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9bb2fb482b3e5e4b2c3123f93e4e4c4a42ad7530 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can hard-drive benchmark apps damage your hard-drive? I want to measure the read/write speed of my hard-drive.
I came accross this page recommending Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.
There is a frame saying this:
Note: Blackmagic Disk Speed Test puts hard drive under extreme stress during data write and read operations, therefore it’s recommended to save your work before conducting the tests.
Now my question is: Could that 'extreme stress' on my hard-drive damage my hard-drive?
A: Disk benchmarks perform many read/write operations to measure the performance of your disk. It is recommend to save any work as high amount of those operations may cause some applications to slow down and crash by being unable to load/save data from/to your disk.
Can benchmark app damage your disk?
No, however if your HDD or SSD has been extensively used over its lifetime then it is likely that its health status has decreased, making it more likely to fail. Keep in mind that it would be nothing but a coincidence if it would fail during the benchmark.
| Q: Can hard-drive benchmark apps damage your hard-drive? I want to measure the read/write speed of my hard-drive.
I came accross this page recommending Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.
There is a frame saying this:
Note: Blackmagic Disk Speed Test puts hard drive under extreme stress during data write and read operations, therefore it’s recommended to save your work before conducting the tests.
Now my question is: Could that 'extreme stress' on my hard-drive damage my hard-drive?
A: Disk benchmarks perform many read/write operations to measure the performance of your disk. It is recommend to save any work as high amount of those operations may cause some applications to slow down and crash by being unable to load/save data from/to your disk.
Can benchmark app damage your disk?
No, however if your HDD or SSD has been extensively used over its lifetime then it is likely that its health status has decreased, making it more likely to fail. Keep in mind that it would be nothing but a coincidence if it would fail during the benchmark.
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06cb6598a0124e19e7de5f9a2bcc0aae970a229d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the aperture/sensor size for the mid-2011 27" iMac FaceTime HD camera? I'm working on a project where I need to convert from pixels to mm and need to find the aperture or sensor size on the FaceTime HD Camera. Specifically, I have the mid-2011 27" iMac. I can't seem to find any detailed technical specifications on the newer FaceTime camera. Anyone privy to these details?
A: tl;dr - As a starting off point, eyeballing it I'd estimate around ƒ/2.2 - ƒ/2.8 aperture.
This isn't an exact answer, I put the iPhone 7+ front camera (which has a ƒ/2.2 aperture and a 'focal length in 35mm' of 32mm) next to the 720p FaceTime HD camera on a macbook. Eyeballing it, the image on the mac seems to be the same or maybe ~5% smaller in FOV. So I estimate around ƒ/2.2 - ƒ/2.8 , maybe ƒ/2.4 in aperture.
| Q: What's the aperture/sensor size for the mid-2011 27" iMac FaceTime HD camera? I'm working on a project where I need to convert from pixels to mm and need to find the aperture or sensor size on the FaceTime HD Camera. Specifically, I have the mid-2011 27" iMac. I can't seem to find any detailed technical specifications on the newer FaceTime camera. Anyone privy to these details?
A: tl;dr - As a starting off point, eyeballing it I'd estimate around ƒ/2.2 - ƒ/2.8 aperture.
This isn't an exact answer, I put the iPhone 7+ front camera (which has a ƒ/2.2 aperture and a 'focal length in 35mm' of 32mm) next to the 720p FaceTime HD camera on a macbook. Eyeballing it, the image on the mac seems to be the same or maybe ~5% smaller in FOV. So I estimate around ƒ/2.2 - ƒ/2.8 , maybe ƒ/2.4 in aperture.
A: On the iMac's features page it is stated that:
The built-in 720p FaceTime HD camera lets you make video calls that are so clear, it seems like everyone’s in the same room.
This means that the FaceTime HD Camera can offer you a 1280x720 resolution as a hardware maximum, but, it's the software you'll be using it with, which will decide the resolution.
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768e4cd8d374ba65bc529c6f494680e41f1e6265 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: TrueCrypt fails with fusefs kext error After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I can't mount any volumes with TrueCrypt 7.1a anymore. After typing in the password for the volume, an error message is shown, stating that the fusefs kext can't be loaded.
The system log file shows the following errors:
com.apple.kextd[12]: Failed to load /Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext - (libkern/kext) link error.
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]: The following symbols are unresolved for this kext:
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]: _OSRuntimeFinalizeCPP
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]: _OSRuntimeInitializeCPP
kernel[0]: Can't load kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs - link failed.
kernel[0]: Failed to load executable for kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs.
kernel[0]: Kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs failed to load (0xdc008016).
kernel[0]: Failed to load kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs (error 0xdc008016).
Do I need to update MacFuse or TrueCrypt to make this work again?
A: It turned out that this was related to running a true 64-bit kernel instead of a 32/64-bit one.
Installing one of the following updates for the FuseFS system fixed the error:
*
*Fuse for OSX: http://osxfuse.github.com/
*MacFuse 2.2.2: http://mac.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macfuse.html
After installing this, I reopened TrueCrypt and was then able to mount the volume.
| Q: TrueCrypt fails with fusefs kext error After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I can't mount any volumes with TrueCrypt 7.1a anymore. After typing in the password for the volume, an error message is shown, stating that the fusefs kext can't be loaded.
The system log file shows the following errors:
com.apple.kextd[12]: Failed to load /Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext - (libkern/kext) link error.
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]: The following symbols are unresolved for this kext:
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]: _OSRuntimeFinalizeCPP
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]: _OSRuntimeInitializeCPP
kernel[0]: Can't load kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs - link failed.
kernel[0]: Failed to load executable for kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs.
kernel[0]: Kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs failed to load (0xdc008016).
kernel[0]: Failed to load kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs (error 0xdc008016).
Do I need to update MacFuse or TrueCrypt to make this work again?
A: It turned out that this was related to running a true 64-bit kernel instead of a 32/64-bit one.
Installing one of the following updates for the FuseFS system fixed the error:
*
*Fuse for OSX: http://osxfuse.github.com/
*MacFuse 2.2.2: http://mac.majorgeeks.com/files/details/macfuse.html
After installing this, I reopened TrueCrypt and was then able to mount the volume.
A: Version 7.1a of TrueCrypt
*
*does install,
*is PGP verified,
*and does run
on Mountain Lion.
The installer does install the correct kernel extensions:
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4cf07279b8095a7ceda784684b19a475372cb6df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there any other way to restart to recovery HD I tried to restart while keep pressing Command-R
However, my keyboard is not mac keyboard. There is windows-R. It works exactly like Command-R in all circumstances.
Well, I keep failing to get into recovery HD. I need that because I want to repair the main disk.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart
your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you
see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose
Disk Utility.
What should I do?
I have a flash disk. Can I turn that into recovery HD?
A: Note for other who come across this thread. To get into Internet Recovery Mode I used WINDOWS + ALT + R on my 2011 Mac Mini while powering back on. CONTROL + ALT + R did not work for me with a Windows Keyboard (USB).
| Q: Are there any other way to restart to recovery HD I tried to restart while keep pressing Command-R
However, my keyboard is not mac keyboard. There is windows-R. It works exactly like Command-R in all circumstances.
Well, I keep failing to get into recovery HD. I need that because I want to repair the main disk.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart
your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you
see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose
Disk Utility.
What should I do?
I have a flash disk. Can I turn that into recovery HD?
A: Note for other who come across this thread. To get into Internet Recovery Mode I used WINDOWS + ALT + R on my 2011 Mac Mini while powering back on. CONTROL + ALT + R did not work for me with a Windows Keyboard (USB).
A: I tried this with a bluetooth windows keyboard and the ALT key on the left side of the space bar worked for me. I did not press any other key.
One more thing: it did not work when I did a soft restart; I had to power down, hold the ALT key, then power up the mini.
A: For a mid 2011 Mac Mini using a bluetooth keyboard, what finally worked for me was the Windows-R key combo.
A: Try this alternative way (explained at macworld.com):
*
*Start you Mac while pressing the Option key (in your Windows keyboard press the Alt key) until the Startup Manager appears:
One of the volumes will be called Recovery HD.
*Select Recovery HD and then click the upward-pointing arrow below it to boot from Recovery HD.
*After a brief delay, you’ll see the Mac OS X Utilities screen. Select Disk Utility to repair your disk:
A: I had to power off and unplug the Mac Mini then hold down the Alt key and start the Mini up that way and then it works.
Every time I install Sierra I can't log in and have to do this first.
A: Nothing worked for me until I tried this:
*
*Plug USB keyboard in on far right USB port.
*Shut down Mac Mini.
*Power on mac mini and wait 3 seconds
*Hold left ALT down.
A: I've got an arduino so I'm making it into a fake usb keyboard that outputs the alt button. Really all I can do in lockdown with no shops open!
https://code.google.com/archive/p/unojoy/
A: I was having similar problems. I have both an old MacBook Pro (2010) and a 2014 Mac Mini. With the MBP and a built-in keyboard, I can get to the Recovery without difficulty, using any of the specified methods.
The Mini has been entirely different, where the best I can do is a login screen that offers to reset the login password. For this, I am using not only a Windows keyboard, but also where the keyboard is connected to a KVM switch (i.e., USB connection from the Mini to the switch, and then keyboard attached to the switch).
After a bunch floundering, I found that at least with the Mini, timing is an issue. I had been pressing the specified keys as soon as I could after a restart during the startup chime. However, if I wait 3 seconds until the chime is done, and then press keys, I can get the recovery console.
I don't know if it's that the Mini is a little different than an MBP, my use of external keyboard through a KVM or a combination, but with the Mini, timing is significant, and it's necessary to wait until after the chime to press keys
A: If all the above answers don't work for you. Maybe try to hold the windows+r a little bit later when you press the power button. Some keyboards would not be recognized immediately when you press the power on button.
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6d4bf279d857d02b1fd0adc5e0183f8eff6f53bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change background colour for PDF when Viewing When a PDF is opened, its actual background color is often white. On Windows, several PDF viewers have the ability to set the background color to another one, which doesn't modify the PDF file itself. You can just think that it adds a virtual color when a file is opened by those software. But when you open the same file by other softwares, it still has white background.
I often need to read many articles (PDF format) a day, and white background make my eyes feel uncomfortable.
Does Preview have the same feature? Or any plugin to do this?
A: I just found a really cool inverted pdf app on github: https://github.com/eleloya/NightPDF
Preview:
As the repo now is read only, I did some changes in a forked repo.
*
*Change default color
*Change the deault window size to (1000, 1300)
*Add close window shortcut (CMD + W)
You can download it here:
https://github.com/yueyericardo/NightPDF/releases/tag/v0.2.1.5
| Q: Change background colour for PDF when Viewing When a PDF is opened, its actual background color is often white. On Windows, several PDF viewers have the ability to set the background color to another one, which doesn't modify the PDF file itself. You can just think that it adds a virtual color when a file is opened by those software. But when you open the same file by other softwares, it still has white background.
I often need to read many articles (PDF format) a day, and white background make my eyes feel uncomfortable.
Does Preview have the same feature? Or any plugin to do this?
A: I just found a really cool inverted pdf app on github: https://github.com/eleloya/NightPDF
Preview:
As the repo now is read only, I did some changes in a forked repo.
*
*Change default color
*Change the deault window size to (1000, 1300)
*Add close window shortcut (CMD + W)
You can download it here:
https://github.com/yueyericardo/NightPDF/releases/tag/v0.2.1.5
A: You can change the background color in Skim (a popular and lightweight app for viewing, highlighting, annotating, and editing PDFs). Open up your document in Skim, navigate to the Settings either from the menu bar (Skim -> Settings) or by pressing CMD + .. In the settings there is a tab called Display, make sure that Invert colors in Dark Mode is selected. Now, whenever macOS is in dark mode, Skim displays its UI and the PDF itself in dark colours.
A: Skim now (as of version 1.6.6) has a dark mode option!
See the preferences for the option to invert colors.
A: A simple workaround to change the background color in Skim is to (ab)use the reading bar preferences:
*
*Go to Preferences/Display in the app
*Find the reading bar preferences
*Select the desired color and opacity (50-80% depending on the color)
*Tick the Invert Bar box
All this does is add a layer of color over the top of the pdf. So adjusting the opacity is the key. At 100% the document is completely hidden; at 30% the trick has little effect. Here's an example that gives Skim a solarized feel (Hex color = #B68A00, opacity = 50%).
If you never use the reading bar for its intended purpose, this workaround won't interfere with your usual use of the app. Two advantages of this approach are
*
*Easy to toggle on/off using cmd + shift + b
*Fast to change the color from a "dark mode" to a "light mode" and back
One word of caution: Inverting the reading bar makes the whole document your desired color and the reading bar an awful glaring white. It's advisable to minimize the size (height) of the reading bar and tuck it somewhere out of the way. Here's an example in "dark mode" (Hex color = #002B37, opacity = 75%).
A: Here's what I do, no coding, no plug in.
Click on tools, select annotation, then mask.
You should see a grey frame now. Adjust the size of the frame to let the gray area cover the whole page. You do have to repeat this step for each page in the document.
A: So Preview does not have this feature, but more on that in a moment.
Adobe Reader for Mac does support this. Once you install the 400MB app, you can change the background colour in Preferences (⌘ cmd + ,) > * Accessibility** . Check Replace Document Colours, and set the right colours you want.
Sidenote: f.lux
I would strongly recommend you take a look at f.lux, especially if you would like your computer to be as eye-friendly as possible (which, by the nature of the question, seems likely).
f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you're in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.
f.lux will adjust (you can modify the strength) the colour of the whole screen to make it easier on your eyes. You can set it to be on all the time, or automatically come on at night time. People love it.
A: npm i -g serve && serve, open file in Chrome from http://localhost:5000, Chrome extension Dark Reader > enable dark for this domain
A: Here is a work around for those who want to use Preview:
*
*In Preview, File>Export>TIFF
*View>Show Markup Toolbar
*In the Adjust Color Tool, switch the outer handles as shown in the animated .gif below
*repeat for each page then File>Export>PDF
Here's a workaround for a large number of pages, but it involves using ffmpeg and Automator
*
*Use QuickTime to make a screen recording (m.mov) of the white background pdf while clicking from page to page at, say 2 pages every second
*ffmpeg -i m.mov -vf negate neg.mov
*ffmpeg -i neg.mov -r 2.0 sub/%03d.jpg
*select all .jpg's in the sub folder, right click and choose the Automator action shown below to make a new PDF
The first ffmpeg command inverts the colors of the screen recording and the second ffmpeg command places images from the screen recording into a sub folder at the rate of 2 per second. Converting the resulting images into a PDF is done with a very simple Automator action, shown below:
The above do not preserve text, but produce images. If you want text and are okay with using something other than Preview, then the free version of PDF Expert described here is a good solution.
A: A more simple way to do it.
*
*Open Terminal
*copy and paste defaults write -app skim SKPageBackgroundColor -array 0.78 0.93 0.80 1
*reopen Skim
A: At least on El Captain (or even earlier release):
*
*Open Preview > Preference
*General > Windows background
A: Inverting PDFs, adding sepia, or both is straightforward in the LaTeX workshop extension for VS Code.
Edit your settings.json, for example
"latex-workshop.view.pdf.invert": 0.9,
"latex-workshop.view.pdf.invertMode.sepia": 0.2
VS code (link) or, alternatively, Codium (link). See related issue here.
Even if you're not a developer, VS Code is great for keeping notes, working in a directory of your choice, and has markdown preview extensions available. Great alternative to Ulysses imho.
A: TexShop.
It's free and open source, and it lets you change the background colour of a pdf (the default is light grey, but I use a darker grey; I find this is actually easier on the eyes than inverting the pdf). The setting applies across sessions so you don't have to redo it every time, and you can set multiple themes to toggle between easily.
Only downside is that it doesn't work for pdfs that are scans/pictures.
(It's technically software for LaTeX/typesetting, but you can just ignore all that and use it as a pdf reader only.)
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b8b0f6332ab53212db3a813bccb202c109773d9b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone won't connect to some Wi-Fi hotspots As of the last few months, my phone refuses to find most public hotspots, but will generally connect to home wireless networks. For instance, I can connect to my home wireless and my girlfriend's home wireless, but if I go to a local place like Starbucks that I know for a fact has public wifi, my phone won't pick it up. Restarting the phone doesn't fix it.
I haven't updated to iOS 6 yet. Could that potentially fix the problem? IS there a different problem that could be causing my issue?
A: I'd go into settings and erase all the stored SSID/passwords by choosing:
General > Reste > Reset Network Settings
At that point, you would need to try joining the network and be prepared to gather more information about that location. Do other iPhone work with the router, can the router be rebooted (or checked to be sure that there are DHCP leases available - many routers issue only a fixed number of valid IP addresses).
You can troubleshoot things quite well following Apple's guidance too:
*
*iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
| Q: iPhone won't connect to some Wi-Fi hotspots As of the last few months, my phone refuses to find most public hotspots, but will generally connect to home wireless networks. For instance, I can connect to my home wireless and my girlfriend's home wireless, but if I go to a local place like Starbucks that I know for a fact has public wifi, my phone won't pick it up. Restarting the phone doesn't fix it.
I haven't updated to iOS 6 yet. Could that potentially fix the problem? IS there a different problem that could be causing my issue?
A: I'd go into settings and erase all the stored SSID/passwords by choosing:
General > Reste > Reset Network Settings
At that point, you would need to try joining the network and be prepared to gather more information about that location. Do other iPhone work with the router, can the router be rebooted (or checked to be sure that there are DHCP leases available - many routers issue only a fixed number of valid IP addresses).
You can troubleshoot things quite well following Apple's guidance too:
*
*iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
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756d2f13f8348dc67468caa8da0254866d7888db | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Equivalent to Alt + dot on terminal On linux consoles I always use Alt + . to get the last argument of the previous command in history.
for example if I had
ls /tmp/test
as last command, and if I type
rm Alt -
this will result in
rm /tmp/test
On an Apple Terminal, this doesen't work, is there an alternative?
A: I found an answer here:
Equivalent to alt-. in terminal
ESC + . inserts the last argument and is the direct
equivalent to Alt + . on Linux
see https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/85152/31470
| Q: Equivalent to Alt + dot on terminal On linux consoles I always use Alt + . to get the last argument of the previous command in history.
for example if I had
ls /tmp/test
as last command, and if I type
rm Alt -
this will result in
rm /tmp/test
On an Apple Terminal, this doesen't work, is there an alternative?
A: I found an answer here:
Equivalent to alt-. in terminal
ESC + . inserts the last argument and is the direct
equivalent to Alt + . on Linux
see https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/85152/31470
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ebb168e1d803f8edfa0c16cbbd1d2aa040e0f0cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Alt-. and vertical bar (pipe) on terminal On linux consoles I always use Alt + . to get the last argument of the previous command in history.
for example if I had
ls /tmp/test
as last command, and if I type
rm Alt -
this will result in
rm /tmp/test
On an Apple terminal, this doesn't work by default but I found an answer here:
Equivalent to alt-. in terminal
You have to change the Terminal’s behavior to the alt key acts as a meta key
Now there is a new problem: I cannot access the pipe | anymore (Alt + 7)
How can I use both?
A: esc+. inserts the last argument by default.
iTerm can change just the other option key to meta:
Or if you change to the US layout, it doesn't have any ASCII characters under option.
For example \e7\e. normally inserts the seventh argument of the previous command, so there isn't really any way to get both.
| Q: Alt-. and vertical bar (pipe) on terminal On linux consoles I always use Alt + . to get the last argument of the previous command in history.
for example if I had
ls /tmp/test
as last command, and if I type
rm Alt -
this will result in
rm /tmp/test
On an Apple terminal, this doesn't work by default but I found an answer here:
Equivalent to alt-. in terminal
You have to change the Terminal’s behavior to the alt key acts as a meta key
Now there is a new problem: I cannot access the pipe | anymore (Alt + 7)
How can I use both?
A: esc+. inserts the last argument by default.
iTerm can change just the other option key to meta:
Or if you change to the US layout, it doesn't have any ASCII characters under option.
For example \e7\e. normally inserts the seventh argument of the previous command, so there isn't really any way to get both.
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e4d6edfe7fa9202707da36e073343a9e69073868 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Earphone calls instead of next song I've bought Plantronics GO bluetooth earbuds and when I double-click them (next song) it starts calling my last call.
Any thoughts what goes wrong here? plantronics replied that it are my phone settings. What did I miss?
A: The plus and minus keys are for next and previous song. Double clicking the middle button will start calling the last person in the "recent calls" list.
| Q: Earphone calls instead of next song I've bought Plantronics GO bluetooth earbuds and when I double-click them (next song) it starts calling my last call.
Any thoughts what goes wrong here? plantronics replied that it are my phone settings. What did I miss?
A: The plus and minus keys are for next and previous song. Double clicking the middle button will start calling the last person in the "recent calls" list.
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5ca1f975c78ab8d04a2f13eaf0c86e088b678055 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Turn off iMac main screen while working on external I have an external display on my iMac and I would like to work only on the external display and turn off/disable the iMac one, just like the "clamshell mode" on a Macbook for example. It works with Windows in Bootcamp, but not in the Mac's partition. The iMac's display is too shiny and it gives me headaches when I work while the sun is shining.
How can I turn off the iMac's screen so it won't stress my graphic card, display etc.?
A: I succeeded by using switchresx.
Terminal command
brew cask install switchresx
then, open System Preferences, SwitchResX
Click icon, setup a display set with a disabled primary display, setup hotkey (ctrl-opt-f1 for me), save&close SwitchResX
Then, if you want to use single external display mode, press the hotkey et voilà
| Q: Turn off iMac main screen while working on external I have an external display on my iMac and I would like to work only on the external display and turn off/disable the iMac one, just like the "clamshell mode" on a Macbook for example. It works with Windows in Bootcamp, but not in the Mac's partition. The iMac's display is too shiny and it gives me headaches when I work while the sun is shining.
How can I turn off the iMac's screen so it won't stress my graphic card, display etc.?
A: I succeeded by using switchresx.
Terminal command
brew cask install switchresx
then, open System Preferences, SwitchResX
Click icon, setup a display set with a disabled primary display, setup hotkey (ctrl-opt-f1 for me), save&close SwitchResX
Then, if you want to use single external display mode, press the hotkey et voilà
A: Old school solution: Buy a yard of light-blocking fabric at your local fabric store. Hang it over the monitor (or tape it at the top of the screen if you're concerned about heat buildup.) This at least gets the job done. (Note: Make sure you turn on screen mirroring in Display Preferences so you don't lose your mouse pointer off the edge of the screen you're using.)
A: i have the same problem, i don't know how its not possible to turn off the iMac monitor while still keeping on the external display. i got both apps, shades and slider, use them together and it goes completely black, i guess this will have to do for now.
i used the shades app first to lower the brightness to about 15-20 percent. then on the external monitor i used to the slider app icon on top of the screen to lower the iMac monitor the rest of the way to pitch black.
A: Your problem actually exists whether the iMac is on or off.
The glare from sun (or other light sources) will not go away when you turn off your iMac, since the glass will still reflect the external light source. I find it to be worse when the power is off.
You'll need to focus on old world solutions: fabric draping, turning the angle of the iMac to some degree that reflects the light away from you (remember angle of incidence equals angle of reflection) .
-or-
You can purchase an antiglare film to the iMac. I googled https://www.google.com/#q=antiglare+film+for+iMac and found tons of products for the iMac. Though this option might slightly reduce the quality of your displace, you would be gaining significant screen real estate for the low low cost of ~$30.
-or-
You could purchase a mini-mac and move the current iMac elsewhere.
A: You can swipe over to the accessories desktop and dim the display. In mavericks, the grey grid is pretty dark on its own and you can just remove the accessories. In yosemite, setting your desktop to a solid black background, swiping over, removing all accessories, and dimming the display makes it pretty dark.
A: I removed the glass screen from my late 2009 iMac. It made the computer useful. It was not the LCD itself that caused the worst glare reflection, it was the glass window in front. I can be removed.
Once removed, the computer does not look so good. You can buy a panel without the glass (maybe still available) or you can cover up the edges with tape. My solution did not look good, but the screen did and made the computer quite usable. Keep the glass in case you need to move it or want the LCD protected.
A: Just turn the brightness all the way down
A: Unfortunally not possible, you can use an app to reduce the brightness however turning it off, i think not!
you know what lets give this one thing a shot though
Display Preference Pane -> Arrangement -> Drag the menu bar to the monitor your want as primary! then try Ctrl+shift+eject it MIGHT work, i dont think so though!
