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94c437b0d68f0a43638060e41da5b17016da6387 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Enable full-screen mode for applications on Lion There some applications which I can not yet run in full-screen mode. I particularly would need the OSX Terminal app and possible the TextEdit. However, after the upgrade they remained the same, and does not have the full screen button in the top right corner. How can I enable Lion style full-screen mode for there applications?
A: Lion's Terminal.app does support fullscreen mode. Maybe you are overlooking it? How did you upgrade?
As for TextEdit, applications need to explicitely implement Lion fullscreen support, and this has not been done for TextEdit. There are other 3rd party text editors that have implemented fullscreen mode, depending on what usage you have for a text-editor.
| Q: Enable full-screen mode for applications on Lion There some applications which I can not yet run in full-screen mode. I particularly would need the OSX Terminal app and possible the TextEdit. However, after the upgrade they remained the same, and does not have the full screen button in the top right corner. How can I enable Lion style full-screen mode for there applications?
A: Lion's Terminal.app does support fullscreen mode. Maybe you are overlooking it? How did you upgrade?
As for TextEdit, applications need to explicitely implement Lion fullscreen support, and this has not been done for TextEdit. There are other 3rd party text editors that have implemented fullscreen mode, depending on what usage you have for a text-editor.
A: Another terminal like application is iterm2. It goes fullscreen and works extremely well!(a lot better than terminal)
http://www.iterm2.com/#/section/home
A: Terminal does support Full Screen on Mac OS X Lion. It sounds like you’re opening an older version of Terminal. Check Terminal > About Terminal to see what version you’re using. It should be 2.2 or later.
You can see the location of the Terminal you’re using by Command-Clicking on the Terminal icon in the Dock. That will reveal the Terminal application in Finder. It should be in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal on your startup volume.
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1b8e039134a8f089ff3217aaa044e9dfb4a4a23c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enable X-forwarding on OSX Lion? ssh works fine when when I log-in from OSX Lion to Lion or Lion to Ubuntu.
ssh -X (X-forwarding) works fine when I log-in from Lion to Ubuntu.
However, I can't seem to get ssh -X to work from Lion to Lion.
How do I enable X forwarding on OSX Lion so I can run x applications from a remote machine?
A: X11 forwarding is disabled per default for OS X SSH servers. Do the following on the remote machine:
sudo vi /etc/sshd_config
Search for the following line and remove the # sign at the beginning, change the no to yes, so that you end up with this:
X11Forwarding yes
Then write the file and quit vim by hitting ESC and typing :wq and hitting return.
Now restart the sshd process by typing:
killall -SIGHUP sshd
This will kill your ssh session, but after that you should be able to use ssh -X as usual. You may get warnings because of missing X authority files.
| Q: How do I enable X-forwarding on OSX Lion? ssh works fine when when I log-in from OSX Lion to Lion or Lion to Ubuntu.
ssh -X (X-forwarding) works fine when I log-in from Lion to Ubuntu.
However, I can't seem to get ssh -X to work from Lion to Lion.
How do I enable X forwarding on OSX Lion so I can run x applications from a remote machine?
A: X11 forwarding is disabled per default for OS X SSH servers. Do the following on the remote machine:
sudo vi /etc/sshd_config
Search for the following line and remove the # sign at the beginning, change the no to yes, so that you end up with this:
X11Forwarding yes
Then write the file and quit vim by hitting ESC and typing :wq and hitting return.
Now restart the sshd process by typing:
killall -SIGHUP sshd
This will kill your ssh session, but after that you should be able to use ssh -X as usual. You may get warnings because of missing X authority files.
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611d079fd5a0874e625f70a2db2d340bd5289c07 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I have access to my Google Music contents offline? How are you supposed to use Google Music on and iPhone? I uploaded a lot of my music to Google Music but I want to have offline access to them on my iPhone.
A: Google do not provide offline access for google music on the iPhone.
However just searching "Google music" on the App Store, shows 2 (paid) applications, that seem to offer offline access.
| Q: How do I have access to my Google Music contents offline? How are you supposed to use Google Music on and iPhone? I uploaded a lot of my music to Google Music but I want to have offline access to them on my iPhone.
A: Google do not provide offline access for google music on the iPhone.
However just searching "Google music" on the App Store, shows 2 (paid) applications, that seem to offer offline access.
A: Offline access won't be possible until Google either releases an iOS music app or a Google Music API. Both are very unlikely.
Have a look at iTunes Match though.
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8f826dc6debad3052b2ce4d847ffd7132415dfc6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What can I do when my SSH session is stuck? Sometimes my ssh session in the terminal hangs. How can I exit the ssh session and reconnect?
A: All you need to do to exit an ssh session is type exit at the prompt.
Try entering Shift+`+.
| Q: What can I do when my SSH session is stuck? Sometimes my ssh session in the terminal hangs. How can I exit the ssh session and reconnect?
A: All you need to do to exit an ssh session is type exit at the prompt.
Try entering Shift+`+.
A: According to the documentation:
Supported escape sequences:
~. - terminate connection (and any multiplexed sessions)
~B - send a BREAK to the remote system
~C - open a command line
~R - request rekey
~V/v - decrease/increase verbosity (LogLevel)
~^Z - suspend ssh
~# - list forwarded connections
~& - background ssh (when waiting for connections to terminate)
~? - this message
~~ - send the escape character by typing it twice
(Note that escapes are only recognized immediately after newline.)
A: Type ~. (i.e. tilde, period) at the beginning of a line. In other words, press Enter, then ~, then .. (In some languages, you may need to press Shift or Alt to enter the ~ character.)
Generally speaking, the ~ character is an escape character in an SSH session when you type it at the beginning of a line. Type Enter then ~? to see the list of escape commands. The most common ones are
*
*~. to terminate the connection
*~^Z (press ~ then Ctrl+Z) to suspend the connection and type a command locally (run the command fg to return to the SSH session)
If you want a tilde at the beginning of a line, press ~ twice.
A: If your session is hung and the prompt is no longer responsive you can just kill the Terminal instance. All child processes associated with that instance, including your ssh session, exit.
A more thorough approach, open a new shell (new tab or window), list ssh sessions and send kill signals:
> ps -ef |grep ssh
501 1332 142 0 20Dec11 ?? 0:01.33 /usr/bin/ssh-agent -l
501 57172 57150 0 1:58pm ttys000 0:00.01 grep ssh
501 57139 57133 0 1:57pm ttys002 0:00.03 ssh -i/Users/ian/code/ec2-keys/id_rsa-gsg-keypair [email protected]
> kill 57139
If that doesn't work try:
> kill -9 57139
Don't kill the ssh-agent or sshd Processes.
Or you can open Activity Monitor and search there for sessions and hit the "Quit Process" button for them:
A: ~. works, although it looks like being totally stuck, stops the ssh connection and you can start it again, but in my keyboard I have to press Alt+~ then space and then .
A: For me, working with Terminal in macOS Mojave 10.14.6 the only solution was to enter ~ followed by Ctrl-Z as described in this answer: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/175670/136875
A: From Ian's answer on apple.stackexhange, this is the answer for Mac OS X:
The default escape key for the ssh that ships with OS X the ~ character. You have to enter it immediately after a new line for ssh to respect it. And then the key sequence Control-z is used to suspend and background a task in bash.
So try this key sequence:
Return
~
Control-z
If it works you'll see something like:
myhost.local:~ |ruby-2.2.0|
> ssh someremotehost
Last login: Fri Mar 6 14:15:28 2015 from myhost
someremotehost:~ |ruby-2.2.0|
> ~^Z [suspend ssh]
[1] + 48895 suspended ssh myremotehost
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bf91a232c4d347dcaa6d766550e2e82ed0510252 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I add more categories to Mac OS X Finder's sidebar? My Finder sidebar has two categories: Favorites and Devices. How do I add more categories?
A: It's not possible to add more categories (see picture). There are:
*
*Favorites:
*
*For any subdirectory of the root directory
*You can add custom links to folders (not files) via drag and drop
*custom searches
*Shared:
*
*Local Network, Servers, Back to my Mac, Time Capsule,...
*Devices:
*
*Harddrives (internal/external), other storage media like CDs, devices like iPhones
However, there is a workaround which allows to add separators and changing icons.
Download the icons here.
| Q: How do I add more categories to Mac OS X Finder's sidebar? My Finder sidebar has two categories: Favorites and Devices. How do I add more categories?
A: It's not possible to add more categories (see picture). There are:
*
*Favorites:
*
*For any subdirectory of the root directory
*You can add custom links to folders (not files) via drag and drop
*custom searches
*Shared:
*
*Local Network, Servers, Back to my Mac, Time Capsule,...
*Devices:
*
*Harddrives (internal/external), other storage media like CDs, devices like iPhones
However, there is a workaround which allows to add separators and changing icons.
Download the icons here.
A: So this is a very old post. However, I haven't found the solution elsewhere, so for anyone else looking - here's how I got dividers into my sidebar (working in Mavericks 10.9.4):
*
*Download the 'Lion-Sidebar-Separators-Tweak.dmg (from the icons link in gentmatt's post above)
*Mount the .dmg and drag the 'SidebarSmartFolders.icns' to the 'Drop here - Resources' alias. You'll need to enter an admin password to edit that folder (it links to the package contents of the CoreTypes.bundle within the System/Library folder).
*Copy the 'Smart Folders' folder to a sensible storage location.
*Add one or more of the smart folders within that folder to your sidebar. The smart folder logo won't appear, and you'll just get the folder name appearing in the sidebar - i.e. a solid divider line.
Notes
*
*This will make all your smart folders in your sidebar lose the smart folder logo.
*Keep the 'Originals' folder from the .dmg in case you want to remove this tweak later.
*If you use smart folders a lot in the sidebar, there is also the option to use applications.
I hope this helps someone else looking for the same thing I was.
Cheers!
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ab0ffd53f09eda97e6cb75db86a1f80df2fe8b5b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make the App Store remember my password? It seems that my iPod Touch (iOS 5.0.1) will keep asking for my AppleID password every time I try to install an application from App Store. It is really driving me insane.
I would be happy to add the password once at boot up instead of entering it each time.
I couldn't find a related option in Settings.
How do I change this behavior?
A: Download "password pilot" in Cydia (the jailbreak app store) it will save your password so you wont have to keep entering it.
| Q: How can I make the App Store remember my password? It seems that my iPod Touch (iOS 5.0.1) will keep asking for my AppleID password every time I try to install an application from App Store. It is really driving me insane.
I would be happy to add the password once at boot up instead of entering it each time.
I couldn't find a related option in Settings.
How do I change this behavior?
A: Download "password pilot" in Cydia (the jailbreak app store) it will save your password so you wont have to keep entering it.
A: You can't change this behavior. Although, when you download a free app, you have to enter your password; if you download another free app immediately after, you won't have to re-enter your pass. That's as close as you're going to get to a remember password feature on iOS 5.
This is something that was intentionally in place and now it's intentionally changed on iOS 6 to reduce the need to re-enter your password just for updates.
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6d742a643b1c77fdb8513203d772444e6b002f83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTerm2/Terminal full screen Why is it not possible to have iTerm2 or Terminal app take up the full available space on the screen. Let me show an example:
It's hard to see but if you look on the right and bottom edge, there is some extra space. It seems impossible to expand it to use that space. What is causing this?
I used apps that make the window take up the full screen size, such as Breeze. All other apps work fine, taking 100% of the screen space, except iTerm2 and Terminal.
Btw, I do know about native fullscreen but I would like to know why I can't make my terminal take up 100% of the space.
A: This works for me in iTerm 2 (on Mountain Lion).
Go to: Preferences -> Profiles -> Window.
Set:
Columns = 204
Rows = 54
Style: Left of Screen
Screen: Main Screen
| Q: iTerm2/Terminal full screen Why is it not possible to have iTerm2 or Terminal app take up the full available space on the screen. Let me show an example:
It's hard to see but if you look on the right and bottom edge, there is some extra space. It seems impossible to expand it to use that space. What is causing this?
I used apps that make the window take up the full screen size, such as Breeze. All other apps work fine, taking 100% of the screen space, except iTerm2 and Terminal.
Btw, I do know about native fullscreen but I would like to know why I can't make my terminal take up 100% of the space.
A: This works for me in iTerm 2 (on Mountain Lion).
Go to: Preferences -> Profiles -> Window.
Set:
Columns = 204
Rows = 54
Style: Left of Screen
Screen: Main Screen
A: Here's a workaround I've been using for Terminal (should work with iTerm2 too).
Use the standard Window > Zoom option followed by the Fullscreen option of Spectacle (⌥+⌘+F).
Window > Zoom leaves the terminal window in the original state (as seen in your question, with the thin space on the right).
Full Screen option of Spectacle just moves the terminal window by half a character (I guess) to the left and fills the gap on the right.
OS: Mavericks, 10.9.1
A: Hold down control and you can resize it to take the whole screen (although it won't necessarily add another row or column of text).
Also, in the beta version, there is an advanced preference to make this the default called "terminal windows resize smoothly."
A: Terminals have a fixed character width and height, and most (all?) terminal application programs make the window an even multiple of that size (then add the window title, some margin around the sides, etc.), so there will never be a partial row or column visible.
They could theoretically add more margin at the right/bottom of the window when the window is zoomed out, but then your question might merely be replaced with someone else asking “Why is there always some blank space at the window edge when the window is zoomed?”.
And what should happen to the window if you resize or show/hide the Dock (for example) such that the window is no longer the same dimensions as it would be if you zoomed it again to fit the new display area? When you Zoom a window, it isn’t placed into a “zoomed” state, it’s just resized to the current available display area at the time you Zoom it. If the available display area changes and you haven’t asked it to Zoom again, then what?
Not that these aren’t solvable, but there are a number of dynamic behaviors to consider, and terminal applications typically keep things simple.
Note that Mac OS X Lion “Full Screen” is an actual state that the window is in and Terminal always fits the window to the size of the display, updating when the display size changes, and adds margins as mentioned above. The size of the Dock, for example, is ignored.
A: Push command+control+f or find the fullscreen option (or click the green circle button in newer versions of OS X) and it takes up every available pixel.
Here is an image of the whole screen when Terminal is open with two tabs in fullscreen mode:
A: As of iTerm version 3 I can set a very high value for columns and rows in Preferences > Profiles > Window and the new terminal window resizes to exactly the needed column and row values needed to fill the window. No other configuration tweaks needed.
Columns 300 and rows 80 for me on a 2012 MacBook Pro 15" Hi-Res.
A: Go to Preferences > Window
I am running Build 3.4.8 and could only get this to work by deselecting Native full screen windows option followed by cmd + enter
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f176ebb7f9e8690a99c15a391648704d0a93a6ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using iTunes match, my collection seems peppered with songs that cut out before their full length Using iTunes match, my collection seems peppered with songs that cut out before their full length.
An example: A song would be 5 minutes long, the song timer would show it as being 5 minutes long, but after 3 minutes, the song just cuts out and there's nothing playing for the remaining 2 minutes.
Has anyone else encountered this? Better yet resolved it?
A: Maybe the file is corrupt, try another file. If the file is corrupt delete it and download it again.
| Q: Using iTunes match, my collection seems peppered with songs that cut out before their full length Using iTunes match, my collection seems peppered with songs that cut out before their full length.
An example: A song would be 5 minutes long, the song timer would show it as being 5 minutes long, but after 3 minutes, the song just cuts out and there's nothing playing for the remaining 2 minutes.
Has anyone else encountered this? Better yet resolved it?
A: Maybe the file is corrupt, try another file. If the file is corrupt delete it and download it again.
A: Use the “Get Info” screen and go to the “Options” tab. See if you have accidentally added a Stop Time (the box will be checked and/or the text field will say 3:00).
Just something to check!
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3d656ae3b0626cd4de9704abe8386b7fd2483b36 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the shortcut for fullscreen mode in Lion? Some apps allow their windows to be viewed in full screen, such as Google Chrome, which is really good.
Wondering if there is a shortcut to do it?
A: ctrl+⌘+F works for Safari and Chrome.
The ^ is old unix style for ctrl, which is why the option in the menu is:
Edit:
While the answer above only works for both Safari and Chrome, the following shortcut works only for Chrome and Firefox:
⇧+⌘+F
| Q: What is the shortcut for fullscreen mode in Lion? Some apps allow their windows to be viewed in full screen, such as Google Chrome, which is really good.
Wondering if there is a shortcut to do it?
A: ctrl+⌘+F works for Safari and Chrome.
The ^ is old unix style for ctrl, which is why the option in the menu is:
Edit:
While the answer above only works for both Safari and Chrome, the following shortcut works only for Chrome and Firefox:
⇧+⌘+F
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888a21ec2f2e9503694d9039338f013eda8fe9e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to have clipboard buffering in OS X? Does OS X have this built in? It is tedious with only one buffer.
A: I would recommend something like Jumpcut:
Jumpcut is an application that provides "clipboard buffering" — that is, access to text that you've cut or copied, even if you've subsequently cut or copied something else. The goal of Jumpcut's interface is to provide quick, natural, intuitive access to your clipboard's history.
Flycut is another option.
Description: Flycut is a clean and simple clipboard manager for developers. It based on open source app called Jumpcut.
| Q: Is there a way to have clipboard buffering in OS X? Does OS X have this built in? It is tedious with only one buffer.
A: I would recommend something like Jumpcut:
Jumpcut is an application that provides "clipboard buffering" — that is, access to text that you've cut or copied, even if you've subsequently cut or copied something else. The goal of Jumpcut's interface is to provide quick, natural, intuitive access to your clipboard's history.
Flycut is another option.
Description: Flycut is a clean and simple clipboard manager for developers. It based on open source app called Jumpcut.
A: Control K (to cut)and Y (to paste) can be used for this functionality i believe. although it's more or a cut and paste rather than copy.
A: Launchbar offers clipboard history among a gazillion other features. I recommend Launchbar because once you get used to it, you can rarely use your mac without it :)
Particularly:
Clipboard History
Seamless integration in LaunchBar’s standard interface. Unique
features such as stack operation (last-in/first-out), ClipMerge™, etc.
Paste as Plain Text option. Paste a sequence of clipboard objects
using Paste and remove from history. Quick Look integration. Clipboard
objects can be used for LaunchBar actions such as browsing, send-to,
drag & drop, etc. Customizable Ignore List to protect sensitive data.
But there are other "multiple clipboard" utilities for Mac and you can surely find a lot by just googling. iClip is a popular one.
A: I use the clipboard history in Alfred. You need to buy the Powerpack to use it and it only supports plain text, but it's searchable, I like the UI, and you can set it to keep all history for up to three months.
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9390be631537e870493d2ee5ffa7e3ed24e00e3c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I sleep the display from Terminal? I'd like to be able to turn my screen off from command line.
I know there's the keyboard shortcut ctrl+⇧+⏏ but I want to do it from a shell script or remotely.
Is there a way?
A: In OS X 10.9, you can simply do pmset displaysleepnow. This will immediately turn off your display without changing any of your settings or putting the entire host to sleep.
Escalated privileges don't seem to be required (at least with recent versions of OS X), but if you get a message about inadequate privileges, you could do sudo pmset displaysleepnow.
Based on feedback from commenters, this is not available in OS X 10.8 or earlier.
| Q: How can I sleep the display from Terminal? I'd like to be able to turn my screen off from command line.
I know there's the keyboard shortcut ctrl+⇧+⏏ but I want to do it from a shell script or remotely.
Is there a way?
A: In OS X 10.9, you can simply do pmset displaysleepnow. This will immediately turn off your display without changing any of your settings or putting the entire host to sleep.
Escalated privileges don't seem to be required (at least with recent versions of OS X), but if you get a message about inadequate privileges, you could do sudo pmset displaysleepnow.
Based on feedback from commenters, this is not available in OS X 10.8 or earlier.
A: The following script will do the job (in Leopard and later), but it must be run with sudo:
The premise is that pmset can set a time until display sleep, but the problem is that a value of 0 turns the feature off, rather than setting the delay to zero, and a value of 1 is a full one minute delay. The magic here is that a value of 2^31 seems to be stored as negative zero, which magically functions as "turn the display off immediately".
In Tiger and earlier, a different magic number was needed, because a different bit-sized variable was used internally to store the delay, in minutes, until the display turns off.
This mimics the behavior of control-shift-eject, and can be used on MacBook Airs without an eject key.
#!/bin/bash
original_setting=`/usr/bin/pmset -g | /usr/bin/awk '/displaysleep/ {print $2}'`
magic_number=2147483648
/usr/bin/pmset -a displaysleep $magic_number; sleep 1; /usr/bin/pmset -a displaysleep $original_setting
A: Here's a simple shell script that will do it.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
open /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app
This will run/start whatever settings you have enabled for Screen Saver on that computer.
A: Run the following command to execute a short AppleScript that puts the display to sleep:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep'
The command name suggests that it might put the entire system to sleep under some circumstances, but I could not make that happen in limited testing: I tested it with a shell script I started shortly before executing this command, and that was running for a few minutes until I "awoke" the system. It had continued to print output during the entire time.
A: on macOS Sierra
*
*sleep display : pmset displaysleepnow
*wake display : caffeinate -u -t 1
*test state : pmset -g powerstate IODisplayWrangler | tail -1 | cut -c29 results <4 are a sleeping display
a small node HTTP server to set screen status of your Mac remotely: https://github.com/ycardon/switch-api
A: While I haven't been able to find a command that will sleep the display natively, there is an app you download that will do it. There are two options from here.
*
*Install the app to the Applications folder and from Terminal or SSH run open /Applications/Sleep\ Display.app
*Right click on the app from the Downloads folder and click "Show Package Contents". Navigate to Contents/MacOS and copy the sleepdisplay file.
Navigate to /usr/bin (you can use the ⇧+⌘+G shortcut and type the directory in) and paste the binary file. You will now be able to type the command sleepdisplay into Terminal or through SSH and the display will immediately go to sleep.
Hope this helps!
A: Really hope this answer isn't too off the beaten track. My favourite way to sleep, restart, shut down - and most importantly lock - a Mac is using Alfred (the app launcher).
It doesn't require any scripts, knowledge of scripts or use of terminal, which is brilliant.
However, if you specifically WANT to use terminal, this probably isn't the solution for you.
A: Wake: caffeinate -u -t 2
Sleep: pmset displaysleepnow
A: You could use the pmset command to change the value for displaysleep, something like
pmset -a displaysleep 1
(requires root)
A: Well, this is an old one, but it seems there aren't really good answers for this question anywhere.
I've gotten an AppleScript to work, though it requires a third-party, unmaintained, and un-registrable app—Extra Suites. It can be downloaded on the developer's old website.
# Gets the current state of the upper left hot corner, then sets it to sleep display.
tell application "System Events"
tell expose preferences
set givenActivty to get the activity of the top left screen
set the properties of the top left screen corner to {activity:sleep display}
end tell
end tell
# Uses Mouse to Activate upper left hot corner. [Moving directly to {0, 0} does not work
tell application "Extra Suites"
ES move mouse {1, 1}
ES move mouse {0, 0}
end tell
# Restores state of upper left hot corner.
tell application "System Events"
tell expose preferences
delay 1
set the activity of the top left screen corner to givenActivty
end tell
end tell
# Gets rid of Extra Suites nag window.
tell application "Extra Suites"
quit
end tell
I've also incorporated it into an Alfred Workflow.
A: Take a look at the open source github project maclock
By default, it just launches the screensaver, but you can put the display to sleep with:
maclock --display
Under the covers, it is a bash script that is essentially just calling:
pmset displaysleepnow
A: I did it with sudo shutdown -s now.
Note that you will need administrator privilege to do this though.
A: To sleep the display :
pmset displaysleepnow
To check status :
pmset -g powerstate IODisplayWrangler|tail -1|grep -q USEABLE # exit 0 (success) if screen is on
A: No need extra app, just use tell application "Finder" to sleep
A: The app Launchbar works equally well as Alfred. In my case, CMD spacebar then S [Sleep] - simple and fast
A: Using Alfred (free at the AppStore) is a great way to put the display to sleep by just writing: "sleep". Doesn't get simpler than that.
Of course Alfred does much more than that, you can also restart, logout, empty trash, lock, shutdown and many more things.
A: Here you go -
sudo su
pmset displaysleepnow
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24eadcf1bbec9621e4e382cea78fb57adbe0f534 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make an app think it's running on iOS 5? So I have a jailbroken iPad on 4.X. I would like to use the new Netflix interface but it's only for ios 5. Is there any jailbroken app that will make it think its on ios 5 and not ios 4.X? Or is possible to edit the Netflix app files or something? Thanks for the help.
