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615d05c424ea8c3ccdfa3153acec522c9eb0ef43 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I delete Mail.app's cached e-mails that are saved to disk in OS X Lion? I am running out of some disk space, and noticed Mail has about 30GB of emails stored.
What is the best way to delete these emails? I don't need them as a server has a copy.
A: Go to Mail -> Preferences -> Accounts
*
*Choose the mail account
*Choose the advanced tab
*Change the status of "Keep Copies of message for offline viewing" to "Don't keep..."
Apples's documentation does not say what happens when you change the status, but goes on to state:
It’s recommended to use the default selection (“All messages and their attachments”) so you can search entire messages. Additionally, keeping copies of messages on your computer improves junk mail filtering and includes the messages in Time Machine backups.
| Q: How can I delete Mail.app's cached e-mails that are saved to disk in OS X Lion? I am running out of some disk space, and noticed Mail has about 30GB of emails stored.
What is the best way to delete these emails? I don't need them as a server has a copy.
A: Go to Mail -> Preferences -> Accounts
*
*Choose the mail account
*Choose the advanced tab
*Change the status of "Keep Copies of message for offline viewing" to "Don't keep..."
Apples's documentation does not say what happens when you change the status, but goes on to state:
It’s recommended to use the default selection (“All messages and their attachments”) so you can search entire messages. Additionally, keeping copies of messages on your computer improves junk mail filtering and includes the messages in Time Machine backups.
A: Same thing happened to me. I went to ~/Library/Mail/V2 and deleted everything (actually copied to up to My Documents for later import). That let me open Mail.app. I then deleted the exchange account and create it again.
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c6377ba66e4a078acf5b2644138ea358b0be64ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I avoid inadvertently switching workspaces? I keep accidentally dragging windows into other workspaces on my Macbook Air running OS X Lion.
Can I disable dragging into other workspaces or make doing so more difficult?
A: There's a hidden preference for adjusting the delay in seconds:
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-edge-delay -float 0.5
osascript -e 'quit app "Dock"'
It can be set to an arbitrarily high value to disable dragging windows to other spaces.
| Q: How do I avoid inadvertently switching workspaces? I keep accidentally dragging windows into other workspaces on my Macbook Air running OS X Lion.
Can I disable dragging into other workspaces or make doing so more difficult?
A: There's a hidden preference for adjusting the delay in seconds:
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-edge-delay -float 0.5
osascript -e 'quit app "Dock"'
It can be set to an arbitrarily high value to disable dragging windows to other spaces.
A: TinkerTool has this option in the Applications tab, Mission Control, Delay when dragging window to adjacent space: Default / Short / No Delay.
No Delay was selected on my computer, but I don't remember if I chose that at some point. I looked into this because I wanted the "windows aero snap" feature, I just found and installed Cinch by Irradiated Software. The Spaces "swipe" would happen before Cinch was able to do its thing.
A: With the Warp pref-pane, you can set a delay and/or require a modifier key(s) to allow a space change.
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fe91c3c5c2fc56fd264ebc86cd4122550164fca5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it necessary to disconnect the battery when installing new RAM in the early 2011 MacBook Pro? I want to install additional RAM to my early 2011 MacBook Pro.
I originally was only looking at the official Apple guide, but then while searching for a better screwdriver I found the iFixit guide, which tells you to disconnect the battery.
Is this necessary? Apple's guide doesn't mention it.
A: I just did it without disconnecting the battery and it works fine, so disconnecting the battery is not needed.
| Q: Is it necessary to disconnect the battery when installing new RAM in the early 2011 MacBook Pro? I want to install additional RAM to my early 2011 MacBook Pro.
I originally was only looking at the official Apple guide, but then while searching for a better screwdriver I found the iFixit guide, which tells you to disconnect the battery.
Is this necessary? Apple's guide doesn't mention it.
A: I just did it without disconnecting the battery and it works fine, so disconnecting the battery is not needed.
A: In case your computer is really shut down it's not necessary since memory is not powered.
I believe ifixit instruction tend to be on safe side: for example this one is just to be sure that memory is really not powered and computer not just in sleep mode accidentally.
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3a27ff13b26c6a5d03fe2944802b28a6a195eb5a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I type the prime and double prime characters on OS X? When typing in feet and inches, the prime ′ and double prime ″ symbols are used, e.g. 5′ 5″. How do I type these characters?
A: I don't know if it's the easiest way, but here's one way:
In the "International" system preferences, turn on the keyboard layout called "Unicode Hex Input". When you need to type a prime, type commandspace to switch to this keyboard layout, and then hold down option and type 2 0 3 2. For double prime, it's 2 0 3 3.
| Q: How do I type the prime and double prime characters on OS X? When typing in feet and inches, the prime ′ and double prime ″ symbols are used, e.g. 5′ 5″. How do I type these characters?
A: I don't know if it's the easiest way, but here's one way:
In the "International" system preferences, turn on the keyboard layout called "Unicode Hex Input". When you need to type a prime, type commandspace to switch to this keyboard layout, and then hold down option and type 2 0 3 2. For double prime, it's 2 0 3 3.
A: Character Palette
´ (prime): 2032
˝ (double-prime): 2033
(thanks to Paul Berkowitz)
Unicode Hex Input Keyboard
´ (prime): option 2 0 3 2
˝ (double-prime): option 2 0 3 3
(thanks to @Ken's answer)
A: Using the Character Viewer, search for "Prime". You can then click "Add to Favorites" for more convenient access.
In Mavericks, the following shortcut is helpful to bring up the character viewer:
Control + Command + Spacebar
Click the button in the top right corner to switch between the "Characters" window and "Character Viewer". Note: to get that button or the search bar to appear, you'll need to scroll up.
A: Modify the Press & Hold keys
For entering special characters such as the primes, I prefer the Press & Hold method since it's easy to remember and really quick if you shorten the Press & Hold time.
*
*Navigate to System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources/.
*Backup the Keyboard-en.plist file.
*Append the following to the Keyboard-en.plist file (before the closing </dict></plist>).
<key>Roman-Accent-t</key>
<dict>
<key>Direction</key>
<string>right</string>
<key>Keycaps</key>
<string>t ′ ″ ‴</string>
<key>Strings</key>
<string>t ′ ″ ‴</string>
</dict>
Feel free to change the Roman-Accent-t to any character you wish, providing it does not already have Press & Hold keys assigned.
A: On my new MacBook Air 2013 running Mountain Lion…
Press ⌥ alt/option + E to get single prime. ´
Press ⇧ shift + ⌥ alt/option and G to get double prime. ˝
A: Using the character palate is definitely the way forward, but instead of typing "prime" in the search box, which presented me with accented apostrophes, I found typing "apostrophe" gave me exactly what I needed.
A: *
*Opt-e PRIME ´
*Opt-j DOUBLE PRIME ˝
A: Try
Prime: ⬆⌥]
Double prime: ⬆⌥[
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f7cfc0e4839fa59181d865dc44f3bdef26c1892b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does this keyboard shortcut symbol indicate? The following was taken out of Photoshop. But I have seen many applications showing the symbol on the left as part of a keyboard combination. Which key is it?
[Something] + Command ⌘ + O
Something is?
A: It's the alt/option key.
Think of it as a switch in circuit diagrams.
| Q: What does this keyboard shortcut symbol indicate? The following was taken out of Photoshop. But I have seen many applications showing the symbol on the left as part of a keyboard combination. Which key is it?
[Something] + Command ⌘ + O
Something is?
A: It's the alt/option key.
Think of it as a switch in circuit diagrams.
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d325163a7ab858a0a8fbfd8cb84cf53f7c59507b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the services/running processes manager in Mac OS X? I installed MySQL but I am unable to see if it is running or has stopped. How do I see what are the currently running services corresponding to the "Services" interface in Windows?
A: For most of the "services" (called Daemons or Agents documented by Apple here and here) you can check:
In terminal: $ sudo launchctl list
For example only MySQL you can filter the output of the command above, like sudo launchctl list | grep -i mysql. Note -i is to make the filter case insensitive.
These also can be controlled with a GUI examples are Lingon and Launch Control.
There are some other "services", that will install themselves in:
/Library/StartupItems
For those, there is a command like
$ ps -ef |grep /Library/StartupItems to view whether it is loaded and running. But there isn't a generic mechanism to stop, start or restart.
In which category your MySQL installation falls is impossible to say, as your question is lacking details on what exactly you have installed, what its source is, how it was installed, etcetera.
| Q: What's the services/running processes manager in Mac OS X? I installed MySQL but I am unable to see if it is running or has stopped. How do I see what are the currently running services corresponding to the "Services" interface in Windows?
A: For most of the "services" (called Daemons or Agents documented by Apple here and here) you can check:
In terminal: $ sudo launchctl list
For example only MySQL you can filter the output of the command above, like sudo launchctl list | grep -i mysql. Note -i is to make the filter case insensitive.
These also can be controlled with a GUI examples are Lingon and Launch Control.
There are some other "services", that will install themselves in:
/Library/StartupItems
For those, there is a command like
$ ps -ef |grep /Library/StartupItems to view whether it is loaded and running. But there isn't a generic mechanism to stop, start or restart.
In which category your MySQL installation falls is impossible to say, as your question is lacking details on what exactly you have installed, what its source is, how it was installed, etcetera.
A: The application "Activity Monitor" is located in /Applications/Utilities and will display all processes similar to the Unix command 'top'.
A: No, cat concatenates or displays /dev/null which is the bit bucket or nothing
so cat /dev/null shows me nothing.
Try ps -ef on the command line. This will show you process status everything full
To just see MySQL run
ps -ef | grep -i mysql
A: you can use top in the terminal in osx… I am surprised there is no command line service manager in osx. Wow!
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92cb3962b85ca2de3223a6b3e1c89c1142b17827 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the iPad gestures for the new Chrome app? I cannot find the documentation for them anywhere.
A: Have found only these two:
*
*switching through open tabs: swipe from the edge of the screen
*change order of tabs: long press on tab and move left/right
| Q: What are the iPad gestures for the new Chrome app? I cannot find the documentation for them anywhere.
A: Have found only these two:
*
*switching through open tabs: swipe from the edge of the screen
*change order of tabs: long press on tab and move left/right
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c00d701b65194374fa81c3bcd73d005a54821c70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does the Google Chrome icon appear like this in Applications?
I am using OS X Lion 10.7.4.
The Google Chrome application seems to work fine and the icon appears normal the Dock and Launchpad. What does this error icon mean?
A: I have not seen this happen and it is quite uncommon, but usually it means that the app hasn't fully loaded the icon from the dmg file to the memory. It could've been because you moved the app over very quickly or you must not have followed the standard procedure, which is Download app → Drag icon to Applications folder.
Either way, it should fix itself on a reboot. If you don't want to do that, there's an answer on Super User to the same question:
Drag the app to your desktop first, and wait for it to finish loading from the .dmg file. It will get its proper icon. Then drag it to the Applications folder, or on the alias in the .dmg, if one is supplied.
| Q: Why does the Google Chrome icon appear like this in Applications?
I am using OS X Lion 10.7.4.
The Google Chrome application seems to work fine and the icon appears normal the Dock and Launchpad. What does this error icon mean?
A: I have not seen this happen and it is quite uncommon, but usually it means that the app hasn't fully loaded the icon from the dmg file to the memory. It could've been because you moved the app over very quickly or you must not have followed the standard procedure, which is Download app → Drag icon to Applications folder.
Either way, it should fix itself on a reboot. If you don't want to do that, there's an answer on Super User to the same question:
Drag the app to your desktop first, and wait for it to finish loading from the .dmg file. It will get its proper icon. Then drag it to the Applications folder, or on the alias in the .dmg, if one is supplied.
A: The Dock process hasn't yet loaded the icon, it'll fix on restart, but if you want it really badly just quit Dock via activity monitor or
$ killall Dock
it'll restart on it's own and force the icons the refresh
A: Either the App has been downloaded and not opened yet, or the App is not compatible with the current OS.
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a9b0d09be0ab9b1f1a6e2ca61ad99040ad4abf64 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro just stopped working. How do I fix it? The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro stopped working. It was working fine, then just spontaneously stopped while I was using external speakers plugged into the output jack. Now, neither speakers nor 3 different headphones have sound. The internal speaker on my MacBook Pro still works.
A: Try resetting PRAM.
Restart your machine and hold down Command ⌘+Option ⌥+P+R all at the same time as soon as it turns on. Keep holding until it resets.
| Q: The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro just stopped working. How do I fix it? The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro stopped working. It was working fine, then just spontaneously stopped while I was using external speakers plugged into the output jack. Now, neither speakers nor 3 different headphones have sound. The internal speaker on my MacBook Pro still works.
A: Try resetting PRAM.
Restart your machine and hold down Command ⌘+Option ⌥+P+R all at the same time as soon as it turns on. Keep holding until it resets.
A: I've had similar issues and restarting coreaudio work for me. Run this in a terminal (you might be prompted for your password).
sudo pkill coreaudiod
If your curious sudo is something used to run commands as administrator (SU-DO as in super user do) and pkill sends signals to processes based on name, in this case coreaudiod, which is the name of the coreaudio daemon process. When it gets a terminate signal sent by pkill it will terminate and then macOS will restart it again.
A: This happened to me yesterday. I tried three different headphones.
*
*Go to System Preferences > Sound > Output.
*Plug your headphones in if you haven't yet.
*Look at the bottom where it says Output Volume and un-check the mute button.
A: Let me tell how I solved my problem (that was: internal speakers worked whereas the headphones plugged in didn't):
*
*I plugged in the headphones.
*I pressed the "F10/Sound OnOff" key on the keyboard
That was it! The headphones worked again.
But why?
To my understanding the reason is that Apple attaches the sound-on-or-off-state to the current output device.
So switching off the sound while having plugged in the headphones makes the headphones be silent. Plug them off and you will hear the internal speakers. Plug them in again (after a minute or after half a year) and they still will be silent. Because YOU switched off the sound OF THE HEADPHONES (some months ago).
(It is the same the other way round. But in that case you probably would try the F10 button ...)
(Note: you can see this behaviour also with the checked or unchecked mute button in System Preferences > Sound > Output, as mentioned in a post above. Its state depends on the selected output device.)
A: I had this same problem with my MacBook Pro 13" (mid-2009) running OS 10.6.8. Somewhere on the internet I found the answer. After plugging in the headphones and looking at the System Preferences/Sound, you may not see (in theis model) the option for Headphones, only for Internal Speaker. (Of course, you must first check that the audio port is selected for output, since this Mac has only a single port audio. Also, that the mute is not selected.)
After seeing no Headphone option, put the Mac to sleep and wake it up again. Voila! Your headphones/external speakers will work.
Does anyone know what the permanent fix is for this problem?
A: If you see red glowing light coming from it try the toothpick approach: take a toothpick and poke around in the jack until light turns off.
A: I'm not sure if it's a hardware issue for you; if you go under System Preferences → Sound → Output, you should see Headphones as one of the output devices. Most likely the audio is being directed to some other output device (like Soundflower or Boom). Just make sure that Headphones is selected.
A: In the sounds control panel with the sound output tab selected, be sure to have use audio port for output, rather than input... this was why mine was not working.
A: Quote @mattias's answer. For people who are not familiar with the terminal, open activity monitor and search coreaudiod, then quit it.
(why do we still have this bug in 2022?!)
A: I've got a weird solution from here and I'm glad it worked for me.
*
*Connect your headphones into the audio socket.
*From the apple icon menu in the top left corner of the os x screen, tell your computer to go to sleep.
*Immediately wake it up again from sleep.
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db0b48dce9a8856fda62e9507d90af2cff81af7f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: My MacBook Air sometimes doesn't charge when the charger is plugged in Sometimes when I connect my MacBook Air to the charger, the charge light on the MagSafe connector does not come on (and System Information says the power is not connected and the battery is not charging). I tried using a different charger and the MacBook charges fine. What might be the problem?
A: I actually have the same problem but a different solution worked for me:
The problem only arose when I unplugged the charger from the MacBook (but not from the power supply) and plugged it back in. Unplugging the charger from the power supply for a moment solved the issue instantly.
| Q: My MacBook Air sometimes doesn't charge when the charger is plugged in Sometimes when I connect my MacBook Air to the charger, the charge light on the MagSafe connector does not come on (and System Information says the power is not connected and the battery is not charging). I tried using a different charger and the MacBook charges fine. What might be the problem?
A: I actually have the same problem but a different solution worked for me:
The problem only arose when I unplugged the charger from the MacBook (but not from the power supply) and plugged it back in. Unplugging the charger from the power supply for a moment solved the issue instantly.
A: In my case, the problem was the temperature of the charger. Since it's currently winter in the southern hemisphere, removing the MacBook from charge causes the charger to cool down (since it apparently draws very little mains power when there is no load on the MacBook side). At some point when it is cool enough, it will refuse to supply power when the MacBook is plugged in again.
The workaround is to warm up the charger (for example, by sitting on it) for a few minutes until the charge light comes on. Then the current running through the charger is enough to keep it warm, and it continues charging.
Update: A year later, after returning from being away for six weeks, my charger refused to work again even after sitting on it. Apple was happy to replace it under AppleCare.
A: my mba would not charge at all. i literally sat on my charger and warmed it up and now my mba charges-unbelievable. Thanks. from cold new england.
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2924a470848a667cc39a16b965f2c9c934e795a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I make the Podcasts App play my unplayed podcasts in chronological order? The new Podcasts app is pretty swell. I'm particularly fond of the 'Unplayed Episodes' button that generates a playlist of all my unplayed podcast episodes, on which I can just hit 'Play' and let a half a dozen episodes of different podcasts just run in order, without having to actually edit or manage a playlist.
But there's one problem: They play newest first. Is there any way to change this playback order so that I can hear my oldest unplayed podcasts first?
A: Unfortunately, no.
The combined Unplayed Episodes playlist has no settings and defaults to newest first.
As of version 1.01, you can only sort individual subscriptions by oldest first.
Even if you go through the trouble of changing each individual subscription preference to oldest first, Podcasts app will still keep the Unplayed Episodes playlist sorted to newest first.
| Q: Can I make the Podcasts App play my unplayed podcasts in chronological order? The new Podcasts app is pretty swell. I'm particularly fond of the 'Unplayed Episodes' button that generates a playlist of all my unplayed podcast episodes, on which I can just hit 'Play' and let a half a dozen episodes of different podcasts just run in order, without having to actually edit or manage a playlist.
But there's one problem: They play newest first. Is there any way to change this playback order so that I can hear my oldest unplayed podcasts first?
A: Unfortunately, no.
The combined Unplayed Episodes playlist has no settings and defaults to newest first.
As of version 1.01, you can only sort individual subscriptions by oldest first.
Even if you go through the trouble of changing each individual subscription preference to oldest first, Podcasts app will still keep the Unplayed Episodes playlist sorted to newest first.
A: This post is the first result when I google this exact problem, so hopefully this will help you if you've also reached this page after screaming "why does it insist on playing episode 331 after episode 4? Just play episode 5!" There is hope (I have iOS 11.2.6 and Podcasts 3.4):
Step 1: Click on the square of the podcast title that you want to play chronologically, then select the "..." of the episode that appears at the top of the screen:
Step 2: Choose "Settings" in the menu that appears:
Step 3: Select "play in sequential order":
The podcast will now play the series as desired.
Caution! If you click the "..." of the playing episode, rather than the episode at the top of the podcast title's screen, you will not see the playback settings:
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9322bf3198f71f918416168a5996673891fb4b32 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I make Chrome the default web browser in iOS? With Google Chrome available for iOS now I'd like to know if it's possible to make Chrome the default browser? I find "open in browser" type options from other iOS apps still take me to Safari.
Not interested in jailbreaking. Looking for a solution that works without having to do that.
A: No, this is not possible unless Apple allows this in a future iOS update.
| Q: Can I make Chrome the default web browser in iOS? With Google Chrome available for iOS now I'd like to know if it's possible to make Chrome the default browser? I find "open in browser" type options from other iOS apps still take me to Safari.
Not interested in jailbreaking. Looking for a solution that works without having to do that.
A: No, this is not possible unless Apple allows this in a future iOS update.
A: Looks like they eventually did... iOS 14
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6410cbf3b211b396c96a7d65969dfb69d8ae6c1a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Opening tab in Terminal resizes window I like to adjust my terminal window size to fit whatever I'm working on at the moment—sometimes a tiny screen just to tail a log file, and sometimes I stretch it all the way across the screen to read some wide output.
Whenever I open a new tab in the Terminal it resizes the window, losing whatever sizing adjustments I've made. How can I make it preserve the current window size when opening a new tab?
A: This behavior is due to the Window settings in Terminal. All new terminals open to what is specified under Window (default is 80 x 24). When you open a tab, it resizes the window to the new tab.
I wasn't able to find a solution to this for Terminal.app, however, I've since switched to iTerm 2, and it doesn't suffer from this issue. All new tabs open to the same dimensions as the existing window they're opened into, rather than resizing the window to the default.
You can find iTerm 2 at http://www.iterm2.com/
| Q: Opening tab in Terminal resizes window I like to adjust my terminal window size to fit whatever I'm working on at the moment—sometimes a tiny screen just to tail a log file, and sometimes I stretch it all the way across the screen to read some wide output.
Whenever I open a new tab in the Terminal it resizes the window, losing whatever sizing adjustments I've made. How can I make it preserve the current window size when opening a new tab?
A: This behavior is due to the Window settings in Terminal. All new terminals open to what is specified under Window (default is 80 x 24). When you open a tab, it resizes the window to the new tab.
I wasn't able to find a solution to this for Terminal.app, however, I've since switched to iTerm 2, and it doesn't suffer from this issue. All new tabs open to the same dimensions as the existing window they're opened into, rather than resizing the window to the default.
