I am able to get the theme installed for vim, but I want it for just my general terminal usage.
I see some suggesting to install SIMBL but then I read if you have Lion, SIMBL is not needed with the color support that it has.
And then I've seen a suggestion to just "double click" to install, I am not entirely sure what is meant to be double clicked, the Solarized Dark ansi.terminal file?
My concern is running something that I am not sure what it is going to do. So anyone who could shed some light on this process, that would be extremely helpful!
A: Double-Clicking a .terminal file will not "run" anything, it will just install the configuration in Terminal. At the end you will get to the same result by double-clicking and by importing the settings from Terminal directly.
A: Using the 'save link as' option on the Github site for these themes didn't work, as noted in another answer. I dug in and noticed that the XML file formats were different when comparing the export of built-in themes and the ones I was trying to import.
When I did the Download .zip (the link is on the RHS of the main github window) and expanded the .zip file, it resulted in getting Solarized Dark.terminal and Solarized Light.terminal files which were import-able.
A: Just open up terminal, go to the preferences and select the theme (the .terminal file)
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628240856e90af7988d8f43181633203d5af7943 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get Siri to make an event on a Gmail or Exchange calendar? I can get Siri to show me events on my Google Apps calendar (which I have set up as an Exchange account, to get the benefits of push email), but I can't get her to make an event on that calendar; new events keep being created on my own calendar.
A: Change your default calendar under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. It's near the bottom.
| Q: How do I get Siri to make an event on a Gmail or Exchange calendar? I can get Siri to show me events on my Google Apps calendar (which I have set up as an Exchange account, to get the benefits of push email), but I can't get her to make an event on that calendar; new events keep being created on my own calendar.
A: Change your default calendar under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. It's near the bottom.
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fe136e3fff64cc5aa4d0072e7a6064be6f74ffa2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I upgrade to iOS 5, can I restore a 4.2 backup? I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 backed up to one of my PCs which I no longer use. If I upgrade to iOS 5, will I lose the opportunity to restore from one of these old backups? Would I be able to restore the phone to the old operating system and then restore from an old backup?
A: No, you will not lose the ability to restore from backup. It's the same situation if you were upgrading to a brand new phone - it is quite possible to restore a iPhone 3G (running iOS 4) to an iPhone 4S. The operating system on the iOS 5 phone would remain iOS 5, but the data would be properly pulled from the backup.
Someone may want to clarify this, but I believe iPhone backups are almost solely your own user data, and very few system files, as system files or OS updates can simply be re-downloaded.
| Q: If I upgrade to iOS 5, can I restore a 4.2 backup? I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 backed up to one of my PCs which I no longer use. If I upgrade to iOS 5, will I lose the opportunity to restore from one of these old backups? Would I be able to restore the phone to the old operating system and then restore from an old backup?
A: No, you will not lose the ability to restore from backup. It's the same situation if you were upgrading to a brand new phone - it is quite possible to restore a iPhone 3G (running iOS 4) to an iPhone 4S. The operating system on the iOS 5 phone would remain iOS 5, but the data would be properly pulled from the backup.
Someone may want to clarify this, but I believe iPhone backups are almost solely your own user data, and very few system files, as system files or OS updates can simply be re-downloaded.
A:
If I upgrade to iOS 5, will I lose the opportunity to restore from one
of these old backups?
No. You can restore your settings, data, photos, videos, apps, and anything else iTunes has backed up from iOS 4 right over to the new iOS 5. Backups are compatible with future versions of iOS. You could likely restore an iOS 3 backup to a device running iOS 5. The only complication you would run across would be the apps and whether they retained support for your current iOS. Most developers periodically drop support for older devices as time goes on. For example, most new games in the App Store very rarely support the iPhone 3G or older iPod Touches. Moreover, they have also begun dropping support for older iOS versions, such as v3.0. If this conflict every surfaced, iTunes would simply not migrate over any apps that did not support your device (of course still moving over the rest of your data).
Would I be able to restore the phone to the old operating system and
then restore from an old backup?
Yes, and no. Let me explain the "yes." Apple digitally signs every release of iOS. This signature is verified by Apple prior to its installation. This is often referred to as a "signing window." During this window, any firmware can be installed on your phone, provided it has a valid signature and is being permitted by Apple (passes verification). Apple has historically left the window open for about a week and only for the previous version of iOS (e.g., if iOS 5.1 was released tomorrow, the window would cover iOS 5, if iOS 5.2 was released after that, the window would cover 5.1, and so on). More specifically, now that Apple has released iOS 5.0, iOS 4.3.5 (the previous version of iOS) is likely still being accepted, but that window is fast closing (and could likely have already been closed). Additionally, the rollback only applies to the direct previous build (in this case only iOS 4.3.5 and not 4.3.3 or 4.2.1), but it is time sensitive (iOS ups the ante by introducing tighter measures that may prevent the use of SHSH blobs, effectively sealing a downgrade to Apple's small window, but that's another topic altogether).
If you decide the day of release that the new firmware isn't for you, an immediate downgrade is 100% possible. As the days pass by, that number drops dramatically. If you miss that window, you will be unable to install the previous release without SHSH blobs, and software designed to jailbreak devices, which can allow a downgrade indefinitely. It's of note that SHSH blobs must be taken from a device running that particular build. You cannot extract SHSH blobs for iOS 4.3.3 from iOS 4.3.5.
So it's a mixed bag. Yes you can downgrade, but you must act fast. After that, it is a resounding "no." Unless of course you have met the requirements (SHSH blobs, etc.). However, as I said, iOS ups the stakes by seeking to block (or rather change the behaviour of) SHSH blobs, effectively limiting a downgrade to Apple's window.
This of course omits discussion of the baseband (the component that handles cellular data) which is another factor to consider should you requiring unlocking the handset to handle multiple carriers, however, this falls slightly outside the scope of your question, and for your intents and purposes, something you needn't worry about.
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bc60fd622c71286bccb9d4a52a27c7b03125875d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Anyone gotten 10.7.2 to bind properly to Active Directory in a multi-domain environment? I work for an international non-profit that has Active Directory with multiple domains. (A bunch of them.) We can't get Lion (10.7.2) to bind to it properly. Has anyone been successful in getting AD to work in Lion 10.7.2? We have a bunch of new Macs and can't get them on the network. We'll be testing AdmitMac this week, but would rather not pay more than $100 a machine to get them hooked up.
A: MacWindows has a lot of good feedback about this issue. In my own testing I've found that 10.7.3 has certainly improved network logins on AD2003-bound Macs, though its still not as reliable (or fast) as I'd like.
As always, contact your SE and leave feedback about your issues.
| Q: Anyone gotten 10.7.2 to bind properly to Active Directory in a multi-domain environment? I work for an international non-profit that has Active Directory with multiple domains. (A bunch of them.) We can't get Lion (10.7.2) to bind to it properly. Has anyone been successful in getting AD to work in Lion 10.7.2? We have a bunch of new Macs and can't get them on the network. We'll be testing AdmitMac this week, but would rather not pay more than $100 a machine to get them hooked up.
A: MacWindows has a lot of good feedback about this issue. In my own testing I've found that 10.7.3 has certainly improved network logins on AD2003-bound Macs, though its still not as reliable (or fast) as I'd like.
As always, contact your SE and leave feedback about your issues.
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7641e79b4930eff724e22e2fc043c860750ab0c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I select all in a Google doc with an iPad? I created a new Google doc on my iPad2. When I select all to copy the whole contents, it only selects the current line.
Is there a known workaround for this?
A: Try putting the google docs into desktop mode. Click the Desktop link at the bottom of the page.
View in: Mobile | Desktop
Then select edit menu in Google docs then "Select all"
| Q: How can I select all in a Google doc with an iPad? I created a new Google doc on my iPad2. When I select all to copy the whole contents, it only selects the current line.
Is there a known workaround for this?
A: Try putting the google docs into desktop mode. Click the Desktop link at the bottom of the page.
View in: Mobile | Desktop
Then select edit menu in Google docs then "Select all"
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428a45912d515fbab458a837cf38f5cf87af92f4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: See date/time of most recent WLAN sync in iTunes When syncing via WLAN, the most recent sync date/time is displayed on the iOS device but not on iTunes (where only the time of the last backup is shown which seems to be the time of the most recent cable-based sync). Is there a way to show the most recent WLAN sync as well?
