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Q: How to figure out what app is beeping at me? Every now and then, on my Mac, I hear a bell. I have no idea what app it is, or why it's beeping at me.
My first thought was that it's coming from the Notification System in OS X 10.8 (I never heard such a thing on 10.7), but I turned off the sound notifications for every app listed in the Notification preferences.
Is there any way to tell what app is doing this to me?
UPDATE: I think it might have been Mail -- it has its own sound notification preferences, apparently. But I'm not certain, and the question as written still stands: how do you know where sound comes from?
A: I don't believe there's an easy, general way to determine exactly what process is making a sound, but if I had to track it down, I'd use an "audio router" (E.G., http://jackosx.com/about.html) and reroute each process/application one at a time until I figured out which was causing the sound.
| Q: How to figure out what app is beeping at me? Every now and then, on my Mac, I hear a bell. I have no idea what app it is, or why it's beeping at me.
My first thought was that it's coming from the Notification System in OS X 10.8 (I never heard such a thing on 10.7), but I turned off the sound notifications for every app listed in the Notification preferences.
Is there any way to tell what app is doing this to me?
UPDATE: I think it might have been Mail -- it has its own sound notification preferences, apparently. But I'm not certain, and the question as written still stands: how do you know where sound comes from?
A: I don't believe there's an easy, general way to determine exactly what process is making a sound, but if I had to track it down, I'd use an "audio router" (E.G., http://jackosx.com/about.html) and reroute each process/application one at a time until I figured out which was causing the sound.
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1beb1da938279ec38a3e0b00427bbc2b099b0dfe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't connect to wireless network at home with OS X 10.5.8 I'm having trouble connecting to the wireless network at my home. My brother recently picked up a new wireless router and provided me with the password. When I locate the SSID and enter in the password he told me, it waits for a few seconds then says "Connection Failed."
I can connect to the wifi on my iPhone 4 but because I do a lot of work from my Mac running OS X 10.5.8, it's imperative that I can connect to the wifi on my laptop. I can connect to other wifi networks (in fact, I'm at a Starbucks using their wifi right now).
I don't think it has anything to do with my Mac, but if it does, can anyone provide any insight or solution?
If it's with the router, how can I configure it to allow me to connect with my Mac?
A: This issue can be caused by a SSID which contains special signs (e.g. - / ! : %)
| Q: Can't connect to wireless network at home with OS X 10.5.8 I'm having trouble connecting to the wireless network at my home. My brother recently picked up a new wireless router and provided me with the password. When I locate the SSID and enter in the password he told me, it waits for a few seconds then says "Connection Failed."
I can connect to the wifi on my iPhone 4 but because I do a lot of work from my Mac running OS X 10.5.8, it's imperative that I can connect to the wifi on my laptop. I can connect to other wifi networks (in fact, I'm at a Starbucks using their wifi right now).
I don't think it has anything to do with my Mac, but if it does, can anyone provide any insight or solution?
If it's with the router, how can I configure it to allow me to connect with my Mac?
A: This issue can be caused by a SSID which contains special signs (e.g. - / ! : %)
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3b3407c2781e1dc707582809afc41b6fea707b25 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problems with Group SMS I have an iPhone 4S. Whenever I try to send a group message to people who have iMessage and people who don't, I either get replies from 1 person but I recieve it as an individual text message or I don't get any replies at all. Everybody else in the group who has iMessage is able to see the replies as they would in any other group message. Please help!
*I have tried resetting it to the factory settings, turning iMessage and Group SMS off and then back on, and turning off my phone.
A: This sounds like a temporary issue. Can you reproduce it after updating the os and carrier settings?
Can you reproduce it after signing out and back in to iMessage with your appleid?
| Q: Problems with Group SMS I have an iPhone 4S. Whenever I try to send a group message to people who have iMessage and people who don't, I either get replies from 1 person but I recieve it as an individual text message or I don't get any replies at all. Everybody else in the group who has iMessage is able to see the replies as they would in any other group message. Please help!
*I have tried resetting it to the factory settings, turning iMessage and Group SMS off and then back on, and turning off my phone.
A: This sounds like a temporary issue. Can you reproduce it after updating the os and carrier settings?
Can you reproduce it after signing out and back in to iMessage with your appleid?
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ba4de164a29351fe469cccad0c04aaea1e16fb6e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will restoring from Time Machine carry over hard disk error? The Disk Utility detects some hard disk errors(inode problem, size mismatch). I am going to upgrade to a new hard drive and use Time Machine to restore the system, but I am worried that these existing hard disk errors may get copied over to the new hard drive. Does anyone know whether Time Machine restore will inherit these errors?Or will it be smart enough to restore the files cleanly to the new hard drive?
A: The only way filesystem errors like those you describe could be copied onto a different disk (e.g. your Time Machine volume) is if the whole disk partition or whole drive were copied at the block level using dd or something like Carbon Copy Cloner. Time Machine doesn't work that way, so its stored backups should be free from the filesystem errors and the files it restores should be free from them as well.
| Q: Will restoring from Time Machine carry over hard disk error? The Disk Utility detects some hard disk errors(inode problem, size mismatch). I am going to upgrade to a new hard drive and use Time Machine to restore the system, but I am worried that these existing hard disk errors may get copied over to the new hard drive. Does anyone know whether Time Machine restore will inherit these errors?Or will it be smart enough to restore the files cleanly to the new hard drive?
A: The only way filesystem errors like those you describe could be copied onto a different disk (e.g. your Time Machine volume) is if the whole disk partition or whole drive were copied at the block level using dd or something like Carbon Copy Cloner. Time Machine doesn't work that way, so its stored backups should be free from the filesystem errors and the files it restores should be free from them as well.
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5070d77689adc44f79a7ed2f2987f2c09e29081c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Siri reports my correct birthday, but then uses wrong date when asked how many days until my birthday When I say to Siri "When is my Birthday", the response is May 20th, which is correct.
However, when I say "How many days until my birthday" the response uses September 16th as the birthday. How do I fix this?
A: This is most likely a bug that either Apple or Wolfram Alpha will have to fix. I reported the bug at http://bugreport.apple.com/ .
| Q: Siri reports my correct birthday, but then uses wrong date when asked how many days until my birthday When I say to Siri "When is my Birthday", the response is May 20th, which is correct.
However, when I say "How many days until my birthday" the response uses September 16th as the birthday. How do I fix this?
A: This is most likely a bug that either Apple or Wolfram Alpha will have to fix. I reported the bug at http://bugreport.apple.com/ .
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2256dd292941a4c769cd1dcad3a0143d124a3487 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Information missing from Safari location bar
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix Safari 6 on Mountain Lion that doesn’t show the full URL in the address bar unless I click it?
The address bar of Safari all of a sudden has stopped displaying full URLs, and is instead only displaying the hostname part of URLs. The full URL is only shown when I make the address bar active again as shown below.
images: address bar and
active bar
Can anyone tell me why this is and how I can restore the old behavior? I do have SafariStand installed, but it never did this before today.
A: I would recommend that you uninstall SafariStand and use GLIMS which is a better Safari enhancement app.
| Q: Information missing from Safari location bar
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix Safari 6 on Mountain Lion that doesn’t show the full URL in the address bar unless I click it?
The address bar of Safari all of a sudden has stopped displaying full URLs, and is instead only displaying the hostname part of URLs. The full URL is only shown when I make the address bar active again as shown below.
images: address bar and
active bar
Can anyone tell me why this is and how I can restore the old behavior? I do have SafariStand installed, but it never did this before today.
A: I would recommend that you uninstall SafariStand and use GLIMS which is a better Safari enhancement app.
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f739c2b226a4ad6a2ff4388329a862784784e46a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: echo color coding stopped working in mountain lion The following produced text with different color on terminal in Lion, but not in Mountain Lion. Why? What can be done to echo in color on Mountain Lion?
echo -e "Some text \e[0;32m in color \e[0m no more color";
In mountain Lion it just prints as if -e wasn't given as an argument to echo.
A: A reliable way to do this is through tput:
RED=`tput setaf 1`
GREEN=`tput setaf 2`
NOCOLOR=`tput sgr0`
echo "Some text ${RED}in red color${NOCOLOR} no more color"
| Q: echo color coding stopped working in mountain lion The following produced text with different color on terminal in Lion, but not in Mountain Lion. Why? What can be done to echo in color on Mountain Lion?
echo -e "Some text \e[0;32m in color \e[0m no more color";
In mountain Lion it just prints as if -e wasn't given as an argument to echo.
A: A reliable way to do this is through tput:
RED=`tput setaf 1`
GREEN=`tput setaf 2`
NOCOLOR=`tput sgr0`
echo "Some text ${RED}in red color${NOCOLOR} no more color"
A: The problem was that the escape code \e has been removed in mountain lion's version of echo.
Change \e to \033 and it will work.
A: As described in the Application Usage section of the POSIX description of the echo command, the -n option and escape sequences are not very portable (due to different support in the various branches of the Unix family tree).
The printf command (which, like echo, is also builtin to most shells, and available as an external command) is more reliably standardized (though the syntax is not the same; e.g. you need to watch for % in the first argument, and multiple arguments are not automatically joined with a space):
printf 'Some text \e[0;32m in color \e[0m no more color\n'
printf '%s \e[0;32m%s\e[0m %s\n' 'Some text' 'in color' 'no more color'
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0565b46a86224e88005797ce6fe9679b7f0f74a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: launchtl: any way to disable a daemon after removing the plist file? I was trying to permanently disable a 3rd party daemon, so I deleted its plist file from /Library/LaunchDaemons-- and then I realized that I hadn't done a launchctl unload on it first; trying after the fact yields "No such file or directory/nothing found to unload". And, of course the daemon is restartable, so when I kill it, it gets recreated.
I tried doing launchctl list in hopes of getting a label to use for launchctl remove but the daemon is no longer listed.
Short of rebooting, is there any way to get launchd to forget about the daemon and/or re-scan the configuration files?
A: To see ALL the daemons currently running, you need to type:
sudo launchctl list
Or sort them to nicely separate com.apple ones:
sudo launchctl list | sort
And then you can remove it, for example:
sudo launchctl remove com.sassafras.KeyAccess.daemon
Important Note : If you don't want to get daemons on machine reboot, then please remove associated plist file.
| Q: launchtl: any way to disable a daemon after removing the plist file? I was trying to permanently disable a 3rd party daemon, so I deleted its plist file from /Library/LaunchDaemons-- and then I realized that I hadn't done a launchctl unload on it first; trying after the fact yields "No such file or directory/nothing found to unload". And, of course the daemon is restartable, so when I kill it, it gets recreated.
I tried doing launchctl list in hopes of getting a label to use for launchctl remove but the daemon is no longer listed.
Short of rebooting, is there any way to get launchd to forget about the daemon and/or re-scan the configuration files?
A: To see ALL the daemons currently running, you need to type:
sudo launchctl list
Or sort them to nicely separate com.apple ones:
sudo launchctl list | sort
And then you can remove it, for example:
sudo launchctl remove com.sassafras.KeyAccess.daemon
Important Note : If you don't want to get daemons on machine reboot, then please remove associated plist file.
A: Had the same issue today whereby the service continued to run under old label after the rename of the plist file. The service kept appearing in ps list and in sudo launchctl list.
The command that did the trick was bootout:
sudo launchctl bootout system/<label-obtained-from-launchctl-list>
Obviously, if the service is not in /Library/LaunchDaemons then one can do without sudo and system/ prefix (seems that system/ is a domain in launchd terminology).
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0fa4655ff5b58b709ebf795cce7bde017a63bd4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Repeated "Connect to iTunes to Use Push Notifications" prompts? I just backed up my iPhone 4S and restored it onto my iPhone 5. Now, whenever I open "Find My Friends", I get a continuous stream of these messages:
Connect to iTunes to Use Push Notifications
"Find Friends" Notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges.
I can't actually do anything else with the app because as soon as I dismiss one message, another (identical) one pops up. I tried deleting and re-downloading the "Find My Friends" app, but I get the same result.
According to this thread, I can fix the problem by doing a backup and restore onto my phone, but I'd rather not if I can help it. Is there another way to fix this?
A: I had to work this out because it was happening to me to but with the snapchat and facebook messager app. All you need todo is reboot your phone and reset your network settings then after that sign back into your wifi or just use 3G. I'm sure if you tried it would work with any app.
| Q: Repeated "Connect to iTunes to Use Push Notifications" prompts? I just backed up my iPhone 4S and restored it onto my iPhone 5. Now, whenever I open "Find My Friends", I get a continuous stream of these messages:
Connect to iTunes to Use Push Notifications
"Find Friends" Notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges.
I can't actually do anything else with the app because as soon as I dismiss one message, another (identical) one pops up. I tried deleting and re-downloading the "Find My Friends" app, but I get the same result.
According to this thread, I can fix the problem by doing a backup and restore onto my phone, but I'd rather not if I can help it. Is there another way to fix this?
A: I had to work this out because it was happening to me to but with the snapchat and facebook messager app. All you need todo is reboot your phone and reset your network settings then after that sign back into your wifi or just use 3G. I'm sure if you tried it would work with any app.
A: If you are jailbroken, install SAM. Once installed, go to your iPhone Settings > SAM > Utilities and run De-Activate iPhone (Clear push).
Restart your phone and connect to iTunes. Problem should be solved.
A: I ended up backing up my iPhone, wiping it, then restoring the backup onto it. After that, everything worked fine. There might be a better way of doing it out there, but if so I didn't find it...
A: You have to just log off from itunes&app store, reboot and then log on agsin. Had the exact same problem with Dropbox and this loop of popups to connect to itunes etc. Doing the above fixed it.
A: I simply went into the settings and went into the app's settings, then after that I turned off location services and background app refresh for the app and then it worked just fine! Hope this helps!
A: I tried rebooting, logging out and in App Store, and none worked. It's the Music app that's causing the trouble. Log out of your Apple ID in the Music app and log back in. It'll fix the problem; at least it did so, for me. And my issue was with more than one app. All notifications were messed up.
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5f2e9df8d34a634922503d4909915ccc72060e79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I force a cache refresh in Safari running on iOS? Most Windows desktop browsers utilize the keyboard combination Ctrl + F5 to force a page specific cache refresh, while browsers running on macOS tend to use Command + R.
Is there an equivalent cache refresh for a single page in Safari running on iOS?
I realize I can manually clear the browser cache, but I'd prefer to only refresh for the page I am currently viewing.
A: Force quit did not work reliably for me in iOS 8. What did is using private mode for testing:
*
*Open the page in private mode (and bookmark it so you can open it later).
*When you need to refresh, close browser "tab" (you can stay in Safari and private mode).
*Open the page again (use the bookmark you created in step 1).
| Q: Can I force a cache refresh in Safari running on iOS? Most Windows desktop browsers utilize the keyboard combination Ctrl + F5 to force a page specific cache refresh, while browsers running on macOS tend to use Command + R.
Is there an equivalent cache refresh for a single page in Safari running on iOS?
I realize I can manually clear the browser cache, but I'd prefer to only refresh for the page I am currently viewing.
A: Force quit did not work reliably for me in iOS 8. What did is using private mode for testing:
*
*Open the page in private mode (and bookmark it so you can open it later).
*When you need to refresh, close browser "tab" (you can stay in Safari and private mode).
*Open the page again (use the bookmark you created in step 1).
A: Tried some of the ideas above before I found this page..
Double-clcking doesn't work anymore in Safari..
Long-press switches to editing the URL now..
closing and reopening windows didn't help either...
But, one of the solutions for DNS errors, and connectivity issues worked.. it forced it to reload the cache since it thought it was on a new network.
Turn off WiFi, refresh the page (to fail), then turn WiFi back on. Page refreshed.
This fixes a number of issues, also seems to fix Airdrop as well.
A: If you have your phone wired to your Apple computer/laptop, with the Safari developer tools open (and active window) you can press:
Command + Option + R
A: You can force the device to stop caching files by connecting it to a computer with a cable and enabling Safari developer mode.
*
*Enable Web Inspector on the mobile device:
Settings > Safari > Advanced > Web Inspector
*Enable Dev tools in Safari on macOS:
Safari > Preferences > Advanced tab > Show Develop in menu bar
*Connect the device to the computer
*Open the dev tools panel for the device from Safari on the computer:
Develop > Example's iPhone > example.com/page
*To disable caching, go to the Network tab and make sure the little icon for "no cache" is blue (looks like a cylinder with a crossout through it).
*Now you should be able to just hit refresh anytime on the iOS device and you will get an up to date non-cached version!
If you're a web developer this is the ideal way to do it because now you have access to the extremely useful full dev tools panel. And you don't have to keep repeating an annoying process if you need to get a fresh version all the time, not just clear the cache once.
If you're just a general user trying to clear their cache, you might want to use one of the other methods here.
Update: You can now connect to the device over WiFi. May still require initial setup with the cable, but you can definitely connect without it after that.
Develop > Example's iPhone > Connect Via Network
A: Delete the cached data for a single site by going to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data > Show All Sites.
Tap Edit on the bottom right of the screen, and then scroll in the list or search with the search field to find the website you want to clear). Tap the red - icon next to the site address, and then tap the Delete button that appears.
Return to Safari and reload the page, and all the site's artifacts will be reloaded.
Depending on your version of iOS, you may need to slide left to reveal the Delete button.
A: If you force quit Safari (click the home button, then double-click the home button, press and hold the Safari icon in the multitasking bar, then tap the red dot), it appears that Safari will clear its cache. But this will clear the entire cache, not just a single page.
You can also clear Safari cookies and data in the Settings app. Under Advanced you can clear data from individual websites, which may work if you know all the sites associated with the web page you want to flush.
Depending on your version of iOS, you may need to slide left to reveal the Delete button.
A: I made a small app for that: DevBrow
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/devbrow/id1547802958
Clears cache every website refresh, deletes cookies and automatic ads random parameter to the URL to force a complete reload.
A: "Request Desktop Website" followed by regular render worked for me.
A: you can add random number get to the script or link src like :
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css?rand=<?=$rand;?>" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/main.js?rand=<?=$rand;?>"></script>
this forces Safari to reload the file, cause it thinks it is a different file.
A: Long press refresh button. iPhone 6
A: Double-tap the refresh button.
A: On Safari enable the Developer-Mode. Then you can use the following combination to clear the Cache:
Option-Key + Command-Mac-Key + E
I assume, that this will only drop the cache of the site you are on at that moment.
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9c4b7f69b472bf8094a7df581608b8fd8b613ec5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to invoke navigation on Google maps using Siri? At the risk of getting a big NO,
Is there a way to use SIRI to invoke navigation on Google maps as opposed to the default Apple maps?
I have tried "Navigate to Chicago using Google maps", but Siri just treated "Chicago using Google maps" as the location itself.
A: Unfortunately, 3rd party Siri integration is something that hasn't been available to developers (yet). For example, it would be really nice to say, "Start a running activity with RunKeeper," and have it start a running activity.
The closest thing to this is to simply say "Open Google Maps." I know it may seem a little lacking, but that is all we get right now.
| Q: How to invoke navigation on Google maps using Siri? At the risk of getting a big NO,
Is there a way to use SIRI to invoke navigation on Google maps as opposed to the default Apple maps?
I have tried "Navigate to Chicago using Google maps", but Siri just treated "Chicago using Google maps" as the location itself.
A: Unfortunately, 3rd party Siri integration is something that hasn't been available to developers (yet). For example, it would be really nice to say, "Start a running activity with RunKeeper," and have it start a running activity.
The closest thing to this is to simply say "Open Google Maps." I know it may seem a little lacking, but that is all we get right now.
A: Here is the closest and best bet I happened to find on Google:
Append "via transit" to the end of the voice command and Siri brings up a bunch of transport apps. You can click route on Google Maps and you should be on your way.
http://jailbreak-untethered.com/how-to-use-siri-and-google-maps-for-directions-without-jailbreaking-video/
Pretty Slick!!!
A: Yes you can
Simply append "via transit" to your Siri query.
Ie: Directions to Miami Beach, Florida via Transit.
Siri will determine your target location, and will give you a choice of transit apps. Tap Google Maps and you'll be on your way.
It appears these words also work:
*
*by transit
*using transit
*via transit
A: I believe it is possible to invoke Google maps using Siri if you're running iOS 5 on your iPhone 4S. Sadly, one can't easily downgrade, so if you're already using iOS 6, you're out of luck for now.
A: Update: if you're using iOS 8 you can now just tell siri " driving directions to,,, using Google maps". Works most of time.
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824df6e2a14a0ab9a6e912c750359a0424f45077 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I "play higher rated songs more often" in iTunes 11? After upgrading to iTunes 11, I miss the "Play higher rated songs more often" feature available in iTunes DJ from previous versions. Is there a simple way to restore this feature? I used to use a complex series of smart playlists like The Ultimate Smart iTunes Playlist before this feature came around. I suppose I could do that again, but I'd rather have something simpler.
A: One not very simple way:
*
*create smart playlists for various ratings.
*Create a simple playlist.
*Drag and drop the smart playlist into the simple playlist. Drag the 5* list 5 times, the 4 star list 4 times, and the 3 star list three times.
This will NOT automatically update the simple playlist.
| Q: Can I "play higher rated songs more often" in iTunes 11? After upgrading to iTunes 11, I miss the "Play higher rated songs more often" feature available in iTunes DJ from previous versions. Is there a simple way to restore this feature? I used to use a complex series of smart playlists like The Ultimate Smart iTunes Playlist before this feature came around. I suppose I could do that again, but I'd rather have something simpler.
