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b4629dc3c1bbd21a426fc307281a1a2be18d0709 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I prevent search terms from being copied between applications? If I have a search field open in Xcode and Safari at the same time, switching between the apps will copy the search term from one app to the other.
To reproduce this:
*
*Open a webpage in Safari, and press Cmd-F to search the page, but don't type anything
*Go to the Find Navigator in Xcode, and type "xcodesearch"
*Use the app switcher to go to Safari
"xcodesearch" ends up in Safari's Find search field. Is there a setting that controls this? I don't want this to happen.
OS X 10.8.4, MacBook Air
A: To give you an answer the best I can with the research I've done. This is a relatively new addition in the OS. If I am not mistaken since 10.8 and what happened is Apple changed the Helper daemon.
I do not know of a way to configure the helperd parameters. My recommendation is to give Apple feedback via http://apple.com/feedback/ and ask that they give the ability to toggle it or remove it all together.
Additionally ask the mad scientists here to include the functionality
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html
| Q: How do I prevent search terms from being copied between applications? If I have a search field open in Xcode and Safari at the same time, switching between the apps will copy the search term from one app to the other.
To reproduce this:
*
*Open a webpage in Safari, and press Cmd-F to search the page, but don't type anything
*Go to the Find Navigator in Xcode, and type "xcodesearch"
*Use the app switcher to go to Safari
"xcodesearch" ends up in Safari's Find search field. Is there a setting that controls this? I don't want this to happen.
OS X 10.8.4, MacBook Air
A: To give you an answer the best I can with the research I've done. This is a relatively new addition in the OS. If I am not mistaken since 10.8 and what happened is Apple changed the Helper daemon.
I do not know of a way to configure the helperd parameters. My recommendation is to give Apple feedback via http://apple.com/feedback/ and ask that they give the ability to toggle it or remove it all together.
Additionally ask the mad scientists here to include the functionality
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html
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1a12f79a85d7f3366fb2c979c8caf0e534f567fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: FileVault and scheduled boot After I have enabled FileVault the computer won't boot anymore at the scheduled time. Is it normal or has something gone wrong? If it is normal, are there any workarounds?
A: With FileVault enabled, the disk is encrypted and cannot be accessed at all without you entering the system login password. If it weren't so (e.g., to make unattended boot work), then the point of FileVault, which is preventing access to anything without your explicit authorization, would be lost.
So yes, it is normal. You could create two disk partitions, encrypt the non-boot partition, and put your data there. Or, you could create encrypted disk images and use those for data you want encrypted. The problem with these approaches is that it's very hard to keep potentially sensitive data from leaking into the non-encrypted part: caches, swap files, backups, etc. If you simply encrypt everything, then this management headache goes away.
It's a classic tradeoff between security and convenience.
| Q: FileVault and scheduled boot After I have enabled FileVault the computer won't boot anymore at the scheduled time. Is it normal or has something gone wrong? If it is normal, are there any workarounds?
A: With FileVault enabled, the disk is encrypted and cannot be accessed at all without you entering the system login password. If it weren't so (e.g., to make unattended boot work), then the point of FileVault, which is preventing access to anything without your explicit authorization, would be lost.
So yes, it is normal. You could create two disk partitions, encrypt the non-boot partition, and put your data there. Or, you could create encrypted disk images and use those for data you want encrypted. The problem with these approaches is that it's very hard to keep potentially sensitive data from leaking into the non-encrypted part: caches, swap files, backups, etc. If you simply encrypt everything, then this management headache goes away.
It's a classic tradeoff between security and convenience.
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8f99c72c051be3bd23515f43c5daae77715da925 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Options on a Mac for a writable, compressed file system? I have a SSD drive on my MacBook Pro and I'm constantly running on out of disk space because I need to install and run multiple virtual machines (Linux, Windows etc) on my Mac. Is there a way to mount a writable disk image that is also compressed? I'm hoping to use the disk image to store the VMs on. I don't mind taking the speed hit.
A: I ended up going with MacZFS.
*
*Created a sparse-image disk via Disk Utility for about 100GB.
*Formatted it as a ZFS file system by following the instructions in the MacZFS - Getting Started section.
*Turned compression 'on' in ZFS via zfs compression=on [mypoolname]
I tried booting a Windows XP VM off the ZFS file system and it worked. ZFS reports that it achieved a compression ratio of about 1.32x (which means my 10GB VM takes up about 6.6GB on disk). Not sure how well VMWare will play with ZFS's compression under high load, but it seems to working well so far.
| Q: Options on a Mac for a writable, compressed file system? I have a SSD drive on my MacBook Pro and I'm constantly running on out of disk space because I need to install and run multiple virtual machines (Linux, Windows etc) on my Mac. Is there a way to mount a writable disk image that is also compressed? I'm hoping to use the disk image to store the VMs on. I don't mind taking the speed hit.
A: I ended up going with MacZFS.
*
*Created a sparse-image disk via Disk Utility for about 100GB.
*Formatted it as a ZFS file system by following the instructions in the MacZFS - Getting Started section.
*Turned compression 'on' in ZFS via zfs compression=on [mypoolname]
I tried booting a Windows XP VM off the ZFS file system and it worked. ZFS reports that it achieved a compression ratio of about 1.32x (which means my 10GB VM takes up about 6.6GB on disk). Not sure how well VMWare will play with ZFS's compression under high load, but it seems to working well so far.
A: This doesn't answer the question that you asked, but it might address the problem that you have.
VMware Fusion 6 Professional allows for linked clones, which are copies of a VM that don't duplicate the entire contents of the VM. If you've got lots of VMs which are based on the same OS, you can save yourself considerable disk space with them.
To create a linked clone from the current state of a VM, select your VM in the VM library, then click "Virtual Machine" and select "Create Linked Clone". You can do the same from a snapshot of a VM if you prefer.
The biggest thing to watch out for when cloning a VM is to ensure that you don't have an IP address conflict, so change the IP address of your clone if you're using static IPs for VMs. Linked clones should save some disk space while avoiding the performance hit of ZFS.
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4b2ae41488e0039877b7b567d476e760c715a324 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I effectively hide my macbook while traveling to prevent theft I will be taking my Macbook Pro Retina for a backpacking trip and will be working from public places (i.e. coffee shops, public squares) for a while. I am quite concerned though, that it will be stolen.
Aside from the obvious precautions for theft, like not leaving it out of eyesight, backing everything up to a second disk, encrypting stuff, firmware password, setting up prey etc. I am looking for a way to disguise the machine as something more undesirable than a macbook.
Of course there is always the Book Cover disguise or the option to cover the whole thing in conference stickers so it looks like a piece of trash, but maybe you guys know something equally suitable for this purpose?
A: Searching on the web for "laptop skin" or "removable laptop skin" would provide you a list of designers and sellers for laptop skins. Buy a boring laptop skin and use it on your MacBook Pro.
Some sites for laptop skins (in no particular order):
*
*CafePress
*Gelaskins
*Zazzle
*DecalGirl
*Skinit
| Q: How can I effectively hide my macbook while traveling to prevent theft I will be taking my Macbook Pro Retina for a backpacking trip and will be working from public places (i.e. coffee shops, public squares) for a while. I am quite concerned though, that it will be stolen.
Aside from the obvious precautions for theft, like not leaving it out of eyesight, backing everything up to a second disk, encrypting stuff, firmware password, setting up prey etc. I am looking for a way to disguise the machine as something more undesirable than a macbook.
Of course there is always the Book Cover disguise or the option to cover the whole thing in conference stickers so it looks like a piece of trash, but maybe you guys know something equally suitable for this purpose?
A: Searching on the web for "laptop skin" or "removable laptop skin" would provide you a list of designers and sellers for laptop skins. Buy a boring laptop skin and use it on your MacBook Pro.
Some sites for laptop skins (in no particular order):
*
*CafePress
*Gelaskins
*Zazzle
*DecalGirl
*Skinit
A: You could also use this little program, to scare ppl off, but nothing is safer than hanging on to it.
That program called iAlertU does following:
Once activated, it will trigger an alarm as soon as your MacBook is moved or your keyboard/trackpad is touched.
It can also automatically take a snapshot of the robber with the iSight camera and send it automatically by email. ?? at least you will know what the face was looking like :)
It could be disturbing however in a conference rooms, while you are trying to turn it off.
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1e75984ae1c8b203b51559a1b61e6b22e435e190 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I create a blank desktop (on OS 10.7.5) I realize that this isn't a new feature but I've never needed to use different workspaces on my computer until now and I'm having a bit of trouble.
I'm able to add a new desktop by entering Mission Control and hovering over the translucent + that appears and clicking on it. My problem is that when I go to that newly-created space, it's a copy of the existing cluttered original desktop. How do I create a blank desktop?
A: The point of spaces is that they allow for different collections and configurations of application windows, and they do not allow for having different desktops; the desktop is not a window.
The desktop icons shown are simply file and folder items at a file system level that are displayed without requiring to be viewed through an application window. There is only a single desktop folder per user.
Taking both of these into account, what you want can't work for a number of reasons
| Q: How do I create a blank desktop (on OS 10.7.5) I realize that this isn't a new feature but I've never needed to use different workspaces on my computer until now and I'm having a bit of trouble.
I'm able to add a new desktop by entering Mission Control and hovering over the translucent + that appears and clicking on it. My problem is that when I go to that newly-created space, it's a copy of the existing cluttered original desktop. How do I create a blank desktop?
A: The point of spaces is that they allow for different collections and configurations of application windows, and they do not allow for having different desktops; the desktop is not a window.
The desktop icons shown are simply file and folder items at a file system level that are displayed without requiring to be viewed through an application window. There is only a single desktop folder per user.
Taking both of these into account, what you want can't work for a number of reasons
A: I totally get it. And, 5 years later ... this is still not an option.
Regardless...
As a solution, my approach was to do the following:
*
*move everything from the desktop into a folder
*set that folder to display as icons
*set that folder to hide the sidebar and toolbar
*expand the folder to display fullscreen in it's own space
You could even go a step further and add alias's to your hard drive and then instruct the finder to hide it.
You can also set the background to use your desktop wallpaper to mirror what you are used to seeing on your desktop.
A: You can't do this via Mission Control - your desktop files are available on ALL desktops. The different desktops may only contain different open applications.
If you want a clean desktop, move the individual files where they make sense (or into the trash), or put them all in a folder.
A: Hover over the icon/program at the bottom of your screen that continues to reappear even when you change desktops. Next, select options, then select "none" under assign to. This will solve your problem
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6c33534dc073bdc999fe53c31defb1ef8cc64eaa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to rotate screens separately? Is there a way to rotate an external screen separately and keep the orientation of the inbuilt display fixed?
Using OS X 10.8.5
A: Yes, you should be able to orient each screen separately. In fact, here is a link of that very thing being done.
To access the screen rotation option in OS X:
*
*Launch System Preferences.
*Hold down ⌘ cmd + ⌥ alt/option and click Displays.
*On the right side of the Display Preferences, look for the Rotation drop down menu.
*Set the rotation you want.
*Confirm the change and quit System Preferences.
| Q: How to rotate screens separately? Is there a way to rotate an external screen separately and keep the orientation of the inbuilt display fixed?
Using OS X 10.8.5
A: Yes, you should be able to orient each screen separately. In fact, here is a link of that very thing being done.
To access the screen rotation option in OS X:
*
*Launch System Preferences.
*Hold down ⌘ cmd + ⌥ alt/option and click Displays.
*On the right side of the Display Preferences, look for the Rotation drop down menu.
*Set the rotation you want.
*Confirm the change and quit System Preferences.
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4ccc9b6b79ef0ffb881705b3012bbaf2f8a65905 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can all Mac software update with one click? Is there a way to update ALL your software at same time with one click?
From what I was told you have to update MS Office and other softwares manually and on by one.
A: The closest thing I have found is the MacUpdate Desktop utility. It does not handle every application, but it handles most of them. The program to do the updating is free, but the service it consults to know what apps need updating is a paid program.
| Q: Can all Mac software update with one click? Is there a way to update ALL your software at same time with one click?
From what I was told you have to update MS Office and other softwares manually and on by one.
A: The closest thing I have found is the MacUpdate Desktop utility. It does not handle every application, but it handles most of them. The program to do the updating is free, but the service it consults to know what apps need updating is a paid program.
A: In a word, no.
Different software is installed by different methods, depending on where you bought it from, who wrote it, how old it is and numerous other variables.
Apple tried their best to get a handle on this through the Mac App Store, which allows you to simultaneously update any app purchased through it, and the OS with a single update click, but not all apps are available on the App Store, because they are too old, are simply not offered by their respective developers, or perhaps they offer functionality that is banned from appearing in the App Store, or break it's rules on Sandboxing etc such that they are not allowed.
Macupdate offers an update utility that tries to keep track of updates and pull them down for you, but it can only support the apps that it is allowed to support, and as such is in the same boat at the App Store etc.
Some apps simply run an update check upon startup (check preferences per app) to see if a new version is available, others write in their own update tools, others use 3rd party distribution and update tools like Sparkle to do it for them etc.
In short, on OS X, it's a free for all. There is no way to combine or encapsulate all software updates in a single method.
A: No - there is no combined update process that works for all conceivable let alone all existing (or even popular) software.
But you can automate the Apple updates and use a third party app to automate the Mac App Store updates.
*
*Can Mac App Store installs & upgrades be automated?
That way two pieces of automation can be chained together to meet your goals.
Diving deeper, there are all sorts of MDM / endpoint management suites like Munki and commercial ones like JAMF Pro that set up a framwork to automate this at scale remotely for an out of the box management toolchain when combined with Apple DEP.
You could go the managed route and have a script that pushes out updates for you like a school lab or corporation might choose to do.
One of the reasons why Apple has said it introduced the App Store model to OS X is to combat this level of complexity for many users - especially for those new to Mac. For apps that are distributed from the App Store and supplied as Apple products, there is in fact a one click Update button that works for both OS updates and App Store updates.
In your case, MS Office is not included in this easy deployment scenario (yet and perhaps ever) so the ease of updating App Store apps won't help you.
A: Microsoft Office for Mac includes an auto update app. Under Help in the Menu bar when you have any Office for Mac app open you can select to "Check for Update". When the window appears select Automatically. You can select Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
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6e341c7d2ebd717f09431d547134f1d5684d29cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Partitioning Software Is there an equivalent on the Mac platform to Partition Magic or GParted that will allow me to resize, move, and/or change partitions on the fly without formatting, or disturbing the data that is already on the disk?
A: iPartition (only ≤ OS X 10.13)
iPartition is now legacy. The company, Coriolis, finally closed in 2019. There is still a (now essentially freeware/donationware) version of iPartition available for download, but only good to OS X 10.13 for pre CoreStorage disks.
It allows you to move and resize partitions without deleting any data. It also works for Boot Camp volumes and other PC disks.
With iPartition, resizing a partition is as simple as selecting it, grabbing the resize handle and dragging. Not only that, but if you have several operations to perform, iPartition lets you queue them up and run them one after another, so you can have a cup of coffee while iPartition works. This feature, coupled with iPartition’s ability to automatically rearrange your existing partitions when necessary, makes iPartition the easiest partitioning tool that you’ll ever use.
| Q: Partitioning Software Is there an equivalent on the Mac platform to Partition Magic or GParted that will allow me to resize, move, and/or change partitions on the fly without formatting, or disturbing the data that is already on the disk?
A: iPartition (only ≤ OS X 10.13)
iPartition is now legacy. The company, Coriolis, finally closed in 2019. There is still a (now essentially freeware/donationware) version of iPartition available for download, but only good to OS X 10.13 for pre CoreStorage disks.
It allows you to move and resize partitions without deleting any data. It also works for Boot Camp volumes and other PC disks.
With iPartition, resizing a partition is as simple as selecting it, grabbing the resize handle and dragging. Not only that, but if you have several operations to perform, iPartition lets you queue them up and run them one after another, so you can have a cup of coffee while iPartition works. This feature, coupled with iPartition’s ability to automatically rearrange your existing partitions when necessary, makes iPartition the easiest partitioning tool that you’ll ever use.
A: Disk Utility can do non-destructive partitioning (add or remove) but cannot move partitions.
This functionality was added in Lion, I believe.
The key is to click on the right thing. Note the following image:
*
*You have to select the 'root' of the drive, not any of the existing partitions (see arrow #1)
*Click on 'Partition'
*You can change the current partition scheme my selecting the drop down.
*If you select one of the existing partitions, you can use the +/- buttons to delete a partition or break it into a smaller size.
I have done this many times and have only had it fail on me once, early in the life of the functionality, however that one time did leave me with an unusable drive that I had to reformat and restore from backup.
Which is my way of saying: make sure you have a verified backup before you start mucking around with partitions, regardless of which app you use.
A: Stellar Partition Manager
Stellar Partition Manager allows you to create, delete, resize, hide, and unhide partitions on your Mac.
Efficiently manages partitions on Mac hard drives including the BOOT volume without causing data loss.
Professional Mac volume manager that allows you to perform basic partitioning operations, such as creating, deleting, resizing, formatting, and hiding/revealing a partition.
*
*A complete Mac Partition Manager utility
*Creates new partition(s) on Mac hard drive
*Resizes, formats, or deletes existing partitions
*Resizes Mac partition by optimizing the free space
*Resizes partition that Disk Utility fails to resize
*Performs batch operations preventing the risk of data loss
*Compatible with the latest OS X Mavericks
A: Paragon Hard Disk Manager
There's a new kid on the block.
iPartition does not support Core Storage (Fusion Drive and File Vault 2 both use this volume format) & hasn't had an update in a long time.
Features - from their web site -
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*Partitioning in El Capitan/Sierra
In the latest OS X layout of the system disk is not allowed to modify by any third-party application until System Integrity Protection or SIP is deactivated, which is not an option for many users. Our program detects an active SIP and prompts to create and use a special bootable USB-flash stick or external disk to do drive partitioning.
*Redistribute free space
Increases free space on one partition by utilizing the unused space on the adjacent partition.
*Resize/Move partition
Enables to move the left or right border of the selected partition, thus not only resizing, but moving it on the disk.
*Undelete partition
Helps to find and recover any lost or accidentally deleted partition.
*Convert partition table
Helps to do non-destructive conversion between GPT (GUID Partition Table), MBR (Master Boot Record) or a hybrid GPT+MBR partition tables.
*Change partition properties
Mount or unmount a partition, set it active or inactive, change its identifier (ID), etc.
*Rich file system support
Create, format, resize, change properties of HFS+, NTFS, ExtFS, FAT and exFAT partitions.
*Resize Boot Camp
Redistributes free space between Mac OS X and Windows OS volumes in Boot Camp with minimal effort.
*Easy Windows OS migration
Through restore of a Boot Camp image on a different Mac computer.
*Fix Windows boot issues
If a Windows OS doesn’t boot after replacing a failed hardware device or you’ve got any other boot issue resulted from a human or program error, or a boot virus activity, first try our boot repair tools before taking more radical actions.
There are also comprehensive backup/restore options.
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b7be1c0665338cd7ccfbccc84a133758a03acbc8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I store and run applications on an external drive? I am thinking of getting a this MacBook but the hard drive space is not sufficient. I was wondering if I bought an external hard drive for it would i be able to download apps and things onto it.
A: Yes - OS X doesn't care where you store apps for them to run.
Similarly, most programs don't force you to store all documents in one place.
You shouldn't expect to seamlessly have everything move from the internal storage to the external storage, but caring older files and larger files on a sometimes disconnected drive is a long held idiom for working with computers.
| Q: Can I store and run applications on an external drive? I am thinking of getting a this MacBook but the hard drive space is not sufficient. I was wondering if I bought an external hard drive for it would i be able to download apps and things onto it.
A: Yes - OS X doesn't care where you store apps for them to run.
Similarly, most programs don't force you to store all documents in one place.
You shouldn't expect to seamlessly have everything move from the internal storage to the external storage, but caring older files and larger files on a sometimes disconnected drive is a long held idiom for working with computers.
A: You can store and run applications in the non-standard /Application location on OS X, which means you can keep things on your external drive and run them from there.
You just have to be aware of the limitations of doing it this way:
*
*The applications and data on the drive won't be available when it's not connected.Seems obvious but this can come up in surprising ways so I think it's worth saying here. Let's say, for example, that you have a text editor installed on your external drive and it's the default application for text files. When you double click on a text file when the drive is not connected you'll get an error about the application not being found. You'll need to right click and select an alternate application in that case.
*The bandwidth, especially the sustained rates, for accessing the data and applications on this drive is limited to the connection method.For Thunderbolt it's pretty darn good but still not as good as a drive in the machine. For USB it's hit and miss. It depends a lot on the USB chipset used in the drive and what else is sharing the USB buss. Most applications will load resident in to memory when you launch them so for applications on an external USB drive you'll have some start up latency and that's it. But if you have to access a lot data or if the application loads itself in pieces as you access different features, you might find the I/O wait tedious. Expect beachballs here and there for sure.
Most applications can be safely relocated to the external drive by dragging them from /Applications to the new location on the remote storage. Applications are bundled in a nicely self-contained way. Note though that relocation the applications .app bundle from /Applications to the remote drive only moves the bundle. The configuration and ancillary data the application uses, generally found in /Library or ~/Library will remain on your primary drive. That data is harder to move. It's also usually smaller than the application bundle.
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0443d3d9a15e2a9e6eb05accaf2c51efd9b6b85c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: For iOS developers, are GM releases eligible for OTA updates on point releases? The iOS 7 betas are the first set of OS betas I've been through as a member of the Developer Program. Manually installing the beta releases is one thing, but now that a GM has been released will the 7.0.1 release be available to the GM build installed as an OTA update? Or will I have to install that from the image manually, and then get OTA updates for version 7.0.2 and onward?
A: Yes. Excluding any major issues, the GM release for developers is the same as the first release to the public. Future point releases can be updated over-the-air rather than through a manual image install.
| Q: For iOS developers, are GM releases eligible for OTA updates on point releases? The iOS 7 betas are the first set of OS betas I've been through as a member of the Developer Program. Manually installing the beta releases is one thing, but now that a GM has been released will the 7.0.1 release be available to the GM build installed as an OTA update? Or will I have to install that from the image manually, and then get OTA updates for version 7.0.2 and onward?
A: Yes. Excluding any major issues, the GM release for developers is the same as the first release to the public. Future point releases can be updated over-the-air rather than through a manual image install.
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b7d0dd8c0aa37d6f7f4282a7bf028c8b5dd53050 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to diagnose Address Book quitting unexpectedly? When opening Address Book, it quits before it opens. The window says:
Address Book quit unexpectedly. Click `Reopen` to open the application again.
Click `Report` to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple.
What's the best solution? How can I diagnose this problem?
A: You can click on the Report button and look though all the gibberish to see if there is something informative or suspicious there.