A: On iTunes select your iDevice from left menu and Summary tab on the right pane, under Backup section you'll see a sentence like last backed up to this computer: Today 06:30 this date shows you the most recent sync, whether it was over WiFi or USB.
Here is mine:
| Q: See date/time of most recent WLAN sync in iTunes When syncing via WLAN, the most recent sync date/time is displayed on the iOS device but not on iTunes (where only the time of the last backup is shown which seems to be the time of the most recent cable-based sync). Is there a way to show the most recent WLAN sync as well?
A: On iTunes select your iDevice from left menu and Summary tab on the right pane, under Backup section you'll see a sentence like last backed up to this computer: Today 06:30 this date shows you the most recent sync, whether it was over WiFi or USB.
Here is mine:
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d2e05d7fc86334c637d34e081234d80b4761ee7a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: WiFi sync with computer connected by cable to the WiFi router? My computer does not have a WiFi card, so I connect it via LAN cable to my router. My iPhone is connected to the WiFi signal of that router. Is there some kind of magic that will enable me to use WiFi sync with my computer?
A: No, if they are both on the same network, there is nothing special you need to do.
| Q: WiFi sync with computer connected by cable to the WiFi router? My computer does not have a WiFi card, so I connect it via LAN cable to my router. My iPhone is connected to the WiFi signal of that router. Is there some kind of magic that will enable me to use WiFi sync with my computer?
A: No, if they are both on the same network, there is nothing special you need to do.
A: First off it's not a stupid question and secondly it's not on the same network. Your PC is on the LAN, that is one network and you iPhone using wifi is a different netowrk. The iPhone sends a Bootp broadcast on udp port 67. This broadcast will not be seen on the second network (LAN). I searched high and low to find out how to get this to work and there is no solution anywhere. So I decided to figure it out myself. The broadcast will not go across 2 networks normally. Fortunately I have a firewall that allows bridging. It also allows me to keep policy based functions between the 2 networks. The bridging allows the broadcast. After the broadcast it does a multicast on udp port 5353. Then the sync works.
To get this working on your firewall/router look for bridging for that make and model. In some cases there may not be any security between the networks once you do this. This is only a problem if someone hacks into your wifi.
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d2e7c70707dcbcb4f0915c413a3bf6d0160d8e12 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud share group of calendars? I've been using icalx.com to sync all my many calendars as a single group. When I turned on iCloud, all my calendar group structure completely disappeared and I see no way to re-add it. Is there any way (including workarounds using icalx or Google Calendar as an intermediary) to continue sharing all my calendars as a single group? It's a huge pain for people to set up 10+ subscriptions just to see my events, not to mention having to check and uncheck all 10 each time they want to see what I'm doing.
A: When MobileMe upgraded calendars - it removed the group option. iCloud does not have a folder/group data structure.
BusyCal does let you create groups to manage your local view of iCloud (and other) calendars, but doesn't change iCloud's limitation to not have those groups appear on the server end of things.
Their blog is an excellent source to get clear and well prepared discussion on the changes MobileMe has made as well as how iCloud is different.
| Q: iCloud share group of calendars? I've been using icalx.com to sync all my many calendars as a single group. When I turned on iCloud, all my calendar group structure completely disappeared and I see no way to re-add it. Is there any way (including workarounds using icalx or Google Calendar as an intermediary) to continue sharing all my calendars as a single group? It's a huge pain for people to set up 10+ subscriptions just to see my events, not to mention having to check and uncheck all 10 each time they want to see what I'm doing.
A: When MobileMe upgraded calendars - it removed the group option. iCloud does not have a folder/group data structure.
BusyCal does let you create groups to manage your local view of iCloud (and other) calendars, but doesn't change iCloud's limitation to not have those groups appear on the server end of things.
Their blog is an excellent source to get clear and well prepared discussion on the changes MobileMe has made as well as how iCloud is different.
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4e6e9f37e8d4d48e6876eca69299e96946dc62c2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I buy a Mac that comes with Lion, can I install it on my old Macs too?
Possible Duplicate:
Does buying a new mac also get you Lion on your Apple ID?
If I buy a new Mac with OS X Lion, will I then be able to update my old computers to Lion via the Mac App Store without charge?
A: No - macs ship with one license to Lion - for that mac.
If you buy an upgrade outright, that applies to all your macs.
| Q: If I buy a Mac that comes with Lion, can I install it on my old Macs too?
Possible Duplicate:
Does buying a new mac also get you Lion on your Apple ID?
If I buy a new Mac with OS X Lion, will I then be able to update my old computers to Lion via the Mac App Store without charge?
A: No - macs ship with one license to Lion - for that mac.
If you buy an upgrade outright, that applies to all your macs.
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7cbd5ac7636a00fb447bf04cb6966b683d3d6dba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you pull up the context menu in a Stack (e.g., Downloads)? My Downloads folder is on my Dock, and sometimes when I want to open a file, I don't want to open it in the default app. For example, I want to open a jpg in Pixelmator instead of Preview.
Anyway I can do that from the Dock and not have to open the folder, find the file, and then open it?
I thought that you might be able to right click on the icon as you would in windows, but it doesn't work?
A: If the application you want to open the program in is in your Dock, you can drag the file icon from the Stack and drop it on the application icon.
Alternately, command clicking on the file in the Stack will open a Finder window with that file already selected. You would still need to control-click it and open it, but it cuts out a few steps.
Sadly, there does not appear to be a way to make the context menu appear in a Stack.
| Q: Can you pull up the context menu in a Stack (e.g., Downloads)? My Downloads folder is on my Dock, and sometimes when I want to open a file, I don't want to open it in the default app. For example, I want to open a jpg in Pixelmator instead of Preview.
Anyway I can do that from the Dock and not have to open the folder, find the file, and then open it?
I thought that you might be able to right click on the icon as you would in windows, but it doesn't work?
A: If the application you want to open the program in is in your Dock, you can drag the file icon from the Stack and drop it on the application icon.
Alternately, command clicking on the file in the Stack will open a Finder window with that file already selected. You would still need to control-click it and open it, but it cuts out a few steps.
Sadly, there does not appear to be a way to make the context menu appear in a Stack.
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1c6339ebd0909c8c424c0b6f9bba55e242c0a047 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What app is this screenshot from? Is it only a mockup? This screenshot was posted by somebody in my Twitter feed on the day Steve Jobs died. It was the author's tribute to him. He received many @replies asking what app this was, but nobody received a reply.
What app is this screenshot of?
A: That's a screenshot from Reminders, part of iOS 5
| Q: What app is this screenshot from? Is it only a mockup? This screenshot was posted by somebody in my Twitter feed on the day Steve Jobs died. It was the author's tribute to him. He received many @replies asking what app this was, but nobody received a reply.
What app is this screenshot of?
A: That's a screenshot from Reminders, part of iOS 5
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d5f23951186f7a4fbbdf11a4bc54b3a9307fdb39 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Some items missing from my iTunes Purchase History I purchased some audio books and movies on the iTunes store before (2-3 years ago).
But when I use the new iPhone 4S to look at my account, the "Purchased" show 1 audio book but doesn't show the other one I can clearly remember (in fact, I purchased that audio book twice, hoping the second time won't be any charge, but there was).
Also missing are some movies, such as Toy Story... Is the only thing I can do to contact Apple iTunes Store Customer Service to resolve this?
A: ok, the best way I found, is to use the Express Lane. Just google for: Apple Express Lane and you will find it.
| Q: Some items missing from my iTunes Purchase History I purchased some audio books and movies on the iTunes store before (2-3 years ago).
But when I use the new iPhone 4S to look at my account, the "Purchased" show 1 audio book but doesn't show the other one I can clearly remember (in fact, I purchased that audio book twice, hoping the second time won't be any charge, but there was).
Also missing are some movies, such as Toy Story... Is the only thing I can do to contact Apple iTunes Store Customer Service to resolve this?
A: ok, the best way I found, is to use the Express Lane. Just google for: Apple Express Lane and you will find it.
A: As far as I know - movies are not yet available via the iTunes "Purchased" tab for re-download. Only TV series are so far. I think Apple is still negotiating the rights to allow movie downloads multiple times after purchase.
