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e888384b4aa5397343f3cc470e0274378741d5f0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS reply to email with attachment Is there a way to attach an image from the library using the default Mail app, while replying to an email?
‘Email photo’ in the Camera roll creates a new message, and ‘Reply’ doesn't give you an option to attach, as far as I can tell. I would also like to have the ability to attach multiple images.
A: The easiest way to add a photo as an attachment is to open you photo library while multi-tasking find the photo you want to attach.
Hold down on the image until the copy button appears, Hit copy.
Go back to Mail and hold down in the body of the message. Hit paste when the option shows up.
Repeat until you have all the attachments you wanted.
| Q: iOS reply to email with attachment Is there a way to attach an image from the library using the default Mail app, while replying to an email?
‘Email photo’ in the Camera roll creates a new message, and ‘Reply’ doesn't give you an option to attach, as far as I can tell. I would also like to have the ability to attach multiple images.
A: The easiest way to add a photo as an attachment is to open you photo library while multi-tasking find the photo you want to attach.
Hold down on the image until the copy button appears, Hit copy.
Go back to Mail and hold down in the body of the message. Hit paste when the option shows up.
Repeat until you have all the attachments you wanted.
A: Its also possible to attach multiple photos at once. To do so (applies to iOS 8.1.1):
*
*Switch to the "Photos" app and tap "Select" button in the upper
right corner
*Select photos you wish to attach
*Tap "Share" button in the left bottom corner (box with an arrow pointing outwards) and choose "Copy"
*Switch to the "Mail" app, click "Reply" and hold in the body of the message until the pop-up menu appears.
*Choose "Paste"
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aab3b9dcea324f8587cad33bbdd80bbd7874fa90 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Black MacBook WiFi drops when fan starts blowing I have a 2007 Black MacBook running the latest version of Mac OS X Lion. It has a strange issue wherein the Airport shuts down if the fan starts blowing, and will not start up without a reboot.
Any ideas as to what would be causing this? All sorts of things can make the fan start, but the screensaver and iTunes visualizer are major culprits. It sometimes even does it when I have too many programs open for an extended period of time.
Does anyone have any ideas as to the cause of this? If so, what would be a good solution?
A: That's quite an odd issue. I would suggest re-installing OS X Lion and seeing if that rectifies the situation. If that doesn't fix it, I'd take it to an Apple Authorised Service Provider (AASP) or an Apple Store - sounds like either the AirPort card or the Main Logic Board in that unit is faulty. I wish I could look at that unit personally, I'd love to find the root of that issue.
Good Luck!
| Q: Black MacBook WiFi drops when fan starts blowing I have a 2007 Black MacBook running the latest version of Mac OS X Lion. It has a strange issue wherein the Airport shuts down if the fan starts blowing, and will not start up without a reboot.
Any ideas as to what would be causing this? All sorts of things can make the fan start, but the screensaver and iTunes visualizer are major culprits. It sometimes even does it when I have too many programs open for an extended period of time.
Does anyone have any ideas as to the cause of this? If so, what would be a good solution?
A: That's quite an odd issue. I would suggest re-installing OS X Lion and seeing if that rectifies the situation. If that doesn't fix it, I'd take it to an Apple Authorised Service Provider (AASP) or an Apple Store - sounds like either the AirPort card or the Main Logic Board in that unit is faulty. I wish I could look at that unit personally, I'd love to find the root of that issue.
Good Luck!
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aab7f89052454a33da4a13af3dc3e278929388e5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I turn off the "Reader" button in Mobile Safari? I never use the "Reader" feature in iOS 5's Mobile Safari, and the button for it sits there in the address bar just being a nuisance when I want to see or edit the URL in the address box. How do I turn it off?
A: I am fairly certain there is no way to disable this feature, short of jailbreaking your device. Even then, I am not aware of any tools to do so. Sorry this isn't the news you were hoping for!
| Q: How do I turn off the "Reader" button in Mobile Safari? I never use the "Reader" feature in iOS 5's Mobile Safari, and the button for it sits there in the address bar just being a nuisance when I want to see or edit the URL in the address box. How do I turn it off?
A: I am fairly certain there is no way to disable this feature, short of jailbreaking your device. Even then, I am not aware of any tools to do so. Sorry this isn't the news you were hoping for!
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e0a9b2da7be1696c34c2ba4734709387f00d9fc9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does archived mail count towards your iCloud storage allowance? Does archived mail in iCloud count towards your iCloud storage allowance?
A: It does indeed - all mail that 'exists' is taking up space and therefore counts towards your allowance limit. The only way to free up space is to delete things fully.
| Q: Does archived mail count towards your iCloud storage allowance? Does archived mail in iCloud count towards your iCloud storage allowance?
A: It does indeed - all mail that 'exists' is taking up space and therefore counts towards your allowance limit. The only way to free up space is to delete things fully.
A: According to Apple,
When you sign up for iCloud, you automatically get 5GB of free storage. And that’s plenty of room, because of the way iCloud stores your content. Your purchased music, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against your free storage. Since your mail, documents, Camera Roll, account information, settings, and other app data don’t use as much space, you’ll find that 5GB goes a long way. And if you need more storage, you can easily purchase a storage upgrade right from your device.
So yes, mail counts against your storage allowance, but photos, music, apps, books, and TV shows do not.
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f5743dcabb7be89d484fd3c80e63a1b25116c817 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Outlook for Mac 2011 - How to sync with iCal (Google Calendar)? This seems to be a common problem, but I couldn't find any solutions.
I want to sync my Google Calendar with Outlook 2011
I tried this solution:
*
*Sync Google Calendar with iCal
*Then sync iCal with Outlook
I want to get my Google events into Outlook.
But I have a Problem:
*
*Works fine. All my Google events are in iCal
*Outlook won't show my iCal events. I did it with this solution
What can I do as syncing directly from Outlook to Google isn't possible.
Further Information:
*
*Add an event in iCal -> shows up in Outlook
*Add an event in Outlook -> doesn't show up in iCal
A: Not exactly sure what you are trying to do here, perhaps you could clarify in an edit?
I have intrepreted that you have Google cal synced with iCal, but want to sync iCal with Outlook.
You can sync iCal with Outlook. The full instructions are on microsofts Outlook for mac support page
| Q: Outlook for Mac 2011 - How to sync with iCal (Google Calendar)? This seems to be a common problem, but I couldn't find any solutions.
I want to sync my Google Calendar with Outlook 2011
I tried this solution:
*
*Sync Google Calendar with iCal
*Then sync iCal with Outlook
I want to get my Google events into Outlook.
But I have a Problem:
*
*Works fine. All my Google events are in iCal
*Outlook won't show my iCal events. I did it with this solution
What can I do as syncing directly from Outlook to Google isn't possible.
Further Information:
*
*Add an event in iCal -> shows up in Outlook
*Add an event in Outlook -> doesn't show up in iCal
A: Not exactly sure what you are trying to do here, perhaps you could clarify in an edit?
I have intrepreted that you have Google cal synced with iCal, but want to sync iCal with Outlook.
You can sync iCal with Outlook. The full instructions are on microsofts Outlook for mac support page
A: The sync page referred to in the above answer had been removed from the Microsoft page. All of the references on the MS page say that since os x doesn't support CalDAV you can't sync your mac cal with outlook 2011.
Drives everyone go Google if your a gmail user.
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2fdac552b971b2ec3f2c68c52c69e851a6958d61 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I navigate any directory in Finder? The Finder shows several particular directories in the home folder.
It does not even show directory I made in the home folder.
But I do want to navigate any directory of the file system. How can I do that?
A: To access any folder in Finder, press Cmd + Shift + G and enter the directory you want to access.
| Q: How can I navigate any directory in Finder? The Finder shows several particular directories in the home folder.
It does not even show directory I made in the home folder.
But I do want to navigate any directory of the file system. How can I do that?
A: To access any folder in Finder, press Cmd + Shift + G and enter the directory you want to access.
A: In Finder there is a shortcut for toggling showing hidden files: Cmd-Shift-.
A: Showing all files in Finder
Type in the terminal
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
Then log out and back in.
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2519bd5cdea29fe75e0ca8bbe4fe576c1ca05a87 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Stream iOS camera live video to other device over Wifi Is there an app that can capture live video on one iOS device and broadcast it over wifi so all my other iOS devices can play it? Streaming it over the internet would be even better...
A: TJUNKS Video Camera
You can stream to other devices. This app does a lot, with video including uploading and sharing video on facebook, twitter etc but to stream video all the devices will need this app.
It also works across platform.
As far as personal experience goes I have only used it once to test it quickly, it workked accross a home WiFi network, other than curiosity I had no need for this.
| Q: Stream iOS camera live video to other device over Wifi Is there an app that can capture live video on one iOS device and broadcast it over wifi so all my other iOS devices can play it? Streaming it over the internet would be even better...
A: TJUNKS Video Camera
You can stream to other devices. This app does a lot, with video including uploading and sharing video on facebook, twitter etc but to stream video all the devices will need this app.
It also works across platform.
As far as personal experience goes I have only used it once to test it quickly, it workked accross a home WiFi network, other than curiosity I had no need for this.
A: You may be interested in this incredibly awesome little app called CollabraCam. I've never used it, but the idea is just brilliant. One iOS device serves as the "director," and receives video from up to 4 other iOS devices. The Director can send requests to the cameramen (pan up, shift left, zoom in), and I think can record video by switching between different live feeds.
CollabraCam is obviously designed for making movies with multiple camera operators, but it sounds like it might suit your simpler purpose of just broadcasting a live camera from one iOS device to another.
I should mention that I have absolutely no experience with this thing, I just think it's incredibly cool.
(By the way, the wording of your question ("capture live video") is a little confusing. I'm not sure if you want to capture video and stream it afterwards, or if you want to view a live feed with/without recording it. In any event, I think readers who arrive at your question because they are curious about streaming live video from one device to another will find CollabraCam interesting).
UPDATE:
After answering this post I became curious and bought CollabraCam. I thought it would be fun to mount my iPhone on an RC car, and stream video back to my iPad. Turns out CollabraCam does work for live streaming, but not very fluidly. The video feed staggers a lot, and is definitely too slow to use for steering an RC car.
I didn't try anything to speed up the system -- I think I could create an ad hoc network with a laptop, and thereby get faster WiFi streaming than going over the home router...
But the short message is, CollabraCam does work for live streaming, but maybe there are better solutions out there.
A: I think I have the perfect solution for you,
I found an application called Friendsee!
You can stream live video with great quality to all of your iOS friends, and directly to your facebook wall or twitter account (with 3G/Wifi connection), its really simple and fast, I think it's the fastest way to broadcast live stream with iphone
Good luck & Enjoy!
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3efc4c92d6bbedce140c3de984a48843940a087d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is a good way to archive iTunes movies? I have bought a decent number of movies off of iTunes through various sales. The issue is, they take up a lot of space on my 120GB hard drive. I want to free up space, but I also do not want to lose the movies I have put money into.
What is the best way to archive iTunes movies in such a way that I can access them quickly if I want to watch them? After watching my sister lose 3 years worth of pictures to a faulty external drive, I am not overly trusting of them. Are there any other options out there?
A: I know you have said you would rather not use an external hard drive, but my technique for storing films for iTunes is to store them on the external hard drive and link them to iTunes by dragging them whilst holding Ctrl and Shift (on a Windows machine) which rather than copying into the iTunes folder just short cuts to it effectively.
| Q: What is a good way to archive iTunes movies? I have bought a decent number of movies off of iTunes through various sales. The issue is, they take up a lot of space on my 120GB hard drive. I want to free up space, but I also do not want to lose the movies I have put money into.
What is the best way to archive iTunes movies in such a way that I can access them quickly if I want to watch them? After watching my sister lose 3 years worth of pictures to a faulty external drive, I am not overly trusting of them. Are there any other options out there?
A: I know you have said you would rather not use an external hard drive, but my technique for storing films for iTunes is to store them on the external hard drive and link them to iTunes by dragging them whilst holding Ctrl and Shift (on a Windows machine) which rather than copying into the iTunes folder just short cuts to it effectively.
A: I use my web server that I pay for with my website. I upload (overnight) the files to a folder that only I can access with FTP and the files are safe and secure. If I ever needed to, I could click a few buttons and download the entire folder to restore all of my movies, though it would take a while. If you plan on doing this, use ethernet and have a fast internet connection.
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c98552009f1fac3b9f2562217d39dd5791b04b4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shutting down running apps in iOS I often have many apps running in the background. I have heard this can cause the battery to drain faster (especially location-aware apps) as well as generally slow the use of the device down.
Is there a fast and easy way to shut down all running apps in iOS?
A: You don't need to.
See
iOS Multitasking in Detail
and
iOS: Understanding multitasking
Basically, if you're using an app (you can see it on your screen) then you're app is running. When you press the home button and leave the app or switch to another app then the app is NOT running. It may be in one of a few other states (see first link) but it is not consuming any processing power or memory. There are very few situations where closing the app will save you any time or effort and it's best forgotten.
| Q: Shutting down running apps in iOS I often have many apps running in the background. I have heard this can cause the battery to drain faster (especially location-aware apps) as well as generally slow the use of the device down.
Is there a fast and easy way to shut down all running apps in iOS?
A: You don't need to.
See
iOS Multitasking in Detail
and
iOS: Understanding multitasking
Basically, if you're using an app (you can see it on your screen) then you're app is running. When you press the home button and leave the app or switch to another app then the app is NOT running. It may be in one of a few other states (see first link) but it is not consuming any processing power or memory. There are very few situations where closing the app will save you any time or effort and it's best forgotten.
A: John Gruber of the "Daring Fireball" blog has had a running commentary highlighting this very misconception (see http://daringfireball.net/2012/01/ios_multitasking)
His final word was to point to Fraser Speirs"s excellent post “Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking”.
Part of John Gruber's summary was; "Bottom line: the iOS multitasking bar is not like the command tab switcher on Mac or Windows. It is not a list of currently “running” applications. It is simply a list of your most recently used applications, whether they’re running in the background, suspended in memory, or completely inactive...Emptying this list of applications is simply needless, mindless, busywork. It was absolutely never intended to be used this way and anyone who does this is just wasting their time."
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fb388823f6062b4c562913e76e4210f87320359f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sharing files and documents across computers and devices I often have multiple documents I am working on or need to keep on hand. This includes PDF, Word, Excel, Pages, etc. Sometimes I need to work on them on my Mac Mini or sometimes on my iPhone or iPad and I definitely need to view them on my iPhone and iPad.
What's the best "cloud-based" storage service for my situation?
A: Dropbox
When you put your files into your Dropbox folder, they're instantly available on any of your other computers that you've installed Dropbox on (Win, Linux, Mac).
There are also apps for iOS and Android available. The Dropbox app for iOS is able to display pdfs and office documents. You cannot edit them, tough.
*
*You get 2GB for free. 250MB for every friend you invite (8GB limit, though). If you pay, you can get even more space.
*Growl integration for sync notification updates.
*Web interface.
*You can share folders with other people while keeping other folders private.
*Create download links to your contents.
| Q: Sharing files and documents across computers and devices I often have multiple documents I am working on or need to keep on hand. This includes PDF, Word, Excel, Pages, etc. Sometimes I need to work on them on my Mac Mini or sometimes on my iPhone or iPad and I definitely need to view them on my iPhone and iPad.
What's the best "cloud-based" storage service for my situation?
A: Dropbox
When you put your files into your Dropbox folder, they're instantly available on any of your other computers that you've installed Dropbox on (Win, Linux, Mac).
There are also apps for iOS and Android available. The Dropbox app for iOS is able to display pdfs and office documents. You cannot edit them, tough.
*
*You get 2GB for free. 250MB for every friend you invite (8GB limit, though). If you pay, you can get even more space.
*Growl integration for sync notification updates.
*Web interface.
*You can share folders with other people while keeping other folders private.
*Create download links to your contents.
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16c89124f7f52ed20372963943c88c0dc6c1164f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I exclude a song from iTunes Match I have a number of audio files in iTunes that I do NOT want iTunes match to match. I do not want iTunes match to find the files and upload them to the cloud.
Essentially I want to tag some files in iTunes to make them ineligible. How do I do that?
A: I don't think you can do this with a single library, iTunes match will check everything in your library, under the 25,000 track limit, to try and match.
One possible alternative would be a separate iTunes library for the files you don't want to match.
This separate library could also contain the actual files that have been matched by the other library as well but not be enabled for iTunes match itself.
You could then use this 'super' library as the main one running the iTunes match library occasionally just to keep iTunes match up to date.
How to run multiple libraries
| Q: How do I exclude a song from iTunes Match I have a number of audio files in iTunes that I do NOT want iTunes match to match. I do not want iTunes match to find the files and upload them to the cloud.
Essentially I want to tag some files in iTunes to make them ineligible. How do I do that?
A: I don't think you can do this with a single library, iTunes match will check everything in your library, under the 25,000 track limit, to try and match.
One possible alternative would be a separate iTunes library for the files you don't want to match.
This separate library could also contain the actual files that have been matched by the other library as well but not be enabled for iTunes match itself.
You could then use this 'super' library as the main one running the iTunes match library occasionally just to keep iTunes match up to date.
How to run multiple libraries
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c596417c6e448741ba970d405b54a550b22a07c3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is AppleMobileDevice - System user - in Task manager? In Windows Task Manager - what is AppleMobileDevice, system user? It is running 55% or more and makes the cpu usage at 55-100%
A: AppleMobileDevice is a service that gets installed along with iTunes on Windows. You need this if you're going to use any Apple devices with your iTunes software. One example is managing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. It also allows for the use of tethering internet from your iPhone/iPad to your PC if your device/provider allows it and the personal hotspot feature has been turned on.
As for why it's taking up so much CPU, that sounds like it could be a problem, for which the answer provided by bneely may have a solution. If you don't have any Apple devices connected, you could just kill that process and it won't affect anything else. In order to use your Apple devices normally later on, you would need to re-launch that service somehow, or restart the PC.
| Q: What is AppleMobileDevice - System user - in Task manager? In Windows Task Manager - what is AppleMobileDevice, system user? It is running 55% or more and makes the cpu usage at 55-100%
A: AppleMobileDevice is a service that gets installed along with iTunes on Windows. You need this if you're going to use any Apple devices with your iTunes software. One example is managing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. It also allows for the use of tethering internet from your iPhone/iPad to your PC if your device/provider allows it and the personal hotspot feature has been turned on.
As for why it's taking up so much CPU, that sounds like it could be a problem, for which the answer provided by bneely may have a solution. If you don't have any Apple devices connected, you could just kill that process and it won't affect anything else. In order to use your Apple devices normally later on, you would need to re-launch that service somehow, or restart the PC.
A: I found an Apple discussion thread about this issue:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3233271?start=0&tstart=0
The thread suggests that the problem was introduced by an iTunes update. The suggested fix is uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes, following a specific set of steps. Here's the link from Apple with the uninstallation/reinstallation steps:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925?viewlocale=en_US
I do not have Windows, and I have not verified the problem or the solution.
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ead97191a252340dfb34ed2a0635ea7fbc4eb39d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Add an iPhone number to other iOS devices to receive iMessages/Facetime calls via the phone number? I bought an iPad for school and have been enjoying using iMessage and (especially) FaceTime, and I have recently acquired the new iPhone. So I'm wondering if there is a way I could add my iPhone's number to my iPad to receive iMessages and take FaceTime calls sent to that number, rather than having to rely on my phone 24/7 for these features.
A: No,
iMessage and FaceTime are linked to your Apple ID so you will need to add your Apple ID to the device, not your phone number.
If you send a message from the iPad it will use the Apple ID, so someone can reply to your email address, if they send a message to your phone number it will only go to your phone.
| Q: Add an iPhone number to other iOS devices to receive iMessages/Facetime calls via the phone number? I bought an iPad for school and have been enjoying using iMessage and (especially) FaceTime, and I have recently acquired the new iPhone. So I'm wondering if there is a way I could add my iPhone's number to my iPad to receive iMessages and take FaceTime calls sent to that number, rather than having to rely on my phone 24/7 for these features.
A: No,
iMessage and FaceTime are linked to your Apple ID so you will need to add your Apple ID to the device, not your phone number.
If you send a message from the iPad it will use the Apple ID, so someone can reply to your email address, if they send a message to your phone number it will only go to your phone.
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91e1c85a0cf3fd661a685691e931f88b957f85ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPod Touch will charge but won't play when connected to a Sony docking system I bought a Sony ICF-CS15iP docking system and my iPod will charge when I connect it, but it will not play music through the speakers. This is my 3rd docking system and I have had the same problem with the others - it will charge but not play. I'm assuming it is my iPod that has something wrong with it. Should I call Sony and or Apple?? Thanks!
Note* I have a 4th gen iPod Touch
A: I found a product description on the Best Buy website:
The ICF-CS15IP is Compatible with most iPod® and iPhone® models, including iPhone 4. Works with: iPod touch® 2nd, 3rd, & 4th generations, iPod nano® 3rd (video), 4th (video), 5th (video camera), & 6th generations, iPod classic®, iPhone® 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G.
Your 4th generation iPod Touch is listed as supported by this device, so you should contact Sony and expect them to help you.
| Q: iPod Touch will charge but won't play when connected to a Sony docking system I bought a Sony ICF-CS15iP docking system and my iPod will charge when I connect it, but it will not play music through the speakers. This is my 3rd docking system and I have had the same problem with the others - it will charge but not play. I'm assuming it is my iPod that has something wrong with it. Should I call Sony and or Apple?? Thanks!
Note* I have a 4th gen iPod Touch
A: I found a product description on the Best Buy website:
The ICF-CS15IP is Compatible with most iPod® and iPhone® models, including iPhone 4. Works with: iPod touch® 2nd, 3rd, & 4th generations, iPod nano® 3rd (video), 4th (video), 5th (video camera), & 6th generations, iPod classic®, iPhone® 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G.
Your 4th generation iPod Touch is listed as supported by this device, so you should contact Sony and expect them to help you.
A: Just bought the sony ipod docking station for my daughter for Christmas. Her IPOD Touch 4th generation will charge, but the music will not come out of the docking speakers. My son has an older IPOD Touch and it worked fine. I called Sony and they told me I had to reinstall the operating system on the IPOD touch 4th generation for it to work. I went through the hassel of resetting back to factory settings. Still did not work.
A: The easiest way to test a docking station for operation is to test several iPhone / iPod that you know work with other dock connectors and see that they all work with your dock speakers.
