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0f4363edc3f16c0a0b9b0f70a8866e471a2a088a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change update frequency of App Store in Mountain Lion? The Mac App Store on Mac OS X (10.8.3) notifies me frequently about new app updates by showing a little popup. How can I change the update frequency or the way Mac OS X notifies me?
A: Launch Terminal, found in /Applications/Utilities/ and enter the following command:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate ScheduleFrequency 3
Set the number at the end to the number in days between checking for available software updates, the example uses 3 days
| Q: Change update frequency of App Store in Mountain Lion? The Mac App Store on Mac OS X (10.8.3) notifies me frequently about new app updates by showing a little popup. How can I change the update frequency or the way Mac OS X notifies me?
A: Launch Terminal, found in /Applications/Utilities/ and enter the following command:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate ScheduleFrequency 3
Set the number at the end to the number in days between checking for available software updates, the example uses 3 days
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12c9e5bac1cdcc1c04f87a5810c5bbe4dc74be16 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can an xbox360 be connected to a thunderbolt iMac to be used in target display mode I've attempted to do some research, but I've unable to determine if the imac can be used as a monitor (in target display mode) for my xbox 360.
It seems like the only option is some kind of weird converter like the ones that matrox produce for £150! Are there any alternative solutions for input to Thunderbolt ?
A: Currently, you can only use a 2010 or 2011 27" iMac with this Adapter.
iMacs build in 2009 and before doesn't support input signals.
iMacs build in 2010 or 2011 support input, but you have to convert the
HDMI signal to MiniDisplayPort.
iMacs with Thunderbolt does support input, too. But there is no adapter yet to convert the signals. Thunderbolt is from Intel and they aren't very open about the drivers yet.
EDIT: Found a german article about your problem.
| Q: Can an xbox360 be connected to a thunderbolt iMac to be used in target display mode I've attempted to do some research, but I've unable to determine if the imac can be used as a monitor (in target display mode) for my xbox 360.
It seems like the only option is some kind of weird converter like the ones that matrox produce for £150! Are there any alternative solutions for input to Thunderbolt ?
A: Currently, you can only use a 2010 or 2011 27" iMac with this Adapter.
iMacs build in 2009 and before doesn't support input signals.
iMacs build in 2010 or 2011 support input, but you have to convert the
HDMI signal to MiniDisplayPort.
iMacs with Thunderbolt does support input, too. But there is no adapter yet to convert the signals. Thunderbolt is from Intel and they aren't very open about the drivers yet.
EDIT: Found a german article about your problem.
A: How about this? It's cheap, and seems to do what you need. I'm assuming the Xbox has a HDMI port.
Remember: CMD + F2 is the toggle for Target Display Mode.
A: You will need an HDMI to Thunderbolt adapter, but I don't know if this kind of adapters are produced.
There are some HDMI to DisplayPort adapter, for example the Belkin AV360, but according to this review on amazon doesn't work with the new imac
DOES NOT WORK on new imacs 2012 with thunderbolt displays
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0bafed22e96f6d65ab1058819c3c98030110dd18 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to automatically forward text messages to email? Is there a way to automatically forward text messages (received on my iPhone) to email?
A: Not really ideal but I think that you can setup a Google Voice # that will auto forward to both sms and email - https://support.google.com/voice/answer/160203?hl=en
| Q: Is there a way to automatically forward text messages to email? Is there a way to automatically forward text messages (received on my iPhone) to email?
A: Not really ideal but I think that you can setup a Google Voice # that will auto forward to both sms and email - https://support.google.com/voice/answer/160203?hl=en
A: I don't know if it is available in the US but I was able to place an automatic copy/forward for text messages on an IPhone to email through an extreme text option offered by the phone service carrier I used in Canada. Standard text rates applied. Placing the automatic copy forward required a few easy to follow instructions provided by the phone service carrier.
A: There are many ways to do it, for example you could take a look a the following list of products offering this possibility.
An answer from devnullius on GoogleWave:
Solutions to automatically forward iPhone SMS text messages to email
iphone (or at least export as txt pdf csv) Solutions for Windows based
computers or MacOS / iOS. Also some references to print the iphone
sms's.
Some links with information of interest. Solution(s) not (yet) tested.
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/12/04/sms2mail-backup-and-sent-texts-to-email/
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
http://www.itworld.com/software/63546/how-transfer-sms-iphone-computer
http://www.trickyways.com/2010/09/how-to-backup-iphone-text-messages-on-windows/
http://www.iphoneforums.net/forum/iphone-apps-20/txtforward-like-app-8231/
http://insend.de/
http://www.iphone-sms.com/
!!! best bet, for now...
http://www.mobyware.net/iphone-os/txtforward-get-free-6688.html
Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/altoswindows-2k3/s_ZdTE4FiLQ/LyST7e4tXtsJ
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dbebd9e527082c57b97214691cacc8239604194c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add Outlook to "Share" popup menu in finder Unfortunately I have an old habit to have the "send by email" when right click on a file in the Share option pop up window.
I would prefer to use the Outlook so I can email the selected file.
Right now it comes up with Twitter, Facebook, Messages, AirDrop and even with Flicker (that I do not have).
Is that option available on my MBA osx 10.8.3 ?
A: Automator services lets you add a new service to accomplish this.
See my screen capture for specific details how easy this is showing my first time using Automator.
Important is to select your email service of your choice (gmail in my case) to send messages and attachments.
That will tell the OS X Mail client to use that service to send emails.
Save your Automator service file (give it a easy name you want to appear in the Finders right click popup window). Something like "Send file by email".
Now when I right click on a file in Finder it shows that service at the bottom of the popup window. Now just follow the instruction and see it work.
| Q: How to add Outlook to "Share" popup menu in finder Unfortunately I have an old habit to have the "send by email" when right click on a file in the Share option pop up window.
I would prefer to use the Outlook so I can email the selected file.
Right now it comes up with Twitter, Facebook, Messages, AirDrop and even with Flicker (that I do not have).
Is that option available on my MBA osx 10.8.3 ?
A: Automator services lets you add a new service to accomplish this.
See my screen capture for specific details how easy this is showing my first time using Automator.
Important is to select your email service of your choice (gmail in my case) to send messages and attachments.
That will tell the OS X Mail client to use that service to send emails.
Save your Automator service file (give it a easy name you want to appear in the Finders right click popup window). Something like "Send file by email".
Now when I right click on a file in Finder it shows that service at the bottom of the popup window. Now just follow the instruction and see it work.
A: You were very close. But New Mail Message uses Apple Mail, not Outlook. To use Outlook you can use the Create New Outlook Mail Message action.
*
*In OSX El Cap:
*Command-Space for Spotlight
*Automator
*Command-N for "New" if it doesn't come up automatically
*Select Service
*Create the steps according to the screenshot below.
The action is now available under Services when you right click a file.
Result looks like:
A: PS. this will work with Outlook directly if you instead click on "Mail" in the far left pane under Library, then drag the "Create New Outlook Mail Message" to the right pane. You will change above settings to "Files and Folders" in "Finder" but this will make it work in Outlook without having to configure or use MacMail at all.
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b51ab5793721a2c1accb5e10e82b10c57de3b018 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I Mount a Hard Drive in Mac Pro Tower as Read Only? I'm trying to recover data from a failed external Fantom RAID Drive enclosure by plugging the drives into a Mac Pro tower, but I'm concerned that OS X might write to the disks and jeopardize the RAID structure.
I believe that the disks are RAID 0, but I am not sure. Also, I am pretty sure that the problem is with the RAID enclosure and not the drives themselves.
How can I mount the drives as read-only to avoid any corruption?
A: I use a program called Disk Arbitrator. Its used to block auto-mounts when you connect devices and can also be used to auto mount drives in read-only instead of read.
(Disk Arbitrator is the green icon, far left)
From my understanding it hops in before the system can mount the drive, and instead mounts as read-only. Probably not as good as using a hardware block, but in most cases its sufficient (and I rely on it for similar purposes)
| Q: Can I Mount a Hard Drive in Mac Pro Tower as Read Only? I'm trying to recover data from a failed external Fantom RAID Drive enclosure by plugging the drives into a Mac Pro tower, but I'm concerned that OS X might write to the disks and jeopardize the RAID structure.
I believe that the disks are RAID 0, but I am not sure. Also, I am pretty sure that the problem is with the RAID enclosure and not the drives themselves.
How can I mount the drives as read-only to avoid any corruption?
A: I use a program called Disk Arbitrator. Its used to block auto-mounts when you connect devices and can also be used to auto mount drives in read-only instead of read.
(Disk Arbitrator is the green icon, far left)
From my understanding it hops in before the system can mount the drive, and instead mounts as read-only. Probably not as good as using a hardware block, but in most cases its sufficient (and I rely on it for similar purposes)
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ae99e7a6555450b8082c833f747af58b57bb8bba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to trim many files using adobe photoshop I have 300 png files. I want to trim each of them. But for this I need open each file and make changes (even if I make script for trimming and save it will be long to open each file and do trimming). Is there already made solution or some advice how to do it better and quickly.
Thanks in advance.
A: Another option using ImageMagick:
mogrify -trim *.png
You can install it with brew install imagemagick after installing Homebrew.
| Q: How to trim many files using adobe photoshop I have 300 png files. I want to trim each of them. But for this I need open each file and make changes (even if I make script for trimming and save it will be long to open each file and do trimming). Is there already made solution or some advice how to do it better and quickly.
Thanks in advance.
A: Another option using ImageMagick:
mogrify -trim *.png
You can install it with brew install imagemagick after installing Homebrew.
A: Photoshop is a terrific software and ultimately is designed to save the end user time. So, since you are the owner of (or have access to) a license of PS, you have the right tool at your fingertips. I am going to assume you have the full version of Photoshop, not Elements. If you do have PS Elements, things may work differently, or not at all for you.
Preface: this should take you less then 10 minutes to take care of all 300 images, if it is just a matter of trimming them all. It may take you longer, however, since this is likely a first for you.
*
*Make sure all the images are in one folder.
*Open one of the images.
*Turn on the Actions Palette. (Window -> Actions).
*Create a new folder under Actions palette.
*Create a new action under your folder.
*It automatically starts recording.
*Trim the photo, and perform any procedures you normally do on the photo.
*
*If you do any layer work, or other work that is more or less custom to each image during this process, things can get a little more tricky. Use keyboard shortcuts such as alt + [ and alt + ] to move between layers and make sure the right layer is selected. During this time, think automation. Try to think that every thing you do is being performed on 300 photos. PS doesn't record mouse clicks, it records actions, so simply clicking a layer may not have good results. You may want to create a folder in Finder which you can experiment with so you don't ruin any photos.
*If it is as simple as running the Trim command, you are on easy terrain.
*After that photo is set, go ahead and save it like you would. This part doesn't matter a whole lot, but is a good step none-the-less.
*Now the fun part -- go to File -> Automate -> Batch, and choose the Actions folder that you created a moment ago.
*
*Select your source and destination folders (should be different).
*Override "Open" commands, and "Save As" actions.
*Click ok, and have some coffee.
It really is a very easy process, especially after you get the hang of it. There is a lot of information on Google about automating things in Photoshop, also.
A: Here is step by step guide inspired from bassplayer7
How to trim multiple images in Photoshop http://tech-with-us.blogspot.com/2016/12/how-to-trim-multiple-images-in-photoshop.html
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807839534627c5716184cac854a8b0abf770a9b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do subtitles not work when streaming via AirPlay to Apple TV? Whenever I use AirPlay to watch streamed content (streaming from the web (via an app or Safari), that is, not from a downloaded movie) from my iPad to my Apple TV, subtitles are never carried over. Why is this? Is there some obscure setting to enable subtitle support in AirPlay/Apple TV?
A: try Beamer app, it makes subtitle configuration much easier. I never managed to get subtitles on my iTunes -> TV via airplay. Beamer made it easy. Well worth the $15
| Q: Why do subtitles not work when streaming via AirPlay to Apple TV? Whenever I use AirPlay to watch streamed content (streaming from the web (via an app or Safari), that is, not from a downloaded movie) from my iPad to my Apple TV, subtitles are never carried over. Why is this? Is there some obscure setting to enable subtitle support in AirPlay/Apple TV?
A: try Beamer app, it makes subtitle configuration much easier. I never managed to get subtitles on my iTunes -> TV via airplay. Beamer made it easy. Well worth the $15
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af3c761436a91c7a3e2a373e9116a5c6b76566a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does an iOS device keep time when it is out of power? My iPhone is always running out of battery. However, when I power it back up, the time is still in perfect synchronization. This begs the question: "How does it keep time when it is out of battery?"
There must be some sort of 'ticking' mechanism in the phone while it is out of battery and, thus, not entirely out of battery.
A: The iPhone is not completely depleted when the battery "dies." If you'll notice, when you try to turn it on when the battery is dead, the screen will come on briefly to tell you the battery is dead -- i.e., there is still some energy left in the battery. The clock continues to run off of the battery, and takes such a small amount of energy that Apple decided to keep the clock going.
Eventually, the battery will completely die (probably after many days or weeks), and the clock will eventually stop keeping time. As Ian C. mentioned, the clock will synchronize when the phone does get plugged in and turned on again, if a network is available.
| Q: How does an iOS device keep time when it is out of power? My iPhone is always running out of battery. However, when I power it back up, the time is still in perfect synchronization. This begs the question: "How does it keep time when it is out of battery?"
There must be some sort of 'ticking' mechanism in the phone while it is out of battery and, thus, not entirely out of battery.
A: The iPhone is not completely depleted when the battery "dies." If you'll notice, when you try to turn it on when the battery is dead, the screen will come on briefly to tell you the battery is dead -- i.e., there is still some energy left in the battery. The clock continues to run off of the battery, and takes such a small amount of energy that Apple decided to keep the clock going.
Eventually, the battery will completely die (probably after many days or weeks), and the clock will eventually stop keeping time. As Ian C. mentioned, the clock will synchronize when the phone does get plugged in and turned on again, if a network is available.
A: It's better to ask how computers take time?
Usually they have another power source to run the timer circuit. I think in the apple devices it is not the main battery. As I remember in my desktop PC besides AC power, a simple battery holds the time for 5 or 6 years. (I remember we should take out that battery to reset BIOS password!). So I think there most be some other energy sources like a small battery to keep your time and passwords.
A: The phone synchronizes its clock with your wireless provider's embedded clock signal when it starts up. All cellular protocols provide for a clock network feature that lets devices on the network synchronize their time and date with a master time and date from the provider.
So it isn't that the phone kept time while it was out of power, it was that it set the correct date and time when started up.
A: The Real Time Clock is a component independent of the primary CPU (although it's all part of the same SOC IC) which will continue running from a lower voltage than is required to run any other part of the phone. As a phone's battery is depleted its voltage decreases, and below a certain voltage some components will fail to function at all. It may be depleted so far that it would be considered permanently damaged and un-rechargeable and it would still have enough voltage to run the RTC.
A: A laptop does it with a CMOS Battery. So, Apple probably put something small like that inside the iPhone. Actually, Persistent Storage is another point to consider. For Example, I had an HP Pocket PC Phone that would Delete all the Data when the Battery Died. (You can see now why we all use Apple Products.) And finally, remember that Cell Phones (and Computers) can get Time Over-the-Air (Network) and Internet.
A: Although it is an old thread and a lot of good answers have already been given, I would like to add a point no one mentioned so far. If you switch your phone to airplane mode and the battery is running out of power below the minimal level required for the RTC (Real Time Clock) to run, or even better if you disconnect the battery, once you turn back the phone on, date and time will not be able to synchronize (because it would still be on airplane mode obviously) and you will notice date and time will be set to a moment in time just before the phone ran out of power (maybe 1 or 2 minutes before). That is the reason why I would be inclined to think current date and time are written periodically in flash memory.
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3eabdad941e6d3b6bd033f07f5e970e1bab5a6ad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: TextWrangler: How to do a Find then Replace: How to Specify what text to find and what text to replace I'm stuck what most would think is one of the basics of editing with TextWrangler - how to do a find/replace!
In Notepad++ on Windows, the Replace is, to me, very straight forward: you select it from the menu and a pop up windows appears with a 'find what' field and a 'Replace with' field. You enter in those what you need to find and replace, respectively. And it does the job.
Not so on TextWrangler on the Mac: Sure, there's a replace option under the 'Search' menu. But that's it - no guideance or prompting as to what to do. No pop up prompt or anything.
I'm sure it works and perhaps I need to relearn for the ways of TextWrangler, but a Google Search and a look the TextWrangler manual gave me no clues. So I came here :) Please advise me, it would be appreciated. Thank you.
A: From Search menu select Find... it will show the Find & Replace box.
You can use also Command + F
Latest TextWrangler version is 4.5
| Q: TextWrangler: How to do a Find then Replace: How to Specify what text to find and what text to replace I'm stuck what most would think is one of the basics of editing with TextWrangler - how to do a find/replace!
In Notepad++ on Windows, the Replace is, to me, very straight forward: you select it from the menu and a pop up windows appears with a 'find what' field and a 'Replace with' field. You enter in those what you need to find and replace, respectively. And it does the job.
Not so on TextWrangler on the Mac: Sure, there's a replace option under the 'Search' menu. But that's it - no guideance or prompting as to what to do. No pop up prompt or anything.
I'm sure it works and perhaps I need to relearn for the ways of TextWrangler, but a Google Search and a look the TextWrangler manual gave me no clues. So I came here :) Please advise me, it would be appreciated. Thank you.
A: From Search menu select Find... it will show the Find & Replace box.
You can use also Command + F
Latest TextWrangler version is 4.5
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f0061fd39f0ddfae9b658c0e2a32dae0c500431a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Quicktime records a green screen When I record a screen with a standard QuickTime Player functionality, I get a completely green video. I'm using Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, and a Retina MacBook Pro 15".
Does anybody know what is the issue and how it can be fixed?
A: Try the following:
*
*Turn off computer
*Reboot Mac into Recovery (press and hold Command+R when you hear the chimes until a screen loads)
*Select "Disk Utility"
*Select your "Macintosh HD" volume on the left and press "Repair Disk Permissions"
*Once that has finished, reboot your computer
If this doesn't work, call Apple Support
| Q: Quicktime records a green screen When I record a screen with a standard QuickTime Player functionality, I get a completely green video. I'm using Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, and a Retina MacBook Pro 15".
Does anybody know what is the issue and how it can be fixed?
A: Try the following:
*
*Turn off computer
*Reboot Mac into Recovery (press and hold Command+R when you hear the chimes until a screen loads)
*Select "Disk Utility"
*Select your "Macintosh HD" volume on the left and press "Repair Disk Permissions"
*Once that has finished, reboot your computer
If this doesn't work, call Apple Support
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1220cf8974e9a6b7d49d23112c1d7e69de2d5f69 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are keyboard shortcuts stored (for backup and sync purposes)? Where can I access OS X keyboard shortcuts, say for Dropbox sync?
A: As described in the accepted answer, you can determine an app's shortcuts by converting the plist to xml and then parsing the xml. You can also (tested on macOS Sierra 10.12.6) get the values directly with the defaults read command.
To write out the user key commands that apply in all applications run defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents:
$ defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents
{
"Enter Full Screen" = "@^f";
"Exit Full Screen" = "@^f";
"Merge All Windows" = "@$m";
}
To write out the user keyboard shortcuts for a particular app, use defaults read <app-plist-name> NSUserKeyEquivalents. For example, to get the user keyboard shortcuts for Safari run (in this example, the user hasn't set any custom keyboard shortcuts for Safari)
$ defaults read com.apple.safari NSUserKeyEquivalents
The domain/default pair of (com.apple.safari, NSUserKeyEquivalents) does not exist
Key mappings I have discovered in this string syntax:
*
*command = @
*control = ^
*option = ~
*shift = $
| Q: Where are keyboard shortcuts stored (for backup and sync purposes)? Where can I access OS X keyboard shortcuts, say for Dropbox sync?
A: As described in the accepted answer, you can determine an app's shortcuts by converting the plist to xml and then parsing the xml. You can also (tested on macOS Sierra 10.12.6) get the values directly with the defaults read command.
To write out the user key commands that apply in all applications run defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents:
$ defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents
{
"Enter Full Screen" = "@^f";
"Exit Full Screen" = "@^f";
"Merge All Windows" = "@$m";
}
To write out the user keyboard shortcuts for a particular app, use defaults read <app-plist-name> NSUserKeyEquivalents. For example, to get the user keyboard shortcuts for Safari run (in this example, the user hasn't set any custom keyboard shortcuts for Safari)
$ defaults read com.apple.safari NSUserKeyEquivalents
The domain/default pair of (com.apple.safari, NSUserKeyEquivalents) does not exist
Key mappings I have discovered in this string syntax:
*
*command = @
*control = ^
*option = ~
*shift = $
A: The shortcuts that can be set in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist and the property lists of applications (like ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist or ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.chess/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.chess.plist).
The shortcuts for services are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/pbs.plist.
A: This command will print the keyboard shortcuts along with the prefix required to set them:
printf "defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents '$(defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalents)'"
For an app like Safari, run:
printf "defaults write -app Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents '$(defaults read -app Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents)'"
Those commands will output something like: defaults write [...] NSUserKeyEquivalents '{...}', which can then be used in a shell script
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e029dc272431ea837d7af739ace9b719ee80bfd5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a Mail plugin to let me view unread emails first? Similar to Gmail priority inbox, is there a Mail 6.3 (OSX Mountain Lion) plugin that lets me view unread messages first or sort them so they're at top of inbox?
A: In Mac's mail app you have got the option to create a 'smart mailbox'. This allows you for example to only view unread emails. It can even do that over multiple mailboxes.
Sample rule for unread messages of today (taken from makeusof.com):
If you just want to have the unread messages always on top, there's a sort option for that in the menu between Edit and Mailbox (probably called View).
| Q: Is there a Mail plugin to let me view unread emails first? Similar to Gmail priority inbox, is there a Mail 6.3 (OSX Mountain Lion) plugin that lets me view unread messages first or sort them so they're at top of inbox?
A: In Mac's mail app you have got the option to create a 'smart mailbox'. This allows you for example to only view unread emails. It can even do that over multiple mailboxes.
Sample rule for unread messages of today (taken from makeusof.com):
If you just want to have the unread messages always on top, there's a sort option for that in the menu between Edit and Mailbox (probably called View).
A: In addition to Vincent's answer, you can be more creative with your Smart Mailboxes, but since you're in Mountain Lion, you can sort any Smart Mailbox by Unread/Read status.
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8a8844ed83ffb5175a182ee600c182586a4295cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make OS X auto focus on the window in the screen the mouse moves into? I work with two screens. On the primary screen, I have XCode on. On the other screen, I have the browser. While reading docs, I am usually focused on the XCode screen, typing in code.
So I want to close the tab in the other screen, I move my mouse to the 2nd screen and press CMD+W and it closes the XCode window instead because the focus is on that app. Sometimes I don't notice that the focus isn't on the other screen and close the app on the main screen instead. It's pretty annoying.
Is there any way to make the OS focus on the top window of the screen where the mouse pointer is active?