You can find iTerm 2 at http://www.iterm2.com/
A: *
*Open Terminal
*Click on Terminal on the menubar, go to Preferences
*Select General
*Change the option 'New tabs open with' to 'Same Profile'
A: While this is not a full solution but more of a workaround, I still thought it's worth sharing.
Like many on this thread, I noticed that, much to my annoyance, the Terminal window changes size when I add new Tab on El Capitan (10.11.3). I'm also using Spectacle for arranging my windows from the keyboard. I thought it might be an issue with spectacle but the same happens when I quit spectacle and resize Terminal windows with touchpad.
From what I noticed it only happens to me when when the below sequence is followed:
1. Open a new Terminal window
2. Add a new tab
3. Make the window smaller (height or width)
4. Add a new tab, and this one will change the size of the window.
Nothing happens when I make it bigger. I figured through experimentation that each and every tab in the window must be holding it's dimensions form when it was last viewed. In this particular scenario the last new tab in step 4 will change the size of the window to what it was when tab 1 was last viewed.
Now this is most important bit.
The new tabs will adjust its dimensions to the biggest tab in the window.
Workaround:
When I resize the Terminal window, I use Shift+CMD+Arrows to quickly browse through all the tab in this window. If I do that, new tabs will not affect the size of the window.
While it might be useful to some, I understand that it is not really practical, especially if you have a lot of tabs open. It is my way of dealing with this until a proper solution comes along.
A: Resize your Terminal in Mac Preferences to fit your needs:
Open Terminal with Spotlight (⌘space, enter 'Terminal') and open Preferences (⌘,). In the Window tab, look at the Window Size, Columns & Rows. The values are often 80 and 24.
Optionally, resize your window to fix your desired new size. Pause and think, 24 lines, how wide is a line? OK, how many do I need?
Increase column size if when you both create a new tab or new window it is not the same size as your desired size.
Trial and error, just attempt to keep your estimates close and it will be brief. Similarly decrease if it is too large, for example, on this 1920 × 1200 scaled display the following is great for me: 130 & 40
Test your new setting by opening a new tab (⌘T).
Place your window over the previous one, is it the same size or close enough for you? If not keep resizing, until it is.
Open a new terminal window also (⌘N) and do similar.
Now consider using a window management program, I recommend Spectacle because it is free as in free beer and freedom: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle
You can then use the following to move windows quickly while a window is selected: ⌘⌃→
This places the window in the top right corner 1/4 of the screen, left works similarly. If you also hold down shift it will place the window below in the 1/4 half of the screen: ⌘⌃⇧→
Plenty more options are available, enjoy!
A: To force all terminal windows and tabs to the same size, add a line like this:
eval resize -s 45 157 >& /dev/null
To your .profile file.
A: It seems that this "bug" was introduced in macOS Sierra or High Sierra... but is fixed now with Mojave (10.14).
Opening a second tab will now adjust the height of the window in order to accommodate the tabs. This was the previous behaviour before this issue.
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de966a55c67dbaaba860ccd3e8b06c61091209db | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I negotiate dialogue boxes using the keyboard only? On Windows based machines, whenever a dialogue box pops up with multiple choice options (ie 'Abort', 'Continue', 'Retry'), you can use the 'Tab' key to cycle through those options without using the mouse.
On OSX, there doesn't appear to be an option to cycle through dialogue boxes using a key rather than the Trackpad.
Is there any keyboard shortcut to do this?
A: You can press Control+F7 (or fn+Control+F7 depending on your keyboard preferences regarding default function keys) to turn this option on/off on the fly.
| Q: How do I negotiate dialogue boxes using the keyboard only? On Windows based machines, whenever a dialogue box pops up with multiple choice options (ie 'Abort', 'Continue', 'Retry'), you can use the 'Tab' key to cycle through those options without using the mouse.
On OSX, there doesn't appear to be an option to cycle through dialogue boxes using a key rather than the Trackpad.
Is there any keyboard shortcut to do this?
A: You can press Control+F7 (or fn+Control+F7 depending on your keyboard preferences regarding default function keys) to turn this option on/off on the fly.
A: It is also the tab key. The difference to Windows is, that the "return" key always pushes the default button (which is the colored one). The currently selected button (which can be changed using the tab key) is marked through a colored border. If you'd like to push this button, you have to press the space bar.
For this to work you must have it enabled in System Preferences / Keyboard / Shortcuts
A: Enable focusing with tab key at → System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Full Keyboard Access... → All Controls
tab moves between buttons
space presses focused button (with blue outline)
return presses default button (with blue background)
⌘+first letter on button presses that button (works sometimes)
⌘+. cancels
esc cancels (works sometimes)
A: MacOS Ventura
Turn on option at :
→ System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Navigation
MacOS Monterey/BigSur/Catalina
check the checkbox at :
→ System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts tab → Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls
If the checkbox is already checked, uncheck it and check it again.
A: macOS provides functionality to cycle through dialog boxes, but there is a system setting that must be enabled.
Toggle Functionality with Keyboard Shortcut
Press Control-F7
System Settings (macOS Ventura and later)
Starting with macOS Ventura, the setting is in System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Navigation. Click the toggle to enable the setting.
System Preferences (macOS Monterey and earlier)
In macOS Monterey and earlier versions, the setting is in System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Full Keyboard Access... → All Controls
Keyboard Control Tips
Now you can navigate dialogue boxes using the keyboard:
*
*Press Tab to move the focus the next button on the dialog.
*Press Shift-Tab to move back to the previous button.
*Press Space to trigger the currently selected button (highlighted border).
Regardless of which control is currently selected:
*
*Pressing Return will always trigger the default button (highlight-coloured button).
*Pressing Esc will always cancel the dialog.
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a360da0deedb12389693f69a77a3d5f7ff94158e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to "Ctrl-F" in iPhone's Safari browser? Most browsers have a "search" or "find" function (accessible through CtrlF) which allows us to search the webpage for text.
Does iPhone's Safari browser have this functionality?
A: I don't have an iPhone anymore, but my memory tells me this:
iPhone
Search using the standard search bar.
*
*The web search suggestions are at the top.
*The website search results of the currently viewed website are at the bottom.
iPad
Search using the standard search bar.
*
*The web search suggestions are at the top.
*To search the website use the entry box which pops up right above the keyboard.
All of this may change with iOS 6 and Mountain Lion. The WWDC2012 announced that Safari for OSX will integrate a Chrome like omnisearch bar . Most likely we'll see something similar for iOS as well - at least i hope so :).
| Q: How to "Ctrl-F" in iPhone's Safari browser? Most browsers have a "search" or "find" function (accessible through CtrlF) which allows us to search the webpage for text.
Does iPhone's Safari browser have this functionality?
A: I don't have an iPhone anymore, but my memory tells me this:
iPhone
Search using the standard search bar.
*
*The web search suggestions are at the top.
*The website search results of the currently viewed website are at the bottom.
iPad
Search using the standard search bar.
*
*The web search suggestions are at the top.
*To search the website use the entry box which pops up right above the keyboard.
All of this may change with iOS 6 and Mountain Lion. The WWDC2012 announced that Safari for OSX will integrate a Chrome like omnisearch bar . Most likely we'll see something similar for iOS as well - at least i hope so :).
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1656dcf651e88ef09da2e54498fbdfaa816913b3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Issue with deleting a Mac account through system preferences I have a desktop mac with multiple users and I would like to erase just one user from the computer but when I open system preferences and click on the accounts area, the minus sign to delete the account is grey and cannot be clicked. I checked all the other users on the computer and they are the same way. Everything is unlocked and I have the administrator password so I shouldn't have any problems but I am unable to click the delete key. Is there another way to delete a user account without damaging the computer or any other accounts?
A: In order to add/delete accounts you have to unlock first:
which will prompt you for an Administrator account/password. Once entered successfully you can select and delete any user not currently logged in.
| Q: Issue with deleting a Mac account through system preferences I have a desktop mac with multiple users and I would like to erase just one user from the computer but when I open system preferences and click on the accounts area, the minus sign to delete the account is grey and cannot be clicked. I checked all the other users on the computer and they are the same way. Everything is unlocked and I have the administrator password so I shouldn't have any problems but I am unable to click the delete key. Is there another way to delete a user account without damaging the computer or any other accounts?
A: In order to add/delete accounts you have to unlock first:
which will prompt you for an Administrator account/password. Once entered successfully you can select and delete any user not currently logged in.
A: You said you have an administrator password but you have to be signed in to an account that currently has administrator privileges. Only an administrator can delete accounts.
Make sure you are an administrator and the account you are trying to delete is NOT the one you are signed in with.
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0bad399cb1413dfabe03b86c9db2365dc1543ebb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can two iPhones access the same iCloud content? My wife and I have iPhones. We have separate Apple accounts on the phones. Can we share the same iCloud music and pictures?
A: Nope. The same account would need to be signed in on both devices.
| Q: Can two iPhones access the same iCloud content? My wife and I have iPhones. We have separate Apple accounts on the phones. Can we share the same iCloud music and pictures?
A: Nope. The same account would need to be signed in on both devices.
A: You would need to both use the same iCloud account in order to share photos across Photo Stream. You can sync both devices with the same iTunes library to share music, while still using seperate Apple ID's within the iTunes store under the phone settings. (if you wish to continue using separate IDs for downloads)
iCloud does not sync music, so if the end result is to share all music downloads and photos the best advice I can give is to stop using one Apple ID and simply start using the same ID. There is no way to merge two IDs, only to both share the ID that contains more downloaded music and apps.
A: Now it's possible:
You can set up shared albums on iCloud for pictures, and Family Sharing for music bought on the iTunes Store; you can also subscribe to a Family Plan on iTunes Music.
A: If you have a shared account for iTunes and individual accounts for Mail/Calendar/etc. it is possible to access iCloud music from several devices. Just make sure to log in to iTunes with the shared account on both iOS devices (and on the Mac).
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68786c135cace28e8641fc13b71b4ab850aa87bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there some kind of certification for Apple developers? I'm looking for a certification as an "Apple developer" but I don't know if that exists.
I found http://training.apple.com/certification but it only offers certification for OSX and Apple software like FinalCut.
A: There is no official certification. There are, though, non-Apple-official courses which are highly reputed, such as Big Nerd Ranch's, for instance.
| Q: Is there some kind of certification for Apple developers? I'm looking for a certification as an "Apple developer" but I don't know if that exists.
I found http://training.apple.com/certification but it only offers certification for OSX and Apple software like FinalCut.
A: There is no official certification. There are, though, non-Apple-official courses which are highly reputed, such as Big Nerd Ranch's, for instance.
A: Apple now offer training with software engineering focused courses for Swift and iOS:
App Development with Swift
Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Writing Swift code is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and Swift includes modern features developers love. Swift code is safe by design, yet also produces software that runs lightning fast.
With regard to Apple certification, they do not offer software engineering specific certification.
A: only https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Certifications/Apple/App-Dev-With-Swift/Overview has an official partnership with Apple to certify students on their Swift Programming knowledge and skills.
Their year-long Swift certification program covers high school and college-level knowledge of the programming language, which when attained can be a golden stamp on your iOS developer resume that can lead you to your dream iOS developer role!
I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary but if you’re all about the certifications, then there you go!
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aba0febe5d20b5a64a098e5342c2d3ffd8029576 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Run and build Visual Studio project on Mac OS X Can I open a Visual Studio C++ project on Mac OS X and run the app?
A: Although you will get more info from Windows/Mac developers on StackOverflow, I can tell you that depending upon the project and its dependencies, you might get away with it or you may not. Of course nothing Windows related can be run on OSX, so if you're only doing a "hello world", chances are you will be able to run it, provided you have the right toolchain to build that (gcc++, etc.)
Regarding whether there's a "Visual Studio Compatible IDE" the answer is "no" (unless you consider MonoDevelop which works 'ok' for some things).
The solution, of course, is to use one of the virtualization alternatives (Parallels, VMWare) or simply have a windows partition via Bootcamp.
| Q: Run and build Visual Studio project on Mac OS X Can I open a Visual Studio C++ project on Mac OS X and run the app?
A: Although you will get more info from Windows/Mac developers on StackOverflow, I can tell you that depending upon the project and its dependencies, you might get away with it or you may not. Of course nothing Windows related can be run on OSX, so if you're only doing a "hello world", chances are you will be able to run it, provided you have the right toolchain to build that (gcc++, etc.)
Regarding whether there's a "Visual Studio Compatible IDE" the answer is "no" (unless you consider MonoDevelop which works 'ok' for some things).
The solution, of course, is to use one of the virtualization alternatives (Parallels, VMWare) or simply have a windows partition via Bootcamp.
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7e77a45728ab45c268145c035e1575f0d49a3bc7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I find the phone number of the SIM card that I have in an iPad? Is there a way, directly on the iPad, to find out which phone number is associated to the MicroSIM which it is using?
I can't find it in the menus, currently.
Is there an easy way to find it directly, like on an iPhone?
A: Settings → General → About → Celluar Data Number
| Q: Where can I find the phone number of the SIM card that I have in an iPad? Is there a way, directly on the iPad, to find out which phone number is associated to the MicroSIM which it is using?
I can't find it in the menus, currently.
Is there an easy way to find it directly, like on an iPhone?
A: Settings → General → About → Celluar Data Number
A: From the device, you can get this through Settings > Tap General > Tap About > Scroll to view the IMEI/ICCID/my Number.
A: Settings → General → About → Celluar Data Number should theoretically work, but on many iPads it doesn't. See also
Cellular Data Number is "Unknown" on some iPads
Our provider is AT&T, and on my account pages, e.g., https://www.att.com/my/#/wirelessUsage, I can see the "phone" number for the iPad.
A: dial #100# and the number will be shown.
If it doesn't work the first time try again. It works on cell phones.
A: Click on mobile data,then click on sim applications,then click on “my services “then click on “my account”;then click on “show my number”....boom!……there you are.
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000ff30244595af681a8a36b2b7a69e72a592c08 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mounting a remote SCP or SFTP share on Mac I use Fuse4X and ForkLift to mount a remote directory (a dev server). I use PHPStorm to open projects and source (/Volumes/dev/project_path), but sometimes it happens that Forklift freezes (in Activity Monitor 100 and more percent cpu). To solve this I have to kill Forklift, remount and reopen project.
Any idea or tip for better mounting?
A: Seems https://mountainduck.io is where it's at:
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a local disk in the Finder.app on Mac and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume.
If you find other alternatives, add them at https://alternativeto.net/software/mountain-duck/
| Q: Mounting a remote SCP or SFTP share on Mac I use Fuse4X and ForkLift to mount a remote directory (a dev server). I use PHPStorm to open projects and source (/Volumes/dev/project_path), but sometimes it happens that Forklift freezes (in Activity Monitor 100 and more percent cpu). To solve this I have to kill Forklift, remount and reopen project.
Any idea or tip for better mounting?
A: Seems https://mountainduck.io is where it's at:
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a local disk in the Finder.app on Mac and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume.
If you find other alternatives, add them at https://alternativeto.net/software/mountain-duck/
A: Two good options, one paid, one free.
Transmit
Transmit is a long-standing and well-regarded Mac app that handles FTP, SFTP, S3 and WebDAV (possibly other protocols, I'm not sure). It can mount anything you can access as a local volume. $34, but it's the faster way, if you don't mind buying another app.
FUSE and Macfusion
Download and install FUSE for OS X and Macfusion. Make sure to check MacFUSE compatibility when installing FUSE for OS X. Open up Macfusion, add a new share with the + button, and you should be set. This is the free option, but it can be a bit fiddly, and I've heard it can be less stable, but I don't have enough experience with it to say for sure.
A: Best option for me is now Samba. After install and adding smb user it works perfectly. Simply connect in Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server -> smb://server-name/. Bye FUSE and Macfusion!
A: Try CyberDuck for free: http://cyberduck.ch/
And I found SSHFS: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html
A: Getting OSx for developer -ready, I have heard of the following below.
*
*Expanddrive here
*sshfs with brew (FREE)
*Cyberduck -- insecure Java -implementation, apparently free version here
*Transmit here
And lastly platform-independent -solution that looks most promising because you can export instances:
*
*Owncloud.com here
A: FUSE for macOS and SSHFS
You can use FUSE for macOS and SSHFS. There are a few scattered old versions of things on the web and it took me a while to work out where the latest versions of things are:
*
*FUSE for macOS was originally macFUSE written by Google, but that project is abandoned.
*The osxfuse Github project has its own version of SSHFS which they should really delete - Mac support was merged into the upstream SSHFS years ago.
*There is a GUI frontend for this called MacFusion but it has been abandoned and still uses macFUSE rather than FUSE for macOS. There are instructions to make it use FUSE for macOS instead.
Also complicating matters, the latest version of upstream SSHFS requires libfuse3, but FUSE for macOS only provides libfuse2.
Anyway:
*
*Download and install the latest release of FUSE for macOS.
*Download and the latest 2.x release of SSHFS.
Now compile it:
tar xvf sshfs-2.10.tar.gz
cd sshfs-2.10
./configure
make
cp sshfs ~/bin/ # (Or whatever)
Now you can mount somewhere:
sshfs me@host: ~/host
A: Because I was missing a simple front end to sshfs for macOS, I wrote my own GUI app called SSHFS-Mountlet. It's a bash script using platypus to provide a menu bar icon. You can mount and unmount previously set up connections with a single click. It only works with ssh public key authentication for ease of use and security.
You can download it including the source. It is licensed under GNU GPL 2.0. I hope it is useful for some one else as well.
A: This is not selling pitch but I use Flow sftp+ftp application to work on my servers.
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f375765bd88fcc04d96ee15be5053b9cdedca123 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I see my home folder in the finder? How can I go to my home folder in finder? and/or how can I navigate up a folder tree in finder
I am used to Ubuntu and finding /home/name easily in the gui
A: *
*Shift+Command+H takes you to your home folder
*Command+UpArrow takes you one folder up
Have a look at the "Go To" menu in Finder for additional key combinations. Some people like to use the ~ character and the Go to Folder... shortcut as that expands to the current user's home folder like on other UNIX operating systems.
You may also want to have a look at Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts (HT1343) which contains a huge list of OS X Lion keyboard shortcuts.
| Q: How can I see my home folder in the finder? How can I go to my home folder in finder? and/or how can I navigate up a folder tree in finder
I am used to Ubuntu and finding /home/name easily in the gui
A: *
*Shift+Command+H takes you to your home folder
*Command+UpArrow takes you one folder up
Have a look at the "Go To" menu in Finder for additional key combinations. Some people like to use the ~ character and the Go to Folder... shortcut as that expands to the current user's home folder like on other UNIX operating systems.
You may also want to have a look at Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts (HT1343) which contains a huge list of OS X Lion keyboard shortcuts.
A: In addition to the keyboard shortcuts, your home folder should be visible in the Finder sidebar by default:
If not, you can enable it in the Finder Preferences, under the Sidebar tab:
If the sidebar isn't visible, you can turn it on with View → Show Sidebar or ⌥⌘S.
A: You can set Finder's preferences (Command + ,) to open your home folder by default.
A: Open Terminal app.
Run this command:
open ~
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887532a508b0dc7bc018930a01f7b07290d5d0fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: cd to a directory by typing its name? For example if a directory 'blob' exists and I just type 'blob[return]' then the system cds into the blob directory for me.
In Linux (Ubuntu) I can add shopt -s autocd to my .bashrc file, but on OS X this gives an error: -bash: shopt: autocd: invalid shell option name
A: autocd was added in bash 4.0. You can install a newer version of bash with Homebrew and then change the default login shell with chsh:
brew install bash;echo /usr/local/bin/bash|sudo tee -a /etc/shells;chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
After you open a new login shell (or a tab by default in Terminal or iTerm 2), echo $BASH_VERSION should print something like 4.2.45(2)-release.
Terminal and iTerm 2 open new shells as login shells by default, so bash reads ~/.bash_profile but not ~/.bashrc. If you don't source ~/.bashrc from ~/.bash_profile or anything, add shopt -s autocd to ~/.bash_profile instead of ~/.bashrc.
| Q: cd to a directory by typing its name? For example if a directory 'blob' exists and I just type 'blob[return]' then the system cds into the blob directory for me.
In Linux (Ubuntu) I can add shopt -s autocd to my .bashrc file, but on OS X this gives an error: -bash: shopt: autocd: invalid shell option name
A: autocd was added in bash 4.0. You can install a newer version of bash with Homebrew and then change the default login shell with chsh:
brew install bash;echo /usr/local/bin/bash|sudo tee -a /etc/shells;chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
After you open a new login shell (or a tab by default in Terminal or iTerm 2), echo $BASH_VERSION should print something like 4.2.45(2)-release.
Terminal and iTerm 2 open new shells as login shells by default, so bash reads ~/.bash_profile but not ~/.bashrc. If you don't source ~/.bashrc from ~/.bash_profile or anything, add shopt -s autocd to ~/.bash_profile instead of ~/.bashrc.
A: The output of shopt -p can be of some help here. It prints a list of settable options. Sadly, on Lion, autocd is not one of them (see excerpt below).