A: One not very simple way:
*
*create smart playlists for various ratings.
*Create a simple playlist.
*Drag and drop the smart playlist into the simple playlist. Drag the 5* list 5 times, the 4 star list 4 times, and the 3 star list three times.
This will NOT automatically update the simple playlist.
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fb52d1e2c950cb10d8f24b50afedec75e01338a1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get Java 6 in OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? OS X 10.8 removed Java 6 and the Java Utilities switcher and made Java 7 the default jre making it hard for engineers like me who work exclusively on Java 6. How do I get back my Java 6? Note: I tried Google but many of the supposed solutions are outdated.
A: The simplest solution I found is to
*
*Download the jdk6 (download button is on top right)
*Unpack it to somewhere. Preferably to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6. This is what it looks for me:
> ls /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6
Classes Commands Home Info.plist Libraries MacOS Resources version.plist
*Set your $JAVA_HOME to your new location by doing export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Home/ before your $PATH in your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zschrc) file
*Prepend $JAVA_HOME to your $PATH by doing this export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/us..........
*Restart your shell or do source ~/.bashrc
| Q: How to get Java 6 in OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? OS X 10.8 removed Java 6 and the Java Utilities switcher and made Java 7 the default jre making it hard for engineers like me who work exclusively on Java 6. How do I get back my Java 6? Note: I tried Google but many of the supposed solutions are outdated.
A: The simplest solution I found is to
*
*Download the jdk6 (download button is on top right)
*Unpack it to somewhere. Preferably to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6. This is what it looks for me:
> ls /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6
Classes Commands Home Info.plist Libraries MacOS Resources version.plist
*Set your $JAVA_HOME to your new location by doing export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Home/ before your $PATH in your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zschrc) file
*Prepend $JAVA_HOME to your $PATH by doing this export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/us..........
*Restart your shell or do source ~/.bashrc
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4feffd2f5618e6b4ec7693644dc5a4eacc0e0336 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an OS X app to route keyboard via bluetooth? I want an app on my desktop that lets me route my keyboard to my iPhone via bluetooth.
The main goal is to type with the keyboard when I get a text. I don't mind having to click a button on an app. It would be nice if I can share it via bluetooth? So i can register it as a keyboard on my iPhone. Is this possible?
A: Type2Phone
This app does pretty much exactly what you're looking for. It turns your Mac into a Bluetooth keyboard that you can pair your iOS device to. When you type into the app, that text gets sent to the device as if you were using a directly connected keyboard.
It's available on the Mac App Store for $4.99.
| Q: Is there an OS X app to route keyboard via bluetooth? I want an app on my desktop that lets me route my keyboard to my iPhone via bluetooth.
The main goal is to type with the keyboard when I get a text. I don't mind having to click a button on an app. It would be nice if I can share it via bluetooth? So i can register it as a keyboard on my iPhone. Is this possible?
A: Type2Phone
This app does pretty much exactly what you're looking for. It turns your Mac into a Bluetooth keyboard that you can pair your iOS device to. When you type into the app, that text gets sent to the device as if you were using a directly connected keyboard.
It's available on the Mac App Store for $4.99.
A: For a cheaper approach, if you are okay with jailbreaking - I put Veency (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/18/veency-vnc-server-for-iphone/) on the iphone and then I remote desktop in when I want to type - this has the advantage that you can see what you are doing on the big screen, you also get mouse access, and it's very handy if you ever want to demo anything.
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f92e8065dda29b019152c23a052068ba54c3f96b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I set it up so when my child uses iMessage I can see the messages? My daughter has an iPod and I have an iPad. We both have separate Apple IDs. How can I see her text message history on my iPad along with my own message history? If I change the Apple ID on my iPad between my ID and my child's, will the iMessage history show up each time I switch IDs on my iPad?
A: On your iPad, go to Settings > Messages > Send and Receive > Add Another Email and enter her email address. This will generate a confirmation email to your daughter's address, if her email hasn't been used with this Apple ID before. She needs to click the link in that email for you to see her messages.
| Q: How do I set it up so when my child uses iMessage I can see the messages? My daughter has an iPod and I have an iPad. We both have separate Apple IDs. How can I see her text message history on my iPad along with my own message history? If I change the Apple ID on my iPad between my ID and my child's, will the iMessage history show up each time I switch IDs on my iPad?
A: On your iPad, go to Settings > Messages > Send and Receive > Add Another Email and enter her email address. This will generate a confirmation email to your daughter's address, if her email hasn't been used with this Apple ID before. She needs to click the link in that email for you to see her messages.
A: Go to settings-messages-send and recieve from, and set it to your number and her #. you will get her messages and yours. on her iphone, do the same, but only set it to her #. hope i help!
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0207c6e63628a6272bf4288171fb85be47d502ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: is there a Cydia tweak that will make Google Maps the default map app? The Cydia tweak Browser Changer lets you change the default browser on iOS. Is there a similar tweak for changing the default maps app? I'm specifically asking if there's a way to make the new Google Maps app come up when any type of navigation links are clicked.
A: There is a Cydia tweak available now called MapsOpener which should accomplish just that. http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/972329
| Q: is there a Cydia tweak that will make Google Maps the default map app? The Cydia tweak Browser Changer lets you change the default browser on iOS. Is there a similar tweak for changing the default maps app? I'm specifically asking if there's a way to make the new Google Maps app come up when any type of navigation links are clicked.
A: There is a Cydia tweak available now called MapsOpener which should accomplish just that. http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/972329
A: I think that BrowserChanger also supports maps now too.
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40790b6bda19f5f65f14acd7f01a0565fff2c482 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get technical information on my video card? (Model, RAM, Mhz, etc) I'd like to get as much technical information about my MacOSX's video card as possible... technical details, even serial number if the card has a unique identifier.
I intend to use this information do research what GPU specific commands I can run on a given laptop.
A: Select Graphics/Displays from the output of system_profiler.
In a mac terminal, type:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
The output will show something like this with your card name and details:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
Graphics/Displays:
AMD FirePro D500:
Chipset Model: AMD FirePro D500
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-2
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 3072 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x679e
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-C3861J-687
gMux Version: 4.0.11 [3.2.8]
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.687
Displays:
CS230:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: 27673034
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
CS230:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz (1080p)
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: 27712034
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Television: Yes
AMD FirePro D500:
| Q: How do I get technical information on my video card? (Model, RAM, Mhz, etc) I'd like to get as much technical information about my MacOSX's video card as possible... technical details, even serial number if the card has a unique identifier.
I intend to use this information do research what GPU specific commands I can run on a given laptop.
A: Select Graphics/Displays from the output of system_profiler.
In a mac terminal, type:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
The output will show something like this with your card name and details:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
Graphics/Displays:
AMD FirePro D500:
Chipset Model: AMD FirePro D500
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-2
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 3072 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x679e
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-C3861J-687
gMux Version: 4.0.11 [3.2.8]
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.687
Displays:
CS230:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: 27673034
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
CS230:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz (1080p)
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: 27712034
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Television: Yes
AMD FirePro D500:
A: Click on the Apple icon in the upper left hand corner of your menu bar and select About This Mac from the menu.
In the dialog that appears click on the More Info... button to bring up the detailed about dialog.
Click on the System Report... button and you'll get a split-window dialog that has hardware components down the left side and details on the right.
Click on Graphics/Displays on the left. Pick a graphics card from the right side and you'll see all the details the system provides about it.
You can also get to the System Report by running Applications -> Utilities -> System Information.
A: There is a small amount of information in System Information/System Profiler -> Graphics and Displays
If you want more, you will have to take apart your Mac and actually look at the graphics card.
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80a7877404d8d2d9ae895e74e62aca8d1c4062c7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Markdown and Pages I am looking for the best combination for working on a structured document and sharing it in Markdown format.
My favorite editor is Pages, in full screen mode. There I can see how the finished document actually will look like. Unfortunately, there is no direct export to markdown.
I've seen another question on the topic focusing on Markdown editors (I've tried a few) but I'd like to know if there's a clean way to export from Pages to Markdown. Any ideas?
A: I think it is a two-step process. There are a lot of scripts available to convert doc files to Markdown, so in Pages first export to Doc, then use one of those scripts.
| Q: Markdown and Pages I am looking for the best combination for working on a structured document and sharing it in Markdown format.
My favorite editor is Pages, in full screen mode. There I can see how the finished document actually will look like. Unfortunately, there is no direct export to markdown.
I've seen another question on the topic focusing on Markdown editors (I've tried a few) but I'd like to know if there's a clean way to export from Pages to Markdown. Any ideas?
A: I think it is a two-step process. There are a lot of scripts available to convert doc files to Markdown, so in Pages first export to Doc, then use one of those scripts.
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5e4205b35e5f22dcdadc2f23e1e3dcce00c0c843 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I send a mail message later? On Mountain Lion I want to compose a message, but rather than clicking "Send", I want to schedule a future delivery date and have the mail sent then without my taking action as long as the computer is still running.
I'm currently using Apple mail with Google apps configured using IMAP syncing.
The answers here using Mail Scripts by Andreas Amann no longer works on Lion or Mountain Lion. Can something be done on 10.8 or later to automate sending Apple mail?
A: If you're using Gmail and are willing to use the (I think very awesome) web interface, check out Boomerang for Gmail. It does everything you're asking for.
EDIT:
You can also use Automator to schedule (by delaying) when your message is sent.
The Pause function is very helpful, and Apple has a whole section for Mail in the library. I would save it as an application and then run it with Spotlight or Alfred or Launchbar whenever you need it.
| Q: How can I send a mail message later? On Mountain Lion I want to compose a message, but rather than clicking "Send", I want to schedule a future delivery date and have the mail sent then without my taking action as long as the computer is still running.
I'm currently using Apple mail with Google apps configured using IMAP syncing.
The answers here using Mail Scripts by Andreas Amann no longer works on Lion or Mountain Lion. Can something be done on 10.8 or later to automate sending Apple mail?
A: If you're using Gmail and are willing to use the (I think very awesome) web interface, check out Boomerang for Gmail. It does everything you're asking for.
EDIT:
You can also use Automator to schedule (by delaying) when your message is sent.
The Pause function is very helpful, and Apple has a whole section for Mail in the library. I would save it as an application and then run it with Spotlight or Alfred or Launchbar whenever you need it.
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59be69109e2d9a9d8e46ab39a1e4e2db7cfd5bea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I rotate my signature in Preview? I have scanned my signature and can insert it just fine, but at the wrong angle!
How can I rotate it (90 deg)?
A: You can also rotate signatures and other annotations, like text boxes or rectangles, by arbitrary angles:
Hold the Command ⌘ key and do a rotation gesture with two fingers on a trackpad.
As far as I know this only works with trackpads and is undocumented. It works on macOS High Sierra.
This is from a related question on AskDifferent: How do you rotate inserts in Apple Mac OS preview 7?
| Q: How can I rotate my signature in Preview? I have scanned my signature and can insert it just fine, but at the wrong angle!
How can I rotate it (90 deg)?
A: You can also rotate signatures and other annotations, like text boxes or rectangles, by arbitrary angles:
Hold the Command ⌘ key and do a rotation gesture with two fingers on a trackpad.
As far as I know this only works with trackpads and is undocumented. It works on macOS High Sierra.
This is from a related question on AskDifferent: How do you rotate inserts in Apple Mac OS preview 7?
A: This thread addresses the problem best:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16821750#16821750
Basically the issue is with Acrobat formatting scanned PDFs in a way that makes Preview think it is rotated.
The answer above about exporting to a new PDF and then trying to insert a scanned signature in the new PDF via Preview's annotation tools works to fix the problem.
A: To rotate the whole image:
*
*Open the image file in Preview
*Click "Tools" in the menubar
*Click "Rotate Left" or "Rotate Right"
To rotate only part of the image
*
*Open the image file in Preview
*Select the signature part
*Hit Command-x to cut or Command-c to copy
*Hit Command-n to make a new file from the cut or copied part
*Click "Tools" in the menubar
*Click "Rotate Left" or "Rotate Right"
*Hit Command-a to select all
*Hit Command-c to Copy
*In the first document, hit command-v to paste the rotated part
*Copy and paste small background-colored areas to fill in where the original signature was
A: I ran into this problem and found that I could work around it with File > Export…. After closing the original and opening the exported version, the signature orientation was correct.
A: I ended up scanning a new signature in sideways via the camera. So now I have a rotated signature and a normal one should the issue come up again.
Hopefully Apple fixes this at some point.
A: I've been having the same problem, but I solved it by opening the pdf file in Preview, hitting File > Duplicate, then adding the signature in the newly created file. This corrects the orientation of the file so that Preview can identify lines and you can just click on them with the signature tool (from the Annotate/Edit toolbar) and add your signature.
A: I did not export it but I copied the signature on a blank Pages document. I found that after I closed it, and reopened it, the orientation was correct.
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67a5ed6b6079d9a44f1dcde23a3a3b3ad2758c2d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't delete music from iOS device in iTunes When I connect my iPod or iPhone to iTunes on a MacBook Pro, it will look like this picture attached. When I right-click on a song to delete it, there is no delete option. What am I doing wrong? This new iTunes has been so confusing.
A: This is likely because iTunes is automatically syncing your music.
When you automatically sync music, you manage what songs you have on your device by going to the music tab, and selecting which playlists/artists/genres/albums to sync or not sync.
The fix:
To manually manage music, click the Summary tab, scroll to close to the bottom, and in the Options area, there will be an option to Manually manage music and videos. Select this option, and you should be able to delete songs and such from the "On this iPhone" tab.
| Q: Can't delete music from iOS device in iTunes When I connect my iPod or iPhone to iTunes on a MacBook Pro, it will look like this picture attached. When I right-click on a song to delete it, there is no delete option. What am I doing wrong? This new iTunes has been so confusing.
A: This is likely because iTunes is automatically syncing your music.
When you automatically sync music, you manage what songs you have on your device by going to the music tab, and selecting which playlists/artists/genres/albums to sync or not sync.
The fix:
To manually manage music, click the Summary tab, scroll to close to the bottom, and in the Options area, there will be an option to Manually manage music and videos. Select this option, and you should be able to delete songs and such from the "On this iPhone" tab.
A: This is on a different computer to mine. I knew to enable "manually manage" etc. however itunes wants to sync to the library on the new computer erasing all my music before I can apply the manaul management of my iphone library. Really annoying not to mention I don't want the phone backing up all the time, sync maybe but not backup too. Also the change of layout was confusing. why did it have to change the old way worked.
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d6816dfa359be58f05d3178b7f8f2449207bfccf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: New to OS X - How do I navigate through finder? I am used to Windows because I simply go to computer and can click my partition and see my entire file structure right there. I can go to users, and then view my documents, and I also have the handy address bar in an explorer window. I just got OS X and I can't figure out how to navigate the file system, and I never know where I am in the file system. Can anyone give me tips on these two problems?
A: You can drag the home and root folders to the sidebar. They used to be there by default, but they were removed in 10.7.
I have also removed all of the default locations, so the root folder of column view windows is always ~/ or /.
⇧⌘G opens a Go to Folder sheet. It can also be opened by pressing ~ or / in file dialogs.
You can show the path at the bottom by checking View > Show Path Bar:
There is also a hidden preference for showing the path on the title bar:
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true
killall Finder
| Q: New to OS X - How do I navigate through finder? I am used to Windows because I simply go to computer and can click my partition and see my entire file structure right there. I can go to users, and then view my documents, and I also have the handy address bar in an explorer window. I just got OS X and I can't figure out how to navigate the file system, and I never know where I am in the file system. Can anyone give me tips on these two problems?
A: You can drag the home and root folders to the sidebar. They used to be there by default, but they were removed in 10.7.
I have also removed all of the default locations, so the root folder of column view windows is always ~/ or /.
⇧⌘G opens a Go to Folder sheet. It can also be opened by pressing ~ or / in file dialogs.
You can show the path at the bottom by checking View > Show Path Bar:
There is also a hidden preference for showing the path on the title bar:
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true
killall Finder
A: How to Navigate MacBook (Yosemite) File System:
Specifically: Click into "Finder" and select Preferences, and turn them all on, so everything shows. Make sure to click-on "MacHD" or "HD" for the "HardDisk". Then you will get a little HardDisk icon on your desktop. Click on that to see the file-system (I have "Yosemite" version on this MacBook...)
On the window-panel that opens of the "Macintosh HD", click the goofy little box at the top that shows a glyph of a bunch of horizontal lines. That will give a sane and actionable display of your file system.
You should see a sub-dir called: "users". That will have a sub-dir which should correspond to your user-name, and have your user-specifc stuff in it.
How to Rename a Directory:
Now, if you navigate thru the sub-dirs and files, you will notice that you cannot rename a directory. Silly, but it actuall is possible. You have to double-click (on the weird flat-panel press-plate, you press two fingers down together...). This opens a big panel of stuff, and what you want is "Get Info". Click on this, and you finally get a sane panel, on screen left, with useful, actionable information. One of the things you can see, is a text-box with the sub-directory name in it. There, you can rename the directory by just keying in a new name.
Another Idea to Consider: VirtualBox or a proper Linux O/S...
This particular Macbook OS is a frustrating experience for many people. I have to go to terminal mode to do anything with the file system. (( I had written an abusive rant here, but I removed it. )) The entire graphical UI on top of the unix-style underlying software (that actually is not bad), is almost toxic. I don't recommend wiping the MacBook default O/S, unless you are comfortable installing O/S software on the bare metal. But you might consider something like Ubuntu, or CentOS Linux. The other thing you might do, which I have done in frustration, and disgust, is to install and configure VirtualBox, and install several instances of old Windows-XP, so I could at least get some work done.
I am completely serious. This has worked way better than I expected. It is a bit of work, but it is possible to make it work very well.
The "Finder" thing just a really bad idea. The MacBook Pro hardware is very good, but the software is annoying and frustrating. But this is the trend now, what with government entities demanding "backdoor" access so they can monitor and track computer users, and companies hiding most of their special "features" so they can capture revenue streams from "apps" that make the technology usable. It will only get worse. Try to take time to learn Linux/Unix. Buy an old P/C, wipe the hard-disk, and install some kind of Linux. Then, you will understand what the awful MacBook O/S is built on top of. The old underlying NeXT (Unix-style) software architecture is very good. What is sad is how Apple is hiding this from folks with an annoyingly cryptic and complex graphical user interface. Best of luck.
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9b57770823e565417f6feab14b8058cbbcfa3e6e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Low sound on headphones Macbook pro Very low volume when headphone is connected to my Macbook pro, even if at max. Headphone works correctly on my iphone and other devices. Tried Audio MIDI setup, settings seem to be correct 44.1KHz 2ch-16 bit. Can anyone help me?
A: In audio Midi setup, change the "2ch-16bit" setting that you mentioned to either the 32 or 24bit option. The hissing should then be gone.
| Q: Low sound on headphones Macbook pro Very low volume when headphone is connected to my Macbook pro, even if at max. Headphone works correctly on my iphone and other devices. Tried Audio MIDI setup, settings seem to be correct 44.1KHz 2ch-16 bit. Can anyone help me?
A: In audio Midi setup, change the "2ch-16bit" setting that you mentioned to either the 32 or 24bit option. The hissing should then be gone.
A: I had the same problem, but it fixed itself when I just simply restarted my macbook. Hope this helps!
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9e1cb31a9c35a45e4b3db69314d52a3a03432cf5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: American Apple TV in Europe Does my Apple TV bought in America work in european countries? Like Spain and Portugal? Does the video format change in anyway? Or will everything work just fine?
A: Yes it will. I use an American AppleTV in a Latin American country and it works just fine as long as your TV have the required HDMI input.
However the content your AppleTV will show varies from country to country, as the iTunes catalog of Movies and TV Series is region specific. You can check what movies and series you will be able to buy or rent using Tunes on your computer. The same content will be available on your AppleTV.
You also might want to try Netflix if its available there.
| Q: American Apple TV in Europe Does my Apple TV bought in America work in european countries? Like Spain and Portugal? Does the video format change in anyway? Or will everything work just fine?
A: Yes it will. I use an American AppleTV in a Latin American country and it works just fine as long as your TV have the required HDMI input.
However the content your AppleTV will show varies from country to country, as the iTunes catalog of Movies and TV Series is region specific. You can check what movies and series you will be able to buy or rent using Tunes on your computer. The same content will be available on your AppleTV.
You also might want to try Netflix if its available there.
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1b0d6bfce88c3fd70f48f1b64d52a28b76610576 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: internet connection problems with the iphone 3 i have had an iphone 3 for a year. no problems! i recently updated my iphone to ios 6, it was fine for a day, and then suddenly, my facebook, instagram and whatsapp/kik stopped working, i was still able to access twitter and snapchap though. Why isn't my iphone allowing me to access certain internet based apps? it simply won't load. please help!
A: I've had this issue on my iPhone too after update to iOS6, I had to reset the network settings. This will clear all remembered WIFI networks and force you to connect to them again, creating new network settings. This means you will have to manually connect to your WIFI network again, and if required enter its password afterwards.
You can reset the network settings by selecting:
Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings
Also what can help is trying to clear the history of your Safari browser, you can do that by going to the Bookmarks -> History and then press the Clear button on the lower left hand corner of the screen.
| Q: internet connection problems with the iphone 3 i have had an iphone 3 for a year. no problems! i recently updated my iphone to ios 6, it was fine for a day, and then suddenly, my facebook, instagram and whatsapp/kik stopped working, i was still able to access twitter and snapchap though. Why isn't my iphone allowing me to access certain internet based apps? it simply won't load. please help!
