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b6548ed512da295aa972fe2e1e21da6b1f6ca536 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable password for system preferences lock? How can I permanently unlock all system preferences? Is there any way to disable the "Click the lock to make changes" needing a password, or is there a way to permanently unlock all settings in Mountain Lion?
More specifically I'm turning the Network Link Conditioner ( to simulate slow connections ) on and off frequently from its system preferences pane and it needs a password each time and it's getting annoying.
I'm comfortable with the security issues this presents if I could revert to the default behavior at some point.
Edit
I'd just like to point out that in the time it takes to think up a sarcastic reply to an answer ( but ultimately not send because you're too polite ), the lock locks itself automatically.
A: The settings stay unlocked, just do not click the "lock". This will keep the stuff unlocked until you want to lock it again.
| Q: How can I disable password for system preferences lock? How can I permanently unlock all system preferences? Is there any way to disable the "Click the lock to make changes" needing a password, or is there a way to permanently unlock all settings in Mountain Lion?
More specifically I'm turning the Network Link Conditioner ( to simulate slow connections ) on and off frequently from its system preferences pane and it needs a password each time and it's getting annoying.
I'm comfortable with the security issues this presents if I could revert to the default behavior at some point.
Edit
I'd just like to point out that in the time it takes to think up a sarcastic reply to an answer ( but ultimately not send because you're too polite ), the lock locks itself automatically.
A: The settings stay unlocked, just do not click the "lock". This will keep the stuff unlocked until you want to lock it again.
A: The inverse version of the answer on how to enable the lock:
Go to Security & Privacy, then Advanced.
uncheck the box for Require an administrator password to access system-wide preferences
That should ensure all the lockable prefs default to unlocked.
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582fa5292c8e371227ad7829f5115cabae0d8ae9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Update Xcode from 4.6.1 to 4.6.3 for Homebrew I have installed Xode downloading the DMG (not from the Mac App Store). Now each time I run brew doctor it says:
Your Xcode (4.6.1) is outdated
Please install Xcode 4.6.3.
But In App Store > Available Updates.. it does not appear. How can I upgrade it?
Please note that I'm not using Xcode but Xcode command-line tools (the C++ compiler) and if possible I would like to avoid reinstalling it.
A: I have just found this on GitHub Gists.
Try enter the following command in Terminal:
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Solved my brew doctor problem of Homebrew not recognising updated version of Xcode.
Also see this Homebrew compatibility guide and ensure that your OS is compatible with Command Line Tools on their own or if you need the full version of Xcode.
| Q: Update Xcode from 4.6.1 to 4.6.3 for Homebrew I have installed Xode downloading the DMG (not from the Mac App Store). Now each time I run brew doctor it says:
Your Xcode (4.6.1) is outdated
Please install Xcode 4.6.3.
But In App Store > Available Updates.. it does not appear. How can I upgrade it?
Please note that I'm not using Xcode but Xcode command-line tools (the C++ compiler) and if possible I would like to avoid reinstalling it.
A: I have just found this on GitHub Gists.
Try enter the following command in Terminal:
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Solved my brew doctor problem of Homebrew not recognising updated version of Xcode.
Also see this Homebrew compatibility guide and ensure that your OS is compatible with Command Line Tools on their own or if you need the full version of Xcode.
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ec9a404bfa81485c5d5993c7dacc43ee808c0801 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dropbox + Mac Mini Server = Syncing Issues In our office, we use Dropbox business as a cloud; All of our files exist on a Mac Mini Server we use inside the office as a local repository for all of our Dropbox files. We then have Dropbox sync all of the files to and from the server. From there all of our macs selective sync files from Dropbox.
The issue? The Mac Mini Server seems to stop syncing randomly and then our files are scattered between Dropbox and the Mac Mini Server. Which makes it not a viable solution.
Does anyone know how to resolve these issues or what may be causing them?
A: When it stops syncing run the utility "Activity Monitor" and check that both 'Dropbox' and 'dbfseventsd' are running.
Note that Dropbox runs on a per user basis so someone with Dropbox installed has to be logged in to the computer or Dropbox will not do its thing.
| Q: Dropbox + Mac Mini Server = Syncing Issues In our office, we use Dropbox business as a cloud; All of our files exist on a Mac Mini Server we use inside the office as a local repository for all of our Dropbox files. We then have Dropbox sync all of the files to and from the server. From there all of our macs selective sync files from Dropbox.
The issue? The Mac Mini Server seems to stop syncing randomly and then our files are scattered between Dropbox and the Mac Mini Server. Which makes it not a viable solution.
Does anyone know how to resolve these issues or what may be causing them?
A: When it stops syncing run the utility "Activity Monitor" and check that both 'Dropbox' and 'dbfseventsd' are running.
Note that Dropbox runs on a per user basis so someone with Dropbox installed has to be logged in to the computer or Dropbox will not do its thing.
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945feb49664ba3ca4542d191a8f5cacc9e3d56b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Avoid download 100.000 mails from gmail when using Apple Mail When I am using Apple Mail, it insists on downloading the full body and attachment 100.000+ email I have on gmail, which eats up my hard drive, and makes the interactive search function annoyingly slow.
Is there any way to make Mail only create indexes for Subject/From fields, and keep all the actual mail content remotely?
Possibly, it could cache "new" mail locally (from the last week or so), but to cache the full body of every single mail from years ago is just insane with the amount of mail one has these days.
A: Maybe this is a new setting but GMail has a setting under IMAP that you can limit the number of messages per folder - starting at 1000.
GMail >> Settings >> IMAP Settings >> Folder Size Limits
| Q: Avoid download 100.000 mails from gmail when using Apple Mail When I am using Apple Mail, it insists on downloading the full body and attachment 100.000+ email I have on gmail, which eats up my hard drive, and makes the interactive search function annoyingly slow.
Is there any way to make Mail only create indexes for Subject/From fields, and keep all the actual mail content remotely?
Possibly, it could cache "new" mail locally (from the last week or so), but to cache the full body of every single mail from years ago is just insane with the amount of mail one has these days.
A: Maybe this is a new setting but GMail has a setting under IMAP that you can limit the number of messages per folder - starting at 1000.
GMail >> Settings >> IMAP Settings >> Folder Size Limits
A: One possibility is setting Gmail to POP mail in Mountain Lion - a well-hidden but perfectly viable choice.
The trick is to hold down the Option key on the Create button, when adding an account, which turns the button into "Continue" and you can go on configuring it as a POP account.
In addition, I have my GMail accounts configured on the web as both IMAP, for the phone and iPad, and POP on the desktop ... working fine, for a long time.
A: Apple's mail on 10.11 and older will download all the mail that the server tells it about. The macOS 10.12 mail has a setting to optimize mail storage that might store header information for all mails, but not download the body and attachments of older emails.
You can opt in to that from the Apple menu - about this Mac - storage - manage, but it seems to only be offered when you have significant storage burden from Mail and/or specific mail server configurations.
Since that's how the mail client was designed and codes, you will need to go to gmail's web interface and hide some of the folders from IMAP access to prevent the client, macOS mail.app, from ever seeing the messages. Exchange has a setting to determine a time range of mail to sync, but google and IMAP do not appear to have that feature.
Gmail -> Settings -> Labels
Most people I know that use mail like you describe (keep all of it all the time) choose to not show All Mail in IMAP and then just clean their inbox when the volume becomes unwieldy.
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91b71c0f4223edb213dfc75487a8bde6b3346dad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I put music not eligible for iCloud on my iPhone without turning off iTunes Match? In short, I have an audio file that is too large for iTunes Match (This item is not eligible for iCloud), but I'd still like to listen to it on my phone. In days past I was still able to drag the track to my iPhone in the sidebar, but that feature now seems to be disabled.
A: I made the file kind "audiobook," and then they seemed to sync fine, as audiobooks. Since they were lecture files, that's just fine with me.
| Q: How do I put music not eligible for iCloud on my iPhone without turning off iTunes Match? In short, I have an audio file that is too large for iTunes Match (This item is not eligible for iCloud), but I'd still like to listen to it on my phone. In days past I was still able to drag the track to my iPhone in the sidebar, but that feature now seems to be disabled.
A: I made the file kind "audiobook," and then they seemed to sync fine, as audiobooks. Since they were lecture files, that's just fine with me.
A: Just spoke to Sr. Apple Support staff. There is no official way to do this without turning off iTunes Match, selecting the content you want moved to either the iPhone or the iPad (in iTunes), syncing and then turning iTunes Match back on. While not a great solution, that is the official word.
A: I changed the file type to 'Audiobook', (Right click on the file in iTunes, Get Info, Options, then change 'media kind' to audiobook') and then it allowed me to drag and drop the file on to my iPhone in iTunes.
Then, in the Music app on the iPhone, tap 'More' in the bottom right corner, and 'audiobooks' will appear in the list.
Took about an hour of faffing about with iTunes Match before I discovered this tip. Then it was done in about 20 seconds.
A: As a possible workaround you could use a different app than the default Music.app for this particular song. Some apps (Azul, for example) permit you to use simple iTunes sharing to put media inside and they are independent of the iTunes library.
It is not ideal but it does solve the problem.
A: I have found to date the best fix to this dilemma is to change the "Media Kind" to iTunes U. Select the track or tracks and then select options, you will see the option to change the media type. This option will be available to only songs that have Not been added from your mac or pc to iCloud i.e. there's the cloud with a line through it next to the track. I have the latest iTunes 11.1.1 and iOS 7 on my iPhone. I used this method to add 323 teaching files that won't sync to the cloud, not sure why because I have other teaching files that are the same length and they sync to the cloud just fine. Turning iTunes match off then moving the files to my phone, then turning iTunes Match back on didn't work, it just erased the files i just moved over when turning match back on.
A: I had the same issue. My solution was to go onto my iPhone 5S, turn OFF iTunes Match in settings. At the same time, I also turned on Automatic Downloads Music. One of these solved my problem. When I plugged my phone back into the computer, all of my music synced. Good luck.
A: I had great success with going into iTunes and selecting Get Info → Options and changing the type from Music to Audiobook and selecting the checkboxes for Do Not Shuffle and Remember Location.
Then you can selective-sync audiobooks with your iPhone and sync like in the old days.
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7c99b14ad4fb784607df80b4cdc635d77696e229 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I set the default Reminders list on Mountain Lion? I'm using Mountain Lion and defined a service to add a reminder. My problem: It adds it in the wrong Reminders list. I can find a preference anywhere to set the default Reminders list - Reminders (doesn't have preferences), Calendar, System Preferences. I must have set it under Lion to one list, but now I want to changed it.
The most common suggestion was that it's the list at the top of the "list list" - but that doesn't work for me.
So how do I change the default Reminders list in Mountain Lion?
A: As it turned out, I defined the Reminders list in the Automator service myself, so I could change it there. Stupid me!
| Q: How can I set the default Reminders list on Mountain Lion? I'm using Mountain Lion and defined a service to add a reminder. My problem: It adds it in the wrong Reminders list. I can find a preference anywhere to set the default Reminders list - Reminders (doesn't have preferences), Calendar, System Preferences. I must have set it under Lion to one list, but now I want to changed it.
The most common suggestion was that it's the list at the top of the "list list" - but that doesn't work for me.
So how do I change the default Reminders list in Mountain Lion?
A: As it turned out, I defined the Reminders list in the Automator service myself, so I could change it there. Stupid me!
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f4c8d603a685f9d7066a6ef8de93cff8b9045201 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Add circle animation to cursor when clicked I want to know does any solution exist to add a circle around the cursor when I click on the screen?
| Q: Add circle animation to cursor when clicked I want to know does any solution exist to add a circle around the cursor when I click on the screen?
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9bad49505bd16bc730c9806a11b13e672e96cef9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari clear cache on quit Is there any way of convincing Safari to clear the cache when it quits? If not from Safari's options, then maybe an extension that does this?
I would use private browsing instead, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work well for me (some sites say they can't use cookies, and a lot of functionality is broken with this enabled).
A: The menubar app Cookie can clear exactly what you want to clear at quit, at timed intervals, or both.
Can also clear thosenefarious Tracking Cookies, as well as non-favorite cookies, Flash and other databases -- and do this for all your browsers.
Not part of the company--just think especially with Tracking, it's a must have. SweetPea Productions, trial available.
| Q: Safari clear cache on quit Is there any way of convincing Safari to clear the cache when it quits? If not from Safari's options, then maybe an extension that does this?
I would use private browsing instead, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work well for me (some sites say they can't use cookies, and a lot of functionality is broken with this enabled).
A: The menubar app Cookie can clear exactly what you want to clear at quit, at timed intervals, or both.
Can also clear thosenefarious Tracking Cookies, as well as non-favorite cookies, Flash and other databases -- and do this for all your browsers.
Not part of the company--just think especially with Tracking, it's a must have. SweetPea Productions, trial available.
A: You could assign a shortcut to a script like this:
osascript -e 'quit app "Safari"'
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/History
rm -rf ~/Library/Safari/Databases
rm -f ~/Library/Safari/Form\ Values
rm -f ~/Library/Safari/Downloads.plist
rm -f ~/Library/Safari/History.plist
rm -f ~/Library/Safari/HistoryIndex.plist
rm -f ~/Library/Safari/LastSession.plist
rm -rf ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage
rm -rf ~/Library/Safari/TopSites.plist
rm -rf ~/Library/Safari/WebpageIcons.db
rm -rf ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.Safari.savedState
It doesn't remove:
*
*Preferences stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
*Bookmarks
*Information stored in keychains
*Extensions or their settings
*Notification warnings (~/Library/Safari/UserNotificationPermissions.plist)
*Location warnings (~/Library/Safari/LocationPermissions.plist)
I used dtrace to check which files were opened or deleted when I used the Reset Safari dialog.
sudo opensnoop -n Safari
sudo dtrace -n 'syscall::unlink:entry{printf("%u %s %s",pid,execname,copyinstr(arg0));}'
A: You can enable the Develop menu to clear the cache if you don't want to clear your history.
From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences, then select the Advanced tab, then Show Develop menu in menu bar.
Now, from the menu bar click Develop > Empty Caches or use the keyboard shortcut, Option+Command+E.
A: This seems to be a working free option:
Safari Cleaner (applescript): http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=38244
Download from sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/safaricleaner/
A: I think it's not a good idea to scribble in system files directly. Let's do this job by Safari by automated action:
# clear cache and history of safari
# LB 10'2016 Ver 05
set SafariQuit to false # say to Safari good bye if we want
tell application "Safari" to activate # a good way to start safari without cookies
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
set frontmost to true
click (menu item "Verlauf löschen …" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Verlauf" of menu bar 1)
if exists sheet 1 of front window then # check, if safari is runnung without of window
click button "Verlauf löschen" of sheet 1 of front window
else
click button "Verlauf löschen" of front window
set SafariQuit to true # safari is running without window and also not used actually
end if
end tell
if SafariQuit then
tell application "Safari"
quit
end tell
end if
# accessibility Inspector.app (Xcode)
# http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2012/04/accessibility-inspector/
Make'n App from this, add a nice "Safari in Waste".icns, put it in the dock and have fun. Don't forget to give this new App the rights to act in
system|safety|privacy|helper.
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b483a96e93af60e909a4af7f74a0f77881a7fc9d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I use Freenode IRC with SASL in Adium? I received the following error when trying to join Freenode with Adium:
*** Notice -- You need to identify via SASL to use this server
I understand why they want me to use SASL in my case, and I can see this is a common problem. I can see that Adium supports SASL, and I can find the help ticket that prompted the Adium dev group to add SASL support.
What I can't find is... how to use SASL in Adium. I don't see any options for enabling SASL or configuring it or anything. Thanks for your help.
A: Adium 1.5 doesn't support using SASL for IRC. That will be added in 1.6: https://trac.adium.im/ticket/14478.
In 1.6, there will be a checkbox to activate SASL. When that is activated, the password field is treated as the SASL password.
The following build can be used successfully: Adium_1.6hgr5915.dmg
And this guide may help if you have question using it after you've enabled SASL.
| Q: How do I use Freenode IRC with SASL in Adium? I received the following error when trying to join Freenode with Adium:
*** Notice -- You need to identify via SASL to use this server
I understand why they want me to use SASL in my case, and I can see this is a common problem. I can see that Adium supports SASL, and I can find the help ticket that prompted the Adium dev group to add SASL support.
What I can't find is... how to use SASL in Adium. I don't see any options for enabling SASL or configuring it or anything. Thanks for your help.
A: Adium 1.5 doesn't support using SASL for IRC. That will be added in 1.6: https://trac.adium.im/ticket/14478.
In 1.6, there will be a checkbox to activate SASL. When that is activated, the password field is treated as the SASL password.
The following build can be used successfully: Adium_1.6hgr5915.dmg
And this guide may help if you have question using it after you've enabled SASL.
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88760185b99c868398b88ddbf8fe51dea5c98919 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I change the locale for a single application? Is it possible to change the locale on a per-application basis in OS X 10.8? Background: I'd like to play "Larry Reloaded" in English, but my user locale is German. The game detects this, and switches to German voices and texts. I don't want to create a new user just for the game, nor do I want to switch the locale manually when starting the game, and back again after quitting.
A: You can add an AppleLanguages array to the plist of an application:
defaults write -app Calculator AppleLanguages -array de
See defaults read -g AppleLanguages for the language identifiers.
Language Switcher is a GUI for doing the same thing.
| Q: Can I change the locale for a single application? Is it possible to change the locale on a per-application basis in OS X 10.8? Background: I'd like to play "Larry Reloaded" in English, but my user locale is German. The game detects this, and switches to German voices and texts. I don't want to create a new user just for the game, nor do I want to switch the locale manually when starting the game, and back again after quitting.
A: You can add an AppleLanguages array to the plist of an application:
defaults write -app Calculator AppleLanguages -array de
See defaults read -g AppleLanguages for the language identifiers.
Language Switcher is a GUI for doing the same thing.
A: Here is an update for you hopefully you will still enjoy the game :)
Note that the game won’t allow the player to select the desired language - until a patch is released, you’ll have to fix that by changing your system settings.
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7d27abe378845271dea0f78ea580c2b56ab3f055 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Restore from "iOS7 backup" to an iOS6 phone A friend upgraded my device to iOS7. It didn't work properly so I downgraded it a few days later to iOS6.
I have backups both in iCloud and on OS X (iTunes). When I try to restore either I get a message:
To restore this iPhone from this backup, you must first set up the
iPhone as new and restore the software to the latest version.
Without this backup I am very inconvenienced, so I ask is it possible to restore an iPhone from a iOS7 Backup if you downgraded the phone to iOS6?
A: You can edit the info.plist file. I successfully restored my backup to 6.1.4. Edit the build version to your ipsw's build version and product version to the version you want to downgrade to. Using plist editors in windows are highly recommended.
Windows: C:\Users[Your username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup[Your UDID]
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/[Your UDID]/
After that just restore the backup normally. If an error popped up at the end, ignore it. Hope this helps.
| Q: Restore from "iOS7 backup" to an iOS6 phone A friend upgraded my device to iOS7. It didn't work properly so I downgraded it a few days later to iOS6.
I have backups both in iCloud and on OS X (iTunes). When I try to restore either I get a message:
To restore this iPhone from this backup, you must first set up the
iPhone as new and restore the software to the latest version.
Without this backup I am very inconvenienced, so I ask is it possible to restore an iPhone from a iOS7 Backup if you downgraded the phone to iOS6?
A: You can edit the info.plist file. I successfully restored my backup to 6.1.4. Edit the build version to your ipsw's build version and product version to the version you want to downgrade to. Using plist editors in windows are highly recommended.
Windows: C:\Users[Your username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup[Your UDID]
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/[Your UDID]/
After that just restore the backup normally. If an error popped up at the end, ignore it. Hope this helps.
A: In general, you can never restore a backup from a newer version of iOS to an older version of iOS.
So - you can't load 6.1.2 backup on 6.1.1 or 6.1 or 6.0 or 5.x (etc…)
We're not a good place to ask specifically about iOS 7 until it's released to the general public, but this is known to not work for any OS categorically whether your backup is from a current, past or beta(future) iOS release.
You'll need to either run the OS needed for a particular backup or find an older backup or start over with syncing content to a freshly erased device.
Now, in iTunes open preferences and devices and look to see if you have more than one backup for that device. Also, when you restore from iOS - it shows you the latest backup from that device by default - but you can also tap a button to show other backups in case you have other devices or other backups that are older than the most recent backup. I hope you can find a backup here or perhaps restoring the backup folder on OS X by using Time Machine to restore an older version of the folder ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
A: I had the exact same problem! I have an iPhone 4, so IOS 7 doesn't work very fast.
The only thing I really needed back were my contacts, so I extracted the contacts from the iPhone back files. Once extracted, I downgraded to IOS 6 and used an iPhone transfer application to put the contacts back in. Check Google for iPhone transfer application.
Download the extractor from here: http://www.winavi.com/iphone-data-recovery/index.htm
A: I don’t think so. Both should allow you to do a complete restore. Obviously the backup is not everything — your synced items (music, apps, videos, etc) are not included in a backup because they are restored by re-syncing. So an iCloud backup and restore wouldn’t give you back your synced items until you sync again. Never tried it, though.
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b5e124345509ce17233685ef6c76dfbb88d087d0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I run Warcraft 3 on my new MacBook Pro I recently bought the digital copies of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne from the blizzard store. They are registered with my blizzard account but when I download the zip file it opens a downloader but my computer says it can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. What can I do about this?
The error is shown in this image
A: From https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/playing-older-blizzard-titles-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion :
Warcraft III will only run on Mac OS X 10.7 if your operating system
was upgraded from 10.6.X and only if the Warcraft III installation was
patched before the operating system was upgraded. There is currently
no way to install or patch the game on Lion.
So you need a 10.6 system to bootstrap from.
| Q: How can I run Warcraft 3 on my new MacBook Pro I recently bought the digital copies of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne from the blizzard store. They are registered with my blizzard account but when I download the zip file it opens a downloader but my computer says it can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. What can I do about this?
The error is shown in this image
A: From https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/playing-older-blizzard-titles-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion :
Warcraft III will only run on Mac OS X 10.7 if your operating system
was upgraded from 10.6.X and only if the Warcraft III installation was
patched before the operating system was upgraded. There is currently
no way to install or patch the game on Lion.
So you need a 10.6 system to bootstrap from.
A: What this error box shows is the Gatekeeper functionality that notes if an application has not been signed by a developer registered with Apple.
It prevents people from accidentally running apps that are unsigned.
You can make this and only this application run by bypassing this gatekeeper check by opening a Finder window showing the file and right click on the file and select open, you will then get a dialog box similar to the one you have which will also have an OK button allowing you to open the application.
You can also relax the settings in System Preferences to stop this check happening and allow any application to run (unlock and select the button named Anywhere and run all the unsigned apps you want to trust and then revert the settings to more secure)
However from other answers this might only get you a bit further as this does not deal with Rosetta/PowerPC issues.