A: I made a python script that does this. Check it out:
https://bitbucket.org/sivann/mac-screenfocus/src
It focuses the last app that had the focus before the mouse left the screen. No mouse clicks happen behind the scene :-)
In my setup, the external monitor is on the left, it may not work in the reverse, let me know..
| Q: How do I make OS X auto focus on the window in the screen the mouse moves into? I work with two screens. On the primary screen, I have XCode on. On the other screen, I have the browser. While reading docs, I am usually focused on the XCode screen, typing in code.
So I want to close the tab in the other screen, I move my mouse to the 2nd screen and press CMD+W and it closes the XCode window instead because the focus is on that app. Sometimes I don't notice that the focus isn't on the other screen and close the app on the main screen instead. It's pretty annoying.
Is there any way to make the OS focus on the top window of the screen where the mouse pointer is active?
A: I made a python script that does this. Check it out:
https://bitbucket.org/sivann/mac-screenfocus/src
It focuses the last app that had the focus before the mouse left the screen. No mouse clicks happen behind the scene :-)
In my setup, the external monitor is on the left, it may not work in the reverse, let me know..
A: Check Zooom/2 and its Auto Raise feature that "causes the application currently under the mouse point to become the front-most application, after a user-specified delay. It's possible to raise just the window under the mouse or all windows for an application."
http://coderage-software.com/zooom/doc/auto_raise/auto_raise.html
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84d411db356cba08ad17a60ee456c1fe2899bbb9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: USB Port of Macbook frequently stop working One of the two USB ports of my Macbook Pro stop working frequently.
Once I reboot the computer, then two USB ports work well.
But one of them (always the same one makes the problem) stops working.
I don't know when exactly it occurs and why it occurs.
How can I fix this?
A: The ports are designed to shut down when an over current situation is detected. It stands to reason that this circuit is reset at boot, so there could be damage to the sensor or damage / fault to the logic board or it could be a result of actual over current from whatever's connected.
Have you considered taking it in to a shop for a diagnosis?
Also, look in the Console app - all messages - and search for USB. You might be able to see the time when the over current (or other error condition is logged) since the system should notify the logging subsystem when a USB port gets shut down.
| Q: USB Port of Macbook frequently stop working One of the two USB ports of my Macbook Pro stop working frequently.
Once I reboot the computer, then two USB ports work well.
But one of them (always the same one makes the problem) stops working.
I don't know when exactly it occurs and why it occurs.
How can I fix this?
A: The ports are designed to shut down when an over current situation is detected. It stands to reason that this circuit is reset at boot, so there could be damage to the sensor or damage / fault to the logic board or it could be a result of actual over current from whatever's connected.
Have you considered taking it in to a shop for a diagnosis?
Also, look in the Console app - all messages - and search for USB. You might be able to see the time when the over current (or other error condition is logged) since the system should notify the logging subsystem when a USB port gets shut down.
A: A proper diagnostic will make it clear if it is the software or hardware problem. You should take it to your local Mac repair Store.
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6d3c7d14630fc4c2ef378f4ca0a464a6b449ab05 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many monitors can the 13" retina MacBook Pro output to? The 15" retina can do three (and itself) via daisychaining two Thunderbolts (or just using the two ports) and with the HDMI port. Is the 13" retina able to do this as well?
A: According to Apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5219):
4 MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late
2012), and Mac Mini (Late 2012) computers can use an HDMI-compatible
device on it's HDMI port while using one Thunderbolt display, or they
can use two Thunderbolt displays.
| Q: How many monitors can the 13" retina MacBook Pro output to? The 15" retina can do three (and itself) via daisychaining two Thunderbolts (or just using the two ports) and with the HDMI port. Is the 13" retina able to do this as well?
A: According to Apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5219):
4 MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late
2012), and Mac Mini (Late 2012) computers can use an HDMI-compatible
device on it's HDMI port while using one Thunderbolt display, or they
can use two Thunderbolt displays.
A: The hardware of the 13" Macbook Pro Retina can drive three external displays simultaneously via 2x DisplayPort and 1x HDMI. The laptop display must be off, since the Intel GPU can only drive three displays simultaneously. There is a big caveat though - this is not an "Apple approved" configuration, and hence will not work under OS X. It works fine under Linux, and will probably work fine under Windows, but OS X will only allow two external displays to be active simultaneously, even with the laptop display off and the lid closed. This is true regardless of whether the DisplayPort adaptors are active or passive.
A: The new Retina 13 is able to daisychain and drive two thunderbolt cinema displays, as explained in this very nice article:
Since the 13" MacBook Pro uses the same Intel HD Graphics 4000, DSL3510L Thunderbolt controller, and single physical Thunderbolt port as the new MacBook Air, it should be able to push a total of three monitors using daisy-chained Thunderbolt Displays.
source: Ars Technica
However, it's not clear if they can at the same time drive an extra display though the HDMI port (for a total of four including the laptop's display) like the 15 inches model can do. The 15 inches can drive 3 external and the retina display, but it has a very powerful discrete video card.
Considering that there are a lot of pixels in that configuration, I highly doubt that the integrated Intel 4000 can do it. It's a very limited video card with shared memory. But again, we'll need to find someone who can try it :)
A: A 13" MacBook Pro Retina late 2013 can power three external displays plus its own screen which would make four total. Here is a video showing the external displays working; 1 HDMI, 1 MiniDisplay Port, and 1 thru a USB3.0 Port using a Startech external video card to DVI adapter. All the external displays are old Apple Cinema Displays hooked up thru each monitor's Apple Display Connector (ADC), then to Apple ADC to DVI adapters, then to the relevant third adapter plugged into the MacBook. The screens are 1920 x 1200, 23 inch screens. The monitors are around 10 years old, the USB to DVI video card/adapter is around $65 Amazon.
http://youtu.be/ys_Glzkh0aE
A: You can drive 3 including the internal on the 13". However, you cannot run 3 external displays even if not using the internal.
source: I have one and have tested this.
A: Actually it is possible using Active connectors. I ran into this issue and solved it. I've written a full article @ http://mkn.us/blog/how-to-use-3-external-monitors-on-macbook-pro-2015/
A: You can run 3 to 4 external monitors (4 or 5 including the main screen). This is done through USB. This video explains everything. No discrete graphics card needed, just stock macbook.
https://youtu.be/w8gE-ckBwjE
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91206f30f4e5246675ab6524a00c741f2ea8d5de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a high quality webcam-cover solution for a MacBook Air? Questions as to the nature of my paranoia aside, right now I have a piece of sticky note covering my webcam on my MacBook Air, which, as you can imagine, doesn't really complement the look and feel. Is there a decent product that people have actually used that they'd recommend to replace such a sticky note or piece of electrical tape over the webcam?
A: What about c-slide? (http://www.c-slide.com)
1 mm thin and works with all latops and pad devices.
The cool thing is that you can open and close it without having to remove any parts from you laptop. And it's sleek, the only downside is that it is black and might not look very nice on a white MacBook frame.
| Q: Is there a high quality webcam-cover solution for a MacBook Air? Questions as to the nature of my paranoia aside, right now I have a piece of sticky note covering my webcam on my MacBook Air, which, as you can imagine, doesn't really complement the look and feel. Is there a decent product that people have actually used that they'd recommend to replace such a sticky note or piece of electrical tape over the webcam?
A: What about c-slide? (http://www.c-slide.com)
1 mm thin and works with all latops and pad devices.
The cool thing is that you can open and close it without having to remove any parts from you laptop. And it's sleek, the only downside is that it is black and might not look very nice on a white MacBook frame.
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bdcd714f768a86f6cec1e32fbb4cf1896e5ae665 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What OS X Timer Application emulates the functions of iOS's stopwatch (clock) app? I am searching for a OS X Timer/Stop Watch application which provides functionality to start or stop a timed counter?
Something that looks and works just like the iOS Stopwatch and Timer function would be perfect.
It doesn't have to look exactly the same as the iOS app and should have keyboard shortcuts rather than need touch screen / mouse interaction.
A: I would say the Mac App Store has some awesome options - some free, the rest extremely reasonably priced.
Have a look at:
*
*Menu Timer
*My Alarm Clock (and it's free cousin, Alarm Clock)
Depending on how much timing and alarming you need, there are even amazing programmable timers like FlexTime
| Q: What OS X Timer Application emulates the functions of iOS's stopwatch (clock) app? I am searching for a OS X Timer/Stop Watch application which provides functionality to start or stop a timed counter?
Something that looks and works just like the iOS Stopwatch and Timer function would be perfect.
It doesn't have to look exactly the same as the iOS app and should have keyboard shortcuts rather than need touch screen / mouse interaction.
A: I would say the Mac App Store has some awesome options - some free, the rest extremely reasonably priced.
Have a look at:
*
*Menu Timer
*My Alarm Clock (and it's free cousin, Alarm Clock)
Depending on how much timing and alarming you need, there are even amazing programmable timers like FlexTime
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fbe1a91c2a4bd0910f55b1764e270910f840ef24 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Searching for punctuation in Preview In Preview (v 5.3 on 10.6.8), if I search for a single letter such as k in a pdf, the program will find and highlight every instance of that letter in the pdf.
However, if I search for a punctuation mark such as ? or ;, it will report Found on 0 pages, even when the document is littered with such punctuation.
How can I get preview to search for punctuation?
The reason for this is that I wish to locate all instances of missing references (denoted as [?]) in a pdf output from LaTeX.
(Yes, I know that LaTeX will tell me where they are in the source file, but I wish to find them in the pdf.)
A: A year late but may help others:
For me escaping it in double bracket works so try searching ":" or "?".
Escaping in double quotes searches for whatever is between the quotes similar to the way google does their search options.
| Q: Searching for punctuation in Preview In Preview (v 5.3 on 10.6.8), if I search for a single letter such as k in a pdf, the program will find and highlight every instance of that letter in the pdf.
However, if I search for a punctuation mark such as ? or ;, it will report Found on 0 pages, even when the document is littered with such punctuation.
How can I get preview to search for punctuation?
The reason for this is that I wish to locate all instances of missing references (denoted as [?]) in a pdf output from LaTeX.
(Yes, I know that LaTeX will tell me where they are in the source file, but I wish to find them in the pdf.)
A: A year late but may help others:
For me escaping it in double bracket works so try searching ":" or "?".
Escaping in double quotes searches for whatever is between the quotes similar to the way google does their search options.
A: Does it have to be in Preview? Preview doesn't seem to have this functionality as of El Capitan (10.11). However, I have found and tested two ways that you can search PDF files for punctuation.
*
*Acrobat Reader
*pdfgrep
Acrobat Reader
Using Adobe Acrobat, I simply entered the punctuation into the search field in this case a colon (:) and Acrobat found all instances of it.
Note: I did successfully test out the question mark (?) and it worked. Unfortunately, the only document I had at the ready had personal info on it so I couldn't use it as an example. However, I made sure to test different punctuation from periods, exclamation points, question marks, commas, etc. and all worked.
pdfgrep
pdfgrep is the PDF equivalent to the command line (CLI) utility grep. The useage is simple:
pdfgrep [OPTIONS] PATTERN FILE
So, to search for a comma, and have it tell you what page number it occurs on, simply issue the command:
pdfgrep -n "?" foobar.pdf
pdfgrep is FOSS software and available on Homebrew and MacPorts. See man pdfgrep for more info.
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2c0021c355bc1be1f0677ea3e6104fda9e48071e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get color of pixel in coordinates 123, 456 in screen? My AppleScript app needs to get color of pixel in coordinates 123, 456 in screen.
A: I found a way to do this using only built-in components:
do shell script "screencapture -R123,456,1,1 -t bmp $TMPDIR/test.bmp && \
xxd -p -l 3 -s 54 $TMPDIR/test.bmp | \
sed 's/\\(..\\)\\(..\\)\\(..\\)/\\3\\2\\1/'"
Output is the color in hex, for example, ffffff for white.
The screencapture command takes a 1x1 screenshot of the coordinates, and outputs it in the bmp format to a temporary location.
The xxd command reads 3 bytes from that file at offset 54. 54 is the length of the header in the generated bmp file, and the next 3 bytes are the color of the pixel.
The sed command swaps the first two characters of the output with the last two. This is because the bmp stores the colors in reverse of the normal order - BBGGRR. This command swaps the order to the normal RRGGBB.
| Q: How to get color of pixel in coordinates 123, 456 in screen? My AppleScript app needs to get color of pixel in coordinates 123, 456 in screen.
A: I found a way to do this using only built-in components:
do shell script "screencapture -R123,456,1,1 -t bmp $TMPDIR/test.bmp && \
xxd -p -l 3 -s 54 $TMPDIR/test.bmp | \
sed 's/\\(..\\)\\(..\\)\\(..\\)/\\3\\2\\1/'"
Output is the color in hex, for example, ffffff for white.
The screencapture command takes a 1x1 screenshot of the coordinates, and outputs it in the bmp format to a temporary location.
The xxd command reads 3 bytes from that file at offset 54. 54 is the length of the header in the generated bmp file, and the next 3 bytes are the color of the pixel.
The sed command swaps the first two characters of the output with the last two. This is because the bmp stores the colors in reverse of the normal order - BBGGRR. This command swaps the order to the normal RRGGBB.
A: Possible, but only if you chain together multiple events:
*
*Take a screenshot do shell script "screencapture -l" & windowid & " ~/test.png"
*Crop around the specific pixel using ImageMagick
Output:
convert ~/test.png -crop 1x1+123+456 txt:-
# ImageMagick pixel enumeration: 1,1,255,rgba
0,0: ( 0, 74,117,251) #004A75FB rgba(0,74,117,0.984314)
The idea is to crop around a specific pixel, then output it to the special txt: format, with an output file name of - which is of course standard output.
You can leave out the the -crop 1x1+X+Y business to just get a listing of all pixels. Also note that you image must have an alpha channel to see the alpha channel, otherwise it just won't get included.
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1f7627a7ddb7358455031680945db9aafba7522a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Send audio from my laptop to my iPhone over Bluetooth I have an iPhone 4, and Philips dock speakers which I use with the phone.
The dock doesn't have any aux input, and I would like to use the dock as a speaker for my laptop.
I know I can achieve it through Wi-Fi, but my laptop doesn't have one. Is there any Bluetooth alternative to send laptop audio to my iPhone?
A: According to your comment, you would be happy with a Ubuntu solution where WiFi works. Therefore, follow this thread at askubuntu.com.
What they basically suggest, is:
*
*Create a webserver with IceCast under Ubuntu und stream your audio from there (Here is a Howto)
*Connect your iPhone via an IceCast compatible app.
*Now you can connect your iPhone to your IceCast server and stream audio
If this doesn't work for you because of complexity, follow the lead of:
*
*creating your own local streaming server on Ubuntu, or just create a "normal server"
*and then access the files from there on your iPhone with a app which
can connect to that server.
A Bluetooth solution for a Windows environment is over here.
| Q: Send audio from my laptop to my iPhone over Bluetooth I have an iPhone 4, and Philips dock speakers which I use with the phone.
The dock doesn't have any aux input, and I would like to use the dock as a speaker for my laptop.
I know I can achieve it through Wi-Fi, but my laptop doesn't have one. Is there any Bluetooth alternative to send laptop audio to my iPhone?
A: According to your comment, you would be happy with a Ubuntu solution where WiFi works. Therefore, follow this thread at askubuntu.com.
What they basically suggest, is:
*
*Create a webserver with IceCast under Ubuntu und stream your audio from there (Here is a Howto)
*Connect your iPhone via an IceCast compatible app.
*Now you can connect your iPhone to your IceCast server and stream audio
If this doesn't work for you because of complexity, follow the lead of:
*
*creating your own local streaming server on Ubuntu, or just create a "normal server"
*and then access the files from there on your iPhone with a app which
can connect to that server.
A Bluetooth solution for a Windows environment is over here.
A: Here's a similar question from another user. Someone else recommended AirFoil. I've never used any of these products, but check em out. Report back if anything suits your needs
A: If you don't mind removing your iPhone from the dock when you want to play audio from your laptop, there is a hardware solution: numerous 30-pin Bluetooth receivers are available which plug into a dock in place of the iPhone or iPod.
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0bd7c900518341285f831e306f30604c3db67d8c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: delete all backups of all machines and reset time machine drive Delete all backups of all machines and reset time machine drive.
As you can see I just want to start over. There are some great discussions on deleting one backup at a time. I have 30 or so. I am changing mac and I would like to just reset time machine.
Please note the drive I have is external. So I can do it through disk utility by directly plugging in but I remember reading somewhere that it's not a good idea.
A: Just wipe the drive clean using Disk Utility and then have Time Machine start it all over again. I'm not sure what kind of issues you are going to run into because I've done that probably 50 times in my life and never had an issue besides falling asleep while I wait for an entire Time Machine backup to finish.
| Q: delete all backups of all machines and reset time machine drive Delete all backups of all machines and reset time machine drive.
As you can see I just want to start over. There are some great discussions on deleting one backup at a time. I have 30 or so. I am changing mac and I would like to just reset time machine.
Please note the drive I have is external. So I can do it through disk utility by directly plugging in but I remember reading somewhere that it's not a good idea.
A: Just wipe the drive clean using Disk Utility and then have Time Machine start it all over again. I'm not sure what kind of issues you are going to run into because I've done that probably 50 times in my life and never had an issue besides falling asleep while I wait for an entire Time Machine backup to finish.
A: Disk Utility would be the best tool. But if you want to do it manually...
rm -rf doesn't work, even with sudo (fs denies permissions)
This is the only way to go:
sudo tmutil delete [path to machine name]
Example:
sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/BackupDisk/Backups.backupdb/oldmachine
Just use that command for every machine you want to delete.
It will delete every backup for that machine.
A: The easiest way is to use DiskUtil. Use DiskUtil to erase the drive as APFS and then set it up as the Time Machine. Time Machine will convert it to HPFS+
You can't just erase the Time Machine drive as HPFS+, because there are files in the backup with an immutable flag. Erasing it as APFS solves that problem.
I just did it.
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332025223350220f9761dfdffb09be3b6ccdb6e5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Could Apple (OS X) wallpaper be licensed for commercial use? Does anyone know who owns the Zebra Wallpaper that comes with MBP Retina Display (and Mountain Lion)? Although this is my specific task (to hunt down who owns one specific likely copyrighted image), it would be nice to know if there is a way to read the image's metadata or otherwise track in general who owns what image that ships as part of Apple's OS.
A: Apple and/or Apple’s licensors own the images, as stated under Apple's Software License Agreement for Mountain Lion:
The Apple software (including Boot ROM code), any third party software, documentation, interfaces, content, fonts and any data accompanying this License whether preinstalled on Apple-branded hardware, on disk, in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form (collectively the “Apple Software”) are licensed, not sold, to you by Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for use only under the terms of this License. Apple and/or Apple’s licensors retain ownership of the Apple Software itself and reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
| Q: Could Apple (OS X) wallpaper be licensed for commercial use? Does anyone know who owns the Zebra Wallpaper that comes with MBP Retina Display (and Mountain Lion)? Although this is my specific task (to hunt down who owns one specific likely copyrighted image), it would be nice to know if there is a way to read the image's metadata or otherwise track in general who owns what image that ships as part of Apple's OS.
A: Apple and/or Apple’s licensors own the images, as stated under Apple's Software License Agreement for Mountain Lion:
The Apple software (including Boot ROM code), any third party software, documentation, interfaces, content, fonts and any data accompanying this License whether preinstalled on Apple-branded hardware, on disk, in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form (collectively the “Apple Software”) are licensed, not sold, to you by Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for use only under the terms of this License. Apple and/or Apple’s licensors retain ownership of the Apple Software itself and reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
A: Yes. Apple ought to know who owns the rights to that image.
To dereference your question one level further, I suggest the right people to ask or request permission from are Apple Legal. You can contact Apple Legal through the Apple Legal Contact page.
Under "I have a question about", select "Copyright Information". Then fill in the form.
A: I tried three methods of finding where to find this image.
The first is a useful site called TinEye.com. It allows you to upload an image and search the web for it. For the zebra image, I didn't find anything.
The second is to open the image in Preview and check the inspector to see if there are any useful info in there. I didn't find any.
After that, you're stuck looking through stock image sites. I did find what appears to be the original on Fotolia, and Fotolia will allow you to license it for commercial use.
I noticed that there's a second, larger zebra in the backdrops. TinEye was much, much more useful here. The larger zebra seems to be from Steve Bloom and he's got a form on the site to enquire about a license.
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808436bbeb587a575f3c670c5de98ec86bfd3392 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I edit bash shell terminal history? I entered a password in a command line pro or in a terminal window by mistake and do not want to remove my whole history. My shell is bash.
How do I edit my bash history in Mac OS X?
A: nano ~/.bash_history
when you done,
ctrl+x
and come back to accept a right answer dude
| Q: How do I edit bash shell terminal history? I entered a password in a command line pro or in a terminal window by mistake and do not want to remove my whole history. My shell is bash.
How do I edit my bash history in Mac OS X?
A: nano ~/.bash_history
when you done,
ctrl+x
and come back to accept a right answer dude
A: Editing the .bash_history is just a matter of opening the file with an editor. There are a couple of ways you could achieve this.
*
*In the Terminal just type vi ~/.bash_history, then edit the file as you want, and save. This option could be tricky, if you're not used to vi, of course.
*Make the file visible by following these instructions, for instance, open it as any other file, modify it, and save.
*In the Terminal just type open -e ~/.bash_history. This command will open the file with TextEdit, you can choose any other text editor, of course. Modify the file and save.
For the changes to be noticeable just restart the bash.
A: In terminal type history and note the line number. Next call history -d noted-line-number. You can check that the line is deleted using history again.
A: I think that Dmitry's answer is ideal if done before saving the history - by default, saving occurs on shell/terminal exit.
If you may have already saved the history to ~/.bash_history, then I prefer Thecafremo's answer, but I would suggest adding a step of exiting Terminal to ensure that none of the bash instances have loaded the history and will re-save it. This is especially tricky if you have multiple terminals and have enabled any sort of command-by-command history update.
Background:
*
*bash saves the history within an instance of the shell
*bash can write this history to a file, which typically happens when you exit the shell/Terminal
*bash can read from a file into the history, which typically happens when you open a shell/Terminal
*it's possible to change the default behavior so that history propagates sooner, which can migrate your BAD_TEXT to the file and to other windows
Regardless of which method you use, I would add one step: verify success!
*
*Exit Terminal.app
*Re-open Terminal.app
*Confirm the offending text is not in the history - preferably in a way that will not create additional history. That is, don't grep BAD_TEXT .bash_history! This new command would go into history. I'd just open .bash_history in your favorite editor and search within that for BAD_TEXT.
This should give you peace of mind that you have eliminated BAD_TEXT no matter what kind of crazy bash setup you may encounter.
A: There are several histories for example bash and zsh. You can do this with nano. To do this, simply open the terminal
With this you edit the bash history
nano $HOME/.bash_history
With this you edit the standard zsh history
nano $HOME/.zsh_history
If you want, you can do the whole thing using TextEdit.
Bash: open -t $HOME/.bash_history
Zsh: open -t $HOME/.zsh_history
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ee86d3d7d4b42a12f2b152e7777530407ecb2757 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Turning phone on if lock button is broken? So my lock or "hold" button is broken and my phone turned off. My phone is plugged in to the charger and still won't turn on. Also I can't plug it into my computer because my computer doesn't recognize an iPhone as a device.
A: If an iPhone is off, and you connect it to a power source (either a charger or computer), it will always turn on. Since you have mentioned that this is not happening, I would conclude that there is something more serious wrong, not just that your power button is broken.
