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Q: Disable mounting Internal Macintosh HD at boot My iMac (mid-2010 model, Snow Leopard) has a problem with S.M.A.R.T status: Failing and it has become read-only. Because I didn't want to waste money on the repair, I bought an external HD, so the internal HD is now unnecessary. How can I disable mounting the internal Macintosh HD at boot?
A: This is quite old, but still works perfectly under Lion, I'm using it for several partitions: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060930150059172
Fast path:
*
*find the Macintosh HD volume UUID: while your Macintosh HD partition is mounted, open Terminal.app and type diskutil info /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD, then read the line beginning with Volume UUID
*edit /etc/fstab as root (I personally use vi but any editor will do, the article even mentions pico! If you have TextWrangler installed - you should - with the command line helpers, sudo edit /etc/fstab will work too)
*add a line like this one: UUID=F0E430C1-5558-3BB3-9FA9-6904B663FEEA none hfs rw,no auto of course replacing the uuid with yours.
| Q: Disable mounting Internal Macintosh HD at boot My iMac (mid-2010 model, Snow Leopard) has a problem with S.M.A.R.T status: Failing and it has become read-only. Because I didn't want to waste money on the repair, I bought an external HD, so the internal HD is now unnecessary. How can I disable mounting the internal Macintosh HD at boot?
A: This is quite old, but still works perfectly under Lion, I'm using it for several partitions: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060930150059172
Fast path:
*
*find the Macintosh HD volume UUID: while your Macintosh HD partition is mounted, open Terminal.app and type diskutil info /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD, then read the line beginning with Volume UUID
*edit /etc/fstab as root (I personally use vi but any editor will do, the article even mentions pico! If you have TextWrangler installed - you should - with the command line helpers, sudo edit /etc/fstab will work too)
*add a line like this one: UUID=F0E430C1-5558-3BB3-9FA9-6904B663FEEA none hfs rw,no auto of course replacing the uuid with yours.
A: I'm not sure if it works with external drives, but the "normal" way to change your start drive is this:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-change-mac-snow-leopards-startup-disk-prefe.html
A: I know this isn't what you've asked, but why don't you transplant the working external drive (which is no doubt SATA) and replace the faulty internal drive. It should work directly, basically plug and play, ermmm boot.
A: I'd also recommend you try to use my util to auto disable your second drive on booting OS with an opportunity to enable it in one command whenever after. Please check it out: https://github.com/igorleanch/2ndrive
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7a79c511d1a10b37a22262f7419c521254f8ea43 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter and DDC/CI communication I developed a Cocoa based OS X app to set brightness and contrast of a monitor using DDC/CI communication.
The app works perfectly using a Mac Pro attached to a BenQ DDC/CI capable monitor. It works with every connection interface: VGA, DVI and HDMI.
If I attach the same BenQ monitor to a MacBook via Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, the app isn't able to send DDC/CI commands to the monitor...it reports that the monitor isn't DDC/CI capable.
I'm sure it is not an issue related to the app. It detects correctly both of the monitor (the internal and the external one) and I'm sure that I'm sending DDC/CI commands to the external monitor and not to the internal one.
Does Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter support DDC/CI?
| Q: Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter and DDC/CI communication I developed a Cocoa based OS X app to set brightness and contrast of a monitor using DDC/CI communication.
The app works perfectly using a Mac Pro attached to a BenQ DDC/CI capable monitor. It works with every connection interface: VGA, DVI and HDMI.
If I attach the same BenQ monitor to a MacBook via Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, the app isn't able to send DDC/CI commands to the monitor...it reports that the monitor isn't DDC/CI capable.
I'm sure it is not an issue related to the app. It detects correctly both of the monitor (the internal and the external one) and I'm sure that I'm sending DDC/CI commands to the external monitor and not to the internal one.
Does Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter support DDC/CI?
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af28ca7944521f230aaf00e802b46d0f6493bd32 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a good free DWG viewer for Mac OS X? There are new Autodesk products (AutoCAD LT or similar) for Mac OS and iOS, but I couldn't find a simple free DWG viewer for Mac.
A: AutoCAD WS is a free app on the Mac App Store. I've never tried it.
| Q: Is there a good free DWG viewer for Mac OS X? There are new Autodesk products (AutoCAD LT or similar) for Mac OS and iOS, but I couldn't find a simple free DWG viewer for Mac.
A: AutoCAD WS is a free app on the Mac App Store. I've never tried it.
A: A360 Viewer
AutoCAD's A360 Viewer is a browser based tool for viewing DWG files:
A360 Viewer Free online viewer - View designs in more than 50 file formats, including .dwg, right in your browser—no downloads or plug-ins needed.
Edit: 2021-11-26: A360 viewer requires Autodesk subscription to be able to upload and view .dwg files.
LibreCAD
LibreCAD is open source, free, and can read and write DWG files.
A: The free eDrawings Viewer for Mac claims to be able to read and display DWG files. The Microspot DWG Viewer also provides support for DWG files.
I don't have any DWG files to test these two products on at the moment, but they're worth a shot.
A: I did try the eDrawings Viewer for Mac but it doesn't allow do measurements and printing is not great neither.
I finally found viewer which has all what I was looking for - ZWCAD Viewer. Get it from "cnet.com" as I couldn't find it on the ZWSOFT home page.
A: I've found "Fast Cad Reader" on Mac App Store. It is incredibly fast and easy to use. It is only for simple DWG file reading, does not have pro features but I think it is far by the best -just view- app available for mac.
https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/fast-cad-reader/id1484905765?mt=12
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7621bb0c6fe0ecc88e20f959dc78de334457037e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to open a recently closed tab in Safari in iOS? Is there a way to open a recently closed tab in the Safari browser in iOS? I am specifically looking for a solution that works on the iPad.
For reference, here is this question for the Mac.
A: Yes. Hold down on the + icon that you use to open a new tab in the upper right corner of Safari and you'll be presented with a list of recently closed tabs. Pick one to re-open.
As far as I know this is an iOS 5+ feature, iPad only.
| Q: Is there any way to open a recently closed tab in Safari in iOS? Is there a way to open a recently closed tab in the Safari browser in iOS? I am specifically looking for a solution that works on the iPad.
For reference, here is this question for the Mac.
A: Yes. Hold down on the + icon that you use to open a new tab in the upper right corner of Safari and you'll be presented with a list of recently closed tabs. Pick one to re-open.
As far as I know this is an iOS 5+ feature, iPad only.
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9989e328a80b5e755d54139fa0e8642e4a437db7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the insert key on a MacBook Air? I am trying to edit a line of code within a program that I use for work.
I need to use the insert key to be able to add additional spaces that I can then type letters, numbers or characters.
How to get this function to work on my MacBook Air?
A: It depends on the physical keyboard and on the keyboard layout. You can try...
ctrl+fn+M
OR
ctrl+fn+⌫
| Q: Where is the insert key on a MacBook Air? I am trying to edit a line of code within a program that I use for work.
I need to use the insert key to be able to add additional spaces that I can then type letters, numbers or characters.
How to get this function to work on my MacBook Air?
A: It depends on the physical keyboard and on the keyboard layout. You can try...
ctrl+fn+M
OR
ctrl+fn+⌫
A: FN + Return works for me to insert.
A: FN + Return = Insert
(MacBook Air 13)
Also Works on MacBook Pro.
A: I need the insert key in the Midnight Commander (MC) running in Terminal and in Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) when connecting to my Windows PC.
For Midnight Commander the answer is Ctrl+T.
For RDP I did not find better solution than to use a free program on Windows AutoHotkey and map the key to chosen key combination, for instance this macro maps the Insert key to Ctrl+Alt+I :
^!i::
Send {INSERT}
Answer found on Microsoft forum
A: I posted a possible answer to this question in a similar question topic on StackExchange:
How do I simulate the Insert key in Windows on a MacBook Pro?
In it, I'm explaining how to re-map the key combination Fn+Ctrl to Insert using Karabiner.
A: On the latest Macbook Air 13" ctrl+⌫ works.
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cb5fc04c17ee05f9c5e683cc95cc91f0ab0ba7a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remap the "`" key to "Esc" I am using a Mac after five years of Linux. I had remapped "Caps Lock" to "Ctrl" and swapped the "`" with Escape.
I was able to figure out how to convert Caps Lock to a Control, but can't figure out how to do the second. Please suggest a good tool so I don't have to undo many years of muscle memory.
(I use OSX Lion)
A: KeyRemap4MacBook
A preference pane with currently about 1500 remapping options. Includes Backquote(`) to Escape and Escape to Backquote(`).
Ukelele
You could create a custom .keylayout like this:
Esc on the layout above worked with all of the things I tested:
*
*OS X UI actions like canceling a dialog and exiting full screen
*On some websites with keyboard navigation like Google Search
*As a meta key in Terminal.app
Modifying special keys from a .keylayout usually results in some unexpected issues though.
| Q: How can I remap the "`" key to "Esc" I am using a Mac after five years of Linux. I had remapped "Caps Lock" to "Ctrl" and swapped the "`" with Escape.
I was able to figure out how to convert Caps Lock to a Control, but can't figure out how to do the second. Please suggest a good tool so I don't have to undo many years of muscle memory.
(I use OSX Lion)
A: KeyRemap4MacBook
A preference pane with currently about 1500 remapping options. Includes Backquote(`) to Escape and Escape to Backquote(`).
Ukelele
You could create a custom .keylayout like this:
Esc on the layout above worked with all of the things I tested:
*
*OS X UI actions like canceling a dialog and exiting full screen
*On some websites with keyboard navigation like Google Search
*As a meta key in Terminal.app
Modifying special keys from a .keylayout usually results in some unexpected issues though.
A: The only way I know of doing this is by using a third party app; BetterTouchTool. Set it up to look like this :
Create an applescript with tell application "System Events" to key code 53 and save it. Then add a new shortcut to BTT which runs the script.
A: The inconveniently named KeyRemap4Macbook should do that, without the need for an external applescript.
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860b06f99f366bf13dc943e16ad929a9cda8e875 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bonjour/Airplay in restricted College Network I am trying to connect my iPad (running 4.3.3) with my Macbook (running Lion) in my college dorm room using my college's Wifi. It uses 802.1X Authentication. I can't ping my iPad from my Macbook. Is there any way I can make Bonjour or AirPlay work? Is there a tool that proxies or routes the Bonjour service somehow?
A: If all else fails you can create a wireless LAN directly on your Mac and connect your iPad to this WLAN. TUAW has some good instructions on how to do this. To start pick the appropriate option in the Airport/Wi-Fi menu (picture shamelessly taken from the linked TUAW article):
The rest is pretty self-explaining.
| Q: Bonjour/Airplay in restricted College Network I am trying to connect my iPad (running 4.3.3) with my Macbook (running Lion) in my college dorm room using my college's Wifi. It uses 802.1X Authentication. I can't ping my iPad from my Macbook. Is there any way I can make Bonjour or AirPlay work? Is there a tool that proxies or routes the Bonjour service somehow?
A: If all else fails you can create a wireless LAN directly on your Mac and connect your iPad to this WLAN. TUAW has some good instructions on how to do this. To start pick the appropriate option in the Airport/Wi-Fi menu (picture shamelessly taken from the linked TUAW article):
The rest is pretty self-explaining.
A: if you have an ethernet port in your dorm, what about using an Airport Express to connect to your college's LAN network and use it as a wireless router?
A: It seems you have enough information to surmise the end at this point. If it's unicast, then there's clearly some limiting going on from inside the network. If routers are not allowed (I fail to see how they'd be able to tell), then you're out of luck; It's ad hoc or nothing.
A: Nambrot: What David said is exactly right. The college network is also almost certainly not able to detect if you're using a router, and routers are probably only not permitted in dorms in the sense that they make you potentially vulnerable to network breaches, packet sniffing, or incorrect subnets. If your college network doesn't permit static, externally visible IP addresses, and also (naturally) doesn't work with Bonjour, I think you're out of luck. I'm basing this strictly off of my own IT experience working at my university though, so YMMV.
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4e4db217be6ebbb3abbcbf8683c62e421e0d12f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get Quicksilver to open bookmarked URLs in Chrome? I'd like to be able to trigger QS and then start typing "gmail" or "weather" or the name of whatever bookmark I'd like to open, and have the previously bookmarked site open in Chrome, my default browser. Is it possible to do this with Chrome?
(I was able to do this with Quicksilver on my old G5 Mac, although I used Firefox on that machine.)
A: There is now a Google Chrome plugin for Quicksilver (with documentation). Version 1.0 was released on April 27, 2012.
| Q: How can I get Quicksilver to open bookmarked URLs in Chrome? I'd like to be able to trigger QS and then start typing "gmail" or "weather" or the name of whatever bookmark I'd like to open, and have the previously bookmarked site open in Chrome, my default browser. Is it possible to do this with Chrome?
(I was able to do this with Quicksilver on my old G5 Mac, although I used Firefox on that machine.)
A: There is now a Google Chrome plugin for Quicksilver (with documentation). Version 1.0 was released on April 27, 2012.
A: You can also do this with a custom trigger:
*
*Item: a bookmark from Safari or Firefox
*Action: Open URL With...
*Target: Chrome
A: Currently there is no Chrome plugin for Quicksilver, so you can't access your Chrome bookmarks directly. But you can sync your Chrome bookmarks with Safari, using something like xMarks.
Then, once you installed the Safari Module, you can access those bookmarks with Quicksilver.
And when you use the "Open URL" action on those bookmarks, they will open in your default browser, which is Chrome.
A: You could also drag the URLs from your browser (FF, Chrome, Safari all support this behavior, on 10.6.8 anyway) to create new .webloc files, add them to a specific folder named 'bookmarks' for example, then add that folder to Quicksilver's catalog from the 'File & Folder Scanner' and invoke opening them that way.
A: There is a free Quicksilver-like extension for Chrome called Ferro that opens bookmarked URLs, history URLs, and currently open tabs. It also has many other commands besides open, including extension management, tab pinning, deleting bookmarks, etc. Also provides a keyboard interface to session management and tab extraction. getferro.com
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ae023b1e08b47d3a7a2ef083ac3a6274e04e52c3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Clearing TEMP files on Mac OSX I'm sure that my Mac is filled with crap by now, being 2 years old. Is there an app that will clear the temp files away? Or is there a list of locations filled with TEMP stuff I can safely delete without killing my Mac?
A: I tried the Beta of CCleaner, and it cleared out 10 GB of stuff, 7GB from the Trash. It's free and worked great
| Q: Clearing TEMP files on Mac OSX I'm sure that my Mac is filled with crap by now, being 2 years old. Is there an app that will clear the temp files away? Or is there a list of locations filled with TEMP stuff I can safely delete without killing my Mac?
A: I tried the Beta of CCleaner, and it cleared out 10 GB of stuff, 7GB from the Trash. It's free and worked great
A: Y u no use OnyX? Free and really popular with really quick updates for every edition of OS X. It has a great feature set and works great for fixing corrupted temp files/caches
A: I suggested to try CleanMyMac.
Features:
*
*Cache cleaner
*Logs cleaner
*Universal binaries cleaner
*System junk cleaner
*Language cleaner
*Trash and leftovers
*Application uninstaller
*...
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50575c727a8cfaf4eb711bed44a51f708680a194 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Changing OS X Spotlight priorities for specific applications I'd like to fiddle with Spotlight's priorities so that when I enter 'photo', my first returned result is Adobe Photoshop, and not Photo Booth.
I understand how to change priorities for or disable entire file types, but I'd rather just remove Photo Booth from Spotlight search.
Failing that, I could just delete Photo Booth. I don't use it. I think Photo Booth can't normally be deleted on Lion, so what's the command to delete it via Terminal?
A: You don't need to delete anything. And I strongly advise you not too, since it's a built-in app. It could be useful to other part of the system, and it will probably be added back on a system update.
About your problem, Spotlight is smart, it will learn that when you type "photo" you want to open iPhoto over the time.
Just keep on typing photo, and selecting iPhoto over PhotoBooth.
If Spotlight is not smart enough or fast enough for you, you can try an alternative launcher, such as Alfred. It may be faster to learn than Spotlight (at least, it's what I found happened for me).
| Q: Changing OS X Spotlight priorities for specific applications I'd like to fiddle with Spotlight's priorities so that when I enter 'photo', my first returned result is Adobe Photoshop, and not Photo Booth.
I understand how to change priorities for or disable entire file types, but I'd rather just remove Photo Booth from Spotlight search.
Failing that, I could just delete Photo Booth. I don't use it. I think Photo Booth can't normally be deleted on Lion, so what's the command to delete it via Terminal?
A: You don't need to delete anything. And I strongly advise you not too, since it's a built-in app. It could be useful to other part of the system, and it will probably be added back on a system update.
About your problem, Spotlight is smart, it will learn that when you type "photo" you want to open iPhoto over the time.
Just keep on typing photo, and selecting iPhoto over PhotoBooth.
If Spotlight is not smart enough or fast enough for you, you can try an alternative launcher, such as Alfred. It may be faster to learn than Spotlight (at least, it's what I found happened for me).
A: Have been running into this myself, and I decided to tweak a little. Here's what I ended up with...
Open the photoshop directory through applications.
'Get info' on the Photoshop executable. 'Cmd + i' or right click and choose)
Top field is 'spotlight comments', type a text shortcut that suits you, I used 'phos'
Close the info window.
Open up spotlight and use the shortcut you chose.
A: Adding iPhoto and Photo Booth to your spotlight privacy settings will remove it from the Spotlight results
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eed27d70cde0b0af26e0037a498a858683daa031 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it preferable to use the same SSID name when creating multiple WiFi zones? I have an Airport Extreme and Airport Express connected via an ethernet cable to different parts of my home. Is it preferable to used the same SSID name? Will my devices automatically connect to the stronger signal?
A: I have a similar setup: same SSID and same password. My devices (laptop, iPhone, iPad) connect automatically. Roaming from one zone to the other is failing from time to time but generally I have no problems.
| Q: Is it preferable to use the same SSID name when creating multiple WiFi zones? I have an Airport Extreme and Airport Express connected via an ethernet cable to different parts of my home. Is it preferable to used the same SSID name? Will my devices automatically connect to the stronger signal?
A: I have a similar setup: same SSID and same password. My devices (laptop, iPhone, iPad) connect automatically. Roaming from one zone to the other is failing from time to time but generally I have no problems.
A: Just my two cents here, but I would suggest the opposite of what Matteo does. I have different names, because in this way I know which one is the strongest, dependent on where I am (the two networks cover the whole house, but not with the same strength).
For a Mac, it connects following the order specified in System Preferences, Network, Wi-fi, Advanced, Wi-fi.
For iDevices, I have no idea, but the problem, at least for me, it that when I move to the part of the house where the other network is stronger, I can manually change the Wi-fi, and I'll immediately know which one I have to choose (not trivial if the names are the same).
A: Yes, your devices will automatically connect to the stronger signal.
They will not switch between signals if one becomes stronger, they will only make this decision when they are looking for a network. Once on a network they'll stay on it until something causes them to disconnect (user, loss of signal, going to sleep, etc).
The advantage of having the same SSID everywhere is minimising configuration. Users don't need to separately enter the details for each access point. This isn't a big deal for two APs and one or two clients, but in a school/workplace/boarding house/etc you want to keep it simple. This applies not only to new devices being set up, but also changes to the network password. It also makes it easier for novices to use (may or may not be relevant depending on typical residents/guests at your home).
The advantage of having unique SSIDs for each AP is that you can intentionally choose which AP to connect to. Sometimes this is useful, though I tend to think most cases where it's useful are because of a bad network design. Sometimes that design is out of your control, or correcting it is beyond your budget, so it doesn't make it wrong to have unique SSIDs, just a little more fiddly/annoying than if access points were in better places, were more evenly distributed, more evenly utilised, had better antennas, etc.
In either case, it can be helpful to ensure there's an access point very close to the most common places devices are used, and overlap between access points is around places you move through (corridors/hallways) rather than places you use the devices. This can mean, counterintuitively, turning down the power on an access point, or moving it, to intentionally reduce the overlap between APs. That way, the switch will happen automatically (whether SSIDs are unique or not) if you move from one region to the other. Something like NetSpot can help with this.
In either case, the setup complexity is O(NxM) for N = number of SSIDs, M = number of devices. So let's try some examples, assuming 30 seconds to (re-)enter each wifi password.
*
*In a typical home network, say 2 APs, 5 devices = 10, it might take 5 minutes to setup/adjust for unique SSIDs, or 1.5 minutes for a common SSID.
*In a small organisation, say 6 APs, 60 devices (30 users, each with laptop + smartphone), it'd take 3 hours total time to update for unique SSIDs, or half an hour with a common SSID.
A: It depends on what you want from your network. If you'd like to have devices/computers connecting on either the Airport Extreme/Express to be on the same network, you can use the Airport Express to extend your network (see this Apple support page for details):
Question: Can AirPort Express act as a bridge?
Answer: AirPort Express can act as a bridge in three different ways:
*
*If you have an existing wired network, it can bridge this network to wireless clients.
*If it is set up as a WDS remote or relay station, it can bridge the wireless network to wired clients.
*If it is set up as a WDS remote or relay station, it can bridge the wireless network to wireless clients (or "wirelessly extend" the range of the network).
More info from Apple about using Airports to extend your wireless network is available on this article.
If you want your devices to be on separate networks, having different SSIDs on each of your Airports would provide that separation.
A: On my ground floor I have an internet connected dsl wifi-router (fritzbox) from my provider with the possibility of wifi on 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz or both. I have both and distinguished them by adding 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz to the ssid names.
On my second floor I have a Time Capsule.
I had configured it first with a different ssid names than the machine on the ground floor but then my devices did not reconnect to the stronger signal.
They kept as long as possible connected to the machine below.
When I changed the ssid names on the Time Capsule exactly to the ssid names below with the same passwords, the switch works perfect.
You can test it by walking with connected device (iPhone) from the ground floor to the second floor. Halfway I saw my wifi reception getting lower but more upstairs it took the stronger signal from the Time Capsule automatically.
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727c629edcd71a8e6f0b3b467df5f4a9fd12f250 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Compass in maps and app always wrong When I use the direction in maps the direction is almost always ~90° off, occasionally it will be 135-180° wrong but mostly it looks like I'm travelling sideways. The phone is flat.
Is there something wrong with the hardware? Or can I manually calibrate it (like tell it to offset by 90°)? Or tell it to ignore the compass and just use the direction of travel.
Also the compass app gives the wrong direction but it doesn't even match the incorrect direction in maps.
For example I was travelling along this road, away from the motorway.
A: I had the same problem, what you will need to do is re-calibrate the compass multiple times and it will get closer and closer with each calibration.
Make sure you are calibrating in the correct way, most people I have seen do it wrong, and it is not very clear from the diagram on the phone. There is a YouTube video which will show you how
| Q: Compass in maps and app always wrong When I use the direction in maps the direction is almost always ~90° off, occasionally it will be 135-180° wrong but mostly it looks like I'm travelling sideways. The phone is flat.
Is there something wrong with the hardware? Or can I manually calibrate it (like tell it to offset by 90°)? Or tell it to ignore the compass and just use the direction of travel.
Also the compass app gives the wrong direction but it doesn't even match the incorrect direction in maps.
For example I was travelling along this road, away from the motorway.
A: I had the same problem, what you will need to do is re-calibrate the compass multiple times and it will get closer and closer with each calibration.
Make sure you are calibrating in the correct way, most people I have seen do it wrong, and it is not very clear from the diagram on the phone. There is a YouTube video which will show you how
A: I know this old but I came here from google after having the same problem on iOS 10 and my 6s. I tried all the suggestions to recalibrate by toggling location services, rebooting, etc, and nothing worked. Finally realized that it was all because my wallet case for the phone has a little magnetic tab on it. So if you're having that problem, make sure you don't have a magnet on your case or nearby.
A: I had the same problem and I came to the conclusion that the error was due to the magnet of my iPhone's wallet case.
Removing the case with the magnet is the solution!