OR try either turning the brightness way down, or use brightness slider on the mac App Store this however wont "stop stressing your graphics card"
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b36523e94fdac2d00176ccda798e1bac60bc210e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get iTunes to skip over 1 star songs? Is there a way to get iTunes to just never play any 1 star songs. I know I can delete the 1 star songs but just wondering if there is a way to just skip them.
A: The simplest way to do this is to make a Smart Playlist with the rule of "Rating is not 1 star". The playlist will auto-update as you add and rate new music. You would just want to make sure you always play your songs from this smart playlist or make other playlists include the "white list" or exclude a "black list" that consists of all one star items.
| Q: How to get iTunes to skip over 1 star songs? Is there a way to get iTunes to just never play any 1 star songs. I know I can delete the 1 star songs but just wondering if there is a way to just skip them.
A: The simplest way to do this is to make a Smart Playlist with the rule of "Rating is not 1 star". The playlist will auto-update as you add and rate new music. You would just want to make sure you always play your songs from this smart playlist or make other playlists include the "white list" or exclude a "black list" that consists of all one star items.
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d9734099d52a87468889ecad50399d220df06fed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Slow login (Active Directory User + Filevault2) - Mountain Lion Two of our users have been getting this weird issue where their login to the computer seem to take "ages".
The issue seems to go away if you turn off FileVault.
However we need to keep FileVault on, but as this only effects a small number of users it seems like this is some specific issue with just their computers.
Info about the computers:
*
*MacBook Pro (Retina) - Early 2013
*Mac OS X 10.8.2
*FileVault 2
Connected to Active Directory (Network Account Server)
A: Think I found an answer: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=6025
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DSBindTimeout -int 8
Changes the bind timeout to 8 seconds. Our bind happens within 3-4 seconds over ethernet, so we figure double it and add an extra second should be enough for an absolutely unscientific unengineering-like guess.
| Q: Slow login (Active Directory User + Filevault2) - Mountain Lion Two of our users have been getting this weird issue where their login to the computer seem to take "ages".
The issue seems to go away if you turn off FileVault.
However we need to keep FileVault on, but as this only effects a small number of users it seems like this is some specific issue with just their computers.
Info about the computers:
*
*MacBook Pro (Retina) - Early 2013
*Mac OS X 10.8.2
*FileVault 2
Connected to Active Directory (Network Account Server)
A: Think I found an answer: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=6025
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DSBindTimeout -int 8
Changes the bind timeout to 8 seconds. Our bind happens within 3-4 seconds over ethernet, so we figure double it and add an extra second should be enough for an absolutely unscientific unengineering-like guess.
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e95902bb29ad0604f9d1b0d1920fa7fba0797b15 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to clear iPhone's concact cache for text messages? My iPhone (model 5, IOS 6.1.2) seems to have some sort of contact cache which it uses when sending text messages: whenever I am sending a message to someone, I start typing the persone's name in te "to:" field, and the iPhone shows me all the contacts matching the letters I typed; but it shows up also contacts I have deleted long ago, and which I don't want around anymore.
How can I get rid of this?
Is this related to the infamous e-mail cache?
A: This has been FINALLY fixed in IOS 7. Now you can remove contacts from this cache.
As soon as the unwanted contact pops up while you're typing in the "to:" field, you can tap on a little "i" (probably for "info") icon on its right, and have a menu appear where you can remove the contact, or add it back to your address book if you feel so inclined.
| Q: How to clear iPhone's concact cache for text messages? My iPhone (model 5, IOS 6.1.2) seems to have some sort of contact cache which it uses when sending text messages: whenever I am sending a message to someone, I start typing the persone's name in te "to:" field, and the iPhone shows me all the contacts matching the letters I typed; but it shows up also contacts I have deleted long ago, and which I don't want around anymore.
How can I get rid of this?
Is this related to the infamous e-mail cache?
A: This has been FINALLY fixed in IOS 7. Now you can remove contacts from this cache.
As soon as the unwanted contact pops up while you're typing in the "to:" field, you can tap on a little "i" (probably for "info") icon on its right, and have a menu appear where you can remove the contact, or add it back to your address book if you feel so inclined.
A: In iOS 9, go to Contacts and start typing the contact name of phone number. The cached contact will appear after any actual matching contacts. Touch the cached contact, then Edit, and then Delete Contact.
A: I have an iPhone 6
*
*Go to your Message screen (where you text from)
*Click on the edit "icon" (upper right) Like you're going to start a new text
*Enter a contact that has multiple people
*Go to the multiple contact you want to get rid of and click on the little "i" with the circle around it
*Click "Remove" A message will come up "Are you sure you want to remove this recent group?"
*Click "Remove from recents" or "Cancel" to not remove it
*Repeat for other multiple contacts you want to get rid of
A: The one cached address that had multiple contacts did not show the little circle - I have used that before. So I deleted the conversation and lo and behold, that long list of contacts vanished!!
A: Apparently you have to reset everything. It'll make the phone a "new phone", but I don't know exactly what will happen. I want to do it as well, because I have contacts that I want to just go away; but I'm nervous. I don't want to get rid of all of the contacts! Other than this, I don't know what there is. :/ I'm sorry.
A: This is an issue I have contended with for quite some time. I first noticed it with the iOS 6 rollout for iPhone 5. I have contacted Apple a number of times. The only way to clear the cache is a drastic, annoying total restore from new. I've posted to the Apple communities about the issue, but Apple deletes the postings saying that comments for future updates do not belong in the Apple Support Communities.
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f5cafa0fc2994c7da0e3be63a1dfc7583f981ff5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Configure emacs to cut and copy text to Mac OS X clipboard Can I configure emacs, so that I could copy/cut text from emacs (default Terminal version) and paste it somewhere else (into X Window program)?
A: To copy the current region to the OS X clipboard, you can use
(shell-command-on-region (region-beginning) (region-end) "pbcopy")
The inverse, copying the OS X paste buffer to the Emacs kill ring, is not recommended. Kill rings and clipboards are very different structures and there's no good answer to what, exactly, pushing a clipboard into a kill ring should do. Still, you can run pbpaste manually to get the current clipboard contents.
| Q: Configure emacs to cut and copy text to Mac OS X clipboard Can I configure emacs, so that I could copy/cut text from emacs (default Terminal version) and paste it somewhere else (into X Window program)?
A: To copy the current region to the OS X clipboard, you can use
(shell-command-on-region (region-beginning) (region-end) "pbcopy")
The inverse, copying the OS X paste buffer to the Emacs kill ring, is not recommended. Kill rings and clipboards are very different structures and there's no good answer to what, exactly, pushing a clipboard into a kill ring should do. Still, you can run pbpaste manually to get the current clipboard contents.
A: Here's a solution to integrate OS X Clipboard to Emacs' kill-ring by Daniel Nelson: https://github.com/wesen/emacs/blob/master/pbcopy.el
Author's comments:
Enables the kill-ring to interact with the clipboard when running Emacs from a Mac OSX terminal (without losing full kill-ring functionality). All I did was modify xclip.el to work with pbcopy and pbpaste. The real thanks go to Leo Shidai Liu, the author of xclip.el.
A: Add this to ~/.emacs:
(defun pbcopy ()
(interactive)
(call-process-region (point) (mark) "pbcopy")
(setq deactivate-mark t))
(defun pbpaste ()
(interactive)
(call-process-region (point) (if mark-active (mark) (point)) "pbpaste" t t))
(defun pbcut ()
(interactive)
(pbcopy)
(delete-region (region-beginning) (region-end)))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c c") 'pbcopy)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c v") 'pbpaste)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c x") 'pbcut)
If you use Emacs in iTerm 2, you can also remap key combinations in the preferences:
Then add something like this to ~/.emacs:
(global-set-key (kbd "<f13> c") 'pbcopy)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f13> v") 'pbpaste)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f13> x") 'pbcut)
A: The following just works, got it from here :)
(defun copy-from-osx ()
(shell-command-to-string "pbpaste"))
(defun paste-to-osx (text &optional push)
(let ((process-connection-type nil))
(let ((proc (start-process "pbcopy" "*Messages*" "pbcopy")))
(process-send-string proc text)
(process-send-eof proc))))
(setq interprogram-cut-function 'paste-to-osx)
(setq interprogram-paste-function 'copy-from-osx))
A: The version of emacs that is included with OS X is too old to provide this functionality.
Fortunately you can update emacs to a version that is integrated with your clipboard here: http://emacsformacosx.com
I believe that you use Ctrl+Y to paste in emacs, after the update.
A: I found this post really useful (defining 2 functions and assigning shortcuts to them in your ~/.emacs file).
After adding those lines to your .emacs file, you won't have access to those shortcuts until you open a new shell session (tab/window). Let the changes be applied.
A: You can get such interaction with the clipboard transparently while running Emacs in the text terminal by enabling the xclip-mode provided by the xclip package which you can install from GNU ELPA (i.e. via M-x package-list-packages RET).
See also https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/10900/ for a similar question&answers.
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9248dea44b168b645b567aafae1fd1ead6185149 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to 'startx' from Single User Mode? I usually run dwm inside Xquartz on OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. But is there a way to boot into Safe Mode (or a console), then startx or xinit, skipping Aqua? I'd like to boot directly into X11.
| Q: How to 'startx' from Single User Mode? I usually run dwm inside Xquartz on OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. But is there a way to boot into Safe Mode (or a console), then startx or xinit, skipping Aqua? I'd like to boot directly into X11.
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84b1392cf8c899dcbbdfd6dc2a668d88f850dbc3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to view iPhone music history? Is there a way to see the history of played tracks directly on the iPhone? I didn't find an option to do that in the Music app.
A: No, you can't see this on an iOS device. If you create a smart playlist like this, you can look in iTunes, after syncing your iPhone, to see what you've listened to.
| Q: How to view iPhone music history? Is there a way to see the history of played tracks directly on the iPhone? I didn't find an option to do that in the Music app.
A: No, you can't see this on an iOS device. If you create a smart playlist like this, you can look in iTunes, after syncing your iPhone, to see what you've listened to.
A: This isn't a feature that's ever been directly included as a human readable list in iTunes, on an iPod, or any modern generation iOS device.
This information is stored in a machine readable format, which is used first for a song's play counts (viewable only in iTunes), but there is also software written to take advantage of this information, and send it to a 'listening history' service like Last.fm.
I've used a lot of scrobbling apps on iOS. Many have worked over time, but if you use iTunes Match, I highly suggest using CloudScrob. If you don't, there are a myriad of other apps in the iTunes App Store, you can find them by searching for 'Scrobble', 'Scrobbler', or 'Last.fm'.
Note that the official Last.fm iOS app (iTunes) DOES NOT scrobble songs you listen to via the normal Music app on your iPhone, it will only scrobble songs listened to via Last.fm's "radio" service. You still have to use a third party app (see above) to scrobble local song listens.
A: Yes you can.
*
*Launch any song in your Music playlist.
*Touch the name of the song now playing, which will take you to a song-specific screen, which may include album cover art.
*On that song-specific screen, tap the icon for the bulleted list, just to the right of the skip forward button. This will bring you to a list of upcoming songs, with the one you're currently listening to at the top. Except it's not really the top...
*Swipe the list down and you will see a list of all the songs you've played previously in reverse chronological order, just above the song you're currently listening to.
A: Go to music app and top right hand corner says history and it will show played music even from other apps
A: QuietScrob shows up to 50 recently played tracks (via standard Music app)
A: I was sick to be unable to know what I've listen on music playlist or radio, so I've made an app for that.
I've find it use full for myself, so I've decided to share it:
https://sites.google.com/site/ezmusichistory/home
I hope it help.
A: Go to Now Playing, go to track list, shows now/up next, scroll up, there is the history.
This is on iPhone, Apple Music app. I am playing an apple curated playlist.
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2b31a525a1afdc473396a0b59a1995280954bf9e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disabling Command + Arrow scrolling When I press Command ⌘+↑ or Command ⌘+↓ on OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion), it scrolls all the way to the top or the bottom of a window.
The problem is, in some programs, this results in crazy uncontrollable scrolling behavior, because for whatever reason the program doesn't signal to the OS that it's hit the end of its scrolling. It's driving me nuts.
Is there any way to turn off this behavior? I've searched System Preferences > Keyboard settings to no avail.
A: If your intention is to globally override this behaviour, this will do the trick:
Create a file called DefaultKeyBinding.dict and write on it the following:
{
"@\UF700" = "noop:";
"@\UF701" = "noop:";
}
@\UF700 is the Unicode value for Command+Up while
@\UF701 is for Command+Down.
Save it and place it under ~/Library/KeyBindings/. If the folder doesn't exist, just create it.
A different approach would be to override this shortcuts on each of the Applications you're having troubles with, assigning the problematic shortcuts to the Application's function you usually don't use, for instance.
| Q: Disabling Command + Arrow scrolling When I press Command ⌘+↑ or Command ⌘+↓ on OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion), it scrolls all the way to the top or the bottom of a window.
The problem is, in some programs, this results in crazy uncontrollable scrolling behavior, because for whatever reason the program doesn't signal to the OS that it's hit the end of its scrolling. It's driving me nuts.
Is there any way to turn off this behavior? I've searched System Preferences > Keyboard settings to no avail.
A: If your intention is to globally override this behaviour, this will do the trick:
Create a file called DefaultKeyBinding.dict and write on it the following:
{
"@\UF700" = "noop:";
"@\UF701" = "noop:";
}
@\UF700 is the Unicode value for Command+Up while
@\UF701 is for Command+Down.
Save it and place it under ~/Library/KeyBindings/. If the folder doesn't exist, just create it.
A different approach would be to override this shortcuts on each of the Applications you're having troubles with, assigning the problematic shortcuts to the Application's function you usually don't use, for instance.
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8f19b15bb11077a764663372b7299e6a237edbbf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Coming out of screen-lock, sometimes my machine will sleep/lock 30 seconds after I haven't pinpointed any potential triggers yet, but sometimes when I come out of sleep or from having a locked screen, after typing my password in and re-entering the OS, about 20 or 30 seconds later, the screen just shuts off and goes to sleep.
I almost always use an external monitor, but can't remember if this ever happens w/out it connected.
One thing that does happen every time is that the password box is missing its blue highlight. My keyboard focus is still inside of it though. When I see this, 100% of the time, this re-lock/sleep happens.
I'm running 10.8.2 mountain lion.
Any ideas on what is causing this, or anyone else experience this?
| Q: Coming out of screen-lock, sometimes my machine will sleep/lock 30 seconds after I haven't pinpointed any potential triggers yet, but sometimes when I come out of sleep or from having a locked screen, after typing my password in and re-entering the OS, about 20 or 30 seconds later, the screen just shuts off and goes to sleep.
I almost always use an external monitor, but can't remember if this ever happens w/out it connected.
One thing that does happen every time is that the password box is missing its blue highlight. My keyboard focus is still inside of it though. When I see this, 100% of the time, this re-lock/sleep happens.
I'm running 10.8.2 mountain lion.
Any ideas on what is causing this, or anyone else experience this?
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c6ffd04bcef548f97699e6dd9214032000369bb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Import Google Reader subscriptions into Flipboard Is there a simple way to import my rss subscriptions from Google Reader(GR) into Flipboard(F). I know i can read the subscriptions in F, but want to really import them into F so i can access it in F after GR will shutdown.
A: Yes there is and it is described in an article on the Flipboard web page: "We’ve Got Your RSS Covered! Save Your Google Reader Feeds Now".
Basically you just have to choose Google Reader in the Accounts tab. Once imported, Flipboard will fetch the feeds on its own. So it will also stay when Google has shut down Reader.
Just one more hint:
If you want to save your feeds in a stand-alone file (e.g. for backing up) you could use Google Takeout.
| Q: Import Google Reader subscriptions into Flipboard Is there a simple way to import my rss subscriptions from Google Reader(GR) into Flipboard(F). I know i can read the subscriptions in F, but want to really import them into F so i can access it in F after GR will shutdown.
A: Yes there is and it is described in an article on the Flipboard web page: "We’ve Got Your RSS Covered! Save Your Google Reader Feeds Now".
Basically you just have to choose Google Reader in the Accounts tab. Once imported, Flipboard will fetch the feeds on its own. So it will also stay when Google has shut down Reader.
Just one more hint:
If you want to save your feeds in a stand-alone file (e.g. for backing up) you could use Google Takeout.
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06a7463d9f6f682ce7bad73eb4edbbe0ce142db5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I Can't raise the brightness to the maximum. I have a macbook pro late 2008. When Im raising the brighntess level, when it reaches the 50% it starts to decrease the brightness till it goes almost dark on 100%. Someone know how to do fix this?
thanks
A: take a look at your settings! so you dont have automatic brightness on, that COULD prevent it! "could.." second thing i would do is an SMC reset! if this doesn't work get back and we can to a little more trouble shooting!
| Q: I Can't raise the brightness to the maximum. I have a macbook pro late 2008. When Im raising the brighntess level, when it reaches the 50% it starts to decrease the brightness till it goes almost dark on 100%. Someone know how to do fix this?
thanks
A: take a look at your settings! so you dont have automatic brightness on, that COULD prevent it! "could.." second thing i would do is an SMC reset! if this doesn't work get back and we can to a little more trouble shooting!
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1075c2901660e76e0c5b7d19f9168c7a184c62f5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to backUp an iPhone with a black/blank screen? Recently I dropped my iPhone 4 and when I picked it up the screen was all black but the sensor was still on. I called Apple and basically they said they can try to repair it or just buy a new one. So, I'm buying a new phone.
As I want to still have all my information, I'm trying to make a backUp, but when trying an error prompts asking me to unlock the iPhone, which is something I can no longer do as I can't see the screen nor does the touch screen work.
So is there anyway to get around that or another way to unlock?
A: I think your best bet is to to run your iphone side by side with another iphone that is also set to lock. Now, by using the two phones side by side, you should be able to enter your passcode 'blind' using the position of the keys on the working phone as a guide.
| Q: How to backUp an iPhone with a black/blank screen? Recently I dropped my iPhone 4 and when I picked it up the screen was all black but the sensor was still on. I called Apple and basically they said they can try to repair it or just buy a new one. So, I'm buying a new phone.
As I want to still have all my information, I'm trying to make a backUp, but when trying an error prompts asking me to unlock the iPhone, which is something I can no longer do as I can't see the screen nor does the touch screen work.
So is there anyway to get around that or another way to unlock?
A: I think your best bet is to to run your iphone side by side with another iphone that is also set to lock. Now, by using the two phones side by side, you should be able to enter your passcode 'blind' using the position of the keys on the working phone as a guide.
A: Unlikely, as what's the point of password-protecting it if anyone can get the data by plugging it in, but have you tried Apple Configurator? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12
or PhoneView? http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
Other than that, it isn't cheap, but data recovery services support iPhone now, although your particular need is possibly harder for them to assist with http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/devices-supported/apple-iphone-data-recovery/
It would be more to the point to just (carefully)replace the screen, with a part like they sell at http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-4-Display-Assembly-GSM-ATT/IF182-003
iCloud offers relatively small space for free, but the auto-backup you can configure every time its plugged in would be saving your bacon right now, hindsight 20/20…
Good luck, Allister
A: I did exactly what Sherwood's answer said with my iPhone 5 that died on me yesterday.
The trick totally worked, after the Apple Store told me that there is NOTHING that can be done and that I would lose almost 1 year worth of data! If you want to check if the screen is still touch sensitive, either call your number and see if you can answer the call by hitting the area that would have the "answer button", or see if you can power the phone down by hitting the top button and do a "swish" where you would normally see the "slide to power down button" at the top of the screen.
Once you start it back up make sure you do another swish on the bottom of the screen where the "slide to unlock" button would be (I forgot about that one initially.)
I found that I was not able to unlock the phone while I had it connected to my PC/iTunes. So unlock the phone first and then connect to ITunes to get a full backup. Hope this helps!
Note that you can also use the accessibility options to help you. I activated the VoiceOver options (http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph2062e901c) while my phone was plugged into my computer through itunes to help me figure out what I was touching on my black screen, and select the appropriate buttons. Do this somewhere you won't be embarrassed to have your phone read to you though.
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a925c3b55684d9140c68a799bdb30face5e112b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Git plug-in for Finder? Is there a plug-in for the Finder which lets me see and do all my git-related stuff?
There are many different apps or the terminal which change the prompt to show that files are “dirty” in terms of not being checked in or showing which branch of the code you are browsing.
I’m wondering if there are any Finder integration or visual indicators that will show if:
*
*the current directory is under code control
*the current directory has un-committed changes
*is under code control at all
Are there graphical tools that are paid or free that integrate git status with Finder windows?
A: SnailGit is close (but not free) alternative to TortoiseGit that works for mac. It does displays badges directly in Finder. And it has right-click git menu for operations on repositories.
Free version is limited to one folder.
| Q: Git plug-in for Finder? Is there a plug-in for the Finder which lets me see and do all my git-related stuff?
There are many different apps or the terminal which change the prompt to show that files are “dirty” in terms of not being checked in or showing which branch of the code you are browsing.
I’m wondering if there are any Finder integration or visual indicators that will show if:
*
*the current directory is under code control
*the current directory has un-committed changes
*is under code control at all
Are there graphical tools that are paid or free that integrate git status with Finder windows?
A: SnailGit is close (but not free) alternative to TortoiseGit that works for mac. It does displays badges directly in Finder. And it has right-click git menu for operations on repositories.
Free version is limited to one folder.
A: I'm afraid that there is no git plugin for the native Finder app.
The Finder alternative Path Finder claims to offer GIT and SVN integration, but it costs $39.95. Maybe try the 30 trial to see if it fits your needs?
A: Other options, with recent updates, are:
*
*GitFinder
*Stat
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311c024704f1d95812cfe8e1e7092352e7bdc89f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Iterm2 disable Command shortcuts I use Iterm2 on the Mac. Many times, I accidentally press Command+some key, so I'm wondering, is it possible to disable the Command shortcuts? Like Command+D for example, as I use tmux for split panes.
A: You'll want to override iTerm's default shortcuts with your own shortcuts to "Ignore".
Go to Preferences > Keys and press the + button at the bottom of the Global Shortcut Keys:
Then add an entry for Cmd+K and choose "Ignore" for the action:
This disables Cmd+K.
| Q: Iterm2 disable Command shortcuts I use Iterm2 on the Mac. Many times, I accidentally press Command+some key, so I'm wondering, is it possible to disable the Command shortcuts? Like Command+D for example, as I use tmux for split panes.
A: You'll want to override iTerm's default shortcuts with your own shortcuts to "Ignore".
Go to Preferences > Keys and press the + button at the bottom of the Global Shortcut Keys:
Then add an entry for Cmd+K and choose "Ignore" for the action:
This disables Cmd+K.
A: Another useful option - you want to use Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V and Ctrl-Z in iTerm2, but you defined them globally on your Mac as Copy, Paste, Undo shortcuts.
To be able to use those shortcuts in iTerm2 to stop running command (ctrl-c), insert special character (ctrl-v) or put program into background (ctrl-z):
*
*create shortcuts ctrl-c ctrl-v ctrl-z in iTerm2 - Preferences > Keys > + same as in above solution
*instead of Ignore chose action "Do Not Remap Modifiers"
And now you can use ctrl-c for copy in rest of mac os and for break inside iTerm2.
A: You have the option to remap a key in iTerm2 to send an escape sequence. In your case, to remap ⌘+D to send Esc+D, select the action Send Escape Sequence and provide the sequence of characters
that should follow the Escape character to be sent to the terminal.
A: You could just go to Preferences > Keys and manually delete every shortcut with Cmd.
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27aa6b8aa02166e37eee4a1e4d1671df72309050 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I use iMessage when my number is disconnected? Recently canceled cell service for iPhone 3GS (iOS 6) but have still been using it to iMessage. Today I got a message from someone I didn't know apparently AT&T reassigned my phone number to someone else and both my phone and hers were receiving the messages. How do I have others iMessage me to my email address instead of phone number?
A: Go to the deregister page at:
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203042
You can also change the send as "caller ID" portion for sending new messages in the Settings App -> Messages -> Send & Receive -> Start new conversations from:
You might have some old conversations that end since you are now using your email for iMessage so send a new message to your friends if they won't know to try your email instead of your SMS going forward.
| Q: How do I use iMessage when my number is disconnected? Recently canceled cell service for iPhone 3GS (iOS 6) but have still been using it to iMessage. Today I got a message from someone I didn't know apparently AT&T reassigned my phone number to someone else and both my phone and hers were receiving the messages. How do I have others iMessage me to my email address instead of phone number?