It may be the case that your phone has just 'locked-up' - try holding both the home button and power button for at least 30 seconds and see what happens.
If that fails, I would suggest taking it to an Apple Store and see what they say.
| Q: Turning phone on if lock button is broken? So my lock or "hold" button is broken and my phone turned off. My phone is plugged in to the charger and still won't turn on. Also I can't plug it into my computer because my computer doesn't recognize an iPhone as a device.
A: If an iPhone is off, and you connect it to a power source (either a charger or computer), it will always turn on. Since you have mentioned that this is not happening, I would conclude that there is something more serious wrong, not just that your power button is broken.
It may be the case that your phone has just 'locked-up' - try holding both the home button and power button for at least 30 seconds and see what happens.
If that fails, I would suggest taking it to an Apple Store and see what they say.
A: You probably need to some repairs to your hardware (iphone)
Unfortunately I do not think it is you button (the plastic piece) but what is behind it.
Here are instructions where to get it and how to fix that
http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-4S-Power-and-Sensor-Cable-/IF115-011
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+iPhone+4S+Power+and+Sensor+Cable/7285/1
Is it easy to do - NO !
A: If it does not turn on like if your lock button is jammed (like mine) plug it in and hold the home button. It should come on. If it doesn't come on, take it to where you got it from or a Apple Store close by.
A: The best thing to do is connect it to your charger and it would normally turn on. If not then you should consider going to Apple or change you phone.
A: I had exactly the same problem.
Turns out it had 'locked up', and to resolve it without the lock button I just disconnected, then reconnected the battery and plugged it into a power source. After that it worked fine.
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72ecf4ac9e2be2872556fcbfde7f7c10aed066bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable battery charging? From the pmset man page:
POWER SOURCE ARGUMENTS
-g with a 'batt' or 'ps' argument will show the state of all attached power sources.
[…] Certain Apple battery calibration tools may temporarily disable
battery charging, even though your Apple portable is plugged into AC
power.
Such tools will never surprise you with this behavior; you will know
it's happening. This state will be reflected in an additional line of
output to 'batt' or 'ps' readings, including the pid of the app
inducing this behavior.
'ChargeInhibit': 1432
So, does any piece of publicly available software exist to force the battery not to charge?
A: If you use a small piece of tape to block the middle (signal) pin on your MagSafe charger, your Mac will not charge because it can't identify the charger.
| Q: How to disable battery charging? From the pmset man page:
POWER SOURCE ARGUMENTS
-g with a 'batt' or 'ps' argument will show the state of all attached power sources.
[…] Certain Apple battery calibration tools may temporarily disable
battery charging, even though your Apple portable is plugged into AC
power.
Such tools will never surprise you with this behavior; you will know
it's happening. This state will be reflected in an additional line of
output to 'batt' or 'ps' readings, including the pid of the app
inducing this behavior.
'ChargeInhibit': 1432
So, does any piece of publicly available software exist to force the battery not to charge?
A: If you use a small piece of tape to block the middle (signal) pin on your MagSafe charger, your Mac will not charge because it can't identify the charger.
A: Not an Apple-approved answer, but to solve your root cause (to train battery regularly when your MBP is always at your desk), consider surge protectors with scheduled on/off (example, about $40 in Russia). You can program it to turn off in the beginning of night, and to turn on about 4am so that battery is charged back by the time you show up at your desk. To save charge cycles, I believe it should be performed not daily--but maybe once or twice a week.
A: I don't believe there is any way to disable charging while plugged in (if you have a non-removable battery, as recent models do).
Apple used to make an Airline MagSafe Adapter (which didn't charge computers, so as to avoid tripping the airplane outlet's circuit breaker (or whatever the cause) that resulted in no power being provided at all), but it was discontinued years ago.
Your computer will automatically stop charging once it reaches a high enough charge. You can't "disable charging" except by already having a charged battery.
A: No it is not possible to discontinue charging while it is plugged in. This is a default function that enables as soon as you plug your portable charger in power source, and if any software does that, then it is surely going to harm you device as well as battery even more. So it is better to keep it that way.
A: My Magsafe currently has one of the outer pins stuck in, I cant seem to get it to come out, Ive ordered a new chord, but the interesting thing is that its not charging the battery. It is powering the Macbook pro, but my battery percentage is not going up. maybe try sticking some PVC tape over one of the outer contacts if you don't want the battery to charge?
A: When I opened the cord (between the transformer and the magsafe connector) for the charger on my macbook pro, there were only 2 wires.
Therefore its seems likely that the tiny middle pin on the magsafe connector does not do anything electrical !
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ef136783dedc02552c6372eab1487680f1f8e026 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Selecting iPad As Audio Source When Mirroring to Apple TV? I'm currently mirroring from my iPad to my Apple TV, but the audio source automatically sets to the TV. At night I'd love it if I could switch the audio source to my ipad so I could hook up some headphones, while watching on the TV. Is this possible?
A: This isn't possible with how AirPlay currently works. It's a great idea to send to Apple for future consideration, however.
On my Panasonic Viera theres a headphone jack and a seperate volume setting for the headphones (so you can turn the TV right down). I've also got a set of TDK wireless headphones which do double duty (TV, iPad, iPhone). They've got line-of-sight range of about ten meters so you can move around without causing disturbance. Smaller TV's generally dont have audio out, but if you're looking to watch stuff in bed, why would you need anymore than the iPad fullscreen.
| Q: Selecting iPad As Audio Source When Mirroring to Apple TV? I'm currently mirroring from my iPad to my Apple TV, but the audio source automatically sets to the TV. At night I'd love it if I could switch the audio source to my ipad so I could hook up some headphones, while watching on the TV. Is this possible?
A: This isn't possible with how AirPlay currently works. It's a great idea to send to Apple for future consideration, however.
On my Panasonic Viera theres a headphone jack and a seperate volume setting for the headphones (so you can turn the TV right down). I've also got a set of TDK wireless headphones which do double duty (TV, iPad, iPhone). They've got line-of-sight range of about ten meters so you can move around without causing disturbance. Smaller TV's generally dont have audio out, but if you're looking to watch stuff in bed, why would you need anymore than the iPad fullscreen.
A: Not an easy solution but I use an old Airport express plugged in next to the sofa with a pair of Bose Quiet comfort. The headphones are plugged in directly into the Airport. From the Apple tv airplay setup menu, I chose the airport express as speakers. Since the Quiet Comfort are powered headphones, this works quite well. The sound is actually amazing + noise cancellation which is pretty sweet if you have kids... Wouldn't work with non-powered headphones.
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c4c3c9576d4eaa0fef8e9955e36d375bc1938510 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Setting "open with" default app forever There is a nice option in MacOS X that you can right-click on a particular file, select "open with", then select the app that you want to use to open the file type and check the mark "always open with".
So far so good, this works very well. However, this association resets itself after time (or after a system restart for example). How can I achieve it that a particular file type stays associated with my selected "always open with" app?
A: Apple used to provide this capability, but there's an invaluable, free Preference Pane available from RubiCode called RCDefaultApp that sets default open-with, file types, extensions and more.
| Q: Setting "open with" default app forever There is a nice option in MacOS X that you can right-click on a particular file, select "open with", then select the app that you want to use to open the file type and check the mark "always open with".
So far so good, this works very well. However, this association resets itself after time (or after a system restart for example). How can I achieve it that a particular file type stays associated with my selected "always open with" app?
A: Apple used to provide this capability, but there's an invaluable, free Preference Pane available from RubiCode called RCDefaultApp that sets default open-with, file types, extensions and more.
A: Press ⌘I, select an application, and press the Change All button:
Another option is to use duti. Download the installer and run /usr/local/bin/duti ~/.duti after saving a file like this as ~/.duti:
org.videolan.vlc .mkv all
net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim .pdf all
com.apple.TextEdit public.plain-text all
com.macromates.TextMate.preview public.unix-executable all
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1e86a34f4c9a75626118b6113e09ee6f8ad6dbd2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode 4.6.1 install hangs at "Installing - less than one minute" on Lion I have been trying to update to Xcode 4.6.1 (from 4.6) on OS X 10.7.5. The install gets most of the way through, then hangs out at "Installing - less than one minute" indefinitely. Based on old threads about similar problems I've ensured iTunes and iTunesHelper are both not running. I've restarted and tried again. What else can I try or look into?
...
and I wonder if this has anything to do with it?
A: The problem in this case appears to be that the developer site was down. Once it came up, install proceeded without problem.
| Q: Xcode 4.6.1 install hangs at "Installing - less than one minute" on Lion I have been trying to update to Xcode 4.6.1 (from 4.6) on OS X 10.7.5. The install gets most of the way through, then hangs out at "Installing - less than one minute" indefinitely. Based on old threads about similar problems I've ensured iTunes and iTunesHelper are both not running. I've restarted and tried again. What else can I try or look into?
...
and I wonder if this has anything to do with it?
A: The problem in this case appears to be that the developer site was down. Once it came up, install proceeded without problem.
A: Once you have downloaded the full installation package, cancel setup, turn off Wi-Fi and restart installation. Setup will complete normally.
My understanding is that the setup skip the 'connect to dev site' step.
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9eb6b3d52816cfc5906899a2c9cbc4ae4c2add0a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I create a SSB for Outlook web mail using Fluid? Has anyone successfully created a fluid app for outlook web mail (aka live mail)? I've tried but either the site opens in my web browser or (after white listing variations of the site url) I get an error message stating that I need to use internet explorer or an updated version of safari. The site opens fine in my firefox web browser (my default browser) so I don't think it's a browser problem.
A: When you create a Single Site Browser (SSB) with Fluid, by default it only allows you to access specific URLs within it. The allowed URLs are by default (in this example): *outlook.com*.
What you need to do is open the SSB, enter it's preferences, choose the 'Whitelist' section, and add *live.com* to the whitelist. This should allow you to access both the login page, and actual Live Mail interface without issue.
If pages continue to open in your browser, take the URL and add it's domain to the whitelist.
| Q: How do I create a SSB for Outlook web mail using Fluid? Has anyone successfully created a fluid app for outlook web mail (aka live mail)? I've tried but either the site opens in my web browser or (after white listing variations of the site url) I get an error message stating that I need to use internet explorer or an updated version of safari. The site opens fine in my firefox web browser (my default browser) so I don't think it's a browser problem.
A: When you create a Single Site Browser (SSB) with Fluid, by default it only allows you to access specific URLs within it. The allowed URLs are by default (in this example): *outlook.com*.
What you need to do is open the SSB, enter it's preferences, choose the 'Whitelist' section, and add *live.com* to the whitelist. This should allow you to access both the login page, and actual Live Mail interface without issue.
If pages continue to open in your browser, take the URL and add it's domain to the whitelist.
A: I also needed to add office.com to my whitelist if people are still having problems... Or you can just flip it to "allow browsing to any URL".
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0bd2808b3aba1cfd8401a218a98613818d991194 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to transfer entire iMessage conversations to computer? I am getting a new iPhone come next month. I want to save all of my nostalgic conversations for the future. Is there a way to transfer an entire chat log to the computer in plain text? Or will I have to painstakingly take screenshot after screenshot as I scroll up in the text history?
A: Recently I've been trying to find a way to save my iMessages history from my iPhone 5s to computer. I'm aware that Apple saves text messages and iMessages in it's iPhone backup, but unfortunately I am not much familiar with SQLite databases.
Finally the app/program mentioned here helped me transfer all my iMessages and texts to my computer: http://www.easyphonerecovery.com/how-to-backup-save-iphone-text-messages-to-pc-or-mac.html
This software can transfer iMessages to a computer as a Text and HTML file with all the useful meta information, including date, time, and who said what. In trial mode it lets you transfer 20 messages from each contact. You need to pay if you want to export a really large number of text messages/imessages.
| Q: How to transfer entire iMessage conversations to computer? I am getting a new iPhone come next month. I want to save all of my nostalgic conversations for the future. Is there a way to transfer an entire chat log to the computer in plain text? Or will I have to painstakingly take screenshot after screenshot as I scroll up in the text history?
A: Recently I've been trying to find a way to save my iMessages history from my iPhone 5s to computer. I'm aware that Apple saves text messages and iMessages in it's iPhone backup, but unfortunately I am not much familiar with SQLite databases.
Finally the app/program mentioned here helped me transfer all my iMessages and texts to my computer: http://www.easyphonerecovery.com/how-to-backup-save-iphone-text-messages-to-pc-or-mac.html
This software can transfer iMessages to a computer as a Text and HTML file with all the useful meta information, including date, time, and who said what. In trial mode it lets you transfer 20 messages from each contact. You need to pay if you want to export a really large number of text messages/imessages.
A: Your iMessages are already on your Mac, assuming you've got an iCloud account.
Go to ~/Library/Messages/Archive.
A: Your iMessages are available on every Device (Mac, iPhone, iPod, iPad) that is connected to your account. You will be able to access the history if you connect the new device to the same account because they are in the "Cloud".
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96a8e11bf24cf31e979979c153f8154feb6a8d7a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Text editing: switch to Override mode In insert mode, the text in front of the cursor is pushed forward when new text is inserted. For example, if the cursor is at position ^ and the word word3 is typed:
word1 word2
^
The result would be:
word1 word3word2
^
In override mode the result would be:
word1 word3
^
Can I switch between Insert mode and Override mode in OSX text editing?
A: As far as I know, normal OS X text views don't support anything like that.
In TextMate 1 you can use ⌥⌘O (Edit > Mode > Overwrite Mode).
In Word 2011 for Mac you can go to View > Toolbars > Customize Toolbars & Menus and drag Commands > All Commands > Overtype to a menu.
| Q: Text editing: switch to Override mode In insert mode, the text in front of the cursor is pushed forward when new text is inserted. For example, if the cursor is at position ^ and the word word3 is typed:
word1 word2
^
The result would be:
word1 word3word2
^
In override mode the result would be:
word1 word3
^
Can I switch between Insert mode and Override mode in OSX text editing?
A: As far as I know, normal OS X text views don't support anything like that.
In TextMate 1 you can use ⌥⌘O (Edit > Mode > Overwrite Mode).
In Word 2011 for Mac you can go to View > Toolbars > Customize Toolbars & Menus and drag Commands > All Commands > Overtype to a menu.
A: Similar to one earlier answer, in the 2011 Word for Mac, you can
*
*Go to the Tools menu,
*Select Customize Keyboard
*Select All Commands in the left-hand list of the dialog box
*Look for Overtype in the right-hand list, and
*Assign your own keyboard shortcut that will switch you between insert and overwrite/overytype.
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4c08da4f6637db4422d132d2d32718e40557867d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is AirDrop so slow? I am trying different solutions to transfer some 1 GB size files between two Macs on my local wireless network (typically between me and a guest, both being physically in the living room). Here are the solutions I have come up with:
*
*Through SSH (scp command): I get a transfer speed between 3 and 4 MB/s.
*Through Skype, the rate fluctuates a lot, but can reach up to 2 MB/s.
*Through AirDrop, I only get about 150 kB/s!
Obviously, AirDrop on recent computers is easier: it doesn't require the other person to have an SSH port open, or to have a Skype account. But it's so very slow…
Why is AirDrop so slow? Is it a typical transfer rate? Is there something I can do to improve it?
A: It could be interfering with existing wifi network, you can use the Airport command line tool to disconnect from other networks:
Begin by linking it to a another location:
ln -s \
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport \
/usr/local/bin/airport
Then, disconnect from the current network:
sudo airport -z
You should be running at about 10 Mbps !
| Q: Why is AirDrop so slow? I am trying different solutions to transfer some 1 GB size files between two Macs on my local wireless network (typically between me and a guest, both being physically in the living room). Here are the solutions I have come up with:
*
*Through SSH (scp command): I get a transfer speed between 3 and 4 MB/s.
*Through Skype, the rate fluctuates a lot, but can reach up to 2 MB/s.
*Through AirDrop, I only get about 150 kB/s!
Obviously, AirDrop on recent computers is easier: it doesn't require the other person to have an SSH port open, or to have a Skype account. But it's so very slow…
Why is AirDrop so slow? Is it a typical transfer rate? Is there something I can do to improve it?
A: It could be interfering with existing wifi network, you can use the Airport command line tool to disconnect from other networks:
Begin by linking it to a another location:
ln -s \
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport \
/usr/local/bin/airport
Then, disconnect from the current network:
sudo airport -z
You should be running at about 10 Mbps !
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ac36e0d73b060a5fa613889bf83276b5144c7d27 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I gift an app in the app store? I want to gift an OS X app, specifically OS X Mountain Lion to my mother in-law. How do I achieve this from the OS X App Store? I can't find any gifting option for both apps I own and apps I do not own.
A: Currently, it is not possible to gift Mac App Store apps directly. There is a workaround where you could buy an iTunes Gift card (from the iTunes store home menu) for exactly the price of the app and the recipient can redeem the code in the Mac App Store
| Q: How can I gift an app in the app store? I want to gift an OS X app, specifically OS X Mountain Lion to my mother in-law. How do I achieve this from the OS X App Store? I can't find any gifting option for both apps I own and apps I do not own.
A: Currently, it is not possible to gift Mac App Store apps directly. There is a workaround where you could buy an iTunes Gift card (from the iTunes store home menu) for exactly the price of the app and the recipient can redeem the code in the Mac App Store
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94be31eccf818655b3388a86fecaa227bf6dba1c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can a VirtualBox Windows 7 virtual machine be installed on a USB hard disk? My MacBook Air has only a 64G hard drive which is so small that I don't want to install virtual machines on it. I'm planning to buy a 1TB portable USB hard disk to run virtual machines. Has anyone tried running a Windows 7 VirtualBox virtual machine on a USB3.0 hard drive with success?
A: Yes, it's possible.
First you need to create the virtual machine, after you completed the wizard don't start the VM but go to the menu Machine -> Show in Finder
Copy the 3 files (VM Name.vbox, VM Name.vbox-prev, VM Name.vdi) to your external hard disk.
After select the VM inside virtualbox and go to menu Machine -> Remove... and click the button Delete all files
After go to menu Machine -> Add.. and select the VM file you copied before.
Now the VM is inside virtualbox and runs from your external hard disk.
| Q: Can a VirtualBox Windows 7 virtual machine be installed on a USB hard disk? My MacBook Air has only a 64G hard drive which is so small that I don't want to install virtual machines on it. I'm planning to buy a 1TB portable USB hard disk to run virtual machines. Has anyone tried running a Windows 7 VirtualBox virtual machine on a USB3.0 hard drive with success?
A: Yes, it's possible.
First you need to create the virtual machine, after you completed the wizard don't start the VM but go to the menu Machine -> Show in Finder
Copy the 3 files (VM Name.vbox, VM Name.vbox-prev, VM Name.vdi) to your external hard disk.
After select the VM inside virtualbox and go to menu Machine -> Remove... and click the button Delete all files
After go to menu Machine -> Add.. and select the VM file you copied before.
Now the VM is inside virtualbox and runs from your external hard disk.
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d8a5566422c5c116a5b70c711219f0b0f040626f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I restart an app game from the beginning I would like to restart two games, bubble safari and bubbleseason, from the beginning. When I delete the app and reinstall it from the App Store all my old data is on there and I start from the same level I left it at, I want to start all over from scratch. Is this possible?
A: Deleting the game from iOS devices usually removes the game stored data, unless, those data are stored in iCloud. Here are the steps to delete saved games data in iCloud.
*
*Make sure you’ve deleted the games you want to reset. Some of those games will push the local saved data to iCloud even if you’ve deleted the data in iCloud.
*Access those saved games data in Setting > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage.
*Select Show All to view all the saved data. You’ll see non-games app in this location too because it shows all your iCloud storage.
*Tap on the games you want to reset.
*Tap Edit at the top right.
*Tap Delete All to delete the saved games data.
| Q: How can I restart an app game from the beginning I would like to restart two games, bubble safari and bubbleseason, from the beginning. When I delete the app and reinstall it from the App Store all my old data is on there and I start from the same level I left it at, I want to start all over from scratch. Is this possible?
A: Deleting the game from iOS devices usually removes the game stored data, unless, those data are stored in iCloud. Here are the steps to delete saved games data in iCloud.
*
*Make sure you’ve deleted the games you want to reset. Some of those games will push the local saved data to iCloud even if you’ve deleted the data in iCloud.
*Access those saved games data in Setting > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage.
*Select Show All to view all the saved data. You’ll see non-games app in this location too because it shows all your iCloud storage.
*Tap on the games you want to reset.
*Tap Edit at the top right.
*Tap Delete All to delete the saved games data.
A: You might have to delete all the saved game data. It might take a while, but the most thorough approach is to search the entire computer if you don't know where this data coudl be saved. Therefore open a terminal and type
sudo find / -name "yourgame" -print
And delete all the files that are showing up if you think that these might relate to the saved game status.
EDIT: I didn't see that you were looking for a solution on iOS. In this case you should be able to delete the app with it's associated data in iTunes on your Mac. It should work if you delete the app from your iTunes library
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3f1d5c090734b3534202d804f049b5951adeff79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change canvas size in Preview.app without scaling image? I have a PNG that I want to add additional content to. For this I need to increase the canvas size of the image: Just make the image larger, but without scaling the existing contents (which the Adjust Size tool seems to insist on doing).
How can I do this?
A: One option would be to Cut and paste using ⌘-ALT-X and ⌘V after resizing the canvas size in destination file. The pasted image doesn't seem to get snapped to canvas edges now.
Increasing canvas size by cropping doesn't seem to be possible.
| Q: Change canvas size in Preview.app without scaling image? I have a PNG that I want to add additional content to. For this I need to increase the canvas size of the image: Just make the image larger, but without scaling the existing contents (which the Adjust Size tool seems to insist on doing).
How can I do this?
A: One option would be to Cut and paste using ⌘-ALT-X and ⌘V after resizing the canvas size in destination file. The pasted image doesn't seem to get snapped to canvas edges now.
Increasing canvas size by cropping doesn't seem to be possible.
A: This works well for me:
*
*Select all (cmd+A) and cut (cmd+X) the image from its canvas (convert to png if asked).
*Resize the image as desired from the "Tools" menu (unlock the proportions if desired)
*Re-paste original image from the clipboard (cmd+V) and move it where you want it on the resized canvas
*Use cmd+- if necessary to zoom out (you'll see checkerboard where the canvas is and white beyond)
*Paste in other images, etc, as you like
A: The best method I have found is:
*
*Take a screenshot that is larger than your image you are working on, I usually take a shot of an empty text document so that it is entirely white.
*Paste your image onto the new image, and then add your other pasted image as well.
*Select the new combination image and copy it and make a final image by creating a new one from the clipboard.
This method only works if your two or more images are smaller than your screenshot image, but it works 95% of the time for me.
A: OK, not saying this is the greatest, and still experimenting with it, but you can use the built-in sips terminal app if you know how big the image has to be and you are tolerant of cosmetics.
I took a screenshot, test.001.png of this page.
But now I want to stretch it a bit to add some more space to cut and paste stuff.
sips test.001.png -g pixelHeight -g pixelWidth
.../test.001.png
pixelHeight: 174
pixelWidth: 950
so, it's 174x950 and I want to make give more vertical space.
