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692dfec50550732d42550367d1f1eab932f7c26f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX equivalent for ~/bin in Linux When using Ubuntu I can save shell scripts in ~/bin. To launch them I just type the name of the script in the Terminal.
Is there an equivalent solution for OSX?
A: There is none by default in OSX. But you can make a ~/bin folder, then edit your ~/.profile and add
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/Yourname/bin
(Yourname of course being replaced by your username).
or (edited later according to below comment)
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
| Q: OSX equivalent for ~/bin in Linux When using Ubuntu I can save shell scripts in ~/bin. To launch them I just type the name of the script in the Terminal.
Is there an equivalent solution for OSX?
A: There is none by default in OSX. But you can make a ~/bin folder, then edit your ~/.profile and add
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/Yourname/bin
(Yourname of course being replaced by your username).
or (edited later according to below comment)
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
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bc8c658a6fc87c35cd6521cb59187458ae2d8447 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I prevent the permissions denied message from being displayed when I do a find command? I'm trying to run a find command, aka:
find / -name "some_file" -print
and my results are full of permission denied messages:
find: /.DocumentRevisions-V100: Permission denied
How do I prevent them from showing up in my search results?
A: Here is an excellent discussion on this subject.
I finally stuck myself to adding the following function into ~/.bash_profile script:
find() {
{ LC_ALL=C command find -x "$@" 3>&2 2>&1 1>&3 | \
grep -v -e 'Permission denied' -e 'Operation not permitted' >&3; \
[ $? = 1 ]; \
} 3>&2 2>&1
}
| Q: How do I prevent the permissions denied message from being displayed when I do a find command? I'm trying to run a find command, aka:
find / -name "some_file" -print
and my results are full of permission denied messages:
find: /.DocumentRevisions-V100: Permission denied
How do I prevent them from showing up in my search results?
A: Here is an excellent discussion on this subject.
I finally stuck myself to adding the following function into ~/.bash_profile script:
find() {
{ LC_ALL=C command find -x "$@" 3>&2 2>&1 1>&3 | \
grep -v -e 'Permission denied' -e 'Operation not permitted' >&3; \
[ $? = 1 ]; \
} 3>&2 2>&1
}
A: Three ways come to mind:
*
*run the command as administrator: sudo find / -name "whatever" -print
*discard all error output: find / -name "whatever" -print 2>/dev/null
*filter "Permission denied" messages: find / -name "whatever" -print 2>&1 | fgrep -v "Permission denied"
The key difference between the second and third option is probably that the second discards all error messages while the third will not show any files/folders where the name contains "Permission denied" (which is probably highly unlikely).
In addition it may be also worth noting that you shouldn't use the third option if you plan to further process the output of find via a pipe. The reason here is that standard and error output are sent via two different channels (and only visually combined afterwards by the shell). If you pipe the output into another command only the content of standard output will be inputed into the next command.
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19a11edc0b69f21c08d4d4dc42992b7af0eabab0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to navigate full screen windows of the same application? Or is there some app that will let me do it. This bug has been forever since Lion. Isn't it about time apple fixed it?
A: Witch also includes full screen windows, and ⌥⇥ selects the next window from the current application by default.
Or if you use an application that has its own implementation for full screen windows (like WriteRoom), ⌘` usually includes custom full screen windows.
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut to navigate full screen windows of the same application? Or is there some app that will let me do it. This bug has been forever since Lion. Isn't it about time apple fixed it?
A: Witch also includes full screen windows, and ⌥⇥ selects the next window from the current application by default.
Or if you use an application that has its own implementation for full screen windows (like WriteRoom), ⌘` usually includes custom full screen windows.
A: Try Contexts for Mac. I replaced the built-in apps switcher with this utility which lets me to view full screen windows including a feature to search active windows by title.
A: You mean something like ⌘-tab, but restricted to windows of the same application? I indeed installed Witch in the past for the ⌥-tab option, but don't use it anymore, either.
*
*I am using fullscreen windows a lot, but I am just using ⌘-tab and Ctrl-left/right for navigating between spaces.
*Maybe using tabs within the same full-screen window is another possible workaround (depending on the application)? E.g. in Safari, [Shift-]Ctrl-tab works, and in Terminal, it's ⌘-}/{
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b3fa103100d861b86ba5f063b9a8fc88ca72ff1b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: kernel_task is using 90% CPU, what could be the cause? I have a 13" MBP late 2009, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB RAM, and on OS X 10.8.3. As soon as I boot up the fans start going at the highest rpm and like I mentioned the kernel_task is always at around 90% when no apps are being run. I read somewhere that I should try safe boot and see the effect but there is none.
Any ideas as to what is causing it?
Thanks
A: It might actually be spotlight trying to index your drive.
| Q: kernel_task is using 90% CPU, what could be the cause? I have a 13" MBP late 2009, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB RAM, and on OS X 10.8.3. As soon as I boot up the fans start going at the highest rpm and like I mentioned the kernel_task is always at around 90% when no apps are being run. I read somewhere that I should try safe boot and see the effect but there is none.
Any ideas as to what is causing it?
Thanks
A: It might actually be spotlight trying to index your drive.
A: I found a way to fix this issue, thought I should post it since it might help someone else. Granted this fix kinda worked for me since my fans are at their full rpm but you should read the explanation first and then choose to follow the steps yourself, anyways the info. is here: http://www.rdoxenham.com/?p=259
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0cc42eecf5d1a39b09bc2aea93f953248673ce80 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Scrolling to the bottom of 500 emails Is there an easy way to scroll up and down in the left hand pane in e-mail?
I have my ipad set to display 500 emails and its a pain to get from an email at the bottom of the list to one back at the top again.
There is an indicator bar that goes up and down as you scroll but you don't seem to be able to drag it. Please help.
A: A fast way to get back to the top from anywhere in the list is to tap the status bar above the list. This works in many places throughout iOS, like Safari, Notes, etc.
The only fast way to the bottom, though, is to swipe as fast as you can!
| Q: Scrolling to the bottom of 500 emails Is there an easy way to scroll up and down in the left hand pane in e-mail?
I have my ipad set to display 500 emails and its a pain to get from an email at the bottom of the list to one back at the top again.
There is an indicator bar that goes up and down as you scroll but you don't seem to be able to drag it. Please help.
A: A fast way to get back to the top from anywhere in the list is to tap the status bar above the list. This works in many places throughout iOS, like Safari, Notes, etc.
The only fast way to the bottom, though, is to swipe as fast as you can!
A: To get back to the top quickly, you can filter your email by unread. This takes you to the top of your unread emails. Tap/open on your first email then go back tap again to unfilter.
A: To get to the bottom of your emails quickly.
Type ‘bottom’ into search box.Press search. Then when you start scrolling, the side bar is much bigger and scrolls down in seconds.
Beverly
A: Just tap above the where inbox is written and you will be taken to the top
A: You may type top to go to the start or bottom to go to the bottom. You may even type the month or year of the transaction.
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5125fc5d2add262f9c90a9e7de97070f27cd60a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is Safari ignoring my /etc/hosts file? I added some domains to block (127.0.0.1 mydomain.com) to my /etc/hosts file and for some reason, Safari seems to be ignoring them.
I have tried:
*
*disabling Safari extensions,
*clearing the cache (sudo dscacheutil -flushcache),
*restarting Safari and the Mac altogether.
Chrome respects the /etc/hosts changes, but Safari does not. Attached is a sample of my /etc/hosts file.
I am running Safari 6.0.4 with Mountain Lion 10.8.3
Any ideas?
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
A: I had this same problem and it was caused by having really long lines in my hosts file (multiple hosts mapped to the same IP address listed on the same line). I fixed it by splitting this into several lines.
| Q: Why is Safari ignoring my /etc/hosts file? I added some domains to block (127.0.0.1 mydomain.com) to my /etc/hosts file and for some reason, Safari seems to be ignoring them.
I have tried:
*
*disabling Safari extensions,
*clearing the cache (sudo dscacheutil -flushcache),
*restarting Safari and the Mac altogether.
Chrome respects the /etc/hosts changes, but Safari does not. Attached is a sample of my /etc/hosts file.
I am running Safari 6.0.4 with Mountain Lion 10.8.3
Any ideas?
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
A: I had this same problem and it was caused by having really long lines in my hosts file (multiple hosts mapped to the same IP address listed on the same line). I fixed it by splitting this into several lines.
A: I had a similar issue. Every piece of software on my Mac honored my /etc/hosts file entry when my hosts file was symlinked (aliased) to another file, except Safari. When your hosts file is a symlink, Safari ignores it.
My solution was to make /etc/hosts a hard link. Luckily the hosts file I keep up to date is in the same file system. If it isn't, you're borked.
Bad Safari... bad.
A: The only thing that works for me (10.12.1 "Sierra"):
127.0.0.1 example.com
127.0.0.1 www.example.com
fe80::1%lo0 example.com
fe80::1%lo0 www.example.com
A: Try putting one or two carriage returns after the last entry.
...
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
^ Carriage Return
A: Worked for me on Yosemite:
*
*Go to System Preferences > Network > Advanced > Proxies
*Tick Auto Proxy Discovery, hit OK and Apply (I haven't got anything else ticked)
*Enter in Terminal: dscacheutil -flushcache
This flushes the dnscache in Yosemite.
Now Safari and Chrome should respect your hosts file.
A: As of macOS Monterey 12.0 beta (21A5506j), Safari was ignoring my /etc/hosts file when I had iCloud Private Relay turned on. The solution is to disable Private Relay completely in Settings > Network > Use iCloud Private Relay.
A: I had a slightly different version of the same problem, and thought I'd mention what worked for me.
I develop websites. To do that, I have a complete copy of each site running on my local network. When I wish to work locally, I have always just added an entry for "example.com" to my local /etc/hosts file, and that has always overridden DNS, making it possible for me to access the local copy of the website in any browser, including Safari and Firefox. I can work without affecting the actual live site, then upload changes when they're complete.
Recently, however, this technique stopped working for both Safari and Firefox, but not for Chrome, so for a while I was limited to using Chrome for local development. I searched google and tried all the suggested fixes -- CR at the end of the hosts file, only one entry per line, various Firefox configuration changes using "about:config", etc. Nothing worked.
Then I tried this simple thing: in addition to putting the IPV4 version of the address in the /etc/hosts file, I also put the IPV6 version.
Before:
10.0.1.23 example.com
After:
10.0.1.23 example.com
0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:0A00:0117 example.com
As soon as I added the IPV6 entry, both Firefox and Safari started hitting the correct (local) server.
There are various websites that will translate IPV4 addresses to IPV6; just do a google search on "ipv4 to ipv6".
A: In some cases, loopback addresses need to be added for both IPv4 and IPv6 in the /etc/hosts file.
Say we already added a blocking entry for the IPv4 address of website.com:
127.0.0.1 website.com
If dscacheutil -q host -a name website.com returns addresses for both protocol versions:
name: website.com
ipv6_address: rand:omin:vali:dipv:6addr:ess5
name: website.com
ip_address: 127.0.0.1
then we need to add another line into the hosts file:
::1 website.com
A: I spent quite some time on OS X El Captain 10.11.4 to block sites using /etc/hosts file instead of using Parental Control in System preferences. At the end it simply worked like this:
127.0.0.1 www.website.com
127.0.0.1 website.com
I tried a lot of variants, but I was always mapping to 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0 website.com). That never worked in any variation.
Unlike some suggestions on the web, these were useless:
*
*There was no need for IPv6 blocking like fe80::1%lo0 www.website.com or ::1 website.com
*There was no need for dscacheutil -flushcache, but just do it in case.
*It does not matter if you paste it at the beginning or end of the hosts file
*Browsers seem to have been responded differently: Chrome and Safari blocked it immediately once the correct hosts file was saved, Firefox kept ignoring it for a while (not clear if restarting it was enough).
*
*Try to use New Private Window or restart the browser for testing it.
*Do not add http:// or https:// at the beginning of the address
*No other commands were necessary.
*Do not disable (= comment out by adding a # at the beginning) lines that are in the hosts file already.
Useful checks
*
*Check if the system recognizes your redirection dscacheutil -q host -a name website.com - it should display:
name: website.com
ip_address: 127.0.0.1
*Check if the syntax of the hosts file is correct by: cat -vet /etc/hosts. This shows invisible characters:
*
*Lines should end with $
*Between 127.0.0.1 and website.com should be only a space or a tab, which is displayed as ^I.
*Note that for some sites, like facebook for instance, you might need to block a lot of addresses.
*I think that the hosts file should end with a newline.
A: I had wrong line ending. It has to have LF, I had CR.
A: I had this problem too but the solution is really easy
Let's suppose you create an Alias in the host file to your machine with the name localhost2
That entry in the host file should look like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost2
When you type "localhost2" in the safari url bar you will notice in the dropdown that the default option is to search that in google, you should select the option saying "Go to Site localhost2"
A: Make sure your /etc/hosts has exactly these attributes. I was copying, modifying and replacing the file using my own userid, every other program kept working except safari...
$ ls -l /etc/hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1004 Sep 24 16:03 /etc/hosts
A: For an https address example.com, I had to include both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for both example.com and www.example.com before it worked. Like this:
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 example.com
::1 example.com
127.0.0.1 www.example.com
::1 www.example.com
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
A: According to this blog http://thecoredump.org/2011/09/editing-the-hosts-file-in-mac-os-x-lion/
You have to put the entry at the start of the host file. Very unorthodox. Haven't any personal experience of this though.
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953d431ed567b2b396ee7b11080819955e125161 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent Mac Terminal from reverting to default theme I can't find any way to change the Terminal theme and have that theme applied permanently.
I want to change to another darker theme other than the default 'basic' theme, and (most importantly) have it remain as the theme every time I open Terminal.
A: Terminal -> Preferences -> Settings -> Click desired Profile -> Click "Default" at the bottom of the frame.
I would also suggest iTerm2 over Terminal.app
| Q: Prevent Mac Terminal from reverting to default theme I can't find any way to change the Terminal theme and have that theme applied permanently.
I want to change to another darker theme other than the default 'basic' theme, and (most importantly) have it remain as the theme every time I open Terminal.
A: Terminal -> Preferences -> Settings -> Click desired Profile -> Click "Default" at the bottom of the frame.
I would also suggest iTerm2 over Terminal.app
A: Per the Preferences image in the Question - to set the default view, that's all correct.
BUT - to set the initial / startup view i.e; the first Terminal window that comes up, you have to set that in the Startup settings (first tab in preferences window).
What you put in the Startup tab will show when you first launch Terminal.
What you set as the Default theme will be any additional windows that you open after.
A: You need to select which profile you want to be your default in the preferences for the Terminal application. Here is a way you do that:
*
*Open the Terminal.app
*Select "Terminal" Menu then "Preferences..."
*Select the "Profiles" tab (labelled "Settings" before Yosemite)
*Click and highlight a theme listed under Profiles.
*Press the "Default" button near the bottom of the window.
*Open a new Terminal window, it should now have the theme that you selected as the new default.
Note: Existing terminal windows will not change to the newly selected default theme, you will need to close and re-open terminal windows to get the theme to be applied.
A: The "Terminal" -> "Preferences" menu opens up the settings.
You can add or modify different types of windows, and, choose your favorite one as the default with the button at the bottom left of the settings window.
A: Note you cannot set the 'On start up, use' profile to be the default.
You need to set 'On start up...' to a profile other than the one you want to be default (or leave it on basic). Then go to the profiles tab and select a new default profile.
Once the new default is set you can go back to the general tab and set your new default to be the 'On start up...' profile as well.
A minor but important point. Especially as the preferences for 'On start up, use' and 'New windows open with: Same Profile' seem to make setting a new default unnecessary.
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641357fe575b8a35f1b99eb1d8efd717e9414537 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Scripting on iPad - accessing features like accelerometer, GPS, etc Are there any scripting languages for the iPad that can access native functionality like accelerometer, GPS, text messages, etc?
I know that it is possible to write Scheme and Python scripts but I don't think they can access any of the native functionality.
Is there any way to do this?
If not, why not? Is it that Apple won't allow scripting environments in to the app store or is it the case that no one has bothered creating it?
A: techBASIC 3.1 supports the following connection and build-in sensor technologies:
*
*Bluetooth LE.
*WiFi via TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP.
*HiJack (An A-D converter that plugs into the headphone jack).
*Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer.
*Access to composite information for heading, location (GPS/hotspot/cell tower), elevation, direction of travel.
*Send emails (with user intervention).
*Take photos or access the photo library.
It does not support:
*
*The serial port. (It was implemented, but Apple would not allow this support to be released.)
*Classic Bluetooth.
*Receive emails. (Apple won't allow this.)
*Send/receive text messages.
| Q: Scripting on iPad - accessing features like accelerometer, GPS, etc Are there any scripting languages for the iPad that can access native functionality like accelerometer, GPS, text messages, etc?
I know that it is possible to write Scheme and Python scripts but I don't think they can access any of the native functionality.
Is there any way to do this?
If not, why not? Is it that Apple won't allow scripting environments in to the app store or is it the case that no one has bothered creating it?
A: techBASIC 3.1 supports the following connection and build-in sensor technologies:
*
*Bluetooth LE.
*WiFi via TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP.
*HiJack (An A-D converter that plugs into the headphone jack).
*Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer.
*Access to composite information for heading, location (GPS/hotspot/cell tower), elevation, direction of travel.
*Send emails (with user intervention).
*Take photos or access the photo library.
It does not support:
*
*The serial port. (It was implemented, but Apple would not allow this support to be released.)
*Classic Bluetooth.
*Receive emails. (Apple won't allow this.)
*Send/receive text messages.
A: In my searching, I found this link that talks about GPS and Python from Sparkfun (https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/403)
I can't tell you I've used Python to read GPS, but this article is more complex. Besides using Python to get current GPS location, the author is building a GPS Radio Tracking System, and uses Python as the scripting language.
However, for apps I use either techBASIC, or another basic called SmartBASIC.
In one app I just use algebra and trig and geometry if I want to determine heading and using the built-in accelerometer, I can predict where the user will be in say 2 hours and produce a weather report by calculating what the anticipated GPS will be based on heading and speed of travel.
Most languages will give you native GPS data, and in SmartBASIC, it will also give you an off-by error, a +/- reading as well.
SmartBASIC, once you turn GPS on, it starts storing every point in an array, in case you are building an mapping app. You have access to all the past readings. If you want the current GPS, you need to loop your GPS call until there are no more readings.
In techBASIC, you can specify a wait period, which I believe has the same function.
I've tested both and the GPS readings are spot on. Even though you say the device's GPS sensor provides the same data, if you are not careful coding it, you will get different results.
Good luck.
A: Look at techBASIC ( http://www.byteworks.us/Byte_Works/techBASIC.html ). I recently bought an eBook called "Building iPhone and iPad Electronic Projects", and it uses techBASIC for access to some of the sensors; but, I'm not sure about GPS or the messaging protocols.
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c4ae553877d7a4f55a16745d69a9a0b3a9327545 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Preventing Spotlight from Indexing Files & Folders? Spotlight is a very ingenious "tool" of OS X, attributable in no large part to its indexing feature. Hiding various files & folders is challenging even when using various encryption applications. I am aware there is a built in option, that allows you to mark as necessary, files, folders etc that Spotlight should not index.
Are there more effective, (possibly faster methods) of hiding files & folders from Spotlight's "prying eyes", therefore in essence protecting you from other prying eyes that may have access to your Mac ?
A: *
*Create a file named .metadata_never_index inside a folder.
*Rename folders or files so that they end with .noindex.
*If you only want to hide files from the GUI, move them to a system folder like ~/Library/.
*Move the files to a folder that starts with a period like ~/.fontconfig/. It doesn't remove them from mdfind queries like mdfind 'kMDItemFSName=*' -onlyin ~/.fontconfig/ though.
Related questions:
*
*Exclude files from "central metadata store"
*How to add folder to Spotlight "do not index"?
*How can I hide the privacy tab from Spotlight.prefpane?
| Q: Preventing Spotlight from Indexing Files & Folders? Spotlight is a very ingenious "tool" of OS X, attributable in no large part to its indexing feature. Hiding various files & folders is challenging even when using various encryption applications. I am aware there is a built in option, that allows you to mark as necessary, files, folders etc that Spotlight should not index.
Are there more effective, (possibly faster methods) of hiding files & folders from Spotlight's "prying eyes", therefore in essence protecting you from other prying eyes that may have access to your Mac ?
A: *
*Create a file named .metadata_never_index inside a folder.
*Rename folders or files so that they end with .noindex.
*If you only want to hide files from the GUI, move them to a system folder like ~/Library/.
*Move the files to a folder that starts with a period like ~/.fontconfig/. It doesn't remove them from mdfind queries like mdfind 'kMDItemFSName=*' -onlyin ~/.fontconfig/ though.
Related questions:
*
*Exclude files from "central metadata store"
*How to add folder to Spotlight "do not index"?
*How can I hide the privacy tab from Spotlight.prefpane?
A: Another take on this from a different angle is to use an App called Obscurity.
Unlike marking them as hidden files or adding them to an encrypted drive, the app itself acts as a cover for your files. It creates a mock folder that looks like a normal one, but will not open when double clicked. To be able to open it, you need to right-click the folder and select the Show Package Contents option.
Once installed, make sure the app’s folder is not on your desktop or you will not be able to copy files to it. Adding it to the Dock will also prevent you from adding files to it. Open the folder by right-clicking it and selecting the Show Package Contents option. If you don’t see this option, it means you’re accessing the app. Right click and select Open to bypass Gatekeeper and you will find a folder named Obscurity in the window that opens. Double clicking to open the folder will either yield an error or an empty folder. Open it via the Show Package Contents option and drag files over this folder. Close it when you’re done.
The files will not be indexed by Spotlight and will not appear in All Files in Finder. The best thing about this app is that it accomplishes its purpose of hiding your files.
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9174a00f7f10cb54335f027a4cbbdfc4b371486c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS6 and Bluetooth OBDII Adapters Does anyone know of a OBDII Bluetooth adapter that works with iPhone? I would be developing an application for the iPhone 5 where Bluetooth 4.0 is supported. I have found several adapters, but they do not support Bluetooth 4.0.
I am aware that Apple restricts Bluetooth development for Bluetooth versions before 4.0. Is there anyway to work around this so I could use older versions of Bluetooth? I am open to Jailbreaking the device if needed.
WiFi adapters are not an option.
Thanks
A: Dash ( http://drivewithdash.com/ ) is promising a Bluetooth 4.0 ODB-II module, but it's not available yet; it's a Kickstarter project as of this writing ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shred444/drive-with-dash ).
Also take a look at Automatic ( http://www.automatic.com/ ), as Brad Larson mentioned in the comments above.
| Q: iOS6 and Bluetooth OBDII Adapters Does anyone know of a OBDII Bluetooth adapter that works with iPhone? I would be developing an application for the iPhone 5 where Bluetooth 4.0 is supported. I have found several adapters, but they do not support Bluetooth 4.0.
I am aware that Apple restricts Bluetooth development for Bluetooth versions before 4.0. Is there anyway to work around this so I could use older versions of Bluetooth? I am open to Jailbreaking the device if needed.
WiFi adapters are not an option.
Thanks
A: Dash ( http://drivewithdash.com/ ) is promising a Bluetooth 4.0 ODB-II module, but it's not available yet; it's a Kickstarter project as of this writing ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shred444/drive-with-dash ).
Also take a look at Automatic ( http://www.automatic.com/ ), as Brad Larson mentioned in the comments above.
A: I am beta-testing Automatic right now. It isn't exactly a ODBII device, as much as it is a driving assistant. It does log ODBII codes, and allows you to clear the vehicle's computer when one comes up.
However, it also determines when you do hard brakes, hard acceleration, and when you exceed 70 MPH, effectively trying to coach you into better driving habits. It also logs your trips, gives you your gas mileage, gas cost, and when GPS is used, your complete trip is logged on a map, with time started and stopped.
A: the LELink device by
http://www.outdoor-apps.com
does work with iPhone.
I am also working on an application and have so far issued an "ATZ" command and got back "ELM v1.5" using ios core bluetooth library.
You need a 4s or later iPhone.
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dff51edb6c6b3b880facc2172714192f5b416429 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Determining The Complete Size Of A Folder & Its Sub-Folders in Finder? Simply how do I see the complete size of a folder within Finder ?
(AFAIK there is no default setting to automatically turn this feature on - correct me if i'm wrong)
A: In Finder:
*
*Either:
*
*Option + click a folder.
*Or: Click the gear icon in the header.
*Or: Select the View menu, and then "Show View Options".
*Or: Command + J
*Select "Show View Options"
*In the 4th subset of options select the box "Calculate all sizes".
If a folder is empty it will only show "--" like all the folders previously did.
| Q: Determining The Complete Size Of A Folder & Its Sub-Folders in Finder? Simply how do I see the complete size of a folder within Finder ?
(AFAIK there is no default setting to automatically turn this feature on - correct me if i'm wrong)
A: In Finder:
*
*Either:
*
*Option + click a folder.
*Or: Click the gear icon in the header.
*Or: Select the View menu, and then "Show View Options".
*Or: Command + J
*Select "Show View Options"
*In the 4th subset of options select the box "Calculate all sizes".
If a folder is empty it will only show "--" like all the folders previously did.
A: You can use use quick look on a folder (just select a folder and hit spacebar). This will calculate the complete size of the folder just once.
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d920925d0d66d871fc36a29fce17744b7e43e747 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any program that can automatically split photos in one scan? I am about to scan my photo collection. To save time, I would like to scan multiple photos at once. How can I automate the splitting of photos in a single scan?
A: The builtin "Image Capture" in macOS does this just fine. Just set "Auto detection" to "Detect Separate Items". See here for a more thorough explanation: https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-scan-photos-images-by-using-iphoto-on-a-mac/
| Q: Any program that can automatically split photos in one scan? I am about to scan my photo collection. To save time, I would like to scan multiple photos at once. How can I automate the splitting of photos in a single scan?
A: The builtin "Image Capture" in macOS does this just fine. Just set "Auto detection" to "Detect Separate Items". See here for a more thorough explanation: https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-scan-photos-images-by-using-iphoto-on-a-mac/
A: Photoshop and the cheaper Photoshop Elements both have options that can take one large image and automatically crop out sub-images. In Photoshop, the command you're looking for is File → Automate → Crop and Straighten Photos. In Elements, it's Image → Divide Scanned Photos. For more details, read this and this.
If you don't want to spend the money on Photoshop, you can download ImageMagick, and use this script to perform the separation. However it's worth noting that it's a command-line tool, so some familiarity with the command-line would help, although if you read the instructions on the script page carefully, that should be enough to get started.
Whatever tool you use, when you're scanning your photos, make sure you leave some space between them, and use something that will give a high contrast background, so the software will have a better chance of picking up where one photo begins and another ends.