A: I've had this issue on my iPhone too after update to iOS6, I had to reset the network settings. This will clear all remembered WIFI networks and force you to connect to them again, creating new network settings. This means you will have to manually connect to your WIFI network again, and if required enter its password afterwards.
You can reset the network settings by selecting:
Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings
Also what can help is trying to clear the history of your Safari browser, you can do that by going to the Bookmarks -> History and then press the Clear button on the lower left hand corner of the screen.
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68e6b0c393e17296fe6d34727cc225623c4dff71 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you list clients connected to OS X Server 10.8's VPN? The 10.6 Server manual says this:
but it doesn't work on 10.8.
Even a Terminal command would be great.
A: I put this command together to list connected IP address:
ps -ef | awk '/[p]ppd/ {print substr($NF,2);}'
| Q: How do you list clients connected to OS X Server 10.8's VPN? The 10.6 Server manual says this:
but it doesn't work on 10.8.
Even a Terminal command would be great.
A: I put this command together to list connected IP address:
ps -ef | awk '/[p]ppd/ {print substr($NF,2);}'
A: You can have full info for active connections with the command
sudo serveradmin com vpn:command = getConnectedUsers
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ce08dd66b05f8fd59e6385610ba75ce4005ffc36 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn on Youtube Subtitles in AppleTV? The youtube video is subtitled, how can I turn it on on my Apple TV?
I tried configuring languages and closed caption, but didn't work.
A: The Apple TV doesn't support YouTube closed captioning.
The closed captioning you've enabled is where video files have subtitles.
The same functionality was missing on the pre-iOS 6 YouTube app, so I'm not surprised that it doesn't exist on the Apple TV.
If you want to submit feedback to Apple about this, you can do so here.
| Q: How to turn on Youtube Subtitles in AppleTV? The youtube video is subtitled, how can I turn it on on my Apple TV?
I tried configuring languages and closed caption, but didn't work.
A: The Apple TV doesn't support YouTube closed captioning.
The closed captioning you've enabled is where video files have subtitles.
The same functionality was missing on the pre-iOS 6 YouTube app, so I'm not surprised that it doesn't exist on the Apple TV.
If you want to submit feedback to Apple about this, you can do so here.
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fb1995514080e6e28694796c0beb9bccb2bc6a18 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: There is a process called SH using 100% of my CPU I checked the Activity Monitor and noticed 2 processes called sh that were eating my CPU.
What apps are related to these processes and how can I stop them from eating all CPU?
A: sh is a shell, a program that provides a command-line interface to your computer. It can be used either interactively, or as an interpreter for script files, such as the famous periodic maintenance scripts. Some such script is likely running in this case, and may be stuck for some reason.
You should be able to find out what script that is by using Inspect on the sh processes in Activity Monitor and looking at the Open Files and Ports tab. A file listed there with the .sh extension is a shell script. Its name will hopefully give you a clue as to its purpose; you can also open it as text and inspect it.
| Q: There is a process called SH using 100% of my CPU I checked the Activity Monitor and noticed 2 processes called sh that were eating my CPU.
What apps are related to these processes and how can I stop them from eating all CPU?
A: sh is a shell, a program that provides a command-line interface to your computer. It can be used either interactively, or as an interpreter for script files, such as the famous periodic maintenance scripts. Some such script is likely running in this case, and may be stuck for some reason.
You should be able to find out what script that is by using Inspect on the sh processes in Activity Monitor and looking at the Open Files and Ports tab. A file listed there with the .sh extension is a shell script. Its name will hopefully give you a clue as to its purpose; you can also open it as text and inspect it.
A: Know it is an old post, but in my case, when I saw high cpu usage of SH, that was a VIRUS!
I googled hours to find out this and delete.
Solution answered here: https://superuser.com/a/868147
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eae750f60a6cda6fab3254311c24b0592f0ed3dc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the iPad 3/4 charger use a standard C7/C8 interface? The new iPad chargers are sort of a brick containing the transformer, with a detachable corner piece containing the appropriate mains plug for wherever you bought it.
The corner piece looks like it connects to the brick with a standard unpolarized C7 socket / C8 plug:
I'm going from Europe to America and don't have an official bit to swap in on the charger, but I have a dozen C8 mains cables from other electronics. Can I just use one of them?
A: I happen to have a C8 plug from my PS Vita charger, and my iPad (3rd gen) charger here. I plugged them into each other, and plugged in my iPhone. Sure enough, it started charging my phone.
So yes, this does work fine. C8 plugs will plug into the iPad 3 chargers.
| Q: Does the iPad 3/4 charger use a standard C7/C8 interface? The new iPad chargers are sort of a brick containing the transformer, with a detachable corner piece containing the appropriate mains plug for wherever you bought it.
The corner piece looks like it connects to the brick with a standard unpolarized C7 socket / C8 plug:
I'm going from Europe to America and don't have an official bit to swap in on the charger, but I have a dozen C8 mains cables from other electronics. Can I just use one of them?
A: I happen to have a C8 plug from my PS Vita charger, and my iPad (3rd gen) charger here. I plugged them into each other, and plugged in my iPhone. Sure enough, it started charging my phone.
So yes, this does work fine. C8 plugs will plug into the iPad 3 chargers.
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4ae12d1d9032c49175e157721af330f912413ce6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Text Editor on iOS that can edit files from any folder in Dropbox Can anyone recommend an iOS text editor (iPad and iPhone) that can open arbitrary text files from Dropbox?
I've used a few, but they tend to be restricted to a specific subdirectory of my Dropbox root, e.g. Elements only lets me work in the ~/Dropbox/Elements directory.
A: There's a large number of applications available that can do this.
My preferred text editor happens to be Byword. By default, it'll link to a specific dropbox folder (/Apps/Byword), but you can change this in the app's settings; just setting it to "/" will give access to every folder in your Dropbox.
iA Writer is another popular choice.
If you're looking for something more geared towards code than writing, Textastic is nice.
Additionally, Brett Terpstra has compiled a large list of iOS text editors and features here, though it doesn't specify which apps have full access or if they are limited to a specific App folder in Dropbox.
| Q: Text Editor on iOS that can edit files from any folder in Dropbox Can anyone recommend an iOS text editor (iPad and iPhone) that can open arbitrary text files from Dropbox?
I've used a few, but they tend to be restricted to a specific subdirectory of my Dropbox root, e.g. Elements only lets me work in the ~/Dropbox/Elements directory.
A: There's a large number of applications available that can do this.
My preferred text editor happens to be Byword. By default, it'll link to a specific dropbox folder (/Apps/Byword), but you can change this in the app's settings; just setting it to "/" will give access to every folder in your Dropbox.
iA Writer is another popular choice.
If you're looking for something more geared towards code than writing, Textastic is nice.
Additionally, Brett Terpstra has compiled a large list of iOS text editors and features here, though it doesn't specify which apps have full access or if they are limited to a specific App folder in Dropbox.
A: I've been using 1Writer for some time now and find it to be superb. I have tried all the other popular suggestions.
You can navigate to any Dropbox folder, and you can specify folders to be in your quick access list. Plenty of features like Markdown support and such. Also a powerful actions functionality and customizable keyboard row.
But to speak to your specific need, this was something I too was looking for and found 1Writer to have the right implementation.
A: Nebulous Notes is also very good at browsing all DropBox text files and folders and its interface is specifically built for this. However, I've been having issues with several of my Bluetooth keyboards when using this app on my iPad 2.
There are a lot of lags and double characters that show up when typing, no matter which keyboard I'm using (Apple or Zagg). This does not happen in other apps, so I assume its a Nebulous Notes issue. It drives me crazy, but the app works so well with DropBox it's hard to find a replacement.
A: There is many options, but i have been using buffer editor for a long time. Its native iOS app with very good features like code autocomplete. So it fits perfectly for normal text editing and writing too. you can edit any file from any dropbox folder.
home of the app http://www.buffereditor.com
app store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/buffer-editor-code-editor/id502633252?mt=8
A: *
*Droptext
by INVISIONS TECHNICAL ARTS LLC
I have used this as simple text editor and no problems so far.
There is a very comprehensive review of IOS text editors with DropBox support here:
http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/dropbox-text-editors
Reviews are quite detailed and describe the pros, cons and costs.
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e8a7e7cc8f3e4125cdf4b9f7e43c48cb7710cdfa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sudden flash of gray in the background In the last few days I've had a sudden flash of gray in the background. I'm on MacOS 10.7.5. I'm not able to provide a screenshot because it only happens for a split second, but here is a more or less accurate mock-up:
It happens on average 1 time per hour, though it's not regular. Sometimes 5 mins pass till the next flash of gray. It covers multi-monitors and it also happens if my external monitor is not connected.
Any ideas?
A: That is because the Dock process isn’t getting enough resources and/or is crashing.
TheDock process is not just responsible for your Dock, but also Mission Control, Launchpad, Dashboard and the Desktop background.
If this happens most frequently during periods of heavy use, then it is not getting enough resources or its resources are being swapped to disk.
If this happens totally randomly, then there is a deeper issue. Try repairing permissions first in that case and report back if it works.
| Q: Sudden flash of gray in the background In the last few days I've had a sudden flash of gray in the background. I'm on MacOS 10.7.5. I'm not able to provide a screenshot because it only happens for a split second, but here is a more or less accurate mock-up:
It happens on average 1 time per hour, though it's not regular. Sometimes 5 mins pass till the next flash of gray. It covers multi-monitors and it also happens if my external monitor is not connected.
Any ideas?
A: That is because the Dock process isn’t getting enough resources and/or is crashing.
TheDock process is not just responsible for your Dock, but also Mission Control, Launchpad, Dashboard and the Desktop background.
If this happens most frequently during periods of heavy use, then it is not getting enough resources or its resources are being swapped to disk.
If this happens totally randomly, then there is a deeper issue. Try repairing permissions first in that case and report back if it works.
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16641b5fa81f9aaf982bdf7397bc0940898a922a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: After installing Adobe Acrobat, can I revert to Preview for handling PDF from Firefox? I was used to download PDF from Firefox and open them with Preview PDF.
Yesterday I installed Adobe Reader and now each time I click on a PDF link Firefox tries to open the PDF with Abode Reader. And it doesn't work even. See the picture below.
How can I go back to the previous behavior?
A: 1st thing to try
*
*Open Firefox
*Open Preferences (Firefox > Preferences, or Command + ,)
*Select the Applications tab
*Search for "pdf"
*Change action to something else, then change it back to "Always Ask"
Verify this is set correctly
*
*Open Finder
*Search for .pdf
*Right (Option) Click the first PDF that appears.
*Click Get Info
*Expand Open With (if it isn't already)
*Change it to "Preview"
*Click Change All button below the drop down menu
*Accept the prompt.
For a visual representation:
| Q: After installing Adobe Acrobat, can I revert to Preview for handling PDF from Firefox? I was used to download PDF from Firefox and open them with Preview PDF.
Yesterday I installed Adobe Reader and now each time I click on a PDF link Firefox tries to open the PDF with Abode Reader. And it doesn't work even. See the picture below.
How can I go back to the previous behavior?
A: 1st thing to try
*
*Open Firefox
*Open Preferences (Firefox > Preferences, or Command + ,)
*Select the Applications tab
*Search for "pdf"
*Change action to something else, then change it back to "Always Ask"
Verify this is set correctly
*
*Open Finder
*Search for .pdf
*Right (Option) Click the first PDF that appears.
*Click Get Info
*Expand Open With (if it isn't already)
*Change it to "Preview"
*Click Change All button below the drop down menu
*Accept the prompt.
For a visual representation:
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a1aeb7a6d27675d2d611182f6f19dc263a483bd4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to drop a file onto a GUI app from command line? I've got a tool to normalize WAV audio files, but it only works by dragging and dropping the file either onto the GUI or onto its dock's icon.
As far as I know the app doesn't have any option to pass from command line, so I was wondering whether there is a way to pass the file from a terminal in order to use it in a bash script.
A: Generally this is equivalent to dragging a file onto an app's icon:
open -a Your_WAV_Tool.app /path_to/your_file.wav
You can use the complete path to your app if it isn't in an expected place.
| Q: How to drop a file onto a GUI app from command line? I've got a tool to normalize WAV audio files, but it only works by dragging and dropping the file either onto the GUI or onto its dock's icon.
As far as I know the app doesn't have any option to pass from command line, so I was wondering whether there is a way to pass the file from a terminal in order to use it in a bash script.
A: Generally this is equivalent to dragging a file onto an app's icon:
open -a Your_WAV_Tool.app /path_to/your_file.wav
You can use the complete path to your app if it isn't in an expected place.
A: I can't answer for certain, but it sounds like a no. Unless the app reads command line arguments, you can't pass it the file. And I don't think you can't trigger GUI events without a GUI.
The best solution I can think of is using something like Automator to try and simulate the drag and drop. But a quick look through Automator doesn't seem to show anything event simulation.
So the last option is writing your own program to literally drag and drop a file. You can then write a command line interface for your program. This can be achieved with Java's Robot class.
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04545a5d5735240177f68f4ce192bc1997e06c80 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What can I do with an iPad Bluetooth-paired to a Mac? I have successfully paired my iPad Gen 3 to my Mid-2012 MacBook Air. What can I do with this connection?
A: I recently gave a presentation using Keynote on my MacBook and keynote remote on my ipad. This is a really cool solution that allows you to control slide movement on the MacBook while seeing both slides and presenter notes on the ipad.
| Q: What can I do with an iPad Bluetooth-paired to a Mac? I have successfully paired my iPad Gen 3 to my Mid-2012 MacBook Air. What can I do with this connection?
A: I recently gave a presentation using Keynote on my MacBook and keynote remote on my ipad. This is a really cool solution that allows you to control slide movement on the MacBook while seeing both slides and presenter notes on the ipad.
A: Not a whole heck of a lot, as it turns out, but which stems from the difference between iOS and OS X ... which it seems ought to talk to each other directly, but no. Not in the cards.
See this post: What is the use of the bluetooth on iPad?
A: If you have an iPad with a cellular data connection, you can use Bluetooth for tethering. It's likely more battery-friendly than using Wi-Fi.
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3ec24d87ec4dc2e16a5c5ae5ded7809be9de90cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I uninstall old SDKs? I recently upgraded to Apple OS X 10.8 but I observed the following folders in /Developer/SDKs:
*
*MacOSX10.5.sdk
*MacOSX10.6.sdk
I googled and found out that I should run sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all.
However I forgot the --mode=all and now I still have the SDK folders but the uninstall-devtools script has gone. I have also installed Xcode 4.5.2 but it seems that it does not come with the command line tool called uninstall-devtools.
How can I get rid of the old SDKs?
A: The installer for Xcode 4.3 had an option for removing older versions of Xcode which removed /Developer/.
You can probably just delete the folder completely. It was possible to delete single developer folders even before Xcode 4.3. From an answer by Chris Espinosa on Stack Overflow:
If you have multiple Developer folders, you can drag any of them to the trash without damaging the others. Developer folders are completely standalone.
| Q: How do I uninstall old SDKs? I recently upgraded to Apple OS X 10.8 but I observed the following folders in /Developer/SDKs:
*
*MacOSX10.5.sdk
*MacOSX10.6.sdk
I googled and found out that I should run sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all.
However I forgot the --mode=all and now I still have the SDK folders but the uninstall-devtools script has gone. I have also installed Xcode 4.5.2 but it seems that it does not come with the command line tool called uninstall-devtools.
How can I get rid of the old SDKs?
A: The installer for Xcode 4.3 had an option for removing older versions of Xcode which removed /Developer/.
You can probably just delete the folder completely. It was possible to delete single developer folders even before Xcode 4.3. From an answer by Chris Espinosa on Stack Overflow:
If you have multiple Developer folders, you can drag any of them to the trash without damaging the others. Developer folders are completely standalone.
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9d18f7f74f262c3744b9dde28bf803d098273a0a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Finder interact so slowly with NAS? I have a Synology NAS D213+.
When I want to connect the NAS to my Mac, Finder mounts a new volume which behaves like a normal partition.
But it interacts so slowly - I click on a folder, and it takes a huge number of seconds till it's open. Explorer on Windows is much faster when it comes to network interaction.
What can I do? Change the protocol? It must be AFP, so do I have to change the protocol elsewhere in the kernel?
A: My advice would be to use NFS. You should also try to manually mount the partition from the terminal, so you can add some options too, like
-nolock,locallocks,rdirplus
This made my browsing much faster, even over wifi.
Cheers
| Q: Why does Finder interact so slowly with NAS? I have a Synology NAS D213+.
When I want to connect the NAS to my Mac, Finder mounts a new volume which behaves like a normal partition.
But it interacts so slowly - I click on a folder, and it takes a huge number of seconds till it's open. Explorer on Windows is much faster when it comes to network interaction.
What can I do? Change the protocol? It must be AFP, so do I have to change the protocol elsewhere in the kernel?
A: My advice would be to use NFS. You should also try to manually mount the partition from the terminal, so you can add some options too, like
-nolock,locallocks,rdirplus
This made my browsing much faster, even over wifi.
Cheers
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9475d3efdcf5cdf3a9f1b5f57ad244ad6d1844f4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is Address Book in Mountain Lion? After I upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, I can no longer find "Address Book" in the application but only "Contact".
The application "Contact" does not allow me to add or remove groupings of contacts. Where is the good old address book?
A: In the new Contacts Application for Mountain Lion there are no buttons for group management, only menu items.
Under the File Menu, there are New Group, New Group from Selection, and New Smart Group… menu items.
When you have a group selected, under the Edit menu there will be a Delete Group menu item available.
To be able to select groups, you need to be in the proper view under the View menu: Groups.
| Q: Where is Address Book in Mountain Lion? After I upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, I can no longer find "Address Book" in the application but only "Contact".
The application "Contact" does not allow me to add or remove groupings of contacts. Where is the good old address book?
A: In the new Contacts Application for Mountain Lion there are no buttons for group management, only menu items.
Under the File Menu, there are New Group, New Group from Selection, and New Smart Group… menu items.
When you have a group selected, under the Edit menu there will be a Delete Group menu item available.
To be able to select groups, you need to be in the proper view under the View menu: Groups.
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0605716ece94bcd1582b8ea797b579877af51eee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to install CPAN modules from the command line on OS X? Simple question: How to install CPAN modules on OS-X like normal Linux/Unix way?
I just want to type in cpan something like install Perl6::Say for example.
A: You might be interested in perlbrew to manage local perl installations and cpan modules without interfering with perl included with the system or needing to use sudo to install cpan modules.
| Q: How to install CPAN modules from the command line on OS X? Simple question: How to install CPAN modules on OS-X like normal Linux/Unix way?
I just want to type in cpan something like install Perl6::Say for example.
A: You might be interested in perlbrew to manage local perl installations and cpan modules without interfering with perl included with the system or needing to use sudo to install cpan modules.
A: Open the /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and you have a unix prompt.
Both perl and cpan ship with OS X so you have nothing to install unless you want a different version of them than ships with your particular version and build of OS X.
Air:~ me$ cpan Perl6::Say
Sorry, we have to rerun the configuration dialog for CPAN.pm due to
some missing parameters... Will write to
<</Users/me/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm>>
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a412c4fae3d89dd50e82a7d417f591de8108de42 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do YouTube videos buffer for offline playback on Google's iOS app? I want to preload a 58 minute youtube video on my free home wireless and listen to it later while i'm jogging (so that i can listen without streaming on my limited data plan). Can this be done? Will the youtube app let you prebuffer an entire video and let you watch it offline?
A: Yes, assuming you don't quit the YouTube app after it loads. You can also do this with the YouTube website; play a video, it starts loading the video with a QuickTime-like player, and you will see it buffer. If you start playing the video in the Safari and exit Safari (while it's still in the background), you can double-tap the home button to bring up the audio controller and hit Play.
| Q: Do YouTube videos buffer for offline playback on Google's iOS app? I want to preload a 58 minute youtube video on my free home wireless and listen to it later while i'm jogging (so that i can listen without streaming on my limited data plan). Can this be done? Will the youtube app let you prebuffer an entire video and let you watch it offline?
A: Yes, assuming you don't quit the YouTube app after it loads. You can also do this with the YouTube website; play a video, it starts loading the video with a QuickTime-like player, and you will see it buffer. If you start playing the video in the Safari and exit Safari (while it's still in the background), you can double-tap the home button to bring up the audio controller and hit Play.
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f1938e7a7e1e3f39bbd957c30d72d432e4a13fc0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to see how much music do I have in iTunes? The new iTunes version has brought some changes. And I just realized that it won't show anymore how much music do I have.
It used to say the size and the total play time at the bottom of the window, but it's gone now. Can I ripristinate the indicator? Or what's the easiest way to check my music library size?
A: You can bring back those details at the bottom of the screen by clicking Show Status Bar in the View menu, or pressing ⌘/.
| Q: How to see how much music do I have in iTunes? The new iTunes version has brought some changes. And I just realized that it won't show anymore how much music do I have.
It used to say the size and the total play time at the bottom of the window, but it's gone now. Can I ripristinate the indicator? Or what's the easiest way to check my music library size?
A: You can bring back those details at the bottom of the screen by clicking Show Status Bar in the View menu, or pressing ⌘/.
A: Go to Settings, then General, then About and it should list how many songs, videos, photos etc. that you have.
