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ed51de2becdc18eaf6d81797d10b47cbb1049fe7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone 4S keeps old numbers in Messages The numbers that are no longer in my contacts still keep popping up when I try to compose a new message.
Why is this happening? Is there a way to purge the contact list so no already-deleted-contact remains?
A: Assuming you have iOS 7 (now) I can provide you the steps on how to remove Recent contacts in the Messages.app.
*
*Open Messages.app
*Start composing new message
*Once the list starts showing up, press the blue 'i' icon next to the number.
*Press the redline Delete from recent
*You're done, repeat these steps for the contacts you don't want to show up anymore.
EDIT: Community bumped this thread up making me answer it because I never check the dates. I hope I can still help anyone out with this answer.
| Q: iPhone 4S keeps old numbers in Messages The numbers that are no longer in my contacts still keep popping up when I try to compose a new message.
Why is this happening? Is there a way to purge the contact list so no already-deleted-contact remains?
A: Assuming you have iOS 7 (now) I can provide you the steps on how to remove Recent contacts in the Messages.app.
*
*Open Messages.app
*Start composing new message
*Once the list starts showing up, press the blue 'i' icon next to the number.
*Press the redline Delete from recent
*You're done, repeat these steps for the contacts you don't want to show up anymore.
EDIT: Community bumped this thread up making me answer it because I never check the dates. I hope I can still help anyone out with this answer.
A: Power the phone off and then on again. That should clear out the bug.
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8affe4fc0ad47794c6a80321bfcf144dd023ba03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can the Eclipse emulator be made less blurry when run on retina Mac hardware? I'm using Eclipse JUNO and ADT 21 on a MacBook Pro Retina 15" and the eclipse app itself looks very sharp (code blocks, images and texts). However, things are blurry in the Android Emulator.
What can I do to fix the blurriness of the emulator window?
A: Eclipse's text is high resolution because it is drawn by OS X's APIs. I assume the emulator is simulating the actual resolution of the device, so it might not be able to run at retina resolution.
You can increase the screen's resolution to make the problem less noticeable. Go to System Preferences > Display and select Scaled. This Apple support doc might help: MacBook Pro: Frequently asked questions about using a Retina display
(The only way to get rid of blurriness completely is to run your retina Mac at full resolution.)
Edit - reword because I misread your question.
| Q: Can the Eclipse emulator be made less blurry when run on retina Mac hardware? I'm using Eclipse JUNO and ADT 21 on a MacBook Pro Retina 15" and the eclipse app itself looks very sharp (code blocks, images and texts). However, things are blurry in the Android Emulator.
What can I do to fix the blurriness of the emulator window?
A: Eclipse's text is high resolution because it is drawn by OS X's APIs. I assume the emulator is simulating the actual resolution of the device, so it might not be able to run at retina resolution.
You can increase the screen's resolution to make the problem less noticeable. Go to System Preferences > Display and select Scaled. This Apple support doc might help: MacBook Pro: Frequently asked questions about using a Retina display
(The only way to get rid of blurriness completely is to run your retina Mac at full resolution.)
Edit - reword because I misread your question.
A: From my experience all Java 1.7 (eclipse run on Java) have blurry text on Mac retina .. according to some forum you have to downgrade to java 1.6 from Apple ..
1.8 should work with retina ..
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46615ddd73054a34fd251fd9d4bc33a37d7609f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Copying ISO file to USB drive in OS X? I have tried to copy an ISO file to a USB drive. I am unable to do it with Disk Utility. How can I copy the ISO file to a USB drive?
But I get the below. I have enough space in the 16GB USB drive for the 2GB ISO file. What am I doing wrong?
Debugging
Bmike commented "You can isolate the scanning of the image from the restoring to see if the problem lies with the image or the copy. Images -> Scan Image for Restore... from the menu of Disk Utility." but the procedure fires the error below. What does it mean?
A: You can use an open source tool named UNetbootin.
Also you can see an step-by-step tutorial with images by Ubuntu in here.
| Q: Copying ISO file to USB drive in OS X? I have tried to copy an ISO file to a USB drive. I am unable to do it with Disk Utility. How can I copy the ISO file to a USB drive?
But I get the below. I have enough space in the 16GB USB drive for the 2GB ISO file. What am I doing wrong?
Debugging
Bmike commented "You can isolate the scanning of the image from the restoring to see if the problem lies with the image or the copy. Images -> Scan Image for Restore... from the menu of Disk Utility." but the procedure fires the error below. What does it mean?
A: You can use an open source tool named UNetbootin.
Also you can see an step-by-step tutorial with images by Ubuntu in here.
A: This thread here outlines a graphical way of turning a USB drive into a boot disk. The user jbdjunk mentions the proceduce below, copy-pasted from the earlier site.
*
*Open Disk Utility
*Plug in USB
*Format USB to Mac Extended (Journaled)
*Create Partition on USB [GUID for Intel chips, APM for PPC]
*Unmount created Partition
*Drag and Drop disk image (dmg or iso) into Disk Utility
*Open disk image (double click or button in DU)
*Select opened disk image on left menu
*Click over to Restore
*Drag and drop selected image into source field
*Drag and drop (unmounted) USB partition into destination
*OK (may have to type in admin passwords and such)
*Wait
*Enjoy!
A: You can find the Debian-style-/dev/sdb location after $ sudo port install watch and then getting the address from the kernel ring buffer with $ sudo watch --interval=1 'dmesg|tail' so
now you know the address to be something like /Volumes/disk1s1 and for the mount-point like /Volumes/Untitled 1 but Apple requires some syntactic sugar in $ sudo umount /Volumes/UNTITLED\ 1/ umount(/Volumes/UNTITLED 1): Resource busy -- try 'diskutil unmount' but it won't stop us! So everything as one-liners below, enjoy!
$ sudo watch --interval=1 'dmesg|tail'
$ sudo diskutil umount /Volumes/UNTITLED\ 1/
Volume UNTITLED on disk1s1 unmounted
$ sudo dd if=en_windows_8_x86_dvd_915417.iso of=/dev/disk1s1 bs=1m
This so far is very close to working with distros such as Ubuntu here. Now we make only a small difference to this procedure to get it working with Apple computers, namely converting the ISO into special format usually labelled with DMG or just IMG.
Apple way
The only difference to Apple is that you need to make the ISO file into special DMG file and upload that. An answer provided a video that solved the issue but this screenshot should contain all essential.
A: I can confirm that an 'official' Win10 (and also Win 7.1) iso obtained from University contract distributor winds up with a UDF formatted USB stick when copied with dd. Rogerdpack's answer explains why.
Note that some versions of Boot Camp Assistant do not offer a "Win 7 or later" option; Version 3 (.2) and later do. Also, if you have copied your iso fruitlessly to the USB drive (now in UDF format) Boot Camp Assistant may (will) complain about your 8 GB flash being too small. Reformat this drive before using it in Boot Camp Assistant.
A: From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu2g_E2ZK8A:
You can also can try this. It works for me. This is a rather "raw" copy and will typically not work for a bootable USB, but will work for other cases.
Here is a transcription of the commands from the screen shot for your copy/paste pleasure.
diskutil list # shows disks
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o destino.img origen.iso # convert to dmg
sudo dd if=destino.img.dmg of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m # copy to USB on rdisk1
A: For people that don't want to mess with dd and need something that just works there are free cross-platform open-source apps:
usbimager — lightweight, native GUI for win/mac/linux [source code]
Etcher — Electron-based, win/mac/linux [source code]
Usage
To flash drag-n-drop the ISO or IMG file to the app window and click Flash.
Privacy warning
Etcher phones home for anonymous error reports and usage statistics as well as for auto-updates but the corresponding options can be disabled in Settings (the cogwheel icon).
A: IMHO the easiest way is in terminal:
*First run diskutil list
*then insert your usb stick
*and run diskutil list again to see the disk node (e.g. /dev/disk2).
*Now run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN
*and do sudo dd if=/path-to.iso of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m (or bs=1M with homebrew)
*When finished diskutil eject /dev/diskN
A: If you want to make a bootable USB then I would suggest Unetbootin
A: If you want your USB to be "bootable" when all is said and done (ex: windows install disk), you're going to either want to use the Boot Camp Assistant (only check the "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" checkbox, then follow the prompts, it will create a FAT32 (i.e. bootable) USB version of your ISO file).
Some ISO's are created "special" to not need this, but not all are (ex: windows install disks). Details: https://superuser.com/q/1063220/39364
I.e. dd is not always enough. Especially for windows install .iso's.
A: Quoting from the ubuntu article linked earlier:
I think the key is to use the drive (/dev/sdb), not the partition (/dev/sdb1), in the of= option:
sudo dd if=dban.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1m
A: There is no perfect tool that hands all ISO images. The approach will be totally different for data iso and bootable iso.
For data ISO, you should check using diskutil + cp commands or commercial software like Roxio Toast or free software Disco/SimplyBurns.
For bootable ISO, the situation is a bit more complicated because different OS images adopts different boot scheme. From my own experience:
UNetbootin is quite good for burning Linux ISO. It is also able to download Linux ISO images.
UUByte ISO Editor is the best fit for Windows ISO and it works quite easily because of intuitive GUI. It only takes 3-5 minutes to create a Windows bootable usb on Mac.
Etcher is good for Linux and Raspbian based image files for embedded development and it also has addition support for SD card.
So the answer is really dependent on what kind of ISO image file you are trying to copy/burn.
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12fa228a6df63253ba0bd10c09663ef711574cf8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable microphone for OS X? We need a way to disable the microphone so it cannot be re-enabled, at least by an unprivileged user. And preferably via the command line, so it can be scripted. On some Macs, we've been able to remove kexts, but on others, that also disables speakers, and we'd like to keep sound output.
A: I know this is an old post, but the above command does not work. "tell application "System Events" to set volume input volume 0". Sure, the slider moves all the way to the left, but if you make noise you can see the mic picking up input. If you manually move the slider then it mutes. Further analysis using the apple midi audio app indicates setting input volume to 0 via applescript actually sets it to 4. I've tried putting in -4 and other negative values hoping it would work. it does not.
I'm not sure why apple chose this behavior. It has been the result of setting input to 0 via applescript that it is not really 0 for years now. Very frustrating.
| Q: How to disable microphone for OS X? We need a way to disable the microphone so it cannot be re-enabled, at least by an unprivileged user. And preferably via the command line, so it can be scripted. On some Macs, we've been able to remove kexts, but on others, that also disables speakers, and we'd like to keep sound output.
A: I know this is an old post, but the above command does not work. "tell application "System Events" to set volume input volume 0". Sure, the slider moves all the way to the left, but if you make noise you can see the mic picking up input. If you manually move the slider then it mutes. Further analysis using the apple midi audio app indicates setting input volume to 0 via applescript actually sets it to 4. I've tried putting in -4 and other negative values hoping it would work. it does not.
I'm not sure why apple chose this behavior. It has been the result of setting input to 0 via applescript that it is not really 0 for years now. Very frustrating.
A: I think the only way you could do this is chmod and or chown the Preferences app, of course this can be done via the command line.
sudo chmod 000 /Applications/System\ Preferences.app
Or
sudo chown root /Applications/System\ Preferences.app
In addition you could build an Apple Script to Mute the Microphone
tell application "System Events" to set volume input volume 0
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3988e6cfc35d1138769455dba4377816cb27d513 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the Original AppleTV (First Gen) compatible with iTunes 11? I am afraid to update my Mac to iTunes 11 since I still use an original AppleTV (the old one with the hard drive) on one of my televisions. Does anyone know if the original AppleTV is compatible with iTunes 11?
A: I ended up testing this myself.
*
*Syncing content works
*Restoring the device works
I haven't exhaustively tested everything possible, but I did write up what I have tested in more detail on my blog.
*
*iTunes 11 appears to work fine with first generation AppleTV
| Q: Is the Original AppleTV (First Gen) compatible with iTunes 11? I am afraid to update my Mac to iTunes 11 since I still use an original AppleTV (the old one with the hard drive) on one of my televisions. Does anyone know if the original AppleTV is compatible with iTunes 11?
A: I ended up testing this myself.
*
*Syncing content works
*Restoring the device works
I haven't exhaustively tested everything possible, but I did write up what I have tested in more detail on my blog.
*
*iTunes 11 appears to work fine with first generation AppleTV
A: If you buy from the store on the 1st gen Apple TV, you can no longer copy from the Apple TV back to your computer through iTunes 11, or atleast I have not found a way. You are forced to download the content twice. I'm getting a lot of Error -50's when downloading on my computer. I was avoiding these by downloading on my Apple TV and then copying back to my computer but this is no longer an option. iTunes 11 has removed some very useful features in my opinion.
A: It doesn't work! It does not appear in the device menu unless I delete the account on the apple tv and re-sync it, then it disappears after the sync and you have to keep doing this every time you want to sync it!
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9f3f03eef7895213b6caac8c438e0962ecdee7e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes warning about 1080p playback Installing and tweaking around some settings on the new version of iTunes 11 today, and when I was messing around in the "Store" settings, I clicked it to prefer 1080p downloads, only to be presented with this error message:
A bit of background on my specs:
*
*Windows 7 Ultimate x64
*Core i7 2600k O.C'd to 4.5 atm, base is about 3.7
*20GB RAM
*Nvidia GTX 580 Ti
*Monitor: Acer 24" LCD 60hz @ 1920 x 1080 through DVI
*Monitor: Dell 19" LCD 60hz @ 1280 x 1024 through DVI
As you can see, I doubt my computer specs are the issue for 1080p.
Is there an explanation why I would be seeing this error message?
A: It's a poorly worded message. When I've gotten it in the past (on OS X), it's been when my screen resolution is too small to play 1080p content natively. However if you ignore the warning, it will happily play just fine, but downscaled to fit your screen.
| Q: iTunes warning about 1080p playback Installing and tweaking around some settings on the new version of iTunes 11 today, and when I was messing around in the "Store" settings, I clicked it to prefer 1080p downloads, only to be presented with this error message:
A bit of background on my specs:
*
*Windows 7 Ultimate x64
*Core i7 2600k O.C'd to 4.5 atm, base is about 3.7
*20GB RAM
*Nvidia GTX 580 Ti
*Monitor: Acer 24" LCD 60hz @ 1920 x 1080 through DVI
*Monitor: Dell 19" LCD 60hz @ 1280 x 1024 through DVI
As you can see, I doubt my computer specs are the issue for 1080p.
Is there an explanation why I would be seeing this error message?
A: It's a poorly worded message. When I've gotten it in the past (on OS X), it's been when my screen resolution is too small to play 1080p content natively. However if you ignore the warning, it will happily play just fine, but downscaled to fit your screen.
A: To play 1080p content perfectly you need:
*
*a display with at least 1920 x 1080 resolution
*HDCP must be supported by your display, your video card, and the cable (not DVI or VGA)
*a CPU and video card capable of decoding at that speed. just because it works for one 1080p video doesn't mean it will work for another one, it depends on what encoding settings were used to create it, and it has less to do with how "fast" your video card is and more to do with what actual instructions it supports
Also, keep in mind higher definition videos will use more power possibly causing battery life or fan noise issues.
But basically, ignore the message, try watching a few 1080p videos, and if it doesn't work - switch back to 720. When the feature was first introduced most PC's couldn't play 1080p content, but it was still useful if your PC was just a NAS for whatever device your TV is plugged into.
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6e75231840d406873f98dd777354ff26aa550a5e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get the Column Browser in iTunes 11 on the left side? In iTunes 10, I had the Column Browser (the list of Artists/Albums) going down the left side of the main iTunes window. With the install of iTunes 11, it is back to the top.
I tried going View>Column Browser>.... and the option is not there, and its not in the preferences either. Anyone see a way to get it back on the left side?
A: You cannot bring back the left-side column browser. It is not possible in iTunes 11. The closest approximation I have found is to go to "Artists" view and enable the Sidebar (under the View menu). You can also downgrade to iTunes 10, depending on your system but that can present its own problems.
| Q: How to get the Column Browser in iTunes 11 on the left side? In iTunes 10, I had the Column Browser (the list of Artists/Albums) going down the left side of the main iTunes window. With the install of iTunes 11, it is back to the top.
I tried going View>Column Browser>.... and the option is not there, and its not in the preferences either. Anyone see a way to get it back on the left side?
A: You cannot bring back the left-side column browser. It is not possible in iTunes 11. The closest approximation I have found is to go to "Artists" view and enable the Sidebar (under the View menu). You can also downgrade to iTunes 10, depending on your system but that can present its own problems.
A: If you switch to the Songs menu at the top and hit command-b you will bring up the column browser. If you want the old look, turn the sidebar on again as well.
A: Under 11.0.2 when library is selected choose view and select column browser then choose show column browser.
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c81acda9ac5b3b353344c216206af85ffd32c879 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes 11: Sorting albums by year Is there a way of sorting albums for an artist by year in iTunes?
For example: "Coda" is actually Led Zeppelin's last album, but it appears first for me in iTunes. I'd prefer it if it sorted albums by Year, so "Led Zeppelin" was at the top, followed by "Led Zeppelin II", and so on (and "Coda" was at the bottom).
Is this possible?
A: You can always use the keyboard shortcut "Cmd+J" to open the "View Options" window where you can select sorting mode.
| Q: iTunes 11: Sorting albums by year Is there a way of sorting albums for an artist by year in iTunes?
For example: "Coda" is actually Led Zeppelin's last album, but it appears first for me in iTunes. I'd prefer it if it sorted albums by Year, so "Led Zeppelin" was at the top, followed by "Led Zeppelin II", and so on (and "Coda" was at the bottom).
Is this possible?
A: You can always use the keyboard shortcut "Cmd+J" to open the "View Options" window where you can select sorting mode.
A: I've just found the answer! It's kind of hidden away, but it is possible:
Select "Show Menu Bar"...
Then under View select "View Options..."
A new window with View Options appears!
A: You can change the Sort Album field in the Options tab of the song info. I once found a script that would change all the sort album fields to year and album name, and in some cases (the Beatles for example) I changed it to yyyy.mm.dd album name because they released multiple albums per year.
This should be the default sorting for all music players, I REALLY don't know why it isn't.
A: I simply enter the release date in the field Album Sorting in the format YYYYMMDD ie 20121224 and make sure that I sort by Artist - Year. Everything is sorted nicely :)
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3782b8733a980f4671ecebf148a1db0a11b277b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to queue a selected song so that iTunes will play it next? Is there a keyboard shortcut to queue up a selected song to the "Up Next" playlist that was introduced in iTunes 11?
I like that new feature but having to alt-click or select from a panel isn't fast enough to queue up a few songs rapidly.
A: There is no clear keyboard command, but if you hold the option key down, when your mouse hovers over a song, a circled plus icon appears to rapidly add songs to the Up Next playlist.
There is a nice animation where the artwork gets added to the playlist icon as it turns blue to indicate songs are in queue. Since the still picture doesn't show this very well, here is a short clip of it in action.
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to queue a selected song so that iTunes will play it next? Is there a keyboard shortcut to queue up a selected song to the "Up Next" playlist that was introduced in iTunes 11?
I like that new feature but having to alt-click or select from a panel isn't fast enough to queue up a few songs rapidly.
A: There is no clear keyboard command, but if you hold the option key down, when your mouse hovers over a song, a circled plus icon appears to rapidly add songs to the Up Next playlist.
There is a nice animation where the artwork gets added to the playlist icon as it turns blue to indicate songs are in queue. Since the still picture doesn't show this very well, here is a short clip of it in action.
A: Press Opt-Enter to add it to play next. i was soooo happy when i figured this out.
A: optionenter (shiftenter on Windows) will add the selected song to the Up Next list (in iTunes 11.0, this does not work in album view, but does in all other views). However, iTunes will always ask you if you want to clear the previous songs from the list, so an extra keystroke is needed.
There are one or two drawbacks to this method, firstly: It defaults to clear the previous songs so a simple enter will not suffice and a P keystroke is needed to add the song while keeping the existing list. Secondly: In addition the added song will default to the top of the 'Up Next' playlist as oppose to when you click to add a song (in this instance the added song will default to the bottom of the list).
I'm only running Windows so I can't say the same (or similar) is true for Macs.
A: I read on the Help menu that you can also drag the song to the top area of iTunes (where it tells you the current song) to add it to the queue. Not as fast as a keyboard shortcut but helpful nonetheless.
A: If you right click on the song, you can select "Play Next." That adds it to the playlist and plays it next.
Specifically to your question, you could go into Accessibility, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Application Shortcuts, and see if you can muck about with the proper menu commands and assign them to the shortcut. I tried a simple "Play Next" but couldn't get the key-combination right. But I've got 3 million key combinations set up so I'm sure it was me :)
Edited just moments after. You might also take a look at Automator if you want to expand potential functions via keyboard shortcut. If you create a Service, you can select "Music" from the Library and there are many things you can do from there. It takes file input, text input, etc. You could, for instance, be in terminal, highlight a song, and play it. Stuff like that. Thought I would add that in case you are looking for super-cool stuff to do.
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2111a96941dbc3922273771023cde4fd5a69c331 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes 11: Where are my podcasts? Ok, unless I'm missing something, I can't see my podcasts anymore? The only place they appear is in a new "Podcasts" playlist, which isn't much use to me for keeping track of episodes and subscriptions.
Am I just being blind? :-/
A: You may need to recheck the Podcasts checkbox in the menu iTunes | Preferences... | General tab. OSX Daily suggests that it may be unchecked by default. Once checked, podcasts should appear under Library rather than as a playlist.
| Q: iTunes 11: Where are my podcasts? Ok, unless I'm missing something, I can't see my podcasts anymore? The only place they appear is in a new "Podcasts" playlist, which isn't much use to me for keeping track of episodes and subscriptions.
Am I just being blind? :-/
A: You may need to recheck the Podcasts checkbox in the menu iTunes | Preferences... | General tab. OSX Daily suggests that it may be unchecked by default. Once checked, podcasts should appear under Library rather than as a playlist.
A: If you hit option-command-s it will bring up the sidebar. You will see your Podcasts there.
A: Once you have podcasts showing, using the dropdown upper right, if you switch to list view (weirdly located as one of 3 options in center of entire window, under "progress bar"), if you then click the twirl-down arrow for a podcast, a big gray arrow will automatically show if there are un-dowloaded episodes of that podcast. Click that, and a window will ask you if you want to download all episodes, which obviously you do. It all seems a little odd and seems like Apple needs to work on tis a bit more.
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bd2870932eff7afb9c2d1faa6bb46995a1d1016b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is a classical music friendly "Composer List" view possible in iTunes 11? The iTunes 11 redesign has pretty much ruined usability for those of us whose library consists primarily of classical music. Both iTunes 10 and 11 allow two values for Composers in addition to the normal Artist
Something similar to "Artist List" view would be extremely useful, but don't see any filtering/sorting options for that view. Is it possible to change the "pivot" field for that view to use composer instead of artist?
Hopefully someone can figure out How to get the Column Browser in iTunes 11 on the left side? and most of my usability concerns would be addressed, but I would like to be able to leverage the new Artist List view, but by composer. Has anyone found a good way to expose metadata fields like composer
A: Apple added the Composers view to iTunes 11.0.2.
You have to enable this setting under Preferences > General > "Show Composers".
Selecting the Composers tab will display a list similar to the Artists view.
| Q: Is a classical music friendly "Composer List" view possible in iTunes 11? The iTunes 11 redesign has pretty much ruined usability for those of us whose library consists primarily of classical music. Both iTunes 10 and 11 allow two values for Composers in addition to the normal Artist
Something similar to "Artist List" view would be extremely useful, but don't see any filtering/sorting options for that view. Is it possible to change the "pivot" field for that view to use composer instead of artist?
Hopefully someone can figure out How to get the Column Browser in iTunes 11 on the left side? and most of my usability concerns would be addressed, but I would like to be able to leverage the new Artist List view, but by composer. Has anyone found a good way to expose metadata fields like composer
A: Apple added the Composers view to iTunes 11.0.2.
You have to enable this setting under Preferences > General > "Show Composers".
Selecting the Composers tab will display a list similar to the Artists view.
A: To filter the "Artist List" by composer, go to the Artist list, click on the magnifying glass next to the search field and de-select "Search Entire Library", then on that same menu, under "filter by" select Composer.
This also works on the Songs list and also filters the Column Browser. If you leave it to "All" it's pretty much the same default functionality of iTunes 10.
A: The closest I can get to your layout is to customize the column browser by control clicking on the existing headings when it is visible.
Composers and groupings can be added, although you may want to remove or reorder Artists or Albums if the view becomes too cluttered with columns.
A: Another option but probably not quite what you're looking for.
With the Songs header selected, you can go to View > View Options and check Composer and Grouping for them to be columns in the view. You can grab the column header and drag them around to arrange the columns in the order you want.
A: My solution - which is, admittedly a workaround - has always been to put the composer's name in the Artist field. This not only simplifies browsing in iTunes, but also on iOS devices. I have a huge amount of classical music in my iTunes library - about 50,000 tracks currently - and this makes it practical to access music.
I really miss the column browser's ability to be visible everywhere, as it was in iTunes 10, as that was my favorite way of drilling down through my iTunes library.
There's no way to get the Column Browser back on the left, alas, with iTunes 11. While I didn't use it all the time, some of my playlists were easier to browse with it on the side.