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06654e1301f3b20965ecc4d4362cfb4806962ee7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I import an MP4 video created using the GoPro Hero Camera into the iPad? I have recorded some videos using the GoPro Hero Camera set at 960p resolution and 48 frames per second. These videos come out in MP4 format and I an play them on my computer (PC) just fine. However when I try to import them into iTunes and sync with the iPad 4 it says that the video is not in the correct format and can't be played. This is surprising because I was able to do this before on an iPad 2 with no problems. How can I fix this?
A: From Apple iPad 4 tech spec:
MPEG‑4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second
So based on that info, FPS and resolution for mp4 are too high. Use Handbrake and convert to H.264 that supports HD on iPad.
Otherwise you can try Azul media player for iPad that can play almost all formats.
| Q: How do I import an MP4 video created using the GoPro Hero Camera into the iPad? I have recorded some videos using the GoPro Hero Camera set at 960p resolution and 48 frames per second. These videos come out in MP4 format and I an play them on my computer (PC) just fine. However when I try to import them into iTunes and sync with the iPad 4 it says that the video is not in the correct format and can't be played. This is surprising because I was able to do this before on an iPad 2 with no problems. How can I fix this?
A: From Apple iPad 4 tech spec:
MPEG‑4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second
So based on that info, FPS and resolution for mp4 are too high. Use Handbrake and convert to H.264 that supports HD on iPad.
Otherwise you can try Azul media player for iPad that can play almost all formats.
A: I had the same problem. So i changed my settings to 30 frames per second and it solved the problem. I can now view my go pro vids on ipad. I use the 1080 resolution, by the way, but i dont think youll have a problem using 960. Good luck!
A: I had the same problem and just found the answer, set your GoPro to NTSC instead of PAL. Fixed it instantly.
A: Importing the MP4 files to another iPhone app (not the default Videos app but say the VLC player app for iOS). Here's an example of how it works: How to transfer GoPro videos to iPad or iPhone
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9bd4042a5523cf3264f23ce9983f6ab3159018fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't change wallpaper for Secondary Desktop; I've already tried system preferences I can't change the secondary desktop wallpaper. I've already gone to system preferences and have chosen a wallpaper for second desktop, but it remains all white???
A: On Mountain Lion, you have to open System preferences and drag the window to corresponding desktop at which you want to change the wallpaper. Then select background picture of choice.
| Q: Can't change wallpaper for Secondary Desktop; I've already tried system preferences I can't change the secondary desktop wallpaper. I've already gone to system preferences and have chosen a wallpaper for second desktop, but it remains all white???
A: On Mountain Lion, you have to open System preferences and drag the window to corresponding desktop at which you want to change the wallpaper. Then select background picture of choice.
A: I occasionally use two monitors, and I use a program called SwitchResX (in the menu bar) to easily switch between resolutions, color spaces and monitor sets so I don't have to go to the clumsy system preference pane to click all over the place.
I have some scripts which automatically change desktop wallpapers. What I've noticed is that, you should basically have the monitor in question at least temporarily set as the main display when you want to change the wallpaper. When you're done choosing a wallpaper for it, you can set the other one as the main one again. Now the secondary monitor should keep the wallpaper that you've set. I believe this is a setting thing, but in my case I keep separate wallpapers on each monitor, and the time-specific scripts only affect my main monitor while the secondary one's wallpaper has to be changed manually, using the procedure that I just described.
I think you should be able to control wallpapers of multiple monitors using Mac's own system preferences, but since I found it so clumsy and don't do it that way, I can't assist more than what someone already said about it in the previous comment.
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645c0c928d89a9f234b4a3d07bddc43b51d8677e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Finder window left border display bug I see a strange thing on all left borders of Finder windows:
The background is 1px moved, and the rounded corner mask fails.
I thought it was only me, but I saw this on several computers (iMacs and MBP, ML).
I can't believe Apple saw this and did not fix it… Anybody know where it comes from?
EDIT
And after upgrading from 10.8 to 10.9.3, I got the same + a 2px height (instead of 1) title bar border…
It now resolves when displaying and hiding toolbar.
EDIT bis
So, I had a brand new Mac in hands, didn't install any software yet, and when I hid the Toolbar and showed the status bar, same bug.
So you all have this (don't you ?).
EDIT ter
So, just updated to Yosemite, on 10.10.2, there's still a similar bug.
Am I the only one to use Finder windows without toolbar? I cant' believe no one saw this at Apple.
A: Yes - that's a bug that might get fixed if it's not intentional.
You can lobby for fixing at https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/ and posting it to https://openradar.appspot.com to get community support to duplicate your request
| Q: Finder window left border display bug I see a strange thing on all left borders of Finder windows:
The background is 1px moved, and the rounded corner mask fails.
I thought it was only me, but I saw this on several computers (iMacs and MBP, ML).
I can't believe Apple saw this and did not fix it… Anybody know where it comes from?
EDIT
And after upgrading from 10.8 to 10.9.3, I got the same + a 2px height (instead of 1) title bar border…
It now resolves when displaying and hiding toolbar.
EDIT bis
So, I had a brand new Mac in hands, didn't install any software yet, and when I hid the Toolbar and showed the status bar, same bug.
So you all have this (don't you ?).
EDIT ter
So, just updated to Yosemite, on 10.10.2, there's still a similar bug.
Am I the only one to use Finder windows without toolbar? I cant' believe no one saw this at Apple.
A: Yes - that's a bug that might get fixed if it's not intentional.
You can lobby for fixing at https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/ and posting it to https://openradar.appspot.com to get community support to duplicate your request
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ea271c0e8a424ac8d3e04e0f7f5d3c44bd1eba46 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Save a file with the extension I want In Chrome, when I download a file with an extension that the OS doesn't recognize (in this case, .erb, the dialog defaults to appending .txt to the end of it. I highlight the .txt and delete it before hitting save, but then I open the directory and find foo.erb.txt where I should find foo.erb.
How do I get the system to save the file with the extension I told it to?
A: Apparently this is a chrome bug that's been around for some time and never seems to have been fixed.
Several bug reports are available but I haven't ever seen a fix or even a chrome extension that fixes it. I think if the web server identifies the content or mime type correctly it might work, but looks like there's nothing you can do about that from the browser-side of things.
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=38213
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=39708&q=download%20filename%20extensions&colspec=ID%20Pri%20M%20Iteration%20ReleaseBlock%20Cr%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20OS%20Modified
| Q: Save a file with the extension I want In Chrome, when I download a file with an extension that the OS doesn't recognize (in this case, .erb, the dialog defaults to appending .txt to the end of it. I highlight the .txt and delete it before hitting save, but then I open the directory and find foo.erb.txt where I should find foo.erb.
How do I get the system to save the file with the extension I told it to?
A: Apparently this is a chrome bug that's been around for some time and never seems to have been fixed.
Several bug reports are available but I haven't ever seen a fix or even a chrome extension that fixes it. I think if the web server identifies the content or mime type correctly it might work, but looks like there's nothing you can do about that from the browser-side of things.
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=38213
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=39708&q=download%20filename%20extensions&colspec=ID%20Pri%20M%20Iteration%20ReleaseBlock%20Cr%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20OS%20Modified
A: Came across this issue today and after searching on Google realized that this is a generic issue with Chrome which remained not fixed since long. However, there is a workaround to manually add the extension while downloading. In Chrome, go to settings -> Advanced -> Downloads -> Enable "Ask Where to Save each file before downloading".
After enabling this, a small dialog box appears where in you can specify the name/download location. You can add the extension in that window.
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20d44c5f4c610c07d1030c9dbff24beb2de4b522 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple ID Moving country I've moved from Ireland to the UK and am now getting paid in GBP, so I decided i'd move my Apple ID to the UK store (even though I like the Irish top app charts more)
I found that after I move my account to UK and add a UK Card all my previous app purchases on the Mac App store and on the iOS App store are no longer in my 'Purchased' tab.
This is really annoying, I believe I can download any of the old apps i've purchased and a message pops up explaining that I can re download for free, but it's really not a good solution.
Anyone know what else won't work correctly now? will iCloud backups or iMessage mess up too?
This sucks - any fix to this ridiculous problem?
How can apple be so sloppy on this?
A: Eventually I had to call Apple senior support to fix this.
| Q: Apple ID Moving country I've moved from Ireland to the UK and am now getting paid in GBP, so I decided i'd move my Apple ID to the UK store (even though I like the Irish top app charts more)
I found that after I move my account to UK and add a UK Card all my previous app purchases on the Mac App store and on the iOS App store are no longer in my 'Purchased' tab.
This is really annoying, I believe I can download any of the old apps i've purchased and a message pops up explaining that I can re download for free, but it's really not a good solution.
Anyone know what else won't work correctly now? will iCloud backups or iMessage mess up too?
This sucks - any fix to this ridiculous problem?
How can apple be so sloppy on this?
A: Eventually I had to call Apple senior support to fix this.
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4935aed32b156126d6877b1e1e6436b2971ec55e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Compiz-like effects on OS X I recently moved from Linux to OS X.
So far nothing has disappointed me but I miss the compiz desktop effects I used to have on my Debian (on Ubuntu before I moved to Debian) with xfce and compiz like 3D effects, desktop workspaces in 3D view and many more:
I tried searching for equivalent or similar stuff for OS X but no luck. Looking forward to making my OS X desktop experience like (or even better than) compiz.
A: Yes, check out Deskovery:
Efficient and fun window management.
Stop wasting time to find, align, place and resize your windows. Manage your windows efficiently with fun and simplicity in the pure Mac style !
It has some of the features of Compiz, such as wobbly windows and window shading.
| Q: Compiz-like effects on OS X I recently moved from Linux to OS X.
So far nothing has disappointed me but I miss the compiz desktop effects I used to have on my Debian (on Ubuntu before I moved to Debian) with xfce and compiz like 3D effects, desktop workspaces in 3D view and many more:
I tried searching for equivalent or similar stuff for OS X but no luck. Looking forward to making my OS X desktop experience like (or even better than) compiz.
A: Yes, check out Deskovery:
Efficient and fun window management.
Stop wasting time to find, align, place and resize your windows. Manage your windows efficiently with fun and simplicity in the pure Mac style !
It has some of the features of Compiz, such as wobbly windows and window shading.
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aa0ae6da14f5e9ec4e90bfceccd7a0d4d50bc3de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: New Mac Machine is asking apple id New Mac Machine is asking apple id on start up of machine is it really required or mandatory to have an apple id to start with this? if so can i create an apple id without providing any credit card info?.
Please guide this newbe...
A: The AppleID is used for a number of services such as iCloud storage and purchasing apps from the Mac app store. An AppleID isn't required to create an account, however, so you should be able to skip the 'create an AppleID step'.
| Q: New Mac Machine is asking apple id New Mac Machine is asking apple id on start up of machine is it really required or mandatory to have an apple id to start with this? if so can i create an apple id without providing any credit card info?.
Please guide this newbe...
A: The AppleID is used for a number of services such as iCloud storage and purchasing apps from the Mac app store. An AppleID isn't required to create an account, however, so you should be able to skip the 'create an AppleID step'.
A: You can absolutely skip the Sign in / Create AppleID step, simply click the "Skip" button in the lower right corner of the window:
You can always sign in and/or create an AppleID after the fact. After skipping the step in the initial setup you WILL be prompted to create an account, however this is a local user account that will be used to administer your Mac, this is in no way attached to AppleID aside from enabling the option to "allow AppleID to reset this password".
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0ce8cf7029881456d62f3e9eb8d7dcd78f9830ca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Insert key on keyboard for Macbook Air Mountain Lion OS I have a MacBook Air running the "Mountain Lion" OS that is version 10.8 -
What is the "Insert key" (Ins) or equivalent on Mac keyboard. ?
A: An external keyboard or on screen keyboard with numpad is required.
See page 4 here > http://na.sage.com/sage-300-erp/sage-300-erp-online/~/media/site/sage-300-erp/assets/online/Sage-300-ERP-Online-Mac-Resource-Guide.pdf
Mac keyboards lack the Insert key which is used in Sage 300 ERP for adding new lines to lists.
So instead, if using a Mac, on a keyboard with a number pad, with Numlock OFF, the “0” button will act as the Insert key.
| Q: Insert key on keyboard for Macbook Air Mountain Lion OS I have a MacBook Air running the "Mountain Lion" OS that is version 10.8 -
What is the "Insert key" (Ins) or equivalent on Mac keyboard. ?
A: An external keyboard or on screen keyboard with numpad is required.
See page 4 here > http://na.sage.com/sage-300-erp/sage-300-erp-online/~/media/site/sage-300-erp/assets/online/Sage-300-ERP-Online-Mac-Resource-Guide.pdf
Mac keyboards lack the Insert key which is used in Sage 300 ERP for adding new lines to lists.
So instead, if using a Mac, on a keyboard with a number pad, with Numlock OFF, the “0” button will act as the Insert key.
A: try fn+enter. Don't you hate it when you ask how to do something and people answer "why would you want to do that?"
A: OK, since we clarified that you are looking for insert keyboard key as function, it does not exist on Apple keyboards.
To insert text, you can simply highlight the text and typing will replace it (insert).
To insert a line, just use the return key at the end of the previous line.
MS office products have an Insert function. As long as we do not know your accounting software, we can not give you a more precise answer.
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d0c680165a71d602640bc9306b6902f7c9350899 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Split audio and video into two separate files Is there a way (I'm thinking using QuickTime perhaps) of taking a video+audio file and splitting it into two separate files, one of just the video, and one of just the audio? I know that in Finder, there's a context menu item "Encode Selected Video Files" which lets you encode it as audio-only, but not as video-only.
Thanks!
A: ffmpeg supports demuxing without re-encoding:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv # show stream numbers and formats
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy audio.m4a # AAC
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy audio.mp3 # MP3
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy audio.ac3 # AC3
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -an -c copy video.mkv
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -map 0:a:1 -c copy audio.m4a # stream 1
-c copy is like -vcodec copy -acodec copy. -map 0:1 means file 0, stream 1. -an means audio none.
-- Edited: -map 0:1 => -map 0:a:1 (pick 2nd audio not just 2nd any stream)
| Q: Split audio and video into two separate files Is there a way (I'm thinking using QuickTime perhaps) of taking a video+audio file and splitting it into two separate files, one of just the video, and one of just the audio? I know that in Finder, there's a context menu item "Encode Selected Video Files" which lets you encode it as audio-only, but not as video-only.
Thanks!
A: ffmpeg supports demuxing without re-encoding:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv # show stream numbers and formats
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy audio.m4a # AAC
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy audio.mp3 # MP3
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy audio.ac3 # AC3
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -an -c copy video.mkv
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -map 0:a:1 -c copy audio.m4a # stream 1
-c copy is like -vcodec copy -acodec copy. -map 0:1 means file 0, stream 1. -an means audio none.
-- Edited: -map 0:1 => -map 0:a:1 (pick 2nd audio not just 2nd any stream)
A: QuickTime 7 Pro is the tool I have used for this splitting of tracks. Once you have registered the software, there is a nice tool that shows all tracks and you can delete them, move them, edit them separately.
A: I would recommend the VLC player, my favorite, it will play anything and do anything.
Here is how the splinting could work.
Here is where you can download the VLC.
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4591553c15d6db4506f0806e18fac7d4d0ba9d2f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Animating color changes in Keynote How can you animate a color change (i.e as a build) in a Keynote presentation? There is no option for color under the Action tab of the build inspector.
A: One way to do this would be to have two objects that are exactly the same except for the color, in exactly the same position, then have one build out and one build in at the same time, with the effect set to dissolve. Doesn't work quite right.
You could also have two identical slides except for the color change, then set the transition between the slides to dissolve.
| Q: Animating color changes in Keynote How can you animate a color change (i.e as a build) in a Keynote presentation? There is no option for color under the Action tab of the build inspector.
A: One way to do this would be to have two objects that are exactly the same except for the color, in exactly the same position, then have one build out and one build in at the same time, with the effect set to dissolve. Doesn't work quite right.
You could also have two identical slides except for the color change, then set the transition between the slides to dissolve.
A: Such a disappointing thing that Keynote doesn't support this natively in animations but I mimic color change animation using one of the methods below:
*
*If you can break your animation in 2 slides: Duplicate your slide and remove all animations from the duplicated slide, set the new color of your object in the new slide and set transition on the first slide to either Disolve or Magic Move.
*If you cannot break your animation in 2 slides: Copy your object and place it exactly on top of the other (I usually name it with + at the end of the name of the object). Set the built-in animation Disolve or Scale or Big Scale, on the newly created object.
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c59316b47d3dbacceb4bf698d70d92253bfdabc3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix curl throwing "error setting certificate verify locations" I'm a web developer and I have a MacBook4,1 with OS X 10.5.8. Important stuff like GitHub, homebrew, ruby and python doesn't work correctly, because curl doesn't work.
It seems that the SSL certificates are outdated.
I get this error every time:
curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations:
CAfile: /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
CApath: none
What can I do to fix this?
A: That error doesn't explicitly say that the certificates are outdated does it? It looks to me like it is complaining that the certs are not where they are supposed to be (or potentially they can't be read).
Found this on google:
http://curl.haxx.se/mail/curlphp-2005-11/0038.html
To summarize the poster suggests either using the -k flag with curl to suppress this error (this is obviously less secure) or make sure that what ever process is calling curl has execute access to all directories on the path to the certificates.
| Q: How to fix curl throwing "error setting certificate verify locations" I'm a web developer and I have a MacBook4,1 with OS X 10.5.8. Important stuff like GitHub, homebrew, ruby and python doesn't work correctly, because curl doesn't work.
It seems that the SSL certificates are outdated.
I get this error every time:
curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations:
CAfile: /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
CApath: none
What can I do to fix this?
A: That error doesn't explicitly say that the certificates are outdated does it? It looks to me like it is complaining that the certs are not where they are supposed to be (or potentially they can't be read).
Found this on google:
http://curl.haxx.se/mail/curlphp-2005-11/0038.html
To summarize the poster suggests either using the -k flag with curl to suppress this error (this is obviously less secure) or make sure that what ever process is calling curl has execute access to all directories on the path to the certificates.
A: The problem arises because OS X doesn't keep its CA certs in the file system; they live in the "System Roots" keychain. You can see them with the Keychain Access app (found in your Applications/Utilities folder).
For those tools that don't know how to talk to the keychain (like curl), you can export these certs to a folder of your choice, say /etc/ssl/certs to be consistent with most linux distros. You can either drag and drop them out of Keychain Access into a finder window, or select them and choose "Export items..." from the file menu. With drag and drop it always seems to use the binary .cer format, whereas most CLI tools want base64-encoded PEM (commonly using the .crt file extension). You can export in pem format from keychain access, but it only seems to export one cert at a time even if you have multiple certs selected. To work around this, I wrote a bash script to batch convert .cer to PEM format .crt files:
#!/bin/bash
#Convert all .cer files in this folder into PEM format .crt files
shopt -s nullglob
for f in *.cer
do
openssl x509 -inform der -in "${f}" -outform pem -out "${f%.*}.crt"
rm "$f"
done
chmod 444 *crt
To use it, make a folder, put this script in it (I called it cerconv.sh), drag and drop all your root CA certs into it, open a terminal in that folder and just run bash cerconv.sh.
To avoid nefarious things swapping out your CA certs, I added a line to chmod them all as read-only.
This may all be unnecessary - I certainly have no trouble with git(hub), homebrew, curl etc without having to do this, and have done for years - but at least you now know how to get the certs.
This approach is better than using -k in curl because you're not compromising your security.
Update: I just discovered the security utility on OS X. Here's a command that uses it to to export all certificates from your system keychain into a single .pem file that should be usable with curl:
security export -p -t certs -k `security list-keychains -d system|cut -d '"' -f 2` -o certs/certs.pem
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a7e1458fbb600004ab2479f9db2f8a0229d6234d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari will spontaneously visit URL while I type On my old MacBook Air and even on my brand new Retina MacBook Pro (which was set up as a new computer), if I open a new tab and quickly start typing a URL or search in the bar, Safari will sometimes truncate whatever it is I was typing and act as if I had pressed Return.
I believe this has something to do with the search suggestions/seek time for bookmarks but it happens stochastically so I can't determine the root cause.
A: This happens if you:
*
*have enabled Google as your default search engine
*have enabled Google Instant within your Google search settings
I have this same situation occur on my Chrome.
| Q: Safari will spontaneously visit URL while I type On my old MacBook Air and even on my brand new Retina MacBook Pro (which was set up as a new computer), if I open a new tab and quickly start typing a URL or search in the bar, Safari will sometimes truncate whatever it is I was typing and act as if I had pressed Return.
I believe this has something to do with the search suggestions/seek time for bookmarks but it happens stochastically so I can't determine the root cause.
A: This happens if you:
*
*have enabled Google as your default search engine
*have enabled Google Instant within your Google search settings
I have this same situation occur on my Chrome.
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8801a3f1bf03971c47390a02d307d08cfef3bba2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Meaning of "./" in Mac terminal I am a new user of the Mac terminal. What is the meaning of "./"? What is the difference between the commands
rm image.png
rm ./image.png
rm *./image.png
A: ./ is part of the path to a directory/file.
If used as part of a parameter to a command
*
*rm image.png and rm ./image.png are exactly the same and identify a file in the current directory
*rm *./image.png is a pattern which looks for files named image.png in all subdirectories of the current directory which end with a dot
The key use for ./ usually is to call a script/executable in the current directory. When you execute a command without specifiying it's directory (e.g. cp instead of /bin/cp), the shell searches for this in all directories listed in the $PATH variable. The current directory is usually not part of that variable (for security reasons) so you can use ./command-name to tell the shell to look for the command in the current directory.
| Q: Meaning of "./" in Mac terminal I am a new user of the Mac terminal. What is the meaning of "./"? What is the difference between the commands
rm image.png
rm ./image.png
rm *./image.png
A: ./ is part of the path to a directory/file.
If used as part of a parameter to a command
*
*rm image.png and rm ./image.png are exactly the same and identify a file in the current directory
*rm *./image.png is a pattern which looks for files named image.png in all subdirectories of the current directory which end with a dot
The key use for ./ usually is to call a script/executable in the current directory. When you execute a command without specifiying it's directory (e.g. cp instead of /bin/cp), the shell searches for this in all directories listed in the $PATH variable. The current directory is usually not part of that variable (for security reasons) so you can use ./command-name to tell the shell to look for the command in the current directory.
A: The expression in a file path, (./) means 'move up' (from the current location), i.e., 'this' = '.' and / = 'up' so ../ means 'move up 2 directories', or, move to the parent of this (./), i.e., take the current location and move up to '/' the new location.
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e3e15029e76dd767fc41604048ce4657cc906ad4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Export or list system settings that deviate from defaults I am looking to generate something similar to this osx settings script. I'm not having any luck finding ways to perform a diff between system defaults and my customized settings.
Anyone know of a command, app, tool, method to generate this?
A: You might diff the output of defaults read | awk 'length<200' on the current installation and a VM. Or convert the plist files to XML first with something like plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/*.plist.
