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753b37c0eccabf121a9b370816968864e41b85ad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Hide username from menu bar In Mountain Lion, my full name is displayed at the right of the menu bar (between the time and the search icon, to be specific). As it takes a lot of space, I was wondering if there is a way to hide this?
A: *
*Open System Preferences
*Select User & Groups
*Select Login Options (not Login Items)
*(Click the lock to make changes at the lower left corner of the window)
*Uncheck "Show fast user switching menu as ...
| Q: Hide username from menu bar In Mountain Lion, my full name is displayed at the right of the menu bar (between the time and the search icon, to be specific). As it takes a lot of space, I was wondering if there is a way to hide this?
A: *
*Open System Preferences
*Select User & Groups
*Select Login Options (not Login Items)
*(Click the lock to make changes at the lower left corner of the window)
*Uncheck "Show fast user switching menu as ...
A: You just have to press the Command key while dragging the username out of the menu bar like you would to remove a dock item.
A: This is the fast user switching menu, which can be Command + dragged off.
Further settings can be accessed through the users & groups pref pane:
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5469b8d36095e611a8f488a70b5b641c97cdbaf4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I increase the default font size for the Notes in Mountain Lion? Can I increase the default font size for the Notes in Mountain Lion?
The text is too small, I would like to see big characters when I create a new note instead.
UPDATE:
<dict>
<key>FontName</key>
<string>Noteworthy-Light</string>
<key>Size</key>
<integer>20</integer>
</dict>
A: You can go in "Terminal.app" and write (if your system is in english):
nano /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/DefaultFonts.plist
You will see a long file, but it's easy to understand it's content. You just need to change the ?? value, it is the default font size for each font.
When you are done, just control+O to save then control+X to close.
Restart Notes, select your default font and your font should follow the new default
| Q: Can I increase the default font size for the Notes in Mountain Lion? Can I increase the default font size for the Notes in Mountain Lion?
The text is too small, I would like to see big characters when I create a new note instead.
UPDATE:
<dict>
<key>FontName</key>
<string>Noteworthy-Light</string>
<key>Size</key>
<integer>20</integer>
</dict>
A: You can go in "Terminal.app" and write (if your system is in english):
nano /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/DefaultFonts.plist
You will see a long file, but it's easy to understand it's content. You just need to change the ?? value, it is the default font size for each font.
When you are done, just control+O to save then control+X to close.
Restart Notes, select your default font and your font should follow the new default
A: Yes, you can go in Format -> Font -> Bigger or use Command+ to boost font size
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9519ed5cabb88fc881f6156ee0718b3958522d0a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mountain Lion: AirPlay doesn't show up (but it works in iTunes) I have mountain lion and Apple TV. iTunes only displays the option for AirPlay. But it doesn't display on the OSX top bar.
I have a MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
A: Airplay Mirroring in 10.8 is only compatible with machines that have a Core i-series processor. Your Core 2 machine is not on the supported hardware list for Airplay Mirroring with 10.8.
You should check out AirParrot, which is $9.99, but can do AirPlay Mirroring on older hardware (and OSes) as well.
| Q: Mountain Lion: AirPlay doesn't show up (but it works in iTunes) I have mountain lion and Apple TV. iTunes only displays the option for AirPlay. But it doesn't display on the OSX top bar.
I have a MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
A: Airplay Mirroring in 10.8 is only compatible with machines that have a Core i-series processor. Your Core 2 machine is not on the supported hardware list for Airplay Mirroring with 10.8.
You should check out AirParrot, which is $9.99, but can do AirPlay Mirroring on older hardware (and OSes) as well.
A: There are certain requirements for using airplay in ML. Here is a list of all supported Apple Computers:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4080592?start=0&tstart=0
Depending on the Year and Model of your machine, you may not be able to use AirPlay mirroring.
If your computer is not listed as being compatible, then it will not work.
You can alternatively use a program called air parrot which will do roughly the same thing, just not as nicely.
The reason has to do with the graphics cards that the machines use, as explained here.
I hope that this answer helps you out.
A: Airplay mirroring is for full system side mirroring of the whole OS, not limited to just a video, or slideshow etc. As such, you computer (like mine) may well be able to use airplay within iTunes, whilst not being compatible for mirroring the whole display.
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783cd646e7fca92a5c5b579514d5b3f302b2211a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Twitter And Facebook Integration Missing In Notification center? I have recently installed Mountain Lion and noticed that 'Sharing' via Facbook and Twitter are missing!
I have checked the System Preferences to enable this feature but I am stuck. Can anyone help me?
A: For twitter:
Go to your system preferences, type in twitter
you should get a drop down menu called Set up a Twitter account:
click on Set up a Twitter account and you should be taken to a screen where you can enter your twitter details
now for Facebook you'll have to wait to the fall of this year (2012) since apple will add this feature later. ( or if you have a OSX developer account you could get early access to the beta version )
note: you also can setup 'share' accounts for vimeo and flickr:
| Q: Twitter And Facebook Integration Missing In Notification center? I have recently installed Mountain Lion and noticed that 'Sharing' via Facbook and Twitter are missing!
I have checked the System Preferences to enable this feature but I am stuck. Can anyone help me?
A: For twitter:
Go to your system preferences, type in twitter
you should get a drop down menu called Set up a Twitter account:
click on Set up a Twitter account and you should be taken to a screen where you can enter your twitter details
now for Facebook you'll have to wait to the fall of this year (2012) since apple will add this feature later. ( or if you have a OSX developer account you could get early access to the beta version )
note: you also can setup 'share' accounts for vimeo and flickr:
A: The Facebook integration wasn't available when this question was asked - it was added in OS X 10.8.2 in September 2012.
To activate Twitter and Facebook sharing, you must first configure at least one Twitter and / or Facebook account via System Preferences -> Mail, Contacts & Calendars -> Add Account -> Twitter (or Facebook). Once you've successfully added a Twitter account, the Twitter widget should appear at the top of Notification Center.
A: You MUST Log off and log back on!!! The last thing you must do for Twitter to show up in the Notification Center is to log off and log back on to your Account - then and only then will Twitter show up.
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8a296833c6e7a45da160b5cbc7e8f61977467f52 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get the smaller tabs back in Safari 6? In Safari 6, tabs became very wide. I don’t like this new behavior.
Is there a way to get the old, smaller tabs back?
A: The glims tool - available from Mac update - should do the trick to re-slice the tab width to something fixed if you prefer the old look.
| Q: How to get the smaller tabs back in Safari 6? In Safari 6, tabs became very wide. I don’t like this new behavior.
Is there a way to get the old, smaller tabs back?
A: The glims tool - available from Mac update - should do the trick to re-slice the tab width to something fixed if you prefer the old look.
A: If you have SIMBL installed, download cosyTabs (Lion & Mountain Lion) and your old-style tabs will be back. (Here'sa direct-download link.)
Open the zip and place the .bundle file in: /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/
Works for me and SIMBL never gave me any trouble. On the website it says that it's only for Mountain Lion, but it works on my Lion Mac as well.
(source)
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46ce392f3cd4a94d31fbe7fa312ceb9efcd66cb4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Homebrew doctor warning: you have unlinked kegs in your Cellar How do you fix this?
$ brew doctor
...
Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built.
imagemagick
jasper
libtiff
little-cms
...
A: i ran below command and the problem is gone...
"brew upgrade"
| Q: Homebrew doctor warning: you have unlinked kegs in your Cellar How do you fix this?
$ brew doctor
...
Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built.
imagemagick
jasper
libtiff
little-cms
...
A: i ran below command and the problem is gone...
"brew upgrade"
A: brew link --overwrite imagemagick
repeat it for each and it will solve the issue
A: Like this, for each unlinked keg:
brew link imagemagick
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c25f90037b3f0a86b0f3f034e2c63475892be059 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot "Enter Time Machine" from Mountain Lion Upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday. Time Machine backups continue to run without any reported errors. (Backups are to a HD shared by a Lion Server on the network).
Problem is When I choose Enter Time Machine (or double-click on the Time Machine application icon) nothing happens. No window. No error. No...nothing. I do notice that the remote HD mounts in the Finder... but that's it.
I've reviewed a similar question which appears to be Lion (or perhaps Snow Leopard) related. But this is not acceptable as I don't want to erase my whole backup and start anew...as I can't afford to toss my only Lion backup.
Anyone know what's up? And how to get my TM working properly under MLion?
A: I had to reformat the external drive I use for Time Machine. It said there was a permissions problem, that it was Read Only - which it wasn't, and a look at the Info for it confirmed it was Read & Write. Still, I just erased the drive and started again. Works fine now.
| Q: Cannot "Enter Time Machine" from Mountain Lion Upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday. Time Machine backups continue to run without any reported errors. (Backups are to a HD shared by a Lion Server on the network).
Problem is When I choose Enter Time Machine (or double-click on the Time Machine application icon) nothing happens. No window. No error. No...nothing. I do notice that the remote HD mounts in the Finder... but that's it.
I've reviewed a similar question which appears to be Lion (or perhaps Snow Leopard) related. But this is not acceptable as I don't want to erase my whole backup and start anew...as I can't afford to toss my only Lion backup.
Anyone know what's up? And how to get my TM working properly under MLion?
A: I had to reformat the external drive I use for Time Machine. It said there was a permissions problem, that it was Read Only - which it wasn't, and a look at the Info for it confirmed it was Read & Write. Still, I just erased the drive and started again. Works fine now.
A: Have you tried going to Time Machine preferences and removing that drive from the list of backup drives? Try that, then re-add it. If that doesn't work, subtract it again, look at it in Disk Utility, perhaps rename it to something else, verify and repair the volume, eject then remount it, add to Time Machine backup list, attempt to enter TM again. If no luck, subtract, rename to the original name, re-add to backup list.
A: While in opened time machine, press Shift-Command-C it will make TM clickable. Apple is too busy to change sizes of iPhones, iPads to call it a new version and they forget of about their softwares.
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5526abaf92da845933b0c9f552113234f62f3b35 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I report a bug in Safari 6.0? I found a bug in the latest version of Safari, how can I report it to Apple?
They no longer have the menu option to submit bug reports. I've tried searching Google but all the results are outdated.
A: http://bugreport.apple.com is the canonical bug reporting mechanism. Once you have submitted an issue, it will be given a "radar" number and you will be treated to possibly the most archaic customer-facing bug reporting interfaces on the planet.
You will want to first select a developer account and agree to Apple's terms. In your case, the free of cost Safari developer program might be very useful if you care to know what changes are in store for Safari.
https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/safari/index.action
| Q: How do I report a bug in Safari 6.0? I found a bug in the latest version of Safari, how can I report it to Apple?
They no longer have the menu option to submit bug reports. I've tried searching Google but all the results are outdated.
A: http://bugreport.apple.com is the canonical bug reporting mechanism. Once you have submitted an issue, it will be given a "radar" number and you will be treated to possibly the most archaic customer-facing bug reporting interfaces on the planet.
You will want to first select a developer account and agree to Apple's terms. In your case, the free of cost Safari developer program might be very useful if you care to know what changes are in store for Safari.
https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/safari/index.action
A: The OS X Feedback page has a bug report option (under "Feedback Type"). There's also http://bugreporter.apple.com, but I can't recall if that's limited to those with a Developer account (which is free to get).
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a666041a2dc196bc4ebb266df3b062cdd2cf6089 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Fading of the URL in Safari 6's Unified Search and URL Field With Safari 6, the omnibar fades the non-server part of the URL, so that the actual server name is more visible. Presumably, this is to reduce phishing attacks.
However, I find that the remainder of the url is hard to read, and to be honest, when developing websites, that is the part I care much more about.
Is there any way to have it so that the whole url is the same?
A: As mentioned above by dan8394, you can click the omnibar, reactivating the full URI. Unfortunately, there is not an option for changing this in Safari, nor does a hook exist in AppleScript. To the best of my knowledge, the only way this can be changed would be through a Safari extension. However, from what I have found, this is hard-coded into Safari itself and there isn't an option or a flag to change that will affect it. Sorry.
Good luck and happy browsing!
| Q: Fading of the URL in Safari 6's Unified Search and URL Field With Safari 6, the omnibar fades the non-server part of the URL, so that the actual server name is more visible. Presumably, this is to reduce phishing attacks.
However, I find that the remainder of the url is hard to read, and to be honest, when developing websites, that is the part I care much more about.
Is there any way to have it so that the whole url is the same?
A: As mentioned above by dan8394, you can click the omnibar, reactivating the full URI. Unfortunately, there is not an option for changing this in Safari, nor does a hook exist in AppleScript. To the best of my knowledge, the only way this can be changed would be through a Safari extension. However, from what I have found, this is hard-coded into Safari itself and there isn't an option or a flag to change that will affect it. Sorry.
Good luck and happy browsing!
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5d6a22160494433c223e85ab5fb1e3f2d1b0a1d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Notification Center have keyboard shortcuts? Are there any keyboard shortcuts for controlling Notification Center on OS X Mountain Lion? Of particular interest is a shortcut equivalent of the Click to Tweet button that appears at the top of Notification Center (when the requisite option is selected in the Notifications settings pane), but if it happens to have other shortcuts (either predefined, or definable in System Preferences - I couldn't see any) those would be useful as well.
A: There is a configurable keyboard shortcut to open Notification Center:
Other than that, there seems to be no way to configure any keyboard shortcuts. The closest I could get is discovering that you can set Notification Center as the action for a hot corner. If you wanted to do this when a key is pressed, you can try combining this with AppleScript (like in this post).
| Q: Does Notification Center have keyboard shortcuts? Are there any keyboard shortcuts for controlling Notification Center on OS X Mountain Lion? Of particular interest is a shortcut equivalent of the Click to Tweet button that appears at the top of Notification Center (when the requisite option is selected in the Notifications settings pane), but if it happens to have other shortcuts (either predefined, or definable in System Preferences - I couldn't see any) those would be useful as well.
A: There is a configurable keyboard shortcut to open Notification Center:
Other than that, there seems to be no way to configure any keyboard shortcuts. The closest I could get is discovering that you can set Notification Center as the action for a hot corner. If you wanted to do this when a key is pressed, you can try combining this with AppleScript (like in this post).
A: The proper answer to this question is "No." But that's not a very satisfying answer. So if you're determined to have keyboard shortcuts for Click to Tweet in Notification Center, this is what you can do:
Warning: this is a complete and utter hack, but it seems you can (for now; this might break easily) trigger the Tweet button through a very delicate use of UI scripting.
*
*Create an Automator service.
*Give it a single action: Run AppleScript
*Here's the script:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Notification Center"
click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1
click button 1 of UI element 1 of row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of window "window"
keystroke "Whatever text you want as your default tweet"
end tell
end tell
*Save the service (obviously modify it from my example), assign it a keystroke in System Preferences, and voila: you've got a keyboard shortcut… until Notification Center gets rearranged and button 1 of UI element 1 of row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of window "window" is no longer the Tweet button.
If this looks convoluted, that's because it is. If this isn't something you want to use, I don't blame you, and you can fall back on the answer of "no, there aren't keyboard shortcuts."
A: While it doesn't work for "click to Tweet", there are indeed three keyboard shortcuts that work with Notification Center. They are ↑, ↓, and return. Combined with the ability to assign a keyboard shortcut to open Message Center, normal messages can be responded to using the keyboard alone. The Share button and the Mute switch do not seem to respond to these inputs, however.
A: Here's what I do:
*
*I have a shortcut set to open Notification Centre. This is mapped to F13, as described in other answers.
*I also have the tab key enabled to move keyboard focus between 'all controls':
*
*Press F13 to open NC.
*Press the tab key twice until 'click to tweet' is highlighted in blue:
*Press the spacebar.
*Type my tweet (I haven't found a way to add location without clicking).
*CMD+Shift+D to send.
A: While not related to Notification Center, you can achieve this easily using the official Twitter client for OS X. This has a configuration option for "Global New Tweet" which lets you compose a tweet with a key combination without the Twitter app being in the foreground.
A: Here's an alternate:
display dialog "Tweet?" default answer "" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
set mytweet to text returned of result
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Notification Center"
click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1
click button 1 of UI element 1 of row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of window "window"
keystroke mytweet
repeat 3 times
keystroke tab using {control down}
end repeat
keystroke space
end tell
end tell
A: If you are using a trackpad, there is also a new gesture to show/hide the notification center: swipe with two fingers from the right border of the trackpad towards its center.
This setting can be enabled/disabled in Settings -> Trackpad.
A: Found a great one!
Alt + ↑, when notification center is open, reveals an additional switch above the Tweet area, to temporarily disable Notification Center:
Once you click the switch:
Edit:
Anyone else see this documented anywhere?!? Am I the first one to find this?!?
@siracusa Documented it in his epic Mountain Lion review: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/os-x-10-8/4/#notification-center
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24b29ccdde9f130729cb0c2945f5b66c09b8959f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Did Mountain Lion fix Launchpad's re-arranging curse? Anyone that has used Launchpad aggressively knows that (at least on Lion) it would re-arrange the icons upon reboot. There was no way to save or lock the order and location of the icons. Is this fixed now in Mountain Lion? Or did they just add a search bar and call it good?
A: Yes, it is fixed. I have been rearranging program icons for hours every day, over two days, rebooting repeatedly, on a Fall 2010 MacBook Air, and the order and orientation has stuck (stayed) every time.
As far as I can tell, this is finally fixed.
| Q: Did Mountain Lion fix Launchpad's re-arranging curse? Anyone that has used Launchpad aggressively knows that (at least on Lion) it would re-arrange the icons upon reboot. There was no way to save or lock the order and location of the icons. Is this fixed now in Mountain Lion? Or did they just add a search bar and call it good?
A: Yes, it is fixed. I have been rearranging program icons for hours every day, over two days, rebooting repeatedly, on a Fall 2010 MacBook Air, and the order and orientation has stuck (stayed) every time.
As far as I can tell, this is finally fixed.
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96b700c70f664b282c4ed666ae8dcad0ca710221 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: if iPhoto came with my Mac, can I still get free updates after Mountain Lion? Since:
*
*I got iPhoto included with my MacBook Pro, not from the Mac App Store
*Mountain Lion is replacing Software Update with the Mac App Store
Will I still be able to get free iPhoto updates with Mountain Lion? How would that work?
A: Yes! When you open the App Store's Updates tab, you'll see a special dialog allowing you to accept the apps such as iPhoto that were bundled with your computer. If you accept them and enter your account info, the licenses will be automatically associated with your account. In the future you'll be able to receive updates exactly as if you had purchased the apps.
(The details probably depend on which computer you have and when you purchased it. But if your computer is a relatively recent model then you probably will have access to these apps. If you want more details you may need to contact Apple.)
| Q: if iPhoto came with my Mac, can I still get free updates after Mountain Lion? Since:
*
*I got iPhoto included with my MacBook Pro, not from the Mac App Store
*Mountain Lion is replacing Software Update with the Mac App Store
Will I still be able to get free iPhoto updates with Mountain Lion? How would that work?
A: Yes! When you open the App Store's Updates tab, you'll see a special dialog allowing you to accept the apps such as iPhoto that were bundled with your computer. If you accept them and enter your account info, the licenses will be automatically associated with your account. In the future you'll be able to receive updates exactly as if you had purchased the apps.
(The details probably depend on which computer you have and when you purchased it. But if your computer is a relatively recent model then you probably will have access to these apps. If you want more details you may need to contact Apple.)
A: Last night I installed Mountain Lion on my 2011 iMac which came with Snow Leopard and iLife on DVD. After the install, I opened iPhoto and chose Software Update as normal.
The App Store opened and in the updates tab, it had a new section called System Updates and downloaded the updates for iPhoto and iMovie. I do not have these apps associated with my account in the App Store and thus there was a note at the bottom of the System Updates section stating that these updates are all subject to the original licence agreement.
A: Didn't you get the iLife DVD with the MBP? or did u get the iPhoto preinstalled. If you got it preinstalled then inform Apple support before you upgrade.
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76aaf0c8819089328ceb00305d1dccfa121c17f3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to Secure erase files in OS X without moving the files into trash? My Question is I want to erase a file in OS X Securely (like the function of "Secure Empty Trash") so that, the file cannot be recovered by using recovery tools. I don't want to empty the trash. It is possible to erase Files Securely in OS X without moving the file to Trash ?
A: If you want to make sure that your files, deleted or otherwise, cannot be recovered, just turn on FileVault to encrypt your disk.
Multiple erases or writes on SSDs do not make the file "more" erased.
(I realise this is an old question.)
| Q: How to Secure erase files in OS X without moving the files into trash? My Question is I want to erase a file in OS X Securely (like the function of "Secure Empty Trash") so that, the file cannot be recovered by using recovery tools. I don't want to empty the trash. It is possible to erase Files Securely in OS X without moving the file to Trash ?
A: If you want to make sure that your files, deleted or otherwise, cannot be recovered, just turn on FileVault to encrypt your disk.
Multiple erases or writes on SSDs do not make the file "more" erased.
(I realise this is an old question.)
A: You can always use the terminal command rm with the -P option:
[Option -P will]
Overwrite regular files before deleting them. Files are overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff, then 0x00, and then 0xff again, before they are deleted.
If you're not handy with the Terminal, just:
*
*Open the Terminal.app (Found in /Applications/Utilities).
*Type cd and drag the folder which contains the file you want to delete, to the terminal window.
*Type rm -P FileName.extension and hit Enter
A: srm is another shell utility for deleting files securely. It uses the 35-pass Gutmann algorithm by default, but -s (overwriting files with random data once) is faster and should be secure enough for most purposes.
A: The securely delete command overwritten the areas on the storage medium. In OS X El Capitan 10.11 it was still accessible via the terminal. It was called srm - and has disappeared since macOS Sierra 10.12
The -P option ensures that when deleting the memory areas are overwritten three times before the memory space is released. For example, rm -P Desktop/File.txt deletes the file File.txt from the desktop. The additional option -R also removes folder contents and subfolders (as well as their contents)
rm -RP ~/Desktop/[Directory/File]
Deletes folders and their contents. To avoid typing errors, enter rm -RP including a space at the end.
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6583cac25905f2b77170edce327239a8bd737615 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I add missing avatar/profile pictures in Messages? In the new Messages application introduced with Mountain Lion, I cannot see my own avatar.
This is happening even though my Messages.app email is linked with my contact in Contacts.app.
No Avatar appears when I text in Messages:
But I do have an avatar in Contacts:
A: This looks like a bug but as a workaround you can set the avatar by using the Buddies window:
*
*open Window > Buddies
*click the avatar box at the top right to select an image or just drag & drop an image on this avatar box
Apparently, the Buddies window shows up only if you have a "classic" IM account setup too, like GTalk or AIM.
| Q: How can I add missing avatar/profile pictures in Messages? In the new Messages application introduced with Mountain Lion, I cannot see my own avatar.
This is happening even though my Messages.app email is linked with my contact in Contacts.app.
No Avatar appears when I text in Messages:
But I do have an avatar in Contacts:
A: This looks like a bug but as a workaround you can set the avatar by using the Buddies window:
*
*open Window > Buddies
*click the avatar box at the top right to select an image or just drag & drop an image on this avatar box
Apparently, the Buddies window shows up only if you have a "classic" IM account setup too, like GTalk or AIM.
A: You can set your own avatar, one that is even different from the one in your address book with the following menu selection:
Messages → Change my Picture...
A: I guess the contact picture on your contacts is from Facebook? If so, Messages does not seem to see it. The picture has the be "set" in the Contacts.app, not imported through Facebook (or Twitter, I guess).
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572f25d5a04c1438e0babfb4bb479ae313b49237 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change the language for automatic spelling correction? I set my input source to be US English. And the flag showing on the taskbar is also an American flag.
But whenever I type something in Mail.app or Notes.app the spell check still corrects my spelling to British English:
*
*e.g. it highlights my "organize" and suggest s"organise".
Please, how to make my Mac (OS X 10.8) an American?
A: To add to what gentmatt said, in the case you need to keep "Automatic by Language" because you happen to write in different languages, click on "Set Up…" in the list shown for the Spelling option.
On the dialog box that appears, you can change the order for the languages. In my case, this is the order I chose.
Now, I can write organize, and the word is not corrected, nor do I get a suggestion for writing organise. (It happens that organise is shown as incorrect.)
| Q: How can I change the language for automatic spelling correction? I set my input source to be US English. And the flag showing on the taskbar is also an American flag.
But whenever I type something in Mail.app or Notes.app the spell check still corrects my spelling to British English:
*
*e.g. it highlights my "organize" and suggest s"organise".
Please, how to make my Mac (OS X 10.8) an American?
A: To add to what gentmatt said, in the case you need to keep "Automatic by Language" because you happen to write in different languages, click on "Set Up…" in the list shown for the Spelling option.
On the dialog box that appears, you can change the order for the languages. In my case, this is the order I chose.
Now, I can write organize, and the word is not corrected, nor do I get a suggestion for writing organise. (It happens that organise is shown as incorrect.)
A: For OS X 10.8:
System Preferences > Languages & Text > Text > Spelling
Or for OS X 10.9 and later:
System Preferences > Keyboard > Text > Spelling
A: Autocorrect with multiples languages (automatic by language) in Mavericks is broken. It does not underline all the bad written words. I have to select only 1 language to get it properly working.
A: In Mavericks (10.9):
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text -> Spelling
or
System Preferences -> Language & Region -> Keyboard Preferences -> Text -> Spelling
A: What worked for me is:
Go to "System Preferences" -> "Language & Region".
Under "Preferred languages" add "English (US)" and remove "English".
This changed the spell checking from British English to American English.
A: These answers were great for the most part but have slowly aged out of date after ten years. I'm currently on Mojave 10.14.6 here. The global option remains in the Text section of the Keyboard preference pane but that section has mostly been taken over by text expansion. Spelling has moved so here's a couple of screenshots to pilot you in:
One can set multiple languages. Here's the ones I have set:
You can also change the language for spelling while in an application.
A: Building on the other answers, in Ventura this is now located in
System Settings > Keyboard > Input Methods : Edit... > Automatic by Language > Set Up...
This can also be changed using the command line with :
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSPreferredSpellServers '((en,Apple),("en_GB",Apple),(fr, Apple),(es, Apple))'
where the part between ' quotes is a list of the languages you want to spell check, in order.
You can use
defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSPreferredSpellServers
to show the current list of languages before changing it.