(I did not have to query the size info, but I found I would always underestimate it (it's based the mac's native pixel resolution), so kept on truncating it instead).
sips test.001.png --padToHeightWidth 1000 950 --out test.002.stretched.png
and then I later pasted something else to give you an idea of the result.
if you don't specify an --out argument, it modifies the file directly rather than copying it.
There are some offset-type parameters to sips, maybe there is a way to put the original image top left? In any case, you can cut and paste it to move it where you want it.
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f7e86d4a85b3ffe8f7ffd1574da6e463d1c7374b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable oscillating light on MacBook Pro when in sleep mode This is not the same question as Can I disable the lighted Apple logo on the back of my MacBook Pro?
When I shut the lid of my macbook pro, it goes into sleep mode. When it is in sleep mode, there is a small oscillating white light on the front of it.
That small pill-capsule-like shape on the long metal strip glows forever on end when in sleep mode. Is there any way to disable this while keeping the computer in sleep mode?
A: Yes.
Put a piece of cardboard in front.
I have tested and approved this solution.
As far as I know, this is the only non-destructive solution.
| Q: Disable oscillating light on MacBook Pro when in sleep mode This is not the same question as Can I disable the lighted Apple logo on the back of my MacBook Pro?
When I shut the lid of my macbook pro, it goes into sleep mode. When it is in sleep mode, there is a small oscillating white light on the front of it.
That small pill-capsule-like shape on the long metal strip glows forever on end when in sleep mode. Is there any way to disable this while keeping the computer in sleep mode?
A: Yes.
Put a piece of cardboard in front.
I have tested and approved this solution.
As far as I know, this is the only non-destructive solution.
A: On the model shown your best bet is to disconnect the light from inside the case. Also depending on the model, you may lose the IR receiver and battery level indicator as well.
Or if you don't want to disconnect the cable, you could have a physical barrier - some aluminum tape (actual aluminum, not grey/silver plastic) when cut to shape should stick there for some time and blend in somewhat better than other tapes.
A: Keep the lid open so the ambient light sensors get a reading. They will adjust the brightness accordingly in a dark room but not completely turn it off.
Changing power management setting from sleep to hibernation (suspend to disk) should turn it off completely at the cost of having to wait for writing the sleepimage file when closing and reading it into memory when waking up.
A: the best and the safest solution is to use deep sleep widget https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/deepsleep.html
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5bcdf00f97cf8e736711ef33ea0ae96e71b968dc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What software can play FLAC files and has basic playlist support? What are options to play FLAC files and have playlists on OSX? I've not seen a way to make iTunes play them natively, songbird looks terrible with retina display and same goes for clementine.
I just switched to osx from linux and I was hoping I wouldnt have to go back to CMUS.
A: I hope you have a secondary storage solution for FLAC audio files. I do :). I understand the allure of FLAC, I do everything I can to get my media in FLAC or at least some lossless format that I archive. There are a lot of benefits to keeping lossless files around, but playing them via any conventional player is (in my own opinion, of course) not one of them.
I use Max to convert my FLAC files to Variable 256Kbit AAC audio.
Once that's done, I archive the FLAC files elsewhere, and import the converted files into iTunes. Sweet, compatible, bliss.
| Q: What software can play FLAC files and has basic playlist support? What are options to play FLAC files and have playlists on OSX? I've not seen a way to make iTunes play them natively, songbird looks terrible with retina display and same goes for clementine.
I just switched to osx from linux and I was hoping I wouldnt have to go back to CMUS.
A: I hope you have a secondary storage solution for FLAC audio files. I do :). I understand the allure of FLAC, I do everything I can to get my media in FLAC or at least some lossless format that I archive. There are a lot of benefits to keeping lossless files around, but playing them via any conventional player is (in my own opinion, of course) not one of them.
I use Max to convert my FLAC files to Variable 256Kbit AAC audio.
Once that's done, I archive the FLAC files elsewhere, and import the converted files into iTunes. Sweet, compatible, bliss.
A: Apartment Therapy has a decent roundup of non-iTunes music players for OS X. Unfortunately they don't seem to be updated terribly often, so you may not have much luck finding any with Retina support. iTunes' prevalence sort of crushes the rest of the market for music players, so the options are fairly limited.
An alternative would be to use X Lossless Decoder to convert from FLAC to Apple Lossless, which would allow you to use iTunes (not to mention any other Apple device). The beauty of lossless formats is of course that you can convert without any degradation, so why not take advantage of that?
A: I use VLC. It's free, supports a long-list of file formats (including FLAC), has a decent interface and will allow you to create playlists.
This is a list of currently supported file formats:
VLC playback Features
A: Although it isn't updated much I'm using Cog.
More specifically a nighty build.
I find it very stable, simple and refreshing when you compare it to iTunes.
A: I think you should consider using ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) instead of FLAC. If you convert your tunes to ALAC you will be able to play them in iTunes.
There are lot on converters in the web.
A: Vox is a great little player !!
A: FLACTunes is probably the simplest way to get your FLAC files into iTunes by converting them to Apple Lossless.
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03f8b562415bc926737fd22639f1d2e72fb90398 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does TRIM Enabler work? I recently bought a third part (OCZ) SSD and used Trim Enabler to, well, enable TRIM. I've noticed that some software updates can cause TRIM to be disabled, and have thus been curious about how TRIM Enabler works.
*
*Does it replace some default KEXT with a custom one to support TRIM or does it simply toggle some PLIST setting?
*Either way, is there a file that, when locked, can ensure that TRIM remains enabled (without any negative consequences)?
A: The Trim Enabler patches the following Kext-File
/System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage
which checks if the ssd is a 3rd-party or Apple Branded SSD:
you can also enable trim manually by looking for all 'Apple' occurrences in the file and patching them in a hex-editor or via terminal:
##1. Backup old file
$sudo cp /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage
/System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage.original
##2. Patch the file to enable TRIM support
$sudo perl -pi -e 's|(\x52\x6F\x74\x61\x74\x69\x6F\x6E\x61\x6C\x00{1,20})[^\x00]{9}(\x00{1,20}\x51)|$1\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00$2|sg' /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage
##3. Clear the system kernel extension cache
$sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
$sudo kextcache -system-caches
| Q: How does TRIM Enabler work? I recently bought a third part (OCZ) SSD and used Trim Enabler to, well, enable TRIM. I've noticed that some software updates can cause TRIM to be disabled, and have thus been curious about how TRIM Enabler works.
*
*Does it replace some default KEXT with a custom one to support TRIM or does it simply toggle some PLIST setting?
*Either way, is there a file that, when locked, can ensure that TRIM remains enabled (without any negative consequences)?
A: The Trim Enabler patches the following Kext-File
/System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage
which checks if the ssd is a 3rd-party or Apple Branded SSD:
you can also enable trim manually by looking for all 'Apple' occurrences in the file and patching them in a hex-editor or via terminal:
##1. Backup old file
$sudo cp /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage
/System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage.original
##2. Patch the file to enable TRIM support
$sudo perl -pi -e 's|(\x52\x6F\x74\x61\x74\x69\x6F\x6E\x61\x6C\x00{1,20})[^\x00]{9}(\x00{1,20}\x51)|$1\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00$2|sg' /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS/IOAHCIBlockStorage
##3. Clear the system kernel extension cache
$sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
$sudo kextcache -system-caches
A: The only information I can find on this is from an FAQ / blogpost entry
A: Trim Enabler patches a native OSX Trim driver, which works in the background even when the app is closed or removed. This patch is reset on system updates, so it might be a good idea to keep the app however.
A: OCZ SSDs use a Sandforce controller which has built in foreground garbage collection that delays the need to erase blocks, reducing but not removing the need for TRIM support. Trim can be considered an aid to garbage collection.
Trim VS Garbage Collection
For the short explanation flash memory is organized in groups of pages where data can be written. Once a page is written, it cannot be rewritten until it is erased. But a page can only be erased within a group of typically 128 pages called a block. The complexity of writing data really starts to escalate in the case of random writes replacing previously written data. Random writes put the new data in previously erased pages elsewhere, peppering a block of valid data with “patches of invalid data.” In order to write new data to these patches, the whole block – all 128 pages – must be erased. But first all surrounding pages with valid data must be read and then rewritten to blank pages. The newly erased block of blank pages is then ready to save new data.
[…]
All NAND Flash-based SSDs use GC. Some use foreground GC and some use background or idle-time GC. The difference between them is covered in my blog http://blog.lsi.com/dont-let-ssds-throw-away-your-gold/ . In simple terms background garbage collection will increase write amplification (WA) and wear out the SSD sooner. Foreground GC is harder to achieve and I believe only the SandForce controller is able to do it today
[…]
TRIM is beneficial to all SSDs regardless of what kind of garbage collection is used. I talk about how TRIM came into existence and why it is necessary in my blog http://blog.lsi.com/did-you-know-hdds-do-not-have-a-del… . The TRIM command is sent by the OS to the SSD to identify what pages of data can be ignored during garbage collection. The SSD cannot tell what files have been deleted until the OS uses the same sectors to store new files, but by that time the SSD has already wasted cycles by garbage collecting data that was invalid, but known to the SS.
Did you know HDDs do not have a Delete command? That is why SSDs need TRIM
Keeping your SSD TRIM
A number of years ago, the storage industry got together and developed a solution between the OS and the SSD by creating a new SATA command called TRIM. It is not a command that forces the SSD to immediately erase data like some people believe. Actually the TRIM command can be thought of as a message from the OS about what previously used addresses on the SSD are no longer holding valid data. The SSD takes those addresses and updates its own internal map of its flash memory to mark those locations as invalid. With this information, the SSD no longer moves that invalid data during the GC process, eliminating wasted time rewriting invalid data to new flash pages. It also reduces the number of write cycles on the flash, increasing the SSDs endurance. Another benefit of the TRIM command is that more space is available for dynamic OP.
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90497a4f9520f51b1983cf29389f3a1c8003648c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does the MacBook Air have five pins on the charger? I just got a MacBook Air and noticed the charger has 5 (i.e., an odd number) pins. Shouldn't there be a pair number, one for positive, one for negative charge?
I thought about it being ground, but the charger does not have a ground plug. (Note: the cord does, nevermind)
A: In other laptop chargers the pin is of round shape, so that there is no orientation of direction for the connection i.e. always +pin of charger connected to +ve pin of laptop and -ve to -ve.
In Apple's version out of 5 pins, 1 pin (middle) is for the battery status which provides a signal to LED to change color red/green.
As the connecter is of rectangular type, suppose if there were only two pins (+ and -) then there would be wrong connection possibility depend on the direction of pin connection. So to ensure correct connection in both way 4 pins are needed.
| Q: Why does the MacBook Air have five pins on the charger? I just got a MacBook Air and noticed the charger has 5 (i.e., an odd number) pins. Shouldn't there be a pair number, one for positive, one for negative charge?
I thought about it being ground, but the charger does not have a ground plug. (Note: the cord does, nevermind)
A: In other laptop chargers the pin is of round shape, so that there is no orientation of direction for the connection i.e. always +pin of charger connected to +ve pin of laptop and -ve to -ve.
In Apple's version out of 5 pins, 1 pin (middle) is for the battery status which provides a signal to LED to change color red/green.
As the connecter is of rectangular type, suppose if there were only two pins (+ and -) then there would be wrong connection possibility depend on the direction of pin connection. So to ensure correct connection in both way 4 pins are needed.
A: From MagSafe Wikipedia page
Pin 1 - Ground
Pin 2 - V+ @ 16.5 V DC
Pin 3 - Charge control pin
Pin 4 - V+ @ 16.5 V DC
Pin 5 - Ground
*
*The inner large pins are V+ (16.5 VDC). Measuring with no load will give 6.86 V DC; the full 16.5 V is provided to the proper load.
*The outer large pins are ground.
*The tiny center pin is a charge control pin that assists with changing the LED color, as well as reporting the connected adapter type and serial number to the connected Mac.
A: By Ground you mean negative as the charge block itself is two prong implying no grounding. A positive vs ground circuit would break the electrical design principles as grounding is to bleed off excesses int he circuitry that need not flow along to the next device.
Correction:
Pin 1 - Negative Terminal
Pin 2 - V+ @ 16.5 V DC
Pin 3 - Charge control pin
Pin 4 - V+ @ 16.5 V DC
Pin 5 - Negative Terminal
Careful with DC; it's known to give you a more harmful shock than AC.
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17d2787333fb83c96dc46ac671442a36b6a67e00 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change default shell from bash to zsh I've tried to switch my default shell to zsh, using chsh:
chsh -s /bin/zsh
and:
chsh -s `which zsh`
Both commands ended with:
Changing shell for adamatan.
Password for adamatan:
chsh: Operation is not supported by the directory node. Operation is not supported by the directory node.
chsh: no changes made
How can I change my default shell in OSX Lion?
A: If you're joined to an Open Directory sever, or any other directory server, the default shell will have to be specified there.
In particular, if you're joined to a Microsoft Active Directory, you can use the Directory Utility to change the default shell, as described here.
You can always just add zsh to your bash profile so it gets called on logon as a workaround.
| Q: Change default shell from bash to zsh I've tried to switch my default shell to zsh, using chsh:
chsh -s /bin/zsh
and:
chsh -s `which zsh`
Both commands ended with:
Changing shell for adamatan.
Password for adamatan:
chsh: Operation is not supported by the directory node. Operation is not supported by the directory node.
chsh: no changes made
How can I change my default shell in OSX Lion?
A: If you're joined to an Open Directory sever, or any other directory server, the default shell will have to be specified there.
In particular, if you're joined to a Microsoft Active Directory, you can use the Directory Utility to change the default shell, as described here.
You can always just add zsh to your bash profile so it gets called on logon as a workaround.
A: macOS Catalina and later (10.15+)
Apple replaced bash with zsh as the default shell for new user accounts. See article.
You can verify the default shell by typing echo $0 in the terminal.
macOS Mojave and earlier (10.14-)
See Apple Support page, Use zsh as the default shell on your Mac
Surprisingly this doesn't work with the command line tools as one would expect. This needs to be done with the System Preferences app.
The following steps work with multiple versions of Mac OS X through at least 10.11 (El Capitan).
*
*Open up the "User's & Groups" panel in the "System Preferences" app.
*Make sure the panel is unlocked (bottom left)
*Control click on your username (top left) and select "Advanced Options..." This is only available if you are an Administrator.
4. Change the "Login shell" value to /bin/zsh.
5. Press the OK button to save your change.
You should be careful not to change any other fields, as per the warning at the top of this dialog. If you have any doubts, then press the "Cancel" button and try again.
A: Just use command chsh -u username to edit your profile
A: In addition to the other answers, you may need to go to Terminal -> Preferences -> General and change "Shell opens with" to "Default login shell".
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1a04d997faaab7f9099be7a8d973800b5145e21d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make a test user without a credit card? I'd like to create a test user in iTunes Connect, so I can test in-app purchases. However, iTunes forces me to enter credit card information. Considering this is a test user, for a sandbox environment, that is not supposed to be spending any money, it looks pointless. Is there any way around it? (I know that it is possible to create a new account with no payment option, but then it won't be considered as a test user.)
A: OK, as it turns out the test user can only be used from within the sandbox environment, which makes certain sense. This is described here.
| Q: How to make a test user without a credit card? I'd like to create a test user in iTunes Connect, so I can test in-app purchases. However, iTunes forces me to enter credit card information. Considering this is a test user, for a sandbox environment, that is not supposed to be spending any money, it looks pointless. Is there any way around it? (I know that it is possible to create a new account with no payment option, but then it won't be considered as a test user.)
A: OK, as it turns out the test user can only be used from within the sandbox environment, which makes certain sense. This is described here.
A: I just went through this today. The answer, in short is:
*
*Log OUT in Settings on your iPad, but do not log back in to the App Store there
*Log in from within your app at the moment of making the IAP
Do not enter your credit card info for this sandbox user.
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76e4ea72e004884800460fccb31951c2a701a18c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I flush /delete the Finder clipboard in OS X 10.8.3 ? I always see 2 items when I paste from the clipboard How can I flush /delete the Finder clipboard in OS X 10.8.3 ? I always have 2 items when I paste from the clipboard.
A: Try execute command: pbcopy </dev/null.
pbcopy and pbpaste are two commands that provide access to clipboard.
pbcopy will copy a string to the clipboard (overwriting the original content).
In this case you are copying an empty file. Since you can't pass a file but a string only, this "<" (a redirection) will redirect the file content to the pbcopy arguments.
| Q: How can I flush /delete the Finder clipboard in OS X 10.8.3 ? I always see 2 items when I paste from the clipboard How can I flush /delete the Finder clipboard in OS X 10.8.3 ? I always have 2 items when I paste from the clipboard.
A: Try execute command: pbcopy </dev/null.
pbcopy and pbpaste are two commands that provide access to clipboard.
pbcopy will copy a string to the clipboard (overwriting the original content).
In this case you are copying an empty file. Since you can't pass a file but a string only, this "<" (a redirection) will redirect the file content to the pbcopy arguments.
A: I think that I really must re-phrase my question for clarity, i.e.
Is there a way to keep the clipboard from pasting more than one copied item ?
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f31a596f4d4ed304defa3b0fc6f0feb93fb4b7fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to create new desktop spaces from keyboard only? We all know there is a way to to switch between desktops using keyboard shortcuts,
but can we create new ones using only the keyboard?
A: You can do it with some AppleScript. This will create a new desktop every time you run it:
tell application "System Events"
do shell script "/Applications/Mission\\ Control.app/Contents/MacOS/Mission\\ Control"
tell process "Dock"
set countDesktops to count buttons of list 1 of group 1
--new desktop
click button 1 of group 1
--switch to new desktop
repeat until (count buttons of list 1 of group 1) = (countDesktops + 1)
end repeat
click button (countDesktops + 1) of list 1 of group 1
end tell
end tell
You can save this as a Universal Service you can assign a globally-available shortcut key combination to call it.
Credit where credit is due.
| Q: Is there a way to create new desktop spaces from keyboard only? We all know there is a way to to switch between desktops using keyboard shortcuts,
but can we create new ones using only the keyboard?
A: You can do it with some AppleScript. This will create a new desktop every time you run it:
tell application "System Events"
do shell script "/Applications/Mission\\ Control.app/Contents/MacOS/Mission\\ Control"
tell process "Dock"
set countDesktops to count buttons of list 1 of group 1
--new desktop
click button 1 of group 1
--switch to new desktop
repeat until (count buttons of list 1 of group 1) = (countDesktops + 1)
end repeat
click button (countDesktops + 1) of list 1 of group 1
end tell
end tell
You can save this as a Universal Service you can assign a globally-available shortcut key combination to call it.
Credit where credit is due.
A: It is possible to create a new desktop space with the keyboard, but it's really cumbersome:
*
*enable Mouse Key toggle (5 times alt) in System Preferences > Accesibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Options > enable "Press the Option key..."
*hit F3
*hit alt 5 times
*move the cursor with the respective keys and navigate near the right upper corner
*hit either i or 5 (depending on your keyboard)
*hit alt 5 times
*hit F3 and switch to the new space "with a keyboard shortcut".
A: No, there isn't a way to create a new space with only the keyboard. You'd still need to use the mouse/trackpad to drag a window to the (+) desktop thumbnail in the top-right corner (or just click on it) to create a new space.
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138d4efd357b2dd8c4294ba9567c5e5342710b24 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Weird line wrapping in terminal with a colored prompt I have reason to think I've got improper escaping in my bash prompt (I get weird random line wrapping in Terminal).
Can anyone point it out? It looks OK to me...
export PS1="\033[0;35m\u\033[00m on \033[0;36m\h\033[00m in \033[0;33m\w\033[00m \$ "
A: Encase your colors in brackets [] so they count as non-printable characters.
export PS1="\[\033[0;35m\]\u\[\033[00m\] on \[\033[0;36m\]\h\[\033[00m\] in \[\033[0;33m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \$ "
Unfortunately, this results in well-known line wrapping issues that is plagued by bash.
There is good news everyone, the light at the end of the tunnel is tput.
echo $(tput setaf 6) This is cyan
Set all your variables first, then use it within the script.
mg=$(tput setaf 5);cy=$(tput setaf 6);yl=$(tput setaf 3);rs=$(tput sgr0); echo $mg $USER $cy $HOSTNAME $yl $PWD $rs
You can find an example script in my github dotfiles repo
| Q: Weird line wrapping in terminal with a colored prompt I have reason to think I've got improper escaping in my bash prompt (I get weird random line wrapping in Terminal).
Can anyone point it out? It looks OK to me...
export PS1="\033[0;35m\u\033[00m on \033[0;36m\h\033[00m in \033[0;33m\w\033[00m \$ "
A: Encase your colors in brackets [] so they count as non-printable characters.
export PS1="\[\033[0;35m\]\u\[\033[00m\] on \[\033[0;36m\]\h\[\033[00m\] in \[\033[0;33m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \$ "
Unfortunately, this results in well-known line wrapping issues that is plagued by bash.
There is good news everyone, the light at the end of the tunnel is tput.
echo $(tput setaf 6) This is cyan
Set all your variables first, then use it within the script.
mg=$(tput setaf 5);cy=$(tput setaf 6);yl=$(tput setaf 3);rs=$(tput sgr0); echo $mg $USER $cy $HOSTNAME $yl $PWD $rs
You can find an example script in my github dotfiles repo
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768ccdc809547fd0b5533cb7b1dda984c0a80adf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing window? Is there any way to enable automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing the window?
One constantly has to to resort via "clean up by ..." after resize.
I've yet to find a piece of software that handles that ridiculous shortcoming of Finder.
A: You can go to Finder>View>Arrange By>Name.
It'll resize in real time if you do that.
| Q: Automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing window? Is there any way to enable automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing the window?
One constantly has to to resort via "clean up by ..." after resize.
I've yet to find a piece of software that handles that ridiculous shortcoming of Finder.
A: You can go to Finder>View>Arrange By>Name.
It'll resize in real time if you do that.
A: If you change your "arrange by" options via "right click" > "arrange by" to any other than "none" spaces between the icons is clinched/stretched according to window size, or icons even get rearranged to the next line if space gets to narrow.
This should be default behaviour without "arrange by" since it kind of breaks list view if active. Sadly Apple rarely listens to customer needs, since they "know what the customer wants".
A: In macOS 12.5.1:
With the folder open in finder, right-click in the blank space. Then go to Sort By, and select any option except None or Snap to Grid.
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d6bbcdfb8e66f3c469d0a7bd47052c150321368f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: file transfer from Tiger (10.4.11) to Mountain Lion (10.8) Will Migration Assistant let me transfer my files from my old Mac running Tiger 10.4.11 to Mountain Lion? I've read that it does not support moving files from 10.4 to Mountain Lion and didn't know if the .11 on my version made a difference as to it working or not.
Also my old Mac only has USB 2 and firewire, new Mac USB3 and Thunderbolt. So I don't know how I would make the connection.
Thanks.
A: Do you have specific files you are transferring? Ie, your home account? If you put the old Mac into TARGET mode, you can use the ThunderBolt->FW800 adapter and a FW800->FW400 cable to mount your old Mac like an external drive and copy whatever you need over. The migration assistant may be able to read from the drive to pull data as well.
| Q: file transfer from Tiger (10.4.11) to Mountain Lion (10.8) Will Migration Assistant let me transfer my files from my old Mac running Tiger 10.4.11 to Mountain Lion? I've read that it does not support moving files from 10.4 to Mountain Lion and didn't know if the .11 on my version made a difference as to it working or not.