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7c2920d807034bcd44e540c412eb165da06ad0e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make Spotlight index PDF documents to search faster or on my command? I need to search some words in many PDF documents. It worked very well when I searched over old documents but my OS X has not indexed yet the new PDFs. How can I search over the new PDFs?
A: Spotlight indexes are updated when a file is written, so results should be available within milliseconds of the write operation being finished.
Delays in finding a search result are due to a slow or problematic index or a failure of the scanner to complete that file.
You'll need to diagnose spotlight or perhaps just rebuild your index around the folder if you have problems with the subsystem. It's hard to know what of the three causes is happening without someone who knows how things work poking at the system.
| Q: How to make Spotlight index PDF documents to search faster or on my command? I need to search some words in many PDF documents. It worked very well when I searched over old documents but my OS X has not indexed yet the new PDFs. How can I search over the new PDFs?
A: Spotlight indexes are updated when a file is written, so results should be available within milliseconds of the write operation being finished.
Delays in finding a search result are due to a slow or problematic index or a failure of the scanner to complete that file.
You'll need to diagnose spotlight or perhaps just rebuild your index around the folder if you have problems with the subsystem. It's hard to know what of the three causes is happening without someone who knows how things work poking at the system.
A: As an alternative to Spotlight, you can index your PDFs in apps like DevonThink, iDocument or FingerPDF to search faster in your collection of PDFs.
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5422c55894a3f5985b795a034087af36d23f009e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where on the logic board is the flash memory that comprises the OS on the iPhone 3GS? Staring at the guts of my dated phone, I was curious how feasibly I might remove the logic board, swap it with another, and resume normal operations.
As such, I've been hunting for pics detailed iPhone innards but I've found nothing more than an obscure forum post or the iFixit teardown.
Is swapping logic boards possible? Will it impact the entire phone?
A: All of your data is stored on the flash memory, which is one of the chips soldered on to the logic board. It's not really possible to swap the memory to a different board (perhaps if you had advanced electronics skills, but I wouldn't like the chances of success).
If there's a problem with your logic board, you can replace it with a new one, as detailed in that iFixit link. Assuming everything goes to plan, and you have no other issues with the phone, it will effectively be a new iPhone. If you have a backup of your old one, you should be able to restore your data during the set up process.
| Q: Where on the logic board is the flash memory that comprises the OS on the iPhone 3GS? Staring at the guts of my dated phone, I was curious how feasibly I might remove the logic board, swap it with another, and resume normal operations.
As such, I've been hunting for pics detailed iPhone innards but I've found nothing more than an obscure forum post or the iFixit teardown.
Is swapping logic boards possible? Will it impact the entire phone?
A: All of your data is stored on the flash memory, which is one of the chips soldered on to the logic board. It's not really possible to swap the memory to a different board (perhaps if you had advanced electronics skills, but I wouldn't like the chances of success).
If there's a problem with your logic board, you can replace it with a new one, as detailed in that iFixit link. Assuming everything goes to plan, and you have no other issues with the phone, it will effectively be a new iPhone. If you have a backup of your old one, you should be able to restore your data during the set up process.
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097257189f5f100019a5d44ab7379451163f3238 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a maximum number of AirPlay receivers that I can output to at the same time? If I buy 6 different Airport Express' to have one in each room will they all work together or is there a maximum number of receivers you can use at once? For example if I want to choose between the six rooms or play the music in all the rooms at once will that work?
A: The maximum number of Airplay receivers are 3 to 6 as noted in iTunes: About playing music with AirPlay
The maximum number of outputs are three to six in typical conditions. The number that works for you will depend on your environmental conditions (such as building composition and local radio interference), distance to the outputs, and available network capacity relative to your other usage.
| Q: Is there a maximum number of AirPlay receivers that I can output to at the same time? If I buy 6 different Airport Express' to have one in each room will they all work together or is there a maximum number of receivers you can use at once? For example if I want to choose between the six rooms or play the music in all the rooms at once will that work?
A: The maximum number of Airplay receivers are 3 to 6 as noted in iTunes: About playing music with AirPlay
The maximum number of outputs are three to six in typical conditions. The number that works for you will depend on your environmental conditions (such as building composition and local radio interference), distance to the outputs, and available network capacity relative to your other usage.
A: In answer to your points here is what I have found when installing my system:
14 zone system (14 apple TVs; 14 Airplay receiver amps; Quad-core 8 GB RAM Dell PowerEdge Rack mount server (4 TeraBytes); 1 Mac server with homeshare; 1GB 24 port switch; 1GB 4 port router; 2 x 1GB wireless access points).
So far I have had no issues with the receiver limit (6 zones set up so far). Make sure your Apple TV's are directly linked to your switch using CAT6 so that they do not take up wireless Bandwidth. Use the wireless for your IOS devices.
A point to note is that even though you may be running a 1GB network, the Apple TVs and your Airplay amplifiers are 10/100.
The homeshare 5 machine limit is a non-issue as the Airplay receivers are IOS devices. Homeshare applies to mac devices and is only an Apple method of serving out the media you have stored on Itunes on different machines. 5 machines is more than adequate (or simply consolidate it on a single server using Air Video and Handbrake (make sure the copyright laws in your country allow you to do so :-) ). I have both mac homeshare server and my main Dell server is running the Air Video Server with Air Video clients on my Ipads and Iphones.
There is no need for commercial solutions which cost a fortune (NOT that this is working out cheap...it is all relative).
This solution is costing no-more than a Sonos Home system, which only lets you stream audio to different rooms. The difference is that with Sonos you can control each room from the same controller, with this system you need one IOS devices for every room you want to play different media in. NOT a big deal as the up side is that you can also stream video and also mirror your IOS device screen i.e play satellite TV e.g Skygo or Skype to your TV screen and also view all your photo albums.
Good Luck!
Harp Grewal
A: I currently have 5 units working on airplay. There is no delay on sound between rooms. I have:
*
*3 older airport Express
*1 new 2nd Gen
*1 apple TV
The only thing I had to do was upgrade the Network card in the PC to 10/100/1000 and buy a gigabit switch. Although the units themselves are only 10/100 the PC will not run them all with a 10/100 card. It drops out constantly and looses sync.
Since installing the new card and new switch, all at a cost of about £30 it works perfectly. I can also set 2 of the units to be wireless access points and still get a decent speed while listening to music.
My son is on xbox (wired) and the TV streaming netflix.
It just seems very stable, suprisingly so!
A: The maximum number of outputs are three to six in typical conditions. The number that works for you will depend on your environmental conditions (such as building composition and local radio interference), distance to the outputs, and available network capacity relative to your other usage.
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e208a7d3e9572ece6eac6998c759b6f971947a3b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Right-click causes application crash I have a serious problem with right clicking. When ever I try to open the contextual menu in certain applications like the iWork Suite, MS Office or Evernote, I get the beach ball.
I've completely formated my Mac and 3 days later I notice the problem is persisting. Has anyone ever experienced this issue ?
I am running 10.8.2.
A: After looking in /Library/Contextual Menu Items/ I noticed that even after uninstalling the app which I suspected was causing the problem, a plugin was still present. Deleting it has resolved the issue.
The app in question was Antidote by Druide Software.
| Q: Right-click causes application crash I have a serious problem with right clicking. When ever I try to open the contextual menu in certain applications like the iWork Suite, MS Office or Evernote, I get the beach ball.
I've completely formated my Mac and 3 days later I notice the problem is persisting. Has anyone ever experienced this issue ?
I am running 10.8.2.
A: After looking in /Library/Contextual Menu Items/ I noticed that even after uninstalling the app which I suspected was causing the problem, a plugin was still present. Deleting it has resolved the issue.
The app in question was Antidote by Druide Software.
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22d7fa399d078a61c94a1c0dab4c5f7103ca545a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to tell iOS mail app to put emails from specific senders in a special folder automatically? Is there any way to tell iOS mail app to put emails from specific senders in a special folder automatically?
A: If you’re using an iCloud mail account then you can go to http://icloud.com/#mail
In the top right of the screen there’s a preferences icon — looks like a cog. If you click on that the preferences pop-over opens, click on Rules and from there you can configure some basic rules to put messages into specified folders.
| Q: Is there a way to tell iOS mail app to put emails from specific senders in a special folder automatically? Is there any way to tell iOS mail app to put emails from specific senders in a special folder automatically?
A: If you’re using an iCloud mail account then you can go to http://icloud.com/#mail
In the top right of the screen there’s a preferences icon — looks like a cog. If you click on that the preferences pop-over opens, click on Rules and from there you can configure some basic rules to put messages into specified folders.
A: I have a method that works using archive folders within an IMAP or Exchange email accounts. Manually create your archive folders somewhere within your email folders list. The archive must be stored online, not locally. I use Outlook to create my folders manually, but i think it would work without Outlook as well like on your web access. Once the folders are created and you've previously moved messages to that folder, your iPhone remembers this. So in the future once you've previously moved messages to these folders, new emails you get from that sender sender can be moved there very easily by using the move message feature inside mail. A pop-up will appear with 2 options; the previously used folder to quickly move the message there, or an option to select a new folder. This usually works for different types of emails from the same sender as well, say you have a subfolder for "Orders" and "Shipping Notifications", it will remember which folder that email normally belongs. It's not automatic, and its not perfect, but very easy to do and pretty flawless.
A: If you make them a VIP and use the VIP folder - YES.
If you don't use VIP, no - not in the mobile Mail app. You'll want to look into Gmail and the gmail app for that sort of server side filtering.
A: Largely, the answer is "No". iOS default mail doesn't have some of the things that OS X Mail has such as rules. The good part is there are a few work-arounds.
Depending on your needs, there are VIP mailboxes in iOS 6. These can be configured by tapping Mailboxes (back arrow) in the Mail app, and then tapping the arrow next to VIPs. There are several problems with this method, however. The biggest being, it puts those emails into the VIP folder AND the inbox. The other problem is it is just one "folder".
For many reasons, VIPs may be undesirable you, and the only other way to manage that would be to manually move them. Tap the Edit button above and on the right of the email list. Tap the emails you would like to move, and then tap Move, then select the folder to move them to.
Side note: the only other way to do this would be through a service like Gmail, or using the OSX mail app.
Just another side note: Rules can be used indirectly. If you use preference rules to sort email with the Mail.app on an Apple computer, the listing of emails in your inbox can be updated and sorted into folders on your iPhone, by opening the Mail.app on your phone using the icon that appears on your resting screen of the phone. This syncs the email on your phone with what you have done on the computer.
A: I have a solution that may not be for everyone as it involves Outlook on a permanently on PC. I use IMAP on my phone, the mail account in Outlook is always on and many rules in place, since the PC syncs every minute or so the rules are applied by Outlook. I get the occasional one that lands on the phone prior to the PC so does not get action-ed, apart from that it works well.
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83911e4e8ea6a09ecf2e82eb5b05a9a7977bf2f0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I configure dynamic DNS when my router does not support it? I have a MacBook which is connected to the net via an ancient DSL router (NAT enabled). I want to SSH into the server from elsewhere, but my ISP assigns new IP address every once in a while.
I would like to use a dynamic DNS service for "finding" my Mac, but the router does not support any dynamic DNS functionality.
What (lightweight) option is there to update the DNS service with current IP info anyway? I remember installing a clunky menu-bar app several years ago, and I would prefer something configurable from the terminal.
NB: I feel it could be a problem when the MacBook is moved to a different network (friends, company) temporarily and attempts to connect to macbookaddress.dynamicdnz.tld suddenly hit their network. Correct?
A: ddclient is what I use on my Linux boxes. Works really well.
You can find instructions details here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ddclient
I think all you would need to do to get ddclient to run is to a @reboot line to your crontab and you’re set.
crontab -e
then add this line:
@reboot /usr/sbin/ddclient -daemon 300 -syslog
| Q: How do I configure dynamic DNS when my router does not support it? I have a MacBook which is connected to the net via an ancient DSL router (NAT enabled). I want to SSH into the server from elsewhere, but my ISP assigns new IP address every once in a while.
I would like to use a dynamic DNS service for "finding" my Mac, but the router does not support any dynamic DNS functionality.
What (lightweight) option is there to update the DNS service with current IP info anyway? I remember installing a clunky menu-bar app several years ago, and I would prefer something configurable from the terminal.
NB: I feel it could be a problem when the MacBook is moved to a different network (friends, company) temporarily and attempts to connect to macbookaddress.dynamicdnz.tld suddenly hit their network. Correct?
A: ddclient is what I use on my Linux boxes. Works really well.
You can find instructions details here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ddclient
I think all you would need to do to get ddclient to run is to a @reboot line to your crontab and you’re set.
crontab -e
then add this line:
@reboot /usr/sbin/ddclient -daemon 300 -syslog
A: You could install the Wide-Area Bonjour preference pane from Apple. Not only will this cause your MacBook to register itself in DNS when you are at home behind your router, but it will do it no matter where you are.
In the prefernce pane you can enter your hostname and the TSIG key the server requires for authenticating dynamic DNS update requests. There is a red light/yellow light/green light widget that shows you whether the dynamic DNS request is failed/in progress/successful.
The software is quite old and has some serious problems such as complete lack of IPv6 support, but it still works with at least basic functionality. There is a link to the source code on the above page in case someone wants to modernize it, but unfortunately the link doesn't lead to the source code.
A: If you still need another way from your router itself working out of the box and you really know what you do, you can use DDNS-over-CWMP it's a simple Google Script code to capture IP changes periodically or if your router powered on or rebooted by using GS as ACS endpoint for your router in CWMP settings. I wrote it for DuckDNS.org and it works as expected. You can modify the code to work with any other DDNS provider too
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45766fb31abada05c7827890bf67abfbfbeff758 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can Gatekeeper be disabled via terminal in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? How can you disable Gatekeeper via Terminal Commands in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? I am looking to replicate the Security & Privacy preference pane selection to allow applications downloaded from Anywhere to run:
By having a terminal command, I can write a script to do this task remotely rather than manually going to each Mac and changing these settings with a mouse and several clicks.
A: sudo spctl --master-disable
See the man page for spctl
| Q: Can Gatekeeper be disabled via terminal in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? How can you disable Gatekeeper via Terminal Commands in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? I am looking to replicate the Security & Privacy preference pane selection to allow applications downloaded from Anywhere to run:
By having a terminal command, I can write a script to do this task remotely rather than manually going to each Mac and changing these settings with a mouse and several clicks.
A: sudo spctl --master-disable
See the man page for spctl
A: Either of these also disables the Gatekeeper dialogs (after restarting), but they don't change the setting shown in System Preferences.
sudo defaults write /var/db/SystemPolicy-prefs.plist enabled -string no
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false
I don't know if spctl --master-disable is somehow different from disabling Gatekeeper from System Preferences, but spctl --status changes to assessments disabled after disabling Gatekeeper in System Preferences.
A: The spctl tool should do the job.
sudo spctl --master-disable will turn off the Gatekeeper checks, and sudo spctl --master-enable will re-enable them (to the default setting of App Store and signed apps — it doesn't appear that setting it to App Store-only is possible).
Note that it will not throw any error if you run it without sudo permissions, but sudo is in fact required.
A: Update:
*
*To disable Gatekeeper, use the command sudo spctl --global-disable.
*To re-enable Gatekeeper, use the command sudo spctl --global-enable.
The command spctl --master-disable is no longer supported. This change was introduced in MacOS v10.15.7 (last version of Catalina).
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b41ec293a79abefddb1dd6b80032a0b650f0bdb3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to stop programs stealing focus when initializing a build in XCode? I'm currently using XCode in conjunction with Unity. When I initiate a build in Unity, it automatically runs XCode. XCode will then steal focus from whatever app I happen to be in. Is there a way of disabling apps stealing focus in OSX?
A: You can add this to the Info.plist of Xcode to make it launch in the background:
<key>LSBackgroundOnly</key>
<string>True</string>
(You might need to get write privileges on the Info.plist if you downloaded Xcode from the Mac App Store)
Source and details about what it can break: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20085680-263/keep-applications-from-stealing-focus-when-opening-in-os-x/
| Q: How to stop programs stealing focus when initializing a build in XCode? I'm currently using XCode in conjunction with Unity. When I initiate a build in Unity, it automatically runs XCode. XCode will then steal focus from whatever app I happen to be in. Is there a way of disabling apps stealing focus in OSX?
A: You can add this to the Info.plist of Xcode to make it launch in the background:
<key>LSBackgroundOnly</key>
<string>True</string>
(You might need to get write privileges on the Info.plist if you downloaded Xcode from the Mac App Store)
Source and details about what it can break: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20085680-263/keep-applications-from-stealing-focus-when-opening-in-os-x/
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80757b1416f5519f2c89e34de7a88e7e054d5558 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How effective is Deep Sleep Mode? I got frustrated from turning on my Retina MBP and waiting a few seconds while the systems loads from Deep Sleep Mode.
I disabled it using sudo pmset -a standby 0
However, I would like to know what I am missing now. Will I start losing a lot of battery power while the laptop is sleeping normally (basically not in Deep Sleep Mode) ?
For example, in 1 hour (or 2-5 hours), how much percentage will battery I lose on Sleep mode, and how much would I lose when its in Deep Sleep Mode ?
A: Your Mac might last a week in sleep where it might last a month in deep sleep.
If you travel with a power adapter or would rather end up with no battery than wait a few seconds longer each wake, then keep deep sleep turned off.
| Q: How effective is Deep Sleep Mode? I got frustrated from turning on my Retina MBP and waiting a few seconds while the systems loads from Deep Sleep Mode.
I disabled it using sudo pmset -a standby 0
However, I would like to know what I am missing now. Will I start losing a lot of battery power while the laptop is sleeping normally (basically not in Deep Sleep Mode) ?
For example, in 1 hour (or 2-5 hours), how much percentage will battery I lose on Sleep mode, and how much would I lose when its in Deep Sleep Mode ?
A: Your Mac might last a week in sleep where it might last a month in deep sleep.
If you travel with a power adapter or would rather end up with no battery than wait a few seconds longer each wake, then keep deep sleep turned off.
A: The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display has a 74 watt-hour battery. It uses about 0.86W in sleep mode and 0.30W when off (or in standby mode), which translates to about 3.6 and 10.3 days.
Standby mode is only enabled after 70 minutes of normal sleep, so there won't be any difference after an hour. After that, normal sleep would use about 1.2% of the maximum capacity per hour and standby mode about 0.4%.
If you paid 0.15 USD per kilowatt hour for electricity and kept the MacBook Pro in sleep mode (with standby mode disabled) for 15 hours per day, it would cost about 0.70 USD per year.
Power Nap might increase power consumption, but it's not enabled on battery power.
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0bf220bcad1d07fb7e46442e394323d2e6244919 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I gift a copy of an app that I already own? I own an app. I want to purchase an additional copy of that app for a friend using iTunes' gift functionality. In the iOS App Store and the iTunes store on a Mac, the gift option doesn't appear for apps that I already own. I can't believe that Apple doesn't let you purchase an additional copy of something that you already own as a gift for someone else.
App that I own
App that I don't
Am I missing something, or is app gifting really this half baked?
A: The gift function is embedded in the small triangle control to the right of the Buy|Download text - almost looking like it's the same button on iTunes for a computer.
Just click the square button and select Gift This App. On iOS you will want to press the rectangle with the arrow key and select Gift.
| Q: How can I gift a copy of an app that I already own? I own an app. I want to purchase an additional copy of that app for a friend using iTunes' gift functionality. In the iOS App Store and the iTunes store on a Mac, the gift option doesn't appear for apps that I already own. I can't believe that Apple doesn't let you purchase an additional copy of something that you already own as a gift for someone else.
App that I own
App that I don't
Am I missing something, or is app gifting really this half baked?
A: The gift function is embedded in the small triangle control to the right of the Buy|Download text - almost looking like it's the same button on iTunes for a computer.
Just click the square button and select Gift This App. On iOS you will want to press the rectangle with the arrow key and select Gift.
A: If you hit the "share" button (if I'm calling it that correctly, it looks like a square with an arrow pointing up from it). One of the options is "gift".
A: In the iTunes store, you can log out of our account, and then the "gift this" option will appear. You can click the option, and then it will prompt you to re-enter you Apple ID but you can still go through with the purchase.
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da0da509d3da9aec69c880fbdff2700ff4dd9a91 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Taking forever to move files to the trash Finder is taking forever to move, rename, etc. files, especially when moving to the trash or emptying the trash.
Here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI1jlh8d6C0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It takes 80-95% of my CPU and spins 13 threads to think about it for a few minutes:
About my Mac:
A: So, I took it to the Apple store, they weren't really any help. I held down option and reinstalled the OS in-place and that worked! Finally I can use Finder again .. whew! Let me know if this helped you.
| Q: Taking forever to move files to the trash Finder is taking forever to move, rename, etc. files, especially when moving to the trash or emptying the trash.
Here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI1jlh8d6C0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It takes 80-95% of my CPU and spins 13 threads to think about it for a few minutes:
About my Mac:
A: So, I took it to the Apple store, they weren't really any help. I held down option and reinstalled the OS in-place and that worked! Finally I can use Finder again .. whew! Let me know if this helped you.
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6546279c42d99c27977ed2ea2b56171a5e71e833 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I shuffle a set of songs when I add them to Up Next? In iTunes 11, let's say I'm playing Song X by Artist A.
I have a few more albums by Artist A, and decide I want to hear some more of their stuff, but I'd like to hear it at random.
If I switch to the Artists view, I can select Artist A and hit Shuffle, but that will immediately start playing random tracks by the artist, eliminating whatever I already had playing.