Edit Lauri's answer above has a solution for updating your shell to include autocd
$ shopt -p
shopt -u cdable_vars
shopt -u cdspell
shopt -u checkhash
shopt -s checkwinsize
shopt -s cmdhist
shopt -u compat31
shopt -u dotglob
shopt -u execfail
shopt -s expand_aliases
shopt -u extdebug
shopt -u extglob
shopt -s extquote
shopt -u failglob
shopt -s force_fignore
shopt -u gnu_errfmt
shopt -u histappend
shopt -u histreedit
shopt -u histverify
shopt -s hostcomplete
shopt -u huponexit
shopt -s interactive_comments
shopt -u lithist
shopt -s login_shell
shopt -u mailwarn
shopt -u no_empty_cmd_completion
shopt -u nocaseglob
shopt -u nocasematch
shopt -u nullglob
shopt -s progcomp
shopt -s promptvars
shopt -u restricted_shell
shopt -u shift_verbose
shopt -s sourcepath
shopt -u xpg_echo
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eb4393ed89a0c15e06559a44db916a7ab3485141 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible that some hacker is logged in to my computer? When I type w at the terminal I see myself logged in two times.
What are console and s000? Is it possible that one of these neos is actually somebody else?
A: Nope. Both of those are you.
console is where you've logged in (likely on startup), and the GUI started up.
s000 is the first shell you opened, the Terminal window itself. If you look at the WHAT column, it shows the last command run in that shell (w), which you just did.
So it's the same user (you), logged into two sessions, one for the OS X GUI, and once in that shell in the Terminal window.
| Q: Is it possible that some hacker is logged in to my computer? When I type w at the terminal I see myself logged in two times.
What are console and s000? Is it possible that one of these neos is actually somebody else?
A: Nope. Both of those are you.
console is where you've logged in (likely on startup), and the GUI started up.
s000 is the first shell you opened, the Terminal window itself. If you look at the WHAT column, it shows the last command run in that shell (w), which you just did.
So it's the same user (you), logged into two sessions, one for the OS X GUI, and once in that shell in the Terminal window.
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62d76959302c7f81fa1ad977350122f79d55d13f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use same slide number on several slides in keynote? As you might know, you can add some notes for every slide in Keynote. Since I want to talk quite a lot about one specific slide, there are a lot of notes I want to add to this slide. In the moderator view, I can view this notes, but since they are so long, I would have to scroll if I place them all on one slide.
So my idea was to copy the slide lets say five times and put a portion of my notes on every of the copies. Then, I can "click through my notes" while the slide looks similar all the time. The only problem is, that if I do so, the slide has five different slide numbers.
Is there a way to set the number of a slide or any other way to solve this? Thank you!
A: I don't think there is an option for this. So you will have to manually number all slides in order to keep the slide/page number the same for several of them.
| Q: Use same slide number on several slides in keynote? As you might know, you can add some notes for every slide in Keynote. Since I want to talk quite a lot about one specific slide, there are a lot of notes I want to add to this slide. In the moderator view, I can view this notes, but since they are so long, I would have to scroll if I place them all on one slide.
So my idea was to copy the slide lets say five times and put a portion of my notes on every of the copies. Then, I can "click through my notes" while the slide looks similar all the time. The only problem is, that if I do so, the slide has five different slide numbers.
Is there a way to set the number of a slide or any other way to solve this? Thank you!
A: I don't think there is an option for this. So you will have to manually number all slides in order to keep the slide/page number the same for several of them.
A: Maybe the answer is to resize the notes display in the Presenter View. If you can get your notes to fit comfortably in Presenter View, then there is little need for duplicating the slides.
Try the following:
*
*In Keynote, select "Play -> Customize Presenter Display". You'll be presented with a flexible layout and and an Inspector
*In the inspector, assure that "Notes" is checked.
*Try resizing the "Notes" display so that it is large enough to view all (or most) of your notes. (You can have only the notes displayed if you like.)
Everything on the Presenter display is moveable, so try editing all the elements to suit your needs.
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123bb89c5c14212e6cb526013751096ca72441e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone 4S not syncing with my Google calendars I just purchased an iPhone 4S and I am using iOS 5.1.1. Only one of my Google calendars is syncing. I've searched the web and have tried every suggestion, nothing is solving the problem.
A: You'll need to make sure that your account is properly configured in Settings > Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.
Since you're using Gmail, make sure that Calendars are set to ON and then go to the Calendar app and make sure all the calendars are selected to be displayed by tapping "Calendars" in the top left corner and checking off all the calendars you want to see from your Gmail account.
| Q: iPhone 4S not syncing with my Google calendars I just purchased an iPhone 4S and I am using iOS 5.1.1. Only one of my Google calendars is syncing. I've searched the web and have tried every suggestion, nothing is solving the problem.
A: You'll need to make sure that your account is properly configured in Settings > Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.
Since you're using Gmail, make sure that Calendars are set to ON and then go to the Calendar app and make sure all the calendars are selected to be displayed by tapping "Calendars" in the top left corner and checking off all the calendars you want to see from your Gmail account.
A: That's the google recommended way
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139206
A: Maybe you have only enabled CalDAV syncing for the one calendar that works?
On this page you can select which calendars are to be synchronized to the CalDAV devices*: https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect
*) iPhone etc.
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8daceee35594931b1afe537fe372c8b3a0ec8d91 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to restrict the level of privileges of applications on jailbroken devices? This question is related to this other question.
After you have jailbroken your device, you have root access to your device and so do apps that you install.
Can you change the account that an application runs with after you have installed it? This would allow to use an account with less privileges.
If it's possible, then how do you grant/revoke access to data (address book, emails, settings) and APIs (install keyboard hooks, issue network request)?
A: Someone would have to write a sandbox for jailbroken programs, which would be extremely ironic, because the point of jailbreaking was to escape the sandbox. Normal apps still run under the mobile user when you're jailbroken, though, so there's nothing to worry about there. All jailbreak packages have full access to anything, and there's currently nothing you can do about that. Just play it safe, and only install trusted packages from reputable developers/repositories. A related question that I answered on the same subject can be found here.
| Q: How to restrict the level of privileges of applications on jailbroken devices? This question is related to this other question.
After you have jailbroken your device, you have root access to your device and so do apps that you install.
Can you change the account that an application runs with after you have installed it? This would allow to use an account with less privileges.
If it's possible, then how do you grant/revoke access to data (address book, emails, settings) and APIs (install keyboard hooks, issue network request)?
A: Someone would have to write a sandbox for jailbroken programs, which would be extremely ironic, because the point of jailbreaking was to escape the sandbox. Normal apps still run under the mobile user when you're jailbroken, though, so there's nothing to worry about there. All jailbreak packages have full access to anything, and there's currently nothing you can do about that. Just play it safe, and only install trusted packages from reputable developers/repositories. A related question that I answered on the same subject can be found here.
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f294f65256c2aabc04f2d64556b3083d72cf5121 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App compatibility for first gen iPod touch I have recently acquired a first-gen iPod touch updated to iOS 3.3. I'm having trouble installing apps from iTunes as it appears most require iOS 4 and above. So far I have managed to find two games that are still compatible with iOS 3. Not even the Facebook app will install! iTunes says I have the latest iOS available installed.
Is there a way to force install iOS 4? Otherwise, is there a third party repository of older apps I can install from (obviously after jailbreaking)?
A: You can use iOSSearch, a free tool to find apps in the iTunes store which are compatible with iOS 3.1.3. This is a non-commercial page I made.
Note: the app store has recently been updated to allow downloads of last compatible versions but it appears that this only provides apps which are compatible with iOS 4.
| Q: App compatibility for first gen iPod touch I have recently acquired a first-gen iPod touch updated to iOS 3.3. I'm having trouble installing apps from iTunes as it appears most require iOS 4 and above. So far I have managed to find two games that are still compatible with iOS 3. Not even the Facebook app will install! iTunes says I have the latest iOS available installed.
Is there a way to force install iOS 4? Otherwise, is there a third party repository of older apps I can install from (obviously after jailbreaking)?
A: You can use iOSSearch, a free tool to find apps in the iTunes store which are compatible with iOS 3.1.3. This is a non-commercial page I made.
Note: the app store has recently been updated to allow downloads of last compatible versions but it appears that this only provides apps which are compatible with iOS 4.
A: You can install whited00r so you can have an app market with all the iOS 3 compatible apps! It also lets you use multitasking, wallpaper and all the things only newer iPhones/iOS versions have. (http://www.whited00r.com/)
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4db202d6a86f90a411e76a0137e247d0154d9eb7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable scaling for specific apps on Retina MacBook Pro? Is it possible to set certain non-Retina enabled apps to not scale up (in other words, run at a native resolution) on the new Retina MacBook Pro?
A: SwitchResX is what you want. It will allow you to set application specific display sets.
SwitchResX is a commercial third party application, but it is available to try for free and for download. Probably because it is technically a hack to use the full resolution of Retina Displays, it appears to be unavailable on the Mac App Store.
By creating display sets for each application you wish to use the full native Retina Display resolution, effectively, you can disable the scaling for individual applications.
| Q: How do I disable scaling for specific apps on Retina MacBook Pro? Is it possible to set certain non-Retina enabled apps to not scale up (in other words, run at a native resolution) on the new Retina MacBook Pro?
A: SwitchResX is what you want. It will allow you to set application specific display sets.
SwitchResX is a commercial third party application, but it is available to try for free and for download. Probably because it is technically a hack to use the full resolution of Retina Displays, it appears to be unavailable on the Mac App Store.
By creating display sets for each application you wish to use the full native Retina Display resolution, effectively, you can disable the scaling for individual applications.
A: It is possible to disable the auto-scaling of all applications from System Preferences > Monitor: https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht5266
Of course you'll see everything smaller :)
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d95ab568b9aa8e15c83bb2079b18efd6bbe313b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I list iTunes apps by the account that purchased it? I've got more than one person downloading apps to my iTunes, and so I'd like to list all apps purchased by one account (meaning the same email address). How can I separate apps like this? I can't seem to find any columns that I can add to the Apps tab to sort apps in this way.
A: You can try in Terminal.
$ for f in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/Mobile\ Applications/*.ipa ; \
do (echo "$f" ; unzip -p "$f" "iTunesMetadata.plist" | \
plutil -p - | egrep -i "\"(itemName|artistName|AppleID)\"" ) | \
perl -e 'while (<>) { if (m!^/!) { chop; $fqn=$_; } if (m/"(.+)" => (".+")/) { $e{lc($1)}=$2; } } print "\"${fqn}\",$e{\"itemname\"},$e{\"artistname\"},$e{\"appleid\"}\n";'; \
done
Here is a blogpost where this action is explained.
| Q: How do I list iTunes apps by the account that purchased it? I've got more than one person downloading apps to my iTunes, and so I'd like to list all apps purchased by one account (meaning the same email address). How can I separate apps like this? I can't seem to find any columns that I can add to the Apps tab to sort apps in this way.
A: You can try in Terminal.
$ for f in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/Mobile\ Applications/*.ipa ; \
do (echo "$f" ; unzip -p "$f" "iTunesMetadata.plist" | \
plutil -p - | egrep -i "\"(itemName|artistName|AppleID)\"" ) | \
perl -e 'while (<>) { if (m!^/!) { chop; $fqn=$_; } if (m/"(.+)" => (".+")/) { $e{lc($1)}=$2; } } print "\"${fqn}\",$e{\"itemname\"},$e{\"artistname\"},$e{\"appleid\"}\n";'; \
done
Here is a blogpost where this action is explained.
A: Currently there is no way to sort them in mass, you could one-by-one right click on each app, select 'Get Info' and then a window will pop up with app info.
Under the summary tab you will see (middle right hand side of the window) 'Purchased By' and 'Account Name'.
Sorry but that's currently the only way. Unless your on a Mac and can code a shell script.
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5abce9f890583cf45ae21905dc990101b571d8fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use CTRL+W instead of CMD+W in Chrome? I'm using my Caps-lock as "CTRL" on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4. On Linux and Windows I can easily close and open tabs via CTRL+W and CTRL+T.
However on Mac I have to use CMD+W and CMD+T. CTRL+W and CTRL+T doesn't work.
What can I to fix this behaviour?
A: You can customize some shortcuts in System Preferences:
You could also use an application like Keyboard Mastro to assign control-W to a macro that emulates pressing command-W. But it might have a small additional delay or not work everywhere.
But it would be nearly impossible to have the shortcuts changed consistently or to use control instead of command as a modifier key everywhere in OS X.
| Q: How to use CTRL+W instead of CMD+W in Chrome? I'm using my Caps-lock as "CTRL" on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4. On Linux and Windows I can easily close and open tabs via CTRL+W and CTRL+T.
However on Mac I have to use CMD+W and CMD+T. CTRL+W and CTRL+T doesn't work.
What can I to fix this behaviour?
A: You can customize some shortcuts in System Preferences:
You could also use an application like Keyboard Mastro to assign control-W to a macro that emulates pressing command-W. But it might have a small additional delay or not work everywhere.
But it would be nearly impossible to have the shortcuts changed consistently or to use control instead of command as a modifier key everywhere in OS X.
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c692fe7ef725c2cc8724fbd6f7c1a3efcba12bd7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open Facebook URL in Facebook App I know using the fb://URL scheme I can open certain links in the Native Facebook App,
e.g. fb://page/137947732957611 will open the Apple Facebook page.
Is there anyway I can open pages without knowing the pageid though, eg so I can just open https://www.facebook.com/Google but within the Facebook App?
A: No it's not possible!
The reason is that the Facebook url scheme needs a unique ID for open a certain page and if you look the screenshot below you can see that the "Google" is Name and Username.
| Q: Open Facebook URL in Facebook App I know using the fb://URL scheme I can open certain links in the Native Facebook App,
e.g. fb://page/137947732957611 will open the Apple Facebook page.
Is there anyway I can open pages without knowing the pageid though, eg so I can just open https://www.facebook.com/Google but within the Facebook App?
A: No it's not possible!
The reason is that the Facebook url scheme needs a unique ID for open a certain page and if you look the screenshot below you can see that the "Google" is Name and Username.
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f215e36355637db359d626df06d154fa660ef193 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone Gmail App won't stop sending notifications I tested out the Gmail App on my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.1.1) and have now stopped as it keeps asking me for my login details. I haven't deleted it.
It is continuing to send notifications even though I have switched them off for the app in the Notification Center Settings.
How can I stop the notifications?
I don't want to delete the app.
A: The Notification settings aren't laid out very well. To fully disable notifications, you need to change pretty much all the settings on an app's notifications page in Settings.
Make sure you have turned off every switch circled here, and change Alert Style to None:
| Q: iPhone Gmail App won't stop sending notifications I tested out the Gmail App on my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.1.1) and have now stopped as it keeps asking me for my login details. I haven't deleted it.
It is continuing to send notifications even though I have switched them off for the app in the Notification Center Settings.
How can I stop the notifications?
I don't want to delete the app.
A: The Notification settings aren't laid out very well. To fully disable notifications, you need to change pretty much all the settings on an app's notifications page in Settings.
Make sure you have turned off every switch circled here, and change Alert Style to None:
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ccb70ba73ff93e1716ba62313e8806c9f105354d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How should a user of OS X verify whether backed up data comprises everything required for lossless restoration? I'm most interested in approaches that compare both:
*
*the original file
*the backup
– after the time of backup.
I'm aware of two approaches. Others will be appreciated.
Less interested in approaches that verify integrity of:
*
*only the backed up file
*only the file system used for backed up files
*only the media used for that file system.
A: n8gray.org: Backup Bouncer
Improvements to Backup Bouncer were noted in March 2012 by Mike Bombich, developer of Carbon Copy Cloner.
| Q: How should a user of OS X verify whether backed up data comprises everything required for lossless restoration? I'm most interested in approaches that compare both:
*
*the original file
*the backup
– after the time of backup.
I'm aware of two approaches. Others will be appreciated.
Less interested in approaches that verify integrity of:
*
*only the backed up file
*only the file system used for backed up files
*only the media used for that file system.
A: n8gray.org: Backup Bouncer
Improvements to Backup Bouncer were noted in March 2012 by Mike Bombich, developer of Carbon Copy Cloner.
A: rsync dry run with checksumming to include extended attributes, resource forks and ACLs
Basics
From the rsync(1) Mac OS X Manual Page:
-c, --checksum
This forces the sender to checksum every regular file using a 128-bit MD4 checksum. It does this during the initial file-system scan as it builds the list of all available files. The receiver then checksums its version of each file (if it exists and it has the same size as its sender-side counterpart) in order to decide which files need to be updated: files with either a changed size or a changed checksum are selected for transfer. Since this whole-file checksumming of all files on both sides of the connection occurs in addition to the automatic checksum verifications that occur during a file's transfer, this option can be quite slow.
Note that rsync always verifies that each transferred file was correctly reconstructed on the receiving side by checking its whole-file checksum, but that automatic after-the-transfer verification has nothing to do with this option's before-the-transfer "Does this file need to be updated?" check.
-E, --extended-attributes
Apple specific option to copy extended attributes, resource forks, and ACLs. Requires at least Mac OS X 10.4 or suitably patched rsync.
-n, --dry-run
This tells rsync to not do any file transfers, instead it will just report the actions it would have taken.
Considerations
I assume that when options --checksum and --extended-attributes are combined, the checksum includes the attributes.
A 2010 discussion in Bombich Software Support may help to clarify – verify with rsync -- symlink mismatches on Tiger
A: diglloydTools IntegrityChecker
… validation of your data, including your originals and backups. Even
single-bit errors are detected, anywhere in a file, using the
cryptographic grade SHA1 hash.
*
*Validate the integrity of your files at any time, even backups on CDs or DVDs*!
*See which files have changed by date or size or contents.
*Detect file corruption and/or inability to read files (e.g., on DVD or CD*). …
In the ZEVO support forum, IntegrityChecker and the like are discussed under ZFS worth using with non-ECC RAM? Can ARC be disabled?.
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4ba2c6eb8c4918fa2d72cf4d111042a2e7555201 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable Spotlight indexing, save battery life I am using my laptop with very limited battery availability. I need to save as much battery as possible.
*
*I would like to disable Spotlight indexing, how do I do that?
*What else should I disable, even temporarily, to truly maximise savings? Services? Unix daemons? Is there a list?
Thanks.
PS I have already:
*
*dimmed keyboard backlight (on a MacBook Pro)
*switched off WiFi (apart from this post)
*dimmed screen backlight
*disabled discrete graphics
*closed non-vital apps
A: Well, the immediate way is:
sudo mdutil -i off /
from the command line (you will have to enter your admin password) to stop indexing immediately.
You might also want to add the following step:
sudo vim /etc/hostconfig
(you might want to use a different editor than vim, YMMV)
Then, navigate to the entry
SPOTLIGHT=-YES-
and change it to
SPOTLIGHT=-NO-
SAVE the changes the exit the file. BTW, have a look at iFixit on how to change the battery, it seems you could have much better use of the laptop that way.
| Q: Disable Spotlight indexing, save battery life I am using my laptop with very limited battery availability. I need to save as much battery as possible.
*
*I would like to disable Spotlight indexing, how do I do that?
*What else should I disable, even temporarily, to truly maximise savings? Services? Unix daemons? Is there a list?
Thanks.
PS I have already:
*
*dimmed keyboard backlight (on a MacBook Pro)
*switched off WiFi (apart from this post)
*dimmed screen backlight
*disabled discrete graphics
*closed non-vital apps
A: Well, the immediate way is:
sudo mdutil -i off /
from the command line (you will have to enter your admin password) to stop indexing immediately.
You might also want to add the following step:
sudo vim /etc/hostconfig
(you might want to use a different editor than vim, YMMV)
Then, navigate to the entry
SPOTLIGHT=-YES-
and change it to
SPOTLIGHT=-NO-
SAVE the changes the exit the file. BTW, have a look at iFixit on how to change the battery, it seems you could have much better use of the laptop that way.
A: I don't know if it'll really save anything battery-wise, but you might try defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES and then using cmd-K to quit the Finder.
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a9b99065fe3b617e00e02504d6ea674357f2c3ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to get gnome-terminal on Lion? Is there a port of gnome-terminal, or a way to compile it, or some other program that is typographically comparable, under Lion?
There is a typographic difference, and I can't duplicate it in Terminal; I can't even get Terminal to serve up anti-aliased text.
A: The easiest way to install Gnome Terminal would be to use MacPorts. Once MacPorts is installed, run sudo port install gnome-terminal.
HomeBrew is a newer alternative to MacPorts that is growing in popularity, but Gnome Terminal isn't available in the base repository yet.
| Q: Is there a way to get gnome-terminal on Lion? Is there a port of gnome-terminal, or a way to compile it, or some other program that is typographically comparable, under Lion?
There is a typographic difference, and I can't duplicate it in Terminal; I can't even get Terminal to serve up anti-aliased text.
A: The easiest way to install Gnome Terminal would be to use MacPorts. Once MacPorts is installed, run sudo port install gnome-terminal.
HomeBrew is a newer alternative to MacPorts that is growing in popularity, but Gnome Terminal isn't available in the base repository yet.
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7f15e82e6047a2d4aa8f1d3b62c31a9839736007 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reset my Macs password? I still have SSH access I recently changed my password and promptly forgot it :P What is the best option for resetting it? I can still access the mac via SSH (ssh key auth method), can I do anything with that?
A: No - the typical ways to reset a password or delete the file that lets the Mac reboot to the setup assistant where it lets you create a new admin user that will have a known password all require you to know a working user/password combination that works for sudo.
You'll want to boot to the Recovery HD or install media or into single user mode to make a new admin user (which can be deleted once you've reset your password) or use the normal OSX procedure to reset your password.
| Q: Reset my Macs password? I still have SSH access I recently changed my password and promptly forgot it :P What is the best option for resetting it? I can still access the mac via SSH (ssh key auth method), can I do anything with that?
A: No - the typical ways to reset a password or delete the file that lets the Mac reboot to the setup assistant where it lets you create a new admin user that will have a known password all require you to know a working user/password combination that works for sudo.
You'll want to boot to the Recovery HD or install media or into single user mode to make a new admin user (which can be deleted once you've reset your password) or use the normal OSX procedure to reset your password.