A: Go to the deregister page at:
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203042
You can also change the send as "caller ID" portion for sending new messages in the Settings App -> Messages -> Send & Receive -> Start new conversations from:
You might have some old conversations that end since you are now using your email for iMessage so send a new message to your friends if they won't know to try your email instead of your SMS going forward.
A: If you see your old phone number in Settings > Messages > Send & Recieve, you can reset this by turning iMessage off and on again
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b357023b6b3f2a59c2a237d26812076791f35051 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sleep mode problems with external Monitor After the latest update (10.8.3), I encountered a problem. When my external Acer monitor is connected (via HDMI) while trying to put my MacBook Pro into sleep mode, everything works fine. But suddenly, after a few seconds, the HDD seems to wake up (I think its the HDD because of the noise) and to sleep again and wake up again. This happens all the time in 10-20 sec. time intervals. Furthermore, this only happens when the monitor is in standby. When I turn off the monitor via key or unplug the cable, the HDD stays in sleep mode. It seems like it's sending some data, which prevents the MacBook from going completely into sleep mode. I also connected it to my TV. There were no problems when connected to the TV. It seems like it's only happening with the Acer monitor.
Any suggestions how to fix this?
A: Can you open console after that and search for "wake"?
There should be something like "kernel: Wake reason: "
I think it may give a hint.
PS sorry, don't have enough rep to post it as comment
| Q: Sleep mode problems with external Monitor After the latest update (10.8.3), I encountered a problem. When my external Acer monitor is connected (via HDMI) while trying to put my MacBook Pro into sleep mode, everything works fine. But suddenly, after a few seconds, the HDD seems to wake up (I think its the HDD because of the noise) and to sleep again and wake up again. This happens all the time in 10-20 sec. time intervals. Furthermore, this only happens when the monitor is in standby. When I turn off the monitor via key or unplug the cable, the HDD stays in sleep mode. It seems like it's sending some data, which prevents the MacBook from going completely into sleep mode. I also connected it to my TV. There were no problems when connected to the TV. It seems like it's only happening with the Acer monitor.
Any suggestions how to fix this?
A: Can you open console after that and search for "wake"?
There should be something like "kernel: Wake reason: "
I think it may give a hint.
PS sorry, don't have enough rep to post it as comment
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045c52968fd1669e0965171c7c344a28e97cceb4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Virtualbox complete fullscreen I am running Windows via Virtualbox on my Macbook. It works fine. When I switch to fullscreen to screen the screen is actually full, but the windows windows does not spread out to the full extent. How can I fix that?
A: I would guess that you have not installed the guest additions in your guest system.
Quoting from the manual:
In the "Devices" menu in the virtual machine's menu bar, VirtualBox
has a handy menu item named "Install guest additions", which mounts
the Guest Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine. A Windows
guest should then automatically start the Guest Additions installer,
which installs the Guest Additions into your Windows guest. Other
guest operating systems (or if automatic start of software on CD is
disabled) need manual start of the installer.
| Q: Virtualbox complete fullscreen I am running Windows via Virtualbox on my Macbook. It works fine. When I switch to fullscreen to screen the screen is actually full, but the windows windows does not spread out to the full extent. How can I fix that?
A: I would guess that you have not installed the guest additions in your guest system.
Quoting from the manual:
In the "Devices" menu in the virtual machine's menu bar, VirtualBox
has a handy menu item named "Install guest additions", which mounts
the Guest Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine. A Windows
guest should then automatically start the Guest Additions installer,
which installs the Guest Additions into your Windows guest. Other
guest operating systems (or if automatic start of software on CD is
disabled) need manual start of the installer.
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8d6be74798a8174646968f9db28ba3aea437d8c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can not select Airplay Device in OSX When I click on my Airplay speaker in Sound settings, it jumps back.
I have to restart my Mac in order to fix this problem.
How can I fix this issue without restarting my Mac?
A: There is command line solution that I've found in Mac Rumors
sudo kill `ps -ax | grep 'coreaudiod' | grep 'sbin' |awk '{print $1}'`
Which can assigned to an alias:
alias fixairplay="sudo kill `ps -ax | grep 'coreaudiod' | grep 'sbin' |awk '{print $1}'`"
Then this command fixes the issue:
fixairplay
| Q: Can not select Airplay Device in OSX When I click on my Airplay speaker in Sound settings, it jumps back.
I have to restart my Mac in order to fix this problem.
How can I fix this issue without restarting my Mac?
A: There is command line solution that I've found in Mac Rumors
sudo kill `ps -ax | grep 'coreaudiod' | grep 'sbin' |awk '{print $1}'`
Which can assigned to an alias:
alias fixairplay="sudo kill `ps -ax | grep 'coreaudiod' | grep 'sbin' |awk '{print $1}'`"
Then this command fixes the issue:
fixairplay
A: What you need to do is to restart the coreaudio deamon (coreaudiod). Open up the terminal and run sudo killall coreaudiod. As simple as that.
Then if you're having a difficult time memorizing the above, you can add the following line to ~/.bash_profile
alias fixairplay='sudo killall coreaudiod'
From now on you can just use the alias fixairplay.
A: Inspired from Mohsen, but simplified by using pgrep.
sudo kill `pgrep coreaudio`
pgrep's reason for existence is to avoid parsing ps output and is much safer to use when being sent to kill, IMHO cause you are less likely to grab the wrong process info.
Anyway, the accepted answer worked great (Mavericks).
pgrep @ wikipedia (man is waaay too obscure)
A: I've had the same behavior with HDMI, as well. I.e. For some reason which I have yet to identify, my mac mini (running Mavericks) will switch to using the internal speakers, and any attempt to switch back to HDMI doesn't just bounces back to internal speakers.
Killing coreaudio (which will then restart itself) fixes the HDMI issue as well. @0sh and @jl-peyret have the simplest commands, which can be entered in the terminal:
sudo kill `pgrep coreaudio`
or
sudo killall coreaudiod
For people who like to shy away from the terminal, you can also quit the coreaudiod process from the Activity Monitor.
There are some other recommendations, if this doesn't fix things, in this article, though some of them are a bit extreme.
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77a863a7c7e22c01ca8a216a4eb1b6d4e918b0fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I install handbrake cli? I've downloaded the Handbrake CLI. What's the best place to install a command line app on my Mac?
A: The best way to install anything on OSX is (IMHO) with Homebrew. You can install Homebrew with this command:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Then you can install stuff (like handbrakeCLI) like this:
brew install handbrake
Then you can run it straight away from any command prompt with:
handbrakeCLI ...
| Q: How do I install handbrake cli? I've downloaded the Handbrake CLI. What's the best place to install a command line app on my Mac?
A: The best way to install anything on OSX is (IMHO) with Homebrew. You can install Homebrew with this command:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Then you can install stuff (like handbrakeCLI) like this:
brew install handbrake
Then you can run it straight away from any command prompt with:
handbrakeCLI ...
A: /usr/local/bin is meant for installing local (UNIX) software. Conveniently, it is also included in $PATH by default, so you don't need to prefix the full path to run commands installed there.
You do need root access to install/copy files there, you could accomplish this by using sudo while moving the binary there.
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4d92f4df7ea7d2dd1903d704f90511afb178d7d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: >console does not work I have enabled the login window so that the username and password must be entered to login to an account. However, when I switch out of my user and type >console into the username field, the screen flashes white and nothing happens.
Why is this happening? Can I fix it?
A: I, too, had this problem.
The way I fixed it was to log out of all accounts on my Mac. After this, >console login worked flawlessly.
| Q: >console does not work I have enabled the login window so that the username and password must be entered to login to an account. However, when I switch out of my user and type >console into the username field, the screen flashes white and nothing happens.
Why is this happening? Can I fix it?
A: I, too, had this problem.
The way I fixed it was to log out of all accounts on my Mac. After this, >console login worked flawlessly.
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9a16fe671725f90e6f9c002efe0bef5f3fb76135 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a hand tool for xcode's storyboard (scrolling without scrollbars, PDF style)? I guess the title says it all. I was looking for a way to e.g. hold down a modifier key and "grab" the storyboard so that I can stop trying to aim for the scrollbars every time I want to scroll freely with a mouse.
I found this key chart http://cocoasamurai.blogspot.se/2011/03/xcode-4-keyboard-shortcuts-now.html but it didn't help.
A: It depends on what type of mouse you're using, but on my magic mouse, I can scroll the storyboard in any direction by dragging one finger over the mouse.
You can also move it around with the command key and arrow keys:
⌘ → Scroll right
⌘ ← Scroll left
⌘ ↓ Scroll down
⌘ ↑ Scroll up
Note that you'd have to give the storyboard focus first, by clicking in a blank area.
| Q: Is there a hand tool for xcode's storyboard (scrolling without scrollbars, PDF style)? I guess the title says it all. I was looking for a way to e.g. hold down a modifier key and "grab" the storyboard so that I can stop trying to aim for the scrollbars every time I want to scroll freely with a mouse.
I found this key chart http://cocoasamurai.blogspot.se/2011/03/xcode-4-keyboard-shortcuts-now.html but it didn't help.
A: It depends on what type of mouse you're using, but on my magic mouse, I can scroll the storyboard in any direction by dragging one finger over the mouse.
You can also move it around with the command key and arrow keys:
⌘ → Scroll right
⌘ ← Scroll left
⌘ ↓ Scroll down
⌘ ↑ Scroll up
Note that you'd have to give the storyboard focus first, by clicking in a blank area.
A: Smart Scroll will help you here. Though it has many features, one of it is grab and scroll, which is exactly what you need.
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07c248670adfede1a7829b055ba06074a79cb5ec | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Making the active window more obvious in OSX From an accessibility point of view there are many people who find it easier to control their computers by (effectively) the keyboard, rather than the mouse. One of the things that comes up semi-regularly is mistakes caused by not realising which window is the active one.
I'm looking for a tweak or even a program that makes it easier to see which window is the active one in OSX. I'd like like something that just, for example, dramatically increased the shadow, or boardered the active window in Red.
A: You could try white on black - then the shadow becomes more of a glow. Ctrl-Alt-Cmd-8 or Apple -> System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Seeing -> White on Black.
On the other hand you can use a third-party program like HazeOver
| Q: Making the active window more obvious in OSX From an accessibility point of view there are many people who find it easier to control their computers by (effectively) the keyboard, rather than the mouse. One of the things that comes up semi-regularly is mistakes caused by not realising which window is the active one.
I'm looking for a tweak or even a program that makes it easier to see which window is the active one in OSX. I'd like like something that just, for example, dramatically increased the shadow, or boardered the active window in Red.
A: You could try white on black - then the shadow becomes more of a glow. Ctrl-Alt-Cmd-8 or Apple -> System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Seeing -> White on Black.
On the other hand you can use a third-party program like HazeOver
A: A built in way to improve this is to adjust the macOS transparency setting.
Go to System Preferences → Accessibility → Display and check the box "Reduce transparency".
A: I just installed Honer and it rocks! It draws a border around the active window, defaulting to red, which makes it very obvious which is the active window!
Here's the before and after screenshots.
You can choose the colour, width and transparency of the border. It's exactly what I personally have been looking for!
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efd429429ea7944d4da75abb78e6ddee43c61220 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to check if MacBook battery is genuine? My white MacBook's battery has completely died, so I'm looking for a replacement.
It costs $150 from Apple, or about $70 for allegedly genuine Apple batteries on eBay:
I'm leaning toward this cheaper eBay option, but when I receive the battery:
How can I confirm if it is a genuine Apple product?
I am concerned with fire safety and so on.
Update: I bought the cheap eBay battery mentioned above, and it was an obvious fake.
A: You can't be sure unless you buy it from a Premium Reseller or an Official Apple Store. The difference in price makes me think that this is one of the many fake ones around.
My golden rule on this:
If it looks to good to be true, it most likely is.
| Q: How to check if MacBook battery is genuine? My white MacBook's battery has completely died, so I'm looking for a replacement.
It costs $150 from Apple, or about $70 for allegedly genuine Apple batteries on eBay:
I'm leaning toward this cheaper eBay option, but when I receive the battery:
How can I confirm if it is a genuine Apple product?
I am concerned with fire safety and so on.
Update: I bought the cheap eBay battery mentioned above, and it was an obvious fake.
A: You can't be sure unless you buy it from a Premium Reseller or an Official Apple Store. The difference in price makes me think that this is one of the many fake ones around.
My golden rule on this:
If it looks to good to be true, it most likely is.
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d0984c2709c0d21c9e78da9f765717a5f78db975 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Duplex Scanning in OSX with non-duplex scanner with document feeder How can I scan a large double sided document with my scanner's document feeder? The scanner only can scan one side of the page. However, I am bulk scanning all my bills and tax forms and have several that are 10+ pages with text on both sides of the page.
Is there any stock software that will scan one side, prompt for you to flip the pages, scan the other side, and them output a single PDF file? Otherwise, I would need software to simply combine the two PDF files and properly order the pages.
A: There is also a free alternative with PDFSAM, that perfectly work on Sierra 10.12.4.
You can separately scan first odd pages (beginning with the first page) and then even pages (beginning from the last page). After that you can mix all together with the alternate mix option taking care of reverse the even page, as the following image:
| Q: Duplex Scanning in OSX with non-duplex scanner with document feeder How can I scan a large double sided document with my scanner's document feeder? The scanner only can scan one side of the page. However, I am bulk scanning all my bills and tax forms and have several that are 10+ pages with text on both sides of the page.
Is there any stock software that will scan one side, prompt for you to flip the pages, scan the other side, and them output a single PDF file? Otherwise, I would need software to simply combine the two PDF files and properly order the pages.
A: There is also a free alternative with PDFSAM, that perfectly work on Sierra 10.12.4.
You can separately scan first odd pages (beginning with the first page) and then even pages (beginning from the last page). After that you can mix all together with the alternate mix option taking care of reverse the even page, as the following image:
A: The "fake duplex" in PDF Scanner works very nicely.
The things I find frustrating are:
*
*Autocrop pages doesn't crop all pages in the batch the same. Sometimes it crops too much, so I avoid using Autocrop.
*Yellowed pages come out with a yellow background - There doesn't seem to be a means of setting the white level.
*It works very well with the HP LaserJet series 200 document feeder. On the flatbed, there is a delay in scanning. So if scanning flatbed, I use the HP supplied software. For fake duplex I use this.
A: PDF Scanner app on the app store claims to have 'fake duplex' scanning, which allows dual sided document scanning without a duplex scanner.
http://www.pdfscannerapp.com/
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3cf82ce6dd3f7ef86ea1948a7afdc92ed53d0a78 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I maintain two different iOS devices on a single iMac My wife and I share an iMac, and our iPhones keep populating with each other's apps. iTunes keeps trying to update my phone with my wife's apps and data. Is there a way to update the settings on the phone so it can distinguish the difference between App Store accounts?
A: Easy way: create multiple user accounts on your Mac, a tutorial can be found here.
-or-
Hard way: create different iTunes libraries for your user account. You'll need to:
*
*Quit iTunes
*Hold down the Option key and then launch iTunes
*Click the "Create Library..." button on the dialog that is displayed
*Once you've created the different libraries, you need to remember to use the Option key and then "Choose Library..." to switch between the two every time you start iTunes
A multi-part tutorial can be found here.
| Q: How do I maintain two different iOS devices on a single iMac My wife and I share an iMac, and our iPhones keep populating with each other's apps. iTunes keeps trying to update my phone with my wife's apps and data. Is there a way to update the settings on the phone so it can distinguish the difference between App Store accounts?
A: Easy way: create multiple user accounts on your Mac, a tutorial can be found here.
-or-
Hard way: create different iTunes libraries for your user account. You'll need to:
*
*Quit iTunes
*Hold down the Option key and then launch iTunes
*Click the "Create Library..." button on the dialog that is displayed
*Once you've created the different libraries, you need to remember to use the Option key and then "Choose Library..." to switch between the two every time you start iTunes
A multi-part tutorial can be found here.
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e1fc9c3a7ce6fb7e9ae2bac4a4ffe059a9a8be25 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get the terminals in terminal.app to go to the right directory after restart with tcsh? The terminal.app keeps the tabs after a restart and it even shows the content of the buffers. But all open tabs are at the home directory rather than the working directory they were in at shutdown. I am using tcsh and I learned that this is the problem. It works for bash and Chris Page posted something for zsh, but I do not know how to adapt this to tcsh.
A: Add this to ~/.cshrc:
if ( "$TERM_PROGRAM" == Apple_Terminal ) then
alias precmd 'printf "\033]7;file://"; hostname | tr -d "\n"; printf %s "$PWD" | xxd -p | sed -E "s|(..)|%\1|g;s|%2f|/|g"; printf "\a"'
endif
http://www.stairways.com/blog/2011-08-07-tcsh-remembering-path uses Perl, doesn't escape characters like % or ä, and doesn't ignore iTerm.
| Q: How do I get the terminals in terminal.app to go to the right directory after restart with tcsh? The terminal.app keeps the tabs after a restart and it even shows the content of the buffers. But all open tabs are at the home directory rather than the working directory they were in at shutdown. I am using tcsh and I learned that this is the problem. It works for bash and Chris Page posted something for zsh, but I do not know how to adapt this to tcsh.
A: Add this to ~/.cshrc:
if ( "$TERM_PROGRAM" == Apple_Terminal ) then
alias precmd 'printf "\033]7;file://"; hostname | tr -d "\n"; printf %s "$PWD" | xxd -p | sed -E "s|(..)|%\1|g;s|%2f|/|g"; printf "\a"'
endif
http://www.stairways.com/blog/2011-08-07-tcsh-remembering-path uses Perl, doesn't escape characters like % or ä, and doesn't ignore iTerm.
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a6ed143fd4a53bc6c764c21c8d47aac01a576a94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: open iTerm drop down console on different screen I use iTerm since a few days, and when i press my hotkey, it'll drop down nicely, from top of the screen, but ... on the wrong one.
I have a macbook pro with mountain lion, and i connect it to a 24" screen for development. It would be awesome if it can dropdown on the big screen if it is connected.
This might be a more general thing, since any menu bar of any app is showing on the small screen, instead of the external.
(ps. I use both screens, not in mirror mode obviously)
Any ways around this?
A: iTerm2 Build 1.0.0.20130319:
Iterm->Preferences->Profiles->Window
From there you have a screen bar you can set to 'screen2' or 'main screen'.
| Q: open iTerm drop down console on different screen I use iTerm since a few days, and when i press my hotkey, it'll drop down nicely, from top of the screen, but ... on the wrong one.
I have a macbook pro with mountain lion, and i connect it to a 24" screen for development. It would be awesome if it can dropdown on the big screen if it is connected.
This might be a more general thing, since any menu bar of any app is showing on the small screen, instead of the external.
(ps. I use both screens, not in mirror mode obviously)
Any ways around this?
A: iTerm2 Build 1.0.0.20130319:
Iterm->Preferences->Profiles->Window
From there you have a screen bar you can set to 'screen2' or 'main screen'.
A: Crikey, I missed this all the time. But it's in preferences -> display -> drag the menu bar to other screen. I never realized (or cared to read the explanation text) that you could drag that menu bar.
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141a4ddc7ce59a864f03b754b39c21adc5659044 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Difference between GSM and Global iPhone 5 I want to download iPhone firmware, but I don't know my iPhone is Global or GSM so…
What is difference between "iPhone 5 (Global)" and "iPhone 5 (GSM)"?
How can I recognize if my iPhone is Global or GSM?
A: The CDMA model presumably has compatibility in more markets than the standard GSM model. According tot he list below, unless you ordered your phone from a Chinese firm, if you have a CDMA model it also supports GSM.
GSM is a European standard and supports the EDGE network. CDMA supports some networks branded as "3G", but YMMV. Both are getting a bit long in the tooth as far as cutting-edge goes (IMO).
You can use this list to help identify if your model includes CDMA (Global) or GSM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3939
Check the "Model" at the bottom on the back of the phone and cross-reference it with the model number on that list. Here are the relevant iPhone 5 data:
*
*GSM models: A1428, A1533 and A1530
*CDMA models: A1429 and A1453
*CDMA China models: A1528, A1530 and A1518
| Q: Difference between GSM and Global iPhone 5 I want to download iPhone firmware, but I don't know my iPhone is Global or GSM so…
What is difference between "iPhone 5 (Global)" and "iPhone 5 (GSM)"?
How can I recognize if my iPhone is Global or GSM?
A: The CDMA model presumably has compatibility in more markets than the standard GSM model. According tot he list below, unless you ordered your phone from a Chinese firm, if you have a CDMA model it also supports GSM.
GSM is a European standard and supports the EDGE network. CDMA supports some networks branded as "3G", but YMMV. Both are getting a bit long in the tooth as far as cutting-edge goes (IMO).
You can use this list to help identify if your model includes CDMA (Global) or GSM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3939
Check the "Model" at the bottom on the back of the phone and cross-reference it with the model number on that list. Here are the relevant iPhone 5 data:
*
*GSM models: A1428, A1533 and A1530
*CDMA models: A1429 and A1453
*CDMA China models: A1528, A1530 and A1518
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3eb7632295f9e011e3b12d454a27adb924410e50 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Unable to Download"/"Unable to Install" on iOS app update Whenever I try to update one of my apps, it downloads 79%, stops for a moment, then the progress bar resets and one of two dialog boxes appears:
Unable to Download Item
"App Name" cannot be downloaded. Please try again later.
[Done]
or
Unable to Download Application
"App Name" could not be installed at this time.
[Done] [Retry]
In the case of error #1, the app then returns to normal, but has not been updated. In the case of error #2, it sits at 0% and cannot be opened. Retrying simply repeats.
This does not happen with every app. Some apps simply install as expected.
I have a 4th generation iPod touch running the Evasi0n jailbreak of iOS 6.1. Rebooting does not resolve the problem, nor does launching in Safe Mode.
A: When this happens to me, I find it starts because a download was interrupted.
To correct, I find it easiest to use my computer to install the update, which corrects each app it updates.
| Q: "Unable to Download"/"Unable to Install" on iOS app update Whenever I try to update one of my apps, it downloads 79%, stops for a moment, then the progress bar resets and one of two dialog boxes appears:
Unable to Download Item
"App Name" cannot be downloaded. Please try again later.
[Done]
or
Unable to Download Application
"App Name" could not be installed at this time.
[Done] [Retry]
In the case of error #1, the app then returns to normal, but has not been updated. In the case of error #2, it sits at 0% and cannot be opened. Retrying simply repeats.
This does not happen with every app. Some apps simply install as expected.
I have a 4th generation iPod touch running the Evasi0n jailbreak of iOS 6.1. Rebooting does not resolve the problem, nor does launching in Safe Mode.
A: When this happens to me, I find it starts because a download was interrupted.
To correct, I find it easiest to use my computer to install the update, which corrects each app it updates.
A: I was able to recover from the error type #2 described in the question by deleting the /var/mobile/Media/Downloads/downloads.*.sqlitedb file - where the asterisk matches some possibly random digits.
The file contains information about available (and partially downloaded) updates and the removal of the file causes the disrupted updates to become available again in the App Store. When you start App Store on the device, the file is re-created.
Now, it should be possible to update the apps that previously were caught in the failing update loop directly from the App Store.
Note, that deleting the file mentioned requires a jailbroken device with either iFile or some similar app or sshd running on the device.
A: This happened to me around the time I switched Apple IDs. When I first started purchasing/downloading content from the iTunes store, I was using one Apple ID, and now I use another.
Any time I attempt to update an app that I first downloaded using the not-currently-logged-in (via Settings > App Store) user, I get one of these errors.
It became such a pain in the ass that, each time I encountered one of thees apps, I deleted the app and downloaded it fresh using my new Apple ID.
If you think this might be the case, you can Get Info on any app in iTunes, and see which Apple ID it belongs to.
A: I had 3 app's in my update page of my iphone6, but nothing would happen when I attempted to update them. Apparently the page was not requesting sign-in information and restarts wouldn't fix it. What eventually worked was to go to a page in the app store that required a sign-in, like wish-list, then sign-in on the update page. This last step had no effect until I restarted and visited the update screen, then I was prompted and the updates completed. So in short, get the update screen to prompt you for a sign-in.
A: I had this problem in the past when my iPhone 4 was jailbroken as well.
I believe that it has something to do with the apple ID used to download the app. Try logging out of the apple ID (within the App Store, usually found at the bottom of the featured apps list), hard restart your device (holding down both sleep and home until device turns off), and sign back in to your ID in the App Store.