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8659bd293f0264e7016d2319617c1d7817f75571 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can no longer edit my contacts in iOS 5 I just updated to iOS 5 on my iPhone 4, and now I can not edit my contacts. Where "edit" use to be is no longer there. If I type a new number on the keypad and hit add to existing contact, I can edit from there, but there is no "done" or "save". Not sure what to do.
A: This seems to be a bug. I ran into this same problem over the weekend when I was trying to add a new contact I had received over SMS. It seems that depending on how you get to the contact screen, the "Done" button may not be there. If you open the Contacts app (instead of getting to your contacts from the Phone app), you should get a contact screen that has the save button. Hope this helps.
| Q: Can no longer edit my contacts in iOS 5 I just updated to iOS 5 on my iPhone 4, and now I can not edit my contacts. Where "edit" use to be is no longer there. If I type a new number on the keypad and hit add to existing contact, I can edit from there, but there is no "done" or "save". Not sure what to do.
A: This seems to be a bug. I ran into this same problem over the weekend when I was trying to add a new contact I had received over SMS. It seems that depending on how you get to the contact screen, the "Done" button may not be there. If you open the Contacts app (instead of getting to your contacts from the Phone app), you should get a contact screen that has the save button. Hope this helps.
A: I had the exact same issue, the edit button mysteriously disappeared!
I was able to resolve my issue by going into settings -> iCloud and switching Contacts to ON.
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705895481b2624e300af9bdad9d221495b2f1c33 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cmd-N in Lion Finder shows "All My Files" not home? In Lion Cmd-N in Finder opens a new Window with "All My Files" showing as the default. Is it possible to set that back to the normal "home" directory of my user?
A: You can set the default under Finder -> Preferences.
Look for New Finder Window Shows
| Q: Cmd-N in Lion Finder shows "All My Files" not home? In Lion Cmd-N in Finder opens a new Window with "All My Files" showing as the default. Is it possible to set that back to the normal "home" directory of my user?
A: You can set the default under Finder -> Preferences.
Look for New Finder Window Shows
A: Step 1: Select Preferences... from the Finder menu (or press ⌘,
Step 2: At New Finder windows show, select your home directory.
There is no step 3.
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dd3cd43d4842f1a08e819545894aa9be7689dfc8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you copy location metadata from one photo to another in iPhoto? Some of my imported pictures don't have location data on them because they were created using apps like Diptic. I'd like to tag them with them location data but the 'Assign a place...' search dialog in iPhoto is doing a poor job of finding the location the photos were taken.
I have pictures in my iPhoto library that have the exact location information that I'd like to assign to these location-free photos.
Is it possible to copy just the location metadata from some pictures to others?
A: Yes, it's very simple.
*
*Select the photo you want to copy the location data from and hit CMD+C to copy
*Right click the photo you wish to paste the location
*Select 'Paste Location' from the contextual menu.
Also you can check out http://thedigitalstory.com/2009/04/copy_and_paste_geoda.html for a pictorial guide.
| Q: Can you copy location metadata from one photo to another in iPhoto? Some of my imported pictures don't have location data on them because they were created using apps like Diptic. I'd like to tag them with them location data but the 'Assign a place...' search dialog in iPhoto is doing a poor job of finding the location the photos were taken.
I have pictures in my iPhoto library that have the exact location information that I'd like to assign to these location-free photos.
Is it possible to copy just the location metadata from some pictures to others?
A: Yes, it's very simple.
*
*Select the photo you want to copy the location data from and hit CMD+C to copy
*Right click the photo you wish to paste the location
*Select 'Paste Location' from the contextual menu.
Also you can check out http://thedigitalstory.com/2009/04/copy_and_paste_geoda.html for a pictorial guide.
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90af2577513102b7d89cf158e9a7baab59ac1ef2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I sync Reading List with Windows? Is it possible to use Safari's Reading List on my Windows machine and have it synced with the one on my Mac/iOS devices?
A: According to Apple's support docs, Safari 5.1.1 for Windows will sync the Reading List via iCloud.
Safari 5.1.1 includes support for iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services. iCloud stores your Safari bookmarks and Safari Reading List and automatically pushes them to all your devices.
I believe you would need to have Safari up to date. Then, install the iCloud Windows control panel and configure it to sync Safari content.
Then, enable iCloud on all of your Mac/iOS devices, and you should be good to go.
| Q: How can I sync Reading List with Windows? Is it possible to use Safari's Reading List on my Windows machine and have it synced with the one on my Mac/iOS devices?
A: According to Apple's support docs, Safari 5.1.1 for Windows will sync the Reading List via iCloud.
Safari 5.1.1 includes support for iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services. iCloud stores your Safari bookmarks and Safari Reading List and automatically pushes them to all your devices.
I believe you would need to have Safari up to date. Then, install the iCloud Windows control panel and configure it to sync Safari content.
Then, enable iCloud on all of your Mac/iOS devices, and you should be good to go.
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2414ce8a9c2b8f151e0ceb6ef0527a3e9816c3ca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make AirFoil detect the speaker without rebooting the Mac? When my Mac goes to sleep, and I awake it, AirFoil no longer detects my Airport Expert speakers.
I always need to restart OS X to make AirFoil detect it; restarting AirFoil doesn't fix it.
Do you know how could I avoid this?
A: I am not sure, but does Airfoil have a Helper application running in the background? Maybe you have to quit that one as well instead of just restarting AirFoil?
Also, do you have the latest version? I have just checked and the Release Notes on the Rogue Amoeba website have a bugfix in the latest release 4.6.2 from a few weeks ago that seems to match your problem:
http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/releasenotes.php
Airfoil now disconnects from remote speakers upon sleeping, to prevent error messages on waking.
Maybe that update can solve your problem?
| Q: How can I make AirFoil detect the speaker without rebooting the Mac? When my Mac goes to sleep, and I awake it, AirFoil no longer detects my Airport Expert speakers.
I always need to restart OS X to make AirFoil detect it; restarting AirFoil doesn't fix it.
Do you know how could I avoid this?
A: I am not sure, but does Airfoil have a Helper application running in the background? Maybe you have to quit that one as well instead of just restarting AirFoil?
Also, do you have the latest version? I have just checked and the Release Notes on the Rogue Amoeba website have a bugfix in the latest release 4.6.2 from a few weeks ago that seems to match your problem:
http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/releasenotes.php
Airfoil now disconnects from remote speakers upon sleeping, to prevent error messages on waking.
Maybe that update can solve your problem?
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7125a78c806c6a9341cf1ce337a63af9bdc0c44d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to suppress hidden calendars in iOS 5's notification view? I like seeing my upcoming appointments in the notification view, but I have several subscribed calendars that I generally keep turned off, but keep around so I can reference them when necessary. They're showing up in the notifications and I don't want them to.
A: To the best of my knowledge you can't fix this. Hopefully Apple will modify this in an update at some point, but who knows. For now, the notification center is useless to anyone with a complicated calendar system.
| Q: Is it possible to suppress hidden calendars in iOS 5's notification view? I like seeing my upcoming appointments in the notification view, but I have several subscribed calendars that I generally keep turned off, but keep around so I can reference them when necessary. They're showing up in the notifications and I don't want them to.
A: To the best of my knowledge you can't fix this. Hopefully Apple will modify this in an update at some point, but who knows. For now, the notification center is useless to anyone with a complicated calendar system.
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24e82aaadbb3f02b65f701a5a9982b869993a5f9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is otool available in a stock OS X installation with no Xcode? Is /usr/bin/otool available in a stock OS X installation where Xcode hasn’t been installed?
A: No, it's part of the CLI Developer Tools package in the XCode download:
andy:/Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Packages$ pkgutil --payload-files DeveloperToolsCLI.pkg |grep otool
./usr/bin/otool
./usr/share/man/man1/otool.1
| Q: Is otool available in a stock OS X installation with no Xcode? Is /usr/bin/otool available in a stock OS X installation where Xcode hasn’t been installed?
A: No, it's part of the CLI Developer Tools package in the XCode download:
andy:/Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Packages$ pkgutil --payload-files DeveloperToolsCLI.pkg |grep otool
./usr/bin/otool
./usr/share/man/man1/otool.1
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a395389c12a05f352c0e2d75fa4dd51b1b7e5aa9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are AirDrop temp files located? I started a transfer over AirDrop of a 4GB xcode dmg file. Something happened in the middle of the transfer (3.5GB) and I now have 3.5GB of space missing from my computer. I have restarted the computer and deleted the file in the downloads folder. I tried using grand perspective to find large files but I can't seem to find the location of the temporary airdrop file. Where are these temp files located so that I can delete them.