A: If you are an administrative user (or can login as one on the shell prompt), you should be able to use sudo passwd USER to change the password.
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1f849d16282306bc6436891131d0b6476c92838f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to backup iPhone contacts (no iCloud, iTunes or Outlook)? I have an iPhone from another age (pre 2008) which is ready to be commissioned as defunct and replaced with a new 4S. My question, is how to back up the contacts form the old iPhone and transfer them to the new one.
The question of backing up iPhone contacts could seem simple at first sight, but in my case it comes with a headache.
I do not use Outlook. I cannot use the iCloud on my old iPhone. I do not use iTunes sync and manage my iPhone manually, so would strongly prefer not to use iTunes at all.
I was thinking placing the contacts on my SIM card, but iPhone only supports getting contacts from SIM and not saving them to SIM.
I was also thinking bluetooth, but learned that bluetooth is only used for iPhone accessories and cannnot be used for iPhone data transfer whatsoever.
A: You can extract your iPhone contacts and back them up to your computer via CopyTrans Contacts.
Then use the same program to transfer the contacts from your computer to your new iPhone.
| Q: How to backup iPhone contacts (no iCloud, iTunes or Outlook)? I have an iPhone from another age (pre 2008) which is ready to be commissioned as defunct and replaced with a new 4S. My question, is how to back up the contacts form the old iPhone and transfer them to the new one.
The question of backing up iPhone contacts could seem simple at first sight, but in my case it comes with a headache.
I do not use Outlook. I cannot use the iCloud on my old iPhone. I do not use iTunes sync and manage my iPhone manually, so would strongly prefer not to use iTunes at all.
I was thinking placing the contacts on my SIM card, but iPhone only supports getting contacts from SIM and not saving them to SIM.
I was also thinking bluetooth, but learned that bluetooth is only used for iPhone accessories and cannnot be used for iPhone data transfer whatsoever.
A: You can extract your iPhone contacts and back them up to your computer via CopyTrans Contacts.
Then use the same program to transfer the contacts from your computer to your new iPhone.
A: Well... back in the day when I had iPhone i used to sync my contacts with Gmail. Here you will find the instructions on how to do it. (Youll need to have iOS version 3.0+)
For detailed information and pictures refer to:
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740
*
*Open the Settings application on your device's home screen.
*Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
*Press Add Account....
*Select Microsoft Exchange. iOS 4.0+ allows multiple Exchange accounts. However, if you're on a device that doesn't let you add a
second account, you could also use CalDAV to sync Google Calendar and
IMAP to sync Gmail.
*In the Email field, enter your full Google Account email address. If you use an @googlemail.com address, you may see an "Unable to
verify certificate" warning when you proceed to the next step.
*Leave the Domain field blank.
*Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username.
*Enter your Google Account password as the Password.
Notes about passwords: Be sure that you have a strong password for
your Google Account. If you see an error message saying "Invalid
Password", you may need to unlock your account by solving a short
CAPTCHA. Go to https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha. If you
are a 2-step verification user, please use an application-specific
password instead of your regular password in this field.
9 - Tap Next at the top of your screen.
9a - Choose Cancel if the Unable to Verify Certificate dialog appears.
10 - When the new Server field appears, enter m.google.com.
11 - Press Next at the top of your screen again.
12 - Select the Google services (Mail, Calendar, and Contacts) you want to sync. To receive and respond to meeting requests on your device,
both Mail and Calendar need to be turned on, and New events needs to
be enabled in your Google Calendar settings.
To enable 'New events', sign in to your Google Calendar using the web
browser on your phone or computer. Go to Calendar Settings > Calendars
Click on the Notifications for the calendar you want to sync. Under Email check 'New events' (and any of the other Invitation settings you
want enabled e.g. changed events, cancelled events, event responses),
and click Save.
*
*Unless you want to delete all the existing Contacts and Calendars on your phone, select the Keep on my iPhone (or iPad or iPod touch)
option when prompted. This will also allow you to keep syncing with
your computer via iTunes.
If you want to sync only the My Contacts group, you must choose to
Delete Existing Contacts during the Google Sync install when prompted.
If you choose to keep existing contacts, it will sync the contents of
the All Contacts group instead. If there are no contacts on your
phone, the latter will happen -- the contents of your All Contacts
group will be synced.
A: Another app to give a shot is Airbook (I wrote it :) ). It'll create a vcf backup and store it on your DropBox, Box, Google Drive or MS Skydrive accounts, where you can manage these backups too. It'll also help you import contacts from these backups by either adding them all or choosing before importing as a premium feature. Contacts are merged automatically.
There's also an emergency contacts access feature that allows you to view your contacts on somebody else's phone (which can be either iOS or Android based) in case your battery runs out or you lose your phone (requires at least one backup).
Here are the links:
*
*Free iOS version, AirBook
*Premium one for iOS, AirBook+
*Free Android version, AirBook
A: If you're a Mac user then the way to do this is PhoneView.
http://ecamm.com/
A: Very Simple! use Disk Aid
I am attaching the link for your reference
Hope this helps :-)
A: iOS supports the vCard format natively, so you just need to export your contacts to a vCard format. There are plenty of apps in the store that can do this, My Contacts Backup is free and seems to have good ratings, but just search for vCard in the App Store to have a look at some others.
You can email the vcf file to yourself, and if you open it in Mail.app, it should offer to import all the contacts.
No need for any syncing voodoo. That said, once you get a new iPhone, I've found iCloud has done a good job of dealing with my contacts, on my Mac, iPhone and iPad.
A: I'm Michael and I work for connex.io, an address book app.
With our service you can easily do this. You just sign-up, connect both of your phones let them sync and you are done. Our trial gives you full service, so you have access to all of the features of connex.io.
We also keep your address books clean, complete, up-to-date and sync the across all of your connected devices and services.
If you want to check it out here. or if I can help you further at [email protected]
A: I think it is possible to use the iCloud module on your PC (this is the iCloud app for your computer), then connect your old iPhone to your computer and use the iCloud program to backup your iPhone contacts. If you are on a Mac, it is much easier - you can back up your old iPhone contacts directly with the Mac Address Book (no iTunes required).
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a568ad51168ae01f74f98162aa1384614c0103c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I use LaunchBar can I disable Spotlight? If I use LaunchBar can I disable Spotlight? Does LaunchBar do all of its own indexing and never use the Spotlight database? Or does it rely on the Spotlight database for some of its search awesome-sauce?
Edit: I'm considering disabling Spotlight because mds is currently in the process of re-indexing my just-moved home directory. I'd rather not have that happen during working hours. That got me wondering if I even need Spotlight at all with LaunchBar present.
A: I've contacted their support and here's their reply:
| Q: If I use LaunchBar can I disable Spotlight? If I use LaunchBar can I disable Spotlight? Does LaunchBar do all of its own indexing and never use the Spotlight database? Or does it rely on the Spotlight database for some of its search awesome-sauce?
Edit: I'm considering disabling Spotlight because mds is currently in the process of re-indexing my just-moved home directory. I'd rather not have that happen during working hours. That got me wondering if I even need Spotlight at all with LaunchBar present.
A: I've contacted their support and here's their reply:
A: It does indexing separately, but has a feature that lets you pass a search directly to Spotlight. I assume if you disable Spotlight, you'd just lose that feature and the rest of the app would function normally.
This won't be the case for all apps like this though. Alfred, which I use, relies wholly on Spotlight for indexing. If Spotlight stops working, so does Alfred.
EDIT: Just tested this. It seems like LaunchBar initializes itself with the Spotlight index. After that, I can't see where it's storing what it indexes, so I guess it's still depending on Spotlight, i.e adding to the Spotlight index, but doing so through it's own process.
If this is the case, even though it does its own indexing, it WILL be continuously dependent on the Spotlight index existing. You may not have to let Spotlight add to the index (via the mds process), but you probably shouldn't delete the index.
They really don't make this clear on the product site or in the docs.
A: There's a checkbox for the Applications index in LaunchBar that says "Use Spotlight index". Uncheck that and you're good to go. I've used LaunchBar for years to find and launch applications on drives that Spotlight isn't indexing, and it works fine as long as you tell it not to use Spotlight. Even if Spotlight is active, LaunchBar works much better with this checkbox unchecked, in my experience.
A: No - In the general case of all of the items in the index, spotlight is used if it exists. There is a special case for Applications where you can tell LaunchBar to not use Spotlight results and just specify folders to crawl on the filesystem, so you could certainly use the program with Spotlight temporarily or permanently disabled once you understand that the app launcher function can exist apart from Spotlight.
LaunchBar depends on the spotlight indexing to make it's own indexes. For a short time, you can disable spotlight and just use the current LaunchBar indexes, but should it decide to reindex things, you will find that search results suffer when spotlight doesn't have a correct picture / index for the drive in question.
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4a8fc8953e06a63ced9233be202ada48a02a24d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you stop screen sharing in Mac OS? I want to know how to stop screen sharing in Mac OS, once I've enabled it by clicking "share screen" in the dialogue that pops up.
I don't want to disable screen sharing, since I'd still like to allow future requests for sharing. I just want to terminate the current sharing session.
A: The icon in the menu bar with binoculars inside of a screen is definitely the way to disconnect.
Thanks to Chard Marmon for the answer in the comments of my question.
| Q: How do you stop screen sharing in Mac OS? I want to know how to stop screen sharing in Mac OS, once I've enabled it by clicking "share screen" in the dialogue that pops up.
I don't want to disable screen sharing, since I'd still like to allow future requests for sharing. I just want to terminate the current sharing session.
A: The icon in the menu bar with binoculars inside of a screen is definitely the way to disconnect.
Thanks to Chard Marmon for the answer in the comments of my question.
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dcc11ab6043bf91a3366d692d360356152c187b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will a restore to default factory settings remove the firmware updates from my Iphone? If I restore my iphone to default factory settings will it remove the ios firmware updates and leave ios in the state it was in when I got the phone?
A: Restoring to factory setting will simply wipe out every bit of customization you did to it (every setting you changed from the default) but it will not downgrade the firmware.
In other words, if you bought your iPhone with iOS 3 and now you're on iOS 4, then a factory setting reset will still leave you on iOS 4.
| Q: Will a restore to default factory settings remove the firmware updates from my Iphone? If I restore my iphone to default factory settings will it remove the ios firmware updates and leave ios in the state it was in when I got the phone?
A: Restoring to factory setting will simply wipe out every bit of customization you did to it (every setting you changed from the default) but it will not downgrade the firmware.
In other words, if you bought your iPhone with iOS 3 and now you're on iOS 4, then a factory setting reset will still leave you on iOS 4.
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d375a7b47b4cc7432742d670576b4228efeeb32e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will "never auto-lock" affect the life of the iPhone? I've my iPhone set to "never auto-lock":
I am aware that this will mean I'll have to recharge the phone more frequently. But besides the inconvenience, will the "life" of the iPhone be affected in any way?
A: Yes - since the battery is not user-replaceable and it has limited charge cycles, anything that causes you to recharge the device more often than needed reduces the lifetime before it needs a battery service.
Now, it's quite easy to replace the battery on an iPhone for a technician and Apple offers their service if you want a warranty or feel uneasy with yourself or a local shop doing the work.
The rest of the device is likely to last years before aging causes the backlight to dim or the other parts to fail, so in that case I would say no - you can't really run out of the rest of the phone's life by preventing the screen from locking.
| Q: Will "never auto-lock" affect the life of the iPhone? I've my iPhone set to "never auto-lock":
I am aware that this will mean I'll have to recharge the phone more frequently. But besides the inconvenience, will the "life" of the iPhone be affected in any way?
A: Yes - since the battery is not user-replaceable and it has limited charge cycles, anything that causes you to recharge the device more often than needed reduces the lifetime before it needs a battery service.
Now, it's quite easy to replace the battery on an iPhone for a technician and Apple offers their service if you want a warranty or feel uneasy with yourself or a local shop doing the work.
The rest of the device is likely to last years before aging causes the backlight to dim or the other parts to fail, so in that case I would say no - you can't really run out of the rest of the phone's life by preventing the screen from locking.
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a485187df0d4e348a78abcf4b9644b972de566ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does installing a second hard drive in my Mac Mini 2011 void my Apple hardware warranty? I just installed a second hard drive, and I'm wondering if that voids my warranty.
A: Apple's policy has traditionally been that you can install RAM, drives and PCIe cards (on a Mac Pro), without voiding your warranty. However if there's evidence that you broke something during the install, they won't cover that, nor the 3rd party parts (naturally).
| Q: Does installing a second hard drive in my Mac Mini 2011 void my Apple hardware warranty? I just installed a second hard drive, and I'm wondering if that voids my warranty.
A: Apple's policy has traditionally been that you can install RAM, drives and PCIe cards (on a Mac Pro), without voiding your warranty. However if there's evidence that you broke something during the install, they won't cover that, nor the 3rd party parts (naturally).
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2ddb6948858a5ce861559b6abd1a7d8e7e0d42dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Numbers: Count unique items in a column I'd like to count the occurrence of unique items found in one column of about 120 items. I can't find a way to do this in Numbers.app
A: If it doesn't have to be updated dynamically, you might also copy the cells and run something like pbpaste | sort | uniq | wc -l.
| Q: Numbers: Count unique items in a column I'd like to count the occurrence of unique items found in one column of about 120 items. I can't find a way to do this in Numbers.app
A: If it doesn't have to be updated dynamically, you might also copy the cells and run something like pbpaste | sort | uniq | wc -l.
A: You can use Numbers' (new) Pivot Table tool to summarize data
To get count of unique value:
*
*Make sure your table is selected
*On toolbar, click Pivot Table
*In sidebar, select your column under Fields
*In sidebar, under Values, select or change "Summarize by" to Count (Unique). You may need to click the little (i) icon.
You will see the answer in the created pivot table
You can summarize by groups ("facet") by selecting additional Fields
You can add more results to the same table, by dragging Fields as new Values
A: Here is a clever solution posted in an apple discussions thread.
You basically create another column, and use the formula =IF(COUNTIF(A$1:A1, A2)=0,1,""). This will display a one for the first occurrence of each unique item. You then simply sum the whole column and you get your count.
A: I just select the column and copy, go to Terminal, type wc(return), paste in the copy, type Ctrl-D, and read the count.
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6900b834ac7c0f25c34359d88910e03f9f0ef54c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Now that Apple have stopped selling Click Wheel Games is there a repository for them? I'm aware that I'm probably some kind of technological dinosaur but I love my click-wheel iPod. Now that Apple had stopped selling the click wheel games is there somewhere else I can get them?
Is there an equivalent to cydia / or jail-breaking my iPod classic to get home brew or the like games on it?
A: Here is the full archive all 54 games on Internet Archive. 34 have not been cracked but if you have them on your account you can still use them and if you do let me know ill pay to authorise.
There is a renewed effort to crack them though for those that know arm assembly and may want to help
| Q: Now that Apple have stopped selling Click Wheel Games is there a repository for them? I'm aware that I'm probably some kind of technological dinosaur but I love my click-wheel iPod. Now that Apple had stopped selling the click wheel games is there somewhere else I can get them?
Is there an equivalent to cydia / or jail-breaking my iPod classic to get home brew or the like games on it?
A: Here is the full archive all 54 games on Internet Archive. 34 have not been cracked but if you have them on your account you can still use them and if you do let me know ill pay to authorise.
There is a renewed effort to crack them though for those that know arm assembly and may want to help
A: I tried and failed to find a repository a while back, however if you're lucky, there are torrents for the complete archive which crop up sometimes. Obviously the torrents exist in multiple places, but there are rarely any seeders.
Obviously you'd have had to purchase them to be entitled to use them, and if you had purchased them, you wouldn't have been able to download them again as this was all before you were able to re-download purchased apps, so this may be an ideal solution to get things you'd lost and not backed up.
A: There's ways and means of getting the iPod games but they're predominately illegal, if it's just those games you want I'd contact Apple as whilst they've probably stopped selling them somewhere they won't have gotten rid of them completely. If it's just a case of extra functionality and games for it I'd highly recommend looking at the Rockbox project which does come with games and is still under active development.
Here's Rockbox and there's plenty of information online about it.
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c3123b6801a98b753033a3fdef5300109d274c6d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I save a vertical (not horizontal) multiple display arrangement? I have two displays. Mac OS X frequently "forgets" the digital arrangement of the monitors and defaults them to a horizontal side-by-side arrangement. This does not correspond to the physical arrangement of the monitors.
In this arrangement, my desktop is extended upwards, not to the left or right.
How can I save the arrangement?
A: Stay is a pretty cheap app who's primary purpose is to save default positions for applications of screen, and automatically be able to rearrange them to this default state.
However, it has multiple display support, and as a side effect, it can be used to restore previously used display arrangements.
| Q: How can I save a vertical (not horizontal) multiple display arrangement? I have two displays. Mac OS X frequently "forgets" the digital arrangement of the monitors and defaults them to a horizontal side-by-side arrangement. This does not correspond to the physical arrangement of the monitors.
In this arrangement, my desktop is extended upwards, not to the left or right.
How can I save the arrangement?
A: Stay is a pretty cheap app who's primary purpose is to save default positions for applications of screen, and automatically be able to rearrange them to this default state.
However, it has multiple display support, and as a side effect, it can be used to restore previously used display arrangements.
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ec955da4809121a592d455e18751798ab640b4a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I record sound in Mac OS? Is there any simple application (or built-in in Mac OS) that allows me to record sound on a Mac? I'm referring not only to voice input through the mic, but also to sounds issued by the system.
A: You want Audio Hijack Pro. Records system audio, from long time quality Mac developer, Rogue Amoeba.
| Q: How can I record sound in Mac OS? Is there any simple application (or built-in in Mac OS) that allows me to record sound on a Mac? I'm referring not only to voice input through the mic, but also to sounds issued by the system.
A: You want Audio Hijack Pro. Records system audio, from long time quality Mac developer, Rogue Amoeba.
A: Audio Hijack and WireTap Studio are both application suites for recording audio from any input, include the system audio. They're not fee, but their trials might suffice.
A simpler solution would be SoundFlower which acts like an output to which system audio can be sent, then used as an input source in any audio recording program, even quicktime. If you want to be able to hear sound from your speakers/headphones, you'll need to run the sound flower bed app, which takes sound flower's audio coming in from your system, and forwards it to your speakers/headphones while still being able to use it.
A: This answer is similar to the one XAleXOwnZX gave, it just has a link for Audacity and a tutorial.
If you want to do it for free you can download Audacity and Soundflower (if you have a mac) and record the sound straight off your sound card.
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Soundflowerbed: http://cycling74.com/downloads/
Tutorial: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/User:BillWharrie/Using_Soundflower_to_record_streaming_audio
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a28ca9d32ad95d9f959badaeb101b61bc84b7eed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook as a handsfree headset Is there any way how to use laptop as a hands-free "headset" for my Android phone via Bluetooth?
Actually it's very nice to answer on calls directly from computer.
I have tried BluePhoneElite2 for that, but it is a bit slow. I'm thinking that for just a hands free headset, I should be able to use Snow Leopard without any additional software.
I have connected my phone and laptop over Bluetooth already, but what should I do to receive calls on the laptop?
A: OS X does not natively support the bluetooth headset profile, which is what a bluetooth device needs to support in order to act as a hands free device.
BluePhoneElite2 loads a special driver onto select phones that gets around this - likely by using a different bluetooth profile to deliver audio and phone actions.
There is currently no native solution in any version of OS X.
| Q: MacBook as a handsfree headset Is there any way how to use laptop as a hands-free "headset" for my Android phone via Bluetooth?
Actually it's very nice to answer on calls directly from computer.
I have tried BluePhoneElite2 for that, but it is a bit slow. I'm thinking that for just a hands free headset, I should be able to use Snow Leopard without any additional software.
I have connected my phone and laptop over Bluetooth already, but what should I do to receive calls on the laptop?
A: OS X does not natively support the bluetooth headset profile, which is what a bluetooth device needs to support in order to act as a hands free device.
BluePhoneElite2 loads a special driver onto select phones that gets around this - likely by using a different bluetooth profile to deliver audio and phone actions.
There is currently no native solution in any version of OS X.
A: A bit late, but as of today it can be done with this application http://www.getdialogue.com/
With that application a pc running OS X can be used as a Bluetooth handsfree headset for ones mobile phone. Allowing one to originate and answer calls without reaching for the phone and then have the audio through the speaker and microphone of the PC or an attacted headset.
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7c5f1ce88e8eb46786f83919ee16018aabdf09ac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why doesn't the screen command source my .profile? When I start a new screen, the aliases that I have set in my ~/.profile do not seem to be sourced.
Does anyone know where I can change this or which file is actually read when starting a new screen?
A: For an alias to work in ~/.profile the session needs to be a login shell. Bash, which is probably what you're using, is typically read from ~/.bash_profile.
There's a good explanation of the differences mentioned here:
https://superuser.com/questions/183870/difference-between-bashrc-and-bash-profile
| Q: Why doesn't the screen command source my .profile? When I start a new screen, the aliases that I have set in my ~/.profile do not seem to be sourced.
Does anyone know where I can change this or which file is actually read when starting a new screen?
A: For an alias to work in ~/.profile the session needs to be a login shell. Bash, which is probably what you're using, is typically read from ~/.bash_profile.
There's a good explanation of the differences mentioned here:
https://superuser.com/questions/183870/difference-between-bashrc-and-bash-profile
A: Apple uses ~/.bash_profile as mentioned above. If you want bash inside screen to behave exactly as the Apple Terminal, create a ~/.bashrc file with the command
source /etc/profile
which will include all Apple settings.