A: I've done this before, and it caused a bit of instability, but all you need to do is open /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist in iFile, find where it says iOS version 4.X, and change it to 5.0.1. This will allow you to download any app that requires iOS 5.
| Q: How can I make an app think it's running on iOS 5? So I have a jailbroken iPad on 4.X. I would like to use the new Netflix interface but it's only for ios 5. Is there any jailbroken app that will make it think its on ios 5 and not ios 4.X? Or is possible to edit the Netflix app files or something? Thanks for the help.
A: I've done this before, and it caused a bit of instability, but all you need to do is open /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist in iFile, find where it says iOS version 4.X, and change it to 5.0.1. This will allow you to download any app that requires iOS 5.
A: Even if you could fool the app, it would crash as soon as it called on a part of the system that exists in iOS 5 but not in iOS 4. Your editing of the file would both have to be the main version requirements check as well as any internal checks that the app makes to determine the capabilities and API present on that device as the program runs. I don't know any developer that just said they need iOS 5 out of spite against people running 4, 3, 2 versions of iOS. It's always been because they need features and code frameworks added in iOS 5 and couldn't code around it in the program. When a developer can do that, they change their app to work on multiple os versions and let you know feature X is disabled or works differently when running on iOS 4. For developers that want to use the latest tools in iOS, it is actually more work for them to keep the older OS support in each build so there needs to be a good financial reason to keep doing that work in many cases.
Think of the iOS version test as sealing a door to nowhere opening up on the third floor of a building when the fire escape stairs (or balcony or whatever) is not yet built. When the program you deceive into thinking it's running on iOS 5.x calls on code that doesn't exist, the app will crash.
Apple designed the version check to "lock the door or perhaps the entire wing of that building" in a very visible way. By bypassing this check, it's like removing the "danger / hazard" signs and nailed wood braces covering the opening and letting someone walk out into thin air from that third-floor door to nowhere.
A: Deleting /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist solved the problem for me. There's no guarantee what will happen if you delete your /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist but it seemed to work for me on iOS4.3.3(8J2) to fix the issues I was having as mentioned in the previous post.
I don't recommend spoofing the iOS version in SystemVersion.plist as it would appear that the new App Store is not compatible with iOS 4.3.3.
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afca9fd4795825fbd70a05879d76617034dda613 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I copy the name of the song currently playing on an internet radio station in iTunes? I frequently feel like Googling, YouTubing, or downloading some song playing on an internet radio station. Mac OS X's iTunes displays the song information, but doesn't provide any obvious route to copying the song's author, name, etc.
I'm not interested if the iTunes Store offers relevant features because I always keep the iTunes Store disabled in parental controls.
A: Use this AppleScript to copy the current stream title to the clipboard:
tell application "iTunes"
set stream_title to (get current stream title)
end tell
set the clipboard to stream_title
display dialog stream_title & " copied to clipboard." -- delete line to omit dialog
To install it as iTunes script, copy & paste the above into the AppleScript Editor and save it under Library/iTunes/Scripts in your home folder, giving it a sensible name, such as Copy Stream Title to Clipboard. Create the Scripts folder if it doesn't exist. This will make iTunes grow a little script icon in it's menu bar where you can select the script.
| Q: How do I copy the name of the song currently playing on an internet radio station in iTunes? I frequently feel like Googling, YouTubing, or downloading some song playing on an internet radio station. Mac OS X's iTunes displays the song information, but doesn't provide any obvious route to copying the song's author, name, etc.
I'm not interested if the iTunes Store offers relevant features because I always keep the iTunes Store disabled in parental controls.
A: Use this AppleScript to copy the current stream title to the clipboard:
tell application "iTunes"
set stream_title to (get current stream title)
end tell
set the clipboard to stream_title
display dialog stream_title & " copied to clipboard." -- delete line to omit dialog
To install it as iTunes script, copy & paste the above into the AppleScript Editor and save it under Library/iTunes/Scripts in your home folder, giving it a sensible name, such as Copy Stream Title to Clipboard. Create the Scripts folder if it doesn't exist. This will make iTunes grow a little script icon in it's menu bar where you can select the script.
A: I often take a screenshot of iTunes when it is displaying the relevant information. It's not the direct workflow you're asking for, but it's simple to do (Cmd-Shift-4, then press space, to take a screenshot of a specific window, if you're talking about OS X here) and the info becomes hard to lose.
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4764744aef493fc3e3e6dc2690ee4ba3d9036564 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Moved my time machine backup drive to another computer, can see it but won't recognise old backups I've been using an external hard drive on my MacBook for time machine for a year or so. Now I have a Mac Mini too and have connected the external hard drive to that for the same purpose.
I want to leave it connected to my Mac Mini and still backup to it wirelessly from my laptop.
I have done all the steps to allow time machine to recognise network drives and I can see the drive from my laptop etc., but it won't recognise the old backups.
Do I need to change the file permissions or similar to get it working?
A: Just Just go into System Preferences … Time Machine and hit Select Disk…
(If that's not working, let us know what error you're getting/what does happen.)
| Q: Moved my time machine backup drive to another computer, can see it but won't recognise old backups I've been using an external hard drive on my MacBook for time machine for a year or so. Now I have a Mac Mini too and have connected the external hard drive to that for the same purpose.
I want to leave it connected to my Mac Mini and still backup to it wirelessly from my laptop.
I have done all the steps to allow time machine to recognise network drives and I can see the drive from my laptop etc., but it won't recognise the old backups.
Do I need to change the file permissions or similar to get it working?
A: Just Just go into System Preferences … Time Machine and hit Select Disk…
(If that's not working, let us know what error you're getting/what does happen.)
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9a8c905fdada3ef8cdb704c2eb770e2d5840c5be | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to change the wireless card on a MacBook Pro? I'm interested in possibly upgrading my MacBook Pro's wireless card. Is this possible? Can I take apart the MacBook and install it? Is there a guide somewhere on how to do this?
(This isn't because of wireless performance, just lack of stable driver support on Linux.)
A: Probably not, but you can use the ExpressCard slot instead
The model you mentioned (17" MacBookPro8,3 late 2011) does seem to have a separate Wifi/bluetooth assembly, but you'll probably have a very hard time finding a matching replacement in both size and connection. I didn't find a disassembled 17" model, but the card in the 15" of the same generation looks like this (4 antenna connectors and what is probably some sort of PCI Express cable).
However, since yours is a 17", it does have an ExpressCard slot, where you can stick in a Wifi card of your choosing (something like this) without even having to take the whole machine apart.
Or patch around your Linux kernel with one of the BCM4331 drivers that are out there, but I assume you've already tried that.
| Q: Is it possible to change the wireless card on a MacBook Pro? I'm interested in possibly upgrading my MacBook Pro's wireless card. Is this possible? Can I take apart the MacBook and install it? Is there a guide somewhere on how to do this?
(This isn't because of wireless performance, just lack of stable driver support on Linux.)
A: Probably not, but you can use the ExpressCard slot instead
The model you mentioned (17" MacBookPro8,3 late 2011) does seem to have a separate Wifi/bluetooth assembly, but you'll probably have a very hard time finding a matching replacement in both size and connection. I didn't find a disassembled 17" model, but the card in the 15" of the same generation looks like this (4 antenna connectors and what is probably some sort of PCI Express cable).
However, since yours is a 17", it does have an ExpressCard slot, where you can stick in a Wifi card of your choosing (something like this) without even having to take the whole machine apart.
Or patch around your Linux kernel with one of the BCM4331 drivers that are out there, but I assume you've already tried that.
A: The MacBook Pro model you mentioned does have a separate AirPort/Bluetooth card, however, this cannot be changed to a different model.
I'd do what other people have suggested and make use of your ExpressCard slot.
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e344ccbae76fcba1c325588d5309ef2841267f4b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is my Skype profile picture stored on OS X? I took a profile picture for Skype using the "Capture a picture from a video camera" button found in the Skype profile dialog. Now I want to use the picture for other things but I cannot find where the picture is being stored. Any ideas?
(OS X Lion 10.7, Skype 5.3)
A: I've just tried this, and the answer was unexpected...
When I created the image it was stored in the following folder (before Mountain Lion):
~/Library/Images/IChat Recent Pictures
Please note that as per skh's answer, since Mountain Lion (and still valid for macOS Sierra) the images are now stored in the following folder:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.ImageKit.RecentPictureService/Data/Library/Images/Recent\ Pictures/
| Q: Where is my Skype profile picture stored on OS X? I took a profile picture for Skype using the "Capture a picture from a video camera" button found in the Skype profile dialog. Now I want to use the picture for other things but I cannot find where the picture is being stored. Any ideas?
(OS X Lion 10.7, Skype 5.3)
A: I've just tried this, and the answer was unexpected...
When I created the image it was stored in the following folder (before Mountain Lion):
~/Library/Images/IChat Recent Pictures
Please note that as per skh's answer, since Mountain Lion (and still valid for macOS Sierra) the images are now stored in the following folder:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.ImageKit.RecentPictureService/Data/Library/Images/Recent\ Pictures/
A: Took me a while to find this, but here's the profile picture directory in Mountain Lion:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.ImageKit.RecentPictureService/Data/Library/Images/Recent\ Pictures/
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ebdf2a2b1d1b61e8ba6975f77c4d1995363ccbbf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I move through words when typing a command in iTerm2? I'm in Lion
with iTerm2, Zsh and Oh-My-Zsh
but I cannot move through words when pressing: ALT+left arrow or CMD+left arrow or something
instead, when I press "ALT+right arrow" it prints [C
and when I press "SHIFT+ALT+left arrow" it prints D0
how I can config iTerm2 to behave like any other program when moving through words?
A: The default is on Control-left Control-right. To customize, edit preferences/Keys and associate the escape code to some other hotkey of your choice
| Q: How can I move through words when typing a command in iTerm2? I'm in Lion
with iTerm2, Zsh and Oh-My-Zsh
but I cannot move through words when pressing: ALT+left arrow or CMD+left arrow or something
instead, when I press "ALT+right arrow" it prints [C
and when I press "SHIFT+ALT+left arrow" it prints D0
how I can config iTerm2 to behave like any other program when moving through words?
A: The default is on Control-left Control-right. To customize, edit preferences/Keys and associate the escape code to some other hotkey of your choice
A: Open your profile and under Keys tab, use Natural Text Editing option.
A: To make option-left and option-right move through words in iTerm 2, add
bindkey -e
bindkey '\e\e[C' forward-word
bindkey '\e\e[D' backward-word
to ~/.zshrc if you use zsh, or add
"\e\e[C": forward-word
"\e\e[D": backward-word
to ~/.inputrc if you use bash.
Control-left would be \e[1;9D in iTerm 2 and \e[1;5D in Terminal, and control-right would be \e[1;9C in iTerm 2 and \e[1;5C in Terminal.
To see the escape sequence for a key combination, run cat -v and then press the key combination.
A: I finally found the solution to this problem here: https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda. The necessary steps are shown below:
*
*Go to Preferences, Profile, Keys.
*Set your left ⌥ key to act as an escape character.
*Locate the current shortcut for ⌥ ← or create a new one, with the following settings:
*
*Keyboard Shortcut: ⌥←
*Action: Send Escape Sequence
*Esc+: b
*repeat for the ⌥→ keyboard shortcut with the following settings:
*
*Keyboard Shortcut: ⌥→
*Action: Send Escape Sequence
*Esc+: f
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f59ba792e275fef5c2fe3fc853b0f282223f0da8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a forward delete on the iPad? Using the screen keyboard on iPad, is their a way to delete the character after the cursor? That is, behavior like the Windows delete key?
I am aware that the convention is to use Fn+delete on Macs. If there is no such convention on iPad, it might be nice to use shift+delete.
A: Sorry, but no. This only works on the iPad if you are using an external Bluetooth keyboard.
| Q: Is there a forward delete on the iPad? Using the screen keyboard on iPad, is their a way to delete the character after the cursor? That is, behavior like the Windows delete key?
I am aware that the convention is to use Fn+delete on Macs. If there is no such convention on iPad, it might be nice to use shift+delete.
A: Sorry, but no. This only works on the iPad if you are using an external Bluetooth keyboard.
A: Yes I found it! it is control + K.
You can find additional iPad shortcuts on the web, e.g. https://www.tomsguide.com/us/ipad-shortcuts,news-18205.html
A: The app Textkraft has a forward-delete key.
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10ffa5b68a214d742255ca385c2dba0e7fe53aa0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to hide songs in iTunes Christmas is over, and now there is a lot of Christmas music on my Mac. Is there a way to disable or hide a genre or a category, rather than individual songs, from iTunes.
Basically I don't want these to play at anytime, when shuffling, using genius or when playing down the alphabetical list.
A: You can simply uncheck the Checkbox next to the track.
If unchecked, the song will never played!
Another Soultion:
Create just two different iTunes Librarys. One with Christmas songs, and another for the rest of the year. When it's christmas time, open iTunes and hold down the [alt]-key, to choose the other library!
There isn't any function to hide songs in iTunes. But you have great other options:
*
*Unselect the songs you don't want to hear
*Make a iTunes-Christmas-Library
*Create smart playlists
| Q: Is there a way to hide songs in iTunes Christmas is over, and now there is a lot of Christmas music on my Mac. Is there a way to disable or hide a genre or a category, rather than individual songs, from iTunes.
Basically I don't want these to play at anytime, when shuffling, using genius or when playing down the alphabetical list.
A: You can simply uncheck the Checkbox next to the track.
If unchecked, the song will never played!
Another Soultion:
Create just two different iTunes Librarys. One with Christmas songs, and another for the rest of the year. When it's christmas time, open iTunes and hold down the [alt]-key, to choose the other library!
There isn't any function to hide songs in iTunes. But you have great other options:
*
*Unselect the songs you don't want to hear
*Make a iTunes-Christmas-Library
*Create smart playlists
A: Checkboxes are universal, meaning that unchecking them in the library but checking them in a playlist can't happen. A song's box will all be checked or unchecked at a given time. However, this does let you make the act of checking/unchecking simple.
If you have a Christmas playlist, or some sort of grouping in iTunes that has all the music you don't care about them, browse to that playlist, select all the tracks (cmda, right-click -> select all, however you wish to go about it), and then right click one of the tracks and click 'Uncheck Selection'.
Massive amounts of tracks instantly unchecked and will not be considered for Genius, iTunes DJ, syncing, anything.
A: Complementing previous answers.
Some views do not have checkboxes or they could be hidden.
Just right click the track and select "Uncheck selection".
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fd7595cc0a8d15598a92a275fd7077699976e4c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Full screen application causes screen saver to not start (Lion) When I am in a Full Screen application mode, the screen saver doesn't start. So I have to shift to another screen that doesn't show a full screen app. There the screen saver starts!
This naturally happens only in Lion.
A: A workaround would be to assign a Hot Corner to start the screen saver. To do this, go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver > Hot Corners… and select "Start Screen Saver" in the drop down menu of your choice.
(Side note: Hot Corners is also accessible from the Mission Control prefpane.)
| Q: Full screen application causes screen saver to not start (Lion) When I am in a Full Screen application mode, the screen saver doesn't start. So I have to shift to another screen that doesn't show a full screen app. There the screen saver starts!
This naturally happens only in Lion.
A: A workaround would be to assign a Hot Corner to start the screen saver. To do this, go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver > Hot Corners… and select "Start Screen Saver" in the drop down menu of your choice.
(Side note: Hot Corners is also accessible from the Mission Control prefpane.)
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09cc75026175498fcca770e1ef619b75add1c32a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I add/move icloud contacts to a group? I see that iCloud can create groups. It appears that other than All Contacts, I only have another group, contacts-other that was created when I imported my addresses (I think via Outlook, which I no longer use).
How can I assign contacts to a group?
A: On iCloud.com, open Contacts. Then, click on the ribbon with the people icon until the groups appear. Now, hit the plus icon at the bottom, and name the new group. Click back on "All Contacts". Now, simply drag each contact that you want to move into the group. If you want to select more than one at a time, just hold down the Command key (control key on Windows) and click on each one, then drag them all into the group.
| Q: How can I add/move icloud contacts to a group? I see that iCloud can create groups. It appears that other than All Contacts, I only have another group, contacts-other that was created when I imported my addresses (I think via Outlook, which I no longer use).
How can I assign contacts to a group?
A: On iCloud.com, open Contacts. Then, click on the ribbon with the people icon until the groups appear. Now, hit the plus icon at the bottom, and name the new group. Click back on "All Contacts". Now, simply drag each contact that you want to move into the group. If you want to select more than one at a time, just hold down the Command key (control key on Windows) and click on each one, then drag them all into the group.
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385a710d3baa71cd95dd50509d8fe05755fa6889 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Language setting for spell-check in Pages I'm new to Pages (from iWork) and have troubles with the spell-check function. It's simply not working for me.
Almost everything is underlined red. No matter what language I write in. I did not write paragraphs with mixed languages when checking. I used one language per trial.
*
*How can I check what dictionary I'm using? (I fear I might have none installed.)
*Can I change the language for spell-check, without changing the system language?
A: Inspector > Text > More > Language
| Q: Language setting for spell-check in Pages I'm new to Pages (from iWork) and have troubles with the spell-check function. It's simply not working for me.
Almost everything is underlined red. No matter what language I write in. I did not write paragraphs with mixed languages when checking. I used one language per trial.
*
*How can I check what dictionary I'm using? (I fear I might have none installed.)
*Can I change the language for spell-check, without changing the system language?
A: Inspector > Text > More > Language
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35d1a6b2097f8d2c05c363c1db48425c11bdaf5f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Remote + Spotify? I have a 2010 MBP on Lion, and use Spotify pretty heavily - is there any way that I can have my remote control spotify, rather than it waking up iTunes every time (which would be fine but I don't have any playlists)?
Thanks!
A: You could try SpotifyIrRemote which works on Lion.
| Q: Apple Remote + Spotify? I have a 2010 MBP on Lion, and use Spotify pretty heavily - is there any way that I can have my remote control spotify, rather than it waking up iTunes every time (which would be fine but I don't have any playlists)?
Thanks!
A: You could try SpotifyIrRemote which works on Lion.
A: You could use an iOS Spotify remote instead.
There are a few options listed on Spotify's website
A: Best way to do this is to use spotify itself, from an idevice (ipad, iphone) with spotify installed. If using the same spotify account, one can control what plays (and what volume).
A: There is a plugin for spotify called Spotify Mac Remote, you can get it from the developers website here. It works great with my universal remote, should work just as great with the apple remote.
developers description:
Spotify Mac Remote is a plugin for Spotify that allows you to use your Mac’s IR remote control & multi-touch gestures to Play, Pause and change tracks.
The next, play/pause and previous buttons work exactly as you’d expect, the volume buttons control the system volume and holding the menu button quits Spotify – in case you want to use Frontrow.
A: I just made an app that lets you control Spotify with your Apple remote
http://jlynx.net/programs/?program=SleepTimer
(I will make the source available soon)
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9addb5e9150e9ef4ca53b84834d5466ceb739baf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to change the default camera app launched from the iOS5 lock screen? In iOS 5 the lock screen can access the camera app.
Is there a way to change the default app that is launched. I would rather use instagram for its social media connections and filters.
A: Sorry, but Apple doesn't allow this, and it doesn't even look like there is a jailbreak tweak for this.
| Q: Is there a way to change the default camera app launched from the iOS5 lock screen? In iOS 5 the lock screen can access the camera app.
Is there a way to change the default app that is launched. I would rather use instagram for its social media connections and filters.
A: Sorry, but Apple doesn't allow this, and it doesn't even look like there is a jailbreak tweak for this.
A: If you are runnning a jailbroken iOS5 device, AnyLockApp seems to be able to change the default app.
You will have to enter your passcode in order to use the app though.
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3e391f50c9e543259cb71d82a1f7fe2976ec881d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I delete Safari cookies via Terminal on 10.7.2? I would like to delete all Safari cookies from terminal on Mac OS 10.7.2.
I tried to delete ~/Library/Cookie/Cookies.binarycookies (this is the only file in ~/Library/Cookie), but it didn't help.
Please advise.
A: The missing part was to kill the cookied process:
killall cookied
| Q: How can I delete Safari cookies via Terminal on 10.7.2? I would like to delete all Safari cookies from terminal on Mac OS 10.7.2.
I tried to delete ~/Library/Cookie/Cookies.binarycookies (this is the only file in ~/Library/Cookie), but it didn't help.
Please advise.
A: The missing part was to kill the cookied process:
killall cookied
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c14dfe4c59a4a2bb0ce17ac3607e1bef95445caa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can one filter MULTIPLE processes in Activity Monitor? How can I look at several processes at once, instead of just one?
For example… typing in bash, shows bash processes.. how to I show both bash and say httpd?
First thoughts.. bash|httpd, no. Or bash httpd, no. Long story short, nothing i tried worked. Is it possible?
A: Not sure when this feature was added (the original question is 8 years old at the time of this writing) BUT, this is possible now. Just hold ⇧SHIFT or ⌘COMMAND to select multiple processes in the Activity Monitor window, and then go to the View menu and choose Selected Processes:
in Big Sur 11.0.1 it looks like this
example, filtering only airportd, authd and bird
| Q: How can one filter MULTIPLE processes in Activity Monitor? How can I look at several processes at once, instead of just one?
For example… typing in bash, shows bash processes.. how to I show both bash and say httpd?
First thoughts.. bash|httpd, no. Or bash httpd, no. Long story short, nothing i tried worked. Is it possible?
A: Not sure when this feature was added (the original question is 8 years old at the time of this writing) BUT, this is possible now. Just hold ⇧SHIFT or ⌘COMMAND to select multiple processes in the Activity Monitor window, and then go to the View menu and choose Selected Processes:
in Big Sur 11.0.1 it looks like this
example, filtering only airportd, authd and bird
A: This doesn't seem to be possible with Activity Monitor. Unfortunately top doesn't accept several pids to monitor either, so you have to revert to a half-manual (and rather unelegant) solution using Terminal:
while :; do
clear
top -l 1 -pid PID-TO-MONITOR | tail -1
top -l 1 -pid ANOTHER-PID-TO-MONITOR | tail -1
sleep 5
done
Given some basic bash skills you can wrap this into a shell script if needed often.
Or open several terminal windows and run top on specific processes in each of them. Might be kind of heavy on your CPU though...
A: To supplement @Patrix command line suggestion: use grep to match multiple PIDs by name. For example:
top -s 2 -l 5 | grep -w 'bash\|httpd'
Samples processes matching either bash or httpd every 2 seconds over 5 queries (10 seconds total to run).
More generally:
top -s [interval time in seconds] -l [# of intervals] | grep -w 'process1\|process2\|process3'
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f541f672271e7e5ed6be840ba89efcf3b58deec1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where does Lion Server store apps used for iOS deployment? I was messing around with the "Edit Apps" feature in the Profile Manager. I saw the "Edit Apps" button and I uploaded an app to test it.
Unfortunately it was a commercial app, so I cannot actually deploy it to an iOS device (in fact it errors when trying to add it).
Now that I'm done playing, I'd like to delete it from my server, but I have no idea where to find it, and the Profile Manager doesn't allow the deletion of apps.
Where does Lion Server store apps (ipa files) used for iOS deployment?
A: I believe the files are stored in /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Data/FileStore but are not stored as IPA files.
| Q: Where does Lion Server store apps used for iOS deployment? I was messing around with the "Edit Apps" feature in the Profile Manager. I saw the "Edit Apps" button and I uploaded an app to test it.
Unfortunately it was a commercial app, so I cannot actually deploy it to an iOS device (in fact it errors when trying to add it).
Now that I'm done playing, I'd like to delete it from my server, but I have no idea where to find it, and the Profile Manager doesn't allow the deletion of apps.
Where does Lion Server store apps (ipa files) used for iOS deployment?
A: I believe the files are stored in /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Data/FileStore but are not stored as IPA files.
A: You should be able to delete the profile that contained the upload to cleanly delete the app.
If not, use mdfind in the terminal to find the ipa file.
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27ef0c894ed6b08552d4cc4d1c02a84e7e18182f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get current StartInterval status from Launchd If a launchd job has a StartInterval of 600 and it's been "some time" since the plist was loaded.
How can one determine how much time remains until the next scheduled run?
A: You can't. Indeed launchd doesn't even guarantee to an interval of exactly 600 seconds, just close.
The best way to do something similar is to get your launchd task to touch a file, preferably in /var/tmp
| Q: Get current StartInterval status from Launchd If a launchd job has a StartInterval of 600 and it's been "some time" since the plist was loaded.
How can one determine how much time remains until the next scheduled run?
A: You can't. Indeed launchd doesn't even guarantee to an interval of exactly 600 seconds, just close.
The best way to do something similar is to get your launchd task to touch a file, preferably in /var/tmp
A: It really depends on why you care (inherently, you shouldn't, or more likely, there's some better way to do it). It all comes down to your script being smarter. Drop a turd file or use the script to either defer until next run, or go into a holding pattern.