The easiest way to test an iPod is to use it with several dock chargers and speakers.
Once you have done one of these tests it should be easy to know which piece isn't working reliably. Both Sony and Apple should be able to support you in these basic activities and once you know which item isn't working.
Also look for Apple's MFi logo to indicate that the device is designed to work with all Apple products as an indication that you won't need any extra apps or connectors to make things work. Lastly, peek into the physical connectors to be sure that lint or other problems are not lurking and making the electrical connection unreliable or impossible to be completed.
A: My iPod Touch 4th Gen also doesn't work with this Sony model. It does work with my similar, older Sony clock radio dock station though. I downloaded the d-sappli app but that didn't help. Going to return the Sony tomorrow.
A: There is an app you have to download to make it play. It popped up when I put it on there the very first time, and I accidentally hit ignore. Need info.
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c9ea8f0ec7eea91f2c8e899c4e3ea5a9401a29de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS: Is there a limit in the number of applications I can leave "running background" in the bar? I know applications don't actually run in background but I was wondering how many applications I can leave open. Has anybody tried? Is there a limit? What is it? If you reach a limit, it starts closing applications by itself to make room for new ones?
A: Fraser Spiers recently did an excellent article and follow-up video on this question on his blog.
In short, to paraphrase: you don't "leave apps open". By pressing the Home button, you signal them to enter the Background state, from where, depending on how they're written, they are either immediately moved to the Suspended (not-running) state, or are Suspended after completing a certain amount of background processing (such as completing a download).
As Fraser explains, there is no need to manage the number of apps in the 'multitasking tray' except in the case where a specific app stops working and needs to be forcibly restarted.
Indeed, that tray is merely a "recently running" list; there's no way to know at a glance which of those apps have been Suspended and which have not.
| Q: iOS: Is there a limit in the number of applications I can leave "running background" in the bar? I know applications don't actually run in background but I was wondering how many applications I can leave open. Has anybody tried? Is there a limit? What is it? If you reach a limit, it starts closing applications by itself to make room for new ones?
A: Fraser Spiers recently did an excellent article and follow-up video on this question on his blog.
In short, to paraphrase: you don't "leave apps open". By pressing the Home button, you signal them to enter the Background state, from where, depending on how they're written, they are either immediately moved to the Suspended (not-running) state, or are Suspended after completing a certain amount of background processing (such as completing a download).
As Fraser explains, there is no need to manage the number of apps in the 'multitasking tray' except in the case where a specific app stops working and needs to be forcibly restarted.
Indeed, that tray is merely a "recently running" list; there's no way to know at a glance which of those apps have been Suspended and which have not.
A: I work in IT and have seen over 40 opened at a time on multiple devices - most people don't even know you can close Apps. I haven't seen or read of any finite amount anywhere. I've read the article mentioned and watched the video; but, from my experience, there is unquestionably an impact on having too many open. Now, perhaps it just depends on the Apps that are open, but I think for most people, the easiest solution to lagging or performance issues is to restart the device; and if that doesn't work, manually close each App.
A: Well, as of iOS 14.6, it allows at least 198 apps to be listed at a time.
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225abb35ed77023c6262a731ea73fe9dbceb8130 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Stop VPN Disconnecting when going to Sleep When the iPhone (4) goes to sleep, the VPN will disconnect.
Is there any way to disable this behavior as it's sometimes a bit annoying.
I am jailbroken, and the server I'm connecting to is Windows Server 2008 R2 which I can edit settings on.
A: The VPN will disconnect because your WiFi disconnects.
Therefore you would have to...
*
*either reconnect your VPN connection when on 3G (How?)
*or enable your iPhone to keep connected to WiFi (requires jailbreak)
To keep WiFi on in sleep mode you need to install KeepAwake via Cydia.
See this step-by-step guide.
| Q: Stop VPN Disconnecting when going to Sleep When the iPhone (4) goes to sleep, the VPN will disconnect.
Is there any way to disable this behavior as it's sometimes a bit annoying.
I am jailbroken, and the server I'm connecting to is Windows Server 2008 R2 which I can edit settings on.
A: The VPN will disconnect because your WiFi disconnects.
Therefore you would have to...
*
*either reconnect your VPN connection when on 3G (How?)
*or enable your iPhone to keep connected to WiFi (requires jailbreak)
To keep WiFi on in sleep mode you need to install KeepAwake via Cydia.
See this step-by-step guide.
A: I would expect that sleeping an iPhone and staying connected to the network are incompatible goals. If you don't want to drop the VPN connection, you need to keep the device awake.
However, I found a discussion on apple.com that states that plugged-in devices are able to maintain network connections while in sleep mode.
A: I did 2 things and now the VPN does not disconnect even while switching from wifi to 3G.
*
*Install Cisco Anyconnect to connect to VPN network.
*Install KeepAwake(from cydia) --Thanks, gentmatt
Now it's all fine, i can work from anywhere on my 3GS and VPN remains connected while on the move also.
A: I turns on a music at background with volume turned off .. Put it on repeat, my brother turn auto lock to off on his iPod . To keep the VPN alive , and VPN will not disconnect ... But may be there's a cydia tweak for tha
A: This works for me iPhone 5 iso 6.1.4;
http://www.ehow.com/how_12133063_keep-vpn-alive-iphone.html#page=0
A: a workaround that I found was on a jailbroken device, use activator and link unlocking device to a toggle to turn on VPN. Therefor every time I unlock my device the VPN reconnects so I am happy :)
A: http://www.cultofmac.com/225244/apple-decides-not-to-kill-always-on-vpn-for-ios-devices/
hopefully this will help you.
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9532d41290fa4e2a216b95a28086af7d56223a46 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Share contact group My wife and I have shared calendar groups and reminders lists (both requires using icloud.com website) for things like travel, parties, and grocery list.
I would love to do the same with contact group, but can't figure out how.
As a workaround, we are using a shared iCloud account for (1) sharing contact groups, (2) Find My iPhone, and (3) app/music/video/book purchases.
A: If you have a Mac, open Address Book, select a group of contacts, and then click on the Export button in the menubar. Then export it as a vCard, and email it to anyone you want.
| Q: Share contact group My wife and I have shared calendar groups and reminders lists (both requires using icloud.com website) for things like travel, parties, and grocery list.
I would love to do the same with contact group, but can't figure out how.
As a workaround, we are using a shared iCloud account for (1) sharing contact groups, (2) Find My iPhone, and (3) app/music/video/book purchases.
A: If you have a Mac, open Address Book, select a group of contacts, and then click on the Export button in the menubar. Then export it as a vCard, and email it to anyone you want.
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2f17ffa06925a83017edc2c81a5ae94b612505d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my iPhone display no contacts, but display the correct name when I dial a number? I recently updated to iOS 5 (I know it took me forever), and after I did, all my contacts disappeared. However, when I would dial a number, it recognized it and would show the person's name. It stayed like that for a few hours, and then miraculously my contacts reappeared after I turned the phone off and on a few times. How did that happen?
A: I had the same problem. Contacts were showing up, for example, if someone called me or sent me a text and were therefore in my 'Recents', but did not show up in my contacts list either through the contacts app or through the phone contacts list itself (probably the same thing anyway!).
The solution that worked for me was to go into iCloud on my iPhone and set Contacts to 'off'. This gave me the option to 'Keep on my iPhone' or 'Delete from My iPhone'. I chose to delete them. Once this had happened, I re-enabled Contacts and my contacts list was all synchronised back from iCloud correctly within a couple of minutes.
| Q: Why does my iPhone display no contacts, but display the correct name when I dial a number? I recently updated to iOS 5 (I know it took me forever), and after I did, all my contacts disappeared. However, when I would dial a number, it recognized it and would show the person's name. It stayed like that for a few hours, and then miraculously my contacts reappeared after I turned the phone off and on a few times. How did that happen?
A: I had the same problem. Contacts were showing up, for example, if someone called me or sent me a text and were therefore in my 'Recents', but did not show up in my contacts list either through the contacts app or through the phone contacts list itself (probably the same thing anyway!).
The solution that worked for me was to go into iCloud on my iPhone and set Contacts to 'off'. This gave me the option to 'Keep on my iPhone' or 'Delete from My iPhone'. I chose to delete them. Once this had happened, I re-enabled Contacts and my contacts list was all synchronised back from iCloud correctly within a couple of minutes.
A: Since you don't have the problem anymore, it will be pretty hard to diagnose if we can't reproduce the issue.
My guess would be that you had your contacts sync with Google over Exchange and when you upgraded to iOS and iCloud, the contacts where moved from Google to iCloud.
But it wasn't instantaneous (iCloud was sometimes slow after launch), so your contacts were no longer on Google and still not on iCloud (they probably wait until the upload process is finished to show them on the Contacts app).
That could be why your contacts list was empty (still not uploaded), but when you typed the number, iOS knew the name (the contacts where still on the iPhone, waiting for the upload to complete) and printed it.
Another theory could be that Exchange has 2 contacts "states". The contacts on your address book (that are always on your phone) and the one you can find by searching on the server (from the Contacts app).
And when you typed the number, iOS searched on the server to see if it got a match and printed it, since the contact exists on the server.
I'm a bit less convinced about the second theory, but like I said, it'll be hard to find the real reason for this temporary upgrade glitch, now.
A: Occasionally I see a similar behaviour. I believe it is a bug in iOS.
I sync contacts with outlook tethered via iTunes. Sometimes, after adding new contacts, these do not show up in the contacts app as well as in the phonebook.
They however can be found in spotlight search (left from the home screen) and after some time they appear in the phone book.
A: When I upgraded my iOS I had the same behavior - contacts not showing up to use but if you key in the number or have an incoming call they names are there.
These contacts I think were all exclusively on the phone and had mostly been carried over from a dumb phone - and I had never synched to a contact manager. To restore usage of the contacts I had to enable the iCloud syncing of contacts from a MacBook Air that had a backup of the phone up to before iOS upgrade. Before upgrading iOS, the contacts would show correctly - almost immediately.
To me, this is really weird behavior - but I guess it kinda makes sense - if someone had say stolen the phone and installed a new iOS to key around my password protection the contacts would not be visible. It was very frustrating to think all your contacts disappeared as part of the iOS upgrade. Glad to have found this thread, not sure I would have figure this out without everyone's help.
A: Make sure you're viewing "All Contacts" in the Contacts app. Sometimes it's easy to select an empty group as your default view. Check the left arrow in the upper left hand corner of the app.
Also, if you go to groups, THERE IS AN OPTION TO HIDE ALL CONTACTS at the very top of the page. If you accidentally hit that option, your contacts will be hidden.
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0ccc14618b79befab96d8369985473d6bbfbff0d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: ssh -A doesn't properly enable forwarding of authentication agent connection I love ssh -A, which allows me to use my local ssh key when establishing a connection from a remote server. For example, I ssh -A host1.example.com and then from there I can ssh host2.example.com (or use git) and it uses my ssh key from the original machine, which in this case should be my mac. Although this has always worked for me on Debian/Ubuntu, it doesn't work on my new mac (Lion).
What am I missing here? How do I configure ssh to work correctly with -A? Do I need an ssh that is not the standard MacOS one?
A: Actually, the very simple answer is that you have to run
ssh-add
and then it all works.
Basically, macOS already has the ssh-agent set up for you, but after each reboot you need to add your keys to it. ssh-add gives ssh-agent access to your keys for the current boot cycle. You'll have to enter the password for your private key if you have created one.
| Q: ssh -A doesn't properly enable forwarding of authentication agent connection I love ssh -A, which allows me to use my local ssh key when establishing a connection from a remote server. For example, I ssh -A host1.example.com and then from there I can ssh host2.example.com (or use git) and it uses my ssh key from the original machine, which in this case should be my mac. Although this has always worked for me on Debian/Ubuntu, it doesn't work on my new mac (Lion).
What am I missing here? How do I configure ssh to work correctly with -A? Do I need an ssh that is not the standard MacOS one?
A: Actually, the very simple answer is that you have to run
ssh-add
and then it all works.
Basically, macOS already has the ssh-agent set up for you, but after each reboot you need to add your keys to it. ssh-add gives ssh-agent access to your keys for the current boot cycle. You'll have to enter the password for your private key if you have created one.
A: As of OS X 10.8 you need to do this once:
sudo touch /var/db/useLS
And add this as part of your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa ]; then
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa 2>/dev/null
fi
Note: this recipe is parto of my bedouin scripts.
A: The concept behind ssh -A are ssh agents. They run in the background and through the use of environment variables the agent can be located and automatically used for authentication when logging in to other machines using ssh. Have a look at the manpage of ssh-agent for more details.
With Mac OS X, the ssh-agent should be started on demand.
For more information see:
*
*Using SSH Agent With Mac OS X Leopard
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1f4c14d7066187629091403ed2386e0cd20d90b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Stopping LaunchAgents and Daemons I work as admin in a college environment. One of the challenges is to stop the services installed by students with CS major. Some time back they got the admin access and installed launch agents and daemons on some systems.The students have also added some plists as com.apple.myprog.run. The problem is these are not present in the launchagents directory or in the launchdaemons directory.
So my question is how to find the path for these daemon services.Then next step is how to stop these. Since some of these could start again and again(based on certain flags).
A: Try checking these locations:
/Users/your username/Library/LaunchAgents/
/Library/LaunchAgents/
/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
| Q: Stopping LaunchAgents and Daemons I work as admin in a college environment. One of the challenges is to stop the services installed by students with CS major. Some time back they got the admin access and installed launch agents and daemons on some systems.The students have also added some plists as com.apple.myprog.run. The problem is these are not present in the launchagents directory or in the launchdaemons directory.
So my question is how to find the path for these daemon services.Then next step is how to stop these. Since some of these could start again and again(based on certain flags).
A: Try checking these locations:
/Users/your username/Library/LaunchAgents/
/Library/LaunchAgents/
/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
A: You can do a "launchctl dumpstate" and it will show all the loaded services and the path to the startup .plist and contents.
You will probably want to run it through something like less as it dumps a lot of information.
A: If you want to stop the item for this boot simply issue an unload command to launchd via launchctl. For a permanent fix add a disabled key into the plist with value true or delete/move the file to a folder where launchd will not scan it automatically.
*
*launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AppStoreUpdateAgent.plist
The man page for launchctl has nice documentation for controlling jobs. As for the general defeating of CS majors, you might also consider that they edited the existing apple plists to make them do something you don't expect, so it will prove to be far easier to just reinstall the OS and migrate the user data back from a backup (paying particular note to note re-install any plist files in the /System/Library, /Library space (and perhaps also audit the ~/Library of admin users). Losing admin / root against someone that knows how to change the system is basically game over and the defense (finding and disabling) the changes is very time consuming as opposed to offense (reinstalling the system from a known good source and use configuration management tools to ensure changed files are detected).
A: The easiest way I've found to do this is
sudo launchctl list | grep "rough name of what you want to find"
sudo launchctl remove "label.of.the.file"
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c3dc222b6558d53f2ec075f993f6403e12ec9ae4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I restore Address Book's pre-Lion layout? I've found Address Book's 2-panel layout in Lion extremely obnoxious because I must change modes to change groups, never remember what group I'm viewing, etc. Is there any way to restore the old 3-panel layout? If not, recommend any open source alternatives with sane layouts?
A: I don't have my SL disk handy, so I cant vouch for this, but maybe try copying the Address Book.app from SL (or a backup) over to Lion?
| Q: Can I restore Address Book's pre-Lion layout? I've found Address Book's 2-panel layout in Lion extremely obnoxious because I must change modes to change groups, never remember what group I'm viewing, etc. Is there any way to restore the old 3-panel layout? If not, recommend any open source alternatives with sane layouts?
A: I don't have my SL disk handy, so I cant vouch for this, but maybe try copying the Address Book.app from SL (or a backup) over to Lion?
A: Take a look at "Addresses" an alternative address book application:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/addresses/id468041616
It is not open source, but is is just $3.99
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92a566ac622113d5f17444bdcf9b17fcfc4605e2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I add a new search engine to Safari without any 3rd party add-ons? I know add-ons such as Glims can do this, but I would rather stay away from them. Any native (or more likely semi-native) way to do so? If it matters, the engine I would like to add is duckduckgo.
A: No, the only options are Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
If it is of any help, DuckDuckGo have their own extension on the Apple website for Safari extensions.
| Q: How can I add a new search engine to Safari without any 3rd party add-ons? I know add-ons such as Glims can do this, but I would rather stay away from them. Any native (or more likely semi-native) way to do so? If it matters, the engine I would like to add is duckduckgo.
A: No, the only options are Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
If it is of any help, DuckDuckGo have their own extension on the Apple website for Safari extensions.
A: The Safari Extension anysearch allows you to change the search engine used by the Safari search bar/unibar, without any hack-ish stuff such as changing the hosts file.
A: MacHints just did a post on this. The basic premise is that you redirect Yahoo! Search via the hosts file to the search engine of your choice. It works like a charm.
A: in your /etc/hosts file, add this line:
184.72.115.86 search.yahoo.com
then choose Yahoo as your default search.
A: For DuckDuck&Go, close Safari, and open the Terminal and enter:
defaults write com.apple.Safari SearchProviderIdentifier "com.duckduckgo"
A: This works with Safari 5.1.10 on Mac OS 10.6.8
To get Safari to open with duckduckgo (or any other) as search engine with no add ons or hacking type >https://duckduckgo.com/< (without the ><) into the Safari Preferences "Homepage" then set "New windows open with" to "Homepage" and "New tabs open with" "Homepage". This keeps the 3 default search engines as they were, at the top. OR just make the search engine of your choice a bookmark in the Bookmark bar and just click it/them.
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f38e13eaa560137d44e0b6afcc00aaff2869c02a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the difference between a iTunes ID and an Apple ID? I have an Apple ID, do I also need an iTunes ID to purchase music?
A: There is no difference, Apple ID is the more general term and the one more commonly used nowadays.
| Q: What is the difference between a iTunes ID and an Apple ID? I have an Apple ID, do I also need an iTunes ID to purchase music?
A: There is no difference, Apple ID is the more general term and the one more commonly used nowadays.
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ff781be5bae20474bfed9ca841063105e3af5877 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Software to increase my volume on iPod nano 6th gen? I have an iPod Nano 6th Generation and it had been working perfectly fine, but one day suddenly my up volume button got stuck. That button can't be pressed as it has gone down completely. I searched a lot and it seems to be a common problem that the buttons stuck and also I got a useful link here but I do not want to open up my ipod on my own.
Is there some way through software by which I can increase my volume? I tried restoring my ipod but even that does not increase my volume to the full. I just want a software solution through which I can increase my volume up to the full. At the moment my volume is at mute so can anyone please help me.
A: I don't know of any software that can change the volume but you could use Apple Earphones with Remote to change the volume even though the buttons don't work.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB770G/B
I also found this, a remote that can be used with any headphones:
iLuv Universal Headphone Remote For iPod
| Q: Software to increase my volume on iPod nano 6th gen? I have an iPod Nano 6th Generation and it had been working perfectly fine, but one day suddenly my up volume button got stuck. That button can't be pressed as it has gone down completely. I searched a lot and it seems to be a common problem that the buttons stuck and also I got a useful link here but I do not want to open up my ipod on my own.
Is there some way through software by which I can increase my volume? I tried restoring my ipod but even that does not increase my volume to the full. I just want a software solution through which I can increase my volume up to the full. At the moment my volume is at mute so can anyone please help me.
A: I don't know of any software that can change the volume but you could use Apple Earphones with Remote to change the volume even though the buttons don't work.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB770G/B
I also found this, a remote that can be used with any headphones:
iLuv Universal Headphone Remote For iPod
A: I have the same problem also. I don't want to pay to repair it, as it will cost as much as a new iPod, since my warranty has run out.
I found a way to put your volume back to default (Middle. Halfway). Go to settings and select "Reset Settings". This won't delete anything on your iPod. However, if you are like me and increased the volume 100% in iTunes, make sure you take off your before playing music. :-) You can just change the volume settings in iTunes back to the normal volume.
I did this, and now I can set the volume back to the middle wuth just a simple reset settings. Yay!
A: If you want to open up your device and attempt a fix, here is a step by step guide with pictures...
http://www.rbarrios.com/projects/NANO6BUTTON/
A: Toying around with mine a little, I found that you should be able to reset the settings for your iPod and put the volume to half its maximum. It's in the Settings-Reset Settings option.
My volume "Up" is non-existent, but half is good enough for me. Just keep in mind that you'd need to reset anytime you went too low. Barring that, headphones with internal volume control are the way to go. Personally, I'm just going to stick with resetting until this iPod dies, then find a new MP3 player.
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c70bf4d57d9d4a04572f50d8ee3dd8df51b82ead | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Seeking an alternative to the big browsers Can anyone recommend any alternative web-browsers to the Big Three of Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox?
I just want to try something new, because I'm not completely happy with the performance of those three. Maybe there's something better out there that I'm not aware of yet. I need your advice.
A: Opera
is the next biggest after the main lot
Opera also has a mobile version, the idea of Opera is to load all of the HTML and files before it displays anything, so it loads full web pages faster than most
The next important thing about Opera is that it has support from webmasters. If you look at Apple source code on their websites it mentions support for recgonsising opera as a browser, alongside the others
The problem with using other browsers is that some websites may not fully function. So it is safer an easier to go with one of these.
| Q: Seeking an alternative to the big browsers Can anyone recommend any alternative web-browsers to the Big Three of Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox?
I just want to try something new, because I'm not completely happy with the performance of those three. Maybe there's something better out there that I'm not aware of yet. I need your advice.
A: Opera
is the next biggest after the main lot
Opera also has a mobile version, the idea of Opera is to load all of the HTML and files before it displays anything, so it loads full web pages faster than most
The next important thing about Opera is that it has support from webmasters. If you look at Apple source code on their websites it mentions support for recgonsising opera as a browser, alongside the others
The problem with using other browsers is that some websites may not fully function. So it is safer an easier to go with one of these.
A: I'd say Omniweb by the Omnigroup.
A: OmniWeb
Probably the best alternative to the well known browsers. Enjoy visual tabs and the ability to block ads.
Opera
Enjoy fast browsing on slow connections, with Opera Turbo. Build-in support for Bittorrent.
Cruz
View multiple web pages simultaneously in sidebar split views. Powerful userscript features.
iCab
Highly configurable browser.
Demeter
Cocoa- based browser that has the ability to connect to all of your favorite social networks. Based on Shiira.
