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5d911f61c316af875c4e77a7eb108bce75683dd0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No Wi-Fi on iPhone? In my iPhone settings where I'm supposed to turn Wi-Fi on or off, it is just grey & says 'No Wi-Fi'.
I have reset network settings, restored phone, re-synced everything, but still have this problem. Does anyone know how to fix this?
A: See this Apple support page: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1559
This also is typical of hardware problems relating to wifi chip or an internal antenna connector failure, either of which indicates that a trip to a Genius Bar may be in order. Apple service also is available at https://locate.apple.com
| Q: No Wi-Fi on iPhone? In my iPhone settings where I'm supposed to turn Wi-Fi on or off, it is just grey & says 'No Wi-Fi'.
I have reset network settings, restored phone, re-synced everything, but still have this problem. Does anyone know how to fix this?
A: See this Apple support page: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1559
This also is typical of hardware problems relating to wifi chip or an internal antenna connector failure, either of which indicates that a trip to a Genius Bar may be in order. Apple service also is available at https://locate.apple.com
A: Same issue - a perfectly good, 7 month old i4S that is out of Apple warranty (original phone got wet, I went to Apple Store and bought a $199 replacement phone but they only provide a 90 day warranty of that vs. 1 year on a 'new' phone from a cell carrier - go figure).
Apple hosted 2 chat support sessions and 1 store visit, at which time they said it's a hardware issue, out of warranty, buy a new phone & good luck. So I am going to buy a new phone - but it won't be an iPhone!
So - in summary, your issue is likely a hardware issue and you might want to learn from someone who regrets paying for a "repair" rather than just buying a new device or other warranty extension.
A: I have been bitten by this - the symptoms were that the 'enable wifi' slider button was completely grayed out after multiple reboots, backup/restores, and updates.
The 4S has a well-documented issue with overheating that apple refuses to acknowledge or fix. To see if your phone is affected by this, power it down, wrap it in a paper towel, and (seriously) place it in your freezer for 20-30 minutes. Power it back up, and try to turn on your wifi. It might work anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour.
The bad news is that if you are indeed affected by this issue, you'll need to have apple replace the phone.
A: I had the exact same problem. But I went to Apple and they replaced. So go to Apple and they'll hopefully replace it for you too (if you have AppleCare).
A: I had the exact same issue with a 2 year old iPhone. I read up on it all day and tried everything. Last ditch - I tried a weird solution I found online and it worked. Overheat the iPhone gently with a hot hair dryer until it gives the Temperature alert and goes into recovery mode.
Now put it in a Ziplock bag and place it in the freezer for 5-10 minutes. If it comes back on you are ready to do the following.
Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings and reset the phone.
This takes a few minutes. Once complete, force reboot the iPhone by holding down the Home and Power buttons simultaneously for about 10 seconds. Once you see the Apple logo let go of the buttons.
It's weird - it was my last roll of the dice - but it worked. I was able to switch on the WiFi and it connected.
There is a Canadian post online where many people have had the same success.
A: I had the same problem. It took several tries but this is what worked (kinda) for me:
*
*Cool off the iPhone. 15 minutes in a fridge. Temperature seems to have a role.
*Reset Network Settings (General > Reset > Reset Network Settings).
*Let it reboot, and give it time if it's stutter-y after a boot.
*It should allow you to have WiFi enabled. Connect to your WiFi network.
So this got WiFi to be enabled for me, but I'm experiencing trouble where it keeps dropping the WiFi signal and trying to reconnect. Associated with this I'm seeing the iPhone occasionally freeze when trying to deal with the WiFi settings, sometimes when that's frozen Control Panel doesn't work to turn Airplane Mode on even, stuff like that.
Unfortunately it is impossible to downgrade to iOS 6.1.3 now. Either the iPhones will get better themselves like they were before the problems hit, or Apple will put out an update soon, or it is a possibility that our iPhones will need to be replaced.
A: Wi-Fi greyed out in iOS 7 iPhone 4 or iPhone 4s is a hardware issue and you need professional help.
podmod.de fixes the issue for €69 in 20 minutes. Check the website and get it repaired.
A: This is a very complicated issue of iPhone you're facing. I hope till now you've discovered a solution for this issue, if not than I want you to say after upgrading to latest iOS 7 many iPhone users around the world faced similar problem, and than a later version Apple released including WiFi bug fix and the latest upgrade fixes such problem upon installing. Thus if you're having such problem after an upgrade consider installing latest iOS upgrade or older version to have back your WiFi.
A: This is a KNOWN issue with a certain batch of 4s's that have wifi chip temp. sensor issues. Warming the wifi chip with a soldering iron for 30 secs or so and then reseting the network settings will get wifi back. Maybe for a month, maybe only a few days. Has worked for me several times.
A: 15 minutes in the freezer has worked, do it at your own risk, but I had ice on the screen, but its faster than it ever was and the WIFI is back working
A: This may just be a temporary glitch.
Try restarting the iPhone:
To restart iPhone, first turn iPhone off by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button until a red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider and iPhone will turn off after a few moments.
Next, turn iPhone on by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
If that does not help, try a hard reset:
To reset iPhone, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
Reference: iPhone Troubleshooting Assistant
A: This unfortunately is a widespread issue which has sparked an heated debate on the Apple discussion pages, as you can see when you do a google search on "iphone 4s wifi"
This issue is probably caused due to an unreliable Broadcom wifi chip (which also handles the Bluetooth communications you might have experienced)
The iOS seems to overheat the Broadcom chip with as result a possible hardware failure of the chip. Since the chip is part of the mainboard this means your iPhone 4S is now officially dead and you are out of warranty. Also since Apple claims: 'the upgrade to iOS 7 is at your own risk'
Since there are mostlikely thousands of people affected and Apple is keeping a 'deafening silence' a.k.a. not giving any response to all the cries for help
I have tried to sum up my observations on this and have set up a page where you can read on this.
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d4062c2871c8e8eef4b5d4f8ffad69f1a58ee383 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What screwdriver size is needed for MacBook Pro mid 2012 back cover? What screwdriver size is needed for MacBook Pro mid 2012 back cover?
According to iFixit's teardown the Philips #00 should be used for the "lower case". Is the lower case a synonym for the "back cover"?
A: Yes.
The back cover is secured with Philips #00 screws.
Note that is says:
The lower case is secured by ten Phillips #00 screws.
You can see the ten screws on the back cover:
*
*four each at the top/bottom
*one each on the left/right
| Q: What screwdriver size is needed for MacBook Pro mid 2012 back cover? What screwdriver size is needed for MacBook Pro mid 2012 back cover?
According to iFixit's teardown the Philips #00 should be used for the "lower case". Is the lower case a synonym for the "back cover"?
A: Yes.
The back cover is secured with Philips #00 screws.
Note that is says:
The lower case is secured by ten Phillips #00 screws.
You can see the ten screws on the back cover:
*
*four each at the top/bottom
*one each on the left/right
A: Its a pentalobe on the Mid 2012 Macbook Pro retina. Just purchased Torx and Phillips screwdriver sets based on how to's. Neither phillips 00 or Torx T6 work. Where to find the Pentalobe set next. I just want to upgrade the ram not open a repair shop.
A: I have a 15” mid-2012 MacBook Pro retina (A1398) and it’s definitely a pentalobe. A Phillips or Torx WILL NOT work.
A: The screws are pentalobes and should not be mixed by Philips or torx. If you usa a torx screwdriver you will damage the screws and in worst case you'll make them flat and you will not be able to unscrew them.
More info on pentalobes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalobe_screw
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176ee1d9c938899000265b7da142afaaf3b567a1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Location of OSX Lion Mail Server sent mail I had to restore a mac mini server I use for web and mail hosting. Since the restore was due to a software problem, I had to do from scratch instead of recovering from a disk clone. I copied from the old mini backup all the mail accounts directories under /Library/Server/Mail/Data/..., and I've got back all received mail for every account, but NOT the sent mail. I guess sent mail is stored in a different location, but can't figure out where.
Does anyone know what I have to copy to restore also sent mail?
A: Ok, I found my error. The sent messages folder is into the same directory of the inbox, under /Library/Server/Mail/Data/..., but it's hidden From Finder and ls as it is named with a . To start the folder name - .../.Sent Messages.
My mistake was to copy the contents of the backup folder to the newly created folder without checking the presence of hidden folders. My mistake is your answer if you fall into the same "trap".
| Q: Location of OSX Lion Mail Server sent mail I had to restore a mac mini server I use for web and mail hosting. Since the restore was due to a software problem, I had to do from scratch instead of recovering from a disk clone. I copied from the old mini backup all the mail accounts directories under /Library/Server/Mail/Data/..., and I've got back all received mail for every account, but NOT the sent mail. I guess sent mail is stored in a different location, but can't figure out where.
Does anyone know what I have to copy to restore also sent mail?
A: Ok, I found my error. The sent messages folder is into the same directory of the inbox, under /Library/Server/Mail/Data/..., but it's hidden From Finder and ls as it is named with a . To start the folder name - .../.Sent Messages.
My mistake was to copy the contents of the backup folder to the newly created folder without checking the presence of hidden folders. My mistake is your answer if you fall into the same "trap".
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9379af6f363ba41f840f720644c69818c2396f70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Recommended fixed width font for shell prompts and Eclipse I've just installed OS X Lion, and found that the default fonts (Menlo and Monaco) are quote uncomfortable for Shell prompts and the Eclipse IDE.
Is there a good, general-purpose fixed width font for developing under Mac OS X?
A: The perfect font for terminal is 9x15 fixed font that distributed with X11 in every Linux systems. You can download adapted version for Mac OS here:
http://monkey.org/~marius/beautiful-fixed-width-fonts-for-osx.html
Just be sure to put the correct size, i.e. for 9x15 font is 15pt, 10x20 is 20pt and so on. Also, uncheck "Antialias text" in terminal settings to display bold text correctly.
9x15 15pt looks like this:
Comparing to Monaco 14 pt:
Comparing to Anonymous Pro 16pt:
| Q: Recommended fixed width font for shell prompts and Eclipse I've just installed OS X Lion, and found that the default fonts (Menlo and Monaco) are quote uncomfortable for Shell prompts and the Eclipse IDE.
Is there a good, general-purpose fixed width font for developing under Mac OS X?
A: The perfect font for terminal is 9x15 fixed font that distributed with X11 in every Linux systems. You can download adapted version for Mac OS here:
http://monkey.org/~marius/beautiful-fixed-width-fonts-for-osx.html
Just be sure to put the correct size, i.e. for 9x15 font is 15pt, 10x20 is 20pt and so on. Also, uncheck "Antialias text" in terminal settings to display bold text correctly.
9x15 15pt looks like this:
Comparing to Monaco 14 pt:
Comparing to Anonymous Pro 16pt:
A: My personal favorites are the Bitstream Vera Sans Mono derivates like Menlo and DejaVu Sans Mono:
Espresso Mono doesn't have an italic face, Mensch doesn't have bold or italic faces.
Cousine and Liberation Mono are basically the same font designed by Steve Matteson. The shapes of all ASCII characters are currently identical, but Cousine was released with the Open Font License (instead of GPL v.2) for Google Web Fonts. They are metrically compatible with Courier New, but appear more like more angular versions of the Vera Sans Mono fonts. Liberation Mono currently has more glyphs (674) than Cousine (216) though.
Droid Sans Mono is another font designed by Steve Matteson. It currently has glyphs for 898 characters, but no bold or italic faces. The default line height and character width are both larger than in most monospace fonts.
Inconsolata is a monospace font with humanist features. It has slanted edges and more width variation than most monospace fonts.
PT Mono is part of the same family as PT Sans. It's lighter than most monospace fonts, and has many unique details at the ends of strokes.
Source Code Pro is a new open source font by Adobe. It has a low x-height, large line spacing, and wide slabs on the lowercase i, l, and t. It also has a two story lowercase g like Inconsolata.
If you think text looks too heavy on OS X, there's a hidden preference for selecting a lighter text rendering style.
A: I prefer Anonymous Pro at 16pt w/ anti-aliasing on in iTerm2.
There are also:
*
*Dina
*Envy Code R
*Inconsolata
*monofur
*PragmataPro
*ProggyOpti
*Terminus
All that said, this question is asked all the time on Stack Overflow, and all roads lead back to this post:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689/recommended-fonts-for-programming
A: I like PT Mono. The other fonts mentioned above also also OK, e.g. Menlo.
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ad30dca8b2da1e3de0b003ce3057bda9e3ca4785 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which are the default settings of the key repeat rate? I tried adjusting my repeat rate for the keyboard, on Snow Leopard, by using the following:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 7
I wish to set the InitialKeyRepeat value to its default setting, how could I go about doing that? Could someone check and let me know the value of the InitialKeyRepeat they are using?
Thanks
A: defaults delete NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat
defaults delete NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat
and reboot.
| Q: Which are the default settings of the key repeat rate? I tried adjusting my repeat rate for the keyboard, on Snow Leopard, by using the following:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 7
I wish to set the InitialKeyRepeat value to its default setting, how could I go about doing that? Could someone check and let me know the value of the InitialKeyRepeat they are using?
Thanks
A: defaults delete NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat
defaults delete NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat
and reboot.
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1c3de846ebcdad1041d967418b7ccd7580ebb29c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to use a 2011 iMac as a monitor for a non-Thunderbolt PC? With a 2010 iMac I would be able to connect an HDMI to mini DisplayPort cable from a GPU to the iMac and have the iMac act a monitor using Target Display Mode. However, after some research I found that the 2011 iMac cannot do this and its Target Display Mode only works if you are connecting from a Thunderbolt device.
Is there any cable or converter or even a GPU with a Thunderbolt-output that I can use to get around this?
A: Sorry, no. There are some PCs and motherboards coming out now that support Thunderbolt, but because of how Thunderbolt works, it's not something that can be added on later to something that didn't initially support it.
| Q: Is there any way to use a 2011 iMac as a monitor for a non-Thunderbolt PC? With a 2010 iMac I would be able to connect an HDMI to mini DisplayPort cable from a GPU to the iMac and have the iMac act a monitor using Target Display Mode. However, after some research I found that the 2011 iMac cannot do this and its Target Display Mode only works if you are connecting from a Thunderbolt device.
Is there any cable or converter or even a GPU with a Thunderbolt-output that I can use to get around this?
A: Sorry, no. There are some PCs and motherboards coming out now that support Thunderbolt, but because of how Thunderbolt works, it's not something that can be added on later to something that didn't initially support it.
A: Although it is an entirely different direction, you could run a VNC or RDP server on the other machine, and run the client on the iMac. It's not like plugging in a monitor per se, but it does allow you to have another computer show up on your iMac's display.
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b3335475d6e17cd2f73ea8d01256ebcd4537003e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: (Batch) moving iTunes songs to ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist/SongName I have three albums by Jack Singer. They are in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Jack Singer/SongName.
I also have one album by Jack Singer and his band. Those files are in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Jack Singer and his band/SongName
I choose to ignore the distinction and rename the artist of the latter to become just Jack Singer. iTunes does not move the files. They remain where they are. Presumably this is done to avoid unnecessary Time Machine changes. But I would like to move the files to their canonical location before launching my first Time Machine backup after adding the new album.
How do I tell iTunes to move the files to ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Jack Singer/SongName, mirroring the name of the artist in the tag?
A: From the comments: Under Preferences -> Advanced, "Keep iTunes media folder organized" must be checked
| Q: (Batch) moving iTunes songs to ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist/SongName I have three albums by Jack Singer. They are in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Jack Singer/SongName.
I also have one album by Jack Singer and his band. Those files are in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Jack Singer and his band/SongName
I choose to ignore the distinction and rename the artist of the latter to become just Jack Singer. iTunes does not move the files. They remain where they are. Presumably this is done to avoid unnecessary Time Machine changes. But I would like to move the files to their canonical location before launching my first Time Machine backup after adding the new album.
How do I tell iTunes to move the files to ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Jack Singer/SongName, mirroring the name of the artist in the tag?
A: From the comments: Under Preferences -> Advanced, "Keep iTunes media folder organized" must be checked
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57bb22b373e7b28b0cdcf15f9827e63e34575526 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Make the enter key send message on iPad I use a Bluetooth keyboard with my iPad. When I am sending messages through the Messages app, the enter key does not initiate a "send" the way I expect (it, instead, just returns down to the next line). Is there a way to make the "enter" key send the message instead of dropping down to the next line? Some magic key combination perhaps?
A: Hit Enter while Cmd is in action.
| Q: Make the enter key send message on iPad I use a Bluetooth keyboard with my iPad. When I am sending messages through the Messages app, the enter key does not initiate a "send" the way I expect (it, instead, just returns down to the next line). Is there a way to make the "enter" key send the message instead of dropping down to the next line? Some magic key combination perhaps?
A: Hit Enter while Cmd is in action.
A: There is not a way to do that. The enter/return key does the same action as hitting the button in the lower-right of the keyboard. In some apps, it sends a message or performs an action; in others, it generates a newline. Messages does the latter. You have to use the Send button on the screen to send a message.
A: On you iPad. Go into "Settings" then navigate to "General", go to "Keyboard" option. Select the "International Keyboards" option and change your "Hardware Keyboard layout" from "U.S." to "U.S.International-PC". Your RETURN/ENTER Key will now send messages on you messaging Apps.
A: On a computer sometimes command+enter is used for submitting content while enter is used for newlines. I doubt it is recognized by Messages on iPad but it's worth a try.
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e47b8b0ad4eb950094dd8aad4be60aa2cccf9adb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dell U2410 HDMI + OS X Lion very poor quality Having plugged my MacBook Air (Mid-2012) into a Dell 24" 2410 monitor, the quality is terrible.
For reference the same monitor plugged into a Dell XPS M1330 running Windows 7 via HDMI give nice results with zero configuration.
I found some ICC files and tried them and found things like reds not being bright or strange gamma and contrast problems. I tried suggested brightness and contrast settings and RGB values and reset the monitor back to factory settings.
How do I get the same results or better than Windows or some other arbitrary HDMI device? I want OS X to at least best an upscaling DVD player.
A: The problem was caused by OS X outputting in YPbPr not RGB. YPbPr sends approximate colours and is used primarily for TVs. Unlike Windows, OS X didn't recognise the Dell as a Monitor because of the HDMI connection. Shifting to a DVI connector fixed this and forced RGB colour data, and thus, correct colours.
So no, it was not a problem with callibrating the monitor or its colour profile
| Q: Dell U2410 HDMI + OS X Lion very poor quality Having plugged my MacBook Air (Mid-2012) into a Dell 24" 2410 monitor, the quality is terrible.
For reference the same monitor plugged into a Dell XPS M1330 running Windows 7 via HDMI give nice results with zero configuration.
I found some ICC files and tried them and found things like reds not being bright or strange gamma and contrast problems. I tried suggested brightness and contrast settings and RGB values and reset the monitor back to factory settings.
How do I get the same results or better than Windows or some other arbitrary HDMI device? I want OS X to at least best an upscaling DVD player.
A: The problem was caused by OS X outputting in YPbPr not RGB. YPbPr sends approximate colours and is used primarily for TVs. Unlike Windows, OS X didn't recognise the Dell as a Monitor because of the HDMI connection. Shifting to a DVI connector fixed this and forced RGB colour data, and thus, correct colours.
So no, it was not a problem with callibrating the monitor or its colour profile
A: I joined just for saving anyone interested from the frustration I had in the last couple of hours. This fixed it for me (the universal patch).
A: On your U2410, set Display Settings -> Sharpness to 0 then everything will be fine.
I use Macbook Air 13' 2011 mid with Moshi HDMI connector.
While I use DisplayPort to connect, no configuration needed. So it may be some bug with dell monitors.
A: Mac OS keeps nagging you with it's default ICC files for that monitor. I suggest you make a colour profile as you wish, and use it to replace the monitor's ICC profile in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays (and make sure you rename it to have the same name as the default file). Then, from the inspector ("get info") lock the file, so that Mac OS stop reverting it to the default.
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a20ea237139c4fe934bebdec5e5b1d22415c2394 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I find the windowid to pass to screencapture -l? The command line utility screencapture claims to be able to capture a single window without requiring interaction, but I can't figure out what to pass it.
-l<windowid> capture this windowsid
It's not the process id of the the application.
A: I wrote a command line utility that wraps over screencapture and the Quartz windowing library.
Grab it here: https://github.com/alexdelorenzo/screenshot
Use it like this:
screenshot Chrome -t "Stack Overflow"
| Q: How do I find the windowid to pass to screencapture -l? The command line utility screencapture claims to be able to capture a single window without requiring interaction, but I can't figure out what to pass it.
-l<windowid> capture this windowsid
It's not the process id of the the application.
A: I wrote a command line utility that wraps over screencapture and the Quartz windowing library.
Grab it here: https://github.com/alexdelorenzo/screenshot
Use it like this:
screenshot Chrome -t "Stack Overflow"
A: As far as I can tell, there still isn't an easy way to get the window ID from the command line. However today (in 2022) we have Shortcuts that allow you to easily take a screenshot of a single window
*
*Open the Shortcuts app
*Create a new shortcut
*Use the "Find Windows" action, and filter until you get the window you want
*Use the "Save File" action and save the file (it seems to be a bit weird, you choose a folder to save to (in my case reinoud), and then in subpath you put the file name). Just make sure that you set the first variable in this action (which is Window by default) to be "Image", by clicking on "Window" and select "Image" from the "Get" box.
*Save the Shortcut by giving it a name
*If you want to run the shortcut from the commandline, just use shortcuts run "Find My to File" (if Find My to File is the name of the shortcut)
A: For some applications you can use AppleScript:
screencapture -l$(osascript -e 'tell app "Safari" to id of window 1') test.png
It doesn't work with Chrome though.
The IDs are also shown in Quartz Debug (available from developer.apple.com/downloads) if you run defaults write com.apple.QuartzDebug QuartzDebugPrivateInterface -bool true.
A: The window ID does not seem to be generally exposed to AppleScript. However, the window geometries are exposed. So instead of using screencapture -l you can use screencapture -R x,y,w,h to capture the specific portion of the display covered by the target window. With AppleScript, the process can be selected by Unix PID as property "unix id".
Assuming the process has just one window and your PID is in $PID:
screencapture -R \
`osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get { position, size } of first window of (first process whose unix id is '$PID')' | tr -d ' '` \
window.png
If the process has multiple windows, you need to select by the target window title:
screencapture -R \
`osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get { position, size } of (first window whose title is "My window titlebar text") of (first process whose unix id is '$PID')' | tr -d ' '` \
window.png
Tip: You can list the selectable properties of any object with get properties: osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get properties of first process whose unix id is '$PID
A: I wrote a little command line utility to retrieve the Window ID for apps that don't support AppleScript. Get it here: https://github.com/smokris/GetWindowID
You can then capture a specific window by specifying its bundle name and window title:
screencapture -l$(./GetWindowID "Vuo Editor" "untitled composition") VuoEditorWindow.png
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13a33ee06a06f694b07ca16a8be6f65793938449 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is Outlook 2011 constantly writing to my hard disk? I recently installed a hard disk write monitoring program (MenuMeters), and for some reason it was reporting that my drive is constantly being written to. By closing programs one at a time, I've discovered that this is caused by Outlook 2011, but I have no idea why.
I have to keep Outlook running all the time, for work, but I'd really like to stop this constant disk writing, if possible, since I'm afraid that it's impacting my MacBook Pro's performance.
I read about some ways to more closely monitor my disk activity on another question, so I tred using sudo iotop. It revealed that something called 'Microsoft Datab' is the culprit for all these writes while Outlook is open.
Anyone have any ideas on how (if?) I can stop the constant disk writes while keeping Outlook open?
A: Try running the Database Utility that comes with Office to resolve any database corruptions.
| Q: Why is Outlook 2011 constantly writing to my hard disk? I recently installed a hard disk write monitoring program (MenuMeters), and for some reason it was reporting that my drive is constantly being written to. By closing programs one at a time, I've discovered that this is caused by Outlook 2011, but I have no idea why.
I have to keep Outlook running all the time, for work, but I'd really like to stop this constant disk writing, if possible, since I'm afraid that it's impacting my MacBook Pro's performance.
I read about some ways to more closely monitor my disk activity on another question, so I tred using sudo iotop. It revealed that something called 'Microsoft Datab' is the culprit for all these writes while Outlook is open.
Anyone have any ideas on how (if?) I can stop the constant disk writes while keeping Outlook open?
A: Try running the Database Utility that comes with Office to resolve any database corruptions.
A: Have you installed all of the service packs yet? I had tons of issues before the service pack.
Start one of the apps and use Help->Check For Updates. I just got update 14.2.3 today.
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1a19a6f0bfe5d4b9fd507a976bb0bdc133414edb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to Find What a Particular Keyboard Shortcut Does? How can I find the command triggered by a keyboard shortcut without activating it in any given application?
When I press a keyboard shortcut, the top-level menu is highlighted, but, beyond that, I don't get much information about where the command is located, or what exactly it does. Sometimes I discover a key combination (by accident or guessing) that does more or less what I want but I can't find the details in documentation because I don't know the name of the command.
A: You can find the name of every shortcut in an app by using a free app called CheatSheet.
| Q: How to Find What a Particular Keyboard Shortcut Does? How can I find the command triggered by a keyboard shortcut without activating it in any given application?
When I press a keyboard shortcut, the top-level menu is highlighted, but, beyond that, I don't get much information about where the command is located, or what exactly it does. Sometimes I discover a key combination (by accident or guessing) that does more or less what I want but I can't find the details in documentation because I don't know the name of the command.
A: You can find the name of every shortcut in an app by using a free app called CheatSheet.
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1def4f60e121d52111eb6eaa6ba625c54a3d951f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make Safari stop webpages from overriding any shortcuts? I sometimes need to edit pages on WikiDot, but WikiDot overrides the ⌃+E shortcut (and many others), which is a system-wide shortcut I often use due to the lack of an end-key on my keyboard.
Is there a way to stop all webpages from overriding any shortcuts?
A: There are three ways to prevent this behavior on a web page.
*
*Preferred method - Use the settings on the Web App to disable or change shortcut keybindings.
*Use a third-party Safari extension that allows you to modify the keybindings for javascript.