Also my old Mac only has USB 2 and firewire, new Mac USB3 and Thunderbolt. So I don't know how I would make the connection.
Thanks.
A: Do you have specific files you are transferring? Ie, your home account? If you put the old Mac into TARGET mode, you can use the ThunderBolt->FW800 adapter and a FW800->FW400 cable to mount your old Mac like an external drive and copy whatever you need over. The migration assistant may be able to read from the drive to pull data as well.
A: Mountain Lion's Migration Assistant supports direct migration from 10.4.11 only on FireWire. Newer OS than Tiger allow Network Migration in addition to FireWire mode.
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889 for details.
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9c1e03c2abcdbeba4a850a3f95be0692946926f4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Local name changes every 10 - 20 minutes I have just bought a new MacBook Pro after my previous one died ( mother card seem to had been the problem). In this one like in my previous the computer's local hostname keeps telling me that the "MacBookPro-BC-617.local" is already in use on this network and changes the name of my MacBookPro-BC to 658.local.
This takes place every day and almost every 10 - 20 minutes. I'm using Mountain Lion. What could be causing this and how could I get rid of it?
A: This happened to me at work when we were using individual wireless access points, each acting as a DHCP server: the MBP was, at different times, catching its signal from these different access points, depending on the location and the strength of the various signals. We changed to use a central DHCP server, and set the access points to extend an existing network, and it solved this problem, as well as a similar issue where the user would get messages that the IP address was already in use.
| Q: Local name changes every 10 - 20 minutes I have just bought a new MacBook Pro after my previous one died ( mother card seem to had been the problem). In this one like in my previous the computer's local hostname keeps telling me that the "MacBookPro-BC-617.local" is already in use on this network and changes the name of my MacBookPro-BC to 658.local.
This takes place every day and almost every 10 - 20 minutes. I'm using Mountain Lion. What could be causing this and how could I get rid of it?
A: This happened to me at work when we were using individual wireless access points, each acting as a DHCP server: the MBP was, at different times, catching its signal from these different access points, depending on the location and the strength of the various signals. We changed to use a central DHCP server, and set the access points to extend an existing network, and it solved this problem, as well as a similar issue where the user would get messages that the IP address was already in use.
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eb5621cad183fd0820e8bd6178040f8f1a33b66a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get TimeMachine to backup a FUSE filesystem? I have -
/Users/me/Documents/
/Users/me/Documents/ADocument
...
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/AnotherDocument
...
TimeMachine will happily backup /Users/me/Documents and everything beneath it. /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/ can be opened and navigated from the Finder or Terminal. TimeMachine however ignores /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/ when creating a backup.
How do I get TimeMachine to backup /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem ?
| Q: How do I get TimeMachine to backup a FUSE filesystem? I have -
/Users/me/Documents/
/Users/me/Documents/ADocument
...
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/AnotherDocument
...
TimeMachine will happily backup /Users/me/Documents and everything beneath it. /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/ can be opened and navigated from the Finder or Terminal. TimeMachine however ignores /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/ when creating a backup.
How do I get TimeMachine to backup /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem ?
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13c6794d9e6712c85f1e96699353ffdebf34e324 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change the background of an DMG Software License Agreement dialog? When I create my own dmg-images, I always attach a software license agreement to them. When I opened the flattened image, I always got the Jaguar "X" in the background of the agreement dialog, where I have to confirm to the SLA before the image will be mounted. I believe that since Lion, apple removed that, so the eula-dialog is clean.
Is it possible to set a custom image into the SLA-Dialog on Lion or later OS X?
A: One easy way to create DMGs and play with every option is to use the popular DropDMG from Michael Tsai. It's not free, but he has great support and it's very communicative and there's a trial version.
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Michael Tsai, but I've known him (and his products) for a long time now, when I started using SpamSieve (another of his great products).
| Q: How to change the background of an DMG Software License Agreement dialog? When I create my own dmg-images, I always attach a software license agreement to them. When I opened the flattened image, I always got the Jaguar "X" in the background of the agreement dialog, where I have to confirm to the SLA before the image will be mounted. I believe that since Lion, apple removed that, so the eula-dialog is clean.
Is it possible to set a custom image into the SLA-Dialog on Lion or later OS X?
A: One easy way to create DMGs and play with every option is to use the popular DropDMG from Michael Tsai. It's not free, but he has great support and it's very communicative and there's a trial version.
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Michael Tsai, but I've known him (and his products) for a long time now, when I started using SpamSieve (another of his great products).
A: I found out, that it is not possible – the "X" in the background is OS specific.
The last macOS version that showed it on mounting the image was Snow Leopard. All versions of macOS that followed after that did not use it anymore.
However, you could use an image within the Textfield, since it represents an RTF-File Format.
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96568cfed72efd5dcdfd8d77a1b8a05c24b34d4e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I share my iMac's internet to iPhone or iPad over USB? I have an iMac, connected to the Internet via Ethernet, and an iPhone 4. I would like to share the iMac's Internet connection to my iPhone via the USB Cable (because my wife dreams of a wifi-less household).
I've set up Internet Sharing, specifying "sharing from: Ethernet via: USB IPhone", but when I test, the iPhone cannot connect to the Internet. Is there something I need to activate on the iPhone?
iMac, mac os x version: Mountain Lion, 10.8.4
iPhone 4, IOS Version: 6.1
A: Before iOS 10, the only method that existed would be possible with a jailbroken device as Apple didn’t offer this feature before then.
| Q: Can I share my iMac's internet to iPhone or iPad over USB? I have an iMac, connected to the Internet via Ethernet, and an iPhone 4. I would like to share the iMac's Internet connection to my iPhone via the USB Cable (because my wife dreams of a wifi-less household).
I've set up Internet Sharing, specifying "sharing from: Ethernet via: USB IPhone", but when I test, the iPhone cannot connect to the Internet. Is there something I need to activate on the iPhone?
iMac, mac os x version: Mountain Lion, 10.8.4
iPhone 4, IOS Version: 6.1
A: Before iOS 10, the only method that existed would be possible with a jailbroken device as Apple didn’t offer this feature before then.
A: It is possible by using Apple's development tool what is usually used to intercept app's traffic, but it also do iPhone→Mac→Internet tethering.
Remote Packet Capture for iOS devices is about sniffing apps' traffic, but there is also easy step-by-step guide how to send traffic throught Mac. Just follow paragraphs between "Remote Virtual Interfaces" and "Using tcpdump" headers.
If command rvictl is missing in your computer, you probably need to install the command line tools included in Xcode.
A: The method you described will share your Internet connection to your iPhone on recent Macs and iPhones. Specifically, on macOS Sierra, follow the instructions in the Apple Support Article, macOS Sierra: Share the Internet connection on your Mac but choose to share your Internet to computers using iPhone USB.
*
*On your Mac, open System Preferences and click on Sharing.
*Enable Internet Sharing by clicking the checkbox.
*In the Share your connection from pop-up menu, select Ethernet (or Thunderbolt Ethernet on MacBooks using the Thunderbolt-Ethernet adapter).
*In the To computers using list, select iPhone USB.
A: I can share my MacBook Pro's (macOS Sierra) wi-fi internet connection to my iPhone SE (iOS 10.3.3) without trouble. There's no special setting on the iPhone. Just turn off wi-fi on the phone and it automatically connects to the internet via a USB->Lightning cable to the MacBook Pro.
I had no success with my old iPhone 4S, which could really benefit from internet sharing via USB because its wi-fi antenna periodically craps out, and I have to revive it with a hairdryer and freezer, which can be inconvenient, especially on the road.
A: This works on macOS 10.12 and iOS 10 without needing a jailbreak or other app.
Later macOS 10.13 enhanced this feature as part of asset caching and Apple Configurator 2 features for multiple iOS devices sharing the Mac network. This is out of the box support, built in to the OS with no extra first party apps or modifications needed.
Before iOS 10 and macOS 10.13, USB tethering only worked in one direction or for one device. Before macOS 10.12 - internet service used to flow out of iOS but not in to iOS from a Mac over USB.
A: You used to be able to do Bluetooth PAN sharing to all iDevices. Now, it appears it works sporadically for iPad device only. Most iPhones are reported as not working. It was working at one point, and Genius Bar verified that it is no longer supported. Apple may view their icloud functionality as trumping and making computer-to-iDevice connections unnecessary.
A: you can also share IMac Ethernet to Ipad/Iphone over an addtional Ethernet cable, but it requires second Ethernet port /Ethernet Switch, a powered USB Hub and an additional Ethernet Adapter, plus a standard micro/usb cable, as shown here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKp02y4JXVs
Not very elegant, but functional. Blutooth Tethering works also, but mainly with Ipads and Android Devices.
A: What you've described works for me (I'm sharing the Mac's Wi-Fi via USB iPhone). But it didn't work until I turned off both Wi-Fi and Mobile Data in my iPhone settings.
With Mobile Data turned off there's no indication in the top bar that anything is connected, but the internet is shared and works well!
This is using an M1 Macbook Air with macOS Big Sur, and iPhone 7 Plus with iOS 14.6.
A: You may have to reboot your Mac.
Share Ethernet via Wifi (do not tell your wife)
When it works, the wifi icon on the Mac is a fan with an exclamation mark on it.
A: Yes you can share your ethernet, usb dongle internet with your iphone/ipad devices. Just came across this how-to: How to share a Wi-Fi connection from a Mac to an iPhone. Hope this helps for you and other folks who are facing this issue.
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808b3bdc74cd8e86c3388a751a71a72a5d7eb4de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Terminal shows hostname from old machine, not new machine Right now I have a Mac Mini. I migrated macbook pro data from a time machine, but I didn't do it from the beginning of my startup. I used the migration assistance to migrate the data. However, I'm getting my macbook pro name in my terminal command line, why is that?
Name-Macbook-Pro:~ name$
Why am i getting this? I'm on my Mac Mini, I guess its from the migration but will it affect anything else? How do I change this?
A: That part of the prompt is the hostname (\h) by default. Normally changing the computer name from System Preferences also changes the hostname:
The settings are stored in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist:
<key>Network</key>
<dict>
<key>HostNames</key>
<dict>
<key>LocalHostName</key>
<string>Lauris-iMac</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>System</key>
<dict>
<key>ComputerName</key>
<string>Lauri’s iMac</string>
<key>ComputerNameEncoding</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
This changes the system hostname:
sudo scutil --set HostName My-MacMini
It adds <key>HostName</key><string>My-MacMini</string> under System. If the system hostname has been set, changing the computer name or local hostname from System Preferences won't change the prompt.
| Q: Terminal shows hostname from old machine, not new machine Right now I have a Mac Mini. I migrated macbook pro data from a time machine, but I didn't do it from the beginning of my startup. I used the migration assistance to migrate the data. However, I'm getting my macbook pro name in my terminal command line, why is that?
Name-Macbook-Pro:~ name$
Why am i getting this? I'm on my Mac Mini, I guess its from the migration but will it affect anything else? How do I change this?
A: That part of the prompt is the hostname (\h) by default. Normally changing the computer name from System Preferences also changes the hostname:
The settings are stored in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist:
<key>Network</key>
<dict>
<key>HostNames</key>
<dict>
<key>LocalHostName</key>
<string>Lauris-iMac</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>System</key>
<dict>
<key>ComputerName</key>
<string>Lauri’s iMac</string>
<key>ComputerNameEncoding</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
This changes the system hostname:
sudo scutil --set HostName My-MacMini
It adds <key>HostName</key><string>My-MacMini</string> under System. If the system hostname has been set, changing the computer name or local hostname from System Preferences won't change the prompt.
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7e2f099425b3d14e27bc906e333cfd06f3c1f552 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari web browser do not find strings on a page in the common way How to switch Safari to a normal web page searching instead of finding only whole words?
Ex: there ase some words on a page: hello_world, ask_different. When I search for hello, world, ask, different - i search perfectly. But when I'm trying to search ello, ifferent, etc. - it gives me nothing.
A: The find banner was set to match the starts of words by default in Safari 5.1:
This makes it default to Contains:
defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false
You have to quit and reopen Safari to apply the changes.
| Q: Safari web browser do not find strings on a page in the common way How to switch Safari to a normal web page searching instead of finding only whole words?
Ex: there ase some words on a page: hello_world, ask_different. When I search for hello, world, ask, different - i search perfectly. But when I'm trying to search ello, ifferent, etc. - it gives me nothing.
A: The find banner was set to match the starts of words by default in Safari 5.1:
This makes it default to Contains:
defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false
You have to quit and reopen Safari to apply the changes.
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493341efcff6e1b59ce61f06410aef71267c2e37 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable shift + control + scroll zoom in chrome? I use ⌃ ctrl + ⇧ shift + ⇥ tab to move between tabs in Chrome, but if I scroll with the touchpad it'll zoom the page. This happens quite a lot and it's frustrating. Is there some way I can disable the ⌃ ctrl + ⇧ shift + scroll shortcut?
This is what happens:
A: If I might say so, why are you using the 3 keys to switch between the tabs.
In Chrome it is enough if you use two keys to switch tabs.
control + tab
If however you prefer to modify the the Chrome shortcuts, visit this website
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/shortcut-manager/mgjjeipcdnnjhgodgjpfkffcejoljijf
| Q: How can I disable shift + control + scroll zoom in chrome? I use ⌃ ctrl + ⇧ shift + ⇥ tab to move between tabs in Chrome, but if I scroll with the touchpad it'll zoom the page. This happens quite a lot and it's frustrating. Is there some way I can disable the ⌃ ctrl + ⇧ shift + scroll shortcut?
This is what happens:
A: If I might say so, why are you using the 3 keys to switch between the tabs.
In Chrome it is enough if you use two keys to switch tabs.
control + tab
If however you prefer to modify the the Chrome shortcuts, visit this website
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/shortcut-manager/mgjjeipcdnnjhgodgjpfkffcejoljijf
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5fd73412067dfa9bd95a6211bdb82b4163d2a374 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to stream a YouTube video in Powerpoint for Mac 2011? I would like to have a video in a Powerpoint presentation, without having to download the file.
So just insert a link to youtube or vimeo, and then being able to play it directly form the presentation.
Is this possible at all?
Edit: I did mean "stream" a YouTube video
A: There is a very simple method by using the Hyperlink command in PowerPoint.
You can Hyperlink any object in you Presentation.
Here is a sample how to do it for this sample presentation I made.
Now Right Click on the Text Box "Streaming You Tube" and select Hyperlink.
In Hyperlink paste the link to the you tube video.
It looks like this in my example.
| Q: Is it possible to stream a YouTube video in Powerpoint for Mac 2011? I would like to have a video in a Powerpoint presentation, without having to download the file.
So just insert a link to youtube or vimeo, and then being able to play it directly form the presentation.
Is this possible at all?
Edit: I did mean "stream" a YouTube video
A: There is a very simple method by using the Hyperlink command in PowerPoint.
You can Hyperlink any object in you Presentation.
Here is a sample how to do it for this sample presentation I made.
Now Right Click on the Text Box "Streaming You Tube" and select Hyperlink.
In Hyperlink paste the link to the you tube video.
It looks like this in my example.
A: In this situation, presuming the desire to embed and not stream, I use a little utility called Videobox, by Tasty Apps, to extract the video file from Vimeo or YouTube, and then I embed it directly into PowerPoint.
See the following Lynda.com clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZUh2ErM_Ls
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aa1c9de7eb12d0d84411c91a5d576471d634bc8f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make Text to Speech use different voices for different languages? I am learning French and sometimes need to use Text to Speech to fix my pronunciation. As English is my second language, I also sometimes use Text to Speech with it.
The problem is that the English voices do not have correct French pronunciation, and vice versa. I have to open System Preferences to switch between the two every time.
How can I automatically switch between the voices according to the language of the text selected to be spoken? If there is no way to do that, how would do it using Automator/AppleScript?
A: Here is a possible answer from another forum:
https://superuser.com/questions/468130/mac-os-x-quickly-change-voices-for-text-to-speech
| Q: How can I make Text to Speech use different voices for different languages? I am learning French and sometimes need to use Text to Speech to fix my pronunciation. As English is my second language, I also sometimes use Text to Speech with it.
The problem is that the English voices do not have correct French pronunciation, and vice versa. I have to open System Preferences to switch between the two every time.
How can I automatically switch between the voices according to the language of the text selected to be spoken? If there is no way to do that, how would do it using Automator/AppleScript?
A: Here is a possible answer from another forum:
https://superuser.com/questions/468130/mac-os-x-quickly-change-voices-for-text-to-speech
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0e0b26b1abb02654fdbcea51f19cce16fbae8c72 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I edit current shell command in VI On Linux machines the current bash shell command can be edited in VI (or whatever the EDITOR is set to) by pressing Ctrl+XCtrl+E.
This doesn't seem to work on OS X 10.8. Any ideas on how to edit the current bash command in the default editor?
A: Your edit-and-execute-command may not be bound for vi mode. Try:
bind -m vi-insert '"\C-x\C-e": edit-and-execute-command'
To make it permanent, add that line to your ~/.inputrc file.
(via this answer; credit to @unforgettableid for the link)
| Q: How do I edit current shell command in VI On Linux machines the current bash shell command can be edited in VI (or whatever the EDITOR is set to) by pressing Ctrl+XCtrl+E.
This doesn't seem to work on OS X 10.8. Any ideas on how to edit the current bash command in the default editor?
A: Your edit-and-execute-command may not be bound for vi mode. Try:
bind -m vi-insert '"\C-x\C-e": edit-and-execute-command'
To make it permanent, add that line to your ~/.inputrc file.
(via this answer; credit to @unforgettableid for the link)
A: You want set -o vi (add it to your ~/.bashrc). Then, to edit the current line, just hit Esc to enter command mode.
See http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Readline-vi-Mode
To edit the current command in a full-screen editor, set your VISUAL environment variable to vim (I assume you want vim), then in command mode in the current comment, hit v.
To show the mode in the prompt:
$ cat ~/.inputrc
set editing-mode vi
set show-mode-in-prompt on
set vi-ins-mode-string +
set vi-cmd-mode-string :
A: This worked for me:
If you’re using zsh (as you should), you could add the following to your .zshrc (or .zprofile):
export EDITOR=nvim
# Enable Ctrl-x-e to edit command line
autoload -U edit-command-line
# Emacs style
zle -N edit-command-line
bindkey '^xe' edit-command-line
bindkey '^x^e' edit-command-line
# Vi style:
# zle -N edit-command-line
# bindkey -M vicmd v edit-command-line
Then, reload your .zshrc.
Now all you need to do is hit Ctrl-x Ctrl-e (Ctrl-x e also works) or, if you use vi style, ESC v, and zsh will launch $VISUAL or $EDITOR, allowing you to edit the current command to your hearts content, and once you save & close your editor’s window, ZSH will execute your command.
https://nuclearsquid.com/writings/edit-long-commands/
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89b52334b8771ab8158c1fa6e6b6bdfacb2ac66c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can i map other folder to Launchpad I am using OSX 10.8.
Is it possible to map an extra Application folder to launchpad so that launchpad will pick .app from that folder too ?
I have osx install disk names OSX and i install apps in 'Applications' folder. Now i have added one more disk named "Macintosh" i have installed some programmes in that disk too. I want to get the apps in Macintosh>Applications in Launchpad.
There should be a way right ?
Does that makes sense ?
A: You can try to "symlink" the files on your other partition to your Applications-Folder.
For example:
ln -s /Volumes/Macintosh2/Applications2/App.app /Applications/
Launchpad follow the symlink and show the Apps.
| Q: Can i map other folder to Launchpad I am using OSX 10.8.
Is it possible to map an extra Application folder to launchpad so that launchpad will pick .app from that folder too ?
I have osx install disk names OSX and i install apps in 'Applications' folder. Now i have added one more disk named "Macintosh" i have installed some programmes in that disk too. I want to get the apps in Macintosh>Applications in Launchpad.
There should be a way right ?
Does that makes sense ?
A: You can try to "symlink" the files on your other partition to your Applications-Folder.
For example:
ln -s /Volumes/Macintosh2/Applications2/App.app /Applications/
Launchpad follow the symlink and show the Apps.
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13be0d96d9c0a386c3cb814c67a4b3f17aaa5186 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change the font size of Safari's Web Inspector Does anyone know how to change the font size in Safari's Web Inspector? It's too small for me and my eyes can't stand staring at it during long periods of time.
I've found some links on the web concerning my question but they don't seem to work either:
*
*https://gist.github.com/vlazar/1549785
*http://miekd.com/articles/adding-some-monospace-to-the-safari-web-inspector/
I'll switch back to Chrome and use its own Web Inspector if there aren't any solutions available.
A: Thanks for the answers above. As an update, in Mavericks 10.9, the file is still Main.css and can now be found at the following path:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebInspectorUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources
You may also find the file using following terminal command:
find /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks -name Main.css
| Q: Change the font size of Safari's Web Inspector Does anyone know how to change the font size in Safari's Web Inspector? It's too small for me and my eyes can't stand staring at it during long periods of time.
I've found some links on the web concerning my question but they don't seem to work either:
*
*https://gist.github.com/vlazar/1549785
*http://miekd.com/articles/adding-some-monospace-to-the-safari-web-inspector/
I'll switch back to Chrome and use its own Web Inspector if there aren't any solutions available.
A: Thanks for the answers above. As an update, in Mavericks 10.9, the file is still Main.css and can now be found at the following path:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebInspectorUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources
You may also find the file using following terminal command:
find /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks -name Main.css
A: At the end of inspector.css add the font size and style.
The file is located in /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/inspector
(for Safari on Windows the file located at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Safari\Apple Application Support\WebKit.resources\inspector\inspector.css )
An example:
body, #console-messages{
font-size:18px;
}
A: For Mountain Lion (10.8.x), I found the file name is actually Main.css and on my system it is located in:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebInspector.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/
Add the following text to the end of this file and save it. Essentially, this is the same text as in the other answer in this thread, but without the line breaks.
body, #console-messages{font-size:18px;}
You will need to restart your Safari after you make this change, before it will take effect.
Tip: To quickly open the folder where Main.css is located...
*
*Select the path
*Right-click on the selected path and then from the popup menu choose: Services -> Open.
*This will open the folder for you.
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565c01406a9d25c01b0a6ab8e0bbddbbe82c5993 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Run Google Chrome in full screen with dev console across dual-monitors Is there a way in Mac OS X 10.8.3 to open Google Chrome in full screen mode with dual monitors so that the Dev console appears on a second monitor?
This would seem to be the obvious and intuitive way to develop for the browser, but I wasn't able to find any hints or suggestions about how to accomplish this setup.
Many thanks.
A: Doesn't work as the implementation of Fullscreen-scaling in OSX (10.7, 10.8) currently only covers single-windows. Either Chrome provides its own implementation which could in fact display two windows over two displays, or - let's cross fingers - Apple implements this somewhere around 10.9 :)
| Q: Run Google Chrome in full screen with dev console across dual-monitors Is there a way in Mac OS X 10.8.3 to open Google Chrome in full screen mode with dual monitors so that the Dev console appears on a second monitor?
This would seem to be the obvious and intuitive way to develop for the browser, but I wasn't able to find any hints or suggestions about how to accomplish this setup.
Many thanks.