(Sorry for the French screenshots :) ).
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2ff45045b5df1e7b4429a1076cfc0b70170f9136 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Activating screen saver from AppleScript in Mountain Lion I had a script that I used to use to activate my screen saver, and it no longer works in Mountain Lion.
It was a shell script that called an AppleScript script:
#!/bin/bash
osascript /Users/lorin/scripts/lockscreen.scpt
This is what the lockscreen.scpt file looks like:
tell application "ScreenSaverEngine"
activate
end tell
If I bring up lockscreen.scpt in the AppleScript Editor, I get the "Choose Application" dialog popping up asking "Where is ScreenSaverEngine?"
Anybody know the Mountain Lion-y way to activate the screen saver?
A: This works in ML:
tell application "System Events"
set ss to screen saver "Random"
start ss
end tell
"Random" can be replaced with your choice, "Flurry" or "Shell" and so on.
Source Disclosure: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=111478
| Q: Activating screen saver from AppleScript in Mountain Lion I had a script that I used to use to activate my screen saver, and it no longer works in Mountain Lion.
It was a shell script that called an AppleScript script:
#!/bin/bash
osascript /Users/lorin/scripts/lockscreen.scpt
This is what the lockscreen.scpt file looks like:
tell application "ScreenSaverEngine"
activate
end tell
If I bring up lockscreen.scpt in the AppleScript Editor, I get the "Choose Application" dialog popping up asking "Where is ScreenSaverEngine?"
Anybody know the Mountain Lion-y way to activate the screen saver?
A: This works in ML:
tell application "System Events"
set ss to screen saver "Random"
start ss
end tell
"Random" can be replaced with your choice, "Flurry" or "Shell" and so on.
Source Disclosure: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=111478
A: tell application "ScreenSaverEngine" to run
A: That is a nice way of starting a random screen saver.
If, however, you'd simply like to start the active screen saver, you can use this in Mountain Lion:
tell application "System Events"
start current screen saver
end tell
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e81e304c5b1dc863b25005176fcb6d620d012853 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I join a Microsoft Active Directory Domain in OS X? I'm having some problems trying to join our university's Active Directory.
Some of the errors I'm receiving are:
The plugin encountered an error processing request.
Authentication server encountered an error while attempting the requested operation.
Unable to add server.
Authentication server encountered an error while attempting the requested operation.
(5202)
Unable to add server.
The plugin encountered an error processing request.
(10001)
Any ideas?
A: Well, I figured it out!
Our Active Directory is very large. I'm actually only technically a container admin deep within a large tree of Colleges within the University so I believe that had something to do with it.
Instead of using the easy quick Join interface I had to open up Directory Utility and join this way.
When I pressed 'Bind' I typed in the direct OU path for my particular Container that my machine should be placed in and it let me bind.
I don't have this issue on Windows but Mac is needing it to be specifically assigned to that OU before my level of authority will allow me to add the Mac.
I hope this helps someone!
| Q: How do I join a Microsoft Active Directory Domain in OS X? I'm having some problems trying to join our university's Active Directory.
Some of the errors I'm receiving are:
The plugin encountered an error processing request.
Authentication server encountered an error while attempting the requested operation.
Unable to add server.
Authentication server encountered an error while attempting the requested operation.
(5202)
Unable to add server.
The plugin encountered an error processing request.
(10001)
Any ideas?
A: Well, I figured it out!
Our Active Directory is very large. I'm actually only technically a container admin deep within a large tree of Colleges within the University so I believe that had something to do with it.
Instead of using the easy quick Join interface I had to open up Directory Utility and join this way.
When I pressed 'Bind' I typed in the direct OU path for my particular Container that my machine should be placed in and it let me bind.
I don't have this issue on Windows but Mac is needing it to be specifically assigned to that OU before my level of authority will allow me to add the Mac.
I hope this helps someone!
A: We have found in our environment that some AD accounts can login on mountain lion and some cannot. The same users that fail with 10.8 can login just fine on 10.6 or 10.7 machines. Try binding using other accounts with the ability to add machines to your domain.
A: Solution in 2 parts
*
*An article I read and closed 10 minutes ago said "Some accounts can loin and some cannot. All the ones that cannot have 1 thing in common. they are ID'd as 'Domain Users'"
*The other covered the registration process. Images of each dialogue and everything. Thank heavens IE lets you reopen recently closed tabs...
http://itscwiki.tamu.edu/wiki/Join_Active_Directory_in_OS_X_Lion
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c38f64630206f5adbc86146842b2f71b6bf0b16a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use Dictation in OS X Mountain Lion offline? There is a new feature in Mountain Lion, Dictation.
When I try to enable it in the System Preferences, I get the following dialog:
In other words, what Dictation does is just record your voice and send it to Apple, which does the conversion of your voice into text server side. This makes very little sense on today's powerful laptop or desktop Macs (I can see why it would make sense on a mobile device though). Is there a way to use the Dictation feature offline?
A: No, your speech is still sent to the Siri/Nuance servers for processing, so you can't use dictation without an Internet connection.
An alternative would be to use a third-party dictation app like Dragon Dictate.
While your machine is probably powerful enough to handle conversion (although maybe not as quickly as Apple's servers), it makes a lot of sense for Apple to keep things on their end. The software used for conversion is doubtlessly quite complex and would be a huge download. Living on their servers also means that they can push updates as frequently and quickly as they like.
| Q: Can I use Dictation in OS X Mountain Lion offline? There is a new feature in Mountain Lion, Dictation.
When I try to enable it in the System Preferences, I get the following dialog:
In other words, what Dictation does is just record your voice and send it to Apple, which does the conversion of your voice into text server side. This makes very little sense on today's powerful laptop or desktop Macs (I can see why it would make sense on a mobile device though). Is there a way to use the Dictation feature offline?
A: No, your speech is still sent to the Siri/Nuance servers for processing, so you can't use dictation without an Internet connection.
An alternative would be to use a third-party dictation app like Dragon Dictate.
While your machine is probably powerful enough to handle conversion (although maybe not as quickly as Apple's servers), it makes a lot of sense for Apple to keep things on their end. The software used for conversion is doubtlessly quite complex and would be a huge download. Living on their servers also means that they can push updates as frequently and quickly as they like.
A: No.
If you read the Dictation FAQ it's not entirely clear that you always need an active broadband internet connection, but that is how this feature works.
You cannot use it when you are not connected to Apple's servers. There are other software packages that do offline voice transcription, but that's not what is baked into Mountain Lion.
If you read up on the technology behind voice recognition and the benefits of having excessive processing power to handle colds, dialects, slang, process out background noise and other items it makes much more sense to do this server side on massive equipment rather than sending the data needed to match words to each computer and having them all do the heavy lifting autonomously.
A: Yes. Off-line dictation is possible since OS X 10.9, Mavericks.
Starting with OS X 10.9, you can now use dictation offline, by checking the "Enhanced Dictation" box in the Dictation system preferences.
A: No. It does not work offline.
And when it is online it sends personal data to Apple which in - my view - have nothing todo with speech recognition.
(By the way it makes a lot of sense NOT TO send data to Apple: You may want to use time when you are offline for dictation; rules of professional secrecy may bar you from sending data to Apple; and programs like Dragon had been perfectly capable to handle speech recognition before the arrival of the Mountain Lion.)
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7d1f45febb678df987629274955712e3e84b7368 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I clear the JavaScript console in the Safari 6 developer tools? In previous versions of Safari the JavaScript console in the Developer Tools (aka Web Inspector) had a little 'clear' button at the bottom that emptied out console items, which was useful for getting rid of clutter between debug sessions.
As of Safari 6, the new Dev Tools don't seem to have such a button. Manually using clear() and console.clear() doesn't work either. The 'Clear Console' item in the contextual menu doesn't seem to do anything for me.
Short of console.log("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"), is there a way to clear the console in Safari 6?
A: Use Command-K (⌘+K) to clear Safari 6 Web Inspector console.
| Q: How can I clear the JavaScript console in the Safari 6 developer tools? In previous versions of Safari the JavaScript console in the Developer Tools (aka Web Inspector) had a little 'clear' button at the bottom that emptied out console items, which was useful for getting rid of clutter between debug sessions.
As of Safari 6, the new Dev Tools don't seem to have such a button. Manually using clear() and console.clear() doesn't work either. The 'Clear Console' item in the contextual menu doesn't seem to do anything for me.
Short of console.log("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"), is there a way to clear the console in Safari 6?
A: Use Command-K (⌘+K) to clear Safari 6 Web Inspector console.
A: As of May 2019:
Even though, current Safari version is far beyond 6 (it is 12, actually). A shortcut that works for me in FireFox 67.0, Safari 11.1.2, Chromium 76.0.3802.0 is:
Ctrl+L
P.S.: posting just in case somebody will come here looking for "cross-browser" solution (like I did).
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b1846508400630f4a7645ba3f33840878537c408 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remotely control MacBook Pro Retina The rMBP dropped the infrared receiver making Apple Remote useless with it. It's a shame, since Airplay + Apple TV + Apple Remote would have worked as a perfect combo.
So, while playing a movie with Quicktime / VLC and streaming it to the TV, how can I control the playing (pause, skip, rewind...) remotely? Is the iPhone or an iPad of any help? Is there any remote-control app?
A: Are you trying to remote control the Apple TV? Or are you trying to remote control the MacBook Pro? (both will work!)
There's the Remote app (by Apple, not affiliated) which can control the Apple TV, and there are probably lots of 'VLC Remote' apps if you are trying to control VLC itself.
*
*VLC Remote Free for iOS here
*VLC Remote (paid) for iOS here
These work directly with the VLC client and allow for the full control experience - media selection, play, pause, rewind, forward etc.
| Q: Remotely control MacBook Pro Retina The rMBP dropped the infrared receiver making Apple Remote useless with it. It's a shame, since Airplay + Apple TV + Apple Remote would have worked as a perfect combo.
So, while playing a movie with Quicktime / VLC and streaming it to the TV, how can I control the playing (pause, skip, rewind...) remotely? Is the iPhone or an iPad of any help? Is there any remote-control app?
A: Are you trying to remote control the Apple TV? Or are you trying to remote control the MacBook Pro? (both will work!)
There's the Remote app (by Apple, not affiliated) which can control the Apple TV, and there are probably lots of 'VLC Remote' apps if you are trying to control VLC itself.
*
*VLC Remote Free for iOS here
*VLC Remote (paid) for iOS here
These work directly with the VLC client and allow for the full control experience - media selection, play, pause, rewind, forward etc.
A: The remote app for iPhone will let you control any Mac or PC running iTunes. Remember, though, it controls iTunes, not the whole Mac. There is also a Keynote Remote app that will supposedly let you remote control that app, but I've not tried it, though.
A: Check out Rowmote, Hippo Remote. They will let you control any mac and application for media purposes or just for using a wireless keyboard and mouse from your iOS device.
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d57320143a39d64a075045ceed87989b01725147 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No email notifications when Mail.app isn't running? On Mountain Lion, I don't get email notifications in Notification Center when Mail.app isn't running.
This is not the expected behaviour (it is inconsistent with the Mail.app behaviour on iOS) and makes the notification feature redundant (Mail.app shows a new email badge and also has an email-snippet view).
Is there a setting or third-party solution to fix this?
UPDATE:
When I'm interacting with email I want to be able to command+tab.
This is very handy when composing a message that consists of copy-pasted content from other applications.
I also use the "drag a file to the dock icon" functionality to create a e-mail with an attachment.
But when I'm not interacting with email (98% of the time) I don't wan't Mail.app cluttering the application-switcher but do want to be notified of new email (via either a notification or a badge).
A: Unfortunately, there's currently no way to have Mail.app check for mail if it's not running. But it is possible to hide the badge!
In System Preferences, open Notifications and select Mail. There, deselect 'Badge app icon with notification count'.
| Q: No email notifications when Mail.app isn't running? On Mountain Lion, I don't get email notifications in Notification Center when Mail.app isn't running.
This is not the expected behaviour (it is inconsistent with the Mail.app behaviour on iOS) and makes the notification feature redundant (Mail.app shows a new email badge and also has an email-snippet view).
Is there a setting or third-party solution to fix this?
UPDATE:
When I'm interacting with email I want to be able to command+tab.
This is very handy when composing a message that consists of copy-pasted content from other applications.
I also use the "drag a file to the dock icon" functionality to create a e-mail with an attachment.
But when I'm not interacting with email (98% of the time) I don't wan't Mail.app cluttering the application-switcher but do want to be notified of new email (via either a notification or a badge).
A: Unfortunately, there's currently no way to have Mail.app check for mail if it's not running. But it is possible to hide the badge!
In System Preferences, open Notifications and select Mail. There, deselect 'Badge app icon with notification count'.
A: I can only say that this is true. Mail.app has to be open to get notifications.
A workaround: Open Mail, and close it with the red dot (or command+w). So the blue
point under the icon in the Dock is still there. So you have no window
open but mail is still getting emails.
There is no app or anything there yet to fix this "problem".
A: Check this out. Seems like this is what you are looking for. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32744/herald/download
A: No desktop email application can receive email if it isn't running.
The iOS Mail app is a different beast to the OSX app. It is always active in the background.
I don't see why the OP thinks this is a problem. Just minimise Mail, the dock icon isn't obtrusive.
A: I don't want to test this on my system because it might break code-signing, which could prevent Mail from updating correctly, but quitting an app, adding the lines
<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
to the inside of the top-level <dict> of the file /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/Info.plist and then relaunching the app has had the effect in the past of making an app "faceless" — no Dock icon, no ⌘tab switching.
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ffb37271abf28e9547cc5eac11ccd406ceb3c971 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't install Xcode Command Line Tools on Mountain Lion I try to install the most recent (july 25) version of Command Line Tools (xcode44cltools_10_76938107a.dm), downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/downloads/, but are stopped with the error message
"This package can only be installed on OS X 10.7
Install a version of the Command Line Tools that
supports OS X 10.8."
But I can't find any better version; if such exist why isn't it on the Developer site?
A: You can install the command line tools within XCode.
Open XCode and navigate to the preferences.
From here you have to go to the Downloads-Section. Here you can see
the ability to install the command line tools:
EDIT: I can see the right command line tools on the download-page from Apple:
| Q: Can't install Xcode Command Line Tools on Mountain Lion I try to install the most recent (july 25) version of Command Line Tools (xcode44cltools_10_76938107a.dm), downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/downloads/, but are stopped with the error message
"This package can only be installed on OS X 10.7
Install a version of the Command Line Tools that
supports OS X 10.8."
But I can't find any better version; if such exist why isn't it on the Developer site?
A: You can install the command line tools within XCode.
Open XCode and navigate to the preferences.
From here you have to go to the Downloads-Section. Here you can see
the ability to install the command line tools:
EDIT: I can see the right command line tools on the download-page from Apple:
A: The best way to find developer tools for your version of XCode is to click on the XCode menu, scroll down to "Open Developer Tool" then select "More Developer Tools..." which will take you to a website displaying the latest developer tools.
See my screenshot:
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e87037ef01adfbaece78c75272b712c21e58ad9d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What has changed in Terminal.app in OS X 10.8? Just upgraded OS X to Mountain Lion and noticed that Terminal.app version has changed from 2.2.3 to 2.3. Unfortunately, can`t find any information about what has changed. Do you know if there is any place that provides very detailed changelog regarding OS and Apps?
A: The new feature is that it works with mountain lion. Apple updates to a new minor release version number of terminal with every new edition of osx
| Q: What has changed in Terminal.app in OS X 10.8? Just upgraded OS X to Mountain Lion and noticed that Terminal.app version has changed from 2.2.3 to 2.3. Unfortunately, can`t find any information about what has changed. Do you know if there is any place that provides very detailed changelog regarding OS and Apps?
A: The new feature is that it works with mountain lion. Apple updates to a new minor release version number of terminal with every new edition of osx
A: Probably very little. Certainly does not look like much has…
On the second thought: did previous version allow to "Open man Page" for selected word when you double-tap? [Checked, it did, this was added in Lion]
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5cced52c1cc06d491081845fe8dd83cb43af28a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Multiple Java versions support on OS X and JAVA_HOME location I know is possible to have multiple versions of Java on OS X but i find it difficult to understand how it works.
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and now echo $JAVA_HOME is empty.
However in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
1.4 1.5 1.6 A CurrentJDK
1.4.2 1.5.0 1.6.0 Current
When I go into 1.4.2 and I execute java - version or ./java -version
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
So why all those versions are used for if they have same version of Java?
Then I downloaded the JDK 7 from Oracle and installed it.
Where a new JDK is usually installed?
And final question : How can I choose which version should run by default by all applications?
In Win. I set JAVA_HOME to the C:/ProgramFiles/Java/.…
I put in Path : location to JAVA_HOME/bin and that's it.
A: Since Mac OS X 10.8.2 Build 12C60 Java Preferences doesn't show anymore the older versions.
| Q: Multiple Java versions support on OS X and JAVA_HOME location I know is possible to have multiple versions of Java on OS X but i find it difficult to understand how it works.
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and now echo $JAVA_HOME is empty.
However in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
1.4 1.5 1.6 A CurrentJDK
1.4.2 1.5.0 1.6.0 Current
When I go into 1.4.2 and I execute java - version or ./java -version
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
So why all those versions are used for if they have same version of Java?
Then I downloaded the JDK 7 from Oracle and installed it.
Where a new JDK is usually installed?
And final question : How can I choose which version should run by default by all applications?
In Win. I set JAVA_HOME to the C:/ProgramFiles/Java/.…
I put in Path : location to JAVA_HOME/bin and that's it.
A: Since Mac OS X 10.8.2 Build 12C60 Java Preferences doesn't show anymore the older versions.
A: Paths used for installation of JDKs
Run:
ls -l /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
Other paths may be used but for the current JDK from Oracle, installed to Mountain Lion, you'll probably find the .jdk bundle at that path.
A: Contents of /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
For most use cases, CurrentJDK should provide the functionality of current and past versions of the JDK.
Not all past versions, but the versions most commonly required:
sh-3.2$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.8
BuildVersion: 12A269
sh-3.2$ ls -l /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
total 64
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 17 Jul 07:47 1.4 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 17 Jul 07:47 1.4.2 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 17 Jul 07:47 1.5 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 17 Jul 07:47 1.5.0 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 17 Jul 07:47 1.6 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 17 Jul 07:47 1.6.0 -> CurrentJDK
drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272 17 Jul 07:48 A
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 17 Jul 07:47 Current -> A
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 59 17 Jul 07:47 CurrentJDK -> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents
sh-3.2$
A: Preferring a version of Java
Use Java Preferences in the normal way.
Depending on what you have installed in addition to Apple's distribution of Java, the first tab of the utility may appear a little different.
An example, without the familiar options for applets and Java Web Start:
There is some background reading on how this works at the command line level. The command line tool java_home reports back this preference setting.
$ /usr/libexec/java_home
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_33-b03-424.jdk/Contents/Home
The /usr/bin/java placeholder app makes use of these settings run the preferred version of Java.
$ which java
/usr/bin/java
$ java -version
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)
Finally when configuring JAVA_HOME in a launch script for Tomcat or Maven you can hook into the preference system:
export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
Answers elsewhere note that Java may be installed at several paths –
*
*/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
*/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
*~/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
– but for what's currently described in the question here, the JDK from Oracle on Mountain Lion, only one path is likely.
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da62a846bc12179e26f38b725f93c8c124bad619 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Git clone error after OS X Mountain Lion update I just updated my MBP to OSX 10.8 and am trying to start a new project with brunch.io which by default uses coffeescript and I prefer javascript so I need to clone the simple js skeleton. So something like this:
brunch new <someprojectname> --skeleton https://github.com/brunch/simple-js-skeleton.git
Which is what I have used previously and it worked fine. But today I am getting the following error:
error: Git clone error: /bin/sh: git: command not found
I really don't know how to fix this...
A: This error is caused by not having git installed. Your previous installation was probably lost in the update (don't worry, your repos will still be intact).
You can download git from its official page, here.
If you're a member of an Apple developer program you can also install git by installing the Xcode command line tools, found in the Downloads tab of Xcode's preferences.
| Q: Git clone error after OS X Mountain Lion update I just updated my MBP to OSX 10.8 and am trying to start a new project with brunch.io which by default uses coffeescript and I prefer javascript so I need to clone the simple js skeleton. So something like this:
brunch new <someprojectname> --skeleton https://github.com/brunch/simple-js-skeleton.git
Which is what I have used previously and it worked fine. But today I am getting the following error:
error: Git clone error: /bin/sh: git: command not found
I really don't know how to fix this...
A: This error is caused by not having git installed. Your previous installation was probably lost in the update (don't worry, your repos will still be intact).
You can download git from its official page, here.
If you're a member of an Apple developer program you can also install git by installing the Xcode command line tools, found in the Downloads tab of Xcode's preferences.
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32faff6d61991c64ab5e31a9b147f36e1ae53ba0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Safari 6 scroll to the bottom of the page when viewing Google search results? When I use the pagination at the bottom of Google search results pages to browse through the results, Safari 6 on OS X Mountain Lion automatically scrolls to the bottom of the page. Doesn't happen with every page, just most result pages. Why does this happen?
A: I have the same problem. Mountain Lion has introduced a new way for quick scolling which brings quite strange results in Safari.
Here is the explanation extracted from this Macstories review of ML:
On Mountain Lion, if you perform a quick scrolling gesture three times in a row the scrolling speed will ramp up to let you reach the end of a document quickly.
| Q: Why does Safari 6 scroll to the bottom of the page when viewing Google search results? When I use the pagination at the bottom of Google search results pages to browse through the results, Safari 6 on OS X Mountain Lion automatically scrolls to the bottom of the page. Doesn't happen with every page, just most result pages. Why does this happen?
A: I have the same problem. Mountain Lion has introduced a new way for quick scolling which brings quite strange results in Safari.
Here is the explanation extracted from this Macstories review of ML:
On Mountain Lion, if you perform a quick scrolling gesture three times in a row the scrolling speed will ramp up to let you reach the end of a document quickly.
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887b4f89fe7b8bade65b4d8b8d7f0c717b0c0746 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to hide the unread count badge in Mountain Lion's Mail.app? Mail.app used to have the ability to hide the unread count badge, as shown on this 37signals blog post:
It seems that Apple has removed this in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is there any way to restore this functionality and remove the badge?
A: With the advent of Notification Center, the display of badges on any app can now be managed alongside display of banners, popups, and other notification-related settings.
Go to the Notifications preference pane in System Preferences, and select the Mail app from the list - the option to turn off the Dock badge should be there.
You may need to restart Mail for this change to take effect, though on 10.8.4 I do not.
| Q: Is there a way to hide the unread count badge in Mountain Lion's Mail.app? Mail.app used to have the ability to hide the unread count badge, as shown on this 37signals blog post:
It seems that Apple has removed this in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is there any way to restore this functionality and remove the badge?
A: With the advent of Notification Center, the display of badges on any app can now be managed alongside display of banners, popups, and other notification-related settings.
Go to the Notifications preference pane in System Preferences, and select the Mail app from the list - the option to turn off the Dock badge should be there.
You may need to restart Mail for this change to take effect, though on 10.8.4 I do not.
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8f0c6159174ff10106500be183578c5ea40a637d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari 6: How to change default fonts? This is probably a duplicate. I can't imagine I'm the first person to notice this.
It seems that Safari 6 has removed the appearance tab from the preferences, and with it, the ability to change the default fonts.
How do I change the default fonts for Safari 6?
A: You can still use defaults:
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily Georgia
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFontSize 16
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2FixedFontFamily Menlo
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFixedFontSize 14
Another option is to set a CSS file like this as as the default style sheet in the advanced preferences:
body {
font: 16px Georgia;
}
pre, code, tt {
font: 14px Menlo;
}
Both options have precedence over the default stylesheet but not over styles specified by websites. So like the preferences in Safari 5 and earlier, they mostly apply to pages that would normally use 15px Times or 13px Courier.
| Q: Safari 6: How to change default fonts? This is probably a duplicate. I can't imagine I'm the first person to notice this.
It seems that Safari 6 has removed the appearance tab from the preferences, and with it, the ability to change the default fonts.
How do I change the default fonts for Safari 6?
A: You can still use defaults:
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily Georgia
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFontSize 16
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2FixedFontFamily Menlo
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFixedFontSize 14
Another option is to set a CSS file like this as as the default style sheet in the advanced preferences:
body {
font: 16px Georgia;
}
pre, code, tt {
font: 14px Menlo;
}
Both options have precedence over the default stylesheet but not over styles specified by websites. So like the preferences in Safari 5 and earlier, they mostly apply to pages that would normally use 15px Times or 13px Courier.
A: Serenity Caldwell wrote an article on Macworld when Mountain Lion was first released as a dev preview:
Safari no longer offers an option to set default fonts and sizes (though you can upload a style sheet or force the browser not to show font sizes smaller than a certain number)
You can do this via an extension called User CSS. Pretty simple, add your custom CSS and it will override the styles.
There is also an Apple discussion thread about this, but nothing important has come of it so far. One thing that was mentioned was using HelveticaTheWorld, which changes all the fonts to Helvetica. Not terribly useful unless you want Helvetica everywhere... Another extension mentioned is Google Fonts in Safari. It allows you to pick from the Google Fonts library.
As of right now, there is no other way to change the fonts in Safari. I would suggest you submit Apple feedback to see if you can get this added back in.
A: Indeed, this is trivially easy with a simple style sheet that overrides the default "body" font. All you need is all of three lines long:
body {
font: 12px "Lucida Grande";
}
A: * {font-family: "Helvetica" !important;}
pre, code, tt {font-family: "Menlo" !important;}
I think that is what you want. Work checked in High Sierra.
Also, able set defaults fonts for WebKit2:
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily "Helvetica"
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2FixedFontFamily "Menlo"
A: Just get Tinker Tool for free. It will let you change the fonts and font size for Safari in OS X Mavericks.
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038a1a63bf090a8fc58ad77beefce299c7dc2cd1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Error downloading Mountain Lion from AppStore I had an error while downloading OS X Mountain lion from the App Store.
It tells me this message "An error has occurred" and nerver wants to start downloading again.
What should I do now!!!