Test drive it at that point by installing (or updating) a few apps.
Let me know if this worked. Good luck to ya.
A: I solved this problem by syncing to iTunes and downloading the app directly from my desktop iTunes.
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10a0bf5d2e8135030c4e17f920c091137fc1b517 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do any OS X twitter apps integrate well with Notification Center? I'm looking for an app to let me keep the twitter integration from OS X (where I can tweet from Notification Center (hereafter abbreviated NC)) but also have my mentions from NC open in the app as opposed to opening Safari or another web browser.
I'm afraid the answer is no app can register/snatch the system twitter notifications intercept Notification Center links in a stand alone app rather than Safari, but I'm going to ask in case this is possible.
Even if I have to turn off the OS X twitter notification in system preferences or log out entirely to achieve this goal, do any OS X twitter clients integrate well with notification center for either DM or mention notifications?
A: Tweetbot supports the Notification Center and adds clickable notifications that open in the app itself.
It does not intercept the standard Twitter notifications Mountain Lion added though, but as you mentioned, you can disable those to only see the Tweetbot ones. You can still tweet from the Notification Center after disabling standard Twitter notifications.
| Q: Do any OS X twitter apps integrate well with Notification Center? I'm looking for an app to let me keep the twitter integration from OS X (where I can tweet from Notification Center (hereafter abbreviated NC)) but also have my mentions from NC open in the app as opposed to opening Safari or another web browser.
I'm afraid the answer is no app can register/snatch the system twitter notifications intercept Notification Center links in a stand alone app rather than Safari, but I'm going to ask in case this is possible.
Even if I have to turn off the OS X twitter notification in system preferences or log out entirely to achieve this goal, do any OS X twitter clients integrate well with notification center for either DM or mention notifications?
A: Tweetbot supports the Notification Center and adds clickable notifications that open in the app itself.
It does not intercept the standard Twitter notifications Mountain Lion added though, but as you mentioned, you can disable those to only see the Tweetbot ones. You can still tweet from the Notification Center after disabling standard Twitter notifications.
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07511848a4875da629dc19ef56c6200695ec6353 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use F1-F12 keys with MacBook? Blender requires F-keys such as F12 and numpad. The numpad emulation works for me, but I am unable to get the function keys such as F1, F4 and F12 working. For example, F12 should do rendering. So how can I use Blender with a MacBook?
A: To clarify and expand on HHH's comments: in at least some recent versions of OS X, F8, F9, F10, and F12 are set by default as shortcuts to control Expose, Spaces, and Dashboard. Houbysoft's and L2G's solutions don't work in this case; holding fn activates Expose/etc, and checking "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" in System Preferences/Keyboard just means you get Expose from the unmodified function key instead of from fn + function key.
The solution is: in System Preferences/Keyboard, open the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, and find and uncheck the relevant shortcuts.
| Q: How to use F1-F12 keys with MacBook? Blender requires F-keys such as F12 and numpad. The numpad emulation works for me, but I am unable to get the function keys such as F1, F4 and F12 working. For example, F12 should do rendering. So how can I use Blender with a MacBook?
A: To clarify and expand on HHH's comments: in at least some recent versions of OS X, F8, F9, F10, and F12 are set by default as shortcuts to control Expose, Spaces, and Dashboard. Houbysoft's and L2G's solutions don't work in this case; holding fn activates Expose/etc, and checking "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" in System Preferences/Keyboard just means you get Expose from the unmodified function key instead of from fn + function key.
The solution is: in System Preferences/Keyboard, open the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, and find and uncheck the relevant shortcuts.
A: To expand on @Robert's solution (which in turn expands on @houbysoft's solution), to get F11 and F12 to execute application-specific functions (such as using F12 to open the developer tools in Chrome), you'll need to:
*
*Execute @houbysoft's solution
*Open System Preferences
*Go to Keyboard
*Go to Shortcuts
*Click on Mission Control
*Uncheck "Show Desktop" and "Show Dashboard"
A: You need to hold down the fn key (lower-left corner) while you're typing one of the F1–F12 keys. This is the norm for any app that uses F-keys, not just Blender.
A: You have two options; either hold down fn as L2G suggested, or switch to the F1 etc. keys to work like that directly.
This can be setup in keyboard preferences here:
If you do that, F1 will work as the actual F1 key. If you want to use it for controlling the brightness, you'd hit fn with it.
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8a964c6be07d2eb1613c3011f8244d57b07db7c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: PageUp and PageDown keys for Irssi (IRC) in Macbook? I cannot find the keys on my mackbook. I need them to go page-up and page-down in irssi (IRC). I have tested the tips here but they do not work. They model some different Up/Down, not the traditional Up/Down as on larger keyboards.
How can I press PageUp and PageDown buttons with Macbook? Irssi is running behind ssh and GNU Screen with UTF8 support.
A: It took me a while to guess that and I didn't find anything on Google, so at least, if somebody needs it, it's fn + Up/Down in iTerm 2.
| Q: PageUp and PageDown keys for Irssi (IRC) in Macbook? I cannot find the keys on my mackbook. I need them to go page-up and page-down in irssi (IRC). I have tested the tips here but they do not work. They model some different Up/Down, not the traditional Up/Down as on larger keyboards.
How can I press PageUp and PageDown buttons with Macbook? Irssi is running behind ssh and GNU Screen with UTF8 support.
A: It took me a while to guess that and I didn't find anything on Google, so at least, if somebody needs it, it's fn + Up/Down in iTerm 2.
A: In Terminal, go to Preferences... > Profiles. Click your 'Default' profile or the one you're currently using. Click the 'Keyboard' tab. Click 'Use Option as meta key'. Now Option-P and Option-N will do page back and page up.
Control-P and Control-N are view page up/down... so it's super nice.
A: I'm using irssi within tmux on Yosemite.
When using laptop keyboard (no number pad) this works: fn + shift + up/down
or (mojave)
fn + up/down
When using a standard keyboard shift + page up/page down
A: fn + shift + Up/Down
IIRC in previous versions of Mac OS X (Lion or perhaps earlier), fn had to come first. But I just tested fn vs. shift first and neither had a different effect.
This may be Terminal.app specific, and may not work in iTerm 2. YMMV
A: I'm using irssi on Mavericks. For me it was fn + shift+ Up/Down
A: On El Capitan with standard keyboard I got just page up/page down buttons to work fine out of the box.
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bad6de3fbf49d2ba2cdc5bd5dd292276c3445216 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shortcut to eject all external hard drives but not MobileBackups So far I've been using the following AppleScript to eject all external drives at once conveniently using a shortcut:
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk)
end tell
This script is is stored in /Library/Scripts and I have assigned a shortcut to trigger it in FastScripts.
But there's one problem. When you have Time Machine Backups enabled, OS X mounts a virtual MobileBackups volume in /Volumes to store local snapshots. This volume will be ejected alongside all the physical external volumes. I want to avoid this as this will stop local snapshots from being made (until it's mounted again at next login).
How can I add an exception to exclude /Volumes/MobileBackups in the AppleScript above?
A: You can do the following instead:
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk whose ejectable is true)
end tell
If you have partitioned disks mounted, hold down the
"Option" key, run your script, then release the key when done.
| Q: Shortcut to eject all external hard drives but not MobileBackups So far I've been using the following AppleScript to eject all external drives at once conveniently using a shortcut:
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk)
end tell
This script is is stored in /Library/Scripts and I have assigned a shortcut to trigger it in FastScripts.
But there's one problem. When you have Time Machine Backups enabled, OS X mounts a virtual MobileBackups volume in /Volumes to store local snapshots. This volume will be ejected alongside all the physical external volumes. I want to avoid this as this will stop local snapshots from being made (until it's mounted again at next login).
How can I add an exception to exclude /Volumes/MobileBackups in the AppleScript above?
A: You can do the following instead:
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk whose ejectable is true)
end tell
If you have partitioned disks mounted, hold down the
"Option" key, run your script, then release the key when done.
A: This AppleScript code:
tell application "Finder"
set diskList to the disks
repeat with mountedDisk in diskList
if name of mountedDisk is not "MobileBackups" then
eject mountedDisk
end if
end repeat
end tell
ejects all mounted disks except when named MobileBackups, that is, /Volumes/MobileBackups.
A: I've slightly modified this to do exclusions as a set.
set exceptionsList to {"MobileBackups", "startup disk", "home", "net"}
tell application "Finder"
set diskList to the disks
repeat with mountedDisk in diskList
if name of mountedDisk is not in exceptionsList then
eject mountedDisk
end if
end repeat
end tell
A: Putting Neil Ticktin's and Dickster's solutions together:
tell application "Finder"
set diskList to the disks whose ejectable is true
repeat with mountedDisk in diskList
set mountedDiskName to the name of mountedDisk
set skip to my skipDisk(mountedDiskName)
if skip is false then
eject mountedDisk
log "ejected " & mountedDiskName
else
log skip
end if
end repeat
end tell
-- skipDisk is either `false` or a string explaining what was skipped and why
on skipDisk(diskName)
set exceptionsList to {"TimeMachine", ".backup"}
if diskName is in exceptionsList then
return "skipped: \"" & diskName & "\" is in `exceptionsList`"
end if
repeat with exceptionDiskName in exceptionsList
if diskName contains exceptionDiskName then
return "skipped: \"" & diskName & "\" contains \"" & exceptionDiskName & "\""
end if
end repeat
return false
end skipDisk
A: Inspired by Ady's answer in this post, Here's a simpler version that worked for me.
I filtuer out the TimeMachine backups (Example: disk "2022-09-07-113224.backup") be filtering out root owned volumes. Zach's approach is much more fullproof though by checking the names.
Here's what works for me.
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk whose ejectable is true and local volume is true and format is not unknown format and owner is not "system")
end tell
You can test which disks will be ejected in Script Editor by running
tell application "Finder"
every disk whose ejectable is true and local volume is true and format is not unknown format and owner is not "system"
end tell
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bab23a7591f5745194735cae4974c7a99cf0671b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Mac Equivalent? Ctrl + Alt + Delete on Windows provides a variety of functions, the main one of interest being the Task Manager. Is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut & indeed Task Manager for carrying out such tasks as quitting an application that maybe "hanging" (amongst other things) for Apple Macs, or indeed anything similar ?
A: To complete previous answers :
*
*The shortcut control-eject brings up the shutdown/reboot confirmation dialog (I use this a lot : you just have to type control-eject then enter to shutdown. Very handy!)
*Pressing cmd-shift-Q brings up the quit session confirmation dialog.
| Q: Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Mac Equivalent? Ctrl + Alt + Delete on Windows provides a variety of functions, the main one of interest being the Task Manager. Is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut & indeed Task Manager for carrying out such tasks as quitting an application that maybe "hanging" (amongst other things) for Apple Macs, or indeed anything similar ?
A: To complete previous answers :
*
*The shortcut control-eject brings up the shutdown/reboot confirmation dialog (I use this a lot : you just have to type control-eject then enter to shutdown. Very handy!)
*Pressing cmd-shift-Q brings up the quit session confirmation dialog.
A: Alt/Option-Command-Esc to force applications to quit.
For Task Manager style stuff Activity Monitor is it by default and its not key invoked.
You could attach a key combo in preferences to Activity Monitor
Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts -->
Application: Finder
Menu Title: whatever
Keyboard Shortcut: You key combo.
A: There is no all in one equivalent:
*
*The equivalent of the Windows Task Manager is The Activity Monitor app.
*The equivalent of Close Session or Shut Down are found in the Apple Menu.
*The equivalent of Change Password is the Users pane of the Configuration app.
*The equivalent of Lock Computer is "Login Window..." under the User (your user name) menu.
A: You can use Activity Monitor and create a global keyboard shortcut to it via BetterTouchTool.
A: If you just need to lock your computer quickly, you can press:
Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Eject
Edit: Unfortunately, one of Apple's OS updates killed the above key combination for no good reason. So the only key combination available now is this less convenient one (if you have a Mac Mini or an iMac you have to press the physical Power button on the computer in addition to the other two keys in the keyboard):
Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Power ⌽
A: I normally open terminal. Then use top and kill the process.
A: The keyboard shortcut you’re looking for is ⌘ + ⌥ + ⎋, alternatively known as command + option + escape. This will bring up the Force Quit Applications window (see screenshot below).
A: see http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22781?viewlocale=en_US
That is the answer to Ctrl + Alt + Delete on a PC.
A: Ctrl + Alt + Delete in Windows is equivalent to
Command + fn + delete in Mac OS X
A: Fn+Ctrl+Opt(Alt)+Delete.
A: Ctrl + Shift + ESC gives you the task manager. This solved my problem. Credit to: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3718443?start=15&tstart=0
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8f2b327f2276905f05a9278687686c2072c1f5f6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apply "Floating/Translucent Window" to all existing sticky notes? If I have a large number of sticky notes on my desktop, each of which a varying permutation of "Floating/Translucent Window", is there a way to "Select All" stickies and apply the "Floating/Translucent Window" operation to them all?
A: You can set Floating Window as the default behavior for all new stickies, but for existing stickies you will need to set this value one-by-one.
To set the default:
On one sticky (any sticky), click Note from the menu bar and set "Floating Window" and/or "Translucent Window" to checked. Then select "Use as Default" from the same menu.
All new stickies will have the new settings. You can turn these off on a sticky-by-sticky basis, or you can re-set the defaults using the these instructions.
| Q: Apply "Floating/Translucent Window" to all existing sticky notes? If I have a large number of sticky notes on my desktop, each of which a varying permutation of "Floating/Translucent Window", is there a way to "Select All" stickies and apply the "Floating/Translucent Window" operation to them all?
A: You can set Floating Window as the default behavior for all new stickies, but for existing stickies you will need to set this value one-by-one.
To set the default:
On one sticky (any sticky), click Note from the menu bar and set "Floating Window" and/or "Translucent Window" to checked. Then select "Use as Default" from the same menu.
All new stickies will have the new settings. You can turn these off on a sticky-by-sticky basis, or you can re-set the defaults using the these instructions.
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cc85ffe3f3f0d47c9e89074c90e9718be9d9f264 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to install g++-45 with Homebrew I have installed gcc45 by using brew tap homebrew/versions & brew install gcc45. However, I can not find g++-4.5 in /usr/local/bin. How can I install g++-4.5 separately by Homebrew? Thanks.
My system 10.6.8.
A: Looks like the g++ part is not built by default. Build it with brew install gcc45 --enable-cxx and g++-4.5 will appear. See brew info gcc45 for details on the build options.
[@ in /usr/local/bin on ⇄ master]
$ brew install gcc45 --enable-cxx
==> Downloading http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gcc/gcc-4.5.4/gcc-4.5.4.tar.bz2
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/gcc45-4.5.4.tar.bz2
==> ../configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin12.3.0 --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc45/4.5.4/gcc --datarootdi
==> make bootstrap
==> make install
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc45/4.5.4: 909 files, 53M, built in 18.5 minutes
[@ in /usr/local/bin on ⇄ master]
$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/g++-4.5
lrwxr-xr-x 1 janke admin 33 Apr 25 11:27 /usr/local/bin/g++-4.5 -> ../Cellar/gcc45/4.5.4/bin/g++-4.5
| Q: How to install g++-45 with Homebrew I have installed gcc45 by using brew tap homebrew/versions & brew install gcc45. However, I can not find g++-4.5 in /usr/local/bin. How can I install g++-4.5 separately by Homebrew? Thanks.
My system 10.6.8.
A: Looks like the g++ part is not built by default. Build it with brew install gcc45 --enable-cxx and g++-4.5 will appear. See brew info gcc45 for details on the build options.
[@ in /usr/local/bin on ⇄ master]
$ brew install gcc45 --enable-cxx
==> Downloading http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gcc/gcc-4.5.4/gcc-4.5.4.tar.bz2
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/gcc45-4.5.4.tar.bz2
==> ../configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin12.3.0 --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc45/4.5.4/gcc --datarootdi
==> make bootstrap
==> make install
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc45/4.5.4: 909 files, 53M, built in 18.5 minutes
[@ in /usr/local/bin on ⇄ master]
$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/g++-4.5
lrwxr-xr-x 1 janke admin 33 Apr 25 11:27 /usr/local/bin/g++-4.5 -> ../Cellar/gcc45/4.5.4/bin/g++-4.5
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754ef0eb854ba3aa18d67b7b7ce184d1ac150d46 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Emacs 24 with fullscreen? Is there a way to use Emacs 24 in fullscreen mode? The Emacs wiki seems to imply that it has been disabled, but that there are some workarounds / patches.
It doesn't have to be "true" full screen, but I like to work without having the OS menubar on the top and launcher at the bottom.
In the end, it is not clear how I can implement these patches or workarounds, which one I should use and / or if I should just install emacs <= 23.3.
My current .emacs includes the following (which allows me to use F11 to toggle fullscreen under Emacs 23 in Linux)
(defun fullscreen ()
(interactive)
(set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen
(if (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) nil 'fullboth))
(progn
(if (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode) (tool-bar-mode -1)) ;; no toolbar
(menu-bar-mode -1) ;;no menubar
(scroll-bar-mode -1) ;; no scroll bar
)
)
(global-set-key [f11] 'fullscreen)
A: If you use Yamamoto Mitsuharu's emacs-mac-port then true full-screen "Just Works" (and much else too). No need for any patches or workarounds. At least, this is true for me on Mountain Lion. YMMV on earlier OS versions.
| Q: Emacs 24 with fullscreen? Is there a way to use Emacs 24 in fullscreen mode? The Emacs wiki seems to imply that it has been disabled, but that there are some workarounds / patches.
It doesn't have to be "true" full screen, but I like to work without having the OS menubar on the top and launcher at the bottom.
In the end, it is not clear how I can implement these patches or workarounds, which one I should use and / or if I should just install emacs <= 23.3.
My current .emacs includes the following (which allows me to use F11 to toggle fullscreen under Emacs 23 in Linux)
(defun fullscreen ()
(interactive)
(set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen
(if (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen) nil 'fullboth))
(progn
(if (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode) (tool-bar-mode -1)) ;; no toolbar
(menu-bar-mode -1) ;;no menubar
(scroll-bar-mode -1) ;; no scroll bar
)
)
(global-set-key [f11] 'fullscreen)
A: If you use Yamamoto Mitsuharu's emacs-mac-port then true full-screen "Just Works" (and much else too). No need for any patches or workarounds. At least, this is true for me on Mountain Lion. YMMV on earlier OS versions.
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99762759ae5fe20dc16d17c778fa469e3dd11d56 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode Hangs at Startup Xcode fails to open on my machine - OS X 10.8.2. It opens the main screen and just hangs there with the spinner spinning becoming unresponsive. If I double click a project, it just hangs sating it is loading.
I tried:
*
*Uninstalling and re-installing;
*Removing my project tree;
*Deleting some recommended preferences, most of which did not actually exist on my machine to begin with.
Things of note:
*
*This is a new computer. The first time I ran Xcode, it opened fine, though I didn't try using it. The problem appeared when I first opened an existing project.
*I created a new user on the machine. When that user is logged on Xcode loads successfully. Apparently it is a user settings issue.
A: I had a similar problem where xcode was hanging on opening one particular project. I wanted a very precise fix without having to remove all the settings. I deleted proj.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/<user>.userdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate from the .xcodeproj folder and that solved the problem.
So if you are having Xcode hang while attempting to open one particular project, this is the file that you need to delete.
| Q: Xcode Hangs at Startup Xcode fails to open on my machine - OS X 10.8.2. It opens the main screen and just hangs there with the spinner spinning becoming unresponsive. If I double click a project, it just hangs sating it is loading.
I tried:
*
*Uninstalling and re-installing;
*Removing my project tree;
*Deleting some recommended preferences, most of which did not actually exist on my machine to begin with.
Things of note:
*
*This is a new computer. The first time I ran Xcode, it opened fine, though I didn't try using it. The problem appeared when I first opened an existing project.
*I created a new user on the machine. When that user is logged on Xcode loads successfully. Apparently it is a user settings issue.
A: I had a similar problem where xcode was hanging on opening one particular project. I wanted a very precise fix without having to remove all the settings. I deleted proj.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/<user>.userdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate from the .xcodeproj folder and that solved the problem.
So if you are having Xcode hang while attempting to open one particular project, this is the file that you need to delete.
A: Removing the ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.dt.Xcode.savedState/directory might help as well.
A: A slightly improved answer:
I didn't need to reinstall Xcode at all, just remove the 'unsaved documents':
Search in ~/Library for Xcode (by name)
(to search, you go to this folder, enter Xcode, with the drop down choose "by name", and then click the "Library
delete anything matching in ~/Library/Caches or "~/Library/Autosave Information" or that looks like it might be an unsaved documents
A: My problem was due to iCloud.
All my projects were inside documents folder which is iCloud folder.
Because iCloud settings in my MacBook was with the optimize option, the content of files weren’t allocated locally in the hard drive but remotely in iCloud. That was the cause for unresponsiveness of Xcode when loading the project or even starting new one.
I moved all the projects to local folder in hard disk not included as a backup for iCloud and it solved the problem.
A: No need to reinstall Xcode.
Based on this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3830815
*
*I deleted all Xcode related "Unsaved Docs" docs found via the Finder search;
*I removed the ~/Library/Developer folder;
*Emptied the trash.
This worked for me.
A: Deleting the latest file (GPUToolsAgent.sock ) in that Xcode directory solved it.
Eds-MBP-3:echo ed$ ls -artl ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 ed staff 64 Apr 2 2018 DocumentationCache
drwxr-xr-x 5 ed staff 160 Feb 28 13:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x 17 ed staff 544 Apr 19 20:39 iOS Device Logs
drwxr-xr-x 7 ed staff 224 Apr 29 12:18 DerivedData
drwxr-xr-x 5 ed staff 160 Apr 29 12:40 UserData
srwxr-xr-x 1 ed staff 0 Apr 29 13:56 GPUToolsAgent.sock
drwxr-xr-x 7 ed staff 224 Apr 29 13:56 .
Eds-MBP-3:echo ed$ rm -f ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/GPUToolsAgent.sock
A: I tried all the solutions on here and none of them worked. However, I managed to fix this issue and here is what worked for me: If you're on an apple OS and have iCloud sync enabled on your desktop/documents/any folder where you're loading Xcode from, the iCloud sync could be causing this issue.
I installed a fresh copy of my RN native on a folder not synced by iCloud and subsequently the issue was resolved!
A: I couldn't figure out how to delete Unsaved Docs related to Xcode, so I resorted to wiping out the whole hard drive after backing up my projects to Bitbucket. It worked, but it obviously took a while. If you can figure out how to delete unsaved files related to Xcode, I'd recommend doing that first. If you can't figure out how to do that like me, or it doesn't work, wiping out your hard drive should work.
This problem was intolerable. It took away my ability to do my job so I needed to fix it and I knew this method would work.
A: This just happened to me when I updated an XCode Source Editor Extension.
Deleting that extension app from the Applications directory allowed XCode to start normally again.
A: I tried to delete:
~/Library/Developer/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData
~/Library/Developer/Saved Application State/com.apple.dt.Xcode.savedState
~/workspace/MyProject.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata
and once it helped. But another time it didn't help, so I also tried to reinstall Xcode, which also didn't help.
It turned out that the problem was that I was installing the app via WiFi or Bluetooth. When I connected my device via cable, the Xcode popped up to life and the "loading forever" stopped.
A: You can try to open another project if you have, and then open your current project
Or creating a new Swift file, then open it.
Then go back to open your current project.
That may work as well.
A: For me on Xcode 13.2.1 on macOS Monterey, Xcode had been hanging on startup, unrelated to any project, and none of the other answers helped.
I ended up resolving the problem by removing all Xcode Source Editor extensions: Go to System Preferences > Extensions > Xcode Source Editor, then uncheck any extensions that you may have installed.
A: In my case source control was enabled and that's causing this issue
preferences > Source Control > uncheck Enable source control
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a800690f4ab3e637d287132d81dde82aa12b18f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone 5 won't activate without SIM card I just purchased an unlocked iPhone 5 from the Apple store today, and I can't activate it to use it because it says "please" insert a valid SIM card to use it. I'm not using this phone as a "phone" to make calls. I'm a developer and am just looking to use it for development purposes. How can I go about using the iOS 5?
A: You cannot activate an iPhone 5 without (nano) SIM card. You could go to a local store and ask if they have one for you just to activate and you're fine to go.