I can also pick Add Artist A to Up Next from the context menu, but this will add all their songs in order to Up Next.
Can I have my cake and eat it too, somehow? Can I both maintain the currently playing song and enqueue the shuffled set of Artist A's songs to play Up Next?
A: I think the ability to shuffle particularly in the upnext panel is not there in iTunes. However you can select Upnext and manually drag and rearrange the songs. I know this is a pain but hopefully Apple will update the shuffle feature for Upnext in a future iTunes update.
| Q: Can I shuffle a set of songs when I add them to Up Next? In iTunes 11, let's say I'm playing Song X by Artist A.
I have a few more albums by Artist A, and decide I want to hear some more of their stuff, but I'd like to hear it at random.
If I switch to the Artists view, I can select Artist A and hit Shuffle, but that will immediately start playing random tracks by the artist, eliminating whatever I already had playing.
I can also pick Add Artist A to Up Next from the context menu, but this will add all their songs in order to Up Next.
Can I have my cake and eat it too, somehow? Can I both maintain the currently playing song and enqueue the shuffled set of Artist A's songs to play Up Next?
A: I think the ability to shuffle particularly in the upnext panel is not there in iTunes. However you can select Upnext and manually drag and rearrange the songs. I know this is a pain but hopefully Apple will update the shuffle feature for Upnext in a future iTunes update.
A: As far as being able to shuffle the "Up Next" tracks, I've found it quite simple to select all those tracks in "up next" and drag into a new playlist. From there of course it can be shuffled by song or album (Controls > Shuffle...). Its technically a workaround and I too hope "Apple will update the shuffle feature for Upnext in a future iTunes update."
A: You can option-click the shuffle button at the top of an album to queue it in a random order. Oddly, if I do that for the artist it only adds the first song in the list. Weird. And you can't intermingle different albums like this, you have to do that manually in the Up Next panel.
Correction: if you go to Artists view, select All Artists and then option-click the shuffle button next to one of the artist names, it will queue all the songs by that artist in a random order. If you select an individual artist and do it, it will only queue the first song.
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e8a3f48a7cf5712ea969dcb1082f6ad8dc448cf6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can one still sort By Album By Year in any of the views in iTunes 11? In previous versions of iTunes, it was possible to sort songs by Artist, and then by Album By Year, so that albums would be shown in the order they were released, rather than alphabetical order.
I can't find a way to replicate this behaviour in any of the various views in iTunes 11: In the Songs view, I can only sort by a single column, and in the other views where songs are grouped by albums, the albums are always displayed in alphabetical order.
Is there an option I'm missing, or is sorting by Album By Year no longer an option?
A: While in the albums view go to the view menu and select viewing options (command+j) and choose sort by year.
Here is a screenshot (in german but I hope you get the important points).
| Q: Can one still sort By Album By Year in any of the views in iTunes 11? In previous versions of iTunes, it was possible to sort songs by Artist, and then by Album By Year, so that albums would be shown in the order they were released, rather than alphabetical order.
I can't find a way to replicate this behaviour in any of the various views in iTunes 11: In the Songs view, I can only sort by a single column, and in the other views where songs are grouped by albums, the albums are always displayed in alphabetical order.
Is there an option I'm missing, or is sorting by Album By Year no longer an option?
A: While in the albums view go to the view menu and select viewing options (command+j) and choose sort by year.
Here is a screenshot (in german but I hope you get the important points).
A: In artist view press command+j (Mac) or ctrl+j (windows).
Then select "sort albums by year" in the popup.
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fb0634ef87f5f32cd9d19dff715b00637e6bcb33 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mail application captures huge disk space I found my startup disk free space to be very low and decreasing every minute without any files be downloaded or copied to my Macbook pro. I stopped running programs one by one and found when I stop Mail application (the original apple Mail) my free space is not decreasing anymore.
I had two email accounts assigned to my Mail application to be synchronized: my Gmail and the academic email account. I just removed Gmail from the Mail application and at once 40GB was restored to my free space!!!
And my question: While GMail has only 10GB quota (and I have used much less than this quota) how the Gmail account on the Mail application can capture 40GB of disk space? Is there any solution to use Gmail account active on Mail application, but with small disk space being used?
A: Check that your are not keeping a copy of every email you've received, with their attachments. Under Mail / Preferences / Accounts, by selecting your account and then Advanced, you'll find an option regarding this matter.
There are several options which may help you saving some space.
| Q: Mail application captures huge disk space I found my startup disk free space to be very low and decreasing every minute without any files be downloaded or copied to my Macbook pro. I stopped running programs one by one and found when I stop Mail application (the original apple Mail) my free space is not decreasing anymore.
I had two email accounts assigned to my Mail application to be synchronized: my Gmail and the academic email account. I just removed Gmail from the Mail application and at once 40GB was restored to my free space!!!
And my question: While GMail has only 10GB quota (and I have used much less than this quota) how the Gmail account on the Mail application can capture 40GB of disk space? Is there any solution to use Gmail account active on Mail application, but with small disk space being used?
A: Check that your are not keeping a copy of every email you've received, with their attachments. Under Mail / Preferences / Accounts, by selecting your account and then Advanced, you'll find an option regarding this matter.
There are several options which may help you saving some space.
A: I think the problem is because of the IMAP folder synching and the attachments contained in e-mails in this folders: Attachments in folders are not only pointers to the original file, but synchronized (thus downloaded and stored on your hard disc) for each of the IMAP/GMAIL-folders one E-Mail is in. So if one e-mail is in 5 folders, the attachment will be stored 5 times. I'm not 100% sure about that, but this is my guess.
So head to the Webinterface of Gmail, open the settings and find the "labels" tab. Uncheck all unnecessary folders, so that they will not be synchronized between Mail.app and Gmail. Now much less disc space should be used.
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4e2d6384adaa6697976201170237fd5ce166cb8b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: My FaceTime cannot be activated I got an iPad 2 running iOS 6.0.1. and I really have no idea why my FaceTime cannot be activated.
I always got an error while log in (username or password is incorrect)
But actually the Apple ID and password is correct and it can be used for downloading apps and iMessage.
A: This error is only set to appear if your username or password is indeed incorrect, it doesn't fire by random. My advice would be to reset your password using iForgot.
| Q: My FaceTime cannot be activated I got an iPad 2 running iOS 6.0.1. and I really have no idea why my FaceTime cannot be activated.
I always got an error while log in (username or password is incorrect)
But actually the Apple ID and password is correct and it can be used for downloading apps and iMessage.
A: This error is only set to appear if your username or password is indeed incorrect, it doesn't fire by random. My advice would be to reset your password using iForgot.
A: I had this same issue, so I called apple phone support, and told them about the problem, and it worked fine. I was on my mac (10.8) and it said Your password was incorrect even though it was correct.
If you still are having the issue, try giving apple tech support a call
A: I just have the feeling because of the lack of an accepted answer to state the correct answer down here:
Always try changing your password first. If that does not help you can look for further causes, but it will fix the issue in most cases. The same counts for iCloud giving issues, just be sure you log out completely and you have to enter your Apple ID all over again. (I've got a similar issue when I changed my Apple ID email address to a new one. I had to log out completely on all devices to get it to work properly.)
*
*Just change your password as it might have been expired.
A: If I remember correctly it's because the certificate in your iPad for FaceTime has expired. You should be able to get it working again by simply updating your iPad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
This article used to specify which iOS version needs to be updated, now its simplified to just telling users to keep their device up-to-date.
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94d3cdf4184df70e5842947b3aa684288fad55ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Add SSD to iMac: Thunderbolt or internal? Is there any thunderbolt SSD which can be as fast or at least not much slower than internal one from OWC? I want to use is as system disk. It will be good to have two thunderbolt ports on this thing to daisy chain display.
It will be also a big bonus if I can buy it in Europe (because of specifics of organization where I am working).
A: Thunderbolt is 10 Gb/s. Internal ones use SATA II or III at 3 or 6 Gb/s, respectively.
However the Thunderbolt ones use SATA III internally. So you won't see any difference.
| Q: Add SSD to iMac: Thunderbolt or internal? Is there any thunderbolt SSD which can be as fast or at least not much slower than internal one from OWC? I want to use is as system disk. It will be good to have two thunderbolt ports on this thing to daisy chain display.
It will be also a big bonus if I can buy it in Europe (because of specifics of organization where I am working).
A: Thunderbolt is 10 Gb/s. Internal ones use SATA II or III at 3 or 6 Gb/s, respectively.
However the Thunderbolt ones use SATA III internally. So you won't see any difference.
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310a8f6e0da49579b311e2e51d809f5986b35ba4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I combine PDF files and automatically create a table of contents? I have a bunch of PDF files named, say, chapter1, chapter2, etc. I would like to combine them into a single file and create a table of contents where each file gets an entry.
If memory serves, there used to be a tool called CombinePDFs that could do that, but it was written as a RealBASIC application and does not seem to work on OS X 10.8 anymore.
Any alternative suggestion?
Note: it's really about the automatic table of contents feature; I know how to merge/join/combine PDF files without one.
A: PDF Pen Pro 6 is my weapon of choice for this sort of advanced processing task.
*
*https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdfpenpro-6/id609313570?mt=12
I find in PDF handling software on the Mac, you generally get what you pay for. This is premium software for advanced tasks and scripting. Their lighter version might suit your two needs as well, so check before buying.
| Q: How can I combine PDF files and automatically create a table of contents? I have a bunch of PDF files named, say, chapter1, chapter2, etc. I would like to combine them into a single file and create a table of contents where each file gets an entry.
If memory serves, there used to be a tool called CombinePDFs that could do that, but it was written as a RealBASIC application and does not seem to work on OS X 10.8 anymore.
Any alternative suggestion?
Note: it's really about the automatic table of contents feature; I know how to merge/join/combine PDF files without one.
A: PDF Pen Pro 6 is my weapon of choice for this sort of advanced processing task.
*
*https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdfpenpro-6/id609313570?mt=12
I find in PDF handling software on the Mac, you generally get what you pay for. This is premium software for advanced tasks and scripting. Their lighter version might suit your two needs as well, so check before buying.
A: Sejda PDF is an online and desktop cross platform toolset for editing PDF files.
The Merge PDF tool has an option to create a table of contents based on:
*
*Names of files being merged
*Titles of documents being merged
It has another 2 features that works nicely combined with generating the TOC:
*
*Generating top level bookmarks for each merged file (can wrap existing bookmarks)
*Adding the filename/document name to the footer of each merged page (to identify the source document)
Sejda PDF is free to use within limits (3 tasks per day, 50 pages max per merge - not much for a merged document).
A: PDFCombo, new free app for Mac OS X, combines PDFs and preserves the table of contents. It can also add a TOC entry based on filename to link to first page of every contributing PDF in the combined PDF.
Download here: http://www.onekerato.com/downloads.html
A: If you use the 'Combine / Merge to single PDF option in Acrobat Pro 9' this makes one PDF where the TOC has an entry for each file.
Unfortunately this is not freeware.
A: Calibre appears to be a freeware solution that you could use to break down these PDFs into files that you could use inside iBA, which would allow you to create a ToC with the newly added files and export the final product as a PDF. Definitely more time consuming than the method mentioned for Acrobat, but less expensive.
Calibre E-Book Management
A: PDFOutliner is available in the Mac App Store and works great for me when I need to create or edit a Table of Contents. I want to note that this application does not appear to be a good solution for combining the PDF documents. But once they are combined -- perhaps with some of the free solutions mentioned here -- this very inexpensive app does a good job of managing the ToC.
A: I had the same problem and I found that pdfsam (pdf split and merge) available freely for different platforms, does this job, it may create clickable TOC.
A: For those who don't know the first merge step, open both in Preview. Then drag on PDF icon on top of the other ones. More details here. It doesn't require additonal software.
A: You can start by using preview's "INSERT" option.
Start by opening pdf(1), then click on "EDIT" then "INSERT" (pdf2) from file.
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56eea9150442ec1ef8c41b73af746e36290db63c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Replacement for iPod.app on old iPhone 3G with large buttons for play/pause and prev/next track I've dedicated my old iPhone 3G as a Bluetooth audio player. It works great except for controlling the audio. I find that the previous and next buttons are too close to the play/pause button on both the lock screen and in iTunes. I often jump to the next song when I just wanted to pause the current song.
Are there any iOS 4.2.1 apps out there to fit my needs? I found Big Button Music Player, which is the type of thing I'm looking for, but the current version requires iOS 5 or greater.
Any recommendations for apps to play the music I already have on my phone, and provide a UI with larger buttons?
A: You can try Track 8 - swipe to change tracks - but I'm not sure whether it is iOS 5 or later.
| Q: Replacement for iPod.app on old iPhone 3G with large buttons for play/pause and prev/next track I've dedicated my old iPhone 3G as a Bluetooth audio player. It works great except for controlling the audio. I find that the previous and next buttons are too close to the play/pause button on both the lock screen and in iTunes. I often jump to the next song when I just wanted to pause the current song.
Are there any iOS 4.2.1 apps out there to fit my needs? I found Big Button Music Player, which is the type of thing I'm looking for, but the current version requires iOS 5 or greater.
Any recommendations for apps to play the music I already have on my phone, and provide a UI with larger buttons?
A: You can try Track 8 - swipe to change tracks - but I'm not sure whether it is iOS 5 or later.
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f4bcd9e89cda1f4eb5aafff716b256dafe8700e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make Mountain Lion read iMessage texts as they come in? On my MacBook Air in Lion with the iMessages beta I was able to set up iMessage to read all incoming messages automatically with text to speech.
I can't find how to turn that on with Mountain Lion.
I see how I can make it announce or I can select text to have it read out loud but I had it just automatically reading incoming messages out loud with text to speech before.
A: iMessage->Preferences->Alerts check 'Speak an announcement'
| Q: How do I make Mountain Lion read iMessage texts as they come in? On my MacBook Air in Lion with the iMessages beta I was able to set up iMessage to read all incoming messages automatically with text to speech.
I can't find how to turn that on with Mountain Lion.
I see how I can make it announce or I can select text to have it read out loud but I had it just automatically reading incoming messages out loud with text to speech before.
A: iMessage->Preferences->Alerts check 'Speak an announcement'
A: I think you can't do it right now. However if Apple gives iMessage support to Automator you can write an Automator script to do that and when the message arrived you can initiate that script from iMessage->Preferences->Alerts
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e78e2baf3aca27b0a05903de23da9a59f73a9566 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can the Finder Dock be fixed to show all icons of aliases instead of some? I have a folder in my dock full of aliases to applications. When I add a new alias, the icon doesn't usually show up in the Dock folder:
but the icons are there in the Finder window for the same folder in every case. Usually the icons will show up eventually (with no clear indication of what triggers the fix), but these 4 apps have been stuck without an icon for some time and through a reboot. I have this now on Mountain Lion, but the same thing happened in Lion.
Does anyone know how to fix things (preventative or remedial) so the Dock will display icons properly?
A: I was able to work around this by dragging the folder out of the Dock to remove it, then dragging the folder back from the Finder into the Dock. I'd still love to know if there's something that would fix it in place, but this is working for me now.
| Q: Can the Finder Dock be fixed to show all icons of aliases instead of some? I have a folder in my dock full of aliases to applications. When I add a new alias, the icon doesn't usually show up in the Dock folder:
but the icons are there in the Finder window for the same folder in every case. Usually the icons will show up eventually (with no clear indication of what triggers the fix), but these 4 apps have been stuck without an icon for some time and through a reboot. I have this now on Mountain Lion, but the same thing happened in Lion.
Does anyone know how to fix things (preventative or remedial) so the Dock will display icons properly?
A: I was able to work around this by dragging the folder out of the Dock to remove it, then dragging the folder back from the Finder into the Dock. I'd still love to know if there's something that would fix it in place, but this is working for me now.
A: Does making a folder of aliases in, say, Documents, and using them from there - rather than direct aliases from apps - does that help?
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d46f0434e9fc65d197401ef48f1560ae2d22987b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable USB android tethering on OS X Mountain Lion without using Easy-Tether (Lite) I can tether fine to Windows 7, but on my Mac OS X Mountain Lion, it does not recognize the USB network. I can install Easy-Tether (Lite) but that comes with some restrictions (e.g. no secure web pages, so no gmail), so I'd like to use the built in tethering of Cyanogenmod 7 that I have on my Android phone.
Is there anyway to fix the Mac OS X Mountain Lion install so that it properly recognizes the USB network connection?
A: I'm guessing this isn't your preference, but the paid version of Easy Tether comes with the appropriate Mac OS X kernel extensions - so you could just pay the one time fee (currently $10) to have this feature programmed by someone who has done the work.
I'm fine with you not selecting this answer, but wanted it here for others that might need a solution that gets around the restrictions in the Lite version of the tethering software.
| Q: How to enable USB android tethering on OS X Mountain Lion without using Easy-Tether (Lite) I can tether fine to Windows 7, but on my Mac OS X Mountain Lion, it does not recognize the USB network. I can install Easy-Tether (Lite) but that comes with some restrictions (e.g. no secure web pages, so no gmail), so I'd like to use the built in tethering of Cyanogenmod 7 that I have on my Android phone.
Is there anyway to fix the Mac OS X Mountain Lion install so that it properly recognizes the USB network connection?
A: I'm guessing this isn't your preference, but the paid version of Easy Tether comes with the appropriate Mac OS X kernel extensions - so you could just pay the one time fee (currently $10) to have this feature programmed by someone who has done the work.
I'm fine with you not selecting this answer, but wanted it here for others that might need a solution that gets around the restrictions in the Lite version of the tethering software.
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e5fd45031c114df0e8035ef3187ffa3ec617f65f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I forgot the Password for WPA/WPA2 Personal where can I get it I'am trying to set up a wireless connection to my HP OfficeJet printer. For this I need to enter the password to my WLAN which I forgot.
How and where can I retrieve it?
A: *
*Open the Keychain Access app (located in the Utilities folder, within the Applications folder).
*In the search box (upper right corner), type in the name of your Wi-Fi network.
*Double click the corresponding entry in the main panel. If there is more than one, look for the most recent one with a type matching "AirPort network password".
*Click the checkbox labelled Show password, and enter your user account password when prompted. The password will be displayed in the text box, where you can copy it as needed.
| Q: I forgot the Password for WPA/WPA2 Personal where can I get it I'am trying to set up a wireless connection to my HP OfficeJet printer. For this I need to enter the password to my WLAN which I forgot.
How and where can I retrieve it?
A: *
*Open the Keychain Access app (located in the Utilities folder, within the Applications folder).
*In the search box (upper right corner), type in the name of your Wi-Fi network.
*Double click the corresponding entry in the main panel. If there is more than one, look for the most recent one with a type matching "AirPort network password".
*Click the checkbox labelled Show password, and enter your user account password when prompted. The password will be displayed in the text box, where you can copy it as needed.
A: If you have Cydia on your iPhone, iPod or iPad you can download "WiFi Passwords" from Xsellize repo. Its free and it will show you all your stored WiFi networks you've been connected to along with their associated passwords.
Is not hacking, is just reading the stored information stored in your iPhone, iPod or iPad.
A: As a last resort, you can reset your WLAN to factory settings and put in a new password of your choice...
A: take a backup of the router config file and use nirsoft tools to view the config file in order to get the password in text format.
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970d92101b6086d44ff3163bcc3897e6a85286c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how do I get Terminal's Search with Google to open in the default browser? Scenario: working away in Terminal, get an error message. Want to google it so I select text and use right-click and "Search with Google". Opens Safari every time. Google Chrome is my default browser. I've restarted the machine twice since I confirmed that.
A: Search with Google is a service provided by Safari and has nothing to do with Terminal.
Google Chrome should provide its own service for this feature. It doesn't.
Or you can write your own, e.g. using Automator and AppleScript:
Open Automator and select to create a new Service. At the top, select text and any application. Then, add a Run Shell Script action from the library to the workflow by drag&drop or double-clicking. Change its input to as arguments, and paste the following script in its main text area:
#!/bin/bash
function urlencode {
echo -n "$@" | perl -MURI::Escape -ne 'print uri_escape($_)'
}
open "http://google.com/search?q=$( urlencode "$@" )"
This will open the URL http://google.com/search?q= followed by your URL-escaped text selection in your default browser.
Save as Search with Google in Default Browser and try again.
| Q: how do I get Terminal's Search with Google to open in the default browser? Scenario: working away in Terminal, get an error message. Want to google it so I select text and use right-click and "Search with Google". Opens Safari every time. Google Chrome is my default browser. I've restarted the machine twice since I confirmed that.
A: Search with Google is a service provided by Safari and has nothing to do with Terminal.
Google Chrome should provide its own service for this feature. It doesn't.
Or you can write your own, e.g. using Automator and AppleScript:
Open Automator and select to create a new Service. At the top, select text and any application. Then, add a Run Shell Script action from the library to the workflow by drag&drop or double-clicking. Change its input to as arguments, and paste the following script in its main text area:
#!/bin/bash
function urlencode {
echo -n "$@" | perl -MURI::Escape -ne 'print uri_escape($_)'
}
open "http://google.com/search?q=$( urlencode "$@" )"
This will open the URL http://google.com/search?q= followed by your URL-escaped text selection in your default browser.
Save as Search with Google in Default Browser and try again.
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81f641aa711be39815d24fa020dda85b8b22befa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sleep / hibernation logic on OS X I'm wondering what is a logic of sleep/hibernate of the OS X System.