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5d48f28ca06f39726f0850bb203ae409b15f1c85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Always open a file in a specific program I'm having an issue with forcing a file of a certain type to always open with a specific program. In this case, it's .indd (Adobe InDesign) files. I have Adobe CS6 installed, and also Adobe InDesign 5.5. I would like to always open .indd files with InDesign 5.5.
I've tried using Get Info > Open with: > InDesign 5.5 > Change All... but it keeps automatically switching back to CS6, immediately after clicking Change All....
Is there perhaps a way I can force this in Terminal?
A: If you don't mind specifying InDesign 5.5 every time, then this command line should work:
open -a 'InDesign 5.5' myfile.indd
If you're going to do this often, you can wrap it in a shell script or bash function like
function indd() { open -a 'InDesign 5.5' "$@" ; }
Then you'll be able to simply say
indd myfile.indd
| Q: Always open a file in a specific program I'm having an issue with forcing a file of a certain type to always open with a specific program. In this case, it's .indd (Adobe InDesign) files. I have Adobe CS6 installed, and also Adobe InDesign 5.5. I would like to always open .indd files with InDesign 5.5.
I've tried using Get Info > Open with: > InDesign 5.5 > Change All... but it keeps automatically switching back to CS6, immediately after clicking Change All....
Is there perhaps a way I can force this in Terminal?
A: If you don't mind specifying InDesign 5.5 every time, then this command line should work:
open -a 'InDesign 5.5' myfile.indd
If you're going to do this often, you can wrap it in a shell script or bash function like
function indd() { open -a 'InDesign 5.5' "$@" ; }
Then you'll be able to simply say
indd myfile.indd
A: You could try editing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist:
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSHandlers -array-add '{LSHandlerContentTag=indd;LSHandlerContentTagClass=public.filename-extension;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.adobe.InDesign;}'
Applying the changes requires restarting (logging out and back in isn't enough).
Rebuilding the LaunchServices database might also work, but it also resets other default applications set in Finder.
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -domain local -domain system -domain user
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c60737870e04081496824afc8360d30a799d68d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I show the Cover Art window in iTunes 11? I like to see the album art for each song as it comes on; in iTunes 10, I would have iTunes DJ playing, hidden under my other apps, whilst the current song's cover displayed in a floating window on my second monitor...
Can I do something similar in iTunes 11? (at the moment, I'm using the iTunes DJ replacement suggested here, but the thumbnail is tiny!)
I've sifted through the menu and prefs, but didn't find anything.. I'm hoping that someone will have a tricky way / script that replaces my 2nd Desktop Wallpaper with the art!?
Fingers crossed, Tx!
A: To get the second window back, all you have to do is click the album artwork thumbnail in the Now Playing area, either in the full version:
Or in the Mini Player
Both will pop up the larger album art view you are looking for.
In iTunes 11.0, there currently isn't the sidebar album art view that used to be there.
| Q: How can I show the Cover Art window in iTunes 11? I like to see the album art for each song as it comes on; in iTunes 10, I would have iTunes DJ playing, hidden under my other apps, whilst the current song's cover displayed in a floating window on my second monitor...
Can I do something similar in iTunes 11? (at the moment, I'm using the iTunes DJ replacement suggested here, but the thumbnail is tiny!)
I've sifted through the menu and prefs, but didn't find anything.. I'm hoping that someone will have a tricky way / script that replaces my 2nd Desktop Wallpaper with the art!?
Fingers crossed, Tx!
A: To get the second window back, all you have to do is click the album artwork thumbnail in the Now Playing area, either in the full version:
Or in the Mini Player
Both will pop up the larger album art view you are looking for.
In iTunes 11.0, there currently isn't the sidebar album art view that used to be there.
A: My mistake, I've found that from mini-view, clicking the thumbnail of the current track opens the floating viewer I was looking for.. I was fooled because iTunes 10 had the little drawer that would allow selected tracks' covers to be shown. It seems that this view is only visible for the playing track..
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d02b1fc44be8c239b40d9a4b25090a0133bc9d3b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I fix the iTunes 11 mini player that won't show the track name? When I start the mini player in iTunes 11 on Mountain Lion, I do not see the expected track information which, when moused over, is supposed to change to playback controls:
Instead, the playback controls are permanently displayed and I can't find a way to show track info (aside from album artwork). Also, as shown in the screenshot below, whenever the mini player is the active window, the rewind button has a blue highlight.
The reviews that have appeared on the web, and Apple's keynote, suggest that this is not normal behaviour. Is it a bug that others are experiencing and is there a way of fixing it, apart from waiting for an update?
A: Tabbing to the search or "up next" solves the track name visibility problem, but then it stops pressing space bar to play-pause.
| Q: How can I fix the iTunes 11 mini player that won't show the track name? When I start the mini player in iTunes 11 on Mountain Lion, I do not see the expected track information which, when moused over, is supposed to change to playback controls:
Instead, the playback controls are permanently displayed and I can't find a way to show track info (aside from album artwork). Also, as shown in the screenshot below, whenever the mini player is the active window, the rewind button has a blue highlight.
The reviews that have appeared on the web, and Apple's keynote, suggest that this is not normal behaviour. Is it a bug that others are experiencing and is there a way of fixing it, apart from waiting for an update?
A: Tabbing to the search or "up next" solves the track name visibility problem, but then it stops pressing space bar to play-pause.
A: The answer is in the comments on this TUAW post. The keyboard focus on the mini player (indicated by the blue focus ring) is on one of the playback controls, which prevents them from hiding. Click the mini player background to bring it to the foreground, then press tab until the focus ring moves to the Up Next or Search icons, and track information will appear whenever the mouse is not over it.
A: I've rewritten the old iTunes 10 MiniPlayer open-source. This should keep working with new versions of iTunes!
http://peter-burk.rhcloud.com/miniplayer/
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1277c08516173d3691862c5362b257be83d124ae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X Server: automount encrypted drive before login I have a 4TB Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) hard drive hanging off a Mac OS X Lion (soon to be Mountain Lion) Server that is dedicated to networked Time Machine backups.
I'd like to be able to mount the drive on startup before any user logs in. Right now it's necessary for a user to log in first so the password can be retrieved from the keychain. The reason the drive itself is encrypted is in the event it should ever be separated from the server. I don't mind putting pwd into a boot script (launchd?, fstab?) of some sort if that's even possible?!?
How to do this? Or is there a better way to encrypt network backups to an OS X Server?
| Q: Mac OS X Server: automount encrypted drive before login I have a 4TB Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) hard drive hanging off a Mac OS X Lion (soon to be Mountain Lion) Server that is dedicated to networked Time Machine backups.
I'd like to be able to mount the drive on startup before any user logs in. Right now it's necessary for a user to log in first so the password can be retrieved from the keychain. The reason the drive itself is encrypted is in the event it should ever be separated from the server. I don't mind putting pwd into a boot script (launchd?, fstab?) of some sort if that's even possible?!?
How to do this? Or is there a better way to encrypt network backups to an OS X Server?
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4e228a0e5454bbaf57013ea51af80274451103eb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What do I need to read/recover data from the hard drive of an Apple II CX? My father bought an Apple Macintosh II CX in 1990 and it survived until 2010, when the main harddrive broke down and despite trying multiple times, booting from floppy disks failed for an unknown reason.
The main concern is the external 800 MB SCSI harddrive that is intact and hosts files that need recovery.
What kind of hardware and software (PC/MAC/Linux, anything goes) would be required to extract the data from the external hard drive? If there are several ways, what's the cheapest one?
A: Wait and buy a used Classic mac with a SCSI port that works. Also Ultra SCSI cards for PC's go for $25 to $50 on the internet, so you could go that way with a cheap PC or borrow one.
Any computer can image the drive into an ISO CD image so you can get it to a Mac to mount the filesystem and read things.
| Q: What do I need to read/recover data from the hard drive of an Apple II CX? My father bought an Apple Macintosh II CX in 1990 and it survived until 2010, when the main harddrive broke down and despite trying multiple times, booting from floppy disks failed for an unknown reason.
The main concern is the external 800 MB SCSI harddrive that is intact and hosts files that need recovery.
What kind of hardware and software (PC/MAC/Linux, anything goes) would be required to extract the data from the external hard drive? If there are several ways, what's the cheapest one?
A: Wait and buy a used Classic mac with a SCSI port that works. Also Ultra SCSI cards for PC's go for $25 to $50 on the internet, so you could go that way with a cheap PC or borrow one.
Any computer can image the drive into an ISO CD image so you can get it to a Mac to mount the filesystem and read things.
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e83a7e6a9c935509b12fefb063b389565c1d793b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I view podcasts in a tiled artwork view using iTunes? I upgraded from iTunes 10 to 11 and the view for my podcasts has changed.
Is it possible to bring back the old tile view of my podcasts?
The only option appears to be the list view on the side and only a view of the individual podcast to the right of that. I want to see the overall view in tile form again.
A: I just made a smart playlist where Media Kind Is Podcast, and I view that in Grid View.
| Q: How do I view podcasts in a tiled artwork view using iTunes? I upgraded from iTunes 10 to 11 and the view for my podcasts has changed.
Is it possible to bring back the old tile view of my podcasts?
The only option appears to be the list view on the side and only a view of the individual podcast to the right of that. I want to see the overall view in tile form again.
A: I just made a smart playlist where Media Kind Is Podcast, and I view that in Grid View.
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aa3ce2361b8ff7b35f2c6810d0c9508c3f49047e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way to display the duplicated songs in iTunes 11? I recently upgraded to iTunes 11 (v 11.0 (163)) and the show duplicate feature has been removed. What tools or alternatives exist to display duplicates in iTunes?
A: Apple have put the "Show duplicates" function back to iTunes 11. Go to View menu in iTunes and select "Show duplicate items"
A word of caution though, iTunes shows many false duplicates for me, anything with the same track name appears to be shown as duplicate. I much prefer the way Tune Sweeper deals with duplicates, there's no false duplicates and you can choose to keep the highest quality track.
| Q: Any way to display the duplicated songs in iTunes 11? I recently upgraded to iTunes 11 (v 11.0 (163)) and the show duplicate feature has been removed. What tools or alternatives exist to display duplicates in iTunes?
A: Apple have put the "Show duplicates" function back to iTunes 11. Go to View menu in iTunes and select "Show duplicate items"
A word of caution though, iTunes shows many false duplicates for me, anything with the same track name appears to be shown as duplicate. I much prefer the way Tune Sweeper deals with duplicates, there's no false duplicates and you can choose to keep the highest quality track.
A: There is another way. Are you a Microsoft Excel geek?? I am. Highlight the entire library. Copy (Ctrl+C). Paste Special (text) in to an excel sheet. Next is up to you. I wanted to look for duplicate song AND album. So I concatenated the two in a column to the right (formula example is "=C1&E1"). Then in the next column over, use the countif formula to look for duplicates ("=COUNTIF($D$4:$D$5447,D4"). Anywhere the formula returns "2" you know there is a duplicate. You can use a filter on that column to see them all very easily. Now the hard part. You have to go back one by one and delete you dupes.
A: There's a lot of applications out there that will do this. The feature in iTunes was never that good anyway since it didn't really let you compare files to make sure you weren't deleting the wrong files (like songs that appear in compilations, best-ofs, etc).
Probably some free options out there, but Dupe Away is pretty good ($13). I'm sure some Googling might yield more results
A: You can also try a cheaper ($0.99) alternative, even though it's not specifically made for the iTunes library but for the whole file system: Twins Mini.
It does work very well and it's pretty fast (analyzing my 140GB library takes about 2 minutes on an early 2009 iMac).
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d697e6e108893f59e6e9ed468c3a919876ef9695 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In iTunes 11, how do I download all existing shows for a podcast? Recently, I've started listening to more podcasts on my iPhone. I've found a few that I like and want to listen to past episodes. Ideally, I want to just download. I can't seem to figure out a way to queue up all unplayed episodes for download in iTunes.
I found in the settings for the podcast I can have it automatically download all new episodes, but this doesn't apply for older episodes.
Ideally, I don't want to have to click the download button for each episode (there are a couple hundred episodes).
A: Right click the podcast in your list of subscribed podcasts and there should be a "download all" option. Just found this myself after agonizingly clicking each download link for a few shows.
Addition:
The list to click is the one on the left side of the screen, not with all episodes open. Didn't work on screen with all eps open, does work when only left side list is seen. No idea why, but thanks for this, worked for me.
| Q: In iTunes 11, how do I download all existing shows for a podcast? Recently, I've started listening to more podcasts on my iPhone. I've found a few that I like and want to listen to past episodes. Ideally, I want to just download. I can't seem to figure out a way to queue up all unplayed episodes for download in iTunes.
I found in the settings for the podcast I can have it automatically download all new episodes, but this doesn't apply for older episodes.
Ideally, I don't want to have to click the download button for each episode (there are a couple hundred episodes).
A: Right click the podcast in your list of subscribed podcasts and there should be a "download all" option. Just found this myself after agonizingly clicking each download link for a few shows.
Addition:
The list to click is the one on the left side of the screen, not with all episodes open. Didn't work on screen with all eps open, does work when only left side list is seen. No idea why, but thanks for this, worked for me.
A: *
*Select the List tab:
*Click on the disclosure arrow to expand the subscription (if it's not already expanded):
*Click on the download button at the top of the list:
*Click OK to start downloading all episodes:
A: *
*Open the podcast settings (the gear icon in the standard podcasts view, or the Settings… button at the bottom in list view).
*In the second drop-down, select the podcast you want (or choose Podcast Defaults if you want to do this for every podcast).
*Change the When new episodes are available setting to Download all and click OK.
*Click the Refresh button for each podcast you want to download.
A: *
*Don't go to "list"
*Go to "My Podcast"
*Select the podcast series you want on the left side
*Click on any episode on the right
*Command+a to select all podcasts
*Right click and find the "Download podcast" option
Don't do the "Save podcast" thing because it screwed up my podcasts in that there are now three different ways to view podcasts, some of them are still in my computer and iPad even after I deleted episodes.
A: None of these suggestions worked for me. What did work for 11.4(18) 32bit Intel Core Duo (I am writing this on) was:
*
*subscribe: it downloaded the latest episode.
*right click (or popup menu, or two finger tap on the touch pad)
*select "Mark as Unplayed"
Unfortunately, reproducing this to confirm the writing of this post has caused me to download 300 episodes of an unrelated 8 episode podcast I was trying to figure out.
Edit: #2 above: right click on the podcast subscription title, not the episodes, though YMMV I have not tried that.
A: Open iTunes and display your podcasts. Near the top of the page you have the options to view All Unplayed, My Podcasts, My Stations, or List. Select My Podcasts.
Choose the podcast you want to download. In the pane to the right, you have the options Unplayed, Feed, or Saved. Select Feed. This will show all available podcasts for download. Click on each cloud icon and go have lunch while you wait for the downloads to complete.
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05dc6994f440170b493b21c239c099a900a9fb8d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMessage coming up as new thread in text instead of continuation If a person adds a new e-mail account to imessage would it then come up as a different thread or contact in my iPhone?
I received a message today from somebody I imessage and text daily, today when they imessaged it came up as a completely new text and an email address instead of a continuation of old conversation as it normally does, does this mean it is coming from a new phone number using e-mail account for messaging?
are there any other possibilities as to why this would occur?
A: Please, check if that new phone number is in your address book. I found that having all iMessage numbers and emails in the same contact card solves this issue.
| Q: iMessage coming up as new thread in text instead of continuation If a person adds a new e-mail account to imessage would it then come up as a different thread or contact in my iPhone?
I received a message today from somebody I imessage and text daily, today when they imessaged it came up as a completely new text and an email address instead of a continuation of old conversation as it normally does, does this mean it is coming from a new phone number using e-mail account for messaging?
are there any other possibilities as to why this would occur?
A: Please, check if that new phone number is in your address book. I found that having all iMessage numbers and emails in the same contact card solves this issue.
A: You're most likely correct - they're sending from a different address/number than before. I've had this happen with friends who got a new iPhone and set up their iCloud account for iMessage, but the phone number didn't activate properly (which happens at times).
It's not obvious, but you can check which address a contact is sending from by scrolling to the top of a thread in Messages, and clicking the Contact > button. The contact card will display with the sending address in blue. (*edit: the "Contact" button is only available when that particular contact is using a phone number, not an email address, for iMessage.)
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fd443dc885c0e9123fee3291074401073273394e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change the default file manager for OSX? I've downloaded muCommander and find it better than Finder. When I open folders with QuickSilver it still uses Finder, though. How do I change this behavior?
A: You cannot change Finder. But you can download a third party file manager and add it to login items: System Preferences - users & groups - login items
| Q: How to change the default file manager for OSX? I've downloaded muCommander and find it better than Finder. When I open folders with QuickSilver it still uses Finder, though. How do I change this behavior?
A: You cannot change Finder. But you can download a third party file manager and add it to login items: System Preferences - users & groups - login items
A: According to Apple Tech Note TN2062, you can replace the Finder by telling launchd to run something else upon login:
You can change the global Finder by changing the Program property of that plist. However, it is generally preferable to override the system-wide Finder by placing a modified plist in /Library/LaunchAgents.
Be sure to read the entire thing for warnings. It sounds like a risky idea.
If that doesn't work, QuickSilver might be hard-wired to launch Finder. In that case, you will have to contact its developers and ask them for a new setting.
(Note that things like the File > Open dialog will still use Finder, since that is part of the operating system.)
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853544e54f8dc0222b4e0fccd81016ff6327fb65 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there viable and cheaper alternatives to Photoshop? Is there any software like Photoshop that can also open .PSD files? I don't need an enterprise / extremely feature laden editor, but I do wish to have the following required features at a price point less than a Photoshop license:
*
*Able to crop
*JPG compression optimization
*Work with layers
*Able to open PSD format files
*Save in PDF format
A: You can try Gimp
GIMP stands for “GNU image manipulation program”, and it is one of the oldest and most well known alternatives to Photoshop in existence. Although it doesn’t quite have all of them, you’ll find most of the features included in Photoshop somewhere in GIMP. GIMP is cross platform and supported by a large community.
If just having the feature set isn’t enough for you, there is an alternative based on GIMP known as GIMPShop. It’s the same as GIMP, except the layout has been structured as close to Photoshop as possible, so anyone making the transition should still feel right at home.
| Q: Are there viable and cheaper alternatives to Photoshop? Is there any software like Photoshop that can also open .PSD files? I don't need an enterprise / extremely feature laden editor, but I do wish to have the following required features at a price point less than a Photoshop license:
*
*Able to crop
*JPG compression optimization
*Work with layers
*Able to open PSD format files
*Save in PDF format
A: You can try Gimp
GIMP stands for “GNU image manipulation program”, and it is one of the oldest and most well known alternatives to Photoshop in existence. Although it doesn’t quite have all of them, you’ll find most of the features included in Photoshop somewhere in GIMP. GIMP is cross platform and supported by a large community.
If just having the feature set isn’t enough for you, there is an alternative based on GIMP known as GIMPShop. It’s the same as GIMP, except the layout has been structured as close to Photoshop as possible, so anyone making the transition should still feel right at home.
A: I see many people that get both Pixelmator and Acorn after trying and deciding GIMP isn't their cup of tea.
In alphabetical order:
*
*Acorn - http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/
*GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
*Pixelmator -http://www.pixelmator.com/
All three have serious image manipulation tools like layers, effects, vector drawing tools, advanced selection tools if you'd rather not go down the various versions of Photoshop path. You will be hard pressed to find image tools that don't open and save to .PSD so it's more a price, feature, use case decision since you have several good alternatives above.
A: Best Answer is Photoline, although it is little hard to get use to but if you are a professional user you get use to it within 2-3 days and they have great tutorial on their site.
I am also a graphic designer from India and Photoshop is too expensive somewhere around 1000USD or 50,000 India Rupees but photoline is Only 60USD or 3,000 India Rupees after using this software for around 1 month I found it can do all the work of photoshop and biggest thing is it support full CMYK and LAB color model and can export JPEG, TIFF in CMYK. One more thing it is very fast in opening of huge files It will take 5-8 Seconds for opening 150MB CMYK Tiff file (Dual Core + 4GB RAM, 64bit OS)
So give this a try
Now about your requirement
*
*Yes it is able to crop.
*JPEG Compression - Yes, and it can also save and open CMYK JPEG.
*You can work with layers.
*It can open PSD files with layers.
*Yes it can export PDF.
PRICE - Somewhere around 60USD and you can download a 30 day limitation free trial from their website www.pl32.com
A: I think you'll find Pixelmator a good substitute for Adobe Photoshop. It will do everything on your list and it costs $14.99.
A: Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS X's Cocoa framework. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP's technology and uses the same native file format.
http://seashore.sourceforge.net/The_Seashore_Project/About.html
A: For the past year I have used www.photoshoponlinefree.com which is a browser-based, online, Photoshop-style, image manipulation web app.
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b941dc8d3f15ee2c552549cb2f742e24a994918d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Launch a bash script from the dock I can't seem to figure this one out, there must be some really easy trick.
I have a bash script which sets my environment for an app and launches it with the correct parameters. How can I put this script (or any script) on the dock?
Thanks,
A: Automator can be used to create an application "wrapper" around a script, so that you can launch your script like any other application (and it won't spawn a superfluous Terminal window in the process).
*
*Open Automator, and create a new application type workflow.
*Add a Run Shell Script action, and enter your script into the text field.
*If your script takes input (such as files), make sure the Pass input setting on the action is set appropriately (either arguments, if you use $1, $2, etc. or stdin). Otherwise you can ignore this setting.
*Save the workflow to your location of choice, then drop the resulting file in the Dock.
| Q: Launch a bash script from the dock I can't seem to figure this one out, there must be some really easy trick.
I have a bash script which sets my environment for an app and launches it with the correct parameters. How can I put this script (or any script) on the dock?
Thanks,
A: Automator can be used to create an application "wrapper" around a script, so that you can launch your script like any other application (and it won't spawn a superfluous Terminal window in the process).
*
*Open Automator, and create a new application type workflow.
*Add a Run Shell Script action, and enter your script into the text field.
*If your script takes input (such as files), make sure the Pass input setting on the action is set appropriately (either arguments, if you use $1, $2, etc. or stdin). Otherwise you can ignore this setting.
*Save the workflow to your location of choice, then drop the resulting file in the Dock.
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c8b8fb4b65839ec11a10ead004cc546325c0b8d9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a Mac OSX equivalent of zenity? I'm porting some simple X windows/bash scripts to Mac OSX, but I cannot find a build of Zenity (a Gnome app for basic GUI dialogs) for OSX. Is there some other command line driven dialog utility I can use? Basic operations:
notification dialog
*
*List item
*(i.e. basic title, text, icon, OK button)
*error notification
*yes/no or ok/cancel prompts
*select 1 or n items from a list
*input text string
I don't (yet) know AppleScript (but it seems pretty verbose for the file maintenance tasks I'm interested in).
A: Homebrew provides the zenity package. It uses the MacOS X11 server (emulation) Xquartz.
Makes it easier to have cross-OS implementations, but it is not native MacOS X gui.
| Q: Is there a Mac OSX equivalent of zenity? I'm porting some simple X windows/bash scripts to Mac OSX, but I cannot find a build of Zenity (a Gnome app for basic GUI dialogs) for OSX. Is there some other command line driven dialog utility I can use? Basic operations:
notification dialog
*
*List item
*(i.e. basic title, text, icon, OK button)
*error notification
*yes/no or ok/cancel prompts
*select 1 or n items from a list
*input text string
I don't (yet) know AppleScript (but it seems pretty verbose for the file maintenance tasks I'm interested in).
A: Homebrew provides the zenity package. It uses the MacOS X11 server (emulation) Xquartz.
Makes it easier to have cross-OS implementations, but it is not native MacOS X gui.
A: On your terminal
brew install zenity && zenity --info --text 'You did it!'
:)
A: Not a drop-in replacement and not directly compatible with bash/zenity, but if you are ok with a non-portable native Mac OOTB solution with no extra dependencies then consider AppleScript (or, as of Yosemite, Javascript JXA).
Below is a typical scenario of an AppleScript that builds a dialog from the output of a shell command (emulator -list-avds which lists android emulator images), and then executes another command based on the selected item (emulator -avd <image_name> which launches the selected emulator image):
set avds to paragraphs of (do shell script "~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -list-avds")
set avd to (choose from list avds with prompt "Please select an AVD to start" default items "None" OK button name {"Start"} cancel button name {"Cancel"})
do shell script "~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -avd " & avd & " -no-boot-anim > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
You can run the script from the ootb Script Editor.app or from Automator.app. Both apps also allow saving a script as a native MacOS application bundle.
To run the script above from a bash script you could use:
osascript -e '
set avds to paragraphs of (do shell script "~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -list-avds")
set avd to (choose from list avds with prompt "Please select an AVD to start" default items "None" OK button name {"Start"} cancel button name {"Cancel"})
do shell script "~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -avd " & avd & " -no-boot-anim > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
'
Make sure you include the single quote on the last line. You can also use the heredoc syntax or turn into a pure applescript executable script with the shebang line #!/usr/bin/osascript (for AppleScript) or #!/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript for Javascript JXA correspondingly.
