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dc92f0f15db2096f5ac5ae748c3010619709f376 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What version(s) of Python are pre-installed on OS X 10.9 Mavericks? In the past Python 2.6 was included with OS X 10.8.
What version or versions come with 10.9 Mavericks?
A: My MBA, which has been incrementally upgraded from 10.7, contains the following versions of Python:
Python 2.5.6 (r256:Unversioned directory, Aug 25 2013, 00:03:43)
Python 2.6.8 (unknown, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:29)
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
Being that they have the same build date it would appear that all versions of Python have been updated with Mavericks.
Python 3 is not installed on my machine.
| Q: What version(s) of Python are pre-installed on OS X 10.9 Mavericks? In the past Python 2.6 was included with OS X 10.8.
What version or versions come with 10.9 Mavericks?
A: My MBA, which has been incrementally upgraded from 10.7, contains the following versions of Python:
Python 2.5.6 (r256:Unversioned directory, Aug 25 2013, 00:03:43)
Python 2.6.8 (unknown, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:29)
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
Being that they have the same build date it would appear that all versions of Python have been updated with Mavericks.
Python 3 is not installed on my machine.
A: It's on 2.7.5.
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.0.68)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
A: On my rMBP, my upgrade from 10.8.x to 10.9 lists the following versions of Python in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions:
2.3, 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7.
There is no Python 3.0 listed here for me. One can use MacPorts (and probably Fink or homebrew) to get Python 3.
A: On July 2017 on Sierra 10.12.5, I have versions 2.7.10 and 2.6.9.
The 2.6 version is also pretending to be 2.5 and 2.3
$ ls -l /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions
2.3 -> 2.6
2.5 -> 2.6
2.6
2.7
Current -> 2.7
$ /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python --version
Python 2.7.10
$ /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python --version
Python 2.6.9
$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.12.5
BuildVersion: 16F73
MacBook Pro, 13-inch, 2016, non-touchbar.
A: On March 2021 on Big Sur 11.2.3, I only have Python 2.7.16 which is also pretending to be 2.3, 2.5 and 2.6:
$ ls -l /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions
2.3 -> 2.7
2.5 -> 2.7
2.6 -> 2.7
2.7
Current -> 2.7
$ /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python --version
Python 2.7.16
The last official release of Python 2 was 2.7.18. Apple has also said that "future versions of macOS won’t include [a Python runtime] by default".
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081d1fb81a3f25ce3c32630304017ebc46f96cf5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does Maps on Mac OS determine the computer's location How does Maps on Mac OS finds the computer's location so precisely?
There is no GPS chip on the Mac, so how does it really work?
Can someone provide details about the process used by the Mac OS location services?
Ideally some logs or dumps of communication data between the mac and the servers would be great.
A: Apple is using Core Location code that's mostly common to iOS and OS X and the primary signal your Mac has to determine location is detected wireless hotspot serial numbers (SSID and MAC address if available).
Also, by tracing the IP address for Macs with active connections to the internet, often that will at least get you in the proper time zone and occasionally in the proper zip code (or postal code for people outside the US).
| Q: How does Maps on Mac OS determine the computer's location How does Maps on Mac OS finds the computer's location so precisely?
There is no GPS chip on the Mac, so how does it really work?
Can someone provide details about the process used by the Mac OS location services?
Ideally some logs or dumps of communication data between the mac and the servers would be great.
A: Apple is using Core Location code that's mostly common to iOS and OS X and the primary signal your Mac has to determine location is detected wireless hotspot serial numbers (SSID and MAC address if available).
Also, by tracing the IP address for Macs with active connections to the internet, often that will at least get you in the proper time zone and occasionally in the proper zip code (or postal code for people outside the US).
A: Apple secretly places a GPS chip in every Mac. (j/k)
It gathers data from your IP/MAC Address and tries to look for other WiFi Access Points (even if it can't actually connect to them) to get their MAC Address and signal strength. It compares it to data in Apple's database.
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11e748f1da00f809838adba1ce9cb851f453b933 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the CD version of iWork '09 updatable to the newly released version? Can I update the apps from iWork '09 installed from the DVD to the new versions in the App Store?
A: I finally reinstalled iWork from the iWork '09 disk.
At the following launch of the App Store I got a nice surprise.
And each application can be updated separately. No need to launch them prior to the App Store update.
All in all, I am pleasantly surprised by apple's choice to support the version of iWork which was still updated outside of the App Store in Mountain Lion.
Note:
After installing Mavericks, I updated the up to date version of iWork on my wive's computer and both versions are now installed. While on mine the fresh install of iWorks '09 was simply replaced with the latest iWork from the App Store.
| Q: Is the CD version of iWork '09 updatable to the newly released version? Can I update the apps from iWork '09 installed from the DVD to the new versions in the App Store?
A: I finally reinstalled iWork from the iWork '09 disk.
At the following launch of the App Store I got a nice surprise.
And each application can be updated separately. No need to launch them prior to the App Store update.
All in all, I am pleasantly surprised by apple's choice to support the version of iWork which was still updated outside of the App Store in Mountain Lion.
Note:
After installing Mavericks, I updated the up to date version of iWork on my wive's computer and both versions are now installed. While on mine the fresh install of iWorks '09 was simply replaced with the latest iWork from the App Store.
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efd1b692b977abe84aa15638430094a4dfac29bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where did the list of flagged message go in Mavericks Mail? In Lion and Mountain Lion Mail, the "Mailbox List" included an entry for flagged messages, with an sub-entry for each kind of flag. This appears to have been removed in Mavericks Mail. Is there a (perhaps hidden) setting to restore this, or is it gone; and if so, how can I get a list of my flagged messages (of each kind).
I've tried creating a "Smart Mailbox", but that doesn't seem to work.
A: I had this problem -- the "Flagged" folder disappeared from the Mail app and no longer contained any flagged messages, even though I could see that my messages still had flags if I logged into the iCloud website and looked at them there.
For me, the solution was to rebuild my Inbox in the Mail app. Select the mailbox you want to rebuild ("Inbox" in this case), go to the Mailbox menu, and select "Rebuild" at the bottom of the menu. It could take a minute or two, depending on how many messages you have. Suddenly Mail recognized all the flags again, and my Flagged folder re-appeared with my flagged messages in it.
| Q: Where did the list of flagged message go in Mavericks Mail? In Lion and Mountain Lion Mail, the "Mailbox List" included an entry for flagged messages, with an sub-entry for each kind of flag. This appears to have been removed in Mavericks Mail. Is there a (perhaps hidden) setting to restore this, or is it gone; and if so, how can I get a list of my flagged messages (of each kind).
I've tried creating a "Smart Mailbox", but that doesn't seem to work.
A: I had this problem -- the "Flagged" folder disappeared from the Mail app and no longer contained any flagged messages, even though I could see that my messages still had flags if I logged into the iCloud website and looked at them there.
For me, the solution was to rebuild my Inbox in the Mail app. Select the mailbox you want to rebuild ("Inbox" in this case), go to the Mailbox menu, and select "Rebuild" at the bottom of the menu. It could take a minute or two, depending on how many messages you have. Suddenly Mail recognized all the flags again, and my Flagged folder re-appeared with my flagged messages in it.
A: Select the inbox in question, then the mailbox menu and "rebuild". We had this issue on 3 machines in my office and length rebuild was required. I've noted the flags show up if you surf to one of the flagged emails...it's as if "touching" the emails is required for the data to be triggering the flag functionality...rebuild must have the same effect.
A: The flagged message folder isn't missing on any of the 5 Macs I have upgraded to 10.9 so I'm concluding that the folder isn't intentionally being removed as a matter of design.
I suspect you have some database corruption or another error (perhaps gmail two factor authentication) causing the missing folder.
Have you reached out to Apple support? They typically offer free support within 90 days of any "purchase" and it would be interesting to see how they handle a "purchase" for a free app.
A: The databases associated with your mailboxes are probably corrupted and need to be rebuilt. Simply choosing "Rebuild" from the "Mailbox" menu is worth a try, but is unlikely to do the trick. If it doesn't, the following steps will fix the problem:
*
*Quit Mail.
*Remove all of the "Envelope Index" files from the ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/ folder by opening the folder in Finder (⇧+⌘+G) and deleting all files whose names that begin with "Envelope Index". After deleting these files you should "Secure Empty" the Trash to be sure they're gone.
*Relaunch Mail and wait. This will take quite some time: many hours if you have a lot of messages.
*Once Mail is fully launched, search your mailboxes (⌥+⌘+F) for "flagged" messages and wait again.
This can also take a surprisingly long time during which it will sometimes appear that nothing is happening, but patience will be rewarded as your flagged messages begin to appear.
Depending on how serious and extensive your database corruption is, it's possible that not all of these steps is needed. You might simply try the last step alone and see if it works. However, the missing flags are likely a sign of a problem that will manifest itself in other ways, so the surest approach is to do all the steps above.
A: My flagged messages also disappeared, but they showed up again by themselves as I was reading this page. Seems to have "rebuilt" themselves.
A: Rebuild Mailboxes didn't work for me, but it turns out flags are actually part of Spotlight. I forced a re-index:
*
*drag the drive where your mail folders live (usually your boot drive) to the the Privacy tab in System Preferences → Spotlight.
*log out, log in.
*drag the drive back out of the privacy list and wait while your Mac re-indexes.
I found I also had to sort my mailboxes by the flagged column, then click on each flagged item in turn.
This solved my issue, and is mentioned in an Apple discussion here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5479534
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6d11508d0d4957e2f2125b58ec8bad85d02d1a81 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I change the color of the current date in Mavericks Calendar? Unlike previous versions of Calendar, Mavericks Calendar uses a color to indicate the current day. This color clashes with many of the colors I've been using for years for various calendars (and is even the same as one I use for one of my calendars), which makes the appointments for the current day almost unreadable.
Is there a way to restore the neutral, light gray used to indicate the current day used in earlier versions of Calendar?
A: I am sorry to say that after examining the plist for 10.9 Calendar.app I don't even see a way to change the color via command line. Sorry good sir but I gave it my best.
| Q: Can I change the color of the current date in Mavericks Calendar? Unlike previous versions of Calendar, Mavericks Calendar uses a color to indicate the current day. This color clashes with many of the colors I've been using for years for various calendars (and is even the same as one I use for one of my calendars), which makes the appointments for the current day almost unreadable.
Is there a way to restore the neutral, light gray used to indicate the current day used in earlier versions of Calendar?
A: I am sorry to say that after examining the plist for 10.9 Calendar.app I don't even see a way to change the color via command line. Sorry good sir but I gave it my best.
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5cddd7de06916272760272bfd6637bda85c65c94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I permanently disable Notification Center in Mavericks? In Mountain Lion I was able to permanently disable Notification Center, with no apparent side effects:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
killall NotificationCenter
However, the Mavericks upgrade process restored Notification Center in all its irritating glory. Is there are reason that the upgrade reverted my disabling of Notification Center?
Can I disable Notification Center in Mavericks using the same procedure, without side effects?
A: If you start Terminal, enter
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui KeepAlive -bool False
and restart, this did the trick for me in Mavericks.
| Q: How do I permanently disable Notification Center in Mavericks? In Mountain Lion I was able to permanently disable Notification Center, with no apparent side effects:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
killall NotificationCenter
However, the Mavericks upgrade process restored Notification Center in all its irritating glory. Is there are reason that the upgrade reverted my disabling of Notification Center?
Can I disable Notification Center in Mavericks using the same procedure, without side effects?
A: If you start Terminal, enter
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui KeepAlive -bool False
and restart, this did the trick for me in Mavericks.
A: Just unloading the plist still works for me:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
If the plist is not loaded, sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui KeepAlive -bool False should have no effect.
A: You will have side effects if you upgrade to Yosemite (Beta 2).
The notification icon on the menu bar re-appeared, but clicking it just makes the icon itself flash briefly. I am able to slide the panel from the right of my magic trackpad, but otherwise can't fix the menu bar to either fully disable or reenable it.
A: actually I came up with a much more straightforward way. Simply remove the Notification app which is located in /System/Library/CoreServices/.
To do so you first have to kill the process otherwise finder won't let you delete it since it's already running (do a little top to get its PID). Then just move the .app file to the thrash.
At reboot it's as if it's never been there.
And since I simply remove the .app and don't touch any config files, I don't see how I could get any side effects (but please correct me if i'm wrong).
A: In Mavericks you cannot control the notification center, because you will make FaceTime unusable. If you get an incoming call, no window appears.
So you cannot accept the incoming call.
I did not check other OS Versions.
I think, there is no solution. All the code is Spaghetti.
If you switch one thing off, you break another.
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293cd8c1e503a218c54507eac602bdc642066bfc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I upgrade the SSD on late 2013 retina Mac Book Pro? Do the late 2013 models (13" - (ME864LL/A, ME865LL/A, ME866LL/A), 15" - (ME293LL/A, ME294LL/A)) support after market SSD upgrades? If so, is a drive that works with the late 2012/ early 2013 rMBPs compatible with the late 2013 models?
Although not officially supported - A couple sources (EveryMac, OWC) indicate the late 2012/ early 2013 rMBPs support after market SSD upgrades.
[Update]
ifixit posted a teardown here indicating in step 8 that:
The proprietary SSD has changed to a PCIe format, but still isn't a standard
2.5" drive. However, it is a separate daughtercard, and we’re hopeful we can
offer an upgrade in the near future.
A: The current OWC PCIe SSD's for Macbook Pro Retina's 10,1/2 work for the 2012/early2013 models. Not the Late 2013 models (11,1 (13-inch models) & 11,2 (2.0 GHz 15-inch model) & 11,3 (2.3 GHz 15-inch model) ID#'s).
They claim they will release compatible upgrades "for next year". So, I guess, not until 2014. Could be sooner, I don't know the history of their estimates->outcomes of SSD releases for pre-announced/expected products.
| Q: Can I upgrade the SSD on late 2013 retina Mac Book Pro? Do the late 2013 models (13" - (ME864LL/A, ME865LL/A, ME866LL/A), 15" - (ME293LL/A, ME294LL/A)) support after market SSD upgrades? If so, is a drive that works with the late 2012/ early 2013 rMBPs compatible with the late 2013 models?
Although not officially supported - A couple sources (EveryMac, OWC) indicate the late 2012/ early 2013 rMBPs support after market SSD upgrades.
[Update]
ifixit posted a teardown here indicating in step 8 that:
The proprietary SSD has changed to a PCIe format, but still isn't a standard
2.5" drive. However, it is a separate daughtercard, and we’re hopeful we can
offer an upgrade in the near future.
A: The current OWC PCIe SSD's for Macbook Pro Retina's 10,1/2 work for the 2012/early2013 models. Not the Late 2013 models (11,1 (13-inch models) & 11,2 (2.0 GHz 15-inch model) & 11,3 (2.3 GHz 15-inch model) ID#'s).
They claim they will release compatible upgrades "for next year". So, I guess, not until 2014. Could be sooner, I don't know the history of their estimates->outcomes of SSD releases for pre-announced/expected products.
A: Update (5/24/2016)
Salvation is here! OWC has released SSD upgrades for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display 13" & 15" Late 2013, 2014, and 2015
A: Yes, you can. As OWC says the late 2013 MacBook Pro with retina display uses a separated SSD drive like the old gen. However this time Apple went with PCI Express instead of the old SATA drive. The current OWC alternative SSDs are not compatible with the latest generation. But OWC promises that they will offer the products for the latest model "in near future", and from my past experiences I estimate that it will come to us around April 2014.
A: You can upgrade using Samsung XP941 series drives. 128GB, 256GB or 512GB available. Very expensive at this time though.
A: The connector on the XP941 is different from the connector on the SSD PCIe cards used in the late MacBook Pros.
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a0089ea8cf6d6365307a6dd5a23698fd12667f6c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Mavericks Support MTP? Does Mavericks add support for MTP devices e.g. Android/Windows Phone?
I cannot find any mention of it.
A: Mavericks does NOT support MTP natively. You can use Android File Transfer for MTP file system access or one of many other apps like Dropbox, or AirDroid for file sharing that does not use MTP.
| Q: Does Mavericks Support MTP? Does Mavericks add support for MTP devices e.g. Android/Windows Phone?
I cannot find any mention of it.
A: Mavericks does NOT support MTP natively. You can use Android File Transfer for MTP file system access or one of many other apps like Dropbox, or AirDroid for file sharing that does not use MTP.
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c2fd5a1560b279a91a77f5458264faa39f7198f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I save the Mavericks download from the App Store to minimize downloads? I really don't want to download 5.5 gigs on every Mac in my house - how can I recover and reuse the Maverick's download from one Mac to another?
| Q: How can I save the Mavericks download from the App Store to minimize downloads? I really don't want to download 5.5 gigs on every Mac in my house - how can I recover and reuse the Maverick's download from one Mac to another?
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84e954fae20bf5f3737ebb124818bdfe7eca53ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Chrome back/forward gestures no longer working after Mavericks update Has anyone else noticed their 1 finger back/forward gestures no longer working in Chrome?
I have tried the gestures on other applications such as Safari and Mission Control, they are all still intact.
A: Make sure you enable: System preferences > Mouse > Swipe between pages
AND OPEN A NEW TAB in Chrome
If you had it working before but then it stopped working suddenly (usually after an OS / Application update) you might just have to uncheck / recheck the "Swipe between pages" option. That should solve it.
| Q: Chrome back/forward gestures no longer working after Mavericks update Has anyone else noticed their 1 finger back/forward gestures no longer working in Chrome?
I have tried the gestures on other applications such as Safari and Mission Control, they are all still intact.
A: Make sure you enable: System preferences > Mouse > Swipe between pages
AND OPEN A NEW TAB in Chrome
If you had it working before but then it stopped working suddenly (usually after an OS / Application update) you might just have to uncheck / recheck the "Swipe between pages" option. That should solve it.
A: In System preferences > Trackpad > Swipe between pages (under more gestures tab)
Uncheck it and recheck it.
Should work in Chrome now. You may need to do it when first installing Chrome or updating Chrome.
A: Make sure you enable: System preferences > Mouse > Swipe between pages
A: I disabled my chrome extension (crxMouse), and the problem is gone.
A: Yes, I've noticed that too. I already reported that error to Google via the Chrome's Options panel -> tools -> report errors.
Hopefully they'll fix it soon!
A: Do you have Better Touch Tool installed? If so, uninstall it as it doesn't play nice with Mavericks atm. Also if you dont have it installed, I changed the tracking speed, as I had previously set it with Better Touch Tool.
I'm pretty sure it's not an issue with Chrome.
A: There is a bug report already on the Chrome forums. Check it out here and add your info too.
It seems to be a sporadic problem; I have the issue every hour or so, but my colleague doesn't get it at all.
A: Mine stopped working too, but realised I had installed a chrome plugin called 'SmoothScroll' (or something similar). Uninstalling this gave me my gestures back, Happy times!
A: This is a Chrome bug which is fixed in the 64-bit Beta which I use. It's a beta but works fairly well, I haven't noticed any problems except the headbar occasionally not retracting in presentation mode.
A: I ran into this issue a while back as well. When I looked at my Chrome extensions, I had one enabled called Smooth Scroll. When I disabled that extension, my gesture swipe returned to normal. Hope that helps.
A: I can confirm this annoying bug.
The magic mouse right swipe for "back" doesn't work most of the time, but does after swiping with the trackpad once.
Chrome 60
macOs 10.13 public beta 5
A: I too faced the same issue before chrome update, after the update Version 69.0.3497.100 (Official Build) (64-bit) issue is resolved.
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38e1aa50634bd1b867e5b9d4b94a948b88b7f222 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks unusually high RAM usage I thought Mavericks was suppose to utilize RAM memory better, thus run smoother.
Running ML on Mac mini 2012, with 16GB RAM...always running smoothly even with over a dozen apps running.
Now, after installing Mavericks, my Mac is SLOW, eating up RAM like crazy! Looking over usage, of the 16GB of installed memory...on average it uses 10-14 GB RAM when barely running a few apps!!!
There is this kernel_task that is always running with over 1GB of RAM and most apps are not taking that much RAM, so what is using up all my RAM?! File cache? It shows very high in that new description, with about 1/3 of my total RAM
A: Have you checked if Spotlight is indexing the hard drive?
I found that for about 2 hours after installing Mavericks, my computers needed to perform this task, which took up a lot of system resources.
You can disable this indexing (guide here) and check whether it freed up any memory, which has been suggested by some to be the case in similar situations.
| Q: Mavericks unusually high RAM usage I thought Mavericks was suppose to utilize RAM memory better, thus run smoother.
Running ML on Mac mini 2012, with 16GB RAM...always running smoothly even with over a dozen apps running.
Now, after installing Mavericks, my Mac is SLOW, eating up RAM like crazy! Looking over usage, of the 16GB of installed memory...on average it uses 10-14 GB RAM when barely running a few apps!!!
There is this kernel_task that is always running with over 1GB of RAM and most apps are not taking that much RAM, so what is using up all my RAM?! File cache? It shows very high in that new description, with about 1/3 of my total RAM
A: Have you checked if Spotlight is indexing the hard drive?
I found that for about 2 hours after installing Mavericks, my computers needed to perform this task, which took up a lot of system resources.
You can disable this indexing (guide here) and check whether it freed up any memory, which has been suggested by some to be the case in similar situations.
A: Who said that this memory use is bad in any way? At the very least, the OS will be using the memory so that it can spin down your hard drive at the first opportunity. Hard drive access is energetically expensive. RAM is already powered up, so letting it sit idle is truly wasteful.
The question is a yet another post in the style of "oh no my ram is all used up, bad [insert your bogeyman here]". Let's get it out of the way: RAM should be always fully utilized. You paid for it, you're paying to keep it powered up, it's really counterproductive for all this money to go to waste.
If your computer feels slow right after updating, it's true that the indexing service may be to blame. Let it stay on overnight, make sure you get a full Time Machine backup done, and see what transpires next. Don't get hung up over RAM consumption - without some rather technical understanding of what those numbers mean, you can't make any use of them. They are red herring. It's a curiously recurring pattern.
A: I am having the same problem, but also seeing a degradation in performance, system hangs and app crashes. I do photography and some of those apps, especially Lightroom, NEVER give up memory that they have taken, even after you quit them!
I talked to mac support and was told that if you open your apps to full screen/maximize, everything behind them will go into app nap mode. He said that is the best way to take advantage of Maverick memory capabilities - let each app take the whole screen and ctrl-tab between them. Unfortunately, that is not how I work,and doesn't work well for my needs. It might help you out tho.
I used to be able to do a "purge" from a terminal app and clear out unused memory, but maverick does not allow me to do that anymore. I would keep an eye on memory and just type purge now and then and things were fine. I am searching for a way to do that in Maverick. If not, I may have to do a restore from time machine as I am unable to do my work.
I installed Maverick more than 5 days ago so I would think it should be done indexing. macbook retina pro, 16gb, kernal is using 1.13gb, page file is about 8Gb.
A: RAM is there to be used. It is a place for your computer to keep the most frequently used data so it doesn't have to fetch it from disk which is much slower (could be 50-60 times slower). The RAM in your Mac Mini is 1600MHz DDR3 if you upgraded at time of purchasing. This is capable of about 12800MB/s transfer. The HDD if it's a physical one is a 5400rpm drive capable of 200-300MB/s. So you want your RAM to be fully utilised. It's no use to you when it's free.
With that in mind, your problem is not how much RAM is in use but rather, why your computer is slow. The best way to determine that is to see which programs are accessing the HDD. You can read all about how OSX manages memory on Apples support site.
As pointed out in this Superuser answer:
Mavericks introduced "memory compression" which is, more or less,
another layer of swap. Active pages now get classified inactive, then
compressed (which might show up as Kernel memory depending on what
tools you are using,) then written to swap as memory usage increases.
Mavericks has also has stopped showing separate numbers for active and
inactive in Activity Monitor, since it turns out not to be a useful
thing to look at, especially given the misconceptions surrounding it.
As suggested by other people, a hard-drive index or full system backup would be a major culprit of disk activity slowing your machine so I'd look there first. You can also disable the spotlight indexing in Terminal if you wish like so:
Disable: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
Enable: sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
I would try turning off indexing temporarily, perform a full backup, when you've done both of those then re-assess the performance of your Mac and if you still have issues then use Activity Monitor to see what else is performing Disk I/O.
