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5abf0d9bbc4862f607d849b82182dfed6ed79d3b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Getting Time Machine to only back up when idle My TM backups are causing some disruption to my work while they're running, be it a backup to a network drive that's taking up all available wifi bandwidth or a backup to an attached zfs volume which causes very heavy cpu usage (due to the gzip-9 compression settings I use...)
I'm looking for some way, even a dirty hack, to get TM backups to only start while the computer is idle for over a few minutes and to stop when mouse/keyboard activity resumes.
A: TM is by default set to 60 minutes interval.
But you can change that to, lets say, 5 hours or any number without any hack.
Run this command in Terminal using seconds.
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 18000
| Q: Getting Time Machine to only back up when idle My TM backups are causing some disruption to my work while they're running, be it a backup to a network drive that's taking up all available wifi bandwidth or a backup to an attached zfs volume which causes very heavy cpu usage (due to the gzip-9 compression settings I use...)
I'm looking for some way, even a dirty hack, to get TM backups to only start while the computer is idle for over a few minutes and to stop when mouse/keyboard activity resumes.
A: TM is by default set to 60 minutes interval.
But you can change that to, lets say, 5 hours or any number without any hack.
Run this command in Terminal using seconds.
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 18000
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9930be1cb985d6358d99d08f948d03e957adfc9f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Home" and "End" HotKeys in Vim INSERT Mode with MacBook Pro I am pretty new to Vim and to Mac, I have a MacBook Pro with Retina Display running OS X 10.8.3, which does NOT have native Home, End, PageUp and PageDown keys.
I know the Fn + arrow keys can work in some applications. Also in bash, I can use Ctrl + A go to the beginning of the command line I am typing and Ctrl + E go to the end.
But in Vim with INSERT/edit Mode, all these works differently. I don't want to always switch to the Normal Mode using 0 and $ or I and A. (Or, is this the best way?)
So can anyone show me some tricks to map some hotkeys that can works conveniently? Or some other solutions? ( But please without MacVim, I want to try native Vim for a while first:) )?
Any other tips for Home, End, PageUp and PageDown functions under the Mac also welcome.
A: Go to Terminal -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Keyboard and add:
Key: ↖ Action: \033OH
Key: ↗ Action: \033OF
| Q: "Home" and "End" HotKeys in Vim INSERT Mode with MacBook Pro I am pretty new to Vim and to Mac, I have a MacBook Pro with Retina Display running OS X 10.8.3, which does NOT have native Home, End, PageUp and PageDown keys.
I know the Fn + arrow keys can work in some applications. Also in bash, I can use Ctrl + A go to the beginning of the command line I am typing and Ctrl + E go to the end.
But in Vim with INSERT/edit Mode, all these works differently. I don't want to always switch to the Normal Mode using 0 and $ or I and A. (Or, is this the best way?)
So can anyone show me some tricks to map some hotkeys that can works conveniently? Or some other solutions? ( But please without MacVim, I want to try native Vim for a while first:) )?
Any other tips for Home, End, PageUp and PageDown functions under the Mac also welcome.
A: Go to Terminal -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Keyboard and add:
Key: ↖ Action: \033OH
Key: ↗ Action: \033OF
A: Vim allows you to map any key sequence to other key sequence using :map command. There are several types of this command, that can be used to create shortcuts only for some vim modes. Check out this page and/or :help map command inside vim for details.
About your questions there are two ways in vim to implement Home behaviour:
*
*0 (zero) to go to the very first column
*^ to go to the column with the first non-whitespace character on a given line
For End you can use $. For PageUp and PageDown you can use Ctrl+F and Ctrl+B respectively.
This keys only work in command mode, but you can remap it to use in insert mode with :imap ('i' here is for insert-mode) and Ctrl+F. For example, to map Ctrl+A to act as 0 use this command:
:imap <C-a> <C-o>0
It's a very standard vim command and must work like a charm in console vim, gvim, mvim etc.
A: Just one tip. By default bash runs in "emacs mode". You can change it to "vi mode". Bash uses the readline package to edit your command line, for more details read the "READLINE" section of the bash man page.
In short you can redefine a lot of the key bindings in a file called .inputrc which should live in your home folder.
readline is also used by a number of other utilities and places such as the interactive python shell.
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aff23b20b9f8268de88ed9ad48be3250f6dd7b25 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Button "Use as Defaults" are missing in View Options panel (Mountain Lion) I'm a very new user of Apple and Mac OS - coming straight from Windows so please bear with me if my question is a bit foolished.
I'm looking for a way to set my View Option as a default property applying for all folders on my system. I've google this and every answer I'm getting points that I need to press the button "Use as Defaults" in the View Options windows.
Unfortuneately and strangely I do not have that button. I press CMD+J and I've the option to set all my View properties but no button.
I've attached a screenshot of my View Option panel and hopefully it shows it correctly, I couldn't quite figure how to make a screenshot either :-)
Cheers
A: Here is the simple reason:
You are in this view and it does not have the Default, it is already default.
Switch to list view to set the defaults for it.
| Q: Button "Use as Defaults" are missing in View Options panel (Mountain Lion) I'm a very new user of Apple and Mac OS - coming straight from Windows so please bear with me if my question is a bit foolished.
I'm looking for a way to set my View Option as a default property applying for all folders on my system. I've google this and every answer I'm getting points that I need to press the button "Use as Defaults" in the View Options windows.
Unfortuneately and strangely I do not have that button. I press CMD+J and I've the option to set all my View properties but no button.
I've attached a screenshot of my View Option panel and hopefully it shows it correctly, I couldn't quite figure how to make a screenshot either :-)
Cheers
A: Here is the simple reason:
You are in this view and it does not have the Default, it is already default.
Switch to list view to set the defaults for it.
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c2519970df14146dad206ebdba8feeb7fc51f7fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do not show refit menu on boot (only with option key) Is it possible to configure rEFIt so that the menu does not automatically show on my macbook when booting? I would like it to boot straight to OSX and only show the menu when I hold the option key, similar to how it worked before I installed rEFIt.
I am using:
MBP 10.6.8, rEFIt 0.14
A: I suppose the smallest timeout possible (1 sec) would be a kind of solution, although not exactly what you wanted.
If you have another OS installed on the internal HDD that can be booted by the stock Mac bootloader, you could install refit to the corresponding partition and bless the OS X partition. Thus, when you need refit/ind, you hold the alt key during boot and select the partition where it's installed.
| Q: Do not show refit menu on boot (only with option key) Is it possible to configure rEFIt so that the menu does not automatically show on my macbook when booting? I would like it to boot straight to OSX and only show the menu when I hold the option key, similar to how it worked before I installed rEFIt.
I am using:
MBP 10.6.8, rEFIt 0.14
A: I suppose the smallest timeout possible (1 sec) would be a kind of solution, although not exactly what you wanted.
If you have another OS installed on the internal HDD that can be booted by the stock Mac bootloader, you could install refit to the corresponding partition and bless the OS X partition. Thus, when you need refit/ind, you hold the alt key during boot and select the partition where it's installed.
A: Go to System Preferences => Startup Disk and then select the disk you want to boot on.
It'll start on this disk every time, if you want to load refit, then press alt and refit will appears
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a6fe0ff707691b0f5376859d11794f4db8b6daf1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "No connected camera" error using MacBook Air I have a friend with a 13" MacBook Air. He upgraded to the new software in the App Store about a week ago and now, when he is using anything that uses his built-in camera, it says "There is no connected camera." I've tried looking through his settings and nothing is working to fix the problem. I've found a number of problems, but nothing has worked. We're not sure how to go about solving the problem, even after finding several solutions to no avail.
Anything helps, thanks!
A: Probably there is some process holding the camera. A dirty hack to solve this issue is to kill the culprit with:
sudo killall VDCAssistant
| Q: "No connected camera" error using MacBook Air I have a friend with a 13" MacBook Air. He upgraded to the new software in the App Store about a week ago and now, when he is using anything that uses his built-in camera, it says "There is no connected camera." I've tried looking through his settings and nothing is working to fix the problem. I've found a number of problems, but nothing has worked. We're not sure how to go about solving the problem, even after finding several solutions to no avail.
Anything helps, thanks!
A: Probably there is some process holding the camera. A dirty hack to solve this issue is to kill the culprit with:
sudo killall VDCAssistant
A: I had this problem occasionally too on the same model. A temporary solution was to do a SMC reset and a PRAM reset. You can find the instructions here, or below.
The reason why sudo killall VDCAssistant didn't work for me was that the camera had disappeared completely from the system. It didn't show up in System Report under camera.
A while ago I noticed uneven backlighting on my MBA and had the display changed under warranty. It seems that this fixed the camera problem also, so you may want to take your MBA for a checkup to AppleCare.
SMC RESET
*
*Shut down the computer.
*Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
*On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
*Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
*Press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
*
*Shut down the computer.
*Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step
*Turn on the computer.
*Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
*Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
*Release the keys.
A: I tried the terminal command and it didnt work and I also got the “no matching processes found.”
I finally got it to work, here’s how..
Most likely, you probably have a third-party app blocking the camera. In my case, it was the Kaspersky Anti-Virus thing. If you go to your anti-virus app > Preferences > Privacy > Stop blocking webcam… it should work. The reason this happen is because blocking the camera protects you from hackers hacking into your camera.
Hope this helps!
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6b7b2bb86ac43bf89a830473d7936f863cc4c555 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to create a white background to a jpg/png? I have a jpg of some logo, but its background is not completely white, more like light-greyish, whereas I would like it to be perfectly white.
I know how to select the background and also know how to turn that background to transparent, but not how turn that background to white.
If it can't be done with Preview, I also have iPhoto. I don't know how to do it there either.
NB: If the thing needs to be converted to a png in the process, that's fine.
A: I don't know how to do that with Preview.app or iPhoto, but for this purpose you could use an online photo editor. First hit on google here is http://pixlr.com/editor/ - and it does the trick.
(upload the image and you can make it white in several ways, e.g. by pressing B or G after you have set the main color to white, though there wil be more intelligent ways)
| Q: How to create a white background to a jpg/png? I have a jpg of some logo, but its background is not completely white, more like light-greyish, whereas I would like it to be perfectly white.
I know how to select the background and also know how to turn that background to transparent, but not how turn that background to white.
If it can't be done with Preview, I also have iPhoto. I don't know how to do it there either.
NB: If the thing needs to be converted to a png in the process, that's fine.
A: I don't know how to do that with Preview.app or iPhoto, but for this purpose you could use an online photo editor. First hit on google here is http://pixlr.com/editor/ - and it does the trick.
(upload the image and you can make it white in several ways, e.g. by pressing B or G after you have set the main color to white, though there wil be more intelligent ways)
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af65c2876c2f987168c3a5398f0e82e5eb64509d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remapping keys in iterm2 I'm trying to remap some of the default key combinations in iTerm2, and would like to understand what is going on when I bind keys to "Send Hex Codes".
A previous post helped me get started with remapping the ctrl-a and ctrl-e key combos to cmd-left and cmd-right, respectively, but I would like to remap other key combos as well. (Link to previous Stackoverflow post).
I have a vague understanding that there are hex codes involved, but I am at a point where I can't figure out where to go next to understand what's going on or what to do.
A: I'd suggest to install Key Codes ($0) by Many Tricks and find out the shortcuts for yourself.
For instance if you want to remap the default shortcut for (forward) deleting a charcter – which is Ctrl-D (⌃D) – to be as simple as pressing the forward delete key (⌦), you would…
*
*Open the app and press Ctrl-D
*Back in iTerm 2, add the Unicode shortcut in iTerm > Preferences > Keys
Note: Don't copy and paste it, just type out the Unicode without spaces.
| Q: Remapping keys in iterm2 I'm trying to remap some of the default key combinations in iTerm2, and would like to understand what is going on when I bind keys to "Send Hex Codes".
A previous post helped me get started with remapping the ctrl-a and ctrl-e key combos to cmd-left and cmd-right, respectively, but I would like to remap other key combos as well. (Link to previous Stackoverflow post).
I have a vague understanding that there are hex codes involved, but I am at a point where I can't figure out where to go next to understand what's going on or what to do.
A: I'd suggest to install Key Codes ($0) by Many Tricks and find out the shortcuts for yourself.
For instance if you want to remap the default shortcut for (forward) deleting a charcter – which is Ctrl-D (⌃D) – to be as simple as pressing the forward delete key (⌦), you would…
*
*Open the app and press Ctrl-D
*Back in iTerm 2, add the Unicode shortcut in iTerm > Preferences > Keys
Note: Don't copy and paste it, just type out the Unicode without spaces.
A: The best way that I found was either with sending keycodes (as described by @pattulus or using vim key bindings.
Note on key codes: Actually you cannot make it work by sending the unicode string as described above, you need to send both the modifier and the key to gether in case of Control+D you need to send this as code: 0x840101 0x4 where 0x840101 is the control key modifier and can be obtained through Key Code.
Note on sending as vim sequence:
As described in iTerm2 documentation, you can send a key code in vim-bindings format such as \<C-d> for sending Control+D (note that \ is important).
I personally prefer vim key binding because it's more readable and later you will understand what you have done.
A: Those hex codes are just sequences of bytes. For example mapping a key combination to 0x66 0x6f 0x6f would make it insert foo. 0xc3 0xa4 would insert ä if you use UTF-8. 0x1b 0x1b 0x5b 0x43 means escape escape [ C.
Some sequences of bytes like ANSI escape sequences and even single bytes like ASCII control characters have special meanings in terminals.
To make ⌘← and ⌘→ go to the beginning and end of line, you can assign them to 0x01 (^A in caret notation) and 0x05 (^E in caret notation):
*
*⌘←: Send Hex Codes: 0x01
*⌘→: Send Hex Codes: 0x05
You can make ⌥⌦ delete a word forward by assigning it to \ed:
*
*⌥⌦: Send ^[ d
Changing ⌥← and ⌥→ to \eb and \ef in iTerm's preferences would also change them in programs that don't support readline or emacs-style keybindings. Another option is to add this to ~/.inputrc:
"\e\e[D": backward-word
"\e\e[C": forward-word
You can run read and press key combinations to see what characters they insert. For example ⌥← inserts ^[^[[D by default, where ^[ is escape in caret notation.
See also http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/Keybindings.
A: Check out Karabiner.
Within this tool you can create key custom mappings that are specific to applications. It comes with some tools to help with that.
A: Preferences → Profile → Keys add the following shortcuts:
⌥← Send Escape Sequence Esc+ b
⌥→ Send Escape Sequence Esc+ f
⌘← Send Escape Sequence Esc+ [H
⌘→ Send Escape Sequence Esc+ [F
⌘←Delete Send Hex Code 0x18 0x7f (add bindkey "^X\\x7f" backward-kill-line to .zshrc)
⌥←Delete Send Hex Code 0x1B 0x08
⌘Del→ Send Hex Code 0x0b
⌥Del→ Send Escape Sequence d
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3ebc5deb6596a803c2e9e34854f292feef24071d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot enter nvALT options anymore I changed nvALT to be displayed in the menu bar and set the option that it is not to be displayed in the Dock anymore.
I wanted to change the settings back and unchecked the options that nvALT is shown as symbol in the menu bar. However, now it is neither in the menu bar nor the Dock, and I can not access the options anymore to change it. When I open nvALT, the option menu of the App that was open previously is shown in the menu bar.
Any idea how I can get into nvALT's preferences?
I tried to delete the app (deleted the nvALT folder from the /Library), however, the original app preferences are still saved somewhere, I just cannot find where.
A: You should be able to open the preferences by just pressing ⌘,.
If that doesn't work, try running defaults write net.elasticthreads.nv ShowDockIcon -bool true or deleting ~/Library/Preferences/net.elasticthreads.nv.plist.
| Q: Cannot enter nvALT options anymore I changed nvALT to be displayed in the menu bar and set the option that it is not to be displayed in the Dock anymore.
I wanted to change the settings back and unchecked the options that nvALT is shown as symbol in the menu bar. However, now it is neither in the menu bar nor the Dock, and I can not access the options anymore to change it. When I open nvALT, the option menu of the App that was open previously is shown in the menu bar.
Any idea how I can get into nvALT's preferences?
I tried to delete the app (deleted the nvALT folder from the /Library), however, the original app preferences are still saved somewhere, I just cannot find where.
A: You should be able to open the preferences by just pressing ⌘,.
If that doesn't work, try running defaults write net.elasticthreads.nv ShowDockIcon -bool true or deleting ~/Library/Preferences/net.elasticthreads.nv.plist.
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8921ff67f00c126cbc5a33957c4fd11bbc7debe8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Stop Reminders App from sending emails every time a change is made on a shared reminder list I have a shared reminders list with my wife. For the last couple of weeks any time she updates/deletes an item I get an email - however when I update she doen't get an email. She is the owner of the shared list. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to stop these emails.
Any help gratefully received.
Alan
A: My guess is that you have not registered and verified the email address you are receiving the emails at as an alternate email address for your Apple ID (or you have multiple Apple IDs and have registered the email address with the wrong one).
| Q: Stop Reminders App from sending emails every time a change is made on a shared reminder list I have a shared reminders list with my wife. For the last couple of weeks any time she updates/deletes an item I get an email - however when I update she doen't get an email. She is the owner of the shared list. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to stop these emails.
Any help gratefully received.
Alan
A: My guess is that you have not registered and verified the email address you are receiving the emails at as an alternate email address for your Apple ID (or you have multiple Apple IDs and have registered the email address with the wrong one).
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caec0e32f53d2109357639cee2a7b86ca89e2d66 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Linked PDF and going back in OS X Preview When I click on a linked reference in a PDF it jumps to the bibliography at the end of the paper.
Is there an easy way to jump back to the passage I just read?
A: Preview can do this, once you have followed a link Cmd-[ will take you "Back" to the page where the link was clicked. Additionally if you wish to follow the link again using your keyboard, the obvious shortcut for "Forward" is then Cmd-].
Both of these may be found under the "Go" menu in Preview.
| Q: Linked PDF and going back in OS X Preview When I click on a linked reference in a PDF it jumps to the bibliography at the end of the paper.
Is there an easy way to jump back to the passage I just read?
A: Preview can do this, once you have followed a link Cmd-[ will take you "Back" to the page where the link was clicked. Additionally if you wish to follow the link again using your keyboard, the obvious shortcut for "Forward" is then Cmd-].
Both of these may be found under the "Go" menu in Preview.
A: Have a look at the "Go to" menu and the Back option there.
With a Swiss German keyboard, it's Cmd-Ö but that won't you help much :-)
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de80f3371abc31947d8ac644a566e3333dcd00cc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I log in into iCloud.com from an iPhone? I lost my iPhone and i had a lot of important contacts and documents in my iCloud mail account. The only "computer" I currently have available is my friend's iPhone which is connected to his own iCloud account. Is there a way to log into icloud.com from an iPhone?
A: You can use Google Chrome for iOS to go to https://www.icloud.com/ and force it to show you the desktop version, by clicking on the "Request Desktop Site" menu option. Then you get the login form, and you can login as usual.
Image source
| Q: How can I log in into iCloud.com from an iPhone? I lost my iPhone and i had a lot of important contacts and documents in my iCloud mail account. The only "computer" I currently have available is my friend's iPhone which is connected to his own iCloud account. Is there a way to log into icloud.com from an iPhone?
A: You can use Google Chrome for iOS to go to https://www.icloud.com/ and force it to show you the desktop version, by clicking on the "Request Desktop Site" menu option. Then you get the login form, and you can login as usual.
Image source
A: I'm not exactly answering your question, but if you're looking to change your iCloud password then…
If you remember your Apple ID and password, you can login from another non-iPhone device using a current web browser. The address is https://www.icloud.com.
A: Use Puffin. There is a free version in the app store (you don't need the paid version for this). https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puffin-web-browser-free/id472937654?mt=8
I use Puffin to (successfully) get around the limitations of Safari/mobile/touch browsers in a lot of difficult situations.
I have just tried, and you can successfully log in to iCloud.com on iOS with Puffin and access Mail. A hint: You may need to pinch-to-zoom out sometimes to get the interface to redraw to fit your screen, even though it's not obvious this will work. Just try it if things aren't displaying right ;)
I don't use iCloud mail, so I couldn't actually try to load a message or read it, but at least I know you can log in.
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c4a9a9621d4e0a9ad971235e5566e44292854654 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to rotate the orientation of my monitor in OSX 10.8? My girlfriend just bought a great monitor (EIZO CG223W) for her macbook, which you can rotate 90º in portrait mode.
The screens didn't flip along, and I couldn't find a setting in the system preferences.
I remember (in pre 10.8) there used to be a setting in the screen panel, but it's vanished.## Heading ##
A: After some research i found this blog, which perfectly detailed explains how to get this hidden setting:
*
*Open the system preferences
*Hold down the command and option keys while clicking the display
icon
*Next locate the screen adjustments on the external monitor and you
will notice now there is an option called "Rotation".
*Choose 90 Degrees and now your monitor is in portrait mode.
Thanks roadzy and OSXdaily!
| Q: how to rotate the orientation of my monitor in OSX 10.8? My girlfriend just bought a great monitor (EIZO CG223W) for her macbook, which you can rotate 90º in portrait mode.
The screens didn't flip along, and I couldn't find a setting in the system preferences.
I remember (in pre 10.8) there used to be a setting in the screen panel, but it's vanished.## Heading ##
A: After some research i found this blog, which perfectly detailed explains how to get this hidden setting:
*
*Open the system preferences
*Hold down the command and option keys while clicking the display
icon
*Next locate the screen adjustments on the external monitor and you
will notice now there is an option called "Rotation".
*Choose 90 Degrees and now your monitor is in portrait mode.
Thanks roadzy and OSXdaily!
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7c53248099997cf40675d0ecf4c4b87247ee9deb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: look up a word in Dictionary.app in Terminal Is there a bash or applescript to look up a word in /Applications/Dictionary.app from a Terminal window ?
open -a /Applications/Dictionary.app/ --args word
ignores --args, says "type a word to look up"
Mac Dictionary improvements suggests ⌃ Control ⌘ Command D however I'm looking to launch the full app, not just the small popover.
A: I was also going to suggest open dict://word, but Google's dictionary API also uses the New Oxford American Dictionary:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "open-uri"
require "json"
require "cgi"
ARGV.each { |word|
response = open("http://www.google.com/dictionary/json?callback=dict_api.callbacks.id100&q=#{CGI.escape(word)}&sl=en&tl=en&restrict=pr,de").read
results = JSON.parse(response.sub(/dict_api.callbacks.id100\(/, "").sub(/,200,null\)$/, ""))
next unless results["primaries"]
results["primaries"][0]["entries"].select { |e| e["type"] == "meaning" }.each { |entry|
puts word + ": " + entry["terms"][0]["text"].gsub(/x3c\/?(em|i|b)x3e/, "").gsub("x27", "'")
}
}
| Q: look up a word in Dictionary.app in Terminal Is there a bash or applescript to look up a word in /Applications/Dictionary.app from a Terminal window ?
open -a /Applications/Dictionary.app/ --args word
ignores --args, says "type a word to look up"
Mac Dictionary improvements suggests ⌃ Control ⌘ Command D however I'm looking to launch the full app, not just the small popover.
A: I was also going to suggest open dict://word, but Google's dictionary API also uses the New Oxford American Dictionary:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "open-uri"
require "json"
require "cgi"
ARGV.each { |word|
response = open("http://www.google.com/dictionary/json?callback=dict_api.callbacks.id100&q=#{CGI.escape(word)}&sl=en&tl=en&restrict=pr,de").read
results = JSON.parse(response.sub(/dict_api.callbacks.id100\(/, "").sub(/,200,null\)$/, ""))
next unless results["primaries"]
results["primaries"][0]["entries"].select { |e| e["type"] == "meaning" }.each { |entry|
puts word + ": " + entry["terms"][0]["text"].gsub(/x3c\/?(em|i|b)x3e/, "").gsub("x27", "'")
}
}
A: The updated code from David Perace answer, add some colors and new lines:
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys
import re
from DictionaryServices import *
class bcolors:
HEADER = '\033[95m'
OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
WARNING = '\033[93m'
FAIL = '\033[91m'
ENDC = '\033[0m'
BOLD = '\033[1m'
UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
def main():
try:
searchword = sys.argv[1].decode('utf-8')
except IndexError:
errmsg = 'You did not enter any terms to look up in the Dictionary.'
print errmsg
sys.exit()
wordrange = (0, len(searchword))
dictresult = DCSCopyTextDefinition(None, searchword, wordrange)
if not dictresult:
errmsg = "'%s' not found in Dictionary." % (searchword)
print errmsg.encode('utf-8')
else:
result = dictresult.encode('utf-8')
result = re.sub(r'\|(.+?)\|', bcolors.HEADER + r'/\1/' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
result = re.sub(r'▶', '\n\n ' + bcolors.FAIL + '▶ ' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
result = re.sub(r'• ', '\n ' + bcolors.OKGREEN + '• ' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
result = re.sub(r'(‘|“)(.+?)(’|”)', bcolors.WARNING + r'“\2”' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
print result
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
A: You can use...
open dict://my_word
...which will open the Dictionary application and lookup the string my_word. If you want to use multiple words use something like open dict://"Big Bang Theory".
There's no output in the Terminal though.
A: Using the Python Objective-C bindings, you could create just a small python script to get it from the built in OS X Dictionary. Here's a post that details this script"
#!/usr/bin/python3
import sys
from CoreServices import DictionaryServices
def main():
try:
searchword = sys.argv[1]
except IndexError:
errmsg = 'You did not enter any terms to look up in the Dictionary.'
print(errmsg)
sys.exit()
wordrange = (0, len(searchword))
dictresult = DictionaryServices.DCSCopyTextDefinition(None, searchword, wordrange)
if not dictresult:
errmsg = "'%s' not found in Dictionary." % (searchword)
print(errmsg)
else:
print(dictresult)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Save that to dict.py, and then just run python dict.py dictation
Check out the post for more instructions on making it accessable all across your terminal.
A: Try Dictionary OSX (I made this after getting stuck with other answers and wanting a non-Python solution). It uses the definitions from Dictionary.app.
dictionary cat
# cat 1 |kat| ▶noun 1 a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur...
It uses DictionaryKit, a wrapper for the private Dictionary Services available on OSX. There's interesting background information about how this works on NSHipster.