A: Had the same exact problem in 2021. Both with my iPhone and Apple Watch. Finally found out that I was using magnetic north instead of true north. Switching it to True North is recommended. It is now much more accurate.
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a7715ae2ae1017ec00f248b245d088e5f2773407 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make a screenshot (printscreen) on my Macbook Pro using Windows 7? How can I make a screenshot on Macbook pro using Windows 7?
The keyboard does not include a special key for this function.
A: Your best option would be to use the snipping tool that comes with Windows 7.
| Q: How can I make a screenshot (printscreen) on my Macbook Pro using Windows 7? How can I make a screenshot on Macbook pro using Windows 7?
The keyboard does not include a special key for this function.
A: Your best option would be to use the snipping tool that comes with Windows 7.
A: If you are using Bootcamp, Apple has provided documentation of key mappings:
print screen = fn + ⇧ shift + F11
A: Like Davo says, use the on screen keyboard when you can not use or remember the key combo.
Start -> Accessories -> Accessibilty -> On screen keyboard. Then slide it mostly out of the way while you can still click the print screen key with your mouse pointer. Edit away the on screen keyboard from the shot later if you want to.
A: Try using the on screen keyboard and hitting the prt scrn button
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7763b70bbd0aa30b8001da3f2bd2adc008d359dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there simple note-taking tool available for Mac? I am looking for a simple note taking tool for, with only requirement for backing data, and code highlight support
A: The PearNote app is one I can recommend with no caveats. It is simple, beautiful and powerful.
You don't have to use all of its features, but they are there if you ever wish to add audio or video.
| Q: Is there simple note-taking tool available for Mac? I am looking for a simple note taking tool for, with only requirement for backing data, and code highlight support
A: The PearNote app is one I can recommend with no caveats. It is simple, beautiful and powerful.
You don't have to use all of its features, but they are there if you ever wish to add audio or video.
A: I recommend CodeBox. Simple interface with support for syntax highlighting, sync with Dropbox and etc.. Available in the Mac App Store
A: Yes, it's called "Stickies" it's an App you already have on your Mac. Very simple but more powerful than most realize. Check it out.
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9a6be3ae4f75bd7ed2a7b9e46125cbc53955c464 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to use punctuation in Siri dictation? Is there a way to use punctuation in Siri dictation? For instance, if I tell Siri to text someone "want to meet for dinner?" - it won't track inflection, right? How can I add the question mark via voice?
A: http://howto.cnet.com/how-to-make-siri-use-punctuation/8301-11310_39-20124379-285.html
To get Siri to use punctuation, you only need to speak the punctuation during the composition of your message. For example:
Hi comma how are you question mark did you see the game last night
exclamation point question mark.
Speaking that exact line to Siri would equate to the following message:
Hi, how are you? Did you see the game last night!?
| Q: Is there a way to use punctuation in Siri dictation? Is there a way to use punctuation in Siri dictation? For instance, if I tell Siri to text someone "want to meet for dinner?" - it won't track inflection, right? How can I add the question mark via voice?
A: http://howto.cnet.com/how-to-make-siri-use-punctuation/8301-11310_39-20124379-285.html
To get Siri to use punctuation, you only need to speak the punctuation during the composition of your message. For example:
Hi comma how are you question mark did you see the game last night
exclamation point question mark.
Speaking that exact line to Siri would equate to the following message:
Hi, how are you? Did you see the game last night!?
A: CrushApps has a comprehensive list of commands and punctuation that Siri understands.
Here's a short summary as requested by Daniel. These are the ones I find most useful day to day.
*
*"all caps on ... all caps off": "I am so all caps on hungry all caps off I could eat a horse" -> I am so HUNGRY I could eat a horse
*"exclamation point": "You're the man exclamation point" -> You're the man!
*"question mark": "What was that question mark" -> What was that?
*"smiley" or "smiley face" or "smile face": "smiley face" -> :-)
*"winky" or "winky face" or "wink face": "wink face" -> ;-)
But there are many more that include a surprising amount of edge cases. It's possible to dictate the following sentence: "The number, "pi", is ... 3.14 (approximately)."
A: Apple has added the complete list of punctuation you can dictate to the Knowledge Base.
Mac Basics: Dictation
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7d88f27b85bc94d838268d9cb6f0810598f3cdf0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Inkscape work properly with large files on Mac OS? I am not a Mac user yet, but I am used to working with Inkscape on Linux platforms. I use Inkscape to create website mockups and sometimes the files are big and require a lot of RAM.
I would like to know if someone has some experience working with Inkscape in Mac OS?
I am planning to buy a MacBook but I can't live without Inkscape.
A: Now that I have a Mac to test this with, working with Inkscape it seems to be ok. (I am a web designer and my files are usually several layouts inside the same workspace.)
I have been working on my MacBook Pro for 4 months now without any problems related to Inkscape.
| Q: Does Inkscape work properly with large files on Mac OS? I am not a Mac user yet, but I am used to working with Inkscape on Linux platforms. I use Inkscape to create website mockups and sometimes the files are big and require a lot of RAM.
I would like to know if someone has some experience working with Inkscape in Mac OS?
I am planning to buy a MacBook but I can't live without Inkscape.
A: Now that I have a Mac to test this with, working with Inkscape it seems to be ok. (I am a web designer and my files are usually several layouts inside the same workspace.)
I have been working on my MacBook Pro for 4 months now without any problems related to Inkscape.
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86c6c5e1bc795ea817907fe24cade5908a797a95 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make Spotlight stop indexing my Backup drive? I have a 2TB external drive I use for Time Machine. At random intervals, it will decide to spin up and my entire UI freezes until it's finished. This is incredibly annoying.
It appears that this is due to Spotlight indexing. They suggest adding the Backup drive to Spotlight's blacklist, so I did:
Am I stuck having to live with constant beach ball attacks?
Update: I've already tried mdutil. It doesn't work.
$ sudo mdutil -E -i off /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/
Password:
/Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb:
Indexing enabled.
If it's impossible to disable indexing, I would settle for making the backup drive never spin down.
A: Create an empty file on the root of that drive, named .metadata_never_index. This Mac OS X Hints article says more.
| Q: How do I make Spotlight stop indexing my Backup drive? I have a 2TB external drive I use for Time Machine. At random intervals, it will decide to spin up and my entire UI freezes until it's finished. This is incredibly annoying.
It appears that this is due to Spotlight indexing. They suggest adding the Backup drive to Spotlight's blacklist, so I did:
Am I stuck having to live with constant beach ball attacks?
Update: I've already tried mdutil. It doesn't work.
$ sudo mdutil -E -i off /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/
Password:
/Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb:
Indexing enabled.
If it's impossible to disable indexing, I would settle for making the backup drive never spin down.
A: Create an empty file on the root of that drive, named .metadata_never_index. This Mac OS X Hints article says more.
A: Apply it to the volume, not a directory:
sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/TimeMachine/
Substitute TimeMachine with the name of your backup volume, of course.
For example...
Johns-iMac:~ john$ sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/Time15/
Password:
/Volumes/Time15:
2015-10-27 12:37:18.436 mdutil[56686:26121199] mdutil disabling Spotlight: /Volumes/Time15 -> kMDConfigSearchLevelFSSearchOnly
Indexing and searching disabled.
Which does leave the subdirectory reporting as "enabled", but (until proven wrong I understand) the setting at the volume level will override.
A: I finally found you cannot disable Spotlight to index Backups.backupdb.
Apple Support. OS X El Capitan: Spotlight preferences
If you add a Time Machine backup disk to the privacy list, you will
continue to see messages that Spotlight is indexing your backup disk.
This indexing is necessary for Time Machine to function properly and
can’t be disabled. Spotlight does exclude from searches any items you
store on your backup disk that are not part of a Time Machine backup.
A: Do it from Terminal via sudo (info courtesy this page):
sudo mdutil -a -i off
You'll also need to supply your admin password.
Similarly, to turn back on:
sudo mdutil -a -i on
Note: Set the items for Spotlight to show at Prefs > Spotlight
A: Time machine requires spotlight indexing activity, but the contents will not pollute search results. If the goal is to remove redundant search results for a non-Time Machine drive (a CarbonCopyCloner backup for example) then the volume can be simply added to the privacy list under Spotlight preferences.
(The details of the original question indicate it is about Time Machine, but I include this case for those who find this question by the title.)
A: Here's the man page for mdutil:
mdutil(1) BSD General Commands Manual
NAME
mdutil -- manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight
SYNOPSIS
mdutil [-pEsav] [-i on | off] mountPoint ...
DESCRIPTION
The mdutil command is useful for managing the metadata stores for mounted volumes.
The following options are available:
-p Spotlight caches indexes of some network devices locally. This option requests that a local
caches be flushed to the appropriate network device.
-E This flag will cause each local store for the volumes indicated to be erased. The stores will
be rebuilt if appropriate.
-i on | off
Sets the indexing status for the provided volumes to on or off. Note that indexing may be
delayed due to low disk space or other conditions.
-s Display the indexing status of the listed volumes.
-a Apply command to all volumes.
-v Print verbose information when available.
I would use:
mdutil -E -i off [the mountpoint for your backup drive]
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03cfaace94206e72d9da65e750aa5802a81544d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to toggle between normal, vibrate and silent modes like in Android On Android it is easy to toggle between normal (ring + vibrate), vibrate (vibrate only) and silent (no ring or vibrate) modes. How can I get all 3 modes and easily change between them on iPhone?
A: iOS is different than android in this aspect.
Vibrate is implemented as two software binary switches in iOS. Vibrate can be on or off in silent and independently on or off in non-silent.
Volume is a software slider that can optionally be controlled by the external buttons. When the silent switch is orange / down / silent most sounds are muted.
There are plenty of apps that control volume but not vibrate status outside the settings app. Take Five is my favorite.
Unless there is a jailbreak app that someone has created to emulate android, there is no program that does precisely what you ask.
When I want zero chance of any sound or vibration, I power down my device.
| Q: How to toggle between normal, vibrate and silent modes like in Android On Android it is easy to toggle between normal (ring + vibrate), vibrate (vibrate only) and silent (no ring or vibrate) modes. How can I get all 3 modes and easily change between them on iPhone?
A: iOS is different than android in this aspect.
Vibrate is implemented as two software binary switches in iOS. Vibrate can be on or off in silent and independently on or off in non-silent.
Volume is a software slider that can optionally be controlled by the external buttons. When the silent switch is orange / down / silent most sounds are muted.
There are plenty of apps that control volume but not vibrate status outside the settings app. Take Five is my favorite.
Unless there is a jailbreak app that someone has created to emulate android, there is no program that does precisely what you ask.
When I want zero chance of any sound or vibration, I power down my device.
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03570f0c161732b483f45ff04e288590de3ffd91 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Alternative to iTunes Album Art I'm looking for an alternative to iTunes' Album Art. I liked it so far but since the upgrade to Lion / latest iTunes I see some annoying bugs.
To be worth considering, the alternative I'm looking for must have at least these three features:
*
*Automatic lyrics download and saving in the ID3 tag;
*Automatic cover download (iTunes is confused when the album title is missing);
*Display cover/title/artist on the desktop.
Any suggestions?
A: For the lyrics part, I would recommend Get Lyrical. It can actively tag songs, tag specific songs, or tag a playlist. It gets all of its lyrics from Lyrics Wiki. This is a great little application and I highly recommend it. It has a simple, clean interface that is really easy to use:
| Q: Alternative to iTunes Album Art I'm looking for an alternative to iTunes' Album Art. I liked it so far but since the upgrade to Lion / latest iTunes I see some annoying bugs.
To be worth considering, the alternative I'm looking for must have at least these three features:
*
*Automatic lyrics download and saving in the ID3 tag;
*Automatic cover download (iTunes is confused when the album title is missing);
*Display cover/title/artist on the desktop.
Any suggestions?
A: For the lyrics part, I would recommend Get Lyrical. It can actively tag songs, tag specific songs, or tag a playlist. It gets all of its lyrics from Lyrics Wiki. This is a great little application and I highly recommend it. It has a simple, clean interface that is really easy to use:
A: Have you tried Corripio Artwork Finder or Album Art Thingy ? They do cover art and lyrics.
A: There is www.itunescovers.com, export your iTunes library as XML file and upload it there, they find almost every CD cover available!
A: Tagalicious is a paid for app that:
*
*Works seeminglessly with iTunes.
*Finds Album Art & Song Lyrics
*Organises your music with the right information & tags
It maybe expensive, but it may also be worth it where other apps have let you down in the past.
More info:
http://thelittleappfactory.com/tagalicious/
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0463639552669adc5c323bb1ddbccde0a7989174 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Weather widget in notification center of iOS5 Is there a way to put weather widget into notification center of iOS5 for iPad?
A: Considering that the iPod/iPhone Weather app has never existed on the iPad, the answer to this is an extremely simple, and extremely disappointing: "Nope".
| Q: Weather widget in notification center of iOS5 Is there a way to put weather widget into notification center of iOS5 for iPad?
A: Considering that the iPod/iPhone Weather app has never existed on the iPad, the answer to this is an extremely simple, and extremely disappointing: "Nope".
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2dd6e771368039543a7711ff615f69d6dd521159 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use Apple TV as airport express If I buy an Apple TV and connect my HiFi system to the optical out, will the sound go to the TV through the HDMI cable, and the through the optical cable?
Or will the optical cable take precedent over the HDMI?
Basically can I use the Apple TV as an Airport Express for my HiFi, when the TV is turned off, without plugging cables in and out?
A: The audio signal is sent to both the HDMI and the optical outputs at the same time, so yes, what you want to do is possible.
| Q: Use Apple TV as airport express If I buy an Apple TV and connect my HiFi system to the optical out, will the sound go to the TV through the HDMI cable, and the through the optical cable?
Or will the optical cable take precedent over the HDMI?
Basically can I use the Apple TV as an Airport Express for my HiFi, when the TV is turned off, without plugging cables in and out?
A: The audio signal is sent to both the HDMI and the optical outputs at the same time, so yes, what you want to do is possible.
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31a93d711ecf672309806db1ff1a7520820cd65a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I want to sync my previously never synced iPhone to a Mac. Is there a risk of data loss? I want to sync my previously never synced iPhone (filled with 2 years of pics & music) to my mother's Mac. Is there any risk of data loss?
It has never been linked to a computer. I have many pictures & videos of my baby & don't want to lose them!
A: Yes - there always is a risk of data loss even though the software (iTunes and iOS) are designed to let you make a backup and transfer all data before it erases anything.
Best to go online / call apple or visit a store and research how to prevent an automatic sync for your version of iTunes and the steps to back up / transfer that content before you start.
Without knowing your iOS version and iTunes version it's hard to be more specific. It should go fine, but best to be prepared beforehand.
| Q: I want to sync my previously never synced iPhone to a Mac. Is there a risk of data loss? I want to sync my previously never synced iPhone (filled with 2 years of pics & music) to my mother's Mac. Is there any risk of data loss?
It has never been linked to a computer. I have many pictures & videos of my baby & don't want to lose them!
A: Yes - there always is a risk of data loss even though the software (iTunes and iOS) are designed to let you make a backup and transfer all data before it erases anything.
Best to go online / call apple or visit a store and research how to prevent an automatic sync for your version of iTunes and the steps to back up / transfer that content before you start.
Without knowing your iOS version and iTunes version it's hard to be more specific. It should go fine, but best to be prepared beforehand.
A: Here's how to do it:
*
*Connect your iPhone via USB to the Mac.
*Start iTunes
*On the left menu in iTunes, your iPhone should appear.
*Do a right click on your iPhone
*You have two options now:
First: Select Backup. So your iPhone creates a local backup of your
whole iPhone data.
Second: Select "Transfer Purchases"
So all your Music, Videos etc. should be transfered to the Mac.
I would prefer to create a backup first, and then transfer all your
purchased data.
A: You have to use an iTunes where no iPhone have been previously set up.
So even a second computer, or you set up another account for the OS (Windows or Mac OS). Then you will have the choice to backup the phone...
A: You can transfer all music and pictures on to her Mac.
Open finder and navigate to the iPhone, you can then extract all the images as you would with a digital camera.
To take the music files you will need to use a piece of software such as Xilisoft you cannot manually take the audio from an iPhone as it appears as a camera unlike an iPod which appears as a harddrive.
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3aeea2a98f06c5202fd666d312329e526e3e56d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you md5 an entire disk in OS X? I want to validate a "dd" image of a USB disk in OS X using the terminal. The terminal command md5 works on the dd image but not on the entire disk.
$ dd if=/dev/disk2 of=image.dd conv=notrunc
1974152+0 records in
1974152+0 records out
1010765824 bytes transferred in 149.033958 secs (6782118 bytes/sec)
$ md5 image.dd
MD5 (image.dd) = 3efc7e341b1bf2d729ffcd9b6a313428
$ md5 /dev/disk2
MD5 (/dev/disk2) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
$ md5 /dev/rdisk2
MD5 (/dev/rdisk2) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
I tried using /dev/rdisk1 and got the same results. I am OS X Lion.
A: If you are not trying to checksum disk the running system resides on (this won't ever be consistent) you may try
dd if=/dev/disk2 | md5 -
| Q: How do you md5 an entire disk in OS X? I want to validate a "dd" image of a USB disk in OS X using the terminal. The terminal command md5 works on the dd image but not on the entire disk.
$ dd if=/dev/disk2 of=image.dd conv=notrunc
1974152+0 records in
1974152+0 records out
1010765824 bytes transferred in 149.033958 secs (6782118 bytes/sec)
$ md5 image.dd
MD5 (image.dd) = 3efc7e341b1bf2d729ffcd9b6a313428
$ md5 /dev/disk2
MD5 (/dev/disk2) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
$ md5 /dev/rdisk2
MD5 (/dev/rdisk2) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
I tried using /dev/rdisk1 and got the same results. I am OS X Lion.
A: If you are not trying to checksum disk the running system resides on (this won't ever be consistent) you may try
dd if=/dev/disk2 | md5 -
A: You could mount both filesystems (read-only, if possible) and then recursively checksum each file.
EDIT:
example command:
cd /Volumes/xyz
find . -type f -exec md5 {} \; | cut -c15- > log1.txt
15 in this case is the string length of /Volumes/xyz or what ever your mount point is.
Do this on both file systems and make sure the filenames do not have the starting root path (by using cut). Then use the 'diff' command to compare the 2 files.
A: Hmm...Is the dd image functional?
What you are seeing might be a result of the dd command possibly putting some junk at the tail end of the transfer so that you get a copy of an even number of records.
You do not say, but it is assummed that you are dd'ing/md5'ing a quiet/unmounted/unused disk to make the image file.
A: I know this question is old, but I thought for other people that may read this they would find this helpful... I found that OS X is mounting and writing to the volume immediately upon dd completing. This makes it impossible to checksum the newly written volume and compare with the file. I had to use a forensics tool call DiskArbitrator to prevent volumes from being mounted after dd completes. This allows there to be time to checksum the volume before spotlight messes it up.
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f8576edd1ccbf4dec04494f87aed31c832c770d1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Quadruple contacts on my iPhone 4S I sync'd the contact of my old iPhone 3G with my yahoo mail contacts. That worked ok for while, then at some point all the the Yahoo contacts were duplicated (every contact appeared twice in my contacts list) on the iPhone. This was annoying, but I could not find a quick fix, so I lived with it.
Yesterday I bought a 4S and set up my various accounts and set up iCloud. Now the phone has 4 copies of my yahoo contacts. I don't know that point during the setup the contacts got duped(again).
Now I want to clean it all up. How?
Edit in response to comment. There are two copies of each contact in the yahoo account.and two copies in the iCloud account. And 4 copies in "all contacts".
A: You can sign up to google voice and sync with google voice and them go on desk top link onto your gv account and press get rid of duplicates
| Q: Quadruple contacts on my iPhone 4S I sync'd the contact of my old iPhone 3G with my yahoo mail contacts. That worked ok for while, then at some point all the the Yahoo contacts were duplicated (every contact appeared twice in my contacts list) on the iPhone. This was annoying, but I could not find a quick fix, so I lived with it.
Yesterday I bought a 4S and set up my various accounts and set up iCloud. Now the phone has 4 copies of my yahoo contacts. I don't know that point during the setup the contacts got duped(again).
Now I want to clean it all up. How?
Edit in response to comment. There are two copies of each contact in the yahoo account.and two copies in the iCloud account. And 4 copies in "all contacts".
A: You can sign up to google voice and sync with google voice and them go on desk top link onto your gv account and press get rid of duplicates
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9dac5ca6f4654c1d94984f598c04552ed63fcbb5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I move files by using the keyboard only? I'm looking for some kind of a utility that lets me select a file(s) and then say hit a command key and then move to a difference directory and hit the command key again and have those files moved to the new location.
I think I have seen some similar apps where you could drop files onto a dock icon to gather them but I cant recall the names.
Any suggestions?
A: Have a look at Move files using just keyboard in Mac Finder? for a discussion of the same topic, listing a lot of options.
Assuming you are running Lion you can move files by using Cmd-C to pick them up and Cmd-Opt-V to move them to the target location.
| Q: How can I move files by using the keyboard only? I'm looking for some kind of a utility that lets me select a file(s) and then say hit a command key and then move to a difference directory and hit the command key again and have those files moved to the new location.
I think I have seen some similar apps where you could drop files onto a dock icon to gather them but I cant recall the names.
Any suggestions?
A: Have a look at Move files using just keyboard in Mac Finder? for a discussion of the same topic, listing a lot of options.
Assuming you are running Lion you can move files by using Cmd-C to pick them up and Cmd-Opt-V to move them to the target location.
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609a1b5cebbb4af358bdefe386c90ab370c21758 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to activate mod_rewrite on MacOSX Lion I tried to activate the mod_rewrite module in the httpd.conf, but I do not succeed to make it work.
I'm running Lion, and my goal is to do URL rewriting in ~USER/Sites/mysite
Can someone help me please?
A: You need to add a conf file to the following dir
/etc/apache2/users/yourname.conf
<Directory "/Users/yourname/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
| Q: How to activate mod_rewrite on MacOSX Lion I tried to activate the mod_rewrite module in the httpd.conf, but I do not succeed to make it work.
I'm running Lion, and my goal is to do URL rewriting in ~USER/Sites/mysite
Can someone help me please?
A: You need to add a conf file to the following dir
/etc/apache2/users/yourname.conf
<Directory "/Users/yourname/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
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182449d9a83f58317ff287fbdd44dafa70557417 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change security login background I know how to alter the background for the login window that you see when booting, but I would like to know how to change the background of the plain black login screen that appears after waking a mac from sleep (when the 'require password when waking from sleep' security option is selected).
I would like to use one of the background images that come included with Mac osx or even change that black login screen to replicate the login screen shown when booting.
I hope I have made the difference between the two login windows I am talking about clear enough. I am just sick of that plain black login screen I have to see whenever I wake my mac.
(Using Snow Leopard)
Cheers.
A: I don't think there's any way to change the background in Snow Leopard. You should be able to do it in Lion...
| Q: Change security login background I know how to alter the background for the login window that you see when booting, but I would like to know how to change the background of the plain black login screen that appears after waking a mac from sleep (when the 'require password when waking from sleep' security option is selected).
I would like to use one of the background images that come included with Mac osx or even change that black login screen to replicate the login screen shown when booting.
I hope I have made the difference between the two login windows I am talking about clear enough. I am just sick of that plain black login screen I have to see whenever I wake my mac.
(Using Snow Leopard)
Cheers.
A: I don't think there's any way to change the background in Snow Leopard. You should be able to do it in Lion...
A: To my knowledge the login pane when you first start the system (or log out of a user) loads from an image on the system, but when you wake from sleep, or wake the screen, there is no image used. From my conversations with a few themers, it's a colour fill that's built into the OS.
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00bfb978b7449a8ef4122620870b03c008e5de2d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove leading/trailing whitespace from filenames in Automator? My wife tediously renames files all the time when storing on her backup external storage, so I investigated using automator to do this for her. I now have an automator folder where she just drops the file in there and it will rename the file appropriately.
I'm now faced with a situation where the file may now contain leading and/or trailing whitespace, how might I simply trim this whitespace?