A: Memory clean app sovled my problem.
A: I have the same problem, and I want to clarify one point the TS/OP mentions; the activity window doesn't account for all the ram that is used. Combined, the stuff showing in the window doesn't add up to the crazy amount being used some where secret...
My answer would be, let time pass and see if it'll go away by itself, there might indexing or updating going on under the hood.
A: Others have asked, but how are you determining RAM usage? Via top in the command line, I see the following on my Mac Mini (2012) with 8GB of RAM:
PhysMem: 3861M used (919M wired), 4328M unused
Which seems right. But if I run htop—which is an improved version of top I have compiled & installed on my own—I see the following.
Mem[|||||||||||||||||||7762/8192MB]
Which to me reads as if I am only 512MB away from swapping. Which is all to say that you might be reading the data incorrectly & something else on your setup is causing a bottleneck. I’m quite happy with the speed & responsiveness of Mac OS X 10.9 on my setup. No issues. More stable than Mac OS X 10.8.
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d2e85220d04d671a61a91451bfe7a540e964ebd8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to enable continuous scrolling in iBooks 1.0 for OSX Mavericks? According to press reports, Apple promised that the new iBooks app for OSX Mavericks would include an option to read books in continuous scrolling mode. Did this come to pass, and if so, how does one enable this?
A: Continuous scrolling is available for iBooks on iOS but not the Mac. The Mac version of iBooks only allows pagination.
| Q: how to enable continuous scrolling in iBooks 1.0 for OSX Mavericks? According to press reports, Apple promised that the new iBooks app for OSX Mavericks would include an option to read books in continuous scrolling mode. Did this come to pass, and if so, how does one enable this?
A: Continuous scrolling is available for iBooks on iOS but not the Mac. The Mac version of iBooks only allows pagination.
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cd6250820375cb02359aac4790afdef4683b87d2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks lock screen doesn't show screen saver Prior to upgrading to Mavericks, when I chose to lock my MacBook Pro's screen, it would do so with my screen saver options (rotate through images in a folder, and show a clock). However, when I go to lock my screen now, it's simply a black screen.
Is there a way to make Mavericks use my screen saver settings when I choose to lock my screen as with older versions of OS X?
A: Check system preference -> Security & Privacy -> General-> Require password XXX after sleep or screen saver begins
| Q: Mavericks lock screen doesn't show screen saver Prior to upgrading to Mavericks, when I chose to lock my MacBook Pro's screen, it would do so with my screen saver options (rotate through images in a folder, and show a clock). However, when I go to lock my screen now, it's simply a black screen.
Is there a way to make Mavericks use my screen saver settings when I choose to lock my screen as with older versions of OS X?
A: Check system preference -> Security & Privacy -> General-> Require password XXX after sleep or screen saver begins
A: Set one of the hot corners to start the screen safer.
The lock sends the display to sleep in mavericks - there's no option to change it afaik
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3197a16328c983d0e2d13418e17f650d2ece2f29 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add apps or files to the Finder toolbar in 10.9 Mavericks? In previous versions of OS X, I could drag an application or any file onto the Finder toolbar, creating a persistent shortcut that works in all Finder windows. It's no longer working in Mavericks.
A: cmd + drag does the job! This got me trying for a while.
| Q: How to add apps or files to the Finder toolbar in 10.9 Mavericks? In previous versions of OS X, I could drag an application or any file onto the Finder toolbar, creating a persistent shortcut that works in all Finder windows. It's no longer working in Mavericks.
A: cmd + drag does the job! This got me trying for a while.
A: The reverse of this operation is holding command, then dragging the folder back out. The problem of having unwanted folder or files linked and residing on the toolbar confounded me for a long time. It had had the effect of making the Spotlight window INVISIBLE when in Finder.
A: I was looking for the same thing. The closest solution I could find was to add the app to the sidebar. Select your app and hit Cmd+Ctrl+T.
A: In OS X 10.9, Mavericks, you have to hold the Option and Command keys to add it.
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cf45eef759204c10e562c7e2156684f57bd70c0a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: missing /usr/bin/gnutar on Mavericks (MacPorts) MacPorts is complaining about missing /usr/bin/gnutar on Mavericks
:info:extract sh: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
gnutar is indeed not there anymore.
As suggested here I tried to change the tar command in /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf:
tar_command=/usr/bin/tar -0
with no effect.
Any suggestion? Did I configure tar_command in the wrong file? Is there another workaround?
A: My dirty hack was a symlink to system tar command.
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/tar /usr/bin/gnutar
| Q: missing /usr/bin/gnutar on Mavericks (MacPorts) MacPorts is complaining about missing /usr/bin/gnutar on Mavericks
:info:extract sh: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
gnutar is indeed not there anymore.
As suggested here I tried to change the tar command in /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf:
tar_command=/usr/bin/tar -0
with no effect.
Any suggestion? Did I configure tar_command in the wrong file? Is there another workaround?
A: My dirty hack was a symlink to system tar command.
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/tar /usr/bin/gnutar
A: I downloaded the sources from:
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Compiled the usual GNU way:
./configure
make
Afterwards I manually copied the generated binary as /usr/bin/gnutar. I am not sure were it is built, but I believe it was as ./src/tar
Of course, this was just a quick hack to install new ports. I would not upgrade all the ports (as recommended for OS upgrades) until there is an official MacPorts version supporting Mavericks.
Also, remember to delete that file before the next MacPorts version. Just to keep things clean.
A: The problem is that your version of MacPorts was not built on Mavericks and assumes the tools that were there when it was installed are still available. Since this is no longer the case, you should re-install MacPorts, which will automatically fix this issue.
Since there is no binary installer for Mavericks at the moment, you will have to build from source instead. Make sure you have installed the Command Line Tools using xcode-select --install before you attempt to run ./configure in the MacPorts source tree. See http://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.subversion for a how-to.
If you don't want to build a development version from source, a binary installer will be made available in the next few days.
Edit: A binary installer for Mavericks (for the 2.2.1 bugfix release) is now available: https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-2.2.1-10.9-Mavericks.pkg.
Note that you should still run xcode-select --install in any case, even if you do have Xcode installed and use the binary installer.
Since this keeps getting referenced: If you just updated to Mavericks you should also follow https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration.
A: Edit:
This is not a permanent Solution! It is still recommended to reinstall MacPorts.
Quick solution:
Edit:
/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_autoconf.tcl
/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/port1.0/port_autoconf.tcl
Change:
variable tar_command "/usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner"
to
variable tar_command "/usr/bin/tar -o"
A: You can also install gnutar from Macports. That helped me to compile octave-devel, in particular one of its dependencies - atlas.
sudo port install gnutar
A: "The problem is that your version of MacPorts was not built on Mavericks"
Full instructions can be found here: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration
A: Use Terminal.app (under /Applications/Utilities) and run the command:
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/bsdtar /usr/bin/gnutar
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31f02ff769c7cf516349a5f0e3388062fd074d38 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What has been deprecated or removed in OS X 10.9, Mavericks? For the last couple of releases of OS X, there have been some parts of the OS and the utilities that have been simplified or removed compared to the previous release. Especially as seem from a power users point-of-view.
Two examples from past releases are the scaled down AirPort Utility (version 6.0) and the limitations in "Sharing" System Preference panel that used to be able to manage FTP servers - both changes have been rather annoying in my book!
So, before I "upgrade" to Mavericks, I would like to know if there are anything specific that will be "downgraded" in the same process.
A: As mentioned in the Apple support communities, it apparently won't be possible to synchronize calendars and contacts between the Mac and an iPhone via USB connection or local WLAN anymore. The only remaining directly supported option would be via cloud synchronization (e.g., iCloud).
| Q: What has been deprecated or removed in OS X 10.9, Mavericks? For the last couple of releases of OS X, there have been some parts of the OS and the utilities that have been simplified or removed compared to the previous release. Especially as seem from a power users point-of-view.
Two examples from past releases are the scaled down AirPort Utility (version 6.0) and the limitations in "Sharing" System Preference panel that used to be able to manage FTP servers - both changes have been rather annoying in my book!
So, before I "upgrade" to Mavericks, I would like to know if there are anything specific that will be "downgraded" in the same process.
A: As mentioned in the Apple support communities, it apparently won't be possible to synchronize calendars and contacts between the Mac and an iPhone via USB connection or local WLAN anymore. The only remaining directly supported option would be via cloud synchronization (e.g., iCloud).
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493fa81dd25551696d8d16072170c144f62ad2fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I sum up specific things in Numbers? I have a spreadsheet in the newest iWork Numbers.app, with something like:
CATEGORY | POINTS
HW | 100
HW | 100
NW | 12
HW | 50
NW | 23
I want to just sum up all the Category = HW into a cell: I'm not sure how. I think I need to use the SUMIF() function but I get stuck afterwards.
A: You are correct in that you need to use the SUMIF function.
This is the specification from the Function Browser:
SUMIF(test-values, condition, sum-values)
Try this in your cell:
=SUMIF(CATEGORY; "=HW"; POINTS)
| Q: How do I sum up specific things in Numbers? I have a spreadsheet in the newest iWork Numbers.app, with something like:
CATEGORY | POINTS
HW | 100
HW | 100
NW | 12
HW | 50
NW | 23
I want to just sum up all the Category = HW into a cell: I'm not sure how. I think I need to use the SUMIF() function but I get stuck afterwards.
A: You are correct in that you need to use the SUMIF function.
This is the specification from the Function Browser:
SUMIF(test-values, condition, sum-values)
Try this in your cell:
=SUMIF(CATEGORY; "=HW"; POINTS)
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521ff66fc760aa635f5b3f7e6428bac1d0a0fb12 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to specify command to always run as root? In Mountain Lion, I frequently used a simple automator app called "Purge Memory" which just ran "purge" in the command line. I really enjoyed cleaning the RAM, especially when buggy apps ran memory leaks.
But now in Mavericks purge requires root privileges, breaking my app. I know I can open terminal and input it, but that is not nearly as convenient.
I have heard that on Unix you can allow a specific command to always run as root. That way I could automate purge. I would like to know if anyone knows how to do this or if this would even solve the problem?
A: You could use a Run AppleScript action that runs do shell script "purge" with administrator privileges. It requires entering a password though.
If you don't want to enter a password, add %localaccounts ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/purge to sudoers. (Run sudo visudo, press i, type or paste the text, press escape, and type :wq.) Then use a Run Shell Script action that runs sudo purge.
| Q: How to specify command to always run as root? In Mountain Lion, I frequently used a simple automator app called "Purge Memory" which just ran "purge" in the command line. I really enjoyed cleaning the RAM, especially when buggy apps ran memory leaks.
But now in Mavericks purge requires root privileges, breaking my app. I know I can open terminal and input it, but that is not nearly as convenient.
I have heard that on Unix you can allow a specific command to always run as root. That way I could automate purge. I would like to know if anyone knows how to do this or if this would even solve the problem?
A: You could use a Run AppleScript action that runs do shell script "purge" with administrator privileges. It requires entering a password though.
If you don't want to enter a password, add %localaccounts ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/purge to sudoers. (Run sudo visudo, press i, type or paste the text, press escape, and type :wq.) Then use a Run Shell Script action that runs sudo purge.
A: I disagree about purging unused RAM being useless. I have 8GB of RAM, and when free RAM gets down to a several MBs, my Mac gets very sluggish, and it's even hard to switch Finder windows without it being really slow. The purge command fixes that right up.
Now Mavericks uses compressed memory, so you aren't supposed to need such things, but I still find that my Mac gets unresponsive when there is not enough free RAM. Typing "sudo purge" into terminal freed up 2GB of RAM, and things are nice and snappy again.
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02eba6354a83292d011e2feb85fa0daed784b20c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are books stored after iBooks migration on Mavericks? After upgrading to Mavericks all of my books from iTunes have been migrated to iBooks. They are no longer in my media library and I haven't been able to locate them as of yet. So where does iBooks store your books now?
A: They are now buried inside the user Library folder.
The full path is:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books
The Books.plist there contains itemID values that connect the book titles with their *.epub or *.ibooks names [iBooks 1.2, OS 10.10.5].
| Q: Where are books stored after iBooks migration on Mavericks? After upgrading to Mavericks all of my books from iTunes have been migrated to iBooks. They are no longer in my media library and I haven't been able to locate them as of yet. So where does iBooks store your books now?
A: They are now buried inside the user Library folder.
The full path is:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books
The Books.plist there contains itemID values that connect the book titles with their *.epub or *.ibooks names [iBooks 1.2, OS 10.10.5].
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f2143f5c0264c39a7d34b9af2c1a00e8f45f6542 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use plain text smileys (disable automatic emoji substitution) in Messages.app? How to use plain text smileys (disable automatic emoji substitution) in Messages.app? In OS X 10.8 there was a setting for this in the app’s Preferences pane, but in OS X 10.9 that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
A: Run the following command (source) in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.messageshelper.MessageController SOInputLineSettings -dict-add "automaticEmojiSubstitutionEnablediMessage" -bool false
Then restart Messages.app.
| Q: How to use plain text smileys (disable automatic emoji substitution) in Messages.app? How to use plain text smileys (disable automatic emoji substitution) in Messages.app? In OS X 10.8 there was a setting for this in the app’s Preferences pane, but in OS X 10.9 that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
A: Run the following command (source) in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.messageshelper.MessageController SOInputLineSettings -dict-add "automaticEmojiSubstitutionEnablediMessage" -bool false
Then restart Messages.app.
A: Go to the Edit menu, submenu Substitutions, then uncheck Emoji.
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d2aa2c16ec4eb0a6c29344b33771d9a94d5321b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Tagging of symlinks Is it possible to tag a symlink using the new OS X Mavericks tagging functionality (old labels functionality)?
When I select a symlink in Finder, File => Tags... option is grayed-out.
Is it possible somehow through Terminal?
A: Seems you can't tag symlinks. But you can tag the original, then symlink information shows all tags from original.
If you need separately tagging in different colors you can tag aliases of original file.
| Q: Tagging of symlinks Is it possible to tag a symlink using the new OS X Mavericks tagging functionality (old labels functionality)?
When I select a symlink in Finder, File => Tags... option is grayed-out.
Is it possible somehow through Terminal?
A: Seems you can't tag symlinks. But you can tag the original, then symlink information shows all tags from original.
If you need separately tagging in different colors you can tag aliases of original file.
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4833404edc86c8d35e0e8f89b347d2395f27a891 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Terminal output as a screensaver? I want people to keep an eye on a script running in terminal whilst I'm away from my desk, but I don't trust them access to my machine.
Is there a way to show the terminal console as a screensaver, thus making it read-only and require login if they touch keyboard/mouse etc.
I'm aware of alternatives like logging to a log server they can access etc, however for now I'm only interested in outputting terminal as a screen saver. Is this possible with any known currently available screen saver software?
A: This may work, but looks to me like it needs quite a bit of work to make it go.
https://github.com/lunow/terminalscreensaver
| Q: Terminal output as a screensaver? I want people to keep an eye on a script running in terminal whilst I'm away from my desk, but I don't trust them access to my machine.
Is there a way to show the terminal console as a screensaver, thus making it read-only and require login if they touch keyboard/mouse etc.
I'm aware of alternatives like logging to a log server they can access etc, however for now I'm only interested in outputting terminal as a screen saver. Is this possible with any known currently available screen saver software?
A: This may work, but looks to me like it needs quite a bit of work to make it go.
https://github.com/lunow/terminalscreensaver
A: Phosphor from the XScreenSaver collection does this quite well. There are a few caveats though:
*
*Phosphor is a bit heavy on the system compared to a basic terminal. On a portable computer this can cause fans to spin up or batteries to drain faster.
*Scripts run in their entirety before outputting anything. I tried running an endless ping in an external script, for example, but that just left me with a blinking cursor on screen.
Here's an example:
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769344eff9783d9e8cc77b66760e6002d9e73e73 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you color code folders in Mavericks? I used to be able to color code each folder in Finder.
I know I can use tags in Mavericks, but is there a way to restore the ability to actually color code folders?
Thanks.
A: Unlike colours, tags one not mutually exclusive. You can set multiple tags for one file.
This may explain why Finder no longer displays the colour like before.
Sadly, it will only display a maximum of three colours on the right of the filename. It looks like these three colours are the last three in the list.
| Q: How do you color code folders in Mavericks? I used to be able to color code each folder in Finder.
I know I can use tags in Mavericks, but is there a way to restore the ability to actually color code folders?
Thanks.
A: Unlike colours, tags one not mutually exclusive. You can set multiple tags for one file.
This may explain why Finder no longer displays the colour like before.
Sadly, it will only display a maximum of three colours on the right of the filename. It looks like these three colours are the last three in the list.
A: 2 solutions to color tag files:
*
*How to add, change and delete Tags in OS X 10.9 Mavericks
*Tag your files with drag and drop in OS X Mavericks
A: remember to tell Apple. We want labels back:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
A: You might be interested in downloading Folder Magic. It lets you easily assign colours to folders (which makes them very easy to differentiate).
A: As there doesn't appear to be a good solution to our problem, this allows you to use your coloured icons on the sidebar to help you locate folders visually by larger colored areas of the screen:
https://www.macupdate.com/app/iphone/43078/sideeffects
A: Interestingly enough, there are several Applications which can act as a finder replacement and which display the Folder Labels in 10.9 as well as the Background like in 10.8, 10.7 etc.:
*
*Pathfinder
*Forklift
*Transmit (FTP-Client)
So the feature is not completly gone, the 10.9-Finder just don't display it. Let's hope someone finds a Hack to get coloring back.
A: The folder magic app kind of works its a bit fussy as an extra step, but if you are using a set system or not changing it frequently it will work nicely. -- It is my dream that maybe someone will write an app that carries the "tag color" up into the "folder image" (two tags = two tone folder? etc?) for all the visual/spatial organizers out there.
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8ad34ee78f73c98203de6f418b6450e54382c15d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is It Possible To Still Upgrade To OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? For those Mac owners still on OS X Snow Leopard, does the possibility exist to upgrade to OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion rather than to 10.9 Mavericks?
A: Yes, Apple sells older OS as redeemable downloads from the web store.
Apple sells OS X Mountain Lion redemption codes, alongside OS X Lion, for £14 each on the UK store.
The US store link is below and it appears the part number is the same no matter which store you select:
*
*http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
*http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
| Q: Is It Possible To Still Upgrade To OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? For those Mac owners still on OS X Snow Leopard, does the possibility exist to upgrade to OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion rather than to 10.9 Mavericks?
A: Yes, Apple sells older OS as redeemable downloads from the web store.
Apple sells OS X Mountain Lion redemption codes, alongside OS X Lion, for £14 each on the UK store.
The US store link is below and it appears the part number is the same no matter which store you select:
*
*http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
*http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
A: I have some good news for you. Every Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later will be able to upgrade for free to Mavericks.
Check the specs page on Apple.com
But if you want to upgrade specific to Mountain Lion (can't think of a reason why?), the answer is no I'm afraid. Every time Apple releases a new OS, they drop support for the older ones.
You can always look on eBay or other second-hand sites to obtain a legal copy of the disk.
EDIT: Apple offers to buy both Lion and Mountain Lion in the online Store! Issue solved :)
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43d756b004338255d1dabeb92ecb577b06d8b03e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which versions of Adobe Creative Suite will work with Mavericks? I own Adobe CS4, which works perfectly with Mountain Lion. I would like to upgrade to Mavericks, but I'm not sure if CS4 is still supported. Thus my question:
Which versions of Adobe Creative Suite will work with Mavericks?
A: From this Adobe help page:
Adobe and Apple have worked closely together to test Adobe® Creative Cloud applications and Adobe Creative Suite 6 applications for reliability, performance and user experience when installed on Intel® based systems running Mac OS X Mavericks. (v10.9). All Adobe CC and CS6 products are compatible, but a few products require updates to the latest builds to work properly. Adobe Photoshop® CS5, CS4 and CS3 were also tested with Mac OS X Mavericks and there are currently no major issues known.
| Q: Which versions of Adobe Creative Suite will work with Mavericks? I own Adobe CS4, which works perfectly with Mountain Lion. I would like to upgrade to Mavericks, but I'm not sure if CS4 is still supported. Thus my question:
Which versions of Adobe Creative Suite will work with Mavericks?
A: From this Adobe help page:
Adobe and Apple have worked closely together to test Adobe® Creative Cloud applications and Adobe Creative Suite 6 applications for reliability, performance and user experience when installed on Intel® based systems running Mac OS X Mavericks. (v10.9). All Adobe CC and CS6 products are compatible, but a few products require updates to the latest builds to work properly. Adobe Photoshop® CS5, CS4 and CS3 were also tested with Mac OS X Mavericks and there are currently no major issues known.
A: It works I just upgraded to this operating system. I read the official Adobe message too. And I just decided that I am not going to wait. So I just upgraded and all of the Adobe applications work. Especially with the Video programs in CS4 it works good.
it works I was worried to until I tested it. I also recommend a smc reset, pram reset, and a disk repIr so your boot times increase because my slowed down after the installation. Just do these steps and you will be up and running.....
You can look up those things online.
A: About a month ago I upgraded from Leopard to Maverick and my 2008 Macbook Pro became unusable due to long response times. 2-3 minutes for just a mouse click. After many hours of tracking this down (Apple support was very patient and helpful) in the end uninstalling CS4 fixed the issue and my computer is faster than ever - probably faster because of all the clean up we did during all of this. So I've got my computer back but cannot user CS4 on it.
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53985dd799b56f153f725aeead72dd011762865f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable Mavericks' emoji shortcut The shortcut control-command-space in Mavericks opens a panel with Emojis. I'd like to use it for another application (Divvy), but it complains that it is already used by a system-wide keyboard shortcut. But as far as I can see there is no way to disable it in the system settings. Does anyone know of an alternative method to disable it?
A: Creator of Divvy here. I'm not sure why Divvy can't record this shortcut in the UI, but you can force Divvy to use this shortcut:
*
*Quit Divvy.
*Launch Terminal.app and paste this command, on one line, and press enter:
defaults write com.mizage.direct.Divvy globalHotkey -dict keyCode 49 modifiers 4352
*Also, paste this command, on one line, and press enter:
defaults write com.mizage.Divvy globalHotkey -dict keyCode 49 modifiers 4352
*Restart Divvy.
There's no risk to running these commands, you can always change the shortcut again in the UI. Hopefully I can update the recorder to properly capture these shortcuts in the future.
| Q: How to disable Mavericks' emoji shortcut The shortcut control-command-space in Mavericks opens a panel with Emojis. I'd like to use it for another application (Divvy), but it complains that it is already used by a system-wide keyboard shortcut. But as far as I can see there is no way to disable it in the system settings. Does anyone know of an alternative method to disable it?
A: Creator of Divvy here. I'm not sure why Divvy can't record this shortcut in the UI, but you can force Divvy to use this shortcut:
*
*Quit Divvy.
*Launch Terminal.app and paste this command, on one line, and press enter:
defaults write com.mizage.direct.Divvy globalHotkey -dict keyCode 49 modifiers 4352
*Also, paste this command, on one line, and press enter:
defaults write com.mizage.Divvy globalHotkey -dict keyCode 49 modifiers 4352
*Restart Divvy.
There's no risk to running these commands, you can always change the shortcut again in the UI. Hopefully I can update the recorder to properly capture these shortcuts in the future.
A: This all seems to be for older OS's I have run the terminal command but for Yosemite it looks like just assign the name to "Emoji & Symbols" for all apps. Would be nice to not assign any shortcut to this and remove it but you can't save no shortcut and it will not let me save and then delete the shortcut (that probably wouldn't work anyway. At least it is assigned to another shortcut across all apps finally!
A: You can change the shortcut from System Preferences:
Either three periods or an ellipsis character should work.
You can disable the shortcut by modifying ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist:
defaults write -g NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add 'Special Characters...' '\0'
Quit and reopen applications to apply the changes made with the defaults command.