A: checkout this github repo:
https://github.com/aztack/osx-dictionary
install： brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/takumakei/osx-dictionary/master/osx-dictionary.rb --HEAD
A: I installed dict from homebrew so now when I use dict from command line it's working simply. I needed this one for my custom emacs configuration
A: I found a solution using Swift 4.
#!/usr/bin/swift
import Foundation
if (CommandLine.argc < 2) {
print("Usage: dictionary word")
}else{
let argument = CommandLine.arguments[1]
let result = DCSCopyTextDefinition(nil, argument as CFString, CFRangeMake(0, argument.count))?.takeRetainedValue() as String?
print(result ?? "")
}
*
*save this as dict.swift
*add permission by chmod +x dict.swift
*lookup dictionary
*
*run with interpreter ./dict.swift word
*build by compiler swiftc dict.swift and run ./dict word
A: I use this alias:
alias dict='f(){ open "dict://${1}"; unset -f f; }; f'
Explanation here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/366683
A: I came across this post looking for a similar thing. Wasn't happy with the options available so made simple script. Its a terminal based thesaurus with text to speech. May be of interest ...
https://github.com/aefty/thes
A: Look in the following thread to find out how to use Dictionary.app in the Terminal: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2679911?start=0&tstart=0
A: Here's a super straightforward thing I threw together.
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603eaa7bb8adca1933a443ab2793e91ca87f49fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Many Different Ways Are There To Force Quit An Application? Although it is not a common occurrance, sometimes my cursor has a continuing spinning beach ball, which I believe to indicate that an app has frozen (correct me if i'm wrong). When this happens I usually perform an action called Force Quit as shown in the screenshot below:
This then displays the Force Quit application window, allowing an app to be selected.
What other ways exist that allow for an application to be Force Quit, especially in the case that the mouse or trackpad may also becomes frozen in the event as well ?
A: I see three other solutions :
*
*Right click on the icon on the dock with option key pressed. (Works only with UI Application)
*Activity monitor and right click
*killall/kill command in the terminal
The first two require the mouse/trackpad, but the third can be done with the keyboard only (spotlight to open the terminal).
| Q: How Many Different Ways Are There To Force Quit An Application? Although it is not a common occurrance, sometimes my cursor has a continuing spinning beach ball, which I believe to indicate that an app has frozen (correct me if i'm wrong). When this happens I usually perform an action called Force Quit as shown in the screenshot below:
This then displays the Force Quit application window, allowing an app to be selected.
What other ways exist that allow for an application to be Force Quit, especially in the case that the mouse or trackpad may also becomes frozen in the event as well ?
A: I see three other solutions :
*
*Right click on the icon on the dock with option key pressed. (Works only with UI Application)
*Activity monitor and right click
*killall/kill command in the terminal
The first two require the mouse/trackpad, but the third can be done with the keyboard only (spotlight to open the terminal).
A: *
*Type Option-Command-Esc (this is the same method you mentioned about but with keyboard shortcut)
*Option-Right Click application icon in Dock and choose "Force Quit"
*Launch Terminal and:
*
*type killall -9 application-name (e.g. killall -9 TextEdit)
or
*
*type ps axc; you will get a long process list in the form:
[...]
6656 ?? S 0:22.89 TextEdit
[...]
In process list find an application you want to kill. And type:
kill -9 PID
Where PID (process ID) is the number on the left. E.g. to kill above TextEdit process you would type:
kill -9 6656
Remember that you are dealing with processes and every application can run one or more process, so sometimes more than one process should be killed to completely remove running application from the system.
Also be careful, because there is no additional warning message - be sure you are killing the right application.
A: There are many ways to force quit an OS X application:
*
*Press and hold Command-Option-Shift-Escape for a few seconds. This will force quit the active application.
*Press Command-Option-Escape to bring up the Force Quit window, where you can select the application you want to force quit.
*Option + Right click on the Dock icon of the application and select Force Quit.
*Click on the Force Quit menu option in the Apple menu to open the Force Quit dialog.
*Hold shift and click on the Force Quit menu option in the Apple menu to force quit the active application
*Use the Activity Monitor to force quit applications
*Use the terminal to kill the process: killall safari will kill all Safari processes.
Source: OSXDaily
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299a04199256af68dedb7944de6fae16659b6d37 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to customize Finder's Share menu? Is there a way to add custom services to Finder's Share menu?
I have created an automator service to copy selected files to my Dropbox directory (similar to this).
I enabled this service in the keyboard preferences.
Now I want to add this service in the Share menu rather than having it in the general contextual menu.
A: I haven't tried it but I would suggestion following :
*
*Copy your automator service in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/PlugIns/
*rename it Servicename.sharingservice
*Now edit /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SHKServicesOrder.plist by adding your service. (CFBundleIdentifier in Info.plist + function name)
| Q: How to customize Finder's Share menu? Is there a way to add custom services to Finder's Share menu?
I have created an automator service to copy selected files to my Dropbox directory (similar to this).
I enabled this service in the keyboard preferences.
Now I want to add this service in the Share menu rather than having it in the general contextual menu.
A: I haven't tried it but I would suggestion following :
*
*Copy your automator service in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/PlugIns/
*rename it Servicename.sharingservice
*Now edit /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SHKServicesOrder.plist by adding your service. (CFBundleIdentifier in Info.plist + function name)
A: I don't think its possible, at least in a "conventional" way. That contextual menu is populated by adding accounts to the Mail, Contacts & Calendar preference pane, not sure if its even possible to build a workaround for that.
A: From this tip, it looks like you need to edit:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SHKServicesOrder.plist
Don't have a Mac in front of me to try it.
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797034afc5786b0de421bb6e6b959332cac11425 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get my albums to sort by track numbers in iTunes 11's expanded view? I've been trying to figure out why my track sort order is wrong in iTunes 11. I have track metadata, and sorting by Album in the songs view works fine, but in the expanded view my tracks appear in what seems to be totally random order.
How can I get this to sort by track number within the album?
A: I can make my iTunes show something similar, if I set some of the tracks in an album to a different Disk Number compared to the rest.
Try selecting one of the out-of-order tracks, then use File > Get Info to open the window I've shown here. Is there anything different about the information for the out-of-order tracks?
| Q: How can I get my albums to sort by track numbers in iTunes 11's expanded view? I've been trying to figure out why my track sort order is wrong in iTunes 11. I have track metadata, and sorting by Album in the songs view works fine, but in the expanded view my tracks appear in what seems to be totally random order.
How can I get this to sort by track number within the album?
A: I can make my iTunes show something similar, if I set some of the tracks in an album to a different Disk Number compared to the rest.
Try selecting one of the out-of-order tracks, then use File > Get Info to open the window I've shown here. Is there anything different about the information for the out-of-order tracks?
A: I realise this is really old now, but if anyone wants the answer on how to fix it, you go to song info -> sorting -> and you'll see the songs up the top have been sorted by song, album, artist, composer, etc whilst the ones below are not sorted like this. If you remove the "sort as" input they will come good.
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b25056e56931831c70f180715efa95fda95cf7cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Quicktime screen recording on Retina display On OS X 10.8 I'm trying to record screen using Quicktime. But for some reason the resulting video resolution is only 1280 by 800, even thought I'm on Retina display.
How can I record screen in Retina resolution?
A: Quicktime obeys the Displays preference pane like most other applications will.
The first step to increasing the resolution for recording will be to adjust the settings to have a larger equivalent screen size as I have done in this picture (and you can take things to even larger pixel counts by selecting More Space which in turn makes items like the menu bar physically smaller when rendered).
If that's not sufficient for your needs, you may need to select a tool like the Screeny app to record the "full" resolution.
In my case, I have the 13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina, so it will capture the screen at 2880x1800 no matter what setting you have on the Displays Preference when you choose "full screen" recording.
*
*http://www.screenyapp.com
| Q: Quicktime screen recording on Retina display On OS X 10.8 I'm trying to record screen using Quicktime. But for some reason the resulting video resolution is only 1280 by 800, even thought I'm on Retina display.
How can I record screen in Retina resolution?
A: Quicktime obeys the Displays preference pane like most other applications will.
The first step to increasing the resolution for recording will be to adjust the settings to have a larger equivalent screen size as I have done in this picture (and you can take things to even larger pixel counts by selecting More Space which in turn makes items like the menu bar physically smaller when rendered).
If that's not sufficient for your needs, you may need to select a tool like the Screeny app to record the "full" resolution.
In my case, I have the 13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina, so it will capture the screen at 2880x1800 no matter what setting you have on the Displays Preference when you choose "full screen" recording.
*
*http://www.screenyapp.com
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90d9df8747a293094be5f72fba3058c6e3e10a77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I re-add a card that I swiped away from Google Now? I accidentally swiped away the Weather card in Google Now for iOS.
Tapping Show sample cards lists the Weather card, but there's no way I can add it again. Under Google Now's settings, it shows that the Weather is On, but it's just not there in my Google Now screen.
I've also tried turning off Google Now, and turning it back on. No dice.
How do I get it back again?
A: The solution is quite simple: You have to wait.
For me, I had swiped away the Weather card at 10 PM, and the next day I got up at 6 AM, I was greeted by the weather forecast for that day.
No refreshing or changing of settings worked, unfortunately.
| Q: How do I re-add a card that I swiped away from Google Now? I accidentally swiped away the Weather card in Google Now for iOS.
Tapping Show sample cards lists the Weather card, but there's no way I can add it again. Under Google Now's settings, it shows that the Weather is On, but it's just not there in my Google Now screen.
I've also tried turning off Google Now, and turning it back on. No dice.
How do I get it back again?
A: The solution is quite simple: You have to wait.
For me, I had swiped away the Weather card at 10 PM, and the next day I got up at 6 AM, I was greeted by the weather forecast for that day.
No refreshing or changing of settings worked, unfortunately.
A: In some cases, you can simply Refresh the page to restore cards.
Unfortunately, it often isn't that easy. Use the Configuration Gear. You will need to adjust the configuration of the card type that was dismissed (in this case Weather) to restore/refresh the dismissed card data.
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6b7733bdeb94a7c1b8845abc8b49daaef92d89c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Internal Mic stopped recording voice, but hears case/keyboard touching Since this morning I am unable to record my voice on my Macbook Air 2012 internal microphone but the microphone can hear me touching the keyboard, the Macbook case…
I tried to tweak system preferences, enabling/disabling noise ambient reduction and so on without success. Tried to reboot a couple of times with no luck.
Any idea on what should I try next?
I’m on Mountain Lion (10.8.3).
Screen is
A: Go to system preferences, open Dictation & Speech. Under dictation, change default microphone to Internal Microphone if it is Automatic. If not, switch it to Automatic for a second and switch back to Internal Microphone. I know this sounds ridiculous, but it works.
| Q: Internal Mic stopped recording voice, but hears case/keyboard touching Since this morning I am unable to record my voice on my Macbook Air 2012 internal microphone but the microphone can hear me touching the keyboard, the Macbook case…
I tried to tweak system preferences, enabling/disabling noise ambient reduction and so on without success. Tried to reboot a couple of times with no luck.
Any idea on what should I try next?
I’m on Mountain Lion (10.8.3).
Screen is
A: Go to system preferences, open Dictation & Speech. Under dictation, change default microphone to Internal Microphone if it is Automatic. If not, switch it to Automatic for a second and switch back to Internal Microphone. I know this sounds ridiculous, but it works.
A: my microphone is working on the side from your laptop use a needle to pinch and clean out the hole from the microphone
A: At the moment, my best guess is that the microphone has become dislodged from its spot in the side of the case and is now just sort of floating around inside. This would explain why it picks up all the taps and noises on the case but doesn't pick up anything else well.
A: Use a toothbrush and an up-and-down motion to clean the port. The microphone port on a Macbook air has incredibly narrow holes. A thin needle will only clear surface debris if that is what's causing the blockage..
Here's an instructional video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWpC8N8W08
A: My Macbook Air suddenly stopped hearing me except for Dictation - no sound registered in the Sound app. I opened dictation as suggested above and magically the mic works on other apps such as OneNote. Close dictation and it stops. Makes no sense, but at least I can communicate.
A: 2019 Possible Update
I ran into this issue on my iMac Pro. The sound input wasn't registering my voice at all, however tapping on the iMac moved the input bar.
To fix on Mojave, I went to System Prefs -> Accessibility -> Dictation in the left menu -> Open Dictation Preferences. On the left side under the microphone picture, change it from Automatic to your internal microphone. Close, go back to Sound -> Input, and you should see the needle move.
What I'm running into now that as soon as I leave System Preferences, the mic stops working again. Really annoying, but this should help people narrow down whether the issue is in your hardware or software.
A: I had what sounds like the same problem and somehow either updating to the latest software (yosemite as of now) and/or opening up dictation and speech has fixed it for now. I have no idea why. But if anyone else has this problem you might as well try it if you haven't already.
I was on skype with a friend, hung up, went to go do something else without moving my laptop at all, and then when I tried calling him again when I got back he couldn't hear me at all. I went to sound under settings first and it couldn't pick up my voice at all even though input volume was on full blast, but it could pick up if i tapped the mic with my finger. So I looked around the internet and did an smc restart, messed with terminal, messed with audio midi setup, made sure nothing was on mute. I didn't have any other mics to select other than the default so I couldn't switch that around. Finally I decided to try the free upgrade to yosemite. At first it still didn't work but then I randomly opened up speech and dictation under settings and it was all working perfectly again and I could talk on skype. BUT when I opened up sound prefs again it stopped working. Opened up speech and it was working again. Perhaps somehow those two panels turn something off and on? Very strange. Anyway I hope this isn't too incoherent as my coffee still hasn't kicked in yet but I hope this helps someone and maybe someone knows why this could work.
A: 2/10/16 I had the same problem. The mic on my macbook air stopped registering sound, but the mic test sites registered key tapping. Thanks to the advice here, my husband poked into the holes with a pin, using a light and magnifying glass. Then he used a solder sucker to pull out the dust or whatever. It works like a small vacuum. It worked perfectly, without having to take anything apart! Thanks for the help. I hope my comment helps someone else.
A: Could it be that the microphone is loose somehow? it could be that when you tough the case the microphone shifts a little bit and you can hear the sound when you touch the case.
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c1be3ace484875c9da72174fe9b075f0813f17b9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there more robust tools than Automator to extract text from multiple PDF? There is an action in Automator that allows you to programmatically "Extract PDF Text", but it fails when fed a moderate amount of files (25 to 100). Worse, it fails without logging anything helpful except for a message that "Automator Quit Unexpectedly".
Does anyone know of an equivalent command for doing this in Applescript? I am looking for tools where I have more control over things like logging and error handling so I can be more efficient in processing PDF files into a text format.
A: I don't know how it compares against other options, but you could use pdfotext. It can be installed with brew install xpdf.
do shell script "/usr/local/bin/pdftotext /usr/share/doc/bash/bash.pdf -" without altering line endings
Calibre also comes with some command line utilities:
/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert /usr/share/doc/bash/bash.pdf /tmp/output.txt
Related questions:
*
*How to convert a pdf file into a text file?
*PDF to TEXT open source command line tool
*How to extract text from pdf in script on Linux?
| Q: Are there more robust tools than Automator to extract text from multiple PDF? There is an action in Automator that allows you to programmatically "Extract PDF Text", but it fails when fed a moderate amount of files (25 to 100). Worse, it fails without logging anything helpful except for a message that "Automator Quit Unexpectedly".
Does anyone know of an equivalent command for doing this in Applescript? I am looking for tools where I have more control over things like logging and error handling so I can be more efficient in processing PDF files into a text format.
A: I don't know how it compares against other options, but you could use pdfotext. It can be installed with brew install xpdf.
do shell script "/usr/local/bin/pdftotext /usr/share/doc/bash/bash.pdf -" without altering line endings
Calibre also comes with some command line utilities:
/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert /usr/share/doc/bash/bash.pdf /tmp/output.txt
Related questions:
*
*How to convert a pdf file into a text file?
*PDF to TEXT open source command line tool
*How to extract text from pdf in script on Linux?
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6d9981ccdb9fabe1706b62015032aa01d91dc5a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What to use for a plain text editor? I'm writing instructions for a project and at some point, for a certain condition one needs to modify a simple plain ascii text file.
For windows I can tell them to fire up notepad. I thought on the mac I could use TextEdit but the TextEdit version I'm using defaults to write rtf, which introduces all rtf symbols in the file which is highly undesirable.
Using emacs or vi from the terminal is not something I want to burden the user with.
What are alternatives?
A: I also recommend TextEdit because it'll be there, no installation needed.
If you only need to modify an existing file, then giving it an .txt extension ensures that it opens in TextEdit in plain text mode, no surprises.
| Q: What to use for a plain text editor? I'm writing instructions for a project and at some point, for a certain condition one needs to modify a simple plain ascii text file.
For windows I can tell them to fire up notepad. I thought on the mac I could use TextEdit but the TextEdit version I'm using defaults to write rtf, which introduces all rtf symbols in the file which is highly undesirable.
Using emacs or vi from the terminal is not something I want to burden the user with.
What are alternatives?
A: I also recommend TextEdit because it'll be there, no installation needed.
If you only need to modify an existing file, then giving it an .txt extension ensures that it opens in TextEdit in plain text mode, no surprises.
A: If you want to go with Terminal you can use nano which is a fairly simple text editor but usually enough to allow Joe Random to edit basic text files.
A: I would recommend using TextEdit since it is free and the default text editor on OS X.
You only need to learn a key shortcut (Shift-Command-T) to convert the current file to plain text.
Of course other GUI text editors exist on Mac platform but they need to be installed from the App Store or from Internet (see other answers for a selection of the most popular ones).
There is even a setting in TextEdit to let all new documents start as plain text going forward:
Again, this setting is for new documents, so if a document is already open, ⇧⌘T (Format > Make Plain Text) instantly converts a rich text document to plain text.
A: If you're wanting something free then you're best three would probably be Sublime Text 2, Text Wrangler and TextMate.
They are also extremely good for coding, but certainly appropriate as simply a text editor.
A: My recommendation would be the awesome free app TextWrangler from Bare Bones Software
A: I suggest Sublime Text. It is geared towards developers, but you might find it useful. There are lots of packages and plugins for it.
A: There is an unconventional platform independent solution: Etherpad
Etherpad is an online text editor providing collaborative real-time editing of text and import/export plain text as well as other formats.
Install it on your web or intranet server and provide collaborative real-time editing as service. Send document links instead of documents.
Free test services:
http://beta.etherpad.org/
More info:
http://etherpad.org
A: You can also check out Notational Velocity or a wonderful fork nvAlt from Brett Terpstra. I suggest the nvAlt. It syncs with Simplenote or you can sync the notes via dropbox to your mobile devices and other computers.
A: Bean is good and free: http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html. I switched to it from TextEdit when that one started having formatting/display issues with a lot of text snippets I copy and paste from around the Web. Bean does a better job of not letting text or graphics get lost off the page due to Web formatting quirks. Note: Bean allows multiple documents to be opened at once, but the Window menu is under the Documents window, and it does not list the titles of open documents; it does allow one to cycle through open documents.
A: Tincta is a free lightweight plain text editor for Mac.
It has syntax coloring, line numbers and opens multiple files in a one-window mode. I would say it is perfect for when you sporadically need to view or edit text documents and is very easy to use for novice users.
(Disclaimer: I'm part of the Tincta development team, but it's free and really good :-) )
A: @Ivana mentioned Smultron but got downvoted (I guess) because she also recommended Notepad++ in the same thread, Notepad++ being a Windows only software.
I don't want to argue on the downvote but rather to give a chance to Smultron to be ranked higher than last, as I think it is a very good answer to the OP question.
A: Editra for Mac is the closest thing I've found to Windows Notepad on the Mac.
It's also free, open-source, and highly configurable.
A: Smultron and Notepad++ are two very good options. They both use plain text so even when the user copy-pastes formatted text, the formatting is removed. Both look much nicer then MS Notepad.
Smultron is a small, very easy to use mac-program.
Notepad++ is bigger with many extra options like code highlighting for many programming languages, regex lookup, code-tidying, case change to UPPER, lower and Proper, and many, many more possibilities... Notepad++ is also available for Windows.
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b4b4778c60e0e6a02260e12fcd7f489b06bf6b92 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove a signature once it's saved in Preview.app? How can I delete a signature that I inserted using Preview.app?
I can edit or delete all the text fields but the signature seems locked somehow.
A: You cannot remove a Preview.app signature in Yosemite. This is a bug. It would almost make sense if signing a document froze the entire document,but you can edit every other annotation.
I've tried masking a signature with a filled box, then overlaying a signature on that. It seems to work and the document saves, but on opening tne new signature is gone. (Another bug.)
| Q: How can I remove a signature once it's saved in Preview.app? How can I delete a signature that I inserted using Preview.app?
I can edit or delete all the text fields but the signature seems locked somehow.
A: You cannot remove a Preview.app signature in Yosemite. This is a bug. It would almost make sense if signing a document froze the entire document,but you can edit every other annotation.
I've tried masking a signature with a filled box, then overlaying a signature on that. It seems to work and the document saves, but on opening tne new signature is gone. (Another bug.)
A: A possibility is to try
File > Revert To > Browse all versions...
though I guess it will depend on how far back that version history goes. I've been unable to discover just how far back that would be & for how long it may be saved.
A: I was able to do it by using a rectangular annotation via Tools -> Annotate -> Rectangle. Make sure it covers the signature and just make the background and border match the color of your document background (white in my case).
A: Even on Mojave it still seems to be the case that once you have saved the file and re-opened it, you will not be able to remove the image.
To resolve this I followed the instructions in Use Preview to combine PDFs on your Mac to add a copy of the blank signature page from the original to my modified document. I was then able to edit and sign that newly-added page and so complete the document.
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4f4e7175d7a10e2b078418ba0fed4558ef1bc583 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to keep Mac alive during internet connection/download Since OS X version 10.8.1, my Mac cancels the wifi connection and switches to standby mode, despite having an active download.
I can remember that the one advantage of the Mac was that I didn't have to do anything for that. The Mac stayed awake during downloads, so I could leave the house and if the download is finished, it would switch to standby mode.
But now, it activates standby despite downloading.
Here are my energy save options:
Is this a bug? How can I keep my Mac from going into standby mode while downloading?
I have Mountain Lion installed (10.8.3).
A: Caffeine is a nice tool that prevents your mac from sleeping / going to stand-by.
| Q: How to keep Mac alive during internet connection/download Since OS X version 10.8.1, my Mac cancels the wifi connection and switches to standby mode, despite having an active download.
I can remember that the one advantage of the Mac was that I didn't have to do anything for that. The Mac stayed awake during downloads, so I could leave the house and if the download is finished, it would switch to standby mode.
But now, it activates standby despite downloading.
Here are my energy save options:
Is this a bug? How can I keep my Mac from going into standby mode while downloading?
I have Mountain Lion installed (10.8.3).
A: Caffeine is a nice tool that prevents your mac from sleeping / going to stand-by.
A: This problem may not be a question of power, but badly configured wifi.
You may try to follow these instructions here.
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ca766214437e605de0532a8e9b5d5c44e635b2f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Greyed out songs when trying to add from iTunes to iPhone? I just got an iPhone 4 and downloaded the most recent version of iTunes onto my computer because I had a version that was too old. It told me I needed to convert the songs to create an AAC version of my library in order to sync them to my iPhone, which I had not synced because I didn't want to lose the existing music. When I converted the files, they copied to the phone, but are greyed out and won't let me play them, could somebody please help?
A: Try playing the greyed out songs directly on your iPhone. If you cannot do that, do the following.
*
*Ensure that the greyed out songs are indeed playable within your iTunes library (not within the iPhone section of your iTunes library)
*Connect your iPhone to your iTunes, navigate to your iPhone section > music, select all greyed out songs and delete them.
*Make sure that the "Sync music" and "Entire music library" options are ticked under the "Music" tab and sync your iphone once again with iTunes.
This should resolve the issue.
| Q: Greyed out songs when trying to add from iTunes to iPhone? I just got an iPhone 4 and downloaded the most recent version of iTunes onto my computer because I had a version that was too old. It told me I needed to convert the songs to create an AAC version of my library in order to sync them to my iPhone, which I had not synced because I didn't want to lose the existing music. When I converted the files, they copied to the phone, but are greyed out and won't let me play them, could somebody please help?
A: Try playing the greyed out songs directly on your iPhone. If you cannot do that, do the following.
*
*Ensure that the greyed out songs are indeed playable within your iTunes library (not within the iPhone section of your iTunes library)
*Connect your iPhone to your iTunes, navigate to your iPhone section > music, select all greyed out songs and delete them.
*Make sure that the "Sync music" and "Entire music library" options are ticked under the "Music" tab and sync your iphone once again with iTunes.
This should resolve the issue.
A: I made a playlist, copied and pasted the songs from the old one, and deleted the old one. I re-synced the phone and it worked. It worked for all of them just by recreating one.
This solution fixed the grey circles next to 60% of my songs. I planned to make all new playlists but started with one as a test.
I chose a playlist where I had just purchased a new song today. Perhaps that caused a jam somewhere. Hope this helps someone.
A: I solved this issue by selecting a song (or songs, one whole album), right-clicking, and selecting "Uncheck" selection. Then did the same to "Check" selection and it began syncing ("un-greying") all of the songs in my library that were stuck like that.
A: I hope anyway who has this 'kind' of problem, greyed out songs. And they like to delete them forever. then continue reading
I don't want to advertise programs but I think it solves it quickly , and yes it really did work for me. I was really fed up using itunes and having those unsynced music.
Programm is called 'Copytransmanager. (google it up, read reviews and you'll see!)
With this programm i easily deleted all the greyed out songs, unlike using itunes which I stucked on over 3 weeks. Of course there are plenty other programms to do this, but I read a lot on other forums etc people got this problem. So I'm just post here quickly to help!
I think once you've downloaded it, it's easy to find out how it works. (simple design, though it's not as clear as itunes.
Greetings and I hope a few could use this information. Once again, I do not like to promote/advertise other programs but sync/resync doesn't seem to solve for some.
*Also if you like to keep those 'greyed' tracks, they: make a backup somewhere and you can put them back on with itunes or just CopyTrans again.
A: I had this same problem: After dragging songs from library to phone, I looked at the music on my phone (from the iTunes' PC interface) and saw the songs listed but "greyed-out".