You could run the Console program and search for "Address" in the upper right to check for error messages.
You could try accessing your contacts from within the Mail program and check near the top and bottom of the list for any missing or weird entries.
You could turn on iCloud syncing (if you already have it on, back up) and see if you can access your full contact list from the web interface.
You could check for System Updates and hope there is a new update (Mavericks soon!) of the Contacts app.
** If you ever do get it to open, you should back up your contacts immediately (Export...> Contacts Archive) just in case.
| Q: How to diagnose Address Book quitting unexpectedly? When opening Address Book, it quits before it opens. The window says:
Address Book quit unexpectedly. Click `Reopen` to open the application again.
Click `Report` to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple.
What's the best solution? How can I diagnose this problem?
A: You can click on the Report button and look though all the gibberish to see if there is something informative or suspicious there.
You could run the Console program and search for "Address" in the upper right to check for error messages.
You could try accessing your contacts from within the Mail program and check near the top and bottom of the list for any missing or weird entries.
You could turn on iCloud syncing (if you already have it on, back up) and see if you can access your full contact list from the web interface.
You could check for System Updates and hope there is a new update (Mavericks soon!) of the Contacts app.
** If you ever do get it to open, you should back up your contacts immediately (Export...> Contacts Archive) just in case.
A: It's possible that the problem exists with the data in your home directory. Try creating a new account on your system, or log in with the guest account. Then run Address Book on the new account.
If Address Book works normally with another user account on your system, then the Address Book data in your home directory is the the likely cause of the crash. If Address Book fails the same way on another account, then the application or the system is at fault.
Two resources in your home directory affecting Address Book launch are the preferences file and the contacts database. Please note that if you modify either of these resources, the change may be permanent and data loss may result.
You didn't specify which version of OS X you have, so I'm going to provide information relevant to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion which I am currently running.
Preferences file:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist
Contacts database:
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/
If you feel comfortable making such changes, try renaming one or both of these items (the first is a file, the second is a folder). Do so while Address Book is not running, then make the change and launch Address Book to see if the problem is resolved.
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4fa3ad683b8d5378fc89ec76fa5b45f0b45cd943 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I remove the 802.1X settings in Mountain Lion I made a stupid 802.1X settings file some time ago to test some things. Now I am unable to remove it, even though I think I have deleted the file.
The picture below shows the 802.1X profile to the bottom right. How do I delete this profile? I've tried removing the ethernet with the minus sign in the left menu, but once I try to make a new ethernet profile, that 802.1X setting shows up as the standard.
Here is the picture of the 802.1X settings:
A: Try System Preferences > Profiles. It listed my 802.1X profiles and I was able to remove them from there.
Alternatively, you can manually edit configuration files in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration (see this post) - grep the files located there for the name of your profile.
(Using OS X Mavericks)
(Profiles is located in the second row from the bottom)
| Q: How do I remove the 802.1X settings in Mountain Lion I made a stupid 802.1X settings file some time ago to test some things. Now I am unable to remove it, even though I think I have deleted the file.
The picture below shows the 802.1X profile to the bottom right. How do I delete this profile? I've tried removing the ethernet with the minus sign in the left menu, but once I try to make a new ethernet profile, that 802.1X setting shows up as the standard.
Here is the picture of the 802.1X settings:
A: Try System Preferences > Profiles. It listed my 802.1X profiles and I was able to remove them from there.
Alternatively, you can manually edit configuration files in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration (see this post) - grep the files located there for the name of your profile.
(Using OS X Mavericks)
(Profiles is located in the second row from the bottom)
A: If you open the dropdown, you can choose edit, there you can create a new location. In the new location, all settings should be on default, so your 802.1X setting shouldn't be there anymore.
A: I had the same issue and followed the advice to grep eduroam in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration.
The file I had to modify was com.apple.network.eapolclient.configuration.plist. In this file you can actually see, the migrated profiles.
A: The 802.1X configuration is protected with Keychain.
To remove it,
select a network configuration which isn't using your 802.1X setting.
Then open Keychain Access (within Applications/Utilities).
Unlock it. Select the login keychains, and search for labsenteret_peap
which should be of kind 802.1X Password.
Select it, remove it.
Quit Keychain Access.
Modify your network configuration.
And to help you manage these network configuration in the future,
give it a name better than Location (9/13/12 9:48AM).
For example:
lab. connection / Ethernet
A: What you are doing when you click the minus sign is disabling the ethernet port completely. Instead, I think you want to remove an 802.1X configuration.
If you click the Advanced... button, a sheet will display with various tabs across the top. One of those is 802.1X
On the left side of the 802.1X display, you can add or delete profiles.
This screenshot is from 10.6.8; but, the principle is the same for 10.8
A: I just Restarted my Laptop, and it was back to normal again.
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0e2010f8b9ec6b1b2f7320f7128dcce6a0ca61bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Downgrading an iOS application - how to download a previous version? On my iPad, I updated to a new version of YouTube that I don't like. Is there a way to downgrade?
Would it be possible if I have the application link to the old version? How do I get the old link?
I did not use iTunes for sync so I do not have any old versions saved.
A: If you are updating from devices directly, you can only pull the most recent version of the app. In a slight change from the past, if the most recent version is not compatible with your device, it will now offer to let you download the most recent compatible version instead.
If you use iTunes on a Mac to download copies of your apps into your library, or you sync your iPad with iTunes to do this, then you should have the old version in your library, although if iTunes has also downloaded the new version you may have to hunt in your time machine backups to find the relevant .IPA file for the older version you need.
| Q: Downgrading an iOS application - how to download a previous version? On my iPad, I updated to a new version of YouTube that I don't like. Is there a way to downgrade?
Would it be possible if I have the application link to the old version? How do I get the old link?
I did not use iTunes for sync so I do not have any old versions saved.
A: If you are updating from devices directly, you can only pull the most recent version of the app. In a slight change from the past, if the most recent version is not compatible with your device, it will now offer to let you download the most recent compatible version instead.
If you use iTunes on a Mac to download copies of your apps into your library, or you sync your iPad with iTunes to do this, then you should have the old version in your library, although if iTunes has also downloaded the new version you may have to hunt in your time machine backups to find the relevant .IPA file for the older version you need.
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7616a578cbe55e52b9de115928189e9aaa6f7148 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OpenMPI already installed in OS X? I've been looking for MPI for OS X and some websites say that it is already installed in OS X (since 10.5).
Could someone point out where is it installed? I cannot find mpicc nor mpirun. Or should I build OpenMPI from code?
A: Neither mpicc nor mpirun are installed on a stock Mountain Lion system nor present with Xcode v5 or lower.
The homebrew packaging system has a trivially simple install (v2.0.1):
brew install open-mpi
You could also build your OpenMPI from code:
*
*https://sites.google.com/site/dwhipp/tutorials/installing-open-mpi-on-mac-os-x
It appears from this article, that Lion dropped the inclusion of a build of OpenMPI - but I'd go with the instructions above rather than the MacPorts version if you don't already use MacPorts.
| Q: OpenMPI already installed in OS X? I've been looking for MPI for OS X and some websites say that it is already installed in OS X (since 10.5).
Could someone point out where is it installed? I cannot find mpicc nor mpirun. Or should I build OpenMPI from code?
A: Neither mpicc nor mpirun are installed on a stock Mountain Lion system nor present with Xcode v5 or lower.
The homebrew packaging system has a trivially simple install (v2.0.1):
brew install open-mpi
You could also build your OpenMPI from code:
*
*https://sites.google.com/site/dwhipp/tutorials/installing-open-mpi-on-mac-os-x
It appears from this article, that Lion dropped the inclusion of a build of OpenMPI - but I'd go with the instructions above rather than the MacPorts version if you don't already use MacPorts.
A: Make sure gcc and g++ are at least version 5.0 (eg. brew install gcc5 --with-fortran --without-multilib)
Download the openmpi tar.gz file here: http://www.open-mpi.org/
cd ~/Downloads
tar zxvf openmpi...tar.gz
cd openmpi....
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/openmpi
make
sudo make install (enter password)
Now add
export MPI_DIR=/usr/local/openmpi
export PATH=/usr/local/openmpi/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/openmpi/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
To the bottom of ~/.bash_profile
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6ea7d8744cba7636eec25c0aa570344485ab690f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't delete manually added static route On Mountain Lion, I manually added a static route like this:
$ sudo route -n add 10.10.10.1/24 10.0.0.2
add net 10.10.10.1: gateway 10.0.0.2
That worked just fine. Now I want to remove the static route, but this fails:
$ sudo route -n delete 10.10.10.1/24 10.0.0.2
route: writing to routing socket: not in table
delete net 10.10.10.1: gateway 10.0.0.2: not in table
Even though it says "not in table", the entry is there, according to netstat and route:
$ netstat -rn | grep 10.10.10
10.10.10/24 10.0.0.2 UGSc 1 2 tap0
$ route get 10.10.10.1
route to: 10.10.10.1
destination: 10.10.10.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 10.0.0.2
interface: tap0
flags: <UP,GATEWAY,DONE,STATIC,PRCLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu expire
0 0 0 0 0 0 1500 0
What's going wrong here?
Edit: My local interface on the 10.0.0.1/24 network is a tap device created by OpenVPN. Stopping the OpenVPN client clears the route. Would still like to know why I can't remove this route without stopping the VPN client.
A: I was using the wrong syntax. This works:
$ sudo route -n delete 10.10.10.0
| Q: Can't delete manually added static route On Mountain Lion, I manually added a static route like this:
$ sudo route -n add 10.10.10.1/24 10.0.0.2
add net 10.10.10.1: gateway 10.0.0.2
That worked just fine. Now I want to remove the static route, but this fails:
$ sudo route -n delete 10.10.10.1/24 10.0.0.2
route: writing to routing socket: not in table
delete net 10.10.10.1: gateway 10.0.0.2: not in table
Even though it says "not in table", the entry is there, according to netstat and route:
$ netstat -rn | grep 10.10.10
10.10.10/24 10.0.0.2 UGSc 1 2 tap0
$ route get 10.10.10.1
route to: 10.10.10.1
destination: 10.10.10.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 10.0.0.2
interface: tap0
flags: <UP,GATEWAY,DONE,STATIC,PRCLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu expire
0 0 0 0 0 0 1500 0
What's going wrong here?
Edit: My local interface on the 10.0.0.1/24 network is a tap device created by OpenVPN. Stopping the OpenVPN client clears the route. Would still like to know why I can't remove this route without stopping the VPN client.
A: I was using the wrong syntax. This works:
$ sudo route -n delete 10.10.10.0
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70cdf60a01ec48e063c05d6cd37ddb3a660f3f9b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Recording on iPhone from stereo line-in I'm looking for a way to perform relatively high quality stereo line-in recording on iPhone. Unusual and third-party hardware is acceptable, but jailbreak is not. I am aware of the following options:
Griffin iMic paired with Apple's Lightning to USB Camera Adapter
*
*Pros: Well-reviewed, USB interface.
*Cons: Lightning to USB Camera Adapter is not supported on iPhone.
Blue Mikey Digital
*
*Pros: Works with iPhone.
*Cons: Requires Lightning adapter, line-in quality reportedly poor.
Neither of those satisfies my requirements. Is there some workaround I'm missing?
A: Check out some of the electric-guitar-interfaces. For example, the Line 6 Sonic Port Channel Audio Interface has a stereo 1/8" input jack available. On the pricier side though.
| Q: Recording on iPhone from stereo line-in I'm looking for a way to perform relatively high quality stereo line-in recording on iPhone. Unusual and third-party hardware is acceptable, but jailbreak is not. I am aware of the following options:
Griffin iMic paired with Apple's Lightning to USB Camera Adapter
*
*Pros: Well-reviewed, USB interface.
*Cons: Lightning to USB Camera Adapter is not supported on iPhone.
Blue Mikey Digital
*
*Pros: Works with iPhone.
*Cons: Requires Lightning adapter, line-in quality reportedly poor.
Neither of those satisfies my requirements. Is there some workaround I'm missing?
A: Check out some of the electric-guitar-interfaces. For example, the Line 6 Sonic Port Channel Audio Interface has a stereo 1/8" input jack available. On the pricier side though.
A: For a cheaper solution using products that are available (at least as of the time of this writing in August 2022), reportedly the Behringer U-Control UCA202 will work with an iPhone when combined with a cheap USB to Lightning adapter.
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3bff06704f7768c5d7d3ca26939cb36ba6a9e6b3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn off iOS Calendar Notifications for iCloud shared calendars How can I turn off alerts for iCloud calendars that have been shared with me? I just want to see alerts for my calendar.
Example: My girlfriend has a haircut today, and she set an alert to appear 15 minutes before the event. I don't want to see that alert.
Background: Here is the procedure for iCal: http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57562853-285/turn-off-ical-shared-calendar-messages-in-notification-center/?_escaped_fragment_=
A: This is different on iOS 8.
As described on iPad Academy, the option is located in Settings → Notifications → Calendar → Shared Calendar Changes.
1. Settings > Notifications
2. Calendar
3. Shared Calendar Changes
| Q: How to turn off iOS Calendar Notifications for iCloud shared calendars How can I turn off alerts for iCloud calendars that have been shared with me? I just want to see alerts for my calendar.
Example: My girlfriend has a haircut today, and she set an alert to appear 15 minutes before the event. I don't want to see that alert.
Background: Here is the procedure for iCal: http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57562853-285/turn-off-ical-shared-calendar-messages-in-notification-center/?_escaped_fragment_=
A: This is different on iOS 8.
As described on iPad Academy, the option is located in Settings → Notifications → Calendar → Shared Calendar Changes.
1. Settings > Notifications
2. Calendar
3. Shared Calendar Changes
A: Go to Settings → Mail, Contacts, Calendars → Shared Calendar Alerts and slide the switch off.
Shared Calendar Alerts
When enabled, you will be notified about new, modified or deleted shared events.
A: In Calendar 7.0 (comes with Mavericks, OS X 10.9) you need to turn off alerts as shown in the CNET bit. (Preferences>Alerts>"Turn off shared calendar messages in Notification Center") You need to repeat for EACH account (use the drop down at the top of the page.)
To turn off notifications completely, you ALSO need to go back to the main calendar window, right click the calendar you want to silence, and check "Ignore alerts."
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696cd05dd1bc6aad447befe5570acba7fe0dba91 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to highlight text by changing background colour in Mail In Mail, I can only change the background of the entire email.
How do I do this just for highlighted text?
A: Unfortunately, there is no easy way to do this. Here's how I do it.
*
*⌘ + T: to open up Fonts window
*click on the document background color icon and Colors window will open
*choose the highlight background color you desire note:
*
*Note: this will change the background color of your entire email
*Select the text that you want highlighted and cut (⌘ + X)
*Go back to Colors window and change background color of entire email back to original color (usually white).
*Paste (⌘ + V) the text back into email, and you will see the text with your desired background color
| Q: How to highlight text by changing background colour in Mail In Mail, I can only change the background of the entire email.
How do I do this just for highlighted text?
A: Unfortunately, there is no easy way to do this. Here's how I do it.
*
*⌘ + T: to open up Fonts window
*click on the document background color icon and Colors window will open
*choose the highlight background color you desire note:
*
*Note: this will change the background color of your entire email
*Select the text that you want highlighted and cut (⌘ + X)
*Go back to Colors window and change background color of entire email back to original color (usually white).
*Paste (⌘ + V) the text back into email, and you will see the text with your desired background color
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ed0d51c0984e61779001a5be348d5a50c51cad8f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does installing Command Line Tools for Xcode also install Git? When I run git --version I get git version 1.7.12.4 (Apple Git-37), and it seems to be located at /usr/bin/git. I don't remember installing Git, but I did install Command Line Tools for Xcode in order to install Homebrew. Not a full Xcode install — just the command line tools.
I'm trying to figure out how best to update to a newer Git version, and determining how it was originally installed would be helpful. I think it came with the command line tools installation, but I'm not 100%.
A: Yes, the Command Line Tools package does include /usr/bin/git. You can see what files are included in an installer by pressing command-I:
As of 10.8, OS X does not come with git preinstalled.
| Q: Does installing Command Line Tools for Xcode also install Git? When I run git --version I get git version 1.7.12.4 (Apple Git-37), and it seems to be located at /usr/bin/git. I don't remember installing Git, but I did install Command Line Tools for Xcode in order to install Homebrew. Not a full Xcode install — just the command line tools.
I'm trying to figure out how best to update to a newer Git version, and determining how it was originally installed would be helpful. I think it came with the command line tools installation, but I'm not 100%.
A: Yes, the Command Line Tools package does include /usr/bin/git. You can see what files are included in an installer by pressing command-I:
As of 10.8, OS X does not come with git preinstalled.
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1f3e39a150cce2de63390db5b3db256b6ff870e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Breadboard Software? I am learning how to do some beginner work with electronics, so I am looking for a breadboard. Now I know I can go down the local RadShack and pick one up, but in doing so, I'll spend $20 on a board, another $10 on wires, and possibly more on electronics I need to duplicate the entire practice they want me to do in the book.
All in all I'm not willing to shove $50 to $100 on a breadboard and it's toys just to learn something on my own just yet.
I am looking for a Breadboard software package for the Mac, either it be universal or not. Is there such a thing as this or am I stuck spending $100 on a breadboard, electronics, and a case to keep it all organized?
A: iCircuit
iCircuit is the easy to use electronic circuit simulator and designer - the perfect tool for students, hobbyists, and engineers.
Its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers.
| Q: Breadboard Software? I am learning how to do some beginner work with electronics, so I am looking for a breadboard. Now I know I can go down the local RadShack and pick one up, but in doing so, I'll spend $20 on a board, another $10 on wires, and possibly more on electronics I need to duplicate the entire practice they want me to do in the book.
All in all I'm not willing to shove $50 to $100 on a breadboard and it's toys just to learn something on my own just yet.
I am looking for a Breadboard software package for the Mac, either it be universal or not. Is there such a thing as this or am I stuck spending $100 on a breadboard, electronics, and a case to keep it all organized?
A: iCircuit
iCircuit is the easy to use electronic circuit simulator and designer - the perfect tool for students, hobbyists, and engineers.
Its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers.
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8cbb42cc17cb0982bc4782e58d3734a5b3de4cf2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can iOS 7 folders and dock be skinned to be totally black? I've just upgraded to iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. I prefer a completely black wallpaper, but I noticed that making it so will turn the backgrounds of folders and the dock grey.
I am looking for a combined wallpaper color and folder/dock background to make them as close as possible to all black. If someone has a jailbreak solution, that's great, but that won't work for me as I prefer not to change the OS in that way.
Are there solutions to achieve this visual effect?
A: As far as I know, there is really no way to do what you are asking. Both the dock and the folder backgrounds are a result of the "frosted glass" effect that Apple has introduced with iOS 7. No matter what color background you are using, the dock and folder backgrounds are going to lighten and blur whatever is behind them to achieve that effect.
| Q: Can iOS 7 folders and dock be skinned to be totally black? I've just upgraded to iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. I prefer a completely black wallpaper, but I noticed that making it so will turn the backgrounds of folders and the dock grey.
I am looking for a combined wallpaper color and folder/dock background to make them as close as possible to all black. If someone has a jailbreak solution, that's great, but that won't work for me as I prefer not to change the OS in that way.
Are there solutions to achieve this visual effect?
A: As far as I know, there is really no way to do what you are asking. Both the dock and the folder backgrounds are a result of the "frosted glass" effect that Apple has introduced with iOS 7. No matter what color background you are using, the dock and folder backgrounds are going to lighten and blur whatever is behind them to achieve that effect.
A: Settings > General > Accessibility > Increase Contrast: ON goes some way to reduce the transparency effects, particularly in Control Center, but the grey boxes you refer to are essentially an average of your background wallpaper. Switch to a largley blue one, and they will use a colour averaged blue with added transparency for them. There's no supported way to set an arbitrary colour.
A: I kept having this issue where mine was gray. I went into Settings (Settings->-General->Accessibility) and found that high contrast was on. I switched it off and the dock became more transparent. It's not going to be entirely black, I'm sure.
A: You can go into General > Accessibility > Invert Colours - However it makes all your icons look awful, but the backgrounds on texts, options, settings etc.. all look fantastic!
I agree it would be better to be able to switch this to a black background skin, than white, I don't really like the white look, but maybe it's just something I'm not used to just yet.
A: I took a picture of a black piece of glossy paper and then used that photo as my wallpaper. Makes it look good as I have a Black iPhone 5
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5aa1bc485d9a7ce615a5cc137ae6eb3ce8755e70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS7 why won't the time show up in texts I downloaded iOS7 and noticed that the time doesn't show up in texts like the older version. How can I get the time to show up in my text messages when someone texts me? For example, when I receive a text from someone I want the time to show up in the actual conversation
A: Swipe right to left to reveal the timestamps.
| Q: iOS7 why won't the time show up in texts I downloaded iOS7 and noticed that the time doesn't show up in texts like the older version. How can I get the time to show up in my text messages when someone texts me? For example, when I receive a text from someone I want the time to show up in the actual conversation
A: Swipe right to left to reveal the timestamps.
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419e38441aa2fb4f833247ba076015345a05f7d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What causes repeating push notification alerts on iOS 7? I recently updated to IOS 7, now every time I use an app I get a message saying Connect to iTunes to use push notifications " Whatsapp" (And Other Apps) notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges, how do I get rid of these once an for all
A: What happened is somehow the authentication token on your device that should be installed on OS upgrade got corrupted/deleted. I believe currently, the only fix is to restore and restore backup. I haven't seen a way of getting back that token without doing a restore.
| Q: What causes repeating push notification alerts on iOS 7? I recently updated to IOS 7, now every time I use an app I get a message saying Connect to iTunes to use push notifications " Whatsapp" (And Other Apps) notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges, how do I get rid of these once an for all
A: What happened is somehow the authentication token on your device that should be installed on OS upgrade got corrupted/deleted. I believe currently, the only fix is to restore and restore backup. I haven't seen a way of getting back that token without doing a restore.
A: I seen different people saying that you have to back up, factory restore the phone, then restore your backup onto the phone and it'll work..
It's so much work but if it works then it'll be worth it
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b9aed282a83ce4dab3f12b87edfd9ad5970fb929 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard extremely sluggish on iOS7 with iPhone 4s I've upgraded to iOS7 on my iPhone 4s. The keyboard, regardless of what I am doing, either texting or entering email, is extremely sluggish - 5 second interval between keystrokes.
What are some ways to troubleshoot this problem?
A: Try Settings > General > Reset all settings. I was having the same problem and that fixed it on my 4s.
| Q: Keyboard extremely sluggish on iOS7 with iPhone 4s I've upgraded to iOS7 on my iPhone 4s. The keyboard, regardless of what I am doing, either texting or entering email, is extremely sluggish - 5 second interval between keystrokes.
