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223bef0009a6040dd65bd8ab5dac72b33274252f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remove .DS_Store from command-line auto-completion using cd? I understand that .DS_store files serve a purpose. That said, they are a nuisance when auto-completing with the cd command. When I type cd in Terminal and press tab twice it lists all directories in the working directory.
Is there a way of removing .DS_store from this auto-complete directory listing in the terminal?
A: export FIGNORE=DS_Store works for me.
The GNU Bash manual provides extensive information on programmable completion.
Specifically, from the documentation on bash variables
FIGNORE [is a] colon-separated list of suffixes to ignore when performing
filename completion. A file name whose suffix matches one of the
entries in FIGNORE is excluded from the list of matched file names. A
sample value is ‘.o:~’
If you are concerned that there might be existing suffixes in FIGNORE, then you can use:
export FIGNORE=$FIGNORE:DS_Store
| Q: How to remove .DS_Store from command-line auto-completion using cd? I understand that .DS_store files serve a purpose. That said, they are a nuisance when auto-completing with the cd command. When I type cd in Terminal and press tab twice it lists all directories in the working directory.
Is there a way of removing .DS_store from this auto-complete directory listing in the terminal?
A: export FIGNORE=DS_Store works for me.
The GNU Bash manual provides extensive information on programmable completion.
Specifically, from the documentation on bash variables
FIGNORE [is a] colon-separated list of suffixes to ignore when performing
filename completion. A file name whose suffix matches one of the
entries in FIGNORE is excluded from the list of matched file names. A
sample value is ‘.o:~’
If you are concerned that there might be existing suffixes in FIGNORE, then you can use:
export FIGNORE=$FIGNORE:DS_Store
A: I think what you're really looking for is context-aware tab completion for Bash commands. For example, .DS_Store is a regular file, not a directory, so it should not show up as a possible completion to cd.
The package that solves this problem is called bash-completion. I use Fink's version (fink install bash-completion), and it's also available from MacPorts (port install bash-completion) and Homebrew (brew install bash-completion).
After the package is installed and configured in your .bashrc or .bash_profile, regular files will no longer show up as completions for cd, and many other common bash commands become context aware as well (eg. gunzip).
A: While you're asking about only .DS_Store I think removing all hidden files from autocomplete will be better in general. This can be done by the command:
bind 'set match-hidden-files off'
you can add it ~/.bash_profile to have it invoked every time for you. This will not disable autocompletion for hidden files completely, you still can type '.' (dot) and hit tab for it.
A: I would use this command:
zip -r foo.zip foo -x "*.DS_Store"
Found here:
https://superuser.com/questions/198569/compressing-folders-on-a-mac-without-the-ds-store
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21b80647d6fabe2fb7fcdf800de330333285965b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to troubleshoot multiple apps on Mountain Lion all missing toolbar icons? My machine awoke from sleep, and third party apps as well as Finder, Preview and Safari's toolbar only shows the blank buttons similar to the image below.
After restart the machine, the problem persists. I also tried using Disk Utility to verify / fix the permissions on the Apple installed software to no avail.
How can I troubleshoot or fix this?
A: Reboot in safe mode (hold Shift on start), login to your account and restart. I don't know what's the reason for icons disappearing but the above fixes it.
| Q: How to troubleshoot multiple apps on Mountain Lion all missing toolbar icons? My machine awoke from sleep, and third party apps as well as Finder, Preview and Safari's toolbar only shows the blank buttons similar to the image below.
After restart the machine, the problem persists. I also tried using Disk Utility to verify / fix the permissions on the Apple installed software to no avail.
How can I troubleshoot or fix this?
A: Reboot in safe mode (hold Shift on start), login to your account and restart. I don't know what's the reason for icons disappearing but the above fixes it.
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55929be9083fd4c8dcba7fe18d414c354a5041b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it safe to delete folder com.apple.appstore? I am running extremely low on disk space and trying to clean up my Mac. Disk Inventory X shows me having over 20gb of space in .pkg (installer package) files in
/private/var/folders/pj/_(random)_/C/com.apple.appstore/*
I am wondering if these are safe to delete (they are in /private after all)? However I really don't want to give up 20 gigabytes to installer files.
Also, is there any built-in way to delete them (meaning through appstore menu or something, not via finder)?
A: That is the Download folder for App Store; where it saves apps as it downloads them.
It should be perfectly safe to delete them.
However, I have to say that it is a little strange that the files aren't being deleted automatically, either when you close App Store or when you restart - that is what I would expect. I haven't come across a case where they build up over time.
| Q: Is it safe to delete folder com.apple.appstore? I am running extremely low on disk space and trying to clean up my Mac. Disk Inventory X shows me having over 20gb of space in .pkg (installer package) files in
/private/var/folders/pj/_(random)_/C/com.apple.appstore/*
I am wondering if these are safe to delete (they are in /private after all)? However I really don't want to give up 20 gigabytes to installer files.
Also, is there any built-in way to delete them (meaning through appstore menu or something, not via finder)?
A: That is the Download folder for App Store; where it saves apps as it downloads them.
It should be perfectly safe to delete them.
However, I have to say that it is a little strange that the files aren't being deleted automatically, either when you close App Store or when you restart - that is what I would expect. I haven't come across a case where they build up over time.
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cdf8a93da980b5b5cb2ab7fb195b7b092ded0537 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Audio Player with Gapless Playback I'm looking for an (preferably free) audio player on OS X that supports gapless playback. It doesn't need to be fancy, I don't need any bells and whistles. I just want gapless playback. Unfortunately VLC doesn't support this, and though I've tried about half a dozen other players, none of them seem to implement this, or if they do I don't know how to enable it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I'd also like to avoid iTunes if at all possible since I organize my music by folder and the ID3 tags aren't necessarily up-to-date... and I generally hate iTunes.
A: Vox | Cog
Both do gapless, Vox being the one I use.
| Q: Audio Player with Gapless Playback I'm looking for an (preferably free) audio player on OS X that supports gapless playback. It doesn't need to be fancy, I don't need any bells and whistles. I just want gapless playback. Unfortunately VLC doesn't support this, and though I've tried about half a dozen other players, none of them seem to implement this, or if they do I don't know how to enable it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I'd also like to avoid iTunes if at all possible since I organize my music by folder and the ID3 tags aren't necessarily up-to-date... and I generally hate iTunes.
A: Vox | Cog
Both do gapless, Vox being the one I use.
A: There are multiple applications which can serve you these features. foobar2000 for starters and also Megaseg.
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32ab2f8c55324787d02fad00aba6dfaf11d88fb6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Boost Volume for iPad I have been using an iPad's speech synathesis for a project and we're finding that the volume just isn't loud enought - are there ways of boosting the loudness without just adding external speakers? The iPad is jailbroken, and I'm willing to consider approaches that reduce the lifespan of the device.
A: There is a neat trick you can do with a book, or other hard surface. (Ideal results are achieved with a concave surface.) Place the iPad speaker facing the book/surface. Some sound will reflect off the book, and join the forwards traveling sound, effectively boosting the volume by a small margin.
Other than that, consider placing the iPad almost touching the microphone of whatever recording device you are using.
(There is probably an app on Cydia to boost volume, but my iPad is not jailbroken, so I am not sure)
| Q: Boost Volume for iPad I have been using an iPad's speech synathesis for a project and we're finding that the volume just isn't loud enought - are there ways of boosting the loudness without just adding external speakers? The iPad is jailbroken, and I'm willing to consider approaches that reduce the lifespan of the device.
A: There is a neat trick you can do with a book, or other hard surface. (Ideal results are achieved with a concave surface.) Place the iPad speaker facing the book/surface. Some sound will reflect off the book, and join the forwards traveling sound, effectively boosting the volume by a small margin.
Other than that, consider placing the iPad almost touching the microphone of whatever recording device you are using.
(There is probably an app on Cydia to boost volume, but my iPad is not jailbroken, so I am not sure)
A: Just heard about "Volume Boost Free" on I think mac weekly, it was one of the guests app of the week. I just installed the app and does seem to increase the volume. The app is in the app store and is free, it is not a universal app but it does work on my iPad 2.
link below
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/volume-boost-free/id421816838?mt=8
A: Take a look at the SoundJaw. It's a plastic concave clip-on device for the iPad 2 that redirects the sound to the front. It works with the magnetic smart cover. Search for 'soundjaw ipad'. The price is less than $15.
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4edc45bbb00e09f20f8b903d1467d4096445f990 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to focus on the Ribbon in Microsoft Office 2011 products? I would like to be able to create charts in Excel using my keyboard only. Is there some way of moving focus to the Ribbon with the keyboard?
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to focus on the Ribbon in Microsoft Office 2011 products? I would like to be able to create charts in Excel using my keyboard only. Is there some way of moving focus to the Ribbon with the keyboard?
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aef76e4ff9b0c411fb719703433538286c307c30 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What can be done to use iMessage when it is stuck on "Waiting for Activation" I bought an iPhone 3GS and tried to activate iMessage on it, but it won't work. I tried everything to activate it, but it still says "waiting for activation". What should I do?
A: A few of the things that are under your control are as follows:
*
*Undo the iMessage settings, power off the device and try again in 5 minutes.
*Check that iCloud isn't having system-wide problems
*Same as step one, but wait 20 to 200 minutes. (sometimes the problem is in the network or the activation servers or the SMS network to tie your phone to the Apple system with the one time activation message and waiting is easier than working with all of the above parties)
*Rather than wait - work through the steps to Troubleshoot iMessage and FaceTime Activation
*Contact Apple for support
It's hard to guess what exactly is wrong, but you also can edit your question to list what steps you have done to troubleshoot this and perhaps someone can guess or point out a missed step.
| Q: What can be done to use iMessage when it is stuck on "Waiting for Activation" I bought an iPhone 3GS and tried to activate iMessage on it, but it won't work. I tried everything to activate it, but it still says "waiting for activation". What should I do?
A: A few of the things that are under your control are as follows:
*
*Undo the iMessage settings, power off the device and try again in 5 minutes.
*Check that iCloud isn't having system-wide problems
*Same as step one, but wait 20 to 200 minutes. (sometimes the problem is in the network or the activation servers or the SMS network to tie your phone to the Apple system with the one time activation message and waiting is easier than working with all of the above parties)
*Rather than wait - work through the steps to Troubleshoot iMessage and FaceTime Activation
*Contact Apple for support
It's hard to guess what exactly is wrong, but you also can edit your question to list what steps you have done to troubleshoot this and perhaps someone can guess or point out a missed step.
A: If no other messages appear (e.g. incorrect username or password for your iCloud account), that typically indicates that there's a problem contacting or getting authorization from Apple's iMessage servers. I've had that happen periodically when setting up or resetting iMessage on an iOS device.
Unfortunately, as it's a problem on Apple's end, there's not much to be done other than wait and try again periodically by turning iMessage off, then on again. At times when I've run into it, it's typically resolved itself within 5 to 30 minutes, sometimes even less.
If you still can't get it working within a few hours, then amend your question with that information and/or contact Apple.
A: I had the same problem with locked Sprint iPhone 5. Im using R-SIM7 for unlock and couldn't activate my phone, SMS, 3G, iMessages and Facetime wasn't working (Waiting for activation). Long story short, I managed to fix:
*
*To fix this you need to jailbreak with evasi0n and download iFile from cydia(or you can just use ifunbox).
*Go to (CarrierLab.bundle or 00101 folder) /System/Library/Carrier Bundles/iPhone/00101/carrier.plist
*
*back up the file carrier.plist (just in case)
*Go to the following line and add +011 so it looks like +011447786205094
<key>PhoneNumberRegistrationGatewayAddress<string>+011447786205094</string>
*SAVE
*Now go to /System/Library/CarrierBundles/iPhone/Unknown.bundles/carrier.plist
*
*ADD -> "+011" To all the 10 numbers you see.
<key>PhoneNumberRegistrationGatewayAddress</key><string>+011447537410207</string>
*SAVE
*Now go to /System/Library/Carrier Bundles/iPhone/[carrier that your phone is locked to]/carrier.plist
*
*Find SMS perfix under <key>international</key> and delete "011" value so it looks like <string></string>
*SAVE
*To fix 3G go to /System/Library/Carrier Bundles/iPhone/Unknown.bundles/carrier.plist find <key>SIMs</key><array> and copy all those "xxxxx" number from there and now go to /System/Library/Carrier Bundles/iPhone/carrier that your phone is locked to/carrier.plist4. and find this line:
*
*<key>intldataroamingallowed</key>
*<array> paste here </array>
*SAVE then reboot.
*If 3G still not working change to correct APN using unlockit.co.nz
A: iMessage activation is a long lasting process. Apple even states without much practical explanation that this process can take as long as 24 hours.
But the core of the problem isn't that Apple take that amount of time to check that a phone number already registered is the one from which comes an activation request. This process is much faster.
In fact the core of the problem is that this process want to achieve a validation in a connection environment where there are 2 routes to reach the Apple authentication server.
Most of the time an iPhone or an iPad are connected with 2 interfaces, a Wi-fi network connection and a mobile phone network one.
These 2 kinds of connection have a basic property of using wireless
connections and consequently are frequently unstable.
Each of these connections might be described as in either of 3 states:
*
*off
*on:
*
*stable
*unstable (most tipically when we are moving and at a varying
distance of the antenna of the mobile phone or the Wi-Fi network).
And the truth is that people who use iPhone or iPad tend to be
true mobile users.
Here is a small table discribing the 9 combinations of network quality
a normal iPhone or iPad might encounter and the resulting potential sucess of iMessage activation process:
The practical conclusion is that there are only 3 cases out of 9 where this activation process will result in a quick success.
Practical recommandations
*
*When you want to start an iMessage activation process, 1st check that
you have one and only one stable connection: either a mobile phone one or a Wi-Fi network one.
Check that either Wi-Fi setting is off (Settings > Wi-Fi: Off) or
mobile network is off (Settings > Mobile Data: Off).
Then check your connection quality (stability) by accessing for example:
Apple AppleID server
*Then consider to temporarily reduce your normal mobility
to let this long lasting activation process to reach you back
with the same stable connection place.
Tested in real and difficult conditions (mountain in a foreign country), this shouldn't last more than a big 15 minutes.
*This iMessage activation process is using the https protocol
which means it is secured and for this it does use certificates. These cetificates have all an expiration date. For the certificate used not to
be considered as expired it is of the uppermost importance that your
clock is correct and within the correct Time Zone .
Check this in Settings > General > Date & Time. Since this is expected to be automatically provided by your mobile phone network, if this one
isn't stable, provide the Time Zone manually.
Bad recommandations
If one of the above conditions isn't checked, I verified that
neither a complete restart nor a complete reinitialisation of an
iPhone could lead to a quick success.
The only case where these procedures will lead to an apparent success
is when through repeating the same silly process you waste enough time
to be again within a stable connection condition where you can get the Apple answer of the activation process in time.
A: Try logging into iTunes. Not sure what this would have done but it worked for me...
A: I would also do a hard restart between attempts. Hold down sleep button and Home at the same time for abt. 10 seconds, wait for Apple logo to reappear.
A: I have been reading forums and tried different solutions and what worked for me was to switch off 'Send as sms'.
My iMessage is still 'waiting for activation' but iMessaging works and so does regular sms
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ce674a5211d1c802e236ebe8718f46b65b3f6bc7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can non iPhone iOS devices (iPad specifically) be used to dial short USSD codes for carrier information? My data carrier provides USSD code to check the voice & data balance in the sim & iPad3 doesn't seem to have a way to dial them.
So how can I send USSD codes without jailbreaking my iPad? Is it possible at all?
USSD codes are like this: *123*1# for data balance.
A: Nope, not possible! The USSD code would be sent over a voice call of sorts, but there's no phone app on the iPad. The cellular access is strictly for data (at least without jailbreaking).
You'll just have to find a different way of checking your data balance! You could just keep track manually by going to Settings -> General -> Usage -> Cellular Usage. That will allow you to reset your usage statistics and then keep tabs on how much data you've used up to that point.
| Q: Can non iPhone iOS devices (iPad specifically) be used to dial short USSD codes for carrier information? My data carrier provides USSD code to check the voice & data balance in the sim & iPad3 doesn't seem to have a way to dial them.
So how can I send USSD codes without jailbreaking my iPad? Is it possible at all?
USSD codes are like this: *123*1# for data balance.
A: Nope, not possible! The USSD code would be sent over a voice call of sorts, but there's no phone app on the iPad. The cellular access is strictly for data (at least without jailbreaking).
You'll just have to find a different way of checking your data balance! You could just keep track manually by going to Settings -> General -> Usage -> Cellular Usage. That will allow you to reset your usage statistics and then keep tabs on how much data you've used up to that point.
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65952198e774ce4566bf41ee84281ab69994bac2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I prevent a remote Mac from entering sleep via a remote ssh connection? Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, i've the feeling my Mac (early 2008 iMac) goes to sleep randomly when i'm connected through SSH.
It's there a way I can prevent my Mac to go to sleep when i'm connected over SSH ?
A: Caffeine prevents your Mac from falling asleep. Maybe, it can help you out with your issue too. The sleep isn't at all random, but in fact is set in the Energy Saver system preference as well from the terminal using pmset.
You could use pmset to inspect and change the sleep settings if you have admin rights on the remote.
| Q: Can I prevent a remote Mac from entering sleep via a remote ssh connection? Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, i've the feeling my Mac (early 2008 iMac) goes to sleep randomly when i'm connected through SSH.
It's there a way I can prevent my Mac to go to sleep when i'm connected over SSH ?
A: Caffeine prevents your Mac from falling asleep. Maybe, it can help you out with your issue too. The sleep isn't at all random, but in fact is set in the Energy Saver system preference as well from the terminal using pmset.
You could use pmset to inspect and change the sleep settings if you have admin rights on the remote.
A: On macOS 11.5.1 Big Sur, you can use systemsetup to alter sleep settings:
# Disable display, disk, computer sleep
sudo systemsetup -setsleep Never
A: You can manage your computer's power settings through
System Preferences -> Energy Saver
Within this pane, click on the Power Adapter tab, and drag the Computer Sleep slider all the way to the right, so that it is set to "Never." This will force the computer to stay awake 24/7. I have a laptop running 10.5 at my house that I have running as a file/web/home media server configured using these settings (though the preferences nomenclature is different on 10.5, the functionality is the same) and enjoy uninterrupted access - that is unless there's a problem with the node, but that's out of our control. Caffeine and caffeinate will also work as other users have noted, but this is the most up-front and user-friendly way to get this done as it involves a GUI interface and no third-party application.
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eb5e7a17dd832c3a7538e18f5e615ef0ad255076 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I access OpenGL specific settings for the Nvidia driver? I have a MacBookPro5,1 with an NVidia 9600 GT running OS X 10.6.8 (64-bit).
In the Linux-world there is a nvidia-settings command to control various OpenGL specific settings, however under OS X I can't find such a tool.
How do I control the NVidia settings on my Mac?
| Q: How do I access OpenGL specific settings for the Nvidia driver? I have a MacBookPro5,1 with an NVidia 9600 GT running OS X 10.6.8 (64-bit).
In the Linux-world there is a nvidia-settings command to control various OpenGL specific settings, however under OS X I can't find such a tool.
How do I control the NVidia settings on my Mac?
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efc5e335c587b10a86ba07f4919b360720e9d6d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable cellphone network but keep wifi?
Possible Duplicate:
Disable iPhone Cell Antennae
Is there any way to make my iPhone 5 like a simple iPod touch? I'd like to disable all cellphone functionality but keep the wifi.
No jailbreak if possible.
I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.
A: If you have a GSM version of the phone then you could just remove the SIM card. If you a CDMA version then you don't have a SIM card so you could turn on airplane mode and then turn WiFi on.
| Q: Disable cellphone network but keep wifi?
Possible Duplicate:
Disable iPhone Cell Antennae
Is there any way to make my iPhone 5 like a simple iPod touch? I'd like to disable all cellphone functionality but keep the wifi.
No jailbreak if possible.
I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.
A: If you have a GSM version of the phone then you could just remove the SIM card. If you a CDMA version then you don't have a SIM card so you could turn on airplane mode and then turn WiFi on.
A: You can enable "Airplane Mode" and then turn on Wi-Fi.
For phones that use a GSM sim card (even if they are on CDMA networks), if you remove the SIM card, you disable the cellular radio. Calls and cellular data stop flowing in this case.
This will not disable phone calls, only internet:
Settings > General > Cellular > Cellular Data -> OFF
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cba9c9725c51635036337df48ba99148a62b0fb1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I transfer songs between Garageband for iOS and OS X? I have Garageband on iPad, iPhone and OS X. How can I transfer the music between them? I have enabled iCloud with iPad and iPhone but cannot understand how to get the music from there to OS X? I have tried iTunes and the file sharing option, but it is too slow, I am trying to find some faster way — I want that the sounds to be available between all of my devices without too many manual changes, hopefully automatically.
Basically: I create a song with the iPhone or iPad, I want it immediately available on OS X for processing, how to get it there?
A: I found a quicker way here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20126598#20126598
Basically, in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/XXXXX~com~apple~mobilegarageband you'll find the songs you've saved in iCloud from GarageBand on iOS.
| Q: How can I transfer songs between Garageband for iOS and OS X? I have Garageband on iPad, iPhone and OS X. How can I transfer the music between them? I have enabled iCloud with iPad and iPhone but cannot understand how to get the music from there to OS X? I have tried iTunes and the file sharing option, but it is too slow, I am trying to find some faster way — I want that the sounds to be available between all of my devices without too many manual changes, hopefully automatically.
Basically: I create a song with the iPhone or iPad, I want it immediately available on OS X for processing, how to get it there?
A: I found a quicker way here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20126598#20126598
Basically, in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/XXXXX~com~apple~mobilegarageband you'll find the songs you've saved in iCloud from GarageBand on iOS.
A: First make sure you've got iCloud turned on in Garageband, by tapping the + icon when viewing all your songs. Then, for sending a song to iCloud, just:
*
*Tap on the Edit button, and select all the songs you want.
*You will now see an iCloud icon along the top bar. Tapping it, will prompt you to send the songs to iCloud.
Now, all uploaded songs to iCloud will have an iCloud logo on the top-right corner of the song thumbnail.
Opening Garageband with any other device, which has, too, iCloud enabled, will show a green arrow on the top-right corned of the songs which haven't yet been downloaded. Tapping the thumbnail will start the download.
Mind that, songs created with iOS's version of Garageband cannot be opened with the OS X application if it's the 6.0.1 or earlier version.
A: This is my clear impression: You can't.
iOS Garageband can use the iCloud. OS X Garageband can not. Use iCloud for moving between Garagebands on iOS-devices only.
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cb3130d51e98f69daaffdc9a4c56a7934265e717 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the net weight and outside size of the iPad mini box when new? What are the physical dimensions of one iPad mini box?
I want to order two iPads mini and then have them shipped in one box but I'm worried about the width, height, depth & size of the outer box because I'll do international shipping.
Precise measurements are very much appreciated as I wish to be specific about the rates & costs.
A: For the reference:
Length: 21.3 CM
Width: 14.7 CM
Height: 3.3 CM
Gross Weight: 0.5 KG
| Q: What is the net weight and outside size of the iPad mini box when new? What are the physical dimensions of one iPad mini box?
I want to order two iPads mini and then have them shipped in one box but I'm worried about the width, height, depth & size of the outer box because I'll do international shipping.
Precise measurements are very much appreciated as I wish to be specific about the rates & costs.
A: For the reference:
Length: 21.3 CM
Width: 14.7 CM
Height: 3.3 CM
Gross Weight: 0.5 KG
A: *
*Length: 21.3 cm
*Width: 14.7 cm
*Height: 3.3 cm
*Gross weight: 0.5 kg
A: I am ordering one, but it's en route so I can't measure but I can give you the shipping weight, from FedEx tracking, 1.6 lbs.
Mind you, that is actual shipping weight, including the additional outer packing materials covering the retail box. I believe the retail sealed box kit weighs 1.2 lbs. (gathering from various sources on the net).
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31e2a62b408ecc49059b158512c7e3c0ba4a4ae1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove a program from "Open With"? I recently installed VMWare Fusion and added Windows 7. Now when I right-click on a text file and choose Open With, there's an option to open with Notepad in Windows 7. This is not something I want enabled. How can I remove this choice?
A: One solution is to install RCDefaultApp and change the file association for text files.
Another solution is to disable Windows application integration for that virtual machine. To do that open the virtual machine, go to the Virtual Machine menu and select Settings.... Change the settings for Default Applications. You likely want to uncheck Run Windows applications from you Mac's Applications folder
| Q: How can I remove a program from "Open With"? I recently installed VMWare Fusion and added Windows 7. Now when I right-click on a text file and choose Open With, there's an option to open with Notepad in Windows 7. This is not something I want enabled. How can I remove this choice?
A: One solution is to install RCDefaultApp and change the file association for text files.