A: Another 3rd party app for this: SnipTag. Like Photoshop, it can crop 5-6 photos scanned together. Additionally, it can batch crop scans: upload a batch of such multiple scans, and one click crops them all. It supports JPG, PNG, TIFF formats and any DPI setting. It's cheaper than Photoshop, and also includes a metadata editor (I actually downloaded it for batch-editing metadata, and discovered the auto-cropping feature later.)
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842b55232af369e1b86fcb06d13c4c445a947596 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I set the default RSS reader in Safari 6 on Mountain Lion With Mountain Lion and Safari 6, there is no built in RSS reader and Safari prompts you to find and install one from the Mac App Store if you don't have one.
So I installed a few different RSS readers. Now when I click on bookmarks to RSS feeds from Safari, it opens the last RSS reader I installed.
My question is, how do I change Safari's default RSS reader from being the last one I installed to the one I choose? I'd prefer a direct system setting than having to install another plug-in or utility (I don't use extensions in Safari).
A: Further research yields this solution to the problem:
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/
RC Default App is a (free) preference pane install that allows you to easily change what types of media are opened by which application. Although it has not been updated in a while it still works on Mountain Lion.
I think this will solve your problem. I've tested it on my own Mac.
| Q: How do I set the default RSS reader in Safari 6 on Mountain Lion With Mountain Lion and Safari 6, there is no built in RSS reader and Safari prompts you to find and install one from the Mac App Store if you don't have one.
So I installed a few different RSS readers. Now when I click on bookmarks to RSS feeds from Safari, it opens the last RSS reader I installed.
My question is, how do I change Safari's default RSS reader from being the last one I installed to the one I choose? I'd prefer a direct system setting than having to install another plug-in or utility (I don't use extensions in Safari).
A: Further research yields this solution to the problem:
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/
RC Default App is a (free) preference pane install that allows you to easily change what types of media are opened by which application. Although it has not been updated in a while it still works on Mountain Lion.
I think this will solve your problem. I've tested it on my own Mac.
A: *
*Run plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
*Add an entry like this to the plist:
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<string>com.reederapp.mac</string>
<key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
<string>feed</string>
</dict>
*Restart to apply the changes (logging out and back in isn't enough)
Another option is to add a line like this to a duti configuration file:
com.reederapp.mac feed
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c70a11818ee48a03696af5b107cb74898d3a104d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I delete Clash of Clans on one iPad, and download it on another using the same Apple ID, will it save my progress? I just bought a new iPad and I’m wondering if I can move Clash of Clans from the old to the new and save the progress. I spent a fair bit of money into it and I don't want to lose it.
A: Extracted from the Clash of Clans FAQ:
Can I continue my game on a new device?
Yes you can, but it requires the use of GameCenter. The only way to transfer your account to a new device is to have the original village linked to a Game Center account. Login to that Game Center account on your new device and you will prompted to load your previous village.
This post which requires a login, has some helpful instructions on setting up your game on a new device.
| Q: If I delete Clash of Clans on one iPad, and download it on another using the same Apple ID, will it save my progress? I just bought a new iPad and I’m wondering if I can move Clash of Clans from the old to the new and save the progress. I spent a fair bit of money into it and I don't want to lose it.
A: Extracted from the Clash of Clans FAQ:
Can I continue my game on a new device?
Yes you can, but it requires the use of GameCenter. The only way to transfer your account to a new device is to have the original village linked to a Game Center account. Login to that Game Center account on your new device and you will prompted to load your previous village.
This post which requires a login, has some helpful instructions on setting up your game on a new device.
A: It doesn't look like you can transfer In-app purchases between devices:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4009
Subscriptions and replenishable In-App Purchase cannot be transferred
or synced to another iOS device. Non-replenishable In-App Purchases
and auto-renewing subscriptions can be transferred to another iOS
device authorized with your iTunes Store account. For example, if you
transfer a game from an iPhone to an iPod touch, only the game levels
will sync over, the extra ammo and experience points will not be
transferred.
Re-downloading In-App purchases for free depends on the App:
If you lose your In-App Purchases because apps were accidentally
deleted, or if you had to restore your device without a backup, you
may be able to download some of your in app purchases again for free.
Not all In-App Purchases are eligible for free download again.
Replenishable In-App Purchases and subscriptions cannot be downloaded
again for free, and must be repurchased. Examples include but are not
limited to: extra ammo, additional health, extra experience points, or
other one-time services. Non-replenishable In-App Purchases and
auto-renewing subscriptions can be downloaded again for free. Examples
include: bonus game levels, a map/city guide, a daily news
subscription, or other recurring services. To download an In-App
Purchase again, you must download it from within the installed app
using the same iTunes Store account name for the original In-App
Purchase.
A: Game center is the best way try it out ok hope this help
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4fe5fc0e20d726fb72b9027b45dd3d37d07ccb4a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Ethernet indicator in OSX menu bar I am using OSX 10.7
When I move between different ethernet networks (e.g., at work using ethernet on an external display, at home using thunderbolt ethernet), the ethernet does not always connect. However, I don't get immediate feedback. Instead, I connect to wi-fi. However, wi-fi is both slower and less reliable than ethernet. Thus, I'd like to know whether I am connected to ethernet or not. Of course I can go into preferences and network settings to see whether I'm connected to ethernet, but it would be better if there was some form of indicator in the status bar, just as there is for wi-fi.
Thus, my question:
Is there a way of getting an indicator of ethernet connectivity in the OSX menu-bar?
Perhaps there is a free application that can do this.
A: You can use BitBar with the Emoji Active Network Interface Indicator to show an emoji in your menubar that indicates if you are on Wi-Fi or another interface.
BitBar: http://getbitbar.com
Emoji Active Network Interface Indicator: https://github.com/toupsz/emoji-active-network-interface-indicator
| Q: Ethernet indicator in OSX menu bar I am using OSX 10.7
When I move between different ethernet networks (e.g., at work using ethernet on an external display, at home using thunderbolt ethernet), the ethernet does not always connect. However, I don't get immediate feedback. Instead, I connect to wi-fi. However, wi-fi is both slower and less reliable than ethernet. Thus, I'd like to know whether I am connected to ethernet or not. Of course I can go into preferences and network settings to see whether I'm connected to ethernet, but it would be better if there was some form of indicator in the status bar, just as there is for wi-fi.
Thus, my question:
Is there a way of getting an indicator of ethernet connectivity in the OSX menu-bar?
Perhaps there is a free application that can do this.
A: You can use BitBar with the Emoji Active Network Interface Indicator to show an emoji in your menubar that indicates if you are on Wi-Fi or another interface.
BitBar: http://getbitbar.com
Emoji Active Network Interface Indicator: https://github.com/toupsz/emoji-active-network-interface-indicator
A: Late to answer but still for those landing here looking for a Ethernet connectivity status icon in menu bar, check this macOS app Ethernet Status - The Missing LAN Status Bar Icon. It shows ethernet interface, IP Address and if interface is active via changing menu bar icon. More here
It does differentiate between WIFI and Wired Ethernet and shows the status for wired ethernet correctly. It also lists the available interfaces and some useful device information.
PS: I am the developer of the app
A: There is Menumeters:
*
*menumeters for OSX 10.10 and earlier
*The port of menumeters for OSX 10.11 onwards.
If you go into the preferences for MenuMeters it is possible to add a network icon to the OSX menu bar.
Clicking on the icon, indicates the current network (i.e., wifi or Ethernet).
This is a reasonable solution, but it still requires you to click on the icon to see whether ethernet is connected.
A: There is an app on Mac App Store that does exactly that: Ethernet Status
It also shows status of Thunderbolt network adaptors. Sadly it is not free.
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6b74debd2f3d160085f931b11d558dd2e78c9f05 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the screen shot (aka grabber or grab) app? I haven't used my Mac in a while (I'm a Ubuntu user).
Where is that grabber app? I don;'t see it under applications or settings
A: On my machine (running 10.8.3), it is in /Applications/Utilities/Grab.app.
You can search for this using Spotlight: press cmd-space or click the magnifying glass near top right in the menu bar.
There are also some key shortcuts that save (or copy to the clipboard) images from the screen, clipped in various ways. cmd-shift-4 is one I use regularly, but there are several variants on this.
| Q: Where is the screen shot (aka grabber or grab) app? I haven't used my Mac in a while (I'm a Ubuntu user).
Where is that grabber app? I don;'t see it under applications or settings
A: On my machine (running 10.8.3), it is in /Applications/Utilities/Grab.app.
You can search for this using Spotlight: press cmd-space or click the magnifying glass near top right in the menu bar.
There are also some key shortcuts that save (or copy to the clipboard) images from the screen, clipped in various ways. cmd-shift-4 is one I use regularly, but there are several variants on this.
A: *
*Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
*Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
*Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
*Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
*Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
*Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard
A: Open up the launchpad (that rocket thing on the bottom left)
Go to Utilities
Then you will see Grab - which you can also drag down to your launcher bar for easier access!
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a5658484ed5ad84d3d224ceef551d3baa252e27a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Firmware Update 1.0 for MacBook Air 2012 Not Installing The firmware update 1.0 for my MacBook Air (2012) is not installing. I do not have the disk encrypted and I have tried an SMC reset. I also let the mac sit for a minute after shutting down before turning it back on just as the update suggest. Every time I boot my air back up it tells me in the App Store that there is still an update that needs to be taken.
Any suggestions?
A: Do you happen to have FileVault enabled? If so, you cannot update the firmware on the drive at this state.
The firmware update happens before the OS decrypts/unlocks the drive, thus at FW update time, the drive is not accessible.
The only solution I know is a bit of a pain:
*
*turn off FileVault
*run the update
*turn FileVault back on
| Q: Firmware Update 1.0 for MacBook Air 2012 Not Installing The firmware update 1.0 for my MacBook Air (2012) is not installing. I do not have the disk encrypted and I have tried an SMC reset. I also let the mac sit for a minute after shutting down before turning it back on just as the update suggest. Every time I boot my air back up it tells me in the App Store that there is still an update that needs to be taken.
Any suggestions?
A: Do you happen to have FileVault enabled? If so, you cannot update the firmware on the drive at this state.
The firmware update happens before the OS decrypts/unlocks the drive, thus at FW update time, the drive is not accessible.
The only solution I know is a bit of a pain:
*
*turn off FileVault
*run the update
*turn FileVault back on
A: File Vault was not turned on and I could not find the cause. I did a reinstall and tried the update from a new install of OS X. The update took and all is well. Perhaps it had something to do with me having a bootcamp partition? No idea.
Reinstall worked however.
A: After several tries with the same result described above, I did a safe-restart (holding the shift key) and the firmware update began. Something other than FileVault was obviously creating the same problem.
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69b26a368f247533b9917ba47d3508b268ded107 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there iOS/iPad apps that work well to edit XML? I'm surprised that a google search doesn't turn up dozens of XML editors for ipad. All I can find are generic code text editors that happen to "support" XML. Well duh.
I'm looking for an ipad app that lets me edit arbitrary XML as something other than a generic text box with code completion. It could at least give me an expandable tree view of nested tags for example. And it could allow me to add a child tag or duplicate an existing one. Or do a structured search of the document based on identified symbols, or even some automated manipulation based on symbols. One of the main impetuses for creating XML in the first place was to enable a diversity of kinds of manipulation tools.
Does anything exist on ipad specifically for editing XML?
A: Diet Coda, and Koder support XML syntax highlighting also. I use them both for editing XML, JSON, etc.
| Q: Are there iOS/iPad apps that work well to edit XML? I'm surprised that a google search doesn't turn up dozens of XML editors for ipad. All I can find are generic code text editors that happen to "support" XML. Well duh.
I'm looking for an ipad app that lets me edit arbitrary XML as something other than a generic text box with code completion. It could at least give me an expandable tree view of nested tags for example. And it could allow me to add a child tag or duplicate an existing one. Or do a structured search of the document based on identified symbols, or even some automated manipulation based on symbols. One of the main impetuses for creating XML in the first place was to enable a diversity of kinds of manipulation tools.
Does anything exist on ipad specifically for editing XML?
A: Diet Coda, and Koder support XML syntax highlighting also. I use them both for editing XML, JSON, etc.
A: Textastic is an iPad app that provides "Syntax highlighting for many languages:
*
*HTML, XML, Objective-C, C++, C#, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, CSS, shell scripts and a lot more
*Code completion for HTML, CSS and PHP functions
I've used it and it seems to work well.
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e9002e52ca6fb8c0698a10af2c1219a8920bfccb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use environment variables in applescript I'd like to use my environment variables, which were defined in my environment.plist file, in my applescript.
How do I do that, for instance:
log "Glassfish Home: " & AS_HOME
Where AS_HOME is my environment variable.
A: Try this:
log "Glassfish Home: " & (system attribute "AS_HOME")
| Q: How to use environment variables in applescript I'd like to use my environment variables, which were defined in my environment.plist file, in my applescript.
How do I do that, for instance:
log "Glassfish Home: " & AS_HOME
Where AS_HOME is my environment variable.
A: Try this:
log "Glassfish Home: " & (system attribute "AS_HOME")
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2de65217fd42f8ba39ede959914818dedfb776bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I reset iPhone if hard reset (power + home) won't work I have an iPhone that is frozen while browsing with Safari (it happens all the time). I am aware that holding down the power button with the home button for 10 seconds is supposed to reset the phone. It does not. I have held down for 60 sec or longer at least 10 times, to no avail.
What other options exist to force the phone to reboot, other than waiting for the power to exhaust itself completely after several hours?
A: Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
| Q: How do I reset iPhone if hard reset (power + home) won't work I have an iPhone that is frozen while browsing with Safari (it happens all the time). I am aware that holding down the power button with the home button for 10 seconds is supposed to reset the phone. It does not. I have held down for 60 sec or longer at least 10 times, to no avail.
What other options exist to force the phone to reboot, other than waiting for the power to exhaust itself completely after several hours?
A: Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
A: I finally got it restarted.
I pressed the home button first, for about 3 seconds by itself, then I came in afterward with a press of the power button, and it restarted within 15 seconds.
A: Sounds like you were in DFU mode. If you hold on to home and power then just hold home, it goes past the hard reset and into dev mode. To get out of it, you can either connect to itunes and force a reset or press home and power for 3 seconds only. That should get you out of it...
I can't tell you how many times I had this issue. Good luck.
A: let it die and then recharge it it will basically do a hard reset.
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c501c09e57657392614cb5fc6baff45ec87b3311 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Facebook Contacts disappearing from contacts I am using the iOS Facebook Integration, which adds my Facebook friends to my contacts in the phone app.
Yesterday I noticed that some of these Facebook contacts have been disappeared, despite being still 'Friends' with them on Facebook.
Is this maybe due to some Facebook privacy feature?
A: It seems Facebook did this on purpose. Facebook tries to only sync contacts which include useful information.
Friends without contact information other than a '@facebook.com'-email are no longer synced.
[Source]
| Q: Facebook Contacts disappearing from contacts I am using the iOS Facebook Integration, which adds my Facebook friends to my contacts in the phone app.
Yesterday I noticed that some of these Facebook contacts have been disappeared, despite being still 'Friends' with them on Facebook.
Is this maybe due to some Facebook privacy feature?
A: It seems Facebook did this on purpose. Facebook tries to only sync contacts which include useful information.
Friends without contact information other than a '@facebook.com'-email are no longer synced.
[Source]
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c688ca7de9bdbc2c4eee7ad1a1853158826cd987 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Find the size of a given Time Machine backup I'm interested in determining the size of a given Time Machine Backup. This seems possible with tmutil using either uniquesize, compare, or calculatedrift, but I've been unable to figure out the precise command to find the size of a given backup image. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
A: There is no such thing as a given backup image in Time Machine. Practically speaking only changed files get backed up each time but the snapshot volume also contains links to the most recent version of all unchanged files on the backup drive. So each snapshot volume represents a backup of your whole hard drive (also summing up the size of all snapshot volumes together will give you a number significantly higher than the size of your whole backup disk).
To find out how much data was added/changed/removed during one Time Machine backup, tmutil calculatedrift /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/NameOfYourMac is the way to go:
pse@Fourecks:~$ sudo tmutil calculatedrift /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/Fourecks
[...]
2013-06-02-131853 - 2013-06-02-164246
-------------------------------------
Added: 807.2K
Removed: 5.0M
Changed: 100.7M
2013-06-02-164246 - 2013-06-02-174230
-------------------------------------
Added: 9.9K
Removed: 0B
Changed: 43.8M
Drift Averages
-------------------------------------
Added: 715.6M
Removed: 535.5M
Changed: 571.5M
| Q: Find the size of a given Time Machine backup I'm interested in determining the size of a given Time Machine Backup. This seems possible with tmutil using either uniquesize, compare, or calculatedrift, but I've been unable to figure out the precise command to find the size of a given backup image. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
A: There is no such thing as a given backup image in Time Machine. Practically speaking only changed files get backed up each time but the snapshot volume also contains links to the most recent version of all unchanged files on the backup drive. So each snapshot volume represents a backup of your whole hard drive (also summing up the size of all snapshot volumes together will give you a number significantly higher than the size of your whole backup disk).
To find out how much data was added/changed/removed during one Time Machine backup, tmutil calculatedrift /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/NameOfYourMac is the way to go:
pse@Fourecks:~$ sudo tmutil calculatedrift /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/Fourecks
[...]
2013-06-02-131853 - 2013-06-02-164246
-------------------------------------
Added: 807.2K
Removed: 5.0M
Changed: 100.7M
2013-06-02-164246 - 2013-06-02-174230
-------------------------------------
Added: 9.9K
Removed: 0B
Changed: 43.8M
Drift Averages
-------------------------------------
Added: 715.6M
Removed: 535.5M
Changed: 571.5M
A: If you want to include linked files you can just use du:
$ sudo du -sh /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/iMac/2013-06-03-111535/
Password:
112G /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/iMac/2013-06-03-111535/
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1465f66d778520fa6cce8c3dd6396b928d31a17f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get OS X 10.8.x to keep Finder windows open after a restart? I just installed OS X 10.8.x on my Mac. An annoying thing I've discovered is that, whenever I restart the computer, it closes all the windows I have open in Finder. This is extremely annoying as I often have a large number of windows open to help me keep track of what I've been working on that day and need to back up. I check the "Reopen windows when logging back in" on the restart command but, as far as I can tell, it just reopens my applications, which isn't really what I'm looking for.
A: Try unchecking System Preferences > General > Close windows when quitting an application. 10.7 restored the state of applications by default but 10.8 doesn't.
This enables restoring state in just Finder:
defaults write com.apple.Finder NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool true
killall Finder
| Q: How do I get OS X 10.8.x to keep Finder windows open after a restart? I just installed OS X 10.8.x on my Mac. An annoying thing I've discovered is that, whenever I restart the computer, it closes all the windows I have open in Finder. This is extremely annoying as I often have a large number of windows open to help me keep track of what I've been working on that day and need to back up. I check the "Reopen windows when logging back in" on the restart command but, as far as I can tell, it just reopens my applications, which isn't really what I'm looking for.
A: Try unchecking System Preferences > General > Close windows when quitting an application. 10.7 restored the state of applications by default but 10.8 doesn't.
This enables restoring state in just Finder:
defaults write com.apple.Finder NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool true
killall Finder
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ca00ba3e62ca3f52d20d1aa8f8173a2bb54f854f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remount an internal drive as read-write in mountain lion Suddenly a secondary drive with HFS+ partition changed from read-write to read-only. How can I use the mount command to reverse it in mountain lion?
A: The answers in this thread did not work for me, but this did:
sudo mount -u -o rw /Volumes/VolName
| Q: How to remount an internal drive as read-write in mountain lion Suddenly a secondary drive with HFS+ partition changed from read-write to read-only. How can I use the mount command to reverse it in mountain lion?
A: The answers in this thread did not work for me, but this did:
sudo mount -u -o rw /Volumes/VolName
A: This happens sometimes when a drives filesystem is corrupted. Run Disk Utility and check the filesystem and drive for errors.
A: Occassionaly when this happens to me I need to use the disk utility included with OSX to verify and repair the disk. Any attempts to use mount -u -w /Volume/NIKON-S9700 will fail with this error:
$ sudo mount -u -w "/Volumes/NIKON-S9700"
mount_msdos: /dev/disk2s1 on /Volumes/NIKON-S9700: Permission denied
You can tell that the disk is mounted read-only like so:
$ mount
/dev/disk1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk2s1 on /Volumes/NIKON-S9700 (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid, read-only, noowners)
NOTE: Notice the "read-only" in the output above for device /dev/disk2s1.
Once I run a repair disk from Disk Utility the drive when mounted shows up like this:
$ mount
/dev/disk1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk2s1 on /Volumes/NIKON-S9700 (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners)
Incidentally the repair disk button might sometimes show up as grayed out. I typically have to unmount and remount the disk with Disk Utility running in order to get this button to show up as clickable.
screenshot of Disk Utility with mounted SD Card
A: Try using mount -u -w:
sudo mount -u -w /Volumes/YourDriveName
-u modifies the status of an already mounted filesystem. -w mounts a filesystem as read-write.
A: This was silly, but after a bunch of troubleshooting, for me the problem was that I was dealing with an sd card that had its lock switch turned on. I ejected the disk, toggled the switch, re-inserted it, and it was back to read+write.
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7aea2fdd50bec08142d867a89134903185806bbb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't run vi from terminal Every time I execute these commands:
vi
or
vim
in the terminal, it gives me the following error:
-bash: /usr/local/bin/vi: No such file or directory
or
-bash: /usr/local/bin/vim: No such file or directory
How do I get it to look at /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin?
type -a vi vim
returns
vi is /usr/bin/vi
vim is /usr/bin/vim
and
echo $PATH
returns
/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/Users/carlo/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Users/carlo/android-sdk-macosx/tools
I effed up my settings when I was screwing around with MacVim and Homebrew. And now I can't even start vim with vi or vim.
A: Set your path to be the following and then you should have temporary control (or just unset the $PATH and type things in exactly like /usr/bin/vi whatever)
export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
Once you've confirmed all is well, you'll want to sort out the scripts that run each time you log in and set $PATH or just be sure that you delete things from /usr/local to clean up the problems.
| Q: Can't run vi from terminal Every time I execute these commands:
vi
or
vim
in the terminal, it gives me the following error:
-bash: /usr/local/bin/vi: No such file or directory
or
-bash: /usr/local/bin/vim: No such file or directory
How do I get it to look at /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin?
type -a vi vim
returns
vi is /usr/bin/vi
vim is /usr/bin/vim
and
echo $PATH
returns
/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/Users/carlo/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Users/carlo/android-sdk-macosx/tools
I effed up my settings when I was screwing around with MacVim and Homebrew. And now I can't even start vim with vi or vim.
A: Set your path to be the following and then you should have temporary control (or just unset the $PATH and type things in exactly like /usr/bin/vi whatever)
export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
Once you've confirmed all is well, you'll want to sort out the scripts that run each time you log in and set $PATH or just be sure that you delete things from /usr/local to clean up the problems.
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3bb91380df262ac4e756649f124637ae475760e7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: terminal search files by text that the file names contain Let's say there a file called "abc_deh.xyz", what command do i use to find the location of that file in mac terminal by using solely the search term "deh"?
So, basically, I am asking how to search for a file by text contained in its name. I need to find files that I forgot the whole name, that would be more helpful.
A: The mdfind command can be used to find all indexed files that contain a specific string in the filename.
In your case:
mdfind -name deh
| Q: terminal search files by text that the file names contain Let's say there a file called "abc_deh.xyz", what command do i use to find the location of that file in mac terminal by using solely the search term "deh"?
So, basically, I am asking how to search for a file by text contained in its name. I need to find files that I forgot the whole name, that would be more helpful.
A: The mdfind command can be used to find all indexed files that contain a specific string in the filename.
In your case:
mdfind -name deh
A: sudo find / -type f -name "*deh*"
if you want to search directories too then remove the -type f. You can also try:
sudo locate deh
Should your locate database not be created (or up to date), there is a chance you have that file on the filesystem, but it's not been stored yet. Rather than run a single find command above, building the locate.db database might be a better plan going forward.
A: I use glob-complete-word a lot:
open */*deh # press \eg to complete paths
Also add set show-all-if-ambiguous on to ~/.inputrc if you haven't already. If there are multiple completions, it makes the first press of \eg show all of them. If it's not enabled and there are multiple paths that match */*deh, the *deh part is deleted.
If you use bash 4, shopt -s globstar makes ** match multiple levels of directories.
If you use mdfind or find and there is a single line of output, you can use a key binding like this to insert it:
"\eo": "$(!!)\e\C-e"
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5aebbd4a622026b78f59f46079b430a374924e71 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to enable "Services" menu for an application? Almost every OSx Application has a service menú like this:
But I've found that my HipChat for MAC doesn't have. I don't know if there is a setting that will enable this menu or it is something related to the way the application was created.
A: It has to do with the way the application is created. More about Services in Apple Developer Documentation.
I suggest you direct HipChat Devs to this page.
| Q: Is there a way to enable "Services" menu for an application? Almost every OSx Application has a service menú like this:
But I've found that my HipChat for MAC doesn't have. I don't know if there is a setting that will enable this menu or it is something related to the way the application was created.
A: It has to do with the way the application is created. More about Services in Apple Developer Documentation.
I suggest you direct HipChat Devs to this page.
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170c13a9e424a108ab2ec482d120ce4926caf37b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is best way to get and play Age of Mythology on Mac? I have a 15 inch 1st gen MacBook Pro retina with windows 7 installed using boot camp and I would like to get the game Age of Mythology (with expansion) which I never had. What would be the best way to get the game and play it? For example, would it be best/possible to buy the windows version and play it on the 64 bit window 7 portion of my computer.
Note: Not sure if this question is better in Ask Different or Arqade. Will move question if prompted.
Thanks ahead of time for any advice.
UPDATE
I would like to get the game at a reduced price since it is so old so paying the full price for the OS X version is not preferred but will be considered.
UPDATE
And I would like the Titans expansion too.
A: I would try PlayOnMac, it's an easy-to-use wrapper for a program called WINE which basically replicates all the Windows code a normal win32 application needs to run. They have a database on their website of games that work on it, you might try there.
| Q: What is best way to get and play Age of Mythology on Mac? I have a 15 inch 1st gen MacBook Pro retina with windows 7 installed using boot camp and I would like to get the game Age of Mythology (with expansion) which I never had. What would be the best way to get the game and play it? For example, would it be best/possible to buy the windows version and play it on the 64 bit window 7 portion of my computer.
Note: Not sure if this question is better in Ask Different or Arqade. Will move question if prompted.
Thanks ahead of time for any advice.
UPDATE
I would like to get the game at a reduced price since it is so old so paying the full price for the OS X version is not preferred but will be considered.
UPDATE
And I would like the Titans expansion too.