A: If it's of any help, you can disable the replacement of emoji to emoticons in the Messages app like this: Edit > Substitutions > Emoji menu. Not sure if this frees up the Ctrl+Command+Space shortcut, though.
A: I wanted to promote @jrhorn424's comment to an answer, so it's more visible.
Frustratingly, the keyboard preference pane won't let you remove a standard shortcut, only bind it to something else. You can do it in the terminal, though.
As @jrhorn424 wrote:
"A note for Yosemite (OS X 10.10) and later: instead, use defaults write -g NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add 'Emoji & Symbols' '\0'"
A: I use Quicksilver for this, it overrides other keyboard shortcuts by default, which is handy for pesky harder-to-manipulate default shortcuts. It can open any app with any key combination; check it out.
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bddc8a982c7afd72e0b5cdfd3943be8f9f5f46e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable this mutli-monitor window-cutoff in Mavericks? If I drag a window in between two screens, half the window disappears. Is there a flag I can set from the command line or pref option somewhere to disable this?
My chrome window below is in the middle of my two monitors with the left half hidden.
A: have you tried system pref > mission control > and uncheck "displays have separate spaces"
| Q: How can I disable this mutli-monitor window-cutoff in Mavericks? If I drag a window in between two screens, half the window disappears. Is there a flag I can set from the command line or pref option somewhere to disable this?
My chrome window below is in the middle of my two monitors with the left half hidden.
A: have you tried system pref > mission control > and uncheck "displays have separate spaces"
A: Try going to System Preferences → Mission Control → and unchecking the option for Displays have separate Spaces.
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f1d55295ee5a3cdd8c2c6df4f286df35b1038520 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks Mail- Sent folder not updating Ever since my upgrade to Mavericks my sent mail folder has not logged any of the messages I have sent. Any idea how to get it to refresh and find the messages I have sent?
A: I had this problem as well after upgrading to Mavericks. The solution for me was to select a different Outgoing Mail Server. My Exchange account was set to use the "Exchange SMTP" server (which worked fine for me prior to Mavericks). The other option in the pull down menu was something called "USERNAME@SERVERNAME (Exchange)" so I picked it. This solved the problem. Sent mail once again appears in my Exchange Sent Mail folder.
The weird thing is that this option is not listed as one of the SMTP servers if I click on "Edit SMTP server list". Maybe it's something other than SMTP?
| Q: Mavericks Mail- Sent folder not updating Ever since my upgrade to Mavericks my sent mail folder has not logged any of the messages I have sent. Any idea how to get it to refresh and find the messages I have sent?
A: I had this problem as well after upgrading to Mavericks. The solution for me was to select a different Outgoing Mail Server. My Exchange account was set to use the "Exchange SMTP" server (which worked fine for me prior to Mavericks). The other option in the pull down menu was something called "USERNAME@SERVERNAME (Exchange)" so I picked it. This solved the problem. Sent mail once again appears in my Exchange Sent Mail folder.
The weird thing is that this option is not listed as one of the SMTP servers if I click on "Edit SMTP server list". Maybe it's something other than SMTP?
A: I have the same issue. To choose the Exchange protocol instead of the SMTP solved the issues of not stored mails. The problem is that the Exchange protocol (maybe only in my case) has other issues, i.e. size restriction. Therefore i have to rely on SMTP protocol.
btw: that the exchange options does not appear in the smtp server list is logical as it is a fixed communication procedure and has not to be configured like SMTP. By using the Exchange protocol the Exchange server stores the sent mails in the right folder with SMTP protocol all is up to client. And exactly here the problem seems to be in mavericks or its mail client.
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b20e9c92e4801ca001bb6b7dd74f4edfa611ac09 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to keep both Mavericks menu bars opaque in two monitor setup Mavericks shows the menu bar in both monitors when you have two. That's great, but the menu bar in the passive desktop turns translucent, which is a bit annoying. Is there a way to keep both menu bars opaque at all times? Setting the menu bar opaque in the desktop settings affects only the active monitor.
A: I just found a fix for this. Check out this video I made.
Step 1. change the order your displays are in.
Step 2. set to opaque.
Step 3. change back the order, now you have opaque on both bars.
| Q: How to keep both Mavericks menu bars opaque in two monitor setup Mavericks shows the menu bar in both monitors when you have two. That's great, but the menu bar in the passive desktop turns translucent, which is a bit annoying. Is there a way to keep both menu bars opaque at all times? Setting the menu bar opaque in the desktop settings affects only the active monitor.
A: I just found a fix for this. Check out this video I made.
Step 1. change the order your displays are in.
Step 2. set to opaque.
Step 3. change back the order, now you have opaque on both bars.
A: you really can't do this but you can:
hide the second display's menu bar by going into SysPref -> Mission Control-> and uncheck Displays have separate Spaces.
I'm sure there will be an update soon enough that allows you to dedicate one display as your Control display, for lack of a better term.
... in researching this tho I did find a neat app called bartender which cleans up your bar. not free and I'm not linking it cause I have no interest in the company at all, but I am giving the trial mode a shot right now.
Good Luck
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e964552c284372968d7c88f29f41ff9fbd6d57b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: SVG in Keynote? I want to use line art in my Keynote presentations. SVG is the Scalable Vector Graphics format, used natively by Inkscape.
Is there any way to use an SVG in Keynote, or do I need to convert to a PDF?
A: As of Keynote version 7.2 SVG is not supported without conversion using a third party app. (Would be nice though!)
| Q: SVG in Keynote? I want to use line art in my Keynote presentations. SVG is the Scalable Vector Graphics format, used natively by Inkscape.
Is there any way to use an SVG in Keynote, or do I need to convert to a PDF?
A: As of Keynote version 7.2 SVG is not supported without conversion using a third party app. (Would be nice though!)
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5e1d27e12d6ead5531717aca9b352d68132e0d94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change Dock color on left/right site in OS X 10.9 Mavericks New in OS X Mavericks, when using the famous dock on the left or right site:
It has a white background now. It makes it hard to see the icons and the design is awful.
Does anyone know how to change it back to the old black and transparent style?
(in the screenshot on the left side)
Same Topic available on apple boards:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5469133
A: There's a third-party utility app called cDock that can change or remove the Dock's background. I can confirm it works for me on OS X 10.9.2. Just download it, run and select the "Install Transparent dock" option. You can also choose the "Install 10.8 style dock" option which will enable the theme from OS X 10.8. You can revert to the default dock at any time by running the app again and selecting the "Restore Dock" option.
| Q: Change Dock color on left/right site in OS X 10.9 Mavericks New in OS X Mavericks, when using the famous dock on the left or right site:
It has a white background now. It makes it hard to see the icons and the design is awful.
Does anyone know how to change it back to the old black and transparent style?
(in the screenshot on the left side)
Same Topic available on apple boards:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5469133
A: There's a third-party utility app called cDock that can change or remove the Dock's background. I can confirm it works for me on OS X 10.9.2. Just download it, run and select the "Install Transparent dock" option. You can also choose the "Install 10.8 style dock" option which will enable the theme from OS X 10.8. You can revert to the default dock at any time by running the app again and selecting the "Restore Dock" option.
A: You can set hide-mirror to true to remove the blur effect:
defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool true;killall Dock
Before:
After:
I don't know how to make the background dark though.
A: I haven't tried this yet but if you look at the old instructions for Leopard you can edit the color by changing the images in the Dock app.
Sorry, this does not work after all.
Currently I use a black desktop as a workaround (you could also use an image with a black margin at the right/left). It's not perfect but it does look better.
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bd524e0ad3c6aa1e8993051f96d154a8bdb7243c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable/always allow assistive access on Mavericks? I've been using this script (AppleScript) bound to a global hot key as an Automator Service to open new terminals using a global keyboard shortcut. After upgrade to OS X Mavericks when the corresponding service is triggered from literally any application, a new dialog box popus up saying that
"(Application name)" would like to control this computer using accessibility features.
And of course script fails to execute triggered from any application which has not been explicitly given permission via System Preferences.
Is there some way to globally allow accessibility control to any application running on my computer in OS X Mavericks, as it used to be in previous OS X releases?
The example script above was not the only script I had on global shortcuts, and whitelisting all installed applications is extremely painful, especially considering that an app may be whitelisted only after a failed "control" attempt...
A: I don't know any way to always allow access for assistive devices, but you can add multiple applications to the list in System Preferences by drag and drop:
| Q: How to disable/always allow assistive access on Mavericks? I've been using this script (AppleScript) bound to a global hot key as an Automator Service to open new terminals using a global keyboard shortcut. After upgrade to OS X Mavericks when the corresponding service is triggered from literally any application, a new dialog box popus up saying that
"(Application name)" would like to control this computer using accessibility features.
And of course script fails to execute triggered from any application which has not been explicitly given permission via System Preferences.
Is there some way to globally allow accessibility control to any application running on my computer in OS X Mavericks, as it used to be in previous OS X releases?
The example script above was not the only script I had on global shortcuts, and whitelisting all installed applications is extremely painful, especially considering that an app may be whitelisted only after a failed "control" attempt...
A: I don't know any way to always allow access for assistive devices, but you can add multiple applications to the list in System Preferences by drag and drop:
A: *
*Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu
*Click on Security & Privacy
*Click on the Privacy tab
*Click on Accessibility in the list at the left
*Click the lock icon to allow you to make changes (you'll be prompted for your password)
*Check "(Application Name)"
I don't believe there is a way to set this setting globally. You need to do it for each application separately. I would love to be proven wrong...
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1ab9f394d90f7dff5664e1baefe67dac4ffdcb84 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: WPA2 Enterprise network doesn't appear in WiFi list (OSX Mavericks) My university has two WPA2 Enterprise networks, neither of which appear in the WiFi menu in Mavericks, but they do appear on my iPhone which is next to my MacBook.
At the moment, I have to manually enter the SSID and then it finds it. Is there a way to have it show in the list along with the other networks?
A: Once you have joined the network by the method you list, open System Preferences and the Network Control Panel; select Airport on the left, and then click the Advanced button on the lower right of the Panel. Check the box next to "Remember networks this computer has joined" and then, if not already listed in the above list, click the plus ( + ) button on the left below the list, and add the network to your list of Preferred Networks. If it is a network you use often, then you'll want to order it near the top of the list. Then click the OK button, and then click the Apply button, and close System Preferences.
| Q: WPA2 Enterprise network doesn't appear in WiFi list (OSX Mavericks) My university has two WPA2 Enterprise networks, neither of which appear in the WiFi menu in Mavericks, but they do appear on my iPhone which is next to my MacBook.
At the moment, I have to manually enter the SSID and then it finds it. Is there a way to have it show in the list along with the other networks?
A: Once you have joined the network by the method you list, open System Preferences and the Network Control Panel; select Airport on the left, and then click the Advanced button on the lower right of the Panel. Check the box next to "Remember networks this computer has joined" and then, if not already listed in the above list, click the plus ( + ) button on the left below the list, and add the network to your list of Preferred Networks. If it is a network you use often, then you'll want to order it near the top of the list. Then click the OK button, and then click the Apply button, and close System Preferences.
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8e6b5971e7b5dc6513fa991d73a64721a2e6af2e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to resume a Mavericks download on OS X 10.6? I've initiated OS X Mavericks download from the App Store. Upon either re-login or restart, the OS X Mavericks icon in the dock shows that it's paused. Clicking Resume from the context menu doesn't do anything.
A: It's a usability bug. You have to open the App Store, log-in, and only then will the Resume option work. To resume, you can also click "Download" on the OS X Mavericks line in the Purchases table of the App Store.
Since there's no instant feedback as to whether anything is being downloaded unless your connection is very fast, you can use Activity Monitor to check whether network download seems to be saturated. An alternative is iStat Menus (non-free with 14 day free trial). There, you can not only see that data is downloaded, but you can confirm that it is the storeagent process that does the downloading.
| Q: How to resume a Mavericks download on OS X 10.6? I've initiated OS X Mavericks download from the App Store. Upon either re-login or restart, the OS X Mavericks icon in the dock shows that it's paused. Clicking Resume from the context menu doesn't do anything.
A: It's a usability bug. You have to open the App Store, log-in, and only then will the Resume option work. To resume, you can also click "Download" on the OS X Mavericks line in the Purchases table of the App Store.
Since there's no instant feedback as to whether anything is being downloaded unless your connection is very fast, you can use Activity Monitor to check whether network download seems to be saturated. An alternative is iStat Menus (non-free with 14 day free trial). There, you can not only see that data is downloaded, but you can confirm that it is the storeagent process that does the downloading.
A: I canceled the download by clicking 'cancel downloading' from the context menu. This did stop the download. Now I am starting download again...
A: *
*Login with your Apple ID in the App Store.
*Search for 'mavericks' in the search bar.
*Select Mavericks on the App Store than click Download to resume.
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3b3d4d3cb40753dedb292cac8dd4ac00c55a9599 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: osascript "set bounds of window" not working after Mavericks upgrade I have a number of bash functions I run at the beginning of each day to start work. They all look pretty much like this:
mind() {
osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
do script "ssh -A [email protected]"
set bounds of window 1 to {50, 50, 1200, 900}
end tell'
}
After upgrading to Mavericks, this is mostly working, but it doesn't position the lower-right corner of the window. That is, it positions the top left corner of the new window at 50, 50, but fails to resize the window.
I have reinstalled XQuartz and have it running. How can I get this to resize properly? Did Mavericks change the way bash talks to AppleScript/XQuartz?
A: Try changing the size and position attributes or using System Events instead:
tell application "Terminal"
tell window 1
set size to {1150, 850}
set position to {50, 50}
end tell
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal"
tell window 1
set size to {1150, 850}
set position to {50, 50}
end tell
end tell
| Q: osascript "set bounds of window" not working after Mavericks upgrade I have a number of bash functions I run at the beginning of each day to start work. They all look pretty much like this:
mind() {
osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
do script "ssh -A [email protected]"
set bounds of window 1 to {50, 50, 1200, 900}
end tell'
}
After upgrading to Mavericks, this is mostly working, but it doesn't position the lower-right corner of the window. That is, it positions the top left corner of the new window at 50, 50, but fails to resize the window.
I have reinstalled XQuartz and have it running. How can I get this to resize properly? Did Mavericks change the way bash talks to AppleScript/XQuartz?
A: Try changing the size and position attributes or using System Events instead:
tell application "Terminal"
tell window 1
set size to {1150, 850}
set position to {50, 50}
end tell
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal"
tell window 1
set size to {1150, 850}
set position to {50, 50}
end tell
end tell
A: Lauri's answer almost worked for me, but I had to run the script twice. Setting the position before the size fixed that. It seems you get set a size that would cause the window to leave the screen...
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal"
tell window 1
set position to {50, 50}
set size to {1150, 850}
end tell
end tell
Also, the first time you run this you should get a message about security, make sure you go into System Prefs -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility and check "Terminal.app"
A: I temporarily fixed the problem by repeating the set bounds command three times in a row.
*
*The first call moved the window (Terminal in my case) to the right position and gave it the right height but the width was mysteriously equal to the weight.
*The second call did enlarge the window but to 1.5 the requested width (eyeballed).
*The third call made it just right.
This is slightly different than your problem but close enough that the fix might work. Repeating the command twice might be enough for you.
A: I move my laptop to several desks with external monitors. One one of these, all the positions are now (Mavericks) evaluated relative to "whatever screen the window happens to be one." On others, this is not so.
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832b2a24587227900b9b883dbd7fc083fc6cf3d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: cmd-tab behavior on Mavericks with multiple displays I have a MacBook with Cinema Display, I have my dock on the MacBook screen side and my menubar is set to Cinema Display. In 10.8 this worked well, when I pressed cmd-tab to switch apps the task switcher would come up on the "main" Cinema Display.
In 10.9, however, it's always on the MacBook's screen, very annoying. Is there a setting I've missed?
A: Unchecking and then rechecking "Displays have separate Spaces" options in Mission Control System Preferences restored the Alt+Tab interface back to the primary monitor, for me (on Mavericks 10.9.5). I did not have to log out, as suggested by the OS.
| Q: cmd-tab behavior on Mavericks with multiple displays I have a MacBook with Cinema Display, I have my dock on the MacBook screen side and my menubar is set to Cinema Display. In 10.8 this worked well, when I pressed cmd-tab to switch apps the task switcher would come up on the "main" Cinema Display.
In 10.9, however, it's always on the MacBook's screen, very annoying. Is there a setting I've missed?
A: Unchecking and then rechecking "Displays have separate Spaces" options in Mission Control System Preferences restored the Alt+Tab interface back to the primary monitor, for me (on Mavericks 10.9.5). I did not have to log out, as suggested by the OS.
A: Maverick has this "Displays have separate Spaces" switch in the Mission Control settings.
In my experience, if it's enabled, then the alt-tab menu gets displayed on the display that used the dock for the last time. IE, if you clicked on the dock bar on the 2nd display, next time you do an alt-tab, the menu is going to show up there.
If you disable the "Displays have separate Spaces" options, you fix this annoying thing, but you get the old full screen support that Mountain Lion had, where the full screen app in one display, disables every other display.
A: You can also display the app switcher on all monitors with the following undocumented preference:
defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
killall Dock
This works on Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and possibly older versions as well.
A: I believe this coincides with the Dock's location. Just tested it on my MacBook Air, connected to a non-Apple external display, and whenever I moved the Dock from screen to screen the Application Switcher would follow.
You can summon the Dock on your big display by dragging the cursor to the bottom of it's display, essentially dragging down at the bottom. After a second the Dock should pop up. Once the Dock is on the desired display press commandtab to summon the Application Switcher.
A: So far, the best way to accomplish this for people who prefer the dock on the side is to change the dock position to be at the side furthest from your MacBook.
This is done by right-clicking on the dock, choosing "Position on Screen" (if you do not see this option, try right-clicking lower down on the dock) and either choosing left or right - whichever is furthest from your Macbook.
For clarity and user-friendliness, this was extracted and augmented from Mr Rabbit's comments above.
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ade6fb34c051880c68d972a1dbd543893284fc79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will my Mac run slow if I update it to Mavericks? Today my Mac wanted me to upgrade it to Mavericks. I'm hesitating because it is a bit old (Mid 2009 MacBook Pro) and I don't want things to run slow. I'm currently using 10.8.5 and it is OK. I have a Core 2 duo (2.53 GHz) with 4 GB of RAM.
What do you recommend? How was your experience?
A: Mine's the same as yours (MacBook Pro 2009 2.53 GHz) and I've definitely noticed it's slower than before.
| Q: Will my Mac run slow if I update it to Mavericks? Today my Mac wanted me to upgrade it to Mavericks. I'm hesitating because it is a bit old (Mid 2009 MacBook Pro) and I don't want things to run slow. I'm currently using 10.8.5 and it is OK. I have a Core 2 duo (2.53 GHz) with 4 GB of RAM.
What do you recommend? How was your experience?
A: Mine's the same as yours (MacBook Pro 2009 2.53 GHz) and I've definitely noticed it's slower than before.
A: No, it should run faster.
I have installed Mavericks on three machines:
*
*A 2007 iMac
*A 2010 Macbook Air
*A 2012 Mac Mini
All models are displaying noticeable speed improvements. Mavericks also freed up a substantial amount extra hard drive space on all my devices.
A: I have a 2011 Air and it ran more slowly at first but after rebooting and it seems to run faster than Mountain Lion.
A: It's a lot slower for me on an iMac 2011.
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96c89b96e8cb2b532129f5ce234446fbf30de26a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable the notifications prompt in Safari? Safari for Mavericks has a website notifications feature allowing sites to send push notifications.
I never want to be prompted for this.
How can I disable the prompt for all websites, forever?
A: The proposed answer of chmod 000 RemoteNotifications does work, but unfortunately console is spewed with many failed attempts to access files in the directory.
The messages are all being logged by a process called SafariNotificationAgent which appears to be the single source of grief. This process can be stopped entirely using:
launchctl remove com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent
OS updates might turn this back on, but I'd rather it not even be wasting system resources trying to access a folder for a feature that I never wanted in the first place.
| Q: How can I disable the notifications prompt in Safari? Safari for Mavericks has a website notifications feature allowing sites to send push notifications.
I never want to be prompted for this.
How can I disable the prompt for all websites, forever?
A: The proposed answer of chmod 000 RemoteNotifications does work, but unfortunately console is spewed with many failed attempts to access files in the directory.
The messages are all being logged by a process called SafariNotificationAgent which appears to be the single source of grief. This process can be stopped entirely using:
launchctl remove com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent
OS updates might turn this back on, but I'd rather it not even be wasting system resources trying to access a folder for a feature that I never wanted in the first place.
A: Since the release of Safari 7.0.3 Apple finally gives us an option to turn off safari notification prompts. To disable safari notifications go to Preferences within Safari. Click the Websites tab (notifications tab for older versions of safari) and uncheck "Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications". And voilà.
Websites panel for current Safari (as of High Sierra):
Panel for older versions of Safari:
The explanation below is only valid for versions of Safari before 7.0.3
Apple obviously forgot the option to disable the notification thing in Safari altogether when they added the feature. Anyway this works, but is not for the faint of heart. ** This is only for older Safari before Version 7.0.3 **
Stop Safari
Open Terminal
cd ~/Library/Safari
chmod 000 RemoteNotifications/
That's it.
The chmod 000 just makes the directory RemoteNotifications inaccessible. To make it accessible again (and to re-enable notifications in Safari) just do the above again but use 755 instead of 000 in the chmod command.
As lined out in Renés comment below, it is also possible to change the access rights via Finder.
A: Today in Safari 11, this is available in Safari preferences under "Websites" > "Notifications". The built-in help describes it simply:
Stop seeing notification permission requests in Safari: Choose Safari > Preferences, click Websites, then click Notifications. Deselect “Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications.” From now on, when you visit a website that can send you notifications, you aren’t asked.
A: defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari CanPromptForPushNotifications -boolean NO
A: There seems to be no way to do it. I am thinking of using a plugin to block this code from running. It seems to be related to window.safari.pushNotification.permission in source code.
A: To add on to existing answers:
Maybe after some time the second part of the accepted answer is outdated. It didn't stop the process. I had to go to activity monitor to find the process in the file system.
So I ended doing
sudo tcsh
chmod 000 /usr/libexec/SafariNotificationAgent
Works perfectly so far. The process doesn't run anymore when I restart Safari.
A: In Safari 11 you can find this setting here:
A: Go to System Preferences > Notifications > Safari, and then disable it from there. This will disable notifications for Safari, but I don't know if the prompt will stop. You have some more settings in Safari itself, but that's more management.
A: I tried everything
but finally got this
this is amazing and it worked
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5791174
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15c40e510805adde095240380e88e478bbf9cf7a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to run old AirPort Utils 5.x on MacOS X maverics? How to run old AirPort Utils 5.x on MacOS X maverics ? Because the new one is really ugly.
A: There is a workaround detailed here: http://coreyjmahler.com/2013/10/24/airport-utility-5-6-1-on-os-x-10-9-mavericks/.
| Q: How to run old AirPort Utils 5.x on MacOS X maverics? How to run old AirPort Utils 5.x on MacOS X maverics ? Because the new one is really ugly.
A: There is a workaround detailed here: http://coreyjmahler.com/2013/10/24/airport-utility-5-6-1-on-os-x-10-9-mavericks/.
A: I just got off the phone with Apple support and the official answer is that you can't run AirPort Utility 5.x on Mavericks or even on Mountain Lion.
Now I did have it successfully running in Mountain Lion, so I know that it is possible in that scenario, but when I tried to use Terminal to force it to run under Mavericks, I got this error:
Maybe there's a workaround, but so far, I haven't gotten anything to work. Which means that I have to boot up my old eMac to control my Airport Express, because Airport Utility version 6 isn't compatible with my Airport Express, but Airport Utility 5.6 isn't compatible with Mavericks or Mountain Lion.
A: Airport Utility 5.6 is using library calls which are no longer available in the libraries provided with Mavericks (see this discussion for details). I finally used Parallels to run Mountain Lion in a VM and copied Airport Utility 5.6 into that VM. Works like a charm...
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96b0af7cacec4aec5b3ab069b924c78b72a90acc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many monitors can be hooked up to a Mac Mini? How many monitors can be hooked up to a Mac Mini?