On the lid closing MacBook should go to sleep - it is obvious but.. What if the machine is running only on batteries and it is in sleep mode for a long time (until complete discharge of the bateries). Does OS X will store RAM on disk to keep user work safe?
A: It depends on how you have configured the hibernate bits in the power manager.
Setting aside desktop machines which by default to not write anything to persistent storage when the system enters sleep, the default behavior is to write a copy of RAM to storage so that either power remains to wake the machine from RAM or the system will detect the sleep image and restore from that rather than booting from a clean state.
You can set more exotic combinations using pmset and a shell, but it is not officially "supported".
| Q: Sleep / hibernation logic on OS X I'm wondering what is a logic of sleep/hibernate of the OS X System.
On the lid closing MacBook should go to sleep - it is obvious but.. What if the machine is running only on batteries and it is in sleep mode for a long time (until complete discharge of the bateries). Does OS X will store RAM on disk to keep user work safe?
A: It depends on how you have configured the hibernate bits in the power manager.
Setting aside desktop machines which by default to not write anything to persistent storage when the system enters sleep, the default behavior is to write a copy of RAM to storage so that either power remains to wake the machine from RAM or the system will detect the sleep image and restore from that rather than booting from a clean state.
You can set more exotic combinations using pmset and a shell, but it is not officially "supported".
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4a57bfcaede4eb4542ce2cc4f53868aec467b20c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: New Macbook pro rarely recognizes additional display, freezes when connected My new 13" MacBook Pro rarely recognizes a third-party display. The display works fine with a PC. It is connected via a third-party Thunderbolt/VGA adapter. Worked beautifully the first time. Now I get a "no signal" on the monitor. MacBook partially freezes. Tried rebooting, etc. No luck.
| Q: New Macbook pro rarely recognizes additional display, freezes when connected My new 13" MacBook Pro rarely recognizes a third-party display. The display works fine with a PC. It is connected via a third-party Thunderbolt/VGA adapter. Worked beautifully the first time. Now I get a "no signal" on the monitor. MacBook partially freezes. Tried rebooting, etc. No luck.
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099f2cf6ad4712227c87d141023de19cbbe60164 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to have a specific contact make a ring sound even in silent mode I have an iPhone 4, and I have the switch on the side set to switch silent mode on and off.
I'd like specific contacts (for example, She Who Must Be Obeyed) to ring when they call, even in silent mode.
I've seen various hacks on the internet suggesting using a "silent" ring tone, but that's not what I want. I basically want two states:
*
*All callers cause the phone to ring (according to their individual ring tone settings)
*Almost all callers are silent except for VIPs
Is this possible?
A: This is an old post, but I came across it today looking for the same thing. For an iPhone 5c, running iOS 10.3.3, I found that going to Contacts' > 'NameOfContactYouWant > Edit > Ringtone (or Text Tone) > Emergency Bypass On will allow calls/texts to go through when the phone is otherwise silent.
| Q: How to have a specific contact make a ring sound even in silent mode I have an iPhone 4, and I have the switch on the side set to switch silent mode on and off.
I'd like specific contacts (for example, She Who Must Be Obeyed) to ring when they call, even in silent mode.
I've seen various hacks on the internet suggesting using a "silent" ring tone, but that's not what I want. I basically want two states:
*
*All callers cause the phone to ring (according to their individual ring tone settings)
*Almost all callers are silent except for VIPs
Is this possible?
A: This is an old post, but I came across it today looking for the same thing. For an iPhone 5c, running iOS 10.3.3, I found that going to Contacts' > 'NameOfContactYouWant > Edit > Ringtone (or Text Tone) > Emergency Bypass On will allow calls/texts to go through when the phone is otherwise silent.
A: That's one of the benefits of the "Do not disturb" function in iOS 6:
*
*assign all contacts which can reach you even when you don't want to be disturbed int a contact group via iCloud
*activate "Do not disturb" in Settings and configure the Notifications settings to still allow calls from the contact group you created. You can also schedule a time range when you want Do Not Disturb to automatically activate.
*silence switch will still work as intended (silencing the phone)
A: This is an old question but I stumbled on it when trying to find an answer for my iPhone 8. There is now a real solution to this problem— edit the contact and turn “Emergency Bypass On”. The text says it overrides Do Not Disturb, but I tested it and it overrides the silent switch too!
A: One (painful) workaround is to give She Who Must Be Obayed access to your Apple ID so she can use Find iPhone to "Play Sound" if you don't answer your phone. AFAIK that is the only Apple-approved way to play a sound on an iPhone while the phone is muted.
A: Don't use the mute button. Instead, use the Do Not Disturb manual function in settings and select "Allow calls from Favorites". Open a contact and select the star from the bottom right to make it a favorite.
A: What you are looking for is not possible with the defaults settings available to you. The only way you can differentiate users is via the VIP, and so you need to do the workaround you suggested in order to only have a selection of users ring.
*
*Use a silent ringtone as default
*Choose an actual ringtone for your VIP's
Of course, the obvious drawback is that when not muted, your non-VIP contacts are still muted. You can then perhaps further workaround this by setting a vibrate setting, and then setting vibrate when silent to off, which will mean that VIPs always ring, but non VIPs bibrate, or do nothing.
A: If you're open to simply controlling who is allowed to cause your phone to ring (not necessarily dependent on whether or phone is on "Silent"), here are some options:
Option 1: Use Do Not Disturb
Turn on "Do Not Disturb" and set the "Do Not Disturb" settings to only "Allow Calls From" your "Favorites" (add/remove Favorites in the "Phone" app or directly on a contact in the "Contacts" app).
Note: this will silence all other notifications, because "Do Not Disturb" will be active.
More info on The Verge.
Option 2: Silence Unknown Callers
Another option is to silence all callers that are not in your contacts using "Silence Unknown Callers" in your "Phone" settings.
More info on CNET.
Personal Choice
I always keep my phone on "Do Not Disturb" as I like to be in control of when I decide to look at my phone. I allow calls from "All Contacts", and make sure to add anyone that I expect calls from to my contacts. If I'm expecting a delivery or something, I'll temporarily turn off "Do Not Disturb". If I'm expecting unknown calls within a wide time range, I'll just allow all calls temporarily so that I can keep "Do Not Disturb" on.
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657e918d40965735ba76fc7a091f653903c48bbb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: The history is shared between my iTerm2 terminal tabs: how can I switch that off? I am using iTerm2 (with zsh), and for some reason the history is shared between the different tabs and windows that are open. In most of the cases for me, this is annoying, since I have tabs per specific task, and if I have to redo some commands, I just want to be able to go back (up) in history to retrieve the last action for that window/tab only.
I have no idea how to disable this shared history, I read somewhere that you can enable shared history in zsh, but afaik I have done no such thing.
Can anybody point me in the right direction?
A: Executing the following should do the trick (use setopt to reenable them):
unsetopt inc_append_history
unsetopt share_history
| Q: The history is shared between my iTerm2 terminal tabs: how can I switch that off? I am using iTerm2 (with zsh), and for some reason the history is shared between the different tabs and windows that are open. In most of the cases for me, this is annoying, since I have tabs per specific task, and if I have to redo some commands, I just want to be able to go back (up) in history to retrieve the last action for that window/tab only.
I have no idea how to disable this shared history, I read somewhere that you can enable shared history in zsh, but afaik I have done no such thing.
Can anybody point me in the right direction?
A: Executing the following should do the trick (use setopt to reenable them):
unsetopt inc_append_history
unsetopt share_history
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bb8664a182a8e521c9a097e6e0bf09f37a561584 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How much power does a mac mini uses? I would like to know how much power would a mac Mini consume per month/year if:
*
*always powered, but under very low load web server
*OS, probably Ubuntu
*two drives: one SSD and one HD.
*model Early 2010, Core duo 2
I know that the manufacturer specification says it would consume between 11W-85W.
How can I convert this to Amps?
A: If the idle power consumption was 11 W and the maximum was 85 W, the average might be something like 15 W if it's under very low load.
That would be about 500 MJ per year (15*86400*365).
If you paid 0.15 USD per kilowatt hour for electricity and the Mac mini was on all the time, it would cost about 20 USD per year (0.15*0.015*24*365).
15 W is about 65 mA with 230 V (European) voltage and 125 mA with 120 V (North American) voltage.
| Q: How much power does a mac mini uses? I would like to know how much power would a mac Mini consume per month/year if:
*
*always powered, but under very low load web server
*OS, probably Ubuntu
*two drives: one SSD and one HD.
*model Early 2010, Core duo 2
I know that the manufacturer specification says it would consume between 11W-85W.
How can I convert this to Amps?
A: If the idle power consumption was 11 W and the maximum was 85 W, the average might be something like 15 W if it's under very low load.
That would be about 500 MJ per year (15*86400*365).
If you paid 0.15 USD per kilowatt hour for electricity and the Mac mini was on all the time, it would cost about 20 USD per year (0.15*0.015*24*365).
15 W is about 65 mA with 230 V (European) voltage and 125 mA with 120 V (North American) voltage.
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3015cfa8e36070049532446c3cea53ff4922b25b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove "zombie entries" from login items when the controls are dimmed? How can I get rid of zombie entries in Login items?
In this case BambooCore App doesn't respond to the - control even when I select it. Also the hide checkbox is disabled on this item, just like the delete control.
A: It's far late, but I have discovered today, trying to remove a similar zombie item that you cannot remove items for ALL ITEMS when the padlock icon is closed. Open the padlock for any action that involves other users. That's all.
| Q: How can I remove "zombie entries" from login items when the controls are dimmed? How can I get rid of zombie entries in Login items?
In this case BambooCore App doesn't respond to the - control even when I select it. Also the hide checkbox is disabled on this item, just like the delete control.
A: It's far late, but I have discovered today, trying to remove a similar zombie item that you cannot remove items for ALL ITEMS when the padlock icon is closed. Open the padlock for any action that involves other users. That's all.
A: The (All Users) is a clue that the system has been instructed to make all users have this item and it's not something you would add or remove from a user account.
You could browse to /Library/StartupItems and just remove the Bamboo (or potentially Wacom) items by moving them to trash or uninstalling the software that put those items on the system.
To be complete, if there are other users on the Mac, they may need to re-add that program if they want to use it.
A: Seems you don’t have permission to remove this item — are you on a restricted account? You could try to launch System Preferences with sudo, and then try again. Open Terminal, then type this:
sudo open /Applications/System\ Preferences.app/
You will have to enter your user password (which is not shown on screen).
Let me know if this works!
A: Other applications add login items to /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist. You can remove them by just deleting the plist and restarting (logging out and back in isn't enough).
A: After I "Click the lock to make changes" in the lower right cornet of the preference page, I was able to remove the "Bamboo Core"
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845b97421b0fbf7725de59a9916799232b03d365 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Ways to retrive deleted iMessages on iPhone This may be a popular question, but I have not seen a very satisfying answer for it. It is unfortunate when one accidentally deletes iMessages because all of the history of that message is gone, and there appears to be no way to get it back on the device itself.
Are there existing apps that would recover messages onto the device?
A: I am not aware of apps that can recover messages from your iPhone. If you accidentally deleted messages off your iPhone, you would need to restore the iPhone from your most recent iCloud or iTunes backup.
The restore will bring back all the SMS/iMessages that were present on your iPhone at the time of the backup itself.
| Q: Ways to retrive deleted iMessages on iPhone This may be a popular question, but I have not seen a very satisfying answer for it. It is unfortunate when one accidentally deletes iMessages because all of the history of that message is gone, and there appears to be no way to get it back on the device itself.
Are there existing apps that would recover messages onto the device?
A: I am not aware of apps that can recover messages from your iPhone. If you accidentally deleted messages off your iPhone, you would need to restore the iPhone from your most recent iCloud or iTunes backup.
The restore will bring back all the SMS/iMessages that were present on your iPhone at the time of the backup itself.
A: You have two options to be able to access those deleted iMessages
*
*If you have a mac computer with the Messages application set up, you can view the messages in that app after deleting them from your phone. This will only work for iMessages and not text messages.
*You can restore your iPhone to a previous iCloud or iTunes backup to view the messages on your phone again.
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ba9c4be5c1d240b78c2e835dee7c28f1873c0ba8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get Siri to ignore a particular contact that shares someone else's name? I have two people in my contacts with the same first name (let's call them John). One person, John Appleseed, I talk to all the time. The other one, John Doe, I haven't spoken to in years.
When I tell Siri something like "Where is John?" or "Text John What's up?", I'm frequently asked "Which one? John Appleseed, or John Doe?"
Other than deleting the unfortunate person who shares the same first name as someone I talk to all the time, how can I teach Siri that "John" always refers to John Appleseed?
A: Try giving the contact a nickname (Add Field > Nickname) in your Contacts, and then use that nickname when ordering Siri to text that person. Alternatively, put a character in front of old John's name so Siri never gets confused (e.g., xJohn or oldJohn or #John).
| Q: How do I get Siri to ignore a particular contact that shares someone else's name? I have two people in my contacts with the same first name (let's call them John). One person, John Appleseed, I talk to all the time. The other one, John Doe, I haven't spoken to in years.
When I tell Siri something like "Where is John?" or "Text John What's up?", I'm frequently asked "Which one? John Appleseed, or John Doe?"
Other than deleting the unfortunate person who shares the same first name as someone I talk to all the time, how can I teach Siri that "John" always refers to John Appleseed?
A: Try giving the contact a nickname (Add Field > Nickname) in your Contacts, and then use that nickname when ordering Siri to text that person. Alternatively, put a character in front of old John's name so Siri never gets confused (e.g., xJohn or oldJohn or #John).
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4d0e9d614ed9b0d054fb0fb7bdd14266c9187eee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Setting custom reminders for birthdays in ios calendar When a contact is associated with a birthday in ios contacts app, I see that person's birthday appear as an all-day event in the calendar app. However, I don't see how to update the event so that a custom reminder may be set. For example, I would like to be reminded 2 days in advance.
I am using ios 6.0.1.
A: Settings > Mail, contacts, calendars > Default alert times > birthdays
Apparently there are a few options here. You cannot specifically set a custom time at the time of my writing this, but it is possible to pick "a day before", "2 days before", "1 week before" or on day of event. I don't see a way to select a different time though other than 9 am.
| Q: Setting custom reminders for birthdays in ios calendar When a contact is associated with a birthday in ios contacts app, I see that person's birthday appear as an all-day event in the calendar app. However, I don't see how to update the event so that a custom reminder may be set. For example, I would like to be reminded 2 days in advance.
I am using ios 6.0.1.
A: Settings > Mail, contacts, calendars > Default alert times > birthdays
Apparently there are a few options here. You cannot specifically set a custom time at the time of my writing this, but it is possible to pick "a day before", "2 days before", "1 week before" or on day of event. I don't see a way to select a different time though other than 9 am.
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5fb85a447264dc8685e5995b8f59ecbd6b9d6a75 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: remove highlighting from Stickies? Text that is copied from a web browser and pasted into the native Stickies app often brings text highlighting along with it and I haven't been able to find a way to remove the highlighting within Stickies. My current workaround is to paste the text into MacVim and then re-copy and paste it into Stickies.
Is there a way to remove highlighting within Stickies? Even better would be a way to remove all text formatting within Stickies.
A: I suggest that you try the “Paste and match style” menu command, right below “Paste” - the corresponding shortcut is ⇧–⌥–⌘-V. It will paste the content, but strip all the associated formatting.
| Q: remove highlighting from Stickies? Text that is copied from a web browser and pasted into the native Stickies app often brings text highlighting along with it and I haven't been able to find a way to remove the highlighting within Stickies. My current workaround is to paste the text into MacVim and then re-copy and paste it into Stickies.
Is there a way to remove highlighting within Stickies? Even better would be a way to remove all text formatting within Stickies.
A: I suggest that you try the “Paste and match style” menu command, right below “Paste” - the corresponding shortcut is ⇧–⌥–⌘-V. It will paste the content, but strip all the associated formatting.
A: You make a new sticky note, type in a word (for example "test") and select it.
Click right, go to fonts and then style.
Make the word in the style you want and add it to your favourite styles and give it a name (for example "MyStyle"). And save it.
Now, delete the sticky your just made.
Go to your sticky with the "problem" and select all.
Right-click and go to fonts and style
Click on favorite styles and select "MyStyle"
Click apply
This should do the trick.
A: Highlight all the text and right-click, go to font>styles and you can just click 'apply' to make all the styles match.
A: Text formatting can be changed by selecting the relevant text and typing Cmd-T.
A: I found a solution. Open up a Microsoft Word document and paste it there, then click the Remove All font option in the menus. Afterwards, you'll be able to copy and paste into the Stickies without highlightings.
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a07a3acd5a6f93d12a98e242192e8f2bdfb62be2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode 4: key binding for "Focus code blocks on hover" Xcode 4 has a Focus code blocks on hover setting in Preferences > Text Editing.
When you hover the mouse on a Code folding ribbon, the mentioned setting has the effect shown in image below.
Also, the effect stays put when you navigate with the keyboard (even when you move focus to Assistant editor, Navigator, Utilities, ... but not to, say, Organizer or Version editor).
How could you add a key binding for this?
A: *
*Go to Settings > Keybindings and search for focus.
*Then set your desired keybinding under Code Folding > Focus Follows Selection.
| Q: Xcode 4: key binding for "Focus code blocks on hover" Xcode 4 has a Focus code blocks on hover setting in Preferences > Text Editing.
When you hover the mouse on a Code folding ribbon, the mentioned setting has the effect shown in image below.
Also, the effect stays put when you navigate with the keyboard (even when you move focus to Assistant editor, Navigator, Utilities, ... but not to, say, Organizer or Version editor).
How could you add a key binding for this?
A: *
*Go to Settings > Keybindings and search for focus.
*Then set your desired keybinding under Code Folding > Focus Follows Selection.
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aafebb535fa27b58337519b67a6d9e37865bb67d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remapping keys in KeyRemap4MacBook, how do I find keycodes? I'm currently remapping some of the keys on my MacBook using KeyRemap4Macbook - in that process I need to remap the keys using this xml-file, namely private.xml, that is referenced here:http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/xml.html.en
This is an example of how private.xml looks like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>Swap Space and Tab</name>
<identifier>private.swap_space_and_tab</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::SPACE, KeyCode::TAB</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::TAB, KeyCode::SPACE</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Does anyone know where I find a chart of the keycodes referenced in the XML, the capitalized words (SPACE, TAB)?
A: Based on this answer, key codes which you are looking for are:
kVK_Tab = 0x30,
kVK_Space = 0x31,
See lines 269, 270.
Also there is an application which can show you key codes in a more friendly way.
| Q: Remapping keys in KeyRemap4MacBook, how do I find keycodes? I'm currently remapping some of the keys on my MacBook using KeyRemap4Macbook - in that process I need to remap the keys using this xml-file, namely private.xml, that is referenced here:http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/xml.html.en
This is an example of how private.xml looks like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>Swap Space and Tab</name>
<identifier>private.swap_space_and_tab</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::SPACE, KeyCode::TAB</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::TAB, KeyCode::SPACE</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Does anyone know where I find a chart of the keycodes referenced in the XML, the capitalized words (SPACE, TAB)?
A: Based on this answer, key codes which you are looking for are:
kVK_Tab = 0x30,
kVK_Space = 0x31,
See lines 269, 270.
Also there is an application which can show you key codes in a more friendly way.
A: Clicking on the "basic"-tab on the linked webpage, shows a link (List of KeyCode) to a KeyCode.data-file on their GitHub repository.
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33b13f3d12c316997061d86a082493ca45c063b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reduce quality in Netflix for iPhone? My 3G can't seem to handle Netflix streaming; it stops to buffer constantly.
The quality seems to be way too high -- it seems to be trying to do HD, without the connection for it.
Is there a way to lower the quality, down to maybe YouTube-level, so I can actually stream anything?
A: Yes, Since a lot of providers have bandwidth caps, Netflix has put in a downgrade quality option to manage video quality.
Login to netflix first, then go to
https://account.netflix.com/HdToggle
Select from
*
*Good Quality. up to 0.3 GB per hour.
*Better Quality. Up to 0.7 GB per hour.
*Best Quality. Up to 1 GB per hour, or 2.3 GB per hour for
HD.
| Q: Reduce quality in Netflix for iPhone? My 3G can't seem to handle Netflix streaming; it stops to buffer constantly.
The quality seems to be way too high -- it seems to be trying to do HD, without the connection for it.
Is there a way to lower the quality, down to maybe YouTube-level, so I can actually stream anything?
A: Yes, Since a lot of providers have bandwidth caps, Netflix has put in a downgrade quality option to manage video quality.
Login to netflix first, then go to
https://account.netflix.com/HdToggle
Select from
*
*Good Quality. up to 0.3 GB per hour.
*Better Quality. Up to 0.7 GB per hour.
*Best Quality. Up to 1 GB per hour, or 2.3 GB per hour for
HD.
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4c0d42dd12b9de2c02757b4afd80da6f43791d9e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In Messages 7.0.1 on the Mac, is it possible to delete specific messages in a chat session? I'd like to delete specific messages from a conversation in Messages 7.0.1 – is this possible? The messages in question originated from iPhones where you can tap "Edit" and select individual messages for deletion, which I've done, but I can't find a way to delete them from Messages on my Mac (where they appear because I have iCloud syncing turned on form Messages).
A: I found out how to do it: single click on the message/picture you want to delete so that it is highlighted. Then, right-click and you will be given the option to "Forward...", "Copy", or "Delete..." the message. Click "Delete...".