What are some ways to troubleshoot this problem?
A: Try Settings > General > Reset all settings. I was having the same problem and that fixed it on my 4s.
A: Try turning off "Documents and Data" in iCloud. It should make typing faster. You can turn it back on, but if you go to iCloud Storage and Data, it will start lagging again. You then must turn off "Documents and Data" once more.
This info was in the comments of this review: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/09/18/ios-7-iphone-4s-first-impressions-performance/
A: I am going to attempt this on my iPad 3 and my iPhone 4 since they both are clearly slower at responding to keyboard input on iOS 7 than they were on iOS 6. I half expected the iPhone 4 to my laggy the first few days and it it. I wasn't prepared for the iPad to stutter so much.
Here is what I've learned:
My backup that I loaded was slowing the device down a little, but much of the slowness persists when I erase all content and settings.
This happens on both the iPhone 4 and iPad 3. It's not horrible once the OS is done getting all the pop up messages, apps updated and things generally settle down. For the first few hours, my typing was definitely getting truncated. Passwords I've typed hundreds of times (and thus quite quick) would miss letters and be rejected initially.
After a night of charging and all the apps updated, the iPad has all the apps from an iCloud restore and all the settings intact. The iPhone 4 erased all content and settings and have only enabled a few things like iTunes Match, podcasts and mail accounts (iCloud x2, Office 365 x2, IMAP) and the usual Messages, FaceTime, and core apps that ship with iOS.
I plan to see if iBooks and the rest of things slow down the iPhone 4 too much for me and make a call next week to sell it / keep it at iOS 6 or tough it out on iOS 7 in hopes that some or all of the "slowness" gets tuned away.
I do expect Apple to get a lot of real world metrics from bar appointments, troubleshooting logs and misbehaving app crashes to get things tuned up better - but that doesn't help me today. Sometimes, but not all the time, the keyboard is lagging half a beat or more when it did not used to nearly as often.
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2e3616c6ac957d25d62ac5b5fa1f1db67f4f5918 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is iTunes Radio's skip limit? Pandora, Spotify Radio, and other music/radio streaming services usually have a limit on the number of skips allowed in a set amount of time. Does iTunes Radio have a similar limit, and if so, what are its conditions?
A: It's 6 song skips per hour for each station.
I also have iTunes Match turned on and I'm still limited to 6 skips.
| Q: What is iTunes Radio's skip limit? Pandora, Spotify Radio, and other music/radio streaming services usually have a limit on the number of skips allowed in a set amount of time. Does iTunes Radio have a similar limit, and if so, what are its conditions?
A: It's 6 song skips per hour for each station.
I also have iTunes Match turned on and I'm still limited to 6 skips.
A: I have observed a skip limit being enforced - after 5 rapid skips on some of the canned stations, one is left. This matches Apple's list of common questions that states 6 skips per channel in an hour is the current limit.
Also, the skip control seems to be disabled for some narrated tracks like the Guest DJ when the artist is speaking. There's nothing in the legal terms about iTunes Radio nor wording I can see in the iTunes Match section covering this.
*
*http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html#SALE
A: If you are an itunes match subscriber to get unlimited skips:
*
*locate and click on Match on the top bar (where it says "songs albums artists etc")
*either subscribe if your subscription has ended or hit "Done" at the bottom right of the screen
*play a different station for 10 seconds and then go back to the original one
*enjoy your unlimited skips!
A: There is a simple walkaround for this, just change the channel and come back to the original one, refreshes the number of skips ;)
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547c2c7f5124634a5e4cc94cd3d4ca397812b329 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I view a list of applications currently running background jobs in iOS? A growing number of applications for iOS, especially those adjusted for iOS 7, support background tasks (so they complete a download or sync or whatever also if not in front).
Is there any chance to print a list of applications that are running background tasks (or have been currently), for example like the one used for location based services?
A: The only option I have found is in Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh that shows all apps that are currently capable and enabled to do the refreshing. Unfortunately there is no indication of which one was active recently.
| Q: Can I view a list of applications currently running background jobs in iOS? A growing number of applications for iOS, especially those adjusted for iOS 7, support background tasks (so they complete a download or sync or whatever also if not in front).
Is there any chance to print a list of applications that are running background tasks (or have been currently), for example like the one used for location based services?
A: The only option I have found is in Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh that shows all apps that are currently capable and enabled to do the refreshing. Unfortunately there is no indication of which one was active recently.
A: I use iStat on all my systems. That gives me background and foreground apps as well as their resource usage. HTH
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b15920df303218f9ac1525808dcd0acb3a4f019e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS7 Moving Backgrounds - file type and creating your own iOS7 comes with parallax backgrounds.
My questions are:
Are these a standard file type? Does anybody know what it is?
Is there a process to create a custom one?
--
EDIT
Thanks everyone - I was asking for both.
Edit - Someone has suggested that the dynamic backgrounds that are animated according to their programming are quartz composer files. Is it possible to write one of these yourself and upload it to the phone? What would the process for this be?
A: You are confusing parallax and dynamic.
Parallax is the name given to the effect whereby a still image is moved in response to input at a greater or lesser extent than other on screen elements, to provide a sense of depth. The image used is just a static image file that is slightly larger than the screen size, to allow it to move slightly without introducing blank areas.
Dynamic backgrounds are the animated ones that move according to their programming, not just your input. I suspect they are simply quartz composer files like an OSX screensaver.
| Q: iOS7 Moving Backgrounds - file type and creating your own iOS7 comes with parallax backgrounds.
My questions are:
Are these a standard file type? Does anybody know what it is?
Is there a process to create a custom one?
--
EDIT
Thanks everyone - I was asking for both.
Edit - Someone has suggested that the dynamic backgrounds that are animated according to their programming are quartz composer files. Is it possible to write one of these yourself and upload it to the phone? What would the process for this be?
A: You are confusing parallax and dynamic.
Parallax is the name given to the effect whereby a still image is moved in response to input at a greater or lesser extent than other on screen elements, to provide a sense of depth. The image used is just a static image file that is slightly larger than the screen size, to allow it to move slightly without introducing blank areas.
Dynamic backgrounds are the animated ones that move according to their programming, not just your input. I suspect they are simply quartz composer files like an OSX screensaver.
A: It looks like Apple doesn't specifically allow you to create dynamic backgrounds - but this developer has a demo of one working.
A: You can use any 'Still' image from your own images or one of your iPhone preset images to be used as a wallpaper. The parallax effect is than applied to that image, so you do not need a special image to get the parallax effect.
Besides the 'Still' wallpapers, you can also choose a 'Dynamic' wallpaper that iOS 7 provides. You can not use your own 'Dynamic' wallpaper.
If you want can turn of the parallex effect in your system settings (it is somewhat hidden).
Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Reduce Motion
(Note that the parallax effect is not available on the iPhone 4.)
A: To make a parallax wallpaper, just use an image 744 x 1392 pixels big.
It'll work on iPhone 5+5c+5s.
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6b9788b67b2e2c09ac8be0a89ab9aa700a8b19c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How are "emergency calls" restricted? An "Emergency" link on my iOS 7 lock screen goes to a phone dial page that says "Emergency call". What are the restrictions on this page? Can anyone use my iPhone to dial out? Does it only work with emergency numbers (e.g., 911)? Is there a time or use limit?
A: The emergency call function only allows dialing emergency numbers valid for whatever area you're currently in, i.e. 911 in the US, 112 in the EU, 999 in the UK...
See the iPhone User Guide for more details.
| Q: How are "emergency calls" restricted? An "Emergency" link on my iOS 7 lock screen goes to a phone dial page that says "Emergency call". What are the restrictions on this page? Can anyone use my iPhone to dial out? Does it only work with emergency numbers (e.g., 911)? Is there a time or use limit?
A: The emergency call function only allows dialing emergency numbers valid for whatever area you're currently in, i.e. 911 in the US, 112 in the EU, 999 in the UK...
See the iPhone User Guide for more details.
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51341be68a1497c46e8c2ba01e7f078c259e119a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I make a dynamic wallpaper? I'd love to make my own dynamic wallpaper.
Has anybody investigated their format, and if there is a way of making one?
A: https://github.com/hamzasood/AnimatedWallpaperTest
This is a sample project showing how to make something like a dynamic background but I think you need to jailbreak your phone to make use of it.
| Q: Can I make a dynamic wallpaper? I'd love to make my own dynamic wallpaper.
Has anybody investigated their format, and if there is a way of making one?
A: https://github.com/hamzasood/AnimatedWallpaperTest
This is a sample project showing how to make something like a dynamic background but I think you need to jailbreak your phone to make use of it.
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4f4fc2a6a227e2dfd12a869a31749567de3d75a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Home screen is moving about in iOS7 I successfully downloaded and activated the new iOS 7, but now my screen won't stop shaking. It looks like my iPhone 5 is caught in the middle of a hurricane. Is there anything I can do to make it stop?
A: There are one of three things going on here. I'm not sure which is most likely.
*
*You have long-pressed an app icon and entered into the move/delete mode where you can adjust locations and remove apps. To get out of this, click home.
*You are experiencing the parallax effect of the home screen. You can turn this off in Settings>General>Accessibility>Reduce Motion *On*
*You are trying to be funny. Stop that.
| Q: Home screen is moving about in iOS7 I successfully downloaded and activated the new iOS 7, but now my screen won't stop shaking. It looks like my iPhone 5 is caught in the middle of a hurricane. Is there anything I can do to make it stop?
A: There are one of three things going on here. I'm not sure which is most likely.
*
*You have long-pressed an app icon and entered into the move/delete mode where you can adjust locations and remove apps. To get out of this, click home.
*You are experiencing the parallax effect of the home screen. You can turn this off in Settings>General>Accessibility>Reduce Motion *On*
*You are trying to be funny. Stop that.
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d5a67147f5ffc30ad541b206317d3064b7829e58 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I can't find 'Add all tracks' in the add to playlist section in iOS 7 With iOS 7 the "Add all tracks" option, when selecting a playlist, seems to have vanished.
Now the user has to select each song in the playlist individually, which can be very tedious with a long playlist.
How can I get back the "Add all tracks" option?
A: After contacting a local Apple Store, I was informed that, the feature "Add all tracks" used in the playlist has been removed, and now you have to manually add each song or use iTunes to make the Playlist !!
| Q: I can't find 'Add all tracks' in the add to playlist section in iOS 7 With iOS 7 the "Add all tracks" option, when selecting a playlist, seems to have vanished.
Now the user has to select each song in the playlist individually, which can be very tedious with a long playlist.
How can I get back the "Add all tracks" option?
A: After contacting a local Apple Store, I was informed that, the feature "Add all tracks" used in the playlist has been removed, and now you have to manually add each song or use iTunes to make the Playlist !!
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8113f0dc70256af3b96c2fd63263b8fa22722136 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I change the color of the folders in iOS7? I want to change the folder colors on my home screen. Can it be done?
A: The folder colors change based upon the background image. So, in that sense, yes, you can. However, they do not have their own UI element to allow you to edit their colors independently.
| Q: Can I change the color of the folders in iOS7? I want to change the folder colors on my home screen. Can it be done?
A: The folder colors change based upon the background image. So, in that sense, yes, you can. However, they do not have their own UI element to allow you to edit their colors independently.
A: The folder colors, dock, lock screen slide to unlock, as well as the passcode buttons all change based on the background image. That is the only way to change their color, but like Dave mentioned, there is no way to change their colors independently.
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c8abcedd33dfc4627d7c3c660245aac7ac1875bc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS7 won't trust linux computer iPhone 4S iOS7
Linux Mint
When I plug my phone into my Linux machine I get the following message "Trust this computer?"
No matter how many times I tap "Trust" the message comes up again.
I do not have this problem on my Win7 machine.
A: This seems to be a bug in how Ubuntu interacts with the iOS device. Currently this bug is unassigned, so it may take a while to have a fix.
The "Trust the currently connected computer" warning was developed by Apple to alert users of bogus USB chargers that could compromise the device.
| Q: iOS7 won't trust linux computer iPhone 4S iOS7
Linux Mint
When I plug my phone into my Linux machine I get the following message "Trust this computer?"
No matter how many times I tap "Trust" the message comes up again.
I do not have this problem on my Win7 machine.
A: This seems to be a bug in how Ubuntu interacts with the iOS device. Currently this bug is unassigned, so it may take a while to have a fix.
The "Trust the currently connected computer" warning was developed by Apple to alert users of bogus USB chargers that could compromise the device.
A: the trust system is only stored if you have itunes installed and configured on the host system. which Sucks.
so if you want to charge off of your work PC that doesnt have itunes, you are going to get prompted every time you try to plug it in.
I wish apple would've just smartened up and given us the 'you must unlock your device before you can access memory' type option that android has.
A: This is a known iOS7 incompatibility in libimobiledevice versions 1.1.5 and earlier. It was reported to the developers and subsequently fixed. The fix is part of the 1.1.6 release.
I can personally confirm that I saw the same problem under Fedora 20 with libimobiledevice 1.1.5. Upgrading to a test build of libimobiledevice 1.1.6 ought to fix the problem, but actually runs into some other SELinux problems.
So assuming you don’t want to build from sources yourself, you need to convince your preferred Linux distribution to package, test, and ultimately ship libimobiledevice version 1.1.6 or later.
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2108df94897f4a1daf61861ce7f7f4bd364f70a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 7 Music app crashes on startup I just upgraded to iOS 7 and my Music app is now crashing every time I try to launch it.
I've tried rebooting my iPad, disabling iTunes Match, re-enabling iTunes Match, but nothing seems to let me access my music.
Any thoughts on how I can reset my Music app?
A: This has been reported here on Apple Support Community. Please try the solution posted there to see if it helps you.
Basically, their suggestion is to restore a backup of the device.
| Q: iOS 7 Music app crashes on startup I just upgraded to iOS 7 and my Music app is now crashing every time I try to launch it.
I've tried rebooting my iPad, disabling iTunes Match, re-enabling iTunes Match, but nothing seems to let me access my music.
Any thoughts on how I can reset my Music app?
A: This has been reported here on Apple Support Community. Please try the solution posted there to see if it helps you.
Basically, their suggestion is to restore a backup of the device.
A: Thanks to the tip from Meryovi, I was able to resolve this. The instructions on the link he supplied were close but not the complete story.
I had to:
*
*Perform a complete backup to iTunes on my computer (not iCloud)
*Go to Settings -> iCloud -> Manage Storage -> -> Delete Backup. (I don't know if this is strictly necessary or not)
*Go to Settings -> General -> Reset and select "Erase All Content and Settings"
*Do a full restore.
This solved my problem with the Music app crashing, the Settings app crashing on the About page, the iTunes app crashing, and the "could not be completed" failure during iCloud backups.
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9362bb79b3eb49b609bdcadf5b9f0ff5adf10ca6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I get VMWare Fusion 6 to display in Unity with full resolution on a Retina display? As a long time (intimately familiar with 3.11) Windows user I finally made the jump to OS X. I was excited to take advantage of the massive resolution on my new MBP, and it's as awesome as I thought it would be.
However, Unity + Windows looks terrible. I realize Windows was not built to take advantage of such jaw-dropping resolutions, but I still want it to run at native resolution. I find myself enjoying the OS X environment, and reluctant to leave it for a full screen Windows VM; Unity is becoming a must.
I've tried checking the 'Use Full Resolution' setting to no avail.
(Not sure if it makes a difference, but I'm running the Windows 8.1 preview)
How can I prevent Unity mode from displaying Windows in a clunky-looking, zoomed-in, pixelated view?
A: I had the same issue with Windows 7 guest on a MBP 2013 retina display. It was solved for me by unticking the "Automatically adjust user interface size in Windows" checkbox.
| Q: How can I get VMWare Fusion 6 to display in Unity with full resolution on a Retina display? As a long time (intimately familiar with 3.11) Windows user I finally made the jump to OS X. I was excited to take advantage of the massive resolution on my new MBP, and it's as awesome as I thought it would be.
However, Unity + Windows looks terrible. I realize Windows was not built to take advantage of such jaw-dropping resolutions, but I still want it to run at native resolution. I find myself enjoying the OS X environment, and reluctant to leave it for a full screen Windows VM; Unity is becoming a must.
I've tried checking the 'Use Full Resolution' setting to no avail.
(Not sure if it makes a difference, but I'm running the Windows 8.1 preview)
How can I prevent Unity mode from displaying Windows in a clunky-looking, zoomed-in, pixelated view?
A: I had the same issue with Windows 7 guest on a MBP 2013 retina display. It was solved for me by unticking the "Automatically adjust user interface size in Windows" checkbox.
A: I don't know if this is the answer you are looking for, but I have a 2013 13" Macbook Pro with 2 1920 x 1080 monitors attached. I'm running the newest version of Mavericks and windows 7.
At first when I was in unity, all my windows were huge and I couldn't figure out why. I tried to change the resolution of windows but that messed everything up and I had to exit and re-enter Unity to fix it.
But when I go Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization >Display, you'll see a window that talks about "Make it easier to read what's on your screen" and there are 3 options.
Smaller - 100%; Medium - 125%; Larger - 150%.
For whatever reason, mine started at the 150%, but choosing 100% makes everything fit and look the correct size for my screens.
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0326f6ff888bf67e27e298f3a892ea083f957208 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Java come pre-installed on Mac OS X 10.7/10.8 and beyond? Does Java (the JDK) come pre-installed with Macs on OS X 10.7/10.8 and beyond? I am hearing Apple is going to stop shipping Java with 10.8 and beyond but I couldn't find any link to confirm it/deny it.
A: Apple did stop shipping Java as of 10.7 and higher. Neither the JDK nor the JRE come preinstalled. However, the first time you need a JRE, Mac OS X will offer to download and install it for you (via the Software Update mechanism).
Similarly, javac is stubbed in a base OS X install and will trigger the install process.
Note that the Apple JRE/JDK is Java 1.6—if you need 1.7 or 1.8, you'll need to get it yourself from Oracle.
| Q: Does Java come pre-installed on Mac OS X 10.7/10.8 and beyond? Does Java (the JDK) come pre-installed with Macs on OS X 10.7/10.8 and beyond? I am hearing Apple is going to stop shipping Java with 10.8 and beyond but I couldn't find any link to confirm it/deny it.
A: Apple did stop shipping Java as of 10.7 and higher. Neither the JDK nor the JRE come preinstalled. However, the first time you need a JRE, Mac OS X will offer to download and install it for you (via the Software Update mechanism).
Similarly, javac is stubbed in a base OS X install and will trigger the install process.
Note that the Apple JRE/JDK is Java 1.6—if you need 1.7 or 1.8, you'll need to get it yourself from Oracle.
A: The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is included with 10.8, but the Java Development Kit (JDK) is not - that you'll need to install yourself.
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b033494cf4b60233c49b8c0a1eba6c345466704a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I reset iCloud podcasts syncing? So, since I updated iTunes to version 11.1, my podcasts library went a little crazy. Some episodes were deleted from my Mac and all episodes are now marked with the little blue pin (saying they're unwatched/unplayed). I'm not sure this is the default behaviour now in this iTunes version, I hope it's just a bug.
So I decided I want to get rid of everything and just start over. I unsubscribe from all podcasts and delete all the episodes from my MacBook and iPad. The problem is that it seems iCloud is still holding info about my podcasts and brings back the weird situation mentioned above. How do I wipe out everything iCloud knows about my podcasts and start again freshly?
A: Unsubscribe from your podcasts and resubscribe. It really sucks but it is the only option.
| Q: How do I reset iCloud podcasts syncing? So, since I updated iTunes to version 11.1, my podcasts library went a little crazy. Some episodes were deleted from my Mac and all episodes are now marked with the little blue pin (saying they're unwatched/unplayed). I'm not sure this is the default behaviour now in this iTunes version, I hope it's just a bug.
So I decided I want to get rid of everything and just start over. I unsubscribe from all podcasts and delete all the episodes from my MacBook and iPad. The problem is that it seems iCloud is still holding info about my podcasts and brings back the weird situation mentioned above. How do I wipe out everything iCloud knows about my podcasts and start again freshly?
A: Unsubscribe from your podcasts and resubscribe. It really sucks but it is the only option.
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27585ec4b66ecac1aa657842fdfaaeaaef063ef4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I prevent iTunes from automatically opening the downloaded audio files? When I download an audio file with Safari, it is automatically opened with iTunes.
How can I do to prevent this ?
I would like that nothing happens when an audio file is downloaded.
My configuration is MacOS 10.8, iTunes 11, and Safari 6.
A: Go to Safari preferences
Disable the Open safe files after downloading
| Q: How can I prevent iTunes from automatically opening the downloaded audio files? When I download an audio file with Safari, it is automatically opened with iTunes.
How can I do to prevent this ?
I would like that nothing happens when an audio file is downloaded.
My configuration is MacOS 10.8, iTunes 11, and Safari 6.
A: Go to Safari preferences
Disable the Open safe files after downloading
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f6b0be0a3ff1f4d1d63d33e80297e47d04e4b5ad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 7: delete a location from the weather application I would like to delete a location from the weather app in iOS 7.
If I tap and hold I can rearrange the order and the '+' sign allows me to add one.
Swiping left-to-right as in previous versions does not work.
How can a location be removed from the list?
A: It's a common interaction on iOS : Swipe to the left.
Swipe the location to the left, the delete button will appear.
But this does not work on the one that is at the top of the screen if your letting it use your current location
Swipe the location to the left IN LIST MODE. Then a red square delete button appears on the right edge. Tap it and the location is gone.
| Q: iOS 7: delete a location from the weather application I would like to delete a location from the weather app in iOS 7.
If I tap and hold I can rearrange the order and the '+' sign allows me to add one.
Swiping left-to-right as in previous versions does not work.
How can a location be removed from the list?
A: It's a common interaction on iOS : Swipe to the left.
Swipe the location to the left, the delete button will appear.
But this does not work on the one that is at the top of the screen if your letting it use your current location
Swipe the location to the left IN LIST MODE. Then a red square delete button appears on the right edge. Tap it and the location is gone.
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a4d5bee8a376bc93007645fa9cd243845654c77e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Purchased music lost due to lack of space for iOS 7 update? A few days ago I wanted to upgrade my iOS to version 7, but before I could do this I had to make room by deleting programs that didn't help so much.
So I was forced to delete my music library on my iPhone. And not really thinking about my new purchased music that hasn't been synchronized with iCloud or iTunes. So I lost my new music.
How do I get the music back without buying the music twice? I did a small test by buying one of the songs and Apple charged me again.
A: On your iOS 7 device:
*
*Launch iTunes
*Go to the "Other" tab
*Go to Purchased
There you have the songs you bought. You can download them without Apple charging you again.
If Apple charged you again, it's either:
*
*You bought another version of the song
*You bought it with another iTunes account
| Q: Purchased music lost due to lack of space for iOS 7 update? A few days ago I wanted to upgrade my iOS to version 7, but before I could do this I had to make room by deleting programs that didn't help so much.