A: I guess it'd be quite outdated answer, but maybe it will save some time for others
AirDrop temp files hidden under this path /private/var/folders/, you need to look for folder called exactly like this "(A Document Being Saved By sharingd)" in subfolders.
In my case it was /private/var/folders/fq/51d9_5dn7hg445wwp5n7kyqm0000gn/T/TemporaryItems/(A Document Being Saved By sharingd)
| Q: Where are AirDrop temp files located? I started a transfer over AirDrop of a 4GB xcode dmg file. Something happened in the middle of the transfer (3.5GB) and I now have 3.5GB of space missing from my computer. I have restarted the computer and deleted the file in the downloads folder. I tried using grand perspective to find large files but I can't seem to find the location of the temporary airdrop file. Where are these temp files located so that I can delete them.
A: I guess it'd be quite outdated answer, but maybe it will save some time for others
AirDrop temp files hidden under this path /private/var/folders/, you need to look for folder called exactly like this "(A Document Being Saved By sharingd)" in subfolders.
In my case it was /private/var/folders/fq/51d9_5dn7hg445wwp5n7kyqm0000gn/T/TemporaryItems/(A Document Being Saved By sharingd)
A: I believe that airdrop transfers directly into your downloads folder. Should anything happen to interrupt the transfer, you will likely end up with a file called "transferred_file.txt.download", the file is renamed to remove the .download upon completion. If you have any .download files sitting there and not changing in size, they are failed downloads and can potentially be restarted (if they originated from Safari), or removed.
You can test this by transferring a new large file, and watching the file get created, increase in size, then get renamed.
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0aef8e557e0a3440bbc8189b98f40609afb36578 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Copy & Paste photos between albums Is there a way to copy an entire photo (not just a shortcut to the photo) from your camera role to another photo album? Now that we can edit photots on the iPhone I thought it might be useful to make a copy of a photo before messing with it.
After selecting a photo and hitting "copy", there doesn't appear to be a way to paste it into another album. Selecting the "add to" option, and adding it to another album does appear to work; however, editing the photo in one album affects both the original photo, and the "copy" of it.
Is there any way to make a copy of the actual photo, and paste it in another album?
A: As you are asking for any way:
*
*select photo you wish to duplicate
*Press "Share" and "Email Photo"
*Send email to yourself using actual size of picture
*Once email is back select picture and save to Photo Roll
PS: I tried to just cancel the email first and keeping a copy in Drafts. But it seems you can't select a picture out of a mail in the Drafts folder.
| Q: Copy & Paste photos between albums Is there a way to copy an entire photo (not just a shortcut to the photo) from your camera role to another photo album? Now that we can edit photots on the iPhone I thought it might be useful to make a copy of a photo before messing with it.
After selecting a photo and hitting "copy", there doesn't appear to be a way to paste it into another album. Selecting the "add to" option, and adding it to another album does appear to work; however, editing the photo in one album affects both the original photo, and the "copy" of it.
Is there any way to make a copy of the actual photo, and paste it in another album?
A: As you are asking for any way:
*
*select photo you wish to duplicate
*Press "Share" and "Email Photo"
*Send email to yourself using actual size of picture
*Once email is back select picture and save to Photo Roll
PS: I tried to just cancel the email first and keeping a copy in Drafts. But it seems you can't select a picture out of a mail in the Drafts folder.
A: I'm not particularly fond of this answer but it does work... you can purchase the Pastebot application (all their apps are fantastic) and copy the image in the native Photo app. Next open Pastebot and you should see your image pop into the display. Select the image preview which will open the full image. At the bottom, click save image and you'll now have two copies of the image.
Just had the same issue as you and this was the workaround I used (I had already purchased Pastebot).
A: I've been trying to find answers to the same question and I guess I will settle for the email workaround. A screenshot won't work since I want to save a full-resolution copy. I do like that edits are reversible, but sometimes I'd like to save, in my camera roll, both the original and the edited version.
A: This works for copy and Paste. BUT THIS WILL STILL EDIT ALL VERSIONS.
But before you do any of this make sure there is at least one image already in the copy to Album. If the Album is empty you will never see the paste contextual menu.
1, Go to an Album. Press the Select button and select the image.
2,Press the share button.
3, choose the 'Copy' button.
4, Go to you other Album.
5, hold your thing down on the Album page until the Paste contextual menu appears.
6, Now paste the image.
The interesting thing is if you have iPhoto you can use the Share button and open in another app. This includes Camera Roll. Which then adds a real copy to the Camera Roll.
A: Screen shot the picture.......
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19c097f34334f75d21027f03d70c947652c7159e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I retain volume settings upon plugging in different speakers/headphones? On the rare occasion that I would like to plug in some headphones to my Mac Mini, rather than speakers, I often turn down the volume before plugging them in, because the first "blip" is rather loud, and probably isn't good for my headphones. However, upon plugging them in, the volume will revert to 100%, and I often get an unpleasant pain in the ear because of it. Is there any way to make the volume stay where it was before?
A: As far as I can tell, the Mac maintains two volume settings: one with headphones connected and another without headphones connected. If the volume is turned down with headphones connected, it should save that setting the next time headphones are connected.
That said, if your concern is that the "blip" is too loud, it can be disabled in System Preferences; under Sound » Sound Effects, deselect Play feedback when volume is changed.
| Q: How can I retain volume settings upon plugging in different speakers/headphones? On the rare occasion that I would like to plug in some headphones to my Mac Mini, rather than speakers, I often turn down the volume before plugging them in, because the first "blip" is rather loud, and probably isn't good for my headphones. However, upon plugging them in, the volume will revert to 100%, and I often get an unpleasant pain in the ear because of it. Is there any way to make the volume stay where it was before?
A: As far as I can tell, the Mac maintains two volume settings: one with headphones connected and another without headphones connected. If the volume is turned down with headphones connected, it should save that setting the next time headphones are connected.
That said, if your concern is that the "blip" is too loud, it can be disabled in System Preferences; under Sound » Sound Effects, deselect Play feedback when volume is changed.
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1f6296b3ba59573dd067aa161d3d54d76537bd2d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I install Octave with curl support via homebrew? I've installed octave with homebrew (via brew install octave), and it seems to work fine, including gnuplot support. However, it looks like it's missing curl support. I'm getting the message "error: urlread: curl: No error" when trying to execute str = urlread(url, 'post', params).
I've tried making homebrew install curl by adding depends_on 'curl' to the octave formula and setting the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment variables to point to homebrew curl, but that didn't seem to change anything.
A: I had a similar problem a while back that was caused by having my proxies set up funny. I ended up disabling them to get it to install.
Also, are you sure curl is installed correctly? You could try installing it manually as well: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/install.html
| Q: How can I install Octave with curl support via homebrew? I've installed octave with homebrew (via brew install octave), and it seems to work fine, including gnuplot support. However, it looks like it's missing curl support. I'm getting the message "error: urlread: curl: No error" when trying to execute str = urlread(url, 'post', params).
I've tried making homebrew install curl by adding depends_on 'curl' to the octave formula and setting the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment variables to point to homebrew curl, but that didn't seem to change anything.
A: I had a similar problem a while back that was caused by having my proxies set up funny. I ended up disabling them to get it to install.
Also, are you sure curl is installed correctly? You could try installing it manually as well: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/install.html
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3bf7ea6d3f738ffee1a6f7477ac254ab45d1e774 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adding music to an iphone from multiple computers My iPhone is currently managed on my macbook, where I've added my music library from iTunes onto the phone. However, I want to also be able to add music from my PC to the iPhone, without erasing the rest of my music. Whenever I try to do this, it threatens to delete the rest of my library.
How do I add music from multiple computers?
A: It seems that iTunes Home Sharing would fit the bill for what you're trying to do. Here's the link for the basic requirements. I've done this before myself to consolidate my music library from several different machines. Since you own both machines, you should have no problem sharing your library from your PC to your Mac, and then just syncing from your Mac. However, both machines are required to be using the same local network.
| Q: Adding music to an iphone from multiple computers My iPhone is currently managed on my macbook, where I've added my music library from iTunes onto the phone. However, I want to also be able to add music from my PC to the iPhone, without erasing the rest of my music. Whenever I try to do this, it threatens to delete the rest of my library.