There is no point in buying a SIM card if you don't have plans to use it as phone.
| Q: iPhone 5 won't activate without SIM card I just purchased an unlocked iPhone 5 from the Apple store today, and I can't activate it to use it because it says "please" insert a valid SIM card to use it. I'm not using this phone as a "phone" to make calls. I'm a developer and am just looking to use it for development purposes. How can I go about using the iOS 5?
A: You cannot activate an iPhone 5 without (nano) SIM card. You could go to a local store and ask if they have one for you just to activate and you're fine to go.
There is no point in buying a SIM card if you don't have plans to use it as phone.
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7ad45f8a3d37807291ec80654d365f5bce7055e3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Viewing Composite Document File V2 Documents Every now and then I receive attachments from Windows users that show up as "Picture (Device independent Bitmap)" and - when I run "file" on the command line, they are identified as "Composite Document File V2 Document".
I guess they are screenshots - what would be the best way to view them on a Mac?
Thanks.
A: Based on the output from file I'd suggest that you try unoconv to convert it to something your system can open.
| Q: Viewing Composite Document File V2 Documents Every now and then I receive attachments from Windows users that show up as "Picture (Device independent Bitmap)" and - when I run "file" on the command line, they are identified as "Composite Document File V2 Document".
I guess they are screenshots - what would be the best way to view them on a Mac?
Thanks.
A: Based on the output from file I'd suggest that you try unoconv to convert it to something your system can open.
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8e345faa4c981ab517a16b053108d45ce1b0f104 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud says Password is Wrong Even Though I Know It's Right iCloud says that my password is wrong - even though I know it's right.
Here's whats happened: Yesterday, I reset my iCloud password. Got the reset email, changed password. Tried to log in to the account, didn't accept it. I thought that maybe my finger had slipped typing in the password (twice). I called support, got the reset email.
Now, here's the really, really weird thing: I wanted to make sure I got the password right - so I typed my password into TextEdit, copied it into the reset fields and reset the password. After reseting it, I immediately went to icloud.com and tried to log in using the copied password from TextEdit. The passwords are the same. iCloud won't let me in.
A: I got it figured out. Kind of.
After two (!) support calls to Apple, two password reset emails, and a bunch of copy and pastes later, I can get in.
I still don't know what caused it, but I suspect there was a bad network configuration of some sort on my end.
| Q: iCloud says Password is Wrong Even Though I Know It's Right iCloud says that my password is wrong - even though I know it's right.
Here's whats happened: Yesterday, I reset my iCloud password. Got the reset email, changed password. Tried to log in to the account, didn't accept it. I thought that maybe my finger had slipped typing in the password (twice). I called support, got the reset email.
Now, here's the really, really weird thing: I wanted to make sure I got the password right - so I typed my password into TextEdit, copied it into the reset fields and reset the password. After reseting it, I immediately went to icloud.com and tried to log in using the copied password from TextEdit. The passwords are the same. iCloud won't let me in.
A: I got it figured out. Kind of.
After two (!) support calls to Apple, two password reset emails, and a bunch of copy and pastes later, I can get in.
I still don't know what caused it, but I suspect there was a bad network configuration of some sort on my end.
A: I have the same problem. I tried to enter iCloud with the same Apple ID and password that I use to (successfully) log into the App store. Then I reset it. Actually there's a bug on the site that asks for your birthdate, but leaves off the year, so no matter what you put in, it's always wrong. I was finally able to reset the password. I tried logging in with the new password, but it wouldn't let me. I went to the App store and used the new password to successfully log in again.
A: Not a solution just a verification.
Since you can not see the password, that you pasted or typed I sugest to verify what is in the password field.
For that
Open iCloud in Chrome
In the log in paste your password- But DO NOT try to log in.
Now to make it visible do following:
Right click on the password field and select "Inspect Element"
That will open a new window that looks like this
Move the cursor on the password field:
there will be a highlighted line in the bottom window as you can see:
Right click on the highlighted line and select
Edit Attribute
Now it will highlight the word "type", now you write "show" instead "type"
Magic, now it will show what is in you password field.
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8918de48c572d25bf01d28b0cd5abbfc9b56bd43 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Tmux with iterm2 integration won't start when invoked with tmux -CC I'm using iterm2 Build 1.0.0.20130302 and would like to get tmux working. I followed the instructions at:
https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration
Everything compiled and installed without incident. When I run tmux -CC
I get the following:
** tmux mode started **
Command Menu
----------------------------
esc Detach cleanly.
X Force-quit tmux mode.
L Toggle logging.
C Run tmux command.
Detached
$ control set-client-size 80,25
-bash: control: command not found
$ control set-value "affinities0=pty-8A4A5594-20D6-4AE2-A734-76075A248E63 pty-6CAAC2D6-70DB-44EF-9A14-7A50030731B4 0,pty-DD78FAE6-7E0A-49AE-BF49-67093639FEAB"
-bash: control: command not found
$ list-sessions -F "#{session_name}"
-bash: list-sessions: command not found
I'm not sure what to try next. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A: I installed tmux as part of homebrew and it works just fine.
Once you have homebrew installed
brew install tmux will install tmux for you.
| Q: Tmux with iterm2 integration won't start when invoked with tmux -CC I'm using iterm2 Build 1.0.0.20130302 and would like to get tmux working. I followed the instructions at:
https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration
Everything compiled and installed without incident. When I run tmux -CC
I get the following:
** tmux mode started **
Command Menu
----------------------------
esc Detach cleanly.
X Force-quit tmux mode.
L Toggle logging.
C Run tmux command.
Detached
$ control set-client-size 80,25
-bash: control: command not found
$ control set-value "affinities0=pty-8A4A5594-20D6-4AE2-A734-76075A248E63 pty-6CAAC2D6-70DB-44EF-9A14-7A50030731B4 0,pty-DD78FAE6-7E0A-49AE-BF49-67093639FEAB"
-bash: control: command not found
$ list-sessions -F "#{session_name}"
-bash: list-sessions: command not found
I'm not sure what to try next. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A: I installed tmux as part of homebrew and it works just fine.
Once you have homebrew installed
brew install tmux will install tmux for you.
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a5f197dff5ee60fd2dc210aa8daee56ec78a0095 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can i use iPhoto to trim my photos? I scaned many photos to one image file. How can i cut it down to many pieces? Can iPhoto do that or is there any other free software suggestion?
A: In contrast to Lizzan, I suggest you do it with iPhoto. So the answer is yes, you can do it with iPhoto. The reason why I suggest it is because iPhoto never destroys your image! It keeps the original image as it is and saves your changes to a separate file. You can always restore your original image. I don't know the OS you're using but prior to (I think) Lion there is no Version feature so returning to your original image is impossible.
So here's how you do it: http://support.apple.com/kb/VI191
You could crop the region you like and then save it as a new image. Then go back to your original and take the next region...
| Q: Can i use iPhoto to trim my photos? I scaned many photos to one image file. How can i cut it down to many pieces? Can iPhoto do that or is there any other free software suggestion?
A: In contrast to Lizzan, I suggest you do it with iPhoto. So the answer is yes, you can do it with iPhoto. The reason why I suggest it is because iPhoto never destroys your image! It keeps the original image as it is and saves your changes to a separate file. You can always restore your original image. I don't know the OS you're using but prior to (I think) Lion there is no Version feature so returning to your original image is impossible.
So here's how you do it: http://support.apple.com/kb/VI191
You could crop the region you like and then save it as a new image. Then go back to your original and take the next region...
A: I'd suggest Preview - just open the image file, drag a selection around the images, one by one, copy it and go to File -> New from Clipboard to get a new file. Save it in your preferred format and you're done!
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a48a9b63dd18c1962001f2cb3d1ddd8fae1c4120 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the easiest way to install emacs-ess on OSX? I am interested in installing Emacs ESS mode. I can follow the instructions here but I would like to know if there is an easier way (without installing a completely new instance of Emacs like the one provided here).
For example, the instructions say that I can use the Linux version, but then I don't know if I should use the Debian, OpenSUSE, or Fedora package listed on the Downloads page.
This is a specific example of a situation alluded to in my previous question that was closed because it was too general to be constructive.
A: Use the latest .tgz package:
Here is the installation version from the documentation (the -12.09-2 part of the file name is current-release specific and will change):
wget http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/ess-12.09-2.tgz
tar -xvf ess-12.09-2.tgz
mv ess-12.09-2 /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/site-lisp/
echo "(require 'ess-site)" >> ~/.emacs
| Q: What is the easiest way to install emacs-ess on OSX? I am interested in installing Emacs ESS mode. I can follow the instructions here but I would like to know if there is an easier way (without installing a completely new instance of Emacs like the one provided here).
For example, the instructions say that I can use the Linux version, but then I don't know if I should use the Debian, OpenSUSE, or Fedora package listed on the Downloads page.
This is a specific example of a situation alluded to in my previous question that was closed because it was too general to be constructive.
A: Use the latest .tgz package:
Here is the installation version from the documentation (the -12.09-2 part of the file name is current-release specific and will change):
wget http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/ess-12.09-2.tgz
tar -xvf ess-12.09-2.tgz
mv ess-12.09-2 /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/site-lisp/
echo "(require 'ess-site)" >> ~/.emacs
A: Installation via the source isn't so bad, but there is very little documentation on how to install for your specific type of Emacs install on OS X. While in the makeconfig file there are several presets for some types of installations on Mac (you just have to uncomment them), there aren't any written for an Emacs installation via Homebrew which tends to be the easiest way to install the newest Emacs on OS X. After some tinkering the following settings worked for my x11 GNU Emacs installation:
##__ GNU Emacs __ x11 for Mac OS X built using Homebrew
PREFIX=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.4/share/emacs/24.4
EMACS=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.4/bin/emacs-24.4
SITELISP=$(PREFIX)/site-lisp
LISPDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.4/share/emacs/24.4/lisp
INFODIR=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.4/ess-mode/info
ETCDIR =/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.4/ess-mode/
(And I know, it's a little sloppy, but no issues thus far.)
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7da7608da35de3a89c7c01aedbf2334ba069e2fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Have Voiceover read out just paragraph or sentence under cursor I work with a disabled user who controls their iMac using keyboard and mouse input from their communication-aid. They have dyslexia and would like to use voiceover to read certain paragraphs or sentences that they are finding tricky.
I'd a like a global method whereby just the paragraph or sentence under the cursor can be readout. Enabling voiceover for everything is too verbose and unnecessary.
A: While there is a contextual menu for Speech » Start speaking that will speak the selected text, it requires navigating several menus. If you want to be able to speak the selection without navigating menus, create an automator service that receives text in any application. Give it a single action: Run shell script. The shell script is utterly simple: /usr/bin/say (it will take the argument of what to say from stdin, which in this case will be the selected text). Save the service (I called it "Say paragraph").
Then, in System Preferences, you can assign this action a keyboard shortcut (I gave it the keystroke ControlShift1). So triple click, then ControlShift1 and it speaks what's under the mouse pointer.
| Q: Have Voiceover read out just paragraph or sentence under cursor I work with a disabled user who controls their iMac using keyboard and mouse input from their communication-aid. They have dyslexia and would like to use voiceover to read certain paragraphs or sentences that they are finding tricky.
I'd a like a global method whereby just the paragraph or sentence under the cursor can be readout. Enabling voiceover for everything is too verbose and unnecessary.
A: While there is a contextual menu for Speech » Start speaking that will speak the selected text, it requires navigating several menus. If you want to be able to speak the selection without navigating menus, create an automator service that receives text in any application. Give it a single action: Run shell script. The shell script is utterly simple: /usr/bin/say (it will take the argument of what to say from stdin, which in this case will be the selected text). Save the service (I called it "Say paragraph").
Then, in System Preferences, you can assign this action a keyboard shortcut (I gave it the keystroke ControlShift1). So triple click, then ControlShift1 and it speaks what's under the mouse pointer.
A: OS X has a contextual control to speak only the selected text so your user could select the text to be spoken and right click to bring up the contextual menu and speak only whatever text is selected.
There are alternate controls if right click is difficult, but hopefully this helps to reduce the wait time when you don't want to start speaking from the beginning of the document.
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613f580591ab8ff276aed1c14c1238e2f30fd41f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I list files ordered by date added to a folder from a command-line tool like ls? I need to build a script that shows files in the same order as the default Downloads folder in the dock, ordered by Date Added, newest first. I can't seem to find the option in ls.
Any other way to do it?
A: Simpler (Faster) solution:
mdls -name kMDItemFSName -name kMDItemDateAdded -raw * | \
xargs -0 -I {} echo {} | \
sed 'N;s/\n/ /' | \
sort
| Q: Can I list files ordered by date added to a folder from a command-line tool like ls? I need to build a script that shows files in the same order as the default Downloads folder in the dock, ordered by Date Added, newest first. I can't seem to find the option in ls.
Any other way to do it?
A: Simpler (Faster) solution:
mdls -name kMDItemFSName -name kMDItemDateAdded -raw * | \
xargs -0 -I {} echo {} | \
sed 'N;s/\n/ /' | \
sort
A: The date added is stored as metadata item kMDItemDateAdded and the mdls command will expose the data for each file passed as an argument to it.
So, to dump the date added for all files in Downloads in whatever arbitrary order * gets expanded by your shell, you can:
mdls -name kMDItemDateAdded ~/Downloads/*
You'll need to hack together some combination of find and sed/awk/perl/whatever to assemble a replacement for ls but perhaps mdfind can be called by your script rather than needing to reinvent ls and parsing that output.
A: Well, as usual, after writing the question I start digging for metadata content in files, and ended up writing this:
ls -a | \
grep -v '^\.$\|^\.\.$' | \
xargs -I {} mdls -name kMDItemFSName -name kMDItemDateAdded {} | \
sed 'N;s/\n//' | grep -v '(null)' | \
awk '{print $3 " " $4 " " substr($0,index($0,$7))}' | \
sort -r
Basically it:
1. list all files
2. filters out . and ..
3. gets the name and date added, one line after the other
4. merges every two lines into 1 line
5. extracts the date, time and name
6. sorts it in reverse (since datetime is upfront, it sorts by datetime)
Hope it helps someone else! :)
@bmike actually, the site imposed me a restriction to answer my own question only after 8 hours of posting my question, due to my lack of reputation :D
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9a6b81385bed2075b2cfdb2ccf8147539061b174 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: SSH request timeout every time I am trying to access a storage space we have at work via ssh but I get a timeout every single time (Mac OS 10.7.5 - Terminal).
I checked firewalls, settings, even turned off Little Snitch, and port 22 is nowhere blocked. Doing the exact same request on a Windows machine with a SSH client works like a charm.
Request:
ssh login_name@server_address
Answer:
ssh: connect to host server_address port 22: Operation timed out
The problem seems to come from my company's vpn/proxy settings. Will update if I find a way around it.
A: This occurred for me immediately after installing an updated version of OS X. Before you dig too deep into changing network settings I suggest doing an additional restart. This corrected the issue for me.
| Q: SSH request timeout every time I am trying to access a storage space we have at work via ssh but I get a timeout every single time (Mac OS 10.7.5 - Terminal).
I checked firewalls, settings, even turned off Little Snitch, and port 22 is nowhere blocked. Doing the exact same request on a Windows machine with a SSH client works like a charm.
Request:
ssh login_name@server_address
Answer:
ssh: connect to host server_address port 22: Operation timed out
The problem seems to come from my company's vpn/proxy settings. Will update if I find a way around it.
A: This occurred for me immediately after installing an updated version of OS X. Before you dig too deep into changing network settings I suggest doing an additional restart. This corrected the issue for me.
A: 3 commands may help you to track down this protocol failure:
ping server_address
traceroute server_address
ssh -v login_name@server_address
Please check that you are connecting to your targeted server with the
right network interface. If you are using the infamous Automatic location you might be networking the wrong way (for example through the neighbour free wi-Fi when you thought you were using your company VPN).
If you suspect a legitimate or accidental filtering, you will be able to
diagnose it with:
nmap -Pn -p22 server_address
A: I was able to fix this by changing my DNS settings from the default ISP supplied ones to different ones (in this case 1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1)
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e144306694ca7828d0a8e19d91308170090a936e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Window size of VirtualBox on mac I'm trying to install Windows by using VirtualBox on mac, but the size of VirtualBox don't fit the size of my mac.
The window size is too small, how can I make it fit my computer?
By the way, I'm using Retina macbook pro.
A: You simply need to install the "Guest Additions". See the instructions on VirtualBox web site.
Once installed, reboot the VM and you will be able to resize the "window".
| Q: Window size of VirtualBox on mac I'm trying to install Windows by using VirtualBox on mac, but the size of VirtualBox don't fit the size of my mac.
The window size is too small, how can I make it fit my computer?
By the way, I'm using Retina macbook pro.
A: You simply need to install the "Guest Additions". See the instructions on VirtualBox web site.
Once installed, reboot the VM and you will be able to resize the "window".
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8f37f181de47cfddaf35f296500dd4f6ee933a79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to sync OS X Reminders with Android? OS X Reminders doesn't sync with my Google Account although Calendar and Mails work OK.
How to sync OS X Reminders with Google (or GTask Android App) to have it Android device?
A: There is an app called Reminder For iCloud on Google Play, which I believe can meet your need. It can sync reminders of iCloud.
| Q: How to sync OS X Reminders with Android? OS X Reminders doesn't sync with my Google Account although Calendar and Mails work OK.
How to sync OS X Reminders with Google (or GTask Android App) to have it Android device?
A: There is an app called Reminder For iCloud on Google Play, which I believe can meet your need. It can sync reminders of iCloud.
A: Here is what you need, iCloud Reminder Sync I developed it, If you have any question, just ask me
A: Mac OS X Reminders only syncs to iCloud.
At best you can publish your lists and look at them through a browser.
A: A rather crude method: Use an applescript to export it to .ics on a regular basis, and ask it to put the output in your google drive folder. It will be available in Google Drive.
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ce56e23b0428144b396fbf09421c7fef7762c201 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use the Terminal to find all OpenMeta tags on my system? I know that there are apps that can do this, so I figure it must be possible: I'd like to compile a list of every OpenMeta tag that I've used on my Mac (OS X 10.8.3). But here's the rub: I'd ideally like it to be scriptable, so that I can manipulate the list after creating it. The only thing that's come to mind so far is doing an mdfind "kMDItemOMUserTags == *" and then running xattr on every single result, but that seems wildly inefficient and silly. So does anyone have any ideas?
| Q: Can I use the Terminal to find all OpenMeta tags on my system? I know that there are apps that can do this, so I figure it must be possible: I'd like to compile a list of every OpenMeta tag that I've used on my Mac (OS X 10.8.3). But here's the rub: I'd ideally like it to be scriptable, so that I can manipulate the list after creating it. The only thing that's come to mind so far is doing an mdfind "kMDItemOMUserTags == *" and then running xattr on every single result, but that seems wildly inefficient and silly. So does anyone have any ideas?
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b6868eb90adaa91de99a6c9083fca28230451bb3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can root launch a regular Mac application from a cron job in /etc/crontab? I want the cronjob to do some things as the superuser, and depending on the result, launch an app as me, the logged-in user.
I've tried a bunch of things but nothing I think should work does.
Similar questions:
*
*How can I execute sudo commands as a cron job?
*How can I automatically launch an application whenever the Mac goes idle?
A: I figured out the key was to use su with -l, -c and single quotes:
su -l myloginname -c '/usr/bin/open -a [App].app'
In context:
*/15 * * * * root if { ! /usr/bin/diff /var/tmp/foo /var/backups/bar >> /var/log/foobar-diff.log ; } ; \
then /usr/bin/su -l myloginname -c '/usr/bin/open -a /Applications/iProcrastinate.app > /dev/null 2> /dev/null' ; \
/bin/date >> /var/log/foobar-diff.log ; fi
| Q: How can root launch a regular Mac application from a cron job in /etc/crontab? I want the cronjob to do some things as the superuser, and depending on the result, launch an app as me, the logged-in user.
I've tried a bunch of things but nothing I think should work does.
Similar questions:
*
*How can I execute sudo commands as a cron job?
*How can I automatically launch an application whenever the Mac goes idle?
A: I figured out the key was to use su with -l, -c and single quotes:
su -l myloginname -c '/usr/bin/open -a [App].app'
In context:
*/15 * * * * root if { ! /usr/bin/diff /var/tmp/foo /var/backups/bar >> /var/log/foobar-diff.log ; } ; \
then /usr/bin/su -l myloginname -c '/usr/bin/open -a /Applications/iProcrastinate.app > /dev/null 2> /dev/null' ; \
/bin/date >> /var/log/foobar-diff.log ; fi
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83154128aa0f2124323f9a048350976cc97a0eb7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change Preview's default "Move to..." directory Is there a way to set the default Move to... directory in Preview?
When a file is opened in Preview and Move to... is selected, the default directory is the directory that the file currently resides in. This directory selection is useless since I want to move the file from it. I'd like to set it to something else.
| Q: Change Preview's default "Move to..." directory Is there a way to set the default Move to... directory in Preview?
When a file is opened in Preview and Move to... is selected, the default directory is the directory that the file currently resides in. This directory selection is useless since I want to move the file from it. I'd like to set it to something else.
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aff76aa5547c0e8bd6fb63b095dc8e8176168179 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MS Excel shortcut Windows vs. Mac MS Excel for Mac has quite different shortcut keys than Excel for Windows.
Is there any comparison table?
Rather than this
http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/12/en-us/excel/item/64766a97-9258-4f78-9feb-2742ce769041
I want a table such as
Windows Mac
F4 Ctrl+T (Cell reference lock)
F2 Ctrl+U (Cell edit)
A: There is a side-by-side Excel shortcut guide here: https://exceljet.net/keyboard-shortcuts
It's not in exactly the same format as above, but it's close.
Full disclosure: this is a resource that I created.
| Q: MS Excel shortcut Windows vs. Mac MS Excel for Mac has quite different shortcut keys than Excel for Windows.
Is there any comparison table?
Rather than this
http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/12/en-us/excel/item/64766a97-9258-4f78-9feb-2742ce769041
I want a table such as
Windows Mac
F4 Ctrl+T (Cell reference lock)
F2 Ctrl+U (Cell edit)
A: There is a side-by-side Excel shortcut guide here: https://exceljet.net/keyboard-shortcuts
It's not in exactly the same format as above, but it's close.
Full disclosure: this is a resource that I created.
A: I can only recommend to you to download the free Mac app Cheatsheet. It will show you a table with all relevant shortcut keys in any program when holding down the command key for 2 seconds.
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e925f995736669e149ff50969aed7a30d76dfd5d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: When I change my CSS and refresh the page, the changes aren't reflected in Safari or Chrome I set the background to red instead of the color it normally was. Didn't change. Removed the properties all together, refreshed, the texture was still there, even though I removed the line.
OS X 10.7.5
Is there a caching issue? It happens in both Chrome and Safari.
A: Yes, the CSS is cached.
Try holding down the "Shift" key while clicking on the refresh icon. This will usually trigger a refresh that will reload the CSS and JavaScript.
| Q: When I change my CSS and refresh the page, the changes aren't reflected in Safari or Chrome I set the background to red instead of the color it normally was. Didn't change. Removed the properties all together, refreshed, the texture was still there, even though I removed the line.
OS X 10.7.5
Is there a caching issue? It happens in both Chrome and Safari.
A: Yes, the CSS is cached.
Try holding down the "Shift" key while clicking on the refresh icon. This will usually trigger a refresh that will reload the CSS and JavaScript.
A: It may be a browser caching issue and remedied as Dave suggested, however if that didn't work, it may also be that your hosting provider has a caching solution turned on for your server. If clearing your browser's cache on Safari or Chrome, as Dave suggested, does not work for some reason, try calling your hosting provider or checking your cPanel to clear your servers cache. Are you using Wordpress or another CMS? If you have a caching plugin activated, check the cache settings on that plugin as well. And clear the cache on the plugin while your there.
Hopefully I could be of some help. Ping me if you have any other questions.
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d045a4c810f813b6756bda43736153365d35ac55 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: TODO manager with hierarchical TODOs? I use KDE4 on my Linux machines, one of the tools I use a lot is KOrganizer. I love its TODO list which supports hierarchical (nested) tasks.
Could someone recommend a similar application for Mac? If it could synchronize with CalDAV server, that would be great. So far I failed to find any such tool.
A: This might be more than what you're looking for, but OmniFocus is the best solution that I'm aware of that meets your stated requirements.
It does do nested tasks. If you're a fan of Getting Things Done, OmniFocus will feel pretty familiar to the workflow described therein. If you're not into GTD, OF still works, although the terminology might not feel quite so obvious.