It would be difficult to do right though:
*
*There are probably thousands or tens of thousands of settings that have been changed.
*Settings are stored in different directories like ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost and ~/Library/Containers/*/Data/Library/Preferences.
*Many settings are for things like the positions of windows.
*Some applications like Chrome don't even use the defaults system.
*Many settings can't be modified with defaults or PlistBuddy.
*There are a lot of changes between OS X versions.
It's easier to just copy the plist files or recreate settings from GUIs in my opinion.
| Q: Export or list system settings that deviate from defaults I am looking to generate something similar to this osx settings script. I'm not having any luck finding ways to perform a diff between system defaults and my customized settings.
Anyone know of a command, app, tool, method to generate this?
A: You might diff the output of defaults read | awk 'length<200' on the current installation and a VM. Or convert the plist files to XML first with something like plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/*.plist.
It would be difficult to do right though:
*
*There are probably thousands or tens of thousands of settings that have been changed.
*Settings are stored in different directories like ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost and ~/Library/Containers/*/Data/Library/Preferences.
*Many settings are for things like the positions of windows.
*Some applications like Chrome don't even use the defaults system.
*Many settings can't be modified with defaults or PlistBuddy.
*There are a lot of changes between OS X versions.
It's easier to just copy the plist files or recreate settings from GUIs in my opinion.
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afdb8805a63eeb968d671eccc4dfd6da3c730e7d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Launching certain programs on startup in their own fullscreen space When I login I want a blank desktop in my first space, sublime text in my second space, chrome in my third, and terminal in my fourth space like so:
A: *
*Go to you second desktop
*Right click the Sublime Text icon on your dock
*Go to Options > Open at Login
*Right click the Sublime icon again
*Go to Options > Assign to: This Desktop
Do the same for every app you want to open at login on the appropriate desktop.
| Q: Launching certain programs on startup in their own fullscreen space When I login I want a blank desktop in my first space, sublime text in my second space, chrome in my third, and terminal in my fourth space like so:
A: *
*Go to you second desktop
*Right click the Sublime Text icon on your dock
*Go to Options > Open at Login
*Right click the Sublime icon again
*Go to Options > Assign to: This Desktop
Do the same for every app you want to open at login on the appropriate desktop.
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6b9dea423f6eda63205f29ceaaccd53564b6366b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does iBooks determine the category of an EPUB? I've been using the Perl module EBook::EPUB to create ebooks to read in iBooks. But I can't figure out how to set a category for the books I create.
When I sort by categories in iBooks, it doesn't seem to do anything. As I understand it, that should show each category as a heading with those books listed underneath it. But it seems my books don't have categories.
How do I set a category when creating an EPUB book?
A: You can set the category in iTunes, using the info window (Cmd - i). No need to use Calibre.
| Q: How does iBooks determine the category of an EPUB? I've been using the Perl module EBook::EPUB to create ebooks to read in iBooks. But I can't figure out how to set a category for the books I create.
When I sort by categories in iBooks, it doesn't seem to do anything. As I understand it, that should show each category as a heading with those books listed underneath it. But it seems my books don't have categories.
How do I set a category when creating an EPUB book?
A: You can set the category in iTunes, using the info window (Cmd - i). No need to use Calibre.
A: and the mighty Google said:
The ePub eBooks Metadata Mess!
Basically you will need a Software called Calibre to set the metadata on eBooks to be able to sort them by category.
Yes, it is FREE !
Here is a SAMPLE.
Next step:
Getting eBooks from Calibre to Your Device Using Send to Device and the Connect/Share Functions.
A special plugboard that you may want to create is a “genre” plugboard that corresponds with a “genre” or “tag” field.
Using this in conjunction with iBooks can sort your books into separate categories on your iOS device.
First, create a custom field that you will want to use to sort your iBooks. You may generically name it “genre” in case you want to use it for some other purpose otherwise you could name it “ibooks_cat” or something like that. For column type, select “Text, column show in the tag browser.” As with any new column, you will have to restart calibre. Go through and mark the books in your library. Alternatively, you can use the existing “tag” field. Then create a new plugboard: Format=epub | Device=apple | Source template {#usercolumn} or {tags} | Destination field=tags. Save and then “Apply”.
A: The article that @Buscar's answer points to says that the tags field in calibre maps to the Categories in iBooks.
Looking at an example in my calibre db this looks like each tag shown in calibre map to a <dc:subject> element in the .opf file in the epub.
e.g. a Tag of Fiction maps to <dc:subject>Fiction</dc:subject>
This element is at the end of the metadata element in the root package element.
So I think you need to call the add_subject method on EBook::EPUB
Looking at the article it suggests that iBooks reads only one of the tags, which then comparing with the epub spec suggests that iBooks is doing it wrongly. A workround might be to make sure that there is only one subject element in the epub
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5f53b0bbd4a7624a3e6b5d757b42680db10d9107 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there any benefits to deleting unused Mac OS X kernel extensions? I find that many of the kernel extensions in /System/Library/Extensions are inapplicable to my MacBook, such as extensions for fibre channel cards, firewire, graphics cards I don't have, etc. Is there any benefit (in boot time, RAM footprint, etc.) to deleting these unneeded extensions?
A: Probably there is a benefit in boot up time.
*
*First I would record the current boot up time (it is reported in the Console).
*Next I would make sure to know what I am doing…
To delete actively loaded .kext, I recommended to find which ones are actually loaded.
*
*I suggest getting an app called Kext Wizard.
This will tell you exactly what is loaded, rather than just using the list from System Information. System Information might not give you everything, and Kext Wizard could find others that were loaded.
| Q: Are there any benefits to deleting unused Mac OS X kernel extensions? I find that many of the kernel extensions in /System/Library/Extensions are inapplicable to my MacBook, such as extensions for fibre channel cards, firewire, graphics cards I don't have, etc. Is there any benefit (in boot time, RAM footprint, etc.) to deleting these unneeded extensions?
A: Probably there is a benefit in boot up time.
*
*First I would record the current boot up time (it is reported in the Console).
*Next I would make sure to know what I am doing…
To delete actively loaded .kext, I recommended to find which ones are actually loaded.
*
*I suggest getting an app called Kext Wizard.
This will tell you exactly what is loaded, rather than just using the list from System Information. System Information might not give you everything, and Kext Wizard could find others that were loaded.
A: Actually, any difference in boot up time would be negligible - OS X doesn't boot /mach_kernel — it boots the kernel cache (/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/kernelcache), which already has the kexts you are using. This gets rebuilt if /System/Library/Extensions gets modified (or if you touch(1) it deliberately).
In terms of the filesystem space, as of Snow Leopard, everything is compressed. Meaning you're not really wasting too much space, either.
There is a downside, however — if you delete kexts, even with kext wizard, or whichever utility, there is a remote chance that some kext will be loaded on demand (e.g. via IOKit probing, on some USB device, for example). In this case, a kext might not be found - and you lose a driver.
In short, if it ain't broken, don't fix it. Leave /System/Library/Extensions intact.
A: While I would in general not remove anything in /System/Library/Extensions, I would consider uninstalling 3rd-party products that include a kext before doing an OS upgrade. The upgrade process seems to find and move out of the way most incompatible kexts (and those that were added in /System/Library/Extensions when they should have been in /Library/Extensions), but it's not perfect, and those can make the upgrade difficult or unstable to the point of needing to do a clean OS install and subsequent reload of apps and user data. Assuming one still wants the 3rd-party product, and did one's research to know that the new OS version was supported, one could always re-install it after the upgrade. Even more than usual, for such situations it's very wise to have a test system (or a spare disk and a lot of available downtime), since additional surprises could be expected that delay the desired end state.
Rigorous configuration control will avoid most of that; but for those that tend to test a lot of different software, install almost anything reputable, and not get rid of it once it has no further benefit, the accumulation can quickly reach a point where the expected painlessness of all things Apple vanishes entirely.
A: All highly suspect. Opaque binaries early in boot and thin explanations if you would even consider them explanations. Something's up.
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398b0be1155b9794503e094c007baee4aafd2ffc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Find Google Chrome installation directory using Terminal How do I find the Google Chrome Installation Directory/Path using the command line?
Is Google Chrome always installed to the default path, the "/Applications/" folder?
I have tried the following commands. Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?
*
*locate "*Chrome.app"
When i used this command it only search the DB entries of installed software.
*find / -type d -name "*Chrome.app"
Lists all the files on the system.
How can I find only Google Chrome’s path using this command, or is there another way?
A: You could do this from a shell prompt:
osascript -e 'POSIX path of (path to application "Chrome")'
However note that this will also launch Chrome if it isn't already running.
See:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5860517/path-to-application-without-opening-it
| Q: Find Google Chrome installation directory using Terminal How do I find the Google Chrome Installation Directory/Path using the command line?
Is Google Chrome always installed to the default path, the "/Applications/" folder?
I have tried the following commands. Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?
*
*locate "*Chrome.app"
When i used this command it only search the DB entries of installed software.
*find / -type d -name "*Chrome.app"
Lists all the files on the system.
How can I find only Google Chrome’s path using this command, or is there another way?
A: You could do this from a shell prompt:
osascript -e 'POSIX path of (path to application "Chrome")'
However note that this will also launch Chrome if it isn't already running.
See:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5860517/path-to-application-without-opening-it
A: Your second command
find / -type d -name "*Chrome.app"
should work - it works ok on my system.
What do you mean by "List all the file on system"? "find" will search your file system from '/' as you specified, but if you think Chrome.app could get installed in some odd place, "find" is one sure way to locate it.
A: You can query for this kind of information using the Launch Services database to dump a list of all registered apps, then grep for the one you want (in this case Google Chrome), for example (using Mountain Lion 10.8.4):
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep -i "google chrome"
gives me the output:
path: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/
executable: Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
path: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/27.0.1453.116/Google Chrome Helper.app/
executable: Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome Helper
A: To find all Google Chrome paths use:
find / -name '*Chrome.app' 2>1
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28f6302bd89ddf335d0426d10b56705bbeecf269 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I turn off the text tone swoosh when sending text messages? I can turn off all phone sounds, but is there any way I can specifically just turn off the send message sound?
A: Although it's not exactly what you might be looking for, if under Settings / Sounds / Sounds you set Text Tone to None, no sound will me made, neither when receiving nor when sending a Message.
| Q: How do I turn off the text tone swoosh when sending text messages? I can turn off all phone sounds, but is there any way I can specifically just turn off the send message sound?
A: Although it's not exactly what you might be looking for, if under Settings / Sounds / Sounds you set Text Tone to None, no sound will me made, neither when receiving nor when sending a Message.
A: I turned the default sound to just vibration, which turns off the swoosh sound and put personalized text alert sounds for individual people so I would be able to hear their incoming messages.
A: You can't turn it off, but there's a workaround on MacRumors forum. It involves accessing the phone system file and deleting the sound file.
A: If your device is jailbroken, you can remove the following file to remove the sound:
/System/Library/Audio/UISounds/SentMessage.caf
A: To keep the sound when receiving text messages and just the disable sent text message sound I had to also delete the file /System/Library/Audio/UISounds/Swish.caf in iOS 8.4.
*
*Jailbreak to get root access
*Open Cydia & install MobileTerminal or WhiteTerminal
*Open your terminal app & switch to root with su root (default pass is alpine)
*rm /System/Library/Audio/UISounds/SentMessage.caf
*rm /System/Library/Audio/UISounds/Swish.caf
A: I tried what "reflexiv" said
*
*Jailbreak to get root access
*Open Cydia & install MobileTerminal or WhiteTerminal
*Open your terminal app & switch to root with su root (default pass is alpine)
*rm /System/Library/Audio/UISounds/SentMessage.caf
*rm /System/Library/Audio/UISounds/Swish.caf
To keep the sound when receiving text messages and just the disable sent text message sound I had to also delete the file /System/Library/Audio/UISounds/Swish.caf in iOS 8.4.
Its work perfectly. I'm using iPhone5s iOS 9.0.2 ;)
Don't delete the sound file, just move "cut" it to another folder. so u can get it back any time u need it.
A: Go to sounds and disable (set text sounds to none/vibration only) text sounds and keyboard tones this should work no need to jailbreak.
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6c24d5091eb1ef03ae30c075b3c314d090e3dd02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX App Store updates with multiple users My mac has several users. If I want to "update" an app, it says only the original user can do the update. But I don't have access to his account!
How can I either:
*
*Update apps from another user
*Download my OWN apps instead
A: Applications downloaded from the App Store are available to all local users, there is no way (and also no real reason) to buy and download the same application twice. For updates you must be logged into the Store with the Apple ID used for the initial purchase.
In the situation described in the question the asker can
*
*log into the Store with the "other" Apple ID to get the download
*ask whoever purchased the application to log into his/her account and get the update
| Q: OSX App Store updates with multiple users My mac has several users. If I want to "update" an app, it says only the original user can do the update. But I don't have access to his account!
How can I either:
*
*Update apps from another user
*Download my OWN apps instead
A: Applications downloaded from the App Store are available to all local users, there is no way (and also no real reason) to buy and download the same application twice. For updates you must be logged into the Store with the Apple ID used for the initial purchase.
In the situation described in the question the asker can
*
*log into the Store with the "other" Apple ID to get the download
*ask whoever purchased the application to log into his/her account and get the update
A: Uninstalling the application completely, then going to the App Store and purchasing it again will give you the most up to date version of the application (and will be tied to your Apple ID so future updates will work).
A: This will not resolve the immediate issue of updating apps if the person behind the account with the purchased apps is unavailable, but one possible solution going forwards is using Apple's Family Sharing feature to share purchased apps.
I can't confirm how this plays out for updating, (I don't use the feature), but using logic, it makes sense that shared apps would be updatable by users selected for sharing since users who are selected to receive shared content can download apps they did not originally purchase.
It's important to note that Family Sharing only works with up to 5 users. So this approach would not be appropriate for corporate and general work environments.
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13e3a02a708fbc99c152715008814fe402a184e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unlocked iPhone replacement If an iPhone is locked, then unlocked and then replaced for a refurbished one in an Apple Store, will the new one remain unlocked?
A: Locking has to do with the device itself, not your SIM card or cellular account. So you would need to have the new device unlocked as well. Assuming, though, that you qualified to have the initial device unlocked (per whatever terms and conditions your carrier specifies), you would presumably be able to have the new one unlocked without any problem.
| Q: Unlocked iPhone replacement If an iPhone is locked, then unlocked and then replaced for a refurbished one in an Apple Store, will the new one remain unlocked?
A: Locking has to do with the device itself, not your SIM card or cellular account. So you would need to have the new device unlocked as well. Assuming, though, that you qualified to have the initial device unlocked (per whatever terms and conditions your carrier specifies), you would presumably be able to have the new one unlocked without any problem.
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f9ce89f9220060c92a7801e5ccc1f6a3be460ba5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Import multiple-pages from a PDF as separate slides in Keynote I have a PDF with slides in it from someone else and I want to import all the separate pages of the PDF as separate slides in Keynote. The best answer I can find is this one on apple support, but it suggests splitting the PDF into separate 1-page files to drag them into Keynote individually and I'm sure there must be an easier way.
A: There’s a simple app called PDF to Keynote that does just this. From the developer’s description:
PDF to Keynote converts PDF-based presentations (e.g., made using LaTeX and Prosper) into Apple's Keynote format.
I use it all the time for handling Beamer presentations, and it’s great. Free to download.
PS: This app does not suport current (November 2014) Keynote 6.5 file format.
| Q: Import multiple-pages from a PDF as separate slides in Keynote I have a PDF with slides in it from someone else and I want to import all the separate pages of the PDF as separate slides in Keynote. The best answer I can find is this one on apple support, but it suggests splitting the PDF into separate 1-page files to drag them into Keynote individually and I'm sure there must be an easier way.
A: There’s a simple app called PDF to Keynote that does just this. From the developer’s description:
PDF to Keynote converts PDF-based presentations (e.g., made using LaTeX and Prosper) into Apple's Keynote format.
I use it all the time for handling Beamer presentations, and it’s great. Free to download.
PS: This app does not suport current (November 2014) Keynote 6.5 file format.
A: After experimenting a bit I found a pretty good way to do this - not fully automated but fairly simple and does the job. If you open the PDF in preview and enable the thumbnail mode, you can drag the individual page thumbnails across to Keynote slide panel and it will add that page as a slide.
A: Using Automator.app, you can create a task that will generate pictures from pdf files (you can even do it with multiple files), just search for Render PDF Pages to Images action in automator. Once you run the action, you drag-n-drop generated pictures on the slides panel in KeyNote and you're done.
See here for detailed instructions
A: I tried the methods suggested in the other answers and was not successful. I have Acrobat Pro so I just saved the PDF as JPEG, then put a JPEG onto each page of the Keynote presentation. I'm sure there are better ways, but this worked easily for me.
A: I used below converter, works good...
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-converter-free/id422540367?mt=12&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
It's not mentioned specifically in the description of the app, but the comments in the reviews indicate it will convert a PDF to a Keynote presentation, not just a PowerPoint presentation.
A: It's very simple: open the PDF in Preview, make sure the thumbnails sidebar is visible. All the pages of the PDF will be shown on the left side of the window. Simply move Preview a little out of the way so you can see you Keynote presentation behind, highlight the page you want from the PDF thumbnails, drag and drop. Repeat this for all individual pages you require. I use this simple method to create a clickable document inside a single keynote slide.
A: None of the above approaches worked for me, maybe because of updates in the 2+ years since the last reply. I am now on Mojave. Dragging a group of PDF page thumbnails from Preview adds a new slide to Keynote with one of the pages added as an image. This is the same result as individually dragging that one PDF page.
The following approach which copies one page at a time worked for me.
*
*Add a new slide to Keynote and set its format to Photo. .
*Switch (CMD+TAB) to Preview, select the PDF page thumbnail in Preview and copy (CMD+C) it.
*Switch (CMD+TAB) to Keynote, click on the picture in the newly added slide.
*Paste (CMD+V) the copied PDF page. It will replace the image in the slide, appropriately scaled to fit the entire slide.
*If there are more PDF pages to copy, duplicate the slide you just pasted to, and repeat from 2.
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77c1296a791e3dc6c6d6c8306e54dbdefe94fb28 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Modifier key settings not sticking I just purchased a MacBook Air with OSX v10.8.4. When I edit the modifier keys (I want to change Caps Lock to Ctrl), it works for a while, but then reverts back to defaults some time later. I'm making the changes here
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys...
I just tested making the change, closing the lid, then opening it. The change stuck past that. So I'm not exactly sure when the settings revert, but they do eventually revert back to the defaults.
Any idea how to make this change stick?
A: Try uninstalling any keyboard or pointing device drivers. Or delete ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.*.plist and restart.
You can also use PCKeyboardHack to remap caps lock. Other modifier keys can be remapped with KeyRemap4MacBook:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<!-- <devicevendordef>
<vendorname>KINESIS</vendorname>
<vendorid>0x05f3</vendorid>
</devicevendordef>
<deviceproductdef>
<productname>ADVANTAGE</productname>
<productid>0x0007</productid>
</deviceproductdef> -->
<item>
<name>swap_command_and_control</name>
<identifier>swap_command_and_control</identifier>
<!-- <device_only>DeviceVendor::KINESIS, DeviceProduct::ADVANTAGE</device_only> -->
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::COMMAND_L, KeyCode::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::COMMAND_R, KeyCode::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::CONTROL_L, KeyCode::COMMAND_L</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Related questions:
*
*Logging out and in resets modifier keys to defaults
*Permanently swapping option and command keys on a non-Apple keyboard
*How do I make Mac OS X remember "Modifier Keys" remappings for my external keyboard?
| Q: Modifier key settings not sticking I just purchased a MacBook Air with OSX v10.8.4. When I edit the modifier keys (I want to change Caps Lock to Ctrl), it works for a while, but then reverts back to defaults some time later. I'm making the changes here
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys...
I just tested making the change, closing the lid, then opening it. The change stuck past that. So I'm not exactly sure when the settings revert, but they do eventually revert back to the defaults.
Any idea how to make this change stick?
A: Try uninstalling any keyboard or pointing device drivers. Or delete ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.*.plist and restart.
You can also use PCKeyboardHack to remap caps lock. Other modifier keys can be remapped with KeyRemap4MacBook:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<!-- <devicevendordef>
<vendorname>KINESIS</vendorname>
<vendorid>0x05f3</vendorid>
</devicevendordef>
<deviceproductdef>
<productname>ADVANTAGE</productname>
<productid>0x0007</productid>
</deviceproductdef> -->
<item>
<name>swap_command_and_control</name>
<identifier>swap_command_and_control</identifier>
<!-- <device_only>DeviceVendor::KINESIS, DeviceProduct::ADVANTAGE</device_only> -->
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::COMMAND_L, KeyCode::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::COMMAND_R, KeyCode::CONTROL_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::CONTROL_L, KeyCode::COMMAND_L</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Related questions:
*
*Logging out and in resets modifier keys to defaults
*Permanently swapping option and command keys on a non-Apple keyboard
*How do I make Mac OS X remember "Modifier Keys" remappings for my external keyboard?
A: For others facing this problem, Repairing Permissions of the startup disk with Disk Utility did the trick for me.
A: I have been experiencing the same problem, but in OSX 10.9.4. Namely, in System Preferences I remap Caps Lock to Ctrl, and it reverts itself back to Caps Lock after a day or two for no discernable reason.
To solve this you can use Seil to remap your Caps Lock key. Additionally, you can use Karabiner for a huge range of other keyboard settings.
A: I had a similar problem on OS X 10.11.2 with a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 - where the modifier keys switched back after a few minutes. The Intellitype driver didn't help - it doesn't seem to do anything.
Karabiner solved the problem.
A really useful reference if you have that particular keyboard is Using Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard with Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11)
A: My experience was that I've had installed Karabiner-Elements on my Macbook Pro and forgot that the app mentions it will override any System Preferences regarding keyboard settings.
So, after opening Karabiner-Elements, I discovered that I had assigned Caps_Lock to Caps_Lock (marvellous) so the resolution was simple.
A: I find the reset happens when a remote VNC connection comes in. Stop connecting using VNC and the setting no longer gets cleared.
Like many others, I have switched to using Karabiner to prevent this reset.
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d5bf78f22476e566bcf1a8f935308f3dd89d928b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Skipping .DS_Store files when copying between two external drives There are quite a few questions on .DS_Store files already, but none seem to answer my problem.
I have an external hard drive with a dozen of ~ 50 GB backup folders. When I try to copy these folders to a new external hard drive by drag-and-drop, it fails because
.DS_Store already exists and could not copied.
[Stop]
To circumvent this issue, how can I skip copying .DS_Store files when copying between two hard drives?
A Terminal command solution certainly exists, but I am not well-versed enough in cp to find it myself. All help appreciated!
P.S. Both disks are Mac OS X Extended (Journaled).