A: This is an old question, but on modern systems, there should be an entry in the system log (the one accessible by the log command). For example, looking at a launchd job with the label "com.apple.newsyslog", which is set to run on the 30th minute of every hour, if I run
log show --last 24h --info | grep -i newsyslog,
I see relevant entries such as:
2022-07-07 16:30:00.068603-0400 ... Running StartCalendarInterval: com.apple.newsyslog.268435460
2022-07-07 16:30:00.074442-0400 ... Rescheduling StartCalendarInterval: com.apple.newsyslog.268435460: Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 5:30:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
So, from the log I can see when the job last ran, and when it is scheduled to run next.
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9a3605ecae78d982d5174e3961f42b22dc04a2d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Deleting a file from inside Lion’s Preview.app In Snow Leopard it was possible to delete (i.e. move to Trash) a file directly from inside Preview.app using the cmd + backspace combination. (The same combination which is used in Finder.)
This was especially useful for files which had been downloaded to ~/Downloads and were opened automatically. One could have a quick look and then immediately delete them afterwards.
The combination also worked for TextEdit as well as some other programs. Now with Lion this does not seem to work anymore. Is there a fix or a new combination for it?
A: At present there is not a solution for this. It seems that this feature was removed from Lion. The reason for this we will never be sure.
For now you will need to manually delete using the mouse and trash can.
| Q: Deleting a file from inside Lion’s Preview.app In Snow Leopard it was possible to delete (i.e. move to Trash) a file directly from inside Preview.app using the cmd + backspace combination. (The same combination which is used in Finder.)
This was especially useful for files which had been downloaded to ~/Downloads and were opened automatically. One could have a quick look and then immediately delete them afterwards.
The combination also worked for TextEdit as well as some other programs. Now with Lion this does not seem to work anymore. Is there a fix or a new combination for it?
A: At present there is not a solution for this. It seems that this feature was removed from Lion. The reason for this we will never be sure.
For now you will need to manually delete using the mouse and trash can.
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3b1415a8e5bf40e2ec91f79daf4b90148745843d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reinstalling Lion on a 3rd party SSD I've purchased an SSD drive INTEL SSDSA2CW120G3 and had a guy in Apple Reseller store clone the original HDD to the SSD.
The problem is, that the original HDD was almost dead and there were some problems while cloning. They also cloned some kind of hidden/encrypted partition, which is required for Lion.
They told me that I should use my Snow Leopard install DVD to format the main data partition and then reinstall Snow Leopard and upgrade to Lion from App Store.
They also said something about having problems with cloning the hidden partition.
Is there any safe way that I can check, if I'm going to be able to install Snow Leopard and then safely upgrade to Lion after I format the SSD? Or even better, is there any way to install Lion directly?
edit: looking at the restore partition, it looks like it's empty
A: Use this - it runs you through how to use it. You just need to download the app from the app store and follow the instructions.
| Q: Reinstalling Lion on a 3rd party SSD I've purchased an SSD drive INTEL SSDSA2CW120G3 and had a guy in Apple Reseller store clone the original HDD to the SSD.
The problem is, that the original HDD was almost dead and there were some problems while cloning. They also cloned some kind of hidden/encrypted partition, which is required for Lion.
They told me that I should use my Snow Leopard install DVD to format the main data partition and then reinstall Snow Leopard and upgrade to Lion from App Store.
They also said something about having problems with cloning the hidden partition.
Is there any safe way that I can check, if I'm going to be able to install Snow Leopard and then safely upgrade to Lion after I format the SSD? Or even better, is there any way to install Lion directly?
edit: looking at the restore partition, it looks like it's empty
A: Use this - it runs you through how to use it. You just need to download the app from the app store and follow the instructions.
A: The Recovery HD partition is not meant to be clone-able. They clearly failed and had no idea what they were doing when it came to that stage.
Running the Lion installer will install that Recovery HD partition properly. Please note that the Recovery HD partition is not required for Lion, but can be useful if you have any boot errors and need to reinstall Lion at a later date.
Re-installing Snow Leopard from a Lion install will not work, the user account details are slightly different between Snow Leopard and Lion (found that out the hard way), this would essentially render your user account useless.
Good Luck!
P.S. I'd advise you don't go back to that reseller, they have no clue what they're doing.
P.P.S. iampearce's comment about the drive being physically in the machine before installing Lion is irrelevant, and incorrect. The files that are used during the installer are loaded according to the machine hardware you boot from.
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fb2ef8f00826deaca1dcbc792ddb4520d29a58a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I open a new Finder window on every click on the Finder Icon? is there anywhere a script or a workaround, or even just a .plist file, where i can manage to open a new finder window by clicking on the finder icon in the dock?
When a Finder window is already open, a click on the Finder icon just shows me the opened window, but doesn't open a new one.
Can anyone help?
A: You can do this using Hyperdock.
I do this for most of my software (Finder, Terminal, Chrome, etc...). Clicking on the application icon sends the application a Command + N.
It's non-free though.
| Q: How can I open a new Finder window on every click on the Finder Icon? is there anywhere a script or a workaround, or even just a .plist file, where i can manage to open a new finder window by clicking on the finder icon in the dock?
When a Finder window is already open, a click on the Finder icon just shows me the opened window, but doesn't open a new one.
Can anyone help?
A: You can do this using Hyperdock.
I do this for most of my software (Finder, Terminal, Chrome, etc...). Clicking on the application icon sends the application a Command + N.
It's non-free though.
A: This behaviour happens beacuse the dock just launches an app. Finder is classified as an app, so it will open/show the app window, you will need to open a new window within the app.
You can use the keyboard short cut CMD + N, and if you are not in the app press CMD + Tab to open it first.
You could possibly try using Quicksilver, which makes custom keystrokes, so you could assign O to opening a new finder window
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0323684c1316b4597bb39585e731df44d0f9d92c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shortcut to apply header style 4 (and 5, 6...) In Microsoft Office Word, one press ⌘⌥1, ⌘⌥2 or ⌘⌥1 to apply header style 1, 2 or 3 respectively. This is also documented by Microsoft (see: Aligning and formatting paragraphs). However writing a large document, I want to apply header style 4 (and 5, 6...) but there does not seem to be a shortcut available for that. Applying header styles is not an option in the menu bar, so I cannot create a custom shortcut through System Preferences > Keyboard (I suppose). How would I add a shortcut in this case?
A: Found it, although I did not expect the solution to be this simple. To do this, follow these steps:
*
*Right-click the Heading 4 style in the ribbon and choose 'Modify' (Or through Layout > Styles > Heading 4 > Modify
*In the left hand bottom corner, select 'Shortcut'
*Assign shortcut ⌘⌥4
*Repeat for Heading 5, 6...
*Done!
| Q: Shortcut to apply header style 4 (and 5, 6...) In Microsoft Office Word, one press ⌘⌥1, ⌘⌥2 or ⌘⌥1 to apply header style 1, 2 or 3 respectively. This is also documented by Microsoft (see: Aligning and formatting paragraphs). However writing a large document, I want to apply header style 4 (and 5, 6...) but there does not seem to be a shortcut available for that. Applying header styles is not an option in the menu bar, so I cannot create a custom shortcut through System Preferences > Keyboard (I suppose). How would I add a shortcut in this case?
A: Found it, although I did not expect the solution to be this simple. To do this, follow these steps:
*
*Right-click the Heading 4 style in the ribbon and choose 'Modify' (Or through Layout > Styles > Heading 4 > Modify
*In the left hand bottom corner, select 'Shortcut'
*Assign shortcut ⌘⌥4
*Repeat for Heading 5, 6...
*Done!
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05a5ae18eceb45a2ab934e775f312f898e16f0b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where did this new WiFi network with SSID 'SETUP' come from? After setting up my router (Linksys WRT120N) and my wireless network, upon clicking on the wireless icon and selecting "Join Other Network..." a new network called SETUP shows up when clicking the Show Networks button. Where did this network come from? It is password protected, but none of the user accounts and passwords can access it. There is no way of deleting it.
The network that I have initially set up is, however, working fine.
(MB Pro; OS X 10.6.8)
A: This could be the network for a wireless printer. Its possible that someone nearby has bought a new printer with wireless functions.
| Q: Where did this new WiFi network with SSID 'SETUP' come from? After setting up my router (Linksys WRT120N) and my wireless network, upon clicking on the wireless icon and selecting "Join Other Network..." a new network called SETUP shows up when clicking the Show Networks button. Where did this network come from? It is password protected, but none of the user accounts and passwords can access it. There is no way of deleting it.
The network that I have initially set up is, however, working fine.
(MB Pro; OS X 10.6.8)
A: This could be the network for a wireless printer. Its possible that someone nearby has bought a new printer with wireless functions.
A: Why don't you unplug your router and check to see if SETUP still appears on your MBP. If it does then it belongs to someone else near you.
A: It turned out that our Brother laser printer was responsible. Turning off wifi or properly configuring wifi helped to eliminate the "SETUP" wifi.
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c115db2b31904c83cee560ebfa9e03913365352f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I transmit video from my iMac wirelessly? What would be a good option if I were to transmit any video (DVD, AVI, MOV, just anything) from my iMac to a TV or beamer over the air? 1080p would be nice but is not a requirement. Setup should be simple and the required hardware should be small and have decent design that can be used in a living room.
A: How about an Apple TV ($99) and Airflick (free), over WiFi? It'll only be 720p, though.
http://ericasadun.com/ftp/AirPlay/
There are a number of solutions for transmitting high-definition video:
https://www.google.com/search?q=1080p+wireless
...but to be honest, they cost nearly as much (or more) than an AppleTV, which gets you way more functionality. Unless you have an enormous TV and top-notch content, you're going to be very hard-pressed to tell the difference.
| Q: How do I transmit video from my iMac wirelessly? What would be a good option if I were to transmit any video (DVD, AVI, MOV, just anything) from my iMac to a TV or beamer over the air? 1080p would be nice but is not a requirement. Setup should be simple and the required hardware should be small and have decent design that can be used in a living room.
A: How about an Apple TV ($99) and Airflick (free), over WiFi? It'll only be 720p, though.
http://ericasadun.com/ftp/AirPlay/
There are a number of solutions for transmitting high-definition video:
https://www.google.com/search?q=1080p+wireless
...but to be honest, they cost nearly as much (or more) than an AppleTV, which gets you way more functionality. Unless you have an enormous TV and top-notch content, you're going to be very hard-pressed to tell the difference.
A: You could use DLNA if your TV supports it and a DLNA server on your iMac to expose the videos you want to stream.
A: With the advent of OS X Mountain Lion, you can now use an Apple TV ($99) and Airplay Mirroring to mirror your display (in full 1080p) to the Apple TV.
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91195dc0a8c4d1be6d6d30c09bf01d5b65c95682 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove useless files from a Mac I want to find a way to delete all the useless files: binaries, log and cache files, duplicate files and app's leftover.
How can I do that?
A: Onyx (free)
*
*Verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc. tasks of system maintenance
*Configure some hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, QuickTime, Safari, Mail, iTunes, Login window, Spotlight, and many of Apple’s applications
*Delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome, and more.
*...
Removing duplicate files is not supported by Onyx.
| Q: Remove useless files from a Mac I want to find a way to delete all the useless files: binaries, log and cache files, duplicate files and app's leftover.
How can I do that?
A: Onyx (free)
*
*Verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc. tasks of system maintenance
*Configure some hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, QuickTime, Safari, Mail, iTunes, Login window, Spotlight, and many of Apple’s applications
*Delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome, and more.
*...
Removing duplicate files is not supported by Onyx.
A: I use Macaroni by Atomic Bird http://www.atomicbird.com. Cost $10. Installs as a login item, with a pane in System Preferences. Automatic daily, weekly and monthly cleaning.
2014: I would also recommend "Duplicate Detective", currently $3 in the Mac App Store. It finds files with duplicate hash values, not relying on file names or just file sizes alone.
A: One of the oldest and popular app is CCleaner. It is most popular app for PC. And it works perfectly on Mac too.
*
*https://www.piriform.com/mac/ccleaner
A: I use CleanMyMac, which has the following features:
*
*reset outdated cache files to zero
*remove log files
*remove the binary files that are not executed on your computer, from applications with an executable for PowerPC and Intel
*remove useless files created by applications
*remove leftovers, and clean the trashcan
*keep the trashcan under control, and delete the files when the size of the files contained in the trashcan reach a limit you can set
*uninstall applications
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064eab48196728c06e7188accfb97d1f5921acd8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does iCloud Backup store WiFi password? I recall iOS5 beta1 does not do this which cost me scores of saved wifi passwords on my iPhone.
Also another question says application keychain data is not backed up, just want to check if there's exception for Wifi password cause they are pretty often used but hard to remember.
A: iCloud Backups of iOS devices include the Keychain of all saved passwords on the device, including WiFi network passwords, however that keychain is signed against the UDID (The Universal Device Identifier, a unique ID for your device).
If the UDID does not match (examples being if your device was replaced by Apple due to failure or you purchased a new one), than the key store will not be able to be opened, and your passwords will need to be re-entered on the device.
Macs using iCloud backups do not back up the Keychains at this time.
| Q: Does iCloud Backup store WiFi password? I recall iOS5 beta1 does not do this which cost me scores of saved wifi passwords on my iPhone.
Also another question says application keychain data is not backed up, just want to check if there's exception for Wifi password cause they are pretty often used but hard to remember.
A: iCloud Backups of iOS devices include the Keychain of all saved passwords on the device, including WiFi network passwords, however that keychain is signed against the UDID (The Universal Device Identifier, a unique ID for your device).
If the UDID does not match (examples being if your device was replaced by Apple due to failure or you purchased a new one), than the key store will not be able to be opened, and your passwords will need to be re-entered on the device.
Macs using iCloud backups do not back up the Keychains at this time.
A: MobileMe used to provide Keychain sync, and hence also a kind of backup of your WiFi passwords. However, with the introduction of iCloud, keychain sync has been dropped from the list of features. If you would like to see this to come back, you might want to try giving feedback to Apple at this place. Apple may (or may not) listen to our complaints.
A: Apple has published a documentation describing what content is stored in iCloud and what content is sent over the internet.
It is not explicitly mentioned if passwords are stored in the backup.
Apple encrypts data that is stored to deliver the iCloud service.
Encrypted data includes:
*
*Photos in your Photo Stream
*Documents in the Cloud
*Backup data for your iOS device//Does this include passwords?!
*Contacts
*Calendars
*Bookmarks
*Reminders
*Location data for Find My iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
*Location data for Find My Friends
A: It stores settings, including wifi passwords but if you restore your device and restore from iCloud on your device you will have to put in the password to your wifi to set it up. While it restores settings it restores your wifi settings too.
A: I have to say that I went to a friends house and entered the wifi password on my iPhone. Later when I got my iPad out and started using the Internet without having to enter the password again the iPad. I only realised this the day after hence why I am now searching 'does iCloud store wifi password'.
I guess it must.
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260d3b515ed056e56a21224256a607ce961897bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the meaning of Wired Memory in OS X?
Possible Duplicate:
What is in wired memory?
Recently I bought a MacBook Pro Core i5 with 4GB Memory (RAM).
After using Xcode and quitting it, all of my memory is committed and I have only 100 MB of free RAM.
So I closed all of my remaining apps, but RAM usage is still high and I don't had much free memory.
What's happening? And what is the meaning of Wired in system memory?
| Q: What is the meaning of Wired Memory in OS X?
Possible Duplicate:
What is in wired memory?
Recently I bought a MacBook Pro Core i5 with 4GB Memory (RAM).
After using Xcode and quitting it, all of my memory is committed and I have only 100 MB of free RAM.
So I closed all of my remaining apps, but RAM usage is still high and I don't had much free memory.
What's happening? And what is the meaning of Wired in system memory?
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10fd1671d0cd8c8d195c6a7d2d4a3751dfed5266 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Zeitgeist for Mac OS X? Does anyone know a application or project for Mac OS X like Zeitgeist for Ubuntu?
What is Zeitgeist?
Zeitgeist is a service which logs the users’ activities and events,
anywhere from files opened to websites visited and conversations had.
It makes this information readily available for other applications to
use. It is able to establish relationships between items based on
similarity and usage patterns.
The service consists:
*
*Engine
*Extensions
*API
*Dataproviders
(Quote from http://zeitgeist-project.com)
A: Timing for Mac provides at least part of the functionality you are looking for.
Timing is the best way to keep track of the time you spend with your Mac. Find out where your time goes - without ever having to start a timer again!
Timing automatically tracks which documents you are editing, which applications you use, and the domains of the websites you visit. Afterwards, just drag and drop activities into projects. There are some default categories, but you are free to customize them!
| Q: Zeitgeist for Mac OS X? Does anyone know a application or project for Mac OS X like Zeitgeist for Ubuntu?
What is Zeitgeist?
Zeitgeist is a service which logs the users’ activities and events,
anywhere from files opened to websites visited and conversations had.
It makes this information readily available for other applications to
use. It is able to establish relationships between items based on
similarity and usage patterns.
The service consists:
*
*Engine
*Extensions
*API
*Dataproviders
(Quote from http://zeitgeist-project.com)
A: Timing for Mac provides at least part of the functionality you are looking for.
Timing is the best way to keep track of the time you spend with your Mac. Find out where your time goes - without ever having to start a timer again!
Timing automatically tracks which documents you are editing, which applications you use, and the domains of the websites you visit. Afterwards, just drag and drop activities into projects. There are some default categories, but you are free to customize them!
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33334f0dc9182ed00228bb717724749bc269122a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I stop LinkedIn popups on my iPhone? The latest version of the LinkedIn app (4.2.1) is able to create pop ups on my iPhone 3. Though I have Notifications on, I do not see the LinkedIn app in the Settings, so I cannot switch these pop ups off. (It is not listed under Notifications (other apps are), nor is it listed with the other apps at the bottom of Settings.
Anyone know how to prevent this annoyance?
A: 4.2.2 has, due to customer feedback, added a setting under You and Settings (Gears icon) to turn off the Week in Review and all notifications that fall outside the normal notifications.
In detail, click the blue 'In' icon in top left corner of screen, then the 'You' pane, then the gear icon in the top right corner of screen, then set 'Notifications' to 'off'.
| Q: How can I stop LinkedIn popups on my iPhone? The latest version of the LinkedIn app (4.2.1) is able to create pop ups on my iPhone 3. Though I have Notifications on, I do not see the LinkedIn app in the Settings, so I cannot switch these pop ups off. (It is not listed under Notifications (other apps are), nor is it listed with the other apps at the bottom of Settings.
Anyone know how to prevent this annoyance?
A: 4.2.2 has, due to customer feedback, added a setting under You and Settings (Gears icon) to turn off the Week in Review and all notifications that fall outside the normal notifications.
In detail, click the blue 'In' icon in top left corner of screen, then the 'You' pane, then the gear icon in the top right corner of screen, then set 'Notifications' to 'off'.
A: You need to go to Settings, then Notifications then scroll down to In Notification Centre. You should have a LinkedIn entry. Touching on this will let you configure whether or not the LinkedIn app shows notifications.
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8ebdba75bfdf946daa38317f81fb0bae8b671e49 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Isn't there a faster way to delete events from the Calendar on my iPhone/iPod-touch? Do I really have to:
*
*Enter the event
*Select the Edit button
*Scroll down
*Select "Delete Event" button
*Confirm "Delete Event"
Isn't there a faster way to delete an event on my iPhone/iPod-touch?
A: There is not a faster way to delete events in the Cal app.
in the iOS5 beta, you could quickly delete an event in the day view by holding and dragging up, this feature was removed from the full release. There is a blog post I have dug up here
my personal opinion on this is that it would be easy to delete an even when changing it to one hour earlier by draggin it up.
| Q: Isn't there a faster way to delete events from the Calendar on my iPhone/iPod-touch? Do I really have to:
*
*Enter the event
*Select the Edit button
*Scroll down
*Select "Delete Event" button
*Confirm "Delete Event"
Isn't there a faster way to delete an event on my iPhone/iPod-touch?
A: There is not a faster way to delete events in the Cal app.
in the iOS5 beta, you could quickly delete an event in the day view by holding and dragging up, this feature was removed from the full release. There is a blog post I have dug up here
my personal opinion on this is that it would be easy to delete an even when changing it to one hour earlier by draggin it up.
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74b2a4f2ee11fad17c9f7a7620a4afdd17cca8e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How easy is it to buy upgrade/replacement parts for a Mac Pro? I'm considering purchasing a Mac Pro in order to save money on upgrades in the future. I know how to build my own PC from scratch and I was wondering if I could use the same principles if were to buy Apple supported hardware. Do not get this confused with a Hackintosh, that's not what I'm striving to achieve.
Would I be able to upgrade the logic board? and CPU? Or the Power Supply?
Do you have experience with this and how did it work out for you?
A: Apple uses custom logic boards, but I've heard of people upgrading the CPU if it uses the same socket type. The power supply on my 2008 Mac Pro would be hard to get to for a replacement. The key upgrade options are new hard drives, more memory, and better video cards. I've used those three to keep my '08 Mac Pro running fast enough to more than meet all of my current needs.
| Q: How easy is it to buy upgrade/replacement parts for a Mac Pro? I'm considering purchasing a Mac Pro in order to save money on upgrades in the future. I know how to build my own PC from scratch and I was wondering if I could use the same principles if were to buy Apple supported hardware. Do not get this confused with a Hackintosh, that's not what I'm striving to achieve.
Would I be able to upgrade the logic board? and CPU? Or the Power Supply?
Do you have experience with this and how did it work out for you?
A: Apple uses custom logic boards, but I've heard of people upgrading the CPU if it uses the same socket type. The power supply on my 2008 Mac Pro would be hard to get to for a replacement. The key upgrade options are new hard drives, more memory, and better video cards. I've used those three to keep my '08 Mac Pro running fast enough to more than meet all of my current needs.
A: The usual way people upgrade between revisions is to buy the newer revision, shift any hardware over that they want to keep (like a high-end graphics card), wipe the drives & reinstall MacOS X, and put the old machine up for sale locally or on eBay. Unless you live nowhere near a major metropolitan area, you won't have issues reselling the machine if you want to. Every time there's a new model, you usually see a bunch of folks selling their old systems.
The logic board may be interchangeable between different systems, but you're flying in unknown territory with that one - the logic board is tightly integrated with / customized to a lot of other components in the chassis (front panel controls, power supply, etc.)
Since Apple only sells parts to Apple Authorized Resellers and their technicians, your only option for purchasing a logic board (or replacement non-standard PC components) would be through ebay or a handful of used-mac-parts companies (like iFixit.) They buy new or used systems and disassemble them for parts.
CPUs on systems with socketed processors have some upgradeability; people have upgraded their Mac Pros this way (some Mac Minis and iMacs also had socketed processors, too) and documented as such on the usual Mac-related web boards/forums. This is expensive on the Mac Pros, given they're Xeons.
There should be no need to upgrade the power supply; they're reliable and designed to handle the maximum capabilities of the machines, which include some pretty 'big' GPU configurations. No, you can't pop an ATX supply in.
Depending on which generation of Mac Pro, the memory is specialized; some take FB-DIMMs. There have been reports that some aftermarket ram modules don't work well in some Mac Pros (temperature/heatsink issues), but a major manufacturer/reseller like Crucial should supply working memory.
Drives are completely standard SATA. Same with CD/DVD-ROm drives (verify the drive model works with OS X first.) There's an optional hardware RAID controller card that's probably not worth it. Areca, Adaptec, and others make compatible RAID controller cards; if bootability is important to you, check on this, as not all of them are.
Graphics cards are standardized for the most part (save some which have custom connectors; for example, mine has a DVI port and a mini-displayport.) The question is compatibility with MacOS X, but there are a very large number of compatible cards, and the Hackintosh community has pretty thoroughly documented that one for you already.
Sidenote: consider an iMac. It can drive a second display out of the box, they have a second internal hard drive bay, the i7's are as fast or faster than the Xeons in some applications, and they're a LOT cheaper than a Mac Pro; probably quieter and use less power, too. Spend the $ on more memory or an SSD, etc - an iMac with an SSD will wipe the floor with a Mac Pro without.
A: I have found different website that will sell Apple parts.
*
*http://newegg.com ( I actually but memory for a PowerBook from them)
*http://www.mac-pro.com/
*http://www.ifixit.com/Mac-Parts
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591bff049fe0ca1854c846525748fa1f9c61fe7c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Some Contacts not showing up but are still stored in iPhone 4 I noticed today that several of my recent contacts are not in my contacts. However, I have been texting them and their info shows up when I go to contact from a text message or recent call.
When I am in my address book and go to groups only All Contacts is an option, and that's where they are not. How do I get them all back into my contact list?