It supports WebDAV, not CalDAV. If you're running your own CalDAV server, you might be fine here. If sync (not necessarily CalDAV sync) is your real goal, the Omni Group has an Omni Sync Server that's available to all of its customers, and it works well.
There are also OmniFocus apps for iPhone and iPad, which have generally good reviews.
| Q: TODO manager with hierarchical TODOs? I use KDE4 on my Linux machines, one of the tools I use a lot is KOrganizer. I love its TODO list which supports hierarchical (nested) tasks.
Could someone recommend a similar application for Mac? If it could synchronize with CalDAV server, that would be great. So far I failed to find any such tool.
A: This might be more than what you're looking for, but OmniFocus is the best solution that I'm aware of that meets your stated requirements.
It does do nested tasks. If you're a fan of Getting Things Done, OmniFocus will feel pretty familiar to the workflow described therein. If you're not into GTD, OF still works, although the terminology might not feel quite so obvious.
It supports WebDAV, not CalDAV. If you're running your own CalDAV server, you might be fine here. If sync (not necessarily CalDAV sync) is your real goal, the Omni Group has an Omni Sync Server that's available to all of its customers, and it works well.
There are also OmniFocus apps for iPhone and iPad, which have generally good reviews.
A: My suggestion would be to keep both things separated: TODO-List manager and calendar app.
I would recommend the in-built iCal as calendar app on your Mac. Here, you can use a service like Google Calendar for syncing with another calendar app on your Linux machine.
If you want a really good TODO list manager, which is also available for different mobile platforms, I would recommend WUnderlist 2, it also has a beautiful web interface that you can use from your browser, so there is no need to install it: http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist
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05fa13316b06ba59e82dd2b140524b52a525882a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Parallels window problem I'm using Parallels on my mac. But when I open a software the font are so small, it's very weird. Can anyone help me out!!!
The picture above is when I open up my chrome, how can I fix it?
A: I had the exact same problem. I went a different route, and decided to sacrifice the nice high-DPI of the Retina for a scaled solution that makes everything look right.
*
*In Parallels VM Config → Hardware → Video → Resolution
Use: Scaled
Not: Best for Retina, More Space
*Restart VM
*Windows Display Settings → Set Resolution: 1280x800 + Apply
*Windows Display Settings → "Make text and other items larger or smaller"
Use: Smaller (100%)
Late-2013 rMBP 13.3″ with Parallels 9.0.23350 and Windows 7
| Q: Parallels window problem I'm using Parallels on my mac. But when I open a software the font are so small, it's very weird. Can anyone help me out!!!
The picture above is when I open up my chrome, how can I fix it?
A: I had the exact same problem. I went a different route, and decided to sacrifice the nice high-DPI of the Retina for a scaled solution that makes everything look right.
*
*In Parallels VM Config → Hardware → Video → Resolution
Use: Scaled
Not: Best for Retina, More Space
*Restart VM
*Windows Display Settings → Set Resolution: 1280x800 + Apply
*Windows Display Settings → "Make text and other items larger or smaller"
Use: Smaller (100%)
Late-2013 rMBP 13.3″ with Parallels 9.0.23350 and Windows 7
A: I've seen this particular problem many times, and a lot of it has to do with how Windows handles DPI scaling.
Since you are using a Retina MBP - which has an extremely high resolution, you'll want Parallels to manage the DPI of your Windows VM. You can do this under your Virtual Machine's configuration, Hardware, Video Options, and select "Best for Retina".
The next time you reboot, Windows will have its DPI set to 199% (why not 200% I'm not sure).
The only trick to this is when you connect to an external display and you want to show your Parallels VM there. Windows can't change it's DPI without a full logout / login - so if you change displays you'll have to log out of Windows and log back in.
The next problem is that Windows does DPI scaling differently - some programs do not respect Windows DPI scaling. It's very bad practices for developers, but some of them always assume a fixed number of points-per-inch, like 96. Windows does its best to fix these issues by bitmap scaling the Window, and translating input, but it won't ever be perfect and it will look like a JPG that's 200% zoomed. It all depends on the program you are using. As unfortunate as it sounds, the best browser on Windows for retina resolution / DPI is Internet Explorer 10.
A: I have a new solution for this,set the video properties to "Scaled" and the video memory to 256MB.
One's you do this , go back to your windows--> Control Panel --> Display --> Set it to Smaller(100%).
check the Screen Resolution now it shows 1436*756 on a Mac Book pro 15.6 Retina.
This is done automatically , do not set it manually.
A: All my coworkers had the same problem. In Parallels 9, you can set for every VM if it should be scaled, best for retina or more space. As DPI scaling under Windows is inherently broken, as application developers have to support this, and many just don't, it's not useful you can configure this at all, which is why more options don't always mean better software (looking at you Parallels). In versions before, Parallels didn't let you choose the wrong things, and didn't have the wrong defaults.
You need to open the VM, go to the Virtual Machine menu item in the Macs menu bar, go to Hardware -> Graphics -> and click on scaled, restart your VM, in the Windows VM, go to Start -> Control Panel -> Display Settings -> click the link "Make text and other items larger or smaller" -> set it to 100%
A: The solution of this problem is here... Just forget about all the old advises and read this.
I've MacBook Pro Retina 15"
The problem's started when I've setup Parallel Desktop 9 and installed WIN 8.1, after that I've installed the Parallels Tools .. Than .. on WIN ... the screen resolution is SO high because of the Retina setting on MAC .. and microscopic context menus as will, I cannot use the WIN like this ..
I tried to play with WIN settings and screen resolution and MAC screen resolution .. nothing gonna be help
I've forced to uninstall Parallels Tools to disconnect the relation between MAC screen resolution and WIN screen resolution, BUT I've lost the Audio driver and the Networking between MAC and WIN, Until I found the solution.
I've just get know how to fix this problem 100%
It's So easy ..
1- Uninstall Parallels Tools ( On WIN )
2- Update Parallel 9 to the latest update (13-7-2014) or more "important".
3- Shut down the WIN ( Not logout )
4- Exit full screen of Parallel Desktop BUT don't close the Parallel window
5- On MAC .. select the Parallel window than ..: Virtual Machine .. Configure .. select Hardware page .. Video .. remove the check box of " Enable Retina resolution "
6- Install Parallels Tools again .. and That's it .. Enjoy
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1f3422a3b0e1f872edbd17b1bb29a024b57896a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can an iPhone stream to multiple Airplay devices at the same time? I really love AirPlay so I thought about buying a second AirPort Express for another amplifier in the apartment. But will my iPhone5/iPad2 be able to stream to both AirPlay devices simultaneously?
A: No, you want be able to stream music to two airport express units simultaneously from an iOS device such as an iPad or iPhone.
However, you can stream simultaneously from iTunes running on a Mac or PC.
For example, you can't have speakers playing in the kitchen and speakers playing in the dining room at the same time unless they are connected to the same airport express. If you have them connected to two airport expresses, you can choose kitchen or dining room but not both.
You can play to both if you stream from a Mac or PC using itunes. However, there are apps that will let you control the Mac or PC from your iOS device but you can't do it natively.
| Q: Can an iPhone stream to multiple Airplay devices at the same time? I really love AirPlay so I thought about buying a second AirPort Express for another amplifier in the apartment. But will my iPhone5/iPad2 be able to stream to both AirPlay devices simultaneously?
A: No, you want be able to stream music to two airport express units simultaneously from an iOS device such as an iPad or iPhone.
However, you can stream simultaneously from iTunes running on a Mac or PC.
For example, you can't have speakers playing in the kitchen and speakers playing in the dining room at the same time unless they are connected to the same airport express. If you have them connected to two airport expresses, you can choose kitchen or dining room but not both.
You can play to both if you stream from a Mac or PC using itunes. However, there are apps that will let you control the Mac or PC from your iOS device but you can't do it natively.
A: to stream itunes to single/multiple/all airplay devices, you will need multiple airplay devices, itunes on a pc or mac (ensure this itunes has your favorite library), then from any ios device, download and install Apple Remote App. remote app allows you to "remotely" control the Itunes library on the pc/mac, allowing you to multi select your airplay devices right from your phone. looks, feels, is exactly like Ipod/Music app on your ios device.
i have been using it for years, but still waiting for a NAS maker to include this 'Itunes SERVER Airplay" functionality right in their firmware. Apple should build it into their nas product (unless they have lately)
6x airport expresses - wired Ethernet, audio out to 6 sources on a multi-zone amp, controlling 22 speakers (grouped in 6 zones)
better than most 20k solutions. and all zones are perfectly synchronized.
works like a charm.
A: You can tell the copy of iTunes that you are using to stream to both AX's so the same goes for the iPhone. I have two ATV2's and can use the remote to make music play on both plus my Mac Pro. But.... I don't know the technical reason for this but the music plays on each ATV2 slightly out of sync, it sounds odd. So if I play the same track in the living room and kitchen at the same time there is a strange effect and it doesn't sound right. Of course your house may be a lot bigger than mine and you may not notice this.
A: With the iOS app Airplay Multiroom Player by WHAALE it is possible to send music to multiple speakers at the same time!
A: This is a major problem with multiple airplay devices on iOS 7.0.2 we used to be able to stream to multiple devices now I can't:(
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b732989bb3dd47b0a0dbec9bb2fd7ef09559d395 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my Mac mini answers pings while asleep? My Mac mini late 2012 behaves strangely:
When awake the computer answers ping correctly:
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=4.201 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=4.823 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=5.108 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=4.400 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=4.523 ms
Right after going to sleep it stops responding, while it switches to 100 MbE:
Request timeout for icmp_seq 10
Request timeout for icmp_seq 11
Request timeout for icmp_seq 12
Request timeout for icmp_seq 13
But then, still sleeping, it responds again. It's still on 100 MbE.
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=14 ttl=32 time=3.897 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=15 ttl=32 time=3.918 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=16 ttl=32 time=3.906 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=17 ttl=32 time=4.090 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=18 ttl=32 time=4.066 ms
This also works via IPv6. Why is this?
| Q: Why does my Mac mini answers pings while asleep? My Mac mini late 2012 behaves strangely:
When awake the computer answers ping correctly:
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=4.201 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=4.823 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=5.108 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=4.400 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=4.523 ms
Right after going to sleep it stops responding, while it switches to 100 MbE:
Request timeout for icmp_seq 10
Request timeout for icmp_seq 11
Request timeout for icmp_seq 12
Request timeout for icmp_seq 13
But then, still sleeping, it responds again. It's still on 100 MbE.
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=14 ttl=32 time=3.897 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=15 ttl=32 time=3.918 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=16 ttl=32 time=3.906 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=17 ttl=32 time=4.090 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=18 ttl=32 time=4.066 ms
This also works via IPv6. Why is this?
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9c39431f25543596126922f095de263d3268faea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to share .bashrc files between two mac user accounts I have set up two user logins on my computer, one for home and one for work. I would like to be able to share any of my bash and vim settings between the two users. Is there anyway to do this? Thus far, I've been copying them from one account to another, but I'd like to be able to just have one file between the two so I can make changes in only one place. Is this even possible? Thanks.
A: You could edit the system-wide .bashrc, which is located in /etc/bashrc.
If you are a bit familiar with Git however, you should consider creating a repository for your "dotfiles". You can use a free Github repository to do so. Tracking your dotfiles in such a way has many advantages:
*
*You can fork or pull from one of the many public dotfiles repositories available, or draw inspiration from them
*You can easily install and update the dotfiles across different user accounts and even different machines
*You get revision control, which might save you from some troubles in the long run
| Q: How to share .bashrc files between two mac user accounts I have set up two user logins on my computer, one for home and one for work. I would like to be able to share any of my bash and vim settings between the two users. Is there anyway to do this? Thus far, I've been copying them from one account to another, but I'd like to be able to just have one file between the two so I can make changes in only one place. Is this even possible? Thanks.
A: You could edit the system-wide .bashrc, which is located in /etc/bashrc.
If you are a bit familiar with Git however, you should consider creating a repository for your "dotfiles". You can use a free Github repository to do so. Tracking your dotfiles in such a way has many advantages:
*
*You can fork or pull from one of the many public dotfiles repositories available, or draw inspiration from them
*You can easily install and update the dotfiles across different user accounts and even different machines
*You get revision control, which might save you from some troubles in the long run
A: As others have noted, you can do this with a symlink, but it's also important to appropriately change the permissions so that both users can access and edit the file.
*
*Remove any existing .bashrc for user2:
rm /Users/user2/.bashrc
*Symlink user1's .bashrc to user2's user directory:
ln -s /Users/user1/.bashrc /Users/user2/.bashrc
*Change permissions so that both users can modify the file:
chmod +a "user2 allow read,write,execute" /Users/user2/.bashrc
A: You can use the ln tool to create a symbolic link:
ln -s /Users/user1/.bashrc /Users/user2/.bashrc
In this example you are creating a new link for user2 pointing back to the existing file in user1's directory. You may need to use sudo ln ... if the permissions are not set correctly.
A: There are many ways to accomplish this, but the common idiom I've seen is to install a single file outside each user's home folder and have both ~/.bashrc files source in the common file.
This allows clarity, potential to make user-level changes at a later date, but also only maintain one file that will survive whether or not one or both users are deleted at a later date.
It's a little more work than hard linking the file and my experience in using soft links for this sort of thing is to avoid them since some tools don't handle soft (or sym) links as well as you might hope.
It's also far easier than using code control to deploy files, but that's also a great way to manage change if you are going to be setting up git or mercurial or another version control system anyhow.
A: Let one be a symbolic link to the other.
In terminal.app as user2 use
cd $HOME; ln -s ../user1/.bashrc
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f9ba3684addcf33303734d51d3b2c59895c13bac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Controlling iOS apps via command line I have jailbroken iPad (iOS5.1.1) with the shell utility installed.
I'd like to be able to launch and control applications via the command line, as I would normally do in Unix or Linux. Say I want to play a specific file in my iPad, I want to be able to ask the iPad's music app to play it for me via command line. (Something similar to cvlc, I couldn't find cvlc for the iPad)
Is it possible to do so? If yes then how?
A: You can install OpenSSH in Cydia and use a SSH client (say, Panic's Prompt - look for it in the App Store), that makes a pretty nice terminal emulator for iOS.
As to running programs from the command line, sure, no problem, but none of them are designed to work in CLI. They don't retrieve/parse arguments, don't output...etc
If you can get some out of Cydia or compile them yourself, it'll work, but I don't think you'll be able to command Apple's own apps that way.
| Q: Controlling iOS apps via command line I have jailbroken iPad (iOS5.1.1) with the shell utility installed.
I'd like to be able to launch and control applications via the command line, as I would normally do in Unix or Linux. Say I want to play a specific file in my iPad, I want to be able to ask the iPad's music app to play it for me via command line. (Something similar to cvlc, I couldn't find cvlc for the iPad)
Is it possible to do so? If yes then how?
A: You can install OpenSSH in Cydia and use a SSH client (say, Panic's Prompt - look for it in the App Store), that makes a pretty nice terminal emulator for iOS.
As to running programs from the command line, sure, no problem, but none of them are designed to work in CLI. They don't retrieve/parse arguments, don't output...etc
If you can get some out of Cydia or compile them yourself, it'll work, but I don't think you'll be able to command Apple's own apps that way.
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012a2d06aab886e7607d6a33a7372ed50b840b6a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Air logic board upgrade Maybe it is silly question, but is it possible to install logic board from Macbook Air i5/i7 to Macbook 1.1 body? Original Core2Duo with 2Gb of RAM is really slow for programming.
A: I think you're out of luck. From iFixit, here's the logic board from the original MacBook Air:
And here's the logic board from a 2012 MacBook Air:
Unlike desktops, which typically use standardized parts, laptops use fairly specialized components, and on top of that, Apple tends to iterate its designs fairly aggressively even within models with similar outwards appearance to achieve better cost or performance (e.g. smaller logic boards means more space for the battery). Because of this, most Apple components beyond hard drives and RAM are only interchangeable with those of the exact same generation.
| Q: Macbook Air logic board upgrade Maybe it is silly question, but is it possible to install logic board from Macbook Air i5/i7 to Macbook 1.1 body? Original Core2Duo with 2Gb of RAM is really slow for programming.
A: I think you're out of luck. From iFixit, here's the logic board from the original MacBook Air:
And here's the logic board from a 2012 MacBook Air:
Unlike desktops, which typically use standardized parts, laptops use fairly specialized components, and on top of that, Apple tends to iterate its designs fairly aggressively even within models with similar outwards appearance to achieve better cost or performance (e.g. smaller logic boards means more space for the battery). Because of this, most Apple components beyond hard drives and RAM are only interchangeable with those of the exact same generation.
A: No.
The internal space, connectors, hard drive interface, power supply locations and other internal design changes make this exchange a non-starter.
Even moving a connector 2.0 mm makes a huge difference on a device packed as closely as an Air. The replacement you contemplate is much more radical and would require expensive engineering to retrofit a hybrid device.
Selling the old Air and buying a new device will be far more cost effective than engineering a new custom hybrid device.
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f9a6ff12e789327877b5419b7b9aaab3498b74b7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using the Apple Wireless Keyboard with an iPad with PC/Mac-like keyboard commands I have jailbroken iPad 2 (iOS5.1.1) and an Apple wireless Bluetooth keyboard that I use for typing on the iPad. Although the keyboard is a joy to use, I can't use it for much else other than typing documents and creating notes.
I'd like to be able to use some kind of keyboard shortcuts to move around/switch between apps, use shortcuts like Cmd + K or Ctrl + K in the browser and so on.
Is this somehow possible? And if so how?
A: BeeKeyboard is a tweak available via Cydia that adds the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts. I'm not sure if it can do app-switching shortcuts, but you can install a plugin called BeeSafari to add some browser shortcuts.
| Q: Using the Apple Wireless Keyboard with an iPad with PC/Mac-like keyboard commands I have jailbroken iPad 2 (iOS5.1.1) and an Apple wireless Bluetooth keyboard that I use for typing on the iPad. Although the keyboard is a joy to use, I can't use it for much else other than typing documents and creating notes.
I'd like to be able to use some kind of keyboard shortcuts to move around/switch between apps, use shortcuts like Cmd + K or Ctrl + K in the browser and so on.
Is this somehow possible? And if so how?
A: BeeKeyboard is a tweak available via Cydia that adds the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts. I'm not sure if it can do app-switching shortcuts, but you can install a plugin called BeeSafari to add some browser shortcuts.
A: When you’re in a programme, press and hold the CMD button, a pop-up should appear giving you a list of commands.
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23040fb69c4f4215d48bf6d54d17bb47022b2c08 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: get a notification when my machine is pinged I'd like to be able to be notified in any way (sound, notification, growl, etc) when someone pings my machine.
Is that possible?
A: Little Snitch may have the feature you want. It allows you to set up rules on network traffic, both inbound and outbound, mostly for blocking unwanted traffic, but I believe it can perform arbitrary actions such as notification for specific rules and types of traffic like ICMP pings.
There's a trial version that you can use to test.
I have no affiliation with Little Snitch or the company behind it.
| Q: get a notification when my machine is pinged I'd like to be able to be notified in any way (sound, notification, growl, etc) when someone pings my machine.
Is that possible?
A: Little Snitch may have the feature you want. It allows you to set up rules on network traffic, both inbound and outbound, mostly for blocking unwanted traffic, but I believe it can perform arbitrary actions such as notification for specific rules and types of traffic like ICMP pings.
There's a trial version that you can use to test.
I have no affiliation with Little Snitch or the company behind it.
A: Here is a well tested perl script to enable this kind of cheap attack detector:
sonar perl script
The sound will change along the logarithmic level of probes (ping).
From an original idea of bmike.
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f3a8e0eee6bdbc64bfb680aa7032de03ff0d71b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use TimeMachine only when on wired connection? I have a server to which I am backing up a single MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, via TimeMachine.
I would like to only back up when the MacBook Pro has a wired connection to the network. The wired and wireless connections are to the same router and all devices are on the same subnet.
How can I configure my Mac so that it will not start the TimeMachine backup process when operating wirelessly, but will allow backups when connected via wired connection?
The only idea I have had is manually disable TimeMachine when operating wirelessly. I see the TimeMachine has an option to not back up when on battery power, but it is possible that the laptop is plugged in to power, but not to wired ethernet.
A: I use this: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26341/timemachinescheduler
Solved all of my TM and corrupt sparse bundle issues (backing up to a Synology NAS)
| Q: Can I use TimeMachine only when on wired connection? I have a server to which I am backing up a single MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, via TimeMachine.
I would like to only back up when the MacBook Pro has a wired connection to the network. The wired and wireless connections are to the same router and all devices are on the same subnet.
How can I configure my Mac so that it will not start the TimeMachine backup process when operating wirelessly, but will allow backups when connected via wired connection?
The only idea I have had is manually disable TimeMachine when operating wirelessly. I see the TimeMachine has an option to not back up when on battery power, but it is possible that the laptop is plugged in to power, but not to wired ethernet.
A: I use this: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26341/timemachinescheduler
Solved all of my TM and corrupt sparse bundle issues (backing up to a Synology NAS)
A: ControlPlane includes an action:
*
*Toggle Time Machine
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c143bbea909aec07a0625a7ceb5a64c5ecf9f668 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot export pdf highlights from Preview.app using skim in OSX10.8.3 When I 'convert to notes' in skim, only the page numbers of the highlighted text gets displayed. I can click on those page numbers and it will go to the highlighted part of the document but the actual text does not appear when I export notes. I just get a blank document or a page with the page numbers where the highlighted text is. Can you suggest what I'm ight be doing wrong? I'm using OSX Lion 10.8.3.
Ps. I can copy and paste text from the pdf, so it appears to have recognisable text.
| Q: Cannot export pdf highlights from Preview.app using skim in OSX10.8.3 When I 'convert to notes' in skim, only the page numbers of the highlighted text gets displayed. I can click on those page numbers and it will go to the highlighted part of the document but the actual text does not appear when I export notes. I just get a blank document or a page with the page numbers where the highlighted text is. Can you suggest what I'm ight be doing wrong? I'm using OSX Lion 10.8.3.
Ps. I can copy and paste text from the pdf, so it appears to have recognisable text.
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4735a332cd3c9472ea4dc9d6361f3f6d6de5b496 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: autossh not behaving as expected I am trying to use autossh, like so:
autossh -f -i id_rsa -D 8080 [email protected]
However, on both an PPC Tiger eMac and a Mountain Lion MacBook Pro, I just get presented with the argument and environment variable list.
Both machines have autossh 1.4c installed. I am focused on getting it working on the Tiger machine; I only tried it on my Mountain Lion MBP to see if the issue was Tiger-specific.
A: I ran into this before and the issue for me was autossh expects a specified monitoring port (even though this is optional according to the usage stdout).
autossh -M 12345 -f -i id_rsa -D 8080 [email protected]
This similar command works for me against autossh 1.4c installed via homebrew on mountain lion.
| Q: autossh not behaving as expected I am trying to use autossh, like so:
autossh -f -i id_rsa -D 8080 [email protected]
However, on both an PPC Tiger eMac and a Mountain Lion MacBook Pro, I just get presented with the argument and environment variable list.
Both machines have autossh 1.4c installed. I am focused on getting it working on the Tiger machine; I only tried it on my Mountain Lion MBP to see if the issue was Tiger-specific.
A: I ran into this before and the issue for me was autossh expects a specified monitoring port (even though this is optional according to the usage stdout).
autossh -M 12345 -f -i id_rsa -D 8080 [email protected]
This similar command works for me against autossh 1.4c installed via homebrew on mountain lion.
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e3c8033f9fea8579fffb8353c8750df917dcab18 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Firewall settings with "imagent" Among others that I recognize, I have the "imagent" been allowed to pass true my firewall (allow incoming connection).
What/who is it, and do I must have it or can I just block it.
I do not remember allowing it in the first place anyway, but that could be due to my age :)
A: IMAgent is a process that listens for FaceTime/iMessage invitations. It will be active even if FaceTime isn't running. You don't have to block it, but if you don't use FaceTime you can open the application, open preferences, and turn off FaceTime. That should quit the IMAgent process.
| Q: Firewall settings with "imagent" Among others that I recognize, I have the "imagent" been allowed to pass true my firewall (allow incoming connection).
What/who is it, and do I must have it or can I just block it.
I do not remember allowing it in the first place anyway, but that could be due to my age :)
A: IMAgent is a process that listens for FaceTime/iMessage invitations. It will be active even if FaceTime isn't running. You don't have to block it, but if you don't use FaceTime you can open the application, open preferences, and turn off FaceTime. That should quit the IMAgent process.