A: Try rsync -rv --exclude=.DS_Store <source> <destination> from terminal.
for example
rsync -rv --exclude=.DS_Store ~/Documents /Volumes/Backup/Documents
will do:
*
*(-r) recursive (copy everything below ~/Documents)
*(-v) verbose (tell you what it's doing)
*(--exclude) excluding any file named .DS_Store
*from ~/Documents
*to /Volumes/Backup/Documents
rsync is like a suped up cp command with way more options, most specifically --exclude
| Q: Skipping .DS_Store files when copying between two external drives There are quite a few questions on .DS_Store files already, but none seem to answer my problem.
I have an external hard drive with a dozen of ~ 50 GB backup folders. When I try to copy these folders to a new external hard drive by drag-and-drop, it fails because
.DS_Store already exists and could not copied.
[Stop]
To circumvent this issue, how can I skip copying .DS_Store files when copying between two hard drives?
A Terminal command solution certainly exists, but I am not well-versed enough in cp to find it myself. All help appreciated!
P.S. Both disks are Mac OS X Extended (Journaled).
A: Try rsync -rv --exclude=.DS_Store <source> <destination> from terminal.
for example
rsync -rv --exclude=.DS_Store ~/Documents /Volumes/Backup/Documents
will do:
*
*(-r) recursive (copy everything below ~/Documents)
*(-v) verbose (tell you what it's doing)
*(--exclude) excluding any file named .DS_Store
*from ~/Documents
*to /Volumes/Backup/Documents
rsync is like a suped up cp command with way more options, most specifically --exclude
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9ad4e2af5804e466d5f44286d16822be6ca9c1a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the Way to clean out my mac ahead of giving it out? I recently got a retina MBP and I would like to give my former MBP to my sister, How do I clean it out the "Apple way" rather than just manually deleting all my files. I would prefer if it ran smoothly like a new MBP to give her the full "Mac welcome experience" Are there steps for this? I have already migrated all my info to my new one.
A: To give it a full fresh and clean and welcome experience I would suggest you remove all stuff accumulated over time including all non apple aps.
To do that you can erase all the information from hard drive and simply reinstall the OS X.
Apple's knowledge base article has the steps:
*
*OS X Lion: Erase and reinstall Mac OS X - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4439.
On most computers, the erase and install takes 30 minutes plus how ever long it takes to download the installer package from Apple's servers. That part is about a 4 GB download if you haven't saved it and follow the above instructions.
| Q: What's the Way to clean out my mac ahead of giving it out? I recently got a retina MBP and I would like to give my former MBP to my sister, How do I clean it out the "Apple way" rather than just manually deleting all my files. I would prefer if it ran smoothly like a new MBP to give her the full "Mac welcome experience" Are there steps for this? I have already migrated all my info to my new one.
A: To give it a full fresh and clean and welcome experience I would suggest you remove all stuff accumulated over time including all non apple aps.
To do that you can erase all the information from hard drive and simply reinstall the OS X.
Apple's knowledge base article has the steps:
*
*OS X Lion: Erase and reinstall Mac OS X - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4439.
On most computers, the erase and install takes 30 minutes plus how ever long it takes to download the installer package from Apple's servers. That part is about a 4 GB download if you haven't saved it and follow the above instructions.
A: If you have 10.7 or later, erase and reinstall OS X from the recovery partition.
*
*Hold command-R on startup.
*Open Disk Utility and erase either the main OS X partition (like Macintosh HD, indented below a drive) (or other partitions you have added) or the whole drive. If you erase the whole drive, it also erases the hidden recovery and EFI partitions, but the Mac can still start up in Internet recovery mode, which means that it downloads a disk image for the recovery system from Apple's servers.
*Choose Reinstall OS X.
If you don't erase the data securely, the next owner might be able to recover files with an application like DiskWarrior or Data Rescue. If you have an HDD, you can erase data securely by choosing the single pass option from the Security Options sheet in Disk Utility:
If you have an SSD, see this question.
A: The Apple way is to reformat the whole OS so that the new user can use Apple's Migration Assistant to set it up as if they had just got it from Apple.
To do this in Lion and above boot from the recovery partition and use Disk Utility to erase and the other partitions.
A: If you want to leave the applications and just delete your personal files, you can create a new administrator account, then log in to that new account and delete the other existing accounts.
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f033cd66a35dbdd0b99d0619549daf8600a2acff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Spotlight normally index links in ~/Applications? I have installed MacVim through homebrew, and this resulted in an alias in ~/Applications that points to /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-66/MacVim.app.
Unfortunately MacVim does not show up in Spotlight searches. Is this normal?
A: It's actually a symlink and not an alias. Spotlight indexes symlinks to files that are treated as system files, but it doesn't show them in the GUI. It does show aliases though, so you could just command-option-drag /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/*/MacVim.app to /Applications from Finder.
Or convert the symlinks to aliases:
brew linkapps; find ~/Applications -type l | while read f; do osascript -e "tell app \"Finder\" to make new alias file at POSIX file \"/Applications\" to POSIX file \"$(/usr/bin/stat -f%Y "$f")\""; rm "$f"; done
Or if you use Alfred, it can be set to include applications in /usr/local/Cellar in the default search results.
| Q: Does Spotlight normally index links in ~/Applications? I have installed MacVim through homebrew, and this resulted in an alias in ~/Applications that points to /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-66/MacVim.app.
Unfortunately MacVim does not show up in Spotlight searches. Is this normal?
A: It's actually a symlink and not an alias. Spotlight indexes symlinks to files that are treated as system files, but it doesn't show them in the GUI. It does show aliases though, so you could just command-option-drag /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/*/MacVim.app to /Applications from Finder.
Or convert the symlinks to aliases:
brew linkapps; find ~/Applications -type l | while read f; do osascript -e "tell app \"Finder\" to make new alias file at POSIX file \"/Applications\" to POSIX file \"$(/usr/bin/stat -f%Y "$f")\""; rm "$f"; done
Or if you use Alfred, it can be set to include applications in /usr/local/Cellar in the default search results.
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6a72b1dfcdd1924bd93db80b3478ca044fb21f72 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: disk full - Mac OS won't boot My friend has a problem getting Snow Leopard to run because the disk is completely full. I suggested getting into command line mode (CMD+S on boot) and delete some things, but it didn't work (nothing happens) - is it because of full disk as well or because the OS is older? What can he do?
A: You could try booting from the Snow Leopard installation media and free up space from there. It's been a little while since I've used a pre-Lion system, but IIRC, the main drive should be mounted and available from the installation environment. Just don't actually run the installation!
If your friend is having problems booting, it's probably worth checking the disk with Disk Utility as well from the installation environment before writing to it.
| Q: disk full - Mac OS won't boot My friend has a problem getting Snow Leopard to run because the disk is completely full. I suggested getting into command line mode (CMD+S on boot) and delete some things, but it didn't work (nothing happens) - is it because of full disk as well or because the OS is older? What can he do?
A: You could try booting from the Snow Leopard installation media and free up space from there. It's been a little while since I've used a pre-Lion system, but IIRC, the main drive should be mounted and available from the installation environment. Just don't actually run the installation!
If your friend is having problems booting, it's probably worth checking the disk with Disk Utility as well from the installation environment before writing to it.
A: You can start by turning on the computer and holding down the T key on the keyboard to get into Target Disk Mode, then connect via FireWire or Thunderbolt cable to another Mac which then mounts the hard drive on the desktop to enable you delete or backup files. You can free up space this way, which should then allow you to boot up normally.
A: When you use target disc mode, do you need to use a Mac with a similar OS..? I have an older iMac I could use but it's running 10.6.8 compared to 10.11 on one side of the partition and 10.14 on the side with that's full. It's that side I want to clean out so it'll boot again.
cheers!
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c3f8643bf66c5c6e6eb7c4892e78ce13c26227a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Changing the type of an App to Universal App later in App Store? Can I change the type of an submitted App in the App Store later? Initially I want to submit an iPhone only App, but later there might be an Universal App as well to support the iPad. Can this be submitted as an update to the existing App? So can the type of an App changed later?
A: Yes.
Xcode has built-in support for targeting specific devices with your app. It's as simple as selecting the target device from a drop-down list.
This could enable you to create an initial version that targets either iPhone or iPad, and then later switch to Universal and submit it as a new version. The App Store will then automatically recognize that the new version of the app is Universal, and you would need to add additional screenshots, etc. for the new devices.
| Q: Changing the type of an App to Universal App later in App Store? Can I change the type of an submitted App in the App Store later? Initially I want to submit an iPhone only App, but later there might be an Universal App as well to support the iPad. Can this be submitted as an update to the existing App? So can the type of an App changed later?
A: Yes.
Xcode has built-in support for targeting specific devices with your app. It's as simple as selecting the target device from a drop-down list.
This could enable you to create an initial version that targets either iPhone or iPad, and then later switch to Universal and submit it as a new version. The App Store will then automatically recognize that the new version of the app is Universal, and you would need to add additional screenshots, etc. for the new devices.
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b0b4b6fa23987294011178188a7ee0e5095e99d9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent partitions from Spotlight indexing each other I have a single MacBook Pro partitioned into two drives, each running a copy of Mountain Lion. In Partition X, I would like to disable Spotlight from indexing Partition Y. In Partition Y, I want to disable Spotlight indexing of Partition X.
Clarification:
Under System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy, setting Partition X to prevent indexing of Partition Y also prevents Partition Y from indexing Partition Y. I.e., the privacy settings are preserved across partitions. I am looking for unique privacy settings for each partition.
A: *
*System Preferences.. > Spotlight > Privacy
*Add the mount path you don't want indexed to the list by selecting the device you want excluded also. However, if it's hidden use ⌘ +⇧+G and enter the path name for example /Volumes/Partition Y.
Note
After some testing this method does not work with multiple partitions of like OSs (eg. 10.8 on partition A and 10.8 on partition B) but does seem to work if each OS is different. Still not 100% clear on why this is since each drive has it's own /.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist or /.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Exclusions.plist
| Q: Prevent partitions from Spotlight indexing each other I have a single MacBook Pro partitioned into two drives, each running a copy of Mountain Lion. In Partition X, I would like to disable Spotlight from indexing Partition Y. In Partition Y, I want to disable Spotlight indexing of Partition X.
Clarification:
Under System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy, setting Partition X to prevent indexing of Partition Y also prevents Partition Y from indexing Partition Y. I.e., the privacy settings are preserved across partitions. I am looking for unique privacy settings for each partition.
A: *
*System Preferences.. > Spotlight > Privacy
*Add the mount path you don't want indexed to the list by selecting the device you want excluded also. However, if it's hidden use ⌘ +⇧+G and enter the path name for example /Volumes/Partition Y.
Note
After some testing this method does not work with multiple partitions of like OSs (eg. 10.8 on partition A and 10.8 on partition B) but does seem to work if each OS is different. Still not 100% clear on why this is since each drive has it's own /.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist or /.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Exclusions.plist
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19e8ff0abe514abbe76830383f9f6a2ac933104e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a toggle for zoom/bigger text in OS X? In Ubuntu there is a toggle "Bigger text" you can activate, that's really comfortable when you have a big screen.
In Windows there is a wonderful option that make everything bigger in proportion, the size you like, and you don't have to care about anything else.
I can't find anything in the System Preferences but is there anything on OS X? After all they're the one selling 27" iMac everyday...
If not, is there something third party you would suggest?
EDIT1: Changing resolution does not help at all. If you do it, you will notice that the words get all more checkered and that makes them even more unreadable.
Thank you.
A: There's no direct equivalent in OS X - the closest is probably to simply decrease the resolution.
TinkerTool has options to change system and application font defaults, but doing so may cause application or OS crashes.
| Q: Is there a toggle for zoom/bigger text in OS X? In Ubuntu there is a toggle "Bigger text" you can activate, that's really comfortable when you have a big screen.
In Windows there is a wonderful option that make everything bigger in proportion, the size you like, and you don't have to care about anything else.
I can't find anything in the System Preferences but is there anything on OS X? After all they're the one selling 27" iMac everyday...
If not, is there something third party you would suggest?
EDIT1: Changing resolution does not help at all. If you do it, you will notice that the words get all more checkered and that makes them even more unreadable.
Thank you.
A: There's no direct equivalent in OS X - the closest is probably to simply decrease the resolution.
TinkerTool has options to change system and application font defaults, but doing so may cause application or OS crashes.
A: Ctrl-plus and Ctrl-minus works in some browsers to increase and decrease the shown size.
Universal Access has key combinations to zoom in and out in general (with or without mouse). Look in System Preferences -> Accessability -> Zoom for those specific to your system.
(stolen from https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/90638/3157)
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ec91a6646ef42df60af412e5b2517cde6b71469a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get Mac OS X printer preset to save paper size and not default to system default paper size? I have a receipt printer and regular printer on my Mac and have the system default paper size set to Letter and default printer set to "Last Used"
In Safari I've setup a preset for my receipt printer but when I select it, the paper size still defaults to letter instead of the receipt paper.
I change the paper size to receipt size, select "Save current settings as preset" and all settings are saved in preset except the paper size.
How can I get the preset to save the paper size?
A: The Printing from Safari setup sequence for multiple printers.
Click on Print and in the pop up choose your printer and the settings you saved for it.
It will show it correctly in Presets!
When saving you will be asked for which printer the settings apply.
| Q: How to get Mac OS X printer preset to save paper size and not default to system default paper size? I have a receipt printer and regular printer on my Mac and have the system default paper size set to Letter and default printer set to "Last Used"
In Safari I've setup a preset for my receipt printer but when I select it, the paper size still defaults to letter instead of the receipt paper.
I change the paper size to receipt size, select "Save current settings as preset" and all settings are saved in preset except the paper size.
How can I get the preset to save the paper size?
A: The Printing from Safari setup sequence for multiple printers.
Click on Print and in the pop up choose your printer and the settings you saved for it.
It will show it correctly in Presets!
When saving you will be asked for which printer the settings apply.
A: The setting can only be overridden in the GUI by using an application that supports the Page Setup menu option. Apple’s apps such as Mail and Safari no longer have this menu item.
From an app that has Page Setup, make sure your preferred paper size is set correctly and in the Settings menu choose Save As Default.
If you want to try using the terminal, this website has a guide to key values:
Setting a Default Paper Size
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f705bf1206c4c96c7751ad108b2653c512c29496 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the function(s) of the hidden Debug menu in Disk Utility? What is the function(s) of the Debug menu and why is it hidden by default?
A: The Debug menu mostly gives access to functions in relation to hidden partitions (e.g. the system-restore-partition in Lion). see Debug Menu
Most likely the Debug menu is mainly for Apple internal use (their techs dealing with stuff probably found these functions useful) so it's hidden by default.
| Q: What is the function(s) of the hidden Debug menu in Disk Utility? What is the function(s) of the Debug menu and why is it hidden by default?
A: The Debug menu mostly gives access to functions in relation to hidden partitions (e.g. the system-restore-partition in Lion). see Debug Menu
Most likely the Debug menu is mainly for Apple internal use (their techs dealing with stuff probably found these functions useful) so it's hidden by default.
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2fdd15e8ad949c312509cb3ea4686192f6c5205e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Drag & Drop: How to prevent folders in my Dock to pop up as windows? I have a folder in my dock where I want to drop files. When hovering over the icon, the folder always pops up as new Finder window. I want it to be a stack or a list. Is there a way to achieve this?
A: In Finder preferences (⌘ cmd + , from Finder itself), unchecking "Spring-loaded folders and windows" will prevent a window from opening up when dragging files to a folder.
| Q: Drag & Drop: How to prevent folders in my Dock to pop up as windows? I have a folder in my dock where I want to drop files. When hovering over the icon, the folder always pops up as new Finder window. I want it to be a stack or a list. Is there a way to achieve this?
A: In Finder preferences (⌘ cmd + , from Finder itself), unchecking "Spring-loaded folders and windows" will prevent a window from opening up when dragging files to a folder.
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356599802da70d260fddad63b024cdb97cf64077 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Uninstalled zsh, terminal gone weird I uninstalled zsh pretty soon after I installed it as I realised I had got used to the normal Terminal. The uninstall went successfully and I restarted Terminal, but now it displays my computer-name (tommbp) with a % next to it, as display below:
I'm not sure if this impacts on using Terminal but I'm not a Terminal superuser or anything so I'd rather just have it back how it was. Also, I am a front-end dev for a Rails app and when I went to restart the rails server, it says it's not installed and when I try to install it, nothing loads.
Does anyone know how to fix these two issues?
A: How did you uninstall it? The title bars in the screenshots show that the current command is still zsh, or maybe /bin/zsh.
If you changed this setting in Terminal's preferences, change it back to the default login shell:
If you changed the default login shell, you can change it back to /bin/bash with chsh -s /bin/bash.
| Q: Uninstalled zsh, terminal gone weird I uninstalled zsh pretty soon after I installed it as I realised I had got used to the normal Terminal. The uninstall went successfully and I restarted Terminal, but now it displays my computer-name (tommbp) with a % next to it, as display below:
I'm not sure if this impacts on using Terminal but I'm not a Terminal superuser or anything so I'd rather just have it back how it was. Also, I am a front-end dev for a Rails app and when I went to restart the rails server, it says it's not installed and when I try to install it, nothing loads.
Does anyone know how to fix these two issues?
A: How did you uninstall it? The title bars in the screenshots show that the current command is still zsh, or maybe /bin/zsh.
If you changed this setting in Terminal's preferences, change it back to the default login shell:
If you changed the default login shell, you can change it back to /bin/bash with chsh -s /bin/bash.
A: Check your $PROMPT env variable:
echo $PROMPT
Can be set by editing your ~/.profile - there are lots of good tuts out there if you google for them.
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a442233fcbe56856e15862abdbda485411bff187 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Can I Create a Multi-Line Input Dialog using Applescript? How can I create a multiline text input dialog using Applescript? Creating a single line dialog is simple...
A: One workaround is to make the default answer include a linefeed, but it will also be included in the default answer:
display dialog "" default answer linefeed
CocoaDialog supports multi-line dialogs:
do shell script "/Applications/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/MacOS/CocoaDialog \\
textbox --editable --title Title --button1 OK --button2 Cancel" without altering line endings
tell result
if item 1 is not "1" then return
set answer to text 3 thru -2
end tell
I couldn't get the text view to have focus when full keyboard access is enabled, even with ‑‑focus‑textbox or --selected.
| Q: How Can I Create a Multi-Line Input Dialog using Applescript? How can I create a multiline text input dialog using Applescript? Creating a single line dialog is simple...
A: One workaround is to make the default answer include a linefeed, but it will also be included in the default answer:
display dialog "" default answer linefeed
CocoaDialog supports multi-line dialogs:
do shell script "/Applications/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/MacOS/CocoaDialog \\
textbox --editable --title Title --button1 OK --button2 Cancel" without altering line endings
tell result
if item 1 is not "1" then return
set answer to text 3 thru -2
end tell
I couldn't get the text view to have focus when full keyboard access is enabled, even with ‑‑focus‑textbox or --selected.
A: Try application called Pashua. It's brilliant even for relative beginners and it's free.
http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/pashua/
A: I know how to create a simple log-in type of application in AppleScript Editor. So, you first go-to AppleScript Editor, then you type-in the code bellow, then click "Run"
tell application "Finder"
set passAns to "I'm not a spy, and I will always follow the rules"
if the text returned of (display dialog "Hello, welcome to this App!
Thank you, for visiting.
TO-DO:
Please look at the code a decide that you 'prove' that you are not a spy, and that you will always follow the rules. if you don't agree, type-in the code ''I don't agree''
Thank You!__________________________" & return & "" default answer "I'm not a spy, and I will always follow the rules" buttons {"Cancel", "I Prove-it and Continue…"} with icon stop with title "Application (Locked)" default button 2 with hidden answer) is passAns then
display dialog "Loged-in! Thank you!" buttons {"Okay"} default button 1
else
display dialog "Sorry if you don't aggre, you are not allowed to enter open this app. Please click ''Cancel'' to close, or if you still want to enter, just re-open this app.
________________________" buttons {"Okay, Cancel"} with icon stop with title "Application (Can't Open)" default button 1
end if
end tell
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19a39552ac39b14454d0af9f1ad07def7871854e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Easily pretty print XML Is there a way to quickly pretty print large XML files without needing an app? Online solutions don't allow for massive files and I'd like to do this without install more junk on my computer.
A: Macs come with libxml2 which inclues a tool called xmllint. You can use this to format your xml with ease. The tool does not have a graphical interface, so you'll need to fire up terminal.
Example 1. Format a file
xmllint --format - < file_to_format.xml > formatted_output.xml
Example 2. Format xml from clipboard
pbpaste | xmllint --format - > formatted_output.xml
| Q: Easily pretty print XML Is there a way to quickly pretty print large XML files without needing an app? Online solutions don't allow for massive files and I'd like to do this without install more junk on my computer.
A: Macs come with libxml2 which inclues a tool called xmllint. You can use this to format your xml with ease. The tool does not have a graphical interface, so you'll need to fire up terminal.
Example 1. Format a file
xmllint --format - < file_to_format.xml > formatted_output.xml
Example 2. Format xml from clipboard
pbpaste | xmllint --format - > formatted_output.xml
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2df7424ece27dc6538debe928529d09d62dd00fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to an individual developer to invite another developer to manage apps on iTunes Connect? I developed an application for my friend who has an individual developer registration, I have got a simple developer registration without individual enrollment.
Is it possible to invite me at the Apple App Store to manage this application? or we need a company registration?
A: Whilst @Thecafremo's answer is true for program resources, to manage apps as OP stated, you can add users to access iTunes Connect without needing a company account.
Simply go to iTunes Connect → Manage Users → iTunes Connect User → Add New User.
| Q: Is it possible to an individual developer to invite another developer to manage apps on iTunes Connect? I developed an application for my friend who has an individual developer registration, I have got a simple developer registration without individual enrollment.
Is it possible to invite me at the Apple App Store to manage this application? or we need a company registration?
A: Whilst @Thecafremo's answer is true for program resources, to manage apps as OP stated, you can add users to access iTunes Connect without needing a company account.
Simply go to iTunes Connect → Manage Users → iTunes Connect User → Add New User.
A: Only Company / Organization accounts can add additional developers to its team. As stated under the Enrollment Selection page, in the Individual account section:
Individual Development Only
You are the only one allowed access to program resources.
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87a95451abaefb0d755de192ea1f301aa2654393 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Split Quicktime Clip Collection Into Individual Videos For whatever reason, my camcorder saves recorded videos as "clips" all bundled into a massive AVCHD movie file. I can open each clip individually and manually export it through Quicktime, but this is a time consuming process I would prefer to automate. What is the best way to automate exporting each of these individual "clips" into their own movie files?
For reference, the "clips" view that shows upon opening the huge AVCHD file looks like the following:
A: I ended up just opening each file in QuickTime and exporting each clip manually. It wasn't the optimal solution, but did get the job done.