A: I would try PlayOnMac, it's an easy-to-use wrapper for a program called WINE which basically replicates all the Windows code a normal win32 application needs to run. They have a database on their website of games that work on it, you might try there.
A: That game is available on Windows and OS X - you can buy either the windows or os x version and use either, I would suggest OS X if you'd prefer not to have to boot windows to play it. Your machine will be fine to play it!
However if you want absolutely the best framerates windows tends to be faster for games.
A: I ended up being patient and did not make any purchases until recently when Age of Mythology: Extended Edition was released on Steam. It includes the Titans expansion and is likely to have more content added like what was done for Age of Empires II on Steam.
I do have to boot into Windows to play but it runs really well (graphics look awesome) through Steam.
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9db22a72ffdcd8d0eae7c2ec5e3cb756f35d6c7f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: anker keyboard escape key My imac bluetooth keyboard had some keys broken so I bought an anker keyboard.
It's the one mentioned in this review:
http://ziacomputers.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/anker-bluetooth-keyboard-reveiew/
My problem with it is the same as the problem #1 in the review, the keyboard doesn't have a escape key.
The place where esc should be is an empty box symbol which you can see in this image:
You have to press fn + box to escape. I'm trying to remap it with KeyRemap4MacBook but I can't figure out how. The review mentions that it should be possible. Any assistance is appreciated thanks.
A: The fn+home key combination works as Esc.
| Q: anker keyboard escape key My imac bluetooth keyboard had some keys broken so I bought an anker keyboard.
It's the one mentioned in this review:
http://ziacomputers.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/anker-bluetooth-keyboard-reveiew/
My problem with it is the same as the problem #1 in the review, the keyboard doesn't have a escape key.
The place where esc should be is an empty box symbol which you can see in this image:
You have to press fn + box to escape. I'm trying to remap it with KeyRemap4MacBook but I can't figure out how. The review mentions that it should be possible. Any assistance is appreciated thanks.
A: The fn+home key combination works as Esc.
A: Err, that's an iOS keyboard... (and the key is a Home button)
I would say that your easiest bet would be use use PCKeyboardHack (or KeyRemap4MacBook) to use the caps key was escape. I use this on my mac, as caps is normally useless anyway.
How to Change
*
*Note that Escape's code is 53
*Locate "Change Caps Lock", double click the key-code there, and to edit to 53
A: iOSKeyboardEscapeKeyEnabler will enable the home button on the keyboard to function as an escape key.
For some reason Karibiner is unable to read the key, possibly due to it being part of the "Consumer" page and not the "Generic Desktop" page.
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cf3dff1fdb632fc9cc6581872116c89ea2e753c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Changing the $HOME environment variable in terminal on mac 10.8 To be clear im not looking for a workaround that will execute a change directory command on startup. I want to alter the $HOME env var so that tilde commands work and so that entering a 'cd' command will return me to that directory.
I am sure it is possible I am just not able to find the command.
I have tried setting it in my /etc/profile but it doesnt seem to work. I have tried about 4 different settings in there. The ones I can remember trying are:
$HOME = /directroy
$HOME = "/directroy"
setenv HOME /directory
I may be missing something simple but I'm unable to find a solution.
A: In bash (the default shell of Terminal on 10.8) the syntax:
HOME=/your/path
export HOME
| Q: Changing the $HOME environment variable in terminal on mac 10.8 To be clear im not looking for a workaround that will execute a change directory command on startup. I want to alter the $HOME env var so that tilde commands work and so that entering a 'cd' command will return me to that directory.
I am sure it is possible I am just not able to find the command.
I have tried setting it in my /etc/profile but it doesnt seem to work. I have tried about 4 different settings in there. The ones I can remember trying are:
$HOME = /directroy
$HOME = "/directroy"
setenv HOME /directory
I may be missing something simple but I'm unable to find a solution.
A: In bash (the default shell of Terminal on 10.8) the syntax:
HOME=/your/path
export HOME
A: Expanding on @patrix comment, change your $HOME/.bash_profile file to add the following lines:
MYROOT=/path/to/dir/you/want
export MYROOT
cd $MYROOT
This way you will get you will start your shell in /path/to/dir/you/want and using cd $MYROOT will bring you back there.
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eeda7803e4090a17ac24f54fd971191ac3396e0a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is my mac book pro suitable for CUDA? After visiting this page:
http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-getting-started-guide-for-mac-os-x/
I don't know if my MacBook Pro is suitable for CUDA developement. After About This Mac I see this:
It does not seems to be a graphic card in this list:
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus
But I asked several times before buying this machine if it is capable for gpu stuffs. And I can correctly runs program that uses shaders. And, more important, I have installed CUDA driver and toolkit and they doesn't seems to give any error. But If I try to compile manually something with CUDA.. it doesn't work.
A: Your model has only the Intel HD 4000, so you can't use CUDA
Full specifications:
http://support.apple.com/kb/sp649
| Q: Is my mac book pro suitable for CUDA? After visiting this page:
http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-getting-started-guide-for-mac-os-x/
I don't know if my MacBook Pro is suitable for CUDA developement. After About This Mac I see this:
It does not seems to be a graphic card in this list:
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus
But I asked several times before buying this machine if it is capable for gpu stuffs. And I can correctly runs program that uses shaders. And, more important, I have installed CUDA driver and toolkit and they doesn't seems to give any error. But If I try to compile manually something with CUDA.. it doesn't work.
A: Your model has only the Intel HD 4000, so you can't use CUDA
Full specifications:
http://support.apple.com/kb/sp649
A: About dialog displays only the primary built-in device not the discrete, accelerated GPU. To be sure, run:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
in the terminal.
On my mac, the About dialog shows only on-chip Intel device, but the above command reveals the detail, also telling me that my Mac is equipped with the AMD Radeon HD 6750M which is OpenCL 1.1 capable. My mac is year older then yours.
All MBP devices have two cards.
Graphics/Displays:
Intel HD Graphics 3000:
Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0126
Revision ID: 0x0009
gMux Version: 1.9.24
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
AMD Radeon HD 6750M:
Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 6750M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x6741
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-C0170L-573
gMux Version: 1.9.24
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.573
A: I recently investigated the possibility of using the Macbook Retina as a CUDA development platform for scientific computing but came away disappointed with it's performance (as of Sep 22, 2014). I had purchased the more expensive model with the Nvidia graphics card for this specific purpose. See Macbook Pro as a CUDA dev (not deployment) platform? for details:
Conclusions
The Nvidia GT 750M card on the 15” Macbook pro Retina running Mac OS X 10.9.5 is not a great CUDA development/proofing platform if the user is interested mainly in double precision, floating point operations. This finding is in direct contrast to claims such as http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2012/06/14/new-macbook-pros-make-for-great-cuda-dev-platforms/
A: Click on the System Report button and navigate to Hardware -> Graphics/Displays. If there's a discrete GPU that matches https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus, then you've met the System Requirements for CUDA.
A: CUDA is only available on nVidia GPUs.
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f662a765a92638ade47e798ae05f6283891a9837 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I find a comprehensive and detailed technical software manual for OS X? Are there books written for OS X (particularly the most current version) like the hundreds of thousands written for Unix? I'd like to know about the command-line utilities and the locations of system settings in text files. Unfortunately, the books you see coming out of O'Rielly have phrases like "For Dummies," "Pocket Guide," and "Learning" (shudder) in their titles.
Does such literature exist? I'm particularly interested in learning which plists control which system settings, but having usage examples of OS X-specific command line utilities and a list of differences between OS X and Unix (from a technical perspective) would be even better. Being able to manage my system configuration from the Terminal would be a lot more fun than from System Preferences... at least for me!
A: The Missing Manual series is pretty comprehensive for the whole OS, though they don't cover shell commands deeply.
The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood covers more of the specifics you are looking for.
Keep in mind that there technically is no difference "between OS X and Unix." Mac OS X IS a Unix
| Q: Where can I find a comprehensive and detailed technical software manual for OS X? Are there books written for OS X (particularly the most current version) like the hundreds of thousands written for Unix? I'd like to know about the command-line utilities and the locations of system settings in text files. Unfortunately, the books you see coming out of O'Rielly have phrases like "For Dummies," "Pocket Guide," and "Learning" (shudder) in their titles.
Does such literature exist? I'm particularly interested in learning which plists control which system settings, but having usage examples of OS X-specific command line utilities and a list of differences between OS X and Unix (from a technical perspective) would be even better. Being able to manage my system configuration from the Terminal would be a lot more fun than from System Preferences... at least for me!
A: The Missing Manual series is pretty comprehensive for the whole OS, though they don't cover shell commands deeply.
The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood covers more of the specifics you are looking for.
Keep in mind that there technically is no difference "between OS X and Unix." Mac OS X IS a Unix
A: I've not read it myself, but Amit Singh's Mac OS X Internals is very well reviewed on Amazon.com (22 five star reviews out of 24 total reviews). A quick text search of the book shows over 40 hits for "plist", so it's likely to address that concern.
A: Other books:
*
*Mac OS X and iOS Internals
*The first part of The Mac Hacker's Handbook
*Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Support Essentials
Internet resources:
*
*http://images.apple.com/osx/preview/docs/OSX_Mavericks_Core_Technology_Overview.pdf
*http://lri.me/osx.txt and http://lri.me/shell.txt
*Stack Exchange API, like https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/answers-on-users#page=1&pagesize=100&order=desc&sort=activity&ids=427&filter=!9hnGt2GsJ&site=apple&run=true
*Github Searches, like https://github.com/search?q=osx+setup&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults
*https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2012/
*http://hints.macworld.com/search.php
A: Doing some extra searching on my own, I came across a nice web resource with links to books and guides at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This doesn't solve my question and I would greatly appreciate more answers, but I thought I'd share.
A: I found Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion to be very informative, especially coming from limited experience with Unix and Linux. It pretty much goes over controlling the standard processes of the operating system in the terminal.
A: Check out Mac OS X and iOS Internals:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781118057650.do
Here's a table of contents:
http://www.newosxbook.com/index.php?page=book
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8f80939bfa4b2c9d05d414bac56f5713a92c4adc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I stop/start all Mac OS X Server services at once? When doing maintenance on our OS X Server (10.8.4), I need to shut down all server services one by one. While it is not too much of a drag to click all services off, perform maintenance, and back on, I wonder, if there is a way to automate this procedure.
Is there?
A: You could do it from the command line and/or write a script with the relevant services:
sudo launchctl list
And for ssh (remote login) for example
sudo launchctl stop com.openssh.sshd
Bringing them back up then with start (instead of stop)
| Q: How can I stop/start all Mac OS X Server services at once? When doing maintenance on our OS X Server (10.8.4), I need to shut down all server services one by one. While it is not too much of a drag to click all services off, perform maintenance, and back on, I wonder, if there is a way to automate this procedure.
Is there?
A: You could do it from the command line and/or write a script with the relevant services:
sudo launchctl list
And for ssh (remote login) for example
sudo launchctl stop com.openssh.sshd
Bringing them back up then with start (instead of stop)
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2266f643981e0b98527201adebb21b65dfdb23a4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I show all hidden & invisible files on the command line (both .files and invisible flagged files)? Is there a way to show only the hidden and invisible files in a directory using the command line?
For instance ls -a | grep "^\." will show all the files hidden by a period as the first character, but what about files hidden with the invisible flag or listed in .hidden (mostly deprecated in practice, don't worry about that one so much.)?
A: If the files are indexed by Spotlight and files in subdirectories can be included, you could use mdfind:
mdfind kMDItemFSInvisible=1 -onlyin .
Or test for both GetFileInfo -av (attribute invisible) and if the name starts with a period:
shopt -s dotglob nullglob
for f in *; do [[ $(GetFileInfo -av "$f") = 1 || $f = .* ]] && echo "$f"; done
GetFileInfo is part of the command line tools package that can be downloaded from Xcode's preferences or from developer.apple.com/downloads.
Different ways to list only files that start with a period:
shopt -s nullglob; printf %s\\n .[^.]* ..?*
shopt -s dotglob nullglob; GLOBIGNORE='. ..'; printf %s\\n *
ls -a | grep -E '^(\.[^.]|\.\.[^$])'
| Q: How do I show all hidden & invisible files on the command line (both .files and invisible flagged files)? Is there a way to show only the hidden and invisible files in a directory using the command line?
For instance ls -a | grep "^\." will show all the files hidden by a period as the first character, but what about files hidden with the invisible flag or listed in .hidden (mostly deprecated in practice, don't worry about that one so much.)?
A: If the files are indexed by Spotlight and files in subdirectories can be included, you could use mdfind:
mdfind kMDItemFSInvisible=1 -onlyin .
Or test for both GetFileInfo -av (attribute invisible) and if the name starts with a period:
shopt -s dotglob nullglob
for f in *; do [[ $(GetFileInfo -av "$f") = 1 || $f = .* ]] && echo "$f"; done
GetFileInfo is part of the command line tools package that can be downloaded from Xcode's preferences or from developer.apple.com/downloads.
Different ways to list only files that start with a period:
shopt -s nullglob; printf %s\\n .[^.]* ..?*
shopt -s dotglob nullglob; GLOBIGNORE='. ..'; printf %s\\n *
ls -a | grep -E '^(\.[^.]|\.\.[^$])'
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1fefd483f3a2a63bd2e8f36aaf4d3fec7d3f072e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Full voice control for Mac What's an app that let's my control my Mac with voice commands, always on, with no keyboard and no mouse? I'm talking about an iMac mounted on a wall that is always listening for voice control commands.
The only app support really needed is a web browser -- I'm not asking to control photoshop with my voice or something!
But it must be a setup that never requires me to connect a keyboard or mouse, even if it crashes and needs a reboot.
A: If you want to totally control your Mac with your voice, I should strongly recommend to use dragon dictate 3 for mac from Nuance. But you need to know some Applescript to implement some user command.
You should also buy Plantronics microphone for quality based recognition.
Regards
Claude
| Q: Full voice control for Mac What's an app that let's my control my Mac with voice commands, always on, with no keyboard and no mouse? I'm talking about an iMac mounted on a wall that is always listening for voice control commands.
The only app support really needed is a web browser -- I'm not asking to control photoshop with my voice or something!
But it must be a setup that never requires me to connect a keyboard or mouse, even if it crashes and needs a reboot.
A: If you want to totally control your Mac with your voice, I should strongly recommend to use dragon dictate 3 for mac from Nuance. But you need to know some Applescript to implement some user command.
You should also buy Plantronics microphone for quality based recognition.
Regards
Claude
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0d18a231861323990e8bf10af1a07bc8cea999d7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to hide/remove the drop box folder (not dropbox.com) that is inside of public folder? Inside Public folder there is a folder called "Drop Box" (I'm not talking about dropbox.com) which is used for network/sharing purpose. Since I only use the machine locally, I would like to delete that folder, but doesn't matter how many time you delete or hide it, it keeps appear again.
Any tip?
A: You can hide it from from Finder by setting the hidden flag with Terminal
chflags hidden /path/to/folder/
and if you want to remove the flag
chflags nohidden /path/to/folder/
| Q: Is there a way to hide/remove the drop box folder (not dropbox.com) that is inside of public folder? Inside Public folder there is a folder called "Drop Box" (I'm not talking about dropbox.com) which is used for network/sharing purpose. Since I only use the machine locally, I would like to delete that folder, but doesn't matter how many time you delete or hide it, it keeps appear again.
Any tip?
A: You can hide it from from Finder by setting the hidden flag with Terminal
chflags hidden /path/to/folder/
and if you want to remove the flag
chflags nohidden /path/to/folder/
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0b4be98d909823f39f72248493deb1fc9647c0de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro Early 2011 max ram support Is it possible to put in 16 Gb ( 8 + 8 ) 1333 Mhz DDR3 in Macbook pro 15 Early 2011? As o apple website it says 8Gb max support, but I have found via Google Search, that people are using 16Gb also.
Thanks
A: The MacBook Pro from early 2011 will support 16GB of ram. The Macbook Pro 15" (non-retina) were sold with a maximum upgradeable ram of 8GB from the factory. However you can check OWC with your exact model number and confirm that it supports 16Gb.
OWC states the models that support 16GB here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_1333MHz_SDRAM
To get your exact model id follow those steps: (Lion instructions also apply for mountain lion)
| Q: Macbook Pro Early 2011 max ram support Is it possible to put in 16 Gb ( 8 + 8 ) 1333 Mhz DDR3 in Macbook pro 15 Early 2011? As o apple website it says 8Gb max support, but I have found via Google Search, that people are using 16Gb also.
Thanks
A: The MacBook Pro from early 2011 will support 16GB of ram. The Macbook Pro 15" (non-retina) were sold with a maximum upgradeable ram of 8GB from the factory. However you can check OWC with your exact model number and confirm that it supports 16Gb.
OWC states the models that support 16GB here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_1333MHz_SDRAM
To get your exact model id follow those steps: (Lion instructions also apply for mountain lion)
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b01c2276814a4e70353bbfcc261055d216bf916e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Internal Mic Option Disappears when using Apple Earbuds Does anyone know of a way to use my macbook pro's internal microphone while using my Apple "Earpods" for sound? When I look at the Sound Prefpane without my earbuds in the internal mic option is there, but when I plug in my earbuds with microphone it goes away.
Is this intentional? Why does it just disappear? What's the point of even having a preferences if you cant choose which one you want to use?
A: As long as you don't plug the earbuds in all the way, you can still use the built-in mic. The catch is that you'll only get audio in one ear of the earbuds.
| Q: Internal Mic Option Disappears when using Apple Earbuds Does anyone know of a way to use my macbook pro's internal microphone while using my Apple "Earpods" for sound? When I look at the Sound Prefpane without my earbuds in the internal mic option is there, but when I plug in my earbuds with microphone it goes away.
Is this intentional? Why does it just disappear? What's the point of even having a preferences if you cant choose which one you want to use?
A: As long as you don't plug the earbuds in all the way, you can still use the built-in mic. The catch is that you'll only get audio in one ear of the earbuds.
A: Use any stereo 3.5mm to 3.5mm plug. Out that in your computer and the plug in the headphones to the adapter. The stereo adapter will not see the mic, so the computer will not see the mic.
You can get these 6 inches (15cm) long or so, maybe even shorter. If you want just an adapter without a cord, get a stereo splitter. Search for “headphone splitter” and you can find plenty under $5.
A: Plugging in the Apple earbuds with the built in mic (the plug on the left) cuts out the Macbook's microphone. This is useful for things like Skype and other IP telephony, as well as for relatively hands-free use of the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 also has noise-cancellation which may be why the earbud mic sounds nasty when connected to the computer. You will need to plug in a normal 3-conductor set of earbuds/headphones, (the plug on the right,) to get the internal mic working.
A: You should be able to bypass the headset mic and use the Mac's internal mic if you select internal mic (double click it to select it) on the sound input preference tab and then plug in your headset.
This troubleshooting procedure is detailed on apples website at: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25716?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US
A: Use a 3-connection 1/8" TRS extension cable.
There is no software option exposed to the user for this operation. However I regularly use the big-ass cozy Sony DJ headphones with my MacBook and the built in mic to take phone calls. This works because the MBA/MBP has a sensor for 4-connection TRS male connections and will disable the built in microphone. A simple 3-connection extension will work perfectly fine as a "4-connection to 3-connection adapter".
The shortest such cable I found on Amazon is 12". You can search for "YCS Basics 1 Foot 3.5mm Stereo Headphone Extension Cable".
A: I agree this behavior is very annoying.
I have found that even a 4-connection adapter, like this very short and cheap one works. It does keeps the built-in mic as input and costs less than $2.
The key to making it work seems to be: First plug in the adapter alone, then plug the headphones in. Plugging them together may cause input to switch.
To actually gain some new functionality with your purchase, getting an L-shaped adapter like this one will prevent the annoying and dangerous sticking straight out which could cause your jack/headphones plug to get mangled.
I wish there was a software solution too but it seems not!
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88c66d740f5a0cde4bdbc11093945f88d4d3895e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to reinstall xcode command-line tools? I had serious problems from two versions of Xcode on the same machine. I removed all Xcode app instances & many other non-System 'xcode'-related files, then reinstalled the app (4.6.2), fixing my original problem. But xcodebuild and xcode-select are still not available, which I need to run PhoneGap for iOS. Within Xcode, the Preferences => Downloads => Command-line Tools item is marked "Installed", with no option to delete or re-install. I tried removing xcrun, but that didn't work. How do I fix this?
A: Did you try xcode-select?
man xcode-select
or
xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode
| Q: how to reinstall xcode command-line tools? I had serious problems from two versions of Xcode on the same machine. I removed all Xcode app instances & many other non-System 'xcode'-related files, then reinstalled the app (4.6.2), fixing my original problem. But xcodebuild and xcode-select are still not available, which I need to run PhoneGap for iOS. Within Xcode, the Preferences => Downloads => Command-line Tools item is marked "Installed", with no option to delete or re-install. I tried removing xcrun, but that didn't work. How do I fix this?
A: Did you try xcode-select?
man xcode-select
or
xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode
A: *
*I run
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
*and then xcode-select --install
Problem fixed on my side
A: The command line tools are installed like other OS X packages, so you may need to delete the receipt file from the receipts database (which used to be trivial since you could delete the file from /Library/Receipts but now is more complicated and needs a short article on the receipts database).
Rather than mess with that, why not just download the stand alone installer and wait for a new version of Xcode to clean up your receipts database for you?
*
*https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?=command%20line%20tools
This URL is fairly open (even the search engines can index it) but you might need to make a free Safari or free Mac developer account to log in and get this package.
If this happened to me, I'd simply change my Time Machine to exclude system files and then install a new OS onto a spare volume. I'd make a junk admin user that I'll delete and use that user to install Xcode and the command line tools and then finally restore from Time Machine. As long as everything worked, I'd clone that to my main drive or repeat the wipe/reinstall process - whichever is easier for you to perform.
A: This seems to work for XCode 5, remove --dry-run to actually perform copy.
sudo rsync -ai --exclude subversion\* --exclude SVN\* /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr /
sudo ln -sf /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild /usr/bin/
Or go to https://developer.apple.com/downloads/ and search for "xcode" - there are downloadable packages for 10.5 through to 10.10
A: Referring to the help text, running xcode-select -r will reset xcode, which may help with install-time issues.
Usage: xcode-select [options]
Print or change the path to the active developer directory. This directory
controls which tools are used for the Xcode command line tools (for example,
xcodebuild) as well as the BSD development commands (such as cc and make).
Options:
-h, --help print this help message and exit
-p, --print-path print the path of the active developer directory
-s <path>, --switch <path> set the path for the active developer directory
--install open a dialog for installation of the command line developer tools
-v, --version print the xcode-select version
-r, --reset reset to the default command line tools path
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683f1785ad1beb39b872445830d1157661b14060 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Stop iPhone alerting me when I'm in a phone call When I'm in a phone call, I still get alerts for emails and texts. The noise will play and, if the phone is on Speaker, it will vibrate -- often leading the person I'm talking to wonder what that weird noise was.
Surely there must be a way to silence the phone while you're talking on it. It's very distracting to have beepings going off right next to your ear!
A: Looks like there is no setting to silence alerts during a call.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16904276#16904276
There's no phone setting to silence alerts during phone calls. You
can suggest this to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
| Q: Stop iPhone alerting me when I'm in a phone call When I'm in a phone call, I still get alerts for emails and texts. The noise will play and, if the phone is on Speaker, it will vibrate -- often leading the person I'm talking to wonder what that weird noise was.
Surely there must be a way to silence the phone while you're talking on it. It's very distracting to have beepings going off right next to your ear!
A: Looks like there is no setting to silence alerts during a call.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16904276#16904276
There's no phone setting to silence alerts during phone calls. You
can suggest this to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
A: Set Settings > Sounds > Vibrate on Silent to OFF; then while on the call you can flip the hardware switch to Silent. This will disable all sounds and vibration.
A: In iOS 15, you can accomplish this using a custom Focus. I created a custom focus called “Telephone” that activates automatically while using the FaceTime or Phone apps.
Update: Unfortunately, iOS appears to treat the call in progress screen as a separate app from the Phone app itself, so this technique doesn’t quite do what we want.
A: download a silent ringtone. Set your phone alerts to this ring tone. its the only way.
A: Quickest way to shut off text tone, or any other, is to tap volume up or down one click, this cancels tones. Also including when text tone wont stop after entering text from home screen (notifications) there's no need to play with the notifications setting all the time. You'll see others mention to reboot holding home and sleep simultaneously to do stop run-on tones, doesn't last or work most of the time.
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fb1250679bc2e9966caf865e9f39120326f59ad8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Downgrading from iOS 7 to a recent full backup of iOS 6.1.3 I have a device (iPhone 4S) that is running iOS 7, but I was wondering: Is it possible to restore a full backup of the same device running iOS 6.1.3.
I'm not worried about losing data from the iOS 7, but I would like to restore the device to its previous state under iOS 6.
Is this possible?
Again, to reiterate: I'm not looking for clean downgrade/install of iOS 6, I wish to restore a full back-up containing an earlier iOS. Thanks.
A: Note: this will only work if downgrading from a prerelease beta OS to a regular version.
You can only ever restore an iOS device to the latest public version.
Downgrading is super easy: Just put your iPhone into DFU mode (plug into iTunes, power off, hold down Sleep/Wake and Home button for 8 seconds, let go of the power button and continue to hold down the home button until iTunes alerts you. The screen should be black) and follow iTunes through there.
| Q: Downgrading from iOS 7 to a recent full backup of iOS 6.1.3 I have a device (iPhone 4S) that is running iOS 7, but I was wondering: Is it possible to restore a full backup of the same device running iOS 6.1.3.
I'm not worried about losing data from the iOS 7, but I would like to restore the device to its previous state under iOS 6.
Is this possible?
Again, to reiterate: I'm not looking for clean downgrade/install of iOS 6, I wish to restore a full back-up containing an earlier iOS. Thanks.
A: Note: this will only work if downgrading from a prerelease beta OS to a regular version.
You can only ever restore an iOS device to the latest public version.
Downgrading is super easy: Just put your iPhone into DFU mode (plug into iTunes, power off, hold down Sleep/Wake and Home button for 8 seconds, let go of the power button and continue to hold down the home button until iTunes alerts you. The screen should be black) and follow iTunes through there.
A: Don't quote me on this, but I believe there's a download list of ISPWs for iOS 6.1.3 on the home page of the iOS Dev Center. You should be able to download an image and reload your device the same way you loaded it with the beta image. I believe the 6.1.3 images listed here are still being signed (by Apple).
If you can successfully get your device running a clean install of 6.1.3, you should be able to do a restore from there.
A: First of all
Apple’s official word is that you cannot downgrade your device to iOS
6 after installing the beta. This means you shouldn’t install iOS 7
unless you are happy running buggy software for a few months.