So I was forced to delete my music library on my iPhone. And not really thinking about my new purchased music that hasn't been synchronized with iCloud or iTunes. So I lost my new music.
How do I get the music back without buying the music twice? I did a small test by buying one of the songs and Apple charged me again.
A: On your iOS 7 device:
*
*Launch iTunes
*Go to the "Other" tab
*Go to Purchased
There you have the songs you bought. You can download them without Apple charging you again.
If Apple charged you again, it's either:
*
*You bought another version of the song
*You bought it with another iTunes account
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3cad9fc9579a198d46d29419c6ce4ba22e2570ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do these apps "like to access the microphone"? The apps Google Maps and Waze request access to the microphone.
Enable microphone access to play audio on bluetooth devices and more.
The explanation doesn't make sense to me. What does "play audio on bluetooth devices" have to do with the microphone? And what does "more" include?
A: It's a new permission that Apple added with iOS 7 to let you know which apps need to access the microphone.
Now, for those apps that do not relate to the microphone, my guess would be one of 2 things:
*
*Developers of such apps did not update their apps to iOS 7, so the OS needs to ask for your permission on accessing the microphone, or
*Developers did update their apps to iOS 7, but they did not address this API in their code yet.
Either way, we should see less of these pop up messages as iOS 7 becomes more mainstream and developers get the time to update their apps fully.
In my experience, not a single app "broke" for denying it access to the microphone, so it should be fine to hit "Don't Allow".
| Q: Why do these apps "like to access the microphone"? The apps Google Maps and Waze request access to the microphone.
Enable microphone access to play audio on bluetooth devices and more.
The explanation doesn't make sense to me. What does "play audio on bluetooth devices" have to do with the microphone? And what does "more" include?
A: It's a new permission that Apple added with iOS 7 to let you know which apps need to access the microphone.
Now, for those apps that do not relate to the microphone, my guess would be one of 2 things:
*
*Developers of such apps did not update their apps to iOS 7, so the OS needs to ask for your permission on accessing the microphone, or
*Developers did update their apps to iOS 7, but they did not address this API in their code yet.
Either way, we should see less of these pop up messages as iOS 7 becomes more mainstream and developers get the time to update their apps fully.
In my experience, not a single app "broke" for denying it access to the microphone, so it should be fine to hit "Don't Allow".
A: Either the bluetooth audio profile itself is incapable of allowing sound out with also enabling sound in or Apple programmed things to be linked together.
I can't imagine what waze is doing with microphone entitlements, but you could always ask them on their support forum. Google's notification makes sense to me and I bet you would find that google maps audible direction works just fine even if you deny microphone access.
I have heard of devices and apps using sound to locate nearby phones and do proximity location within buildings and malls. I bet Google is working on that even if the app you have isn't making use of that yet.
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9febac9a3eacdf72a717ad46cc99ca884f471e1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX equivalent for reset On linux machines I used to type reset on terminal.
It was like, closing and reopening the terminal!
It is very convenient, because in debugging you wont mix error messages from previous executions.
The command does exists on OSX, however when i scroll up, the previous output is there too!
A: As you mentioned, reset does work in OS X, however you can combine it with ⌘ cmd + ⌥ alt/option + K to 'Clear Scrollback'. This clears Terminal's history scrollback.
Alternatively, you can just use ⌘ cmd + K to 'Clear All'. This works similarly to how you use reset in Linux.
| Q: OSX equivalent for reset On linux machines I used to type reset on terminal.
It was like, closing and reopening the terminal!
It is very convenient, because in debugging you wont mix error messages from previous executions.
The command does exists on OSX, however when i scroll up, the previous output is there too!
A: As you mentioned, reset does work in OS X, however you can combine it with ⌘ cmd + ⌥ alt/option + K to 'Clear Scrollback'. This clears Terminal's history scrollback.
Alternatively, you can just use ⌘ cmd + K to 'Clear All'. This works similarly to how you use reset in Linux.
A: In OSX's Terminal.app, you can hit command + K
This will clear your terminal session completely.
Also see this
Use the right tool for each job:
Use clear to clear the terminal window.
Use reset to reset your terminal when it gets messed up by control sequences.
Use cat only when you want to stream a whole lot of data from one place to another uninterrupted.
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f5eaf73ae346108c4f5492e2a86732e63b3a0873 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 7: How to turn off camera's burst mode? In the stock camera app, iOS 7 has added a new burst mode feature that takes multiple photos in succession for as long as the shutter is pressed. Is there any way I can turn this feature off and have the app behave like the old one?
A: According to this article, there is no way to turn off burst mode.
This can be quite handy for catching just the right shot. However, for those of you that had learned to stabilize your camera by holding down the shutter button instead of tapping it, this can result in a lot of unexpected pictures. This feature appears to be enabled full-time whether you want it or not, so we'll all need to simply learn to adapt. Or delete. A lot.
Here are a couple of alternatives:
*
*Tap the shutter button instead of pressing it for long
*Use third party camera apps
| Q: iOS 7: How to turn off camera's burst mode? In the stock camera app, iOS 7 has added a new burst mode feature that takes multiple photos in succession for as long as the shutter is pressed. Is there any way I can turn this feature off and have the app behave like the old one?
A: According to this article, there is no way to turn off burst mode.
This can be quite handy for catching just the right shot. However, for those of you that had learned to stabilize your camera by holding down the shutter button instead of tapping it, this can result in a lot of unexpected pictures. This feature appears to be enabled full-time whether you want it or not, so we'll all need to simply learn to adapt. Or delete. A lot.
Here are a couple of alternatives:
*
*Tap the shutter button instead of pressing it for long
*Use third party camera apps
A: Currently iOS7 does not allow turning off burst mode when holding on the shutter button. This can be incredibly annoying for those who are used to holding on the shutter button and releasing to capture a shot in motion or taking a selfie. Also, you now need to be very careful when handing your camera to someone to take your picture as they may shoot off 20-30 images without knowing. Also, even with your flash set to 'on' the camera app does not wait for the flash to recharge and will shoot off many unusable images between flash cycles.
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879fb80286998042b4c3be29d99f60e024012add | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which devices support iOS 7's burst mode? The new burst mode in iOS 7 was demoed at the iPhone event, but I couldn't tell whether that's just a feature of the iPhone 5S or whether that was an iOS 7 feature. Which devices support it?
A: According to TechCrunch:
All phones capable of installing iOS 7 get a variant of burst mode, in fact, which takes pictures in rapid succession, but not at the 10fps rate of the iPhone 5s, and without the auto selection feature that suggests which shot is best.
And CNET:
What Apple didn't mention is that older iOS devices would also be gaining the ability to take photos in succession, just not nearly as fast or with the same software powering the editing process.
TUAW:
You can use burst mode on older models of the iPhone, and it works pretty well, but you don't get the speed nor the auto-selection mode that burst mode on the iPhone 5s has.
| Q: Which devices support iOS 7's burst mode? The new burst mode in iOS 7 was demoed at the iPhone event, but I couldn't tell whether that's just a feature of the iPhone 5S or whether that was an iOS 7 feature. Which devices support it?
A: According to TechCrunch:
All phones capable of installing iOS 7 get a variant of burst mode, in fact, which takes pictures in rapid succession, but not at the 10fps rate of the iPhone 5s, and without the auto selection feature that suggests which shot is best.
And CNET:
What Apple didn't mention is that older iOS devices would also be gaining the ability to take photos in succession, just not nearly as fast or with the same software powering the editing process.
TUAW:
You can use burst mode on older models of the iPhone, and it works pretty well, but you don't get the speed nor the auto-selection mode that burst mode on the iPhone 5s has.
A: From Apple's website, only the 5s supports burst mode. From left to right (5s, 5c, 4s).
Source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
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54ebf8ba002ab643c37c98535ee4632c97f2b13c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to recover file from Trash Windows user here. How am I supposed to recover file without using a command line?
I run Mac OS X 10.8.5
A: I always thought that MacOSX had a Restore Option for individual files. The screenshot shows how to "undelete" a file. It will be moved back to its original location.
| Q: How to recover file from Trash Windows user here. How am I supposed to recover file without using a command line?
I run Mac OS X 10.8.5
A: I always thought that MacOSX had a Restore Option for individual files. The screenshot shows how to "undelete" a file. It will be moved back to its original location.
A: Option 1
*
*With the item still in the Trash, right-click on it with your mouse and select Put Back. This will restore the item to where it was before you deleted it.
Note: If the original location no longer exists, then this will be greyed out!
Option 2
*
*Right-click the item in the Trash and select "Copy muCommander"
*Once the item is copied, navigate in Finder to where you want to put it, and right-click in the background of the folder or your Desktop and select Paste Item.
Using Keyboard
Keyboard commands for OS X are:
Copy Command ⌘+C
Paste Command ⌘+V
The Cut command is a little bit of a bitch when it comes to files. Don't rely on it
A: Why simple when you can do it complicated.
You can just drag'n'drop it from Trash to where you wana have it (probably the Applications Folder cause it is an Application).
A: It depends on how you trashed the file. Unfortunately there is no simple restore to original place. It only works if you trashed the file by using Finder or if the app used the correct API call (although reading the github issues for various command line utilities which try to use this, Apple have broken that API). Just moving the file to trash is not enough which is what a lot of programs do. I suspect this Finder behaviour was added in some version of OSX so old ones won't have it - or else I never trashed anything correctly.)
If you used the Finder to trash it see this other answer
If not :
What you do is copy the file from trash (Copy is on the pop up menu you show) and then navigate in Finder to where you want it to go and then paste it. If you have two Finder windows open you can drag and drop the file from Trash to where you want it.
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4e275d3bb05a2e53216b34cd19b6a67ad1054ca9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX High CPU Usage Are the following CPU usages normal??
From last few days my macbook air is heating too much. And i frequently notice the fan running fast.
Top two process have always use over 70% cpu and it goes to around 125 sometimes.
Any clues??
A: It's the parental controls. Mine does this when the controlled account loses focus - ie if you switch users, or the computer sleeps. The solution is to switch off parental controls for the account, then reboot.
| Q: OSX High CPU Usage Are the following CPU usages normal??
From last few days my macbook air is heating too much. And i frequently notice the fan running fast.
Top two process have always use over 70% cpu and it goes to around 125 sometimes.
Any clues??
A: It's the parental controls. Mine does this when the controlled account loses focus - ie if you switch users, or the computer sleeps. The solution is to switch off parental controls for the account, then reboot.
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5331af7a26974dab214c1dd9dd0d1bedc8f0908d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't resize (FileVault) partition after Bootcamp removal I have a recent Mac with two partitions. The first one contains MacOS, and is encrypted with FileVault. The second one contained a Bootcamp Windows installation. Here is a screen shot:
I deleted the Bootcamp partition to reclaim space. Turns out: as a FileVault partition can't be resized, it can not grow to use the extra space.
What must I do to have one big partition again?
A: As @alan-shutko pointed out with a hyperlink, the only way to resize a encrypted partition is to disable encryption, (rebooting again,) then changing the size. It worked for me!
It's a lengthy process if you wait for it, but bearable if you let the decryption happen overnight.
| Q: Can't resize (FileVault) partition after Bootcamp removal I have a recent Mac with two partitions. The first one contains MacOS, and is encrypted with FileVault. The second one contained a Bootcamp Windows installation. Here is a screen shot:
I deleted the Bootcamp partition to reclaim space. Turns out: as a FileVault partition can't be resized, it can not grow to use the extra space.
What must I do to have one big partition again?
A: As @alan-shutko pointed out with a hyperlink, the only way to resize a encrypted partition is to disable encryption, (rebooting again,) then changing the size. It worked for me!
It's a lengthy process if you wait for it, but bearable if you let the decryption happen overnight.
A: An alternative to the disabling encryption is to use command diskutil cs resizeStack
The details on how it works has been documented by Klanomath here
One thing I wanted to add is that it also works with FileVault. I have tried and the performance was pretty good. It took me 5-8 minutes to resize the 230GB partition to 250GB.
To sum it up:
Firstly: Boot from a separate system such as USB or the internet
Secondly: use this command diskutil cs list to get the volume Id of the Logical Volume partition
I.e:
$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group A061B44A-9E3D-41B1-8943-C11BD76DDE37
=========================================================
Name: Macintosh HD
Status: Online
Size: 250337738752 B (250.3 GB)
Free Space: 180224 B (180.2 KB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 01F57DD6-2209-4FA6-A085-93C36C36B3D4
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 250337738752 B (250.3 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 777A289D-71C0-43A2-9C10-39EFEE313964
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Conversion Status: Complete
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: Yes
Fully Secure: Yes
Passphrase Required: Yes
|
+-> Logical Volume 11F03152-0861-4BA0-AA78-1F1D8CE520AF
---------------------------------------------------
Disk: disk1
Status: Online
Size (Total): 249999917056 B (250.0 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
LV Name: Macintosh HD
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
It is 11F03152-0861-4BA0-AA78-1F1D8CE520AF
And you can use this command to resize:
diskutil cs resizeStack 11F03152-0861-4BA0-AA78-1F1D8CE520AF 250g
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897147ff556e2693202cde16e30376b4baee877d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disabling the iPhoto Photo Stream App badge icon without disabling shared streams? When I have new photos available in my shared photo streams, the iPhoto icon in the dock has a red circle with a number in it, also known as a "Badge App Icon".
I went to System Preferences -> Notifications -> Photo Stream and disabled everything, but the badge app icon on iPhoto still shows.
For now I have disabled shared photo streams completely from iPhoto -> Preferences, and that has removed the badge app icon, but I would prefer to still keep it enabled.
How can I disable this badge app icon?
A: I got rid of the red circle number (the notification), by going to
system preferences ➔ iCloud ➞ and then unchecking the box to the left of "Photos" When you re-check the checkbox, the notifications will briefly display in the upper right part of the screen, telling you about photo stream invitations you have received from other people.
| Q: Disabling the iPhoto Photo Stream App badge icon without disabling shared streams? When I have new photos available in my shared photo streams, the iPhoto icon in the dock has a red circle with a number in it, also known as a "Badge App Icon".
I went to System Preferences -> Notifications -> Photo Stream and disabled everything, but the badge app icon on iPhoto still shows.
For now I have disabled shared photo streams completely from iPhoto -> Preferences, and that has removed the badge app icon, but I would prefer to still keep it enabled.
How can I disable this badge app icon?
A: I got rid of the red circle number (the notification), by going to
system preferences ➔ iCloud ➞ and then unchecking the box to the left of "Photos" When you re-check the checkbox, the notifications will briefly display in the upper right part of the screen, telling you about photo stream invitations you have received from other people.
A: You can disable the badge on the Photos app icon in Notification Center settings. Go to System Preferences → Notifications → iPhoto → Badge App Icon and uncheck the box.
I don't have iPhoto on my system, so replace iCloud Photos with iPhoto.
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b0bd213dd4a9b3e83b6d751baeb6a9b735e696a7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What iPad app can I use to manage the locations where I took some photos? I use iPhoto on the Mac and it can show a map with all the locations where I took photos. Is there a similar app on the iPad? With a map I can zoom in and out…
A: You might be interested in one of this choices:
my favorite
MapProjector with Google Maps
Features:
*
*Create an unlimited number of maps with unlimited landmarks
*Photos - Import photos from your Photo Album using their own locations.
Exif Wizard
Then there is the iPhoto app for iPad :)
| Q: What iPad app can I use to manage the locations where I took some photos? I use iPhoto on the Mac and it can show a map with all the locations where I took photos. Is there a similar app on the iPad? With a map I can zoom in and out…
A: You might be interested in one of this choices:
my favorite
MapProjector with Google Maps
Features:
*
*Create an unlimited number of maps with unlimited landmarks
*Photos - Import photos from your Photo Album using their own locations.
Exif Wizard
Then there is the iPhoto app for iPad :)
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b32d0a2912dbbded233855fda6e4203090a17120 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 7 music controls not working As soon as I updated my phone, my music controls stopped working. On the lock screen and in the Control Center, I can only change the volume, not the song. The buttons to change the song light up when I touch them but the song doesn't change. I have to go into the Music app to change the song every time. My screen isn't cracked or broken - it works perfectly fine. Please could I have some help on what to do?
A: Try resetting your phone I was having the same problem, make sure to close ever app before turning your phone off. It's working for me at the moment but I've been having this problem since iOS 6 and also in iOS 7 now, so who knows how long it'll work.
| Q: iOS 7 music controls not working As soon as I updated my phone, my music controls stopped working. On the lock screen and in the Control Center, I can only change the volume, not the song. The buttons to change the song light up when I touch them but the song doesn't change. I have to go into the Music app to change the song every time. My screen isn't cracked or broken - it works perfectly fine. Please could I have some help on what to do?
A: Try resetting your phone I was having the same problem, make sure to close ever app before turning your phone off. It's working for me at the moment but I've been having this problem since iOS 6 and also in iOS 7 now, so who knows how long it'll work.
A: Had the same issue with my 4S and tried turning my phone (all the way) off (by holding down the power button for 6 seconds …) and on (ditto) and it fixed the problem. I did NOT have to quit my apps. (A good thing since that's done differently in IOS 7 … with swipe(s))
It happened right after I updated the OS to 7.0.2; perhaps that's true for others affected by this.
A: Have same issue on my iPhone 4, went to settings and deactivated the control center access while locked, closed settings completely and turned off my cellphone. Turned it on and now it works not sure if this will be temporal. Hope Apple fixes this bug ASAP.
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a7cf41fad343a611178975774a389bc8c9e2d1b7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to use iOS7's AirDrop with the Mac AirDrop? iOS 7 is out, and it has AirDrop. I'd like to be able to AirDrop files between my Mac and my iPhone, but it seems that iOS devices don't show up on the Mac AirDrop console.
Is it possible to use AirDrop to transfer files between a Mac and an iOS7 device? Is there, say, a file-manager app I can install that makes it possible?
A: Not Yet, I have tested it and TechHive confirms. Though Mavericks may bring this functionality (complete speculation obviously).
| Q: Is it possible to use iOS7's AirDrop with the Mac AirDrop? iOS 7 is out, and it has AirDrop. I'd like to be able to AirDrop files between my Mac and my iPhone, but it seems that iOS devices don't show up on the Mac AirDrop console.
Is it possible to use AirDrop to transfer files between a Mac and an iOS7 device? Is there, say, a file-manager app I can install that makes it possible?
A: Not Yet, I have tested it and TechHive confirms. Though Mavericks may bring this functionality (complete speculation obviously).
A: With iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite, you can share files over AirDrop between Mac and iOS.
Image source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/02/finally-airdrop-works-between-ios-and-mac/
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0603624b2b89f79152e3689720fdf10bfe374d37 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I use Airport Express to repeat wifi without physical access to the router? I have a wireless network name and its password. I can connect to this Wi-Fi network with my computer.
If I have an Airport Express, can I configure it to repeat the signal without physical access to the router?
A: Your Airport Express will only work as a wireless extender/booster if your main access point is an Apple Router, like another Express or an Extreme or Time Capsule.
However the way around this for a non-Apple router is if you hard-wire it (run an Ethernet cable straight from your modem or router to the Airport Express).
This might be not applicable to your situation since you do not have physical access to the router.
There are other (more universal) Extenders on the market, for example from Netgear (for about $50). I use one, and it works like charm in extending existing wifi network that I do not have physical access to.
| Q: Can I use Airport Express to repeat wifi without physical access to the router? I have a wireless network name and its password. I can connect to this Wi-Fi network with my computer.
If I have an Airport Express, can I configure it to repeat the signal without physical access to the router?
A: Your Airport Express will only work as a wireless extender/booster if your main access point is an Apple Router, like another Express or an Extreme or Time Capsule.
However the way around this for a non-Apple router is if you hard-wire it (run an Ethernet cable straight from your modem or router to the Airport Express).
This might be not applicable to your situation since you do not have physical access to the router.
There are other (more universal) Extenders on the market, for example from Netgear (for about $50). I use one, and it works like charm in extending existing wifi network that I do not have physical access to.
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590fb815c467e6c9d28087801f905871fa9c2c84 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I find information about past versions of iOS and code-signing windows? I have an iPad 2 that is currently running iOS 5.0.1. I'm generally happy with it but some applications require a more recent iOS version. So I started to look into upgrading it, but the only upgrade that it offers is to iOS 7.
From the look of it I don't like the new design of iOS 7 too much and also upgrading to a version this fresh doesn't appeal to me. So my question is: is there a way to upgrade to some version of iOS 5.x or iOS 6.x instead of upgrading to iOS 7?
A: Currently, no, your only option is to upgrade to iOS 7. This is because Apple is no longer signing iOS 6 and the firmware signing status for iPad 2 shows iOS 7 as the only signed version.
Note: Lookup the signing status (or get the direct download links) for all iOS versions here.
| Q: Where can I find information about past versions of iOS and code-signing windows? I have an iPad 2 that is currently running iOS 5.0.1. I'm generally happy with it but some applications require a more recent iOS version. So I started to look into upgrading it, but the only upgrade that it offers is to iOS 7.
From the look of it I don't like the new design of iOS 7 too much and also upgrading to a version this fresh doesn't appeal to me. So my question is: is there a way to upgrade to some version of iOS 5.x or iOS 6.x instead of upgrading to iOS 7?
A: Currently, no, your only option is to upgrade to iOS 7. This is because Apple is no longer signing iOS 6 and the firmware signing status for iPad 2 shows iOS 7 as the only signed version.
Note: Lookup the signing status (or get the direct download links) for all iOS versions here.
A: You probably want to check out this website, which has all past iOS updates. Scroll down and click the iPad 2 model you have (Wifi, GSM, CDMA). Then, simply choose the iOS you want (probably 6.1.3). It will download an .ipsw file.
Then, in iTunes, plug in your iPad. Now, here's the important part: Press Option/Shift while clicking the Check for Update button. A dialog box should open up, and you should navigate to the .ipsw file and then click it. Similarly, if, for some reason, you want to restore your iPad and update, press Option/Shift while clicking the Restore button.
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859d476185c95327939c0657e9252bd80e9b74ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I correct the iOS7 photo app's location guess? iOS7 organizes photos into automatic groups. It labels each group with a location. It often chooses the wrong location.
For example if you're at the supermarket it might say "Anytown Post Office" if there happens to be a post office near by
How do I correct it with the correct location? In the example above I want the group labeled "Supermarket" instead of "Post Office"
A: You can edit this in iPhoto on your mac, but only on the local copy not the Photo Stream copy. On the iPhone you'd want to get a metadata editor app such as EXIF-fi ($.99)
| Q: How do I correct the iOS7 photo app's location guess? iOS7 organizes photos into automatic groups. It labels each group with a location. It often chooses the wrong location.