Another solution is to disable Windows application integration for that virtual machine. To do that open the virtual machine, go to the Virtual Machine menu and select Settings.... Change the settings for Default Applications. You likely want to uncheck Run Windows applications from you Mac's Applications folder
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9be2f14d40795f12dce6d07cd5287bfd92758654 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I extend Alfred with a command-line program to clean up the desktop? I'd like to have something that I can run from Alfred or the command-line that can run "clean up desktop".
What is a command-line program or apple script that will cleanup the desktop?
Preferably there would be an option to do it by name or some other system (i.e., at least all the options that are available when right clicking the desktop).
A: You have to use clean up window of desktop instead of clean up the desktop.
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by name
| Q: Can I extend Alfred with a command-line program to clean up the desktop? I'd like to have something that I can run from Alfred or the command-line that can run "clean up desktop".
What is a command-line program or apple script that will cleanup the desktop?
Preferably there would be an option to do it by name or some other system (i.e., at least all the options that are available when right clicking the desktop).
A: You have to use clean up window of desktop instead of clean up the desktop.
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by name
A: Using @Lauri Ranta's answer as a starting point, I put together this Applescript for Alfred:
on alfred_script(q)
set q to "" & q
if q is "kind" then
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by kind
else if q is "cdate" then
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by creation date
else if q is "mdate" then
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by modification date
else if q is "size" then
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by physical size
else if q is "label" then
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by label index
else
tell application "Finder" to clean up window of desktop by name
end if
end alfred_script
You can see the different parameters to change the order that you want in the script (and change them to something that makes better sense to you if you want).
To use it, open Alfred's Preferences -> Extensions and click the + button in the lower left. Choose AppleScript and enter a name for it. (I called mine 'Clean up desktop'.) Write a Title and a Keyword for the script, and then paste the code into the AppleScript field. Click Save and you should be good to go!
If you're using Alfred 2: open Alfred's Preferences -> Workflows and click the + button in the lower left. Choose Templates -> Essentials -> Keyword to AppleScript. Double-click the keyword node and set the keyword you want (I chose cdesk), Title and Subtext (here I listed the possible arguments: kind, cdate, mdate, size, label). Save the results and then edit the Run NSAppleScript node and paste the code and save.
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51a7551de3752e69a03f6cdce4bbb464fd6df8a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an app or setting to lock an iPad in a Presentation mode, so other apps can't be accessed? Not really an iPad user so thought I would ask here.
As an organisation we want to place some presentations on iPad minis
(much in the way that iPads are used in the Apple Stores as information sources next to other products).
We want the user to be incentivised to view the entire presentation so ideally we don't want them to be able to leave the presentation.
Are there any applications that allow presentations to be locked?
Ideally, presentations would be built in PowerPoint or HTML/CSS.
I appreciate any input you can provide.
A: The Apple-sanctioned method to accomplish this is the use of the Guided Access feature in iOS6. Settings > General > Accessibility > Learning > Guided Access.
| Q: Is there an app or setting to lock an iPad in a Presentation mode, so other apps can't be accessed? Not really an iPad user so thought I would ask here.
As an organisation we want to place some presentations on iPad minis
(much in the way that iPads are used in the Apple Stores as information sources next to other products).
We want the user to be incentivised to view the entire presentation so ideally we don't want them to be able to leave the presentation.
Are there any applications that allow presentations to be locked?
Ideally, presentations would be built in PowerPoint or HTML/CSS.
I appreciate any input you can provide.
A: The Apple-sanctioned method to accomplish this is the use of the Guided Access feature in iOS6. Settings > General > Accessibility > Learning > Guided Access.
A: Microsoft has not (yet) released Office 20xx for iOS, so the Powerpoint presentation needs to be opened and certified in Apple's Keynote on a OSX Mac. You can then present on the iPad with Keynote for iOS. RTFM the Keynote dox as there are some things to take into consideration when building a presentation on OSX to be used on iOS.
If the presentation is not interactive (i.e., the presenter just talks over pre-timed slides w/out manual advancing,) then perhaps exporting a movie file of the presentation and showing it in the Video app would be the simplest solution.
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4b9b9ea62e713acb7aa707db4a567c1190397791 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to Turn off Battery Percentage Indicator A few years ago when I had my iPhone 3GS, and wanted to see the battery displayed as a percentage (before this was implemented as a feature of iOS). I achieved this via jailbreak. Now my issue is this: I can't turn it off. I am several versions of phone and iOS beyond where I was when I implemented the jailbreak, unfortunately I (incorrectly) figured that when I migrated hardware this issue would resolve itself.
I am wondering is there somewhere I can go in the filesystem and remove a file or flag or something to resolve this?
The accepted answer to this question goes into more detail regarding this jailbreak hack.
A: I'm guessing that if you're "several versions of phone and iOS beyond where" you were when you did this, then you are likely not jailbroken anymore? Because they introduced the percentage as an option and is configurable in
Settings >> General >> Usage >> Battery Percentage (last option for me).
If you're still jailbroken and you have this option off already, then I'm sorry, I can't help you there. Good luck
| Q: Unable to Turn off Battery Percentage Indicator A few years ago when I had my iPhone 3GS, and wanted to see the battery displayed as a percentage (before this was implemented as a feature of iOS). I achieved this via jailbreak. Now my issue is this: I can't turn it off. I am several versions of phone and iOS beyond where I was when I implemented the jailbreak, unfortunately I (incorrectly) figured that when I migrated hardware this issue would resolve itself.
I am wondering is there somewhere I can go in the filesystem and remove a file or flag or something to resolve this?
The accepted answer to this question goes into more detail regarding this jailbreak hack.
A: I'm guessing that if you're "several versions of phone and iOS beyond where" you were when you did this, then you are likely not jailbroken anymore? Because they introduced the percentage as an option and is configurable in
Settings >> General >> Usage >> Battery Percentage (last option for me).
If you're still jailbroken and you have this option off already, then I'm sorry, I can't help you there. Good luck
A: Here is what you need to do. Re-jailbreak and download SBS Settings. Turn off battery percentage in SBS Settings. Then do restore in Itunes.It will then unjailbreak your iphone and leave the percentage in the status bar off. You can then turn it on or off to your preference. So annoying..I am not jailbreaking any more.
A: Not true i have found a way to stop it without reinstalling jailbreak, well at least for I phone 4 what you have to do it go settings> general> scroll to reset> erase all settings
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0d7de2373c691d2bc322b0ea35edb8305ff32d70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to stop Windows firewall from blocking Bonjour hostname resolution I have Bonjour installed on my Windows 7 PC, and the installer appears to have poked all the necessary holes in the Windows firewall. However, I can't ping windows-pc.local from my Mac. If I completely disable the Windows firewall, I can. How do I configure Windows firewall to allow Bonjour hostname resolution?
A: Create a new Inbound Rule that allows traffic over UDP port 5353 in the needed security zones.
Step-by-step:
*
*Open Windows Firewall Advanced Settings
*Create a new rule in Inbound Rules
*Under Protocols and Rules, choose Protocol Type > UDP and Specific Ports > 5353
*Choose the appropriate security zones for your network. For more information on security zones, read the Microsoft documentation: How Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Works
| Q: How to stop Windows firewall from blocking Bonjour hostname resolution I have Bonjour installed on my Windows 7 PC, and the installer appears to have poked all the necessary holes in the Windows firewall. However, I can't ping windows-pc.local from my Mac. If I completely disable the Windows firewall, I can. How do I configure Windows firewall to allow Bonjour hostname resolution?
A: Create a new Inbound Rule that allows traffic over UDP port 5353 in the needed security zones.
Step-by-step:
*
*Open Windows Firewall Advanced Settings
*Create a new rule in Inbound Rules
*Under Protocols and Rules, choose Protocol Type > UDP and Specific Ports > 5353
*Choose the appropriate security zones for your network. For more information on security zones, read the Microsoft documentation: How Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Works
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a06856b3f00b3c9cdffa30d206b3b97eaa3bcf97 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is Java using so Much Real Memory? Java is consistently listed as using 700MB of real memory. That is a nice chunk of change on my 4GB iMac. I don't even know that I am running a Java Application, ever.
Any ideas?
A: This is due to the nature of garbage collection technology used in Java. Freeing memory in such systems is delayed until some threshold reached, or out of memory happens, or some time passes. It is probably not using all those 700MB all the time (may as well be just 50 MB), but Activity Monitor has no way to look inside Java virtual machine and tell how much is actually used.
Normally, if there are no bugs or leaks (yes GC systems may leak too), Java should give up unused memory whenever your system runs out of it, so there is no need to worry right now. Said that, if you don't need the program, it won't hurt uninstalling whatever is starting it up.
| Q: Why is Java using so Much Real Memory? Java is consistently listed as using 700MB of real memory. That is a nice chunk of change on my 4GB iMac. I don't even know that I am running a Java Application, ever.
Any ideas?
A: This is due to the nature of garbage collection technology used in Java. Freeing memory in such systems is delayed until some threshold reached, or out of memory happens, or some time passes. It is probably not using all those 700MB all the time (may as well be just 50 MB), but Activity Monitor has no way to look inside Java virtual machine and tell how much is actually used.
Normally, if there are no bugs or leaks (yes GC systems may leak too), Java should give up unused memory whenever your system runs out of it, so there is no need to worry right now. Said that, if you don't need the program, it won't hurt uninstalling whatever is starting it up.
A: Open up activity monitor, click on the Java process and press Command-I.
From there you might be able to figure out where the process comes from 2 ways
1) Look at open files and ports
The open files should give a clue where the process is from or at least what it's reading + writing to.
2) Parent Process
You can click on this to open info about the parent process and trace up the parent chain to see what launched the process.
If it's launchd, you might be able to look at your launchd config to see where there's a java call in there.
A: The archaic explanation:
Java applications require a virtual machine to run because they cannot be are usually not compiled directly into machine language (native code) for many processors, instead Java is usually complied into bytecode. Java is also a very high-level Object-Oriented programming language (OOP) which means that while the application code itself is much easier to maintain, the objects that are instantiated will use that much more memory.
The more modern explanation:
However, many do argue that the problem is usually more so because of the Java program's data structures and architecture, rather than the bytecode. And I tend to agree with that.
There are a number of other reasons why Java apps are using so much system resources (like RAM). For example, most modern applications use the UTF-8 charset, which requires more memory per character, for strings (usually text) as it can support so many other languages' symbols. And since so many applications target a huge international market, they're sorta obligated to use it.
That said, Java arguably remains the most popular programming language at the moment. Many applications that your computer runs are written in Java. That is why.
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d3e58febb11716cfcc608963bbbb4ccf9755bb3d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Wi-Fi disconnects when I lock the mac Everytime I lock my mac and log back in two minutes, It has disconnected the wi-fi network. Is there a setting to disable this?
Model: Mac Book Pro - 15-inch, Mid 2010
I lock it by clicking 'Login Window...' after clicking my username on top right corner of the menu bar.
A: Do the following:
Find out what the network interface is for your wifi. Mine is "en1" for this example (I have obfuscated my MAC addresses with "00")
ifconfig
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet6 0000::000:0000:0000:0000%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet 10.0.1.16 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
media: autoselect
status: active
Then, you need to set up the airport util for your wireless card to tell it not to shut off:
cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources
sudo ./airport en1 prefs DisconnectOnLogout=NO
| Q: Wi-Fi disconnects when I lock the mac Everytime I lock my mac and log back in two minutes, It has disconnected the wi-fi network. Is there a setting to disable this?
Model: Mac Book Pro - 15-inch, Mid 2010
I lock it by clicking 'Login Window...' after clicking my username on top right corner of the menu bar.
A: Do the following:
Find out what the network interface is for your wifi. Mine is "en1" for this example (I have obfuscated my MAC addresses with "00")
ifconfig
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet6 0000::000:0000:0000:0000%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet 10.0.1.16 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
media: autoselect
status: active
Then, you need to set up the airport util for your wireless card to tell it not to shut off:
cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources
sudo ./airport en1 prefs DisconnectOnLogout=NO
A: Try the workaround here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2000041
The problem with OS X is to "lock" your screen you have two options, either let the screen saver time out and lock your screen (which doesn't disconnect WIFI) or clicking on your "user name" on the top right corner and choosing "Login Window" which essentially locks your mac and takes you to a login window, however this approach disconnects the WIFI Connection.
The work around I have found is installing an app called "Lock Me Now" from the app store and once it has been installed launch it and from the preferences "check" "Just Lock" under "Lock Type" which does the same thing as the screen saver timing out. Also for ease of use you can assign a keyboard shortcut to simplify the process of locking your Mac (I chose to use Command + L )
A: You can live without "lock me now" app.
just use:
CONTROL + SHIFT + 'key to eject cd' (or if you don't have an eject key, control+shift+power)
A: Open Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access then go to Keychain Access in the menu bar on the top, then Preferences - click "show keychain status in the menu bar".
You will see a little lock on the menu bar ... click on it then lock screen from there.
A: You can do it by writing simple service for Mac, this is best solution for this problem.
Try this out -http://tecride.blogspot.in/2015/04/wifi-disconnects-when-you-lock-osx.html
A:
EDIT: Please see John's answer above, which basically says to open Terminal and run:
cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources
sudo ./airport en1 prefs DisconnectOnLogout=NO
where en1 is the name of your Mac's WiFi interface. You can get it with this Terminal command:
ifconfig | grep -B 6 'status: active' | head -n 1 | cut -d : -f 1
when WiFi is the only active interface (that is, no Ethernet cable attached).
To list the interface settings, run in Terminal:
./airport en1 prefs
Typical output is:
AirPort preferences for en1:
DisconnectOnLogout=NO
Unable to retrieve JoinMode
JoinModeFallback=DoNothing
RememberRecentNetworks=YES
RequireAdminIBSS=NO
RequireAdminNetworkChange=NO
RequireAdminPowerToggle=NO
WoWEnabled=YES
Other people's Macs are misbehaving in a similar way, read for example this and this. Although I own a similar MacBook Pro that runs 10.8.2 I can count myself fortunate not to suffer this issue.
Consequently the list below is rather a compilation of possible fixes (some may even seem absurd or just plain obvious) than tested recommendations:
*
*Lock the screen differently, for instance with a 3rd party program (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2000041, applies to Mac OS X 10.7.5) (I use hot corners for that).
*Some claim that Apple WiFi equipment spares them from suffering this issue (maybe because an old, possibly incompatible base station was replaced?) (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=15380401&postcount=57 and http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=15442704&postcount=63).
*Add a new network location (http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/02/fix-os-x-mountain-lion-wireless-connection-problems/).
*Change MTU size to prevent dropped connections (also http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/02/fix-os-x-mountain-lion-wireless-connection-problems/).
(These two don't relate exactly to disconnects after locking but more generally to connectivity problems in "Mountain Lion".)
*As a last resort, a clean install (restoring applications/settings from Time Machine) might help.
I checked the power management settings (command pmset) and defaults but couldn't find anything.
(My setup is: clean "Mountain Lion" install (with restore from Time Machine) and Airport Express base station.)
Hope this will help...
A: For OS X 10.9, instead of locking your Mac consider using the following command in terminal:
open -a /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app
The command starts the ScreenSaveEngine.app which locks the screen without disconnecting the Wi-Fi. I am not sure if it works on other versions of OS X.
A: Solution for dummies like me
To find your WiFi interface you can open up a terminal and run this following command. In macOS Big Sur WiFi interface it is named en0
➜ ~ ifconfig
Now move into airport utility folder
➜ ~ cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/
List the preferences for WiFi interface. In my case en0
➜ ~ ./airport en0 prefs
Finally to do not let WiFi disconnecting on logout, change the related preference to NO
➜ ~ ./airport en0 prefs DisconnectOnLogout=NO
A: For maverick users-
To enabled the "Open Wireless Diagnostics.." as it doesn't show up by default to diagnose the WIFI connection.
Click the wifi icon on the menu bar with the Option key pressed. On the bottom of the list, you have "Open Wireless Diagnostics..."
A: found a solution for this problem. Seems pretty well documented
http://osxdaily.com/2014/04/24/fix-mac-disconnect-wifi-sleep/
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edeea7820b4785a063eb91ca0130e7541f17af89 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to create Table of Contents in Keynote? How can I add a Table of Contents to a Keynote presentation that shows pages and titles in some hierarchy.
A: Assuming one is using Keynote 6 (OP did not state version used.), one way to create a Table of Contents or Handout is to use the Print dialog.
This can be printed to PDF for handouts. One way to customize would be to create a duplicate copy of your presentation then edit the copy before printing the outline.
Edit After printing the outline to PDF, one can create a new slide at the beginning of the presentation and insert the PDF outline onto the slide.
| Q: How to create Table of Contents in Keynote? How can I add a Table of Contents to a Keynote presentation that shows pages and titles in some hierarchy.
A: Assuming one is using Keynote 6 (OP did not state version used.), one way to create a Table of Contents or Handout is to use the Print dialog.
This can be printed to PDF for handouts. One way to customize would be to create a duplicate copy of your presentation then edit the copy before printing the outline.
Edit After printing the outline to PDF, one can create a new slide at the beginning of the presentation and insert the PDF outline onto the slide.
A: So far, this is the best solution I've found, and AppleScript:
http://gingerbbm.com/2012/08/keynote-table-of-contents/
To get it working, save your keynote document in your "Documents" folder and update the script with your documents' name.
Make sure you check out the comments at the bottom, I've described how to make the ToC work with your Slide's titles (as opposed to slide notes, which are the default).
If you have a more recent version of Keynote than the one mentioned in the gingerbbm.com article, you can look at the AppleScript and Keynote pages over at macosxautomation.com
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ab221d333ed8d07bfa4bce61def310c40f42c3cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I remove Apple Loops, will reinstalling Garage Band from the App Store later restore them? I'm attempting to save some space on my new Mac, which had iLife preinstalled. I can confidently delete GarageBand and iMovie for now, since I can easily reinstall them later from the App Store should I need them. However, I'm trepidatious about removing their associated data (which are quite hefty) from /Library/Application Support/GarageBand and /Library/Audio/Apple Loops. Since these are outside the .app, I'm worried that they won't be included along with the App Store bundles. Does anyone know for sure one way or another?
A: Why don't you just zip them (The Unarchiver is nice) and store them in /Users/Shared until it's clear whether you need them again.
I've always used Shared for folders of Copies, Archives, Removed items, all zipped. Very handy.
| Q: If I remove Apple Loops, will reinstalling Garage Band from the App Store later restore them? I'm attempting to save some space on my new Mac, which had iLife preinstalled. I can confidently delete GarageBand and iMovie for now, since I can easily reinstall them later from the App Store should I need them. However, I'm trepidatious about removing their associated data (which are quite hefty) from /Library/Application Support/GarageBand and /Library/Audio/Apple Loops. Since these are outside the .app, I'm worried that they won't be included along with the App Store bundles. Does anyone know for sure one way or another?
A: Why don't you just zip them (The Unarchiver is nice) and store them in /Users/Shared until it's clear whether you need them again.
I've always used Shared for folders of Copies, Archives, Removed items, all zipped. Very handy.
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4497d8426aee4c57284bb2c9129441377108792f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keeping both files when moving them to a different folder? When I'm moving files to a folder with another set of files named the same, it doesn't give me the "keep both"-option. However when I move the files one by one, I get this option.
Any tips on how I can move large amounts of files and still get the "keep both"-option?
A: If you hold option, the skip button should turn to keep both at least in 10.8.2.
| Q: Keeping both files when moving them to a different folder? When I'm moving files to a folder with another set of files named the same, it doesn't give me the "keep both"-option. However when I move the files one by one, I get this option.
Any tips on how I can move large amounts of files and still get the "keep both"-option?
A: If you hold option, the skip button should turn to keep both at least in 10.8.2.
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5783aa9af0f590d729fb521a04d75ecb2dafdd87 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I use/enable Tor when using Terminal? I live in a country that blocks most types Internet access and protocols so I need to utilize Tor from the command line. I haven't come across much useful information in this regard, so any information would be helpful.
I've already downloaded the Tor/Vidalia bundle, although it appears to only work through the provided web-browser that it utilizes. That is great for searching the web, etc. but I need to ssh and use curl, etc., too.
A: Running Tor provides a standard proxy you can connect to at localhost:9050 with anything that supports the SOCKS protocol. Just search online for something like "SSH over Tor", or if that fails, "SSH through SOCKS proxy".
Two examples:
*
*SSH:
ssh -o ProxyCommand="nc -X 4 -x localhost:9050 %h %p" example.com
*curl:
curl --socks4a localhost:9050 example.com
| Q: How do I use/enable Tor when using Terminal? I live in a country that blocks most types Internet access and protocols so I need to utilize Tor from the command line. I haven't come across much useful information in this regard, so any information would be helpful.
I've already downloaded the Tor/Vidalia bundle, although it appears to only work through the provided web-browser that it utilizes. That is great for searching the web, etc. but I need to ssh and use curl, etc., too.
A: Running Tor provides a standard proxy you can connect to at localhost:9050 with anything that supports the SOCKS protocol. Just search online for something like "SSH over Tor", or if that fails, "SSH through SOCKS proxy".
Two examples:
*
*SSH:
ssh -o ProxyCommand="nc -X 4 -x localhost:9050 %h %p" example.com
*curl:
curl --socks4a localhost:9050 example.com
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546a7a4ac6df207ef00c1198c29034c0c628ff81 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change mc (midnight command) bash prompt on OS X? I observed that my custom bash prompt does not work on mc. How do I customize it?
A: The issue is that .bash_login files are only read when bash is run as the login shell. mc probably just calls a new shell which will read its startup from ~/.bashrc See bash documentation for details.
To make the shell run in a common way it is often suggested that you call .bashrc from .bash_login e.g.
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
source ~/.bashrc
fi
| Q: How to change mc (midnight command) bash prompt on OS X? I observed that my custom bash prompt does not work on mc. How do I customize it?
A: The issue is that .bash_login files are only read when bash is run as the login shell. mc probably just calls a new shell which will read its startup from ~/.bashrc See bash documentation for details.
To make the shell run in a common way it is often suggested that you call .bashrc from .bash_login e.g.
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
source ~/.bashrc
fi
A: Read the INVOCATION section of the man page, it's there for a reason. MC is most likely not launching a login shell and you are only configuring your prompt for login shells.
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6695e3d5a7e571e503715533495eedf1d7d0eb1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do i need a new email account to sync my notes in iCloud? I'm trying to sync Notes from mac to iPhone. But when I turn on Notes in iCoud, it says that I require an iCloud email address. This is unexpected since my Gmail account is alreadyh linked with my iCloud account.
Why is an iCloud email address required to sync Notes?
(I'm able to sync Reminders with no problems.)
A: iOS Notes syncing works through the IMAP protocol, which in iCloud is integrated into the email service. Although Apple could technically choose to allow for notes syncing without explicitly requiring an email address, they have chosen to make it a part of the email, almost like Notes is its own email folder.
You should also be able to sync your Notes using your Gmail account since it is also based on the IMAP protocol:
| Q: Why do i need a new email account to sync my notes in iCloud? I'm trying to sync Notes from mac to iPhone. But when I turn on Notes in iCoud, it says that I require an iCloud email address. This is unexpected since my Gmail account is alreadyh linked with my iCloud account.
Why is an iCloud email address required to sync Notes?
(I'm able to sync Reminders with no problems.)
A: iOS Notes syncing works through the IMAP protocol, which in iCloud is integrated into the email service. Although Apple could technically choose to allow for notes syncing without explicitly requiring an email address, they have chosen to make it a part of the email, almost like Notes is its own email folder.
You should also be able to sync your Notes using your Gmail account since it is also based on the IMAP protocol:
A: If you're like me and use your gmail account for your apple account, and if you have a gmail account setup on your mac so you can sync your gmail notes (for example) to your mac, you have to remember to store your notes in gmail on your device, not icloud. To get anything from icloud it looks like you have to have an icloud.com address.
A: if you have an iCloud account already, then you don't need a new one. Just enter the one you have. If you have an apple id from iTunes then it is different. iCloud is how apple is gathering all your none app or music related data like notes, calendar and documents. App and music with itunes requires credit card. iCloud does not. So that's apparently why they made a distinction.
A: the account needs to exist in order to use existing mail protocols.
you do not need to even have the mail account sync with your phone, it just needs to exist, then you can just use it to sync notes.
A: This is simply the way Apple has setup Notes sync over iCloud. It syncs using the IMAP protocol, so probably in an effort to not confuse some customers, it has chosen to make an iCloud email account mandatory as the iCloud email using a variation of IMAP.
There may also be self-serving reasons too, such as being able to inflate their actual usage numbers, but I do believe it's more to do with causing less confusion with some customers.
However, if you go to Settings --> Accounts on your Mac, you should be able to add Notes sync to your Gmail account that you mentioned you owned. Although this may not work as "quickly" as iCloud would and may not have all the features that could be added at a later date by Apple.