A: Doesn't work as the implementation of Fullscreen-scaling in OSX (10.7, 10.8) currently only covers single-windows. Either Chrome provides its own implementation which could in fact display two windows over two displays, or - let's cross fingers - Apple implements this somewhere around 10.9 :)
A: I have (finally!) gotten this to work reliably in Chrome Version 28.0.1500.95 and OSX 10.8.4. Previously, I would only sometimes be able to get things to work in the way Matthew Helfgott described. Other times, the dev tools would just jump to its own full screen space. Here's how I got it to work every time:
*
*Try Matthew Helfgott's suggestion. If it works, throw a party.
*If your devtools move to their own full-screen space, take them out of full screen mode. It should drop it on one of your non-full-screen spaces.
*Once you have the dev tools in a normal (non-full-screen) space, move it to the monitor you want it to stick to (not the monitor chrome will be on).
*Click the "Dock to main window" button in the lower left to bring it back to chrome.
*Click that button again to undock it. It should now move to the monitor you previously chose, but stay in chrome's full-screen space.
If these instructions aren't clear enough, let me know and I can add screenshots.
A: So, I tend to use Chrome for JavaScript app development, but since around version 15/17 (or there about), its not been possible to open the debugger console in a separate window in a two monitor development environment. Thing is, if you open Safari 6.0.4 (and maybe earlier) and you show the developer console, there is an option to 'detach into separate window' by clicking the multi-monitor icon beside the close button to the left of the console. The fault here seems to be Google IMHO. Don't know what happened and have filed a bug about it but will add if I do. Hope that helps a little.... otherwise, if you're committed to Chrome and not concentrating on user experience, you can dock the console to the right hand side of the page you are looking at. That way you get a potentially buggy DOM, but at least you can inspect your code on a running page. Ok. In fact that sucks, but it might help until Google get it sorted out.
A: I am able to have the browser on one screen and the dev tools in another, both filling the screens, in the following steps
*
*Open Chrome browser window on one screen
*Open dev tools
*Click the window icon in the bottom left corner to detach the dev tools
*Drag dev tools to second screen
*Use the green + button in the top left or drag the corner of the window to resize to fill the screen
This doesn't use the Lion full screen but as others have said and is a common complaint this mode is unfortunately only compatible with one screen. I really hope Apple changes their tune about this soon and I hope this workaround is what you were looking for.
A: One solution to your problem is to update to Mavericks, which has this solved but not by default.
Whats happening is that when you go full screen, Mission Control ("four fingers up" on touchpad by default I think) is creating a new instance inside of Mission Control for that full screen separate from your actual monitors. You can see this by viewing the mission control while in full screen and while not in full screen.
You want to disable this. To do so:
*
*Go to "Launchpad" >> "System Preferences" >> "Mission Control"
*Deselect "Displays have spaces"
*You may need to log out & log back in to see the changes
Similar question at: https://superuser.com/questions/665004/how-do-you-prevent-the-dock-from-switching-monitors-in-osx-mavericks
A: Another solution that i used is to do the following -
*
*Undock developer tools to another window
*Open mission control
*Drag the developer tools app from desktop 1 to desktop 2
*Open
chrome on desktop 1 and developer tools associated to chrome window
on desktop 2
A: I've been using a third-party app called Spectacle to work around the poor window manager in OSX and get "fullscreen" windows on both monitors when debugging in Chrome.
The default key chord to maximize a window (filling the screen but leaving the task bar in view), ⌥⌘F, let's me drag the devtools to my secondary screen and have both the main window and the console maximized on separate displays.
It's not a true fullscreen, but it's close enough.
A: You can open chrome dev tools in its own tab by visiting chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html.
This is often used when you are proxying traffic to the dev tools from a remote device. This is how the ios-webkit-debug-proxy works.
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95410b2ffb98316a53eab00c9cfadbdac0a5b363 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I sync all my apple devices? I have a MacBook Pro, an iPhone (4S) and just recently received my iPad mini through the post. I am wondering how I can sync all of my devices so that every contact, app and music are on all three devices.
So, when I delete a contact from one device it automatically deletes from the others. I have also just set up my iCloud account and wonder if that can handle syncing these three data classes.
A: iCloud
— What it does do —
*
*synchronize (only over iTunes bought!) music if specified
*synchronize pictures (photo stream)
*keeping track of your device-location
*backups of your device
— What it doesn't do —
*
*synchronizing application data UNLESS specifically implemented by the app
*keeping applications in-sync — this is due to different device classes have different preferred applications. For instance, you usually use different apps on an iPad as you would on an iPhone
| Q: How do I sync all my apple devices? I have a MacBook Pro, an iPhone (4S) and just recently received my iPad mini through the post. I am wondering how I can sync all of my devices so that every contact, app and music are on all three devices.
So, when I delete a contact from one device it automatically deletes from the others. I have also just set up my iCloud account and wonder if that can handle syncing these three data classes.
A: iCloud
— What it does do —
*
*synchronize (only over iTunes bought!) music if specified
*synchronize pictures (photo stream)
*keeping track of your device-location
*backups of your device
— What it doesn't do —
*
*synchronizing application data UNLESS specifically implemented by the app
*keeping applications in-sync — this is due to different device classes have different preferred applications. For instance, you usually use different apps on an iPad as you would on an iPhone
A: There isn't one solution for the three sorts of information you seek to sync.
iCloud is designed to wirelessly sync the following classes of information:
*
*Mail
*Contacts
*Calendars
*Reminders
*Safari Bookmarks
*Notes
*Passbook data
*Photostream
*Documents & Data (only the things stored in iCloud)
Music isn't something that is synced remotely. It is synced each and every time the iOS device is on the same Wi-Fi as the computer and you could purchase iTunes Match to have all your music purchases stored in the cloud. This also syncs ratings, artwork, playlists and play counts - but it's an additional yearly subscription. Most people I know are fine syncing Music locally, but you have that option with Apple today in some countries.
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8875662de8297b9231d3c36d5fc2e7aaedf9dacb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get rid of my encrypted iPhone backups to start from scratch? Is there a way I can delete all my encrypted iPhone backups for which I forgot the password, so that I can start backing up from fresh?
At the moment I'm stuck in this loop (below) which I can't seem to exit
A: To delete the backups, go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices. All iPhone backups will be listed here. Highlight them, then hit Delete.
But if you're using a Mac, I would first try to see if you can find the password in your Keychain (from discussions.apple.com):
*
*Go to the "keychain access " app.
*Under "Keychains" select "Login"
*Under "Category" select "Passwords"
*Scroll down and look for "iPhone Backup"
*Double click and a window opens
*Check the box that says "Show Password"
*A window pops up asking for your OS X account password
*Type in that password and voila!
| Q: How do I get rid of my encrypted iPhone backups to start from scratch? Is there a way I can delete all my encrypted iPhone backups for which I forgot the password, so that I can start backing up from fresh?
At the moment I'm stuck in this loop (below) which I can't seem to exit
A: To delete the backups, go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices. All iPhone backups will be listed here. Highlight them, then hit Delete.
But if you're using a Mac, I would first try to see if you can find the password in your Keychain (from discussions.apple.com):
*
*Go to the "keychain access " app.
*Under "Keychains" select "Login"
*Under "Category" select "Passwords"
*Scroll down and look for "iPhone Backup"
*Double click and a window opens
*Check the box that says "Show Password"
*A window pops up asking for your OS X account password
*Type in that password and voila!
A: The password is stored on the device!
If you can’t remember the password for your encrypted backup
You can’t restore an encrypted backup without its password. With iOS 11 or later, you can make a new encrypted backup of your device by resetting the password. Here’s what to do:
*
*On your iOS device, go to Settings > General > Reset.
*Tap Reset All Settings and enter your iOS passcode.
*Follow the steps to reset your settings. This won't affect your user data or passwords, but it will reset settings like display brightness, Home screen layout, and wallpaper. It also removes your encrypted backup password.
*Connect your device to iTunes again and create a new encrypted backup.
You won't be able to use previous encrypted backups, but you can back up your current data using iTunes and setting a new backup password.
If you have a device with iOS 10 or earlier, you can't reset the password. In this case, try the following:
*
*If someone else set up your device, ask them for the password.
*Use an iCloud backup instead of iTunes. If you don't have an iCloud backup, you can make one.
*Try using an older iTunes backup.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205220
A: Change your iPhone backup settings and start backing up to iCloud instead. You can do that either via iTunes on your Mac or if the password window is preventing you from doing so do it from your iPhone by navigating to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > iCloud Backup ON.
The next time you connect your iPhone to iTunes, the iTunes backups should be gone along with the message asking for your password.
Once you effectuate a full iOS backup to the iCloud, you can revert back to making backups with iTunes instead.
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542799576ec39a6f761afff79b548040a7e6ef3a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I install one extension for all Firefox profiles? I run many firefox profiles simultaneously. Since moving to the mac, I've lost the British English dictionary. I can install it as an extension on each profile, but I'd like to install it once across all profiles.
I've tried firefox -install-global-extension "/path/to/extension.xpi" but that appears to have no effect whatsoever. I've tried copying the installed extension into various folders in /Library and ~/Library but nothing has worked.
How do I install a Firefox extension once so it is active for all profiles on the computer (or this user account, either is good)?
A: You need to put the global extensions (.xpi files) into the /Applications/Firefox.app/MacOS/extensions folder (when you select Firefox.app, right-click and "Show package contents").
If Firefox doesn't recognize the xpi, try to install it for your profile, then move it from ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>.default/extensions to the path mentioned above.
| Q: How do I install one extension for all Firefox profiles? I run many firefox profiles simultaneously. Since moving to the mac, I've lost the British English dictionary. I can install it as an extension on each profile, but I'd like to install it once across all profiles.
I've tried firefox -install-global-extension "/path/to/extension.xpi" but that appears to have no effect whatsoever. I've tried copying the installed extension into various folders in /Library and ~/Library but nothing has worked.
How do I install a Firefox extension once so it is active for all profiles on the computer (or this user account, either is good)?
A: You need to put the global extensions (.xpi files) into the /Applications/Firefox.app/MacOS/extensions folder (when you select Firefox.app, right-click and "Show package contents").
If Firefox doesn't recognize the xpi, try to install it for your profile, then move it from ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>.default/extensions to the path mentioned above.
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37305834eeab445eaec5ca31e22c20c2edd6895b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where does OS X store the list of disabled fonts? I am using Font Book a lot and manage my fonts with it. Now, I want to back up all my settings.
I found my collections in ~/Library/Font Collections
But where does OS X store which fonts are disabled? I want to copy this "list" and move it to my new mac.
A: I don't have Fonts Disabled folders either, but the list of disabled fonts is stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FontRegistry.user.plist. If you copy it to another computer, run sudo atsutil databases -remove; atsutil server -shutdown to apply the changes.
| Q: Where does OS X store the list of disabled fonts? I am using Font Book a lot and manage my fonts with it. Now, I want to back up all my settings.
I found my collections in ~/Library/Font Collections
But where does OS X store which fonts are disabled? I want to copy this "list" and move it to my new mac.
A: I don't have Fonts Disabled folders either, but the list of disabled fonts is stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FontRegistry.user.plist. If you copy it to another computer, run sudo atsutil databases -remove; atsutil server -shutdown to apply the changes.
A: Where the list of disabled fonts is stored depends on the version of OS X you are using.
First of all, the ~/Library/Fonts Disabled/ and /Library/Fonts Disabled have never been used by Apple for the handling of disabled fonts; rather, fonts are simply deactivated in place: there's no need to move them out of the /Fonts/ folder in order to deactivate them. Those folders are most likely created by the Microsoft Office installer for Mac, or some other application installer.
As I mentioned, where the list of deactivated fonts is stored depends on the version of OS X you're using.
OS X 10.3: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ATS.plist stores a list of file paths to the fonts which have been disabled in Font Book.
OS X 10.4 — 10.6: The enabled or disabled state of a particular font is stored within the font cache files themselves. There is no saved external record (like the preference file used in 10.3) of which fonts were disabled.
In OS X 10.7.x and later, while the enabled or disabled state of a particular font is still stored within the font cache files themselves, an external record of which fonts were disabled is stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FontRegistry.user.plist.
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3ab66e33c33e9c56321dd0d22ed8fdac614491f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Who controls the contact picture on iOS in address book? My son has a inappropriate picture of a girl as her contact photo... When I questioned him about it he said that she had made it her outgoing contact photo and he had no control over it... Is this possible or am I being lied to?!
A: Yes, it's possible. If you go to the iOS settings app and sign in with either Facebook or Twitter, there is a button to retrieve contact pictures from those services for each contact on your device.
So, your child has the option to change that photo on a case by case basis, but what they said could be entirely true.
At is point, it gets less clear with syncing your address book with Facebook (or other). Presumably it could use each person's Facebook picture, set by them, as their photo in your address book.
I've never seen a picture I assign get overwritten, but it's clearly possible that might happen.
| Q: Who controls the contact picture on iOS in address book? My son has a inappropriate picture of a girl as her contact photo... When I questioned him about it he said that she had made it her outgoing contact photo and he had no control over it... Is this possible or am I being lied to?!
A: Yes, it's possible. If you go to the iOS settings app and sign in with either Facebook or Twitter, there is a button to retrieve contact pictures from those services for each contact on your device.
So, your child has the option to change that photo on a case by case basis, but what they said could be entirely true.
At is point, it gets less clear with syncing your address book with Facebook (or other). Presumably it could use each person's Facebook picture, set by them, as their photo in your address book.
I've never seen a picture I assign get overwritten, but it's clearly possible that might happen.
A: as Mike Scott says, you can sync and take pics online and set is to your contacts information, however, there is no sutch thing as a "outgoing contact photo"
this means if i have a picture of a pony as MY profile picture, you wont se a pony when i call! unless i have that picture online, like on Facebook, and you synced and downloaded that picture and made it my contact information photo!
however, this should be added, there could be third party apps, where you decide what pictures others see when they call! like whatsapp (only texting), but if it was the native phone app on iOS (was the slide to answer visible?) its not possible!
so he can change the pic, if its not a third party "phone" app
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a7f5261e1bc3858abd4dd8e5f081a9b46145ed60 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable the Trackpad zoom in Chrome or TextEdit In Chrome or Textedit I always accidently end up zooming with the build-in trackpad on MBA with Mountain Lion. How do I disable the trackpad function for zooming in application specific.
Looking into the com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist it is not clear what function is it and how do I disable it in Terminal.
From the example:
defaults write com.google.Chrome.plist AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
I was thinking of doing the:
defaults write com.google.Chrome.plist AppleEnableZoomWithTrackpad -bool FALSE
But I do not know the actual entry name for it.
A: I managed to disable it using BetterTouchTool (http://blog.boastr.net/) an awesome freeware app that lets you customize trackpad gestures on a per-app basis. I just added two gestures for chrome (one for pinch-out and one for pinch-in) and assigned no action to them. BTT overrides the OS's gesture recognition and disables pinch to zoom.
The pinch-to-zoom was conflicting with the other BTT gestures I set for Chrome (rotating gesture to switch tabs), and Chrome was always resizing my web pages whenever I switched tabs with my gesture. This trick ended it.
| Q: How to disable the Trackpad zoom in Chrome or TextEdit In Chrome or Textedit I always accidently end up zooming with the build-in trackpad on MBA with Mountain Lion. How do I disable the trackpad function for zooming in application specific.
Looking into the com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist it is not clear what function is it and how do I disable it in Terminal.
From the example:
defaults write com.google.Chrome.plist AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
I was thinking of doing the:
defaults write com.google.Chrome.plist AppleEnableZoomWithTrackpad -bool FALSE
But I do not know the actual entry name for it.
A: I managed to disable it using BetterTouchTool (http://blog.boastr.net/) an awesome freeware app that lets you customize trackpad gestures on a per-app basis. I just added two gestures for chrome (one for pinch-out and one for pinch-in) and assigned no action to them. BTT overrides the OS's gesture recognition and disables pinch to zoom.
The pinch-to-zoom was conflicting with the other BTT gestures I set for Chrome (rotating gesture to switch tabs), and Chrome was always resizing my web pages whenever I switched tabs with my gesture. This trick ended it.
A: Trackpad zooming is an OS X wide functionality. You can enable/disable Trackpad zooming in System Preferences -> Trackpad
A: defaults write com.google.Chrome.plist PinchToChangeFontSizeDisabled -bool true
OR
defaults write com.google.Chrome PinchToChangeFontSizeDisabled -bool true
I don't have Chrome, so I cannot test the syntax.
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06882df5d85ac723875388a978cbe8935040cb77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to edit theme colors in TextMate 2? In TextMate 1 there is a Fonts & Colors tab in Preferences to edit theme colors, but in TextMate 2 I cannot find how to do the same...
I can select a theme in the View menu, but I want to customize a theme, the same way it was possible in TextMate 1, by selecting the "scope" and changing the color with a palette and the font style.
Where is this function in TextMate 2?
A: Theme tweaking of the type you could do in TextMate 1 is not yet featured in TextMate 2 itself. HOWEVER... I just came across this very cool online TextMate theme editor. Its interface imitates the Fonts & Colors tab in the TM1 preferences. It apparently only works in Chrome, but I use Chrome anyway so I'm off to play with it.
| Q: How to edit theme colors in TextMate 2? In TextMate 1 there is a Fonts & Colors tab in Preferences to edit theme colors, but in TextMate 2 I cannot find how to do the same...
I can select a theme in the View menu, but I want to customize a theme, the same way it was possible in TextMate 1, by selecting the "scope" and changing the color with a palette and the font style.
Where is this function in TextMate 2?
A: Theme tweaking of the type you could do in TextMate 1 is not yet featured in TextMate 2 itself. HOWEVER... I just came across this very cool online TextMate theme editor. Its interface imitates the Fonts & Colors tab in the TM1 preferences. It apparently only works in Chrome, but I use Chrome anyway so I'm off to play with it.
A: Option 1: use TextMate 1:
open ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles/Themes.tmbundle/Themes/Custom.tmTheme -a TextMate
cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/TextMate/Themes/Custom.tmTheme \
~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles/Themes.tmbundle/Themes/Custom.tmTheme
Option 2: edit the theme as an old-style plist from the bundle editor:
Option 3: edit the tmTheme file directly by opening it with mate:
mate ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles/Themes.tmbundle/Themes/Custom.tmTheme
The last two options require you to close and reopen files to make them use the edited theme. tell app "TextMate 2" to reload bundles does not work.
You can use pl and plutil to convert between the XML and old style formats:
pl -input file.plist -output file.plist
plutil -convert xml1 file.plist
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fb58488b8277575845513672e0f7872ca0a8225a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the Numbers equivalent to Excel's "A1:A10-B1" I'm switching from Microsoft Excel to Number.app, in Excel you can do
=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A5-A1)^2,B1:B5)
the a1:a10-b1 bit will return a cell range equivalent to a1:a10 but with all the cells decremented by b1. What's the proper syntax in Numbers for that?
If I try to import an Excel workbook using that syntax into Numbers, that formula will be imported verbatim and Numbers will complain.
A: In numbers, SUMPRODUCT (range, range…) takes the following arguments:
range: A range of cells. range is a reference to a single range of
cells containing values of any type. If string or Boolean values are
included in range, they are ignored.
range…: Optionally include one
or more additional ranges of cells. The ranges must all have the same
dimensions.
So you'll need to set up a range to perform the initial calculation (and squaring) and then sumproduct two simple ranges.
| Q: What's the Numbers equivalent to Excel's "A1:A10-B1" I'm switching from Microsoft Excel to Number.app, in Excel you can do
=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A5-A1)^2,B1:B5)
the a1:a10-b1 bit will return a cell range equivalent to a1:a10 but with all the cells decremented by b1. What's the proper syntax in Numbers for that?
If I try to import an Excel workbook using that syntax into Numbers, that formula will be imported verbatim and Numbers will complain.
A: In numbers, SUMPRODUCT (range, range…) takes the following arguments:
range: A range of cells. range is a reference to a single range of
cells containing values of any type. If string or Boolean values are
included in range, they are ignored.
range…: Optionally include one
or more additional ranges of cells. The ranges must all have the same
dimensions.
So you'll need to set up a range to perform the initial calculation (and squaring) and then sumproduct two simple ranges.
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33cd0ab0687d1786cf9c96f90ddaecb10ac1d9d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to set up ZEVO / ZFS on an internal disk while maintaining full disk encryption? It seems that it's currently impossible to have the entire boot drive converted to ZFS.
How would one go about converting a single disk HFS+ Filevault 2 setup into a setup which has full encryption and most of the advantages of ZFS?
I imagine that there will have to remain a boot partition which is HFS+ and all user data would have to somehow live on an encrypted ZFS partition that will get auto-mounted and perhaps symlinked to /Users ...
I'm on 10.8.3 and with CE Zevo (1.1)
A: Short answer … two Core Storage logical volumes, both encrypted:
*
*one LV, HFS Plus
*the other LV, give to ZEVO.
You'll need ZEVO Community Edition 1.1.1 (1.1 is outdated).
In the answer to the linked question there's a note about Mountain Lion; OS X 10.8.5 makes things a little more difficult.
| Q: How to set up ZEVO / ZFS on an internal disk while maintaining full disk encryption? It seems that it's currently impossible to have the entire boot drive converted to ZFS.
How would one go about converting a single disk HFS+ Filevault 2 setup into a setup which has full encryption and most of the advantages of ZFS?
I imagine that there will have to remain a boot partition which is HFS+ and all user data would have to somehow live on an encrypted ZFS partition that will get auto-mounted and perhaps symlinked to /Users ...
I'm on 10.8.3 and with CE Zevo (1.1)
A: Short answer … two Core Storage logical volumes, both encrypted:
*
*one LV, HFS Plus
*the other LV, give to ZEVO.
You'll need ZEVO Community Edition 1.1.1 (1.1 is outdated).
In the answer to the linked question there's a note about Mountain Lion; OS X 10.8.5 makes things a little more difficult.
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dc87b71c353c55c40c7c57dde19d36b32ef425cc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Momentary freeze in Mac OS X on attaching a USB device This seems to have started only recently, but every time I attach a USB device or removable media (SD Card) to my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.3 the mouse cursor freezes for a few seconds. The screen is still updating. It seems to happen right when the OS sees the external drive (via phone, camera, SD card, etc.)
I don't see a spike in CPU or anything else suspect, just that the trackpad stops responding momentarily. What would cause this and is there a way to fix it?
A: Do you happen to have the Android File Transfer application installed? Various users on macrumors have noted the same issue, and have narrowed it down to having AFT installed.
I'm getting the same problem, and I too have AFT installed, but I won't be removing it any time soon as it's the only way to get anything to/from my Android devices.
| Q: Momentary freeze in Mac OS X on attaching a USB device This seems to have started only recently, but every time I attach a USB device or removable media (SD Card) to my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.3 the mouse cursor freezes for a few seconds. The screen is still updating. It seems to happen right when the OS sees the external drive (via phone, camera, SD card, etc.)
I don't see a spike in CPU or anything else suspect, just that the trackpad stops responding momentarily. What would cause this and is there a way to fix it?
A: Do you happen to have the Android File Transfer application installed? Various users on macrumors have noted the same issue, and have narrowed it down to having AFT installed.
I'm getting the same problem, and I too have AFT installed, but I won't be removing it any time soon as it's the only way to get anything to/from my Android devices.