I've never really used AppleScript but am proficient in shell scripting, can I simply write a shell script that will perform this task? I will give AppleScript a go if someone could point me in the right direction.
A: There's one line script for that, cd to that folder and ...
for f in *; do mv "$f" "$(echo $f)"; done
Put it into a shell script and call it from Applescript:
tell application "Terminal"
do script "whatever"
end tell
| Q: How can I remove leading/trailing whitespace from filenames in Automator? My wife tediously renames files all the time when storing on her backup external storage, so I investigated using automator to do this for her. I now have an automator folder where she just drops the file in there and it will rename the file appropriately.
I'm now faced with a situation where the file may now contain leading and/or trailing whitespace, how might I simply trim this whitespace?
I've never really used AppleScript but am proficient in shell scripting, can I simply write a shell script that will perform this task? I will give AppleScript a go if someone could point me in the right direction.
A: There's one line script for that, cd to that folder and ...
for f in *; do mv "$f" "$(echo $f)"; done
Put it into a shell script and call it from Applescript:
tell application "Terminal"
do script "whatever"
end tell
A: For a correct answer that basis on that of Tuan's answer the following is needed which will not only rename the file but also preserves the action chain for following actions.
Take note also that we don't want to rename the parent folder in any way, just the files.
for f in "$@" ; do
dirname=$(dirname "$f")
basename=$(basename "$f")
name=${basename%.*}
ext=${basename##*.}
name="$(echo "$name" | sed -Ee 's/^ +//;s/ +$//')"
new="$dirname/$name.$ext"
mv "$f" "$new"
echo "$new"
done
You also don't need to put this into a shell script itself, automator can have this embedded into the action "Run Shell Script".
A: for f in "$@"; do new="$(echo -n "$f" | sed -E 's|/$||;s| +$||;s|^ +||;s|/ +([^/]+$)|/\1|;s| +(\.[^.][a-zA-Z0-9.]*)$|\1|g')"; mv "$f" "$new"; echo "$new"; done
(Paste as a Run Shell Script action and select Pass input: as arguments.)
A: I was also looking to remove trailing whitespace from file and folder names. This Super User post helped me out.
A: There's an AppleScript (very similar to Automator) that trims file names. It's a bit long, so I can't post it here, but here is a link to the code. Make sure you read the beginning part of the code, as it explains what the script does and how it works.
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18a7efacd90f6aa331b1431a13534960912ad300 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook pro 15" keyboard freezes only function keys work I am facing a very weird problem with my MacBook Pro 15". I was working in Xcode 4.2 and when I option-click in simulator (to simulate multi tap) my keyboard stops working. The weird thing is that only the a-z and 0-9 keys are not working...
By the way I am using a bluetooth mouse... and recently updated my system to MacBook Pro EFI firmware update and I am running OS X 10.7.2 Lion.
I had to restart my system to get the keyboard functionality back.
Is this a bug in the OS? How can I get rid of this problem?
Thanks in advance
A: Finally got it. I was pressing option keys lot of times and pressing it 5 times enables mouse keys (which disables keyboard keys).
To reverse, go to "Settings -> Accessibility -> Mouse and Trackpad" and uncheck "Press the option key five times to turn Mouse keys on of off" or simply uncheck "Enable Mouse Keys."
| Q: Macbook pro 15" keyboard freezes only function keys work I am facing a very weird problem with my MacBook Pro 15". I was working in Xcode 4.2 and when I option-click in simulator (to simulate multi tap) my keyboard stops working. The weird thing is that only the a-z and 0-9 keys are not working...
By the way I am using a bluetooth mouse... and recently updated my system to MacBook Pro EFI firmware update and I am running OS X 10.7.2 Lion.
I had to restart my system to get the keyboard functionality back.
Is this a bug in the OS? How can I get rid of this problem?
Thanks in advance
A: Finally got it. I was pressing option keys lot of times and pressing it 5 times enables mouse keys (which disables keyboard keys).
To reverse, go to "Settings -> Accessibility -> Mouse and Trackpad" and uncheck "Press the option key five times to turn Mouse keys on of off" or simply uncheck "Enable Mouse Keys."
A: Note: This issue (function keys only working) can occur using the Apple wireless keyboard with an iPad as well. Unfortunately, iPads don't have the same Accessibility settings mentioned above. Replacing the wireless keyboard batteries (thus powering it down completely) and disconnecting/reconnecting the keyboard connection did NOT have any effect correcting this problem. However, powering down the iPad completely seemed to do the trick; after cold boot of iPad, the standard keyboard keys were re-enabled.
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d70ddaaa3ac6b16a5c79e19661f702d56bc5f2f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 5 reminders for Mac I like iOS5 reminders app and use it on my iPod touch , however I am looking for an app for OSX lion which provide similar functionality for macOSX in an app which can sync with reminders app for iOS5.
A: The reminders on your iOS 5 device get synced automatically thorugh iCloud with the reminders in iCal.
| Q: iOS 5 reminders for Mac I like iOS5 reminders app and use it on my iPod touch , however I am looking for an app for OSX lion which provide similar functionality for macOSX in an app which can sync with reminders app for iOS5.
A: The reminders on your iOS 5 device get synced automatically thorugh iCloud with the reminders in iCal.
A: I use WunderList (free) on multiple devices iPhone, Macs, Android, Windows, and I share some lists with my friends.
A: This functionality will be part of OS 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Here is the Macworld write up about it.
A: I did a search in the Apple app store for "Reminders" and and app called "To-do Lists" came up. It looks like what you're looking for.
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2c83be87af50d445d247dbf507fe985119321874 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which uses more battery when tethering - Wifi or BT on iPhone 4S? I'm not really bothered which is quicker - I'm guessing this is wifi anyway. I just want to know which would allow me to get the most life out of my iPhone 4S when tethering to it with may MBP. Thanks!
A: Speed is primarily limited by your 3G network connection.
Battery wise, Bluetooth should use less power (especially in the 4S) but the difference may be quite small anyway.
If you tether it with a MBP you may be better of with using the cable between iPhone and computer.
| Q: Which uses more battery when tethering - Wifi or BT on iPhone 4S? I'm not really bothered which is quicker - I'm guessing this is wifi anyway. I just want to know which would allow me to get the most life out of my iPhone 4S when tethering to it with may MBP. Thanks!
A: Speed is primarily limited by your 3G network connection.
Battery wise, Bluetooth should use less power (especially in the 4S) but the difference may be quite small anyway.
If you tether it with a MBP you may be better of with using the cable between iPhone and computer.
A: Although Bluetooth might use less instantaneous power, it will be slower and thus leave the radios turned on longer. Having the cellular radio turned on for data tethering will burn the most power by far, especially if you are far from the nearest cell tower.
A: I am writing this from a taxi cab between Baltimore and DC. Bluetooth connection between iPad and iPhone 4s giving me over 500kb speed up and down. Last hour use took less than 5% of the battery on either device. Wifi uses a lot more.
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8da1f9d612a415508f9769b14ebd78378940276a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I average numbers using Soulver? I have a license for the excellent app, Soulver. I'd like to use it to find the average of some integers. I'd like to do something like:
avg(199, 262, 219, 268, 285, 293)
However, that doesn't work:
Any suggestions on how to do this with Soulver?
A: Soulver doesn't let you do this with an operation, but there are a few ways to do it. First of all, there's the old fashioned way:
Add your numbers up (in parentheses) and then divide by the number of numbers.
There's also a more automated but less convenient way. Soulver can calculate the average of the results (blue column) that are currently in your document:
But, if you want to use that average later, you'll have to do a bit more.
Select Average, then click on Copy Selected Statistic.
Add a new line to your Soulver document: avg = and then paste in the average. You now have an average that you can rever to via avg:
| Q: How can I average numbers using Soulver? I have a license for the excellent app, Soulver. I'd like to use it to find the average of some integers. I'd like to do something like:
avg(199, 262, 219, 268, 285, 293)
However, that doesn't work:
Any suggestions on how to do this with Soulver?
A: Soulver doesn't let you do this with an operation, but there are a few ways to do it. First of all, there's the old fashioned way:
Add your numbers up (in parentheses) and then divide by the number of numbers.
There's also a more automated but less convenient way. Soulver can calculate the average of the results (blue column) that are currently in your document:
But, if you want to use that average later, you'll have to do a bit more.
Select Average, then click on Copy Selected Statistic.
Add a new line to your Soulver document: avg = and then paste in the average. You now have an average that you can rever to via avg:
A: Soulver can only calculate the average of the results in the right column. To display you have to click on the "Total:" in the bottom line of the window:
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8974e7ac24d83c4837fc9311ff78d4a97a94d88f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I find out the hostname of my Mac OS X server? I'm trying to connect with mysql_connect using PHP.
I was wondering how to find the hostname when I turn my MacBook into a server by turning on the personal webpage.
I have Apache, MySQL and PHP enabled.
Is the hostname what you ssh into? It says that my computer's name is spiderman and it could be accessed with spiderman.local, but it doesn't seem to work. I've also tried using my IP address.
A: In general, you get the hostname by typing
echo $HOSTNAME
in Terminal.
But for your server setup, if no one has messed with configuration, localhost will be the hostname to use; in safe mode, localhost:3306 (that is port 3306) is the default.
(cf. http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php )
BUT: You should make sure that you actually started the MySQL server. Starting command depends on your installation.
| Q: How do I find out the hostname of my Mac OS X server? I'm trying to connect with mysql_connect using PHP.
I was wondering how to find the hostname when I turn my MacBook into a server by turning on the personal webpage.
I have Apache, MySQL and PHP enabled.
Is the hostname what you ssh into? It says that my computer's name is spiderman and it could be accessed with spiderman.local, but it doesn't seem to work. I've also tried using my IP address.
A: In general, you get the hostname by typing
echo $HOSTNAME
in Terminal.
But for your server setup, if no one has messed with configuration, localhost will be the hostname to use; in safe mode, localhost:3306 (that is port 3306) is the default.
(cf. http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php )
BUT: You should make sure that you actually started the MySQL server. Starting command depends on your installation.
A: In a terminal run the command:
$ hostname
The environment variable $HOSTNAME may not necessarily be set.
A: If you want to connect to MySQL running locally, try 127.0.0.1 or localhost.
A: It depends if you are doing it from within a script program where the environment has been set up correctly, either the following may work or suit you:
~$ uname -n
roberts.e.co.za
~$ echo $HOSTNAME
roberts.e.co.za
A: System Preferences.app > Sharing > Computer Name
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62fc2515bb4e1f2f33d803e7f2f2f63ab8072a00 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Glitchy behavior with my Magic Trackpad My Magic Trackpad (on a 2011 iMac) keeps randomly clicking, which causes random text selects, etc. Also the cursor seems glitchy while it's happening too, it'll slow down and erratically move around.
I'm not using any extra tools like BetterTouchTool, and it's worked fine for the past few months since I got it. I've tried new batteries and a new OS X user account.
Anyone know what the issue could be? Is it a known issue, should I just ring Apple to get a replacement?
EDIT: Just tried it on Windows via Bootcamp, and it does the same thing, so it must be a hardware problem.
A: Turns out it was a hardware issue. Got a replacement from Apple, and it works fine!
| Q: Glitchy behavior with my Magic Trackpad My Magic Trackpad (on a 2011 iMac) keeps randomly clicking, which causes random text selects, etc. Also the cursor seems glitchy while it's happening too, it'll slow down and erratically move around.
I'm not using any extra tools like BetterTouchTool, and it's worked fine for the past few months since I got it. I've tried new batteries and a new OS X user account.
Anyone know what the issue could be? Is it a known issue, should I just ring Apple to get a replacement?
EDIT: Just tried it on Windows via Bootcamp, and it does the same thing, so it must be a hardware problem.
A: Turns out it was a hardware issue. Got a replacement from Apple, and it works fine!
A: I had this happen just the other day! Suddenly my trackpad was stuck "dragging". I couldn't click. I could right-click (two finger tap), but I couldn't normal-click. And when I tried, it locked down a drag point and I was selecting everything under it.
And then also occasionally it would fire a mouse click when I bumped my desk. I could literally drop my fist on my desk and fire a mouse click. I knew I had to deal with this when I deleted an email in Mail.app and then took a phone call, leaving the mouse pointer over the trashcan button. I sort of paced around my office talking (like I do), and when I got back to my desk.... inbox zero!
Turns out my KEYBOARD was failing. The shift key was getting stuck down (hence the sticking in select mode) and somehow it was also submitting mouse clicks. I've had that keyboard for quite a while, eaten lots of lunches over it, etc. I replaced it, and it's been flawless ever since.
Try unplugging your keyboard and see if the behavior persists. At first, I could plug it back in and it would behave for a while. Then even that quit working.
A: I discovered that a small pile of computer screws near mine were somehow interfering. Removing the metal from the vicinity of the trackpad fixed the glitches.
This page also recommends giving the trackpad a physical click to wake it up: http://www.trackpadmagic.com/magic-trackpad/help/slow-mouse-pointer
A: I’ve only experienced something similar in two cases:
*
*after enabling tip-tap to select with locking (it’s in the Assistive System Preferences) before actually mastering the tip-tap :).
*when there was interference on the Bluetooth channel. In my case, the Trackpad didn’t agree with a pair of wireless headphones (I ended up shutting the trackpad off whenever I used the headphones). Check for any other device broadcasting on the 2.4 GHz band. Also, insufficiently shielded electrical devices can run high frequency interference.
If neither of these match your case, the Trackpad itself might be behaving erratically. Try unpairing it from the Mac (shut it off, connect a mouse, delete the trackpad from the list of known devices in the Bluetooth System Preferences), putting fresh batteries in and then pairing it again.
Finally, try using the trackpad with another Mac if you have the option – considering your other question, it is entirely possible the iMac is acting up, not the trackpad, be it from external interference or a hardware problem.
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67de57ec1e1439b70e43c8931d0d06dfbbdc2776 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Verifying my email address for AppleID: Where is the verification link? When setting up my AppleID I get a verification email but there doesn't seem to be a link to click on. There is a line that says "Verify now" but it's not a link. The only other thing on the page is a link to Apple that starts the process all over again.
Does anyone have a solution for this problem?
A: I got this fixed. I went to appleid.apple.com, clicked on "Manage your account", logged in, and then clicked on "Send verification email"; the email had a link in it.
| Q: Verifying my email address for AppleID: Where is the verification link? When setting up my AppleID I get a verification email but there doesn't seem to be a link to click on. There is a line that says "Verify now" but it's not a link. The only other thing on the page is a link to Apple that starts the process all over again.
Does anyone have a solution for this problem?
A: I got this fixed. I went to appleid.apple.com, clicked on "Manage your account", logged in, and then clicked on "Send verification email"; the email had a link in it.
A: Check the source of the page in your email. Look for a line after "...using your Apple ID and password." There should be a link, something along the lines of:
some code - "https://id.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/IDMSAccount.woa/wa/vetemail?language=...followed by about 2 lines of random letters" - more code.
Copy whatever is between " " and paste it in a new tab. It should do the trick.
A: In the body of the verification email that Apple sends to you, there should be a link after the first paragraph (which should have your new email address) with the text:
Verify Now >
Click on that link and you'll be able to verify your account.
A: Since your Apple ID can be used for purchasing, Apple will support you in the basics of maintaining it - making changes to email, etc...
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/
If you can't use the articles to narrow down your issue - just keep on the site - asking for billing support and say you'd like to make sure this Apple ID is set up to purchase from the App Store / iTunes store and you will eventually get a person or a form to email and leave your contact information / phone number + email if the Apple employee can't resolve the issue without speaking with you.
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e337aca43c950e34f7430164afc5430f342665a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change the Finder title bar font from the command line? I'm sure the fellow who wrote TinkerTool, which lets me change the Finder title bar font among other things, is a fine fellow and surely TinkerTool is not malware. Nevertheless... I want to change the Finder font without installing software. Is there a way to do it from the command line?
Thanks.
A: Got it. It's in ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
Modify the following entry:
<key>NSTitleBarFontSize</key>
<integer>11</integer>
with your desired font size. This file actually contains a lot of your system's preferences, from your locale setting, to the antialias threshold, to the scrollbar behavior. The file is a binary plist, so you'll either have to use Xcode or convert it into XML and then back again using this method.
| Q: How to change the Finder title bar font from the command line? I'm sure the fellow who wrote TinkerTool, which lets me change the Finder title bar font among other things, is a fine fellow and surely TinkerTool is not malware. Nevertheless... I want to change the Finder font without installing software. Is there a way to do it from the command line?
Thanks.
A: Got it. It's in ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
Modify the following entry:
<key>NSTitleBarFontSize</key>
<integer>11</integer>
with your desired font size. This file actually contains a lot of your system's preferences, from your locale setting, to the antialias threshold, to the scrollbar behavior. The file is a binary plist, so you'll either have to use Xcode or convert it into XML and then back again using this method.
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c0686ec821425f24551628abd398417f6aad18fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an app that will let me edit track information (title/artist)? I wonder if is there any app for the iOS 5 that will let me edit the artist or title of my music?
The music is currently synced through iTunes and stored in the music app, but please let me know if there are any alternatives. I am open to jail breaking the device if there are no other alternatives.
A: Given the rather strict sandboxing applied in iOS this is most probably impossible to achieve without jailbraking the device.
| Q: Is there an app that will let me edit track information (title/artist)? I wonder if is there any app for the iOS 5 that will let me edit the artist or title of my music?
The music is currently synced through iTunes and stored in the music app, but please let me know if there are any alternatives. I am open to jail breaking the device if there are no other alternatives.
A: Given the rather strict sandboxing applied in iOS this is most probably impossible to achieve without jailbraking the device.
A: To date, it is still not possible to edit song metadata on an iOS device, nor it be recommended if it was possible. Songs you get from sources directly onto the device (Spotify, GrooveShark, iTunes Store) all contain correct information. If you have damaged metadata inside media you've acquired elsewhere, look into software that will clean it up before syncing it over.
A: Thumbgenius just released an app called TuneUp that does exactly this and more.
A: To follow up on @patrix's answer, this Yahoo Answers post indicates that there isn't currently any app that will do it, even on a jailbroken device. This Stack Overflow post also indicates that there are no APIs to do this at the moment.
However, there are music editors like Houkusai (iTunes link). In its app description, it claims to:
*
*Import tracks from your iPod music library
However, it's likely to be overkill for what you're looking for, since it's meant to be a music editor and not as a track editor.
In summary, in a search for track/id3 editors, I've found only applications that will work on a computer, not on an iDevice.
A: If you want do it with iOS program, you have to jailbreak it.
Also you can try iTunes, MediaMonkey or other same software
A: YouTubetoMp3 - allows you to name artist, album, etc. metadata and then import to library, even if one already exists.
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f3c5965ff6ef3dfc255b7bc21348ab689670d3fe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an app to chat on Facebook on iOS? Is there an app to chat on Facebook on iOS ?
I would like to be laptop free
A: There are two, both from Facebook. It's available in the Messages section of Facebook app, as well as the standalone Facebook Messenger app. The standalone app uses a denser interface, and would be an improvement if you were going to use this heavily, but the section of the complete app isn't much worse.
| Q: Is there an app to chat on Facebook on iOS? Is there an app to chat on Facebook on iOS ?
I would like to be laptop free
A: There are two, both from Facebook. It's available in the Messages section of Facebook app, as well as the standalone Facebook Messenger app. The standalone app uses a denser interface, and would be an improvement if you were going to use this heavily, but the section of the complete app isn't much worse.
A: Also you can use IM+ it's a free app. And if you like to spending some money you can use IM+ Pro.
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359c534261b855d6c9ffa8b59f110b8b705c92e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I mount an ext4 file system on OS X? Is there a safe, stable application for reading from and writing to ext4 file systems on Mac OS X?
If not, what's the best way to access the contents of an ext4 file system on Mac OS X?
A: I had an ext4 formatted USB drive that I was able to mount after I installed osxfuse. Reading from it works great, but I am not sure if writing is safe.
Also, for moving files from OS X's filesystem (HFS+) to ext4, you may first want to remove those hidden .DS_Store files the OS X filesystem sneaks in as they occasionally cause bad inodes.
find /my/data/to/move -name '*.DS_Store' -type f -delete
It is better than having to fix them after with an fsck command.
| Q: How can I mount an ext4 file system on OS X? Is there a safe, stable application for reading from and writing to ext4 file systems on Mac OS X?
If not, what's the best way to access the contents of an ext4 file system on Mac OS X?
A: I had an ext4 formatted USB drive that I was able to mount after I installed osxfuse. Reading from it works great, but I am not sure if writing is safe.
Also, for moving files from OS X's filesystem (HFS+) to ext4, you may first want to remove those hidden .DS_Store files the OS X filesystem sneaks in as they occasionally cause bad inodes.
find /my/data/to/move -name '*.DS_Store' -type f -delete
It is better than having to fix them after with an fsck command.
A: The answer depends on you willingness to invest in commercial software:
If you don’t mind spending some money on a commercial product, Paragon’s extFS for Mac will give you read and write access to ext2 / ext3 / ext4 file systems. The current version supports all versions of OS X / macOS from 10.10 upwards.
If you are looking for a free solution, you can setup a Linux virtual machine, mount your volume(s) there and share it / them via Samba or (S)FTP. This post has some details on how to achieve this using VirtualBox, a free virtual machine application. Note this is not exactly a lightweight solution, even if using a prebuilt VirtualBox VM will spare you installing and configuring a Linux distro from scratch.
A: There is also e2fsprogs available in MacPorts. I haven't tested it yet myself but looks promising.
A: Building on Ken's answer: I used fuse4x and fuse-ext2 successfully, and I recommend fuse-ext2 over ext4fuse. fuse-ext2 provides write access while ext4fuse provides only read access. Note that despite its name, fuse-ext2 supports EXT2/EXT3/EXT4.
ext4fuse was a hassle for me, because it requires manual compilation and has no support for fuse4x options that would allow me to set access control. fuse-ext2 provides downloadable packages, and the 0.0.7 version worked just fine. I copied a few large ISOs over without any problem.
Edit: It should be mentioned that as of 12/22, the fuse-ext2 Github page still lists unstable write support as a bug and recommends not using it "unless you have nothing to lose."
A: One can also install OSXFUSE completely via the brew command line package manager:
brew install homebrew/fuse/ext4fuse
Note that the installation tells certain commands need to be run as 'sudo' in addition to this.
With Yosemite better have a look at this. And then make sure the directory is readable by your user by doing this. For it to work I had to use the wheel group like this:
sudo dscl . append /Groups/wheel GroupMembership $(whoami)
A: With recent changes to homebrew, this should be as simple as:
brew cask install osxfuse
brew install ext4fuse
You may have to reboot.
ext4fuse is read-only, unfortunately. And you may need to use a flag to get it to work as a normal user.
Others viewing this question may be interested in libguestfs. I'm not aware of an OS X port, but considering that VirtualBox has an API, it's not out of the question.
I wonder why no one has written a compatibility layer to allow Linux kernel filesystem code to run in userspace/fuse. Or has someone?
A: For recent versions of MacOS ext4fuse works stably for read access only. While other answers already give some usage examples I'll repeat it once again with some important details:
*
*Install macFUSE manually or with:
brew install macfuse
*Install ext4fuse with:
brew install ext4fuse
If the command above fails with Error: ext4fuse has been disabled then follow the steps at https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse/issues/66#issuecomment-819943409
*You can mount as a regular user but that will only provide access to world-readable files. To access all files you'll need to sudo, e.g.:
sudo ext4fuse -o allow_other,defer_permissions /dev/disk2s1
NOTE: -o allow_other,defer_permissions are needed in order to allow accessing the files from finder or terminal as a regular user.