Solution:
I clicked on Music underneath My iPhone on the sidebar. On the bottom right of the screen there is a button called Autofill located next to a button called Settings. I clicked the Autofill button, and it said that I could not add any more music because all of the space was reserved for data. If you get that message when following the steps above, try this:
In that same tab, to the left of Autofill on the right, click Settings. There is a slider located at the bottom of the dialogue box that pops up which allows you to define how much space is reserved for data (non-music data.) If that slider is all the way to the right, you will not be able to add any songs to the iPhone manually. Slide the bar to the left to allow for more space for music, the try adding your songs. Worked for me.
A: If you drag the music from your ITUNES LIBRARY to the Iphone (drag it towards the right side of the screen where it says Iphone), then it will no longer be greyed out!!! :) And it will not sync anything.
A: Just fixed this problem on my iPhone 4S. Simply select all greyed out songs (Edit -> Select All) drag them to trash and voila - you can start dragging and dropping music from your library.
A: Simple fix for me.....I found that it was the format of the songs. I made an mp3 copy in my tunes of the purchased songs, and they showed up with normal text. I was then able to copy the purchased songs to my devices. Go to File, Convert and change formats as needed.
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2eefa805fa1ff0738b8ab01281acefd27d501fcd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I find just the apps which I have purchased in the App Store? I know I can go to the Purchased tab in the App Store on my iPad to see all the apps that I have downloaded, but I have been unable to find a way to see just the apps that I have bought.
Is there a way to sort the apps in the iOS App Store so that one can easily view all the paid apps that have been downloaded?
A: I don't know of any way to do this using the App Store. I look through my email receipts for this information.
| Q: Can I find just the apps which I have purchased in the App Store? I know I can go to the Purchased tab in the App Store on my iPad to see all the apps that I have downloaded, but I have been unable to find a way to see just the apps that I have bought.
Is there a way to sort the apps in the iOS App Store so that one can easily view all the paid apps that have been downloaded?
A: I don't know of any way to do this using the App Store. I look through my email receipts for this information.
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68210533a49f89ce6e76a4da938314c79ac264b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable line wrapping for output in the Terminal I often read outputs in the terminal that get wrapped as they are too long. Since there is no way that I can modify the printed output, I need to let the Terminal allow for horizontal scrolling.
Is there a modification I can make to the default OS X Terminal to disable line wrapping and allow for horizontal scrolling?
Or do you know another alternative I can use?
A: tput did the trick for me:
tput rmam
disables line wrapping.
tput smam
enables line wrapping.
| Q: Disable line wrapping for output in the Terminal I often read outputs in the terminal that get wrapped as they are too long. Since there is no way that I can modify the printed output, I need to let the Terminal allow for horizontal scrolling.
Is there a modification I can make to the default OS X Terminal to disable line wrapping and allow for horizontal scrolling?
Or do you know another alternative I can use?
A: tput did the trick for me:
tput rmam
disables line wrapping.
tput smam
enables line wrapping.
A: iTerm 2 doesn't seem to support disabling line wrap either. You might just use less or cut though:
less /var/log/system.log
expand /var/log/system.log | cut -c 1-$COLUMNS
less -s <<< "$(osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to contents of window 1')"
A: If you are (as others suggest as a solution, although I think you asked about direct output) then redirect output to a somename.log file and open it with Applications>Utilities>Log-Viewer (or from commandline as open somename.log).
It's not in the terminal but I found the log viewer to the one best suited to deal with large amount of output (searching, scrolling, filtering).
A: Use cut
myscript | cut -c -100
A: Pipe the output through less -S:
-S or --chop-long-lines
Causes lines longer than the screen width to be chopped (truncated)
rather than wrapped. That is, the portion of a long line that does
not fit in the screen width is not shown. The default is to wrap
long lines; that is, display the remainder on the next line.
I tried to explain what might be going on here, though this won't result in a way to scroll horizontally with a scrollbar, as you seem to want.
A: Depending on what you are trying to stop wrapping you could use vim. So launch vim on the file with the long lines, and then type:
:se nowrap
A: I suggest using lnav (easily found), it is a fantastic log and stream viewing tool and by default does single lines with horizontal scrolling. All movements by keyboard keys. You can also easily hide lines matching grep patterns so that you can concentrate on the most relevant data.
I use it almost ALL the time.
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86b73d246cee588adfed09029a9a578be3cfaab1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to mass-delete SMS messages that match a pattern? At work, I have a job that sends me a SMS when a critical job fails. Because of a bug, it ended up sending several hundred SMS messages over the course of a night that I wish to delete.
Is there an easy way to delete just these messages, and keep all other SMS messages? It would be trivial if there was a way to filter via RegEx; however I do not wish to filter by sender since I want to keep other messages that were sent to me via AT&T's email->sms bridge.
| Q: How to mass-delete SMS messages that match a pattern? At work, I have a job that sends me a SMS when a critical job fails. Because of a bug, it ended up sending several hundred SMS messages over the course of a night that I wish to delete.
Is there an easy way to delete just these messages, and keep all other SMS messages? It would be trivial if there was a way to filter via RegEx; however I do not wish to filter by sender since I want to keep other messages that were sent to me via AT&T's email->sms bridge.
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8ee107435981e10f2f4892dd88f372c694db118f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Transferring text messages with upgrade from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5 My text messages did not transfer. Is there a way to get them yet? They are still on the old phone.
A: I would get a program like PhoneView and just archive both device's SMS/Voicemail/call records. Unless the new phone is really new and you don't mind losing the new texts to restore a backup of all the texts from the old, there's not a way to inject or combine both stores of text messages.
| Q: Transferring text messages with upgrade from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5 My text messages did not transfer. Is there a way to get them yet? They are still on the old phone.
A: I would get a program like PhoneView and just archive both device's SMS/Voicemail/call records. Unless the new phone is really new and you don't mind losing the new texts to restore a backup of all the texts from the old, there's not a way to inject or combine both stores of text messages.
A: You have to first back up the old iphone 4, then restore the new iphone 5 to this backup, which contains your messages.To prevent from losing any data that only exist on your new iphone 5 but not on the old one, you should save these data before you do the backup and restore, because this will revert all settings and datas.
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1540b8730a60f378b6c15c445b4c8dc338e36927 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I programmatically and reliably get the AirPort's interface name? I need the en0, en1, enN, enWhatever name of my Airport in a script.
How do I get it reliably?
Here is what I put together, but it looks ugly and brittle as it's "text parsing":
airport_hardware_name='Hardware Port: Wi-Fi'
networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk -v p="$airport_hardware_name" '$0 ~ p { getline; print $2; }'
A: If you need to support old versions of OS X, the Wi-Fi network service was called Airport in 10.6 and earlier.
networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/^Hardware Port: (Wi-Fi|AirPort)$/{getline;print $2}'
You could also use -listnetworkserviceorder:
networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder | sed -En 's/^\(Hardware Port: (Wi-Fi|AirPort), Device: (en.)\)$/\2/p'
Or read /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist:
ruby -e 'require "plist";puts Plist::parse_xml("/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist")["Interfaces"].select{|i|i["SCNetworkInterfaceType"]=="IEEE80211"}[0]["BSD Name"]'
| Q: How do I programmatically and reliably get the AirPort's interface name? I need the en0, en1, enN, enWhatever name of my Airport in a script.
How do I get it reliably?
Here is what I put together, but it looks ugly and brittle as it's "text parsing":
airport_hardware_name='Hardware Port: Wi-Fi'
networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk -v p="$airport_hardware_name" '$0 ~ p { getline; print $2; }'
A: If you need to support old versions of OS X, the Wi-Fi network service was called Airport in 10.6 and earlier.
networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/^Hardware Port: (Wi-Fi|AirPort)$/{getline;print $2}'
You could also use -listnetworkserviceorder:
networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder | sed -En 's/^\(Hardware Port: (Wi-Fi|AirPort), Device: (en.)\)$/\2/p'
Or read /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist:
ruby -e 'require "plist";puts Plist::parse_xml("/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist")["Interfaces"].select{|i|i["SCNetworkInterfaceType"]=="IEEE80211"}[0]["BSD Name"]'
A: How about
/usr/sbin/networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder | grep -i 'Wi-Fi\|AirPort' | grep -iow en.
A: Playing on Lauri's theme that Apple may change the name of the Wi-Fi devices at some point in the future:
for d in `networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/^Device:/{print $2}'`; do
networksetup -getairportpower $d > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "Wi-Fi Device: ${d}"
done
Since 'networksetup -getairportpower dev' throws a non-zero return value when dev is not an airport device, we can find the one(s) that work(s).
A: Solely to round out the answers (not to suggest that there's something wrong with the other answers, but only to show there is another way to do it), I'll throw out this:
Use the airport command found at:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
which has been there since at least 10.6. (I always link it to /usr/local/bin/ whenever I am setting up a new Mac).
One of the benefits of the airport command is that you don't have to know what the interface is, because:
"If an interface is not specified, airport will use the first AirPort interface on the system."
Therefore, if I run this command:
airport prefs 2>&1
I get this output:
AirPort preferences for en1:
DisconnectOnLogout=NO
Unable to retrieve JoinMode
Unable to retrieve JoinModeFallback
RememberRecentNetworks=NO
RequireAdminIBSS=NO
RequireAdminNetworkChange=NO
RequireAdminPowerToggle=NO
WoWEnabled=YES
which means that I can get the port/device name by looking for the last word on the first line, minus the colon.
airport prefs 2>&1 | awk -F' ' '/for/{print $NF}' | tr -d ':'
A: Just accidentally found another way to do this:
networksetup -setairportpower enX off 2>&1 | awk -F' ' '/:/{print $NF}'
How/why this works:
networksetup -setairportpower enX off
gives this result:
enX is not a Wi-Fi interface.
Turning off the only airport interface found: en1
Not sure that I would rank it high in terms of reliability, but I'll include it here as an option.
(Works on 10.8.3.)
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caaa6afe9ef332c1f47eaa53a68accc2a8fe85cc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I switch between signatures when modifying a PDF using Preview? I have more than one signature, however when selecting Tools -> Annotate -> Signature, only the most recent signature is inserted.
Is there an option to change the default?
A: First, click the Annotations button
Then click the down arrow on the Signatures button
You can then select the signature you wish to use.
| Q: How do I switch between signatures when modifying a PDF using Preview? I have more than one signature, however when selecting Tools -> Annotate -> Signature, only the most recent signature is inserted.
Is there an option to change the default?
A: First, click the Annotations button
Then click the down arrow on the Signatures button
You can then select the signature you wish to use.
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49783685be9742951ab608723eb2df67e0b28abe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to eject or erase USB drives I'm unable to eject USB drives. When I try, I get this error:
The disk "Untitled" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may
be using it.
To eject the disk immediately, click the Force Eject button.
Additionally, when I use Disk Utility to erase a USB drive I get this error:
Disk Erase failed with the error:
Couldn't unmount disk.
This happens on my account and my wife's account. I can partition USB drives, but I can't erase or eject them.
Any ideas on how to resolve this?
A: You can use lsof to list open files:
sudo lsof|grep /Volumes/Volume\ name
If you run lsof without sudo, it doesn't include processes owned by other users.
| Q: Unable to eject or erase USB drives I'm unable to eject USB drives. When I try, I get this error:
The disk "Untitled" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may
be using it.
To eject the disk immediately, click the Force Eject button.
Additionally, when I use Disk Utility to erase a USB drive I get this error:
Disk Erase failed with the error:
Couldn't unmount disk.
This happens on my account and my wife's account. I can partition USB drives, but I can't erase or eject them.
Any ideas on how to resolve this?
A: You can use lsof to list open files:
sudo lsof|grep /Volumes/Volume\ name
If you run lsof without sudo, it doesn't include processes owned by other users.
A: When you have this kind of error, typically it occurs because the device is mounted and there is something accessing the information on the mounted disk. Whatever is causing you to be unable to eject the disk is the same reason the disk utility can't unmount the drive to erase it.
Likely culprits for things still accessing your files include applications like Preview or possibly Dropbox if you use it to import the information. If the USB drives include songs, iTunes could possibly be accessing the information as well. You want to make sure that all of these types of apps are closed when you go to dismount.
A: I had the same problem, found a hint for solution here:
http://www.snowcrash.eu/disk-wasnt-ejected-because-one-or-more-programs-may-be-using-it/.
In my case the culprit was a small non-archived program file (an old crack from Mac OS 8 days) which somehow stayed open by an unknown process in the system. I just force-deleted it and the problem’s gone, now the disk ejects normally.
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accb325090735375a5cb14929fc6a79bf7b32e62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No power through USB for Roland A-49 I just plugged my Roland A-49 to my MacBook Pro (Early 2011 2.3 GHz). The MIDI keyboard would have its power supplied via USB, but it has no power. The specification says it needs 98 mA current, which is way less than the 500 mA provided by the MBP's USB 2.0 port. If I plug it into a desktop PC, it works. What can be the problem? An USB hub would solve this issue, I suppose, but can I avoid buying one?
A: I do not think it is a power problem.
Check in GarageBand if your device is showing up.
If not:
I would start with getting the latest software for your MIDI device
| Q: No power through USB for Roland A-49 I just plugged my Roland A-49 to my MacBook Pro (Early 2011 2.3 GHz). The MIDI keyboard would have its power supplied via USB, but it has no power. The specification says it needs 98 mA current, which is way less than the 500 mA provided by the MBP's USB 2.0 port. If I plug it into a desktop PC, it works. What can be the problem? An USB hub would solve this issue, I suppose, but can I avoid buying one?
A: I do not think it is a power problem.
Check in GarageBand if your device is showing up.
If not:
I would start with getting the latest software for your MIDI device
A: http://forums.rolandclan.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=45738
On my A49 you have to hold down the "Function" "Pitch" and "Assign" buttons on the keyboard all at the same time as you power it on.
A: You will need to disenable the SIP control of the Mac OS. Here a link that tells you how to do that;
http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/
A: Have you Check the Cable? Most thats Simple is it or the Plug not Right in there.
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4274b1aefdf62a081c11157c1ccddfcff0c125a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to debug excessive iPhone data usage? I'm in the UK, and recently changed from a pre-pay carrier (GiffGaff) to EE. My data usage with GiffGaff was about 100-125 MB every two weeks; with EE, I've used nearly 250 MB in the first 5 days. My usage is the same: email, web, Twitter, and some Maps. (Both with my last two weeks with GiffGaff, and these past few days, I've used Maps on a driving trip.)
So I'm trying to figure out what's going on. I know I'm not using that much data, but something on the phone is using data. This is clearly a carrier issue; either the carrier settings or something that has changed. I know you can access Console logs via Xcode, but I don't see anything helpful there.
Does anyone know how I can debug this? I'm ready to go to EE and cancel my contract, because at this rate, the data will cost me a fortune.
A: Some networks measure data use in different ways to others to get more profit out of it so maybe consider changing to a network that measures data as less?
| Q: How to debug excessive iPhone data usage? I'm in the UK, and recently changed from a pre-pay carrier (GiffGaff) to EE. My data usage with GiffGaff was about 100-125 MB every two weeks; with EE, I've used nearly 250 MB in the first 5 days. My usage is the same: email, web, Twitter, and some Maps. (Both with my last two weeks with GiffGaff, and these past few days, I've used Maps on a driving trip.)
So I'm trying to figure out what's going on. I know I'm not using that much data, but something on the phone is using data. This is clearly a carrier issue; either the carrier settings or something that has changed. I know you can access Console logs via Xcode, but I don't see anything helpful there.
Does anyone know how I can debug this? I'm ready to go to EE and cancel my contract, because at this rate, the data will cost me a fortune.
A: Some networks measure data use in different ways to others to get more profit out of it so maybe consider changing to a network that measures data as less?
A: Maybe the Onavo Count or Onavo Extend apps could help you. There is also a list of Data Usage Monitor apps.
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e50ad0bb066806184fde3f9bac5a581755996427 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: make new Finder windows open at current folder In Windows when I browse in Explorer, if I open a new Explorer window, it is opened to the same location as the window I had selected when I hit Ctrl-N. Is there a way of doing the same with Finder? So if I'm browsed to Pictures, when I hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens showing Pictures.
Edit: to clarify, what happens now is that regardless of where I have browsed to, when I hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens in my home directory /Users/my_user/.
A: Enable show path in the view menu (not sure about the menu names but it should appear at the bottom of the finder window) then cmd + double click the folder you want to open, in this case, the last folder is your current folder.
I made an image but can't post it :\
Edit: Image example
| Q: make new Finder windows open at current folder In Windows when I browse in Explorer, if I open a new Explorer window, it is opened to the same location as the window I had selected when I hit Ctrl-N. Is there a way of doing the same with Finder? So if I'm browsed to Pictures, when I hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens showing Pictures.
Edit: to clarify, what happens now is that regardless of where I have browsed to, when I hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens in my home directory /Users/my_user/.
A: Enable show path in the view menu (not sure about the menu names but it should appear at the bottom of the finder window) then cmd + double click the folder you want to open, in this case, the last folder is your current folder.
I made an image but can't post it :\
Edit: Image example
A: Pressing Command-Control-O will open a new Finder tab/window at the same location.
For opening it in a tab, you must have enabled "Open folders in tabs instead of new windows" in Preferences/General. If you want to open it in a complete different window, just leave it disabled.
A: It is simple:
Go to "finder > preferences > general tab"
Uncheck to "Open folders in tabs instead of new window".
You're done!
⌘+double-click to the folder.
A: You could assign a shortcut to a script like this:
tell application "Finder"
try
target of Finder window 1
make new Finder window to result
on error
make new Finder window to home
end try
end tell
This would also change some properties:
tell application "Finder"
try
tell Finder window 1
set t to target
set b to bounds
set cv to current view
set sw to sidebar width
set sv to statusbar visible
set tv to toolbar visible
end tell
on error
make new Finder window to home
return
end try
make new Finder window to t
tell result
set bounds to {(item 1 of b) + 20, (item 2 of b) + 20, (item 3 of b) + 20, (item 4 of b) + 20}
set current view to cv
set sidebar width to sw
set statusbar visible to sv
set toolbar visible to tv
end tell
end tell
target of Finder window 1 is the folder shown on the title bar. It doesn't depend on the selection in list view.
You can also use ⌃⌘↑ to reveal the location shown on the title bar in a new window. It doesn't work in column view if the toolbar is hidden though.
A: Finder on OS X doesn't have an option to re-open the most recent folder.
It is tracked in the Go menu, but if you look at the Finder preferences, it expects you to leave the default new window folder or select another target which will be the folder shown each time you open a new window.
A: ⌃⌘↑ and ⌃⌘O / ⌃⌘↓ invert the behavior for opening new windows for folders in some cases:
*
*If "Always open folders in a new window" is not checked: all views when the toolbar is shown, all views except column view when the toolbar is not shown.
*If "Always open folders in a new window" is checked: no views when the toolbar is shown, all views when the toolbar is not shown.
So if "Always open folders in a new window" is not checked and the toolbar is not hidden, you can use ⌃⌘↑ to open an enclosing folder in a new window or ⌃⌘O / ⌃⌘↓ to open a selected folder in a new window.
A:
what happens now is that regardless of where I have browsed to, when I
hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens in my home directory
/Users/my_user/
When there are no Finder windows open, a new Finder window created by clicking on Finder in the dock, from the Finder menu, or by using Command-N, will open to the folder you have set in Finder preferences.
BUT if Finder preferences are set to Always Open Folders in New Window, Command-O will open a new window for any selected folder.
(Seems to me there used to be a shortcut to close the previous window as you opened the new.)
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dda6a1c4e355ddedbfe4162c86505ab56f004671 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where has the SearchMe extension for Safari and Chrome come from? Again, today, I found out that my default search engine has been changed to "Yahoo", which is weird as I didn't do that.
This is the second time it happens, and I found out there is an extension named "search me" is installed both in safari and chrome. Where is this stupid plugin comes from? I don't remember I install it.
Some other guys also have this issue: Apple Support Communities thread
A: I just encountered the same problem after downloading a piece of software from CNET.
I just tried downloading a tool from CNET (the app was Time Out: link on CNET), and the CNET downloader's 2nd page (which looks idential to a EULA and even says "I accept the terms and conditions) actually contains a shady acceptance of installing all SearchME extensions in all browsers, as well as making Yahoo! the default search engine in all browsers.
| Q: Where has the SearchMe extension for Safari and Chrome come from? Again, today, I found out that my default search engine has been changed to "Yahoo", which is weird as I didn't do that.
This is the second time it happens, and I found out there is an extension named "search me" is installed both in safari and chrome. Where is this stupid plugin comes from? I don't remember I install it.
Some other guys also have this issue: Apple Support Communities thread
A: I just encountered the same problem after downloading a piece of software from CNET.
I just tried downloading a tool from CNET (the app was Time Out: link on CNET), and the CNET downloader's 2nd page (which looks idential to a EULA and even says "I accept the terms and conditions) actually contains a shady acceptance of installing all SearchME extensions in all browsers, as well as making Yahoo! the default search engine in all browsers.
A: I downloaded BitTorrent and Spigot/SeachMe/Yahoo was bundled with it. I don't remember there being an option to not install but I usually never would.
I am running OS X 10.8.5 and I used the alt key to open Library through Go in Finder.
These are the files I found and their locations.
*
*~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/hjalolmjgklbjgaomjjofphdjnajmnim.json
This contains the following:
{
"external_version": "1.1",
"external_crx": "/Users/name/Library/Application Support/Spigot/Searchme.chromeextension.crx"
}
*~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/searchme.safariextension
*~/Library/Safari/Extensions/me.safariextz
I can't find the extensions for Chrome but Safari isn't opening the the toolbar anymore. This happened to me once before and I ended up uninstalling Chrome and just reinstalling and it seemed to work ok.
A: Wow! I had exactly this problem after I installed a torrent client on one of my Macs. It then infected all of my browsers on all of my macs!
I'm sorry I don't remember which one it was but probably bit torrent. Also, I installed and uninstalled this client within the past week. I only noticed the infection today though.
As someone said, shady.
A: I was able to remove Spigot from existing user profiles in Chrome on Mac OS Yosemite, but whenever I created a new profile, the Spigot extensions would reappear. I thought I had tried everything, but finally examined this folder:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions
There was a file called external_extensions.json that contained the Spigot adware. I examined the contents in TextEdit and found that this file was pointing to mybrowserbar.com and referenced the Spigot extensions.
I deleted external_extensions.json and now Spigot seems to be gone for good.
A: The current versions of uTorrent and bitTorrent, as of July 2013, bundle the SearchMe extension in their package installers.
Shady.
A: Open Safari Preferences, under the Safari menu, and go to the Extensions panel. If you see anything there you didn't install or don't want, there is an Uninstall button.
That doesn't explain how it got there, but ...
You can further check on this by going to ~/Library/Safari/Extensions and examining that folder's contents.
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81a5d110f593a5e14bd3644fd551ebd39feeb6c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to get the full suite of unix options for the command line tools on OS X? I follow Unix Tool Tip on Twitter and it is interesting that many of the tips that are posted are not available on OS X.
For example:
cp - u will only copy files that don't exist, or are newer than their existing counterparts, in the destination directory.
Trying this on my machine results in:
cp: illegal option -- u
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory
Why are these options not available and is it possible to get access to them on OS X?
A: The reason is that OSX uses BSD command line tools and the Unix tool tip users are probably using Linux which uses GNU command line tools.
You can install GNU tools on OSX (and BSD on Linux).
The easiest way is to use a package manager like Macports, Homebrew or Fink
| Q: Is it possible to get the full suite of unix options for the command line tools on OS X? I follow Unix Tool Tip on Twitter and it is interesting that many of the tips that are posted are not available on OS X.
For example:
cp - u will only copy files that don't exist, or are newer than their existing counterparts, in the destination directory.
Trying this on my machine results in:
cp: illegal option -- u
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory
Why are these options not available and is it possible to get access to them on OS X?
A: The reason is that OSX uses BSD command line tools and the Unix tool tip users are probably using Linux which uses GNU command line tools.
You can install GNU tools on OSX (and BSD on Linux).
The easiest way is to use a package manager like Macports, Homebrew or Fink
A: Get homebrew and have it install the core utilities. You can then see if the GNU version of cp supports the flags you desire. Here is a good answer on a partner site and I'll excerpt the exact steps you'll need to have cp be replaced by the GNU version if you wish:
Here's homebrew - Link
Here's the long story - https://superuser.com/questions/476575/replace-os-xs-shell-commands-with-the-linux-versions/476594#476594
An example of such an environment is Homebrew which for example has GNU sed among other things. Once you've installed Homebrew, you can type
brew install coreutils
and install the GNU Coreutils. These will provide you with sed, date, printf, wc and many other tools that ship with GNU/Linux, but not OS X. However, so as not to "override" default OS X binaries, they will be prefixed with g by default. So, after installing the Coreutils, if you want to use GNU sed, type
gsed
If this is too much of a hassle to type every time, you can add a "gnubin" directory to your PATH and just call GNU sed with sed. You will need to add the following to your ~/.bash_profile:
PATH="$(brew --prefix coreutils)/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
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9b24587c69aa0b5d6aaa1d0243cf1f340149a71b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mobile Safari - link to MP3 and show album art? I've created a web page that has a link to an MP3 file. When I click the link, the OS plays the MP3 with a full screen image of a generic image:
Is it possible to show album art in this view? I've embedded album art in the MP3 file, but it doesn't show up so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong with the sound creation tool or if there is something special that needs to be done with how the file is hosted.
Has anyone seen a song that plays from a web page with album artwork?
A: I'm just guessing here, but have you tried using an AAC-file with either that or Apple's M4A-extension? You could also try use the MP4-extension and see if it thinks the artwork is a frame from a video-file.
| Q: Mobile Safari - link to MP3 and show album art? I've created a web page that has a link to an MP3 file. When I click the link, the OS plays the MP3 with a full screen image of a generic image:
Is it possible to show album art in this view? I've embedded album art in the MP3 file, but it doesn't show up so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong with the sound creation tool or if there is something special that needs to be done with how the file is hosted.
Has anyone seen a song that plays from a web page with album artwork?
A: I'm just guessing here, but have you tried using an AAC-file with either that or Apple's M4A-extension? You could also try use the MP4-extension and see if it thinks the artwork is a frame from a video-file.
A: Sadly it cannot be done. The generic image which mentioned is just an indication that the music is being played by QuickTime plugin and you cannot change it to the music's artwork.
If you really want to see the artwork while playing the music, you need to use an application on your server side so that the application plays it, such as available media players which usually use Flash to provide such features.