Sunrise
Open source browser with multiple language support. Website snapshot is build-in.
Stainless
A multi-process browser for OS X.
A: Try Camino, a Mac OS X-native browser built on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine.
A: You should try Raven, it comes with great features. I use as my everyday browser at Home!
I just remembered another one, it its Sleipnir, a very nice browser with suport to gestures and a sleek interface.
A: Brave and Vivaldi are two good alternative browsers being actively developed for macOS as of 2018-03. Brave is also available for iOS.
Brave
Wikipedia says:
Brave is a free and open-source web browser based on the Chromium web browser and its Blink engine, announced by the co-founder of the Mozilla project and creator of JavaScript, Brendan Eich. It claims to block website trackers and remove intrusive Internet advertisements. The browser also claims to improve online privacy by sharing less data with advertising customers.
Vivaldi
Wikipedia says:
Vivaldi is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Opera Software co-founder and former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita. The browser was officially launched on April 12, 2016. The browser is aimed at staunch technologists, heavy Internet users, and previous Opera web browser users disgruntled by Opera's transition from the Presto layout engine to the Blink layout engine, which removed many popular features. Vivaldi aims to revive the old, popular features of Opera 12.
Others
I regularly use both Brave & Vivaldi. Others I have not tried that seem to be actively developed for macOS:
*
*Torch
*SRWare Iron
*Sleipnir
*SeaMonkey
*Falkon (formerly QupZilla)
*OmniWeb (formerly retired, new preview release in 2018)
*NetSurf
*Maxthon
*Dooble
*Cliqz
Comparison of web browsers
Wikipedia maintains a list comparing various web browsers. You may want to peruse that list for alternatives.
A: RockMelt
Billed as the best of Chrome with the best of Social Networking on top of it. Instant access to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, CNN and more. Completely free, Mac only on the desktop, and they have an iPhone app (App Store Link) as well.
A: It always depends on what you want to do with your browser. If it is mainly Web 2.0, you're probably best off with one of the popular browsers.
If you're unsatisfied with the performance of the browsers, the fastest browsers I know are text-browsers like links or lynx. Links also offers a graphics mode, which is sufficient for displaying many websites.
I just mentioned those browsers, as you were searching for alternatives you may not be aware off. Links or lynx won't replace your default browser, but are an alternative in certain cases.
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93afa19439a29ae7903a0210bf3e8a6f95b43502 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard Shortcut to Fill Right in Numbers? In Numbers, is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut to Excel's "Fill Right" Ctrl + R and "Fill Down" Ctrl + D?
A: Go to
Systems Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > +
to add a shortcut, select or add Numbers as the Application, and put "Fill Down" (exact, no quotes) in the command spot and then assign your shortcut (Ctrl + D)
| Q: Keyboard Shortcut to Fill Right in Numbers? In Numbers, is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut to Excel's "Fill Right" Ctrl + R and "Fill Down" Ctrl + D?
A: Go to
Systems Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > +
to add a shortcut, select or add Numbers as the Application, and put "Fill Down" (exact, no quotes) in the command spot and then assign your shortcut (Ctrl + D)
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5fe52849ba04a6a7c87d1e73141f4dbb438c2a11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is switching 3G/4G off to save power a cheap trick? Since UMTS is a lot fast than EDGE, data transfers via UMTS take less time.
When downloading the same file, it would take longer to be downloaded via EDGE.
*
*Doesn't the difference in transfer time (partly) kill the advantage of saving power as the antenna pulls power for longer to end the transfer?
A: If you still want to be downloading stuff, then probably yes, switching off 3G probably won't save you much power / battery life. However, when my battery is running low, switching off 3G can make the difference between the battery making it until I get to a charger or not. Obviously in those conditions I stop surfing or doing anything data-related as well, but even just for being in standby and receiving or making calls, 3G uses a lot more power than GPRS / EDGE / UMTS.
| Q: Is switching 3G/4G off to save power a cheap trick? Since UMTS is a lot fast than EDGE, data transfers via UMTS take less time.
When downloading the same file, it would take longer to be downloaded via EDGE.
*
*Doesn't the difference in transfer time (partly) kill the advantage of saving power as the antenna pulls power for longer to end the transfer?
A: If you still want to be downloading stuff, then probably yes, switching off 3G probably won't save you much power / battery life. However, when my battery is running low, switching off 3G can make the difference between the battery making it until I get to a charger or not. Obviously in those conditions I stop surfing or doing anything data-related as well, but even just for being in standby and receiving or making calls, 3G uses a lot more power than GPRS / EDGE / UMTS.
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66370fd841b47406101d7ee1e0700ef10111223b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I copy an app from an iPad to an iPad2? I bought an iPad and bought several apps, then I bought an iPad 2.
Can I copy the apps I bought to the iPad 2 and keep them on my iPad or do I have to buy them again?
A: This is what the official Apple documentation says:
Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined)
associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the
same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple
ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID
for 90 days. You can view which devices or computers are currently
associated, remove unused devices or computers, and see how long
before they can be associated with a different Apple ID from the
Account Information page in iTunes on your computer.
Last Modified: November 14, 2011
| Q: Can I copy an app from an iPad to an iPad2? I bought an iPad and bought several apps, then I bought an iPad 2.
Can I copy the apps I bought to the iPad 2 and keep them on my iPad or do I have to buy them again?
A: This is what the official Apple documentation says:
Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined)
associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the
same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple
ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID
for 90 days. You can view which devices or computers are currently
associated, remove unused devices or computers, and see how long
before they can be associated with a different Apple ID from the
Account Information page in iTunes on your computer.
Last Modified: November 14, 2011
A: As long as you use the same account (the same Apple ID) on both your iPad, you can download and use the apps on both.
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208180f91027a123a0fd9b03c3aee78cb0cfab63 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unibody White MacBook display dims when laptop on top of another When you place an open display plastic unibody MacBook upon a closed display MacBook of almost any kind, the display will cut out when it goes past the ninety degree angle. I am thinking its a pressure point issue or a magnet issue. Though not entirely sure.
Its consistent enough to see it, but infrequent enough not to worry about it, since stacking laptops is a no-no, but occurs when doing mass imaging.
Has anyone else out there seen this strangeness?
What may be causing it?
A: I've had this happen to me a few times, and it is annoying. My best guess is that the magnets in one MacBook are tricking the other one into thinking that the lid is closed. I know that it's at least possible to intentionally trigger the magnet that detects if the lid is closed, and my guess is that the other MacBook has a magnet in close proximity that's triggering it.
| Q: Unibody White MacBook display dims when laptop on top of another When you place an open display plastic unibody MacBook upon a closed display MacBook of almost any kind, the display will cut out when it goes past the ninety degree angle. I am thinking its a pressure point issue or a magnet issue. Though not entirely sure.
Its consistent enough to see it, but infrequent enough not to worry about it, since stacking laptops is a no-no, but occurs when doing mass imaging.
Has anyone else out there seen this strangeness?
What may be causing it?
A: I've had this happen to me a few times, and it is annoying. My best guess is that the magnets in one MacBook are tricking the other one into thinking that the lid is closed. I know that it's at least possible to intentionally trigger the magnet that detects if the lid is closed, and my guess is that the other MacBook has a magnet in close proximity that's triggering it.
A: Yes, I've had this happen; I thought the display was toast. Extremely faint (barely visible) image, not asleep, could occasionally get the image displayed to change. Read this post, picked up the laptop and … fine image. But I set it right down where it had been (yes, on top of another unibody MacBook) and the display stayed lit - repositioned slightly (it took a few tries) and replicated the problem.
Magnet idea is tempting, but I don't think it's the case as my machine didn't actually go to sleep - in fact I'd assume that closing the case would make the display black, not just extremely dim.
A: Can you tell if the MacBook is going to sleep when it goes past 90 degrees? If it's not going to sleep and the display itself is cutting out, it may be an issue with the LVDS connection on the logic board.
If it's actually going to sleep, Kyle may be right in that it's a magnet issue or a false triggering issue.
A: I got the same problem with two Dell XPS 13 when one is stacked on top of the other. When being stacked on the other, the top one goes to sleep and pressing the power button can't wake it up; when it however moves out of the bottom one's frontal edge, it wakes up automotically. This is true even the bottom one is powered off.
Conclusion: The sleeping mode is most probably caused by magnet on the bottom of the top laptop and the top of the bottom laptop, which are used for the lid-closing procedure of the laptop.
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f2a6785667ba9436723741874fc3c7a944224ae8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why doesn't my Mac go to sleep when closing the lid or through the task bar when plugged in? I noticed that when I close to lid of my MacBookPro 2008 edition. My computer does not go to sleep. I also observed that this occurs when the Mac is plugged in. When I unplug, everything seems to be working fine. Does it have something to do with Lion? I already tried changing the energy settings in System Preferences.
A: Oddly Resetting my Sharing preferences did solve my problem. All I did is go into the System Preferences Settings.
1. Chose Sharing.
2. Uncheck everything that is checked.
3. Close System Preferences.
4. Open Systems preferences back up.
5. Go back into Sharing
6. Check everything you want checked
7. PROBLEM SOLVED !!! (For me at least) I have a 2008 MacbookPro running Max OS X 10.7.2
| Q: Why doesn't my Mac go to sleep when closing the lid or through the task bar when plugged in? I noticed that when I close to lid of my MacBookPro 2008 edition. My computer does not go to sleep. I also observed that this occurs when the Mac is plugged in. When I unplug, everything seems to be working fine. Does it have something to do with Lion? I already tried changing the energy settings in System Preferences.
A: Oddly Resetting my Sharing preferences did solve my problem. All I did is go into the System Preferences Settings.
1. Chose Sharing.
2. Uncheck everything that is checked.
3. Close System Preferences.
4. Open Systems preferences back up.
5. Go back into Sharing
6. Check everything you want checked
7. PROBLEM SOLVED !!! (For me at least) I have a 2008 MacbookPro running Max OS X 10.7.2
A: The culprit is the internet sharing checkbox. If you had it enabled, the computer will stay on when the lid is closed, but turn the display off. This is so that the bridge stays up. Uncheck Internet Sharing and your sleep mode should functions properly.
A: Try an SMC Reset.
The System Management Controller (SMC) is responsible for many low-level functions on Intel-based Macs. These functions include:
*
*Responding to display lid opening and closing on portable Macs
*[...]
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95d7a7e00696331b3c2063cc76310b28d67bf619 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which iOS devices do not support iOS 5? What is the complete list of iOS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) that are unable to update to iOS 5.0?
A: Devices not supported by iOS 5:
*
*iPhone (original)
*iPhone 3G
*iPod Touch first generation
*iPod Touch second generation
*AppleTV
Source: http://www.apple.com/ios/features.html . "iOS 5 is compatible with: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 3rd generation, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPad, iPad 2."
| Q: Which iOS devices do not support iOS 5? What is the complete list of iOS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) that are unable to update to iOS 5.0?
A: Devices not supported by iOS 5:
*
*iPhone (original)
*iPhone 3G
*iPod Touch first generation
*iPod Touch second generation
*AppleTV
Source: http://www.apple.com/ios/features.html . "iOS 5 is compatible with: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 3rd generation, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPad, iPad 2."
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7b89f80286a1902a36ae481872dfcceb1989a35b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the difference between iOS Developer Program and iOS Developer Enterprise Program? Can I, as a single person, sell my apps with the normal iOS Developer Program ? What is the difference between these two ?
I have the link here, I just don't understand what really differs between these two... http://developer.apple.com/programs/which-program/
A: As a single person you are eligible to sell apps when enrolled in "iOS Developer Program - Individual".
For an individual developer who will be creating free and commercial iOS apps for distribution on the App Store.
If you want to enroll in the Enterprise Program, you must be company with a DUNS number.
| Q: What is the difference between iOS Developer Program and iOS Developer Enterprise Program? Can I, as a single person, sell my apps with the normal iOS Developer Program ? What is the difference between these two ?
I have the link here, I just don't understand what really differs between these two... http://developer.apple.com/programs/which-program/
A: As a single person you are eligible to sell apps when enrolled in "iOS Developer Program - Individual".
For an individual developer who will be creating free and commercial iOS apps for distribution on the App Store.
If you want to enroll in the Enterprise Program, you must be company with a DUNS number.
A: For completeness, the Enterprise program is for companies who wish to develop their own application for use within their own business, but who will not distribute those application commercially on the App Store, in fact they are not allowed to sell on the App Store.
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3a62c23ea927707d80cf544f6102b6367a777e6f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Logitech webcam C615 & Mac Mini I have a Logitech webcam C615 that I'm trying to hook up with my Mac mini (2011). This may sound silly, but is there a way I can install the software without having an external CD drive? I had no idea that it came with a CD for installation or I would have made the 30 mile trip to the Apple store. :(
A: If you have access to any other computers that do have a CD drive, you can use Drive Sharing
As Apple says,
This convenient feature of OS X lets you wirelessly “borrow” the optical drive of a nearby Mac or PC. So you can install applications from a DVD or CD and have full access to an optical drive without having to carry one around.
| Q: Logitech webcam C615 & Mac Mini I have a Logitech webcam C615 that I'm trying to hook up with my Mac mini (2011). This may sound silly, but is there a way I can install the software without having an external CD drive? I had no idea that it came with a CD for installation or I would have made the 30 mile trip to the Apple store. :(
A: If you have access to any other computers that do have a CD drive, you can use Drive Sharing
As Apple says,
This convenient feature of OS X lets you wirelessly “borrow” the optical drive of a nearby Mac or PC. So you can install applications from a DVD or CD and have full access to an optical drive without having to carry one around.
A: Even with a CD drive available, I would recommend first checking the manufacturer's website for the latest drivers because there's a good chance they've been updated since the included CD was made. I would only bother with the CD if it contains bundled software or drivers that are unavailable online.
It looks like you should be able to download the latest drivers for your webcam from Logitech's downloads page for the HD Webcam C615.
If that download doesn't contain everything you need from the CD, then I would recommend following Daniel's answer.
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5f8455f9474d1bc622a622c28845e0ab5ee584fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I safely charge an iPhone 4S with a 5V 2A source? I just bought a New Trent IMP99D external battery, to keep my phone alive while gaming during long-haul flights. It has two USB ports to connect to, one which supplies 1 amp at 5 volts, another which supplies 2 amps at 5 volts.
The instruction manual says to connect smartphones to the 1-amp port, and any iPad 2's to the 2-amp port.
Is there any harm, or do I incur any inefficiencies, if I connect my iPhone 4S to the 2-amp port instead of the recommended 1-amp port?
A: When I travel, I only bring my iPad charger and use it interchangeably with my iPhone 4 without noticing any battery life performance and by that extension it should be the same for iPhone 4s.
Apple's website seems to confirm this; For the 10W USB iPad charger - "It also charges iPhone and all iPod models with a dock connector."
| Q: Can I safely charge an iPhone 4S with a 5V 2A source? I just bought a New Trent IMP99D external battery, to keep my phone alive while gaming during long-haul flights. It has two USB ports to connect to, one which supplies 1 amp at 5 volts, another which supplies 2 amps at 5 volts.
The instruction manual says to connect smartphones to the 1-amp port, and any iPad 2's to the 2-amp port.
Is there any harm, or do I incur any inefficiencies, if I connect my iPhone 4S to the 2-amp port instead of the recommended 1-amp port?
A: When I travel, I only bring my iPad charger and use it interchangeably with my iPhone 4 without noticing any battery life performance and by that extension it should be the same for iPhone 4s.
Apple's website seems to confirm this; For the 10W USB iPad charger - "It also charges iPhone and all iPod models with a dock connector."
A: It should be fine, the iPhone has built in safeguards and using the iPad charger wont incur any real damage
A: It will destroy your battery if you do that for a long time... Mine exploded when I plugged it in after a while of using it! CAUTION!!!!
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f9d17ae3b68f8cc7f6f22f21419284849a8194cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why won't my iCal calendars display in the same window? For a while (long enough that I almost finished writing a very long SE question about it), I thought Google Calendar wasn't syncing with iCal. Then, I realized that it in fact was, but all the calendars were cleverly hidden in the Window menu, just above Bring All to Front. If I click one of these, the calendar displays—in its own window. All the events are there, but ry as I might, I can't get any two calendars to display in the same iCal window! It's very irritating.
A: Having them show up as delegates is okay, but it's nicer if they show up with the other Google calendars, and that also makes for a better experience on an iOS device. To do that, go to https://calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect (which isn't linked anywhere from the main Google Calendar settings page, even after many years), and check the boxes for all of the Other Calendars you want exported.
I feel like I rediscover this secret every few years.
| Q: Why won't my iCal calendars display in the same window? For a while (long enough that I almost finished writing a very long SE question about it), I thought Google Calendar wasn't syncing with iCal. Then, I realized that it in fact was, but all the calendars were cleverly hidden in the Window menu, just above Bring All to Front. If I click one of these, the calendar displays—in its own window. All the events are there, but ry as I might, I can't get any two calendars to display in the same iCal window! It's very irritating.
A: Having them show up as delegates is okay, but it's nicer if they show up with the other Google calendars, and that also makes for a better experience on an iOS device. To do that, go to https://calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect (which isn't linked anywhere from the main Google Calendar settings page, even after many years), and check the boxes for all of the Other Calendars you want exported.
I feel like I rediscover this secret every few years.
A: Google calendars other than your default calendar are treated as delegated calendars by iCal. To get them to open in the main screen go to iCal > Preferences > Accounts, select your google account, click the tab for Delegation, then check the boxes next to the calendars you want to display in your main calendar window.
Now in the upper left hand corner of the iCal window, click the Calendars button which brings up the pop-up allowing you to select which calendars are visible. Check the box for the calendars you want to view. You can return to this pop up at any time to change the calendars you're seeing at any given time.
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cab12b948f9b85cd57d613d57616a7d6ccf4219e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are the latest iPod Nanos running iOS? The current version of the iPod Nano looks a lot like it is running the iOS. Is it actually running a scaled-down version of the software on the iPhones, or is it just a themed version of the classic iPod software?
A: According to this article, an Apple spokesman stated that the touch-screen iPod Nano does not run iOS.
| Q: Are the latest iPod Nanos running iOS? The current version of the iPod Nano looks a lot like it is running the iOS. Is it actually running a scaled-down version of the software on the iPhones, or is it just a themed version of the classic iPod software?
A: According to this article, an Apple spokesman stated that the touch-screen iPod Nano does not run iOS.
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d0311b47fdd2ea9ace01ee6915fa3c288e109c07 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to publish magazines (in PDF format) to Apple Newsstand? We're interested in publishing our magazines to Apple's Newsstand and we're wondering how we would go about doing this?
I've read you need a developer kit (which we don't have), is there a way to just publish the magazines without this?
A: If you do not have a dev kit you can use other companies who build, release and manage subscriptions.
One such comapny is Woodwing
However these options are generally very expensive. You are better off (if you can create and develop the product yourself) purchasing the SDK license ($99 per year) or failing that you can use Adobe software to publish the Newsstand Magazine but that costs about $500
There is more information on Newsstand here
| Q: How to publish magazines (in PDF format) to Apple Newsstand? We're interested in publishing our magazines to Apple's Newsstand and we're wondering how we would go about doing this?
I've read you need a developer kit (which we don't have), is there a way to just publish the magazines without this?
A: If you do not have a dev kit you can use other companies who build, release and manage subscriptions.
One such comapny is Woodwing
However these options are generally very expensive. You are better off (if you can create and develop the product yourself) purchasing the SDK license ($99 per year) or failing that you can use Adobe software to publish the Newsstand Magazine but that costs about $500
There is more information on Newsstand here
A: Among the various solutions you can choose from, there's iTablo that does exactly what you're looking for: iTablo site
A: It's not a watered down solution, but rather one that takes a different approach to the problem. You can use Brainiac Publishing to port your magazines to iOS (disclosure - I'm a founder).
The service has minimal upfront costs (starts at $10 a page) with all other fees tied to downloads and sales — that's 30% of sales to Apple, 10% to Brainiac, and a download fee of $.20 tied to Adobe DPS. The creation of the Newsstand app, design template, etc. are all done without cost to the publisher. So, publishers clear 40% on $.99 publications and 50% on $1.99 publications. (If you're free, you pay $.30 per download.)
The only caveat is that distribution (or projected distribution) has to be reasonably high since it's a back end revenue model — no back end, no revenue.
A: You can also have a look at www.lazypub.com (disclaimer: I am a founder).
It is very easy to publish PDFs in your own branded newsstand app and even enhance those PDF files with interactive elements (videos, mp3 files, image galleries, URLs) without any programming skills. LazyPub allows you to create Newsstand applications with all newsstand-related features (subscriptions, in app purchases etc)
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57d82400b18af5d6d0f0d25bc35f178397d20779 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable the suspend to disk function on my MacBook Pro Whenever I close the lid of my MacBook Pro it takes over a minute to write out my memory to disk. This is part of the Mac's safe suspend option, which allows it to restore your memory from the hibernation file if the Mac loses power (say you change batteries or they go flat) while it is asleep.
I prefer my machine to go to sleep as soon as possible and am willing to take the risk of an unclean shutdown should my battery go flat.
A long time ago I disabled this behavior, but have recently reinstalled my machine and OS X has reverted to the default behavior.
How can I disable the hibernation action when I close the lid?
A: I use the SmartSleep preference pane.
| Q: How can I disable the suspend to disk function on my MacBook Pro Whenever I close the lid of my MacBook Pro it takes over a minute to write out my memory to disk. This is part of the Mac's safe suspend option, which allows it to restore your memory from the hibernation file if the Mac loses power (say you change batteries or they go flat) while it is asleep.
I prefer my machine to go to sleep as soon as possible and am willing to take the risk of an unclean shutdown should my battery go flat.
A long time ago I disabled this behavior, but have recently reinstalled my machine and OS X has reverted to the default behavior.
How can I disable the hibernation action when I close the lid?
A: I use the SmartSleep preference pane.
A: To disable Safe Sleep:
$ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
$ sudo nvram "use-nvramrc?"=false
Further details can be found at http://www.normalesup.org/~martinez/macosx/, Including how to enable it again.
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4b9c2c245361bb338a55dce86abb8bfc3ebf60f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove a portion of from the middle of a movie? Quicktime Player help:
With QuickTime Player you can quickly remove a portion of the
beginning or end of a movie or a movie clip to make it shorter or
remove unwanted content.