*Disable Javascript in Safari.
| Q: How can I make Safari stop webpages from overriding any shortcuts? I sometimes need to edit pages on WikiDot, but WikiDot overrides the ⌃+E shortcut (and many others), which is a system-wide shortcut I often use due to the lack of an end-key on my keyboard.
Is there a way to stop all webpages from overriding any shortcuts?
A: There are three ways to prevent this behavior on a web page.
*
*Preferred method - Use the settings on the Web App to disable or change shortcut keybindings.
*Use a third-party Safari extension that allows you to modify the keybindings for javascript.
*Disable Javascript in Safari.
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1ffe152822a6e4113880130be20fa2d8ce777454 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Solving an "wireless tools not found" error from airmon-ng tool I am trying to use airmon-ng on Lion, but getting this error msg.
$ sudo !!
sudo airmon-ng
Wireless tools not found
I installed aircrack with ports. I heard it is possible to use it with lion, but cannot find a solution for the "Wireless tools not found" problem.
Also, used KisMac as an alternative, but it seems to hang after fetching some packets (~50000).
A: Unfortunately, airmon-ng is not working on OS X, you will probably have to use a virtual PC with a linux OS + USB WiFi dongle. From FAQ:
Is Mac OS X supported?
The aircrack-ng suite has limited Mac OS X support. Currently it only supports the following tools: aircrack-ng, packetforge-ng, ivstools and makeivs. Any program which requires opening a wireless interface is not supported.
| Q: Solving an "wireless tools not found" error from airmon-ng tool I am trying to use airmon-ng on Lion, but getting this error msg.
$ sudo !!
sudo airmon-ng
Wireless tools not found
I installed aircrack with ports. I heard it is possible to use it with lion, but cannot find a solution for the "Wireless tools not found" problem.
Also, used KisMac as an alternative, but it seems to hang after fetching some packets (~50000).
A: Unfortunately, airmon-ng is not working on OS X, you will probably have to use a virtual PC with a linux OS + USB WiFi dongle. From FAQ:
Is Mac OS X supported?
The aircrack-ng suite has limited Mac OS X support. Currently it only supports the following tools: aircrack-ng, packetforge-ng, ivstools and makeivs. Any program which requires opening a wireless interface is not supported.
A: I traced it with dtruss and it is looking for the iwpriv command which is part of wireless-tools package on Linux systems (commands like iwconfig, iwlist, etc)
Output from a Ubuntu server box
mike@jarvis:~$ aptitude show wireless-tools
Package: wireless-tools
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 30~pre9-3ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: net
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <[email protected]>
Uncompressed Size: 463k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libiw30 (>= 30~pre1)
Description: Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
This package contains the Wireless tools, used to manipulate the Linux Wireless Extensions. The Wireless Extension is an interface allowing you to set Wireless LAN specific parameters and get the specific stats.
Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
A: I don't mean to come off like a smartypants but why don't you just do your capturing from a linux VM or Backtrack VM? It's much more stable. If you're just trying to capture packets use Wireshark (runs in x11) or Apple's built in Wi-Fi diagnostics in Core Services. If you're trying to hack your own network, and you really want airmong-ng on Lion, you need Command Line Tools for Xcode, which you get from Apple's dev page.
A: You may need the Command Line Tools component for Xcode.
To install this go to Xcode Preferences and in the Downloads tab select Command Line Tools and hit Download to the right, it's about 600MB.
Having said that, I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and I also get "Wireless tools not found" when I try run airmon-ng.
A: install the package wireless tools
it worked for me :)
A: You can use:
sudo wash -i en1
to scan wifi networks on macos
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1e972471b31d8804a0f3fa10b456ca4ac71d1d0a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot purchase from Mac App Store ("Connection failure" msg) I have a 2008 MBP with 10.7.4. I use a WIFI and ethernet connection. I cannot purchase or download anything in the Mac App store on my computer. I can, using other folk's computers. After putting in the password, I receive a red "Connection Failure" message. Despite this message, I can click on apps in the Store to read about them. I turned off Little Snitch to no avail. Everything else on the internet works just fine. No useful assistance from Apple. Any ideas?
A: Try this: log out of your iTunes account (within the App Store choose Store > Sign Out), restart your Mac and then try to purchase/download something.
| Q: Cannot purchase from Mac App Store ("Connection failure" msg) I have a 2008 MBP with 10.7.4. I use a WIFI and ethernet connection. I cannot purchase or download anything in the Mac App store on my computer. I can, using other folk's computers. After putting in the password, I receive a red "Connection Failure" message. Despite this message, I can click on apps in the Store to read about them. I turned off Little Snitch to no avail. Everything else on the internet works just fine. No useful assistance from Apple. Any ideas?
A: Try this: log out of your iTunes account (within the App Store choose Store > Sign Out), restart your Mac and then try to purchase/download something.
A: I FOUND the answer at the link below. The only correction I would add is to do EVERY item that has a blue cross.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4085819?start=0&tstart=0
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e992fda1ccfa608cadcf5d0cecefed356d527093 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bluetooth printing from iPad? The company I work for had people out in the field doing data entry on their iPads. We would like them to be able to print from the iPad to a bluetooth printer in their car, but I'm not sure if this can be done. We tried using the HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer, but while we can connect using bluetooth we have been unable to print.
Has anyone done this? If so, can you point me in the right direction?
A: @Jason's link to SO is correct - the out-of-the-box iPad will not support Bluetooth printing. However, there are receipt printers like Blue Bamboo or the Star Mobile printer, but these solutions might not be what you're looking for.
There are iBluetooth apps now in the iOS App Store - it's possible that the vendor no longer supports the Cydia version.
Another possible solution is an app like PrintCentral, which allows for printing wirelessly over 3G and WiFi.
| Q: Bluetooth printing from iPad? The company I work for had people out in the field doing data entry on their iPads. We would like them to be able to print from the iPad to a bluetooth printer in their car, but I'm not sure if this can be done. We tried using the HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer, but while we can connect using bluetooth we have been unable to print.
Has anyone done this? If so, can you point me in the right direction?
A: @Jason's link to SO is correct - the out-of-the-box iPad will not support Bluetooth printing. However, there are receipt printers like Blue Bamboo or the Star Mobile printer, but these solutions might not be what you're looking for.
There are iBluetooth apps now in the iOS App Store - it's possible that the vendor no longer supports the Cydia version.
Another possible solution is an app like PrintCentral, which allows for printing wirelessly over 3G and WiFi.
A: We use the Brother RJ4040 mobile printer and Print n share for our sales guys out on the road. Works really well and when we first introduced it the guys took to it quickly with no problems. The rj4040 has its own Wifi network so you can print straight to it from the ipad? Hope this may help, saw your question and had to answer!!
A: I'm having the same problem
An AirPrint printer will only work through a wireless network, this means you must have a network through a router.
When you are out of the office or home you are then out of the network range so your ipad will switch over from wifi to 3G hence no network,so no printer.
The fixes are
1 get a mobile wifi router which will need another Internet plan, (more money)
2 get a Bluetooth printer, ( can't find any )
3 get an ipad three ( lots more money but it has personal hotspot )
So in other words it can be done but it will cost you.
A: I just got off the phone with Apple. They informed me that the HP Officejet 100 mobile will NOT work using Bluetooth with my ipad 4. The young lady did tell me, however, that the HP Officejet 150 mobile printer will work. Unfortunately it is a bit costly at $400. Hope this helps.
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e03579415d5e1277fbd8876d20b7335ebee7beda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to trim .mov without losing quality? When a video file (.mov recorded on iPhone) of resolution 1080x1920 is trimmed in QuickTime and saved as 1080p, the saved video resolution is 607x1024.
Is there a way to trim video and keep the original video resolution?
p.s. QuickTime Version 10.1 (501.22) on Lion
A: Just trim your video on the iPhone, in your "camera roll". This is the only way I know won't re-encoding the video.
| Q: How to trim .mov without losing quality? When a video file (.mov recorded on iPhone) of resolution 1080x1920 is trimmed in QuickTime and saved as 1080p, the saved video resolution is 607x1024.
Is there a way to trim video and keep the original video resolution?
p.s. QuickTime Version 10.1 (501.22) on Lion
A: Just trim your video on the iPhone, in your "camera roll". This is the only way I know won't re-encoding the video.
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936d358369e3cd9e24962144e40382f7b9aa1c48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: recover WPA2 passphrase from iPhone4s or its backup? I forgot the passphrase to a WiFi network but my phone still connects to it.
My old iPhone3 used to be connected there, then when I migrated to an iPhone4S the settings were magically transferred through iTunes. I guess the WPA2 key is therefore in the backups (which are not encrypted)
Is there a way to recover this WPA2 key from either the phone directly or from the backups? I read that there is an app for jailbroken phones but mine is not.
Thanks!
A: If you don't mind jailbreaking your phone, there's an app called “Wi-Fi Passwords” in Cydia that displays the Wi-Fi networks you've connected to and their passwords.
| Q: recover WPA2 passphrase from iPhone4s or its backup? I forgot the passphrase to a WiFi network but my phone still connects to it.
My old iPhone3 used to be connected there, then when I migrated to an iPhone4S the settings were magically transferred through iTunes. I guess the WPA2 key is therefore in the backups (which are not encrypted)
Is there a way to recover this WPA2 key from either the phone directly or from the backups? I read that there is an app for jailbroken phones but mine is not.
Thanks!
A: If you don't mind jailbreaking your phone, there's an app called “Wi-Fi Passwords” in Cydia that displays the Wi-Fi networks you've connected to and their passwords.
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d2ef99c03d6717281db62ff62e1e17ca276aa906 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way to force command line terminal to control a Mac? I'm experimenting a little with Automator at the moment and often get stuck with some pre-recorded automation running very slowly while the whole Mac (an 2010 iMac in my case) doesn't respond to any input - either by keyboard or mouse.
For now I connect via SSH from another machine and issue a killall Automator to get controls back.
Is there any solution available which enables me to halt / freeze a Mac and issue commands using a terminal?
A: It seems like you want the ability to enter commands using the mouse and keyboard when the mouse and keyboard are unavailable, which is sorta odd.
Anyway, I can think of a few ways to prod your computer into doing something without the mouse and keyboard.
*
*A Griffin PowerMate. Set it to open Terminal or run a script when you press the button.
*Do Something When. Set it to run a script when a specific USB flash drive (or similar) is inserted.
| Q: Any way to force command line terminal to control a Mac? I'm experimenting a little with Automator at the moment and often get stuck with some pre-recorded automation running very slowly while the whole Mac (an 2010 iMac in my case) doesn't respond to any input - either by keyboard or mouse.
For now I connect via SSH from another machine and issue a killall Automator to get controls back.
Is there any solution available which enables me to halt / freeze a Mac and issue commands using a terminal?
A: It seems like you want the ability to enter commands using the mouse and keyboard when the mouse and keyboard are unavailable, which is sorta odd.
Anyway, I can think of a few ways to prod your computer into doing something without the mouse and keyboard.
*
*A Griffin PowerMate. Set it to open Terminal or run a script when you press the button.
*Do Something When. Set it to run a script when a specific USB flash drive (or similar) is inserted.
A: You could also run a "deadman's switch" app: have a script (maybe an Applescript) running when you start the Automator testing. After five minutes (or however long the Automator setup should take), it should display a dialog asking if you have control back this dialog would have a timeout (of 30 seconds or so), after which, it would try to kill the Automator process.
Example code:
delay 300
display dialog "Can you use the computer yet?" buttons {"Yes!", "No "} default button 1 giving up after 30
set retval to (the result)
set gaveUp to (gave up of retval)
set theText to (button returned of retval)
repeat while gaveUp or theText is not "Yes!"
set randomNumber to (random number from 1 to 65535)
do shell script "kill -9 " & randomNumber
display dialog "Can you use the computer yet?" buttons {"Yes!", "No "} default button 1 giving up after 30
set retval to (the result)
set gaveUp to (gave up of retval)
set theText to (button returned of retval)
end repeat
(Note that this code, instead of killing Automator, kills a random process. This is probably not a good idea, but I'm not sure exactly what you need to kill, and I thought it'd be fun. I've not actually tested that particular bit of code.)
A: Yes - the normal unix process control and shutdown commands allow you to reboot, shut down or otherwise suspend or kill arbitrary processes.
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5bdaf7076cc6847df4ec5697edf9acccd52ee886 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Printing source code with OS X How can I print source code in OS X (HTML/PHP) with number lines and without long line truncation? I was used to Gedit on Linux, but here it seems I can't obtain the same with applications such as TextWrangler or TextEdit.
A: You can print source code with line numbers and without truncation in TextWrangler, the key is Soft wrap text.
*
*Turn on "Soft Wrap Text" under Text Options.
*Open TextWrangler > Preferences
*Select "Text Printing" then check the "Print line numbers" checkbox.
*Print again, long lines should wrap and line numbers should be present.
Note: you may want to set up "Editor Defaults" in TextWrangler's Preferences, and have it Soft wrap text for you for each file you edit, and to a specified width too.
| Q: Printing source code with OS X How can I print source code in OS X (HTML/PHP) with number lines and without long line truncation? I was used to Gedit on Linux, but here it seems I can't obtain the same with applications such as TextWrangler or TextEdit.
A: You can print source code with line numbers and without truncation in TextWrangler, the key is Soft wrap text.
*
*Turn on "Soft Wrap Text" under Text Options.
*Open TextWrangler > Preferences
*Select "Text Printing" then check the "Print line numbers" checkbox.
*Print again, long lines should wrap and line numbers should be present.
Note: you may want to set up "Editor Defaults" in TextWrangler's Preferences, and have it Soft wrap text for you for each file you edit, and to a specified width too.
A: enscript can be installed via Homebrew and used via Terminal. Start with
enscript -CG2rE -U2 my-source-file.PHP
and read the (extensive) man page for additional features.
A: Have you looked at GeSHi? http://qbnz.com/highlighter/demo.php
You didn't specify the purpose for printing out - but I use this to "prettify" any code I expect to be printed - it does line numbering and syntax highlighting for a wide range of languages.
Hope this helps!
A: TextWranger is the best on Mac OS when it come to printing out source code.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Then, there is one more settings, click on gear icon on the top left
Amazing Result
Color, Line numbers, just neat and clean ...
Here is a screen of my PDF to show to you guys
Enjoy !!!
A: for Catalina, you must use BBedit (textWrangler is not compatible with Catalina)
so:
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15cc76ce2200c98f054873fbc6d750992ff84f26 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX Network: "could not save because write access was not granted" We have a really basic network of Macs here in our studio. We keep all our files on a machine running Leopard server, but we're all on Lion.
The problem we're having is every single time we open a file and then try to save it, we get the error
Could not save <FILENAME> because write access was not granted.
The easy work around is to do a save as. The weird thing is if you simply close the file without doing a save as, it disappears from the folder it was in.
I didn't set up our server, but I know we tried to enable all the permissions we could for every user. Thanks for your help.
A: There are Apple-created bugs in OS X 10.5 "Leopard" client & server when copying files to/from AFP shared volumes.
See more detail in this answer:
No right to open file once copied on the desktop
| Q: OSX Network: "could not save because write access was not granted" We have a really basic network of Macs here in our studio. We keep all our files on a machine running Leopard server, but we're all on Lion.
The problem we're having is every single time we open a file and then try to save it, we get the error
Could not save <FILENAME> because write access was not granted.
The easy work around is to do a save as. The weird thing is if you simply close the file without doing a save as, it disappears from the folder it was in.
I didn't set up our server, but I know we tried to enable all the permissions we could for every user. Thanks for your help.
A: There are Apple-created bugs in OS X 10.5 "Leopard" client & server when copying files to/from AFP shared volumes.
See more detail in this answer:
No right to open file once copied on the desktop
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467023d11e5ab05b8b7e2e7b7ff04109e78f76dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sharing iTunes account My husband and I share the same iTunes account but when we sync our iPhones to the same account, we can no longer text each other.
I've tried starting my own account in which the iTunes will sync but all of my contacts and calendar events are no longer on my phone.
What can I do?
A: Under Settings -> Messages, check "Receive At" - you are probably both using the same Apple ID for messages. One of you will need to setup a separate Apple ID to use for Messages. You should be able to do this while continuing to share the same iTunes account.
| Q: Sharing iTunes account My husband and I share the same iTunes account but when we sync our iPhones to the same account, we can no longer text each other.
I've tried starting my own account in which the iTunes will sync but all of my contacts and calendar events are no longer on my phone.
What can I do?
A: Under Settings -> Messages, check "Receive At" - you are probably both using the same Apple ID for messages. One of you will need to setup a separate Apple ID to use for Messages. You should be able to do this while continuing to share the same iTunes account.
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ad54e64db437b646b79d26ecd82248f3a88943be | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMessage deleted by the other iphone removes it from my thread on my iPhone? If someone I am iMessaging with on the iPhone-4S sends me a message and they delete it; will it also delete on my phone??
A: The short answer is No.
As long as you are on two separate phones (not using the same Messages app on one phone - practically impossible, theoretically possible), it will stay entirely separate from your Messages thread.
| Q: iMessage deleted by the other iphone removes it from my thread on my iPhone? If someone I am iMessaging with on the iPhone-4S sends me a message and they delete it; will it also delete on my phone??
A: The short answer is No.
As long as you are on two separate phones (not using the same Messages app on one phone - practically impossible, theoretically possible), it will stay entirely separate from your Messages thread.
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ecdacffc9cce1a6cf9ffdb437af0bb5a94a369e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCal: How to display full event title? I am new to Mac, Mac OS X and iCal.
In the monthly view of iCal, I found it very inconvenient to read only the first 10-12 characters of an event's title. To read the full length title, I have to do one of the following:
*
*go to full screen
*reduce font size to "unreadable"
*open the event edit dialog
*go to the daily view
None of the above options satisfies me.
Is there a way to have iCal display additional info (full title, comments...) when mouse stay over an event for one second or so?
Alternatively, is there a way to make a long (> 10 chars) title wrap to a new line rather than being cut with ...?
A: There are many threads (on other forums) asking about the title wrapping, but I'm afraid it isn't possible. For reference, I found this, this, and this.
| Q: iCal: How to display full event title? I am new to Mac, Mac OS X and iCal.
In the monthly view of iCal, I found it very inconvenient to read only the first 10-12 characters of an event's title. To read the full length title, I have to do one of the following:
*
*go to full screen
*reduce font size to "unreadable"
*open the event edit dialog
*go to the daily view
None of the above options satisfies me.
Is there a way to have iCal display additional info (full title, comments...) when mouse stay over an event for one second or so?
Alternatively, is there a way to make a long (> 10 chars) title wrap to a new line rather than being cut with ...?
A: There are many threads (on other forums) asking about the title wrapping, but I'm afraid it isn't possible. For reference, I found this, this, and this.
A: What MACOSX Version are you using? Because in Lion 10.7.4 using iCal on Monthly view, you just need to click the event and it will pop up all event description.
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a87ec4643058d360514efc1f862b1a26e5c643a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot turn Bluetooth off I cannot turn Bluetooth off on my MacBook Pro. I am running 10.7.4 and the option to turn it off is grayed out, both in the toolbar and in System Preferences. I used Onyx to reset permissions but to no avail. Help, please! I am not using any Bluetooth devices and I'm not sure when or how it got turned back on, but I've always made sure it was turned off. My battery is paying the price!
A: If I hold the Option key when I click on the Bluetooth preferences, I get this weird little guy:
Looks like an unlocked lock. When I click it, it asks me to allow com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth.remoteservice to make changes:
After authorizing, the little guy looks like a locked lock and I cannot disable bluetooth:
Hence, perhaps you could do this in reverse order to make the little guy look like an unlocked lock in order to disable bluetooth.
| Q: Cannot turn Bluetooth off I cannot turn Bluetooth off on my MacBook Pro. I am running 10.7.4 and the option to turn it off is grayed out, both in the toolbar and in System Preferences. I used Onyx to reset permissions but to no avail. Help, please! I am not using any Bluetooth devices and I'm not sure when or how it got turned back on, but I've always made sure it was turned off. My battery is paying the price!
A: If I hold the Option key when I click on the Bluetooth preferences, I get this weird little guy:
Looks like an unlocked lock. When I click it, it asks me to allow com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth.remoteservice to make changes:
After authorizing, the little guy looks like a locked lock and I cannot disable bluetooth:
Hence, perhaps you could do this in reverse order to make the little guy look like an unlocked lock in order to disable bluetooth.
A: I would install a clean copy of OS X on to an external drive and test to see if your current OS is corrupt. If the hardware doesn't let you turn it on or off with a clean install, you have saved yourself having to back up and erase the internal drive and know to take it in for repair.
If you find it's corruption, you could then run Migration Assistant to take the data from the internal drive to the new clean OS and re-test before doing the erase and copy of a working OS with your personal data and settings.
A: rm -rf /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Bluetooth
It works for me without restarting.
A: If the issue is corrupted bluetooth preferences, which is my best guess, the following should fix it:
Move the following files to your desktop:
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist.lockfile
Restart your Mac.
This will force your Mac to forget all it's Bluetooth settings so you will have to re-pair all your devices.
A: Experiencing a similar problem in 10.11, I found force quitting the process blued resolves the issue. This can be done either through Activity Monitor or on the commandline via killall blued.
A: I was struggling with this problem for a very long time. Finally I told Siri to "turn off bluetooth" and somehow it is now fixed for me.
A: Try to reset your SMC as per instructed here
got some answers from here
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3626b39257c9f05d4b3dd9a4d5b44f02a55f87d7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to stop MS Word from automatically opening previously opened documents? I know there's probably a setting in preferences, but I need to be able to do it without Word being open.
The problem is one of my docx has become corrupt, so every time Word opens it immediately stops responding and I can't access preferences.
Is there a way to clear a cache or something somewhere so Word forgets about these files at startup?
A: You want to disable the resume functionality in Microsoft Word 2011, which will prevent it from trying to reopen documents when the program is launched. Enter the following command in the Terminal:
defaults write com.microsoft.Word NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
There are also full instructions on how to turn off resume for an arbitrary program.
You can also turn-off resume at the operating system level in System Preferences > General then uncheck "Restore windows when quitting and reopening apps".
| Q: Is there a way to stop MS Word from automatically opening previously opened documents? I know there's probably a setting in preferences, but I need to be able to do it without Word being open.
The problem is one of my docx has become corrupt, so every time Word opens it immediately stops responding and I can't access preferences.
Is there a way to clear a cache or something somewhere so Word forgets about these files at startup?
A: You want to disable the resume functionality in Microsoft Word 2011, which will prevent it from trying to reopen documents when the program is launched. Enter the following command in the Terminal:
defaults write com.microsoft.Word NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
There are also full instructions on how to turn off resume for an arbitrary program.
You can also turn-off resume at the operating system level in System Preferences > General then uncheck "Restore windows when quitting and reopening apps".
A: I tried orangebox's and Adam's instructions and linked instructions but it didn't do the trick, so I tried the following:
*
*Opening up, in this case, Excel, close all documents and quit Excel.
*Open up the following folder: ~/Library/Saved Application State
(you can also use the Cmd+Shift+G shortcut in Finder)
*There you can search for the application folder. For me the folder is com.microsoft.Excel.savedState.
*Select it, use Cmd+I for an information window on this folder and check the "Locked" option.
Now Excel can't change the savedState folder and will always open with a blank spreadsheet, which is at least faster for me.
When you drag a document on Excel (in the Dock for example) it will open it normally. Closing Excel and reopening still gets me a clean spreadsheet.
A: From the macrumors forums you can hold shift when you launch a program to launch it without the resume previous window functionality.
Alternatively, for those who want some resume functionality and don't
want to globally disable it, you can hold Shift when you launch an
application to bypass resume and start that app fresh.
If that doesnt work you can turn off the function globally by going to System Preferences -> General and unticking "Restore windows when quitting and reopening apps"
(you can also disable the function on a per-app basis using the instructions here)
A: I am on Mavericks and I tried all the advice given above and it did not really work for me. What I did instead was to physically close each document in Word one by one but left Word open. Then I went to the dock, right-clicked on the Word icon > open recents > clear recent. It worked for me, thankfully.
A: If you're on Mavericks, it's easiest to just open System Preferences and check "close windows when quitting an application." That will prevent things like TextEdit from doing the same, so it might not be exactly what you want, but it works.
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7edd8db80bf6af3af41548fe59a307518ecd2454 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I delete saved configuration passwords from AirPort Utility for iOS? I've tried deleting and reinstalling AirPort Utility, but I can still manage base stations without being asked for a configuration password.
I'm thinking of selecting not to back up data from AirPort Utility, then making a backup to iCloud and wiping and restoring the device. Has anyone tried this?
A: Since iOS doesn't have a keychain utility to go in and surgically remove the stored password, you would have to either:
*
*change the password on the base station to effectively lock out all clients with the old password.
*erase the iOS device and refrain from restoring a backup that contained saved passwords onto the device. (Encrypted backups of the device typically store keychain items, non-encrypted backups don't save those passwords, so you might try an unencrypted backup, restore the backup and then test if the password was saved in the application bundle as opposed to a keychain).
*As a long shot, try enabling iCloud keychain syncing and see if you can clean things on a Mac that has iCloud keychain syncing enabled as well by opening the iCloud keychain in Keychain Utility.
| Q: How can I delete saved configuration passwords from AirPort Utility for iOS? I've tried deleting and reinstalling AirPort Utility, but I can still manage base stations without being asked for a configuration password.
I'm thinking of selecting not to back up data from AirPort Utility, then making a backup to iCloud and wiping and restoring the device. Has anyone tried this?
A: Since iOS doesn't have a keychain utility to go in and surgically remove the stored password, you would have to either:
*
*change the password on the base station to effectively lock out all clients with the old password.
*erase the iOS device and refrain from restoring a backup that contained saved passwords onto the device. (Encrypted backups of the device typically store keychain items, non-encrypted backups don't save those passwords, so you might try an unencrypted backup, restore the backup and then test if the password was saved in the application bundle as opposed to a keychain).
*As a long shot, try enabling iCloud keychain syncing and see if you can clean things on a Mac that has iCloud keychain syncing enabled as well by opening the iCloud keychain in Keychain Utility.