Hope it helps you.
Good Luck ;)
A: This can be done quite easily! You just have to embed the album art into the .mp3, which can be done with itunes and a special script.
Follow this guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oClIT8f6V7E
Script download: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=embedart
A: This is quite an easy thing to do. Basically what you are trying to do is re/sign the 'tag' of a music file. The 'tag' defines the music file's appearance.
This can be done in iTunes directly, for Windows/Linux there is EasyTag (Tutorial).
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cf253ccf4494f2c2cc67a690cfb4ed838755b80e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to view iTunes U without itunes? I want to view Stanford's iOS programming course.
How can I see it without installign itunes on my PC and on my Android mobile device?
A: Here's an alternative which worked for me without using iTunes:
*
*Get course URL, for example:
*
*https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/this-text-doesnt-matter/id775395339
*Use a feed extractor like feedflipper. This eventually gives you the raw xml file:
*
*https://p1-u.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZStudent.woa/ra/feed/COFFWM26TD
*The file is served as text/rss so may not display nicely in the browser.
*
*Open with an RSS reader OR
*Download as *.txt file, reopen in firefox and use DownThemAll or alternative OR
*Copy the entire XML file and use a link scraper like the one built into JDownloader.
| Q: How to view iTunes U without itunes? I want to view Stanford's iOS programming course.
How can I see it without installign itunes on my PC and on my Android mobile device?
A: Here's an alternative which worked for me without using iTunes:
*
*Get course URL, for example:
*
*https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/this-text-doesnt-matter/id775395339
*Use a feed extractor like feedflipper. This eventually gives you the raw xml file:
*
*https://p1-u.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZStudent.woa/ra/feed/COFFWM26TD
*The file is served as text/rss so may not display nicely in the browser.
*
*Open with an RSS reader OR
*Download as *.txt file, reopen in firefox and use DownThemAll or alternative OR
*Copy the entire XML file and use a link scraper like the one built into JDownloader.
A: How to see iTunes U courses without iTunes
iTunes U courses are RSS feeds, so you will need:
*
*An RSS reader, either web browser-based, like Google Reader(*) or Feedly, or standalone, like RssReader.
Make sure that in either case it can display H.264/MPEG-4 videos.
(*) Google Reader will not be available after July 1 2013.
*The feed URL, which for the iOS programming course Coding Together: Developing Apps for iPhone and iPad (Winter 2013) is:
https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZDirectory.woa/ra/directory/courses/593208016/feed
For example, after subscribing with Google Reader you'll see a list with links to the course videos:
How to obtain the feed URL
Neither Standford University nor iTunes Preview publish the feed URL, so you will need iTunes to get it:
*
*Open iTunes and look for "Stanford coding together"
*Select the course and subscribe:
*Navigate to iTunes U, right click the course and select Copy iTunes U URL:
A: If you have access to a computer with iTunes, go to the iTunes Store and find the iTunesU 'casts you want to save. Drill down to the class's page (it lists all the episodes in the class, and lets you play them if you want), look on the left under the main class icon. There should be two buttons: Subscribe Free and Get All.
Get All will download the episodes to local machine. Once they are downloaded, go into the iTunesU section in Library (left pane in iTunes main program window.)
Once the iTunesU pane loads, right-click (PC) or ctrl-click (Mac) any of the episodes, and select "Show in Windows Explorer" (PC) or "Reveal in Finder" (Mac). The directory with all of the episodes will open.
Now that you know where all of the episodes are you can copy them to removable media and move them to your own system.
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2cad648ad0fd7fcbae7c6c93a3c5edf133643215 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are DropBox files viewed on iOS devices taking up space on them? When travelling I will need all of the "space" I can claim on my iPad. Am I correct in thinking "space" is not being taken up on the iPad by DB folders, unless I have made them favorites?
A: I think they cache them locally cause sometimes I'm able to view the images in my folders even while I'm offline but those files aren't on my Favorites.
| Q: Are DropBox files viewed on iOS devices taking up space on them? When travelling I will need all of the "space" I can claim on my iPad. Am I correct in thinking "space" is not being taken up on the iPad by DB folders, unless I have made them favorites?
A: I think they cache them locally cause sometimes I'm able to view the images in my folders even while I'm offline but those files aren't on my Favorites.
A: I contacted DropBox in relation to this. The files will only stay on the device itself in the sandbox area if they are favourited. If not, they will load into the memory and be dropped from memory once the application closes. Because they are cloud-based, they are "read" then "dropped" once no longer being "read". Kind of like a while loop in programming.
Source: DropBox technical support
A: Yes. The files are cloud based until you favorite them.
Straight from DropBox:
How much can I store on my phone or tablet?
The Dropbox iPhone app can save as many files as your iPhone or iPod
Touch can hold or Dropbox space allows. If you find yourself running
out of space on your iPhone, removing files from your Favorites list
will clear up space on your device. If you're running out of Dropbox
space, you can delete files from your Dropbox, or you might want to
consider upgrading to a bigger Dropbox.
A: If marked as favourite then on iPad/iPod/iPhone
Looking at file means that it is temporarily downloaded to view until application is closed, then it is removed.
A: I have the Dropbox app on my iPhone and have closed and opened it multiple times, as well as resetting the phone, since getting a notice that my phone is nearly full, and Dropbox is taking up 3.9 GB of space without anything being selected as a favorite. Therefore it would appear that the files to take up space without being selected as favorite.
A: Actually there is a software called iFunBox http://www.i-funbox.com that allows you to "Manage App Data".
I noticed my DropBox app was taking 3.6 GB (99% data). Now I just used iFunBox to delete 3,6 GB of "uploads" from DropBox, and it shrunk again - works like a charm. And DropBox also correctly recovered - picked up to upload my camera folder at the correct place.
A: The best and the easiest way to release the dropbox memory is that you unlink your cell phone and then linked again... I have like 1.9 Gb (the same as the photo and video files) I try this and inmidiatlly the memory was clean... the best part is when you linked again you not have to reload your files...
A: Actually it saves everything on your harddrive. I just came to realize I only had 2GB of free space on my iPad. I downloaded iFunbox on my PC and with it I discovered that pretty much every file I've ever downloaded had a copy in a Cache folder under the Dropbox app directory. A couple of those files had even more copies because I had opened them multiple times. I deleted every file on my dropbox cache and recovered 12GB of free space on my 32GB ipad.
A: Just freed up about 8gb on my iPhone! If you're running low on memory just delete Dropbox & then re-install it. Apparently stuff you either upload,download, or view still gets stuck or cached in the local Dropbox app on your iPhone. Note to Dropbox: Fix this! I thought I had a virus or something for the last 2 months! Everytime I uploaded a video to Dropbox I'd use up actual iPhone memory & not just my Dropbox "Cloud" memory.
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b3f4d6e556aeefbcab5dcae3df37810875cafcf1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using iMac as Mac Pro display I currently have a iMac (27-inch, Late 2009, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) which I would like to use as display for a new Mac Pro. How do I do that?
A: You can use the MiniDisplay Port on the back of the iMac and put the iMac into target display mode, turning it into an external display.
More info: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924
| Q: Using iMac as Mac Pro display I currently have a iMac (27-inch, Late 2009, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) which I would like to use as display for a new Mac Pro. How do I do that?
A: You can use the MiniDisplay Port on the back of the iMac and put the iMac into target display mode, turning it into an external display.
More info: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924
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7a5940dc85802c5e785a6094a59ef2a802485752 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can we have two iCloud accounts on our iPad? I want to access my iCloud account (mail and calendar) on our family iPad. It is currently set up with my husband's iCloud acct. Can we have two accounts on this device?
A: You can set up multiple iCloud accounts, however, quoting iOS:
Only your main account can use Photo Stream, Documents & Data, and Backup.
If you want to use mail and calendar only, there is no problem. You can even use all of the other services like contacts, reminders or notes.
Follow these steps to add another iCloud account:
(I took the screenshots on an iPhone, but it is smiliar to your iPad)
*
*Open “Settings” app on your homescreen
*Scroll down to “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and tap on it
*You see a list of your accounts, scroll down and tap on “Add Account…”
*Choose “iCloud” and enter your data
*Finished
| Q: Can we have two iCloud accounts on our iPad? I want to access my iCloud account (mail and calendar) on our family iPad. It is currently set up with my husband's iCloud acct. Can we have two accounts on this device?
A: You can set up multiple iCloud accounts, however, quoting iOS:
Only your main account can use Photo Stream, Documents & Data, and Backup.
If you want to use mail and calendar only, there is no problem. You can even use all of the other services like contacts, reminders or notes.
Follow these steps to add another iCloud account:
(I took the screenshots on an iPhone, but it is smiliar to your iPad)
*
*Open “Settings” app on your homescreen
*Scroll down to “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and tap on it
*You see a list of your accounts, scroll down and tap on “Add Account…”
*Choose “iCloud” and enter your data
*Finished
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cc8a4e3fe42509afb06d3cfff72e58e522b461a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Command-delete shortcut is not working for me How do you delete a file you have selected in a Finder window, without using the mouse?
delete doesn't do it.
When I looked it up, I was said that command-delete is supposed to do it, but it doesn't work for me.
A: It should work in Finder by default, but did you press the right delete key?
*
*Delete (⌫) is the key that is called backspace on other platforms
*Forward delete (⌦) is the key that is called delete on other platforms
| Q: Command-delete shortcut is not working for me How do you delete a file you have selected in a Finder window, without using the mouse?
delete doesn't do it.
When I looked it up, I was said that command-delete is supposed to do it, but it doesn't work for me.
A: It should work in Finder by default, but did you press the right delete key?
*
*Delete (⌫) is the key that is called backspace on other platforms
*Forward delete (⌦) is the key that is called delete on other platforms
A: *
*Look into "System Preferences → Keyboard keys" and make sure Command is enabled and mapped to the Cmd key. Check also custom shortcuts in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" panel.
*Go to Finder, select a file, open the "File" menu and see what shortcut is associated to "Move to Trash".
A: tl;dr: If ⌘-delete doesn't work, try ⌘-⌥-delete (command-option-delete) instead.
I had this problem on a new iMac with a standard Apple keyboard running the latest version of OS X (Mavericks 10.9.3 as of this writing). This was driving me crazy because I use ⌘-delete frequently, and I often switch between the iMac and my MacBook Air (running the same version of OS X) on which ⌘-delete works fine. I just discovered by chance and desperation that, for some reason, ⌘-⌥-delete (command-option-delete) does work. It's not as good as having the same keystrokes work on both machines, but at least now there's some keyboard shortcut I can use on the iMac.
UPDATE: For no apparent reason, ⌘-delete has started working.
A: I had the same problem. Later I discovered that it was my own mistake. But also a mistake from Apple. On the extended keyboard with numeric pad there is a button says DELETE. (It's not on the short wireless keyboard) This is NOT the delete button for the combination Cmd-Delete. You have to use the button with the backarrow! So Cmd-Backarrow.
A: I experience that before. and my accidental solution is command + delete after that press command + backspace.
A: This may not help many, but here is how I restored "Command+delete".
A while back, I was convinced that this key combination for "Move to Trash" was not working in my macOS Sierra. So, in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts, I attempted to manually define a shortcut "Move to Trash". But, I was never allowed to assign the same "Command+delete" key combination.
A frustrating few weeks have passed until this morning. But, this morning, I was determined to restore "Command+delete" and once again went into the App Shortcuts pane. There, it occurred to me to DELETE the very shortcut and key combination I had been trying to define. So, I selected my "Move to Trash" Finder shortcut and clicked on the "minus" button to delete it.
Upon returning to the Finder, I was stunned to see "Command+delete" appearing to the right of "Move to Trash" again.
So, if you have tried many things to restore the "Command+delete" key combination for "Move to Trash", one thing I would like for you to try is this:
*
*In System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts, create a Finder shortcut for "Move to Trash" and assign whatever key combination that the system accepts.
*Go back to the Finder and confirm that your key combination works.
*Now, return to the App Shortcuts pane, select the shortcut you created, and press the "minus" sign to delete the shortcut.
*Go back to the Finder and see if "Command+delete" has return to "Move to Trash.
A: For Macs (Macbooks only) using Logitech MX series, perm delete shortcut is: Cmd+Opt+Del (macOS is Monterey v12.X)
A: I accidentally discovered that Fn + Delete did the job for me in macOS Sierra.
A: Command-backspace seems to work. But lots of confusion is caused by the fact that Apple insists on being "special" when it comes to backspace and delete keys.
Let's be clear, the ASCII standard has a BS (ASCII code 08) and DEL (ASCII code 127).
Most keyboards have both a key labelled Backspace, and a key labelled Delete. (Or something similar.)
Most systems (Windows, Linux, etc.) interpret the Backspace key to mean "Delete the character left of the cursor," and Delete means "Delete the character under, or to the right of, the cursor".
On my mabook pro keyboard (which I almost never use), there is only a Delete key. It functions as the rest of the universe expects Backspace to work.
A: CmdOptBkSp did it for me for macOS Monterey with a 101+ keyboard.
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a2b93b33c8e8f5d9fcf52f1165b10d7cdcf81682 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shortcut to create/remove desktop in Mac OSX 10.8 To switch desktops, one can use < CTRL >-i or < CTRL >-[< left >< right >]. Are there shortcuts to create and remove desktops? If not, how can I make them?
A: I would use Automator's watch me function to record the keys and mouse actions needed to add a new screen.
Barring that, you'd need to hack the plist and restart finder or get third party MouseTools to help with UI automation.
See this post for those options:
*
*https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9606221/
| Q: Shortcut to create/remove desktop in Mac OSX 10.8 To switch desktops, one can use < CTRL >-i or < CTRL >-[< left >< right >]. Are there shortcuts to create and remove desktops? If not, how can I make them?
A: I would use Automator's watch me function to record the keys and mouse actions needed to add a new screen.
Barring that, you'd need to hack the plist and restart finder or get third party MouseTools to help with UI automation.
See this post for those options:
*
*https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9606221/
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b8b12860e3edb949cb8ff4f0eb3a1443faec8e55 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard-trackpad combos for Mac, where the trackpad lies underneath the keyboard. I am currently looking for a keyboard-trackpad combo for the Mac where the trackpad lies underneath beneath the keyboard (i.e. just like they would be on a Macbook; in fact the reason why I'm looking for this is to make it easier to use a desktop).
As of right now, the only system that I know of that does this is the BulletTrain Express. A few other keyboard-trackpad combinations exist, though in most cases the trackpad is small and does not support multitouch gestures.
I'm wondering if anyone knows an alternative to the BulletTrain Express? Alternatively (possibly another question), would it be possible to buy an old Macbook Pro body and use that as a with some modifications?
| Q: Keyboard-trackpad combos for Mac, where the trackpad lies underneath the keyboard. I am currently looking for a keyboard-trackpad combo for the Mac where the trackpad lies underneath beneath the keyboard (i.e. just like they would be on a Macbook; in fact the reason why I'm looking for this is to make it easier to use a desktop).
As of right now, the only system that I know of that does this is the BulletTrain Express. A few other keyboard-trackpad combinations exist, though in most cases the trackpad is small and does not support multitouch gestures.
I'm wondering if anyone knows an alternative to the BulletTrain Express? Alternatively (possibly another question), would it be possible to buy an old Macbook Pro body and use that as a with some modifications?
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79b27134060d244595bcd3ff8f7d377ac09cec83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Start XQuartz automatically on X11 app launch Before switcthing to Mac OSX 10.8 everytime I launch application which uses x11 it was starting x11 automatically.
After switching to XQuartz and 10.8 it does not work anymore and I have to launch XQuartz manually.
How to launch XQuartz on demand?
A: I was having the same problem. Quitting XQuartz and deleting ~/.Xauthority resolved the issue for me. I got the idea to do this from the Mountain Lion, Xquartz, and (lost) autostart thread in the Apple Mailing List. Other suggestions from that thread include:
*
*Logging out and then back in after installing XQuartz.
*Ensuring that the $DISPLAY variable is being set by by launchd and not clobbered by your shell scripts (see http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X11-UsersFAQ#sshXforwardingdebugging)
| Q: Start XQuartz automatically on X11 app launch Before switcthing to Mac OSX 10.8 everytime I launch application which uses x11 it was starting x11 automatically.
After switching to XQuartz and 10.8 it does not work anymore and I have to launch XQuartz manually.
How to launch XQuartz on demand?
A: I was having the same problem. Quitting XQuartz and deleting ~/.Xauthority resolved the issue for me. I got the idea to do this from the Mountain Lion, Xquartz, and (lost) autostart thread in the Apple Mailing List. Other suggestions from that thread include:
*
*Logging out and then back in after installing XQuartz.
*Ensuring that the $DISPLAY variable is being set by by launchd and not clobbered by your shell scripts (see http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X11-UsersFAQ#sshXforwardingdebugging)
A: I don't have to launch xQuartz, I just use Terminal and ssh -Y user@IP. Then X emulation appears to be available as I can launch X windows from the server.
A: I know this is an old question, but it's still occasionally relevant - so here's a different (but likely obscure) scenario that can lead to this.
Because zsh isn't always installed on (non Mac) systems, I've been in the habit of leaving bash as my default shell with an entry in .bash_profile which does exec zsh -l if zsh exists. This turned out to be the cause of XQuartz not auto launching in my case (even though I could manually start it from the command line) - likely because $DISPLAY wasn't set correctly in bash.
Once I switched my Mac shell to zsh, XQuartz will now auto launch when I run an X11 app locally or remotely.
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14f32ffb5e6f541999664f503723dbbba84353f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Alternative Large Cursors and show tooltips I need to use large cursors when using OSX.
However the standard Apple ones I can choose in System Preferences all make the cursor expand to the right and down. These then hide the beginning of any tooltip (especially in web browsers) and in some programs they hide needed information.
I already use OmniDazzle to be able to find the cursor (and have used Pinpoint in the past) - it highlights the area the cursor is in but it does not change the cursor icon so it does not help me.
Are there any cursors or any way to expand the cursor in other directions so I can still read the tooltips?
A: You can make custom cursors with a graphics program and apply them using Pinpoint. Here's the relevant video on how it's done.
| Q: Alternative Large Cursors and show tooltips I need to use large cursors when using OSX.
However the standard Apple ones I can choose in System Preferences all make the cursor expand to the right and down. These then hide the beginning of any tooltip (especially in web browsers) and in some programs they hide needed information.
I already use OmniDazzle to be able to find the cursor (and have used Pinpoint in the past) - it highlights the area the cursor is in but it does not change the cursor icon so it does not help me.
Are there any cursors or any way to expand the cursor in other directions so I can still read the tooltips?
A: You can make custom cursors with a graphics program and apply them using Pinpoint. Here's the relevant video on how it's done.
A: I think Mouseposé or PinPoint will help you out by providing a highlight around a normal size cursor that isn't opaque like the normal cursor so you can still read the tooltips. They're not free, but it may be your only option.
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6a7907fdb1fd9ff70cfd9e88d579d7d05161e23d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Contact switched to Android; how to send texts instead of iMessages? My brother switched to an Android phone from an iPhone recently.
When I attempt to text him, it still tries to send those messages as iMessages.
Two questions:
*
*will he receive these iMessages, and
*if not, how do I default messages to him as texts instead of iMessages?
Thanks for any help!
A: Your brother's Apple ID probably still has his phone number associated with it for iMessage. The smoothest way to deal with this is to have him disassociate his phone number from his Apple ID.
Apple has a self-service web site that explains how to accomplish this:
*
*https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage
If that doesn't work, this older KB article has a helpful section "Unlink a phone number".
If he has other Apple devices (Mac or iPad) that are using his Apple ID, your iMessages may be being delivered there. If none of those devices are available when you send him an iMessage, your phone will eventually offer you the opportunity to resend the message as an SMS or MMS.
Unfortunately you can't disable iMessage on a per-contact basis.
| Q: Contact switched to Android; how to send texts instead of iMessages? My brother switched to an Android phone from an iPhone recently.
When I attempt to text him, it still tries to send those messages as iMessages.
Two questions:
*
*will he receive these iMessages, and
*if not, how do I default messages to him as texts instead of iMessages?
Thanks for any help!
A: Your brother's Apple ID probably still has his phone number associated with it for iMessage. The smoothest way to deal with this is to have him disassociate his phone number from his Apple ID.
Apple has a self-service web site that explains how to accomplish this:
*
*https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage
If that doesn't work, this older KB article has a helpful section "Unlink a phone number".
If he has other Apple devices (Mac or iPad) that are using his Apple ID, your iMessages may be being delivered there. If none of those devices are available when you send him an iMessage, your phone will eventually offer you the opportunity to resend the message as an SMS or MMS.
Unfortunately you can't disable iMessage on a per-contact basis.
A: In contacts make sure the label for his number does not say iPhone, if it does change it to mobile. To do this select edit in the upper right corner, tap his number and select mobile. If I understand right this is how the phone knows which to send, iMessage or text. If the label says iPhone I am not sure if it will revert to text or not.
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246a7a7fac8f225ce6722bf33fdecc71412b5fad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can Spotify be paused when a Skype call is made, similar to how iTunes does it? When I am listening to music on iTunes, the music is automatically paused when a Skype call is made. I recently switch to Spotify for my music resource. Can I have the same pausing functionality with Spotify, as with iTunes?
A: There are multiple ways of achieving this. Here are two possible solutions:
*
*Python. This has been answered on this Stack Overflow question already.
*Simplify. One of Simplify's features is auto-pausing on Skype calls:
| Q: Can Spotify be paused when a Skype call is made, similar to how iTunes does it? When I am listening to music on iTunes, the music is automatically paused when a Skype call is made. I recently switch to Spotify for my music resource. Can I have the same pausing functionality with Spotify, as with iTunes?
A: There are multiple ways of achieving this. Here are two possible solutions:
*
*Python. This has been answered on this Stack Overflow question already.
*Simplify. One of Simplify's features is auto-pausing on Skype calls:
A: If you're are using Mac OS (OS X) try this AppleScript I quickly bashed up, (please note I'm not really an OS X developer and my knowledge of AppleScript is, to say the least, 'intermediate')
https://github.com/jhuseinovic/skype-spotify-ctrl
(*
This script was developed by John Huseinovic ([email protected])
The purpose of the script is to pause any playing track in Spotify when there is a active/incoming call in skype and resume playing after the call is finished.
The script will only monitor if the both Skype and Spotify are running!
*)
set spotify_status to null
set notificationTitle to "Skype-Spotify Controller"
set call_started to false
set music_was_playing to false
repeat
if application "Skype" is running and application "Spotify" is running then
tell application "Skype"
set calls to «event sendskap» given «class cmnd»:"SEARCH ACTIVECALLS", «class scrp»:"AnsweringScript"
set callID to last word of calls
if callID is not "CALLS" then
using terms from application "Spotify"
set spotify_status to the player state of application "Spotify" as string
end using terms from
set status to «event sendskap» given «class cmnd»:"GET CALL " & callID & " STATUS", «class scrp»:"AnsweringScript"
set caller to «event sendskap» given «class cmnd»:"GET CALL " & callID & " PARTNER_HANDLE", «class scrp»:"AnsweringScript"
set call_started to true
#log "set call_started to " & call_started
if spotify_status = "playing" then
set music_was_playing to true
display notification "Active call with " & last word of caller & "! Spotify was " & spotify_status & ", going to pause it." with title notificationTitle
tell application "Spotify" to pause
end if
else
#log "call_started is " & call_started
if call_started is true and music_was_playing is true then
display notification "Detected terminated Skype call, resuming Spotify! Enjoy =)" with title notificationTitle
tell application "Spotify" to play
end if
set call_started to false
end if
end tell
delay 1
else
delay 10
end if
end repeat
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d68f9625c6a6ce3231cce559fbaa9e8ffdd75936 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can i reset my Terminal? just some time ago i installed the OS X Server app on my mac and since this day it always appears server as the chosen directory in my terminal.
But because i dont really like the Server application i just removed it but the server in my terminal is still left.
So i wonder now how i can get the default back like users/...
I am running mountain lion on my mac.
I am a real newby to both mac and usage of terminal but i need it know for some work and i just get errors every time i am trying to enter something.
A: Goto your HomeFolder -> Library -> Preferences and delete the file : com.apple.terminal.plist
That should reset the settings on your Terminal
| Q: How can i reset my Terminal? just some time ago i installed the OS X Server app on my mac and since this day it always appears server as the chosen directory in my terminal.
But because i dont really like the Server application i just removed it but the server in my terminal is still left.
So i wonder now how i can get the default back like users/...
I am running mountain lion on my mac.
I am a real newby to both mac and usage of terminal but i need it know for some work and i just get errors every time i am trying to enter something.
A: Goto your HomeFolder -> Library -> Preferences and delete the file : com.apple.terminal.plist
That should reset the settings on your Terminal
A: Since you have mentioned that running pwd shows a path not mentioning server, I believe you are mistaking server for being the directory when it is actually the hostname.
OS X Server will change your hostname (by default) to server.<name>.private, so Terminal will show server:~ username$ (in Bash with the default prompt).
To change the hostname, you can use the following command:
sudo scutil --set HostName yourhostname
Replace yourhostname with your preferred hostname
A: System terminal:
defaults delete com.apple.Terminal
iTerm2:
defaults delete com.googlecode.iterm2
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287787e3e3819a7986ffb31e0f37b3d56d6b0d8a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: View local HTML files using web browser on iPad Using a web browser (e.g., Safari, Chrome, etc.) can I view html pages that are stored locally on the iPad? The pages should render properly and execute Javascript/CSS properly.
A: Since the files are always local to the app in iOS. You can't open a html with apps like Safari and Chrome to load associated assets (js/images/css).
However, You could use apps like Documents to upload the folder and open in app browser (uiwebview).
Should work if the URL to assets in the html are relative.
| Q: View local HTML files using web browser on iPad Using a web browser (e.g., Safari, Chrome, etc.) can I view html pages that are stored locally on the iPad? The pages should render properly and execute Javascript/CSS properly.
A: Since the files are always local to the app in iOS. You can't open a html with apps like Safari and Chrome to load associated assets (js/images/css).
However, You could use apps like Documents to upload the folder and open in app browser (uiwebview).
Should work if the URL to assets in the html are relative.
A: You can create Web Apps for offline viewing by adding them to the home screen. To do this the web page must be written using HTML5 Offline Application Cache. See the below link for further details.
https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/SafariJSDatabaseGuide/OfflineApplicationCache/OfflineApplicationCache.html
A: I always use the GoodReader app to view the local html files. You can try it.