A: Muhammad Reda - I've got the exact same issue with my iMac. I contacted the Apple Store and they said because so many people are trying to download it, the download button should come back on at least some time in the next few days. Hope this helped.
| Q: Error downloading Mountain Lion from AppStore I had an error while downloading OS X Mountain lion from the App Store.
It tells me this message "An error has occurred" and nerver wants to start downloading again.
What should I do now!!!
A: Muhammad Reda - I've got the exact same issue with my iMac. I contacted the Apple Store and they said because so many people are trying to download it, the download button should come back on at least some time in the next few days. Hope this helped.
A: Have a look at this question: How do I troubleshoot "An error has occurred" when trying to update the Kindle app in the Mac App Store?
Also Apple has a general troubleshooting flow chart here.
http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/troubleshooting/
In your case I would sign out of the store, make sure the date on your Mac matches an Internet time server and try the download again from the purchased tab. If that doesn't work, you can seek support from the link above.
A: I signed out from iTunes and signed in again upon restarting my mac twice.
I was able to fix the problems by making sure all updates are installed then I hit download again on OS X mountain lion.
Hope this helps.
A: Try relaunching the App Store.app and downloading OS X Mountain Lion again. It's probably a temporary error that they haven't accounted for, which is why it won't start downloading again.
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8c0e4d5a93ed0059ef335e850b4dbd9860165363 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use AppleScript to launch three scripts, each in new Terminal tab? I'm trying to launch 3 tabs and run a script in each with AppleScript. So far I haven't been able to get this done. Currently I have:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "ping google.com"
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "t" using {command down}
do script "ping yahoo.com"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "t" using {command down}
do script "ping msn.com"
end tell
end tell
This will launch three tabs but the pings don't execute in the last two tabs.
I'm probably missing something basic here.
A: *
*"System Events" doesn't understand what you want to do with do script, use the do script command outside of the tell application "System Events" block.
*You must specify a window or tab when using the do script command, otherwise a new window will open.
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "ping google.com" in front window
my makeTab()
do script "ping yahoo.com" in front window
my makeTab()
do script "ping msn.com" in front window
end tell
on makeTab()
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using {command down}
delay 0.2
end makeTab
| Q: How to use AppleScript to launch three scripts, each in new Terminal tab? I'm trying to launch 3 tabs and run a script in each with AppleScript. So far I haven't been able to get this done. Currently I have:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "ping google.com"
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "t" using {command down}
do script "ping yahoo.com"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "t" using {command down}
do script "ping msn.com"
end tell
end tell
This will launch three tabs but the pings don't execute in the last two tabs.
I'm probably missing something basic here.
A: *
*"System Events" doesn't understand what you want to do with do script, use the do script command outside of the tell application "System Events" block.
*You must specify a window or tab when using the do script command, otherwise a new window will open.
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "ping google.com" in front window
my makeTab()
do script "ping yahoo.com" in front window
my makeTab()
do script "ping msn.com" in front window
end tell
on makeTab()
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using {command down}
delay 0.2
end makeTab
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f1aa7a695a82b051f445f74449c4030ea79e4db3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there some way to sync only Reminders to iCloud? Under Mountain Lion, syncing Reminders to iCloud is linked to syncing Calendars for some reason:
In contrast, under iOS (version 5), you're able to sync Reminders to iCloud separately:
I sync my Calendars to a Google Calendar, and my Reminders to iCloud on my iOS devices. However, in Mountain Lion, this doesn't seem to be possible.
Is there some workaround to the limitation in the preference pane in OS X?
A: Yes you can. Just add your google account from System Preferences as usual. Then open iCal > Preferences > Accounts > iCloud and untick "Enable this account"
| Q: Is there some way to sync only Reminders to iCloud? Under Mountain Lion, syncing Reminders to iCloud is linked to syncing Calendars for some reason:
In contrast, under iOS (version 5), you're able to sync Reminders to iCloud separately:
I sync my Calendars to a Google Calendar, and my Reminders to iCloud on my iOS devices. However, in Mountain Lion, this doesn't seem to be possible.
Is there some workaround to the limitation in the preference pane in OS X?
A: Yes you can. Just add your google account from System Preferences as usual. Then open iCal > Preferences > Accounts > iCloud and untick "Enable this account"
A: This works.. one more thing to make it safe - i.e. to retain your google calendar without a fuss..
*
*Disable WIFI or unplug your Ethernet cable
*enable Reminders & Calendar in the Cloud Setting in Mountain Lion
*Open iCal, and iCal will attempt to Sync w/ iCloud and will eventually timeout
*click "Try Again Later"
*In iCal go to Preferences > Accounts > iCloud and untick "Enable this account"
*Enable your WIFI/plug in your Ethernat cable
A: I, too, would very much like the OSX Reminders to be sync'd with iCloud separately from Calendar (I, too, sync my Calendar with Google Calendars). In testing out Keen's response, I found that if I leave my OSX Calendar enabled in iCloud, then look in OSX Reminders, I see all the same tasks as on my iOS devices. On my OSX Reminders, I added a task to one of the iCloud lists. Then, once again, disabled the iCloud Calendar account. Now, when I look at my iOS device, the task I added while on my Mac is there (and alerted me on my iOS device at the appropriate time).
So, temporarily enabling the OSX Calendar/Reminders sync with iCloud is a work-around...certainly not pretty, but do-able...until Apple improves OSX to separate the Reminders iCloud sync from the Calendar iCloud sync.
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103c76ab08c3fed5f6f0bccc69d5e822d7e3ef07 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Damaged and can't be open app error message I bought the iBoostUp app when I was using Lion, and one day it suddenly stopped working, I uninstalled it, and yesterday I got Mountain Lion hoping that it would get magically fixed, but it didn't.
Any clues on how to restore the app?
“iBoostUp” is damaged and can’t be opened. Delete “iBoostUp” and download it again from the App Store!
A: In Terminal, run "xattr -rc /Applications/Application.app", that should fix it (naturally, replace "/Applications/Application.app" with your actual application path. No need to disable GateKeeper.
| Q: Damaged and can't be open app error message I bought the iBoostUp app when I was using Lion, and one day it suddenly stopped working, I uninstalled it, and yesterday I got Mountain Lion hoping that it would get magically fixed, but it didn't.
Any clues on how to restore the app?
“iBoostUp” is damaged and can’t be opened. Delete “iBoostUp” and download it again from the App Store!
A: In Terminal, run "xattr -rc /Applications/Application.app", that should fix it (naturally, replace "/Applications/Application.app" with your actual application path. No need to disable GateKeeper.
A: For a similar problem, with the (Java) application Sawmill, it was sufficient to "Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere." I got the "damaged" error when I tried to run it; then I changed that setting to Anywhere; and now I don't get that error anymore. Looks like a bug in Mountain Lion, sort of: the error message could be a lot better, e.g., something saying that Security & Privacy settings disallow that application. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions; it worked.
A: From their FAQ:
iBoostUp fails to launch after an update with error "iBoostUp is damaged and can't be opened"
We've had intermittent reports of this occurring with our 3.1 and 3.2 updates.
This issue is not specific to iBoostUp and related to a problem with the App Store itself.
To resolve, please:
Remove iBoostUp from your Applications
Remove com.ituneup.ituneup.plist and com.ituneup.ituneup.plist.lockfile from ~/Library/Preferences
Download iBoostUp from the Mac App Store
In case you are unable to locate the above-mentioned files please try the following:
Open Terminal.app from Applications -> Utilities
Type "rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.ituneup.*" without quotes and then hit [enter]
Re-download iBoostUp again from the app store.
To re-enable any of your previous purchases please follow the steps in FAQ entry #12
A: I have received the same "[Application] is damaged and can’t be opened." error when trying to run unsigned applications in Mountain Lion. Notably Davmail.
Try the "Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere" setting in the "Security & Privacy" System Preferences pane :
For whatever reason you may be running an old, unsigned version of the app.
A: Don't forget to
xattr -rc /Applications/Miro\ Video\ Converter.app
Otherwise you'll get a "App is damaged" message after editing the app ;-)
A: I have had the same issue with an app today (Nov 12 '15) on El Capitan and it was caused by an App Store certificate issue.
See more details here.
In my case deleting and redownloading the app helped (but strangely I had to repeat this procedure 2 or 3 times...).
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bdcee5b3387d89bf625a15901b00185f75932333 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get my user directory working for web sharing again? I had web sharing enabled in Lion and a web site at http://localhost/~user, where user is my User directory. When I upgraded to Mountain Lion, web sharing (Apache) remained enabled and I can go to localhost and get the "It works!" default web page, but I cannot access my user page anymore. The error is
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~user/ on this server.
How do I re-enable my user directory's web page?
A: Here is how you can re-enable the web page with the command line using Terminal.
First copy this and paste it into Terminal. You may have to press enter after pasting to run it. It will ask for your password because it is adding a file to your system directory.
USER_DIR=$(basename $(echo ~))
sudo bash -c "cat > /etc/apache2/users/$USER_DIR.conf" <<TEXT
<Directory "/Users/$USER_DIR/Sites">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
TEXT
Then run this command to restart the web server:
sudo apachectl restart
| Q: How do I get my user directory working for web sharing again? I had web sharing enabled in Lion and a web site at http://localhost/~user, where user is my User directory. When I upgraded to Mountain Lion, web sharing (Apache) remained enabled and I can go to localhost and get the "It works!" default web page, but I cannot access my user page anymore. The error is
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~user/ on this server.
How do I re-enable my user directory's web page?
A: Here is how you can re-enable the web page with the command line using Terminal.
First copy this and paste it into Terminal. You may have to press enter after pasting to run it. It will ask for your password because it is adding a file to your system directory.
USER_DIR=$(basename $(echo ~))
sudo bash -c "cat > /etc/apache2/users/$USER_DIR.conf" <<TEXT
<Directory "/Users/$USER_DIR/Sites">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
TEXT
Then run this command to restart the web server:
sudo apachectl restart
A: I had to add FollowSymLinks as follows to my /etc/apache2/users/username.conf :
<Directory "/Users/username/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
(username has to be replaced by your real username)
A: Here is a one-line† terminal command that will enable macOS's built-in apache server, and allow you to use the Sites directory in your User folder. It is compatible with the latest version of macOS as of this writing (Mojave), and has also been tested to work with Sierra and High Sierra. I suspect it will work with other versions as well—I did my best to write it in a future-proof manner.
mkdir ~/Sites ; sudo bash -c "printf '<Directory \"/Users/`whoami`/Sites/\">\n\tAddLanguage en .en\n\tAllowOverride All\n\tOptions Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks\n\tRequire all granted\n</Directory>' > /etc/apache2/users/`whoami`.conf ; echo 'AddDefaultCharset utf-8' >> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf ; sed -i '' '/LoadModule userdir_module libexec\/apache2\/mod_userdir.so/s/^#*//g' /etc/apache2/httpd.conf ; sed -i '' '/LoadModule php[0-9]_module libexec\/apache2\/libphp[0-9].so/s/^#*//g' /etc/apache2/httpd.conf ; sed -i '' '/Include \/private\/etc\/apache2\/extra\/httpd-userdir.conf/s/^#*//g' /etc/apache2/httpd.conf ; sed -i '' '/Include \/private\/etc\/apache2\/users\/\*.conf/s/^#*//g' /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf ; apachectl start"
† Well, it's technically one line, even if it's really really long...
A: See https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/57555/9058, basically you have to enable per-user web sharing manually (with Terminal.app).
A: Mountain Lion removes the configuration file that gives web access to your user directory. The configuration files are in /etc/apache2/users/. The missing one is user.conf, where user is your short username.
If you don't want to fiddle with the command line, here's an Applescript you can run to create a configuration file for your user. It will ask for your password because it has to create the file in a system-level directory and needs elevated privileges.
In your applications folder or Launchpad, open Other > Applescript Editor. Copy the script below and paste it into the text area of the Applescript editor. Then click the Run button.
set userHome to (short user name of (system info))
set configFile to "/etc/apache2/users/" & userHome & ".conf"
set configFileContents to "<Directory \"/Users/" & userHome & "/Sites/\">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>"
do shell script "echo '" & configFileContents & "' > " & configFile with administrator privileges
do shell script "/usr/sbin/apachectl restart" with administrator privileges
When the script finishes, you should be able to access your user-level web page.
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7008660f7bad595b86582e042253101723f8d6a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Eclipse 4.2 on Mountain Lion: gatekeeper rejects as unidentified developer? Just updated the mountain lion, and download the latest Eclipse 4.2 to upgrade the old one. However when opening the application, it shows that it is from an unidentified developer and the gatekeeper refuses to open it.
I know that there is an option to change the security and privacy option to allow it, however I want to know whether there is a way to just add eclipse into the list. Any hint on this?
More information: before updating I have the Eclipse 3.7.2 on machine, and after updating it works smoothly (I think I have added it into the allow list). So is there a way to do this to Eclipse 4.2?
Thanks in advance!
A: Actually, just right-click on any app that Gatekeeper complains about and select "Open". You'll get a warning, but one of the buttons is "open". After you select "open" in the dialog box, you'll never see the warning for that application again.
This is explained as exempting the specific application in Apple's Gatekeeper FAQ:
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491
| Q: Eclipse 4.2 on Mountain Lion: gatekeeper rejects as unidentified developer? Just updated the mountain lion, and download the latest Eclipse 4.2 to upgrade the old one. However when opening the application, it shows that it is from an unidentified developer and the gatekeeper refuses to open it.
I know that there is an option to change the security and privacy option to allow it, however I want to know whether there is a way to just add eclipse into the list. Any hint on this?
More information: before updating I have the Eclipse 3.7.2 on machine, and after updating it works smoothly (I think I have added it into the allow list). So is there a way to do this to Eclipse 4.2?
Thanks in advance!
A: Actually, just right-click on any app that Gatekeeper complains about and select "Open". You'll get a warning, but one of the buttons is "open". After you select "open" in the dialog box, you'll never see the warning for that application again.
This is explained as exempting the specific application in Apple's Gatekeeper FAQ:
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491
A: No, there's no specific editable "list" for Gatekeeper. Apps that are already present on your system are by default added to the Gatekeeper "whitelist", which is why it runs without incident after you updated to Mountain Lion.
The only options you have are to change your security preferences to allow all apps, or to right/Control-click on the newly downloaded app and select "Open". This will allow you to bypass Gatekeeper for that app now and always.
A: *
*disable Gatekeeper ("Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere")
*run Eclipse once
*reset Gatekeeper to a more strict level ("Mac Store and identified developers".)
Doing this has allowed me to start Davmail, also a Java app, after Mountain Lion initially claimed the binary was corrupt ("App is damaged and can’t be opened" error message) even when back on the stricter level.
Another option, as mentioned in John Siracusa's excellent review, is to do the following from the Terminal:
% xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/Eclipse.app
I have not (yet) personally tested this but John's a solid source.
A: Yes there is such a list:
from man spctl
/var/db/SystemPolicy.
Use the spctl tool to add and remove items from the policy.
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6a067c4f27dd730ff8b35f457307b32d5bbece80 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I change the number of desktops in Mountain Lion? I have just downloaded Mountain Lion and I would like more than one desktop (the default setting) how do I change the number of desktops?
A: Open "Mission Control" (icon should be in the Dock or else through Launchpad) and move your mouse to the upper-right hand corner. A '+' sign will appear allowing you to create an additional virtual desktop. The dimmed half of a new desktop appears in the upper left if the dock is changed to the right side of the screen but otherwise is in the upper right when the dock is in the left or the bottom.
Add a Desktop
Remove a Desktop
| Q: How do I change the number of desktops in Mountain Lion? I have just downloaded Mountain Lion and I would like more than one desktop (the default setting) how do I change the number of desktops?
A: Open "Mission Control" (icon should be in the Dock or else through Launchpad) and move your mouse to the upper-right hand corner. A '+' sign will appear allowing you to create an additional virtual desktop. The dimmed half of a new desktop appears in the upper left if the dock is changed to the right side of the screen but otherwise is in the upper right when the dock is in the left or the bottom.
Add a Desktop
Remove a Desktop
A: Just received new from Apple Macbook Pro running ML, 10.8, 2 November 2012.
For more desktops, activate Mission Control and put mouse into upper right corner. A very small image of the desktop I use comes up. Click on it to create another desktop.
To remove/delete a desktop, hover the cursor over the desktop to remove and an X will appear (while in 'mission control.') Just like widgets or apps on the iPhone.
A: In addition to the excellent answer given by @Tyr, you can quickly create a new desktop by dragging any window to the area where your newly created desktops appear. The button-image will darken, and Mission Control will immediately create a new desktop for that window (or group of windows).
Before dropping window:
After dropping window:
At any time in Mission Control, you can hold Alt to see the "New Desktop" button image, as well as "Close" buttons on all your desktops.
Edit: Forgot to mention that holding Alt also keeps you in Mission Control; clicking on a desktop will focus that desktop in MC, but not activate it. Comes in handy.
A: In Mountain Lion, if your dock is on the right side of the screen then you have to navigate to the upper left corner of the screen, not the upper right. Not sure why that change was necessary...
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e6dc9fdf3f55d3189f401d3240d25e69b5ac526d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I downgrade Safari 6 to 5 in Mountain Lion? Is it possible to downgrade Safari 6 to 5 in Mountain Lion?
I tried to install 5.1.7 but it says it only works with OS X 10.7.
Is there any workaround I can try?
A: No, you can't go back with Safari on Mountain Lion.
| Q: How can I downgrade Safari 6 to 5 in Mountain Lion? Is it possible to downgrade Safari 6 to 5 in Mountain Lion?
I tried to install 5.1.7 but it says it only works with OS X 10.7.
Is there any workaround I can try?
A: No, you can't go back with Safari on Mountain Lion.
A: Yes you can. See this answer:
How do you remove Safari 6 on Mac OS X 10.7.4
A: Sorry this answer is for downgrading Safari 6 in Lion only
Yes you can go back to Safari 5.1.7 from Safari 6. I found the uninstaller on this site. Third from the top is Safari 6 - Lion uninstaller, click this to download, run it, reboot and Safari 5.1.7 will (surprisingly) reappear, I have just done it, no problems though YMMV.
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eab1d4556a0b8b48f48fac236587fd8b63f992b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is "jvisualvm" in Mountain Lion Just upgraded to Mountain Lion (of course). I use Java on a daily basis so I asked Mac OS X to install it right away. It installed "Java 6". I am more than OK with it.
The only thing I don't have is a utility that comes (used to come at least) with it that is called 'jvisualvm'. Any ideas on how to install it on Mountain Lion?
A: You should be able to download it from http://visualvm.java.net/index.html.
| Q: Where is "jvisualvm" in Mountain Lion Just upgraded to Mountain Lion (of course). I use Java on a daily basis so I asked Mac OS X to install it right away. It installed "Java 6". I am more than OK with it.
The only thing I don't have is a utility that comes (used to come at least) with it that is called 'jvisualvm'. Any ideas on how to install it on Mountain Lion?
A: You should be able to download it from http://visualvm.java.net/index.html.
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b172b7ea3181abc03ed8d3b5c564b22d8c7b811c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable saving to iCloud in Mountain Lion Mountain Lion introduced a feature where you can save your documents to iCloud instead of local storage.
I don't ever see myself using it, is there a way to disable this (but I don't want to disable iCloud entirely)?
A: Actually I found there's a switch in System Preferences > iCloud > Documents & Data
| Q: Disable saving to iCloud in Mountain Lion Mountain Lion introduced a feature where you can save your documents to iCloud instead of local storage.
I don't ever see myself using it, is there a way to disable this (but I don't want to disable iCloud entirely)?
A: Actually I found there's a switch in System Preferences > iCloud > Documents & Data
A: If you don't want to uncheck Documents & Data from System Preferences, there is also an unexposed preference that disables showing the iCloud-centric open dialog when there are no open windows:
defaults write -g NSShowAppCentricOpenPanelInsteadOfUntitledFile -bool false
It makes TextEdit create an untitled document and Preview not open any window.
Unlike unchecking Documents & Data, it does not disable using the iCloud-centric open dialog when you for example press command-O.
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8628db9ebdbaa4e362a59fb3b7174f6c232dab7e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Just upgraded to Mountain Lion and I have to buy iPhoto again? I originally was on Leopard. Then I got the free upgrade to Snow Leopard.
I bought Lion when it was released and removed it after a few months because it made my machine too slow. I upgraded the RAM and upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday.
But iPhoto is missing? During the last two years I bought (from Apple) an iLife disc. Remember discs? lol
Anyway, it's iLife 11 so technically I could install it from disc but I like the app store experience. Do I really have to pay $15 again for iPhoto in order to get it from the app store? Or is there another way?
A: You can always re-run the disc based installer and avoid re-purchaing the app from the App Store. Eventually you will buy a new Mac which will then allow you to claim the App Store licenses for iLife without paying additional fees.
I'm stuck in the same boat with Aperture. The convenience of the App Store isn't enough to make me want to re-pay for the software I have a DVD based install.
| Q: Just upgraded to Mountain Lion and I have to buy iPhoto again? I originally was on Leopard. Then I got the free upgrade to Snow Leopard.
I bought Lion when it was released and removed it after a few months because it made my machine too slow. I upgraded the RAM and upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday.
But iPhoto is missing? During the last two years I bought (from Apple) an iLife disc. Remember discs? lol
Anyway, it's iLife 11 so technically I could install it from disc but I like the app store experience. Do I really have to pay $15 again for iPhoto in order to get it from the app store? Or is there another way?
A: You can always re-run the disc based installer and avoid re-purchaing the app from the App Store. Eventually you will buy a new Mac which will then allow you to claim the App Store licenses for iLife without paying additional fees.
I'm stuck in the same boat with Aperture. The convenience of the App Store isn't enough to make me want to re-pay for the software I have a DVD based install.
A: Since you've never purchased it from the App Store, you cannot re-download iPhoto from the App Store (unless you buy it again).
The only way you get re-download rights to iLife on the App Store is if you either purchased it from the App Store or bought a Mac that does not come with a software re-install disc.
A: The same thing happened to me! I didn't have a disc and didn't want to pay for it on the App Store so I made a Genius Barn appointment. I explained my situation and they pulled out an external hard drive with all the software on it and re-installed it for free. If your close to an Apple store and have enough time, I would try that.
A: You cannot download it from the App store. Once installed from the disc, you get free updates though.
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e0b67697893817d57df5d3e0f88a9cdad104aca3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I copy from Finder the current Path?
Possible Duplicate:
Copying the current directory's path to the clipboard
Is there a way to copy to clipboard the current directory I'm at? (I'm running ML).
EDIT: There is an option to simply drag the file/folder from Finder to the Terminal and it will automatically enter the path name.
A: There is a service to open a selected folder in terminal, which can be enabled from System preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services.
It can either be assigned a keyboard shortcut, or be launched from the services menu:
| Q: Can I copy from Finder the current Path?
Possible Duplicate:
Copying the current directory's path to the clipboard
Is there a way to copy to clipboard the current directory I'm at? (I'm running ML).
EDIT: There is an option to simply drag the file/folder from Finder to the Terminal and it will automatically enter the path name.
A: There is a service to open a selected folder in terminal, which can be enabled from System preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services.
It can either be assigned a keyboard shortcut, or be launched from the services menu:
A: I recommend DTerm, which gives you a hovering command prompt. It can automatically detect the current folder you're in (in Finder, or any document-based app). You can press return to run a command in the DTerm window, or ⌘+return to open a Terminal window.
A: Copy the path of the folder shown on the title bar:
tell application "Finder"
set the clipboard to POSIX path of (insertion location as alias)
end tell
Copy the paths of selected items:
set l to {}
tell application "Finder" to repeat with f in (get selection)
set end of l to POSIX path of (f as alias)
end repeat
set text item delimiters to linefeed
set the clipboard to (l as text)
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a7a183554e08ec137359c2b07464ddfc2924566d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to tweet from a keyboard command? I use CMD space a million times a day to find files, launch apps, etc.
Wouldn't it be cool if I could press a keyboard combination and get a box to send a tweet? I know I can do it through notification center but I'm looking for a method that doesn't require me to leave the keyboard.
A: The official Twitter app lets you define a shortcut in its settings (Global new tweet):
As far as native Twitter integration goes, I really don't know :)
| Q: Is there a way to tweet from a keyboard command? I use CMD space a million times a day to find files, launch apps, etc.
Wouldn't it be cool if I could press a keyboard combination and get a box to send a tweet? I know I can do it through notification center but I'm looking for a method that doesn't require me to leave the keyboard.
A: The official Twitter app lets you define a shortcut in its settings (Global new tweet):
As far as native Twitter integration goes, I really don't know :)
A: You can send tweets using the Twitter libraries for Ruby or Python, but it requires signing up at dev.twitter.com.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby -KU -rubygems
require 'twitter'
Twitter.configure do |config|
config.consumer_key = ""
config.consumer_secret = ""
config.oauth_token = ""
config.oauth_token_secret = ""
end
tweet = `osascript -e 'try
tell application (path to frontmost application as text)
display dialog "" default answer ""
text returned of result
end
end'`.chomp
exit if tweet.empty?
Twitter.update(tweet)
AlfredTweet is a Twitter client written as an Alfred extension.
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994b9dda798e1b9c963e6db83c3945ae6dbf8e59 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the difference between SSD and flash drives in the latest MacBook Pros? What is the difference between an SSD and the flash drive in the latest MacBook Pros? The only difference I've noted is the price, because MacBook Pro with retina display costs $2799 with a 512 GB flash drive. At the same time, MacBook Pro without the retina display costs $2199 plus $800 for a 512 GB SSD, for a total of $2999, and a difference of $200 from the MacBook Pro with retina display.
So what is the difference between the two types of drives?
A: Usually when Apple says "SSD" they refer to a removable/upgradeable solid-state (flash) storage device. The MBP with Retina Display (and the MacBook Airs) are also using solid-state storage, but they are non-removable.
See also: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371288,00.asp
| Q: What is the difference between SSD and flash drives in the latest MacBook Pros? What is the difference between an SSD and the flash drive in the latest MacBook Pros? The only difference I've noted is the price, because MacBook Pro with retina display costs $2799 with a 512 GB flash drive. At the same time, MacBook Pro without the retina display costs $2199 plus $800 for a 512 GB SSD, for a total of $2999, and a difference of $200 from the MacBook Pro with retina display.
So what is the difference between the two types of drives?