A: Haven't tried your approach, but apparently you can't delete the passwords. After doing a little research I've found a lot of people complaining about this same issue, even in the App's Review.
Although a nuisance, changing the password should revoke the management privileges of device, if that's what you're looking for.
A: Did you try changing the passwords on the Airport devices? Airport Utility for iOS should show a new prompt to enter the passwords. Enter the new ones and change your Airports back to the old password.
A: *
*Change the password on the base station.
*Update the base station
*Do not store new password
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dd1760c5dace615ff109e7061c60e2b462fe0be6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Find files created by program Is there an app out there that lets you see what files were created by a program? Basically I need to figure out where a lock file for a Java program is.
A: Try Activity Monitor. Left-click on the Java app > Information > Open Files and Ports.
You get list of all opened files for this application.
| Q: Find files created by program Is there an app out there that lets you see what files were created by a program? Basically I need to figure out where a lock file for a Java program is.
A: Try Activity Monitor. Left-click on the Java app > Information > Open Files and Ports.
You get list of all opened files for this application.
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5784255da07499bc7b99e6fea4545b7a56d05cd4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: pbpaste, pbcopy using wrong pasteboard? I'm converting a shell script which xclip and similar tools on Linux, to use pbpaste and pbcopy on Mac. The problem is the default pasteboard ('general' according to the man-page) for these tools is not the one being used by Stickies / Safari / TextMate / all the GUI apps.
I've tried all the pasteboard names mentioned in 'man pbpaste' but none contain the data I copy in any GUI app. If I load data into the 'general' pboard using 'pbcopy' I can extract it fine via 'pbpaste' - but it's separate from the GUI pasteboard.
Note I'm not running any unusual shell, Terminal or WindowServer settings, this is standard 10.7 Terminal and bash.
A: As suggested in one of the comments, the issue was a confused pasteboard server - a restart of that made everything work as expected.
| Q: pbpaste, pbcopy using wrong pasteboard? I'm converting a shell script which xclip and similar tools on Linux, to use pbpaste and pbcopy on Mac. The problem is the default pasteboard ('general' according to the man-page) for these tools is not the one being used by Stickies / Safari / TextMate / all the GUI apps.
I've tried all the pasteboard names mentioned in 'man pbpaste' but none contain the data I copy in any GUI app. If I load data into the 'general' pboard using 'pbcopy' I can extract it fine via 'pbpaste' - but it's separate from the GUI pasteboard.
Note I'm not running any unusual shell, Terminal or WindowServer settings, this is standard 10.7 Terminal and bash.
A: As suggested in one of the comments, the issue was a confused pasteboard server - a restart of that made everything work as expected.
A: Check your bash aliases - is something aliasing pbcopy/pbpaste to use one of the other pasteboards?
The manpage for these commands mentions four possible pasteboards that they can use - general, ruler, find, and font. Try pbcopy -pboard general to force it to use the general pasteboard.
A: If you are using the command under tmux / screen, you need some settings. There're great post on this problem.
https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard/blob/master/README.md
A: It can happen that you get different clipboards,
*
*one with the old apps started before the new clipboard is used,
*and one with new apps which got started after the new clipboard was set.
So I guess the pasteboard used by the app will be set on startup of an app.
I currently have only Mail, Safari, TextEdit sharing a different clipboard, and all other apps sharing an older board. I believe I crashed/reset/recreated/duplicated the clipboard server by running the following command (ignoring man pboard(8) clearly stating Users should not run pboard manually.)
$ pboard
Sadly I couldn't yet figure out how to cleanly restart the server (except a reboot), but that is my best guess as to when/why the clipboard 'group' changed.
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7adb330fa589c2e399dd8d25d825e4fc01887a7b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: QuickLook stopped working What might cause quicklook to 'freeze', as it were.
quicklook has gone south to some degree, some files are QL-able, other not,
and we're speaking of the apple plug-in type (pdfs, txt, jpg, etc.)
Even whilst running the Topher 'fix', terminal hangs
after either the qlmanage -r or qlmanage -r cache.
Cheers, and thanks in advance for any light
your available time might hereby shed. :)
Running OSX, ver 10.6.6 on an iMac
A: It is possible that some QL plugins are broken, you should check
~/Library/QuickLook/
/Library/QuickLook/
/System/Library/QuickLook/
for new QL plugins (check the date of the files). Maybe a program installed a new (broken) plugin? But some QL plugins are not inside the Library/QuickLook/ folders you can use
qlmanage -m
to list all QL plugins, with
qlmanage -m | grep -v com.apple
you see only plugins which are not from Apple.
| Q: QuickLook stopped working What might cause quicklook to 'freeze', as it were.
quicklook has gone south to some degree, some files are QL-able, other not,
and we're speaking of the apple plug-in type (pdfs, txt, jpg, etc.)
Even whilst running the Topher 'fix', terminal hangs
after either the qlmanage -r or qlmanage -r cache.
Cheers, and thanks in advance for any light
your available time might hereby shed. :)
Running OSX, ver 10.6.6 on an iMac
A: It is possible that some QL plugins are broken, you should check
~/Library/QuickLook/
/Library/QuickLook/
/System/Library/QuickLook/
for new QL plugins (check the date of the files). Maybe a program installed a new (broken) plugin? But some QL plugins are not inside the Library/QuickLook/ folders you can use
qlmanage -m
to list all QL plugins, with
qlmanage -m | grep -v com.apple
you see only plugins which are not from Apple.
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32e8739e1a10ef2a8cfb5e755261964ec730d07d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get a "modern" emacs that runs in a terminal on os x lion? I just installed Prompt on my iPad so I could possiby do some real work on my iMac via ssh. so far Mutt and Vim and emacs seemto work responsively enough for me. I've made a few tries at emacs before, but am essentially relearning it.
Of course the emacs that comes with Lion is 22.1.1. I installed the current emacs cocoa on my iMac, but it doesn't run in a terminal.
Is there a terminal version of 24 precompiled for OS X? Or is compiling it straightforward? So far I've had no need for Macports or Homebrew, and would prefer not to use them.
A: As far as I know, every emacs under the sun can run in a terminal:
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw
Change the path, of course, if your emacs resides elsewhere. If this is too long to type, even with tab completion, you can create a symlink to the Emacs executable, or make an alias for your shell.
Look to http://emacsformacosx.com/ for a precompiled modern Emacs for OS X.
| Q: How to get a "modern" emacs that runs in a terminal on os x lion? I just installed Prompt on my iPad so I could possiby do some real work on my iMac via ssh. so far Mutt and Vim and emacs seemto work responsively enough for me. I've made a few tries at emacs before, but am essentially relearning it.
Of course the emacs that comes with Lion is 22.1.1. I installed the current emacs cocoa on my iMac, but it doesn't run in a terminal.
Is there a terminal version of 24 precompiled for OS X? Or is compiling it straightforward? So far I've had no need for Macports or Homebrew, and would prefer not to use them.
A: As far as I know, every emacs under the sun can run in a terminal:
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw
Change the path, of course, if your emacs resides elsewhere. If this is too long to type, even with tab completion, you can create a symlink to the Emacs executable, or make an alias for your shell.
Look to http://emacsformacosx.com/ for a precompiled modern Emacs for OS X.
A: The emacs wiki has a nice summary of your options to get a package manager and compile your own version of emacs as new as you please.
I would choose homebrew unless you read something you really prefer about one of the other tools for managing open source tools. If you are happy with version 22.1.1 you can just install Xcode and download the command line tools as they package emacs for the terminal with the rest of the things you'll need to compile the source yourself.
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1ecd6a6f167ea12f2071189654ca8e8ffbc44142 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Different desktop with different dock? I'm using 10.7.4, and I use multiple desktops (in Spaces). When I switch between desktops, the dock does not change.
I open an application in Desktop 1 and its icon remains in the dock after I switch to Desktop 2.
What I want is I open an application in Desktop 1, its icon remains in Desktop 1's dock, When I switch to Desktop 2, Desktop 2's dock only has application icons that I open in Desktop 2.
Is it possible to do that; to have different desktops with different docks?
A: Lion doesn't support that. It wasn't supported in Spaces under older versions of OS X, either.
| Q: Different desktop with different dock? I'm using 10.7.4, and I use multiple desktops (in Spaces). When I switch between desktops, the dock does not change.
I open an application in Desktop 1 and its icon remains in the dock after I switch to Desktop 2.
What I want is I open an application in Desktop 1, its icon remains in Desktop 1's dock, When I switch to Desktop 2, Desktop 2's dock only has application icons that I open in Desktop 2.
Is it possible to do that; to have different desktops with different docks?
A: Lion doesn't support that. It wasn't supported in Spaces under older versions of OS X, either.
A: I don't believe that is possible, even with third party software. DockSpaces used to do something similar (they recently dropped the feature), though the currently running applications did show in every dock on all spaces.
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91e38caa7b1fc91170dc1b0b325c99161ec6e0ec | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Multiple users working remote on one mac? we want to develop some iOS apps in our company. Since we use windows-pcs, we think about buying only one Mac and all working remotely from our windows machines on this single Mac. Is this possible? What type of Mac do we need for this scenario (Mac Mini or something bigger?). It would be enough, if only two users could connect at the same time to the mac.
Or do we have to buy a Mac for every developer in out team?
Thanks
Konrad
A: If your plan is development using Xcode , then forget about multiple users on a single mac, because of 2 reasons
*
*Multiple instances of XCode will make the system slow ,
*even if you solve issue 1 buying adding lots of RAM and a powerful processor, the iOS simulator won't allow us to run more than 1 instance at a time.
So developers will face issue while developing. The best option for you for to reduce initial cost is go for multiple mac mini's with non-Apple displays and keyboard.
Hope this helps
| Q: Multiple users working remote on one mac? we want to develop some iOS apps in our company. Since we use windows-pcs, we think about buying only one Mac and all working remotely from our windows machines on this single Mac. Is this possible? What type of Mac do we need for this scenario (Mac Mini or something bigger?). It would be enough, if only two users could connect at the same time to the mac.
Or do we have to buy a Mac for every developer in out team?
Thanks
Konrad
A: If your plan is development using Xcode , then forget about multiple users on a single mac, because of 2 reasons
*
*Multiple instances of XCode will make the system slow ,
*even if you solve issue 1 buying adding lots of RAM and a powerful processor, the iOS simulator won't allow us to run more than 1 instance at a time.
So developers will face issue while developing. The best option for you for to reduce initial cost is go for multiple mac mini's with non-Apple displays and keyboard.
Hope this helps
A: I tried some development to a remote Mac once. It was a terrible experience. Even over a LAN, the latency of the display update speed was maddening in what should be an instant-feedback development UI.
You could maybe try using virtual machines on the Mac Mini (I don't know how this would affect licensing, you'd probably have to buy another OSX per virtual machine) which would get around not being able to run more than one iOS Simulator as mentioned in the previous answer). While Xcode is a bit of a resource hog I think you could get away with it if its just two users.
I agree that a Mac Mini per developer is the sanest solution for your wallet and the kindest one for your developers though.
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5b101b6a4d93282bbb4c4087fb5975b6734f0d53 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I type the Escape key on an iPad keyboard? I just got a Zagg keyboard and it is great for typing long sections of text on the iPad. But a big drawback is that it does not have an Escape ⎋ key. All the top row keys are mapped to iPad-specific features. This is bad when using vim or remoting into a Windows machine. Does anyone know how to get the Escape ⎋ key to work? Or is there a better iPad keyboard out there that has the Escape ⎋ key?
A: After much research I cound not find a solution to get the key to work. My solution was to return the Zagg keybard and simply get a standard wireless keyboard from the Mac store. It feels solid and works great. A tad more bulky than the Zagg, but I love that it works with more than just the iPad.
| Q: How do I type the Escape key on an iPad keyboard? I just got a Zagg keyboard and it is great for typing long sections of text on the iPad. But a big drawback is that it does not have an Escape ⎋ key. All the top row keys are mapped to iPad-specific features. This is bad when using vim or remoting into a Windows machine. Does anyone know how to get the Escape ⎋ key to work? Or is there a better iPad keyboard out there that has the Escape ⎋ key?
A: After much research I cound not find a solution to get the key to work. My solution was to return the Zagg keybard and simply get a standard wireless keyboard from the Mac store. It feels solid and works great. A tad more bulky than the Zagg, but I love that it works with more than just the iPad.
A: Give Ctrl and [ a try that should send the same as Esc (ASCII 27).
A: For shell-level stuff I use an app called Prompt to SSH into servers and it has ESC and other commonly used VI keyboard sequences.
I am still looking for an escape key for use with the Amazon web services console, when it randomly tosses up a "Please wait..." browser dialog box which it also says to press Esc to end it. No solution yet with either Chrome or Safari that I know of so far. I could use my Mac keyboard, but don't usually have it with me.
A: Fn+Home = Escape ⎋. Easiest thing ever.
A: Try fn and the square button (where the Esc key would be)
A: If you have a keyboard with the "keyboard key" the fourth from the left On the top row of keys. This functions like the escape key on other keyboards.
A: The Zaggkeys keyboard for the iPad mini works well with vim.
On starting the program touch the centre of the screen twice and then press i for insert mode.
To leave insert mode and enter command mode use the backslash character. This can be obtained by holding the fn key and pressing the key that has the characters ]\} and | on it.
I haven't worked out how you get a \ character into your text.
A: Take 3 fingers and swipe down on your i-pad screen. That brings up a menu bar at the bottom of the screen that has an escape button on it. Touch the escape button on your screen.
A: I don't know if the Zagg keyboard has a Control, but my iPad keyboard has one, and if I do Control-C, it forces Vim to quit (at least on my VPS).
A: Ctrl-[ (Ctrl + left bracket) is identical to Esc. Am using the Zagg with a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and really love it.
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1fde5ca0057623e0a1815daa58d23b9a745ae7bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is exFAT so slow on Mac? I tried exFAT in order to use my external hdd on both mac and windows but I found it's so much slower than HFS+. The speed is noticeably different when I tried to fast forward movies (over 4gb).
exFAT was recommended in this question.
A: exFAT is a file system optimized for flash drives, meaning storage devices without moving parts where seek times are constant. It sounds like you're using it for a mechanical hard drive – which is what's causing the poor performance that you're experiencing.
You should reformat the drive to HFS+ or FAT32 and only use exFAT for solid-state drives.
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
| Q: Why is exFAT so slow on Mac? I tried exFAT in order to use my external hdd on both mac and windows but I found it's so much slower than HFS+. The speed is noticeably different when I tried to fast forward movies (over 4gb).
exFAT was recommended in this question.
A: exFAT is a file system optimized for flash drives, meaning storage devices without moving parts where seek times are constant. It sounds like you're using it for a mechanical hard drive – which is what's causing the poor performance that you're experiencing.
You should reformat the drive to HFS+ or FAT32 and only use exFAT for solid-state drives.
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
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e5b57983a4fd9e5ac190c4997c9dda56d6be1783 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Apple change OS X operating systems between the GM and the final release? For instance, I've found quite a few bugs while working with the Mountain Lion Golden Master. Is there any chance Apple might fix these in the public release?
Thanks!
A: There's a first time for everything but, but basically: no.
Unless you have found the mother of all security bugs, so humiliating that it would overshadow Apple's entire Mountain Lion release, the bug to end all bugs and live on in infamy, it just is not going to happen.
Not to mention, fixing and testing bugs generally takes time. The fastest Apple bug fix ever, to my knowledge, took two days but that's very unusual for a company its size. In general it takes weeks, in many cases months, even years.
| Q: Does Apple change OS X operating systems between the GM and the final release? For instance, I've found quite a few bugs while working with the Mountain Lion Golden Master. Is there any chance Apple might fix these in the public release?
Thanks!
A: There's a first time for everything but, but basically: no.
Unless you have found the mother of all security bugs, so humiliating that it would overshadow Apple's entire Mountain Lion release, the bug to end all bugs and live on in infamy, it just is not going to happen.
Not to mention, fixing and testing bugs generally takes time. The fastest Apple bug fix ever, to my knowledge, took two days but that's very unusual for a company its size. In general it takes weeks, in many cases months, even years.
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521bb7c436ce1ec2142b46aa546b86ae0758d9d9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Songs available in iTunes match is different to Mac When I update iTunes match on my Mac it tells me 8,257 songs are available in iCloud. My Mac's and iOS devices all have 8,238 songs.
• A smart playlist of "matched" plus another one of "unmatched" totalled = 8,238 songs
• A smart playlist of "location=iCloud" AND "location=is not on this computer" = 0 songs
• A smart playlist of "location=iCloud" = 8,238
Any idea why the update process continually insists I have these 19 extra songs ?
| Q: Songs available in iTunes match is different to Mac When I update iTunes match on my Mac it tells me 8,257 songs are available in iCloud. My Mac's and iOS devices all have 8,238 songs.
• A smart playlist of "matched" plus another one of "unmatched" totalled = 8,238 songs
• A smart playlist of "location=iCloud" AND "location=is not on this computer" = 0 songs
• A smart playlist of "location=iCloud" = 8,238
Any idea why the update process continually insists I have these 19 extra songs ?
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3e352469c22c717b5e3845fb9602ee11d2bdf1be | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mencoder on Lion Is there a way to install mencoder on Lion, preferrably using homebrew?
A: mencoder is part of the MPlayer utility, and is installed as part of the MPlayer package on most systems. Installing MPlayer via Homebrew ( brew install mplayer ) will supply the mencoder binary as well.
$ brew list mplayer
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.1/bin/mplayer
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.1/bin/mencoder
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.1/share/man/ (2 files)
| Q: Mencoder on Lion Is there a way to install mencoder on Lion, preferrably using homebrew?
A: mencoder is part of the MPlayer utility, and is installed as part of the MPlayer package on most systems. Installing MPlayer via Homebrew ( brew install mplayer ) will supply the mencoder binary as well.
$ brew list mplayer
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.1/bin/mplayer
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.1/bin/mencoder
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.1/share/man/ (2 files)
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7bd1528d080a4c4eab755532fb1c95cff6d60ab6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I copy a TimeMachine backup to an encrypted disk? I want to replace my current TimeMachine backup disk with a new disk, but I also want to copy the existing contents to the new disk after encrypting the new disk.
How can I best do that? Are there any pitfalls waiting for me?
A: Apple has some instructions in this KB. There are some restrictions - Apple suggests that you'll need to format the new drive as Mac OS Extended with a GUID partition.
Short summary:
Drag the folder "Backups.backupdb" on the current backup drive to the
root level of the new backup drive.
Follow the other instructions in the KB, and you'll be able to use your new drive as the TimeMachine drive.
| Q: How do I copy a TimeMachine backup to an encrypted disk? I want to replace my current TimeMachine backup disk with a new disk, but I also want to copy the existing contents to the new disk after encrypting the new disk.
How can I best do that? Are there any pitfalls waiting for me?
A: Apple has some instructions in this KB. There are some restrictions - Apple suggests that you'll need to format the new drive as Mac OS Extended with a GUID partition.
Short summary:
Drag the folder "Backups.backupdb" on the current backup drive to the
root level of the new backup drive.
Follow the other instructions in the KB, and you'll be able to use your new drive as the TimeMachine drive.
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da0e9607bb4d7d04a07d6d2712a5713f789822e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open a specifc URL in Fluid.app I use Fluid.app for particular websites, such as a bug tracker, or a Wiki. However, when I receive notifications in an e-mail with that URL and click on it, I'll get the page opened in the default browser.
Is there a way to open a website in the Fluid.app instead?
P.S.: I have looked at RCDefaultApp, but could not find a way to do this.
A: Developer of Fluid here. The only way I know of to do this is with an additional utility like Choosy or Browser Fairy (app store link).
| Q: Open a specifc URL in Fluid.app I use Fluid.app for particular websites, such as a bug tracker, or a Wiki. However, when I receive notifications in an e-mail with that URL and click on it, I'll get the page opened in the default browser.
Is there a way to open a website in the Fluid.app instead?
P.S.: I have looked at RCDefaultApp, but could not find a way to do this.
A: Developer of Fluid here. The only way I know of to do this is with an additional utility like Choosy or Browser Fairy (app store link).
A: I had the same problem and wrote a little AppleScript to handle this. You can find the app here: https://github.com/biafra23/Default-Fluids
You need to make this script your default browser.
This can be achieved with Safari:
Menu -> Safari -> Preferences -> General -> Default web browser
The source is in https://github.com/biafra23/Default-Fluids/blob/master/default_browser.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt
It contains sections like this:
if this_URL contains "facebook.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/facebook.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if
...
else
-- default browser here
tell application "/Applications/Firefox.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
end if
You need to make changes to those according to your setup with the AppleScript Editor.
It is not as convenient as choosyosx but its free.
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415fb5cc0e040c3532ba94fa6698b889f3016c62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I open an application when a secondary monitor is connected? I use SecondBar to add a menu bar to an external display. I've added it to my login items, but I don't want it to open when there isn't an external display. How do I open SecondBar when a secondary monitor is connected?
A: Take a look at the free/open source app ControlPlane.
You can trigger different actions based on context-sensitive rules, including launching an app in response to connecting a display.
| Q: How can I open an application when a secondary monitor is connected? I use SecondBar to add a menu bar to an external display. I've added it to my login items, but I don't want it to open when there isn't an external display. How do I open SecondBar when a secondary monitor is connected?
A: Take a look at the free/open source app ControlPlane.
You can trigger different actions based on context-sensitive rules, including launching an app in response to connecting a display.
A: There is no way of automatically doing it with out modifying the operating system, as the display is managed as a core process. The best is just to put a shortcut on your desktop and open it when you are plugging in a display
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818da735812a64ffc5e0a899ed756d17cc9dd4aa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remap caps lock key on iPad keyboard I have a Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for my 3rd gen iPad, which is a Bluetooth keyboard. Is there any way to remap the caps lock key so it acts as the control key instead?
A: Just by using the default software, there is not a way to do this.
Theoretically, someone could write an app for jailbroken iPads to do this, but I did some searching and couldn't find anything.
| Q: Remap caps lock key on iPad keyboard I have a Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for my 3rd gen iPad, which is a Bluetooth keyboard. Is there any way to remap the caps lock key so it acts as the control key instead?
A: Just by using the default software, there is not a way to do this.
Theoretically, someone could write an app for jailbroken iPads to do this, but I did some searching and couldn't find anything.
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f06addc66ee51588fc1fe9e852ecf3ce877e45c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to set Gmail app as the default mail client in iPhone and iPad? I want to be able to one-click email links from apps such as Twitter, Safari and Instapaper. Is this possible if I'm using Gmail and not Apple's Mail app?
Do I have to set Gmail as the default mail client? Is this possible?
A: This is not possible on iOS 13 and lower. (Or iPadOS 13 or lower)
In order to utilize email functionalities from within apps, you will have to enable the Apple Mail app. I recommend turning off all notifications for Mail if you want to use the Gmail app as your primary iPhone mail client.
| Q: Is there any way to set Gmail app as the default mail client in iPhone and iPad? I want to be able to one-click email links from apps such as Twitter, Safari and Instapaper. Is this possible if I'm using Gmail and not Apple's Mail app?
Do I have to set Gmail as the default mail client? Is this possible?
A: This is not possible on iOS 13 and lower. (Or iPadOS 13 or lower)
In order to utilize email functionalities from within apps, you will have to enable the Apple Mail app. I recommend turning off all notifications for Mail if you want to use the Gmail app as your primary iPhone mail client.
A: It works if you are using the Gmail app and Chrome browser (i.e. when clicking on the mail icon in a NY Times story you are browsing in Chrome), but I don't think you can enable it by default in other apps.
A: To give a very short answer: No, this is not possible.
A: I just added outlook to the apps when sending from Safari and it now appears as an option. Not quite default but good enough
A: I do have a jailbroken iPhone 4s and unfortunately I cannot find any app to add this much desired functionality in any Cydia repository.
So at the moment I'd say it is not possible.
A: This is a nice workaround, it may be a good solution:
Can I use gmail as default client for sharing photos from camera roll or links from safari?
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f7e308209e54aa22aeb382223f65a35872ce5324 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How make Safari download PDF files instead of opening them in-page? Firefox downloads my PDF files straight to "Downloads", Safari opens them "in-page".
I need PDF files to save to a file, not to open.
Is there a setting make Safari download PDF files instead of opening them in-page?
A: When you click on a link to a PDF, hold down the control key. A menu pops up. Select "Download Linked File as..."
| Q: How make Safari download PDF files instead of opening them in-page? Firefox downloads my PDF files straight to "Downloads", Safari opens them "in-page".
I need PDF files to save to a file, not to open.
Is there a setting make Safari download PDF files instead of opening them in-page?
A: When you click on a link to a PDF, hold down the control key. A menu pops up. Select "Download Linked File as..."
A: As has been noted by others, the accepted answer that modifies the Safari plist does not work as of Sierra (Safari 10+?).
The method I used (on High Sierra) was to navigate to /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/ (terminal or via Go in finder). There were two plugins AdobePDFViewer.plugin and AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin. I moved both of these to the /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/Disabled\ Plug-Ins directory. Upon restart, Safari stopped automatically opening pdfs in its viewer.
I haven't been able to find the relevant .plist setting to disable or modify this behavior in a less "brute" way.
A: Open up a terminal window: ⌘space and type Terminal. Hit enter when its highlighted. When you get to the terminal prompt, type the following command:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
You won't get a response at the command line, but once you restart Safari it will no longer open them in the browser.
To take it a step further while you're there, you can keep it from opening them once they are downloaded with this one:
defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoOpenSafeDownloads -bool NO
This last command achieves what the other answer suggests.
A: You can make Safari on the Mac download ANY files (mp3, mp4, jpg, pdf and more) by doing the following.
*
*Open the file (movie,music,etc) in Safari. That normally comprises of clicking the link to the pdf/movie/music etc.
*Select the url in the browser (by clicking it, or by pressing ⌘ cmdL).
*Hold option down (⌥ alt) and press Enter.
The file you are viewing downloads to the Downloads folder on the mac.
I've tested this with almost all file types possible. Very very useful little feature that unfortunately too few people know about.
A: Better yet, you can just hold down alt when you click.
A: None of the right-click stuff that should be working is working properly for me (I have a very fussy link). But I have found that if you are looking at the document in-page, if you hover towards the bottom of the window you should get a black control bar... the disk icon will save the pdf to disk.