A: Had a similar problem after doing a restore on my iPhone 4. I just tried something that seemed to work. Went to contacts and selected groups. Selected Hide All Contacts and immediately selected Show All Contacts again. The missing contacts re-appeared along with duplicate entries for the one's I recreated.
| Q: Some Contacts not showing up but are still stored in iPhone 4 I noticed today that several of my recent contacts are not in my contacts. However, I have been texting them and their info shows up when I go to contact from a text message or recent call.
When I am in my address book and go to groups only All Contacts is an option, and that's where they are not. How do I get them all back into my contact list?
A: Had a similar problem after doing a restore on my iPhone 4. I just tried something that seemed to work. Went to contacts and selected groups. Selected Hide All Contacts and immediately selected Show All Contacts again. The missing contacts re-appeared along with duplicate entries for the one's I recreated.
A: I just went to 'Settings'> 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars'> scroll down to 'Contacts> select 'Import SIM Contacts'. All my contacts were restored to my Address Book.
A: Go to Contacts, then click on Groups and make sure the "all iCloud" section is selected.
A: Have you already tried to reboot your iPhone? (Push and hold the power button for 5 seconds, then slide to power off. Once your iPhone is shut down hold the power button for a few seconds to restart your iPhone)
That might solve you issue.
If that doesn't solve your contact list issue go to 'settings' > 'Mail, Contacts, Calendar' > scroll down to 'Contacts' and play with the 'Sort Order', 'Display Order' and My Info' options. That might do the trick.
A: It looks like you're not the only one suffering from this issue (I know this topic is from 2010, but is describes perfectly your situation). I guess you've added those contacts to you list by using a 3th party app.
As of today, there isn't a fix for this issue, so I suggest you only add contacts by using the official contact app on your iPhone and add the ones not listed in your contact list manually.
A: I made an an app which should help with this. Here's how to use it.
*
*download contact duster from iTunes Store which is free
*go to settings
*In settings go to contact duster and prefix your country code for eg +91 for India
*go to contact duster, it will prompt you to apply country code to all your contacts. Click on sure. Please backup ur contacts before this process.
*check your messages and call register as in recent calls. Your contacts names will be displayed.
A: Navigate to Settings > iCloud then turn Contacts off. It this was causing the problem you will notice that your contacts come back. Then go back to the same place (Settings > iCloud) then turn Contacts back on then select Merge.
A: I actually figured it out playing with it today, the contact would not appear in my contacts but if I searched my phone they would appear, so if I couldn't find them within contacts...I would first search for the contact...open it...and then edit the contact, then they would show up...
Seemed strange but it works and new contacts are now being added as normal, must have been a glitch at one point as all the contacts that I cannot see were added in about a 2 month span.
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8abc378d5ec6469097d403d05565eaeecdcc199e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I quickly delete all local music? I subscribe to iTunes Match. I recently did a massive song metadata (tag/ID3) update without using iTunes itself. This appears to have updated the metadata in iCloud, but another issue appeared.
In my Music list, for albums that changed more significantly, they are now listed twice. Once without a Cloud icon (the previously downloaded version), and one with a Cloud icon. There are many of these albums, and identifying them and manually deleting them has become cumbersome.
Is there a function within iOS to allow me to delete all locally downloaded music? Essentially resetting the Music library state?
A: Go to Settings; Tap on General > Usage > Music, then swipe across All Music and tap the delete button that appeared.
That should delete all your local music.
| Q: Can I quickly delete all local music? I subscribe to iTunes Match. I recently did a massive song metadata (tag/ID3) update without using iTunes itself. This appears to have updated the metadata in iCloud, but another issue appeared.
In my Music list, for albums that changed more significantly, they are now listed twice. Once without a Cloud icon (the previously downloaded version), and one with a Cloud icon. There are many of these albums, and identifying them and manually deleting them has become cumbersome.
Is there a function within iOS to allow me to delete all locally downloaded music? Essentially resetting the Music library state?
A: Go to Settings; Tap on General > Usage > Music, then swipe across All Music and tap the delete button that appeared.
That should delete all your local music.
A: Be aware! If you delete the one without the iCloud symbol, there might be a chance you'll get an "File not found"-error when trying to play the song in the iCloud!
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d4a46053bf8547a91be2a6c470f717853232a425 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Weird characters appear when pressing command-A,C,V I'm not using Mac keyboard however it did work properly before. I changed the Command key to Ctrl. Until today, using this Ctrl key yield extremely odd characters. When pressing
*
*Ctrl-A yields å
*Ctrl-V yields √
*Ctrl-C yields ç
And I have no idea where these characters come from? So how could I fix this issue? Can anyone please help? Thanks.
EDIT
Here is my screenshot
A: I've just run into that issue myself for my new Keychron K4 keyboard.
It turned out that the switch was pointing to Windows mode, rather than OSx.
| Q: Weird characters appear when pressing command-A,C,V I'm not using Mac keyboard however it did work properly before. I changed the Command key to Ctrl. Until today, using this Ctrl key yield extremely odd characters. When pressing
*
*Ctrl-A yields å
*Ctrl-V yields √
*Ctrl-C yields ç
And I have no idea where these characters come from? So how could I fix this issue? Can anyone please help? Thanks.
EDIT
Here is my screenshot
A: I've just run into that issue myself for my new Keychron K4 keyboard.
It turned out that the switch was pointing to Windows mode, rather than OSx.
A: It looks like you have accidentally configured your control key to be your alt key. Case in point: when I press alt+a, I get å. alt+v returns √, and alt+c gives us ç. Go into your settings and check again. They are located in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys. Note: alt is also option.
Edit: I cannot duplicate this phenomena (see comments on this answer), so I will guess that the non-Apple keyboard is messing up the process somehow.
A: If the option key is the one with the Windows logo on it, make sure you have the game switch (the switch with the little joystick on it) set to off. I think off is left.
With the game switch on, the Windows key is disabled (to prevent accidental Windows key presses from minimizing your game and sending you back to the Windows desktop).
A: I use a Macbook Pro with an old PC keyboard and ran into this issue today, commandc gives "ç".
After reading the posts here, I assigned
*
*Option to "No Action" and
*Command to Command
like this:
and now copy/paste works again.
This article has useful information:
Command+C (copy) with the left command key does not work
A: Old question but today I ran into the same issue. What caused it, no idea. It was either a) my 1 year old daughter mashing keys or b) when trying to setup a steam controller on mac.
The problem is your option key and command key are swapped. Remapping the keys in the Settings > Keyboard > Modifier Keys doesn't work.
Karabiner-Elements works to remap the keys to each other. Thus left option -> left command, left command -> left option. Same for the right side. Karabiner is a free, broadly used piece of software.
Here's what you'll want to do:
A: Some keyboards support different keyboard configurations. I found pressing fn + O solved this problem on Mac. See your specific keyboard manual to switch it to Mac layout.
A: I got the same issue with my keyboard as below:
Ctrl-A yields å
Ctrl-V yields √
Ctrl-C yields ç
My problem was my keyboard settings.
I am using Air75 with both physically setting for MaxOS and Win.
The keyboard has a physical switch that allows you to select which system you are on. Flipping the switch to Windows will revert the command and options keys. I would suggest double check if you have the switch in the Windows setting.
I hope this helps, and best of luck.
A: On Logitech K860 I solved it by: Long press fn+O
If that doesn’t work, then try fn+P
*
*not case sensitive
*long press (~ 5 seconds)
A: Go to System Preference -> Keyboard -> (Keyboard shortcuts) -> Modifier keys -> Restore setting for your keyboard.
Then just press Fn O for 3 seconds. Your keyboard setting will be setup to Mac defaults instead of Windows.
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2f5339933f580161c98220026a8093fc36c764c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMovie cannot load Sony-MPEG videos I recently moved from Windows to OS X, so maybe I'm asking a frequently-asked question. But I did some googling and didn't find a solution yet.
I have a lot of videos on my drive from my SONY camera. The format is MPEG-2 Sony, which is not a standard MPEG-2 format.
How can I use these videos and import them on iMovie? Could QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component for Mac OS X help me? Or what else could I do?
Thanks everybody!
A: Playing MPEG-2 videos in Quicktime
Perian massively extends the amount of formats Quicktime can play. It's free.
Importing MPEG-2 in iMovie
I'm not aware of any solution to that. But Handbrake can help you convert that video to a format that works with iMovie (.avi).
| Q: iMovie cannot load Sony-MPEG videos I recently moved from Windows to OS X, so maybe I'm asking a frequently-asked question. But I did some googling and didn't find a solution yet.
I have a lot of videos on my drive from my SONY camera. The format is MPEG-2 Sony, which is not a standard MPEG-2 format.
How can I use these videos and import them on iMovie? Could QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component for Mac OS X help me? Or what else could I do?
Thanks everybody!
A: Playing MPEG-2 videos in Quicktime
Perian massively extends the amount of formats Quicktime can play. It's free.
Importing MPEG-2 in iMovie
I'm not aware of any solution to that. But Handbrake can help you convert that video to a format that works with iMovie (.avi).
A: if perian doesn't work, you can convert the files with mpeg streamclip and convert the files to quicktime dv or other flavors.
just google mpeg streamclip, it`s free
A: Usually, iMovie does allow the import of MPEG files. However, if MPEG (MPG) files are muxed (multiplexed) MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video, iMovie will refuse to import the MPEG (MPG) files. Then you need to use some converter software to convert MPEG to iMovie compatible format for use in your iMovie project.
This article, which recommends my product, will show you how to convert MPEG to iMovie compatible format so as to successfully import MPEG into iMovie, import MPG to iMovie.
How to Import MPEG to iMovie
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99e9e1a599c553441d08b30bfb20097cb3a0e40a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there software that allows me to use my Macbook Pro as a second monitor for iMac? I'd like to do monitor spanning with my Macbook Pro next to my iMac, I haven't really found a good solution, anyone use anything they can recommend? I'm using Lion. Thanks.
A: I personally use AirDisplay for this purpose, as it is the only application that I have found that enables the secondary screen to be able to display video or other high frame rate objects at a reasonable speed.
I have also experimented highly with Screen Recycler as well as just strait VNC which is included with the OS, however my issue with those has been with tearing of visual elements when dragging windows as well as the inability to show videos, keynotes, websites or even scroll word documents and have the second display appear fluid.
| Q: Is there software that allows me to use my Macbook Pro as a second monitor for iMac? I'd like to do monitor spanning with my Macbook Pro next to my iMac, I haven't really found a good solution, anyone use anything they can recommend? I'm using Lion. Thanks.
A: I personally use AirDisplay for this purpose, as it is the only application that I have found that enables the secondary screen to be able to display video or other high frame rate objects at a reasonable speed.
I have also experimented highly with Screen Recycler as well as just strait VNC which is included with the OS, however my issue with those has been with tearing of visual elements when dragging windows as well as the inability to show videos, keynotes, websites or even scroll word documents and have the second display appear fluid.
A: I've never tried it personally but the only software that I know of that claims to do this is "ScreenRecycler." They have a Lion version currently in beta.
Here's a link.
A: From experience in the retail environment I know that the computers would both need thunderbolt connections. I also found an article on apple's website that gives step by step intructions on how to connect two computers together and use one as a screen for another.
I hope this helps.
A: I've used ScreenRecycler as well. More recently, AirDisplay has also been working working reasonably well for me, the advantage being interoperability between Mac, iOS, and Windows machines.
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018c10db154355e68bfd5d6f1266f33ffcd71e07 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Transfer reminders from iCal to Google Calendar I switched from iCloud to Google calendar. I already transferred all my calendars via export/import to Google Calendar. Now I'd like to transfer my reminders from iCal/iCloud to Google Calendar. How can I do this?
A: From what I understand, Reminders are not transferrable. Each service programs them differently and there is no way (other than copying/pasting text) to easily transfer them. Hope this helps.
| Q: Transfer reminders from iCal to Google Calendar I switched from iCloud to Google calendar. I already transferred all my calendars via export/import to Google Calendar. Now I'd like to transfer my reminders from iCal/iCloud to Google Calendar. How can I do this?
A: From what I understand, Reminders are not transferrable. Each service programs them differently and there is no way (other than copying/pasting text) to easily transfer them. Hope this helps.
A: This script will at least help with the export from Reminders:
#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "Reminders"
set todo_accounts to every account
-- accounts have lists. loop thru accounts to get their lists.
repeat with i from 1 to length of todo_accounts
tell account i
set todo_lists to get every list
-- lists have reminders. loop thru lists to get their reminders
repeat with j from 1 to length of todo_lists
tell list j
set todos to (get reminders)
-- if there are no reminders for a list, then ignore the list
if length of todos is greater than 0 then
-- Write out the name of the list
do shell script "echo " & (quoted form of (get name)) & " >> ~/Desktop/todos.txt"
-- loop thru the reminders to get properties
repeat with k from 1 to length of todos
set this_todo to item k of todos
if (this_todo is not completed) then
do shell script "echo [ ] " & (quoted form of (get name of this_todo)) & " >> ~/Desktop/todos.txt"
end if
end repeat
end if
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end repeat
end tell
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a7875c9979e510b7f6bf088374f9df083048f661 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get photos to sync in order on iPhone? I understand how to sync photos to my iPhone but they seem to be placed on the phone in a rather random order. I've tried numerous changes to the photos but they don't appear to be organized by date, size, or alphabetically by name. Am I missing something?
A: They are sorted in order of EXIF creation date, which is not necessarily the same as the Date Created shown by the finder.
You can use exiftool to view and also set these dates to sort your images...
exiftool -overwrite_original_in_place -CreateDate="2008:12:18 12:34:56.78" MyImage.JPG
| Q: How to get photos to sync in order on iPhone? I understand how to sync photos to my iPhone but they seem to be placed on the phone in a rather random order. I've tried numerous changes to the photos but they don't appear to be organized by date, size, or alphabetically by name. Am I missing something?
A: They are sorted in order of EXIF creation date, which is not necessarily the same as the Date Created shown by the finder.
You can use exiftool to view and also set these dates to sort your images...
exiftool -overwrite_original_in_place -CreateDate="2008:12:18 12:34:56.78" MyImage.JPG
A: When you sync with iTunes, sync them into a specific folder and always use this folder. and Don't change their order and select in iTunes Sync Photos.
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95ed67d418fdbfe6285b56af0455400465c75a95 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I sort the songs in a playlist on my iPhone? Is it possible to change the order of songs in a playlist on the iPhone? For example, if they are originally sorted alphabetically by "Artist", can I change the song order of the playlist so that the songs are sorted by "Date Added"?
A: Im sorry, but in my knowlege there is no way to change the sorting in the way that you describe. The only close solution that i know of would be to edit the playlist manually, by pressing the "Edit" button in the top of the playlist, press and hold the three gray stripes on the right side of a chosen song title, and move it to its intended location within the playlist.
| Q: Can I sort the songs in a playlist on my iPhone? Is it possible to change the order of songs in a playlist on the iPhone? For example, if they are originally sorted alphabetically by "Artist", can I change the song order of the playlist so that the songs are sorted by "Date Added"?
A: Im sorry, but in my knowlege there is no way to change the sorting in the way that you describe. The only close solution that i know of would be to edit the playlist manually, by pressing the "Edit" button in the top of the playlist, press and hold the three gray stripes on the right side of a chosen song title, and move it to its intended location within the playlist.
A: There is a round about way to do this. First, go to the playlist you want to sort and sort it. Next crate a new playlist. Leave it titled as playlist for now. Go back to your original playlist and drag the now sorted songs to the newly created playlist. Once that's done, the songs will be in the new playlist in the order you wanted them. Go ahead and delete you original playlist, then rename the new one to the name of the original playlist.
A: Here's what I did, and it worked for me:
In your computer's iTunes, open up your iPod and click "add playlist." It brings you to the screen with the changeable Playlist title and a bunch of album covers on the left of the screen, y'know what I mean? Under the changeable Playlist title is a Sort By dropdown menu. I want my songs ordered from most recently downloaded to oldest, so I chose Date Added. I see there's also an Artist option.
A: I couldn't get alot of these things to work because I added all my songs at once to my iPhone so I:
*
*Put the playlist in the order I wanted by clicking Date Added or Purchased Date
*Clicked on the smart playlist
*File>Library>Export Playlist
*File>Library>Import Playlist.
(The playlist will be imported into your iTunes library at the bottom under Playlists in your sidebar.)
*Once it's in your library, you can drag it to your iPhone/iPod
(It will be in the order it was in when you exported the playlist)
A: I went under the info of all the songs I wanted and set their album name to a word I felt fit them so they would all be under one album I could play. Then to get the order I wanted I went under info once more pressing "more info" go to the "info" tab and three down to the right you will see the option of "track number". Set in the number for what the order is of the song you want to place first out of how many you will have. E.g. "Imagine Dragons. Track Number 1 of 102" Hope this helped.
A: *
*Go to playlist
*Hit edit
*On the right hand side, you will see three lines, touch them
That will allow you to move the song to any order.
A: Open the playlist you want. At the top click edit. Then hold down from the right side and drag where you want.
A: Click the settings button in the bottom left hand corner next to 'new playlist'. Click 'copy to play order' whilst your phone is plugged in :)
A: Make a new smart playlist, and set the rule for "Date Added" is after 2013 or whatever date you want.
This will list any songs added after the date you specified, and will auto update. Sync to iPhone.
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9fd2eee52e9b8171f8066d7843c28dd81e679007 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to mail link from mobile Safari to an Exchange address book entry? When selecting Mail Link to this Page from mobile Safari, no Exchange address groups are available when attempting to insert a recipient ("Choose a contact to mail").
Also, Outlook Personal Contacts are listed as part of the displayed All Contacts view, but not the Global Address List group. Contrast this with the mail-link case with Photos (native app) or Mercury browser.
Thank you.
ATT iPhone 4, iPad 1, iOS 5.0.1, 3G, WiFi
A: Outlook Personal Contacts do show in the Global Address List because the global contacts are controlled by the domain administrator. You'll have to browse All Contacts for the contacts you wish to share the page with.
| Q: How to mail link from mobile Safari to an Exchange address book entry? When selecting Mail Link to this Page from mobile Safari, no Exchange address groups are available when attempting to insert a recipient ("Choose a contact to mail").
Also, Outlook Personal Contacts are listed as part of the displayed All Contacts view, but not the Global Address List group. Contrast this with the mail-link case with Photos (native app) or Mercury browser.
Thank you.
ATT iPhone 4, iPad 1, iOS 5.0.1, 3G, WiFi
A: Outlook Personal Contacts do show in the Global Address List because the global contacts are controlled by the domain administrator. You'll have to browse All Contacts for the contacts you wish to share the page with.
| apple | {
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c754e941c473289ef8958667477dc22fd889210b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Only seeing ONE of two external HD's plugged into Apple Airport Extreme Here is the scenario:
I have TWO External TB drives.
They are both plugged into a Powered USB Hub.
That Powered USB Hub is plugged into the back of my Airport Extreme.
I can only see one.
They have both been formatted with OS Extended (journaled).
Each are visible if only ONE is plugged in (i.e. TB_A can be seen if just TB_A is plugged in, and TB_B can be seen if TB_B is the only one plugged in)
Does anyone have any ideas? So frustrated because it doesn't make much sense.
A: I've run into a similar problem using two flash drives, same size, same manufacturer. For whatever reason, the hub doesn't differentiate between the two. Try right-clicking on the drive that you can see and renaming it from "manufacturer xxxxx" or whatever it's called to something unique like "external drive A". Then shut down the entire setup (Mac, hub, Airport in that order) and restart everything (Airport, hub, Mac). That may help.
| Q: Only seeing ONE of two external HD's plugged into Apple Airport Extreme Here is the scenario:
I have TWO External TB drives.
They are both plugged into a Powered USB Hub.
That Powered USB Hub is plugged into the back of my Airport Extreme.
I can only see one.
They have both been formatted with OS Extended (journaled).
Each are visible if only ONE is plugged in (i.e. TB_A can be seen if just TB_A is plugged in, and TB_B can be seen if TB_B is the only one plugged in)
Does anyone have any ideas? So frustrated because it doesn't make much sense.
A: I've run into a similar problem using two flash drives, same size, same manufacturer. For whatever reason, the hub doesn't differentiate between the two. Try right-clicking on the drive that you can see and renaming it from "manufacturer xxxxx" or whatever it's called to something unique like "external drive A". Then shut down the entire setup (Mac, hub, Airport in that order) and restart everything (Airport, hub, Mac). That may help.
A: It sounds like the problem is the hub itself. Often times the hubs can introduce problems with using all devices Plugged in to them. I used to use a passive hub with my airport extreme. Try picking up a cheap passive hub, or use your hub passively and see if that helps. Unless your devices are powered by the USB port, I don't think the active hub is necessary.
A: I may be wrong but I don't think the AirPort Extreme will support more than one drive connected at a time.
I had wanted to do something similar to this a while back for backup purposes and I'm sure that I read it wouldn't work which is why I didn't proceed with it.
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d3290132aa09f0c47c4c5c4088a79f13515ca73c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Solution for Airprint with a router that is not Bonjour compatible I'm trying to troubleshoot remotely for my mother and her iPad. I sent her a Canon Airprint-compatible printer which is visible/usable on her wireless network by a desktop PC and a netbook, but not visible by the iPad. After trying software updates and power cycling without success, we finally determined that her Actiontec router is not Bonjour compatible. We're about to replace her router, but I thought I'd check to see if there might be a cheaper solution to be found here.
A: I don't know if it will work, mostly because the product hasn't been released yet but xPrintServer might work. It is a bit pricey for this usage though.
| Q: Solution for Airprint with a router that is not Bonjour compatible I'm trying to troubleshoot remotely for my mother and her iPad. I sent her a Canon Airprint-compatible printer which is visible/usable on her wireless network by a desktop PC and a netbook, but not visible by the iPad. After trying software updates and power cycling without success, we finally determined that her Actiontec router is not Bonjour compatible. We're about to replace her router, but I thought I'd check to see if there might be a cheaper solution to be found here.
A: I don't know if it will work, mostly because the product hasn't been released yet but xPrintServer might work. It is a bit pricey for this usage though.
A: Just thought I'd check- I assume she only has one wireless network? (at 90, I'd be surprised if not, but you never know!)
I have problems with both AirPrint and AirPlay on my network if the devices that are attempting to connect are connected through different routers.
A: Bonjour is a special form of DNS broadcasting - perhaps if you reset the router to default DNS settings. If you're running multiple subnets for any reason (I doubt so for a 90 year old, but you never know) this will also cause the printer to only be available on one subnet. You'd likely have multiple subnets if you have more than one router.
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dfad2edb25b75d7eaad1965b096c67e3de8fd930 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I send someone a normal text if they also use iMessage? My brother has a Windows Phone, and an iPad. Whenever I try to text him, it sends him an iMessage to his iPad, not a text message. Since he does not always have his iPad with him, he doesn't get my texts most of the time.
Is there a way to choose when a message is sent via iMessage, or via SMS?
Right now, my solution is to have two separate contacts for him, but that is annoying.
A: Well, one way that I know you can do it is create a new Text Message, and hit the + icon. Now, when you select your buddy, you should be able to select the phone number or the email address (since that is what your friend is probably using for iMessage). Select the phone number and it should send it to his Windows Phone instead of his iPad.
| Q: How do I send someone a normal text if they also use iMessage? My brother has a Windows Phone, and an iPad. Whenever I try to text him, it sends him an iMessage to his iPad, not a text message. Since he does not always have his iPad with him, he doesn't get my texts most of the time.
Is there a way to choose when a message is sent via iMessage, or via SMS?
Right now, my solution is to have two separate contacts for him, but that is annoying.
A: Well, one way that I know you can do it is create a new Text Message, and hit the + icon. Now, when you select your buddy, you should be able to select the phone number or the email address (since that is what your friend is probably using for iMessage). Select the phone number and it should send it to his Windows Phone instead of his iPad.
A:
A: Tap and hold the Send button for about 3 seconds and iMessage will switch to text message.
A: compose a new message, start typing your brother's name in the box, select his cellphone number.
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505c680ce88d2d8638c713cb1c8176583d0209b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Pro failing to boot Two times now, over the last 3 weeks my Mac Pro is failing to boot. Once on, it stays on the blue screen with the spinning icon and never gets to the login screen. To remedy this I boot from install dvd, re-install Leopard and only then will it boot completely. COuld this be my HD is getting ready to fail?
A: It will be best for you to run a S.M.A.R.T scan on the drive to see if its failing. You can do this by downloading the free trial of Smart utility.
If the hard drive turns out fine or passes the S.M.A.R.T Scan then just re-install the operating system after you've backed up your data obviously.
| Q: Mac Pro failing to boot Two times now, over the last 3 weeks my Mac Pro is failing to boot. Once on, it stays on the blue screen with the spinning icon and never gets to the login screen. To remedy this I boot from install dvd, re-install Leopard and only then will it boot completely. COuld this be my HD is getting ready to fail?