A: Usually when Apple says "SSD" they refer to a removable/upgradeable solid-state (flash) storage device. The MBP with Retina Display (and the MacBook Airs) are also using solid-state storage, but they are non-removable.
See also: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371288,00.asp
A: Up till now and including the current models, an SSD sold by Apple is a standard drive enclosure using the SATA interface and you could use that drive in pretty much any PC or Mac or with external drive enclosures and interfaces.
Flash storage like in all of the Air and the retina MacBook Pro use non-typical connectors that you can not just place in another computer. Except for the first Air, the flash storage is bonded to a bare circuit board with no case to protect the storage part.
The takeapart guides from http://ifixit.com show these differences well.
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01e98f804c907656e570988ae0c5e06c4e38ba48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the Microsoft Intellipoint software work with Mountain Lion? I've been using the Microsoft Intellipoint software with Leopard, Snow Leopard, and currently Lion, to provide mouse cursor movement that feels a lot more like Windows. Has anybody tried installing this on Mountain Lion, and found it to be compatible or not?
A: Microsoft has released a new version of Intellipoint: version 8.2. Although the site says it supports support 10.4 to 10.7 only, I tested it and it seems to work on 10.8. All bugs and problems that I know about have been fixed since version 8.0.
Here's the download link:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/wireless-mobile-mouse-4000-limited-edition
or
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/wireless-mobile-mouse-4000-studio-series
Although 3 version has different name but it also run with same driver
| Q: Does the Microsoft Intellipoint software work with Mountain Lion? I've been using the Microsoft Intellipoint software with Leopard, Snow Leopard, and currently Lion, to provide mouse cursor movement that feels a lot more like Windows. Has anybody tried installing this on Mountain Lion, and found it to be compatible or not?
A: Microsoft has released a new version of Intellipoint: version 8.2. Although the site says it supports support 10.4 to 10.7 only, I tested it and it seems to work on 10.8. All bugs and problems that I know about have been fixed since version 8.0.
Here's the download link:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/wireless-mobile-mouse-4000-limited-edition
or
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/wireless-mobile-mouse-4000-studio-series
Although 3 version has different name but it also run with same driver
A: I believe I have discovered the real reason why this happens and the cleanest work around (version 8.2 doesn't fix this for me).
Why this happens:
The issue for me was tracking speed (and mouse acceleration!) reverting to the OS X default and not using Intellipoint settings. After trying to learn AppleScript for 2 hours to hack around the issue and adjust my sensitivity settings through an automated script to adjust the preference pane, I remembered there should be a process called 'MicrosoftMouseHelper' loaded for the Intellipoint to work, and I noticed it wasn't running on a clean reboot. This, I believe, is the issue as it must be run to activate the hardware and software features for the mouse. (Use Activity Monitor to check yourself if this is running on clean boot and it likely won't be running, or if you already opened the preference pane as per @tquang's suggestion, kill MicrosoftMouseHelper process and see the mouse behaviour change). When you open the Microsoft Mouse preference pane, the above process starts and stays in memory after you close the system preferences, hence why you only need to open the preferences then close, and why @tquang's approach works rough-enough.
Heres my cleaner/less-intrusive solution:
*
*Open Finder.
*Navigate to: /Library/PreferencePanes/.
*Right click on "Microsoft Mouse.prefpane".
*Select Show Contents.
*Navigate through Contents > Resources.
*Leave the above open, and now open System Preferences.
*Select Users & Groups.
*Click on your user, and click Login Items.
*Go back to your Finder window, select the file "MicrosoftMouseHelper", and drag this into the login items area on the right-hand side of the login items page (in the System Preferences window).
*Intellipoint settings should now be loaded at login, overriding the default OS X settings for pointer speed, scrolling, and buttons.
A: Looks like it's not fully compatible. When you reboot your Mac, Intellipoint doesn't start when OS X boots. You need go to System Preferences and open the Intellipoint preference pane. I'm waiting for Microsoft release new version of the utility.
A few links with the same issue on the MacRumors and InsanelyMac forums.
I've got a temporary solution: add the "Microsoft Mouse.prefPane" to the login item list (in System Preferences > Users & Groups). The full path of the preference pane is /Library/PreferencePanes/Microsoft Mouse.prefPane.
This gets inconvenient, however, as whenever you login or reboot, you'll need to close System Preferences after it automatically opens.
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b6025cc6b07deeaad99814f9cd6c9f82f07146bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix Terminal error DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/login) is setuid or setgid? Any time I open a new terminal window (independent of terminal app), the console stderr displays dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/login) is setuid or setgid before the first bash prompt.
The start of this error coincided with my install of 10.8.
How can I get rid of that message?
Below is my .bash_profile:
export PS1="\u@MBP:\W ->"
##
# Your previous /Users/segiddins/.bash_profile file was backed up as /Users/segiddins/.bash_profile.macports-saved_2012-04-19_at_21:00:04
##
# MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-04-19_at_21:00:04: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.
A: It seems that the problem might be with asepsis (If you have it installed). http://asepsis.binaryage.com/
Re-install it to make sure that it's up-to-date. And then Download the Command Line Tools from XCode.
That fixed it for me...
| Q: How to fix Terminal error DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/login) is setuid or setgid? Any time I open a new terminal window (independent of terminal app), the console stderr displays dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/login) is setuid or setgid before the first bash prompt.
The start of this error coincided with my install of 10.8.
How can I get rid of that message?
Below is my .bash_profile:
export PS1="\u@MBP:\W ->"
##
# Your previous /Users/segiddins/.bash_profile file was backed up as /Users/segiddins/.bash_profile.macports-saved_2012-04-19_at_21:00:04
##
# MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-04-19_at_21:00:04: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.
A: It seems that the problem might be with asepsis (If you have it installed). http://asepsis.binaryage.com/
Re-install it to make sure that it's up-to-date. And then Download the Command Line Tools from XCode.
That fixed it for me...
A: I had this happen to me on 10.8.2 and just logging out then back in fixed it.
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2906d340cca95b3aa3e4797075f7bf9c83923568 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I get the original Mac font Chicago on a Mountain Lion Mac? I'm running Mountain Lion on a mid 2011 MacBook Air.
I'd love to be able to set type in the oldest Macintosh system font, Chicago. Is this font included anywhere in OS X Mountain Lion? If not, what is the most recent Macintosh operating system to include the font, and can the font be purchased anywhere?
A: Oddly, the Krungthep font currently supplied with OS X, while a Thai language font, has the latin characters drawn in Chicago.
I found this out here while trying to figure out why the Krungthep chosen by a non-technical friend for the headings of her website design looked so familiar...
| Q: Can I get the original Mac font Chicago on a Mountain Lion Mac? I'm running Mountain Lion on a mid 2011 MacBook Air.
I'd love to be able to set type in the oldest Macintosh system font, Chicago. Is this font included anywhere in OS X Mountain Lion? If not, what is the most recent Macintosh operating system to include the font, and can the font be purchased anywhere?
A: Oddly, the Krungthep font currently supplied with OS X, while a Thai language font, has the latin characters drawn in Chicago.
I found this out here while trying to figure out why the Krungthep chosen by a non-technical friend for the headings of her website design looked so familiar...
A: An update for El Capitan:
OS X 10.11 has a new Disk Utility that can't do what the current best answer suggests. We need to adjust what we do on Steps 3 and 5.
Once you've used Unarchiver to unpack the .bin file from Step 2, jump into Terminal (I'm going to assume basic familiarity with how to use the terminal) and issue the following the command:
hdiutil convert System\ 7.0.1.smi -format UDRO -o sys7.dmg
This will give you a mountable image for System 7 named sys7.dmg. Mount it and copy the Fonts.image out to, say, your desktop. We need to do the same thing again on this fonts file.
hdiutil convert Fonts.image -format UDRO -o fonts.dmg
Voilà! We now have a modern, mountable disk image called fonts.dmg. All System 7 fonts will be inside, including Chicago. Double click a font to install it on your computer.
A: You can get a copy of a TrueType Chicago font here:
http://www.fonts101.com/fonts/view/Standard/21727/Chicago
A: The last version of the OS to use this font as default was System 7.
For Mac OS 8, Apple decided to discard this wonderful part of their
brand’s identity, and commissioned David Berlow of the Font Bureau to
design Charcoal.
Apple actually released System 7 for free download here. Conceivably you could load up System 7 in an emulator like Sheepshaver and get the font out somehow. Or unpack the system images provided by Apple, though I don't know which software you would need for that.
Apple abandoned Chicago as of OSX, as evidenced by the outrage here. Locally, I can buy an original iMac running OS 9 for 50 EUR. So you could buy one of those and transfer the font :-)
UPDATE: extracting Chicago from System 7
*
*Download the System 7 disk image from Apple for free here
*Unpack System 7.0.1.smi.bin with "The Unarchiver.app" (free on the App Store here)
*Convert System 7.0.1.smi to a dmg image using Disk Utility using the menu item 'Images > Convert'
*Open the resulting System 7.0.1.smi.dmg and get the Fonts.image inside
*Convert Fonts.image to a dmg using Disk Utility
*Open the resulting Fonts.image.dmg
*Enjoy your retro goodness.
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60766066dbaf47a5c2c2ab76e0abb8c4f0d6c302 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enable PHP on Mountain Lion OS X 10.8? Just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and wanted to make PHP work on the built-in version of Apache.
A: *
*Edit /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
*Find the line that says LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so and uncomment it by editing out the # at the beginning of the line. (Then save the file, obviously.)
*Go to Terminal and type sudo apachectl graceful at the console:
| Q: How do I enable PHP on Mountain Lion OS X 10.8? Just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and wanted to make PHP work on the built-in version of Apache.
A: *
*Edit /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
*Find the line that says LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so and uncomment it by editing out the # at the beginning of the line. (Then save the file, obviously.)
*Go to Terminal and type sudo apachectl graceful at the console:
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77e8b25b41c1c15cb7b6bfd4a4174c5a7d43e215 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to pin a URL to OS X Dock with a custom image? I'd like to pin a URL to the Dock and have its icon be something meaningful or recognizable.
By default, the icon/shortcut is a generic spring icon, and in Yosemite it shows a globe.
How can I create or modify a docked URL shortcut to be the site's favicon or an image I choose?
A: *
*Move/drag the shortcut to the Desktop first
*Find an image (on the web, etc.) Open it in Preview, Select All, and Copy.
*Open Get Info on your shortcut on the Desktop. Select the current icon at the top left of this window. It will highlight to be blue.
*Command-V to paste the image over top of the icon.
*Close the properties window.
*Drag the shortcut icon to the Dock. Note that items can only be dropped between the trash can and the black divider line.
| Q: How to pin a URL to OS X Dock with a custom image? I'd like to pin a URL to the Dock and have its icon be something meaningful or recognizable.
By default, the icon/shortcut is a generic spring icon, and in Yosemite it shows a globe.
How can I create or modify a docked URL shortcut to be the site's favicon or an image I choose?
A: *
*Move/drag the shortcut to the Desktop first
*Find an image (on the web, etc.) Open it in Preview, Select All, and Copy.
*Open Get Info on your shortcut on the Desktop. Select the current icon at the top left of this window. It will highlight to be blue.
*Command-V to paste the image over top of the icon.
*Close the properties window.
*Drag the shortcut icon to the Dock. Note that items can only be dropped between the trash can and the black divider line.
A: You can take it a step further too. If you have several shortcuts you would like to keep handy, create a folder. Using the same procedure as noted by in the previous answer you can change the folder's icon to anything you wish as well and then pin that to your Dock.
*
*Create a Folder in a location of your choice (Documents is good)
*Add your weblinks
*Change the folder's icon in the same manner as previously described.
*Drag the new folder to your Dock
*Change the Display as and View content as to your liking.
Set to Display as... Folder Otherwise you get a stack of icons... UGLY.
A: This seems like a superior solution:
https://www.macintoshhowto.com/productivity/how-to-add-google-keep-to-osx-to-sync-your-notes-across-your-phones.html
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72ad5f635690e8b36a34345fcf099e2e01897e68 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to expand windows fully? When I click the green plus icon in any window, I would like it to expand to the full size of my monitor, instead of having to drag the corner of the screen.
I have seen paid ($10+) tools that do this.
Is there some sort of Terminal hack or free program that would do it?
A: RightZoom is what you want (scroll down to the bottom of the page or use this MacUpdate link)
This free tool fixes an inconvenient behavior of green Zoom button in Mac OS X. It will always expand windows on a full screen instead of strange resizing.
Another one is BetterTouchTool. You might not think of BetterTouchTool as being a window manager, but it has window snapping (as seen in Windows 7). Take a look:
Cinch also does the same thing, but it costs $7.
| Q: How to expand windows fully? When I click the green plus icon in any window, I would like it to expand to the full size of my monitor, instead of having to drag the corner of the screen.
I have seen paid ($10+) tools that do this.
Is there some sort of Terminal hack or free program that would do it?
A: RightZoom is what you want (scroll down to the bottom of the page or use this MacUpdate link)
This free tool fixes an inconvenient behavior of green Zoom button in Mac OS X. It will always expand windows on a full screen instead of strange resizing.
Another one is BetterTouchTool. You might not think of BetterTouchTool as being a window manager, but it has window snapping (as seen in Windows 7). Take a look:
Cinch also does the same thing, but it costs $7.
A: I might have found a solution for Sierra and higher:
"Hold Option and double-click on any window corner."
Credits (which includes some other nice tricks): https://www.techradar.com/how-to/advanced-macos-sierra-windows-mangement-tips
A: In OS X Yosemite, just click the green plus (+) icon while holding Shift (⇧) + Option (⌥) keys.
Or double click on the window's title bar while holding Shift(⇧) key (this won't work if System Preferences > Dock > Double-click a window's title bar to minimize is checked).
UPDATE
Here are proofs for those who voted down my answer before even trying if it works:
*
*http://www.raymondcamden.com/2015/03/22/osx-yosemite-tip-maximizing-windows
If you Google for this, you’ll see lots of people recommending holding
alt-shift before clicking the green button.
*
*Make the green full screen window icon on Yosemite maximize windows
In order to maximize the window so that it fills the visible window
content, use:
⌥ + Click on green icon
In order to maximize the window both in width and height to the
current desktop for applications like Google Chrome use:
⌥ + ⇧ + Click on green icon
*
*How to change the default behaviour of the fullscreen/maximize button?
...by doing:
⌥ + ⇧ + Click on green or outer right icon (plus
icon)
I can maximize a window in both width and height to the current
screen.
I tried it and it works on my MacBook Pro 13" Retina with Mac OS X Yosemite.
SUMMARY
There is no need to buy or hack something to do the following things:
*
*Fullscreen mode: click on green icon
*Resize window to it's content: ⌥ + click on green icon
*Maximize window to screen size: ⌥ + ⇧ + click on green icon
A: I use Divvy for this sort of window management, it was the one that closest fit my mental model. It uses shortcuts to allow changing window size and position and it allows you to resize to a grid using the mouse very quickly.
You can define system wide shortcuts, or shortcuts which are only available when the Divvy window is open.
There are a lot of alternatives to Divvy, most are also commercial, but ShiftIt is free and open source, but with a more limited set of features.
What it does do is allow you to have a system wide shortcut for putting the window into a corner or vertical or horizontal halves or full screen.
The source is available on github, but if you aren't comfortable compiling the code yourself, or dont want to install the 4GB of Xcode needed to do so, I have uploaded my compiled version of ShiftIt to filedropper.com.
(All the usual warnings and none of the guarantees apply. I have not tested this code, apart from running it for a few days to try it out for personal use. Please be careful when downloading software from random people on the internet. Look both ways when crossing the road.)
A: I use Spectacle it's free and open-source. A compiled version is available from the AppStore, versions for OS X 10.6 and 10.7 can be downloaded from the Spectacle GitHub site. You can change the various keyboard shortcuts that allow you to snap the window to any side or corner of the screen as well as maximize the application window to fit your screen.
The default shortcuts are:
*
*Center / ⌘ + alt + C
*Fullscreen / ⌘ + alt + F
*Left Half / ⌘ + alt + ←
*Right Half / ⌘ + alt + →
*Top Half / ⌘ + alt + ↑
*Bottom Half / ⌘+ alt + ↓
*Upper Left Corner / ⌘ + control + ←
*Lower Left Corner / ⌘ + shift + control + ←
*Upper Right Corner / ⌘ + control + →
*Lower Right Corner / ⌘+ shift + control + →
*Left Display / ⌘ + alt + control + ←
*Right Display / ⌘+ alt + control + →
*Top Display / ⌘ + alt + control + ↑
*Bottom Display / ⌘ + alt + control + ↓
A: Well, I'm using Snow Leopard and to my knowledge there is no way to trigger a fullscreen mode with just the click of a button. Unless something new has to come to light that I don't know of, you will simply have to drag the window and make it as large as you want by using the grabber on the bottom right of the screen.
Keep in mind, though, that it depends on the application. Some applications have a full screen mode.
A: To fully expand the window (both height and width): ⇧ Shift ⌥ Alt and click the green button on the top-left corner.
To maximize the window (only expand the height): pressing ⌥ Alt and click the green button on the top-left corner.
A: ShiftIt will do this, with its Maximize feature:
https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt/issues/72#issuecomment-3727710
(The version 1.6 binary linked to from this page is more reliable than the default build from the default git hub page, and has an additional feature: it will move windows between monitors.)
A: In OSX Yosemite, you can achieve this by holding the ⌥ option and click the green (+).
A: I have used Moom for a long time with much satisfaction. It is a paid application. It expands the green icon to allow for various window arrangements, and can be customised. It also will swap windows between displays. I wish I'd known about these free options before, though.
A: On El Capitan on a 2015 Mac Book 13" screen
I clicked on green icon top left - work page becomes a little bigger.
Then at bottom left selected 150% Size. Almost full screen. Can now see it to work on it.
A: On 10.9.5, option-click on the green button in the top left.
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d4c1014156dda0805d38a058d65f72cba5f48c67 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Show speed in Finder Copy progress window Is there a way to show more details in the Finder copy window? I'm mainly interested in the speed.
A: AFAIK here isn't any "builtin/hidden solution".
You can get (probably rough) numbers:
*
*open Applications -> Utilities -> Monitor Activity
*Select Disk Activity and you get actual IO/Data speed.
| Q: Show speed in Finder Copy progress window Is there a way to show more details in the Finder copy window? I'm mainly interested in the speed.
A: AFAIK here isn't any "builtin/hidden solution".
You can get (probably rough) numbers:
*
*open Applications -> Utilities -> Monitor Activity
*Select Disk Activity and you get actual IO/Data speed.
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aefa9eb477d35c4afd7e96897cb2f2b55ff3db5a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Booting Mountain Lion in 32-Bit Mode There are certain applications I use that required me to boot in 32-bit mode in OS X 10.7 (Lion). I could do this by holding down the "2" and "3" keys upon startup. This no longer works since I have upgraded to OS X 10.8.
Is there still a way I can force Mountain Lion to boot in 32-bit mode?
A: No,
Mountain Lion only boots using a 64-bit kernel which does not support loading 32-bit kernel extensions.
via Arstechnica
| Q: Booting Mountain Lion in 32-Bit Mode There are certain applications I use that required me to boot in 32-bit mode in OS X 10.7 (Lion). I could do this by holding down the "2" and "3" keys upon startup. This no longer works since I have upgraded to OS X 10.8.
Is there still a way I can force Mountain Lion to boot in 32-bit mode?
A: No,
Mountain Lion only boots using a 64-bit kernel which does not support loading 32-bit kernel extensions.
via Arstechnica
A: As you have a definitive no - here is a workaround that most people are pursuing in this case. Run Lion in a virtualized environment on top of Mountain Lion. The commercial products like VMware Fusion, Parallels and VirtualBox all might assist you until those applications can be updated or replaced.
Of course, you could dual boot most hardware but a virtual solution might work longer term if you choose to upgrade hardware.
A: I found on MacRumors a solution to this but I don't know the exact commands add it. The user said 'Just add arch=i386 in to boot.plist and reboot.'
I'm also trying to find a solution and do not want to run a VM for this purpose. Cisco VPN won't run in 64 bit and only runs in 32 bit OS X.
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3592c580a271177f98d07ac3e9f287dba10ea835 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I transfer my RSS feeds from Safari, now that it no longer supports RSS? I have hundreds of RSS feeds saved as bookmarks in Safari, but the latest version (6.0) has disabled RSS feeds, and suggests getting a dedicated RSS reader from the App Store:
Is there a simple general procedure for transferring all of my saved RSS feeds from Safari to a new reader?
A: After installing an RSS reader, any attempt to open one of your existing feeds in Safari should open the RSS reader. For most readers, (e.g. Reeder) this will cause the app to ask if you want to subscribe to the just-opened feed. Once you've done that for a feed, you can delete it from Safari.
| Q: How do I transfer my RSS feeds from Safari, now that it no longer supports RSS? I have hundreds of RSS feeds saved as bookmarks in Safari, but the latest version (6.0) has disabled RSS feeds, and suggests getting a dedicated RSS reader from the App Store:
Is there a simple general procedure for transferring all of my saved RSS feeds from Safari to a new reader?
A: After installing an RSS reader, any attempt to open one of your existing feeds in Safari should open the RSS reader. For most readers, (e.g. Reeder) this will cause the app to ask if you want to subscribe to the just-opened feed. Once you've done that for a feed, you can delete it from Safari.
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1628e68d057cfe4597f052efc928facd94502c06 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I bring a window to frontmost without focusing it using Applescript in OS X 10.8 I want to bring a window (QuickTime for example) to frontmost, without focusing it. I can do it in OS X 10.7 using the following code in Applescript.
tell application "System Events"
set visible of process "QuickTime Player" to true
end tell
This is a Python equivalent.
from ScriptingBridge import *
process = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier_('com.apple.systemevents').processes().objectWithName_('QuickTime Player')
process.setVisible_(True)
But it does not work after I upgraded to OS X 10.8. Is there any way to make it work?
A: If an application has open windows, this should raise them above windows from other applications, but keep them below ones from the current application.
tell application "System Events"
perform action "AXRaise" of window 1 of process "QuickTime Player"
end tell
| Q: How can I bring a window to frontmost without focusing it using Applescript in OS X 10.8 I want to bring a window (QuickTime for example) to frontmost, without focusing it. I can do it in OS X 10.7 using the following code in Applescript.
tell application "System Events"
set visible of process "QuickTime Player" to true
end tell
This is a Python equivalent.
from ScriptingBridge import *
process = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier_('com.apple.systemevents').processes().objectWithName_('QuickTime Player')
process.setVisible_(True)
But it does not work after I upgraded to OS X 10.8. Is there any way to make it work?
A: If an application has open windows, this should raise them above windows from other applications, but keep them below ones from the current application.
tell application "System Events"
perform action "AXRaise" of window 1 of process "QuickTime Player"
end tell
A: So, from what I gather from your post, you are trying to bring an application into view using Applescript? If so, the code for this in Mountain Lion is actually fairly simple! Here it is:
tell application "Quicktime Player"
activate
end tell
I hope this works! If it's not what you wanted, let me know and I'll update it for you. :)
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664409aea86fdc40ad5d75ac458a948e865b2dc5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the best OS X version for iBook G4? I have an old but perfectly usable iBook G4 (1.33 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB disk). I am currently running Mac OS X 10.4.11 but I'm wondering what sort of update should it take.
What is the most recent and recommended version to install in it?
A: Leopard, 10.5, had some interesting features but I wouldn't recommend upgrading if you're comfortable with your laptop as is. There's a good chance that your iBook won't run 10.5.8 as smoothly as it does run 10.4.11. As far as I can tell, this is your only choice to upgrade because your iBook won't run 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
The only reason I can personally imagine wanting to upgrade is to get any security updates that were issued for the last 10.5 release (10.5.8) but weren't for 10.4.11. There were roughly two years in between the last Tiger release and the last Leopard release, but I'm not sure whether or not any security updates were released in that time.
| Q: What is the best OS X version for iBook G4? I have an old but perfectly usable iBook G4 (1.33 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB disk). I am currently running Mac OS X 10.4.11 but I'm wondering what sort of update should it take.
What is the most recent and recommended version to install in it?
A: Leopard, 10.5, had some interesting features but I wouldn't recommend upgrading if you're comfortable with your laptop as is. There's a good chance that your iBook won't run 10.5.8 as smoothly as it does run 10.4.11. As far as I can tell, this is your only choice to upgrade because your iBook won't run 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
The only reason I can personally imagine wanting to upgrade is to get any security updates that were issued for the last 10.5 release (10.5.8) but weren't for 10.4.11. There were roughly two years in between the last Tiger release and the last Leopard release, but I'm not sure whether or not any security updates were released in that time.
A: Internet browser and quicktime limitations are the only reason I'm going to upgrade to Leopard.
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396b2ca746dc298a292f5199e7470cd18ec8f765 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How To Fresh Install ML I'm having some problems with entering sleep and wakening, so I'm considering making a fresh installation of Mountain Lion. How can I make a fresh install of ML? I have Bootcamp partition which I'd like to remove also.
Also, what is the procedure for fresh Lion install?(maybe I'll try installing this OS because in Lion I didn't have this problem).
BTW - I have ML downloaded through Apple Store because I bought the new laptop and I'm entitled for upgrading.
Thanks
A: A clean reinstall of Mountain Lion involves creating a bootable USB stick from the installer downloaded from the App Store. You would then boot from it by holding ALT (Option) while rebooting. When you boot into the USB stick, use Disk Utility to delete both the Lion and Windows partitions from your drive.
As for clean reinstalling Lion, since it came pre-installed, you would have to backup your hard drive and 'erase' it which would then prompt you to reinstall the OS.
| Q: How To Fresh Install ML I'm having some problems with entering sleep and wakening, so I'm considering making a fresh installation of Mountain Lion. How can I make a fresh install of ML? I have Bootcamp partition which I'd like to remove also.
Also, what is the procedure for fresh Lion install?(maybe I'll try installing this OS because in Lion I didn't have this problem).
BTW - I have ML downloaded through Apple Store because I bought the new laptop and I'm entitled for upgrading.
Thanks
A: A clean reinstall of Mountain Lion involves creating a bootable USB stick from the installer downloaded from the App Store. You would then boot from it by holding ALT (Option) while rebooting. When you boot into the USB stick, use Disk Utility to delete both the Lion and Windows partitions from your drive.