*You might also need to add your user to the operators group:
# $USER is an ootb env variable that stores your mac user name
sudo dscl . append /Groups/operator GroupMembership $USER
The bash script below can be used to automate the mounting. It will loop over the Linux partitions found and prompt to mount them one by one. The mount points will be created under ~/mnt/<device-name> (if not present):
#!/usr/bin/env bash
for device in $(diskutil list | awk '/Linux/ {print $NF}') ; do
read -p ">>> Found linux device: $device. Mount? y/n <<< " answer
if [[ "$answer" =~ [yY] ]]; then
mount_point="$HOME/mnt/$device"
mkdir -p $mount_point
echo "Mounting device $device at $mount_point..."
sudo ext4fuse -o allow_other,defer_permissions /dev/$device ${mount_point}
status=$?
if [[ $status -eq 0 ]]; then
echo "Mounted successfully at ${mount_point}"
read -p "Open in Finder? y/n " show_in_finder
echo "***IMPORTANT: TO UNMOUNT USE***: diskutil umount ${mount_point}"
if [[ "$show_in_finder" =~ [yY] ]]; then
open "$mount_point"
fi
else
echo "\nERROR mounting device $device!"
echo "Is macFUSE installed? see https://macfuse.io"
echo "is ext4fuse installed? (brew install ext4fuse) https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse"
echo "See also: https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse/issues/66#issuecomment-819943409"
fi
fi
done
To unmount you can use e.g. diskutil umount /dev/disk2s1 — if you get a message that unmounting failed then you can force unmounting with diskutil umount force /dev/disk2s1, although it is recommended to close the apps that are using the files on the disk and retry without force.
If you happen to have files owned by _lpoperator (apparently they are created when you use rsync with preserve group option), then the following command will allow accessing those files:
/usr/sbin/dseditgroup -o edit -a everyone -t group _lpoperator
Original answer for Yosemite and older (deprecated)
Two packages are needed in order to enable EXT2/3/4 support on OSX: OSXFUSE and FUSE-EXT2.
The homebrew formulas for OSXFUSE and FUSE-EXT2 did not seem to work on either mavericks or yosemite.
What did work was the following:
*
*Manually downloading and installing the OSXFUSE DMG from http://osxfuse.github.io/. IMPORTANT: Once you launch the PKG installer, make sure you select MacFUSE Compatibility Layer in the wizard (it is not enabled by default) - without it mounting fails.
*Manually download FUSE-EXT2 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-ext2/ or for Sierra/El Capitan from https://github.com/gpz500/fuse-ext2/releases and run the PKG installer.
Once OSXFUSE and FUSE-EXT2 are installed you can mount ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions as described in other answers:
*
*Find the device name for the EXT partition you want to mount (e.g. disk0s2 in the example below, (UPDATE) in some MacOS versions ext3/ext4 partitions might be labelled Microsoft Basic Data and not Linux):
# diskutil list | grep Linux
1: Linux_Swap 8.2 GB disk0s1
2: Linux 119.9 GB disk0s2
*Mount the partition to an existing mount point:
sudo mkdir -p /Volumes/ext4
sudo mount -t fuse-ext2 /dev/disk0s2 /Volumes/ext4
Mounting as a regular user does not seem to work hence the need for sudo.
❗️ Known issues and limitations
Apparently, after waking from sleep mode ext4 fuse mounts stop working and trying to remount throws an error because the previous mount is still present. The workaround is to do a diskutil umount <mount_point> or diskutil umount force <mount_point> before remounting. An alternative workaround is to temporarily prevent sleeping while you are using the partitions with something like caffeinate -sdi.
A: If you're wondering what the command line is to mount an ext4 partition using fuse and ext2fuse (e.g. when installed using MacPorts port install ext2fuse) - then firstly you need to work out where the Linux partition is:
diskutil list
This will list all partitions for all disks and amongst them you should see the relevant ones listed under the TYPE column as Linux. Combine the diskX and partition number Y like this /dev/diskXsY - e.g:
mount -t fuse-ext2 /dev/disk1s2 ~/my_mount_point
It may complain about not being able to write to the log file but it should still mount the partition into your home mount point. But if you want to mount the partition into a system directory then you need to run it as root e.g:
sudo mount -t fuse-ext2 /dev/disk1s2 /sys_mount_point
If that doesn't work try:
sudo ext2fuse /dev/disk1s2 /sys_mount_point
Update: More recently I've found that fuse-ext2 has problems with certain newer ext4 features, so instead it is better to use ext4fuse (port install ext4fuse or brew install ext4fuse). Use the ext4fuse command directly:
ext4fuse /dev/disk1s2 ~/mount_point
Also as mentioned by Timothy in the comments you usually only need to use sudo if you're mounting outside your home directory or the disk (/dev/diskX) is only accessible by root:
sudo ext4fuse /dev/disk1s2 /sys_mount_point
It should be noted that you can only access that mounted filesystem as root/sudo. e.g.
sudo ls /sys_mount_point
And to unmount the filesystem you just use normal umount command (with sudo if used to mount the partition):
umount ~/mount_point
A: Just for the record, I have tested Paragon ExtFS driver (trial version) on my MacBook Pro to write to ext4 partition in Linux. I found that the driver was very unstable, and it created corruptions to the filesystem that fsck was not able to repair neither in Linux nor in Disk Utility.
My idea was to have access to my /home partition from Mac OS X using this Paragon driver, but I don't suggest to do this setup. So far, I have my /home partition in Linux formatted to hfsplus with no journaling, and then I can access my files from Mac OS X. Of course, from time to time I get some problems in my FS but is not very frequent. However, I don't suggest this setup either (at least that you have an up to date backup for your daily work).
Finally, I believe that Paragon is more suitable maybe to use for external hard disks but anyways it is not very reliable for being software which license is expensive.
Update: As of May 2015, I have formatted my /home to ext4, and I mount the filesystem using fuse-ext2 in combination with FUSE for OS X. I can access the ext4 partition to read and write. It is more solid setup than the one I previously described above.
A: You can boot Linux VM quickly on your OS X using Vagrant. You require to install VM provider such as VirtualBox and Vagrant either via .dmg file from the site or using brew cask.
Once you have vagrant command installed, run this in any selected folder:
vagrant init ubuntu/trusty64; vagrant up --provider virtualbox
This will generate Vagrantfile config file and .vagrant folder.
and you'll have Linux box booted within few minutes (downloaded from Atlas Hashicorp repository).
Then connect to the box via command: vagrant ssh and try to mount your device inside Linux.
By default your current folder will be synched with /vagrant folder in VM. For more advanced options, you can modify Vagrantfile with required configuration.
So if you mount your filesystem within /vagrant folder, it will be automatically synched back to your macOS.
Alternatively you just need to install a VirtualBox, run the GUI app, install and boot a minimal version of Linux e.g. Ubuntu in order to achieve the same as explained above.
Above non-native solution are not ideal, but at least your macOS would be more stable rather than installing unstable kernel extensions which may cause a lot of system crashes.
A: Take a look at --> https://github.com/alperakcan/fuse-ext2
This is what I will be trying next.
For ext2, there is a macports version: https://ports.macports.org/port/ext2fuse/summary
There is an ext4 module for osxfuse (which you can install via macports) but it is read only!
The multitude of versions is a bit confusing but at one point I had managed to get it to work, I will be trying again and updating this answer if it does. :)
osxfuse is available on macports and as a standalone package. I don't know which one works best yet on newer OS X versions, but I prefer macports for my free software on OS X.
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3f0c7683a066c166a04dc2c152ffeb3e028dc59e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I stop my screen from dimming while it's plugged in? Every once in a while my screen dims, I don't want that to happen. Just now it did it while I was moving the mouse.
A: Under displays in system preferences there is a checkbox (along with a brightness slider) to enable/disable automatic brightness.
| Q: How can I stop my screen from dimming while it's plugged in? Every once in a while my screen dims, I don't want that to happen. Just now it did it while I was moving the mouse.
A: Under displays in system preferences there is a checkbox (along with a brightness slider) to enable/disable automatic brightness.
A: It's true that the Ambient Light Sensor causes this problem in many cases. But I want to present an alternative answer.
If your power adapter is plugged into a wall socket or a power strip and the connection is loose, the computer will switch between Battery mode and Power Adapter mode. Since many of us have different power settings for Battery vs. Power Adapter mode, this will cause the screen to randomly dim and undim.
The fix is simple.
A: Go to System Preferences » Energy Saver
If you never want your display to dim and then turn off, set Display Sleep for Never. You can also deselect Automatically reduce brightness before display goes to sleep if you want.
A: I'd suggest you install a brilliant app called Caffeine. It's free and will do exactly what you're after. It sits nicely in your menu bar and with a simple click toggle you can enable activate/deactivate it. It also allows it to be activate for a set amount of time.
If you don't want to use a 3rd party app you can always disable Display sleep via Energy Saver preference pane.
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cf25a73fde959c81a4f87ca7465b25a534a8ad1c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get Safari to always display the tab bar? When you first open Safari and only have one page (one tab), the tab bar is not shown. When you open your second tab (e.g. by center-clicking a link to open it in a new tab), the tab bar then appears, which makes the content of the original page jump down a bit.
I expected to find an "Always show the tab bar" checkbox in Preferences, but apparently not.
Is there a way to force the tab bar to always appear, even if there's only one tab open?
A: As it turns out, you do this through the "View" menu, rather than through "Preferences":
*
*Close all tabs but one, so you only have one tab open
*In the "View" menu, click "Show Tab Bar" which will make the tab bar appear
*This preference will stick, even if you close and reopen Safari
Simple, but not what I expected!
| Q: How do I get Safari to always display the tab bar? When you first open Safari and only have one page (one tab), the tab bar is not shown. When you open your second tab (e.g. by center-clicking a link to open it in a new tab), the tab bar then appears, which makes the content of the original page jump down a bit.
I expected to find an "Always show the tab bar" checkbox in Preferences, but apparently not.
Is there a way to force the tab bar to always appear, even if there's only one tab open?
A: As it turns out, you do this through the "View" menu, rather than through "Preferences":
*
*Close all tabs but one, so you only have one tab open
*In the "View" menu, click "Show Tab Bar" which will make the tab bar appear
*This preference will stick, even if you close and reopen Safari
Simple, but not what I expected!
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08448d6aec63227e04bdd12b4f42cc70f83d5367 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Starting Keynote presenter mode without an external monitor Before a talk, I'd like to try the presenter mode for Keynote - to get familiar with it - on my Macbook Pro, without an alternate display being attached.
Is this possible? How?
A: Keynote has this functionality built-in. In Keynote, go to the Play menu, then choose Rehearse Slideshow. You'll then have presenter mode on your single screen.
| Q: Starting Keynote presenter mode without an external monitor Before a talk, I'd like to try the presenter mode for Keynote - to get familiar with it - on my Macbook Pro, without an alternate display being attached.
Is this possible? How?
A: Keynote has this functionality built-in. In Keynote, go to the Play menu, then choose Rehearse Slideshow. You'll then have presenter mode on your single screen.
A: I don't have my adapter handy to test this, but you might be able to just plug the adapter in and have the MBP think it has a second monitor.
This definitely doesn't work with the mini display port to DVI adapter, but I seem to recall that it worked with a mini DVI to VGA adapter (or was it the DVI to VGA adapter?).
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f49389492188155fd43c2ec2aa70eb3c64d5c55a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I list all user accounts in the terminal? How can I list all local user accounts in Terminal (whether logged in or not?) The commands users or who does not provide this information. OS X version is 10.6.8.
I have seen this suggested command - dscacheutil -q group
But it only lists domain user groups and non-local accounts.
A: dscacheutil returns more than just local users, for example any users I've queried Directory Services for also show.
I have found this more useful:
dscl . list /Users | grep -v "^_"
Although it also returns the likes of daemon, nobody and root.
| Q: How can I list all user accounts in the terminal? How can I list all local user accounts in Terminal (whether logged in or not?) The commands users or who does not provide this information. OS X version is 10.6.8.
I have seen this suggested command - dscacheutil -q group
But it only lists domain user groups and non-local accounts.
A: dscacheutil returns more than just local users, for example any users I've queried Directory Services for also show.
I have found this more useful:
dscl . list /Users | grep -v "^_"
Although it also returns the likes of daemon, nobody and root.
A: How about
dscacheutil -q user | grep -A 3 -B 2 -e uid:\ 5'[0-9][0-9]'
A: Try this one. I used it to find lost hidden account.
dscl . list /Users | grep -v '^_'
A: JMTCW to recreate a command line friendly /etc/passwd equivalent (though not quite in the same order):
dscacheutil -q user |
paste -d " " - - - - - - - - |
sed 's/^name: //;s/ [^[:space:]]*: /:/g'
Or if you prefer a space separated output (but parsing GECOS field will be a little more complicated:
dscacheutil -q user |
cut -d: -f2 |\
paste -d " " - - - - - - - -
A: If no user home directories were moved then ls /users will do.
Except it will also list directories like 'Shared'.
A: User accounts since 10.6 are being managed by OpenDirectory. The backend files related to users for OpenDirectory are here:
/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users
Executing ls in this directory will enumerate all local users registered on the system. Executing plutil -p <file>.plist will allow you to read some properties for specified user account (i.e. current home directory path).
This is rather undocumented so I accept downvotes. However, this method can be used to inspect a system which is not running, and for which the user has only an offline disk image.
A: You can also type:
who which tells you who's logged on, and where they're coming from. Useful if you're looking for someone who's actually physically in the same building as you, or in some other particular location.
w which tells you who's logged in, and what they're doing. Especially useful: the 'idle' part. This allows you to see whether they're actually sitting there typing away at their keyboards right at the moment.
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8c9326cc676e7b366e5b093fd1b97d36263b564d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reorder items in Reminders app Can't find a way to reorder tasks in Reminders. Am I missing something or it really is not possible?
Update: Apple added this feature to iOS 6.
A: Currently, there is no method to change the order of reminders. Neither priority nor due date of a reminder has an influence on the position in the list.
| Q: Reorder items in Reminders app Can't find a way to reorder tasks in Reminders. Am I missing something or it really is not possible?
Update: Apple added this feature to iOS 6.
A: Currently, there is no method to change the order of reminders. Neither priority nor due date of a reminder has an influence on the position in the list.
A: I just figured out how to re-order reminders. The secret is to click on a list item to the right of the text. In other words, if the item reads, "Pick up dry cleaning", click in the empty area to the right of the word "cleaning". This will cause the entire item to turn slightly darker, as if highlighted. Then, just click it and drag it up or down to the desired location.
The secret is in where you click. If you click on the text, you'll get a cursor, enabling you to edit the entry. Click out to the right, however, and you can highlight the item for dragging.
A: It can be done! On an iPhone 7, I tap on the item and hold for about one second. The background darkens and then I'm free to move the item up or down the list.
A: On MacBook I have ordered my Reminders by selecting Title as the order of sorting (under 'View'), and prefixing each item with a 2-digit sequential number, to act as the sort key. If you wish to insert an item between two that you have already numbered, you can simply add another digit to the sort number of that item, as in the Dewey Decimal system used in libraries. E.G. If you already have '01 See to animals', '02 Put out bins' and you want to add 'Put on washing' between those two, give it the number '011'
A: The only work around that I have found is to drag your reminder to another list, then bring it back to the list you want it in. It will bring that reminder to the bottom of the list.
A: Click edit and then touch the 3 lined icon on the right hand side of the reminder item, and you can move it up and down!
A: click the task on the list your want to move. when it highlighted, you can move it up and down.
A: I cannot reorder tasks on my iPhone 5S, either. However, in the iCloud desktop (WIN7),there is a category that doesn't appear on my 5S. It's called "Scheduled." That is where you will find tasks in day and time order, scheduled automatically by the app. The tasks, et all, you store in the categories that you set up on your phone, pad, or computer can be highlighted, but not moved. Rather, you can move them, but they won't stay!
A: Using the main list on the computer select for each list: View, Sort By, Manual. Drag them manually into the correct order and this will then be duplicated in your other devices. The previous comment about dragging your reminder to another list may help too but I haven't tried it. Making the new list Manual before importing may also help.
A: Choose Edit. Press and hold the lines on right of item to be moved. Slowly drag the item left then right until the grey circle/slash disappears, then drag the item to new position and let go.
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de46a38c621bd7881c2646ae82935e5610ee969d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I modify the Date Added field in iTunes 10 I haven't tried doing this in quite some time (iTunes 7 era), but I seem to remember simply editing the XML file iTunes creates was NOT sufficient in updating the Date Added field in iTunes.
In case you're curious why I would want to edit Date Added, it is because I most often enjoy listening to music with iTunes sorted on Date Added field. Most of the time this is a logical order for me, but occasionally (when importing more than one album at a time) iTunes imports a batch of songs in a seemingly random order, so I might have very differing albums intermixed. In these cases, I'd like to go in and make sure the Date Added times are grouped by album.
A: Just change the system clock and add the file again:
*
*Remove the track.
*Change the date on your system clock to the desired date.
*Add the track.
| Q: How can I modify the Date Added field in iTunes 10 I haven't tried doing this in quite some time (iTunes 7 era), but I seem to remember simply editing the XML file iTunes creates was NOT sufficient in updating the Date Added field in iTunes.
In case you're curious why I would want to edit Date Added, it is because I most often enjoy listening to music with iTunes sorted on Date Added field. Most of the time this is a logical order for me, but occasionally (when importing more than one album at a time) iTunes imports a batch of songs in a seemingly random order, so I might have very differing albums intermixed. In these cases, I'd like to go in and make sure the Date Added times are grouped by album.
A: Just change the system clock and add the file again:
*
*Remove the track.
*Change the date on your system clock to the desired date.
*Add the track.
A: You could try sorting by the Date Modified field. Date Added is readonly, but you can modify Date Modified. There's an app called SortHelper for iTunes.
A: The Date Added field is officially read only. AppleScript can't change it, nor can any menu or command within iTunes. iTunes Music Library.xml is a text file, so in theory it could be edited to modify the Date Added information, then force iTunes to rebuild the iTunes Library.itl file. Not particularly easy.
If there's a better solution, I'd love to see it, but I'm afraid Apple made the Date Added field difficult to modify.
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901734a879b1e07cf2c344dfa9c61a20709b64ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I rate songs on the 5th gen iPod nano? How do I rate songs on the 5th generation iPod nano? Is it possible? Do they get copied back to iTunes?
A: The 5th Gen nano still had a click wheel, so you should just have to click the center button twice, and then turn the click wheel left or right to adjust ratings. And yes, these should sync back to iTunes.
| Q: How do I rate songs on the 5th gen iPod nano? How do I rate songs on the 5th generation iPod nano? Is it possible? Do they get copied back to iTunes?
A: The 5th Gen nano still had a click wheel, so you should just have to click the center button twice, and then turn the click wheel left or right to adjust ratings. And yes, these should sync back to iTunes.
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a81ea0e45cc34aa184640abce3d907ed70c51c9b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I reset the Display cached data? A week ago I noticed a weird Lion symptom, and posted a vague description of one this problem.
Today, after some tests, I came to a conclusion that this bug reproduces whenever a the computer is logged into while plugged to a certain display, and then being plugged to a different display.
The only thing I can think of is that the display data is saved, and a conflict occurs upon the plugging of a different display.
Any idea as to how I can delete or reset this data?
A: I am unable to reproduce the problem.
Maybe this will work: System Preferences > Displays > Detect Displays
| Q: How do I reset the Display cached data? A week ago I noticed a weird Lion symptom, and posted a vague description of one this problem.
Today, after some tests, I came to a conclusion that this bug reproduces whenever a the computer is logged into while plugged to a certain display, and then being plugged to a different display.
The only thing I can think of is that the display data is saved, and a conflict occurs upon the plugging of a different display.
Any idea as to how I can delete or reset this data?
A: I am unable to reproduce the problem.
Maybe this will work: System Preferences > Displays > Detect Displays
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67dc8cc3f7349ad40fc050f3c8ef60c5930cb6c2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make an automator service always show up? I have an AppleScript that adds the subject of a selected email in Mail to my task manager.
I have put this AppleScript in an Automator service so I can hotkey it.
Only problem is this: Lion insists on only showing the service when I have text selected. Somehow OS X thinks its a text based script even though I specified there is no input.
Is there any way to have the service show up in the services menu independent of the selection I have?
A: In Automator at the very top of your workflow, there is a dropdown box for which the prompt reads Service receives selected. If you are getting the results you report, the word text likely appears in the dropdown box. Change it to no input and save the service.
| Q: How can I make an automator service always show up? I have an AppleScript that adds the subject of a selected email in Mail to my task manager.
I have put this AppleScript in an Automator service so I can hotkey it.
Only problem is this: Lion insists on only showing the service when I have text selected. Somehow OS X thinks its a text based script even though I specified there is no input.
Is there any way to have the service show up in the services menu independent of the selection I have?
A: In Automator at the very top of your workflow, there is a dropdown box for which the prompt reads Service receives selected. If you are getting the results you report, the word text likely appears in the dropdown box. Change it to no input and save the service.
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50ca99033b604b91c8abb8a7b7365f1dbc34ffa0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where will the incident with the sudo command be reported to? If a non-admin types a sudo command in Terminal, this will appear after they enter their password:
User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Where is this reported to?
A:
In older versions of OS X (through 10.6 or maybe 10.7), the disallowed sudo attempt would be logged in /var/log/secure.log; in more recent versions it's recorded in the ASL (Apple System Log) database, in /var/log/asl/*. You can read this with the Console.app utility (select ALL MESSAGES in the sidebar, then if you can't find them use the search field in the upper right to search for sudo). You can also use the command-line syslog command to query the database (syslog -k Facility authpriv -k Sender sudo should do it). Note that with either Console.app or syslog, the entries will only be visible if you are running as an admin or root.
Source
| Q: Where will the incident with the sudo command be reported to? If a non-admin types a sudo command in Terminal, this will appear after they enter their password:
User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Where is this reported to?
A:
In older versions of OS X (through 10.6 or maybe 10.7), the disallowed sudo attempt would be logged in /var/log/secure.log; in more recent versions it's recorded in the ASL (Apple System Log) database, in /var/log/asl/*. You can read this with the Console.app utility (select ALL MESSAGES in the sidebar, then if you can't find them use the search field in the upper right to search for sudo). You can also use the command-line syslog command to query the database (syslog -k Facility authpriv -k Sender sudo should do it). Note that with either Console.app or syslog, the entries will only be visible if you are running as an admin or root.
Source
A: The event will be logged in /var/log/secure.log and a mail will be sent to root (which by default goes to /dev/null which is Unix speak for it is discarded).
A: it will be emailed to their apple id, i have found
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43d14faea0239feaab5d1125737a7258b67e1b67 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Ooops. How can I re-install the Mac App Store? I'm running Mac OS X version 10.7.2.
There's this app called app-zapper. It helps to remove the library and cache files from apps when you want to get rid of an app by "zapping" it. I needed to shave some space. I'm using Pixelmator now instead of Photoshop, so I tried to zap my Adobe folder but instead my App Store app got zapped. I didn't realize it till my trash was emptied. The rest writes itself.
I've tried reinstalling 10.7.2, extracting the App Store.app file from 10.7.2 package (it's incomplete) and re-downloading the snow leopard extracted one (don't work on lion).
How can I re-install the app store?
A: Many options are available to you:
*
*Restore it from your backup
*Copy it from another Mac running 10.7.2
*Download and apply the current combo updater (often they contain entire programs, but it's not a guaranteed thing)
*Reinstall Lion and upgrade to 10.7.2 - if your Lion install is lower than 10.7.2 try not to run programs until they are all patched up to the same version as your existing software.
| Q: Ooops. How can I re-install the Mac App Store? I'm running Mac OS X version 10.7.2.
There's this app called app-zapper. It helps to remove the library and cache files from apps when you want to get rid of an app by "zapping" it. I needed to shave some space. I'm using Pixelmator now instead of Photoshop, so I tried to zap my Adobe folder but instead my App Store app got zapped. I didn't realize it till my trash was emptied. The rest writes itself.
I've tried reinstalling 10.7.2, extracting the App Store.app file from 10.7.2 package (it's incomplete) and re-downloading the snow leopard extracted one (don't work on lion).
How can I re-install the app store?