How do I add music from multiple computers?
A: It seems that iTunes Home Sharing would fit the bill for what you're trying to do. Here's the link for the basic requirements. I've done this before myself to consolidate my music library from several different machines. Since you own both machines, you should have no problem sharing your library from your PC to your Mac, and then just syncing from your Mac. However, both machines are required to be using the same local network.
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8b19a269ee4a2e69c8e645ea07b77d2e434ed309 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard shortcut to sleep a Mac I am looking for a quick way to sleep without closing the lid, or using the mouse.
If it matters, I have Lion version OS and a MacBook Air.
A: Press the power button, then S.
As described in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3273071?start=0&tstart=0
The power button displays the Sleep/Restart/Shutdown dialog. If you then press S the Mac will sleep.
| Q: Keyboard shortcut to sleep a Mac I am looking for a quick way to sleep without closing the lid, or using the mouse.
If it matters, I have Lion version OS and a MacBook Air.
A: Press the power button, then S.
As described in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3273071?start=0&tstart=0
The power button displays the Sleep/Restart/Shutdown dialog. If you then press S the Mac will sleep.
A: Keyboard shortcut is Option+Cmd+Eject (the Eject key is at your keyboard upper right corner).
A: Keyboard Shortcut
Sleep Mac while it is running
A: I was totally happy using Karabiner but:
Karabiner does not work on macOS Sierra at the moment.
I got bored of waiting so I solved by myself.
What I need?
I need a command line to sleep mac, and this is pretty easy:
pmset sleepnow
Who can I run the script? This is more boring, but not complicated:
*
*open automator and create a new service
*
*select 'run shell script' and write the above command
*
*save with name "sleepService" and your are in!
Now the easy part: open System Preferences->Keyboard and type your custom shortcut!
A: If others do have a keyboard with an eject key, you can just press Command ⌘+Option ⌥+Eject ⏏.
Other shortcuts:
Control ^+Shift ⇧+Eject ⏏ - Put displays to sleep
Command ⌘+Control ^+Eject ⏏ - Restart
Command ⌘+Control ^+Option ⌥+Eject ⏏ - Shut down
If others like the OP have a MacBook Air or a MacBook Pro with a power key in place of an eject key, substituting the power key for eject should work in Mountain Lion and later versions of OS X, but not in Lion.
Since Mavericks, another option is to just press the power button or power key. It now puts a Mac to sleep instead of showing a dialog with different options.
If you don't have a keyboard with an eject or power key, you can use a private.xml like this with KeyRemap4MacBook:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>test</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::S, VK_CONTROL, VK_OPTION, VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_CONSUMERKEY_EJECT, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Or create a workflow like this in Alfred:
A: You can assign any unused key combination (like fn⌘⌥F12) using System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts » Application Shortcuts
Click the + button, then under Application, leave All Applications, under Menu Title enter Sleep, and under Keyboard Shortcut, press fn⌘⌥F12.
Note: For the step "under Menu Title enter Sleep", the Sleep is according to your language. For example, under Traditional Chinese, you should enter 睡眠.
Another option, if you're more Terminal-inclined:
*
*⌘space
*Type Terminal
*push Enter
*Type sudo shutdown -s now
A: Press the power button. Assuming you haven't reconfigured its behaviour, it should pop up a dialog with options to Sleep, Restart, or Shutdown the laptop. The "Reopen windows when logging back in" checkbox has keyboard focus by default; hitting the Tab key twice will put focus on the Sleep button - hitting the Space bar will then put the MacBook Air to sleep.
(Note that hitting Return will activate the dialog's default action - namely, to shut the computer down.)
Not as quick as a single keyboard shortcut, but faster than the mouse and without closing the lid. :)
A: For everyone without a mac keyboard, I advice you to install Karabiner.
Once opened, you can go under "Change Key" tab and search for sleep:
With this option checked, now you can:
*
*prompt restart/sleep/shutdown dialog: CtrlAltDel
*force immediately sleep: ShiftCtrlAltDel
A: Add below to karabiner complex modifications. You may adjust the shortcuts as you wish. They map to the original mac shortcuts for sleep screen and sleep computer.
Currently it is ctrl + option + command + button prior to 1 on keyboard (grave_accent_and_tilde)
Other is ctrl + option ... you know the rest.
{
"description": "momomo.com.karabiner.sleep.screen.and.sleep.computer.shortcuts",
"manipulators": [
{
"type": "basic",
"from": {
"key_code": "grave_accent_and_tilde",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"left_control",
"left_option",
"left_command"
]
}
},
"to": {
"consumer_key_code": "eject",
"modifiers": [
"left_command",
"left_option"
]
}
},
{
"type": "basic",
"from": {
"key_code": "grave_accent_and_tilde",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"left_control",
"left_option"
]
}
},
"to": {
"consumer_key_code": "eject",
"modifiers": [
"left_control",
"left_shift"
]
}
}
]
},
A: Using Karabiner (previously named KeyRemap4MacBook), you can remap your F19 key (or any other F key for that matter) to make the computer sleep using the following private.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>F19 to Sleep</name>
<identifier>Sleep</identifier>
<autogen>
__KeyToKey__
KeyCode::F19,
KeyCode::VK_CONSUMERKEY_EJECT, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L
</autogen>
</item>
</root>
To use a different F key, simply change all occurrences of F19 to something else.
F19 works best for me since it's at the top right edge of the full-size wired Apple keyboard, making it hard to hit it by mistake and easy to find in the dark.
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71eb3fbcce0d3abac0f0c5864d30a0b0ef05e69b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there disadvantages to using different Apple IDs for iCloud and Store purchases? Apple provides instructions for configuring one Apple ID for iCloud and a different Apple ID for Store purchases. But this is clearly not the "recommended" approach.
Is there a reason to avoid doing this? Are there disadvantages, such as lost integration, or omitted features that result from using different IDs for iCloud and Store purchases?
A: As of right now, there are no disadvantages. In fact, my fiancée and I do this right now. We share an AppleID for store purchases and set up Home Sharing so that our iPads and MacBooks can share apps, but we have separate iClouds on our machines and everything works fine.
| Q: Are there disadvantages to using different Apple IDs for iCloud and Store purchases? Apple provides instructions for configuring one Apple ID for iCloud and a different Apple ID for Store purchases. But this is clearly not the "recommended" approach.
Is there a reason to avoid doing this? Are there disadvantages, such as lost integration, or omitted features that result from using different IDs for iCloud and Store purchases?
A: As of right now, there are no disadvantages. In fact, my fiancée and I do this right now. We share an AppleID for store purchases and set up Home Sharing so that our iPads and MacBooks can share apps, but we have separate iClouds on our machines and everything works fine.
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fcc48ef9655cc3621f9e9f9d2678b2850163ebdf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Built-in WebDAV client able to connect via HTTPS with client certificate? Using Mac OS 10.6.8, I'm trying to connect via HTTPS to a WebDAV server that requires client certificates. Without luck so far. The certificate is stored in the keychain.
Is this possible with the built-in WebDAV client?
Are there alternatives that integrate somewhat smoothly?
A: This question on the apple discussion board suggests that it is not possible through Finder, but works in Firefox.
| Q: Built-in WebDAV client able to connect via HTTPS with client certificate? Using Mac OS 10.6.8, I'm trying to connect via HTTPS to a WebDAV server that requires client certificates. Without luck so far. The certificate is stored in the keychain.
Is this possible with the built-in WebDAV client?
Are there alternatives that integrate somewhat smoothly?
A: This question on the apple discussion board suggests that it is not possible through Finder, but works in Firefox.
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f329c74e6d86833df02acaa806234614dd149b28 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to share reminders? I really like the reminders feature in iOS 5, especially the geo-tripping reminders that will alert you when you are at, or leave, specific locations.
I was disappointed, however, that you could not have 'shared reminders list'. For instance a shopping list that my wife and I could both use and contribute to that would alert us whenever we are at the grocery store.
Is there any method or workaround to accomplish this? OR is there an application that does this geo-tripping + the ability to share across multiple users?