A: Atomic browser will work it out!
A: If you want to run HTML, JavaScript and CSS on iOS then I suggest getting an app like Coffe Script at Once
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51bc0441c1d26f4b08ffed181d3a5bb2ec9c90fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Rules in Mail randomly don't apply I have a very simple rule set up in Mail like the following:
If [any] of the following conditions are met:
[From] [Contains] @gmail.com
Perform the following actions:
[Move Message] to mailbox: Gmail
That's about as basic as you can get: if an email comes from a certain domain, move it to a certain folder. That's it.
But it doesn't always work! Seemingly random messages will just sit in my inbox and never move to the folder unless I manually select them and Apply Rules.
Am I misunderstanding how rules are supposed to work? What's going on?
A: Try deleting the rule and creating a new one. Mail seems to randomly corrupt things on even the most well-maintained machines, the past few OS iterations. Passwords disappear. Then there is the step of trashing your Mail preferences, as preference files do get corrupt.
| Q: Rules in Mail randomly don't apply I have a very simple rule set up in Mail like the following:
If [any] of the following conditions are met:
[From] [Contains] @gmail.com
Perform the following actions:
[Move Message] to mailbox: Gmail
That's about as basic as you can get: if an email comes from a certain domain, move it to a certain folder. That's it.
But it doesn't always work! Seemingly random messages will just sit in my inbox and never move to the folder unless I manually select them and Apply Rules.
Am I misunderstanding how rules are supposed to work? What's going on?
A: Try deleting the rule and creating a new one. Mail seems to randomly corrupt things on even the most well-maintained machines, the past few OS iterations. Passwords disappear. Then there is the step of trashing your Mail preferences, as preference files do get corrupt.
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bf3d6703caa517b8bc58e1f011b2415190af33cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a setting to make the Mac not change resolution when connecting to an external display? I am currently running 2880x1800 resolution on my MacBook Pro retina (using the command setgetscreenres).
Whenever I connect to an external display, my Mac changes to a lower resolution. Is there a way to disable this behavior?
Also I've noticed that sometimes instead of extending the display, it mirrors my display on some external displays. I don't think I will ever use mirror mode, so is there another setting to make all external displays extend?
A: In mirroring mode, both screens need to use the same resolution. The external display probably can't support the huge 2880x1800, so it's lowering yours to match.
In System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement tab, uncheck the mirroring option. Then you should see two separate preferences windows, allowing you to set different resolutions for each display. Note — the Arrangement tab is only visible when you have an external display connected.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5266
| Q: Is there a setting to make the Mac not change resolution when connecting to an external display? I am currently running 2880x1800 resolution on my MacBook Pro retina (using the command setgetscreenres).
Whenever I connect to an external display, my Mac changes to a lower resolution. Is there a way to disable this behavior?
Also I've noticed that sometimes instead of extending the display, it mirrors my display on some external displays. I don't think I will ever use mirror mode, so is there another setting to make all external displays extend?
A: In mirroring mode, both screens need to use the same resolution. The external display probably can't support the huge 2880x1800, so it's lowering yours to match.
In System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement tab, uncheck the mirroring option. Then you should see two separate preferences windows, allowing you to set different resolutions for each display. Note — the Arrangement tab is only visible when you have an external display connected.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5266
A: I have this exact problem, and deselecting "mirroring" does not work prevent the primary display from changing to this garish cartoon resolution (aka Best For Display).
It is false that a MacBook Pro that has a screen capable of 2880x1800 cannot handle a second screen. It does it rather well. It can even handle 2 extra full 1080p screens (actually one of my extra screens was better than 1080p) on top of the built in retina screen, all simultaneously, without any sort of slow down while doing normal work (not games).
What makes this process somewhat annoying is that when you are used to working in 2880x1800, you may have your windows arranged a certain way. When the resolution goes down, the window arrangement is ruined (they're all shoved into the upper lefthand corner) and going back to the original higher resolution does not restore placement of all your windows. If it were a matter of merely going into the settings and restoring my original resolution, that would only be a minor nuisance.
I should note that OSX will generally remember not to change your primary display's resolution after you have gone through this process once, once for each physical monitor. I believe the port used must be the same as well.
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875be0aa0a7eba107f17f35401da64b581ee0d12 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remove an environment variable on OSX using bash I'm running under Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I recently added an environment variable which it seems to be messing my bash terminal (I guess).
What I did is add the variable DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/lib to my .bash_profile file, which looks like this:
export PATH=/Users/Carlos/pear/bin:$PATH:/Users/Carlos/android-sdks/platforms:/Users/Carlos/android-sdks/platforms-tools:/Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/bin/
# Setting PATH for Python 2.7
# The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/lib
And then run the command:
source ~/.bash_profile
So that now I can see the variable listed along with all the environment variables when I run "set" on the terminal.
The thing is I want to remove it. I've checked several forums and to be honest none of the solutions worked for me so far.
A: unset it
unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
The bash reference manual says
Once a variable is set, it may be unset only by using the unset builtin command.
| Q: How to remove an environment variable on OSX using bash I'm running under Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I recently added an environment variable which it seems to be messing my bash terminal (I guess).
What I did is add the variable DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/lib to my .bash_profile file, which looks like this:
export PATH=/Users/Carlos/pear/bin:$PATH:/Users/Carlos/android-sdks/platforms:/Users/Carlos/android-sdks/platforms-tools:/Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/bin/
# Setting PATH for Python 2.7
# The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/lib
And then run the command:
source ~/.bash_profile
So that now I can see the variable listed along with all the environment variables when I run "set" on the terminal.
The thing is I want to remove it. I've checked several forums and to be honest none of the solutions worked for me so far.
A: unset it
unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
The bash reference manual says
Once a variable is set, it may be unset only by using the unset builtin command.
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65bf715662ec4321d37f523293afcf7d5439bab6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Combine sound such as MP3 to video MOV in OS X? I need to combine a movie without sounds and a MP3 file. How can I do it in OS X? I have Adobe After Effects but it is not at all intuitive to use -- or better I need to find some button to render the sounds with the movie but now no time -- is there some easy fast-to-use software for OS X to combine sounds and videos?
A: iMovie is the obvious choice. It's very easy to use and fairly reasonable in price. You might have it already if you have a newish mac or else it's $15 I think.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
| Q: Combine sound such as MP3 to video MOV in OS X? I need to combine a movie without sounds and a MP3 file. How can I do it in OS X? I have Adobe After Effects but it is not at all intuitive to use -- or better I need to find some button to render the sounds with the movie but now no time -- is there some easy fast-to-use software for OS X to combine sounds and videos?
A: iMovie is the obvious choice. It's very easy to use and fairly reasonable in price. You might have it already if you have a newish mac or else it's $15 I think.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
A: ffmpeg supports combining video and audio without re-encoding:
ffmpeg -i input.mov -i input.mp3 -c copy -map 0:0 -map 1:0 -shortest output.mov
-map 0:0 means input file 0, stream 0. -c copy copies video and audio codecs. -shortest makes the combined file as long as the shorter file.
A: Adobe After Effects
I remembered now how to do it in After Effects: Composition > Add to Render Queue and then click lossless and put the cross to the audio thing. Now specify the target and then hit Render.
A good video here how to do it.
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f663a0b51a2805ecbb18ca6ca806132d7f7a6167 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using Find my iPhone to track my daughters phone Can I use find my iPhone to track my daughters phone if we each have different apple ids?
A: Only the main Apple ID on the device (the one that has iCloud backups available) is available to log in to Find my iPhone. Any secondary iCloud accounts added to the device can not be used to track the device.
If she doesn't mind that her Apple ID won't be the main one, then yes, you can set it up with your Apple ID as the main one and that will work fine.
Also, if she doesn't mind, you can log in with her Apple ID.
If not, you can use Find my Friends since this works across multiple Apple IDs.
| Q: Using Find my iPhone to track my daughters phone Can I use find my iPhone to track my daughters phone if we each have different apple ids?
A: Only the main Apple ID on the device (the one that has iCloud backups available) is available to log in to Find my iPhone. Any secondary iCloud accounts added to the device can not be used to track the device.
If she doesn't mind that her Apple ID won't be the main one, then yes, you can set it up with your Apple ID as the main one and that will work fine.
Also, if she doesn't mind, you can log in with her Apple ID.
If not, you can use Find my Friends since this works across multiple Apple IDs.
A: The consolidated answer is: YES, you can use Find My iPhone to track someone else's iPhone, so long as you know the main Apple ID and password that is being used on that phone. To track the phone, install the Find My iPhone app from the App Store on your phone, then log into the app using the Apple ID and password being used on the other phone (i.e., your daughter's Apple ID).
If you don't mind your daughter knowing that you are tracking her location, then the Find My Friends app (also from Apple) is a better solution for tracking since it allows you to track multiple phones simultaneously without having to log into the their Apple IDs, and allows geofenced alerts (e.g. "alert me when my daughter leaves school"). One potential downside is that using Find My Friends will also share your location with your daughter (and anyone else you are tracking).
A: To directly answer your question, you may use Find My iPhone to track your daughter's iPhone using the Find My iPhone app that you can download from the app store - without any consequence to your own Apple ID that is in use on your device. All you need to do is sign into her Apple ID in the app, and it should show her device (as long as Find my iPhone is enabled on her device).
When using the Find my iPhone app, you can keep your Apple IDs completely autonomous, and all you need to know is her Apple ID.
Like @grgarside mentioned. Find My Friends would probably be a better option either way since you can set up geofence notifications, and such.
A: "Track" may not be the most accurate term. You can "locate" (or find) your daughter's iPhone, but only if she has the app and iCloud enabled. If she turns it off on her phone, then you will not be able to locate her phone (or her). The app does not "track" in terms of showing you where she as been, from location to location. In other words, she could have it on when she's home, turn it off and go to the mall with her friends, then turn it back on when she gets home and you will not know - other than the app will indicate an "old location" when it attempts to find her phone and the app/ iCloud are turned off.
A: Answer for ios 13+:
*
*On your daughter's phone, open the Find My app.
*Select Share My Location
*Select yourself to share her location.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210514
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caab92a4589336a6991a9a2a638dd901126d6234 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable default alt-left / alt-right keyboard shortcuts for Numbers.app I'm continually hitting Alt+Left Arrow to move navigate within a cell in Numbers, and inadvertently inserting new rows.. How can I disable all the Alt+Arrow shortcuts?
I've tried changing the Application specific keys in System Prefs > Keyboard, and my new keys work, but the old remain active. Is there a tidy oneliner to paste into the terminal?!
Edit:
Hmm.. I can't replicate the problem that I'm asking about! ATM when I Alt+Enter into a cell to edit, Alt+Left Arrow is not adding a column! Maybe I'm mashing some other keys in there intermittently?
BTW, I've also tried setting Alt+Left Arrow to Bring All Windows to Front but that disabled using Alt whilst editing the cell.
A: You can edit the plist directly:
defaults write com.apple.iWork.Numbers NSUserKeyEquivalents '{"Add Column Before"="\0";"Add Column After"="\0";}'
It overwrites custom shortcuts set in System Preferences, but you could also edit the plist in a text editor after converting it to XML:
plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork.Numbers.plist
| Q: How to disable default alt-left / alt-right keyboard shortcuts for Numbers.app I'm continually hitting Alt+Left Arrow to move navigate within a cell in Numbers, and inadvertently inserting new rows.. How can I disable all the Alt+Arrow shortcuts?
I've tried changing the Application specific keys in System Prefs > Keyboard, and my new keys work, but the old remain active. Is there a tidy oneliner to paste into the terminal?!
Edit:
Hmm.. I can't replicate the problem that I'm asking about! ATM when I Alt+Enter into a cell to edit, Alt+Left Arrow is not adding a column! Maybe I'm mashing some other keys in there intermittently?
BTW, I've also tried setting Alt+Left Arrow to Bring All Windows to Front but that disabled using Alt whilst editing the cell.
A: You can edit the plist directly:
defaults write com.apple.iWork.Numbers NSUserKeyEquivalents '{"Add Column Before"="\0";"Add Column After"="\0";}'
It overwrites custom shortcuts set in System Preferences, but you could also edit the plist in a text editor after converting it to XML:
plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork.Numbers.plist
A: Just had a quick look at this in Numbers.app 4.0.5, and I've found that by overriding the default keyboard shortcuts, the problematic behaviour is resolved.
Now if I hit Alt+Enter to edit the cell contents, I can hit Alt+Right and Alt+Left to navigate the text without adding any new columns (holding Shift to select text works fine, too).
The relevant menu items to override are:
*
*Add Column Before
*Add Column After
Docs: macOS Sierra: Create keyboard shortcuts for apps
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027d732b20a7eb28c5966f07078ab9461a851a2b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Air not waking up from Suspend/Sleep with rEFInd boot manager installed Having installed both rEFInd 0.6.10 (updated to 0.6.11) via its install.sh and Ubuntu 13.04 on another partition I can now choose on a MacBook Air to boot either MacOS or Linux.
When running MacOS and closing and soon re-opening the lid, everything is fine, but after a longer time of closed lid, the machine is not waking/starting up. Instead I have to long-press the power button and then press it again to boot the machine.
A: I had the same exact issue with my MacBook Pro and I have rEFInd installed as well. I resolved the problem disabling the autopoweroff option with pmset. See this answer.
| Q: Macbook Air not waking up from Suspend/Sleep with rEFInd boot manager installed Having installed both rEFInd 0.6.10 (updated to 0.6.11) via its install.sh and Ubuntu 13.04 on another partition I can now choose on a MacBook Air to boot either MacOS or Linux.
When running MacOS and closing and soon re-opening the lid, everything is fine, but after a longer time of closed lid, the machine is not waking/starting up. Instead I have to long-press the power button and then press it again to boot the machine.
A: I had the same exact issue with my MacBook Pro and I have rEFInd installed as well. I resolved the problem disabling the autopoweroff option with pmset. See this answer.
A: If you want to prevent Macbook going from sleep mode into standby mode (dump RAM to SSD) too soon, you could also adjust by changing pmset's standbydelay value.
sudo pmset -g to check current setting
sudo pmset -a standbydelay [value] to update settting
But instead of changing pmset configuration (which affects your battery life), try using the original rEFIt instead, the installation is as simple as the forked project rEFInd, and I no longer experience any wake-up problem on my Macbook Air 5.2 (Mid 2012 version/OS X 10.8)
Reference Links:
http://refit.sourceforge.net/
https://askubuntu.com/questions/295105/refind-breaks-standby-mode-on-macbook-air-5-2/296514
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f4bdddd90f3dc76253dff2ca35a282dcc10a449e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Air screen turns off randomly I had my MacBook Air 13" 2011 for almost 2 years now. And right from the start I kept having this weird issue: sometimes while I'm working on it, the screen (and the monitor attached via displayport aswell) randomly shuts off (or goes to sleep). The computer is still active and everything is still running normally, so If I hit a key it goes back on normally... It happens even if my power cord is plugged in.
It's not a big deal, but it sometimes gets very annoying when it happens while I am typing.
Any clues?
Thanks!
A: Assuming it only happens sometimes and only when you are actively using the computer (key board & Mouse)
Lets find out if it is you doing it.
Check your settings for Display Sleep in:
System preferences> Desktop and Screen saver> Hot Corners!
In here look if you have a setting to put display to sleep.
| Q: MacBook Air screen turns off randomly I had my MacBook Air 13" 2011 for almost 2 years now. And right from the start I kept having this weird issue: sometimes while I'm working on it, the screen (and the monitor attached via displayport aswell) randomly shuts off (or goes to sleep). The computer is still active and everything is still running normally, so If I hit a key it goes back on normally... It happens even if my power cord is plugged in.
It's not a big deal, but it sometimes gets very annoying when it happens while I am typing.
Any clues?
Thanks!
A: Assuming it only happens sometimes and only when you are actively using the computer (key board & Mouse)
Lets find out if it is you doing it.
Check your settings for Display Sleep in:
System preferences> Desktop and Screen saver> Hot Corners!
In here look if you have a setting to put display to sleep.
A: Mine did the same. Apple fixed it four times and even replaced the computer without resolution of the problem. I finally discovered that it was the magnetic clasp on my Apple Watch band triggering the magnetic sensor in the upper left portion by the keyboard. This is normally triggered by a magnet in the lower left portion of the display that the tells the computer when it is shut.
A: Make sure that your Display's sleep settings are set to "Never" on both battery power and AC power. Also, another setting might be affecting the sleep function. Go to System Preferences, then Security and Privacy, then click the Privacy tab, and then Click the Lock to Make Changes. That will allow you to click on "Advanced" in the lower right corner. This will open a pop-up; be sure to UNCHECK "Log out after ___ minutes." That's what was constantly putting my MacBook Air to sleep and logging me out of all open applications. Lots of GRRRR moments trying to figure it out, but once located, it took care of the problem.
A: Seconding Jerry Mazza's answer above. The same thing was just happening to my Air. The screen just blacked out and would not return until I jiggled everything around for five minutes.
Turns out my ipad pro with magnetic cover was sitting right next to the upper-left section of the keyboard (until my jiggling separated them). I can do it reproducibly now just by sliding the ipad into position... poof: screen goes black.
A: Make sure the upper left corner of your MacBook air doesn't touch any magnet. Turns out my kindle's magnetic cover is coming into contact with the laptop leading to the screen turing off.
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85a780677f7454921a580b916386e8f5bb76eb00 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: On Mountain Lion, Trash doesn't Empty there is a file stuck in the trash
This is what it shows when i do 'Get Info'
When i 'Empty' the trash
The sound plays, the trash window disappears, but the Trash icon doesn't appear empty and the file is still there when i reopen the trash.
I've tried the terminal
According to the terminal, there is no file in the Trash folder.
What am i missing? How can i solve this?
EDIT
So, i found out that the file is actually in another volume and as the Trash shows the 'trash' for all volumes, the file is being shown in the trash.
So, the file is in the Trash for my Bootcamp volume [/Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/501]
I try deleting it from the terminal
but its still there
what do i do?
A: The Trash contains files from different volumes. Try running…
rm -rfv /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/*
Depending on drive permissions, this may have to be run using sudo.
| Q: On Mountain Lion, Trash doesn't Empty there is a file stuck in the trash
This is what it shows when i do 'Get Info'
When i 'Empty' the trash
The sound plays, the trash window disappears, but the Trash icon doesn't appear empty and the file is still there when i reopen the trash.
I've tried the terminal
According to the terminal, there is no file in the Trash folder.
What am i missing? How can i solve this?
EDIT
So, i found out that the file is actually in another volume and as the Trash shows the 'trash' for all volumes, the file is being shown in the trash.
So, the file is in the Trash for my Bootcamp volume [/Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/501]
I try deleting it from the terminal
but its still there
what do i do?
A: The Trash contains files from different volumes. Try running…
rm -rfv /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/*
Depending on drive permissions, this may have to be run using sudo.
A: One simple idea first: hold down the option (alt) key as you choose Finder > Empty Trash (see Apple's HT1526).
If that doesn't work, I noticed that if you look closely in your Get Info screenshot, you can see that the file is actually in /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/501, not ~/.Trash.
I'd try rm -f /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/501/2.Broke.Girls.S02E19.HDTV.XvID-AFG
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65c56e3976abe6888753c908fb1b0e99fae30012 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: preventing ssh command from opening xquartz on every session Whenever I use ssh, after I type the password, xQuartz pop ups in the dock and terminal window looses focus. This happens even if there's no an X session. Why? How to prevent this behavior?
A: Solved by myself. XQuartz installation added a custom configuration for ssh in /etc/ssh/ssh_config (or /etc/ssh_config for older macOS versions). I have just removed ForwardX11 yes and ssh won't open XQuartz anymore.
Below shows the file contents that's causing XQuartz to open.
$ tail -5 /etc/ssh/ssh_config
SendEnv LANG LC_*
# XAuthLocation added by XQuartz (https://www.xquartz.org)
Host *
XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
| Q: preventing ssh command from opening xquartz on every session Whenever I use ssh, after I type the password, xQuartz pop ups in the dock and terminal window looses focus. This happens even if there's no an X session. Why? How to prevent this behavior?
A: Solved by myself. XQuartz installation added a custom configuration for ssh in /etc/ssh/ssh_config (or /etc/ssh_config for older macOS versions). I have just removed ForwardX11 yes and ssh won't open XQuartz anymore.
Below shows the file contents that's causing XQuartz to open.
$ tail -5 /etc/ssh/ssh_config
SendEnv LANG LC_*
# XAuthLocation added by XQuartz (https://www.xquartz.org)
Host *
XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
A: As alluded to by mjturner in the comments, the actual answer to this is to ensure the following is in your /etc/ssh/ssh_config and ~/.ssh/config file:
ForwardX11 no
If set to yes, XQuartz will simply re-add its settings to /etc/ssh/ssh_config
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7e48328acd0d9424168927f454e0cd70deb9fe1c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes Helper still running even if it is off I want to disable iTunes Helper.
I have remove it from Settings > Users & Groups > Login Items, but it's still running after restart.
Did I miss anything?
A: iTunesHelper will run if you open iTunes, or do something that opens an iTunes service.
The only way to completely disable iTunesHelper is to…
*
*Quit iTunes and remove iTunesHelper from Login Items.
*Go to /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/
*
*You can use Finder's Go to Folder to go there - paste in the path as above.
*Rename iTunesHelper.app to something else (e.g. iTunesHelper-disabled.app).
iTunesHelper should not run automatically now.
| Q: iTunes Helper still running even if it is off I want to disable iTunes Helper.
I have remove it from Settings > Users & Groups > Login Items, but it's still running after restart.
Did I miss anything?
A: iTunesHelper will run if you open iTunes, or do something that opens an iTunes service.
The only way to completely disable iTunesHelper is to…
*
*Quit iTunes and remove iTunesHelper from Login Items.
*Go to /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/
*
*You can use Finder's Go to Folder to go there - paste in the path as above.
*Rename iTunesHelper.app to something else (e.g. iTunesHelper-disabled.app).
iTunesHelper should not run automatically now.
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d3681f39efb927f417d069c64b4fc87d13bd5c8b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I disable Dashboard in Mountain Lion? I'm wondering if there's a way to disable the dashboard in Mountain Lion. I never use it and I think it's consuming processor and memory powers.
A: With macOS 10.10 Yosemite or later, you can go to
System Preferences → Mission Control and switch Dashboard to Off.
On any OS with Dashboard, you can disable it through Terminal with the following command:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES && killall Dock
It can be re-enabled with:
defaults delete com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled && killall Dock
| Q: Can I disable Dashboard in Mountain Lion? I'm wondering if there's a way to disable the dashboard in Mountain Lion. I never use it and I think it's consuming processor and memory powers.
A: With macOS 10.10 Yosemite or later, you can go to
System Preferences → Mission Control and switch Dashboard to Off.
On any OS with Dashboard, you can disable it through Terminal with the following command:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES && killall Dock
It can be re-enabled with:
defaults delete com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled && killall Dock
A: If you don't want to use Dashboard at all, free Apps are available to disable & enable (if you wish to revert) it including:
*
*Bye Bye Dashboard
*‘Disable & Enable Dashboard’ Utility
EDIT
Alternatively see also this Youtube tutorial published on August 9th 2013 entitled "Removing the Dashboard (MacMost Now 902)"
A: Or you could just uncheck the 'Show Dashboard as a Space' checkbox in the Mission Control settings
A: No hacks/apps or terminals needed.
Before you start you can Launch Activity Monitor and filter by dashboard to see this work.
Remove all dashboard items and see that the dashboard process disappears.
Add them again and all is back to normal.
And then use Greg's answer to remove it from Spaces.
A: To permanently disable Dashboard
*
*open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
*enter these commands, authenticate when prompted:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES; killall Dock
sudo mkdir /System/Library/LaunchDaemons\ (disabled)
sudo launchctl unload -w com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist
sudo mv /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist \
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons\ (disabled)/
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4193ae0ce8065a0f95ebd4960e3e031204eff222 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using Mac in a virtual machine legality? There have been many different questions like this and all have seemed to come down to the same answer. It violates the EULA. The problem is they all bring up another question. How binding is the EULA. We all know Psystar was sued for making machines with OSX installed on them. The problem is they were selling them. Not using them.
Now what if you put it in a virtual machine and don't sell it. Is it still against the law? Apple has gotten sued before for taking their competitors apps off their market. Also Windows recently got in trouble for their secure boot which didn't allow people to install other OSs on hardware.
How legally binding is the EULA?
Is there a legal way to do it?
A: Snow Leopard Server specifically allowed installation in a VM. Normal Lion and Mountain Lion also allow installation in the VM in the EULA. Parallels and VMWare both support installation of Mac OS X guest machines for those versions.
The EULA only allows it if the VMs are running on Apple hardware.
| Q: Using Mac in a virtual machine legality? There have been many different questions like this and all have seemed to come down to the same answer. It violates the EULA. The problem is they all bring up another question. How binding is the EULA. We all know Psystar was sued for making machines with OSX installed on them. The problem is they were selling them. Not using them.
Now what if you put it in a virtual machine and don't sell it. Is it still against the law? Apple has gotten sued before for taking their competitors apps off their market. Also Windows recently got in trouble for their secure boot which didn't allow people to install other OSs on hardware.
How legally binding is the EULA?
Is there a legal way to do it?
A: Snow Leopard Server specifically allowed installation in a VM. Normal Lion and Mountain Lion also allow installation in the VM in the EULA. Parallels and VMWare both support installation of Mac OS X guest machines for those versions.
The EULA only allows it if the VMs are running on Apple hardware.
A: A EULA is a contract, not a law. Trouble, if it comes, comes in the form of a lawsuit: "You agreed not to do X; you did X, harming me , for which I demand $$$ as compensation."
That means
*
*one party must have been harmed, and
*would need to know or believe that they have been harmed, and
*would need make a claim to that effect, and
*would need to back up that claim, with evidence sufficient to
*convince a judge (assuming the other disputes the claim).
The said party might not know that the EULA had been violated, might not be able to prove a valid contract existed, might not be able to convincingly show harm, or might not feel that it's worth the trouble to pursue, for example, one person experimenting on their own, vs. a training company running a dozen such VMs off a single user license.