For example if you're at the supermarket it might say "Anytown Post Office" if there happens to be a post office near by
How do I correct it with the correct location? In the example above I want the group labeled "Supermarket" instead of "Post Office"
A: You can edit this in iPhoto on your mac, but only on the local copy not the Photo Stream copy. On the iPhone you'd want to get a metadata editor app such as EXIF-fi ($.99)
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6254b87d2ded96ea4a2698f8b025fc8c25e4cd4b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to isolate an application from the system (fully sandboxed application)? Is it possible to do something like the concept of sandboxing (like all apps on iOS have its own system software resources) for all existing applications (so - not while designing an own new application) on OSX (Lion/ML/Maverics) just copying required frameworks, libraries, binaries (/usr, /etc, /Library, etc.) and than using chroot for the process when start?
A: Of course this is possible - iOS sandboxes all applications by default and runs on the same Darwin core as OS X. Apple hasn't chosen to implement this on OS X, so you would have a lot of engineering work to bolt this extra security on top of OS X. In the short run, it might be easier to virtualize the OS if you only need to sandbox one or two applications.
| Q: How to isolate an application from the system (fully sandboxed application)? Is it possible to do something like the concept of sandboxing (like all apps on iOS have its own system software resources) for all existing applications (so - not while designing an own new application) on OSX (Lion/ML/Maverics) just copying required frameworks, libraries, binaries (/usr, /etc, /Library, etc.) and than using chroot for the process when start?
A: Of course this is possible - iOS sandboxes all applications by default and runs on the same Darwin core as OS X. Apple hasn't chosen to implement this on OS X, so you would have a lot of engineering work to bolt this extra security on top of OS X. In the short run, it might be easier to virtualize the OS if you only need to sandbox one or two applications.
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465fca5f44b056663b9be8b70608766972f3f7cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Boot Camp Assistant: "Your disk could not be restored to a single partition." I want to delete my Windows partition and regrow my Mac partition to use the whole disk. But when I click Restore in the Boot Camp Assistant, it says:
Your disk could not be restored to a single partition.
An error occurred while restoring the disk to a single partition.
I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.5, on a mid-2009 MacBook Pro.
A: *
*Go to Disk Utilities
*click the Windows Partition and then Format It as Mac OS X Journaled
*then click Enable Journaling on the Disk Utility Toolbar
*then go to the MAIN DISC and Click on the Partition tab
*remove the Windows Partition which is now "Mac OS X Journaled"
*after removing it, resize the partition size of the main partition to the maximum
Then, you should have your full sized disc for use and you can use bootcamp later.
| Q: Boot Camp Assistant: "Your disk could not be restored to a single partition." I want to delete my Windows partition and regrow my Mac partition to use the whole disk. But when I click Restore in the Boot Camp Assistant, it says:
Your disk could not be restored to a single partition.
An error occurred while restoring the disk to a single partition.
I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.5, on a mid-2009 MacBook Pro.
A: *
*Go to Disk Utilities
*click the Windows Partition and then Format It as Mac OS X Journaled
*then click Enable Journaling on the Disk Utility Toolbar
*then go to the MAIN DISC and Click on the Partition tab
*remove the Windows Partition which is now "Mac OS X Journaled"
*after removing it, resize the partition size of the main partition to the maximum
Then, you should have your full sized disc for use and you can use bootcamp later.
A: WARNING: This answer may cause a problem with El Capitan! Read Warren Pena's comment below. If anyone knows how to get the disk space back on El Capitan after doing this then please comment below.
I had this issue and I solved it by doing the following.
*
*Go to "Disk Utility.app"
*Select your Windows Partition
*Click "Erase" and select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"
*Erase the partition
*Once that has completed, select the Complete Disk (Not Partitioned)
*Now select "Partition"
*Select the newly Formatted "Windows" partition and select the "-" symbol at the bottom to remove the partion
*You should see an empty space where the partition was
*Select your main partition, and to the right where it says "Size", type the Disk's full size and hit enter
*After Disk Utility completes the resizing, you should now have a single, full partition again.
A: *
*Go to Disk Utilities
*Select Windows partition and make sure you MOUNT IT
*Once Windows partition is mounted, return to Boot Camp Assistant
*Re-try Restore and it should run OK now and restore the Mac partition to the size of the whole disk.
A: Today I tried the various suggestions above, but couldn't restore the Mac partition. This may have been in part due to the fact the amount I initially partition for Bootcamp wasn't sufficient, so decreased the Mac partition and then use Mini-Tool Partition on Windows side to extend my Bootcamp partition.
Instead I used Disk Utility to erase the unwanted partition, and then I was able to restore it through the Boot Camp Assistant.
A: Just restarting and trying again solved the problem for me.
A: I fixed it in 10.11.1 El Capitan by formatting the Bootcamp Partition several times to FAT formatting. Then going back into Bootcamp Assistant and telling it to once again restore the original boot partition to size. This then asked to adjust my settings for Bootcamp 4 times. I said yes each time. This removed the Bootcamp partition completely for good.
A: Disk Utility > view > show all
Select the main disk > erase > format using 'partition choice' and good to go.
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7d2e559e774a9c77e149e9ffdccc33b9c3206f7d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App Store keeps showing wrong badge count App Store on my iPhone keeps on showing that there are 3 new updates, but when I click on updates, it shows 0 new updates.
It will update the badge count to 0 new updates as well, but not much later the 3 new updates will appear. See screenshots:
How can I get the correct badge count? It bothers me that the App Store says there are new updates, while there aren't.
iOS 6.1.3 / iPhone 4s
A: Thanks, bmike, for the theory. It allowed me to find at least one practical solution.
Go into the App Store. Select Purchased → All. Now carefully scroll down the list. You will find one or more apps with a status of Install instead of Open. Go ahead and install them. If you have not upgraded to iOS 7 you may get a message that says that the latest version requires iOS 7, but you may download the latest compatible version. Touch Download and it will install.
These are the updates appearing in the badge count.
| Q: App Store keeps showing wrong badge count App Store on my iPhone keeps on showing that there are 3 new updates, but when I click on updates, it shows 0 new updates.
It will update the badge count to 0 new updates as well, but not much later the 3 new updates will appear. See screenshots:
How can I get the correct badge count? It bothers me that the App Store says there are new updates, while there aren't.
iOS 6.1.3 / iPhone 4s
A: Thanks, bmike, for the theory. It allowed me to find at least one practical solution.
Go into the App Store. Select Purchased → All. Now carefully scroll down the list. You will find one or more apps with a status of Install instead of Open. Go ahead and install them. If you have not upgraded to iOS 7 you may get a message that says that the latest version requires iOS 7, but you may download the latest compatible version. Touch Download and it will install.
These are the updates appearing in the badge count.
A: I see that behavior for apps that require iOS 7. I'm still on iOS 6 and when going to Purchased -> All there is an Update button for apps that have an update available. When I tap the button the App Store suggests to install the last compatible version of the app.
A: This is a side effect of how iOS notifications work - or in this case, what happens when they don't work.
I see this sort of error on game center when the notification for a turn arrives well in advance of the actual game data.
It's kind of like when you check email and get a notification (and there you even get some data from the mail envelope - who sent it, date, subject), but the body of the email is still getting processed and send to your mailbox.
On the Mac app store side of things, I've seen this mismatch for hours and even in some cases days when the app gets hung up. The iOS app store is much more mature so I assume the server infrastructure is either coded more robustly or it has more resources and the delay between an update being signaled and actually available for your device to download is less.
As to how to fix it, you can't really send a reset to the app store app and need to wait it out.
A: Need to be a little patient. If you have different devices with different IOS like 6 and 7. AND SHARE THE ACCOUNT, the device on IOS 6 will keep updating the badge count for apps that it is trying to download that were purchased somewhere else or on another device. Go to the IOS 7 device first and do the Purchased - All thing like stated above. Then repeat on other IOS devices. This cleared the badge for me. I think its more of a communication thing in Notifications between the different IOS devices.....
A: *
*Open in iTunes on PC and download the latest version of the app that is causing the problem.
*On the iPhone, go to /var/mobile/aplications/"app name" and delete iTunesMetadata.plist
This bug happens because with the iOS 7 release there are different versions of apps for each OS (e.g. Evernote).
To find the app that is causing the problem, go on the App Store → Purchased and scroll down until you see the app that has Update near, but will not update because you have iOS 6 or lower.
A: No sync needed. You need to download the latest version of the app in the computer so it goes in the cloud and doesn't show as update when you access the App Store on the iPhone.
The other badge is from the app already installed on the phone. There is no way to remove that without deleting iTunesMetadata.plist (I think you can access the phone's root filesystem even without jailbreak using other applications on the computer).
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71f65d9d0888558ddba40dff1f1e364caba33942 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: European week numbers to iOS calendar? I have never really used the calendar in iOS and the below is the reason. I need week numbers for my work, studies, hobbies and almost everything -- that is why I am still using a paper calendar. If a boss gives me a new task, it can be just monday week 33 8PM something -- now I go to paper calendar without touching the phone.
Where you can see that adding week numbers preserves every day on the right. Also you need to click to day to see the week number which is outrageously slow.
If I want to have European week numbers, I need to subscribe to Week Number calendar outlined here and it ruins the availability dots in the calendar like the right. I am looking forward to see week numbers in the month view without preserving every day.
How can I get the European week numbers to iOS calendar without preserving every day and still being visible in the month view?
A: I use Week Calendar by UtiliTap instead of the built-in calendar - it's not a free app but it's not expensive and works really well.
| Q: European week numbers to iOS calendar? I have never really used the calendar in iOS and the below is the reason. I need week numbers for my work, studies, hobbies and almost everything -- that is why I am still using a paper calendar. If a boss gives me a new task, it can be just monday week 33 8PM something -- now I go to paper calendar without touching the phone.
Where you can see that adding week numbers preserves every day on the right. Also you need to click to day to see the week number which is outrageously slow.
If I want to have European week numbers, I need to subscribe to Week Number calendar outlined here and it ruins the availability dots in the calendar like the right. I am looking forward to see week numbers in the month view without preserving every day.
How can I get the European week numbers to iOS calendar without preserving every day and still being visible in the month view?
A: I use Week Calendar by UtiliTap instead of the built-in calendar - it's not a free app but it's not expensive and works really well.
A: Starting with iOS 8, there's now a built-in way to show week numbers in the calendar. Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars and scroll down to the Calendars section. Enable Week Numbers and they show up nicely in the built-in calendar app.
A: This is correct, in IOS 8.x you may switch on to display week numbers, but you cannot set the ISO (European) counting rule: the first week of the year is the first week, which contains Thursday, whereas US calendars have always 53 weeks, except if the week starts with Sunday. Therefore there may come to a difference of 1 week, which is the case for the year 2016
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8d078e47ce55753ca65686fd4fe6ac516072dee2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Encrypt data before sync to dropbox? If I have FileVault on, this will encrypt all my data on my HDD. so this said, will this send to dropbox the encrypted files or the original files?
A: No as Dropbox is running as one of your apps and so sees the unencrypted data.
What you can do is create an encrypted disk image in your dropbox area using Disk Utility (or TrueCrypt etc). Dropbox only sees the encrypted image but you have to mount the disk yourself.
there are other cloud services e.g. SpiderOak that say they store encrypted data and don't have the key to decrypt.
| Q: Encrypt data before sync to dropbox? If I have FileVault on, this will encrypt all my data on my HDD. so this said, will this send to dropbox the encrypted files or the original files?
A: No as Dropbox is running as one of your apps and so sees the unencrypted data.
What you can do is create an encrypted disk image in your dropbox area using Disk Utility (or TrueCrypt etc). Dropbox only sees the encrypted image but you have to mount the disk yourself.
there are other cloud services e.g. SpiderOak that say they store encrypted data and don't have the key to decrypt.
A: There is BoxCryptor which acts as an encryption layer atop Dropbox and has clients for OS X, Windows, iOS and Android.
Boxcryptor is the right solution for all private and business needs. Once you have installed Boxcryptor, you can easily encrypt files in your Boxcryptor Drive and store them in your cloud provider’s folder (e.g. your Dropbox folder). You will keep control of your data and enjoy 24/7 peace of mind knowing that your data is securely stored in the cloud.
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0b7fc255802188671922b21276fe404c6110041c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to upgrade Individual Developer Account to a Company Account? I have an Individual Developer Account of $99 and now I want upgrade my account to a Company Account. What is the process of upgrading?
I have some running apps on the App Store with my individual account, which are showing my name under the app name.
I want it to show my company name under my app name. Is this possible after the upgrade? Can it show my company name everywhere, i.e. in iTunes Connect, Member Center etc.?
A: The best manner to accomplish this is to contact Apple Developer Program Support directly.
You can find their phone number and initiate a support ticket from this web page:
*
*https://developer.apple.com/contact/
I have found them to be expert at getting you the information you need to effect a smooth and orderly transition and help you from registering incorrectly or having any assets trapped in limbo if you make the transition incorrectly.
| Q: How to upgrade Individual Developer Account to a Company Account? I have an Individual Developer Account of $99 and now I want upgrade my account to a Company Account. What is the process of upgrading?
I have some running apps on the App Store with my individual account, which are showing my name under the app name.
I want it to show my company name under my app name. Is this possible after the upgrade? Can it show my company name everywhere, i.e. in iTunes Connect, Member Center etc.?
A: The best manner to accomplish this is to contact Apple Developer Program Support directly.
You can find their phone number and initiate a support ticket from this web page:
*
*https://developer.apple.com/contact/
I have found them to be expert at getting you the information you need to effect a smooth and orderly transition and help you from registering incorrectly or having any assets trapped in limbo if you make the transition incorrectly.
A: Apple now provides an "Individual to Organization Membership Update" form to convert a personal account to a business account.
A: First and foremost, you must have a D-U-N-S number from D&B Inc. This is a number unique to your business entity that serves as a way for Apple (and other organizations) to identify your business.
Getting a new D-U-N-S number can take 30-45 days for normal registration via D&B's site but you can speed up this process for an extra fee if you register via this link, it only takes 5-7 business days.
However, if you already have a legal entity for your business, you may already have this number and not know it. This may not work for brand-new legal entities, but you can search the D&B Business Directory for your entities legal name and request to receive an email with your DUNS number for free. You can also search your company/organization name via Apple D-U-N-S Number Lookup site and (if needed) request a D-U-N-S number for it.
Once you get the D-U-N-S number, you can use it to fill out Apple's Individual to Organization Membership Update form to request that your individual account be changed to a company/organization account. This is different from the "Enterprise" tier, which costs more money and is intended for businesses that need to privately distribute apps outside of the App Store.
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4a998fd3cdea48707ccc0891e9732307856aff40 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automator: Correct syntax for calling an AppleScript file I'm attempting to write an Automator application that will mount an external disk. I have an AppleScript that does the job and I'm attempting to insert it into an Automator application. However, rather than paste in the script I want to call the file, I have the following in Automator:
on run {input, parameters}
run script file "Macintosh HD:Users/username/Documents/Scripts and Automator/mountdrive.scpt"
end run
However, this produces a syntax error:
Can’t make some data into the expected type.
Any suggestions as to the source of the problem?
A: run script also accepts a "POSIX path", you don't need the explicit run handler:
run script "/Users/username/Scripts and Automator/mountdrive.scpt"
You could also add a Run Shell Script action where the content is osascript ~/Documents/Scripts\ and\ Automator/mountdrive.scpt.
| Q: Automator: Correct syntax for calling an AppleScript file I'm attempting to write an Automator application that will mount an external disk. I have an AppleScript that does the job and I'm attempting to insert it into an Automator application. However, rather than paste in the script I want to call the file, I have the following in Automator:
on run {input, parameters}
run script file "Macintosh HD:Users/username/Documents/Scripts and Automator/mountdrive.scpt"
end run
However, this produces a syntax error:
Can’t make some data into the expected type.
Any suggestions as to the source of the problem?
A: run script also accepts a "POSIX path", you don't need the explicit run handler:
run script "/Users/username/Scripts and Automator/mountdrive.scpt"
You could also add a Run Shell Script action where the content is osascript ~/Documents/Scripts\ and\ Automator/mountdrive.scpt.
A: Try:
on run {input, parameters}
set myScriptPath to (path to documents folder as text) & "Scripts and Automator:mountdrive.scpt"
run script alias myScriptPath
end run
A: Apparently the problem with the syntax is that the path needs to be separated by ':' as opposed to '/'.
Posix uses '/'
and
Apple uses ':'
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45acf119be867ef8e24646b4245c3e5ad2061c88 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to use iPhone's hardware vibrate button to toggle "silent" / "vibrate only" instead? I don't like having my phone ring. I just use two modes: vibrate only (when it's in my pocket) and no vibrate and no ring (when it's on a table/dock in front of me, and I'll see if something happens just by seeing the screen turn on).
Is there a way to use iPhone's hardware vibrate button to accomplish toggling between these two modes? Right now it is not useful to me.
I tried turning the volume to the minimum and treating the ring mode as the silent mode, but the volume doesn't really go all the way down to zero, and it affects the alarms.
What can I do?
A: You could set your phone up to vibrate on silent and then configure your sounds to be short silent ringtones. Then when your phone is in "normal" mode it will play the silent alerts (The Sounds of silence... Yeah shouldn't try singing) instead of ringing.
Unfortunately you'd have to set multiple alert sounds (SMS/iMessage, Ringer, etc.) but here's a link to a step by step plus sample ringtones: http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/971156
| Q: Is it possible to use iPhone's hardware vibrate button to toggle "silent" / "vibrate only" instead? I don't like having my phone ring. I just use two modes: vibrate only (when it's in my pocket) and no vibrate and no ring (when it's on a table/dock in front of me, and I'll see if something happens just by seeing the screen turn on).
Is there a way to use iPhone's hardware vibrate button to accomplish toggling between these two modes? Right now it is not useful to me.
I tried turning the volume to the minimum and treating the ring mode as the silent mode, but the volume doesn't really go all the way down to zero, and it affects the alarms.
What can I do?
A: You could set your phone up to vibrate on silent and then configure your sounds to be short silent ringtones. Then when your phone is in "normal" mode it will play the silent alerts (The Sounds of silence... Yeah shouldn't try singing) instead of ringing.
Unfortunately you'd have to set multiple alert sounds (SMS/iMessage, Ringer, etc.) but here's a link to a step by step plus sample ringtones: http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/971156
A: Without jailbreaking the device and using a third-party tweak (that may not even exist, although it can be done since jailbreaking allows to control every aspect of the device), no.
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a8161017c83719c253242467c95b91752aad2b45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make NFS automounted volumes visible in Finder? How do I make NFS automounted volumes visible in Finder or, in other words, have opposite effect to default option nobrowse?
From mount manpage
nobrowse
This option indicates that the mount point should not be visible via the GUI
(i.e., appear on the Desktop as a separate volume).
This is edited mount command output from Mac Pro
mac-pro:~ shpokas$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
map autofs_nfs on /Volumes/nfs (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/VFS HDD 0122 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners)
varaklani:/faili on /Volumes/nfs/faili (nfs, nodev, nosuid, automounted, **nobrowse**)
A: Have you tried Finder:Preferences:General:Show these items on the desktop and check Connected servers?
That normally works for me.
| Q: How do I make NFS automounted volumes visible in Finder? How do I make NFS automounted volumes visible in Finder or, in other words, have opposite effect to default option nobrowse?
From mount manpage
nobrowse
This option indicates that the mount point should not be visible via the GUI
(i.e., appear on the Desktop as a separate volume).
This is edited mount command output from Mac Pro
mac-pro:~ shpokas$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
map autofs_nfs on /Volumes/nfs (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/VFS HDD 0122 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners)
varaklani:/faili on /Volumes/nfs/faili (nfs, nodev, nosuid, automounted, **nobrowse**)
A: Have you tried Finder:Preferences:General:Show these items on the desktop and check Connected servers?
That normally works for me.
A: If you edit /etc/autofs.conf and uncomment / add the line / set to FALSE
AUTOMOUNTD_NOBROWSE=FALSE
Then theoretically automount should mount the volume and set it to be visible in Finder... however I believe there is a bug in macOS which currently means this file is not read / the setting is ignored :(
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cc5b6f752794927edac856a09507a741ca7aca27 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable automatic switch to Bluetooth carkit on iPhone Whenever my iPhone connects with the Bluetooth carkit that is integrated in my car audio system, the iPhone switches AirPlay to the carkit and thus sends all audio to the carkit instead of the iPhone speaker. However, when I'm listening to the radio, those sounds are essentially lost.
So, whenever I start the car, I have to manually switch AirPlay back from the carkit to the iPhone, to make sure I will hear text messages coming in, for example. That has become a lot easier with the advent of the Control Center in iOS 7, but I would like to disable the automatic AirPlay switch to the carkit. How do I do that on my non-jailbroken iPhone 4S running iOS 7?
A: To remove a paired device (your car BT) from Bluetooth on iOS:
*
*Touch Settings
*Touch Bluetooth
*Ensure Bluetooth is turned on and touch the Arrow next to the required Bluetooth device
*Touch Forget this Device
*Touch Forget Device
*The pairing has been removed
A personal Note: Please do not text while driving!
| Q: Disable automatic switch to Bluetooth carkit on iPhone Whenever my iPhone connects with the Bluetooth carkit that is integrated in my car audio system, the iPhone switches AirPlay to the carkit and thus sends all audio to the carkit instead of the iPhone speaker. However, when I'm listening to the radio, those sounds are essentially lost.
So, whenever I start the car, I have to manually switch AirPlay back from the carkit to the iPhone, to make sure I will hear text messages coming in, for example. That has become a lot easier with the advent of the Control Center in iOS 7, but I would like to disable the automatic AirPlay switch to the carkit. How do I do that on my non-jailbroken iPhone 4S running iOS 7?
A: To remove a paired device (your car BT) from Bluetooth on iOS:
*
*Touch Settings
*Touch Bluetooth
*Ensure Bluetooth is turned on and touch the Arrow next to the required Bluetooth device
*Touch Forget this Device
*Touch Forget Device
*The pairing has been removed
A personal Note: Please do not text while driving!
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a9f62ba587ba96ca77db411a95572d900584f7ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to print to an old Diablo-command-set parallel printer from a modern Mac? This question is mostly about software. There exist many hardware adapters that allow one to connect a parallel printer to the USB port on a Mac, but I can't find any way to stream text to the adapter such that it actually prints. Has anybody been able to do this?
A: I figured out how to make it work from the terminal using a standard USB/parallel adapter. Instructions here: http://www.wheels.org/monkeywrench/?p=909
| Q: Is there any way to print to an old Diablo-command-set parallel printer from a modern Mac? This question is mostly about software. There exist many hardware adapters that allow one to connect a parallel printer to the USB port on a Mac, but I can't find any way to stream text to the adapter such that it actually prints. Has anybody been able to do this?