A: Since Brant Bobby posted his answer (which was great) the iCloud.com site has changed and you can no longer create shared Reminders lists, but this is expected to return in OS X 10.8.2 & iOS 6.
It looks like as of 2012-10-15 the ability to share Reminders has been added back to the iCloud web app.
| Q: Is it possible to share reminders? I really like the reminders feature in iOS 5, especially the geo-tripping reminders that will alert you when you are at, or leave, specific locations.
I was disappointed, however, that you could not have 'shared reminders list'. For instance a shopping list that my wife and I could both use and contribute to that would alert us whenever we are at the grocery store.
Is there any method or workaround to accomplish this? OR is there an application that does this geo-tripping + the ability to share across multiple users?
A: Since Brant Bobby posted his answer (which was great) the iCloud.com site has changed and you can no longer create shared Reminders lists, but this is expected to return in OS X 10.8.2 & iOS 6.
It looks like as of 2012-10-15 the ability to share Reminders has been added back to the iCloud web app.
A: Actually, you can share a reminders list, as long as the person you want to share with has their own iCloud account. You can share one of your reminders lists either from iCloud.com or from the Reminders app in Mountain Lion.
Either way, the process is the same: Hover over the name of a list for a second, and a small icon will appear. Click on it, then type in the name or e-mail address of the person you want to share the list with.
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db86bc3db440703005a988a6813ace4f7383af69 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Map gestures to mouse buttons I do like the mac mouse. touch sensitivity is nice. But the precision and number of buttons on my gaming mouse is much better. It seems to work on the mac just fine, but only left/right click and scroll works.
Is there a way to map swipe gestures to different buttons on the mouse? For exampe if have a main button on either side of the mouse, that when on my pc work as back/forward in a browser. I also have a button mapped to a script that brings up a code editor. Windows+Left/Right go to the previous/next workspace (I primarily use linux actually). So I would like to be able to do similar things on the mac, but a gogole search only brought up mapping gestures to keyboard commands, not the mouse.
A: BetterTouchTool (free)
I don't have a multi-button mouse to test with, but it should support mapping gestures to arbitrary buttons.
| Q: Map gestures to mouse buttons I do like the mac mouse. touch sensitivity is nice. But the precision and number of buttons on my gaming mouse is much better. It seems to work on the mac just fine, but only left/right click and scroll works.
Is there a way to map swipe gestures to different buttons on the mouse? For exampe if have a main button on either side of the mouse, that when on my pc work as back/forward in a browser. I also have a button mapped to a script that brings up a code editor. Windows+Left/Right go to the previous/next workspace (I primarily use linux actually). So I would like to be able to do similar things on the mac, but a gogole search only brought up mapping gestures to keyboard commands, not the mouse.
A: BetterTouchTool (free)
I don't have a multi-button mouse to test with, but it should support mapping gestures to arbitrary buttons.
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7e85825f2854072296bedb25706cc1151ffb6d13 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I delete contact relationships in Siri? Today something really stupid happened to me. To show the new iPhone I gave it to a friend at work. He activated Siri and said:
"Call my father"
Siri said : "Who is your father?"
My friend said his name and since he was in the address book contacts the phone called his number. Now every time I say "Call my father" my friends number is called. How can I delete this "relationship" and where is it stored?
A: Tell Siri "My father is XYZ" and let it make the change for you.
| Q: How can I delete contact relationships in Siri? Today something really stupid happened to me. To show the new iPhone I gave it to a friend at work. He activated Siri and said:
"Call my father"
Siri said : "Who is your father?"
My friend said his name and since he was in the address book contacts the phone called his number. Now every time I say "Call my father" my friends number is called. How can I delete this "relationship" and where is it stored?
A: Tell Siri "My father is XYZ" and let it make the change for you.
A: According to this Apple discussion forum, the way to modify the contact is:
*
*Go to Settings->General->Siri
*Tap 'My Info'
*Change the wrong profile to the correct contact
Alternately, you can also follow the instructions from this post:
Set up a contact for yourself and edit it to add a field
"relationship" or something like that. Then you can add mother,
brother, etc. Next time you tell siri to "send text to your mom it
will know.
Other useful Siri tips can be found here.
A: *
*Make sure your "My Info" setting in Siri is correctly set to your contact.
*Find your own contact info and click Edit.
*scroll down till you see the "father" field.
*Click the red delete button next to the father field or change it your fathers contact.
(evidently i'm not cool enough for images yet, sorry)
A: Go to your own name in you 'contacts' and your Siri created relationships are all there. You can edit left-swipe them to delete. Then you can give Siri the correct info
A: Ask Siri how do you know my name? He will tell you with your profile. Click on it and choose edit and then delete the wrong information you gave him.
Very easy...
A: Find your name in your contacts, then scroll down. You will see a list of family and names that describes the relationship, there you can edit and delete.
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99ae114c146e518dc242cc5fc50f8f443cf8f6ad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to keep your app icons sorted by name in LaunchPad? It seems that LaunchPad is not remembering the position of my app icons. I manually sorted them by name, but every now and then it will shuffle them.
I have not yet identified the pattern that resets the icons (my best guess is that it is after every restart). I have also not identified the pattern on which it resets the icons themselves, but it seems to leave Apple's own apps grouped together, followed by my Mac App Store purchases at the bottom.
Is anybody else experiencing this behavior and is there a way to keep all icons sorted by name? Thanks.
A: This is a known bug and has been filed with Apple. All we can do is wait on a fix.
The database gets corrupted when a new entry is added and moved.
The only current workaround is to delete the database and start over, but bear in mind that once a new item is added and moved to a different position, the corruption will occur again.
The database is located in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock
| Q: Is there a way to keep your app icons sorted by name in LaunchPad? It seems that LaunchPad is not remembering the position of my app icons. I manually sorted them by name, but every now and then it will shuffle them.
I have not yet identified the pattern that resets the icons (my best guess is that it is after every restart). I have also not identified the pattern on which it resets the icons themselves, but it seems to leave Apple's own apps grouped together, followed by my Mac App Store purchases at the bottom.
Is anybody else experiencing this behavior and is there a way to keep all icons sorted by name? Thanks.
A: This is a known bug and has been filed with Apple. All we can do is wait on a fix.
The database gets corrupted when a new entry is added and moved.
The only current workaround is to delete the database and start over, but bear in mind that once a new item is added and moved to a different position, the corruption will occur again.
The database is located in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock
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36998dbd472cd1749c06ec113b3a8162ee90e74b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which iOS and Lion third-party apps support "Documents in the Cloud"? Which apps in iOS and Lion support the "Documents in the Cloud" feature from iCloud? I know that Apple's own iWork apps support this. But other than Apple's own apps, which third-party apps implement this?
It would be helpful to know the name of the app as well as how it uses "Documents in the Cloud". For instance:
*
*Pages, it allows you to save your documents
*Instacast, keep last listened to position in podcasts in sync.
One app per answer, please, to keep the results focused. Please check before you answer, duplicate answers will be deleted.
A: *
*I use SigleText (website | App Store link | MAS link) to share notes between my iPhone and my Mac; it uses iCloud storage.
*As far as I know, iTunes Movie Trailer app and Doodle Jump app use iCloud storage to sync your settings between iOS devices.
*Worth to mention: Instacast. The last version sync your podcasts (played status, favorites, resume playing location) thanks to iCloud. The developer said is going to launch an iPad version, so this feature should be very handy in the future.
| Q: Which iOS and Lion third-party apps support "Documents in the Cloud"? Which apps in iOS and Lion support the "Documents in the Cloud" feature from iCloud? I know that Apple's own iWork apps support this. But other than Apple's own apps, which third-party apps implement this?
It would be helpful to know the name of the app as well as how it uses "Documents in the Cloud". For instance:
*
*Pages, it allows you to save your documents
*Instacast, keep last listened to position in podcasts in sync.
One app per answer, please, to keep the results focused. Please check before you answer, duplicate answers will be deleted.
A: *
*I use SigleText (website | App Store link | MAS link) to share notes between my iPhone and my Mac; it uses iCloud storage.
*As far as I know, iTunes Movie Trailer app and Doodle Jump app use iCloud storage to sync your settings between iOS devices.