A: Many options are available to you:
*
*Restore it from your backup
*Copy it from another Mac running 10.7.2
*Download and apply the current combo updater (often they contain entire programs, but it's not a guaranteed thing)
*Reinstall Lion and upgrade to 10.7.2 - if your Lion install is lower than 10.7.2 try not to run programs until they are all patched up to the same version as your existing software.
A: Here's my copy, hope it helps.
http://www.ilorentz.org/~gio/public/App%20Store.zip
PS: I'm going to remove it next week, so be quick!
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f18fe7242b8d6d1cc7fbb213a1d03ae290e6f3d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Helping to manage my amazon ec2 servers on my ipad I am looking for apps that would help me to manage my amazon EC2 servers on an iPad. Are there any apps like that?
A: I've used Cloud Services Manager to monitor and control my EC2, EBS and S3 instances and storage. Works okay. I wouldn't say it was wonderful, but it'll do in a pinch. If you're used to Elastic Fox you may find it a bit disappointing. Not quite as nice as EF.
More often than not I just use Panic's Prompt ssh client for iOS. It's quite good as ssh clients go and I'll use it to gain access to a known-good instance from which I can then run my own boto-enabled inspection tools or any of the standard EC2 command line utilities.
Between those two I can usually handle most of my EC2 issues from an iOS device.
| Q: Helping to manage my amazon ec2 servers on my ipad I am looking for apps that would help me to manage my amazon EC2 servers on an iPad. Are there any apps like that?
A: I've used Cloud Services Manager to monitor and control my EC2, EBS and S3 instances and storage. Works okay. I wouldn't say it was wonderful, but it'll do in a pinch. If you're used to Elastic Fox you may find it a bit disappointing. Not quite as nice as EF.
More often than not I just use Panic's Prompt ssh client for iOS. It's quite good as ssh clients go and I'll use it to gain access to a known-good instance from which I can then run my own boto-enabled inspection tools or any of the standard EC2 command line utilities.
Between those two I can usually handle most of my EC2 issues from an iOS device.
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d4da927cbae31ff98675c3c12fc72b97d06f17d7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to always start an application fullscreen? After searching online for some time I was unable to find a real answer.
It it possible to start an application (i.e. Chrome) in a way that it always goes fullscreen?
A: Yes.
Just leave the app in full screen mode when you quit the application. As long as it's using Lion's full screen library (and not some hack of its own), the next time you start the app it will start back up in full screen mode.
Just tested this with Safari and Sparrow and they both restarted in full screen mode. Chrome 15.0.874.106, however, did not. I don't think Chrome's full screen support on Lion is quite right, it might not be using Lion's full screen window methods in the ways necessary to have it resume in full screen mode.
| Q: Is it possible to always start an application fullscreen? After searching online for some time I was unable to find a real answer.
It it possible to start an application (i.e. Chrome) in a way that it always goes fullscreen?
A: Yes.
Just leave the app in full screen mode when you quit the application. As long as it's using Lion's full screen library (and not some hack of its own), the next time you start the app it will start back up in full screen mode.
Just tested this with Safari and Sparrow and they both restarted in full screen mode. Chrome 15.0.874.106, however, did not. I don't think Chrome's full screen support on Lion is quite right, it might not be using Lion's full screen window methods in the ways necessary to have it resume in full screen mode.
A: The best solution I can find is the shortcut "alt+⌘+F" for Full Screen mode.
Find the shortcut for the one you want in the View menu.
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17e86f2fc55302394b47bdd4c2e71b9d344ef211 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I switch between application windows with keyboard shortcuts? Say I have two windows of a browser running, how can I switch between those two windows? like Command + Tab?
A: ⌘ Command + `
will cycle between windows of the current application when using i.a. US keyboard.
| Q: How do I switch between application windows with keyboard shortcuts? Say I have two windows of a browser running, how can I switch between those two windows? like Command + Tab?
A: ⌘ Command + `
will cycle between windows of the current application when using i.a. US keyboard.
A: *
*⌘`: Move focus to next window (in application)
*⌃F4: Move focus to active or next window (visible windows on the current space)
(On the U.S. locale and keyboard layout.)
A: To have a more complete way of switching between windows in all apps simiilar to the Windows way get a third party application like Witch or Optimal Layout both are now in the App Store.
Both of these allow ⌘ Command + Tab will switch between all windows in all apps in a last used order (or can be configured to another order)
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704b67bb1edbc4ee06408255e9fb261234bb5956 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Personal sorting system in the finder's windows Is there a way to use a personal sorting system in the finder's windows ? I don't want to sort the files and folders using the "Labels" (because of the colors). I just want to have the list ordered the way I want...
Is this possible ?
A: You could make a custom sort order using Spotlight Comments. Show the Comments column in your Finder window (View > Show View Options), then enter Spotlight Comments into your files (File > Get Info) so that they sort in the order you want. You could also use these comments for Spotlight searches and smart folders.
You can use Automator to add the same comment to a whole batch of files by creating an Automator Service (for contextual menu) or Application (for drag & drop) and using the "Set Spotlight Comments for Finder Items" action. Make sure to change "Service receives selected" to files or folders. To have Automator ask you what text to use for the comment, show the Options for the "Set Spotlight Comments" action and check Show this action when the workflow runs.
| Q: Personal sorting system in the finder's windows Is there a way to use a personal sorting system in the finder's windows ? I don't want to sort the files and folders using the "Labels" (because of the colors). I just want to have the list ordered the way I want...
Is this possible ?
A: You could make a custom sort order using Spotlight Comments. Show the Comments column in your Finder window (View > Show View Options), then enter Spotlight Comments into your files (File > Get Info) so that they sort in the order you want. You could also use these comments for Spotlight searches and smart folders.
You can use Automator to add the same comment to a whole batch of files by creating an Automator Service (for contextual menu) or Application (for drag & drop) and using the "Set Spotlight Comments for Finder Items" action. Make sure to change "Service receives selected" to files or folders. To have Automator ask you what text to use for the comment, show the Options for the "Set Spotlight Comments" action and check Show this action when the workflow runs.
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7abf39a4c80ef7dfadb88a44c1348ec1e2f808ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you get a printer's IP in lion? How did you find out an existing printer's IP in lion?
In Snow Leopard you can do it in this way:
*
*Open System Preferences
*Select the printer that you want to find the IP for
*Click 'Options & Supplies'
*The IP is shown next to the 'URL:' label, and might say 'lpd://192.168.0.50/'
How can you do this in OS X Lion?
A: Use the built-in CUPS web interface to get detailed printer information:
http://localhost:631/printers/
On newer versions of macOS you'll need to run the following command to enable the web interface:
cupsctl WebInterface=yes
| Q: How do you get a printer's IP in lion? How did you find out an existing printer's IP in lion?
In Snow Leopard you can do it in this way:
*
*Open System Preferences
*Select the printer that you want to find the IP for
*Click 'Options & Supplies'
*The IP is shown next to the 'URL:' label, and might say 'lpd://192.168.0.50/'
How can you do this in OS X Lion?
A: Use the built-in CUPS web interface to get detailed printer information:
http://localhost:631/printers/
On newer versions of macOS you'll need to run the following command to enable the web interface:
cupsctl WebInterface=yes
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03e6d3b624d4bb57b3a2e1f20841025e1ae78890 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why would you choose Alfred over Spotlight? Mac OS X is already loaded with Apple Spotlight, why use Alfred?
What does Alfred bring to the table that Spotlight doesn't?
A: You already have several answers on the web, like here or there.
I personally use Alfred (+ optional powerpack) for a long time now and cannot live without it. It's (very) fast. I use it to obviously (and efficiently as drummin explained) launch applications, but also do simple calculations, search for files (and then take actions on thoses files, copy, email, open, ...), get definition from dictionary. I also command iTunes, added extensions for currency conversion, .dmg creation, etc...
Can you do all of this with Spotlight? I anyway kept Spotlight on Alt+Space but never used it again ;)
I'm a keyboard guy and do a million things in seconds with Alfred. Clear productivity boost.
PS: a 'spell personnaly' helped me write it correctly in my second sentence, english not being my native language, great help for me... ;)
| Q: Why would you choose Alfred over Spotlight? Mac OS X is already loaded with Apple Spotlight, why use Alfred?
What does Alfred bring to the table that Spotlight doesn't?
A: You already have several answers on the web, like here or there.
I personally use Alfred (+ optional powerpack) for a long time now and cannot live without it. It's (very) fast. I use it to obviously (and efficiently as drummin explained) launch applications, but also do simple calculations, search for files (and then take actions on thoses files, copy, email, open, ...), get definition from dictionary. I also command iTunes, added extensions for currency conversion, .dmg creation, etc...
Can you do all of this with Spotlight? I anyway kept Spotlight on Alt+Space but never used it again ;)
I'm a keyboard guy and do a million things in seconds with Alfred. Clear productivity boost.
PS: a 'spell personnaly' helped me write it correctly in my second sentence, english not being my native language, great help for me... ;)
A: Alfred is not just an app launcher. It has:
- Custom searches, which I found to be a "must-have" for app launchers these days.
- Extensions (shell script, Apple Script, etc..).
- Global Hotkey
- iTunes controller
- etc ...
And many other features. You better download the free core version and start using it.
Spotlight isn't anywhere near it.
A: One thing is speed. I believe Alfred is currently faster than Spotlight. And, this is specifically for Lion I believe, Alfred learns where Spotlight doesn't.
If I want to launch Adobe Photoshop and start to type 'Ph' Alfred will offer Photoshop as an option and move it to the top with the more I select it.
With Spotlight, Photo Booth with be the first choice, and it will not learn what I want with repeated use. I believe at one point it did, but lost the ability in Lion.
A: Alfred and Launchbar are amazing tools that run all the time and provide further benefits and integrations with apps unlike spotlight.
If you only need to search for files and apps and you don't have specific reasons why the Apple provided spotlight is not meeting your needs, I'd be the contrarian here and say, don't add anything to your Mac that runs all the time and you don't have a good reason to add it.
When you know what you need, have a look at the tools and try the one you feel is worth your time to take for a test drive.
A: I have not switch. It seems like spotlight is working fine for me. I store doc on my computer and spotlight pulls them up. While it would be nice for spotlight to, search the web like alfred?, it does not mean that i need an entire app for that purpose. plus, most of the greatest things about alfred requires Plus or about five or ten bucks for it. Thus, i have not gotten it because it does not seem like the utility it brings is worth the money.
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c5aaeff8ec955869cd3988ebf24047fb158e5b3e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to spell a word to Siri? Is it possible to spell a word to Siri? For instance, if I ask for the stock price of a certain company, she doesn't always understand the company name.
A: Actually you can. Try saying letter E letter F Letter G and so on.
Similarly, you can also say Numeral five if you want to type 5.
| Q: Is it possible to spell a word to Siri? Is it possible to spell a word to Siri? For instance, if I ask for the stock price of a certain company, she doesn't always understand the company name.
A: Actually you can. Try saying letter E letter F Letter G and so on.
Similarly, you can also say Numeral five if you want to type 5.
A: You can say no caps on and no space on and then spell a word, letter by letter, followed by no caps off and no space off and Siri will understand that you spelt a word out for it to interpret.
You can see this in practice in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMNLV-qeou4
The context of the video is spelling words in Notes.app, so it's not clear if this works in all Siri contexts.
A: Try saying: "no caps on, no space on", then spell the word, then say "no caps off, no space off".
A: Custom responses and informing Siri of specific words or spellings is not possible at the moment, but Apple itself has stressed that Siri is in beta status. That's not a label they use lightly, so I'd expect big improvements down the road.
A: It doesn't work reliably but there are a few commands for spelling things out in Siri. Here's an article about it: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/10/20/how-to-type-comma-using-siri/
It sounds like some Dragon Dictate commands work.
A: I'm afraid that's not possible. You can't force Siri. At least, not yet.
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451da71aaf1d0ef43cabf443edf5c9bedfe8ea97 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Excessive "Opening application for the first time" dialogs I often get the dialog box warning me that I'm opening an application for the first time. But, it isn't the first time. Some of these are applications that I use daily.
I seem to be getting more of these after an OS upgrade, almost as if some database got reset. Can I do something to get these warnings to be generated properly?
A: This warning pops up every time an application wants to register a URI handler (a something:// protocol). Normally, your approval is saved by LaunchServices, but that database can become corrupted. Try resetting it by doing a
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -all local,system,user
in Terminal. The warnings should pop up once for each application again after that, then be gone for good. If they keep coming, something is resetting the database on its own (a clue would be that the default browser / mail app / RSS app / FTP app you set keep resetting to the Apple provided ones).
| Q: Excessive "Opening application for the first time" dialogs I often get the dialog box warning me that I'm opening an application for the first time. But, it isn't the first time. Some of these are applications that I use daily.
I seem to be getting more of these after an OS upgrade, almost as if some database got reset. Can I do something to get these warnings to be generated properly?
A: This warning pops up every time an application wants to register a URI handler (a something:// protocol). Normally, your approval is saved by LaunchServices, but that database can become corrupted. Try resetting it by doing a
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -all local,system,user
in Terminal. The warnings should pop up once for each application again after that, then be gone for good. If they keep coming, something is resetting the database on its own (a clue would be that the default browser / mail app / RSS app / FTP app you set keep resetting to the Apple provided ones).
A: I had the same problem (only with SourceTree, after an update), and seeing @kopischke's answer reminded me of another Ask Different thread, on another LaunchServices database problem:
Why does my Mac's list of "Open with" applications start listing the apps twice and sometimes three times?
The LaunchServices reset command provided there is slightly different from the one @kopischke provided:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
I tried that, and it solved my "Opening application for the first time" problem. But it did not require me to re-okay every other application as well (only a few; I didn't see an obvious pattern in which). So it may be worth trying this before trying the earlier suggestion.
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afe4b32c46a32229057c4e83c6e612c6b8b6c2b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way for me to use the original Mac Plus or Mac 128k mouse with a modern Macbook Pro? I gather the original Macs used a serial port for the mouse with a RS-422 DE-9 connector. Totally nonstandard today. But surely, at some point some company (Apple?) must have made an adapter to use the early mice with USB-based Macs?
Thanks for any info...
A: As far as I know, the old mac mice used a DE-9 connector, but this isn't RS-232-compatible. If it was, you could have used an adaptor from RS-232 to PS/2 and then a standard ps/2-usb-converter (both must be active converters).
If you get an ADB-mouse you will be able to use them as there are adaptors for these.
If you're into electronics and programming, you could build your own converter eg. using a teensy-board for few bucks. It shouldn't be too hard as the old apple mouse just sends quadrature signals which should easily be translated into pointer movements.
| Q: Is there any way for me to use the original Mac Plus or Mac 128k mouse with a modern Macbook Pro? I gather the original Macs used a serial port for the mouse with a RS-422 DE-9 connector. Totally nonstandard today. But surely, at some point some company (Apple?) must have made an adapter to use the early mice with USB-based Macs?
Thanks for any info...
A: As far as I know, the old mac mice used a DE-9 connector, but this isn't RS-232-compatible. If it was, you could have used an adaptor from RS-232 to PS/2 and then a standard ps/2-usb-converter (both must be active converters).
If you get an ADB-mouse you will be able to use them as there are adaptors for these.
If you're into electronics and programming, you could build your own converter eg. using a teensy-board for few bucks. It shouldn't be too hard as the old apple mouse just sends quadrature signals which should easily be translated into pointer movements.
A: Ancient thread - but I was searching for the same thought
It's possible to use an arduino/teensy with HID capability to covert the quadrature to be used on a USB device.
The DE9 pinout (with arduino pins for code below) is:
DB9 Pro Micro
1 GND
2 VCC
3 GND
4 D0 (pin 3)
5 D1 (pin 2)
6 - (not connected)
7 B3 (pin 14)
8 D3 (pin TXO)
9 D2 (pin RXI)
And some sample code originally from GuilleAcoustic and modified by Johan Berglund:
/* ================================================================================
Author : GuilleAcoustic
Date : 2015-05-22
Revision: V1.0
Purpose : Opto-mechanical trackball firmware
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wiring informations: Sparkfun Pro micro (Atmega32u4)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Red : Gnd | Pin: Gnd
- Orange : Vcc (+5V) | Pin: Vcc
- Yellow : X axis encoder / channel A | Pin: PD3 - (INT0)
- Green : X axis encoder / channel B | Pin: PD2 - (INT1)
- Blue : Y axis encoder / channel A | Pin: PD0 - (INT2)
- Violet : Y axis encoder / channel B | Pin: PD1 - (INT3)
- Grey : Switch 1 | Pin: PB3
- White : Switch 2 | Pin: PB2
- Black : Switch 3 | Pin: PB1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modified for use with Apple M0100 mouse
By Johan Berglund, 2015-08-10
Changes in code:
- Internal pullup set for pin 14 (B3)
- State check for right and middle buttons commented out
Connection to DB9:
DB9 Pro Micro
1 GND
2 VCC
3 GND
4 D0 (pin 3)
5 D1 (pin 2)
6 - (not connected)
7 B3 (pin 14)
8 D3 (pin TXO)
9 D2 (pin RXI)
================================================================================ */
// =================================================================================
// Type definition
// =================================================================================
typedef struct
{
int8_t coordinate = 0;
uint8_t index = 0;
} ENCODER_;
// =================================================================================
// Constant definition
// =================================================================================
const int8_t lookupTable[] = {0, 1, -1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1, 1, 0};
// =================================================================================
// Volatile variables
// =================================================================================
volatile ENCODER_ xAxis;
volatile ENCODER_ yAxis;
// =================================================================================
// Setup function
// =================================================================================
void setup()
{
// Set pull-up for mouse switch on M0100
pinMode(14, INPUT_PULLUP);
// Attach interruption to encoders channels
attachInterrupt(0, ISR_HANDLER_X, CHANGE);
attachInterrupt(1, ISR_HANDLER_X, CHANGE);
attachInterrupt(2, ISR_HANDLER_Y, CHANGE);
attachInterrupt(3, ISR_HANDLER_Y, CHANGE);
// Start the mouse function
Mouse.begin();
}
// =================================================================================
// Main program loop
// =================================================================================
void loop()
{
// Update mouse coordinates
if (xAxis.coordinate != 0 || yAxis.coordinate != 0)
{
Mouse.move(xAxis.coordinate, yAxis.coordinate);
xAxis.coordinate = 0;
yAxis.coordinate = 0;
}
// Update buttons state
!(PINB & 0b1000) ? Mouse.press(MOUSE_LEFT) : Mouse.release(MOUSE_LEFT);
// !(PINB & 0b0100) ? Mouse.press(MOUSE_RIGHT) : Mouse.release(MOUSE_RIGHT);
// !(PINB & 0b0010) ? Mouse.press(MOUSE_MIDDLE) : Mouse.release(MOUSE_MIDDLE);
// Wait a little before next update
delay(10);
}
// =================================================================================
// Interrupt handlers
// =================================================================================
void ISR_HANDLER_X()
{
// Build the LUT index from previous and new data
xAxis.index = (xAxis.index << 2) | ((PIND & 0b0011) >> 0);
xAxis.coordinate += lookupTable[xAxis.index & 0b1111];
}
void ISR_HANDLER_Y()
{
// Build the LUT index from previous and new data
yAxis.index = (yAxis.index << 2) | ((PIND & 0b1100) >> 2);
yAxis.coordinate += lookupTable[yAxis.index & 0b1111];
}
Original from:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=74340.0
A: There are two available usb adapters for the old Macintosh mouse and keyboard you can use. It’s plug n’ plug play and compatible with major OS like Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
*
*M0100 mouse to USB converter
*M110 keyboard to USB converter
A: Normally it's an issue of drivers over converters. A quick search will present a plethora serial-to-USB converters for purchase. I simply wouldn't hold my breath on the system recognizing the input device.
A: Yes. You will need a micro controller chip with both 5 digital I/O pins and a USB interface that can masquerade as an USB HID device. The Mac 128k mouse DE-9 connector has output pins for 2 XY quadrature encoders and the mouse button. Some micro-controller programming may be required.
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d742a4dcc11e8e2523e1dccbdc1d338df7d5af40 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Operations: how to filter text messages on iPhone Question for operations people. I work at a place that believes in configuring Nagios to send SMS alerts on all priorities of issues - even non-urgent ones that I don't need to wake me up in the middle of the night.
Is there a way on my iPhone to filter these texts based on words in the body or subject? I've got an iPhone 3GS, I think it's running iOS 4.x something but I can upgrade to iOS 5 if needed.
A: You could send the SMSes through an online service like Google Voice that might be able to do content filtering (or at least would forward certain ones to email to filter).
| Q: Operations: how to filter text messages on iPhone Question for operations people. I work at a place that believes in configuring Nagios to send SMS alerts on all priorities of issues - even non-urgent ones that I don't need to wake me up in the middle of the night.
Is there a way on my iPhone to filter these texts based on words in the body or subject? I've got an iPhone 3GS, I think it's running iOS 4.x something but I can upgrade to iOS 5 if needed.
A: You could send the SMSes through an online service like Google Voice that might be able to do content filtering (or at least would forward certain ones to email to filter).
A: Unless disabled, the iOS Spotlight search and the in-app Messages search can find terms you might otherwise filter. Automating this in any way is strictly reliant on jailbreaking the unit for a 3rd-party offering (of which I'm not aware).
A: You can use GroupMe as a proxy Text service and set notifications to mute for that contact. That way you can take a look at the conversation if you want to, but don't get disturbed by it.
A: There's no way to do this in iOS unless you can have the messages sent from different addresses. Then you could put the phone in Do Not Disturb mode, but allow the email address of the urgent contact to pass through by putting them in Favorites.
Alternatively, you could send the notifications to an email address and use IFTTT or email filters to forward those with, for example, "urgent" in the subject to your cell phone's email address.
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403f6b78082e1a589adf02c9ad4fde1a9939bf16 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does the App Store think Xcode 4.2 is installed? I'm trying to upgrade Xcode from 4.1 to 4.2.
However App Store thinks that it's already up to date, which it is not.
I am a registered Mac and iOS developer. I don't think 4.2 is under NDA.
How can I fix this?
A: Delete the XCode installer in /Applications, restart App Store. Now you will have an "Install" button for XCode. Download the installer and run it.
| Q: Why does the App Store think Xcode 4.2 is installed? I'm trying to upgrade Xcode from 4.1 to 4.2.
However App Store thinks that it's already up to date, which it is not.
I am a registered Mac and iOS developer. I don't think 4.2 is under NDA.
How can I fix this?
A: Delete the XCode installer in /Applications, restart App Store. Now you will have an "Install" button for XCode. Download the installer and run it.
A: Actually, chances are the installer is for Xcode 4.2. The App Store is a bit misleading, since it doesn't actually install Xcode, but downloads the installer and puts it in /Applications/Install Xcode.app. You still need to run the installer. The App Store knows nothing about if you've done that or not.
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a23d15b56f191cada299b270d88d80dcde404c74 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the fastest way to get data off Time Capsule and onto an external drive? I plugged an external drive into Time Capsule using the USB input on the back.
Then I used Finder to move data from the Time Capsule's drive to the USB drive.
Finder says it'll take over 24 hours to move that data.
There must be a faster way. Do you know how I can do that?
A: If you want an exact copy of the TC drive, the fastest way is to connect the USB drive directly to the TC and use the archiving option in Airport Utility:
Other things to consider:
*
*Transfering data over wire (ethernet) is faster than over Wi-Fi
*Connecting the USB drive directly to the computer (than to the TC) gives better results if you use the Finder to copy data.
| Q: What's the fastest way to get data off Time Capsule and onto an external drive? I plugged an external drive into Time Capsule using the USB input on the back.
Then I used Finder to move data from the Time Capsule's drive to the USB drive.
Finder says it'll take over 24 hours to move that data.
There must be a faster way. Do you know how I can do that?
A: If you want an exact copy of the TC drive, the fastest way is to connect the USB drive directly to the TC and use the archiving option in Airport Utility:
Other things to consider:
*
*Transfering data over wire (ethernet) is faster than over Wi-Fi
*Connecting the USB drive directly to the computer (than to the TC) gives better results if you use the Finder to copy data.