A: Safari automatically opens many files in the browser window. If you want to download any of those files follow these steps:
1) Click on the Firefox menu and select Preferences
2) In the window that opens click on the Applications tab
3) In the column named Content Type scroll down to the type of content you are trying to download (or type the file type in the search field)
5) When you find it, click on the action popup (to the right) and change it from Preview in Safari to Save file
6) Try the pasting the URL of the file you want to download into the browser again and it should now start to download (or ask you where to save it!)
A: Holding option while clicking on a link will automatically download the target instead of opening it.
A: If you've already opened a PDF in Safari, hold option down and click anywhere then open the file with Preview and you could find a function named Save under the File menu.
A: From this article:
Go into the Preferences and simply un-tick the option Open “safe”
files after downloading.
A: Press print and then click on PDF, and then save as PDF.
A: Open the pdf
right click --> view/open in preview
the file will open in preview
save the file
A: simple. after you open the pdf page, click File then click Export as PDF
A: Right click on the pdf link and click < Download Link File >.
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c11ae02fbc54c3995c02d98cec940164d051c2fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Connect Macbook Pro to TV wirelessly I am currently using an HDMI adapter (and a cable for audio) to connect my Macbook Pro (2009) to my HD TV (no smart TV) and I use a wireless keyboard and mouse.
Is it possible to achieve the same result wirelessly? Note that I'm not looking for something like Apple TV. I want to see my desktop on the TV, possibly with audio as well.
A: Believe me you are looking for something like Apple TV and Apple computer made in or after 2011 with Mountain Lion installed. It's called Airplay Mirroring.
Or alternatively you can achive something similar with this app
| Q: Connect Macbook Pro to TV wirelessly I am currently using an HDMI adapter (and a cable for audio) to connect my Macbook Pro (2009) to my HD TV (no smart TV) and I use a wireless keyboard and mouse.
Is it possible to achieve the same result wirelessly? Note that I'm not looking for something like Apple TV. I want to see my desktop on the TV, possibly with audio as well.
A: Believe me you are looking for something like Apple TV and Apple computer made in or after 2011 with Mountain Lion installed. It's called Airplay Mirroring.
Or alternatively you can achive something similar with this app
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59c23b5b0490c415cbcfa28f954a62abeb48cb24 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I transfer my iOS developer profile to another computer? I got a new MBP and would like to transfer my certificates and profiles from my old computer. According to TN 2250, under "Transferring Your Identities," I need to transfer three sets of items:
*
*all iPhone Developer certificates in your keychain
*all iPhone Distribution certificates in your keychain
*all Provisioning Profiles in the Xcode Organizer > Devices tab > Provisioning Profiles section under "Library"
TN 2250 suggests I click a link entitled "Transfer Your Developer Profile to Another Computer" to find out how to do said transfer, but that link effectively gives a 404 and refreshes to a page called "About Xcode"
How do I transfer my developer profile to another computer?
My old machine is running OS X 10.6.8 and Xcode 4.2 (4C199).
The new machine is running OS X 10.7.4 and Xcode 4.3.3 (4E3002).
A: Import/Export works differently in Xcode 5+. This Apple Developer guide shows you how to do it.
Your account is shown under Xcode → Preferences → Accounts, and can be exported by clicking the gear icon () in the lower-left.
| Q: How do I transfer my iOS developer profile to another computer? I got a new MBP and would like to transfer my certificates and profiles from my old computer. According to TN 2250, under "Transferring Your Identities," I need to transfer three sets of items:
*
*all iPhone Developer certificates in your keychain
*all iPhone Distribution certificates in your keychain
*all Provisioning Profiles in the Xcode Organizer > Devices tab > Provisioning Profiles section under "Library"
TN 2250 suggests I click a link entitled "Transfer Your Developer Profile to Another Computer" to find out how to do said transfer, but that link effectively gives a 404 and refreshes to a page called "About Xcode"
How do I transfer my developer profile to another computer?
My old machine is running OS X 10.6.8 and Xcode 4.2 (4C199).
The new machine is running OS X 10.7.4 and Xcode 4.3.3 (4E3002).
A: Import/Export works differently in Xcode 5+. This Apple Developer guide shows you how to do it.
Your account is shown under Xcode → Preferences → Accounts, and can be exported by clicking the gear icon () in the lower-left.
A: You need to export your private key from Key Chain access of Mac OSX in which certificates are running successfully or from which developer certificate made and download certificates from Apple Developer Portal, it will work as it works for me.
A: You can do this from within Xcode.
From the Organiser, on the devices tab, you can export your developer profile to a file which you can then import into Xcode on another computer.
The step by step process is explained in http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/Xcode4UserGuide/080-Manage_Your_Devices/manage_devices.html near the bottom in the section entitled Transfer Your Developer Profile to Another Computer
Note that if you don't have a Teams section in your Organizer - Devices, you can just drag and drop the password-protected Developer profiles export-file, onto the Xcode icon in the toolbar.
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dec02b78fd75dd1cfa1e090a01df4898333342cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro Sleep Battery Drain I have an Early 2011 Macbook Pro (13", basic spec) which since I got it (I only just stopped to think about it) has had a massive amount of sleep battery drain.
When the laptop is on and in-use, its battery lasts pretty much as I'd expect (5-7 hours) but if I put it to sleep (no apps running in foreground, RescueTime, Dropbox, Delibar and Droplr in background) it'll flatten its battery from 100% in about 24 hours.
The background apps are exactly the same as the ones running on my 2010 pro, the machines are all but identically setup, but that one in any 24-hour off period gets through about 4% of its battery. Both machines also have FileVault enabled and are running the same build of Lion.
Is there anything I can do to test the cause of this, or should I take it to a genius to inspect?
| Q: Macbook Pro Sleep Battery Drain I have an Early 2011 Macbook Pro (13", basic spec) which since I got it (I only just stopped to think about it) has had a massive amount of sleep battery drain.
When the laptop is on and in-use, its battery lasts pretty much as I'd expect (5-7 hours) but if I put it to sleep (no apps running in foreground, RescueTime, Dropbox, Delibar and Droplr in background) it'll flatten its battery from 100% in about 24 hours.
The background apps are exactly the same as the ones running on my 2010 pro, the machines are all but identically setup, but that one in any 24-hour off period gets through about 4% of its battery. Both machines also have FileVault enabled and are running the same build of Lion.
Is there anything I can do to test the cause of this, or should I take it to a genius to inspect?
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97752449b32d8b60ac1a4478cf959810250a8ffc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an iPhone app that takes continuous photos? I am looking for an app that can take continuous photos. In other words, I should be able to set the interval (e.g. every 3 seconds) and for how long (e.g. 2 minutes) and it would just snap photos.
Does something like that exists?
A: Try Triggertrap, it has time lapse and other options to trigger a photo. It works with the iPhone's camera or, if you purchase the appropriate cable, you can hook it up to a dslr. The free version is limited but I think provides the functionality you're looking for.
Triggertrap Mobile
| Q: Is there an iPhone app that takes continuous photos? I am looking for an app that can take continuous photos. In other words, I should be able to set the interval (e.g. every 3 seconds) and for how long (e.g. 2 minutes) and it would just snap photos.
Does something like that exists?
A: Try Triggertrap, it has time lapse and other options to trigger a photo. It works with the iPhone's camera or, if you purchase the appropriate cable, you can hook it up to a dslr. The free version is limited but I think provides the functionality you're looking for.
Triggertrap Mobile
A: I've used iTimeLapse a couple times and it seems pretty good.
iTimeLapse Pro
A: If you can update to iOS 8, then you can have this Time Lapse feature for free from Apple.
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2db7f10cf50138378e1b60768b7e016e17bfaf2b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Looking for a 360° object view iPhone app I'm looking for a 360° iPhone app that models one object from either a level path around the object or perhaps even a true 360 view from any angle looking in at the object.
This is different than the usual panorama 360° that captures what you see from one point in all directions, but one that allows the illusion of a central object to move and not the point of view (camera) moving.
A: How about 123D Catch? It is free and allows you to turn your photos into a 3D object.
See a demo here.
I just recently found another one called Relievos.
Relievos is a fun and creative tool that turns any picture into a 3D image, just like a sculpture.
| Q: Looking for a 360° object view iPhone app I'm looking for a 360° iPhone app that models one object from either a level path around the object or perhaps even a true 360 view from any angle looking in at the object.
This is different than the usual panorama 360° that captures what you see from one point in all directions, but one that allows the illusion of a central object to move and not the point of view (camera) moving.
A: How about 123D Catch? It is free and allows you to turn your photos into a 3D object.
See a demo here.
I just recently found another one called Relievos.
Relievos is a fun and creative tool that turns any picture into a 3D image, just like a sculpture.
A: I found the perfect app - haven't tried it yet but will shortly: Youspin
A: A cool 360° iPhone app is Dermendar.
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e33d2bbe242556b3c2bbe37dd616b0b778e4a9ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why isn't finder finding all files? I had a Smart Search for my Photo Stream files located at ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub/, searching for JPG and PNG files. I found that not all files were showing up. So I went looking for them myself and was able to locate them.
How does this make sense? Why doesn't finder see the same results? The list of files was achieved using the find command at the prompt. I then passed a simple find result to wc to get the count, 153 files found via find in Terminal but only 75 in Finder using Spotlight? What's the deal?
A: It might be necessary to rebuild the Spotlight database by running
sudo mdutil -E /
and waiting a few hours. I had the same issue in the past and rebuilding the index resolved it.
| Q: Why isn't finder finding all files? I had a Smart Search for my Photo Stream files located at ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub/, searching for JPG and PNG files. I found that not all files were showing up. So I went looking for them myself and was able to locate them.
How does this make sense? Why doesn't finder see the same results? The list of files was achieved using the find command at the prompt. I then passed a simple find result to wc to get the count, 153 files found via find in Terminal but only 75 in Finder using Spotlight? What's the deal?
A: It might be necessary to rebuild the Spotlight database by running
sudo mdutil -E /
and waiting a few hours. I had the same issue in the past and rebuilding the index resolved it.
A: I have this all the time...
Manual search or saved search shows:
*
*IMG_4668.JPG
*IMG_4663.JPG
*IMG_4662.JPG
*IMG_4661.JPG
and in the /assets/sub folder I see all the files. (including IMG_4664/5/6/7.JPG etc)
After running the following command everything is fine but it will take only a week or so before it's messed up again.
sudo mdutil -E /
Same applies to the ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ folder.
Multiple tests on other folders are succesfull. Just not the results for these 2 folders that both happen (?) to be under ~/Library/
Old Macbook and my new (freshly installed) Macbook: same issue
A: I'm not exactly clear on what you mean by "Smart Search". I'm assuming you're referring to a "Smart Folder", which allows you to specify and save Spotlight search criteria?
In Lion a Smart Folder with saved Spotlight criteria will show up in Finder as a folder with a gear icon. Smart Folders show up in ~/Library/Saved Searches/ with an extension of .savedSearch, which are actually preference lists holding aliases that create a virtual folder.
Looking at your screen capture it doesn't appear you're using a Smart Folder. Another observation is that your Finder search shows the files in the sub directory, where in Terminal you are drilling further down. Since it appears to be a standard Spotlight search it makes perfect sense why you're not seeing the same results in Finder and Terminal.
By default Spotlight does not index or search System folders, which includes the Library folder that you're searching. To resolve the inconsistency here's what you need to do:
In Finder navigate to:
*
*~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub/
*In the sub window click inside the search box and hit option return
*Search: This Mac | sub should appear just below
*Click sub and then + on the right side
*From the dropdown menu that appears select Kind is Image All
*Click the save button on the right and name it.
If you still aren't getting the same search results vs. Terminal then look through the search criteria options (+) to make adjustments. Hopefully this helped you, and/or anyone else that needs to setup a "smart search".
A: This is what worked for me:
Go into System Preferences > Spotlight "Privacy" tab. Press the "+" button at the bottom and add the volume you are trying to search. This will remove the volume from search results. Then click the "-" button to remove the volume you just added. This will reindex the volume that is having problems.
Try your search again. If you're in the same situation I was in, this should work.
A: I have been searching long and hard to fix the same issue with Finder showing no results when doing a simple search. I came across this solution that seem to have worked effectively and have now cured my aging frustration. I am using OS X Yosemite and from my research it seems multiple OS X releases and a large number of people were having this exact issue.
The solution is below:-
*
*Open a new Finder window
*Navigate to your "Library" folder
*
*How: Command-Shift-L or in Go menu, choose Library.
*Open the "Preferences" folder
*Locate the "com.apple.finder.plist" file and move it to Trash (i.e. delete it)
*From the Apple menu in top left corner, select Log Out (Or do a Restart)
*Log back in to your user account
*Open a new finder window and perform another search to test if fixed
*Once Finder search is confirmed working again with results showing up, you can then empty the Trash
This should resolve your issues. Good Luck!
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16418b174026ed376aebeded5d4ad12becb0c170 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Charge from USB on computer or wall socket? Is it OK if I keep charging my iPad and iPhone using the Mac USB ports? Or is it better to charge them with the supplied chargers?
I understand that charging slowly is better (though I'm not sure why), and I don't think it can get any slower than 1 day for the iPad using the USB port.
A: Charging more slowly won't make any difference, other than reducing the slight side effect of heat buildup on the iPad.
But it's perfectly OK to use lower powered ports such as those on your computer instead of the main powered chargers.
It's also perfectly OK to do it the other way around; you can charge your iPhone using the more powerful 20W iPad main adapter. It won't actually charge any faster than using the equivalent iPhone adapter, though. People will warn you that you'll damage your iPhone using this method, but that's simply a misunderstanding. 20W is the amount that the charger is capable of delivering, but if the phone doesn't ask for it, it doesn't get it. It's not all or nothing.
| Q: Charge from USB on computer or wall socket? Is it OK if I keep charging my iPad and iPhone using the Mac USB ports? Or is it better to charge them with the supplied chargers?
I understand that charging slowly is better (though I'm not sure why), and I don't think it can get any slower than 1 day for the iPad using the USB port.
A: Charging more slowly won't make any difference, other than reducing the slight side effect of heat buildup on the iPad.
But it's perfectly OK to use lower powered ports such as those on your computer instead of the main powered chargers.
It's also perfectly OK to do it the other way around; you can charge your iPhone using the more powerful 20W iPad main adapter. It won't actually charge any faster than using the equivalent iPhone adapter, though. People will warn you that you'll damage your iPhone using this method, but that's simply a misunderstanding. 20W is the amount that the charger is capable of delivering, but if the phone doesn't ask for it, it doesn't get it. It's not all or nothing.
A: It's not any better or any worse just slower. Personally I'd use the mains supply as its much quicker.
A: If you have both options, you should prefer the wall charging method. The USB charging is not only slow but also not as efficient as the wall charging.
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48b887852d40dae97eeafdd7fda6ba45ad5bd71d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delete Stored Offline Attachments in Mail.app I'm using Apple Mail and have noticed that the ~/Library/Mail/V2 folder is using up over a gigabyte of space. I'm guessing that a lot of that is stored attachments for my email messages. I've already set the Keep copies of messages for offline viewing setting to All messages, but omit attachments, but how do I delete all of those attachments that have already been downloaded? Note that I've already found out about the Remove Attachments option, but I want to simply delete my offline copy of the attachments, not delete them on the server as well.
I've seen the [my account]/INBOX.mbox/[alphanumeric string]/Data/[#]/[#]/Attachments folders; is it safe for me to simply delete all of these folders?
Thanks in advance!
A: If your mail account is IMAP or Exchange, you can simply rebuild your mailbox(es).
*
*In Mail.app, ensure that the Mailbox sidebar is exposed and highlighted (click the mailbox you would like to rebuild)
*On the menu bar, select Mailbox -> Rebuild to rebuild the highlighted mailbox.
Repeat, if necessary for any other mailboxes.
| Q: Delete Stored Offline Attachments in Mail.app I'm using Apple Mail and have noticed that the ~/Library/Mail/V2 folder is using up over a gigabyte of space. I'm guessing that a lot of that is stored attachments for my email messages. I've already set the Keep copies of messages for offline viewing setting to All messages, but omit attachments, but how do I delete all of those attachments that have already been downloaded? Note that I've already found out about the Remove Attachments option, but I want to simply delete my offline copy of the attachments, not delete them on the server as well.
I've seen the [my account]/INBOX.mbox/[alphanumeric string]/Data/[#]/[#]/Attachments folders; is it safe for me to simply delete all of these folders?
Thanks in advance!
A: If your mail account is IMAP or Exchange, you can simply rebuild your mailbox(es).
*
*In Mail.app, ensure that the Mailbox sidebar is exposed and highlighted (click the mailbox you would like to rebuild)
*On the menu bar, select Mailbox -> Rebuild to rebuild the highlighted mailbox.
Repeat, if necessary for any other mailboxes.
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cb8697bc4f019bae9a7ffabd5645add198979050 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the impedance of the line/headphone jack on MacBook Pro Retina? I want to buy headphones that I will primarily use on my MacBook Pro Retina. I read that I should not buy headphones with high impedance because the volume will be really low. I want something I can use with my MacBook and my iPad. I looked at these headphones, but I'm afraid they will not work well for my purposes:
http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-770-PRO-250-ohms/dp/B0006NL5SM/ref=pd_cp_e_0
Does anyone have experience with this stuff?
A: The thing is, the higher impedance headphones will be much lower quality on a low impedance output such as the MacBook. Coming from an audiophile, if you only have a MacBook and you don't have the dough to buy a $500 headphone amp, it's not worth it! A $150 set of headphones would have better quality than an $800 dollar set without an amp.
| Q: What is the impedance of the line/headphone jack on MacBook Pro Retina? I want to buy headphones that I will primarily use on my MacBook Pro Retina. I read that I should not buy headphones with high impedance because the volume will be really low. I want something I can use with my MacBook and my iPad. I looked at these headphones, but I'm afraid they will not work well for my purposes:
http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-770-PRO-250-ohms/dp/B0006NL5SM/ref=pd_cp_e_0
Does anyone have experience with this stuff?
A: The thing is, the higher impedance headphones will be much lower quality on a low impedance output such as the MacBook. Coming from an audiophile, if you only have a MacBook and you don't have the dough to buy a $500 headphone amp, it's not worth it! A $150 set of headphones would have better quality than an $800 dollar set without an amp.
A: I have a pair of Beyerdynamic 990 PRO 250 Ohm which supposedly use the same drivers as the 770 Pro 250 Ohm. I use these with a MacBook Air (early 2011) and have no trouble driving them at levels beyond what I would think of as comfortable or even healthy (but others may have a different definition of "loud").
On the positive side, if the output impedance of the MacBook is rated at <24 Ohm, then the 250 Ohm input impedance of the Beyerdynamics gives you a damping factor above 10 which helps keep distortion low.
Beyerdynamic have versions with lower impedance to deliver higher volume with portable equipment but I have found that even my Samsung Galaxy Note drives the 250 Ohm versions loud enough for my (almost 40 year old) ears.
A: Update for the 2021 MacBook Pro 14" and 16".
The 3.5 mm headphone jack on the MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) or MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) features DC load detection and adaptive voltage output. Mac can detect the impedance of the connected device and will adapt its output for low- and high-impedance headphones, as well as for line-level audio devices.
When connected headphones with an impedance of less than 150 ohms, the headphone jack provides up to 1.25 volts RMS. For headphones with an impedance of 150 to 1k ohms, the headphone jack delivers 3 volts RMS. This may remove the need for an external headphone amplifier.
The built-in digital-to-analog converter supports sample rates of up to 96 kHz.
Reference : Apple Support - Use high-impedance headphones with new MacBook Pro models
PS: I am answering here as well since this thread is active, in addition to my original answer for the New 2021 MBP thread: High Impedance support for the new Headphone Jack on the 2021 MacBook Pro 14" and 16"?
A: The 2021 MacBook Pro have a fairly detailed spec sheet:
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212856
I couldn't find the specific details for the original MacBook Pro Retina machine, but these specs are pretty universal across the whole MBP lineup and should help you match a pair of headphones:
Line/Headphone Output
The line/headphone output is automatically selected for audio output if no external device is detected at the S/PDIF optical digital output port. The line/headphone output supports a stereo data stream at bit depths of 16, 20, or 24 bits per sample and at sample rates of 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, or 96 kHz. The line/headphone output volume can be adjusted from 0.0 dB to -95.25 dB.
During playback of a 1 kHz, full-scale sine wave (44.1 kHz output sample rate, 24-bit sample depth, 100 kΩ load, unless otherwise specified) the audio line output has the following nominal specifications:
Jack type: 3.5 mm stereo
Maximum output voltage: 2 VRMS (+8.24 dBu)
Output impedance: < 24 Ω
Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, +0.5 dB/-3 dB
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR): > 90 dB
Total harmonic distortion + noise (THD+N): < -80 dB (0.01%)
Channel separation: > 75 dB
Note: For best results, equipment plugged into the line/headphone output jack should not connect the audio ground to other grounds, such as the chassis or “green-wire” ground.
The answer to that post doesn't contain a reference link I'm afraid.
I did find a link on the Apple Support page that says the Mac Mini's headphone jack is 10 Ohms.
All this is to say: yes, you're correct. Those headphones are far too high a load for the limited-power amplifiers in your iDevices and your MacBook Pro.
You want a lower impedance headphones. They're more efficient at converting the electrical signal they're passed in to sound you can hear. More efficient means, for the same power electrical signal, higher volume reproduction.
Aim for something the less-than-or-equal to 64 Ohm range if you can.
A: I have tried both the Marshal Major and the Urban Ears headphones through the Macbook Pro Retina.
Both are simply fantastic.
Marc
A: If you are concerned about the volume level, try headphones that have between about 16 and about 32 ohm impedance and with a high sensitivity (dB/mW), say more than about 90 or 100. There are headphones with over 110dB/mW sensitivity with impedance in that range.
If the output impedance of the device is a bit lower than the input impedance of the headphones, you trade a little bit of loudness for a bit of quality.
This will make sure you can use your headphones with many different devices, if one day you upgrade your sound sources.
More details about line level and headphones can be found on the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphones#Electrical_characteristics
A: http://nwavguy.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/headphone-amp-impedance.html
"THE SHORT VERSION: All you really need to know is most headphones work best when the output impedance is less than 1/8th the headphone impedance. So, for example, with 32 ohm Grados the output impedance can be, at most, 32/8 = 4 ohms. The Etymotic HF5s are 16 ohms so the max output impedance is 16/8 = 2 ohms. If you want to be assured a source will work well with just about any headphone, simply make sure the output impedance is under 2 ohms."
So if the mac is 10 ohm output, you want headphones with >80ohm impedance.
A: It turns out higher impedance headphones will produce very low sound on MacBooks. For this reason headphones with an ohms rating above 80 may not be suitable, and would require a headphone amplifier to function properly.
Something like the FiiO E11 could get the job done at the expense of some portability, although it would allow such headphones to be used with most portable devices too like iPods, iPhones, and iPads.
A: This is an old question, but this does still come up from time to time.
For portable use you want a low impedance headphone. On the one you quoted the 16 or 32 ohm impedance is the one you want. Lower impedance will be a little more bassy, 32 Ohm might be a smidge better quality but a little bit quieter. The high impedance headphones are for amplified studio use. I'd get the 32 Ohm unit.
This site says a lot, probably enough to confuse you more. https://www.headphonesty.com/2019/04/headphone-impedance-demystified/ The table at the end says the Air has an output impedance of 1.6 Ohms. I don't think it matters much for you, however.
You see, while I don't have a MacBook Pro Retina, the Sony MDRZX110 sounds great on a Mac Mini. 24 Ohms, 98dB/mW sensitivity. Output from the Mac Mini at 1/3 full scale is fine, full scale would induce hearing loss type loud over time. $14 on Amazon. Audio quite clear. Ear covering style. In addition, it works great with the USB-C to 3.5 mm adapter for airplane trip use, and works fine on my iPhone SE with the same adapter. All those devices have a wide range of low impedance.
The power output on these differing machines is similar. It probably qualifies as line-out, which is at least 1V p-p. Headphones or a speaker that is powered will do fine. The headphones I described above are fine.
A: I've tried the Beyerdynamic 770 Pro 80 Ohms on a MacBook Pro (2018) and they sound dull compared to my other Marshall headset and to what they produce on a Hi-Fi amplifier.
I'm exchanging them for the 32 Ohms version.
A: Geeez ... Why make a simple question hard ... Almost all analog audio devices have an output of between 4 and 20 ohms. So, the closer to that range your headphones the better they will perform. 10 ohms is good.
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8c5c96305b08875ec7556121b96befe0e1de04cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to enable 1.5x scaling using HiDPI on OS X? I use a Mac Mini on a 46" 1080p TV and using native resolution the UI is too small, and using HiDPI the UI is too big.
Is there a way to hack the OS X to enable 150% scaling instead of 100% and 200% ??
A: No, this is not possible as it would result in a significantly distorted image with loss of image data. There is no way to accurately display one dot over 1.5 x 1.5 pixels.
| Q: Is it possible to enable 1.5x scaling using HiDPI on OS X? I use a Mac Mini on a 46" 1080p TV and using native resolution the UI is too small, and using HiDPI the UI is too big.
Is there a way to hack the OS X to enable 150% scaling instead of 100% and 200% ??
A: No, this is not possible as it would result in a significantly distorted image with loss of image data. There is no way to accurately display one dot over 1.5 x 1.5 pixels.
A: Unlike previous attempts at OS X resolution independence, HiDPI mode has a fixed 2x scaling factor. There's no way to change that scale factor, nor would I expect things to work well even if you could. In fact, prior to 10.7.3 or .4, HiDPI still had some bugs here and there.
There's a good section on resolution independence in John Siracusa's Lion review at Ars Technica if you want a bit more detail.
