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2b91bbbf0630cddeaccda610be48d3dc14b13527 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What software is this in my menubar?
Right beside the Alfred icon, there's a small up and down arrow indicating bandwidth upload and download speeds.
I remember downloading and installing something for this, and now I can't remember the name of it. I'm trying to enter the settings for it and also add in the RAM tickers.
Any ideas on what software causes the up/down icons next to the black hat icon?
A: That program is MenuMeters, available at http://www.ragingmenace.com/
| Q: What software is this in my menubar?
Right beside the Alfred icon, there's a small up and down arrow indicating bandwidth upload and download speeds.
I remember downloading and installing something for this, and now I can't remember the name of it. I'm trying to enter the settings for it and also add in the RAM tickers.
Any ideas on what software causes the up/down icons next to the black hat icon?
A: That program is MenuMeters, available at http://www.ragingmenace.com/
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47df848ecba84e5ce4b05b5b381a5f6d32ee5d3b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Control odd-even page pairing in Preview in two-page mode By default, Preview displays pages like this in two-page mode:
How can I get it to display them like this instead?
Acrobat does the latter but Acrobat is not nearly as responsive with this file as Preview is.
A: I didn't find any way to display facing pages the other way in Preview. In Skim you can uncheck PDF > PDF Display > Book Mode.
| Q: Control odd-even page pairing in Preview in two-page mode By default, Preview displays pages like this in two-page mode:
How can I get it to display them like this instead?
Acrobat does the latter but Acrobat is not nearly as responsive with this file as Preview is.
A: I didn't find any way to display facing pages the other way in Preview. In Skim you can uncheck PDF > PDF Display > Book Mode.
A: I recommend to add a blank page as the new first page:
*
*Menu View->Contact Sheet
*Click page 1
*Menu Edit->Insert->Blank page
*Move the new blank page to the first place
*Now you can view it in 2-page mode.
A: I have been bothered by this for a long time. By accident, I have discovered a bug of Preview. And I have noticed that by exploiting this bug we can change the pairing.
By default, Preview displays pages in two-page mode like this:
page 1
page 2, page 3
page 4, page 5
etc.
To change the pairing, click on the view icon on the toolbar and choose Continuous Scroll or Single Page (or simply press Command+1 or Command+2), then right click on the pages and choose Two Pages or Two Pages Continuous.
To change it back, click on the view icon on the toolbar and choose Two Page (or simply press Command+3).
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59de50e1f128accfefe96c43dbd559b5064e989c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Wifi access mechanism IOS Could someone explain to me how exactly an iPhone detects a Wifi hotspot? I mean i want to know the exact working of it. How does it know of all the networks that are present in the location? How often does it check for the networks ?
A: The 802.11 specification has a standard for Beacon Frames that get sent periodically to broadcast all the details about a particular hotspot.
All Apple hardware for Wi-Fi implements this specification and the radio just has to listen for beacon frames over a period of time and present those options to the software.
I don't have a analysis or trace of the specific chipset within any iPhone, but my experience is that the device joins known networks within a second or so of coming into range of a network that is saved and set to be auto joined. Also, it would clearly start listening for beacon frames as soon as you turned on Wi-Fi from exiting Airplane mode, starting up or waking from sleep.
| Q: Wifi access mechanism IOS Could someone explain to me how exactly an iPhone detects a Wifi hotspot? I mean i want to know the exact working of it. How does it know of all the networks that are present in the location? How often does it check for the networks ?
A: The 802.11 specification has a standard for Beacon Frames that get sent periodically to broadcast all the details about a particular hotspot.
All Apple hardware for Wi-Fi implements this specification and the radio just has to listen for beacon frames over a period of time and present those options to the software.
I don't have a analysis or trace of the specific chipset within any iPhone, but my experience is that the device joins known networks within a second or so of coming into range of a network that is saved and set to be auto joined. Also, it would clearly start listening for beacon frames as soon as you turned on Wi-Fi from exiting Airplane mode, starting up or waking from sleep.
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d1c0a0e75ae171533304fd182727cddb265a56bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X - Create a personal bin directory (~/bin) and run scripts without specifying their full path So, what I am trying to do is to create a personal bin directory at my home folder. I created the following folder:
/Users/thi/bin
I put my scripts in this folder, but if I type in the Terminal:
myScript
It doesn't run.
I was told I have to export this bin path, something related to echo $PATH, but I don't know how to do it.
A: You typically would put additional paths after $PATH like PATH=$PATH:/$HOME/bin because if you don't want to supersede another executable with the same name that might be in /bin, etc.
| Q: OS X - Create a personal bin directory (~/bin) and run scripts without specifying their full path So, what I am trying to do is to create a personal bin directory at my home folder. I created the following folder:
/Users/thi/bin
I put my scripts in this folder, but if I type in the Terminal:
myScript
It doesn't run.
I was told I have to export this bin path, something related to echo $PATH, but I don't know how to do it.
A: You typically would put additional paths after $PATH like PATH=$PATH:/$HOME/bin because if you don't want to supersede another executable with the same name that might be in /bin, etc.
A: You need to add the following to file ~/.profile:
export PATH=/Users/thi/bin:$PATH
Then source ~/.profile
Note, that you may need to create this file, and because it begins with a . it might not be visible in the finder for editing via an application like a text editor. To list all files including hidden ones, use:
ls -la ~/
A: If you use bash, add a line like this to ~/.bash_profile:
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
PATH is marked for export by default, so you don't need to use export.
If both ~/.bash_profile and ~/.profile exist, bash only reads ~/.bash_profile when it is invoked as an interactive login shell. ~/.profile is also used by other shells that might not understand the same configuration options as bash.
Terminal and iTerm 2 open new shells as login shells by default. When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, it reads ~/.bash_profile but not ~/.bashrc. The terminal emulators on other platforms often open new shells as non-login shells, so for example bash reads ~/.bashrc but not ~/.bash_profile. OS X users often use ~/.bash_profile as the personal configuration file corresponding to ~/.bashrc on other platforms, but it is also common to source ~/.bashrc from ~/.bash_profile or to tell Terminal or iTerm 2 to open new shells as non-login shells.
You can also change the path more globally in /etc/paths or /etc/launchd.conf, but in many contexts the path will still default to /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin. And I have only really needed to change the path in shells and text editors.
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34904238ad5019ac4b68691353e2397f723bd704 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Faster Press and Hold Character Picker Does anyone know how to make the character picker appear more quickly?
I use it enough now in my German language studies that it has become second nature for the critical marks and much faster than using the alt+keypress shortcuts.
Only problem is that it's so second nature that sometimes it doesn't pop up quickly enough so I end up typing the character and the number shortcut sometimes (IE u2 instead of ü). Anyone know how to make it appear with less delay? Ideally, I'd love if I could just hold the character and press the number but it appears that OSX insists on waiting for the menu to pop up.
A: For completely other reasons I installed a keyboard remapping program called KeyRemap4MacBook and it solved my problem here. There is a tab called 'key repeat' for such customization. I had a hunch suddenly that since the Character Picker replaced repeating keys that maybe it would work. And it did.
Install the software and change the 'delay until repeat' option under that tab. Character Picker letter entry very nearly keeps up with the rest of my typing now.
| Q: Faster Press and Hold Character Picker Does anyone know how to make the character picker appear more quickly?
I use it enough now in my German language studies that it has become second nature for the critical marks and much faster than using the alt+keypress shortcuts.
Only problem is that it's so second nature that sometimes it doesn't pop up quickly enough so I end up typing the character and the number shortcut sometimes (IE u2 instead of ü). Anyone know how to make it appear with less delay? Ideally, I'd love if I could just hold the character and press the number but it appears that OSX insists on waiting for the menu to pop up.
A: For completely other reasons I installed a keyboard remapping program called KeyRemap4MacBook and it solved my problem here. There is a tab called 'key repeat' for such customization. I had a hunch suddenly that since the Character Picker replaced repeating keys that maybe it would work. And it did.
Install the software and change the 'delay until repeat' option under that tab. Character Picker letter entry very nearly keeps up with the rest of my typing now.
A: The "Character Accent Menu" settings can be adjusted under:
System preferences -> Keyboard -> Delay Until Repeat
If you reduce this time, it's the fastest way to insert any accents in my experience. Setting the initial key repeat rate is the same as setting the time for the character accent menu to appear. With this solution, there is no need to change to international keyboards etc (see the other answers). see here.
If you set it to the minimum value, the delay will be 15 ms, which should be quite fast. However, there seems to be an actual delay of about 300 ms until the menu appears (maybe displaying the menu takes a while? Don't know).
There's people using scripts to set the delay from 15 to 1 ms, but I'm not sure whether this helps: see here: github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos, the relevant parameter is InitialKeyRepeat
A: Just select the 'US international keyboard (pc)'. You can then enter accented characters the 'windows way'. So, if you want an é, just press ' and then e
an ë is doen with " and e and so on. This is by far the fastest way.
A: Correction:
Sorry for not reading the question carefully. Judging from what you want to achieve, I can only come up with a way to use TextExpander. Basically, you need to create an abbreviation for each pair of accented character.
For example,
*
*a1 becomes à
*a2 becomes á
*a3 becomes â
Then you can just type a1lpha which it‘ll replace the first typed a1 with à. You also need to make sure the abbreviations are expanded everywhere. The default setting only expand when the abbreviations comes after space.
Previous Answer:
I’ve removed the summary, but I’ll keep the link alive. You can read more from the source.
A: In OS/X, all languages have "instant" ways of entering the characters in that language without doing a press-and-hold, which does add an annoying amount of time it takes to type letters with diacriticals.
You just have to remember to set the right keyboard. If you don't see a small flag in the menu bar, open the Systems Preferences app, choose Keyboard, then make sure the "Show keyboard..." checkbox is checked. Under that same dialog, the "Input Sources" allows you to add new languages.
Once you do this, that keyboard will appear under that icon in the menu bar, and you can then select that keyboard anytime you want.
Then, for example, to instantly type an accented A in Spanish for example, you just type a single quote followed by "a", which you can do as quickly as you can type.
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05a5d73a18c416666c69eacc4dcd086428921e94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I hide the parent folder of the user home folders in File Sharing? I'm running 10.8 server and I have a folder named Users and it is the parent folder for every local network user's home folder. Now, when the user connects to the server he sees his home folder, but also the parent folder Users. He can even list the contents of it.
How can I hide this parent folder? I don't want it to show up at all when connecting. The only thing the users should see is their home folder. Nothing else. Since the Users folder is the parent folder, it cannot be unshared.
A: Mac is mostly unix under the hood. Try setting the permissions of the /Users folder to everyone only execute.
E.g. Currently:
bash-3.2# ls -ld /Volumes/Users
drwxrwxrwx 10 root admin 510 23 May 2012 /Volumes/Users
bash-3.2# chmod o-rw /Volumes/Users
bash-3.2# ls -ld /Volumes/Users
drwxrwx--x 10 root admin 510 23 May 2012 /Volumes/Users
OS X has addition access control tricks, so this may not work.
| Q: How do I hide the parent folder of the user home folders in File Sharing? I'm running 10.8 server and I have a folder named Users and it is the parent folder for every local network user's home folder. Now, when the user connects to the server he sees his home folder, but also the parent folder Users. He can even list the contents of it.
How can I hide this parent folder? I don't want it to show up at all when connecting. The only thing the users should see is their home folder. Nothing else. Since the Users folder is the parent folder, it cannot be unshared.
A: Mac is mostly unix under the hood. Try setting the permissions of the /Users folder to everyone only execute.
E.g. Currently:
bash-3.2# ls -ld /Volumes/Users
drwxrwxrwx 10 root admin 510 23 May 2012 /Volumes/Users
bash-3.2# chmod o-rw /Volumes/Users
bash-3.2# ls -ld /Volumes/Users
drwxrwx--x 10 root admin 510 23 May 2012 /Volumes/Users
OS X has addition access control tricks, so this may not work.
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951dccce6c6db5b5cd35b69bc446249dc1c8cabc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is chrome rendering web pages so bad? Since updating to the latest version, chrome is rendering pages completely wrong. Browsing the web I haven't found people with the same problem. I'm attaching a screenshot for people to better understand what I mean (I attached a GDocs one since it is one of the worst cases). The chrome I'm using is 29.0.1547.57 installed on OSX 10.8.4.
A: Try disabling all extensions, then quit and restart. If the problem does not occur, reenable extensions one at a time until you discover which one causes the issue. At that point you can report the report the issue to the developer of the extension.
| Q: Why is chrome rendering web pages so bad? Since updating to the latest version, chrome is rendering pages completely wrong. Browsing the web I haven't found people with the same problem. I'm attaching a screenshot for people to better understand what I mean (I attached a GDocs one since it is one of the worst cases). The chrome I'm using is 29.0.1547.57 installed on OSX 10.8.4.
A: Try disabling all extensions, then quit and restart. If the problem does not occur, reenable extensions one at a time until you discover which one causes the issue. At that point you can report the report the issue to the developer of the extension.
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5b723e85426cb2b4799d00cb2ae4c23d532ebcb7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How is Adobe Update Notifier auto launched on Mac OS X? It seems the Adobe Update Notifier sometime autolaunches on startup, however I cannot find where it's launched from. I've checked in Lingon as well as my login startup items but it's not there.
Any idea where else it could be? The full process is:
/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/UWA/AAM Updates Notifier.app/Contents/MacOS/AAM Updates Notifier -psn_0_127007
A: This sort of file can also be manually deleted from the LaunchAgents or LaunchDaemons folders in the /Library Folder - with Administrator privileges. This is where the intrusive apps like Adobe often install things--and sometimes apps that are really trustworthy. It's not a bad idea to look through these folders now and then, to see what might have been installed.
There is also a LaunchAgents folder in your User library, where agents sometimes get installed that you can simply trash if especially not wanted.
It is never a good idea, however, to mess with anything in the System Library.
| Q: How is Adobe Update Notifier auto launched on Mac OS X? It seems the Adobe Update Notifier sometime autolaunches on startup, however I cannot find where it's launched from. I've checked in Lingon as well as my login startup items but it's not there.
Any idea where else it could be? The full process is:
/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/UWA/AAM Updates Notifier.app/Contents/MacOS/AAM Updates Notifier -psn_0_127007
A: This sort of file can also be manually deleted from the LaunchAgents or LaunchDaemons folders in the /Library Folder - with Administrator privileges. This is where the intrusive apps like Adobe often install things--and sometimes apps that are really trustworthy. It's not a bad idea to look through these folders now and then, to see what might have been installed.
There is also a LaunchAgents folder in your User library, where agents sometimes get installed that you can simply trash if especially not wanted.
It is never a good idea, however, to mess with anything in the System Library.
A: The updater is registered with the system service launchd. Instructions to completely disable this can be found on The real way to disable Adobe Updater from your Mac OS X:
Open a Terminal window and type the following commands:
cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl remove `basename com.adobe.ARM.* .plist`
launchctl remove `basename com.adobe.AAM.* .plist`
launchctl remove com.adobe.ARM.Scheduler-1.0
launchctl remove com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
rm com.adobe.ARM.*
rm com.adobe.AAM.*
Note that depending on your version of Adobe programs, some of the above lines may generate errors. That's fine.
If the above does not disable it, you may need to remove it at a system level. You'd use the same commands as above, but with two additions/changes:
sudo -s
[type your administrator password when prompted]
cd /Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl remove `basename com.adobe.ARM.* .plist`
launchctl remove `basename com.adobe.AAM.* .plist`
launchctl remove com.adobe.ARM.Scheduler-1.0
launchctl remove com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
rm com.adobe.ARM.*
rm com.adobe.AAM.*
exit
A: There is an additional thing that may be good to try with Adobe Manager: remove the Adobe Manager application from your Mac. After you do the steps below, you will receive a message that Adobe Manager is not installed in your computer when you start any Adobe software, but it will start normally. Please, find below the steps.
*
*Find where Adobe manager is installed. When the Adobe Manager application is running, you can find its path location listing the processes of OS X. The command in terminal is " ps aux | grep Adobe" . After this command you will see all Adobe processes that are running in your Mac.
*Find the location of processes that have " Adobe Manager " in the line. Probably the files are in the folder called "Utilities" or something similar. If you have Dreamweaver or another Adobe application opened, it will be in the list too but you choose only the ones that have "Adobe Manager" in the line.
*after it you have deleted the folders with Adobe Manager in the name. you can do it with Finder or in Terminal with the command " sudo rm -R "
I hope it helps.
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ee90b02f364c2779e752b676fc78113093205c9e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Avoid showing hidden applications in the cmd+tab navigation menu I recently switched to OS X Mountain Lion. I have applications like Skype and Pidgin which start at login and are hidden, but when I have more applications running and I do ⌘ cmd + ⇥ Tab to switch between application these hidden applications also appear there.
How can I avoid showing them?
A: Here is a blog post from someone who managed to remove Finder from the Application Switcher by adding this entry:
<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
To the info.plist file of the specific app (in this case, Finder).
| Q: Avoid showing hidden applications in the cmd+tab navigation menu I recently switched to OS X Mountain Lion. I have applications like Skype and Pidgin which start at login and are hidden, but when I have more applications running and I do ⌘ cmd + ⇥ Tab to switch between application these hidden applications also appear there.
How can I avoid showing them?
A: Here is a blog post from someone who managed to remove Finder from the Application Switcher by adding this entry:
<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
To the info.plist file of the specific app (in this case, Finder).
A: The old app LiteSwitch X (Proteron Software) would allow you to selectively hide apps from the application switcher. For several years now it has been unsupported but I just googled for it and found a beta version that claims to add compatability for OS X Mavericks so it may work for you.
Back in it's day I loved using it but since it went undeveloped for so long, I had to look elsewhere (and couldn't find quite as good of a solution). I'll be testing out the new beta version myself! Until recently, the best I've found—though, it doesn't solve your problem—is Hyperswitch. Hyperswitch works great but doesn't (yet?) have the ability to hide apps.
Direct download link (LiteSwitch X v2.8b1)
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79d57194ee1991f9c286efb96e83366aea7c9947 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delete default folders: Documents, Public, etc -- permanently? I do not use the folders ~/{Downloads, Documents, Public} and so I remove them. But some Mac OS X process keeps recreating them.
How can I disable the creation of these folders permanently? What process(es) are creating them?
Note: I do download files, e.g. from Safari, but they then go to a different directory.
Safari allows this to be customized, so why can't the default directory be erased?
Note: I have run a crontab to delete these folders on a routine basis, however this
is not a satisfactory solution especially since it needs to be run by root or an administrator.
A: It's definitively not recommended to remove these directories because a lot of applications just assume they are there. But it's your computer of course, so you can do with it whatever you like.
Instead of hunting down all applications/processes which might recreate these folders you could change their properties to make them invisible in Finder and inaccessible for everything :
chflags hidden ~/{Downloads,Documents,Public}
chmod 000 ~/{Downloads,Documents,Public}
| Q: Delete default folders: Documents, Public, etc -- permanently? I do not use the folders ~/{Downloads, Documents, Public} and so I remove them. But some Mac OS X process keeps recreating them.
How can I disable the creation of these folders permanently? What process(es) are creating them?
Note: I do download files, e.g. from Safari, but they then go to a different directory.
Safari allows this to be customized, so why can't the default directory be erased?
Note: I have run a crontab to delete these folders on a routine basis, however this
is not a satisfactory solution especially since it needs to be run by root or an administrator.
A: It's definitively not recommended to remove these directories because a lot of applications just assume they are there. But it's your computer of course, so you can do with it whatever you like.
Instead of hunting down all applications/processes which might recreate these folders you could change their properties to make them invisible in Finder and inaccessible for everything :
chflags hidden ~/{Downloads,Documents,Public}
chmod 000 ~/{Downloads,Documents,Public}
A: When you buy a certain thing, say, a Mac, you accept its parts to a large degree. We tweak and fiddle and adapt it to our wants, especially here - I'm just saying, there's a limit. Leave the folder structure alone, let OS X be OS X, especially in ways that don't really hamper your use of it at all.
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9a449b746b956d765cfa154989984160eba65645 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Entering superscript text (exponents) in TextEdit? I am writing math problems on my iMac and I am using TextEdit. I need to add exponents to one of my problems. How can I do that?
A: You can superscript style any text by highlighting the text and then selecting Format -> Font -> Baseline -> Superscript from the menu in TextEdit.
It's not assigned to a keyboard shortcut by default. To assign it to a keyboard shortcut go to System Preferences -> Keyboard and click on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Select Application Shortcuts from the left hand list and press the + button button below the right hand list to add a new application-specific shortcut:
From the menu that pops up select TextEdit as the application (otherwise the shortcut will be made for all applications). For Menu Title enter Format->Font->Baseline->Superscript and for Keyboard Shortcut (assuming OS X 10.8 or higher). Put your cursor in the box and press the combination of keys you want to use for the shortcut (I used Cmd+Shift+= in my screen capture example):
Press Add button to store the shortcut. You might have to restart TextEdit for the shortcut to appear.
| Q: Entering superscript text (exponents) in TextEdit? I am writing math problems on my iMac and I am using TextEdit. I need to add exponents to one of my problems. How can I do that?
A: You can superscript style any text by highlighting the text and then selecting Format -> Font -> Baseline -> Superscript from the menu in TextEdit.
It's not assigned to a keyboard shortcut by default. To assign it to a keyboard shortcut go to System Preferences -> Keyboard and click on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Select Application Shortcuts from the left hand list and press the + button button below the right hand list to add a new application-specific shortcut:
From the menu that pops up select TextEdit as the application (otherwise the shortcut will be made for all applications). For Menu Title enter Format->Font->Baseline->Superscript and for Keyboard Shortcut (assuming OS X 10.8 or higher). Put your cursor in the box and press the combination of keys you want to use for the shortcut (I used Cmd+Shift+= in my screen capture example):
Press Add button to store the shortcut. You might have to restart TextEdit for the shortcut to appear.
A: Modify the Press & Hold keys
For entering numbers in superscript (exponents), I prefer the Press & Hold method since it works in any app regardless of whether the app supports it (e.g. plain-text editors).
*
*Navigate to System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources/.
*Backup the Keyboard-en.plist file.
*Append the following to the Keyboard-en.plist file (before the closing </dict></plist>).
<key>Roman-Accent-t</key>
<dict>
<key>Direction</key>
<string>right</string>
<key>Keycaps</key>
<string>t ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ⁰</string>
<key>Strings</key>
<string>t ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ⁰</string>
</dict>
Feel free to change the Roman-Accent-t to any character you wish, providing it does not already have Press & Hold keys assigned.
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df296cce5b55589e16e0704e4639a03844bf0509 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: HP Product Research on Activity Log I'm seeing an item on my activity monitor called 'HP Product Research.'
I assume it's associated with some HP Printer drivers that I no long need, and have have removed, but this tracker keeps hanging around.
Any ideas on how to get rid of this tracker?
A: Yo may find this app here:
/Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HPPU Plugins/ProductImprovementStudy.hptask/Contents/Helpers/HP Customer Participation.app
Just move it to the trash.
| Q: HP Product Research on Activity Log I'm seeing an item on my activity monitor called 'HP Product Research.'
I assume it's associated with some HP Printer drivers that I no long need, and have have removed, but this tracker keeps hanging around.
Any ideas on how to get rid of this tracker?
A: Yo may find this app here:
/Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HPPU Plugins/ProductImprovementStudy.hptask/Contents/Helpers/HP Customer Participation.app
Just move it to the trash.
A: There's an official way to remove it: Run HP Customer Participation.app from the HP application folder. There's a checkbox to 'opt out' of product research.
A: Macintosh HD
Library | Application Support | Hewlett-Packard | Customer Participation
HP Product Research.app and other files are in that folder.