For future viewers, showing package contents on the video file did yield a set of individual movie files in MTS format. I defaulted to manually exporting each clip, however, because I wanted the files in MP4 and didn't have access to a video converter app. However, that would have been a viable option as well.
| Q: Split Quicktime Clip Collection Into Individual Videos For whatever reason, my camcorder saves recorded videos as "clips" all bundled into a massive AVCHD movie file. I can open each clip individually and manually export it through Quicktime, but this is a time consuming process I would prefer to automate. What is the best way to automate exporting each of these individual "clips" into their own movie files?
For reference, the "clips" view that shows upon opening the huge AVCHD file looks like the following:
A: I ended up just opening each file in QuickTime and exporting each clip manually. It wasn't the optimal solution, but did get the job done.
For future viewers, showing package contents on the video file did yield a set of individual movie files in MTS format. I defaulted to manually exporting each clip, however, because I wanted the files in MP4 and didn't have access to a video converter app. However, that would have been a viable option as well.
A: Consider using Automator to set up an action, such as the one here:
This uses the "Get Specified Movies" action to take whatever files you desire, and then uses the "Encode Media" action to convert each of them to your desired format before copying them to your selected destination. You could get fancier with it if you like, but this should cover the basics.
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8d02f96bbc70609ad99fd2d4539ea64d3f1afc6b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Getting performance measurement tools from Linux on Mac OS X Mac OS X doesn't seem to have the Linux performance tools perf, pidstat, or mpstat.
What other software has equal functionality on OS X? Or, how can I install these?
A: I've used Instruments in XCode - not sure if it covers all of the functionality of the Linux tools you mention, but Instruments seems to be the preferred performance analyzer on Mac.
| Q: Getting performance measurement tools from Linux on Mac OS X Mac OS X doesn't seem to have the Linux performance tools perf, pidstat, or mpstat.
What other software has equal functionality on OS X? Or, how can I install these?
A: I've used Instruments in XCode - not sure if it covers all of the functionality of the Linux tools you mention, but Instruments seems to be the preferred performance analyzer on Mac.
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f0f1187c05328b634df35f1afadb9f1c37a5790a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Setup up Kaleidoscope as external diff tool in IntelliJ? I want to change the diff tool to an external one in IntelliJ Idea (basically in Android Studio).
I get this message:
Can"t Launch Diff Tool
Cannot run program "/Applications/Kaleidoscope.app": error=12, Permission denied
Permissions of the file:
$ ls -l | grep Kalei*
drwxr-xr-x 3 paschalis admin 102 Jan 17 07:52 Kaleidoscope.app
What am I doing wrong?
I also removed the "@" / quarantine tag, Kaleidoscope had, but still nothing!
A: Let Kaleidoscope install it's command-line tool ksdiff (Menu - Kaleidoscope - Integration). Then use /usr/local/bin/ksdiff as "Path to executable" in the Jetbrains IDE. This works for me with PyCharm.
| Q: Setup up Kaleidoscope as external diff tool in IntelliJ? I want to change the diff tool to an external one in IntelliJ Idea (basically in Android Studio).
I get this message:
Can"t Launch Diff Tool
Cannot run program "/Applications/Kaleidoscope.app": error=12, Permission denied
Permissions of the file:
$ ls -l | grep Kalei*
drwxr-xr-x 3 paschalis admin 102 Jan 17 07:52 Kaleidoscope.app
What am I doing wrong?
I also removed the "@" / quarantine tag, Kaleidoscope had, but still nothing!
A: Let Kaleidoscope install it's command-line tool ksdiff (Menu - Kaleidoscope - Integration). Then use /usr/local/bin/ksdiff as "Path to executable" in the Jetbrains IDE. This works for me with PyCharm.
A: I was having the same problem, and my fix was, instead of pointing to the .app file, you need to browse the app and find the .sh file.
In my case it was the diffmerge tool and it was like this:
/Applications/DiffMerge.app/Contents/MacOS/DiffMerge
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f42f4253007e98b237b1361f4320c6f2ad2d4fe2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Playing alert sounds from terminal Is there a way to play OSX alert sounds from terminal? The alert sounds that are listed in System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effect Tab
A: Another option, with less modifier keys, is to use the command tput bel.
| Q: Playing alert sounds from terminal Is there a way to play OSX alert sounds from terminal? The alert sounds that are listed in System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effect Tab
A: Another option, with less modifier keys, is to use the command tput bel.
A: I like zigg's solution. In order to keep it short I did this:
In /Users/{username}/.bash_profile add a line
alias taskready='afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Hero.aiff'
Quit the terminal and open the terminal. Now you can use the shorthand command taskready.
You can choose from:
Basso.aiff Frog.aiff Hero.aiff Pop.aiff Submarine.aiff
Blow.aiff Funk.aiff Morse.aiff Purr.aiff Tink.aiff
Bottle.aiff Glass.aiff Ping.aiff Sosumi.aiff
A: Not exactly what OP wants but may still prove useful to people.
say beep
A: If you have "audible bell" enabled in your Terminal Settings under Advanced, BEL control characters will sound the default alert sound.
To try this, issue the echo command followed by control+v control+g. If you type it right, it will look like this:
$ echo ^G
and when you press return, the alert will sound.
(control+v is a shell escape for the immediately-following control character.)
The afplay command can also be used to play a specific sound file:
$ afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Funk.aiff
A: Another way to beep is echo -e '\a'
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c8556e80f07d363988680615183b1fbef681c435 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't turn on wifi on Mac OSX Mountain lion MBP 2012 The WiFi interface won't turn on when i press "Activate wifi" from the preferences neither from the status bar.
I tried restarting the mac,and reset the pram.
The Ethernet works fine and this is the result of ifconfig in the terminal:
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4> ether a8:20:66:37:81:d9 inet6 fe80::aa20:66ff:fe37:81d9%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 inet
192.168.1.131 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control>) status: active
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 5c:96:9d:89:fe:09 media: autoselect (<unknown type>) status: inactive
Is there anything I can try before initialize OSX?
A: Cycling the network setup has worked for me. Run the following in Terminal:
networksetup -setairportpower en0 off
networksetup -setairportpower en0 on
| Q: Can't turn on wifi on Mac OSX Mountain lion MBP 2012 The WiFi interface won't turn on when i press "Activate wifi" from the preferences neither from the status bar.
I tried restarting the mac,and reset the pram.
The Ethernet works fine and this is the result of ifconfig in the terminal:
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4> ether a8:20:66:37:81:d9 inet6 fe80::aa20:66ff:fe37:81d9%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 inet
192.168.1.131 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control>) status: active
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 5c:96:9d:89:fe:09 media: autoselect (<unknown type>) status: inactive
Is there anything I can try before initialize OSX?
A: Cycling the network setup has worked for me. Run the following in Terminal:
networksetup -setairportpower en0 off
networksetup -setairportpower en0 on
A: Found this:
*
*Restart your mac.
*Open "Network Preferences". On the left tab, look for wifi connection (usually named Wi-Fi).
*Select the wifi connection, and disable that. To disable a connection, choose gear icon below the tab, and choose "Make Service Inactive".
*After disabled, delete the connection. To delete a connection, choose minus (-) icon below the tab, left of gear icon.
*Now that the original connection has been deleted, we must create a new wifi connection. Choose plus (+) icon, select "Wi-Fi" as interface, and you can name it anything as you want, it doesn't matter thought.
*Apply the change. Once again, restart your mac.
*After system reboot, voila ! your wifi should be working properly by now
A: I suggest you perform the following steps to cycle the power to your wireless card:
*
*Open the Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities).
*Enter the following text (easier to copy and paste):
networksetup -setairportpower en0 off; networksetup -setairportpower en0 on
*This should cycle the power to your wireless card, and hopefully give it the push it needs to resume normal operation.
A: *
*Shut down the computer.
*Plug in the MagSafe Power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if it is not already connected.
*On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
*Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
*Press the power button to turn on your computer.
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d262683fbc655df575c23900f6ed92586f6a9b2c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to take the app name again after the app got deleted from iTunes-connect? Since we can have 180 days time for app binary submission, After that window expires the application will be deleted from the itunes-connect.
Then is it possible to create another application with the same name?
ie, is there any possibilities for apple to give the same name to the same user after deletion of the app?
A: No, once and App has been deleted, either by you or because of the expiration process, you cannot reuse your SKU or app name in the same account again. It can be used, though, by another developer.
Under the Deleting an App section of the iTunes Connect Developer Guide you'll learn more about the ramifications of an App Deletion.
| Q: Is it possible to take the app name again after the app got deleted from iTunes-connect? Since we can have 180 days time for app binary submission, After that window expires the application will be deleted from the itunes-connect.
Then is it possible to create another application with the same name?
ie, is there any possibilities for apple to give the same name to the same user after deletion of the app?
A: No, once and App has been deleted, either by you or because of the expiration process, you cannot reuse your SKU or app name in the same account again. It can be used, though, by another developer.
Under the Deleting an App section of the iTunes Connect Developer Guide you'll learn more about the ramifications of an App Deletion.
A: Apple will not allow to create a new app with the same name that you have created and deleted earlier.
You can refer what Apple Developer site is telling about this issue.
A: You will be able to re-upload the app under the same name by choosing a different default language after deleting it. This might as well be a bug in iTunes Connect though and I wouldn't be surprised if they were to fix it some day.
To be safe, simply update your app with the new version - even an entirely new project.
A: As of 2021, the accepted answer is not valid anymore.
Apps can be "Removed" instantly and the name can be taken instantly by another app (even from the same developer account).
See https://help.apple.com/app-store-connect/#/dev28d17ed35
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adb135e6453c8b0129b70e386a1062b0c50aa0d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Map Fn + Esc key to Esc key I am using a PC keybroad on a Mac, the funniest thing is on this KB, to use the Esc key, I need to press Fn + Esc
So, are there any tool I can remap the keys such that I can use the Esc without the Fn key?
A: Fn is a function of the keyboard that modifies the key-codes being sent by the keyboard itself. Fn itself does not transmit any key-codes to the computer.
One option would be to try mapping the actual key (that is turned into Esc when Fn is pressed) to be the Esc key. I don't know of anything built into OS X that will do this across the board, however, you could try something like https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/
To be honest, good keyboards are so cheap these days you should probably just buy yourself a nice new keyboard that has a layout which suites your needs better.
| Q: Map Fn + Esc key to Esc key I am using a PC keybroad on a Mac, the funniest thing is on this KB, to use the Esc key, I need to press Fn + Esc
So, are there any tool I can remap the keys such that I can use the Esc without the Fn key?
A: Fn is a function of the keyboard that modifies the key-codes being sent by the keyboard itself. Fn itself does not transmit any key-codes to the computer.
One option would be to try mapping the actual key (that is turned into Esc when Fn is pressed) to be the Esc key. I don't know of anything built into OS X that will do this across the board, however, you could try something like https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/
To be honest, good keyboards are so cheap these days you should probably just buy yourself a nice new keyboard that has a layout which suites your needs better.
A: The esc key is marked on my keyboard with a ◻︎ (square icon), as it acts as the "home" button when used with a phone or tablet. Unforgivably, on a Mac, it does not send keypress events unless activated by the fn key.
I pried up the esc key and reattached it where the F5 key used to sit. Then I mapped the F5 key to 'escape' using Karabiner-Elements.
So I had to relearn where the esc key sits, but at least I don't need to press two keys to escape.
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15fbe73d4f5b91d7e6d5023f9df96abf46952910 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Locating A WiFi Network Password Within OS X That Has Been Saved On My Mac? Is it possible to locate a wifi network password in OS X of a wifi hotspot that I may have used in the past (AFAIK wifi networks are saved), in the rare situation that I may need to see it (to share it for example) ?
A: If you have saved it previously, open Keychain Access (located in /Applications/Utilities or via Spotlight) and search for the wifi network name.
If you have found it, check the lowest checkbox to reveal the password. You need your login password to do so.
| Q: Locating A WiFi Network Password Within OS X That Has Been Saved On My Mac? Is it possible to locate a wifi network password in OS X of a wifi hotspot that I may have used in the past (AFAIK wifi networks are saved), in the rare situation that I may need to see it (to share it for example) ?
A: If you have saved it previously, open Keychain Access (located in /Applications/Utilities or via Spotlight) and search for the wifi network name.
If you have found it, check the lowest checkbox to reveal the password. You need your login password to do so.
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b9e1fb76228448fb7d1b33719196e0a03730ac01 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Identifying PowerPC applications that will not work on OS X releases beyond Snow Leopard? I understand the issue with migrating away from the Snow Leopard release of OS X to anything newer is that applications compiled for the PowerPC architecture will no longer function.
Is there a way to identify applications that are PowerPC-based without opening each and every application and looking at Activity Monitor? It would be great to know in advance which ones need updating so I can check if they've been recompiled for the x86 architecture.
A: I don't have a Snow Leopard install handy but this info is available in System Profiler...
Apple Menu > About > More Info
In the resulting app there should be a way to view the installed applications. In that list there will be a column "Kind" that will state "Intel", "Universal" or "PPC".
Screen shot of how this looks in Mountain Lion: (may look different in Snow Leopard, but idea is the same.)
| Q: Identifying PowerPC applications that will not work on OS X releases beyond Snow Leopard? I understand the issue with migrating away from the Snow Leopard release of OS X to anything newer is that applications compiled for the PowerPC architecture will no longer function.
Is there a way to identify applications that are PowerPC-based without opening each and every application and looking at Activity Monitor? It would be great to know in advance which ones need updating so I can check if they've been recompiled for the x86 architecture.
A: I don't have a Snow Leopard install handy but this info is available in System Profiler...
Apple Menu > About > More Info
In the resulting app there should be a way to view the installed applications. In that list there will be a column "Kind" that will state "Intel", "Universal" or "PPC".
Screen shot of how this looks in Mountain Lion: (may look different in Snow Leopard, but idea is the same.)
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2f2cf1de94d3837fb98229b336933891eab174e7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Google Drive for OS sometimes unable to connect (not a problem in latest versions)
THis is not a problem in the latest versions of Google Drive sync anymore
Sometimes Google drive for OS X turns gray telling it is unable to connect. The only cure is quit and launch again and it immediately starts to work.
The Resume in menu is inactive.
What causes the problem? How to fix it?
A: Quitting Google Drive and then restarting the App seems to work
| Q: Google Drive for OS sometimes unable to connect (not a problem in latest versions)
THis is not a problem in the latest versions of Google Drive sync anymore
Sometimes Google drive for OS X turns gray telling it is unable to connect. The only cure is quit and launch again and it immediately starts to work.
The Resume in menu is inactive.
What causes the problem? How to fix it?
A: Quitting Google Drive and then restarting the App seems to work
A: If you are using a MacBook, you are most likely experiencing this error because Google Drive has a tendency to have connection problems when the computer is woken from sleep. I noticed this happening to me on several occasions when I open my computer up in class, particularly when the wifi takes a while to connect.
Although there is not much you can do about the bug itself, I have found that it is much less likely to happen if other internet-connected apps open.
A: I am a windows user but I experienced the same problem. I was able to solve the problem by changing the settings on the Preferences.
Click the Google drive icon on your task bar then click the settings (three horizontal dots icon), click Preferences, click the Advanced Tab then change Proxy settings to direct connection if you're not using proxy, then change the Bandwidth settings Download rate from don't limit to what is appropriate for you, mine was 100 KB/second.
Hope this helps.
A: "What causes the problem?"
There's either a bug or an omission of code in the Google Drive macOS app that stops the app from re-connecting after it has lost its connection to Google servers.
"How to fix it?"
You can't. The app is obviously supposed to re-connect after losing connection - it's a synchronisation app. You can't help losing your internet connection - your device might go to sleep, or your Wi-Fi might be unstable. All you can do pray they fix the bug in an update. There is no "good" answer here; blame Google for abandoning its broken software (see also: Android File Transfer for Mac).
A: Quitting and re-opening the app works for me. Here is an AppleScript you can use to create a shortcut for your dock (updated for new "Backup and Sync" version of Google Drive).
tell application "Backup and Sync"
quit
end tell
delay 10
tell application "Backup and Sync"
activate
end tell
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c9ea0f08fd7ee0b677924f77fc15d98b44019180 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Facebook birthday sync only working for some contacts I recently noticed that only a couple of my contacts' birthdays show up on my calendar on OS X. For instance, I have four friends with birthdays today, but only one is on my calendar. I tried deleting and re-adding my Facebook account but notice no difference.
I'm getting the exact same behavior on my iPhone.
Maybe this isn't a Mac issue. Did Facebook change the way its sync works?
A: Facebook has an option for friends to Opt OUT of their birthdays being displayed to other people. So if I had you on FaceBook and I turned the option off to display to you what my Birthday is, the it won't sync to your Calendar.
| Q: Facebook birthday sync only working for some contacts I recently noticed that only a couple of my contacts' birthdays show up on my calendar on OS X. For instance, I have four friends with birthdays today, but only one is on my calendar. I tried deleting and re-adding my Facebook account but notice no difference.
I'm getting the exact same behavior on my iPhone.
Maybe this isn't a Mac issue. Did Facebook change the way its sync works?
A: Facebook has an option for friends to Opt OUT of their birthdays being displayed to other people. So if I had you on FaceBook and I turned the option off to display to you what my Birthday is, the it won't sync to your Calendar.
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ed8095856c39e3160f36a6335c1ce3f4486fc4d7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where on my pc does iTunes store the backup? I backup my phone to iTunes but need to back up my pc. I can do pictures as I can just copy those from the phone but what about the contacts, texts etc that are backed up to iTunes? Where is that stored?
A: From Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
*
*Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
*Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: To quickly access the Application Data folder, click Start, and choose Run. Type %appdata% and click OK.
*Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: To quickly access the AppData folder, click Start. In the search bar, type %appdata% and press the ↩ Return key.
| Q: Where on my pc does iTunes store the backup? I backup my phone to iTunes but need to back up my pc. I can do pictures as I can just copy those from the phone but what about the contacts, texts etc that are backed up to iTunes? Where is that stored?
A: From Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
*
*Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
*Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: To quickly access the Application Data folder, click Start, and choose Run. Type %appdata% and click OK.
*Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: To quickly access the AppData folder, click Start. In the search bar, type %appdata% and press the ↩ Return key.
A: For Windows 7 & 8 (from my knowledge):
*
*Start iTunes and attach the iPhone.
*Click on your phone icon and then select the Info tab on the top menu.
*Note the drop down menu SYNC CONTACTS WITH.
*Choose Windows Contacts.
*Make sure everything else is unchecked.
*Then go ahead sync your phone.
*This creates and or updates a Contacts Folder in your Windows User's folder called Contacts.
*The info in here looks similar to a file but the columns show contact info.
*Select an entry and OPEN IT (double click or right click and choose open.) - An edit window opens. When you sync the Windows Contact folder and your iPhone you will be able to get a pretty cool reconciliation feature for the differences between the two lists.
*This works well and I know I have my contacts on my computer and backed up with all my other stuff.
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203b2e49fa5634e477bafffe39244990a92b6610 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to create a user without a home directory? I want to create a user to run tomcat on my system and was wondering if it is possible to create a user without a home directory like it is possible in linux.
A: Yes you can, using the following code. Note that the UniqueID, if less than 501, may not list the user in the Accounts pane of system preferences, depending upon the OS version. Be careful that it is not already assigned to another user account.
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName UniqueID 505
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName PrimaryGroupID 20
sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/ThisUserName Pa55w0rd
You can assign a home folder outside of the normal /Users/ hierarchy with:
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName NFSHomeDirectory /path/to/your/home
If you want a clearer name to show up in the accounts preference:
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName RealName "This User Name"
If you su to the new user without having set a NFSHomeDirectory, the $HOME defaults to /var/empty.
| Q: Is it possible to create a user without a home directory? I want to create a user to run tomcat on my system and was wondering if it is possible to create a user without a home directory like it is possible in linux.
A: Yes you can, using the following code. Note that the UniqueID, if less than 501, may not list the user in the Accounts pane of system preferences, depending upon the OS version. Be careful that it is not already assigned to another user account.
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName UniqueID 505
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName PrimaryGroupID 20
sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/ThisUserName Pa55w0rd
You can assign a home folder outside of the normal /Users/ hierarchy with:
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName NFSHomeDirectory /path/to/your/home
If you want a clearer name to show up in the accounts preference:
sudo dscl . -create /Users/ThisUserName RealName "This User Name"
If you su to the new user without having set a NFSHomeDirectory, the $HOME defaults to /var/empty.
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76cf5eefbeb059334390b49f9190786aacb6075c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook locked with icloud So I was playing around with the findmymac/iphone app just testing it out and hit the "lock" option. My Macbook Pro is now locked, which has been fine up until this point because I just hit "option" on startup enter my passcode and I'm in. The problem now is I'm wanting to reformat my macbook so I can partition it (need to for work) but obviously I cant because the lock mode inhibits me from doing so. I cant find any help on this issue, my situation seems a bit different because most people asking the questions seem to not have their passcode but I have mine, is there a really obvious fix that I am missing?
A: After locking a Mac with iCloud, a normal reboot (no Option or other modifier keys) should take you to an unlock screen. Enter the PIN there, and it should fully unlock the Mac (unlike entering the PIN after holding Option, which just temporarily bypasses the lock). Is this now working on your Mac?
| Q: Macbook locked with icloud So I was playing around with the findmymac/iphone app just testing it out and hit the "lock" option. My Macbook Pro is now locked, which has been fine up until this point because I just hit "option" on startup enter my passcode and I'm in. The problem now is I'm wanting to reformat my macbook so I can partition it (need to for work) but obviously I cant because the lock mode inhibits me from doing so. I cant find any help on this issue, my situation seems a bit different because most people asking the questions seem to not have their passcode but I have mine, is there a really obvious fix that I am missing?
A: After locking a Mac with iCloud, a normal reboot (no Option or other modifier keys) should take you to an unlock screen. Enter the PIN there, and it should fully unlock the Mac (unlike entering the PIN after holding Option, which just temporarily bypasses the lock). Is this now working on your Mac?
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6f6e68796fee71f465e541f5535806cd0589490c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: /etc/hosts gets over written What is the correct way of editing /etc/hosts? I want to add some IP addresses and host names to it. It works for a while (a few hours) and then it gets reverted back to the original version. Is there any process checking the status of /etc/hosts and reverting it back?
I'm on my MBA with Mountain Lion.
A: Do you use Cisco's AnyConnect VPN client? If so, you need to edit /etc/hosts.ac instead, and let it copy that to the live file. See this MacOSXHints article, and these previous questions.
EDIT: I can't find anything specifically about Janos Pulse, but Juniper's Network Connect messes with /etc/hosts, and I suspect Pulse may do the same thing. According to this blog post, if you make changes while connected they'll be reverted when you disconnect, but changes made while disconnected will stick.
| Q: /etc/hosts gets over written What is the correct way of editing /etc/hosts? I want to add some IP addresses and host names to it. It works for a while (a few hours) and then it gets reverted back to the original version. Is there any process checking the status of /etc/hosts and reverting it back?
I'm on my MBA with Mountain Lion.
A: Do you use Cisco's AnyConnect VPN client? If so, you need to edit /etc/hosts.ac instead, and let it copy that to the live file. See this MacOSXHints article, and these previous questions.