As for clean reinstalling Lion, since it came pre-installed, you would have to backup your hard drive and 'erase' it which would then prompt you to reinstall the OS.
A: Or, if you have working (bootable) OS X on external (USB) Hdd, simply:
*
*Time Machine!!! (Don't forget backup) :)
*download ML from Appstore
*after the download it start the installation
*quit it
*move the downloaded mountain installation app from /Applications into the external HDD
*reboot mac
*hold down ALT and boot the external USB
*if want you can repartition the internal HDD with Disk utility.app (remember, you're booted from external HDD, so, want repartition the internal one...)
*run the copied installation app
*select your internal HDD as target
*install
*done
I'we done installation this way because i'm changed my HDD into SSD, so I used my old internal HDD as bootable external HDD...
A: If you are going to remove your Windows partition, you could also do the following :
*
*Remove the Windows partition using Disk Utility.
*Create a new hfs+ partition in its place.
*Use Superduper or CarbonCopyCloner to backup your Lion install to new partition.
*Boot the backup.
*Erase the original Lion partition
*Install Mountain Lion on the newly erased partition
*When you've verified Mountain Lion works as expected, remove remaining Lion partition and grow Mountain Lon filesystem to full disk size.
You could skip steps 3,4,5 and just install Mountain Lion on the second partition but the advantage of doing it this way is that the OS files will be on the first partition, at the beginning of the disk which is most performant.
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3b71be19479223d98be771a613fb627151b46e49 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I view the signer of a bundle? I have a .bundle that is digitally signed. I can verify this by opening the bundle by selecting "Show Package Contents" and indeed there is a _CodeSignature directory underneath the bundle.
However, I am trying to figure out who is the signer of the bundle. Is there any way with Xcode, or any other tool, command line or otherwise, to view the certificate that was used to sign the bundle?
A: If you have the optional command line tools that XCode will install for you, codesign is the tool of choice.
Using the Terminal app:
$ codesign --display -vv /Applications/GarageBand.app/
Executable=/Applications/GarageBand.app/Contents/MacOS/GarageBand
Identifier=com.apple.garageband
Format=bundle with Mach-O thin (i386)
CodeDirectory v=20100 size=24489 flags=0x200(kill) hashes=1218+3 location=embedded
Signature size=4169
Authority=Apple Mac OS Application Signing
Authority=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
Info.plist entries=27
Sealed Resources rules=14 files=2021
Internal requirements count=2 size=500
And a non-Apple signed app..
$ codesign --display -vv /Applications/iTerm.app/
[snip]
Authority=Developer ID Application: GEORGE NACHMAN
| Q: How can I view the signer of a bundle? I have a .bundle that is digitally signed. I can verify this by opening the bundle by selecting "Show Package Contents" and indeed there is a _CodeSignature directory underneath the bundle.
However, I am trying to figure out who is the signer of the bundle. Is there any way with Xcode, or any other tool, command line or otherwise, to view the certificate that was used to sign the bundle?
A: If you have the optional command line tools that XCode will install for you, codesign is the tool of choice.
Using the Terminal app:
$ codesign --display -vv /Applications/GarageBand.app/
Executable=/Applications/GarageBand.app/Contents/MacOS/GarageBand
Identifier=com.apple.garageband
Format=bundle with Mach-O thin (i386)
CodeDirectory v=20100 size=24489 flags=0x200(kill) hashes=1218+3 location=embedded
Signature size=4169
Authority=Apple Mac OS Application Signing
Authority=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
Info.plist entries=27
Sealed Resources rules=14 files=2021
Internal requirements count=2 size=500
And a non-Apple signed app..
$ codesign --display -vv /Applications/iTerm.app/
[snip]
Authority=Developer ID Application: GEORGE NACHMAN
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1ab15028cebd065db71c2849ddcece5152a950c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Mountain Lion remove headers in /usr/include? Is it just me or common to everybody that all the header files that was in the /usr/include is no longer there?
Which is causing boost bootstrap to fail with this error:
### Using 'darwin' toolset.
###
rm -rf bootstrap
mkdir bootstrap
cc -o bootstrap/jam0 command.c compile.c constants.c debug.c function.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c object.c option.c output.c parse.c pathunix.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c pwd.c class.c native.c md5.c w32_getreg.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c execunix.c fileunix.c
In file included from command.c:17:
./jam.h:317:10: fatal error: 'sys/types.h' file not found
#include <sys/types.h>
^
1 error generated.[/code]
A: This also happened to me, upgrading to Mountain Lion removed commandline tools. I just needed to go to Xcode and install again. Solved.
| Q: Does Mountain Lion remove headers in /usr/include? Is it just me or common to everybody that all the header files that was in the /usr/include is no longer there?
Which is causing boost bootstrap to fail with this error:
### Using 'darwin' toolset.
###
rm -rf bootstrap
mkdir bootstrap
cc -o bootstrap/jam0 command.c compile.c constants.c debug.c function.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c object.c option.c output.c parse.c pathunix.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c pwd.c class.c native.c md5.c w32_getreg.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c execunix.c fileunix.c
In file included from command.c:17:
./jam.h:317:10: fatal error: 'sys/types.h' file not found
#include <sys/types.h>
^
1 error generated.[/code]
A: This also happened to me, upgrading to Mountain Lion removed commandline tools. I just needed to go to Xcode and install again. Solved.
A: I still have stuff in there on my Mountain Lion install (upgraded from Lion, however)
Macbook Pro:~> find /usr/include/ | wc -l
2820
Macbook Pro:~> ls -l /usr/include/sys/types.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10133 28 Jul 04:14 /usr/include/sys/types.h
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f9fc2a1297574fc88790371a15a4ba43a1d38794 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any *real* useful usage for the "clear key" on apple wired keyboard? I work on Macs for over two years and still haven't done anything useful with the "clear key" (this one).
Do you know of any useful stuff it can do? Other than with the built-in Calculator app, that one doesn't count :)
EDIT:
Anything you use on regular bases.
| Q: Any *real* useful usage for the "clear key" on apple wired keyboard? I work on Macs for over two years and still haven't done anything useful with the "clear key" (this one).
Do you know of any useful stuff it can do? Other than with the built-in Calculator app, that one doesn't count :)
EDIT:
Anything you use on regular bases.
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ba614fc7c80cce1fb21cfcf4031352b069c1b53e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can sudo's annoying message be removed from Mountain Lion 10.8.0? After the upgrade to 10.8.0, whenever I do a sudo, I always get this message:
dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/sudo) is setuid or setgid
I have checked my .bash_profile, .zshrc all I could think of, and I don't see anything related to the DYLD_ environment.
After googling for hours, I tried to put these two lines in my .zshrc:
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
But the annoying message still appears.
I go to a guest account and did a sudo but didnt' get this message. So I guess I have some custom library installed... But I don't know how to debug this.
A: Do you have any other DYLD_ variables set? Run set with no parameters to see all variables and unset anything that comes up with that prefix.
Note that it looks like this is really just a workaround for a bug, those messages shouldn't be printed unless you have DYLD_PRINT_WARNINGS enabled.
Also, the update to 10.8.1 seems to have patched this annoyance.
| Q: Can sudo's annoying message be removed from Mountain Lion 10.8.0? After the upgrade to 10.8.0, whenever I do a sudo, I always get this message:
dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/sudo) is setuid or setgid
I have checked my .bash_profile, .zshrc all I could think of, and I don't see anything related to the DYLD_ environment.
After googling for hours, I tried to put these two lines in my .zshrc:
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
But the annoying message still appears.
I go to a guest account and did a sudo but didnt' get this message. So I guess I have some custom library installed... But I don't know how to debug this.
A: Do you have any other DYLD_ variables set? Run set with no parameters to see all variables and unset anything that comes up with that prefix.
Note that it looks like this is really just a workaround for a bug, those messages shouldn't be printed unless you have DYLD_PRINT_WARNINGS enabled.
Also, the update to 10.8.1 seems to have patched this annoyance.
A: In zsh:
sudo () { ( unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH; exec command sudo $* ) }
This spawns a sub-shell in which the environment variables that sudo complains about are unset, and then executes sudo.
Advantages over some of the other answers include:
*
*Doesn't remove LD_LIBRARY_PATH and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH from your interactive shell environment (for non-sudo commands that need it).
*Use of a subshell ensures that if you interrupt the sudo while it's running (e.g., with Ctrl-C), your LD_LIBRARY_PATH and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH will be unchanged in your master shell (unlike the script in another answer which sets and unsets them in the interactive shell).
*Use of exec ensures that the otherwise-unnecessary parent shell exits immediately when invoking sudo, so there's no extra processes hanging around while the command runs.
I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to port to bash, et al.
A: work around found on the apple support forums by yokyoh1987,
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4143805?start=30&tstart=0
in your .profile/.bashrc/.bash_profile (depends on you terminal setting):
# set DYLD_* for my normal programs
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH='..'
# set an alternative sudo
thesudo()
{
# back up the DYLD_* variables
local BACK=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
# unset DYLD_*
unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
# calling sudo
/usr/bin/sudo "$@"
# restore DYLD_* after sudo finished
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$BACK
}
# redirect sudo
alias sudo=thesudo
A: You probably have your LD_LIBRARY_PATH set.
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fa20b581ed02f0ec980c547b169f2e14e5c5340f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will Mountain Lion make an older computer run faster or slower? Performance/responsiveness is a common concern with new software, especially on older machines. In general, upgrading from Snow Leopard (10.6) to Lion (10.7) wasn't too bad, but now Mountain Lion (10.8) is adding even more features such as Notification Center.
What will be the performance impact of Mountain Lion on Macs which are nearing the lowest end of the system requirements?
A: I have a MacBook that I bought in 2009 (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3), I started with Leopard and had the following experience with upgrades over the past 5 years:
*
*Snow Leopard - noticed a performance improvement
*Lion - noticed significant slow down of all OS X features/applications, was seriously considering buying a new MacBook
*Mountain Lion - massive speed improvements immediately after upgrade. Start-up time for all applications has improved by a factor of 10, especially for Safari and iTunes. I used to click an application icon and wait for 10 to 30 seconds, now it opens immediately. Obviously, Apple OS X engineers have worked hard to tune and optimise 10.8 for all hardware, even the old the stuff.
| Q: Will Mountain Lion make an older computer run faster or slower? Performance/responsiveness is a common concern with new software, especially on older machines. In general, upgrading from Snow Leopard (10.6) to Lion (10.7) wasn't too bad, but now Mountain Lion (10.8) is adding even more features such as Notification Center.
What will be the performance impact of Mountain Lion on Macs which are nearing the lowest end of the system requirements?
A: I have a MacBook that I bought in 2009 (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3), I started with Leopard and had the following experience with upgrades over the past 5 years:
*
*Snow Leopard - noticed a performance improvement
*Lion - noticed significant slow down of all OS X features/applications, was seriously considering buying a new MacBook
*Mountain Lion - massive speed improvements immediately after upgrade. Start-up time for all applications has improved by a factor of 10, especially for Safari and iTunes. I used to click an application icon and wait for 10 to 30 seconds, now it opens immediately. Obviously, Apple OS X engineers have worked hard to tune and optimise 10.8 for all hardware, even the old the stuff.
A: Anecdotally, Mountain Lion seems to actually be faster than Lion. There aren't that many new features in Mountain Lion, which means Apple's engineers had more time to analyze and tune its performance. We know, for example, that they specifically optimized Safari scrolling to make it smoother than it used to be. The Versions feature is also faster (or rather, it does more of its work invisibly in the background).
A: Apple made some improvements to the graphics subsystem, including the OpenGL stuff that can boost performance by up to 10 percent, depending on what you're doing.
Since Snow Leopard, Apple has been relying much more on using the graphics cards in non-traditional roles, including OpenCL, so this sort of performance boost won't just be limited to programs that render 3D. Any app that uses Core Image will get advantages from increased graphics performance, for example Pixelmator, which makes use of the GPU for image editing.
A: I own a 20" iMac early 2009 with 2 GB RAM and I noticed a significant increase in booting time from previous Snow Leopard.
A: As a proud owner of one of the slowest Macs that are able to run Mountain Lion (I have an early 2009 model, 2 GB Ram, 2.24 GHz (?) Intel Core 2 Duo and a NVidia 9400M), I have to say that, in contradiction to what I expected, everything is faster, especially when switching desktops. Switching desktops would sometimes lead to some frame drops in Lion, but everything is pretty smooth in ML.
This also applies to other system animations, including the lock icon animation in system preferences, which I have had problems with since Snow Leopard. This might also apply to games, but I haven't really tested that yet. As said by almost everyone, Safari is notably faster to, no scrolling problems whatsoever.
And last but not least is XCode, which builds faster than I remember and doesn't really seem to slow my Mac down anymore.
A: On my 2010 MacBook Air, I never upgraded to Lion and went directly from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, and speed/performance is pretty good. I don't see anything that is much faster (except Safari), but I don't see anything slower either.
Chrome lags scrolling sometimes but I guess that's just a Chrome issue. QuickTime makes my computer slow though when recording the screen (it didn't do that in Snow Leopard).
Safari is a lot faster, especially with the scrolling.
I don't think Mountain Lion would slow up your machine, and as others have said Apple has had more time to tune its performance so if anything it is probably faster than Lion. Animations are relatively faster/smoother too and I haven't seen anything laggy (except when using QuickTime's screen recorder).
I was also worried that Mountain Lion would slow up my computer, but it didn't. :)
A: I have an early 2008 iMac with 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo and 4GB RAM. I have been running lion since it was released last year. I upgraded to mountain lion yesterday and am very happy with the upgrade because, surprisingly, it has actually increased the speed and performance of my computer. The speed I lost from Snow Leopard seems to have returned with Mountain lion.
A: Faster - I have three macs and I've always found Lion to be quite a bit more resource heavy, hence slower, than snow leopard (enough to be annoying at least). But on installing ML I've found the two machines I've installed on are actually running better than on Snow Leopard.
A: I have a 2010 MacBook Pro which I upgraded from Snow Leopard. Over the last month everything is running as fast as it was until I run iPhoto. Then the fan starts running overtime, the battery goes flat quickly and everything is slow to respond. I have to reboot before the computer recognizes that iPhoto is no longer running. It is also very hot at this time. iCloud on iPhoto is very slow and I have had to force quit more than once.
On my 2011 24inch Mac which I upgraded from Lion, it is running just as well as before, which was new.
A: Faster.
I have a Mid 2007 iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM. This is the oldest iMac model that can officially run Mountain Lion (according to Apple's tech specs).
I upgraded the first day and haven't noticed any slowdowns so far. Performance actually seems faster in Finder, Mail, Preview, etc.
Safari stands out the most in terms of noticeable speed improvements.
A: Faster. I upgraded my work MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011, 2.2GHz i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB factory SSD, from 10.6.8 to 10.8.2, and am very happy with overall performance.
Photoshop CS6 screams on this thing.
Remember too that OS upgrades aren't irreversible; use the still-awesome Carbon Copy Cloner or similar to make a complete and bootable snapshot of your system as-is; upgrade; decide if you like the new features and performance..
A: MacBookPro2,2 | Late 2006 | 15'' 2.16 Ghz Core2Duo (A1211)
*
*RAM upgraded to 2 GB,
*HDD upgraded to 500 GB, WD Green WD5000BEVT-11ZAT0 (silent,green… slow!)
Performance & responsiveness:
*
*10.5 Okay
*10.6 Improved clearly to predecessor, very performant! - Optimal OS for that machine.
*10.7 Unresponsive, lots of beachballs, and 10-90 (!) seconds later you get the sudden accumulated UI feedback for the queued user interaction stack.
*
*Seems to be not a CPU issue, but rather too little RAM and the then stronger utilized virtual RAM on that slow HDD together being the performance bottleneck!
*10.7 also uses more animations — of which many can be deactivated, btw — but they seem to be no problem for the GPU ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB in this machine, mostly fluent, a few frame drops every here and then, but not disturbing.
*Particularly bad app example: Google Chrome is laggy as hell on 10.7. On 10.6 ~5 idle tabs consume about 1-3% CPU, switching is instant, whereas on 10.7 the same current Chrome, even with cleared caches/extensions/etc, lags as hell and utilizes about 30-50% CPU!
Upgradability:
*
*RAM can be upgradeable to 3GB
*A SSD could be added internally to the 1.5 Gbit SATA port
*or into the ExpressCard slot (max capacities marketed are 256GB, and they have lower transfer rates than the current SATA SSDs).
Conclusion:
*
*Clearly virtual/physical RAM are the issues! With my slightly upgraded configuration (2GB RAM, 500GB HDD), the performance in 10.7 is miserable, I cannot recommend it!
*Maybe with the maximum pimping possible for this machine (3GB RAM, fast internal SATA SSD), 10.7 could be performant. Any experiences? Appreciated!
*For now, I will downgrade from 10.7.5 to 10.6.8
again.
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5b1a4cbf513e297506742edde396f2ba45b4ed57 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get rid of the clock in the menu-bar in Mac OSX? I want to get rid of the clock menu display in Mac OSX. How can this be done?
A: Now it's in System Preferences -> Dock & Menu Bar -> Menu Bar Only (section) -> Clock
However, as far as I can see, you cannot hide it anymore, that can be only done for the other items. What you can do, however, is to minimize to a small analogue watch, which takes minimum space
| Q: How do I get rid of the clock in the menu-bar in Mac OSX? I want to get rid of the clock menu display in Mac OSX. How can this be done?
A: Now it's in System Preferences -> Dock & Menu Bar -> Menu Bar Only (section) -> Clock
However, as far as I can see, you cannot hide it anymore, that can be only done for the other items. What you can do, however, is to minimize to a small analogue watch, which takes minimum space
A: Go to -
System Preferences → Date & Time → Clock and Uncheck the show date and time in menu bar.
Done.
A: The easiest way is to hold down the ⌘ Command key on your keyboard and drag it out of the menu bar (you can also re-order the menu bar icons by holding the ⌘ Command key and dragging them around around, if you didn't know).
But, you can also go to → System Preferences → Date & Time → Clock and uncheck "Show date and time in menu bar" if you'd rather do it that way.
A: Hold ⌘ and drag it out of the menu. If date and weekday are shown, they will also be removed.
Alternatively, you can disable and customize the clock in: System Preferences → Date & Time → Clock.
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34d3bc46242c13cfdf58108d6ee6b9da98c21d02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I enable Trackpad tap-to-click for the login window in OS X 10.8? In older OS X versions, this used to work just fine:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
It would enable tap to click for built-in MacBook Trackpads for the root user, which would also affect the login screen. There are similar commands to enable it for Bluetooth-based Magic Trackpads as well.
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work in OS X 10.8 anymore. Is there some other way of doing this in Mountain Lion?
A: Turns out you can add this as a function in the Terminal:
sudo defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -int 1
That worked for me, thanks to these guys - http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1218257
| Q: How can I enable Trackpad tap-to-click for the login window in OS X 10.8? In older OS X versions, this used to work just fine:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
It would enable tap to click for built-in MacBook Trackpads for the root user, which would also affect the login screen. There are similar commands to enable it for Bluetooth-based Magic Trackpads as well.
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work in OS X 10.8 anymore. Is there some other way of doing this in Mountain Lion?
A: Turns out you can add this as a function in the Terminal:
sudo defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -int 1
That worked for me, thanks to these guys - http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1218257
A: I've had mixed results with enabling it for the login screen between my macs.
Here's how I have gotten it to work:
*
*Go to System Preferences (as an admin user) -> Users and Groups -> Login Options
*Click the lock and enter your admin credentials
*Next to Network Account Server click Edit (or add, what ever comes up if you don't have a server already set up) and then click "Open Directory Utility"
*Click the lock again and reenter your credentials
*In the menu bar, click edit and then click "Enable Root User"
*Set up a password for the user, and then log out of your current user
*At the login screen, you should have a "Other..." option next to your users. Type in "root" as your username and use the password you set up.
*Enable tap to click through System Preferences.
*Log out, and go back into your normal user, and open up Directory Utility again
*Click on the padlock to authenticate in Directory Utility, and then go to edit on the menu bar, and click "Disable Root User"
For security's sake, make sure you disable the root user!
Now I mentioned at the start I've had mixed results for this. It worked fine on my Mac Mini 2012, but it didn't seem to work on my MacBook Air 2011. The thing that I can think of primarily is that the MacBook Air's trackpad is built in and connected via USB, whereas the Mac Mini's trackpad is bluetooth.
Why does this matter, you ask? Did anyones else notice that the Terminal command that was used to change the system default to having Tap to Click on seems to store the setting in an entry that references AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad?
If thats the reason, then that would be why some people report the terminal command works and others say it makes no difference.
I'm going to dig more in this, I wonder if there is a similar AppleUSBMultitouch.trackpad entry somewhere...
Edits:
*
*Just confirming, I connected my Bluetooth Trackpad to my MacBook Air (it is surprisingly difficult to remove a trackpad from bluetooth preferences on a desktop mac by the way) and I can Tap to Click on the login screen with the bluetooth trackpad, but not the built in one. Innerestin'!
*Oh, for comparison to your systems, both my Macs are running 10.8.4, have no startup items at all (I like my speedy boot times) and have no third party Kexts
A: On 10.8 the correct wording seems to be
sudo defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad Clicking 1
(not sure if the -int switch is really needed). This does not turn on click-to-tap immediately and if somebody can tell how to apply that default, i'd be a happy little admin :)
A: Have you tried enabling dragging in System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Trackpad Options?
(From How to change tap to click using "defaults write" from command line?)
A: System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Trackpad Options > check Enable Dragging with/without Draglock.
A: I haven't tried this myself, but this might be what you're looking for: sudo defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -int 1
A: Are you talking about the "Tap to click"? If so you can enable and disable in
System Preferences > Trackpad > Tap to Click
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09039a15028550bc9bf52677ed906e59f3acff65 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: spaces and dual monitor: separate setup for each monitor? I have two monitors and I would like to handle the virtual spaces separately on each. I.e. changing the space on one monitor shouldn't change the space on the other. (I wonder why this isn't even the default because it seems to me like it makes more sense.)
Is there any way to do this?
A: It's not the exact answer you were looking for in the Mac OS but it is an alternative.
You can try TotalSpaces at http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/
It's been the only thing close to what you are looking for.
| Q: spaces and dual monitor: separate setup for each monitor? I have two monitors and I would like to handle the virtual spaces separately on each. I.e. changing the space on one monitor shouldn't change the space on the other. (I wonder why this isn't even the default because it seems to me like it makes more sense.)
Is there any way to do this?
A: It's not the exact answer you were looking for in the Mac OS but it is an alternative.
You can try TotalSpaces at http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/
It's been the only thing close to what you are looking for.
A: On Mavericks, you can go to System Preferences -> Mission Control and check "Displays have separate spaces." This will accomplish what you want to do.
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617341130f115fcb85b9918a9ecff80c2443bebf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to install Windows 7 Bootcamp using iso file (without USB/DVD)? I have a MacBook Pro and I need to install Windows 7 besides Mac OS X so I can play games on it.
The problem is that I don't have a USB stick or DVD to copy the Win7 iso image like Bootcamp requires.
Can I install Win7 using an internal partition of my hard disk?
A: Here might be a solution :
*
*Create a new partition (at least 8Gig)
*Copy the iso on it
*Try booting on it
*If it works reboot and create a new Bootcamp partition
*Try installing Windows on the bootcamp partition
If this don't work, You'll need a USB drive.
| Q: How to install Windows 7 Bootcamp using iso file (without USB/DVD)? I have a MacBook Pro and I need to install Windows 7 besides Mac OS X so I can play games on it.
The problem is that I don't have a USB stick or DVD to copy the Win7 iso image like Bootcamp requires.
Can I install Win7 using an internal partition of my hard disk?
A: Here might be a solution :
*
*Create a new partition (at least 8Gig)
*Copy the iso on it
*Try booting on it
*If it works reboot and create a new Bootcamp partition
*Try installing Windows on the bootcamp partition
If this don't work, You'll need a USB drive.
A: If you have a windows machine and an Administrator account they try this Microsoft Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool
A convoluted way if you do not have another Windows machine would be to install a VM like VirtualBox, use the iso to install Windows in that and then use the MS tool mentioned above. Actually just having Windows in a VM might be sufficient for you depending on your needs.
A: *
*Open the ISO File
*Find the 'boot' file
*Click the 'bcd' program
*Wait 3-7 Seconds, A Window should appear.
*Partion the Disk.
*Complete!
Enjoy Windows or Linux!
A: Try erasing your main macintosh HD drive get a windows install disk install it onto the new empty drive.
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1b0c306659a76069e1005ff595053ee11e2688e5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to write on FAT32 and NTFS from Mountain Lion? What is the best free software for OS X Mountain Lion for enabling write support for FAT32 and NTFS?
A: At the moment, the only free way for NTFS write access without using abandoned software is using NTFS-3G along with FUSE for OS X. There's a guide for that in the FUSE for OS X wiki.
If you need NTFS writing a lot you might be better off using Tuxera or Paragon, both commercial but more faster and more bulletproof solutions.
As pointed out in the comments, there's no write restriction for FAT32 volumes in OS X.
| Q: How to write on FAT32 and NTFS from Mountain Lion? What is the best free software for OS X Mountain Lion for enabling write support for FAT32 and NTFS?
A: At the moment, the only free way for NTFS write access without using abandoned software is using NTFS-3G along with FUSE for OS X. There's a guide for that in the FUSE for OS X wiki.
If you need NTFS writing a lot you might be better off using Tuxera or Paragon, both commercial but more faster and more bulletproof solutions.
As pointed out in the comments, there's no write restriction for FAT32 volumes in OS X.
A: Try NTFS-FREE, works for me on ML:
This program allows MacOSX to access Microsoft NTFS formatted harddrives connected by USB port. A modified version of the original Linux code, this program is packaged as a easy-to-use installer so that normal users can install it without hassle
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntfsfree/
A: Fuse4x + Ntfs-3g works on OS X Lion. All freeware.
*
*Install Homebrew.
*In Terminal, type brew install Fuse4x.
*Next, type brew install ntfs-3g.
*Type brew info fuse4x-kext . Enter the 2 lines of $ sudo code separately at the start of the text given.
*Type brew info ntfs-3g . Enter the 2 lines of code separately after the line "To replace the default Mac OSX automounter:" .
*A restart may be prompted.
*Done.
All the best.