A: I can't say for sure (so someone can correct me if AFP (which I assume is being used) works differently) but a common problem with Windows network transfers from one remote device to another is it will pull the file TO the computer you use to initiate the transfer, then move it to the destination, which is much slower than a direct transfer.
If Time Capsule has a function in its interface for transferring files to a connected drive (or can be connected to via ssh to do the same), that will probably be a better solution than initiating the transfer via Finder.
A: If you are not going to take apart Time Capsule then connect USB drive to your Mac and connect your Mac to TM by wire if possible. That would be the fastest way to copy.
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f057c9afe2e6b3c07d216696a118f82f8f9ae025 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable OS X screen sharing (VNC) through SSH? I forgot to turn on "VNC viewers may control screen with password",
to enter on my working Mac,
is there way to turn-on this feature remotely via SSH (I'm on WindowsXP now)?
A: Here is a different way, that enables screen sharing access for all current users, instead of using a single VNC password:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-activate -configure -access -on \
-configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers \
-configure -restart -agent -privs -all
Disable it with this:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -configure -access -off
This allows you to connect to the remote computer from a mac using the share screen button in Finder.
Reference: http://ss64.com/osx/kickstart.html
| Q: How to enable OS X screen sharing (VNC) through SSH? I forgot to turn on "VNC viewers may control screen with password",
to enter on my working Mac,
is there way to turn-on this feature remotely via SSH (I'm on WindowsXP now)?
A: Here is a different way, that enables screen sharing access for all current users, instead of using a single VNC password:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-activate -configure -access -on \
-configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers \
-configure -restart -agent -privs -all
Disable it with this:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -configure -access -off
This allows you to connect to the remote computer from a mac using the share screen button in Finder.
Reference: http://ss64.com/osx/kickstart.html
A: Source: http://technotes.twosmallcoins.com/?p=279 (archived)
Putty is a good SSH client for Windows.
*
*SSH into your remote OS X machine with an administrator’s log in and password.
*Enable Remote Desktop (a.k.a. Screen Sharing, a.k.a. VNC) with this command:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-activate -configure -access -on \
-clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes \
-clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd \
-restart -agent -privs -all
*Login using a VNC client. As I mentioned, TightVNC worked for me;
for some reason, RealVNC and UltraVNC didn’t. Your password is
“mypasswd” (see the -vncpw flag in the above command; you can and
should change this).
*When you are done, turn off screen-sharing using your SSH session:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-deactivate -configure -access -off
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bdc143a2e4a604a72cad1e94daf4a227ac48d388 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unlocking iPhone 4 I forgot my passcode to my phone because my friend changed it. I'm not locking it, so I can still use my phone. The computer my phone is backed up on is down right now. Is there any way I can go to the apple store and have them unlock my phone? Or any way to take my passcode off besides resetting it on my computer. That option is not possible right now.
Thanks.
A: No. There is no way to bypass the passcode lock on iOS. Either you remember the code/get it from your friend, or you have to restore the iPhone.
| Q: Unlocking iPhone 4 I forgot my passcode to my phone because my friend changed it. I'm not locking it, so I can still use my phone. The computer my phone is backed up on is down right now. Is there any way I can go to the apple store and have them unlock my phone? Or any way to take my passcode off besides resetting it on my computer. That option is not possible right now.
Thanks.
A: No. There is no way to bypass the passcode lock on iOS. Either you remember the code/get it from your friend, or you have to restore the iPhone.
A: You'd have to restore the phone using iTunes on a Mac or PC
To do that, turn off your phone, than plug your phone in (to the computer) while keeping the home button pressed until an iTunes symbol appears on the iPhone's screen. iTunes should "detect a phone in restore mode" and you'll be able to reset your phone.
Apple Article on the topic: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
A: If you have a back up from before it was changed you can do a DFU restore then restore back to what it was like before
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ea2e9c36ed2c4f68ec8e944f734157d4979f3a37 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can an old Apple ID be merged into the newer ID? When I first creed an Apple account, years ago, I used a password which I've been using ever since. Later I joined Me.com and I was assigned an email address that also became another Apple ID for me. More recently, with the new iCloud it looks like only my email address will be accepted as the ID t... So, how do I merge my now "old" ID into my newer @me.com address? Thanks.
A: As of now, you cannot merge multiple Apple IDs into one Apple ID. It has been rumored but it is not possible at the moment.
| Q: How can an old Apple ID be merged into the newer ID? When I first creed an Apple account, years ago, I used a password which I've been using ever since. Later I joined Me.com and I was assigned an email address that also became another Apple ID for me. More recently, with the new iCloud it looks like only my email address will be accepted as the ID t... So, how do I merge my now "old" ID into my newer @me.com address? Thanks.
A: As of now, you cannot merge multiple Apple IDs into one Apple ID. It has been rumored but it is not possible at the moment.
A: Apple still working on it. I know about it from last news.
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/18/apple-still-working-on-allowing-merging-of-apple-ids/
A: Here's an idea. What you can do, if you haven't bought much or anything on your new ID. You can change the email address on your apple ID once every 90 days (which is important, make sure you do this right the first time).
So change your me.com address to something else entirely. Make a new temporary email on gmail if you have to. Then change your old apple ID to your current me.com address. And all your old purchases are now under your brand spanking new email address.
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285f623faa51f9a0a41b971b84f336d57ea8c8ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any idea what happened to /Library/Receipts in Mac OS X Lion? Does anyone know why all the .bom files in /Library/Receipts moved to /var/db/receipts?
A: first, /var/db on unix is the location for stuff like that.
second, it's much easier to type as it is in lower case.
so, not so unreasonable decision by apple's engineers.
| Q: Any idea what happened to /Library/Receipts in Mac OS X Lion? Does anyone know why all the .bom files in /Library/Receipts moved to /var/db/receipts?
A: first, /var/db on unix is the location for stuff like that.
second, it's much easier to type as it is in lower case.
so, not so unreasonable decision by apple's engineers.
A: Receipts are in /var/db, but in my opinion it´s a bad decision because if someone backup /system to keep all applications data now receipts are not there any more.
It seems more and more difficult to keep a useful backup of all application files.
A: /var is hidden and thus harder to get to. Apple has hidden ~/Library from the common user for the same reason, makes it harder to foul thing up.
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08aaab27850e6595a934025985ba7d54e3958ad2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: mds error "No store registered for scope" for nonexistent volume My system log is flooded with error messages like the following:
mds: (Error) Server: No store registered for scope "/Volumes/Storage"
The volume in the error was in use on a previous machine before I migrated to my current machine. Several have suggested adding and removing that volume in the Spotlight Privacy settings, but that volume no longer exists. Is there an mds configuration file somewhere that I can edit so that mds no longer looks for that volume?
A: I use Alfred, a utility similar to Quicksilver. I had previously configured it to search /Volumes/Storage for apps, but never told it to stop trying to index that volume once I migrated to the new machine.
I removed the /Volumes/Storage entry from Alfred's list of directories to index, and now the console messages have stopped.
| Q: mds error "No store registered for scope" for nonexistent volume My system log is flooded with error messages like the following:
mds: (Error) Server: No store registered for scope "/Volumes/Storage"
The volume in the error was in use on a previous machine before I migrated to my current machine. Several have suggested adding and removing that volume in the Spotlight Privacy settings, but that volume no longer exists. Is there an mds configuration file somewhere that I can edit so that mds no longer looks for that volume?
A: I use Alfred, a utility similar to Quicksilver. I had previously configured it to search /Volumes/Storage for apps, but never told it to stop trying to index that volume once I migrated to the new machine.
I removed the /Volumes/Storage entry from Alfred's list of directories to index, and now the console messages have stopped.
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51a1d924fa82b9166d5fec64d2acc89b29434250 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: what is DELUXE-USR-LOCAL-BIN-INSERT in ~/.profile file? My .profile file includes the following obscure lines. What are they for?
##
# DELUXE-USR-LOCAL-BIN-INSERT
# (do not remove this comment)
##
A: It's there as a placeholder so that scripts that look for it know where to insert their changes into the profile file.
I beleive this was from the default profile created on much older versions of OSX, since my .profile which has moved with me from Panther has this, but my work machine which is from the Leopard/Snow Leopard era does not.
I have seen links to such articles going back to 2005.
It could also have been added by a third party installer, but finding out which one is probably a zero-sum game.
| Q: what is DELUXE-USR-LOCAL-BIN-INSERT in ~/.profile file? My .profile file includes the following obscure lines. What are they for?
##
# DELUXE-USR-LOCAL-BIN-INSERT
# (do not remove this comment)
##
A: It's there as a placeholder so that scripts that look for it know where to insert their changes into the profile file.
I beleive this was from the default profile created on much older versions of OSX, since my .profile which has moved with me from Panther has this, but my work machine which is from the Leopard/Snow Leopard era does not.
I have seen links to such articles going back to 2005.
It could also have been added by a third party installer, but finding out which one is probably a zero-sum game.
A: These are just comments, so technically these lines shouldn’t have any functionality.
That said, my ~/.profile file contains only the following, without the comments:
set -xv
That enables the echo and verbose flags, effectively enabling “shell debugging mode”.
I’m using the latest OS X Lion 10.7.3, and haven’t experienced any kind of issue because of the missing comments.
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c3e0ed6be1bbbb2a66d475d7f1db43b41a1dc115 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an equation in Numbers that will give me the sum of numbers based on a separate column? I'm trying to find out if there is a way to create an equation that looks at one column, if it is equal to a certain value, then add the value in the other column?
Example:
#Table of running values:
Type Cost
-------------
A $4
B $2
B $1
A $6
I'd like to be able to create another table that results with this:
# Summation of each type
Type Total
--------------
A $10
B $3
Any help in setting up an equation to do this summation would be helpful.
A: I figured it out. The method is called =SUMIF(). I am so happy. :)
| Q: Is there an equation in Numbers that will give me the sum of numbers based on a separate column? I'm trying to find out if there is a way to create an equation that looks at one column, if it is equal to a certain value, then add the value in the other column?
Example:
#Table of running values:
Type Cost
-------------
A $4
B $2
B $1
A $6
I'd like to be able to create another table that results with this:
# Summation of each type
Type Total
--------------
A $10
B $3
Any help in setting up an equation to do this summation would be helpful.
A: I figured it out. The method is called =SUMIF(). I am so happy. :)
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8d8a4a312d1650da1da4ecc489de7ba223cfdb12 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to adjust Lightroom settings with scroll wheel I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.2 "Lion" and Adobe Lightroom 3.5. On Windows, it was possible to adjust settings in the Develop module (exposure, contrast,...) by clicking on that setting and using the scroll wheel.
On my Mac, this doesn't work. Does anyone know if I can enable this?
A: I don't think it is easily possible to use your scroll wheel to adjust. The only way I can think of is writing a script that translates your scroll wheel action to a up and down arrow key action. but that would prevent you from using your wheel for other actions.
Possible alternative options are:
*
*Clicking on the number besides the slider and by holding your (left) mouse button and moving your mouse you can now adjust the slider.
*Click on the number then change the number with your keyboard arrow(up/down) keys. This works best for fine adjustments.
*Click on the slider then change the slider with tour keyboard arrow(up/down) keys. This works best for making somewhat bigger adjustments.
| Q: Is it possible to adjust Lightroom settings with scroll wheel I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.2 "Lion" and Adobe Lightroom 3.5. On Windows, it was possible to adjust settings in the Develop module (exposure, contrast,...) by clicking on that setting and using the scroll wheel.
On my Mac, this doesn't work. Does anyone know if I can enable this?
A: I don't think it is easily possible to use your scroll wheel to adjust. The only way I can think of is writing a script that translates your scroll wheel action to a up and down arrow key action. but that would prevent you from using your wheel for other actions.
Possible alternative options are:
*
*Clicking on the number besides the slider and by holding your (left) mouse button and moving your mouse you can now adjust the slider.
*Click on the number then change the number with your keyboard arrow(up/down) keys. This works best for fine adjustments.
*Click on the slider then change the slider with tour keyboard arrow(up/down) keys. This works best for making somewhat bigger adjustments.
A: use usb overdrive software...its incredible to do this!
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585df5407d641ad77f9478bfb8cd2244c3121c18 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MySQL does not start on startup In the System Preferences panel, I have the MySQL there.
I chose it to start up every time my Mac starts up, however this doesn't work, I have restarted MySQL many times, but it will not start up at all - which I require to start up manually.
How can I fix this?
A: There should also be logs in /usr/local/mysql/data. You'll have to "sudo su" from a Terminal session in order to see that directory. Check for any errors being reported in a filed named like this: "Your-computer-name.local.err"
Report back whatever you see that doesn't make sense.
You can also check out the startup script to make sure there are no errors. Find that here: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MYSQLCOM
| Q: MySQL does not start on startup In the System Preferences panel, I have the MySQL there.
I chose it to start up every time my Mac starts up, however this doesn't work, I have restarted MySQL many times, but it will not start up at all - which I require to start up manually.
How can I fix this?
A: There should also be logs in /usr/local/mysql/data. You'll have to "sudo su" from a Terminal session in order to see that directory. Check for any errors being reported in a filed named like this: "Your-computer-name.local.err"
Report back whatever you see that doesn't make sense.
You can also check out the startup script to make sure there are no errors. Find that here: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MYSQLCOM
A: Starting MySQL server automatically actually means executing the /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld dæmon on startup. If MySQL won't do it for you, it's easy enough to add the necessary instructions yourself.
For this, we'll add a launchd job descriptor to the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder. The procedure is very well described in this Mac OS X Hints article.
Note: I would have liked to copy and edit it here, since it adds some details that are unnecessary in this case, but I couldn't find license information about Mac OS X Hints' content, so I'll simply link.
A: Use terminal and paste this snippet:
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysqld.plist
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d141250998e6e2939b75f6f65c2f626f9dcce277 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Connecting using WiFi Protected Setup in OS X I have a MacBook Pro, and in OS X (running Lion), I can't figure out how to connect using the WiFi Protected Setup feature of my router.
When I boot into Windows (Windows 7), using Boot Camp, I have to simply press the WPS button on the router while connecting.
Does OS X even support WPS?
A: No it isn't supported (Note: Printers are via airport, further information below about why it isn't supported for other devices.).
Please don't use WPS though, it's not secure. More Information
@irrantion John, you can't have a long "random password" and expect it to be easy to enter whilst keeping it secure.
You could just copy and paste from a document (via usb) or printed document.
Maybe try something 20 characters long, or just accept its going to take forever to enter the password in. Remember keychain can sync your passwords for you.
Sure you can enable WPS on your router but then why have a complex password at all. A 64 character password becomes a 7 (4+3) character (ONLY 11,000 POSSIBILITIES!!) password.
| Q: Connecting using WiFi Protected Setup in OS X I have a MacBook Pro, and in OS X (running Lion), I can't figure out how to connect using the WiFi Protected Setup feature of my router.
When I boot into Windows (Windows 7), using Boot Camp, I have to simply press the WPS button on the router while connecting.
Does OS X even support WPS?
A: No it isn't supported (Note: Printers are via airport, further information below about why it isn't supported for other devices.).
Please don't use WPS though, it's not secure. More Information
@irrantion John, you can't have a long "random password" and expect it to be easy to enter whilst keeping it secure.
You could just copy and paste from a document (via usb) or printed document.
Maybe try something 20 characters long, or just accept its going to take forever to enter the password in. Remember keychain can sync your passwords for you.
Sure you can enable WPS on your router but then why have a complex password at all. A 64 character password becomes a 7 (4+3) character (ONLY 11,000 POSSIBILITIES!!) password.
A: OS X doesn't support WPS. You'll have to manually enter the key. To do this, select your wifi network from the drop-down in the menu bar:
Then when prompted type in the wifi password:
If you don't know your password, you typically get it from your router's web interface (either via another computer, or connect your MacBook Pro via ethernet). To get there, enter http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 in your browser.
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d42e55f5bf88544ac405a08ff71b4947e9ab0148 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove the Finder icon from my Dock? I've started using Forklift as a Finder replacement, so I don't need Finder in my Dock. In fact, I would much rather have Forklift be the farthest left icon so I don't accidentally click on Finder.
The usual method of dragging the app out of the Dock doesn't work, and neither does command-dragging. The contextual menu doesn't allow you to remove the icon.
Is there some way to, on Lion, remove the Finder from the Dock?
Perhaps there's a database or plist file I can change?
A: There is no easy way to do this, but there is a little hack :)
*
*Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/
*Backup DockMenus.plist
*Open DockMenus.plist in your favorite text editor with root access
*Find section finder-running and add new sub-section
<dict>
<key>command</key>
<integer>1004</integer>
<key>name</key>
<string>REMOVE_FROM_DOCK</string>
</dict>
or just Download my version of DockMenus.plist
*In plist editor file should look like this:
*Open Terminal and run killall Dock.
*Right click on Finder icon in Dock - Bingo!
p.s After Dock restart (manual relaunch or mac reboot) you need manually remove Finder icon from Dock
| Q: How can I remove the Finder icon from my Dock? I've started using Forklift as a Finder replacement, so I don't need Finder in my Dock. In fact, I would much rather have Forklift be the farthest left icon so I don't accidentally click on Finder.
The usual method of dragging the app out of the Dock doesn't work, and neither does command-dragging. The contextual menu doesn't allow you to remove the icon.
Is there some way to, on Lion, remove the Finder from the Dock?
Perhaps there's a database or plist file I can change?
A: There is no easy way to do this, but there is a little hack :)
*
*Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/
*Backup DockMenus.plist
*Open DockMenus.plist in your favorite text editor with root access
*Find section finder-running and add new sub-section
<dict>
<key>command</key>
<integer>1004</integer>
<key>name</key>
<string>REMOVE_FROM_DOCK</string>
</dict>
or just Download my version of DockMenus.plist
*In plist editor file should look like this:
*Open Terminal and run killall Dock.
*Right click on Finder icon in Dock - Bingo!
p.s After Dock restart (manual relaunch or mac reboot) you need manually remove Finder icon from Dock
A: It works for me on HighSierra (10.13.6) with SIP disabled.
I have used the following command to edit the .plist file:
PL="/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/DockMenus.plist"&&
sudo -- defaults write $PL finder-running -array-add '<dict><key>command</key><integer>1004</integer><key>name</key><string>REMOVE_FROM_DOCK</string></dict>'
Check result with sudo defaults read $PL finder-running.
If it looks fine run sudo chmod -v +r $PL; killall Dock.
Here is the Italian formatted version of that AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
tell UI element "Finder" of list 1 of process "Dock"
perform action "AXShowMenu"
click menu item "Rimuovi dal Dock" of menu 1
end tell
end tell
That’s all, I hope it is useful as a quick complete recap.
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6993b88b1ff7f83a1a85235e7e6fdf3c43333375 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I hide the sync icon in the menu bar on Lion? This menu bar icon is useless and takes up space.
I use iCloud on Mac OS X Lion to sync contacts, calendars, and the like. On Snow Leopard I could use an option in the iSync preferences to remove this icon from my menu bar, but iSync isn't around anymore. Is there any way to get rid of it?
A: Just ⌘ Command-Drag & Drop it away from the menu bar, this way you can also re-arrange your icons. This trick will only work for OSX icons (e.g. Time Machine or WiFi), for non OSX native icons (e.g. Dropbox or GeekTool) you need a third party app like Bartender or Menu Bar Rearranger.
| Q: Can I hide the sync icon in the menu bar on Lion? This menu bar icon is useless and takes up space.
I use iCloud on Mac OS X Lion to sync contacts, calendars, and the like. On Snow Leopard I could use an option in the iSync preferences to remove this icon from my menu bar, but iSync isn't around anymore. Is there any way to get rid of it?
A: Just ⌘ Command-Drag & Drop it away from the menu bar, this way you can also re-arrange your icons. This trick will only work for OSX icons (e.g. Time Machine or WiFi), for non OSX native icons (e.g. Dropbox or GeekTool) you need a third party app like Bartender or Menu Bar Rearranger.
A: That sync icon is also used by MobileMe and another way to get rid of it is to log out of mobileme after migrating to iCloud (System Preferences/MobileMe). I had the same question and finally logged out of mobileme (which wasn't being used anymore) and it disappeared.
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5fcfd6124e4db156b84f8bce2eb1e2e9d9850c24 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Once iOS files are backed up to iCloud, can you access them programmatically? Is there a way to get the same files you can find in a local backup of an iPhone / iOS device from iCloud programmatically?
Ideally, I would like to access them from a computer, but any access other than just restoring a backup onto an iOS device (and overwriting the current contents) as an intermediate step would be most welcome.
For example, it would be useful to be able to retrieve the contents of my iOS address book data every week. Yes, there are other API for address book syncing, but I'm looking for a general case where I could get into iCloud data apart from the official restore procedure.
A: Apple's iCloud programming guide states:
Apps that use iCloud must be signed with iCloud-specific entitlements. These entitlements provide a level of security for your app by ensuring that only your apps can access the documents they create.
So I don't think it's possible to retrieve another app's data without compromising the application's private key, which should be safely stored on the application developer's computer. (And backups, hopefully)
| Q: Once iOS files are backed up to iCloud, can you access them programmatically? Is there a way to get the same files you can find in a local backup of an iPhone / iOS device from iCloud programmatically?
Ideally, I would like to access them from a computer, but any access other than just restoring a backup onto an iOS device (and overwriting the current contents) as an intermediate step would be most welcome.
For example, it would be useful to be able to retrieve the contents of my iOS address book data every week. Yes, there are other API for address book syncing, but I'm looking for a general case where I could get into iCloud data apart from the official restore procedure.
A: Apple's iCloud programming guide states:
Apps that use iCloud must be signed with iCloud-specific entitlements. These entitlements provide a level of security for your app by ensuring that only your apps can access the documents they create.
So I don't think it's possible to retrieve another app's data without compromising the application's private key, which should be safely stored on the application developer's computer. (And backups, hopefully)
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6353ce10fa178bd138617352d7d5a8743547b4c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change the priority of number and symbol keys? I am a programmer and I use symbols more often than the number keys. I'd like to change the priority of the top row keys so that hitting "1" gives me "!", and holding shift and pressing "1" gives me "1".
I'd prefer a built-in solution even if it requires more effort.
A: To make the keyboard behave differently, you need a different keyboard layout.
You could create one by editing an XLM file manually, or you could use a third-party tool to create the keyboard layout (you don't need to be running a third-party program indefinitely once they layout is created and installed).
Ukelele is known for making it fairly easy to create new keyboard layouts for the Mac.
In any event, you want to switch the number keys (0-9) and the symbols attached to them. Save your new keyboard in ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts, and then select it as your keyboard.
| Q: How can I change the priority of number and symbol keys? I am a programmer and I use symbols more often than the number keys. I'd like to change the priority of the top row keys so that hitting "1" gives me "!", and holding shift and pressing "1" gives me "1".
I'd prefer a built-in solution even if it requires more effort.
A: To make the keyboard behave differently, you need a different keyboard layout.
You could create one by editing an XLM file manually, or you could use a third-party tool to create the keyboard layout (you don't need to be running a third-party program indefinitely once they layout is created and installed).
Ukelele is known for making it fairly easy to create new keyboard layouts for the Mac.
In any event, you want to switch the number keys (0-9) and the symbols attached to them. Save your new keyboard in ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts, and then select it as your keyboard.
A: I have not tried this, but I think DoubleCommand might let you do this. And I'm pretty sure you could implement this with TextExpander. I don't think you would necessarily need to create a different keyboard layout as Daniel suggests.
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a44e9394980e15190a4d520e84e8bd000acb9d62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I exit "bash"? I don't know how to get my .profile aliases back in to the terminal every time I try them, this error massage comes up:
apaw:~ apaw$ cdp
-bash: cdp: command not found
How do i exit this -bash? I strongly believe it was named different while it still worked.
A: I'm not sure I understand your question.
The -bash: prefix you see is simply bash's way of identifying itself as the source of the error message. In this case you entered cdp which is neither an external nor internal shell command nor was it defined as an alias or function.