How legally binding is a EULA that you haven't actually signed, but was assumed by the licensor based on your having made use of the software? Here I'm out of my depth. Shrink-wrap EULAs (the kind that claim to bind you once you open the package that contains and conceals them) have been known to have been invalidated. One might conceivably be able to convince a judge that ticking a box that says you agree to some referenced but not necessarily presented terms, doesn't constitute agreement. Or not. Do you feel lucky?
(IANAL, TINLA, etc.)
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5f946f7e258853d83b48ba35383b86f96e3a5723 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No keyboard backlight until password entered Since updating to OS X 10.8.3 on my MBP, my keyboard backlight does not come on until I enter my password and my desktop comes up. This makes it very difficult to enter my password at night with low light because the keys are not backlit.
How can I enable the keyboard backlight before password entry?
A: Assuming you are FileVaulted, fold your screen down just short of crushing your fingers. The light is sufficient to illuminate the kbd enough to be able to enter your pwd.
| Q: No keyboard backlight until password entered Since updating to OS X 10.8.3 on my MBP, my keyboard backlight does not come on until I enter my password and my desktop comes up. This makes it very difficult to enter my password at night with low light because the keys are not backlit.
How can I enable the keyboard backlight before password entry?
A: Assuming you are FileVaulted, fold your screen down just short of crushing your fingers. The light is sufficient to illuminate the kbd enough to be able to enter your pwd.
A: When FileVault is enabled it encrypts everything on the SSD and doesn't allow even the computer to have access to that data until you enter your password. Including the software that loads during startup which would normally activate the backlighting on your keyboard and the touch-bar.
After you enter your password on startup the decryption process begins and all of those necessary pieces of software start to load. Making your keyboard backlight turn on and your touch-bar activate.
Here are your 2 choices:
*
*Accept it and remain using FileVault (my recommendation)
*Turn off FileVault (which I really do not recommend)
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5473c5afc5b040478f172c289d0b2da28df960f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to access data in iPhone backup file directly I have just gotten rid of my iPhone 5 but did a full backup of picture and such beforehand. I do not plan on getting another iPhone. Is there a way i can get my content back? I have the backup file location but the files are not what i expected them to be.
A: I recommend iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor (for Mac) and iPhone Backup Extractor (for Windows).
Recover lost iPhone calendar events, contacts, photos, videos, SMS messages, notes, location data and app data from iTunes backup files.
| Q: How to access data in iPhone backup file directly I have just gotten rid of my iPhone 5 but did a full backup of picture and such beforehand. I do not plan on getting another iPhone. Is there a way i can get my content back? I have the backup file location but the files are not what i expected them to be.
A: I recommend iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor (for Mac) and iPhone Backup Extractor (for Windows).
Recover lost iPhone calendar events, contacts, photos, videos, SMS messages, notes, location data and app data from iTunes backup files.
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892c9cd8ed65fadc30c000694d340c45f62af96f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Favorites disappears from sidebar in Finder Running Mountain Lion 10.8.3 I find that after a recent reboot my Favorites have all disappeared from the sidebar in Finder.
Finder > Preferences > Sidebar shows a number of boxes against Favorite folders, but these can not be selected
A: This could be due to having collapsed "Favorites" inadvertently.
Try simply hovering over the heading "Favorites" in the sidebar; the collapsed arrow will appear: ">"; click on it to expand "Favorites"
This toggles the favorites on and off...
| Q: Favorites disappears from sidebar in Finder Running Mountain Lion 10.8.3 I find that after a recent reboot my Favorites have all disappeared from the sidebar in Finder.
Finder > Preferences > Sidebar shows a number of boxes against Favorite folders, but these can not be selected
A: This could be due to having collapsed "Favorites" inadvertently.
Try simply hovering over the heading "Favorites" in the sidebar; the collapsed arrow will appear: ">"; click on it to expand "Favorites"
This toggles the favorites on and off...
A: Hold together Option+Command+esc and then relaunch "Finder" that will solve your problem instantly. If the problem persists, please try reinstall Mac OS X by Command+R after rebooting.
A: I've just wanted to share what has just worked on my system (10.12.6):
sudo killall sharedfilelistd Finder
and my Favourites are back.
A: I had same problem on Yosemite. Hovering over "Favorites" and clicking "Show" worked.
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41e7b1d1afdf179cd791efa56864cd4cc9e72491 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I open all the files in all the subdirectories of a folder? I'm trying to recursively open all the files in a folder, including its directories. I've been playing around with open /path/to/folder/*, and this will open all the files inside that folder but not include the sub-directories.
If I had a folder tree that looked like this:
Folder
>subfolder1
>>file1.jpg
>>file2.jpg
>subfolder2
>>file1.jpg
>>file2.jpg
>subfolder3
>>file.jpg
How could I open all the files in one terminal command?
A: I would suggest
find . | xargs open
| Q: How can I open all the files in all the subdirectories of a folder? I'm trying to recursively open all the files in a folder, including its directories. I've been playing around with open /path/to/folder/*, and this will open all the files inside that folder but not include the sub-directories.
If I had a folder tree that looked like this:
Folder
>subfolder1
>>file1.jpg
>>file2.jpg
>subfolder2
>>file1.jpg
>>file2.jpg
>subfolder3
>>file.jpg
How could I open all the files in one terminal command?
A: I would suggest
find . | xargs open
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6836cffcec1f456fe87b7bd8519d58c66cf145e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I fix a scratched iPhone 5 rear camera lens? In a picture I took this afternoon with my iPhone 5 I noticed a purple line on the photo:
At first I thought it was a software issue so I rebooted the phone. Unfortunately, after a reboot the line was still there on new photographs.
Upon closer examination it appears that the rear lens of my iPhone 5 has somehow become scratched. Is there a way to fix this? Or do I need to just have the phone replaced?
A: Well i think you can do it
Lens - http://www.witrigs.com/replacement-camera-lens-for-iphone-5
Video on howto do it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si0M3wak4Q0
| Q: Can I fix a scratched iPhone 5 rear camera lens? In a picture I took this afternoon with my iPhone 5 I noticed a purple line on the photo:
At first I thought it was a software issue so I rebooted the phone. Unfortunately, after a reboot the line was still there on new photographs.
Upon closer examination it appears that the rear lens of my iPhone 5 has somehow become scratched. Is there a way to fix this? Or do I need to just have the phone replaced?
A: Well i think you can do it
Lens - http://www.witrigs.com/replacement-camera-lens-for-iphone-5
Video on howto do it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si0M3wak4Q0
A: don’t do it your self at first! go to an Apple Store and let it check, maybe it’s just a hair!
A: Yes, you can replace the camera lens, but it is difficult. The camera lens is cheap. But it takes much time to replace the scratched one:
*
*Tear down the front LCD screen
*Tear down all the small parts, battery, motherboard, dock flex cable, and camera etc
*Use a heat gun to heat the camera lens, use something to make the lens out
*Use Glue to glue to new lens on the original position of the back housing
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c2201523f2775f98a39df63608844a67236ef3e7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Connecting two DVI monitors to a MBA 2012 Can anyone tell me whether it's possible to connect two external DVI monitors to a 2012 macbook Air?
Ideally I'd like to do this through the thunderbolt connector with an adapter to drive both displays, but otherwise can anyone recommend a decent USB3 -> DVI adapter is acceptable if it's equal to or better than what I would get via thunderbolt.
I'm not watching movies or gaming on the displays, as this is just for work which consists primarily of programming so maybe a USB -> DVI adapter would be acceptable as well.
A: It is not officially possible to connect two external DVI monitors to a MacBook Air. Apple's support article states that you can only connect one non-Thunderbolt monitor per Thunderbolt port.
Additionally, you can look at hooking a second screen up via USB, using a product like those made by DisplayLink.
| Q: Connecting two DVI monitors to a MBA 2012 Can anyone tell me whether it's possible to connect two external DVI monitors to a 2012 macbook Air?
Ideally I'd like to do this through the thunderbolt connector with an adapter to drive both displays, but otherwise can anyone recommend a decent USB3 -> DVI adapter is acceptable if it's equal to or better than what I would get via thunderbolt.
I'm not watching movies or gaming on the displays, as this is just for work which consists primarily of programming so maybe a USB -> DVI adapter would be acceptable as well.
A: It is not officially possible to connect two external DVI monitors to a MacBook Air. Apple's support article states that you can only connect one non-Thunderbolt monitor per Thunderbolt port.
Additionally, you can look at hooking a second screen up via USB, using a product like those made by DisplayLink.
A: There recently was a similar discussion here at Ask Different:
Two Monitors Setup On a MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro described in that post has similar options/limitations as your MacBook Air when it comes to multi-monitor setups.
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c356d71d0b40555932f1b04e0da9be7246559537 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Customize delimiter character with Excel CSV save-as Is there any way to do this? I need to use a pipe "|" as my delimiter. On Windows you can change this during the export. On Mac I haven't found a way. As a side note, my files have commas in the data itself.
A: If you're willing to move away from Excel, you could try using OpenOffice or LibreOffice to create .csv files. They're both free, they both have most of the functionality included in Excel, and they both allow tabulated data to be saved as a .csv file using any character as a data separator or text delimiter (including the pipe, of course).
| Q: Customize delimiter character with Excel CSV save-as Is there any way to do this? I need to use a pipe "|" as my delimiter. On Windows you can change this during the export. On Mac I haven't found a way. As a side note, my files have commas in the data itself.
A: If you're willing to move away from Excel, you could try using OpenOffice or LibreOffice to create .csv files. They're both free, they both have most of the functionality included in Excel, and they both allow tabulated data to be saved as a .csv file using any character as a data separator or text delimiter (including the pipe, of course).
A: Well, wouldn't you know it, I don't need this functionality anyhow. Excel is smart enough to detect cells that have commas in them, and in this case, it will automatically delimit the text with surrounding double quotes. I wasn't giving Excel any credit!
A: All well and good, but don't try to use low level text file manipulation utilities on the files that you create (ie *IX programs like awk). They won't be able to distinguish commas inside quotes from those without. Pipe delimiters are better as they clash less frequently with normal everyday usage (eg commas in addresses, or as separators in numbers).
A: I typically use TextEdit to do something like this. Open the source data in TextEdit and go to Edit > Find > Find & Replace. Then replace | with ,, replacing all instances. Save the file using an extension of .csv and you are now good to import into Numbers or Excel.
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23f374dba6dca364697e1251b76a08787ca97b76 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I read this Activity Monitor report? I was trying to figure out why my Mountain Lion server was running slow, and I when I opened Activity Monitor this is what I saw:
Question 1: how am I getting >400% of CPU on the summed CPU column, when I only have 4 cores available?
Question 2: given that I have all this CPU activity, how am I getting these usage reports in the lower-left corner, esp. the 38% idle one?
A: Check this out for a previous post. But, adding a bit to that answer...
First - while you have 4 physical cores, you have hyperthreading active, which allows each core to serve as 2 virtual cores. This will give you a theoretical maximum CPU usage of 100% x 8, or 800%.
Second - the % reported in the activity monitor is showing total CPU% (so it won't exceed 100%). Looking at the CPU numbers in your table, you're using a bit more than 485% out of the maximum of 800%. 485/800 is about 60%, which is your total usage reflected here...
| Q: How do I read this Activity Monitor report? I was trying to figure out why my Mountain Lion server was running slow, and I when I opened Activity Monitor this is what I saw:
Question 1: how am I getting >400% of CPU on the summed CPU column, when I only have 4 cores available?
Question 2: given that I have all this CPU activity, how am I getting these usage reports in the lower-left corner, esp. the 38% idle one?
A: Check this out for a previous post. But, adding a bit to that answer...
First - while you have 4 physical cores, you have hyperthreading active, which allows each core to serve as 2 virtual cores. This will give you a theoretical maximum CPU usage of 100% x 8, or 800%.
Second - the % reported in the activity monitor is showing total CPU% (so it won't exceed 100%). Looking at the CPU numbers in your table, you're using a bit more than 485% out of the maximum of 800%. 485/800 is about 60%, which is your total usage reflected here...
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64d4a4845d0727a0f0af302124f65ce1b014908d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to find the age of a specific Mac? Is there a way to decode the serial-number of your Mac to get more information ?
A: Few ways found after searching -
1. Mac Tracker
Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported OS versions, and expansion options. Also included is information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, speakers, cameras, iPod, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Wi-Fi products, Newton, iOS, Mac OS, and OS X versions.
http://www.mactracker.ca/
2.Coconut Battery 2.8
It has this nice feature which shows the age of your mac inside the App -
Calculates the age of your Mac using the coded production date in the serial number of your Mac.
http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/
| Q: Is there a way to find the age of a specific Mac? Is there a way to decode the serial-number of your Mac to get more information ?
A: Few ways found after searching -
1. Mac Tracker
Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported OS versions, and expansion options. Also included is information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, speakers, cameras, iPod, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Wi-Fi products, Newton, iOS, Mac OS, and OS X versions.
http://www.mactracker.ca/
2.Coconut Battery 2.8
It has this nice feature which shows the age of your mac inside the App -
Calculates the age of your Mac using the coded production date in the serial number of your Mac.
http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/
A: I just downloaded Coconut Battery -- it displays information relating to the Macbook's date of manufacture, and, separately, that of the battery. It's a nice tool; of course, I can't attest to the accuracy of the data presented, but I'm assuming it's pulling the information from somewhere credible. (My Mac itself doesn't seem to provide date of manufacture via the Apple System Information panel.)
A: The third digit is the year of manufacture; fourth and fifth are the week. (If your computer has a 12 digit serial, ie the third digit is a letter, then the fourth is the year and fifth/sixth are the week).
Where to find factory list in apple serial number
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3b5c482f6541968c3af06fd9cf87a8c96acb9eac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Daisy-Chaining a DVI Monitor on a Thunderbolt Display? I currently have a mid-2012 MacbookPro that is connected to a 27" Thunderbolt display. I also have a 17" Samsung Syncmaster that only has VGA & DVI port on it. So I bought the MiniDisplay-to-DVI converter and tried hooking it up to the TBD's thunderbolt port.
It didn't work. The TB port doesn't recognize the monitor at all. When hooking the monitor up directly to the MBP, it seems to work fine. Are there compatibility issues when using the MiniDisplay-to-DVI converter?
A: I would just like to chime in here and note that it is possible to get that DVI display to daisy-chain, but the caveat is that you have to put another Thunderbolt device in between the Thunderbolt display and the Mini DisplayPort->DVI converter.
Apple's notes one other caveat about the Thunderbolt display: older
Mini DisplayPort displays won't light up if they're hooked directly
into the Thunderbolt port on the newer LCD. Macworld's testing found
that Mini DisplayPort LCDs can be added to a Thunderbolt chain and
work as normal by hooking them into another Thunderbolt peripheral.
See: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/18/thunderbolt-display-daisy-chaining-spec-cleared-up/
| Q: Daisy-Chaining a DVI Monitor on a Thunderbolt Display? I currently have a mid-2012 MacbookPro that is connected to a 27" Thunderbolt display. I also have a 17" Samsung Syncmaster that only has VGA & DVI port on it. So I bought the MiniDisplay-to-DVI converter and tried hooking it up to the TBD's thunderbolt port.
It didn't work. The TB port doesn't recognize the monitor at all. When hooking the monitor up directly to the MBP, it seems to work fine. Are there compatibility issues when using the MiniDisplay-to-DVI converter?
A: I would just like to chime in here and note that it is possible to get that DVI display to daisy-chain, but the caveat is that you have to put another Thunderbolt device in between the Thunderbolt display and the Mini DisplayPort->DVI converter.
Apple's notes one other caveat about the Thunderbolt display: older
Mini DisplayPort displays won't light up if they're hooked directly
into the Thunderbolt port on the newer LCD. Macworld's testing found
that Mini DisplayPort LCDs can be added to a Thunderbolt chain and
work as normal by hooking them into another Thunderbolt peripheral.
See: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/18/thunderbolt-display-daisy-chaining-spec-cleared-up/
A: The Mini DisplayPort to DVI converter will only work when plugged directly into the MacBook Pro. You cannot plug it into a Thunderbolt Display for the purpose of daisy chaining. See this support article for details. Your only option of powering two displays via Thunderbolt alone is to purchase two Thunderbolt Displays.
Do you have a Retina MacBook Pro? If so connect the Syncmaster via the laptop's HDMI port. It should work (in theory) using an HDMI to DVI cable.
A: Indeed you can run 2 physically connected non TB displays plus a TB display from a retina with adapters. I have one TB to DVI and a HDMI to DVI that hang 2 24" Samsungs off the MBP with the additional TB port being used by a TB display. In addition I use my iPad as a 4th monitor with the Air Display app.
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e3949b78ac9e0ff88c5b3ca2e4faadf230025079 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remap arrow key to different shortcut I am used to vim and like to move with H, J, K, L. I would like to avoid switching to the arrow keys when I am in a text field for example.
Is there a way to remap the following keys in all application on Mac OS X, so that:
← can also be triggered by OPTION H
↓ can also be triggered by OPTION J
↑ can also be triggered by OPTION K
→ can also be triggered by OPTION L
A: You can use Karabiner to remap keys.
A powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X.
This page details how to add custom behaviors.
| Q: Remap arrow key to different shortcut I am used to vim and like to move with H, J, K, L. I would like to avoid switching to the arrow keys when I am in a text field for example.
Is there a way to remap the following keys in all application on Mac OS X, so that:
← can also be triggered by OPTION H
↓ can also be triggered by OPTION J
↑ can also be triggered by OPTION K
→ can also be triggered by OPTION L
A: You can use Karabiner to remap keys.
A powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X.
This page details how to add custom behaviors.
A: Just done using Better Touch Tool for osx. It features a wweet options to sync your settings online. When it comes to browsing, it doesn't beat vimium. I'm using both
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f187358c6809df0200b546e614520763ea097e73 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delete a TextEdit document in iCloud I would like to delete a TextEdit document stored in iCould.
The only solution I found was to
*
*open the document
*move the document to the hard disk "File → Move To ..."
*delete it locally
Any better solution?
A: This seems quite counter-intuitive, but...
*
*In TextEdit, select File > Open…
*Press the iCloud button at top left.
Then:
*
*drag the icon you want to delete to the Trash in the Dock
*or control/right click the file icon you want to delete and choose the Move to Trash option (pictured below)
*or press cmd-backspace (the backspace key is labelled with a left-facing arrow)
| Q: Delete a TextEdit document in iCloud I would like to delete a TextEdit document stored in iCould.
The only solution I found was to
*
*open the document
*move the document to the hard disk "File → Move To ..."
*delete it locally
Any better solution?
A: This seems quite counter-intuitive, but...
*
*In TextEdit, select File > Open…
*Press the iCloud button at top left.
Then:
*
*drag the icon you want to delete to the Trash in the Dock
*or control/right click the file icon you want to delete and choose the Move to Trash option (pictured below)
*or press cmd-backspace (the backspace key is labelled with a left-facing arrow)
A: *
*Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion
*From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.
*Click iCloud, and verify that you are signed in.
*Click the Manage button to view the data you have stored in iCloud.
*Select any of the apps below Manage Storage, select the document or data you wish to delete from that app, and click the Delete button to remove the item. The data will be removed from your storage allocation and from all of your devices.
via - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847
A: From TextEdit's Open dialogue (File > Open...), you can select the file(s) you wish to delete and press CMD-DELETE (⌘⌫). This will also work with any other app supporting iCloud.
A: first click tin the top corner to open spotlight, you will find this right beside the notification centre (if you are running mountain lion) then type the file name and click show in finder, after this on the bottom of finder it will show you where is is stored. this should say iCloud.
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c8b2d3ea44f80d5e6a4367e6f2d8d199c768112b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Time Machine run backups even when no account is logged on? Does an account has to be logged on to trigger the Time Machine backup, or does Time Machine run without any session active?
A: Time Machine is a system-level daemon, not a user-level process. Time Machine will work even if you are not logged into your Mac.
| Q: Does Time Machine run backups even when no account is logged on? Does an account has to be logged on to trigger the Time Machine backup, or does Time Machine run without any session active?
A: Time Machine is a system-level daemon, not a user-level process. Time Machine will work even if you are not logged into your Mac.
A: No. Mac OS X doesn't mount external drives so even if backupd was told to back up from an ssh session using tmutil startbackup the external drive that Time Machine normally uses would be absent and the backup would fail.
A: It is possible for the disk to be mounted while all users are logged out, but MacOS and other backup programs do not incorporate this feature. The only one that can mount drive with no one logged in is CarbonCopyCloner. Of course, it's not as simple as time machine.
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bbcd1a25fc703e793112706f0003ce17df058d4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does TimeMachine has an higher priority than the sleep delay? When a long backup will soon occur or is running, will it go on and end even if the enter-sleep-mode settings is foreseen earlier?
A: There is a sleep assertion for Time Machine. So while doing a backup your mac won't enter sleep mode. If you are not sure, while a backup is in progress, check with this command: pmset -g assertions. In the processes that prevent sleep mode you will found: BackgroundTask named: "Time Machine backup"
| Q: Does TimeMachine has an higher priority than the sleep delay? When a long backup will soon occur or is running, will it go on and end even if the enter-sleep-mode settings is foreseen earlier?
A: There is a sleep assertion for Time Machine. So while doing a backup your mac won't enter sleep mode. If you are not sure, while a backup is in progress, check with this command: pmset -g assertions. In the processes that prevent sleep mode you will found: BackgroundTask named: "Time Machine backup"
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b1eaaf8f0ce0882c3cbcbd03323cfd8c4630489b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Alternative to iWeb? It seems that iWeb is now long dead, so I am looking for alternative WYSIWYG web editors. Free or open-source would be great, but I wouldn't mind thinking about paying a small fee for a mature piece of software either.
A: iWeb Alternatives
*
*DreamWeaver -> http://www.adobe.com/in/products/dreamweaver.html
*Flux 4 -> http://www.theescapers.com/
*Web Acapella -> http://www.webacappella.com/
*Sand Vox -> http://www.karelia.com/sandvox/from-iweb-to-sandvox.html
| Q: Alternative to iWeb? It seems that iWeb is now long dead, so I am looking for alternative WYSIWYG web editors. Free or open-source would be great, but I wouldn't mind thinking about paying a small fee for a mature piece of software either.
A: iWeb Alternatives
*
*DreamWeaver -> http://www.adobe.com/in/products/dreamweaver.html
*Flux 4 -> http://www.theescapers.com/
*Web Acapella -> http://www.webacappella.com/
*Sand Vox -> http://www.karelia.com/sandvox/from-iweb-to-sandvox.html
A: There are a few options, depending on your knowledge on html and css.
I recommend one of these:
*
*Rapidweaver. It's not free but it's very polished and you can download a trial.
*Sandvox. Also not free. It has a guide for Transitioning from iWeb.
*Kompozer: "a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing." It's free and open source.
My advice is to download and try them all.
A: Try EverWeb (http://www.everwebapp.com). it works very similar to iWeb. Similar interface but with a few new features.
A: BlueGriffon is free, only the manual is not.
http://bluegriffon.org
"BlueGriffon is a new WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of Firefox, it's a modern and robust solution to edit Web pages in conformance to the latest Web Standards."
A: Ancient question, the modern is alternative: Sparkle
(I'm co-developer on Sparkle)
Also worth noting Sandvox and Flux have since been abandoned.
A: There are sadly very few true WYSIWYG web editors these days. Many are template-driven, using their own document formats until you export the site. Importing existing sites/pages is often impossible or lossy.
Dreamweaver remains the champion, though the subscription price is a barrier for many.
I'm currently using Pinegrow, which is also subscription-based, though it has a purchase option. It's the only editor I've found (apart from Dreamweaver) that lets you edit the page both visually and in the code.
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1af19c4e2133d63d9fd7f9fdead4074ee777a9a8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Finnish spell checker for Pages.app '09? Can anyone tell me where I can find a Finnish spell checker for OS X Pages '09 as it is not available through Apple?
A: You should be able to get one at
http://voikko.sourceforge.net/ports.html
| Q: Finnish spell checker for Pages.app '09? Can anyone tell me where I can find a Finnish spell checker for OS X Pages '09 as it is not available through Apple?
A: You should be able to get one at
http://voikko.sourceforge.net/ports.html
A: Thanks for the good resource for Finnish spell checker files. I found good installation instructions from:
http://macmaa.com/2012/11/26/suomenkielen-oikoluvun-asennus-mountain-lioniin/
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fb1f665b9e69e1be647cac847c2df3380b8d8926 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X Mountain Lion cannot share internet connection because of 802.1X protection My notebook is connected on Ethernet using 802.1X. When I try to share the internet via Wifi I get the error message Your Internet connection cannot be shared because its protected by 802.1X
I dont have right now a option of not using a protected network. Is there a way to share the connection? I want to create an adhoc wifi network to test my devices.
A: This thread on discussions.apple.com presents an approach that involves twiddling the firewall and NAT rules in the terminal. I haven't tested that.
| Q: Mac OS X Mountain Lion cannot share internet connection because of 802.1X protection My notebook is connected on Ethernet using 802.1X. When I try to share the internet via Wifi I get the error message Your Internet connection cannot be shared because its protected by 802.1X
I dont have right now a option of not using a protected network. Is there a way to share the connection? I want to create an adhoc wifi network to test my devices.
A: This thread on discussions.apple.com presents an approach that involves twiddling the firewall and NAT rules in the terminal. I haven't tested that.
A: I agree with Gordon. The 802.1X security measures are in place for a reason. You should contact your IT team to see if they have other options for you or if they can set up a guest network. In the absence of that, I would recommend getting a MiFi from your carrier or turning your smartphone into a wireless hotspot. If you have access to LTE, it may be faster than your office WiFi.
A: Based my friends's case, this might be because your setting is wrong.
You need to set "Share your connection from Thunderbolt Ethernet" and "To computers using WIFI"
you may set in the opposite way
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3938b3fd92ab517064eb4ef7ca898aaf50aababd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enable key repeat on iOS? I am working on a project in iOS and would like to enable key repeat. I have done quite a bit of looking around and have failed to come up with any option like that (which surprises me quite a bit, actually).
Is there a way to enable key repeat on an iOS device?
A: The other answers here are inaccurate. The correct answer is "sort of"
@MichaelGoerz Comment is correct. There seems to be a bug in iOS where key repeat only works for certain keys instead of all keys as expected. For example backspace will repeat per your settings but "w" won't. I recommend filing a bug report with Apple at https://bugreport.apple.com in an effort to prod them to fix this. This bug is highly irritating especially when using remote desktop tools where holding down a key might be required.