A: If I understand your question correctly you would like to have your information displayed in 1080p, I am low vision and use my mac mini server on a 42" vizio, if you right click or two finger tap (with a magic trackpad) on the tool bar of safari, mail and many other apps you will get a menu to hide tool bar and an option to customize tool bar, select customize tool bar then drag the little A and big A icon onto the tool bar this will allow you to enlarge the element inside of safari (keystrokes are command = or - on the short keyboard, you can use the + or - on the num pad of the long keyboard). For my lcd it takes three or four clicks of the big A, or three or four clicks of command +, this will display the page as it should, if I need further enlargement I will use pinch to zoom on the trackpad and two finger slide left or right to move the element to be able to read all the text on the screen. This option is not available with the app store or iTunes.
When the above options are not available or I need to read the tool bar or menus I use the accessibility feature in ML or Universal Access in Lion or earlier. Open system preferences select accessibility in ML, then select zoom and enable the box for use keyboard shortcuts to zoom (this mode enlarges the whole screen not just the element inside the app) the keystrokes are option command = to enlarge or option command - to decress with the short keyboard (if you have the long keyboard you can use option command + or - on the num pad). You can also select more options and use the maximum zoom slider for a one click default zoom option, use the same keystrokes option command = or + to zoom out and option command - to zoom back in. You will have to play with this to find the zoom size you need.
Sorry I do not know how to include pictures or screenshots if someone could edit it might help. I hope this has helped.
A: Yes, this is possible:
First you need to get SwitchResX.
After installation, you then click System Preferences > Other > SwitchResX > select your Mac / Monitor from the right column -> Custom Resolution > and click + button to add a new resolution.
Now you need to select "Scaled resolution" inside the select option field & enter the resolution inside the scaled to Text field. So lets say if you want a 1920 x 1080 Hidpi setting, you need to create a custom 3840 x 2160 etc.
After all, just click save and then restart it, once you restart your mac, you should be able to see the new hidpi setting under display setting.
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9ee5170ddde2663e12de502f69f6eac4e4ff7c1d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why might more memory be wired in safe mode than in normal mode? Maybe more noticeable in Lion and Mountain Lion, than in Snow Leopard and earlier versions of the operating system:
*
*in safe mode, an unexpectedly large amount of wired memory.
Question
Why might more memory be wired in safe mode?
Example
Screenshots of Mountain Lion in safe and normal modes on a MacBookPro5,2 with 8 GB memory:
*
*with a safe boot, more than 5 GB is wired after login
*with a normal boot, less than 2 GB.
Links
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
What is wired memory?
Mac virtual memory: how to make OS X create swap (page) files as freely with a normal boot as it does with a safe boot (swapfile1 etc)
XNU questions in Stack Overflow
A: SafeBoot disables various kernel extensions including the GPU. The extra memory is likely being used for the display where it would normally be allocated to share with integrated graphics or be handled by a discreet graphics card.
| Q: Why might more memory be wired in safe mode than in normal mode? Maybe more noticeable in Lion and Mountain Lion, than in Snow Leopard and earlier versions of the operating system:
*
*in safe mode, an unexpectedly large amount of wired memory.
Question
Why might more memory be wired in safe mode?
Example
Screenshots of Mountain Lion in safe and normal modes on a MacBookPro5,2 with 8 GB memory:
*
*with a safe boot, more than 5 GB is wired after login
*with a normal boot, less than 2 GB.
Links
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
What is wired memory?
Mac virtual memory: how to make OS X create swap (page) files as freely with a normal boot as it does with a safe boot (swapfile1 etc)
XNU questions in Stack Overflow
A: SafeBoot disables various kernel extensions including the GPU. The extra memory is likely being used for the display where it would normally be allocated to share with integrated graphics or be handled by a discreet graphics card.
A: Wiring code into RAM prevents it from being swapped to storage, so this might be a nice design tradeoff to wire critical components and frameworks to RAM so that the chance of a drive that fails to write data correctly will bring the system down.
Trading speed for stability would be a nice thing for safe mode to enhance it's ability to run in edge cases (drive totally full, drive failing, major software corruption). Even if this is not intentional, the safe boot does throw away (and does not recreate) the dynamic loader shared cache and that also might be a design reason to just pin each library needed into RAM. You would want to run sysdiagnose before, during and after a safe boot and might be able to see in memory allocation statistics if this makes up for your measured difference in RAM allocation.
I can't speak for the designers, but I would consider making this tradeoff if I were in their shoes and wanted to make Safe Mode as safe to run as possible.
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d00f8559a4f50ff237f26cab50bdb3b1a4ff5791 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot enable guest account I cannot enable Guest Account. Logged as admin, I got at Users & Groups, select Guest User,and tick Allow guests to log on this computer. Even when ticked, "disabled" appears bellow Guest User account label. When I switch to the admin account and then back at guest account (within preferences) the box is now unchecked. Any ideas what can cause this?
p.s: I don't have FileVault
Update
So I thought to try a restart. A guest account is has appeared and working (looked disabled before restart) but I cannot open Users & Group Prefs. When I select it I get: Could not load Users & Groups Preference Pane.
A: As per David solution here (although not the cause):
I used Directory Utility (/System/Library/Core Services/Directory Utility) to delete two extra Guest accounts ("Guest1" and "Guest2").
After deleting those two records I could open the Users & Groups System Preference Pane.
Source: I've got "Preference Error: Could not load Users
| Q: Cannot enable guest account I cannot enable Guest Account. Logged as admin, I got at Users & Groups, select Guest User,and tick Allow guests to log on this computer. Even when ticked, "disabled" appears bellow Guest User account label. When I switch to the admin account and then back at guest account (within preferences) the box is now unchecked. Any ideas what can cause this?
p.s: I don't have FileVault
Update
So I thought to try a restart. A guest account is has appeared and working (looked disabled before restart) but I cannot open Users & Group Prefs. When I select it I get: Could not load Users & Groups Preference Pane.
A: As per David solution here (although not the cause):
I used Directory Utility (/System/Library/Core Services/Directory Utility) to delete two extra Guest accounts ("Guest1" and "Guest2").
After deleting those two records I could open the Users & Groups System Preference Pane.
Source: I've got "Preference Error: Could not load Users
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b64c727e909de2f13b97475b4ade8e09ccd7a664 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to buy a genuine iPhone battery online? I searched for an iPhone 3GS replacement battery on Amazon and while many items claim to be original/genuine, a lot of reviewers still complain that they are not/not as described/do not work well. Is going through Apple the only way to get a genuine battery or is it possible to order one online?
A: I've replaced several batteries in older iPhones including the iPhone 3.. I have not tried in the iPhone 4 models.
In the original and the iPhone 3 / 3GS, it's really quite simple. The batteries were fine (from Amazon). They come with the tool to separate the back panel, look at iFixit.com for instructions, but just take your time and be patient..
HTH
| Q: Is it possible to buy a genuine iPhone battery online? I searched for an iPhone 3GS replacement battery on Amazon and while many items claim to be original/genuine, a lot of reviewers still complain that they are not/not as described/do not work well. Is going through Apple the only way to get a genuine battery or is it possible to order one online?
A: I've replaced several batteries in older iPhones including the iPhone 3.. I have not tried in the iPhone 4 models.
In the original and the iPhone 3 / 3GS, it's really quite simple. The batteries were fine (from Amazon). They come with the tool to separate the back panel, look at iFixit.com for instructions, but just take your time and be patient..
HTH
A: Yes, you can get genuine iPhone batteries from Amazon .
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ORIGINAL-IPHONE-INTERNAL-BATTERY-REPLACEMENT/dp/B004I5K8Z0
i got this for my dad's phone
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bb40667f5758c8d37de4c4efd4c0ed2bce2ab6e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What can a 1st gen Apple TV do than a new Apple TV cannot? I have a 1st gen one and I'm thinking about selling it to get a new one.
People on ebay seem to want the old one.
Why are 1st gen Apple TVs selling on ebay for over $100 while a new Apple TV is sold for $99?
A: de_an777 wrote a pretty solid answer. I'll add that because the underlying CPU is an Intel Pentium-M, the first generation Apple TVs can be hacked to run OS X. The later generation ones are ARM based and are thus restricted to Linux distributions that are ARM-compatible.
| Q: What can a 1st gen Apple TV do than a new Apple TV cannot? I have a 1st gen one and I'm thinking about selling it to get a new one.
People on ebay seem to want the old one.
Why are 1st gen Apple TVs selling on ebay for over $100 while a new Apple TV is sold for $99?
A: de_an777 wrote a pretty solid answer. I'll add that because the underlying CPU is an Intel Pentium-M, the first generation Apple TVs can be hacked to run OS X. The later generation ones are ARM based and are thus restricted to Linux distributions that are ARM-compatible.
A: Here is the big reason: The first gen ATV has a wifi card which can be removed in favor of a $40 Broadcom HD Decoder card. Then, with a customized Linux distribution, you can run XBMC on the device and stream 1080 content from a NAS or another computer.
Since there is no jailbreak currently available for the third gen ATV, this is an easy an inexpensive way to watch HD video on one's HDTV, complete with an IR remote, and it's a full linux install as well.
A: The main reason the 1st generation Apple TV first retains it's value is because of the hard drive. The 2nd generation does not have any built in storage and so everything has to stream to it.
There's nothing worse than hearing that long sigh on the other end of the phone when I have to explain that iTunes needs to be on the computer to stream the Glee album she wants to play.
It has its limitations but the original Apple TV is superior for browsing my music collections.
A: I'm impressed that the Apple TV first generation is really an Intel Mac capable of much more than a movie player. The Linux Crystalbuntu OS seems to be a good medium between a video device and an all out Intel Mac. I purchased the 160 GB 1st generation for under $80 instead of the ATV 3 and think I've got a much better toy.
A: It may not be an issue to many, but I prefer the old one because it has analogue audio out which makes it possible to link it with an older amplifier
This is a big issue to anyone who wants audio in Zone 2 or 3 from an AV receiver.
Only very expensive AV receivers can pass digital audio to secondary zones, they only pass analog audio. Because newer AppleTVs only output digital audio (HDMI or optical), you need a digital to analog converter if you want audio from the AppleTV in secondary zones.
A: We have a 1st Gen ATV plus a 2nd Gen ATV. At times either of these have been connected to the same Sony 42" HDTV. There is a money saving difference that no one here mentioned: the first option with all movies on the ATV1Gen is to rent the SD version for a dollar less than the HD version. At least on our ATV 2nd Gen, only the HD version of movies is offered. Since the ATV and our Sony HD television are both capable of up-converting, we usually buy the SD version and save about $50 a year in movie rentals. The SD version is not some crappy, old low quality 4:3 television image. It looks so good on our TV only a video freak would notice the difference without a side-by-side comparison. I know, some of you will say it's big difference to you. Personally, we don't see much difference and we already have the thing so I say "Save the money." We rent a lot of stuff with friends over, and not one has ever asked "What's wrong with the resolution of the movie? Are you up-converting it?"
We also hacked it with RemoteHD to be Airplay capable, and have it connected to the analog inputs of our tuner downstairs. Only the hacked ATV1Gen can accept streams from another Apple TV; later generations of ATV cannot share between each other. So we can stream music to it from any device in the house, even the other ATV, which is nice if you like background music while working or when entertaining.
Although it has a hard drive, even if you pre-fill it with rented movies to take it with you, it still requires an internet connection to authorize the playback, so it's not really "untethered" from the internet for DRM movies. But non-DRM content like MP3 and Home movies play without a network connection. With some effort, you can get around this by converting movies beforehand, but I won't go into that. That's for people with more time than money, or insomniacs going on an extended cruise or something where there's no possibility of reliable internet.
ATV1Gen has proven to be a keeper. I bought it used on eBay for $125 and wouldn't sell it back even for more than that.
A: The only super major differences the 1st Gen Apple TV's has from the new ones is the ability to store Movies, Music, Content, etc because they have a physical hard drive in them for doing those things. The other things is that they can connect to TV's through Red, Blue, Green Component Cables. They also do not support Airplay with out a hack or a software fix. Also, the newest Apple TV, the 3rd Gen, allows for 1080p HD playback, where the older ones only support 720p HD playback.
There are also a few other minor differences in size, power consumption, software options/OS and so on.
The new Apple TV's do not have hard drives or Component Cable outputs and support Airplay out of the box. Airplay is probably the biggest feature that makes people who don't want to hack to jump ship to the newer box. It is pretty cool. The 1080 HD playback is nice, but depending on your TV, may or may not be noticeable/important.
Some people like the older ones also because they can be hacked and used as linux computers (link) with actual storage and since they can also store things on them, you can take it with you and have videos/music on it and not require internet for streaming your content.
Though the biggest reason is most likely the hack-ability of them, they are tiny computers with a decent amount of power. And since they aren't sold any more and are still sought after, that would explain their above average price.
The new Apple TV's require internet of some kind or at least a local network for stream video and movies and data from a computer or the internet.
They are also significantly smaller too, the older Apple TVs are much larger.
You can see all the differences on their wiki page, it lays out the differences in features between the devices and even talks about most of the hacks that are available. Very informative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV
I hope that this answer helps you out.
A: You can also upgrade the HD to 1TB which takes the whole ATV1 to a new level.
A: Re: Analog/Digital capabilities
With newer-gen Apple TVs you still can, apparently, hook up to analog with a simple & inexpensive hack - a digital-to-analog converter = $20
I'm just the messenger - not the thinker behind this, so if you want to check it out, the link is at bottom of my comment
I can't argue anything technically here - I was just looking into this and found the link right after leaving this site (which was helpful - thanks)
Just wanted to share with anyone who comes looking for answer after me...
http://www.technologytell.com/hometech/95077/3rd-gen-apple-tv-multi-room-music-server/
A: Floating pictures screensaver
Ah, there is a major void here. The Apple TV Gen 1 is a photographer's dream. For those of us with thousands of digital images, when do we ever trot them out and look at them? Rarely. Instead, get a 22" flat panel, hook it to your Apple TV generation 1 40GB, and just run the floating pictures screensaver.
Artfully shows several pictures at once
It beats all others that show one picture at a time in a manner that clearly looks like a computer screensaver.
Not one picture at a time
No other device has this floating pictures screensaver. None. And no, there is no other software that can do this even with a PC hooked up to the monitor. If you want a standalone device that shows your photos in a floating screensaver mode, the Apple TV gen 1 is the only way.
Night light
We leave ours on in the kitchen 24/7 as a night light, wall decor, and constant reminder of where we've been and what we've done.
Limit: 2000 photos
I found that about after 1-2000 photos it starts to repeat, regardless of whether there are 10,000 photos on the device. Thus far, have been unable to find any sites describing the algorithm apple uses for the floating photo screensaver.
A: I can put it in my car, with all my movies stored on it, and if I need to down load another one, I just connect it in the garage via wifi and purchase in my driveway or in the garage, and the kiddies are happy and quiet on any car ride.
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52ac2538398108d14fab890af157faa343ccdffb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Hide App Name in Mac OS X Lion Dock I am trying to figure out how can I disable/hide the App Name in MacOS X Lion dock. I've also attached an image so you can see what I mean.
Someone has any idea about how can I hide that?
A: You're going to need the Developer Tools installed to do this, so that you can open up .plist files in the Property Editor.
You can edit the com.apple.dock.plist file that is stored in /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences to get rid of all names of persistent applications (e.g. icons that stay in the dock even when you've quit out of them). In-depth instructions are here, on the apple developer website.
Note that I tried the "without dev tools" instructions at the above link and the .plist file was full of non-human-readable encoded data, so you may have a harder time if you don't have the Property Editor or Xcode applications installed.
| Q: Hide App Name in Mac OS X Lion Dock I am trying to figure out how can I disable/hide the App Name in MacOS X Lion dock. I've also attached an image so you can see what I mean.
Someone has any idea about how can I hide that?
A: You're going to need the Developer Tools installed to do this, so that you can open up .plist files in the Property Editor.
You can edit the com.apple.dock.plist file that is stored in /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences to get rid of all names of persistent applications (e.g. icons that stay in the dock even when you've quit out of them). In-depth instructions are here, on the apple developer website.
Note that I tried the "without dev tools" instructions at the above link and the .plist file was full of non-human-readable encoded data, so you may have a harder time if you don't have the Property Editor or Xcode applications installed.
A: *
*If you have Dev Tools
*
*Go to /Users/Your Name/Library/Preferences/
*Open com.apple.dock.plist (It should open in Property List Editor)
*In the Editor disclose Root >> persistent-apps >> 0 >> Tile Data
*You'll see the file-label for the first dock item. The value for this property is the name you see in the dock (in my case Firefox.
Double click the value (in my case Firefox) to edit it to whatever
you want, including leaving it blank.
*Rinse and Repeat (steps 3 & 4) for other persistent-app >> (numbers).
*Rinse and Repeat for persistant-others
*Save/Quit.
*Logout and back in (or just quit the dock via Utilities/Activity Monitor).
*If you don't have Dev Tools
*
*Read the Dev Tools instructions (it's help you understand this)
*Drag com.apple.dock.plist to TextEdit or an equivalent app.
*Find the file-labels key
*The string right after the is file label to edit if you want it to be blank the lines should looks something like:
file-label
*Rinse, lather, repeat.
*There is no step six!
*Save/Quit.
*Logout and back in (or just quit the dock via Utilities/Activity Monitor).
Reference
A: The app name label is a standard part of the Dock user interface; you cannot opt out of it on a per-app basis.
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0c5f83991451d170ba50189103cdb21579293929 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get my iOS5 iPhone 4 (and 3GS) to play a .wav file attachment in email? I have a phone service that sends me emails of voicemails in .wav files as attachments. How do I get them to play on my iPhone 4 (and 3GS)?
A: In Mail, just tap on the attachment to play the .wav file.
| Q: How do I get my iOS5 iPhone 4 (and 3GS) to play a .wav file attachment in email? I have a phone service that sends me emails of voicemails in .wav files as attachments. How do I get them to play on my iPhone 4 (and 3GS)?
A: In Mail, just tap on the attachment to play the .wav file.
A: Not a very good solution, but it should work.
Once you send the file to your Mac (or Windows machine), and put it in iTunes, you can convert to iPhone-compatible format and sync back to your iPhone... Here is the iTunes menu choice for "Create and iPod or iPhone Version":
A: Taking a wild guess as I have never had to play audio files not compatible on my phone but try getting an external app that could possibly read it such as Dropbox and in the message, tap open with -> dropbox.
If that doesn't work, its in your dropbox so you could open it on another device that can play .wav files.
Hope this helps!
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bd5d84fdcd605e1dc3be067b7d0f7a495c013498 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What determines the width of the cone in the Maps app? I have noticed that the "direction cone" in the Maps app sometimes changes its acuteness: sometimes it will get wider or narrower. The cone seems to represent some sort of accuracy/confidence. I'm particularly interested in what factors (environmental?) alter it.
What causes this? (or am I just imagining that it changes at all?)
A: I believe it's related to the accuracy of the compass. In my experience, the compass is quite inaccurate and maps do not align perfectly with real life, but usually the actual alignment is somewhere in the cone (I say usually because sometimes they're so inaccurate that it's outside even that, especially when I'm inside a big metal car). This is similar to the blue circle around the dot that represents uncertainty in your location.
It probably changes its acuteness because the compass becomes more and less accurate over time. The angle of the device may have something to do with this (based on the built-in compass app and personal experience, the compass seems to be more accurate when the device is laid down flat).
| Q: What determines the width of the cone in the Maps app? I have noticed that the "direction cone" in the Maps app sometimes changes its acuteness: sometimes it will get wider or narrower. The cone seems to represent some sort of accuracy/confidence. I'm particularly interested in what factors (environmental?) alter it.
What causes this? (or am I just imagining that it changes at all?)
A: I believe it's related to the accuracy of the compass. In my experience, the compass is quite inaccurate and maps do not align perfectly with real life, but usually the actual alignment is somewhere in the cone (I say usually because sometimes they're so inaccurate that it's outside even that, especially when I'm inside a big metal car). This is similar to the blue circle around the dot that represents uncertainty in your location.
It probably changes its acuteness because the compass becomes more and less accurate over time. The angle of the device may have something to do with this (based on the built-in compass app and personal experience, the compass seems to be more accurate when the device is laid down flat).
A: As far as I noticed, moving the device in place also moves the cone. This would mean that the app is using the Compass in order to determine what you are "looking at". I guess what the app is trying to achieve is show your point of view, on the map, so you can easily distinguish objects. I have no idea why it would get wider/narrower, maybe something to do with compass accuracy?
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5a7d554fc52092588c0a71fb77c8fda0a073356d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to burn a DVD (or usb bootable drive) out of the Mountain Lion app store install? Is it possible to burn a DVD (or usb bootable drive) out of the Mountain Lion app store install?
A: Yes it's possible, you can find a couple of useful guides for the steps required. Here is one from Macworld.
The main points are to do it before installing Mountain Lion as the installer will delete the install files, and use the disk image in the application package as the source for your USB key or DVD.
The USB key will generally give you better performance if you need to reinstall OS X later.
| Q: Is it possible to burn a DVD (or usb bootable drive) out of the Mountain Lion app store install? Is it possible to burn a DVD (or usb bootable drive) out of the Mountain Lion app store install?
A: Yes it's possible, you can find a couple of useful guides for the steps required. Here is one from Macworld.
The main points are to do it before installing Mountain Lion as the installer will delete the install files, and use the disk image in the application package as the source for your USB key or DVD.
The USB key will generally give you better performance if you need to reinstall OS X later.
A: As has been said, it IS possible. Easiest way to do it is with this tool:
http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/
Took me all of about five minutes to get it taken care of with a run-of-the-mill 8GB flash drive.
As tRehak pointed out, though: Don't install Mountain Lion until you've made the drive/burned the DVD. Otherwise, you'll have to re-download the installer all over again.
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9ee27dea1dc22d1052b25292dcd8d294d01706f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What un(der)-documented features have you stumbled upon in Mountain Lion? This question serves to share and collect the enhancements which are not documented by Apple, or documented poorly.
Please justify your answer; if it is something that is well documented by Apple and elsewhere on the web, it does not belong here. Your answer should put the feature into context, explaining how to use it. Add a picture if necessary.
Please add only one topic per answer. Try to find and edit existing features / answers rather than posting a duplicate answer which will end up getting deleted. Note that answers which are not specific to Mountain Lion will be removed as well. You can post such answers here.
A: In-App File Manipulation
When you hover over the file name in the application bar you can Rename, Move to iCloud, Move to.., Duplicate, Lock and Browse all Versions.
Other than that, you can also have specific services that appear there.
| Q: What un(der)-documented features have you stumbled upon in Mountain Lion? This question serves to share and collect the enhancements which are not documented by Apple, or documented poorly.
Please justify your answer; if it is something that is well documented by Apple and elsewhere on the web, it does not belong here. Your answer should put the feature into context, explaining how to use it. Add a picture if necessary.
Please add only one topic per answer. Try to find and edit existing features / answers rather than posting a duplicate answer which will end up getting deleted. Note that answers which are not specific to Mountain Lion will be removed as well. You can post such answers here.
A: In-App File Manipulation
When you hover over the file name in the application bar you can Rename, Move to iCloud, Move to.., Duplicate, Lock and Browse all Versions.
Other than that, you can also have specific services that appear there.
A: User prompt for address book access
This has only been officially announced for iOS 6 but quietly made it's way into Mountain Lion.
Your address book data is located in:
/Users/my_name/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
So far, I've used a firewall to controll read/write access on a per-application basis, but Mountain Lion does this now itself:
A: Safari Tab Sharing:
If you have more than 1 Mac signed into the same iCloud account, then you can access a list of any open Safari tabs on your other machines by clicking the button in the toolbar as follows:
So far so yeah yeah we all knew about this months ago, but:
Start: Previously undiscussed material
In addition to opening the tab it even captures certain state definitions, such as whether or not you have the page open in Reader mode or not (and opens the tab to match accordingly). In reader mode on the remote tab? You will be if you open it locally via iCloud tab sharing.
Also things like dynamic page titles are carried over such as the (1) that appears when a new question with activity is identified on this site for example Have an open but unattended SE site tab open? You'll be able to see how many new questions with activity just by watching the tab title change. Same thing applies to Facebook chat windows etc, anything that alters the page title without you needing to navigate elsewhere in order for it to do so.
To open the shared tab in a new tab rather than replace the contents of the current one, simply Command+Click it
End: Previously undiscussed material
When iOS 6 is released, the same features will be available cross platform between Safari and Mobile Safari.
A: Better Dashboard Widgets Management
The "widgets bar" at the bottom of Dashboard is gone. To manage what dashboard widgets appear, click the + button to enter a mode where you see all available widgets; click one to add it to your default set of widgets. A new search bar helps you find the widget you want just like in the refined Launchpad. So, click...
+
..at the bottom left to enter the "add widgets" mode:
A: Mountain Lion removed the option to show the estimated battery time remaining from the battery menu bar item.
This data can still be accessed if your battery is not fully charged and isn’t charging, though. In those cases, ⌥ + Clicking the battery icon in the menu bar shows something like this:
A: Ask to keep changes when closing documents
You can now force Mountain Lion to ask whether you want to keep changes you made to a document when closing it, which effectively allows you to sidestep autosaving.
System Preferences > General > [√] Ask to keep changes when saving
documents
Clearing the checkbox, as shown below, allows unsaved changes to be saved automatically.
A: Quickly Renaming Bookmarks in Safari
When you click and hold on a bookmark on the Safari bookmark bar you can quickly rename it.
A: Documents in iCloud
If an application is iCloud-savvy, its Open dialog has an iCloud tab. You can not only open documents here, but you can also drag documents into the cloud from the Finder, and you can create folders (drag one document onto another to do so).
A: Document auto-locking removed!
In Lion, an auto-saved document would automatically lock itself after two weeks of inactivity. (This time interval could be adjust thru a pref hidden deep in Time Machine.) In Mountain Lion, this "feature" has been quietly removed; no more auto-locking.
A: Quick access to Accessibility settings
Press ⌥+⌘+F5 to bring up a new Accessibility Options window that offers quick access to a subset of the settings from the Accessibility prefpane.
A: Reading List caches content for offline use
Reading List in Safari is not new (it was introduced in Lion). But in Mountain Lion, a Web page stored in the Reading List stores the page, not just the URL, so you can read the page later without having to download it from the network.