To try to downgrade users must first download the IPSW for their device (from here).
Then connect the device to a Mac or PC with iTunes open. Next press hold the Home and Sleep/Wake button simultaneously for 10 seconds and then release the Sleep/Wake button until iTunes detects your iPhone has been put into recovery mode. While this happens, your iPhone’s screen will remain black.
With the device still connected, in iTunes Option+Click (Mac) or Shift+Click (Windows) the Restore iPhone… button. A window should open, in it locate the iOS 6 IPSW you downloaded, select it and confirm your selection. iTunes will now attempt to downgrade your device, after which point you can restore from local or iCloud backups.
A: It doesn't look like it:
Newer devices like the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad mini and the iPod touch 5G are regrettably “stuck” on whichever firmware they’re currently running – no downgrade method exists, as of now.
http://www.evasionjailbreak.com/untethered-6.1.3-jailbreak-6.1.4-ios-7-guide-for-iphone-5s-and-future-devices/
Also: http://jailbreakmeme.com/you-cannot-downgrade-ios-7-to-6-1-3-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch/
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bfc93ae41327deec184474804e1e2f7b59480396 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the advantage of dual microphones? The new MacBook Air (Jun 2013) comes with dual microphones. What's the advantage over single microphone? Anything to do with background noise cancellation?
A: You are correct. The signals from the two microphones are used, in conjunction with the Mac's built-in digital signal processing software, to cancel background noise for a person speaking into the microphones, for use in webcame programs like Messages and Skype. The signal thus generated is monaural; the two microphones cannot be used for stereo recording.
| Q: What is the advantage of dual microphones? The new MacBook Air (Jun 2013) comes with dual microphones. What's the advantage over single microphone? Anything to do with background noise cancellation?
A: You are correct. The signals from the two microphones are used, in conjunction with the Mac's built-in digital signal processing software, to cancel background noise for a person speaking into the microphones, for use in webcame programs like Messages and Skype. The signal thus generated is monaural; the two microphones cannot be used for stereo recording.
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31b06d145c4017011aff1da106297aceae9b0c66 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X 10.8.4 cacerts default password Yesterday I upgraded my Mac to Mac OS X 10.8.4, along with it came an update of the Java JRE (version 1.6.0_45). I want to add a certain CA to the list of trusted CAs by issuing
sudo keytool -keystore /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts -alias mycertificate -import -file the-ca-certificate.der
I am prompted to enter the keystore password. Until the day before yesterday the default keystore password was "changeit", but now "changeit" won't work anymore. I tried to find information about the changed default password with google, but no success.
Does someone of you know the new default password for the system wide Java keystore on Mac OS X 10.8.4 with Java 1.6.0_45?
A: Also ensure that it is not the SUDO password being asked for.
| Q: Mac OS X 10.8.4 cacerts default password Yesterday I upgraded my Mac to Mac OS X 10.8.4, along with it came an update of the Java JRE (version 1.6.0_45). I want to add a certain CA to the list of trusted CAs by issuing
sudo keytool -keystore /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts -alias mycertificate -import -file the-ca-certificate.der
I am prompted to enter the keystore password. Until the day before yesterday the default keystore password was "changeit", but now "changeit" won't work anymore. I tried to find information about the changed default password with google, but no success.
Does someone of you know the new default password for the system wide Java keystore on Mac OS X 10.8.4 with Java 1.6.0_45?
A: Also ensure that it is not the SUDO password being asked for.
A: Somehow I managed to corrupt the keystore file. Restoring it from backup did the trick.
A: The password for java keystore is: 'changeit'
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1d18df73416694f604a278273786a96773ce85c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Clean-Up By Name" on all folders on Mac Is there a command that I can run in Terminal which will Clean-Up By Name on all folders. It is bit of a job going into each folder and doing this.
A: If you want to always keep icon views sorted by name, open the view options for some folder in icon view, set Arrange By to None and Sort By to Name, and press the Use as Defaults button.
The default settings don't apply to folders that have folder-specific settings saved in a .DS_Store file, so you might also want to delete .DS_Store files:
sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder
Deleting .DS_Store files:
*
*Resets folder-specific view options, including the sort by and arrange by modes
*Removes Spotlight comments from Finder's information windows (but not the extended attributes for Spotlight comments)
*Resets the positions and shown parts of windows
*Resets the positions of icons and custom backgrounds in icon view
| Q: "Clean-Up By Name" on all folders on Mac Is there a command that I can run in Terminal which will Clean-Up By Name on all folders. It is bit of a job going into each folder and doing this.
A: If you want to always keep icon views sorted by name, open the view options for some folder in icon view, set Arrange By to None and Sort By to Name, and press the Use as Defaults button.
The default settings don't apply to folders that have folder-specific settings saved in a .DS_Store file, so you might also want to delete .DS_Store files:
sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder
Deleting .DS_Store files:
*
*Resets folder-specific view options, including the sort by and arrange by modes
*Removes Spotlight comments from Finder's information windows (but not the extended attributes for Spotlight comments)
*Resets the positions and shown parts of windows
*Resets the positions of icons and custom backgrounds in icon view
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c0c2e7969856424c3c6217544e4be24dbc7f501a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the Master Agreement when trying to transfer an iOS app? I'm trying to transfer an app to another developer, but when I click transfer the only criteria which is not checked is Master Agreement:
Where is this Master Agreement, and how can I fix this?
A: You need to check your Contracts, Tax, and Banking information.
To resolve this issue, you need to check your Contracts, Tax, and Banking information. If you have Request button on the page, you have to click and review it.
After review it and check the box then submit.
Source: blog.jaey.ca: Master Agreement Criteria Not Met
| Q: What is the Master Agreement when trying to transfer an iOS app? I'm trying to transfer an app to another developer, but when I click transfer the only criteria which is not checked is Master Agreement:
Where is this Master Agreement, and how can I fix this?
A: You need to check your Contracts, Tax, and Banking information.
To resolve this issue, you need to check your Contracts, Tax, and Banking information. If you have Request button on the page, you have to click and review it.
After review it and check the box then submit.
Source: blog.jaey.ca: Master Agreement Criteria Not Met
A: The correct action when you have a problem with your legal agreements is to call developer relations if it's impacting your business and you can't figure out how to solve the issue online.
*
*https://developer.apple.com/contact/
In this case, a widespread software issue on the Apple side could cause this. Also it could be a more narrow issue, with the software not storing the electronic agreement properly or your account is in a state of transition or error. You may need someone on the inside to either correct the records or point you to what (and when) you can resolve this yourself.
In this case, it's an account management issue so log in with your developer ID and either fill in the form or call the numbers listed for your account.
*
*https://developer.apple.com/contact/submit.php
A: This happens also when you are trying to transfer paid app or app with in-app purchases and you do not have "iOS Paid Applications" or "iAD App Network" contracts in effect.
Go to "Contracts, Tax and Banking" and check (or / and request) if you have all contact, bank and tax info sorted out for them.
A:
What are the requirements for transferring an app?
To transfer an app, make sure that:
*
*The transferor and the recipient have active developer accounts and accepted the most current version of all master agreements that are currently in effect
*The app has at least one approved version
*The app is in the Ready for Sale, Invalid Binary, Rejected, Developer Rejected, or Developer Removed from Sale state
*Any associated In-App Purchases are in the Ready to Submit, Ready for Sale, Rejected, Developer Removed from Sale, or Approved state
*You know the Apple ID of the recipient’s Team Agent and their Team ID
If the app uses iAd, the transferor and the recipient must have accepted the most current version of all iAd contracts.
Pulled info from Apple's FAQ in developer center:
https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/wo/146.0.0.13.7.2.7.9.3.1.2.3.3.1.1.3.2.1.3.0.1.0.9.0.1.1.1
A: I had the same problem,
The IOS developer licence had recently been updated and I had to agree to it again, then this "Master Agreement" field was green and I could transfer the app.
I would recommend jumping into your Developer member center, and you can agree to the licence.
https://developer.apple.com/membercenter/index.action#updateAgreement
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33789da5b8c57f51d8c472c66a166a1a9ffe6b85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the maximum version of iOS compatible with the 2nd-generation iPod Touch? I got an iPod Touch 2nd-gen. (Model # MC086LL) and all the fun games I find in the App Store require iOS 4.3. Is it possible for me to upgrade it to 4.3?
A: iOS 4.2.1 (8C148) is the maximum OS version it can be upgraded to so you won't be able to install 4.3 or newer OS using iTunes and Apple supplied versions of the software.
| Q: What is the maximum version of iOS compatible with the 2nd-generation iPod Touch? I got an iPod Touch 2nd-gen. (Model # MC086LL) and all the fun games I find in the App Store require iOS 4.3. Is it possible for me to upgrade it to 4.3?
A: iOS 4.2.1 (8C148) is the maximum OS version it can be upgraded to so you won't be able to install 4.3 or newer OS using iTunes and Apple supplied versions of the software.
A: iOS 4.2.1 is the highest iTunes can install on that model.
You can't get the latest greatest apps but there are tons of vintage apps available, even for models that can only run iOS 4.2.1 or earlier. The trick is finding them. This is one way,
https://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/finding-apps-for-older-devices
Then there is an app to find these vintage apps,
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vintapps-3.1.3/id639274910?mt=8&uo=4
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fe1cb2b03fcc3a4d45a568baa1c1bf6aa6d59f7a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to tell if Macbook is using 802.11ac I just got a new Macbook Air and a new Airport Extreme, both of which support 802.11ac.
Is there an easy way to tell if my Macbook Air is connecting to the Airport Extreme via 802.11ac? Relatedly, can I tell if I'm connecting at 5GHz band or 2.4GHz band?
I've already done a speedtest, and the results are inconclusive.
A: When you're connected to the Wi-Fi network, hold down option and click the Wi-Fi icon in the OS X menubar. You'll see additional details about your connection, including one item labelled PHY Mode:. That will show you whether you're connected via 802.11ac, n, g, etc.
There's also a Channel: entry that tells you the radio frequency and channel.
| Q: How to tell if Macbook is using 802.11ac I just got a new Macbook Air and a new Airport Extreme, both of which support 802.11ac.
Is there an easy way to tell if my Macbook Air is connecting to the Airport Extreme via 802.11ac? Relatedly, can I tell if I'm connecting at 5GHz band or 2.4GHz band?
I've already done a speedtest, and the results are inconclusive.
A: When you're connected to the Wi-Fi network, hold down option and click the Wi-Fi icon in the OS X menubar. You'll see additional details about your connection, including one item labelled PHY Mode:. That will show you whether you're connected via 802.11ac, n, g, etc.
There's also a Channel: entry that tells you the radio frequency and channel.
A: Hold Option key (alt) and press on your WiFi icon.
That will instantly tell you if you connected with 2.4 or 5 Gig in the expanded menu.
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0a0450bb11a80db882725b6c170c2dbff97acb3e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I use an iPad with a Retina display as an external monitor? I have three 23" Samsung LCD monitors, and I've had all three hooked up to my MacBook Pro, for a total of four displays. Problem is, the MacBook Pro's Retina display has totally spoiled me. The Samsungs now look terrible in comparison, so much so that I stick to the single MacBook Pro display as much as possible, until I have to go to multiple monitors for whatever task I'm working on (I'm a Java software engineer).
I got to thinking if it's possible to use an iPad with Retina display as an external monitor. Even better, if I could just buy iPad display replacement parts and use those as external monitors, that'd be rad, but I don't know (a) if it's possible, and (b) what kind of connector they would require.
How can I directly connect two iPads or two standalone iPad Retina displays to my MacBook Pro?
A: There are a few Apps on the App Store that will allow your iPad to be used as an external display using your WiFi connection.
Here are some examples:
Air Display
SplashTop Remote Display
| Q: How can I use an iPad with a Retina display as an external monitor? I have three 23" Samsung LCD monitors, and I've had all three hooked up to my MacBook Pro, for a total of four displays. Problem is, the MacBook Pro's Retina display has totally spoiled me. The Samsungs now look terrible in comparison, so much so that I stick to the single MacBook Pro display as much as possible, until I have to go to multiple monitors for whatever task I'm working on (I'm a Java software engineer).
I got to thinking if it's possible to use an iPad with Retina display as an external monitor. Even better, if I could just buy iPad display replacement parts and use those as external monitors, that'd be rad, but I don't know (a) if it's possible, and (b) what kind of connector they would require.
How can I directly connect two iPads or two standalone iPad Retina displays to my MacBook Pro?
A: There are a few Apps on the App Store that will allow your iPad to be used as an external display using your WiFi connection.
Here are some examples:
Air Display
SplashTop Remote Display
A: It would definitely not be possible to connect an iPad to the MacBook without an app designed to do that on the iPad and a daemon on your MacBook, and it would have to use some tricky protocol passing data through the Lightning connector as audio (or some other way that the app could access). There is no way to connect to an iOS device by Thunderbolt that I know of.
Connecting just the iPad display to the computer would be as close to impossible as to make it unfeasible. The displays in iOS devices use the DSI protocol, so would need custom-made circuit boars for the connectors, and custom low-level drivers to interface with the GPU, and the OS.
The only truly high-DPI (>120) monitors that I've seen are for medical applications (e.g. this one), and they only give quotes when you contact them.
So for the moment, Wifi display apps such as Air Display are the best solution for Retina displays. Or, the Apple Thunderbolt Display has one of the highest DPIs of consumer-grade monitors, at 109 DPI, but this is still a far cry from the 227 DPI of my 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro.
A: It looks like you can connect a replacement! (Assuming you can solder and have some electronic knowledge)
If you can't solder, then it's a useful skill if you do any electronics. However, this project isn't much of a beginner project. If you can't, do you have a friend who thinks they can do it?
I recently stumbled on this post. It shows how one person bought the retina panel used in the iPad and they did a bit of soldering with some adapters, the screen, and a homemade PCB. The parts (including the panel) added up to $70 shipped (not including the PCB, power adapter, a TPS61175 step-up converter, and a few cheap parts that cost only a few dollars.)
The post has the schematics and the instructions. Read to see if you think you can attempt it.
A couple of things: it isn't touchscreen, you would have to build a case for it, and it may have some glare and not look as glossy as a real iPad screen does. For the last problem I mentioned, you might be able to ask a question in the comments about how it looks before you buy anything. The author says that the pictures look nothing like the real thing, but it never hurts to ask. You don't want to get stuck with a monitor that the screen looks old at a glance (one of those that has lots of glare and looks kind of flimsy), even if it is high resolution. I don't know if Apple adds a layer to make it look high quality.
It only supports DisplayPort as an input. Depending on your setup, this may be a problem. However, at only $70 per monitor, you can afford a few extra cables and adapters.
Good luck if you do attempt. If you need any help, you probably could post a few questions on EE.SE. I would offer, but I don't think that I'm that knowledgeable. =)
A: Another app that connects the iPad or multiple iPads as external displays over local wi-fi, iDisplay.
And in several modes as well, as Additional Display, Shared Display etc.
Recently updated, works seamlessly for me (on MBPro mid-2010, iPad 2.)
A: You can use Air Display or Duet Display.....If you use AstroPad, it maps your display to the iPad and then your mac has touch screen capabilities....
Air Display
http://www.duetdisplay.com
http://astropad.com/
Have fun!
A: DisplayPad
It works well for my iPad mini with Retina display. I've tried to use iDisplay, but soon after purchasing it I suddenly discovered it doesn't support retina displays.
A: Update: There are now several competitors, such as Luna Display, as well as native support in iPadOS 13 + macOS Catalina, called Sidecar.
The app Duet Display lets iOS devices connect to a Mac that is running at least OS 10.9. The Mac needs duet software which is a free download and connects via Lightning port to the Mac in question to send the video.
The Mac app is a free download and the iOS app is available for purchase on the iOS App Store.
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5576b74b834b7bb6a602e2d808c2df604a0746df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does screen sharing work when not on the same local network? Does screen sharing (System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing) work when the computers are on different networks? For example, if computer A is using Wifi in Texas and computer B is using Wifi in New York, will this still work?
A: Yes. And you can make it work through most firewalls if you're both using Messages. Messages will broker the handshake to start the session and then turn it over to the screen sharing app.
Start up Messages and make sure Screen Sharing is enabled:
Find your buddy in your contact list in Messages and click on them. Then select Buddies -> Share My Screen with Buddy... or Buddies -> Ask to Share Buddy's Screen... from the menu bar to initiate a screen share session. You can share control with these sessions.
| Q: Does screen sharing work when not on the same local network? Does screen sharing (System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing) work when the computers are on different networks? For example, if computer A is using Wifi in Texas and computer B is using Wifi in New York, will this still work?
A: Yes. And you can make it work through most firewalls if you're both using Messages. Messages will broker the handshake to start the session and then turn it over to the screen sharing app.
Start up Messages and make sure Screen Sharing is enabled:
Find your buddy in your contact list in Messages and click on them. Then select Buddies -> Share My Screen with Buddy... or Buddies -> Ask to Share Buddy's Screen... from the menu bar to initiate a screen share session. You can share control with these sessions.
A: Yes, as long as you port forward (vnc://router.address:5900).
VNC default port is 5900, so make sure that your router is correctly port forwarding this. You can change the port in your router settings.
This Apple KB article gives more details about OS X screen sharing.
A: If you are trying to access one of your own computers that uses your same Apple ID, the best method is to use Back to My Mac, as long as you are on a Mac that has not yet been updated to Mojave. Back to My Mac has now been discontinued by Apple.
You have to make sure you enable "Back to My Mac" in the iCloud Preference Pane on both computers:
Under the Sharing Preferences pane disable Remote Management if it is enabled, and then enable Screen Sharing.
Wait a moment and your computer should show up in Finder under the Shared section.
If you don't see a "Shared" section or the computer doesn't appear there, click on Finder and then open Finder's preferences (⌘+,) and make sure that everything in the Shared section is selected:
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f2c4f32f3d6e13a0addabaed8b4d8e80ae6ed430 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: See iAd Revenue in the new iTunes Connect layout? I'd like to know how I can see my iAd revenue in the "new" iTC layout? Two days ago there was a link in iTC (I think the label even said iAd revenue or stats), but now all I have is the new iAd Workbench.
Do you know where the new page for iAd revenue is?
A: Looks like apple hides the url. After log in iTunes connect, visit https://iad.apple.com/itcportal/ directly.
Update:
visit https://iad.apple.com/
| Q: See iAd Revenue in the new iTunes Connect layout? I'd like to know how I can see my iAd revenue in the "new" iTC layout? Two days ago there was a link in iTC (I think the label even said iAd revenue or stats), but now all I have is the new iAd Workbench.
Do you know where the new page for iAd revenue is?
A: Looks like apple hides the url. After log in iTunes connect, visit https://iad.apple.com/itcportal/ directly.
Update:
visit https://iad.apple.com/
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b928634fcd8209b92c1a7a5ed3e4b6813878a710 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to switch between different Chrome windows with keyboard shortcuts? Switching between applications is easy with command-tab.
Switching between tabs is easy with command-} or control-tab.
Switching between separate windows within an application is easy with command-`.
However, that last one doesn't seem to work with Google Chrome (Version 27.0.1453.110) on OS X 10.8.4. Is there a leopard shortcut specific for Chrome to switch between different windows?
A: For those using Snow Leopard 10.6.8, these options can be set under the OSX "System Preferences" > Keyboard > "Keyboard Shortcuts" Tab > "Keyboard and Text Input".
Apparently, by default Cmd+` is set to "Move focus to next window in appl...". However, this shortcut doesn't work for me because my keyboard is Japanese, and therefore I need to press Shift to access the `. It turns out that OSX always receives a Shift+Cmd+@. So, what I did was to replace that shortcut with Cmd+@ and now it works.
Hope that helps people having similar issues.
PS: You can use the "Move focus to active or next window", which defaults to Ctrl+F4, Shift+Ctrl+F4 for the previous window.
| Q: How to switch between different Chrome windows with keyboard shortcuts? Switching between applications is easy with command-tab.
Switching between tabs is easy with command-} or control-tab.
Switching between separate windows within an application is easy with command-`.
However, that last one doesn't seem to work with Google Chrome (Version 27.0.1453.110) on OS X 10.8.4. Is there a leopard shortcut specific for Chrome to switch between different windows?
A: For those using Snow Leopard 10.6.8, these options can be set under the OSX "System Preferences" > Keyboard > "Keyboard Shortcuts" Tab > "Keyboard and Text Input".
Apparently, by default Cmd+` is set to "Move focus to next window in appl...". However, this shortcut doesn't work for me because my keyboard is Japanese, and therefore I need to press Shift to access the `. It turns out that OSX always receives a Shift+Cmd+@. So, what I did was to replace that shortcut with Cmd+@ and now it works.
Hope that helps people having similar issues.
PS: You can use the "Move focus to active or next window", which defaults to Ctrl+F4, Shift+Ctrl+F4 for the previous window.
A: This issue is so annoying for me, and today I finally got it resolved! So, in hope to help some poor soul like myself, I want to share what I did:
*
*Go to System Preference --> Keyboard --> Shortcuts tab --> Move focus to next window
*Set it to ⌘ + `
A: @Hugo Chrome allows to set up more users to get more "environments" inside your chrome (bookmarks, opened tabs, session and so forth). it's very useful to split your business and private browsing.
So, ⌘ Cmd-Shift-M is very useful. :)
A: My case was slightly different - one chrome window was normal ( not maximized ) and another chrome windows was maximized. The above solution cmd + ' didn't work in my case.
When one chrome window is maximized it gets its own space, found that i can use control key + left or right arrow keys to switch back between these 2 chrome windows.
Hope it helps.
A: Interestingly, the ⌘ Cmd-` shortcut doesn't work for me (Chrome 38.0 on Mac OS X 10.9.50).
But ⌘ Cmd-F1 seems to work instead (and works for other apps too).
Though, again, it doesn't work if the windows are spread across desktops/spaces.
A: Control + F4 will switch back & forth between open chrome browsers but only after configuring the Function keys to only work with Fn key in System Preferences > keyboard options.
A: So I found what was , for me , the real problem.
I went into System Preferences" > Keyboard > "Keyboard Shortcuts" Tab > "Keyboard and Text Input and I found this:
Sorry for Italian lang.
Start from bottom, third row.
Have attention for cmd + ' at first it was cmd + `
So I simply changed it and now It works perfectly.
Hope this can help.
A: ⌘ Cmd+` works for me with the same versions of Chrome and OS X, so it might be something specific to your installation.
You could try temporarily resetting Chrome's preferences or disabling extensions. Or change the shortcut from System Preferences or test if it works on a different account.
A: To show Chrome windows (this applies to other apps as well) press: Control-↓ (arrow down).
Active windows of the current application would be shown larger (if you've multiple monitors, they will show on other screen as well), including minimized at the bottom.
From there, use arrow keys to switch between different windows and confirm your selection with Enter or Space (to switch between all apps press Tab). It should work for multiple displays as well. Hit Escape to cancel the selection.
Above tested on El Capitan (10.11).
A: To switch between users in Chrome, use ⌘ Cmd-Shift-M and then use your arrow keys to select the user you want and hit Enter.
This isn't as fast as a key combination normally is but it is quicker than using the mouse. To see where this key combination comes from see Chrome's support forum.
A: There will be ShortCuts “Alt+PageUp” & “Alt+PageDown” available in the next version of our extension TabIt - NewTab (precisely in v15.01). They will allow to switch between neighbouring Chrome windows.
A: In order for any suggested keyboard shortcuts to work, none of the windows can be in Full Screen. To exit Full Screen, choose View > Exit Full Screen.
A: If you have Chrome Windows maximized (ie. each Chrome window is in its own Spaces), the keyboard shortcut to toggle between Spaces will do the job for you. By default keyboard shortcut to toggle between Spaces is control + right arrow key or control + left arrow key. If this doesn't work, check for keyboard shortcuts on your mac under System Preferences > Keyboard > Mission Control and attributes 'Move left a space' and 'Move right a space'.
A: You can toggle between windows in the same Space/desktop, and also across all of them.
To toggle between windows of the same application in the same space use Cmd ⌘ + ` ("Move focus to the next window").
However, what shows windows in all spaces from the same app is the "Application Windows" shortcut: Ctrl ⌃ + ↓ which shows all of them:
Now you can either use keyboard arrows or click the one you want to transition to.
Pro tip
What's very helpful to me is using configuring a hot corner so I don't even need to press keys.
(Preferences -> Desktop & Screensaver -> Hot Corners):
A: [MAC users] When you have several google sessions open or other applications as vscode with different projects per window, you can switch between them using COMMAND + TAB after that UP or DOWN to choose.
A: I had the same problem and when I went in to system preferences and keyboard shortcuts the shortcut was set to cmd+. When I marked it and gave it the same shortcut, It suddenly works just fine:)
A: I just do control+left/right arrow. Not sure if this only works because I have the swipe between apps enabled with my apple mouse...
UPDATE
I found that the problem was apparently in chrome itself(for me) and that to make it work you need the chrome windows to be minimized for it to work. The problem might be in the shortcut itself, but "cmd+`" does work with other applications. So, the solution I'm currently using is just to minimize and then manually increasing the window size to fit the full screen.
Found this answer from https://superuser.com/a/1177594. If this isn't the problem, try the other solutions.
A: Review the mission control shortcuts for switching between OSX spaces. The following link answers your question because you are using Chrome browser AND OSX spaces. Also some sources frequently refer to spaces as desktops.
macOS: Navigating between desktops using keyboard shortcuts
A: I'm using Mavericks and CMD+` does not work for me. However, CMD+. does.
A: cmd + works only if the windows are not in fullscreen mode. If they are in fullscreen mode, cmd + doesn't work.
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3b917c961a91a2f23299a3a23d61dd858ad7f1cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Roll back from OS X Mavericks ( or any newer OS) to Mountain Lion I installed the developer preview of OS X Mavericks, & too many things broke. I can't stay on it & need to roll back to Mountain Lion. Any ways of doing that? Please help!
I originally installed Mountain Lion & Mavericks through the Mac App Store.
A: If you backed up your Mac before installing OS X Mavericks please take a look at:
*
*OS X: About OS X Recovery (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718)
If you want to do a clean install, take a look at:
*
*OS X Mountain Lion: Erase and reinstall OS X (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11273)
*OS X Mountain Lion: Reinstall OS X (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10763)
| Q: Roll back from OS X Mavericks ( or any newer OS) to Mountain Lion I installed the developer preview of OS X Mavericks, & too many things broke. I can't stay on it & need to roll back to Mountain Lion. Any ways of doing that? Please help!
I originally installed Mountain Lion & Mavericks through the Mac App Store.
A: If you backed up your Mac before installing OS X Mavericks please take a look at:
*
*OS X: About OS X Recovery (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718)
If you want to do a clean install, take a look at:
*
*OS X Mountain Lion: Erase and reinstall OS X (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11273)
*OS X Mountain Lion: Reinstall OS X (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10763)
A: To reiterate the obvious, you cannot simply roll back to a previous version of the OS. Many parts of the system like iTunes and iPhoto keep backup copies of library files so you can revert back once you handle the OS erase / reinstall.