I occurred to me that this may also be by design, an attempt by Apple to be "helpful" by only allowing the most commonly used repeating keys. Due to the fact that the Settings->General->Accessibility->Keyboard->Key Repeat menu makes no mention of this I am treating it as a bug.
| Q: How do I enable key repeat on iOS? I am working on a project in iOS and would like to enable key repeat. I have done quite a bit of looking around and have failed to come up with any option like that (which surprises me quite a bit, actually).
Is there a way to enable key repeat on an iOS device?
A: The other answers here are inaccurate. The correct answer is "sort of"
@MichaelGoerz Comment is correct. There seems to be a bug in iOS where key repeat only works for certain keys instead of all keys as expected. For example backspace will repeat per your settings but "w" won't. I recommend filing a bug report with Apple at https://bugreport.apple.com in an effort to prod them to fix this. This bug is highly irritating especially when using remote desktop tools where holding down a key might be required.
I occurred to me that this may also be by design, an attempt by Apple to be "helpful" by only allowing the most commonly used repeating keys. Due to the fact that the Settings->General->Accessibility->Keyboard->Key Repeat menu makes no mention of this I am treating it as a bug.
A: It seems like this is a bug right now and happens with Magic Keyboards as well as other Bluetooth keyboards (there is no keyboard discrimination).
It looks like the keys a-z, A-Z and 0-9 don't repeat. However, all other keys seem to work fine (including the symbols above the numbers on a conventional QWERTY keyboard).
I have tested this on an iPad Air 3rd gen and iPad Air 5th gen with the Magic Keyboard and some other 3rd party Bluetooth keyboard.
I contacted Apple support who got in touch with the engineering team responsible for this. They confirmed from them that it is a bug and they're aware of it. They said they would try their best to escalate it, otherwise cannot guarantee that it's fixed.
Apple is pretty opaque with this kind of thing and they were not willing to provide an issue to track online etc.
Although the lack of transparency is not ideal I do think we should appreciate that they acknowledge this is a bug as opposed to shrugging it off as expected behavior. Bugs happen!
I assume like any engineering team, this can be reprioritized if management decides this is more important. I would suggest contacting Apple to try to add to the pressure, or better yet, find someone you know that blogs about tech and have them do a little excerpt about the newest iPad and this odd behavior (maybe even compare it to any other tablet that doesn't have this bug).
If I find an improvement, I'll try to update this post. Hope this helps.
A: Yes, iOS allows key repeat for Bluetooth keyboards, and you can even change the key repeat rate as follows (quoting LucaMarconato):
If you go in Settings->General->Accessibility->Keyboard->Key Repeat
you can set the Key Repeat Interval to 0,03 seconds (the minumum
allowed).
A: No.*
*At least not for the software keyboard. I believe that an external (USB or BlueTooth) keyboard will repeat such keys.
A: Yes, sort of. I needed to repeat the * for separation of text. I was able to create a keyboard shortcut to place a line of stars by double tapping the * key. Worked for me, hope this helps.
A: I concur with the others: by default, the iOS settings only allows auto-repeat for non-alphanumeric characters (everything, except letters and numbers). But you can make it work with alphanumeric characters using wantsPriorityOverSystemBehavior. What I did was:
for key in 0x061...0x079 { // all 26 lowercase roman letters
let K = Unicode.Scalar(key)!
let key = UIKeyCommand(input: "\(K)", modifierFlags: [], action: #selector(insertKey))
key.wantsPriorityOverSystemBehavior = true
basicKeyCommands.append(key)
let keyS = UIKeyCommand(input: "\(K)", modifierFlags: .shift, action: #selector(insertKey))
keyS.wantsPriorityOverSystemBehavior = true
basicKeyCommands.append(keyS)
}
This gives me self-repeating keys for all lowercase and uppercase letters. If you want self-repeating keys for numbers, you need to be more careful: on many non-English keyboards, the numbers are not the default character for the key (you need to type shift to get the number, and you have characters & or ç without shift). So the previous approach won't work. I used a similar approach, but only for English keyboards:
if let keyboardLanguage = self.textInputMode?.primaryLanguage {
if keyboardLanguage.hasPrefix("en") {
for key in 0x030...0x039 { // all 10 numbers
let K = Unicode.Scalar(key)!
let key = UIKeyCommand(input: "\(K)", modifierFlags: [], action: #selector(insertKey))
key.wantsPriorityOverSystemBehavior = true
basicKeyCommands.append(key)
}
}
}
Finally, if your application users can switch to languages with multi-character input (Chinese, Japanese, Hindi-transliteration), you need to deactivate these keyboard shortcuts specifically for these:
if let keyboardLanguage = self.textInputMode?.primaryLanguage {
if (!keyboardLanguage.hasPrefix("hi") && !keyboardLanguage.hasPrefix("zh") && !keyboardLanguage.hasPrefix("ja")) {
// Insert here the first code snipet.
}
}
This key.wantsPriorityOverSystemBehavior setting is available on iOS 15 and above.
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0eeb58c442fa8d3178bd40b983102cc5237357fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Continue managing external drive backups on a different computer I have an external drive with data on it that is shared on the local network. There's another external drive that's daisy chained where backups are stored.
The computer that was originally managing the backups with Time Machine has been replaced and the drives have been moved to another computer.
The Problem
When I select the backup drive for time machine, it attempts to duplicate all the files again since it doesn't recognize the previous backups since they were made on a different computer.
I have tried using tmutil inheritbackup and tmutil associatedisk but have been hit with a couple errors.
$ sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/BACKUP_HD/OLD_CPU
Unexpectedly found no machine directories for "/Volumes/BACKUP_HD/OLD_CPU" during collision check.
$ sudo tmutil associatedisk -a /Volumes/DATA_HD /Volumes/BACKUP_HD/OLD_CPU/Latest/DATA_HD
Not a snapshot volume.
Attempting to manage the backups on the new computer ends up trying to duplicate the data again, which is less than ideal.
A: A simple solution I found is to switch the new computer's name to the old one through System Preferences > Sharing .
Not quite the solution I'm looking for, but it works.
| Q: Continue managing external drive backups on a different computer I have an external drive with data on it that is shared on the local network. There's another external drive that's daisy chained where backups are stored.
The computer that was originally managing the backups with Time Machine has been replaced and the drives have been moved to another computer.
The Problem
When I select the backup drive for time machine, it attempts to duplicate all the files again since it doesn't recognize the previous backups since they were made on a different computer.
I have tried using tmutil inheritbackup and tmutil associatedisk but have been hit with a couple errors.
$ sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/BACKUP_HD/OLD_CPU
Unexpectedly found no machine directories for "/Volumes/BACKUP_HD/OLD_CPU" during collision check.
$ sudo tmutil associatedisk -a /Volumes/DATA_HD /Volumes/BACKUP_HD/OLD_CPU/Latest/DATA_HD
Not a snapshot volume.
Attempting to manage the backups on the new computer ends up trying to duplicate the data again, which is less than ideal.
A: A simple solution I found is to switch the new computer's name to the old one through System Preferences > Sharing .
Not quite the solution I'm looking for, but it works.
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53b2936d0df2088115122a72b068ab02bf9e7fbe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Install a new color profile on Mac OS 10.8 I have a IIYama screen that curerntly display garbages (very, very poor quality).
On the IIYama website, I found drivers for my screen (ProLite B2409HDS), it contains the following files:
*
*2409hds.cat
*2409HDS.icm
*2409HDS.inf
And some other files for Windows 7.
But my issue is, on my Display preferences, I can't see any button to add a new profile using my icm file :
If I click on Open profile, I get a ColorSync profile that looks like when I open the given 2409HDS.icm file manually, so I think there is a way to add it... But can't find it!
Any suggestion ?
A: I finally found how to add profile: put the icm file on that directory:
Macintosh HD\Library\ColorSync\Profiles
And you'll see your profile here....
Anyway, this did not solved my issue, it looks like Apple really want us to buy their incredibly expensive screens. I surely regrets paying 30 boxes to upgrade to 10.8.
| Q: Install a new color profile on Mac OS 10.8 I have a IIYama screen that curerntly display garbages (very, very poor quality).
On the IIYama website, I found drivers for my screen (ProLite B2409HDS), it contains the following files:
*
*2409hds.cat
*2409HDS.icm
*2409HDS.inf
And some other files for Windows 7.
But my issue is, on my Display preferences, I can't see any button to add a new profile using my icm file :
If I click on Open profile, I get a ColorSync profile that looks like when I open the given 2409HDS.icm file manually, so I think there is a way to add it... But can't find it!
Any suggestion ?
A: I finally found how to add profile: put the icm file on that directory:
Macintosh HD\Library\ColorSync\Profiles
And you'll see your profile here....
Anyway, this did not solved my issue, it looks like Apple really want us to buy their incredibly expensive screens. I surely regrets paying 30 boxes to upgrade to 10.8.
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7c5e9ed131df98c8296065a417a4b77ab209f291 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Outlook for Mac 2011: How to find the folder where a message is stored? When I perform a search in Outlook for Mac 2011, I can't seem to figure out how to determine which folder each of the search results is stored.
This questions has been answered for Office for Windows: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/i-can-t-find-the-folder-where-a-message-is-stored-HA001140027.aspx
This is probably completely obvious, but I can't seem to find it...
Update: I'm still looking for a solution that doesn't require me to switch to View -> Reading Pane -> Below
A: The easiest method to show which folder an email is currently located is to right click on the header bar in Outlook and add the "folder" (visible columns have a check mark to the left of it) column to the current view. This will show you which folder said email is contained in when you perform a search. If you no longer wish to have the "folder" seen in the current view just reverse the process to hide it again. If this is your only customization to the current view you can alternately choose to "reset to defaults" by right clicking on the header bar and choosing the reset to defaults action.
| Q: Outlook for Mac 2011: How to find the folder where a message is stored? When I perform a search in Outlook for Mac 2011, I can't seem to figure out how to determine which folder each of the search results is stored.
This questions has been answered for Office for Windows: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/i-can-t-find-the-folder-where-a-message-is-stored-HA001140027.aspx
This is probably completely obvious, but I can't seem to find it...
Update: I'm still looking for a solution that doesn't require me to switch to View -> Reading Pane -> Below
A: The easiest method to show which folder an email is currently located is to right click on the header bar in Outlook and add the "folder" (visible columns have a check mark to the left of it) column to the current view. This will show you which folder said email is contained in when you perform a search. If you no longer wish to have the "folder" seen in the current view just reverse the process to hide it again. If this is your only customization to the current view you can alternately choose to "reset to defaults" by right clicking on the header bar and choosing the reset to defaults action.
A: Based on other answers, I found what seems to be (IMHO) the easiest approach: perform a search and
select "All Items"
in the main ribbon (menu bar). You should see a column labeled "Folder" with the location of the item. I've, personally, been searching for a better answer for some time but thanks to this post, I came up with the aforementioned solution... with one click (with Reading Pane > Right).
Note: If for some reason, the Folder column is NOT displayed in "All Items" view, you can right-click on the column headers and select "Folder".
A: I simply double-click on the the message to open it in a new window. In the window bar or header, the folder name will follow the subject name of the message with a hyphen. In the example below, the subject is "Attached Image;" the folder is "Scanner Email."
I will add that I recently lost a folder somewhere within all my other folders. I knew the name of the folder by doing the above after doing a search for something in that folder. But I had no idea where it went and didn't want to expand every folder to find it. So I put my cursor in the search bar, which opens up the Search tab, then clicked on Advanced> clicked on the drop down menu where "Item Contains" shows> clicked on "Folder"> since I knew the name of the folder, as I mentioned, I could select: "Folder" "Is" and when I click on the button "none", it opens a drop down menu where I can scroll down and select "Choose Folder." Once I started typing in the name of the folder, it brought it up with the full path. Hope this helps someone in the future.
A: You can arrange the messages by Folder. This way you see the Folder also with Reading Pane > Right. To arrange the messages: View / Arrange by / Folder. Or click on Arrange by: (top of the messages list) / Folder.
A: Search ALL FOLDERS will show you the folder, even in reading pane Right!
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aee6f4ecec96eb4233483a75b481585c2b0f5af2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to prevent Terminal from resizing when font size is changed 10.8.3/Terminal 2.3.
Terminal resizes the entire window in seemingly unpredictable ways whenever I change the size of the font -- a frequent operation when frequently going between laptop and external displays.
Is there some way to prevent this? iTerm seems to do the same thing.
Update: Based on @robmathers' answer below, it seems likely that what I want isn't possible. Can anyone recommend any OS X terminal emulators that don't have this feature?
A: Old question here ... but thought I'd add that this has been supported in iTerm for almost two years now https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/2900
Just uncheck the "Adjust window when changing font size" box in the preferences.
2020 Update
The box is now here:
| Q: How to prevent Terminal from resizing when font size is changed 10.8.3/Terminal 2.3.
Terminal resizes the entire window in seemingly unpredictable ways whenever I change the size of the font -- a frequent operation when frequently going between laptop and external displays.
Is there some way to prevent this? iTerm seems to do the same thing.
Update: Based on @robmathers' answer below, it seems likely that what I want isn't possible. Can anyone recommend any OS X terminal emulators that don't have this feature?
A: Old question here ... but thought I'd add that this has been supported in iTerm for almost two years now https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/2900
Just uncheck the "Adjust window when changing font size" box in the preferences.
2020 Update
The box is now here:
A: As far as I know, you can't do this in Terminal (I don't use iTerm, so I can't speak to that). The reason is that Terminal's window sizes are defined by characters, rather than pixels. Hence, when you change fonts, the window resizes based on the proportions of that font, so as to preserve the format of the existing content on the screen.
It sounds a bit silly at first, but given that a terminal simply displays only text characters, it makes sense — if a window is sized by pixels, you'd often end up with wasted space when the size of the window doesn't exactly match a character boundary.
A: Based on your update to the question, have a look at the ZOC Terminal. It it is commercial, can be used for local shells and also SSH and other connections, but offers tabbed sessions and the ability to control what happens when the window is resized (for example the there is a choice to retain the the rows/columns and instead shrink/grow font size, etc.). Have a look at it's Session-Profile>Layout settings page.
A: I have had this same issue for years. I recently found not a solution but a workaround for OS X, which does not require you to change terminal emulators. It uses an application called Spectacle: https://www.spectacleapp.com/
Spectacle provides keyboard shortcuts for positioning and resizing windows (but not the fontsize, as far as I can tell). When I want to change the size of my font, I issue the default command to do so, which creates the unwanted re-sizing of the window. I then reduce or increase the size of the window using the Spectacle keyboard shortcut, until I get it back to a preferred size.
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5ac177caf62e056df520739993500eb58f217516 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I have color ls output automatically if my TERM is "xterm-256color"? Can I have automatic color output for ls if my TERM environment variable is set to xterm-256color?
A: If you are using bash, you could add export CLICOLOR="YES" to your ~/.bashrc.
| Q: Can I have color ls output automatically if my TERM is "xterm-256color"? Can I have automatic color output for ls if my TERM environment variable is set to xterm-256color?
A: If you are using bash, you could add export CLICOLOR="YES" to your ~/.bashrc.
A: Just for the sake of anyone who might come along and wonder how to restrict this to only when the TERM is a certain value, you could put something like this in your shell's "rc" file (.zshrc or .bashrc etc):
case "$TERM" in
xterm-256color)
export CLICOLOR="YES"
;;
*color|xterm*)
export CLICOLOR="YES"
;;
vt100)
export CLICOLOR="NO"
;;
esac
Note that the 2nd example is just there to show why you might want to use 'case' instead of 'if/then': the ability to use wildcard matching and use multiple entries separated by |
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ad50b844da5275adcc7b3e79f425294c643ac421 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) which is trying to bypass firewalls I am using an iMac at work, and the IT security guys are raising issue with the Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) trying to bypass the proxy continually.
I would like to know how I can disable apsd from running.
A: Little Snitch is a means to solve this problem. It doesn't answer the original question (which is how to disable apsd from running), but it can solve this sort of problem, albeit in a bandaid way, that the author of the question has.
With Little Snitch in place it's one button click solution to never hear from apsd again...
| Q: How to disable Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) which is trying to bypass firewalls I am using an iMac at work, and the IT security guys are raising issue with the Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) trying to bypass the proxy continually.
I would like to know how I can disable apsd from running.
A: Little Snitch is a means to solve this problem. It doesn't answer the original question (which is how to disable apsd from running), but it can solve this sort of problem, albeit in a bandaid way, that the author of the question has.
With Little Snitch in place it's one button click solution to never hear from apsd again...
A: I figured out that I needed to enter the following in the terminal:
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.apsd.plist
I did this already, and it seemed to fix the issue, but would love to know if this is the advisable way to solve the problem.
========================================================
Also, in case you want to enable the process afterwards, you can use this:
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.apsd.plist
sources:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/launchctl.1.html
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/disabling-unnecessary-mac-osx-services/
A: Little snitch will only work for a little while. APSD will continue to try to connect to multiple ip addresses once you "deny" connection. I had to do it like 40 times, then when I thought everything was blocked it started doing it again a couple months later relentlessly. Turn the stupid process off.
A: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.apsd.plist
this will completely stop apsd as your background service. Similar in linux, for those process that are running in /etc/inittab
A: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.applepushserviced.plist
For 10.7.5 FYI. The service name is expanded.
A: Maybe, it will be a safer alternative to use Little Snitch and a customized Hosts File to Block Apple stuff you don't want (If you are not planning to use Apple related services such as FaceTime, Messages, App Store and so on) You could also block, at the DNS level, Apple related domains that such process use.
Per Example:
Hostnames: a1441.g4.akamai.net
init-p01st.push.apple.com.edgesuite.net
init-p01st.push.apple.com
IP Addresses: 184.28.188.170
184.28.188.163
---
Hostnames: 35.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
24-courier.push.apple.com
21-courier.push.apple.com
13.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
9-courier.push.apple.com
6-courier.push.apple.com
32.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
13-courier.push.apple.com
34-courier.push.apple.com
17.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
34.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
47.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
46-courier.push.apple.com
39-courier.push.apple.com
9.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
47-courier.push.apple.com
11-courier.push.apple.com
43-courier.push.apple.com
14-courier.push.apple.com
19-courier.push.apple.com
41-courier.push.apple.com
8.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
1-courier.push.apple.com
24.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
17-courier.push.apple.com
21.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
10-courier.push.apple.com
38.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
38-courier.push.apple.com
6.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
32-courier.push.apple.com
8-courier.push.apple.com
35-courier.push.apple.com
18-courier.push.apple.com
1.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
43.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
11.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
10.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
sjc-courier.push-apple.com.akadns.net
19.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
18.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
14.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
46.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
41.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
39.courier-push-apple.com.akadns.net
IP Addresses: 17.249.28.28
17.249.28.27
17.249.28.30
17.249.28.19
17.249.28.36
17.249.28.22
17.249.28.31
17.249.28.12
17.249.28.21
17.249.28.25
17.249.28.32
17.249.28.8
17.249.28.24
17.249.28.10
17.249.28.18
17.249.28.11
17.249.28.33
17.249.28.34
17.249.28.13
17.249.28.23
17.249.28.26
17.249.28.35
17.249.28.20
17.249.28.15
17.249.28.17
----
The above, is just a small example of all Apple's process / services phoning home. The full list is Extensive. I block them at both; At the App level (Using Little Snitch) and at the DNS level (Hosts File) because they Tend to bypass or go around the back of VPN connections. So, I consider them a Privacy and Security Breach. I Love my Mac, but I don't use any apple related apps and services.
AS per Little Snitch, you have to Uncheck some predefined settings. So, next time an Apple process kicks in, such as the apsd process, you can then choose to block all outgoing connections.
To Edit the Hosts File on your Mac, Open Finder, Go to Folder, write: /etc/hosts and the open using TextWrangler. Don't forget to use 0.0.0.0 as a Prefix on all your entries, you can use other commands on TextWrangler such as Sort, Add Line Breaks, and so on. Then, just save and reboot.
If you try to Disable some Apple process via Terminal, you may be required to disable first SIP, which I personally preferred to live it alone. (Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged)
A: It may also help if you turn off the "Find My Mac" feature, found in the iCloud settings.
At least in my case, where I got the message sleep prevented by apsd for the command pmset -g, this made the message go away.
A: Another solution would be to use Little Snitch and to block apsd from there.
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7a49104e35478ee0da03a0f12dcd1345e0468ea9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: My SD card slot doesn't work My SD card slot on the latest MacBook (Mid 2012) won't mount my SD card. The SD card doesn't appear in Finder, Disk Utility, Image Capture or anywhere. I know it's not a software problem, because nothing changed before and after. How do I fix it?
A: I blew hard in the SD card hub. Now it is working fine.
| Q: My SD card slot doesn't work My SD card slot on the latest MacBook (Mid 2012) won't mount my SD card. The SD card doesn't appear in Finder, Disk Utility, Image Capture or anywhere. I know it's not a software problem, because nothing changed before and after. How do I fix it?
A: I blew hard in the SD card hub. Now it is working fine.
A: My Mac book stop seeing the cards, I used a can of air to clean out the reader and it works fine now.
A: This thread says that there's a switch in the SD card slot that detects when a card is inserted, and it can get clogged by dust or jammed or something. If you play around with a toothpick (or anything that fits in that hole), it'll fix your problem. Toggling that switch helps.
A: for me sticking the SD card in and pulling it a bit out again ( just a few mm ) seems to get it mounted.
There's even a video that explains how to put it in and pull it out a bit here
But I find that putting it in under an angle works better:
Sticking the card in under a angle with the cut off corner against the top of the SD slot and then pushing the card in seems to get it mounted every time.
A: Maybe some dust is stuck in the card slot. To remove, gently blow into the slot and try to insert the card again.
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4dba9c220729bb32a019eb20384c15e28304d6e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change the default save location of Office for Mac? I have Office for Mac 2011 and unlike Office PC, I can't find how to change the location where my files are to be saved.
The default position doesn't suit my needs and I spend a lot of time "navigating" to the folder where I store all my projects.
I would like to open a file, edit it's contents, and "save as" a different file name, but to the same file folder from which the document was originally opened... just like you can on a PC.
A: The File Locations preference pane allows to to specify the location for all documents to be saved.
In Word Preferences... select File Locations:
When in File Locations, set the path you want Word to use by clicking in the Location field. The default setting, which appears blank in the screencap below, is to ~/Documents.
| Q: How can I change the default save location of Office for Mac? I have Office for Mac 2011 and unlike Office PC, I can't find how to change the location where my files are to be saved.
The default position doesn't suit my needs and I spend a lot of time "navigating" to the folder where I store all my projects.
I would like to open a file, edit it's contents, and "save as" a different file name, but to the same file folder from which the document was originally opened... just like you can on a PC.
A: The File Locations preference pane allows to to specify the location for all documents to be saved.
In Word Preferences... select File Locations:
When in File Locations, set the path you want Word to use by clicking in the Location field. The default setting, which appears blank in the screencap below, is to ~/Documents.
A: It's not in Apple preferences but in Word's own Preferences. See the drop down menu of Word in top left corner while the program is running, not the Apple symbol.
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5a7d05cd454f74884acab4687eff10a9dd2dfbbd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Some way to launch/display Notification Center from Quicksilver/Launchbar/Alfred? Pick your favorite launcher (Quicksilver, LaunchBar, etc.)… My current choice is QS, but I'm ok with methods for another launcher. Is there a method to launch/call the notification center from one of these applications?
I know there is a way to set a global hotkey, but another global key is the last thing I need… my current ones are already causing conflicts with one or two apps, and I'll never remember another one. Is there a way to index whatever script or system action is triggered by the two-finger swipe from the edge of the screen?
A: Here is what you want:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Notification Center"
click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
Then, just save the script, then just add it to quicksilver's triggers.
| Q: Some way to launch/display Notification Center from Quicksilver/Launchbar/Alfred? Pick your favorite launcher (Quicksilver, LaunchBar, etc.)… My current choice is QS, but I'm ok with methods for another launcher. Is there a method to launch/call the notification center from one of these applications?
I know there is a way to set a global hotkey, but another global key is the last thing I need… my current ones are already causing conflicts with one or two apps, and I'll never remember another one. Is there a way to index whatever script or system action is triggered by the two-finger swipe from the edge of the screen?
A: Here is what you want:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Notification Center"
click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
Then, just save the script, then just add it to quicksilver's triggers.
A: Well, it wouldn't be pretty, but what I would do is to just assign a really esoteric keyboard command (something guaranteed not to conflict with your existing shortcuts) and then write applescript to invoke that keystroke.
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "Some Rarely Used Letter" using {"command down, shift down, control down"} --Or whatever
end tell
Then name the script "Open Notifications," add it to the QS catalogue and then you'll start bumping into it when you type "ONoto" or whatever you like to type.
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58d9da3802487662e6103552f71d98c268662aa8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make a particular app the default viewer / editor for ALL its supported file types at once? I want to make an application, say VLC, the default player for all the file types it supports, without going through all of them individually.
I might not even know what all the supported formats are (as VLC can read 100s of formats) and still want to set it as the default player for all of them.
I was able to do this using the terminal, with the procedure posted below.
Is there an easier way to do it that doesn't require the user to be a developer?
A: While RCDefaultApp is a bit old, it still works
This gives you a decent GUI interface to control default apps
| Q: How to make a particular app the default viewer / editor for ALL its supported file types at once? I want to make an application, say VLC, the default player for all the file types it supports, without going through all of them individually.
I might not even know what all the supported formats are (as VLC can read 100s of formats) and still want to set it as the default player for all of them.
I was able to do this using the terminal, with the procedure posted below.
Is there an easier way to do it that doesn't require the user to be a developer?
A: While RCDefaultApp is a bit old, it still works
This gives you a decent GUI interface to control default apps
A: *
*Find the application's Info.plist file and convert it to xml format if needed.
VLC's plist file is already in xml format, otherwise you'd have to do:
plutil -convert xml1 /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/Info.plist
*Perform the necessary dark magic to extract the list of supported file extensions, with your preferred wand (here is awk, but sed, perl, and others would work just as well):
awk '/CFBundleTypeExtensions/{t=1} /<\/array>/{t=0} t&&/<string>/{gsub(/\t*<\/?string>/,"");print}' /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/Info.plist
*Check the output to make sure you really got the list of extensions and that you really want to associate all those types with the app.