*Worth to mention: Instacast. The last version sync your podcasts (played status, favorites, resume playing location) thanks to iCloud. The developer said is going to launch an iPad version, so this feature should be very handy in the future.
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6c768fec7df17e32e7c463b3e555d52a9afff0bc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which applications should be in the Utilities folder? A while ago I wanted to make things more convenient so I organized the my Mac applications in folders. Little did I know, it prevented Software Updates to detect needed updates.
Now, I've been trying to revert things the way they were. For most Apple application, thats easy, just put it at the root Application folder. However there is the "Utilities" folder, that I played with a bit.
Which application should and should NOT be in this folder?
A: Applications
*
*Address Book
*App Store
*Automator
*Calculator
*Chess
*Dashboard
*Dictionary
*DVD Player
*FaceTime
*Font Book
*iCal
*iChat
*Image Capture
*iTunes
*Launchpad
*Mail
*Mission Control
*Photo Booth
*Preview
*QuickTime Player
*Safari
*Stickies
*System Preferences
*TextEdit
*Time Machine
Utilities
*
*Activity Monitor
*AirPort Utility
*AppleScript Editor
*Audio MIDI Setup
*Bluetooth File Exchange
*Boot Camp Assistant
*ColorSync Utility
*Console
*DigitalColor Meter
*Disk Utility
*Grab
*Grapher
*Java Preferences
*Keychain Access
*Migration Assistant
*Network Link Conditioner
*Network Utility
*Podcast Capture
*Podcast Publisher
*RAID Utility
*Services Manager
*System Information
*Terminal
*VoiceOver Utility
*X11
| Q: Which applications should be in the Utilities folder? A while ago I wanted to make things more convenient so I organized the my Mac applications in folders. Little did I know, it prevented Software Updates to detect needed updates.
Now, I've been trying to revert things the way they were. For most Apple application, thats easy, just put it at the root Application folder. However there is the "Utilities" folder, that I played with a bit.
Which application should and should NOT be in this folder?
A: Applications
*
*Address Book
*App Store
*Automator
*Calculator
*Chess
*Dashboard
*Dictionary
*DVD Player
*FaceTime
*Font Book
*iCal
*iChat
*Image Capture
*iTunes
*Launchpad
*Mail
*Mission Control
*Photo Booth
*Preview
*QuickTime Player
*Safari
*Stickies
*System Preferences
*TextEdit
*Time Machine
Utilities
*
*Activity Monitor
*AirPort Utility
*AppleScript Editor
*Audio MIDI Setup
*Bluetooth File Exchange
*Boot Camp Assistant
*ColorSync Utility
*Console
*DigitalColor Meter
*Disk Utility
*Grab
*Grapher
*Java Preferences
*Keychain Access
*Migration Assistant
*Network Link Conditioner
*Network Utility
*Podcast Capture
*Podcast Publisher
*RAID Utility
*Services Manager
*System Information
*Terminal
*VoiceOver Utility
*X11
A: On my system, these ones from your screenshot are in Applications, not Utilities:
*
*iSync
*Microsoft Silverlight
*System Preferences
*Time Machine
A: In the picture of your utilites folder Time Machine, iSync and System Preferences are the three OS applications that you moved from your Mac's applications folder.
This is important for the newest versions of the Mac OS.
Earlier versions of the OS also install updates. Once installed, AFAIK you can try to move OS applications to the utility folder. If you do this, try running each application to ensure that it runs properly. All changes affect all users on a Mac.
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6ab84eb9d8e078c5fb975c2da22140201f20ed4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Move windows around a desktop -- and to different desktops -- using only the keyboard? Here's what I'm trying to accomplish using only a keyboard:
*
*Move a window to different areas/corners of a desktop
*Move a window to different desktops
*Set/unset a window as shown/sticky on all desktops
Yes, I know #3 could solve #2 by stickying a window, pressing ctrl+⌘+←/→, then unstickying it, which would be acceptable, but i'm hoping for something a little more elegant :)
NB, if 1..3 can be solved in AppleScript, that would be great because Spark has been invaluable to tie an AppleScript to a global keyboard shortcut. However I don't think AppleScript can do this type of window location manipulation and a native Cocoa app may be required.
I really want to return to my keyboard-only nirvana but in my adoptive platform and shed Ubuntu Desktop.
A: Moving windows to another space:
*
*SizeUp (still works for me in 10.8)
*Spacey (stopped working in 10.7)
Moving windows to another display:
*
*BetterSnapTool
*BetterTouchTool
*Flexiglass
*Moom
*Optimal Layout
*SizeUp
*Spectacle
*Window Mover
| Q: Move windows around a desktop -- and to different desktops -- using only the keyboard? Here's what I'm trying to accomplish using only a keyboard:
*
*Move a window to different areas/corners of a desktop
*Move a window to different desktops
*Set/unset a window as shown/sticky on all desktops
Yes, I know #3 could solve #2 by stickying a window, pressing ctrl+⌘+←/→, then unstickying it, which would be acceptable, but i'm hoping for something a little more elegant :)
NB, if 1..3 can be solved in AppleScript, that would be great because Spark has been invaluable to tie an AppleScript to a global keyboard shortcut. However I don't think AppleScript can do this type of window location manipulation and a native Cocoa app may be required.
I really want to return to my keyboard-only nirvana but in my adoptive platform and shed Ubuntu Desktop.
A: Moving windows to another space:
*
*SizeUp (still works for me in 10.8)
*Spacey (stopped working in 10.7)
Moving windows to another display:
*
*BetterSnapTool
*BetterTouchTool
*Flexiglass
*Moom
*Optimal Layout
*SizeUp
*Spectacle
*Window Mover
A: There are many, many different sharewares out there that let you move windows around using shortcuts. Just look for window manager in the Mac App Store. I would recommend BetterTouchTool. It's a freeware that let's you customize just about anything. For example here is the shortcuts I have created for myself :
http://blog.boastr.net/
A: I'm still on Mountain Lion, so can't vouch for Mavericks. However...
ShiftIt is also worth a mention. Keyboard only, but works great for me for corners, fullscreen and next screen functionality.
For configurable transparency and stickiness I use Afloat (source on GitHub)
A: Moom is pretty awesome and will allow you to do #1 and #2.
https://manytricks.com/moom/
A: If you hold down the green fullscreen button, it gives you the option to split/share the screen with a second window
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c086aa82252442478e449dc02319732971b7d490 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are the LaunchPad icons bigger/magnified in Mac OS 10.7.2? Just upgraded to 10.7.2 and found out that the Launchpad icons had become much bigger / magnified.
Is this a normal thing or is there something wrong with my installation?
A: *
*Yes, they are bigger.
*No, the size is hardcoded in the actual application.
| Q: Are the LaunchPad icons bigger/magnified in Mac OS 10.7.2? Just upgraded to 10.7.2 and found out that the Launchpad icons had become much bigger / magnified.
Is this a normal thing or is there something wrong with my installation?
A: *
*Yes, they are bigger.
*No, the size is hardcoded in the actual application.
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e81c06d8fd716814dd0d504f3fa3d35113380082 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my iMac reboot every day at the same time? Every evening around 10:30, my iMac just stops and restarts. It's not a power outage because another iMac next to it (same plug) is not affected.
I'm thinking maybe a service that's set to run at that time, but I don't see it just shutting down the computer with no warning ..
A: This is a shot in the dark but worth checking, since it is so specific time wise, have you maybe by accident set up an automatic restart under the Energy Saver?
*
*Open Preferences
*Open Engery Saver
*Click on Schedule
| Q: Why does my iMac reboot every day at the same time? Every evening around 10:30, my iMac just stops and restarts. It's not a power outage because another iMac next to it (same plug) is not affected.
I'm thinking maybe a service that's set to run at that time, but I don't see it just shutting down the computer with no warning ..
A: This is a shot in the dark but worth checking, since it is so specific time wise, have you maybe by accident set up an automatic restart under the Energy Saver?
*
*Open Preferences
*Open Engery Saver
*Click on Schedule
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b19b14bfe63ce371ca1d54a8a3301130e9906b7a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is Siri is new for every device with iOS 5, or just for the iPhone 4S? I have iOS 5 on my iPod Touch 4, and I can't find Siri on it. Does it have Siri?
A: Siri is only available on the iPhone 4S and only fully supported within the United States at the moment.