I want to remove the portion starting at 03:08 and ending at 03:49 of the movie, preferably through an applescript like the following:
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
trim document 1 from 0 to (4 * 60 + 41.75)
end tell
Am pretty sure QT PRO can do it.
A: Check the amazing video here, he explains how to use Cmd + Y to do the clipping from the middle portion. It's same as Matt's answer, but visually explianed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NrlhZin4M
| Q: How can I remove a portion of from the middle of a movie? Quicktime Player help:
With QuickTime Player you can quickly remove a portion of the
beginning or end of a movie or a movie clip to make it shorter or
remove unwanted content.
I want to remove the portion starting at 03:08 and ending at 03:49 of the movie, preferably through an applescript like the following:
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
trim document 1 from 0 to (4 * 60 + 41.75)
end tell
Am pretty sure QT PRO can do it.
A: Check the amazing video here, he explains how to use Cmd + Y to do the clipping from the middle portion. It's same as Matt's answer, but visually explianed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NrlhZin4M
A: You can use Quicktime 10.x to split the movie into multiple clips, and then trim the individual clips. When you're done editing the individual clips and you save/export the movie, you get exactly what you want: one single, continuous movie, sans the parts you trimmed.
Split a movie into clips
*
*In QuickTime Player, drag the playhead (the small diamond) in the timeline to the location where you want to split your movie.
*Choose Edit > Split Clip.
Your movie splits into two clips.
*To split one of the clips in two, select the clip, drag the playhead (now represented by a red vertical line) to the location where you want to split the clip, and then choose Edit > Split Clip.
Your movie is now split into three clips.
*To continue splitting clips, repeat step three.
*When you’re done splitting clips, you can rearrange your clips or click Done.
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5884
I haven't investigated it, but there may be an analogous AppleScript API for working with clips.
A: You'll need the more advanced editing features of QuickTime 7. To install it on Snow Leopard or Lion, refer to Installing QuickTime Player 7 on Mac OS X v10.6 or Later on Apple's KB.
You'll then be able to open your video with QT7, select parts of your video with I (set input point) and O (set output point), and delete the part with a stroke of ⌫. Then, simply save the file, as said earlier.
You might need a license key for QT7, though (I don't remember if the latest versions of the OS need them or activate the Pro features for free).
(taken from my answer here, but it felt flaky linking to it when the question is not really the same)
A: If you want to get 3:08 to 3:49 you should use:
trim document 1 from (3*60 + 8) to (3*60 +49)
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e7559c167e32787d9f4bb926e28a811f513c29ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I repair permissions of a specific directory? I want to repair permissions of a user defined directory along with it's subdirectories. How can I do this?
So far, I've looked for options in finder and tried to drag the folder into Disk Utility. But none of my ideas brought success.
A: Repairing permissions only affects System files, and files installed from a package with the Installer, which give a BOM (Bill Of Materials, stored in the (~)/Receipts folder) that list the expected permissions. There is no meaning in repairing permissions for “a specific directory“, as an arbitrary directory has no expected permissions against which to compare, unless it is one listed in one of the said files.
(just for sourcing: Wikipedia agrees ;) )
If you want to change permissions of a lot of files at once, for example by having copied them from another drive with permissions, and you encounter problems with them, you could use a tool such as BatchMod :)
| Q: How do I repair permissions of a specific directory? I want to repair permissions of a user defined directory along with it's subdirectories. How can I do this?
So far, I've looked for options in finder and tried to drag the folder into Disk Utility. But none of my ideas brought success.
A: Repairing permissions only affects System files, and files installed from a package with the Installer, which give a BOM (Bill Of Materials, stored in the (~)/Receipts folder) that list the expected permissions. There is no meaning in repairing permissions for “a specific directory“, as an arbitrary directory has no expected permissions against which to compare, unless it is one listed in one of the said files.
(just for sourcing: Wikipedia agrees ;) )
If you want to change permissions of a lot of files at once, for example by having copied them from another drive with permissions, and you encounter problems with them, you could use a tool such as BatchMod :)
A: The act of "repairing permissions" is a very specific system-level only process. There is nothing in the UNIX-like world (such as BSD, which OS X is based on) that defines what a "correct" permission is. According to a Genius I spoke with at my local Apple Store, there is simply some file that lists important system files/folders, and clicking "Repair Disk Permissions" simply applies the appropriate permissions on the contents of that list.
Client file permissions have no "correct permission" because they can be whatever you want to achieve.
A: If I understand your question correctly, you're attempting to reset the permissions on a user's home directory. This is easily accomplished by resetting ACLs on the desired home directly by using the Reset Password utility in the Recovery Partition:
Restart your computer from the recovery partition (if running Lion) or the gray disk (if not running Lion). Open Disk Utility and run a permissions repair on your startup volume. After this is complete, close Disk Utility and open Terminal from the Utilities menu. Type in resetpassword and select your user account (NOT System Administrator/root) from the drop down menu. Click the Reset button at the bottom of the window in the Reset home folder permissions and ACLs section. Quit the Password Utility and go back to the main recovery screen. On your keyboard, hit Command+Q and restart your computer.
It's very important that you don't hold down the power button to exit the recovery session, or the ACL reset won't occur.
Let us know how it goes.
A: open a terminal and navigate to the folder in question
the command would be as follows
sudo chown -R user:usergroup ./(file/dir)
e.g
sudo chown -R alex:admins .
dot is the folder in which you opened your terminal
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b2ac650ffdee0354d849321bca9f58c613739682 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple accounts and a workplace Mac? I am getting a MacBook Pro today, in order to build an App.
My question is simple (I hope):
*
*Can I set up a company account through Apple, for Appstore purchases, etc.?
Or?
*
*Do I have to set up a personalized account?
Bear in mind that in the future, I might not be the person that works on future apps, so the machine might transition over to someone else.
A: You can setup an account for a company, just use a company e-mail address that isn't strictly your own (ideally, something generic like appleid@company) and fill out the correct fields on the sign-up section.
You can also use this account to join the developer program with Apple - although this might be what you meant anyway.
When signing up, I'd still use your name - this can easily be changed, but fill out the company details (and, I suppose, credit card).
| Q: Apple accounts and a workplace Mac? I am getting a MacBook Pro today, in order to build an App.
My question is simple (I hope):
*
*Can I set up a company account through Apple, for Appstore purchases, etc.?
Or?
*
*Do I have to set up a personalized account?
Bear in mind that in the future, I might not be the person that works on future apps, so the machine might transition over to someone else.
A: You can setup an account for a company, just use a company e-mail address that isn't strictly your own (ideally, something generic like appleid@company) and fill out the correct fields on the sign-up section.
You can also use this account to join the developer program with Apple - although this might be what you meant anyway.
When signing up, I'd still use your name - this can easily be changed, but fill out the company details (and, I suppose, credit card).
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2111df6c29ff0ec720c8dc98348783e68e00e544 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What media player can handle both music libraries (AAC, MP3) and videos (AVI, MKV,...)? Since iTunes is not capable of handling many video formats, I'm looking for an alternative that can replace iTunes, Quicktime and VLC.
What media player for OSX is able to:
*
*organize a large music library (ACC, MP3)
*play videos encoded in (AVI, MKV)
A: This only hits your second requirement but, if you ask me, it's the more important of the two by a long shot: VLC. It can play just about anything you throw at it. It has support for play lists (both building and saving them) but it does not do any organization of your media. It is strictly a player.
| Q: What media player can handle both music libraries (AAC, MP3) and videos (AVI, MKV,...)? Since iTunes is not capable of handling many video formats, I'm looking for an alternative that can replace iTunes, Quicktime and VLC.
What media player for OSX is able to:
*
*organize a large music library (ACC, MP3)
*play videos encoded in (AVI, MKV)
A: This only hits your second requirement but, if you ask me, it's the more important of the two by a long shot: VLC. It can play just about anything you throw at it. It has support for play lists (both building and saving them) but it does not do any organization of your media. It is strictly a player.
A: You could check both Plex and XBMC, both are very capable media manager and player systems. Both are originally designed for use on a TV with a remote control. They are fully useable on the desktop though.
Plex : http://plexapp.com
XBMC : http://xbmc.org
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cd6cc03c2d836dc637eab9392eca4114f8ffd04b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I hide Quicktime Player's controls when the video is paused? I'm trying to take a screen shot (using Grab) of a quicktime video that is paused. The problem is that the video controls don't disappear, and thus are shown in the resulting shot as seen below:
Is there anyway to hide this UI when paused, much like it hides when the movie is playing?
I'm using Quicktime 10.0 on 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
A: In case no solution for Quicktime is found, here is a solution for movie snapshots using the VLC Media Player.
In the preferences disable Add controls to the video window and click Save. Now you can take a snapshot as explained in my other answer.
| Q: How do I hide Quicktime Player's controls when the video is paused? I'm trying to take a screen shot (using Grab) of a quicktime video that is paused. The problem is that the video controls don't disappear, and thus are shown in the resulting shot as seen below:
Is there anyway to hide this UI when paused, much like it hides when the movie is playing?
I'm using Quicktime 10.0 on 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
A: In case no solution for Quicktime is found, here is a solution for movie snapshots using the VLC Media Player.
In the preferences disable Add controls to the video window and click Save. Now you can take a snapshot as explained in my other answer.
A: You can take a screenshot without the controls:
*
*Move your mouse cursor out of the quicktime window. (The media controls disappear.)
*Press ⌘+⇧+4 then space
*Move your mouse cursor back into the quicktime window. (The media controls stay hidden)
*Click your mouse to take a picture.
More tips on how to take screenshots in MacOSX can be found here.
A: I had a problem with Quicktime Player hiding the controls without returning them at all during playback. On my own I discovered it was due to Quicktime's settings left over from an upgrade.
This is what I did to reset Quicktime Player's Settings to factory defaults:
defaults delete com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX
This helped me, and I hope it helps someone else.
A: I just press Command C for copy, go to Photoshop and press Command N for new, then the settings will be the exact size of your copied image (so just hit enter), then Command V for paste, and bam-- you're all set.
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c31fbb0dfd1808ee29ab1d464dc4685deb618fcf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to read iBooks without an iOS device? I no longer have an iPhone or iPad, but still have books in my iTunes account that I would like to read. Is there a program for OS X that will allow me to read iBooks without an iOS device?
I am familiar with calibre, but the main issue here is the DRM.
A: At this time Unfortunately, no.
There is no Mac OS X application for iBooks. You may want to submit a feature request to Apple.
| Q: Is it possible to read iBooks without an iOS device? I no longer have an iPhone or iPad, but still have books in my iTunes account that I would like to read. Is there a program for OS X that will allow me to read iBooks without an iOS device?
I am familiar with calibre, but the main issue here is the DRM.
A: At this time Unfortunately, no.
There is no Mac OS X application for iBooks. You may want to submit a feature request to Apple.
A: OS X 10.9 Mavericks includes an iBooks app that allows you to read any documents - including purchased books or your own pdfs - that you had in iBooks for iOS.
Mavericks is a free upgrade available for the following systems, and was released on 22 October, 2013 through the Mac App Store.
From OS X Mavericks : System Requirements
To install Mavericks, you need one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid-2007 or later) MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008),
(13-inch, Early 2009 or later) MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or
later), MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later) Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later) Mac
Pro (Early 2008 or later) Xserve (Early 2009) Your Mac also needs:
OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8 already installed 2
GB or more of memory 8 GB or more of available space
A: Apple has released an FAQ for iBooks where (as of January 2012), it says under About iBooks and the iBookstore → What are the requirements to use iBooks?:
You can use iBooks on iPad. You can also use iBooks on iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 or later.
Until OS X Mavericks was released with iBooks for OS X, the answer was no.
A: If you copy a purchased epub format book out to the Finder, you can load it into calibre, but when you try to read it, the App's embedded reader tells you:
This Book is locked by DRM. To learn more about DRM and why you cannot read or convert this book in calibre, click here.
Apple has not yet provided a method to read these books on a Mac.
Despite rumor, Thursday's education-related event produced no OSX-based iBooks reader. So the answer is still no, and will likely remain no for the forseeable future.
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0753a191da057b839f723923631acb03dff66a76 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I know whether MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc. are installed on Mac OS X 10.7? I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.
How can I know whether MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc. are installed on the system?
A: Try the Terminal command mdfind (string) | grep include
For example:
$ mdfind postgres | grep include
/usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres_fe.h
/usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres_ext.h
/usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres.h
/usr/include/postgresql/internal/postgres_fe.h
/usr/include/postgres_ext.h
...
$ mdfind sqlite | grep include
/usr/include/sqlite3ext.h
/usr/include/sqlite3.h
/usr/include/php/ext/sqlite3/libsqlite/sqlite3.h
/usr/include/php/ext/sqlite/libsqlite/src/sqlite.h
...
This is a good way to determine if there are header files installed for the respective database libraries you ask about.
| Q: How can I know whether MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc. are installed on Mac OS X 10.7? I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.
How can I know whether MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc. are installed on the system?
A: Try the Terminal command mdfind (string) | grep include
For example:
$ mdfind postgres | grep include
/usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres_fe.h
/usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres_ext.h
/usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres.h
/usr/include/postgresql/internal/postgres_fe.h
/usr/include/postgres_ext.h
...
$ mdfind sqlite | grep include
/usr/include/sqlite3ext.h
/usr/include/sqlite3.h
/usr/include/php/ext/sqlite3/libsqlite/sqlite3.h
/usr/include/php/ext/sqlite/libsqlite/src/sqlite.h
...
This is a good way to determine if there are header files installed for the respective database libraries you ask about.
A: You can consult the list of open source products that ship as part of Lion and Lion Server.
Also a mdfind command can list all the executable files that have been indexed and you can grep for specific file names to filter out the excess results. This will show any files installed not from Apple's original payload with Lion.
mdfind "kMDItemKind == 'Unix Executable File'" | grep -w sqlite3
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dbe0f90c710fad6ed153e908bfa98350088a8ae3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to exit Assembler back to Applesoft Basic on Apple II GS When writing in Applesoft Basic on my Apple II GS, a crashed program occasionally dumps me not at the Applesoft Basic prompt (]), but at the assembler prompt instead (*). How can I get out of the Assembler and back to Basic (no pun intended)?
A: You can just type Ctrl-C.
(Or Ctrl-B if you don't care about wiping any Applesoft program in memory. Also, ">" is the Integer Basic prompt. The monitor prompt is "*".)
| Q: How to exit Assembler back to Applesoft Basic on Apple II GS When writing in Applesoft Basic on my Apple II GS, a crashed program occasionally dumps me not at the Applesoft Basic prompt (]), but at the assembler prompt instead (*). How can I get out of the Assembler and back to Basic (no pun intended)?
A: You can just type Ctrl-C.
(Or Ctrl-B if you don't care about wiping any Applesoft program in memory. Also, ">" is the Integer Basic prompt. The monitor prompt is "*".)
A: Type 3D0G at the assembler prompt. This will cause the computer to goto/execute the instructions starting at memory address 3D0 Hex/976 decimal, which is the address for the Applesoft Basic interpreter.
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6d53a96c1ddcd6fa7daf740827cf5b906fd2f5b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sync Google Tasks with iOS Reminders? Is there anyway of syncing my Google/Gmail tasks with iOS reminders?
A: I've created a service called Tasket which Syncs iOS Reminders with Gmail Tasks. I do this by emulating a Microsoft Exchange server - iOS supports syncing Reminders with Exchange.
Tasket is currently in beta. I'm just waiting on Google to increase their API quota so I can add more users. Hopefully people find it helpful. I like the native Reminders app.
| Q: Sync Google Tasks with iOS Reminders? Is there anyway of syncing my Google/Gmail tasks with iOS reminders?
A: I've created a service called Tasket which Syncs iOS Reminders with Gmail Tasks. I do this by emulating a Microsoft Exchange server - iOS supports syncing Reminders with Exchange.
Tasket is currently in beta. I'm just waiting on Google to increase their API quota so I can add more users. Hopefully people find it helpful. I like the native Reminders app.
A: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but no, not currently.
You may also want to read this thread which appears to be the current thoughts on the matter
A: I have not heard of a way to sync...but 2nd best would be to view them both in the same place. Fantastical gets great reviews for this...see Fantastical
A: Gtasks is subpar. The biggest reason I like iOS Reminders is it's one of the best things that SIRI does well. I use it all the time. If gTasks were capable of acting as an intermediary between Reminders and Google Tasks then it might be a good product, but at the end of the day, it's a stand-alone tasks app that does not take advantage of SIRI. This coupled with the deception of listing it as "free" on the AppStore but requiring you to pay for it later in-App...not cool. I am all for paying for a good app but give it to me straight. At the end of the day it does not have what I want in a tasks app.
A: GTasks will allow you to manually import iOS Reminders to Google Tasks, but there is no 2-way sync.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/gtasks-hd-google-tasks-go/id428249408?mt=8&ls=1
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93b540bbabf33dbdc4b83c113efd7bc813756ab0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Tweetbot marks some tweets with a blue corner Some tweets in my twitterfeed is marked with a blue upper right corner, and some kind of bookmark icon on it.
What does it mean?
A: It's a Tweet Marker feature.
it indicates your last read tweet. When using another app that uses Tweet Marker, it will automatically scroll to that tweet so you know where you were.
| Q: Tweetbot marks some tweets with a blue corner Some tweets in my twitterfeed is marked with a blue upper right corner, and some kind of bookmark icon on it.
What does it mean?
A: It's a Tweet Marker feature.
it indicates your last read tweet. When using another app that uses Tweet Marker, it will automatically scroll to that tweet so you know where you were.
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a7accb30e6ca0ee36bf3afa27f42a3031dc40be8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu option hardcoded in Google Chrome for Mac? I'm having a hard time removing the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu element in Chrome for Mac (see screenshot).
I tried deactivating the Dictionary Service shortcut in Preferences / Keyboard, and I also tweaked Dictionary.app's Info.plist to remove the service. I even removed the entire Dictionary app, but the context menu item still shows. Might it be hard coded into Chrome?
A: What you are seeing are the OSX built in Text Services, such as Spelling and auto-correct services when dealing with anything in OSX that is text.
These services are automatic for the whole OS and cannot be turned off and are available in every application
Note: Spelling Auto-Correct can be turned off/managed in System Preferences -> Languages & Text -> Text
The "Services Manager" and the "Dictionary Service" only relate to what is shown and provided in the Services Menu within running applications. you can turn off those within (oddly enough) System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Services
| Q: Is the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu option hardcoded in Google Chrome for Mac? I'm having a hard time removing the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu element in Chrome for Mac (see screenshot).
I tried deactivating the Dictionary Service shortcut in Preferences / Keyboard, and I also tweaked Dictionary.app's Info.plist to remove the service. I even removed the entire Dictionary app, but the context menu item still shows. Might it be hard coded into Chrome?
A: What you are seeing are the OSX built in Text Services, such as Spelling and auto-correct services when dealing with anything in OSX that is text.
These services are automatic for the whole OS and cannot be turned off and are available in every application
Note: Spelling Auto-Correct can be turned off/managed in System Preferences -> Languages & Text -> Text
The "Services Manager" and the "Dictionary Service" only relate to what is shown and provided in the Services Menu within running applications. you can turn off those within (oddly enough) System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Services
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64e8f1348edf4e74dd195d502f66604abee5cca6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode will not launch correctly; works correctly with another account on the same machine I have an issue where Xcode will not launch. The blue light shows under the icon, but nothing else seems to happen.
I've already grabbed the latest version from the App Store and reinstalled, didn't fix the issue. Please help.
Log shows the following (two lines only, edited for easier reading):
Jan 19 22:11:15 Jason-McClurgs-MacBook-Pro Xcode[2089]: Unable to find either a
loadable database or a Nodes.xml configuration file
Jan 19 22:11:15 Jason-McClurgs-MacBook-Pro Xcode[2089]: Error loading docSet
file://localhost/Developer/Documentation/DocSets/com.apple.ADC_Reference_Library.DeveloperTools.docset/:
Error Domain=com.apple.DADocSetAccess Code=12 "Documentation set could not be read."
UserInfo=0x400ac5340 {NSLocalizedDescription=Documentation set could not be read.,
NSLocalizedFailureReason=Unable to find the database or 'Nodes.xml' configuration file.}
A: It doesn't explain the root cause, but I did get the app to run, by creating a new account and starting the app under that account.
| Q: Xcode will not launch correctly; works correctly with another account on the same machine I have an issue where Xcode will not launch. The blue light shows under the icon, but nothing else seems to happen.
I've already grabbed the latest version from the App Store and reinstalled, didn't fix the issue. Please help.
Log shows the following (two lines only, edited for easier reading):
Jan 19 22:11:15 Jason-McClurgs-MacBook-Pro Xcode[2089]: Unable to find either a
loadable database or a Nodes.xml configuration file
Jan 19 22:11:15 Jason-McClurgs-MacBook-Pro Xcode[2089]: Error loading docSet
file://localhost/Developer/Documentation/DocSets/com.apple.ADC_Reference_Library.DeveloperTools.docset/:
Error Domain=com.apple.DADocSetAccess Code=12 "Documentation set could not be read."
UserInfo=0x400ac5340 {NSLocalizedDescription=Documentation set could not be read.,
NSLocalizedFailureReason=Unable to find the database or 'Nodes.xml' configuration file.}
A: It doesn't explain the root cause, but I did get the app to run, by creating a new account and starting the app under that account.
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62bbb55c4800e0cc60bda2515e110c259a33c684 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to reset Wi-Fi location history If I have understood correctly, iPhones use Wi-Fi points to locate themselves more quickly.
I was working in one location and my company has now moved to a different location. I guess they brought the Wi-Fi equipment with them. When I now open Google Maps, it locates me at the location where my company was before we moved. Even when I switch of my Wi-Fi, it seems to think I am at this other location. This is Extremely annoying.
Is there a way to fix this? Can I reset the cache or Wi-Fi location history or something like that?
A: What you are referring to is called A-GPS (a for assisted)
I would try to Reset Network Settings.
| Q: How to reset Wi-Fi location history If I have understood correctly, iPhones use Wi-Fi points to locate themselves more quickly.
I was working in one location and my company has now moved to a different location. I guess they brought the Wi-Fi equipment with them. When I now open Google Maps, it locates me at the location where my company was before we moved. Even when I switch of my Wi-Fi, it seems to think I am at this other location. This is Extremely annoying.
Is there a way to fix this? Can I reset the cache or Wi-Fi location history or something like that?