I've only ever hooked a Mac Mini up to 2 monitors, but I'm interested in going up to at least 4. Is this even possible?
According to Apple's Mac Mini feature description page:
You can daisy-chain up to six peripherals to a single Thunderbolt 2 port.
Does this mean that more than 2 monitors is possible?
A: Only one Mac Mini (to date) has supported three simultaneous monitors. The Mid 2011 Mac Mini (Macmini5,2) came with an AMD Radeon HD 6630M that was powerful enough to drive two Thunderbolt displays while simultaneously driving an HDMI display. 1
The current Late 2012 Mac Mini, along with the other Mid 2011 Mac Minis, all have integrated Intel graphics that are only able to drive, at most, two Thunderbolt displays or one Thunderbold and one HDMI display.
| Q: How many monitors can be hooked up to a Mac Mini? How many monitors can be hooked up to a Mac Mini?
I've only ever hooked a Mac Mini up to 2 monitors, but I'm interested in going up to at least 4. Is this even possible?
According to Apple's Mac Mini feature description page:
You can daisy-chain up to six peripherals to a single Thunderbolt 2 port.
Does this mean that more than 2 monitors is possible?
A: Only one Mac Mini (to date) has supported three simultaneous monitors. The Mid 2011 Mac Mini (Macmini5,2) came with an AMD Radeon HD 6630M that was powerful enough to drive two Thunderbolt displays while simultaneously driving an HDMI display. 1
The current Late 2012 Mac Mini, along with the other Mid 2011 Mac Minis, all have integrated Intel graphics that are only able to drive, at most, two Thunderbolt displays or one Thunderbold and one HDMI display.
A: Intel Haswell can support 3 monitors, so when the new 2013 Mac Mini is finally released it may support 3 monitors as well.
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1416d65432fc12b59ab5585370e28135e4c47e2e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: When I click on Install App, nothing happens I am trying to install Mavericks on my 2009 Macbook Pro running OS 10.7.5.
When I click on Install App in the App Store, Mavericks doesn't install. Either nothing happens, or a spinner briefly appears at the top and then disappears.
An I doing something wrong here? I've never used the App Store before, so maybe there's something I'm missing. The first time I was prompted for my Apple password, which I put in.
Here's a video I made of what happens.
A: I solved this issue by doing the following
*
*Turn on the Debug Menu in the App Store using
defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
*Using the Debug Menu, clear cookies and reset the application
*Open the Downloads directory and delete the com.apple.appstore folder
*Quit the App Store and kill the storeagent process
*Try to install again
I had to do the above steps a couple times before I got it to work.
| Q: When I click on Install App, nothing happens I am trying to install Mavericks on my 2009 Macbook Pro running OS 10.7.5.
When I click on Install App in the App Store, Mavericks doesn't install. Either nothing happens, or a spinner briefly appears at the top and then disappears.
An I doing something wrong here? I've never used the App Store before, so maybe there's something I'm missing. The first time I was prompted for my Apple password, which I put in.
Here's a video I made of what happens.
A: I solved this issue by doing the following
*
*Turn on the Debug Menu in the App Store using
defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
*Using the Debug Menu, clear cookies and reset the application
*Open the Downloads directory and delete the com.apple.appstore folder
*Quit the App Store and kill the storeagent process
*Try to install again
I had to do the above steps a couple times before I got it to work.
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1625cc38ea79fa48347bf666e2c792ab8ecad3d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to apply Mavericks side-only dock style to the bottom dock? I'm a fan of the Mavericks dock style that's applied when the dock is positioned on the side of the screen. I'm also a fan of having my dock on the bottom of the screen. Can I have both?
A: They removed this feature from 10.9 for some reason. Just something everyone's gonna have to get used to until a third-party "fix" comes out, or Apple gives in and puts the setting back. There is no way to do this from the dock settings or the Terminal, as was possible with 10.8 and prior.
| Q: Is it possible to apply Mavericks side-only dock style to the bottom dock? I'm a fan of the Mavericks dock style that's applied when the dock is positioned on the side of the screen. I'm also a fan of having my dock on the bottom of the screen. Can I have both?
A: They removed this feature from 10.9 for some reason. Just something everyone's gonna have to get used to until a third-party "fix" comes out, or Apple gives in and puts the setting back. There is no way to do this from the dock settings or the Terminal, as was possible with 10.8 and prior.
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19609b6d4cbc14e0f166983a87c120b88a079f2e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to install OS X Mavericks in VirtualBox? I have been trying to use Hackboot to install OSX Mavericks in VirtualBox, and using an ISO image created by following the steps at How to create bootable ISO for OS X Mavericks
The steps I have taken:
*
*Attach HackBoot1.iso, disable EFI for the VirtualBox guest and boot up
*Hackboot starts up. Attach the OS X Mavericks bootable ISO image
*Hackboot complains
Can't find /mach_kernel
Booting up directly from the ISO with EFI enabled also fails.
How can I install OS X Mavericks using either Hackboot, or to boot up directly from the ISO image?
A: I was having problem with @Mark's answer exactly where he says - Install OS X.app purchased in Mac App Store.
Turns out to get that, you need to open Mac AppStore, hold Alt, go to Purchased tab, select to download your older OS X, and release the key.
(Tried to comment this on his answer but I don't have enough reputation to do that)
Source: Where May I (legally) get a Mac OS X .iso File to Virtualize OS X?
| Q: How to install OS X Mavericks in VirtualBox? I have been trying to use Hackboot to install OSX Mavericks in VirtualBox, and using an ISO image created by following the steps at How to create bootable ISO for OS X Mavericks
The steps I have taken:
*
*Attach HackBoot1.iso, disable EFI for the VirtualBox guest and boot up
*Hackboot starts up. Attach the OS X Mavericks bootable ISO image
*Hackboot complains
Can't find /mach_kernel
Booting up directly from the ISO with EFI enabled also fails.
How can I install OS X Mavericks using either Hackboot, or to boot up directly from the ISO image?
A: I was having problem with @Mark's answer exactly where he says - Install OS X.app purchased in Mac App Store.
Turns out to get that, you need to open Mac AppStore, hold Alt, go to Purchased tab, select to download your older OS X, and release the key.
(Tried to comment this on his answer but I don't have enough reputation to do that)
Source: Where May I (legally) get a Mac OS X .iso File to Virtualize OS X?
A: If your host system is OS X, you can follow the instructions on: http://ntk.me/2012/09/07/os-x-on-os-x/
Requirement:
- Install OS X.app purchased in Mac App Store
- iesd
VirtualBox Settings:
- Operating System Version: Mac OS X (64 bit)
- Base Memory: 2048 MB (larger is better)
- Enable EFI
In the lastest VirtualBox, all the default settings work well. Some people encountered black screen upon booting the virtual machine. They reported that changing the default chipset ICH9 to PIIX3 fixes this issue.
*
*Prepare Install Disk
gem install iesd
iESD requires ruby-1.9.2 or later.
*Yosemite & Mavericks:
The the new InstallESD.dmg is not bootable. Therefore, we need to create a bootable install disk with BaseSystem.dmg.
iesd -i /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app -o Mavericks.dmg -t BaseSystem
*All Macs using Intel Haswell CPU (Macs after 2013) need to fake their CPU as Ivy Bridge in order to boot the virtual machine. Thank @danmccombs for this tip.
VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --cpuidset 00000001 000306a9 00020800 80000201 178bfbff
On Mac Pro Early 2009 and other Macs that have ECC memory, AppleTyMCEDriver.kext will cause a kernel panic during the boot. Thus we need to remove it.
iesd -i /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app -o Mavericks.dmg -t BaseSystem --uninstall-extension AppleTyMCEDriver.kext
*Mountain Lion & Lion:
The lastest VirtualBox does not require modifying InstallESD.dmg any more.
However, if your virtual machine was freezed during the boot process due to AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext, you need to install NullCPUPowerManagement.kext.
iesd -i /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mountain\ Lion.app -o Mountain\ Lion.dmg --install-extension NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
*The install process is same as normal OS X install on Mac
A: Maybe be you can't boot directly from ISO with EFI enabled, and you need a compatible version to start with HackBoot. That depends on your host, I have the previous 3 OSX versions installed in windows host using diff HackBoot versions.
Anyway you can copy mach_kernel to your ISO's root, it is inside System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystemBinaries.pkg; use 7z to extract it, fount it at Payload/Payload~/./mach_kernel
Now, HackBoot1 isn't working for me...
A: Press F5 in the hackboot screen to refresh the disk, then press enter. It doesn't automatically refresh.
A: I read somewhere that booting straight into HackBoot2 might solve the problem. Perhaps you could try that.
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56a2de09d4f815577ebd843ac5d9d2f984b0ac19 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX Maps displays a non existant iPhone I have recently had my iPhone 5 replaced at the apple store due to an antenna failure. At the time it was running iOS 7 and upon handing it over to receive the new one, iCloud was disabled and the phone was then erased and restored.
Now when I updated to Mavericks, the maps app now displays the old iPhone and the new one.
How can I get rid of the inactive iPhone? The two constantly swap around and if I want to send directions to my phone I'm forced to send it to both of them twice since every time I open the dropdown, they keep swapping around. And I realize that it's becoming a huge pain.
A: Finally found a fix for this!
The fault lies on the Mac itself. Simply signing out of iCloud on the Mac and signing back in removes any past iCloud enabled devices from Maps.
Although this caused a new problem, it fixed the annoying Maps problem. Other than that hope this helps others out there experiencing the same thing!
| Q: OSX Maps displays a non existant iPhone I have recently had my iPhone 5 replaced at the apple store due to an antenna failure. At the time it was running iOS 7 and upon handing it over to receive the new one, iCloud was disabled and the phone was then erased and restored.
Now when I updated to Mavericks, the maps app now displays the old iPhone and the new one.
How can I get rid of the inactive iPhone? The two constantly swap around and if I want to send directions to my phone I'm forced to send it to both of them twice since every time I open the dropdown, they keep swapping around. And I realize that it's becoming a huge pain.
A: Finally found a fix for this!
The fault lies on the Mac itself. Simply signing out of iCloud on the Mac and signing back in removes any past iCloud enabled devices from Maps.
Although this caused a new problem, it fixed the annoying Maps problem. Other than that hope this helps others out there experiencing the same thing!
A: Rename your iPhone in iTunes or Settings > General > About > Name. Why you have both listed still might be because it is referencing the two individual device backups in iTunes (~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup)
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9a21ed7005097a0434ac57ef11fdf83df1cf5d6d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to know under which account/Apple ID an app was purchased? I uninstalled/removed apps I used to purchase using a family member's Apple ID; then I re-purchased apps using my own Apple ID.
Is there a way for me to check whether the apps are now under my Apple ID? I would like to ensure.
A: There are 2 ways I can think of now:
*
*Follow this step-by-step program to see your complete purchase history
*Remove the app, make sure you're logged in on the right account and check if the just removed app has a cloud-symbol instead of "purchase" next to it.
Hope this helps.
| Q: How to know under which account/Apple ID an app was purchased? I uninstalled/removed apps I used to purchase using a family member's Apple ID; then I re-purchased apps using my own Apple ID.
Is there a way for me to check whether the apps are now under my Apple ID? I would like to ensure.
A: There are 2 ways I can think of now:
*
*Follow this step-by-step program to see your complete purchase history
*Remove the app, make sure you're logged in on the right account and check if the just removed app has a cloud-symbol instead of "purchase" next to it.
Hope this helps.
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7247cefd88a76cc06c0f329b3f805caf7317ba1f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remove horizontal scrolling in finder with big thumbnail view This is an overflow problem. Like in this picture, there is two scrollbars, you need a horizontal + vertical scrolling ?
Is there a way to fix that ?
EDIT : I found a tip by using 'sort by name'.
A: As you said, you can enable sorting files automatically by changing the Sort By or Arrange By mode from None to Name.
If others search for how to for example sort files by modification date without grouping them under these sections with horizontal scroll bars
you can set View > Arrange By to None and set View > Sort By (shown when holding option) to Date Modified.
| Q: Remove horizontal scrolling in finder with big thumbnail view This is an overflow problem. Like in this picture, there is two scrollbars, you need a horizontal + vertical scrolling ?
Is there a way to fix that ?
EDIT : I found a tip by using 'sort by name'.
A: As you said, you can enable sorting files automatically by changing the Sort By or Arrange By mode from None to Name.
If others search for how to for example sort files by modification date without grouping them under these sections with horizontal scroll bars
you can set View > Arrange By to None and set View > Sort By (shown when holding option) to Date Modified.
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2672df1df1ebd3990002b4e64f420edc236ca2fe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I add the LaunchPad Icon to the Dock after upgrading fom Snow Leopard to Mavericks? I have upgraded a Snow Leopard system to Mavericks. I expected to see the LaunchPad icon (spaceship icon used to launch installed apps) on the Dock, but it is not there.
How do I add that icon? I have it on a Lion system and I also see screenshots of Mavericks that have it so I don't think it's gone.
A: The Launchpad.app is located in your /Application Folder.
You can either
*
*navigate with the Finder to your /Application Folder and drag it to your dock
*search Launchpad.app in Spotlight and CMD+Click the App. Your Finder will open and you can drag the App to your dock
| Q: How do I add the LaunchPad Icon to the Dock after upgrading fom Snow Leopard to Mavericks? I have upgraded a Snow Leopard system to Mavericks. I expected to see the LaunchPad icon (spaceship icon used to launch installed apps) on the Dock, but it is not there.
How do I add that icon? I have it on a Lion system and I also see screenshots of Mavericks that have it so I don't think it's gone.
A: The Launchpad.app is located in your /Application Folder.
You can either
*
*navigate with the Finder to your /Application Folder and drag it to your dock
*search Launchpad.app in Spotlight and CMD+Click the App. Your Finder will open and you can drag the App to your dock
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6da876d614f99e6ead7d4f4a0ee80ba1db97f295 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Mavericks - Have to pull mouse down on full-screen app to see dock Updated to Mavericks yesterday, pretty happy with the speed boost it brought, but I've run into one problem:
Whenever I'm running a full-screen app, for example mail, and I want my dock to show, I really have to pull the mouse down. Just "throwing" it down to the bottom of the screen with a one-finger swipe no longer does the trick; I have to keep my finger on the trackpad to get the dock to show.
I asked a colleague and he noticed the same thing, only in a full-screen app, is there a way to turn this "feature" off, or is this a bug?
A: This seems to be the new gesture in Mavericks. It used to be that you had to pull the mouse/trackpad down twice in quick succession. Now you just have to hold the mouse/trackpad down at the bottom of the screen. I had not figured this one out before reading your post, so thank you. I have found nothing about this anywhere else. Apparently, this gesture cannot be changed.
| Q: OS X Mavericks - Have to pull mouse down on full-screen app to see dock Updated to Mavericks yesterday, pretty happy with the speed boost it brought, but I've run into one problem:
Whenever I'm running a full-screen app, for example mail, and I want my dock to show, I really have to pull the mouse down. Just "throwing" it down to the bottom of the screen with a one-finger swipe no longer does the trick; I have to keep my finger on the trackpad to get the dock to show.
I asked a colleague and he noticed the same thing, only in a full-screen app, is there a way to turn this "feature" off, or is this a bug?
A: This seems to be the new gesture in Mavericks. It used to be that you had to pull the mouse/trackpad down twice in quick succession. Now you just have to hold the mouse/trackpad down at the bottom of the screen. I had not figured this one out before reading your post, so thank you. I have found nothing about this anywhere else. Apparently, this gesture cannot be changed.
A: In order to get the Dock to appear for full-screen app, rest (don't click) your finger on the mouse anywhere on the screen, while swiping to the bottom of the screen. The Dock will then appear immediately when you hit bottom.
Note that none of the other methods described here work reliably for me, but this one does every time.
A: As I remember, it was actually the same mechanic before. The difference is that now you have to do the second swipe slowly. And it's really annoying.
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e8cc9d962f2ca0c32b7be0f81fbb3ecc989b0002 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I open folders in new windows/tabs by default in the Finder in 10.9? In 10.9 Mavericks the default for the Finder is to now open the selected folder in the same window instead of a new tab or window. How do I go back to the old behavior where a new window (or tab) is opened for each folder?
A: The closest solution is to go to Finder Preferences > General, uncheck the "Open folders in tabs instead of new windows" option, and then use Cmd + double click to open in a new window.
Source: Apple Support Communities - Mavericks Finder - how default to "double click opens new window"?
| Q: How do I open folders in new windows/tabs by default in the Finder in 10.9? In 10.9 Mavericks the default for the Finder is to now open the selected folder in the same window instead of a new tab or window. How do I go back to the old behavior where a new window (or tab) is opened for each folder?
A: The closest solution is to go to Finder Preferences > General, uncheck the "Open folders in tabs instead of new windows" option, and then use Cmd + double click to open in a new window.
Source: Apple Support Communities - Mavericks Finder - how default to "double click opens new window"?
A: 3 ways:
*
*Close sidebar, right click tool bar in window and "hide". Now you can double-click to open.
*Command-click folder
*Turn on right button clicking for the mouse in System Preferences. Then right click for sub menu and "open in new window"
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f4f7c5b4d6adc72a876261af38092e75055d330d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks Tag colors Does anyone know how to make new tags with custom colours?
It is clear how to change colours to a predefined set of available colours, but I have no idea how to change to a custom colour. (With the colour picker? Changing templates?)
A: You can't.
The seven colours are unchangeable, because this is needed to provide backwards compatibility with earlier versions of OS X (where they were called labels, you could only have one, and you couldn't change the colour).
If you want a detailed explanation of why tags were implemented this way, and why that restricts the tag colours to the default, then I suggest reading page 9 of John Siracusa’s Mavericks review.
| Q: Mavericks Tag colors Does anyone know how to make new tags with custom colours?
It is clear how to change colours to a predefined set of available colours, but I have no idea how to change to a custom colour. (With the colour picker? Changing templates?)
A: You can't.
The seven colours are unchangeable, because this is needed to provide backwards compatibility with earlier versions of OS X (where they were called labels, you could only have one, and you couldn't change the colour).
If you want a detailed explanation of why tags were implemented this way, and why that restricts the tag colours to the default, then I suggest reading page 9 of John Siracusa’s Mavericks review.
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dd6d768346e04253d50d68fbbdac55431080ccf1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 'No machine certificates found' when adding machine certificate into VPN I've 2 certificates, one for user authentication and another for machine authentication.
My user authentication includes certificate and private key based on which I've generated pkcs12 file using the following command:
openssl pkcs12 -export -clcerts -inkey private.key -in certificate.crt -out MyPKCS12.p12 -name "Your Name"
as suggested here: How can I add a private key to my keychain?
So User Authentication certificate loads fine in VPN configuration, but the problem is when I'm trying to select Machine Authentication. OSX can't find any suitable certificates, even I've imported it into Keychain (ca.crt).
The error says:
No machine certificates found
Certificate authentication cannot be used because your keychain does not contain any suitable certificates. Use Keychain Access to import the appropriate certificates into your keychain. If you do not have the certificates required for authentication, contact your network administrator.
How do I load my machine authentication certificate, so can be recognised by Keychain when configuring VPN (ca.crt & tls-auth ta.key)?
Related:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5401088/key-chain-warning-the-system-roots-keychain-cannot-be-modified
A: Not sure if it's possible using standard network settings, but you can configure VPN this way on OSX by using 3rd party software (e.g. Viscosity).
| Q: 'No machine certificates found' when adding machine certificate into VPN I've 2 certificates, one for user authentication and another for machine authentication.
My user authentication includes certificate and private key based on which I've generated pkcs12 file using the following command:
openssl pkcs12 -export -clcerts -inkey private.key -in certificate.crt -out MyPKCS12.p12 -name "Your Name"
as suggested here: How can I add a private key to my keychain?
So User Authentication certificate loads fine in VPN configuration, but the problem is when I'm trying to select Machine Authentication. OSX can't find any suitable certificates, even I've imported it into Keychain (ca.crt).
The error says:
No machine certificates found
Certificate authentication cannot be used because your keychain does not contain any suitable certificates. Use Keychain Access to import the appropriate certificates into your keychain. If you do not have the certificates required for authentication, contact your network administrator.
How do I load my machine authentication certificate, so can be recognised by Keychain when configuring VPN (ca.crt & tls-auth ta.key)?
Related:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5401088/key-chain-warning-the-system-roots-keychain-cannot-be-modified
A: Not sure if it's possible using standard network settings, but you can configure VPN this way on OSX by using 3rd party software (e.g. Viscosity).
A: I believe you need to add your certificate to the System keychain in order to get it to show up in the VPN certificate list. Adding a machine certificate to the login keychain will not allow it to show up in the VPN certificate list.
Note: The "System" keychain should not be confused with the "System Roots" keychain.
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97a0d27033ea53223947015dd2c159567f8c648f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Write in NTFS using Mavericks I was able to read and write NTFS filesystems normally in Mountain Lion, but after the upgrade this stopped to work.
I installed ntfs-3g and fuse4x using homebrew in Mountain Lion and followed the instructions displayed by homebrew to finish the installation of fuse4x kernel extension.
To try to solve this problem I removed ntfs-3g, fuse4x and fuse4x-kext and reinstalled them. But this didn't solve my problem.
Does anyone know how to solve this? Thanks.
A: I found the proper way to do this (also works for Yosemite):
Install Homebrew and cask if you don't already have them:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
Uninstall any previous versions of osxfuse (unsigned kexts are banned now):
brew cask uninstall osxfuse
Update Homebrew and install osxfuse and ntfs-3g
brew update
brew cask install osxfuse
brew install ntfs-3g
You need to create a symlink for mount_ntfs, in order to make drives mount automatically:
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
| Q: Write in NTFS using Mavericks I was able to read and write NTFS filesystems normally in Mountain Lion, but after the upgrade this stopped to work.
I installed ntfs-3g and fuse4x using homebrew in Mountain Lion and followed the instructions displayed by homebrew to finish the installation of fuse4x kernel extension.
To try to solve this problem I removed ntfs-3g, fuse4x and fuse4x-kext and reinstalled them. But this didn't solve my problem.
Does anyone know how to solve this? Thanks.
A: I found the proper way to do this (also works for Yosemite):
Install Homebrew and cask if you don't already have them:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
Uninstall any previous versions of osxfuse (unsigned kexts are banned now):
brew cask uninstall osxfuse
Update Homebrew and install osxfuse and ntfs-3g
brew update
brew cask install osxfuse
brew install ntfs-3g
You need to create a symlink for mount_ntfs, in order to make drives mount automatically:
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
A: I had the same setup as you, and since upgrading to 10.9 I can't write to NTFS. The solution I ended up going with (at least for the short term,) was to use Paragon's NTFS for Mac® OS X 11. It seems to work fine, and has a 10 day free trial.
Hopefully a better method will be found soon, but I got tired of messing with it.
Another option that I didn't try was to edit the /etc/fstab file. The following is from NTFS Write Support On OS X Mountain Lion:
*
*Uninstall other 3rd-party NTFS software, like Paragon, Tuxera or NTFS-3G.
*Edit /etc/fstab (you can do this with sudo vi /etc/fstab)
Add the following line:
LABEL=”VOLUME_NAME_WITHOUT_QUOTES” none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse
*Now, just unmount and re-mount the disk
A: I used a combination of macfuse-core-10.5-2.1.9, and ntfs-3g-2010.10.2-macosx on OS X Mavericks and I am able to write to a NTFS drive.
*
*Firstly Install macfuse-core-10.5-2.1.9
*Then install ntfs-3g-2010.10.2-macosx
*After installations, let's open the NTFS-3G
*
*System Preference > NTFS-3G
*Click [enable]
*Finally, let's unmount your target NTFS disk and mount it again
Even if you go the TimeOut message, you are in the right direction already.
Let's try to create file and folder to your NTFS harddrive.
A: Install the NTFS-FREE for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 software and reboot you Mac. This worked for me on OS X Mavericks.
A: Using MacPorts:
sudo port install fuse4x ntfs-3g
sudo ntfs-3g /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/ntfsmountpoint
A: This answer is aimed at latest compatibility for OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
*
*Install latest osxfuse (3.x.x) from https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases or from Homebrew with brew cask install osxfuse.