A: imagent is part of iMessage/Messages/Facetime (see e.g. here) and needs to accept incoming connections for the same reasons as Skype and GoogleTalk do.
A: The top-voted answer should be changed since IMAgent can be used for non-FaceTime messaging purposes. For example, it will connect to your Jabber account if you added one in Messages.
A: It's part of the iMessage system. It's needed when sending messages / pictures.
A: if it's using too much cpu, feel free to kill. It will be re-launched automatically (and Fans will stop spinning..)
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c116ec0de37cbdd6453d16a8951681c9d13e2093 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to rename my subscriptions in Reeder? Using version 1.2. I can't seem to find a way to do anything other than add subscriptions, folders and delete subscriptions. Is there any way I can just rename my existing subscriptions?
A: It is not possible to manage the feeds inside Reeder.app. Nevertheless it will synchronize all changes made to feeds within Google Reader. So if you want to rename a feed, open the webpage of Google Reader and go to the preferences.
In the prefs, choose the Abonnements tab (at least this is the German headline) and rename the feed.
If you now head back to the Reeder.app and synchronize your feeds the changes will be reflected and the feed will be renamed.
Please remember that this workaround will only work until July 1, because Google is shutting down the Reader service.
| Q: Is there a way to rename my subscriptions in Reeder? Using version 1.2. I can't seem to find a way to do anything other than add subscriptions, folders and delete subscriptions. Is there any way I can just rename my existing subscriptions?
A: It is not possible to manage the feeds inside Reeder.app. Nevertheless it will synchronize all changes made to feeds within Google Reader. So if you want to rename a feed, open the webpage of Google Reader and go to the preferences.
In the prefs, choose the Abonnements tab (at least this is the German headline) and rename the feed.
If you now head back to the Reeder.app and synchronize your feeds the changes will be reflected and the feed will be renamed.
Please remember that this workaround will only work until July 1, because Google is shutting down the Reader service.
A: It isn't possible to edit subscriptions on Reeder. You will need to login to your RSS, or news feed account to edit subscriptions.
Please go ahead and contact their support to request the ability to do that.
A: You can now (on iPhone Reeder app) rename individual subscriptions by long-pressing on them in the folder view. For some reason, clicking on the feed and going into the three-dot settings menu gives you lots of ways to customize the display of the subscription but not rename it.
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da81fcc410881a6db4de46e94982eab387355027 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I change the font systemwide (10.8.3) Is it possible to change the systems font? (finder, alerts, menus etc)
A: Here are the corresponding hidden preferences:
defaults write -g NSSystemFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSSystemFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSBoldSystemFont LucidaGrande-Bold
defaults write -g NSBoldSystemFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSFont Helvetica
defaults write -g NSFontSize -int 12
defaults write -g NSFixedPitchFont Menlo-Regular
defaults write -g NSFixedPitchFontSize -int 11
defaults write -g NSMessageFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSMessageFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSLabelFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSLabelFontSize -int 10
defaults write -g NSToolTipsFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSToolTipsFontSize -int 11
defaults write -g NSTitleBarFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSTitleBarFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSPaletteFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSPaletteFontSize -int 10
They don't affect windows shown by processes owned by root, like the force quit window. sudo defaults write -g (which modifies /var/root/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist) affects only them.
There is no way to change many fonts (like the font used on the menu bar) and text elements are not aligned correctly when using different fonts. You can also replace Lucida Grande.ttc with some other font.
| Q: Can I change the font systemwide (10.8.3) Is it possible to change the systems font? (finder, alerts, menus etc)
A: Here are the corresponding hidden preferences:
defaults write -g NSSystemFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSSystemFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSBoldSystemFont LucidaGrande-Bold
defaults write -g NSBoldSystemFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSFont Helvetica
defaults write -g NSFontSize -int 12
defaults write -g NSFixedPitchFont Menlo-Regular
defaults write -g NSFixedPitchFontSize -int 11
defaults write -g NSMessageFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSMessageFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSLabelFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSLabelFontSize -int 10
defaults write -g NSToolTipsFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSToolTipsFontSize -int 11
defaults write -g NSTitleBarFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSTitleBarFontSize -int 13
defaults write -g NSPaletteFont LucidaGrande
defaults write -g NSPaletteFontSize -int 10
They don't affect windows shown by processes owned by root, like the force quit window. sudo defaults write -g (which modifies /var/root/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist) affects only them.
There is no way to change many fonts (like the font used on the menu bar) and text elements are not aligned correctly when using different fonts. You can also replace Lucida Grande.ttc with some other font.
A: A third party application TinkerTool can change these, on its Fonts screen:
TinkerTool works by setting defaults, so it is reasonable to expect there is an equivalent defaults write command.
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9fe93397a802bb94ce9e01332f568c63e22165f9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I need to hide `Show all bookmarks` button in Safari 6 I use Safari 6 (on OS X 10.8.3) and I want to hide all button on Bookmarks Bar in Safari 6.
For Show Reading list and Show Top Sites there are an options to hide it in Preference → Bookmark but there is no option for hide Show all bookmarks button.
Is there anyway to hide Show all bookmarks button on Bookmark Bar in Safari 6 ? I don't want to see it on my browser anymore.
A: Safari lets you hide the entire bookmark bar, but not customize that one item.
The other items that show up to the left of all your bookmarks are in a fixed order and you can turn them all off except for the show all bookmarks icon.
Unless someone finds a hidden preference to write by hand into the safari defaults preferences, you may have to request this as a bug or enhancement request to Apple for Safari.
At best, you're stuck with the space that the back arrow takes on the left of the bookmark bar if you turn off all the other default items.
| Q: I need to hide `Show all bookmarks` button in Safari 6 I use Safari 6 (on OS X 10.8.3) and I want to hide all button on Bookmarks Bar in Safari 6.
For Show Reading list and Show Top Sites there are an options to hide it in Preference → Bookmark but there is no option for hide Show all bookmarks button.
Is there anyway to hide Show all bookmarks button on Bookmark Bar in Safari 6 ? I don't want to see it on my browser anymore.
A: Safari lets you hide the entire bookmark bar, but not customize that one item.
The other items that show up to the left of all your bookmarks are in a fixed order and you can turn them all off except for the show all bookmarks icon.
Unless someone finds a hidden preference to write by hand into the safari defaults preferences, you may have to request this as a bug or enhancement request to Apple for Safari.
At best, you're stuck with the space that the back arrow takes on the left of the bookmark bar if you turn off all the other default items.
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ba8a46497531402fa5216a0bbac1bb74d29583a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Selling macbook, best/fastest way to delete data? I need help to erase all of my data from my computer...
Selling 2009 Macbook pro w. Lion.
I don't have the startup disks.
So I've created another admin account and am trying to delete mine from there.
But of course, it has been saying "deleting account" for hours.
Faster suggestions?
A: If someone else has an SSD, the secure erase options are currently disabled for SSDs in Disk Utility. According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3680 erasing an SSD normally might be secure enough:
Note: With OS X Lion and an SSD drive, Secure Erase and Erasing Free Space are not available in Disk Utility. These options are not needed for an SSD drive because a standard erase makes it difficult to recover data from an SSD. For more security, consider turning on FileVault 2 encryption when you start using the SSD drive.
You can still run something like diskutil secureErase 4 disk0s2 in Terminal on the recovery partition. Simply enabling FileVault before erasing the drive or volume is probably a better option though. See this question.
| Q: Selling macbook, best/fastest way to delete data? I need help to erase all of my data from my computer...
Selling 2009 Macbook pro w. Lion.
I don't have the startup disks.
So I've created another admin account and am trying to delete mine from there.
But of course, it has been saying "deleting account" for hours.
Faster suggestions?
A: If someone else has an SSD, the secure erase options are currently disabled for SSDs in Disk Utility. According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3680 erasing an SSD normally might be secure enough:
Note: With OS X Lion and an SSD drive, Secure Erase and Erasing Free Space are not available in Disk Utility. These options are not needed for an SSD drive because a standard erase makes it difficult to recover data from an SSD. For more security, consider turning on FileVault 2 encryption when you start using the SSD drive.
You can still run something like diskutil secureErase 4 disk0s2 in Terminal on the recovery partition. Simply enabling FileVault before erasing the drive or volume is probably a better option though. See this question.
A: I'll take a crack at "fastest":
(Note: This should go without saying, but make sure you read through this and understand it before you do anything.)
Assuming your original admin account was "joe" whose home was "/Users/joe"
1. Find User ID Number
ls -nld /Users/joe
drwxr-xr-x+ 65 501 20 2210 May 8 00:19 /Users/joe/
See that 501? That's your user ID number. It may be different, but it probably close to 501.
2. Delete your $HOME
Login as your 2nd admin user, and
sudo find /Users/joe -print -delete
That will delete all of the files under /Users/joe.
There are other ways to do this, of course
sudo srm --simple --verbose --recursive /Users/joe
Check man srm to see if you want to use --medium instead of --simple
3. Find Other Files
Then you might want to take a look for other files owned by joe. You can do this by username or user ID. I recommend ID, but that's probably because I'm an overly cautious fuddyduddy.
sudo find / -user 501 -print
replace '501' with whatever the number was above is Step #1
A: I don't know if I can necessarily help you out with the "fastest" way, but I think I can help with "best".
Most of your data will indeed be in your account, but there's also the chance that other personal items may be scattered about your hard drive. I would not personally sell a computer after just removing my own account, particularly if my account was not securely deleted, either by overwriting the unused disk space or by discarding the encryption key. (Of course, there's always the chance a computer could be lost or stolen, too, so I use FileVault 2 to encrypt my system's disk in case I'm not given the opportunity to securely erase it.)
You say you don't have a startup disk, but since you have Lion, you should be able to use OS X Recovery:
*
*Hold command-R on startup.
*Use Disk Utility to erase the disk securely using Security Options on the Erase tab.
*Start the installer to install a fresh copy of Lion. (This may involve downloading the installer from the Internet… note this can be a very large download. If you're feeling nice, you could take this opportunity to grab a copy of the installer for your MacBook's new owner.)
A: The quickest way to delete everything is to boot to the Recovery HD and terminal to drop a new empty filesystem on top of the existing one:
diskutil reformat disk0s2
You might check that the device is correct by issuing diskutil list and making sure that Macintosh HD is actually disk0s2, but most people that have an alternate device layout know they do and can compensate. Note, this doesn't erase anything in terms of leaving all the files sitting on the drive. You would then want to consider if you wanted to zero the empty blocks, or do some more lengthy secure erases.
diskutil secureErase 0 disk0s2
The above command would zero out the entire volume and you can choose other levels such as:
Level should be one of the following:
+ 0 - Single-pass zero-fill erase.
+ 1 - Single-pass random-fill erase.
+ 2 - US DoD 7-pass secure erase.
+ 3 - Gutmann algorithm 35-pass secure erase.
+ 4 - US DoE algorithm 3-pass secure erase.
As mentioned in this other excellent answer, turning on FileVault is far more secure than any of these erase options for SSD and probably for HDD as well.
A: The best way to guarantee that all your personal data is removed is to write-zero the drive and then reinstall the OS, which requires the install discs.
As for the iTunes stuff, you'll want to make sure you have a backup of your iTunes library before you actually remove it. But you already have a backup, don't you? ;)
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d79d36314e81f207991e597e1939793301cdb415 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automator: How to replace a particular string with the filename? Within Automator, how can I replace a particular string in many different files with the filename of each file?
// UPDATE
Using a "Run Shell Script" process I am able to get the body of a test file (an html file), with the string correctly replaced, but the modified file isn't being saved. I just see the file's contents as text in the "results" pane of "Run Shell Script". How do I:
a) Get the file name instead of the entire filepath?
b) Save the modified file? Do I need another step when using sed?
A: You can use a Run Shell Script action, with a script like this:
basename=${1##*/}
tmp=`mktemp -t $$`
sed -e "s/STRING_TO_BE_REPLACED/$basename/g" "$1" > $tmp && mv $tmp "$1"
with Pass input: set to as arguments:
| Q: Automator: How to replace a particular string with the filename? Within Automator, how can I replace a particular string in many different files with the filename of each file?
// UPDATE
Using a "Run Shell Script" process I am able to get the body of a test file (an html file), with the string correctly replaced, but the modified file isn't being saved. I just see the file's contents as text in the "results" pane of "Run Shell Script". How do I:
a) Get the file name instead of the entire filepath?
b) Save the modified file? Do I need another step when using sed?
A: You can use a Run Shell Script action, with a script like this:
basename=${1##*/}
tmp=`mktemp -t $$`
sed -e "s/STRING_TO_BE_REPLACED/$basename/g" "$1" > $tmp && mv $tmp "$1"
with Pass input: set to as arguments:
A: This would work with multiple files and filenames with special characters:
for f in "$@"; do
[[ ! -f $f ]] && continue
text=$(cat "$f")
printf %s "${text//stringToBeReplaced/${f##*/}}" > "$f"
done
Another option using Ruby:
ruby -i -pe '$_.gsub!("stringToBeReplaced", File.basename($FILENAME))' "$@"
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3218fedc413edc1f5e0388d6b9c67b7df58becb6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud/iCal can't accept/decline invitations? When I receive an invite I do not get an email nor does the invite appear in iCal.
If I log on to iCloud.com I do see the invite but when accepting/declining I get a message that my Calendar is not responding anymore:
The ancestor is the aggregate of the child record, but it is not in the changelog.....
| Q: iCloud/iCal can't accept/decline invitations? When I receive an invite I do not get an email nor does the invite appear in iCal.
If I log on to iCloud.com I do see the invite but when accepting/declining I get a message that my Calendar is not responding anymore:
The ancestor is the aggregate of the child record, but it is not in the changelog.....
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/86930"
} |
13c9284991399da8b2bb0316dc2cfb8ec5e23194 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to show git files in Finder? This may be too close to a duplicate for Git plug-in for Finder?, but I'm after a tool that will merely show me whether there is a repo in the current directory, and the state of the files within.
*
*I don't want to view all invisible files
*I want to continue using Finder (I like PathFinder, but not always)
*I don't need to run git commands on the files, just see their state
I'm thinking of an interface like Dropbox (see image), or TortoiseSVN for windows... any suggestions or workarounds?
Maybe its possible to create a folder automation? (never done such a thing! if it sounds plausible, I'll read up on it)
Thanks, Tim
A: An update, as there's been movement on this question...
There is a question on SO: How can i add icon overlay in finder? where a comments include Apples update of points to the TortoiseSVN Subversion client
and a search turned up the following 2yo git repo with some demo code for 10.7: Finder-Icon-Overlay.
If I get around to messing around with an implementation, I'll update this answer.
| Q: How to show git files in Finder? This may be too close to a duplicate for Git plug-in for Finder?, but I'm after a tool that will merely show me whether there is a repo in the current directory, and the state of the files within.
*
*I don't want to view all invisible files
*I want to continue using Finder (I like PathFinder, but not always)
*I don't need to run git commands on the files, just see their state
I'm thinking of an interface like Dropbox (see image), or TortoiseSVN for windows... any suggestions or workarounds?
Maybe its possible to create a folder automation? (never done such a thing! if it sounds plausible, I'll read up on it)
Thanks, Tim
A: An update, as there's been movement on this question...
There is a question on SO: How can i add icon overlay in finder? where a comments include Apples update of points to the TortoiseSVN Subversion client
and a search turned up the following 2yo git repo with some demo code for 10.7: Finder-Icon-Overlay.
If I get around to messing around with an implementation, I'll update this answer.
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a033dccb1d50977e6cba7dd1354a7d8102a6f509 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Switch Twitter Accounts in Safari? There's add-ons for Firefox to do this, switching twitter accounts without having to sign-in 3-5 times a day is really time saving if you have more than 2 accounts, CookieSwap do the job, is there any possible extension can do the job for safari?
A: There is no add-ons on Safari who is doing that.
Chrome :
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/swap-my-cookies/dffhipnliikkblkhpjapbecpmoilcama
Mozilla :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/cookieswap/
By the way, I think you have to post your wish here : https://www.reddit.com/r/SomebodyMakeThis/
| Q: Switch Twitter Accounts in Safari? There's add-ons for Firefox to do this, switching twitter accounts without having to sign-in 3-5 times a day is really time saving if you have more than 2 accounts, CookieSwap do the job, is there any possible extension can do the job for safari?
A: There is no add-ons on Safari who is doing that.
Chrome :
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/swap-my-cookies/dffhipnliikkblkhpjapbecpmoilcama
Mozilla :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/cookieswap/
By the way, I think you have to post your wish here : https://www.reddit.com/r/SomebodyMakeThis/
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"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/86946"
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b6287b07bba92f89c3a8bce90c73f5629eb0ea00 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where VIM keep its recordings? I was trying to use VIM and it kept blinking "recording" all the time. Now I know that it means VIM was recording what I was typing. Where does it keep these recordings? I would like to delete these.
A: The "recording" label usually appears when you press 'q' key to record a macro. It is not recording what you are typing, it is recording a command sequence to be re-used for later use.
See: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Macros
| Q: Where VIM keep its recordings? I was trying to use VIM and it kept blinking "recording" all the time. Now I know that it means VIM was recording what I was typing. Where does it keep these recordings? I would like to delete these.
A: The "recording" label usually appears when you press 'q' key to record a macro. It is not recording what you are typing, it is recording a command sequence to be re-used for later use.
See: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Macros
A: The recordings are stored in the named buffers. You can place the buffer contents into a file as text, save the file, and reload the text into a buffer in another session. You can use the same technique to clean up the recorded macro. Insert the buffer as text, edit the text, re-save the text into the same buffer.
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1387e1f08ddf834424e356fc8a2749cb9ed0e733 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove this icon from the menu bar? I am seeing attached icon in the top right menu bar. I tried deleting MenuExtras by going to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extrasbut it didn't help, please help to hide or remove it.
A: It looks like the option is no longer configurable in vmware fusion 8, or maybe I didn't look in the right place. I had to kill it and rename it to prevent it from running. Haven't had obvious adverse effect yet. So, open a terminal
ps -fx | grep -i vmware
kill xxx # the pid number, such as 51889
sudo mv "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware Fusion Start Menu.app/Contents/MacOS/VMware Fusion Start Menu" "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware Fusion Start Menu.app/Contents/MacOS/VMware Fusion Start Menu.bak"
For someone who doesn't like command line, just rename the file, logout and login.
| Q: How can I remove this icon from the menu bar? I am seeing attached icon in the top right menu bar. I tried deleting MenuExtras by going to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extrasbut it didn't help, please help to hide or remove it.
A: It looks like the option is no longer configurable in vmware fusion 8, or maybe I didn't look in the right place. I had to kill it and rename it to prevent it from running. Haven't had obvious adverse effect yet. So, open a terminal
ps -fx | grep -i vmware
kill xxx # the pid number, such as 51889
sudo mv "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware Fusion Start Menu.app/Contents/MacOS/VMware Fusion Start Menu" "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware Fusion Start Menu.app/Contents/MacOS/VMware Fusion Start Menu.bak"
For someone who doesn't like command line, just rename the file, logout and login.
A: That item is the VMWare fusion menu bar icon.
The vendor has this article and steps to allow you to disable and configure it.
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015330
To modify the behavior of this feature:
*
*Go to Virtual Machine > Settings.
*Click Application Menu (Applications in Fusion 3).
*Click the Applications Menu tab if using Fusion 3.
*From the Show applications menu in menu bar drop-down, choose Always, Never, or Only when Fusion is running.
A: I had the same problem in El Capitan
I selected "Never" but the icon kept reappearing after every restart.
However, after I created my first virtual machine, the "Never" option held and the icon has remained hidden.
Sounds crazy, but true.
A: I used the following link it was helpful for VMware Fusion 8.0
Go to preferences > Show in menu bar
Select the option as per your preferences
https://www.installvirtual.com/remove-vmware-fusion-icon-from-menu-bar-in-mac/
A: Fusion 8
In Fusion 8, this is in VMWare's Preferences.
1. Click VMWare Fusion and select Preferences...
2. There will be a dropdown for Applications Menu:
3. Set this to Never or Only when Fusion is running
A: That's the VMware Fusion icon.
*
*Click it.
*Select "Application Menu Settings...".
*Modify the dropdown next to "Show Applications menu in menu bar" to be "Never".
A: I had this icon appear after log in today. I do not have any virtual machines. Another user has VMWare Fusion installed.
Here's how I solved it without messing with the installation.
*
*I used part of YH Wu's answer to kill it. If you don't understand the commands, use Wee Malcky's answer. (See below for these two methods.)
*Remove it from your Login Items at: System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items
YH Wu Method
ps -fx | grep -i vmware
kill xxx # the pid number, such as 51889
Wee Malcky Method
*
*Open Activity Monitor app
*Click the CPU tab if you have one
*Search for "fusion"
*Select the process
*Click the Force Quit button in the top left of the window if you have it. Otherwise, try right-clicking and selection something like "Kill" or "Force Quit."
A: spotlight -> activity monitor -> search for fusion -> kill the process
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788ea25f01ecef4f43d47d6c03b8722971e3b7d9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cut two pages by Preview at once When scanning documents, many pages in a row have the same problem. An example where a lot of white empty space in the corner:
The application Preview allows selecting the area in a row along the two pages.
However, when choosing to cut, only the page where you started get cropped.
I think this is a bug in design and should be fixed.
In the example, there are 277 pages. It takes hours of time if I cannot crop pages in a row.
Is there any way to cut pages in a row in Preview or other applications?
A: Yes, this can be achieved solely with Preview.
*
*Show page thumbnails by clicking Thumbnails from the View Menu.
*Show the Edit toolbar, and choose the Rectangular Selection tool.
*Select the rectangle that you want to crop each page to.
*Select (⌘-click) all the pages that you want to crop in the page thumbnails.
The pages don't have to be sequential, and you can select all pages with ⌘A.
*Click Crop in the toolbar.
| Q: Cut two pages by Preview at once When scanning documents, many pages in a row have the same problem. An example where a lot of white empty space in the corner:
The application Preview allows selecting the area in a row along the two pages.
However, when choosing to cut, only the page where you started get cropped.
I think this is a bug in design and should be fixed.
In the example, there are 277 pages. It takes hours of time if I cannot crop pages in a row.
Is there any way to cut pages in a row in Preview or other applications?
A: Yes, this can be achieved solely with Preview.
*
*Show page thumbnails by clicking Thumbnails from the View Menu.
*Show the Edit toolbar, and choose the Rectangular Selection tool.
*Select the rectangle that you want to crop each page to.
*Select (⌘-click) all the pages that you want to crop in the page thumbnails.
The pages don't have to be sequential, and you can select all pages with ⌘A.
*Click Crop in the toolbar.
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a1cf3759df52ab59773d0efe54ee2daf0292919e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: More notification center keyboard shortcuts I know there is a system wide keyboard shortcut to open the notification center and once opened you can navigate your notifications with the up/down buttons on your keyboard.
But is there also a way to dismiss/delete/mark-as-read the selected notification with a keyboard shortcut?
| Q: More notification center keyboard shortcuts I know there is a system wide keyboard shortcut to open the notification center and once opened you can navigate your notifications with the up/down buttons on your keyboard.
But is there also a way to dismiss/delete/mark-as-read the selected notification with a keyboard shortcut?
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cddd748abbffb396daa8568ed304f21448a59f1b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS: Sounds when Headphones Are Plugged in but Silent Otherwise? Is it possible to set up an iOS 6 device (for example, specifically the iPhone 5, or 3rd generation iPad) such that all the usual sounds from apps and the system sounds like typing or message notifications play when the headphones are plugged in, but when headphones are not plugged in the device is silent?
A: The silent switch on the left of the device allows one to completely mute (orange in picture below) or unmute all sounds when no headphones are plugged in.
However, when headphones are plugged in, third-party app sounds (e.g.: game music/sfx, video sounds, etc.) will still play through the headphones whether the switch is activated or not.
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to achieve the same behavior for system sounds and Apple apps.
| Q: iOS: Sounds when Headphones Are Plugged in but Silent Otherwise? Is it possible to set up an iOS 6 device (for example, specifically the iPhone 5, or 3rd generation iPad) such that all the usual sounds from apps and the system sounds like typing or message notifications play when the headphones are plugged in, but when headphones are not plugged in the device is silent?
A: The silent switch on the left of the device allows one to completely mute (orange in picture below) or unmute all sounds when no headphones are plugged in.