A: It will be best for you to run a S.M.A.R.T scan on the drive to see if its failing. You can do this by downloading the free trial of Smart utility.
If the hard drive turns out fine or passes the S.M.A.R.T Scan then just re-install the operating system after you've backed up your data obviously.
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5d166d656b21aa2c6762e3025eeac81ac8905c85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes Match questions regarding songs marked as "Uploaded" I have about 800 songs marked as "Uploaded". I would love for them to be replaced by "Matched" 256kbps AAC files.
Will iTunes Match ever re-check songs that have been flagged as Uploaded at some later point. Is there a way to re-submit them for checking?
A: I have over 5000 tracks which have been uploaded, whenever I add new music, Match is updated, and it determines whether to upload it or match it.
I was interested in this also, so I created a smart playlist for the kind set to MPEG audio and within the playlist I display the iTunes Match columns.
Recently I checked this list, and instead of all of them displaying Uploaded, a couple of hundred had changed to Matched, so I deleted them locally and re-downloaded the matched version.
So in answer to your question, yes, they are sometimes updated, and there's nothing you need to do other than occasionally update match by adding new music, or manually from the menu, and then check your smart playlist.
| Q: iTunes Match questions regarding songs marked as "Uploaded" I have about 800 songs marked as "Uploaded". I would love for them to be replaced by "Matched" 256kbps AAC files.
Will iTunes Match ever re-check songs that have been flagged as Uploaded at some later point. Is there a way to re-submit them for checking?
A: I have over 5000 tracks which have been uploaded, whenever I add new music, Match is updated, and it determines whether to upload it or match it.
I was interested in this also, so I created a smart playlist for the kind set to MPEG audio and within the playlist I display the iTunes Match columns.
Recently I checked this list, and instead of all of them displaying Uploaded, a couple of hundred had changed to Matched, so I deleted them locally and re-downloaded the matched version.
So in answer to your question, yes, they are sometimes updated, and there's nothing you need to do other than occasionally update match by adding new music, or manually from the menu, and then check your smart playlist.
A: From what I understand, you can go to the Store menu in iTunes and click "Update iTunes Match" and iTunes will rescan your library for any changes, as well as scan the Uploaded items to see if they can be matched. I am not 100% sure on this, but that's how it seems to work on my machine.
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7a765392e0e53a1dc1650aea949edc80fe35ec4c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix message spam from usbmuxd in console (_SendDetachNotification/_SendAttachNotification) My console is flooded with messages like these:
11.01.12 21:21:39,819 com.apple.usbmuxd: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7f6cb960): sending detach for device d0:23:db:3e:0b:82@fe80::d223:dbff:fe3e:b82._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
11.01.12 21:21:46,596 com.apple.usbmuxd: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7f6cb960): sending attach for device d0:23:db:3e:0b:82@fe80::d223:dbff:fe3e:b82._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
11.01.12 21:21:46,729 usbmuxd: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
They always happen in this combination of three messages and around every 10-30seconds
Any suggestions where this is coming from and how to fix/disable it?
Edit: (additional Infos)
Ok it seems to be originating from my iPhone (MAC d0:23:db:3e:0b:82)...
There are no Wifi-Printers or anything like that in the Network.
And the Messages are still there when all USB Devices are disconnected.
Edit2:
This seems to be coming from iPhone Wifi-Sync, is there any way to get rid of this spam without diabling Wifi-Sync for the phone?
A: I had the same problem and quitting duet (the app to use the iPhone as a Mac display) fixed the problem.
| Q: How to fix message spam from usbmuxd in console (_SendDetachNotification/_SendAttachNotification) My console is flooded with messages like these:
11.01.12 21:21:39,819 com.apple.usbmuxd: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7f6cb960): sending detach for device d0:23:db:3e:0b:82@fe80::d223:dbff:fe3e:b82._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
11.01.12 21:21:46,596 com.apple.usbmuxd: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7f6cb960): sending attach for device d0:23:db:3e:0b:82@fe80::d223:dbff:fe3e:b82._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
11.01.12 21:21:46,729 usbmuxd: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
They always happen in this combination of three messages and around every 10-30seconds
Any suggestions where this is coming from and how to fix/disable it?
Edit: (additional Infos)
Ok it seems to be originating from my iPhone (MAC d0:23:db:3e:0b:82)...
There are no Wifi-Printers or anything like that in the Network.
And the Messages are still there when all USB Devices are disconnected.
Edit2:
This seems to be coming from iPhone Wifi-Sync, is there any way to get rid of this spam without diabling Wifi-Sync for the phone?
A: I had the same problem and quitting duet (the app to use the iPhone as a Mac display) fixed the problem.
A: Open Console and highlight the usbmuxd spam, then click [ignore sender] in the toolbar:
To re-enable usbmuxd spam, click the [^] symbol in the lower bottom left corner then (x):
This will allow you to safely ignore any Console spam you would like without actually disabling anything other than the message that you see in Console.
A: You can always edit your /etc/syslog.conf file to send messages from usbmuxd to their own private log file. If you never want to see them, send it to /dev/null.
A: What is also interesting is that this is last entry I see in the console before my Mac hangs (well it's the last entry I see before the reboot messages). Could be a coincidence, of course, because there are so many of these messages. I've tried disabling usbmuxd to see if it is relating to the hanging problem.
I moved /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.usbmuxd.plist to ~/Documents and restarted. You can move it back and restart to get it running again.
A: The _apple-mobdev._tcp.local. is an mDNS message (aka bonjour) and is being broadcast on your network from an iPhone.
You can see it being broadcast on your network by running:
dns-sd -B _apple-mobdev
on any Mac. It is the iPhone advertising it can be attached to.
A: Something is wrong with the way OS X / iTunes handles the wifi sync to the 4S.
Connect it by cable and drag a few songs to it, let it sync via wire, and the console messages should disappear after that..
Hope its fixed in a software update.
A: These messages disappear when you disable wifi sync for your iDevices. This is really annoying me, too, because I like wifi sync, but the log becomes useless with all the usbmuxd spam.
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6135dff5f6e75e99a29ba5ba8fc75a4e15cdf759 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Powerpoint 2003 work with Keynote I have created a presentation in Powerpoint 2003 and have opened it in Keynote, however, when I veiw the presentation on the iPad the colors in the graphs have changed as well as the font alignment. Is there a way to fix this so that it looks the same in Powerpoint and Keynote? Is there a different version of Powerpoint that would work better?
A: Unfortunately, Keynote and Powerpoint do not talk to each other all that well. A lot of formatting issues have been known to occur.
If you're wanting to view/edit/present the presentation on your iPad, I would suggest using Keynote on your Mac and Keynote on your iPad. If you're wanting to stay as compatible with a Windows environment as possible, I would suggest using QuickOffice HD on the iPad and Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.
Hope this helps.
| Q: Does Powerpoint 2003 work with Keynote I have created a presentation in Powerpoint 2003 and have opened it in Keynote, however, when I veiw the presentation on the iPad the colors in the graphs have changed as well as the font alignment. Is there a way to fix this so that it looks the same in Powerpoint and Keynote? Is there a different version of Powerpoint that would work better?
A: Unfortunately, Keynote and Powerpoint do not talk to each other all that well. A lot of formatting issues have been known to occur.
If you're wanting to view/edit/present the presentation on your iPad, I would suggest using Keynote on your Mac and Keynote on your iPad. If you're wanting to stay as compatible with a Windows environment as possible, I would suggest using QuickOffice HD on the iPad and Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.
Hope this helps.
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fe95df0c70540712006ca43929884025fe17ff2f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMac keyboard stops working
Possible Duplicate:
Wireless Keyboard disconnects
The wireless Apple keyboard that came with my iMac has a tendency to suddenly disconnect from my iMac without no sensible reason (its not the battery). The only solution I have found this far is restarting the iMac, which automatically reconnects the keyboard. I have tried reconnecting the keyboard through the bluetooth configuration, which gives no ohther result than making the toolbar freeze.
Any solutions?
A: Do you have another Mac you can connect the keyboard to? If you can isolate whether or not this issue occurs only with your iMac or only with your iMacs keyboard, you can figure out where things are going wrong. Let us know if you're able to test the keyboard on another Mac or test the Mac with a different keyboard.
If you don't have access to either of those things, I'd recommend taking a trip to your local Apple Store and having them test it out. They'll have extra Macs and keyboard and a Bluetooth diagnostic to run as well.
| Q: iMac keyboard stops working
Possible Duplicate:
Wireless Keyboard disconnects
The wireless Apple keyboard that came with my iMac has a tendency to suddenly disconnect from my iMac without no sensible reason (its not the battery). The only solution I have found this far is restarting the iMac, which automatically reconnects the keyboard. I have tried reconnecting the keyboard through the bluetooth configuration, which gives no ohther result than making the toolbar freeze.
Any solutions?
A: Do you have another Mac you can connect the keyboard to? If you can isolate whether or not this issue occurs only with your iMac or only with your iMacs keyboard, you can figure out where things are going wrong. Let us know if you're able to test the keyboard on another Mac or test the Mac with a different keyboard.
If you don't have access to either of those things, I'd recommend taking a trip to your local Apple Store and having them test it out. They'll have extra Macs and keyboard and a Bluetooth diagnostic to run as well.
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8475cea3fed75c8897bc99e0ff4e6611e6bb1c89 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does "Erase All Data" feature on iPhone disable "Find my Phone"? I have the "Erase All Data after 10 failed passcode attempts" feature turned on on my iPhone 4S. I also have the "Find my Phone" app installed. If my iPhone was stolen, and the thief triggered the "Erase All Data" feature after failing to unlock the phone, would it erase the "Find my phone" app meaning I couldn't locate it through iCloud?
A: The 'Find My iPhone' app on the iPhone itself does nothing to affect the ability to locate/remote message/remote wipe the iPhone itself. The 'Find My iPhone' app is a client to simplify the functions of doing so for other devices.
In order to actually use those features on the iPhone itself MUST be configured via Settings: Location Services > (down at the bottom) Find My iPhone. Only by enabling that will you actually be able to locate your phone via another iOS device, or at icloud.com;
| Q: Does "Erase All Data" feature on iPhone disable "Find my Phone"? I have the "Erase All Data after 10 failed passcode attempts" feature turned on on my iPhone 4S. I also have the "Find my Phone" app installed. If my iPhone was stolen, and the thief triggered the "Erase All Data" feature after failing to unlock the phone, would it erase the "Find my phone" app meaning I couldn't locate it through iCloud?
A: The 'Find My iPhone' app on the iPhone itself does nothing to affect the ability to locate/remote message/remote wipe the iPhone itself. The 'Find My iPhone' app is a client to simplify the functions of doing so for other devices.
In order to actually use those features on the iPhone itself MUST be configured via Settings: Location Services > (down at the bottom) Find My iPhone. Only by enabling that will you actually be able to locate your phone via another iOS device, or at icloud.com;
A: Yes. Enabling this option is both risky and safe. On one hand, you risk losing your phone/data forever, but on the other hand that individual will not be able to access your data or use your phone. It's your call, but I'd recommend leaving it off so you at least have a chance at getting it back. You can always wipe out your phone remotely with Find my iPhone without having that option enabled.
A: Yes. Unfortunately, Find my iPhone isn't a fail-safe system. It's also disabled if someone else erases all your data, through iTunes for example. Additionally, if a SIM card other than your own is put into the phone, the handset can only locate itself via wi-fi, and not through the third party networks SIM.
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4da0b6b0fe7d9bb1528a47228bbb105587b90ed8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I redial using Voice Control or Siri? Is it possible to dial the last dialed phone number on iOS via Voice Control or Siri?
A: Sorry, but not yet. Apple could add this in the future, but it isn't in iOS under Voice Control or Siri currently. If you know who called, you could ask for them by name. Unfortunately, that's the only solution with Siri.
| Q: How can I redial using Voice Control or Siri? Is it possible to dial the last dialed phone number on iOS via Voice Control or Siri?
A: Sorry, but not yet. Apple could add this in the future, but it isn't in iOS under Voice Control or Siri currently. If you know who called, you could ask for them by name. Unfortunately, that's the only solution with Siri.
A: I was driving down the freeway yesterday and my phone call was cut off. Sounds like the perfect time to tell Siri to redial. I was shocked that Siri does not do this after being in release for so long.
A: The current iOS version 9 allows Siri to dial the last number. Just say “Redial that last number”.
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528b673e473114e6c4506178579b1a590d01278c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safe to Delete Mobile Applications I back up my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 to iCloud.
Is it necessary to keep my Mobile Applications Folder?
There are over 12GBs of space being used by this folder on my Macbook.
Could it be thrown out?
A: I would be careful. You may be backing up to iCloud, but syncing locally with iTunes. If you DO NOT sync your Apps with iTunes, you can throw it away.
Personally, I would keep it and maybe just delete some of the old apps you no longer use.
| Q: Safe to Delete Mobile Applications I back up my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 to iCloud.
Is it necessary to keep my Mobile Applications Folder?
There are over 12GBs of space being used by this folder on my Macbook.
Could it be thrown out?
A: I would be careful. You may be backing up to iCloud, but syncing locally with iTunes. If you DO NOT sync your Apps with iTunes, you can throw it away.
Personally, I would keep it and maybe just delete some of the old apps you no longer use.
A: Absolutely. If you aren't syncing apps from your Macbook to your iOS devices, it really isn't necessary for them to be there. And, if you ever need them on your Macbook again, you can always redownload them from iTunes (unless the app is removed from the App Store, which is rare).
A: Hopefully this helps people in the future, it's ok to delete it locally from your Mac and it won't affect your iOS devices. Backup everything to iCloud and redownload from Apple Store. You can even do the same with iMovie and GarageBand (two apps I really don't use but take a bunch of space on my Mac Air 120GB).
Directly copied from iTunes below.
Are you sure you want to delete the selected apps from your iTunes library?
These apps will not be deleted from any iOS device that synchronizes with your iTunes library.
A: Edit 2016-06-07: the behavior described here is no longer valid, at least for iTunes 12.4.1.6 and iOS 9.3.2 (both the most up-to-date at the time of this edit). It is completely safe to go into iTunes and delete iOS apps, they will not be removed from your phone when you sync. (Just tested this on my own phone.)
Original answer left intact below:
Do you sync your iPhone and iPad with iTunes (even occasionally)?
If the answer is no, you can go ahead and delete the iOS apps stored on your Macbook?
If the answer is yes, you need to check if your apps get synced too while syncing your iPhone and iPad? If the answer is no, you can delete the iOS apps on your Macbook. If the answer is yes, you need to connect your iOS device to iTunes, click on your device in the column on the left, click on the 'apps' pane, and uncheck synchronising of your apps. The problem is that when you do that, the apps on your iOS device will be deleted and you'll have to redownload your apps on your device through the appstore. If you don't want to do that, you can choose to not sync your iOS device with iTunes anymore but that means you won't be able to sync anything (movies, tv-shows, ...) with iTunes.
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c680f798ca30ea6134e3165d90e395444d0fe7ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I recover my documents from iCloud? My username with Apple is a very old one. Old enough that until iOS 5 it wasn't associated with an email address. It was just a simple username. With the latest upgrade I was required to transfer to a name associated with my preferred email address. This seems to have gone well with the exception that iCloud can no longer locate my Pages and Numbers documents. Apple seems stumped and the system will no longer let me log in with the old username. Any help would be appreciated.
| Q: How can I recover my documents from iCloud? My username with Apple is a very old one. Old enough that until iOS 5 it wasn't associated with an email address. It was just a simple username. With the latest upgrade I was required to transfer to a name associated with my preferred email address. This seems to have gone well with the exception that iCloud can no longer locate my Pages and Numbers documents. Apple seems stumped and the system will no longer let me log in with the old username. Any help would be appreciated.
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2de3fadbcb72176b379690da0380c149e4f04213 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I open Windows network links on Mac OS X? I started using a Mac recently in a workplace where most people use Windows. We share with each other links to work files that exist on some server here. So I may get a URL via email that looks like that \\servername\folder\stuff.doc or even just a link to a folder like \\servername\folder - clicking it results in an error on the Mac (Lion). Is there anything I can do so that clicking such network addresses will launch the document or folder?
A: Under the finder menu, choose 'Go' -> 'Connect to Server'.
In the box that appears you need to type the path to the SMB server share.
SMB stands for Server Message Block, which windows understands.
The path would look like this...
smb://ServerName/SharedFolder
I have done this on OSX Tiger and Lion.
There are many tutorials available, such as this one on lifehacker
| Q: How can I open Windows network links on Mac OS X? I started using a Mac recently in a workplace where most people use Windows. We share with each other links to work files that exist on some server here. So I may get a URL via email that looks like that \\servername\folder\stuff.doc or even just a link to a folder like \\servername\folder - clicking it results in an error on the Mac (Lion). Is there anything I can do so that clicking such network addresses will launch the document or folder?
A: Under the finder menu, choose 'Go' -> 'Connect to Server'.
In the box that appears you need to type the path to the SMB server share.
SMB stands for Server Message Block, which windows understands.
The path would look like this...
smb://ServerName/SharedFolder
I have done this on OSX Tiger and Lion.
There are many tutorials available, such as this one on lifehacker
A: I've used WinShortcutter in the past - seems to work OK. This will allow you to open Windows style UNC paths (\\servername\path\to\directory) when they appear in emails, etc.
A: at work in a heavily windows/mac userspace we have LinkConverter
Converts both ways
smb://server/folder --> \\server\folder
\\server\folder --> smb://server/folder
A: Also, if you connect to the local domain, you can configure UNC paths to work in Mac OS X.
You can connect to the domain by going to System Preferences>Users & Groups>Login Options and click the Join button next to Network Account Server. Type in the name of the domain and press enter.
You can then click the Open Directory Utility button and select the Active Directory option and click the pencil button to edit. Verify that you are bound to the domain and click the Show Advanced Options button. Make sure that the Use UNC path from Active Directory to derive network home location is checked and select SMB as the network protocol to be used.
Hope this helps.
A: Run vim, paste your Windows link, then run the following commands
:%s/\\/\//g
:%s/ /%20/g
The first command will turn all \ (backslashes) into / (forward slashes) into.
The second will turn all spaces into the "%20" string needed for a Mac command.
Paste this jumble into Apple + K (Connect to Server) using the SMB feature.
A: As far as I can tell from reading the documentation this setting for UNC paths in Directory Utility only works for using a UNC path from Active Directory to mount your network home directory. It doesn't provide general UNC support. :-(
A: Try putting "file:" before the address. It helped me with hyperlinks while working in side applications. They featured hyperlinks, but when I was giving them local computer address to a file on Mac it automatically would launch web browser showing the page cannot be viewed. With "file:" in the beginning of the address link it opens the file with the designated software, not even showing it in Finder.
A: You can get access only with IP like . you need to check IP of window and run that ip on your browser you will get that system from mac..
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e0e8644cdb1d7641622c42a48315707e3946d880 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I stitch a set of images together? I have a set of images that are named foo-N.jpg, where N is a number from 0 to 100.
I'd like to stitch them together such that I have one long image, where foo-0.jpg is at the left and foo-100.jpg is at the right.
I can do this manually in Photoshop or Fireworks, but it'd take forever.
Is there a way to do this in bulk, like perhaps with Automator, Terminal, or an app?
A: You can do it with Imagemagick from a terminal. If you have Homebrew, installing it is as easy as:
brew install imagemagick
Once you have it, open the terminal and go to the folder where you have the pictures, then do:
convert foo* +append result.jpg
And there you have it, your 100 pictures in a row. You can also make a column with them, instead of +append use -append.
| Q: How can I stitch a set of images together? I have a set of images that are named foo-N.jpg, where N is a number from 0 to 100.
I'd like to stitch them together such that I have one long image, where foo-0.jpg is at the left and foo-100.jpg is at the right.
I can do this manually in Photoshop or Fireworks, but it'd take forever.
Is there a way to do this in bulk, like perhaps with Automator, Terminal, or an app?
A: You can do it with Imagemagick from a terminal. If you have Homebrew, installing it is as easy as:
brew install imagemagick
Once you have it, open the terminal and go to the folder where you have the pictures, then do:
convert foo* +append result.jpg
And there you have it, your 100 pictures in a row. You can also make a column with them, instead of +append use -append.
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6fe982f58f6599e892fb0b41d72a178b66a7eeb9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I burn a DVD ISO from a MacBook? The MacBook Air can share DVD drives on other Macs. For reading disks this works great. However, I want to burn an ISO to the drive. The drive doesn't show up in Disk Utility. Is it possible to burn ISOs onto a shared drive from a MacBook Air?
A: Try to insert a empty disk into your mac. Then, share it with you MacBook Air. Now, you should have a new DVD-Icon in the finder sidebar.
It should now show up in the Disk Utility tool!
Or:
Right-Click on the ISO-Image, and click Burn on CD/DVD after you "connected" the empty CD/DVD to you MacBook Air via DVD-Sharing.
| Q: How do I burn a DVD ISO from a MacBook? The MacBook Air can share DVD drives on other Macs. For reading disks this works great. However, I want to burn an ISO to the drive. The drive doesn't show up in Disk Utility. Is it possible to burn ISOs onto a shared drive from a MacBook Air?
A: Try to insert a empty disk into your mac. Then, share it with you MacBook Air. Now, you should have a new DVD-Icon in the finder sidebar.
It should now show up in the Disk Utility tool!
Or:
Right-Click on the ISO-Image, and click Burn on CD/DVD after you "connected" the empty CD/DVD to you MacBook Air via DVD-Sharing.
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dffaa8355032fa3ce37c53ae7b88e5cd20babf6d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do Mac Pros use NUMA? Does Mac OS X make use of NUMA on Mac Pros with two (or more) CPUs?
A: This is a partial answer
The processors in the current mac pros use Xeon processors e5620 and x5670s with Intel's QuickPath Interconnect
QPI is Intel's implementation of NUMA and takes place fully within the processor just as HyperTransport is AMDs
I would have to admit in not being sure if that takes OSX out of the equation entirely or even mostly. Modern processor architecture has improved since the original NUMA concept that the original requirement for software support is probably,now, immaterial.
| Q: Do Mac Pros use NUMA? Does Mac OS X make use of NUMA on Mac Pros with two (or more) CPUs?
A: This is a partial answer
The processors in the current mac pros use Xeon processors e5620 and x5670s with Intel's QuickPath Interconnect
QPI is Intel's implementation of NUMA and takes place fully within the processor just as HyperTransport is AMDs
I would have to admit in not being sure if that takes OSX out of the equation entirely or even mostly. Modern processor architecture has improved since the original NUMA concept that the original requirement for software support is probably,now, immaterial.
A: No Mac Pro supports NUMA, their memory are configured in interleave mode.
Highly memory intensive application faced with incorrectly allocated (cross NUMA node) memory pages can still cause significant (>20%) performance issue albeit "modern processor architecture" (I'm an HPC admin a regularly benchmark / troubleshoot system performance issue).
And someone else has installed a NUMA aware OS (reads: Linux) onto a Mac Pro and finds only a single NUMA node, which shows that the firmware configures the memory to run in interleave mode (non-NUMA configuration). While this is slower than a properly configured NUMA system, it is still faster than an incorrectly configured / allocated NUMA system.
With this, we may reason that the mach/xnu kernel is likely non-NUMA aware.
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9791dd1d41df9ff2640c80faab56816fbe51ae77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I extract a large voice memo file off my iPhone and into my mac How do I extract a large voice memo file off my iPhone and into my mac. It is too large to email.
A: *
*Dock your iPhone via USB.
*Open itunes.
*Click the name of your iPhone under Devices in the left column.
*Click the Music tab.
*Click the checkbox for Include voice memos.
*Sync your device.
*Your files will appear under a new Voice Memos playlist in iTunes
| Q: How do I extract a large voice memo file off my iPhone and into my mac How do I extract a large voice memo file off my iPhone and into my mac. It is too large to email.
A: *
*Dock your iPhone via USB.
*Open itunes.
*Click the name of your iPhone under Devices in the left column.
*Click the Music tab.
*Click the checkbox for Include voice memos.
*Sync your device.
*Your files will appear under a new Voice Memos playlist in iTunes
A: I have tried @gentmatt's answer and it don't work for me.
Then I downloaded diskaid which is fantastic.
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b47b98c44003f9c49afeebf4797f1bd844daf0a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Backup Disk Not Available - Time Capsule After working fine for months, my wifi Time Capsule backups fail, returning a "back-up disk not available" message. Time Capsule light is green, Airport Utility reveals no problems. What do I do? Thanks.