A: You should also check your "System Preferences" -> "Users" -> "Login Items" and look at what exactly caused the call to "HP Product Research".
You should also view the "Activity Monitor" and view the specifics of what other "Open Files and Ports" are involved with the process. Be careful ... it maybe isn't smart even to remove other files in the "/Library/Printers/hp/Frameworks/" directory other then the .app?
its also very helpful to search your "console" and system.log file for "hp" just to see whats going on before removal... (just to see what is going on) (dont remove anything outside of "/Library/Printers/hp" and do a reboot just to make sure everything is "safe" after? Here is a picture of what a console "system.log" looks like for "HP" (special note: these "errors" are most likely caused by closing the process down while its trying to startup again...
It can be interesting to save all the details and "sample" the "HP Product Research" process and see the full "call graph" of the process?
:)
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ad4c96796de9c8277bcebdcf8b12e12c77fd4a48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Finder window pops up every time Time Machine makes a backup I have configured a shiny new Time Capsule a few days ago. It runs firmware 7.7.1 and my Mac is on 10.8.4.
The Time Capsule works perfectly so far, except that every time Time Machine makes a backup, a Finder window showing the contents of the “Time Machine Backups” volume pops up (see screenshot). This gets especially annoying with hourly backups. I backed up with an external hard drive before and did not have that issue as far as i know. How can I stop Time Machine/Finder from opening up that window every time?
A: I solved it by running
sudo defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-rw-root -bool false
Source: https://superuser.com/questions/584237/make-time-machine-stop-opening-a-new-window-when-backing-up
| Q: Finder window pops up every time Time Machine makes a backup I have configured a shiny new Time Capsule a few days ago. It runs firmware 7.7.1 and my Mac is on 10.8.4.
The Time Capsule works perfectly so far, except that every time Time Machine makes a backup, a Finder window showing the contents of the “Time Machine Backups” volume pops up (see screenshot). This gets especially annoying with hourly backups. I backed up with an external hard drive before and did not have that issue as far as i know. How can I stop Time Machine/Finder from opening up that window every time?
A: I solved it by running
sudo defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-rw-root -bool false
Source: https://superuser.com/questions/584237/make-time-machine-stop-opening-a-new-window-when-backing-up
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7bf3efa72daba7490079d5527a020878d3a419ee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which setting in osx could block "ping localhost"? How can I detect which setting in the OS X could block ping localhost?
IPFW, LittleSnitch no such rules?
Update 1:
> cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcast
A: The obvious choice would be if stealth mode were on. That blocks pings to localhost on all my Mac OS systems. Go to System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Firewall, Firewall Options...
Also, if you have "Block all incoming connections" that might also affect things. I would certainly turn off LittleSnitch since it also can and will block that sort of traffic if you haven't allowed it.
| Q: Which setting in osx could block "ping localhost"? How can I detect which setting in the OS X could block ping localhost?
IPFW, LittleSnitch no such rules?
Update 1:
> cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcast
A: The obvious choice would be if stealth mode were on. That blocks pings to localhost on all my Mac OS systems. Go to System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Firewall, Firewall Options...
Also, if you have "Block all incoming connections" that might also affect things. I would certainly turn off LittleSnitch since it also can and will block that sort of traffic if you haven't allowed it.
A: Most likely it's your Mac OSX Firewall.
Go to System Preferences / Security & Privacy / Firewall and see if it's on. If it is, turn it off for a moment and see if you can ping localhost (please note, before you can turn the Firewall off, you'll need to click on the padlock in the bottom left corner and authenticate).
Don't leave your Firewall off though, unless you're absolutely sure that your Mac is not exposed to any external traffic at all (i.e. it's really only safe to do that when you're in a completely isolated network). The procedure above is to verify that it is the Firewall and not something else that's blocking the ICMP traffic to localhost.
A: It could also be a problem with the text-encoding of the /etc/hosts file: https://superuser.com/questions/541961/mac-os-x-mountain-lion-cant-ping-telnet-localhost-point-to-a-wrong-public-ip
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aaf668a96717a183b23fce68a18255b37910dd03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I do a fresh install of OSX Mountain Lion onto my SSD for my Macbook? My macbook is sluggish and has so much stuff that I don't use anymore and just want to start over from scratch basically. I did a time machine backup just in case something goes wrong.
*
*New blank SSD
*MacBook Pro (early 2011)
*backed up everything that I wanted to keep on an external HDD so that I can put it back on the SSD once OSX is installed again.
I can't directly clone everything to the SSD since my HDD has over 300GB used and my SSD is only 120GB.
Is it possible/how can I get OSX installed on my SSD without a HDD Caddy.
There is no install disc since my Macbook came with the OS preinstalled on my HDD?
A: Internet Recovery
If you installed the Internet Recovery firmware update, hold ⌘ cmd + ⌥ alt + R on boot to begin.
An image of OS X will be downloaded from the internet, and can be installed on the internal SSD normally. Once this is complete, you can restore your data from your external drive.
| Q: How can I do a fresh install of OSX Mountain Lion onto my SSD for my Macbook? My macbook is sluggish and has so much stuff that I don't use anymore and just want to start over from scratch basically. I did a time machine backup just in case something goes wrong.
*
*New blank SSD
*MacBook Pro (early 2011)
*backed up everything that I wanted to keep on an external HDD so that I can put it back on the SSD once OSX is installed again.
I can't directly clone everything to the SSD since my HDD has over 300GB used and my SSD is only 120GB.
Is it possible/how can I get OSX installed on my SSD without a HDD Caddy.
There is no install disc since my Macbook came with the OS preinstalled on my HDD?
A: Internet Recovery
If you installed the Internet Recovery firmware update, hold ⌘ cmd + ⌥ alt + R on boot to begin.
An image of OS X will be downloaded from the internet, and can be installed on the internal SSD normally. Once this is complete, you can restore your data from your external drive.
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ced229157213374c2a63c9c7749f4a4353520f53 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Excel 2011 Opens Spreadsheet As Read-Only I have a spreadsheet (.xlsx) file that, when I open it on my MBP running Excel 2011 14.3.6, I get a pop-up telling me the file is locked and can only be opened in read-only mode. About a minute later, Excel opens another pop-up and this time says that the file is unlocked and asks if I want to edit it.
I've triple-checked permissions on the file and it's definitely editable by me. I've also verified in Get Info -> General that it's not locked.
The file is located on a USB flash drive. I created a copy of this file on the local drive (/Users/aj) and it will open fine without the warning. Other Excel files saved on the USB flash drive open without this warning. A copy of this file on the USB drive still has the warning.
What can I do to remove the warning? I use this file all the time and it's super-annoying.
A: Does your file name contain a /? For example, if you take thisfile.xlsx, and make it into this/file.xlsx, it will only open as read only. I verified this on my own Mac.
| Q: Excel 2011 Opens Spreadsheet As Read-Only I have a spreadsheet (.xlsx) file that, when I open it on my MBP running Excel 2011 14.3.6, I get a pop-up telling me the file is locked and can only be opened in read-only mode. About a minute later, Excel opens another pop-up and this time says that the file is unlocked and asks if I want to edit it.
I've triple-checked permissions on the file and it's definitely editable by me. I've also verified in Get Info -> General that it's not locked.
The file is located on a USB flash drive. I created a copy of this file on the local drive (/Users/aj) and it will open fine without the warning. Other Excel files saved on the USB flash drive open without this warning. A copy of this file on the USB drive still has the warning.
What can I do to remove the warning? I use this file all the time and it's super-annoying.
A: Does your file name contain a /? For example, if you take thisfile.xlsx, and make it into this/file.xlsx, it will only open as read only. I verified this on my own Mac.
A: Whilst the first answer did not apply to the opening post, I'll use the old bugs in Microsoft Office to exemplify how a file that is read-only in an Excel window is not an open file.
@AJ. (opening poster): given the available information, multi-platform use of different versions of Excel is the likeliest cause of problems in your case. Please see below, Persistence of temporary files …
Microsoft Excel 2011 problems with POSIX-compliant use of HFS Plus by OS X
Excel 14.4.7 (141117) allows the user to include the solidus character / (slash) within the name of a file in, for example, the Save dialogue:
Simply saving then closing the workbook with that file name will cause the file to be read-only, to Excel, for as long as there's a character that Excel can not handle.
Editing the saved workbook, before initial closure, may expose additional bugs – one of which is shown at end of this answer.
Other causes of Excel treating a workbook as read-only
Use Terminal with ls(1) and lsof(8) to tell whether any lock-related file is present for the affected workbook; and to tell whether anything other than Excel has the workbook open.
Please note that lsof is executed as the superuser.
Approaches to opening/locking
Not all apps use the same approach.
Example 1: a workbook file.xlsx opened first by NeoOffice then by Microsoft Excel:
Excel responds properly to the Mac OS X native file locking of NeoOffice:
*
*the Excel window to the workbook is read-only
*output from lsof confirms that the workbook is not open by Excel.
Also in the screenshot above
The COMMAND column shows that two processes have the file open:
*
*soffice.bin – here, that's NeoOffice
*filecoordinationd – for system-wide file access coordination.
Example 2: the same workbook file.xlsx opened first by Microsoft Excel then by NeoOffice:
NeoOffice responds properly to Microsoft's approach to locking:
*
*the NeoOffice window to the workbook is read-only
*output from lsof confirms that the workbook is not open by NeoOffice
*output from lsof confirms that lock file is not open by Excel.
Essentially
Use lsof to discover what has the workbook open. If not filecoordinationd then it might be a third party backup or synchronisation application, or a metadata-related process … and so on.
Persistence of temporary files
A temporary file may remain in the file system longer than necessary.
In example (2) above we see ~$file.xlsx – a companion to file.xlsx – such files are normally invisible to Finder.
If an (invisible) ~$….xlsx file is present following (for example) a crash of Excel on your own Mac, then Excel should behave properly when the (visible) workbook is next opened.
In contrast: if for any reason an ~$….xlsx file persists after closure of the workbook by another installation of Excel, then Excel on your Mac may respond strangely. With reference to the opening post –
… About a minute later, Excel opens another pop-up and this time says that the file is unlocked and asks if I want to edit it …
– that symptom is very familiar to me from shared use of a workbook served by Microsoft Windows Server to Windows and OS X clients.
(In my case, accepting the prompt to edit rarely allowed edition; there reappeared the alert about read-only access, then another prompt to edit, and so on … and that behaviour would persist after all users had closed the workbook. Resolved only by manual removal, from the server, of the invisible ~$….xlsx file.)
Back to the bugs in Microsoft Office
The solidus / in an existing file name prevents Excel from opening the file (the window to the file is read-only):
That's relatively innocuous.
However, edition following the initial save may present a succession of problems. Screenshots below show AutoSave/AutoRecover failure –
– the workbook is saved and remains open (confirmed with lsof) but the behaviours are disconcerting to the end user.
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c493652a488bcc3d95dd7438696c5a79a23ed21a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you browse and upload a photo from an iPhoto Library to a website using a browser like Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc I've at a site that wants me to upload a photo. I choose Browse... but when I get to iPhoto Library, it's opaque. Is there some way to browse and choose one?
A: The iPhoto Library folder can not be browsed directly. In Finder you can open/access it by righ-clicking and selecting the "Show Package Content" option, but this is not possible in the Open dialog.
But there is an easier way: you can access the content of your iPhoto Library directly from the file browser in the Open dialog:
This also gives you all your events, albums etc. to browse through.
| Q: How do you browse and upload a photo from an iPhoto Library to a website using a browser like Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc I've at a site that wants me to upload a photo. I choose Browse... but when I get to iPhoto Library, it's opaque. Is there some way to browse and choose one?
A: The iPhoto Library folder can not be browsed directly. In Finder you can open/access it by righ-clicking and selecting the "Show Package Content" option, but this is not possible in the Open dialog.
But there is an easier way: you can access the content of your iPhoto Library directly from the file browser in the Open dialog:
This also gives you all your events, albums etc. to browse through.
A: In the "open" file dialog, press ⌘+Shift+G, then in the area where you would put the filename, type ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ and it should open up for you.
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71942ffcdb84458cb5f17c43648795f57485ba54 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What Information Is Gleaned From Conducting An Apple Hardware Test? What information is gleaned from conducting an Apple Hardware Test ( or Apple Diagnostics for Macs purchased from June 2013), when trying to find out if something is wrong with my Mac ?
A: The Apple Hardware Test only detects problems with the computer's internal hardware components (logic board, memory and wireless components) not external components nor software-related problems.
If the AHT displays an error it will be a hardware failure of any kind, which, in most of the cases, will be solved by replacing the component. So if you were to contact any Technical Support regarding this issue, providing this information could be helpful but most likely unnecessary.
| Q: What Information Is Gleaned From Conducting An Apple Hardware Test? What information is gleaned from conducting an Apple Hardware Test ( or Apple Diagnostics for Macs purchased from June 2013), when trying to find out if something is wrong with my Mac ?
A: The Apple Hardware Test only detects problems with the computer's internal hardware components (logic board, memory and wireless components) not external components nor software-related problems.
If the AHT displays an error it will be a hardware failure of any kind, which, in most of the cases, will be solved by replacing the component. So if you were to contact any Technical Support regarding this issue, providing this information could be helpful but most likely unnecessary.
A: As Thecafremo stated in the first answer, AHT/Apple Diagnostics will only show "No trouble found" or provide you with an error code assuming it detects a failure.
Apple Hardware Test (AHT) essentially runs minor stress tests on the major internal components and sensors in your Mac. The standard AHT test runs quick memory tests, fan tests, Mac wide sensor tests and a very brief hard drive read/write & SMART status test. AHT also has a checkbox for an extended test, which runs the same tests as before but expands it's memory & hard drive tests, running full pattern tests on RAM and a longer disk scan on the hard drive. The extended test takes a significantly longer amount of time, 1+ hours compared to 5~ minutes, than the standard test. While it runs you will hear your different fans spin up to full speed for a few seconds and a progress indicator on the screen tells you what component it is currently testing. Assuming no failures are found it will present a "No trouble found" message once it's finished. If failures ARE found then AHT will return a cryptic error code that can be deciphered using the info below, pulled from an excellent CNET article:
4ETH: Ethernet controller
4IRP: Main Logic board
4MLB: Logic board controller
4PRC: Processor
4HDD: Hard disk
4MHD: External disk
4YDC: Video card
4SNS: System sensor
4MOT: Fan motor
4MEM: Memory module
4AIR: AirPort wireless card
The below info, pulled from the same CNET article, can help you isolate specific sensors when the 4SNS error is returned. The first letter should either be L for current, T for temperature or V for voltage, indicating the type of sensor. The second letter (A, e, M, etc) refers to the component area where the sensor is located. So, using this along with the info below, we can assume that 4SNS....TH.... error would be the hard drive's temperature sensor.
A: Ambient air sensor
B: Battery
C: Central processors (CPU)
D: DC (direct current)
e: PCI-express slot
F: FireWire port
G: Graphics processor (GPU)
H: Hard disk
h: Heat pipe (heat sink)
L: LCD display
M: Memory or memory riser boards
m: Misc. (i.e., battery chargers)
N: North bridge (motherboard controller)
O: Optical drives
P: Power bus
p: Power supply
s: Palm rests for laptops
W: Airport Wi-Fi card
Apple Diagnostics, available on mid-2013 and newer Macs, runs essentially the same small stress tests as AHT but will return more human readable messages based on it's findings. If errors are detected it will explain in terms along the lines of "There appears to be a problem with your hard drive" but can still return a cryptic reference code. Apple Diagnostics gives you the option to reboot to your recovery disk though and to contact Apple's support site for options on resolving any errors found.
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c48151f77c137e43c61407e7cf96c595408ba046 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why my sound is mute? I have problem with my mac mini, sound icon is mute and i am unable to click to unmute it.
Tomorrow night it was working fine, but getting issue now, i inserted headPhone but nothing happen.
and
list of Audio devices uder System Report
A: From the screen shots you posted it appears that your Mac doesn't think it has any sound output devices.
This could indicate a hardware fault. If after rebooting your Mac there are still no output devices listed in System Preferences > Sound try running a system report.
You can access this by choosing About this Mac from the Apple () Menu and then pressing the System Report... button.
On the left of the System Report window there should be a section for Audio. If you select that you will get a list of Audio devices. If that is empty you most probably have a hardware fault and need to take your Mac to an Apple Store for repair.
| Q: Why my sound is mute? I have problem with my mac mini, sound icon is mute and i am unable to click to unmute it.
Tomorrow night it was working fine, but getting issue now, i inserted headPhone but nothing happen.
and
list of Audio devices uder System Report
A: From the screen shots you posted it appears that your Mac doesn't think it has any sound output devices.
This could indicate a hardware fault. If after rebooting your Mac there are still no output devices listed in System Preferences > Sound try running a system report.
You can access this by choosing About this Mac from the Apple () Menu and then pressing the System Report... button.
On the left of the System Report window there should be a section for Audio. If you select that you will get a list of Audio devices. If that is empty you most probably have a hardware fault and need to take your Mac to an Apple Store for repair.
A: You may try resetting your SMC and NVRAM, which controls power for various components as well as retains settings for a few pieces of hardware.
To reset the SMC on your Mac Mini:
*
*Shut down your system and unplug all cables (including power cable)
*Wait 15 seconds at least
*Plug power and other cables back in
*Boot machine
To reset the NVRAM:
*
*Shut down your Mac.
*Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P,
and R.
*Turn on your Mac.
*Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys immediately after you
hear the startup sound.
*Hold these keys until the computer restarts and you hear the startup
sound for a second time.
*Release the keys.
Aside from that, running an Apple Hardware Test by holding D on boot, then running through the prompts to validate if an issue has been found with the actual hardware for the sound.
A: Problem was solved automatically when i updated with latest version of OS.
Thanks for your valuable answers and response.
Than
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11b6311b6752863240656a8483006ca723e928e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Enabling Scroll Bars In Mountain Lion? In Mountain Lion scroll bars are turned off by default, and are only seen if actively scrolling.
How do you enable them, so that they are seen all the time ?
A: Terminal Command
Alternatively, if you like Terminal commands (for scripting or BetterTouchTool gestures), you can set scroll bars to always be shown with the following command:
defaults write -g AppleShowScrollBars -string Always
To reset this, you can use the following command:
defaults write -g AppleShowScrollBars -string WhenScrolling
You may have to restart the app (or Finder: killall -HUP Finder) for the change to take effect.
Per App Setting
As well as being set globally, these Terminal commands can be used to change the scroll bars specifically per app.
defaults write com.apple.Terminal AppleShowScrollBars -string Always
Replace com.apple.Terminal with the bundle identifier of the app that you want to change.
| Q: Enabling Scroll Bars In Mountain Lion? In Mountain Lion scroll bars are turned off by default, and are only seen if actively scrolling.
How do you enable them, so that they are seen all the time ?
A: Terminal Command
Alternatively, if you like Terminal commands (for scripting or BetterTouchTool gestures), you can set scroll bars to always be shown with the following command:
defaults write -g AppleShowScrollBars -string Always
To reset this, you can use the following command:
defaults write -g AppleShowScrollBars -string WhenScrolling
You may have to restart the app (or Finder: killall -HUP Finder) for the change to take effect.
Per App Setting
As well as being set globally, these Terminal commands can be used to change the scroll bars specifically per app.
defaults write com.apple.Terminal AppleShowScrollBars -string Always
Replace com.apple.Terminal with the bundle identifier of the app that you want to change.
A: See screenshot. Change the radio button for Show Scroll Bars to Always. To access this screen, go to System Preferences -> General.
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3913024cb98ed26a6709c9cc9a73d89639d2cd3b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple USB Keyboard not working on 27" iMac (Intel Core i7) I have two similar iMacs (27" - i7 - os10.8.4 ) and use Apple's extended USB keyboards on both of them. After a power outage neither keyboard will work on one iMac (A) although both keyboards work fine on the other iMac (B). I have reset NVRAM and SMC on iMac A but to no avail. I have plugged printers into the USB ports and they seem to work fine. As it stands, the only way I can log in on iMac A is by using a Bluetooth keyboard, the USB port however remains "invisible"...
Thank you for your help.
A: Sorry this isn't really an answer but I can't post a photo in a comment.
I have a 27" iMac i7 as well, when I connect a Key Board/Mouse and an iPhone via USB in "System Information" I see this:
What do you see?
Note that the two USB ports are on different busses. Have you tried both of them? You mentioned that bluetooth works; do the other USB functions work (Card Reader, iSight Cam)?
| Q: Apple USB Keyboard not working on 27" iMac (Intel Core i7) I have two similar iMacs (27" - i7 - os10.8.4 ) and use Apple's extended USB keyboards on both of them. After a power outage neither keyboard will work on one iMac (A) although both keyboards work fine on the other iMac (B). I have reset NVRAM and SMC on iMac A but to no avail. I have plugged printers into the USB ports and they seem to work fine. As it stands, the only way I can log in on iMac A is by using a Bluetooth keyboard, the USB port however remains "invisible"...
Thank you for your help.
A: Sorry this isn't really an answer but I can't post a photo in a comment.
I have a 27" iMac i7 as well, when I connect a Key Board/Mouse and an iPhone via USB in "System Information" I see this:
What do you see?
Note that the two USB ports are on different busses. Have you tried both of them? You mentioned that bluetooth works; do the other USB functions work (Card Reader, iSight Cam)?
A: This isa recurring problem for me and whilst I once solved it from a site like this, this time I just plugged the damn thing into my macbook air and back to the Imac. Bingo!
GV
A: I just got a new iMac with OS 10.8.4 (Snow Leopard) I opted for a USB keyboard and the keyboard stopped working twice now upon restarts.
BUT when I plugged in my old Mac keyboard (which is clunky and encased in a clear plastic like tray) it works fine. My new sleek USB keyboard doesn't.
I feel that all of these problems may be the newer keyboards. The USB plugs even seems wimpier.
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b0b94b95d9448cbf15eecd32f0506a04ad19af63 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do only some images received via iMessage have GPS data? I've noticed that only some of the images I receive from a friend of mine (who also has an iPhone 5) have GPS data. (I test this by saving the picture and using a photo app to read the metadata.)
I can't figure out why some do and others don't. My friend is not changing his settings or doing anything weird. This is all through iMessage.
Thoughts?
A: If Location Services are on for the Camera.app, EXIF data will include GPS data. If it is not, it will not for photos that are taken with Camera.app. Location data can be inserted on an app by app basis. I tested, for example, Camera.app, and Camera+. The former had Location Services disabled, and the latter was enabled. As expected, the former had no GPS data, while the latter did.
Furthermore, photos that are downloaded from other services may or may not contain location data. For example, Facebook strips GPS data out of photos, while Photobucket does not.
Any testing I have done has been with an iPhone 5, and also an iPad mini.
| Q: Why do only some images received via iMessage have GPS data? I've noticed that only some of the images I receive from a friend of mine (who also has an iPhone 5) have GPS data. (I test this by saving the picture and using a photo app to read the metadata.)
I can't figure out why some do and others don't. My friend is not changing his settings or doing anything weird. This is all through iMessage.
Thoughts?
A: If Location Services are on for the Camera.app, EXIF data will include GPS data. If it is not, it will not for photos that are taken with Camera.app. Location data can be inserted on an app by app basis. I tested, for example, Camera.app, and Camera+. The former had Location Services disabled, and the latter was enabled. As expected, the former had no GPS data, while the latter did.
Furthermore, photos that are downloaded from other services may or may not contain location data. For example, Facebook strips GPS data out of photos, while Photobucket does not.
Any testing I have done has been with an iPhone 5, and also an iPad mini.