Other data buckets like iCloud sync and email, calendars, contacts should be exportable or stored elsewhere. You may have to re-implement the settings you choose since they may be changed to a format that doesn't allow a simple copying back of preference files from a newer OS to an older OS.
A: Since the question does not mention backups, I guess there aren't any. What you can try in this case, is to make a time machine backup (e.g. on an external USB Harddrive) of the current Mavericks partition.
Then do a clean install (as suggested by jaume) and then use the migration assistant getting your data back from the Maverick backup into Mountain Lion.
A: I had the same issue as you. I was stuck in Mavericks and any time I'd try to boot and select a Mountain Lion installer, it wouldn't work.
This is what I did:
*
*Booted holding cmd + r, which then showed the recovery options
*Open Disk Utility
*Erase the hard drive
*Shut Down
*Boot computer
*It should show a rotating globe and a progress bar
*After that is complete, you should be able to install Mountain Lion!
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01d9160cf004b5beb1a9d20c3f1dd86522562f0b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: cal command - start monday I was wondering - is there a way to make 'cal' (a terminal program) start the week on monday?
Usually it can be done with the -m flag, but this does not have any effect on the Mac. AFAIK, for freebsd you need deskutils, but I could not find any equivalent on the mac, even in homebrew.
Is there a switch or alternate source for a cal tool that allows weekday start changes?
A: This Macworld.com OS X Hint shows some scripting to put Monday first…
cal | awk '{ print " "$0; getline; print " Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su"; \
getline; if (substr($0,1,2) == " 1") print " 1 "; \
do { prevline=$0; if (getline == 0) exit; print " " \
substr(prevline,4,17) " " substr($0,1,2) " "; } while (1) }'
Result:
June 2013
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
| Q: cal command - start monday I was wondering - is there a way to make 'cal' (a terminal program) start the week on monday?
Usually it can be done with the -m flag, but this does not have any effect on the Mac. AFAIK, for freebsd you need deskutils, but I could not find any equivalent on the mac, even in homebrew.
Is there a switch or alternate source for a cal tool that allows weekday start changes?
A: This Macworld.com OS X Hint shows some scripting to put Monday first…
cal | awk '{ print " "$0; getline; print " Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su"; \
getline; if (substr($0,1,2) == " 1") print " 1 "; \
do { prevline=$0; if (getline == 0) exit; print " " \
substr(prevline,4,17) " " substr($0,1,2) " "; } while (1) }'
Result:
June 2013
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
A: GNU cal has a --starting-day option:
$ brew install gcal
$ alias cal='gcal --starting-day=1'
$ cal
June 2013
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
ncal also starts weeks on mondays by default:
$ ncal
June 2013
Mo 3 10 17 24
Tu 4 11 18 25
We 5 12 19 26
Th 6 13 20 27
Fr 7 14 21 28
Sa 1 8 15 22 29
Su 2 9 16 23 30
A: $ man cal says: "The cal utility displays a simple calendar in traditional format and ncal offers an alternative layout, more options and the date of easter. The new format is a little cramped but it makes a year fit on a 25x80 terminal. If arguments are not specified, the current month is displayed". To me, it seems preferable to use ncal as opposed to implementing an ugly hack.
A: It is possible to install the same Linux version that comes with -m option for Mac through Homebrew, under the package util-linux.
$ brew install util-linux
It will be installed under /usr/local/opt/util-linux/bin.
$ /usr/local/opt/util-linux/bin/cal -m
April 2022
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
However it won't be automatically added to the PATH by Homebrew. You will have to do this manually or use an alias.
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e9e74f01f1191f379ad1b4220042eaf59dba6b6e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Switching Organizations in Apple Developer Center I have my own iOS Developer account and recently I got invited to join a team. I accepted, but now I can't switch back to my personal account to develop apps for myself. Every time I log in it has the Organization set to that team.
How can I switch back to my own developer center area??
A: I have an Apple ID for my multiple work accounts. When I sign in, I see:
I'm not sure why you aren't seeing it, if you have two teams on the same Apple ID.
| Q: Switching Organizations in Apple Developer Center I have my own iOS Developer account and recently I got invited to join a team. I accepted, but now I can't switch back to my personal account to develop apps for myself. Every time I log in it has the Organization set to that team.
How can I switch back to my own developer center area??
A: I have an Apple ID for my multiple work accounts. When I sign in, I see:
I'm not sure why you aren't seeing it, if you have two teams on the same Apple ID.
A: As the solution suggested by Alan does no longer work for me, I investigated a bit and found out the team switching option is now located under Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, but still has no clickable link to it.
The URL is now:
https://developer.apple.com/account/selectTeam.action
Update
It appears, the following URL is also working:
https://developer.apple.com/membercenter/selectTeam.action
A: The link that max shared is valid but I was wondering how to get the team switching option without knowing the url.
I found that for now on, Apple needs you to logout from the Member Center and then when you log back in, you see a switching option before the dashboard.
A: the best way to do it:
click your name on the top right corner of the page.
A: You will need two Apple ID to have distinct roles within Xcode and within the developer portal.
I would get in contact with Developer Support before making a new account to be sure you have all the steps correct as well as have them verify what you think has happened to your current account. It's better to get confirmation before making changes in my experience.
*
*https://developer.apple.com/support/technical/
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5822d66049fa6f093728feab5d9d63d62e8f8338 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I find iOS Enterprise Developer Program terms of use (license)? Is it possible to see the full license (terms of use) of iOS Enterprise Developer Program before going through the whole process of enrollment to the program?
I know that you can see the license during the process of enrollment to the program but this is at the end of this process, after company verification, etc. However, I would like to check some details in terms of use before going through the whole process. I was looking for this document but found nothing.
A: Take a look at the iOS Developer Enterprise Program FAQ. The key points are:
*
*No ability to distribute apps on the App Store.
*Only allows you to distribute your apps to employees or members of your organization through Ad Hoc distribution.
*The program is for companies/organizations to develop and distribute proprietary in-house apps to their employees.
*If you want to develop for other company than yours, that other company should enroll in the program and add you to their development team.
| Q: Where can I find iOS Enterprise Developer Program terms of use (license)? Is it possible to see the full license (terms of use) of iOS Enterprise Developer Program before going through the whole process of enrollment to the program?
I know that you can see the license during the process of enrollment to the program but this is at the end of this process, after company verification, etc. However, I would like to check some details in terms of use before going through the whole process. I was looking for this document but found nothing.
A: Take a look at the iOS Developer Enterprise Program FAQ. The key points are:
*
*No ability to distribute apps on the App Store.
*Only allows you to distribute your apps to employees or members of your organization through Ad Hoc distribution.
*The program is for companies/organizations to develop and distribute proprietary in-house apps to their employees.
*If you want to develop for other company than yours, that other company should enroll in the program and add you to their development team.
A: The FAQ and program description are NOT terms and conditions. Not sure if I speak for Piotr, but I'm looking for specific terms. I want to distribute to a selected and isolated group of people and want to know what Apple's terms and conditions are to see if the Enterprise Developer Program will work. It's pretty f-ed up that Apple doesn't provide a link anywhere readily available.
A: From Apple Developer Enterprise Program License Agreement (here)
“Internal Use Application” means a software program (including
extensions, media, and Libraries that are enclosed in a single
software bundle) that is developed by You on a custom basis for Your
own business purposes (e.g., an inventory app specific to Your
business) for specific use with an Apple-branded product running iOS,
watchOS, and/or OS X, as applicable, and solely for internal use by
Your Employees or Permitted Users, or as otherwise expressly permitted
in Section 2.1(f). Except as otherwise expressly permitted herein,
specifically excluded from Internal Use Applications are any programs
or applications that may be used, distributed, or otherwise made
available to other companies, contractors (except for contractors who
are developing the Internal Use Application for You on a custom basis
and therefore need to use or have access to such Application),
distributors, vendors, resellers, end-users or members of the general
public. For the sake of clarity, Internal Use Applications do not
include third-party applications even if some customization has been
done.
A: You can get all the details about iOS Enterprise Developer Program in the URL below.
https://developer.apple.com/support/ios/enterprise.html
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3ecabe1a27bf3605594b9c70d629321746b333f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How long does the DNS cache last in Mac OS X? I know I can manually flush the DNS cache, e.g. with sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder.
But how long will the cache last if I don't do this? Does it reset on a reboot?
A: You can flush the local DNS cache with the following command:
dscacheutil -flushcache
How long a DNS entry is cached typically depends on the TTL of that DNS record, which is configured by the DNS admin of the relevant hostname.
You can find out the (remaining) TTL of any given DNS record with the dig command:
dig apple.stackexchange.com
In the answer section you'll see the remaining TTL right next to the hostname (in this example 257 seconds).
;; ANSWER SECTION:
apple.stackexchange.com. 257 IN A 198.252.206.16
| Q: How long does the DNS cache last in Mac OS X? I know I can manually flush the DNS cache, e.g. with sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder.
But how long will the cache last if I don't do this? Does it reset on a reboot?
A: You can flush the local DNS cache with the following command:
dscacheutil -flushcache
How long a DNS entry is cached typically depends on the TTL of that DNS record, which is configured by the DNS admin of the relevant hostname.
You can find out the (remaining) TTL of any given DNS record with the dig command:
dig apple.stackexchange.com
In the answer section you'll see the remaining TTL right next to the hostname (in this example 257 seconds).
;; ANSWER SECTION:
apple.stackexchange.com. 257 IN A 198.252.206.16
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62497312fa338154f3b630c133a9971d3c786cbf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Don't have view options in finder I'm trying to change the icon size on my desktop.
This should be easy via the view options. If finder would offer them.
I tried to get access to the options via the finder menu, cmd+j and I tried the right click on the desktop. But nothing worked. The menus just do not include a link to the view options.
Could anyone help?
pit!
A: It can be confusing at times.
Set finder to open as icon.
Then in finder while viewing icons you will find a small slider at the bottom right of the finder window.
It looks like this:
EDIT:
To change icon size on Desktop:
Click on:
Show View options
in Finder with desktop background (close all other windows)
You will get this,
allowing you to change the Desktop icons sizes.
Alternative method to use making sure the Desktop is the TOP window (in focus) use this method.
If none of above works for you, check the date of the "com.apple.finder.plist" in Library, and if not very recent than Delete it.
| Q: Don't have view options in finder I'm trying to change the icon size on my desktop.
This should be easy via the view options. If finder would offer them.
I tried to get access to the options via the finder menu, cmd+j and I tried the right click on the desktop. But nothing worked. The menus just do not include a link to the view options.
Could anyone help?
pit!
A: It can be confusing at times.
Set finder to open as icon.
Then in finder while viewing icons you will find a small slider at the bottom right of the finder window.
It looks like this:
EDIT:
To change icon size on Desktop:
Click on:
Show View options
in Finder with desktop background (close all other windows)
You will get this,
allowing you to change the Desktop icons sizes.
Alternative method to use making sure the Desktop is the TOP window (in focus) use this method.
If none of above works for you, check the date of the "com.apple.finder.plist" in Library, and if not very recent than Delete it.
A: It looks like there's something wrong with your installation; you should probably just reinstall OS X. (I've never encountered something where a specific feature in the Finder is missing though...)
Do you have any Finder hacks installed? Anything that would affect menus?
A: Simply right click or control click on the desktop, not in the finder.
Click show view options:
two sliders at top control size and positioning of items on desktop. If the Show view options is greyed out. You have another problem. checked with standard account as opposed to administrator, but it is still allowed there. If you have account with usage restrictions it might be that.
If you are logged in as standard or admin user and it is still greyed out your finder plist is corrupt or you have some other add-in that is interfering.
A: This is not fixed by deleting com.apple.finder.plist -- found in your User Library/Preferences folder?
Since inputting Finder preferences again is relatively trivial, one usually just trashes the whole plist. Though if you are so inclined, you can open it in various editors and apps and make changes there.
Ignore Apples Reinstall answer, which they seem to be giving to everything these days - an unnecessarily huge step.
And yes, this is also the exact kind of issue where setting up a second user account, accessed by Fast User Switching, can tell you whether it's an account glitch, which are often not worth the time to track down. Though moving your stuff to second account is tiresome too.
Hope this helps, a bit confusing to answer below comments, which may have already answered.
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8c272a281ee50f2c4f08ff55d312463cdf12b9b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Phone number format How can i stop Contacts from autoformatting phone numbers? It doesn't seem to matter which region I specify in settings it always registers phone numbers in a strange format: the first two numbers together then a space. Why can't I just manually format ?
A: I think this is a great question. I believe it used to be possible. The only way I know of now, is to use a custom field (like "Department"), change the label, and use it as if it were a phone number. It's hokey but it works.
| Q: Phone number format How can i stop Contacts from autoformatting phone numbers? It doesn't seem to matter which region I specify in settings it always registers phone numbers in a strange format: the first two numbers together then a space. Why can't I just manually format ?
A: I think this is a great question. I believe it used to be possible. The only way I know of now, is to use a custom field (like "Department"), change the label, and use it as if it were a phone number. It's hokey but it works.
A: "Why can't I just manually format?" You are not alone. See this thread: apple discussion
After some googling and experimentation, I have found what I believe are the intended methods of entering phone numbers are:
*
*Type the number without a country code and OS X (and iOS) will format it with your computer's region/country settings.
*Type the number with a country code (and a space) in front and the computer will format it based on the standard formatting for that country.
Some examples (I live in Australia):
0345678910 -> 03 4567 8910 (AU landline format)
0456789012 -> 0456 789 012 (AU mobile format)
+61 0345678910 -> +61 (0)3 4567 8910 (+61 is AU country code)
+61 345678910 -> +61 3 3567 8910 (I think this is more correct than previous line)
+1 2345678901 -> +1 (234) 567-8901 (USA)
+33 123456789 -> +33 1 23 45 67 89 (France)
No doubt, it isn't prefect. But then some people don't know the officially correct formats for their own country.
Wikipedia has pages for numbering in every country.
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e06e645cb54a649924b0ce3443ef2347ce68b32c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are the OSX Mavericks tags visible from the command line? For example, suppose I have a directory structure such as
/Users
/tlehman
/Math
algebraic_varieties.tex [tagged: Math, Documentation]
projective_geometry.pdf [tagged: Math]
/Development
visualize_surfaces.py [tagged: Math, Programming]
solve_polynomials.scm [tagged: Math]
/guest
/Desktop
welcome.rtf [tagged: Documentation]
/Volumes
/USBKey
assignments_for_may.txt [tagged: Math]
using_LaTeX.pdf [tagged: Documentation]
From the command line, is there a way I can use ls (or something like it) to display all the files tagged as "Math"?
EDIT: I made a tool called tfind that does this: https://github.com/tlehman/bin/blob/master/tfind
A: You can get all tags of a file with:
mdls -name kMDItemUserTags filename
| Q: Are the OSX Mavericks tags visible from the command line? For example, suppose I have a directory structure such as
/Users
/tlehman
/Math
algebraic_varieties.tex [tagged: Math, Documentation]
projective_geometry.pdf [tagged: Math]
/Development
visualize_surfaces.py [tagged: Math, Programming]
solve_polynomials.scm [tagged: Math]
/guest
/Desktop
welcome.rtf [tagged: Documentation]
/Volumes
/USBKey
assignments_for_may.txt [tagged: Math]
using_LaTeX.pdf [tagged: Documentation]
From the command line, is there a way I can use ls (or something like it) to display all the files tagged as "Math"?
EDIT: I made a tool called tfind that does this: https://github.com/tlehman/bin/blob/master/tfind
A: You can get all tags of a file with:
mdls -name kMDItemUserTags filename
A: Yes, you can find files that have a given user tag using mdfind.
Create a file and assign it a a custom tag in Finder.
Then go in a terminal; you will find it with:
mdfind "kMDItemUserTags == Math || kMDItemUserTags == Programming"
or
mdfind "kMDItemUserTags == Math && kMDItemUserTags == Programming"
See also -onlyin aFolder to restrict the search.
I didn't check how complex these boolean expressions can be, but these two examples work.
You can pipe the output to ls like this:
mdfind "kMDItemUserTags == mathTag || kMDItemUserTags == anotherTag" \
| while read f; do ls "$f"; md5 "$f"; done
Also, mdfind has an option "-0"
-0 Use NUL (``\0'') as a path separator, for use with xargs -0.
which can be practical with nasty filenames.
A: I'm assuming they will be an xattr like they currently are on 10.8.3 (and older)
Currently, you can view which extended attributes a file has with ls -l@.
But to see the contents of the attributes, you have to use xattr.
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d5307c1a08785c05f29212e956eef216734bf7c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Office for Mac need Safari and Chrome closed for installation? In an update for MS Office for Mac, the installer asks to close Chrome and Safari — why?
What do those programs have to do with Microsoft Office?
I only have Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
A: Presumably, the Office installer can modify/update the Microsoft Silverlight.plugin (which is installed in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/), which Safari and Chrome could potentially be using.
It's primarily just a precaution against updating files which an application is actively using.
[EDIT]
After further investigation, it looks like it's actually the fact that the installer modifies the fonts in /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/ which is the motivation behind requiring that several apps not be running. The following is an excerpt from the XML Distribution script that's in the 16807Office 2011 14.3.5 Update.pkg installer package:
<choice id="fonts" selected="true" start_enabled="false" start_selected="false" start_visible="false" title="fonts-title">
<pkg-ref id="fonts">
<must-close>
<app id="com.apple.Safari"/>
<app id="org.mozilla.firefox"/>
<app id="com.google.Chrome"/>
<app id="com.operasoftware.Opera"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Word"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Excel"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Query"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Powerpoint"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Outlook"/>
</must-close>
</pkg-ref>
</choice>
[EDIT]
Another pair of potential culprits are
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
and
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
They are installed by default with Office 2011 under /Library/Internet Plug-Ins. (Note: Silverlight was not an option to install with 2011).
| Q: Why does Office for Mac need Safari and Chrome closed for installation? In an update for MS Office for Mac, the installer asks to close Chrome and Safari — why?
What do those programs have to do with Microsoft Office?
I only have Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
A: Presumably, the Office installer can modify/update the Microsoft Silverlight.plugin (which is installed in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/), which Safari and Chrome could potentially be using.
It's primarily just a precaution against updating files which an application is actively using.
[EDIT]
After further investigation, it looks like it's actually the fact that the installer modifies the fonts in /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/ which is the motivation behind requiring that several apps not be running. The following is an excerpt from the XML Distribution script that's in the 16807Office 2011 14.3.5 Update.pkg installer package:
<choice id="fonts" selected="true" start_enabled="false" start_selected="false" start_visible="false" title="fonts-title">
<pkg-ref id="fonts">
<must-close>
<app id="com.apple.Safari"/>
<app id="org.mozilla.firefox"/>
<app id="com.google.Chrome"/>
<app id="com.operasoftware.Opera"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Word"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Excel"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Query"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Powerpoint"/>
<app id="com.microsoft.Outlook"/>
</must-close>
</pkg-ref>
</choice>
[EDIT]
Another pair of potential culprits are
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
and
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
They are installed by default with Office 2011 under /Library/Internet Plug-Ins. (Note: Silverlight was not an option to install with 2011).
A: None of the above!!! just force quit Google and that's it!!
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0f1714086c0b1a1f14f43a33e69ab2ca09c9ad25 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shortcut to revert autocorrect change I like the autocorrect feature, but sometimes I want to revert to the word I typed. If i backspace to the word, I see an overlay with the word as I typed it, but can't figure how to revert to it without using the mouse. Any suggestion?
A: ⌘ Command + z for Undo will undo the auto-correct.
| Q: Shortcut to revert autocorrect change I like the autocorrect feature, but sometimes I want to revert to the word I typed. If i backspace to the word, I see an overlay with the word as I typed it, but can't figure how to revert to it without using the mouse. Any suggestion?
A: ⌘ Command + z for Undo will undo the auto-correct.
A: After you've got the overlay with the previous, uncorrected spelling, you can press the down arrow key, then Return/Enter. This accepts the selected, uncorrected spelling.
A: Same. I also like having auto correct, but sometimes I'm trying to write a word spelt incorrectly on purpose.
*
*Pressing 'Space Bar' will correct your word.
*If you press 'UP' on your directions, it will cancel auto-correct.
*If you press 'Down' it will let you cycle the choices, then hit 'Space Bar' when you've selected the word you want.
A: Since a fix for this broken MacOS feature is basically unavailable within text typing flow, my "solution" is to fix it with karabiner, or disable it altogether.
Karabiner:
*
*Add a Shortcut that does the ⌘ Command + z -> RightArrow -> Space sequence for you.
Disable:
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text -> uncheck "Correct spelling
automatically". Yes, some actually useful uses of this feature die with this.
A: You can just press escape key.
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b52e92869d0513c1eb17c2e1dea0e1e6b76e3ea0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to create an Automator service to convert images from one file type into another file type using the right-click contextual menu? Is it possible to create an Automator service to convert one file type into another file type using the right click contextual menu (eg JPEG, PDF, PNG, TIFF) without the need to install a dedicated app to accomplish the desired file conversion.
A: Here is an example Automator workflow to convert image files to a specific type:
When creating your workflow, don't forget to set it to a Service so that it can be accessed in the context menu.
The Copy Finder Items makes sure that the original files don't get replaces. You can change the save location to a variable if you wish, or just delete that action and let it replace the original file.
If you would like the option of which file type you would like, you can create multiple service workflows with different names (and different file formats for the Change Type of Images action).
| Q: How to create an Automator service to convert images from one file type into another file type using the right-click contextual menu? Is it possible to create an Automator service to convert one file type into another file type using the right click contextual menu (eg JPEG, PDF, PNG, TIFF) without the need to install a dedicated app to accomplish the desired file conversion.
A: Here is an example Automator workflow to convert image files to a specific type:
When creating your workflow, don't forget to set it to a Service so that it can be accessed in the context menu.
The Copy Finder Items makes sure that the original files don't get replaces. You can change the save location to a variable if you wish, or just delete that action and let it replace the original file.
If you would like the option of which file type you would like, you can create multiple service workflows with different names (and different file formats for the Change Type of Images action).
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8e24c2f955d3fbdadb86d016b64cb02f99b6f629 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I stop my text messages and emails from showing on my 5yr old's iPad? I am giving my 5yr old an iPad of his own. I'm happy to buy and share apps with him but how do I keep our text messages and emails separate?
A: You can logout from iMessage and the Mail app (or don't even log in with your accounts to start with).
To turn messages and email off you can do the following:
*
*iMessage: Settings > Messages > iMessage OFF.
*Mail: Settings > Mail, contacts, calendars > the email account > off or delete account.
You can still use your Apple ID on that iPad for the store account.
If you just want to turn of notifications of mail and iMessage you can do that in the notification centre under settings.
| Q: How do I stop my text messages and emails from showing on my 5yr old's iPad? I am giving my 5yr old an iPad of his own. I'm happy to buy and share apps with him but how do I keep our text messages and emails separate?
A: You can logout from iMessage and the Mail app (or don't even log in with your accounts to start with).
To turn messages and email off you can do the following:
*
*iMessage: Settings > Messages > iMessage OFF.
*Mail: Settings > Mail, contacts, calendars > the email account > off or delete account.
You can still use your Apple ID on that iPad for the store account.
If you just want to turn of notifications of mail and iMessage you can do that in the notification centre under settings.
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7a1b096ef16000ceabae98f7e2dbfaf7340e774b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to enable sticky keys on a Mac I've seen this option in one Ubuntu machine and I want to replicate it in my mac:
Hold a Key for 2 second to activate it.
What I have seen is this:
Hold down a Key for 2 second (Shift for example).
Then write something and the written text was as if the Shift key is pressed (and it acts like the Caps Lock pressed).
Then the key is pressed one time to deactivate it.
Is it possible to achieve this on a mac too?
A: This function is called sticky keys.
You can activate as follows on a Mac:
*
*Open System Preferences.
*Type in sticky in the search bar and hit enter.
*Tick Enable sticky keys.
OR
*
*Open System Preferences.
*Go to Accessibility.
*Go to Keyboard.
*Tick Enable sticky keys.
| Q: How to enable sticky keys on a Mac I've seen this option in one Ubuntu machine and I want to replicate it in my mac:
Hold a Key for 2 second to activate it.
What I have seen is this:
Hold down a Key for 2 second (Shift for example).
Then write something and the written text was as if the Shift key is pressed (and it acts like the Caps Lock pressed).
Then the key is pressed one time to deactivate it.
Is it possible to achieve this on a mac too?
A: This function is called sticky keys.
You can activate as follows on a Mac:
*
*Open System Preferences.
*Type in sticky in the search bar and hit enter.
*Tick Enable sticky keys.
OR
*
*Open System Preferences.
*Go to Accessibility.
*Go to Keyboard.
*Tick Enable sticky keys.
A: One problem with sticky keys is that there is a short delay before sticky keys get registered. If for example you press shift and z immediately after it, z is not capitalized. See this question.
KeyRemap4MacBook has its own implementation of sticky keys which doesn't have that issue.
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c20593a777b6f2b41326593ca51375335c339bbe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What makes a webpage's sound continue after the page is closed? Some websites that have sound/music keep the sound running even after the web browser is closed on iPad. Some other websites stop the sound when the page is closed. I suppose there must be some coding within the HTML to control this. How is this done?
A: As you may see, websites that keep the music running appear as the music app (here on iOS 6)
It uses the HTML5 audio feature. In the website you gave (coffitivity.com). They use the JPlayer plugin for jquery to use the HTML5 audio API.
| Q: What makes a webpage's sound continue after the page is closed? Some websites that have sound/music keep the sound running even after the web browser is closed on iPad. Some other websites stop the sound when the page is closed. I suppose there must be some coding within the HTML to control this. How is this done?
A: As you may see, websites that keep the music running appear as the music app (here on iOS 6)
It uses the HTML5 audio feature. In the website you gave (coffitivity.com). They use the JPlayer plugin for jquery to use the HTML5 audio API.
A: I was able to get this to stop on my iPad Air by going to Settings->General->Multitasking and turning off Persistent Video Overlay. (I did leave multitasking turned on.)
A: The same seems to happening under Safari Version 7.0.1 (9537.73.11) and MacOSX 10.9.1.
A youtube video is watched and then a new web site is opened by typing a new address into the address bar. The new web site is loading but the youtube video sound still continues. closing the window and opening a new window "resolves" this.
A: It plays out of cache when it is started. Whatever page you're on will attempt to download the entire audio and video in order to give the user a higher quality playback. There's an issue in the latest Facebook on iPhone where the audio keeps playing even after leaving the post. Depending on how much cache memory was used the audio will just keep on playing. For Facebook they blindly added the caching feature and didn't bother flushing it or killing the related process. It's called lazy development and poor QA result decisions. Releasing the rest of the updates was more important than fixing the symptom.