A: I see this every few months and all other features of the device seem to work fine when it happens. The short answer is a restart has always fixed it for me, either from the Airport Utility or if you must by cycling the power.
| Q: Backup Disk Not Available - Time Capsule After working fine for months, my wifi Time Capsule backups fail, returning a "back-up disk not available" message. Time Capsule light is green, Airport Utility reveals no problems. What do I do? Thanks.
A: I see this every few months and all other features of the device seem to work fine when it happens. The short answer is a restart has always fixed it for me, either from the Airport Utility or if you must by cycling the power.
A: Are you connected to the 5ghz wifi or the normal wifi ?
I had the exact same problem you describe, Airport Utility showed nothing wrong, green lights across the board, but when trying to do a Time Machine backup, it wouldn't be able to find the disk.
Additionally, I was also unable to access the Time Capsule's disk through Finder. It shows up alright, but I could not connect.
Manually switching wifi network to the non-5ghz one solved both the backup and Finder problems.
A: Try changing the TC disk name. Worked for me.
A: From Tesserax's answer from June 2018 on the Apple Communities:
Use a 16-character or less base station name for the TC. Also do not include special characters or spaces in the name.
This solved the "Backup Disk Not Available" for me in 2020 on macOS Catalina with an Airport Time Capsule version 7.9.1.
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11597501e9ef2a296f66546c0d066f14f1ab743b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mail.app rules - how to write the following requirement I cannot seem to get the following rule working.
Requirement: I want to run a mail filter which says:
If the mail is in Account X, and has subject Y, was received less than 10 days ago, and has no MailTags, I want to move it to the Trash folder.
It seems to work partially - it moves some mail to trash and not some other.
Can anyone suggest assistance? The rule is located at the top of the rules list, so it should be applied first?
thanks.
A: Please be aware that mail only applies rules to new messages. So deleting old messages may not work as expected, since the rule is checked once when the message is new the "date received" test fails. From the doc:
Rules are automatically applied to incoming messages, but you can
apply a new or modified rule to selected messages you’ve already
received.
You may apply rules to selected messages by:
Select the messages and then choose Message > Apply Rules.
You may be able to write an applescript to automate the last step.
| Q: Mail.app rules - how to write the following requirement I cannot seem to get the following rule working.
Requirement: I want to run a mail filter which says:
If the mail is in Account X, and has subject Y, was received less than 10 days ago, and has no MailTags, I want to move it to the Trash folder.
It seems to work partially - it moves some mail to trash and not some other.
Can anyone suggest assistance? The rule is located at the top of the rules list, so it should be applied first?
thanks.
A: Please be aware that mail only applies rules to new messages. So deleting old messages may not work as expected, since the rule is checked once when the message is new the "date received" test fails. From the doc:
Rules are automatically applied to incoming messages, but you can
apply a new or modified rule to selected messages you’ve already
received.
You may apply rules to selected messages by:
Select the messages and then choose Message > Apply Rules.
You may be able to write an applescript to automate the last step.
A: Try changing the Subject beings with to Subject contains and see what happens.
A: Try adding the Stop Evaluating Rules action at the very end. When you apply rules, there may be another rule that overrules this one.
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8511eb938908160443669f87207bf242b1afc8e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I uninstall a font? I double-clicked a downloaded font and it installed itself in /Users/myuser/Library/Fonts. But all other fonts are installed in /Library/Fonts. Why does it do that by default and how do I uninstall it? I tried disabling and removing it via Font book but it still renders in a web project.
(I am running Mac OS 10.6.8)
A: Mac OS X places installed fonts in the user's Library folder to differentiate between system fonts (located in /System/Library/Fonts), OS fonts (/Library/Fonts) and user installed fonts (/Users/~/Library/Fonts).
You can change this by open Font Book preferences (File>Preferences) and changing the "Default Install Location" option from User to Computer.
Hope this helps.
Added on 1/12/12 at 2:35pm:
Forgot to mention - If you're not able to delete the font from Font Book, try removing it from the /Users/~/Library/Fonts directory and emptying the trash. Also, make sure it's not a font that is also in the /Library/Fonts directory (preinstalled).
| Q: How do I uninstall a font? I double-clicked a downloaded font and it installed itself in /Users/myuser/Library/Fonts. But all other fonts are installed in /Library/Fonts. Why does it do that by default and how do I uninstall it? I tried disabling and removing it via Font book but it still renders in a web project.
(I am running Mac OS 10.6.8)
A: Mac OS X places installed fonts in the user's Library folder to differentiate between system fonts (located in /System/Library/Fonts), OS fonts (/Library/Fonts) and user installed fonts (/Users/~/Library/Fonts).
You can change this by open Font Book preferences (File>Preferences) and changing the "Default Install Location" option from User to Computer.
Hope this helps.
Added on 1/12/12 at 2:35pm:
Forgot to mention - If you're not able to delete the font from Font Book, try removing it from the /Users/~/Library/Fonts directory and emptying the trash. Also, make sure it's not a font that is also in the /Library/Fonts directory (preinstalled).
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a5888c711cb18a2db586c227096943a88382a21e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Opening .msg file in Outlook for Mac 2011 Most of my colleagues use Outlook on Windows and I need to access emails stored in .msg format (don't ask, it's complicated).
My understanding is that .msg is an Outlook file format, but Outlook 2011 on Mac can't open them. When I right-click on the file and ask to open with Outlook, it creates an email with the .msg file as an attachment. Using various dragging and trying to open with the file menu also don't help.
Any ideas on how to open these on Mac? Preferably without having to install additional software.
A: For everyone in 2016 who is also looking for a free software without IAPs and similiar "problems" (MailRaider for example was free years ago):
MSGViewer is a free software, which can be downloaded via sourceforge. It does, what the name stands for: viewing / showing the content of the msg files! I just tried it after browsing for a good software that does not cost 10 Dollars or more and I can recommend it.
MSGViewer SourceForge link.
Edit:
Just had an .msg file with images inside: msgviewer is also capable of showing them.
| Q: Opening .msg file in Outlook for Mac 2011 Most of my colleagues use Outlook on Windows and I need to access emails stored in .msg format (don't ask, it's complicated).
My understanding is that .msg is an Outlook file format, but Outlook 2011 on Mac can't open them. When I right-click on the file and ask to open with Outlook, it creates an email with the .msg file as an attachment. Using various dragging and trying to open with the file menu also don't help.
Any ideas on how to open these on Mac? Preferably without having to install additional software.
A: For everyone in 2016 who is also looking for a free software without IAPs and similiar "problems" (MailRaider for example was free years ago):
MSGViewer is a free software, which can be downloaded via sourceforge. It does, what the name stands for: viewing / showing the content of the msg files! I just tried it after browsing for a good software that does not cost 10 Dollars or more and I can recommend it.
MSGViewer SourceForge link.
Edit:
Just had an .msg file with images inside: msgviewer is also capable of showing them.
A: I'm sorry to say, currently .msg files can't be opened using Outlook 2011. I have found the only way is one of three things:
*
*Get them in a .pst file ( which might not work for you, cause you are getting them as a .msg file for a reason).
*Install Windows and Outlook on your Mac through Boot Camp (although it seems like to much just to view emails).
*Try Klammer (in the Mac Store) it will let you open them, and on their site is says open in Outlook.
I think your best bet might be number 3.
resources:
Can saved Outlook email and contacts (in .msg format) be converted and then imported?
Microsoft Office 2008 - Entourage and .msg files
A: The simplest solution I found if you have an outlook account is:
*
*Open your online inbox: https://outlook.office.com/.
*Attach your .msg file on a draft message.
*Click to open it using your browser.
So for those who don't need additional software installation, this solution may help !
It works on any OS with a modern browser installed.
A: MailRaider by Pascal Harris seems to work well with my initial use and, best of all, it's free:
Are you a Switcher? Have you got old e-mails archived somewhere? Have you ever
wished that your Mac could read your old Microsoft™ Outlook .msg files? If so,
MailRaider could be just what you need. Try it. And let me know how you get on.
I've tested it with simple .msg files and ones with attachments and it seems to work very well.
A: Microsoft has a site "User Voice" at which users can request a feature for Outlook. Please vote for this feature and maybe they will implement it. Here is the link
https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/293343-outlook-for-mac/suggestions/9451137-open-outlook-msg-files-on-the-mac
A: The Outlook MSG Viewer software works great for Mac!
http://www.element26.net/products/shop/outlook-msg-viewer/ – redirects to MSG Viewer for Outlook - Open MSG and Winmail.dat Files on Your Mac
A: If you have python3 installed you can use the extract_msg module which after installation will make available the extract_msg utility in your path.
Install the extract_msg utility:
pip3 install extract-msg
To get plain text and the attachments from an Outlook MSG file, run it as follows:
extract_msg mymessage.msg
The output will be created in a subfolder generated from the email subject line.
Customizing the output and getting RTF content
If you need more control over the output, below is a minimal python script based on the module above that takes the path to the outlook MSG file as the first parameter and saves the email content as plain text, and also as a RTF file (if RTF content is present, usually it is).
Create the script and make it executable (e.g. chmod +x msg2text.py):
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import sys
import extract_msg
ATTACHMENTS_DIR = 'attachments'
file_name = sys.argv[1]
msg = extract_msg.Message(file_name)
with open(file_name.replace('.msg', '.txt'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fout:
fout.write(f'Sender: {msg.sender}')
fout.write(f'Sent On: {msg.date}')
fout.write(f'To: {msg.to}')
fout.write(f'Subject: {msg.subject}')
fout.write(f'Body: {msg.body}')
fout.write(f'Attachments: {[a.longFilename for a in msg.attachments]}')
if msg.rtfBody:
with open(file_name.replace('.msg', '.rtf'), 'wb') as fout_rtf:
fout_rtf.write(msg.rtfBody)
os.makedirs(ATTACHMENTS_DIR, exist_ok=True)
for attachment in msg.attachments:
attachment.save(customPath=ATTACHMENTS_DIR, customFilename=attachment.longFilename)
Run the script:
./msg2text.py message.msg
A file message.txt and another file named message.rtf will be generated and the attachments will be extracted to the attachments folder.
A: To open .msg file on mac you can directly access through outlook.com and by office 365. If you don't want to use it then you can use online tools like MailRaider, MSGViewer, MSGConvert etc. For more information you can check this one https://www.macoszon.com/open-msg-file-on-mac/
A: MailRaider Pro works well - it costs a small amount, but you can get it on the app store or on the 45RPMSoftware website. The version on the 45RPMSoftware website also works as a demo (it won't open your entire email, and it won't extract all your attachments til you've paid for it.)
The developer is very helpful, responding quickly to emails (but the help forum on the website doesn't seem to work at the moment).
Website - MailRaider
Youtube tutorial - Youtube tutorial
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efa692cd776069cc68f92dfaaa435d2a719f75ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Create event in iCloud calendar for different time zone How do I create a future event in a different time zone than I'm currently on?
For example, I reside in Toronto (UTC-5) and I am going to Hong Kong (UTC+8). When I'm still in Toronto, I want to be able to create an event (in Hong Kong time) so that when I arrive in Hong Kong, the event appears correctly in the local time.
A: I am assuming that you are using the website for this. Go to iCloud, and open the Calendar app. Click on the gear at the top-left, then click preferences. Go to the advanced tab, and check "Enable time zone support". Now, when you edit an event, you can select the time zone in the event information.
| Q: Create event in iCloud calendar for different time zone How do I create a future event in a different time zone than I'm currently on?
For example, I reside in Toronto (UTC-5) and I am going to Hong Kong (UTC+8). When I'm still in Toronto, I want to be able to create an event (in Hong Kong time) so that when I arrive in Hong Kong, the event appears correctly in the local time.
A: I am assuming that you are using the website for this. Go to iCloud, and open the Calendar app. Click on the gear at the top-left, then click preferences. Go to the advanced tab, and check "Enable time zone support". Now, when you edit an event, you can select the time zone in the event information.
A: Time zone support also works on the iCal app on the mac and on the iPhone. Preferences in iCal and Settings/Mail,Contacts,Calendars on the iPhone. These can then be synced to iCloud.
A: Flexibits just released an update to their Fantastical 2 application that supports multiple timezones. Users of Microsoft Outlook will appreciate it: New in 2.2
Just a happy user, I don't work for the company.
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ec6bb8614aef8bbfa0cce3a663c947f77c8eea69 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I restore a backup of a phone with the same name? I broke my iPhone 3G S and bought a new one. During the setup of the new one I chose to set it up as a new phone. I gave it a slightly different name because I thought I'd want to keep old phone's backups and new phone's backups separate.
I now need to restore the old phone's backup to the new phone.
Using iTunes, I renamed the new phone to match the name on the backup I want to restore from, mistakenly thinking that iTunes would automatically associate the new phone and the old backup by name. The old backup doesn’t show in the drop-down selection box.
How can I access the old backup and restore it to the new phone?
A: you need to reset the phone to factory settings so that iTunes think's it's a new phone
it will then ask you if you want to restore from a previous backup and you can restore from any of them that are still on the system.
| Q: How can I restore a backup of a phone with the same name? I broke my iPhone 3G S and bought a new one. During the setup of the new one I chose to set it up as a new phone. I gave it a slightly different name because I thought I'd want to keep old phone's backups and new phone's backups separate.
I now need to restore the old phone's backup to the new phone.
Using iTunes, I renamed the new phone to match the name on the backup I want to restore from, mistakenly thinking that iTunes would automatically associate the new phone and the old backup by name. The old backup doesn’t show in the drop-down selection box.
How can I access the old backup and restore it to the new phone?
A: you need to reset the phone to factory settings so that iTunes think's it's a new phone
it will then ask you if you want to restore from a previous backup and you can restore from any of them that are still on the system.
A: If you go into the iTunes preferences, and then look under the Devices tab, does that previous backup still show? I'm hoping it didn't somehow get overwritten/deleted when you setup the new phone. Also, be sure not to confuse the backup with the synchronization. People often do is all. From my experience, renaming the phone at initial setup shouldn't in any way affect your ability to restore a previous backup later on.
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542ff60bcc5edfdefaf5f7c247cfee9c14443bcc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a 3rd party program that can change the cursor size? I've always used a larger mouse icon in Windows (made it easier to find when zipping around multiple screens :p). Recently switched to using OSX and discovered that the option to enlarge the mouse icon does just that, literally.
It just zooms the mouse up... Normally this wouldnt be an issue, except when I use photoshop, the icons are all larger than their effect area (ie, brush size is inaccurate) due to the mouse literally being scaled up.
Is there another application that can replace the system mouse rather than just scaling it up??
A: If you open System Preferences>Universal Access>Mouse & Trackpad, you can adjust the cursor size to be larger. To my knowledge, there is no third party application that will do this since it is allowed natively. Hope this helps!
| Q: Is there a 3rd party program that can change the cursor size? I've always used a larger mouse icon in Windows (made it easier to find when zipping around multiple screens :p). Recently switched to using OSX and discovered that the option to enlarge the mouse icon does just that, literally.
It just zooms the mouse up... Normally this wouldnt be an issue, except when I use photoshop, the icons are all larger than their effect area (ie, brush size is inaccurate) due to the mouse literally being scaled up.
Is there another application that can replace the system mouse rather than just scaling it up??
A: If you open System Preferences>Universal Access>Mouse & Trackpad, you can adjust the cursor size to be larger. To my knowledge, there is no third party application that will do this since it is allowed natively. Hope this helps!
A: Occassionally I use Mouse Locator when giving demos to help the audience track my mouse movements. Mouse Locator doesn't increase the size of the mouse pointer per say, instead it "paints a target" around the pointer when you start moving the mouse. The target makes it easier to locate the pointer location. Omnidazzle also does this, but the effects are flashier.
A: Yolo mouse, It can change both size and color you are also able to change on the fly. You can also import different styles and use them ans well in small medium and large.
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1c0b92b4addd292cf4a98e19fdb58baee2b5db3a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Setting up Apple TV without a TV How can I make my Apple TV 1st gen join a WiFi network without having a TV connected? Is there an OSX utility for set up in the same way there is with Airport Express?
A: No. You need to connect the AppleTV to a video output of some sort, otherwise there's no way to specify the SSID (the WiFi network identifier) and the password (if any). After you've done that once, you can unplug it from the video output.
| Q: Setting up Apple TV without a TV How can I make my Apple TV 1st gen join a WiFi network without having a TV connected? Is there an OSX utility for set up in the same way there is with Airport Express?
A: No. You need to connect the AppleTV to a video output of some sort, otherwise there's no way to specify the SSID (the WiFi network identifier) and the password (if any). After you've done that once, you can unplug it from the video output.
A: YES! It can be done. If the bluetooth method isn't working (turning on Apple TV and touching your iPhone to the device to configure), you can work your way through the menus and manually enter your wifi password using the voiceover command. This activates automatically when you first plug in Apple TV. I needed Apple TV only for my music receiver (and don't own a tv), so I ran HDMI from the Apple TV device to my receiver, made sure my receiver was on so I could hear voice commands and then found images of the on-screen keyboard Apple TV uses (easy image search on Google). Using the voice commands and these images, I could get through the menus and select everything (including a long gibberish password) with the remote. Once I got going with the voiceover, it took under 10 minutes.
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8e12b87b8015831134b393ac7571c046805ce35f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is Mac OS X's two finger scrolling damaging to your hand? I've noticed an unusual feeling associated with Mac OS X's two fingering scrolling. Any chance this might indicate a repetitive stress injury in the making? I've been trying to rotate the fingers I use for scrolling somewhat, but not terribly successfully. Anyone else found solutions to this potential issue? (related)
A: Out of all the Mac users I've ever heard of/seen, none of them have ever said anything like this. I swift touch of a trackpad of mouse certainly doesn't seem to be any sort of damaging movements. If you end up having problems with it more you could ask a more 'medical' associated person. I've personally never heard anything like it, but muscle pains can be worsened from certain movements causing stress. Good luck!
| Q: Is Mac OS X's two finger scrolling damaging to your hand? I've noticed an unusual feeling associated with Mac OS X's two fingering scrolling. Any chance this might indicate a repetitive stress injury in the making? I've been trying to rotate the fingers I use for scrolling somewhat, but not terribly successfully. Anyone else found solutions to this potential issue? (related)
A: Out of all the Mac users I've ever heard of/seen, none of them have ever said anything like this. I swift touch of a trackpad of mouse certainly doesn't seem to be any sort of damaging movements. If you end up having problems with it more you could ask a more 'medical' associated person. I've personally never heard anything like it, but muscle pains can be worsened from certain movements causing stress. Good luck!
A: I have been experiencing a strong inflammation on the middle finger articulation, which I think it might be caused by the macbook mouse and repetitive movements of scrolling and clicking. I have a ultrasound tomorrow.
My doctor doesn't think this is from the mouse, but probably she doesn't know this type of mouse.
A: In the past I have noticed a clear correlation between discomfort in my index finger, middle finger and wrist and the use of a magic mouse/trackpad.
I really love the functionality, but I am confident that the use of my magic mouse was the source of discomfort. It wasn't exactly pain, but more the feeling my fingers were not aligned properly any more or touched each other differently and sometimes a strange tension. There was no clear visual difference between my right and left hand.
As a teenager I had a wake up call with regards to RSI when my neck got stuck/blocked when I tried to reach for a shirt on the top shelf of my closet. It took two days before the muscles relaxed. Since then I have been extra careful to listen to my bodies signals. For me trackballs work well. I use a Logitech M570 trackball.
My hand still acts up when I use my MacBook on the couch a couple of nights in a row.
A: I have only ever experienced the opposite - I have frequently ended up with sore fingers from ONE finger scrolling on traditional mice. I've been a cross-platform developer for decades, including the one-button Apple mouse era so I'm a good data point for comparing both.
Currently, my desktop has a Bamboo touchpad and scroll-wheel mouse on my PC then an Apple Magic Mouse on the left of my Mac keyboard with a Magic Pad on the right of my keyboard. I use two-fingers for scrolling on both Mac and PC on the pads and prefer it to using the scroll wheel on my PC mouse.
In particular, with the pads, you can scroll with a hand gesture that is more of a swipe, unlike the single-finger on the traditional mouse.
A: I've noticed an obvious correlation btw recent work involving internet searching and posting- my hand is very swollen on the back and extremely sore- hurts even to wash my hands, and getting worse. I use a track pad with 2 finger scroll, but even typing hurts now. Have tried to switch to traditional mouse, but I'm not familiar enough- too many things I can't seem to do. And typing left handed doesn't really work anyway.
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03641c4e4d5a0c810aa050a6843682e202b537ee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I find the free app of the day? I'm a Mac user. I want to know which software will help me find the free app of the day in the App Store?
App store always lists the free apps, but it doesn’t display the original price of the applications.
A: I use Store News which is excellent for finding out price drops and discounted apps.
If you have an iOS device, try AppZapp - allows you to set watch lists, and push notifications and has the ability to track Mac Apps too.
| Q: How can I find the free app of the day? I'm a Mac user. I want to know which software will help me find the free app of the day in the App Store?
App store always lists the free apps, but it doesn’t display the original price of the applications.
A: I use Store News which is excellent for finding out price drops and discounted apps.
If you have an iOS device, try AppZapp - allows you to set watch lists, and push notifications and has the ability to track Mac Apps too.
A: AppShopper is my personal favorite . Notifies you change of version bumps and price changes if the item is in your Want list.
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440fed08c34ebfa044e834b6de38d07e57a14cf9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does one type an "É" (capital e acute) in the French keyboard layout in Mac OS X? I've searched the web for a method to type an "É" character with a french keyboard layout in firefox.
It appears I'm supposed to type ⌥+E, and then ⇧+E to achieve this, but as soon as I press ⌥ and E simultaneously, an
ê
character appears. Why, and what should I try instead?
I'm using Lion.
A: To type this character, type ⌥+E, then ⇧+E. "É" is the character I get.
In Lion, I understand one can hold down the key, a la iOS, and get a list of possible characters with accents for many of the keys:
| Q: How does one type an "É" (capital e acute) in the French keyboard layout in Mac OS X? I've searched the web for a method to type an "É" character with a french keyboard layout in firefox.
It appears I'm supposed to type ⌥+E, and then ⇧+E to achieve this, but as soon as I press ⌥ and E simultaneously, an
ê
character appears. Why, and what should I try instead?
I'm using Lion.
A: To type this character, type ⌥+E, then ⇧+E. "É" is the character I get.
In Lion, I understand one can hold down the key, a la iOS, and get a list of possible characters with accents for many of the keys:
A: The standard dead-key combo for a French layout is ⌥ + Shift + &, then Shift + E.
A: For those who have a Swiss-French layout here are the key combinations to make É:
⌥ + ^, then Shift + E.
In Swiss-French layout, the symbol ` is the grave accent and can be accessed by Shift + ^ and the acute accent ´ is accessed by the other combination: ⌥ + ^.
Only the grave accent is printed on the top of the ^ key.
A: French layout?
*
*Press caps lock ⇪.
*Press the é key (that's the 2 on a QWERTY).
*Press caps lock ⇪ again.
But you need to make sure you're using the French layout, and not French - numeric (“Français - numérique”, French flag with “123” beneath it).
Otherwise, you're explicitly asking the system to use the caps lock key as a shift lock for the numbers bar on the top of the keyboard!
A: You can use Edit menu and press Special Character (option + Command + T) and from opening window go to Latin tab and find É.
A: in Lion just hold e or if you need in uppercase hold Shift + e and you will have an option pop up
A: In French grammar, the rules are that there are no accents on upper case letters. This error was introduced with Microsoft word which enforced accenting upper case letters and was fixed since then. The rules never changed and it is still grammatically wrong to put an accent on an upper case letter in French.
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4c0ed190ee23e6f920e963749476f28cdb382fc3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to automatically attach E-mail, not embed them How can I add E-Mail-Attachments automatically to an E-Mail, without integrating them?
Especially photos!
Menu -> Edit -> Attachments... doesn't work!
I use OS X Lion (10.7.2) and Mail (5.1).
Anyone have any ideas?
A: You can do this individually by dragging the image(s) in, right clicking on them and clicking "View as Icon". You can select multiple images at once to do this as well.
If you would like Mail to do this automatically with all attachments, try the following Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
Relaunch Mail for this to take effect.
Hope this helps!
| Q: How to automatically attach E-mail, not embed them How can I add E-Mail-Attachments automatically to an E-Mail, without integrating them?
Especially photos!
Menu -> Edit -> Attachments... doesn't work!
I use OS X Lion (10.7.2) and Mail (5.1).
Anyone have any ideas?
A: You can do this individually by dragging the image(s) in, right clicking on them and clicking "View as Icon". You can select multiple images at once to do this as well.
If you would like Mail to do this automatically with all attachments, try the following Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
Relaunch Mail for this to take effect.
Hope this helps!