A: For the EXIF data to arrive via iMessage, ALL the recipients must have iDevices. If even one of them doesn't then it gets stripped out by Apple for everyone
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71dab65f3961149c5ad25e4cbc1906bbe17b2db7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dropping items "in place" on Mountain Lion desktop I run a multi-monitor setup at home with OS X ML as my main driver. Sometimes for a task I need to be able to drag-and-drop items from a folder to a particular spot on the desktop.
The problem here is that when I drag and drop an item on the desktop, it doesn't fall where the cursor is. It automatically gets moved over to the main monitor in the right column. And I have to drag it back where I want it on the desktop. This is annoying.
How can I get osx to let me drop files precisely where the cursor is on the desktop?
A: Check that the option Snap to Grid is not enabled.
Right click on your desktop to activate the window displayed in the screenshot.
I'm not running OS X Mavericks by the way; I'm just using the background :)
| Q: Dropping items "in place" on Mountain Lion desktop I run a multi-monitor setup at home with OS X ML as my main driver. Sometimes for a task I need to be able to drag-and-drop items from a folder to a particular spot on the desktop.
The problem here is that when I drag and drop an item on the desktop, it doesn't fall where the cursor is. It automatically gets moved over to the main monitor in the right column. And I have to drag it back where I want it on the desktop. This is annoying.
How can I get osx to let me drop files precisely where the cursor is on the desktop?
A: Check that the option Snap to Grid is not enabled.
Right click on your desktop to activate the window displayed in the screenshot.
I'm not running OS X Mavericks by the way; I'm just using the background :)
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14cfd47b91c7262e440be7a70a50a5a523c42477 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Difficulty setting the 'Open with app' to an alias I am trying to set MacVim, installed via homebrew, to be the default HEX file editor. I started this task by creating an alias to MacVim.app located in /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61 and placing the aliased app in /Applications. This allowed me to see and open MacVim from the Application folder (more info here).
Now that the aliased app is there the "Open with app" selection via the RightClick->Info has the aliased app greyed out. To make matters worse it does not allow me to browse/select the real app located in /usr/local/Cellar.
This doesn't seem to be asking to much here, any ideas on how to change this?
A: Not the cleanest solution, but pressing / while in the Open With dialog allowed me to get to /usr/local. Found the solution here
| Q: Difficulty setting the 'Open with app' to an alias I am trying to set MacVim, installed via homebrew, to be the default HEX file editor. I started this task by creating an alias to MacVim.app located in /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-61 and placing the aliased app in /Applications. This allowed me to see and open MacVim from the Application folder (more info here).
Now that the aliased app is there the "Open with app" selection via the RightClick->Info has the aliased app greyed out. To make matters worse it does not allow me to browse/select the real app located in /usr/local/Cellar.
This doesn't seem to be asking to much here, any ideas on how to change this?
A: Not the cleanest solution, but pressing / while in the Open With dialog allowed me to get to /usr/local. Found the solution here
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1bbf8d5777a951cf9747c16b58bdc5be65610229 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do any iPhone 5 docking stations offer both audio out and a lightning connector for charging? What iPhone 5 docking stations are on the market that provide an analog audio out connection similar to Apple's iPhone 4 dock?
I currently use the above dock with my 4S for charging at night, but if I make an upgrade to the new iPhone, I'd like a Lightning dock.
EDIT: I found one option on Amazon, but it appears to be low quality (some ship with Lightning port in the back, others with 30-pin port). I'm also concerned that plugging a 1/8" jack into the headphone port will effectively silence my morning alarms.
A: An OEM dock just popped up in store.apple.com after the 9/10 event: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MF030ZM/A/iphone-5s-dock
| Q: Do any iPhone 5 docking stations offer both audio out and a lightning connector for charging? What iPhone 5 docking stations are on the market that provide an analog audio out connection similar to Apple's iPhone 4 dock?
I currently use the above dock with my 4S for charging at night, but if I make an upgrade to the new iPhone, I'd like a Lightning dock.
EDIT: I found one option on Amazon, but it appears to be low quality (some ship with Lightning port in the back, others with 30-pin port). I'm also concerned that plugging a 1/8" jack into the headphone port will effectively silence my morning alarms.
A: An OEM dock just popped up in store.apple.com after the 9/10 event: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MF030ZM/A/iphone-5s-dock
A: From Apple's site is the Belkin dock for iPhone 5.
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9742e0a242dde8274c68bcdc1b4121306e9e33e2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What OS X and iOS software combination tracks finances? I was a long time Quicken user, tracking checking accounts and credit cards. I would enter all of my purchases on my phone and would sync regularly with my desktop.
Two years ago, I switched to Mac and was disappointed to learn that there was no version of Quicken for iPhone that would sync with Quicken for Mac.
You can't even export because all of the check book programs export to QIF format, and Mac quicken only imports OFX, and there are no reasonable Mac-based converters.
I am not married to Quicken. Anything will do.
What are people using to track checking and credit card transactions between Mac and their iPhones?
A: MoneyWell
MoneyWell is personal finance software that increases your wealth while reducing your debt. It does this by wrapping the tried and true envelope-budgeting system in a beautiful, modern interface.
They explain the features better than I do but it is actively supported by a great developer. The companion app for iOS is MoneyWell Express.
| Q: What OS X and iOS software combination tracks finances? I was a long time Quicken user, tracking checking accounts and credit cards. I would enter all of my purchases on my phone and would sync regularly with my desktop.
Two years ago, I switched to Mac and was disappointed to learn that there was no version of Quicken for iPhone that would sync with Quicken for Mac.
You can't even export because all of the check book programs export to QIF format, and Mac quicken only imports OFX, and there are no reasonable Mac-based converters.
I am not married to Quicken. Anything will do.
What are people using to track checking and credit card transactions between Mac and their iPhones?
A: MoneyWell
MoneyWell is personal finance software that increases your wealth while reducing your debt. It does this by wrapping the tried and true envelope-budgeting system in a beautiful, modern interface.
They explain the features better than I do but it is actively supported by a great developer. The companion app for iOS is MoneyWell Express.
A: GNUCash:
Is a personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
You Need A Budget:
You can connect to your bank and download transactions, and display those transactions and your budget in a simple, easy-to-understand interface that helps you determine quickly how well you're doing sticking to your budget and saving for your financial goals. YNAB is noted by a number of its biggest fans for not obfuscating your finances and its own tools like other tools: it's not difficult to just jump in and start tracking your money. You can try the app for 7 days free, but after that it'll set you back $59.95.
Stash:
A free/open source, fast, simple personal finance app for Mac OS X.
iCompta:
An Application that lets you manage your personal accounts with ease. It also offers full synchronization between the Mac and iOS versions, enabling you to enter transactions wherever you go.
Money Plus:
A finance app that approaches the problem of organizing your finances through simplified methods. It’s easy to enter transactions and repeat transactions, plus you get to see your progress through five different windows: Overview, Daily, Categories, Budgets, and Graphs.
Squirrel:
Provides you with powerful tools to analyze, control and keep track of your spendings.
Money:
A powerful, comprehensive, and intuitive system designed to help you keep control of your financial life. Oversee your account balances, track investments, keep budgets, and manage your bank accounts, credit cards, loans, investments, assets, and cash.
Please note however that many of the Apps mentioned above are Premium products and not freeware.
A comprehensive list of financial Apps available for Mac users can be seen here.
A: Splashmoney
Manage your money anytime, anywhere. Connect to your online bank from your desktop computer or wireless handheld and download transactions directly into SplashMoney. Create budgets and then track and analyze your spending with customizable reports and charts. Synchronize your handheld with your desktop computer to stay on top of your finances whether you're at home, on the road, or in the office.
I've used Splashmoney since the Palm OS days, and I've stuck with it mainly because it handles direct OFX downloads from my various banks.
EDIT: I should add that Splashmoney also handles QIF imports.
A: Mint.com
It's owned by Intuit (owner of Quicken). It's a free service, their backend connects directly to your bank (most but not all financial institutions are supported).
Use the website on your Mac and their free App on your iPad, iPhone or Android device (the Apps have a subset of the functionality of the website).
A: Money
I'm currently using Money.
I bought in a bundle but I like it. Take a shot.
It seems that can sync with iPads and iPhones.
Money 4 presents a powerful, comprehensive, and intuitive system designed to help you keep control of your financial life. Oversee your account balances, track investments, keep budgets, and manage your bank accounts, credit cards, loans, assets, and cash. Do it all in a straightforward and stylish interface.
A: I manage my entire financial life in Quicken, including my chequing and savings accounts, employee stock plans (from both current and former employers), other individual stocks, 401(k) through my current employer, retirement plans, life insurance, mortgage, and credit cards. I also have a budget that I track progress against. I know that I'm an edge case in the amount of stuff that I actively track in a financial application.
I haven't found any of the Mac applications to meet my needs. I've tried them all, repeatedly, and none of them are satisfactory for what I do. It's usually the stock or the retirement plans where they simply can't do it. As a result, I use Quicken for Windows. It's the only reason that I use a virtualization application on my Macs at home.
A: Chronicle
Enter your bills in Chronicle, then forget them. You won’t need to wonder if you’ve paid a bill—Chronicle remembers for you. Why risk a late fee? Chronicle never forgets: it keeps track of all your bills, and reminds you when each one is due using Notification Center (Mountain Lion required) and Calendar (optional), even when it isn’t running.
With multiple repeat options, all you have to do is set up your bill once. Each time you make and log a payment, Chronicle automatically updates the due date, and will remind you next time.
Now, if all you care about is reminders for payments, and you aren't tracking a budget or a bank statement, Chronicle is perfect. I've used this since it was an alpha software, and I very much like its simple UI, notifications, and iOS/OS X syncing via DropBox.
A: You might want to check out Microsoft Money and a Mac, a post I wrote in July of 2008 and frequently update, in which I detailed and reviewed about thirty different personal finance programs for the Mac and gave them all failing grades. (The article also includes over two hundred comments from other frustrated Mac users.)
Please don't flame me for posting a self-link; this is a topic about which I am very passionate and truly believe I am offering valuable input.
A: Moneydance
Moneydance is easy to use personal finance software that is loaded with all the features you need: online banking and bill payment, account management, budgeting and investment tracking.
I've used Moneydance for many years, and it handles credit cards and bank accounts in multiple currencies quite well. The main app is written in Java, and has OS X, Windows, and Linux versions. The iPhone companion app is free, but requires the desktop app to work.
A: I am a Mac user attached to elegance and esthetics as a significant factor in productivity for cognitive reasons. Personal finance is also for me particularly problematic because I hate doing it. I will find excuses to procrastinate. Therefore, the cognitive efficiency of the human interface is of paramount importance.
For transaction entry that means (for me) inline entry. Entry in a dialog or sheet is a major impediment. Entry in a side or top/bottom panel is a minor impediment (because when I conclude the entry, it is displayed far enough from where I entered the data to require a visual shift of context to make sure the entry was correctly accepted).
Another (secondary) criterion for me is an iOS version with synchronization, allowing at least the quick entry of a transaction when and where it is incurred.
Having pondered all that, and having tried many contenders, I would recommend two programs:
*
*MoneyWiz: excellent Mac native interface. Excellent overall feature set. Unfortunately, transaction entry is not inline, but in a popover window.
*YNAB: even better feature set. The right approach to personal finance (IMHO), inline transaction entry. Big minus: written with Adobe Air, the Human Interface is not native, and gets infuriatingly in the way. I wrote extensively on their user forum about that, and clearly, they are not sensitive to that at all.
Both have an iOS version. YNAB's is not full-featured.
Eventually, I chose YNAB. Inline entry is that important, and their approach is really good. I will continue now and then to push them on making it a native program, but I don't hold my breath.
A: Let me put in a half-vote for SEE Finance. For my purposes the biggest missing item is Tags, promised in the next version which I'm afraid is far behind schedule. I've tried most of the other products listed in the other answers. Correct handling of investments, decent UI (especially category assignment), and tags seems to be a hard triple to find.
A: I finally found the solution to the Quicken on Mac problem. I downloaded Oracle Virtual Box, a free tool that allows me to run Windows on my Mac. (Windows becomes a separate running application, that you can tab to).
Then I installed Quicken. The original one and only!
Note, to do this approach, you need to have a Windows IOS file (ie an installation CD)
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57bb2a6bbecad28792103057e55a15dfa1f50258 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Weird graphics issues after waking MacBook up After locking my Mac and waking it up a few hours later this is how it looks:
Also, some of the icons look weird after restarting the system (for example not fully rendered time machine icon: )
Hardware: mid 2013 MacBook Air - i5 1,5GHz 128SSD, 8GB RAM.
I suspect one thing, however this is my first mac and I prefer not to mess around anymore: The problem started ocurring after I have disabled the swap.
Earlier I did research how much memory I use (<4GB RAM and ~2GB swap) and decided to remove the swap to force RAM usage.
What could be causing this behaviour?
| Q: Weird graphics issues after waking MacBook up After locking my Mac and waking it up a few hours later this is how it looks:
Also, some of the icons look weird after restarting the system (for example not fully rendered time machine icon: )
Hardware: mid 2013 MacBook Air - i5 1,5GHz 128SSD, 8GB RAM.
I suspect one thing, however this is my first mac and I prefer not to mess around anymore: The problem started ocurring after I have disabled the swap.
Earlier I did research how much memory I use (<4GB RAM and ~2GB swap) and decided to remove the swap to force RAM usage.
What could be causing this behaviour?
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00b48edb86e766ccc53934b2cfd9533989b34eaf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Looking for OpenSource Cleaning / cache deleting application for Mac In the times of small SSD harddisks, I was looking for an open source software to delete caches and other space wasters like logs, unused application remains and such on Mac OSX, and all over the web people are telling me there's plenty of OSS projects doing exactly that. Sadly, I couldn't even find one of them.
I want to play around with an open source software that does this kind of things. I'd like to know the most complete and if possible documented open source project for hard disk cleaning, if any exists at all.
(Please don't tell me if it's useful to delete caches, that's not the question)
A: You can use CCleaner to delete caches and other things, and it's free
| Q: Looking for OpenSource Cleaning / cache deleting application for Mac In the times of small SSD harddisks, I was looking for an open source software to delete caches and other space wasters like logs, unused application remains and such on Mac OSX, and all over the web people are telling me there's plenty of OSS projects doing exactly that. Sadly, I couldn't even find one of them.
I want to play around with an open source software that does this kind of things. I'd like to know the most complete and if possible documented open source project for hard disk cleaning, if any exists at all.
(Please don't tell me if it's useful to delete caches, that's not the question)
A: You can use CCleaner to delete caches and other things, and it's free
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514afecdbfd3dc7c3d5812f31f09cd5feaf3c628 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Changing terminal color I would like to know how to change the terminal color, so whenever I run
ls it will return the name of:
*
*Directories in red
*Files in blue
*Executable files (those you do ./file) in light green
How do I do that?
A: Usually this is done with
ls -G
Personally I'm using an alias, e.g. in .bash_aliases which is loaded by .bash_profile
alias ls="ls -G"
However, there's another option, i.e. turning on CLICOLOR in your shell, e.g. by adding the following to your .bash_profile
export CLICOLOR=1
| Q: Changing terminal color I would like to know how to change the terminal color, so whenever I run
ls it will return the name of:
*
*Directories in red
*Files in blue
*Executable files (those you do ./file) in light green
How do I do that?
A: Usually this is done with
ls -G
Personally I'm using an alias, e.g. in .bash_aliases which is loaded by .bash_profile
alias ls="ls -G"
However, there's another option, i.e. turning on CLICOLOR in your shell, e.g. by adding the following to your .bash_profile
export CLICOLOR=1
A: See this article "ls, colors, and Terminal.app" to customize the default ls colors.
Basically, what you need to do is change the value of the LSCOLORS variable (default is Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad on OS X). Each letter represent a color:
*
*a = black
*b = red
*c = green
*d = brown
*e = blue
*f = magenta
*g = cyan
*h = grey
*A = dark grey
*B = bold red
*C = bold green
*D = yellow
*E = bold blue
*F = magenta
*G = cyan
*H = white
*x = default
And each two-letter group the foreground and background color for a type of entry.
For example, the first two letters make your directories being shown as Cyan (G) on a default (x) background (ie. the background color of your term).
The positions are:
*
*directory
*symbolic link
*socket
*pipe
*executable
*block device
*character device
*executable with setuid set
*executable with setguid set
*directory writable by others, with sticky bit
*directory writable by others, without sticky bit
So to get the output you asked in your question, setting LSCOLORS to bxfxcxdxcxegedabagacad should do the trick, except for the "normal files" colors, which it seems can't be changed this way.
All credits to Jonathan Dance for the blog post linked earlier, most of this answer is copied from it.
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42b93571dce91d1c24e5d25367cf609eb423d22f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Solarized and Terminal in OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion I am trying to install the Solarized color scheme for my terminal on 10.8.4 Mountain Lion. I downloaded the .terminal files from https://github.com/tomislav/osx-terminal.app-colors-solarized and followed the instructions in the README which said:
OS X 10.7 Lion: Double click to install or import into Terminal.app preferences.
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Import into Terminal.app preferences.
I declared the terminal as xterm-256color:
But the Terminal looks like this:
What can I do so that the all the colors in the Solarized theme show up? You can see in my second screenshot that I ran ls and the directories aren't colored properly.
A: The bright green, yellow, blue, and cyan foreground colors seem to be almost the same as the default foreground color:
Or if you were expecting the themes to add colors to new places, they don't. They are Terminal settings files just change some of the settings that can also be changed from Terminal's preferences. You can make ls use colors with something like export CLICOLOR= LSCOLORS=dxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad.
| Q: Solarized and Terminal in OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion I am trying to install the Solarized color scheme for my terminal on 10.8.4 Mountain Lion. I downloaded the .terminal files from https://github.com/tomislav/osx-terminal.app-colors-solarized and followed the instructions in the README which said:
OS X 10.7 Lion: Double click to install or import into Terminal.app preferences.
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Import into Terminal.app preferences.
I declared the terminal as xterm-256color:
But the Terminal looks like this:
What can I do so that the all the colors in the Solarized theme show up? You can see in my second screenshot that I ran ls and the directories aren't colored properly.
A: The bright green, yellow, blue, and cyan foreground colors seem to be almost the same as the default foreground color:
Or if you were expecting the themes to add colors to new places, they don't. They are Terminal settings files just change some of the settings that can also be changed from Terminal's preferences. You can make ls use colors with something like export CLICOLOR= LSCOLORS=dxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad.
A: I did have a similar issue, and washed-out colors got fixed by switching to a different Solarized port. Now everything looks great, completely identical to MacVim.
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1d8a49961ecf086cbbe9669bb6688c50f670fa1b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad browser that looks like desktop to website There are sites that sense the iPad is a mobile device. For example, Spotify. It will refuse to play in an iPad browser, while it works just fine on a laptop. It appears to be sensing what browser is in use, as do many sites that push a mobile version instead of the standard site.
Is there any workaround for this?
Additional note - Thanks for the answers so far. The desktop version requires Flash. This may kill the Spotify success, but great for sites that don't use flash, so I hope this Q&A helps others.
A: Yes. Use a browser that allows you to change the user agent. Two examples are:
*
*Atomic Web Browser
*
*Terra.
| Q: iPad browser that looks like desktop to website There are sites that sense the iPad is a mobile device. For example, Spotify. It will refuse to play in an iPad browser, while it works just fine on a laptop. It appears to be sensing what browser is in use, as do many sites that push a mobile version instead of the standard site.
Is there any workaround for this?
Additional note - Thanks for the answers so far. The desktop version requires Flash. This may kill the Spotify success, but great for sites that don't use flash, so I hope this Q&A helps others.
A: Yes. Use a browser that allows you to change the user agent. Two examples are:
*
*Atomic Web Browser
*
*Terra.
A: If you already have Chorme for iPad, you can use its "Request Desktop Site" feature:
Here's how it works on Android, I'm assuming it's very similar on iOS.
A: Safari on iOS now has a request desktop site feature. Use that or view it on a browser that lets you change the user agent.
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65fcf444d0fd08fd64ddb4f78550164c2275910e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I control the default save location for PDFs in Microsoft Word for Mac? In Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, I often need to save a copy of a document as a PDF. To do this, I open the print dialog, and then choose "Save as PDF" from the dropdown menu at the bottom:
However, this seems to, by default, open the last location I've saved a PDF in. It would be far preferable for it to default to the location of the .docx file I'm working with. Is there a way to achieve this result?
A: The save as PDF option in the Print window is controlled by the system, not Word. It will default to the last place you saved a PDF because that's all it knows about. It is completely separate from (and unaware of) the Open and Save dialog boxes. That said, you can save a Word document as a PDF from File > Save As, and that will respect your last working directory related to the docx file.
| Q: How can I control the default save location for PDFs in Microsoft Word for Mac? In Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, I often need to save a copy of a document as a PDF. To do this, I open the print dialog, and then choose "Save as PDF" from the dropdown menu at the bottom:
However, this seems to, by default, open the last location I've saved a PDF in. It would be far preferable for it to default to the location of the .docx file I'm working with. Is there a way to achieve this result?
A: The save as PDF option in the Print window is controlled by the system, not Word. It will default to the last place you saved a PDF because that's all it knows about. It is completely separate from (and unaware of) the Open and Save dialog boxes. That said, you can save a Word document as a PDF from File > Save As, and that will respect your last working directory related to the docx file.
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ba4f33ca8eb7951d19a181c02f75ca7eb8e0d488 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get Open File selector to show hidden files? I would like my Open File selector to be showing hidden files. I am not sure if the same Open File module is shared among many applications that use it or each app has its own. The specific app I have in mind with which I would like to enable this functionality is Sublime Text 2. However, I do NOT want the Finder to be showing hidden files.
What I tried to do is execute
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
from the Terminal but that changed it only in the Finder and not in the Open File selector for Sublime (exactly the opposite of what I was trying to accomplish).
A: You can use ⇧⌘. (shift-command-.) to show hidden files in a file dialog temporarily.
To make Sublime Text show hidden files by default, run:
defaults write com.sublimetext.2 AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
To show hidden files in all applications but not in Finder, run:
defaults write -g AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false
You can apply the changes by quitting and reopening applications. AppleShowAllFiles also affects other views besides file dialogs.
| Q: How to get Open File selector to show hidden files? I would like my Open File selector to be showing hidden files. I am not sure if the same Open File module is shared among many applications that use it or each app has its own. The specific app I have in mind with which I would like to enable this functionality is Sublime Text 2. However, I do NOT want the Finder to be showing hidden files.
What I tried to do is execute
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
from the Terminal but that changed it only in the Finder and not in the Open File selector for Sublime (exactly the opposite of what I was trying to accomplish).
A: You can use ⇧⌘. (shift-command-.) to show hidden files in a file dialog temporarily.
To make Sublime Text show hidden files by default, run:
defaults write com.sublimetext.2 AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
To show hidden files in all applications but not in Finder, run:
defaults write -g AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false
You can apply the changes by quitting and reopening applications. AppleShowAllFiles also affects other views besides file dialogs.
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bca5f5578e76277254593aa7c922d24f276d8c7e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to re-download OS X Lion from 10.6.8 I purchased OS X 10.7 lion about two years ago, and installed it on my Mac running 10.6.8.
A couple of hours ago I re-formatted my computer and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard from the original DVD installer. Now I want to go to the App Store and re-download the OS X Lion installer, to upgrade my system to Lion.
The problem is that when I go to App Store and try to download the OS X 10.7 Lion installer, it reloads the same page and nothing happens.
I tried to delete the App store cache and re-install, but it did not work.
Any help?