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9e88adfcf35f3edc1d36005977054e7e67185877 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Capsule disappears from Finder My time capsule is disappearing from my Finder list (left side) occasionally.. it is very odd. I have my iMac plugged in to it via Ethernet cable. How do I force my iMac to connect to it when it misbehaves like this?
A: If it's connected via Ethernet the most likely cause is the drive has fallen asleep and your system has lost its connection with the drive. The remedy: open the drive about once every two or three hours to keep it awake.
| Q: Time Capsule disappears from Finder My time capsule is disappearing from my Finder list (left side) occasionally.. it is very odd. I have my iMac plugged in to it via Ethernet cable. How do I force my iMac to connect to it when it misbehaves like this?
A: If it's connected via Ethernet the most likely cause is the drive has fallen asleep and your system has lost its connection with the drive. The remedy: open the drive about once every two or three hours to keep it awake.
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7f72dc6eaec8276f1b84b30fe6eaded34370d357 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any productivity tip for using OS X with only one arm, like Windows its sticky key? Google mostly returns Apple's accessibility API and other programming resources.
But I'd want to know, for example, what is Mac OS X version 10.7.4 equivalent of 'sticky key' in Windows.
Any other productivity tip for using OS X with only one arm?
A: In System Preferences, click Universal Access then Keyboard:
You'll find the options for sticky keys in there.
| Q: Any productivity tip for using OS X with only one arm, like Windows its sticky key? Google mostly returns Apple's accessibility API and other programming resources.
But I'd want to know, for example, what is Mac OS X version 10.7.4 equivalent of 'sticky key' in Windows.
Any other productivity tip for using OS X with only one arm?
A: In System Preferences, click Universal Access then Keyboard:
You'll find the options for sticky keys in there.
A: Something I find very useful when on one arm (and when on two) is these:
*
*ctrl-a/e = jump to start/end of line
*ctrl-j/d = one line up/down
*ctrl-k = kill line from pointer to end of line
*ctrl-d = delete
They're maybe more useful if you're using you left arm, since you can then do most of them with your left pinky on ctrl.
For adding custom commands I recommend BetterTouchTool.
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527720bc14aa2db60ef87d6921dd29a1584d758d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I permanently show my dashboard on a separate monitor? I work in multi monitor setup.
I have some important information available in the dashboard and want it to be always visible on one of the monitor.
Is there a way (w/ external software or not) to do so?
A: There isn't a built in function to do this. You have to look for an external tool, but i think there will be no such tool, though.
| Q: How do I permanently show my dashboard on a separate monitor? I work in multi monitor setup.
I have some important information available in the dashboard and want it to be always visible on one of the monitor.
Is there a way (w/ external software or not) to do so?
A: There isn't a built in function to do this. You have to look for an external tool, but i think there will be no such tool, though.
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0728df22a51cd5da3531df7bd9f1853fb2a85e11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a quality difference between the unofficial iPhone replacement screens and the official? I want to replace my scratched up screen (GSM iPhone 4) and been looking into the options. I've seen that there are 100$ 'Official' replacements and the much more common eBay 30$ replacements. Is there a quality difference between the two or is this a case of which side of the factory these came out of? (ie. the Apple approved front door or out of the back door).
A: I purchased one of the cheap replacements and it seemed identical during installation and right afterward, but it soon became apparent that the oleophobic (oil "fearing") coating was either missing or very different. My screen is constantly filmy and gross and is extremely difficult to clean. It will come clean after a lot of buffing, but within an hour or two is back to being gruesome.
(I'm at the end of my contract and will soon replace it; otherwise I'd spring for the full-priced one and swap it out in an instant.)
| Q: Is there a quality difference between the unofficial iPhone replacement screens and the official? I want to replace my scratched up screen (GSM iPhone 4) and been looking into the options. I've seen that there are 100$ 'Official' replacements and the much more common eBay 30$ replacements. Is there a quality difference between the two or is this a case of which side of the factory these came out of? (ie. the Apple approved front door or out of the back door).
A: I purchased one of the cheap replacements and it seemed identical during installation and right afterward, but it soon became apparent that the oleophobic (oil "fearing") coating was either missing or very different. My screen is constantly filmy and gross and is extremely difficult to clean. It will come clean after a lot of buffing, but within an hour or two is back to being gruesome.
(I'm at the end of my contract and will soon replace it; otherwise I'd spring for the full-priced one and swap it out in an instant.)
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6e15b1186ecac13cd34ee3a33bd688a89d97cd7e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is picture location info retained when I share a photo? When I send a picture to a friend (e.g. via Messages, Mail, or Tweet), is the location information in that photo preserved? In other words, can they see where I took that photo?
What about when I use 3rd party apps such as Facebook?
A: Yes.
This is a feature usually only offered by professional photo software. Removing metadata (like EXIF or GPS) requires an additional step by the one that wants to share his/her photograph.
Aperture for example offers to export picture as either an original or a version. When you choose to export a version the meta- and gps-data is removed from the original.
I know from experience that sharing via the following options does not remove these and from pictures:
*
*Mail for OS X
*Tweetdeck for OS X
*Uploading via a web browser
Here's what the metadata of an export as original look like:
Here's what the metadata of an export as version by Aperture look like. This is an exported version of the same original. The data will differ depending on the export options for a version.
| Q: Is picture location info retained when I share a photo? When I send a picture to a friend (e.g. via Messages, Mail, or Tweet), is the location information in that photo preserved? In other words, can they see where I took that photo?
What about when I use 3rd party apps such as Facebook?
A: Yes.
This is a feature usually only offered by professional photo software. Removing metadata (like EXIF or GPS) requires an additional step by the one that wants to share his/her photograph.
Aperture for example offers to export picture as either an original or a version. When you choose to export a version the meta- and gps-data is removed from the original.
I know from experience that sharing via the following options does not remove these and from pictures:
*
*Mail for OS X
*Tweetdeck for OS X
*Uploading via a web browser
Here's what the metadata of an export as original look like:
Here's what the metadata of an export as version by Aperture look like. This is an exported version of the same original. The data will differ depending on the export options for a version.
A: No, the iPhone strips location data before sharing via Email or text message - whether you like it or not.
Now, this is true for the standard photo app in the iphone - this may not be true for 3rd party photo apps.
The official Facebook app for iphone also strips location info.
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07f80df18bc80afe9f2d0b92a8450658730fe942 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to prevent an automatic network share connection at startup? Problem Synopsis: I have a WiFi router that can connect to a USB storage device and then allow access to that device over WiFi. I had once connected my Mac (OS X Lion 10.7.4) to such a storage device using the Finder's "Connect to Server" option. I am no longer using that setup but every time I login to my Mac (after a reboot) I get an error message that says:
router was the name I gave to my network share drive.
Attempted Fixes:
*
*I have explored my login items but cannot find an item that connects to "router". In fact the only login item I have is for iTunesHelper. This solution was suggested here.
*I have also cleared the list of "Recent Servers" from the Finder's "Connect to Server" menu.
*I removed the username/password for "router" from my keychain.
None of these solved the problem and my Mac still shows that message every time I login after a reboot.
Actual Question: Does anyone know how to disable this automatic connection at startup or remove this particular device from that list?
| Q: How to prevent an automatic network share connection at startup? Problem Synopsis: I have a WiFi router that can connect to a USB storage device and then allow access to that device over WiFi. I had once connected my Mac (OS X Lion 10.7.4) to such a storage device using the Finder's "Connect to Server" option. I am no longer using that setup but every time I login to my Mac (after a reboot) I get an error message that says:
router was the name I gave to my network share drive.
Attempted Fixes:
*
*I have explored my login items but cannot find an item that connects to "router". In fact the only login item I have is for iTunesHelper. This solution was suggested here.
*I have also cleared the list of "Recent Servers" from the Finder's "Connect to Server" menu.
*I removed the username/password for "router" from my keychain.
None of these solved the problem and my Mac still shows that message every time I login after a reboot.
Actual Question: Does anyone know how to disable this automatic connection at startup or remove this particular device from that list?
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14eedaf35eff3ec62a911d67b4f4cfe83a2bf059 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does the "Flick only" setting of iPad's Japanese keyboard do? I've been using the Japanese keyboard layout for a while, but only recently I have noticed there are two options for the software keyboard layout, namely "Kana" and "Flick only". Can anybody tell me what the difference is, since they look and behave identical, as far as I can tell.
This is on a 1st generation iPad running iOS 5.1.1.
A: It's like this: With the "Kana" setting, you can reach the different kana of one group by either "flicking" in different directions, or by repeatedly tapping one kana. With the "flick only" setting, only the flicking works, not the tapping.
| Q: What does the "Flick only" setting of iPad's Japanese keyboard do? I've been using the Japanese keyboard layout for a while, but only recently I have noticed there are two options for the software keyboard layout, namely "Kana" and "Flick only". Can anybody tell me what the difference is, since they look and behave identical, as far as I can tell.
This is on a 1st generation iPad running iOS 5.1.1.
A: It's like this: With the "Kana" setting, you can reach the different kana of one group by either "flicking" in different directions, or by repeatedly tapping one kana. With the "flick only" setting, only the flicking works, not the tapping.
A: I know this is an old thread, but it was one of the first results I got on Google
"Kana" shows a special keyboard with hiragana characters instead of the English letters. The iPad keyboard will show a grid with all the characters. The iPhone keyboard groups them by consonant to have less on-screen keys, and sets a direction for each vowel. You can either hold and flick in a given direction or repeatedly tap to get the desired characters (just like old 2000 phones)
"Flick only" is an option that only on iPhones or iPhone apps running on an iPad (like Instagram) because that's the only way to show the iPhone keyboard on an iPad, and it deactivates the option to tap repeatedly, only allowing you to type characters by flicking
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f23a06ca60be7b8c641856e5d2b838ed70d69e49 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to find out devices associated as iMessage client with my apple ID Is it possible to find out what devices have been registered to receive iMessage with my Apple ID?
I can only see my phone number and Apple ID in iMessage settings, but not what devices are registered.
A:
Itunes > Itunes Store > Click on email id after logging in (i.e. view account) > Manage Devices
That should get you a list of devices, that you have your appleid enabled on. You can check those device settings to see if iMessage is enabled and if yes, under what ID.
| Q: How to find out devices associated as iMessage client with my apple ID Is it possible to find out what devices have been registered to receive iMessage with my Apple ID?
I can only see my phone number and Apple ID in iMessage settings, but not what devices are registered.
A:
Itunes > Itunes Store > Click on email id after logging in (i.e. view account) > Manage Devices
That should get you a list of devices, that you have your appleid enabled on. You can check those device settings to see if iMessage is enabled and if yes, under what ID.
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1e8c90e43058fc7531506c66b32580566c3dbe02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro Audio Input Not Working With Microphone I am trying to connect microphone to my early 2011 17" MacBook Pro, but I cant get it working. MBP 17" has 2 audio jacks so I supposed the second one is for microphone but just doesnt work (Mac or Windows) and I gotta use USB audio card shipped with my headset.
Am I doing something wrong or the other jack is not supposed for audio input with classic 3.5mm microphone jack?
EDIT:
I of course selected the Line-In device in preferences. The bar under device list wasn`t doing anything while I was talking, but when I was moving with the cable it blinked (I guess because I created some noise by moving the cable).
A: Mac laptops have not supported a non-powered microphone input for years.
The input you see is a "line-in" input that requires more input signal level than a passive (non-powered) microphone can deliver.
You will need an additional pre-amp or active mic (a microphone with phantom power will suffice).
| Q: Macbook Pro Audio Input Not Working With Microphone I am trying to connect microphone to my early 2011 17" MacBook Pro, but I cant get it working. MBP 17" has 2 audio jacks so I supposed the second one is for microphone but just doesnt work (Mac or Windows) and I gotta use USB audio card shipped with my headset.
Am I doing something wrong or the other jack is not supposed for audio input with classic 3.5mm microphone jack?
EDIT:
I of course selected the Line-In device in preferences. The bar under device list wasn`t doing anything while I was talking, but when I was moving with the cable it blinked (I guess because I created some noise by moving the cable).
A: Mac laptops have not supported a non-powered microphone input for years.
The input you see is a "line-in" input that requires more input signal level than a passive (non-powered) microphone can deliver.
You will need an additional pre-amp or active mic (a microphone with phantom power will suffice).
A: Actually, if you plug in an TRRS plug (the one with three rings on it) into the headphone jack, your Sound menu will switch from "internal mic" to "external mic" and you don't need a powered headset. So if you have a headset with two plugs, you'll need a combiner Y-adapter for that. They're about $4.
Edit: the TRRS plugs come on headsets like the iPhone headset as well. Those work fine.
A: If you microphone has a physical mute switch, this can confound the Mac a bit. If you leave it muted, it seems either the port or the OS eventually decide there is no mic there and switch back to the internal/built-in mic.
When this happens, the only actions that work for me to get the mic recognized again are to:
*
*Open the mute switch
*Unplug from the port
*Plug back in again
A: I recently had a similar problem. I was plugging in a 3 ring (TRRS) iRig2 guitar device into my 2012 MBP. This model has both headphone and line in jacks. I wrestled with it for days but finally figured out that plugging the iRig into the headphone jack worked. As soon as I plugged it in, my sound preferences pane changed to show an external mic as a new input.
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ccc1c8d903cfe26f9c67db40f37fadeed0f4a40d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable DVD player auto start when a DVD is inserted by using Terminal If anyone can help me with this it would be the best! I have just installed 150 Mac minis in a hotel and I'm using remote desktop management to control them. Now I need to disable DVD player auto start when a DVD is inserted. I would like to know if it's possible to do this by using Terminal?
A: Couldn't you just copy the preference files? I don't know anything about managing multiple Macs, but there's probably some better way to do this.
Opening DVD Player can be disabled with com.apple.digihub com.apple.digihub.dvd.video.appeared -dict action 1.
com.apple.digihub com.apple.digihub.dvd.video.appeared -dict action 105 will reenable it.
The preference for the desktop picture is in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist, but I don't know how to change that directly.
You can find where the preferences are stored by diffing the output of defaults read before and after changing a preference.
| Q: How do I disable DVD player auto start when a DVD is inserted by using Terminal If anyone can help me with this it would be the best! I have just installed 150 Mac minis in a hotel and I'm using remote desktop management to control them. Now I need to disable DVD player auto start when a DVD is inserted. I would like to know if it's possible to do this by using Terminal?
A: Couldn't you just copy the preference files? I don't know anything about managing multiple Macs, but there's probably some better way to do this.
Opening DVD Player can be disabled with com.apple.digihub com.apple.digihub.dvd.video.appeared -dict action 1.
com.apple.digihub com.apple.digihub.dvd.video.appeared -dict action 105 will reenable it.
The preference for the desktop picture is in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist, but I don't know how to change that directly.
You can find where the preferences are stored by diffing the output of defaults read before and after changing a preference.
A: I've never used ARD for this sort of thing, but can't you set system preferences en masse for a group of Macs? If so, the preference you're looking for is in the CDs & DVDs preference pane.
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b039ded8618f0d7b5f468d4d7f9655234d2a9ebf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I run Spotify on a PowerPC Mac? Are there any version of Spotify that will run on a PowerPC Mac?
Which one(s)?
Where can I get one?
A: This site appears to have a link to the latest version that supports PPC. I don't have a PPC Mac, so I can't verify it.
It also mentions that this will not last forever, as Spotify will update their servers at some point and not allow that version to connect any more.
You can also try Spotify-0.6.6.10.dmg from PowerPC Software Archive.
| Q: How can I run Spotify on a PowerPC Mac? Are there any version of Spotify that will run on a PowerPC Mac?
Which one(s)?
Where can I get one?
A: This site appears to have a link to the latest version that supports PPC. I don't have a PPC Mac, so I can't verify it.
It also mentions that this will not last forever, as Spotify will update their servers at some point and not allow that version to connect any more.
You can also try Spotify-0.6.6.10.dmg from PowerPC Software Archive.
A: Some anonymous do-gooder has made an older version (it updates itself to 0.6.6.10) available right here. That one works fine on my Powerbook G4 PPC running 10.5.8. Contains all the main features - it's from September 2011, I believe.
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1761bc98be024ae2c33df50f7695561eb503449c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to bitset the Book Type when burning a DVD on a SuperDrive? Does anyone know how to set the Book Type when burning a DVD (DVD+R DL in my case) in OS X? I'm making a backup copy of my car's navigation DVD, and it will only work right if I set the booktype to DVD-ROM.
I'm using a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, with a "MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-898" SuperDrive, and I've confirmed that it supports the Verbatim DVD+R DL medium I'm planning to use.
| Q: How to bitset the Book Type when burning a DVD on a SuperDrive? Does anyone know how to set the Book Type when burning a DVD (DVD+R DL in my case) in OS X? I'm making a backup copy of my car's navigation DVD, and it will only work right if I set the booktype to DVD-ROM.
I'm using a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, with a "MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-898" SuperDrive, and I've confirmed that it supports the Verbatim DVD+R DL medium I'm planning to use.
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07f325f850b5bd0db2f48abea072641cd318a718 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove geolocation info from a picture on an iPhone? Since geolocation info is usually preserved when I share a photo from my iPhone, I was wondering what the simplest way is to remove this geolocation info from an existing picture.
To be clear: I don't want to take a new photo, and I don't want to disable the option that geotags my photos. I just want to take an existing photo, remove the location info (e.g. by duplicating it, while retaining the original size), and then send it to a friend.
A: There's an App called GeoZapper ($1-$2) (or a free, limited Lite version), which will remove geolocation info from pictures.
If you know of any other apps or alternative methods to remove this info, please post them.
| Q: How can I remove geolocation info from a picture on an iPhone? Since geolocation info is usually preserved when I share a photo from my iPhone, I was wondering what the simplest way is to remove this geolocation info from an existing picture.
To be clear: I don't want to take a new photo, and I don't want to disable the option that geotags my photos. I just want to take an existing photo, remove the location info (e.g. by duplicating it, while retaining the original size), and then send it to a friend.
A: There's an App called GeoZapper ($1-$2) (or a free, limited Lite version), which will remove geolocation info from pictures.
If you know of any other apps or alternative methods to remove this info, please post them.
A: There are various PC software packages that will strip the information. One that works on PC is described here:
From - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=435525301297:
The best way to remove geo tags from your images is by using tool
called Geotag Security. As the name suggest, this tool secures your
images from Geo Tags. This tool is very simple to use and with one
simple click you can delete geo tags from all your images. You will
see following window when you run this tool.
A: Use ExifTool as described here:
exiftool -gps:all= image.jpg
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6224e3119a110de526a39bc9a3fe9d7f30fc04a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Office for Mac buy from Sweden I am interested in buying Office for Mac 2011. I am in Sweden. Whenever I want to buy it from a website it shows like Office för Mac Hem och Student 2011 - 1 Paket (Svenska). Does it means software language is Swedish? I want it in English, as I am not Swedish. And my MacBook Pro (OS X Lion) language is English. Should I buy this one?
A: This is not a problem. What matters is the serial.
The same serial should work with any language version of Office Mac 2011 which you can download from Microsoft's official websites.
I had a similar problem like you. I had purchased an English version via Ebay, but I needed a German one. I downloaded the German version and used it with and US version serial without any problems.
In your case you can download the US version here: www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads
| Q: Office for Mac buy from Sweden I am interested in buying Office for Mac 2011. I am in Sweden. Whenever I want to buy it from a website it shows like Office för Mac Hem och Student 2011 - 1 Paket (Svenska). Does it means software language is Swedish? I want it in English, as I am not Swedish. And my MacBook Pro (OS X Lion) language is English. Should I buy this one?
A: This is not a problem. What matters is the serial.
The same serial should work with any language version of Office Mac 2011 which you can download from Microsoft's official websites.
I had a similar problem like you. I had purchased an English version via Ebay, but I needed a German one. I downloaded the German version and used it with and US version serial without any problems.
In your case you can download the US version here: www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads
A: Have you tried buying the US English version directly from Microsoft's website (link)? It's a download (no disc).
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1f5121036263ac9d5476b3699f782e094e285d26 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Limit processor speed like in Windows In Windows (Linux too), you have the very useful "Power saver" mode that limits the maximum frequency at which your CPU runs.
Is there something similar in OS X?
A: No. OS X doesn't have a CPU or even GPU throttling lever that users can toggle.
There is a nice app, gfxCardStatus to know which of the two GPU is engaged on Macs that have two options. It also allows pinning to the higher or lower power consumption which might be of use. It's not clear if there is no way to get past the OS to exercise control of the CPU or just that no-one has programmed it yet.
| Q: Limit processor speed like in Windows In Windows (Linux too), you have the very useful "Power saver" mode that limits the maximum frequency at which your CPU runs.
Is there something similar in OS X?
A: No. OS X doesn't have a CPU or even GPU throttling lever that users can toggle.
There is a nice app, gfxCardStatus to know which of the two GPU is engaged on Macs that have two options. It also allows pinning to the higher or lower power consumption which might be of use. It's not clear if there is no way to get past the OS to exercise control of the CPU or just that no-one has programmed it yet.
A: Mac OS X has SpeedStep built into the kernel and enabled since OS X 10.4, and, as already has been said, it can no longer be controlled through the System Preferences. There are, though, some applications which will let you configure and set specific clock speeds. All of which I could find, such as CoolBook, do not work on Lion nor support the latest processors.
I could find, though, CPULimit. A script / tool which will let you control the usage of a specific process.
A: Though Windows and Mac OS X run on x86 platforms , AFAIK, power consumption is handled differently in both the OSes and in Mac OS X it is slightly better. It is better not to use third party tools to manipulate CPU speeds as far as possible. Cheers
A: In fact , there is GPU power state management in Mac OS X. The kext responsible is AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext into Extension Folder.