A: K, I was having this problem too, and I figured it out.
Apparently I had two iCloud accounts going, one @gmail and the other @icloud. They both were syncing on my mobile devices, but only the @gmail could be seen on my computer.
This is what I did.
Systems Preferences> Internet accounts> (on the left I could see the default iCloud that came with the new OSX and my gmail) on the right I selected 'iCloud' and put in the details of my previous @icloud account. It appeared on the left and now all my devices sync.
Hope this helps.
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dd097f0d37e257aaf107d3675b00cef08622d1d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adding SSD to MBP (2012). TRIM? I'm planning to add a Samsung 830 (256GB) SSD to a MacBook Pro 13" (Mid-2012 model). It'll be installed into the default HDD area and the existing HDD will be moved into the optical drive bay.
Obviously Apple only enable TRIM on SSDs installed by themselves. Is there an official way to enable TRIM on an SSD the 'Apple way', or will TRIM Enabler be required? Can anyone offer some reassurance on using this software? I'm very wary of using it given that it's essentially a kernel hack.
A: There is no official way to enable TRIM on non-Apple drives. In all likelihood, idle time garbage collection on a Samsung 830 will be sufficient to maintain performance so you might want to ignore TRIM unless you see a problem.
I've been using that drive in a late-2007 MacBook for months even when the drive is full and have not seen any issues without TRIM. Not an exact comparison as the lower speed interface on mine might mask any problems but still a positive sign.
| Q: Adding SSD to MBP (2012). TRIM? I'm planning to add a Samsung 830 (256GB) SSD to a MacBook Pro 13" (Mid-2012 model). It'll be installed into the default HDD area and the existing HDD will be moved into the optical drive bay.
Obviously Apple only enable TRIM on SSDs installed by themselves. Is there an official way to enable TRIM on an SSD the 'Apple way', or will TRIM Enabler be required? Can anyone offer some reassurance on using this software? I'm very wary of using it given that it's essentially a kernel hack.
A: There is no official way to enable TRIM on non-Apple drives. In all likelihood, idle time garbage collection on a Samsung 830 will be sufficient to maintain performance so you might want to ignore TRIM unless you see a problem.
I've been using that drive in a late-2007 MacBook for months even when the drive is full and have not seen any issues without TRIM. Not an exact comparison as the lower speed interface on mine might mask any problems but still a positive sign.
A: The biggest argument I have against enabling TRIM is that TRIM is a SATA-only command.
What if the SSD is connected via PCIe, USB 3.0, FireWire, or Thunderbolt the Mac won't even recognize the drive as an SSD. Enabling TRIM would be USELESS for SSDs connected these other ways.
SSDs (such as OWC Mercury SSDs with SandForce controllers) have evolved to the point they don't need TRIM - particularly when the SSDs are not attached via SATA? They do their own garbage-collection and optimization. OWC - in particular - advises against enabling TRIM since this increases wear and tear on their SSDs. TRIM adds extra unnecessary writes when the SSD already did this on its own.
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47adc8cb1d4f465ef10a21c2a23876c1009a7ddc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the meaning of this status bar icon? What is this icon on the far right of the status bar? It only appears so far in this one app, called Carpenter by iHandy. I've emailed the manufacturer but so far nothing. It looks like a letter "Q" and pulses slowly between bright and faded.
My old picture links broke so I'll edit to put this here:
A: It looks like the application is adding that icon. I checked the Level application on my phone (sort of a free demo for Carpenter) and it has a button with the same design in the upper right corner:
Tapping the button gives this screen:
Google still has some update notes cached where the developer listed this as a new feature in the App Store:
Added Quick Switch button on the top right corner to quickly switch between iHandy apps without getting back to home screen.
Normally, apps can't add custom icons to the status bar. According to this thread, they may just be overlaying the Quick Switch icon over the battery indicator: Customizing iPhone app taskbar
| Q: What is the meaning of this status bar icon? What is this icon on the far right of the status bar? It only appears so far in this one app, called Carpenter by iHandy. I've emailed the manufacturer but so far nothing. It looks like a letter "Q" and pulses slowly between bright and faded.
My old picture links broke so I'll edit to put this here:
A: It looks like the application is adding that icon. I checked the Level application on my phone (sort of a free demo for Carpenter) and it has a button with the same design in the upper right corner:
Tapping the button gives this screen:
Google still has some update notes cached where the developer listed this as a new feature in the App Store:
Added Quick Switch button on the top right corner to quickly switch between iHandy apps without getting back to home screen.
Normally, apps can't add custom icons to the status bar. According to this thread, they may just be overlaying the Quick Switch icon over the battery indicator: Customizing iPhone app taskbar
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d83540f59d69beb7a6e62ef7163500b590bf61d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way to write the Terminal scrollback history? I would like to open a new tab in Terminal with custom scrollback history. The primary use-case is to "fork" an existing tab such that both tabs contain the same scrollback history, but more generally I would like to have some custom scripts save and restore Terminal sessions.
I know about the history restore functionality already in Terminal but it doesn't suit my needs; the main one being that I have a system built around the script command and some zsh hooks to save history and output for all terminal sessions for later auditing purposes (recalling changes that I've made).
I would now like to switch to use osascript to save the history and on restoring sessions later to match up the new session with its prior one- in a way, implementing long-term, persistent sessions. I've had Terminal's saved sessions lose their data too many times that I am working around it.
A: Perhaps use iterm? http://www.iterm2.com
Its free and should fit your needs?
| Q: Any way to write the Terminal scrollback history? I would like to open a new tab in Terminal with custom scrollback history. The primary use-case is to "fork" an existing tab such that both tabs contain the same scrollback history, but more generally I would like to have some custom scripts save and restore Terminal sessions.
I know about the history restore functionality already in Terminal but it doesn't suit my needs; the main one being that I have a system built around the script command and some zsh hooks to save history and output for all terminal sessions for later auditing purposes (recalling changes that I've made).
I would now like to switch to use osascript to save the history and on restoring sessions later to match up the new session with its prior one- in a way, implementing long-term, persistent sessions. I've had Terminal's saved sessions lose their data too many times that I am working around it.
A: Perhaps use iterm? http://www.iterm2.com
Its free and should fit your needs?
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7f639678c4da79c0bde3d5ab1724d7a2ac2cc289 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change location of macOS Notification Center alerts? Is it possible to change where macOS Notification Center alerts appear on the screen?
They currently appear at the top right of the screen with the menu bar:
Alerts appearing in the top right tend to cover up work I'm doing more often than not. They cover up browser tabs, toolbar icons, and window titles.
I would prefer, say, the bottom right corner of the screen.
If moving the alerts is not possible, is it possible to change the screen on which they appear?
A: Not a very techy guy, and it's my first post here. But I found this and it works.
https://github.com/Frostbitee08/NotificationShortcuts
An app that allows you to dismiss notifications with a shortcut!
| Q: Change location of macOS Notification Center alerts? Is it possible to change where macOS Notification Center alerts appear on the screen?
They currently appear at the top right of the screen with the menu bar:
Alerts appearing in the top right tend to cover up work I'm doing more often than not. They cover up browser tabs, toolbar icons, and window titles.
I would prefer, say, the bottom right corner of the screen.
If moving the alerts is not possible, is it possible to change the screen on which they appear?
A: Not a very techy guy, and it's my first post here. But I found this and it works.
https://github.com/Frostbitee08/NotificationShortcuts
An app that allows you to dismiss notifications with a shortcut!
A: Swipe with two fingers on the banner pop up and it will remove it. Not the best answer but convenient for when I need to access a control or tab.
Source: http://www.cultofmac.com/189192/
A: You can adjust the time the notification is displayed on the screen:
In a terminal window type:
defaults write com.apple.notificationcenterui bannerTime SECONDS
Where SECONDS is the number of seconds the notice will remain visible. Default is 5 seconds.
Log out and in again to activate the setting.
http://www.defaults-write.com/notification-center-change-banners-display-time
A: I can't find a way to move it, but in searching on github, I found this pretty awesome hidden feature that lets you easily disable notifications.
... you can hold option (alt) and click on the Notification Center icon to disable it
Edit: Option click on the Date & Time in the upper right corner to toggle them on/off.
A: Unfortunately, you can't change the screen position of the Notification Center Alerts and Banners. This is a huge gripe of mine as well, and I highly encourage you to complain about this issue to Apple here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html
Hopefully they will one day change this. I also have not been able to find or formulate any hacks.
I, too, am annoyed by it covering up controls in my modeling applications, tabs in my browser, etc.
You can move the Notification Center to another screen, however your entire menu bar goes with it. When you have more than one monitor active, open up System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement. Click and drag the white bar inside one of the squares representing your current primary monitor and drag it to another monitor.
For notifications that don't need immediate attention, consider changing the alert style from Alerts to Banners. Banners are automatically dismissed into the notification center where you can find them later.
Good luck, and keep spreading the word that we need to tell Apple to make this experience better.
A: To improve this behavior somewhat, change the alert style from Alerts to Banners.
Banners will at least go away automatically. Alerts will remain on screen until dismissed, blocking anything under them.
I thought I was the only one who found this annoying.
A: Short answer (TLDR):
You can't. Use focus and optional notification settings.
Long answer:
I despise the notifications as well. But that's what they are. Nagging little brats. Of course you could move them down all to the right. But that is not possible in early 2023. That position would be the perfect spot. But maybe not, because you might miss something down there. At least for me, that would be the case. So if you really need to focus and notifications are unbearable, QUICKFIX: just select focus for one hour - or longer. You don't like to be distracted right now anyway. Probably not even down to the right. So off they go. ALL of them. For one hour. But refrain from focus for forever unless you really don't want to receive any messages or calls at all.
A longterm solution is to use custom focuses and optional enable notifications for wanted applications.
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953863dc1d96d545cf938edb4bd4cfd0893a074f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Download iOS updates using a File and not from iTunes or have to connect to Internet According to this article, one can upgrade iOS using the following methods
*
*via Wireless
*via iTunes
So, is it possible for user to download the iOS as a file (and not via iTunes) and later copy to the iPhone and update it from the phone without having the phone to connect to the internet?
A: Yes, it's possible. Here's a good list of download links for all iOS versions for the iPhone:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750
Note that you must download the version that fits your iPhone (3Gs, 4, 4s, ...).
You can find more of these lists by searching the web for something like "ios IPSW download links".
After downloading a so called IPSW file you can simply install it by following these steps:
*
*Connect your iOS device to your Mac or PC
*Select the device in iTunes
*On a Mac, hold down the “Option” key and then click on
“Update”
*On a Windows PC, hold down “SHIFT” key and then click on
“Update”
*Select the IPSW file you just downloaded and click “Choose”
The update should then continue as usual.
| Q: Download iOS updates using a File and not from iTunes or have to connect to Internet According to this article, one can upgrade iOS using the following methods
*
*via Wireless
*via iTunes
So, is it possible for user to download the iOS as a file (and not via iTunes) and later copy to the iPhone and update it from the phone without having the phone to connect to the internet?
A: Yes, it's possible. Here's a good list of download links for all iOS versions for the iPhone:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750
Note that you must download the version that fits your iPhone (3Gs, 4, 4s, ...).
You can find more of these lists by searching the web for something like "ios IPSW download links".
After downloading a so called IPSW file you can simply install it by following these steps:
*
*Connect your iOS device to your Mac or PC
*Select the device in iTunes
*On a Mac, hold down the “Option” key and then click on
“Update”
*On a Windows PC, hold down “SHIFT” key and then click on
“Update”
*Select the IPSW file you just downloaded and click “Choose”
The update should then continue as usual.
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fcfe084261dc78a840587626901d74bb82b5bfad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does memory management work in Mac OS X? I am a university student who has been trying to write a compare and contrast paper between how Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X manage memory. For instance, with Windows, it's physical memory (RAM) and virtual memory (paging file). How does a Mac do this?
So far, the only information I've found on the topic has been people screaming about one of the releases for Mac OS X and how it had memory leaks. Please keep in mind, I am not a Mac user, so I'm not looking for instructions on how to check memory being used, etc. A link to an article or document that explains how it works would be most appreciated.
I found this: http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/memory.html, but it deals more with garbage collection in Objective-C than the OS's internal memory management.
A: See Apple's documentaion on Memory Management. Also see the answers to this AskDifferent question
| Q: How does memory management work in Mac OS X? I am a university student who has been trying to write a compare and contrast paper between how Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X manage memory. For instance, with Windows, it's physical memory (RAM) and virtual memory (paging file). How does a Mac do this?
So far, the only information I've found on the topic has been people screaming about one of the releases for Mac OS X and how it had memory leaks. Please keep in mind, I am not a Mac user, so I'm not looking for instructions on how to check memory being used, etc. A link to an article or document that explains how it works would be most appreciated.
I found this: http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/memory.html, but it deals more with garbage collection in Objective-C than the OS's internal memory management.
A: See Apple's documentaion on Memory Management. Also see the answers to this AskDifferent question
A: Mac OS X provides a demand-paged virtual memory system very similar to the one provided by BSD Unix.
A: Apple documents the lowest levels of the Mach Kernel and the virtual memory subsystem fairly well on the web as part of it's developer documentation.
*
*Kernel Programming Guide: Memory and Virtual Memory
Since that kernel was developed by Carnegie Mellon University, you can find dozens of papers describing it quite easily.
If that is too low level for your paper, we have easily 10 or more good questions covering more of a non-programmer's view of OS X memory management. You'll probably have to do the synthesis of how OS X compares to the other two OS as I haven't seen that answered here to date.
Focus on the virtual-memory and os-x tags for the best results in your searching:
*
*What does it mean if I have lots of "Inactive" memory at the end of a work day?
*Can I force my Mac to make better use of the inactive memory?
*Why is my memory still inactive after purging?
*Trouble Understanding Inactive Memory in MacOSX
*Isn't Inactive memory a waste of resources?
By the sheer number of "inactive memory" questions, you can focus on the part of OS X's memory management that is most puzzling to people and hence gathers the most questions here looking for explanations.
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de853ef40145e0985f1bf2e56ae17c8451960012 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I request a status update on an apple bug report? So I was reading the FAQ for Apple's bug reporter site and I came across this:
To request a status on an existing issue, please update your report directly via the
Apple Bug Reporter requesting a status update and we will provide you with any
available information.
I got curious about this, and I went back to bugreport.apple.com to look at one of my pending bug reports and I didn't see any way of explicitly asking for a status update. I feel that I'm missing something obvious, because I expect the FAQ to be correct, but so far I haven't got the faintest. Any help?
A: It's as simple as posting new details on your bug with a sentence requesting a status update. There is no dedicated button to do this. From personal experience I doubt you'll get any helpful information though. Many things in Radar live there for years…
| Q: How can I request a status update on an apple bug report? So I was reading the FAQ for Apple's bug reporter site and I came across this:
To request a status on an existing issue, please update your report directly via the
Apple Bug Reporter requesting a status update and we will provide you with any
available information.
I got curious about this, and I went back to bugreport.apple.com to look at one of my pending bug reports and I didn't see any way of explicitly asking for a status update. I feel that I'm missing something obvious, because I expect the FAQ to be correct, but so far I haven't got the faintest. Any help?
A: It's as simple as posting new details on your bug with a sentence requesting a status update. There is no dedicated button to do this. From personal experience I doubt you'll get any helpful information though. Many things in Radar live there for years…
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87e35e7dd9579ec5354c9a3cf20f0b1fd73d1f35 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Google Calendar sync not working in Mountain Lion Last week my OS X Calendar stopped syncing to Google Calendar. Past events are still there, but new events aren't pushed to Google anymore.
I already tried deleting Calendar's/iCals Cache and Settings, removing the Google Calendar entirely and adding it back again. No success so far.
Does anybody know about a way to debug CalDAV syncing on OS X? Is there a issue with Google's servers?
Any help is appreciated.
A: I started encountering a similar problem with my Google for Business account last week. Mail.app was okay but Calendar refused to sync, returning the error message that "Your calendar URL is not a location that supports this request." every time Calendar tried to sync.
The solution was delete the account completely from System Preferences -> Mail, Contacts & Calendars. Generate a new one-time password for the account (I use two-factor authentication on all my Google accounts). And the re-add the account in that System Preferences pane.
All is well now after doing this.
| Q: Google Calendar sync not working in Mountain Lion Last week my OS X Calendar stopped syncing to Google Calendar. Past events are still there, but new events aren't pushed to Google anymore.
I already tried deleting Calendar's/iCals Cache and Settings, removing the Google Calendar entirely and adding it back again. No success so far.
Does anybody know about a way to debug CalDAV syncing on OS X? Is there a issue with Google's servers?
Any help is appreciated.
A: I started encountering a similar problem with my Google for Business account last week. Mail.app was okay but Calendar refused to sync, returning the error message that "Your calendar URL is not a location that supports this request." every time Calendar tried to sync.
The solution was delete the account completely from System Preferences -> Mail, Contacts & Calendars. Generate a new one-time password for the account (I use two-factor authentication on all my Google accounts). And the re-add the account in that System Preferences pane.
All is well now after doing this.
A: Note this problem occurred for me after changing my Google password.
On starting Calendar (a week or two after changing my password) it asked me for my password, as it couldn't access my Google account [expected behaviour]. I gave it my new password, and it seemed happy. HOWEVER the problem still remained.
The fix is definitely like the other poster mentioned, although you don't need to re-add the account, you only need to change the password in System Preferences > Mail, Contacts & Calendars.
To check if it's worked you will need to force a re-sync in iCal. Go to Calendar > Preferences... > Accounts > Google CalDAV > Account Information > Refresh Calendars: Every minute. Now wait a minute or so and the new events should be added. You can change this refresh rate back to your preferred setting afterwards.
This worked for me and i hope it works for anyone else who stumbles upon this thread :)
A: I unchecked and rechecked the "Calendar & Reminders" option under the "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" preferences pane for my affected Google account. That seems to have done the trick so far (without having to delete and recreate my account)… I manually refreshed the affected calendar, and it updated without complaint.
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158643d228aa650cf05ff357f6af33c1e2224d45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I find the latest release of Darwin? I want a disk image (for installation). I've checked here and the 'Darwin Technologies' link there but couldn't seem to find anything. I want the Darwin (not any derivatives) and would much rather it from an official Apple source, sorry I'm so picky.
A: Unfortunately, ISO files are no longer made available. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29#History:
Up to Darwin 8.0.1, Apple released a binary installer (as an ISO
image) after each major Mac OS X release that allowed one to install
Darwin on PowerPC and Intel x86 computers as a standalone operating
system. Minor updates were released as packages that were installed
separately. Darwin is now only available as source code,[4] except for
the ARM variant, which has not been released in any form separately
from iOS. However, the older versions of Darwin are still available in
binary form.
[4] http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwinos-users/2007/Oct/msg00006.html
| Q: Where can I find the latest release of Darwin? I want a disk image (for installation). I've checked here and the 'Darwin Technologies' link there but couldn't seem to find anything. I want the Darwin (not any derivatives) and would much rather it from an official Apple source, sorry I'm so picky.
A: Unfortunately, ISO files are no longer made available. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29#History:
Up to Darwin 8.0.1, Apple released a binary installer (as an ISO
image) after each major Mac OS X release that allowed one to install
Darwin on PowerPC and Intel x86 computers as a standalone operating
system. Minor updates were released as packages that were installed
separately. Darwin is now only available as source code,[4] except for
the ARM variant, which has not been released in any form separately
from iOS. However, the older versions of Darwin are still available in
binary form.
[4] http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwinos-users/2007/Oct/msg00006.html
A: The older (8 and earlier) releases were released as binary images. Some are available for download at this Apple site.
See this mailing list post for more information.
A: Darwin 8.0.1 is the latest release. If at some point the download is removed, there is an archived version available.
For earlier releases, check the archived list of Darwin images.
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5d4009ee24b0acde1a0355814e8719c3da8ec0fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Your computer can't be shut down now, because software is being installed I was trying to install Microsoft Office 2011 when the installer hanged (and it is not going anywhere, I waited about 12 hours before trying to reboot this macbook). Now I can't restart this macbook until the installer finishes.
Is there a easy way to locate what process is preventing my mac from restarting?
A: Killing "installd" with Activity Monitor seems to have fixed the problem for me.
| Q: Your computer can't be shut down now, because software is being installed I was trying to install Microsoft Office 2011 when the installer hanged (and it is not going anywhere, I waited about 12 hours before trying to reboot this macbook). Now I can't restart this macbook until the installer finishes.
Is there a easy way to locate what process is preventing my mac from restarting?
A: Killing "installd" with Activity Monitor seems to have fixed the problem for me.
A: You could just force your computer to switch off and then restart it. Just push the "Power On/Off" button for a few seconds.
You could also open the Activity Monitor application and check if there is a corrupted process.
A: I had the same problem with Google Voice and Video:
Your computer can't be restarted now, because software is being installed.
Google Voice and Video is being installed. Interrupting the install may damage your computer. You can restart when the install is complete.
First of all, find the process PID in Activity Monitor or using ps wuax in Terminal e.g. by: ps wuax | grep install.
If you can't find it, try to move the window as fast as possible and check which process takes CPU time.
In Activity Monitor you can actually take a Sample of the process what's doing.
Or by debugging it from Terminal sudo dtruss -fp 1234
If this does nothing, try to send hang up signal first to the process what it would do by (replace 1234 with your Process ID number):
sudo kill -HUP 1234
then if nothing happens, try to kill it softly by:
sudo kill 1234
if it's still not killed, then try it hardly by:
sudo kill -9 1234
Other method is to use xkill if you've this tool installed:
*
*Run: xkill
*Click on the window which you want to kill.
Done.
Another easy method is to press Alt+CMD+Esc, then popup should appear, and you can select and kill the process.
A: The Microsoft Office Installer should have an icon in the Dock, just right-click it and choose "Quit" for hold the option key and choose "Force Quit" then shutdown or run the installer again. I have had to do that a couple of times due to hangs during the Office 2013 install, although I did not do a shutdown, just force quit and run installer again has worked for me.
EDIT
Since this does not work for you you can use the Activity Monitor or "ps -ef" to find the processes and kill them.
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abddd635e47833699fc86a5262a66be9fb9aaba7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mail.app smart mailbox, how to negate a search filter clause (_not_ flagged)? How can I negate the search criterion: "is flagged"?
I need all messages in a given mailbox, whose flag is not set (i.e. they are not flagged).
A: I would create a smart mailbox containing all Flagged items, and then (this is the one you want) a smart mailbox with the 'Not In Mailbox' option to return all the items that are not Flagged, and thus not in that mailbox.
Create this first:
Then for the mailbox you want, create this one:
Worked for me in Mail 4.6, OSX 10.6.8.
| Q: Mail.app smart mailbox, how to negate a search filter clause (_not_ flagged)? How can I negate the search criterion: "is flagged"?
I need all messages in a given mailbox, whose flag is not set (i.e. they are not flagged).
A: I would create a smart mailbox containing all Flagged items, and then (this is the one you want) a smart mailbox with the 'Not In Mailbox' option to return all the items that are not Flagged, and thus not in that mailbox.
Create this first:
Then for the mailbox you want, create this one:
Worked for me in Mail 4.6, OSX 10.6.8.
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a38ccaaa1e82eea0a1f96c90b7b02f2e22dcf59f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro Retina 15" nearly burning my fingers, is this normal? A few months ago I bought the new Macbook Pro Retina 15" with a 2.7GHz I7 cpu.
So far it's been working fine, but as soon as just 1 of the cpu cores is at 100% the thing heats up like crazy. Heating the keyboard area up to the point of being uncomfortable to type on. Is it normal for Macbooks to heat up to the point of being painful to type?
My previous laptop (IBM Thinkpad) would only get this hot when running at 100% cpu + 100% gpu load in the burning sun... otherwise it wouldn't get close to being this hot (and noisy...).
The temperature indicates about 65 degrees Celcius right now with slightly more than 1 core filled up (i.e. 15% cpu load).
A: From what I've seen so far from others with the same laptop is that it's normal.
One possible fix/improvement to this is the latest Apple SMC update which contains some fixes for this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1559
It also reduces the amount of noise your fans start making with even a little bit of load so it is quite useful.
| Q: Macbook Pro Retina 15" nearly burning my fingers, is this normal? A few months ago I bought the new Macbook Pro Retina 15" with a 2.7GHz I7 cpu.
So far it's been working fine, but as soon as just 1 of the cpu cores is at 100% the thing heats up like crazy. Heating the keyboard area up to the point of being uncomfortable to type on. Is it normal for Macbooks to heat up to the point of being painful to type?
My previous laptop (IBM Thinkpad) would only get this hot when running at 100% cpu + 100% gpu load in the burning sun... otherwise it wouldn't get close to being this hot (and noisy...).
The temperature indicates about 65 degrees Celcius right now with slightly more than 1 core filled up (i.e. 15% cpu load).