A: As for me I use Paragon NTFS for Mac. Firstly, it is very fast, secondly, I can rely on it and I'm sure that it won't corrupt my files. Yes, it is commercial with 10-day trial but it is worth spending money. Moreover, it is cheaper than Tusera NTFS!
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8e583166aed6e02f9d2b548974503826f8f455cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the (external) keyboard shortcut to lock my screen with the screen save Which keys can I press to bring up the locked screen save while I walk away for a few minutes?
I have an external keyboard (MS Comfort Curve 2000) thru a multi pc switcher box so I have ctrl-cmd-alt keys but no option key and everything I've tried so far doesn't work.
A: Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts. Then click on the plus sign under the white box that has the different options in there. Name it 'Sleep' and give it the ⌘⌥F12 command (cmd + opt + F12). You can set it to whatever you like but most keyboards already map F12 to the eject key so if you get a different keyboard it may work already by default. Remember to also change your settings to require your password after a set time after going to sleep. Hope this helps, I searched for awhile to find out how to do this and couldn't find any good answers.
| Q: What is the (external) keyboard shortcut to lock my screen with the screen save Which keys can I press to bring up the locked screen save while I walk away for a few minutes?
I have an external keyboard (MS Comfort Curve 2000) thru a multi pc switcher box so I have ctrl-cmd-alt keys but no option key and everything I've tried so far doesn't work.
A: Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts. Then click on the plus sign under the white box that has the different options in there. Name it 'Sleep' and give it the ⌘⌥F12 command (cmd + opt + F12). You can set it to whatever you like but most keyboards already map F12 to the eject key so if you get a different keyboard it may work already by default. Remember to also change your settings to require your password after a set time after going to sleep. Hope this helps, I searched for awhile to find out how to do this and couldn't find any good answers.
A: You can use Control + Shift + Eject to put your display to sleep but also to lock your screen. If you don't have an Eject key, you need to use an Automator based workaround to assign your own shortcut. Alternatively, you can set a Hot Corner for the screensaver to start in System Preferences.
For the locking to work, you have to tell OS X to require a password immediately after sleep in System Preferences > Security & Privacy:
When this is set, the above key combo will lock your screen and a password is required to unlock it.
A: If you're up for using an external program, Karabiner-elements makes this super simple.
I've installed it and imported PC-Style Shortcuts, which maps it to Win+L.
Big benefit of Karabiner is that it's flexible enough that you can enable/disable this on a per-keyboard basis (I keep the defaults for my Mac keyboard, and use PC style on my external "Windows" keyboard). Also, you can enable-disable individual rules, or create your own shortcut.
A: A bit out of the box but this could work:
If you have an iPhone or iPad you could set up iCloud and find my mac, iPhone, iPad.
boot up the find my iPhone app on your iDevice and lock your mac from there while you walk away.
Or if your not afraid for some apple scripting and you have a bluetooth enabled mac you could use this script to lock your mac upon bluetooth disconnection. ( which also should work with an non apple phone ) more info about the scripting can be found here: Lock and unlock a Mac using Bluetooth detection
A: Richi Jeffery provided a great answer to this, but that puts your computer to Sleep, which means it takes a few seconds to wake up when you return. You can do the same but do a Lock Screen instead which wakes up instantly when you return. Also on the laptop keyboard, the Lock Screen command is Ctrl+Shift+Power. The closest to that on my Windows Keyboard is Windows+Shift+F12 so I've used that.
Here's Richi's answer edited with the changes:
*
*Open System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts.
*Click on the plus sign under the white box that has the different options in there.
*Name it "Lock Screen" and give it the Cmd or Windows +F12. You can set it to whatever you like but most keyboards already map F12 to the Eject key so if you get a different keyboard it may work already by default.
Remember to also change your settings to require your password after a set time after going to sleep.
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d4011f8baa4d98b5c115a7debeefe1a0aedbc259 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I open a single app by an unidentified developer without allowing all I know to secure safety it is now not allowed anymore to open apps that were not downloaded from the mac app store.
But surely there is a workaround for this to open an app that you know is 'good' but just isn't in the app store.
Preferably allowing only that app and not allowing all downloaded apps to be opened.
How do I open an app that is not downloaded from the app store in mountain lion?
A: Disable gatekeeper just for one app:
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LockedApp.app
Disable gatekeeper for all apps:
sudo spctl --master-disable
Install your app, then enable it again:
sudo spctl --master-enable
You can check assessments status by typing:
sudo spctl --status
| Q: How can I open a single app by an unidentified developer without allowing all I know to secure safety it is now not allowed anymore to open apps that were not downloaded from the mac app store.
But surely there is a workaround for this to open an app that you know is 'good' but just isn't in the app store.
Preferably allowing only that app and not allowing all downloaded apps to be opened.
How do I open an app that is not downloaded from the app store in mountain lion?
A: Disable gatekeeper just for one app:
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LockedApp.app
Disable gatekeeper for all apps:
sudo spctl --master-disable
Install your app, then enable it again:
sudo spctl --master-enable
You can check assessments status by typing:
sudo spctl --status
A: You can ignore the gatekeeper restrictions on a per-app basis by right/control-clicking and selecting "Open". And because the check is done only on the first open, you can run it normally afterwards.
More details in:
*
*John Siracusa's review of Mountain Lion
*Apple article HT5290, Mountain Lion: About Gatekeeper.
A: To enable a single unsigned app that you know to be safe, follow these steps:
*
*Go to System Preferences, then Security and Privacy, then click "Anywhere"
*Launch the app. This will remove the "unsigned download" warning status from the app.
*Return to System Preferences and return the Gatekeeper settings to the level you want (default is "Mac App Store and identified developers")
Your app should launch as desired, but future downloaded apps will be subject to Gatekeeper scrutiny.
A: To enable the execution of an app against the policy that you have set in System Preferences, then you can simply right click on the app in question, and click open. This will produce a further "Are you sure?" check, but will allow you to open an app and over-rule your app signature settings without you needing to go into System Preferences each time.
A: Although Ctrl+Right Click might work for some people, it didn't for me. They key to fix it is open Terminal.app (under /Applications/Utilities) and type in
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine
then at the end press space and drag the application you are trying to open in there, so it should look like this (this is an example for Google Chrome):
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Users/username/Desktop/Google\ Chrome.app
(here username refers to the user account name)
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1f7256eafc02c12b94c0a7e06bb0f7af55af5416 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard Shortcut To Switch Between Opened Windows How do I switch between open windows?
Command+Tab switches between opened applications, but for example, when I open preferences-window of BetterTouchTool I don't get it shown via Command+Tab.
A: Cmd+` will allow you to switch between the open windows of the current application. Very useful.
| Q: Keyboard Shortcut To Switch Between Opened Windows How do I switch between open windows?
Command+Tab switches between opened applications, but for example, when I open preferences-window of BetterTouchTool I don't get it shown via Command+Tab.
A: Cmd+` will allow you to switch between the open windows of the current application. Very useful.
A: By default (on a clean install of Mountain Lion), there is a keyboard shortcut "Move focus to active or next window", ^F4, which worked for activating the BetterSnapTool preference window (which is the same deal, activating a window in an app that doesn't have a dock icon).
A: If you want to switch between windos within ONE application, you rather want to use the "Move focus to next window" command, 3 lines below the marked line in the screenshot above.
A: Shortcut key to switch between opened windows is Alt+Tab
Regards
Shefali
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3e6ebf495c2df9ed761935ceb60175e45d3368f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 15 inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display-dual Gateway monitors I am currently running dual monitors from a Gateway desktop. I would love to upgrade to a MacBook Pro, but would like to keep my two monitors. Is there an (easy) way to dual monitor non-Apple monitors from a MacBook Pro?
A: Certainly. The Retina MacBook Pro has one HDMI output and two Thunderbolt ports, so you can run the internal display and three external monitors as long as you can accept HDMI on your third monitor (with or without an adapter/converter).
Any mini-DisplayPort adapter from Apple will work from Thunderbolt in addition to adapters labeled as Thunderbolt.
| Q: 15 inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display-dual Gateway monitors I am currently running dual monitors from a Gateway desktop. I would love to upgrade to a MacBook Pro, but would like to keep my two monitors. Is there an (easy) way to dual monitor non-Apple monitors from a MacBook Pro?
A: Certainly. The Retina MacBook Pro has one HDMI output and two Thunderbolt ports, so you can run the internal display and three external monitors as long as you can accept HDMI on your third monitor (with or without an adapter/converter).
Any mini-DisplayPort adapter from Apple will work from Thunderbolt in addition to adapters labeled as Thunderbolt.
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e7db1a0dd109ed9470eff5d5c5e910f39bf8549f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Set keyboard shortcut for nested menu selection Say an application has a menu selection Export in the File menu. On mouse over, a sub-menu extends with the export options. Is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut for one of those nested selections?
I've already tried implementing the keyboard shortcut for Export, setting it to Command-E. However, this doesn't work, even though the Command symbol shows up next to Export.
Any help is appreciated
A: I realize this is an old thread but I was currently struggling with the same issue, in Filemaker Pro Advanced.
It turned out that if I put the shortcut in the "All Applications" section in System Preferences, instead of the Filemaker Pro Advanced section, it worked!!
This only applies to nested menu items. Non-nested works as they should (ie in the FM Pro Advanced section).
| Q: Set keyboard shortcut for nested menu selection Say an application has a menu selection Export in the File menu. On mouse over, a sub-menu extends with the export options. Is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut for one of those nested selections?
I've already tried implementing the keyboard shortcut for Export, setting it to Command-E. However, this doesn't work, even though the Command symbol shows up next to Export.
Any help is appreciated
A: I realize this is an old thread but I was currently struggling with the same issue, in Filemaker Pro Advanced.
It turned out that if I put the shortcut in the "All Applications" section in System Preferences, instead of the Filemaker Pro Advanced section, it worked!!
This only applies to nested menu items. Non-nested works as they should (ie in the FM Pro Advanced section).
A: Since Mountain Lion you can assign keyboard shortcuts to nested menu items using the following format:
File->Export->Sub-item
I found the answer in this post on the Apple Support Communities by the user macNtouch.
Please notice:
*
*you have to insert the full path: partial paths will not work
*you must not leave any space between the menu title and the arrow
A: MacNTouch's answer still works perfectly on High Sierra and Mojave. I wanted to set up a shortcut for printing checks in QuickBooks 2019 Mac, but just creating a keyboard shortcut for the submenu Checks… would place the shortcut on File Import Checks…
Using the whole path, File->Print Forms->Checks… now puts my ^P on the correct Checks… submenu. You must use the whole path and the arrows must be a hyphen and greater than, all with no spaces.
A: If you want to assign a shortcut to the submenu you can just use the name of the submenu as it appears. So if I wanted to assign a shortcut to the default encoding in Safari, using "Default" is enough.
If however you want to assign a shortcut to a submenu that occurs multiple times, such as "My Folder" you can use: >Move To>Notes, in Lion at least. This no longer works in Lion.
You could also try to assign a shortcut using apple script like this:
tell app "System Events" to tell process "Terminal"
click menu bar 1's menu "Shell"'s menu item 1's menu "New Window"'s menu item "Pro" end tell
and then use these steps to generate an automator action:
*
*Open Automator and choose the Service template
*Add a Run Shell Script or Run AppleScript action
*Check that the values for accepted data types and application scope the are correct
*Paste the script and save
*Assign a shortcut in the Keyboard preference pane
If the shortcut for a service doesn't work at first, try running the service once by selecting it in the Services menu.
Credit for the automator answer goes to Lori,
A: Use "->"
Answered by MacNTouch at https://discussions.apple.com/message/20380162#20380162
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0b5d1fd1617bfc3bd2d771c12c45a45173b4b172 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the "previous system" folder I have in my root directory after ML installation and is it safe to delete? What is the "Previous System" folder I now have have in my root directory after upgrading Mountain Lion and is it safe to delete? It's 172MB of mostly random font files
A: It's safe to delete that folder. I did it and to date I haven't faced any issues.
| Q: What is the "previous system" folder I have in my root directory after ML installation and is it safe to delete? What is the "Previous System" folder I now have have in my root directory after upgrading Mountain Lion and is it safe to delete? It's 172MB of mostly random font files
A: It's safe to delete that folder. I did it and to date I haven't faced any issues.
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2f32ab01844dc6a51b037101c00fed650e06c084 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable the Macbook internal display and only use the external display on Snow Leopard?
Preferably without having to reboot etc, use magnets, or open/close the lid + waking it via USB peripherals I would like to have my MacBook display in "projector only" mode. Ideally, I'd like to be able to move already-on MacBook from the lounge to my desk, plug in the external display, and have it work with minimal fuss while still using the MacBook keyboard and track-pad.
Windows 7 really nailed this feature. Winkey + P is all you need to swap between modes.
Is it possible to disable the Macbook display and use only the external display, a la Windows 7's projector only mode?
A: You might want to disable it by turning down the brightness to zero and put it in clone display mode. I think it would be equivalent. It is a trivial answer but it should work.
| Q: How to disable the Macbook internal display and only use the external display on Snow Leopard?
Preferably without having to reboot etc, use magnets, or open/close the lid + waking it via USB peripherals I would like to have my MacBook display in "projector only" mode. Ideally, I'd like to be able to move already-on MacBook from the lounge to my desk, plug in the external display, and have it work with minimal fuss while still using the MacBook keyboard and track-pad.
Windows 7 really nailed this feature. Winkey + P is all you need to swap between modes.
Is it possible to disable the Macbook display and use only the external display, a la Windows 7's projector only mode?
A: You might want to disable it by turning down the brightness to zero and put it in clone display mode. I think it would be equivalent. It is a trivial answer but it should work.
A: It is possible to disable the internal display. Unfortunately this cannot be done without disabling the keyboard and trackpad as well. If you have an external keyboard and mouse this will work, however.
*
*Shut the lid of your MacBook.
*Plug your MacBook into an external power supply.
*Plug your external monitor in.
*Plug your keyboard and mouse in.
*Press any key on your external keyboard.
*You can now use your external screen without your internal screen being activated.
A: In 10.6 and earlier the internal display should stay off if you:
*
*Close the lid
*Press a button or key on an external pointing device or keyboard (while the laptop is connected to an external display)
*Open the lid
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131.
The behavior of clamshell mode changed in 10.7. The internal display turns back on when the lid is opened, so there is no way to use "projector mode" by default. You can restore the old behavior by setting the boot-args firmware variable to iog=0x0:
sudo nvram boot-args=iog=0x0
Applying changes requires restarting. The variable can be deleted with sudo nvram -d boot-args.
A: I ended up using the solution miceterminator suggested: I enabled "Mirror Displays" and turned the brightness down to zero. Not fancy, but effective.
When I close my MacBook and operate in clamshell mode the Wi-Fi performance degrades seriously, sometimes to the point at which it is unusable. It could be because of the Bluetooth peripherals nearby. To maintain good Wi-Fi connectivity I have to keep the MacBook open, but I prefer using just the external monitor, not the internal display.
This simple solution lets me keep the Wi-Fi connectivity strong whilst not being distracted by the MacBook's internal display.
A: im not sure if anyone else tried but, this worked for me...
"
Shut the lid of your MacBook.
Plug your MacBook into an external power supply.
Plug your external monitor in.
Plug your keyboard and mouse in.
Press any key on your external keyboard.
You can now use your external screen without your internal screen being activated"
im using Yosimite right now..
A: I am also in exactly the same situation and looking for such a solution. So far no luck. However, a workaround is to mirror the external display with the macbook, then press F1 till the screen's back light turns off.
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354ddf1dfae4e6cb2a092644fdcdb18c934a4d39 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Anyone know of a timecard app that uses GPS? I'd like to log the hours I'm at work using the GPS on my iPhone. (It'd start logging when I get to work, then stop when I leave for lunch, etc)
If possible, I'd like to be able to log the time at multiple locations, so I could see for each day time at home ~12h, work ~9h, commuting ~3h
A: Another app that does this in a more generic, passive, long-term fashion is Placeme.
| Q: Anyone know of a timecard app that uses GPS? I'd like to log the hours I'm at work using the GPS on my iPhone. (It'd start logging when I get to work, then stop when I leave for lunch, etc)
If possible, I'd like to be able to log the time at multiple locations, so I could see for each day time at home ~12h, work ~9h, commuting ~3h
A: Another app that does this in a more generic, passive, long-term fashion is Placeme.
A: This app should do the trick.
*
*Has GPS functions
*Allows you to store and name multiple working locations
*Allows you to start, stop and set breaks on the timer.
How to use (from app description):
*
*Download the app and wait till you arrive at your office.
*Once there, activate the GPS tracking feature and go to the preferences page.
*Register your current location as a working location (you can store more than one location for the same place, making the tracking more reliable).
*Setup the amount of hours you plan to work (by default it is 8 hours).
*If you leave the office before this amount of time expires, the timer will automatically enter in break mode (useful for lunch breaks)
*When the timer reaches the planned working hours value, a ringtone will play and you will know that you can leave the office.
*After the planned working time is passed, leaving the office will automatically stop the timer, and the working time info will be available in the history page.
*After the initial setup you won't need to do anything else but
keeping the app alive in background to keep track of your working
time.
A: HoursTracker for iOS. Perfect. Excellent.
Location Awareness* clocks in for you when you arrive. *Optional in-app purchase $0.99.
I set my work location using 3G or Wi Fi. Then, every time I arrive near my work location the app clocks in. And every time I leave it clocks out.
A: I think TSheets Time Tracker with GPS will suit your needs.
According to their website, they support logging events based on the GPS location:
Some of the time tracking features already available:
*
*In/out punch clock time tracking with GPS
An other solution would be GPS Timesheets where you'll have to connect your GPS to this software and it will generate a Timesheet for you.
A: IFTTT
IF This Then That
The app will let you use your built in GPS and it will automatically trigger you have entered your defined work area. Same for if you leave. When it triggers it makes a quick event on a calender of choice. Really handy.
A: busybusy is a great app if you need a GPS time clock. It has great features and for one user it's free.
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71330f9945d2b654c903e600049e54f6e7adfc15 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where to find the build number INSIDE an install DVD of Mac OS X It's not written on the DVD itself and I don't have the DVD sleeve anymore.
A: Check the SystemVersion.plist file that is on the Install Media.
Within the install media is the file containing the Build number, it is located at /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
The string value for the Key ProductBuildVersion is the information you are looking for.
Note: This tip is useful for getting the Build versions on any OS X bootable disk, regardless of install ability.
| Q: Where to find the build number INSIDE an install DVD of Mac OS X It's not written on the DVD itself and I don't have the DVD sleeve anymore.
A: Check the SystemVersion.plist file that is on the Install Media.
Within the install media is the file containing the Build number, it is located at /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
The string value for the Key ProductBuildVersion is the information you are looking for.
Note: This tip is useful for getting the Build versions on any OS X bootable disk, regardless of install ability.
A: Not exactly through the DVD as you asked, but Apple provides a list will all the build numbers for the Retail installation disks.
Once you've run the Installer, you could always go to the Apple Menu () and choose About this Installer, which should provide the build number.
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185c32e60b33a9c72655d58266fb59cc661a277c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get the hand tool back in Preview.app in 10.8? In Mountain Lion's Preview.app the toolbar was changed quite drastically.
While I can see why they did it, I found that it misses the Hand tool that one can use to move enlarged documents around with the mouse.
How to get it back?
A: Here is the trick I use for large images. I select random rectangle than grab it and move selection to where I want my view span to be. Just like old hand mode. Works for me.
| Q: How to get the hand tool back in Preview.app in 10.8? In Mountain Lion's Preview.app the toolbar was changed quite drastically.
While I can see why they did it, I found that it misses the Hand tool that one can use to move enlarged documents around with the mouse.
How to get it back?
A: Here is the trick I use for large images. I select random rectangle than grab it and move selection to where I want my view span to be. Just like old hand mode. Works for me.
A: Use the move tool by pressing ⌥ Option+Space. The cursor changes to the hand that allows you to scroll the content in all directions.
A: When opening PDFs in Safari (in embedded mode), the hand tool is still available.
You could install Acrobat Reader and use this (instead of Preview) for PDF documents.
A: You really can’t get it back…
Apple is emphasising the use of gestures for navigation a lot. Them removing the Pan tool is a step in that direction. I miss it too. You can pan around by moving two fingers on your trackpad or mouse.
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ac4910e6404f84d250c2038f9e142f6a8e8ac8ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to prevent password reset using OS X installation disc? I want to set a master password for the whole machine, but it appears this can be easily bypassed.
It is possible to reset the Mac OS X Password using the OS X installation disk and Password Reset utility.
*
*Isn't this a security flaw?
*Can this be stopped by other than encrypting the whole hard disk?
A: Mac OS X (and now OS X) has always allowed the installation tools to reset administrator passwords.
Rather than locking the OS which can always be modified, you can either encrypt the OS image using File Vault or use a Firmware password to prevent other OS from booting. Many people use both tactics together for enhanced security.
Setting a Firmware password is straightforward, documented in the system help and can be done via the installation disk or Recovery Partition.
| Q: How to prevent password reset using OS X installation disc? I want to set a master password for the whole machine, but it appears this can be easily bypassed.
It is possible to reset the Mac OS X Password using the OS X installation disk and Password Reset utility.
*
*Isn't this a security flaw?
*Can this be stopped by other than encrypting the whole hard disk?
A: Mac OS X (and now OS X) has always allowed the installation tools to reset administrator passwords.
Rather than locking the OS which can always be modified, you can either encrypt the OS image using File Vault or use a Firmware password to prevent other OS from booting. Many people use both tactics together for enhanced security.
Setting a Firmware password is straightforward, documented in the system help and can be done via the installation disk or Recovery Partition.
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fa36951b84fe413d7a003fb45023af46ae3faf78 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can OS X be configured to only allow administrator users access to shutdown tools? Setting aside pushing a physical power button, can I prevent non-administrator users from initiating a software shutdown?
In Mac OS X Lion all users are allowed to shut down the workstation. How do I allow only the administrator to shut down the workstation?
A: You can use Workgroup Manager and OS X's managed preferences (MCX) to restrict access to the Restart and Shut Down commands in the Finder:
..then use the Accounts prefpane to show or hide the Restart, Sleep, and Shut Down buttons at the loginwindow:
| Q: Can OS X be configured to only allow administrator users access to shutdown tools? Setting aside pushing a physical power button, can I prevent non-administrator users from initiating a software shutdown?
In Mac OS X Lion all users are allowed to shut down the workstation. How do I allow only the administrator to shut down the workstation?
A: You can use Workgroup Manager and OS X's managed preferences (MCX) to restrict access to the Restart and Shut Down commands in the Finder:
..then use the Accounts prefpane to show or hide the Restart, Sleep, and Shut Down buttons at the loginwindow:
A: This seems drastic, and I wouldn't want to test it on my system, but if one were really determined to prevent non-administrative users from properly shutting down the system, one could rename /sbin/shutdown. The program /sbin/shutdown, run on its own, requires administrative privileges, but ordinary users can invoke it through the shutdown command in the GUI. The shutdown command in the GUI does depend on /sbin/shutdown, though, so if the program is not found where it is expected, the GUI shutdown sequence will not complete.
If an administrative user wants to shut down the system, they can invoke the renamed /sbin/shutdown from the command line using sudo.
Note that none of this (or any other software solution) will prevent a user with physical access to the machine from pressing and holding the power button, simply pulling the power cord out of its outlet, tripping the circuit breaker for the circuit giving power to the computer, etc.
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30ddfee141eebbb5dde05db0b19e9792e8f9dfa6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I view hidden files in the Finder? I noticed that whenever I add files and delete them, their physical space remains on the disk drive. I uninstalled NTFS Tuxera and I still have the same problem.
So I had to insert the disk under my other Windows laptop to locate the ./#### files and delete them. I was surprised that I couldn't locate those files in Finder, but windows allowed me to view them.
Is there a way to have more control over what files are viewed in Finder?
Platform: retina MacBook Pro, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8)
A: Simple and faster:
*
*In Finder click on Go
*Hold down Option key and hidden directories & files will appear.
*Click on required directory or file.
| Q: How can I view hidden files in the Finder? I noticed that whenever I add files and delete them, their physical space remains on the disk drive. I uninstalled NTFS Tuxera and I still have the same problem.
So I had to insert the disk under my other Windows laptop to locate the ./#### files and delete them. I was surprised that I couldn't locate those files in Finder, but windows allowed me to view them.
Is there a way to have more control over what files are viewed in Finder?
Platform: retina MacBook Pro, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8)
A: Simple and faster:
*
*In Finder click on Go
*Hold down Option key and hidden directories & files will appear.
*Click on required directory or file.
A: To enable the Finder to show all files (including "hidden" ones), you can type the following command in at the command prompt in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool YES; killall -HUP Finder
The first part sets a hidden preference so the finder shows all files; the second part restarts the Finder so these preferences take effect (killall on its own tells a program to quit; the -HUP flag asks the program to restart).
If you want to reverse this so that the Finder now hides the files it normally hides, type this in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool NO; killall -HUP Finder
That said, your actual problem of disk space not being freed up when you "delete" files is actually by design.
To permanently delete a file, you need to empty the Trash — Mac OS X doesn't delete files directly in the Finder; it first moves them to a temporary storage on their original volume, and then when you Empty Trash… in Finder, the files get deleted.
Some users are reporting that defaults write com.apple.Finder is not working on their Mountain Lion systems but defaults write com.apple.finder (note the lower case) is working. On my system running Mountain Lion, I am finding that the command works as written, but if it doesn't for you, try lower-casing the F in Finder in defaults write statement.
A: Run these commands to show hidden files
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool TRUE
killall Finder
These for hiding
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool FALSE
killall Finder
Note: f in com.apple.finder is small & F in Finder is capital.
A: Simpler, safer.
In the finder menu bar select "Go/Go to folder...". Type the path to the invisible folder, in this case the top directory first slash of /folderName/ and it will reveal all inside it without using the terminal.
A: You can also create a service like this in Automator:
[[ $(defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles) = 1 ]] && b=false || b=true
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool $b
killall Finder
open -a Finder
Then give it a shortcut from System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services.
A: For Open/Save dialogs, you can do CMD/shift/.(period)
This should toggle hidden files visibility.
A: I have written a Mac OS X app "Show Time" to quickly hide and show hidden files from the menubar.