Thanks
A: When a new OS X is released, it isn't no longer possible to download the previous version(s).
Apple has however now with the release of OS X Mavericks (10.9) again opened up for re-download of Lion and Mountain Lion (if previously purchased) - or to purchase the two OS's for a price of $19.99 each.
OS X Lion (10.7)
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
| Q: How to re-download OS X Lion from 10.6.8 I purchased OS X 10.7 lion about two years ago, and installed it on my Mac running 10.6.8.
A couple of hours ago I re-formatted my computer and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard from the original DVD installer. Now I want to go to the App Store and re-download the OS X Lion installer, to upgrade my system to Lion.
The problem is that when I go to App Store and try to download the OS X 10.7 Lion installer, it reloads the same page and nothing happens.
I tried to delete the App store cache and re-install, but it did not work.
Any help?
Thanks
A: When a new OS X is released, it isn't no longer possible to download the previous version(s).
Apple has however now with the release of OS X Mavericks (10.9) again opened up for re-download of Lion and Mountain Lion (if previously purchased) - or to purchase the two OS's for a price of $19.99 each.
OS X Lion (10.7)
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
A: Try signing out of the App Store, restarting your Mac, then signing back into the Store. I've seen this happen with other purchases.
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0161200a0ba6d4ae80e1b9595808ece2a7cb85c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Finder- Reopen Last Closed Window Finder does not seem to navigate to the last folder opened. For instance, when I am saving several files or images - it would be nice to (and used to ) open in the last place I placed something - now it defaults to "User" and I have to navigate each time - very frustrating.
A: In Finder, use the Go in menu => Recent Folders. This is the closest you can get to
"open[ing] in the last place I placed something"
More Information:
If you don't like the default, you can change the default Finder window to open as well. Go to Preferences in Finder.
| Q: Finder- Reopen Last Closed Window Finder does not seem to navigate to the last folder opened. For instance, when I am saving several files or images - it would be nice to (and used to ) open in the last place I placed something - now it defaults to "User" and I have to navigate each time - very frustrating.
A: In Finder, use the Go in menu => Recent Folders. This is the closest you can get to
"open[ing] in the last place I placed something"
More Information:
If you don't like the default, you can change the default Finder window to open as well. Go to Preferences in Finder.
A: Here is the solution to the OS Mojave, Finder problem
*
*Click on top-left Apple icon
*Then click on System Preferences
*Then General
*And then uncheck the box saying, "Close windows when quitting an app"
*It will save your session of Finder and when you restart your system it will show you last opened tabs of the session
NOTE: before Shut Down or Restart of the system, don't close the
Finder
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538a9b5f05da7cdbbb30a66f20714a7c4f2f908c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to uninstall zsh I'm new to Mac. A friend installed all kinds of additional software including zsh which I would like to uninstall. So how can I uninstall zsh?
A: If your friend changed the command that shells are opened with, you can change it back to the default login shell from Terminal's preferences:
If the default login shell was changed, you can change it back to /bin/bash by running chsh -s /bin/bash.
zsh is included with OS X (in /bin/zsh), but even if your friend installed a newer version of zsh, you don't necessarily need to uninstall or remove it.
| Q: How to uninstall zsh I'm new to Mac. A friend installed all kinds of additional software including zsh which I would like to uninstall. So how can I uninstall zsh?
A: If your friend changed the command that shells are opened with, you can change it back to the default login shell from Terminal's preferences:
If the default login shell was changed, you can change it back to /bin/bash by running chsh -s /bin/bash.
zsh is included with OS X (in /bin/zsh), but even if your friend installed a newer version of zsh, you don't necessarily need to uninstall or remove it.
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634c3508165eb74d62ca7b47ddddaf15da52f5bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Determine age of iPhone unit How can I determine the manufacture date/age of any iPhone device? If there is any way for this, please suggest one.
A: This website seems to be able to retrieve some information about Apple devices from the serial number.
There is also this website.
| Q: Determine age of iPhone unit How can I determine the manufacture date/age of any iPhone device? If there is any way for this, please suggest one.
A: This website seems to be able to retrieve some information about Apple devices from the serial number.
There is also this website.
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59909f9c5876e5095a940e56d125f6dcbbf8f182 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to earth a MagSafe2 adaptor for 15" MacBook Pro with retina display? There is no earthing pin, only a socket with a metallic rim. Will it require some special socket that has a projecting earth pin?
This is for use in India @ 230W. My adaptor is 85w.
A: The ground / earth is comprised of the outer-most two pins in the MagSafe connector (both original and the thinner + wider MagSafe 2) and requires that the ground be connected to the other end of your AC to DC adapter.
Rather than using a two prong plug, you could use a longer two prong cord and then ground the metal disc that serves to hold the "duck head" on the transformer/rectrifier/filter that makes up the bulk of the MagSafe adapter.
| Q: How to earth a MagSafe2 adaptor for 15" MacBook Pro with retina display? There is no earthing pin, only a socket with a metallic rim. Will it require some special socket that has a projecting earth pin?
This is for use in India @ 230W. My adaptor is 85w.
A: The ground / earth is comprised of the outer-most two pins in the MagSafe connector (both original and the thinner + wider MagSafe 2) and requires that the ground be connected to the other end of your AC to DC adapter.
Rather than using a two prong plug, you could use a longer two prong cord and then ground the metal disc that serves to hold the "duck head" on the transformer/rectrifier/filter that makes up the bulk of the MagSafe adapter.
A: The transformer is double insulated and thus does not require to be grounded. It's the same with your mobile charger and external hard-drive PSU.
The outer most pins are ground (-), the 2nd and 4th are high (+) and the middle is for the Mac to signal the led on the connector:
http://pinoutsguide.com/Power/magsafe_power_pinout.shtml
The ground in the connector is NOT the same as the ground in your wall. The connector uses DC and the wall AC, and therefore it sounds complicated.
A: The MagSafe Power cable can either put an extension cable or a plug on the 'brick'. I've noticed that if I only use the plug on the brick, then the aluminium case 'tingles' when I touch it.
If I use the extension cable on the brick, then the tingling is not present. The Apple plugs don't connect to the earth pin, but the extension cables do. See this answer.
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68482305255be7b9aa31fd6a2165410f700658da | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I still access my me.com e mail account when changing to a Samsung galaxy s4? I am changing from a iPhone 4S to a Samsung galaxy s4. I currently have a me.com e mail address. Will I still be able to use this if not with iPhone?
A: Certainly, you will.
iCloud Mail uses IMAP and SMTP standards supported by most modern email applications.
After switching the device, your account will remain. You will be able to access your mail via iCloud website on supported Android browser (e.g., Google Chrome) or set up mail client following these instructions.
| Q: Can I still access my me.com e mail account when changing to a Samsung galaxy s4? I am changing from a iPhone 4S to a Samsung galaxy s4. I currently have a me.com e mail address. Will I still be able to use this if not with iPhone?
A: Certainly, you will.
iCloud Mail uses IMAP and SMTP standards supported by most modern email applications.
After switching the device, your account will remain. You will be able to access your mail via iCloud website on supported Android browser (e.g., Google Chrome) or set up mail client following these instructions.
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0ccde5d72e0aeef4ad1124e24ec018979c7dbd37 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Getting all files from a web page using curl I would like to get all files from the web page below using curl:
http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/
I tried:
curl http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/
It returned a bunch of lines in the terminal, but didn't get any file.
A: You can use httrack available for Windows/MacOS and installable via Homebrew.
| Q: Getting all files from a web page using curl I would like to get all files from the web page below using curl:
http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/
I tried:
curl http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/
It returned a bunch of lines in the terminal, but didn't get any file.
A: You can use httrack available for Windows/MacOS and installable via Homebrew.
A: curl can only read single web pages files, the bunch of lines you got is actually the directory index (which you also see in your browser if you go to that URL). To use curl and some Unix tools magic to get the files you could use something like
for file in $(curl -s http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/ |
grep href |
sed 's/.*href="//' |
sed 's/".*//' |
grep '^[a-zA-Z].*'); do
curl -s -O http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/$file
done
which will get all the files into the current directory.
For more elaborated needs (including getting a bunch of files from a site with folders/directories), wget (as proposed in another answer already) is the better option.
A: Use wget instead.
Install it with Homebrew: brew install wget or MacPorts: sudo port install wget
For downloading files from a directory listing, use -r (recursive), -np (don't follow links to parent directories), and -k to make links in downloaded HTML or CSS point to local files (credit @xaccrocheur).
wget -r -np -k http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/
Other useful options:
*
*-nd (no directories): download all files to the current directory
*-e robots=off: ignore restrictions in robots.txt file and don't download robots.txt files
*-A png,jpg: accept only files with the extensions png or jpg
*-m (mirror): -r --timestamping --level inf --no-remove-listing
*-nc, --no-clobber: Skip download if files exist
A: Ref: http://blog.incognitech.in/download-files-from-apache-server-listing-directory/
You can use following command:
wget --execute="robots = off" --mirror --convert-links --no-parent --wait=5 <website-url>
Explanation with each options
*
*wget: Simple Command to make CURL request and download remote files to our local machine.
*--execute="robots = off": This will ignore robots.txt file while crawling through pages. It is helpful if you're not getting all of the files.
*--mirror: This option will basically mirror the directory structure for the given URL. It's a shortcut for -N -r -l inf --no-remove-listing which means:
*
*-N: don't re-retrieve files unless newer than local
*-r: specify recursive download
*-l inf: maximum recursion depth (inf or 0 for infinite)
*--no-remove-listing: don't remove '.listing' files
*--convert-links: make links in downloaded HTML or CSS point to local files
*--no-parent: don't ascend to the parent directory
*--wait=5: wait 5 seconds between retrievals. So that we don't thrash the server.
*<website-url>: This is the website url from where to download the files.
Happy Downloading :smiley:
A: For those of us who would rather use an application with a GUI, there is the inexpensive shareware program DeepVacuum for Mac OS X, which implements wget in a user-friendly manner, with a list of presets that can handle commonly-needed tasks. You can also save your own custom configurations as presets.
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af17cd4d7e2bbcb228de1b5638253d70fe2597be | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can Scrivener 2 import a TeX file? I've found the way to publish a TeX document with Scrivener 2.
Now I'm curious that whether Scrivener 2 has a capability of importing a LaTeX file and establishing a Scrivener style document structure or not.
I'm asking it because I'm writing a paper with other people who are not using Scrivener.
A: Scrivener 2 does import LaTeX files as RTF (see dialog box below).
I imported a sample LaTeX file into a Scrivener project, and the result was test-latex.scriv. See below.
| Q: Can Scrivener 2 import a TeX file? I've found the way to publish a TeX document with Scrivener 2.
Now I'm curious that whether Scrivener 2 has a capability of importing a LaTeX file and establishing a Scrivener style document structure or not.
I'm asking it because I'm writing a paper with other people who are not using Scrivener.
A: Scrivener 2 does import LaTeX files as RTF (see dialog box below).
I imported a sample LaTeX file into a Scrivener project, and the result was test-latex.scriv. See below.
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62dd80405bf74f5cd1f821fc62979c69a94b9c0d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: View individual artists in compilation albums? I can't seem to set up my music collection so that when opening a compilation album on my iPad it shows a list of songs on the compilation album along with the artist of each song.
In iTunes on my computer it displays as expected - the song name appears with the artist below it in the compilations album:
When synced to my iPad and clicking on the same compilation album it displays without the artist name:
Note also that the album artist name below the album thumbnail is one of the track artists.
The settings for this album in iTunes on my Mac are:
*
*Each song has their artist name and song name completed.
*Album artist is left blank
*Compilation is ticked.
Why are the results correct in iTunes on the computer, but not on the iPad?
A: I've written “Various Artists” in the Album Artist field, and ticked the Compilations box. It works fine for me in iTunes, on my iPad, iPhone, iPod nano and my ATV. So my suggestion is to try write something in the Album Artist field.
| Q: View individual artists in compilation albums? I can't seem to set up my music collection so that when opening a compilation album on my iPad it shows a list of songs on the compilation album along with the artist of each song.
In iTunes on my computer it displays as expected - the song name appears with the artist below it in the compilations album:
When synced to my iPad and clicking on the same compilation album it displays without the artist name:
Note also that the album artist name below the album thumbnail is one of the track artists.
The settings for this album in iTunes on my Mac are:
*
*Each song has their artist name and song name completed.
*Album artist is left blank
*Compilation is ticked.
Why are the results correct in iTunes on the computer, but not on the iPad?
A: I've written “Various Artists” in the Album Artist field, and ticked the Compilations box. It works fine for me in iTunes, on my iPad, iPhone, iPod nano and my ATV. So my suggestion is to try write something in the Album Artist field.
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f1ec7060cecedea0477e94c585cc31fde0552af4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unexpected app "Admin Alert" running on my machine All of a sudden I noticed an application called "Admin Alert" in my dock.
This is a work computer, I'm wondering if this is some sort of "spyware" that our lovely IT department has installed on my machine. I can't find any information about it online.
(OSX 10.8)
A: Admin Alert is related to Dell KACE, an "appliance-based approach to systems management", and the admin alert icon appearing in the dock is apparently a bug.
| Q: Unexpected app "Admin Alert" running on my machine All of a sudden I noticed an application called "Admin Alert" in my dock.
This is a work computer, I'm wondering if this is some sort of "spyware" that our lovely IT department has installed on my machine. I can't find any information about it online.
(OSX 10.8)
A: Admin Alert is related to Dell KACE, an "appliance-based approach to systems management", and the admin alert icon appearing in the dock is apparently a bug.
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c7a5be22c7dc6b567eac863bce3cdf8456a530b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make a .dmg file? I know how to make a .dmg file but I do not know how developers (Mostly games) create a window where there is the software file and sometimes theres a readme file. When I create, It shows just a normal finder window not like with custom background or where you can drag the folder anywhere on the finder window. How am I suppose to make that? I making a game and I really want to make it.
A: DropDMG
I use and recommend DropDMG since it has many features that make it useful for sharing software such as scripting the building of a DMG file directly from my CI server when I promote a build using the included CLI tool dropdmg.
Above: Many options for configuring a DMG file, including layouts and showing a license when opening the DMG.
| Q: How to make a .dmg file? I know how to make a .dmg file but I do not know how developers (Mostly games) create a window where there is the software file and sometimes theres a readme file. When I create, It shows just a normal finder window not like with custom background or where you can drag the folder anywhere on the finder window. How am I suppose to make that? I making a game and I really want to make it.
A: DropDMG
I use and recommend DropDMG since it has many features that make it useful for sharing software such as scripting the building of a DMG file directly from my CI server when I promote a build using the included CLI tool dropdmg.
Above: Many options for configuring a DMG file, including layouts and showing a license when opening the DMG.
A: Most developers create dmg files from command line because they need to integrate to their build process. There is a nice post on SO may help you: How do I create a nice-looking DMG for Mac OS X using command-line tools, This post mentioned many scripts/tools you can use to create you dmg file.
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5b3b0ecdfdac9c11fc5a2ccbaf9ec167e9d606e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How To Duck Audio in Logic Pro X In garageband ducking audio was a one-click operation. However I cannot find how to preform the same action in Logic Pro X.
A: This can be done using sidechain compression in Logic.
Create a new track and insert a sound (eg Kick drum) on every part you want the sound to duck, then set the output to no output.
Go to the track you want to duck and add a compressor and then set the side chain input to the track you created in the step above.
Tweak the threshold, attack and release settings to get your desired effect.
| Q: How To Duck Audio in Logic Pro X In garageband ducking audio was a one-click operation. However I cannot find how to preform the same action in Logic Pro X.
A: This can be done using sidechain compression in Logic.
Create a new track and insert a sound (eg Kick drum) on every part you want the sound to duck, then set the output to no output.
Go to the track you want to duck and add a compressor and then set the side chain input to the track you created in the step above.
Tweak the threshold, attack and release settings to get your desired effect.
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a3459311b1887c2364e69d738cbdab02a99ff123 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make an existing AppleScript file to work as a service? I made an AppleScript, saved it as a file in a specific folder on my hard drive. Now I want to assign a shortcut to it and looks like I have to make a Service via Automator, but the Run AppleScript asks me to put the code inside, while I want to execute the already existing .scpt file. How to do that?
A: In the script, add an on run argument:
on run
-- do whatever the script does
end run
Then you can use the Automator "Run Shell Script" action, with the osascript command:
osascript /path/to/script.scpt
osascript is a command which executes AppleScript in the shell. You need the lines in the script to allow the script to be executed outside AppleScript editor.
| Q: How to make an existing AppleScript file to work as a service? I made an AppleScript, saved it as a file in a specific folder on my hard drive. Now I want to assign a shortcut to it and looks like I have to make a Service via Automator, but the Run AppleScript asks me to put the code inside, while I want to execute the already existing .scpt file. How to do that?
A: In the script, add an on run argument:
on run
-- do whatever the script does
end run
Then you can use the Automator "Run Shell Script" action, with the osascript command:
osascript /path/to/script.scpt
osascript is a command which executes AppleScript in the shell. You need the lines in the script to allow the script to be executed outside AppleScript editor.
A: Perhaps you'd want to take a look at This Service, which allows you to "create Mac OS X services from any script."
A: I wouldn't recommend creating Automator services to assign shortcuts to scripts. There is a bug in in 10.7 and 10.8 where the keyboard shortcuts for Automator services don't always work until you hover over the services menu from the menu bar. There is also a relatively long (maybe 0.1 to 1 s) delay before services are run.
See this answer for other ways to assign keyboard shortcuts to scripts. I use FastScripts and Alfred myself.
A: You can RUN the existing script with a simple automator service like this.
And assign your shortcut from within the keyboard short cuts as normal.
Just remember some applications may need to be relaunched before they pick the shortcuts up.
example.
sayHello script:
say "hello"
Automator service:
Which in this example uses:
*
*No input
*Any application.
The Action is a Run Shell Script
The code just uses the unix command osascript and the path to the file.
Pass input can be to stdn or to argument
Thats it nothing special needs to be done to the script.
For further details on the osascript command look at the man pages for it. The man page give another example where you can pass arguments to the script.
A: Yes, Automator is the best option here. To create the service follow these steps:
*
*Open Automator and select Service:
*Search 'applescript' and drag the action to the right pane:
*Change Service receives selected text to Service receives no input so that it always appears in the Services menu:
*Replace (* Your script goes here *) with:
do shell script "/usr/bin/osascript /path/to/your/script.scpt"
if you wish to execute your existing .scpt file. Note that osascript can't handle user interaction like displaying a dialog window:
To overcome this limitation either use this workaround or simply replace (* Your script goes here *) with the contents of your script.
*Save it:
*If you wish, you can assign a shortcut to your new service. Select Services>Services Preferences in Finder (or any open application):
*Assign a not so common shorcut:
*Now your service is accessible from any application through the shortcut you assigned in the previous step:
If you ever want to get rid of the service open ~/Library/Services, delete the service and empty the trash:
A: To develop a Service, you need some sort of software which will create a Service such as one of the following:
*
*Automator to create a .workflow
*ThisService to create a .service
*Xcode to create an .app
All of the above kinds of services are packages. They are all folders which contain an plist that specifies the attributes of a Service.
Here is how I created a Service using Automator that uses a "Run AppleScript" Automator action to call an existing .script.
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4cca50f6fbcb17042c2e3ea7973c6684e2c82888 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I rename a Shared Photo Stream? The only option in my Shared Photo Stream appears to be "Edit", which lets me add/delete photos. Can I rename the title perhaps online somewhere?
A: New method for iOS 7, 8, and 9:
*
*Open the Photos app
*Make sure you're on the iCloud Photo Sharing screen (tap back as necessary)
*Hit Edit (top right)
*Tap on album name text from listing
*Make your edits
*Tap Done to save
| Q: How do I rename a Shared Photo Stream? The only option in my Shared Photo Stream appears to be "Edit", which lets me add/delete photos. Can I rename the title perhaps online somewhere?
A: New method for iOS 7, 8, and 9:
*
*Open the Photos app
*Make sure you're on the iCloud Photo Sharing screen (tap back as necessary)
*Hit Edit (top right)
*Tap on album name text from listing
*Make your edits
*Tap Done to save
A: Go back one screen to the main Photo Stream screen. From there, tap on the blue arrow for the Shared Photo Stream you want to change, and you can edit the name, subscribers, etc.
Main screen showing the blue arrow on the right:
Sub-screen after tapping on the Photo Stream I want to modify:
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d319c64a1237cc1a8f8a29c65f54a8d1bab9b3ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to upgrade from iOS 4 to iOS 6 without losing app data I am still on iOS 4, and I understand that I need to erase my iPad before upgrading. But I don't want to lose the game data stored locally, particularly Candy Crush. :) Is there a way to preserve data while upgrading?
A: Make a backup and then restore the backup once the update has finished.
A step by step guide is available here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972, which states the following:
To update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from iOS 4 to iOS 5 or later, you must erase and restore your device first, before completing the update.
As part of the update and restore process, iTunes will (in order):
*
*Back up key elements of your device, such as settings, Contacts,
Calendars, Notes, and your Camera Roll. iTunes will not, however,
back up media content from your iOS device, such as music, apps,
books, movies, and TV shows.
*Update your device to the latest version of iOS software.
*Restore your device from your most recent backup.
*Restart your device.
*Sync back media content from your iTunes Library to your device.
| Q: How to upgrade from iOS 4 to iOS 6 without losing app data I am still on iOS 4, and I understand that I need to erase my iPad before upgrading. But I don't want to lose the game data stored locally, particularly Candy Crush. :) Is there a way to preserve data while upgrading?
A: Make a backup and then restore the backup once the update has finished.
A step by step guide is available here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972, which states the following:
To update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from iOS 4 to iOS 5 or later, you must erase and restore your device first, before completing the update.
As part of the update and restore process, iTunes will (in order):
*
*Back up key elements of your device, such as settings, Contacts,
Calendars, Notes, and your Camera Roll. iTunes will not, however,
back up media content from your iOS device, such as music, apps,
books, movies, and TV shows.
*Update your device to the latest version of iOS software.
*Restore your device from your most recent backup.
*Restart your device.
*Sync back media content from your iTunes Library to your device.
A: make a back up then restore and use the backup to get all of your data back
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26e2680992a101f2c6bbedb746ff5d7687471005 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I keep a macbook running when the display is closed? I bought a macbook pro retina 13" few days ago. I have never had a mac before and I don't know where can I set the computer to keep running when I close the display.
The laptop came with os x 10.8.4.
Any help?
A: If you have an external display, then just closing the lid generally works.
Apple calls this "closed clamshell" mode or closed display mode.
But if you only have the macbook, and you want to be able to close the lid without sleep, for instance to move it from one class to another at school without having to use sleep etc, then it's more tricky.
One option it to enable internet sharing in Preferences, this requires the OS to stay running in case anyone wants to connect, but it does potentially leave you open to unwanted connections.
Another way is to run an app like NoSleep to do the hard work for you, it's free - check the link.
But there is no simple setting for doing this built into the OS.
| Q: How can I keep a macbook running when the display is closed? I bought a macbook pro retina 13" few days ago. I have never had a mac before and I don't know where can I set the computer to keep running when I close the display.
The laptop came with os x 10.8.4.
Any help?
A: If you have an external display, then just closing the lid generally works.
Apple calls this "closed clamshell" mode or closed display mode.
But if you only have the macbook, and you want to be able to close the lid without sleep, for instance to move it from one class to another at school without having to use sleep etc, then it's more tricky.
One option it to enable internet sharing in Preferences, this requires the OS to stay running in case anyone wants to connect, but it does potentially leave you open to unwanted connections.
Another way is to run an app like NoSleep to do the hard work for you, it's free - check the link.