EDIT: I can't find anything specifically about Janos Pulse, but Juniper's Network Connect messes with /etc/hosts, and I suspect Pulse may do the same thing. According to this blog post, if you make changes while connected they'll be reverted when you disconnect, but changes made while disconnected will stick.
A: For me it's in the file
/etc/pulse-hosts.bak
You have to edit this file to customize your hosts directives
When you are going to reconnect/connect using the Pulse Secure VPN, it's going to merge the directives from the
/etc/pulse-hosts.bak
with the content from Pulse directives and creates the
/etc/hosts
2018 Update
With the newer version of Pulse Secure you have to exit the program first (check your active process).
Modify your host (/etc/hosts) and then restart Pulse Secure.
A: If you are using Juno Pulse VPN client, /etc/hosts gets over-written by /etc/jnpr-pulse-hosts.bak
A: As a tool to help you find the culprit, here is a dtrace oneliner which prints the pid and name of any process which opens a file for writing, together with the filename:
dtrace -qn 'syscall::open*:entry /arg1&3/ { printf("%d %s %s\n", pid, execname, copyinstr(arg0)); }'
It needs to be run as root (e.g., with sudo). Pipe it into grep hosts to avoid drowning in output and missing what you are looking for:
sudo dtrace -qn 'syscall::open*:entry /arg1&3/ { printf("%d %s %s\n", pid, execname, copyinstr(arg0)); }' | grep hosts
Hopefully, this will tell you what process is overwriting the file. Just let it run in a terminal window until it triggers.
A: When changing the /etc/hosts file, make sure you are NOT connected to the VPN (at least if you are using Network Connect by Juniper Networks.)
As described in https://mcphersonz.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/etchosts-file-is-reverting-to-a-previous-state-in-os-x/
A: If you landed here because your Mac hosts file is being overwritten after you edit it, try editing the hosts file before you connect to a VPN. That resolved a problem I encountered.
A: I was unable to use quickstart cloudera VM after entering into VPN. To resolve this issue i followed below steps.
Step-1 : Add entry in /private/etc/hosts for e.g.
127.0.0.1 quickstart.cloudera
Step-2 : Enter into VPN for e.g. I am using F5 VPN
Step-3 : Verify above mentioned entry in /etc/hosts using below command
cat /etc/hosts
I hope that it will be useful.
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e9308321db1c3cb167ff48597ff197cc95074946 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Alternative Ways to Control The Volume Level Of My Mac In OS X? Generally to either increase or decrease the volume level of my Mac, I always go to the volume menu bar and adjust the slider accordingly.
I was wondering:
What other ways exist within OS X to adjust volume settings and perhaps give even finer adjustments to the volume level that is produced ?
A: *
*Use the volume keys on your keyboard (hold Shift + Option for finer control)
*Go to the Sound pane of System Preferences
| Q: Alternative Ways to Control The Volume Level Of My Mac In OS X? Generally to either increase or decrease the volume level of my Mac, I always go to the volume menu bar and adjust the slider accordingly.
I was wondering:
What other ways exist within OS X to adjust volume settings and perhaps give even finer adjustments to the volume level that is produced ?
A: *
*Use the volume keys on your keyboard (hold Shift + Option for finer control)
*Go to the Sound pane of System Preferences
A: You mentioned alternate ways to control the volume. Here is one from the terminal:
sudo osascript -e "set Volume 5"
You can change to "5" to a higher or lower number to make the volume go up and down in intensity.
sudo osascript -e "set Volume 0.1"
This will put your volume at super quiet
As @Tortilla stated, for finer control without the terminal, you can hold Shift + Option while using the F11 or F12 keys to adjust the volume by 1/4 (0.25) increments.
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a839afd0db25d6058f2f3485025c68a973828613 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get the full path for a file in finder? I look for a file in finder, finder finds it. But, I'd like to find it's full path. How do I do that?
A: In Finder...
*
*Select a file
*Choose "View > Show Path Bar"
*Right-click the Path Bar file name (or file icon)
*Select "Copy as Pathname"
*Paste the Pathname where you desire
| Q: How do I get the full path for a file in finder? I look for a file in finder, finder finds it. But, I'd like to find it's full path. How do I do that?
A: In Finder...
*
*Select a file
*Choose "View > Show Path Bar"
*Right-click the Path Bar file name (or file icon)
*Select "Copy as Pathname"
*Paste the Pathname where you desire
A: ⌥ ⌘ c while file is highlighted to copy its path to the macOS clipboard.
(option-command-c)
Easier than all of these by a long shot, IMO.
A: You can also enter the following in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
then
killall Finder
This will display the full path in the titlebar.
to turn it back off change the -bool YES to NO
Or if you want to copy the text of the path you can drag the file into Terminal.
A: You can right click on it and select "get info" and it should be written in the window that will pop the full path of the folder.
A: Install the FinderPath app
https://bahoom.com/finderpath/
It shows the full address when you click the title in Finder
Works just like Windows
Still works on MacOS 13.1
A: There are a few ways:
*
*Right-click the folder name in the top of the window
*In the Finder choose "View > Show Path Bar"
*Use Go2Shell to open a terminal window at that location
A: Command-C on the file to copy, and Command-V on the command line in Terminal. Or drag the file to the Terminal window
A: Right click the file and press info. Then you will get the file path infront of where.
More Info
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2ce338be3d4124ae36896cc0c8dcf6da1be86f2b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can you get OSX if your hard drive crashed and you don't have the original DVD anymore? Yesterday my HD died. I thought about buying a new disk and reinstalling, but I can't find the original DVD that came with the machine (it's a MacBook 5.1, it came with 10.5). Suppose I want to buy and install a new operating system, how can I do it, considering that boxed dvds are no longer sold?
A: In the past AppleCare has been able to send replacement system discs. I would assume the same holds true today but my only doubt stems from the age of the Mac, since it may be unsupported by AppleCare. It's definitely worth a call though...
*
*Call 1-800-APLCARE (Or find your Apple support number HERE if you're outside of the US/Canada)
*Give them your serial number (found on your Mac, underneath your battery)
*Explain that you have misplaced the gray system discs that came with your Mac and that you need replacement discs in order to reinstall your operating system.
Hopefully they are still able to provide replacements!
| Q: How can you get OSX if your hard drive crashed and you don't have the original DVD anymore? Yesterday my HD died. I thought about buying a new disk and reinstalling, but I can't find the original DVD that came with the machine (it's a MacBook 5.1, it came with 10.5). Suppose I want to buy and install a new operating system, how can I do it, considering that boxed dvds are no longer sold?
A: In the past AppleCare has been able to send replacement system discs. I would assume the same holds true today but my only doubt stems from the age of the Mac, since it may be unsupported by AppleCare. It's definitely worth a call though...
*
*Call 1-800-APLCARE (Or find your Apple support number HERE if you're outside of the US/Canada)
*Give them your serial number (found on your Mac, underneath your battery)
*Explain that you have misplaced the gray system discs that came with your Mac and that you need replacement discs in order to reinstall your operating system.
Hopefully they are still able to provide replacements!
A: OS X 10.6 DVDs are still available from Apple for $19.99: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
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c62d3dfbce6aa873bce976688c489239af84fbb9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Air how to setup proxy for iTunes and App Store? I am confused how to setup proxy for iTunes and App Store on Macbook Air.
I have noticed that Safari can connect to the Internet through proxy, but for iTunes and App Store, I do not know how it works.
Can you help me with this? Thanks.
A: The Change Settings… button in Safari > Preferences… > Advanced opens the global Proxies sheet. Changes made here affect every app that uses that connection.
Alternatively the sheet can be opened by opening System Preferences.app, selecting Network, then Advanced…, then Proxies.
| Q: Macbook Air how to setup proxy for iTunes and App Store? I am confused how to setup proxy for iTunes and App Store on Macbook Air.
I have noticed that Safari can connect to the Internet through proxy, but for iTunes and App Store, I do not know how it works.
Can you help me with this? Thanks.
A: The Change Settings… button in Safari > Preferences… > Advanced opens the global Proxies sheet. Changes made here affect every app that uses that connection.
Alternatively the sheet can be opened by opening System Preferences.app, selecting Network, then Advanced…, then Proxies.
A: I am going to recommend two methods to get things working when under any proxy. I am using Mavericks, but I think these methods should work for any other version of OS X too. Go to second method if you don't want to read through the whole answer.
1. Using Advanced Proxy Settings using Locations in Network Preferences.
I personally shift between various networks regularly. Some of these require a proxy, and others don't, and I find the Locations feature very helpful. I created a "College" location specifically for those networks which require a proxy, in which all networks need a proxy authentication.
All these settings can be accessed from System Preferences -> Network.
You can create a new location as per your needs as shown in the above picture.
Once you're done with the location, connect to your favorite network and click on the Advanced settings.
Go to proxy tab, and set your proxy settings as shown in the image. Notice the *college-domain-here.com in the "Bypass proxy" section below: you can specify those domains here, for which you don't need a proxy server to access. Remember to set HTTP, HTTPS, and whatever other proxies you need - all of them. Forgetting any one of those will cause weird problems like websites loading indefinitely and so on.
I have found this method to be very helpful in most occasions, but I've had my share of troubles with this method. For example, App Store and iTunes Store didn't work most of the time, and a really irritating dialogue box popped up randomly asking for my password, which never seemed to work.
So, here is a better method:
2. Using Authoxy
Authoxy is a small software which runs a proxy server in your local machine (laptop) and tunnels all your connections in a beautiful manner via the proxy you specify.
Here is a step-by-step procedure to get it installed and working: http://davidtse916.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/a-step-by-step-guide-to-authoxy/
The good thing is: AppStore and iTunes always work with this method.
A: I find setting up SORKS proxy is a solution with ssh tunnel.
I refer to this document for help.
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9bacdf8336c788d5149621f59e9cf7a8e42c40c5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to read last block of the device I'm mid way through replacing the hard drive in my MacBook Pro (mid-2009). I've created a boot disk (10.8) on a SD card which I am booting from.
On trying to format the new drive with disk utility (in from the installer) I am being presented with the following error.
Disk Erase Failed
Disk Erase failed with the error:
Unable to write to the last block of the device
Googling suggests this error message is somewhat ambiguous. The drive is brand new and from disk utility the SMART status is "verified".
Thanks in advance
A: The solution was really rather simple. A dead HD cable causing the HD to show up (and verify) but not function.
| Q: Unable to read last block of the device I'm mid way through replacing the hard drive in my MacBook Pro (mid-2009). I've created a boot disk (10.8) on a SD card which I am booting from.
On trying to format the new drive with disk utility (in from the installer) I am being presented with the following error.
Disk Erase Failed
Disk Erase failed with the error:
Unable to write to the last block of the device
Googling suggests this error message is somewhat ambiguous. The drive is brand new and from disk utility the SMART status is "verified".
Thanks in advance
A: The solution was really rather simple. A dead HD cable causing the HD to show up (and verify) but not function.
A: 'unable to read last block of device' is a generic error.
for me i ran into this similar error, but specifically:
Error: -69760: Unable to write to the last block of the device.
If you get this specific error it seems to be due to the block size that the drive was formatted in. Macs do not seem to play well with discs formatted with higher block sizes.
The default file size when i formatted an SSD as exFat32 using my windows surface was 4096kb and this would not play nice with my mac, causing this blocksize error when attempting a format.
This answer suggests 128kb unit allocation size format (i assume they mean cluster size). The minimum block size i could format with using my windows surface device was 1024kb and this worked for me allowing me to then use as exFat32 with the Mac.
However with the particular SSD device i bought, it only allowed me to do a quick (not full) format (on windows), and mac would still not allow me to then reformat as APFS, but at least i had a working storage device that my mac allowed me to read and write to. This was a cheap SSD so its possible it had been preformatted badly causing these limitations. The cable i was using to connect the SSD was new and decent so i dont see that as what was preventing a full erase/format.
The only problem is that i cannot store files larger than 4GB as i couldnt reformat as APFS, but i think this is probably a limitation of the cheaper device.
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881769ee0c48e58f351974f11593cd2f36ea3f9f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to Screen Capture while in Cmd+Tab I ran into a rare situation - I want to snag a picture of my screen while using cmd+tab to show people how I navigate around in this how-to post.
The regular cmd+shift+3 or 4 didn't do anything. Thoughts on getting around it?
I run lion 10.8.3 on a MBA.
A: screencapture -T 5 /tmp/screencapture.png # 5 second delay
screencapture -T 5 -cC # -c copies to clipboard, -C includes a cursor
screencapture -T 5 -ic # -i (interactive mode) is like shift-command-4
I also use a function like this:
screencaps() {
while :; do
screencapture -C ~/Desktop/$(date +%y%m%d%H%M%S).png
sleep ${1-1}
done
}
| Q: How to Screen Capture while in Cmd+Tab I ran into a rare situation - I want to snag a picture of my screen while using cmd+tab to show people how I navigate around in this how-to post.
The regular cmd+shift+3 or 4 didn't do anything. Thoughts on getting around it?
I run lion 10.8.3 on a MBA.
A: screencapture -T 5 /tmp/screencapture.png # 5 second delay
screencapture -T 5 -cC # -c copies to clipboard, -C includes a cursor
screencapture -T 5 -ic # -i (interactive mode) is like shift-command-4
I also use a function like this:
screencaps() {
while :; do
screencapture -C ~/Desktop/$(date +%y%m%d%H%M%S).png
sleep ${1-1}
done
}
A: Open Grab, go to Capture -> Timed Screen, then make sure the cmd+tab module is up on the screen when the timer runs out. Then open in Preview and crop as desired.
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fcba82fb2c5778d508774ef4fa25b355d72a6da8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you get notes to stay only on your iPhone and not sync to any other device on the Notes app? I logged out of the iCloud account on both my iPhone and my iPad so neither devices sync each others music or apps anymore, but whenever I make a note on my iPhone I always find it on my iPad and I do not want it there. Is there a way to make my notes stay only on my iPhone?
A: Notes may sync via other email services, like gmail.
You need to check the settings of EACH of your email accounts, and, if necessary, disable syncing notes.
It is also possible that notes sync to your Mac when you connect your iPhone to iTunes (via the USB cable or wireless). To avoid this, you might want to check iTunes sync settings (not 100% sure about the latter is still valid, it was definitely present in older versions of iTunes).
| Q: How do you get notes to stay only on your iPhone and not sync to any other device on the Notes app? I logged out of the iCloud account on both my iPhone and my iPad so neither devices sync each others music or apps anymore, but whenever I make a note on my iPhone I always find it on my iPad and I do not want it there. Is there a way to make my notes stay only on my iPhone?
A: Notes may sync via other email services, like gmail.
You need to check the settings of EACH of your email accounts, and, if necessary, disable syncing notes.
It is also possible that notes sync to your Mac when you connect your iPhone to iTunes (via the USB cable or wireless). To avoid this, you might want to check iTunes sync settings (not 100% sure about the latter is still valid, it was definitely present in older versions of iTunes).
A: Simply go to Settings > Notes and make sure the default notes account is set to "On My iPhone" instead of "iCloud".
Now, newly created notes on your iPhone will remain on your iPhone and will not get pushed to the iCloud and hence your iPad.
A: Go to the iCloud settings on your iPhone [Settings/iCloud] and simply disable the Note's sync features.
A: Go to Settings
-Notes on iphone6 plus move lever on (to green color) "On My iPhone" Account
Now you have option to put ur notes on icloud folder or On my iphone
A: You could also try using one of the many note taking alternatives on the app store - the free Note app from Squarespace is my favourite.
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7dcf78021af021b6bbea37118c11a442a5ffb6dc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Removing .ds_store from desktop while still having view hidden files on? I have a .DS_Store on my desktop. Ruins the flow. I want to remove it and have it hidden, but I have hidden files enabled on my mac as I need it. This file however, is annoying.
A: There is a thorough discussion on this Superuser question.
Having a transparent icon that is off the desktop (Kevin Suttle), or a read-only desktop (joshfindit) seem to be the best feasible solutions.
| Q: Removing .ds_store from desktop while still having view hidden files on? I have a .DS_Store on my desktop. Ruins the flow. I want to remove it and have it hidden, but I have hidden files enabled on my mac as I need it. This file however, is annoying.
A: There is a thorough discussion on this Superuser question.
Having a transparent icon that is off the desktop (Kevin Suttle), or a read-only desktop (joshfindit) seem to be the best feasible solutions.
A: You can toggle the visibility of hidden files using a keyboard shortcut from a Finder plugin called TotalFinder. Probably not worth the effort of installing it though; I don’t.
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07ef0797365c12df1cc92600b5921073ab925b48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to clear ALL items from Safari's reading list? How to clear ALL items from Safari's reading list?
I have 100's of items in the list so do not want do do them individually.
I tried removing Bookmarks.plist in ~/Library/Safari/ which deletes the reading list on the mac locally but iCloud just adds them back, when syncing.
A: Does this not work? Seems to for me.
| Q: How to clear ALL items from Safari's reading list? How to clear ALL items from Safari's reading list?
I have 100's of items in the list so do not want do do them individually.
I tried removing Bookmarks.plist in ~/Library/Safari/ which deletes the reading list on the mac locally but iCloud just adds them back, when syncing.
A: Does this not work? Seems to for me.
A: In more recent Safari versions where the button has gone away, just right-click or Control-click an item in the list. The context menu will show a Clear all… choice there.
A: Swipe item on list you want to delete. Delete option will appear.
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87f1762c7a8ecadc2290c80e5c74767fc5e6103f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enable "mouse trails" in OSX? I have a lot of screen real estate, and am constantly "losing" my mouse.
I'd like to have a simple way of easily finding the mouse that doesn't have to be reconfigured when I undock from my 28 inch monitor and rely on my retina display.
Windows has a feature that allows for "mouse trails" so I can easily find the pointer wherever it is. How can I get similar functionality on the Mac?
I looked under the "accessibility" tab but found nothing.
A: There's no built-in option for that. You could try HotMouse for $0.99 in the App Store, or OmniDazzle (free) if you're really feeling crazy.
| Q: How do I enable "mouse trails" in OSX? I have a lot of screen real estate, and am constantly "losing" my mouse.
I'd like to have a simple way of easily finding the mouse that doesn't have to be reconfigured when I undock from my 28 inch monitor and rely on my retina display.
Windows has a feature that allows for "mouse trails" so I can easily find the pointer wherever it is. How can I get similar functionality on the Mac?
I looked under the "accessibility" tab but found nothing.
A: There's no built-in option for that. You could try HotMouse for $0.99 in the App Store, or OmniDazzle (free) if you're really feeling crazy.
A: Under Accessibility - Display there is an option to make it larger, and thus easier to find.
Otherwise, go with one of Tortilla's options.
A: I use Pinpoint from the app store.
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8ebd93ef1123417bfd480db5c0066528caadb5f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get Custom HiDPI resolution rendering on non-Retina Macs On MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Apple samples image to 2x and then scale it back down. Even for other resolutions found in System Preferences.
However, on other Macs, that doesn't work. They simply provide one default resolution for HiDPI, and then others are all scaled.
Is there any possibilities that this can be configured on a non-Retina Mac?
A: This forum post answers your question: InsanelyMac - Custom Retina HiDPI Resolution
It's pretty lengthy and complex, and probably not for someone who isn't happy with messing about with the terminal and plists etc. In essence the steps involve messing with the DisplayProductID and DisplayVendorID values to fool the OS into thinking it's a HiDPI display.
It's not fair to simply plagiarise the OPs post, as this is from another user on another site, rather than a generic "use this program' style suggestion, so you'll have to follow the link rather than have it all pasted in here.
| Q: Get Custom HiDPI resolution rendering on non-Retina Macs On MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Apple samples image to 2x and then scale it back down. Even for other resolutions found in System Preferences.
However, on other Macs, that doesn't work. They simply provide one default resolution for HiDPI, and then others are all scaled.
Is there any possibilities that this can be configured on a non-Retina Mac?
A: This forum post answers your question: InsanelyMac - Custom Retina HiDPI Resolution
It's pretty lengthy and complex, and probably not for someone who isn't happy with messing about with the terminal and plists etc. In essence the steps involve messing with the DisplayProductID and DisplayVendorID values to fool the OS into thinking it's a HiDPI display.
It's not fair to simply plagiarise the OPs post, as this is from another user on another site, rather than a generic "use this program' style suggestion, so you'll have to follow the link rather than have it all pasted in here.
A: Yes You can, Download the app Display Monitor https://github.com/Eun/DisableMonitor
install and then you can change it
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d2c35b3f4dd0cfd26a295f18a73d61b15de2ffe5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the Bonjour option in iMessage for? iMessage has a Bonjour option but there isn't any explanation on what this all is about. So what can I do with this?
A: When Bonjour is enabled in Messages it allows you to chat with other users on the same network who also have Bonjour enabled. As described in Bonjour For Developers:
Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of devices and services on a local network using industry standard IP protocols.
This was developed some years ago to enable easy configuration of printers and other network services without needing to know ports, addresses, etc. Messages simply ties into this service.
Jabber is a messaging protocol. It underlies several protocols such as AIM and Google Chat.
iMessage is a messaging protocol. Messages is the chat application.
| Q: What is the Bonjour option in iMessage for? iMessage has a Bonjour option but there isn't any explanation on what this all is about. So what can I do with this?
A: When Bonjour is enabled in Messages it allows you to chat with other users on the same network who also have Bonjour enabled. As described in Bonjour For Developers:
Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of devices and services on a local network using industry standard IP protocols.
This was developed some years ago to enable easy configuration of printers and other network services without needing to know ports, addresses, etc. Messages simply ties into this service.
Jabber is a messaging protocol. It underlies several protocols such as AIM and Google Chat.
iMessage is a messaging protocol. Messages is the chat application.
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35c770d63394358173240cb1bae7ae56ac2ad745 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change my iCloud account on my iPhone? My wife had to get a new iPhone and they put my iCloud account on her phone. I am trying to change it but when i go into Settings > iCloud, the email address is grayed out so I can't see how to change it.
How can I change the iCloud account on my wife's phone so she gets her contacts, etc and not mine?
A: Under Settings / iCloud you'll see a big red button labeled as Delete Account. Contrary to what it appears, it won't actually delete the account, nor your Apple ID, it will only delete the iCloud's content from your device.
So, to change the device's iCloud account just delete the current one and then log in appropriately.
| Q: How can I change my iCloud account on my iPhone? My wife had to get a new iPhone and they put my iCloud account on her phone. I am trying to change it but when i go into Settings > iCloud, the email address is grayed out so I can't see how to change it.
How can I change the iCloud account on my wife's phone so she gets her contacts, etc and not mine?
A: Under Settings / iCloud you'll see a big red button labeled as Delete Account. Contrary to what it appears, it won't actually delete the account, nor your Apple ID, it will only delete the iCloud's content from your device.
So, to change the device's iCloud account just delete the current one and then log in appropriately.