A: From what I've seen so far from others with the same laptop is that it's normal.
One possible fix/improvement to this is the latest Apple SMC update which contains some fixes for this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1559
It also reduces the amount of noise your fans start making with even a little bit of load so it is quite useful.
A: From my experience apple prioritizes quietness over cooling. I see my MBPr frequently reaching 95C on medium loads, if SMCFancontrol's stats are to be believed. You can use that app to manually increase fan speed and provide more comfortable cooling. I raised mine to 3000rpm from 2200rpm on my 2012 Retina 15".
On a personal note, I'm very grateful for the "silence first" approach. It's nice that it's quiet by default and that it supports unofficial fan control apps.
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b0924ef006dacdf845f9ea73536b769643dd94a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Find process associated with launchd TCP port 5901 is open on my machine and is causing some mischief, and I want to know which process is opening it. When I run lsof -i -P I see that launchd is the process that opened the port.
Is there a quick way I can determine which launchd plist file is being used to open that port? I'd rather not have to go through each plist mentioned by launchctl list.
A: First, is this being opened by the system launchd (process ID 1, running as root), or a user launchd (running as a user)? If it's the system launchd, you're looking for a LaunchDaemon; if it's a user launchd, you're looking for a LaunchAgent.
Assuming it's the system launchd, you can look for the relevant LaunchDaemon like this:
grep 5901 {,/System}/Library/LaunchDaemons/*
(note: if port 5901 were listed in /etc/services, you'd also have to look for it by name as well as number. But it isn't, so you don't have to worry about that.)
It's also possible that it's a LaunchDaemon that was loaded from some other place; tracking that down would be messy, so start with the easy check first.
| Q: Find process associated with launchd TCP port 5901 is open on my machine and is causing some mischief, and I want to know which process is opening it. When I run lsof -i -P I see that launchd is the process that opened the port.
Is there a quick way I can determine which launchd plist file is being used to open that port? I'd rather not have to go through each plist mentioned by launchctl list.
A: First, is this being opened by the system launchd (process ID 1, running as root), or a user launchd (running as a user)? If it's the system launchd, you're looking for a LaunchDaemon; if it's a user launchd, you're looking for a LaunchAgent.
Assuming it's the system launchd, you can look for the relevant LaunchDaemon like this:
grep 5901 {,/System}/Library/LaunchDaemons/*
(note: if port 5901 were listed in /etc/services, you'd also have to look for it by name as well as number. But it isn't, so you don't have to worry about that.)
It's also possible that it's a LaunchDaemon that was loaded from some other place; tracking that down would be messy, so start with the easy check first.
A: Port 5901 is used for VNC (Remote Desktop screen sharing on OS X) and by design launchd actually reads all of the configuration files that are loaded on your Mac and then listens on ports rather than starting the program that eventually will receive communications on that port.
In this case, since you only see launchd and not a screensharingd or ScreensharingAgent process you might just be able to conclude that launchd is listening as a proxy for another process that isn't running at present (or perhaps yet to run).
You can test this by disabling the screen sharing settings in System Preferences or uninstalling any other remote VNC server software you have and then re-examining lsof.
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597d53d59dbb3b72e911cfd3091349ed1dd71dda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What to do if OS X Facebook notifications are unreliable? with the release of OS X 10.8.2, Facebook notifications have been introduced. But so far, I'm having problems with the reliability of those: they only appear randomly. Compared to the amount of Notification Center pop ups I should get, I estimate I only receive 10% of all notifications.
Is this the same for you?
Do you have any idea how to fix this?
A: I've been using http://glowforfb.com for two weeks now and haven't missed one notification since then :)!
Cheers
| Q: What to do if OS X Facebook notifications are unreliable? with the release of OS X 10.8.2, Facebook notifications have been introduced. But so far, I'm having problems with the reliability of those: they only appear randomly. Compared to the amount of Notification Center pop ups I should get, I estimate I only receive 10% of all notifications.
Is this the same for you?
Do you have any idea how to fix this?
A: I've been using http://glowforfb.com for two weeks now and haven't missed one notification since then :)!
Cheers
A: The notifications appear to be the same as what would be seen in the iOS app. It picks up post from friends who are active and sends out a notification for their post. I have a few friends with high volume of post and these friends are a constant source of my notifications. Other than that I am unsure of how the notifications are handled.
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832f3dec87103ef1af5d4fbf5e20dd2f44923af2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using PdfLatex in OS X? This thread here mentions MacTex but it is 2 GB in size and I am trying to find something as small as Apple's open command for modularized preview. How can I get something like pdflatex in OS X? Something like open-style modularized create for OS X?
A: Try BasicTeX which includes pdflatex and all the usual tools, but is only 64M.
For a description of what it contains, see BasicTeX.pdf.
| Q: Using PdfLatex in OS X? This thread here mentions MacTex but it is 2 GB in size and I am trying to find something as small as Apple's open command for modularized preview. How can I get something like pdflatex in OS X? Something like open-style modularized create for OS X?
A: Try BasicTeX which includes pdflatex and all the usual tools, but is only 64M.
For a description of what it contains, see BasicTeX.pdf.
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3d7955bf1a5deed9aa10336ab5fcefcd764b72c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a Firefox Task Manager? The previous question provides answers for Windows and other addons are for older versions of FF, or do not answer the question. This is a specific question for OSX.
Chrome has a built in task manager under "Tools" to look at the process within Chrome, extremely beneficial in locating a stuck page. What is the similar feature in firefox?
I need to identify what is causing it to run slowly, and the addons they suggested dont work for OSX or are outdated, and Chrome's about:memory isn't recognizing FF
FF Version 17.0, OSX version 10.8.2 Build 12C3006
How to get to Task Manager:
Task Manager:
THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF:
Possible Duplicate:
“Task Manager” addon for Firefox?
| Q: Is there a Firefox Task Manager? The previous question provides answers for Windows and other addons are for older versions of FF, or do not answer the question. This is a specific question for OSX.
Chrome has a built in task manager under "Tools" to look at the process within Chrome, extremely beneficial in locating a stuck page. What is the similar feature in firefox?
I need to identify what is causing it to run slowly, and the addons they suggested dont work for OSX or are outdated, and Chrome's about:memory isn't recognizing FF
FF Version 17.0, OSX version 10.8.2 Build 12C3006
How to get to Task Manager:
Task Manager:
THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF:
Possible Duplicate:
“Task Manager” addon for Firefox?
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9f36d953c87424a472a7b1ef87ee1d6f15e88d70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Close Google Chrome tab (command + w) closes window I upgraded to Chrome Version 23.0.1271.64 and Command + w is now closing the active window instead of closing the active tab only. Is there a "hidden" shortcut for closing the active tab only?
A: Ok, I just needed to restart the computer. The keyboard mappings are now working as expected.
| Q: Close Google Chrome tab (command + w) closes window I upgraded to Chrome Version 23.0.1271.64 and Command + w is now closing the active window instead of closing the active tab only. Is there a "hidden" shortcut for closing the active tab only?
A: Ok, I just needed to restart the computer. The keyboard mappings are now working as expected.
A: I also see this occasionally. It seems more like a focus bug, though. It only happens after I've been tabbing between applications and I tab back to Chrome. For some reason, in these cases, Chrome hasn't given the active window focus and cmd+w closes the window instead of the tab.
A: Just tried with the same version and Command+W closes just the active tab. Maybe you installed something the re-mapped the keyboard shortcuts (such as an extension)?
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cca1f48616e38c369ae33e24b2ba0781ac0e4eee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why can't I drag columns in Finder's Column View? Sometimes, when I'm working with Finder (Mac OS X 10.8), with a folder in Column View, I suddenly notice that the separator between columns has changed to a thick one like this:
When this happens, I cannot drag the separator to resize the columns. I haven't found a permanent fix apart from it seems to go away again after a while.
Edit (clarified question):
Almost certainly I have just enabled some mode or other, but I don't know what I've done. What causes this and how do I turn it off?
A: Have you tried changing the setting for showing scroll bars in the general preference pane?
| Q: Why can't I drag columns in Finder's Column View? Sometimes, when I'm working with Finder (Mac OS X 10.8), with a folder in Column View, I suddenly notice that the separator between columns has changed to a thick one like this:
When this happens, I cannot drag the separator to resize the columns. I haven't found a permanent fix apart from it seems to go away again after a while.
Edit (clarified question):
Almost certainly I have just enabled some mode or other, but I don't know what I've done. What causes this and how do I turn it off?
A: Have you tried changing the setting for showing scroll bars in the general preference pane?
A: I have the same problem and recently dicovered that having an external (non apple) mouse connected has an affect on the problem. I don't know the solution but the problem seems to occur only when I plug in an external mouse. Unfortunately it adjutsts finder's appearance wether it's connected or not to the mouse and only lets you change column sizes in finder if you use the rtackpad only. (MBP)
A: This happens when that separator needs to accomodate space for a scroll bar due to content length. You can resize them with the handles at the bottom end since 10.0.
A: I can confirm that Lauri Ranta's solution above fixed this issue for me.
System Preferences -> General Preferences -> Show scroll bars: "When scrolling"
Like Andrew mentioned, this problem seems to come and go. On my machine, I wonder if the setting "automatically based on mouse or trackpad" is getting confused as I switch between a Razer mouse and the Apple trackpad. Might be worth a look if you have a similar setup to mine.
A: I had the same problem, and Andrew was right, but I was using Apple Magic Mouse. So, I tried to switch off the bluetooth that my mouse was connected to, then using the trackpad, I could resize the column in Finder. I turned back on the bluetooth and the problem of resizing the columns has gone. I have to make a remark that my magic mouse was also low on battery. (MBP 15, OSX Lion)
A: Try restarting Finder service by the following commands:
launchctl stop com.apple.Finder
launchctl start com.apple.Finder
A: I find in MacOS 10.14.5 that when System Preferences -> General Preferences -> Show scroll bars -> "When scrolling" is set, you can resize columns as normal, but when Show scroll bars is set to "Always", you have to use the widget at the bottom of the scrollbar - as mentioned in other answers.
It seems odd, however, that when "When scrolling" is set, the content is bigger than the height of the column, and you start to scroll so that the scrollbar appears, while the scrollbar is visible you can still resize the column via the normal method (i.e. instead of using the widget (which doesn't appear in this case)) - why don't Apple just make the columns resizable via the normal method all of the time?
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76e13509022b5bdd5fc41ed402ec22efc0d7d9b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to activate iAd Network in iTunes Connect? I want to activate iAd Network in iTunes Connect but with no success, iAd network is still in "Contracts In Process".
I've entered contact informations, Bank Info is alreday entered for paid apps and Tax Info I don't have since I'm from Croatia.
Here is ss of "Contracts":
And when I go to setup "Bank Info" I see next:
.. so this means that I don't need to do anything here.
And when I go to "Tax Info" I see next:
.. so that also means that I don't have do anything here because I'm from Croatia and that step applys to Canada and US.
What do I need to activate the iAd Network?
A: You need to fill out the US tax forms -- take a look at your screenshot: Note that U.S. tax forms are required for everyone.
| Q: How to activate iAd Network in iTunes Connect? I want to activate iAd Network in iTunes Connect but with no success, iAd network is still in "Contracts In Process".
I've entered contact informations, Bank Info is alreday entered for paid apps and Tax Info I don't have since I'm from Croatia.
Here is ss of "Contracts":
And when I go to setup "Bank Info" I see next:
.. so this means that I don't need to do anything here.
And when I go to "Tax Info" I see next:
.. so that also means that I don't have do anything here because I'm from Croatia and that step applys to Canada and US.
What do I need to activate the iAd Network?
A: You need to fill out the US tax forms -- take a look at your screenshot: Note that U.S. tax forms are required for everyone.
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d81d44ddf17a5c88d006f9ff3e6be7c5eea49cc7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make Time Machine backups over network without OS X server? At our institute, we have several Macs (from 10.6 to 10.8) but not one is running a server version. In the one running 10.8 there are 4.5 TB of hard-drives from which 2 x 2 TB are raided together (mirrored) with to goal to use them as a Time Machine backup for all other Macs. All the Macs are connected over the institute network.
Now, how do I set up everything such that all Macs can use Time Machine to backup to this one Mac?
I've read that this might be easier when the target Mac would run OS X Server.
How is it also possible without installing OS X server?
A: I was successful at setting up an Ubuntu 12.04 computer running netatalk (AFP) as a file server and backing up two Macs on 10.8 and restoring one after a crash.
| Q: How to make Time Machine backups over network without OS X server? At our institute, we have several Macs (from 10.6 to 10.8) but not one is running a server version. In the one running 10.8 there are 4.5 TB of hard-drives from which 2 x 2 TB are raided together (mirrored) with to goal to use them as a Time Machine backup for all other Macs. All the Macs are connected over the institute network.
Now, how do I set up everything such that all Macs can use Time Machine to backup to this one Mac?
I've read that this might be easier when the target Mac would run OS X Server.
How is it also possible without installing OS X server?
A: I was successful at setting up an Ubuntu 12.04 computer running netatalk (AFP) as a file server and backing up two Macs on 10.8 and restoring one after a crash.
A: OS X Server is probably the best way to go. It is stable and easy to install over the Mac OS you have on destination mac.
There are inexpensive books less than $50 walking you through the entire server setup process, and the software itself is $20 in the US store.
It takes someone familiar with server an hour to set up a Mac to serve just Time Machine functionality, so the investment should be manageable for someone that wanted to save paying for help and learning to DIY and not being pressed for time so they can ask and search the net if issues crop up during setup.
A: Agree with previous statements regarding OS X Server.
I wanted to backup my MBA and MBP using a networked drive. I have a MacMini that I use as a media center. I installed OS X Server on the MacMini and using a regular 1 TB USB drive as the TimeCapsule disk.
Works like a charm and I have no problems backing up both MacBooks.
A: The officially sanctioned answer: buy an Apple Time Capsule device.
Unsupported but well-known alternative: enable a hidden option that allows you to use any network drive. Open the Terminal application and run this one command:
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
It will allow you to select any network drive from System Preferences: Time Machine.
The network drive should be a HFS+ file system over AFP (standard file sharing from another Mac). I would strongly discourage you from using any other setup if you are not prepared to manually restore one file at a time from the backup.
A: Some full and detailed instructions are available here, but it's pretty much just a matter of sharing the folder you want with AFP only, mounting it on the client for the first time, and selecting it in Time Machine.
If that doesn't work for you, or you need more configuration options, install OS X Server. It's an officially supported feature, and Server only costs $20 from the Mac App Store. Unlike older versions, Server for 10.8 is just an MAS install and doesn't require reinstalling the OS.
Side note: do not ever use the TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes option if you value the integrity of your backups. Unsupported volumes are unsupported for a reason: Time Machine requires certain specific file-sharing features to ensure that the backups aren't corrupted if, for example, the network connection drops in the middle of a backup. Enabling this option disables checking for those features and I have seen it result in corrupted backups quite a few times.
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57d0315be29cc556d36a0912909f0a51744590cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adding contact on iPhone adds it to Exchange but not iCloud On my iPhone running iOS6, I have the following accounts configured:
*
*iCloud - Contacts, Reminders, Safari, Passbook, and Find my iPhone
*Exchange (my work email) - Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders
*Gmail - Mail and Calendars
I would like to keep my personal contacts (in iCloud) completely separate from my work contacts (in Exchange).
When I add a contact directly on my iPhone, it immediately shows up in Outlook but does not exist in my iCloud contacts (verify by looking in iCloud.com or Contacts app on my Mac).
I would like it so when I add a contact on my iPhone it gets added to my iCloud contacts, not my Exchange contacts.
Is this possible?
A: Yes, it is possible.
Set the default account for Contacts to iCloud. That will add new contacts to iCloud.
To do this
*
*Tap Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars
*Scroll to Contacts, about 2/3rds down the page.
*Tap Default Account and then choose iCloud.
| Q: Adding contact on iPhone adds it to Exchange but not iCloud On my iPhone running iOS6, I have the following accounts configured:
*
*iCloud - Contacts, Reminders, Safari, Passbook, and Find my iPhone
*Exchange (my work email) - Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders
*Gmail - Mail and Calendars
I would like to keep my personal contacts (in iCloud) completely separate from my work contacts (in Exchange).
When I add a contact directly on my iPhone, it immediately shows up in Outlook but does not exist in my iCloud contacts (verify by looking in iCloud.com or Contacts app on my Mac).
I would like it so when I add a contact on my iPhone it gets added to my iCloud contacts, not my Exchange contacts.
Is this possible?
A: Yes, it is possible.
Set the default account for Contacts to iCloud. That will add new contacts to iCloud.
To do this
*
*Tap Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars
*Scroll to Contacts, about 2/3rds down the page.
*Tap Default Account and then choose iCloud.
A: I have experimented quite a bit with this. It does not seem possible. It would seem Apple found including a user-interface where you can select the default address book to be too cumbersome for the user. In Enterprise deployments it would be preferred to sync to the ActiveSync Exchange server and not Apple's servers. I would assume they made this the default behavior to meet this use-case.
You can, however, disable the contacts data being synced from (and thus to) the Exchange server without loosing it's other features. Open Settings: Email, contacts, calendars: The Exchange Account and uncheck Contacts from there.
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a68164e4f26fc67be499dc3d6fb1aabfe4290258 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use the balance on your apple account in app store? Recently I won a $10.00 gift card which I redeemed on Apple iTunes. So now when I open iTunes, to the left of my apple id, I see a $10.00 balance. My problem is that if I try to purchase an app, it asks me to enter my credit card information.
On the form where I am supposed to fill my credit card information, there's a link which says to redeem your gift card click here. Unfortunately, if I try to enter the code of the gift (mentioned at the beginning of this post) it says that the gift card has been already redeemed.
I guess that means that the amount of the gift card has already been credited to my account (as it shows to the left of my apple id on the iTunes program). The question is: how do I spend this balance?
A: Just buy the app or the song or whatever and it will take from your balance first. I would check your settings to verify this, however.
| Q: How to use the balance on your apple account in app store? Recently I won a $10.00 gift card which I redeemed on Apple iTunes. So now when I open iTunes, to the left of my apple id, I see a $10.00 balance. My problem is that if I try to purchase an app, it asks me to enter my credit card information.
On the form where I am supposed to fill my credit card information, there's a link which says to redeem your gift card click here. Unfortunately, if I try to enter the code of the gift (mentioned at the beginning of this post) it says that the gift card has been already redeemed.
I guess that means that the amount of the gift card has already been credited to my account (as it shows to the left of my apple id on the iTunes program). The question is: how do I spend this balance?
A: Just buy the app or the song or whatever and it will take from your balance first. I would check your settings to verify this, however.
A: One way to check your App Store account balance is to open iTunes, select the link to 'iTunes Store' on the pane on the left under 'Store'.
Click your email address in the top right (or click 'sign in' if required), login in and the value account balance, should be shown next to your email address.
Further details are available including a purchase history in the drop down, you should see the credit on the ''Account information' page under 'Apple ID balance'.
Once the balance is in place, you may still see a credit card prompt. Some advice on the Apple support site suggests that you may need to complete a "purchase" of free app, and select "none" for payment type.
To try this - pick an app which is free, click to purchase. You should be prompted for payment details and an extra option should be available to select payment type: 'none'.
If you have balance from the redeemed gift card in place, then I think further app purchases may be possible without being prompted for card details.
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cb885a0a31556ec9e9999233c0255fbcd3d0f529 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In OS X Lion 10.7.5 can I turn faces off in iPhoto? Is there a way to bypass the automatic updating of faces in iPhoto (OS X Lion 10.7.5.) My iPhoto is full of "faces" of people it has picked up from the backgrounds of my photos, making it so slow and having to delete so many photos afterwards that I stopped using it.
If not, can you suggest any other similar software I can use to index and sort my photos?
A: No. There is no way to turn off Faces in iPhoto. The best way is to use Aperture. I use Aperture, but a common alternative is Adobe Lightroom.
| Q: In OS X Lion 10.7.5 can I turn faces off in iPhoto? Is there a way to bypass the automatic updating of faces in iPhoto (OS X Lion 10.7.5.) My iPhoto is full of "faces" of people it has picked up from the backgrounds of my photos, making it so slow and having to delete so many photos afterwards that I stopped using it.
If not, can you suggest any other similar software I can use to index and sort my photos?
A: No. There is no way to turn off Faces in iPhoto. The best way is to use Aperture. I use Aperture, but a common alternative is Adobe Lightroom.
A: Afraid not, but you should not see these face thumbnails. Are they actually in the iPhoto Window ? An alternative, that will also allow an upgrade path is to use Aperture which has the option to turn off face scanning.
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433188065c1c30d2c2a2120404479c8fed8fdf22 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dell mouse triggering double-click on almost every single-click My generic Dell mouse behaves pretty strange compared to all other mice I have used with my MacBook. Almost every single-click is treated as if it were a double-click. Both the right and left button. The same mouse does not exhibit this behavior under Windows nor Ubuntu Linux.
I have searched and found hints that I should reduce the double-click speed setting in System Preferences: Mouse. But the setting is already as low as it can go.
I find this mouse very comfortable and want to continue to use it. I hope someone can offer another suggestion on how to correct this odd behaivor.
A: Unless this mouse behaves differently on a different computer, I would say that the mouse is bad.
I work for a company that uses Dell almost exclusively, and I can tell you that this is exactly what happens when the mouse starts failing. They begin intermittently processing single clicks as double clicks.
We throw them away when this starts happening.
| Q: Dell mouse triggering double-click on almost every single-click My generic Dell mouse behaves pretty strange compared to all other mice I have used with my MacBook. Almost every single-click is treated as if it were a double-click. Both the right and left button. The same mouse does not exhibit this behavior under Windows nor Ubuntu Linux.
I have searched and found hints that I should reduce the double-click speed setting in System Preferences: Mouse. But the setting is already as low as it can go.
I find this mouse very comfortable and want to continue to use it. I hope someone can offer another suggestion on how to correct this odd behaivor.
A: Unless this mouse behaves differently on a different computer, I would say that the mouse is bad.
I work for a company that uses Dell almost exclusively, and I can tell you that this is exactly what happens when the mouse starts failing. They begin intermittently processing single clicks as double clicks.
We throw them away when this starts happening.
A: I had a Kensington Trackball which was doing the exact same thing. I read a bunch of boards and nothing worked. I threw it away and bought a brand new one. Problem solved! Turns our it was a hardware issue. I have read that other people with the same issue have discovered it is not software based too.
A: My suggestion is that you avoid using a Dell, or any other Windows manufacturer's mouse, for that matter, on a Mac computer.
A: You need to reset you PRAM
Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
*
*Shut down the computer.
*Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
3.Turn on the computer.
4.Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
5.Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
6.Release the keys.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4155496?tstart=0
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a6eb8b9e3f0913dbed39aaa9e12c53081dcd25e3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Nike+ FuelBand (Pedometer) with local analysis software - no personal data in cloud I want to buy the Nike+ FuelBand, but don't want my information to be in the cloud.
Extracted from Wikipedia:
In addition to tracking personal workout statistics, the Nike+ integrates directly with the Nike website. Workout data can be automatically uploaded to the website during an iPod sync with iTunes or through another program via the website's public API. The uploaded information is mostly not personally-identifying, but does also contain some personal statistics such as weight (if configured). Workout data is stored in XML files on the iPod, which has led some web and applications programmers to offer alternatives to the official Nike reports.
So, is there any OS X software I can use to have these nice diagrams? And, is it possible to use the Nike+ FuelBand without syncing to the cloud?
A: It's technically possible, but no apps have so far used the Nike+ Fuelband without using Nike's website. Hack Nike+ Fuelband tried to make this a reality, but there has been no progress.
| Q: Nike+ FuelBand (Pedometer) with local analysis software - no personal data in cloud I want to buy the Nike+ FuelBand, but don't want my information to be in the cloud.
Extracted from Wikipedia:
In addition to tracking personal workout statistics, the Nike+ integrates directly with the Nike website. Workout data can be automatically uploaded to the website during an iPod sync with iTunes or through another program via the website's public API. The uploaded information is mostly not personally-identifying, but does also contain some personal statistics such as weight (if configured). Workout data is stored in XML files on the iPod, which has led some web and applications programmers to offer alternatives to the official Nike reports.
So, is there any OS X software I can use to have these nice diagrams? And, is it possible to use the Nike+ FuelBand without syncing to the cloud?
A: It's technically possible, but no apps have so far used the Nike+ Fuelband without using Nike's website. Hack Nike+ Fuelband tried to make this a reality, but there has been no progress.
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27f15f7451b6d0f460a1ee1dd51679f60409f5f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX Mountain Lion: Automatically restarts after showing screen saver a certain amount of time Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion it happens to me every day when I enter the screen saver while having lunch it tries to restart the computer.
I don't have any clue why this happens. If there is some process running and OSX can't automatically quit it, OSX will tell me that it couldn't restart.
But if there's no process like this running it will restart.