Note: Doing so will ONLY delete that message from Messages on your Mac. If you want to delete the same message on any particular iOS device (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), you have to delete it on each device individually.
| Q: In Messages 7.0.1 on the Mac, is it possible to delete specific messages in a chat session? I'd like to delete specific messages from a conversation in Messages 7.0.1 – is this possible? The messages in question originated from iPhones where you can tap "Edit" and select individual messages for deletion, which I've done, but I can't find a way to delete them from Messages on my Mac (where they appear because I have iCloud syncing turned on form Messages).
A: I found out how to do it: single click on the message/picture you want to delete so that it is highlighted. Then, right-click and you will be given the option to "Forward...", "Copy", or "Delete..." the message. Click "Delete...".
Note: Doing so will ONLY delete that message from Messages on your Mac. If you want to delete the same message on any particular iOS device (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), you have to delete it on each device individually.
A: Double click the messages, and tap Delete. You will receive a prompt verifying your desire to delete that message. Accept the prompt, and the message should be gone on your Mac.
In my testing, it looks like you may also have to delete from your syncing iOS device as well. It certainly isn't an instantaneous sync over.
A: I just did on my Mac Mini Server running Mountain Lion. Click to select the message you want to delete. Then hit backspace. You get the message: Are you sure you want to delete this message? Click Delete and it's gone!
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b5e4133a40e9df1d7c39742eed503d3cb7e80d3d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to set default number formatting in Numbers? In Numbers, I've seen how to change the default cell colour and font, based on table styles.
But how can one change the default number formatting? The default "American" formatting for dates, for example, drives me nuts, and it's often the first thing I change in every new spreadsheet I create!
I would like dates to automagically take on YYYY-MM-DD format — especially if I enter them that way! But currently, they revert to DD mon YY format.
A: You do not change it in Numbers.
You change the the system date format from the Language & input system Prefpane. Change the Region to United Kingdom.
Next time you launch Numbers the format will be as you want.
You can use the Custmize buttons to set the look of the dates
| Q: How to set default number formatting in Numbers? In Numbers, I've seen how to change the default cell colour and font, based on table styles.
But how can one change the default number formatting? The default "American" formatting for dates, for example, drives me nuts, and it's often the first thing I change in every new spreadsheet I create!
I would like dates to automagically take on YYYY-MM-DD format — especially if I enter them that way! But currently, they revert to DD mon YY format.
A: You do not change it in Numbers.
You change the the system date format from the Language & input system Prefpane. Change the Region to United Kingdom.
Next time you launch Numbers the format will be as you want.
You can use the Custmize buttons to set the look of the dates
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59fe9c36a8476d8f94cba2e28747f6b97899fb66 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to display the VLC playlist and the main window simultaneously How can i handle to see the VLC playlist beside my main window?
Example: I have a bunch of movies which i created a playlist for. But on my 27" iMac, i don't want to see every movie in fullscreen. For that, i want to see my playlist beside my main window.
Is there a skin or a workaround to do this?
A: Under the Menu item "View" see "View>Docked Playlist".
If it has a CHECK next to it, it is "Docked", all in 1 window.
If you remove the CHECK, you will see the "Video" and "Playlist", in 2 windows.
(I thought the original answer was saying "View", as in "look at" or "look for" the option "unCheck" ... and spent forever unsuccessfully going through the Preferences looking for "unCheck", when, obviously, "VIEW" was a MENU ITEM, at the top of the VLC window!)
| Q: How to display the VLC playlist and the main window simultaneously How can i handle to see the VLC playlist beside my main window?
Example: I have a bunch of movies which i created a playlist for. But on my 27" iMac, i don't want to see every movie in fullscreen. For that, i want to see my playlist beside my main window.
Is there a skin or a workaround to do this?
A: Under the Menu item "View" see "View>Docked Playlist".
If it has a CHECK next to it, it is "Docked", all in 1 window.
If you remove the CHECK, you will see the "Video" and "Playlist", in 2 windows.
(I thought the original answer was saying "View", as in "look at" or "look for" the option "unCheck" ... and spent forever unsuccessfully going through the Preferences looking for "unCheck", when, obviously, "VIEW" was a MENU ITEM, at the top of the VLC window!)
A: It is rather simple. The question is old but since I was just checking myself for the same problem and others might to.
Hit ⌘ + , to open VLC preferences.
Uncheck the Play video in main window option. In the interface tab the one that usually opens first.
Videos will spawn in a seperate window and the main holds the playlist.
A: Someone else mentioned that, yes, you can dock the list, but above the small video play window is a larger menu of options (podcasts, disc, etc) that are useless to my immediate need, and cannot be hidden. Really dumb. I also can't get my version of WMP to do the same thing either. Ugh.
I'm working on a freelance project where I need to watch several videos and click through them, and I just tried it out in Win Movie Maker, and it works better there. You can just plunk videos into the right window (gives nice big thumbs), minimize the ribbon, and stretch all the windows for optimum fit.
A: On a newer version 3.0.3 the enabling the:
Enqueue items into playlist in one instance mode
fixed the problem.
This fixed the problem on Ubuntu 18.04 but I still think it is relevant on this forum because VLC is cross-platform.
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28efd4a7849b7bbb48d2de126e9579e528ac22d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Turn off blurring on Mac Book Pro with Retina display I think it's already known issue that old applications look blurry on the new retina display, but some look ok, just worse quality. As an example I want you too look on the image below:
It's clearly visible that an upper text uses squares of 2x2 pixels as a one big (non hi-res) pixel. And the image below is 'blurred' so each pixel has it's own color an this allows smother gradients, but for me it's harder to look at the blurred text. So does anybody know if there is a possibility to turn off this blurring and see pixels just 4 times larger?
A: Alright, it looks like you just have to check "Open in low resolution" check box in application information.
So select an app, press Cmd+I (or got to File > Get info) and check the "Open in low resolution" check box as shown below:
Now everything should look crisp
| Q: Turn off blurring on Mac Book Pro with Retina display I think it's already known issue that old applications look blurry on the new retina display, but some look ok, just worse quality. As an example I want you too look on the image below:
It's clearly visible that an upper text uses squares of 2x2 pixels as a one big (non hi-res) pixel. And the image below is 'blurred' so each pixel has it's own color an this allows smother gradients, but for me it's harder to look at the blurred text. So does anybody know if there is a possibility to turn off this blurring and see pixels just 4 times larger?
A: Alright, it looks like you just have to check "Open in low resolution" check box in application information.
So select an app, press Cmd+I (or got to File > Get info) and check the "Open in low resolution" check box as shown below:
Now everything should look crisp
A: The blurring is an effect of subpixel rendering.
The easiest way to get rid of it is to uncheck "Use LCD font smoothing when available" in General section of the System Preferences. (keep in mind - this will affect retina-enabled applications too)
Sometimes you can disable it on per-application basis. The best case scenario is when antialiasing can be disabled in application preferences.
If this option is not available, adjusting "AppleAntiAliasingThreshold" in Info.plist can help.
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f1ad7948f930c15e704f57d7c9af80e4ea456478 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I completely remove Apple's Java 6 and make Oracle's Java 7 default for everything? I would like to completely remove Apple's Java 6 and make Oracle's Java 7 default for every program.
For example, with Eclipse I had to fiddle with eclipse.ini to specify JAVA_HOME for Java 7, and the same for TunnelBear. No luck for Aptana, though (it still wants Apple's Java)
Is there a way to make Oracle's Java default in terms of PATH?
A: Download and install the latest Java Development Kit (JDK) from Oracle, which will place it in /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_11.jdk (or whatever the latest version is). Now, start Terminal.app, and enter the following commands:
*
*cd /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines (change to the proper directory)
*sudo mv 1.6.0.jdk backup.1.6.0.jdk (keep the old JDK around, just in case - you will need to have an administrator password to do this)
*sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_11.jdk 1.6.0.jdk (link your new JDK installation to where applications expect the old one to be)
Keep in mind that with any further jdk updates, you'll need to update the symlink to the new directory:
sudo rm /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk && sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/new_jdk_version /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk
| Q: How can I completely remove Apple's Java 6 and make Oracle's Java 7 default for everything? I would like to completely remove Apple's Java 6 and make Oracle's Java 7 default for every program.
For example, with Eclipse I had to fiddle with eclipse.ini to specify JAVA_HOME for Java 7, and the same for TunnelBear. No luck for Aptana, though (it still wants Apple's Java)
Is there a way to make Oracle's Java default in terms of PATH?
A: Download and install the latest Java Development Kit (JDK) from Oracle, which will place it in /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_11.jdk (or whatever the latest version is). Now, start Terminal.app, and enter the following commands:
*
*cd /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines (change to the proper directory)
*sudo mv 1.6.0.jdk backup.1.6.0.jdk (keep the old JDK around, just in case - you will need to have an administrator password to do this)
*sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_11.jdk 1.6.0.jdk (link your new JDK installation to where applications expect the old one to be)
Keep in mind that with any further jdk updates, you'll need to update the symlink to the new directory:
sudo rm /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk && sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/new_jdk_version /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk
A: These instructions worked well for me on OS X Mavericks.
*
*Remove Apple's JVMs
$ sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
*Remove installer records
$ sudo rm /private/var/db/receipts/com.apple.pkg.JavaForMacOSX*
*Remove installer receipts (delete the <dict>...</dict> entries that reference com.apple and java)
$ sudo emacs /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist
*Set the symlinks for Java 7
$ sudo rm /usr/bin/java
$ sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_17.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java /usr/bin/java
*Optionally symlink JAVA_HOME
sudo rm /Library/Java/Home
sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_17.jdk/Contents/Home /Library/Java/Home
A: Well, if you install the latest Java update from Apple, that should actually uninstall Java 6. You can go to Oracle's website directly to download Java 7. That's what I did. With only Java 7 on your system, that should make it default.
A: I know this is an old thread, but if one has Adobe CS5 on their machine, it MUST HAVE the Apple 1.6 version of java for the suite to run. I was running Eclipse which needed 1.7 or higher. I thought it would replace the Apple version, but it didn't. The Apple version is in the System/Library folder and the Oracle version is in the Library folder.
Thought I would add a bit more info for those who may need this information.
OS X Lion
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28f25c19afffdaf59b4a642a04e3a7295915af0e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I prevent applications from re-launching at startup? Using Mountain Lion (10.8.2) on a MBP (13" mid-2009) I have times when applications launch during startup even though they have been exited before the last shutdown. This seems to happen on the order of 10% of the time. These are not applications that have been set to automatically run on login.
When it happens, the restoration includes all the application from some given time...perhaps 30 seconds before shutdown.
If I were guessing, I'd say that the system takes snapshots of what's running and sometimes restores from a stale snapshot but I haven't heard of anything like that.
Any explanations or fixes?
| Q: How can I prevent applications from re-launching at startup? Using Mountain Lion (10.8.2) on a MBP (13" mid-2009) I have times when applications launch during startup even though they have been exited before the last shutdown. This seems to happen on the order of 10% of the time. These are not applications that have been set to automatically run on login.
When it happens, the restoration includes all the application from some given time...perhaps 30 seconds before shutdown.
If I were guessing, I'd say that the system takes snapshots of what's running and sometimes restores from a stale snapshot but I haven't heard of anything like that.
Any explanations or fixes?
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2a391d2ca3809c318bb4854c2b92d1b3f905a3bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Fix bad image quality in dark images in iMovie I have an iMovie project (stop motion animation). Everything is fine, except for a dark scene. The photos get pixelated and blocked, and really ruined. The original image is very sharp and clear, yet the one in iMovie and the exported video files is ruined.
The original media is not video. Rather, it is a large set of JPEG images (stop motion animation film). The images are 773 x 515 pixels, and very high quality. If it matters, it's being overlaid with M4A audio.
Other video editors (PiTiVi, Kdenlive) don't ruin it, so it's not a general issue.
Before iMovie:
In the final video:
Any ideas?
A: You need to set Data Rate in Export with Quicktime to Manual and increase Data Rate value for improving quality. You can also try compression quality after you have set a high data rate.
| Q: Fix bad image quality in dark images in iMovie I have an iMovie project (stop motion animation). Everything is fine, except for a dark scene. The photos get pixelated and blocked, and really ruined. The original image is very sharp and clear, yet the one in iMovie and the exported video files is ruined.
The original media is not video. Rather, it is a large set of JPEG images (stop motion animation film). The images are 773 x 515 pixels, and very high quality. If it matters, it's being overlaid with M4A audio.
Other video editors (PiTiVi, Kdenlive) don't ruin it, so it's not a general issue.
Before iMovie:
In the final video:
Any ideas?
A: You need to set Data Rate in Export with Quicktime to Manual and increase Data Rate value for improving quality. You can also try compression quality after you have set a high data rate.
A: I had problems with the terrible export quality of imovie. The only thing I have found that works is to export to iTunes. This gives great quality but will be an mov file. Then you just drag out of iTunes onto your desktop and use any number of programs to convert it to what you like (handbrake?). Mov files are fine for my use. Glad I figured this out and just wanted to share.
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f3cb6ce8a5c1574be44cf8150aa5050dea718103 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Way to select HTML tables by column and add them to the pasteboard? Whenever you try to copy an HTML table to the pasteboard, it will select by row. Sometimes, I'd like to select by columns. Is there a way to do this? If not out of the box, any extensions that enable this kind of functionality.
A: As far as I know, there's no way to do that in Safari or Chrome, but in Firefox you can select ranges of cells by holding option and command.
You could also copy the whole table and paste it to a spreadsheet application or use something like pbpaste | cut -d $'\t' -f3. But it might not work if there are cells that contain br elements or rows that start with empty cells.
I've had to use something like this with a few tables that contained br elements:
ruby -e '`pbpaste`.scan(/<tr>.*?<\/tr>/m).each { |r| puts r.scan(/<td>(.*?)<\/td>/m)[2] }'
| Q: Way to select HTML tables by column and add them to the pasteboard? Whenever you try to copy an HTML table to the pasteboard, it will select by row. Sometimes, I'd like to select by columns. Is there a way to do this? If not out of the box, any extensions that enable this kind of functionality.
A: As far as I know, there's no way to do that in Safari or Chrome, but in Firefox you can select ranges of cells by holding option and command.
You could also copy the whole table and paste it to a spreadsheet application or use something like pbpaste | cut -d $'\t' -f3. But it might not work if there are cells that contain br elements or rows that start with empty cells.
I've had to use something like this with a few tables that contained br elements:
ruby -e '`pbpaste`.scan(/<tr>.*?<\/tr>/m).each { |r| puts r.scan(/<td>(.*?)<\/td>/m)[2] }'
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ce5b38df42200f685c194e809479e5185aed8dbe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to keep two Macs in sync?
Possible Duplicate:
Completely synchronise multiple Macs
I've got a MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini, and I want to keep them in sync: all files and folders, all settings, all everything.
Here's what I know won't work: Dropbox, iCloud.
Here's what I know might work: install Mountain Lion Server on the Mac Mini as my "main" computer in an admin account, then use that to create a separate network account / portable home directory / mobile users / something like that, then make that account the default one on my MacBook Pro.
The problem is that I have absolutely no clue how to do this and I'd like to get some help.
I'm aware that I may have to use a few different things to do the full sync - like setting up OS X server to do most of the work, but still using Dropbox for certain files and something like Chronosync for others.
Please tell me where to start.
A: Have you tried Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com)? it has a sync feature that may help you.
| Q: How to keep two Macs in sync?
Possible Duplicate:
Completely synchronise multiple Macs
I've got a MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini, and I want to keep them in sync: all files and folders, all settings, all everything.
Here's what I know won't work: Dropbox, iCloud.
Here's what I know might work: install Mountain Lion Server on the Mac Mini as my "main" computer in an admin account, then use that to create a separate network account / portable home directory / mobile users / something like that, then make that account the default one on my MacBook Pro.
The problem is that I have absolutely no clue how to do this and I'd like to get some help.
I'm aware that I may have to use a few different things to do the full sync - like setting up OS X server to do most of the work, but still using Dropbox for certain files and something like Chronosync for others.
Please tell me where to start.
A: Have you tried Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com)? it has a sync feature that may help you.
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b5def14b44122c7f7bb9cd73409d2a4abd96fe04 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Quickly browse through different available Wireless networks for the iPhone? I was wondering if there is a Cydia App or some other way that provides a way to browse and choose different available networks in a very fast manner ?
I hate going through Settings > Wi-Fi > Network - I would rather have a drop down list from notification center or something similar.
Any suggestions ?
A: As fas as I know, there is only a concept video for Notification Center WiFi seleciton, and there is a Simple Wifi for Notification Center Cydia tweak that will show WiFi info in there, but I don't think there is actually something that gives you exactly what you want.
But really, it's just two taps. Settings icon > WiFi section. That shows you all available networks. If your current WiFi network goes off, a list of available networks will automatically pop up.
| Q: Quickly browse through different available Wireless networks for the iPhone? I was wondering if there is a Cydia App or some other way that provides a way to browse and choose different available networks in a very fast manner ?
I hate going through Settings > Wi-Fi > Network - I would rather have a drop down list from notification center or something similar.
Any suggestions ?
A: As fas as I know, there is only a concept video for Notification Center WiFi seleciton, and there is a Simple Wifi for Notification Center Cydia tweak that will show WiFi info in there, but I don't think there is actually something that gives you exactly what you want.
But really, it's just two taps. Settings icon > WiFi section. That shows you all available networks. If your current WiFi network goes off, a list of available networks will automatically pop up.
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4d58edd5aa3c31b29b1099d4f46df99a9ea6be10 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Three displays with Mac Mini 2012 I've read on Tom's Hardware that Intel HD Graphics 4000 supports three displays. Is that information valid for 2012 Mac Minis too? Does anyone have any information on what the Mac Mini's capability is with regard to maximum number of displays, resolutions and port limitations?
With regard to display ports, what would a DisplayLink type of connection be categorised as?
A: Three displays will not work in a supported, OS X only solution. You can use two thunderbolt attached displays or one HDMI and one thunderbolt.
Apple maintains a knowledge base article listing which Mac models support either one or two external thunderbolt displays.
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4885
In the section for OS X, the 2012 mini is listed in the category of two full monitors with a footnote explaining HDMI and thunderbolt.
| Q: Three displays with Mac Mini 2012 I've read on Tom's Hardware that Intel HD Graphics 4000 supports three displays. Is that information valid for 2012 Mac Minis too? Does anyone have any information on what the Mac Mini's capability is with regard to maximum number of displays, resolutions and port limitations?
With regard to display ports, what would a DisplayLink type of connection be categorised as?
A: Three displays will not work in a supported, OS X only solution. You can use two thunderbolt attached displays or one HDMI and one thunderbolt.
Apple maintains a knowledge base article listing which Mac models support either one or two external thunderbolt displays.
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4885
In the section for OS X, the 2012 mini is listed in the category of two full monitors with a footnote explaining HDMI and thunderbolt.
A: If your 2012 mini is anything like my previous generation one, three monitors would consist of displays on the following ports:
*
*HDMI (either straight out or using the HDMI-DVI converter
*Thunderbolt: you'll need an actual Thunderbolt Display to daisy chain from
*a second monitor running from #2. This could be either a second Thunderbolt display or via a mini DisplaPort connection
While the name DisplayLink sounds confusingly like DisplayPort, the two have nothing in common. Display Link routs video over a USB connection. Display Port (in either its mini or full-size incarnation) is a monitor connection standard like VGA or DVI.
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2c38f91484af0e3e0c38eba16434b98d1127fcb7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable automatic "overview scan" in Image Capture I have two scanners accessible from my machine (using Lion): a USB flatbed scanner, and a multifunction network printer. Whenever I launch Image Capture (either directly, or indirectly from Preview), it selects the first scanner (USB) and runs an "overview scan". Whenever I change the selected scanner (e.g. from the USB scanner to the multifunction printer), an "overview scan" is performed again.
This automatic overview is irksome:
*
*It is slow and takes several seconds.
*It is noisy.
*Most of the time, it is totally useless (especially when I want to use the "document feeder" of the multifunction printer, since then the overview is done with the flatbed source of the printer, so I get a blank overview).
*There is a nice "overview" button that I perfectly know how to click, if I really want an overview.
Is there a way to deactivate this automatic overview scan ?
A: If you (remember to) set the scan mode to document feeder, it won't do the overview.
| Q: Disable automatic "overview scan" in Image Capture I have two scanners accessible from my machine (using Lion): a USB flatbed scanner, and a multifunction network printer. Whenever I launch Image Capture (either directly, or indirectly from Preview), it selects the first scanner (USB) and runs an "overview scan". Whenever I change the selected scanner (e.g. from the USB scanner to the multifunction printer), an "overview scan" is performed again.
This automatic overview is irksome:
*
*It is slow and takes several seconds.
*It is noisy.
*Most of the time, it is totally useless (especially when I want to use the "document feeder" of the multifunction printer, since then the overview is done with the flatbed source of the printer, so I get a blank overview).
*There is a nice "overview" button that I perfectly know how to click, if I really want an overview.
Is there a way to deactivate this automatic overview scan ?
A: If you (remember to) set the scan mode to document feeder, it won't do the overview.
A: Apple's Image Capture app is intentionally minimalist. It doesn't have significant Preference settings, and no user-friendly way to turn off the overview scan.
In theory, anything in OS X is hackable, given sufficient knowledge and time. In practice, you should consider a 3rd party scanner app instead.