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da171ff0821ea98b5d2798608b6d912a8378dc6c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I remove a username from the username drop down list on Chrome on Mac OS X? Googling suggests that I highlight the name with my mouse and hit delete - this doesn't work (the name stays in the dropdown list, I instead end up deleting a letter from the name textfield)
A Mac specific suggestion is to hold down the "fn" button when I click delete. Trying that seems to have no effect - nothing changes, that I can see.
How do I remove a specific username from the username drop down on Google Chrome on Mac?
To all the answers suggesting Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Delete ⌫ It is an editor shortcut for "quick delete entire line". So it only looks like it works.
It does not add/modify/delete names from the list of login names that are suggested for autofill.
Please test your answer before posting - make sure that the auto-fill list is actually different after you've deleted a name.
A: Was actually having the same trouble and decided to try a combination of fn + shift + delete
| Q: How do I remove a username from the username drop down list on Chrome on Mac OS X? Googling suggests that I highlight the name with my mouse and hit delete - this doesn't work (the name stays in the dropdown list, I instead end up deleting a letter from the name textfield)
A Mac specific suggestion is to hold down the "fn" button when I click delete. Trying that seems to have no effect - nothing changes, that I can see.
How do I remove a specific username from the username drop down on Google Chrome on Mac?
To all the answers suggesting Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Delete ⌫ It is an editor shortcut for "quick delete entire line". So it only looks like it works.
It does not add/modify/delete names from the list of login names that are suggested for autofill.
Please test your answer before posting - make sure that the auto-fill list is actually different after you've deleted a name.
A: Was actually having the same trouble and decided to try a combination of fn + shift + delete
A: Running Chrome v28 on OS X 10.8.4, by selecting an entry in a dropdown of saved usernames, I was able to fn+Delete ⌫ and remove the incorrect name.
A: highlight the name with the mouse and hitCtrl+Shift+Delete. It worked for me.
A: The Ctrl+Shift+Delete worked for me. When the drop down options appear, use arrow keys to highlight the option you want to delete, then Ctrl+Shift+Delete removes that option.
Fn + Shift + Delete worked for me. Sightly different key combination from most of this thread.
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68a6f41055dee0ce1fa4e8e52cb063a841cc40a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Check the version of an app installed on iPad Is there anyway to check the version of an app installed on a iPad without connecting back to iTunes on my desktop / laptop?
A: iOS provides a list with all installed Apps and their memory usage. Tapping on any App on that list will, besides giving you the option to delete it, display the name, the version, its size and how much memory it's using.
The path to access this list has changed through the iOS versions:
iOS 11: Settings / General / iPad Storage
iOS 9: Settings / General / Storage and iCloud usage / Manage Storage
iOS 8: Settings / General / Usage / Manage Storage
iOS 7: Settings / General / Usage
| Q: Check the version of an app installed on iPad Is there anyway to check the version of an app installed on a iPad without connecting back to iTunes on my desktop / laptop?
A: iOS provides a list with all installed Apps and their memory usage. Tapping on any App on that list will, besides giving you the option to delete it, display the name, the version, its size and how much memory it's using.
The path to access this list has changed through the iOS versions:
iOS 11: Settings / General / iPad Storage
iOS 9: Settings / General / Storage and iCloud usage / Manage Storage
iOS 8: Settings / General / Usage / Manage Storage
iOS 7: Settings / General / Usage
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14eb02dce51b2066b211a25c2c9a37c0361b8f36 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Making an app window smaller on a mac When I open some apps, the window for the app is huge. I know I can resize the window by going to bottom right and corner and using mouse. I was just wondering is there some quicker way using keys etc?
A: Well, there are some tricks in OS X Lion and above.
Since OS X Lion you can use any window edge for resizing.
If you hold down the option key, you can also resize a window by expanding or decreasing opposite sides of a window at the same time.
If you hold down the shift key while you expand or contract a window, the window will maintain its original aspect ratio.
Also you can combine option and shift.
If you want keyboard shortcuts (not built-in there) you can use 3rd party software like http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26411/mercurymover.
| Q: Making an app window smaller on a mac When I open some apps, the window for the app is huge. I know I can resize the window by going to bottom right and corner and using mouse. I was just wondering is there some quicker way using keys etc?
A: Well, there are some tricks in OS X Lion and above.
Since OS X Lion you can use any window edge for resizing.
If you hold down the option key, you can also resize a window by expanding or decreasing opposite sides of a window at the same time.
If you hold down the shift key while you expand or contract a window, the window will maintain its original aspect ratio.
Also you can combine option and shift.
If you want keyboard shortcuts (not built-in there) you can use 3rd party software like http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26411/mercurymover.
A: If you don't mind using an add-on, take a look at ShiftIt. It allows you to use keys to move the window to left side, right side, top, bottom, lower left, upper right, etc.
https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt
From the dev's website:
A: If the window is not in fullscreen mode (i.e. where the yellow "minimize" button is greyed out) you can double click the header bar of the window. That will resize it to be the full width of the screen minus the computer's top bar. Then, when you double click it again, it will shrink to the size it was before you first double clicked it.
This way you can, say, have a window occupying one half of the screen, then double click to enlarge it to full, then double click again to go back to the same half.
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4198ad67388c0221370e6df9d106700f663017fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how do I write a homebrew recipe? What are the key features of a homebrew recipe?
If I want to contribute a recipe, e.g. this one for udunits to the the hombrew-science repository, how would I convert a command-line script like this:
wget ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/udunits/udunits-2.1.24.tar.gz
tar -xvf udunits-2.1.24.tar.gz
cd udunits-2.1.24
./configure
make
make check
make clean
into a valid recipe?
A: This Homebrew README gives these steps (with links to more information):
Contributing
In short:
*
*Fork Homebrew.
*brew create http://example.com/foo-0.1.tar.gz
*git checkout -b foo
*git commit Library/Formula/foo.rb && git push
*Pull Request.
In long:
*
*Formula Cookbook
*Acceptable Formulae
Homebrew formulas are written in Ruby (tested against Ruby 2.0.0). Knowledge of Ruby certainly helps, but you might be able to get a feel for how to do basic procedures like you outline above just by reading a few existing formulae.
Getting a formula accepted also requires a little knowledge of Git and GitHub pull requests, but is covered How to open a Homebrew pull request (and get it merged)
| Q: how do I write a homebrew recipe? What are the key features of a homebrew recipe?
If I want to contribute a recipe, e.g. this one for udunits to the the hombrew-science repository, how would I convert a command-line script like this:
wget ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/udunits/udunits-2.1.24.tar.gz
tar -xvf udunits-2.1.24.tar.gz
cd udunits-2.1.24
./configure
make
make check
make clean
into a valid recipe?
A: This Homebrew README gives these steps (with links to more information):
Contributing
In short:
*
*Fork Homebrew.
*brew create http://example.com/foo-0.1.tar.gz
*git checkout -b foo
*git commit Library/Formula/foo.rb && git push
*Pull Request.
In long:
*
*Formula Cookbook
*Acceptable Formulae
Homebrew formulas are written in Ruby (tested against Ruby 2.0.0). Knowledge of Ruby certainly helps, but you might be able to get a feel for how to do basic procedures like you outline above just by reading a few existing formulae.
Getting a formula accepted also requires a little knowledge of Git and GitHub pull requests, but is covered How to open a Homebrew pull request (and get it merged)
A: Another approach:
Checkout How To Open a Homebrew Pull Request (and get it merged)
P.S. I don't have enough reputation to comment so sorry.
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4b72e574d266e3ca22e7b4e498a105eeb7d0f404 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Exclude a mailbox from "All Inboxes" or compose a custom multiple inbox view I have recently added my work mailbox to my iphone.
I have several other mailboxes that I use for non work purposes. I like to look at the mail from my non work mailboxes as though they were a single mailbox, so I use the "All Inboxes" option in the mail app.
I would like to exclude work emails from the "All Inboxes" view, is this possible? Failing that is there a way to create a view of my own that only includes my non work mailboxes?
I've had a look at Exclude mails from specific Inbox in “Inbox” view but nothing there fits my situation, and that's for mail.app anyway.
I can't see any way to create a multi inbox entry, is there a way?
A: This can now be done via the filter option in iOS Mail. Very handy. You just tap the filter button in the lower left, then tap the blue filter criteria in the center bottom, then adjust the options.
| Q: Exclude a mailbox from "All Inboxes" or compose a custom multiple inbox view I have recently added my work mailbox to my iphone.
I have several other mailboxes that I use for non work purposes. I like to look at the mail from my non work mailboxes as though they were a single mailbox, so I use the "All Inboxes" option in the mail app.
I would like to exclude work emails from the "All Inboxes" view, is this possible? Failing that is there a way to create a view of my own that only includes my non work mailboxes?
I've had a look at Exclude mails from specific Inbox in “Inbox” view but nothing there fits my situation, and that's for mail.app anyway.
I can't see any way to create a multi inbox entry, is there a way?
A: This can now be done via the filter option in iOS Mail. Very handy. You just tap the filter button in the lower left, then tap the blue filter criteria in the center bottom, then adjust the options.
A: Simple answer: no you cannot. But if you want, you could download other mail apps like "Mailbox" or "Mail Pilot".
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024a4b93d4af5a15fa31871d093acd091ea4cdc7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how do you load the US Department of Defense Certificate into an iPhone? How do you load the US Department of Defense SSL certificate (or any SSL certificate) into iOS?
A: Firstly you'll need to obtain the SSL certificate, sending it to you via email or grabbing it from a web. Once opened (tapping on it from the email attachment, for instance) an installation process will start.
*
*On the Install Profile screen, tap on Install.
*A warning message saying that Installing this profile will change settings on your iPhone will appear. Tap Install now.
*If your device is Pin Protected you'll be prompted to enter it.
*You'll, then, be prompted to enter the certificate's password. Tap on the Next button on the top right corner of the screen, once the password has been entered.
*The certificate will be installed, and a screen with the new certificate will be show.
| Q: how do you load the US Department of Defense Certificate into an iPhone? How do you load the US Department of Defense SSL certificate (or any SSL certificate) into iOS?
A: Firstly you'll need to obtain the SSL certificate, sending it to you via email or grabbing it from a web. Once opened (tapping on it from the email attachment, for instance) an installation process will start.
*
*On the Install Profile screen, tap on Install.
*A warning message saying that Installing this profile will change settings on your iPhone will appear. Tap Install now.
*If your device is Pin Protected you'll be prompted to enter it.
*You'll, then, be prompted to enter the certificate's password. Tap on the Next button on the top right corner of the screen, once the password has been entered.
*The certificate will be installed, and a screen with the new certificate will be show.
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8f099d54ea660c0b552882e778ab6b471cf30843 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to install vim 7.4a with homebrew I installed vim with homebrew on my macbook
brew install macvim
but the version I wish was 7.4a, the latest beta release, how can I install it?
A: For me,
brew info macvim
told me this:
macvim: stable 7.3-66, devel 7.4b-BETA-69, HEAD
And as such, I would have to do this:
brew install macvim --devel
| Q: How to install vim 7.4a with homebrew I installed vim with homebrew on my macbook
brew install macvim
but the version I wish was 7.4a, the latest beta release, how can I install it?
A: For me,
brew info macvim
told me this:
macvim: stable 7.3-66, devel 7.4b-BETA-69, HEAD
And as such, I would have to do this:
brew install macvim --devel
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44fcd177b86b56347f7a4d13f926a9b2877dfec4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Windows key when running windows through virtual box on a mac I am running Windows 7 on a virtual image using virtualbox on my max osx.
I need to know what the windows key is on the mac keyboard. Any tips?
A: By default it's the right ⌘ (Command) Key.
The left ⌘ (Command) Key does not work because it is set as the Host (Meta) Key in VirtualBox.
And they can be swapped simply by replacing the Host Key with the right ⌘ (Command) Key, in Preferences > Input > Virtual Machine > Host Key Combination.
| Q: Windows key when running windows through virtual box on a mac I am running Windows 7 on a virtual image using virtualbox on my max osx.
I need to know what the windows key is on the mac keyboard. Any tips?
A: By default it's the right ⌘ (Command) Key.
The left ⌘ (Command) Key does not work because it is set as the Host (Meta) Key in VirtualBox.
And they can be swapped simply by replacing the Host Key with the right ⌘ (Command) Key, in Preferences > Input > Virtual Machine > Host Key Combination.
A: On Virtualbox 4.3.6, I use Ctrl + Esc for the Windows button.
Tested on Windows 7 and 8.1
A: In 2021, if you're using a Mac and want the left ⌘ on the Mac to act as Ctrl on Windows in "Windows VM", you can do as following:
1. Change default Meta-key in VirtualBox
*
*On the Mac, focus on a running "Windows VM"
*Select: Input menu > Keyboard > Keyboard Settings...
*Look at Input tab > Virtual Machine
*Under Host key Combination, change the left ⌘ to the right ⌘ by clicking on the field, press the right ⌘
=> Now your Meta-key is the right ⌘
=> The "Windows" key on Windows will be assigned back to the left ⌘
=> Stop here if that was all you need.
2. Switch function of "Windows" key (left ⌘) and Ctrl key to each other in "Windows VM"
*
*In "Windows VM", install Microsoft's PowerToys from this link
*Open the program after finishing the setup process
*Select Keyboard Manager menu item on the left, and then click on Remap a key on the right
*Click on Type button under Key column, and press Ctrl
*Click on Type button under Mapped To column, and press left ⌘
*Then, you need to do the same but in reverse order
*
*Click on Type button under Key column, and type left ⌘
*Click on Type button under Mapped To column, and type Ctrl
=> The Ctrl (Mac) is now the "Windows" key ("Windows VM")
=> And the left ⌘ (Mac) is now Ctrl ("Windows VM")
A: By default the Windows key is mapped to the Command key on an Apple keyboard.
On the Windows 7 Desktop, tap the Command key and see if the Start menu appears.
You can change the mapping of keys in VirtualBox if you don't like the default mapping as well.
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842db15b0037b5a875f10a36f3afb92127c55e2c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTerm2 - How to show alternate screen in iTerm2? In Terminal.app, there is a shortcut to Show Alternate Screen:
Shift + Command + ↓
Is there a shortcut to do the same thing in iTerm2? If no, is there a way to assign one? How?
A: By searching the one page documentation of iTerm2 for each occurrence of the expression alternate screen, we can deduce that this feature is not yet implemented in iTerm2 3.2.0.
== EDIT ==
Here is a feature request on the Gitlab repository of iterm2.
== EDIT (2) ==
The feature has been implemented with commit 7b8d6a4b4. You can already test it in the nightly build in the Session > Terminal State menu.
According to George Nachman (the maintainer):
There is no shortcut (I'm basically out of shortcuts) but you can always assign one in Prefs > Keys.
Thanks to him for this new feature!
| Q: iTerm2 - How to show alternate screen in iTerm2? In Terminal.app, there is a shortcut to Show Alternate Screen:
Shift + Command + ↓
Is there a shortcut to do the same thing in iTerm2? If no, is there a way to assign one? How?
A: By searching the one page documentation of iTerm2 for each occurrence of the expression alternate screen, we can deduce that this feature is not yet implemented in iTerm2 3.2.0.
== EDIT ==
Here is a feature request on the Gitlab repository of iterm2.
== EDIT (2) ==
The feature has been implemented with commit 7b8d6a4b4. You can already test it in the nightly build in the Session > Terminal State menu.
According to George Nachman (the maintainer):
There is no shortcut (I'm basically out of shortcuts) but you can always assign one in Prefs > Keys.
Thanks to him for this new feature!
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3c49a33f78790ce4cf8e544d78c4a80e77fa5c17 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: netstat: n: unknown or uninstrumented protocol I always use netstat on ubuntu to check which processes are listening on specific ports. I use the following switches with netstat that work fine on ubuntu but on mac fail:
sudo netstat -tulpn
netstat: n: unknown or uninstrumented protocol
A: @gordon-davisson is right, but you can still get the pid from netstat on mac with the verbove option. I post an answer as I lack the reputation to comment his answer.
So, if the question is how to get pid and port in a netstat command, you can still do:
netstat -anv
the verbose option gives the pid in postition 9 like this:
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state) rhiwat shiwat pid epid
tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.3335 *.* LISTEN 131072 131072 45710 0
But the output is plethoric, which is bearable if you know what you look for, like: netstat -anv | grep 3335 or netstat -anv | grep LISTEN
The output of lsof is still nicer.
| Q: netstat: n: unknown or uninstrumented protocol I always use netstat on ubuntu to check which processes are listening on specific ports. I use the following switches with netstat that work fine on ubuntu but on mac fail:
sudo netstat -tulpn
netstat: n: unknown or uninstrumented protocol
A: @gordon-davisson is right, but you can still get the pid from netstat on mac with the verbove option. I post an answer as I lack the reputation to comment his answer.
So, if the question is how to get pid and port in a netstat command, you can still do:
netstat -anv
the verbose option gives the pid in postition 9 like this:
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state) rhiwat shiwat pid epid
tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.3335 *.* LISTEN 131072 131072 45710 0
But the output is plethoric, which is bearable if you know what you look for, like: netstat -anv | grep 3335 or netstat -anv | grep LISTEN
The output of lsof is still nicer.
A: Linux's netstat command options and OS X(/BSD)'s have almost nothing to do with each other. Of the options you're invoking, only -n means the same on both, and some of the others (-l and -p) have no equivalent on OS X's netstat. What I habitually use on OS X is netstat -an | grep LISTEN, but that doesn't show UDP or the program involved. I suppose you could use netstat -an | egrep '^udp|LISTEN' to include UDP, but that's rather verbose (and you'll also see quite a bit of nonsense UDP stuff, since there isn't really a concept of UDP listening vs. other states). If you need to know the program, you need to go to the lsof (list open files) command, and that requires root access to check processes you don't own. Try something like sudo lsof -nPi -sTCP:LISTEN
Edit: as @loic.jaouen pointed out in another answer, while OS X's netstat doesn't have a direct equivalent to the Linux's -p option, the -v (verbose) display does include the PID of the process, and you can get the program name from that with ps.
A: You can let your Mac "listen" on a network interface:
Type sudo tcpdump -i en0 (followed by your administrator password)
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086fdd43e306065bd225ef31b7e69c7668e8c935 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Export podcast subscriptions from iOS podcast app as OPML I want to EXPORT my podcast subscriptions from the iPhone/iPad Podcast app into another podcatcher. In order to be able to import I need an OPML-file with the subscriptions.
Can I create such a file or is there another way to get the subscriptions exported?
A: I've been looking for a way to do this, but can't find a way to do it directly. Here's a workaround.
If you sync with iTunes, then you can export the OPML files from iTunes:
In iTunes 11, open Podcasts and then choose File > Library > Export playlist, then select OPML format.
Or, right-click on the Podcasts entry in the side bar (if the sidebar is not showing, click View > Show Sidebar, select "Export...", then select OPML format.
| Q: Export podcast subscriptions from iOS podcast app as OPML I want to EXPORT my podcast subscriptions from the iPhone/iPad Podcast app into another podcatcher. In order to be able to import I need an OPML-file with the subscriptions.
Can I create such a file or is there another way to get the subscriptions exported?
A: I've been looking for a way to do this, but can't find a way to do it directly. Here's a workaround.
If you sync with iTunes, then you can export the OPML files from iTunes:
In iTunes 11, open Podcasts and then choose File > Library > Export playlist, then select OPML format.
Or, right-click on the Podcasts entry in the side bar (if the sidebar is not showing, click View > Show Sidebar, select "Export...", then select OPML format.
A: This is really a comment to the above answer, but is too long for stackexchange.
I got @nthonygreen's answer to work, but it was surprisingly not-obvious how to do it.
The first mistake I made was: I had my iPhone connected to my computer, and iTunes was displaying the phone's stuff in the left panel; the FIle > Library > Export menu was greyed out. It took me a long time to realize that I needed to click an icon in the upper-left that showed me podcasts in general, as opposed to podcasts on the phone; then I could export.
Then importing was tricky! I wound up emailing the opml file to myself, and clicking the attachment in the mail app ... this displayed the raw XML full-screen, with no obvious way to do anything with it (like get Overcast to import it, which is what I ultimately wanted). Eventually I noticed that if I tapped on the screen, a menu bar appeared at the top of the screen, and it had an "export" icon (a square with an arrow pointing up from its center); tapping that showed me a bunch of icons, and I was able to scroll them to reveal Overcast ... which happily imported it. Phew!
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4b6b0fa966f734a619e40d643b45c8f8cbe5cf83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Re-reading your .bash_profile When you make a change to your .bash_profile it will be read the next time you open a terminal. But what if you have a terminal open already. Is there anyway to do a re-read?
A: You can use source
source ~/.bash_profile
From the bash manual:
. filename [arguments]
source filename [arguments]
Read and execute commands from filename in the current shell environment and return the exit
status of the last command executed from filename. If filename does not contain a slash,
file names in PATH are used to find the directory containing filename. The file searched
for in PATH need not be executable. When bash is not in posix mode, the current directory
is searched if no file is found in PATH. If the sourcepath option to the shopt builtin com-
mand is turned off, the PATH is not searched. If any arguments are supplied, they become
the positional parameters when filename is executed. Otherwise the positional parameters
are unchanged. The return status is the status of the last command exited within the script
(0 if no commands are executed), and false if filename is not found or cannot be read.
| Q: Re-reading your .bash_profile When you make a change to your .bash_profile it will be read the next time you open a terminal. But what if you have a terminal open already. Is there anyway to do a re-read?
A: You can use source
source ~/.bash_profile
From the bash manual:
. filename [arguments]
source filename [arguments]
Read and execute commands from filename in the current shell environment and return the exit
status of the last command executed from filename. If filename does not contain a slash,
file names in PATH are used to find the directory containing filename. The file searched
for in PATH need not be executable. When bash is not in posix mode, the current directory
is searched if no file is found in PATH. If the sourcepath option to the shopt builtin com-
mand is turned off, the PATH is not searched. If any arguments are supplied, they become
the positional parameters when filename is executed. Otherwise the positional parameters
are unchanged. The return status is the status of the last command exited within the script
(0 if no commands are executed), and false if filename is not found or cannot be read.
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6e783479d9272c9bde469849fa64aed12cb1d12c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to "Find My Friends" from the desktop, rather than iPhone? I would like to access "Find My Friends" from the desktop.
Also, is there an API available? I'd like to write code to monitor a person's location over time.
A: No, the FAQ specifically says that it is only available from the iOS app (see the last question). There is neither a public web API nor SDK on iOS. Such an API would be a major privacy issue.
| Q: Is there a way to "Find My Friends" from the desktop, rather than iPhone? I would like to access "Find My Friends" from the desktop.
Also, is there an API available? I'd like to write code to monitor a person's location over time.
A: No, the FAQ specifically says that it is only available from the iOS app (see the last question). There is neither a public web API nor SDK on iOS. Such an API would be a major privacy issue.
A: On MacOS 10.10, "Find My Friends" can be accessed by clicking "Details" when viewing a friend in the Messages application.
You can also share screens via "Details" as well, from the desktop Messages app.