I don't really want this behaviour and searched in system settings as well in the Console in order to see why this might happen but I don't have a clue as of why.
OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.2 - MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011
A: Ok well. After getting more and more annoyed, I finally figured it out.
Apparently I enabled the automatic logout after 60mins of inactivity in the security settings. I really don't know why/when I enabled this and wouldn't consider myself a noob ;)
For anyone else looking for a howto on this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4014 (I found this page and thought: that must be it!).. It was.
| Q: OSX Mountain Lion: Automatically restarts after showing screen saver a certain amount of time Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion it happens to me every day when I enter the screen saver while having lunch it tries to restart the computer.
I don't have any clue why this happens. If there is some process running and OSX can't automatically quit it, OSX will tell me that it couldn't restart.
But if there's no process like this running it will restart.
I don't really want this behaviour and searched in system settings as well in the Console in order to see why this might happen but I don't have a clue as of why.
OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.2 - MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011
A: Ok well. After getting more and more annoyed, I finally figured it out.
Apparently I enabled the automatic logout after 60mins of inactivity in the security settings. I really don't know why/when I enabled this and wouldn't consider myself a noob ;)
For anyone else looking for a howto on this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4014 (I found this page and thought: that must be it!).. It was.
A: Not sure how to get rid of it - but this is an alternative (that I think is a lot better).
Go to Settings > Deskop etc > Screensaver change it to your macs name/ the text with the apple logo - and then quit settings. After that go to Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access and go to Keychain Access(finder bar) > Preferences and find and tick where it says show in finder bar - a padlock should appear in your finder bar. Click that, and click lock screen and it will lock - and prompt you for a password when you go to log back in - it also shouldn't restart your mac (check your energy saver preferences pane)
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eca65b00013dd5a3fe14d429762d8ac66cf920a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I trust Apple Store's employees with my laptop? This might be a bizarre but crucial question, can I fully trust leaving my laptop in repairs (Genius Bar) while they have full access to it ?
I recently went to the genius bar to get my display fixed, and apparently they asked for my laptop's password just in case they need some "testing" after they're done. Can't they do that as a guest account ?
I got sensitive information on my laptop such as passport copies etc, as well as passwords saved in Safari's keychains for my bank account, paypal, amazon etc ..
The service is due later on today, shall I change my password and ask them to contact me directly if they need something specific ?? They're going to fix in 3 hours so I'll be in the mall whilst they finish.
A: They can boot your mac from an external hard drive for testing (and if your laptops hard drive is not encrypted, they can access your files that way), so they don't need your password. I even removed the drive before repair and there wasn't a problem here.
| Q: Can I trust Apple Store's employees with my laptop? This might be a bizarre but crucial question, can I fully trust leaving my laptop in repairs (Genius Bar) while they have full access to it ?
I recently went to the genius bar to get my display fixed, and apparently they asked for my laptop's password just in case they need some "testing" after they're done. Can't they do that as a guest account ?
I got sensitive information on my laptop such as passport copies etc, as well as passwords saved in Safari's keychains for my bank account, paypal, amazon etc ..
The service is due later on today, shall I change my password and ask them to contact me directly if they need something specific ?? They're going to fix in 3 hours so I'll be in the mall whilst they finish.
A: They can boot your mac from an external hard drive for testing (and if your laptops hard drive is not encrypted, they can access your files that way), so they don't need your password. I even removed the drive before repair and there wasn't a problem here.
A: Would it be possible to temporarily transfer all your sensitive/important information to an external drive, and restore them later on back onto your laptop? For keychains you can use the Keychain Access utility application to export all your keychains, delete the saved ones on your MacBook, and then import them back when you get your MacBook back. Same applies for other save data. But if you have time, it would be most effective if you can do a Time Machine backup, and just wipe the machine with a brand new OSX install.
A: The answers to this are very good, and I wanted to relate my experience in follow up to the service event.
I went to the store and gave my laptop to the Genius Bar. They told me they will contact me if they need anything. They asked me if the password is correct in the system, and I told them it is when it really wasn't. I actually changed the password and created a guest account. Then, I told the guy if the password didn't work they can try the guest account, and he said "Oh yeah certainly". So I'm not sure why they needed the password in the first place.
Anyway after 3 hours, another guy (who I was told was fixing my laptop) came and delivered my machine with the brand new screen. I asked him if they needed to access my laptop and he said "Well you can do that now if you want" and I logged in my account. Basically he did not need to access my laptop for testing. However, maybe it is due to the fact that it was repaired in 3 hours (as I requested) and was not left with them for days.
TLDR : I changed my account's password and created a guest account + I deleted Safari's saved passwords just to be safe -> They did not need to access my laptop to check if the screen has been fixed.
A: YES. You should be 'paranoid' about this. I had a quick fix to my laptop- no need to get into my files. They ended up taking an extra day... Well long story short, I went back to grab my recent work files and found they weren't there. The recent files were all of my private pictures and information.I was able to check the history & found that my files had all been dug through. DO NOT TRUST THEM. I don't know how to avoid this, but I was completely violated...
A: The problem with FileVault2 is that any admin user, once logged in, can look at any other user's data.
With that said, I will typically create a second account called "Apple Tech Support" when I leave a machine with Apple for repair. But if I'm really concerned about the data, I'll copy it all to an external drive (they only cost $99), wipe my system, and do a clean install. When I get the system back I do a restore from the external drive to the internal drive. I use SuperDuper or CarbonCopy for that, rather than Apple's migration utility (which requires that you reinstall a lot of software.)
A: You can probably trust the average genius team (since the machine will be under the watch of many people while it is out of your possession). From a legal standpoint, you have agreed to the AppleCare Repair Service terms and conditions by signing your property and data over to Apple. For the rest of this discussion on the contract between you and Apple relating to your data, I'll focus on the English north american contract.
It lays responsibility on the person bringing in the equipment to remove all confidential or proprietary information from the system. It also lays responsibility on Apple for having "security measures, which should protect your data against unauthorized access or disclosure as well as unlawful destruction." which a lawyer will focus on should which is more binding than may but less binding than shall/must. It continues with
You will be responsible for the instructions you give to Apple regarding the processing of data, and Apple will seek to comply with those instructions as reasonably necessary for the performance of the service and support obligations under the Plan. If you do not agree with the above or if you have questions regarding how your data may be impacted by being processed in this way, contact Apple at the telephone numbers provided.
But why not be a bit skeptical and ask why you might trust them. Sure they are probably trained to protect personal data of customers and respect privacy and there is social pressure to not be a jerk with your personal data.
Some devices (iPhones, iPads, Air and retina MacBook) require advanced skills and potentially damage to the equipment to remove the storage module, so this is something worth exploring a bit as not everyone can simply pop out the hard drive during service like older MacBooks allowed.
I would say never give your password until you understand why it is being used and you are fully informed and willing to take that risk by disclosing your secret. I would also say, when I choose to not entrust a specific password, that I've done one of four things when I have something in for service that was in the category of data requiring more protection than none.
*
*Wipe the drive - if things are truly sensitive - I have no benefit to saving a short amount of time by not securely wiping all data that's sensitive before it leaves my control. (or paying for a higher level of service to ensure confidentiality)
*Change the password to either my account or my keychain.
*Make a new temporary account for the testing and give that. Sometimes I give them admin rights - other times I do not.
*Give them a cell phone number and permission to call me 24/7 if they need the password and can explain why it's needed at that point of the repair.
Basically, If you hand your computer to Apple - you are handing it to someone with the tools and training to bypass all passwords(including firmware and normal physical security of the case) and read the data from the hard drive or just take the storage and keep it. Unless you have FileVault or other encryption (like 1Password) and withhold that passphrase. A technician could if they wanted, make a full copy of your data and perhaps even go snooping. I would ask the genius (or technician) to help educate you to how security works before you proceed with this repair.
If you had a few extra-secret files, you could put them into encrypted disc images secured by a different phrase.
There are many repairs where a password is needed to complete the service if your service involves software changes. Normally, this password is asked for to speed up the repair for you and let them replace any and all parts needed to complete the repair. If they are in and find you need a new motherboard, they could just do that if you give them the extra permission and password they need to do all possible work without stopping to contact you and explain what/why.
In your case, I would simply say you'd like to know a bit more about how they secure your password and your data during service. I would bet that the person asking for your password was lulled by the 100th time they've checked in a machine and forgot to ask you if you had any questions or perhaps missed your uneasiness about what was being asked. Once you've made your concern concrete by asking why they need it - you can then say you'd feel better not giving it and ask if that will either delay or prevent the repair. Any shop I trust will spend time to address these concerns to your satisfaction before they would accept your password. They would also lay out for you how to secure things again after the repair - change these three passwords, etc...
As a class, my opinion and experience is that Apple service technicians are highly professional, trained on privacy of your equipment and information and have thought out very well what, how and why they ask for someone's password. But even if bad things have never happened despite good training and policy, mistakes can and will happen in returning the wrong laptop or theft and your data is at risk when in the shop.
It is you in the end who have the right (and responsibility) to be a little suspicious - especially when it's not clear how your password will be used during a repair. The clearer you can be with your concerns - the more comfortable you will be with your choice to trust the specific team you interact with on a case-by-case basis.
A: Here's your answer:
I agree that:
[...]
• Apple is not responsible for any loss, corruption, or breach of the data on my product during service; and
[...]
The Genius Bar is staffed by people, not robots. Apple can't force them to follow the rules, so there is always a chance that they do something with your data that they're not supposed to.
A: What kind of question is this?
How do you ever know you "can trust" someone?
Trust involves data. You must have past experience that shows they can be trustworthy. If you're really worried about it, find a different service: one that you trust.
Or move your sensitive stuff off your laptop while they work on it. There's a process I imagine that HR does to avoid getting unethical workers in. It's called an interview. 100% accurate? No. Employees will always follow rules? No.
This is the world we live in. Protect yourself, but I always extend others the same trust as I would want them to extend me. I give an appropriate amount of access and I take it on faith that it won't be abused. If I find there's a breach, I look for how I failed, not how to blame the other. Because indeed, it is my failure. I didn't have to give them my sensitive information and full access to it.
EDIT: with regards to "What kind of question is this?" - what I'm getting at, is this is not a question of technical nature. It is highly subjective and worse still, may inspire fear, without basis, into readers of it. There's no actual, real answer to be had here: it's about who you're willing to trust. Keep your security in mind and evaluate for yourself.
A: I think some people here are being paranoid. When it comes right down to it, they are not interested in your personal data. They are pushing through, trying to get your problem fixed, so they can push on to the next one.
There are a lot of repair related things that require an admin password to accomplish; things which cannot be done from a guest account. I am the Mac tech support person at my work place, and there is nothing worse than coming across the "password needed," and the person has not left you their password. So far, I've always been able to figure out their passwords, but it would have been so much faster if I had just had it from the beginning.
When I come across something I can't figure out, I take my hardware to the Genius Bar. I usually stand there and wait while they work on it, but at times, I have even left a Mac with them for several days at a time, and am none the worse for it.
A: I had a laptop scratched by them once when repaired and they just shrugged it off.
I would just make sure that the look at the laptops condition very carefully. I would (and did) trust them with data.
A: All the tools you need to protect your data (and quit worrying about it) are already on your mac.
Use FileVault. Encrypt your backup drive too. Do regular backups via Time Machine and when you do go in for service understand that they may need test and if you don't give them a password, that means they're going to wipe your machine to finish testing.
I've only been there to fix hardware related problems and that's how it worked out. Sometimes they wipe it and some times they don't. I've never offered my password; just left them with "wipe it if you need to. I have backups.".
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1daeaf0d88c35caa585694a9b60dc1cb16fd4633 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using Ram pulled from new iMac in an old iMac? My parents have an iMac circa 2007. Documentation says that this model should use this type of RAM:
Memory: DDR2 PC2-5300
Memory Type: DDR2 PC2-5300, DDR2 (non-ECC)
Maximum Memory: 4GB
I've got a couple of 2GB RAM chips lying around that I just pulled from my "new" iMac. The info on the chips reads:
2GB 1Rx8 PC3
Will these work in my parent's iMac, or am I just asking for trouble?
Thanks!
A: No.
Those new iMacs are using DDR3, and it won't even fit.
DDR2 are pretty cheap right now, you can get some off the Internet.
| Q: Using Ram pulled from new iMac in an old iMac? My parents have an iMac circa 2007. Documentation says that this model should use this type of RAM:
Memory: DDR2 PC2-5300
Memory Type: DDR2 PC2-5300, DDR2 (non-ECC)
Maximum Memory: 4GB
I've got a couple of 2GB RAM chips lying around that I just pulled from my "new" iMac. The info on the chips reads:
2GB 1Rx8 PC3
Will these work in my parent's iMac, or am I just asking for trouble?
Thanks!
A: No.
Those new iMacs are using DDR3, and it won't even fit.
DDR2 are pretty cheap right now, you can get some off the Internet.
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0fc8e8193d826da7a216554da09bc0018858e382 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: kernel_task consumes 500% CPU on AC power, sometimes Typically, my kernel_task process uses 1-4% CPU and 100-700MB of memory. However, sometimes when I have the power adapter plugged in, the CPU usage jumps to around 500% (8 cores) and stays there until I unplug the power adapter. I can plug it back in and everything is fine for a few seconds or a few days, then it eventually happens again. How can I stop this from happening?
A: In my experience this has always been due to a hardware fault. However before doing anything else reset the SMC as detailed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 as its power related.
This appears to happen when the Mac is struggling to communicate with hardware. Which Mac is it? How old is the battery? Is your battery life still good? Has the Mac had any damage - dropped? Liquid? Have you tried a different power adapter?
| Q: kernel_task consumes 500% CPU on AC power, sometimes Typically, my kernel_task process uses 1-4% CPU and 100-700MB of memory. However, sometimes when I have the power adapter plugged in, the CPU usage jumps to around 500% (8 cores) and stays there until I unplug the power adapter. I can plug it back in and everything is fine for a few seconds or a few days, then it eventually happens again. How can I stop this from happening?
A: In my experience this has always been due to a hardware fault. However before doing anything else reset the SMC as detailed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 as its power related.
This appears to happen when the Mac is struggling to communicate with hardware. Which Mac is it? How old is the battery? Is your battery life still good? Has the Mac had any damage - dropped? Liquid? Have you tried a different power adapter?
A: I got this issue once on my 15-inch Mid 2012 MBP running 10.8.4 because the audio input had switched to the internal microphone and it was picking up the constant noise of my fan. Switched the audio input to Line In and cpu usage dropped from 524% to 3%
A: http://www.rdoxenham.com/?p=259 covers disabling the kernel extension responsible for triggering this misbehavior. However, doing so also disables some other thermal management functionality.
A: The folks who observed "AC power" contributes are on to something.
High chassis temperature from charging together with peripherals plugged in can cause this issue. Simply moving the charging cable from the left to the right ports can be enough to cool the hotspot and resolve the problem. On a machine with MagSafe try unplugging peripherals from the left ports until the battery is full.
CPU usage has nothing to do with this. A hot CPU is throttled by reducing its clockspeed not by scheduling no-op load.
See https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/363933/27135 for causal proof.
A: my kernel_task issue (cpu at -> 500% for ever) was blutooth related:
http://droolfactory.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/mac-os-x-lion-kerneltask-with-high-cpu.html
A: Please have a look at this typical problem: kernel_task at 300%
and the suggested method of analysis: diagnosis of a CPU hog.
The Activity Manager isn't acurate enough to help you see that there are
other processes indirectly loading the Kernel. top will unveil these hogs.
To display processes sorted starting with the biggest CPU consummer:
top -o cpu
...sorted starting with the biggest virtual memory consummer:
top -o vsize
...sorted starting with the process making the more context switches
(being started and stopped with a huge frequency, sometimes the result of 2 processes talking together, not letting the other processes
the freedom to get the cpu):
top -o csw
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7031746983362096fd4bf40eb51e7ac0d66b8d94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is MacKeeper a contoversial App that new Apple Users should be educated to stay away from? I see adverts for this particular app all over the place. Is it true that people should stay well away from it, as it could potentially do more harm than good to your Apple Computer, and to your wallet!!
A: It's certainly true that the app is controversial - search the Apple Discussions site for more on that - and while there were certainly issues with early versions current versions are reported better.
However, there are many with very significant reservations about the sales tactics the company uses - pop-ups, paid-for recommendations on review sites etc - and that its uninstaller didn't work for many versions, so users kept getting further advertisements, allied with the facts that the things the app claims to do are either a: unnecessary or b: can be done with free or cheaper alternatives means that the app undeniably has a bad name with many Mac users.
And again, for citation: search the Apple Discussions site for much, much more about this app.
| Q: Is MacKeeper a contoversial App that new Apple Users should be educated to stay away from? I see adverts for this particular app all over the place. Is it true that people should stay well away from it, as it could potentially do more harm than good to your Apple Computer, and to your wallet!!
A: It's certainly true that the app is controversial - search the Apple Discussions site for more on that - and while there were certainly issues with early versions current versions are reported better.
However, there are many with very significant reservations about the sales tactics the company uses - pop-ups, paid-for recommendations on review sites etc - and that its uninstaller didn't work for many versions, so users kept getting further advertisements, allied with the facts that the things the app claims to do are either a: unnecessary or b: can be done with free or cheaper alternatives means that the app undeniably has a bad name with many Mac users.
And again, for citation: search the Apple Discussions site for much, much more about this app.
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e2b673638931634843de4a9bbfb6527aa062d694 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot drag and drop files from the Dock folders On the Dock I have two folders, Documents and Downloads.
I was used to drag files from the Downloads folder and drop them on the Desktop or somewhere else.
Now I can't do it anymore. I'm only able to drag and drop files from the Dock folder to the Trash.
How can I fix it?
A: Relaunching the finder fixed the problem.
| Q: Cannot drag and drop files from the Dock folders On the Dock I have two folders, Documents and Downloads.
I was used to drag files from the Downloads folder and drop them on the Desktop or somewhere else.
Now I can't do it anymore. I'm only able to drag and drop files from the Dock folder to the Trash.
How can I fix it?
A: Relaunching the finder fixed the problem.
A: You can also try "System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Trackpad" and turn off "Force Click and haptic feedback". This worked for me..
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43b535b9f5161d6ed8b9e218b82eaac9a8df85c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problem getting notifications of direct messages in Twitter For the past few days, I have not been getting notifications when I receive a direct message on my Twitter account. I keep changing the notification settings to the way that I want them, but they keep resetting back to default. I have tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it. I have tried installing the app from the App store and from the Settings menu on my iPhone 4.
Any help to the situation would be greatly appreciated.
| Q: Problem getting notifications of direct messages in Twitter For the past few days, I have not been getting notifications when I receive a direct message on my Twitter account. I keep changing the notification settings to the way that I want them, but they keep resetting back to default. I have tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it. I have tried installing the app from the App store and from the Settings menu on my iPhone 4.
Any help to the situation would be greatly appreciated.
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750a666728e49f827645545d4acbfc152364cdd2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to decline Mountain Lion updates? In particular, I receive update notifications for printer drivers where my current drivers work and I don't want to update them. I'd like to clear the updates from the store and stop receiving notifications about them.
A: You can hide them - right click on the listing in the App Store updates (or purchases) list. You can unhide them by logging in to your account.
| Q: Is there a way to decline Mountain Lion updates? In particular, I receive update notifications for printer drivers where my current drivers work and I don't want to update them. I'd like to clear the updates from the store and stop receiving notifications about them.
A: You can hide them - right click on the listing in the App Store updates (or purchases) list. You can unhide them by logging in to your account.
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407afba37e61ea2eccf840edbe7017279a3312c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: if I restore from my cousins backup would it change my iOS? Both my cousin and I have backups on my PC and we both have the iPhone 4. However, she has Sprint and iOS 5.1.1 and I have AT&T and 6.0.1.
Could I use her backup to downgrade my iPhone to iOS 5.1.1?
A: No. The back up does not contain the operating system.
| Q: if I restore from my cousins backup would it change my iOS? Both my cousin and I have backups on my PC and we both have the iPhone 4. However, she has Sprint and iOS 5.1.1 and I have AT&T and 6.0.1.
Could I use her backup to downgrade my iPhone to iOS 5.1.1?
A: No. The back up does not contain the operating system.
A: Unfortunately the backup files only contain personal data, and don't store the iOS version. Apple makes very difficult, if not impossible, in some cases, to downgrade iOS versions.
Here is some additional information from Apple regarding information that iTunes backs up.
iTunes can back up your settings, Messages, Camera Roll, documents, saved games, and other data. Backups do not contain content synced to the device, such as movies, music, podcasts, and apps.
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6406ae65750164cc29db426676fdad99b024944d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed In university I normally SSH into the computer sciences server. However today I keep getting the following error: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host. SSHing with -v flags gives me the following.
OpenSSH_5.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to ... [...] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier
debug3: Could not load "~/.ssh/id_rsa" as a RSA1 public key
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
I've tried editing the hosts files but that won't help. Any suggestions?
A: I ran into this same exact issue. My system log reflected:
/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable
Going to Disk Utility > Macintosh HD > Repair Disk Permissions reset the permissions of /var/empty and solved the problem for me.
| Q: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed In university I normally SSH into the computer sciences server. However today I keep getting the following error: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host. SSHing with -v flags gives me the following.
OpenSSH_5.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to ... [...] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier
debug3: Could not load "~/.ssh/id_rsa" as a RSA1 public key
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
I've tried editing the hosts files but that won't help. Any suggestions?
A: I ran into this same exact issue. My system log reflected:
/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable
Going to Disk Utility > Macintosh HD > Repair Disk Permissions reset the permissions of /var/empty and solved the problem for me.
A: Little snitch was the problem for me.
Rules > Incoming connections
You must do this from the Little Snitch application's preferences.
A: This can happen when you have too many different keys to offer. You can easily fix this by adding IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_keyname to your ~/.ssh/config entry used for this connection and a global IdentitiesOnly yes. This can look like this:
~/.ssh/config
Host foo
hostname server.example.com
User myUserName
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_keyname
Host *
IdentitiesOnly yes
A: I just had this issue, and resolved it by going to System Preferences on the Mac, open Sharing, and enable Remote Login.
In my case, I'd been able to access a reverse tunnel for years, but it stopped working after system settings were wiped in a hardware upgrade. This fixed it. Adding the IdentityFile did not.
A: This error can occur due to multiple reasons, in my case it was after upgrading to High Sierra (macOS).
Host *
UseKeychain yes
AddKeysToAgent yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Test:
ssh -vvv [email protected]
Further reading: https://github.com/jirsbek/SSH-keys-in-macOS-Sierra-keychain
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423bf3266f3f453477fc2365f986e5edcdfdcd97 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open folder in graphical file manager I used to use nautilus . command to open the graphical folder / file viewer in red hat linux. Now I moved to mac and it seems that there is no nautilus support in it. Is there any equivalent command that I can use. My scenario is like this, I open a Terminal, go to the folder I want let's say /Users/user1/myapps and I do want to use a command that by typing it in Terminal, it bring me the graphical folder / files view where I am.
A: Yes, there's a command for this, just type:
open .
open is the command line equivalent of double clicking a file or directory in the Finder. open either starts the standard application associated with the filesystem object provided as argument or, when used with option -a , the application specified.
open has some other interesting options, see man open for more information.
| Q: Open folder in graphical file manager I used to use nautilus . command to open the graphical folder / file viewer in red hat linux. Now I moved to mac and it seems that there is no nautilus support in it. Is there any equivalent command that I can use. My scenario is like this, I open a Terminal, go to the folder I want let's say /Users/user1/myapps and I do want to use a command that by typing it in Terminal, it bring me the graphical folder / files view where I am.
A: Yes, there's a command for this, just type:
open .
open is the command line equivalent of double clicking a file or directory in the Finder. open either starts the standard application associated with the filesystem object provided as argument or, when used with option -a , the application specified.
open has some other interesting options, see man open for more information.
A: apart from open . you can also install Macports and get nautilus itself, I find it better/useful than Finder. Building a nautilus from git clone git://git.gnome.org/nautilus is also possible but they recommend Fedora 25 and Ubuntu 16.10 so macports' sudo port install nautilus just might be easier and smart choice :)
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4596da5fdfcdefb2deab8b4cae46972bfd4cdeed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Trying to exit "recovery mode" I've inadvertently put my iPhone 4 in "recovery mode" and now it insists I restore without even a chance to backup. Is there a way to exit recovery mode?
A: You can do this with TinyUmbrella. Launch TinyUmbrella, connect your iPhone and give it some time until it's recognized by TinyUmbrella. Then click the “Exit Recovery” button.
| Q: Trying to exit "recovery mode" I've inadvertently put my iPhone 4 in "recovery mode" and now it insists I restore without even a chance to backup. Is there a way to exit recovery mode?
A: You can do this with TinyUmbrella. Launch TinyUmbrella, connect your iPhone and give it some time until it's recognized by TinyUmbrella. Then click the “Exit Recovery” button.