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aaed5f2bb848f83ea444c279568ec935785fca58 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X - Terminal window shows up but closes immediately I'm using Mac OS X Lion 10.7. I open Terminal and its window shows up but immediately close and its icon remains in the dock. It's working fine a moment ago. I don't know what i have messed. I looked at the log file in the Console application and see "login: USER_PROCESS 172 ttys000"
A: I recently had this issue because I uninstalled the version of bash installed by macports (/opt/local/bin/bash) not realizing it was my default shell. The solution was to change my default shell back to /bin/bash via the advanced user options in the Users & Groups System Preferences. (See @sdmeyers' comment on @Pyrolistical's answer for instructions.)
| Q: Mac OS X - Terminal window shows up but closes immediately I'm using Mac OS X Lion 10.7. I open Terminal and its window shows up but immediately close and its icon remains in the dock. It's working fine a moment ago. I don't know what i have messed. I looked at the log file in the Console application and see "login: USER_PROCESS 172 ttys000"
A: I recently had this issue because I uninstalled the version of bash installed by macports (/opt/local/bin/bash) not realizing it was my default shell. The solution was to change my default shell back to /bin/bash via the advanced user options in the Users & Groups System Preferences. (See @sdmeyers' comment on @Pyrolistical's answer for instructions.)
A: This looks as if there is an issue with one of the configuration files for your shell. To fix do
*
*With Terminal still running, use Shift-Cmd-N to run zsh
*In zsh run ls -l .bashrc .profile and rename all files you found (mv .bashrc .bashrc.save, mv .profile .profile.save)
*With the window still open, type Cmd-T to open a new tab running bash.
*Assuming this worked, review .bashrc.save/.profile.save (and anything called from there) for errors. You can also rename them back and run login in the running shell which may show some errors from executing the scripts and give you some hints on where to look for problems.
*In case running bash in step 3 didn't work (tab closed again) you may also have to rename /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc with sudo mv /etc/profile /etc/profile.save; sudo mv /etc/bashrc /etc/bashrc.save
A: Try to hide the current ~/.bash_profile from your shell.
Just rename it to ~/.bash_profile_bkp and see if something changes.
A: What shell are you using? Try flipping the default one. I found a bad .profile configuration crashed bash, and temporarily switching to another shell to edit the .profile fixed my issue.
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002b0fc44ca03919c16ea694a378ef71010b094b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to execute mkdir in /home/ directory I want to create a directory 'administrator' in my /home/ directory but it won't allow me as it alway returns the error Operation not supported. Any ideas?
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:home robert$ pwd
/home
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:home robert$ sudo mkdir administrator
mkdir: administrator: Operation not supported
A: /home is used as a mount point for the automounter (see /etc/auto_master and /etc/auto_home), you can't create your own directories in there.
If you are looking for a place to store common administrator stuff shared between different administrators, create a directory in either /Users/(any admin account) or /usr/local/share and make it accessible to all members of the admin group.
| Q: how to execute mkdir in /home/ directory I want to create a directory 'administrator' in my /home/ directory but it won't allow me as it alway returns the error Operation not supported. Any ideas?
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:home robert$ pwd
/home
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:home robert$ sudo mkdir administrator
mkdir: administrator: Operation not supported
A: /home is used as a mount point for the automounter (see /etc/auto_master and /etc/auto_home), you can't create your own directories in there.
If you are looking for a place to store common administrator stuff shared between different administrators, create a directory in either /Users/(any admin account) or /usr/local/share and make it accessible to all members of the admin group.
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8a75a5bc8c2e95c07971ec6cad424ead840f6ea8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to keep the notification open? Prevent autohide? Is there a way to keep the notification bar from auto hiding? I'd basically like to keep it open/expanded on the right side of my screen.
| Q: Is there a way to keep the notification open? Prevent autohide? Is there a way to keep the notification bar from auto hiding? I'd basically like to keep it open/expanded on the right side of my screen.
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83c2521d5e295b67ce43f72dac2b29dabb119436 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Recent items are showing under "No Date" when sorting by date in finder This thing's driving me crazy.
Often, when I download or create a new file, and then I have to upload it to a website or something like that, it will appear after the oldest items under a "No Date" section.
I'm running Mountain Lion but it happened for me at Lion as well.
Any ideas how to fix this?
A: Understanding the reason for this bug may help people handle it. The bug occurs when applications have been opened on a previous day and stay open overnight. If you use the application on the next day, it'll show files with "no date" because - in the context of that application - the file has been created in the future.
A workaround is to close the application in which you use that "Open" or "Save" dialogue and open it again. This bug is very annoying and I can't understand why Apple doesn't fix it.
| Q: Recent items are showing under "No Date" when sorting by date in finder This thing's driving me crazy.
Often, when I download or create a new file, and then I have to upload it to a website or something like that, it will appear after the oldest items under a "No Date" section.
I'm running Mountain Lion but it happened for me at Lion as well.
Any ideas how to fix this?
A: Understanding the reason for this bug may help people handle it. The bug occurs when applications have been opened on a previous day and stay open overnight. If you use the application on the next day, it'll show files with "no date" because - in the context of that application - the file has been created in the future.
A workaround is to close the application in which you use that "Open" or "Save" dialogue and open it again. This bug is very annoying and I can't understand why Apple doesn't fix it.
A: First, Force quit Finder. You can do this by pressing the option+command+esc keys and then selecting Finder from the list and clicking on the Relaunch button.
Then, try deleting the Finder's preferences file: com.apple.finder.plist, found in ~/Library/Preferences.
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
This file seems to easily become corrupt. Trashing it is a good first step when Views become wacky—anything to do with Finder.
A: I don't know if this is really a "solution" per se, but it's a workaround that I prefer anyway: I changed the "Arrange by" to "None" as described here Mac OS X - File Open Dialog: Can't sort or resize columns
This gets rid of the categorization by Today/7 days/30 days/etc. altogether, and just gives a straightforward dialog that lets you sort however you want (be it Date Modified, or Name, or Size). I find this much more useful and fail to see the advantage of the other view (which is made almost useless by this No Date bug).
Note that some applications (e.g., MS Office) do not let you change the Auto-arrange setting. Just open up some other application that does (e.g., Chrome) and set it there (just go to Open File or similar -- you don't have to actually open the file). This action seems to set this setting globally (on 10.8.4).
This problem is all over the web. Why does Apple not comment on it? Does it not care about its users? Why does it not release a fix? Is iTunes so much more important? This bug seems almost ludicrous: The arrange-by setting used for categorization is (normally) "Date Modified", and the actual modified date is clearly shown in the Date Modified column. Indexing in the general case perhaps needs to happen not in real time (e.g., if you are viewing "All Files"), but when we open a dialog, can't just the (usually very few but most important) No Date files be manually indexed in that moment?
A: Just click on Today, and it should update the downloads to their correct date.
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24be533b5f4d194dd2100b9d14bbdf75be5b91df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Applescript to run when iPhone connects/disconnects I'm trying to figure out how to run an applescript when I connect and disconnect my iPhone with the USB cable.
So far, I think I can run an applescript when it connects by using Image Capture (setting "connecting this phone opens" to "other" and selecting the script).
I don't know how to run a script when the phone is disconnected however. Ideas?
A: Is this sort of what you're looking for?
Usbmux
...usbmuxd then watches for iPhone connections via USB; when it detects an iPhone running in normal mode (as opposed to recovery mode), it will connect to it and then start relaying requests that it receives via /var/run/usbmuxd – this is to say, usbmuxd is the only thing that actually speaks USB to the iPhone.
http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Usbmux
| Q: Applescript to run when iPhone connects/disconnects I'm trying to figure out how to run an applescript when I connect and disconnect my iPhone with the USB cable.
So far, I think I can run an applescript when it connects by using Image Capture (setting "connecting this phone opens" to "other" and selecting the script).
I don't know how to run a script when the phone is disconnected however. Ideas?
A: Is this sort of what you're looking for?
Usbmux
...usbmuxd then watches for iPhone connections via USB; when it detects an iPhone running in normal mode (as opposed to recovery mode), it will connect to it and then start relaying requests that it receives via /var/run/usbmuxd – this is to say, usbmuxd is the only thing that actually speaks USB to the iPhone.
http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Usbmux
A: The first part of the answer is fairly easy.
*
*Save your AppleScript as a droplet or app to the filesystem.
*Select that app in Image Capture as the tool to open when a specific iOS device is connected.
Depending on your need, you can have a suite of scripts, one for each device (or device role) or do some processing to determine the name of the attached device and handle things with logic from within AppleScript.
The second part might need a second watcher program that polls the USB ports and then triggers whatever script you wish to run.
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bf6975e14380816326e597c2a58ea52f3200f1d6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get iMessage to verify my phone number? iMessage won't verify my phone number. When I try to select my number for messages to be sent, it's greyed out. So I receive my iMessages over email which I don't want to do.
I've tried: turning iMessage on and off, resetting network settings, rebooting my phone and nothing's worked.
Any ideas?
A: Looks like you tried all the basic troubleshooting steps. Heres the next step:
*
*Make sure your data is backed up, either iTunes or iCloud.
*Turn iMessage off (make sure to do this).
*Erase all contents and settings (this will wipe your device.) Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Contents and Settings.
*Set the phone up as New (make sure to do this)
*Turn on iMessage, wait for it to activate. Once it's activated erase the phone again and restore from your backup.
| Q: How can I get iMessage to verify my phone number? iMessage won't verify my phone number. When I try to select my number for messages to be sent, it's greyed out. So I receive my iMessages over email which I don't want to do.
I've tried: turning iMessage on and off, resetting network settings, rebooting my phone and nothing's worked.
Any ideas?
A: Looks like you tried all the basic troubleshooting steps. Heres the next step:
*
*Make sure your data is backed up, either iTunes or iCloud.
*Turn iMessage off (make sure to do this).
*Erase all contents and settings (this will wipe your device.) Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Contents and Settings.
*Set the phone up as New (make sure to do this)
*Turn on iMessage, wait for it to activate. Once it's activated erase the phone again and restore from your backup.
A: You need to sign in to iCloud on your iPhone before it can receive messages via iMessage. After you do that, you can even receive iMessages sent to your email address if you register the address with your Apple ID.
A: This was an easy fix for me:
*
*Backup on iCloud if you feel like you need to
*Turn off your iMessage
*Go and delete all your network settings
*Let the phone restart
*Turn on the iMessage again, wait for 10 seconds or so
A: You must have an active cellular plan on your device and be able to send and receive text messages. If you’re out of cellular coverage, do not have a cellular plan at all, or have SMS blocked on your account for some reason, you will not be able to use your phone number for iMessage or FaceTime, as Apple cannot help.
Call your carrier and ask them whether SMS are blocked from your phone number. Don't forget update to latest iOS version.
If iMessage still cannot verify your phone number, call Apple.
A: With iOS 8, you can toggle iMessage off and on.
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76ce1a26f470f73a6e59d90ebe0c9c12443a500d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a free analogue clock that displays in the dock? I would like to have an analogue clock displaying right in my OS X dock.
The default clock in the menu bar is too small for me, and it is obviously impossible to drag it into the dock.
If possible, I prefer a free (as in beer) solution.
A: Andrew Choi's SimpleDockClock does this, although it is not straightforward to change the style.
It looks like this:
The source code and a binary are available.
| Q: Is there a free analogue clock that displays in the dock? I would like to have an analogue clock displaying right in my OS X dock.
The default clock in the menu bar is too small for me, and it is obviously impossible to drag it into the dock.
If possible, I prefer a free (as in beer) solution.
A: Andrew Choi's SimpleDockClock does this, although it is not straightforward to change the style.
It looks like this:
The source code and a binary are available.
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1a09f1758ec2aa6200498e3a9e60a02b8dd7e504 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an iPhone app to control the volume depending on traveling speed or surrounding sounds? I am searching for an iPhone app that controls the music playback volume depending on traveling speed or surrounding sounds. I want this for optimized listening while traveling in my car.
Does anybody know of such an app?
A: I do not know of such an app. I have looked extensively, but have not found any that does this specifically.
Apple has a patent for a technology that would, among other things, build in this sort of feature. Think of it as an extension of the proximity sensor on the front of the phone that turns the screen off when your ear is against the receiver. If implemented, the phone would gain much more situational awareness. I say 'if' because I'd expect to hear something about this during a product announcement.
The full text of the patent (#8384684) is available here. EDIT: this is a related patent, but not the one I intended to attach. I'll correct shortly.
| Q: Is there an iPhone app to control the volume depending on traveling speed or surrounding sounds? I am searching for an iPhone app that controls the music playback volume depending on traveling speed or surrounding sounds. I want this for optimized listening while traveling in my car.
Does anybody know of such an app?
A: I do not know of such an app. I have looked extensively, but have not found any that does this specifically.
Apple has a patent for a technology that would, among other things, build in this sort of feature. Think of it as an extension of the proximity sensor on the front of the phone that turns the screen off when your ear is against the receiver. If implemented, the phone would gain much more situational awareness. I say 'if' because I'd expect to hear something about this during a product announcement.
The full text of the patent (#8384684) is available here. EDIT: this is a related patent, but not the one I intended to attach. I'll correct shortly.
A: I have not tried it but I found this $5 app when searching for “Speed control volume”
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/volume-by-velocity/id1042222781?mt=8
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502f54ed77d2e28ad2272d09075b891aa4c8d478 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Manage iPhoto on external hard disk Most of my Mac hard drive is filled with iPhoto pictures. I have an external USB hard drive. What to do? Just moving pictures from Pictures/iPhoto Library is not a perfect option as I want to have some newer pictures on my Mac.
iPhoto supports to have two libraries, and I am quite happy with that option. I can copy whole library to external disk and then remove pictures older than a year from local iPhoto library.
However I have two problems: Once I import new pictures, I should copy the whole iPhoto library again (with duplicated files) and also this process should be done manually every time.
I am looking for a smarter option. Do you have any idea?
A: Try this tool:
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
It allows you to manage multiple libraries, and split, merge, etc.
| Q: Manage iPhoto on external hard disk Most of my Mac hard drive is filled with iPhoto pictures. I have an external USB hard drive. What to do? Just moving pictures from Pictures/iPhoto Library is not a perfect option as I want to have some newer pictures on my Mac.
iPhoto supports to have two libraries, and I am quite happy with that option. I can copy whole library to external disk and then remove pictures older than a year from local iPhoto library.
However I have two problems: Once I import new pictures, I should copy the whole iPhoto library again (with duplicated files) and also this process should be done manually every time.
I am looking for a smarter option. Do you have any idea?
A: Try this tool:
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
It allows you to manage multiple libraries, and split, merge, etc.
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44f16a3456cb31573799fb8754df20f9e2b01661 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where do I find the full man page for afplay In Terminal afplay -h shows full help text but the man page shows hardly nothing.
Is there any way to get a longer help page for man afplay?
I never use Terminal and it would be much easier if i could see this longer complete man page in Man Viewer or if there would be some kind of AppleScript or unix script which reads it from somewhere and then shows it or re-writes the man page.
Some other unix apps has this problem too and it would be nice if it works for all apps with short man page.
I wanted to use afplay long time ago, but when i saw its short man page i didn't start to use it because i didn't know it has all those settings which are listed in Terminal.
A: No afplay comes with a short (incomplete) man page.
You could open a bug report request but I doubt it will taken into consideration or you could use the content of the afplay -h to re-write the man page.
| Q: Where do I find the full man page for afplay In Terminal afplay -h shows full help text but the man page shows hardly nothing.
Is there any way to get a longer help page for man afplay?
I never use Terminal and it would be much easier if i could see this longer complete man page in Man Viewer or if there would be some kind of AppleScript or unix script which reads it from somewhere and then shows it or re-writes the man page.
Some other unix apps has this problem too and it would be nice if it works for all apps with short man page.
I wanted to use afplay long time ago, but when i saw its short man page i didn't start to use it because i didn't know it has all those settings which are listed in Terminal.
A: No afplay comes with a short (incomplete) man page.
You could open a bug report request but I doubt it will taken into consideration or you could use the content of the afplay -h to re-write the man page.
A: https://www.unix.com/os-x-apple-/267933-osx-afplay-command-line-audio-player-_manual_.html has more detail than actual (lame) manpage.
I found the following useful:
-v is a floating point value between 0.0, volume minimum, and 1.0, volume maximum.
This is NOT a linear scaling but relative to a logarithmic output volume level, so do NOT assume a value 0.5 is literally half volume.
-t is an integer OR floating point value of arbitrary length inside the full playing time ofthe file to be played. Value 0.0 is the same as not have having the -t flag in the command, in other words it becomes disabled.
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e54b4704f14c1ffa3557ddcb6f455c0566d9af85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why can't I find PackageMaker? As far as I know, the PackageMaker should be part of "Auxiliary tools for Xcode" and can be downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/downloads. However I cannot see the "Auxiliary tools for Xcode" download (using free developer account).
What am I missing?
Is it because of the free account?
Where can I find the PackageMaker?
A: Download Auxiliary Tools for Xcode - Late July 2012 from http://developer.apple.com/downloads - it works on OS X 10.11 fine.
| Q: Why can't I find PackageMaker? As far as I know, the PackageMaker should be part of "Auxiliary tools for Xcode" and can be downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/downloads. However I cannot see the "Auxiliary tools for Xcode" download (using free developer account).
What am I missing?
Is it because of the free account?
Where can I find the PackageMaker?
A: Download Auxiliary Tools for Xcode - Late July 2012 from http://developer.apple.com/downloads - it works on OS X 10.11 fine.
A: Auxiliary Tools can definitely be downloaded at the link you provided. However PackageMaker is no longer included with the current Auxiliary Tools. See this answer for alternatives
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a2824872ce084747e094ec82734c471b6d0fb718 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reduce image file size to certain size I have some tiff files of (scanned docs) which are too large than required.
I tried to export with Preview while applying filter "Reduce File Size". The new file came out to be quite small 36KB while the tiff was 14.4MB. Guess what, the text now is too hazy to read.
Question is there a way to "set" the limit of the output file? Say 1MB. I could have been happy with that much reduction and still could read the text.
Although Preview is my favorite app on Mac and I don't mind using other apps which can help me achieve same result.
A: In Preview's Tools menu you will find Adjust size.... Will do everything you need. Even though you can not set the desired size (weight) directly, after you change dimensions it is automatically calculated so you can accept it or further adjust dimensions.
| Q: Reduce image file size to certain size I have some tiff files of (scanned docs) which are too large than required.
I tried to export with Preview while applying filter "Reduce File Size". The new file came out to be quite small 36KB while the tiff was 14.4MB. Guess what, the text now is too hazy to read.
Question is there a way to "set" the limit of the output file? Say 1MB. I could have been happy with that much reduction and still could read the text.
Although Preview is my favorite app on Mac and I don't mind using other apps which can help me achieve same result.
A: In Preview's Tools menu you will find Adjust size.... Will do everything you need. Even though you can not set the desired size (weight) directly, after you change dimensions it is automatically calculated so you can accept it or further adjust dimensions.
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a479ca6779550f793cd7c5e74ca9ed03376fa398 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable Maven autocomplete on Mac OS X command-line? When using Maven (mvn) on OS X Terminal, how can I get tab-completion for Maven goals, plugin names, etc? Things like this:
mvn pa [TAB] -> mvn package
mvn je [TAB][TAB] -> mvn jetty:run
A: Maven doesn't ship with an auto-complete script, but there's a project on GitHub called Maven Bash Completetion.
Installation if you use Homebrew:
*
*brew tap homebrew/completions
*brew install maven-completion
Otherwise, use this command to download the latest script (to your home directory as ~/.maven-completion.bash):
wget https://raw.github.com/juven/maven-bash-completion/master/bash_completion.bash \
-O ~/.maven-completion.bash
Then add this to your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f ~/.maven-completion.bash ]; then
. ~/.maven-completion.bash
fi
You can also manually copy the file from the github repo to your home directory and edit your bash profile as above should the homebrew or wget options not work for you.
That's it. After you restart bash (e.g. open a new Terminal window), Maven autocomplete should work.
| Q: How to enable Maven autocomplete on Mac OS X command-line? When using Maven (mvn) on OS X Terminal, how can I get tab-completion for Maven goals, plugin names, etc? Things like this:
mvn pa [TAB] -> mvn package
mvn je [TAB][TAB] -> mvn jetty:run
A: Maven doesn't ship with an auto-complete script, but there's a project on GitHub called Maven Bash Completetion.
Installation if you use Homebrew:
*
*brew tap homebrew/completions
*brew install maven-completion
Otherwise, use this command to download the latest script (to your home directory as ~/.maven-completion.bash):
wget https://raw.github.com/juven/maven-bash-completion/master/bash_completion.bash \
-O ~/.maven-completion.bash
Then add this to your ~/.bash_profile:
if [ -f ~/.maven-completion.bash ]; then
. ~/.maven-completion.bash
fi
You can also manually copy the file from the github repo to your home directory and edit your bash profile as above should the homebrew or wget options not work for you.
That's it. After you restart bash (e.g. open a new Terminal window), Maven autocomplete should work.
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fbf5b6839aae875f4d1706e40446fa50eda81980 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I find the macOS version codename? I want to find the codename of my version of OS X / macOS.
E.g. Lion, Leopard, Mavericks, etc.
If I click the Apple symbol, then "About This Mac", I only get the version number.
Where can I find the Big Cat or California Location marketing codename?
A: As of OS X 10.10 Yosemite, the name of the OS is listed in About This Mac.
| Q: How can I find the macOS version codename? I want to find the codename of my version of OS X / macOS.
E.g. Lion, Leopard, Mavericks, etc.
If I click the Apple symbol, then "About This Mac", I only get the version number.
Where can I find the Big Cat or California Location marketing codename?
A: As of OS X 10.10 Yosemite, the name of the OS is listed in About This Mac.
A: The version number is the correct thing to report when you have issues. You should also include the subversion.
The marketing names are from macOS - Wikipedia article, up to and including macOS Monterey.
Version
Codename
Rhapsody Developer Release
Grail1Z4 / Titan1U
Mac OS X Server 1.0
Hera
Mac OS X Developer Preview
Public Beta
Kodiak
Mac OS X 10.0
Cheetah
Mac OS X 10.1
Puma
Mac OS X 10.2
Jaguar
Mac OS X 10.3
Panther
Mac OS X 10.4
Tiger
Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6
Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.7
Lion
OS X 10.8
Mountain Lion
OS X 10.9
Mavericks
OS X 10.10
Yosemite
OS X 10.11
El Capitan
macOS 10.12
Sierra
macOS 10.13
High Sierra
macOS 10.14
Mojave
macOS 10.15
Catalina
macOS 11
Big Sur
macOS 12
Monterey
macOS 13
Ventura
A: Click on the black Apple icon in the leftmost upper corner of your display when in Finder.
Your Operating System is listed under the bold-faced "OS X"
Note: If you click on the icon reading "More Info" you will get all of the hardware info related to your Mac.
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9486d2b03335b019a0a23d49950ca46227d4971c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Missing Safari settings option "Safari opens with" I am running OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.3 and Safari 6.0.4
In Safari, the setting General -> "Safari opens with" is missing.
I remember using this setting to turn off session restore a few weeks back. But now its gone.
Type "Safari opens with" in google and "missing" is autosuggested. So I am not the only one with this problem. However, I didn't find any good pages/posts talking about this issue.