A: If you want a bigger screen view, you might want to consider using Find My Friends on iCloud.com (https://www.icloud.com/#fmf)
On macOS, both the existing native options were not resizable (i.e neither the Notification centre widget nor the 'Details' from Messages app) so I ended up using the Find My Friends on iCloud webapp.
For bonus points, use the above URL to create a Fluid App (https://fluidapp.com/), the resulting app feels native. The first time you launch it, you will need to sign in to your icloud account, but from then on, launching the app feels pretty native.
For bonus points, change the icon of the app (from with the 'Find My Friends' fluidapp once created) using the icon : https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple124/v4/a8/d2/9b/a8d29b4c-1986-ec00-d14a-28ec2730d745/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-sRGB-0-0-0-85-220-0-0-0-9.png/460x0w.jpg
The free version of https://fluidapp.com/ should suffice to do all of the above, but the paid version (USD 5 at the time of this writing) allows you to add the fluid app to the mac menu bar (besides supporting userscripts and allowing full screen mode), which I use quite often. (Am not associated with fluidapp in any way). I am unaware of the implication of an 'always-on' find my friends on the battery life of the device being tracked, but something to bear in mind.
The only caveat is that fluid apps don't seem have a location API, so your location will not be visible on the map (this wasn't an issue for me since without copious amount of spirits, I usually know where I am :) )
If you must have your location visible, then https://github.com/dmarmor/epichrome was quite straightforward. This is a helper app which creates SSBs based on Chrome (whereas the above, fluidapp, is based on Safari). I created the following SSB using epichrome:
Comparison of EpiChrome vs. FluidApp
*
*For the test url (https://www.icloud.com/#fmf), the time-to-usefulness (i.e. the location of a single friend appearing on the map), was identical across 5 tests using wall-clock time (13 seconds for each).
*Epichrome's SSB has support for location API (i.e. your location will be visible)
*FluidApp's app (paid version) has a very nice 'Pin to Statusbar' feature, which is a deal clincher for me (especially since I did not care about #2 and with this feature #1 becomes moot since the application is 'always-on'). I also find this useful since then 'Find my Friends' does not clutter the task switcher.
As you can probably tell, I chose FluidApp for #3 and am quite happy with it, but this is not to say that EpiChrome is less useful, specially when you need features only present in a full fledged browser (such as #2).
A: "Find my Friends" isn't available for OS X before Yosemite.
The Messages app on Yosemite now allows you to view shared locations of family and friends similar to the iOS Find My Friends app.
If everyone uses iOS 8 and Find My Friends, you can also share your locations with each other. Your positions are tacked onto a map.
A: I can use the "Find My iPhone" app in iCloud to view the location of my laptop and desktop. Isn't "Find My Friends" basically the same thing except you are getting permission to see their devices. I guess if "a friend" gave you their Apple ID and password, you could use "Find My iPhone" app as a work around.
A: As of OS X 10.11 "El Capitan", Find My Friends is available as a widget in Notification Center, and in Messages by clicking the "Details" button in the top-right hand corner of an active Messages chat.
See https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25190
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8aea510ce80c1b5be0d21ca34555eb8702d0232f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: On iPad in Chrome, How to disable address bar autohide? Is it possible to disable address bar autohide feature in Google Chrome on iPad?
| Q: On iPad in Chrome, How to disable address bar autohide? Is it possible to disable address bar autohide feature in Google Chrome on iPad?
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feae80e9fb81c8107ff48b6b464f990c3c10e940 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I shorten the typing needed to `cd` into some well know directories I find myself opening a terminal and then CD'ing a lot into the same directory the path of which is very long.
This means I am cd'ing a lot and using the tab to speed things up a lot.
IT would be great if I could have some sort of link to this directory and then just cd to that so that I would be in the deep nested directory quickly.
Is this possible?
A: I highly recommend fasd which is similar to autojump and z but better IMHO. From the website:
Fasd (pronounced similar to "fast") is a command-line productivity booster. Fasd offers quick access to files and directories for POSIX shells. It is inspired by tools like autojump, z and v. Fasd keeps track of files and directories you have accessed, so that you can quickly reference them in the command line.
The name fasd comes from the default suggested aliases f(files), a(files/directories), s(show/search/select), d(directories).
Fasd ranks files and directories by "frecency," that is, by both "frequency" and "recency." The term "frecency" was first coined by Mozilla and used in Firefox (link).
| Q: Can I shorten the typing needed to `cd` into some well know directories I find myself opening a terminal and then CD'ing a lot into the same directory the path of which is very long.
This means I am cd'ing a lot and using the tab to speed things up a lot.
IT would be great if I could have some sort of link to this directory and then just cd to that so that I would be in the deep nested directory quickly.
Is this possible?
A: I highly recommend fasd which is similar to autojump and z but better IMHO. From the website:
Fasd (pronounced similar to "fast") is a command-line productivity booster. Fasd offers quick access to files and directories for POSIX shells. It is inspired by tools like autojump, z and v. Fasd keeps track of files and directories you have accessed, so that you can quickly reference them in the command line.
The name fasd comes from the default suggested aliases f(files), a(files/directories), s(show/search/select), d(directories).
Fasd ranks files and directories by "frecency," that is, by both "frequency" and "recency." The term "frecency" was first coined by Mozilla and used in Firefox (link).
A: Alternatively you could create an alias. Throw the following into something like .bashrc or .aliases
alias shortcut='cd ~/path/to/deep/deep/deep/directory/'
Then make sure that whatever file it is in is sourced. My aliases are in .bashrc, which I source with this line in .bash_profile:
source ~/.bashrc
A: Here is the way to deal with complex paths to cd frequently.
mkdir ~/Links
ln -s /complexpath/there ~/Links
this will create the symbolic link
~/Links/there
To use this new Links directory efficiently,
if your login shell is bash
just include this command in your ~/.profile (which is used by all Bourne style shells bash, ksh, zsh…):
CDPATH=~/Links:.
export CDPATH
This means that for every cd, your shell will look within 2 directories to
find a localpathname:
~/Links
.
You won't need to restart you session to test it, just run:
. ~/.profile
which means just read my ~/.profile.
(You won't have to put it in your ~/.bashrc since there is no need to repeat the same variable initialization when you don't change it.)
Once you have tested it, you will be able to restart your session ;).
From now on, everytime you will want to go to there you will have to type:
cd there
A: Adding convenience symlinks is fine for a special directory or two, but very quickly it gets to be a pain to manage. A far better solution is to use the environment variable CDPATH, available on bash and other shells for just this purpose.
CDPATH is a colon-separated list (like PATH) of places to look for a directory name. It can contain both absolute and relative pathnames. I have mine set to something like export CDPATH=".:..:$HOME/work/repos:$HOME/projects:<etc>".
With this set up, I can type cd pdftools from anywhere and it will take me to ~/projects/pdftools. (With a symlink, I'd have to type cd ~/pdftools if I wasn't in my HOME directory.) I can also shortcut into subdirectories: cd pdftools/bin.
The .. in my CDPATH lets me type cd sisterdir instead of cd ../sisterdir, etc. As you can expect, when I create new directories anywhere in CDPATH they'll automatically be found by cd-- no need to create new symlinks or aliases.
This feature gets even nicer if you use the bash_completion file distributed, e.g., with Debian systems. It didn't come with my OS X box, so I fetched a copy and it works fine. (Get it with brew, or just download it manually from here.) This file defines enhancements to commandline completion, so that I can type cd pdf<TAB> and the pdftools directory is found and expanded from anywhere on CDPATH.
A: Defining an alias is a very easy way to have a short abbreviation for a longer command. Once you have your aliases right, you could create a section in your .bashrc file (or other startup file) so that you don't have to re-type these aliases for each new shell you start:
in .bashrc:
alias ws4='ssh qsv-rhws4'
alias httpdlog='cd /var/log/httpd/'
alias EC2='ssh -i BMTestEC2.pem [email protected]'
etc.
Log out and back in (or just run . ~/.bashrc) and now you can just type httpdlog and it performs the cd. Or ws4 and it actually performs the ssh command etc.
This removes the need to create (a large amount of) empty links that will cause your home directory too look like a mess.
A: Try using either autojump or z.
After installing either of the two, you just cd around like normal and they learn your most visited directories and allows you to go to them by only typing a part of the path:
$ cd /very/long/path/foobar
$ cd
$ z foobar
$ echo $PWD
/very/long/path/foobar
I prefer z of the two.
A: Sure: Create a symbolic link
ln -s /some/really/long/path/to/somewhere/ ~/shortcut
cd ~/shortcut
A: I like using bashmarks to easily create "bookmarks to directories" on the fly.
See the readme at:
https://github.com/huyng/bashmarks
Note: you'll need git installed in order to follow bashmark's three-step installation process: http://git-scm.com/download/mac
Good luck!
A: Alternatively you can also try installing fish shell.
http://fishshell.com/
This has excellent prediction for commands. It also intelligently lets you type case insensitive without any screw up.
Downside of fish is that it has its own scripting language and they are not bash compatible.
A: All I do is type "cd " and then drag the folder from Finder into the Terminal which pastes in the full path. Perhaps not quite as elegant, but works for all folders vs a few presaved shortcuts?
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d5353c13da4128f059981c9b95118b1f81908691 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Folder disappears after dragging it into "All My Files" in Finder I had a folder, we'll call it Folder1, open in a Finder window, and I was going to move files to it. So, I opened up another file window, but accidentally dragged the Folder1 icon into the Images section in All My Files in the new Finder window.
Now I can't find the folder anywhere. I even did
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb && locate Folder1
to no avail. It seems to be nowhere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A: I've just tried to repeat what you did, the folder ended up in the Documents folder. Instead of using locate it might be easier to use the search functionality included in the Finder directly (or Spotlight) to look for it.
| Q: Folder disappears after dragging it into "All My Files" in Finder I had a folder, we'll call it Folder1, open in a Finder window, and I was going to move files to it. So, I opened up another file window, but accidentally dragged the Folder1 icon into the Images section in All My Files in the new Finder window.
Now I can't find the folder anywhere. I even did
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb && locate Folder1
to no avail. It seems to be nowhere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A: I've just tried to repeat what you did, the folder ended up in the Documents folder. Instead of using locate it might be easier to use the search functionality included in the Finder directly (or Spotlight) to look for it.
A: All approaches listed so far rely on some sort of database or cache. You may want to search the filesystem itself:
find ~ -name Folder1
A: As LCC suggested, I would use find. However I would start in the root of the volume, on the off chance that it ended up somewhere strange outside of your Home directory.
sudo find / -name Folder1 2>/dev/null
The 2>/dev/null portion of the command line redirects stderr to /dev/null so you don't get spammed with complaints about devices and directories you don't have permission to access.
A: Spotlight is always the place to start. It's fast and frequently finds what you're looking for right off the bat.
Using Spotlight keywords to narrow the search may make it faster and will improve the accuracy of the search.
filename:some_folder_name kind:folder
Even so Spotlight won't always produce the desired result. For instance system files are not automatically included in Spotlight searches.
Someone mentioned the Finder search. It should be noted that it is just another UI for Spotlight.
It's a good idea to have a means to search your hard drive(s) that does not depend upon Spotlight.
Unix's find utility is very useful, but it has its limitations and isn't all that fast.
Probably the best free find-utility for the Mac is EasyFind from DEVONTechnologies. You can download it directly or get it from the App-Store.
This utility does not depend upon Spotlight or any index when searching. It crawls the disk looking for hits and is faster than Unix's find.
To my recommendations I would add Find Any File. At $6.00 U.S. it's a bargain – it's faster than EasyFind – and with a password it will search as root.
Finally there is File Buddy – the venerable 900lb gorilla of Mac search utilities. At $39.95 U.S. it's anything but cheap, but it has many features that have kept me upgrading since the early 1990s.
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90c5b3d7baa8cbd540f0b7a6b89e54684e1fcaa7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Exclude sub-folders from Finder search How can I force Finder to only search the current folder, ignoring the contents of all the sub-folders?
I don't want to exclude the sub-folders permanently from Spotlight, just for a certain search.
The reason I want to do this is that I sometimes have a folder with sub-folders that contain files/folders that are identically named. A simplified example is shown below:
main
|
|-config.txt
|
|-folder 1
| |
| |-config.txt
|
|-folder 2
|
|-config.txt
When I'm in main and hit CMD+F and type config.txt I get three files. I don't want to click every file to see which one is in main and which in another folder, so ideally the sub-folders wouldn't show up in this search.
A: *
*There is a product called Path Finder 6 that offers a feature called "filters and selections," demonstrated here.
*You could try selecting all the items in the folder you are searching and applying a Label, then perform a Spotlight search for your item "AND" the additional criteria of "file label" by holding down the option key while clicking on the plus sign.
| Q: Exclude sub-folders from Finder search How can I force Finder to only search the current folder, ignoring the contents of all the sub-folders?
I don't want to exclude the sub-folders permanently from Spotlight, just for a certain search.
The reason I want to do this is that I sometimes have a folder with sub-folders that contain files/folders that are identically named. A simplified example is shown below:
main
|
|-config.txt
|
|-folder 1
| |
| |-config.txt
|
|-folder 2
|
|-config.txt
When I'm in main and hit CMD+F and type config.txt I get three files. I don't want to click every file to see which one is in main and which in another folder, so ideally the sub-folders wouldn't show up in this search.
A: *
*There is a product called Path Finder 6 that offers a feature called "filters and selections," demonstrated here.
*You could try selecting all the items in the folder you are searching and applying a Label, then perform a Spotlight search for your item "AND" the additional criteria of "file label" by holding down the option key while clicking on the plus sign.
A: Use Unix find as follows
find . -maxdepth 1 -name config.txt -print
In Terminal, type man find for details.
If you do this often, you can make it into a shell function.
A: Possible workaround, although this doesn't really answer the question. Not sure if there's a built-in option for this.
*
*In list view, make sure all folders are collapsed --cmd-a (select all) and command-left-arrow are shortcuts for this.
*Without selecting the search box or using cmd-f, begin typing the name of the file "config.txt" and this will select that file in your current directory.
A: I´m thinking that if you tag a colour in all folders in a particular location, you can in the search bar type the name of the folder that you are searching and type the colour you tagged, and finder look for only this label colour. So your finder results in not showing subfolders.
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1abb461980fc6ed0871260722123739358db3932 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to curve type around a circle using keynote? Im trying to put text around a circle but I cant. I can do it like vertical, diagonally and horizontal but not circle.
A: No, there's no text tricks like that built into Keynote.
In order to achieve effects like this, you'd have to use ArtText or TypeStyler.
If you only do it once and for short text you can use the CRUDE way:
In a crude way and for short words could you make a number of single letter text boxes? Place them where you want them, go to metrics (the little rule) in the inspector and rotate each one to suit.
Or use WordArt
| Q: How to curve type around a circle using keynote? Im trying to put text around a circle but I cant. I can do it like vertical, diagonally and horizontal but not circle.
A: No, there's no text tricks like that built into Keynote.
In order to achieve effects like this, you'd have to use ArtText or TypeStyler.
If you only do it once and for short text you can use the CRUDE way:
In a crude way and for short words could you make a number of single letter text boxes? Place them where you want them, go to metrics (the little rule) in the inspector and rotate each one to suit.
Or use WordArt
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2c3abd1614ac6a052b6ce710ed14555a0526c81a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Vim, MacVim, and Unicode Unicode characters appear in regular old vim in the terminal (iTerm), but not MacVim. Is there a way to get MacVim to handle Unicode characters appropriately. If it helps, I installed them using homebrew.
I grabbed these lines from the Vim Wiki:
if has("multi_byte")
if &termencoding == ""
let &termencoding = &encoding
endif
set encoding=utf-8
setglobal fileencoding=utf-8
"setglobal bomb
set fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,latin1
endif
A: If you mean that Unicode characters don't render correctly try disable the "Use Core Text renderer" option in the "Preferences… → Advanced" menu and restart MacVim. (source 1, source 2)
I have a similar problem, in which emoji charachters are rendered to big, but as of yet I don't know how to fix it.
| Q: Vim, MacVim, and Unicode Unicode characters appear in regular old vim in the terminal (iTerm), but not MacVim. Is there a way to get MacVim to handle Unicode characters appropriately. If it helps, I installed them using homebrew.
I grabbed these lines from the Vim Wiki:
if has("multi_byte")
if &termencoding == ""
let &termencoding = &encoding
endif
set encoding=utf-8
setglobal fileencoding=utf-8
"setglobal bomb
set fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,latin1
endif
A: If you mean that Unicode characters don't render correctly try disable the "Use Core Text renderer" option in the "Preferences… → Advanced" menu and restart MacVim. (source 1, source 2)
I have a similar problem, in which emoji charachters are rendered to big, but as of yet I don't know how to fix it.
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935d7e0789bec885d938a5df9f0f630989968c57 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Custom iPhone Alarm Visual Message I'm looking for a way to use the built in iPhone alarm app, but I want it to display a customizable message when I wake up. I've heard of ways to make siri speak a message, but I want it to be purely visual on the screen.
Has anyone done this or know how to do it?
A: In the Clock app, click on the Alarm button and create or edit an alarm. The four settings are Repeat, Sound, Snooze, and Label. Type your desired text in Label and it will display when the alarm fires.
| Q: Custom iPhone Alarm Visual Message I'm looking for a way to use the built in iPhone alarm app, but I want it to display a customizable message when I wake up. I've heard of ways to make siri speak a message, but I want it to be purely visual on the screen.
Has anyone done this or know how to do it?
A: In the Clock app, click on the Alarm button and create or edit an alarm. The four settings are Repeat, Sound, Snooze, and Label. Type your desired text in Label and it will display when the alarm fires.
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3dabcfca25fd89fe21a0a62859fe80b4bf2a7451 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I remove Podcasts from IOS Podcast app I've been using the IOS Podcast app and I'm trying to remove podcast from it. I had subscribed to a podcast, but now I unsubscribed and deleted the episodes. It still shows up in my podcast menu though. How do I remove it from the list of my podcasts?
Also, It does not show up on my podcast list on my mac iTunes, so I can't delete from there. Any ideas?
It's not a huge deal, but I download and try a ton of podcasts and the list builds up quick with podcasts I use and a bunch that I no longer listen to.
A: if you pull down on the list of podcast, there is an edit button in the top left corner. the podcast can then be removed by clicking the x
| Q: How do I remove Podcasts from IOS Podcast app I've been using the IOS Podcast app and I'm trying to remove podcast from it. I had subscribed to a podcast, but now I unsubscribed and deleted the episodes. It still shows up in my podcast menu though. How do I remove it from the list of my podcasts?
Also, It does not show up on my podcast list on my mac iTunes, so I can't delete from there. Any ideas?
It's not a huge deal, but I download and try a ton of podcasts and the list builds up quick with podcasts I use and a bunch that I no longer listen to.
A: if you pull down on the list of podcast, there is an edit button in the top left corner. the podcast can then be removed by clicking the x
A: This was asked before the public release of iOS7, so I assume you were asking about iOS6 or earlier. However, since it's not tagged for any specific version of iOS, here's the iOS 7 answer.
As far as I can tell, the only way to do this is to put your podcasts in list view (not grid view). Swipe the name of the podcast you want to delete to the left to reveal the red Delete button and tap that
Of course, I would never actually delete the Planet Money podcast :)
A: If you switch the view to list view you can swipe left and delete
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45121c3b8bf2ea99d3301dcb2495856f9aec3ff0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to tell if a bookmark already exists in Safari (v6.0.5) I find I often wrestle with the implementation of bookmarks in Safari. Since I care to have my bookmarks simply and cleanly synchronized by iCloud, I continue to use the (inadequate) bookmark features of Safari. My specific question is: Is there a way to tell if a site is already bookmarked? I have 1000s of bookmarks, organized by folders. It seems pretty straightforward for Safari to know when I hit CMD-D to initiate a bookmark that it already exists in my collection. Am I missing this feature that is already implemented?
A: Safari has a bookmark search function in the top right corner of the bookmark menu window,
Just paste the new bookmark (or type first 3 letters) in to it and it will tell you if it already exist.
It is also useful in finding bookmarks in a very large library.
| Q: How to tell if a bookmark already exists in Safari (v6.0.5) I find I often wrestle with the implementation of bookmarks in Safari. Since I care to have my bookmarks simply and cleanly synchronized by iCloud, I continue to use the (inadequate) bookmark features of Safari. My specific question is: Is there a way to tell if a site is already bookmarked? I have 1000s of bookmarks, organized by folders. It seems pretty straightforward for Safari to know when I hit CMD-D to initiate a bookmark that it already exists in my collection. Am I missing this feature that is already implemented?
A: Safari has a bookmark search function in the top right corner of the bookmark menu window,
Just paste the new bookmark (or type first 3 letters) in to it and it will tell you if it already exist.
It is also useful in finding bookmarks in a very large library.
A: Here's a cheeky, long-winded approach with all keyboard shortcuts to copy the URL and search in bookmarks editor:
TLDR: ⌘L then ⌘C then ⌥⌘B then ⌘F then ⌘V
When done, close bookmark editor: ⌥⌘B
I'm wondering if there's a good bookmark manager workflow in Alfred that includes deleting (the stock Alfred bookmark feature will search and open bookmarks).
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5e90e06b33bf41ae6ee368a5bb636cc7d8cc08b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Block site from being on Safari Top Sites I have the following issue: some sites I use quite often, as facebook, appears at the top sites with several different urls, depending on the person I chat and so on. I remove them manually, which is quite boring. I would like to know if there is any way to block facebook and other sites from being add to Safari's Top Sites. Someone knows how to do that?
Thanks!
A: From Apple's support page: On the Top Sites page, click the Edit button. Then do any of the following:
*
*To specify that a page be kept in Top Sites and not replaced by other pages visited more often, click the pin icon in the page’s upper-left corner.
*To reverse this action, click the pin icon again.
*To specify that a page never be included in Top Sites, click the X in the page’s upper-left corner.
*To display 24, 12, or 6 webpage previews, click Small, Medium, or Large.
*To rearrange the pages, drag them.
When you finish making changes, click Done.
| Q: Block site from being on Safari Top Sites I have the following issue: some sites I use quite often, as facebook, appears at the top sites with several different urls, depending on the person I chat and so on. I remove them manually, which is quite boring. I would like to know if there is any way to block facebook and other sites from being add to Safari's Top Sites. Someone knows how to do that?
Thanks!
A: From Apple's support page: On the Top Sites page, click the Edit button. Then do any of the following:
*
*To specify that a page be kept in Top Sites and not replaced by other pages visited more often, click the pin icon in the page’s upper-left corner.
*To reverse this action, click the pin icon again.
*To specify that a page never be included in Top Sites, click the X in the page’s upper-left corner.
*To display 24, 12, or 6 webpage previews, click Small, Medium, or Large.
*To rearrange the pages, drag them.
When you finish making changes, click Done.
A: If you know which sites that you want on your Top Sites, you could fill the grid with pinned sites. This way, more sites would not be added since they would not be able to replace pinned sites.
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