But there is no simple setting for doing this built into the OS.
A: When not connected to charger it doesn't work when Display is connected, so make sure to have it plugged in while using external Display and working with closed macbook.
A: I posted an answer over to the similar question:
Is there any way to set a MacBook Pro to not sleep when you close the lid?
that applies to this question as well. Since I found this question in a search, others will too, so go there for the discussion.
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a2002525ad76d98ceedf60ce41ff1d8ff6a7afa2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is tree view available in Finder in Lion? I've seen on several forums that people use a tree view for their folders in Finder but I can't find anywhere how to switch to it.
Is the tree view available in OSX Lion?
A: The way items are shown in Finder can be configured through the folder's Toolbar, which gives four default options:
*
*Icon View - Which is the regular layout of icons.
*List View - The items are shown in a list-like and can be navigated as a tree.
*
*Columns View - Items are displayed through columns which show the file's path.
*
*CoverFlow - Items are shown with the regular coverflow efect.
Note: While in a folder, you can switch through these options by doing Command + the option's number (1 is the icon's view, 2 is the list view, etc).
| Q: Is tree view available in Finder in Lion? I've seen on several forums that people use a tree view for their folders in Finder but I can't find anywhere how to switch to it.
Is the tree view available in OSX Lion?
A: The way items are shown in Finder can be configured through the folder's Toolbar, which gives four default options:
*
*Icon View - Which is the regular layout of icons.
*List View - The items are shown in a list-like and can be navigated as a tree.
*
*Columns View - Items are displayed through columns which show the file's path.
*
*CoverFlow - Items are shown with the regular coverflow efect.
Note: While in a folder, you can switch through these options by doing Command + the option's number (1 is the icon's view, 2 is the list view, etc).
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c34825cd8857b42f8f9d411143be0af5e1d37a1a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Launch XQuartz app via Automator I'm trying to launch meld (installed via Homebrew) via an app shortcut, ideally ending up in my Applications folder. A recommended way to launch console apps in Mountain Lion seems to be using Automator.
Running /usr/local/bin/meld in a terminal starts XQuartz and meld launches fine. My Automator script looks like:
But when running all I get is the 'Run Shell Script failed' error. XQuartz doesn't launch. If XQuartz is already running meld still doesn't start.
*
*Is there a way to get more useful (stdout/stderr) from Automator actions?
*What does the shell do differently do launch XQuartz and apps within it?
Edit: I can get it to work by using open /usr/local/bin/meld in my action, but I then also get a Terminal window (which I don't want).
A: Aha. Looks like Homebrew wants to run meld via it's own Python, rather than the system one. Terminal sets this up correctly, but obviously Automator doesn't.
Solution: use Run Shell Script in Automator with:
/usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/meld
| Q: Launch XQuartz app via Automator I'm trying to launch meld (installed via Homebrew) via an app shortcut, ideally ending up in my Applications folder. A recommended way to launch console apps in Mountain Lion seems to be using Automator.
Running /usr/local/bin/meld in a terminal starts XQuartz and meld launches fine. My Automator script looks like:
But when running all I get is the 'Run Shell Script failed' error. XQuartz doesn't launch. If XQuartz is already running meld still doesn't start.
*
*Is there a way to get more useful (stdout/stderr) from Automator actions?
*What does the shell do differently do launch XQuartz and apps within it?
Edit: I can get it to work by using open /usr/local/bin/meld in my action, but I then also get a Terminal window (which I don't want).
A: Aha. Looks like Homebrew wants to run meld via it's own Python, rather than the system one. Terminal sets this up correctly, but obviously Automator doesn't.
Solution: use Run Shell Script in Automator with:
/usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/meld
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239d497241fcbe57029005c5273d2d8bb07111f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Website loads fine in Chrome, but won't load at all in Safari I have a local web server running a basic web site. The problem I'm having is that the page loads fine in Chrome, however in Safari it wont load at all.
I've tried routing all my traffic through a proxy server and when I load the page in Chrome I see the expected result in the proxy logs, but from Safari there isn't a single entry in the logs, so it appears that Safari is not even attempting to load the page.
I've also tried the following to clear up any potential networking issues:
*
*Turning off the iPhone, and then back on again
*Setting the phone to Airplane mode, and then back on again
*Reset network settings through the Settings app
*Removing all cookies/data/history from the Safari settings page
None of the above have resolved the issue.
I'm doing this on an iPhone, latest versions of iOS (and therefore mobile Safari) and the latest Chrome app.
| Q: Website loads fine in Chrome, but won't load at all in Safari I have a local web server running a basic web site. The problem I'm having is that the page loads fine in Chrome, however in Safari it wont load at all.
I've tried routing all my traffic through a proxy server and when I load the page in Chrome I see the expected result in the proxy logs, but from Safari there isn't a single entry in the logs, so it appears that Safari is not even attempting to load the page.
I've also tried the following to clear up any potential networking issues:
*
*Turning off the iPhone, and then back on again
*Setting the phone to Airplane mode, and then back on again
*Reset network settings through the Settings app
*Removing all cookies/data/history from the Safari settings page
None of the above have resolved the issue.
I'm doing this on an iPhone, latest versions of iOS (and therefore mobile Safari) and the latest Chrome app.
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0e865d8fc471239d8b13e74d12a5237de6986401 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: By what mechanism does finder insert a space in an app's name? I was researching a problem with the Notification Center and noticed that Finder shows the program as Notification Center, yet on disk and in the package receipts and installation media, the file is actually NotificationCenter.app (And the full path to is is /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app)
I understand how Finder drops the .app extension by default, but where does the system know to add the space in this app's name?
A: That's handled by localization.
If you check the Info.plist, there's a key LSHasLocalizedDisplayName with a value of true. That means that there are localized names for the application. Localizations are stored in the app bundle in Contents/Resources. Since I'm using English, I can look in /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings, and see the name of the app with the space in it.
Strings files are actually binary plists. You can view them in a human-readable fashion with
$ plutil -p /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
{
"CFBundleDisplayName" => "Notification Center"
"CFBundleName" => "Notification Center"
}
| Q: By what mechanism does finder insert a space in an app's name? I was researching a problem with the Notification Center and noticed that Finder shows the program as Notification Center, yet on disk and in the package receipts and installation media, the file is actually NotificationCenter.app (And the full path to is is /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app)
I understand how Finder drops the .app extension by default, but where does the system know to add the space in this app's name?
A: That's handled by localization.
If you check the Info.plist, there's a key LSHasLocalizedDisplayName with a value of true. That means that there are localized names for the application. Localizations are stored in the app bundle in Contents/Resources. Since I'm using English, I can look in /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings, and see the name of the app with the space in it.
Strings files are actually binary plists. You can view them in a human-readable fashion with
$ plutil -p /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
{
"CFBundleDisplayName" => "Notification Center"
"CFBundleName" => "Notification Center"
}
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00a16a5449cf9950b44eae46a5172aa47591238a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Moving Files From Dropbox App to Music App Recently my laptop was put out of commission. Since then I've downloaded some music into my iPad's Dropbox app. I would like to move this from Dropbox to the Music app, but I'm not sure of a way to do it without my laptop. Any help would be great.
A: The only ways to get music into Music.app is to sync with a computer, purchase from the App Store or use iTunes Match (which requires a computer to get set up). Unfortunately because of the way iOS is architected it is not possible to take music from third-party apps or websites and put them into Music.app.
| Q: Moving Files From Dropbox App to Music App Recently my laptop was put out of commission. Since then I've downloaded some music into my iPad's Dropbox app. I would like to move this from Dropbox to the Music app, but I'm not sure of a way to do it without my laptop. Any help would be great.
A: The only ways to get music into Music.app is to sync with a computer, purchase from the App Store or use iTunes Match (which requires a computer to get set up). Unfortunately because of the way iOS is architected it is not possible to take music from third-party apps or websites and put them into Music.app.
A: Basically, you'll need some computer to import the songs into iTunes. It doesn't have to be your computer, just one that can either sync the tracks to the device or get them into iTunes Match. Once you have the sync, you can delete your songs from that computer.
You can play the songs from Dropbox by streaming them locally using the dropbox app (or mobile safari if you save them to a shared folder) and it will cache the songs locally as long as you have room. But, it's not the same as having them in the music app which is sandboxed and can't see the dropbox files directly.
The only downside to syncing from a second computer is that you'll have to wipe the existing music or manage manual syncing until you have a computer again.
A: I downloaded Tunebox, it was $4.99. It doesn't allow you add songs to "Music" but it does allow you to play songs from your Dropbox when your device is offline or in airplane mode. It works for what I needed.
A: It is virtually impossible to take your music from dropbox into iTunes only using your iPad. If you use a computer and drag them from Dropbox into your iTunes then you can easily sync your iPad to your computer.
A: You should be able to export the what you want by going to the Dropbox app and clicking on what you want and then clicking on the symbol that has the arrow pointing into the box. Just be sure and click the symbol with the arrow going into the box and not the one with the arrow out of the box
A: i dont think its possible yet..... to get music on the music.app you will have to buy on the itunes.app or sync on the computer
A: From Dropfile go into iFile for jailbroken phones and go into your Media folder into iTunes songs folder. Drop the song into this folder and your song will be added to Music.app.
A: I downloaded "eddy" today. It works great. Select edit then choose which file from dropbox to download. Once they are downloaded you can play them back when offline.
A: Transferring a music file from Dropbox to the iPad is possible. You need third-party software that uses music files natively in iPad for it's own purposes, such as Pinnacle Studio, for instance, which is a video editing software. Obviously this software needs to be able to store and access music files! I have this on my iPad.
So you open Dropbox. You play your music file. Press the AirDrop icon in the top right hand corner (iOS 7). The menu drops down. In mine a second row contains 2 icons, titled Copy Link and Open In.
Press Open In. You get a brief window "Exporting". Then 3 software Icons, of which Pinnacle Studio and Evernote, and also DAW (sound software). Get the cheapest of the three!
I press Pinnacle Studio (around $12.99) and voilà, it opens in the media library. I could not get it to open in DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and did not try Evernote.
Voilà, case closed!
A: You can also use the app, USB Disk. Again, tap, "Open In" in the Air Drop menu and choose USB Disk. You can play the songs there and upload to a computer later. At least you'll be able to clear your Dropbox space.
A: For anybody who's still having this problem, there's an app called airmusic or something to that effect. Search "dropbox music" in the app store and it'll be the first result. It downloads the files and plays them.
A: itis possible, you download the AirMusic app on your iphone or ipad,
you have the music in dropbox dont you ? , go on Airmusic click import at the the bottom right, click the top right icon click , download selected or all items and it starts processing, after its processed you can delete the songs from dropbox and they will stay on air music "dropbox music app"
A: Well, I think you can add them to music. What I have tried is opening a secondary device. I have been using a crappy tablet called a nook. The attachment is a photo of it. I think using a s contrary apple device and having your Apple ID and password the same than it should work via airdrop or mail.
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8aada7690f938869e221bcbb0b80bb475e78a898 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open With - Change All reverts back to original application CS5/CC I have just set up a Mac (10.8.4) with CS5 and CC.
By default all my Indesign files now want to open in Indesign Creative Cloud. If I Get Info of the file and choose Indesign CS5 and then select Change All, the selected app reverts back to Indesign CC.
If I don't choose Change All and just modify the one Indesign document the setting sticks. However I need to change all my Indesign/Photoshop files to open in the CS5 app.
I have tried rebuilding the launch services. But the default application still reverts to CC whenever I hit Change All.
Any ideas?
A: It's expected behaviour.
There is only one creator type shared by both versions, so the system will always choose the newest version.
You can probably see it better if you try to change it using RCDefaultApp. It will only offer the newest installed version of valid apps in the drop-menu for any file type.
| Q: Open With - Change All reverts back to original application CS5/CC I have just set up a Mac (10.8.4) with CS5 and CC.
By default all my Indesign files now want to open in Indesign Creative Cloud. If I Get Info of the file and choose Indesign CS5 and then select Change All, the selected app reverts back to Indesign CC.
If I don't choose Change All and just modify the one Indesign document the setting sticks. However I need to change all my Indesign/Photoshop files to open in the CS5 app.
I have tried rebuilding the launch services. But the default application still reverts to CC whenever I hit Change All.
Any ideas?
A: It's expected behaviour.
There is only one creator type shared by both versions, so the system will always choose the newest version.
You can probably see it better if you try to change it using RCDefaultApp. It will only offer the newest installed version of valid apps in the drop-menu for any file type.
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c905ec639c97caa72389680e28a3af5a6d3c5816 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What Version of Bash comes with OSX 10.9 / Mavericks? Trying to decide if I want to bother upgrading my bash shell to v4.x; if it comes with Mavericks, I probably won't, but I can't find much information on what versions of bash come with what versions of OS X, let alone with Mavericks specifically.
Anyone running a Mavericks beta want to bash --version for me?
A: Zephyr:~ ats$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.51(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin13)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Zephyr:~ ats$ which bash
/bin/bash
| Q: What Version of Bash comes with OSX 10.9 / Mavericks? Trying to decide if I want to bother upgrading my bash shell to v4.x; if it comes with Mavericks, I probably won't, but I can't find much information on what versions of bash come with what versions of OS X, let alone with Mavericks specifically.
Anyone running a Mavericks beta want to bash --version for me?
A: Zephyr:~ ats$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.51(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin13)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Zephyr:~ ats$ which bash
/bin/bash
A: Wutas-Mac-mini:~ WJ$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.51(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin13)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
That should spell it out.
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d9bceb5ce532d5d23af40b440825c5ee457cfab0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Partition/Volume grayed out but full read/write access i have a Mac Server and a partition only for files. The volume is grayed out in the Finder sidebar, but if i go to the folder via CMD + G (go to folder) and type "/Volumes/Server_Daten" the volume opens and i can read and write. If i go to informations (CMD + ALT + I) i can't change the permissions (little lock symbol is grayed out too).
I have the root user enabled, but even as root i can't change the permissions and have to go to the folder via CMD + G.
How can i fix the grayed out volume in the sidebar?
A: I figured it out:
The partition was hidden (i don't know why...) so i made it visible again:
chflags nohidden /Volumes/MY_PARTITION
| Q: Partition/Volume grayed out but full read/write access i have a Mac Server and a partition only for files. The volume is grayed out in the Finder sidebar, but if i go to the folder via CMD + G (go to folder) and type "/Volumes/Server_Daten" the volume opens and i can read and write. If i go to informations (CMD + ALT + I) i can't change the permissions (little lock symbol is grayed out too).
I have the root user enabled, but even as root i can't change the permissions and have to go to the folder via CMD + G.
How can i fix the grayed out volume in the sidebar?
A: I figured it out:
The partition was hidden (i don't know why...) so i made it visible again:
chflags nohidden /Volumes/MY_PARTITION
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03b9822c43ecb360e29be5a28007f4047396e34e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add Quick Look support for OpenDocument file formats? I prefer OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice to MS Office because MS Office is expensive.
But OS X Quick View functionality that allows a preview of a file by taping space bar doesn't show an OpenDocument file's contents but just an icon.
*
*How can I add Quick Look support for OpenOffice files, like .ods, .odt and .odp ?
I know OpenOffice can write MS Office documents but it would be nice to have Quick Look understand the OpenDocument formats.
Note: ods are spreadsheets, odt are word processor documents and odp are presentations.
A: There's a longstanding request for it at
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=68600
And an early implementation is at http://eric.bachard.free.fr/mac/aquavcl/patches/aqua_February2008/quicklook/
To install, place OOoQuickLook.qlgenerator from that site into /Library/QuickLook and wait a few minutes for QuickLook to detect the new generator.
| Q: How to add Quick Look support for OpenDocument file formats? I prefer OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice to MS Office because MS Office is expensive.
But OS X Quick View functionality that allows a preview of a file by taping space bar doesn't show an OpenDocument file's contents but just an icon.
*
*How can I add Quick Look support for OpenOffice files, like .ods, .odt and .odp ?
I know OpenOffice can write MS Office documents but it would be nice to have Quick Look understand the OpenDocument formats.
Note: ods are spreadsheets, odt are word processor documents and odp are presentations.
A: There's a longstanding request for it at
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=68600
And an early implementation is at http://eric.bachard.free.fr/mac/aquavcl/patches/aqua_February2008/quicklook/
To install, place OOoQuickLook.qlgenerator from that site into /Library/QuickLook and wait a few minutes for QuickLook to detect the new generator.
A: NeoOffice claims to offer QuickLook support. This may provide the functionality you are looking for.
Consider making a request for QuickLook support as part of OpenOffice; the community pages are a good place to make this request more likely to be seen by the developers.
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be449adec1925064001dd40f349b1a8da1569991 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable macOS screen capture snapshot sound? I'm not using Grab, but the screenshot shortcuts Command ⌘Shift3 and Command ⌘Shift4
A loud snapshot sound plays whenever I screengrab.
How can I turn off this sound, and is there any way other than disabling all system sound effects? Perhaps with a Terminal command?
I'm looking specifically for 10.8+, if it matters.
A: The easy version: Disable all the sound effects
*
*Click on the Apple logo in the top-left corner of your screen and select “System Preferences…”
*Click on the option that says “Sound”
*Click on “Sound Effects”
| Q: Disable macOS screen capture snapshot sound? I'm not using Grab, but the screenshot shortcuts Command ⌘Shift3 and Command ⌘Shift4
A loud snapshot sound plays whenever I screengrab.
How can I turn off this sound, and is there any way other than disabling all system sound effects? Perhaps with a Terminal command?
I'm looking specifically for 10.8+, if it matters.
A: The easy version: Disable all the sound effects
*
*Click on the Apple logo in the top-left corner of your screen and select “System Preferences…”
*Click on the option that says “Sound”
*Click on “Sound Effects”
A: In short: replace the Grab.aif file with a blank audio file.
*
*Go to /System/Library/Components
*Right click on CoreAudio.Component & select Show Package Content
*Go under Contents/SharedSupport/SystemSounds/system
*Make a back up of Grab.aif (duplicate it)
*Replace Grab.aif by an empty audio file
Links/Resources
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=797999
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0bce65c7c2f9640480ed0df9fc41d30fea14d0a4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you use an existing AppleID on iOS App Store without providing a credit card number? I already have an Apple ID, made at Apple.com. Now, when I want to access the App Store from my iPad, I am told that I have to review my information. On the credit card page, I am not presented with a "None" option, even though I am in the United States.
What can I do to proceed without entering this information?
A: You need to do the following when at the Credit Card page
*
*Click on Paypal
*Click on 'To redeem a code, click here'
From this new workflow, you will be able to get to the same page with the 'None' option
| Q: How do you use an existing AppleID on iOS App Store without providing a credit card number? I already have an Apple ID, made at Apple.com. Now, when I want to access the App Store from my iPad, I am told that I have to review my information. On the credit card page, I am not presented with a "None" option, even though I am in the United States.
What can I do to proceed without entering this information?
A: You need to do the following when at the Credit Card page
*
*Click on Paypal
*Click on 'To redeem a code, click here'
From this new workflow, you will be able to get to the same page with the 'None' option
A: You can't use an existing Apple ID and then enroll it into the store.
The "none" option only exists for new accounts as a one-time (or limited count) event for that device thanks to scammers and people that manipulate app store ratings with factory reviews and paid downloads.
You can usually make a brand new Apple ID following these steps:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204034
It's generally a bigger pain to have two Apple ID, so I would encourage you to not set up a new ID just to avoid the temporary delay of getting a legitimate address and card for temporary use.
Once you have your account verified, you can use store credit for just about everything on the store.
A: go to your account in iTunes and then sign out, still beeing signed out, "purchase" a free app in iTunes youll then be promted to sign in, do so and then head over to your account and billing information the "none" option has now have appeared, choose it and save your information. and you are all done...
IF that doesnt work try this check your purchase history for any unpaid bills, rather outstanding balance. Take care of that and the None option should appear.
apples description
A: Go to apple store, for example look for Youtube app, which is free app, you will be prompted to sign in, create new account under icloude, follow the on screen instruction, on account and billing screen, choose the "none" option,and submit the form you are done. so easy and straight forward.
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98f5e7712f236b4420e29852288dfe8b4bd84b1b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Opening Xcode on Mac I am new to Mac as well as Xcode. I have installed Xcode. When I click on Xcode on the toolbar or on Mac HD --> Applications --> Xcode, I do not see any editor opening. Please advise if I am doing anything wrong.
A: Here are some things to try
+ Try double clicking
+ Also you might be right-clicking on the mouse - try left-clicking.
+ If no luck, go to Mac HD -> Applications, then click once on the Xcode icon and choose Command-O or Choose Open from the File menu (top left of screen).
+ Failing this - go to Mac HD -> Applications -> Utilities and open Terminal. Then run
open /Applications/XCode.app
If all these fail - post back the response from Terminal.
Also - please post your OS version, and the version of Xcode (click on XCode once and then type Command-I or choose Get Info from the File menu). The version number will be listed in the General section of the pop-up window.
Do you know how XCode was installed (e.g via AppStore or was it installed a download file)?
| Q: Opening Xcode on Mac I am new to Mac as well as Xcode. I have installed Xcode. When I click on Xcode on the toolbar or on Mac HD --> Applications --> Xcode, I do not see any editor opening. Please advise if I am doing anything wrong.
A: Here are some things to try
+ Try double clicking
+ Also you might be right-clicking on the mouse - try left-clicking.
+ If no luck, go to Mac HD -> Applications, then click once on the Xcode icon and choose Command-O or Choose Open from the File menu (top left of screen).
+ Failing this - go to Mac HD -> Applications -> Utilities and open Terminal. Then run
open /Applications/XCode.app
If all these fail - post back the response from Terminal.
Also - please post your OS version, and the version of Xcode (click on XCode once and then type Command-I or choose Get Info from the File menu). The version number will be listed in the General section of the pop-up window.
Do you know how XCode was installed (e.g via AppStore or was it installed a download file)?
A: Let's address the new to Mac part and answer how to tell if an app is running.
From Finder - select the Go menu and select Utilities
Open Activity Monitor
Type Xcode in the search field.
You should now be able to tell if the program has launched or perhaps has quit itself already. To the left of the search box, you can find several filters to limit the processes that are shown.
Once you get Xcode launched, you can then use the Info or Sample tool to look at what it might be doing instead of drawing a window for you to start your development.
Also, if Xcode happens to start and have no windows, you may need to use the application switcher (command + tab) to bring it up and open the Xcode preferences and reset the "Don't show me" warnings from the general tab to see the welcome splash screen again.
A: When you open Xcode, you won't see any editor, that's true. You will be greeted with a splash screen. You have to choose "Create a new XCode project" or "Open Other", then only the editor comes to life.
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48ba01c48ca91cd5dc941cdcc11d9fc9d1bdb04c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shell script to determine the file size in a folder recursively Can anyone provide me with a shell script that I can run against various folders to see where large files are lurking?
Many thanks
A: find . -exec du -h {}\;
is recursive and displays the size in human readable form.
Or if you're using fish or zsh:
du -h ./**/*
| Q: Shell script to determine the file size in a folder recursively Can anyone provide me with a shell script that I can run against various folders to see where large files are lurking?
Many thanks
A: find . -exec du -h {}\;
is recursive and displays the size in human readable form.
Or if you're using fish or zsh:
du -h ./**/*
A: You can just run
du -sm *
to see the size of all folders in the current directory.
A: Or, as an alternative, you could install the freeware Disk Inventory X. Shows you the largest files on your hard drive or in particular directories with a fun visual interface. And you can move items to the trash right from that interface.
A: You can also use tree --du -h .. --du calculates the size of the contents of directories (like du) and -h uses human-readable file sizes.