Result:
Reference
*
*AppleScript Language Guide
*References For Learning & Using Applescript
For examples of AppleScript code check out the pre-installed scripts provided by Apple at:
/Library/Scripts
To see the built-in API documentation for AppleScript/Javascript(JSX) start Script Editor.app, pick File > Open Dictionary and then select StandardAdditions.osax in the dropdown.
Using Javascript instead of AppleScript
As of Yosemite instead of AppleScript you can also use Javascript (JXA).
Tutorials and example of using Javascript JXA
*
*A beginner' s guide to javascript JXA scripting
*Automating macOS with JXA
*rsync GUI in Javascript JXA
Saving as a MacOS application
From the Script Editor.app you can also convert your script (applescript or javascript) into a native MacOS application by selecting File > Export > File format: Application so you'll be able to run the script as a regular mac app.
A: Try also Pashua.
Pashua is a tool for creating native Aqua dialog windows from programming languages that have none or only limited support for graphic user interfaces on Mac OS X. Currently, it supports AppleScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Groovy, Rexx, Ruby, shell scripts and Tcl—and if your favourite language is not included in this list: writing the glue code for communicating with Pashua is pretty simple.
A: It's been years, but I'm working on a zenity “port” to both macOS and Windows.
You can get it here:
https://github.com/ncruces/zenity/releases
Read more:
https://github.com/ncruces/zenity
Some screenshots from https://github.com/ncruces/zenity/wiki/Message-dialog :
Installing through Homebrew is simple:
brew install ncruces/tap/zenity
On macOS the only dependency is osascript (with JXA, because JavaScript is easier to work with than AppleScript).
On Windows there are no dependencies, not even the Explorer shell (which means it will work on Server Core).
A: MacOS comes with Tcl/Tk built-in. Mac's python comes with the Tkinter layer to use it, but you can also use it in the shell and X11.
A: Check out cocoaDialog:
cocoaDialog is an OS X application that allows the use of common GUI controls such as file selectors, text input, progress bars, yes/no confirmations and more with a command-line application. It requires no knowledge of Cocoa, and is ideal for use in shell and Perl scripts (or Ruby, or Python, or... etc).
It's a pretty simple concept — pass arguments to the executable to create a dialog, and it returns a result string. There are some good examples as well as documentation.
Unfortunately the main site seems to have gone but the source code is still there. And Internet Archive does have some of the pages
The executable can be got from package manager like Macports - after installing Macports then sudo port install cocoadialog
A: There is a zenity compatible implemention called qarma, written in qt, which can be compiled on mac os
https://github.com/luebking/qarma/issues/15
A: There is a another cross-platform package from the Githooks project:
https://github.com/gabyx/Githooks#dialog-tool
You can install it by downloading the release and
bin/dialog options --option 1 --option 2 --title "asd" --text "bla bla"
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5e225b23b58914c2990838aa5975b56b8d5880fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to sync iPhone photo albums to iPhoto I'm using iPhone4 and the latest iOS. I've created albums and categorized my photos into the albums.
Question is, how can I then sync the photos WITH the albums into iPhoto?
A: That is a good question! The answer, as far as I can tell, is: You can't!
The whole system of syncing the Photos app and iPhoto among your devices, and between each other, seems to be a work in progress. I could go on about all the issues, but the short answer is, you can't do it right now.
| Q: How to sync iPhone photo albums to iPhoto I'm using iPhone4 and the latest iOS. I've created albums and categorized my photos into the albums.
Question is, how can I then sync the photos WITH the albums into iPhoto?
A: That is a good question! The answer, as far as I can tell, is: You can't!
The whole system of syncing the Photos app and iPhoto among your devices, and between each other, seems to be a work in progress. I could go on about all the issues, but the short answer is, you can't do it right now.
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570858b37a7cedb7bdfe4d36055bd69e5476fe98 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I tell which band (2.4GHz or 5GHz) my iPhone's WiFi connection is on? I have two access points for the same network in my house, with some overlap. One runs on 2.4GHz only, and one transmits both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
I have an iPhone 5 (running iOS 6.0.1), which supports the 5GHz band and I'm wondering if there is a way for me to determine which frequency band it is connected to.
A: Get an app on the App Store which will tell you the MAC address of the AP you're connected to. There are many, and they are free.
Then, enable the WiFi scanner in the AirPort Utility app: go to Settings > AirPort Utility to enable it. The scanner will tell you the MAC addresses of the detected APs and the frequencies used.
Since APs use different MACs for different frequencies, you can use the data provided to understand which frequency your device is using. It's complicated, but it is the only way to know, unless Apple opens its private APIs.
| Q: How can I tell which band (2.4GHz or 5GHz) my iPhone's WiFi connection is on? I have two access points for the same network in my house, with some overlap. One runs on 2.4GHz only, and one transmits both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
I have an iPhone 5 (running iOS 6.0.1), which supports the 5GHz band and I'm wondering if there is a way for me to determine which frequency band it is connected to.
A: Get an app on the App Store which will tell you the MAC address of the AP you're connected to. There are many, and they are free.
Then, enable the WiFi scanner in the AirPort Utility app: go to Settings > AirPort Utility to enable it. The scanner will tell you the MAC addresses of the detected APs and the frequencies used.
Since APs use different MACs for different frequencies, you can use the data provided to understand which frequency your device is using. It's complicated, but it is the only way to know, unless Apple opens its private APIs.
A: If your network is based on any Apple AirPort-thingy, you can set up a separate SSID for the 5GhZ-network and connect to that one manually on your iPhone 5, and from there be able to see which network you're on. To do this, follow the below step:
Airport Utility 6.0: Airport Extreme > Edit > Wireless > Wireless Options > Tick the box next to "5GHz network name".
Airport Utility 5.6 and earlier: Manual Setup > Wireless > Wireless Network Options > Tick the box.
Source
P.S. Having a different SSID does not make it a separate network, it just makes the two bands differentiable.
A: You can not tell from the iPhone directly (as of iOS version 7 native). You should be able to tell via the wireless router your connected to in it's logging functions, WiFi client list or some similar mechanism within the router. I can't provide you an exact process as every router is different. This answer assumes you do not want to JailBreak your iPhone. If you are not adverse to doing so there may be an app in the Cydia app store that will show more meaningful information with regard to WiFi frequency information.
You can however detect what cell tower frequency your phone uses by using Field Test mode. This will special mode allows users to find out a range of information about the phone’s connection to the network. In particular, the information displayed in the Field Test mode allows users to discover exactly which tower their phone is connecting to and which frequency band (WiFi) the signals are being sent on.
To access this mode:
*
*Access the iPhone's Field Test mode by typing *3001#12345#* in the
phone’s keypad and press dial. This will bring up the Field Test
menu.
*Select the “Cell Information” menu option to display a summary of all
nearby towers. The “RX” code displays the signal strength of each
tower. These RX values are dBm signal strength readings, where lower
values means strong signal (so -60 signifies stronger signal than
-80). The towers are listed by signal strength, and the top tower is usually the tower your phone is connecting to.
*Selecting the first tower will take you to a further menu that
displays more specific information. The “Freq” value shows the
frequency block that the network is using. If the Freq number is
between 128 and 251, the tower is using the 850 MHz Cellular band. If
the Freq number is between 512 and 810, the tower is using the
1900MHz PCS band.
A: Net Analyser (Lite = Free) will tell you the BSSID and the vendor of that BSSID.
All you need to know is the BSSID of your access points or if they are from different vendors its fairly easy to tell them apart and know which one you're connected to.
But this still wont tell you which band you're on. Like you I have one 2.4GHz bgn access point, and a dualband bgn/an at the other end of my house. For that I look at the stats in my dualband access point to see which band something has chosen. iOS (this is mostly anecdotal) seem to prefer 5GHz.
(from dave scott Sept 14, 2016-- ) Actually, the Airport Utility wifi scanner shows the CHANNEL used by each SSID, and clicking the little info "i" button at the bottom shows the freq bands corresponding to the channels, so I think all you need is this very handy utility built into the Airport Utility!)
A: Actually, the iOS Airport Utility Wi-Fi scanner shows the CHANNEL used by each SSID, and clicking the little info "i" button at the bottom shows the freq bands corresponding to the channels, so I think all you need is this very handy utility built into the Airport Utility!
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4a7df06da425bd798bef57f94149f4dd0e4e1ed1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make different email accounts use the default sounds again? On an iPhone running iOS 6.0.1, I used Settings → Notifications → Mail to set different "new message" sounds for different mail accounts. Now I want to make all mail accounts again follow the default sound set under Settings → Sounds → New Mail. How can I do this? When I change the "New Mail" alert sound, the individual mail accounts no longer change.
I have tried manually setting all the mail accounts to use the same sound and vibration setting as the default. However, they still don't change when I change the default setting.
A: It's not a direct answer, but by deleting an App, you remove the local cached copy of the emails and don't lose any messages on the Mail server.
This has a side effect of clearing the preference for sounds, so when you add the account back - it now follows the default sounds as set in the UI.
| Q: How do I make different email accounts use the default sounds again? On an iPhone running iOS 6.0.1, I used Settings → Notifications → Mail to set different "new message" sounds for different mail accounts. Now I want to make all mail accounts again follow the default sound set under Settings → Sounds → New Mail. How can I do this? When I change the "New Mail" alert sound, the individual mail accounts no longer change.
I have tried manually setting all the mail accounts to use the same sound and vibration setting as the default. However, they still don't change when I change the default setting.
A: It's not a direct answer, but by deleting an App, you remove the local cached copy of the emails and don't lose any messages on the Mail server.
This has a side effect of clearing the preference for sounds, so when you add the account back - it now follows the default sounds as set in the UI.
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5566e618543a71945531a3e15a7e196ce633c845 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn off iPhone without power button? My iPhone's power button is broken. How can I still turn it off to send it in for repairs? I found another answer, but it does not really help.
A: If you go to Settings>General>Accessibility>AssistiveTouch and flip the switch to "on," you will find a black square with a white dot in the middle.
When you tap the white circle for AssistiveTouch, tap "Device," then LONG PRESS on the "Lock Screen" option. You should be set!
| Q: How to turn off iPhone without power button? My iPhone's power button is broken. How can I still turn it off to send it in for repairs? I found another answer, but it does not really help.
A: If you go to Settings>General>Accessibility>AssistiveTouch and flip the switch to "on," you will find a black square with a white dot in the middle.
When you tap the white circle for AssistiveTouch, tap "Device," then LONG PRESS on the "Lock Screen" option. You should be set!
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be2e777b56c2f18b64b133f05cba7db525f5d91d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 2012 iMac RAM Upgrade I've just ordered the 27" iMac, which has user-upgradable RAM slots.
There are four slots, and the default configuration that ships is two 4GB modules, and two empty spaces.
Can I fill the other two modules with 8GB chips and bring the total to 24GB? Or, is it not possible for me to mix two 4GB modules with two 8GB modules.
A: Yes, you can and it's quite common practice.
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201191
One concern might be how the memory channels are laid out, as it's generally better to have symmetrical RAM configurations to balance dual-channel access. (so you'd want each channel to be 4+8)
| Q: 2012 iMac RAM Upgrade I've just ordered the 27" iMac, which has user-upgradable RAM slots.
There are four slots, and the default configuration that ships is two 4GB modules, and two empty spaces.
Can I fill the other two modules with 8GB chips and bring the total to 24GB? Or, is it not possible for me to mix two 4GB modules with two 8GB modules.
A: Yes, you can and it's quite common practice.
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201191
One concern might be how the memory channels are laid out, as it's generally better to have symmetrical RAM configurations to balance dual-channel access. (so you'd want each channel to be 4+8)
A: This sure is possible and I have just installed a pair of 8 GB modules on my iMac a few minutes ago.
By not removing the existing two modules, the new cards just plug into the vacant slots - maintaining the dual channel configuration for a total RAM size of 24 GB.
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df98ec1e5ab78dee8986c889104378dd7d3295f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can the function of the iTunes shuffle control be changed in iTunes 11? I just updated my iTunes to 11.0. I just want to know how I can make the songs in my playlists in shuffle mode, but not the songs in my Library. Before with iTunes 10, you can have that option where you only shuffle songs in your playlists but not the library. But with iTunes 11, I can't seem to find that option. When I have songs in my playlists in shuffle mode, it also shuffles the songs I play from my Library.
So, can shuffle only affect a playlist and remain unset for general library play?
A: There is a shuffle button right beside the playlist name (at the top), when you have a playlist selected
In the above, my sidebar is off, (so I get this bar)
Songs Albums Artists Genres Playlists Radio Match iTunes Store
but this also works if a playlist is selected and the sidebar is on.
| Q: Can the function of the iTunes shuffle control be changed in iTunes 11? I just updated my iTunes to 11.0. I just want to know how I can make the songs in my playlists in shuffle mode, but not the songs in my Library. Before with iTunes 10, you can have that option where you only shuffle songs in your playlists but not the library. But with iTunes 11, I can't seem to find that option. When I have songs in my playlists in shuffle mode, it also shuffles the songs I play from my Library.
So, can shuffle only affect a playlist and remain unset for general library play?
A: There is a shuffle button right beside the playlist name (at the top), when you have a playlist selected
In the above, my sidebar is off, (so I get this bar)
Songs Albums Artists Genres Playlists Radio Match iTunes Store
but this also works if a playlist is selected and the sidebar is on.
A: Just go to Controls > Shuffle > Turn On Shuffle and play a song.
A: Turn on the menu bar with Ctrl+B, then navigate to Controls > Shuffle > Turn On Shuffle.
A: There doesn't seem to be a way to turn shuffle on/off for independent playlists - it's either on for everything or off for everything - which is a hassle. In 10 it was easy to toggle back and forth between a shuffling playlist and a fixed playlist - something important if you need to use more than one playlist at the same time..
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3e62b449947dd4ff7682d3244a28a346d52ef915 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using Time Machine with Virtualization (Parallels, VirtualBox, VMWare, etc...) Since a single small change to a VM file should (I think) cause the entire multi-gigabyte file to be backed up again, are there any ideas I can use to more effectively backup my machine?
Assume that I only need one copy of a VM, and changes made to the VM don't matter.
For example:
*
*Backup the VM using time machine once, then exclude the folder that contains all the VMs
*Exclude the VM's altogether and manually back up the VMs
*Let Apple's software do it's thing, it will be effective at managing the disk space
A: Parallels has a specific setting to optimize its VMs for backup by Time Machine and prevent backing up unchanged data.
To enable improved integration with Time Machine, please go to Virtual Machine Configuration, choose Options and hit Backup.
Select "Optimize for Time Machine" in SmartGuard menu.
Similarly, VMWare Fusion has some support for Time Machine, which appears to involve turning on snapshots.
| Q: Using Time Machine with Virtualization (Parallels, VirtualBox, VMWare, etc...) Since a single small change to a VM file should (I think) cause the entire multi-gigabyte file to be backed up again, are there any ideas I can use to more effectively backup my machine?
Assume that I only need one copy of a VM, and changes made to the VM don't matter.
For example:
*
*Backup the VM using time machine once, then exclude the folder that contains all the VMs
*Exclude the VM's altogether and manually back up the VMs
*Let Apple's software do it's thing, it will be effective at managing the disk space
A: Parallels has a specific setting to optimize its VMs for backup by Time Machine and prevent backing up unchanged data.
To enable improved integration with Time Machine, please go to Virtual Machine Configuration, choose Options and hit Backup.
Select "Optimize for Time Machine" in SmartGuard menu.
Similarly, VMWare Fusion has some support for Time Machine, which appears to involve turning on snapshots.
A: "... I store all of my virtual machines on a sparsebundle disk image. This is a mounted filesystem that seamlessly breaks up the filesystem into many 8MB files. That level of granularity keeps my TM backups small. For example, I have three individual VMs stored on a single sparsebundle volume. They currently occupy 3012 individual 8MB "bundle" files. The last time I used those VMs, I ran software updates on all of them. A total of 118 of those 8MB files changed as a result of the updates, so the TM backup was 944MB. If they were not on a sparsebundle volume, the TM backup would have been about 24GB.
I use Parallels, but the same concept should apply to any application that creates and frequently updates very large files. Use Disk Utility to create the sparsebundle volume."
Source: Apple Support Communities by Pondini
A: Enable snapshots. In VMWare when a snapshot is created, the (VMDK) hard drive contents are frozen, while changes are stored as a separate delta.
Before:
20GB VMDK + 1GB of changes = 20GB of changed files to backup
After
20GB VMDK (Snapshotted) + 1GB of changes = 1GB of changes to backup.
Additionally, you can keep snapshotting, so if you have an initial 20gb Snapshot1 + 2gb of deltas, each incremental backup would be 2gb.
Once you take a second snapshot, you end up with 22gb frozen. 20GB for S1, 2GB for S2, and then you just need to backup the next deltas.
The only downsides are:
*
*It takes more physical space. 20GB frozen image + 2gb of deltas take a total of 22gb of storage.
*It's not possible to shrink snapshotted VMs, so make sure to pre-shrink before taking the snapshot.
A: Since you say "changes made to the VM don't matter" then you can do what I do which is
*
*Put all the VMs in one folder
*Exclude the folder with the VMs from Time Machine
*Manually back up the VM folder. I keep a copy offsite on a portable RAID 1 drive.
Letting Time Machine "do its thing" is a bad idea, as it will make a new copy every it does a backup, which is generally around once an hour. You will eat up all your storage space very quickly and it will be pointless anyway.
You could "backup the VM using time machine once, then exclude the folder that contains all the VMs" but the Time Machine interface is not the best for retrieving your saved copy in that situation, plus Time Machine will delete old files if it needs to in order to save space and you don't know when it will delete your one and only backup copy of your VM.
By doing a manual backup of your VMs you can also refresh them once in a while (say when new guest OS updates are applied) much more easily than with a Time Machine solution.
Snapshots affect performance quite a bit unless the snapshot and the virtual disk is on a high-performance solid-state drive. It is worth considering if you need regular backups of ongoing work on the VM, but since you say you don't care about changes to the VM then snapshots are best avoided altogether.
A: I know the thread is kind of old, but I just wanted to share with you guys my experience. I hope this helps.
Basically I needed to truly understand how the snapshots worked, and if I could rely on them in case I ever needed to restore a VM from a snapshot using TimeMachine (and the snapshots). In other words, I had several unanswered questions and Parallels documentation is just not good enough.
So, here it goes...
First, disclaimer: I do not work for Parallels and I am in no way, shape, or form the final authority on the software. I did do extensive testing though, and the results of all my testing, which involved going through several iterations of waiting for snapshots to be automatically created, and test recovering the VM several times using TimeMachine, at different stages (with no snapshot yet taken, with 1 snapshot taken, with two, and more snapshots taken, with both the VM powered on and off), and, yes, my TimeMachine drive is encrypted.
I'll first give you the bottom line of all my testing, and then I will expand.
Bottom line: Yes. It all works. Perfectly. Seamlessly.
In an Apple philosophy kind of way, they say, this is all you need to know... As in, Apple (and in this case Parallels) says you do not need to know, so you do not need to know. Of course, we The Users disagree. We DO need to know.
So, here's my expanded answer:
*
*I do have my backup drive encrypted! It's just the right thing to do.
*Now, on to how SmartGuard Snapshots actually do work really well with TimeMachine... I thoroughly tested each and every single scenario I mention here:
a) If there aren't yet any SmartGuard snapshots of the VM: TimeMachine backs up the entire .pvm file, however large it is, regardless of whether the VM is powered on or not. Again, if you have the backup drive encrypted, you are safe, even with the VM powered on.
b) If there is already 1 SmartGuard snapshot, and TimeMachine has at least one full backup of the entire .pvm file, then it keeps the full .pvm backup, does not back it up again, and backs up the snapshot.
c) If there is already 1 SmartGuard snapshot, but TimeMachine never had a chance to back up the entire .pvm, then it backs up the full .pvm, AND then it backs up the snapshot.
d) And the pattern repeats itself... If there are 2 or more SmartGuard snapshots, TimeMachine will back up the full .pvm file only if it wasn't backed up before, and it will do the same for any SmartGuard snapshots that it hasn't yet backed up. That is, if the snapshot has already been backed up before, it is already backed up, and it is not backed up again. But any new snapshots that weren't yet backed up WILL be backed up. However many (non-backed up) snapshots there are.
If you follow my reasoning 1 thru 2, a thru d, you see that everything gets backed up, quite efficiently, without data duplication.
Now you may ask (I did!): "Ok. How does the restore work?" That was my main question because I wanted to make sure I could rely on SmartGuard and TimeMachine configured this way. It is quite simple, actually. When/If you want to restore, you simply enter TimeMachine, browse to the folder that contains the .pvm file, and click "Restore". TimeMachine/Parallels SmartGuard will automatically calculate which SmartGuard Snapshot was the closest one taken prior to the TimeMachine backup and restore the main first full .pvm backup, and then apply the latest SmartGuard Snapshot, which will bring your machine to the closest state it was in, when the last snapshot was taken, before the last backup was taken, for the date that you choose.
Practical example:
*
*TimeMachine runs and backs up your entire .pvm, say, 01/01/2030.
*SmartGuard takes a snapshot 01/02/2030.
*TimeMachine runs and backs up the 01/02/2030 snapshot on 01/03/2030.
*SmartGuard takes a snapshot 01/04/2030.
*TimeMachine runs and backs up the 01/04/2030 snapshot on 01/05/2030.
*SmartGuard takes a snapshot 01/06/2030.
*At this point, on 01/07/2030, you experience a catastrophic failure of your drive and you lose the .pvm completely.
*After resolving the problem with the drive, you enter TimeMachine, and browse to the folder where the .pvm file resides. Go back in time to 01/06/2030, and you click restore. TimeMachine knows it has a good full backup of the .pvm from the first original backup, and it also knows that the latest available backed-up SmartGuard Snapshot for the date you chose (01/06/2030) is from 01/04/2030. It restores the .pvm file exactly as it was as of 01/04/2030, which is the latest good backup/SmartGuard Snapshot combination per the restore date chosen.
I know I typed a book here. (And I am not the best writer :-)) But I hope I explained everything.
P.S. As someone mentioned, yes, there is a cost to running a VM with snapshots. But, if your machine is powerful enough, it should be no problem. I have done so for years, with no issues. (Running an iMac Pro here, and all other related specs also leave plenty of room for everything to breathe!)
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408ccfd903f3f0797fc0e13e392d50a584434346 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cant connect to google intermittently Sometimes either randomly or after waking my late 2008 MacBook Pro from sleep, I won't be able to access google.com or any of the services. It's mildly annoying, but fixed by turning off my wifi, and then turning it back on.
When this happens, changing browsers doesn't help. I have a feeling this has to do with some sort of DNS issue, but I don't know why restarting my wifi would fix it. Has anyone else experienced this?
Late 2008 MacBook Pro
OSX Lion 10.7.4
Connected wirelessly to a 5th gen AEBS
any other information just ask, and I'm good with the Terminal
A: To isolate a DNS issue, you might try using google DNS by setting your Mac to use 8.8.8.8 instead of the DNS server it assigned or received from your router.
From there you can use nslookup and ping to test network connectivity and DNS resolution.
| Q: Cant connect to google intermittently Sometimes either randomly or after waking my late 2008 MacBook Pro from sleep, I won't be able to access google.com or any of the services. It's mildly annoying, but fixed by turning off my wifi, and then turning it back on.
When this happens, changing browsers doesn't help. I have a feeling this has to do with some sort of DNS issue, but I don't know why restarting my wifi would fix it. Has anyone else experienced this?
Late 2008 MacBook Pro
OSX Lion 10.7.4
Connected wirelessly to a 5th gen AEBS
any other information just ask, and I'm good with the Terminal
A: To isolate a DNS issue, you might try using google DNS by setting your Mac to use 8.8.8.8 instead of the DNS server it assigned or received from your router.
From there you can use nslookup and ping to test network connectivity and DNS resolution.
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c4ea383f457cebfb421654358411236526732ee5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 6GB of "other" on my iPhone 3GS, should I do a clean install of ios? Since I installed iOS 6 there have been many issues with my iPhone 3GS. I now have 6GB of "unknown" stuff in the iTunes breakdown, and the phone became much slower, could there be a connection between the two?
Is it possible to do a clean install of iOS6?
A: You can remove all settings and information from your iPhone using "Erase All Content and Settings" in Settings > General > Reset.
If that doesn't help you can also try the same from iTunes, see here for details.
*
*Connect your iPhone to your computer
*Select it when it appears under Devices
*Select the Summary tab, and click the Restore button
*verify to reset to factory settings and erase all data
Afterwards you can restore your data again from a previous backup in iTunes.
| Q: 6GB of "other" on my iPhone 3GS, should I do a clean install of ios? Since I installed iOS 6 there have been many issues with my iPhone 3GS. I now have 6GB of "unknown" stuff in the iTunes breakdown, and the phone became much slower, could there be a connection between the two?
Is it possible to do a clean install of iOS6?
A: You can remove all settings and information from your iPhone using "Erase All Content and Settings" in Settings > General > Reset.
If that doesn't help you can also try the same from iTunes, see here for details.
*
*Connect your iPhone to your computer
*Select it when it appears under Devices
*Select the Summary tab, and click the Restore button
*verify to reset to factory settings and erase all data
Afterwards you can restore your data again from a previous backup in iTunes.
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96caeff5eecc8e036dc8a8e32dd18d1aafa838db | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes? Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes? They aren't mentioned on iTunes help section Keyboard Shortcut.