A: When updating apps, Mac App Store reopens apps and offers to skip open apps
When Updating All in the Mac App Store, rather than going straight down the list and demanding you shut down each open app along the way, it offers to let you skip the apps that are running:
Even better, if you do let it close an app, it will automatically reopen it when the update is complete. Furthermore, once you have initiated the update, the apps that are going to be changed are locked and a helpful error message is presented from the App Store if you try to launch an app that is about to be (or in the middle of) being updated. All together, these make updating apps less prone to error or conflicts due to files being in active use during an update.
A: Multiple Time Machine Backup Destinations
In Time Machine you can now select multiple backup destinations.
That was from the "OS X Mountain Lion Core Technologies Overview".
You can select additional disks from System Preferences:
A: Kernel Exclusively 64-Bit
"Starting with Mountain Lion, OS X exclusively uses a 64-bit kernel, but it continues to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications (OS X Mountain Lion Core Technologies Overview)"
Why this is a good thing:
There are two reasons this is a good thing. The first is simple: 64-bit computing is necessary if you want one of the programs on your computer to have access to more than 4GB of RAM. Second, there are some speed boosts associated with running in 64-bit mode. The Intel processors that power Macs have built-in math routines that operate more efficiently in 64-bit mode, processing tasks in fewer steps. That means that certain math-intensive tasks will see a speed boost under Snow Leopard’s 64-bit applications (Macworld).
However, having a 64-bit kernel does have its downsides: some older 64-bit computers like the iMac (pre-Mid-2007), Macbook Pro (pre-Mid-2007), Mac Pro (pre-2008), and others are not able to run Mountain Lion. This has to do with the fact that now with Mountain Lion, Macs can only boot into 64-bit mode, but prior to that, Macs could boot into both 32 and 64-bit mode, so older Macs were able to boot into 64-bit mode, but their EFI firmware was 32-bit and therefore can only interface with a 32-bit kernel.
A: You can now silence bouncing application icons in the Dock by just hovering over them, instead of needing to click and activate them.
A: 'Do Not Disturb' Mode for Notification Center
In the Notification Center drawer, scroll up a bit past what appears to be the top. There's a switch 'Show Alerts and Banners' that is checked by default. Uncheck it to disable notifications for the rest of the day.
Alternatively, option-click on the Notification Center menu bar item to activate Do Not Disturb mode quickly.
A: You can quickly get rid of a notification by hovering over it and swiping with 2 fingers from left to right (swipe it off the screen)
And if you just want to peek behind it or something you can click and drag it (one finger) to the left and when you let go it will bounce back.
A: Zoom and Mission Control/Launchpad play nice!
Finally, if you zoom in your screen (for example, by ⌃+scrolling), activating Mission Control or Launchpad doesn't immobilize the viewport!
A: Improved Kernel Security (ASLR)
"Apple introduced randomization of some library offsets in Mac OS X v10.5 (released October 2007). Their implementation does not provide complete protection against attacks which ASLR is designed to defeat.Mac OS X Lion 10.7 has improved ASLR implementation for all applications. Apple explains that "address space layout randomization (ASLR) has been improved for all applications. It is now available for 32-bit apps (as are heap memory protections), making 64-bit and 32-bit applications more resistant to attack." Since OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 the kernel as well as kexts and zones are randomly relocated during system boot" (Address Space Layout Randomization).
This is beneficial in that it protects the user against the malware exploits that rely on fixed locations for some well-known system functions.
A: Exposé for all windows
Mountain Lion re-introduces the pre-Lion feature to be able to disable group by application in Mission Control, this was enabled by default in Lion and could not be disabled.
You can disable this in: System Preferences → Mission Control → Group windows by application.
A: Save As
...is back!
Try the following keyboard shortcut: option-shift-command-S. Or simply hit the OPTION key while the file menu is pulled down:
A: Mountain Lion offers direct video/audio encoding from Finder.
Select one or more audio/video files, then right-click and choose “Encode selected video files”. You’ll get something like this:
Note: this doesn't work for already compressed audio files (like aac and mp3). This does work for CAFF, AIFF, AIFC, S2df, and WAVE as per the -2700 error message that shows up if you attempt this on an already compressed audio file.
Also, this may be found as a Sub-Menu Item of the Services menu (contextual or from the File menu) for those with a number of third party service actions enabled/installed.
Additionally, this does not preserve meta data like locations of movies or ID3 tags for AIFF files, etc!
A: Inline progress for downloads and file copies
Bars show progress.
A: Navigate forward/back while viewing a PDF in Safari
In Safari, if you are viewing a PDF, you can now use your normal 2-finger swipe to navigate forward or back! (Previously, this would only scroll the PDF or jump between pages if you used 3 fingers.)
A: Scrollbars get a bit wider when hovered over
Now it is easier to grab them.
A: Chess
...can now be played over the internet via Game Center.
A: Internet Sharing
Internet Sharing now supports WPA2 encryption (and no longer supports WEP, apparently) when sharing a wired connection to Wi-Fi.
A: Messages is AppleScriptable, including an Event Handler Suite! This could get fun.
A: Customizable sidebar
You can now drag/drop sections in the Finder side bar again.
A: Show scrollbars without scrolling
If you have a multi-touch input device (a multi-touch trackpad or Magic Trackpad), resting two fingers on the device will make the scrollbar appear as an indicator of your scroll position. You no longer have to scroll the document to see where you are.
Note: doesn't work with Magic Mouse.
A: New date picker
A small calendar appears in date entry fields. Example:
A: Software Updates Now Come Through the App Store
Whenever you get software updates, they now come through the App Store. You can check for updates like this (which opens the App Store):
Prior to Mountain Lion, software updates took place in a separate application that looked like this:
A: Click-and-hold to toggle Notification Center
Click-and-hold the Notification Center icon to show your notifications; once you release the mouse button, they'll hide. This also works if you've assigned a keyboard shortcut for Notification Center (press-and-hold the key, then release).
A: Browse through photos in screensavers via keyboard
In any of the various photo screensavers, you can hit the left or right arrow keys to manually navigate between photos.
A: Photo Stream and other screen savers
Mountain Lion includes a bunch of new kinetic photo-based screen savers.
You can select from several categories of stock images or choose a folder, iPhoto event, or Photostream as the source of images.
Go to System Preferences -> Desktop and Screen Saver -> Screen Saver and select one of the screen savers in the Slideshows category to try them out.
Personally, I'm a fan of Shifting Tiles.
A: Re-enable Web Sharing for individual users
May be more a "feature" than a feature, but anyway:
Per-user Web Sharing is gone from Preferences but can be easily re-enabled via Terminal.app. Copy the following snippet into /etc/apache2/users/USER.conf:
<Directory "/Users/USER/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
and restart Apache with sudo apachectl restart.
A: Enhancements to Launchpad
There's now a search bar on top, and when you mouse over the Launchpad icon while an app is downloading, you get progress information:
A: The Mac App Store can be navigated with two-finger swipes
Back and forward are (finally) bound to the two-finger swipe gestures in the MAS just like they are in Safari.
A: AirPlay Everywhere
AirPlay devices like Apple TV and Airport Express now show as system audio output devices, so any audio on your Mac can be streamed to them. There are two ways to do it.
The fiddly way
System Preferences > Sound > Output
The easy way
option-click on the volume control in the menu bar
A: Three-finger tap for QuickLook
Tap (but don't click) with three fingers over an item in Finder to open QuickLook for that item. Tap again to close the QuickLook window. This is exactly like pressing the spacebar.
A: Go full screen on any display
It is now possible to use a fullscreen app on a screen other than the primary one.
To do so, drag your app on the screen of your choice and hit the fullscreen arrow or the fullscreen shortkey of the app.
A: Slightly better Dock appearance
The Dock "shelf" (when the Dock appears at the screen bottom) is drawn in a less glassy way (looks more like brushed metal, less reflection, less wasted space).
Also, the active appication indicator lights are much more subtle that the glowing "orbs" that used to sit on the glass and look awful, and now look like little LEDs set into the edge of the shelf
A: Zoom in PDF with Quick Look
Easily zoom in to a PDF with Quick Look (without Preview).
Methods include:
*
*spread your fingers apart whilst the cursor is over the Quick Look window
*smart zoom, Magic Mouse double-tap with one finger.
It doesn't seem to work on anything but PDF documents.
A: New "Edit" toolbar in Preview.app
There is a new toolbar in Preview.app to replace the old "Annotations" toolbar that brings all the basic editing features that Preview offers (including their awesome smart lasso and instant alpha) plus the addition of speech bubbles!
A: Dictation
You can dictate text wherever you can type text - even in an application that has not been rewritten for Mountain Lion. You must go in System Setting -> Dictation & Speech to activate the feature.
Note that you must have an Internet connection, since this is Siri behind the scenes and your speech must be sent to Apple's servers for interpretation.
A: Accidental Dock icon removal prevention
When moving and icon outside of the dock, it doesn't delete automatically, you need to stay out for a little at a minimum distance before it deletes.
There is a follow up question asking how to disable this feature - preferebly using a defaults write command.
A: Applications in the Get Info dialogue window are now expressly listed as 32-bit as opposed to just "Intel," which has been entirely dropped.
A: Week numbers in Calendar.app
Calendar.app can now display week numbers.
A: Clipboard content is persistent through reboots
The clipboard is not cleared on shutdown. All data in the clipboard remains there even after a power cycle.
A: Take app screenshots without shadow
You can now take screenshots of apps without the shadow. Press ⇧⌘4 to enter screenshot mode, then press space to select a window, like normal. However, instead of simply clicking to take the screenshot, ⌥-click the window to take the screenshot without the shadow.
On the left is the default style of screenshot; on the right is the sans-shadow screenshot.
A: Navigate through a PDF in Mail.app by scrolling the mouse while hovering over it
The need to open a PDF in Preview/Quickview just in order to see pages other than the first one, is now gone.
A: When Show contact photos in the message list is enabled, user image additions/edits from Contacts.app are updated immediately in Mail.app (not after relaunch, as in Lion)
A: In Mission Control, holding option will immediately show the + icon for adding a new desktop and X icons on each secondary desktop. You can then click these icons immediately, instead of hovering and waiting for them to appear after a delay.
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0124cb099d6203a89b6d40aa64e586a84229dd53 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I resume an interrupted download of Mac OS X Mountain Lion? I have a slow internet connection. I want to download Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8) from the Mac App Store and resume the download if it gets interrupted because of my internet connection.
Does the Mac App Store allow resuming broken downloads?
A: Yes - the App store handles interrupted purchases without intervention in most cases. There is a support article if you want to nudge things or it manages to wedge itself.
You don't have to let the download complete on iOS or Mac OS X and can control things on the Mac side of the store much better than on iOS.
| Q: Can I resume an interrupted download of Mac OS X Mountain Lion? I have a slow internet connection. I want to download Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8) from the Mac App Store and resume the download if it gets interrupted because of my internet connection.
Does the Mac App Store allow resuming broken downloads?
A: Yes - the App store handles interrupted purchases without intervention in most cases. There is a support article if you want to nudge things or it manages to wedge itself.
You don't have to let the download complete on iOS or Mac OS X and can control things on the Mac side of the store much better than on iOS.
A: The Mac App Store does allow to resume a download, however things do not seem to work out always as expected - to be safe download it all in one piece.
Yesterday, I downloaded Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store - halted it - and resumed later without having restarted the Mac. The whole download started over. This is not the first time I have encountered it - therefore I do not take the pause/resume feature for granted.
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47b18a4d656c51489b8bd3e2e0fa7c393485a116 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I update to OS X 10.8 from OS X 10.7 without doing all softwares updates? Do I have to perform all system updates to Lion before I update to Mountain Lion?
A: Yes, I was able to update from 10.7.3 to 10.8 without running software updates (10.7.4) and Mountain Lion runs great.
| Q: Can I update to OS X 10.8 from OS X 10.7 without doing all softwares updates? Do I have to perform all system updates to Lion before I update to Mountain Lion?
A: Yes, I was able to update from 10.7.3 to 10.8 without running software updates (10.7.4) and Mountain Lion runs great.
A: Yes since you are running 10.7.x you can update straight to Mountain Lion and not have to update to the latest version of OS X Lion first. This capability to jump from any version of Lion to Mountain Lion is noted in how to upgrade to Mountain Lion.
...
Step 2:
Make sure you have Lion or the latest version of Snow Leopard ...
If you are running Lion (10.7.x), you’re ready to update to Mountain Lion. Go to Step 3. If you are running Snow Leopard (10.6.x), update to the latest version of OS X Snow Leopard before you purchase OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. Click the Apple icon and choose Software Update to install Snow Leopard v10.6.8, the latest version.
...
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f8a1b6ba4da189b09a44dfc800c1429346e65886 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Software Update in Mountain Lion Can anyone who has upgraded to Mountain Lion confirm that software updating is now done through the App Store and no longer through the Software Update utility?
If this is the case, does this mean different family members must sign in to the same account or use the same account just to update the OS? In my case, purchased OS X Lion with my Apple ID, one of my family signed to my account once in order to download Lion, but they can update their system using the the classic Software Update utility afterwards. Now it seems they'll need to sign into my account every time for any update, or we'll have to create a new Apple ID just for this purpose.
A: The term Software Update does appear in the menu, but clicking it opens the Updates tab in the App Store app.
| Q: Software Update in Mountain Lion Can anyone who has upgraded to Mountain Lion confirm that software updating is now done through the App Store and no longer through the Software Update utility?
If this is the case, does this mean different family members must sign in to the same account or use the same account just to update the OS? In my case, purchased OS X Lion with my Apple ID, one of my family signed to my account once in order to download Lion, but they can update their system using the the classic Software Update utility afterwards. Now it seems they'll need to sign into my account every time for any update, or we'll have to create a new Apple ID just for this purpose.
A: The term Software Update does appear in the menu, but clicking it opens the Updates tab in the App Store app.
A: OS updates are in a different group in the Mac App Store, and neither checking for them nor downloading them requires you to be logged in to any account at all, so you should not have any problems.
Also note that you could simply enable automatic updates in System Preferences to avoid having to manage OS updates yourself.
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8b0b054c296ac4a5a7f4afe7cb68f8e20ae80406 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Mountain lion download Apple's JDK or the OpenJDK when attempting to load a Java app? When you first try and load a Java application (eclipse, run mvn commands etc) Lion prompted you to download a JRE/JDK. From my understanding this is still Apple's version of Java and not OpenJDK. Will Mountain Lion still have Apple's Java available the same way or will it prompt you to download OpenJDK?
A: It prompts you (just tried to open Aptana). I let it install and
java -version
gives
java version "1.6.0_33"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.8-b03-424, mixed mode)
| Q: Does Mountain lion download Apple's JDK or the OpenJDK when attempting to load a Java app? When you first try and load a Java application (eclipse, run mvn commands etc) Lion prompted you to download a JRE/JDK. From my understanding this is still Apple's version of Java and not OpenJDK. Will Mountain Lion still have Apple's Java available the same way or will it prompt you to download OpenJDK?
A: It prompts you (just tried to open Aptana). I let it install and
java -version
gives
java version "1.6.0_33"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.8-b03-424, mixed mode)
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50498f12aac3a6b08fc81ee7f035599dd99cacfb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: X11 for CrossOver on Mountain Lion In my newly-installed Mountain Lion system: when I try to run CrossOver, which requires X11, I get the following error message:
Apple's Web Page indicates that this is not the expected behavior:
X11 install on demand
X11 on Mountain Lion now uses install on demand. When you first launch an app that requires X11 libraries, you are directed to a download location for the most up-to-date version of X11 for Mac.
Does anyone know how to download X11 for Mountain Lion?
A: If Apple's dialog for X11 does not appear, you can grab the package directly from the XQuartz website.
Version 2.7.1 was the first to support Mountain Lion, but 2.7.2 is the current release as of this writing.
| Q: X11 for CrossOver on Mountain Lion In my newly-installed Mountain Lion system: when I try to run CrossOver, which requires X11, I get the following error message:
Apple's Web Page indicates that this is not the expected behavior:
X11 install on demand
X11 on Mountain Lion now uses install on demand. When you first launch an app that requires X11 libraries, you are directed to a download location for the most up-to-date version of X11 for Mac.
Does anyone know how to download X11 for Mountain Lion?
A: If Apple's dialog for X11 does not appear, you can grab the package directly from the XQuartz website.
Version 2.7.1 was the first to support Mountain Lion, but 2.7.2 is the current release as of this writing.
A: Normally, Mountain Lion should show the following window:
Clicking Continue just takes you to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293, so simply go there for official instructions for installing X11.
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140e947af86d76c5b5ae794ff711ae87fbacf752 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are system environment variables set in Mountain Lion? In Lion (and previous releases) it was in .MacOSX/environment.plist. After upgrading to 10.8, the file is still there, but the variables aren’t taking.
I’ve also tried adding them to /etc/launchd.conf and they’ll show up in Terminal, but not GUI applications (like my IDE).
A: Setting environment variables in /etc/launchd.conf is the way to go: Every application launched after a reboot by local shells, Finder or Spotlight inherits these variables - I have tested this extensively with Mountain Lion 10.8.3.
2 caveats:
*
*Shells might overwrite the settings in their login scripts. (See For correct functioning in shells though...)
*Launched apps might not expose the environment to their children. (ssh seems to behave like this - see ...why do remote shells via ssh do NOT inherit the environment...)
| Q: Where are system environment variables set in Mountain Lion? In Lion (and previous releases) it was in .MacOSX/environment.plist. After upgrading to 10.8, the file is still there, but the variables aren’t taking.
I’ve also tried adding them to /etc/launchd.conf and they’ll show up in Terminal, but not GUI applications (like my IDE).
A: Setting environment variables in /etc/launchd.conf is the way to go: Every application launched after a reboot by local shells, Finder or Spotlight inherits these variables - I have tested this extensively with Mountain Lion 10.8.3.
2 caveats:
*
*Shells might overwrite the settings in their login scripts. (See For correct functioning in shells though...)
*Launched apps might not expose the environment to their children. (ssh seems to behave like this - see ...why do remote shells via ssh do NOT inherit the environment...)
A: Try launchctl setenv NAME VALUE. I don't know if/what it does differently from editing launchd.conf, but it works for me in both Terminal and GUI apps. More details.
Note this doesn't survive across a reboot. Here's a way to fix that.
A: I know this is an old question but I thought I would point out that in Yosemite /etc/launchd.conf no longer works (as confirmed by the man page). So here is an alternative.
Launch AppleScript Editor, enter a command like this:
do shell script "launchctl setenv variablename value"
(add as many lines as you like)
Now save (⌘S) as File format: Application. Finally open System Settings → Users & Groups → Login Items and add your new application.
A: I asked this question on the Apple Developer Forums as well and got back this, official response.
Change the Info.plist of the .app itself to contain an "LSEnvironment"
dictionary with the environment variables you want.
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist is no longer supported.
A: As you have discovered, the use of environment.plist file is no longer followed, the variables stored in Info.plist as LSEnvironment strings are only set by launchd.
You cannot depend on them to set a general environment variable that the terminal will set if you call your program from the terminal/shell directly. The good news is the open -a command does trigger launchd to do the launching, so the variables will be set consistently for the app environment if not for the local shell environment.
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05772fa9803bf9e212ab3fad2e6f8d2c58d84066 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does it appear that I apparently "do not have access to Command Line Tools" in ML? I just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and now gcc, make, g++, etc. are not found when trying to launch them in Terminal.
So I went to Xcode Preferences, Downloads, and clicked "Install" next to Command Line Tools.
It asked me for my Apple ID, which is weird and unnecessary, but I entered it anyway. Note that I am a registered Mac OS X and iOS developer (so I pay 2x $99 per year).
Much to my surprise, it tells me:
Um, what?! And why is it asking?
A: It thankfully seems that this was a temporary issue, probably due to the increased load on the Apple servers on Mountain Lion's release day.
I am now able to download the Command Line Tools as before so it seems the issue has gone away.
Alternatively, if you're still having problems, this link worked for me when the "Install" button in Xcode didn't.
| Q: Why does it appear that I apparently "do not have access to Command Line Tools" in ML? I just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and now gcc, make, g++, etc. are not found when trying to launch them in Terminal.
So I went to Xcode Preferences, Downloads, and clicked "Install" next to Command Line Tools.
It asked me for my Apple ID, which is weird and unnecessary, but I entered it anyway. Note that I am a registered Mac OS X and iOS developer (so I pay 2x $99 per year).
Much to my surprise, it tells me:
Um, what?! And why is it asking?
A: It thankfully seems that this was a temporary issue, probably due to the increased load on the Apple servers on Mountain Lion's release day.
I am now able to download the Command Line Tools as before so it seems the issue has gone away.
Alternatively, if you're still having problems, this link worked for me when the "Install" button in Xcode didn't.
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e24d733ee57c4382f279ecad050169248654a474 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I check the download progress of Mountain Lion through the terminal? I am downloading Mountain Lion, I know I can monitor download progress through the Mac App Store purchases screen but I want to know if I can monitor progress through Terminal.app using a shell command.
A: Sure - the storeagent uses a folder deep within /private/var/folders to hold the download progress.
On my Mac it's downloading to this folder below - yours may change, but you should be able to search for the com.apple.appstore using mdfind and use du or ls to see the file size grow.
/private/var/folders/tv/xyw2rpln7hq4gw2m0prg_src0000gn/C/com.apple.appstore/497799835
The App Store has a nicer wrapper on the progress with a time estimate, but with bc and other tools, you could do the same in a short shell script exercise.
If you can't locate your folder, this find command might be of use to narrow down your search....
sudo find /var/folders -type d -name com.apple.appstore -print
| Q: How do I check the download progress of Mountain Lion through the terminal? I am downloading Mountain Lion, I know I can monitor download progress through the Mac App Store purchases screen but I want to know if I can monitor progress through Terminal.app using a shell command.
A: Sure - the storeagent uses a folder deep within /private/var/folders to hold the download progress.
On my Mac it's downloading to this folder below - yours may change, but you should be able to search for the com.apple.appstore using mdfind and use du or ls to see the file size grow.
/private/var/folders/tv/xyw2rpln7hq4gw2m0prg_src0000gn/C/com.apple.appstore/497799835
The App Store has a nicer wrapper on the progress with a time estimate, but with bc and other tools, you could do the same in a short shell script exercise.
If you can't locate your folder, this find command might be of use to narrow down your search....
sudo find /var/folders -type d -name com.apple.appstore -print
A: I decided that the best way to identify the file being downloaded was to write a small script that fetched the files held open by the App Store program storeagen.
#!/bin/bash
appstore_pid=$(ps -ef|grep storeagen|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}')
lsof -p $appstore_pid|grep private|awk '{print $7 "\t" $9}'
I set appstore_pid variable to the PID of storeagen by extracting it from the ps command using grep and awk
Then I use lsof to list open files by the PID of storeagen and I print out the size of the files and the files path. If you do this several times in succession you can see the file(s) that's growing and make a good guess by its size that it is the OS download.
A: I just used the activity monitor and watched how much data transfer was happening...
And ensure no other traffic at the time of download. Its not perfect, but gives you a general idea something is happening.
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90b1ab8e9a7375b3267625730f17b68bc49df7ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Include Images with Reply in Mail? In Mail (connected to my work Exchange server, if that matters), when I forward an email which contains inline images they are preserved. However, if I reply to the email then they are not preserved. They are instead replaced with something like this:
<image001.jpg>
Is there a way to preserve the images in a reply?
A: In Mail.app go to the Edit menu, go down to Attachments, then select Include Original Attachments with Reply.
| Q: Include Images with Reply in Mail? In Mail (connected to my work Exchange server, if that matters), when I forward an email which contains inline images they are preserved. However, if I reply to the email then they are not preserved. They are instead replaced with something like this:
<image001.jpg>
Is there a way to preserve the images in a reply?
A: In Mail.app go to the Edit menu, go down to Attachments, then select Include Original Attachments with Reply.
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18154ababd3faee5f03dae09899430cdbf838c7d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I trigger a Notification Center notification from an AppleScript or shell script? I'd love to be able to take advantage of 10.8's Notification Center features in AppleScripts and shell scripts I write.
Is there a built-in command or a third-party library I can use from either an AppleScript or shell script?
Ideally the type and icon of the notification could be controlled, but even just the ability to trigger a basic banner with a stock icon (but custom text) would be appreciated.
A: Here's a cool one that I use in a ruby script on OS X (so that I can start a script and get an update even after toggling away from the window):
cmd = %Q|osascript -e 'display notification "Server was reset" with title "Posted Update"'|
system ( cmd )
| Q: How can I trigger a Notification Center notification from an AppleScript or shell script? I'd love to be able to take advantage of 10.8's Notification Center features in AppleScripts and shell scripts I write.
Is there a built-in command or a third-party library I can use from either an AppleScript or shell script?
Ideally the type and icon of the notification could be controlled, but even just the ability to trigger a basic banner with a stock icon (but custom text) would be appreciated.
A: Here's a cool one that I use in a ruby script on OS X (so that I can start a script and get an update even after toggling away from the window):
cmd = %Q|osascript -e 'display notification "Server was reset" with title "Posted Update"'|
system ( cmd )
A: An alternative:
In .bash_profile:
function _sys_notify() {
local notification_command="display notification \"$2\" with title \"$1\""
osascript -e "$notification_command"
}
alias sys-notify="_sys_notify $1 $2"
Use command: sys-notify "title" "message"
A: With Mavericks and later, you can do this using AppleScript's 'display notification':
display notification "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" with title "Title"
That's it—literally that simple! No 3rd-party libraries or apps required and is completely portable for use on other systems. 10.9 notification on the top, 10.10 DP in the middle, 10.10 on the bottom.
AppleScript can be run from the shell using /usr/bin/osascript:
osascript -e 'display notification "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" with title "Title"'
You can also customise the alert further by adding…
*
*a subtitle
Append 'subtitle' followed by the string or variable containing the subtitle.
display notification "message" with title "title" subtitle "subtitle"
The above example produces the following notification:
*sound
Append 'sound name' followed by the name of a sound that will be played along with the notification.
display notification "message" sound name "Sound Name"
Valid sound names are the names of sounds located in…
*
*~/Library/Sounds
*/System/Library/Sounds
Posting notifications can be wrapped as a command-line script. The following code can be run in Terminal and will add a script to /usr/local/bin (must exist, add to $PATH) called notify.
cd /usr/local/bin && echo -e "#!/bin/bash\n/usr/bin/osascript -e \"display notification \\\"\$*\\\"\"" > notify && chmod +x notify;cd -
This is the script that the above will add to notify.