A: I figured out how to make it work from the terminal using a standard USB/parallel adapter. Instructions here: http://www.wheels.org/monkeywrench/?p=909
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92b835cb0b1494059e70cb184241324e88764d9c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Clicking on a link within Safari without opening it In a CMS, the right frame shows the page to be changed, and the left frame the editing page. I can double-click on a text-block in the right frame to open it in an editing area in the left frame. However, if I hit accidentally a link string, this opens the linked page (twice) additionally to copying the text into the edit area. I can prevent this behaviour in Firefox by keeping the alt key pressed while clicking on the link (in Linux and Windows).
What can I do in Safari/Mac to prevent opening links when clicking on them?
| Q: Clicking on a link within Safari without opening it In a CMS, the right frame shows the page to be changed, and the left frame the editing page. I can double-click on a text-block in the right frame to open it in an editing area in the left frame. However, if I hit accidentally a link string, this opens the linked page (twice) additionally to copying the text into the edit area. I can prevent this behaviour in Firefox by keeping the alt key pressed while clicking on the link (in Linux and Windows).
What can I do in Safari/Mac to prevent opening links when clicking on them?
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9b2c2fe7ba12d1a250111dd6c107652b329ebb30 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Battery Usage/Percentage need to be calibrated again? I recently installed iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. Does the Battery Usage/Percentage (as shown in the top-right corner of the screen of the phone) need to be calibrated again (by letting the battery fully discharge once, possibly to be followed by a full charge and a hard reboot)? Or is this nonsensical advice?
A: Discharging the battery once in a while (every few Months) is not a must but does help calibrating, for the system to be more accurate waring you on low levels.
Over time charging and discharging creates a more inaccuracy of the actual level. For example if you plug in at 40%, unplug at 80% and so on.
The reason is that the system uses the last known battery charge to produce the %, thus assumes the battery charge level.
However if the battery was not discharged for long time, the remaining charge could be wrong (due to batter aging).
Discharging to not less than 20% once in a while helps the accuracy.
Since there is a opposite effect (to frequent full discharge) will shorten the battery life, you should only do this every few months.
| Q: Does Battery Usage/Percentage need to be calibrated again? I recently installed iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. Does the Battery Usage/Percentage (as shown in the top-right corner of the screen of the phone) need to be calibrated again (by letting the battery fully discharge once, possibly to be followed by a full charge and a hard reboot)? Or is this nonsensical advice?
A: Discharging the battery once in a while (every few Months) is not a must but does help calibrating, for the system to be more accurate waring you on low levels.
Over time charging and discharging creates a more inaccuracy of the actual level. For example if you plug in at 40%, unplug at 80% and so on.
The reason is that the system uses the last known battery charge to produce the %, thus assumes the battery charge level.
However if the battery was not discharged for long time, the remaining charge could be wrong (due to batter aging).
Discharging to not less than 20% once in a while helps the accuracy.
Since there is a opposite effect (to frequent full discharge) will shorten the battery life, you should only do this every few months.
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8b2d58e0f6893e097ff9825de1c983620e2b0ea1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I resurrect a Thunderbolt display? So I have a 27" Thunderbolt in my office that somebody else used to use. Now it is considered "broken", but I think it can be made to work. Here's a rundown of its current state:
I can connect it to my MacBook Pro, and the computer recognizes the display. It shows up on the "Arrangement" tab. It has working USB ports when I connect its USB cable. Even its speakers work. But the display is completely black, doesn't even turn on or flash.
What do you think can be done to fix it?
Thank you.
A: I have had a similar issue a few weeks ago. In my case the screen was not "completely" black, but it was close. Going to the "Display" tab in the settings app and turning up the brightness did the trick.
However, it may also be an actual hardware failure if there is nothing at all visible on the screen. In that case you should take the display to an Authorized Apple Service center.
In the pulldown, select Mac repair since these require the same training, tools and skill to repair as an iMac does.
| Q: How do I resurrect a Thunderbolt display? So I have a 27" Thunderbolt in my office that somebody else used to use. Now it is considered "broken", but I think it can be made to work. Here's a rundown of its current state:
I can connect it to my MacBook Pro, and the computer recognizes the display. It shows up on the "Arrangement" tab. It has working USB ports when I connect its USB cable. Even its speakers work. But the display is completely black, doesn't even turn on or flash.
What do you think can be done to fix it?
Thank you.
A: I have had a similar issue a few weeks ago. In my case the screen was not "completely" black, but it was close. Going to the "Display" tab in the settings app and turning up the brightness did the trick.
However, it may also be an actual hardware failure if there is nothing at all visible on the screen. In that case you should take the display to an Authorized Apple Service center.
In the pulldown, select Mac repair since these require the same training, tools and skill to repair as an iMac does.
A: My Thunderbolt cable was recently diagnosed as the cause of a 'dark' display. Like you, I have basic secondary features -- such as the Thunderbolt display bridging my MacBook pro over to the LAN. So consider a) getting a new cable; b) wiping any dirt accumulation in the cable or interface.
A: I had this issue. For me the fix was to leave the display unplugged from the power for a few minutes. It came back to life after that. I did also blow into the cable in case there was dust inside. The PRAM reset had no effect
A: In case somebody is here with the same issue I had...
I had a brand new 27" Thunderbolt display, it replaced my previous one. Came out of box DOA. No power, no show in "display" settings. Tried on Mac Mini, and MacPro (late 2013). Tried the Command+Option+P+R key combo and did the reset there, but it did not work. Tried unpower for 30 minutes, many many attempts....
Just about to give up and rebox for another trip to a service center. Then I found a list of startup shortcut keys. One of the ones on the list was just pressing the "D" key during boot up. I did a shutdown, put back on the Thunderbolt display (was using an old HDMI screen to run the mac temporily) booted MacPro once the 'start up ding happened' I hit the D key and held it. Seconds later 'BAM!' I got the screen showing me a shutdown/restart and a login screen (slightly different from normal, but similar to login), after reboot its back up and going again. Hope this stays that way.
Hopefully someone who has a similar issue can get going this way too.
A: Black screen issue resolved... I purchased a fully working and tested used Thunderbolt monitor yesterday. Everything worked fine at the store when tested on a MBP that is identical to my own.
At home, the screen would not come to life and remained black even though it was available in System Preferences. I could also mouse over to the black screen. So clearly it was recognized, just no display.
After trying a new Thunderbolt cable, resetting PRAM, restarting my MBP multiple times and unplugging and plugging in the Tbolt cable (original and the new one) with no luck, I plugged the power directly into the wall. The screen flickered a bit so I knew I was onto something. A few more times switching between wall power and surge protector and the display finally came to life. I have the Thunderbolt plugged directly into the wall now which is not ideal, but hey - at least it works.
So, not exactly steps you can follow directly, but it does prove that these monitors are glitchy but can be resurrected. Frustrating! At least I'm in business now and I hope you're as lucky.
A: You could use a Thunderbolt cable to connect to the display Thunderbolt port. That should let you know if it's a cable issue or a display issue.
A: I had this issue and tried all of the suggestions here, and on many other threads. Reset SMC, PRAM, tried different computer, cable, brightness settings, etc. I also tried unplugging it and leaving it for a few minutes. Nothing I did would wake the display up. The display was detected: I could hear music through the speakers; I could see the preferences and adjust them; the only issue was that it was not showing the video signal. Last night I had given up and started looking for a new display, a Dell or something. So I unplugged my Thunderbolt display and went to bed.
This morning, I plugged it back in and tried again - it came to life immediately! Inexplicably.
So, I have arrived at the conclusion that the inherent problem with these displays is related to temperature. It's hot here at the moment, and my office is not air conditioned. The back of the display is also pointing out of the window at the morning sun. These displays have fans inside, so need to be running as cool as possible; I think they need to be turned off completely now and again, and cooled down sufficiently.
Hope this helps someone. Please comment if this also fixed your 'dark screen' problem.
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6f85f08e94f59ee748770327d0a9c2f5d2381ba1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Certificate error when using Chrome for iOS with company CA I am using an iPad with Google Chrome installed to access the internet. I have downloaded and installed the Netbox Blue certificate authority from their website. I can currently access https:// websites using Safari however I cannot access these sites using the Chrome app. I am not getting any certificate errors while using Safari.
Is there a particular way you need to add certificate authorities to the Chrome app, or is this an issue with my connection?
A: There is no way to add Certificate Authorities to Chrome.app on iOS. The only way to manage them is in Settings > General > Profiles.
It seems like this is an issue with Chrome.app that's not resolved yet. See Chrome for iOS ignores trusted root CA certificate. You may get additional help by posting to the Google Chrome Forum (linked before).
| Q: Certificate error when using Chrome for iOS with company CA I am using an iPad with Google Chrome installed to access the internet. I have downloaded and installed the Netbox Blue certificate authority from their website. I can currently access https:// websites using Safari however I cannot access these sites using the Chrome app. I am not getting any certificate errors while using Safari.
Is there a particular way you need to add certificate authorities to the Chrome app, or is this an issue with my connection?
A: There is no way to add Certificate Authorities to Chrome.app on iOS. The only way to manage them is in Settings > General > Profiles.
It seems like this is an issue with Chrome.app that's not resolved yet. See Chrome for iOS ignores trusted root CA certificate. You may get additional help by posting to the Google Chrome Forum (linked before).
A: Sorry for the late reply, but the easiest way to get this fixed that I have found is to remove all profiles by going into Settings > General > Profiles and removing all of the profiles that you don't know...
Hopefully it helps! :)
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e77e6c90642740bde8f3ed66018ba267aef35751 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can the 3rd party apps be mirrored on Apple Tv? Can Apple TV mirroring be used with all the apps on iOS device? If mirroring is turned on,
Can all the apps, including 3rd party apps be projected on the TV screen ?
A: Yes... Works with my Iphone 4s and latest Apple TV
| Q: Can the 3rd party apps be mirrored on Apple Tv? Can Apple TV mirroring be used with all the apps on iOS device? If mirroring is turned on,
Can all the apps, including 3rd party apps be projected on the TV screen ?
A: Yes... Works with my Iphone 4s and latest Apple TV
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d35ae3dd7910665ab29347aedc69f14982f2e5ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problems with the key combination "$~1" in my DefaultKeyBinding.dict I have the next DefaultKeyBinding.dict in ~/Library/KeyBindings:
/*
Key Modifiers
^ : Ctrl
$ : Shift
~ : Option (Alt)
@ : Command (Apple)
# : Numeric Keypad
*/
{
"$~1" = ("insertText:", "‖");
}
But when I press the key combination "$~1" (shift+alt+1) I get a little one "ı" and not a double bar "‖". Any solution?
A: It seems as you are using 'SHIFT' the one is changed to "!"
try
/*
Key Modifiers
^ : Ctrl
$ : Shift
~ : Option (Alt)
@ : Command (Apple)
# : Numeric Keypad
*/
{
"$~!" = ("insertText:", "||");
}
| Q: Problems with the key combination "$~1" in my DefaultKeyBinding.dict I have the next DefaultKeyBinding.dict in ~/Library/KeyBindings:
/*
Key Modifiers
^ : Ctrl
$ : Shift
~ : Option (Alt)
@ : Command (Apple)
# : Numeric Keypad
*/
{
"$~1" = ("insertText:", "‖");
}
But when I press the key combination "$~1" (shift+alt+1) I get a little one "ı" and not a double bar "‖". Any solution?
A: It seems as you are using 'SHIFT' the one is changed to "!"
try
/*
Key Modifiers
^ : Ctrl
$ : Shift
~ : Option (Alt)
@ : Command (Apple)
# : Numeric Keypad
*/
{
"$~!" = ("insertText:", "||");
}
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/103201"
} |
293fbfe35f84cc4b14c7828ce848237213d9b0d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is "Add to Wishlist" option not visible in iOS 7 App Store? I've found several apps that I'd like to add to my wishlist to download later, but the option isn't visible in the menu. I thought "Add to Wishlist" was a new feature in iOS 7 for the App Store. But the only options I see are Airdrop, Message, Mail, Twitter, Facebook, and Copy Link. Is anyone else having this issue?
A: I do believe that you are attempting to add Free apps to your wishlist. When you try this you do not get the open to add to your wishlist, just as you never could gift a free app. Try again on a paid app and you should see the options Add to Wish List and Gift appear before Copy Link.
| Q: Why is "Add to Wishlist" option not visible in iOS 7 App Store? I've found several apps that I'd like to add to my wishlist to download later, but the option isn't visible in the menu. I thought "Add to Wishlist" was a new feature in iOS 7 for the App Store. But the only options I see are Airdrop, Message, Mail, Twitter, Facebook, and Copy Link. Is anyone else having this issue?
A: I do believe that you are attempting to add Free apps to your wishlist. When you try this you do not get the open to add to your wishlist, just as you never could gift a free app. Try again on a paid app and you should see the options Add to Wish List and Gift appear before Copy Link.
A: I believe it will wait for a wifi connection if the download is over 100mb.
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1868149b12ee1f59f14c44791038d07684d68a45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the autoexpect command line tool on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5) On a fresh OS X 10.8.5 install, I was surprised to find no autoexpect tool. Where'd it go?
A: To install autoexpect you can install the homebrew version of expect:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install expect
| Q: Where is the autoexpect command line tool on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5) On a fresh OS X 10.8.5 install, I was surprised to find no autoexpect tool. Where'd it go?
A: To install autoexpect you can install the homebrew version of expect:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install expect
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20976d8546ef96580538cd5b325f77f94b7a1d3d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to monitor CPU core usage? I have a Macbook Pro 15" with the quad core i7. I am looking to see what if any performance decrease I could expect moving to a 13" Macbook Pro with a dual core i7. To that end I thought Activity Monitor might be able to show how many cores are being utilized while I run through various tasks (VMWare, Photoshop, etc ..).
Does anyone know how to display core usage via Activity Monitor?
A: There are few ways to view the CPU usage in Activity monitor.
This one is the Dock
Those are in the Activity Monitor
You can also set it up as Floating window so it will be on top so you can see real time what is happening.
| Q: How to monitor CPU core usage? I have a Macbook Pro 15" with the quad core i7. I am looking to see what if any performance decrease I could expect moving to a 13" Macbook Pro with a dual core i7. To that end I thought Activity Monitor might be able to show how many cores are being utilized while I run through various tasks (VMWare, Photoshop, etc ..).
Does anyone know how to display core usage via Activity Monitor?
A: There are few ways to view the CPU usage in Activity monitor.
This one is the Dock
Those are in the Activity Monitor
You can also set it up as Floating window so it will be on top so you can see real time what is happening.
A: You can get a graph per core to show by going to Window on the menu bar and selecting Cpu Usage or Cpu History. There is also an option under the View menu to place a similar graph in Activity Monitor's dock icon.
If you're using a reasonably new Mac, Hyper Threading is enabled, so you'll see twice as many graphs as you have physical cores.
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7868c3469adbb5feacb6472a37990fc7e227a6b7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: No GDB in the new Command Line Tools (OS X Mountain Lion) for Xcode - September 2013? I've recently formatted my Mac and when I reinstalled the command line tools, I installed the new Command Line Tools (OS X Mountain Lion) for Xcode - September 2013. I've just typed gdb in my terminal to debug one of my programs and it told me -bash: gdb: command not found. There is no gdb in these new command line tools, is there?
If it doesn't, where can I get it? How can I install it?
Is brew install gdb one choice?
A: Apple switched to clang/lldb some times ago.
You can still install gdb from brew with brew install gdb as suggested. You'll probably want to install gcc with it (you'll have to specify the exact version of gcc you want, eg. brew install gcc47).
Some privileges are needed for gdb to work and you'll need to code sign the binary. See instructions given by brew.
| Q: No GDB in the new Command Line Tools (OS X Mountain Lion) for Xcode - September 2013? I've recently formatted my Mac and when I reinstalled the command line tools, I installed the new Command Line Tools (OS X Mountain Lion) for Xcode - September 2013. I've just typed gdb in my terminal to debug one of my programs and it told me -bash: gdb: command not found. There is no gdb in these new command line tools, is there?
If it doesn't, where can I get it? How can I install it?
Is brew install gdb one choice?
A: Apple switched to clang/lldb some times ago.
You can still install gdb from brew with brew install gdb as suggested. You'll probably want to install gcc with it (you'll have to specify the exact version of gcc you want, eg. brew install gcc47).
Some privileges are needed for gdb to work and you'll need to code sign the binary. See instructions given by brew.
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81a08a65716661f81bdb84c606b58d8ab1cc112f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Turn off buzz when plugging in iPhone I keep my iPhone on silent pretty much all the time. When I plug it in to a charger, it goes "buzz-buzz". My iPad doesn't do this. Both behaviors are the same with iOS 6 and 7.
How do I make my phone not do that?
I have checked the activity-specific sound settings (like Lock Sounds [off], etc). The main suspicious ones are Vibrate on ring and vibrate on silent. I would still like to have it buzz (vibrate) upon receiving texts, calls, and calendar alerts.
A: There is no way to natively disable this other than turning off vibrations completely. Only your iPhone does this because the iPad (and the iPod touch) don't have vibrate motors.
If you jailbreak, there is a tweak called PowerSoundDisabler. It's a simple tweak to disable sound and vibration when respringing or plugging in via USB.
| Q: Turn off buzz when plugging in iPhone I keep my iPhone on silent pretty much all the time. When I plug it in to a charger, it goes "buzz-buzz". My iPad doesn't do this. Both behaviors are the same with iOS 6 and 7.
How do I make my phone not do that?
I have checked the activity-specific sound settings (like Lock Sounds [off], etc). The main suspicious ones are Vibrate on ring and vibrate on silent. I would still like to have it buzz (vibrate) upon receiving texts, calls, and calendar alerts.
A: There is no way to natively disable this other than turning off vibrations completely. Only your iPhone does this because the iPad (and the iPod touch) don't have vibrate motors.
If you jailbreak, there is a tweak called PowerSoundDisabler. It's a simple tweak to disable sound and vibration when respringing or plugging in via USB.
A: Plug in your head phones into the phone, turn off silent mode and turn your headphones volume down.
You may also want to turn off vibrations in sounds then charge your phone! It will make no vibrations and if you put it back on mute, your phone won't vibrate as well :)
A: *
*Update to iOS 9.
*Go to Settings, Sounds, Vibrate on Silent and deactivate it.
A: To do this you will have to Jailbreak your phone.
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6ae95ec860d8b4812459e0cc4f6ab30fcde543d6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Show package contents from command line When working at the terminal, I often use the open . command to open a finder window showing the current working directory. But if the current directory is actually a package, like a .app application or a .vmwarevm virtual machine, open . launches the application or the virtual machine instead.
How can I open a finder window showing the contents of a specified package?
I’ve tried open -A /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app ., but that didn’t work.
A: Using open -R for the first file in the bundle would work even if the bundle doesn't have a Contents directory:
reveal() (
shopt -s nullglob
for f; do
a=("$f"/*)
[[ -d $f && ${#a} != 0 ]] && open -R -- "${a[0]}" || open -R -- "$f"
done
)
It might be easier to just type open -R and the path of some file inside the bundle though. You can bind menu-complete in .inputrc to make it easier to insert the path of the first file.
| Q: Show package contents from command line When working at the terminal, I often use the open . command to open a finder window showing the current working directory. But if the current directory is actually a package, like a .app application or a .vmwarevm virtual machine, open . launches the application or the virtual machine instead.
How can I open a finder window showing the contents of a specified package?
I’ve tried open -A /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app ., but that didn’t work.
A: Using open -R for the first file in the bundle would work even if the bundle doesn't have a Contents directory:
reveal() (
shopt -s nullglob
for f; do
a=("$f"/*)
[[ -d $f && ${#a} != 0 ]] && open -R -- "${a[0]}" || open -R -- "$f"
done
)
It might be easier to just type open -R and the path of some file inside the bundle though. You can bind menu-complete in .inputrc to make it easier to insert the path of the first file.
A: You can simply cd into the package to open it in Terminal, then open Contents to open the contents in Finder.
For example, to open the contents of Safari.app in Finder, you can run the following:
cd /Applications/Safari.app
open Contents
A: open -R *
opens the package in Finder. But beware: it also selects every contained file and folder. In general this might be OK for you as most of the times it's just Contents.
Looks like this:
A: open -R .
From
man open
-R, --reveal Selects in the Finder instead of opening.
A: From the finder, right click on the application and choose 'Show Contents". The opens the app and you can then navigate thru the enclosed folders.
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6eb3616884d3d6de1031ea4d06dd38d70e7c1260 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I put the Dashboard icon on my dock in Mountain Lion? I have no Dashboard icon in my Dock.
How can I put it on my Dock as there is no option to 'Keep in Dock' that I can find?
A: Any app that is currently running can be pinned to the dock by right clicking it, and choosing keep in dock, but occasionally you find a program like Dashboard or Mission Control or Launchpad etc that overlays the dock area when running thus not letting you add it. The simplest solution is to find the application within your /applications folder, and simply drag it to the dock, where it should add a suitable shortcut that stays put.
However, I would generally advise for these sort of program that remembering the keyboard shortcut or trackpad gesture is often much faster and results in a less cluttered dock.
| Q: How can I put the Dashboard icon on my dock in Mountain Lion? I have no Dashboard icon in my Dock.
How can I put it on my Dock as there is no option to 'Keep in Dock' that I can find?
A: Any app that is currently running can be pinned to the dock by right clicking it, and choosing keep in dock, but occasionally you find a program like Dashboard or Mission Control or Launchpad etc that overlays the dock area when running thus not letting you add it. The simplest solution is to find the application within your /applications folder, and simply drag it to the dock, where it should add a suitable shortcut that stays put.
However, I would generally advise for these sort of program that remembering the keyboard shortcut or trackpad gesture is often much faster and results in a less cluttered dock.
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1075e6ca3a037b17c201c0d4bceb88eca89a8229 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Avoid data plan being added onto AT&T iPhone 3GS I gave my jailbroken iPhone to my parents to use. They don't need the data plan however AT&T keeps adding on the data plan since they detect it being a smartphone. Is there any way to avoid the plan, with this being a jailbroken iPhone?
A: You'll have to change the IMEI to avoid the charge. There is simply no other way. As soon a phone connects to a network, the IMEI is registered and that's what carriers like AT&T use to determine if your device is a smartphone.
You can use ziphone to change the number but there's a lot of hurdles and provisos. As far as I know, that's the only JB program capable of doing it. Instructions are outline here: http://m.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=657
The Motorolla RAZR's IMEI: 358472042445412
Another alternative is to go to T-Mobile which don't have the Draconian charge.
| Q: Avoid data plan being added onto AT&T iPhone 3GS I gave my jailbroken iPhone to my parents to use. They don't need the data plan however AT&T keeps adding on the data plan since they detect it being a smartphone. Is there any way to avoid the plan, with this being a jailbroken iPhone?