It is open source and available on GitHub.
Check out the source here and the release here.
A: One simple way that no one seemed to mention here: press ⌘ + Shift + + while in Finder.
A: There is also the option of using Mountain Tweaks.
This has a function that where you can simply turn on or off view invisible files, but it has a limitation and it will only show hidden files on the os you are currently booting from.
So for example you wish to copy a file from a hidden directory on your booted os to a connected disk and its hidden directory you will not see it on the "targeted" disk but you will see it on the one you are booting/working from.
This came up on me when I was transferring some mail files to a new hdd in my MBP that I was upgrading to.
But if you simply wish to see hidden files its a nice feature and the Mountain Tweaks app has some other very nice features as well, but it is a third party app and in my case the terminal way is an easier way.
A: Do a Spotlight search for the file, when it is highlighted press and hold Cmd+Option and the path will appear at the bottom of the highlighted file.
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24c138bfd934e040419b9dc9ca3a0b501b972684 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I stop marking mail as read caused by looking at the preview pane? I use Mountain Lion.
How do I prevent Mail.app (6.0) from marking a message as read automatically, just because I have looked at it in the preview pane?
A: You can change the mark as read delay to a great value, for example 30 seconds, by typing the following in the Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Mail MarkAsReadDelay 30
(NB: A value of -1 will disable marking as read from Preview if the preview window is hidden. Tested on Mail 5.2/OSX 10.7.4)
| Q: How do I stop marking mail as read caused by looking at the preview pane? I use Mountain Lion.
How do I prevent Mail.app (6.0) from marking a message as read automatically, just because I have looked at it in the preview pane?
A: You can change the mark as read delay to a great value, for example 30 seconds, by typing the following in the Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Mail MarkAsReadDelay 30
(NB: A value of -1 will disable marking as read from Preview if the preview window is hidden. Tested on Mail 5.2/OSX 10.7.4)
A: An other way to do do (without using the Terminal), is installing TruePreview. It's an 3th party app which allows you to do exactly what you expect.
Do check for a recent version of TruePreview as older versions don't work well with Mountain lion.
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209c037a052c2dd59a04068aaf0371b40ae1ac6a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to stick a window? Is it possible to choose a window and force it to be sticky (stay in front) if I switch to another application?
A: There's no built-in functionality like this, but you could try something like Afloat, which adds this and some other window management options. However it does require SIMBL, which is a bit hacky, and can result in bugginess, especially on newly released OSes, where the developers may not have had as much time to test.
| Q: Is there a way to stick a window? Is it possible to choose a window and force it to be sticky (stay in front) if I switch to another application?
A: There's no built-in functionality like this, but you could try something like Afloat, which adds this and some other window management options. However it does require SIMBL, which is a bit hacky, and can result in bugginess, especially on newly released OSes, where the developers may not have had as much time to test.
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2c9436642a2fe90ee399102b81f03775ddf006cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Migrating Mail.app rules from 10.6 to 10.8 I want to move my Mail.app filtering rules from my old 10.6 machine to a fresh 10.8 install. I've seen people talking about moving these by copying over MessageRules.plist, but I haven't seen anyone address whether these are compatible between 10.6 and 10.8. Thanks!
A: I copied all of the user-created <dict>...</dict> items from my old MessageRules.plist and added them to:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/UnsyncedRules.plist
When I launched Mail.app again, they were in my rules, but disabled. One click on each and they ran fine.
Note: Simply replacing the entire set of <dict>...</dict> items in UnsyncedRules.plist will not work. You must add them into the current set of items in order for it to work properly.
| Q: Migrating Mail.app rules from 10.6 to 10.8 I want to move my Mail.app filtering rules from my old 10.6 machine to a fresh 10.8 install. I've seen people talking about moving these by copying over MessageRules.plist, but I haven't seen anyone address whether these are compatible between 10.6 and 10.8. Thanks!
A: I copied all of the user-created <dict>...</dict> items from my old MessageRules.plist and added them to:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/UnsyncedRules.plist
When I launched Mail.app again, they were in my rules, but disabled. One click on each and they ran fine.
Note: Simply replacing the entire set of <dict>...</dict> items in UnsyncedRules.plist will not work. You must add them into the current set of items in order for it to work properly.
A: For all those who tried copying the MessageRules.plist file over from 10.6 to 10.8 and got nothing here's what I did to get them working.
Essentially copy all the rules via copy/paste from MessageRules.plist (10.6) to SyncedRules.plist (10.8) - use a text editor to copy and paste everything from the </array> tags in the old file to the new one. Then restart Mail.
Longer version:
Copy MessageRules.plist from Users>User>Library>Mail> on your 10.6 machine to anywhere your 10.8 machine. Open up the file in a text editor and copy everything between the <array></array> Tags. Then paste it all in the file SyncedRules.plist on your 10.8 machine in Library>Mail>V2>MailData inbetween the<array> tags. Restart the Mail app and all the rules should show up in preferences section.
Mail will slowly even create the folders/mailboxes to store the messages in folders that don't exist but are pointed too in your rules that you imported.
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2aef4b9df1ba29388e183a6ecde777530ea3b6a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMessages - can one disable 'join/leave' messages in group chats? Does anyone know where you can disable the join/leave messages in group chats in iMessages? In low-traffic chats it's utterly annoying to have scrollbacks full of 'xxx joined the chat.'/'yyy left the chat.'
Thanks.
A: As far as I know this isn't possible, I checked the iPhone, iPad and Mac version but this setting is nowhere to be found.
As for changing it through terminal or fiddling with program files, that will only change the setting on the mac.
| Q: iMessages - can one disable 'join/leave' messages in group chats? Does anyone know where you can disable the join/leave messages in group chats in iMessages? In low-traffic chats it's utterly annoying to have scrollbacks full of 'xxx joined the chat.'/'yyy left the chat.'
Thanks.
A: As far as I know this isn't possible, I checked the iPhone, iPad and Mac version but this setting is nowhere to be found.
As for changing it through terminal or fiddling with program files, that will only change the setting on the mac.
A: Adium is a much better IM client and allows one to toggle viewing the join/leave messages.
(no idea about iPhone client, though).
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ff454d96ede4bf43bd5d57a5272f78501c4bd760 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: My keyboard stopped repeating - how to fix? I have both an internal and external keyboard but the key-repeat has stopped working. I've tried changing both 'Key Repeat' and 'Delay Until Repeat' as shown below but no setting seems to be helping.
This is a brand new mac (5 weeks old).
A: By default, on macOS (since at least OS X Lion), when you hold down a key, it will display a popup allowing you pick a special character if there are any assigned to that particular key:
If a key doesn’t have any special characters behind it and you hold it down, nothing will happen.
As stated in Apple's docs:
You can add accent marks and special characters to some letters. For example, click and hold the a key to type à, á, â or other characters.
If you set the Key Repeat slider to Off, special characters won’t appear when you hold down a key.
Set how quickly a key repeats on Mac
To disable special characters popup and return traditional behaviour with key repeat, run following command in Terminal:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
Then restart applications (or computer) to update settings.
| Q: My keyboard stopped repeating - how to fix? I have both an internal and external keyboard but the key-repeat has stopped working. I've tried changing both 'Key Repeat' and 'Delay Until Repeat' as shown below but no setting seems to be helping.
This is a brand new mac (5 weeks old).
A: By default, on macOS (since at least OS X Lion), when you hold down a key, it will display a popup allowing you pick a special character if there are any assigned to that particular key:
If a key doesn’t have any special characters behind it and you hold it down, nothing will happen.
As stated in Apple's docs:
You can add accent marks and special characters to some letters. For example, click and hold the a key to type à, á, â or other characters.
If you set the Key Repeat slider to Off, special characters won’t appear when you hold down a key.
Set how quickly a key repeats on Mac
To disable special characters popup and return traditional behaviour with key repeat, run following command in Terminal:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
Then restart applications (or computer) to update settings.
A: Well it looks like there are a couple solutions:
Option 1. Enter this in terminal: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false. To disable repeating keys again, enter the same command except change the false to true.
Option 2. Download Mountain Tweaks (I assume you're on Mountain Lion, if not, download Lion Tweaks) and click the "Yes" option for "Enable Repeating Keys":
A: If running
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
seems to have no effect, try a restart. This seems to be necessary in more recent versions of OS X.
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86e554490b86fad0cd4cb0a00511843fd829985c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Virtualization of OSX: Read-only main VM, delta stored separately? I would like to have a (Mountain) Lion VM that I configure in a specific way, and store that in a particular place on the the system hard drive. This is simple enough.
However, I would also like VMWare Fusion to not write to that VM disk (making it essentially read-only), but only store the delta of the changes in a particular file that I specify. I would be ok using Fusion's snapping functionality if it can provide this feature. I'd also be willing to look into other virtualization solution, but already own Fusion.
My ultimate goal for this is: I'd like to have the delta stored on a mounted ramdisk (tmpfs).
Is this possible?
A: Regarding the mounted ramdisk (tmpfs), it is possible, see some example:
$ hdid -nomount ram://256000 # 256000 (sector) * 512 (bytes/sector)
/dev/disk1
$ newfs_hfs /dev/disk1
Initialized /dev/rdisk1 as a 125 MB HFS Plus volume
$ mkdir /tmp/space
$ mount -t hfs /dev/disk1 /tmp/space
...
...
$ umount /tmp/space/
$ hdiutil detach /dev/disk1
"disk1" unmounted.
"disk1" ejected.
| Q: Virtualization of OSX: Read-only main VM, delta stored separately? I would like to have a (Mountain) Lion VM that I configure in a specific way, and store that in a particular place on the the system hard drive. This is simple enough.
However, I would also like VMWare Fusion to not write to that VM disk (making it essentially read-only), but only store the delta of the changes in a particular file that I specify. I would be ok using Fusion's snapping functionality if it can provide this feature. I'd also be willing to look into other virtualization solution, but already own Fusion.
My ultimate goal for this is: I'd like to have the delta stored on a mounted ramdisk (tmpfs).
Is this possible?
A: Regarding the mounted ramdisk (tmpfs), it is possible, see some example:
$ hdid -nomount ram://256000 # 256000 (sector) * 512 (bytes/sector)
/dev/disk1
$ newfs_hfs /dev/disk1
Initialized /dev/rdisk1 as a 125 MB HFS Plus volume
$ mkdir /tmp/space
$ mount -t hfs /dev/disk1 /tmp/space
...
...
$ umount /tmp/space/
$ hdiutil detach /dev/disk1
"disk1" unmounted.
"disk1" ejected.
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b887450ab09c45f00f4176cac4606913d1484b93 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to regain features from Safari 5 that are not found in Safari 6? I upgraded to Mountain Lion, there are a lot of differences in Safari 6.
Have the four features below been relocated?
If not relocated, are there fixes?
*
*Activity window (previously: Window -> Activity) is gone.
*Bonjour access from the bookmarks menu is gone.
*Ability to empty cache (previously: Safari -> Empty Cache) is gone.
*delete/backspace key no longer works for going to the previous page.
A: Actually, Bonjour is still there, but you have to include it yourself. Just go to Preferences > Bookmarks, and enable what you'd like there.
| Q: How to regain features from Safari 5 that are not found in Safari 6? I upgraded to Mountain Lion, there are a lot of differences in Safari 6.
Have the four features below been relocated?
If not relocated, are there fixes?
*
*Activity window (previously: Window -> Activity) is gone.
*Bonjour access from the bookmarks menu is gone.
*Ability to empty cache (previously: Safari -> Empty Cache) is gone.
*delete/backspace key no longer works for going to the previous page.
A: Actually, Bonjour is still there, but you have to include it yourself. Just go to Preferences > Bookmarks, and enable what you'd like there.
A: The delete/backspace key navigation has been removed.
To restore it:
*
*Quit Safari.
*Open Terminal
and enter this code at the command line:
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2BackspaceKeyNavigationEnabled -bool YES
*Restart Safari.
A: The action for emptying caches was moved to the develop menu:
You can still see resources in the web inspector:
To download YouTube videos, reload the page after opening the web inspector and double-click the videoplayback resource. To download it, you have to focus the location bar and press ⌥↩. ⌘S only saves some metadata.
A: Bring any tab to foreground
I used the Activity window of Safari 5.x to switch between tabs. Effective for all tabs of all windows, including windows that were minimised before quit. Very quick and simple:
*
*double-click.
Without the Activity window
Sessions 1.3.0.2
The popover works as expected – click and hold the toolbar item to reveal a menu.
The manager, which appears in a separate tab, fails to list reopened windows that were minimised before quit. I reported this bug to the developer, with reference to this post.
A:
Bonjour access from the bookmarks menu is gone.
Well I found out that in Mountain Lion, Bonjour is available from Safari > Bookmarks > Bonjour > Device.
I still haven't figured out the other problems.
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e0655fb83e4bd0a595b497fa7980a28a44065e6b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to know if Mac OS X machine is being remotely viewed? Currently I have no way to know if my machine is being remotely viewed by our tech support, and would prefer to know, given the massive privacy breach that would entail should this be happening. I am running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Running
ps -A | grep Remote
I know this service is running:
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent
My knowledge of administration of Macs on a network is limited, so I don't know what tools allow this.
A: Interesting, I just had the same annoyance. IT logged in, moved my mouse, viewed a few things and I thought, "hang on, there's no indicator at all this is happening..."
The other answers seem correct, however I had an additional thought - this checkbox.
3rd one down "Show when being observed". This was unchecked, presumably from when my machine was originally set up.
My machine is <1 month old, a replacement/upgrade, I have admin rights but still need IT for a range of things. I was/am spewing that this was the default setting.
| Q: How to know if Mac OS X machine is being remotely viewed? Currently I have no way to know if my machine is being remotely viewed by our tech support, and would prefer to know, given the massive privacy breach that would entail should this be happening. I am running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Running
ps -A | grep Remote
I know this service is running:
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent
My knowledge of administration of Macs on a network is limited, so I don't know what tools allow this.
A: Interesting, I just had the same annoyance. IT logged in, moved my mouse, viewed a few things and I thought, "hang on, there's no indicator at all this is happening..."
The other answers seem correct, however I had an additional thought - this checkbox.
3rd one down "Show when being observed". This was unchecked, presumably from when my machine was originally set up.
My machine is <1 month old, a replacement/upgrade, I have admin rights but still need IT for a range of things. I was/am spewing that this was the default setting.
A: I came here because I noticed my mouse pointer moving around in a distinctly human way without me moving my mouse. I realize this isn't strictly an answer to your question but it may help someone:
It turned out that my office Mac had previously been owned by other people in my office, and was still paired with their Bluetooth mice. Their mice sometimes connected to my machine and then they were waving their mouse around trying to figure out why it wasn't controlling their own computers.
You can unpair mice by going to the mouse settings and clicking the "set up Bluetooth mouse" button, then clicking the "X" next to devices you don't recognize as your own.
A: Usually, if your mac is being monitored, if will show this image in the top right hand corner near your time:
When that symbol appears, or a symbol that looks very similar to it, like a screen with binoculars in it, it depends on your system , you will be able to tell if you are being monitored. You can also disconnect the viewer like so:
Also, if you have access to your settings with an administrative account you can go to:
System Preferences > Sharing
Make sure Remote Management is Off and that Screen Sharing is Off. If both of these are off then you can not Remote Control/View the Mac over the network through VNC.
I hope that this information helps you keep your privacy safe.
A: I guess the problem with the other two answers is that you may not notice the icon in the top right corner of your screen.
What you need is an app that alerts you about any new connections. Little Snitch does this. Whenever a new connection is trying to be made with your computer, little snitch pops up and asks you if you want to allow it or deny once or forever. Really simple and useful app. Can be a bit of a pain at first until you get rules in place for all your applications that access the internet but you'll find after a day or two it won't bother you very often at all.
A: If you have access to the command line, then 'netstat -n' will show the active network connections at the top of the list. The local port should be 5900, so you would be looking under "Local Addresses" for a connection with your machine's IP address and a ".5900". The "Foreign Address" will be the IP address of the machine doing the monitoring.
Note that the company can lock you out of the command line as well, if this is a centrally managed machine, and/or log your use of applications on the machine.
Not that you asked, but I don't know if it is reasonable to have any expectations of privacy on a company owned machine. :-)
A: If your computer is being remotely accessed, it will show a little viewer icon in the menu bar. (Note, I've been using screen sharing since OS X Leopard, and I've never seen the icon noted by de_an777 in his answer.
Go into System Preferences > Shared. Make sure that Screen Sharing and Remote Management (for Apple's Remote Desktop) are both unchecked.
Also, check under Security & Privacy > Firewall and turn the Firewall on. Note the warning. "The firewall will block all sharing services, such as file sharing, screen sharing, iChat Bonjour, and iTunes music sharing. If you want to allow sharing services, click Advanced and deselect the “Block all incoming connections” checkbox."
This will block any incoming screen sharing connection (as well as other services).
To check to make sure that you can't connect to your computer via screen sharing, you can use nmap, a free command line tool for "network discovery and security auditing."
To use it, just type nmap [YOUR IP ADDRESS]
You'll see that nmap reports that the vnc (screen sharing) port is open. After turning off screen sharing and turning on the firewall:
(Note that I've explicitly allowed ssh, printer, and afp sharing in the Firewall.)
I hope this helps you!
A: Not sure this will satisfy the OP's desire to see when it's happening in real time but I usually use the following to see ScreenSharing events:
syslog -w -k Sender screensharingd
A: In 2021 on Big Sur:
*
*Open System Preferences and go to sharing.
*Click on Remote Management
*Click on "Computer Settings"
*Be sure to check the box that puts an icon on your toolbar. If you do not, then the step 5 below will not work and you will have no idea someone is observing or remotely managing. -- Binocular Icon when nobody is connected -- Two boxes overlapping when someone is watching or has control. If you click the icon it will tell you if they are only observing or if they have total control.
*The above setting in number 4 will only properly work if you have also clicked through the "Options..." button and checked "show when being observed" box. Additionally, you have a more granular ability to choose what can be observed/managed. If you do not do both steps 4 and 5, neither will function as you expect and you will not know you are being observed.
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6c87f4a16bc7043656d962fd3ad38ba604a6faa3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to switch language of OS X dictionary? In Mountain Lion the OS X internal dictionary that you can fire up by right clicking a word, or by using the dashboard widget, seems to have gained at least one new language: German. Since German is my main language, but I also read a lot of English texts and website, I'd like to switch the dictionary languages on the fly. How can I do this?
A: jtbandes' method is great if Apple includes the language that you desire to switch to, but note that you can also download external dictionaries with the ".dict" extension. Here are a couple to get you started:
*
*dict.cc Dictionary Plugin (German-English)
*English to Latin Dictionary and Latin to English Dictionary
*French Dictionary
Here's what you do once you've downloaded the dictionaries you want:
*
*Navigate to /Library/Dictionaries by doing this: Finder -> Go -> Go To Folder -> /Library/Dictionaries
*Move the dictionaries from your Downloads folder to /Library/Dictionaries
*Open up Dictionary and go to Dictionary -> Preferences and select the dictionaries you just added.
You can check out a bunch more dictionaries at this link: http://speedofmac.com/adding_dictionaries.html.
Hope this helps!
| Q: How to switch language of OS X dictionary? In Mountain Lion the OS X internal dictionary that you can fire up by right clicking a word, or by using the dashboard widget, seems to have gained at least one new language: German. Since German is my main language, but I also read a lot of English texts and website, I'd like to switch the dictionary languages on the fly. How can I do this?
A: jtbandes' method is great if Apple includes the language that you desire to switch to, but note that you can also download external dictionaries with the ".dict" extension. Here are a couple to get you started:
*
*dict.cc Dictionary Plugin (German-English)
*English to Latin Dictionary and Latin to English Dictionary
*French Dictionary
Here's what you do once you've downloaded the dictionaries you want:
*
*Navigate to /Library/Dictionaries by doing this: Finder -> Go -> Go To Folder -> /Library/Dictionaries
*Move the dictionaries from your Downloads folder to /Library/Dictionaries
*Open up Dictionary and go to Dictionary -> Preferences and select the dictionaries you just added.
You can check out a bunch more dictionaries at this link: http://speedofmac.com/adding_dictionaries.html.
Hope this helps!
A: It is also possible to change dictionary priority by dragging your dictionary to the top.
And if you need a dictionary not provided by Apple then you can convert other formats to AppleDict as described here.
A: Whichever dictionaries you enable in the Dictionary app's preferences will be available in the dictionary popover. You could either change these whenever you want to switch, or perhaps just leave both languages enabled all the time.
A: You can re-order the dictionaries by dragging.
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9447f4b0bba74f2e8fb754d3bb3e1d37281ffed1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Removing spotlight icon from menu bar persistently I tried to remove spotlight form the menu bar with the following trick:
sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
killall SystemUIServer
Unfortunately if I repair disk permissions and reboot at some point (or just simply reboot some people tell me), the annoying spotlight thing is back in the menu bar.
I don't want to disable spotlight, just to take off the damn magnifying glass from the menu bar persistently. Is there a way the works better than the one I presented above?
A: There are a few apps that can remove the icon for you, I used Bartender to check it works in Mountain Lion:
It will even get rid of Notification Center if you so desire ;)
| Q: Removing spotlight icon from menu bar persistently I tried to remove spotlight form the menu bar with the following trick:
sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
killall SystemUIServer
Unfortunately if I repair disk permissions and reboot at some point (or just simply reboot some people tell me), the annoying spotlight thing is back in the menu bar.
I don't want to disable spotlight, just to take off the damn magnifying glass from the menu bar persistently. Is there a way the works better than the one I presented above?
A: There are a few apps that can remove the icon for you, I used Bartender to check it works in Mountain Lion:
It will even get rid of Notification Center if you so desire ;)
A: In macOS Big Sur (and probably later) there's an option to enable and disable the the icon. Go to System settings -> Dock and menu row -> Spotlight and uncheck Show in menu row. Spotlight is still available thru the keyboard command.
A: This works at least up to 10.9.2.
To disable:
sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle.bak
killall SystemUIServer
To re-enable:
sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle.bak /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle
killall SystemUIServer
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63a44c465a718f48f82d3d4f63287dba2e5a4d76 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open an app in fullscreen via Terminal I wonder if it's possible to open a program in Lion fullscreen mode via the Terminal. I want to write a short script which starts a bunch of programs in fullscreen mode, so that I only have to click once to start my working environment.
A: This won't work with applications that don't use native full screen windows, but should work with some that don't use the standard shortcut for entering full screen. A few applications have different process names and application names.
set a to "Notes"
set bid to id of application a
tell application a
reopen -- open a new default window if there are no windows
activate -- make frontmost
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell (process 1 where bundle identifier is bid)
click (button 1 of window 1 where subrole is "AXFullScreenButton")
end tell
| Q: Open an app in fullscreen via Terminal I wonder if it's possible to open a program in Lion fullscreen mode via the Terminal. I want to write a short script which starts a bunch of programs in fullscreen mode, so that I only have to click once to start my working environment.
A: This won't work with applications that don't use native full screen windows, but should work with some that don't use the standard shortcut for entering full screen. A few applications have different process names and application names.
set a to "Notes"
set bid to id of application a
tell application a
reopen -- open a new default window if there are no windows
activate -- make frontmost
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell (process 1 where bundle identifier is bid)
click (button 1 of window 1 where subrole is "AXFullScreenButton")
end tell
A: you can use browse to open arbitrary apps in full-screen mode.. It installs six convenience commands, four of which open the most common browsers in full-screen:
Launch Chrome Canary in Presentation Mode:
$ ca
Launch Chrome in Presentation Mode:
$ ch
Launch Firefox in full-screen Mode:
$ ff
Launch Safari in full-screen Mode:
$ sf
To launch anything in full-screen, run the command ccf (an applescript sending the CMD+CTRL+f keystroke) after a regular open to switch it to full-screen mode:
$ open -a Calendar; ccf
Should an app have an additional full-screen mode shortcutted by CMD+Shift+f (as Chrome does), use:
$ open -a "Google Chrome"; csf
Tip. If an app is slow to load, give it chance to load fully by inserting a pause before running the keyboard shortcut:
$ open -a "Google Chrome"; sleep 3; csf
A: Here it is:
/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Safari"' -e "activate" -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'keystroke "f" using {control down, command down}' -e "end tell" -e "end tell"
Here it is in a clearer form (but you can't run it this way):
/usr/bin/osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\""
-e "activate"
-e "tell application \"System Events\""
-e "keystroke \"f\" using {control down, command down}"
-e "end tell"
-e "end tell"
And this is it as formatted AppleScript:
tell application "Safari"
activate
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "f" using {control down, command down}
end tell
end tell
It works by first opening a Safari window if one is not currently open. Then it simulates the Control ⌃-Command ⌘-F keystroke which tells the Safari window to become full screen.
If you want to make the window the max-size it can be without becoming full screen (i.e. taking up all the space below the menu bar at the top):
tell application "Finder"
set desktopSize to bounds of window of desktop
end tell
tell application "Safari"
activate
set bounds of window 1 to desktopSize
end tell
Which would become this in Terminal:
/usr/bin/osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\"" -e "set desktopSize to bounds of window of desktop" -e "end tell" -e "tell application \"Safari\"" -e "activate" -e "set bounds of window 1 to desktopSize" -e "end tell"
For Chrome, do this:
tell application "Google Chrome"
activate
make new window
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "f" using {control down, command down}
end tell
end tell
So it would be this in Terminal:
/usr/bin/osascript -e "tell application \"Google Chrome\"" -e "activate" -e "make new window" -e "tell application \"System Events\"" -e "keystroke \"f\" using {control down, command down}" -e "end tell" -e "end tell"
Hope this helps!
A: Here's instructions for Google Chrome. (This will open an Incognito window to full-screen.)
Go to /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Content/MacOS/. Rename the Google Chrome binary to something else (like chrome-bin) and create an executable bash script in its place (name the script Google Chrome just like the original executable file).
#!/bin/bash
open chrome-bin --new --args -incognito
osascript -e "tell application \"Google Chrome\"" -e "tell application \"System Events\"" -e "keystroke \"f\" using {control down, command down}" -e "end tell" -e "end tell"
Now, every time you launch Google Chrome it will launch full screen in Incognito mode. I use Incognito mode, but if you don't want that, just delete the -incognito flag.