According to the GPU Core Throttle % ,changes the Power States from 0-4. But I don't know how the kext works for CPU states, this is something I am investigating.
A: Though intently made for undervolt, Volta offer cpu power limit as well as turbo boost enable.
The developer had stop update by 2017(See link above for detail), but the power limit function and turbo boost disable still work now in macOS11 Big Sur.
One thing to notice, custom SIP shall be enable to utilize and os update may loss SIP state which require reset csrutil.
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60bf3aadbae281c0d8d5d87cc5956b80190fa1df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why won't my Airport Extreme mount my USB 3.0 External Hard Drive? I just decided to upgrade to a USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure. I regularly use my Airport Extreme to share the hard drive using an older enclosure. I know that the Airport Extreme won't have USB 3.0, but I expected it to be backwards compatible. Am I wrong, or is something else amiss?
I'm using this Thermaltake Max 5G, and it mounts when I attach it to a MacBook Pro running Lion.
A: Per Thermaltake support:
The Airport Extreme Base Station cannot provide the proper driver support for the docking unit. The docking station was designed to be directly connected to a computer's USB port.
Not a very satisfactory answer, but I guess it is the answer. I expected it to simply function as USB 2.0 speeds, rather than not working at all.
| Q: Why won't my Airport Extreme mount my USB 3.0 External Hard Drive? I just decided to upgrade to a USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure. I regularly use my Airport Extreme to share the hard drive using an older enclosure. I know that the Airport Extreme won't have USB 3.0, but I expected it to be backwards compatible. Am I wrong, or is something else amiss?
I'm using this Thermaltake Max 5G, and it mounts when I attach it to a MacBook Pro running Lion.
A: Per Thermaltake support:
The Airport Extreme Base Station cannot provide the proper driver support for the docking unit. The docking station was designed to be directly connected to a computer's USB port.
Not a very satisfactory answer, but I guess it is the answer. I expected it to simply function as USB 2.0 speeds, rather than not working at all.
A: Maybe the reason your MacBook can see it but not airport extreme may be because of the type of partition scheme - just read that you need to set it to GUID rather than DOS-style Master Boot Record - see here: http://lowendmac.com/2009/things-to-know-when-connecting-usb-hard-drive-to-airport-extreme/
A: Try plugging an old externally powered USB 2.0 hub into the airport extreme and then plugging the external drive into the hub. This is the only way I could get my new (Sept. 2014) USB 3.0 hard drive to work with my 5th generation airport extreme. The drive came with its own externally powered USB connector but it would not work with the airport extreme for some reason.
A: Oh oh oh! I got it to work! You can format it HFS+ (Mac OS Journaled), but when you connect it to the Airport Extreme, and want to see files on it, the AE creates a /Shared directory. Throw all your stuff in there and you're done.
A: I have an Airport extreme about 2 years old and have just bought a 4TB seagate USB 3.0 .. works perfectly.
Have you tried formatting it by plugging it direct to the Mac first?
J.
A: Any drives harddrives connected to the usb port on Airport Extreme must be in FAT32 or HFS+. If you plug it directly into the Mac USB port then an NTFS or DOS, fat 16 etc can be recognized also but to see an external on a network plugged directly into usb port of an airport extreme, it must be in HFS+ or FAT32 in order to see it over a network.
The reason the Mac sees it is because of the Mac OS file system. If you plug it into the Airport Extreme you won't see it unless it's formatted correctly. This is a "limitation" of the AE.
Faslane
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4c6dde2c09b79550ab89cc92313ac1b9e98901cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What exactly does "erase and sync" mean in iTunes? This is one of the scariest, vaguest warnings I've ever seen.
In my case I don't mind if it erases all of my songs and re-syncs with my new computer, but I sure as hell don't want it erasing everything on my iPhone. Why on earth would it need to do that? Why is this error so vague?
I'm definitely not willing to just try it and see what happens.
A: I finally found a tool that will let me transfer songs to my iPhone without iTunes, at least from my PC: CopyTrans.
| Q: What exactly does "erase and sync" mean in iTunes? This is one of the scariest, vaguest warnings I've ever seen.
In my case I don't mind if it erases all of my songs and re-syncs with my new computer, but I sure as hell don't want it erasing everything on my iPhone. Why on earth would it need to do that? Why is this error so vague?
I'm definitely not willing to just try it and see what happens.
A: I finally found a tool that will let me transfer songs to my iPhone without iTunes, at least from my PC: CopyTrans.
A: Extracted from Apple's Support Page:
Clicking Erase and Sync will delete any existing content currently on your device. The content will be replaced with whatever existing content is in the current iTunes library your device is connected to. If there is no content in the iTunes library, nothing will be synced to your device, and your device will be empty.
iTunes will begin copying any purchases made with any account for which the computer is authorized.
Well, if you'd like to sync with a new computer or transfer your purchases to a computer, this is the way. And for the vague, it seems pretty clear:
Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes library.
It keeps being sort of scary, though.
A: As far as I know and from my experience it will all delete the third party apps and music, but as for the other contents and I am pretty sure that they have links on your itunes account in iCloud like photo and contacts plus messages will not be harmed.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1967470?start=0&tstart=0
A: Although it's not technically the answer to the question as I worded it, for the sake of others I finally managed to get my iTunes to sync with my iPhone by first:
*
*Finding my iTunes library persistent id from my iPhone using http://www.magicspace.eu/software/iphone-itunes-sync-recover-your-library-persistent-id/
*Changing the library persistent id of my iTunes installation using http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/03/30/how-to-sync-an-iphone-with-two-or-more-computers.html
A: iTunes can only be synced with one Apple device at a time. You can also try Library Tunes, which gets around this restriction and guides you step by step. It uses the library persistent method mentioned above.
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da3360ccdab09c3fe3838cc73255439f69b72a02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove my me.com address from Mail? I have a few email accounts set up in Mail. One of them is my [email protected] email address. At some point (maybe after I switched to iCloud), Mail started including the [email protected] address in the list of potential from: addresses. Is there any way to convince it to not include the @me.com address? I don't ever want to use it.
Edit
Sorry, I may have been unclear. I want to continue using the [email protected] address. I just don't want the [email protected] address in the popup list or to have Mail automatically enter it in the From field when I create a new message.
A: Go to Mail's Preferences / Accounts / Advanced and deselect the Activate this account checkbox. This should do the trick.
| Q: How can I remove my me.com address from Mail? I have a few email accounts set up in Mail. One of them is my [email protected] email address. At some point (maybe after I switched to iCloud), Mail started including the [email protected] address in the list of potential from: addresses. Is there any way to convince it to not include the @me.com address? I don't ever want to use it.
Edit
Sorry, I may have been unclear. I want to continue using the [email protected] address. I just don't want the [email protected] address in the popup list or to have Mail automatically enter it in the From field when I create a new message.
A: Go to Mail's Preferences / Accounts / Advanced and deselect the Activate this account checkbox. This should do the trick.
A: If you want to completely remove the account and all associated data from your hard drive.
Go to:
Mail > Preferences
In the tab choose Accounts:
Chose your .me account:
Here you can remove it with the - button
Then in the popup simply choose to remove:
A: Actually, if you just want to remove the "@me" from the "from" drop down when creating an email (I found this excruciatingly annoying), go to Preferences, Account Information, and then in the Email Address field, delete the "@me" address, so that only your cool .Mac is in there.
A: This is a long shot, but maybe try this:
*
*In your iCloud account preferences in Mail, click on the ""Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)" menu
*Choose "Edit SMTP Server List"
*Add a server for smtp.mac.com
*Use default ports
*Set Authentication to "password" and enter your @mac.com username and password
*Choose the server you just set up as the server for your mac.com account
That setup works for me to send from mac.com instead of me.com, but I'm not sure if that's because it was somehow grandfathered in or not. Curious to know if it works for you.
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2363d52ddbdb97db2e03db96a31b5b5fe398a260 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari Extension to Manage Tabs? I'm looking for a more efficient way to manage my tabs in Safari. Specifically something that allows me to move multiple tabs at once to a new window.
I often find myself following a link for a new subject/idea, then another, and so on and so on, until I find myself with a dozen tabs that should really be in their own window, but it's a pain to manually find and drag each one. I'd love to be able to do it in one fell swoop. Any suggestions?
A: Poor mans answer - I use XMarks and do any management I need in their web interface. However Safari is close to getting the boot on my mac since I can only see 13 open tabs.
| Q: Safari Extension to Manage Tabs? I'm looking for a more efficient way to manage my tabs in Safari. Specifically something that allows me to move multiple tabs at once to a new window.
I often find myself following a link for a new subject/idea, then another, and so on and so on, until I find myself with a dozen tabs that should really be in their own window, but it's a pain to manually find and drag each one. I'd love to be able to do it in one fell swoop. Any suggestions?
A: Poor mans answer - I use XMarks and do any management I need in their web interface. However Safari is close to getting the boot on my mac since I can only see 13 open tabs.
A: I have develop this open source Tab Manager for Safari, I hope its useful to you. All the comments are welcome .
https://github.com/morsamatias/UltraTabSaver
A: I don't know any tool, which could do this.
But a somewhat less inconvenient way would be to safe all tabs as bookmarks. Move all bookmarks you like to have opened in another window to another bookmarks folder, right-click on the folders name and open all tabs simultaneously.
A: Tabs Saver for Safari (https://apps.apple.com/in/app/tabs-saver-for-safari/id1440006971?mt=12) is a good one. This is not a free app (close to 3.5$).
But this works perfectly as a session saver.
A: You can do it vey easily. Use top menu History -> Reopen Last Closed Tabs.
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7fc67c1a54c5d92027480dd8f5b9442a51567034 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What speed is the SATA controller in a July 2012 macbook pro? I'm thinking about buying a macbook pro (latest 2012 version) and it seems sensible (from a financial point of view) to buy the standard built in hard disk and do the upgrade to SSD myself.
In order to get the most bang for my buck, I'd like to know what the maximum read/write speed of the SATA interface in a macbook pro supports? i.e. is it worth getting a 600Mbps or 300Mbps drive? Is it SATA 2 or 3?
A: OWC has tested it and confirms that..
...the MacBook Pro 15” (2012) has two drive bays, each capable of running an OWC 6G SSD at full 6Gb/s speeds.
which is the SATA Revision 3.0 speed.
They've also setup a striped RAID which benchmarked at "over 1000MB/s read speeds and write speeds that nearly hit 900MB/s".
Regarding the Macbook Pro 13" (2012), OWC recommends using a 6Gb/s SSD only in the main bay, as the 6Gb/s performance of the optical bay is very poor. 3Gb/s models however work without problems in the optical bay.
| Q: What speed is the SATA controller in a July 2012 macbook pro? I'm thinking about buying a macbook pro (latest 2012 version) and it seems sensible (from a financial point of view) to buy the standard built in hard disk and do the upgrade to SSD myself.
In order to get the most bang for my buck, I'd like to know what the maximum read/write speed of the SATA interface in a macbook pro supports? i.e. is it worth getting a 600Mbps or 300Mbps drive? Is it SATA 2 or 3?
A: OWC has tested it and confirms that..
...the MacBook Pro 15” (2012) has two drive bays, each capable of running an OWC 6G SSD at full 6Gb/s speeds.
which is the SATA Revision 3.0 speed.
They've also setup a striped RAID which benchmarked at "over 1000MB/s read speeds and write speeds that nearly hit 900MB/s".
Regarding the Macbook Pro 13" (2012), OWC recommends using a 6Gb/s SSD only in the main bay, as the 6Gb/s performance of the optical bay is very poor. 3Gb/s models however work without problems in the optical bay.
A: They've had SATA 3 (6Gb/s) since switching to Sandy Bridge early 2011. I'd say get the SATA 3 SSD if it doesn't cost much more.
If the combination of memory chips and controller inside the SSD itself can't supply data as fast as 3Gb/s, you won't ever max a SATA 2 connection. However, some current SSDs are starting to approach the real world limits of SATA 2, so they should all be on SATA 3 soon regardless.
Depending on how disk I/O intensive your work is, you may not notice the difference between an SSD on SATA 2 vs. SATA 3, so I'd say if it's a huge price difference, it won't be worth it for most users.
But you'll definitely notice the difference between a spinning disk and an SSD on any version of SATA.
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dda4d272ce7048ccd6b98c899fa5a92e99aa24b8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I force Mac OS X to select certain Wifi network? When I turn on Wifi on my MacBook, it always selects some open network.
Can I somehow force the system to choose another network (it is password-protected but I have the password stored in the Keychain and it keeps choosing the open one)?
I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.4.
A: You could also uncheck the "Remember networks this computer has joined", in combination with "Ask to join networks", ensuring that the one you want is in your preferred list.
This will then mean the computer will only connect to the preferred list in order that they appear. If they are not available for any reason it will simply ask you to join another (if it finds one), without then saving that network name in your list and joining it automatically subsequently, meaning you will be asked each time, even if you have used it before.
| Q: Can I force Mac OS X to select certain Wifi network? When I turn on Wifi on my MacBook, it always selects some open network.
Can I somehow force the system to choose another network (it is password-protected but I have the password stored in the Keychain and it keeps choosing the open one)?
I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.4.
A: You could also uncheck the "Remember networks this computer has joined", in combination with "Ask to join networks", ensuring that the one you want is in your preferred list.
This will then mean the computer will only connect to the preferred list in order that they appear. If they are not available for any reason it will simply ask you to join another (if it finds one), without then saving that network name in your list and joining it automatically subsequently, meaning you will be asked each time, even if you have used it before.
A: Sure. Just go to System Preferences/Network, select Wifi and click Advanced. A list with all the Wifi networks you've been connected to will appear. Just rearrange the connection order (the ones you'd like to connect first on top) by drag-dropping.
Also, delete any unwanted network SSID (network names) if you no longer want to auto-join that.
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c24e1b7eb087ab93d8a67b17f8883992c8dab427 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut for Don't Save? One thing I do a lot is Command ⌘-Tab over to TextEdit, jot down some notes, and then decide to throw them away. I can close the window with ⌘-W, but is there a way to not-save it from just the keyboard?
Escape simply cancels the close. ⌘-D takes the file-picker to the Desktop (and I thought this used to work, pre-Lion, but maybe I'm just imagining it).
Is there a keyboard shortcut for Don't Save, short of turning on Full Keyboard Access?
A: The default shortcut was changed to ⌘⌫ on Lion.
You can change it back to ⌘D with defaults write -g NSSavePanelStandardDesktopShortcutOnly -bool true. It won't affect some applications like TextEdit though.
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut for Don't Save? One thing I do a lot is Command ⌘-Tab over to TextEdit, jot down some notes, and then decide to throw them away. I can close the window with ⌘-W, but is there a way to not-save it from just the keyboard?
Escape simply cancels the close. ⌘-D takes the file-picker to the Desktop (and I thought this used to work, pre-Lion, but maybe I'm just imagining it).
Is there a keyboard shortcut for Don't Save, short of turning on Full Keyboard Access?
A: The default shortcut was changed to ⌘⌫ on Lion.
You can change it back to ⌘D with defaults write -g NSSavePanelStandardDesktopShortcutOnly -bool true. It won't affect some applications like TextEdit though.
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7b8622b668dfdfb892e45260f4617c2736027ea2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to create a playlist in Quicktime Player for many files in separate subfolders? I have a folder of .mov files that are all part of a video tutorial session. The directory looks like:
Tuts/
Tut1/
Chapter1/
1-1.mov
1-2.mov
1-3.mov
Chapter2/
2-1.mov
2-2.mov
Tut2/
...
While trying to watch this series I have to go back to Finder and open the next .mov file in order to get start the next video. I've been looking around Google and can't seem to find a way to make Quicktime Player just play the videos in order.
Is there any way to import this folder into Quicktime Player and just play them all in order without having to close Quicktime Player, go back to Finder, find the next video, open that video with Quicktime Player?
A: Quicktime Player (X or version 7) doesn't support playlists to my knowledge. You could add the files to a playlist in iTunes, or download VLC. I'd highly recommend VLC, it's free, it can tackle pretty much any format you can throw at it (including .mov), and you can just drag and drop files to a playlist to queue them up very simply.
| Q: How to create a playlist in Quicktime Player for many files in separate subfolders? I have a folder of .mov files that are all part of a video tutorial session. The directory looks like:
Tuts/
Tut1/
Chapter1/
1-1.mov
1-2.mov
1-3.mov
Chapter2/
2-1.mov
2-2.mov
Tut2/
...
While trying to watch this series I have to go back to Finder and open the next .mov file in order to get start the next video. I've been looking around Google and can't seem to find a way to make Quicktime Player just play the videos in order.
Is there any way to import this folder into Quicktime Player and just play them all in order without having to close Quicktime Player, go back to Finder, find the next video, open that video with Quicktime Player?
A: Quicktime Player (X or version 7) doesn't support playlists to my knowledge. You could add the files to a playlist in iTunes, or download VLC. I'd highly recommend VLC, it's free, it can tackle pretty much any format you can throw at it (including .mov), and you can just drag and drop files to a playlist to queue them up very simply.
A: If you create your own movie player using the QuickTime Framework it's possible to add whatever functionality you want. QuickTime Player itself does not appear to offer playlist capability on Mac OS X. Here's a few screen captures of my movie player using a playlist:
A: Try Graphic Converter. It's good for lots of other things but you can use its slideshow features to play, for example, all the movies in a particular folder. Other than making sure the movies you want are in the folder, you don't have to actually make any kind of playlist. If you have .jpgs in the same folder, it will include them too, as part of your slideshow.
It's shareware, and well worth the US$35 for all the other stuff it does too.
But you can use it for free for a month or so, uncrippled, to see everything it can do.
I don't have the website handy but if you do a search, you'll find it easily enough. LemkeSoft, I believe, is the developer.
A: It's not for quicktime specifically, but you should check out IINA, it's basically QuickTime ... but 100x better, with playlists and more ... and it's open source and free :)
https://lhc70000.github.io/iina/
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97ef5fcde020e763037d08491583b992df18d776 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will jailbreaking my iPhone 4s allow me to copy songs manually in iTunes (or other software)? I want to be able to manage my music manually on my iPhone, but it's currently synced with a no longer available computer and won't let me re-sync with another computer without completely erasing my iPhone, apparently.
Is jailbreaking an option or will I still be limited by iTunes and this ridiculous restriction?
A: I'm not an expert on jail breaking, but AFAIK, that limitation is baked into iTunes - it doesn't really care if your phone is jailbroken, at least for the purposes of your question - it just talks with the music app (or more specifically, the database behind it).
That said, there is software out there that can restore your iTunes library from an iPod or iPhone. iRip works on OS X, there's also DeTune. SharePod seems to be the goto option for Windows. You'll have to use one of those programs to get your library back on your new computer, then re-sync your iPhone from your new library.
| Q: Will jailbreaking my iPhone 4s allow me to copy songs manually in iTunes (or other software)? I want to be able to manage my music manually on my iPhone, but it's currently synced with a no longer available computer and won't let me re-sync with another computer without completely erasing my iPhone, apparently.
Is jailbreaking an option or will I still be limited by iTunes and this ridiculous restriction?
A: I'm not an expert on jail breaking, but AFAIK, that limitation is baked into iTunes - it doesn't really care if your phone is jailbroken, at least for the purposes of your question - it just talks with the music app (or more specifically, the database behind it).
That said, there is software out there that can restore your iTunes library from an iPod or iPhone. iRip works on OS X, there's also DeTune. SharePod seems to be the goto option for Windows. You'll have to use one of those programs to get your library back on your new computer, then re-sync your iPhone from your new library.
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6f0ae17cebfc2608bab0367ef86995fd53107a77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: It it possible to convert DVDs to my iPad? I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I've recently got myself a "new" iPad (aka iPad 3), and I was wondering if it was possible to convert DVDs I own in order to watch them on it?
(Let's set aside the legality discussion since A) laws vary based on jurisdiction and B) the Internet isn't a good place to get legal advice.)
A: Django your profile indicates you are from the UK, so you presumably would be governed by the laws of that country. In the US the legal precedent for this sort of activity would be "The Betamax case", which established that Americans have the right under Fair Use to "time shift" TV shows to tape.
I've used Handbrake. It makes a hugely complex process much more manageable, but it's not perfect.
| Q: It it possible to convert DVDs to my iPad? I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I've recently got myself a "new" iPad (aka iPad 3), and I was wondering if it was possible to convert DVDs I own in order to watch them on it?
(Let's set aside the legality discussion since A) laws vary based on jurisdiction and B) the Internet isn't a good place to get legal advice.)
A: Django your profile indicates you are from the UK, so you presumably would be governed by the laws of that country. In the US the legal precedent for this sort of activity would be "The Betamax case", which established that Americans have the right under Fair Use to "time shift" TV shows to tape.
I've used Handbrake. It makes a hugely complex process much more manageable, but it's not perfect.
A: Handbrake is a great tool for ripping DVDs and otherwise converting video.
The legal question is probably beyond the scope of this forum, but if you own the dvd and are only ripping it for your own personal viewing, I wouldn't worry about it.
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0bf4ece4862d728d38ebc68c477bc16f5596b6c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I monitor the FPS in OSX? I'm looking for a solution to monitor the refresh rate of the OSX.
In several reviews like this one about the retina Macbook Pro by Anandtech they report actual fps to discuss the performance of scrolling in Safari in Lion vs Mountain Lion.
What tool are they using to monitor the fps? What similar tool like this can you recommend?
A: I use atMonitor for various things which has a live display of fps on there, scrolling up and down in Safari for example gives me 50fps.
Might do what you want.
| Q: How can I monitor the FPS in OSX? I'm looking for a solution to monitor the refresh rate of the OSX.