A: What you are referring to is called A-GPS (a for assisted)
I would try to Reset Network Settings.
A: I believe this is actually something with their network. I had this issue when I was at Apple. They brought in a bunch of Cisco equipment that was configured in California to our store in Georgia and the location data always said it was still in California until they reset this on the network. Try testing it out on someone else's phone and see what happens. I'd ask your network administrator if this is something that can be changed.
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865e9103005ea6eceba23a9de87aeea0e8bbe864 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Battery issue with MacBook Pro 13 inch (Early 2011) So, around June 2011 I finally had the chance to buy my first Macbook Pro (13 inches, i5)
But recently, I've noticed something wrong with my battery!
Actually with only 2 months of use, I was under Boot Camp doing random stuff when I saw something like "98% fully charged" (battery icon in the menu bar)and didn't pay attention to that until now.
Now, with around 40 cycles, my battery is showing 94/95% (5412-5450 mAh)
Any ideas? I think my battery is defective =/
A:
The built-in battery of your MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air is designed to deliver up to 1000 full charge and discharge cycles before it reaches 80 percent of its original capacity.
Link.
Little differences in capacity are normal and are no indicator for a defect battery. Only contact Apple when your battery performes worse than the design capacity.
| Q: Battery issue with MacBook Pro 13 inch (Early 2011) So, around June 2011 I finally had the chance to buy my first Macbook Pro (13 inches, i5)
But recently, I've noticed something wrong with my battery!
Actually with only 2 months of use, I was under Boot Camp doing random stuff when I saw something like "98% fully charged" (battery icon in the menu bar)and didn't pay attention to that until now.
Now, with around 40 cycles, my battery is showing 94/95% (5412-5450 mAh)
Any ideas? I think my battery is defective =/
A:
The built-in battery of your MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air is designed to deliver up to 1000 full charge and discharge cycles before it reaches 80 percent of its original capacity.
Link.
Little differences in capacity are normal and are no indicator for a defect battery. Only contact Apple when your battery performes worse than the design capacity.
A: It's probably a calibration issue. The easiest way to recalibrate is to leave the MacBook on until it sleeps because of low battery. Leave it off for an hour and then recharge fully (no interruptions and use OSX). Use CoconutBattery or similar tool to monitor and log your battery status. My prediction is that it'll update the health to at least 98%.
| apple | {
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614eea941099020b284744f7fba4d369d07fbaf2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there any non-Apple Thunderbolt displays? Are there any Thunderbolt displays produced by anyone besides Apple?
Apple charges about twice the price of equivalent monitors without the thunderbolt port. Apple may handle the cable jungle better, but that'll never be worth the extra cost.
| Q: Are there any non-Apple Thunderbolt displays? Are there any Thunderbolt displays produced by anyone besides Apple?
Apple charges about twice the price of equivalent monitors without the thunderbolt port. Apple may handle the cable jungle better, but that'll never be worth the extra cost.
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d5d3158d417e9519fbeb9ab9bcb1ffa6f6845252 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Facebook app shuts down itself on iPhone 4 I have an iPhone 4. The Facebook application was working fine until this morning. When I start the Facebook app, it shuts down immediately. I tried restarting the phone but it's the same. No jailbreak, no unlock. My phone is 9 months old.
A: Try uninstalling the app, restarting your phone, and reinstalling it from the App Store. This should resolve the issue.
| Q: Facebook app shuts down itself on iPhone 4 I have an iPhone 4. The Facebook application was working fine until this morning. When I start the Facebook app, it shuts down immediately. I tried restarting the phone but it's the same. No jailbreak, no unlock. My phone is 9 months old.
A: Try uninstalling the app, restarting your phone, and reinstalling it from the App Store. This should resolve the issue.
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ec615c78dcae6854741a568be36d906f46ff1db6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I install a Theme in Keynote? I just downloaded several themes that I want to use. They are in /Library/Application Support/Keynote/Themes/ but I don't see them in the Theme Chooser screen.
Does anyone know what else I should be doing to install them?
Thanks!
A: When you open a template or a common keynote file, you can use the option File → Save theme...
This puts your file in the necessary directory automatically and adds information about your theme to the welcome screen.
| Q: How do I install a Theme in Keynote? I just downloaded several themes that I want to use. They are in /Library/Application Support/Keynote/Themes/ but I don't see them in the Theme Chooser screen.
Does anyone know what else I should be doing to install them?
Thanks!
A: When you open a template or a common keynote file, you can use the option File → Save theme...
This puts your file in the necessary directory automatically and adds information about your theme to the welcome screen.
A: Typically they should be in:
~/Library/Application Support/iWork/Keynote/Themes/
You can copy yours there and they should show up; or when choosing a theme you can add them by navigating to the folder yours are in:
A: This is different in Keynote '09. The method I found that works comes from https://discussions.apple.com/message/8789217#8789217
It appears Apple has changed the way Keynote '09 accesses Themes. If
you leave your 3rd party themes the way they were, Keynote '09 can't
seem to handle it and the theme chooser does not open or work
properly.
Apple's standard themes are now imbedded in the package contents of
Keynote. (if you don't know what that means, don't worry. For those
that care opt click show package contents ...
Keynote>contents>resources>themes). You will have to find the third
party themes you want to use. They may be located in the library >
application support folder > iWork > Themes or somewhere like that
depending upon how you set it up before.
Once you find the themes, I suggest moving them to a place like the
desktop or your documents folder.
Once that has been done, Quit Keynote. Find the theme you want to
"import" Double click on it. Keynote '09 should open. Once it is open,
go to File>Save Theme.... you will be presented with the option to
name the theme and store it in a folder here
HD>Users>Home>Library>Application Support>iWork>Keynote>Themes.
Once you have saved it, quit keynote. Open Keynote and go to the theme
chooser. Your new "imported" theme will be at the bottom after all of
the Apple standard themes.
Repeat for each theme you want to import.
That might be overkill, but it did work for me.
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f15a0b2464e54d39bb6c98cef75f785246c8e133 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the iOS Voice Memos built-in app appropriate for recording an hour-long interview? I have been sufficiently impressed with the sound quality of the voice memos app on my iPhone.
I'm planning to interview several of my family members for up to an hour at a time. I have a 4th generation iPod Touch which I plan to use for recording. Does anyone know of any reasons why the voice memos app would not be up to the task?
I will have the device plugged in to power, and on a table in the middle of the two or sometimes three people speaking. I'll do some math to ensure that I have enough free space on the device beforehand. I have the 64GB iPod Touch.
A: There are various records (/1, /2) saying that since iOS4 there's no limitation in size any more. My suggestion: put the iPod on the table, run the voice recorder and see how long it goes and if the process of importing to the computer works fine.
| Q: Is the iOS Voice Memos built-in app appropriate for recording an hour-long interview? I have been sufficiently impressed with the sound quality of the voice memos app on my iPhone.
I'm planning to interview several of my family members for up to an hour at a time. I have a 4th generation iPod Touch which I plan to use for recording. Does anyone know of any reasons why the voice memos app would not be up to the task?
I will have the device plugged in to power, and on a table in the middle of the two or sometimes three people speaking. I'll do some math to ensure that I have enough free space on the device beforehand. I have the 64GB iPod Touch.
A: There are various records (/1, /2) saying that since iOS4 there's no limitation in size any more. My suggestion: put the iPod on the table, run the voice recorder and see how long it goes and if the process of importing to the computer works fine.
A: The only reason it would not last the hour would be if you didn't have room on the device to store the audio file.
Bearing this in mind before you conduct an interview make sure you have enough memory to last.
For a one hour recording you will need about 160mb of free disc space
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78862c0a0e3b9601b4cedb3efad02aa09cca5832 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are these mysterious menu bar icons?
What do these two icons represent? What is the functionality behind them? I am running On OS X Lion (10.7).
A: The Two Houses icon is associated with a mobile home directory--linked to an OS X server. I believe the exclamation point is its cry for help--probably telling you that the local "copy" of your home directory hasn't been sync'd to its server counterpoint for awhile. Click on the icon and see if it gives you more info.
| Q: What are these mysterious menu bar icons?
What do these two icons represent? What is the functionality behind them? I am running On OS X Lion (10.7).
A: The Two Houses icon is associated with a mobile home directory--linked to an OS X server. I believe the exclamation point is its cry for help--probably telling you that the local "copy" of your home directory hasn't been sync'd to its server counterpoint for awhile. Click on the icon and see if it gives you more info.
A: The one on the left is for MobileMe (formerly .Mac) syncing status.
You used to be able to enable it with the application iSync.app, which I believe is no longer present on Mac OS X. It can currently toggled through a pane in the MobileMe System Preferences panel. When syncing is in progress it is animated (it spins). It does not have any other animation states I am aware of.
I'm not sure about the other icon.
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2e42d34ce948850b5359a3d8da3b1e8f8c9952cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I incorporate LaTeX into an iBook created with iBooks Author? I'm interested in writing a text in the sciences that requires some mathematical notation, but I see no way to incorporate LaTeX into iBooks using iBooks Author.
Am I missing a feature? Is there an add-on plug-in architecture (e.g. using "widgets") that would allow me to add a tool for LaTeX editing. Are there any existing LaTeX "widgets" or add-ons?
Ideally, I'm seeking something other than a "one-way" static PDF- or image-generation approach.
A: LaTeXiT
...is the solution I'll go with now. You can export your Latex as a picture which can be very easily copied into iBooks Author.
| Q: How can I incorporate LaTeX into an iBook created with iBooks Author? I'm interested in writing a text in the sciences that requires some mathematical notation, but I see no way to incorporate LaTeX into iBooks using iBooks Author.
Am I missing a feature? Is there an add-on plug-in architecture (e.g. using "widgets") that would allow me to add a tool for LaTeX editing. Are there any existing LaTeX "widgets" or add-ons?
Ideally, I'm seeking something other than a "one-way" static PDF- or image-generation approach.
A: LaTeXiT
...is the solution I'll go with now. You can export your Latex as a picture which can be very easily copied into iBooks Author.
A: IF you rendered the LaTeX into a PDF, you could certainly paste the resulting image into iBooks Author, but this is hardly an optimal solution.
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0ed571e7a35cd27b1dfabf5234e4b5a3fe70e123 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Mini (summer 2011) and Dell U2711 - How to get the maximum resolution 2560x1440? I've been using the Mac Mini with Dell U2711 monitor for couple days and only now I've realized what is wrong: The display isn't using its maximum resolution 2560x1440 but the 1080p which the OS reports as the max resolution. I then read from the Apple's site that for some reason 1080p is the maximum resolution when using the HDMI-connector.
The Mac Mini contains only HDMI and Thunderbolt connectors, at least according to Apple's site. The Dell-monitor doesn't have Thunderbolt but instead it has VGA, DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI.
So my question is: Is it possible to get the maximum resolution out of my monitor?
A: Thunderbolt contains a DisplayPort channel. You can get a Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable. I found a cheap one on Monoprice a while back. Here is a 6 footer.
| Q: Mac Mini (summer 2011) and Dell U2711 - How to get the maximum resolution 2560x1440? I've been using the Mac Mini with Dell U2711 monitor for couple days and only now I've realized what is wrong: The display isn't using its maximum resolution 2560x1440 but the 1080p which the OS reports as the max resolution. I then read from the Apple's site that for some reason 1080p is the maximum resolution when using the HDMI-connector.
The Mac Mini contains only HDMI and Thunderbolt connectors, at least according to Apple's site. The Dell-monitor doesn't have Thunderbolt but instead it has VGA, DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI.
So my question is: Is it possible to get the maximum resolution out of my monitor?
A: Thunderbolt contains a DisplayPort channel. You can get a Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable. I found a cheap one on Monoprice a while back. Here is a 6 footer.
A: Only via Thunderbolt.
As you said, Apple's documentation for the Mac mini (Mid 2011) states:
Video Support
*
*Thunderbolt port with support for up to 2560-by-1600 resolution
*HDMI port with support for up to 1920-by-1200 resolution
It used to be possible with models using a dual-link DVI Adapter which the new models don't support:
Simultaneously supports up to 1920 by 1200 pixels on a DVI or VGA display; up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on a dual-link DVI display using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter.
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a34aae686198aaa6469004d17c13e5801abad7cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there any keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs in terminal? Are there any keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs in terminal?
A: Default shortcuts
These are the shortcuts listed under the Terminal -> Window menu. On older MacOS versions they were called Select Next Tab and Select Previous Tab.
*
*Show Next Tab: ⌘+} (selects the tab to the right of your current tab)
*Show Previous Tab: ⌘+{ (selects the tab to the left of your current tab)
I think it would make more sense to say ⌘+⇧+] / [, since that's actually what you type.
How to set custom Terminal shortcuts?
Since there are menu items that these shortcuts trigger, you can use System Preferences-> Keyboard-> Keyboard Shortcuts-> App Shortcuts to reassign the shortcuts to whatever you want.
Click + to add a shortcut:
*
*Application field - select Other... (at the bottom) and navigate to Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal.app.
*Menu Title field - type the name of your shortcut, e.g. Show Next Tab (you can find the exact shortcut name in the Terminal -> Window menu, where the default shortcuts are listed)
*Keyboard Shortcut field - press your custom shortcut keys.
| Q: Are there any keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs in terminal? Are there any keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs in terminal?
A: Default shortcuts
These are the shortcuts listed under the Terminal -> Window menu. On older MacOS versions they were called Select Next Tab and Select Previous Tab.
*
*Show Next Tab: ⌘+} (selects the tab to the right of your current tab)
*Show Previous Tab: ⌘+{ (selects the tab to the left of your current tab)
I think it would make more sense to say ⌘+⇧+] / [, since that's actually what you type.
How to set custom Terminal shortcuts?
Since there are menu items that these shortcuts trigger, you can use System Preferences-> Keyboard-> Keyboard Shortcuts-> App Shortcuts to reassign the shortcuts to whatever you want.
Click + to add a shortcut:
*
*Application field - select Other... (at the bottom) and navigate to Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal.app.
*Menu Title field - type the name of your shortcut, e.g. Show Next Tab (you can find the exact shortcut name in the Terminal -> Window menu, where the default shortcuts are listed)
*Keyboard Shortcut field - press your custom shortcut keys.
A: ⌘ + ⇧ + arrow keys is also a valid option.
Enjoy!
A: If you want to choose your own shortcut for switching tabs in terminal:
open /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Keyboard.prefPane/
Application Shortcuts > (Add) > Application (Other...) > Applications/Utilities/Terminal
Menu titles:
Select Next Tab
Select Previous Tab
I've chosen, for example, ⌘+ALT+⇦ and ⌘+ALT+⇨.
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c4b152eccd6394237c7c8bb8220a8a7c70bd2ec5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Mount" network share as a volume via SSH? There is a remote server that I can connect to only via SSH, and storage space have been allocated for me in that server.
Is there a software that lets me "mount" a network share via SSH so that I can use it as if it is a local folder?
I strongly prefer cross-platform and Free (as in Freedom) solutions, but anything you can think of I'd love to know.
Thank you!
A: Use HomeBrew to install fuse4x and sshfs
The commands to install are:
brew install sshfs
when you run it, it gives two other commands that I needed to run in order to install the fuse4x kernel extension. Run them.
Then, to mount the ssh filesystem
mkdir ~/mymountdir
sshfs username@hostname:/home/thedir ~/mymountdir
it will ask you for your password.
| Q: "Mount" network share as a volume via SSH? There is a remote server that I can connect to only via SSH, and storage space have been allocated for me in that server.
Is there a software that lets me "mount" a network share via SSH so that I can use it as if it is a local folder?
I strongly prefer cross-platform and Free (as in Freedom) solutions, but anything you can think of I'd love to know.
Thank you!
A: Use HomeBrew to install fuse4x and sshfs
The commands to install are:
brew install sshfs
when you run it, it gives two other commands that I needed to run in order to install the fuse4x kernel extension. Run them.
Then, to mount the ssh filesystem
mkdir ~/mymountdir
sshfs username@hostname:/home/thedir ~/mymountdir
it will ask you for your password.
A: I've not tried it, but for what it's worth, the man page for the Unix mount command lists that you can connect to remote systems:
The mount command calls the mount(2) system call to prepare and graft a
special device or the remote node (rhost:path) on to the file system tree
at the point node. If either special or node are not provided, the
appropriate information is obtained via the getfsent(3) library routines.
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c4770990f5fec425eca47461f3e24c0e3e6d1146 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes smart playlist not syncing to iPhone My smart playlists created in iTunes are not syncing to my iPhone. I have resolved to copying the songs that are in the smart playlist to a regular playlist to get the playlist onto the iPhone. Why is it that smart playlists won't sync?
A: I had the same problem, try:
*
*right click the playlist
*click 'duplicate'
*delete the old playlist
*then re-sync your iPhone/iPod or whatever
This worked out fine for me, i then just renamed the playlist taking '1' off the end (you'll know what i mean) - hope this helps!
| Q: iTunes smart playlist not syncing to iPhone My smart playlists created in iTunes are not syncing to my iPhone. I have resolved to copying the songs that are in the smart playlist to a regular playlist to get the playlist onto the iPhone. Why is it that smart playlists won't sync?
A: I had the same problem, try:
*
*right click the playlist
*click 'duplicate'
*delete the old playlist
*then re-sync your iPhone/iPod or whatever
This worked out fine for me, i then just renamed the playlist taking '1' off the end (you'll know what i mean) - hope this helps!
A: I had the same problem with songs duplicating on my iPhone from smart lists. I fixed it by going into the smart list criteria and un-checking the box titled "Live Updating". then I updated the lists on my phone - all the duplicates were removed.
A: I had the same problem the other day. Turns out iTunes lost the path between the playlists and my music folder location on my computer. If you go to the iTunes "Library" box on the left, select "Music" then go to the main screen and look at all of your songs in the "Songs" format. Scroll down through and if any of them show exclamation points to the left of the song's name, that means the path has been lost. If you try to play the song, a window will pop up telling you iTunes cannot find the song. It should ask you to search for the path. When you select "Yes", a search window will pop up. Just navigate to the current folder where your music is on your computer. Once you select the path, it should ask if you want to complete this task for all your songs. Select "yes" or "ok" (I can't remember which one exactly). This fixed my problem immediately. Good Luck.
A: Smart playlists are nothing more than a folder which searches your entire iTunes library. For example, say you have a smart playlist for pop songs:
the playlist shows you only the songs for that search term.
The smart playlist isn't a playlist, it's just a search folder. There is nothing in it—it's completely empty. So, you cannot sync a search token to your iPhone.
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bfee0d89ac02069ca40f3c544db64cbbe26ffbe7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: From Mac App Store to an external hard drive Is there any way to download and store app bought from the Mac App Store in an external hard drive and also being able to update them?
(I'm especially interested in doing this with Xcode)
A: You've asked two separate questions, so I'll answer them separately:
Is there any way to download and store app bought from the App Store in an external hard drive
Yes.
In the case of Xcode (and Lion), what you are downloading is an installer.
If you run the installer from /Applications/ then it is deleted after it finishes installing.
If you want to keep it, move it somewhere else after it finishes downloading (before it finishes downloading it won't appear in /Applications/ anyway) and before it finishes installing.
and also being able to update them?
No. Apple does not (yet?) support "delta" updates, so when the next version is released, you will have to download the entire thing.
The only purpose for saving the downloads would be if you had another computer you wanted to update, or if you wanted to save it for a potential reinstallation before it is updated.
| Q: From Mac App Store to an external hard drive Is there any way to download and store app bought from the Mac App Store in an external hard drive and also being able to update them?
(I'm especially interested in doing this with Xcode)
A: You've asked two separate questions, so I'll answer them separately:
Is there any way to download and store app bought from the App Store in an external hard drive
Yes.
In the case of Xcode (and Lion), what you are downloading is an installer.
If you run the installer from /Applications/ then it is deleted after it finishes installing.
If you want to keep it, move it somewhere else after it finishes downloading (before it finishes downloading it won't appear in /Applications/ anyway) and before it finishes installing.
and also being able to update them?
No. Apple does not (yet?) support "delta" updates, so when the next version is released, you will have to download the entire thing.
The only purpose for saving the downloads would be if you had another computer you wanted to update, or if you wanted to save it for a potential reinstallation before it is updated.
A: I guess one way is to create a new iTunes library in the external hard drive, and sync you iOS devices with this new library. Option-Click the iTunes icon to lunch the iTunes will give your options to create new library or choose a library location.
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61bca5edecbaf77e1820f9a20649095aabdbc543 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's a good way to wipe a hard drive for resale? I'm selling my MacBook and would like to wipe the hard drive in such a way that the current data can't be easily recovered after I reinstall OS X.
Can you recommend a free tool to help me do this?
Maybe I should mention it's an Air model, so something that's safe to use on an SSD.
A: As current hard drive-oriented techniques for file sanitization are ineffective on SSDs, I recommend to encrypt the whole hard drive using Filevault 2 (best if you did this before you put your data onto it).
(This is only possible in Lion, Filevault 1 in older versions of MacOS will only encrypt your home folder.)
This way you will not erase your data, but make them inaccessible without the password.
Your buyer will then have to reformat and reinstall MacOS for his use.
| Q: What's a good way to wipe a hard drive for resale? I'm selling my MacBook and would like to wipe the hard drive in such a way that the current data can't be easily recovered after I reinstall OS X.
Can you recommend a free tool to help me do this?
Maybe I should mention it's an Air model, so something that's safe to use on an SSD.
A: As current hard drive-oriented techniques for file sanitization are ineffective on SSDs, I recommend to encrypt the whole hard drive using Filevault 2 (best if you did this before you put your data onto it).
(This is only possible in Lion, Filevault 1 in older versions of MacOS will only encrypt your home folder.)
This way you will not erase your data, but make them inaccessible without the password.
Your buyer will then have to reformat and reinstall MacOS for his use.
A: From the Apple Support pages Securely erasing a disk
To securely erase a disk or partition:
In Disk Utility, select the disk or partition to erase, and then click Erase.
*
*Specify a format, and enter a name for the disk.
*Click Security Options and choose to write over the data once, 7 times, or 35 times. Click OK.
*Click Erase.
Writing data over the data 7 times meets the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 5220-22-M standard for securely erasing magnetic media.
A: Our Enterprise uses WipeDrive and it allows for DoD wiping. The newest version appears to work well for SSD's, as well. I believe wiping SSD's is still a gray area, though.