Or if you only want to see the sizes of the contents of directories, use just du or du -h. You can use gsort -h to sort the output of du -h.
You can install tree and gsort with brew install tree sortutils.
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d1ac6e04cef5fbb12dfad3e7368bbf9088efa3c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to detect locked screen / login-session from a script? I am looking a way for a script (either bash or AppleScript, doesn't matter) to detect whether the state of the screen or the user login session is locked or not (i.e. the user will need to type in its credential to get back to her/his session).
This is different than detecting whether screen saver is on, which is already answered in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1390123/, as active screen saver is not always the same as locked session.
Do you have any suggestion? Thanks!
| Q: How to detect locked screen / login-session from a script? I am looking a way for a script (either bash or AppleScript, doesn't matter) to detect whether the state of the screen or the user login session is locked or not (i.e. the user will need to type in its credential to get back to her/his session).
This is different than detecting whether screen saver is on, which is already answered in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1390123/, as active screen saver is not always the same as locked session.
Do you have any suggestion? Thanks!
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f4098c6bb868c556f04fa3be4b3bcc3e4e2cf755 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Mail.app accounts offline after working hours The Mac I use for my business is the same Mac I use for personal stuff. That's why I want certain accounts (the work related ones, not my personal ones) to go offline after working hours. My mail accounts are configured in Apple mail.app under the same user account.
How can I achieve this?
A: Couldn't you just set Mail.app to check only specific accounts, then re-enable them when you want to check them? In the Advanced options under Accounts, you can uncheck the box to Include when automatically checking for new messages. If this box is unchecked, this account will be ignored when Mail.app checks for new email.
The checking/unchecking of this box can be scripted using AppleScript.
tell application "Mail"
set enabled of account "NameOfAccount" to false
end tell
This script can then be tied to a macro in an application such as Keyboard Maestro.
| Q: Mac Mail.app accounts offline after working hours The Mac I use for my business is the same Mac I use for personal stuff. That's why I want certain accounts (the work related ones, not my personal ones) to go offline after working hours. My mail accounts are configured in Apple mail.app under the same user account.
How can I achieve this?
A: Couldn't you just set Mail.app to check only specific accounts, then re-enable them when you want to check them? In the Advanced options under Accounts, you can uncheck the box to Include when automatically checking for new messages. If this box is unchecked, this account will be ignored when Mail.app checks for new email.
The checking/unchecking of this box can be scripted using AppleScript.
tell application "Mail"
set enabled of account "NameOfAccount" to false
end tell
This script can then be tied to a macro in an application such as Keyboard Maestro.
A: Try my script. It uses launchd job to invalidate user name of selected accounts so it will fail to connect to the mail server when Mail.app decides to bring itself online.
https://embswit.wordpress.com/2017/11/19/i-dont-want-to-see-new-emails-in-the-morning-macos
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4ea2a498d72a7d8cde15dfb5167bd540ab63ecc4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Set a keyboard shortcut to clear all tracks from the Up Next queue in iTunes I am looking for a way to assign a keyboard shortcut to clear all the tracks from Up Next queue of iTunes. Does anyone know a way to do this?
Using Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4
A: This following script will work on OSX < 10.7.
activate application "iTunes"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "iTunes"
click (first button of scroll area 1 of window "iTunes" whose description is "up next")
delay 1
click button "Clear" of UI element 1 of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of window 1
end tell
end tell
| Q: Set a keyboard shortcut to clear all tracks from the Up Next queue in iTunes I am looking for a way to assign a keyboard shortcut to clear all the tracks from Up Next queue of iTunes. Does anyone know a way to do this?
Using Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4
A: This following script will work on OSX < 10.7.
activate application "iTunes"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "iTunes"
click (first button of scroll area 1 of window "iTunes" whose description is "up next")
delay 1
click button "Clear" of UI element 1 of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of window 1
end tell
end tell
A: So here's a complete answer :
For iTunes 11 & OS X 10.6 (iTunes 11 requires at least 10.6.8) :
*
*Create a new Automator service
*Select Service Receives no input In iTunes
*Add a Run AppleScript action
*copy the code given by adayzdone. (You may need to adapt "up next" following the language of you system. For example on my French OS X it's "suivant")
*Save the service.
*Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts
*In Services, add a keyboard shortcut to your new service
For OS X 10.7 and above:
For the up next menu iTunes 11 uses an NSPopover which is available in OS X v10.7 and later. Therefore the hierarchy of UI Elements is different from the case above.
On iTunes 11.0.5, there is a bug where the button opening the Popover has no children. Therefore it is NOT possible to access the content of the popover to click on the clear button using Applescript.
A: I found a way to do it on Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. it uses cliclick from http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/cliclick/ to simulate a mouse click at the location of the clear button. The script assuming that cliclick is in /usr/local/bin
This works for me on a 15 inch macbook pro retina running at 1440x900@2x
To use the script either use the instructions by Matthieu Riegler for a global shortcut or use it from the command line
The code:
#!/usr/bin/env osascript
activate application "iTunes"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "iTunes"
click (first button of scroll area 1 of window "iTunes" whose description is "up next")
delay 1
set upNextButton to button 4 of scroll area 1 of window 1
set pos to upNextButton's position
-- 160, 54 the number of pixels away the clear button is
set clearX to (item 1 of pos) + 160
set clearY to (item 2 of pos) + 54
set cmd to "/usr/local/bin/cliclick -- " & {clearX, " ", clearY}
do shell script cmd
end tell
end tell
also a script for the mini player assumes that the up next list is closed
#!/usr/bin/env osascript
activate application "iTunes"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "iTunes"
set upNextButton to (first button of window "MiniPlayer" whose description is "show up next")
click upNextButton
delay 1
set pos to upNextButton's position
-- 19, 48 the number of pixels away the clear button is
set clearX to (item 1 of pos) + 19
set clearY to (item 2 of pos) + 45
set cmd to "/usr/local/bin/cliclick -- " & {clearX, " ", clearY}
do shell script cmd
delay 0.1
click upNextButton
end tell
end tell
A: Here is my solution for iTunes 12.9 on macOS Mojave 10.14. My solution simply listens for a trigger keystroke when iTunes is active and then fires a sequence of other keystrokes that presses the “Clear” button using only the keyboard.
The instructions below set this up using the paid app Keyboard Maestro, but you should be able to replicate this using any other app that can listen to a keystroke and then fire other keystrokes. Quicksilver, Automator, or AppleScript could be used in alternative solutions.
In Keyboard Maestro, first, create a folder “iTunes-specific mapping” with this configuration:
Available in these applications:
*
*iTunes
Then add a macro called Clear “Up Next” and set a trigger hot key:
Triggered by any of the following (when iTunes is at front):
*
*This hot key:
*
*⌘' is pressed
Will execute the following actions:
Click “+” to add an action, search for the “Type a Keystroke” action, and add five copies of it to the list of actions. Configure them to type these keystrokes in order:
*
*⌥⌘U (Show Up Next)
*⌃F7 (An OS-wide shortcut that toggles how Tab cycles through controls. See “Full Keyboard Access” at the bottom of System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts for more details. If your normal setting is already “All controls”, you don’t need this step.)
*⇧Tab (focus the Clear button)
*Space (activate the Clear button)
*⌃F7 (toggle Full Keyboard Access back to what it was before step 2)
After setting this up, with Keyboard Maestro open in the background, you can press ⌘' within iTunes to clear the Up Next queue.
A limitation of this solution: if there are no tracks in the Up Next queue, this sequence of keystrokes will instead pause the current track.
If this sequence of keystrokes isn’t working for you, it may be because the iTunes interface changed, or because the OS has responded to F7 too slowly and changed the behavior of Tab only after ⇧Tab is pressed. You can fix the first problem by changing the sent keystrokes, and you can fix the second problem by adding Pause actions between the keystrokes.
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f7058694934b45fcebbdbb840046df5a8b3f85c5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to list installed versions of the same program I have a program called PyMOL installed multiple times on my machine. One was installed by MacPorts, one was installed through the developers distribution channel and so on. One is in /opt/local/bin, the other is in /i/have/no/clue.
I know I can use "which pymol" to see, where the one that is executed is located, but how can I get the location of the other ones with the same name?
A: You have the right command and just need to set the proper option:
which -a pymol will show all instances of the executable pymol located within your PATH.
For example, on my laptop I have git installed in two places:
$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git
provides what will be run when I use the command git.
$ which -a git
/usr/local/bin/git
/usr/bin/git
provides every instance of the executable in my PATH.
| Q: How to list installed versions of the same program I have a program called PyMOL installed multiple times on my machine. One was installed by MacPorts, one was installed through the developers distribution channel and so on. One is in /opt/local/bin, the other is in /i/have/no/clue.
I know I can use "which pymol" to see, where the one that is executed is located, but how can I get the location of the other ones with the same name?
A: You have the right command and just need to set the proper option:
which -a pymol will show all instances of the executable pymol located within your PATH.
For example, on my laptop I have git installed in two places:
$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git
provides what will be run when I use the command git.
$ which -a git
/usr/local/bin/git
/usr/bin/git
provides every instance of the executable in my PATH.
A: whereis pymol should show you all matches that are in your executable path.
A: You could use "find" or "locate" and then run the results through "grep".
This will give you more than the results of "which" or "whereis" which will only show things on $PATH.
"locate" is faster, but uses an index which isn't always up-to-date.
"find" is slower, doing a recursive search of everything, but it produces all results -- not just the results that have been indexed like "locate" does.
A: At least according to its man page, whereis doesn't search in $PATH but in the result of sysctl user.cs_path (which doesn't contain any additional directories added by the user's profile). To search for the command based on the actual $PATH you could use a shell function like
function whereis() {
for p in ${PATH//:/ }; do
[[ -x "$p/$1" ]] && echo "$p"
done
}
or (for your specific case) run
for p in ${PATH//:/ }; do [[ -x "$p"/pymol ]] && echo "$p" ; done
PS: The space character near the end of${PATH...}is essential for this to work.
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9a5ac0e82f9b6a2e276f00fb126be6a5efd66525 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: List of all packages installed using Homebrew Is it possible to and how do I get a list of all the packages installed on my Mac using Homebrew? I am not interested in packages installed outside of Homebrew.
A: Executing brew list command shows a simple, alphabetically sorted list of all the installed packages.
However, various required packages (dependencies) get automatically installed when installing a package using Homebrew. It is possible to view the list of all the installed packages as a nicely formatted dependency tree. To view it, execute the following command:
brew deps --tree --installed
An example output is as shown below:
gdbm
openssl
python
├── gdbm
├── openssl
├── readline
├── sqlite
│ └── readline
└── xz
readline
sqlite
└── readline
xz
The independently listed packages (e.g. gdbm and openssl in the example output above) have no dependencies. The packages depicted as part of a tree structure have their dependency listed at immediate lower level (e.g. package sqlite requires that the package readline to be installed). The packages listed at leaf nodes in the tree structures have no dependencies.
Dependencies visualised in a tree structure can help in easily getting rid of the unnecessary packages.
| Q: List of all packages installed using Homebrew Is it possible to and how do I get a list of all the packages installed on my Mac using Homebrew? I am not interested in packages installed outside of Homebrew.
A: Executing brew list command shows a simple, alphabetically sorted list of all the installed packages.
However, various required packages (dependencies) get automatically installed when installing a package using Homebrew. It is possible to view the list of all the installed packages as a nicely formatted dependency tree. To view it, execute the following command:
brew deps --tree --installed
An example output is as shown below:
gdbm
openssl
python
├── gdbm
├── openssl
├── readline
├── sqlite
│ └── readline
└── xz
readline
sqlite
└── readline
xz
The independently listed packages (e.g. gdbm and openssl in the example output above) have no dependencies. The packages depicted as part of a tree structure have their dependency listed at immediate lower level (e.g. package sqlite requires that the package readline to be installed). The packages listed at leaf nodes in the tree structures have no dependencies.
Dependencies visualised in a tree structure can help in easily getting rid of the unnecessary packages.
A: To see brew packages :
brew list
To see cask packages :
brew list --cask
To see upgradable brew packages :
brew outdated
To see upgradable cask packages
brew outdated --cask
A: You can use this snippet to list all installed packages and sort them by their size.
brew list --formula | \
xargs -n1 -P8 -I {} \
sh -c "
brew info {} | \
egrep '[0-9]* files, ' | \
sed 's/^.*[0-9]* files, \(.*\)).*$/{} \1/'
" | \
sort -h -r -k2 - | \
column -t
A: brew leaves shows you all top-level packages; packages that are not dependencies. This should be the most interesting if you are using the list to re-install packages.
In order to include the descriptions, use
brew leaves | xargs -n1 brew desc --eval-all
A: Short and crisp
brew list --versions
MACBOOK:/ world.peace$ brew list --version
apache-spark 3.2.1
openjdk 18
openjdk@11 11.0.14.1
sbt 1.6.2
scala 2.13.8
tree 2.0.2
Similarly, you can use:
brew list --cask
A: This commands lists manually installed packages, cask or not, with versions:
brew ls --versions $( {brew leaves --installed-on-request & brew list --cask -1;} | sort | uniq )
Also to see which packages are installed by both cask and not cask
{brew leaves --installed-on-request & brew list --cask -1;} | sort | uniq -d
A: brew bundle may also be interesting if you are asking because you want to manage your brew installation. This includes casks, which brew list does not. It is aimed at having reproducible Homebrew setups.
# creates Brewfile in the current directory from currently-installed packages
brew bundle dump
# edit Brewfile
# install everything from the Brewfile
brew bundle
You can use the --global flag to operate on your ~/.Brewfile and -f/--force to force overwriting of your existing file (for installation, this will force uninstallation of not-listed packages).
A: You may use brew list | grep 'package-name' or if are looking for specific package.
brew list 'package-name' also works and provides additional information.
A: Others have mentioned brew leaves, which lists things that aren't dependencies; and brew deps --tree --installed which lists the dependency tree for all installed packages.
I find the most useful output of any answers yet is the combination of these.
brew deps --tree $(brew leaves)
This will list the complete tree of your brew install.
A: brew list and brew list --cask
Running brew list will show a list of all your installed Homebrew packages.
In addition, brew list --cask will provide the items installed using Homebrew Cask.
A: If you want to migrate the packages to another MacBook it's nice to know the different lists for formulae and casks:
List all top level installed packages (without casks)
comm -12 \
<(brew deps --tree --installed --full-name | grep -v "└" | grep -e "^\w" | sort) \
<(brew ls --full-name --formula | sort)
List all top level installed casks (without packages)
comm -12 \
<(brew deps --tree --installed --full-name | grep -v "└" | grep -e "^\w" | sort) \
<(brew ls --full-name --cask | sort)
Alternatively you can use sort and uniq:
sort \
<(brew deps --tree --installed --full-name | grep -v "└" | grep -e "^\w" | sort) \
<(brew ls --full-name --cask | sort) \
| uniq -d
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4f2cc76024459e06690e15123c56be7e6e2e68a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get the total size of selected folders I have many files and folders inside a certain folder. I wanna get the total size for the files and/or folders I select select inside this certain folder (because when I click Get info I get the size for each one).
A: Select the folders and press optioncommandI (the letter i)
This will show a "get info" window for the combined items.
| Q: Get the total size of selected folders I have many files and folders inside a certain folder. I wanna get the total size for the files and/or folders I select select inside this certain folder (because when I click Get info I get the size for each one).
A: Select the folders and press optioncommandI (the letter i)
This will show a "get info" window for the combined items.
A: Select folder-> select view (from top near menus)->Select status bar.
Done.
Please see the example screen shots attached here.
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6e0a093fd83b46ee5ff4b743d349fbd3d20ea3dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why can't I use the full resolution of my UltraSharp U2713HM with my macbook pro retina? I bought a Dell U2713HM because it was highly rated and had 2560x1440 resolution, but, after learning that the HDMI connection only provides 1980x1080, I purchased from Apple their Thunderbolt to DVI connector and tried that. Still 1980x1080. I've now ordered a mini-DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort connector and am praying that I get the full resolution that way, but I've seen a number of user group comments that you need a completely separate (over $100) Thunderbolt data (not display) interface to get the full resolution. If that's true, I'm returning the Dell. I've also seen people say you need to reset the PRAM and SMC settings, but I've tried doing that (I think it worked) but nothing changed.
HELP!
A: get a Mini DisplayPort / Thunderbolt to DisplayPort Cable $17.99 or less, thats what i did works fine, although photoshop still displays non retina so have to scale to 50% which is a pain.
| Q: Why can't I use the full resolution of my UltraSharp U2713HM with my macbook pro retina? I bought a Dell U2713HM because it was highly rated and had 2560x1440 resolution, but, after learning that the HDMI connection only provides 1980x1080, I purchased from Apple their Thunderbolt to DVI connector and tried that. Still 1980x1080. I've now ordered a mini-DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort connector and am praying that I get the full resolution that way, but I've seen a number of user group comments that you need a completely separate (over $100) Thunderbolt data (not display) interface to get the full resolution. If that's true, I'm returning the Dell. I've also seen people say you need to reset the PRAM and SMC settings, but I've tried doing that (I think it worked) but nothing changed.
HELP!
A: get a Mini DisplayPort / Thunderbolt to DisplayPort Cable $17.99 or less, thats what i did works fine, although photoshop still displays non retina so have to scale to 50% which is a pain.
A: I don't think an ordinary DVI connection would be enough to reach a 2560x1440 resolution. For that you'd need a dual-link DVI connection, and in your case a mini-DisplayPort to dual-link DVI converter like this one. It costs $99, but you could probably get a generic Chinese clone on DealExtreme or eBay for much less. I can't speak for the mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort converter as I'm not familiar with the DisplayPort standard.
A: Today I made this happen on my Mac Book Pro 15" Retina Late 2013 model by simply using a HDMI cable. Apparently recent version of HDMI supports 2560x1440 resolution...
You then have to configure you monitor to Not do any magic picture improvements and set Sharpness to 0 to avoid shadows and unclear text.
A: Dell supplied their monitor (at least my U2312HM) with DVI Single Link cable. That's the reason why you have incorrect resolution and frame rate.
To get higher resolution you need to buy DVI Dual Link cable (with 9 additional pins) to get support higher resolution and frame rate.
I sure that Dell made a mistake to supply the monitor with DVI Single Link cable.
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7dcd06ccf0146dad7b9e100676fc540a3dc1f714 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable repeated "You don't have permission to use the application" dialog boxes We have set up parental controls on a child account to disable all but whitelisted applications from running. The problem is that now when the child first logs on we get repeated dialog boxes along the lines of "You don't have permission to use the application XXX" where XXX is things like "Kodak EasyShare" and "HPScanner". The problem is that as soon as we click "Ok" another dialog box pops up about 5 seconds later. After a while it amount of time between popups seems to decrease, but it never seems to go away.
How can I disable this dialog popping up? It makes the account nearly unusable!
A: You can disable the startup items entirely, so they don't attempt to run at login.
System Preferences → Users & Groups → (Kid's account) → Login Items
Select the applications that are denied, then click the minus sign to remove them from the boot process.
See also: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_remove_startup_items_os_x
| Q: Disable repeated "You don't have permission to use the application" dialog boxes We have set up parental controls on a child account to disable all but whitelisted applications from running. The problem is that now when the child first logs on we get repeated dialog boxes along the lines of "You don't have permission to use the application XXX" where XXX is things like "Kodak EasyShare" and "HPScanner". The problem is that as soon as we click "Ok" another dialog box pops up about 5 seconds later. After a while it amount of time between popups seems to decrease, but it never seems to go away.
How can I disable this dialog popping up? It makes the account nearly unusable!
A: You can disable the startup items entirely, so they don't attempt to run at login.
System Preferences → Users & Groups → (Kid's account) → Login Items
Select the applications that are denied, then click the minus sign to remove them from the boot process.
See also: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_remove_startup_items_os_x
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771d0b3a99588032c9715e37d9cab9d609c712cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do get photos from your photo stream on your PC Ok so I downloaded the iCloud program for Windows and synced my photo stream with my PC but only 100 pictures went onto my PC. There are still another 500 pictures in my photo stream on my iPhone. How can I get them to download to my PC as well?
A: I believe that turning on Photostream on any particular device will only start to pull new photos added from that point in time onwards, and not grab the historically stored photos.
| Q: How do get photos from your photo stream on your PC Ok so I downloaded the iCloud program for Windows and synced my photo stream with my PC but only 100 pictures went onto my PC. There are still another 500 pictures in my photo stream on my iPhone. How can I get them to download to my PC as well?
A: I believe that turning on Photostream on any particular device will only start to pull new photos added from that point in time onwards, and not grab the historically stored photos.
A: Hi I've had the same problem. Plugged my phone in as this is the way I've always done it, kind of like a hard drive. I panicked when there were only 15 images.... turns out I just needed to update my internet explorer... and download an up dated icloud I can now see all my photos woop woop. Hope this helps x
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db5fbf6f4e19c925f81813edc92ce4f7abd1eb71 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I assess the health of my iPhone 5 battery? I suspect my iPhone's battery is now much worse than it used to be.
How can I assess this? Is there some kind of test I can make, to compare it with Industry average?
How long can I reproduce a movie, a specific app, or something like that?
| Q: How can I assess the health of my iPhone 5 battery? I suspect my iPhone's battery is now much worse than it used to be.
How can I assess this? Is there some kind of test I can make, to compare it with Industry average?
How long can I reproduce a movie, a specific app, or something like that?
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2b815403841b59716896abd5e0667aa3e2862c33 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Open and edit Markdown files with Google Drive iOS App Is there a way to open, edit and save back files from the iOS Google Drive app? I've tried some Markdown iOS apps, but I can't seem to open the files from within the Google Drive app. Are there any Markdown apps that can read/write form iOS Google Drive?
A: I haven't been able to find an app that allows you to open markdown from within the the Google Drive app.
However WriteBox allows you to link to your google drive account and then edit and save your markdown files. It also seems designed for markdown note taking (Markdown toolbar and preview) which is nice.
Write for iPhone also looks promising but I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
| Q: Open and edit Markdown files with Google Drive iOS App Is there a way to open, edit and save back files from the iOS Google Drive app? I've tried some Markdown iOS apps, but I can't seem to open the files from within the Google Drive app. Are there any Markdown apps that can read/write form iOS Google Drive?
A: I haven't been able to find an app that allows you to open markdown from within the the Google Drive app.
However WriteBox allows you to link to your google drive account and then edit and save your markdown files. It also seems designed for markdown note taking (Markdown toolbar and preview) which is nice.
Write for iPhone also looks promising but I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
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b88194ccefd9882f5135053533b495a3817a56b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove a Cydia tweak that breaks iOS I've hidden Cydia and Poof! With the Poof! Cydia tweak. Now I cannot open either one of both of them.
Is there any way to undo this?
I've tried respringing and rebooting but that does not place them back.
A: If you have version 0.9.3997 or greater of MobileSubstrate…
*
*Turn off your phone.
*Turn it back on, then while the Apple logo is shown, hold the Volume Up button.
This enables Safe Mode, disabling all MobileSubstrate tweaks temporarily, allowing you to uninstall the tweak that's causing problems. If you still want the tweak, you can reinstall it, deleting the preference file for the tweak in question to reset it.
To exit Safe Mode, you can respring/reboot your device, or press Exit Safe Mode in the status bar, then press Restart.
If you have a tethered jailbreak, you'll need to hold volume up whilst pressing 'Just Boot' and continue holding even after the Apple logo since Substrate won't load immediately.
| Q: Remove a Cydia tweak that breaks iOS I've hidden Cydia and Poof! With the Poof! Cydia tweak. Now I cannot open either one of both of them.