*Install latest NTFS-3G (2015.3.14) from brew (homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g).
As follow:
brew install ntfs-3g
*Link NTFS-3G to boot after temporary disabling System Integrity Protection.
As follow:
[reboot by holding CMD+R to get in recovery mode]
csrutil disable
[reboot normally]
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
[reboot by holding CMD+R to get in recovery mode]
csrutil enable
[reboot normally]
installation alternative
For building NTFS-3G from source edge (2015.9.30): check this answer
A: This is so easy and you don't need to install any 3rd party application or driver. No reboot required.
*
*Find out the name of your "Volume"
*Open Terminal
*Create or Update your /etc/fstab file. Replace "My040Passport" with the name of your "Volume". you can do this by typing sudo vi /etc/fstab into Terminal. You will be prompted for your password.
#
# Warning - this file should only be modified with vifs(8)
#
# Failure to do so is unsupported and may be destructive.
#
LABEL=My\040Passport none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse
*Unplug your external harddrive and then plug it back in
*You will NOT see your HDD listed in the Finder anymore you must open it in from within Terminal with the below steps.
*Open Terminal, enter 3 commands below and use your own Volume name in the 3rd command
cd /Volumes
ls
open My\ Passport
Command 1 will Change your current directory.
Command 2 will list Volumes, the one you're interested in will be listed here.
Command 3 will open your Volume in Finder.
*Since you won't see the HDD in the Finder, let's add a link to it onto your Desktop. Open Terminal, enter this command replacing the Volume name, and replace the destination as well if desired.
ln -s /Volumes/My\ Passport/ ~/Desktop/hdd
A: I don't know about Mavericks, but in Lion I have write access to NTFS file systems using FUSE for OS X, a free & open-source alternative to commercial solutions by Tuxera or Paragon.
Notice this is NOT the old MacFUSE project; which is no longer being maintained.
A: SEAGATE USERS:
Your in luck! let's do it the safe way
For seagate hard disk owners alone, download the free driver here!
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/ntfs-driver-for-mac-os-master-dl/
OTHER USERS:
1.Fuse/NTFS-3G drivers is a good option.
http://www.macbreaker.com/2014/06/how-to-enable-writing-to-ntfs-hard.html
2. If you're a geek there are ton of other options using terminal commands. But be warned, you can run into issues during future updates etc.
FOR PEN-DRIVES:
If it is for a pen-drive(or any smaller USB sticks), you could simply format it to FAT32
For larger hard drives, FAT32 is not a good option, since it has file-size limits etc
A: Just install the latest version of the old MacFuse for OS X.
What I did was to reinstall my NTFS-3G and download and install Fuse for OS X.
A: Following Pawel's answer fixed the issue for me in Mavericks
brew update
brew install fuse4x
brew install ntfs-3g
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
brew info fuse4x-kext
Dont symlink fuse4x even though the linking fails as ntfs-3g also tries to create the same link.
A: The following worked for me on Mavericks(10.9.5). I had formated the NTFS USB key on a windows 7 machine. Assuming that the device is named 'usbkey' and the disk shows up as /dev/disk1:
$ sudo umount /Volumes/usbkey
$ sudo mkdir /Volumes/usbkey
$ sudo mount -t ntfs -w -o rw,auto,nobrowse /dev/disk1 /Volumes/usbkey
$ mount | grep usbkey
/dev/disk1 on /Volumes/usbkey (ntfs, local, noowners, nobrowse)
I was able to copy files to and from the NTFS formated drive using Terminal, and if I ran 'open .' from the /Volumes/usbkey location in Terminal.
A: This script worked for me on Yosemite. No 3rd drivers needed!
http://sourceforge.net/projects/native-ntfs-osx/files/
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0898a24f4f0b5b68a28db85349acae92b00946b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does play count data update on iTunes music is played on the iPhone? If I listened to a song on my iPhone does it update the value on my macbook's iTunes ? And vice versa ?
A: Simply said: yes it does, as soon as you sync it.
Also see this question/answer on SuperUser.
| Q: Does play count data update on iTunes music is played on the iPhone? If I listened to a song on my iPhone does it update the value on my macbook's iTunes ? And vice versa ?
A: Simply said: yes it does, as soon as you sync it.
Also see this question/answer on SuperUser.
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7c49d6ca6db57f74c488820f44e347d6ffdb795e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does OS X Mavericks block the purge command in Terminal? When I try the purge command on my terminal, OS X Mavericks gives me the following message:
Unable to purge disk buffers: Operation not permitted
This hasn't been the default behavior until now. I wonder why Apple changed that. Is there a reason behind this decision? What are the advantages/disadvantages of this?
A: You need to run this command with root privileges. Try:
> sudo purge
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
Enter your account's password and it should run the purge command.
Apple probably made the decision for security purposes. The only disadvantage is you have to type in your admin password. The advantage is, for non-admin users, they can not run this command and potentially harm their OS.
Usually commands that require sudo in order to run at all are potentially destructive or invasive. Two other commands with this requirement are dtrace and xcode-select.
| Q: Why does OS X Mavericks block the purge command in Terminal? When I try the purge command on my terminal, OS X Mavericks gives me the following message:
Unable to purge disk buffers: Operation not permitted
This hasn't been the default behavior until now. I wonder why Apple changed that. Is there a reason behind this decision? What are the advantages/disadvantages of this?
A: You need to run this command with root privileges. Try:
> sudo purge
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
Enter your account's password and it should run the purge command.
Apple probably made the decision for security purposes. The only disadvantage is you have to type in your admin password. The advantage is, for non-admin users, they can not run this command and potentially harm their OS.
Usually commands that require sudo in order to run at all are potentially destructive or invasive. Two other commands with this requirement are dtrace and xcode-select.
A: I'm no expert, but it may have something to do with the compressed memory thingy in OS X 10.9
Doing more
The more memory your Mac has at its disposal, the faster it works. But when you have multiple apps running, your Mac uses more memory. With OS X Mavericks, Compressed Memory allows your Mac to free up memory space when you need it most. As your Mac approaches maximum memory capacity, OS X automatically compresses data from inactive apps, making more memory available
Exrta Fast
Once the memory is compressed, your Mac doesn’t have to waste time continually transferring data back and forth between memory and storage. So it’s able to get more done in less time. And since compressing and decompressing happens almost instantly, the only thing you’ll notice is how responsive everything feels. Especially when you’re doing everything at once.
Source: http://www.apple.com/osx/advanced-technologies/ (non-existing)
See also: OS X Mavericks is more than Powerful: It’s Power Smart (PDF)
They may have done that do avoid the older program from interfeering with the new way of doing things. But I have no idea.
A: Using the purge command can have serious negative effects on the performance of the system (since you are essentially telling the kernel to forget all of its accumulated knowledge about your recent usage, walk through the inactive list and toss everything -- even if some process/driver was about to make use of it -- and then fault/recreate it all again from scratch). Thus, it makes sense that it would require some level of privilege to execute it.
A: http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-give-your-mac-a-performance-boost--mac-46271
Creating a Terminal Script to Purge the Memory
*
*Start by opening Terminal.
*Enter the following line:
cd Desktop/
and press enter. This points the Terminal to your desktop rather than your user folder. You can point Terminal to any folder you want for this tutorial.
*Enter:
touch Purge
and press enter. This creates a new file called "Purge" on your desktop, you won't see it just yet though.
*Enter:
pico Purge
and press enter. This opens up the Terminal editor for the purge file.
*Enter the following text in the editor:
#!/bin/sh
purge
*Press Control + O and then Enter to save the file to your desktop. Then press Control + X to exit the editor. Make sure to use the Control key, not the command key.
*Once you're back at the normal Terminal screen, enter:
chmod 755 Purge
and press enter. This makes the file we just created accessible to you. By default, OS X hides the files you create using touch.
*You now will have a file on your desktop called "Purge." You can open this file to automatically clean your computers memory. Once the Terminal shows a [Process complete] message you can close the application and continue on.
A: 'purge' does not release enough RAM. I am using SystemPal: https://itunes.apple.com/app/systempal/id453164367?mt=12 It works very well!
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e0ad10c05a94b89694661dacfba43925c295d32b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to have more waypoints in Maps.app on OSX? Is it possible to have waypoints, or multiple destinations, when getting route directions in the Maps.app on OSX Mavericks?
I would like to change the route like one can by dragging the route in Google Maps, or by adding a waypoint of a city I want the route to go through.
Is this accomplishable?
A: No, so far! Hopefully, apple will add that option to the next update?
| Q: Is it possible to have more waypoints in Maps.app on OSX? Is it possible to have waypoints, or multiple destinations, when getting route directions in the Maps.app on OSX Mavericks?
I would like to change the route like one can by dragging the route in Google Maps, or by adding a waypoint of a city I want the route to go through.
Is this accomplishable?
A: No, so far! Hopefully, apple will add that option to the next update?
A: I just checked into this, and I cannot find a way to make these types of adjustments. Pitty!
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65b343b114da97d5a72411a3691555e3d1ceaa5d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn off Finder Tabs in OS X Mavericks? Initially I did not have tabs in Finder after installing OS X Mavericks. After pressing Command+T, now I always have at least one tab in the Finder window.
How do I turn the tabs off?
A: You can hide the tab bar by going to View → Hide Tab Bar.
| Q: How to turn off Finder Tabs in OS X Mavericks? Initially I did not have tabs in Finder after installing OS X Mavericks. After pressing Command+T, now I always have at least one tab in the Finder window.
How do I turn the tabs off?
A: You can hide the tab bar by going to View → Hide Tab Bar.
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a724f2126a2ec1524724762e9582077c1408f931 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I tell Finder to always show my Library folder on Mavericks? I thought there was a checkbox to suppress the hiding of my user Library folder on Mavericks, but I can't seem to find it. I appreciate hiding Library by default, but since Lion have missed it being easily accessible.
How can I get the library folder to be visible in Finder, the Finder go menus / file save dialogs without needing to hold down shift?
A: Apple decided to hide the Library from its users in recent OS X updates, but in Mavericks you can now change that with a simple checkbox.
In the past you had to enter a Terminal command with every little system update:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
With OS X Mavericks, you can just navigate to your home folder, press cmd+J to bring up the folder settings, and check the box next to "Show Library Folder" instead.
| Q: How do I tell Finder to always show my Library folder on Mavericks? I thought there was a checkbox to suppress the hiding of my user Library folder on Mavericks, but I can't seem to find it. I appreciate hiding Library by default, but since Lion have missed it being easily accessible.
How can I get the library folder to be visible in Finder, the Finder go menus / file save dialogs without needing to hold down shift?
A: Apple decided to hide the Library from its users in recent OS X updates, but in Mavericks you can now change that with a simple checkbox.
In the past you had to enter a Terminal command with every little system update:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
With OS X Mavericks, you can just navigate to your home folder, press cmd+J to bring up the folder settings, and check the box next to "Show Library Folder" instead.
A: Open your desired user Home folder in Finder (ShiftCommand + H) and select View > Show View Options. There should be a checkbox for toggling the Library folder.
A: Even without Admin privileges, you can use the Finder's Go menu to access the library folder. Click on Go, then choose Go to folder... near the bottom of the dropdown menu.
In the resulting dialog box, type
~/Library
and hit Return.
EDIT: Alternatively click Go press ⌥ and click Library as it will show up on the key-press.
Your Library folder will open in the active Finder window, or in a new window if one isn't already open.
A: You have to make sure that you first drag over your Home Folder to the side bar if it's not already there. Then click on it and press Cmd+J.
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8148d02ebf3d58ccd9ece16d6dd436835b929c8d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way reinstall the old iWork in Mavericks? The new iWork is an big step backward. Many transitions removed from the Keynote and so on... Is here any way to remove the new iWork and get back the old one?
A: The Mac App Store updates to iWork should not have replaced the original iWork '09 apps.
The original apps should still be available under /Applications/iWork '09 as well as if you search for them in Spotlight - just look for iWork '09 next to the name if you decide not to delete the newer versions.
If for some reason you have deleted the older versions, you can grab them from a Time Machine backup or reinstall them from a retail CD if you happened to buy them that way.
| Q: Any way reinstall the old iWork in Mavericks? The new iWork is an big step backward. Many transitions removed from the Keynote and so on... Is here any way to remove the new iWork and get back the old one?
A: The Mac App Store updates to iWork should not have replaced the original iWork '09 apps.
The original apps should still be available under /Applications/iWork '09 as well as if you search for them in Spotlight - just look for iWork '09 next to the name if you decide not to delete the newer versions.
If for some reason you have deleted the older versions, you can grab them from a Time Machine backup or reinstall them from a retail CD if you happened to buy them that way.
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2073efa5305e18b08a4ff0e0b0b3422f7a0f05e7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: error: BerkeleyDB version incompatible with BDB/HDB backends I've downloaded OpenLDAP sources from Apple Source for OSX 1.9.
But I've the following error found in config.log when compiling using make:
configure:27816: checking for db.h
configure:27824: result: yes
configure:27838: checking for Berkeley DB major version in db.h
configure:27857: result: 1
configure:27865: checking for Berkeley DB minor version in db.h
configure:27884: result: 0
configure:27892: checking if Berkeley DB version supported by BDB/HDB backends
configure:27932: result: no
configure:27937: error: BerkeleyDB version incompatible with BDB/HDB backends
I've the lastest XCode installed.
Any clues?
Related:
*
*Berkeley DB mismatch error while configuring LDAP
| Q: error: BerkeleyDB version incompatible with BDB/HDB backends I've downloaded OpenLDAP sources from Apple Source for OSX 1.9.
But I've the following error found in config.log when compiling using make:
configure:27816: checking for db.h
configure:27824: result: yes
configure:27838: checking for Berkeley DB major version in db.h
configure:27857: result: 1
configure:27865: checking for Berkeley DB minor version in db.h
configure:27884: result: 0
configure:27892: checking if Berkeley DB version supported by BDB/HDB backends
configure:27932: result: no
configure:27937: error: BerkeleyDB version incompatible with BDB/HDB backends
I've the lastest XCode installed.
Any clues?
Related:
*
*Berkeley DB mismatch error while configuring LDAP
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147470f27411fdcb8aa16796ae084e0363d18720 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How make Safari 7 open PDF files in Preview instead of opening them in-page? Since Safari 7.0 which was introduced yesterday with OS X Mavericks the little terminal hack
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
doesn't work anymore (at least not for me).
Once you use the Terminal hack, the PDF is shown in binary/ascii-format in a new tab of Safari (like if you would open the file with TextEdit instead of an arbitrary PDF reader):
Any suggestions how to achieve the desired behavior anyway?
A: Just adding support to find an answer to this issue. I suppose in the meantime do this:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool NO
| Q: How make Safari 7 open PDF files in Preview instead of opening them in-page? Since Safari 7.0 which was introduced yesterday with OS X Mavericks the little terminal hack
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
doesn't work anymore (at least not for me).
Once you use the Terminal hack, the PDF is shown in binary/ascii-format in a new tab of Safari (like if you would open the file with TextEdit instead of an arbitrary PDF reader):
Any suggestions how to achieve the desired behavior anyway?
A: Just adding support to find an answer to this issue. I suppose in the meantime do this:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool NO
A: Holding ⌥ alt/option down while clicking it makes it download it. That is with the old hack still marked YES. Not the best solution, but will do for the time being.
A: For Me this was not enough. I had do de following:
*
*Type in Terminal.app:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
This disables pdf support in Safari.
*Restart Safari
*Type in Terminal app:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool NO
This enables pdf support in Safari.
*Restart Safari and reload pdf page.
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de2d39af9d3374b3290b01cde0db2eced47a78a1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable mouse interference in Cmd-Tab overlay? I often use ⌘ Cmd-Tab with my right hand on the mouse. If the cursor happens to be within overlay, then any accidental mouse movement causes OS X to think that I want to switch to whichever window icon the cursor lands on.
Meanwhile, I am used to Windows' behavior, where the mouse has no effect on Alt-Tab. I don't want to think, pause, check anything, or correct anything when I use ⌘ Cmd-Tab; I press the combo and intend to instantly switch to the previous app. The mouse simply interferes with this.
Is it possible to turn off this "feature"?
A: You can prevent mouse interaction with Keyboard Maestro's app switcher:
Demo:
Alternatively, you can lock the mouse position whilst the ⌘ key is still held down:
However, this doesn't appear to be possible without third party tools. You can provide feedback to Apple regarding this on the following page:
*
*http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
| Q: Disable mouse interference in Cmd-Tab overlay? I often use ⌘ Cmd-Tab with my right hand on the mouse. If the cursor happens to be within overlay, then any accidental mouse movement causes OS X to think that I want to switch to whichever window icon the cursor lands on.
Meanwhile, I am used to Windows' behavior, where the mouse has no effect on Alt-Tab. I don't want to think, pause, check anything, or correct anything when I use ⌘ Cmd-Tab; I press the combo and intend to instantly switch to the previous app. The mouse simply interferes with this.
Is it possible to turn off this "feature"?
A: You can prevent mouse interaction with Keyboard Maestro's app switcher:
Demo:
Alternatively, you can lock the mouse position whilst the ⌘ key is still held down:
However, this doesn't appear to be possible without third party tools. You can provide feedback to Apple regarding this on the following page:
*
*http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
A: defining the Problem
What you're talking about is a kind of focus stealing. In OS X it happens in many instances, but always either by how you describe with the pointer stealing focus, an application event stealing focus, or a System event stealing focus. This problem has vexed OS X users for years, and is at odds with the older X windows users that prefer that Focus Follows Mouse. The result of this conflict is that it is far easier to find settings or third-party software that gives Focus Follows Mouse functionality than it is to find settings or software that prevent the pointer or applications from stealing focus.
Others feeling your pain have posted here, here, here, here, a massive thread here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, and the list goes on and on and on... and there is hardly a definitive solution.
Personally, I have nearly given my machine the ability to fly when experiencing the focus stealing issue in this way: I am prompted for an administrative password, and right then, someone sends a chat message to me, the chat window steals focus, and inadvertantly and unintentionally, I enter my password in the chat window and hit return, sending my admin password to them. Compared to this, I'm afraid, your complaint pales, and I think you can see why.
In general, focus is determined on a per application basis, and some applications, such as Terminal and X11, which by default do not have Focus Follows Mouse enabled, have hooks to achieve that functionality using the defaults command. These were the inspiration for my suggestions involving the defaults command below. The Application Switcher is actually a part of the Dock.app, and it, apparently does not have this functionality built-in (thank you grgarside for testing).
I'm doing my best to research this, and I believe I have some viable solutions for you.
Zooom/2
Zooom/2 will allow you to set a delay to the focus-follows-mouse functionality of the pointer where ever it does this. This will have the effect of giving you the functionality you're seeking, preventing the pointer from stealing focus with the Application Switcher. Its $19.95 but there is a Free Trial <-- download link
Alternatives
Use a second display? Then move Application Switcher there
As detailed here. If you work with two displays, presumably, your pointer is usually going to be on your primary display. Move the Application Switcher to your secondary display, and your pointer won't interact with it.
Make your Mouse Pointer more visable
Mouseposé from Boinx Software ($4.99 on the Mac App Store) has the ability to change the color of your cursor, making it more visible, thus reducing the chance that you won't notice it is hovering over your Application Switcher. Also, like Zooom/2 mentioned above, it gives the functionality of introducing a delay before implementing Focus Follows Mouse functionality, mitigating the problem of focus stealing.
If you make your pointer larger, there is less of a chance you won't notice that its hovering over the Application Switcher. You can give this a try by adjusting the System Preferences/Accessability Control Panel/Display/Cursor Size Slider :
MondoMouse
Atomic Bird's MondoMouse may be able to
Virtual Desktop Pro
Codetek's Virtual Desktop Pro might do it (for $40), is well regarded by users if not by Apple.
note: these two apps are really for adding the Focus Follows Mouse functionality to the System, which is the opposite of your requst to prevent the pointer from focus stealing with Application Switcher. Also note that neither of these two applications are actively still developed, and Atomic Bird software is free.
Experiment with the defaults command
The way people find those secret hidden defaults settings is, by and large, by experimenting and trial and error. You're not going to hurt anything, or do something that can't be undone by doing so.
Fire up ye olde Terminal.app and give this a try:
defaults write com.apple.dock FocusFollowsMouse -string false; killall Dock
The Application Switcher (or ⌘ Cmd-Tab ;-) is actually part of Dock.app. I'm not sure what this will do with the behavior of Dock-proper because I can't test it right now (building stuff, so I can't log out right now). I would wager a guess that it doesn't change anything with the Dock-proper, because that is already the behavior with the Dock (you have to click on something in the Dock, or click and hold, already - though it might break Dock-proper mouse-over info, which just tells you the app name).
What this should do is exactly what you want, cause the mouse pointer to ignore the Application Switcher unless you click the mouse button.
You can reverse this behavior by changing false to true in the above command.
grgarside? Thanks for volunteering how about:
defaults write com.apple.dock FocusFollowsMouse -string NO; killall Dock
or
defaults write com.apple.dock wm_ffm -bool false; killall Dock
or
defaults write com.apple.mouse LSUIElement -string 1; sudo killall -HUP WindowServer #warning, this killall cmd will quit all apps and log you out
note: anything changed with these commands can be removed by deleting the offending .plist file in ~/Library
Interesting
If any are wondering why Focus Follows Mouse is not (usually) the default behavior of the pointer in OS X:
Focus-follows-mouse is not a particularly suitable input method for OS X because its menu bar was designed to be at the top of the screen. When you move the mouse out of your application window to get to the menus, if it crosses any other application's windows on the way, the menu changes.
-scottishwildcat@stackoverflow
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835849991840e6409ef08b05231c3ac5b757aebe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) 3.7 - how to drag n drop copy files from local to remote I've been able to use Apple Remote Desktop to copy files and folders from my local machine to remotes for many years. I've updated to ARD 3.7 and I can longer copy files. Is this no longer supported or is there some setting I need to change? I've looked and tried many things with no luck. How can I drag n drop files from my local Mac to the Remotes?
A: I can confirm that the file copy still works on the newer versions including ARD 3.7.1 so it's something you'll need to use logs to troubleshoot.
You may have to use the copy tool to try copying the file and look over the logs to determine what has changed between your remote computers and the controlling remote desktop computer.
That interface has better error messages and reporting and has helped me figure out what firewall settings were preventing me from using ARD in the past. Feel free to post your log if you can't make sense of the details it lists.
| Q: Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) 3.7 - how to drag n drop copy files from local to remote I've been able to use Apple Remote Desktop to copy files and folders from my local machine to remotes for many years. I've updated to ARD 3.7 and I can longer copy files. Is this no longer supported or is there some setting I need to change? I've looked and tried many things with no luck. How can I drag n drop files from my local Mac to the Remotes?
A: I can confirm that the file copy still works on the newer versions including ARD 3.7.1 so it's something you'll need to use logs to troubleshoot.
You may have to use the copy tool to try copying the file and look over the logs to determine what has changed between your remote computers and the controlling remote desktop computer.
That interface has better error messages and reporting and has helped me figure out what firewall settings were preventing me from using ARD in the past. Feel free to post your log if you can't make sense of the details it lists.
A: At the client, try:
*
*disable remote management
*enable screen sharing
*enable remote management
– and a restart of the Mac.
Also, you could try the kickstart routine.
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3247f8c07f5ba9f4cddc008e28ba62e5c28932e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to select paragraphs with similar style in Pages 5? Pages '09 had the paragraph styles drawer with a list of all styles. Each style had the following context menu:
On the new Pages 5, this is how that context menu looks however.
I can't seem to find where the option to "Select all uses of..." went. Anyone have a clue on how to select all uses of a given paragraph style?
A: As far as I know, there is no “Select All Uses of …” command in Pages 5.
You don’t need that command to edit the format of all a style’s uses, though. When you change a paragraph's style, like changing some “Body”-styled paragraph’s font, an “Update” button will appear beside the style name in the format sidebar, and the style name will append a * to indicate that it was modified. Click the button and all paragraphs using that style will update.
| Q: How to select paragraphs with similar style in Pages 5? Pages '09 had the paragraph styles drawer with a list of all styles. Each style had the following context menu:
On the new Pages 5, this is how that context menu looks however.