A: For an SSD, I recommend Apple's Remote Wipe, accessible via Find My Mac. That's Apple's best engineering answer to how to wipe the drive and it will have an awareness of the special challenges regarding wiping an SSD, at least if you're using an Apple SSD.
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04a976c09625a0ec474b17a729d8e48664e9a8b7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why won't my MacBook Pro connect to Wi-Fi networks that use a sign-in page (captive portal)? Some wi-fi networks require viewing and agreeing to terms before Internet access is allowed. When my MBP connects to such a network, it attempts to redirect and isn't able to connect. I tried all browsers. However, it works when I boot up Windows on my Mac. Why does it do this? I don't think my /etc/hosts file is messed up. Could anyone give me some insight?
I am using Lion 10.7.2.
A: I went to Network Preferences, selected the hotel's Wi-Fi name > Advanced > DNS. There I removed the DNS value filled in with the little minus icon and it worked!
| Q: Why won't my MacBook Pro connect to Wi-Fi networks that use a sign-in page (captive portal)? Some wi-fi networks require viewing and agreeing to terms before Internet access is allowed. When my MBP connects to such a network, it attempts to redirect and isn't able to connect. I tried all browsers. However, it works when I boot up Windows on my Mac. Why does it do this? I don't think my /etc/hosts file is messed up. Could anyone give me some insight?
I am using Lion 10.7.2.
A: I went to Network Preferences, selected the hotel's Wi-Fi name > Advanced > DNS. There I removed the DNS value filled in with the little minus icon and it worked!
A: I had this problem connecting to the local public library system network. The problem seems to be a result of my having specified DNS servers ((i.e. OpenDNS, Google, etc.)) in my Network preferences. The solution was to create a network location called "No DNS" which doesn't have any DNS servers defined and use that network location when I need to log into these networks.
A: My library wouldn't let me login until I created a "new location" in the network system preferences window. After that, it worked like a charm!
A: The issue we've identified here at our university has to do with security fixes Apple added in 10.7.2 to prevent a security vulnerability.
When you connect to a wifi network your machine attempts to contact http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html to determine if there's a captive portal in the way. If it fails to get back a "Success" it believes that it's been intercepted. You can read about this process in detail if you wish, but it's not pertinent. The popup is leveraging a concept called WISPr.
What was discovered was that there were ways to do an attack on systems this way that tricked users into thinking they were accepting a software install/download from Apple. So now, before that popup shows, the system attempts to check the certificate revocations to verify the popup being shown isn't a fake one.
The problem is that not all captive portal systems allow connection to the hosts the machine needs to get to in order to do the verification. If it hijacks their DNS returns then you get this endless failure to proceed.
There's four possible ways to cope with this.
One requires the people at the captive portal to cope with this (or unbreak their stuff, depending on your outlook) by opening up the capture so Lion can talk to the necessary servers:
crl.usertrust.com
ocsp.usertrust.com
crl.incommon.org
ocsp.incommon.org
The second option seems like a horrible one to me: turn off OCSP and CRL. Don't do it. I'm not going to help you do it. It's a recipe for never revoking corrupted or compromised certificates.
The third option is to alter your own machine so that efforts to connect to the above servers simply fails rather than being intercepted by the captive portal. The solution I read suggested updating your hosts file to redirect the above hosts to 127.0.0.1 Since you're presumably not running a certificate authority this will allow the check to error out quickly. However this seems likely to be the same effective result as turning off OCSP. I recommend against it.
The fourth option is the most specific and what I did. I added the certificate for my organization's specific captive portal and told it to always trust it. The solution was specified here and I didn't create it, but here it is reproduced for completeness:
Export the captive portal's SSL certificate with the following steps:
Visit the captive portal page in Firefox
Select Tools > Page Info > Security > View Certificate > Details > Export
Save the certificate to your hard drive with the extension ".crt"
You can import the certificate with the following steps:
Open Keychain Access.app
Drag the certificate from Finder into a keychain
Double click on the certificate and expand the "Trust" section
Choose "When using this certificate: Always Trust"
Close the popup window.
Some folks reported corrupted keychains from this problem; I have not had that issue but if you cannot open Keychain Access because your keychain is corrupted, turn off wireless, delete ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain and /Library/Keychains/System.keychain, and then reboot.
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f7b69715341e68130d9f99a3c9d252544def38ac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I change an Application Icon in the Applications Folder? I just installed an application and drag/dropped the file into the Applications folder. The application (or folder) icon is showing as some grayed out icon with a crossed-out circle over it in the Applications folder's stack in the Dock. This is not the application icon obviously. When I go to the Application Folder it displays correctly.
How do I make it display correctly in the Application Folder stack in the Dock? Is there a way to refresh it somehow?
A: Is is a normal behavior for downloaded applications.
After having started the application one time and accepted to open it - log out and back in.
| Q: How do I change an Application Icon in the Applications Folder? I just installed an application and drag/dropped the file into the Applications folder. The application (or folder) icon is showing as some grayed out icon with a crossed-out circle over it in the Applications folder's stack in the Dock. This is not the application icon obviously. When I go to the Application Folder it displays correctly.
How do I make it display correctly in the Application Folder stack in the Dock? Is there a way to refresh it somehow?
A: Is is a normal behavior for downloaded applications.
After having started the application one time and accepted to open it - log out and back in.
A: This icon is shown on files that have been downloaded from the Internet and not used yet.
The first time you open the application, you will see a dialog warning you that you downloaded the application from the Internet and asking if you are sure you want to run it.
Say yes and run the app, and the icon should soon be changed back to what it should be (you may need to log out and back in).
To answer your question in general:
To change an app's icon, you first need to copy the new icon you want to use to the clipboard.
*
*Open the image file you want in Preview (found in your Applications folder), select all (⌘+A), and copy (⌘+C).
*Find the app whose icon you want to change. Select it in Finder and choose File->Get Info (⌘+I).
*Select the small preview icon in the top left of the Get Info window, and paste (⌘+V).
A: I have used the program CandyBar to manipulate icons systemwide. It works for individual applications to. It has a trial period of 30 days, but it only counts the days that you use it. I have had my computer for 2 years and it has still not expired. I would recommend checking it out.
CandyBar Website
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52afd10d4cf020104573a97e68ef24b60e0ec2bc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Safari freeze on YouTube HTML5 videos? I'm in YouTube HTML5 trial, and the experience is terrible with Safari.
Every video is lagging severely, and the browser gets unresponsive constantly.
I have zero problems with the Flash version, and Chrome handles HTML5 YouTube just fine.
Activity Monitor says QTKitServer - Safari Web Content grabs more than 100% CPU.
Can I fix this?
I have 17-inch Mid 2010 MacBook Pro running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 with 8 GB of RAM.
A: I had a similar problem with my Safari. I went into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and removed the two piece of Flash cruft (regretfully I'm at work, so I don't the exact file names.) After a reboot, Safari worked much better, as did Chrome. Not sure why Chrome improved, but it improved most of all.
Incidentally, I thought I was on a Flash free system previously, so I'm not sure how those bits got there. If I need Flash, I just go to Develop -> Open Page With -> Chrome (you need to enable the Developer Menu, under Advanced in Preferences.)
Hope this help
| Q: Why does Safari freeze on YouTube HTML5 videos? I'm in YouTube HTML5 trial, and the experience is terrible with Safari.
Every video is lagging severely, and the browser gets unresponsive constantly.
I have zero problems with the Flash version, and Chrome handles HTML5 YouTube just fine.
Activity Monitor says QTKitServer - Safari Web Content grabs more than 100% CPU.
Can I fix this?
I have 17-inch Mid 2010 MacBook Pro running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 with 8 GB of RAM.
A: I had a similar problem with my Safari. I went into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and removed the two piece of Flash cruft (regretfully I'm at work, so I don't the exact file names.) After a reboot, Safari worked much better, as did Chrome. Not sure why Chrome improved, but it improved most of all.
Incidentally, I thought I was on a Flash free system previously, so I'm not sure how those bits got there. If I need Flash, I just go to Develop -> Open Page With -> Chrome (you need to enable the Developer Menu, under Advanced in Preferences.)
Hope this help
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140bdb66d54055da220bde747da2a8f257550e62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Viewing the Account Name of multiple Apps in iTunes We have several people using the same computer and the same user account. However, each person has a different iTunes account.
With respect to the Apps section, is there anyway to view the ownership of multiple Apps? I can only find out the Account Name (purchaser) of one App at a time, via ⌘ + I.
How can I get this information all at once?
iMac Intel 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.4), 2GB RAM
A: Just click on the app
and push Command + "I", or right-click on the app and click "Get Info", or click on the app and navigate to File>Get Info (sixth command from the bottom).
All three of these will allow you to see the account name and email of the person who purchased them.
| Q: Viewing the Account Name of multiple Apps in iTunes We have several people using the same computer and the same user account. However, each person has a different iTunes account.
With respect to the Apps section, is there anyway to view the ownership of multiple Apps? I can only find out the Account Name (purchaser) of one App at a time, via ⌘ + I.
How can I get this information all at once?
iMac Intel 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.4), 2GB RAM
A: Just click on the app
and push Command + "I", or right-click on the app and click "Get Info", or click on the app and navigate to File>Get Info (sixth command from the bottom).
All three of these will allow you to see the account name and email of the person who purchased them.
A: Neil, I think unfortunately it is not possible to do this at current, there doesn't seem to be a sort for 'Account Name' perhaps you should suggest it on apples user forums.
Edit: There is a similar post on the forum, however the solution looks a little bit involved: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2323398?start=0&tstart=0
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aef363c4f3e8f32b4e963682a0f6b5106393d88f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Convert .help to .pdf I can save in .pdf just one or two pages at one time, using default Mac viewer. But I have several hundred of pages to save. Does anyone know how to do it faster?
A: You could try importing the individual pages inside the help files into Calibre and then export as a book format or PDF
Since the .help files are just HTML pages, this could work but I guess the linking might not work correctly
Here's a page from the Calibre features talking about HTML pages import
| Q: Convert .help to .pdf I can save in .pdf just one or two pages at one time, using default Mac viewer. But I have several hundred of pages to save. Does anyone know how to do it faster?
A: You could try importing the individual pages inside the help files into Calibre and then export as a book format or PDF
Since the .help files are just HTML pages, this could work but I guess the linking might not work correctly
Here's a page from the Calibre features talking about HTML pages import
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b0ed66acde75aafb1ec85b4d5514fdf34ad835a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I merge the tabs of two safari windows when I have more than two open? So far, I know how I can merge all windows with all their tabs using:
I use different windows in safari to organize them by content. Sometimes it makes sense to merge the tabs of two windows. This very easy when you have only two Safari windows open.
How can I do this when I have more than two windows? I'm open to solutions using extensions.
A: You can drag tabs between windows in safari (I beleive this was added in Safari 4 along with a few other improvements)
| Q: How do I merge the tabs of two safari windows when I have more than two open? So far, I know how I can merge all windows with all their tabs using:
I use different windows in safari to organize them by content. Sometimes it makes sense to merge the tabs of two windows. This very easy when you have only two Safari windows open.
How can I do this when I have more than two windows? I'm open to solutions using extensions.
A: You can drag tabs between windows in safari (I beleive this was added in Safari 4 along with a few other improvements)
A: If you have many tabs open in a window, it might become hard to drag each of them over. In this case you could bookmark all pages in the current window (Bookmarks > Add Bookmark for These Tabs...), go to the window you want to put these tabs into, and then select Bookmarks > (Folder you put tabs as bookmarks into) > Open in New Tabs.
Do note however that this will cause all of your tabs in the window you bookmarked to be closed. You should only use this method if you are okay with that.
A: First, if the tab bar isn't showing (it usually doesn't show unless there are multiple tabs in the window), select the 1st window you want to merge, then at the menu bar at the top of the screen click View->Show Tab Bar. Next drag the now visible tab bar to the window you want to merge with.
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014934789778b95fab1c9c1e2e7dae649fd55467 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does a vanilla jailbreak offer over a vanilla iOS firmware? Based on my experience for the two minutes for which my device was jailbroken, I saw little difference between a jailbroken device and nonjailbroken device. All I noticed was a little Cydia icon. Presumably I can add software via Cydia, but I'm curious to know what else jail breaking offers out of the box on an iPhone 4 running iOS 5. Is Cydia really the only starting point, or do other settings magically appear in the Settings app or elsewhere? Are there other benefits?
A: My understanding is only Cydia. Everything that changes the phone via jailbreak comes in via Cydia. :)
| Q: What does a vanilla jailbreak offer over a vanilla iOS firmware? Based on my experience for the two minutes for which my device was jailbroken, I saw little difference between a jailbroken device and nonjailbroken device. All I noticed was a little Cydia icon. Presumably I can add software via Cydia, but I'm curious to know what else jail breaking offers out of the box on an iPhone 4 running iOS 5. Is Cydia really the only starting point, or do other settings magically appear in the Settings app or elsewhere? Are there other benefits?
A: My understanding is only Cydia. Everything that changes the phone via jailbreak comes in via Cydia. :)
A: That'd be correct. Cydia is your gateway to everything that makes the jailbreak remotely worth it. At current, there are several jailbreaks that greatly enhance Siri's functionality, among a host of other goodies.
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43f81189eff7e998cc14aae3a0321cf7180d91fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does mobile Safari revert to "Never accept cookies"? Every few days Safari on my iPhone (iOS 5.0.1) reverts to "Never" accept cookies. I put it to "From Visited" but it switches back shortly thereafter.
Discussion elsewhere suggests an Exchange link may be at fault (and I do download email from a work account) but nothing conclusive.
This problem breaks logging in to most web sites.
A: Possible fixes:
Make sure there are no restrictions on cookie permissions, if you are a part of an Exhange account.
It has been reported that turning off iCloud Bookmarks may fix this issue. To do this; Tap Settings > iCloud and then tap the Bookmarks slider off.
| Q: Why does mobile Safari revert to "Never accept cookies"? Every few days Safari on my iPhone (iOS 5.0.1) reverts to "Never" accept cookies. I put it to "From Visited" but it switches back shortly thereafter.
Discussion elsewhere suggests an Exchange link may be at fault (and I do download email from a work account) but nothing conclusive.
This problem breaks logging in to most web sites.
A: Possible fixes:
Make sure there are no restrictions on cookie permissions, if you are a part of an Exhange account.
It has been reported that turning off iCloud Bookmarks may fix this issue. To do this; Tap Settings > iCloud and then tap the Bookmarks slider off.
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900ae34aec5b538f314511771520f17aa635558b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I set up one Parallels VM to start automatically while leaving the rest off? I set up a Windows 7 VM using parallels (uses boot camp partition - wow its very fast), and another VM running WinXP (for legacy stuff).
What I need is to automatically fire up that Windows 7 VM when I log into MacOS, but NOT run the WinXP VM.
I see I can right-click on Parallels icon and choose Options > Open at Login, but I am thinking that will either (1) not actually start up my Win7 machine or (2) will run both of them - neither is my desired result.
A: Under the account settings, there is a list of items that run on start up, per user.
Place a shortcut to the Windows 7 VM in there, that should do the trick.
| Q: Can I set up one Parallels VM to start automatically while leaving the rest off? I set up a Windows 7 VM using parallels (uses boot camp partition - wow its very fast), and another VM running WinXP (for legacy stuff).
What I need is to automatically fire up that Windows 7 VM when I log into MacOS, but NOT run the WinXP VM.
I see I can right-click on Parallels icon and choose Options > Open at Login, but I am thinking that will either (1) not actually start up my Win7 machine or (2) will run both of them - neither is my desired result.
A: Under the account settings, there is a list of items that run on start up, per user.
Place a shortcut to the Windows 7 VM in there, that should do the trick.
A: If you let Parallels close with Windows open (or running), presumably using Mac's open as left function, it'll re-open on reboot in the same state?
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0b806ee70557c691c7f9b30922e90f0c886fe986 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook has poor Bluetooth range My current workspace setup is a black MacBook that is plugged into a 21" monitor, with a Wireless Apple Keyboard and Magic Trackpad, both connected with Bluetooth. The issue is, I cannot take the two input components more than 12 to 18 inches away without either adding a delay or losing the signal entirely.
Is this normal? Is there anything I can do about it?
A: No, this isn't normal. Considering the age of the machine, I'd guess that it's a failing Bluetooth card. It could also be some sort of interference.
| Q: MacBook has poor Bluetooth range My current workspace setup is a black MacBook that is plugged into a 21" monitor, with a Wireless Apple Keyboard and Magic Trackpad, both connected with Bluetooth. The issue is, I cannot take the two input components more than 12 to 18 inches away without either adding a delay or losing the signal entirely.
Is this normal? Is there anything I can do about it?
A: No, this isn't normal. Considering the age of the machine, I'd guess that it's a failing Bluetooth card. It could also be some sort of interference.
A: If it is really a case of poor Bluetooth range and not any interference. It might be that the Bluetooth antenna is loose / disconnecting from the Bluetooth card causing poor reception. Might not be a bad idea to double check the cable and make sure its connected and not corroded, etc. Before replacing the Bluetooth card.
If you are a DIY'er here is some more information on disassembling your MacBook see iFixit's guides for MacBooks. Other wise take it to a Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider for help.
A: Try the following:
* Use with open screen
* Use 5gHz network instead of 2.4gHz (or better use ethernet).
This should help. If not - try the Bluetooth Diagnostics Utility.app
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ece0ceedbb252558ba23db12e055c19d22764acd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the 'iPhone' label on a Contact's phone number enable any special handling? When entering a contact's phone number in the Contacts app on iOS or the Address Book on OS X, the number can be labeled iPhone rather than, say, mobile. Does doing so have any effect on how the number is treated by the OS or applications? Or is it provided for purely aesthetic purposes?
A: It is entirely aesthetic. I think the only difference is that it says iPhone instead of Mobile when a call comes in.
| Q: Does the 'iPhone' label on a Contact's phone number enable any special handling? When entering a contact's phone number in the Contacts app on iOS or the Address Book on OS X, the number can be labeled iPhone rather than, say, mobile. Does doing so have any effect on how the number is treated by the OS or applications? Or is it provided for purely aesthetic purposes?
A: It is entirely aesthetic. I think the only difference is that it says iPhone instead of Mobile when a call comes in.
A: The iPhone label does not provide any special handling instructions or added features of any kind. It's a purely aesthetic touch that only impacts the display and voice dialing of a contact's number in the same way any other label does, such as "Home", "Work" or "Mobile".
If you are looking for further information on how the iPhone does provide special handling for other iPhones, such as iMessage and FaceTime, there is a great thread, right here on Ask Different, that details just how the iPhone, in conjunction with Apple's servers, uses the UDID and Apple ID associated with the device to provide all those special iOS only features.
A: You get unlimited texting iPhone-to-iPhone. Also note that when you text another iPhone the colors are different.
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461ec6d21741633c2c993d471ceac3cbf3470c2c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Show text using Large Type without relying on third-party applications Apple has this amazing feature called 'Large Type', chiefly implemented into Address Book. When you look up a contact, you can right-click the phone number and click 'Large Type', and it will display it very largely across your screen.
This function is relatively popular for many uses. Users who watched Leo Laporte on TWiT.tv on weekends will see Large Type being used to display wrap reminders to him during his radio show when his iMac is on camera.
As far as I'm aware, the only ways to invoke this are (1) the Address Book function as demonstrated above, or (2) directly via Quicksilver's Large Type plugin, or (3) Applescript invoking a function of Quicksilver or some other application that supports Large Type.
Since I've stopped using Quicksilver, and don't use LaunchBar, I'm left high and dry for putting arbitrary text into a Large Type banner.
Since it's obviously a core feature of OS X, how do we invoke it with arbitrary text under Lion?
A: If relying on a browser is okay you could do it with large-type.com:
$ open http://large-type.com/#YourText
| Q: Show text using Large Type without relying on third-party applications Apple has this amazing feature called 'Large Type', chiefly implemented into Address Book. When you look up a contact, you can right-click the phone number and click 'Large Type', and it will display it very largely across your screen.
This function is relatively popular for many uses. Users who watched Leo Laporte on TWiT.tv on weekends will see Large Type being used to display wrap reminders to him during his radio show when his iMac is on camera.
As far as I'm aware, the only ways to invoke this are (1) the Address Book function as demonstrated above, or (2) directly via Quicksilver's Large Type plugin, or (3) Applescript invoking a function of Quicksilver or some other application that supports Large Type.
Since I've stopped using Quicksilver, and don't use LaunchBar, I'm left high and dry for putting arbitrary text into a Large Type banner.
Since it's obviously a core feature of OS X, how do we invoke it with arbitrary text under Lion?
A: If relying on a browser is okay you could do it with large-type.com:
$ open http://large-type.com/#YourText
A: A slight variation on @iolsmit answer.
Do the same first action.
But when you select 'where' to save in the Banner action.
Choose other.
The Choose folder dialogue will pop up.
Now press down the keys: command + Shift +G
This will slide down will show up.
In its text field; Type or copy & paste:
~/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems
Then click GO. This will take you to the Users temporary folder.
Choose it as your selected folder. It will show as 'TemporaryItems'
Now add the action: 'Run Shell Script' in place of 'Open Images in Preview'
The the 'Run Shell Script'; Use its drop down menu for Pass input: as Argument
clear out in text that is already in the large text field. (i.e cat)
And type or paste this in.
/usr/bin/qlmanage -p "$@"
Save you new service. And test
What happens is a new file is saved in your temp folder and the quick looked to display it on the screen.
Hit space to dismiss it as normal.
A: I understand you don't want to depend on a third-party app, but I haven't been able to find any other way to do it. Here is an AppleScript solution which requires LaunchBar to be running, but you can set the keyboard shortcut to activate LaunchBar to something you'd never accidentally do, and you can hide LaunchBar's icon from the dock.
tell application "LaunchBar"
display in large type input
end tell
Either use this as a script, or create a Service workflow in Automator which receives text as input from any application.
A: Ok, this is not the real thing but kind of working for me:
In Automator create a "Service":
*
*Service receives selected text in any application
*Create Banner Image from Text
*
*Save As: largetype
*Where: /private/var/tmp/ [√] Replacing existing file
*Text Style: any you like
*Open Images in Preview
Save your new Service and assign a keyboard shortcut if you like.