Is there any way to undo this?
I've tried respringing and rebooting but that does not place them back.
A: If you have version 0.9.3997 or greater of MobileSubstrate…
*
*Turn off your phone.
*Turn it back on, then while the Apple logo is shown, hold the Volume Up button.
This enables Safe Mode, disabling all MobileSubstrate tweaks temporarily, allowing you to uninstall the tweak that's causing problems. If you still want the tweak, you can reinstall it, deleting the preference file for the tweak in question to reset it.
To exit Safe Mode, you can respring/reboot your device, or press Exit Safe Mode in the status bar, then press Restart.
If you have a tethered jailbreak, you'll need to hold volume up whilst pressing 'Just Boot' and continue holding even after the Apple logo since Substrate won't load immediately.
A: I think it will be fine if you restore your iPhone again and Cydia download again on your iPhone
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76df9b814e36b5df5545fe2d5d132685c9e12c58 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't change displays refresh rate I'm using OS X 10.8.3 and I want to change the refresh rate of my display, but I can't. When I go to System Preferences-> Displays, I have two options for resolution: Best for Display and Scaled. The first one is default. A little bit lower, I see the Refresh Rate option at 60 Hertz. When I click it, I can see there is also a 75 Hertz item there, but it's greyed out and unavailable. If I change Resolution to Scaled, then I'm presented with a list of resolutions I can pick. For some resolutions, 75 Hertz is available, but then another problem arises - the entire screen becomes stretched, so there's no point of using 75 Hertz with it.
How do I change the refresh rate without stretching the screen from a Mac Mini MD387 and display LG E2242T?
A: To use that refresh rate you would have to lower the resolution to a maximum of 1280x1024. See the manual, page 29.
| Q: Can't change displays refresh rate I'm using OS X 10.8.3 and I want to change the refresh rate of my display, but I can't. When I go to System Preferences-> Displays, I have two options for resolution: Best for Display and Scaled. The first one is default. A little bit lower, I see the Refresh Rate option at 60 Hertz. When I click it, I can see there is also a 75 Hertz item there, but it's greyed out and unavailable. If I change Resolution to Scaled, then I'm presented with a list of resolutions I can pick. For some resolutions, 75 Hertz is available, but then another problem arises - the entire screen becomes stretched, so there's no point of using 75 Hertz with it.
How do I change the refresh rate without stretching the screen from a Mac Mini MD387 and display LG E2242T?
A: To use that refresh rate you would have to lower the resolution to a maximum of 1280x1024. See the manual, page 29.
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6affd7675baff5b94d42105bfe592f626b7a7e4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Copy and paste between Mac and headless linux VM I'm running VMWare Fusion on an OSX host machine. I have a redhat VM installed, along with VMWare tools. My VM is headless, meaning I just have the terminal (no graphical interface of any kind). Is there any way I can copy from my host machine and paste into my VM? All of the tutorials and questions on the topic seem to focus on doing this when you're running a GUI in your VM which isn't very useful to me.
A: If you SSH into the Redhat VM you'll be able to copy and paste the commands into your terminal window. Simple open terminal and type:
ssh yourRedhatUser@redhatIPaddress
| Q: Copy and paste between Mac and headless linux VM I'm running VMWare Fusion on an OSX host machine. I have a redhat VM installed, along with VMWare tools. My VM is headless, meaning I just have the terminal (no graphical interface of any kind). Is there any way I can copy from my host machine and paste into my VM? All of the tutorials and questions on the topic seem to focus on doing this when you're running a GUI in your VM which isn't very useful to me.
A: If you SSH into the Redhat VM you'll be able to copy and paste the commands into your terminal window. Simple open terminal and type:
ssh yourRedhatUser@redhatIPaddress
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c2ff6f68eec2b6a0229558dacc7d0605a6e3b3cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to send S/MIME encrypted mails from iOS with attachment? I can only send encrypted mails if I start the mail app directly. But if I try to send a mail from the image gallery, the mails are neither signed nor encrypted (and I can't find a way to enable that).
Edit: My current (non-acceptable) workaround would be to save the mail as a draft, then open the draft with the default mail app and then send it.
A: I can tell you why this happens but not give you a solution. To me this is a bug, when you 'mail' from within photos or whatever other app, using the modal compose window (the one that pops up from the bottom of the screen) you are using a MFMailComposeViewController class, this is effectively a baby version of mail that pops up and composes mail for you, then redirects this to the mail app.
Something is broken in between that's causing your issue.
Bottom line the MFMailComposeViewController (https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MessageUI/Reference/MFMailComposeViewController_class/Reference/Reference.html) is not the full mail client and thus it's lacking the encryption piece.
| Q: How to send S/MIME encrypted mails from iOS with attachment? I can only send encrypted mails if I start the mail app directly. But if I try to send a mail from the image gallery, the mails are neither signed nor encrypted (and I can't find a way to enable that).
Edit: My current (non-acceptable) workaround would be to save the mail as a draft, then open the draft with the default mail app and then send it.
A: I can tell you why this happens but not give you a solution. To me this is a bug, when you 'mail' from within photos or whatever other app, using the modal compose window (the one that pops up from the bottom of the screen) you are using a MFMailComposeViewController class, this is effectively a baby version of mail that pops up and composes mail for you, then redirects this to the mail app.
Something is broken in between that's causing your issue.
Bottom line the MFMailComposeViewController (https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MessageUI/Reference/MFMailComposeViewController_class/Reference/Reference.html) is not the full mail client and thus it's lacking the encryption piece.
A: This sounds like an iOS bug that there isn't going to be any way to solve, but in the meantime you can add images to an email in the Mail.app.
Tap on the message to bring up the 'Insert Photo' option, as shown below.
This isn't a solution, unfortunately, and probably not much better than your current workaround, but it's another option until Apple fixes it.
A: I recommend that you go with a VPN Service. You can find a good number of VPN service providers over iTunes, and you don't need encryption after that, as your data will be absolutely secure. Hide My Ass, Astrill etc are good and easy to use VPN services. You can chose to go with any of them.
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b2ff00b3794c8dd3477a80b58800104362bb40cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Export - import iPhone keyboard shortcuts as text file? On an iPhone, if you go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Shortcuts you can define text shortcuts that expand into longer words.
Is it possible to export this list of shortcuts in a single text file?
Is it possible to import a text file to be used as shortcuts?
This could be useful to configure the same shortcuts on an iPhone and a Mac, on 2 iPhones, to make a text backup, to make quick edits on a textfile…
A: From dastrobu:
There is an unofficial command line tool, which does exactly what you want, its called shortcuts. You can install it via homebrew
brew install rodionovd/taps/shortcuts
You can list your current replacements via
shortcuts read
You can import new ones via:
shortcuts import <input.plist>
There are also these commands:
shortcuts create <shortcut> <new phrase>
shortcuts update <shortcut> <phrase>
shortcuts delete <shortcut>
Source: How to export Text replacements from the Keyboard System Preference from shell?
| Q: Export - import iPhone keyboard shortcuts as text file? On an iPhone, if you go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Shortcuts you can define text shortcuts that expand into longer words.
Is it possible to export this list of shortcuts in a single text file?
Is it possible to import a text file to be used as shortcuts?
This could be useful to configure the same shortcuts on an iPhone and a Mac, on 2 iPhones, to make a text backup, to make quick edits on a textfile…
A: From dastrobu:
There is an unofficial command line tool, which does exactly what you want, its called shortcuts. You can install it via homebrew
brew install rodionovd/taps/shortcuts
You can list your current replacements via
shortcuts read
You can import new ones via:
shortcuts import <input.plist>
There are also these commands:
shortcuts create <shortcut> <new phrase>
shortcuts update <shortcut> <phrase>
shortcuts delete <shortcut>
Source: How to export Text replacements from the Keyboard System Preference from shell?
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1a98c28698a52c442af151571f7b5e5e999d6e93 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change cell background color in numbers according to some rules? Making it simple, using Numbers, how can you set up the following:
If number is positive make background cell green, else make it red.
A: Select the cell where you want to apply the rule. From the menu choose Format -> Show Conditional Format rules. A window opens which allows you to enter rules.
For example (this is the rule you asked for):
| Q: How to change cell background color in numbers according to some rules? Making it simple, using Numbers, how can you set up the following:
If number is positive make background cell green, else make it red.
A: Select the cell where you want to apply the rule. From the menu choose Format -> Show Conditional Format rules. A window opens which allows you to enter rules.
For example (this is the rule you asked for):
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923339fdad43d210934097ee0cba70e637df2e74 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Microsoft Office, Exchange, Calendar, Snooze issue, Resending Invitation So here is a weird bug, I've created a Reoccurring Meeting in OSX Outlook 2011 but every time I hit snooze using OSX Notifications the Meeting Invite is sent out again with the same time. Why is this happening?
A: I can't confirm that this is a common behavior in Mac Outlook or Calendar. It's working as expected.
Why is this happening?
It's a incompatibility issue with your Exchange Server. e.g. a outdated MS Exchange server version. Somehow your Mac Outlook changes are ignored or not being synced. What Exchange Server version do you use? Also make sure that you are running the latest Mac Outlook Version.
The best way is to get in touch with your ISP or Server Administrator, so he/she could take a look at the debug logfiles.
| Q: Microsoft Office, Exchange, Calendar, Snooze issue, Resending Invitation So here is a weird bug, I've created a Reoccurring Meeting in OSX Outlook 2011 but every time I hit snooze using OSX Notifications the Meeting Invite is sent out again with the same time. Why is this happening?
A: I can't confirm that this is a common behavior in Mac Outlook or Calendar. It's working as expected.
Why is this happening?
It's a incompatibility issue with your Exchange Server. e.g. a outdated MS Exchange server version. Somehow your Mac Outlook changes are ignored or not being synced. What Exchange Server version do you use? Also make sure that you are running the latest Mac Outlook Version.
The best way is to get in touch with your ISP or Server Administrator, so he/she could take a look at the debug logfiles.
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c55e8de12c3dccf3b9fc03eafa7654c7064599bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I launch Finder from terminal or command line I use command line a lot, like most programmers.
I want to be able to launch Finder, Safari or any other application for that matter from command line e.g.
finder .
where it will start Finder app, and the set the view to the current folder that I am in at the command line.
A: To open your current directory in Finder from Terminal, type open .
So, if you want Documents: open Documents
Library: open /Library
Downloads: open Downloads
And so on.
| Q: How do I launch Finder from terminal or command line I use command line a lot, like most programmers.
I want to be able to launch Finder, Safari or any other application for that matter from command line e.g.
finder .
where it will start Finder app, and the set the view to the current folder that I am in at the command line.
A: To open your current directory in Finder from Terminal, type open .
So, if you want Documents: open Documents
Library: open /Library
Downloads: open Downloads
And so on.
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7d2dee3676ce3ffe258ef7cb035a4d6ea3a058a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the command sent by the home button on iPad bluetooth keyboards? The top-left key on some bluetooth iPad keyboards functions as a home button. What happens when you connect the keyboard to a regular desktop and push the button, ie, what does the computer see? Is this some sort of command that could be replicated, say with a HID like the Teensy?
A: I found a Bluetooth keyboard designed for iPad and other platforms here. The product pictures show two labels on the top row of keys.
The top left key is labelled with both the "home" roundrect icon and "Esc".
So I think it would be worth trying to send the key code for Escape.
| Q: What is the command sent by the home button on iPad bluetooth keyboards? The top-left key on some bluetooth iPad keyboards functions as a home button. What happens when you connect the keyboard to a regular desktop and push the button, ie, what does the computer see? Is this some sort of command that could be replicated, say with a HID like the Teensy?
A: I found a Bluetooth keyboard designed for iPad and other platforms here. The product pictures show two labels on the top row of keys.
The top left key is labelled with both the "home" roundrect icon and "Esc".
So I think it would be worth trying to send the key code for Escape.
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0a1c7f4fce2fc18da6111a7687c06f31920f9b51 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove author metadata from PDF annotations in preview? I need to provide comments on PDFs as part of the refereeing process for journal articles. How can I remove my name from the annotations I've made using Mac Preview? (they can be seen in Inspector: Annotations, but seem not to be editable)
A: In Preview, go to preferences
In the PDF tab
Select show or Not show the name in the Annotations !
| Q: Remove author metadata from PDF annotations in preview? I need to provide comments on PDFs as part of the refereeing process for journal articles. How can I remove my name from the annotations I've made using Mac Preview? (they can be seen in Inspector: Annotations, but seem not to be editable)
A: In Preview, go to preferences
In the PDF tab
Select show or Not show the name in the Annotations !
A: MetaClean is a powerful tool to view, remove and edit metadata of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio), OpenOffice (word processors, spreadsheets and presentations) and PDF (versions 1.0 and higher) documents.
http://adarsus.com/en/metaclean.html
Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac OS X Platforms
A: Regarding the second answer, this does not necessarily work if the .pdf was created using a different application, even if it is modified in Preview. Always use the Inspector in Preview to make sure the Author metadata is anonymized, and if not, change it as the first answer suggests using a text editor (TextEdit works fine).
For example, I often "print" web pages to .pdf in Safari, particularly news stories. If I open one of those in Preview and look using Inspector, my name shows up, even though I have "Add name to annotations" unchecked in Preview preferences as the second answer suggests. It stays there even if I annotate the document in Preview and save it.
I assume this is because it was added when I printed to .pdf from Safari. Safari preferences do not have a way to change user ID or anonymize saved documents in its preferences, as far as I can tell, so it reverts to System-level account information and adds my name from there when saving.
Again, always use the Inspector in Preview to make sure the Author metadata is anonymized before sending out a sensitive document.
(This should answer keflavich's question in response to Answer 2. In Preview [as opposed to common office applications or other groupware], your name is not associated with your annotations but with the document as a whole.)
A: I have the exact same problem. While you should anonymize yourself in the prefs, I don't fully trust that method, so:
*
*Make a copy of the annotated PDF file
*Drag and drop to open in a text editor like TextWrangler, or hex editor like HexEdit
(Don't worry about any binary-looking weird characters)
*Search for your name and replace with the exact same number of Xs or I usually throw in a space among the Xs so it looks like a different name.
*Save the file in place
*Open in Preview and mouse over the annotations to see the anonymized version
A: Here's my complete method:
export LC_CTYPE=C
qpdf --qdf --object-streams=disable file.pdf
sed -i "" "s/\/T \(UrCaseSensitiveUsername\)//g;" file.pdf
gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=out.pdf file.pdf # To correct errors
qpdf --replace-input --object-streams=generate --recompress-flate --compression-level=9 out.pdf # To recompress
If you don't like calling GhostScript, you may instead use
sed -i "" "s/UrCaseSensitiveUsername/_________________/g;" file.pdf
where _________________ is the string composed of underscores having the same length as UrCaseSensitiveUsername.
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12a057f4b11c3728bb9dc50e6d6a9c5e9a1773ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X's "free" or "/proc/meminfo" equivalent OS X lacks the "Linux-friendly" free or /proc/meminfo.
What would be the most reliable and backwards-compatible way of extracting this info:
*
*Current free memory, in bytes
Going back as far as possible in terms of OS versions, without requiring extensions like ports, brew, etc.
A: The closest analogs to free and cat /proc/meminfo might be:
*
*vm_stat and
*ls -l /var/vm
but you also have the BSD tools like heap and Darwin tool allmemory to dig deeper into processes and libraries to determine how the overall virtual memory load is allocated to specific processes.
| Q: OS X's "free" or "/proc/meminfo" equivalent OS X lacks the "Linux-friendly" free or /proc/meminfo.
What would be the most reliable and backwards-compatible way of extracting this info:
*
*Current free memory, in bytes
Going back as far as possible in terms of OS versions, without requiring extensions like ports, brew, etc.
A: The closest analogs to free and cat /proc/meminfo might be:
*
*vm_stat and
*ls -l /var/vm
but you also have the BSD tools like heap and Darwin tool allmemory to dig deeper into processes and libraries to determine how the overall virtual memory load is allocated to specific processes.
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73de796f7400555b7656c1cb88b4a5f786047c93 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone Passcode for Powering Off I am looking for an option to require a passcode to power off my iPhone. That way, if the phone is lost, the person who finds it cannot simply turn it off, rendering Find My iPhone useless. Is there a way to accomplish this?
A: In the current OS, this isn't possible. However, there is a jailbreak mod that will accomplish this functionality called PowerGuard.
| Q: iPhone Passcode for Powering Off I am looking for an option to require a passcode to power off my iPhone. That way, if the phone is lost, the person who finds it cannot simply turn it off, rendering Find My iPhone useless. Is there a way to accomplish this?
A: In the current OS, this isn't possible. However, there is a jailbreak mod that will accomplish this functionality called PowerGuard.
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5b11716c3711725cb6ad72fc9a133eab63897c6f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the blue dots next to App names in iOS and macOS? They disappear once you open the apps and then return to the home screen, but I can't tell what they indicate.
Are they apps that haven't been opened since an app update? Or that it thinks have never been opened (not accurate in my case, but that could be a function of a "restore" confusing the phone).
A: The blue dot is the replacement to the banner that iOS 6 had for a new app.
There are two conditions for a banner being shown:
*
*an app has been downloaded from the App Store but has not been opened yet
(a restore from iTunes/iCloud will also cause an app to be classed as 'New')
*an app has been updated but has not been opened since it has been updated
(this counts for manually updated apps or apps that have been automatically updated by iOS 7's new background app updater).
As soon as the app is opened, the dot is removed.
| Q: What are the blue dots next to App names in iOS and macOS? They disappear once you open the apps and then return to the home screen, but I can't tell what they indicate.
Are they apps that haven't been opened since an app update? Or that it thinks have never been opened (not accurate in my case, but that could be a function of a "restore" confusing the phone).
A: The blue dot is the replacement to the banner that iOS 6 had for a new app.
There are two conditions for a banner being shown:
*
*an app has been downloaded from the App Store but has not been opened yet
(a restore from iTunes/iCloud will also cause an app to be classed as 'New')
*an app has been updated but has not been opened since it has been updated
(this counts for manually updated apps or apps that have been automatically updated by iOS 7's new background app updater).
As soon as the app is opened, the dot is removed.
A: that means they are new. as in "unopened since last update"
A: They indicate that the app was recently updated and has not yet been launched since the update.
The pale blue dot will appear either if iOS 7 updated the app with Automatic Updates or if the user updated it manually.
In iOS 6, when you installed a new app, its icon would display a small "new" banner across one corner. In iOS 7, new apps are represented by a blue dot.
That dot also appears when you update an existing app (or the OS updates it for you in the background). In both cases, the dot disappears after you launch that app for the first time.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57603848-233/five-quick-ios-7-mysteries-solved/
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1ff91b18d5922f50f49eddbfd44009e79176bf00 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the difference between the battery of iPhone 5s vs iPhone 5? Do they have the same capacity and/or run time for certain identical tasks?
I know iPhone 5's battery has a charge capacity of 1440mAh. Has this been improved in the new iPhone 5s and/or iPhone 5c?
A: There are slight improvements to the battery capacities of the 5S and 5C over the 5.
*
*iPhone 5 - 1440mAh <- 5.45Whr at 3.8V
*iPhone 5c - 1508mAh <- 5.73Whr at 3.8V
*iPhone 5s - 1558mAh <- 5.92Whr at 3.8V
Source
In terms of battery life comparison for 5 vs. 5c vs. 5s, they ran some benchmarks in their review. In some tasks the 5c/5s are better than the 5, in others the 5 is better. With the exception of their Wifi browsing test, the new phones are comparable to the 5, with there being less than an hour difference in battery life. In the Wifi browsing test though, the new phones ran out of juice .57 hours sooner (5c) and 1.3 hours sooner (5s).
| Q: What's the difference between the battery of iPhone 5s vs iPhone 5? Do they have the same capacity and/or run time for certain identical tasks?
I know iPhone 5's battery has a charge capacity of 1440mAh. Has this been improved in the new iPhone 5s and/or iPhone 5c?
A: There are slight improvements to the battery capacities of the 5S and 5C over the 5.
*
*iPhone 5 - 1440mAh <- 5.45Whr at 3.8V
*iPhone 5c - 1508mAh <- 5.73Whr at 3.8V
*iPhone 5s - 1558mAh <- 5.92Whr at 3.8V
Source
In terms of battery life comparison for 5 vs. 5c vs. 5s, they ran some benchmarks in their review. In some tasks the 5c/5s are better than the 5, in others the 5 is better. With the exception of their Wifi browsing test, the new phones are comparable to the 5, with there being less than an hour difference in battery life. In the Wifi browsing test though, the new phones ran out of juice .57 hours sooner (5c) and 1.3 hours sooner (5s).
A: During the keynote, Phil Schiller stated that the battery on the iPhone 5C was slightly larger than the battery on the current iPhone 5, and the Apple iPhone compare page states the same battery life for the 5C and the 5S, so I suspect they may have the same battery.
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97e2d73022c4a99303f913f96feacdd1c1351e55 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is Safari Safe Browsing Data and why does it need to copy every time I sync my iDevice? Whenever syncing iDevices to iTunes, I always see "Safari Safe Browsing Data" being copied. This naturally sounds alarming. Is Apple tracking my browsing history‽
What exactly is it, and why does it need to copy every time?
A: Google Safe Browsing Data Syncs to iOS Devices Via iTunes explains what it is:
This database, provided by Google, is used by mobile Safari to check for known malicious web sites. To check if this is activated on your iOS device, go to Settings > Safari, then look for the Fraud Warning slider. If it’s not set to “On,” do so; it’s a good way to protect your device and yourself from known malicious websites.
| Q: What is Safari Safe Browsing Data and why does it need to copy every time I sync my iDevice? Whenever syncing iDevices to iTunes, I always see "Safari Safe Browsing Data" being copied. This naturally sounds alarming. Is Apple tracking my browsing history‽
What exactly is it, and why does it need to copy every time?
A: Google Safe Browsing Data Syncs to iOS Devices Via iTunes explains what it is:
This database, provided by Google, is used by mobile Safari to check for known malicious web sites. To check if this is activated on your iOS device, go to Settings > Safari, then look for the Fraud Warning slider. If it’s not set to “On,” do so; it’s a good way to protect your device and yourself from known malicious websites.
A: Go on your iPod to
SETTINGS > SAFARI > FRAUD WARNING and if it's turned on, turn it off. Then go to ADVANCED > WEBSITE DATA click edit, scroll to the bottom and click remove all website data. Turn FRAUD WARNING on again and you are ready to go.
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0cf2a8e3d3f7fdb261453017f9baa79c8910087c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Messages.app not displaying messages sent while offline Every once in a while, I will get signed out of Messages (which I use to interface with my Google Talk account) due to connectivity issues. If this happens when I am having a conversation with someone, the messages the person sends to me while I am offline are not displayed once I sign back in to Messages. Signing in to Gmail via the web interface and checking the "Chats" folder confirms that I the person I was talking to sent me some messages that I missed.
Have you also experienced this behavior, and are there are fixes?
Thanks for your help.
| Q: Messages.app not displaying messages sent while offline Every once in a while, I will get signed out of Messages (which I use to interface with my Google Talk account) due to connectivity issues. If this happens when I am having a conversation with someone, the messages the person sends to me while I am offline are not displayed once I sign back in to Messages. Signing in to Gmail via the web interface and checking the "Chats" folder confirms that I the person I was talking to sent me some messages that I missed.
Have you also experienced this behavior, and are there are fixes?
Thanks for your help.