A: *
*find repeat and shuffle in iTunes menus and memorize their name as is.
*Press CommandSpace, Type Keyboard and press enter.
*select Keyboard Shortcuts
*in left side of the page, find Application Shortcuts and select it.
*click + button below
*in front of Application, choose iTunes
*type the exact name of the menu item for shuffle and repeat
*set shortcut keys for them.
| Q: Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes? Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes? They aren't mentioned on iTunes help section Keyboard Shortcut.
A: *
*find repeat and shuffle in iTunes menus and memorize their name as is.
*Press CommandSpace, Type Keyboard and press enter.
*select Keyboard Shortcuts
*in left side of the page, find Application Shortcuts and select it.
*click + button below
*in front of Application, choose iTunes
*type the exact name of the menu item for shuffle and repeat
*set shortcut keys for them.
A: iTunes 12 has broken the original Keyboard pane fix. Now Shuffle is a dropdown with two options unhelpfully named On and Off.
The following steps work for the current version of iTunes (v12):
*
*Open the Keyboard preferences pane in the System Preferences App.
*Go to the Shortcuts tab
*Click on App Shortcuts in the left sidebar
*Click the plus icon below the list on the right
*Select iTunes from the Application dropdown
*Type the word On into the Menu Title box.
*Click on the Keyboard Shortcut box and press the key combination you want to use to turn shuffle on. I use Cmd+S.
*Click Add.
*Repeat steps 4-7 for turning shuffle off, but this time use Off as the Menu Title and choose a different keyboard shortcut for it. I use Cmd+Shift+S for turning shuffle off.
A: For nested Menu options like this one shown in the image below:
A shortcut can be added by specifying the Menu Item name as:
Controls->Repeat->One
For some older versions of OSX, this works:
>Controls>Repeat>One
You can see it solves the problem of two different nested menu items having the exact same name. Cause the full path will always be different.
A: Here's an answer for fellow Win 7 users: type the sequence Alt+C+S+T to toggle Shuffle. (A little harder to remember than your basic shortcut, but it does the job. You'll just be selecting each menu in turn.)
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14a408ff18b303d529512ddd5e7c393c7608b261 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does Mountain Lion set the default text editor for the "open -t" terminal command? OSX seem to offer open -t command line shortcut to open arbitrary files in the system default text editor.
*
*Where is this default text editor set?
*Can I change it from the command line (if possible) or otherwise programmatically?
The default choice of TextEdit is limiting.
A: It's the default application for plain text (public.plain-text) files. You can change it from Finder's information panels or with duti.
You can also edit ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchservices.plist, but it requires restarting to apply the changes.
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSHandlers -array-add '{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.macromates.textmate;}'
| Q: How does Mountain Lion set the default text editor for the "open -t" terminal command? OSX seem to offer open -t command line shortcut to open arbitrary files in the system default text editor.
*
*Where is this default text editor set?
*Can I change it from the command line (if possible) or otherwise programmatically?
The default choice of TextEdit is limiting.
A: It's the default application for plain text (public.plain-text) files. You can change it from Finder's information panels or with duti.
You can also edit ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchservices.plist, but it requires restarting to apply the changes.
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSHandlers -array-add '{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.macromates.textmate;}'
A: You can also use open -a <application> <file> to open a file from the Terminal in the editor of your choice, like so:
open -a TextWrangler.app myfile.txt
To make this a bit shorter, I also have an alias in my .profile file, like so:
alias edit="open -a TextWrangler.app $1"
This allows me to just type:
edit myfile.txt
and the file will open in TextWrangler.
A: According to the open(1) man page:
-t Causes the file to be opened with the default text editor, as determined via LaunchServices
*
*To change the associated editor, find a file with the extension you are trying to open in the Finder and select it.
*Select File > Get Info from the menu bar.
*Change the "Open With" to your text editor of choice.
*Press the "Change All…"
Now your files with that extension should open in your selected text editor with "open -t " from the command line.
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e88aa9eff3e0a7a4d13d9c24fa554c49a3363a80 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I add fonts to GIMP 2.8.2 on OS X? Starting with GIMP 2.8, the application is no longer visibly dependent on X11, so suddenly all the advice I'm aware of for adding fonts to GIMP don't seem to work.
(This worked with GIMP 2.6)
Now what's a reasonable way to get GIMP to accept new fonts? Preferably I'd like it to use all the same fonts I've got installed in the system Font Book.
A: You can add fonts from the preference menu item:
Gimp-2.8 -> Preferences -> Folders ->Fonts.
Now simply add the folder containing your fonts.
/Library/Fonts/ for systemwide fonts
~/Library/Fonts/ for user installed fonts
| Q: How can I add fonts to GIMP 2.8.2 on OS X? Starting with GIMP 2.8, the application is no longer visibly dependent on X11, so suddenly all the advice I'm aware of for adding fonts to GIMP don't seem to work.
(This worked with GIMP 2.6)
Now what's a reasonable way to get GIMP to accept new fonts? Preferably I'd like it to use all the same fonts I've got installed in the system Font Book.
A: You can add fonts from the preference menu item:
Gimp-2.8 -> Preferences -> Folders ->Fonts.
Now simply add the folder containing your fonts.
/Library/Fonts/ for systemwide fonts
~/Library/Fonts/ for user installed fonts
A: This doesn't meet my desired set up of working with Font Book, but it does work:
*
*Create a directory ~/.fonts/
*Copy fonts into that folder.
*Press the refresh button at the bottom of the font picker.
Note, I found the idea for ~/.fonts/ by nosing around in /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
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25cec2b5ddb5b9a7d9f90673e0ca2acba90731fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad iOS6 built-in Notes app - where are the notes stored? I was thinking about migrating a majority of my text-based notes from Evernote to the built-in Notes app. Evernote wants 4.99 a month to store off-line notebooks on your mobil e device. I currently use a Macbook Air but was thinking about consolidating my notes onto my iPad so I'm not referencing two devices.
But I don't want old notes that were sync'd to the application to disappear or somehow be lost to me.
Are the notes stored locally? Is there a limit?
A: Notes are stored locally without limit other than storage space on the iOS device. They sync to iCloud and there is a web app for viewing / editing the notes.
They do count towards your 5 GB of free iCloud storage that you get by virtue of operating an iOS device. Should you need more storage than that, you can pay yearly.
If you don't sync the notes to the cloud, then that limit is not in effect. Whether or not you sync with iCloud, the notes are stored locally on the iPad.
| Q: iPad iOS6 built-in Notes app - where are the notes stored? I was thinking about migrating a majority of my text-based notes from Evernote to the built-in Notes app. Evernote wants 4.99 a month to store off-line notebooks on your mobil e device. I currently use a Macbook Air but was thinking about consolidating my notes onto my iPad so I'm not referencing two devices.
But I don't want old notes that were sync'd to the application to disappear or somehow be lost to me.
Are the notes stored locally? Is there a limit?
A: Notes are stored locally without limit other than storage space on the iOS device. They sync to iCloud and there is a web app for viewing / editing the notes.
They do count towards your 5 GB of free iCloud storage that you get by virtue of operating an iOS device. Should you need more storage than that, you can pay yearly.
If you don't sync the notes to the cloud, then that limit is not in effect. Whether or not you sync with iCloud, the notes are stored locally on the iPad.
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d7c459b9dcc20817840dd6cd38bb455990e8d3c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Showing the current boot arguments in OS X Is there some way to know the arguments passed to xnu at boot from within the system?
A: You can use the nvram utility.
Open Terminal.app and run nvram -p to see all the boot parameters. You can also run man nvram to see all the options. Note that to set any parameters you will have to use sudo if you are not logged in as root.
| Q: Showing the current boot arguments in OS X Is there some way to know the arguments passed to xnu at boot from within the system?
A: You can use the nvram utility.
Open Terminal.app and run nvram -p to see all the boot parameters. You can also run man nvram to see all the options. Note that to set any parameters you will have to use sudo if you are not logged in as root.
A: sysctl kern.bootargs
is what you're looking for!
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2da2dfd870fe4aa570398f7c9697298b41b772d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable Trash on a specific drive Is there a possibility of disabling the trash-bin for a drive and deleting files instantly?
I'm using DVD-RAM as a backup solution and trashing files is producing a lot of additional, unnecessary writes on the backup discs as the files are moved to a new location and then overwritten on delete from the trash bin.
A: Just found a solution for this on the web while waiting for the timelimit on creating questions:
You just need to open terminal, go to the drive you want the trash-bin to be disabled on and then do this:
sudo rm -rf .Trashes
touch .Trashes
Essentially what this does is deleting the trash-bin recursively and replacing it with an empty file thus blocking OSX from recreating it. When you delete files after that OSX will ask you about instant deletion instead of putting it into the trash-bin. Works perectly.
| Q: Disable Trash on a specific drive Is there a possibility of disabling the trash-bin for a drive and deleting files instantly?
I'm using DVD-RAM as a backup solution and trashing files is producing a lot of additional, unnecessary writes on the backup discs as the files are moved to a new location and then overwritten on delete from the trash bin.
A: Just found a solution for this on the web while waiting for the timelimit on creating questions:
You just need to open terminal, go to the drive you want the trash-bin to be disabled on and then do this:
sudo rm -rf .Trashes
touch .Trashes
Essentially what this does is deleting the trash-bin recursively and replacing it with an empty file thus blocking OSX from recreating it. When you delete files after that OSX will ask you about instant deletion instead of putting it into the trash-bin. Works perectly.
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8ed5422eb78b23d4c2a29da0922be31088c630b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make my microSD card writable? I have a macbook pro running Snow Leopard. I have Tuxera NTFS drivers.
I have a microSD card, in an adapter, in the slot. The "lock" slider is in the "unlocked" position.
'Get Info' tells me the drive is formatted to FAT16. The permissions panel tells me that I can only read.
Disk utility tells me it's not writable. (It does this for the volume and also for the higher level Apple SD Card Reader Media)
What do I need to do to change permissions to turn this card writable?
A: I've encountered the same. Ended up doing this:
*
*Backup the SD Contents
*Format the SD as FAT16 using Disk Utility and Terminal
following these steps:
*
*Unmount (not eject) the SD from Disk Utility and copy the id (doing CMD+I on the SD and then selecting the Disk Identifier value (e.g. disk2s1))
*Format to FAT16: sudo newfs_msdos -F 16 /DEV_PATH/TO_SDK so in my case: sudo newfs_msdos -F 16 /dev/disk2s1
HTH
| Q: How can I make my microSD card writable? I have a macbook pro running Snow Leopard. I have Tuxera NTFS drivers.
I have a microSD card, in an adapter, in the slot. The "lock" slider is in the "unlocked" position.
'Get Info' tells me the drive is formatted to FAT16. The permissions panel tells me that I can only read.
Disk utility tells me it's not writable. (It does this for the volume and also for the higher level Apple SD Card Reader Media)
What do I need to do to change permissions to turn this card writable?
A: I've encountered the same. Ended up doing this:
*
*Backup the SD Contents
*Format the SD as FAT16 using Disk Utility and Terminal
following these steps:
*
*Unmount (not eject) the SD from Disk Utility and copy the id (doing CMD+I on the SD and then selecting the Disk Identifier value (e.g. disk2s1))
*Format to FAT16: sudo newfs_msdos -F 16 /DEV_PATH/TO_SDK so in my case: sudo newfs_msdos -F 16 /dev/disk2s1
HTH
A: I had a PNY 32gb SD Card. Spent hours trying to find out how to make it re-writeable. Well the answer is simple. The slider on the left side of the card must be "up" (the read-writable position) BUT ALSO the tiny "notch" opposite the slider must be covered with a piece of tape. It's really the opposite of the old video tapes, which we had to break the tab if we did not want anything recorded over it. But I can guarantee you I've bought a lot of SD cards and have NEVER had a card that was write-protected out of the package that required me to do anything but raise the slider on the left side.
A: Micro SD to SD adapters are even more unreliable than the card itself. I have noticed random behaviour (also on Macbook pro) just by reinserting the card without touching the lock and also after touching the lock.
I could not reproduce bmike's trick. He might have be fooled by such random behaviour. Please confirm.
I recommmend to use Micro SD to USB adapter: there is no switch and the contacts are better. Some cost like 1 € and are as big as a nail.
A: I had no clue why my sd card somehow got turned onto unwritable. I filled it up to 8/ 16 gigs n decided, OK I really need to fix this card now!
I finally recalled some cards can lock data. After a few flips n tests with the switch slides. I'm not finnaly able to delete again.
So simple.
Built in lock mechanism on the actual card!
I tried reformating, no availablity, moving from card to desktop, changing options in each folder. But it was there the whole time.
A: Switch the lock mechanism on the physical SD card.
A: Had the same problem, I unmounted it using terminal, following this tutorial
https://superuser.com/questions/527657/how-do-you-format-a-2gb-sd-card-to-fat32-preferably-with-disk-utility
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d346236ecc7adff6d650ee3f8459f33a1619ee76 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable Command-M to minimize window On my keyboard layout, the M key is right next to the W key:
This can be problematic at times because occasionally I will accidentally press Command-M instead of Command-W, causing the window to be minimized rather than closed.
Since there's no keyboard shortcut to un-minimize a window (well ok, no easy keyboard shortcut), this is even more annoying because then I have to switch to my trackpad to un-minimize the window and then try again to close it.
Is there a way to disable the Command-M shortcut for minimizing a window?
A: You can "override" the default Command-M shortcut by mapping it to something else. To remap the key combination, launch System Preferences and choose Keyboard. Then the Keyboard Preferences Panel appears, click on the right tab named "Keyboard Shortcuts". You will notice many default keyboard shortcuts that you can override.
I've tried remapping Command-M using this method and it works.
| Q: Disable Command-M to minimize window On my keyboard layout, the M key is right next to the W key:
This can be problematic at times because occasionally I will accidentally press Command-M instead of Command-W, causing the window to be minimized rather than closed.
Since there's no keyboard shortcut to un-minimize a window (well ok, no easy keyboard shortcut), this is even more annoying because then I have to switch to my trackpad to un-minimize the window and then try again to close it.
Is there a way to disable the Command-M shortcut for minimizing a window?
A: You can "override" the default Command-M shortcut by mapping it to something else. To remap the key combination, launch System Preferences and choose Keyboard. Then the Keyboard Preferences Panel appears, click on the right tab named "Keyboard Shortcuts". You will notice many default keyboard shortcuts that you can override.
I've tried remapping Command-M using this method and it works.
A: You can disable it by editing ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist:
defaults write -g NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add 'Minimize' '\0'
To apply the changes you have to reopen applications. If the shortcut was assigned to nil, pressing L would trigger it in Audacity.
A: Remapping Command-M to Zoom in "All Applications" seemed to be a good workaround as Zoom appears in all applications and doesn't have nearly as disruptive an effect as an unintentional Minimize.
I was going to try the terminal command above so I went to remove the command M for Zoom and lo and behold, Minimize was now listed with no key command. So I just left it that way, now command-M does nothing and minimize lives harmlessly in the Menu. No terminal command necessary.
A: You can remap any key and key combination with the wonderful and free software Karabiner. After installing, just add the following code to your ~/Library/Application Support/Karabiner/private.xml:
<item>
<name>Map Cmd-M to Cmd-Alt-M</name>
<appendix>Changes the minimize shortcut</appendix>
<not>EMACS</not>
<identifier>private.kill_m</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::M, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L|ModifierFlag::OPTION_L, KeyCode::M, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::M, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L, KeyCode::VK_NONE</autogen>
</item>
<item>
<name>Map Cmd-Q to Cmd-Alt-Q</name>
<appendix>Changes the quit shortcut</appendix>
<not>EMACS</not>
<identifier>private.kill_q</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L|ModifierFlag::OPTION_L, KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L, KeyCode::VK_NONE</autogen>
</item>
Then klick "Reload XML" in the Karabiner preferences and set checkmarks for the new items.
This way the minimizing shortcut is not entirely disabled but still available with the additional option key: Cmd+Option+M or by simply using the right command key: Cmd (right)+M.
Note that the second part also changes the Cmd+Q shortcut to Cmd+Option+Q for your convenience. You can omit the second item, if you don’t need it.
A: You can "reset" the shortcut assigned to Minimize by adding a new shortcut in System Preferences>Keyboard>Shortcuts>App Shortcuts. Just press the plus button, specify the name of the menu title (in this case "Minimize"), press a new shortcut and confirm with "Add".
Note that the name of the menu title must be an exact match. If other users on your Mac use a different language, or some of your apps are in another language, you will need to create shortcuts for all of those languages.
For example, if both Korean and English are used on your Mac, you will need to create two entries, one for each language:
A: There's a handy keyboard layout called "Dvorak - Qwerty⌘". It's basically Dvorak, but it flips the layout to QWERTY while the ⌘ key is held down. It was designed so that people who want to learn Dvorak don't have to retrain their hotkey muscle memory, but it could help you too.
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68959ee0c1fd993f188ed75f5deedabce5afc326 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I launch a Virtualbox VM from the Dock? How can I put my VirtualBox on my Dock in Mac OS X Lion. I want to have it on my dock so I can click on it to launch it.
A: Right click VM in Manager, create desktop icon. Select the desktop icon and press Control+Shift+Command+T
That's it done
| Q: How can I launch a Virtualbox VM from the Dock? How can I put my VirtualBox on my Dock in Mac OS X Lion. I want to have it on my dock so I can click on it to launch it.
A: Right click VM in Manager, create desktop icon. Select the desktop icon and press Control+Shift+Command+T
That's it done
A: I don't use Virtualbox, but based on a couple resources, it looks like you can launch a specific VM from the command line, which means we can create a basic Automator application to serve as a launcher, which you can then put in the Dock.
In Automator, create a new workflow. Add a Run Shell Script action, and enter /abolute/path/to/vboxmanage startvm "vmname" in the text box. Replace vmname with the name of your VM as it appears in the Virtualbox GUI (make sure to keep the quotes though). Save the workflow, setting the File Format to Application. Then drag the resulting app onto your Dock.
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5b9c13b867c90a8975481706abb390b9cea56361 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a command to install a dmg I want to install a dmg file on a remote server. All I have is an ssh access.
Since a DMG is a disk image, I tried to mount it, but mount does not seem to recognize its format.
file says my dmg file is a VAX COFF executable.
A: You should be able to mount the .dmg using:
hdiutil attach /path/to/file.dmg
And then copy its contents (which appears in /Volumes) where ever you like.
| Q: Is there a command to install a dmg I want to install a dmg file on a remote server. All I have is an ssh access.
Since a DMG is a disk image, I tried to mount it, but mount does not seem to recognize its format.
file says my dmg file is a VAX COFF executable.
A: You should be able to mount the .dmg using:
hdiutil attach /path/to/file.dmg
And then copy its contents (which appears in /Volumes) where ever you like.
A: I had to mount and copy the .app to /Applications folder.
For Etcher.app:
First as @trojanfoe said :
sudo hdiutil attach /Users/janatac/Etcher-1.2.1.dmg
Then
sudo cp -R /Volumes/Etcher\ 1.2.1/Etcher.app /Applications
You then have your application in /Applications folder
Don't forget to unmount the volume :
sudo hdiutil unmount /Volumes/Etcher\ 1.2.1/
Got it working after reading instructions from a blog post.
A: If you want to script the install it requires a few more steps since the name of the .dmg file, the name of the Volume created, the name of the application, and the name of the device that needs to be detached can all be different. Plus they can have spaces in them.
Also a .dmg can have an .app file or a .pkg file in it and these require different behavior.
Here's a bash function to install a dmg from a remote URL:
# usage: installdmg https://example.com/path/to/pkg.dmg
function installdmg {
set -x
tempd=$(mktemp -d)
curl $1 > $tempd/pkg.dmg
listing=$(sudo hdiutil attach $tempd/pkg.dmg | grep Volumes)
volume=$(echo "$listing" | cut -f 3)
if [ -e "$volume"/*.app ]; then
sudo cp -rf "$volume"/*.app /Applications
elif [ -e "$volume"/*.pkg ]; then
package=$(ls -1 "$volume" | grep .pkg | head -1)
sudo installer -pkg "$volume"/"$package" -target /
fi
sudo hdiutil detach "$(echo "$listing" | cut -f 1)"
rm -rf $tempd
set +x
}
Note if your .dmg has an .app file that runs to install the program, then you will need to do something different again.
A: First, mount the dmg image : sudo hdiutil attach <image>.dmg
The image will be mounted to /Volumes/<image>. Mine contained a package which i installed with: sudo installer -package /Volumes/<image>/<image>.pkg -target /
Finally unmount the image: sudo hdiutil detach /Volumes/<image>.
A: You could try the command open disk://host.tld/image.dmg.
A: After you've downloaded the.dmg file. By pressing the right button, the file must be mounted and opened with the same picture.DiskImageMounter(Default).
.
The. app file will then be shown. When the. app file appears, open the terminal and navigate to the write directory where the file is located. and type open -a/ExistingFileName.app in the command prompt, then press enter. This is how I use the macOS terminal to launch the.dmg file.
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35d96e3adcf14714ff04c050def4de3e50aa30a3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I use iCloud to sync Pages documents from iPad to iPhone? I use pages on my iPad for documents. Apple says that I can have everything that is in Pages on my iPad shared on my iPhone using iCloud.
How do I configure that?
A: *
*Make sure iCloud is turned on.
*Open Settings > iCloud, and turn On "Documents and Data" if it is off.
*If you are on iOS 6 on your iPhone, and not connected to wifi, open Settings > General > Cellular, and make certain "iCloud Documents" is On.
*Verify that you are signed into the same iCloud account on both devices.
*Install the Pages app on your iPhone, and on your iPad.
*Open Pages on your iPhone. If you have created documents on your iPad, it may take a few moments for your iPhone to download them.
In addition, you may find this how-to resource helpful in setting up iCloud.
| Q: How do I use iCloud to sync Pages documents from iPad to iPhone? I use pages on my iPad for documents. Apple says that I can have everything that is in Pages on my iPad shared on my iPhone using iCloud.
How do I configure that?
A: *
*Make sure iCloud is turned on.
*Open Settings > iCloud, and turn On "Documents and Data" if it is off.
*If you are on iOS 6 on your iPhone, and not connected to wifi, open Settings > General > Cellular, and make certain "iCloud Documents" is On.
*Verify that you are signed into the same iCloud account on both devices.
*Install the Pages app on your iPhone, and on your iPad.
*Open Pages on your iPhone. If you have created documents on your iPad, it may take a few moments for your iPhone to download them.
In addition, you may find this how-to resource helpful in setting up iCloud.
A: In addition to bassplayer7's list, if you want to sync to a Mac, you would need OS X 10.8.
I use iCloud syncing between my Mac, iPad and iPhone for all three iWork programs. As a professional who frequently presents at conferences, I rely on iCloud to always have the latest version of my presentations, quoting system and forms on my gear.
Before you go hog-wild and build everything on your Mac, start out with a test file with the fonts and formatting you want use and ensure cross-device compatibility. iOS has a subset of Mac fonts available.
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1200a2d2f2b5e5fc50e86ca05390f3a82d02fe4a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes music sync clarification Can someone clarify what these different synch settings in iTunes (v11) actually mean:
What is the difference between "sync only checked songs and videos" in the "Summary" tab of the iPhone and "Sync Music -> "Selected playlists artists, albums, and genres" in the "Music" tab of the iPhone?
I dont see any changes in sync behavior when I check or uncheck "sync only checked songs and videos".
Also what does "Manually manage music and videos" actually mean?
A: Sync only checked songs and videos
When you open the list view, the leftmost column is of check marks. You can use these to tell iTunes what to sync/not sync on a per song basis.
Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres
When you open the summary for your iDevice, there is a Music tab. You can select what songs to sync on a per playlist/artist/album/genre basis.
Manually manage music and videos
This means that iTunes will not sync all songs indiscriminately. You have to manually drag songs to the device to sync them. You can also drag albums and playlists.
| Q: iTunes music sync clarification Can someone clarify what these different synch settings in iTunes (v11) actually mean:
What is the difference between "sync only checked songs and videos" in the "Summary" tab of the iPhone and "Sync Music -> "Selected playlists artists, albums, and genres" in the "Music" tab of the iPhone?
I dont see any changes in sync behavior when I check or uncheck "sync only checked songs and videos".
Also what does "Manually manage music and videos" actually mean?
A: Sync only checked songs and videos
When you open the list view, the leftmost column is of check marks. You can use these to tell iTunes what to sync/not sync on a per song basis.
Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres
When you open the summary for your iDevice, there is a Music tab. You can select what songs to sync on a per playlist/artist/album/genre basis.
Manually manage music and videos
This means that iTunes will not sync all songs indiscriminately. You have to manually drag songs to the device to sync them. You can also drag albums and playlists.
A: When you manually manage, you have to drag songs, selections and groups and playlists in to and out of the list of songs on an iPod/iOS device.
You can also sync entire playlists so manual management isn't exclusive.
If all of your songs are checked in iTunes (or the subset of songs that are to be syncronized are all checked) then the no change in behavior is to be expected.
This is all documented in the built in help as well as online:
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
Make sure you avoid this bizzare excuse for an article in your search for a tutorial and understanding. It's not clear if it's a stub that needs to be there since iTunes links to it or they are saving space until it gets re-written for iTunes 11 or some future release.