Example:
A: There's a nice utility called 'LargeType2' that add a 'Service' menu item to display such large texts:
Homepage and download link: http://blyt.net/algrtepy2e/
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37f020df9bce1b254cca44ef014c2c343d0c6e5f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I retrieve image files from a damaged zip archive file? When i tried to unzip using the Mac default Archive zip utility and the error message: Error 1 - Operation not permitted.
Then I tried using 7zx and got the error message: Cannot open the files as archive file
How can I retrieve image files from the damaged zip archive file?
Are there any tools to retrieve at least some of my files from the damaged zip file?
A: are you sure that the file is an actual Zip file as you will get this message on a file that has been renamed as .zip when it isnt in fact a Zip file.
The only real way to tell is to use a HEX editor such as 0xED to check the first few bytes are the characters PK.
| Q: How can I retrieve image files from a damaged zip archive file? When i tried to unzip using the Mac default Archive zip utility and the error message: Error 1 - Operation not permitted.
Then I tried using 7zx and got the error message: Cannot open the files as archive file
How can I retrieve image files from the damaged zip archive file?
Are there any tools to retrieve at least some of my files from the damaged zip file?
A: are you sure that the file is an actual Zip file as you will get this message on a file that has been renamed as .zip when it isnt in fact a Zip file.
The only real way to tell is to use a HEX editor such as 0xED to check the first few bytes are the characters PK.
A: If the issue is actually a damaged zip file, the command line zip tool can try to repair it. For that you'd use the -F or -FF options, like that:
zip -F damaged-copy.zip --out repaired.zip
zip -FF damaged-copy.zip --out repaired.zip
It's always a good practice to do that on a copy of the damaged file, so you're sure you don't damage it any further. To see what the -F and -FF options do, look at the man page: man zip.
A: A couple of possible solutions for you:
First, try unarchiving the file with Stuffit Expander. You probably already have it on your Mac and a simple spotlight search should reveal the location. If you don't, you can download it for free from the Stuffit Website.
If that doesn't work for you, try extracting it via Terminal. While it may seem a bit scary, some of the basic commands are quite simple, and incredibly useful. First, open the Terminal app, located in the Utilities folder inside your Applications Folder. Now, type the command unzip followed by a space, then drag the offending zip file over and drop it onto the terminal window, this will insert the path for the file. Press Enter and the archive should unzip to your home folder.
If neither of those options work for you, there are several programs out there that claim to be "Zip Archive repair tools". A quick google search yields several results. Your milage may vary, both in terms of cost and effectiveness though. I have no real experience with any of these utilities so can't speak to their effectiveness.
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adbab1a229e4e7a61dca91e3e840858762eebb92 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can iPhone work with Bose dock and a Bluetooth speaker at the same time I have a Bose docking station and was thinking of buying a wireless bluetooth Bose speaker as well for the living room
If I play my iPhone on the docking station in the kitchen, will the blootooth still work to play the portable speaker in the living room?
so music is being played in both rooms simultaneously.
A: No - the iPhone will only send audio to one of the two, with the physical speaker it is attached to being the preference.
You could possibly have the physical speaker output sound and send it to the Bose wireless but that's the only thing I can think of.
| Q: Can iPhone work with Bose dock and a Bluetooth speaker at the same time I have a Bose docking station and was thinking of buying a wireless bluetooth Bose speaker as well for the living room
If I play my iPhone on the docking station in the kitchen, will the blootooth still work to play the portable speaker in the living room?
so music is being played in both rooms simultaneously.
A: No - the iPhone will only send audio to one of the two, with the physical speaker it is attached to being the preference.
You could possibly have the physical speaker output sound and send it to the Bose wireless but that's the only thing I can think of.
A: If you want now in 2015 there's an extra step that allows you to send audio to multiple devices through your macbook.
http://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2012/02/12/send-audio-from-ios-to-multiple-speakers-with-airfoil/
Meaning iPhone to mac, mac to multiple devices.
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9c3a5c5b85ef33df25209fc27376e6d89b36fe6d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make the enter key on my extended keyboard act as return only? For some reason sometimes the numeric enter key acts as return and sometimes it doesn't. (I'm talking of the last key on the keyboard, the one with the "k" symbol tilted towards left.)
I'd like to be able to use it as the regular enter.
Do you know any tip in order to fix this? At the moment it is totally random. My guess is that some software I use remaps the enter into return, but I've not been able to point to which one.
A: You've got your assumption a tiny bit mixed up. It's not that some software remaps the enter into return, it's that some software treats an enter as a carriage return and some doesn't.
They are two different keys with two differnet histories. One is enter and one is carriage return and they perform different functions.
I hate referencing wikipedia but hell, here ya go ... Differences between Enter and Return.
Usually most programs assume they are the same key - some don't. The AppleScript Editor for example uses ⌘+enter to force a script parse.
| Q: How can I make the enter key on my extended keyboard act as return only? For some reason sometimes the numeric enter key acts as return and sometimes it doesn't. (I'm talking of the last key on the keyboard, the one with the "k" symbol tilted towards left.)
I'd like to be able to use it as the regular enter.
Do you know any tip in order to fix this? At the moment it is totally random. My guess is that some software I use remaps the enter into return, but I've not been able to point to which one.
A: You've got your assumption a tiny bit mixed up. It's not that some software remaps the enter into return, it's that some software treats an enter as a carriage return and some doesn't.
They are two different keys with two differnet histories. One is enter and one is carriage return and they perform different functions.
I hate referencing wikipedia but hell, here ya go ... Differences between Enter and Return.
Usually most programs assume they are the same key - some don't. The AppleScript Editor for example uses ⌘+enter to force a script parse.
A: Use Ukelele to create a new keyboard layout that maps the enter key to return.
Open Ukelele and select File » New From Current Input Source. Select Keyboard » Edit Key… and confirm to press the key. Then, press enter. You will be asked what character to replace it with. Enter 
 and confirm.
Optionally assign a new name to your keyboard using Keyboard » Set Keyboard Name….
Select File » Save As…, navigate to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts and assign any name.
Your new keyboard layout will be available in System Preferences » Language & Text. If you didn't change the name, you can recognize it by the missing flag icon (it's a keyboard icon instead).
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571d51efd26c47442da66a612912f81e65b0c2e7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I switch dialog buttons using the keyboard? Whenever I'm trying to close a file that has been changed, I get the save file dialog
I remember that the Don't Save button used to have focus, so I could press it using Spacebar, while pressing Enter would click on Save. But now on Lion, I'm unable to find a way to press the Don't Save using keyboard only, since Tab doesn't change focus to anything, and space doesn't work either.
This is the same for all file save dialogs in the system. Is there any way I can press the Don't Save button using keyboard only?
A: On version 10.15.6, the previous answer didn't work as is.
If you want to switch with Tab or "don't save" directly with the Space key, you'll need to go to System Preferences → Keyboard and toggle this option:
—-
Update
With macOS Ventura, the exact place for this setting has been changed as follows:
| Q: How can I switch dialog buttons using the keyboard? Whenever I'm trying to close a file that has been changed, I get the save file dialog
I remember that the Don't Save button used to have focus, so I could press it using Spacebar, while pressing Enter would click on Save. But now on Lion, I'm unable to find a way to press the Don't Save using keyboard only, since Tab doesn't change focus to anything, and space doesn't work either.
This is the same for all file save dialogs in the system. Is there any way I can press the Don't Save button using keyboard only?
A: On version 10.15.6, the previous answer didn't work as is.
If you want to switch with Tab or "don't save" directly with the Space key, you'll need to go to System Preferences → Keyboard and toggle this option:
—-
Update
With macOS Ventura, the exact place for this setting has been changed as follows:
A: Go to...
*
*System Preferences→Keyboard→Keyboard Shortcuts
*and select All controls under Full Keyboard Access
*
*Now you can use ⇥ (tab) to switch between the dialog boxes.
*Note: Unlike in Windows, you need to hit space to trigger a highlighted box that is not the default one! (If this is not natural to you, here's something that helps many to remember tab and space rather than just enter. The space bar is the keyboard version of a one button mouse with the tab moving the mouse's pointer for you.)
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d015b2960cdd73f2ad1b02118225539bd8f941c2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: slapd not launching on Mac OS X 10.6 I have a slight problem with the openldap server installed with Mac OS X 10.6.8 (regular, not server). When I launch slapd in a terminal, it stops itself after 1 or 2 seconds... I just have the time to see its process... It doesn't seem to crash, because when I specify a log file in the configuration, the log is created, but empty.
However, when I launch it with the debug option, for example -d 1,it doesn't fork and stays in the terminal (that's the documented behavior) and it runs normally. I can connect, and so on... Meaning, I presume, that's not a config problem.
Is there something stupid I've forgotten? (btw, I've repaired the authorizations, just in case, but that doesn't change the problem...)
Thanks in advance!
A: The only workaround I found is to use macports to build the latest version of slapd, that works just fine...
| Q: slapd not launching on Mac OS X 10.6 I have a slight problem with the openldap server installed with Mac OS X 10.6.8 (regular, not server). When I launch slapd in a terminal, it stops itself after 1 or 2 seconds... I just have the time to see its process... It doesn't seem to crash, because when I specify a log file in the configuration, the log is created, but empty.
However, when I launch it with the debug option, for example -d 1,it doesn't fork and stays in the terminal (that's the documented behavior) and it runs normally. I can connect, and so on... Meaning, I presume, that's not a config problem.
Is there something stupid I've forgotten? (btw, I've repaired the authorizations, just in case, but that doesn't change the problem...)
Thanks in advance!
A: The only workaround I found is to use macports to build the latest version of slapd, that works just fine...
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a5d2351760a3e42da9e7b6c58ed40d9ecc662177 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the accepted "abbreviation" for the original iPhone? I've got an original iPhone that I'm trying to find a case for online and searching is quite difficult. What's the accepted shorthand? I've seen 2G (which seems wrong, as that would mean 2nd Generation, which would be the iPhone 3G), and 1G, neither of which seem to yield good results.
A: Unlike the newer iPhone models, the first iPhone did not include UMTS/HSDPA - also referred to as 3G - but only GSM/GPRS/EDGE, which are referred to as 2G.
The terms 2G, 3G and 4G refer to the x'th generation of a cellular wireless standard.
Therefore, you can search for cases that refer to the iPhone 2G. If you want to be abosultely sure, use the model identifier number when searching: A1203.
Terms used for the first iPhone include:
*
*original iPhone
*iPhone 2G
*iPhone EDGE
*iPhone 1
Here's an overview of celluar standards from Wikipedia:
| Q: What's the accepted "abbreviation" for the original iPhone? I've got an original iPhone that I'm trying to find a case for online and searching is quite difficult. What's the accepted shorthand? I've seen 2G (which seems wrong, as that would mean 2nd Generation, which would be the iPhone 3G), and 1G, neither of which seem to yield good results.
A: Unlike the newer iPhone models, the first iPhone did not include UMTS/HSDPA - also referred to as 3G - but only GSM/GPRS/EDGE, which are referred to as 2G.
The terms 2G, 3G and 4G refer to the x'th generation of a cellular wireless standard.
Therefore, you can search for cases that refer to the iPhone 2G. If you want to be abosultely sure, use the model identifier number when searching: A1203.
Terms used for the first iPhone include:
*
*original iPhone
*iPhone 2G
*iPhone EDGE
*iPhone 1
Here's an overview of celluar standards from Wikipedia:
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bda58f9bc9fdcd75ad66587e7fd51dd011cf1968 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad app with variable speed video playback? I would like to watch recorded lectures at 1.7x of their original speed.
Which app will allow me to do that?
A: I built Swift Player for iPhone and iPad that will allow you to change (speed up) the playback speed of video and audio from the device or even directly from websites like YouTube, etc.
You can find out more information on the product's website.
Note: This is a product that I have developed.
| Q: iPad app with variable speed video playback? I would like to watch recorded lectures at 1.7x of their original speed.
Which app will allow me to do that?
A: I built Swift Player for iPhone and iPad that will allow you to change (speed up) the playback speed of video and audio from the device or even directly from websites like YouTube, etc.
You can find out more information on the product's website.
Note: This is a product that I have developed.
A: I can't find any playback app on the iPad with the exact 1.7 ratio...
However, Azul for iPad (app store link) has 1.5 and 1.75 playback ratios. They even say in their site blurb that it's good for fast reviewing of lectures.
Reviews are excellent and integration with Mail and Dropbox is there, as well as a very comprehensive codec list
A: VLC will allow you to playback at any speed between 0.25x and 4x in increments of 0.01x. Choose the clock icon from the lower toolbar during playback to see a slider.
VLC can be downloaded from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html (links to Apple's AppStore
A: Speedeo just came out for both iPhone and iPad and allows you to increase / decrease videos in 0.25 increments. You can also resume watching videos quickly from the history screen. You can view videos from 0.25x to 2x speed, quite neat for watching presentations / tutorials.
Note: I am one of the developers of this app
A: PDF Expert, despite the name, has a great video player with variable speed (0.5x, 0.8x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, 2.0x) and also 2-finger swiping gestures for seeking and brightness, and double-tap forward/back gestures like the YouTube app. Many ways to import and manage videos/files.
I'm not affiliated; just love how much effort and polish they have put into this free app.
A: AVPlayerHD supports 1.05 to 2x in 0.05 increments (and is available in the Swedish Itunes Store, which Swift Player and Azul aren't, and I assume other non-US users will have the same problem.)
I am not affiliated with this app.
A: As an author I could recommend a new Free iOS player with variable playback speed and many other adjustable playback options alphaSXplayer
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40d52d1b62801664c7adffaf4b024a03b4465881 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I set my mac to ask what disc I want to boot from without having to hold alt? I can switch between OSX, Windows and a network drive, but I cannot seem to find this option anywhere.
A: rEFIt
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.
*
*rEFIt allows you to sync partition tables
*customize:
*
*set default to boot from
*define wait time before a boot option is selected
*configure the rEFIt boot screen
| Q: How do I set my mac to ask what disc I want to boot from without having to hold alt? I can switch between OSX, Windows and a network drive, but I cannot seem to find this option anywhere.
A: rEFIt
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.
*
*rEFIt allows you to sync partition tables
*customize:
*
*set default to boot from
*define wait time before a boot option is selected
*configure the rEFIt boot screen
A: You can use rEFIt, which will automatically present you with all boot options when you install it to the OS X Volume (see this article for more detail).
A: There's a System Preference pane called Startup Disk (Apple > System Preferences > Startup Disk) that allows you to choose which disk to start up from.
Does that help any?
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848f2ce6a4f0f9f7f5227d77e7d88a51480b74f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automated/Simple Deletion of Apps from iTunes Library Is there an approach to querying the local iTunes library to remove apps that aren't currently installed on any of your devices?
A: I might suggest a really wild -- possibly dangerous -- approach. If you have a good backup, it is less dangerous, but until you have restored from that backup there still can be snags and problems in a restore that you want find until that point. The good news is you don't need the backup, it's just there I case a crash happens in the middle of this process.
*
*First make sure you've got a good backup of your iTunes library.
*Then delete all your apps from iTunes.
*Finally, sync each of your iDevices and when it tells you it found apps on the iDevice(s) that were not in the library, make sure you tell it to restore them back to the library.
You should end up with only those apps that are installed on at least one iDevice! (In theory, at least.) And if anything fails, restore the library from its backup.
| Q: Automated/Simple Deletion of Apps from iTunes Library Is there an approach to querying the local iTunes library to remove apps that aren't currently installed on any of your devices?
A: I might suggest a really wild -- possibly dangerous -- approach. If you have a good backup, it is less dangerous, but until you have restored from that backup there still can be snags and problems in a restore that you want find until that point. The good news is you don't need the backup, it's just there I case a crash happens in the middle of this process.
*
*First make sure you've got a good backup of your iTunes library.
*Then delete all your apps from iTunes.
*Finally, sync each of your iDevices and when it tells you it found apps on the iDevice(s) that were not in the library, make sure you tell it to restore them back to the library.
You should end up with only those apps that are installed on at least one iDevice! (In theory, at least.) And if anything fails, restore the library from its backup.
A: This worked for me without any issue:
*
*Connect you iDevice to computer, let the sync complete (or cancel as per your choice)
*In the iTunes app library, select all (CmdA) and delete. on the prompt select Move to Recycle Bin.
*Do not sync now, go to Files>>Devices>>Transfer Purchase from "Your iDevice"
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a0a7633cc3689cd0f89510027c5e1bfe0fa11ad8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes Purchase Without Download Is there a way to purchase an app from the App Store using iTunes without having to download it? I'm thinking like a hidden preference/mouse/modifier key during click, etc.
I know the download can be canceled, but what I'm asking is if there is a way to prevent the download all together...
A: No. You need to manually cancel the download upon purchase.
| Q: iTunes Purchase Without Download Is there a way to purchase an app from the App Store using iTunes without having to download it? I'm thinking like a hidden preference/mouse/modifier key during click, etc.
I know the download can be canceled, but what I'm asking is if there is a way to prevent the download all together...
A: No. You need to manually cancel the download upon purchase.
A: You could always simply Gift This App to someone (e.g., yourself). This works especially well when you're not on WiFi and want to buy an app that's over 20MB or when you want to buy an app during a sale.
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b7862941759be089e31241fcc26e807d2c8c7633 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to clear the search box in Lion's Mail? I am running 10.7.2 and would like to be able to clear the search box in Mail with a shortcut. How do I do this?
A: If the focus is on the search box press "esc" key.
If not, the fastest way I've found is by first pressing Option+Command+F to set the focus on the search box and then press esc to clear it.
This is a link to apple standard shorcuts: Mac OS X Shorcuts
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to clear the search box in Lion's Mail? I am running 10.7.2 and would like to be able to clear the search box in Mail with a shortcut. How do I do this?
A: If the focus is on the search box press "esc" key.
If not, the fastest way I've found is by first pressing Option+Command+F to set the focus on the search box and then press esc to clear it.
This is a link to apple standard shorcuts: Mac OS X Shorcuts
A: I love Keyboard Maestro for this kind of stuff (and in general). I've bound cmd-shift-delete to a macro that clears the search box. Here's the macro. I'd add a screenshot but don't have the required reputation yet.
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c987daba16c4f9873d038f17f48c9ce3f735241d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I add a custom ringtone to my iPhone without syncing to iTunes? We (bafflingly) have two great guides to adding custom ringtones to an iPhone via iTunes. Is there a way to do it without syncing with iTunes?
A: Unlikely.
Such functionality is indirectly excluded by the iOS Developer Program Licence Agreement under section 3.3.4.
There it is stated that applications may only write data to an application's designated container area on the device. Therefore, the library data for ringtones cannot cannot be manipulted unless there were API to do this.
I am not sure if I'm allowed to post a direct link here, therefore use this google search to get to the document.
| Q: Can I add a custom ringtone to my iPhone without syncing to iTunes? We (bafflingly) have two great guides to adding custom ringtones to an iPhone via iTunes. Is there a way to do it without syncing with iTunes?
A: Unlikely.
Such functionality is indirectly excluded by the iOS Developer Program Licence Agreement under section 3.3.4.
There it is stated that applications may only write data to an application's designated container area on the device. Therefore, the library data for ringtones cannot cannot be manipulted unless there were API to do this.
I am not sure if I'm allowed to post a direct link here, therefore use this google search to get to the document.
A: Actually, you can bypass iTunes with Garageband app, but as for me, it's not quite straight forward.
There's another iTunes-free option though. I've been using an app – WALTR, it
puts media on iOS devices, ringtones included.
So just fire up WALTR, connect your iPhone with USB, throw your M4r file into the drop-zone and it's there.
Then just head to Settings>Sounds> Rinftones and select the desired ringtone right there.
So, as you can see, there's no iTunes involved. If you wanna get more details, watch the screencast, I personally found this tutorial very helpful: https://softorino.com/waltr/windows-guides/copy-m4r-ringtones-iphone-without-itunes
Hope, it helps!
Cheers!
A: But with iTunes to add iPhone ringtones is free. You don't have to buy ringtones from iTunes, you just have to sync the ringtones you have (bought from other sources, or made yourself) through iTunes.
What I had to do was in iTunes, use "Add File to Library" (under the file menu) to add the ringtone for free , this will place it in its own Tones library (if you didn't already have one).
Then you can connect the iPhone, and there will be a specific sync tab for Tones where you can select what you added to the library and then sync it to your phone.
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f3ac8ef5b2217b87cc58ce5029c2f9d320b449d0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does iMessage work? I'm interested in a good general overview.
How does iMessage actually work?
A: In a nutshell, iOS sets up a persistent connection to the Apple Push Notification (APN) servers if you elect to use iMessage, iCloud, Notifications or other push services. From there, the phone checks in with the servers anytime it has a network connection and listens for messages that the servers wish to push to your device. Furthermore, iOS then registers which applications on your phone should get specific messages. All the messages pass through the notification center system in case you have elected for them to be posted to specific places such as the lock screen, the notification tray or just passed off to the end application for each message as appropriate.
That's it.
*
*There's a server. (likely many behind a load balancer)
*There's a connection that your device opens to the server.
*Things can then arrive through the connection.
| Q: How does iMessage work? I'm interested in a good general overview.
How does iMessage actually work?
A: In a nutshell, iOS sets up a persistent connection to the Apple Push Notification (APN) servers if you elect to use iMessage, iCloud, Notifications or other push services. From there, the phone checks in with the servers anytime it has a network connection and listens for messages that the servers wish to push to your device. Furthermore, iOS then registers which applications on your phone should get specific messages. All the messages pass through the notification center system in case you have elected for them to be posted to specific places such as the lock screen, the notification tray or just passed off to the end application for each message as appropriate.
That's it.
*
*There's a server. (likely many behind a load balancer)
*There's a connection that your device opens to the server.
*Things can then arrive through the connection.
A: From a user perspective, this article should answer any questions you may have about iMessage:
http://www.macworld.com/article/162984/2011/10/ios_5_imessage.html
This is a more technical explanation of how Apple's Push Notification system works:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/ApplePushService/ApplePushService.html
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b0b403261058f471471a4986095e59d9ba6acc33 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad application failed to install from iTunes on Windows I am trying to install an application on my iPad 2 from Windows. Whenever I do so, I am getting an alert on iPad: Application failed to install.
When I install the same application from iTunes on my MacBook, everything works fine and the application is successfully installed on the device. I am sure it is not the case of some provisioning profile error. There might be some issue with iTunes or the OS version, but I don't know.
I have iTunes 10.5.5.3 and Windows Vista. Can someone help me?
Thanks,
Nitish
A: Firstly, check to make sure that there is not a download in progress that has not been interrupted/paused.