A: You'll have to change the IMEI to avoid the charge. There is simply no other way. As soon a phone connects to a network, the IMEI is registered and that's what carriers like AT&T use to determine if your device is a smartphone.
You can use ziphone to change the number but there's a lot of hurdles and provisos. As far as I know, that's the only JB program capable of doing it. Instructions are outline here: http://m.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=657
The Motorolla RAZR's IMEI: 358472042445412
Another alternative is to go to T-Mobile which don't have the Draconian charge.
A: Unfortunately you are not the only victim.
AT&T has a TOC that says if you use a smart phone on they network you will have to have a data plan. You do not have a choice here.
Now, you can run but not hide, be aware that some other network providers do the same.
Do not waist your time with Blocking it, or Removing it, or Killing it, or hiding you phone in a cave.
The will eventually charge you for a data plan if you use it or not, if you want it or not. It is a part of they cellular contract.
Sorry for the bad news :(
Sources:
http://forums.att.com/t5/Data-Messaging-Features-Internet/Smart-Phone-without-data-plan-Possible/td-p/3522573
http://www.att.com/shop/en/legalterms.html?toskey=wirelessCustomerAgreement#whatAreTheGenTermsApplyDataMsgPlans
The small print:
6.3 What Are The Voice And Data Plan Requirements?
A voice plan is required on all voice-capable Devices, unless specifically noted otherwise in the terms governing your plan.
An eligible tiered pricing data plan is required for certain Devices, including iPhones and other designated Smartphones. Eligible voice and tiered pricing data plans cover voice and data usage in the U.S. and do not cover International voice and data usage and charges. If it is determined that you are using a voice-capable Device without a voice plan, or that you are using an iPhone or designated Smartphone without an eligible voice and tiered data plan, AT&T reserves the right to switch you to the required plan or plans and bill you the appropriate monthly fees. In the case of the tiered data plan, you will be placed on the data plan which provides you with the greatest monthly data usage allowance. If you determine that you do not require that much data usage in a month, you may request a lower data tier at a lower monthly recurring fee.
In English, if you do not get the data plan your self (a cheep one) they will slap you with the most expensive data plan.
Jailbroken phone or not, there is no way around it as long you use the ATT network. Every call and text will broadcast the IMEI number.
If not already in they database, AT&T would only need to do a manual check on it.
UPDATE as of March 8, 2014
AT&T says it is cutting wireless data charges for individual customers who have no annual service contract - @Reuters
A: I have no idea if that might work or not, being in Europe, but here's my suggestion.
Supposing the data plan is activated as soon as a data connection is initiated, it might be enough to disable data connections from the iPhone's preferences.
But, and it is a big but, cell phone providers can identify your terminal even though its data connection is off (usually for innocent reasons like checking your phone is correctly configured). Since the contract plainly states that using an iPhone, or another smartphone (without mentioning the fact that said smartphone's data communication might be switched off) entitles AT&T to charge for data, my suggested solution might not work at all.
But it might be worth a try...
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f049390d703727a27979f58dbffd1399977a5735 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to play YouTube videos in the background? I remember that once upon a time I was able to start a song on the YouTube app (or Jasmine), then go and do other things on the phone.
That doesn't seem possible anymore with iOS 10. Am I missing something simple?
A: Yes! You only need to enter from safari and not from the app. You choose the song you want to listen to, press the home button, swipe up to multitask and press play!
| Q: Is there a way to play YouTube videos in the background? I remember that once upon a time I was able to start a song on the YouTube app (or Jasmine), then go and do other things on the phone.
That doesn't seem possible anymore with iOS 10. Am I missing something simple?
A: Yes! You only need to enter from safari and not from the app. You choose the song you want to listen to, press the home button, swipe up to multitask and press play!
A: At the moment I don't think we can its because YouTube isn't a pre-installed app like it used to be, however there may be a app that can allow you to but I doubt it. Sorry
A: Yeah you can all you've to do is play the youtube video in Safari and >> hit home button >> double tap the home button >> and from the fast access/ quick launch you can press the play button...
for more further details i've found this link you can check here though happy youtubing !!!
Details on how to play youtube videos in background on iOS Apple iDevices
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57b83f007f1939828c107683ba5159e957a4c606 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many amps should an iPhone 5s car charger output? When looking on Amazon for a car charger I noticed that different items have different amp values, 2.1 and 3.1 being the most frequent. What is the recommended value?
Does it even matter? Is there more to it than the fact that more amps mean faster charging?
A: I disagree with parts of Nathaniel's answer. The normal iphone charger is 5W and just over an amp. Using an iPad charger, either the 10W or newer 12W will absolutely charge your iphone faster. In fact, almost twice as fast. However there's some speculation that it may shorten the battery's lifespan. I've had no problems using an iPad charger on my 5S and it's charged in no time. So, you take a chance I guess but yes, the 2.1 amp ipad charger will cut charging time down considerably.
| Q: How many amps should an iPhone 5s car charger output? When looking on Amazon for a car charger I noticed that different items have different amp values, 2.1 and 3.1 being the most frequent. What is the recommended value?
Does it even matter? Is there more to it than the fact that more amps mean faster charging?
A: I disagree with parts of Nathaniel's answer. The normal iphone charger is 5W and just over an amp. Using an iPad charger, either the 10W or newer 12W will absolutely charge your iphone faster. In fact, almost twice as fast. However there's some speculation that it may shorten the battery's lifespan. I've had no problems using an iPad charger on my 5S and it's charged in no time. So, you take a chance I guess but yes, the 2.1 amp ipad charger will cut charging time down considerably.
A: More amps will not mean faster charging. The iPhone (and any electronic device) will only take as much current as it requires, and no more. The iPhone will take 1A to charge, and an iPad will take 2.1A.
There's no harm in using a charger that is capable of providing more current than a device requires, but there's no benefit either.
Providing less current than the device requires will lead to longer charging times, or no charging at all.
A: I'm using a 2.1 Amp charger for my iPhone 5 and it's charging extremely fast from 0 to 30 in just 15 minutes !
A: Car chargers typically mis-represent the amperage they supply. I have several, most of which indicate 2.1A, and they re-charge my iPad 4 and iPhone 6 at different rates. Price is no guarantee, but in my experience, the correlation holds: the brand-name Griffin PowerJolt is my most expensive, and fastest car charger.
https://store.griffintechnology.com/ipad/powerblock-powerjolt-wall-and-car-chargers-with-lightning-connector
A: The I-pad chargers supply current at 12V and not 5V thus it will not charge the phone faster but will damage the charging port.*
*This is completely wrong. Current is measured in amps (I) not volts (V). Where wattage is W: W = IxV.
I do not know if higher wattages will damage your phone, but I do know when I accidentally hook-up my iPhone to my iPad charger, it heats up considerably.... I'd be very concert that if left for an extended period this would overheat and permanently damage my phone!
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dca27abced29d5a8b17c568347db35bc1ae74464 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I completely disable desktop background change? I need to block the possibility for a single user to change the desktop background, or at least to make it possible only by inserting his password on OS X Lion / Mountain Lion.
I want to lock every possibility, from iPhoto to Safari…
A: One possible solution would be to set the permissions on ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist to be read-only for the user.
| Q: How can I completely disable desktop background change? I need to block the possibility for a single user to change the desktop background, or at least to make it possible only by inserting his password on OS X Lion / Mountain Lion.
I want to lock every possibility, from iPhoto to Safari…
A: One possible solution would be to set the permissions on ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist to be read-only for the user.
A: Found a way to stop background changing.
*
*Rename /System/Library/Services/Set\ Desktop\ Picture.workflow Change the extension. This stops right clicking a photo to set desktop picture.
*Safari: Add 3 files in ~/Library/Safari named
Safari Desktop Picture.jpg
Safari Desktop Picture.jpeg
Safari Desktop Picture.png
change permissions and lock the 3 files.
Stops from changing it in Safari.
*Firefox download menu editor and take the options out.
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4836d8bb519001403bd79c1519060d81730a0f62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable dmg autorun? I have downloaded a dmg file called BaiduYun_2.2.0.dmg, which, on double-click, shows the license agreement window straight away, instead of showing an installation package or an application that can be dragged to the Applications folder. I have never seen any installation on Mac OS X like this before. Is there an autorun setting anywhere that I can disable this behaviour? Additionally, it does not show up as a mounted device on Finder windows.
A: A DMG can be set to display a license agreement before it will allow you to open it. This is normal and nothing to be alarmed about. Once you accept the license agreement, it will mount and open the normal Finder window showing its contents.
See this thread on Cocoa Builder.
There is no way to disable it and nothing is being auto-run.
| Q: How to disable dmg autorun? I have downloaded a dmg file called BaiduYun_2.2.0.dmg, which, on double-click, shows the license agreement window straight away, instead of showing an installation package or an application that can be dragged to the Applications folder. I have never seen any installation on Mac OS X like this before. Is there an autorun setting anywhere that I can disable this behaviour? Additionally, it does not show up as a mounted device on Finder windows.
A: A DMG can be set to display a license agreement before it will allow you to open it. This is normal and nothing to be alarmed about. Once you accept the license agreement, it will mount and open the normal Finder window showing its contents.
See this thread on Cocoa Builder.
There is no way to disable it and nothing is being auto-run.
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be55d5ce29bfbaafd17a5a9e124ece4388c511f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Convert animated gif to mp4 I'm looking for a tool (GUI would be best) to convert an animated gif to a mp4-video to send it via WhatsApp.
Do you have any suggestions that get this job done?
A: Beroe's answer was really helpful but I found that when I created mp4s using his method it didn't work on QT or iMovie on El Capitan. I did a little digging and read the encoding logs and stumbled upon this solution, seems to work with QT and iMovie:
ffmpeg -r 10 -i frames%04d.jpg -vcodec h264 -y -pix_fmt yuv420p movie.mp4
| Q: Convert animated gif to mp4 I'm looking for a tool (GUI would be best) to convert an animated gif to a mp4-video to send it via WhatsApp.
Do you have any suggestions that get this job done?
A: Beroe's answer was really helpful but I found that when I created mp4s using his method it didn't work on QT or iMovie on El Capitan. I did a little digging and read the encoding logs and stumbled upon this solution, seems to work with QT and iMovie:
ffmpeg -r 10 -i frames%04d.jpg -vcodec h264 -y -pix_fmt yuv420p movie.mp4
A: Despite using Mavericks, I still keep Quicktime 7 Pro Player on my disk. It is just fine for viewing animated GIFs and exporting them in other formats.
added
Requires Quicktime 7 (optional install, or keep it in your Applications when you install new versions of the OS). Requires the paid "Pro" upgrade key, Quicktime 7 version available since 2005 or so.
Open the GIF file with Quicktime Player 7. (Drag the GIF icon onto the Player icon; or right-click the GIF icon and choose Quicktime Player 7 under "Open with"; or start Quicktime Player 7, then use Open File... in theFile menu)
Play it to make sure it is working. You can use the left and right arrow keys to go forward or back one frame at a time.
Window > Show Movie Inspector (or ⌘-I). Write down the "Normal size", 270 x 600 or whatever it is
File > Export (or ⌘-E)
In the Export: menu choose Movie to MPEG-4 (or some other format if you wish)
Use the Options button to control some characteristics of the MP4 file. In particular, set the Image size (if the size you wrote down isn't in the menu, choose Custom and write it in). Try format MPEG-4 Improved. Click OK when you are finished with options.
Select the destination and filename for the MP4 file
Click Save
A: You can use two programs, Imagemagick's convert command and ffmpeg, to do this.
convert -coalesce animation.gif frames%04d.png
Then convert the pngs to a movie:
ffmpeg -r 10 -i frames%04d.png -vcodec mjpeg -y movie.mp4
For a GUI, it would not gain you much convenience, but I know QuickTime Pro (you might have to get the old version) will convert a stack of sequential images into an animation. I don't know if it will read the GIF properly.
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48c3f9825033ecdd9a47e796755ae90982b2eb5d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Removing non App Store apps I use several apps installed using .dmg files downloaded from other sources rather than direct from the App Store.
When I try to remove them through Launchpad, these apps will not show the X button to allow me to delete them.
On the right: Mac App Store app; On the left: app from external source.
Is there any canonical safety way to remove them?
If I put them in Trash, will they disappear from my Mac without any related directories? How can I completely remove an app?
A: To remove just the app you can drag it to the trash, use ⌘ cmd+⌫ backspace, or right-click → Move to Trash the app.
To remove the app, its preference files, and other related files, you will need another app along the lines of the free AppCleaner application.
Here is a Lifehacker article titled "The Best App Uninstaller for Mac", which chose AppCleaner as the best uninstaller for the Mac (in 2011).
| Q: Removing non App Store apps I use several apps installed using .dmg files downloaded from other sources rather than direct from the App Store.
When I try to remove them through Launchpad, these apps will not show the X button to allow me to delete them.
On the right: Mac App Store app; On the left: app from external source.
Is there any canonical safety way to remove them?
If I put them in Trash, will they disappear from my Mac without any related directories? How can I completely remove an app?
A: To remove just the app you can drag it to the trash, use ⌘ cmd+⌫ backspace, or right-click → Move to Trash the app.
To remove the app, its preference files, and other related files, you will need another app along the lines of the free AppCleaner application.
Here is a Lifehacker article titled "The Best App Uninstaller for Mac", which chose AppCleaner as the best uninstaller for the Mac (in 2011).
A:
There isn't an app out there which really deletes all of the files
related to a certain app. To be completely sure, you have to do it by
hand.
*
*Open up the Terminal
*Type in sudo find / -iname "*YOURAPPNAME*" -print > ~/Desktop/uninstall.txt
*Open the uninstall.txt file at your Desktop and look at the content
*Now go through, line by line, and when you are sure a path is related to your app, type this on the command line (the path is just an example here):
*sudo rm -r "~/Library/Application\ Support/APPNAME"
Many apps don't look deep enough, or in favor of security, don't delete all files they find.
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77335eb451183edd654df0d42b10a575855f8140 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a clever way import my Mail.app rules to iCloud? I have a lot of rules in my Mail.app but when my computer is off my inbox fills up with junk and it's hard to read from the phone. I want to set up the rules on iCloud but don't see a way of uploading/importing them into iCloud. Am I missing something or do I need to set them up again manually?
A: Try this. Go to iCloud.com and log in.
Select mail.
On the bottom left of the window, there is a cog:
Select that, and then Rules:
Finally, a window opens, and you can choose to sync Rules, or add specific rules just for iCloud.com (I think that's right.. not totally sure).
The help page is also useful.
| Q: Is there a clever way import my Mail.app rules to iCloud? I have a lot of rules in my Mail.app but when my computer is off my inbox fills up with junk and it's hard to read from the phone. I want to set up the rules on iCloud but don't see a way of uploading/importing them into iCloud. Am I missing something or do I need to set them up again manually?
A: Try this. Go to iCloud.com and log in.
Select mail.
On the bottom left of the window, there is a cog:
Select that, and then Rules:
Finally, a window opens, and you can choose to sync Rules, or add specific rules just for iCloud.com (I think that's right.. not totally sure).
The help page is also useful.
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407e34e30b7721c86a433dc3c26a51e3e0128ae0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Play MIDI files As far as I can tell, this is completely impossible. On 10.8.4. I am trying to play a sample MIDI file off of Wikipedia.
Quicktime v 10.2 fails to open a MIDI file with error message
The movie “Ii-V-I_turnaround_in_C_four-part_harmony.mid” can’t be opened because the file is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands.
VLC is also unhappy:
No suitable decoder module
VLC does not support the audio or video format "MIDI". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
AFAICT I need to go find some random obscure MIDI player and download it for Mac, which seems extremely strange given that a site as large as Wikipedia uses them freely and assumes they "just work" on Mac. What am I missing?
A: QuickTime Player 7 also supports mid files.
Many DAWs like Logic support importing and exporting mid files, but one free MIDI sequencer or editor is Aria Maestosa. Synthesia is an application or rhythm game for practicing playing mid files.
| Q: Play MIDI files As far as I can tell, this is completely impossible. On 10.8.4. I am trying to play a sample MIDI file off of Wikipedia.
Quicktime v 10.2 fails to open a MIDI file with error message
The movie “Ii-V-I_turnaround_in_C_four-part_harmony.mid” can’t be opened because the file is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands.
VLC is also unhappy:
No suitable decoder module
VLC does not support the audio or video format "MIDI". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
AFAICT I need to go find some random obscure MIDI player and download it for Mac, which seems extremely strange given that a site as large as Wikipedia uses them freely and assumes they "just work" on Mac. What am I missing?
A: QuickTime Player 7 also supports mid files.
Many DAWs like Logic support importing and exporting mid files, but one free MIDI sequencer or editor is Aria Maestosa. Synthesia is an application or rhythm game for practicing playing mid files.
A: In addition to Quicktime Version 7.6.4 (518.35), I am able to play midi files with the free RealPlayer for Mac OS X, Version 12.0.0 (1725), on my 21.5-inch, Late 2013, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 iMac, running OS X 10.9.5 (13F34). This older version should also work on PowerPC Macs.
A: It's worth pointing out that QuickTime Player 7 will not work on the forthcoming MacOS Catalina 10.15, because it's 32-bit. When that OS is released, there will not be a native way of playing MIDI files.
There is an app in the Mac App Store called MIDIPlayer X which works well. It costs a tiny bit of money, so you'll need to weight up whether the functionality is worth it for you.
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5b179d11aa755ae13ff7a3d091ce013591727d61 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bash Script that will start up second Terminal process? I need a script that will be able to fire up a second Terminal instance and pass a command directly to that one whilst it continues it's own executions.
It's to start up Python script that will host a server whilst the main instance of Terminal would continue to run it's series of executions over a period of 30 seconds (for example) then it would be able to kill the PID of the Python script and kill that secondary Terminal process and continue until it's finished.
Does anybody have an idea of how to do this? Coming from Windows, it would be very easy to get a BAT file to execute a second BAT file in it's own environment and then kill it at a later stage.
A: You can use the do script AppleScript command to run a command in a new Terminal window:
osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to do script "uptime"'
It doesn't start a second process or instance for Terminal though. On OS X there is typically only one instance for each application, even though you can use open -n to open another instance.
| Q: Bash Script that will start up second Terminal process? I need a script that will be able to fire up a second Terminal instance and pass a command directly to that one whilst it continues it's own executions.
It's to start up Python script that will host a server whilst the main instance of Terminal would continue to run it's series of executions over a period of 30 seconds (for example) then it would be able to kill the PID of the Python script and kill that secondary Terminal process and continue until it's finished.
Does anybody have an idea of how to do this? Coming from Windows, it would be very easy to get a BAT file to execute a second BAT file in it's own environment and then kill it at a later stage.
A: You can use the do script AppleScript command to run a command in a new Terminal window:
osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to do script "uptime"'
It doesn't start a second process or instance for Terminal though. On OS X there is typically only one instance for each application, even though you can use open -n to open another instance.
A: Building on the previous answer, you can use the do script to run a second Terminal window and then even issue multiple commands sequentially using -e
osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to do script "uptime"' -e 'tell app "Finder" to delete file "filename" on Desktop'
So this way you can specify multiple actions in sequence too using only 1 line.
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1e37e6c463d605c095ce6a1384eb7576c053eda7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Auto delete previous / old events from iOS 7 Calendar? I don't like to keep old events (of previous week or month) in my iPhone calendar, but they keep up showing in my iOS Calendar, I want them gone automatically as the event passes. I don't want to delete each passed event manually. Is there any way that my events get deleted automatically as the new day or week begins ?
A: There are two things you can do about this, one on the device and one on iCloud.com:
*
*On the device, you can setup to sync the calendar only for the events in the past two weeks (that's the shortest duration in the past you can set it to).
*
*Do this by going to Settings → Mail, Contacts, Calendars
*Under the Calendars section, go to the Sync submenu
*Select Events 2 Weeks Back
*Login to iCloud.com, go to Calendar and follow Apple's help on "Delete or hide events":
To automatically hide past events, choose Preferences from the Action pop-up menu , click Advanced, select “Hide events n-days after they’ve passed,” then enter a number of days.
Set it to 1 day (that's the minimum allowed).
| Q: Auto delete previous / old events from iOS 7 Calendar? I don't like to keep old events (of previous week or month) in my iPhone calendar, but they keep up showing in my iOS Calendar, I want them gone automatically as the event passes. I don't want to delete each passed event manually. Is there any way that my events get deleted automatically as the new day or week begins ?
A: There are two things you can do about this, one on the device and one on iCloud.com:
*
*On the device, you can setup to sync the calendar only for the events in the past two weeks (that's the shortest duration in the past you can set it to).
*
*Do this by going to Settings → Mail, Contacts, Calendars
*Under the Calendars section, go to the Sync submenu
*Select Events 2 Weeks Back
*Login to iCloud.com, go to Calendar and follow Apple's help on "Delete or hide events":
To automatically hide past events, choose Preferences from the Action pop-up menu , click Advanced, select “Hide events n-days after they’ve passed,” then enter a number of days.
Set it to 1 day (that's the minimum allowed).
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504e3229f9b97c7e59af089c5642c55d1e59205f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Changing The Dock's Appearance From 3D to 2D? Sometimes the glossy finish to the Dock 3D's appearance annoys me, and I want something less bedazzling on the eyes.
Is there a simple terminal command I can use to convert it from a 3D glossy to a 2D plain dock in appearance ?
A: Yes, you can, but only in OS X 10.8 or earlier.
You can use the the following Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES && killall -HUP Dock
To go back to 3D, run the following command (replace YES with NO):
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO && killall -HUP Dock
| Q: Changing The Dock's Appearance From 3D to 2D? Sometimes the glossy finish to the Dock 3D's appearance annoys me, and I want something less bedazzling on the eyes.
Is there a simple terminal command I can use to convert it from a 3D glossy to a 2D plain dock in appearance ?
A: Yes, you can, but only in OS X 10.8 or earlier.
You can use the the following Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES && killall -HUP Dock
To go back to 3D, run the following command (replace YES with NO):
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO && killall -HUP Dock
A: The following is a script you can save as whatever you want. I call it DockChange.sh. Make sure it has the .sh extension on the end.
It needs to be chmod +x before you run it; so using the name above I would need to type chmod +x DockChange.sh into terminal, then to run it I only need to type ./DockChange.sh and it will do it's magic.
#!/bin/bash
dock2d3d=$(defaults read com.apple.dock | grep "no-glass")
if [ $dock2d3d == "\"no=glass\" = 0;" ]
then
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES && killall Dock
else
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO && killall Dock
fi
This script will automate the process for you.
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29d7623b7da60d9d77b0cec3b71979f524ab51ad | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where can I find the APN settings for an unlocked AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS 7? Today I unlocked my AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS 7 (the official method via AT&T). In order to use my phone abroad next month I'm told I'll need to be able to set APN settings but I can't find them anywhere on my device.