While in a (bash) terminal, you can simply type exit to leave the terminal and close the shell session.
The aliases in your .profile are read when you start a new terminal or shell session, or if you source the files: e.g. source ~/.profile. That should re-read your .profile and load any changed aliases.
| Q: How can I exit "bash"? I don't know how to get my .profile aliases back in to the terminal every time I try them, this error massage comes up:
apaw:~ apaw$ cdp
-bash: cdp: command not found
How do i exit this -bash? I strongly believe it was named different while it still worked.
A: I'm not sure I understand your question.
The -bash: prefix you see is simply bash's way of identifying itself as the source of the error message. In this case you entered cdp which is neither an external nor internal shell command nor was it defined as an alias or function.
While in a (bash) terminal, you can simply type exit to leave the terminal and close the shell session.
The aliases in your .profile are read when you start a new terminal or shell session, or if you source the files: e.g. source ~/.profile. That should re-read your .profile and load any changed aliases.
A: Okay, I've found out what the problem was, some script has created a .bash_profile file that was overriding my .profile file, now I've removed the .bash_profile file and it works again!
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79628e5e665f4c6d788061dbf378e9b1b4fb2c52 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the iPod touch's screen sensitive to? I know that tapping on the screen with an object doesn't cause any reaction in the user interface (e.g. it doesn't cause a click of a button shown from an application). To what is the iPod's screen sensitive, and what can I use to replace my fingers?
The problem I am trying to resolve is that, using my finger to play a game, I don't see part of the screen, and my finger hits something that causes the game to end (you know, those little bombs that are launched in the play field when you are trying to slice fruits).
A: Sausages work very well! (not kidding)
| Q: What is the iPod touch's screen sensitive to? I know that tapping on the screen with an object doesn't cause any reaction in the user interface (e.g. it doesn't cause a click of a button shown from an application). To what is the iPod's screen sensitive, and what can I use to replace my fingers?
The problem I am trying to resolve is that, using my finger to play a game, I don't see part of the screen, and my finger hits something that causes the game to end (you know, those little bombs that are launched in the play field when you are trying to slice fruits).
A: Sausages work very well! (not kidding)
A: Something conductive and either soft or flat will register with the capacitive touch screen sensors. A ball of conductive foam or wadded up aluminum foil, or even a half inch strip of the metallic insides of a power bar wrapper.
There are several manufacturers of iPhone stylus's that use variations of the above. You can google them.
Non-conductive stuff won't work. And anything too pointy will also have problems being recognized, as there won't be sufficient electrical field coupling.
A: All answers thus far are somewhat inaccurate or vague. A more detailed answer:
Apple's touchscreen devices and trackpads use capacitive touchscreen sensing. This technology measures capacitance on a grid of points. When a capacitance within a certain threshold of human skin is met, the software reacts to the touch input detected in those points on the screen.
This is opposed to, for example, resistive touch screens, which are generally used in older or lower-end electronics. These have a slight squishy feel on the surface, and are much less responsive than capacitive screens, but work with any object as a stylus. This works by having two films of conductive grid lines. When an object causes a depression in the surface which pushes the two layers together, the point of contact can be measured by comparing the resistance of the various grid's lines.
Having made this distinction, any object used to interact with a capacitive touch panel must have a similar capacitance to that of skin. Things such as meat would work (sausages were suggested), but aren't very practical. However, styluses made to work specifically with these screens can easily be found online. Those might be the perfect solution for you, since they're like a long thin pen used for the touch screen that doesn't obscure your view as much as fat thumbs might.
A: Anything that generates an electric field. Your finger generates an electric field, so it generates a "click" on the screen. Here is a good article on the iPhone's touchscreen.
A: From Wikipedia: "A stylus designed for resistive touchscreens will not register on capacitive sensors. Styluses that work on capacitive touchscreens primarily designed for fingers are required to simulate the difference in dielectric offered by a human digit.[11]"
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_touchscreen#Capacitive
For those interested, here's a DIY stylus for Iphone 5: https://snapguide.com/guides/make-a-simple-iphone-stylus/
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a3600c522c64c408d5825ea8a3375fa19e356a22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you create shortcut in Lions Launchpad? As it says in title. I want to add one for Eclipse, to have all in one place.
A: Assuming you still have the Launchpad icon on your dock try dropping the app you want to be added to Launchpad on it.
Haven't tried it myself, but I recall reading about it somewhere.
| Q: Can you create shortcut in Lions Launchpad? As it says in title. I want to add one for Eclipse, to have all in one place.
A: Assuming you still have the Launchpad icon on your dock try dropping the app you want to be added to Launchpad on it.
Haven't tried it myself, but I recall reading about it somewhere.
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fecfc6f60e69dec5d2ce8acc6f2898148a6a4b40 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I re-download an audiobook that I purchased from iTunes again? Apps purchased from the app store and songs purchased from iTunes can be downloaded again by going to the purchased section in the respective app and clicking the cloud button.
Neither app shows the audio-books I have purchased and when I look at a specific book I have already purchased in the iTunes store it shows the buy button.
Will I get charged again if I click the buy button or will it just re-download it?
A: Most of these older answers are incorrect now. In recent versions of iOS you can re-download all your audiobooks purchased through iTunes by starting the iBooks app, and going to the Purchased tab at the bottom right. From there you can choose what to redownload from My Purchases.
| Q: Can I re-download an audiobook that I purchased from iTunes again? Apps purchased from the app store and songs purchased from iTunes can be downloaded again by going to the purchased section in the respective app and clicking the cloud button.
Neither app shows the audio-books I have purchased and when I look at a specific book I have already purchased in the iTunes store it shows the buy button.
Will I get charged again if I click the buy button or will it just re-download it?
A: Most of these older answers are incorrect now. In recent versions of iOS you can re-download all your audiobooks purchased through iTunes by starting the iBooks app, and going to the Purchased tab at the bottom right. From there you can choose what to redownload from My Purchases.
A: Google shows various links that say that it is not possible to automatically re-download Audio Books in iTunes.
For example, this recent one - previously purchased audiobooks not showing up - from 3-Nov-2011:
You only get one download of audiobooks and movies. It is your responsibility to backup your purchases.
Similarly:
*
*Redownload Audio Book PLEASE!!!
*iTunes Audiobook redownload
A few replies, like this one, include extra info:
*
*How to back up your iTunes purchases (though that Apple page says "This article has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple.")
*How to contact iTunes Support, to request the ability to re-download your purchase
Conclusion
If you have any past back-ups of your desktop machine where you run iTunes and sync(ed) your device, you should be able to restore your purchase.
Otherwise, your best bet is to contact iTunes Store support.
A: Have you tried using iBooks in your device?
If you have iOS5 installed you will be asked if you want to sync your books and files on iCloud, say yes. Then go to the Book store ans navigate to purchased, rather than searching for the book.
If it is in this list you will be able to download it again, If it is not in the list, you may be out of luck.
A: Audio books purchased through iTunes on any Mac or iOS devices cannot be redownloaded via iCloud because of, based on my understanding, licensing with Audible which is where all of the audio books on iTunes come from. Apple will regrant you the download if you somehow lost it, but in the future, if you often get audio books through iTunes, you may want to sync your iOS devices with your computer just for audio book purposes and make sure to use Time Machine or other methods to back up your computer. Movies, TV shows, apps, music, and books purchased from iBooks will redownload through iCloud - but not audio books or ring tones.
A: Depends on where you got your audio books there are different ways to Sync Audiobooks in the Cloud. http://www.ifunia.com/blog/how-to-sync-audiobooks-in-the-cloud/
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93ccb61841b0d34d0f6c795cb4c80c91f525d6f4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Devs, can 3rd party apps access Safari's Reading List? Any chance iOS 5 lets devs access Reading List in Safari? A potential Read Later option for Twitter clients, etc.
I've been asking devs through Twitter for a while, but am yet to hear anything back.
A: Well, I don't think there is official support for third-party access to the reading list from Apple, but I know they are stored in this file on the Mac, and I would assume it is the same on iOS, or close to:
~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
Just look for a key that has an entry named "Title" and a key value of "com.apple.ReadingList". It's the last one in my own file, but I don't expect it to be like this all the way.
And I suggest looking at it with a property list editor, like Xcode 4, it's a binary property list, doesn't look right when opened in TextEdit or other similar app.
| Q: Devs, can 3rd party apps access Safari's Reading List? Any chance iOS 5 lets devs access Reading List in Safari? A potential Read Later option for Twitter clients, etc.
I've been asking devs through Twitter for a while, but am yet to hear anything back.
A: Well, I don't think there is official support for third-party access to the reading list from Apple, but I know they are stored in this file on the Mac, and I would assume it is the same on iOS, or close to:
~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
Just look for a key that has an entry named "Title" and a key value of "com.apple.ReadingList". It's the last one in my own file, but I don't expect it to be like this all the way.
And I suggest looking at it with a property list editor, like Xcode 4, it's a binary property list, doesn't look right when opened in TextEdit or other similar app.
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9ae524ceee45113f09ae8f2530ed72a6b660c91c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X computer name not matching what shows on terminal My computer name in System Preferences > Sharing is set to "archos", but is showing as "iphone" on Terminal. It just started doing this after I loaded Xcode for doing iPhone development:
Last login: Mon Nov 7 14:46:55 on ttys001
iphone:~ travis$ echo $HOSTNAME
archos.local
iphone:~ travis$
Any ideas what could be causing this?
A: In addition to Jeffrey J. Hoover's tip (above),
I would add these last two steps:
*
*Flush the DNS cache by typing:
dscacheutil -flushcache
*Restart your Mac.
| Q: OS X computer name not matching what shows on terminal My computer name in System Preferences > Sharing is set to "archos", but is showing as "iphone" on Terminal. It just started doing this after I loaded Xcode for doing iPhone development:
Last login: Mon Nov 7 14:46:55 on ttys001
iphone:~ travis$ echo $HOSTNAME
archos.local
iphone:~ travis$
Any ideas what could be causing this?
A: In addition to Jeffrey J. Hoover's tip (above),
I would add these last two steps:
*
*Flush the DNS cache by typing:
dscacheutil -flushcache
*Restart your Mac.
A: There are some helpful comments below this answer that you might want to read first.
Go to System Preferences -> Sharing and update your Computer Name.
Then in Terminal, you can view settings via:
sudo scutil --get ComputerName
sudo scutil --get LocalHostName
sudo scutil --get HostName
You can also change the values using the scutil command:
sudo scutil --set ComputerName "newname"
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "newname"
sudo scutil --set HostName "newname"
A: I agree that Jeffrey Hoover's tip was the correct answer. Flushing the DNS cache and restarting the Mac is a nice step too. This is variant of Jeff Hoover's reply:
sudo -i
Password:
for n in HostName ComputerName LocalHostName; do
scutil --set $n new_hostname
done
exit
A: System Preferences -> Sharing -> Computer Name --> set it to whatever
And then restart your computer. No console commands were necessary. Works for OS X 10.10.2
A: I had the problem that only the shell itself (zsh in my case) failed to show the correct computer name. Simply restarting the shell solved it:
exec /bin/zsh
A: Use this
sudo systemsetup -setcomputername $name
A: As mentioned in a separate answer, another option is to override the default PS1 prompt, like executing the following line (or adding it to your ~/.bash_profile file):
$ PS1="$(scutil --get ComputerName):\W \u\\$ "
refs:
https://superuser.com/a/414903/39364
http://www.cnet.com/news/keep-your-command-prompt-host-name-static-in-os-x-and-other-unix-systems/
A: In addition to the previous answer, remember that you can use a static address in your router. You have to enter the static IP and the MAC address of your network card, then you set a name for it. The hostname will be automagically updated to the specified name. That's it.
A: There are two potential reasons for the shell ($HOSTNAME variable, '\h' in $PS1) and the hostname utility to report a hostname that differs from the one shown in System Preferences > Sharing:
*
*sudo scutil --set HostName newName was used to persistently change the hostname - unfortunately, this value is independent of the LocalHostName value set by System Preferences behind the scenes - even though man hostname suggests this method, DO NOT USE IT for that reason; run sudo scutil --set HostName '' to remove it, at which point LocalHostName should again be reported; for background, see this post by @Lauri Ranta.
*[Update: The following is no longer true as of OSX 10.10] If your /etc/hosts file has an entry that matches your machine's IP address, that entry's name will be reported.
Only if neither of the above is true will the shell and hostname reflect the value set via System Preferences.
If you want to change your hostname from the shell, run both of the following:
*
*sudo scutil --set LocalHostName <newName>
*sudo scutil --set ComputerName <newFriendlyName>
where <newFriendlyName> can be a friendlier version (spaces, punctuation) of <newName> (alphanumerics and dashes only).
A: It's perfectly normal for this to occur; when you login Terminal remotely bash does a reverse DNS lookup. It will only be the same if the hostname is not specified on the network you're connecting from and there is no reply from the DHCP server, or the reverse lookup against the remote DNS server fails to resolve.
You can easily over-ride the default setting by using this command in Terminal:
sudo scutil --set HostName archos
You can check it by using:
nslookup nn.nn.nn.nn
( or )
host nn.nn.nn.nn
(where nn signifies your Mac's ip address)
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050f714191a2291d6b5cde94ae301d10ab9aecf7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change default X11 application? I compiled my own X11 Server for Mac OS X and want it to replace the original outdated X11.app supplied by Lion. How do I do that?
A: *
*cd to /usr/X11/bin
*rename the existing X symlink to Xquartz (to X_orig for example) in case you need to revert in the future to the "vanilla" config
*symlink X to your compiled binary.
| Q: How can I change default X11 application? I compiled my own X11 Server for Mac OS X and want it to replace the original outdated X11.app supplied by Lion. How do I do that?
A: *
*cd to /usr/X11/bin
*rename the existing X symlink to Xquartz (to X_orig for example) in case you need to revert in the future to the "vanilla" config
*symlink X to your compiled binary.
A: The XQuartz install docs have an alternate approach for installing their X11 binary. They use launchctl and set the DISPLAY to point to the socket for their server. I believe the program it runs (launchd_startx) listens on the socket and starts the X server when a connection is made. The nice thing about this approach is it leaves the original X11.app unmodified.
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2f4fa14209ec0dc37b4045d23739f841185d66b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I delete an apple account? I have an old account that I don't use. I can log in through
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/
and edit my account but can't find anywhere to delete it.
Is it possible?
A: Any apple account that is created cannot be deleted. Just create a new account if you need a new one.
| Q: How can I delete an apple account? I have an old account that I don't use. I can log in through
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/
and edit my account but can't find anywhere to delete it.
Is it possible?
A: Any apple account that is created cannot be deleted. Just create a new account if you need a new one.
A: I don't see why you couldn't, although I can't find any option to on Apple ID website. You could try this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/
And/or contact iTunes support, they're the ones who deal with this usually.
Good luck!
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8fd157160fe3e7ed4e7ca7654a4c5dec81430488 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does OS X store my complete install history? I'm running 10.6.8 and wondering where my Mac stores my install history -- I'm thinking everything from Ruby gems to full blown web apps. Does such a general file exist?
A: Look in /var/log for install.log and install.log.[something].bz2. install.log contains the most current logs; the other files are archives of successively older log files, made whenever each one reached a maximum size.
| Q: Does OS X store my complete install history? I'm running 10.6.8 and wondering where my Mac stores my install history -- I'm thinking everything from Ruby gems to full blown web apps. Does such a general file exist?
A: Look in /var/log for install.log and install.log.[something].bz2. install.log contains the most current logs; the other files are archives of successively older log files, made whenever each one reached a maximum size.
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2393c87845295f2675378c56d27c0d95a92e0738 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I see bandwidth usage on a Mac? I am having internet problems and the ISP technicians suggested that something is using my bandwidth.
Is there a software to monitor which processes use how much bandwidth?
A: Perhaps Little Snitch might fit your needs. It's a paid app though, so you can try it out using it's trial version.
| Q: How can I see bandwidth usage on a Mac? I am having internet problems and the ISP technicians suggested that something is using my bandwidth.
Is there a software to monitor which processes use how much bandwidth?
A: Perhaps Little Snitch might fit your needs. It's a paid app though, so you can try it out using it's trial version.
A: First, most ISPs can tell you how much bandwidth you're using. It sounds like you had a technician that either didn't know much or was just trying to shoo you away.
Second, the only way to steal bandwidth is if you have a wireless network that isn't properly secured. This means you'll need to monitor bandwidth from your wireless router, not your laptop/desktop.
If you do have a wireless router, I would just change the SSID and secure it with a new (hard to guess) password. That will immediately cut-off anyone that could be leaching off your network. It's very simple to do compared to trying to monitor your bandwidth usage.
A: If you're looking for a way to monitor your Internet usage as a whole, including all devices connected to it, you might want to check out PeakHour (Mac Appstore).
It uses SNMP or UPnP to talk to routers and computers that can given you a real-time and historical view of bandwidth consumption and activity. This lets you monitor usage of your Internet connection as a whole, not just the computer you're on - useful if you have a few devices on your network.
Knowing your exact network activity or activity over time can be very helpful for diagnosing ISP issues. You can also monitor individual devices (if they support SNMP) which can be good for tracking down excessive usage.
peakhourapp.com
Heads up: I'm the developer.
A: If you already have little snitch, here's a tip which you can quickly check how much you've [recently] used. I have limited data on tethering, which I use when there is no wifi available. It is useful to keep an eye on whats going on in short periods.
OSX Server app also has network monitoring tools. It comes free with the apple developer program.
A: Built-in Activity Monitor (Applications → Utilities) shows you network usage. Also you can see open network ports for each running process.
A: You can try nettop(1) in the Terminal. It is pre-installed, and refreshes every few seconds to provide a dashboard of all open network connections with their usage. Better than lsof since it shows the usage data too.
$ nettop
Then hit 'd' and look for odd-looking entries or entries with consistently large traffic in the 'bytes in' or 'bytes out' column. The 'd' instructs nettop to only show differences in each screen refresh.
Practical usage notes:
If you don't recognize the process name, Google it.
If you don't want the process around, get the pid (the number next to the process name in nettop), and kill it with kill -9 <pid>. If that doesn't solve it, find out if you can uninstall the process.
If you're interested in what the process is transmitting over the network, use the client port number for that particular connection (e.g. '53133' from 10.0.0.1:53133->74.125.68.100:80) to run a tcpdump(1) to see the data in the packets being exchanged: sudo tcpdump -nnvvXSs 1514 port 53133
If you're interested in the destination the process is talking to, but the destination IP address doesn't have a reverse DNS hostname (like in the previous example), then try visiting that IP address in a web browser as https://IP, click the broken lock icon in the address bar, and view the certificate details to find out which domain is served there (*.google.com in this case). This won't work if SSL port 443 isn't open on the destination.
A: OsTrack (Mac App Store) tracks how much memory, cpu, and bandwidth each process is using. It may not be accurate to a very specific degree, but it works, has a nice UI, and is free so I suggest you give it a try.
A: This page list four options:
http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/internet-roundup/4-ways-to-monitor-bandwidth-usage-on-your-mac/
The best two seem to be Surplus Meter (free) and Net Monitor($10)
There may also be linux tools available but I am not familar with them.
A: I would check what apps use the network or which are listening for connection with lsof -Pi command.
A: I believe that Rubbernet is exactly what you are looking for.
The only downside is that Rubbernet cannot distinguish between LAN traffic and WAN traffic. It sounds like you are looking at one computer, so that shouldn't be an issue.
There is a demo available on their website, or you can buy it from the Mac App Store for US$25, which seems to be a pretty good deal since they want € 29.99 (about US$42) for a single user copy or € 49.99 (almost $69) for a "family pack" if you buy through their website.
(Hat tip to Macworld.com for bringing it to my attention a few months ago.)
If you want something cheaper, NetUse Traffic Monitor might suit you too.
A: Bandwidth+ is a free network usage tracker for Macbooks. It tracks upload & download data and shows monthly data usage as well. It is available on the App Store.
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e89991c0ccdfe83f324b36e69a75674824e7a4e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mail and multiple accounts in Gmail I Have a gmail account configured to receive and send emails of a live mail account and I have some services that I need to send emails as live mail to be identified, but in Apple Mail I'm only able to send using the gmail account.
What I need is, using Apple Mail, send emails on behalf live mail account without having to setup the account 'cause I already receive the emails through the gmail account.
Is this possible?
A: *
*Open accounts tab in preferences
*Open any mail account you have
*Drop down "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)"
*Select existing account or select "Edit SMTP Server List" to create and/or modify some.
| Q: Mail and multiple accounts in Gmail I Have a gmail account configured to receive and send emails of a live mail account and I have some services that I need to send emails as live mail to be identified, but in Apple Mail I'm only able to send using the gmail account.
What I need is, using Apple Mail, send emails on behalf live mail account without having to setup the account 'cause I already receive the emails through the gmail account.
Is this possible?
A: *
*Open accounts tab in preferences
*Open any mail account you have
*Drop down "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)"
*Select existing account or select "Edit SMTP Server List" to create and/or modify some.
A: In the mail account settings inside Mail, you can specify several mail addresses for an account (separated by commas). When you then send mail from this account you can select the mail address to use in the message window.
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ae131ce874ce948e08a45f6e1290d02539857985 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many people can you add to an iMessages group? I was curious what the limit was on the number of people you can add to an iMessages group. Assuming everyone was on iMessages (i.e. everyone shows up as blue).
A: I read nothing about a limit in the different user guides for iOS devices (e.g. iPhone User Guide [PDF, 17MB]). Because of that I think there is no limit for groups.
| Q: How many people can you add to an iMessages group? I was curious what the limit was on the number of people you can add to an iMessages group. Assuming everyone was on iMessages (i.e. everyone shows up as blue).
A: I read nothing about a limit in the different user guides for iOS devices (e.g. iPhone User Guide [PDF, 17MB]). Because of that I think there is no limit for groups.
A: Apple has published on April 03, 2020 a limit of 32 people per group iMessage / Messages / FaceTime. You can have many more groups in the app, just not more than 32 distinct AppleID/iCloud per group.
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209022
You can start a Group FaceTime from the FaceTime app or from a group conversation in the Messages app — and you can add up to 32 people.
A: I believe 9 members is the maximum amount that can participate in a single iMessage group thread.
I don't know the reason for this arbitrary number but people in my company have discovered this on their own. We are organized into groups of 12 and have not been able to include the entire group without a third-party app.
With regards to other comments made earlier in this string, there are countless reasons businesses would use group texting in fairly large groups. For example, sales teams, management team, or dept. teams can use messaging for rapid means of communication.
Messaging is quickly becoming the preferred means of communication where I work when rapid responses from groups are required or when everyone is spread out geographically. Email tends to be slower even if it is pushed to users devices. We primarily use email for longer messages and less urgent matters.
A: I just unsuccessfully did 28 for an event here in Denver.
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684c67c456be916edf4165435527b47c980a700b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make a 3G video call (not Facetime) from an iPhone 4 to another brand's 3G phone? How can I make a 3G video call (not Facetime) from an iPhone 4 to another brand's 3G phone? Is it possible by default? or any apps?
Edit 11 November:
I just found this today: No 3G video calling on iPhone 4
A: Yes, you can use Skype for that, if the app allows 3G video-chat. Skype is available for a lot of platforms. When you are at home, you can also use Skype on your computer so you don't have to use your (probably limited) 3G network.
| Q: How can I make a 3G video call (not Facetime) from an iPhone 4 to another brand's 3G phone? How can I make a 3G video call (not Facetime) from an iPhone 4 to another brand's 3G phone? Is it possible by default? or any apps?
Edit 11 November:
I just found this today: No 3G video calling on iPhone 4
A: Yes, you can use Skype for that, if the app allows 3G video-chat. Skype is available for a lot of platforms. When you are at home, you can also use Skype on your computer so you don't have to use your (probably limited) 3G network.
A: If you mean standard 3G video calls (3G-324M) then no, the iPhone does not support these (and I doubt any (legal) 3rd party apps would be allowed that deep inside the phone).