I can't seem to find where the option to "Select all uses of..." went. Anyone have a clue on how to select all uses of a given paragraph style?
A: As far as I know, there is no “Select All Uses of …” command in Pages 5.
You don’t need that command to edit the format of all a style’s uses, though. When you change a paragraph's style, like changing some “Body”-styled paragraph’s font, an “Update” button will appear beside the style name in the format sidebar, and the style name will append a * to indicate that it was modified. Click the button and all paragraphs using that style will update.
A: I can’t find that command either.
However, if the reason you want it is to temporarily highlight all the places a style is used, so you can browse through example usages of the style, there is an alternative. You can modify the style to add that highlighting, then Undo after you’re done viewing.
Temporarily adding a background color
In most cases, you will want to make the style usages more visible without affecting their position on the page. The best way to do this is to give them a background color.
*
*Select one usage of the style. (Triple-click selects a whole paragraph.)
*Open the Fonts panel from the menu “Format” > “Font” > “Show Fonts” (⌘T).
*Click the Document Color button – the rightmost one among the four at the top.
*Choose a background color that will let you see usages of the style more easily.
*When you’re done, close the panels and click Update to update all usages of the style. Now they will all be highlighted:
*When you’re done viewing the usages of the style, Undo from the Edit menu (⌘Z) until your changes are gone.
Changing the background color instead of the text color is helpful in that it even highlights styled paragraphs with no text:
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3d5c6e8da006396cd52f2a9d33d64bdf1ca64592 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Activity Monitor in Mavericks "Show Memory Usage" dock icon gone? I just purchased a new MacBook Pro with Mavericks installed and noticed that Activity Monitor doesn't have the "Show Memory Usage" dock icon option anymore. I really liked this option since I used it to prevent disk swapping by closing applications when I had too many open. What gives?
A: Another option is iStat Menus which gives a lot of really useful information displayed in a very user friendly way and is not expensive.
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
They have recently updated it for Mavericks.
| Q: Activity Monitor in Mavericks "Show Memory Usage" dock icon gone? I just purchased a new MacBook Pro with Mavericks installed and noticed that Activity Monitor doesn't have the "Show Memory Usage" dock icon option anymore. I really liked this option since I used it to prevent disk swapping by closing applications when I had too many open. What gives?
A: Another option is iStat Menus which gives a lot of really useful information displayed in a very user friendly way and is not expensive.
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
They have recently updated it for Mavericks.
A: An alternative is Stats (by Exelban), a free and open source utility that can display memory, cpu, network, etc on the menu bar.
Install with brew install --cask stats or go to https://github.com/exelban/stats
Tip: You can set the RAM color to be Based on Memory Pressure, which is more useful than Memory Used.
A: It seems that this feature – since Apple has changed the way how they display memory usage – isn't a option anymore:
This is no longer an option, especially since Mavericks has new memory management routines (ie, memory compression) that make the charting of memory usage less straightforward. Apple has switched to a new "Memory Pressure" approach to viewing memory usage, which is available in the Memory section of Activity Monitor, but so far has not been added as a Dock icon option. Hopefully Apple will do so, as this would perhaps be one of the more useful Dock icon options.
I've got that from here one would hope that at some point we could graph memory pressure in the dock using Apple's Activity monitor as opposed to needing to open the whole tool with a window that shows many other items.
A: You actually don't need to that anymore, because XNU now does that automatically - by utilizing memory pressure notifications, it triggers a special kernel thread called MemoryStatus which finds processes that can be exited cleanly - and automatically closes them (well, kills them) for you. This alleviates the need for you to keep a close watch on RAM utilization, and likely accounts for the design decision to remove that option.
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260e0cd4f18114c0c8b52569610b66bb79bf0103 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I set environment variables on OS X? I have always difficulties setting the Environment variables in OS X like JAVA_HOME, M2_HOME or PATH. How to set these on OS X Mavericks?
I did some research but the answers I've found didn't really help me yet:
*
*export JAVA_HOME=/... (But it seems that the changes are temporary, just for one terminal session.)
*setenv JAVA_HOME=/... (But command not found.)
*Open .profile and write the variables inside to make the changes permanent- (.profile does not exist).
*Open .bash_profile and write the variables inside to make the changes permanent- (.bash_profile does not exist).
*vi ~/.bash_profile (Quite a challenge for somebody who doesn't know vi.)
*Creating your own enrivonment.plist file.
Can somebody please walk me through the steps to get that to work on OS X Mavericks, assuming no Unix knowhow?
A: For those who don't like to have the hassle with text files and editors, there is a GUI tool as well on GitHub.
| Q: How do I set environment variables on OS X? I have always difficulties setting the Environment variables in OS X like JAVA_HOME, M2_HOME or PATH. How to set these on OS X Mavericks?
I did some research but the answers I've found didn't really help me yet:
*
*export JAVA_HOME=/... (But it seems that the changes are temporary, just for one terminal session.)
*setenv JAVA_HOME=/... (But command not found.)
*Open .profile and write the variables inside to make the changes permanent- (.profile does not exist).
*Open .bash_profile and write the variables inside to make the changes permanent- (.bash_profile does not exist).
*vi ~/.bash_profile (Quite a challenge for somebody who doesn't know vi.)
*Creating your own enrivonment.plist file.
Can somebody please walk me through the steps to get that to work on OS X Mavericks, assuming no Unix knowhow?
A: For those who don't like to have the hassle with text files and editors, there is a GUI tool as well on GitHub.
A: launchctl setenv environmentvariablename environmentvariablevalue
or
launchctl setenv environmentvariablename `command that will generate value`
use proper ` and remember to restart application or terminal for the environment variable to take effect.
you can check environment variable by printenv command.
A: I have a .profile in my home directory; it contains many export … statements for environment variables.
You can create such a file by opening a Terminal and issuing the command touch .profile
Close Terminal.
Then you should open that file in a plain-text editor (TextWrangler for example). You can also use nano .profile in a Terminal window (current directory should be your home), which is much easier than vi. Insert lines such as export JAVA_HOME=… . Save, exit nano if you used that and quit a running Terminal.
Open Terminal and issue the command env to see all environment variables. Check that the ones you defined have the value you assigned to them. You should be good to go now. But don't forget that environment variables defined in .profile are not passed to GUI applications.
A: OSX has had only one change re environment variables and that was in Lion where ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist was removed. Although there also has been a change in the default shell in 10.2 or 10.3 from tsch to bash.
You need to define what you want the enviroment variable set for and what environment you have.
You also need to understand shells and Unix which by your comments you have not fully done. There are several nbash tutorials around.
As to your points
*
*You understand correctly assuming you are in a sh type shell (e.g. bash or zsh)
*This is for C shells e.g. tcsh so won't work on recent defaults.
*You need to create .profile then it works
*It is .bash_profile or better .bashrc and you need to create the file first
*Totally correct :) Use TextEdit or nano (or emacs)
*Correct up to OSX 10.7 and the wy to do this for programs called from the Workspace e.g. from Dock or Finder (or open)
So 3 or 4 work if you are calling the program from the command line (or from a program started in the command line but not by open)
As for programs from the GUI see this question
As for internet is full of rubbish - you need to have enough background to understand an article because as you have discovered many assume things or are incorrect. StackExhnage sites should be better as you can see if an answer has been agreed to from the number of votes.
A: In case you're using zsh like me, you need to modify ~/.zshrc.
A: In Yosemite, you should put export VARIABLE='something' inside .bash_profile.
I've tried writing the export VARIABLE='something' inside .profile without success.
A: From http://hathaway.cc/post/69201163472/how-to-edit-your-path-environment-variables-on-mac:
*
*Open Terminal
*Run touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile
*In TextEdit, add
export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
*Save the .bash_profile file and Quit (Command + Q) Text Edit.
*Run source ~/.bash_profile
A: For adding a directory to a path, there is a better option in OS X:
All entries in the file /etc/paths are added to the path, before any shell is started.
Edit this file with:
sudo pico /etc/paths
For more info, see: https://gist.github.com/Overbryd/1669348
A: Background Knowledge
*
*Mac's OS=Operation System
*
*old ones called: OS X
*
*such as your OS X Mavericks
*now called: macOS
*for any macOS, normally have built-in a console application, called Terminal
*
*look like this (My here is Chinese name: 终端)
*
*
Can somebody please walk me through the steps to get that to work on OS X Mavericks, assuming no Unix knowhow?
Steps to add environment variable in MacOS
Simple
*
*use terminal to add export JAVA_HOME=/your/path to your launch script
*
*bash's ~/.bash_profile
*or zsh's ~/.zshrc
Detail
open terminal
Launch Pad -> Terminal
look like this:
prepare boot script
then make sure you already have your boot script
for basic and common case is:
you are using bash, related boot script is ~/.bash_profile
➜ ~ ls -lh ~/.bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 crifan staff 461B 10 28 2021 /Users/crifan/.bash_profile
if can not found, you can create one:
touch ~/.bash_profile
add your environment variable into your boot script
then you can edit the boot script ~/.bash_profile
using text editor, such as vi / vim / nano / echo
here use most simple:
echo "export JAVA_HOME=/your/path" >> ~/.bash_profile
here is my output for you refer:
(using cat to print file content to verify is ok)
➜ ~ cat ~/.bash_profile
export THEOS=/opt/theos
export PATH=$PATH:$THEOS/bin
export THEOS_MAKE_PATH=$(THEOS)/makefiles
export THEOS_BIN_PATH=$(THEOS)/bin
export THEOS_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/lib
export THEOS_VENDOR_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/lib
export THEOS_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include
export THEOS_VENDOR_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/include
export THEOS_FALLBACK_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include/_fallback
export THEOS_MODULE_PATH=$(THEOS)/mod
export THEOS_SDKS_PATH=$(THEOS)/sdks
➜ ~ echo "export JAVA_HOME=/your/path" >> ~/.bash_profile
➜ ~ cat ~/.bash_profile
export THEOS=/opt/theos
export PATH=$PATH:$THEOS/bin
export THEOS_MAKE_PATH=$(THEOS)/makefiles
export THEOS_BIN_PATH=$(THEOS)/bin
export THEOS_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/lib
export THEOS_VENDOR_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/lib
export THEOS_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include
export THEOS_VENDOR_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/include
export THEOS_FALLBACK_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include/_fallback
export THEOS_MODULE_PATH=$(THEOS)/mod
export THEOS_SDKS_PATH=$(THEOS)/sdks
export JAVA_HOME=/your/path
➜ ~
[optional] make variable take effect immediately
normally above is ok. but if you want to let your added environment variable take effect immediately, you can use:
source ~/.bash_profile
then can use echo to verify worked
➜ ~ source ~/.bash_profile
....
➜ ~ echo $JAVA_HOME
/your/path
appendix
the full log for refer:
➜ ~ ls -lh ~/.bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 crifan staff 461B 10 28 2021 /Users/crifan/.bash_profile
➜ ~ cat ~/.bash_profile
export THEOS=/opt/theos
export PATH=$PATH:$THEOS/bin
export THEOS_MAKE_PATH=$(THEOS)/makefiles
export THEOS_BIN_PATH=$(THEOS)/bin
export THEOS_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/lib
export THEOS_VENDOR_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/lib
export THEOS_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include
export THEOS_VENDOR_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/include
export THEOS_FALLBACK_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include/_fallback
export THEOS_MODULE_PATH=$(THEOS)/mod
export THEOS_SDKS_PATH=$(THEOS)/sdks
➜ ~ echo "export JAVA_HOME=/your/path" >> ~/.bash_profile
➜ ~ cat ~/.bash_profile
export THEOS=/opt/theos
export PATH=$PATH:$THEOS/bin
export THEOS_MAKE_PATH=$(THEOS)/makefiles
export THEOS_BIN_PATH=$(THEOS)/bin
export THEOS_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/lib
export THEOS_VENDOR_LIBRARY_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/lib
export THEOS_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include
export THEOS_VENDOR_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/vendor/include
export THEOS_FALLBACK_INCLUDE_PATH=$(THEOS)/include/_fallback
export THEOS_MODULE_PATH=$(THEOS)/mod
export THEOS_SDKS_PATH=$(THEOS)/sdks
export JAVA_HOME=/your/path
➜ ~ source ~/.bash_profile
...
➜ ~ echo $JAVA_HOME
/your/path
A: Open terminal
COMMAND-1
input : echo $SHELL
output : /bin/zsh
if your machine uses zsh then use below commands|
Command - 2
vi ~/.zshrc
it will open new file or edits existing file.
now add below line and press esc and enter :wq to save and close the file.
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
Command 3:: to apply the changes
source ~/.zshr
Command 4::
echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home
you will see output as per above line.
A: .bash_profile works for bash but not for zsh that is used by default in macOS.
Since you may need both, I encourage to create symbolic link:
ln -s ~/.bash_profile .zprofile
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8ff780008fec24d0660d2b5477ee8fee73360d78 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks: how to disable responsive scroll Responsive scrolling is causing a lot of issues for me. It's nice when it works, but it's lagging a lot sometimes, especially in Chrome.
Anyone found out a way to disable responsive scrolling and make scrolling behave like in 10.8? Either globally or per-app.
During the "Optimizing Drawing and Scrolling on OS X" WWDC video, the Apple Engineer uses what looks like an AppleScript file to disable responsive scrolling globally, so it is possible, but I can't figure out how.
A: UPDATE (7.XI.2013 after call to Apple Care):
I needed also:
1) resetting PRAM (after turn-off, turn-on while holding CMD+ALT+P+R up to second gong),
how to on your mac: https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
2) resetting SMC (after turn-off, turn-on while holding SHIFT+CTRL+ALT(option) + POWER)
how to on your mac: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
THE BELOW SETTING SHOULD BE: with inertia
It is probably NOT the permanent solution, but fast and comfortable hack in comparison to system reboot.
It worked for me. Sorry that screenshots are in Polish. Anyway, you should manage it thanks to images/icons.
First open Accessibility from System Preferences
Then in Touchpad/Mouse settings, click touchpad button
Then play with/without inertia.
| Q: Mavericks: how to disable responsive scroll Responsive scrolling is causing a lot of issues for me. It's nice when it works, but it's lagging a lot sometimes, especially in Chrome.
Anyone found out a way to disable responsive scrolling and make scrolling behave like in 10.8? Either globally or per-app.
During the "Optimizing Drawing and Scrolling on OS X" WWDC video, the Apple Engineer uses what looks like an AppleScript file to disable responsive scrolling globally, so it is possible, but I can't figure out how.
A: UPDATE (7.XI.2013 after call to Apple Care):
I needed also:
1) resetting PRAM (after turn-off, turn-on while holding CMD+ALT+P+R up to second gong),
how to on your mac: https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
2) resetting SMC (after turn-off, turn-on while holding SHIFT+CTRL+ALT(option) + POWER)
how to on your mac: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
THE BELOW SETTING SHOULD BE: with inertia
It is probably NOT the permanent solution, but fast and comfortable hack in comparison to system reboot.
It worked for me. Sorry that screenshots are in Polish. Anyway, you should manage it thanks to images/icons.
First open Accessibility from System Preferences
Then in Touchpad/Mouse settings, click touchpad button
Then play with/without inertia.
A: Firstly I am posting this as possible helpful info rather than a solution.
Which may get some one in the right direction.
I found this in the What's New in OSX which goes into explaining what and how Responsive Scrolling works.
At the bottom there is also a note saying how to disable it per app for testing purposes.
But I do not see this option in my own built apps or any others.
Responsive Scrolling
Responsive scrolling is an AppKit enhancement that makes scrolling
smoother. This involves two significant changes to the way your app
draws content:
Scroll views ask their child views to draw extra content outside their
normal view area so that the content can be immediately made available
for scrolling purposes. This additional window backing is stored in
purgeable memory to minimize additional paging. The scrolling thread
attempts to redraw the view at 60 frames per second, but it backs off
if the app is unable to keep up. Scrolling events are processed on a
background thread. Most apps automatically receive this responsive
scrolling behavior. However, some views must explicitly opt in,
including layer-backed views, custom scroll view or clip view
subclasses that override drawRect:, NSSurface-based document views,
transparent document views, and document views that override the
lockFocus method.
For views in which responsive scrolling is automatically enabled, the
behavior change should be entirely transparent to you as a developer.
However, if your app exhibits any unusual behavior while scrolling,
please file bugs.
Note: You can temporarily disable responsive scrolling for testing purposes by choosing File > Get Info on your app in Finder. After
changing the setting, you must quit and relaunch your app. For more
details, see AppKit Release Notes for OS X v10.9.
I had a look at the appkit release notes -Responsive Scrolling which goes into more detail.
There are conditions which should stop Responsive Scrolling being assigned to an App. One of them is:
The application links on 10.7 or prior (the application must link on
Mountain Lion or higher to support this feature)
Which I take to mean if the App is built to also run on 10.6 then it will not have this feature added.
Chrome AFAIK will run on 10.6 upwards. But I suspect the downloader is downloading a version for you current system.
Possibly a version built for 10.6 only would disable it in Chrome.
UPDATE*
But as bogdansrc points out in the comments. There is no single build for 10.6
I did try:
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome isCompatibleWithResponsiveScrolling -bool NO
But the isCompatibleWithResponsiveScrolling is for a nsview sub class and I do not really expect it to work. I also am not getting this problem so I cannot tell.
A: I asked John Siracusa on twitter:
https://twitter.com/siracusa/status/394988398009925632
@siracusa Have yu fnd a way to trn off "responsive scrolling" in mavericks? It feels strange
His answer was very succinct:
https://twitter.com/siracusa/status/394988398009925632
@davidmarsh No.
I guess that doesn't mean you can't disable it, just that John doesn't know a way to turn it off.
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7022aebaaa15ee9cb5b24908f8a8ffb916d1c98d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix choppy scrolling on 10.9 Mavericks? I just upgraded my mid-2012 MacBook Air to 10.9. Now whenever I scroll down a page, the effect is very choppy. The scrolling seems to stop and start very quickly. Also, sometimes the left part of the page will scroll down but the right part of the page will stay put for a fraction of a second. The net effect is very flickery and distracting.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Slighly different case, but this guy was able to solve a very similar problem (external monitor) by opening AutoCAD (what the heck?).
I also tried resetting the SMC as recommended here. Still no luck.
A: Try System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Automatic graphics switching -> Off
| Q: How to fix choppy scrolling on 10.9 Mavericks? I just upgraded my mid-2012 MacBook Air to 10.9. Now whenever I scroll down a page, the effect is very choppy. The scrolling seems to stop and start very quickly. Also, sometimes the left part of the page will scroll down but the right part of the page will stay put for a fraction of a second. The net effect is very flickery and distracting.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Slighly different case, but this guy was able to solve a very similar problem (external monitor) by opening AutoCAD (what the heck?).
I also tried resetting the SMC as recommended here. Still no luck.
A: Try System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Automatic graphics switching -> Off
A: Not a cure, but here is a temporary solution.
*
*Go to Apple menu at the top left corner of your screen, then go to System Preferences.
*Under the personal heading click General,
*Under Show scroll bars, click Always.
This worked for me.
A: Finally figured out the scrolling issues:
*
*Go to System Preferences → Accessibility → Mouse & Trackpad
*Go to Trackpad Options…
*Set Scrolling to max speed and 'with inertia'
A: I just performed a clean install of Mavericks and the scrolling works perfectly now. Also, the whole system works much faster now. I wish there was a less annoying solution, but this works :)
A: I experience this issue occasionally. Currently I'm running El Capitan, and I have had this issue in prior OSes. Today just shutting down my MacBook completely and restarting it alleviated the problem. For now...
A: I'm suspecting vmware fusion cause the problem. Because everytime I open fusion, the problem will comes out (in short or long time after fusion opened).
And the funny thing is if I open vmware fusion and parallels desktop together, I don't have the scrolling problem!
A: Today I'm using parallels desktop a whole day and the problem not happens yet.
I did clean install couple of times before.
Really I think there's a software causing this problem, because there's no answer from Apple about this annoying problem.
Hope the problem won't occur again with your fresh Maverick ;)
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f1177f26e541940f025c0e0101aa61086819faca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: View/search iPhone text message history How do I read and/or search the history of text messages from my iPhone? Some messages are SMS, others are iMessage, often interleaved within the same conversation. My understanding is that the phone keeps the entire history (which is why there is the "Load Earlier Messages" button, which is incredibly tedious to use, slows down with each additional click and offers no [obvious] way of searching).
A: On iOS 7, swipe down on the homescreen to bring up the search tool. You can search for SMS/iMessages and they will be brought up as you type. For iOS 6 and others, you can go one page to the left of the homescreen to do this.
| Q: View/search iPhone text message history How do I read and/or search the history of text messages from my iPhone? Some messages are SMS, others are iMessage, often interleaved within the same conversation. My understanding is that the phone keeps the entire history (which is why there is the "Load Earlier Messages" button, which is incredibly tedious to use, slows down with each additional click and offers no [obvious] way of searching).
A: On iOS 7, swipe down on the homescreen to bring up the search tool. You can search for SMS/iMessages and they will be brought up as you type. For iOS 6 and others, you can go one page to the left of the homescreen to do this.
A: You can search that way but when selecting the conversation you were looking for it takes you to the latest conversation , not the particular one you searched and selected.
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47e306948539adbf53923ca36ae30ca3181793bd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Hotkeys being captured in save menu in GIMP? I just installed GIMP (from the dmg on the GIMP website) on my new MacBook Pro running Mavericks. Unfortunately, when I went to go export/save an image, the keys that are hotkeys in GIMP (e.g. 1 is 100% zoom) are captured as hotkeys while typing in the name to save the file. Captured in that they both are not typed in the save name input and it messes with what is being done in the GIMP project.
Anyone know what the cause might be or how I might fix it?
A: The problem was fixed in GIMP 2.8.10, so if you're running into this problem please download a newer version.
| Q: Hotkeys being captured in save menu in GIMP? I just installed GIMP (from the dmg on the GIMP website) on my new MacBook Pro running Mavericks. Unfortunately, when I went to go export/save an image, the keys that are hotkeys in GIMP (e.g. 1 is 100% zoom) are captured as hotkeys while typing in the name to save the file. Captured in that they both are not typed in the save name input and it messes with what is being done in the GIMP project.
Anyone know what the cause might be or how I might fix it?
A: The problem was fixed in GIMP 2.8.10, so if you're running into this problem please download a newer version.
A: I am experiencing the same problem and while I haven't found a solution, I have found a better workaround: just disable all keyboard shortcuts:
*
*Click on Edit> Preferences
*Go to the "Interface tab"
*Click on the "Remove all the Keyboard shortcut".
A: It is a known bug with Mavericks and Gimp, but there is no solution yet. For me, Gimp opened once on Mavericks and refuses to do anything now. It seems to be very broken at the moment
A: the key 'J' doesn't seem to be a hotkey. For now, I just save files as J and choose the file extension manually below (using the mouse). At least I can save/export files. Then I manually rename the J-file it in Finder. Ugly but works :)
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e39312a68b7eb9abe623bf06850c7e671710c070 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is Swiftly on mac? I upgraded to Mavericks a few days ago and since then I keep getting a pop up floating search box randomly. I do not know what triggered it and I do not know where it is from. It is driving me crazy. Can anyone tell me?
I have Alfred and ShiftIt installed.
A: To close the function, open QQ's Preferences (Shortcut: Cmd + ,) Go to the tab Swifly, then set the launch key to Empty.
| Q: What is Swiftly on mac? I upgraded to Mavericks a few days ago and since then I keep getting a pop up floating search box randomly. I do not know what triggered it and I do not know where it is from. It is driving me crazy. Can anyone tell me?
I have Alfred and ShiftIt installed.
A: To close the function, open QQ's Preferences (Shortcut: Cmd + ,) Go to the tab Swifly, then set the launch key to Empty.
A: Do you have QQ Instant Messenger installed?
On my computer, this was the cause for this strange popup window.