A: Here's an addition to @pasawaya's excellent answer. If you want to execute your applescript from the command line, you don't need to enter every line separately with the -e option.
osascript -e 'multi-line-applescript here' will work also. Example:
osascript -e 'tell application "Safari"
activate
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "f" using {control down, command down}
end tell
end tell'
A: Keystrokes will fail if you are already in an app that is in full screen mode.
Here is helper script
#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "Code"
activate
tell application "System Events"
tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)
-- get value of attribute "AXFullScreen" -- for toggling, uncomment this line
set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" to true -- for toggling, repace true with (not result)
end tell
end tell
end tell
Credit goes here:
https://makandracards.com/makandra/13570-mac-turn-applications-to-full-screen-mode-from-bash
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d0d06400b83681e03a9e9666cd983422bc071921 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Wireless Headphones Launching iTunes I recently bought a set of Logitech H800 headphones for my Mac. Any time I connect them via bluetooth, iTunes launches. Is there a way to stop iTunes from launching just because I've connected a bluetooth device?
A: According to a thread on superuser, in the system preferences, disable launching iTunes for audio CDs will stop that.
| Q: Wireless Headphones Launching iTunes I recently bought a set of Logitech H800 headphones for my Mac. Any time I connect them via bluetooth, iTunes launches. Is there a way to stop iTunes from launching just because I've connected a bluetooth device?
A: According to a thread on superuser, in the system preferences, disable launching iTunes for audio CDs will stop that.
A: In System Preferences, disable launching iTunes for audio CDs.
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77bbebc4b522a15932d4a9818a7585cd903a4930 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enable the Debug menu in Calendar? The following command entered in Terminal will enable the Debug menu in iCal (Lion):
defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu YES
I would like to accomplish the same thing in Calendar (Mountain Lion).
A: A menu is most desirable, so this is not a proper answer, but here goes …
Without the debug menu
It's possible to do at least some of the things that were possible with the menu.
Top sekret
Some of the things that were in the Top Sekret submenu of the Debug menu in iCal …
Days in week view
5 or 7 days: Use the General pane of Calendar preferences.
14, 21 or 28 days:
defaults write com.apple.iCal "n days of week" 14
defaults write com.apple.iCal "n days of week" 21
defaults write com.apple.iCal "n days of week" 28
The change will be effective when you next switch to week view.
New calendar window
⌘+L is not effective. I'll investigate …
| Q: How do I enable the Debug menu in Calendar? The following command entered in Terminal will enable the Debug menu in iCal (Lion):
defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu YES
I would like to accomplish the same thing in Calendar (Mountain Lion).
A: A menu is most desirable, so this is not a proper answer, but here goes …
Without the debug menu
It's possible to do at least some of the things that were possible with the menu.
Top sekret
Some of the things that were in the Top Sekret submenu of the Debug menu in iCal …
Days in week view
5 or 7 days: Use the General pane of Calendar preferences.
14, 21 or 28 days:
defaults write com.apple.iCal "n days of week" 14
defaults write com.apple.iCal "n days of week" 21
defaults write com.apple.iCal "n days of week" 28
The change will be effective when you next switch to week view.
New calendar window
⌘+L is not effective. I'll investigate …
A: I found this:
Show as Many or as Few Days as You Like in Mountain Lion Calendar
defaults write com.apple.iCal CalUIDebugDefaultDaysInWeekView <# OF DAYS>
A: Unfortunately this option seams to be gone forever, scan thought iCal's files from 10.7 gives two options that contain 'InsertDebugMenu'. However same scan on calendar's file from 10.8 doesn't show any of them, as a matter of fact this version is lacking more then few 'debug' commands that until this release were only hidden but still accessible.
My worst nightmare is slowly coming true, OS X soon will be just as closed as iOS is already :/
In case someone with more time, skills or luck will read it, you can try find something on your own with help of this post.
A: I had Debug enabled in Lion, showing 2 weeks in iCal. Upgraded to Mountain Lion and could't get it back to one week view until I found Mountain Tweaks.
Under the Lion tab (not Mountain Lion) I clicked to disable iCal Debug and it worked. It's a free download but I donated to the developer.
A: The debug menu was great because it allowed you to display the CalDAV queue of events. Calendar under Mountain Lion is not fully compatible with MS Exchange and has a tendency to hang in "Updating…".
Worse, it gets into a mode where it cannot update the Exchange calendar at all and you must choose from a very DOS style "abort, retry, fail" sort of dialog. Once in that mode, your calendar will not talk to Exchange until you delete the Calendar's cache file. This Cache file apparently becomes corrupt and causes a discord between Calendar and Exchange.
Deleting the cache file is no issue as Calendar just rebuilds it when Calendar is launched again. Don't forget to Quit Calendar before deleting the cache file, then launch Calendar to have it automatically rebuild. No data is lost.
The Calendar cache file is located here:
~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache
This happens once or twice a day to me so I keep that folder in my dock and I keep an alias to the Calendar app in that folder so I can launch calendar, quit calendar, delete the cache file, launch calendar. Welcome to Mac OS X… (sigh)
A: OnyX is a great little program, and has an option to enable the debug menu for calendar.
Alternitively, you could try com.apple.Calendar IncludeDebugMenu YES in Terminal, although I’m not 100% sure it will work.
A: This isn't the answer you want, but I think the Debug option has really been disabled. However, I have filed a RADR to reinstate it in an upcoming dot increment (hopefully .2 or .3).
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a77af55c0a731344c0ad9adb8d978bd57ec2785a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I limit calendar notifications to certain calendars? In Calendar, I have a number of "iCloud" calendars that I share with my wife. ("Family", "Me", "Her", etc.) so we can see when we're both free/busy.
While I do want to see her whole schedule on my calender, I don't necessarily want a pop-up notification every time she has a surgery. (I'm not a bad husband; she's a surgeon.)
Is there some way to set different notification settings for individual calendars within a calendar account (in this case, iCloud)?
A: In Calendar.app, you can right-click on any calendar, and choose Get Info. From here you can select Ignore Alerts
| Q: How do I limit calendar notifications to certain calendars? In Calendar, I have a number of "iCloud" calendars that I share with my wife. ("Family", "Me", "Her", etc.) so we can see when we're both free/busy.
While I do want to see her whole schedule on my calender, I don't necessarily want a pop-up notification every time she has a surgery. (I'm not a bad husband; she's a surgeon.)
Is there some way to set different notification settings for individual calendars within a calendar account (in this case, iCloud)?
A: In Calendar.app, you can right-click on any calendar, and choose Get Info. From here you can select Ignore Alerts
A: On the Mac side, I solved this by using BusyCal 2.
*
*In System Preferences "Notifications", turn off all Notifications for both Calendar
and BusyCal
*In BusyCal Preferences, under "Alarms", turn on "Show Alarms" and
select "use BusyCal Alarm window".
*In BusyCal select the offending calendar(s), and "Get Info" under the
"Edit" menu. In the popup window under "Subscribe Options", select "Ignore Alarms".
I'm using iCloud and I much prefer the Alarms dialog under BusyCal to the systems notification center.
There is a 30-day demo of BusyCal for testing and the app is on "sale" until 12/31/2012.
A: From what I can tell, it seems that there is no solution at this time. Over four pages of reports on discussions.apple.com and it seems that iCloud is broken for notifications in this manner on iOS.
The people it affect most is married couples. Ha. One possible solution involves calling Apple support. If you read through you will see on Oct 17th the person who was having the issue got a call back from Apple and they reset their Apple account. Many people are complaining that the option to save isn't working right now, it is a bug, apparently.
You can try to call and see if that will work. Good luck.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4339714?start=0&tstart=0
Here is a resolution from the discussions thread.
Through iCloud.com -> Calendar -> Preferences -> Event Updates: the ability to
tick/untick "Email me shared calendar updates" seems to save now when I log out and > log back in (that setting never used to hold). I have now turned this off for my
partner and he no longer receives email notifications (although it does still appear > in the Invitations tray on the iPhone Calendar app which is annoying).
My partner and I also share Reminder lists (a grocery shopping one, jobs on our home > reno etc) and after the iOS6 update on our iPhone's we lost the ability to
share/unshare these lists. Through iCloud.com -> Reminders you can now hover to the > right of the list name and a share icon is revealed where you can share/unshare the > reminder list with someone. Since iOS6 we also started receiving email notifications > everytime something was added to a shared reminder list (ie. Tomatoes) which was
effing annoying. This seems to have stopped =)
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5d5d194fdec6e9d8babf481394f18f59c6a76e6d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I test with Internet Explorer while on my Mac? I work on a Mac, but most of my users are on Windows. What's an easy way to test my websites in IE 7, 8, & 9? Wine seems kinda buggy and unfriendly.
A: The age old question for web designers…
VirtualBox is awesome, but a pain to have multiple versions of Windows taking up space on your hard drive. Another option is using VirtualBox and only installing and running an app like ietester which is only available for Windows but allows you to render multiple versions of IE in one window.
Finally, my personal option of choice is a website called browserstack, You have to pay for it but it's really cheap and well worth it if this is how you make your living. I also own a Windows laptop just for doing thse kind of tests but more often than not use browserstack instead.
| Q: How can I test with Internet Explorer while on my Mac? I work on a Mac, but most of my users are on Windows. What's an easy way to test my websites in IE 7, 8, & 9? Wine seems kinda buggy and unfriendly.
A: The age old question for web designers…
VirtualBox is awesome, but a pain to have multiple versions of Windows taking up space on your hard drive. Another option is using VirtualBox and only installing and running an app like ietester which is only available for Windows but allows you to render multiple versions of IE in one window.
Finally, my personal option of choice is a website called browserstack, You have to pay for it but it's really cheap and well worth it if this is how you make your living. I also own a Windows laptop just for doing thse kind of tests but more often than not use browserstack instead.
A: I have the perfect solution! In 2013, Microsoft released a free officially-supported solution to help Mac developers test with Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 on Macs:
*
*Go to https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
*Select your desired testing OS ("Mac")
*Pick a virtualization platform from among VMWare, Parallels, and VirtualBox. If in doubt, choose VirtualBox (which you can download from the VirtualBox site)
*Follow the directions to download VMs for the version of IE + Windows you want
Hope this helps.
A: Virtualization is definitely the way to go. There's VirtualBox as mentioned above, which is a free open source project. There are also two commercial offerings, Parallels and VMWare Fusion. Both of those have free trials so you can evaluate what might work best.
If you're wondering why to pay when VirtualBox is free, Parallels and Fusion are both commercially developed and supported software. If you run into problems, you can get help, rather than spend time searching for answers yourself. Additionally, VirtualBox is cross-platform, so it has fewer Mac niceties, and it's more of a DIY product - no quick setup or anything.
But you can make the call for yourself. TidBITS has a fairly recent article comparing Parallels and Fusion, with a good section on VirtualBox as well, and Ars Technica has a pretty comprehensive comparison of the latest versions of Parallels and Fusion.
Hope that's useful for you!
A: http://www.spoon.net is fantastic tool and the reason I prefer it is it installs just the browsers, and side-by-side with your other programs in task bar. It works like a charm, however it is commercial, $12 a month, $60 per year. They plan to publish the app. on Mac soon.
IETester is OK for some basic testing, but it doesn’t handle scripts correctly and therefore is not a 100% reliable testing solution.
A: Just thought I would add to this as I just found a great new free tool to view IE on a mac. Download "Sauce" from the mac app store. I have been using Virtualbox the last two years and this is much easier to install, doesn't have huge VM files, and the interface is much smoother. Sauce also has the ability to preview in IE 10 (which is complete crap). There is also another cloud based app called browser stack. Tried the free version and the interface is nice but it does cost some $$.
A: In addition to virtualization there's Codeweaver's CrossOver
http://www.codeweavers.com
A: *
*Download and Install the free Oracle Virtualbox Virtual Machine software
*Utilize the scripts noted in the OS X Daily article Internet Explorer for Mac the Easy Way: Run IE 7, IE8, & IE9 Free in a Virtual Machine to download, convert and install Microsoft's free IE Testing VMs to be used on VirtualBox.
We’re going to walk you through how to install Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9 in a virtual machine running Windows, directly in Mac OS X – for free. This is achieved by using the freely available VirtualBox software from Oracle, and combining that with free Internet Explorer testing virtual machines from Microsoft
Here is the scripts presented in the Article:
...
Install ALL versions of Internet Explorer: IE7, IE 8, and IE 9
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash
Install Internet Explorer 7 Only
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="7" bash
...
A: I don't have enough reputation to post a comment on @Anirvan's answer which helped me greatly. I'd just like to add that Rey Bango's blog which advocates for security reasons to set Windows Update to automatic causes a problem since IE gets auto-updated as well! MS has created separate auto-blockers for IE 9 through 11. I downloaded all the auto-blocker scripts and created a wrapper to call them on Dropbox. Extract the contents of the zip file and run IE9-11_blocker.cmd to block IE 9 through 11.
A: Probably not as professional as the other answers, but if one just wants to see how IE is rendering the site, the following options are free and work without any heavy installation:
*
*Google Chrome Extension IE Tab (Windows only)
*Google Chrome Extension IE-On-Chrome
*https://netrenderer.com/
*http://browsershots.org/
Note that none of them work locally (i.e localhost or 127.0.0.1).
Similar questions were asked in SO (here and here), but they are pretty old and the topics are closed.
A: *
*Open Safari and navigate to Safari > Preferences from the menu bar.
*Click on the Advanced tab.
*Check the "Show Develop menu in menu bar" setting, then close the Preferences window.
*The Develop menu should now show in your menu bar.
*Go to Develop > User Agent.
*Here, you have to option to choose different browser options like Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. You can also choose Firefox and Chrome as the User Agent.
Source: How to view websites on your Mac that require Internet Explorer (or a PC)
A: You can go through these ways to test IE on Mac machine
Also, you can use online platforms like LambdaTest, Sauce Labs or Browserstack to access Internet Explorer using Mac machine.
Some software from the above link:
*
*Remote IE
*Cross browser testing tool
*Oracle VM Virtual Box
A: A new, better answer.
First I used virtual box.
Then I used browserstack
Now I use parallels
Around for a few years but lately made robust and even friendlier.
It's even easier than the others, setup is easier, saving state is easier, keyboard-mouse integration is better.
Generally its better.
Only item of note is that it cost about $80
which should be petty change for most developer who are paid that in an hour or two. Paid software is actually my preference - it gives me some confidence that it will actually be maintained going forward. Plus I'm a developer... paying a... developer. Seems like a good thing.
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b6672d8191c5f1c079e554d8a4058bc4cc1820ad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How often does Power Nap check for updates or back up? How often does Power Nap check for updates or back up?
A: *
*Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Photo Stream, Find My Mac, and iCloud Documents are checked every hour.
*Time Machine backups are attempted hourly until a successful backup has been completed.
*Software Updates are checked daily.
*Mac App Store downloads are checked once a week.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5394
| Q: How often does Power Nap check for updates or back up? How often does Power Nap check for updates or back up?
A: *
*Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Photo Stream, Find My Mac, and iCloud Documents are checked every hour.
*Time Machine backups are attempted hourly until a successful backup has been completed.
*Software Updates are checked daily.
*Mac App Store downloads are checked once a week.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5394
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6935864b8ac761da440929a9fb81a45dd8acebf6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Google Calendar Delegates? I've decided to start using my Google Calendar through iCal on my Mac. Although I've got a question regarding an annoying issue I'm having.
When I go about adding calendars to my Google Calendar and sync it via iCal, it puts the main calendar where it's supposed to, then it puts the rest of my calendars under a heading called 'Delegates'. I don't know what it means, but is there a way to stop Google from doing this? I just want all my calendars to appear under one heading, the Google one (like the incoming payments calendar in the image below)
I'm not sharing any calendars with any friends or family and I still just can't work this out. Please help me find out where I'm going wrong.
A: I stopped using Google calendars when iCloud came out, but from what I remember, the delegates thing is just a side effect of how Google implements additional calendars in the CalDAV protocol. I don't think there's anything you can do about it. The upside is that it doesn't break any functionality, it's just a bit annoying in how iCal displays them.
| Q: Google Calendar Delegates? I've decided to start using my Google Calendar through iCal on my Mac. Although I've got a question regarding an annoying issue I'm having.
When I go about adding calendars to my Google Calendar and sync it via iCal, it puts the main calendar where it's supposed to, then it puts the rest of my calendars under a heading called 'Delegates'. I don't know what it means, but is there a way to stop Google from doing this? I just want all my calendars to appear under one heading, the Google one (like the incoming payments calendar in the image below)
I'm not sharing any calendars with any friends or family and I still just can't work this out. Please help me find out where I'm going wrong.
A: I stopped using Google calendars when iCloud came out, but from what I remember, the delegates thing is just a side effect of how Google implements additional calendars in the CalDAV protocol. I don't think there's anything you can do about it. The upside is that it doesn't break any functionality, it's just a bit annoying in how iCal displays them.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/58927"
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207f306bb2658633f0488f6e1ed12115df174fbc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make external disks reappear on desktop in Mountain Lion? After upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion, my MBP does not show icons for external drives on the desktop any more. In the Finder preferences, “External disks” is checked under “Show these items on the desktop”. Any ideas?
A: Somehow, the upgrade to Mountain Lion enabled the hidden Finder setting that completely hides desktop icons. You can reenable it using
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
| Q: How to make external disks reappear on desktop in Mountain Lion? After upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion, my MBP does not show icons for external drives on the desktop any more. In the Finder preferences, “External disks” is checked under “Show these items on the desktop”. Any ideas?
A: Somehow, the upgrade to Mountain Lion enabled the hidden Finder setting that completely hides desktop icons. You can reenable it using
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
A: There's a much easier way of doing this. Go to Finder-->Preferences and the select the items you want to show on the desktop. Options are hard disks, external disks, "CDs, DVDs, and iPods," and Connected servers.
A: Aha! Just after posting my own frustration with this problem, and how none of the solutions provided here were working for me, I noticed one stray white pixel at the top left of my screen. Turns out it was the edge of the text name of a missing drive icon.
It appears that some drives are mounting with their icon at the screen origin (or possibly even further offscreen).
Try using "Clean Up By Name" to bring the drive icon back onto the screen. If that fails, this might work:
*
*Click anywhere on the desktop.
*Type the first few characters of the name of the missing drive.
*Hold the Shift ⇧ key and click on another icon.
*Drag the second icon around and see if the missing one is coming along for the ride.
A: I had a similar problem. After upgrading to Mountain Lion on my iMac, Finder would display my external hard drive icons on the desktop, but would not list them in any Finder windows, including upload windows opened by websites (ie blogs, Facebook).
After viewing Xavi's Youtube link (thank-you Xavi! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8tqZSBs-4k), I discovered that Mountain Lion hides a number of items from appearing in your Finder window and sidebar by default.
Just go to Finder>Preferences>General and look for the 'New Finder Windows Show:' option, and choose 'All my Files'.
Also, you'll want to go to the Finder>Preferences>Sidebar tab and make sure that your external drives are check marked, not ticked (-). Hope this helps!
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c97a8d430678720b05ce128f15ed1ae2b981dcab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I turn off new mail notifications in Mountain Lion? After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I'm receiving new email notifications. I previously turned these off in the Mail application. How do I turn them off now?
A: In Mountain Lion, this is done in the Notifications under System Preferences. Open System Preferences, select Notifications, choose Mail in the left pane, and then select "None".
| Q: How do I turn off new mail notifications in Mountain Lion? After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I'm receiving new email notifications. I previously turned these off in the Mail application. How do I turn them off now?
A: In Mountain Lion, this is done in the Notifications under System Preferences. Open System Preferences, select Notifications, choose Mail in the left pane, and then select "None".
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/58944"
} |
83c9edd835cc72acd49c5ea7020bd7085f87987f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I open the javascript console in Safari 6? I just got a new Mac and it comes with Safari 6 installed. I've opened up the Safari 6 web inspector tools and now I can't find some of the tools I used before in Safari 5.
In Safari 5 you can press esc and have the console pop up and type in javascript. In Safari 6 I can't find it.
A: The console still exists, but it has moved.
Click the speech bubble tab at the top of the sidebar on the left side of the screen and then click on the Current Log entry in the sidebar.
The keyboard shortcut to jump to this tab is cmd+opt+c.
Note that the quick console is always available at the bottom of the screen and can be enlarged by dragging its top border upwards.
I recommend giving the About Safari Web Inspector a good read to familiarize yourself with the new Dev Tools.
| Q: How do I open the javascript console in Safari 6? I just got a new Mac and it comes with Safari 6 installed. I've opened up the Safari 6 web inspector tools and now I can't find some of the tools I used before in Safari 5.
In Safari 5 you can press esc and have the console pop up and type in javascript. In Safari 6 I can't find it.
A: The console still exists, but it has moved.
Click the speech bubble tab at the top of the sidebar on the left side of the screen and then click on the Current Log entry in the sidebar.
The keyboard shortcut to jump to this tab is cmd+opt+c.
Note that the quick console is always available at the bottom of the screen and can be enlarged by dragging its top border upwards.
I recommend giving the About Safari Web Inspector a good read to familiarize yourself with the new Dev Tools.
A: Open Safari and choose Safari > Preferences > Advanced. Then select the checkbox 'Show Develop menu' in menu bar.
Choose Develop > Show Error Console.
A: In Safari 10, how to get to the console a few ways:
right click "anywhere on the web page" -> "inspect" and the dev tools open up.
right click on toolbar (or "view" menu) -> customize toolbar, then add "inspect element" button. When you subsequently use it, it pops up the standard dev tools.
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8ba9177b5cb1f52dc28aa4b2d0d3f02c59303e2d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why won't my AppleScript run as a Service? I have a simple AppleScript that works exactly as expected when run on its own, ether as an app, directly from within ScriptDebugger or Script Editor, or as an element of an Automation from within Automator:
However, when I attempt to run this Automation as a Service, for example by saving it as a Service and running it from the Services menu
nothing happens. The Service fails to run whether I use a "Run AppleScript" action in Automator, or create an application from the script, and use a Launch Application action.
Why won't my AppleScript run as a Service, when it runs perfectly in all other circumstances?
A: This is weird, but I have seen at least three people on Apple Support Communities who had this problem when a of process "x" and a tell application "System Events" to are on the same line.
Try this.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "System Events"
tell process "TextWrangler" to set visible to not visible
end tell
end run
| Q: Why won't my AppleScript run as a Service? I have a simple AppleScript that works exactly as expected when run on its own, ether as an app, directly from within ScriptDebugger or Script Editor, or as an element of an Automation from within Automator:
However, when I attempt to run this Automation as a Service, for example by saving it as a Service and running it from the Services menu
nothing happens. The Service fails to run whether I use a "Run AppleScript" action in Automator, or create an application from the script, and use a Launch Application action.
Why won't my AppleScript run as a Service, when it runs perfectly in all other circumstances?
A: This is weird, but I have seen at least three people on Apple Support Communities who had this problem when a of process "x" and a tell application "System Events" to are on the same line.
Try this.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "System Events"
tell process "TextWrangler" to set visible to not visible
end tell
end run
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7460bcf901973f678108152b00e81387f3c42174 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mountain Lion Broke MacPorts - Cannot Update I am trying to update MacPorts but get the following error.
sudo port selfupdate
Password:
---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.1.1 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.1.2 downloaded.
---> Updating the ports tree
---> MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.1.2
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed
When I follow
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
At stage 3 I get the following error. Is this important or can I continue with it?
Error: Unable to open port: can't read "build.pre_args": can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'gnumake' in path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
A: Based on the error in your update, it appears that (as Nathan said) you haven't installed the Xcode commandline tools yet. You should be able to finish the update process after you've done that.
| Q: Mountain Lion Broke MacPorts - Cannot Update I am trying to update MacPorts but get the following error.
sudo port selfupdate
Password:
---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.1.1 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.1.2 downloaded.
---> Updating the ports tree
---> MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.1.2
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed
When I follow
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
At stage 3 I get the following error. Is this important or can I continue with it?
Error: Unable to open port: can't read "build.pre_args": can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'gnumake' in path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
A: Based on the error in your update, it appears that (as Nathan said) you haven't installed the Xcode commandline tools yet. You should be able to finish the update process after you've done that.
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5ed1ee4202affddc202176cda8a974d6d68aa491 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does deleting Mac App Store apps in Launchpad delete related files in the Library folders too? When I delete Mac App Store apps in Launchpad, does it delete related files in the Library folders too? I mean files like preferences, application support files etc.
A: I tried uninstalling some applications, and files in these folders or the corresponding folders in ~/Library/Containers/ were sometimes deleted and sometimes not:
*
*~/Library/Caches/ (deleted for most applications)
*~/Library/Application Support/
Files in these folders weren't deleted for any of the applications I tested with:
*
*~/Library/Preferences/
*~/Library/Saved Application State/
*/var/db/receipts/
*~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
*~/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/
*~/Library/Caches/com.plausiblelabs.crashreporter.data/
*~/Library/Application Support/Growl/Tickets/
For example Kindle books or the database for notes in JustNotes were not deleted.
You can see what files are accessed by uninstalld with sudo opensnoop -n uninstalld and search for support files with mdfind $(osascript -e 'id of app "AppName"'). If you want to uninstall applications more completely, it's probably safe to just delete the whole sandbox containers in ~/Library/Containers/.
| Q: Does deleting Mac App Store apps in Launchpad delete related files in the Library folders too? When I delete Mac App Store apps in Launchpad, does it delete related files in the Library folders too? I mean files like preferences, application support files etc.
A: I tried uninstalling some applications, and files in these folders or the corresponding folders in ~/Library/Containers/ were sometimes deleted and sometimes not:
*
*~/Library/Caches/ (deleted for most applications)
*~/Library/Application Support/
Files in these folders weren't deleted for any of the applications I tested with:
*
*~/Library/Preferences/
*~/Library/Saved Application State/
*/var/db/receipts/
*~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
*~/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/
*~/Library/Caches/com.plausiblelabs.crashreporter.data/
*~/Library/Application Support/Growl/Tickets/
For example Kindle books or the database for notes in JustNotes were not deleted.
You can see what files are accessed by uninstalld with sudo opensnoop -n uninstalld and search for support files with mdfind $(osascript -e 'id of app "AppName"'). If you want to uninstall applications more completely, it's probably safe to just delete the whole sandbox containers in ~/Library/Containers/.
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