For the posts about minimizing the window I can only say LOL.... Good god. The active pages don't stop just because you minimized the window or opened a new tab while leaving the original open.
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4fe69a7b95f2b106dd42660fc842dc9c616f9039 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make an executable .py available everywhere on OS X? I have this directory /foo/bar/. Inside, I have a python file named myfile.py. I made it executable by adding (at the top):
#!/usr/bin/env python
Then, I made it executable by issuing
chmod +x myfile.py
I edited my path by issuing
sudo nano /etc/paths
I added /foo/bar/ to it.
The problem is that although I can run myfile.py by typing ./myfile.py while I am inside /foo/bar/, it doesn't work from any other location. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you.
A: You need to add /foo/bar to your $PATH environment variable. Navigate to your home directory by typing cd at the prompt, then type nano .profile. Inside this file, add the following line:
export PATH=$PATH:/foo/bar
then save and quit. Exit Terminal.app (or whichever term program you're using) and restart it. /foo/bar should now be in your search path, to make sure type echo $PATH and see if it's at the end. You should now be able to run myfile.py from anywhere.
| Q: How to make an executable .py available everywhere on OS X? I have this directory /foo/bar/. Inside, I have a python file named myfile.py. I made it executable by adding (at the top):
#!/usr/bin/env python
Then, I made it executable by issuing
chmod +x myfile.py
I edited my path by issuing
sudo nano /etc/paths
I added /foo/bar/ to it.
The problem is that although I can run myfile.py by typing ./myfile.py while I am inside /foo/bar/, it doesn't work from any other location. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you.
A: You need to add /foo/bar to your $PATH environment variable. Navigate to your home directory by typing cd at the prompt, then type nano .profile. Inside this file, add the following line:
export PATH=$PATH:/foo/bar
then save and quit. Exit Terminal.app (or whichever term program you're using) and restart it. /foo/bar should now be in your search path, to make sure type echo $PATH and see if it's at the end. You should now be able to run myfile.py from anywhere.
A: At your terminal type:
which python
make sure that this path in the shebang at in the 1st line of your .py file. On my system it is
#!/usr/local/bin/python
then 1st try:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/where/your/script/is
in any terminal
check that the PATH actually stuck by checking:
$PATH
should have path to your script in there now.
you should now be able to launch you script form anywhere.
the PATH will reset once you close terminal though so you should get pay do get it added permanently to your PATH.
good solution is to have the following bit of code in you .bash_profile:
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
source ~/.bashrc
fi
see writeup e.g. http://www.joshstaiger.org/archives/2005/07/bash_profile_vs.html this will ensure that .bashrc is loaded every time the terminal is launched as well as when you launch a subshell. Put the export
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/where/your/script/is
line somewhere in your .bashrc file. quit and restart terminal. That should sort everything out
A: Which python are you targeting?
Did you install it with brew? It uses a different path.
which python3 or which python
Choose the one you want
Copy that output
Paste it at the top of your python file
add a #! in front of that path so it looks something like
#!/usr/local/bin/python3
Make sure to change the file permissions
chmod +x filename
Put that file in a folder that is in your path
Not sure if your folder is in your path?
echo $path
How to add that folder to your path?
Find your path first
echo $HOME
If you are using bash or zsh you might have something like this
In ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc at the bottom of your file
export PYTHON_UTILS="$HOME/code/python/utils"
export PATH="$PYTHON_UTILS:$PATH"
Consider removing the .py from your file bc it is not needed in this case
Close and open your terminal, which is sourcing your file by its path
And now you should be able to treat your python file similar to a bash command
You don't need to use python3 filename.py to run the file, you can just use filename
From anywhere on your filesystem!
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9912c5818653b75e217f2f48d26cdf4d1aef2ef5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which free alternatives to Little Snitch can I use to block internet traffic per applications? Little Snitch can block internet traffic of a particular app. Can I do something similar without (paying) Little Snitch, either by using free alternatives or configuring the OS X firewall directly?
A: Use Radio Silence. Very simple application, but does the job nicely, however it costs $9.
| Q: Which free alternatives to Little Snitch can I use to block internet traffic per applications? Little Snitch can block internet traffic of a particular app. Can I do something similar without (paying) Little Snitch, either by using free alternatives or configuring the OS X firewall directly?
A: Use Radio Silence. Very simple application, but does the job nicely, however it costs $9.
A: If you know which server an application is trying to contact, and want to stop it from doing so, you can reroute all communication to a bogus IP address (like 0.0.0.0) or just reroute traffic to itself (the local host). You need administrator privileges (sudo) for this to work.
/etc/hosts
# is a reserved character for starting ignored text. All other lines are parsed in space-separated columns. To stop all connections to facebook (blasphemy!):
# Col 1 Col 2
# "routed to" address hostname (dns)
0.0.0.0 www.facebook.com
Usually the effects are immediate, (like right now I just tried to make sure and it was immediate), but you could unload and reload the multicast dynamic naming service manually.
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
launchctl does not support restart like systemctl restart avahi-daemon:(. That is why you must run two commands.
Example of default /etc/hosts file
The name "localhost" works because it is routed here to the ip local host standard address of 127.0.0.1. The cool thing is, you could change it. But that‘d be deviant of you!
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
A: TCPBlock still works in OS X Yosemite (although it doesn't seem to work on El Capitan). Install it, restart the machine, open System Preferences and select TCPBlock. Unlock the pane then select the plus icon then Select Applications and choose Adobe Photoshop.
(sorry about download.com link)
A: TCPBlock
TCPBlock is a lightweight and fast application firewall … you can prevent selected applications on your computer from opening connections to the network.
TCPBlock is free and can be downloaded from MacUpdate, however TCPBlock doesn't appear to work with El Capitan and is no longer being updated.
PF Firewall
OS X comes with the PF firewall, which can be configured to block all connections to certain servers in all apps. Blocking all connections from a single app is not possible as far as I am aware without external software.
You can use IceFloor as a GUI for the PF firewall.
A: LuLu is a great free, shared-source, macOS firewall that can block unknown outgoing connections, unless explicitly approved by the user. It runs on OSX 10.12+ and runs well on macOS Mojave. It can be configured to allow or block Apple signed binaries and has clear GUI based rule set that can be edited. Whilst it is free users are encouraged to support its development - which seems fair.
A: I think you can through the firewall as stated in this article:
*
*Click the System Preferences icon in the Dock.
*Click the Security icon.
*Click the Firewall tab.
*Click the Start button to turn on your firewall.
*Click the Advanced button.
*Click the Automatically Allow Signed Software to Receive Incoming Connections radio button to select it.
This enables the firewall. And, by default, virtually all incoming
TCP/IP traffic is blocked. You must enable each sharing method that
you want to be able to use. When you enable different sharing methods
from the Sharing pane in System Preferences (such as File Sharing or
FTP Access), you’ll notice that those types of traffic now appear in
the Firewall list. (In other words, when you turn on a sharing method,
the firewall automatically allows traffic for that sharing method,
which Snow Leopard calls a service.)
Click the up/down arrow icon to the right of any service to specify
whether the firewall should allow or block connections.
Sometimes, you might want to allow other traffic through your firewall
that isn’t on the firewall list of recognized services and
applications. At that point, you can click the Add button (which bears
a plus sign) to specify the application that your firewall should
allow. Snow Leopard presents you with the familiar Add dialog, and you
can choose the application that needs access.
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f14ca4dd4ccbdbb8a48cb12c1c9cbbdab073fb57 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to integrate social media (Facebook, Flickr, Instagram) in my photo workflow? I currently use Picasa on OSX to sort and edit my photos. Then I upload to Facebook, Flickr, and Tumblr. I tag people on Facebook and Flickr separately; and I add locations separately; I add dates.
I write captions in Picasa, then I have to reenter them in each social media site.
It's a tedious, redundant process.
Is there an app (iPhoto? something else?) that integrates with Facebook and Google Maps so I can tag my friends, add locations, and write captions directly in an OSX app, then upload my photos to Facebook/Flickr/Instagram with the face-tags and location-tags and captions pre-loaded?
| Q: how to integrate social media (Facebook, Flickr, Instagram) in my photo workflow? I currently use Picasa on OSX to sort and edit my photos. Then I upload to Facebook, Flickr, and Tumblr. I tag people on Facebook and Flickr separately; and I add locations separately; I add dates.
I write captions in Picasa, then I have to reenter them in each social media site.
It's a tedious, redundant process.
Is there an app (iPhoto? something else?) that integrates with Facebook and Google Maps so I can tag my friends, add locations, and write captions directly in an OSX app, then upload my photos to Facebook/Flickr/Instagram with the face-tags and location-tags and captions pre-loaded?
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/94312"
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fea70703a1b5096e5301e486860efa33b26ab23d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use a custom version of clang in Xcode I installed the recent version of clang (to /usr/local/). How do I set up Xcode to use this and not the built-in version of clang?
A: This is a copy of my answer on StackOverflow: How can I force Xcode to use custom compiler?.
People say it is possible with custom toolchains. I didn't make a research on them because easier solution worked well for me:
It is also possible to run frontend plugins directly by setting appropriate "build settings" of Xcode. (Several ways to do this, you can set them on the command line for instance: xcodebuild build FOO=bla.) Here are a few build settings that I found useful to inject C flags:
OTHER_CFLAGS, OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS or to replace the compiler(s) and linker(s):
CC, CPLUSPLUS, LD, LDPLUSPLUS, LIBTOOL
The same approach works to control the "analyze" action: CLANG_ANALYZER_EXEC, CLANG_ANALYZER_OTHER_FLAGS
Disclaimer: some of those build settings are undocumented (afaik). Use at your own risk.
(Taken from [cfe-dev] Compile/refactor iOS Xcode projects)
For me it was enough to define the following User-Defined Settings in Build Settings of Xcode projects:
CC=my-c-compiler
CXX=my-cxx-compiler
LIBTOOL=my-linker-for-static-libraries
| Q: Use a custom version of clang in Xcode I installed the recent version of clang (to /usr/local/). How do I set up Xcode to use this and not the built-in version of clang?
A: This is a copy of my answer on StackOverflow: How can I force Xcode to use custom compiler?.
People say it is possible with custom toolchains. I didn't make a research on them because easier solution worked well for me:
It is also possible to run frontend plugins directly by setting appropriate "build settings" of Xcode. (Several ways to do this, you can set them on the command line for instance: xcodebuild build FOO=bla.) Here are a few build settings that I found useful to inject C flags:
OTHER_CFLAGS, OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS or to replace the compiler(s) and linker(s):
CC, CPLUSPLUS, LD, LDPLUSPLUS, LIBTOOL
The same approach works to control the "analyze" action: CLANG_ANALYZER_EXEC, CLANG_ANALYZER_OTHER_FLAGS
Disclaimer: some of those build settings are undocumented (afaik). Use at your own risk.
(Taken from [cfe-dev] Compile/refactor iOS Xcode projects)
For me it was enough to define the following User-Defined Settings in Build Settings of Xcode projects:
CC=my-c-compiler
CXX=my-cxx-compiler
LIBTOOL=my-linker-for-static-libraries
A: Custom toolchain answer:
*
*See the structure of /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr because that's how you'll need to arrange your installation. Also we'll use the ToolchainInfo.plist file.
*Copy the default xctoolchain bundle from above, and paste it into ~/Library/Developer/Toolchains. In the ~/Library/Developer/Toolchains/my_toolchain.xctoolchain/ToolchainInfo.plist file, change the identifier to something else.
*In the usr folder, delete the bin folder. Go to /usr/local and create a alias of the bin folder. Move that alias to usr folder in the toolchain. Do the same for every other folder. You can also create one single alias to the parent folder of the installation and rename it to usr and move it to toolchain file.
*In ~/.bash_profile, add a line export TOOLCHAINS=org.llvm.13.0.0git or and replace the org.llvm.13.0.0git with your identifier.
*Open Xcode, Xcode menu > Toolchains > select your toolchain.
*Every time you build a project, remember to set Enable index-while-building functionality to NO or you might get a build error.
*For your custom Clang, you might need to set export SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk" or corresponding to your OS in the ~/.bash_profile too.
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a020cde9f79a9a9bd0626fb1eb6c7c80b50595ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I convert a DMG to ISO on Mac OS X (preferably for free)? I have medical records within Windows software within a DMG disk image. How can I convert the DMG to an ISO format on Mac OS X? Is it possible to do it within Disk Utility or CLI easily, or do I need an external utility?
A: You can use hdiutil to convert from .dmg to .iso directly:
$ hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o [filename].iso [filename].dmg
Renaming .cdr to .iso is bad advice! An .iso has a slightly different format that allows PC users to play the DVD as well. A renamed file will work on macOS, but NOT on a PC.
If you have a .cdr and want to convert it to an .iso, execute:
$ hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o [filename].iso [filename].cdr
| Q: How can I convert a DMG to ISO on Mac OS X (preferably for free)? I have medical records within Windows software within a DMG disk image. How can I convert the DMG to an ISO format on Mac OS X? Is it possible to do it within Disk Utility or CLI easily, or do I need an external utility?
A: You can use hdiutil to convert from .dmg to .iso directly:
$ hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o [filename].iso [filename].dmg
Renaming .cdr to .iso is bad advice! An .iso has a slightly different format that allows PC users to play the DVD as well. A renamed file will work on macOS, but NOT on a PC.
If you have a .cdr and want to convert it to an .iso, execute:
$ hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o [filename].iso [filename].cdr
A: Would be the same:
hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o [filename].iso [filename].dmg
For example:
hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o output_file.iso file_to_convert.dmg
A: Yes, Disk Utility can do this. Use Convert then select your dmg file. In the Save As dialog that follows, select DVD/CD master. Disk Utility will insist on saving the new ISO as a .cdr file, but it is really an ISO. You can rename it to .iso in the Finder, if you like.
At http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/18/convert-dmg-to-cdr-or-iso-with-disk-utility/ there are screen shots that walk through this process.
A: You must mount the cdr people.
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db2b12decb09337385160e720a574de26ab173df | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to copy all files with extension/filetype in terminal? I want to copy all files in ~/Desktop with the extension .jpeg to my flash drive.
How can I do this in the terminal?
A: Try:
find /source/directory -iname \*.jpeg -exec cp {} /destination/directory/ \;
Where /source/directory is would be your /Users/*username*/Desktop/ directory.
Answer provided from Stack Overflow
| Q: How to copy all files with extension/filetype in terminal? I want to copy all files in ~/Desktop with the extension .jpeg to my flash drive.
How can I do this in the terminal?
A: Try:
find /source/directory -iname \*.jpeg -exec cp {} /destination/directory/ \;
Where /source/directory is would be your /Users/*username*/Desktop/ directory.
Answer provided from Stack Overflow
A: cp ~/Desktop/*.jpeg /Volumes/flashdrive/
will copy all of the files on the current user's desktop with extension ".jpeg" to the drive named "flashdrive".
If the above command produces an Argument list too long error, then the safest most efficient way to handle it is to use a for loop like this:
for f in ~/Desktop/*.jpeg; do cp "$f" /Volumes/flashdrive/; done
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9ac5aa0b48a8aa9cdef504d12fd18d7fa9790ed0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Software Update doesn't show available updates OS X 10.8.4 (although this started in 10.8.3). When running Software Update GUI (that switches to App Store), it shows no updates, although some are available (e.g. Java when this was posted originally, or Security Update or Airport Utility later). Running
softwareupdate --list
returns
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* JavaForOSX-1.0
Java for OS X 2013-004 (1.0), 65205K [recommended]
and then
sudo softwareupdate --install JavaForOSX-1.0
installs the update.
I tried cleaning the Software Update cache, it didn't help.
Any ideas what may be going on and how to fix it?
Edit: the same problem with Security Update 2013-03and currently with a new update that is available -- Airport Utility.
A: This sometimes helps me when I know that there is an update: Cmd-R. Since the iTunes/iBooks/Mac App Store are all web-based, it forces a refresh.
Your problem sounds more systemic than this, but it’s a quick thing to check (especially for those Java OS X update which hide from me sometimes).
| Q: Software Update doesn't show available updates OS X 10.8.4 (although this started in 10.8.3). When running Software Update GUI (that switches to App Store), it shows no updates, although some are available (e.g. Java when this was posted originally, or Security Update or Airport Utility later). Running
softwareupdate --list
returns
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* JavaForOSX-1.0
Java for OS X 2013-004 (1.0), 65205K [recommended]
and then
sudo softwareupdate --install JavaForOSX-1.0
installs the update.
I tried cleaning the Software Update cache, it didn't help.
Any ideas what may be going on and how to fix it?
Edit: the same problem with Security Update 2013-03and currently with a new update that is available -- Airport Utility.
A: This sometimes helps me when I know that there is an update: Cmd-R. Since the iTunes/iBooks/Mac App Store are all web-based, it forces a refresh.
Your problem sounds more systemic than this, but it’s a quick thing to check (especially for those Java OS X update which hide from me sometimes).
A: I had the same problem in a different of OSX and I can say there might be three possible reasons for that.
1.You might have apps installed under different accounts (Yes, you would know, probably not this one)
2.You might have apps installed from different country-appstores and changed back country.
3.You might have apps that are not originally installed from the App Store yet now provided an update from the App Store.
(Actually this answer of mine does not provide a solution but suggests some points to start digging.)
A: Okay,
Im not sure how correct this is but I have had the same problem.
Here is what I've been able to correlate. (Not sure if its true)
The app store update (GUI as you put it) pull information that your mac has installed through the app store.
It has no idea about system level updates that have taken place.
In my case, I update iPhoto manually through the pkg file and I stopped getting update notifications through the app store and yet was able to update through the command line.
The problem was fixed for me when apple sent a combo update that then reallocated my iPhoto with my app store apps.
I think this is a bug. You might want to add it to a bug report here
They will ask for some system profiler stuff to better debug.
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531824b81990485d6bdb92f122d5d678c2289fc2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Verification Required" when installing free apps? When I tried to install a free app, AppStore says:
Verification Required
Before you can make purchases, you must tap Continue to sign in, then
verify your payment info.
I never had this problem before. How do I install free apps without providing Apple with my credit card information?
A: It is indeed possible to create an Apple ID without a credit card, see "Creating an iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store account without a credit card" at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534.
If you entered credit card information in the past you can dissociate it from your Apple ID as follows.
On an iOS device
*
*Open Settings.
*Tap iTunes & App Stores:
*Tap your account and select "View Apple ID".
*Select Payment information:
*Select None:
*Confirm with Done.
On a Mac
*
*Open App Store.app:
*Select menu Store>View My Account.
*In the Apple ID Summary section locate the Payment Information line and click Edit >:
*Select None as payment method:
*Click Done to confirm.
If you don't see a "none" option, you may need to disable family sharing and then try the above steps again.
| Q: "Verification Required" when installing free apps? When I tried to install a free app, AppStore says:
Verification Required
Before you can make purchases, you must tap Continue to sign in, then
verify your payment info.
I never had this problem before. How do I install free apps without providing Apple with my credit card information?
A: It is indeed possible to create an Apple ID without a credit card, see "Creating an iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store account without a credit card" at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534.
If you entered credit card information in the past you can dissociate it from your Apple ID as follows.
On an iOS device
*
*Open Settings.
*Tap iTunes & App Stores:
*Tap your account and select "View Apple ID".
*Select Payment information:
*Select None:
*Confirm with Done.
On a Mac
*
*Open App Store.app:
*Select menu Store>View My Account.
*In the Apple ID Summary section locate the Payment Information line and click Edit >:
*Select None as payment method:
*Click Done to confirm.
If you don't see a "none" option, you may need to disable family sharing and then try the above steps again.
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0799670e817e122a74e87002f6c8a13cd917501f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to configure the 2013 Airport Extreme to use a syslog server? I know it was (and still is) possible to configure the earlier Airport Extreme and Airport Express stations to forward syslog events to an external server.
The trick is to use AirPort Utility 5.6.1
But is it possible to do the same with the current (mid 2013) model? Will AirPort Utility 5.6.1 work with these models?
A: Well, I bought one and tried.
AirPort Utility 5.6.1 complains about incompatible hardware and missing parameters, but apart from that it works :) It's possible to configure the syslog server.
| Q: Is it possible to configure the 2013 Airport Extreme to use a syslog server? I know it was (and still is) possible to configure the earlier Airport Extreme and Airport Express stations to forward syslog events to an external server.
The trick is to use AirPort Utility 5.6.1
But is it possible to do the same with the current (mid 2013) model? Will AirPort Utility 5.6.1 work with these models?
A: Well, I bought one and tried.
AirPort Utility 5.6.1 complains about incompatible hardware and missing parameters, but apart from that it works :) It's possible to configure the syslog server.
A: Although this questions is nearly three years old, the Airport Utility limitations still exist. I did not want to roll back to 5.6, so I searched for another solution, which I found.
These are the basic steps:
*
*In Airport Utility, select the base station to configure, and click edit.
*Then go to File, and export the configuration file.
*Open the configuration file in a text editor, and search for the key slCl.
*Edit the string field to match the IP address of the system logger.
*You can also set the log level by adjusting the string for key slvl.
*Finally, go to File again and import the configuration file to update the settings.
Kudos to Frits Hoogland and his blog "How to make apple wifi routers do remote logging".1
Related to this, please see my post on the details actually making it into the log: Airport Extreme firewall logging
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8567b925d0a719184efe87634d7a02daf8ff0081 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Portable Firefox for Mac If some person tells me how to have a nice portable Firefox on my Mac, this person will have my eternal gratitude.
A: While I have written a portable version of Google Chrome for Windows, Chrome and Firefox have similar file structure, I'll give this semi tutorial a go..
First, copy your /Applications/Firefox.app to a folder named "Firefox" on a flash drive.
Now, locate a valid user profile for Firefox on your Mac (usually ~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ or
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ )
Copy a valid profile folder to this "Firefox" folder also.
Next, we will create a Bash script to properly open Portable Firefox, so..
Inside this "Firefox" folder create a "start.sh" with the following lines:
/Volumes/<FLASHDRIVENAME>/Firefox/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -profile /Volumes/<FLASHDRIVENAME>/Firefox/<profile folder>
If you execute
$ bash /Volumes/<FLASHDRIVENAME>/Firefox/start.sh
You should be able to run Firefox on any Mac anywhere.
NOTE: Replace < FLASHDRIVENAME > with the mountable name of your flash drive.
| Q: Portable Firefox for Mac If some person tells me how to have a nice portable Firefox on my Mac, this person will have my eternal gratitude.
A: While I have written a portable version of Google Chrome for Windows, Chrome and Firefox have similar file structure, I'll give this semi tutorial a go..
First, copy your /Applications/Firefox.app to a folder named "Firefox" on a flash drive.
Now, locate a valid user profile for Firefox on your Mac (usually ~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ or
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ )
Copy a valid profile folder to this "Firefox" folder also.
Next, we will create a Bash script to properly open Portable Firefox, so..
Inside this "Firefox" folder create a "start.sh" with the following lines:
/Volumes/<FLASHDRIVENAME>/Firefox/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -profile /Volumes/<FLASHDRIVENAME>/Firefox/<profile folder>
If you execute
$ bash /Volumes/<FLASHDRIVENAME>/Firefox/start.sh
You should be able to run Firefox on any Mac anywhere.
NOTE: Replace < FLASHDRIVENAME > with the mountable name of your flash drive.
A: The version Firefox v22 for Mac at http://portableapps.com/node/37665 is stable.
I use it and it works great.
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60750a95b08efa56550a5cd4f59924608d70946b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I convert a 24-bit/96 kHz FLAC to anything else? I have some FLAC files I want to convert to AAC, but I can't because my go-to program, Max, throws an exception (The call to ExtAudioFileSetProperty failed.) when it tries to convert 24-bit/96 kHz FLAC (16-bit is no problem) to any other format.
So is there another good program for converting from FLAC?
A: Personally I use a tool called X Lossless Decoder, or XLD for short. I use it for converting FLAC to Apple Lossless regularly, and it’s never hiccupped.
From the project’s page:
XLD can decode following formats:
*
*(Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.oga)
*[…]
and:
XLD supports various output formats. It can convert audio files into […] MPEG-4 AAC (QuickTime/CoreAudio), MP3 (LAME), Apple Lossless, FLAC […].
XLD is free, and is still being actively maintained. Highly recommended.
| Q: How do I convert a 24-bit/96 kHz FLAC to anything else? I have some FLAC files I want to convert to AAC, but I can't because my go-to program, Max, throws an exception (The call to ExtAudioFileSetProperty failed.) when it tries to convert 24-bit/96 kHz FLAC (16-bit is no problem) to any other format.
So is there another good program for converting from FLAC?
A: Personally I use a tool called X Lossless Decoder, or XLD for short. I use it for converting FLAC to Apple Lossless regularly, and it’s never hiccupped.
From the project’s page:
XLD can decode following formats:
*
*(Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.oga)
*[…]
and:
XLD supports various output formats. It can convert audio files into […] MPEG-4 AAC (QuickTime/CoreAudio), MP3 (LAME), Apple Lossless, FLAC […].
XLD is free, and is still being actively maintained. Highly recommended.
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7853ecfc40ffb4abdcc91b5a5515abe7d2831a94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to close all Finder inspector windows? In Finder, I had a ton of files selected, and I ran Get Info instead of Show Inspector. This opens an info window for each file, instead of a single multiple info window.
How can I close every info window without restarting Finder ?
A: You could also run this in AppleScript Editor:
tell application "Finder" to close every information window
| Q: How to close all Finder inspector windows? In Finder, I had a ton of files selected, and I ran Get Info instead of Show Inspector. This opens an info window for each file, instead of a single multiple info window.
How can I close every info window without restarting Finder ?
A: You could also run this in AppleScript Editor:
tell application "Finder" to close every information window
A: Doing Option+Command+W will close all windows at once.
This works for any window based Application.
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7876482b8f6c13dd63d7ec4b0ab36e58253b1a81 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change mouse speed of the login window? I prefer a fast tracking speed for mouse on my MacBook.
However, this setting is only good for the logged in user. When I logged out, the mouse is slow again.
How can I change the mouse tracking speed in the login window (i.e. when all users are logged out)?
A: If you are saying that you would like to set the mouse tracking speed for all users of the system I do not believe there is a way to do that. Each will have his/her own preference.
If you are saying that when you set your preference and then log out/log in under the same user and unexpectedly find that your preferences are not retained then there should be a fix.
Likely cause ,either:
The the permissions on the preference file are set incorrectly -- This might be fixed in disk utility -- repair permissions. Logout and then login.
or
The permission file is corrupt. You should move it to the desktop, logout, login and set the permissions. Should stick now. I believe the preference is stored here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist
| Q: How to change mouse speed of the login window? I prefer a fast tracking speed for mouse on my MacBook.