A: If your iPhone is stuck in Recovery mode, you can easily get it back to normal operation with just a single click.
Download Reiboot and install it. Then follow the steps below:
*
*Launch Reiboot on your Windows PC or Mac.
*Connect your iPhone in question to your computer. Reiboot will automatically recognize it.
*Click on "Exit Recovery Mode" button. That is it.
I hope that helps. Credits: Team Cydia
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7784a03fcdff675d51311bc0948848368dce05a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable screen lock when in certain location Is there a way to disable the screen lock on my Mac, only when certain conditions are met? I'm looking for a way to have it stop locking when connected my home network (i.e. at home)
A: How about something like ControlPlane?
ControlPlane allows you to build configuration profiles, contexts in ControlPlane lingo, for your Mac based on where you are or what you are doing. ControlPlane determines where you are or what you are doing based on a number of available evidence sources and then automatically reconfigures your Mac based on your preferences. Evidence sources can include your current location, visible WiFi networks, attached USB devices, running applications and more.
You should be able to build an evidence source, such as being connected to the name (SSID) of your home router, then run an application (like Caffeine) or a script to prevent/turn off the screen lock.
| Q: Disable screen lock when in certain location Is there a way to disable the screen lock on my Mac, only when certain conditions are met? I'm looking for a way to have it stop locking when connected my home network (i.e. at home)
A: How about something like ControlPlane?
ControlPlane allows you to build configuration profiles, contexts in ControlPlane lingo, for your Mac based on where you are or what you are doing. ControlPlane determines where you are or what you are doing based on a number of available evidence sources and then automatically reconfigures your Mac based on your preferences. Evidence sources can include your current location, visible WiFi networks, attached USB devices, running applications and more.
You should be able to build an evidence source, such as being connected to the name (SSID) of your home router, then run an application (like Caffeine) or a script to prevent/turn off the screen lock.
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6e9474dcc8d14b1e9aefd49e47c8bf8b4efcadcb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What OS X signal strength test apps exist to measure Wi-Fi networking? Is there a way I can get more details on the strength of my Wi-Fi signal?
I'm looking for either an app I can download or a system command that I can run in terminal that will expose the noise of other signals that aren't mine and may be occupying the same channel as my current network.
A: You might also try iStumbler.
I use it, and it does show channels and noise.
The site describes wifi features as:
*
*Lists visible wireless networks with complete information.
*Inspector shows detailed information including a high-resolution graph, notes, extended properties and samples.
*Always displays the connected network, even if it's private.
*Graphically indicates network type and encryption status.
*Signal and noise graphed over time for the selected network.
*Connection monitor for connected network.
| Q: What OS X signal strength test apps exist to measure Wi-Fi networking? Is there a way I can get more details on the strength of my Wi-Fi signal?
I'm looking for either an app I can download or a system command that I can run in terminal that will expose the noise of other signals that aren't mine and may be occupying the same channel as my current network.
A: You might also try iStumbler.
I use it, and it does show channels and noise.
The site describes wifi features as:
*
*Lists visible wireless networks with complete information.
*Inspector shows detailed information including a high-resolution graph, notes, extended properties and samples.
*Always displays the connected network, even if it's private.
*Graphically indicates network type and encryption status.
*Signal and noise graphed over time for the selected network.
*Connection monitor for connected network.
A: To simply show the strength of the WiFi network you are connected to you can alt+click on the Airport icon. Look for the text RSSI, it will show a negative number. The closer to zero it is, the stronger your signal. This answer might help you as well: https://superuser.com/questions/21827/rssi-value-of-wifi-connection-how-to-interpret
A: I usually use one of these:
*
*Airlock, a great freeware dashboard widget (http://www.pimley.net/projects/#airlock):
*Wi-Fi Diagnostics (/System/Library/CoreServices/Wi-Fi Diagnostics.app), an application included in Mac OS X since 10.7 "Lion" (see http://subrosasoft.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/hidden-wi-fi-diagnostics-tool-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion):
The WiFi scan (from File>Network Utilities) shows signal strength and noise:
A: I would recommend WiFi Explorer from the Mac App Store. It shows signal and noise, as well as SNR measurements for all the networks in range. It also has a nice visualization to determine channel conflict and overlapping. It's not free but it's worth the couple of bucks.
Scan, find, and troubleshoot wireless networks with WiFi Explorer.
Quickly identify channel conflicts, overlapping and other factors (e.g. configuration issues) that may be affecting the connectivity and/or performance of your wireless network in homes, offices and other sites.
Find open, ad-hoc and even rogue access points. WiFi Explorer detects 802.11a/b/g/n wireless networks and supports 2.4 and 5 GHz channel bands, as well as 20 and 40 MHz channels.
Get an insight into the network details: name (SSID), MAC address (BSSID), device manufacturer, signal strength (RSSI), noise, channel, band, security configuration, supported data rates and much more.
Monitor signal strength of each network over time and export metrics (average, maximum signal strength, etc.) and network details to CSV file format.
A: Apple provides two tools that most people find very adequate for normal network scanning and troubleshooting. One is graphical and the other command line based.
*
*/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Wireless\ Diagnostics.app (on newer OS) and /System/Library/CoreServices/Wi-Fi\ Diagnostics.app (on older OS)
*/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
The former will draw a very nice graph of signal and noise for you and can perform wireless scans, Bonjour service mapping (both locally and across the internet IPv4 and IPv6), ARP, and just about anything that the normal network utility tool does except for port scanning.
I symlink the airport command into /usr/local/bin so that you can call it from any shell.
Air:~ me$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/airport
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 89 Apr 4 2012 /usr/local/bin/airport -> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
The terminal command is more useful for scanning and changing the way your device joins networks than getting signal or noise information, but airport -I does dump details that normally are shown when you hold the option key and click on the Wi-Fi icon in the menu bar (such as MCS, RSSI, Noise, and transmit rates).
If you want more powerful tools, start with these professional quality and reasonably priced apps:
*
*WiFi Notifications - free and simple notifications to narrow down when significant events happen on WiFi
*WiFi Signal - runs in your menu bar
*WiFi Explorer - full analysis and nice graphs - slightly more expensive
A: Netspot might be what you need I got this the other day but have not had the time to use it yet. Not sure of the price now, I got it for free from the app store.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/netspot-wifi-survey-wireless/id514951692?mt=12
This app is designed for laptops so you can survey the area which you have to map. Hope this helps.
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fb16360084bb5b44881ce9d56afac612a500eba0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari opens pdf in browser window, but doesn't auto rotate and there is no control bar I just recently switched to a macbook pro with mountain lion from macbook with leopard. I had no problems with safari opening pdfs before, but now, what it does is that it opens the pdf, but it remains vertical (an otherwise landscape document) and there isn't even a control bar to zoom, or rotate it.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
Thx
A: I think you are using OS X Preview in Safari.
Note: If you don't have Acrobat or Reader, or haven't installed the PDFViewer plug-in, then Safari shows PDF files using the Mac OS X native PDF support.
Solution 1
Get Adobe Reader XI (11.0.02) installed, inclusive the browser plugin. Now Safari will open the .PDF files in Adobe Reader, and you can easily modify what you see (e.g. rotate the documents).
Solution 2
Try right click (or two fingers click on my MacBook Air) on the PDF document, that should open a window to rotate the document.
| Q: Safari opens pdf in browser window, but doesn't auto rotate and there is no control bar I just recently switched to a macbook pro with mountain lion from macbook with leopard. I had no problems with safari opening pdfs before, but now, what it does is that it opens the pdf, but it remains vertical (an otherwise landscape document) and there isn't even a control bar to zoom, or rotate it.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
Thx
A: I think you are using OS X Preview in Safari.
Note: If you don't have Acrobat or Reader, or haven't installed the PDFViewer plug-in, then Safari shows PDF files using the Mac OS X native PDF support.
Solution 1
Get Adobe Reader XI (11.0.02) installed, inclusive the browser plugin. Now Safari will open the .PDF files in Adobe Reader, and you can easily modify what you see (e.g. rotate the documents).
Solution 2
Try right click (or two fingers click on my MacBook Air) on the PDF document, that should open a window to rotate the document.
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c98cfc1f7aa8c779bf27b13ce99ff3a4ce85ae1b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: is it possible to buy and download iTunes movies at an Apple Store? My internet connection is quite dismal. It's hard to watch youtube 240p let alone a whole [SD] movie (unless you start about a week in advance)
Is it possible to say buy and download (on my Apple ID) at an Apple Store, on one of the display computers, and then copy it to a USB drive and come home and watch it. (equivalent to going out to buy a DVD; my MacBook doesn't have a disc drive).
Or download the full movie on my iPhone, and then transfer it across to my Computer at home. As when you download a movie on your iphone doesn't it download a smaller (lower resolution) version that fits the phone's screen size?
A: It should not a problem as you are using your Apple ID to purchase the content. If the store employees are ok,then do it.
| Q: is it possible to buy and download iTunes movies at an Apple Store? My internet connection is quite dismal. It's hard to watch youtube 240p let alone a whole [SD] movie (unless you start about a week in advance)
Is it possible to say buy and download (on my Apple ID) at an Apple Store, on one of the display computers, and then copy it to a USB drive and come home and watch it. (equivalent to going out to buy a DVD; my MacBook doesn't have a disc drive).
Or download the full movie on my iPhone, and then transfer it across to my Computer at home. As when you download a movie on your iphone doesn't it download a smaller (lower resolution) version that fits the phone's screen size?
A: It should not a problem as you are using your Apple ID to purchase the content. If the store employees are ok,then do it.
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b53a1186076eb31bb76bab81f7625f75df27e4e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Database of all Mac models I need a database of all Mac models produced within the last decade (at least). Something like EveryMac or MacTracker but as a table in SQL or a similar format, to be put into a RDBMS.
Does anybody know where I can get / buy one?
A: Try MacTracker. It's available in the App Store and Mac App Store. I hit enter before I finished thinking through my answer. What info do you need, Model Numbers or Model Names?
| Q: Database of all Mac models I need a database of all Mac models produced within the last decade (at least). Something like EveryMac or MacTracker but as a table in SQL or a similar format, to be put into a RDBMS.
Does anybody know where I can get / buy one?
A: Try MacTracker. It's available in the App Store and Mac App Store. I hit enter before I finished thinking through my answer. What info do you need, Model Numbers or Model Names?
A: Over at apple-history.com you can download the html of their Mactracker-like information. Probably wouldn't too terribly difficult to scrape your info from it. Below is an example of the html you can download from them...
<p class='specs'>Family: PowerBook</p>
<p class='specs'>Codename: Tim LC, Tim Lite, Leary, Replacements</p>
<p class='specs'>Gestalt ID: 25</p>
<p class='specs'>Minimum OS: 7.0.1</p>
<p class='specs'>Maximum OS: 7.6.1</p>
<p class='specs'>Introduced: October 1991</p>
<p class='specs'>Terminated: August 1992</p>
<br/><p class='specs'><b>Processor</b></p>
<p class='specs'>CPU: Motorola MC68030</p>
<p class='specs'>CPU Speed: 16 MHz</p>
<p class='specs'>FPU: none</p>
<p class='specs'>Bus Speed: 16 MHz</p>
<p class='specs'>Register Width: 32-bit</p>
<p class='specs'>Data Bus Width: 32-bit</p>
<p class='specs'>Address Bus Width: 32-bit</p>
<p class='specs'>ROM: 1 MB</p>
<p class='specs'>RAM Type: unique</p>
<p class='specs'>Minimum RAM Speed: 100 ns</p>
<p class='specs'>Onboard RAM: 2 MB</p>
<p class='specs'>RAM slots: 1</p>
<p class='specs'>Maximum RAM: 8 MB</p>
<p class='specs'>Level 1 Cache: 256 bytes data, 256 bytes instruction</p>
<p class='specs'>Expansion Slots: modem</p>
etc... etc...
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f9dd6f6426d23082365b1eb3c08a0e211b33ce01 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove entries from finder's context menu? Does any one know how can I remove items that I never use from the context menu?
e.g.: Burn "yadda yadda" to Disk...
A: You can actually remove native MacOS items from the context menu....but unfortunately, it doesn't appear you can remove the ones you indicated above. Regardless, if you want to take a look, head to
System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services
and then uncheck the items you don't want on the menu.
It's unfortunate that you can't remove all of them. But it can at least help you get rid of some of the clutter.
| Q: Remove entries from finder's context menu? Does any one know how can I remove items that I never use from the context menu?
e.g.: Burn "yadda yadda" to Disk...
A: You can actually remove native MacOS items from the context menu....but unfortunately, it doesn't appear you can remove the ones you indicated above. Regardless, if you want to take a look, head to
System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services
and then uncheck the items you don't want on the menu.
It's unfortunate that you can't remove all of them. But it can at least help you get rid of some of the clutter.
A: *
*I have worked out a solution for this that (so far) works for default Finder right menu context items such as Burn to disk and Burn "^1" to disc. This is exactly the goal of OPs request.
*There's another breed of context menu bloat that comes from installing Services in the form of Applescript or executable plugins.
Those are simple to get rid of. Whatever they're named, just search your disk for that string. i.e. Inject Potatos! service will ultimately be found in a file named Inject Potatos!.<something>. There may be some other shapes and sizes of them but they're the easy problem to solve and out of scope from the OPs post.
*For non-english users: This solution is language agnostic. We take
advantage of the localization functions that convert default strings + args into localized strings with expanded variables.
How it works explained with a series of wild guesses
I'm not sure about the Objective-C internals of it, but I suspect something similar to this is whats going on..
snprintf(str, 0, "", var1, var2, ..);
There's no format string (i.e. ""), so you always end up with str being zero length.
If the str is zero length, the localization resolver will walk backwards up the tree to find an ancestor format template that work. As long as you zero out all of the ancestors of that message class - it'll eventually exhaust templates and return a zero-length string to the localization requestor.
The context menu renderer recognizes that it's zero length and omits it from the context menu list items and you get a slimmer context menu.
IMPORTANT
*
*If you don't know what you're doing - you could mess up Finder. Use this checklist to verify you've got the kung-fu.
*Be comfortable using the shell
*Know how to use a plaintext editor such as vim, nano, emacs, etc.
*Always backups of any files you edit BEFORE you edit them.
*Make ONE change at a time, kill Finder, verify everything looks good, goto 10. If you make a bunch of changes and it borks things up you'll just have to go revert all your changes anyway.
*I know that NSString formatting is different than C, but if you're not an Objective-C guy, and need to think about it in terms of printf, the following too examples are basically the same for the purposes of this exercise.
*
*Obj-C template: "Throw ^1 into the ^2"
*printf template: "Throw %s into the %s", arg1, arg2.
If you make a modification and after restarting Finder it does't seem to be taking affect - you might be modifying a localization string in some other area than the right-click context menu. Revert your change, restart Finder and try again. If you skip this step you may end up modifying something other than the context-menu and not realize it until days later.
*Understand that this is basically a hack, it may not work the way you want or expect it to. For what it's worth I've been running with these changes (and more) for at least a couple weeks now and have experienced no ill effects.
Stock Finder Context Menu Example
First lets look at a 'before' image taken from the OP's post that shows us a typical default Finder context menu full of bloat.
Terrible!
The majority of Apple devices don't even ship with DVD burners anymore, yet there's Burn "^1" to disc taking up valuable real estate.
Not to mention the equally useless Quick Look, Duplicate, Make Alias, Copy ^1, etc.
New Hotness Context Menu
Stripped down as far as I could get it. Bear in mind, if we were selecting a file we would have the default Open and Open with.. menu items.
You don't lose anything unless you omit it.
Things can be made fairly sparse if you wish.
Instructions
*
*Find the $LANGUAGE.lproj file you're interested in. In my case I speak English.
*cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
*run plutil -convert xml1 Localizable.strings, to convert Localizable.strings into a plaintext XML plist file
*MAKE A BACKUP OF Localizable.strings. If you mess something up you'll want to be able to revert your changes.
*Open Localizable.strings in a plaintext / code editor (vi, pico, emacs, jed, etc -- TextEdit.app cannot save *.txt files and should be avoided)
Find the value you want to hide. In my case it was 'Burn "^1" to disk' which is key BC50_V2.
<key>BN50_V1</key>
<string>Burn to Disc…</string>
<key>BN50_V2</key>
<string>Burn “^1” to Disc…</string>
*
*My first attempt was to remove the key-value-pair entirely, but this resulted in BC50_V1's string showing up in my menu.
Some format strings will fall back to more generic templates if they exist. In that case you'll have to zero out multiple values.
You can see this behavior with BC50_V2 which falls back to BC50_V1.
Since I wanted to complete get rid of any Burn... menu entries, I had to zero out BC50_V1 as well.
There are other key value pairs that had multiple fallbacks but they're usually pretty easy to identify as they'll have the same prefix BC50_ and numerically incrementing suffixes _V1, _V2, _V..
*You can annotate your changes by keeping a copy of the original key/value pair XML fragment inside an XML comment.
I make a copy of the fragment to change, comment out the old fragment with a description and make my modifications to the copy. That way I can easily revert and don't have to use version control or have multiple copies of the file.
<!-- OLD Burn.*to Disc...
<key>BN50_V1</key>
<string>Burn to Disc…</string>
<key>BN50_V2</key>
<string>Burn “^1” to Disc…</string>
-->
<!-- NEW Burn.*to Disc -->
<key>BN50_V1</key>
<string></string>
<key>BN50_V2</key>
<string></string>
*
*If you want to change a string instead of removing it entirely - you can do that too. Variables seem to be accessible using the form ^<number>. Then number represents the nth argument. If you were feeling especially pimpy you could modify Burn "^1" to Disc to Archive "^1" forever utilizing an optical disk!.
*Save your modifications to disk
*killall -HUP Finder to restart Finder
*open . to open up a Finder window in your current working directory. Right click to open the context menu, verify everything looks good.
*All done! There doesn't seem to be any penalty to keeping the Localization.strings file in the text plist format so you don't need to concern yourself about converting in and out of binary or text formats whenever you make changes.
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ae459d1dcf919d2767bd0c0f199d1dea49db07e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I see everything ever installed on my Mac in one place? I install things in all kinds of different ways on my Mac...
App Store, DMG's, PKG's, Homebrew, Rubygems, Macports, etc etc.
Is there an app out there that can show me my entire history of installing things through all these different channels?
A: I'm not sure you'll get everything in one place across so many different installation methods, especially things like Homebrew, Macports and Ruby gems...
But for the 'standard' installations, you could check out CleanApp (or various alternatives). It tends to work best if you install it early on, since it monitors installations, but it can also detect, to some extent, what is already installed.
Another option would be AppFresh (or various alternatives), though AppFresh has gone commercial now, so no longer free.
Some of those (or the alternatives linked) should show you a good selection of App Store, manually installed Applications (DMG/PKG/zip) and the like, but I don't think any will go as far as Homebrew, Macports or Ruby.
| Q: How do I see everything ever installed on my Mac in one place? I install things in all kinds of different ways on my Mac...
App Store, DMG's, PKG's, Homebrew, Rubygems, Macports, etc etc.
Is there an app out there that can show me my entire history of installing things through all these different channels?
A: I'm not sure you'll get everything in one place across so many different installation methods, especially things like Homebrew, Macports and Ruby gems...
But for the 'standard' installations, you could check out CleanApp (or various alternatives). It tends to work best if you install it early on, since it monitors installations, but it can also detect, to some extent, what is already installed.
Another option would be AppFresh (or various alternatives), though AppFresh has gone commercial now, so no longer free.
Some of those (or the alternatives linked) should show you a good selection of App Store, manually installed Applications (DMG/PKG/zip) and the like, but I don't think any will go as far as Homebrew, Macports or Ruby.
A: Great question! Go to Apple Symbol>About This Mac>System Report>Software>Installations.
You will get a list of all installations.
Note: The list will NOT include things installed by third party managers (Homebrew/Macports). For those you must use the manager it self. Homebrew and Macports both have commands to see installed programs: brew list & port installed respectively.
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fa214bf40fd58ec683b3a58a09ca34b3d3742453 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do I need to do anything after upgrading my RAM? I just replaced a 1GB RAM stick in my 2007-era Macbook Pro with a 2GB RAM stick. It already had Mountain Lion installed on it.
Is there anything I need to do like configuring something in System Preferences or running a command in Terminal in order to make sure all applications and behind-the-scenes stuff take advantage of the increased RAM?
I'm asking with the assumption that some applications might have made a note of the machine's original amount of RAM when the app was installed, and may still be optimizing itself to the old RAM amount.
A: Nothing other then checking to see if the OS detected the change. To do that, click the Apple-icon (in the upper left corner), then About This Mac, then you should see your new RAM amount listed there. If not then I'm not sure how your computer is even working.
| Q: Do I need to do anything after upgrading my RAM? I just replaced a 1GB RAM stick in my 2007-era Macbook Pro with a 2GB RAM stick. It already had Mountain Lion installed on it.
Is there anything I need to do like configuring something in System Preferences or running a command in Terminal in order to make sure all applications and behind-the-scenes stuff take advantage of the increased RAM?
I'm asking with the assumption that some applications might have made a note of the machine's original amount of RAM when the app was installed, and may still be optimizing itself to the old RAM amount.
A: Nothing other then checking to see if the OS detected the change. To do that, click the Apple-icon (in the upper left corner), then About This Mac, then you should see your new RAM amount listed there. If not then I'm not sure how your computer is even working.
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4721cb40566c3eed11b5a0d3cfb48d6fe0164f34 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can the OS X keychain juggle two accounts for the same site? I have a different passwords for:
*
*www.example.com/foo/login and
*www.example.com/bar/login
It seems as if the keychain only saves the passwords in relation to the sitename as it does not make distinctions by the subdomain.
When I visit www.example.com/foo/login the keychain will save the password correctly, but when I visit www.example.com/bar/login afterwards it uses the password of the first page and doesn't let me create a new password for the subdomain.
Is there any solution to this problem?
A: No - you'll want a more full featured password manager like the one gentmatt recommended in the comments.
You could do some kludgey web proxy to give the subdomain a separate top level domain, but that's way more hassle than most would consider appropriate for solving the problem you pose.
| Q: Can the OS X keychain juggle two accounts for the same site? I have a different passwords for:
*
*www.example.com/foo/login and
*www.example.com/bar/login
It seems as if the keychain only saves the passwords in relation to the sitename as it does not make distinctions by the subdomain.
When I visit www.example.com/foo/login the keychain will save the password correctly, but when I visit www.example.com/bar/login afterwards it uses the password of the first page and doesn't let me create a new password for the subdomain.
Is there any solution to this problem?
A: No - you'll want a more full featured password manager like the one gentmatt recommended in the comments.
You could do some kludgey web proxy to give the subdomain a separate top level domain, but that's way more hassle than most would consider appropriate for solving the problem you pose.
A: Same problem, for the same domain I needed two passwords with the same username, one for a Web-based access via browser, one for access with an App.
Workaround: Added a string of text (e.g. -Web or -App) to the username. That I delete just when presented with the log-in screen when iCloud/Keychain had filled the fields already. And don't ever update the password then ...
Annoying, best is to report it to apple.com/feedback
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83f1846c13943cf287fdc2b92444b2ddd2556c45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Resetting Mountain Lion iCloud login request The first time you log into a new account with Mountain Lion, a special iCloud login screen is shown. Once you "skip" this screen it is never shown again.
When setting up an account I like to add a few things (like a welcome note of my own). But I'd also like to leave the iCloud login screen intact for the first time the intended user logs in.
Is there any way to reset this login screen so that it will be presented on the next attempt to login to a given account?
A: If all you want to do is add some files to the user's desktop or documents folder, you can create the account in system preferences, then add these files to the relevant directories by navigating to the user's home folder in Finder ( /Users//Desktop ) without logging in at all. The user will then be prompted to setup iCloud the first time they log in.
| Q: Resetting Mountain Lion iCloud login request The first time you log into a new account with Mountain Lion, a special iCloud login screen is shown. Once you "skip" this screen it is never shown again.
When setting up an account I like to add a few things (like a welcome note of my own). But I'd also like to leave the iCloud login screen intact for the first time the intended user logs in.
Is there any way to reset this login screen so that it will be presented on the next attempt to login to a given account?
A: If all you want to do is add some files to the user's desktop or documents folder, you can create the account in system preferences, then add these files to the relevant directories by navigating to the user's home folder in Finder ( /Users//Desktop ) without logging in at all. The user will then be prompted to setup iCloud the first time they log in.
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913ccfa762046ac4f359d2156708b9b2890df3ac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can the now expired iMessage app still work with Lion? I want to use iMessage on an old Macbook which cannot be upgrades past OS X 10.7. Apple provided an iMessage beta software, but it has expired and no longer functions. I'm wondering whether there is any way to keep using the iMessage service on the Lion OS?