However, when headphones are plugged in, third-party app sounds (e.g.: game music/sfx, video sounds, etc.) will still play through the headphones whether the switch is activated or not.
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to achieve the same behavior for system sounds and Apple apps.
A: For media sounds, it will use different level when the headphones are plugged in.
To do this, you turn down the volume to nothing while an app using media sound is active and your headphone is not plugged in. Plug in your headphone, and you will see that the volume comes back on.
But for notifications and ringtone sounds, it will use same volume regardless of headphones plugged in or not. There are no settings available for differentiating this, I'm afraid.
A: The headphone port consists of small metal ridges which come in contact with the lines on the connector portion of the headphones.
If these are pushed in it may not be able to emit sound without headphones because it believes headphones are plugged in.
Likewise, if the logic board believes these are plugged in no sound will be emitted without headphones either.
This is a hardware issue that can be address at Apple Retail or AppleCare
The other potential issue is if Do Not Disturb is enabled, a crescent moon icon will be present by the battery icon, no ringing/notification will occur.
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d78f4250e8bb51fa37a962aebb67ed8337d08a65 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Mail make mails unsigned by default I have lost patience with outlook and have started using apple mail with my corporate exchange account.
A problem is that every mail I send by default picks up an ios developer certificate that i have associated with this e-mial address.
I know you can click on the button on each mail to turn off signing that message, but i'd like the default to be NOT to sign each message i create.
J
A: Try this. Go to your your Preferences of the Mail application. Then, you should be in the Account section. Choose your account then at the very bottom change TLS Certificate to "None".
| Q: Apple Mail make mails unsigned by default I have lost patience with outlook and have started using apple mail with my corporate exchange account.
A problem is that every mail I send by default picks up an ios developer certificate that i have associated with this e-mial address.
I know you can click on the button on each mail to turn off signing that message, but i'd like the default to be NOT to sign each message i create.
J
A: Try this. Go to your your Preferences of the Mail application. Then, you should be in the Account section. Choose your account then at the very bottom change TLS Certificate to "None".
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f26606d514f4287fbb92affbcbaa57f7da900d36 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I configure my Ethernet connection when booting from Recovery HD? I'm trying to recover from a Time Machine drive sitting on the network at work. Our network doesn't use DHCP–it requires the Ethernet connection to be manually configured. I've looked at the Network Utility while booted to the Recovery HD and I have a 169.254.x.x IP address. Is there any way to manually configure the Ethernet connection?
A: The expected graphical settings are not provided from the recovery image, but you can find terminal in the Utilities folder and use ipconfig to set a manual IP address and net mask for any active interface.
ipconfig set en1 manual 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0
As long as your Wi-Fi isn't connected, you should have a valid route, but you could also set a default route if needed using that command as well.
| Q: How can I configure my Ethernet connection when booting from Recovery HD? I'm trying to recover from a Time Machine drive sitting on the network at work. Our network doesn't use DHCP–it requires the Ethernet connection to be manually configured. I've looked at the Network Utility while booted to the Recovery HD and I have a 169.254.x.x IP address. Is there any way to manually configure the Ethernet connection?
A: The expected graphical settings are not provided from the recovery image, but you can find terminal in the Utilities folder and use ipconfig to set a manual IP address and net mask for any active interface.
ipconfig set en1 manual 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0
As long as your Wi-Fi isn't connected, you should have a valid route, but you could also set a default route if needed using that command as well.
A: I found an answer in this blog post by maninara, referencing this apple support document. One can use the Terminal to perform this configuration:
*
*Start Terminal from Utilities menu
*networksetup -listallnetworkservices to see name of service
*networksetup -setmanual "‹service›" ‹address› ‹netmask› ‹router›
*networksetup -setdnsservers "‹service›" ‹dns1› [‹dns2›…]
*networksetup -getinfo "‹service›" and networksetup -getdnsservers "‹service›" to verify configuration if you want to
*Terminate Terminal application and launch a recovery option
Example (adapted from a Yosemite recovery session):
-bash-3.2# networksetup -listallnetworkservices
Ethernet
Wi-Fi
Thunderbold Bridge
-bash-3.2# networksetup -setmanual "Ethernet" 192.168.1.200 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
-bash-3.2# networksetup -setdnsservers "Ethernet" 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.25 8.8.8.8
-bash-3.2# networksetup -getinfo "Ethernet"
Manual Configuration
IP address: 192.168.1.200
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
IPv6: Automatic
IPv6 IP address: none
IPv6 Router: none
Ethernet Address: ab:cd:ef:12:34:56
-bash-3.2# networksetup -getdnsservers "Ethernet"
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.25
8.8.8.8
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dcdece128d34be96ad231b57722419d48f925129 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the `installd` process, and why is it eating my CPU? My MacBook is frying my lap, and the CPU monitor is going crazy: over 200% CPU being used by a process named installd.
What is it? Can I kill it?
A: It's Apple's install process.
What's annoying is:
*
*Apple haven't (as yet) made this less CPU-intensive OR given you the option to do so. Note that the CPU-intensive stage is only at the initial part of the install and does stop.
*you can't quickly see the progress of the Downloads
You can see progress but need to do the following:
Apple logo (top left) > App Store > Updates and click Update.
This will then reveal a progress bar with the current download state.
| Q: What is the `installd` process, and why is it eating my CPU? My MacBook is frying my lap, and the CPU monitor is going crazy: over 200% CPU being used by a process named installd.
What is it? Can I kill it?
A: It's Apple's install process.
What's annoying is:
*
*Apple haven't (as yet) made this less CPU-intensive OR given you the option to do so. Note that the CPU-intensive stage is only at the initial part of the install and does stop.
*you can't quickly see the progress of the Downloads
You can see progress but need to do the following:
Apple logo (top left) > App Store > Updates and click Update.
This will then reveal a progress bar with the current download state.
A: I used Activity Monitor to kill the process at once. And so:
*
*CPU returned back to normal;
*A notification from App Store showed up in Notification Center asking for when to install updates.
A: It's normally run when you for example install an App Store application or remove an application from Launchpad. It shouldn't stay running in the background or keep using that much CPU though. You can probably just force quit it from Activity Monitor or run sudo killall -9 installd.
The binary is in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Resources/installd in 10.8.
A: This is a daemon which is part of PackageKit framework and it's usually running as a background process for the "Software Update" GUI application.
For example, if you open the Software Update application and check for updates, take a look at the Activity Monitor--you'll see the "installd" process doing a bunch of work.
The reason it pegs your CPU is because it must compile the current list of software installed on your computer, and compare with the current version list received from Apple's servers.
You can set the frequency of Software Update checks in System Preferences and Software Update.
The default settings are both to "Check for updates" and "Download updates automatically".
You may adjust either setting, but I would not recommend turning it off altogether.
There's nothing wicked about this process - it's just set to download updates.
You can solve your CPU problem by lowering the priority of the process or by just killing the process in Activity Monitor.
Technical information:
The location in Lion OSX is in:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Resources/installd
(if you have locate configured correctly, run: locate installd to find the right location).
A: Mine was installd and storeagent - so I just killed them:
sudo killall -9 installd
sudo killall -9 storeagent
A: Installd is a process run by Sophos anti virus. The process is called by InterCheck which is a process related to Sophos's active scanning.
A: honestly- i have the same problem, you posted this in 2013 and its 2020 and literally im updating xcode and installd is taking up 1.02 gb of memory (which is a lot) and 268% of my cpu which is a LOT for simply updating xcode, (and not to mention, its caused my fans to max out and my computer's gpu temperature is at 186 in a cool room and the fans aren't even covered), another problem we have still with things about system processes is things like windowserver, if you dont restart your computer for a while, after a week of not logging out or restarting, just simply shutting the lid, windowsever goes COMPLETELY wack, i just restarted my computer yesterday because it was at (with no actual tabs or pages opened, literally nothing is running) 1.32 gb of memory (its supposed to be at around 440 mb for my computer in normal, unwacky circumstances), windowserver just seems to get overwhelmed after a while which is a BIG problem, and even after a long enough time i've had windowserver ALONE get my computer to 176 degrees, but granted that was after i found out that a lot of the system processes like windowserver and kernal_task go to wack after a long enough time without a restart (so basically it took up 2.45 gb of memory with, again, nothing open because i didnt restart my computer for over 2 or 3 months because i was constantly needing it for school in those months)(oh wow great, for some reason discord is taking up 1.02 gb of memory even though it normally takes up 320 mb (it fixed itself as i typed this little sentence but like- wot)), but honestly this is me just ranting that honestly you arent alone and it seems to still not be fixed which is a little annoying, i wish that macos would periodically "refresh" these system programs when idle or closed and/or check and repair them because yes, ik ik, macbooks barely get any viruses, blame it on apple literally pushing out updates, WHOLE updates, just to fix 1 or 2 vulnerabilities that only ONE, literally probably only one, website, takes advantage of, good part on them but tbh its kind of a lot, i just wish that while they do this, they could simply include in one of those updates a little option maybe, or maybe instead it could be in the a small update that does have features in it, maybe this could be one of them, like, its so simple yet, clearly in these 7 years they somehow still haven't thought about it, and another problem with it is, if it was such a problem we used to be able to upgrade memory, now there is not a SINGLE thing you can upgrade in the computer, not memory, not storage, nothing, so is it too much to ask for a little update that'd help them manage their memory a little better? idk, i mean, to be fair i believe logging out does refresh the processes as well, but at that point it closes out of everything anyways, why not just shut off the computer and turn it back on while your at it? reeee im sorry for the rant AND necropost but basically i swear, they still have a problem with these things with is a little annoying, and plus, why does it take 267 cpu to even update xcode when it doesn't even take that much to download something that is of that equivalency to the update, like, i've downloaded whole 12 gigabyte downloads from chrome and didnt even really need to keep my fans exposed like i did just now, ok ok thats enough of the rant- sorry again for the necropost, i hope you or someone else atleast finds this a little amusing, relatable, or something, because its just a bit annoying, reeee goodbye random person who posted this in 2013 and i hope your life is goin pretty well. (oh and also, im aware i dont have great punctuation, dont worry i dont normally type like this, its only when im ranting freely, some smartass on apple discussions started a whole thread of a fight just because of it (luckily i wasn't being the one bombarded, it was him being bombarded by a bunch of level 10's bashing him for being a nuisance, considering he was level 6 and judging people in a judgement free page, basically made him look like a fool- slkjfsdlfkj))
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60620cf58ee8ee62849d5355585705d8bd36bfcd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Ctrl + Cmd + Return doesn't maximize active pane in iTerm2 The split panes functionality is the primary reason why i use iTerm2.
I can maximize/unminimize the active pane by using the View -> Maximize Active Pane menu item.
But nothing happens when I press the Ctrl + Cmd + Return shortcut key combination listed next to the menu item.
I looked through the preferences pane and I didn't find this particular key binding anywhere, which makes me think it's not customizable via the UI.
Any suggestions about what might be wrong or how I could go about fixing this?
A: D'oh; the problem was that I was confusing the Shift key (depicted as ⇧) with the Ctrl key (depicted as ⌃).
So, the correct combination is Shift + Cmd + Return.
| Q: Ctrl + Cmd + Return doesn't maximize active pane in iTerm2 The split panes functionality is the primary reason why i use iTerm2.
I can maximize/unminimize the active pane by using the View -> Maximize Active Pane menu item.
But nothing happens when I press the Ctrl + Cmd + Return shortcut key combination listed next to the menu item.
I looked through the preferences pane and I didn't find this particular key binding anywhere, which makes me think it's not customizable via the UI.
Any suggestions about what might be wrong or how I could go about fixing this?
A: D'oh; the problem was that I was confusing the Shift key (depicted as ⇧) with the Ctrl key (depicted as ⌃).
So, the correct combination is Shift + Cmd + Return.
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ac1d981c63015a31b1a12258b4efcf0d3cf7e09e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPod Click Wheel Games disappeared from iTunes Is it still possible to buy iPod Click Wheel Games for the iPod Classic? I can't find them on iTunes. Is there a way to side-load them and get them from elsewhere?
A: They've been gone for a while. I don't remember exactly when, but it was more than a year ago. There's no way to buy them anywhere else.
| Q: iPod Click Wheel Games disappeared from iTunes Is it still possible to buy iPod Click Wheel Games for the iPod Classic? I can't find them on iTunes. Is there a way to side-load them and get them from elsewhere?
A: They've been gone for a while. I don't remember exactly when, but it was more than a year ago. There's no way to buy them anywhere else.
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e31a00ef9375c67836b886691725c181af404211 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I rename multiple pictures simultaneously? For example,I have 20 pictures downloaded from the Internet. They have some crazy names like "XFGHDHR345" or "SDEREWQ230", and I want to name them:
"Picture 1"
"Picture 2"
"Picture 3"
"Picture 4"
"Picture 5"
.....
"Picture 20"
I don't want to type them one by one. I want to change their names at once.
Is there a way to do this?
A: If you want to zero-pad the numbers or if the files have different extensions:
i=1; for f in *; do mv "$f" Picture\ $(printf %03d $i).${f#*.}; let i++; done
More examples:
# lowercase (Bash 4) and replace spaces with underscores
for f in *; do f2=${f,,}; mv "$f" "${f2// /_}"; done
# number based on modification date
IFS=$'\n'; i=1; for f in $(ls -rt *.jpg); do mv "$f" $(printf %04d $i).jpg; let i++; done
# file-5.jpg to file-005.jpg
for f in *; do b=${f%.*}; x=${f#*.}; mv "$f" "${b%-*}-$(printf %03d ${b#*-}).$x"; done
| Q: How can I rename multiple pictures simultaneously? For example,I have 20 pictures downloaded from the Internet. They have some crazy names like "XFGHDHR345" or "SDEREWQ230", and I want to name them:
"Picture 1"
"Picture 2"
"Picture 3"
"Picture 4"
"Picture 5"
.....
"Picture 20"
I don't want to type them one by one. I want to change their names at once.
Is there a way to do this?
A: If you want to zero-pad the numbers or if the files have different extensions:
i=1; for f in *; do mv "$f" Picture\ $(printf %03d $i).${f#*.}; let i++; done
More examples:
# lowercase (Bash 4) and replace spaces with underscores
for f in *; do f2=${f,,}; mv "$f" "${f2// /_}"; done
# number based on modification date
IFS=$'\n'; i=1; for f in $(ls -rt *.jpg); do mv "$f" $(printf %04d $i).jpg; let i++; done
# file-5.jpg to file-005.jpg
for f in *; do b=${f%.*}; x=${f#*.}; mv "$f" "${b%-*}-$(printf %03d ${b#*-}).$x"; done
A: If you have Yosemite, it is built into Finder. Just select the files, rightclick and choose "Rename n files". Then change the dropdown to "Filter" and voila! You have batch renaming options!
A: If you don't want to use the Terminal or Automator, there are commercial apps with a GUI for doing this. One is A Better Finder Rename, which has a free trial version.
A: I will recommend here NameChanger application. Its very simple and fast to use.
Very good options given there for renaming files with different criteria.
A: Using the built-in tool "Automator", you can define a workflow to batch rename files.
To do that, you will have to:
*
*Open Automator find it using Spotlight or in /Applications
*Create a new Workflow
*Type get into the search field
*Scroll to the bottom of the list of items and drag Get Specified Item from the Files & Folders actions list on the left panel and drop it into the right panel
*Click the Add button and find your files
*Add the Sort Finder Items action followed by Rename Finder Items
*It the "Rename Finder Items" panel, select "Make Sequential" and "Add number to" Picture
*Hit the play button and you should be done
Have a look here or here for an example tutorials on your specific renaming task at hand. An excellent overview of what Automator does and how powerful (and simple) it can be as a personal assistant - see the web page http://macosxautomation.com/automator/index.html
A: Yes, you can use Terminal:
*
*Move all your pictures to a temporary folder on the Desktop, for example Temp.
*Open Applications>Utilities>Terminal.app.
*Change directory to Temp:
cd ~/Desktop/Temp
where ~ is expanded to your home directory (that is, /Users/<yourusername>.)
*Run this compound shell command:
n=1; for file in *; do mv "$file" "Picture $n"; let n++; done
where:
*
*for ...; do ...; done loops over your 20 files. file is the variable that holds filenames. See this article for more information.
*n, initially set to 1 and increased by one in every iteration with let n++, is the integer suffix for the renamed files.
*mv "$file" "Picture $n" renames the files. $n is the value of variable n.
The shell command is equivalent to:
mv SDEREWQ230 "Picture 1"
mv XFGHDHR345 "Picture 2"
mv YWUU7738DT "Picture 3"
(...)
For more information on the bash shell see man bash. For more information on shell scripting see this guide at the Apple developer website.
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7f0f60c879990f1603d0ab5cab302582709fb92f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to switch or close the new split Terminal pane? I stumbled across the CMD-D hot key which splits the Terminal into 2 panes. But I can't find documentation anywhere on how to close the new pane or even switch the focus to it so I can use it. What are the other commands?
A: Like the top answer says, to undo the split is ⌘ Shift ⌘Command D.
I just wanted to add that in general OS-X shortcuts that are done with ⌘ Command-char are undone (or the opposite/complement command is executed) with ⌘ Command ⌘ Shift-char.
| Q: How to switch or close the new split Terminal pane? I stumbled across the CMD-D hot key which splits the Terminal into 2 panes. But I can't find documentation anywhere on how to close the new pane or even switch the focus to it so I can use it. What are the other commands?
A: Like the top answer says, to undo the split is ⌘ Shift ⌘Command D.
I just wanted to add that in general OS-X shortcuts that are done with ⌘ Command-char are undone (or the opposite/complement command is executed) with ⌘ Command ⌘ Shift-char.
A: The idea behind splitting is that it allows you to keep a certain part of the shell buffer displayed while continuing to enter new commands. So only the lowest split does allow keyboard input. To position the view on the shell buffer use the scroll bar.
You can un-split by pressing Shift-Cmd-D.
A: In the most current version of Iterm2, navigate to Preferences > Profiles > Keys.
Select the + sign and add new key shortcut. Then scroll to the bottom and select Send Escape Sequence. Do this twice and after you select escape sequence simply put a b in the text box for left and an f for right.
More information found here:
https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/issues/detail?id=1052
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6bd058898532d39af43842cc34940636bee6cea3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make a window move to the left half of my screen and another window move to the right half? On Windows 8, I type win + left and the current window becomes full-height and half the screen width and moves to the left. If I type win + right, the current window does the same except moves to the right.
This is so incredibly helpful. Is there a mechanism to do the same for Macs?
A: You can try Cinch and SizeUp apps to do that.
http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/
http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/
| Q: How do I make a window move to the left half of my screen and another window move to the right half? On Windows 8, I type win + left and the current window becomes full-height and half the screen width and moves to the left. If I type win + right, the current window does the same except moves to the right.
This is so incredibly helpful. Is there a mechanism to do the same for Macs?
A: You can try Cinch and SizeUp apps to do that.
http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/
http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/
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302043af29a9c2f827dc88c0b9009d424a6ea7ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine doesn't backup folders with same name as user Let's say my OS X user's folder is called Attila and I have a folder with the same name in a folder, e.g. ~/Xcode/Attila/. Now, if I do a Time Machine backup, the ~/Xcode/Attila/ folder won't be copied.
Why is it? Is there a workaround to fix this?
(OS X version: 10.8.3)
EDIT
tmutil removeexclusion doesn't seem to work in this case:
EDIT 2
Might not be relevant, but my user account was migrated from a Time Machine backup.
A: I am assuming you have already checked in in System Preferences > Time Machine > Options to ensure those folders have not been excluded?
We can then use the tmutil utility to find out some more information about this.
From Terminal enter this command:
tmutil isexcluded ~/Xcode/Attila
This will tell you whether it has been excluded from Time Machine backup or not. If it lists
[Excluded] /Users/Attila/Xcode/Attila
You can then remove it from the exclusions list by running
sudo tmutil removeexclusion -p ~/Xcode/Attila
For more information on tmutil, check out its documentation
| Q: Time Machine doesn't backup folders with same name as user Let's say my OS X user's folder is called Attila and I have a folder with the same name in a folder, e.g. ~/Xcode/Attila/. Now, if I do a Time Machine backup, the ~/Xcode/Attila/ folder won't be copied.
Why is it? Is there a workaround to fix this?
(OS X version: 10.8.3)
EDIT
tmutil removeexclusion doesn't seem to work in this case:
EDIT 2
Might not be relevant, but my user account was migrated from a Time Machine backup.
A: I am assuming you have already checked in in System Preferences > Time Machine > Options to ensure those folders have not been excluded?
We can then use the tmutil utility to find out some more information about this.
From Terminal enter this command:
tmutil isexcluded ~/Xcode/Attila
This will tell you whether it has been excluded from Time Machine backup or not. If it lists
[Excluded] /Users/Attila/Xcode/Attila
You can then remove it from the exclusions list by running
sudo tmutil removeexclusion -p ~/Xcode/Attila
For more information on tmutil, check out its documentation
A: I had a file called Attila.sparsebundle in my home directory. Renaming it to something that's not related to the username solved the issue.
A: Is FileVault or home folder encryption enabled?
Saw a mention of it at:
https://superuser.com/questions/53961/time-machine-no-longer-backs-up-changes-to-files-in-home-folder
If that is the case, then logging out of that account and into that of another user whose account isn't FileVault'd, you should be able to trigger TimeMachine and see the home account backed up.
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639ea01a5b6034842c68787160a2155190ca2d79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What Yammer clients available on the Mac? People in my new job seems to like Yammer. I'm aware that Yammer has a desktop client for the Mac, but I find the interface rather unappealing (version 300222 of the Adobe Air client is not responsive and really slow when switching between my primary network and external networks). I wonder if there are 3rd party clients available?
A: There are two out there that I like, each for different reasons:
*
*Gabble is a free application that allows for threaded conversations, private and public groups, attachments, and tags.
*Scuttlebutt is an application in beta. The major thing that it improves over Gabble is support for multiple Yammer accounts (although there is a workaround for that in Gabble: you can launch multiple Gabble instances).
Both of these software are native OS X apps and should be much faster to use than an Adobe Air client as well as have the potential to support things like spelling services, voice dictation and other nice integrations that a native app can provide more easily than using a cross-platform toolbox.
| Q: What Yammer clients available on the Mac? People in my new job seems to like Yammer. I'm aware that Yammer has a desktop client for the Mac, but I find the interface rather unappealing (version 300222 of the Adobe Air client is not responsive and really slow when switching between my primary network and external networks). I wonder if there are 3rd party clients available?
A: There are two out there that I like, each for different reasons:
*
*Gabble is a free application that allows for threaded conversations, private and public groups, attachments, and tags.
*Scuttlebutt is an application in beta. The major thing that it improves over Gabble is support for multiple Yammer accounts (although there is a workaround for that in Gabble: you can launch multiple Gabble instances).
Both of these software are native OS X apps and should be much faster to use than an Adobe Air client as well as have the potential to support things like spelling services, voice dictation and other nice integrations that a native app can provide more easily than using a cross-platform toolbox.
A: There is Gabble, you can download from here:
http://gabbleapp.com/
A: Gabble is dead, as Yammer requires a new authorisation method that isn't included in the dated Gabble app. I'm waiting for Scuttlebutt to send me the download link to see if that has the same problem.
MS has also pulled the AIR app, so don't produce a Mac-compatible app anymore.
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ca38ed56905f6d3f16a6cb3497d9fa1cd040703a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get into boot options with a non-mac keyboard? I boot my mac mini, hold down alt on my non-mac keyboard, but it does not go to boot options.
How do I get to boot options with a non-mac keyboard then?
A: I had to plug in a wired USB keyboard. Wireless Logitech K800 did not work in any ports.
| Q: How do I get into boot options with a non-mac keyboard? I boot my mac mini, hold down alt on my non-mac keyboard, but it does not go to boot options.
How do I get to boot options with a non-mac keyboard then?
A: I had to plug in a wired USB keyboard. Wireless Logitech K800 did not work in any ports.
A: Things which seem to work:
*
*Mac mini late 2012: I had to plug the keyboard into the USB port closest to the middle, then it worked.
*MacMini (mid-2010): the outside USB port worked for me with an ancient Microsoft intellitype keyboard. I also unplugged the USB mouse receiver, so that the only USB input was the keyboard. That seemed to make the difference and let me into the boot menu options.
A: For iMac retina, I have to plug the windows keyboard to the outer usb port and then press alt key on the left side to boot into the boot menu and see things like bootable usb drive.
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