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/osascript -e "display notification \"$*\""
Now to display a notification:
notify Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
sleep 5; notify Slow command finished
A: Official documentation
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/DisplayNotifications.html
Copying the text here, in case the document is moved or removed.
To show a notification, provide the display notification command with a string to display. Optionally, provide values for the with title, subtitle, and sound name parameters to provide additional information and an audible alert when the notification appears
display notification "All graphics have been converted." with title "My Graphic Processing Script" subtitle "Processing is complete." sound name "Frog"
NOTE
After using a script to display a notification, the script or Script Editor (if the script is run from within Script Editor) is added to the list of notifying apps in System Preferences > Notifications. There, you can configure options, such as whether to display notifications as alerts or banners.
Clicking the Show button in an alert-style notification opens the app that displayed the notification. For a script app, the action of opening the app again triggers the run handler of the script, potentially causing the script to begin processing a second time. Keep this in mind, and add code to your script to handle this scenario, if appropriate.
A: Thank you, this was just what I needed for some user scripts. I made a slight modification to add a subtitle and sound. If a value is not provided, it is ignored.
function _sys_notify() {
local notification_command="display notification \"$2\" with title \"$1\" subtitle \"$3\" sound name \"$4\""
osascript -e "$notification_command"
}
alias sys-notify="_sys_notify $1 $2 $3 $4"
For the sound, use a sound filename without the extension from /System/Library/Sounds. For example, to use the file Ping.aiff, use Ping for $4
A: I just want to add a note to @grgarside's answer, because I know many people want to have a notification popup that can only be dismissed by button click.
I have found the solution for you:
It was actually controlled by a setting in System Preference, rather than some parameter in the script written. These two images should explain it all
Thanks @grgarside for the great answer.
A: If you want sticky notifications (Vic Jang's comment seems to no longer work, at least in Big Sur), here's a kind of way, use dialog instead of notification:
osascript -e 'display dialog "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" with title "Title"'
So you could do one display notification then follow it up with the dialog.
Also alerter does sticky.
$ brew install alerter
$ alerter -message "hi"
A: You can now do this with Growl2 (available from the App Store). Install Growl and enable "OS X Notifications" (screenshot)
Additionally, you'll need to install GrowlNotify for a command-line tool to send Growl notifications. You can download this tool for free on the Download page.
You can now generate Growl notifications from the command line, which will be forwarded to the Notification Center. For example:
growlnotify -n "My App" -m "Hello world"
Note that it currently doesn't seem possible to change the application icon.
A: @grgarside's solution is nice, but it is vulnerable to script injection, which can be a major security issue when this is used to e.g. display log file contents or something similar.
This should be safer:
#!/bin/bash
X="$*" /usr/bin/osascript -e 'display notification system attribute "X"'
A: I recently forked terminal-notifier to build a command line tool to display notification Alerts (with actions) and Reply Type Alerts.
I use it with my shell scripts and golang apps to get interactive answers from users.
https://github.com/vjeantet/alerter
A: (This is an alternative implementation based on @grgarside's excellent answer.)
AppleScript can be interpreted directly by putting osascript in the shebang line.
#!/usr/bin/osascript
on run argv
if length of argv = 1 then
display notification (item 1 of argv) with title "Notification"
else if length of argv > 1 then
display notification (item 1 of argv) with title (item 2 of argv)
else
return "<message> is required\nUsage: notify <message> [<title>]"
end if
end run
Save this as notify somewhere in your path, e.g., /usr/local/bin/notify, and make it executable (chmod +x notify). It accepts a message and an optional title. If either has whitespace, wrap it in quotes so the shell interprets it as a single argument.
$ notify "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" "Testing Notifications"
A: Since Growl is not free, and terminal-notifier is not available on pre-10.8 systems, I tend to use cocoaDialog. It is free and open source, so you can probably also distribute along with your scripts.
If you don't need a lot of customization, you can also use AppleScript's display notification which you can also call from the shell as others have already mentioned.
But beware that AppleScript seems to require double-quotes. So if you need variables, this will not work:
osascript -e "display notification '$text' with title '$title'" #WRONG
You will have to use escaped double-quotes. This is ugly but works:
osascript -e "display notification \"$text\" with title \"$title\""
A: terminal-notifier
From the README:
terminal-notifier is a command-line tool to send Mac OS X User
Notifications, which are available in Mac OS X 10.8.
It is currently packaged as an application bundle, because
NSUserNotification does not work from a ‘Foundation tool’.
radar://11956694
This tool will be used by Kicker to
show the status of commands which are executed due to filesystem
changes. (v3.0.0)
Download
Prebuilt binaries, which are code-signed and ready to use, are
available from the downloads
section.
Usage
$ ./terminal-notifier.app/Contents/MacOS/terminal-notifier
group-ID sender-name message [bundle-ID]
In order to use terminal-notifier, you have to call the binary
inside the app bundle.
The first argument specifies the ‘group’ a notification belongs to.
For any ‘group’ only one notification will ever be shown, replacing
previously posted notifications. Examples are: the sender’s process ID
to scope the notifications by a unique process, or the current working
directory to scope notifications by a project.
The second and third arguments describe the notification itself and
are its ‘title’ and ‘message’ respectively. For example, to
communicate the sender of a notification to the user, you could
specify the sender’s name as the title.
The fourth and last argument is an optional one. It specifies which
application should be activated when the user clicks the notification.
By default this will activate Terminal.app, to launch another
application instead specify the application’s bundle identifier. For
example, to launch Safari.app use: com.apple.Safari.
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Q: I am missing the option to see the remaining battery life as time in the menubar? In previous versions of OS X the battery indicator in the menubar included options to show the remaining battery life as percentage or time (or nothing).
In Mountain Lion, there's only an option to show the percentage?!?!
How can I get the missing option back?
A: A cheaper and simpler option than the still-awesome iStat Menus is Watts for USD $6.95. Very configurable and lets you schedule reminders including re-calibration.
I've been using it on 10.6.8 on my last three portables and am very happy with it.
| Q: I am missing the option to see the remaining battery life as time in the menubar? In previous versions of OS X the battery indicator in the menubar included options to show the remaining battery life as percentage or time (or nothing).
In Mountain Lion, there's only an option to show the percentage?!?!
How can I get the missing option back?
A: A cheaper and simpler option than the still-awesome iStat Menus is Watts for USD $6.95. Very configurable and lets you schedule reminders including re-calibration.
I've been using it on 10.6.8 on my last three portables and am very happy with it.
A: I made a very simple app to specifically show time remaining: Battery Time Remaining
A: iStat Menus can also solve the problem (as well as show tonnes of other useful information) http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
A: According to the following blog entry Apple removed the option deliberately and it won't come back:
http://www.macpoint.be/mountain-lion-is-coming/
I also missed the option, so I wrote an App. It's in beta now:
http://batterytimeapp.com/
A: SlimBatteryMonitor
Not only does it save much more space in your menu bar, it lets you choose what information to show in specific states.
I have mine set to show the time when running on battery, the percentage when charging, and just the icon when fully charged.
A: You just can't show the remaining battery time in the menubar since Mountain Lion.
The following free app uses almost the same icon design and adds a bit more features which makes it a valid replacement:
Battery Time Remaining
by Han Lin Yap
You can read my blog post for some more detail on what I did, it also won't hurt to report a bug to Apple. So this issue will get to their attention.
A: I thought this was already present in Lion. In Lion you could change it with
# Menu bar: show remaining battery time; hide percentage
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "NO"
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowTime -string "YES"
found on
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
A: If you have an older Mac and the older version of the Battery.menu app backed up (or downloaded from a trustful source), you can replace the new crippled Battery.menu with the former one that shows the Remaining time.
Inspired by this article, but in my case, I had to do everything in the Recovery mode in order to make it work.
They also link the old menu version if you trust them. I fortunately had my own backup.
Approach in general:
*
*Get the previous version of Battery.menu
*Reboot into Recovery mode
*disable System Integrity Protection
*swap Battery.menu apps
*enable System Integrity Protection and reboot
Detailed steps:
*
*open this guide in your phone to keep it on eyes
*get the old Battery.menu e. g. to ~
*Reboot to Recovery mode (Command-R while start-up)
*Run Menu: Utilities > Terminal:
# csrutil disable
# reboot
*Trigger Recovery mode again (Command-R while start-up)
*backup replace Battery.menu again in Menu: Utilities > Terminal:
# cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/
# cp -R Battery.menu Battery.menu.backup
# cp -R ~/Battery.menu .
# csrutil enable
# reboot
*Double-check the System Integrity Protection is really enabled after rebooting in Terminal:
# csrutil status
This last step is really worth double-checking, because forgetting it would mean a serious vulnerability of your Mac.
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35f7dd61093d274fd1b3d13376c7591aee1de2a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What features from Lion will be lost when upgrading to Mountain Lion? I know Mountain Lion has some cool new features that Lion did not have, but will it overwrite any of Lion's functionality?
A: One of the bigger-deal removals for some is the 'Web sharing' button in the System Preferences > Sharing tab that controls Apache. Apache is still there, and can be manually set up, but the old one-click solution is gone. That was one of the things I used to demonstrate to people new to the Mac that they found astonishing.
| Q: What features from Lion will be lost when upgrading to Mountain Lion? I know Mountain Lion has some cool new features that Lion did not have, but will it overwrite any of Lion's functionality?
A: One of the bigger-deal removals for some is the 'Web sharing' button in the System Preferences > Sharing tab that controls Apache. Apache is still there, and can be manually set up, but the old one-click solution is gone. That was one of the things I used to demonstrate to people new to the Mac that they found astonishing.
A: *
*Safari doesn't have separate source windows
*Calendar doesn't support scheduling scripts
*The option to disable smooth scrolling was removed
*The tab for installed updates was removed from the Software Update preferences
*Mail doesn't support notes
*Nested menu titles like >File>Duplicate no longer work in the keyboard shortcut preferences
*Old files cannot be locked automatically
*Safari doesn't have RSS buttons
A: Safari Changes:
Activity Window Missing:
Prior to Mountain Lion, there was an Activity window that could be opened from "Safari > Window > Activity". Now however, that functionality is no longer available. I found the Activity window to be especially useful for downloading videos from sites like YouTube. I'm sure there were many other uses for it, but that was what I primarily used it for.
Delete Button No Longer Goes to Previous Page:
In Lion, one could navigate to the previous page in Safari by pressing the delete key, but in Mountain Lion this feature is no longer active by default (in Mountain Lion it's Cmd[). However, you can activate it with this terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2BackspaceKeyNavigationEnabled -bool YES
A: Of course. In adding features, the behavior of previous features changes, not always for the better.
If you find features that were present in Lion but missing in Mountain Lion, please edit this answer to add your contributions to this list.
*
*Mountain Lion drops support for some models of Macs supported by Lion.
*Clicking the top right corner no longer triggers Spotlight (Spotlight's menubar icon is still present, adjacent to the new Notification Center icon).
*The battery indicator in the menubar will no longer offer to show the remaining time.
*X11.app is included, but that app alone no longer provides X11 functionality. When the user first runs X11.app – or an app that requires X11 – a dialogue guides the user to Apple's article HT5293 about XQuartz, which provides the functionality.
*Mail.app and Safari.app drop support for RSS Feeds.
A: Disk Utility may lose the ability to present S.M.A.R.T. status
The underlying cause, as I see it: in Disk Utility, a physical disk may be invisible.
Without Disk Utility
S.M.A.R.T. status will be visible in System Information, or with a command such as this:
diskutil info disk0 | grep SMART
A: In addition to operating system features that are removed, many third party applications will not work, at least until they are upgraded by their developers. There's a pretty extensive community built list at http://roaringapps.com/apps:table/.
A: Safari 6 removes the ability to change the default fonts in webpages (see Safari 6: How to change default fonts?). Note that this will also happen even if you upgrade to Safari 6 in Lion.
A: MAIL has lost its progress bar and also the belly-button indicators by each mailbox... so you don't know when servers are being checked, or when mails are being sent or downloaded nor how they are progressing... or not.
Also, MAIL has lost its DELETE button, so you have to use the Delete button on the keyboard. Minor hassle, but why add hassle?
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d823cef131069e1871f3fb6ff6b4da3cff5e8f4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to hide notification center button in Mountain Lion? I am using Mountain Lion.
The only advantage (for me) over the gesture is that Option + clicking the button enables/disables showing alerts and banners (toggles the switch in the notifications center).
Is there a way to hide the button in the status bar that opens notification center?
A: I had the same problem yesterday, and found this tool called Bartender. It is paid software.
On my Mac, running Mountain Lion, the icon is gone but the other notification functionality remains.
| Q: How to hide notification center button in Mountain Lion? I am using Mountain Lion.
The only advantage (for me) over the gesture is that Option + clicking the button enables/disables showing alerts and banners (toggles the switch in the notifications center).
Is there a way to hide the button in the status bar that opens notification center?
A: I had the same problem yesterday, and found this tool called Bartender. It is paid software.
On my Mac, running Mountain Lion, the icon is gone but the other notification functionality remains.
A: Sadly we can't remove the icon yet without disabling Notification Center entirely.
Should you want to proceed, this procedure requires a short disclaimer.
Warning:
This involves hacking your System folder; make appropriate backups and proceed with caution!
Go to /System/Library/CoreServices and select Notification Center.app. Press ⌘I to Get Info. Click the Lock icon at the bottom of the screen to unlock the settings (you will be prompted for your password). In the Sharing and Permissions portion of the pane, click the plus sign. Add your account as a special user, then set the Privilege column to Read & Write for yourself. Then, in the Name and Extension field, add the letter x to the beginning of the file name, dismissing any warnings the system throws your way.
Reboot the system.
If you don't want to reboot you can use Terminal.app, which can be found under /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app.
Type killall NotificationCenter and press enter. This terminates the NotificationCenter process.
Note that this eliminates the icon, but also all Notification Center functionality.
A: Holding the Command key then click and drag-off-the-menu-bar totally worked! This is so great. (I wanted to remove my User Login Name from displaying up there. I know who I am, and I never ever switch users...wasted space.) I can also confirm that this idea works for all those system icons up there.
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0faa0729bc71eaf0632c14d675e5e3aafa6a4dd3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac App Store Debug - Save page source to disk I've searched the net for this, but nobody seems to have the answer. Anyone knows where the "page source" gets saved when I select Debug - Save page source to disk from within the Mac App Store? Thank you.
A: It's saved in /private/tmp as pageSource.html
| Q: Mac App Store Debug - Save page source to disk I've searched the net for this, but nobody seems to have the answer. Anyone knows where the "page source" gets saved when I select Debug - Save page source to disk from within the Mac App Store? Thank you.
A: It's saved in /private/tmp as pageSource.html
A: In OS X 10.9 Mavericks, it appears to save to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.appstore/Data/Library/Documentation/pageSource.html
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2707eab871dca97bb0d8f2c21324b8a81b4b641c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I check to see if my computer is infected with the OSX/Crisis Trojan? Just recently, a new trojan for OS X was discovered. Apparently it only affects Snow Leopard and Lion. Whether it does/doesn't affect Mountain Lion is still unknown. The trojan sits on your computer and hides, doing nothing so far. How do I check to see if this trojan has been installed on my system? If it is, how do I remove it?
A: Apparently, Intego has been investigating this trojan and has found that the trojan will only be on your machine if the following folder exists:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/appleHID/
If it was installed with admin privileges, this files/folders will exist:
*
*/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/XPCServices/
*/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.mdworker_server.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.mdworker_server
*/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.mdworker_server.xpc/Contents/Resources/
*/Library/ScriptingAdditions/appleHID/Contents/Resources/appleOsax.r
These files ping the IP address 176.58.100.37 every 5 minutes. It currently doesn't do anything, but at any point the trojan could activate and potentially cause problems. Intego also reports that Mountain Lion is not affected by the trojan. Intego's VirusBarrier will remove the trojan.
| Q: How do I check to see if my computer is infected with the OSX/Crisis Trojan? Just recently, a new trojan for OS X was discovered. Apparently it only affects Snow Leopard and Lion. Whether it does/doesn't affect Mountain Lion is still unknown. The trojan sits on your computer and hides, doing nothing so far. How do I check to see if this trojan has been installed on my system? If it is, how do I remove it?
A: Apparently, Intego has been investigating this trojan and has found that the trojan will only be on your machine if the following folder exists:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/appleHID/
If it was installed with admin privileges, this files/folders will exist:
*
*/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/XPCServices/
*/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.mdworker_server.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.mdworker_server
*/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.mdworker_server.xpc/Contents/Resources/
*/Library/ScriptingAdditions/appleHID/Contents/Resources/appleOsax.r
These files ping the IP address 176.58.100.37 every 5 minutes. It currently doesn't do anything, but at any point the trojan could activate and potentially cause problems. Intego also reports that Mountain Lion is not affected by the trojan. Intego's VirusBarrier will remove the trojan.
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39abe42b513ab729270d8de552a91d5f7b97bd40 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is assistantd? Ever since I upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion and installed OS X Server, I keep getting prompts for my Keychain password from a process called assistantd. I'm pretty sure that it's an OS X process, but don't want to give access to my keychain to just any process.
So, my ultimate question is: does anyone know what assistantd is and why it would need access to my keychain?
A: According to this site, Ongoing Cross-Section of assistantd Headers - Useful for Siri Mods, it appears assistantd is associated with Siri functionality on iOS.
Given this, I suspect assistantd on Mac OS X is related to the new dictation functionality. Dictation on Mac OS X 10.8 uses Contacts and other personal information to improve accuracy; gaining access to this information would explain the need for Keychain access.
| Q: What is assistantd? Ever since I upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion and installed OS X Server, I keep getting prompts for my Keychain password from a process called assistantd. I'm pretty sure that it's an OS X process, but don't want to give access to my keychain to just any process.
So, my ultimate question is: does anyone know what assistantd is and why it would need access to my keychain?
A: According to this site, Ongoing Cross-Section of assistantd Headers - Useful for Siri Mods, it appears assistantd is associated with Siri functionality on iOS.
Given this, I suspect assistantd on Mac OS X is related to the new dictation functionality. Dictation on Mac OS X 10.8 uses Contacts and other personal information to improve accuracy; gaining access to this information would explain the need for Keychain access.
A: It is there to support the speech function. By default, dictation runs when you press the fn button twice.
A: If you are having problems quitting the pop-up and get rid of it you should open Spotlight search - Write Activity monitor - open it - after you opened the program on the top click 'Disk" and search for assistantd and or accountsd (pretty much same thing) double click on it and there will be a pop up with its information after you've got that done . Look down IN the pop up window and click quit and force quit.
A: If your Mac keeps asking for your keychain password
Your keychain may be locked automatically if your
computer has been inactive for a period of time or your
user password and keychain password are out of sync.
You can set length of time that Keychain Access waits
before automatically requiring you to enter your
password again.
1 . In the Keychain Access app on your Mac, click
"login" in the Keychains list.
*Choose Edit > Change Settings for Keychain "login".
*Select the "Lock after" tickbox, then enter a number
of minutes.
*If you want to require a password each time the
computer goes to sleep, select the "Lock when
sleeping" tickbox.
*Click Save.
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dd1cd65ac18a88c3dadc87a7e27652b7734ac856 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why can't I install Xcode 4.4 on Mountain Lion? When I try to download the Xcode 4.4 update I'm presented with this error:
Xcode can’t be installed on “Mac HD” because the version of OS X is too new.
But the change log says that the update is for Lion and Mountain Lion.
A: You can manually clear the store where the App Store saves the downloads before completion:
*
*Quit the App Store app
*Open Terminal.app (search with Spotlight)
*rm -r /private/var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.appstore
This step is the removal part...
*Restart the App store.app
| Q: Why can't I install Xcode 4.4 on Mountain Lion? When I try to download the Xcode 4.4 update I'm presented with this error:
Xcode can’t be installed on “Mac HD” because the version of OS X is too new.
But the change log says that the update is for Lion and Mountain Lion.
A: You can manually clear the store where the App Store saves the downloads before completion:
*
*Quit the App Store app
*Open Terminal.app (search with Spotlight)
*rm -r /private/var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.appstore
This step is the removal part...
*Restart the App store.app
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176e3917b26a0e3cb2124a0ca0e8082b3830aef6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is going wrong when Mountain Lion download does not start? I purchased Mountain Lion on App Store and start downloading. It shows an icon the the task bar and a progress bar on the Mountain Lion logo.
But it just doesn't start download. It has been one hour since it started but the progress bar is still empty.
What is going wrong?
A: There are two things that come to mind:
*
*The store is so busy that it's not sending the data to your computer to start the download.
*The usual things have failed and you can jump start it by following some steps on troubleshooting an App Store download.
Here are the self help steps:
*
*Mac App Store: How to resume interrupted downloads
| Q: What is going wrong when Mountain Lion download does not start? I purchased Mountain Lion on App Store and start downloading. It shows an icon the the task bar and a progress bar on the Mountain Lion logo.
But it just doesn't start download. It has been one hour since it started but the progress bar is still empty.
What is going wrong?
A: There are two things that come to mind:
*
*The store is so busy that it's not sending the data to your computer to start the download.
*The usual things have failed and you can jump start it by following some steps on troubleshooting an App Store download.
Here are the self help steps:
*
*Mac App Store: How to resume interrupted downloads
A: From reading elsewhere, the solution for me was to go to my "Purchases" section in the AppStore and select "Download" from there. I don't have the Mountain Lion icon, but I can track the download process from App Store.
A: I have the same problem here, i started the download last night at about 9 uk time, just got on the computer to check and its still not responding.
Ive tried the a dive from above but its not really done anything,
Update, I've spoken to Apple and they say its because I'm a bt business broadband user, I've also spoken to Bt and its true for me that my business hub only allows a 2 gb download. So now i have to wait for a new hub to arrive... Brill
so if your a bt business user this sounds more likely to be this issue.
Hope this helps
A: In case someone else stumbles across this- I was having the same problem- it was downloading between 0 and 20KBps (after 3 days, it had downloaded almost 2GB).
But thanks to Gerry's question about OpenDNS or GoogleDNS, I tried disabling OpenDNS and it is now downloading at a solid 920KBps (The absolute maximum my internet connection provides).
Thanks Gerry!
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5ae67514f9f22e25fb3568049b4175a7a35f4f45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove an icon from dock in ML? In previous releases of OS X, you were able to remove an icon from the dock by just dragging it off. However, this does not seem to work anymore.
How can I remove a program's icon from the dock?
A: This is actually still possible; however, a safe-guard to protect novice users has been added. There is now a minimum distance that you need to move the icon away from the Dock for it to be removed.
Once that distance is reached, the cursor will show a wrinkled paper icon.
Simply release the mouse then, and the icon will be removed from the dock normally.
Alternatively, one can still use the context menu of the icon (right-click or long-left-click the icon to make it appear) and go to Options > Remove from Dock.
| Q: How can I remove an icon from dock in ML? In previous releases of OS X, you were able to remove an icon from the dock by just dragging it off. However, this does not seem to work anymore.
How can I remove a program's icon from the dock?
A: This is actually still possible; however, a safe-guard to protect novice users has been added. There is now a minimum distance that you need to move the icon away from the Dock for it to be removed.
Once that distance is reached, the cursor will show a wrinkled paper icon.
Simply release the mouse then, and the icon will be removed from the dock normally.
Alternatively, one can still use the context menu of the icon (right-click or long-left-click the icon to make it appear) and go to Options > Remove from Dock.
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2e352f05ac0964eb30c51a82030d5e43b0222782 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable three-finger tap word lookup? Just upgraded to Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and I'm loving it so far.
One thing I don't care for though is that now, three-finger tapping links—or anything, for that matter—brings up popups with the definition of the word that was tapped.
This is less than convenient since I'm using MiddleClick to set that particular tap gesture to act as a middle-click.
Is there any way that I can disable this behavior?
A: In System Preferences under Trackpad then Point & Click, uncheck Look up.
| Q: How to disable three-finger tap word lookup? Just upgraded to Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and I'm loving it so far.
One thing I don't care for though is that now, three-finger tapping links—or anything, for that matter—brings up popups with the definition of the word that was tapped.
This is less than convenient since I'm using MiddleClick to set that particular tap gesture to act as a middle-click.
Is there any way that I can disable this behavior?
A: In System Preferences under Trackpad then Point & Click, uncheck Look up.
A: I am not sure what "middle click" is, it sounds like some third party utility, so until we know what you mean by this and what it is supposed to do, I can't really help on that front.
One thing I would say though is that there is a difference between a 3 finger tap, and a triple tap, Most people would mean a triple tap to mean tapping 3 times, in the same way as double click means clicking twice. For clarity, I am sure you mean a 3 finger tap (all three fingers in one go with one tap) - it's a minor point, but will help you to define the problem better.
If, after disabling the 3 finger tap lookup feature in Daniel Lawson's answer this stops the dictionary lookup, but doesn't then allow your MiddleClick utility to use it, then is might suggest that it is simply not compatible with Mountain Lion, and I would check with the developer for support.
A: Just discovered this glitch going from Lion to Mavericks. A good work around is to map it to 3 finger click. That seems to work fine.
Note, I'm using BetterTouchTool which is a much more powerful gesture and keyboard binding tool. Since it experiences the same issue, it's likely this is a bigger problem than just buggy software.
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cc2093d3956e5dffb030278eef3a31a7c9b4fbd3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to share history between terminal tabs? I generally find myself using two or three tabs in my Terminal on OS X.
A minor inconvenience is that, by default, the tabs don't share their command history. So, searching for a previous command that I ran on another tab by typing history | grep thingIamlooking for does not find it.
Is there a way of forcing Terminal tabs to share history, or is there some other "history_of_all_tabs" command?
A: I don't think there is a way to share history amongst Terminal tabs only, but here is something that could help you.
The history is not something that is handled by your terminal but by your shell (bash, tcsh, zsh, etc.)
Here are some options that'll help you set up a shared history amongst all the terminal windows (the shell instances).
This should be put somewhere in your .bashrc file.