A: No one has come forth with a hack or modification to get it working. The longer it takes, the less likely someone will want to release a patch since the audience for this shrinks as people upgrade and move on to Mountain Lion.
| Q: Can the now expired iMessage app still work with Lion? I want to use iMessage on an old Macbook which cannot be upgrades past OS X 10.7. Apple provided an iMessage beta software, but it has expired and no longer functions. I'm wondering whether there is any way to keep using the iMessage service on the Lion OS?
A: No one has come forth with a hack or modification to get it working. The longer it takes, the less likely someone will want to release a patch since the audience for this shrinks as people upgrade and move on to Mountain Lion.
A: As on my own experience, the version you're talking about was very buggy and Apple did change a lot regarding iMessage on the new OS.
It most likely will use other protocols or URLS to communicate with, and as it have been replaced by a full (working) version it's no worth to anyone to attempt and hack it.
So in short: No, you can't do this. But you might be able to put Mountain Lion on your older Macbook.
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c75c326f40f7a5dfe92c71aabbcae76c47953140 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does the main OS menu bar disappear when I am in Safari? I am running OS X 10.8.2 on a MacBook Pro with a 27" Cinema Display. Just this week I noticed that when I switch over to Safari the Main Menu Bar (not the Safari menu bar) disappears. I have checked to make sure that I am not in full screen mode. I also checked the desktop settings and don't see anything that would turn that off. The menu bar shows when I am in any application other than Safari. Again, this is the main menu bar, not the safari menu bar.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Screenshot:
A: Strange I am having same issue when I log in. But changing desktops a few times solves the issue. So I think its a graphic bug
| Q: Why does the main OS menu bar disappear when I am in Safari? I am running OS X 10.8.2 on a MacBook Pro with a 27" Cinema Display. Just this week I noticed that when I switch over to Safari the Main Menu Bar (not the Safari menu bar) disappears. I have checked to make sure that I am not in full screen mode. I also checked the desktop settings and don't see anything that would turn that off. The menu bar shows when I am in any application other than Safari. Again, this is the main menu bar, not the safari menu bar.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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A: Strange I am having same issue when I log in. But changing desktops a few times solves the issue. So I think its a graphic bug
A: I have also experienced this. What I found out was that it was as a result of dual display when I connected my MAC to my TV and used Safari in full-screen mode on the TV. I experienced Menu Bar disappear when I launch Safari after disconnecting from my TV.
What I did to resolve the issue was to re-connect to TV and quit Safari while it was in full-screen mode (on the TV), and then relaunch the application.
A: You may be in full screen mode. Place your curser in the upper right hand corner and when the menu bar appears click the exit full screen (blue box with the arrows inside that point to each other)
A: My college-age son solved this problem (easily) for me. Click anywhere on your desktop to induce the Finder menu bar to appear. Then click anywhere on your Safari window and the Safari menu bar will appear. Works every time - only 2 clicks!
A: I'm not sure why this happens but I understand exactly what you mean.
It isn't an issue of having inadvertently hid the toolbar like a fool. I think it may be the thing that asks you if you would like the window to remain in full screen after you minimize a full screen video in Netflix, Amazon or whatever video you're watching that requires silverlight.
I found a solution:
On the control bar where the Safari icon is located, completely close out of Safari. When you open it back up, the toolbar reappears and stays whilst browsing.
quit down here and reopen
It took some digging to find that answer but it seems to be working. The quick fix did mention that it is a temporary thing so I assume it develops again after a fullscreen video is played in silverlight with that weird prompt.
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5de0ebcb2e028b1e0ee3cd8f1998d6dd1e117c04 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I erase the data from my Macbook without losing my recent OS? I'm going to sell my Macbook Pro and want to remove all of the data before doing so. I have the OS Lion installed but my machine came with Snow Leopard. How can I remove everything and restore it to basically just the OS without losing Lion? I want to sell the machine with Lion. Thanks.
A: Apple provides instructions on erasing and reinstalling OS X, so the system will be as it was when it came from the factory: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4439
These instructions guide you through reformatting the drive and reinstalling OS X via Recovery.
| Q: How can I erase the data from my Macbook without losing my recent OS? I'm going to sell my Macbook Pro and want to remove all of the data before doing so. I have the OS Lion installed but my machine came with Snow Leopard. How can I remove everything and restore it to basically just the OS without losing Lion? I want to sell the machine with Lion. Thanks.
A: Apple provides instructions on erasing and reinstalling OS X, so the system will be as it was when it came from the factory: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4439
These instructions guide you through reformatting the drive and reinstalling OS X via Recovery.
A: You can reinstall like cablesm suggested and it will have Lion installed but you have to understand that you do NOT sell Lion with it unless you have a bought Lion USB Stick cause Lion is hard bundled with YOUR AppleID and you can not sell it or move it to another AppleID!
Therefore I would sell it with Snow Leopard preinstalled.
Here are instructions copied straight from http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6522
To erase and reinstall Mac OS X Snow Leopard:
*
*Insert the Mac OS X installation disc into your computer’s optical drive (or an optical drive connected to your computer), and then double-click the Install Mac OS X icon.
*In the Installer, click Utilities, and then click Restart.
*When the Language Chooser appears, select your language, and then click the Continue button (looks like an arrow).
*In the Installer, choose Utilities > Disk Utility.
*Select your startup disk from the list on the left, and then click the Erase tab.
*From the Format pop-up menu, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled), type a name for your disk, and then click Erase.
*After the disk has been erased, choose Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility, and then follow the instructions in the Mac OS X Installer to reinstall Mac OS X.
A: You may also be able to take the Mac into the Apple store and have a Genius clean wipe and install up to the latest OS for you.
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7d34835fd72898bf0301759899c45b778157fa76 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make the hard drive visible in the Finder? On OS X Lion I don't see the hard drive in the Finder and I seem to have no permission to create a folder under / from terminal.
I know I can do this if I activate the root user, but I need to be able to see the directories I have created under / in the Finder.
How can I be able to make my main hard drive visible in the Finder?
A: This was troubling me for a while on my wife's computer. I had everything checked in preferences and it still wasn't showing up.
Then I found that if you rollover Devices on the sidebar in the Finder window, there's a little Show and Hide that pops up.
| Q: How do I make the hard drive visible in the Finder? On OS X Lion I don't see the hard drive in the Finder and I seem to have no permission to create a folder under / from terminal.
I know I can do this if I activate the root user, but I need to be able to see the directories I have created under / in the Finder.
How can I be able to make my main hard drive visible in the Finder?
A: This was troubling me for a while on my wife's computer. I had everything checked in preferences and it still wasn't showing up.
Then I found that if you rollover Devices on the sidebar in the Finder window, there's a little Show and Hide that pops up.
A: *
*While in the Finder, go to the "Finder" menu and select "Preferences".
*From the "General" tab, place a check next to "Hard disks" -- this will make your hard drive visible on the Desktop.
*From the "Sidebar" tab under "Devices" again place a check next to "Hard disks" -- this will put your hard drive in the sidebar of any finder window, and should also add it to "Open", "Save", and "Save As..." dialog sheets (as well as others)
If you are an administrator on the computer you should have no trouble adding files and folders to the root directory (/)
A: Launch Finder then just press shift + command + C.
This is effectively like ‘My Computer’ in Windows. It will give you a list of all the connected drives on your Mac, both internally and externally connected drives as well as Network drives.
A: *
*While in the Finder, go to the "Finder" menu and select
"Preferences".
*Add the name of your MacBook to the Sidebar.
*Click on the name of your MacBook and drag your hard drive or
untitled to the Sidebar.
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1a92c21be06c4491db8f06e492fb18b3965ab32d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode doesn't show up in spotlight results, neither search results I haven't noticed exactly when it happened but previously I was always using spotlight to run Xcode. Now if i'm typing "Xcode" in it, only folders containing this name show up, or some xcode projects, not all though.
I've tried search in finder and even choosing kind of files - Application, still no luck.
Did Anybody face this problem before?
A: Try Rebuilding Spotlight index. You can do it from the Terminal:
$ sudo mdutil -i on /
| Q: Xcode doesn't show up in spotlight results, neither search results I haven't noticed exactly when it happened but previously I was always using spotlight to run Xcode. Now if i'm typing "Xcode" in it, only folders containing this name show up, or some xcode projects, not all though.
I've tried search in finder and even choosing kind of files - Application, still no luck.
Did Anybody face this problem before?
A: Try Rebuilding Spotlight index. You can do it from the Terminal:
$ sudo mdutil -i on /
A: After upgrading from El Capitan to macOS Sierra I had the same problem.
The only command that did the trick was:
sudo mdutil -E # from mdutil usage "Erase and rebuild index"
If that one doesn't work directly, try running this command first:
sudo mdutil -i on # from mdutil usage "Turn indexing on or off"
A: Updating the permissions did the trick for me: chown -R $(whoami):staff /Applications/Xcode.app
Suggested from here: https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/82503
A: I had a similar problem after upgrading to Xcode 8.3. It simply stopped showing up in the spotlight search result. Rebuilding by adding Application folder to the privacy list in spotlight preferences, didn't help.
Executing sudo touch /Applications/Xcode.app in the Terminal worked.
Cheers,
Jon
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a08a1b4a9be149462cf691e34c1ecaef5bcbdc83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open Outlook new message window from terminal I would like to open a new message Outlook window from terminal and ideally prefill the message body too.
Any ideas on how to accomplish this? Txn!
A: Office is moderately scriptable with AppleScript, so the command line interface to AppleScript can get the job done.
Try this (adapted from this blog post by Jim Shank), replacing the subject text, name and email as appropriate:
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"' -e 'set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:"My Subject"}' -e 'make new recipient at newMessage with properties {email address:{name:"John Smith", address:"[email protected]"}}' -e 'open newMessage' -e 'end tell'
It's a bit lengthy, but it will get the job done. You could adapt this into a small script that you could call and provide parameters to more concisely (i.e. sendoutlook [email protected] "My Subject" "Hi John, blah blah blah") without too much work, but that's probably best left as a separate question.
| Q: Open Outlook new message window from terminal I would like to open a new message Outlook window from terminal and ideally prefill the message body too.
Any ideas on how to accomplish this? Txn!
A: Office is moderately scriptable with AppleScript, so the command line interface to AppleScript can get the job done.
Try this (adapted from this blog post by Jim Shank), replacing the subject text, name and email as appropriate:
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"' -e 'set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:"My Subject"}' -e 'make new recipient at newMessage with properties {email address:{name:"John Smith", address:"[email protected]"}}' -e 'open newMessage' -e 'end tell'
It's a bit lengthy, but it will get the job done. You could adapt this into a small script that you could call and provide parameters to more concisely (i.e. sendoutlook [email protected] "My Subject" "Hi John, blah blah blah") without too much work, but that's probably best left as a separate question.
A: The first step is to change your default mail reader on your Mac:
*
*Open Mail.app
*Choose Mail...Preferences from the menubar
*On the General tab, change your Default email reader to Outlook.
Next from the terminal, use the open command with the mailto: URL. Here is an example:
open "mailto:[email protected]?subject=This is my subject&body=This is my body"
You can see more examples of the mailto: URL here: http://www.rapidtables.com/web/html/mailto.htm
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23b69d22ddb64d97a9a90dade2ff411d801002e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the keyboard shortcut for "Open With" in Finder? How can I open a file with an application, other than the default, using a keyboard shortcut? I don’t want to change the default application for the filetype.
E.g. sometimes I want to open a .html file using an editor instead of a browser.
A: I'm afraid there's not shortcut. You can, though, create your owns.
To do so just:
*
*Go to System Preferences / Keyboard / Keyboard Shortcuts / Applications.
*Click the + button.
*Choose Finder, from the drop-down list.
*On the menu title field add the exact name of the menu bar item. It this case it should be Other... instead of Open with.
*Pick your keyboard shortcut and click Add.
You'll be able to test the shortcut right away. Just mind the Open always with option!
| Q: What is the keyboard shortcut for "Open With" in Finder? How can I open a file with an application, other than the default, using a keyboard shortcut? I don’t want to change the default application for the filetype.
E.g. sometimes I want to open a .html file using an editor instead of a browser.
A: I'm afraid there's not shortcut. You can, though, create your owns.
To do so just:
*
*Go to System Preferences / Keyboard / Keyboard Shortcuts / Applications.
*Click the + button.
*Choose Finder, from the drop-down list.
*On the menu title field add the exact name of the menu bar item. It this case it should be Other... instead of Open with.
*Pick your keyboard shortcut and click Add.
You'll be able to test the shortcut right away. Just mind the Open always with option!
A: If you frequently open a file in a specific app (other than the default app), you can set a keyboard shortcut for doing it. This is super easy.
Let's say you want to open a file in Sublime Text whenever you press control+S after selecting the file.
*
*Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts (tab) > App Shortcuts (option in left sidebar).
*Create new shorctut by clicking/tapping on +.
*Select Finder as Application.
*Set Menu Title as Sublime Text (or Sublime Text.app, depending on your settings).
*Set Keyboard Shortcut as control+S. It will be shown as ^S. Or you can use any other shortcut which you prefer.
*Click/Tap on Add.
Now you can simply select the file and press control+S to open the file in Sublime Text.
A: As requested , here is a capture of [my blog] post for an Automator Service that works for me in Yosemite .
Code for Applescript in step 2
on run {input, parameters}
tell current application to activate
end run
Code for Applescript in step 5
on run {input, parameters}
set theApp to (POSIX path of (item 1 of input))
repeat with i from 2 to number of items in input
set this_item to item i of input
tell application theApp to open this_item
end repeat
tell application theApp to activate
end run
After Saving the Automator Service go to System Prefs. and add your shortcut to it.
A: The best solution for me:
*
*Select file you want to open
*Press ⇧+⌘+/ (opens up the mighty Help search)
*Then start to type a name of app you want to open
*Use arrow keys to select right menu item
*Press Enter
*Done!
For example I want to open HTML-file with Sublime Text instead of Chrome.
I navigate to this file, press shortcut, type in "su", press down-arrow and press enter!
A: I have used FastScripts to assign a shortcut to this script. It can also be used to select the open recent menus in other applications.
try
set l to {"Open With", "Open Recent", "Open Recent File", "Recent Projects", "Open Recent Set"}
tell application "System Events" to tell (process 1 where it is frontmost)
tell menu bar item 3 of menu bar 1
click
repeat with x in l
try
menu item x of menu 1
click menu item x of menu 1
exit repeat
end try
end repeat
end tell
end tell
end try
I also used scripts like in 10.6 and earlier:
try
tell application "Finder"
open (get selection) using path to application "TextMate"
end tell
end try
There is a bug that makes them unusable in 10.7 and 10.8 though. It could be avoided by focusing another application at the start, but it results in a visual glitch.
You could also use Automator services, but there is another bug where the shortcuts for services don't always work until the services menu has been shown from the menu bar.
A: My favorite solution is using Better Touch Tool, a free app.
For this to work you need to have Full Keyboard Access turned on (in system preferences - keyboard preferences - shortcuts), so that ctrl-f2 will access the menu bar.
Then use BTT to configure your short-cut (I use ctrl-alt-cmd-O) to do ctrl-f2, then attach addtional actions (10 times: two right arrows, then 7 down, then one right).
When typing your shortcut you will get to the same submenu as you would get using the right mouse click and 'open with'.
Note that ctrl-f2 may not be displayed in BTT when you type it, but it does after you do 'attach additional action'.
A: Right click on the file > press h key > use arrow keys to navigate
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27bfe8916b58f59ddd53004c6db5db9ce2e85b42 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open two views of the same PDF Is there a way to open two views of the same PDF in Preview (without creating two copies of the file), or perhaps split the window and show two different pages at the same time?
This is very useful when reading a paper which refers back to equations on previous pages.
A: Skim has menu items for marking a page and going back to a marked page. You can assign shortcuts to them in System Preferences.
| Q: Open two views of the same PDF Is there a way to open two views of the same PDF in Preview (without creating two copies of the file), or perhaps split the window and show two different pages at the same time?
This is very useful when reading a paper which refers back to equations on previous pages.
A: Skim has menu items for marking a page and going back to a marked page. You can assign shortcuts to them in System Preferences.
A: Open the first one regularly and then use the open command with the -n option.
*
*Open Terminal
*Type open -n and drop the file into the Terminal window. The full path of the file will appear after what you've typed.
*Hit enter.
The -n option opens a new instance of the application (in this case the default one, as no other is specified) even if one is already running.
A: From the Print dialogue choose the PDF button, Open PDF in Preview.
The temporary copy seems just to vanish when closed, as you would want; and it has the same name and location as the original. If you markup the new copy, it creates a duplicate with new name and you choose to save or not.
A: One other solution would be use your browser to open the PDF file.
For me is common to use chrome for reading a PDF when I want 2 instances of the file.
I also believe that is faster to search a word in a large PDF file using the browser than the PDF software.
A: The "open -n" solution can be integrated to Finder using Automator.
For this, open Automator and select "Quick Action" for new document type. Then, select "Workflow receives current" "files or folders" in "Finder.app".
Then from the list of search items, enter "Run Applescript" and use the following script, which takes the selected file from finder and opens it using "open -n" command:
on run {input, parameters}
set pathToMe to POSIX path of input
set command to "open -n " & "\"" & pathToMe & "\""
# display dialog command #(this is for debugging)
do shell script command
return input
Save the document with name "Open with new instance". Then, when you right click on a pdf file on finder, the "Open with new instance" menu item will be available.
I have tried to bring this into the services menu of Preview, however I could not succeed in that. For now, finder integration works for me.
Note: When you use the File -> Print option suggested in the accepted answer, Preview temporarily creates a file with name: Filename.pdf.pdf. This means that, when you accidentally make highlights, annotations on the temporary file, you'll loose your edits when you close that temporary file. On the other hand, when you use the "open -n" solution, two instances of Preview works on the very same files. Edits to any of the files are reflected to other instance when you save it. The only glitch is, after editing in one instance of preview when you save the file, the other instances scroll to the same page. This actually happens after some timer expires, even if you don't save the file. If this is annoying for you, the File->Print approach would work better.
In the end, it is a plain shame that Apple does not implement a proper implementation of multiple views of same pdf document for Preview. Adobe Acrobat Reader does it very nicely, for example (Window -> New Window) however, for now, Adobe Reader has poor performance on Mac operating system, compared to Windows Operating system.
A: The combination of Copy and New from Clipboard lets you open any part of the PDF in a new window (with the caveat that it's not a view in the sense that modifications do not propagate to the original document). Use rectangular selection to select the part of the PDF you want in a separate window , e.g. a figure or chart, or select a whole page, and hit command-c-command-n.
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8a497d6453763adad1b5d1f2a3146035af568a18 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can a Mac be set up to dial arbitrary numbers by connecting to an iPhone? I normaly listen to music on my iPhone while working, and regularly I also have to be able to make calls.
What tends to happen is that I google for the contact details of the place I'm calling and then have to type the number into my phone. It stikes me that there is probably a much more effective way of doing this - is there a utility that either lets me select a number on my browser and automatically call it? Or even just a shared clipboard between my phone and my MacBook?
A: I use Google Voice's service to have my computer ring a third number and call my iPhone. Since I have most contacts in my Address Book and don't mind adding new ones - iCloud will get most contacts to the phone and Siri does a nice job dialing things, but there are also software packages that will literally dial your iPhone over a bluetooth connection.
Check out Dialectic for starters if you want a tool cut exactly for the job of dialing from OS X to iPhone remotely.
| Q: Can a Mac be set up to dial arbitrary numbers by connecting to an iPhone? I normaly listen to music on my iPhone while working, and regularly I also have to be able to make calls.
What tends to happen is that I google for the contact details of the place I'm calling and then have to type the number into my phone. It stikes me that there is probably a much more effective way of doing this - is there a utility that either lets me select a number on my browser and automatically call it? Or even just a shared clipboard between my phone and my MacBook?
A: I use Google Voice's service to have my computer ring a third number and call my iPhone. Since I have most contacts in my Address Book and don't mind adding new ones - iCloud will get most contacts to the phone and Siri does a nice job dialing things, but there are also software packages that will literally dial your iPhone over a bluetooth connection.
Check out Dialectic for starters if you want a tool cut exactly for the job of dialing from OS X to iPhone remotely.
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93aa165be1e76cbf25e2d1ebc56f53c9a22a2c94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to prevent window resize when exiting Target Display Mode Using a macbook pro, with a thunderbolt cable connecting to an iMac,
and using Target Display Mode [TDM] to mirror the display. I choose
the optimal resolution for the external display, which means more
pixels than I have when using the native display. (This is the
point. :)
When the iMac is disconnected (using cmd-F2 to exit TDM), the windows
all get resized and moved so they fit in the lower resolution
screen. I do not want this behavior. I carry my laptop back and forth
to work, and have several Mission Control workspaces that are used for
work only. Whenever I come in to work and connect to the big display,
I have to resize and move the windows back to where they were.
Is there any way to disable this resizing behavior? TIA
| Q: How to prevent window resize when exiting Target Display Mode Using a macbook pro, with a thunderbolt cable connecting to an iMac,
and using Target Display Mode [TDM] to mirror the display. I choose
the optimal resolution for the external display, which means more
pixels than I have when using the native display. (This is the
point. :)
When the iMac is disconnected (using cmd-F2 to exit TDM), the windows
all get resized and moved so they fit in the lower resolution
screen. I do not want this behavior. I carry my laptop back and forth
to work, and have several Mission Control workspaces that are used for
work only. Whenever I come in to work and connect to the big display,
I have to resize and move the windows back to where they were.
Is there any way to disable this resizing behavior? TIA
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e631d3169f56f8312322ba8c66a845049dd873c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I see disk usage within a Fusion Drive (CoreStorage Logical Volume)? I just created a "Fusion Drive" on my MacBook Pro by following "How to make a Custom CoreStorage Drive in OS X".
It was created with a 256GB SSD and 320GB HD, with the SSD set as the "primary" disk in the logical volume. However, I'm not seeing much of a speed increase, and I'm not sure my data is being stored to the SSD.
How do I confirm that most of my data is stored on the SSD within a Logical Volume?
I was hoping I could simply see disk usage for each disk within the logical volume, but it looks like diskutil cs list doesn't report that.
A: iostat command check out the complete article from JollyJinx blog.
http://jollyjinx.tumblr.com/post/34638496292/fusion-drive-on-older-macs-yes-since-apple-has
| Q: How do I see disk usage within a Fusion Drive (CoreStorage Logical Volume)? I just created a "Fusion Drive" on my MacBook Pro by following "How to make a Custom CoreStorage Drive in OS X".
It was created with a 256GB SSD and 320GB HD, with the SSD set as the "primary" disk in the logical volume. However, I'm not seeing much of a speed increase, and I'm not sure my data is being stored to the SSD.
How do I confirm that most of my data is stored on the SSD within a Logical Volume?
I was hoping I could simply see disk usage for each disk within the logical volume, but it looks like diskutil cs list doesn't report that.
A: iostat command check out the complete article from JollyJinx blog.
http://jollyjinx.tumblr.com/post/34638496292/fusion-drive-on-older-macs-yes-since-apple-has
A: Based on jollyjinx's articles, I made this script which I used to help me test my DIY Fusion setup: https://gist.github.com/11522980
Basically, you have to fill the SSD with garbage files until they flow onto the HDD, then repeatedly access files from the HDD while watching disk activity. Eventually the HDD activity will stop and SSD activity will continue (or start), meaning the files have been effectively transferred.
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14de9b1f410000e700835df914fc57417ce97983 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to use Safari 5.1's rendering engine for browser testing on OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? I have OSX 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) on both my Macs, which comes with Safari 6.1. A couple of my clients have been reporting minor CSS errors using Safari 5.1, which I obviously can't install. This makes fixing these errors very, very difficult.
Are there any recommended methods for testing with the rendering engines of older versions of Safari? Would there be an appropriate vintage version of Webkit that would be able to install on 10.8, as the appropriate nightlies refuse to run?
A: I found a project online which i think uses an old WEBKIT renderer..
http://michelf.ca/projects/multi-safari/ gives old versions, but i don't know which ones you will be able to run on your new machine. For myself, I'm running 4.0.5 because of the reduced RAM usage.
| Q: Is there any way to use Safari 5.1's rendering engine for browser testing on OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? I have OSX 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) on both my Macs, which comes with Safari 6.1. A couple of my clients have been reporting minor CSS errors using Safari 5.1, which I obviously can't install. This makes fixing these errors very, very difficult.
Are there any recommended methods for testing with the rendering engines of older versions of Safari? Would there be an appropriate vintage version of Webkit that would be able to install on 10.8, as the appropriate nightlies refuse to run?
A: I found a project online which i think uses an old WEBKIT renderer..
http://michelf.ca/projects/multi-safari/ gives old versions, but i don't know which ones you will be able to run on your new machine. For myself, I'm running 4.0.5 because of the reduced RAM usage.