Can any one offer ideas on how fix this?
Edit:
To clarify, its not that some of the options in the setting are missing, but that I don't have the setting for "Safari opens with" at all.
I have the setting Default search engine and below that directly New windows open with, without Safari opens with in between.
A: I had this problem today on one Mac but not the other, both same version of Safari. Fixed by:
*
*System Preferences → General → Check 'Close windows when quitting an application'
*Safari → Reset Safari…
*Close and reopen Safari
And it magically reappeared!
| Q: Missing Safari settings option "Safari opens with" I am running OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.3 and Safari 6.0.4
In Safari, the setting General -> "Safari opens with" is missing.
I remember using this setting to turn off session restore a few weeks back. But now its gone.
Type "Safari opens with" in google and "missing" is autosuggested. So I am not the only one with this problem. However, I didn't find any good pages/posts talking about this issue.
Can any one offer ideas on how fix this?
Edit:
To clarify, its not that some of the options in the setting are missing, but that I don't have the setting for "Safari opens with" at all.
I have the setting Default search engine and below that directly New windows open with, without Safari opens with in between.
A: I had this problem today on one Mac but not the other, both same version of Safari. Fixed by:
*
*System Preferences → General → Check 'Close windows when quitting an application'
*Safari → Reset Safari…
*Close and reopen Safari
And it magically reappeared!
A: That option has been removed from recent versions of Safari.
I'm not aware of which exact build removed it, but I can confirm it is gone and should be gone on all clean installs of Safari on top of OS X 10.8.3 and later. After running all available updates as of May 1 - you should have Safari version 6.0.4 (8536.29.13) and no Safari opens with preference.
Unless you have a defaults write… terminal command to re-enable that setting as a hidden-features, spending time troubleshooting this would be inadvisable since the control you are looking for is gone for now.
A: It looks like you have a corrupt safari plist.
To fix that (plist)
do following:
Quit Safari.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari.
If that helped, move the Desktop .plist file to the Trash.
If not, move it back to the Preferences folder.
A: Your problem is coming from the new Safari 6.04.
A version that was premature (in haste) released without proper testing.
Two days after the 6.04 was removed from downloads sites.
Please remove your Safari and reinstall the 6.03 from Apple.
Sorry for that.
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b05b7ce6e9886572b9c21d5749cef0f857cf35f6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to mount Linux_RAID on OS X I have a NAS that broke and it used linu_RAID as its format type. How do I mount this in OS X?
Similar to this one...
https://superuser.com/questions/307639/how-can-i-mount-a-single-raid-1-disk-partition-as-ext3
A: I found out it wasn't ext using the following command...
sudo dd if=/dev/disk2s4 of=../disk1s3.header bs=1024 count=2
This told be it was XFS so I used fuse-xfs and it works as long as I access it with root privileges.
| Q: How to mount Linux_RAID on OS X I have a NAS that broke and it used linu_RAID as its format type. How do I mount this in OS X?
Similar to this one...
https://superuser.com/questions/307639/how-can-i-mount-a-single-raid-1-disk-partition-as-ext3
A: I found out it wasn't ext using the following command...
sudo dd if=/dev/disk2s4 of=../disk1s3.header bs=1024 count=2
This told be it was XFS so I used fuse-xfs and it works as long as I access it with root privileges.
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28c569b3a241e4da109cfe54df20b95dc17befb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Play .ogg on command line How can I play a .ogg music file on the command line? On Linux I can use ogg123, but what about on Mac?
A: You can still use ogg123 through the The Ogg Vorbis CODEC tools, installed through the MacPorts Project.
| Q: Play .ogg on command line How can I play a .ogg music file on the command line? On Linux I can use ogg123, but what about on Mac?
A: You can still use ogg123 through the The Ogg Vorbis CODEC tools, installed through the MacPorts Project.
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f57fe8dbf47194b6c03ef0f7f71dfd069051dfe7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change the iOS App Store Country on my iPhone 5? When I try to download any app on my iPhone 5, I receive the following message:
Account not in this store. Your account is not valid for use in the Swiss store. You must switch to the the US store before purchasing.
How do I switch from the Swiss store to the US store?
A: On your iPhone 5 follow these steps:
*
*Tap on the App Store icon in your Home Screen.
*Tap on Featured on the bottom left corner of screen.
*Scroll all the way to the bottom where your Apple ID info is. Tap on it.
*Tap View Apple ID, you may have to enter your password.
*Once the page loads Change your country/Region to United States.
*
*Must not have any credits in your account
*Must have a valid payment method for the desired country - there is no longer a none option.
| Q: How can I change the iOS App Store Country on my iPhone 5? When I try to download any app on my iPhone 5, I receive the following message:
Account not in this store. Your account is not valid for use in the Swiss store. You must switch to the the US store before purchasing.
How do I switch from the Swiss store to the US store?
A: On your iPhone 5 follow these steps:
*
*Tap on the App Store icon in your Home Screen.
*Tap on Featured on the bottom left corner of screen.
*Scroll all the way to the bottom where your Apple ID info is. Tap on it.
*Tap View Apple ID, you may have to enter your password.
*Once the page loads Change your country/Region to United States.
*
*Must not have any credits in your account
*Must have a valid payment method for the desired country - there is no longer a none option.
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668939e2a6c57684b512e23b510d21c049581f86 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adding a song file to iTunes via the command line without playing the file I want to add song files to iTunes via the command line.
open -a iTunes -g song.mp3
does exactly this. - However it starts playing the song, too. Any way to avoid this?
A: You can use the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder for that (see PH19617):
cp song.mp3 ~/"Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/"
If iTunes is running, anything you copy into this folder will be imported into iTunes automatically (and deleted from the folder afterwards).
Please note:
*
*The folder name might be language specific, so check the name on your system first.
*Depending on when iTunes was installed, the media folder may be called either iTunes Media or Tunes Music
| Q: Adding a song file to iTunes via the command line without playing the file I want to add song files to iTunes via the command line.
open -a iTunes -g song.mp3
does exactly this. - However it starts playing the song, too. Any way to avoid this?
A: You can use the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder for that (see PH19617):
cp song.mp3 ~/"Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/"
If iTunes is running, anything you copy into this folder will be imported into iTunes automatically (and deleted from the folder afterwards).
Please note:
*
*The folder name might be language specific, so check the name on your system first.
*Depending on when iTunes was installed, the media folder may be called either iTunes Media or Tunes Music
A: You can use applescript to do so and there's much more to explore. (add music to special playlist, etc.)
for example, you need to add file /User/username/myMusic/my.mp3 to lib, create a script file named add.scpt
tell application "iTunes"
add alias ((path to home folder as string) & "myMusic:my.mp3")
end tell
run command:
osascript add.scpt
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425342b4cce9421c3e2d20c32db16227d9f68354 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: original iPad not charging Ok, I just bought a brand new original iPad. Sounds impossible, right? Well, we just opened the box, and it is not even charging. There is no indication that this iPad even works even though it is technically "new." Is this something that Apple will need to fix or do I just need to let it sit on the charger overnight and hope it wakes up from a 2 year sleep in its box?
A: To sum up:
*
*When the battery of an iOS device is fully depleted, it needs a few minutes of charging before it turns on.
*You need to use original cable and adapter
*If charging an iPad, use the wall outlet instead of laptop's USB port when possible.
| Q: original iPad not charging Ok, I just bought a brand new original iPad. Sounds impossible, right? Well, we just opened the box, and it is not even charging. There is no indication that this iPad even works even though it is technically "new." Is this something that Apple will need to fix or do I just need to let it sit on the charger overnight and hope it wakes up from a 2 year sleep in its box?
A: To sum up:
*
*When the battery of an iOS device is fully depleted, it needs a few minutes of charging before it turns on.
*You need to use original cable and adapter
*If charging an iPad, use the wall outlet instead of laptop's USB port when possible.
A: Did you buy this from Apple? If so, have it replaced. It comes with a 1 year warranty. About the issue: Leave it plugged in over night. Sometimes iOS devices (especially iPads I've noticed) appear to be nothing more than a paper weight even after an hour of "charging". Sometimes they power back up after a while, sometimes they don't. If it doesn't, and it's not under warranty, I'd replace the battery.
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caabe82128623edde6e3322fe87ae34945db6213 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I unlock portrait mode in iPhone? My screen has a lock with an almost full bordering circle around it ending with an arrow. This is located in the top right of my screen. Just inside the battery %. How do I turn this lock off so I can use landscape mode?
A: This is the lock rotation icon. You will notice that when you turn your iPhone (say, in Safari) it will stay in portrait.
To disable it:
On iOS 7+ :
*
*Open the Control Centre by sliding your finger from the bottom of the screen to the top
*Tap the button a the top right (here circled in red)
iOS 6
*
*Double tap on home button
*Then slide the multitask bar to the left (where the Sound controls are)
*And on the left you'll find the button to unlock this.
| Q: How do I unlock portrait mode in iPhone? My screen has a lock with an almost full bordering circle around it ending with an arrow. This is located in the top right of my screen. Just inside the battery %. How do I turn this lock off so I can use landscape mode?
A: This is the lock rotation icon. You will notice that when you turn your iPhone (say, in Safari) it will stay in portrait.
To disable it:
On iOS 7+ :
*
*Open the Control Centre by sliding your finger from the bottom of the screen to the top
*Tap the button a the top right (here circled in red)
iOS 6
*
*Double tap on home button
*Then slide the multitask bar to the left (where the Sound controls are)
*And on the left you'll find the button to unlock this.
A: On iOS 7+:
*
*Slide your finger from the bottom of the screen upwards. A menu called Control Center should appear.
*
*Click on the lock icon.
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4e8d4368de0f8388853d27c7629478d9508dd4eb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change OSX system font OS X Mountain Lion: Is there a way to change the default system font?
Things like color (I'd like it slightly more gray) and the type.
EDIT:
And Font Weight, if possible.
Thanks
| Q: Change OSX system font OS X Mountain Lion: Is there a way to change the default system font?
Things like color (I'd like it slightly more gray) and the type.
EDIT:
And Font Weight, if possible.
Thanks
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fd8d58068025b3c7dea981fb976f8f655658b5d7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Manually Set Location Services Location My iMac rarely has WiFi turned on since I use Ethernet, however Location Services seem to need a WiFi connection (they both connect to the same router, so I fail to see the logic there… but there we go).
Is there a way to override or set my location so that apps which use Location Services can still get a location?
A: You can set a custom location in Google Chrome's developer tools.
Press ⌥⌘I+Esc, then go to the Emulation tab and set your custom longitude and latitude.
| Q: Manually Set Location Services Location My iMac rarely has WiFi turned on since I use Ethernet, however Location Services seem to need a WiFi connection (they both connect to the same router, so I fail to see the logic there… but there we go).
Is there a way to override or set my location so that apps which use Location Services can still get a location?
A: You can set a custom location in Google Chrome's developer tools.
Press ⌥⌘I+Esc, then go to the Emulation tab and set your custom longitude and latitude.
A: It seems that you can need wifi on (but not necessarily configured) in order to get location, Core Location works using skyhook and will not function without wifi on. This is not well documented by Apple but this StackOverflow conversation covers it.
According to the above, you should be able to turn on Wifi, wait for a location fix and then turn it off.
If that doesn't work look into WhereAmI, this project allows command line access to CoreLocation and you should be able to script it and wifi to turn on once in a while, log your location and then turn wifi off.
A: If your machine or devices don't broadcast some type of radio signal how do you expect it to determine your location? The logic is that Wi-Fi, GPS, or cellular towers can be used to bounce signals back and forth between you and them to pinpoint where you're at. Without broadcasting a signal somehow it wouldn't know if you were 10 ft. away from the router or on a VPN connection 3k miles away,
The only thing you can really do for what you're asking is to turn on your location services temporarily and when you're done turn them off.
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7c28d2384958187a864ab27df9c66f6ac2085344 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Audio input/output splitter for MacBooks without changeable input/output jack? From what I can understand, in the latest iterations of the MacBooks, what former was an input/output 3.5mm jack, now only can be used for input. However, it's possible to use certain headsets (for example the one that comes as standard with the iPhone) and get both audio in and out.
Shouldn't it be possible to build an audio input/output splitter for the mini jack? That is, a cord that splits up into an input and an output part, resulting in two female 3.5 connectors, to which you can connect your headphones and your mic? Is there even such a product out there?
A: Yes, they are called 3.5mm 4 pin splitter, they separate a 4pin 3.5mm jack in 2 standard 3.5mm jack (1 for headphones, 1 for mic) as this one:
Startech.com 3.5mm 4 Pin to 2x 3 Pin 3.5mm Headset Splitter Adapter - M/F
you can read the comments, there are also some mac users that bought this splitter.
| Q: Audio input/output splitter for MacBooks without changeable input/output jack? From what I can understand, in the latest iterations of the MacBooks, what former was an input/output 3.5mm jack, now only can be used for input. However, it's possible to use certain headsets (for example the one that comes as standard with the iPhone) and get both audio in and out.
Shouldn't it be possible to build an audio input/output splitter for the mini jack? That is, a cord that splits up into an input and an output part, resulting in two female 3.5 connectors, to which you can connect your headphones and your mic? Is there even such a product out there?
A: Yes, they are called 3.5mm 4 pin splitter, they separate a 4pin 3.5mm jack in 2 standard 3.5mm jack (1 for headphones, 1 for mic) as this one:
Startech.com 3.5mm 4 Pin to 2x 3 Pin 3.5mm Headset Splitter Adapter - M/F
you can read the comments, there are also some mac users that bought this splitter.
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81ade61c8bfff5d627be81fff18b0da93e8d2a23 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "@" symbol in password in applescript I am using an applescript to mount a users home folder. However, when I use a password with a "@" symbol the script fails since the "@" symbol is also the separator between the password and servername? Anyway around this outside of changing the password?
Thanks
Here is the script:
display dialog "Please enter your username" default answer ""
set the user_name to the text returned of the result
display dialog "Please enter your password" default answer "" with hidden answer
set pass_word to the text returned of the result
set server_name to "servername"
set share_name to "sharename"
mount volume "smb://" & user_name & ":" & pass_word & "@" & server_name & "/" & share_name & "/" & user_name
A: Rather than using the in-line form to give the username and password, you can specify them as parameters for the mount volume command. Changing the final line to the following will work with passwords with special characters:
mount volume "smb://" & server_name & "/" & share_name & "/" & user_name as user name user_name with password pass_word
| Q: "@" symbol in password in applescript I am using an applescript to mount a users home folder. However, when I use a password with a "@" symbol the script fails since the "@" symbol is also the separator between the password and servername? Anyway around this outside of changing the password?
Thanks
Here is the script:
display dialog "Please enter your username" default answer ""
set the user_name to the text returned of the result
display dialog "Please enter your password" default answer "" with hidden answer
set pass_word to the text returned of the result
set server_name to "servername"
set share_name to "sharename"
mount volume "smb://" & user_name & ":" & pass_word & "@" & server_name & "/" & share_name & "/" & user_name
A: Rather than using the in-line form to give the username and password, you can specify them as parameters for the mount volume command. Changing the final line to the following will work with passwords with special characters:
mount volume "smb://" & server_name & "/" & share_name & "/" & user_name as user name user_name with password pass_word
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51bd161fd7b068f14f271214df279b0e9007bbb6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I configure my iPhone to play audio files through ear speaker instead of the bottom speaker? My company utilizes a voicemail system which sends audio files as email attachments. These audio files playback via QuickTime in iOS which pushes the audio out via the phone's speaker. Which is great for a Mumford and Sons song, not so great for voicemail. I can hook up headphones for private listening, but when I am without headphones wanted to use the phone's ear speaker instead.
Using an iPhone 5 and iOS 6 is it possible to play audio files played back via QuickTime with the ear speaker? If not via QuickTime is there an app for that?
A: No you can't.
And as far as I can tell (searching the App Store) there are no apps that can help you. Even if there was one you wouldn't be able to open the audio file in Mail without using QuickTime, and that will always lead to the audio file playing through speaker.
Best you can do is have a pair of headphones with you and hope something changes in the future.
| Q: Can I configure my iPhone to play audio files through ear speaker instead of the bottom speaker? My company utilizes a voicemail system which sends audio files as email attachments. These audio files playback via QuickTime in iOS which pushes the audio out via the phone's speaker. Which is great for a Mumford and Sons song, not so great for voicemail. I can hook up headphones for private listening, but when I am without headphones wanted to use the phone's ear speaker instead.
Using an iPhone 5 and iOS 6 is it possible to play audio files played back via QuickTime with the ear speaker? If not via QuickTime is there an app for that?
A: No you can't.
And as far as I can tell (searching the App Store) there are no apps that can help you. Even if there was one you wouldn't be able to open the audio file in Mail without using QuickTime, and that will always lead to the audio file playing through speaker.
Best you can do is have a pair of headphones with you and hope something changes in the future.
A: It is technically possible, the Google Voice for iPhone app does this when you listen to voicemails
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-voice/id318698524?mt=8
A: *
*Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual
*Turn "Mono Audio" on
*Slide balance all the way to R
Note of course it's somewhat annoying to have to turn this off / on as needed, but better than nothing. Wonder if there's a way to configure a Siri shortcut or something.
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3000e4c427269b9da8a607f80f91388d0bdf468e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use a macbook Air for watching TV using thunderbolt I have a dish tv connection. The receiver has a VGA out port and an AV output port.
I want to see the tv on my macbook air. My question is -
Can I use a thunderbolt to VGA cable to view TV on my computer?
I assume the direct answer would be no, but may be with the help of some external software?
A: The answer is still no! The graphic card inside the MacBook cannot handle video input! Only output!
Second: There is currently no working adapter beside "HDMI to Thubderbolt". No converter yet!
| Q: Use a macbook Air for watching TV using thunderbolt I have a dish tv connection. The receiver has a VGA out port and an AV output port.
I want to see the tv on my macbook air. My question is -
Can I use a thunderbolt to VGA cable to view TV on my computer?
I assume the direct answer would be no, but may be with the help of some external software?
A: The answer is still no! The graphic card inside the MacBook cannot handle video input! Only output!
Second: There is currently no working adapter beside "HDMI to Thubderbolt". No converter yet!
A: No, the feature you refers to is called Target Display Mode, it's only available on some Intel iMacs with Thunderbolt or Mini Display Port. And they are very picky about their source, only Macs with the Mini Display Port can output to iMacs with Mini Display Port, same for Thunderbolt.
I believe Belkin has an accessory that will trick iMac into taking other sources. But the point is, you MacBook Air doesn't support it.
I will recommend getting a monitor, but if you really really want to use that screen, you can. Here's your option: Video Capture Cards. You can find them on Amazon.
Basically they are cards connected hopefully by USB or Thunderbolt to your Mac, and then transmit a video from a source connected to it. Higher-end ones will have HDMI 1080p input or H.264 encoding. Their main usage is to offload encoding job from CPU so their computer can focus on streaming content to the Internet. But you can however view that content locally.
A: No MacBook Air is capable today of doing this without additional video-in hardware.
Apple's FAQ on target display lists all hardware that can support video input:
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924
In summary here are the current details of video on on Mac hardware that need no external video-in adapters:
Model - cable needed
*
*iMac (27-inch Late 2009) - Mini DisplayPort
*iMac (27-inch Mid 2010) - Mini DisplayPort
*iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) - Thunderbolt
*iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) - Thunderbolt
*iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) - Thunderbolt
*iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) - Thunderbolt
Depending on your model year of Air, you have multiple options for video-in over Thunderbolt and/or USB.
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2dbacb5874b89ddf42a8f7092c4484762c586052 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to set a different Safari download folder per website? Is there any way in Safari (6 on Mountain Lion) to have it remember a different download folder per website?
So if I visit my bank and download a statement I can pick my /finance/ folder to download to and have it remember that location for future visits.
Meanwhile I can go to basecamp and have anything I download there go straight to /work/
In Firefox there's a secret flag you can set that allows this behaviour, is there any way to do the same thing in Safari or through an extension?
A: Unfortunately, there is currently no way to do it in Safari. The only things you could do is use a Shell script to move stuff around (based on file types or so). Or you can use the Automator to define rules for your download folder. A good alternative, which specifically focusses on file management is Hazel.
| Q: Is there a way to set a different Safari download folder per website? Is there any way in Safari (6 on Mountain Lion) to have it remember a different download folder per website?
So if I visit my bank and download a statement I can pick my /finance/ folder to download to and have it remember that location for future visits.
Meanwhile I can go to basecamp and have anything I download there go straight to /work/
In Firefox there's a secret flag you can set that allows this behaviour, is there any way to do the same thing in Safari or through an extension?
A: Unfortunately, there is currently no way to do it in Safari. The only things you could do is use a Shell script to move stuff around (based on file types or so). Or you can use the Automator to define rules for your download folder. A good alternative, which specifically focusses on file management is Hazel.
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0eedb10afa08ea859665a6eb86bb142b1bb0fa83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change the Mail "Archive" folder for email account/s? On OS X 10.8.3, in Mail, is there a way to change the account folder that the "Archive" button sends the mail messages to?
For example, on GMail it should go into "All Mail".
A: I found the answer here.
*
*Close Mail;
*Go to /Users/<username>/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/;
*Edit Accounts.plist (make a backup just in case);
*Find the key-string pair:
<key>ArchiveMailboxName</key>
<string>Archive</string>
*Change the <string> tag value to your desired archive folder name, e.g. [Gmail]/All Mail or All Mail depending on your account folder naming scheme.
*Save the file;
*Reopen Mail
The Archive folder(s) will now apear with their own icon on the left pane and not as regular folders.
You can also add an archive button to the toolbar.
| Q: How to change the Mail "Archive" folder for email account/s? On OS X 10.8.3, in Mail, is there a way to change the account folder that the "Archive" button sends the mail messages to?
For example, on GMail it should go into "All Mail".
A: I found the answer here.
*
*Close Mail;
*Go to /Users/<username>/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/;
*Edit Accounts.plist (make a backup just in case);
*Find the key-string pair:
<key>ArchiveMailboxName</key>
<string>Archive</string>
*Change the <string> tag value to your desired archive folder name, e.g. [Gmail]/All Mail or All Mail depending on your account folder naming scheme.
*Save the file;
*Reopen Mail
The Archive folder(s) will now apear with their own icon on the left pane and not as regular folders.
You can also add an archive button to the toolbar.
A: And if you'd like to turn off archiving all together, setting this string to "NO" seems to work
<key>HasServerDefinedArchiveMailbox</key>
<string>NO</string>
Be aware, a program update from Apple might undo these changes.
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49fd06b8dc912d168e221c9d77b248c0d83e7b41 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mountain Lion Mail using over 40GB of memory Mail in Mountain Lion (10.8.3) seems to be having one heck of a memory leak.
As you can see, it's using over 44GB of memory and 200% CPU.
Machine specs:
*
*Mac Pro
*2 x 2.4 GHz 6-Core Xeon
*64GB RAM
*SSD drive
| Q: Mountain Lion Mail using over 40GB of memory Mail in Mountain Lion (10.8.3) seems to be having one heck of a memory leak.
As you can see, it's using over 44GB of memory and 200% CPU.
Machine specs:
*
*Mac Pro
*2 x 2.4 GHz 6-Core Xeon
*64GB RAM
*SSD drive
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