Unfortunately the page here on Siri does not make that extremely clear, apart from only mentioning the iPhone 4S. I can't find an official source on the Apple site other then that page that specifically says Siri is only available on the 4S.
Siri supports various languages, however some functionality, like local business searches, will only work in the United States at the moment.
| Q: Is Siri is new for every device with iOS 5, or just for the iPhone 4S? I have iOS 5 on my iPod Touch 4, and I can't find Siri on it. Does it have Siri?
A: Siri is only available on the iPhone 4S and only fully supported within the United States at the moment.
Unfortunately the page here on Siri does not make that extremely clear, apart from only mentioning the iPhone 4S. I can't find an official source on the Apple site other then that page that specifically says Siri is only available on the 4S.
Siri supports various languages, however some functionality, like local business searches, will only work in the United States at the moment.
A: There was something the other day that said the software will technically run on the iphone 4 (with IOS 5), but the functionality requires access to Apple's servers...which you can currently only get with the 4S.
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fdec269071172f0b67baa64bc1071634d131563d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I login to icloud.com from my iPhone? I was reading the following answer which tells you how to enable shared Reminder lists:
Is it possible to share reminders?
However, at the moment, the only way I can get to icloud.com is from my iPhone (site is blocked at my work).
When you go to icloud.com from your iPhone it doesn't let you login and see the actual site features, it only links to information on how to setup iCloud (and Find my iPhone / Find my friends)
Any ideas how to get full icloud.com functionality from the iPhone?
A: This is not possible, nor was it possible with Mobile Me. Particularly irritating when a number of people share an iPad and don't want to enable full email for each other for example. I'm afraid there is no way around it, unless perhaps you can download a different browser from the App Store that will enable you to change your user agent string to trick the website into thinking you are using Firefox or something that isn't mobile safari.
| Q: How can I login to icloud.com from my iPhone? I was reading the following answer which tells you how to enable shared Reminder lists:
Is it possible to share reminders?
However, at the moment, the only way I can get to icloud.com is from my iPhone (site is blocked at my work).
When you go to icloud.com from your iPhone it doesn't let you login and see the actual site features, it only links to information on how to setup iCloud (and Find my iPhone / Find my friends)
Any ideas how to get full icloud.com functionality from the iPhone?
A: This is not possible, nor was it possible with Mobile Me. Particularly irritating when a number of people share an iPad and don't want to enable full email for each other for example. I'm afraid there is no way around it, unless perhaps you can download a different browser from the App Store that will enable you to change your user agent string to trick the website into thinking you are using Firefox or something that isn't mobile safari.
A: The Way To Access iCloud Info is through your phone apps. Contacts for your adressbook in groups iCloud Will be an automatically created one. Same with calendars, pages, numbers , etc. So basically you need to take your wallet out to buy Apple's apps.. I heard that iWork (which contains pages, numbers and keynote presentations) eventually will become a paid service...
Works well though, for phone apps.
Not all functions are available though has on desktop.
And like mentioned above, browsers where you can choose how the present yourself to the server. Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, etc.
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b5ba472bc16ce11bae98850a44c440da2cc1b8b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Developing with Eclipse, Visual Studio .NET and Xcode - 13“ or 15” Macbook Pro? (Or AIR?) I have some Xcode (iPhone/iPad) development on the horizon and will also be doing a bit of Eclipse (Java) and .NET development in between. Since I'll be running a VM for the Windows stuff, I think a Macbook Pro is the way to go.
What I am wondering is, does the 13" Pro have enough screen real estate to make development at least a little enjoyable? I looked at the AIR and whilst it has better resolution than the 13" Pro, it of course lacks in terms of RAM etc. As a consultant I will probably be carrying this thing around quite a lot, so would rather not go with the 15".
I will be adding the SSD option to the Pro.
Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks.
A: In case anyone is reading this now, the 13" Retina screens can be put into a higher-resolution scaled mode 1680 x 1050 mode which is still readable. It's the same as the Macbook Pro 17" I used to use, just in a smaller space.
This is ample width for using XCode or other IDEs
| Q: Developing with Eclipse, Visual Studio .NET and Xcode - 13“ or 15” Macbook Pro? (Or AIR?) I have some Xcode (iPhone/iPad) development on the horizon and will also be doing a bit of Eclipse (Java) and .NET development in between. Since I'll be running a VM for the Windows stuff, I think a Macbook Pro is the way to go.
What I am wondering is, does the 13" Pro have enough screen real estate to make development at least a little enjoyable? I looked at the AIR and whilst it has better resolution than the 13" Pro, it of course lacks in terms of RAM etc. As a consultant I will probably be carrying this thing around quite a lot, so would rather not go with the 15".
I will be adding the SSD option to the Pro.
Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks.
A: In case anyone is reading this now, the 13" Retina screens can be put into a higher-resolution scaled mode 1680 x 1050 mode which is still readable. It's the same as the Macbook Pro 17" I used to use, just in a smaller space.
This is ample width for using XCode or other IDEs
A: I have a 15" MacBook Pro, and I find that I have plenty of screen space for development - most of the time.
Typically, I have one source file open for editing, and part of another document visible for reference. With this setup, I could easily work on a 13" model. The problems occur when I want to have two documents side-by-side at full size. Here's a screenshot of how this looks with Xcode running full-screen:
The two documents aren't wide enough, so I have to scroll more frequently. In order to get the documents to a comfortable width, I have to hide one of the sidebars. On a 13" screen, you would probably have to hide both. If you use two full-size documents frequently, this could be a problem.
Another case to consider is editing non-text files, such as XIBs and Core Data models. The editors for both of these add another sidebar, and the Utilities sidebar (on the right) is much more important for these modes. When working with XIBs, I can fit a single window in the editor pretty well with all sidebars and no assistant editor. On a 13" screen, I would probably hide the navigation (left) sidebar.
In conclusion, the 13" MacBook Pro will have enough space to work with, except when you need two documents at full size. You may have to hide a sidebar occasionally, but the navigation sidebar usually isn't necessary.
A: There will not be enough space for the actual text editing panel of Xcode. You will need to compensate by hiding sidebars like the different inspectors. Having said that, it is not the end of the world, especially as I begin to learn the different keyboard shortcuts that will show and hide IDE elements (which I haven't yet).
To illustrate what I mean I'll say that when I switch over to my virtual machine to work on .NET development with Visual Studio, I feel right at home. The key is knowing your IDE well. In particular, the keyboard shortcuts to hide and show the helper panels in order to create more text editing space.
In other words, I believe that working with Eclipse and Xcode will eventually become as enjoyable for me as Visual Studio once I become more familiar with each IDE, and that is besides the fact that I am working on a 13-inch screen. Hope this helps.
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3712a09a87c1cce7ac1a85f9d8cdd330f8e2a876 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does my iPod touch knows my location (if it doesn't have a GPS)? If there's no GPS in the iPod, how can it know (with such a good precision) my location?
A: GPS uses satellites to triangulate your position with great accuracy, however there are other ways to get a fix provided you can triangulate via other means. Apple uses a database of WIFI networks with known locations to help ascertain your location in some instances (i.e. if you can see WIFI networks A B and E, then you must be approximately located at Z for example). Also, using cellular information you can do a similar thing by noting which cells you are able to see and the relative signal strengths you are receiving from them.
EDIT: Also, it is possible with a lesser degree of accuracy to estimate your location just by using your IP address. This can be tracked down to a certain extent and while likely not sufficient to be accurate by itself, when you combine this with all the other methods above you can start to get a picture with more accuracy.
| Q: How does my iPod touch knows my location (if it doesn't have a GPS)? If there's no GPS in the iPod, how can it know (with such a good precision) my location?
A: GPS uses satellites to triangulate your position with great accuracy, however there are other ways to get a fix provided you can triangulate via other means. Apple uses a database of WIFI networks with known locations to help ascertain your location in some instances (i.e. if you can see WIFI networks A B and E, then you must be approximately located at Z for example). Also, using cellular information you can do a similar thing by noting which cells you are able to see and the relative signal strengths you are receiving from them.
EDIT: Also, it is possible with a lesser degree of accuracy to estimate your location just by using your IP address. This can be tracked down to a certain extent and while likely not sufficient to be accurate by itself, when you combine this with all the other methods above you can start to get a picture with more accuracy.
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