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9edb1c0cde1fa003202eff3ecca1723e26e4c2f4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Avg load goes up after upgrading to Mavericks Just upgraded to OSX 10.9 Mavericks. Everything is good and shiny. However, when I open my iTerm to code, I notice that the performance is lower. If I run a uptime command, the average loading is always bigger than 1 even if I run almost no other user process. Before the upgrade, the number is usually near 0.
Anybody got the same problem? Any idea how to solve it (except rollback to 10.8)?
A: Finally found the culprit. I'm using zsh and the plugin vi-mode from Oh-my-zsh interacts poorly with git tools. Disabling the plugin made my zsh usable again in terms of responsiveness and reducing CPU load.
There are conflicting reports whether Apple's git needs to be upgraded and you can follow that process at https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/2189
Still many thanks for all the people reply to the answer.
| Q: Avg load goes up after upgrading to Mavericks Just upgraded to OSX 10.9 Mavericks. Everything is good and shiny. However, when I open my iTerm to code, I notice that the performance is lower. If I run a uptime command, the average loading is always bigger than 1 even if I run almost no other user process. Before the upgrade, the number is usually near 0.
Anybody got the same problem? Any idea how to solve it (except rollback to 10.8)?
A: Finally found the culprit. I'm using zsh and the plugin vi-mode from Oh-my-zsh interacts poorly with git tools. Disabling the plugin made my zsh usable again in terms of responsiveness and reducing CPU load.
There are conflicting reports whether Apple's git needs to be upgraded and you can follow that process at https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/2189
Still many thanks for all the people reply to the answer.
A: It is probably spotlight reindexing your system. Look up in your activity monitor which process is using the most computing time:
Alternatively you can click on your battery icon to see this information.
The problem should be gone in decent time.
A: If you cannot isolate a process that is actually taking CPU time now that should not (or did not before), then two things might be getting mixed up here:
uptime and top load averages are run queue average depth and not necessarily synonymous with CPU loading.
Yes, you need threads on the queue to have any chance to load the CPU, but just because there are 4 programs on the queue on average over a minute, doesn't mean that those threads together need to consume even 1% of the CPU time.
The real answer here will be to look at output like ps aux to determine which processes are actually running as opposed to sleeping and combine that with iostat to watch the actual CPU loading and see if you can determine if some new processes are running and whether that is increasing or decreasing the IO and CPU load on the system.
A: I contacted Apple about this, after being rather insistent I finally got a reply:
Apple Developer Relations 27-Mar-2014 10:54 PM
Engineering has provided the following:
It's a bug in the way load average is calculated, not something causing more system load.
Please be sure to regularly check new Apple releases for any updates that might affect this issue.
A: I would use terminal and run
top -o cpu
That will give you an idea what apps are using your cpu cycles.
A: Just now, an iTerm2 update arrived that fixes this exact issue for me.
iTerm2 1.0.0.20131108
Mavericks fixes and performance improvements.
*
*Fix bug where arrange horizontally computed the wrapping position incorrectly if the screen's visible frame wasn't 0
*Set coprocess file descriptors nonblocking to avoid deadlock in bug 2576
*Revert to old text drawing methods
*Fix bug where the char under the cursor wasn't drawn
*Fix bug where cursor blinked while moving
*Fix crash in tmux with line drawing characters.
*Fix a bug where a session would split using its old profile after its profile was changed.
*Improve how font width is computed.
*Fix occasional hang when a session terminates.
*Hide menu bar on all screens in Mavericks in non-Lion fullscreen mode.
*Speed up drawing in instant replay.
*Update instructions for enabling access for asssitive devices on Mavericks.
*Changes how text is drawn for improved performance.
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3ca70c19532ab5c05f228a1d6a0bd68391fccc20 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keynote 6.0 - How to add animated gif? I recently got Keynote 6.0 and I'm having trouble animating a gif in it. Using Insert > Choose... easily adds the gif to the slide, but without animation. I have searched and found other sources (example) which all seem to point to using the "Quicktime Inspector" to work with the animation of a gif. Unfortunately, the Quicktime Inspector no longer seems to exist in version 6.0 and I can't seem to find the solution otherwise. Any suggestions? Thank you much!
A: If you change the extension to .mov then drag it over, it’ll ask you to optimize for iOS, at which point it will treat the GIF as a movie.
| Q: Keynote 6.0 - How to add animated gif? I recently got Keynote 6.0 and I'm having trouble animating a gif in it. Using Insert > Choose... easily adds the gif to the slide, but without animation. I have searched and found other sources (example) which all seem to point to using the "Quicktime Inspector" to work with the animation of a gif. Unfortunately, the Quicktime Inspector no longer seems to exist in version 6.0 and I can't seem to find the solution otherwise. Any suggestions? Thank you much!
A: If you change the extension to .mov then drag it over, it’ll ask you to optimize for iOS, at which point it will treat the GIF as a movie.
A: In my experience, animated GIFs (and Flash animations) are no longer supported in Keynote. You would probably have to use ffmpeg or QTPro to convert the GIFs to movie files and re-import them.
A: The problem was fixed in Keynote v6.2. Update Keynote and it should work. (as mislav informed me in the comments)
A: They won't animate until you view the slideshow, but should there. Also, go to the Inspector>Quicktime Tab and make sure to change the Repeat setting from None to Looping.
A: The new Keynote (v6) doesn't import GIFs in like it used to, which is disappointing.
However, if you open an old Keynote presentation (Keynote '09), Keynote v6 will ask you if you want to update and/or optimize it for iOS devices. If you optimize, it will render the animated GIF into .m4v. Once that is done, if the Format inspection, you will have a "Movie" tab.
The down side is that you MUST have Keynote '09. I tried to export an animated GIF created in Keynote v6 as Keynote '09. It did not maintain the animated GIF correctly, so when I reopened it, I did not get the "Optimize" option
A: if you want a GIF to repeat itself, as beroe correctly pointed out, save the .gif to some folder, change it's file extension (make sure to show the real extension and not hide it (cmd+'i' is the canonical version, change it there if you're unsure)) to .mov and then drag it to keynote 6. Optimize for iOS and now select "endless" in the "format->Film" section under "repeat" (I don't know the correct translations as I use a german keynote).
A: I was unable to import an animated gif into Keynote 6.2.2, so I converted it to mp4 via https://cloudconvert.com/anything-to-mp4 (I googled "convert animated gif to mp4"), and then I was able to just drag and drop the mp4 into Keynote.
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f006dd2696c1906d6ab26aec52b5a44c05c09d32 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Automator need the discrete GPU? My 15" MacBook Pro with Retina was getting quite hot while I was just browsing the web, so I opened Maverick's Activity Monitor to see what was using so much energy. I discovered that the discrete graphics card was active, and the apparent reason for this was Automator was open (but without any windows/documents open).
Why on earth does Automator need the discrete graphics card and not just the integrated graphics?
A: Some of the Automator actions, such as those pertaining to Quartz, use the discrete GPU (if available). It may be a stability thing to require the discrete GPU on launch (similar to VMware Fusion). If you regularly use Automator and don't use the Quartz filters (or don't care about the performance gain) it should be safe to use gfxCardStatus. Just select Integrated Only before launching Automator.
| Q: Why does Automator need the discrete GPU? My 15" MacBook Pro with Retina was getting quite hot while I was just browsing the web, so I opened Maverick's Activity Monitor to see what was using so much energy. I discovered that the discrete graphics card was active, and the apparent reason for this was Automator was open (but without any windows/documents open).
Why on earth does Automator need the discrete graphics card and not just the integrated graphics?
A: Some of the Automator actions, such as those pertaining to Quartz, use the discrete GPU (if available). It may be a stability thing to require the discrete GPU on launch (similar to VMware Fusion). If you regularly use Automator and don't use the Quartz filters (or don't care about the performance gain) it should be safe to use gfxCardStatus. Just select Integrated Only before launching Automator.
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db42279df9be5c5f8b6fec9f271bb3bef6ce7e8e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Has anyone figured out how to identify the unique page of each separate Safari Web Content process with Safari 7/Mavericks? I know I'm not the first one to wonder this.
Something like the Chrome Task Manager.
In short, when you have multiple tabs/pages open in the new Safari 7 (shipped with Mavericks), each one is launched as a separate system process. You can view the list of processes in Activity Monitor, but you cannot see the underlying page or URL of each process.
This would be very helpful for troubleshooting a runaway or hanging page that's sucking up RAM or CPU cycles.
Apple removed the Activity window in Safari 6. And now with Safari 7, the separate processes are great, but more granular info about each tab would be really great.
Anyone?
A: If you hover you mouse over the name of the Process a Tooltip will show up telling you the URL Base domain
| Q: Has anyone figured out how to identify the unique page of each separate Safari Web Content process with Safari 7/Mavericks? I know I'm not the first one to wonder this.
Something like the Chrome Task Manager.
In short, when you have multiple tabs/pages open in the new Safari 7 (shipped with Mavericks), each one is launched as a separate system process. You can view the list of processes in Activity Monitor, but you cannot see the underlying page or URL of each process.
This would be very helpful for troubleshooting a runaway or hanging page that's sucking up RAM or CPU cycles.
Apple removed the Activity window in Safari 6. And now with Safari 7, the separate processes are great, but more granular info about each tab would be really great.
Anyone?
A: If you hover you mouse over the name of the Process a Tooltip will show up telling you the URL Base domain
A: Update: “Which URLs are associated with each Safari PID?”
This is an update on the topic of seeing which Safari URLs are associated with which PIDs in Activity Monitor. I am using Safari 8.0.6 on Yosemite 10.10.3 with Debug menu on, and with the “Show PIDs in the page titles” option on. (See above and below for how to do this.)
Nicolas B stated that “we still miss the opposite way: Process > Tabs”, referring to looking for a list of tab names based on the single line-item PID in Activity Monitor.
I can show you how to see all of the tabs associated with a particular web process (PID), although it may not completely bring satisfaction, since:
*
*it is a multi-step process, and
*trying to find the logic in PID assignments based on tabs is akin to reading tea leaves it seems.
It should also be remembered that listing all page URLs associated with any single web process within Activity Monitor is not practicable in the UI as it exists today. (I wish Apple’s Safari team would add it into the info window for web processes, however!)
At first, I assumed the name shown on the process line-item referred to the last full page opened by that PID (not including cached pages), but alas this does not appear to be the case. I am not sure how the line-item actually gets its name. I will share the results of my experiment to find the answer following my explanation of how to see what tabs are associated with each line-item in Activity Monitor.
Step-by-Step
*
*Turn on the Debug menu in Safari
*Enable the option to Show Web Process IDs in Page Titles
(as explained above)
*Get this excellent Safari extension from Brett Terpstra, TabLinks.
(Please donate to him if you find the plugin useful!)
*Run the extension by pressing button with the small link icon
(Usually left of Safari’s search/location bar)
*In the extension, add a separator character into the template used
to display the results (for future search-and-replace work).
I inserted a ying-yang character, so my template was: [%w-%n]:☯%u☯%t.
This will give you the results—including the [WP PID] information
at the end of each tab name—from Safari’s debugging info.
*Copy and paste the results into your favorite text editor app.
(Nisus Writer Pro is mine!)
Do a search-and-replace on your separator character (for me, ☯), and
replace them with a tab character (here’s one: ).
Do another search-and-replace on [WP, and replace only the
single leading space with a tab character «tab»[WP.
This will allow you to split the PIDs into a separate column
in a spreadsheet.
Save this file as a .tab plain text file.
*Open the tab file in a spreadsheet app (I used Numbers) and have fun
sorting by PID. Now there's only one more step...
*In Activity Monitor, select View ▶︎ All Processes,
Hierarchically, and copy-paste the list of line-items showing URLs
into your spreadsheet, alongside the tab names and numbers you
already have there.
(You can discard all of the column data you don’t need and just keep
the URLs and PIDs in two columns; or, add the Memory column to
compare RAM usage, too.)
That’s it; not exactly quick, but not terribly complicated. There’s probably a faster way, but this was my first try to get this info.
After doing this, you may find results similar to mine. I had 9 windows open with a total of 36 tabs, all being contained in 20 “url-style” processes.
(NOTE: Here, I am not including the many QTKitServer and Safari Web Content processes. These run alongside most—if not all—of the “url processes”. These QTKitServer processes have a tiny RAM footprint in comparison to the main “url processes”, e.g., 4.5 MB vs 300 MB.)
Observations
*
*I had 9 windows with 36 tabs, running in 20 processes
*RAM use was total of 5.4 GB (average 258 MB per process)
*Private memory was 2.0 GB total (average 97 MB per process)
*Any single process line-item may contain one or more tabs (mine
usually had one or two tabs per PID)
*The URL name in the line-item does not seem to follow any pattern I
can discern, except that the name usually (but NOT ALWAYS) reflects
the base URL of one of the tabs assigned to that PID
*Sometimes the URL name is inaccurate! Of my 20 processes,
4 used a URL which was NOT open in any of my tabs.
(Could these be cached pages, perhaps?)
*A new tab (or window) may be assigned either to an existing PID, or to
a new process, seemingly in a “random” fashion. They are neither
sequential, nor grouped with any particular window; thus, any window
with multiple tabs can have several PIDs running alongside each other.
This is enough for now! I hope someone a lot smarter than I can come along and explain a little more! Aloha.
A: This is not an ideal solution but a quite good working workaround.
Open Safari then go to Preferences.
Activate the Debug option (Show develop menu in menu bar)
EDIT: Instead of activating the develop menu, you have to open a terminal and activate the debug menu with defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true
Thanks @Collin C.
You will find the option Show Web Process IDs in Page Titles under Debug > Miscellaneous Flags
If you open the Activity Monitor now, you can see the Web Process IDs to the corresponding websites.
I hope this is helping you.
A: I wrote an applescript, I normally run it from the terminal but it could be easily modified for some other ease of use that suits you.
Output shows window/tab, title, memory used, URL
With long strings shortened to start...end
To get the memory size you will need tabs showing process ID as detailed by several posts above.I use a function to run the script via osascript, all noted in the comments in the file.
Example:
Window/Tab: Window Title MemoryUse @ URL (may be missing on old tabs, swap window and many will change)
2/1:Javascript - DEV Community [WP 72069] [WP 84642] [WP 9351] 14M+ @ missing value
2/2:11 must-see TED Talks | TED Talks [WP 72071] [WP 84643] [WP 9352] 13M+ @ missing value
2/3:Folk Show: Episode 69 by Folk Radio | Mixcloud [WP 84644] [WP 9353] 13M+ @ missing value
2/4:heat exchanger extractor fan kitche...e Search [WP 84645] [WP 9354] 13M+ @ missing value
2/5:Fral Flipperdry 300 portable domest...midifier [WP 84646] [WP 9355] 13M+ @ missing value
2/6:DRI-365 for Homeowners [WP 84647] [WP 9356] 14M+ @ missing value
2/7:Cart - Ventilation Megastore [WP 7302] [WP 9357] 13M+ @ missing value
2/8:boulder DHV-20B preheat power - Google Search [WP 7357] [WP 9358] 13M+ @ missing value
2/9:osascript updating script file - Google Search [WP 8935] [WP 9359] 13M+ @ missing value
2/10:osx lion - Prevent an AppleScript s...ts - Stack Overflow [WP 9360] 81M+ @ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9487...dification-date-when-using
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ above is window 2 Active tab 10
1/1:RouterOS -> WPMikroTik -> Interface Traffic Graphing [WP 9361] 87M+ @ http://192.168.88.1/graphs/iface/wlan2/
1/2:Decrypting TLS Browser Traffic With...| Red Flag Security [WP 9362] 86M+ @ https://redflagsecurity.net/2019/03/10/decrypting-tls-wireshark/
1/3:"Show Web Process IDs in Page Title" bug - Google Search [WP 10201] 98M+ @ https://www.google.com/search?client=saf...e%22+bug&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
1/4:Has anyone figured out how to ident...s? - Ask Different [WP 10202] 202M+ @ https://apple.stackexchange.com/question...-of-each-separate-safari-w
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ above is window 1 Active tab 4
Window/Tab: Window Title MemoryUse @ URL (may be missing on old tabs, swap window and URL info will change)
EXPLANATION: Front-most window is 1, last listed. Next window back, if any, will be 2, etc.
Left most TAB is 1/1, right most 1/4, probably the most recent.
Note that there are a few bugs in Safari (11.1.2 at least) so that cache of pages and their titles can result in 0 or more than 1 PID in title, the javascript page has 2 old references from cache but the script takes the last, current, PID. If the URL is not loaded by Safari then process is smaller and the URL string will be missing.
Drop me a PM if interested. I could put it up on github...
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a8920f7c04c79142cf3c659c673a4cf1d925fbfa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a reason why OS X Mavericks Server is running Postgresql? I recently installed OS X Mavericks Server on my computer to use for Xcode continuous integration. I now see that the postgresql database is running via the Activity Monitor, and some investigation shows that it was started by Server.app, which is running Python, which started Postgres. I know that postgres is small and doesn't take up much resources, but I am just curious: Is there a reason why Server.app is running the database? I don't see a postgres service to turn on or off (which to be honest would be a great service to run via the server app).
A: From the OS X Server Advanced Administration manual, under the section on Postgres backups:
The Server app on OS X Mavericks supports three separate database clusters:
*
*Calendar and Contacts
*Profile Manager
*Wiki and Xcode server
| Q: Is there a reason why OS X Mavericks Server is running Postgresql? I recently installed OS X Mavericks Server on my computer to use for Xcode continuous integration. I now see that the postgresql database is running via the Activity Monitor, and some investigation shows that it was started by Server.app, which is running Python, which started Postgres. I know that postgres is small and doesn't take up much resources, but I am just curious: Is there a reason why Server.app is running the database? I don't see a postgres service to turn on or off (which to be honest would be a great service to run via the server app).
A: From the OS X Server Advanced Administration manual, under the section on Postgres backups:
The Server app on OS X Mavericks supports three separate database clusters:
*
*Calendar and Contacts
*Profile Manager
*Wiki and Xcode server
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579ceaf8a6214454843152f60784c88fefcbfcea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut in OS X Mavericks for quick reply when an iMessage notification appears? I found it not that efficient to move the mouse pointer over the notification and click on the reply button every time.
So I was wondering if there is a hotkey for quick reply instead of using the mouse or the trackpad.
A: You could assign a keyboard shortcut to a script like this:
tell application "System Events" to click window 1 of process "Notification Center"
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut in OS X Mavericks for quick reply when an iMessage notification appears? I found it not that efficient to move the mouse pointer over the notification and click on the reply button every time.
So I was wondering if there is a hotkey for quick reply instead of using the mouse or the trackpad.
A: You could assign a keyboard shortcut to a script like this:
tell application "System Events" to click window 1 of process "Notification Center"
A: Here's a script to do this using Yosemite's JavaScript for Automation and its Objective-C bridge.
ObjC.import("CoreGraphics");
// Notification only detects hover when moving from outside its borders
// over it, so first go to (0, 0).
$.CGWarpMouseCursorPosition({x:0 , y:0});
mainDisplayWidth = $.CGDisplayPixelsWide($.CGMainDisplayID());
$.CGWarpMouseCursorPosition({x:mainDisplayWidth - 50, y:81});
Application("System Events")
.processes["Notification Center"]
.windows()[0]
.buttons["Reply"]
.click();
If you want to run this in a shell (e.g. Alfred doesn't support JavaScript yet), you can use this one-liner that executes the script via osascript:
echo 'ObjC.import("CoreGraphics"); $.CGWarpMouseCursorPosition({x:0 , y:0}); mainDisplayWidth = $.CGDisplayPixelsWide($.CGMainDisplayID()); $.CGWarpMouseCursorPosition({x:mainDisplayWidth - 50, y:81}); Application("System Events") .processes["Notification Center"] .windows()[0] .buttons["Reply"] .click(); ' | osascript -l JavaScript
You can assign this script to a shortcut using any automation tool. I'm using Alfred, FastScripts works as well.
You'll have to allow the automation tool you're using to control your Mac, otherwise the mouse will move, but the script can't click the 'Reply'. In my case, I added Alfred there.
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b81fc7ddaf0d5b270f4a3903de13ac4e8a525e2e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Apply Rules" to Sent Mail folder in OS X 10.9 Mavericks does not work Any idea why in Mail 7.0 (part of OS X 10.9 Mavericks,) when I select a group of messages in the Sent Mail folder and do Message --> Apply Rules command, nothing happens?
(In prior versions of OS X back to 10.5, my extensive list of 70+ rules automatically moved messages from my Sent folder to various other sorted folders. I have several plain POP3 accounts set up in Mail.app, not leaving messages on the server.)
A: Try selecting all messages within your group folder instead, than Apply Rules command.
| Q: "Apply Rules" to Sent Mail folder in OS X 10.9 Mavericks does not work Any idea why in Mail 7.0 (part of OS X 10.9 Mavericks,) when I select a group of messages in the Sent Mail folder and do Message --> Apply Rules command, nothing happens?
(In prior versions of OS X back to 10.5, my extensive list of 70+ rules automatically moved messages from my Sent folder to various other sorted folders. I have several plain POP3 accounts set up in Mail.app, not leaving messages on the server.)
A: Try selecting all messages within your group folder instead, than Apply Rules command.
A: I'm not sure, but you may be able to get this functionality from Mail Act-On (now in beta for Mavericks).
http://www.indev.ca/MailActOn.html
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437abf1d4a75ba22b8d464e0d652bbbdcae46c38 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change the icon of an applescript-called notification With OSX Mavericks we now can make notifications with applescript pretty easily. However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to change the icon that appears to a custom one. Is there a way to accomplish this?
A: I found a nice way to do it. You must Show the content of your app and change the AutomatorApplet.icns inside "Your App.app/Contents/Resources/AutomatorApplet.icns"
| Q: Change the icon of an applescript-called notification With OSX Mavericks we now can make notifications with applescript pretty easily. However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to change the icon that appears to a custom one. Is there a way to accomplish this?
A: I found a nice way to do it. You must Show the content of your app and change the AutomatorApplet.icns inside "Your App.app/Contents/Resources/AutomatorApplet.icns"
A: As of the Apple Documentation display notification does not have a parameter to change te icon.
Display notification will use the icon of your script. One of your option is to change the icon of your bundle (cf screen).
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a4473b55f4f3e05b3e74426af8b31ac7c064a2e8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will I be charged any fees to use iTunes Radio with my AT&T unlimited data plan? I just got an iPhone 5s. My wireless plan is with AT&T and includes unlimited cellular data. When I open the Music app and go to iTunes Radio, a dialog appears stating:
Use Cellular Data?
Additional fees may apply when using cellular data
for iTunes Radio, iTunes Match, and Automatic Downloads.
Is AT&T charging additional fees for using these services, or is this dialog only warning about the high rate of data usage that may cause limited-data subscribers to exceed their monthly data allowances?
A: No you won't be charged anything extra. The dialog is only warning you about the high data usage.
| Q: Will I be charged any fees to use iTunes Radio with my AT&T unlimited data plan? I just got an iPhone 5s. My wireless plan is with AT&T and includes unlimited cellular data. When I open the Music app and go to iTunes Radio, a dialog appears stating:
Use Cellular Data?
Additional fees may apply when using cellular data
for iTunes Radio, iTunes Match, and Automatic Downloads.
Is AT&T charging additional fees for using these services, or is this dialog only warning about the high rate of data usage that may cause limited-data subscribers to exceed their monthly data allowances?
A: No you won't be charged anything extra. The dialog is only warning you about the high data usage.
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9a28ef488cf6ddecd7d98b4ca9c14b8b0a7a227a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change encoding in Mail in OS X Mavericks? Normally I would open Mail.app, click Message → Encoding → [One of the Cyrillic encodings]. But since the upgrade I don't see text encoding option in Message menu.
How to change to use one of the Cyrillic encodings?
A: It seems you're not the only one with this problem.
I found a KB article on Apple's website that clearly specifies that Message > Text Encoding should be available in the Mavericks version of Mail:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14955
It says "Mavericks" in the title and is current as of Nov 6, 2013.
I've filed a bug report letting the OS X team know.
| Q: How to change encoding in Mail in OS X Mavericks? Normally I would open Mail.app, click Message → Encoding → [One of the Cyrillic encodings]. But since the upgrade I don't see text encoding option in Message menu.