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a166b8864e00fe78f7450dfbe8ad00c06c114e0c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Omnigraffle - how to make double ended arrows? I'm learning Omnigraffle and am ok with most shapes. But I want arrows with heads at each end, like this (done in Pages.app):
I'd also like to know how to put the tips of the arrows where I want, rather than Omnigraffle's default which is to attach a line to a corner:, like this:
Following Dave Delong's answer below, I realized that you have to style each end of the line.
Like so:
A: *
*Select the line (or lines) in your OmniGraffle document
*Open the Style Inspector (Inspectors Menu ▸ Styles, or ⌘-1)
*Select the second style inspector ("Lines and Shapes")
*Use the popup menus to choose an arrow style
| Q: Omnigraffle - how to make double ended arrows? I'm learning Omnigraffle and am ok with most shapes. But I want arrows with heads at each end, like this (done in Pages.app):
I'd also like to know how to put the tips of the arrows where I want, rather than Omnigraffle's default which is to attach a line to a corner:, like this:
Following Dave Delong's answer below, I realized that you have to style each end of the line.
Like so:
A: *
*Select the line (or lines) in your OmniGraffle document
*Open the Style Inspector (Inspectors Menu ▸ Styles, or ⌘-1)
*Select the second style inspector ("Lines and Shapes")
*Use the popup menus to choose an arrow style
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7d40da1630d469cdc810c6979c4bd42e4ffe6e57 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I buy a digital version of Windows 7 for Boot Camp? I'm going to attempt to install Windows 7 via Bootcamp on my new Retina Macbook Pro. Since it's lacking an optical drive, every tutorial / walkthrough that I find says I need an ISO version of Windows. I can't seem to find any sort of direct download links / stores that don't seem shady though? Where can I get a legit copy of windows in ISO format?
A: You can download it from here : http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/
You will need to have the product key to install it. If you don't have one you can buy it from Microsoft store.
| Q: Where can I buy a digital version of Windows 7 for Boot Camp? I'm going to attempt to install Windows 7 via Bootcamp on my new Retina Macbook Pro. Since it's lacking an optical drive, every tutorial / walkthrough that I find says I need an ISO version of Windows. I can't seem to find any sort of direct download links / stores that don't seem shady though? Where can I get a legit copy of windows in ISO format?
A: You can download it from here : http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/
You will need to have the product key to install it. If you don't have one you can buy it from Microsoft store.
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5a8f0d3aee7ccea16213947bc1c49355d5fc0807 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which OS X programs can rapidly find and replace text in very large files? I am looking for a macintosh program that can find and replace text in a very large text file (7MB). I've tried TextMate, TextEdit and nano (command line) but both take a very long time (I've waited over an hour and still didn't finish). Am I being impatient, or is there a more efficient solution?
A: My question was solved by AllInOne: Download BBEdit. The time to search and replace went down from 1 hour+ to about five seconds.
| Q: Which OS X programs can rapidly find and replace text in very large files? I am looking for a macintosh program that can find and replace text in a very large text file (7MB). I've tried TextMate, TextEdit and nano (command line) but both take a very long time (I've waited over an hour and still didn't finish). Am I being impatient, or is there a more efficient solution?
A: My question was solved by AllInOne: Download BBEdit. The time to search and replace went down from 1 hour+ to about five seconds.
A: I usually use Text Wrangler (the free incarnation of the full featured BBEdit) for working on text files that are too large for other tools.
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08ee7dfa13a709b6a7bbd7ce330bcaedfe40caf4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get a notification sound on my iPhone 5? For apps like Instagram or Snapchat, when my screen is on the lock screen and a notification shows up, there is no sound. Can I enable notification sounds for Instagram or Snapchat?
A: Method 1
Settings > Notification Center > Snapchat > Toggle Sound
Method 2
Snapchat > Settings Button > Notifications > Toggle it
| Q: How do I get a notification sound on my iPhone 5? For apps like Instagram or Snapchat, when my screen is on the lock screen and a notification shows up, there is no sound. Can I enable notification sounds for Instagram or Snapchat?
A: Method 1
Settings > Notification Center > Snapchat > Toggle Sound
Method 2
Snapchat > Settings Button > Notifications > Toggle it
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83e3a781ae12f615c03a6e25aa14c7bfaf18396a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to edit html in dashcode via GUI So I know how to create a webpage with dashcode (3.0.5). If I start a new project I can create a webpage/website by simply using the GUI, drag and drop items, resize WITHOUT coding. However, if I open an .html file with dashcode after I create a site the code opens. I cannot figure out how to edit the page as I can when I first create a page. I'd like to use the IDE that allows me to drag and drop things with ease, not manipulate the HTML.
A: When you're trying to open your project, make sure you're opening the .dcproj file since this is the actual Dashcode project, rather than the exported HTML project.
Opening the .html file created by Run & Share won't work in Dashcode's actual project editor, and will show the HTML code just as you mentioned. You have to open the Dashcode project file, saved as .dcproj by File → Save.
| Q: How to edit html in dashcode via GUI So I know how to create a webpage with dashcode (3.0.5). If I start a new project I can create a webpage/website by simply using the GUI, drag and drop items, resize WITHOUT coding. However, if I open an .html file with dashcode after I create a site the code opens. I cannot figure out how to edit the page as I can when I first create a page. I'd like to use the IDE that allows me to drag and drop things with ease, not manipulate the HTML.
A: When you're trying to open your project, make sure you're opening the .dcproj file since this is the actual Dashcode project, rather than the exported HTML project.
Opening the .html file created by Run & Share won't work in Dashcode's actual project editor, and will show the HTML code just as you mentioned. You have to open the Dashcode project file, saved as .dcproj by File → Save.
A: I don't know about Dashcode, but if you want to use an IDE for easy editing of HTML then go for Dreamweaver/Coda/Espresso IDEs. They provide nice built-in APIs to ease programming. Taco HTML is a tool where you can easily debug and manipulate your HTML code, but there is no drag and drop there.
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3684fff8b2871385896e9be02319f0217e63fd0e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why are DNS server addresses lost after reboot? I applied OpenDNS server addresses to Network Preference > Advanced > DNS.
These were applied first under user account, then believing I needed to apply as Admin. Yet upon reboot they're replaced with 127.0.0.54
Why don't OpenDNS server addresses continue to apply after reboot?
A: As an alternative to the answer in the comments attached to the question (which you have already stated is your solution), I can only offer to others that do not use DNSCrypt that find similarly described symptoms. What fixed the problem for me, which was exactly as you described: after adding DNS servers and closing and reopening System Preferences and the Advanced section of the Network Control Panel, the DNS server list would not retain its data, took me time and effort to discover. PEBKAC: I was closing System Preferences without clicking the Apply button, which you will only see once leaving the Advanced section of that Control Panel. Hope this helps!
| Q: Why are DNS server addresses lost after reboot? I applied OpenDNS server addresses to Network Preference > Advanced > DNS.
These were applied first under user account, then believing I needed to apply as Admin. Yet upon reboot they're replaced with 127.0.0.54
Why don't OpenDNS server addresses continue to apply after reboot?
A: As an alternative to the answer in the comments attached to the question (which you have already stated is your solution), I can only offer to others that do not use DNSCrypt that find similarly described symptoms. What fixed the problem for me, which was exactly as you described: after adding DNS servers and closing and reopening System Preferences and the Advanced section of the Network Control Panel, the DNS server list would not retain its data, took me time and effort to discover. PEBKAC: I was closing System Preferences without clicking the Apply button, which you will only see once leaving the Advanced section of that Control Panel. Hope this helps!
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6ea9920653de0e672128c3b108f9e9370fde5e57 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I keep my Mac awake AND locked? I want to leave my Mac awake overnight so it syncs 4GB of data from Dropbox. I need to prevent the machine from going to sleep because that pauses the Dropbox sync
I've been using Caffeine to keep the computer awake, but it also keeps the computer unlocked which is insecure.
I need a method to keep my Mac awake (so that Dropbox can sync overnight) but also locked (so no one can read my email). It'd be great if this method also turned off the screen (to preserve power), but honestly that's not even 100% necessary.
A: On MacOs Mojave the accepted answer didnt work for me. What worked is to use free app Amphetamine. After app installation select the option Indefinitely. Now you can lock the screen and it will not go to sleep.
| Q: How can I keep my Mac awake AND locked? I want to leave my Mac awake overnight so it syncs 4GB of data from Dropbox. I need to prevent the machine from going to sleep because that pauses the Dropbox sync
I've been using Caffeine to keep the computer awake, but it also keeps the computer unlocked which is insecure.
I need a method to keep my Mac awake (so that Dropbox can sync overnight) but also locked (so no one can read my email). It'd be great if this method also turned off the screen (to preserve power), but honestly that's not even 100% necessary.
A: On MacOs Mojave the accepted answer didnt work for me. What worked is to use free app Amphetamine. After app installation select the option Indefinitely. Now you can lock the screen and it will not go to sleep.
A: You can use KeepingYouAwake. It is a free and lightweight menu bar utility for macOS (Version 10.10 and newer) that can prevent your Mac from entering sleep mode for a predefined duration or as long as it is activated.
It can be easily installed using Homebrew cask by running:
brew cask install keepingyouawake
It is an alternative to widely popular tool Caffeine from Lighthead Software. Caffeine hasn't been updated in a while. KeepingYouAwake's icons are Retina-compatible and do look nice in the dark themed menu bar.
Once you have activated KeepingYouAwake, you can simply lock the screen (by pressing Control + Command + q), turn down the screen brightness and remain assured that the system won't go to sleep!
A: Wimoweh will automatically keep your mac awake when user selectable processes are running and will control the display sleeping (or not) as well:
Wimoweh allows you to keep your Mac awake when any process is running - no more coming back to find your Mac has been asleep during an important job. You can optionally allow the display to sleep per process. You can set a simple timer or just keep the system awake permanently
A: If you don't use an Apple keyboard, you can lock it with the mouse by selecting your name in the right-side of the menubar and click Login Window...
A: There is no need for external utilities — you can do it using the ootb Apple command line utilities:
# prevent idle sleep while plugged in
pmset noidle
# IMPORTANT:
# COMMANDS BELOW MUST BE RUN AS ROOT
# (prefix the command with `sudo` or get a root session
# by typing `sudo -i` followed by your password)
# disable sleep (while plugged in or on battery)
pmset -a disablesleep 1
# after running this command you'll notice that the Sleep option
# under the Apple menu is grayed out
# re-enable sleep
pmset -a disablesleep 0
# prevent sleep for 1 hour while on battery (this must be run under a root session with `sudo -i`)
pmset -a disablesleep 1 && sleep 3600 && pmset -a disablesleep 0
❗️❗️❗️ WARNING: After you disable sleep with sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1 your mac will stop sleeping and the Sleep option under the apple menu will stay greyed out even after a reboot and even on battery power. You MUST run sudo pmset -a disablesleep 0 if you want to restore normal sleep.
For more usage info use man pmset and man caffeinate in your terminal. Keep in mind that caffeinate only works when running on AC power.
A: Not sure when it was first available, but on MacOS High Sierra 10.13.4 you can go to Apple (top left) > Lock Screen or press control-command-q to activate the lock screen.
You should also do the first step in @daGUY's answer
In System Preferences > Energy Saver, check the box for "Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off" (on laptops, this is under the Power Adapter tab)
A: *
*In System Preferences > Energy Saver, check the box for "Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off" (on laptops, this is under the Power Adapter tab)
*In System Preferences > Security & Privacy, check the box for "Require password after sleep or screen saver begins" and set the delay in the dropdown menu to "immediately"
Now, you can hit command+option+Q to turn off the display without sleeping the computer, and doing anything that turns on the display (like hitting a key or clicking a mouse button) will prompt you for your account password.
On older Macs, the shortcut is different: command+option+Power or control+shift+power.
A: You can try "Lock Me Now" app from the app store. It gives a pretty neat way to lock the mac.
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3504ceee691da18033eece9d7851474c027df2c2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I charge and output audio from iPhone 5 in a car? I want to charge my iPhone 5 and listen to the music using AUX in my car. How can I do this using one cable? I have such a cable for my iPhone 4. Is there any good option for iPhone 5?
A: My 2013 Ford Ranger (the T6 international version) has an audio system with a USB port on it, and it plays audio through that regardless of whether it is the old 30-pin connector or a Lightning connector on the other end. When I plug in my iPhone, it says "Connecting iPod" on the audio screen. It also supports audio over Bluetooth.
(When saying "in a car", please be a little more specific about the car and/or its audio system. They are all different)
| Q: How can I charge and output audio from iPhone 5 in a car? I want to charge my iPhone 5 and listen to the music using AUX in my car. How can I do this using one cable? I have such a cable for my iPhone 4. Is there any good option for iPhone 5?
A: My 2013 Ford Ranger (the T6 international version) has an audio system with a USB port on it, and it plays audio through that regardless of whether it is the old 30-pin connector or a Lightning connector on the other end. When I plug in my iPhone, it says "Connecting iPod" on the audio screen. It also supports audio over Bluetooth.
(When saying "in a car", please be a little more specific about the car and/or its audio system. They are all different)
A: You can purchase a roughly $30 adapter from Apple to use your old cable with your new iPhone 5. This is a 30 pin to Lightning adapter.
A: I simply use an aux cable which is small enough to fit next to the 30pin cable to charge the ipod or lightning to charge my iphone 5s. But that still is not 1 cable. I had to search hard for an aux cable which was small enough. Most aux cables are to thick to fit next to my 30pin adapter. Lightning is much thinner so that would fit easily.
A: There's more expensive $30 option on amazon
And ten time cheaper slew of cables offered on aliexpress for $3
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6d6faa1b8cf8425d3c41f1dd57854e4faa382772 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Copy video files as is from iPhone 5 to Mac Is there a simple way of copying video files (taken with the camera, so they are .mov) from iPhone 5 right to desktop using the USB cable? I thought of adding them to Goodreader, but Goodreader compresses the files before adding them. Dropbox would maybe kind of work but I guess it uploads to the internet dropbox first which is an unnecessary and slow roundtrip, especially since WIFI on iPhone 5 is (still) broken.
A: Image Capture works with movies as well, so no need for iPhoto BUT this only works with videos that YOU shot on the device. If someone sends you a video and you save it to your albums, then Image Capture ignores it.
| Q: Copy video files as is from iPhone 5 to Mac Is there a simple way of copying video files (taken with the camera, so they are .mov) from iPhone 5 right to desktop using the USB cable? I thought of adding them to Goodreader, but Goodreader compresses the files before adding them. Dropbox would maybe kind of work but I guess it uploads to the internet dropbox first which is an unnecessary and slow roundtrip, especially since WIFI on iPhone 5 is (still) broken.
A: Image Capture works with movies as well, so no need for iPhoto BUT this only works with videos that YOU shot on the device. If someone sends you a video and you save it to your albums, then Image Capture ignores it.
A: This isn't exactly a "simple" approach at first glance but really can be quite streamlined and reasonably easy. Honestly, there aren't (m)any good ways to sync videos between iOS and OSX - unlike images.
I personally use iPhoto for situations like you describe:
*
*Install iPhoto (if you don't have it already), and open it.
*Attach your iPhone to your computer using your USB cord.
*When prompted, import "Photos" (videos will import as well)
*Select the video you would like to have on your desktop (a yellow border will appear)
*Still in iPhoto, click "File" > "Reveal in Finder" > "Original".
*Copy the selected file that appears in Finder to your desktop, or any desired location.
A: If you don't want to run iPhoto just for that, and you're happy looking at the files at a slightly lower level, then iFunBox is useful. It shows the Photo Album of the device as a digital camera (DCIM) directory so you can see all the files, then copy to/from your Mac.
There's a Windows version too, which has proved useful in the past.
A: I have Iphone5 and MacBook Pro. I easily transferred 12GB of videos to Mac.
I used Iphoto only as a file transferring app. I didn't open any file in Iphoto.
Here's what I did:
Have a clear desktop on screen. Open finder and put to left hand side of screen so that it is visible when you open Iphoto.
In finder create a new file for your videos.
Open Iphoto.
On left side of Iphoto click Photos.
Plug iphone into usb.
Images auto load into New Photos.
Select video, photo or all.
Click Import Selected.
Wait.
Delete off phone? Yes because videos use lots of storage.
Select video, photo or multiples and drag to the finder file.
Wait.
Delete vids and phots from Iphoto.
Open video and enjoy!
A: The new slickier Photos app from Apple is the way to go now. :)
Just connect your iPhone and click the Import tab.
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17dae4ea8b28368a8afb1f604c10f7e6f42dfe39 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag photos without a data connection? In a few weeks, I will have the iPhone 4. I won't take data with SMS-call hours. But I love taking pictures wherever I go, and the geo-tagging feature is a great thing.
Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag pictures usefully even without data?
A: Yes; The Geo tags are written into the images via the native Location Services within the phone, primarily via the GPS chip the phone contains.
Since the information written is merely latitude/longitude, you do not need to have a data connection in order for that information to be determined and added.
The need for a data connection in tandem with photos is the ability to place them on a map, when using iPhoto for example.
| Q: Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag photos without a data connection? In a few weeks, I will have the iPhone 4. I won't take data with SMS-call hours. But I love taking pictures wherever I go, and the geo-tagging feature is a great thing.
Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag pictures usefully even without data?
A: Yes; The Geo tags are written into the images via the native Location Services within the phone, primarily via the GPS chip the phone contains.
Since the information written is merely latitude/longitude, you do not need to have a data connection in order for that information to be determined and added.
The need for a data connection in tandem with photos is the ability to place them on a map, when using iPhoto for example.
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0bc788b2704624e3a3a0b050cae4e0fa47298036 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Pro and external monitor compatibility I just bought my first Mac (to learn to build apps!). I have the June 2012 non-retina display 15 inch MacBook Pro. Does any 16x10 aspect ratio montior technically work (monitor with VGA and DVI jacks)?
A: The Apple 15" MacBook Pro specification about Graphics and Video Support says:
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native
resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up
to two external displays, at millions of colors Thunderbolt digital
video output
Native Mini DisplayPort output DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to
DVI Adapter (sold separately) VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA
Adapter (sold separately) Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort
to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)
| Q: MacBook Pro and external monitor compatibility I just bought my first Mac (to learn to build apps!). I have the June 2012 non-retina display 15 inch MacBook Pro. Does any 16x10 aspect ratio montior technically work (monitor with VGA and DVI jacks)?
A: The Apple 15" MacBook Pro specification about Graphics and Video Support says:
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native
resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up
to two external displays, at millions of colors Thunderbolt digital
video output
Native Mini DisplayPort output DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to
DVI Adapter (sold separately) VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA
Adapter (sold separately) Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort
to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)
A: I have a late 2011 15 inch MBP and have successfully used Thunderbolt adaptors to connect to monitors via DVI and TV via HDMI with excellent results. You don't need a 16:10 screen - the display will adapt to various screen dimensions.
I think you can plug just about anything in with a very high chance of success.
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Q: Does a free alternative to Proxifier or ProxyCap exist? Currently, I'm not at home so I must use the hotel's hotspot. Unfortunately, the majority of ports are closed, except 80, 443 and 22, and I would like to connect to my FTP, or connect Steam to play my games, etc.
I tested ProxyCap and Proxifier which redirected all my traffic to my sock server at home, but trials versions has expired, and I don't want to pay for something that I use a few weeks in a year.
I know I can set the proxies settings in my Mac settings, but all the applications don't use it (like Steam).
Does a free alternative of ProxyCap and Proxifier exist on MacOSX?
A: Try proximac.
https://github.com/csujedihy/proximac
Proximac is an command-line open-source alternative to Proxifier. With Proximac, it can force App to use SOCKS5 proxy. In the other words, it can forward any App's traffic to a specified SOCKS5 proxy. Moreover, Proximac now can forward all network traffic in your system to a proxy which means you may not need a VPN to do this job. I hope more developers can join this project.
| Q: Does a free alternative to Proxifier or ProxyCap exist? Currently, I'm not at home so I must use the hotel's hotspot. Unfortunately, the majority of ports are closed, except 80, 443 and 22, and I would like to connect to my FTP, or connect Steam to play my games, etc.
I tested ProxyCap and Proxifier which redirected all my traffic to my sock server at home, but trials versions has expired, and I don't want to pay for something that I use a few weeks in a year.
I know I can set the proxies settings in my Mac settings, but all the applications don't use it (like Steam).
Does a free alternative of ProxyCap and Proxifier exist on MacOSX?
A: Try proximac.
https://github.com/csujedihy/proximac
Proximac is an command-line open-source alternative to Proxifier. With Proximac, it can force App to use SOCKS5 proxy. In the other words, it can forward any App's traffic to a specified SOCKS5 proxy. Moreover, Proximac now can forward all network traffic in your system to a proxy which means you may not need a VPN to do this job. I hope more developers can join this project.
A: The alternative I use is Hotspot Shield
If you are running Steam, remember to launch it with -tcp as follows:
open /Applications/Steam.app --args -tcp
A: Spotflux provides a managed and trusted connection to the internet that immediately reacts to and protects against emerging threats and unwanted tracking that affect mobile devices and desktop computers.
Another alternative exists in the form of extensions for Chrome & firefox:
*
*Mediahint
*Hola Unblocker
I have however only tried these extensions on the aforementioned web browsers on the Windows platform, and as yet have not tried them on OS X.
A: Privoxy does a good job - can be customised or used in standard configuration. Customising means to dig "quite deep" into the description and to really know what your are supposing to do.
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