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d9ebb065ae8a7310f5c77ffeb2057c25b64c2366 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What makes autofill not appear as a sync option in iTunes 11? I’m unable to use Autofill to add songs in iTunes 11 and I’d really like to use it.
Following the help guide in iTunes, it says I should be able to see an “Autofill from” pop-up menu at the bottom of the music pane:
Unfortunately, this is what I see instead:
Attempting to set my iPhone to have music be manually added also seems like a no-go:
Any ideas how I could see that Autofill pop-up menu?
A: I figured it out with some help from Jesse at the Ottawa Apple Store:
If your iPhone has iTunes Match turned on, you’re not able to manually manage your music. In order to set how much space you want to use on your device for music, you’ve got to first turn iTunes Match off, set your space requirements in the Autofill section, and then turn iTunes Match back on.
Good times…
| Q: What makes autofill not appear as a sync option in iTunes 11? I’m unable to use Autofill to add songs in iTunes 11 and I’d really like to use it.
Following the help guide in iTunes, it says I should be able to see an “Autofill from” pop-up menu at the bottom of the music pane:
Unfortunately, this is what I see instead:
Attempting to set my iPhone to have music be manually added also seems like a no-go:
Any ideas how I could see that Autofill pop-up menu?
A: I figured it out with some help from Jesse at the Ottawa Apple Store:
If your iPhone has iTunes Match turned on, you’re not able to manually manage your music. In order to set how much space you want to use on your device for music, you’ve got to first turn iTunes Match off, set your space requirements in the Autofill section, and then turn iTunes Match back on.
Good times…
A: *
*Select your device.
*Click the Summary tab.
*Under the Options section, make sure that "Manually manage music and videos" is checked:
*
*If the Sidebar is visible, expand the disclosure arrow for your device in the devices list and select Music:
*
*If the Sidebar is hidden, select the On This iPad (or iPhone) tab and select Music:
*
*The Autofill functionality should now appear:
A: I think they mean on the tool bar on the upper right, with your device connected and the view you are showing is the devices pane. Look in the upper right and there should be a blue done button click the blue button. and it will take you back to the itunes music page. With your device plugged in it will be where the auto fill should be. I don't keep music on my iPad, when it got done syncing I disconnected my iPad and autofill did not show back up. don't know if it is because I don't keep music on the device or not, but it was there before I synced.
A: I figured it out, all you have to go is go to your iPhone and go to the tab "on this iPhone" then you can autofill at the bottom!
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b7868e0e4f6bfe43b75c83af0871f299d7bb38f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I find the windowid of Google Chrome to pass to screencapture -l I'd like to use screencapture -l to do automated screen captures of Google Chrome. This requires knowing the windowid of the Google Chrome process that's running.
For apps that support Applescript, this question has the answer. But that solution doesn't work for apps that aren't scriptable, like Google Chrome.
Is there any way to retrieve the windowid from a running Google Chrome process from a Python script? I know that the Quartz Debug app can do it, but that's a GUI app, so it can't be invoked via script.
A: You can do that with GrabFS, a screenshot filesystem for OS X. (Download at the bottom of the page. Works fine for me on 10.8.2 with OSXFUSE) It gives you the textures of any processes windows as files which you can simply copy. To update the screenshot, copy again.
Looks like this (converted from TIFF to PNG to save space.): ![Google Chrome Screenshot of this page taken with GrabFS.]
You'll likely need to do a little shell scripting to automate this, but that will be easy.
| Q: How do I find the windowid of Google Chrome to pass to screencapture -l I'd like to use screencapture -l to do automated screen captures of Google Chrome. This requires knowing the windowid of the Google Chrome process that's running.
For apps that support Applescript, this question has the answer. But that solution doesn't work for apps that aren't scriptable, like Google Chrome.
Is there any way to retrieve the windowid from a running Google Chrome process from a Python script? I know that the Quartz Debug app can do it, but that's a GUI app, so it can't be invoked via script.
A: You can do that with GrabFS, a screenshot filesystem for OS X. (Download at the bottom of the page. Works fine for me on 10.8.2 with OSXFUSE) It gives you the textures of any processes windows as files which you can simply copy. To update the screenshot, copy again.
Looks like this (converted from TIFF to PNG to save space.): ![Google Chrome Screenshot of this page taken with GrabFS.]
You'll likely need to do a little shell scripting to automate this, but that will be easy.
A: I solved this by writing a python script. When you run it you can specify an application to dump the list of windows IDs for, or if you don't specify any application it'll dump all the windows.
The windows are dumped presentation order, so whatever is at the top of the list is the 'highest' window (ostensibly the currently active one if it's visible)
Example Output
bloop:~ r$ ./wlist2 Chrom
9040 0 "Chromium" "terminal - How do I find the windowid of Google Chrome to pass to screencapture -l - Ask Different"
9039 0 "Chromium" ""
How to use this to capture a screen automatically from a shell script
screencapture -l $(./wlist2 Chrom | head -1 | awk '{print $1}') out.png
Script:
#!/usr/bin/python2.6
from itertools import chain
from Quartz import CGWindowListCreate as create_list
from Quartz import CGMainDisplayID as display_id
from Quartz import CGWindowListCreateDescriptionFromArray as lookup
import sys
class Windows(list):
def find(self, name):
for window in self:
if window.IsOnscreen and window.OwnerName.find(name) > -1:
print window
def dump(self):
for window in self:
if window.IsOnscreen:
print window
def __getitem__(self, item):
result = list.__getitem__(self, item)
try:
return Windows(result)
except TypeError:
return result
class Window(object):
key_list = []
def __init__(self, kwargs):
for k in kwargs.keys():
setattr(self, k.replace('kCGWindow',''), kwargs[k])
self.key_list.append(k.replace('kCGWindow',''))
def __repr__(self):
t = '%d %d "%s" "%s"' % (
getattr(self, 'Number', -1),
getattr(self, 'Layer', -1),
getattr(self, 'OwnerName', None),
getattr(self, 'Name', None)
)
return t.encode('utf-8')
wlist=Windows()
for x in lookup(create_list(display_id(), 0)):
wlist.insert(0, Window(dict(x)) )
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
wlist.find(sys.argv[1])
else:
wlist.dump()
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6ec1f2fc469d3de59c31a3cf024e056fe8a0e73f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I lock the screen using a keyboard shortcut on OS X Mountain Lion with a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000? Title says it all: how do I lock the screen using a keyboard shortcut on OS X Mountain Lion with a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000?
A: Assuming your keyboard has an eject button, you need to go to System Preferences, and click on "Security & Privacy", then click on the "General" tab, then select the checkbox that says "Require password immediately after sleep or screensaver begins". Now you can lock your computer by pressing Control-Shift-Eject. This puts the computer to sleep, but because we've told it to lock on sleep, it also locks it.
If your computer doesn't have an eject button, you will need to create your own custom shortcut. Unfortunately, you can only create shortcuts for menu items and services. Fortunately you can create a service to put the display to sleep (and thus lock the screen), and you can assign a shortcut to the service. For instructions on how to do this, see this Macworld page.
| Q: How do I lock the screen using a keyboard shortcut on OS X Mountain Lion with a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000? Title says it all: how do I lock the screen using a keyboard shortcut on OS X Mountain Lion with a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000?
A: Assuming your keyboard has an eject button, you need to go to System Preferences, and click on "Security & Privacy", then click on the "General" tab, then select the checkbox that says "Require password immediately after sleep or screensaver begins". Now you can lock your computer by pressing Control-Shift-Eject. This puts the computer to sleep, but because we've told it to lock on sleep, it also locks it.
If your computer doesn't have an eject button, you will need to create your own custom shortcut. Unfortunately, you can only create shortcuts for menu items and services. Fortunately you can create a service to put the display to sleep (and thus lock the screen), and you can assign a shortcut to the service. For instructions on how to do this, see this Macworld page.
A: Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts. Click on +. Select All Application for Application, enter Sleep for Menu Title, press the desired shortcut in the Keyboard Shortcut field. Click on Add. See the Apple menu (an apple icon in the top left corner). The Sleep entry should show the shortcut you have defined. The shortcut should work right away.
Note that Finder and possibly some other applications would only react to the shortcut after the reboot.
A: You do not need to use Third Party Apps to set a global short cut.
You can use Automator Services,System Preferences keyboard Shortcuts and the CGSession -suspend command that switches to a login screen.
Use the Applescript :
do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend"
in a Automator 'Service' like this with the set up as no input and all applications.
Save it and then go to the Keyboard System Preferences. -> Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Select Services on the right. And scroll down to the bottom on the left to 'General'. There you will see your service. Click the addShortCut. And give the service a shortcut. Clost system prefs.
You may need to quit some apps and re open them first for them to pick up the short cut for the first time. You can see the ones that have already picked it up..
Now try the shortcut from the keyboard.
A: You can easily add the padlock icon to your menu bar:
open /Applications/Utilities/Keychain\ Access.app/Contents/Resources/Keychain.menu
You can also add it through Keychain Access prefs. ;)
A: Or you can go to: Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access > Preferences > Show keychain status in menu bar.
This will put a lock in your menu bar and you can click Lock Screen to lock your screen. If you need a keyboard shortcut, you can add this in your keyboard under Settings.
Also, here are steps to use a shortcut to put your computer in screen saver mode which locks your Mac at the same time.
*
*Open System Preferences.
*Select Security & Privacy.
*Select General.
*Be sure Require password [immediately] after sleep or screen saver
begins is selected.
*Go to your applications folder.
*Open Automator.
*Select Services on the screen that appears.
*At the top of the new Service's actions, in the Service receives
drop-down, select no input from the options. Make sure that any
application is selected in the second drop-down.
*Add the Start Screensaver action (in the Utilities group of actions)
to the Service by dragging it to the right.
*Save the Service (Automator does not ask you where to save it, just
to name it Logout for example).
*Next, open System Preferences again and select the Keyboard
preference pane. Select the Shortcuts tab at the top, then
the Services group on the left.
*The service you created should be near the bottom of the list of
Services under the General disclosure triangle.
*Double-click on the right side of the entry for the Service you
created and assign a keyboard shortcut.
*I chose Command-Shift-L for my shortcut.
*Exit the keyboard preference pane and give it a try.
You can always use Control+Shift+Eject (if you have a mac keyboard) or Control+Shift+Power on your mac to put your computer to sleep, but I don’t want that when I can just close the mba lid. We all know about hot corners, but I’m not a big fan of it as it always interferes with other options.
I had been using the lock menu icon for the longest time found in Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access > Preferences > Show keychain status in menu bar but it just takes too long sometimes to click that small icon when I’m in a rush since the target is so small.
A: UPDATE - 2021 answer is - ctrl-win-q
legacy below
I used KeyRemap4Macbook to remap the pause/break key to eject. KeyRemap4Macbook is free, and it shows up in System Preferences after installing.
shift+ctrl+pause/break does the trick now.
For newer versions of the OS (Sierras, El Cap) there is the new Karabiner-Elements with a slightly different interface:
**Please note that KeyRemap4Macbook is now called Karabiner with the same functionality.
**update for Sierra - Karabiner **
A: Control+Shift+Eject is the keystroke for Macs with an Eject key, and for external keyboards
Control+Shift+Power is the keystroke for Macs without the eject key, like the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina
http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/17/lock-screen-mac/
A: By default, you can use Ctrl+Command+Q.
A: You can also log out to the fast user switching screen, but it doesn't turn off displays. Just assign a shortcut to this shell command:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/user.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend
If you have the Alfred Powerpack, you can give the lock action a shortcut in the hotkeys tab:
A: Note that there's also an alternative method which frees you of remembering obscure key combinations and uses English (or other) words instead: with Alfred or possibly Quicksilver (not sure tho), you can invoke actions such as locking the screen, all via a single hotkey and a bunch of commands in plain language. OSX's Spotlight is moving in the same direction — but I'm not sure if it's quite there yet; though you probably can run AppleScript files with it.
A: I stand corrected, trach a man to fish:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
A: You can install the tiny, free SleepDisplay application, and assign it to any key in the Microsoft Keyboard section of System Preferences.
A: @markhunte's answer is good, but it falls short when you're in an app that doesn't have a "Services" menu (e.g., Calculator).
Instead of using System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts to assign the shortcut, I use Apptivate: it's a free, lightweight utility whose only purpose is to run a command when you press a hotkey sequence.
Once you've created a "Lock Screen" service in Automator (as described by @markhunte's answer), you simply add it to Apptivate:
When the "Open" dialog is displayed, press CMD+SHIFT+G (Go to Folder) and enter ~/Library/Services:
Then select the Automator service you created earlier:
Finally, assign a keyboard shortcut to the service:
And that's it! Now you have a "Lock Screen" keyboard shortcut that can be used in any application.
A: My system version is Yosemite 10.10.5. And the method posted by markhunte is still working except that you need input username everytime after you suspend the system. It's a little annoying to me. So changed the script from:
do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend"
to:
tell application "System Events" to sleep
This script just simulates that you click the sleep menu item of system menu.
A: If you use the new MacBook Pro or a Windows / external keyboard, use a program like Karabiner Elements to map from a key you choose to "Eject", so that the good old CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT works.
For example:
A: There's a little app which does the trick — http://keylock.io
A: Ctrl+Shift+PwrBtn
Using an original iMac orange keyboard on a 2011 MacBook Pro.
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1209ccd82f10b995889af17fcef1ec260e18b852 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I "Get Info" from the command line? Related to this question: https://superuser.com/q/514528/90435
Via http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/12/find-out-where-a-file-was-downloaded-from/ I find out that you can use 'get info' though Finder to find out where a file was downloaded from.
For example -
Now - my question is - can I get the same information from the command line?
A: According to this article about command line tricks you can do the following:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent' | grep YOURFILENAME
Just exchange YOURFILENAME with the file you want to check.
| Q: How do I "Get Info" from the command line? Related to this question: https://superuser.com/q/514528/90435
Via http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/12/find-out-where-a-file-was-downloaded-from/ I find out that you can use 'get info' though Finder to find out where a file was downloaded from.
For example -
Now - my question is - can I get the same information from the command line?
A: According to this article about command line tricks you can do the following:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent' | grep YOURFILENAME
Just exchange YOURFILENAME with the file you want to check.
A: mdls lists the metadata attributes of a given file. Try this:
mdls -name kMDItemWhereFroms filename
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1fa639dcd48e6f9cd392b0e927471a6cbaad0635 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change the font used in Preview PDF notes? As of Mountain Lion, Preview has been "upgraded" with a ridiculous font choice for its Notes (Control-Command-N). I use them all the time in PDF files and suffer from the Comic Sans feeling of Marker Felt.
Is it possible to change the font used by Preview to show notes?
It does not seem that the question has already been asked.
A: Sadly, it is not possible to change the font used by Preview for Notes - this is denoted by Apple an 'UnEditable'.
This thread on the Apple forums (which I can't take credit for) provides a couple of work arounds such as using Annotations instead of notes (as these are editable) or post-editing comments in Adobe Acrobat Reader XI, but not an actual solution to this problem.
| Q: How can I change the font used in Preview PDF notes? As of Mountain Lion, Preview has been "upgraded" with a ridiculous font choice for its Notes (Control-Command-N). I use them all the time in PDF files and suffer from the Comic Sans feeling of Marker Felt.
Is it possible to change the font used by Preview to show notes?
It does not seem that the question has already been asked.
A: Sadly, it is not possible to change the font used by Preview for Notes - this is denoted by Apple an 'UnEditable'.
This thread on the Apple forums (which I can't take credit for) provides a couple of work arounds such as using Annotations instead of notes (as these are editable) or post-editing comments in Adobe Acrobat Reader XI, but not an actual solution to this problem.
A: Go to Font Book, select Noteworthy, right click and show the font file in Finder. Alternatively you can directly navigate to /System/Library/Fonts
Replace the extension of the Noteworthy font file with .disabled (or .bak, or anything else non-font related). Make sure with the Inspector that the extension has not been re-added by the Finder. This is how it should look:
Re-start Preview, all PDF notes are now shown in Helvetica.
Tested on 10.8 and 10.9.
A: I believe the method of editing the font file directly is no longer applicable in the newest OSX because those files are read-only and it probably won't be wise to mess them.
Try Adobe Reader instead?
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4d0623017cde3ae2f4c474d3d65e4febb86204f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Connecting external display turns both screens black I updated from 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 for my MacBook Pro Retina with my external 27" Thunderbolt display. When I connect to my Thunderbolt display both screens are black. I can only see my mouse pointer and sometimes little boxes of display. Any idea what's wrong?
A: The solution explained in this Apple Discussions thread worked for me.
*
*Delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist.
*Delete ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.XXXXX.plist.
*Reset NVRAM.
| Q: Connecting external display turns both screens black I updated from 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 for my MacBook Pro Retina with my external 27" Thunderbolt display. When I connect to my Thunderbolt display both screens are black. I can only see my mouse pointer and sometimes little boxes of display. Any idea what's wrong?
A: The solution explained in this Apple Discussions thread worked for me.
*
*Delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist.
*Delete ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.XXXXX.plist.
*Reset NVRAM.
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dbd93a593acb4992c2d797ee56b21a1aac3acaba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are my options for syncing a folder between a Mac and a PC? Suppose I have 2 computers attached to the wireless network in my house, one a Mac and one a PC. Suppose I want to continuously sync a folder on the Mac with a folder on the PC. What options do I have?
My first thought would be to use something like Dropbox, but in this case I don't want the files to leave my network and go to the cloud.
Edit: NAS not available here, nor is an external drive. Just the 2 computers.
A: Dropbox does have an option called LAN sync, which syncs files between computers on a LAN directly. However this still also syncs them to the cloud, it just saves you some internet bandwidth.
As @woz suggested, a file share on either computer or a NAS (including Time Capsule) would do the job. You could also run rsync from a cronjob, or use GoodSync, which has a neat GUI for that.
| Q: What are my options for syncing a folder between a Mac and a PC? Suppose I have 2 computers attached to the wireless network in my house, one a Mac and one a PC. Suppose I want to continuously sync a folder on the Mac with a folder on the PC. What options do I have?
My first thought would be to use something like Dropbox, but in this case I don't want the files to leave my network and go to the cloud.
Edit: NAS not available here, nor is an external drive. Just the 2 computers.
A: Dropbox does have an option called LAN sync, which syncs files between computers on a LAN directly. However this still also syncs them to the cloud, it just saves you some internet bandwidth.
As @woz suggested, a file share on either computer or a NAS (including Time Capsule) would do the job. You could also run rsync from a cronjob, or use GoodSync, which has a neat GUI for that.
A: The closest thing I have found is Cubby. It's a Dropbox competitor, but it has a feature known as DirectSync that allows you to sync one or more folders across computers (Mac or PC) without uploading them to Cubby's cloud.
The downside? From Cubby's FAQ: "Cubby always sets up direct UDP connections between clients unless your firewall or NAT configuration prevents it from doing so, in which case data is relayed through our data centers using a TCP based, E2E secure SSL tunnel." IOW, it might run through their servers, which means it's not a perfect solution for my situation. Still, it's close.
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c146ffac6001785442dce5fb86e7ba3bd81d3a45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I rename a Logical Volume Group? I have noticed that while I can safely change the name of the Logical Volume (LM Volume) in /Volumes (currently: Apple SSD), I cannot find a way to change the name of the Logical Volume Group (currently: Crucial M4 SSD).
The latter is a legacy from my previous Macbook Pro's hard drive. Can I change this name?
A: I renamed the "Logical Volume Group" on all of my drives using Disk Utility
(OS X 10.8.5)
NOTE: The LVG will only be renamed when the drive is erased with encryption.
DO NOT use "Case Sensitive" it is not recommended by Apple and others.
*
*Using Disk Utility, erase the drive without encryption.
*Using Disk Utility, erase the drive a second time, with encryption, giving it the name you want it to have. The drive and the volume will have the same name.
| Q: How can I rename a Logical Volume Group? I have noticed that while I can safely change the name of the Logical Volume (LM Volume) in /Volumes (currently: Apple SSD), I cannot find a way to change the name of the Logical Volume Group (currently: Crucial M4 SSD).
The latter is a legacy from my previous Macbook Pro's hard drive. Can I change this name?
A: I renamed the "Logical Volume Group" on all of my drives using Disk Utility
(OS X 10.8.5)
NOTE: The LVG will only be renamed when the drive is erased with encryption.
DO NOT use "Case Sensitive" it is not recommended by Apple and others.
*
*Using Disk Utility, erase the drive without encryption.
*Using Disk Utility, erase the drive a second time, with encryption, giving it the name you want it to have. The drive and the volume will have the same name.
A: If you have Yosemite installed, diskutil now includes the option to rename a Core Storage logical volume group (LVG) from the command line:
$ diskutil cs rename
Usage: diskutil coreStorage rename lvgUUID|lvgName newName
Rename a CoreStorage logical volume group. Do not confuse this with LV names.
Ownership of the affected disks is required.
So use diskutil cs list to get a list of your Core Storage volumes, then diskutil cs rename "Crucial M4 SSD" newVolumeGroupName to rename the LVG.
I haven't tested this on a mounted volume, so I don't know if you can do it without unmounting the volume. That may mean that you need to boot off an external disk with Yosemite installed in order to rename the LVG.
A: You can change the name, but doing so requires that you wipe the entire drive. If you're happy to do that, and with the disclaimer that this is scary stuff, then:
*
*Right click the drive in Finder and Eject it.
*Open Terminal
*
*Type diskutil list and find the identifier for the GUID_partition_scheme of the disk you want to wipe.
*Type sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/INDENTIFIER bs=1024 count=1024, replacing IDENTIFIER with the identifier of the disk you want to wipe. Do not get the identifier wrong.
*Open Disk Utility
*
*You will see the newly formatted disk, now with its factory supplied name rather than the out of date name that was bothering you.
*If you wish to further replace this with a specific name of your choosing:
*
*Select the disk and click the 'Erase' tab.
*Choose 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)'. [OSX only renames the Logical Volume Group if you encrypt the drive. If you don't want to encrypt the drive, then just keep the factory name.]
*Type your desired name into the 'Name' box and click 'Erase...'.
*The logical volume group and the first disk partition will now have identical names. If you then wish to rename the disk partition, you can do so easily by simply selecting the disk in Finder, hitting Ctrl-I and updating its name in the pop-up dialog.
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d00796f0314faaeddc9fc8ecf46c4a8c7b55a4f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Xcode still show up as an available update in App Store after being installed?
I have installed the update shown from the App Store. I have since started and used XCode. Why does this update still show up in the updates list for App Store?
Is there some extra action I need to take to complete the update?
Link to screenshot: http://d.pr/i/dp3z
A: Was having the same problem after installing Xcode v4.6 on a system with Mountain Lion, had Xcode v4.5.2 & v4.4.1 (with different names) also installed in the Applications directory. Read on a different thread that Spotlight indices can sometimes cause problems, followed the steps outlined here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
This fixed my problem. (YMMV)
| Q: Why does Xcode still show up as an available update in App Store after being installed?
I have installed the update shown from the App Store. I have since started and used XCode. Why does this update still show up in the updates list for App Store?
Is there some extra action I need to take to complete the update?
Link to screenshot: http://d.pr/i/dp3z
A: Was having the same problem after installing Xcode v4.6 on a system with Mountain Lion, had Xcode v4.5.2 & v4.4.1 (with different names) also installed in the Applications directory. Read on a different thread that Spotlight indices can sometimes cause problems, followed the steps outlined here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
This fixed my problem. (YMMV)
A: For me this was because I had 2 different versions of xcode one in /Applications and another in /Developer/Applications
if you copy the current version from /Applications into /Developer/Applications overwriting the old version that's there, it should disappear from the updates section when you restart the App Store.
I believe this issue was caused by upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion.
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2224d266b3e8c30fc4be388b9338c9563dc2a9f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I configure a Smart Playlist to show songs not in other Playlists? I have a ton of songs that I classify in named playlists, and would like to have an easier way of knowing if a song has been previously classified or not. The thought occurred to me to make a Smart Playlist that will show me songs that meet the following requirements:
*
*Media Type must be Music (excludes Music Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Books, Podcasts, etc.)
*Must not exist in any playlist within the parent Classification folder.
*Must not exist in the "Unclassifiable" folder.
I can't get the Smart Playlist to populate with all remaining songs:
Is it possible to create a Smart Playlist showing all songs not in another playlist?
A: It turns out that the screenshot, or at least the correct version, is sufficient:
No doubt in part to my tens of thousands of songs, and only a few hundreds currently classified, the playlist took sometime to populate. After reading Kyle's comment, I looked at the playlist and nearly my whole library is now present.
So the answer to this problem can only logically be:
Patience
| Q: How do I configure a Smart Playlist to show songs not in other Playlists? I have a ton of songs that I classify in named playlists, and would like to have an easier way of knowing if a song has been previously classified or not. The thought occurred to me to make a Smart Playlist that will show me songs that meet the following requirements:
*
*Media Type must be Music (excludes Music Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Books, Podcasts, etc.)
*Must not exist in any playlist within the parent Classification folder.
*Must not exist in the "Unclassifiable" folder.
I can't get the Smart Playlist to populate with all remaining songs:
Is it possible to create a Smart Playlist showing all songs not in another playlist?