A: You can enable the Develop menu in the Preferences > Advanced checkbox (show develop menu in the menubar).
Once you do that, you can change the user agent to the older versions of Safari.
A: The latest version of Safari Web Browser is 6.0.5. Your clients should be using the latest version. But for you to test on older versions, go into Boot Camp Assistant and install an older version of OS X (using the Disks that came with your Mac). I have Lion and Tiger on this MacBook I am posting this answer on. Boot into Tiger and try to replicate the problem. Make sure not to update Safari on that OS.
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a25c88623984eed1702076f829fb1c0971595f77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What domain name is appended to a default Apple ID when created in OS X? Upon booting a MacBook Air for the first time (OS X, Version 10.8), I was prompted to create an AppleID. I selected a username and a default domain name was added automatically to this username.
I cannot recall what the domain name was. Does anybody know the default domain name?
A: The default domain name for new Apple ID's (or iCloud accounts) is @icloud.com. You can also use @me.com.
| Q: What domain name is appended to a default Apple ID when created in OS X? Upon booting a MacBook Air for the first time (OS X, Version 10.8), I was prompted to create an AppleID. I selected a username and a default domain name was added automatically to this username.
I cannot recall what the domain name was. Does anybody know the default domain name?
A: The default domain name for new Apple ID's (or iCloud accounts) is @icloud.com. You can also use @me.com.
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329bf83fe35df4c3336180551d26ca01a9d27b68 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does there exist an iPhone application that can call an online API (RESTful or otherwise) triggered by geofences? I've pretty much stated the entire question in the title:
I'm looking for an iPhone application that can call an online API (preferably RESTful but I'll accept anything) as a reaction to triggering a geofence.
So, as a stupid example, a tweet could be sent out automatically when I arrive at my house. The iPhone would see the geofence trigger, the application would be invoked, which would call the Twitter API to send the tweet.
A: Looks like Locative can do this:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/locative/id725198453?mt=8
https://github.com/LocativeHQ
| Q: Does there exist an iPhone application that can call an online API (RESTful or otherwise) triggered by geofences? I've pretty much stated the entire question in the title:
I'm looking for an iPhone application that can call an online API (preferably RESTful but I'll accept anything) as a reaction to triggering a geofence.
So, as a stupid example, a tweet could be sent out automatically when I arrive at my house. The iPhone would see the geofence trigger, the application would be invoked, which would call the Twitter API to send the tweet.
A: Looks like Locative can do this:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/locative/id725198453?mt=8
https://github.com/LocativeHQ
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b375945b6b27e99a614cb32d24139390af280ac1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Tool to quickly hide/blur/redact text in screenshot? I’ve captured a screenshot and I want to share it (on Stack Overflow, actually), but I need to blur/hide out a couple words in the screenshot. Is there a tool to quickly do this?
A: Skitch can do this quickly. See?
Just click the blur button in the side bar and draw over your image to obscure things.
Please note that this app saves files to Evernote by default which can be a problem for sensitive content. You may want to disable it by not signing into your Evernote account or by making the following setting changes:
*
*Set Sync -> Save New Skitch Notes to Evernote to Manual
*Uncheck Sharing -> Automatically Share and Copy Link after creating new Skitch Notes
| Q: Tool to quickly hide/blur/redact text in screenshot? I’ve captured a screenshot and I want to share it (on Stack Overflow, actually), but I need to blur/hide out a couple words in the screenshot. Is there a tool to quickly do this?
A: Skitch can do this quickly. See?
Just click the blur button in the side bar and draw over your image to obscure things.
Please note that this app saves files to Evernote by default which can be a problem for sensitive content. You may want to disable it by not signing into your Evernote account or by making the following setting changes:
*
*Set Sync -> Save New Skitch Notes to Evernote to Manual
*Uncheck Sharing -> Automatically Share and Copy Link after creating new Skitch Notes
A: You can use Preview in two ways:
*
*Use the Annotation tool to draw a filled rectangle over the area you want to hide. You can select the fill color.
*Use the Selection tool to select the area you want to hide and then cut it. The area will be replaced by a gray area (or whatever color is set as window background in Preferences/General).
A: Sketch 3. Brilliant app. Set fill to saturation, opacity 14, black background, background blur 2px. Save it as a style.
Here's the settings:
A: I was looking for a quick solution using the preview tool as well and blocking out or cutting text won't work (since I need to give the notion that text goes there). I ended up just downloading and using GIMP because of it's flexibility as a tool.
There are two ways to blur:
1) Simply use the blur tool and drag over the text. If you want to be cleaner, you can use the rectangle selection tool first and then use blur so you get sharper edges.
2) There is also an option in the toolbar to blur selection as well (so it's more evenly blurred) - I would recommend a high (15x15) gaussian blur (Filters -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur... from the menu). Select the area you want to blur first and then use the appropriate blur filter.
Again, I know it's not as simple and direct as some of the other tools, but GIMP just offers a lot of other features built pretty well. In my case, I downloaded it and used it for blurring of text since I know I'll be using it for other capabilities in the future. Preview fits a lot of great simple annotations, I was surprised it didn't have this built in.
A: Check out facepixelizer.com.
It has an "intelligent" text blurring tool that changes the amount of blurring based on the font size of the text being blurred.
It's an online web app and it's free.
Here is a link to http://facepixelizer.com
A: You can try DataMask (http://datamask.tech) extension for Chrome browser. It can blur and scramble data in websites.
A: Check https://blur-photo.com/ . It's free online service for blurring photos.
Just upload photo that you want to blur and make selection around area which needs to be blurred.
A: I will recommend checking blur Chrome extension it helps hide sensitive information on a webpage in a single click
Features Include
*
*Single Click Blur - Hide information in a single click
*Blur Area - Create a rectangular area to blur the web page
*Keep blur - Clicked Blur and Blurred Area
*And More... - Control blur intensity, hide the title bar, and more
A: I use reducked.com - small webpage-tool for redacting images in a browser.
UPD:
TheBro21, that's a one task tool, their home page is a tutorial in 3 sentences:
and as a result:
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e83b142e139c70a09962a40b4a9691cf4892dca1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I convert .ichat logs to text files? How do you convert the iChat transcript files that Messages creates into human-readable text files that can be opened without the Messages app?
For reference, these are the conversation files located in ~/Library/Messages/Archive.
Simply opening the .ichat files in a text editor includes a bunch of additional strings and hashes. Opening them in Messages and copy-pasting into a text editor works, but I'd prefer to automate the process if possible.
A: Check out my project that will take all of your conversations and convert them into one readable text file. It won't convert just a single iMessage, but it will collect all of your messages and attachments, back them up, and put them into a human-readable format.
https://peterkaminski09.github.io/baskup
| Q: How can I convert .ichat logs to text files? How do you convert the iChat transcript files that Messages creates into human-readable text files that can be opened without the Messages app?
For reference, these are the conversation files located in ~/Library/Messages/Archive.
Simply opening the .ichat files in a text editor includes a bunch of additional strings and hashes. Opening them in Messages and copy-pasting into a text editor works, but I'd prefer to automate the process if possible.
A: Check out my project that will take all of your conversations and convert them into one readable text file. It won't convert just a single iMessage, but it will collect all of your messages and attachments, back them up, and put them into a human-readable format.
https://peterkaminski09.github.io/baskup
A: The files that Messages saves have an ichat file extension.
But from the command line you can inspect them to see they are actually binary plist files:
$ file transcript.ichat
transcript.ichat: Apple binary property list
Turns out, you can easily convert binary plist files into human-readable XML documents:
$ plutil -convert xml1 transcript.ichat
Now, when you run file again, you can see it's an XML file:
$ file transcript.ichat
transcript.ichat: XML document text
Go ahead—open it and see for yourself:
$ open transcript.ichat
A: If you are familiar with sqlite, you can just export the messages directly from the database on Mountain Lion iMessage.
sqlite3 /Users/(username)/Library/Messages/chat.db
From the database, you can send sql commands to get any and all messages and associated fields you have interest. Further, you can change the output settings to write directly to a file.
Also, in addition to the database, all photos are stored in the Attachments folder.
A: I've created a command line tool for converting these ichat files to newline-separated JSON
The tool extracts the bare essential information: message, sender, date
You can view the source code and/or download binary at https://github.com/kfatehi/ichat2json
A: If you select print from the file menus, when the print box opens in the lower left is a pdf button with a drop down. From here you can save as pdf, post script, mail as pdf or send to iTunes.
A: For those with folders full of .ichat files on their hands, whether or not they're part of ~/Library/Messages, my project will instantly convert those to RTF or plain-text format: https://github.com/Amethyst-Software/convert-ichat-files (pre-built binary is provided). Basic messages as well as file transfer messages (not the files themselves) and chat client events are translated to text. Group chats are supported as well.
A: I've created an app called "Past for iChat" to do this (open iChats/Chat logs on macOS 11+ and export them in various formats): https://zeezide.de/en/products/past/
A: This wouldn't be a perfect solution, but I notice that the messages are always between Ä_ and _$. You could write a script to extract all the text which started and ended with those characters. (any language with rexex support would do)
A: This seems like an ideal application of Automator workflows or AppleScript, since both of those can do "press buttons onscreen" style behavior. You'd say "take file as input," and use something under "print" or "messages" if there are either of those, or use AppleScript to tell it to open the file and press file and print and save as pdf and then close the file.
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1b7e3ba788016b83a463490c5f490cdb920a61ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable cross-screen shadows I have a dual-screen setup, which works fine, but there's one annoyance, the window shadows.
If I maximize a window on one screen (or just make its edge touch the edge of one of the monitors), the shadow from that window "crosses" the screen and goes to the other one, creating a useless visual effect which just looks weird, since the monitors are not exactly touching, so the shadow has no usefulness or relevance there.
Is there a way to disable it (but not disable all window shadows)?
A: In OS X Mavericks there no longer are cross-screen shadows.
You can get this system update from the App store for free.
| Q: Disable cross-screen shadows I have a dual-screen setup, which works fine, but there's one annoyance, the window shadows.
If I maximize a window on one screen (or just make its edge touch the edge of one of the monitors), the shadow from that window "crosses" the screen and goes to the other one, creating a useless visual effect which just looks weird, since the monitors are not exactly touching, so the shadow has no usefulness or relevance there.
Is there a way to disable it (but not disable all window shadows)?
A: In OS X Mavericks there no longer are cross-screen shadows.
You can get this system update from the App store for free.
A: The shadow crosses over because the computer treats the displays as one long desktop with no space between. So if you had one short-wide monitor, it would make sense to have that shadow where it is.
There are ways to adjust the size of your display, so perhaps you could do this on one of your monitors to create a "dead zone" between, i.e. a little strip of desktop that neither screen displays. I've never tried this, so no guarantees. Otherwise, simply disable shadows altogether.
A: No - but if you feel strongly that Apple should fix this edge case, you could file a bug report and post the radar number. I'd be glad to duplicate your efforts to agitate and have enough light directed to this issue to remove the shadow.
*
*https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/
A: I use an app called ShadowKiller to turn off all window dropshadows. It was discontinued, but it still works with Mavericks. I can put a link in if this is what you want.
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9c4f1bcb86876ad8b1bd1de353f3a1b34f741329 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get a refund after purchasing an app from the Mac App store? I bought an app and it is so bad despite its low price that I am willing to spend time on getting a refund. How do I get the refunded after an app purchased through the Mac App Store?
A: Do the following steps
*
*open up Your Account in iTunes by clicking Account inside iTunes Store
*click see all in the Check Your Purchase History row
*click the Report a Problem button
*select the App from which you want to refund
*explain and write a detailed reason why you think you should get a refund for the app
| Q: How do I get a refund after purchasing an app from the Mac App store? I bought an app and it is so bad despite its low price that I am willing to spend time on getting a refund. How do I get the refunded after an app purchased through the Mac App Store?
A: Do the following steps
*
*open up Your Account in iTunes by clicking Account inside iTunes Store
*click see all in the Check Your Purchase History row
*click the Report a Problem button
*select the App from which you want to refund
*explain and write a detailed reason why you think you should get a refund for the app
A: The Mac App Store does not have automatic refund policy. First you have to contact the developer in case of any app issue. But if have bought it mistakenly, then you will not get refund.
For official MAS FAQ : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4461
A: The Mac App store doesn't have an equivalent "Report a problem" link that iOS/iTunes app store customers can use to open a support ticket with the store billing support, so you might need to use general Billing Support for any Apple ID issue:
*
*http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/
You should absolutely be clear (with screenshots if possible) to explain how the application failed to live up to the description that was available to you in the store - if the reviewers at Apple didn't catch a serious problem with the description of the goods as sold, I would expect most people to feel a refund would be a justifiable remedy. You are also free to contact the developer - reputable developers can and do offer refunds of either their share of your purchase and some even refund the entire purchase price - in effect paying Apple's cut even when they refunded your cost.
Lastly, you might use the generic feedback page after you have tried to get a refund to document how you felt about the Mac App store, the purchase tools and the complaint resolution process. I have found that nice but plainly honest complaints work best there.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
There isn't a neat category for third party App Store purchase feedback - so in this case, you might tie it to either the OS or the Hardware as you see fit.
A: Always go to the apple refund. Which is Report a Problem about that. If it doesn't help, well maybe call them which may not actually help at all.
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590b4ac1991dca4a4ca44dc31d982b5af22cb23f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I delete the historical chain of imessages from someone? If I delete an imessage from someone in IOS6, the moment i send them a new text/message, the entire chain of previous messages reappears.
A: Go to the "Messages" screen where it shows all the contacts you texted and select edit, then delete the entire conversation
| Q: How can I delete the historical chain of imessages from someone? If I delete an imessage from someone in IOS6, the moment i send them a new text/message, the entire chain of previous messages reappears.
A: Go to the "Messages" screen where it shows all the contacts you texted and select edit, then delete the entire conversation
A: There is no way to clear the history at present.
Apple didn't release an interface or tool to purge the messages that are stored on iCloud. You can only control and delete from the local cache of messages once they have been downloaded. Presumably they eventually get discarded, but there is no web interface or way to ask that the actual messages be deleted at the source. Nor is there a way to mark a message as to be deleted across all devices or in the cloud servers. Each deletion just deletes that message from the local cache of the machine doing the delete as opposed to permanently deleting anything.
See these threads for more details on this behavior:
*
*Permanently deleting iMessages in a Mac
*Does deleting an iMessage on a device deletes it in all of the other iCloud synced devices?
I've confirmed this behavior with direct discussions with Apple Support in the summer of 2014 that deleting a message from one device won't actually delete it anywhere else or from the cloud store for your account.
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77a1029d120cff753d669f81e8ff1b91ea4317f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automator throws an error when trying to quit Mail.app I've created a calendar event in Automator that creates and sends an email message then quits Mail. It creates and sends the message fine but then gives an error when attempting to quit Mail. I've had it running for months under Lion and recently upgraded that machine to Mountain Lion 10.8.2. The error happened under both versions. The error is -1700 which is errAECoercionFail. Mail isn't putting up any alerts that might keep it from quitting. Any ideas as to what would cause this?
A: I had the same problem. Checking the 'ask to save changes' seems to resolve the issue.
| Q: Automator throws an error when trying to quit Mail.app I've created a calendar event in Automator that creates and sends an email message then quits Mail. It creates and sends the message fine but then gives an error when attempting to quit Mail. I've had it running for months under Lion and recently upgraded that machine to Mountain Lion 10.8.2. The error happened under both versions. The error is -1700 which is errAECoercionFail. Mail isn't putting up any alerts that might keep it from quitting. Any ideas as to what would cause this?
A: I had the same problem. Checking the 'ask to save changes' seems to resolve the issue.
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5d5a614322bddd3beb4d21ab7f69add506711ce4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: pinch to zoom with magic mouse in Mountain Lion I am unable to "pinch-to-zoom" on my magic mouse in mountain lion. I am using better touch tool (but have tried disabling that and pinch-to-zoom still doesn't work). In better touch tool under mouse > other gestures (zoom, etc.), it talks about changing sensitivities for normal predefined actions (which I think is what I want) and keyboard shortcuts (not what I want). I have tried setting these higher and lower, but I still can't pinch-to-zoom with my magic mouse (like I can with my trackpad).
If anyone has any suggestions, I would much appreciate it!
Thanks,
Kevin
A: Maybe this app called MagicPrefs could help: http://magicprefs.com
It's expand standard capabilities of Magic Mouse.
| Q: pinch to zoom with magic mouse in Mountain Lion I am unable to "pinch-to-zoom" on my magic mouse in mountain lion. I am using better touch tool (but have tried disabling that and pinch-to-zoom still doesn't work). In better touch tool under mouse > other gestures (zoom, etc.), it talks about changing sensitivities for normal predefined actions (which I think is what I want) and keyboard shortcuts (not what I want). I have tried setting these higher and lower, but I still can't pinch-to-zoom with my magic mouse (like I can with my trackpad).
If anyone has any suggestions, I would much appreciate it!
Thanks,
Kevin
A: Maybe this app called MagicPrefs could help: http://magicprefs.com
It's expand standard capabilities of Magic Mouse.
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1f106e8e01873ba49eb534ce7c099414f4acbf42 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 802.11n Airport Express automatically choosing to extend 5Ghz network instead of 2.4 Ghz I have a latest model (2012, 2.4Ghz/5Ghz simultaneously) Airport Express serving WiFi for my house. I have an older model, 802.11n, Airport Express set to "extend a wireless network". On the new AE I have both the 2.4 and 5 GHz networks with the same SSID.
The difficulty is that the older AE, which can only do one band at a time, always chooses to extend the 5 GHz network instead of the 2.4 GHz network, which is what I want.
I've tried changing the SSIDs of the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz networks to be different and having the old AE extend the 2.4 Ghz one. That works fine. If I change the SSID's back to match, however, the older AE will switch which network it extends from the 2.4 GHz one to the 5 GHz one.
I find this odd behavior and I can't find a workaround. Thoughts?
| Q: 802.11n Airport Express automatically choosing to extend 5Ghz network instead of 2.4 Ghz I have a latest model (2012, 2.4Ghz/5Ghz simultaneously) Airport Express serving WiFi for my house. I have an older model, 802.11n, Airport Express set to "extend a wireless network". On the new AE I have both the 2.4 and 5 GHz networks with the same SSID.
The difficulty is that the older AE, which can only do one band at a time, always chooses to extend the 5 GHz network instead of the 2.4 GHz network, which is what I want.
I've tried changing the SSIDs of the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz networks to be different and having the old AE extend the 2.4 Ghz one. That works fine. If I change the SSID's back to match, however, the older AE will switch which network it extends from the 2.4 GHz one to the 5 GHz one.
I find this odd behavior and I can't find a workaround. Thoughts?
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ca003a1e3c0a2dbeb149a8977d9d032e6665e8f0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I play chess on my Mac from the command line? If I were feeling insufficiently geekish on any particular day, and thus found the GUI Chess App to lack an appropriate amount of tech credibility, is there a way to play chess on my Mac from the command line?
A: Yes! The OS X Chess app relies on the sjeng engine, which has a command line version. Type /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/Resources/sjeng.ChessEngine and press enter to play:
Make moves with the coordinates of the origin and destination you want: e1e4 moves the piece at e1 to e4.
Sjeng doesn't take any command line arguments, but you can edit the config file (stored in /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/Resources/sjeng.rc). This will probably mess with your settings in the GUI Chess app; make a backup before editing.
| Q: Can I play chess on my Mac from the command line? If I were feeling insufficiently geekish on any particular day, and thus found the GUI Chess App to lack an appropriate amount of tech credibility, is there a way to play chess on my Mac from the command line?
A: Yes! The OS X Chess app relies on the sjeng engine, which has a command line version. Type /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/Resources/sjeng.ChessEngine and press enter to play:
Make moves with the coordinates of the origin and destination you want: e1e4 moves the piece at e1 to e4.
Sjeng doesn't take any command line arguments, but you can edit the config file (stored in /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/Resources/sjeng.rc). This will probably mess with your settings in the GUI Chess app; make a backup before editing.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73118"
} |
41d59f7ecf1be7573e9050a47b289f43b6a8c065 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get notified when battery is charged Is there a way to write a custom apple script or any other way to get a Alert or Desktop notification when the battery on my Macbook Pro reaches a certain percentage of charge?
A: This app is a free replacement for the standard battery menu bar item, and it includes the ability to set notifications (in Notification Center) when the battery hits certain percentages.
Alternatively, if you want to rig your own solution, you can get charging status and percentage from running pmset -g batt in the shell. You'd need to poll it rather than getting notified however. If you're comfortable with programming, the IOPowerSources API looks like it can do notifications when the battery/charging status changes, but obviously that's more involved.
| Q: Get notified when battery is charged Is there a way to write a custom apple script or any other way to get a Alert or Desktop notification when the battery on my Macbook Pro reaches a certain percentage of charge?
A: This app is a free replacement for the standard battery menu bar item, and it includes the ability to set notifications (in Notification Center) when the battery hits certain percentages.
Alternatively, if you want to rig your own solution, you can get charging status and percentage from running pmset -g batt in the shell. You'd need to poll it rather than getting notified however. If you're comfortable with programming, the IOPowerSources API looks like it can do notifications when the battery/charging status changes, but obviously that's more involved.
| apple | {
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"question_score": "5",
"source": "stackexchange",
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73123"
} |
c8071efccc36c670155fb0ca4fd73bc131e6b8ae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Corrupted .mp4 File from iPhone 4 Weather Balloon Launch We recently launched a weather balloon into space which used an Apple iPhone 4 as a camera. In any case, though, we have about 8 minutes of corrupted video footage in the form of an .mp4 file (the last 8 minutes of footage, that is. The other ~4-5 hours were completely intact). We believe there must be a way to salvage some video from this file. As such, we would like to ask if anyone can help us salvage this video file. Thank you very much for your time, advice, and/or help.
http://www.mediafire.com/?o00mz0ke2his991
A: Good news! It's repairable.
I ran it through this repair utility:
http://grauonline.de/cmsimple2_6/en/?Solutions:HD_Video_Repair_Utility
I only have the demo version so I could only preview about 3 minutes of the video, but it looks like that tool will work well with your file.
| Q: Corrupted .mp4 File from iPhone 4 Weather Balloon Launch We recently launched a weather balloon into space which used an Apple iPhone 4 as a camera. In any case, though, we have about 8 minutes of corrupted video footage in the form of an .mp4 file (the last 8 minutes of footage, that is. The other ~4-5 hours were completely intact). We believe there must be a way to salvage some video from this file. As such, we would like to ask if anyone can help us salvage this video file. Thank you very much for your time, advice, and/or help.
http://www.mediafire.com/?o00mz0ke2his991
A: Good news! It's repairable.
I ran it through this repair utility:
http://grauonline.de/cmsimple2_6/en/?Solutions:HD_Video_Repair_Utility
I only have the demo version so I could only preview about 3 minutes of the video, but it looks like that tool will work well with your file.
| apple | {
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"question_score": "3",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73124"
} |
fe98d684ac5ce03dc9d2305b2a0ebf19306c74e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What does the clear key do on Apple's numpad? Apple has a keyboard with a numpad. What does the clear key on the top left of the numpad do? Is it different from the delete key, if so, how is it different?
A: The standard OS X behaviour is for it to act similar to a delete key, but only when text is selected. It won't delete forwards or backwards like the standard delete keys. It also acts as a standard clear button in the Calculator app. This can vary by app however - in Excel for example, it functions identically to the backspace key.
| Q: What does the clear key do on Apple's numpad? Apple has a keyboard with a numpad. What does the clear key on the top left of the numpad do? Is it different from the delete key, if so, how is it different?
A: The standard OS X behaviour is for it to act similar to a delete key, but only when text is selected. It won't delete forwards or backwards like the standard delete keys. It also acts as a standard clear button in the Calculator app. This can vary by app however - in Excel for example, it functions identically to the backspace key.
A: I just found out by accident that it is also equivalent to clicking the cancel button on dialogs.
| apple | {
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"length": 125,
"provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:21013",
"question_score": "6",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73126"
} |
faadb576367bdba4adaad93c963cbc13b2a24353 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can iCloud notes be synced with different accounts? Is it possible to synchronize notes with different accounts? For example, if I write something in my notes - my friend will open his notes with his account and see the change.
Is this possible?
A: No, iCloud was not meant to work that way.
Some third party Apps, though, will do exactly what you're looking for. AppCrawlr has got an interesting list, which might be worth looking at.
| Q: Can iCloud notes be synced with different accounts? Is it possible to synchronize notes with different accounts? For example, if I write something in my notes - my friend will open his notes with his account and see the change.
Is this possible?
A: No, iCloud was not meant to work that way.
Some third party Apps, though, will do exactly what you're looking for. AppCrawlr has got an interesting list, which might be worth looking at.
| apple | {
"language": "en",
"length": 78,
"provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:21019",
"question_score": "4",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73147"
} |
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