If the other party does not have any other possibilities besides 3G video call, then I guess your only possibility would be to get yourself a phone that supports that.
A: Fring supports many phone types. iPhone, Android, Nokia phones supporting the Ovi store, and many "classic" phones with support for mobile Java.
Tango also competes in this space by catering to iPhone, Android, and even Desktops/Laptops, though apparently Windows-only at the moment.
A: I use Qik, made by Skype: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qik-video/id439715497?mt=8 Its product page says "Compatible with iPhones, iPod Touches that have a built-in cameras and iPad 2's with iOS4+. Place live video calls with other Qik users on iOS4+ devices or on Android 2.1- Android 2.3.3 phones (93% of all Android phones)."
I just got the Qik app and only have tested it once, but it worked fine over 3G on Verizon network.
A: Most mobile devices dont allow 3G connections. According to my understanding, VOIP like Skype won't function on 3G either. Video calling requires a stable net connection which 3G definitely isn't, at least in most countries. Hopefully 4G technology will take care of this recurring problem.
A: Unfortunately Facetime is only available for Apple devices and a Mac running Snow Leopard.
You can try Skype?
This is free to users, by downloading the app and informing your friend of the apps function, you will be able to essentially have a Facetime call. Best of all, you will be able to use an existing Skype account which means if you already have one you will get all your contacts, credits, and data.
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8ca54ac8ab13f4c3c165250b99a36d47a8effd70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I turn off a Mac's display without sleeping the Mac itself?
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to put the display to sleep without putting the whole computer to sleep?
I have an iMac, and sometimes I want to play some music over night, without the bright display. The display will be turned off automatically several minutes later, but I would like a button that turns the display off instantly and keeps the music playing.
How can I do this?
A: Ctrl+Shift+Eject will turn off the displays but leave the computer active.
Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Power ⌽ for some Macbook
| Q: How can I turn off a Mac's display without sleeping the Mac itself?
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to put the display to sleep without putting the whole computer to sleep?
I have an iMac, and sometimes I want to play some music over night, without the bright display. The display will be turned off automatically several minutes later, but I would like a button that turns the display off instantly and keeps the music playing.
How can I do this?
A: Ctrl+Shift+Eject will turn off the displays but leave the computer active.
Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Power ⌽ for some Macbook
A: Use ctrl + shift + Eject to turn off display.
You can also set a "hot-corner" to turn off display in a few seconds.
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85656935b5b3f4232d43eabef3648f587c79448b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I reset Apple's Mail, in Lion, to default settings? I have been having a bunch of email problems and want to start over. I have deleted all the IMAP accounts from Mail. What other files do I need to delete, hidden and otherwise, to make Mail (and only Mail) just like a clean install?
A: The following directories should be empty:
*
*~/Library/Mail
*~/Library/Mail Downloads
*~/Library/Application Support/Mail
*~/Library/Caches/Mail
*~/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail
The following files should be removed:
*
*~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist*
*~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState
| Q: How do I reset Apple's Mail, in Lion, to default settings? I have been having a bunch of email problems and want to start over. I have deleted all the IMAP accounts from Mail. What other files do I need to delete, hidden and otherwise, to make Mail (and only Mail) just like a clean install?
A: The following directories should be empty:
*
*~/Library/Mail
*~/Library/Mail Downloads
*~/Library/Application Support/Mail
*~/Library/Caches/Mail
*~/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail
The following files should be removed:
*
*~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist*
*~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState
A: In addition to the folders mentioned by Patrix, I discovered that Apple Mail (at least the OS X 10.9 Mavericks version) is using another folder, at:
...../Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
After I had tried to do a clean restart of Mail by disabling (re-naming) all the folders that I thought that it was using (and having done a Force-Quit of the process "cfprefsd" in my username, to further reset caches), my Mail froze on trying to start up.
When I also disabled the folder in Library/Containers, the Mail application was able to start up.
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23c26c87207df3091c9d3249478f5591a62b237c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Right Click Drag with Magic Trackpad Is it possible to perform a "right click drag" with a Magic Trackpad? What gestures/settings do I need to accomplish this?
A: I don't like pressing hard to drag, I use the 3-finger-drag gesture. With this it is easy to right-drag, just hold ctrl on the keyboard and drag with three fingers on the Trackpad.
| Q: Right Click Drag with Magic Trackpad Is it possible to perform a "right click drag" with a Magic Trackpad? What gestures/settings do I need to accomplish this?
A: I don't like pressing hard to drag, I use the 3-finger-drag gesture. With this it is easy to right-drag, just hold ctrl on the keyboard and drag with three fingers on the Trackpad.
A: I have the same problem sharing magic tracpad using synergy. When you tap down with two fingers and lift its a right click, two fingers and hold its a scroll.
What works is two fingers, then press down hard enough to engage the physical mouse button built into the feet.
This works, but... the problem is that you can't do locked drags this way; i.e., with a USB or wireless mouse, you can right drag by pressing the right mouse button, and if you run out of mousing space, you can pick the mouse literally off the surface and as long as you continue to hold down the right button, you can continue to drag by repositioning the mouse at a different location on the surface .
Similarly, you can do locked drags with the trackpad by momentarily picking your fingers up off the surface and by repositioning them quickly enough, you can continue the drag, ad infinitum.
But if you right drag using the above described method with the trackpad, as soon as you release the pressure from the trackpad button, it springs up and the Windows VM immediately at that spot presents you with the right drag context sensitive menu.
It would work much better if you could produce the right drag by holding down a key such as Ctrl, Option, etc., with your second hand while performing a normal three-finger drag on the trackpad with your first hand. But contrary to the next most recent answer, this does not produce a right drag action in Windows.
Feb 2015/Windows 7 in Parallels 10 in Yosemite/ I've found sequence Ctrl+Shift, then 3 finger drag then lift off trackpad THEN release Ctrl+Shift works for me (in Audition 1.0/Frequency Analysis adjusting horizontal scale)
A: In Windows 7 under Parallels I can right-drag with the Magic Trackpad by clicking and dragging with two fingers. I can also click with two fingers and continue dragging with one to get a right drag. I don't think OSX has a right-drag.
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e10362aabd6bb284e054e86ecde770fcc7dfbedc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Share a keynote in slideshow mode only I have a client who has asked me if we can distribute electronic copies of a Keynote presentation I prepared for him in "slideshow-only" mode, such that other people can only view (not edit) the presentation and so that they'll always see the animation when they flip through it.
The animation is the biggest sticking point, he is concerned that people will normally just open the file and flip through it in editor mode.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this with a keynote presentation? Bonus points if you also know a good way to share it with Windows users.
A: Use iWork.com embedding :)
Since January (Keynote 5.0.5), iWork lets you embed your published presentation and play them in Safari (link contains a demo). Follow the instructions there!
Note that not all transitions will be available, so it won't be a “pixel-for-pixel” in all cases, but I guess it's the best alternative we can get, and it will be 100% compatible with Windows (with the limitation that a recent WebKit browser is required).
| Q: Share a keynote in slideshow mode only I have a client who has asked me if we can distribute electronic copies of a Keynote presentation I prepared for him in "slideshow-only" mode, such that other people can only view (not edit) the presentation and so that they'll always see the animation when they flip through it.
The animation is the biggest sticking point, he is concerned that people will normally just open the file and flip through it in editor mode.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this with a keynote presentation? Bonus points if you also know a good way to share it with Windows users.
A: Use iWork.com embedding :)
Since January (Keynote 5.0.5), iWork lets you embed your published presentation and play them in Safari (link contains a demo). Follow the instructions there!
Note that not all transitions will be available, so it won't be a “pixel-for-pixel” in all cases, but I guess it's the best alternative we can get, and it will be 100% compatible with Windows (with the limitation that a recent WebKit browser is required).
A: There is no way that you can make a keynote read-only. But why not just give them the keynote? As most people would probably just watch the presentation only without editing it. Even if they would want to edit it, they would probably do it after viewing the keynote. The only other option I can think of is to record your keynote through the File-Export, then choose quicktime and export (Edit the options depending on your needs). This would make the audience to view it in a movie file instead of a slideshow mode. Though it might not be the best idea as it wouldn't allow time for the audience to read the things on the slide. (Though you can edit the timing between animations)
A: Make Keynote presentation Read Only? PDF file or Lock the Keynote are not the answer. Please try, may be many steps but it’s very useful for me (I used MacBook Pro 16”)
Export your Keynote presentation to PDF file.
Convert the PDF file to image (I use app “PDF to Image Converter Expert” free, search in App Store). It converts PDF file to multiple images in single folder.
Open folder and select all images in folder.
Open it with “Preview” by right clicking and select “Open With” -> “Preview”.
In the navigation pane, select all images.
In the taskbar, select “Tools” and “Adjust Size”
In the “Fit into:” select pixel you want. (Try until you found size you want) -> OK and save it all, system may ask you again to confirm saving files.
Open new blanked file of Keynote.
Select all images in the folder again, drag and drop it into the navigation pane of Keynote. Each image become each slide of the presentation.
Try to adjust size in 6th step until you find the proper size.
Now you have the presentation that non-editable.
Hope these will be helpful.
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bf199417488570bb98f31cefa3446083226cc05f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I rotate an iPhone photo on my iPhone without losing EXIF data? I have iOS 4.3.3.
Are there any apps or methods that allow simple rotating of an iPhone photo (taken where the level sensor picked the wrong orientation), without losing the EXIF information?
Using ExifWizard app, it seems Adobe PS Express and PerfectPhoto both lose the original exif data upon rotate and save.
I know iOS 5 has a built in rotate feature but I'm not running iOS 5 here.
A: Photogene2 is a handy iOS photo editor and has an EXIF viewer in app. Currently $0.99
| Q: How do I rotate an iPhone photo on my iPhone without losing EXIF data? I have iOS 4.3.3.
Are there any apps or methods that allow simple rotating of an iPhone photo (taken where the level sensor picked the wrong orientation), without losing the EXIF information?
Using ExifWizard app, it seems Adobe PS Express and PerfectPhoto both lose the original exif data upon rotate and save.
I know iOS 5 has a built in rotate feature but I'm not running iOS 5 here.
A: Photogene2 is a handy iOS photo editor and has an EXIF viewer in app. Currently $0.99
A: PhotoForge2 is an iOS photo editor that will rotate the photo and preserve the EXIF data (although it does reorder it a bit in ExifWizard, it's all still there). It's usually $2.99 in the App Store, but it is currently on sale for $1.99.
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5b1cc154c43d34c16819f56fed9d5d5c8b613a69 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I gain permission to generate ssh keys on my Mac? I tried to generate ssh keys for GitHub (access through SSH in terminal), but I do not have access to the .ssh directory.
I tried to ls -l ~/.ssh, but I got this error ls: .ssh: Permission denied
I tried to read on the internet tuns of tutorials and tips for fix it, but unfortunately nothing works me.
What am I doing incorrectly and how can I fix it? I am running on Mac os X 10.6
A: chown -R YOUR_USER: ~/.ssh
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*
| Q: How do I gain permission to generate ssh keys on my Mac? I tried to generate ssh keys for GitHub (access through SSH in terminal), but I do not have access to the .ssh directory.
I tried to ls -l ~/.ssh, but I got this error ls: .ssh: Permission denied
I tried to read on the internet tuns of tutorials and tips for fix it, but unfortunately nothing works me.
What am I doing incorrectly and how can I fix it? I am running on Mac os X 10.6
A: chown -R YOUR_USER: ~/.ssh
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*
A: sounds like you don't have eXecute permission on your .ssh folder: try running ls -ld ~/.ssh and verify that the permissions are drwx------, and that the directory is owned by you. If the permissions differ, run chmod -R u+rwX,go-rwx ~/.ssh; if you're not the owner, run chown -R <your account name> ~/.ssh (find out your account name by running whoami).
If either the chmod or chown commands fail due to permission errors, run them again but prefic them with sudo.
A: Run
man chown
man chmod
and read how to change the ownership and permissions for the directory.
A: Go into Terminal and type in:
chmod a+rwx ~/.ssh
And generate your keys.
Once you're done generating your keys, relock your .ssh directory by doing:
chmod go-rwx ~/.ssh
chmod u+rwx ~/.ssh
The first command removes permissions from "group" and "others" and the second is probably not necessary, but it explicitly sets your own rwx bits.
I'd expect the reason the .ssh directory would be locked to "others" and "groups" would be to keep malicious apps & processes from sniffing out any keys that live in that directory.
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fddd6e8ec59bf38ad7b3d4e929e6efe4bd022c2b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can a Non-Thunderbolt device (like a mid 2010 iMac) connect to a Thunderbolt Display? I've been browsing different forums for this answer and the closest answer I could find was a post on this Stack Exchange.
However this post is still a 'may be' it won't work and it targets the general question 'Non Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt ?' which I would understand to be negative.
My question is more on the display side, since the thunderbolt technology carries both a display signal as well a pci express signal, can a non-thunderbolt diplay with a simple display port still carry that signal to a thunderbolt cinema display ?
Thanks for your knowledge on that matter.
A: No, it cannot. That's the reason Apple is still selling the non-thunderbolt 27" display, for the devices like yours.
Source: Apple Online Store, where under system requirements it says:
System Requirements
Thunderbolt-enabled Mac computer, including MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac
| Q: Can a Non-Thunderbolt device (like a mid 2010 iMac) connect to a Thunderbolt Display? I've been browsing different forums for this answer and the closest answer I could find was a post on this Stack Exchange.
However this post is still a 'may be' it won't work and it targets the general question 'Non Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt ?' which I would understand to be negative.
My question is more on the display side, since the thunderbolt technology carries both a display signal as well a pci express signal, can a non-thunderbolt diplay with a simple display port still carry that signal to a thunderbolt cinema display ?
Thanks for your knowledge on that matter.
A: No, it cannot. That's the reason Apple is still selling the non-thunderbolt 27" display, for the devices like yours.
Source: Apple Online Store, where under system requirements it says:
System Requirements
Thunderbolt-enabled Mac computer, including MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac
A: You will find the requirements on the Apple website
System Requirements Thunderbolt-enabled Mac computer, including
MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac OS X v10.6.8 or later
There is a good article here on the connectivity of the Thunderbolt displays that may help you understand
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512f55b09397d080eb97932ce771420747aa2631 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Application to defrag my Mac drive I work on media files as per my profession. I find my Mac (Mac Lion) going slower day by day. I think it will be beneficial to defrag the drive but didn't find any Apple tool for it. I want a an effective third party Mac defragmenter for my Mac drive.
A: Speed of access on HFS+ drives is not that affected by fragmentation unlike Windows file systems as OSX will do some defragmentation. A third party investigation is here.
You might be better off checking there is enough free space for new files.
There are some utilities to do defragmentation like iDefrag
| Q: Mac Application to defrag my Mac drive I work on media files as per my profession. I find my Mac (Mac Lion) going slower day by day. I think it will be beneficial to defrag the drive but didn't find any Apple tool for it. I want a an effective third party Mac defragmenter for my Mac drive.
A: Speed of access on HFS+ drives is not that affected by fragmentation unlike Windows file systems as OSX will do some defragmentation. A third party investigation is here.
You might be better off checking there is enough free space for new files.
There are some utilities to do defragmentation like iDefrag
A: On APFS - you don’t need to defragment anything.
On HFS+ - DriveGenius does what you ask. It rebuilds the catalog (filesystem) that tracks the files. You don’t need to rearrange the files on the drive as macOS does that for you - just keep 20 GB free or 25% free if you can, and the system optimizes the file location automatically.
There aren't many apps that do this on mac since actual filesystem fragmentation both rare and rarely a cause of measurable slowdown.
Mac OS X automatically defragments files that are likely to cause a slowdown in addition to automatically optimizing hot (often used) files to a fast and not-fragmented part of the drive.
The HFS+ filesystem directory / catalog itself can become fragmented over a long time but you can fix that easily. Back up to time machine and an erase install / migration back cures that issue without needing to spend money on a live tool. DiskWarrior also helps to rebuild HFS+ catalogs in addition to the already mentioned Drive Genius.
Best of luck - keep looking if you find defrag isn't what the doctor ordered on your mac.
A: I agree with Mark. Usually, I don't fill up a drive past 80-85%, as the slower parts of a mechanical drive begins around that point. HDs have different speeds and access time depending on the location on the disk.
Therefore using an app like iDefrag could help (remember to backup your files before!) but will likely need to be done on a regular basis to provide a continued result, and I'm wondering if the time you're gonna spend on this isn't gonna be for nothing.
I would suggest using RAID-0 or better yet RAID-5 drives setups. Bit more expansive, but speed will be much more constant over a longer period of time, but this setup also carries more risk (especially RAID-0), therefore you NEED a backup, could get expensive...
An SSD is a good solution, the only problem is the capacities. A good, fast and reliable 204 Gb SSD retails for ~500$, a 480 Gb for ~900$.
A: If we go little deeper we see that the HFS+ file system allocates memory not on the basis of first free space first but on the basis of largest free space first.
This technique, although reduces the chances of fragmentation but doesn't stops it totally.
Its right that fragmentation hardly matters when you are a simple home users but for professionals (Like me) a slow Mac matters a lot.
So, now I have two programs for defragmentation. One from Stellar drive defrag and another is idefrag from coriolis.
Let me try them and see if I can get some speed in my Mac.
A: There are many 3rd party apps available in the market which are beneficial for defragging a Mac based hard drive. Below are the top 3 player in this list (i.e. defragging a Mac hard drive): -
1.Stellar Defrag Drive
2.iDefrag
3.Drive Genius
Each of the above mentioned apps defrag the Mac hard drive and also reduce the boot time. As a results, makes it to run faster.
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c4b8f3228dabec235064a010f1f05f116b6c1cdb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a good, full-featured EPUB to PDF converter? There are tons of PDF to EPUB converters but almost no EPUB TO PDF.
Only thing I've found is a free online converter (takes some time to upload, lacks the cover and the sidebar navigation) and a shareware (that I couldn't get to work).
A: Does Calibre work? It offers Ebook Format Conversion for a lot of formats, quote from the FAQ:
Calibre supports the conversion of many input formats to many output formats. It can convert every input format in the following list, to every output format.
Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
| Q: Is there a good, full-featured EPUB to PDF converter? There are tons of PDF to EPUB converters but almost no EPUB TO PDF.
Only thing I've found is a free online converter (takes some time to upload, lacks the cover and the sidebar navigation) and a shareware (that I couldn't get to work).
A: Does Calibre work? It offers Ebook Format Conversion for a lot of formats, quote from the FAQ:
Calibre supports the conversion of many input formats to many output formats. It can convert every input format in the following list, to every output format.
Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
A: You can try Go4ePub.com.
According to my experience the results are slightly better than with Calibre.
A: I recommend to try this free online converter convertio.co , I have used it for a very long time without any problems ever!
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79ad12fd90ee65a45d4125351027866e5b41ea84 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I see full movie titles in iPad Video browser? On my iPad, long video titles are cut off even though there is lots of blank space everywhere. Even when I tap a video, the detail screen cuts off the title in the exact same location despite there still being lots of blank space everywhere.
Full movie titles are a lot more useful than blank space... Can I somehow see them at all when I'm away from my PC?
A: Tap and hold, you will get a popover until you let go with the full details. Same works with music in the ipod app.
| Q: How do I see full movie titles in iPad Video browser? On my iPad, long video titles are cut off even though there is lots of blank space everywhere. Even when I tap a video, the detail screen cuts off the title in the exact same location despite there still being lots of blank space everywhere.
Full movie titles are a lot more useful than blank space... Can I somehow see them at all when I'm away from my PC?
A: Tap and hold, you will get a popover until you let go with the full details. Same works with music in the ipod app.
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792a098ca1486bf295c5126722921f9ead9e044e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: On the iPad, how do I tell what version of Mobile Safari I have? I'd like to know what precise version of Mobile Safari the iPad I'm using has. Is there any way to find out (preferably from the device itself)? There doesn't seem to be any menu in Safari Mobile, and thus none to choose "About" from. If you go to Settings | Safari, you see various useful things, but no "About" or "Version" or similar, which surprised me.
A: You can get the userAgent string without visiting an external website, by typing the following in the Safari address bar (where you would normally type a URL):
javascript:alert(navigator.userAgent)
You must type it exactly as it appears here, matching case and punctuation.
An alert popup will appear with the full useragent string, which contains the version number of Safari and iOS.
| Q: On the iPad, how do I tell what version of Mobile Safari I have? I'd like to know what precise version of Mobile Safari the iPad I'm using has. Is there any way to find out (preferably from the device itself)? There doesn't seem to be any menu in Safari Mobile, and thus none to choose "About" from. If you go to Settings | Safari, you see various useful things, but no "About" or "Version" or similar, which surprised me.
A: You can get the userAgent string without visiting an external website, by typing the following in the Safari address bar (where you would normally type a URL):
javascript:alert(navigator.userAgent)
You must type it exactly as it appears here, matching case and punctuation.
An alert popup will appear with the full useragent string, which contains the version number of Safari and iOS.
A: None of the javascript answers worked for me. I found an easier way!
There are several "what's my IP address?" pages out there, such as this one. These pages tell you your IP address and, in some cases, what your browser is, what your operating system is, and if your browser is up to date.
A: 2022 update: The easiest way these days it to look at what iOS version you're using (Settings > General > Software Update), because it appears that the iOS Safari version is now synced to iOS version (iOS version 15.4's Safari reports it's Version 15.4, 15.5's Safari reports it's Version 15.5, etc.). (Can't find a citation for that, though, sadly.)
The only way I've found Ross McNab's way was much better but sadly no longer works (thanks, Apple); Billy Moon's way works but is a bit awkward for one-off checks.
Another way to do this is to use an external website (there are plenty to choose from, just search on "what's my browser"), which will report my user-agent string back to me.
So for instance, these sites will report back to me that my user-agent string is:
Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-gb) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5
...the Version/5.0.2 part tells me I'm using Mobile Safari 5.0.2.
Note: See Jim Grisham's answer — while this will tell you Safari version, the WebKit version it shows you is apparently no longer accurate.
A: 2022 update:
For privacy reasons, Mobile Safari on any devices with iOS / iPadOS 11.4.1 or later will only report a maximum WebKit version of 605.1.15 in the User-Agent string (I imagine something similar is true for anything accessible via JavaScript).
If you know the iOS version of the device, the ‘Safari version history’ chart at Wikipedia is probably the easiest place to look. (That page contains references for the underlying data sources.)
Example:
iOS 12.5.5: Safari 12.1.2 / WebKit 607.1.40
iOS 13.7: Safari 13.1 / WebKit 609.1.20
iOS 14.7: Safari 14.1.2 / WebKit 611.1.21
iOS 15.4: Safari 15.4 / WebKit 613.1.17
A: Since Ross McNab's answer appears to no longer work...
Bookmark this (or any) page - then edit the bookmark - call it what you like, but change the url to...
javascript:alert(navigator.userAgent)
Now you can check your user agent any time you feel like conveniently from your bookmarks. For iOS 15 you might get a result like this:
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 15_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.5 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1
Or if it's just a quick one-off check you want and you're connected to the 'net, do what T.J. originally posted.
A: You can visit http://spiderip.com to check the user agent and version of safari
A: Handy alternative if you want to copy paste this info / you're already there: plug your iPad into your mac (assuming platform!) and in OSX Safari, remote debug the device, and copy the User Agent from the Resource Panel under Request Headers.
Enable remote debugging:
*
*In OSX Safari’s Preferences pane under Advanced, check the Show Develop menu in the menu bar checkbox.
*On iDevice: Settings > Safari > Advanced
http://moduscreate.com/enable-remote-web-inspector-in-ios-6/
A: For some reason javascript:alert(navigator.userAgent) did not work. I tried it but got an error from Safari saying it was not allowed (tested on iOS 12).
I happened to be on jsfiddle.net, typing it in there did work :)
jsfiddle.net is an online website where you can type in JavaScript. And since the JavaScript is coming from the page and not directly from the browser, it is allowed to display.
| apple | {
"language": "en",
"length": 742,
"provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:9014",
"question_score": "39",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/30721"
} |
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