A: It turns out that the screenshot, or at least the correct version, is sufficient:
No doubt in part to my tens of thousands of songs, and only a few hundreds currently classified, the playlist took sometime to populate. After reading Kyle's comment, I looked at the playlist and nearly my whole library is now present.
So the answer to this problem can only logically be:
Patience
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75c6efe7179ff269cd84c65a106eba549e981667 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fade out/in in iTunes? Even in iTunes 11, there is no fade out when pausing playback or fade in when starting playback. How can I achieve this?
A: If you are using macOS, you can create a new Service with Automator, add a Run AppleScript action to it, and enter the following script:
set current_application to (path to frontmost application as Unicode text)
tell application "System Events"
if process "iTunes" exists then
tell application "iTunes"
set current_volume to the sound volume
if (player state is playing) then
repeat
repeat with i from current_volume to 0 by -1
set the sound volume to i
delay 0.01
end repeat
pause
set the sound volume to current_volume
exit repeat
end repeat
else
set the sound volume to 0
play
repeat with j from 0 to current_volume by 1
set the sound volume to j
end repeat
end if
end tell
tell application current_application
activate
end tell
end if
end tell
You can assign a keyboard shortcut to it in System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services.
| Q: How to fade out/in in iTunes? Even in iTunes 11, there is no fade out when pausing playback or fade in when starting playback. How can I achieve this?
A: If you are using macOS, you can create a new Service with Automator, add a Run AppleScript action to it, and enter the following script:
set current_application to (path to frontmost application as Unicode text)
tell application "System Events"
if process "iTunes" exists then
tell application "iTunes"
set current_volume to the sound volume
if (player state is playing) then
repeat
repeat with i from current_volume to 0 by -1
set the sound volume to i
delay 0.01
end repeat
pause
set the sound volume to current_volume
exit repeat
end repeat
else
set the sound volume to 0
play
repeat with j from 0 to current_volume by 1
set the sound volume to j
end repeat
end if
end tell
tell application current_application
activate
end tell
end if
end tell
You can assign a keyboard shortcut to it in System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services.
A: For Mac OS X v10.5 or later (Intel 32/64 bits), you can use this script, Im using this for fade out/in music when I pause or play my music, or skipping songs, its great and works fine with the built in crossfade from playback menu.its great for party play list and works just fine with the latest version of itunes (12.1.2)
http://www.wildbits.com/accubeatmix/
A: The script above faded out too fast for my taste so I modified it slightly (the 3 modified/added lines are in uppercase - is it possible to highlight text in a code section with e.g., bold? - just change them to lower case if you use it). My version fades out in 4 seconds, just change that digit to something else if you prefer.
set current_application to (path to frontmost application as Unicode text)
tell application "System Events"
if process "iTunes" exists then
tell application "iTunes"
set current_volume to the sound volume
SET DEL TO 4 / CURRENT_VOLUME
if (player state is playing) then
repeat
repeat with i from current_volume to 0 by -1
set the sound volume to i
DELAY DEL
end repeat
pause
set the sound volume to current_volume
exit repeat
end repeat
else
set the sound volume to 0
play
repeat with j from 0 to current_volume by 1
set the sound volume to j
DELAY DEL
end repeat
end if
end tell
tell application current_application
activate
end tell
end if
end tell
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94b89d400a909f833801fe6d3291ac2647c3a6ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes 11 does not record Play Counts anymore? I was playing an album the other day and noticed that none of the songs being played are incrementing their play count. I am running iTunes 11.0 and would like play counts to work like before.
What is happening and can I fix this?
A: According to some articles I've read on the net, it's a design flaw by Apple - disabling crossfade will make the playcount start to work again.
| Q: iTunes 11 does not record Play Counts anymore? I was playing an album the other day and noticed that none of the songs being played are incrementing their play count. I am running iTunes 11.0 and would like play counts to work like before.
What is happening and can I fix this?
A: According to some articles I've read on the net, it's a design flaw by Apple - disabling crossfade will make the playcount start to work again.
A: I think it's a universal glitch that's occurring with the new iTunes update they just had, seeing that this problem only showed up after the update.
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b07d65c1b6ec9e55f9a0371db86b34c47f2fc770 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Maltese language in iOS devices I would like to type in Maltese (using Maltese letters) from my iPad and iPhone. Unfortunately, the Maltese langauge is not listed with the default European languages on iOS devices. What can I do?
A: I don't know for sure whether the extra characters required for Maltese (ċġħż) might all be available in the layout for another language or not. It would be kind of tedious to check. But there are a couple apps, Unicode Map and UniKey, which let you create a sort of custom keyboard layout using any Unicode characters which can be used for copy/paste, etc.
You should also search the app store on Maltese to see if anyone has created a keyboard for that for copy/paste or email, etc. I see there is an app called 1Hand Mail/SMS Maltese Keyboard that may be useful.
| Q: Maltese language in iOS devices I would like to type in Maltese (using Maltese letters) from my iPad and iPhone. Unfortunately, the Maltese langauge is not listed with the default European languages on iOS devices. What can I do?
A: I don't know for sure whether the extra characters required for Maltese (ċġħż) might all be available in the layout for another language or not. It would be kind of tedious to check. But there are a couple apps, Unicode Map and UniKey, which let you create a sort of custom keyboard layout using any Unicode characters which can be used for copy/paste, etc.
You should also search the app store on Maltese to see if anyone has created a keyboard for that for copy/paste or email, etc. I see there is an app called 1Hand Mail/SMS Maltese Keyboard that may be useful.
A: I have just released an app that gives you a Maltese Keyboard on iOS devices :)
https://itunes.apple.com/mt/app/maltese-keyboard/id940508915?mt=8
A: From a lobbying standpoint, http://www.apple.com/feedback is a nice place to get iOS users that would like have support added for a new localization.
You could suggest which settings are closest and enumerate the changes needed. Perhaps if a few people suggested what was needed, official support might be added in an update. The other answer has more practical suggestions and perhaps a jailbreak or other app might help at least to write things you could copy / paste into non Maltese aware apps that use the system keyboard.
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b1050e97e7b6126c0c81294461b9018bf9139602 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Multiple monitors get mixed up I am on OSX Lion, with a MacBook Pro. I am using the DisplayPort for an external monitor and two USB Diamond BVU195 for two extra monitors. Each time when I turn my computer on, the two monitors get mixed up/reversed - so instead of going from left to right, like this:
MBP Screen | BVU195 - 1 | DisplayPort | BVU195 - 2
It shows up wrong like this:
MBP Screen | BVU195 - 2 | DisplayPort | BVU195 - 1
It is easily fixable by going to System Preferences and reversing them, but next reboot, they are mixed up again.
| Q: Multiple monitors get mixed up I am on OSX Lion, with a MacBook Pro. I am using the DisplayPort for an external monitor and two USB Diamond BVU195 for two extra monitors. Each time when I turn my computer on, the two monitors get mixed up/reversed - so instead of going from left to right, like this:
MBP Screen | BVU195 - 1 | DisplayPort | BVU195 - 2
It shows up wrong like this:
MBP Screen | BVU195 - 2 | DisplayPort | BVU195 - 1
It is easily fixable by going to System Preferences and reversing them, but next reboot, they are mixed up again.
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7bd700e33c7642c2fae655aaedc3e57e871076cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bug with iPhone data usage counter I know that I can see the data usage of my iPhone 4(iOS 6.0.1) under: Settings → General → Usage → Cellular, Usage , but the counter has a bug - now it's showing over 16GB(for 2-3 hours tethering). Any Idea of the reason for this bug? If I use some app for counting the data usage, would it show the right usage?
A: That is probably just a bug in the data counting mechanism. You could download your carrier's app to test how much data you have really used.
Another thing to try would be updating your iPhone to 6.1.3. There are always some bugs fixed in each release, and maybe this is one of them.
| Q: Bug with iPhone data usage counter I know that I can see the data usage of my iPhone 4(iOS 6.0.1) under: Settings → General → Usage → Cellular, Usage , but the counter has a bug - now it's showing over 16GB(for 2-3 hours tethering). Any Idea of the reason for this bug? If I use some app for counting the data usage, would it show the right usage?
A: That is probably just a bug in the data counting mechanism. You could download your carrier's app to test how much data you have really used.
Another thing to try would be updating your iPhone to 6.1.3. There are always some bugs fixed in each release, and maybe this is one of them.
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222ffa113bb5b702093d7bcfdc93e29f109a8fe3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Add bookmarklet to mobile safari Is there some easy method for installing bookmarklets on an iPad/iOS device that does't involve syncing my bookmarks with a computer somewhere?
Examples showing the sync with computer installation.
*
*http://helpdesk.lastpass.com/bookmarklets/#Installing+Bookmarklets+on+the+iPad
*https://support.pinterest.com/entries/21033321-how-do-i-install-the-pin-it-bookmarklet-on-an-ipad-iphone
A: Copy/Paste Method
*
*On your device, copy the bookmarklet code.
*
*If you don't have the bookmarklet code in plain text (just a link), the easiest thing to do is open the page with the link on a Mac or PC, copy the javascript contents of the bookmarklet and email them to yourself, then copy that on your device.
*Create a new bookmark for any site (doesn't matter which one).
*Open the bookmarks menu, tap Edit and select the bookmark you just created.
*Paste the bookmarklet code in place of the URL, then change the name to whatever you want.
That should give you a working bookmarklet without having to mess around with syncing.
| Q: Add bookmarklet to mobile safari Is there some easy method for installing bookmarklets on an iPad/iOS device that does't involve syncing my bookmarks with a computer somewhere?
Examples showing the sync with computer installation.
*
*http://helpdesk.lastpass.com/bookmarklets/#Installing+Bookmarklets+on+the+iPad
*https://support.pinterest.com/entries/21033321-how-do-i-install-the-pin-it-bookmarklet-on-an-ipad-iphone
A: Copy/Paste Method
*
*On your device, copy the bookmarklet code.
*
*If you don't have the bookmarklet code in plain text (just a link), the easiest thing to do is open the page with the link on a Mac or PC, copy the javascript contents of the bookmarklet and email them to yourself, then copy that on your device.
*Create a new bookmark for any site (doesn't matter which one).
*Open the bookmarks menu, tap Edit and select the bookmark you just created.
*Paste the bookmarklet code in place of the URL, then change the name to whatever you want.
That should give you a working bookmarklet without having to mess around with syncing.
| apple | {
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939262d05a48519df0d283446e7b7528c96003b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I share photos to Facebook without downloading my contacts? I would like to share photos on facebook. However, it is required to sign in, after which all facebook contacts will be downloaded.
Would it be possible to avoid downloading contacts from facebook?
A: Yes. You can turn this setting off in: Settings > Facebook > Contacts On/Off
| Q: Can I share photos to Facebook without downloading my contacts? I would like to share photos on facebook. However, it is required to sign in, after which all facebook contacts will be downloaded.
Would it be possible to avoid downloading contacts from facebook?
A: Yes. You can turn this setting off in: Settings > Facebook > Contacts On/Off
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8b620fd9f9694e97872481dfa1d6b6263ef85214 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud save support in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City I've been playing on my iPhone and iPad, and it appears that in order to do a "cloud save", I need to actually find a save point on one device and then do a save. Then, on my other device I need to manually load that save.
I was hoping this would be a little more automatic - is there something I'm doing wrong? I'd expect the game to just pick up where I left off on the other device.
A: Apparently this is how it GTA operates. Both Vice City and San Andreas iOS version of it. I've always wondered whether the game keeps some of the game save data in Game Center, iCloud or to a app-native cloud system.
| Q: iCloud save support in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City I've been playing on my iPhone and iPad, and it appears that in order to do a "cloud save", I need to actually find a save point on one device and then do a save. Then, on my other device I need to manually load that save.
I was hoping this would be a little more automatic - is there something I'm doing wrong? I'd expect the game to just pick up where I left off on the other device.
A: Apparently this is how it GTA operates. Both Vice City and San Andreas iOS version of it. I've always wondered whether the game keeps some of the game save data in Game Center, iCloud or to a app-native cloud system.
| apple | {
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9861ce49ef3b5e9656eccfc17328a87eca6e9452 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion? I want to use the photo of a contact in the Address Book/Contacts in another app. What is the easiest way to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion to an image file? Dragging it out to the desktop does not work for me: I always get the photo Resize window instead.
A: Trying on OS X Yosemite 10.10.1:
On OS X 10.8 it was possible to extract a photo from contacts on the Mac user interface.
That did not work for me on the current version.
Thus I went to look in the ~/Library.
I found the picture I had taken under
~/Library/Application\ Support/AddressBook/Sources/(some long hex string)/Images/
Thus on Finder click the "Go To" menu, holding the ⌥ ALT. Click on "Library", then navigate to the Images folder.
(On my iPhone, in Contacts, I had taken a photo of a friend yesterday.
Today I wanted to file the photo, found it as above on my Mac, though with a size of 87 KB only.)
| Q: How to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion? I want to use the photo of a contact in the Address Book/Contacts in another app. What is the easiest way to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion to an image file? Dragging it out to the desktop does not work for me: I always get the photo Resize window instead.
A: Trying on OS X Yosemite 10.10.1:
On OS X 10.8 it was possible to extract a photo from contacts on the Mac user interface.
That did not work for me on the current version.
Thus I went to look in the ~/Library.
I found the picture I had taken under
~/Library/Application\ Support/AddressBook/Sources/(some long hex string)/Images/
Thus on Finder click the "Go To" menu, holding the ⌥ ALT. Click on "Library", then navigate to the Images folder.
(On my iPhone, in Contacts, I had taken a photo of a friend yesterday.
Today I wanted to file the photo, found it as above on my Mac, though with a size of 87 KB only.)
A: Assuming Mountain Lion 10.8.2:
*
*Click on the photo in Contacts
*Click once to select the one you want from the resulting grid of available photos
*Click on the icon with the pencil across it at the bottom left of the grid window.
*Click on the larger version of the image that appears, and copy the image to the clipboard.
Assuming Mountain Lion 10.8.4:
*
*Click on the photo in Contacts
*Make sure the image opens in the large Pop-up underneath the small image.
*Click on the larger image.
*Copy the image to the clipboard, e.g. via command-C.
You can now paste the image anywhere you want.
For example, you can open Preview and, when it's ready, select the menu File < New from Clipboard, and a new window will open with the photo in it. You can then save that file in any format available to anywhere you wish.
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40faf23bedc03972c825c1eb97091a346ca586ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes 11 does not sync apps updated OTA With earlier versions of iTunes, if I updated an app OTA, the next time I synced my phone, iTunes would download the new version to my local library. However, this does not happen anymore. I have to manually check for newer versions of apps in iTunes and then download them again. Is this by design, or am I missing something? I am on Windows 7, 64-bit.
A: if you don't want to download again, next time you plug in the phone:
in itunes right click on phone and tell it to transfer purhases.
i do this pretty regularly since i have multiple devices and don't need to download each app 4 times. download on phone / transfer purchases to itunes / sync to others.
| Q: iTunes 11 does not sync apps updated OTA With earlier versions of iTunes, if I updated an app OTA, the next time I synced my phone, iTunes would download the new version to my local library. However, this does not happen anymore. I have to manually check for newer versions of apps in iTunes and then download them again. Is this by design, or am I missing something? I am on Windows 7, 64-bit.
A: if you don't want to download again, next time you plug in the phone:
in itunes right click on phone and tell it to transfer purhases.
i do this pretty regularly since i have multiple devices and don't need to download each app 4 times. download on phone / transfer purchases to itunes / sync to others.
| apple | {
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61174692d37e2ad486225f139f8a6a212f05eff4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are all four SO-DIMM slots user-accessible in the 27 inch iMac (Late 2012)? I'm going to buy a new 27" iMac, but I think that the RAM on the Apple Store is really too expensive.
My plan is to buy with minimum (2x4GB) RAM and replace everything with 4x8GB.
Are all 4 slots designed to be user accessible, removable and replaceable?
A: The Tech Specs page on the Apple site states:
8GB (two 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory; four user-accessible SO-DIMM
slots
Configurable to 16GB or 32GB.
so yes, all four slots are user accessible.
| Q: Are all four SO-DIMM slots user-accessible in the 27 inch iMac (Late 2012)? I'm going to buy a new 27" iMac, but I think that the RAM on the Apple Store is really too expensive.
My plan is to buy with minimum (2x4GB) RAM and replace everything with 4x8GB.
Are all 4 slots designed to be user accessible, removable and replaceable?
A: The Tech Specs page on the Apple site states:
8GB (two 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory; four user-accessible SO-DIMM
slots
Configurable to 16GB or 32GB.
so yes, all four slots are user accessible.
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fdd745647938594548ba7553c198a2f585521304 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Fullscreen apps stealing the window/focus on startup I like to use the fullscreen mode for as many apps as possible (Mountain Lion).
When I start my apps, they usually go into fullscreen mode but then grab the focus. I'd like to be able to essentially start fullscreen mode apps "in the background" and then switch to the window when I am ready to use the app.
Is this possible?
A: Yes, this is annoying! Many forum posts mention the fix done by
defaults write com.apple.Dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO
with restarting the Dock afterwards:
killall Dock
This, however, didn't work for my Yosemite 10.10.2 installation. Just thought I mention it here until some real answer comes.
One of many sources.
| Q: Fullscreen apps stealing the window/focus on startup I like to use the fullscreen mode for as many apps as possible (Mountain Lion).
When I start my apps, they usually go into fullscreen mode but then grab the focus. I'd like to be able to essentially start fullscreen mode apps "in the background" and then switch to the window when I am ready to use the app.
Is this possible?
A: Yes, this is annoying! Many forum posts mention the fix done by
defaults write com.apple.Dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO
with restarting the Dock afterwards:
killall Dock
This, however, didn't work for my Yosemite 10.10.2 installation. Just thought I mention it here until some real answer comes.
One of many sources.
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} |
64da7c17711333af9c09391365e3f482b49c770a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mountain Lion desktop order On Mountain Lion, I have three desktops. What I find is that the sequential left to right order of these desktops keeps changing. Is it doing something based on usage ? and how can I disable this ?
A: You can disable it in System Preferences:
| Q: Mountain Lion desktop order On Mountain Lion, I have three desktops. What I find is that the sequential left to right order of these desktops keeps changing. Is it doing something based on usage ? and how can I disable this ?
A: You can disable it in System Preferences:
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f43df6517d2b7c5c04e710567bed0bc6964bd180 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to set up Safari to always show status bar I am using Safari 6.0.2 (8536.26.17) within Mac OS X 10.8.2.
I would like to know how to set Safari so that, whenever a new window is opened, the status bar is always turned on.
I think this used to be a preference setting but it doesn't appear to be available in this version.
Whenever I open a new window, there is no status bar.
I know how to use the keyboard shortcut to turn it on and off. I'm looking for a way not to have to use the shortcut each time.
Is this doable? Thanks for your advice.
A: I think I found a command-line solution, opening up the Terminal and typing in the following:
$ defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowStatusBar -boolean true
| Q: How to set up Safari to always show status bar I am using Safari 6.0.2 (8536.26.17) within Mac OS X 10.8.2.
I would like to know how to set Safari so that, whenever a new window is opened, the status bar is always turned on.
I think this used to be a preference setting but it doesn't appear to be available in this version.
Whenever I open a new window, there is no status bar.
I know how to use the keyboard shortcut to turn it on and off. I'm looking for a way not to have to use the shortcut each time.
Is this doable? Thanks for your advice.
A: I think I found a command-line solution, opening up the Terminal and typing in the following:
$ defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowStatusBar -boolean true
A: Odd, because I have the Status Bar visible, and every time I open a new window, it is visible. I wonder if you don't have some kind of extension causing yours to not show. The View > Show Status Bar command is not for each window, but is global, so it should work all the time.
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982665a409fd358f804f6eb00b06e14f3ea010c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a mac utility that can magnify parts of the screen? For some teaching efforts, especially running through tutorials, I'd like to zoom in on parts of my screen to show a room-full of people small text from the projected screen. Is there an OS X utility that will magnify sections of the screen as I move my cursor over it? I know about OmniDazzle but the magnifier is somewhat clunky.
A: Go to System Preferences, then Accessibility. There will be a column on the left for Zoom, which you can use a keyboard shortcut to activate.
Once activated, hitting ⌥-⌘-+ will zoom the screen.
| Q: Is there a mac utility that can magnify parts of the screen? For some teaching efforts, especially running through tutorials, I'd like to zoom in on parts of my screen to show a room-full of people small text from the projected screen. Is there an OS X utility that will magnify sections of the screen as I move my cursor over it? I know about OmniDazzle but the magnifier is somewhat clunky.
A: Go to System Preferences, then Accessibility. There will be a column on the left for Zoom, which you can use a keyboard shortcut to activate.
Once activated, hitting ⌥-⌘-+ will zoom the screen.
A: You don't say which version of osx you are using, in 10.8.2 go to system preferences, accessibility, zoom, then under zoom style select picture-in-picture. The zoom box will follow your cursor. Older versions had this option not sure of the steps for other versions.
A: Try the following apps:
*
*Zoom It
*Virtual Magnifying Glass
There are at least one other, but Zoom It app is the one that most reviews recommend. I use it with a 40 inch 4k display. Awesome!
A: Digital Color Meter can do that but unfortunately AFAIK its window is not resizable.
| apple | {
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5ab3bdf2f496cf22048dd3eae4349b90fc556373 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable logged-in thumbnails for Safari Top Sites for Secure (HTTPS) Sites? How do I allow Safari to generate logged-in thumbnails of HTTPS pages? Maybe there's a hidden setting for this?
Right now thumbnails of secure (HTTPS) pages are rendered without login data. For example, for private GitHub repo I see big "404" error. Most of my Top Sites thumbnails are login forms and error pages for various sites which makes "Top Sites" feature almost useless.
I'm aware that enabling logged-in thumbnails for Top Sites may have security/privacy implications.
| Q: How to enable logged-in thumbnails for Safari Top Sites for Secure (HTTPS) Sites? How do I allow Safari to generate logged-in thumbnails of HTTPS pages? Maybe there's a hidden setting for this?
Right now thumbnails of secure (HTTPS) pages are rendered without login data. For example, for private GitHub repo I see big "404" error. Most of my Top Sites thumbnails are login forms and error pages for various sites which makes "Top Sites" feature almost useless.
I'm aware that enabling logged-in thumbnails for Top Sites may have security/privacy implications.
| apple | {
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f7df50831f202c9e69069528aa4e2b560d2e5ec2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Mac OSX Mountain Lion autosave/versions interact badly with git? I use git with some of my documents and wonder if the autosaved versions created by Mountain Lion could interfere (or even break) git versioning?
This is important for me as I do not work on Macs exclusively. Do I need to edit my .gitignore file to account for the native versioning system in OS X?
A: Short answer: don't worry about it.
The versions data is kept separate from the file itself, which is why you can just email a file to someone on a different OS and not worry about the version info mucking things up.
Unless you are checking in the hidden folders where OS X stores temporary files and versions, git will never know if a file is being versioned or saved by the OS.
| Q: Does Mac OSX Mountain Lion autosave/versions interact badly with git? I use git with some of my documents and wonder if the autosaved versions created by Mountain Lion could interfere (or even break) git versioning?
This is important for me as I do not work on Macs exclusively. Do I need to edit my .gitignore file to account for the native versioning system in OS X?
A: Short answer: don't worry about it.
The versions data is kept separate from the file itself, which is why you can just email a file to someone on a different OS and not worry about the version info mucking things up.
Unless you are checking in the hidden folders where OS X stores temporary files and versions, git will never know if a file is being versioned or saved by the OS.
| apple | {
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c2cb43f574c6db140b52bcf9c70f3cc1e5bb76c5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to launch pdf viewer from the terminal I'm working using LaTeX, since I compile the document in the terminal, it would be much easier for me to open it in pdf viewer directly from the terminal.
I'm using OS X 10.8.2 in Polish, so I'm not sure of the English name of the viewer I'm using, but it's the default one, I guess it's Preview in English. But the command preview <filename.pdf> results in -bash: preview: command not found.
A: You can just use open <filename.pdf> and your OS will use the default program to view PDFs. With open -a Preview.app <filename.pdf> your PDF is opened using Preview, even if your default PDF reader is something different.
| Q: How to launch pdf viewer from the terminal I'm working using LaTeX, since I compile the document in the terminal, it would be much easier for me to open it in pdf viewer directly from the terminal.
I'm using OS X 10.8.2 in Polish, so I'm not sure of the English name of the viewer I'm using, but it's the default one, I guess it's Preview in English. But the command preview <filename.pdf> results in -bash: preview: command not found.
A: You can just use open <filename.pdf> and your OS will use the default program to view PDFs. With open -a Preview.app <filename.pdf> your PDF is opened using Preview, even if your default PDF reader is something different.
A: After discovering the "open" answer I wrote the following shell script, which I placed in /usr/bin/acroread:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/open $1
Don't forget to chmod +x /usr/bin/acroread. My LaTeX workflow is homogenized by this solution.
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f5958a0fe12b02e0eeadcbe73dd59fdc74d7e207 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I run an AppleScript upon my 3G modem connecting? I'm looking for a way to run an AppleScript after my 3G modem is successfully connected to the carrier.
The modem is using the standard OSX network panel to connect, so it's not using any crappy carrier software.
Around the web I've found a lot of people running stuff after the modem is connected but it seems to be sending AT command to the modem, and I don't want that. I want to launch an AppleScript on my computer.