In several reviews like this one about the retina Macbook Pro by Anandtech they report actual fps to discuss the performance of scrolling in Safari in Lion vs Mountain Lion.
What tool are they using to monitor the fps? What similar tool like this can you recommend?
A: I use atMonitor for various things which has a live display of fps on there, scrolling up and down in Safari for example gives me 50fps.
Might do what you want.
A: The tool being used in the screen shot is "Quartz Debug"
It is part of Apple's free Graphics Tools for Xcode.
To get this app:
*
*download Xcode from the Mac App Store.
*Open Xcode and select Xcode > Open Developer Tool > More Developer Tools...
*This takes you to Apple's developer download site. You will need to register a free developer account to proceed.
*Select "Graphics Tools for Xcode" to download a disk image with the tools.
*Open the dmg and you can copy out "Quartz Debug" to your computer.
Running Quartz Debug should show the FPS meter. It has various options which allow tweaking of Quartz settings.
A: Count It can display the FPS count in OpenGL applications/games.
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45141db7e6ea37ba4fe448707c90c492dbca871c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I enlarge the cursor? My mom is a devoted Apple laptop user. She's 95, and she finds it increasingly hard to find the cursor, so she lets her thumb wander around on the trackpad until she can spot it moving around. While doing so, she wreaks havoc with her dock and other things. Is there a way to make the cursor larger, red, or something so she can see it better?
A: Go to System Preferences/Universal Access, select the Mouse & Trackpad tab and set the mouse cursor as big as you want.
| Q: How can I enlarge the cursor? My mom is a devoted Apple laptop user. She's 95, and she finds it increasingly hard to find the cursor, so she lets her thumb wander around on the trackpad until she can spot it moving around. While doing so, she wreaks havoc with her dock and other things. Is there a way to make the cursor larger, red, or something so she can see it better?
A: Go to System Preferences/Universal Access, select the Mouse & Trackpad tab and set the mouse cursor as big as you want.
A: Another possibility.
System Preferences / Universal Access / Seeing / Zoom
Now, when I lose the cursor, I do option command + to zoom into where the cursor is. Then option command - to zoom back out again.
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1b8fe2530a4dfab7a8be7c9fad57e801b4f7e05b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Mail: Add other message as attachment I'd like to add other mail message as an attachment to a new one but Mail (On OSX Lion) does not allow me to do that.
Any workaround?
Gil
A: This might help in your case:
*
*Select the email message you want to send as an attachment.
*Click on File then Save As and select the format Raw Message Source
*Open a new email message and add the raw source file as an attachment (either copy and paste or insert).
| Q: Mac Mail: Add other message as attachment I'd like to add other mail message as an attachment to a new one but Mail (On OSX Lion) does not allow me to do that.
Any workaround?
Gil
A: This might help in your case:
*
*Select the email message you want to send as an attachment.
*Click on File then Save As and select the format Raw Message Source
*Open a new email message and add the raw source file as an attachment (either copy and paste or insert).
A: Attaching other Messages in Mail.app (OS X Lion)
*
*Create a new message (⌘N)
*Return to your inbox
*Click and hold on the message you want to attach until it turns into a letter icon
*(Still holding down) drag and drop the icon into the new message window
Repeat steps 2 through 4 for as many messages as you want to attach.
A: I believe what you're looking to do is "forward" an email...
A: What I did was , composed a new email , went back to my inbox and dragged and dropped the required emails into my composed email .
I think it worked
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cf4d323023886297d86507868ebd654d5e549a54 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to Retrieve the Wi-Fi Password of a Connected Network on a Mac I need to find the password for a Wi-Fi network that I am already connected to. I'm using a MacBook Pro that's running OS X Lion. Any guidance is appreciated.
A: Spotlight → Keychain Access → type Wi-Fi name → select key → enter password to see Wi-Fi password
| Q: How to Retrieve the Wi-Fi Password of a Connected Network on a Mac I need to find the password for a Wi-Fi network that I am already connected to. I'm using a MacBook Pro that's running OS X Lion. Any guidance is appreciated.
A: Spotlight → Keychain Access → type Wi-Fi name → select key → enter password to see Wi-Fi password
A: If the password is stored, you can find it using the program Keychain Access.
If you open /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access, it will show you a list of stored entries. If you click the Kind column header, it will sort by kind, go to the section where AirPort network passwords are stored. On Yosemite, you may have to select "Local Items" rather than "login" under Keychains in the upper left.
Double-click the name of the network you are using (if you don't know the name of the network, you can find it in the WiFi menulet (the concentric quarter circles toward the right side of your menu bar).
Check the Show password box, enter your system password, and click the Allow button.
That should show you the password for the wireless network you are on, if it is stored on your computer. If no such entry appears, it means the password is not stored on your computer.
Note that you can also use this technique to find saved passwords for websites or other passwords that you computer has stored but you have forgotten.
A: For those looking for a Terminal solution, I was able to rig one up using the security command:
security find-generic-password -a "$1" -g | tail -0
I also wrote code that can get your current WiFi network and provide the password for it as well. You can find that in a gist here.
NOTE: You will still need to provide your user/pass to access the password. This is part of the security mechanism Apple implemented into using Keychain and cannot be easily overcome.
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7bc7b0f6bc7a140bf98afa3a4dccd44fac9711d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Camera Roll Duplicates Why do I have 2 of every picture side-by-side in my Photo Library? I don't edit or rename pictures at all. All I do is take pictures. Then sync phone to my Mac with iTunes. But Photo Library on iPhone shows 2 of everything without a trash can to remove them. What is going on?
A: Chances are, you are importing these pictures into iPhoto. After that, under the photos tab, when you have your iPhone plugged in, is a checkbox to sync photos from iPhoto. This likely is checked. If these two things are correct, it will then transfer back onto your device, all the pictures that were/are on your phone. This is the only time I have seen pictures that I can't delete (that don't have the "trash can").
If this is the problem, it could be easily remedied by simply disabling the sync checkbox under the Photos tab for your device.
| Q: Camera Roll Duplicates Why do I have 2 of every picture side-by-side in my Photo Library? I don't edit or rename pictures at all. All I do is take pictures. Then sync phone to my Mac with iTunes. But Photo Library on iPhone shows 2 of everything without a trash can to remove them. What is going on?
A: Chances are, you are importing these pictures into iPhoto. After that, under the photos tab, when you have your iPhone plugged in, is a checkbox to sync photos from iPhoto. This likely is checked. If these two things are correct, it will then transfer back onto your device, all the pictures that were/are on your phone. This is the only time I have seen pictures that I can't delete (that don't have the "trash can").
If this is the problem, it could be easily remedied by simply disabling the sync checkbox under the Photos tab for your device.
A: @bassplayer7 is correct, and here's the breakdown.
Steps to recreate the issue:
*
*On iPhone: HDR setting off.
*On iPhone: take a picture
*On iPHOTO: Select (or automatically) Import photos
*On iTunes: on your iPhone settings, in the photo tab, select 'sync Photos from iphoto'
*On iTunes: Sync.
Presto! Two sets of the same photo(s).
Why:
*
*In step 3, you didn't tell iPhoto to delete the photos off your phone
after import
*In step 4-5, iTunes was told to copy photos that were
recently added to iPhoto.
Reason there is no trash can:
*
*The iPhone has TWO photo directories.
*
*The first one is the photo ROLL. This is created by the iPhone, and this is where pictures you have taken or saved from applications on the phone are stored. They can be manipulated and deleted.
*The Second directory is the 'imported from PC' directory, and this is read only. You cannot modify these directly from the iPhone. This is intentional, so that iPhoto can maintain them.
The confusing part about it, is that when you look at the iPhone 'Photo Library', they all appear combined.
The distiction you can see is that the 'Camera Roll' should only have the copy you took on the device, and there should be a folder in the Albums list that shows the items imported back from iPhoto.
The solution:
Check your settings on iTunes and iPhoto. Decide if you want iTunes to copy the last import back to the phone, and on iPhoto, check if you want to import and delete.
Hope that helps!
A: I'm not sure what you mean about the "trash can" (could you post a screenshot?) but if you have the HDR option turned on in the Camera app, it will create two copies of every photo - the standard camera capture, and a copy processed with HDR.
You can toggle HDR on or off before you take a photo by tapping the Options button that appears over top of the screen when running the Camera app. There is also an option under Settings -> Photos (Keep Normal Photo under the HDR section) that, if turned off, will only keep the HDR version of a photo.
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badd5fd0501e1f348702a5c5ce93c37ce73c7a17 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Putting in RAM with a higher speed I wondering if I put my 1600Mhz 8Gig (4gigx2) modules in a Macbook Pro 17" 620m (2010 model) if the speeds would be automatically reduced to 1066Mhz? I'm just asking because I don't want to damage the computer. I've read that this will happen, but I just want to ask around before hand :).
A: The frequency rating on RAM is analogous to the top speed of a car, if it's max speed is (for example) 250 km/h, it can drive up to 250 km/h, but it won't break if u drive at 25 km/h.
Same for RAM. As long as it's the same DDR3 Standard, it will run, regardless of how high the max clock speed is.
| Q: Putting in RAM with a higher speed I wondering if I put my 1600Mhz 8Gig (4gigx2) modules in a Macbook Pro 17" 620m (2010 model) if the speeds would be automatically reduced to 1066Mhz? I'm just asking because I don't want to damage the computer. I've read that this will happen, but I just want to ask around before hand :).
A: The frequency rating on RAM is analogous to the top speed of a car, if it's max speed is (for example) 250 km/h, it can drive up to 250 km/h, but it won't break if u drive at 25 km/h.
Same for RAM. As long as it's the same DDR3 Standard, it will run, regardless of how high the max clock speed is.
A: It depends on manufacturer of your memory and how much specific stick is compatible with your memory controller and/or with graphics chip.
For example, my MacBook Pro mid 2010 13" (MacBookPro7,1) did not support Hynix 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 1600 MHz sticks if used alone or 4GB+4GB, they work only if coupled (2GB+4GB) with pre-installed 2GB 1033 MHz sticks from Samsung.
A: XAleXOwnZX already answered, but I'd like to confirm that this indeed works with you 2010 MacBook Pro. I've had a 13" 2010 MacBook Pro and upgraded using 1600 MHz RAM.
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e99e7518ee5f7464b9cb587287efa0946ea73146 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Create a new iTunes column for "Play count/skip count ratio"? Is it possible to somehow create a new column in iTunes for "Play count/skip count" ratio? I usually use Play Count as a way to determine what songs I like the most, but this typically excludes newer songs (unless I limit the playlist by date).
However, if I had a new column that took a song's play count and compared it to the song's skip count (such as 50 plays to 2 skips, 25:1; versus 20 plays and 5 skips, 4:1), then it'd be easier to see what songs I truly like, regardless of its age.
So, can this be done in iTunes at all, or is it absolutely not feasible?
A: The columns and metadata that iTunes supports is hard coded unfortunately. There's no way to add a custom field or column to the browser.
You might be able to get a similar effect with some combination of smart playlists and/or some external scripting, but there's nothing built in that will do what you need.
| Q: Create a new iTunes column for "Play count/skip count ratio"? Is it possible to somehow create a new column in iTunes for "Play count/skip count" ratio? I usually use Play Count as a way to determine what songs I like the most, but this typically excludes newer songs (unless I limit the playlist by date).
However, if I had a new column that took a song's play count and compared it to the song's skip count (such as 50 plays to 2 skips, 25:1; versus 20 plays and 5 skips, 4:1), then it'd be easier to see what songs I truly like, regardless of its age.
So, can this be done in iTunes at all, or is it absolutely not feasible?
A: The columns and metadata that iTunes supports is hard coded unfortunately. There's no way to add a custom field or column to the browser.
You might be able to get a similar effect with some combination of smart playlists and/or some external scripting, but there's nothing built in that will do what you need.
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ac19f50910f7bebce1b643d9d3f99b4145df2f28 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I take a screenshot on a Mac?
Possible Duplicate:
How do I take a screenshot on my Mac?
I haven't found any shortcut or application on my Mac which provide such functionality.
I would like to know the keyboard shortcut.
A: *
*Command ⌘-Shift ⇧-3 will save a screenshot of the whole screen to your desktop. Command ⌘-Control ⌃-Shift ⇧-3 copies it to your clipboard.
*⌘-⇧-4 lets you drag to take a shot of a portion of the screen, or press Space to select a specific window. Add Control ⌃ to the mix to copy to to the clipboard.
You can view and change these in the Keyboard pane of System Preferences, under the Keyboard Shortcuts tab:
| Q: How do I take a screenshot on a Mac?
Possible Duplicate:
How do I take a screenshot on my Mac?
I haven't found any shortcut or application on my Mac which provide such functionality.
I would like to know the keyboard shortcut.
A: *
*Command ⌘-Shift ⇧-3 will save a screenshot of the whole screen to your desktop. Command ⌘-Control ⌃-Shift ⇧-3 copies it to your clipboard.
*⌘-⇧-4 lets you drag to take a shot of a portion of the screen, or press Space to select a specific window. Add Control ⌃ to the mix to copy to to the clipboard.
You can view and change these in the Keyboard pane of System Preferences, under the Keyboard Shortcuts tab:
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ccc807cc13a289372359d8cc079705b454cd0138 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: port selfupdate fails after upgrading to next OS X version port selfupdate fails with the following error message:
port -d selfupdate
can't find package machista 1.0
while executing
"package require machista 1.0"
(procedure "mportinit" line 487)
invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, can't find package machista 1.0
What can I do to fix it?
A: After upgrading to Lion one needs to reinstall macports as noted here:
Migrating a MacPorts install to a new major OS version or CPU architecture
An installation of MacPorts and the ports installed by it are only designed to work on a single OS release and a single CPU architecture. If you upgrade to a new OS version (e.g. from Leopard to Snow Leopard) or migrate to a new machine with a different type of CPU (e.g. PowerPC to Intel), you may get lucky and have your ports keep working, but in general, things will break. If you are only upgrading Xcode (e.g. 4.1 to 4.2 on Lion) but not the major OS version or CPU architecture, you do not need to reinstall ports as described below.
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
| Q: port selfupdate fails after upgrading to next OS X version port selfupdate fails with the following error message:
port -d selfupdate
can't find package machista 1.0
while executing
"package require machista 1.0"
(procedure "mportinit" line 487)
invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, can't find package machista 1.0
What can I do to fix it?
A: After upgrading to Lion one needs to reinstall macports as noted here:
Migrating a MacPorts install to a new major OS version or CPU architecture
An installation of MacPorts and the ports installed by it are only designed to work on a single OS release and a single CPU architecture. If you upgrade to a new OS version (e.g. from Leopard to Snow Leopard) or migrate to a new machine with a different type of CPU (e.g. PowerPC to Intel), you may get lucky and have your ports keep working, but in general, things will break. If you are only upgrading Xcode (e.g. 4.1 to 4.2 on Lion) but not the major OS version or CPU architecture, you do not need to reinstall ports as described below.
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
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4cd49ee4944e2fba2d278e3e32698dbe6e0325d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mute in OS X Mail Gmail offers a feature called “mute” that silently archives future email that arrives in a thread. It makes reply-all threads way nicer to work with.
Is there an add-on or something that enables this behaviour in Mail?
A: This can be done in stock Mail.app, but it takes a few steps.
First, go to Mail » Preferences… and in the General tab, set New messages sound: to None.
Then, click the Rules tab.
Create a new rule.
Under description, type Sound.
Set the rule to apply if all conditions are met.
For any thread you do not want to sound the new messages sound, enter the content of its subject line (not the Fwd: or Re: parts) in the field for Subject then does not contain.
For the action, set Play Sound to New Messages Sound.
Whenever you want to add a thread to the exclusion list, add a condition.
If you frequently add threads to this list, this process can be scripted -- but writing that script would be another question (which you're welcome to post if you want to go this route).
| Q: Mute in OS X Mail Gmail offers a feature called “mute” that silently archives future email that arrives in a thread. It makes reply-all threads way nicer to work with.
Is there an add-on or something that enables this behaviour in Mail?
A: This can be done in stock Mail.app, but it takes a few steps.
First, go to Mail » Preferences… and in the General tab, set New messages sound: to None.
Then, click the Rules tab.
Create a new rule.
Under description, type Sound.
Set the rule to apply if all conditions are met.
For any thread you do not want to sound the new messages sound, enter the content of its subject line (not the Fwd: or Re: parts) in the field for Subject then does not contain.
For the action, set Play Sound to New Messages Sound.
Whenever you want to add a thread to the exclusion list, add a condition.
If you frequently add threads to this list, this process can be scripted -- but writing that script would be another question (which you're welcome to post if you want to go this route).
A: I'll give the correct but non-answer: No it's not possible.
Gmail's mute feature is proprietary to Gmail. Even if Apple decided they wanted to add the ability to use the feature, I don't think Gmail exposes it over IMAP anyway.
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d5afc76d2717a6ec4b6a22a1d8a79b8f16a76602 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What Linux variants can be installed on an 1st generation Apple TV? I want to install some version of Linux on my 1st gen Apple TV.
What Linux variants can be installed on an Apple TV?
Bonus points: is this even a good idea? How useful is the Apple TV as a computer? Do you have a link to detailed tech specs?
A: The first generation Apple TV had a pretty low powered Intel CPU, as you can see in the specs here. So in theory, you should be able to run just about any Linux distro, just a question of how much hacking you're willing to do.
There are a bunch of resources for doing this, but a good one is at the atv-bootloader project. There are tools to create a nice USB stick that should do most of the work for you.
As for how useful it is, don't expect much for general purpose computing - after all it's a 1 GHz Pentium-M with 256 MB of RAM. But it may do reasonably well for some home theatre tasks, or if you need a home automation server or similar box.
| Q: What Linux variants can be installed on an 1st generation Apple TV? I want to install some version of Linux on my 1st gen Apple TV.
What Linux variants can be installed on an Apple TV?
Bonus points: is this even a good idea? How useful is the Apple TV as a computer? Do you have a link to detailed tech specs?
A: The first generation Apple TV had a pretty low powered Intel CPU, as you can see in the specs here. So in theory, you should be able to run just about any Linux distro, just a question of how much hacking you're willing to do.
There are a bunch of resources for doing this, but a good one is at the atv-bootloader project. There are tools to create a nice USB stick that should do most of the work for you.
As for how useful it is, don't expect much for general purpose computing - after all it's a 1 GHz Pentium-M with 256 MB of RAM. But it may do reasonably well for some home theatre tasks, or if you need a home automation server or similar box.
A: OpenElec 2.0 is made for ATV v1 and 2 and supports the newer HD encoder you can install.
A: Is better that you install the OSMC
Best regards!
A: If you have an apple tv it works very well with openelec 3, even better with a Broadcom BCM970012 or BCM970015 Crystal HD card fitted, but this way you lose the wireless network unless you add wireless usb, wich is well supported i openelec. I have RPi also and prefer the ATV as dedicated openelec media server and the RPi as my little linux box, which is no surprise as the ATV was designed as a media server and the RPi as lovely little computer :-) but I do keep a dedicated 16gb openelec SD card for the RPi for when I am on the move. Considering I bought my ATV over 5 years ago, the Linux, XBMC, openelec solution has kept the ATV from being consigned to the scrap heap long ago, to the point of it being now, as good as the RPi and maybe better in some cases and is a far better solution than some of those media playes sold today.
Short answer now you have the RPi, install openelec 3 on the ATV for media centre fun and use the RPi for good old Linux fun, with GPIO and all the goodies it was designed with :-)
Cheers
Ian
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1f3f7927c193850ee9143ebdb81a189ba1b1aa35 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change label on USB drive in OSX Terminal I am trying to write a program in Python that will rename a USB drive (from the standard "USB DISK" to my custom "MYDISK").
However, I can't find any way to do this neither in Python nor in OSX Terminal. (I figured, if I can make it work in Terminal, I can simply use os.system("command") in Python).
The USB drive is a FAT32 formatted flash drive on filesystem /dev/disk2s1, and it is by default mounted on /Volumes/USB DISK
What I have tried so far: (from http://techbu.com/2009/06/28/renaming-usb-drive-labels-in-linux)
sudo umount /Volumes/USB\ DISK ## Works fine
sudo mlabel -i /dev/disk2s1 ::MYDISK ## Command not found!
It seems that the "mlabel" command is not found in OSX Terminal. Is there an alternative?
A: See diskutil
sudo diskutil rename USB\ DISK MYDISK
| Q: Change label on USB drive in OSX Terminal I am trying to write a program in Python that will rename a USB drive (from the standard "USB DISK" to my custom "MYDISK").
However, I can't find any way to do this neither in Python nor in OSX Terminal. (I figured, if I can make it work in Terminal, I can simply use os.system("command") in Python).
The USB drive is a FAT32 formatted flash drive on filesystem /dev/disk2s1, and it is by default mounted on /Volumes/USB DISK
What I have tried so far: (from http://techbu.com/2009/06/28/renaming-usb-drive-labels-in-linux)
sudo umount /Volumes/USB\ DISK ## Works fine
sudo mlabel -i /dev/disk2s1 ::MYDISK ## Command not found!
It seems that the "mlabel" command is not found in OSX Terminal. Is there an alternative?
A: See diskutil
sudo diskutil rename USB\ DISK MYDISK
A: Install homebrew and then:
$ brew install mtools
This gives you mlabel and various other GNU utilities for working with MS-DOS.
A: install it and every thing done :D
https://github.com/rueckstiess/mtools/wiki/mtools-Installation-on-Ubuntu-12.04
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9001e99543cb5120908761f31c0dccd598d03288 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to install new font on OS X? How to install new font on OS X to be used across OpenOffice, iWork, OfficeForMac, mail and other word processing applications?