*Recall the last command ▲ and edit it in order to create an empty file in your current directory for every file extension in the list:
for i in $( ≪awk command as before≫ ); do touch dummy.$i; done
*Open your home folder in the Finder, select all the "dummy" files and open a collective inspector for all of them: option+command+i
*Set the application in Open With and use the Change All button.
*Trash the dummy files.
A: I wouldn't want to associate VLC with all types it supports (like mp3, iso, or utf), but I have added this to a duti configuration file:
org.videolan.vlc .avi all
org.videolan.vlc .flac all
org.videolan.vlc .flv all
org.videolan.vlc .mkv all
org.videolan.vlc .mov all
org.videolan.vlc .mp4 all
org.videolan.vlc .mpg all
org.videolan.vlc .wmv all
duti converts extensions that are listed in UTI declarations to UTIs automatically, so you can specify the types like .jpg instead of public.jpeg. See com.apple.LaunchServices.plist. The UTIs of some extensions like .mkv depend on what applications were installed first.
Many applications only list UTIs (LSItemContentTypes) and not extensions (CFBundleTypeExtensions) in the Info.plist. This would list the UTIs and print extensions associated with them:
dump=$(/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump); plutil -convert xml1 /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/Info.plist -o - | sed -n '/LSItemContentTypes/,/\/array/p' | sed -En 's|.*string>(.*)</string.*|\1|p' | while read u; do awk "/uti: *$u/,/tags:/" <<< "$dump"; done | sed -En 's/[[:space:]]*tags: *(.+)/\1/p' | sed $'s/, /\\\n/g' | grep '^\.' | sort -u
A: As mentioned above one method is to use duti, here's a script which you could put in a crontab so when an external app changes your extensions, your script will change them back again;
1.Install duti with HomeBrew:
brew install duti
2.find all your apps bundle id's with:
mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier -r /Applications/VLC.app
for example in this case will output: org.videolan.vlc
3.change the default app:
duti -s org.videolan.vlc .mp4 all
*
*script to automise this (in the script change the apps and bundle ids to your needs) - source of script: https://www.chainsawonatireswing.com/2012/09/19/changing-default-applications-on-a-mac-using-the-command-line-then-a-shell-script/
#!/bin/bash
#========================================================================
# FILE: set_default_apps.sh
# DESCRIPTION: Changes default apps for extensions
# AUTHOR: Scott Granneman (RSG), [email protected]
# COMPANY: Chainsaw on a Tire Swing (http://ChainsawOnATireSwing.com)
# VERSION: 0.1
# CREATED: 09/17/2012 21:44:01 CDT
# REVISION:
#========================================================================
{ cat <<eof
com.macrabbit.Espresso:css
com.valloric.Sigil.app:epub
cx.c3.theunarchiver:gz
com.sublimetext.2:markdown
com.sublimetext.2:md
com.sublimetext.2:mdwn
com.sublimetext.2:mediawiki
cx.c3.theunarchiver:rar
com.sublimetext.2:sh
cx.c3.theunarchiver:tar
com.sublimetext.2:text
com.sublimetext.2:txt
com.sublimetext.2:xml
cx.c3.theunarchiver:zip
eof
} | grep . |
while IFS=$':' read bundle_id extension ; do
# Grep to see if Bundle ID exists, sending stdout to /dev/null
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep $bundle_id > /dev/null
# Save exit status (0=success & 1=failure)
status=$?
# If exit status failed, notify me & exit; if not, change default app for extension
if test $status -eq 1 ; then
echo "$bundle_id doesn't exist! Fix the script!"
#exit
else
echo -e "\nChanging $extension so it opens with $bundle_id …\n"
duti -s $bundle_id .$extension all
echo -e "Here's proof…\n"
duti -x $extension
echo -e "\n----------"
fi
done
*
*you can find all your apps extensions with this voodoo from @Lri posted above, and then use/paste the result in the script above:
app="VLC.app" ; \
bundleid=`mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier -r /Applications/$app` ; \
dump=$(/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump); \
plutil -convert xml1 /Applications/$app/Contents/Info.plist -o - | \
sed -n '/LSItemContentTypes/,/\/array/p' | \
sed -En 's|.*string>(.*)</string.*|\1|p' | \
while read u; do \
awk "/uti: *$u/,/tags:/" \
<<< "$dump"; done | \
sed -En 's/[[:space:]]*tags: *(.+)/\1/p' | \
sed $'s/, /\\\n/g' | \
grep '^\.' | sort -u | \
awk '{print "'$bundleid':" substr($1,2,length($1)) }'
*
*then put the script in a crontab that runs every x minutes/hours
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d7be5f6b7e09487047a5a4c61cae1660b1f434bc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I decrypt a dm-crypt filesystem on OS X? I've been an Ubuntu user for years, and I just got my first Mac. One thing I haven't yet figured out is how to decrypt my encrypted filesystem on which I store my SSH and GPG keys on my flash drive. I used this guide in the past to set it up, and have just been running the shell script to decrypt and mount it since then.
However, I cannot figure out how to decrypt it on OS X. Running brew install cryptsetup doesn't work.
A: You may try OSXCrypt which is a kernel extension and a command line utility that allows the creation, manipulation and attaching of a TrueCrypt-compatible volumes.
See also ext4fuse or fuse4x (via brew).
Or try to install a tiny linux distro (e.g. Ubuntu) in a virtual machine (e.g. VirtualBox) and then install/configure cryptsetup.
I don't know if hdiutil can handle it, but here is an example:
sudo hdiutil attach -stdinpass -encryption AES-256 /dev/disk1s1
To check how your hardrive is encrypted, try the following command:
sudo cat /dev/disk1s1 | strings -3 | head
See also:
*
*Password Cracking AES-256 DMGs and Epic Self-Pwnage
| Q: Can I decrypt a dm-crypt filesystem on OS X? I've been an Ubuntu user for years, and I just got my first Mac. One thing I haven't yet figured out is how to decrypt my encrypted filesystem on which I store my SSH and GPG keys on my flash drive. I used this guide in the past to set it up, and have just been running the shell script to decrypt and mount it since then.
However, I cannot figure out how to decrypt it on OS X. Running brew install cryptsetup doesn't work.
A: You may try OSXCrypt which is a kernel extension and a command line utility that allows the creation, manipulation and attaching of a TrueCrypt-compatible volumes.
See also ext4fuse or fuse4x (via brew).
Or try to install a tiny linux distro (e.g. Ubuntu) in a virtual machine (e.g. VirtualBox) and then install/configure cryptsetup.
I don't know if hdiutil can handle it, but here is an example:
sudo hdiutil attach -stdinpass -encryption AES-256 /dev/disk1s1
To check how your hardrive is encrypted, try the following command:
sudo cat /dev/disk1s1 | strings -3 | head
See also:
*
*Password Cracking AES-256 DMGs and Epic Self-Pwnage
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ed01e71c6fe43b7effafe707678f11eaa0146ed8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone not charging in Windows. Driver without iTunes? On a Windows 8 machine, I've connected an iPhone 4s. Windows makes a audible chime for 'device connected', but doesn't allow charging in any USB port.
iTunes isn't installed, and cannot be installed at this time under corporate policy.
The iPhone shows as a generic device / toaster under Control Panel's Devices as below. The iPhone does NOT show as charging.
Is there a driver to install to ensure the iPhone is detected and can charge via USB without installing iTunes?
I've tried:
*
*forcing Windows Update
A: Just download iTunes, open the .exe file with winrar or some other similar software and then run the AppleMobileDeviceSupport(64).msi executable from there.
| Q: iPhone not charging in Windows. Driver without iTunes? On a Windows 8 machine, I've connected an iPhone 4s. Windows makes a audible chime for 'device connected', but doesn't allow charging in any USB port.
iTunes isn't installed, and cannot be installed at this time under corporate policy.
The iPhone shows as a generic device / toaster under Control Panel's Devices as below. The iPhone does NOT show as charging.
Is there a driver to install to ensure the iPhone is detected and can charge via USB without installing iTunes?
I've tried:
*
*forcing Windows Update
A: Just download iTunes, open the .exe file with winrar or some other similar software and then run the AppleMobileDeviceSupport(64).msi executable from there.
A: Hm, if your company denies access for installing iTunes, I doubt you would be able to tweak/install drivers. Having said this, you might want to try this to only install the needed driver without having to resort to iTunes: Install iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad drivers without installing iTunes
A: No driver is needed on the iPhone side (nor should it be required on the PC end).
The iPhone - even if 100% totally dead - should present itself as a USB device that would like power to run. Once the charging circuitry starts, on a Mac the iPhone asks for any high power ports to charge the phone more rapidly than a typical USB device.
This is basically something the computer does so your PC should just send the normal USB charge over the power lines. The charge will be slower, so you might power off the phone (or lock the screen) to let it use as little power as possible to maximize the charge from your PC.
A: Windows is "stupid" and has typically installed the wrong driver. Yes, over the Apple driver and yes, it does this regularly.
Among other things, drivers decide how much, if any, power is available to plugged in USB devices.
The fix is to remove Window's drivers and upgrade them to the Apple one:
To remove Microsoft's broken driver
*
*Go to the Start menu via Win or Cmd
*Type "Device settings" to go to the app that manages drivers
*Locate, under "Other devices" the device called "iPhone" with "Driver problem"
*Remove the driver
To install Apple's correct driver
*
*Go to the Start menu via Win or Cmd
*Type "Device Manager" to go to the windows app that manages drivers
*Locate, under "Portable devices" the device called "iPhone"
*Right click and choose "Update driver software..."
*Choose "Browse my computer for driver software"
*Search for driver software in this location
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers
*Next/Finish
Note: you need to install iTunes to have the drivers in that folder (I think)
A: If the driver is not installed properly, the phone will not be detected by the computer and if that happens, the phone will not charge.
Make sure drive is installed properly.
A: under devices and driver, simply remove the iphone then unplug it and plug it back in
A: I had the same problem. Went to the suggested location (see post below) and let Windows search for an update for this driver online. It found it, updated it, and then the iPhone began charging.
No iTunes installed on this machine.
A: Just download iTunes, open the .exe file with winrar or some other similar software and then run the AppleMobileDeviceSupport(64).msi executable from there.
If you receive an "Apple Mobile Device Service failed to start" error, run the AppleApplicationSupport(64).msi executable as well. Otherwise, you may have issues such as the iPhone prompting you to trust the computer every time it is connected.
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1ff3873b47ed5b39ec4d4760fdda5baaccd97028 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I quickly open a text file from the iPhone's home screen? Just like you can save a URL from safari to the iPhone home screen, I want to put a .txt-file on my iPhone homescreen.
I use PlainText to store my files, but sometimes search is too slow. For my heavy used documents, I'd like to store them on my home screen.
I'm prepared to jailbreak if needed.
A: If you jailbreak, you can install file:// in MobileSafari from Cydia. this would allow you to place text files somewhere in your filesystem (using iFile, also available from cydia) and access them from MobileSafari. for example, a file called text.txt in the root / directory would be file:///text.txt.
You can just open these files in MobileSafari and then add them to your home screen.
| Q: How can I quickly open a text file from the iPhone's home screen? Just like you can save a URL from safari to the iPhone home screen, I want to put a .txt-file on my iPhone homescreen.
I use PlainText to store my files, but sometimes search is too slow. For my heavy used documents, I'd like to store them on my home screen.
I'm prepared to jailbreak if needed.
A: If you jailbreak, you can install file:// in MobileSafari from Cydia. this would allow you to place text files somewhere in your filesystem (using iFile, also available from cydia) and access them from MobileSafari. for example, a file called text.txt in the root / directory would be file:///text.txt.
You can just open these files in MobileSafari and then add them to your home screen.
A: Unfortunately, I cannot give you any answer to adding a text file to the home screen without jailbreak. The answer above should tend to your jailbreak needs. But, if you are interested in how to add a text file to the Safari bookmark menu, read on.
Nothing is actually stored on the home screen. It just links to the apps and web links. But, you use PlainText. So you can do this:
*
*Open Safari and navigate to any webpage, about:blank will do.
*Save the page as bookmark. Not home screen icon. Bookmark.
*Find your bookmark from the menus. Tap Edit, and click the arrow on the bookmark's right end.
*Edit the address on the bookmark to: plaintext://open/*filepath*/*filename*
For example: plaintext://open/Hello.txt.
Now you have a bookmark that will take you straight to a text file.
For more info on the PlainText URL Scheme, in-app, navigate to Settings > Help > PlainText URL Scheme.
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da7d947968605d00dbf708b90d6b195ae99ba5ec | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I see music downloaded to my iPhone via Amazon Cloud Player in the Music app? I downloaded some songs to my iPhone using Amazon Cloud Player, but they are not showing up in the (official) Music app. I assume that Amazon Cloud Player downloaded MP3s to a directory on my device. How can I configure the Music app to look in this directory? I would prefer not to have to manually sync these songs via iTunes on my PC and then have two copies of these songs on my iPhone. Is there a way to import songs downloaded via Amazon Cloud Player into the Music app?
Specs:
*
*iPhone 4S
*iOS 6.1.3
*Amazon Cloud Player 2.1.0
A: Only the iTunes app is currently able to add songs to the Music app on an iPhone/iPad. This leaves you with the following options
*
*Play the songs in the Amazon Cloud Player only
*Download them on your main computer and sync via iTunes. Maybe remove them from the Amazon Cloud Player to save storage space
| Q: How can I see music downloaded to my iPhone via Amazon Cloud Player in the Music app? I downloaded some songs to my iPhone using Amazon Cloud Player, but they are not showing up in the (official) Music app. I assume that Amazon Cloud Player downloaded MP3s to a directory on my device. How can I configure the Music app to look in this directory? I would prefer not to have to manually sync these songs via iTunes on my PC and then have two copies of these songs on my iPhone. Is there a way to import songs downloaded via Amazon Cloud Player into the Music app?
Specs:
*
*iPhone 4S
*iOS 6.1.3
*Amazon Cloud Player 2.1.0
A: Only the iTunes app is currently able to add songs to the Music app on an iPhone/iPad. This leaves you with the following options
*
*Play the songs in the Amazon Cloud Player only
*Download them on your main computer and sync via iTunes. Maybe remove them from the Amazon Cloud Player to save storage space
A: I have the same problem as you and have just found a way to do it.
*
*Download ifunbox, its FREE software that views your iphone/ipod/ipodtouch etc. as though it was a hard drive so you can explore the directory of the device
*Download any songs that you want from the cloud player service to your device
*run ifunbox and go to the following (or similar) destination on the device "User device/User Applications/Cloud Player/Documents/CloudplayerDownloads"
*Select the tracks that you want (they probably wont have readable titles but thats ok because when it copies them to the pc it should recognise the track names) and copy them to your pc by clicking "copy to pc"
*Select where you want the files to go and save them.
*Using itunes copy to the appropriate device. (you might have to convert the files to the right format, i havent got that far yet i wanted to tell you before i forgot, but i dont think so because they are mp3 when you download from amazon.
I have just done this with the new Black Sabbath album which i bought in vinyl, where are i am staying for the next few days has limited internet data but my phone has unlimited data so im going to use that instead
Hope this helps
Liam
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20568c9b2be1b9e9aea226256253fbb3eaee757d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Application update, what will be the release date in appstore I recently have released a game for the iOS iPhone devices for which I saw was at the top of the "Release Date" list under the relevant category.
Unfortunately, I had to remove the game from the App Store due to some changes, so I changed the release date to somewhere in the future while I uploaded an update which is waiting for review.
When the update will be approved, Will it be considered released at the same day of the update approval or at the day when the first version was approved?
A: Nowadays, apps submitted to the App Store will take 6 to 8 days to be reviewed based on how many apps are queued for review.
If your application is showing the status Waiting for Review, it means your app is not yet reviewed by Apple. Once the review process has started, your app will show the status Under Review.
Updates and new releases follow the same rules.
You can also refer here.
| Q: Application update, what will be the release date in appstore I recently have released a game for the iOS iPhone devices for which I saw was at the top of the "Release Date" list under the relevant category.
Unfortunately, I had to remove the game from the App Store due to some changes, so I changed the release date to somewhere in the future while I uploaded an update which is waiting for review.
When the update will be approved, Will it be considered released at the same day of the update approval or at the day when the first version was approved?
A: Nowadays, apps submitted to the App Store will take 6 to 8 days to be reviewed based on how many apps are queued for review.
If your application is showing the status Waiting for Review, it means your app is not yet reviewed by Apple. Once the review process has started, your app will show the status Under Review.
Updates and new releases follow the same rules.
You can also refer here.
A: Well, my update is finally up in the air but unfortunately it is no longer appears as on of the firsts in the release date tabs so Apple probably is using the release date of the first version.
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58f09e18f0641775d7533c405dd94464ecd88b8a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I override the action MacOS 10.8 performs for the triple-finger-tap gesture? MacOS looks-up the word under the cursor in Dictionary.app when you triple-finger-tap. Instead I would like to open a new tab in Chrome and Google that keyword. Is this possible?
A: Mike is right, Better Touch Tool can do the exact same thing you want. I was really lost when I upgraded to 10.7 and all its new gestures : BTT allowed me to restore my old 10.6 gestures.
Download Better Touch Tool for free here.
Then open the Better Touch Tool preferences.
*
*Select Gestures
*Then be sure to select Global in the side bar. That way the new gesture will work in every app
*List item
*Click on Add New Gesture
*Select the gesture to override : it should be Three finger tap or Three finger click
*Then select the appropriate action : there is a predefined Search selected text with Google
*Done ! You may have to disable the three finger gesture in System preferences.
| Q: Can I override the action MacOS 10.8 performs for the triple-finger-tap gesture? MacOS looks-up the word under the cursor in Dictionary.app when you triple-finger-tap. Instead I would like to open a new tab in Chrome and Google that keyword. Is this possible?
A: Mike is right, Better Touch Tool can do the exact same thing you want. I was really lost when I upgraded to 10.7 and all its new gestures : BTT allowed me to restore my old 10.6 gestures.
Download Better Touch Tool for free here.
Then open the Better Touch Tool preferences.
*
*Select Gestures
*Then be sure to select Global in the side bar. That way the new gesture will work in every app
*List item
*Click on Add New Gesture
*Select the gesture to override : it should be Three finger tap or Three finger click
*Then select the appropriate action : there is a predefined Search selected text with Google
*Done ! You may have to disable the three finger gesture in System preferences.
A: BetterTouchTool is an application that lets you assign configure gestures and trigger actions from your Trackpad. I'm not sure if it will allow this specific case but you should definitely be able to get something close.
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750cec8abcb086a3c5c97ec97dc075ba986aba2c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone does not sync events to Google Calendar I am using Google Calendar on an up to date iPhone 4S. I also use my iCloud calendar.
When I create an event in the Google Calendar in iOS's calendar app, the event is only visible on the iPhone. It does not get synced to the Google web app or my Mac. When I create an event on the web app, it gets synced to the iPhone.
Using the iCloud calendar works fine both ways.
What might be the problem? I've tried to disable the calendar syncing, and re-enabling it, but that did not help.
A: It often takes a few minutes for the cloud to sync, that's normal.
I'd suggest double checking your phone to ensure your push settings are all set the way they ought to be. Since it's working on iPad, but not iPhone, it's my assumption something got funky in the settings and it's simply not being pushed to the cloud.
easiest fix, delete your gmail and redo it, or compare each item on your phone to your iPad.
Also, a restart my help as they get silly sometimes.
| Q: iPhone does not sync events to Google Calendar I am using Google Calendar on an up to date iPhone 4S. I also use my iCloud calendar.
When I create an event in the Google Calendar in iOS's calendar app, the event is only visible on the iPhone. It does not get synced to the Google web app or my Mac. When I create an event on the web app, it gets synced to the iPhone.
Using the iCloud calendar works fine both ways.
What might be the problem? I've tried to disable the calendar syncing, and re-enabling it, but that did not help.
A: It often takes a few minutes for the cloud to sync, that's normal.
I'd suggest double checking your phone to ensure your push settings are all set the way they ought to be. Since it's working on iPad, but not iPhone, it's my assumption something got funky in the settings and it's simply not being pushed to the cloud.
easiest fix, delete your gmail and redo it, or compare each item on your phone to your iPad.
Also, a restart my help as they get silly sometimes.
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a2194f816b01ee8f609809cc2d80bb7eaff74171 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use Mac OS X dictation on a file? In Mountain Lion, Mac OS X can use its dictation/voice recognition to turn your speaking into text.
Suppose I have an audio file of my voice speaking. Is there a way to use this dictation ability to turn that audio file into a text file?
I suppose the brute force solution would be to plug headphones into the audio port and hold them up to the microphone. Is there a more software-based solution more analogous to Unix pipes?
A: You can install Soundflower. It's a great utility that creates virtual input and output devices. So you could route QuickTime player, for example, as the input for the dictation.
http://cycling74.com/soundflower-landing-page/
| Q: Use Mac OS X dictation on a file? In Mountain Lion, Mac OS X can use its dictation/voice recognition to turn your speaking into text.
Suppose I have an audio file of my voice speaking. Is there a way to use this dictation ability to turn that audio file into a text file?
I suppose the brute force solution would be to plug headphones into the audio port and hold them up to the microphone. Is there a more software-based solution more analogous to Unix pipes?
A: You can install Soundflower. It's a great utility that creates virtual input and output devices. So you could route QuickTime player, for example, as the input for the dictation.
http://cycling74.com/soundflower-landing-page/
A: On Mavericks, you can use the dictation on an audio file if you use Soundflower plus an audio player which allows you to choose the sound output device, such as Audacity. This way you won't be affected by Mavericks muting the system sound output during dictation, because the output will go into Soundflower before it gets muted, and you set the dictation to receive only from Soundflower. This also has the advantage of other sounds that may occur (such as a reminder notification sound) not causing interference. It will also work better than previous Mac OS X versions because the enhanced dictation in Mavericks (which needs to be enabled first) does not cut off the dictation after 30 seconds.
This webpage provides the details on how to use the Mac OS X 10.9 dictation on an audio file:
http://www.leveluplunch.com/blog/2013/12/30/convert-recorded-audio-text-using-osx-dictation-audacity-soundflower/
A: In Yosemite, Whenever we try to use the dictation feature in OSX it mutes other sounds and active only the build-in microfone. You need to set some hidden preferences to make this work. Open Terminal and enter the two commands below:
defaults write com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore AllowAudioDucking -bool NO
defaults write com.apple.speech.recognition.AppleSpeechRecognition.prefs DictationIMAllowAudioDucking -bool NO
After doing this turn off dictation in Systems Preferences, wait a few seconds and then re-enable it. You should now be able to dictate while audio is playing. I’ve only tried this while using a headset/headphones, it’s probably not advisable without. :)
To restore your system to it’s virginal state, run these commands in Terminal and then restart dictation:
defaults delete com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore AllowAudioDucking
defaults delete com.apple.speech.recognition.AppleSpeechRecognition.prefs DictationIMAllowAudioDucking
A: As of Catalina/Big Sur, the built-in Dictation feature will no longer accept audio from any virtual microphone or system outputted audio. Oddly it often seems to ignore the microphone selected in dictation preferences and just using a different one.
But there's a solution! Just use the Voice Control feature instead of the dictation feature. This happens all offline so the quality is somewhat worse and it's not as consistent as the Dictation feature. This post touches on that topic: https://machow2.com/dictate-offline-catalina/
Reading between the lines, it seems like Apple is trying to prevent their fancy cloud-based speech to text service from being use for automated transcription... Similar to how built in macOS text-to-speech functionality (say) refuses won't output using the high quality Siri voices.
A: If you have Rogue Amoeba's Loopback software, you can create a 'virtual dictation' device and play back audio through it to the Dictation service.
They have a complete guide here, but here's the rundown:
*
*Launch Loopback and create a new 'Virtual Device' named something like Transcription.
*Add your playback app as a source (e.g. Quicktime, Music, Podcasts, whatever).
*In the Keyboard System Preference pane, under Dictation, select your new Transcription virtual device under the microphone as the audio source.
*Open an app that supports dictation like TextEdit.
*Start playing audio from the playback app
*In TextEdit, click Edit > Start Dictation...
I just tested on macOS Monterey and it seemed to work pretty well for my spoken word files.
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07cb6ff1bef66bc56091127b6b2482bfa240afe9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Enable iPhone Voicemail Divert I have an iPhone 4 running iOs 6.1.3.
I have just switched from O2-UK to T-Mobile.
O2 supported Visual Voicemail and T-Mobile does not (at present)
I have set up my voicemail by dialling 222.
However, I want to set up the diverts (no answer, unreachable, busy) to voicemail but cannot find an option for this anywhere in the Settings app.
How do I switch these on?
A: After some further googling I have sorted this now. It appears that all UK T-Mobile users get an individual Voicemail divert number. Dialling 222 for the first time should have set this up for me but it didn't.
This worked for me:
*
*I completely reset all divert options by dialing ##004#
*I then re-dialled 222 and a message said that number had been set up and I need to reboot the phone.
*I also got an SMS with my voicemail divert number in it.
*I rebooted my phone and sent **004*+[the number from my sms]#
My voicemail is now working as expected!
| Q: Enable iPhone Voicemail Divert I have an iPhone 4 running iOs 6.1.3.
I have just switched from O2-UK to T-Mobile.
O2 supported Visual Voicemail and T-Mobile does not (at present)
I have set up my voicemail by dialling 222.
However, I want to set up the diverts (no answer, unreachable, busy) to voicemail but cannot find an option for this anywhere in the Settings app.
How do I switch these on?
A: After some further googling I have sorted this now. It appears that all UK T-Mobile users get an individual Voicemail divert number. Dialling 222 for the first time should have set this up for me but it didn't.
This worked for me:
*
*I completely reset all divert options by dialing ##004#
*I then re-dialled 222 and a message said that number had been set up and I need to reboot the phone.
*I also got an SMS with my voicemail divert number in it.
*I rebooted my phone and sent **004*+[the number from my sms]#
My voicemail is now working as expected!
A: You could go to the settings app and turn on "Do Not Disturb" and see if the carrier would divert things once you don't pick up each call.
If so, you could then review the settings under Notifications to ensure you get calls from Favorites (or not) while the settings are in effect.
Most carriers also have a number you can call to configure call forwarding. On AT&T in the US, this used to work…
*
*Dial *#67# to see which number is used to forward calls to voice mail
*Dial *21*number# to forward all calls unconditionally
*Dial ##002# to restore the normal incoming call behavior
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