I believe the unlock was successful as iTunes showed a confirmation message saying so.
I've tried looking in various places suggested by posts on various message boards but I can't find the settings anywhere.
A: You need to Reset your Network settings and make sure you don't have any profile saved by you, and after resetting it go to the cellular network menu and you will see the APN settings.
| Q: Where can I find the APN settings for an unlocked AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS 7? Today I unlocked my AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS 7 (the official method via AT&T). In order to use my phone abroad next month I'm told I'll need to be able to set APN settings but I can't find them anywhere on my device.
I believe the unlock was successful as iTunes showed a confirmation message saying so.
I've tried looking in various places suggested by posts on various message boards but I can't find the settings anywhere.
A: You need to Reset your Network settings and make sure you don't have any profile saved by you, and after resetting it go to the cellular network menu and you will see the APN settings.
A: Assuming you still have the AT&T -SIM card (To verify, go into Settings > General > About > Carrier), AT&T will not allow you to change the APN settings, even on unlocked phone.
You need a SIM card from a carrier that allows APN settings change, that will depend on where are you going. Usually if you go to the new carrier they have a section explaining how to.
Some more helpful information.
A: You will not find the APN settings in iOS 7. I spent forever on this and finally just downloaded the profile for my carrier using:
http://www.unlockit.co.nz/unlockit/
Follow the directions on the right side of the screen. Do it with a wireless connection from your iPhone and know your specific carrier. Worked like a charm for me as I can now access the internet using my data plan. No reason to pay for unlocking or jailbreaking.
A: Usually iOS devices don’t need a manual setup to connect to AT&T cellular internet services if you purchased a compatible data plan and sim.
However, in case your iOS device is unable to connect to AT&T cellular internet service, follow the steps given in AT&T APN setting guide to resolve the issue.
A: if APN changing is enabled by your service provider, you should be able to change the APN using the instructions given here: http://apn.gishan.net/platform_14_iphone_5s_.php
Go to above link and choose your network. If your network is outside US use this site: http://apnsettings.gishan.net/
Hope this helps.
A: In our case, the symptom was the same after we returned from Germany and put the original AT&T SIM back in. The issue was that while in Germany, we used a service from Aldi (was very good) that as part of its set-up installed a profile on the phone. It is this profile that caused the issue when returning to the U.S. Here is what I did to fix it:
*
*Go to Settings → General
*Scroll down to Profiles and then tap on it.
*Remove the offending profile (do not remove all profiles)
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9aa4826505fa243ab7e8b2aafcccffaafe2b87c3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable Spotlight Index on 10.8 on Specific Volumes To switch off indexing in Terminal I use:
sudo mdutil -a -i off
This disables it with the -a switch across all volumes and the -i off part turns "off" the indexing.
If connected to my iMac is the following volumes:
/Volumes
/MacintoshHD
/BOOTCAMP
/NAS6TB
How do I specifically turn off the indexing service only for /BOOTCAMP and /NAS6TB? I tried following the instructions in the man page, but they weren't very clear.
A: Open spotlight preferences in System Preferences and drag each folder to be excluded into the exclusion list.
| Q: Disable Spotlight Index on 10.8 on Specific Volumes To switch off indexing in Terminal I use:
sudo mdutil -a -i off
This disables it with the -a switch across all volumes and the -i off part turns "off" the indexing.
If connected to my iMac is the following volumes:
/Volumes
/MacintoshHD
/BOOTCAMP
/NAS6TB
How do I specifically turn off the indexing service only for /BOOTCAMP and /NAS6TB? I tried following the instructions in the man page, but they weren't very clear.
A: Open spotlight preferences in System Preferences and drag each folder to be excluded into the exclusion list.
A: From terminal type:
sudo mdutil -i off [mountpoint]
If you need to remove the index cache of a network drive that has been stored locally, then use the -p flag. Likewise, to remove the local cache of a locally attached volume, use the -E flag.
If you want to delete from /BOOTCAMP then you would use:
sudo mdutil -Ei off "/Volumes/BOOTCAMP"
NOTE: Quotations around the mountpoint of the volume are unnecessary if there are no spaces in the volume name or mountpoint. Otherwise you would need to use an escape character \ before each space.
e.g. sudo mdtuil -Ei off /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD for "Macintosh HD"
A: Spotlight is a powerful tool for searching results in few seconds. Still if you want to disable, it can be done using launchctl, with password:
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
Or, to switch off the indexing, you can follow this command
sudo mdutil -a -i off
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718be65e0666739d6cca222bedf2644a7e9dea32 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent mounted volumes/folders from clogging the desktop on log in I have a lot of volumes (folders) mounted from remote machines, about 10 of them, which I set to be mounted automatically when I'm logging in by adding them to the Login Items list in Users & Groups. Of course, I made sure to tick the Hide check box of each of the volumes, yet OS X opens each of the folders whenever I log in so I have to close them one by one manually.
When an application starts, the hide button makes sure no windows are drawn visibly. Can Finder be configured to respect the "hide" flag similarly?
A: Check this answer for two ways to hide Finder windows for windows opened with login items.
| Q: Prevent mounted volumes/folders from clogging the desktop on log in I have a lot of volumes (folders) mounted from remote machines, about 10 of them, which I set to be mounted automatically when I'm logging in by adding them to the Login Items list in Users & Groups. Of course, I made sure to tick the Hide check box of each of the volumes, yet OS X opens each of the folders whenever I log in so I have to close them one by one manually.
When an application starts, the hide button makes sure no windows are drawn visibly. Can Finder be configured to respect the "hide" flag similarly?
A: Check this answer for two ways to hide Finder windows for windows opened with login items.
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6af97fb1f83acbd443e12408a31908c8900b7c92 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to create a special character and add it to special characters? I have to type up papers with medical abbreviations. 4 common abbreviations are ā, p, c, s (also with a line over them like the ā). Right now I have to use a text box with the line in it and place that over the letters p, c, and s, set the txt box to be in the background but selectable. Then every time I edit the document the line moves separately from the letter and you can imagine what a pain it is. I'd like to create these characters, add them to special characters and then insert from there.
Does anyone know of a way to do this via special characters or know of another way to accomplish the same thing?
A: You can add a line over p, c, s either with the US Extended keyboard layout (base letter then option/alt + a) or the Character Viewer (double click on unicode 0304 after the base letter). Best just copy them from here:
p̄
c̄
s̄
You may need to try different fonts to get them to display properly
| Q: Is it possible to create a special character and add it to special characters? I have to type up papers with medical abbreviations. 4 common abbreviations are ā, p, c, s (also with a line over them like the ā). Right now I have to use a text box with the line in it and place that over the letters p, c, and s, set the txt box to be in the background but selectable. Then every time I edit the document the line moves separately from the letter and you can imagine what a pain it is. I'd like to create these characters, add them to special characters and then insert from there.
Does anyone know of a way to do this via special characters or know of another way to accomplish the same thing?
A: You can add a line over p, c, s either with the US Extended keyboard layout (base letter then option/alt + a) or the Character Viewer (double click on unicode 0304 after the base letter). Best just copy them from here:
p̄
c̄
s̄
You may need to try different fonts to get them to display properly
A: You would either need to create a font and add these characters to it, or find a font that contains these characters already (which I would imagine is possible if they are used commonly in a field).
In terms of accessing the characters, since they will probably be way off in the extended character set and not easily typed, look at the System Preferences > Language & Text settings, on the Text tab, and create a substitution. You could set it so that typing the letter "a" followed by a hyphen and a space substitutes the character "ā", for example.
A: Look at the answers to this question. Especially useful might be the approach in this answer to edit the values in /System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/. You could make it so that holding p would pop up a list of options including p̄.
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ae46af2d42122965d574b4e00d0b3be8dcaa8305 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't plot with gnuplot on my Mac I am trying to plot with gnuplot on my Mac (OS X 10.8.5). I have installed X11 and XQuartz 2.7.4 and after that I installed gnuplot, but unfortunately gnuplot couldn't plot.
Simple plots like the following fail to render and have no error message to help understand what is amiss:
[1/10/13 $gnuplot >plot sin(x)
A: The same thing happened to me, but then I ran
brew uninstall gnuplot; brew install gnuplot --with-x11
and installed XQuartz. Now gnuplot supports the x11 terminal:
You can also save the output to a file and use qlmanage -p:
gnuplot -e 'set term png; set output "/tmp/plot.png"; plot sin(x)'; qlmanage -p /tmp/plot.png
qlmanage -p shows a sandboxing error in 10.9 and prints some unnecessary text to STDOUT, so I use a function like ql() { qlmanage -p "$@"&>/dev/null; } in shells.
A third option is to use set term dumb for plain text output.
| Q: Can't plot with gnuplot on my Mac I am trying to plot with gnuplot on my Mac (OS X 10.8.5). I have installed X11 and XQuartz 2.7.4 and after that I installed gnuplot, but unfortunately gnuplot couldn't plot.
Simple plots like the following fail to render and have no error message to help understand what is amiss:
[1/10/13 $gnuplot >plot sin(x)
A: The same thing happened to me, but then I ran
brew uninstall gnuplot; brew install gnuplot --with-x11
and installed XQuartz. Now gnuplot supports the x11 terminal:
You can also save the output to a file and use qlmanage -p:
gnuplot -e 'set term png; set output "/tmp/plot.png"; plot sin(x)'; qlmanage -p /tmp/plot.png
qlmanage -p shows a sandboxing error in 10.9 and prints some unnecessary text to STDOUT, so I use a function like ql() { qlmanage -p "$@"&>/dev/null; } in shells.
A third option is to use set term dumb for plain text output.
A: Are you running this from a Terminal window, or an X11 window? The terminal will launch X11 separately to show the plot, so it may not be immediate (or visible). Does X11 get launched at all when you type your plot command?
If you try it in an X11 window, the result should be more immediate.
Also, if you used macports to install it originally, I would recommend using homebrew instead:
brew install gnuplot
EDIT: To check where the output is going, you could direct your results to a file:
set terminal png
set output 'testimage.png'
plot sin(x)
exit
Then see if a file called testimage.png contains your plot.
You could also try specifying the terminal with:
set terminal x11
A: In OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and El Capitan 10.11.2, the Gnuplot does not package with XQuartz.
Answer in bibstha's comment.
Much more robust window manager is in qt and it works
brew uninstall gnuplot
brew install gnuplot --with-qt
Note that using --qt is deprecated now.
A: In Yosemite,
Initially, I had quartz and gunplot 5.0.0 installed. However, I could not load my x11 window (everything else was file-X11 was somehow unknown).
Here is a workaround that 'worked for me'.
Go to the gunplot source folder
make clean;
make uninstall
then in the "configure" file under the following lines
# Standard set of common directories for X headers.
# Check X11 before X11Rn because it is often a symlink to the current release.
---added the location of my X11 files also
/opt/X11/include
now run
./configure
make
sudo make install
worked perfectly for me as you see below
G N U P L O T
Version 5.0 patchlevel 0 last modified 2015-01-01
Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2015
Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
gnuplot home: http://www.gnuplot.info
faq, bugs, etc: type "help FAQ"
immediate help: type "help" (plot window: hit 'h')
Terminal type set to 'x11'.
A: Thanks. After downloading gunplot 5.0 and installing under Yosemite 10.10.2, gnuplot couldn't "load" the x11 terminal. After pointing the configure file
to /opt/X11/include (reconfiguring, remaking, and reinstalling) every worked fine.
(I was surprised, too, that X11 is in /opt/X11.)
A: Most of the advice here shows how to install/reinstall GNUPlot via brew. If you have an installation of GNUPlot and are unsure what terminal its using you can determine this like so:
$ gnuplot <<<'show terminal'
terminal type is qt 0 font "Sans,9"
At which point we now know we're using the qt terminal type. With thin information now in hand you can decide on which course of action to take, either following one of the other answers to re-install GNUPlot via brew or configuring your existing terminal in whatever way you want via the set terminal .... . command.
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2d89e09dd5643f7888e55989658c4b9e92ff1124 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bash not running script at /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/ I wanted to have bash autocompletion for git commands, so I dropped a bash script file into /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/.
When I open a new Terminal, the script file in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/ does not get executed. I have verified that the script file is working by running:
source /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
Are there any steps missing here to ask OS X to automatically execute scripts in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/?
A: In order to automatically load all scripts from a directory, put this in your ~/.bashrc file
# LOAD ALL AUTOCOMPLETIONS IF ANY ARE INSTALLED
if [ -d /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d ]; then
for F in "/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/"*; do
if [ -f "${F}" ]; then
source "${F}";
fi
done
fi
| Q: Bash not running script at /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/ I wanted to have bash autocompletion for git commands, so I dropped a bash script file into /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/.
When I open a new Terminal, the script file in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/ does not get executed. I have verified that the script file is working by running:
source /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
Are there any steps missing here to ask OS X to automatically execute scripts in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/?
A: In order to automatically load all scripts from a directory, put this in your ~/.bashrc file
# LOAD ALL AUTOCOMPLETIONS IF ANY ARE INSTALLED
if [ -d /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d ]; then
for F in "/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/"*; do
if [ -f "${F}" ]; then
source "${F}";
fi
done
fi
A: Yes you need to load them into your shell.
This is done by editing ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile and adding the command . filename for each file. This loads the file and makes the functions available. i.e. put your source command in one of these files.
Note that you should not be adding to /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/ as only macports should write there. Put the files in your home directory e.g. ~/.bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
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71a185fc9b02eadd627329a979612bf5b82bdca7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to sync music between a PowerPC Mac and an iOS 7 device? My friend has a G5 running 10.5 Leopard (the last supported version of OS X on PowerPC). However, after updating to iOS 7, syncing is no longer supported, as iOS 7 requires iTunes 11, which in turn requires 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Is there any way to get music sync functionality back on a PowerPC Mac without reverting to iOS 6, whether through some version of iTunes, or a 3rd-party tool, and without jailbreaking?
A: There are many apps that can move data on and off an iDevice, albeit not in the same "sync" model that iTunes uses. Try the trial of iExplorer, for example.
| Q: Is there a way to sync music between a PowerPC Mac and an iOS 7 device? My friend has a G5 running 10.5 Leopard (the last supported version of OS X on PowerPC). However, after updating to iOS 7, syncing is no longer supported, as iOS 7 requires iTunes 11, which in turn requires 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Is there any way to get music sync functionality back on a PowerPC Mac without reverting to iOS 6, whether through some version of iTunes, or a 3rd-party tool, and without jailbreaking?
A: There are many apps that can move data on and off an iDevice, albeit not in the same "sync" model that iTunes uses. Try the trial of iExplorer, for example.
A: Yes - multiple third party products allow Mac to write directly to iOS devices including PhoneView.
Their requirements page lists 10.5 Mac and iOS 7 support for version 2.9.4 of the product.
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d8172ba4ba7326248de728fb2405462bd92ba669 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Creating A Bootable USB Of Windows 8.1 On OS X? Reasons for wanting create such a usb include:
*
*PC is unbootable and you want to prepare a bootable USB using the ISO file that you have on your external hard drive.
*to install Windows 8.1 on Mac without Boot Camp.
What are the necessary steps to create such a Windows 8.1 bootable usb on a Mac ?
A: I would have liked to comment on the previous answer, because it's a (nearly) perfect description of what to do (at least for the Linux distros I've been working through over the past week), but I'm shy of the 50 rep needed for comments…
Anyway, to supplement @danijel-j's answer, I discovered that (some?) of the USB keys I was using required me to partition them before the BIOS on the netbook I was working with would recognize them (presumably they had no MBR/GPT for the machine to read). I did the partitioning with Disk Utility.app, but I'm sure working through it with diskutil would be just as easy (I still don't know the CLI commands and options for diskutil).
| Q: Creating A Bootable USB Of Windows 8.1 On OS X? Reasons for wanting create such a usb include:
*
*PC is unbootable and you want to prepare a bootable USB using the ISO file that you have on your external hard drive.
*to install Windows 8.1 on Mac without Boot Camp.
What are the necessary steps to create such a Windows 8.1 bootable usb on a Mac ?
A: I would have liked to comment on the previous answer, because it's a (nearly) perfect description of what to do (at least for the Linux distros I've been working through over the past week), but I'm shy of the 50 rep needed for comments…
Anyway, to supplement @danijel-j's answer, I discovered that (some?) of the USB keys I was using required me to partition them before the BIOS on the netbook I was working with would recognize them (presumably they had no MBR/GPT for the machine to read). I did the partitioning with Disk Utility.app, but I'm sure working through it with diskutil would be just as easy (I still don't know the CLI commands and options for diskutil).
A: This is terrible, but abandon all efforts to create this from OSX Mojave 10.14.4. I tried all the methods, I am a proficient power user and nothing worked. While I was continuously able to create a bootable usb drive, it failed on the windows installation with A media driver your computer needs is missing.
I verified the downloaded iso, redownloaded etc, to no avail.
What did work:
Boot into parallels in a windows os, use the windows media creation tool and create the usb drive.
Booted, installed without issue.
TL;DR it is absolutely ridiculous that you cannot use osx native commands to make this work, but clearly Microsoft has failed to make this process easy from a mac. Use the windows media creation tool from any available windows os, including parallels will get you a bootable usb that will install without driver problems.
A: I am not really sure why you would want to install Windows 8.1 without BootCamp.
The USB stick needs to be a little bigger than the .iso file you are going to be burning. It doesn't matter if there is any data on it, this will totally erase the whole thing.
Steps To Achieve Victory
*
*Download the ISO you want to use
*Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities)
2.1 Navigate to the path where the .iso file is located
2.2 Use ls to list all the folders
2.3 cd /path/to/iso to dive in to folder or cd .. to go back the path
*Convert .iso to .img using hdiutil:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o /path/to/target.img /path/to/source.iso
*Rename if OS X gave it a .dmg ending:
mv /path/to/target.img.dmg path/to/target.img
*Type diskutil list to get a list of currently connected devices
*Insert USB drive you want to use
*Run diskutil list again to see what your USB stick gets assigned
eg - /dev/disk3
*Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (where N is the number assigned to your USB stick, in previous example it would be 3)
*Run sudo dd if=/path/to/target.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m (if you get an error, replace bs=1m with bs=1M
*Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your USB stick
*The USB stick will now be ready to use
IMPORTANT For the step #9 you can use the destination to /dev/rdiskN to reduce the copy time.
NOTE: Sometimes, not always, Step #4 will be necessary. Not all the time. I am not sure why it will add the .dmg ending and other times leave it alone.
NOTE 2: Might I suggest you learn the name of the .iso you downloaded, or just rename it win8.1.iso or something, and put it on your Desktop folder. That way, when you are typing commands like #3 and #4 etc, etc, you can type it like this:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/Desktop/win8.1.img ~/Desktop/win8.1.iso
and
mv ~/Desktop/win8.1.img.dmg ~/Desktop/win8.1.img
and step #9 would look like this:
sudo dd if=~/Desktop/win8.1.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m
IMPORTANT - You can track the progress by pressing CTRL + T It will show the process info and records in and out, since we use the bs=1m each record is 1Mb in size so you can easily track the progress.
I don't mean to be insulting with Note and Note2, I am just making sure that you know what all these commands mean. It's the simplest method. Unless someone else comes up with something better.
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0b073466983a6f4fba9fbe254f95fbc952c03287 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Enabling The Emoji Keyboard in iOS 7? Emoji emoticons can be be an enhancing feature of a text-based conversation. Whilst having an android smartphone it’s rather easy to add third-party emoji packs (due to the open source nature of android). iOS i believe is a more "closed" OS, things are not that easy (so i'm lead to believe).
However is there a hidden emoji feature within iOS 7 (without the need to jailbreak) that I can unleash on an iPhone 5/5S ?
A: *
*Open the Settings app.
*Tap on General.
*Tap on International.
*Tap on Keyboard.
*Tap on Add New Keyboard.
*Tap on Emoji.
To switch to it on the keyboard, tap the globe icon between 123 and the microphone icon.
I'd say that's easier than downloading a third-party anything on Android. Plus it was included already 2 years ago with iOS 5.
| Q: Enabling The Emoji Keyboard in iOS 7? Emoji emoticons can be be an enhancing feature of a text-based conversation. Whilst having an android smartphone it’s rather easy to add third-party emoji packs (due to the open source nature of android). iOS i believe is a more "closed" OS, things are not that easy (so i'm lead to believe).
However is there a hidden emoji feature within iOS 7 (without the need to jailbreak) that I can unleash on an iPhone 5/5S ?
A: *
*Open the Settings app.
*Tap on General.
*Tap on International.
*Tap on Keyboard.
*Tap on Add New Keyboard.
*Tap on Emoji.
To switch to it on the keyboard, tap the globe icon between 123 and the microphone icon.
I'd say that's easier than downloading a third-party anything on Android. Plus it was included already 2 years ago with iOS 5.
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6a50e6f75e5145ab7ebea43434b82972e1f4adcf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPad Controls and Locks Is there a way to lock kids out of settings and the controls for iPads? We have had issues where they change the screens, upgrade to iOS7, lock the device and other problems.
We have a sync cart and I'm just very new to it. We are running iOS 7 and Apple Configurator 1.4
Is there a way to prevent students from setting a lockout code? We don't lock them and that option is left open and they sometimes will lock the ipad forcing us to have to rebuild it.
A: Apple Configurator includes a feature that allows you to select an app to 'lock' a supervised device to. When supervising a device, you can Lock to App and the iPad will be unable to escape from the app. This feature will prevent all hardware buttons from leaving the app (except a hard reset initiated by holding both Home and Power).
Source: Hands-on: Securing iOS, pwning your kids with Apple Configurator 1.2
| Q: iPad Controls and Locks Is there a way to lock kids out of settings and the controls for iPads? We have had issues where they change the screens, upgrade to iOS7, lock the device and other problems.
We have a sync cart and I'm just very new to it. We are running iOS 7 and Apple Configurator 1.4
Is there a way to prevent students from setting a lockout code? We don't lock them and that option is left open and they sometimes will lock the ipad forcing us to have to rebuild it.
A: Apple Configurator includes a feature that allows you to select an app to 'lock' a supervised device to. When supervising a device, you can Lock to App and the iPad will be unable to escape from the app. This feature will prevent all hardware buttons from leaving the app (except a hard reset initiated by holding both Home and Power).
Source: Hands-on: Securing iOS, pwning your kids with Apple Configurator 1.2
A: There are 3 ways of doing this:-
*
*Put the settings app in a folder and remove Applications to be searched from the Spotlight search. Here you can not hide the App as such.
*With Jailbreak you can hide apps from SB Settings, but as there is no Jailbreak you cannot use this right now.
*The settings app can not be restricted as such right now, but you can use the Apple Configurator. I haven't used it myself but searching online forums show that this can be used.
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