A: A third option would be to open the files (for all typefaces), and click the Install Font button in the window, which copies the font files to ~/Library/Fonts/.
I usually just move the files manually because I keep each font in their own folder.
| Q: How to install new font on OS X? How to install new font on OS X to be used across OpenOffice, iWork, OfficeForMac, mail and other word processing applications?
A: A third option would be to open the files (for all typefaces), and click the Install Font button in the window, which copies the font files to ~/Library/Fonts/.
I usually just move the files manually because I keep each font in their own folder.
A: You can use the application Font Book which is part of your default OS install in your applications folder.
Open is up, hit the menus, and check out File > Add Fonts then navigate to the files in question.
A: Using Finder, drag the font files to folder /Library/Fonts.
Or drag the font files to folder /Users/<your user name>/Library/Fonts when you would like to install the fonts for usage in your own account only.
A: I usually use RightFont to install my fonts, maybe it can help you.
A: To clarify gentmatt's comment, you download the .ttf file, double click to open it, then a new dialog shows up with some examples using it, click "install font" in the lower right hand corner, and you're done.
This installs it "for the current user" into your ~/Library/Fonts folder.
Most applications seem to pick it up and use it "next time they refresh the screen" (instantaneously for some), but without restart anyway.
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f49cb7468570209dc4b3a19096a1d8fbb3c3560d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I move Dashboard widgets to the desktop in Lion? In the OS X Terminal, there is a command that allows me to drag Dashboard widgets onto my desktop. In OS X Lion, the Dashboard became a Space. I am no longer able to use this command. What is a workaround to this?
The command is:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
killall Dock
A: Go to System Preferences -> MIssion Control, and uncheck 'Show Dashboard as a space.'
Then do exactly what you did before.
| Q: How can I move Dashboard widgets to the desktop in Lion? In the OS X Terminal, there is a command that allows me to drag Dashboard widgets onto my desktop. In OS X Lion, the Dashboard became a Space. I am no longer able to use this command. What is a workaround to this?
The command is:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
killall Dock
A: Go to System Preferences -> MIssion Control, and uncheck 'Show Dashboard as a space.'
Then do exactly what you did before.
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4ad397eadddd72191b748b46e765fe45720572dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad Backup without iCloud or PC/Mac Are there apps or appliances available for iPad (or iPhone I suppose) that would allow me to backup the content (photos etc) of my iPad without a PC?
I was thinking of something like Carbonite/JungleDisk or the Apple Time Capsule.
A: You currently need to go either through iCloud or iTunes (PC/Mac) as per this kb article.
There are no other solutions that would allow you to do backups of the iPad.
Sorry.
I would strongly recommend you leave a feature request on the feedback page of the iPad and on the Time Capsule page. Apple read them and when they get enough request for a feature they get more incentive to implement it.
| Q: iPad Backup without iCloud or PC/Mac Are there apps or appliances available for iPad (or iPhone I suppose) that would allow me to backup the content (photos etc) of my iPad without a PC?
I was thinking of something like Carbonite/JungleDisk or the Apple Time Capsule.
A: You currently need to go either through iCloud or iTunes (PC/Mac) as per this kb article.
There are no other solutions that would allow you to do backups of the iPad.
Sorry.
I would strongly recommend you leave a feature request on the feedback page of the iPad and on the Time Capsule page. Apple read them and when they get enough request for a feature they get more incentive to implement it.
A: Check out InterConneX from Econ Technologies:
http://www.econtechnologies.com/interconnex/overview.html
InterConneX is free but to connect to a Mac, you need to purchase one of their other applications. It's not a well-known app, but it's quite cool what it can do.
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4064e112cbf0a3800605e1cf80e65c3b1ac813b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to list all files in directory excluding any that start with a dot? I'm currently using the command
find /Volumes/DriveName > driveName.txt
to create a file listing of all files that are on the drive.
How could I modify my command (or what would be a better command) to have the list not include any dot files, for example ._Filename or .DSstore?
I'm not looking for software like CDFinder etcetera to keep a searchable database. I need a text output that contains all the files on the disk, as well as their relative locations to each other.
A: This isn't remotely Mac-specific, but you can pipe your output through grep. More particularly, the -v option will exclude lines that match the pattern you are looking for (in your case, filenames beginning with a .).
So instead of
find /Volumes/DriveName > driveName.txt
you can enter
find /Volumes/DriveName | grep -v '\/\.' > driveName.txt
| Q: How to list all files in directory excluding any that start with a dot? I'm currently using the command
find /Volumes/DriveName > driveName.txt
to create a file listing of all files that are on the drive.
How could I modify my command (or what would be a better command) to have the list not include any dot files, for example ._Filename or .DSstore?
I'm not looking for software like CDFinder etcetera to keep a searchable database. I need a text output that contains all the files on the disk, as well as their relative locations to each other.
A: This isn't remotely Mac-specific, but you can pipe your output through grep. More particularly, the -v option will exclude lines that match the pattern you are looking for (in your case, filenames beginning with a .).
So instead of
find /Volumes/DriveName > driveName.txt
you can enter
find /Volumes/DriveName | grep -v '\/\.' > driveName.txt
A: I was going to recommend tree as an alternative, but I realized it's not installed by default on OS X. However if you don't mind following some straightforward instructions to compile it yourself, it might be a useful tool for your purposes. It takes any directory and gives you a nice ASCII based tree of all the subfolders and files therein (and by default it omits hidden/dot files).
Sample output:
~$ tree test
test
├── alpha
│ ├── testA
│ ├── testB
│ └── testC
├── num
│ ├── test1
│ ├── test2
│ └── test3
├── test X
├── test Y
└── test Z
A: To exclude files and directories add an exclusion pattern to the find command (see info find for more):
find /Volumes/DriveName -not -path '*/.*' > driveName.txt
A: You can use ListAllFiles from the App Store.
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99669d07d794aabe31f9ef8775fb02ba28cd1a8f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I hide or ignore old Outlook iCal invitations? I often ignore invitations to office events on my phone, and then answer them later from iCal on my Macbook. Sometimes there are old invitations for events that have already occurred. However, the only options in iCal are Maybe, Decline or Accept.
If I choose any of these an email is sent to the requester which is confusing for them. How do I remove these from my queue without triggering an email? In other words, where is the Remove or Hide button?
Update 2013-01-08: The problem is that the invitations no longer appear on my phone (the "Invitations" list is empty) however they still appear in my Mac's iCal tray.
A: For an Exchange account the only way I found to clear old invites out was to log into Outlook Web Access in my web browser and decline them without sending an email in there. Just go to the same dates specified in iCal for the invites and use the right click menu in the calendar tab to decline them.
| Q: How can I hide or ignore old Outlook iCal invitations? I often ignore invitations to office events on my phone, and then answer them later from iCal on my Macbook. Sometimes there are old invitations for events that have already occurred. However, the only options in iCal are Maybe, Decline or Accept.
If I choose any of these an email is sent to the requester which is confusing for them. How do I remove these from my queue without triggering an email? In other words, where is the Remove or Hide button?
Update 2013-01-08: The problem is that the invitations no longer appear on my phone (the "Invitations" list is empty) however they still appear in my Mac's iCal tray.
A: For an Exchange account the only way I found to clear old invites out was to log into Outlook Web Access in my web browser and decline them without sending an email in there. Just go to the same dates specified in iCal for the invites and use the right click menu in the calendar tab to decline them.
A: actually for me it worked to delete the caches: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=12386508
A: It appears that several similar forum threads have your question and have had no success in finding an option in iCal to Ignore or Remove an invitation without clicking one of the options you have listed, which sends an email. Here is a workaround that is worth a try if you don't want iCal to trigger an email:
Use iCal Reply Checker. I've tried it myself and it works great to prevent or change the emails iCal sends when responding to an invitation. It is shareware, however, so remove all of the old events you need within the ten days that the application is free.
A: On the webpage for Ical Reply Checker it says:
Note: iCal Reply Checker is not compatible with notifications sent by iCal using Exchange or CalDAV servers including the iCloud calendar.
Unfortunately I have this issue with an Exchange account (as probably most ppl will)...
A: Disable the internet connection on your mac. Then click any of the invitation replies. Go to the Mail application and delete the message from the outbox. Restore internet connection.
A: All I did to get rid of the previous invitations on my iPad was to remove the exchange account from the iPad all together and then re-add the account again. This may not work for a few though because for some reason you may want to view to previous events on your iPad and it looks like it eats rid of all the previous events. However it worked for me how I wanted it to and there are no more invitations that I can't get rid of.
A: It's easy actually. Go to the day of the notification. Highlight it on your calendar. Then select "Delete without Notifying"
A: Success! In the iCalendar menu, click View==>Show Declined Events. Once they appear, right-click on one and choose whether to Delete that instance or Delete All occurrences.
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2e48d5d770f5236a6aebb4af0b1ae0629779738a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lock fullscreen app positions Is it possible (natively, or with a 3rd party tool), to lock the position of fullscreen apps in Lion?
My problem is... whenever I click on a fullscreen app in the dock, it takes me to that app, but it jumps to the front of the queue of fullscreen apps.
I would very-much like these apps to be locked in-place, so their positions can't be changed.
Is it possible? Thanks!
A: There is actually a quite easy fix to this:
*
*Launch System Preferences.
*Select "Mission Control."
*Uncheck "Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use."
| Q: Lock fullscreen app positions Is it possible (natively, or with a 3rd party tool), to lock the position of fullscreen apps in Lion?
My problem is... whenever I click on a fullscreen app in the dock, it takes me to that app, but it jumps to the front of the queue of fullscreen apps.
I would very-much like these apps to be locked in-place, so their positions can't be changed.
Is it possible? Thanks!
A: There is actually a quite easy fix to this:
*
*Launch System Preferences.
*Select "Mission Control."
*Uncheck "Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use."
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098aa8c2526ef7702faee491ef1376e6d9de4346 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Print with blank first page? I frequently have to print a 3-page document. Wanting to save paper, I print it 2-to-a-page, double-sided. So I end up with the front having "1 | 2", and the back having "3 | ".
It'd be more convenient if the front had " | 1", and the back had "2 | 3". Is there a way to have Mac OS X printing insert a blank page at the start when printing?
A: Hmmm probably not the way you want it. You don't mention what are you trying to print (Word? Pages? TextEdit?), If you use Pages, for example, you could create a template that inserts a page break in the 1st page (at the beginning), so your real 1st page would be the 2nd page. Then use that template as your "blank document".
I know, simple solution but works ;)
UPDATE Since you need to usually add a blank page to a PDF, you can use preview for that. Position yourself in the first page and do an:
Edit -> Insert Blank Page
| Q: Print with blank first page? I frequently have to print a 3-page document. Wanting to save paper, I print it 2-to-a-page, double-sided. So I end up with the front having "1 | 2", and the back having "3 | ".
It'd be more convenient if the front had " | 1", and the back had "2 | 3". Is there a way to have Mac OS X printing insert a blank page at the start when printing?
A: Hmmm probably not the way you want it. You don't mention what are you trying to print (Word? Pages? TextEdit?), If you use Pages, for example, you could create a template that inserts a page break in the 1st page (at the beginning), so your real 1st page would be the 2nd page. Then use that template as your "blank document".
I know, simple solution but works ;)
UPDATE Since you need to usually add a blank page to a PDF, you can use preview for that. Position yourself in the first page and do an:
Edit -> Insert Blank Page
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a4d35d343c9e3f27f2e3d1326a433fd510774f87 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to format a MacBook Air 2012? How to format a MacBook Air 2012? This laptop has no installation media.
A: The MBA comes with a recovery partition already installed. Reboot and keep CmdR pressed during boot until the Apple icon is displayed in screen. This boots into Recovery Mode allowing you to repair and/or reinstall the MBA from scratch.
See OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery (HT4718) for details.
| Q: How to format a MacBook Air 2012? How to format a MacBook Air 2012? This laptop has no installation media.
A: The MBA comes with a recovery partition already installed. Reboot and keep CmdR pressed during boot until the Apple icon is displayed in screen. This boots into Recovery Mode allowing you to repair and/or reinstall the MBA from scratch.
See OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery (HT4718) for details.
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be567a1a93c9447bd0b46f4cf1eb2851a2ede901 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to copy files from an unbootable Mac? My MacBook Pro (2008) will not boot, so I want to copy some files before reinstalling Lion.
How do I do this from the Recovery disc?
A: Boot up in Recovery Mode (Command + R) add attach an external drive via USB.
Then open the Terminal to copy files using the command line.
All disks are available under /Volumes.
| Q: How to copy files from an unbootable Mac? My MacBook Pro (2008) will not boot, so I want to copy some files before reinstalling Lion.
How do I do this from the Recovery disc?
A: Boot up in Recovery Mode (Command + R) add attach an external drive via USB.
Then open the Terminal to copy files using the command line.
All disks are available under /Volumes.
A: You might try using Target Disk Mode - hold down T at startup and then connect the MacBook Pro to another Mac (or a PC that can read Mac drives) via FireWire or Thunderbolt.
Or try holding down the Shift key to boot into Safe Boot mode.
If neither of those work, try booting from your MacBook Pro's system restore DVD, use Disk Utility and try repairing the disk, or try a 3rd party utility such as the venerable DiskWarrior.
A: I recommend using a Linux Live disk, specifically...
Linux Mint
... as is comes with nautilus gksu preinstalled. (This allows you to easily open folders as admin.)
You simply boot from the Linux Live disk, and use it to access your files on the Macintosh HD as administrator which allows you to copy them to an attached external hard drive.
Here's a short video tutorial on youtube. Note, that this tutorial uses an older version of Linux Mint.
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089dc62261c167e6d5953f06bdc1b08e3ac6520b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I update everything installed through Homebrew after OSX upgrade? After updating to 10.8 ‘Mountain Lion’ I’m wondering how I can rebuild everything I have installed through the packaging system Homebrew (similar to MacPorts) to ensure all dependencies are installed optimally for the new system. How can it easily be achieved? The help file offers no hints as to how I can accomplish this.
A: Use the command brew upgrade in the terminal to update all of the packages. As for rebuilding all of your programs for the new OS build, there is no reason to do this as the compiled binary should result as the same. If you are noticing any issues, I would just uninstall and reinstall the packages that you are having issues with.
| Q: How can I update everything installed through Homebrew after OSX upgrade? After updating to 10.8 ‘Mountain Lion’ I’m wondering how I can rebuild everything I have installed through the packaging system Homebrew (similar to MacPorts) to ensure all dependencies are installed optimally for the new system. How can it easily be achieved? The help file offers no hints as to how I can accomplish this.
A: Use the command brew upgrade in the terminal to update all of the packages. As for rebuilding all of your programs for the new OS build, there is no reason to do this as the compiled binary should result as the same. If you are noticing any issues, I would just uninstall and reinstall the packages that you are having issues with.
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af1d97675e0b39aed80def129172c241c5b2769e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to pipe output of 'say' to another command 'say' has both -o and -n arguments for various ways to direct the output, but I don't see any way to simply pipe the output to another command (say, sox). Is this a limitation of say, or is there a basic Unix shell feature that will do this?
A: It seems impossible. It should have been possible to use -o /dev/stdout for this, but say insists on adding a file suffix, which rather ruins that option. I tried getting around that by creating a symlink to /dev/stdout, but it gives a permission error. (Perhaps this comes from say opening the output file for both reading and writing (option O_RDWR) instead of just writing.)
| Q: How to pipe output of 'say' to another command 'say' has both -o and -n arguments for various ways to direct the output, but I don't see any way to simply pipe the output to another command (say, sox). Is this a limitation of say, or is there a basic Unix shell feature that will do this?
A: It seems impossible. It should have been possible to use -o /dev/stdout for this, but say insists on adding a file suffix, which rather ruins that option. I tried getting around that by creating a symlink to /dev/stdout, but it gives a permission error. (Perhaps this comes from say opening the output file for both reading and writing (option O_RDWR) instead of just writing.)
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430ee92ae7e41b3106f5ce10738b7587451869e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can i use "Remote Disc" from a Linux host remotely to OS X? I just got my first MacBook Pro (retina), so I'm new to OS X. It does not have an optical drive, but I notice there's a "Remote Disc" device in Finder.
I was wondering if I can mount my physical disc from another Linux machine on the network and have it appear as a "Remote Disc" on MacBook Pro. Is this possible?
I have been using sshfs to connect Linux directories to OS X, but I wanted to access Audio discs as well, and those cannot be mounted through sshfs.
A: Most likely no because it's proprietary technology.
Apple's remote disc functionality is provided by the host OS which has to be OS X or Windows having the proper drivers installed. You also have to have a fairly current Mac which has no built-in optical drive.
Have a look at Apple's knowledge base for a more detailed explanation: DVD or CD sharing: Using Remote Disc
| Q: Can i use "Remote Disc" from a Linux host remotely to OS X? I just got my first MacBook Pro (retina), so I'm new to OS X. It does not have an optical drive, but I notice there's a "Remote Disc" device in Finder.
I was wondering if I can mount my physical disc from another Linux machine on the network and have it appear as a "Remote Disc" on MacBook Pro. Is this possible?
I have been using sshfs to connect Linux directories to OS X, but I wanted to access Audio discs as well, and those cannot be mounted through sshfs.
A: Most likely no because it's proprietary technology.
Apple's remote disc functionality is provided by the host OS which has to be OS X or Windows having the proper drivers installed. You also have to have a fairly current Mac which has no built-in optical drive.
Have a look at Apple's knowledge base for a more detailed explanation: DVD or CD sharing: Using Remote Disc
A: Rip the audio discs on Linux using ffmpeg/mencoder/etc and then share those files to your Mac using Samba. A little less direct than you were hoping for, but perfectly viable.
If you want to share data discs, you can do the same by mounting the discs in the Linux filesystem and then sharing those mount points (again, using Samba). That's how I do it.
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86487e7994255b97073750d8298e0fa96458834e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I can't remove items from the sidebar in Finder I'm having trouble removing items from the sidebar in the finder window. I can right click on Applications, and ill have options for it saying "remove from sidebar". However, I have a lot of things on my sidebar that don't even let right click on them and remove them. How do I go about removing things from the sidebar?
A: On Lion, items that cannot be removed from the sidebar are usually listed under "Devices" or "Shared" (there are Snow Leopard counterparts to these as well). If you'd rather not see these items in the sidebar, you can remove them by following these steps.
*
*With Finder focused, visit Finder->Preferences or ⌘, and select the Sidebar tab.
*Uncheck items that you don't want shown in the sidebar
| Q: I can't remove items from the sidebar in Finder I'm having trouble removing items from the sidebar in the finder window. I can right click on Applications, and ill have options for it saying "remove from sidebar". However, I have a lot of things on my sidebar that don't even let right click on them and remove them. How do I go about removing things from the sidebar?
A: On Lion, items that cannot be removed from the sidebar are usually listed under "Devices" or "Shared" (there are Snow Leopard counterparts to these as well). If you'd rather not see these items in the sidebar, you can remove them by following these steps.
*
*With Finder focused, visit Finder->Preferences or ⌘, and select the Sidebar tab.
*Uncheck items that you don't want shown in the sidebar
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fb6d259f487a4b1878b2e963cc073976d04a8105 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't disable "Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on and off" Apple lets users who occasionally want the use of Mouse Keys to enable/disable it by pressing Option (⌥) five times. I use Maya, so I'm constantly using the Option key to manipulate the camera, and this usage often triggers Mouse Keys. Unfortunately, this disables the rest of my keyboard (see this Apple KB page) and I can't use other helpful shortcuts. I can of course disable it again, but it's annoying when I have to do it again and again.
I went to the appropriate place in System Preferences to disable this (Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad), but it's greyed out. I've done extensive searching and haven't found anyone with a similar problem.
Why is this happening, and how can I stop it?
A: Change the value of useMouseKeysShortcutKeys to NO in 'com.apple.universalaccess.plist'. I believe you will find the files in ~/Library/Preferences/. When you're done, don't forget to reboot ;)
Also, you can do this via Terminal by typing defaults write com.apple.universalaccess useMouseKeysShortcutKeys NO and pressing enter. You may need admin rights to do this.
| Q: Can't disable "Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on and off" Apple lets users who occasionally want the use of Mouse Keys to enable/disable it by pressing Option (⌥) five times. I use Maya, so I'm constantly using the Option key to manipulate the camera, and this usage often triggers Mouse Keys. Unfortunately, this disables the rest of my keyboard (see this Apple KB page) and I can't use other helpful shortcuts. I can of course disable it again, but it's annoying when I have to do it again and again.
I went to the appropriate place in System Preferences to disable this (Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad), but it's greyed out. I've done extensive searching and haven't found anyone with a similar problem.
Why is this happening, and how can I stop it?
A: Change the value of useMouseKeysShortcutKeys to NO in 'com.apple.universalaccess.plist'. I believe you will find the files in ~/Library/Preferences/. When you're done, don't forget to reboot ;)
Also, you can do this via Terminal by typing defaults write com.apple.universalaccess useMouseKeysShortcutKeys NO and pressing enter. You may need admin rights to do this.
A: There's indeed an option to disable that permanently
Step 0
Search for "Mouse Keys" in spotlight
Step 1
Step 2
A: To avoid editing plist or avoid command line, you can still do it in the prefs menu.
Go to System Preferences > Accessibility Preferences > Mouse and Trackpad > Options > Press Option Key five times to toggle Mouse Keys" (1st option). You have to uncheck "Ignore built-in trackpad when Mouse Keys is on", first.
A: To disable mouse keys I went to system preferences
A: timothy go to accessibility in system preferences and then mouse and track pad then click options and it is the first option
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