A: Try ControlPlane. It lets you trigger various events, including launching scripts, based on various system events, including what networks you're connected to. I'm not 100% sure if it will read any network interfaces, or just the default ones, but it's free and probably worth a look.
| Q: Can I run an AppleScript upon my 3G modem connecting? I'm looking for a way to run an AppleScript after my 3G modem is successfully connected to the carrier.
The modem is using the standard OSX network panel to connect, so it's not using any crappy carrier software.
Around the web I've found a lot of people running stuff after the modem is connected but it seems to be sending AT command to the modem, and I don't want that. I want to launch an AppleScript on my computer.
A: Try ControlPlane. It lets you trigger various events, including launching scripts, based on various system events, including what networks you're connected to. I'm not 100% sure if it will read any network interfaces, or just the default ones, but it's free and probably worth a look.
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585e9fbd0934d0c9b357f2bc2eb6e18487d9b1d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion? When I log in as a Guest user on Mountain Lion, i get a transparent dock with no background 'surface':
I can seem to find the settings that would make the dock in my own users' desktop look like this. Is it even possible for non-guest users?
A: To make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion type the following two commands in a terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool yes
killall Dock
| Q: How to make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion? When I log in as a Guest user on Mountain Lion, i get a transparent dock with no background 'surface':
I can seem to find the settings that would make the dock in my own users' desktop look like this. Is it even possible for non-guest users?
A: To make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion type the following two commands in a terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool yes
killall Dock
A: You could try a program called Mirage, which should make the dock transparent.
A: Mirage (as mentioned by ekaj) is a great solution, but it is no longer being updated and the developer's site has been down for a long time. I wrote an app called MacUtil that gets the job done, look here for a short video showing it in action.
MacUtil is a customization application for the Mac. It allow you to make your mac your own, with lots of customization options ranging from two dimensional docks to modifications of CoreOS files.
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1f16ff6af3bcde3aec7ba73e445ebee1aabb776d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I determine if the screen is asleep in Mountain Lion, from the command line? I have a script that needs to run every so often, but only if the screensaver is active or if the screen is asleep (to make sure nobody is actively using the computer first). I need to have a way to determine whether the screen is asleep from the command line. (One-liner preferred)
I'm using "ps -acxw | grep ScreenSaverEngine | grep -v grep" to determine if the screensaver is running, which always worked fine in previous OS versions, but in Mountain Lion, the screensaver is disabled when the screen goes to sleep, so I need a way to determine that as well now.
Help is appreciated...
A: Though not directly answering your question this line will give you the time in seconds since the last user interaction which comes from what OS X considers to be an idle user. (independently of screen-savers or black displays.)
echo $((`ioreg -c IOHIDSystem | sed -e '/HIDIdleTime/ !{ d' -e 't' -e '}' -e 's/.* = //g' -e 'q'` / 1000000000))
| Q: How can I determine if the screen is asleep in Mountain Lion, from the command line? I have a script that needs to run every so often, but only if the screensaver is active or if the screen is asleep (to make sure nobody is actively using the computer first). I need to have a way to determine whether the screen is asleep from the command line. (One-liner preferred)
I'm using "ps -acxw | grep ScreenSaverEngine | grep -v grep" to determine if the screensaver is running, which always worked fine in previous OS versions, but in Mountain Lion, the screensaver is disabled when the screen goes to sleep, so I need a way to determine that as well now.
Help is appreciated...
A: Though not directly answering your question this line will give you the time in seconds since the last user interaction which comes from what OS X considers to be an idle user. (independently of screen-savers or black displays.)
echo $((`ioreg -c IOHIDSystem | sed -e '/HIDIdleTime/ !{ d' -e 't' -e '}' -e 's/.* = //g' -e 'q'` / 1000000000))
A: I think I've figured it out. This does it for me:
ioreg -n IODisplayWrangler | grep -i IOPowerManagement | perl -pe 's/^.*DevicePowerState\"=([0-9]+).*$/\1/'
As for the number that this returns, in my case it appears to be in the range of 0-4. I don't know what each number specifically means for sure, but when the display is "on", I get 4, and when the display has been put to sleep by idle I get 0. I assume the in-between states are for dimming, etc, but I don't have a laptop here, so I'm not sure.
A: Thanks, based on the tip by ipmcc, I've created the one-liner that outputs a boolean value.
echo $(ioreg -n IODisplayWrangler | grep -i IOPowerManagement | perl -pe 's/^.*DevicePowerState\"=([0-9]+).*$/\1/')/4 | bc
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05923ef78b63a659d7adb7078c00e302227c0860 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: USB Drives always need to be formatted to delete items I have a MacBook Air running Lion. Issue is I cannot delete things from USB sticks. The icons disappear but if I try to copy something on I get a not enough space error message.
I can format the stick to delete everything, but it seems I must do this every time.
Can anyone help me out?
A: The next time you have your USB stick plugged in, open up Trash in the Finder, and you'll see the items that you have deleted in the trash. So, although you are "deleting" files from your USB stick, they are still there, and taking up space. You need to delete the trash when the USB stick is plugged in. This will solve your problem, as long as you remember to regularly empty the trash.
| Q: USB Drives always need to be formatted to delete items I have a MacBook Air running Lion. Issue is I cannot delete things from USB sticks. The icons disappear but if I try to copy something on I get a not enough space error message.
I can format the stick to delete everything, but it seems I must do this every time.
Can anyone help me out?
A: The next time you have your USB stick plugged in, open up Trash in the Finder, and you'll see the items that you have deleted in the trash. So, although you are "deleting" files from your USB stick, they are still there, and taking up space. You need to delete the trash when the USB stick is plugged in. This will solve your problem, as long as you remember to regularly empty the trash.
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c2ee707c6d08e02ce9e4307b04afbab12ae1f6f3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to browse the OS X App Store from iPad? There are times that I'd like to browse the OS X App Store from my iPad - to get info for future reference. But when I try, I get a message that I have to use a Mac.
Is there a way around this?
A: As @jaume has mentioned, you can use the Mac App Store Preview on Apple's Website to browser apps from the Mac App Store. The same exists for iOS apps and is labeled as iTunes Preview.
As you will have already noticed, the search box on Apple's website is not very helpful when searching for Apps. The best alternative I can think of uses a google query. In the Google search box type:
site:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ "Mac App Store" MyKeyword
...which uses the URL:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/%20%22Mac%20App%20Store%22%20
*
*Copy and paste the URL
*Add your keyword to the end (separate multiple keywords by %20)
| Q: Is there a way to browse the OS X App Store from iPad? There are times that I'd like to browse the OS X App Store from my iPad - to get info for future reference. But when I try, I get a message that I have to use a Mac.
Is there a way around this?
A: As @jaume has mentioned, you can use the Mac App Store Preview on Apple's Website to browser apps from the Mac App Store. The same exists for iOS apps and is labeled as iTunes Preview.
As you will have already noticed, the search box on Apple's website is not very helpful when searching for Apps. The best alternative I can think of uses a google query. In the Google search box type:
site:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ "Mac App Store" MyKeyword
...which uses the URL:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/%20%22Mac%20App%20Store%22%20
*
*Copy and paste the URL
*Add your keyword to the end (separate multiple keywords by %20)
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97ed0135db5ef3d3b32f5e93bff332824a40d798 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does iTunes sync Volume Adjustment and other per song settings? Does iTunes sync per song settings like Volume Adjustment, EQ, and Start-Stop times?
A: Start and stop times do sync, as well as volume adjustments.
EQ settings sync as well. However, they only work under the following conditions:
*
*You used a preset in iTunes (not custom EQ settings); and
*You have EQ disabled on the phone.
As backwards as that second one sounds, if you EQ enabled on the phone, it uses that EQ setting and overrides the per-song EQ settings. If you have EQ disabled on the phone, it uses the per-song EQ settings.
| Q: Does iTunes sync Volume Adjustment and other per song settings? Does iTunes sync per song settings like Volume Adjustment, EQ, and Start-Stop times?
A: Start and stop times do sync, as well as volume adjustments.
EQ settings sync as well. However, they only work under the following conditions:
*
*You used a preset in iTunes (not custom EQ settings); and
*You have EQ disabled on the phone.
As backwards as that second one sounds, if you EQ enabled on the phone, it uses that EQ setting and overrides the per-song EQ settings. If you have EQ disabled on the phone, it uses the per-song EQ settings.
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2fe5b680f85423ac93a9815d6c2d44473ff73111 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does one view pictures fullscreen on iPhone 5? There is an annoyance in the iPhone 5 that the camera sensor is 4:3 but the phone display is 16:9. This makes photos not cover the entire screen.
Apple has now begun running a Thanksgiving commercial where they show the person viewing their photos and it takes up the whole screen of the phone.
Is there some setting configuration that I can change to display pictures fullscreen?
You can see the commercial here.
A: Double tap on the photo to make it full screen. Alternatively, you can see toward the end of the commercial, a simple swipe to the left or the right brings up subsequent photos full screen without the overlay of controls on the top or bottom.
| Q: How does one view pictures fullscreen on iPhone 5? There is an annoyance in the iPhone 5 that the camera sensor is 4:3 but the phone display is 16:9. This makes photos not cover the entire screen.
Apple has now begun running a Thanksgiving commercial where they show the person viewing their photos and it takes up the whole screen of the phone.
Is there some setting configuration that I can change to display pictures fullscreen?
You can see the commercial here.
A: Double tap on the photo to make it full screen. Alternatively, you can see toward the end of the commercial, a simple swipe to the left or the right brings up subsequent photos full screen without the overlay of controls on the top or bottom.
A: I am certainly no expert here but what I do after taking a picture I go back and view it of corse. If I want to make it full screen I zoom in or stretch it only enough to fill the whole screen. I center it the way I want and then I simply take a screen shot by pressing the home key and off button at the same time. When you pull the screen shot back up it will be full screen. You will lose a slight amount picture quality or resalotion and it also seems to take a little longer to send it by text or email but for me its worth the trade off. You can basicly do the same thing by editing and cropping with a 16:9 aspect ratio. You would think with modern technology they could at least give us that option to do that and not loose any picture quality. I Hope that will help some of you and also hope to learn a better way to do this.
A: Take a picture, stretch it to the size you want, when it fits nicely, take a picture of the screen by pushing the home key and on off button at the same time. Your photo will be put in your photos full screen... It is simple, you can do it!
A: Tap the picture once. This hides the top and bottom menu bars.
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996a61247bd3f06f5e421fe43eb0ef4a868ef6fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: View play counts on iPad or iPhone? Is it possible to view play counts on iPad, or iPhone, in the Music app, like one can in iTunes?
I am running iOS 6.
A: The Music app is pretty limited in terms of the metadata it displays. At the moment it's not possible to view the play counts for songs.
Third party apps can access your music collection, but I'm not sure how much metadata is exposed to them. It may be possible to see play counts with a third party app, but I don't know for sure, nor do I know of any apps that do this.
| Q: View play counts on iPad or iPhone? Is it possible to view play counts on iPad, or iPhone, in the Music app, like one can in iTunes?
I am running iOS 6.
A: The Music app is pretty limited in terms of the metadata it displays. At the moment it's not possible to view the play counts for songs.
Third party apps can access your music collection, but I'm not sure how much metadata is exposed to them. It may be possible to see play counts with a third party app, but I don't know for sure, nor do I know of any apps that do this.
A: There's an app for iOS 7 than now allows you to do it, it's called PlayCounts. It allows you to create playlist on the fly by selecting play counts of the songs, and see how many times you have played each song.
A: For anyone looking for the answer to this in 2017, the previously mentioned PlayCounts app seems to be no longer available. There's a free app called Song Data that works for this now.
A: For anyone looking for a way to do this in these modern days, the ability to view play count stats is still not built into the Music app on iOS, though it is on macOS. The recommended apps aren’t on the App Store any longer or aren’t being updated, so I built my own. :)
Music Info lets you select a song to view its info - play count, last played, and other metadata. It works inside the Music app too with the share sheet action.
Maybe one day Apple will build this into Music but until then this app will do the trick!
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9bdd2fe5ce0935a0170b57dc637d043052ca9943 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to change the OSX system font size per monitor? I'm wondering if there is a way to change the OSX system font size per monitor (e.g. larger for Retina and smaller on external display) ?
I know how to change it system wide (as covered by How can I change the system font size in OS X?), but I would like to do it on a per monitor basis.
Note I am not talking about changing the display's resolution - Macbook Pro Retina running at native resolution.
I understand there some challenges with windows that cross display boundaries, but my thought is the system/tool could use the default for the display that contains the greatest % of the window.
A: No. There is no way to change the OSX system font size per monitor per window.
The key is that each separate OSX window is rendered as one. With that, each window can span over, or moved between, multiple monitors. When a window is part of multiple screens at the same time, different font sizes at different parts of same the window would be inoperable.
| Q: Is there a way to change the OSX system font size per monitor? I'm wondering if there is a way to change the OSX system font size per monitor (e.g. larger for Retina and smaller on external display) ?
I know how to change it system wide (as covered by How can I change the system font size in OS X?), but I would like to do it on a per monitor basis.
Note I am not talking about changing the display's resolution - Macbook Pro Retina running at native resolution.
I understand there some challenges with windows that cross display boundaries, but my thought is the system/tool could use the default for the display that contains the greatest % of the window.
A: No. There is no way to change the OSX system font size per monitor per window.
The key is that each separate OSX window is rendered as one. With that, each window can span over, or moved between, multiple monitors. When a window is part of multiple screens at the same time, different font sizes at different parts of same the window would be inoperable.
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8ccf0babad9fcb2d7095a8cd1307e5c056a96ab4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac AppStore badge does not reset after installing update I am experiencing a strange problem: after I installed a bunch of updates, the Mac AppStore badge was not reset. When I go to "Updates", I get the message "no updates available".
I tried to
*
*delete the AppStore cookie
*rebuild the Spotlight index (found a recommendation to do so somewhere)
*logged out and in the AppStore
*delete some of the updated Apps and re-installed them
without any effect. Today, I got an update for another application; the update count was incremented and was not reset again.
Any ideas?
A: Rather than rebooting, you can just type killall Dock from your terminal application. It will reset the dock and clear the badges.
| Q: Mac AppStore badge does not reset after installing update I am experiencing a strange problem: after I installed a bunch of updates, the Mac AppStore badge was not reset. When I go to "Updates", I get the message "no updates available".
I tried to
*
*delete the AppStore cookie
*rebuild the Spotlight index (found a recommendation to do so somewhere)
*logged out and in the AppStore
*delete some of the updated Apps and re-installed them
without any effect. Today, I got an update for another application; the update count was incremented and was not reset again.
Any ideas?
A: Rather than rebooting, you can just type killall Dock from your terminal application. It will reset the dock and clear the badges.
A: A reboot did the trick. Badge is reset.
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0b138615bd1acd29d3b52bf9d38bdf2be3adee35 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Exporting iPod Touch library I have an iPod Touch 4th generation running on iOS 4. For various reasons, I don't have a copy of all my songs on my computer running Windows 7 with iTunes 11. Is there a way to export my whole library, which contains both songs purchased on iTunes and songs ripped from CDs, to iTunes or elsewhere on my computer?
A: The only means I have ever found of doing this is third-party software. I have used Senuti for this, and can confirm that it works.
The current version of Senuti: http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/. The free trial version allows you to restore up to 1000 songs. There is also a fully-free version from 2008 [MD5 (Senuti.0.52.dmg) = e84ebf4614ded95c53dc750492297c87] at http://wstein.org/senuti/, but though the source code is available (there and at SourceForge), it has not been maintained, and I have not confirmed that it still works.
(You can get an older version from the developer, too.)
There is also TouchCopy: http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy. It appears to be very complete but is expensive, and the trial version is more limiting than is that of Senuti.
| Q: Exporting iPod Touch library I have an iPod Touch 4th generation running on iOS 4. For various reasons, I don't have a copy of all my songs on my computer running Windows 7 with iTunes 11. Is there a way to export my whole library, which contains both songs purchased on iTunes and songs ripped from CDs, to iTunes or elsewhere on my computer?
A: The only means I have ever found of doing this is third-party software. I have used Senuti for this, and can confirm that it works.
The current version of Senuti: http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/. The free trial version allows you to restore up to 1000 songs. There is also a fully-free version from 2008 [MD5 (Senuti.0.52.dmg) = e84ebf4614ded95c53dc750492297c87] at http://wstein.org/senuti/, but though the source code is available (there and at SourceForge), it has not been maintained, and I have not confirmed that it still works.
(You can get an older version from the developer, too.)
There is also TouchCopy: http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy. It appears to be very complete but is expensive, and the trial version is more limiting than is that of Senuti.
A: I have heard very good reviews of iExplorer and it is designed to do exactly what you seek. I use Phoneview to get at things as I don't need the extra functionality of iExplorer and Phoneview was for sale when I was buying a tool for this a few years back.
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2dece8cbf402abca69ff010642f346b854030e76 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How long will an Apple SSD last? Like all tools, an SSD will wear out from use and eventually fail. Are there data on roughly how long the SSD's that Apple ships in it's portable line last?
From my research, it seems that the Toshiba OEM drive that comes on Apple MacBook Pros is much slower than the others on the market, but might this have an advantage in terms of longevity?
Basically, is Apple SSD durability longer than third party drives like Crucial, OWC, or others?
A: According to http://www.anandtech.com/show/6023/the-nextgen-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-review/10, at least the new Retina MacBook Pros are equipped with an OEM version of the Samsung 830 series SSDs. Therefore their lifetime ratings should be similar. Regarding the performance of a filled SSD drive, have a look at http://www.anandtech.com/show/4863/the-samsung-ssd-830-review/6.
| Q: How long will an Apple SSD last? Like all tools, an SSD will wear out from use and eventually fail. Are there data on roughly how long the SSD's that Apple ships in it's portable line last?
From my research, it seems that the Toshiba OEM drive that comes on Apple MacBook Pros is much slower than the others on the market, but might this have an advantage in terms of longevity?
Basically, is Apple SSD durability longer than third party drives like Crucial, OWC, or others?
A: According to http://www.anandtech.com/show/6023/the-nextgen-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-review/10, at least the new Retina MacBook Pros are equipped with an OEM version of the Samsung 830 series SSDs. Therefore their lifetime ratings should be similar. Regarding the performance of a filled SSD drive, have a look at http://www.anandtech.com/show/4863/the-samsung-ssd-830-review/6.
A: A simplified answer to SSD lifetime would be:
SSD is a Semiconductor device built to last a minimum of 10 years. Some of us still have computers from year 2000 or even before, thus older than 14 years.
With that said, looking closer at the SSD, it is a flash memory type semiconductor device and could develop leaking currents (means the cells lose their charge (memory).
There is difference in life (quality) of SSD's depending on manufacturer (Intel, Samsung etc.). To my knowledge, Intel is still the front runner on quality = life time, but Samsung is chasing them. It is really difficult to say who is the best, but one can use the warranty as a guide. For example Samsung gives 5 Years on the 840 model. That means it will last minimum 7-10 years, otherwise they would be out of business replacing all dead SSD's.
Just to clarify, I am talking about the most common type of SSD (using the Single layer memory cells), the dual layer lasts even longer but it is much more expensive.
Apple, Crucial, OWC etc. do NOT make the actual memory chips. The buy them from Semiconductor manufacturer like Samsung or Intel etc. and make the SSD boards with their name on it.
However, do not panic, the drives have a self repair capability!
They do that by simply replacing the dead cells.
The problem is there is limited supply (reserve) of new cells.
One of the biggest life limiting factor is the amount of data stored. Let's say when the SSD is 90% full, it will become a problem soon, since the drive tries to rotate the cells to preserve/avoid memory leakage.
Second life factor is the daily usage (read/write). Again, do not panic, a "normal" user will never see that problem.
All in all the SSD should last you longer than your computer screen or keyboard!
SSD are sensitive to heat (as any Semiconductor device) and will lose life if operated at elevate environment temperatures, means they love cold environment. Does not mean you have to move to Alaska :).
Just to give you an idea. Why do you think Intel invented the so called "I" processors they call it Intelligent CPU. Great Marketing by the way. The actual reason is the CPU becomes too hot if it operates at 100% all the time.
Same applies to the SSD chips, so keep them cool and do not overload your drive and it will last and last.
And!, try not to use too much of the SSD health test softwares.
That just stresses you SSD unnecessarily.
It would be the same if you would constantly go to a doctor to verify if you're healthy and he would give you an Xray scan each time, just to tell you you are fine (but too much Xray exposure will kill you).
A: From personal experience my SSD in a 2012 MacBook Pro Retina just failed on me after 2 years. Luckily I opted for AppleCare as I have no chance to repair this particular model myself without spending nearly thousand dollars on parts.
My first SSD I ever used was an Intel SSD 2nd Gen which failed after four years. Warranty time was three years with the dealer.
Unlike traditional hard drives there were no signs it would die soon so it is even more important to have current backups.
I would say it is safe to assume that electronics are made to last just a bit longer than the warranty it comes with. No matter which company it sells.
A: I arrived at this question hoping to find a definitive answer myself but it seems like there are so many factors which affect the answer of how long an SSD lasts - the answer is not simple.
Although I could not find information on the specific type of SSD used by Apple (in my Macbook Pro say), I was able to find some of the key factors.
Thought it would be useful to post here as a starting point to getting a fuller answer.
Factors:
*
*NAND type used - from a Drivesavers YouTube invo video I gleaned this info
The durability of SSD very much depends on what type of NAND Flash it has, i.e. SLC vs MLC vs EMLC vs TLC.
He says that the newer version - TLC NAND - is being used in some Samsung consumer products and has a programme erase limit of 1-2k per cell (which is tiny compared to the old SLC 100k writes limits).
However, Samsung are doing pro enterprise grade versions with EMLC NAND - giving 30k writes per cell.
Most commonly, write limits of 2 - 3k per cell are quoted for 2D MLC flash. This was apparently the vast majority of flash type used in 2014.
But not sure 100% that this type of NAND is used by Apple.
*Compression
The more data written to the drive the more write cycles used up, so the amount of usage of the drive will also be determined partly by the effectiveness of the compression baked into the drive controller.
There's an article discussing the improvement in lifespan which results from better compression on SSD drives particularly the Sandforce controller:
From other research I can see that some, but not all, Macbook Air machines, for example, had Sandforce controllers.
*It also depends on the endurance architecture used by the designer
"the longevity difference between "good enough" and the best endurance architecture schemes can still be 2x, 3x or 100x - even when using the same memory"
So not totally answering the question but hopefully enabling getting closer to the answer, e.g. if we can get hold of a list of Apple models with their various SSD types and then take into account the above factors.
A: it has all been explained so well in the earlier posts, but my guts feeling tells me that for the quick reader the inherent criticality may not have fully come across.
So please forgive if i repeat most of the above statements, i just would like to try to put them into am more hands-on perspective.
Lack of information
You can't really estimate the endurance of your built in SSD until the manufacturer of the laptop lets you know which make/model/type of drive.
In this situation you can't even guess how capable these drives are of self-recuperating worn out cells.
The warranty only tells you, how long your drive (or mainboard, if soldered on) will be replaced at no cost, not how long your data is secure.
Untypical behaviour
Consumers buying notebooks are typically not aware of a critical SSD specific, when they think of SSD drive failures in the same way as of components like screens or touchpads would fail:
*
*Sure, SSDs also fail statistically driven, like ordinary conponents (screens, monitors, ...). For example because the SSD-controller fails.
This is covered by the other measure for reliability, which is referred to as "MTBF".
But this is unrelated to the question of drive wear.
And this kind of failure is typically extremely rare.
*More relevant for the consumer is the fact that it is not the question IF SSDs will fail, but rather WHEN they fail.
I.o.w.: SSDs fail with approx. 100% likelehood, as soon as they are worn out.
I.e.: when data has been written to it for a technically determined total count and amount of data, specified by the manufacturer's choice at design time, by design.
This fact is covered in the measure referred to as "DWPD".
This divergence is why i believe that the failure behaviour of SSDs and it's specific criticality is typically misunderstood by typical consumers.
Adding to that criticality (1):
if one or few cells are failing without being recuperated by the automatic background wear-leveling in time, it may render the entire drive lost, not just the affected "cells".
Which is opposed to what one got accustomed to back in the days of HDDs (magnetic hard drives with spinning platters), which often died stepwise, only partially at the beginning and over a prolongued period, thus far more predictable and manageable.
Adding to that criticality (2):
notebooks with soldered on drives have often been sold with small disks (128, 256 GB; this seems to change these days in end of 2019), because bigger disks were unproportionally expensive.
This fact will substantially aggravate the wear situation, as have been pointed out above:
because users need that scarce space for their conent files they actually work with (and not just for the operating system and the applications), they have often utilised the drive storage capacity over 70% or more, which reduces the reserve for the wear-leveling mechanisms to do their healing job, which results in drive failures getting more likely.
Endurance is expensive
SSDs differ hugely in their endurance, as anybody can look up when comparing the respective measure "DWPD", often mentioned in the fine print of the tech specs of the drive.
This tells you "exactly" how much data you can write how often to this drive until it is dead (where "exactly" actually means: "statistically significantly").