Secondly, the file may be corrupt, my suggestion would be to remove the .ipa file from windows, and allow iTunes to re-download it.
*
*right click the app within iTunes and click "Show in Windows Explorer"
*find the .ipa file for your application and delete it.
*re-download the app from your Purchased Apps page in iTunes.
| Q: iPad application failed to install from iTunes on Windows I am trying to install an application on my iPad 2 from Windows. Whenever I do so, I am getting an alert on iPad: Application failed to install.
When I install the same application from iTunes on my MacBook, everything works fine and the application is successfully installed on the device. I am sure it is not the case of some provisioning profile error. There might be some issue with iTunes or the OS version, but I don't know.
I have iTunes 10.5.5.3 and Windows Vista. Can someone help me?
Thanks,
Nitish
A: Firstly, check to make sure that there is not a download in progress that has not been interrupted/paused.
Secondly, the file may be corrupt, my suggestion would be to remove the .ipa file from windows, and allow iTunes to re-download it.
*
*right click the app within iTunes and click "Show in Windows Explorer"
*find the .ipa file for your application and delete it.
*re-download the app from your Purchased Apps page in iTunes.
A: I had similar issues today when I updated iTunes. I run Win 7 64 bit and iTunes 10.5.5.3 could not find my iPhone 4S.
I did a System Restore back to the time I installed the update and the system reverted back to iTunes 10.5.2.11. Everything worked fine again.
I have never had an issue with iTunes updates previously so I either had a corruption or the update has a problem.
A: May be you are trying to install older version of the app therefore apps will be failed to install try installing updated files (ipa)
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33767888cb36c79f044116d6bff771fa34e2f481 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Mail.app send or can request read receipts? I was wondering whether Mail.app is able to send read receipts (or maybe it does silently?) or create emails that require those?
I know such a feature is available in Outlook.
A: I tested this using Mail on Snow Leopard connected to Exchange 2005.
There is no ability to set a request to receive read receipts.
Reading an email sent from Outlook in Windows to mail on Snow Leopard with a read recipt requested, does not send a read receipt.
Lion may vary.
| Q: Does Mail.app send or can request read receipts? I was wondering whether Mail.app is able to send read receipts (or maybe it does silently?) or create emails that require those?
I know such a feature is available in Outlook.
A: I tested this using Mail on Snow Leopard connected to Exchange 2005.
There is no ability to set a request to receive read receipts.
Reading an email sent from Outlook in Windows to mail on Snow Leopard with a read recipt requested, does not send a read receipt.
Lion may vary.
A: Mail.app can be told to ask for read receipts, you can use Mail Receipt to set up the required custom headers:
Mail Receipt works for macOS versions before 10.14. With macOS 10.14, Apple introduced new security requirements that limited third party access to Mail's preferences.
How Read Receipts work
To ask for a read receipt an additional header needs to be added to your outgoing e-mails. Mail.app supports custom headers through a default called UserHeaders.
When changing defaults, be sure to quit Mail.app before altering the default. Afterwards relaunch Mail.app and test any changes.
Setting a Read Receipt Header
Customise and use the following Terminal.app command to set a Disposition-Notification-To header:
defaults write com.apple.mail UserHeaders '{"Disposition-Notification-To" = "YOUR NAME <[email protected]>"; }'
Removing Custom Headers
To stop asking for read receipts, delete the UserHeaders preferences with the command:
defaults delete com.apple.mail UserHeaders
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cffeeee57bf1ad43a3633336bcdec957b9361710 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Font Book finds duplicate fonts installed by Microsoft Office Once you install Microsoft Office on a Mac, you get a bunch of new fonts. This is great, except many of them conflict with existing fonts that shipped with OS X.
*
*Open Font Book.
*Select all fonts in the middle column.
*File > Validate Fonts.
This is an example of what I'm talking about:
For every conflict the same font is located in each of the following folders:
*
*/Library/Fonts/
*/Library/Fonts/Microsoft/
Obviously, one way to resolve this conflict would be to choose one and remove the other. Or I could just leave it alone, since I really didn't notice the issue until just now when I tried validating my fonts -- they are the same fonts after all.
What are the pros/cons/considerations of each solution I've proposed? Is there a third way? How do you prefer to deal with this?
A: If you want to save space and remove the extra fonts, I'd recommend selecting everything, then right-clicking and selecting "Resolve Duplicates." I'm fairly sure Font Book favors fonts without any detectable bugs and with more characters, but in any case it will automatically disable any duplicate fonts.
| Q: Font Book finds duplicate fonts installed by Microsoft Office Once you install Microsoft Office on a Mac, you get a bunch of new fonts. This is great, except many of them conflict with existing fonts that shipped with OS X.
*
*Open Font Book.
*Select all fonts in the middle column.
*File > Validate Fonts.
This is an example of what I'm talking about:
For every conflict the same font is located in each of the following folders:
*
*/Library/Fonts/
*/Library/Fonts/Microsoft/
Obviously, one way to resolve this conflict would be to choose one and remove the other. Or I could just leave it alone, since I really didn't notice the issue until just now when I tried validating my fonts -- they are the same fonts after all.
What are the pros/cons/considerations of each solution I've proposed? Is there a third way? How do you prefer to deal with this?
A: If you want to save space and remove the extra fonts, I'd recommend selecting everything, then right-clicking and selecting "Resolve Duplicates." I'm fairly sure Font Book favors fonts without any detectable bugs and with more characters, but in any case it will automatically disable any duplicate fonts.
A: I've not seen any information showing that the Microsoft fonts are superior in terms of kerning, quality, or cross platform compatibility, so I just delete them and prefer to keep the OS X fonts.
A: If you want to get anal about fonts you may find this PDF useful. It is by Extensis, the guys that make things like Suitcase Fusion and Universal Type Server/Client.
It is full of handy advice from a general viewpoint (i.e. not 'buy our product') and probably more information than you really want or need.
I'm not sure if it has been updated for Lion yet so tread carefully if you carry out any system font management on the basis of something in the PDF. I haven't used Lion enough yet to know how differently it handles fonts to 10.6 so will probably struggle to help if something goes wrong!
A: Font Book lets you simply disable duplicate fonts, if you think they're causing a problem. That way you have the option of switching between them if problems arise.
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ea4c114e1e355119db139bfb1a550cbd4046cac0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I import mini-DV content onto a Mac? I have a number of old mini-DV tapes that I would like to import into my Macbook.
*
*I want an app to read the contents of these tapes
*It should be able to produce a single MP4 combining all of the clips on the tape
*It should be able to produce multiple MP4 files of the separate clips on the tape.
I tried using iMovie one time and found it to be overkill for what I need. It imported the contents of my tape as multiple .dv files and then I have to create a project. I don't want to deal with that. I want to not need to manage things and import the content of tapes and store it on the filesystem so that I can watch the content on Macs/Windows/Linux/multiple-platforms.
What software meets these requirements?
A: Connect your camcorder and use iMovie HD to import the tape, then export using Share>Quicktime. It will create one file out of the tape.
Edit: In response to Sajee's comment below.
Choose Share>Quicktime>Compress movie for: Full Quality. As implied, there won't be any loss of quality.
| Q: How can I import mini-DV content onto a Mac? I have a number of old mini-DV tapes that I would like to import into my Macbook.
*
*I want an app to read the contents of these tapes
*It should be able to produce a single MP4 combining all of the clips on the tape
*It should be able to produce multiple MP4 files of the separate clips on the tape.
I tried using iMovie one time and found it to be overkill for what I need. It imported the contents of my tape as multiple .dv files and then I have to create a project. I don't want to deal with that. I want to not need to manage things and import the content of tapes and store it on the filesystem so that I can watch the content on Macs/Windows/Linux/multiple-platforms.
What software meets these requirements?
A: Connect your camcorder and use iMovie HD to import the tape, then export using Share>Quicktime. It will create one file out of the tape.
Edit: In response to Sajee's comment below.
Choose Share>Quicktime>Compress movie for: Full Quality. As implied, there won't be any loss of quality.
A: I have an older Canon Mini-DV camera and the process was quite painless when I brought the video in to my Mac.
*
*Obtain the necessary firewire cable to connect your camera to your Mac. Honestly, this was the hardest part for me.
*Make sure the camera is plugged in to the wall (you don't want the battery dying during import) and the tape is in the camera and set to the start of the tape.
*Turn on the camera, turn on your Mac.
*Connect the camera to your Mac via the firewire cable.
The Mac will open up an import dialog when you connect the camera and ask if you want to import the video in to iMovie. Say yes and iMovie's import feature will take over. It will start the video play back on your camera and you'll see it saving the video content to disk on your Mac. IIRC the import was real time (or very near too it), which is unfortunate. But really it was that simple.
A: There's a new Mac app ($19 on the Mac app store) that simplifies the import and saving of MiniDV tapes. Here it is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lifeflix/id630212114?mt=12
this is $99 on the App Store
A: I had this problem and this is how I solved it:
*
*Connect camera to iMovie (firewire in my case).
*On the camera press PLAY.
*Wait until it starts playing in the iMovie window.
*Click Import in the iMovie window.
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435c5b378cd3c1906e160a33b620f9244f04b3a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do any current (early 2012) Macs support Intel's Smart Response Technology (SRT) Intel's SRT uses a small SSD (up to 64 GB) as a cache for the hard disk. Or just the first 64 GB of a larger SSD. Per this Intel document this needs a Z68 Express board and Windows Vista or 7. Various sources say the 2011 iMacs use the Z68 chipset.
Is this supported, or an equivalent feature, on any current Mac? If so, where can I read more?
A: There is no current implementation of this technology in the current iMac with the requisite Z68 chipset, or any other Mac. I'm not even sure that any other Macs from this (last?) year have the Z68 chipset!
| Q: Do any current (early 2012) Macs support Intel's Smart Response Technology (SRT) Intel's SRT uses a small SSD (up to 64 GB) as a cache for the hard disk. Or just the first 64 GB of a larger SSD. Per this Intel document this needs a Z68 Express board and Windows Vista or 7. Various sources say the 2011 iMacs use the Z68 chipset.
Is this supported, or an equivalent feature, on any current Mac? If so, where can I read more?
A: There is no current implementation of this technology in the current iMac with the requisite Z68 chipset, or any other Mac. I'm not even sure that any other Macs from this (last?) year have the Z68 chipset!
A: As pointed out by GEdgar, the "Fusion Drive" is a similar feature. However it is a software solution, from what I read
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cf461f92396d22acc715d6c8d5fac93cdc1fc81a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I remove GarageBand? I'm nearly out of space and ~/Library/Application Support/GarageBand is taking up 1.5 GB and GarageBand.app is taking up 381 MB of my hard disk space.
Can I simply remove the app itself and this folder to remove it from my system?
A: Yup, if you no longer want it on your system, those are the two biggest offenders in terms of size. To be completely thorough, have a look through ~/Library/Preferences/ for the .plist file and trash that too.
If you're on a purge, it may be worth looking at iMovie/iDVD too if you don't use those.
| Q: How do I remove GarageBand? I'm nearly out of space and ~/Library/Application Support/GarageBand is taking up 1.5 GB and GarageBand.app is taking up 381 MB of my hard disk space.
Can I simply remove the app itself and this folder to remove it from my system?
A: Yup, if you no longer want it on your system, those are the two biggest offenders in terms of size. To be completely thorough, have a look through ~/Library/Preferences/ for the .plist file and trash that too.
If you're on a purge, it may be worth looking at iMovie/iDVD too if you don't use those.
A: Yes, you can remove /Applications/GarageBand.app and ~/Library/Application Support/GarageBand from your system. In case you are wondering if other files related to GarageBand are remaining, you can get a listing of all files installed by GarageBand by issuing the following command:
$ lsbom /Library/Receipts/boms/com.apple.pkg.GarageBand51.bom
lsbom provides access to the package receipt giving full details of what was installed and where.
Also check for preference .plist files in:
$ ls -l ~/Library/Preferences/*garage*
Hope this helps.
A: If you are like me wanting to move GarageBand elsewhere such as a backup harddrive then
$ mkdir -p /Volumes/DEVELOPMENT/BACKUP/Library/Application\ Support/
$ mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/GarageBand/ /Volumes/DEVELOPMENT/BACKUP/Library/Application\ Support/
$ mkdir /Volumes/DEVELOPMENT/BACKUP/Applications/
$ mv /Applications/GarageBand.app /Volumes/DEVELOPMENT/BACKUP/Applications/
then if you want to get the Garageband back when you have a larger harddrive, you do the inverse
$ mv /Volumes/DEVELOPMENT/BACKUP/Library/Application\ Support/GarageBand/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/
$ mv /Volumes/DEVELOPMENT/BACKUP/Applications/GarageBand.app /Applications/
You need to run some commands as sudo like $ sudo mv....
A: Yup, no issues, one of the first things I did when I got my Mac.
There may be some plists stored elsewhere, but they will be small in comparison to all the instruments, songs and samples in the Application Support directory.
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76eb8f900ac08d199533f79a7313018a65035c1c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to uninstall Xcode IDE without completely removing the dev tools I wanted to enable the developer libraries in Mac (RoR, Perl, gcc etc.) so I installed Xcode 3.2. I am only interested in these command-line tools and will not be using Xcode (or other GUI tools with Mac and iPhone developer bells and whistles that are part of the SDK) at all, as I generally like to use a text editor and the command line.
How do I remove just those IDE tools while still keeping my programming environment intact? I'd rather reclaim the disk space.
A: As of recent releases of Xcode 4 you can now get the command-line tools as a separate download and installer - it's a much smaller download too: http://developer.apple.com/downloads.
You'll want to uninstall an existing Xcode install with the command:
$ sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
before installing the command-line only tools.
| Q: How to uninstall Xcode IDE without completely removing the dev tools I wanted to enable the developer libraries in Mac (RoR, Perl, gcc etc.) so I installed Xcode 3.2. I am only interested in these command-line tools and will not be using Xcode (or other GUI tools with Mac and iPhone developer bells and whistles that are part of the SDK) at all, as I generally like to use a text editor and the command line.
How do I remove just those IDE tools while still keeping my programming environment intact? I'd rather reclaim the disk space.
A: As of recent releases of Xcode 4 you can now get the command-line tools as a separate download and installer - it's a much smaller download too: http://developer.apple.com/downloads.
You'll want to uninstall an existing Xcode install with the command:
$ sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
before installing the command-line only tools.
A: Updating the answer for users looking to do the same in 2020.
(Tested on macOS Catalina 10.15.2)
Method:
*
*Uninstall the Xcode app - you can use storage management for this.
*Install the command line tools via the command xcode-select install
*Now try g++ -v, if you get an xcrun error which says that you need to install xcode command line tools using xcode-select install (which you just did), type in the xcode-select install again. If you get 'use "Software Update" to install update' error but you don't have any software updates to install in softwareupdate --list, try:
sudo xcode-select --reset
A: My guess is that you'll have to delete things manually. You should be able to delete the Applications and Documentation folders, and the two iPhone platform folders if you aren't interested in that at all. That will get rid of most of the size (7.5GB out of 11.1GB for me, but I'm pretty sure some of that gets downloaded when you open Xcode and another 2GB was project files).
You might be able to delete the /Developer folder completely, but definitely have a backup before you try because the compilers might use files stored in there.
A: I am almost positive the gcc tools need Xcode to properly run as well.
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712e858c466277073a0d532890fd6189ef749579 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Switch Apple ID I bought an iPad 2 last May and used my husband's Apple ID that he uses for iTunes.
I have used his ID to buy apps for my iPad 2 and even bought iTunes cards to put on his account. Well, now I have an iPhone, iMac and have my own Apple ID.
Question - can I switch it to my ID without him losing his ID? I have found where I can edit my ID but I don't want him to lose his account.
A: He won't lose his account if you switch Apple IDs. However, you might want to continue to share his ID for iTunes and App Store purchases (for all of your Apple devices) so you will keep convenient access to the apps and media you've already purchased and you can both share your purchases on your various devices. You can use your new Apple ID for iCloud services.
| Q: Switch Apple ID I bought an iPad 2 last May and used my husband's Apple ID that he uses for iTunes.
I have used his ID to buy apps for my iPad 2 and even bought iTunes cards to put on his account. Well, now I have an iPhone, iMac and have my own Apple ID.
Question - can I switch it to my ID without him losing his ID? I have found where I can edit my ID but I don't want him to lose his account.
A: He won't lose his account if you switch Apple IDs. However, you might want to continue to share his ID for iTunes and App Store purchases (for all of your Apple devices) so you will keep convenient access to the apps and media you've already purchased and you can both share your purchases on your various devices. You can use your new Apple ID for iCloud services.
A: You can only have one Apple ID linked to a device, and considering you now have the iPhone and a Mac it is a good idea to sign up for your own Apple ID rather than edit his.
In order to keep all your previous purchases you will need to sync the device with your computer.
However before you sync with the computer you should authorize both your new Apple ID and his old one. iTunes will then sync all the purchases made on both accounts to your devices, while keeping iCloud content linked to only your devices
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0d737a63eeadadd4329e4e2e25597fd1501eca6d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to find which ports depends on a given one when using macports? I want to find which ports depends on a given installed port (texlive in my case). I found port deps texlive, but this is working in the "wrong" direction. How can I do it?
A: port echo dependentof:texlive
I believe that this will only show you a list of port installed on your machine that depend on the port.
| Q: How to find which ports depends on a given one when using macports? I want to find which ports depends on a given installed port (texlive in my case). I found port deps texlive, but this is working in the "wrong" direction. How can I do it?
A: port echo dependentof:texlive
I believe that this will only show you a list of port installed on your machine that depend on the port.
A: Use port dependents <portname>. From man port:
dependents
Lists the installed ports that depend on the port portname.
There is no way to search for all ports (including those not installed) depending on a certain port.
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db1ea56acbf764cde90a1c7a471b18106fc2d2fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there such a thing as a iPad stylus with a (relatively) fine and hard nib? I use the Griffin stylus and although it does the job well enough it's a long way removed from using a pen on a tablet - I find the soft nib makes it difficult to write accurately. The other pens I've seen all seem to have a similar design - presumably to make the nib appear to the iPad as a finger.
I understand pressure sensitivity isn't going to be an option but a relatively hard nib would make it a lot easier to 'write' on the iPad.
A: Thoroughly recommend the Cosmonaut:
http://www.studioneat.com/products/cosmonaut
Still a relatively soft nib but the size of the stylus nib seems to reduce the squidgy resistance I've experienced with smaller stylus. Also the chunkyness of the Cosmonaut grip feels great in the hand.
| Q: Is there such a thing as a iPad stylus with a (relatively) fine and hard nib? I use the Griffin stylus and although it does the job well enough it's a long way removed from using a pen on a tablet - I find the soft nib makes it difficult to write accurately. The other pens I've seen all seem to have a similar design - presumably to make the nib appear to the iPad as a finger.
I understand pressure sensitivity isn't going to be an option but a relatively hard nib would make it a lot easier to 'write' on the iPad.
A: Thoroughly recommend the Cosmonaut:
http://www.studioneat.com/products/cosmonaut
Still a relatively soft nib but the size of the stylus nib seems to reduce the squidgy resistance I've experienced with smaller stylus. Also the chunkyness of the Cosmonaut grip feels great in the hand.
A: Check out the Jot and the XStylus Touch. I already have an XStylus on order.
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48b986794521dca7fb5ec6b56d9d0b39e6365de7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to set a default font for outgoing messages in Mail on Lion Mail in OS X 10.7 (Lion) doesn't allow me to set a default font for outgoing messages, and it's finicky when I change it in the message.
When I show the font bar (by clicking the A button at the top right of the message window), the font bar doesn't retain its value if I set it before typing any text. If I change it and then start typing, it changes to what I set it as, but if I delete all my text then it reverts to default (Helvetica).
How do I get around this? Is there a plugin to solve this, is it considered a bug...? I found the Universal Mailer plugin, which is now open source.
A: Mail has lacked the ability to set a default outgoing font via its Preferences since at least 10.4. Users who really need this, often switch to Outlook/Entourage or Thunderbird. There are also some plugins, such as Universal Mailer or Message Font that can do this.
| Q: How to set a default font for outgoing messages in Mail on Lion Mail in OS X 10.7 (Lion) doesn't allow me to set a default font for outgoing messages, and it's finicky when I change it in the message.
When I show the font bar (by clicking the A button at the top right of the message window), the font bar doesn't retain its value if I set it before typing any text. If I change it and then start typing, it changes to what I set it as, but if I delete all my text then it reverts to default (Helvetica).
How do I get around this? Is there a plugin to solve this, is it considered a bug...? I found the Universal Mailer plugin, which is now open source.
A: Mail has lacked the ability to set a default outgoing font via its Preferences since at least 10.4. Users who really need this, often switch to Outlook/Entourage or Thunderbird. There are also some plugins, such as Universal Mailer or Message Font that can do this.
A: Unfortunately Matt Love has it wrong. I was pulling my hair out because of this issue, particularly when sending to people who use Outlook. I did some digging, and if you take a look at the message source you'll notice that Mail does not use the font-family tags around the body text. Therefore, the Mail client will default the body text to whatever it's default is. In the case of Outlook, it's Times New Roman. Beyond that, it's particularly frustrating if you've created a signature and clicked the "Always match my default font", because in that case Mail will wrap the signature with size and font-family, but the body text will look totally different. Worse, in some cases where text is wrapped to indicate font size, it's using the relative CSS term "medium", which can produce strange results. Also, since no font-size for the body text is declared, in Outlook it ends up larger than my signature which is set at 14px, but when viewing through Gmail in a browser, the body is smaller than the sig.
You can also poke around with the actual signature files to get a feel for what's going on:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Signatures (Mountain Lion, exact paths may differ)
I stripped the font-family declarations (so at least if it does end up as the mail client's default all the text is the same font) and made sure every font-size declaration was in px, and it's somewhat consistent now other than the difference between sig and body.
In my opinion this is a bug; maybe we should all go file it as such through Apple to get their attention. In the meantime, Tom Gewecke's suggestions might be the only solution.
Update: I tried Universal Mailer and as the commenter above describes it works perfectly. You have to pay $4 to get the full version otherwise you get additional text put on the bottom of every email.
Update: It looks like Apple has fixed this is OS X Mavericks. I've done some basic testing and it seems far more consistent now.
A: You should be able to do this by going to Mail Preferences > Fonts & Colors and selecting the following option:
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