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups # no duplicate entries
export HISTSIZE=100000 # big big history
export HISTFILESIZE=100000 # big big history
shopt -s histappend # append to history, don't overwrite it
# Save and reload the history after each command finishes
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -r; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
| Q: How to share history between terminal tabs? I generally find myself using two or three tabs in my Terminal on OS X.
A minor inconvenience is that, by default, the tabs don't share their command history. So, searching for a previous command that I ran on another tab by typing history | grep thingIamlooking for does not find it.
Is there a way of forcing Terminal tabs to share history, or is there some other "history_of_all_tabs" command?
A: I don't think there is a way to share history amongst Terminal tabs only, but here is something that could help you.
The history is not something that is handled by your terminal but by your shell (bash, tcsh, zsh, etc.)
Here are some options that'll help you set up a shared history amongst all the terminal windows (the shell instances).
This should be put somewhere in your .bashrc file.
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups # no duplicate entries
export HISTSIZE=100000 # big big history
export HISTFILESIZE=100000 # big big history
shopt -s histappend # append to history, don't overwrite it
# Save and reload the history after each command finishes
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -r; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
A: For zsh users, append the following to your ~/.zshrc to share history between your terminals:
# Appends every command to the history file once it is executed
setopt inc_append_history
# Reloads the history whenever you use it
setopt share_history
# (Nice to have) ignore consecutive duplicates in history
setopt histignoredups
Taken from this blog post: Sharing history in zsh - Markus Wein
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60216ddecbe7b2d3770c8994863ab8bd7f2f1943 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a newer version of Office for the MacOS anytime soon? I was wondering if Microsoft is planning to release Office 2012 anytime soon ? Shall I wait for it or purchase Office 2011 ?
A: Unlikely,
"traditionally" new Microsoft Office for Mac follow new releases of Microsoft Office for Windows:
*
*MS Office 2007 (Win) → MS Office 2008 (Mac) (released January 15, 2008)
*MS Office 2010 (Win) → MS Office 2011 (Mac) (released October 26, 2010)
The currently developed version of Microsoft Office for Windows is MS Office 2013. So you can expect the next version for Mac to be MS Office 2014 which should start shipping anywhere between late 2013 and 2014.
| Q: Is there a newer version of Office for the MacOS anytime soon? I was wondering if Microsoft is planning to release Office 2012 anytime soon ? Shall I wait for it or purchase Office 2011 ?
A: Unlikely,
"traditionally" new Microsoft Office for Mac follow new releases of Microsoft Office for Windows:
*
*MS Office 2007 (Win) → MS Office 2008 (Mac) (released January 15, 2008)
*MS Office 2010 (Win) → MS Office 2011 (Mac) (released October 26, 2010)
The currently developed version of Microsoft Office for Windows is MS Office 2013. So you can expect the next version for Mac to be MS Office 2014 which should start shipping anywhere between late 2013 and 2014.
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2bc3f2a9711340b4086dfb5a9cd1eda203eca4a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I view the root directory along with all its subdirectories in Finder? I want to view the all (sub-)directories on my Mac partition in Finder. Both hidden and unhidden directories.
How can I do this?
A: Finder - Preferences.
Check the box to show your Mac there, and you will be able to easily navigate wherever you want.
| Q: How can I view the root directory along with all its subdirectories in Finder? I want to view the all (sub-)directories on my Mac partition in Finder. Both hidden and unhidden directories.
How can I do this?
A: Finder - Preferences.
Check the box to show your Mac there, and you will be able to easily navigate wherever you want.
A: *
*Navigate to / (e.g. use ⌘+⇧+G.)
*Then, in list view hold ⌥ while clicking the triangle. This will show all subdirectories of a certain folder.
By default, you'll don't see hidden files/directories. To show hidden files type the following commands in the Terminal.app:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
You can use the value FALSE in the defaults write command to unto this action.
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10768dc8b62fac9f74acca4b4cd1c3d9487dc633 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get VMWare Fusion 4.0 to work on Mountain Lion? After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I find that when I attempt to launch VMWare Fusion 4.0 I receive the error:
You can't use this version of the application "VMWare Fusion" with this version of OS X
Has anyone found any workarounds for this? Should I migrate to Parallels?
A: Upgrade to the latest version of VMWare Fusion, in your situation you will need manually download it as indicated below for the situation you describe in your question:
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and now VMware Fusion 4 won’t start. What happened?
Mountain Lion appears to detect some older versions of VMware Fusion 4 and prevent them from launching. To resolve this issue, login to http://my.vmware.com/ (free product registration required) and download VMware Fusion 4.1.3. It can be found under “Products & Downloads > All Downloads > VMware Fusion”
According to VMware Fusion and OS X Mountain Lion FAQ
| Q: How can I get VMWare Fusion 4.0 to work on Mountain Lion? After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I find that when I attempt to launch VMWare Fusion 4.0 I receive the error:
You can't use this version of the application "VMWare Fusion" with this version of OS X
Has anyone found any workarounds for this? Should I migrate to Parallels?
A: Upgrade to the latest version of VMWare Fusion, in your situation you will need manually download it as indicated below for the situation you describe in your question:
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and now VMware Fusion 4 won’t start. What happened?
Mountain Lion appears to detect some older versions of VMware Fusion 4 and prevent them from launching. To resolve this issue, login to http://my.vmware.com/ (free product registration required) and download VMware Fusion 4.1.3. It can be found under “Products & Downloads > All Downloads > VMware Fusion”
According to VMware Fusion and OS X Mountain Lion FAQ
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f179b6e859920760d740da651035d06d8113b159 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook unplugged from external monitor thinks it's still the Secondary Desktop I've got a MacBook Pro 13" with Lion plugged into an external VGA monitor. Often, when I unplug its video dongle deal, the MacBook doesn't realize the other monitor is gone. It continues to believe it's the Secondary Monitor (which I can confirm by right-clicking the desktop and selecting "Change Desktop Background...").
There's no menu bar, so I can't get to my Display icon to Detect Displays. No, I don't want the MacBook screen to be the primary when I'm on the external.
Plugging the DisplayPort dongle back in does nothing. It won't even re-display on the external monitor it was hooked up to before, so no mirroring kludge if I forget. To this point, I hard power down and restart.
Any idea how to tell the MacBook there's no external monitor and that it's the primary now?
A: Command + Brightness Up is the keyboard shortcut for Detect Displays in Lion.
| Q: MacBook unplugged from external monitor thinks it's still the Secondary Desktop I've got a MacBook Pro 13" with Lion plugged into an external VGA monitor. Often, when I unplug its video dongle deal, the MacBook doesn't realize the other monitor is gone. It continues to believe it's the Secondary Monitor (which I can confirm by right-clicking the desktop and selecting "Change Desktop Background...").
There's no menu bar, so I can't get to my Display icon to Detect Displays. No, I don't want the MacBook screen to be the primary when I'm on the external.
Plugging the DisplayPort dongle back in does nothing. It won't even re-display on the external monitor it was hooked up to before, so no mirroring kludge if I forget. To this point, I hard power down and restart.
Any idea how to tell the MacBook there's no external monitor and that it's the primary now?
A: Command + Brightness Up is the keyboard shortcut for Detect Displays in Lion.
A: Another way to do this is by going to Displays in System Preferences and then holding down the ⌥ Option key and the Gather Windows button will turn into a button that says Detect Displays.
A: I've had this with Mavericks a few times, and I found out that in my case changing the Rotation will trigger the OS to recognise the monitor(s) aren't there. Changing the resolution or some other action (besides obvious reboot) didn't seem to work for me.
A: None of the other options worked for me on my El Capitan MBP, but putting it to sleep and waking it up immediately worked like a charm.
A: I've had a similar issue, (though I'm using the HDMI port on my 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina to run my external monitor - the overheating and wifi interference hassles with Thunderbolt that drove me to use the HDMI port are for another thread...) and have, thus far found that powering down the monitor I'm using (a Dell 4K HD powered by a 110 appliance plug) then waiting a minute or so before unplugging the HDMI connector from my MBP usually sends the right message to the computer and gets me back to the single screen.
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6091ec17f0f512f85305f0f28caaa077d4371bb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a shortcut key to bring up the Launch Pad on an older apple keyboard? It's a white iMac, I think perhaps 2007 model. Here is the keyboard currently:
There is one that works for Mission Control, but not for Launch Pad.
Do you think there is a way to configure one to work?
A: Check in System Preferences > Mission Control what key is assigned for Launchpad. You can customize the settings of course.
Note that per default pressing F11 for example will work as a media key (change volume in your case). So you need to press fn+F11 instead.
| Q: Is there a shortcut key to bring up the Launch Pad on an older apple keyboard? It's a white iMac, I think perhaps 2007 model. Here is the keyboard currently:
There is one that works for Mission Control, but not for Launch Pad.
Do you think there is a way to configure one to work?
A: Check in System Preferences > Mission Control what key is assigned for Launchpad. You can customize the settings of course.
Note that per default pressing F11 for example will work as a media key (change volume in your case). So you need to press fn+F11 instead.
A: You could simply configure a shortcut of your liking for it in:
System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Launchpad & Dock
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450ca65e135af9f434f8fab1d2f46846dafefe8b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: As of Mountain Lion, Google Chrome has asked for permission to view my contacts. Does this mean that it has likely had unrestricted access before? I'm not sure why Chrome wants this access, but since prior to Mountain Lion there wasn't a prompt for this, it makes me think that it must have been looking at them this whole time. Right?
A: Yes, right. Round about Tiger (10.4) Apple introduced a nice neat way for apps to integrate with your address book and calendar data stores etc. At the time it was a novel thing that allowed for any number of clever calendar widgets etc, and stuff that could happily replace the in-built tools (or enhance them) without you having to change anything at an account or data level.
These days, because of a number of high profile mobile apps getting in trouble for doing what the desktop OS have been doing for years, they are cranking up the security and privacy options.
| Q: As of Mountain Lion, Google Chrome has asked for permission to view my contacts. Does this mean that it has likely had unrestricted access before? I'm not sure why Chrome wants this access, but since prior to Mountain Lion there wasn't a prompt for this, it makes me think that it must have been looking at them this whole time. Right?
A: Yes, right. Round about Tiger (10.4) Apple introduced a nice neat way for apps to integrate with your address book and calendar data stores etc. At the time it was a novel thing that allowed for any number of clever calendar widgets etc, and stuff that could happily replace the in-built tools (or enhance them) without you having to change anything at an account or data level.
These days, because of a number of high profile mobile apps getting in trouble for doing what the desktop OS have been doing for years, they are cranking up the security and privacy options.
A: To turn this off and eliminate the error messages, you can do the following:
*
*Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar. Select Settings.
*Click Show advanced settings and find the "Passwords and forms" section.
*Click "Manage Autofill Settings"
*Deselect the "Include addresses from my Address Book card" checkbox.
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517d6b0e1431c3d353de35fe65705a9a1b64bdfb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari 6: Open and close tabs with middle click? On Lion I installed an extension which game me the ability to use middle click to open and close tabs, and I used Better Touch Tool (BTT) to use a 3 finger tap to act as a middle click.
Since using Mountain Lion DP4, and subsequently the final release with Safari 6, I am only able to open tabs with a middle click, and I have to use keyboard shortcuts or by clicking on the tab close X.
Is there anything which will give me middle click to close a tab which works on Safari 6 under Mountain Lion available now?
A: I've set up the same 3 finger middle click gesture in BTT and it works great with Glims for Safari's middle click to close setting.
| Q: Safari 6: Open and close tabs with middle click? On Lion I installed an extension which game me the ability to use middle click to open and close tabs, and I used Better Touch Tool (BTT) to use a 3 finger tap to act as a middle click.
Since using Mountain Lion DP4, and subsequently the final release with Safari 6, I am only able to open tabs with a middle click, and I have to use keyboard shortcuts or by clicking on the tab close X.
Is there anything which will give me middle click to close a tab which works on Safari 6 under Mountain Lion available now?
A: I've set up the same 3 finger middle click gesture in BTT and it works great with Glims for Safari's middle click to close setting.
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dda37ce15cbd136474ba7cb8b95934f1f97d96f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari 6 Search Bar Focus On New Tab/Window When I open new tab or window in Safari 6 in ML it doesn't focus on the search bar - what should I do to make focus automatic?
A: In the Safari preferences under General you need to choose for Open new tabs with either:
*
*Top sites or
*Empty Page
| Q: Safari 6 Search Bar Focus On New Tab/Window When I open new tab or window in Safari 6 in ML it doesn't focus on the search bar - what should I do to make focus automatic?
A: In the Safari preferences under General you need to choose for Open new tabs with either:
*
*Top sites or
*Empty Page
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b149284672e994a0d6860afbe8d4cede7c1a8a90 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: error: There was a problem with the editor 'vi' when using it with git I have this strange problem with using vi as the editor for git commit -a.
Normal flow is: I type git commit -a, vi appears, I enter my commit message, and then :wq to save & exit from vi.
This works fine. However, sometimes I make a typo and instead of :wq I type :Wq (because I use the shift for :). Then, when I correct myself and type :wq again, git gives the following error:
error: There was a problem with the editor 'vi'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
How can I fix this?
A: As answered here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22699614/git-commit-messages-lost-by-vi
The real solution is to
git config --global core.editor vim -f
According to vim documentation - -f option should be used when Vim is executed by a program that will wait for the edit session to finish
| Q: error: There was a problem with the editor 'vi' when using it with git I have this strange problem with using vi as the editor for git commit -a.
Normal flow is: I type git commit -a, vi appears, I enter my commit message, and then :wq to save & exit from vi.
This works fine. However, sometimes I make a typo and instead of :wq I type :Wq (because I use the shift for :). Then, when I correct myself and type :wq again, git gives the following error:
error: There was a problem with the editor 'vi'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
How can I fix this?
A: As answered here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22699614/git-commit-messages-lost-by-vi
The real solution is to
git config --global core.editor vim -f
According to vim documentation - -f option should be used when Vim is executed by a program that will wait for the edit session to finish
A: vi is existing with a non-zero status, although without additional details about your setup, it's difficult to tell why. If you're using a lot of plugins to vim, you might try moving your .vimrc file to .vimrc.back and seeing if you can replicate. There are a few sources that discuss this problem, including at least one with a potential solution:
git config --global core.editor /usr/bin/vim
I would try removing your .vimrc first, however. It seems to cause more consternation.
A: Do you use the golang vim plugins?
This line is causing the vi exit value problem for me:
filetype plugin indent off
Removing the whole golang plugin block in .vimrc fixed the problem. Installing the golang plugin using fugitive can be as easy as: ln -s $GOROOT/misc/vim ~/.vim/bundle/vim-golang
(I just documented the problem in this issue on the vim-golang github)
A: Something is wrong with Git config I guess.
So the solution is to reset Git config and it worked for me:
git config --global core.editor $(which vim)
$(which vim) is more flexible than /usr/bin/vim (vim executable may not be there for some people)
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c4695d5ea79c257f18edae30aa19dfb4951b7cd6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I play chess over Game Center in Mountain Lion? I've looked in Game Center on Mountain Lion and in the Chess game, but I can't seem to see a way to play Chess over Game Center. Does Chess for Mountain Lion support turn-based play? If it does, how can I enable it?
A: First of all, make sure you have added your systems knows about your Apple ID (go to System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Your User -> Apple ID).
Then launch Chess; obviously you'll need to have an internet connection.
After a short wait (a second or two in my case, might depend on your internet connection), a badge like the following should appear in the Chess window:
After it appears, you should simply be able to go to Game -> New... and select GameCenter Match in Players.
| Q: How can I play chess over Game Center in Mountain Lion? I've looked in Game Center on Mountain Lion and in the Chess game, but I can't seem to see a way to play Chess over Game Center. Does Chess for Mountain Lion support turn-based play? If it does, how can I enable it?
A: First of all, make sure you have added your systems knows about your Apple ID (go to System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Your User -> Apple ID).
Then launch Chess; obviously you'll need to have an internet connection.
After a short wait (a second or two in my case, might depend on your internet connection), a badge like the following should appear in the Chess window:
After it appears, you should simply be able to go to Game -> New... and select GameCenter Match in Players.
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f1c22c235263fc82757e1b3644ed832b09cb3db0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari doesn't remember tabs in Mountain Lion In Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Safari preserved the state of my tabs when it closed. This functionality seems to have disappeared in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is there a way to restore (no pun intended) this feature from with the System Preferences or perhaps a Terminal trick?
A: Undo quitting of all applications
Apple has slightly changed the wording but the location for this setting is still the same as in Lion:
System Preferences → General → Close windows when quitting an application
Undo quitting for a specific application
This works only with Close windows when quitting an application disabled at the same time.
Type the following command in the Terminal. Then restart the specific application.
In general the syntax is:
defaults write com."producer"."program-name" ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES
Thus, in your case (Safari.app) it is:
defaults write com.apple.Safari ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES
You can undo this by using the parameter NO instead.
If you prefer a graphical interface, you can use TinkerTool. But the current version 4.9 only supports the toggling on a per app basis in Lion. I'll update this answer when TinkerTool adds this feature for Mountain Lion as well.
| Q: Safari doesn't remember tabs in Mountain Lion In Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Safari preserved the state of my tabs when it closed. This functionality seems to have disappeared in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is there a way to restore (no pun intended) this feature from with the System Preferences or perhaps a Terminal trick?
A: Undo quitting of all applications
Apple has slightly changed the wording but the location for this setting is still the same as in Lion:
System Preferences → General → Close windows when quitting an application
Undo quitting for a specific application
This works only with Close windows when quitting an application disabled at the same time.
Type the following command in the Terminal. Then restart the specific application.
In general the syntax is:
defaults write com."producer"."program-name" ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES
Thus, in your case (Safari.app) it is:
defaults write com.apple.Safari ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES
You can undo this by using the parameter NO instead.
If you prefer a graphical interface, you can use TinkerTool. But the current version 4.9 only supports the toggling on a per app basis in Lion. I'll update this answer when TinkerTool adds this feature for Mountain Lion as well.
A: If you already have the "Close windows when quitting an application" setting disabled, but certain apps don't restore their windows (while most other apps do), this fix worked for me:
*
*Open System Preferences -> General, and check the "Close windows…" setting.
*Close System Preferences
*Reopen System Preferences -> General, uncheck the same setting, and close it again.
The setting should now be applied uniformly across all apps. At the very least, this fixed the issue where Safari would not restore its windows (even though other apps were doing so). (In my case, back in Lion I disabled window restoring on a few specific apps with the hidden setting via Terminal; Safari may have been one of them.)
A: You also need to check the NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows setting:
defaults read .GlobalPreferences NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows
defaults read com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows
The default behaviour should be a "does not exist" error, but if either is set to 0 Safari will not remember open tabs.
You can restore the default setting with:
defaults delete .GlobalPreferences NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows
defaults delete com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows
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bedf4280475995f90111093c09923dcde8612ec0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Full expression friendly calculator app? One of the apps I miss most from Linux when using a Mac is the Gnome calculator (gcalctool). I like that I can type out a full expression before evaluating it:
Is there a good free calculator app that works similarly or is there a way to install gcalctool?
A: gcalctool is available in MacPorts
*
*Download and install MacPorts
*Perform the following action to install gcalctool from within a Terminal:
sudo port install gcalctool
| Q: Full expression friendly calculator app? One of the apps I miss most from Linux when using a Mac is the Gnome calculator (gcalctool). I like that I can type out a full expression before evaluating it:
Is there a good free calculator app that works similarly or is there a way to install gcalctool?
A: gcalctool is available in MacPorts
*
*Download and install MacPorts
*Perform the following action to install gcalctool from within a Terminal:
sudo port install gcalctool
A: I am lucky enough to have a Mathematica license, but if I didn't, I would solve problems like this using Spotlight or bc.
*
*Click on the Spotlight icon in the upper right and enter your math problem rather than a string to search for. 2+8*6^.5 immediately returns 21.595 . . .
*the bc app in the terminal works similarly, though I have found bugs in it and it wouldn't be my first choice.
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a3fcd99376d50365ee6b45cd981329d8a085c96e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Youtube on AppleTV, continuously? Is there a way, with the current AppleTV, to watch a bunch of Youtube videos without having to select each one by hand?
That is, either by entering some keywords to search for, or by providing it with a 'playlist' somehow.
Order isn't important. Exact matching isn't important.
A method for doing this that involved streaming from a Mac would be fine, too, though I don't have a Mac capable of Airplay Mirroring, so that specific feature won't help me.
A: I asked at an Apple store, and basically the answer is "no".
The best workaround we could come up with is creating a Youtube account, making a playlist on Youtube, adding all the videos I want to that, and then playing them through AppleTV. It's not exactly convenient, though.
| Q: Youtube on AppleTV, continuously? Is there a way, with the current AppleTV, to watch a bunch of Youtube videos without having to select each one by hand?
That is, either by entering some keywords to search for, or by providing it with a 'playlist' somehow.
Order isn't important. Exact matching isn't important.
A method for doing this that involved streaming from a Mac would be fine, too, though I don't have a Mac capable of Airplay Mirroring, so that specific feature won't help me.
A: I asked at an Apple store, and basically the answer is "no".
The best workaround we could come up with is creating a Youtube account, making a playlist on Youtube, adding all the videos I want to that, and then playing them through AppleTV. It's not exactly convenient, though.
A: Yes there is a way.
Just add your videos to your "watch later" playlist.
And just play.
It will play all the videos uninterrupted.
N-joy
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dd5ee37f7c78e16310d5986a4d87a2aa7875d87f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I perform the swipe gesture for quickly accessing Notification Center? The swipe gesture for accessing Notification Centre is the same as for going back in Safari (amongst others). How can I consistently get it to do one or the other to stop me using the wrong gesture?
A: Put two finger on the right side of trackpad, your finger should be outside of trackpad area.
Then swipe to the left, inside to trackpad area.
It works beautifully for me.
I created video how to do it, you can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4znRZBAtE1s
| Q: How can I perform the swipe gesture for quickly accessing Notification Center? The swipe gesture for accessing Notification Centre is the same as for going back in Safari (amongst others). How can I consistently get it to do one or the other to stop me using the wrong gesture?
A: Put two finger on the right side of trackpad, your finger should be outside of trackpad area.
Then swipe to the left, inside to trackpad area.
It works beautifully for me.
I created video how to do it, you can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4znRZBAtE1s
A: You might wonder why a two finger gesture on the trackpad from the right edge to the left edge doesn't always allow you to quickly access the brand new Notification Center in Mountain Lion.
Apple's instructions state:
Swipe to the left from the right edge of the trackpad to visit Notification Center anywhere in OS X. Even from a full-screen app.
What they actually meant was a swipe gesture starting from the very edge if not outside from the right side of your trackpad and then finishing on the left side within you trackpad. This is easier on a notebook trackpad, you can start on the wrist area and swipe in, it's harder on an external one tho.
If you start too far within your trackpad you won't be able to perform the gesture for quickly accessing Notification Center, or you will trigger the page forwards/backwards gesture instead.
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ce6367996db9ba38384c14c0ad21b04b5b8c8bf1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I create a global keyboard shortcut to create a new note in Notes.app or Reminders.app? The new Notes app is great but How do I create a new note without switching to the Notes app first?
Same goes for Reminders.app.
A: For Notes,
Launch Automator --> Service
Add the action "Run AppleScript"
Replace (* Your script goes here *) with:
tell application "Notes" to activate
tell application "System Events"
click menu item "Notes" of ((process "Notes")'s (menu bar 1)'s ¬
(menu bar item "Window")'s (menu "Window"))
click menu item "New Note" of ((process "Notes")'s (menu bar 1)'s ¬
(menu bar item "File")'s (menu "File"))
end tell
This will work regardless if the Notes app is minimized or hidden.
Then, follow the above procedure to create the global shortcut.
Hope this helps :)
| Q: How do I create a global keyboard shortcut to create a new note in Notes.app or Reminders.app? The new Notes app is great but How do I create a new note without switching to the Notes app first?
Same goes for Reminders.app.
A: For Notes,
Launch Automator --> Service
Add the action "Run AppleScript"
Replace (* Your script goes here *) with:
tell application "Notes" to activate
tell application "System Events"
click menu item "Notes" of ((process "Notes")'s (menu bar 1)'s ¬
(menu bar item "Window")'s (menu "Window"))
click menu item "New Note" of ((process "Notes")'s (menu bar 1)'s ¬
(menu bar item "File")'s (menu "File"))
end tell
This will work regardless if the Notes app is minimized or hidden.
Then, follow the above procedure to create the global shortcut.
Hope this helps :)
A: Reminders
You can create a service using the Automator:
*
*Open Automator.app
*Select Service
*For Reminders: Add action Ask for Text to prompt for a new To Do
*Add action New Reminders Item
*Save Service
*Create Shortcut in:
System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Services → Text
Notes
See Mohamad Elwan's answer for notes
A: tell application "Notes"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Notes"
click menu item "New note" of menu "File" of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
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0342ee4d9d60a7c4b240fb7c108c865f0d8845ad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OpenGL versions on Lion, Mountain Lion It looks like Lion supported OpenGL 3.2 (see https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/GLInfo_1070_Core.html)
Does anyone know what version of OpenGL Mountain Lion will support?
A: After searching for weeks, and getting nowhere, and then finally posting to stackexchange a friend of mine has told me what the solution is! The OS X app store has an "OpenGL Extensions Viewer" published by "Developer Tools, and it is free.
Install it and click the OpenGL tab and it shows you the versions of OpenGL and the compliancy. Right now (July 26, Mountain Lion) 3.2 is 70% supported on my Mac Mini Server with Intel HD Graphics 3000 card.
| Q: OpenGL versions on Lion, Mountain Lion It looks like Lion supported OpenGL 3.2 (see https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/GLInfo_1070_Core.html)
Does anyone know what version of OpenGL Mountain Lion will support?
A: After searching for weeks, and getting nowhere, and then finally posting to stackexchange a friend of mine has told me what the solution is! The OS X app store has an "OpenGL Extensions Viewer" published by "Developer Tools, and it is free.
Install it and click the OpenGL tab and it shows you the versions of OpenGL and the compliancy. Right now (July 26, Mountain Lion) 3.2 is 70% supported on my Mac Mini Server with Intel HD Graphics 3000 card.
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