And looking up this specification unveils to which extent drive endurance correlates with price, which in turn allows to estimate what to expect from undocumented drives built into products which are designed for the average user, average use cases and average product life time, which is most likely not synonymous with "enterprise" use (as in "Enterprise SSD drives", which are those special build long lasting SSDs aimed for servers and storage systems).
In this context, i deem any notebook product labeled as "Pro" to be member of the "average"-camp, not "enterprise".
Targeted use cases
Finally to put the likelihood of SSD failure into the hands-on perspective:
As said above by the earlier posters: the more often cells have to change their state, i.e.: the more frequent you change data, the earlier the drive is worn out, which can be substantially earlier then the specified warranty period.
*
*User type A:
If your disk capacity is used by data to a typical degree, and your are regularly doing data intensive work, such as video editing of FullHD/2K/4k videos, or photo editing of full frame sensor photos, or recording music, and postprocess these media files (like cutting, changing compression level, adjusting color hue, ...), you are not that "average user" who may be safe to found their expectation for the drive longevity on the warranty specification of the disk (which is the least relevant criterion by the way).
Instead you are the type of user which is also targeted by the "creator's laptops" marketing campaign these days.
*User type B:
If instead you are a gamer, or work with text documents and spreadsheets most of the time, you don't have to worry about the longevity aspect of your SSD.
Conclusion
When weighing the fact of SSDs soldered on to mainboards, think of it like you would consider buyng a car with undetachable tires.
And in order to estimate the resell value of your investment, possibly also ask yourself whether you would buy such a device second handed.
All of this will matter only until SSD technology will have improved the endurance enough to put the situation out of it's criticality.
But for consumer grade drives that is not today, in late 2019.
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7c3600305e049e0dfd6fda89d91428a3ac14b029 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to close all windows of Mac OS X Finder? Having 30 or 40 windows of different folders open, is there any way to close all of them at once? I tried to relunch Finder, and I was happy for a second having no open window anymore, but it reopened all the folder windows again :-)
A: Yes, you can use the shortcut ⌥ option + ⌘ command + W.
| Q: How to close all windows of Mac OS X Finder? Having 30 or 40 windows of different folders open, is there any way to close all of them at once? I tried to relunch Finder, and I was happy for a second having no open window anymore, but it reopened all the folder windows again :-)
A: Yes, you can use the shortcut ⌥ option + ⌘ command + W.
A: A sidenote on this: Often such commands are not visible in the main menu if you just click it. However, if you press ⌥ while the menu is open, then the menu will change to view the alternate feature.
Another example:
File > Get Info ⌘I
will turn into File > Show Inspector ⌥⌘I
once you press ⌥. As you can see in this image, Close Window ⌘W turns into Close All Windows ⌥⌘W as well.
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3529bea9c5d7a2e9c47253525d8770b3163c12cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to start preview from command line and get back to the terminal when I press ESC? I do want to add file view support for media files to midnight commander and I something that can be called form the command line that would start preview but that will return to my terminal when I press ESC.
Note: I already found half of the solution here http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040514133013713 - the only problem is that it doesn't close Preview with Escape.
So there are two possible solutions:
*
*Find a way to map ESC to Cmd+Q only for Preview (I want a command line install solution)
*Find a way to open Preview in the special mode used by the Finder (the tiny preview), which by default is closed with a simple Esc.
A: You could use qlmanage instead.
/usr/bin/qlmanage -p file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf
This will open the files in quicklook.
You can then use escape or the space bar which will close the quicklook previews and be back in terminal since it is the active app.
| Q: How to start preview from command line and get back to the terminal when I press ESC? I do want to add file view support for media files to midnight commander and I something that can be called form the command line that would start preview but that will return to my terminal when I press ESC.
Note: I already found half of the solution here http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040514133013713 - the only problem is that it doesn't close Preview with Escape.
So there are two possible solutions:
*
*Find a way to map ESC to Cmd+Q only for Preview (I want a command line install solution)
*Find a way to open Preview in the special mode used by the Finder (the tiny preview), which by default is closed with a simple Esc.
A: You could use qlmanage instead.
/usr/bin/qlmanage -p file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf
This will open the files in quicklook.
You can then use escape or the space bar which will close the quicklook previews and be back in terminal since it is the active app.
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b5bcd6d295f4ed576b751951a5339e5fda9b1e21 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I create/edit contact groups in iOS? I have been successful in managing contact groups with OS X's Contacts.app and iCloud.com, but haven't found a way to do this as of iOS 9.
Is there a way to manage contact groups on iOS (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch) ?
A: No, there is no way to create or edit contact groups on iOS. I share your frustration! The best workaround is to use iCloud.com (or your primary Mac, if you have it with you).
Also, there is a way to add contacts to a specific group on iOS, though it's not obvious:
*
*In Contacts, tap the Groups button in the top left
*Tap "Hide All Contacts"
*Tap the group that you want to add the contact to (making it the only visible group)
*Tap Done in the top right
*Tap the Add button (+) in the top right
Now when you create and save the contact, it'll save it in that specific group. You can then go back to the Groups list and reenable all your groups.
| Q: Can I create/edit contact groups in iOS? I have been successful in managing contact groups with OS X's Contacts.app and iCloud.com, but haven't found a way to do this as of iOS 9.
Is there a way to manage contact groups on iOS (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch) ?
A: No, there is no way to create or edit contact groups on iOS. I share your frustration! The best workaround is to use iCloud.com (or your primary Mac, if you have it with you).
Also, there is a way to add contacts to a specific group on iOS, though it's not obvious:
*
*In Contacts, tap the Groups button in the top left
*Tap "Hide All Contacts"
*Tap the group that you want to add the contact to (making it the only visible group)
*Tap Done in the top right
*Tap the Add button (+) in the top right
Now when you create and save the contact, it'll save it in that specific group. You can then go back to the Groups list and reenable all your groups.
A: The answer is simple and yet dissatisfactioning: NO (with standard apps).
EDIT: There are some apps on the AppStore which enable this feature. One of them is "Groups Free". At least it adds groups to my iCloud account.
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14e4508b75b139e121e1cfe102b5a65e45498921 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to turn on "read receipts" in iMessage for just certain contacts? I am wondering if it is possible to specify which of my contacts will see if I have read their messages. I know I can turn on "send read receipts" in iMessage but that allows everyone to see if I have read their messages. I would really like it if there was some way to just have certain of my friends see that I have read their messages.
A: I don't believe this is possible at this time. Read receipts in iMessage appears to be an all-on or all-off option only.
| Q: Is it possible to turn on "read receipts" in iMessage for just certain contacts? I am wondering if it is possible to specify which of my contacts will see if I have read their messages. I know I can turn on "send read receipts" in iMessage but that allows everyone to see if I have read their messages. I would really like it if there was some way to just have certain of my friends see that I have read their messages.
A: I don't believe this is possible at this time. Read receipts in iMessage appears to be an all-on or all-off option only.
A: This is core iOS functionality. Aside from looking for jailbreak-community mods (which may or may not exist) or writing your own modification (would require jailbreak) you're gonna have to wait for Apple to decide to include this feature (which they may never).
A: Individual read receipt assignment is coming in iOS 9, for what it's worth.
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13c1c9a2d5775da0ee4b128eddc203860ac95728 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I generate cryptographically random numbers on OSX? I need to generate several cryptographically random numbers in OSX and save it to a text file.
How should I go about doing this?
A: The /dev/random file on OS X is fairly good since it uses the Yarrow algorithm which many consider to be fairly secure in generating random numbers.
You can use dd to pull a character at a time off the stream and as long as you use caution in converting it into a number range you care to see in your text file, this is a fairly painless way to get some decent randomness.
dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null >> /path/to/your/file
| Q: How do I generate cryptographically random numbers on OSX? I need to generate several cryptographically random numbers in OSX and save it to a text file.
How should I go about doing this?
A: The /dev/random file on OS X is fairly good since it uses the Yarrow algorithm which many consider to be fairly secure in generating random numbers.
You can use dd to pull a character at a time off the stream and as long as you use caution in converting it into a number range you care to see in your text file, this is a fairly painless way to get some decent randomness.
dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null >> /path/to/your/file
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bd136625e5b4c707528c7f8e1d0fad961249daf4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I type a backtick on an Estonian keyboard? I am actually using the sweidsh keyboard with an estonian layout, so the backtick key itself produces ' and while holding Shift, it produces –.
Is there maybe a way to create a global keyboard shortcut?
A: Looking through the keybindings in the Estonian keyboard layout that ships with Mac OS X, it appears (amazingly) that the backtick character (`) cannot be produced with any of the unmodified keys, nor with any combination of option, shift, or control, despite the fact that most of the option-character key combinations are left unmapped on this layout. There are many ways to modify it to produce this key combination.
You could create a modified Estonian layout using Ukelele, you could use a program like Keyboard Remap for Macbook, or even TextExpander.
| Q: How can I type a backtick on an Estonian keyboard? I am actually using the sweidsh keyboard with an estonian layout, so the backtick key itself produces ' and while holding Shift, it produces –.
Is there maybe a way to create a global keyboard shortcut?
A: Looking through the keybindings in the Estonian keyboard layout that ships with Mac OS X, it appears (amazingly) that the backtick character (`) cannot be produced with any of the unmodified keys, nor with any combination of option, shift, or control, despite the fact that most of the option-character key combinations are left unmapped on this layout. There are many ways to modify it to produce this key combination.
You could create a modified Estonian layout using Ukelele, you could use a program like Keyboard Remap for Macbook, or even TextExpander.
A: Sadly, this glaring issue still hasn't been addressed in the last 7+ years.
There is a Ukulele-based keyboard layout bundle available on Github that's straightforward to use:
Caret is mapped to ⌥Ä, as is common on Windows workstations.
Backtick is unironically mapped to ` — the key exists on the physical keyboard, the native layout just doesn't use it that way.
To install it:
*
*download the keyboard bundle from Github
*sudo mv ~/Downloads/EstonianDev.bundle /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/
*restart
*change your keyboard layout to "Estonian Dev" from Preferences → Keyboard → Input Sources → +.
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f9b6089a4bab4afb1efb4e83708e2c59e3dd4ece | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable dictionary results in Spotlight? How can I remove dictionary results from Spotlight results? I've typed "chrome" into Spotlight and looked up chrome in the Dictionary one too many times, and now opening Chrome takes an extra keystroke.
I've seen comments about defaults write com.apple.spotlight DictionaryLookupEnabled NO, but this doesn't seem to work with Mac OS 10.8, even after a sudo killall -u _spotlight.
A: TinkerTool also allows you to change this preference via a GUI (rather than a Terminal command). It's under Applications > Spotlight:
Note that you will have to log out and back in for the changes to take effect.
| Q: Disable dictionary results in Spotlight? How can I remove dictionary results from Spotlight results? I've typed "chrome" into Spotlight and looked up chrome in the Dictionary one too many times, and now opening Chrome takes an extra keystroke.
I've seen comments about defaults write com.apple.spotlight DictionaryLookupEnabled NO, but this doesn't seem to work with Mac OS 10.8, even after a sudo killall -u _spotlight.
A: TinkerTool also allows you to change this preference via a GUI (rather than a Terminal command). It's under Applications > Spotlight:
Note that you will have to log out and back in for the changes to take effect.
A: *
*Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
*Enter defaults write com.apple.spotlight DictionaryLookupEnabled NO
*Log out and Log back in
Please note that on some versions of OS X, Spotlight is part of the SystemUIServer process, and therefore cannot be killed using killall Spotlight.
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1a1105e8b10d260870f2339038ac63010f9f7192 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Air wifi NIC: supported channels I've had a problem with my Wi-Fi connection to a TP-Link router from MacBook Air. It has been solved by manually changing Wi-Fi channel on the router from "Automatic" to an average value.
What channel ranges do MacBook Air's Wi-Fi NICs support? Is there a way to tweak it to a required channel not visible by default?
P.S. My country is Ukraine and my router does have this value set.
A: The manuals for all Air are stored online at http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macbookair and it looks like the latest Air is certified under the EU and Russia - but I don't see a good way to know precisely which channels are supported from a pre-sales or reference.
You can however, open your System Information utility and select Wi-Fi. It should show you the current Locale, Country Code and supported channels for your network adapter.
| Q: MacBook Air wifi NIC: supported channels I've had a problem with my Wi-Fi connection to a TP-Link router from MacBook Air. It has been solved by manually changing Wi-Fi channel on the router from "Automatic" to an average value.
What channel ranges do MacBook Air's Wi-Fi NICs support? Is there a way to tweak it to a required channel not visible by default?
P.S. My country is Ukraine and my router does have this value set.
A: The manuals for all Air are stored online at http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macbookair and it looks like the latest Air is certified under the EU and Russia - but I don't see a good way to know precisely which channels are supported from a pre-sales or reference.
You can however, open your System Information utility and select Wi-Fi. It should show you the current Locale, Country Code and supported channels for your network adapter.
A: I ran into a problem not seeing WiFi routers in Europe with my late 2008 Macbook. I originally read some posts saying that U.S. models' hardware only supported the U.S. WiFi channels, but later found this was not necessarily true.
It turns out my laptop's WiFI does support (at least) European channels (e.g. 12 & 13) that are not supported in the U.S. Interestingly, the way to enable usage of the proper channels (at least in Snow Leopard) was to change the region (System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Region). (That preference displays a note: "Changing the region may affect the availability of Internet services." This seems to confirm the notion that a certain region would not let the computer see channels supported in another region.)
You can use the "System Information" tool to confirm the effects of the region selection on the network adapter .
Most of the routers I have used while in Europe have the WiFi channel selection set to "Auto", and interestingly, most of the time, the routers were using channel 13, so my laptop was not seeing the WiFi station until I figured this out.
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466e00eab9cf8c7fb1c471292ba4c5a09565a466 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do two Chrome windows launch when I click an external link? I've got the most recent version of Mountain Lion installed, as well as the most recent version of Chrome.
When I've got Chrome set as the default browser, and if I close out all the tabs before I quit Chrome itself, if I click on an external link (e.g., from within an e-mail, Tweetbot, etc.), two Chrome windows launch—one with Google (my set homepage) and one with the target of the link.
Not closing out all the tabs before I quit Chrome does the trick, but what specifically could be causing this?
A: You've set the homepage to open on startup. Go to settings cmd+, check the On startup option there. You can disable it from there too.
| Q: Why do two Chrome windows launch when I click an external link? I've got the most recent version of Mountain Lion installed, as well as the most recent version of Chrome.
When I've got Chrome set as the default browser, and if I close out all the tabs before I quit Chrome itself, if I click on an external link (e.g., from within an e-mail, Tweetbot, etc.), two Chrome windows launch—one with Google (my set homepage) and one with the target of the link.
Not closing out all the tabs before I quit Chrome does the trick, but what specifically could be causing this?
A: You've set the homepage to open on startup. Go to settings cmd+, check the On startup option there. You can disable it from there too.
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cc1dead8017bf106e40a1db5bab376c92a67d3dc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Upgrading to PHP 5.4 using Mac Port I tried following the excellent instructions on this gist to upgrade my Mac to PHP 5.4, but before I do, I need to know:
Is there an easy way to find out which php extensions do I have installed currently? I'd like to have the same list for 5.4.
I tried port list | grep php53- but got way too many responses...
A: To show installed php extensions from port, try port installed | grep php53- or instead of port list.
| Q: Upgrading to PHP 5.4 using Mac Port I tried following the excellent instructions on this gist to upgrade my Mac to PHP 5.4, but before I do, I need to know:
Is there an easy way to find out which php extensions do I have installed currently? I'd like to have the same list for 5.4.
I tried port list | grep php53- but got way too many responses...
A: To show installed php extensions from port, try port installed | grep php53- or instead of port list.
A: port list shows all the ports in Macports thus giving you the large list.
To show all the ports you have requested try port list requested. This will only show the ports that you explicitly installed, the ones that they depend on are not shown and were installed by dependency resolution. SO this list will be the smalles list you need to reinstall the same ports. If you grep to fins php then this should give the minimum set of ports. The only issue is if there are any ports you have that depend on a php53- port but do not have php53 in the name but then I suspect there are other issues.
Another way is to to uninstall php53 by sudo port uninstall php53. This will fail giving the list of ports that depend on it which you have to then uninstall. However this could take a few runs to do if a port depends only indirectly on php53.
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0369c5357314638f3d29824a8c019c4abbc949a4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Alternative to APLAY for Mac OS X bash Anybody knows any Mac alternative for Linux's APLAY program? I would like to run this script:
echo "main(i){for(i=0;;i++)putchar(((i*(i>>8|i>>9)&46&i>>8))^(i&i>>13|i>>6));}" | gcc -x c - && ./a.out | aplay
Which makes great sound effect, but I don't know how, since Mac OS doesn't have aplay.
EDIT:
Link to Wikipedia, which describes the functionality of aplay.
A: I believe the sox utility stands in for aplay.
| Q: Alternative to APLAY for Mac OS X bash Anybody knows any Mac alternative for Linux's APLAY program? I would like to run this script:
echo "main(i){for(i=0;;i++)putchar(((i*(i>>8|i>>9)&46&i>>8))^(i&i>>13|i>>6));}" | gcc -x c - && ./a.out | aplay
Which makes great sound effect, but I don't know how, since Mac OS doesn't have aplay.
EDIT:
Link to Wikipedia, which describes the functionality of aplay.
A: I believe the sox utility stands in for aplay.
A:
I know that this topic is old, but I've find a recent working solution. SOX doesn't support input from stdout anymore so now a working alternative is mplayer. You'll need to install it using Hombrew.sh with brew install mplayer.
You can then replace aplay by:
mplayer -cache 1024 -quiet -rawaudio samplesize=1:channels=1:rate=8000 -demuxer rawaudio -
Just be sure to change rate=8000 with your custom frequency.
You can create an alias in ~/.bashrc for aplay to pipe your PCM chiptune in like this:
alias aplay="mplayer -cache 1024 -quiet -rawaudio samplesize=1:channels=1:rate=8000 -demuxer rawaudio -"
Hope this helped, tested on macOs Sierra 10.12.5 today.
A: aplay needs ALSA which is only available on Linux. You could try outputting that bytestream to a file and try to play with afplay on OS X. (You likely need to add proper AIFF headers for afplay to accept the file since it won't play a raw PCM dump (or however that bytestream coming out of that echo should be interpreted).)
A: I used mpv. The options are similar to mplayer, but the --rawaudio switch is no longer supported in mpv. This is what you do instead:
echo 'c_program' | gcc and crap | mpv --cache=1024 --quiet \
--demuxer=rawaudio \
--demuxer-rawaudio-format=u8 \
--demuxer-rawaudio-channels=1 \
--demuxer-rawaudio-rate=8000 -
A: Install sox from Homebrew, then use play -c1 -b8 -eunsigned -traw -r8k - instead of auplay.
A: Here is the same program, as a perl one-liner, which works (tested) on Mac, Linux, and Windows
perl -e 'for($i=0;;$i++){
print pack("n", ((($i*($i>>8|$i>>9)&46&$i>>8))^($i&$i>>13|$i>>6)));
}' | ./play -c 1 -b 8 -e unsigned -t raw -r 8k -
the "./play" command is the "sox" utility already mentioned in this article.
A: I already had ffplay installed as part of ffmpeg, so this was what worked most easily for me:
echo "main(i){for(i=0;;i++)putchar(((i*(i>>8|i>>9)&46&i>>8))^(i&i>>13|i>>6));}" \
| gcc -w -x c - && ./a.out | ffplay -f s16le /dev/stdin
See
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28174639/how-can-i-play-raw-pcm-file-that-i-dumped-from-a-codec
A: macOS includes a command named afplay, which plays an audio file to the default audio output.
To play a file, simply run:
afplay <audiofile>
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1dbdb665b1079a7d86ea118a0058bf29bc96ceec | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Old iPad not charging after no use for a year I have an old iPad and want to give it to a friend.
I plugged it in with a new lead that charges another 1st gen iPad I have, but it's not coming on.
It's not been used for about a year. It's been plugged in now for 20 minutes.
Any ideas?
A: If it won't wake after several hours of charging, try another charger and let it sit there for up to 8 hours.
You have likely let the battery self discharge to a permanently harmful level, but in most cases you can get it to trickle charge enough so that it will boot again and be of limited use depending on how long the battery was in a harmfully low voltage situation.
It may never boot again, but that depends more on how healthy the battery was when it entered storage since a year usually won't kill a new battery but will put a huge dent into it's usability.
| Q: Old iPad not charging after no use for a year I have an old iPad and want to give it to a friend.
I plugged it in with a new lead that charges another 1st gen iPad I have, but it's not coming on.
It's not been used for about a year. It's been plugged in now for 20 minutes.
Any ideas?
A: If it won't wake after several hours of charging, try another charger and let it sit there for up to 8 hours.
You have likely let the battery self discharge to a permanently harmful level, but in most cases you can get it to trickle charge enough so that it will boot again and be of limited use depending on how long the battery was in a harmfully low voltage situation.
It may never boot again, but that depends more on how healthy the battery was when it entered storage since a year usually won't kill a new battery but will put a huge dent into it's usability.
A: In the end it came back after a few hours charging, has worked fine ever since.
A: I have a first generation iPad that I hadn’t charged in 4-6 months, it took about an hour before the battery icon came up but it’s charging just fine now. The hard part these days is finding the old style power cord.
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aaef8a0dffba2a4b38d3d6fcd55909fc0e58c4a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you charge an iPhone 5 from a standard, non-Apple Micro USB cable? Someone who has the new iPhone 5 said you can charge it from a regular Micro USB port but he's not tested it.
Can you?
A: Just to confirm what bmike said: I have one of Apple's micro-USB-to-Lightning adapters, and am using it with the cable from an Amazon Kindle. The combination works flawlessly on both the charging and data-synchronization fronts.
| Q: Can you charge an iPhone 5 from a standard, non-Apple Micro USB cable? Someone who has the new iPhone 5 said you can charge it from a regular Micro USB port but he's not tested it.
Can you?
A: Just to confirm what bmike said: I have one of Apple's micro-USB-to-Lightning adapters, and am using it with the cable from an Amazon Kindle. The combination works flawlessly on both the charging and data-synchronization fronts.
A: Yes - just get a simple pass through adapter to plug the male USB into an adapter that fits in the lightning slot.
*
*http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD820ZM/A/lightning-to-micro-usb-adapter
There are also knock off and legitimate third party adapters being sold, so you can pick your price point / fit and finish / support sweet spot.
A: Just tried with Amazon Kindle cable. iPhone charger, Kindle Cable, Apple adapter, iPhone 5s. No luck though.
iPhone says: not a certified cable, might not work flawlessly.
it does not charge. :(
A: Too scared to try as Verizon Wireless said it will fry your Iphone 5
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a394e5bb1dbc37c4943c0bc37a08fdf2347f2443 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Finder: show video thumbnail for all kind of formats/containers I wish that Finder show video thumbnail for all kind of formats and containers. *.flv doesn't get a preview, some *.mp4 not, *.mov not.
Is this possible? Maybe a video browser in place of Finder? I have Perian installed.
A: Flash Video Viewer added thumbnails for flv files and Flip4Mac for wmv files.
I didn't find any way to add support for mkv or other formats. VLC, MPlayerX, Movist, and NicePlayer don't come with Quick Look plugins.
| Q: Finder: show video thumbnail for all kind of formats/containers I wish that Finder show video thumbnail for all kind of formats and containers. *.flv doesn't get a preview, some *.mp4 not, *.mov not.
Is this possible? Maybe a video browser in place of Finder? I have Perian installed.
A: Flash Video Viewer added thumbnails for flv files and Flip4Mac for wmv files.
I didn't find any way to add support for mkv or other formats. VLC, MPlayerX, Movist, and NicePlayer don't come with Quick Look plugins.
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6b32f84ec11220624c4cc42472858371f65540a1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: VPN Changes Hostname When I connect to various VPN servers (Windows PPTP, Cisco IPSEC) the hostname of my laptop gets updated.
Is there a setting somewhere that will stop this from happening?
A: This question is a manifestation of the same situation described in question Why is my host name wrong at the Terminal prompt when connected to a public WiFi network?, and the answer https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/127405/17600 explains the cause and the solution. Copying from that answer:
Type in Terminal:
scutil --get HostName
If there's no HostName available, what you see is probably coming from
the DNS or DHCP server.
Set your HostName with:
sudo scutil --set HostName 'yourHostName'
That should do it.
| Q: VPN Changes Hostname When I connect to various VPN servers (Windows PPTP, Cisco IPSEC) the hostname of my laptop gets updated.
Is there a setting somewhere that will stop this from happening?
A: This question is a manifestation of the same situation described in question Why is my host name wrong at the Terminal prompt when connected to a public WiFi network?, and the answer https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/127405/17600 explains the cause and the solution. Copying from that answer:
Type in Terminal:
scutil --get HostName
If there's no HostName available, what you see is probably coming from
the DNS or DHCP server.
Set your HostName with:
sudo scutil --set HostName 'yourHostName'
That should do it.
A: The VPN's DHCP server probably assigns hostname together with the IP address and the computer uses it instead of what you've set during setup and what appears in System Preferences -> Sharing -> Computer name.
To set a permanent hostname do
sudo scutil --set HostName DesiredHostname in Terminal.app (there are also ComputerName and LocalHostName that can be changed there).
Restart may be required.
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