However, this setting is only good for the logged in user. When I logged out, the mouse is slow again.
How can I change the mouse tracking speed in the login window (i.e. when all users are logged out)?
A: If you are saying that you would like to set the mouse tracking speed for all users of the system I do not believe there is a way to do that. Each will have his/her own preference.
If you are saying that when you set your preference and then log out/log in under the same user and unexpectedly find that your preferences are not retained then there should be a fix.
Likely cause ,either:
The the permissions on the preference file are set incorrectly -- This might be fixed in disk utility -- repair permissions. Logout and then login.
or
The permission file is corrupt. You should move it to the desktop, logout, login and set the permissions. Should stick now. I believe the preference is stored here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist
A: Run in terminal:
defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.scaling -float #.#
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.scaling -float #.#`
1.0 is about the middle of the GUI.
Check current value set by the slider in the GUI with:
defaults read | grep trackpad.scaling
This is for the trackpad, adapt as necessary if using a mouse
A: I haven't tried it, but maybe setting the mouse tracking speed for the root user will do the trick. You need to enable the root account first: https://support.apple.com/hr-hr/HT204012
Then log in as root, open the system preferences and modify the tracking options.
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d5f7b799c01e8db227559f60bb1c943e411f3408 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: shmmax and shmall values in /etc/sysctl.conf are not loaded on reboot I'm running OSX 10.8.4 and I would like to add a factor of 10 to the default shmmax and shmall values. My /etc/sysctl.conf contains the following settings:
kern.sysv.shmmax=41943040
kern.sysv.shmmin=1
kern.sysv.shmmni=32
kern.sysv.shmseg=8
kern.sysv.shmall=10240
However when I reboot and run sysctl -a | grep kern.sysv.shm I see that the values are not being set:
kern.sysv.shmmax: 4194304
kern.sysv.shmmin: 1
kern.sysv.shmmni: 32
kern.sysv.shmseg: 8
kern.sysv.shmall: 1024
It seems the only way to be sure these are set is to run sysctl like so:
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=10240
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=41943040
However I would like to automatically set these values on reboot if possible.
Am I missing some configuration step?
Also - Not sure if this matters, but I have installed postgres via homebrew.
| Q: shmmax and shmall values in /etc/sysctl.conf are not loaded on reboot I'm running OSX 10.8.4 and I would like to add a factor of 10 to the default shmmax and shmall values. My /etc/sysctl.conf contains the following settings:
kern.sysv.shmmax=41943040
kern.sysv.shmmin=1
kern.sysv.shmmni=32
kern.sysv.shmseg=8
kern.sysv.shmall=10240
However when I reboot and run sysctl -a | grep kern.sysv.shm I see that the values are not being set:
kern.sysv.shmmax: 4194304
kern.sysv.shmmin: 1
kern.sysv.shmmni: 32
kern.sysv.shmseg: 8
kern.sysv.shmall: 1024
It seems the only way to be sure these are set is to run sysctl like so:
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=10240
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=41943040
However I would like to automatically set these values on reboot if possible.
Am I missing some configuration step?
Also - Not sure if this matters, but I have installed postgres via homebrew.
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6f871a2c977af6201f57289021d0d1ffc998b80d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the correct way to take screenshot for the Mac App Store Submission? I want to submit my app to the mac app store. Mac App Store is asking for the screenshot of the dimensions 1280x800, 1440x900, 2880x1800 or 2560x1600. My samsung display does not support this dimensions. If I take the screenshot using Grab and scale it to the 1280x800 dimension it is not looking great. What is the correct way to take the screen for the MAS submission?
PS: My Samsung Supported dimensions:
640x480,720x576,800x600,1024x576,1024x768,1280x960,1344x756,1344x1008,1600x900
A: See the docs — in the last row of the table it says:
One screenshot is required for Mac apps.
Up to four additional screenshots can be uploaded. Screenshots appear on the store in the order they were uploaded in iTunes Connect.
Screenshot requirements are:
*
*72 dpi, RGB, flattened, no transparency
*High-quality JPEG or PNG image file format in the RGB color space
*16:10 aspect ratio
*One of the following sizes:
*
*1280 x 800 pixels
*1440 x 900 pixels
*2880 x 1800 pixels
| Q: What is the correct way to take screenshot for the Mac App Store Submission? I want to submit my app to the mac app store. Mac App Store is asking for the screenshot of the dimensions 1280x800, 1440x900, 2880x1800 or 2560x1600. My samsung display does not support this dimensions. If I take the screenshot using Grab and scale it to the 1280x800 dimension it is not looking great. What is the correct way to take the screen for the MAS submission?
PS: My Samsung Supported dimensions:
640x480,720x576,800x600,1024x576,1024x768,1280x960,1344x756,1344x1008,1600x900
A: See the docs — in the last row of the table it says:
One screenshot is required for Mac apps.
Up to four additional screenshots can be uploaded. Screenshots appear on the store in the order they were uploaded in iTunes Connect.
Screenshot requirements are:
*
*72 dpi, RGB, flattened, no transparency
*High-quality JPEG or PNG image file format in the RGB color space
*16:10 aspect ratio
*One of the following sizes:
*
*1280 x 800 pixels
*1440 x 900 pixels
*2880 x 1800 pixels
A: Cocoa stores the frame size of the last window using NSUserDefaults.
You can use this to set the window frame using Terminal:
*
*Exit your application.
*Run: defaults write <your domain> "NSWindow Frame <YourWindowName>LastWindowFrame" "0 123 <frame width> <frame height> 0 0 2560 1600 ".
*Restart your application.
You can inspect the <YourWindowName> part using:
defaults read <your domain>
A: I had with the same issue on my Apple Cinema Display. It only supports 16:9 aspect ratios.
The simplest approach (that avoids image editing) is to use a Mac laptop with a 16:10 aspect ratio. All I needed to do was unplug my MacBook Air from the Cinema Display, and then I got 16:10 ratios in Display System Preferences. 1440x900 and 1280x800 are both available.
My MacBook Pro with Retina Display, natively supports 16:10 at 2880x1800.
A: Press command + shift + 5 and drag the rectangle to have the necessary size. Then capture a screenshot. The size of the rectangle will use points, you need to multiply them by 2 typically when capturing on a Retina screen. For example, when it shows 1440 x 900, the screenshot will be 2022 x 1800.
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9c2b3a20e29a416f83e2034a3b42035de550bf0e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook white thingy below keyboard button is broken I've got an early 2009 macbook pro, and I accidentally broke the white plastic mechanism underneath the S button. They are labeled 130 and 140 in the picture.
Does anyone have a clue what the white things under the key are named and where I can buy a cheap replacement?
A: They are sometimes called scissor clips. I have bought them from thebookyard.com, which is a Mac parts seller based in the UK. Apple is known to replace them for free as a walk up service at the Genius Bar and you of course can order official repair parts from a variety of sources.
Be aware that different keys on the same keyboard can have minute differences in the layout and size of these supporting clips even when the key cap size is identical.
| Q: Macbook white thingy below keyboard button is broken I've got an early 2009 macbook pro, and I accidentally broke the white plastic mechanism underneath the S button. They are labeled 130 and 140 in the picture.
Does anyone have a clue what the white things under the key are named and where I can buy a cheap replacement?
A: They are sometimes called scissor clips. I have bought them from thebookyard.com, which is a Mac parts seller based in the UK. Apple is known to replace them for free as a walk up service at the Genius Bar and you of course can order official repair parts from a variety of sources.
Be aware that different keys on the same keyboard can have minute differences in the layout and size of these supporting clips even when the key cap size is identical.
A: Alright, it turned out that I'm looking for a so called B-Clip
The number of this piece is 221159039672 If you type in this number on eBay, you'll find the right white clip.
The other number, which didn't fit for my Macbook Pro is 221159039824
I hope this solves anyone's question in the future, as it was really a pain to find the right result.
A: Apparently these are called scissor clips and there are various types, identified as type A, B, C etc.
It's important you identify the type you need. To do this, use this handy reference
Full Product Page of Scissor Clips
I have a Unibody MacBook Pro early 2011, which is actually the first item on that page. What isn't immediately obvious is that if you click on the image, a new window opens up showing you images of the various scissor clips for the keyboards of the designated Mac products.
You can then double-check the type against the one you're replacing. So in my case, I can now confidently go ahead and order a bunch of type G standard clips.
I had expected there to be a link from that page to the product listing, but if there is, I can't see it. So instead, go to this page and choose your clips according to the type number you've now identified: SEE BELOW
A: Giving any link or code to a specific product is misleading since the 2009 MacBook Pros, like almost all Apple laptops, could use one of two different clip types. Apple sources it's keyboards from two companies, Darfon and Sunrex, and although they look identical, underneath the key caps they have their own different clip/mechanism designs and these are not interchangeable. The only way to be sure you are getting the right clip or key cap is to visually identify the clip type of your existing keyboard. That is why thebookyard.com show the photos of the different clip types.
There is no industry standard name for the different clips so companies like thebookyard define their own names for each variant. On Apple's service spare parts list they refer to them as type D or S (referring to Darfon or Sunrex) but this is not that helpful since these two companies also redesign their own clips over time, so a Darfon clip for a 2009 MacBook Pro will be different from a Darfon clip on a 2012 MacBook Pro. To uniquely identify the clip design, thebookyard designate a new letter to every new clip variant that Apple uses.
Anyone who is claiming to sell a clip for a 2009 MacBook Pro without allowing you to identify which of the two types it is, is just taking a gamble. Although it is true that within certain geographical areas, one keyboard make is sometimes much more prevalent but it's still a gamble.
Before buying any clip or key cap for your Apple laptop, make sure you visually compare a clip from your existing keyboard to the clip you are buying. Note that each keyboard uses 4-6 different clips for different shape keys (arrow, shift, space, a-z etc) so you need to compare like for like, not necessary exactly the same key but the same type of key i.e. All alphabet, number and punctuation keys use the same standard clip.
I hope this helps explain what is a deceptively complex subject.
A: I would say double check your clip. I have a key on a Macbook Air that does not match E or G. I think Type-K is what I have purchased to fix the loose key.
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87e8e879e9e776d5a7aee55f9867057b8564ebe4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I accidentally deleted my "contacts" app on my iPhone. How do I get it back? I accidentally deleted my "contacts" App on my iPhone. How can I get the app back?
A: Unless you have jailbroken your phone you can't delete the Contacts app. Most probably it's either in a folder or on a screen somewhere. To find it again
*
*press the Home button repeatedly until the search screen is shown
*Type "Contacts"
*Select Contacts app from search results
If you can't find it, you could always back up your phone (to save the current settings) and also take screen shots of the various screens you have set up. Then go to the settings app and Reset the home screen layout.
Worst case is you wait while you restore your backup if this doesn't return contacts to the first screen.
| Q: I accidentally deleted my "contacts" app on my iPhone. How do I get it back? I accidentally deleted my "contacts" App on my iPhone. How can I get the app back?
A: Unless you have jailbroken your phone you can't delete the Contacts app. Most probably it's either in a folder or on a screen somewhere. To find it again
*
*press the Home button repeatedly until the search screen is shown
*Type "Contacts"
*Select Contacts app from search results
If you can't find it, you could always back up your phone (to save the current settings) and also take screen shots of the various screens you have set up. Then go to the settings app and Reset the home screen layout.
Worst case is you wait while you restore your backup if this doesn't return contacts to the first screen.
A: Are restrictions on? You may have accidentally blocked the Contacts app and consequently it's disappears from the home screen.
The other thing is you could have moved it accidentally - use Spotlight search (scroll left until you get a search box) and type in 'Contacts'.
Hope I could help!
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372ffcbb227c53210748c0d539ec0b1215955aae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do cope with a space when setting the $PATH I want to add the sublime lib to my path but it has a space in it.
I have tried the obvious like you would navigate in the terminal (
e.g. /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents)
export PATH="/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl:$PATH"
But I still get the error
/Applications/Sublime: No such file or directory
I could rename it but I am curious how to resolve it. I am using bash.
A: If the path is set properly at .bash_profile, whether with double quotes or backslash-escaped and has spaces in it, you need to call the variables with double quotes.
For example, if .bash_profile is set like below:
export SUBLIMEPATH="/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents"
export PATH=$PATH:$SUBLIMEPATH/SharedSupport/bin/subl
You can't do cd $SUBLIMEPATH to change the current directory, you'll get No such file or directory error. But with double quotes such as cd "$SUBLIMEPATH" you can.
Hope this help for something.
| Q: How do cope with a space when setting the $PATH I want to add the sublime lib to my path but it has a space in it.
I have tried the obvious like you would navigate in the terminal (
e.g. /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents)
export PATH="/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl:$PATH"
But I still get the error
/Applications/Sublime: No such file or directory
I could rename it but I am curious how to resolve it. I am using bash.
A: If the path is set properly at .bash_profile, whether with double quotes or backslash-escaped and has spaces in it, you need to call the variables with double quotes.
For example, if .bash_profile is set like below:
export SUBLIMEPATH="/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents"
export PATH=$PATH:$SUBLIMEPATH/SharedSupport/bin/subl
You can't do cd $SUBLIMEPATH to change the current directory, you'll get No such file or directory error. But with double quotes such as cd "$SUBLIMEPATH" you can.
Hope this help for something.
A: To resolve it I made a simlink in
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/sublime/bin/subl
I then added it to my path by using vi on ~./bashrc
export PATH="/usr/local/sublime/bin/:$PATH"
Remember to source the .bashrc to pick up your changes
source ~/.bashrc
A: Use backslash or quotes, not both. You put the sequence backslash-space in the PATH value.
export PATH="/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl:$PATH"
or
export PATH=/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl:$PATH
Be sure not to wrap the line: it has to be spaces, not newlines.
Note that if you see an error like /Applications/Sublime: No such file or directory from the export PATH=… line, then you have a syntax error in that line, such as a space after the equal sign: the assignment doesn't try to look up the directory. If the error is at some later time, then it isn't due to the PATH value, or if so only very indirectly: it's perfectly ok for entries in $PATH not to exist, and a non-existent directory will not lead to an error message.
A: This doesn't answer the question. However, it addresses as remark made in one of the answers, and discusses a similar procedure.
It is also possible to create an alias for Sublime Text by editing .bash_profile or .bashrc (whichever is the BASH configuration file in your home directory).
alias sublime="/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/MacOS/Sublime\ Text"
In order to do so, it is necessary to use BOTH escape back slashes and quotes. Note in particular that this is a very different situation from exporting the PATH as mentioned above, because there it only makes sense to do one or the other, but not both.
Note also that it isn't necessary to create a symlink first, as the official Sublime documentation and many other sources claim. This answer on StackOverflow gets it right.
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f901a29a15d586d8083f25210d900152b0c098aa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I find system log information on OS X Lion 10.7.5 for System Preferences changes? Suppose I navigate to System Preferences and make a simple change (say I turn off BlueTooth).
Is it logged somewhere in the syslog? In other words, is there a log file somewhere on the file system that keeps track of what was written to the System Preferences plist file?
The main reason I am asking this question is because I would like to know when certain things were set in the System Preferences.
A: You can find that information in the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
They will open in TextEdit, but hard to read. So you might need to read this for help with Plist readers.
you can also see the plist changes in the:
Console (by typing pref in the search window)
While the Console is up to the moment reporting it will only report issues not the successful execution.
| Q: Where can I find system log information on OS X Lion 10.7.5 for System Preferences changes? Suppose I navigate to System Preferences and make a simple change (say I turn off BlueTooth).
Is it logged somewhere in the syslog? In other words, is there a log file somewhere on the file system that keeps track of what was written to the System Preferences plist file?
The main reason I am asking this question is because I would like to know when certain things were set in the System Preferences.
A: You can find that information in the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
They will open in TextEdit, but hard to read. So you might need to read this for help with Plist readers.
you can also see the plist changes in the:
Console (by typing pref in the search window)
While the Console is up to the moment reporting it will only report issues not the successful execution.
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d23f9b6861cbc0c790b88d3c0aaa1ff564316495 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cmd+Tab not working We're having this problem with a Mac Pro running OSX 10.8.4 and 6 monitors with dual graphic cards+Triplehead. The ⌘Tab window does not show and it doesn't switch applications.
I temporarily solved this using this guide by removing com.apple.finder.plist from Library/Preferences, but only for a minute before it reverted to not working again.
Any idea how to permanently solve this issue?
A: The solution that worked for me was to open a Terminal window and type
sudo killall Dock and hit the ⏎(=enter) key and then entering my password and then the ⏎ key again. It will take around 6 - 8 seconds for the Dock to 'die' and then be restarted. If your password is not working then you are not an 'Administrator' on the computer in which case you will need to obtain that password from the Administrator.
| Q: Cmd+Tab not working We're having this problem with a Mac Pro running OSX 10.8.4 and 6 monitors with dual graphic cards+Triplehead. The ⌘Tab window does not show and it doesn't switch applications.
I temporarily solved this using this guide by removing com.apple.finder.plist from Library/Preferences, but only for a minute before it reverted to not working again.
Any idea how to permanently solve this issue?
A: The solution that worked for me was to open a Terminal window and type
sudo killall Dock and hit the ⏎(=enter) key and then entering my password and then the ⏎ key again. It will take around 6 - 8 seconds for the Dock to 'die' and then be restarted. If your password is not working then you are not an 'Administrator' on the computer in which case you will need to obtain that password from the Administrator.
A: I had the same problem, and removing .plist didn't fix anything.
After that I realized that de cmd+alt+esc shortcut didn't work either.
So I checked with the character viewer, and it appeared that my keyboard had 3 unfunctional keys (shift tab esc).
So...it might be worth checking that first...
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d6e2e1d0e4d46195bfd3002ca056f0cf7edbd8ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get the chrome tabs to always show when in full screen mode? I would really like to use Chrome on my new 2013 Macbook Air with tabs, but without the menu bar. So, I use full-screen mode, but it hides the tabs. Is what I want possible? And, if so, how can I get it to work that way?
A: Shift-CMD-F is for presentation mode and will hide the tabs. You want full screen mode instead, so use Control-CMD-F. Tabs will show in full screen mode.
| Q: How to get the chrome tabs to always show when in full screen mode? I would really like to use Chrome on my new 2013 Macbook Air with tabs, but without the menu bar. So, I use full-screen mode, but it hides the tabs. Is what I want possible? And, if so, how can I get it to work that way?
A: Shift-CMD-F is for presentation mode and will hide the tabs. You want full screen mode instead, so use Control-CMD-F. Tabs will show in full screen mode.
A: It sounds like you’re trying to enter Full Screen Mode with Command+Shift+F. Like what others have mentioned, you have to use Shift+Command+F to enter Full Screen Mode (with tabs available) instead of Presentation Mode where tabs are hidden.
But if you want to use Command+Shift+F for Full Screen mode, open Keyboard Preferences and change Presentation Mode shortcut to other key combination, eg. Option+Shift+F. Here is the screenshot for the explanation above. (Ignore the All Applications configurations; just take a look at Google Chrome shortcuts assignments)
A: chrome://flags, look for "Enables simplified fullscreen", make sure you set it to disabled.
A: With latest version of Chrome, there is the option to show the Toolbar (which includes tabs) in the View menu.
A: This is an issue with the viewing mode. Here's another article that describes the behavior in further detail.
Presentation Mode
Full-screen without tabs.
Full-screen Mode
Full-screen with tabs.
A: Go to View >Enter Full Screen.
To hide the tabs again, go to View > Enter Presentation Mode.
A: I am dropping off the address and tabs bar with this extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zenhelper/odpfhihammejhokpbbkbhlmhnoipglmc
A: I had the exact problem and had tried the solutions and did not work until I reset the display settings and changed the scaled size. I used the apple display monitor settings.
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ab26e8e9cc939f11346680efb147bf38647c203f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can i find and clean up partially downloaded content? Say your download of 17gb application is interrupted and can't continue since you are out of space.
Knowing the application name, where can you look to find parts of what has already been downloaded so you can remove it?
A: Here's another way to find the Mac App Store downloads folder by enabling the debug menu:
*
*Quit the App Store
*Open Terminal
*Run command: defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
*Open the App Store
*Select the new "Debug" menu in the menu bar and choose "Show Download Folder..."
Demo: https://gfycat.com/KindLimpBarracuda
| Q: Where can i find and clean up partially downloaded content? Say your download of 17gb application is interrupted and can't continue since you are out of space.
Knowing the application name, where can you look to find parts of what has already been downloaded so you can remove it?
A: Here's another way to find the Mac App Store downloads folder by enabling the debug menu:
*
*Quit the App Store
*Open Terminal
*Run command: defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
*Open the App Store
*Select the new "Debug" menu in the menu bar and choose "Show Download Folder..."
Demo: https://gfycat.com/KindLimpBarracuda
A: As of macOS 11.4, those can be found here:
/private/var/folders/[folder1]/[folder2]/C/com.apple.appstoreagent/com.apple.appstore/
where:
[folder1] and [folder2] are temporary folders
For example:
/private/var/folders/xk/s3v4txqs7v3b6rvsd6f9yjhw0000gn/C/com.apple.appstoreagent/com.apple.appstore
You can look for such folders with this command:
sudo find /private/var/folders -path '*com\.apple\.appstoreagent*' -type d -name com.apple.appstore 2>/dev/null
A: The temporary location that stores downloading files varies between computers. Here's how to find it:
*
*Start a rather large app store download
*Open Activity monitor, and select the storedownloadd process. (storeagent for 10.9 and below)
*Open the Inspector (press the "i" button, or ⌘+i)
*Select the Open Files and Ports tab, and scroll to the bottom
*Select the path that starts with /private/var/folders that contains com.apple.appstore from the beginning, up to and including com.apple.appstore
*Open Terminal and type open [paste path here] and hit return
*From here, you can see all the temporary files the Mac App Store has made. You can get info on each one to see their sizes, and dispose of them accordingly.
A: Downloads, finished or not, will be in your Downloads folder in your User Directory. Unless you have specified that Safari save them somewhere else: bad idea. Ceetainly not to the desktop, as so many people think.
In the General pane of Safari preferences, you will find the setting for what folder to save to ... and in answer to your other question, you can choose whether Safari is to remove incomplete downloads: manually, never, or when successfully downloaded.
The option to Open "safe" files after downloading is way unnecessary, uncheck that only if you're experienced with security measures.
BUT, I think you're confused about downloading vs. installing. Two separate processes. Downloaded filed or zips or disk images can sit there forever. If you're asking how to fully uninstall an installed application, please ask a new question.
A: There is a very simple method to find downloaded .dmg files, when you wish to clean up or reuse or archive some .dmg file. This applies not only to App Store downloaded .dmg's but also to many other software downloaded using a .dmg file.
*
*Choose Finder menu "Go -> Go to Folder..." and enter /private/var
*Once the window of this normally hidden folder is open use the search box, by default in the top right corner of the window, and enter there '.dmg' (without the quotes)
*You get a list of all .dmg files that are currently in that temporary directory. If your Finder view preferences show the Path Bar, you see on the bottom of the window in the path bar for every selected .dmg file immediately the folder where the wanted .dmg resides. To activate the path bar choose Finder menu "View -> Show Path Bar".
Above method is straightforward and requires nothing else than ordinary Finder functionality.
BTW, the involved folders store these files only temporary. If your only motivation is to get rid of a large downloaded file, then a restart suffices to clean out these files.
A: Run in Terminal to open the folder in Finder:
open /private/var/folders/*/*/C/com.apple.appstore
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56b497cfa832a1af20a49f0665bf3c39b516bf1d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Right-click, create a new text file. How? In Finder > Select a folder > Right click, we get a popup with an option to create a new folder:
Is there a way to add menu item New Textfile for adding a new text file?
A: Edit: I couldn't get the above working as a Service but then I found a dialog hiding behind everything else where Finder was asking for permission to use the accessibility features. Once I'd enabled that the answer from Lauri Ranta worked. But the one below works well and doesn't need extra permissions.
I've tried several ways, the cleanest I've found is the Automator script provided here:
http://oscargodson.com/posts/new-file-in-right-click-context-menu-for-mac.html
And available from Github here:
https://github.com/OscarGodson/New-File
| Q: Right-click, create a new text file. How? In Finder > Select a folder > Right click, we get a popup with an option to create a new folder:
Is there a way to add menu item New Textfile for adding a new text file?
A: Edit: I couldn't get the above working as a Service but then I found a dialog hiding behind everything else where Finder was asking for permission to use the accessibility features. Once I'd enabled that the answer from Lauri Ranta worked. But the one below works well and doesn't need extra permissions.
I've tried several ways, the cleanest I've found is the Automator script provided here:
http://oscargodson.com/posts/new-file-in-right-click-context-menu-for-mac.html
And available from Github here:
https://github.com/OscarGodson/New-File
A: There is a little known feature of the Finder called Stationary Pad. Imagine having a pad of paper that you could "tear off" a new sheet from on your desktop. Each page in the pad could have a custom layout and pre-existing content etc, allow you to (for example) fill in a "while you were out, X called" memo.
I'm not as a Mac at present to get screenshots etc, but if you open up a text document, and then enter the details you want to be used as your template (bearing in mind a totally blank sheet is a perfectly valid template), then save it somewhere, right click and Get Info, then click the Stationary Pad tick box, then that file will subsequently behave differently from a normal file. Double clicking to open the file will actually open a copy of the file, without any filename set, as if it were a totally new document, allowing you to fill it in and save it with a name/location of your choosing. The great thing about this is that without unticking the stationary pad option, you cannot accidentally overwrite or otherwise modify the original template.
There is more info if you google, this is a brief summary with helpful commens that isn't too old.
This isn't quite right clicking on the desktop and clicking "New File", but if your template icon is on the desktop it's arguably faster (depending on if you are faster at locating an icon and double clicking, or using any white space, right clicking then choosing from a context sensitive menu...)
Alternatively, you could use a combination of one of the scripted methods shown in other answers to get them to simply open a Stationary pad file, and you can recreate the "create blank" feature nicely from any App, even ones that don't support Applescript, and the "blank" document doesn't even have to be blank, but can be a template.
A: New File Applescript with Toolbar Icon
Found this open source gem. Can either use the .App or add the Applescript manually. Will add a New File widget to the Finder toolbar.
A: If you use Alfred, you can try this workflow. http://www.packal.org/workflow/create-new-file-finder-file-type-templates
Then you can type "new" in Alfred to create a new file in the current folder.
A: New File Menu.app can be configured to provide an experience familiar to Windows users if that's what you're after.
To achieve this, purchase New File Menu.app for $1.99 from the Apple App Store
Configure the General settings as seen in the image below:
Under Templates, rename the Text File Title to Text Document and the Prefix NewFile to New Text Document. Uncheck all other enabled templates.