A: Mail offers you no way to change the attachment to not be inline. There are ways to change the appearance of it, using 'View as icon', and there is a command line instruction that will set that as the default. But this only applies to you, not the recipient of any messages that you send.
However, it doesn't have to be this way. The MIME protocol does allow for non-inline attachments. But the only way I've found that allows you to utilise this is to use Lokiware's Attachment Tamer, currently $14.99.
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f2dd0ccf0ee06fe587ce3a799e9f47630ba479da | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why doesn't my calendar alert me when events are upcoming? I have my Google Calendar synced up to my iPhone 4S and by all the settings I can find, it looks like I am supposed to recieve alerts 15 minutes before every event. However, this has never happened.
How come there is no alert being displayed when an event is upcoming? I can see it in Notification Centre, but there is no banner or alert.
A: Something that seems to work for Google calendars: on your phone, go to Settings => Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Scroll down to the Calendars block. Select Default alert times. You can then chose phone alerts by type of event.
| Q: Why doesn't my calendar alert me when events are upcoming? I have my Google Calendar synced up to my iPhone 4S and by all the settings I can find, it looks like I am supposed to recieve alerts 15 minutes before every event. However, this has never happened.
How come there is no alert being displayed when an event is upcoming? I can see it in Notification Centre, but there is no banner or alert.
A: Something that seems to work for Google calendars: on your phone, go to Settings => Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Scroll down to the Calendars block. Select Default alert times. You can then chose phone alerts by type of event.
A: Well, in case anyone is monitoring this, I found the answer on another site!! It has to do with using Mac (or iOS) Calendars, where you've subscribed or otherwise display a google calendar. On the Apple side, it will set up a default notification and there appears to be a bug or miscommunication between Apple and Google. So you have to turn off alerts on the Apple side. Doing so will allow Google Calendar alerts on the
Google side (if you have any set up) to be sent normally, at the correct time, only once (or how ever many you've set up), and from the correct official google calendar account. Here are the instructions from http://support.amitree.com/en/articles/1551880-receiving-too-many-email-alert-notifications
How To Stop Them
You can disable these additional Apple email alerts by going into your Apple Calendar settings on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple PC. The suggestions below should not stop the Push Notifications on your device.
iPhone/ iPad Instructions
*
*Open the Apple Calendar app
*Look for and Tap on (!) Calendars at the bottom of the screen
*Scroll to find the relevant Calendar (i.e. Folio Transactions, {name}'s Transactions)
*Tap on the (!) to the right of the Calendar name
*Scroll down to Notifications section
*Tap the toggle switch to disable Event Alerts
Apple/Mac PC Instructions
*
*Control-click (right-click) on the name of the calendar (i.e. Folio Transactions) in the calendar list, then choose Get Info.
*If you don’t see the calendar list on the left, choose View > Show Calendar List.
*Select “Ignore alerts,” then click OK.
A: I have also been having the same problem and have found that the solution is to set the reminder in the Google Calendar web interface to "pop-up". You can set this to be your default reminder by going to Settings -> Calendars -> Notifications (in the same row as your calendar). You can set up multiple reminders here.
I'm fairly certain that this didn't used to be the case but I'm not sure when it changed (or if it definitely did change). For reference, I'm using an iPhone 3GS on iOS 5.1
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293e1627d82cffdd10a8ca848f5c1442024a4248 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I scan for hardware changes? I have had the times where I have used a usb networking card, or other device, and it didn't show up, although I was not sure if it was compatible with OSX. I just was not sure if OSX had a way to scan incase it did not recognize it, or if you needed to install a driver.
Is there a way to see what hardware is on the machine, like a device manager?
A: Generally speaking there's nothing you have to do except launch the application that supports your hardware.
If you add a new network device, it is immediately listed the next time you open the Network preference pane in System Preferences.
If you add a new sound device, is it immediately listed in the Sound preference pane in System Preferences. (You can also Option+Click the volume icon in your menu bar within seconds of plugging your device in and see it in the list.)
You don't need to "add new hardware" to use it. If it is compatible, it generally just shows up.
| Q: How do I scan for hardware changes? I have had the times where I have used a usb networking card, or other device, and it didn't show up, although I was not sure if it was compatible with OSX. I just was not sure if OSX had a way to scan incase it did not recognize it, or if you needed to install a driver.
Is there a way to see what hardware is on the machine, like a device manager?
A: Generally speaking there's nothing you have to do except launch the application that supports your hardware.
If you add a new network device, it is immediately listed the next time you open the Network preference pane in System Preferences.
If you add a new sound device, is it immediately listed in the Sound preference pane in System Preferences. (You can also Option+Click the volume icon in your menu bar within seconds of plugging your device in and see it in the list.)
You don't need to "add new hardware" to use it. If it is compatible, it generally just shows up.
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631b2e7acb3c1a37781ace948d96cf2a95b20555 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to quickly scroll to top of long list in iOS? I've recently hooked my MS Exchange account into Mail.app in iOS, and consequently, the list of email in my inbox is extremely long. iOS has the unfortunate habit of scrolling the mail list to the middle of the list whenever I rotate the iPad, and it takes me a very long time to scroll back up.
I'm wondering if there's a way to quickly scroll back up to the top of the very long inbox list in iOS Mail.app, so that I can see my unread messages?
A: Tap the Status Bar at the top of the screen.
In Safari, Mail, Contacts, and many other apps, tap the status bar at
the top of the screen — which displays the network information, time,
and battery level — to scroll quickly to the top.
Source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/tips/
| Q: How to quickly scroll to top of long list in iOS? I've recently hooked my MS Exchange account into Mail.app in iOS, and consequently, the list of email in my inbox is extremely long. iOS has the unfortunate habit of scrolling the mail list to the middle of the list whenever I rotate the iPad, and it takes me a very long time to scroll back up.
I'm wondering if there's a way to quickly scroll back up to the top of the very long inbox list in iOS Mail.app, so that I can see my unread messages?
A: Tap the Status Bar at the top of the screen.
In Safari, Mail, Contacts, and many other apps, tap the status bar at
the top of the screen — which displays the network information, time,
and battery level — to scroll quickly to the top.
Source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/tips/
A: option and the up arrow. If you are using outlook on a mac, this is the fastest way to get to the top. I hope that helps because I had the same problem.
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8d21bdc5002f1a50f2928658e9d731b02e834f7d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I change my default "from" email address for the iOS Mail app? I changed my "Default Account" in Mail Preferences:
And this changes my default "from" address when I send an email from (say) the Twitter app
But when I use the Mail app to send an email, it uses my old "from" address by default.
A: If you are creating a new message, then the "default" account will be used. If you are replying to a message in another account, that account will be used as the "from:" address.
It sounds to me like you want to reply to a message received on (say) Hotmail and have the message come "from" a new GMail address. This is not possible to do by default; you will need to change the "from" address manually.
| Q: How do I change my default "from" email address for the iOS Mail app? I changed my "Default Account" in Mail Preferences:
And this changes my default "from" address when I send an email from (say) the Twitter app
But when I use the Mail app to send an email, it uses my old "from" address by default.
A: If you are creating a new message, then the "default" account will be used. If you are replying to a message in another account, that account will be used as the "from:" address.
It sounds to me like you want to reply to a message received on (say) Hotmail and have the message come "from" a new GMail address. This is not possible to do by default; you will need to change the "from" address manually.
A: It seems to be related to the order that the email accounts were created into iOS. If you look at the order of the Accounts in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars you will see what I mean.
I don't know of any way to reorder these, except by deleting them and adding them back in the order you want.
A: I'm using iOS 5.0.1 and I'm not seeing your issue at all (iPhone 4 - UK - O2)
If I set the default to account A new mail inside does default to using the email address on A. if I change it to account B, newly composed emails goes from the email on account B.
replies to emails defaults to the email address on the account the email was received in. If account A is the default, and an email is received in account B, the from address will default to account B unless you change it whilst composing the reply.
A: For me, this happened because of faulty settings in the outgoing server panel applicable to the particular account. Failing the desired server, mail went to another server, with that server's email sending address. Resolved by deleting all the Mail accounts on the device, then transferring Mail account info from my computer back to the device via iTunes connection (see Info panel on iTunes).
A: This appears to be a "feature" in IOS7. It's been called Smart Mail Account Selection by this author: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/7-hidden-gems-in-ios-7-226957?page=0,0
who seems to think this is really great. And you are correct about the Default mail setting — it's now used for outside apps only.
Apparently Apple feels it knows better than you what email address you want to appear. I have not been able to get this to change no matter what order the accounts have been added. There doesn't seem to be a way to change the setting either. My son has 2 email addresses. He once sent me an email from one of them to an email address I rarely use. Now, every time I try to send an email to him at that email address, the Mail app changes my From address to that rarely used one. I'm hoping that if I manually change it enough it will "learn" that I prefer the other one, because I seem to have no other control over this. I have spent hours scouring the web for a way to modify this behavior, but have found nothing.
A: Open the Settings app.
Under each of the Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Notes categories, look for a setting named "default account". In that setting you will see a list of accounts set up on your phone - simply tap on the one you want to be the default for this phone. Repeat for each four app settings categories. Job done.
Note that in the 'mail' setttings category, the "default account" setting is the very last one right at the bottom in iOS 14.7.1.
A: This is the most annoying problem I've ever had with my iPhone. It's been months of searching but finally found where the old email was on my phone.
I hope this works for you as well.
Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Tap on mail account -> (IMAP) Account -> Email -> Swipe to delete old one from the list.
A: The auto switching of the default account to the non-default account was happening to me and it was frustrating.
I think I may have figured out the problem: Google Sync. A day after I turned off my Google Sync setting (I think it said it may take 24 hours to update), the auto-switching sender problem was solved for me.
A: instead of going into All Inboxes; go into the Exchange or yahoo email box for example; the from: will be the one you want when you create new emails.
A: If I understand the question correctly you want to always send replies from the same server? I think what you want to do is configure your outgoing mail server on all your accounts to the the one you always want to use, ie copy the outgoing server from the account you want to use and replace the one in the other accounts with the one you want to use to send out your email.
It is easier to just leave things alone and select it on the from line each time but if you can not remember to the above "fix" should accomplish it, until Apple corrects it with a setting change.
Ed
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2b824b5a0d060ed0ef8d397e750b338eac8932f4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can an iPhone be used without iTunes? Can an iPhone (all current models) please be used without having to install iTunes on my home PC?
Would I need to have my local Apple store activate it for me?
What functionality (if any) would I lose by not having my own copy of iTunes?
(Such as; download music, install apps, OS security updates, subscribe to and download podcasts, update the sat-nav maps, backup files stored on the phone, etc)
If I would lose any functionality without iTunes, would joining iCloud effectively replace iTunes? If so, what limitations (if any) would I experience?
(I've seen contradictory answers to all these questions over the web and I hope a definative answer can be pinned down.)
A: With iOS 5 and iCloud, iPhones are now PC free. While it is beneficial to have iTunes, iCloud and iOS 5 are able to handle downloading music, installing apps, OS updates, podcasts, and backing up/restoring. Check out the page on Apple's website for a full feature list.
| Q: Can an iPhone be used without iTunes? Can an iPhone (all current models) please be used without having to install iTunes on my home PC?
Would I need to have my local Apple store activate it for me?
What functionality (if any) would I lose by not having my own copy of iTunes?
(Such as; download music, install apps, OS security updates, subscribe to and download podcasts, update the sat-nav maps, backup files stored on the phone, etc)
If I would lose any functionality without iTunes, would joining iCloud effectively replace iTunes? If so, what limitations (if any) would I experience?
(I've seen contradictory answers to all these questions over the web and I hope a definative answer can be pinned down.)
A: With iOS 5 and iCloud, iPhones are now PC free. While it is beneficial to have iTunes, iCloud and iOS 5 are able to handle downloading music, installing apps, OS updates, podcasts, and backing up/restoring. Check out the page on Apple's website for a full feature list.
A: Most definitely!
*
*For Contacts, you can sync using Yahoo, MobileMe or Gmail.
*For Calendar you would need Gmail or MobileMe.
*For Music there is plenty of third party software out there 6 Ways To Sync Music To Your iPhone Without iTunes.
Depending on whether you are using Verizon or AT&T. You can activate your phone by going to their store or sometimes you are able to call ( I know Verizon is *228). You really shouldn't lose much functionality. Although Apple stuff plays better with Apple stuff.
If you really want to pin the answer down, it might be a good question for an employee at an Apple store. They are normally helpful and answer your questions honestly.
A: I just set up a new iPod Touch running iOS 5. The setup process on the iPod Touch either requires connecting to a wi-fi network, or connecting the iPod Touch to iTunes via the usb cable. It wasn't possible for me to connect to a wi-fi network at setup time, so I had to use iTunes.
I haven't set up a new iPhone running iOS 5 yet, but the iPhone has the cell network in addition to wi-fi. Hopefully someone else explains how this works if you are activating new service or migrating from another phone.
A: Current iOS devices running iOS 5 (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) are capable of being standalone devices. You do not need a computer to use them.
The term "iTunes" can refer to two things...
The iTunes application, which you seem to take issue with, and the iTunes store, where you buy apps, music, movies, etc..
You do not need iTunes (the application), but you will find it difficult to avoid using iTunes (the store).
iTunes (the application), makes it possible to use iTunes (the store) on your computer. This can provide some convenience, but is not necessary.
As long as an iOS device can connect to the Internet, you can activate it without a computer or iTunes (the application).
iCloud provides several features. None of them really replace iTunes (application or store).
*
*iTunes in the Cloud: You can let Apple store the music you've purchased from iTunes (the store) on their servers and download them on demand (actually, they just store references to which songs you own, they already have all the files stored for iTunes (the store)). If you sign up for iTunes Match, they'll also store references to your music that is in your iTunes (application) library but wasn't purchased from Apple. They'll also upload and store your music that they do not have in the iTunes store (within limits).
*Photo Stream: Syncs your photos across all of your devices. Additional features apply to users of iPhoto or Aperture.
*Documents in the Cloud: store your docs on Apple's servers, access & sync them between devices (requires apps that have been written to take advantage of this feature).
*Backups: Back up your device's data to the cloud
*Sync Apps & Books: Apps and Books purchased through iTunes (store) and the iBookstore (an extension of the iTunes store) can be synced to multiple devices.
*Sync calendar, mail, and contact data. Comes with an @me.com email account.
*Find my Friends and Find my iPhone: lets you GPS-stalk your friends and family and track your phone if you lose it. Find my Friends can be useful at big gatherings, and it can be toggled on and off at will in case you don't want your mom to know you're hanging out in the seedy part of town.
I hope this is helpful.
A: On music not purchased in the iTunes store:
I have been looking (am looking) for ways to load music (not purchased in the iTunes store) via wifi onto my iphone. Apparently the preinstalled ipod app can only be loaded via means sanctioned by Apple (iTunes app or iTunes match).
So the only way of doing this is to drop the ipod app and replace it with an third party media player. However all players I found so far lack some of the ipod app features. Here are two ways to do this:
*
*Dropbox. You can put music into your dropbox folder on your PC. The dropbox app on the iPhone features a simple media player which can playback mp3. No playlists, artist view or album view though. Costs money if you exceed the free storage limit
*There are several download manager apps in the app store, again with a built-in media player, for example "Downloads" or "Fusic". This requires a web server to access your mp3 library. Mine is on a Linux box with an Apache running, with the mp3 collection mounted and showing the file system contents. No artist view or album view, only a flat list. Single song downloads only, if you want a full album you must load all tracks independently.
A: Yes, you can use Digidna. You can use your iPod as mass storage device. Now, copy the app into the directory and all done. Check this : http://www.infozub.com/2013/12/Digidna-Diskaid-Free-download-including-Features.html
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49e9a2bd8b4bf1f91c5a1cf0744cdb29079d1de0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Files Renamed in Finder not Reflected in iTunes? I just did a batch rename in Finder (using AppleScript), however the filenames in iTunes remain unchanged.
I tried restarting iTunes and that did not help.
I also tried iTunes >>> File >>> Library >>> Organize Library, but it happens to be grayed out, as I had already recently done this (prior to renaming the said files).
Any clue how to get these files renamed in Finder to show up in iTunes without manually doing so? It's too large a number to do manually.
Many thanks
A: Unfortunately, updating the files in Finder will not update the files in iTunes. This is because iTunes uses a file called iTunes Library.itl as a database of all your media.
You can however use the automator actions "Get Specified iTunes Items" and "Set Info of iTunes Songs" to automat the process of updating the metadata. There are some other good Automator actions in there too.
| Q: Files Renamed in Finder not Reflected in iTunes? I just did a batch rename in Finder (using AppleScript), however the filenames in iTunes remain unchanged.
I tried restarting iTunes and that did not help.
I also tried iTunes >>> File >>> Library >>> Organize Library, but it happens to be grayed out, as I had already recently done this (prior to renaming the said files).
Any clue how to get these files renamed in Finder to show up in iTunes without manually doing so? It's too large a number to do manually.
Many thanks
A: Unfortunately, updating the files in Finder will not update the files in iTunes. This is because iTunes uses a file called iTunes Library.itl as a database of all your media.
You can however use the automator actions "Get Specified iTunes Items" and "Set Info of iTunes Songs" to automat the process of updating the metadata. There are some other good Automator actions in there too.
A: What's worse is that by doing this, iTunes has no idea where the renamed files went. The key to any iTunes-related file management is to do it within iTunes itself. If you choose File -> Library -> Organize, then "consolidate" the library, you will see a large number of exclamation marks next to the renamed files. If you don't re-attach iTunes with them, it will not be able to play those files, sync them, etc.
The simplest solution would likely be to restore from backup (or otherwise undo the batch change) then re-write your AppleScript to talk to iTunes instead of Finder.
A: You will need to clear all the songs in your library then drag the media library folder into iTunes,
This will reset all the files into iTunes as by renaming the source files you would have broken the links between the software and the music file.
A: When ID3 are missing, it would be very easy for iTunes to read the file name and use that as its track name in ID3 but if there is no ID3 tags on a file it was obviously not purchased from any music store so as far as Apple is concerned it is not a file worth caring about...
A: I would suggest using mp3tag to rename files and change the id3-tags, which tell iTunes what this song called.
I've tried a couple of programs like this (including Musicbrainz Picard), but this one is really good!
(I especially love how you can turn the filename into id3 tag and vice versa!)
The only problem I still have is that iTunes won't recognize the change...
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b301adc59a7441e6048ab35858ead04b05b961a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS stops receiving left (primary) mouse click I've got a frustrating problem that seems to have cropped up within the last two months or so.
Infrequently, the left (primary) click stops registering with the OS, so I can't really click on anything. My mouse moves around the screen, I can right (secondary) click, but I just can't perform a primary click.
I'm running 10.6.8 on an Early 2011 MacBook Pro (http://support.apple.com/kb/SP619). The click stops registering both on the trackpad and my Magic Mouse.
A restart solves the problem.
Any ideas?
A: I had this same problem: no mouse devices registered a left click (internal trackpad, external trackpad, USB mouse). Right click, oddly, worked.
It turned out I had a Magic Mouse I had left in a bag that was turned on. It was compressed which registered as a button press, so no other mice/trackpads could register a left click. Taking it out and turning it off solved the issue.
I guess OS X doesn't differentiate between input devices.
| Q: OS stops receiving left (primary) mouse click I've got a frustrating problem that seems to have cropped up within the last two months or so.
Infrequently, the left (primary) click stops registering with the OS, so I can't really click on anything. My mouse moves around the screen, I can right (secondary) click, but I just can't perform a primary click.
I'm running 10.6.8 on an Early 2011 MacBook Pro (http://support.apple.com/kb/SP619). The click stops registering both on the trackpad and my Magic Mouse.
A restart solves the problem.
Any ideas?
A: I had this same problem: no mouse devices registered a left click (internal trackpad, external trackpad, USB mouse). Right click, oddly, worked.
It turned out I had a Magic Mouse I had left in a bag that was turned on. It was compressed which registered as a button press, so no other mice/trackpads could register a left click. Taking it out and turning it off solved the issue.
I guess OS X doesn't differentiate between input devices.
A: Check that your external trackpad that you now rarely use does not have a book on it! That’s what confused me for at least 10minutes
A: *
*Double check that you don't have any stuck keys on your keyboard by testing all the keys, particularly the modifiers (shift, option, etc).
*Make sure there aren't any wizards, alerts, or dialogs hidden behind existing windows or in other spaces (this one gets me often, especially running the odd mix of programs I use daily).
A: I posted this in another thread, It fixed the single click issue for me.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/130552/78030
A: So I had the same problem on my 2006 macbook, also running 10.6.8.
I was convinced it was a software problem until I read a post somewhere that said it could be an old battery that has expanded and is putting pressure on the trackpad.
So I took out the battery,made sure the power supply was plugged in an booted up...bingo, problem solved.
I then left my battery in a freezer for a while to make any swelling go down and when I put it back, all working fine for now.
So I might have to keep doing this if the problem comes back again :)
A: Macbook Pro with Apple Mouse and battery was at 82%. The mouse would move but neither the left or right buttons worked. It turned out to be simply a dirty connection on one of the batteries. Removed the batteries, scraped the connection on the mouse, re-inserted the batteries and success!
A: restart the bluetooth works for me
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f223b20231c09fd94953acf8f1bd0016d7668ae8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App to block data usage on iphone I was wondering if it was possible to block data usage completely when a certain data transfer limit has been reached? Does an app exist for that?
I am aware there are some apps that allow users to view the data usage, but is there an app to prevent completely from using Data when limit is exceeded, automatically?! This would be especially usefull to prevent the extra fees when exceeding my 1GB data usage limit.
A: No, that is not possible: it would mean Apple allows developers access to deactivating data access. I guess you can understand the security problem that would mean: an app could decide on its own you don't have data access anymore.
The only way to do that is to regularly check your data usage in “Settings > General > Usage > Cell network usage” (menu names may not be the exact ones, my iPhone isn't in English, sorry). You can reinitialize these statistics each time your limit is reset.
If your limit is crossed, switch data off in “Settings > Network” (iOS 5 only).
| Q: App to block data usage on iphone I was wondering if it was possible to block data usage completely when a certain data transfer limit has been reached? Does an app exist for that?
I am aware there are some apps that allow users to view the data usage, but is there an app to prevent completely from using Data when limit is exceeded, automatically?! This would be especially usefull to prevent the extra fees when exceeding my 1GB data usage limit.
A: No, that is not possible: it would mean Apple allows developers access to deactivating data access. I guess you can understand the security problem that would mean: an app could decide on its own you don't have data access anymore.
The only way to do that is to regularly check your data usage in “Settings > General > Usage > Cell network usage” (menu names may not be the exact ones, my iPhone isn't in English, sorry). You can reinitialize these statistics each time your limit is reset.
If your limit is crossed, switch data off in “Settings > Network” (iOS 5 only).
A: If you are jailbroken, there are some features around the SBSettings app - you can certainly make it very easy both to see how much data has gone past and switch it with a toggle - it's entirely possible that this could happen automatically...
A: you can use "data usage" app it will notify you when you achieve certain amount of data and then if you reach your desired amount, in your ios device go to:
settings > Network > cellular data > OFF
A: It isn't anything to do with the iPhone, but almost all providers will be willing to stop you going over your limit. Just ask them, it'd be easier than a software based solution on your side.
A: You could download an app like Bytes that allows you to track your data use and receive notifications when you reach your limit.
A: Yes, this is possible, and you can set a hard cap on data use. If you are in the USA and have Verizon, you can sign up for their Family Base app.
As of 2016, Verizon charge $5/mo ($60/year) for this service. Family Base will let you set alerts and caps for each phone on your account. For instance, I share my account with my data-hogging teenager. After he blew through all my data 2 months in a row, I capped him at half of our shared data allowance using Family Base. He now uses up his half of the data in a week to 10 days, but I get to keep my half, and I don't feel guilty about it at all.
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10d625ac2024885e08ae530b2b6483a030a4c4a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone 4s problems making calls My original 4s had issues with phone calls. Half the time calls were made the person on the other end couldn't hear me. Took to Apple store and they gave me a new phone. I've had it 5 days and it has more issues then my 1st one. 50% of the time I make calls neither person can hear each other. I can't even hear it dialing the #, but I watch the call timer run as it does connect. Tried restoring the phone, but still no luck. Is it a hardware issue or AT&T issue? Anyone know?
A: It sounds like an issue with the hardware of the phone. I'd take it back to the Apple Store and have them swap it again. Before you leave, make a few calls on the new phone and make sure the issue is resolved. I've seen this issue pretty frequently on iPhone 4/S's
| Q: iPhone 4s problems making calls My original 4s had issues with phone calls. Half the time calls were made the person on the other end couldn't hear me. Took to Apple store and they gave me a new phone. I've had it 5 days and it has more issues then my 1st one. 50% of the time I make calls neither person can hear each other. I can't even hear it dialing the #, but I watch the call timer run as it does connect. Tried restoring the phone, but still no luck. Is it a hardware issue or AT&T issue? Anyone know?