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ab130c9739ffae289968f32f610567e67db75266 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I prevent iTunes from automatically downloading podcasts? I listen to podcasts, but almost always on my iPhone (by downloading them on the iPhone directly) and almost never on my computer through iTunes. I do sync my iPhone with iTunes. However, any time I open iTunes, it tries to automatically download new podcast episodes. Is there a way to prevent this?
I tried plugging in my iPhone, going to the Podcasts tab, and unchecking Sync Podcasts, but this resulted in a dialog box asking if I'm sure I do not want to sync podcasts, and informing me that if I continue, all existing podcasts on my iPhone will be deleted. That's not my desired result, of course.
A: For anyone coming across this now, in the latest version of iTunes (~v12.5.1) it's much easier to prevent downloads for all podcasts you're subscribed to.
Steps:
*
*Go to "Podcasts" in the menubar dropdown.
*In the second column of your subscribed podcasts, at the bottom there's two buttons, "Refresh" and "Defaults...", click "Defaults..."
*In the popup, set "Download Episodes" to "Off".
| Q: How can I prevent iTunes from automatically downloading podcasts? I listen to podcasts, but almost always on my iPhone (by downloading them on the iPhone directly) and almost never on my computer through iTunes. I do sync my iPhone with iTunes. However, any time I open iTunes, it tries to automatically download new podcast episodes. Is there a way to prevent this?
I tried plugging in my iPhone, going to the Podcasts tab, and unchecking Sync Podcasts, but this resulted in a dialog box asking if I'm sure I do not want to sync podcasts, and informing me that if I continue, all existing podcasts on my iPhone will be deleted. That's not my desired result, of course.
A: For anyone coming across this now, in the latest version of iTunes (~v12.5.1) it's much easier to prevent downloads for all podcasts you're subscribed to.
Steps:
*
*Go to "Podcasts" in the menubar dropdown.
*In the second column of your subscribed podcasts, at the bottom there's two buttons, "Refresh" and "Defaults...", click "Defaults..."
*In the popup, set "Download Episodes" to "Off".
A: What you observe is the default setting for podcasts in iTunes, which is to download the most recent episode of a podcast.
To avoid this, follow these steps:
*
*Go to Podcasts in the iTunes Library pop-up menu.
*Select a podcast.
*Right click and choose "Settings" (or alternatively, click on the gear icon next to the podcast title on the episode list on the
right).
*In the Podcast Settings dialog, under the "Settings for:" dropdown, select "Podcasts Defaults" (this would apply your
changes to all podcasts).
*In the "When new episodes are available:" dropdown, select "Do nothing" (the default option being "Download the most recent one").
*Click OK.
With this change, iTunes will never download new episodes for any of your podcasts. If you wish to change this setting only for specific podcasts, you can do so by selecting the specific podcast in the "Settings for:" dropdown and/or by changing the defaults.
A: For Windows iTunes I've found the setting here:
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a6229061395784088b340446b6d6b46d1a8939ca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to know if a SSD will work on OS X? I have a 2010 Macbook pro with a hard drive, and I'd like to replace it with a SSD.
Information I've read about OS X and SSD is generally quite old, and not reassuring (not all SSD are supported, and the thing about the TRIM command not enabled for non-apple SSD…).
So: is there any problem anymore with OS X and (non-apple) SSD?
This question is intended to be generic, but to give an example here is the SSD I'm considering to buy: Samsung 840 EVO 750Go.
A: I replaced my stock HDD with a similar Samsung SSD in my 2010 MBP without any issues. It's a huge improvement over HDD as well. You will need to enable TRIM though. I used this trim utility on Mountain Lion. (Caveat: it WILL work without TRIM, but I wouldn't advise it. A good discussion on the topic is on SU here.)
| Q: How to know if a SSD will work on OS X? I have a 2010 Macbook pro with a hard drive, and I'd like to replace it with a SSD.
Information I've read about OS X and SSD is generally quite old, and not reassuring (not all SSD are supported, and the thing about the TRIM command not enabled for non-apple SSD…).
So: is there any problem anymore with OS X and (non-apple) SSD?
This question is intended to be generic, but to give an example here is the SSD I'm considering to buy: Samsung 840 EVO 750Go.
A: I replaced my stock HDD with a similar Samsung SSD in my 2010 MBP without any issues. It's a huge improvement over HDD as well. You will need to enable TRIM though. I used this trim utility on Mountain Lion. (Caveat: it WILL work without TRIM, but I wouldn't advise it. A good discussion on the topic is on SU here.)
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dc2ba6d6bf0937011e23a3b2ddd720d9453a8955 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Launch Dictation With Applescript I would have thought this would be easy to find, but thus far it has not been for me.
Is there a way to launch dictation (fn, fn) with applescript or from the terminal?
A: You can just simulate pressing fn twice:
delay 0.3 -- time to release modifier keys if for example the script is run with command-R
tell application "System Events"
key code 63
key code 63
end tell
Or from a terminal:
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to key code {63,63}'
The osascript command worked for me in Terminal but not in iTerm 2. The Start Dictation menu item also just plays the lower pitch sound without showing the popover in iTerm 2 though.
| Q: Launch Dictation With Applescript I would have thought this would be easy to find, but thus far it has not been for me.
Is there a way to launch dictation (fn, fn) with applescript or from the terminal?
A: You can just simulate pressing fn twice:
delay 0.3 -- time to release modifier keys if for example the script is run with command-R
tell application "System Events"
key code 63
key code 63
end tell
Or from a terminal:
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to key code {63,63}'
The osascript command worked for me in Terminal but not in iTerm 2. The Start Dictation menu item also just plays the lower pitch sound without showing the popover in iTerm 2 though.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101658"
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24c119edfc5cc952c06a2eeb1e3d16a8d3be2f1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix a corrupted .txt file After my hard drive was formatted by a mistake, I used a data rescue software to recover some files, but when I tried to open my notes and bookmarks files, it just showed weird characters like these below:
°F
/ø£#◊≠'P0Í9†‡q@¸≈«4Xb˚p>îºú˙SFsNëû‘AœÚ•Èÿ–)GZWª†uıÙ§†s÷èL˛5ZXh3ëä\ü÷åzP3RäûÙßø˝zL€°•èJv)
å±æÁ•¡#⁄Üá4oπHLqÕ�qû‘´–qMPø¬x˙“-R·BÓœÆ8§é2xÔ@…fié ÁÒ°;êºÅÄ›{bì±Ë}(:}M*Ò€ìFΩHQ∆Oq…†rFXbìû<ÒKÚ졉„44ZCW=z`”â˘∞�—ÅëOsDÖÀtèjC˙ä3Ëip’€ı4XaÄy∆(9¿›◊∑“ìé„4{P∆Õä0)=vi9¸©z)¥fñÄ2~¥Äu<˙PìÄtߢg#fl“û±∑¶Tså‘âMπ˘zäæ[!\à!Ú≥Ç ß¶Â‰GNΩ
L±∞]∏≈J™FÔîF:”D9ï|¨G}W9©∂ùÿŒN3≈L±ê~ˆ·¥ï"≈∏üóÊ«ZmÍ"±@y« pi w<
≥Â19$ëÈÈOXà9q“ôõ®UÚ˛^I#ΓùÂÒ€Ò´B/CÕ8E«9&ïå›R¢√ú±Áß‚úS�Ç3VÑ8ˆˆßX�TåıŒ)§K™Pt¿Á—‰Ûª8≠~(ÚÌCBˆÊkFY@'ßJâÌÅ#flüL÷ÚZO≤Á®‰PëKc,@N7
A: Given a uniform distribution of bytes in your file, and analyzing the data for entropy, the file looks random. The entropy (for 1-tuples) is 7.61 Shannon. This is really near 8 Shannon, the redundancy in your data is insignificant und looks like random error. Of course your file is way too small for proper analysis, but it looks as if
*
*Your file was compressed before, which is unlikely if the file extension was txt and no (known to me) compression header is present.
*Your file was encrypted.
*You chose to secure erase the disk while formatting.
I think it's most likely the third option. No way to restore it.
| Q: How to fix a corrupted .txt file After my hard drive was formatted by a mistake, I used a data rescue software to recover some files, but when I tried to open my notes and bookmarks files, it just showed weird characters like these below:
°F
/ø£#◊≠'P0Í9†‡q@¸≈«4Xb˚p>îºú˙SFsNëû‘AœÚ•Èÿ–)GZWª†uıÙ§†s÷èL˛5ZXh3ëä\ü÷åzP3RäûÙßø˝zL€°•èJv)
å±æÁ•¡#⁄Üá4oπHLqÕ�qû‘´–qMPø¬x˙“-R·BÓœÆ8§é2xÔ@…fié ÁÒ°;êºÅÄ›{bì±Ë}(:}M*Ò€ìFΩHQ∆Oq…†rFXbìû<ÒKÚ졉„44ZCW=z`”â˘∞�—ÅëOsDÖÀtèjC˙ä3Ëip’€ı4XaÄy∆(9¿›◊∑“ìé„4{P∆Õä0)=vi9¸©z)¥fñÄ2~¥Äu<˙PìÄtߢg#fl“û±∑¶Tså‘âMπ˘zäæ[!\à!Ú≥Ç ß¶Â‰GNΩ
L±∞]∏≈J™FÔîF:”D9ï|¨G}W9©∂ùÿŒN3≈L±ê~ˆ·¥ï"≈∏üóÊ«ZmÍ"±@y« pi w<
≥Â19$ëÈÈOXà9q“ôõ®UÚ˛^I#ΓùÂÒ€Ò´B/CÕ8E«9&ïå›R¢√ú±Áß‚úS�Ç3VÑ8ˆˆßX�TåıŒ)§K™Pt¿Á—‰Ûª8≠~(ÚÌCBˆÊkFY@'ßJâÌÅ#flüL÷ÚZO≤Á®‰PëKc,@N7
A: Given a uniform distribution of bytes in your file, and analyzing the data for entropy, the file looks random. The entropy (for 1-tuples) is 7.61 Shannon. This is really near 8 Shannon, the redundancy in your data is insignificant und looks like random error. Of course your file is way too small for proper analysis, but it looks as if
*
*Your file was compressed before, which is unlikely if the file extension was txt and no (known to me) compression header is present.
*Your file was encrypted.
*You chose to secure erase the disk while formatting.
I think it's most likely the third option. No way to restore it.
A: Depending on the level of corruption, I have had varying success using the strings command, which might or might not reveal some of your previously entered data in text format. For example, if I were interested in human readable strings stored in the kernel binary, I would use it as follows :
$ strings /mach_kernel | head -5
"%s[KERNEL]: %s"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.22.13/osfmk/default_pager/default_pager.c:175
alloc pager thread
"%s[KERNEL]: %s"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.22.13/osfmk/default_pager/default_pager.c:179
alloc thread buffer
"%s[KERNEL]: %s"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.22.13/osfmk/default_pager/default_pager.c:186
Other than that, you could try other recovery tools from different vendors (for example Disk Drill, or any other of the half a dozen that show up on a regular google search) to see if they remedy your situation by generating a more suitable/readable data recovery file from your formatting the hard drive.
Some of the tools I have used with success in the past (helping fellow poor souls out) include software from the YoDot or iSkySoft.
All of which probably use the exact same mechanism to recover "lost" files
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e7347b64390d6e9dd788435a8eb473b00d928820 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are ethernet/internet/networking configuration files/settings stored on OS X 10.6 Someone I know has an ethernet configuration profile that works on the university network I'm on. As I am on 10.8 I do not have the option of configuring these files so I'd like to copy his Configuration Profile.
Where are these located on OS X 10.6?
Ps. I'm using a Macbook Air with a USB ethernet plug if that matters.
Psps. I know one can create profiles with the ipcu, but I haven't been able to make one that works for ethernet unfortunately.
A: Try /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
| Q: Where are ethernet/internet/networking configuration files/settings stored on OS X 10.6 Someone I know has an ethernet configuration profile that works on the university network I'm on. As I am on 10.8 I do not have the option of configuring these files so I'd like to copy his Configuration Profile.
Where are these located on OS X 10.6?
Ps. I'm using a Macbook Air with a USB ethernet plug if that matters.
Psps. I know one can create profiles with the ipcu, but I haven't been able to make one that works for ethernet unfortunately.
A: Try /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101694"
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39f7580ea9a50569bf6b268969af8b31e47d25a3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable or Mute Trash Sound How can I disable the sound when deleting a file from Finder in OS X Mountain Lion?
I do not see any specific mention of it under System Preferences or Finder Preferences. I don't want to disable other sounds; just that one.
A: The sound file for moving an item to the trash is located here:
Go to your HD > System > Library > Components > CoreAudio.component (right click and choose "Show Package Contents") > Contents > SharedSupport > SystemSounds > dock > "drag to trash.aif"
This "drag to trash.aif" is the sound file responsible for the audio effect.
Back up the current file just incase and replace it with a silent one (a quick google search will do - you might need to get the silent file as mp3 and then convert it to aif).
You may need to restart for it to take effect.
| Q: Disable or Mute Trash Sound How can I disable the sound when deleting a file from Finder in OS X Mountain Lion?
I do not see any specific mention of it under System Preferences or Finder Preferences. I don't want to disable other sounds; just that one.
A: The sound file for moving an item to the trash is located here:
Go to your HD > System > Library > Components > CoreAudio.component (right click and choose "Show Package Contents") > Contents > SharedSupport > SystemSounds > dock > "drag to trash.aif"
This "drag to trash.aif" is the sound file responsible for the audio effect.
Back up the current file just incase and replace it with a silent one (a quick google search will do - you might need to get the silent file as mp3 and then convert it to aif).
You may need to restart for it to take effect.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101715"
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81986e4a35deb7c8a2d18e6c3fc1f5637b1e40da | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Trouble opening plist files in text editor From Finder, I can preview a plist file without any difficulties. For example, using Quick Look with ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.RSS.plist I get a nice preview of its contents:
However, if I then try to open the file, either with TextEdit, or any other editor (I've tried SublimeText, TextMate, Vim, Nano, and Coda 2 so far), the encoding appears to be off:
bplist00Ò_"FixedRefreshesInBackgroundSettings_(com.apple.PreferenceSync.ExcludeSyncKeys ¡ 2]^����������������������������`
Here's what it looks like if I open it with TextEdit:
I've tried changing the encoding in Sublime Text and other apps, but that doesn't help.
Any thoughts?
I'm running 10.8.4.
A: You can also edit plist files with PlistBuddy, which is a command-line program.
PlistBuddy is located at /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy.
| Q: Trouble opening plist files in text editor From Finder, I can preview a plist file without any difficulties. For example, using Quick Look with ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.RSS.plist I get a nice preview of its contents:
However, if I then try to open the file, either with TextEdit, or any other editor (I've tried SublimeText, TextMate, Vim, Nano, and Coda 2 so far), the encoding appears to be off:
bplist00Ò_"FixedRefreshesInBackgroundSettings_(com.apple.PreferenceSync.ExcludeSyncKeys ¡ 2]^����������������������������`
Here's what it looks like if I open it with TextEdit:
I've tried changing the encoding in Sublime Text and other apps, but that doesn't help.
Any thoughts?
I'm running 10.8.4.
A: You can also edit plist files with PlistBuddy, which is a command-line program.
PlistBuddy is located at /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy.
A: Since you mentioned Sublime Text, there is now a plugin you can use which automatically does the conversion for you:
https://packagecontrol.io/packages/BinaryPlist
A: plist files are not necessarily plain text so they need to be run through a converter. Finder and Xcode (which has a plist editor) do this without telling the user
The binary format is documented in this C code so any application can convert it and someone has written a format description in English and more Apple documentation here but note that it references old paths in /Developer/Documentation
The command line program plutil can convert to and from XML
e.g. to view a binary property list in XML format on stdout:
plutil -convert xml1 -o - <file name>
Also to convert a binary to a XML plist in place and then leave it so that the user program can read either.
plutil -convert xml1 <file name>
A: I made a CMD (Batch) File to assist people with Converting plist files on Windows:
Instructions:
1.Copy all of the code
2.Create a new Text Document
3.Paste the Code
4.Save the File
5.Rename the file with ".bat" instead of ".txt"
6.Open it
@echo off
title PLIST Converter ~SyndiShanX
mode 1000
color 0b
::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Separation-Bar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:filedirectory
cls
echo Either: Type the Directory of the File: (Ex. C:\Users\(UserName)\Desktop\File.plist) or Drag and Drop File onto This Window
echo Made by: [SyndiShanX]
echo File Directory:
set /p directory=
cls
::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Separation-Bar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:convertfile
start "" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\plutil.exe" -convert xml1 %directory%
goto complete
::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Separation-Bar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:complete
title File Conversion Complete!
color 0a
echo File Conversion Complete!
pause
cls
goto exit
::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Separation-Bar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:exit
color 0c
title Exiting...
echo Exiting...
pause
cls
exit
Or you can Use the version that doesn't close after conversion to allow multiple conversions without reopening the file:
@echo off
title PLIST Converter ~SyndiShanX
mode 1000
color 0b
::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Separation-Bar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:filedirectory
cls
echo Either: Type the Directory of the File: (Ex. C:\Users\(UserName)\Desktop\File.plist) or Drag and Drop File onto This Window
echo Made by: [SyndiShanX]
echo File Directory:
set /p directory=
cls
::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Separation-Bar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:convertfile
start "" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\plutil.exe" -convert xml1 %directory%
goto filedirectory
A: BBEdit will convert binary plists and then save them correctly on-the-fly.
A: You can convert the property list file from binary format into XML using the following command line:
plutil -convert xml1 -o file.plist file.plist
Then edit it as usual. Secondly you don't have to convert it back, as usually apps recognise both formats.
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4a83279806be75f1692c9e68c0b0d0c9cbf81428 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X: disable CMD-H or "Hide App" command? I never (intentionally) hide an app with ⌘H, which could be rebound for each app (e.g. Finder), but this is obviously the wrong approach. So, (how) can you disable ⌘H for application-hiding in one fell swoop?
A: In addition to the accepted answer, this can be accomplished easily with BetterTouchTool.
Open BTT Preferences. If it isn't selected already, select Gestures.
Under Select Application, select Global.
Add a New Shortcut: ⌘H and leave the Trigger set to No Action.
Close the Preferences window, and ⌘H should now be disabled for all applications.
The downside compared to the accepted answer is that this fix involves running an application. However since many Mac users are already running BTT in the background for other purposes, this fix can be done in a few seconds and might be simpler for some users.
| Q: OS X: disable CMD-H or "Hide App" command? I never (intentionally) hide an app with ⌘H, which could be rebound for each app (e.g. Finder), but this is obviously the wrong approach. So, (how) can you disable ⌘H for application-hiding in one fell swoop?
A: In addition to the accepted answer, this can be accomplished easily with BetterTouchTool.
Open BTT Preferences. If it isn't selected already, select Gestures.
Under Select Application, select Global.
Add a New Shortcut: ⌘H and leave the Trigger set to No Action.
Close the Preferences window, and ⌘H should now be disabled for all applications.
The downside compared to the accepted answer is that this fix involves running an application. However since many Mac users are already running BTT in the background for other purposes, this fix can be done in a few seconds and might be simpler for some users.
A: If you do not want an approach for separate applications, but for TOTAL disabling of the shortcut, you can use Karabiner (FREE, and OPEN SOURCE :) ) and after installing it add a special complex modification rule
The link already contains the search query, so just look for Prevent unintended command-h hide window and then click on Import and you are done!
A: You might use a private.xml like this with Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4MacBook):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>test</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::H, VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_NONE</autogen>
</item>
</root>
A: SKHD is a simple and neat hotkey daemon for macOS. It allows you to define application-specific bindings as well. You can configure a binding for your app to ignore a hotkey or even configure to send a new one instead.
For example, ⌘h hides Alacritty.app by default. You would synthesize an empty keypress as below in order to ignore that keypress.
Add following configuration to your .skhdrc. You can list any other app from your applications directory in a new line and do whatever you like.
cmd - h [
"alacritty" : skhd -k ""
"safari" : skhd -k ""
]
In my case, I prefer to synthesize a different keypress: ⌃b and then h which triggers my Tmux binding (jump to left pane).
cmd - h [
"alacritty" : skhd -k "ctrl - b" && skhd -k "h"
]
Make sure to reload SKHD after editing config file.
❯ skhd --reload
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75c3d18cf9f3a433d02d86e5d8d2c29d9dc8ff03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to record a FaceTime call on OS X? How can I record a FaceTime call and save the video on my Mac?
I am using a MacBook Air 11" with OS X 10.8.
A: There's finally an app for this! Call Recorder for FaceTime is a Mac app that was just released today:
https://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorderft/
This product is a plug-in that adds recording controls to the FaceTime app. Recording can be started manually, or it can be configured to record automatically. It creates internet-ready QuickTime movies.
Another great use is recording phone calls that come through the Mac via Yosemite's new Handoff feature.
(full disclosure: I work on this product!)
| Q: How to record a FaceTime call on OS X? How can I record a FaceTime call and save the video on my Mac?
I am using a MacBook Air 11" with OS X 10.8.
A: There's finally an app for this! Call Recorder for FaceTime is a Mac app that was just released today:
https://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorderft/
This product is a plug-in that adds recording controls to the FaceTime app. Recording can be started manually, or it can be configured to record automatically. It creates internet-ready QuickTime movies.
Another great use is recording phone calls that come through the Mac via Yosemite's new Handoff feature.
(full disclosure: I work on this product!)
A: Facetime does not include this functionality directly.
One of the possibilities you have is using QuickTime X's screen recording feature.
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101759"
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dd0da3045a0b8c5df8b1fb2e736393f79297185a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent Finder from opening all folders in list view every time I open finder in list view, it opens (twirls down) all subfolders; how can i stop this?
A: Delete the invisible .DS_Store file in that folder to reset the default views.
(You may need to turn on show invisible files or search invisible files in Finder help to see that control file.)
Finder should remember your changes, but once corrupt, sometimes you can't get changes to save to the store file.
| Q: Prevent Finder from opening all folders in list view every time I open finder in list view, it opens (twirls down) all subfolders; how can i stop this?
A: Delete the invisible .DS_Store file in that folder to reset the default views.
(You may need to turn on show invisible files or search invisible files in Finder help to see that control file.)
Finder should remember your changes, but once corrupt, sometimes you can't get changes to save to the store file.
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101784"
} |
58344ee68e51cd3d52162e848bbe4ff3fb2594b1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to format a disk to NTFS using Mac OS X I am looking for a simple GUI based way to format drives to NTFS (Windows) on Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
A: You'll need to have ntfs-3g driver and FUSE for macOS which extends the file handling capabilities of the OS. Both these things are open source.
I am not explaining the downloading and installation instructions here because the link below has explained each and everything on how to make NTFS drive work with macOS. This worked successfully on my macOS Sierra.
https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G
| Q: How to format a disk to NTFS using Mac OS X I am looking for a simple GUI based way to format drives to NTFS (Windows) on Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
A: You'll need to have ntfs-3g driver and FUSE for macOS which extends the file handling capabilities of the OS. Both these things are open source.
I am not explaining the downloading and installation instructions here because the link below has explained each and everything on how to make NTFS drive work with macOS. This worked successfully on my macOS Sierra.
https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G
A: You can now use Fuse. It's very useful and easy to be installed.
Moreover, it's free.
A: OS X can default read NTFS disks, but not write to them.
Possible solutions/options:
NTFS for Mac OS X (10 Days Trial): I use this one, and it does the job very well. When the driver is installed, you format your NTFS disks with Disk Utility where you select Windows NT Filesystem as the format.
Tuxera NTFS for Mac (15 Days Trial): I haven't tried this one, but it should also do the job.
A: There is nice article How to Write to NTFS Drives on a Mac
Seagate offer Paragon Driver for Mac OS or you can buy Paragon for
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