A: I am using XtraFinder plugin for Mac OS's built in Finder. It has most of the features including create new file in finder options.
You'll love it like I do
;)
A: If you download and install BetterTouchTool you can set up this action easily; it's one of the built-in available triggers.
Better yet, you can set it up for any keyboard shortcut or trackpad gesture you like. (Including a lot of trackpad gestures you didn't know existed.)
(I'm not affiliated with BTT in any way, but I do feel that a lot more Mac users should be using it. It is the first application I install on any new Mac and I've been using it for over five years.)
A: You could assign a shortcut to a script like this:
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder"
value of attribute "AXFocusedWindow" is scroll area 1
end tell
tell application "Finder"
if result is true or number of windows is 0 then
set t to desktop
else
set t to target of Finder window 1
end if
set f to make new file at t
if t is desktop then
set selection to f
else
select f
end if
end tell
There is a bug in 10.7 and 10.8 that affects many other scripts and Automator services like this. Finder ignores new windows when getting the insertion location and selection properties. If you open a new Finder window, select some items in it, and run tell app "Finder" to selection in AppleScript Editor, the result is the items selected in some window behind the frontmost window (or an empty list). One workaround is to move focus to another application and back, but it results in a visual glitch.
So neither of these ways of checking if the desktop is selected work reliably:
tell application "Finder"
insertion location as alias is desktop as alias
container of item 1 of (get selection) as alias is desktop as alias
end tell
You could also wrap the script as an Automator service, but there is another bug where the shortcuts for Automator services don't always work until you hover over the services menu from the menu bar. If the input type was set to no input, the service wouldn't show up in context menus. If it was set to folders or files, you'd have to always secondary-click some folder or file.
Related questions:
*
*Create new file from contextual menu
*New File Action in Finder
*How to create a text file in a folder
*How do I create files in Finder without Terminal?
I didn't vote to close this question, because many of the solutions in the other questions are affected by either of the two bugs mentioned above. We'll likely get even more questions like this, which could then be closed as duplicates of this question.
A: There is a new APP in the store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/new-file-menu/id1064959555?ls=1&mt=12
New File Menu allows you to create new files quickly via the Finder context menu.
*
*If you upgraded to macOS Sierra, you may need to reinstall New File Menu.New File Menu is simply the coolest way to create a new file on the Mac OS X platform, you can right click in any Finder window to create a new file! You can even right click on the desktop to create your files!
Important: New File Menu is implemented as a Finder extension, you need to enable "New File Menu Extension" in "System Preferences » Extensions" to make the context menu appear.
A: You can try New File Menu Free (the free version of New File Menu, mentioned in other answers), it's free and working fine, although it only supports one extension at a time:
A: High Sierra: Go to System Prefs/Keyboard/Shortcuts, choose SERVICES and check "Open Selection in a TextEdit window". It will show up in your Services menu now. You can add a hotkey there too.
A: This also works pretty well if you're willing to spend a bit of money:
https://langui.net/new-file-menu/
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d6f6bf703aca701ec006f387aa781366f633ede2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change volume of airport using the master keys, not itunes volume slider My roommate recently bought an airport express, and I love it. Minus the fact that when I'm blasting music and someone wants to talk to me, I need to open iTunes and either lower the volume or pause the song.
I am so used to usng the f11 f12 keys that this is driving me insane!
I read somewhere about sizzling keys and how it can help me assign a different shortcut to control iTunes volume. Is there a different, or better, fix?
I would love to be able to use f10-12, and not the iTunes volume.
Note: I am on a Macbook Pro 2012 with standard keyboard, so currently, f10 is mute, f11 lower, f12 raise volume. They work fine when I'm not using airport.
SOLUTION
github.com/alberti42/iTunes-Volume-Control
This created assigned cmd - volume key to iTunes so I can control the iTunes volume with very little effort!
A: This might do what you wanted, however I did not test it my self.
https://github.com/alberti42/iTunes-Volume-Control
| Q: Change volume of airport using the master keys, not itunes volume slider My roommate recently bought an airport express, and I love it. Minus the fact that when I'm blasting music and someone wants to talk to me, I need to open iTunes and either lower the volume or pause the song.
I am so used to usng the f11 f12 keys that this is driving me insane!
I read somewhere about sizzling keys and how it can help me assign a different shortcut to control iTunes volume. Is there a different, or better, fix?
I would love to be able to use f10-12, and not the iTunes volume.
Note: I am on a Macbook Pro 2012 with standard keyboard, so currently, f10 is mute, f11 lower, f12 raise volume. They work fine when I'm not using airport.
SOLUTION
github.com/alberti42/iTunes-Volume-Control
This created assigned cmd - volume key to iTunes so I can control the iTunes volume with very little effort!
A: This might do what you wanted, however I did not test it my self.
https://github.com/alberti42/iTunes-Volume-Control
A: I was wondering how Apple could possibly have missed such an obvious thing. All of these answers miss the mark by a bit. Turns out there's a super straightforward answer.
System Preferences -> Sound -> Output tab -> Select a device for sound output -> switch it to Airport Express (presuming you're connected to your Airport Express). Now the whole system sound output will be Airport Express and you can use the volume (and mute) buttons as usual with no tricks or sketchy/buggy third-party apps. Moreover, this will now output all your sound, so for example also from YouTube, etc.
I believe system sound effects can be chosen to go through a separate device too, which is nice--click the Sound Effects tab -> Play sound effects through.
Moreover, if you want to switch back & forth between Airport Express and speakers as output device, tick "Show volume in menu bar" at the bottom of sound preferences. This puts a volume icon in your right hand menu bar. OPTION-click on it lets you quickly switch output devices.
A: *
*Open the "Keyboard" System Preferences ("Keyboard" from spotlight)
*Click on the "Shortcuts" tab.
*Click on "App Shortcuts" in the bottom of the list on the left.
*Click the "+" below the list on the right and add the following shortcuts:
a. iTunes, Increase Volume, fn+command+F12 (or whatever you want)
b. iTunes, Decrease Volume, fn+command+F11 (or whatever you want)
*When you are finished you should have preferences configured like this:
Unfortunately, I don't think iTunes has a menu item for "Mute" so you can't use this trick for the mute button. You also apparently need to include fn in your key binding. If those are problems for you, check out the apps suggested in the other answers. But this is a nice, free, solution.
A: Here's a $1.99 app that sets the volume keys to only apply to iTunes (use cmd modifier to adjust system volume):
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/volume-for-itunes/id467973245?mt=12
A: This is a late comment, but if anyone happens upon this, the standard keyboard shortcuts are command + up arrow for increase volume and command + down arrow for decrease volume. To check, you can click on the controls menu tab when in iTunes and scroll down - you should see them there. Alternatively, you can set up your own shortcuts as Code Commander listed above.
A: Mine didn't seem to work with the F11 & F12 because i think that has to be the comps volume. what I did instead is
at least their near the keys but it will only work when you have Itunes open in front of you.
Hope that helps.
*
*MH
A: I ended up using a free tool called FastScripts (https://red-sweater.com/fastscripts/, free for 10 shortcuts). Works perfectly and allows me to add more truly global shortcuts as well.
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d30ee76e142916f004a46653ab02336912dd7ca7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook does not list my bootable USB stick in the boot menu I made a bootable USB stick with OSX Lion. When starting up my Mac Mini (which has OSX Mountain Lion installed) while holding option, the USB stick is listed and I can boot from it. But I want to use it to install OSX Lion on my MacBook. But the USB stick is not listed in the bootable devices list. I tried removing and inserting the USB stick in both USB ports, but still it is not recognized:
Some more info about the MacBook:
*
*Model: Intel Macbook3.1 (13-inch late 2007)
*Current OS: OSX Leopard 10.5.8
*Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 2.2GHz, 64 bit architecture
*RAM: 1GB
I read that this MacBook model should be compatible with OSX Lion (Mactracker tells me that the max OS for this MacBook is 10.7.4). And it should be able to boot from USB (Intel Macs can do this). The USB stick is bootable (it boots on the MacMini, and I used it to install OSX Lion on another MacBook, a MacBook4.1 early 2008). Why doesn't this MacBook recognize the USB stick when booting?
| Q: MacBook does not list my bootable USB stick in the boot menu I made a bootable USB stick with OSX Lion. When starting up my Mac Mini (which has OSX Mountain Lion installed) while holding option, the USB stick is listed and I can boot from it. But I want to use it to install OSX Lion on my MacBook. But the USB stick is not listed in the bootable devices list. I tried removing and inserting the USB stick in both USB ports, but still it is not recognized:
Some more info about the MacBook:
*
*Model: Intel Macbook3.1 (13-inch late 2007)
*Current OS: OSX Leopard 10.5.8
*Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 2.2GHz, 64 bit architecture
*RAM: 1GB
I read that this MacBook model should be compatible with OSX Lion (Mactracker tells me that the max OS for this MacBook is 10.7.4). And it should be able to boot from USB (Intel Macs can do this). The USB stick is bootable (it boots on the MacMini, and I used it to install OSX Lion on another MacBook, a MacBook4.1 early 2008). Why doesn't this MacBook recognize the USB stick when booting?
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de829cc116707631952591f14e58cd48e234f5cc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a reason to leave WebGL disabled in Safari? I know how to enable WebGL in Safari (8.0.7) for OS X (10.10.4) and I am able to visualize and interact with WebGL based content, however I'm concerned that it is disabled by default, given that the browser can actually support it.
Is there a reason (perhaps stability, or security) that WebGL is disabled by default in Safari?
A: If you're really scared, yes. WebGL allows web developers to code shaders which run unprotected in the GPU. This can cause many security issues because there aren't really any antiviruses to protect against GPU infections.
The risks aren't too great because there are organizations such as Google and Khronos working on making it much safer. These organizations are really quick in creating patches and fixes for issues and flaws.
I'm really not sure about how unsafe WebGL is in Safari, however, because it's based off of Webkit, I'm quite sure it's pretty similar to Chrome.
| Q: Is there a reason to leave WebGL disabled in Safari? I know how to enable WebGL in Safari (8.0.7) for OS X (10.10.4) and I am able to visualize and interact with WebGL based content, however I'm concerned that it is disabled by default, given that the browser can actually support it.
Is there a reason (perhaps stability, or security) that WebGL is disabled by default in Safari?
A: If you're really scared, yes. WebGL allows web developers to code shaders which run unprotected in the GPU. This can cause many security issues because there aren't really any antiviruses to protect against GPU infections.
The risks aren't too great because there are organizations such as Google and Khronos working on making it much safer. These organizations are really quick in creating patches and fixes for issues and flaws.
I'm really not sure about how unsafe WebGL is in Safari, however, because it's based off of Webkit, I'm quite sure it's pretty similar to Chrome.
A: In 2017, researchers created a proof-of-concept showing that WebGL can be used to fingerprint your machine with high accuracy, even across multiple browsers.[1] So you might want to leave it disabled for privacy reasons.
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ea58e21d16c305ec9fafbe7c63452033b6191832 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get cpu usage per core on the command line Activity monitor allows users to see the cpu usage on a per-core basis (for multicore machines, e.g. my MacBook Pro). Is there a way to find the percent usage of each core/processor via the command line?
A: I've installed htop for this purpose. In order to install on OS X (10.8.4), I used homebrew, which installed the htop package (brew install htop).
Despite the fact that this is via the command line, it is still a graphical output within the terminal.
| Q: Get cpu usage per core on the command line Activity monitor allows users to see the cpu usage on a per-core basis (for multicore machines, e.g. my MacBook Pro). Is there a way to find the percent usage of each core/processor via the command line?
A: I've installed htop for this purpose. In order to install on OS X (10.8.4), I used homebrew, which installed the htop package (brew install htop).
Despite the fact that this is via the command line, it is still a graphical output within the terminal.
A: To install htop on OS X El Capitan follow these easy steps:
Copy and paste the following commands into a terminal window:
curl -O http://themainframe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/htop.zip
unzip htop.zip
sudo mv htop /usr/local/bin
rm htop.zip
Run htop by entering htop into Terminal
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9b1aababb57d7032d8f9f7414674a556705e44d0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is Tanium spyware, what information does it collect, and how to disable it? a company put some spyware on a brand new laptop that is causing the battery life to be about half that of a 3-year old Macbook Pro. I need to disable this junkware/spyware temporarily. Is there a good way to do that? What is it (Tanium) recording anyway? Cheers.
A: Tanium does not have a keylogger although it does have the ability to read your website history or install a keylogger.
"Systems Management" allows large enterprises to inventory, track and control the millions of dollars they spend on equipment. You work for your employer and they "lend" you their laptop for you to use to help them do business.
| Q: What is Tanium spyware, what information does it collect, and how to disable it? a company put some spyware on a brand new laptop that is causing the battery life to be about half that of a 3-year old Macbook Pro. I need to disable this junkware/spyware temporarily. Is there a good way to do that? What is it (Tanium) recording anyway? Cheers.
A: Tanium does not have a keylogger although it does have the ability to read your website history or install a keylogger.
"Systems Management" allows large enterprises to inventory, track and control the millions of dollars they spend on equipment. You work for your employer and they "lend" you their laptop for you to use to help them do business.
A: Mr. Google sends you to the Tanium website, where you will find Tanium is a systems management tool for enterprises. If you want to disable it, you'll probably need to contact the IT department that put it on the machine in the first place. The software is put on to enforce company policy and allow the IT department to monitor and control the laptop. An off-switch that is easy to activate tends to defeat the purpose of the software.
A: De-Installation procedure (use sudo -s to get admin privleges)
# stop tanium system service
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tanium.taniumclient.plist
# remove tanium service to prevent startup on reboot
launchctl remove com.tanium.taniumclient > /dev/null 2>&1
# remove tanium service definitions
rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tanium.taniumclient.plist
rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tanium.trace.recorder.plist
# remove tanium client
rm -rf /Library/Tanium/
# remove residual tanium stuff
rm /var/db/receipts/com.tanium.taniumclient.TaniumClient.pkg.bom
rm /var/db/receipts/com.tanium.taniumclient.TaniumClient.pkg.plist
rm /var/db/receipts/com.tanium.client.bom
rm /var/db/receipts/com.tanium.client.plist
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2f3005b86bb4bde94c6e5ca884cc94f0fc012d66 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is this flickering menu bar icon? Can anyone identify this menu bar icon?
Every minute or so, it quickly appears and disappears in my menu bar, just for a few seconds.
A: It looks like the screen sharing icon, from iChat; when someone is sharing your screen.
| Q: What is this flickering menu bar icon? Can anyone identify this menu bar icon?
Every minute or so, it quickly appears and disappears in my menu bar, just for a few seconds.
A: It looks like the screen sharing icon, from iChat; when someone is sharing your screen.
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81de9fbf1767f2064db1e09486d0c32c5841e6bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Difference between enabling Time Machine's "Encrypt Backups" option, and encrypting from Disk Utility? I'm setting up Time Machine backups on a new external hard disk.
I chose to first encrypt the disk via Disk Utility:
But I also see these options:
Is there any difference between an "Encrypted" format via Disk Utility and selecting "Encrypt backups" in the Time Machine preferences? What happens if I do both? Or if I encrypt with Disk Utility, but then don't select "Encrypt backups"?
A: Aha! The answer comes when you try to deselect the "Encrypt backups" option:
So it appears they are one and the same.
| Q: Difference between enabling Time Machine's "Encrypt Backups" option, and encrypting from Disk Utility? I'm setting up Time Machine backups on a new external hard disk.
I chose to first encrypt the disk via Disk Utility:
But I also see these options:
Is there any difference between an "Encrypted" format via Disk Utility and selecting "Encrypt backups" in the Time Machine preferences? What happens if I do both? Or if I encrypt with Disk Utility, but then don't select "Encrypt backups"?
A: Aha! The answer comes when you try to deselect the "Encrypt backups" option:
So it appears they are one and the same.
A: The command:
diskutil list my_time_machine_disk_short_name
will confirm you:
# my_mac:/Users/bob % diskutil list disk5
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFSX Time_M___disk *499.4 GB disk5
Logical Volume on disk2s2
22222222-FFFF-4444-CCCC-AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD
Unlocked Encrypted
# my_mac:/Users/bob %
that Time Machine is using the same technic of logical volume as Disk Utility.
A: Please note that although both outcomes are the same whether encrypting with Disk Utility or Time Machine, Disk Utility takes significantly longer.
Perhaps this is because it is encrypting the unused free space and TM is not.
Can anyone else corroborate?
Also, in Terminal you can simply use this command to show TM volumes & status:
diskutil cs list
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1f2846242aa9514d12e7f0afe5dcb08173b163c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the temp folder? I would like to know where is the folder of temporary files in system. For example, in Windows is the folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Configuración local\Temp
A: OS X generates a programmatic directory stored in /private/var and defines the $TMPDIR environment variable for locating the system temporary folder.
Using Terminal.app, type echo $TMPDIR or open $TMPDIR (to open Finder on that folder).
There you will find temp files stored by the Applications running.
Source: https://superuser.com/questions/581347/where-is-the-temp-folder-inos-x
Since OS X is based on UNIX, there are several types of temporary directories, in addition the the "system" one where it stores things.
*
*$TMPDIR which is generated like /var/folders/xl/84p38nhj405frmrkdpqb3v9c0000gn/T/
*/private/tmp
*/private/var/tmp
*/private/var/at/tmp
*/private/var/spool/cups/tmp
| Q: Where is the temp folder? I would like to know where is the folder of temporary files in system. For example, in Windows is the folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Configuración local\Temp
A: OS X generates a programmatic directory stored in /private/var and defines the $TMPDIR environment variable for locating the system temporary folder.
Using Terminal.app, type echo $TMPDIR or open $TMPDIR (to open Finder on that folder).
There you will find temp files stored by the Applications running.
Source: https://superuser.com/questions/581347/where-is-the-temp-folder-inos-x
Since OS X is based on UNIX, there are several types of temporary directories, in addition the the "system" one where it stores things.
*
*$TMPDIR which is generated like /var/folders/xl/84p38nhj405frmrkdpqb3v9c0000gn/T/
*/private/tmp
*/private/var/tmp
*/private/var/at/tmp
*/private/var/spool/cups/tmp
A: Your question has a false premise that there IS a "temp" folder. This isn't Windows, and the Unix architecture of Mac OS X is entirely different. Temp folder for what? For some low level junk, there's /tmp and /var/tmp. For Application preferences there's ~/Library/Preferences, for Application caches and temp files, there's ~/Library/Application\ Support.
A clearer answer would be possible if you specified the particular task you're trying to accomplish.
A: /tmp is the general location for temporary files in Mac OS X, as well as most UNIX-like systems.
A: The temporary directory for user specific temp files is given by the environment variable TMPDIR. This is under /var/tmp On my Yosemite login it is TMPDIR=/var/folders/11/d839g3h52m55ps0l8f621b8m0000gp/T/
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5c35ab587fd34b380dc49a8cef5b8269db0ec11c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Recovery mode asks for a password OS X 10.8.2 When I tried booting into recovery mode (Cmd ⌘ + R) during boot up, there's a field asking for a password. I do not know this password.
I am using a late-2009 21.5" iMac.
Anyone know what to do?
A: From the image, it looks like a Firmware password.
This bash script may be able to decrypt your firmware password, however it only works on a limited set of computers.
python -c "print ''.join(chr(int(c, 16) ^ 170) for c in '`sudo nvram security-password`'.split('%')[1:])"
Source
| Q: Recovery mode asks for a password OS X 10.8.2 When I tried booting into recovery mode (Cmd ⌘ + R) during boot up, there's a field asking for a password. I do not know this password.
I am using a late-2009 21.5" iMac.
Anyone know what to do?
A: From the image, it looks like a Firmware password.
This bash script may be able to decrypt your firmware password, however it only works on a limited set of computers.
python -c "print ''.join(chr(int(c, 16) ^ 170) for c in '`sudo nvram security-password`'.split('%')[1:])"
Source
A: If your mac is pre 2011 then removing a strip of ram and rebooting will clear the problem. I have done this with quite a few that I have installed new systems onto and it seems to work very well. Give it a try, what have you got to lose.
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abcb3281f425a3d4a4c376571cf274132a8e7937 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Developer Program & free copies of OS X The Mac Developer program is advertised as including access to Pre-Release Software (which right now means betas of Mavericks). Once Mavericks is released, will everyone with a Mac Developer account get a free copy/upgrade to the released version (including all future Mavericks updates)? Or will it be necessary for developers to also purchase Mavericks itself to be able to use the normal version?
A: Since Lion, the developer program issues its beta seeds of the OS using the Mac App Store. You get a code in the developer portal which is redeemed in the Mac App Store. You can redeem this code on any Apple ID. It does NOT need to be the Apple ID that you signed up with on the dev portal. Once the final release is out, the beta seed in your App Store is transformed into the fully released version.
So yes, you do get it. And in fact, you will be unable to purchase it on the Apple ID with which you redeemed the seed.
| Q: Mac Developer Program & free copies of OS X The Mac Developer program is advertised as including access to Pre-Release Software (which right now means betas of Mavericks). Once Mavericks is released, will everyone with a Mac Developer account get a free copy/upgrade to the released version (including all future Mavericks updates)? Or will it be necessary for developers to also purchase Mavericks itself to be able to use the normal version?
A: Since Lion, the developer program issues its beta seeds of the OS using the Mac App Store. You get a code in the developer portal which is redeemed in the Mac App Store. You can redeem this code on any Apple ID. It does NOT need to be the Apple ID that you signed up with on the dev portal. Once the final release is out, the beta seed in your App Store is transformed into the fully released version.
So yes, you do get it. And in fact, you will be unable to purchase it on the Apple ID with which you redeemed the seed.
A: Mavericks is free for every Mac user :)
A: I believe the developer previews have an expiry date on them (typically some modest period of time beyond the release of the next version/release version). In addition, to upgrade to point versions (i.e. 10.9.1, etc.), you need to be running the release version.
So while you could run the final release candidate for some time, for any sort of long term use, you'll want to buy it fully.
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029cad855bc29ddc0f1f1127c72d43cab3f7aa15 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I install a new dictionary on OS X for use with the "Word of the Day" screensaver? The reason is trivial: I am a fan of the "Word of the Day" screen saver and I would like to add dictionaries for languages other than English and Japanese (these are the two that I can select now in screen saver options).
How can I do it?
A: If you have 10.8, you can enable French, German, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish dictionaries from the preferences of Dictionary.app:
They don't seem to be shown as choices for the Word of the Day screensaver though:
I also tried restarting after enabling the dictionaries.
| Q: How can I install a new dictionary on OS X for use with the "Word of the Day" screensaver? The reason is trivial: I am a fan of the "Word of the Day" screen saver and I would like to add dictionaries for languages other than English and Japanese (these are the two that I can select now in screen saver options).
How can I do it?
A: If you have 10.8, you can enable French, German, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish dictionaries from the preferences of Dictionary.app:
They don't seem to be shown as choices for the Word of the Day screensaver though:
I also tried restarting after enabling the dictionaries.
A: In case anyone is still interested in this in 2018 and come across this..
I just updated to OS X Mojave, and found a Word of the Day.saver file at /System/Library/Screen Savers/. In this package, go to Contents/Resources/WordLists/, and you can find the 5 .plist files used in the Mojave WotD (they added three Mandarin/Cantonese Chinese dictionaries). There you can use jsomers's method above.
Also it's been a while since Apple added the System Integrity Protection to the OS X, so you will have to disable it before writing to the .plist file.
I'm quite happy that Apple haven't given up on the good old WotD, and updated it a little in Mojave. Hope they can provide even more dictionary choices in the future.
A: On a rather obscure comment thread, someone explained where you might find the word list that Apple uses to power the screensaver. It is at /System/Library/Graphics/Quartz\ Composer\ Plug-Ins/WOTD.plugin/Contents/Resources/NOAD_wotd_list.txt. The file looks like this:
m_en_us1282510 quinsy
m_en_us1273791 orbicular
m_en_us1220945 alimony
m_en_us1250517 genome
It is a list of tab-separated entries. On the right you have the word, and on the left, what looks like an ID. But what's it an ID for, and how would you be able to find it for another word not already on the list?
As you might expect, the ID refers to an entry in Apple's default dictionary, the "New Oxford American Dictionary". (That's what "NOAD" stands for in the word-list path above.)
How to find the IDs for other words?
A fellow named Joseph Gentle, in a series of blog posts, shows how to get at the data underlying Apple's dictionaries. In his "Apple dictionaries, part 2" post, he points to code that unpacks the relevant binary file (stored in /Library/Dictionaries) into XML. Using the dedict.c and strip.c files found here, and following Gentle's example, I used the following bash commands to get at the NOAD's XML (these commands are run from the directory where you downloaded the dedict.c and strip.c files):
clang dedict.c -Wall -lz -o dedict
clang strip.c -Wall -lz -o strip
./dedict "New Oxford American Dictionary" | ./strip > dict.xml
When I head-ed the first few lines of the dict.xml file, I saw something promising, with entries that looked like this:
<d:entry xmlns:d="http://www.apple.com/DTDs/DictionaryService-1.0.rng" id="m_en_us1219333" d:title="abode" class="entry">
Notice that id param... it's an identifier that looks exactly like the one in the screensaver word list!
I wrote the following Ruby script to parse the XML, and then, using my own word list, create a new screensaver file that maps my own words to their IDs in the dictionary:
raw = File.open("./dict.xml").read
my_words = File.open("./word_list.csv").readlines.map { |line| line.split(',')[1] }
word_id_map = {}
raw.scan(/<d:entry .*? id="(.*?)" d:title="(.*?)" class="entry">/).each do |entry|
word_id_map[entry[1]] = entry[0]
end
my_words.each do |word|
if id = word_id_map[word]
puts [id, word].join(' ')
end
end
When I replaced the original screensaver file with this new one, it worked. You can now have a "Word of the Day" screensaver that gives definitions for the words you choose.
A: This should solve your problem:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/easily-expanding-apple-dictionary-–-mac-only/
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"question_score": "31",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/95038"
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06cf220fd79ad5256234082fc67cc90b7b5c637a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the best torrent client for OSX? What is the best torrent client for OSX ?
utorrent, Transmission, Vuze or ....
?
A: Transmission is light and captures the OS X essence. I have been using it for years with no issues. Plus, it's free and open source.
| Q: What is the best torrent client for OSX? What is the best torrent client for OSX ?
utorrent, Transmission, Vuze or ....
?
A: Transmission is light and captures the OS X essence. I have been using it for years with no issues. Plus, it's free and open source.
A: My vote goes to Deluge, used it for years on Linux and now on OSX. Choose it because it was similar to utorrent.
If you want minimal and effective go with Transmission.
I used Vuze many years ago, it was named Azureus then, it was written in java and very slow and unresponsive, I believe that has changed now.
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"length": 110,
"provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:26556",
"question_score": "3",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/95042"
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