A: It sounds like an issue with the hardware of the phone. I'd take it back to the Apple Store and have them swap it again. Before you leave, make a few calls on the new phone and make sure the issue is resolved. I've seen this issue pretty frequently on iPhone 4/S's
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673c2a8f9e51151aa0e30a2392a975c82dc4d95b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does "(null)" want access to my Twitter accounts? Have anyone seen this message before, when accessing the official twitter app?
"(null)" would like access to twitter accounts
I have an iPod Touch with iOS 5, not jail-broken.
Is it a virus?
A: It is a bug in the Twitter app, not a virus. (null) is simply what the program gets when trying to insert a nonexistent name into would like access to Twitter accounts.
I would report this as a bug to Twitter.
| Q: Why does "(null)" want access to my Twitter accounts? Have anyone seen this message before, when accessing the official twitter app?
"(null)" would like access to twitter accounts
I have an iPod Touch with iOS 5, not jail-broken.
Is it a virus?
A: It is a bug in the Twitter app, not a virus. (null) is simply what the program gets when trying to insert a nonexistent name into would like access to Twitter accounts.
I would report this as a bug to Twitter.
A: Twitter has been integrated into iOS 5. To view the authorized apps connected to your account, go to Settings > Twitter. Any app that has the ability to "tweet" will request access to your Twitter credentials (Safari, Photos, for example).
The error message you are seeing is a bug in the Twitter client. It should read: "Twitter would like access to twitter accounts." Allowing it access means not having to sign in using the client. Your credentials will be pulled right from iOS.
There are no viruses or exploits in the wild for any handheld Apple device. Furthermore, such exploits would require the installation of a unscrupulous app, something which Apple's App Store protects against.
You can read more about Apple's iOS Twitter integration here.
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e81bb3baadf028f3f5dee92860a273ac989d2a86 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine Error -36 I have a NAS device attached to my router. I'm using it as a backup device for my Mac Book Pro. I'm getting the following error:
The backup disk image /Volumes/SHARE-1/MacBookPro.sparsebundle could not be created (error -36).
I'm not sure what the problem is. The NAS device is a Buffalo external device with a SMB (FAT) format. Could this be the problem?
A: Yes, the FAT is the problem. Time Machine needs an HFS+ formatted drive.
That's quite logical, since files copied from your HFS+ system have many attributes that could not be handled by the FAT filesystem, not even counting the files too long, or the characters that could not be accepted as a valid filename on FAT drives :)
| Q: Time Machine Error -36 I have a NAS device attached to my router. I'm using it as a backup device for my Mac Book Pro. I'm getting the following error:
The backup disk image /Volumes/SHARE-1/MacBookPro.sparsebundle could not be created (error -36).
I'm not sure what the problem is. The NAS device is a Buffalo external device with a SMB (FAT) format. Could this be the problem?
A: Yes, the FAT is the problem. Time Machine needs an HFS+ formatted drive.
That's quite logical, since files copied from your HFS+ system have many attributes that could not be handled by the FAT filesystem, not even counting the files too long, or the characters that could not be accepted as a valid filename on FAT drives :)
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3bda2c257008490a38ea565461e730bb508d1cf1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adding new contact to iMessage group chat With iMessage there is a group chat feature similar to the feature in Whats App. But I can't find a way to add new people to an ongoing group chat.
Is this possible?
A: No. Its not possible, though its nice feature to add to in next version.
| Q: Adding new contact to iMessage group chat With iMessage there is a group chat feature similar to the feature in Whats App. But I can't find a way to add new people to an ongoing group chat.
Is this possible?
A: No. Its not possible, though its nice feature to add to in next version.
A: This is possible in Yosemite: just click "Add Contact…" in the Details pane.
A: You can, go create new message then where it says recipients (or to:) add as many people (On imessage) as you like.
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0489224cff2405f8fd571888896b1014e6da51f5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enroll devices while "Can enable remote management" is disabled? I'm deploying a large number of iPads and Mac Minis in my environment, and I need to be able to enroll them so they can be managed by my server.
In my server "Profile Manager" there is a setting to "Can Enable Remote Management".
By enabling this, I can Enroll a device through the http://myserver/mydevices/ page
If I disable the "Can Enable Remote Management" feature, the "Enroll this mac" button disappears.
This is to be expected since once I have the remote management enabled, I don't want any other users monkeying with it, removing the trust certificate, or otherwise vandalizing my hard work.
What is the right way to mass deploy these devices to my network, ensuring they can't be changed by the users, and disabling the ability for the end user to enable/disable remote management.
A: Four years after you posted this, Apple's answer to this is Device Enrollment Program to point all the macOS and iOS hardware you buy to your MDM enrollment URL without user interaction.
That way the devices can be enrolled, supervised, managed without needing to train end users.
| Q: How do I enroll devices while "Can enable remote management" is disabled? I'm deploying a large number of iPads and Mac Minis in my environment, and I need to be able to enroll them so they can be managed by my server.
In my server "Profile Manager" there is a setting to "Can Enable Remote Management".
By enabling this, I can Enroll a device through the http://myserver/mydevices/ page
If I disable the "Can Enable Remote Management" feature, the "Enroll this mac" button disappears.
This is to be expected since once I have the remote management enabled, I don't want any other users monkeying with it, removing the trust certificate, or otherwise vandalizing my hard work.
What is the right way to mass deploy these devices to my network, ensuring they can't be changed by the users, and disabling the ability for the end user to enable/disable remote management.
A: Four years after you posted this, Apple's answer to this is Device Enrollment Program to point all the macOS and iOS hardware you buy to your MDM enrollment URL without user interaction.
That way the devices can be enrolled, supervised, managed without needing to train end users.
A: I'm too deploying Lion in masse, I was wondering the same as you and I found on Profile Manger's help (About the user portal->Providing configuration profiles for download->Enrolling devices):
If you use Profile Manager as a mobile device management server, the user portal allows users to quickly enroll their devices.
In Profile Manager, select a user or group, then click 'Can enable device management.'
Provide your users with the user portal URL.
To see the URL, click View User Portal in the Profile Manager pane of the Server app. It is similar to example.com/mydevices. When users log in, they click the Enroll button to download a configuration profile that initiates the enrollment process".
As to prevent users to vandalize your settings, you can add another payload to your profiles to keep users from opening Profiles pane on System Preferences, Everyone group seems good to do this.
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722406909b808b0d6be0da327397571315750759 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to look at photos by date taken in iPhoto? In Windows Live Photo Gallery, there's an easy way to view photos by date taken:
How do I accomplish the same thing in iPhoto '11?
A: Using the search functionality is usually the best way to find unknown options.
First select Photos from the sidebar. Then sort by date.
| Q: Is there a way to look at photos by date taken in iPhoto? In Windows Live Photo Gallery, there's an easy way to view photos by date taken:
How do I accomplish the same thing in iPhoto '11?
A: Using the search functionality is usually the best way to find unknown options.
First select Photos from the sidebar. Then sort by date.
A: What I've done is created smart albums and organized them by year, then by month. You can create smart albums by going to File>New Smart Album. Then, select a date range. IMO, this is the best way to do it. I've organized it exactly like your picture.
A: Yes! If you're in Events, you can go to the View menu, hover on Sort Events and check the By Date option. This will do the same thing for Photos if you're selected on Photos. This will sort the Events or Photos you're looking at by date taken. As you're scrolling though them, a HUD will show the month they were taken.
Hope this helps.
A: If you create a whole year's worth of smart albums like @daviesgeek has, and you have Keyboard Maestro installed, you can use a macro I created to change a set of twelve Smart Albums to represent a different year. The instructions and macro file are available here.
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f27157c9779a5b71db09b7511ce6bda5f5d6cec0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I force text messages to send and receive via iMessage? When I chat with two of my friends (say A. and T.), our iPhones use text instead of iMessage. It used to work using iMessage, but one day, it switched to text. A, T and myself otherwise use iMessage with other contacts without any problem. It's only A <-> me and T <-> me which uses text.
How do I reset iMessage in order to re-enable it with these two friends?
A: You can delete the SMS messages from the conversation and just leave the iMessages. Then reset your phone using the sleep/wake + home buttons. This has restored the default to Send via imessage again for the conversation.
| Q: How do I force text messages to send and receive via iMessage? When I chat with two of my friends (say A. and T.), our iPhones use text instead of iMessage. It used to work using iMessage, but one day, it switched to text. A, T and myself otherwise use iMessage with other contacts without any problem. It's only A <-> me and T <-> me which uses text.
How do I reset iMessage in order to re-enable it with these two friends?
A: You can delete the SMS messages from the conversation and just leave the iMessages. Then reset your phone using the sleep/wake + home buttons. This has restored the default to Send via imessage again for the conversation.
A: Try disabling iMessage in Settings → Messages → iMessage. Turn it off and then turn it back on. After doing this, close all apps and restart your phone by holding down the Lock button and the Home button for ten seconds. If this does not resolve the issue, it may related to the other users' devices.
You can also try restoring your iPhone though iTunes and setting up as a new device if you don't believe it's related to the other users.
A: If you're using Sprint and Google Voice, see this support article from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4091
Summary:
Integrating your Sprint account with Google Voice may prevent your mobile phone number from being registered for use with FaceTime video calls and iMessage text messages.
This occurs only when your Sprint phone number and Google Voice number are not the same. It should not affect your ability to send or receive SMS or MMS messages, or to receive or place FaceTime calls or iMessages using an email address instead of your phone number.
The support article doesn't give a solution, but I infer that you would need to change something with respect to Google Voice. I don't have a Sprint account and I don't know what it means to integrate a Sprint account with Google Voice.
A: I just had the same issue (also with a person named "A") and was able to resolve it by sending an iMessage to A.'s email address, which she had registered to receive iMessages. She received it fine. That seemed to wake her iPhone up to the fact that I was sending from an iMessage-capable number, as she was then able to send me an iMessage to my mobile number, where just minutes before it didn't work.
We then repeated the procedure in reverse (she iMessage'd my email address). Now we are both able to send each other iMessages to each other's mobile number.
A: Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. This reset my iPhone back to iMessages when it got stuck in a rut sending text messages to another iPhone user.
A: On iOS 16:
*
*send the message normally (blue bubble)
*tap and hold on the blue bubble
*this menu shows up, select send as text
*the bubble turns green
You will only see this option if your conversation is with a phone number. You can change this by tapping/holding the message icon of the contact and then selecting the number.
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447a3b02576543ce84433b3df60c2efd6314ff7f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I convert a RAID 0 set to a RAID 5 set? Can I convert a RAID 0 set to a RAID 5 set in a Mac Pro? I currently have two 500GB drives in a RAID 0 set. I want to add a third drive and convert it to a RAID 5 set. Is it possible to do this without wiping the current array and rebuilding from scratch? If I have to rebuild from scratch, can I take an image of the current state using Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC), kill the RAID 0 set, make the RAID 5 set, and restore from the CCC image?
A: Disk Utility will only support RAID 1 and 0 using software raid.
If you have the RAID Card for the Mac Pro, you can configure RAID 5. I've never actually used or configured one of these in the wild so I can't give you exact specifics on using it.
| Q: Can I convert a RAID 0 set to a RAID 5 set? Can I convert a RAID 0 set to a RAID 5 set in a Mac Pro? I currently have two 500GB drives in a RAID 0 set. I want to add a third drive and convert it to a RAID 5 set. Is it possible to do this without wiping the current array and rebuilding from scratch? If I have to rebuild from scratch, can I take an image of the current state using Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC), kill the RAID 0 set, make the RAID 5 set, and restore from the CCC image?
A: Disk Utility will only support RAID 1 and 0 using software raid.
If you have the RAID Card for the Mac Pro, you can configure RAID 5. I've never actually used or configured one of these in the wild so I can't give you exact specifics on using it.
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f053d0fdd0664010642510afb8d9ef3df27e67f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a Mac text editor that has live display of unique word count? That is, it shows, while you type, the count of unique words. Not a count of all words.
If the document had the words:
The cat is in the hat which is in Toledo.
It would show a count of 7.
I know I could write a short shell script to do this but I'm looking for real-time display. If you know of an editor that allows writing such a real-time plugin that would be helpful as well.
A: Emacs can do it (as most things). Have a look at this page. The part: "How many times was each word used?" - is quite similar to your problem. WordCountMode shows how to put the info in the modeline. Shouldn't be too hard to get in a form you need.
| Q: Is there a Mac text editor that has live display of unique word count? That is, it shows, while you type, the count of unique words. Not a count of all words.
If the document had the words:
The cat is in the hat which is in Toledo.
It would show a count of 7.
I know I could write a short shell script to do this but I'm looking for real-time display. If you know of an editor that allows writing such a real-time plugin that would be helpful as well.
A: Emacs can do it (as most things). Have a look at this page. The part: "How many times was each word used?" - is quite similar to your problem. WordCountMode shows how to put the info in the modeline. Shouldn't be too hard to get in a form you need.
A: Here is an online analyzer. Does it all in an instant!
http://textalyser.net/
Dont forget to adjust the stoplist to "none" if you want to count every single word.
A: I can think of several possible solutions at all price points to help you tally up your words.
Free
*
*~Text Wrangler~ BBEdit, by Barebones Software, is a freemium text editor that should be able to do what you ask and much more.
*Word Counter isn't a text editor, but it can count your words, report word frequency, and provide readability statistics.
Low cost
*
*iA Writer, available on the App Store, shows running word and character counts and is unique in that it estimates how long it takes someone to read your work.
*Byword, also available on the App Store, is my personal favorite for writing in Markdown.
These two low-cost apps don't report unique words; however, they work great with Marked, which can help you visualize word repetition.
Premium Software
*
*BBEdit, also by Barebones Software, is among the first text editors for Mac OS and highly regarded with deep support for AppleScript.
*TextMate, by Macromates, is another text editor that can do much more than provide word counts
*DEVONthink Pro can do exactly what you want. Well, a unique word count is readily available and the app has a bonus; the capability of finding semantic connections among your documents using a pretty terrific artificial intelligence. DEVONnote may also have this capability, but it's been years since I've used it.
Sorry I didn't link to all of my suggestions, but I don't have the clout here at StackExchange to post all of them. I left links to what I believe are the two best answers to help you.
A: With BBEdit (not free) this can be accomplished with these steps:
*
*Break up all words into individual lines by using several search and replace to turn any non-word character into a line break. To do that, use the Find command, turn on "Grep" checkbox, enter [^a-z]+ (this finds everything that's not a letter) into the Find box and \r (that's a line break) into the Replace box, then click "Replace All".
*Remove all empty lines by using the "Process Lines Containing..." command from the "Text" menu: Enter ^$ into the text field and check only the "Use grep" and the "Delete matched lines" options. Click "Process".
*Remove all duplicates by using the "Process Duplicate Lines..." command from the "Text" menu: Click "Leaving one" and check only the "Delete duplicate lines" option. Click "Process".
What's left in the text is one unique word per line. So, check how many lines the text now contains to know the number of unique words in your text.
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3a05d7014ec674dd58f77aaa180c74f38344246c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to customize multi-touch gestures on an iPad? The iPad has multi-touch gestures:
Is it possible to customize these gestures? If so, how?
A: Not out of the box - the closest you could get some gestures is to jailbreak and install Activator which allows you to e.g. customize pinch and spread actions, slide from left/right/bottom/top of screen and then assign and action e.g. launch an app, lock the screen etc.
| Q: Is it possible to customize multi-touch gestures on an iPad? The iPad has multi-touch gestures:
Is it possible to customize these gestures? If so, how?
A: Not out of the box - the closest you could get some gestures is to jailbreak and install Activator which allows you to e.g. customize pinch and spread actions, slide from left/right/bottom/top of screen and then assign and action e.g. launch an app, lock the screen etc.
A: If you're talking about customizing the way you invoke these gestures, I think your only option (without jail-breaking) is to make it so that instead of having to perform these gestures, you tap a few buttons. Apple calls this feature AssistiveTouch.
For example, if you want to exit an app by using AssistiveTouch rather than performing the normal gesture, do both of the following:
To create a new gesture (do this one time for each gesture):
*
*Launch Settings
*Go to General
*Temporarily disable the multi-tasking gestures (this will make it easier to record the gesture)
*Navigate to Accessibility > Assistive Touch
*Enable it on the top
*Create a new gesture
*Perform the close app gesture (start with four fingers spread out, and then slide all four fingers towards the center).
*Press Save on the top right, and name it something like Close App.
*Re-enable multi-tasking gestures (Settings > General)
To use the gesture:
*
*Make sure you are in an app and not looking at the home screen.
*Tap the new transparent button which appears on the bottom right.
*Tap Favorites > Close App.
*Tap in the center of the screen
*You should now see your home screen instead of the original app you were in.
It's not that practical, since you end up having to tap 4 buttons instead of performing a single four-finger gesture, but it's an option in case anyone needs it.
Tip: if you don't want the AssistiveTouch button always visible, in the Accessibility page, you can set it to appear and disappear by triple-tapping the home button.
A: Zephyr (video demo) allows you to customize multi-touch gestures on both on any jailbroken iOS device. It allows you to have much more control over gestures than Activator.
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424dc4edd799574459edf1950ba8a18c2b092fc4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: PDF metadata editor for iOS I have several PDF ebooks in my iBooks.
Some of them have their titles & authors visible. Some only displayed as "untitled".
Is there any PDF metadata editor for iPad?
A: I am a big fan of PDF Pen on the Mac and would encourage you to shoot them an email linking back to here. Adding that as a feature to their new iOS PDF editor might be something they can do quickly and really make it quicker to make these sorts of changes.
| Q: PDF metadata editor for iOS I have several PDF ebooks in my iBooks.
Some of them have their titles & authors visible. Some only displayed as "untitled".
Is there any PDF metadata editor for iPad?
A: I am a big fan of PDF Pen on the Mac and would encourage you to shoot them an email linking back to here. Adding that as a feature to their new iOS PDF editor might be something they can do quickly and really make it quicker to make these sorts of changes.
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90ab96abedc4492418dca8e733c18a26fc6a51e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: One Apple ID or Two? Can someone please help me out? I currently own an iPhone and an iPad and my son has a iPod touch 4th Generation. iCloud works well between them, but my wife is looking to get an iPhone as well. If she uses a new Apple ID can she still use my purchased apps? Or if we use the same Apple ID can you separate contacts or would turn it off on one device?
A: You should have one AppleID per person that you use for iCloud, Notes, Contacts, Mail, Calendar and to-do's. You then pick one of these ID's to buy things in iTunes and the App store. You probably want to use the ID you have used to purchased music and apps with up until now.
So setup your wife's iDevice(s) with her new AppleID. When you are done, go into Settings/Store and change the AppleID you to your existing ID (only in the store).
Now you each have your own iCould but everything you buy can be shared between the both of you.
| Q: One Apple ID or Two? Can someone please help me out? I currently own an iPhone and an iPad and my son has a iPod touch 4th Generation. iCloud works well between them, but my wife is looking to get an iPhone as well. If she uses a new Apple ID can she still use my purchased apps? Or if we use the same Apple ID can you separate contacts or would turn it off on one device?
A: You should have one AppleID per person that you use for iCloud, Notes, Contacts, Mail, Calendar and to-do's. You then pick one of these ID's to buy things in iTunes and the App store. You probably want to use the ID you have used to purchased music and apps with up until now.
So setup your wife's iDevice(s) with her new AppleID. When you are done, go into Settings/Store and change the AppleID you to your existing ID (only in the store).
Now you each have your own iCould but everything you buy can be shared between the both of you.
A: This is a seemingly simple question, but the answer is very complex because Apple's intended use case seems to be 1 person with one computer, one iTunes account and one or more iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad (iOS device)s.
Some facts to frame the answer:
*
*An Apple ID is linked to each iTunes account.
*An iOS device can have apps on it from any number of
iTunes accounts
*A device can only sync with one iTunes library at a time.
*Syncing a device with a new iTunes library disassociates it from the previous library (and deletes the media synced from the previous library from the device).
*iCloud accounts store contacts, schedules and email and have little to do with your iTunes content. You probably want separate iCloud accounts unless you want to get reminders for her appointments and vice versa.
Given this information, there are a couple of solutions.
Solution 1:
You and your wife share a computer and an iTunes library. Since your devices and hers sync from the same library, you will use the same pool of media and apps. If your wife gets her own iCloud account, she can set that up separately from the shared iTunes account. See the following Apple knowledgebase article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4895
There are no technical problems here. Though it's conceivable that it would be impractical or undesirable to share a computer and an iTunes account.
Solution 2:
You and your wife use separate iTunes accounts with separate iTunes Libraries, either under separate user accounts on the same computer or on two different computers. Here, you each keep your stuff separate, but you can authorize her iTunes library to use media from your account and vice versa. See Apple knowledgebase article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
You still probably want different iCloud accounts.
Solution 3:
You use separate iTunes libraries, separate iTunes accounts, but your wife can sign into your iTunes account in the App Store app on her phone and download any of your previous purchases.
From Apple knowledgebase article ht1311:
"The account ID that was synced to the device is displayed at the bottom of each page [in the App Store or iTunes apps], so you'll always know what account you are using on the device. Simply open iTunes or the App Store on your iOS device and scroll to the bottom of any page to see which account is currently in use. You can also see this in Settings under the Store option."
I'm sure there are other options, but these are what I see as the best scenarios in descending order. The first option is the easiest from a technology standpoint, but when you factor in human issues, the second option may be more desirable.
I hope this is helpful.
A: I would most definitely recommend using two separate Apple ID's for iCloud syncing. While you can have multiple devices attached to a single Apple ID (as you do with your iPhone and iPad), all of the same information will be pushed to all devices, meaning you would not have the ability to maintain discrete contacts, calendars, bookmarks, etc. Apple ID's in general, and for iCloud use in particular, are really designed to be single user identifiers.
The good news is that using two separate iCloud ID's does not prohibit you and your wife, and your son for that matter, from still sharing App Store purchases. iOS devices maintain separate login information for iCloud syncing, App Store and iTunes account info. Once you have set your new phone up with iCloud, go to Settings --> Store and select the Apple ID at the bottom of the screen and sign out. After signing out, you will be presented with a Sign In button at the top of the screen. After pressing it, select "Use Existing Apple ID". Now enter the login information for the account all of your app store purchases are under. You now have iCloud syncing to your wives own personal Apple ID and her apps syncing from your already existing Apple ID. Just note that if either of you have the "Automatically download apps" feature selected, you will receive everything your partner downloads as well as apps you've downloaded.
If you have any more questions on this process, I'll be happy to try and expand.
A: Your wife should get her own AppleID and use that for iCloud. To use the same apps as yours, she can enter your ID when prompted and buy new apps with your ID in the store. This is safer than using the same ID for iCloud and try to separate personal data.
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f819bb0060eed466ee6837ccc3a35e048a0cbd7f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bash script to toggle wifi in lion Is it possible to have a bash script that toggle my wifi on and off? I am using lion (10.7.2).
A: Assuming your hardware is somewhat similar to mine:
networksetup -setairportpower en1 on
networksetup -setairportpower en1 off
You can run networksetup -listallhardwareports to find the device (en1) of your Wi-Fi in case it's different.
To toggle put something like the following lines into a script or shell function:
[[ "$(networksetup -getairportpower en1)" == *On ]] && v=off || v=on
networksetup -setairportpower en1 $v
| Q: Bash script to toggle wifi in lion Is it possible to have a bash script that toggle my wifi on and off? I am using lion (10.7.2).
A: Assuming your hardware is somewhat similar to mine:
networksetup -setairportpower en1 on
networksetup -setairportpower en1 off
You can run networksetup -listallhardwareports to find the device (en1) of your Wi-Fi in case it's different.
To toggle put something like the following lines into a script or shell function:
[[ "$(networksetup -getairportpower en1)" == *On ]] && v=off || v=on
networksetup -setairportpower en1 $v
A: #!/bin/bash
device=$(networksetup -listallhardwareports |
grep -E '(Wi-Fi|AirPort)' -A 1 | grep -o en.)
[[ "$(networksetup -getairportpower $device)" == *On ]] && v=off || v=on
networksetup -setairportpower $device $v
The port name is Wi-Fi on 10.7 and AirPort on 10.6. The device name can be at least en0, en1, or en2 depending on your setup.
A: Head over to this page. A guy by the name of heatxsink made a pretty handy script that will toggle your wifi on or off depending on the status of your ethernet connection.
You can add your own growl notifications pretty easily if you want. Also make sure to follow every step precisely as the script relies on filenames and locations of the files.
Other options:
You can try out ControlPlane. It seems promising to fill your need for automation.
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