How to change to use one of the Cyrillic encodings?
A: It seems you're not the only one with this problem.
I found a KB article on Apple's website that clearly specifies that Message > Text Encoding should be available in the Mavericks version of Mail:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14955
It says "Mavericks" in the title and is current as of Nov 6, 2013.
I've filed a bug report letting the OS X team know.
A: Have the same problem. Tried the thread from Alex comments (here), seems can solve my problem. But Apple should bring back the Text Encoding option.
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61470983fd3b5c8948d7277ac3f7c7ad97e5bfbf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks not able to use external display at full resolution I have been several months using my mid-2010 15" MBP connected to a Dell U2711 through a miniDisplayPort-DisplayPort adapter, without any trouble cranking the resolution up in Mountain Lion to it's full 2560x1440.
I have just updated my laptop to Mavericks, and I'm not able to use the full resolution of my monitor anymore. I have done several tests, either with the lid open and closed, or trying to force the discrete GPU through gfxCardStatus
Is anyone experiencing this same behaviour? Anything I could try? Possible workarounds?
A: Finally I found this. Looks like the default EDID configuration for Dell displays is not quite right.
On that post there's also a ruby script that suposedly generates the right file for your display, but it ended up screwing even more my resolution.
I downloaded the file from the first post, and after copying it to /System/Library/Displays/Overrides and rebooting, my display was showing again its awesome full resolution.
The files are suposedly to correct issues with U2713H and U2713HM, but it worked with my U2711 also.
Hope this helps someone as it helped me.
| Q: Mavericks not able to use external display at full resolution I have been several months using my mid-2010 15" MBP connected to a Dell U2711 through a miniDisplayPort-DisplayPort adapter, without any trouble cranking the resolution up in Mountain Lion to it's full 2560x1440.
I have just updated my laptop to Mavericks, and I'm not able to use the full resolution of my monitor anymore. I have done several tests, either with the lid open and closed, or trying to force the discrete GPU through gfxCardStatus
Is anyone experiencing this same behaviour? Anything I could try? Possible workarounds?
A: Finally I found this. Looks like the default EDID configuration for Dell displays is not quite right.
On that post there's also a ruby script that suposedly generates the right file for your display, but it ended up screwing even more my resolution.
I downloaded the file from the first post, and after copying it to /System/Library/Displays/Overrides and rebooting, my display was showing again its awesome full resolution.
The files are suposedly to correct issues with U2713H and U2713HM, but it worked with my U2711 also.
Hope this helps someone as it helped me.
A: This Ruby script generates a custom override for your monitor. Save it as patch-edid.rb to your user folder, and from Terminal run ruby patch-edid.rb. Copy the generated file into /System/Library/Displays/Overrides/ and reboot.
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# Create display override file to force Mac OS X to use RGB mode for Display
# see http://embdev.net/topic/284710
#
# Update 2013-06-24: added -w0 option to prevent truncated lines
require 'base64'
data=`ioreg -l -w0 -d0 -r -c AppleDisplay`
edid_hex=data.match(/IODisplayEDID.*?<([a-z0-9]+)>/i)[1]
vendorid=data.match(/DisplayVendorID.*?([0-9]+)/i)[1].to_i
productid=data.match(/DisplayProductID.*?([0-9]+)/i)[1].to_i
puts "found display: vendorid #{vendorid}, productid #{productid}, EDID:\n#{edid_hex}"
bytes=edid_hex.scan(/../).map{|x|Integer("0x#{x}")}.flatten
puts "Setting color support to RGB 4:4:4 only"
bytes[24] &= ~(0b11000)
puts "Number of extension blocks: #{bytes[126]}"
puts "removing extension block"
bytes = bytes[0..127]
bytes[126] = 0
bytes[127] = (0x100-(bytes[0..126].reduce(:+) % 256)) % 256
puts
puts "Recalculated checksum: 0x%x" % bytes[127]
puts "new EDID:\n#{bytes.map{|b|"%02X"%b}.join}"
Dir.mkdir("DisplayVendorID-%x" % vendorid) rescue nil
f = File.open("DisplayVendorID-%x/DisplayProductID-%x" % [vendorid, productid], 'w')
f.write '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">'
f.write "
<dict>
<key>DisplayProductName</key>
<string>Display with forced RGB mode (EDID override)</string>
<key>IODisplayEDID</key>
<data>#{Base64.encode64(bytes.pack('C*'))}</data>
<key>DisplayVendorID</key>
<integer>#{vendorid}</integer>
<key>DisplayProductID</key>
<integer>#{productid}</integer>
</dict>
</plist>"
f.close
Source: EmbDev.net, topic “Dell U2713H on Mac: forcing RGB mode instead of YCbCr”, post #3027030
A: I have a solution that worked for me. Running MBP retina 15" early 2013 with Dell u2713hm.
This solved the problem:
http://embdev.net/attachment/167830/U2713H_U2713HM_Mac_EDID_override.zip
The problem can be solved by overriding the EDID data of the display (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data) in order to tell OS X that the display only supports RGB. This can be done by reading the EDID with ioreg -l, modifying the offending bits (see the specification in the Wikipedia article), and creating a display config override file for OS X. I have attached such a file for the U2713H and U2713HM; just extract it and move the contained folder into /System/Library/Displays/Overrides. After a reboot, the monitor should show that RGB colors are used. For other monitors with the same problem, the files won't work, but in principle the solution is the same.
Source: http://embdev.net/topic/284710#3027030
A: LOL you don't have to do all that nonsense. Just hold down the "option" key when you press the radio button for "Scaled" -- then all the options will appear. This is totally non-intuitive but it tells you this if you bother to read the Help screen that comes up when you press the (?) icon in the corner of the Displays preference pane.
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1a2ff2f99d3c9fa0b5d6b42a5952c11b42afefc8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does LibreOffice work on OS X 10.9 Mavericks? I rely heavily on LibreOffice and am hesitant to upgrade unless I can be as sure as possible that LibreOffice (Writer) will run.
Can anybody confirm that the software works and does not crash on Mavericks?
A: It did not crash with OS X Mavericks, but it does not work at all. I received a message that this OS is not compatible with Libre Office.
| Q: Does LibreOffice work on OS X 10.9 Mavericks? I rely heavily on LibreOffice and am hesitant to upgrade unless I can be as sure as possible that LibreOffice (Writer) will run.
Can anybody confirm that the software works and does not crash on Mavericks?
A: It did not crash with OS X Mavericks, but it does not work at all. I received a message that this OS is not compatible with Libre Office.
A: I am having no problem at all running LibreOffice Version: 4.1.2.3 on Mavericks. I got no such message as @Wil
A: You can choose to override your security settings and open the app anyway.
*
*In the Finder, locate the app you want to open. Most apps can be found in the /Applications folder.
*Right-click or ⌃ ctrl-click the app icon.
*Choose Open from the shortcut menu.
*Click Open on the Gatekeeper popup.
The app is saved as an exception to your security settings, and you will be able to open it in the future by double-clicking it, just like any authorized app.
A: On Mavericks, an ods spreadsheet file (version 4.1.4) used to close on its own when it was within a folder. I moved the file to the desktop and now have no problems using it
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5e4a56d4b5bd5887fb6ce9aacd9cc4167e7ced69 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Calendar - view shared Google calendars I've been able to add a Google Calendar (CalDAV) account to OS X Calendar (v6, Mountain Lion 10.8.5) without problem, and all my own calendars show up.
Is there a way of seeing calendars others have shared with me (these show up under 'Other Calendars' in the Google Calendar website settings)?
(Same situation on my iPhone.)
A: Yes, this question is answered by google here:
https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect
You can click on the link and select shared calendars you wanna sync with your device.
| Q: OS X Calendar - view shared Google calendars I've been able to add a Google Calendar (CalDAV) account to OS X Calendar (v6, Mountain Lion 10.8.5) without problem, and all my own calendars show up.
Is there a way of seeing calendars others have shared with me (these show up under 'Other Calendars' in the Google Calendar website settings)?
(Same situation on my iPhone.)
A: Yes, this question is answered by google here:
https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect
You can click on the link and select shared calendars you wanna sync with your device.
A: You could use a Calendar Program like Informant for macOS. it allows you to combine numerous calendars into a single app.
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7f12cb61ac875577fa8affd20636a4c016407ed3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: FLAC audio support for OS X 10.9 Someone please remind me of what software I need to install to get as full support for FLAC audio as possible.
I've figured out how to do this, and then forgotten again, perhaps a dozen times over the years. Every time I reinstall or upgrade my Mac. Now I've installed OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and it's time to do it one more time.
Ideally I'd like:
*
*QuickLook preview support
*ability to open and play FLAC in QuickTime Player (QTP7 is okay)
I'm hoping to avoid installing half a dozen QuickTime components and Quicklook plugins to find something that works well with 10.9. Thanks!
A: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but native support of FLAC in Mavericks is near non-existent.
Your best bet would be to just convert your FLAC to ALAC, or Apple Lossless Audio Codec.
You can download the free utility XLD, or X Lossless Decoder, to convert.
Download XLD from its homepage here: http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html
| Q: FLAC audio support for OS X 10.9 Someone please remind me of what software I need to install to get as full support for FLAC audio as possible.
I've figured out how to do this, and then forgotten again, perhaps a dozen times over the years. Every time I reinstall or upgrade my Mac. Now I've installed OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and it's time to do it one more time.
Ideally I'd like:
*
*QuickLook preview support
*ability to open and play FLAC in QuickTime Player (QTP7 is okay)
I'm hoping to avoid installing half a dozen QuickTime components and Quicklook plugins to find something that works well with 10.9. Thanks!
A: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but native support of FLAC in Mavericks is near non-existent.
Your best bet would be to just convert your FLAC to ALAC, or Apple Lossless Audio Codec.
You can download the free utility XLD, or X Lossless Decoder, to convert.
Download XLD from its homepage here: http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html
A: It may not fill yours, or our, wishlists (eg Finder and iTunes integration) but no one has noted that
VLC/VideoLan
will play FLAC files directly from macOS. The UI is far from ideal but certainly saves all that dull tedium of conversion if you're in a hurry to hit Play.
A: I have had little joy so far, after trying several downloads.
You can install Fluke to play Flac audio files in some apps, such as Quicktime Player 7.
This doesn't resolve the issue though, because it appears Quicklook preview still does not work.
I had hopes for Xiph.org's codecs, and Perian, though the latter probably just uses Xiph and is no longer maintained. Still no support for previewing Quicklook.
It's possible I have some conflicting plugin/codec somewhere, but I doubt it. I tried to clear stale files from the Components, QuickTime, and QuickLook folders (of both the root and the user Library folders) after each install.
A: Unfortunately Fluke doesn't work for me. To play FLAC files, I use Cog or Play (they seem no longer maintained, but work perfectly on Mavericks). To convert/import them to iTunes, there is FLAC to Any Lite.
A: Kudos to @Maya for pointing out the right answer. Here's what I did for converting a FLAC CD rip to something that iTunes would play properly.
The method I used was as follows:
*
*Download and install XLD
*Start up XLD and using "Open Folder as a Disc..." from the File menu, point it to the folder containing FLAC files
*If you have an album cover, drag and drop it to the empty photo in the UI
*Press the Get MetaData button in the toolbar to load up the song titles, etc.
*Open up the XLD preferences to change the output format to Apple Lossless
*Press the Transcode button
*Drag and drop the converted .M4A files into iTunes
*Enjoy! :)
A: VLC is the best tool I know of for just playing FLAC files (see John2095's answer for the link). If you'd like to manipulate the files from the command line (encoding/decoding), then the flac tool is available from MacPorts. I believe it's available from HomeBrew, too, but I don't use that, so I'm not 100% sure.
A: I use Vox to play FLAC files (free on the App store) - it's drag 'n' drop simple. To convert FLACs to m4a and automatically add them to iTunes I use Max which does it in a single step.
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7f0af4aef0db03ce9ce3082fcd83f9d5d6745c81 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mount .sparseimage from .bash_profile I need to mount a .sparseimage from .bash_profile but I don't get how to do it. I tried:
alias of22='hdiutil attach "Documents/OF.sparseimage" -mountpoint "$HOME/OpenFOAM" > /dev/null ; . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc'
but this gives me:
hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable filesystem
if I double-click on it or I put it in Startup Items it works (but i need also to source the bashrc after the mount)
What's the problem?
A: The open(1) command can do it:
/usr/bin/open /full/path/to/OF.sparseimage
| Q: Mount .sparseimage from .bash_profile I need to mount a .sparseimage from .bash_profile but I don't get how to do it. I tried:
alias of22='hdiutil attach "Documents/OF.sparseimage" -mountpoint "$HOME/OpenFOAM" > /dev/null ; . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc'
but this gives me:
hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable filesystem
if I double-click on it or I put it in Startup Items it works (but i need also to source the bashrc after the mount)
What's the problem?
A: The open(1) command can do it:
/usr/bin/open /full/path/to/OF.sparseimage
A: In fact, the command you use will mount the disk image, but there are two problems I see.
Before I get into those I want to clarify to all readers (as I had this problem), the following command will mount a disk image:
hdiutil attach image_name.sparseimage -mountpoint mount_point
where you specify image_name.sparseimage and mount_point to your liking.
Here are the problems with your specific case that I see:
1) You are not mounting it in the bash_profile. You are creating an alias. You must run the alias first to mount the disk image (with of22 in your case).
2) Seems like you've done #1 because you get the error message "no mountable filesystem". This is probably because the disk image is using a relative path, which means you must run of22 from the parent directory (which seems to be your home directory in this case).
Try changing the command to
hdiutil attach "$HOME/Documents/OF.sparseimage" -mountpoint "$HOME/OpenFOAM"
Notice the addition of "$HOME".
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977747eab1fa5e9fe940e3b2fa8a8151ca3e06ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I prevent Chrome going fullscreen while playing youtube videos? I have started observing this ever since I upgraded to Mavericks. Earlier [i.e. on Mountain Lion] if I played any youtube video on fullscreen, only video would be fullscreen, not chrome.
Now in Mavericks, I am observing that even Chrome app going fullscreen mode. I am not saying it stays fullscreen even after completing the video, but I find it quite annoying. I just want my video to play fullscreen but I don't want my chrome to go to Fullscreen Mode. Anyone else noticed this ? And is it possible to prevent this ?
A: Chrome takes you into a fullscreen window when you try to play a HTML5 video in fullscreen. On YouTube, if you are using the HTML5 preview/beta instead of the standard Flash (or if you have uninstalled or never installed Flash on your computer), that will continue to happen.
For YouTube at least, make sure Flash is installed and drop out of the HTML5 beta program. This is only a short-term solution, and only applies to video sites that still use Flash.
Try that and see if it work.
| Q: How do I prevent Chrome going fullscreen while playing youtube videos? I have started observing this ever since I upgraded to Mavericks. Earlier [i.e. on Mountain Lion] if I played any youtube video on fullscreen, only video would be fullscreen, not chrome.
Now in Mavericks, I am observing that even Chrome app going fullscreen mode. I am not saying it stays fullscreen even after completing the video, but I find it quite annoying. I just want my video to play fullscreen but I don't want my chrome to go to Fullscreen Mode. Anyone else noticed this ? And is it possible to prevent this ?
A: Chrome takes you into a fullscreen window when you try to play a HTML5 video in fullscreen. On YouTube, if you are using the HTML5 preview/beta instead of the standard Flash (or if you have uninstalled or never installed Flash on your computer), that will continue to happen.
For YouTube at least, make sure Flash is installed and drop out of the HTML5 beta program. This is only a short-term solution, and only applies to video sites that still use Flash.
Try that and see if it work.
A: In Chrome, go to this URL: chrome://flags/#enable-simplified-fullscreen . You should see the title 'Enables simplified fullscreen' highlighted. Click the 'Enable' link under it and restart Chrome.
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b75157dd0e11f095f9913297ba8d815acf95cff6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will iPhone 4 turn on automatically when charging? If my iPhone 4 dies, will it turn back on automatically after I put it on charge?
The reason I ask this is my lock button is broken and I'm afraid to let my phone die. What should I do?
A: Yes, it will turn on once it reaches the minimum charge needed to start the phone.
When the battery is completely drained, you would just see a depleted battery icon (with a connect to charger prompt) for a few seconds if you press the Sleep/Wake button or the Home button. Once you connect it to the charger, it will charge for a few minutes and automatically start up, taking you to the lock screen.
At any time, you can wake your phone by pressing either the Sleep/Wake button (on top) or the Home button (below the touchscreen).
| Q: Will iPhone 4 turn on automatically when charging? If my iPhone 4 dies, will it turn back on automatically after I put it on charge?
The reason I ask this is my lock button is broken and I'm afraid to let my phone die. What should I do?
A: Yes, it will turn on once it reaches the minimum charge needed to start the phone.
When the battery is completely drained, you would just see a depleted battery icon (with a connect to charger prompt) for a few seconds if you press the Sleep/Wake button or the Home button. Once you connect it to the charger, it will charge for a few minutes and automatically start up, taking you to the lock screen.
At any time, you can wake your phone by pressing either the Sleep/Wake button (on top) or the Home button (below the touchscreen).
A: There is another way also. while charging u should reboot it.
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c59495407531652bd76e31a7a641847d0568e2a5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine backup to an SMB share Mavericks I'm following the instructions and scripts detailed in this article, but it's failing on mavericks - the mounted windows drive isn't showing up in the time machine disk selection pane.
Any ideas how to get this working?
http://lifehacker.com/5691649/an-easier-way-to-set-up-time-machine-to-back-up-to-a-networked-windows-computer
(Using Window 7 and the SMB server)
A: Pulled this from MacRumors:
*
*After you get the sparse bundle created in your desired location, mount the sparse bundle by double clicking it. It should mount just as any other drive or image file will.
*Once that is done open up terminal and run this command (leave the quotes in place):
sudo tmutil setdestination "/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/"
*Now open up Time Machine and turn it on. You don't have to select your disk, the command in terminal did that for you.
| Q: Time Machine backup to an SMB share Mavericks I'm following the instructions and scripts detailed in this article, but it's failing on mavericks - the mounted windows drive isn't showing up in the time machine disk selection pane.
Any ideas how to get this working?
http://lifehacker.com/5691649/an-easier-way-to-set-up-time-machine-to-back-up-to-a-networked-windows-computer
(Using Window 7 and the SMB server)
A: Pulled this from MacRumors:
*
*After you get the sparse bundle created in your desired location, mount the sparse bundle by double clicking it. It should mount just as any other drive or image file will.
*Once that is done open up terminal and run this command (leave the quotes in place):
sudo tmutil setdestination "/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/"
*Now open up Time Machine and turn it on. You don't have to select your disk, the command in terminal did that for you.
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af7ffb8720b7b692c5f58c8432ed413baa95b7fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: New "Local Items" Keychain in macOS 10.9+: What's it all about? macOS (10.9 Mavericks) created a new keychain "Local Items" for me that can't be deleted. What's the idea here and why is there a second keychain in addition to my login keychain?
A: If you mean the keychain that is called Local Items in the U.S. English locale, I think it is used for keychain items that are eligible to be synced with iCloud Keychain.
From http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/5/:
If the iCloud Keychain is subsequently disabled, the iCloud keychain highlighted in the screenshot above is replaced with a "Local Items" keychain that has the same contents as the iCloud keychain. Any items added to the Local Items keychain will be pushed out to other devices when iCloud Keychain is re-enabled.
I have never enabled iCloud Keychain, but I also have a Local Items keychain. It contains about half of the keychain items from my login keychain, or mostly web form passwords. The Local Items keychain does not seem to correspond to any file and it cannot be deleted.
| Q: New "Local Items" Keychain in macOS 10.9+: What's it all about? macOS (10.9 Mavericks) created a new keychain "Local Items" for me that can't be deleted. What's the idea here and why is there a second keychain in addition to my login keychain?
A: If you mean the keychain that is called Local Items in the U.S. English locale, I think it is used for keychain items that are eligible to be synced with iCloud Keychain.
From http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/5/:
If the iCloud Keychain is subsequently disabled, the iCloud keychain highlighted in the screenshot above is replaced with a "Local Items" keychain that has the same contents as the iCloud keychain. Any items added to the Local Items keychain will be pushed out to other devices when iCloud Keychain is re-enabled.
I have never enabled iCloud Keychain, but I also have a Local Items keychain. It contains about half of the keychain items from my login keychain, or mostly web form passwords. The Local Items keychain does not seem to correspond to any file and it cannot be deleted.
A: There is a difference between the local items keychain and login keychain. Make sure to pay attention to this fine detail when an error message pops up.
If you have a local item keychain issue, here is what I did to resolve my issue that nothing else would fix.
The name of the folder it gives is not the name that will be in there, mine only had one folder. I had then move it to the desktop and restart after that another one replaced it. Then I had them delete the folder that I moved, restarted again and everything was fixed and no longer a million boxes popped up, asking for a local item keychain...
A: Although the "Local Items" keychain cannot deleted, you can delete individual items stored in it.
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066e1f772314c353685efdb93ea8267a11ea4951 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Are there any improvements in the Mavericks Terminal app? Most OS X updates have included a few tweaks to the Terminal app. I know that Mavericks has upgraded a lot of command-line tools, but I haven't seen any reports of changes in Terminal.app itself. Has anyone noticed any?
A: I believe Mavericks added pwd restoration (after quitting and relaunching)
| Q: Are there any improvements in the Mavericks Terminal app? Most OS X updates have included a few tweaks to the Terminal app. I know that Mavericks has upgraded a lot of command-line tools, but I haven't seen any reports of changes in Terminal.app itself. Has anyone noticed any?
A: I believe Mavericks added pwd restoration (after quitting and relaunching)
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07bc5d85c8f8a1dcec0de47d02abfa08b41d86b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to select buttons in a dialog using the keyboard? Times ago I setted my Mac (in system preferences) to use, when an alert appear, enter key to choose OK button and tab to scroll other possible button and space to select one of them.
Now I initialized my Mac and I can't find the preference again, does somebody know where is it? Thank you!
A: You are probably searching for the option "Full Keyboard Access".
You can find it under System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts
| Q: How to select buttons in a dialog using the keyboard? Times ago I setted my Mac (in system preferences) to use, when an alert appear, enter key to choose OK button and tab to scroll other possible button and space to select one of them.
Now I initialized my Mac and I can't find the preference again, does somebody know where is it? Thank you!
A: You are probably searching for the option "Full Keyboard Access".
You can find it under System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts
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8f2c1d3272593db7fd55432072b545be9df8603e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn off "Your SIM played a tone" message on iPhone 4? Each time when I get the message "Your SIM played a tone" if I don't respond instantly and close the option it gets stuck and my entire iOS 9.3.2
doesn't respond. I have had this issue some ten times. How do I disable this?
A: To disable the feature do the following:
Open Settings > Phone > SIM Applications then turn off the CallerXChange Service or anything similiar to that.
| Q: How to turn off "Your SIM played a tone" message on iPhone 4? Each time when I get the message "Your SIM played a tone" if I don't respond instantly and close the option it gets stuck and my entire iOS 9.3.2
doesn't respond. I have had this issue some ten times. How do I disable this?
A: To disable the feature do the following:
Open Settings > Phone > SIM Applications then turn off the CallerXChange Service or anything similiar to that.
A: I have found a fix for this.
Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, then scroll down for System Services and turn off Location-Based iAds.
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8df9641543afab6668dbfbde9ceb5ceb3b10863b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I make iTunes 'forget' a device in Mavericks? Before Mavericks it seems it was easy to make iTunes forget a device as per this question: Can you make iTunes forget a device?
However according to this Apple support article Sync Services doesn't exist anymore in Mavericks
Note: OS X Mavericks does not use Sync Services. Instead, Mavericks supports sharing your information using several network-based and cloud-based solutions. If you want to sync your information across multiple devices and computers, you should use one or more of these methods. These include iCloud, CardDAV servers, CalDAV servers, or servers that use the Exchange ActiveSync protocol.
What is the new trick in Mavericks to make iTunes forget a device?
A: It is not possible in Mavericks
At least 10.9.3 and down. Recently Apple brought back Sync Services in 10.9.3 however the resetsync.pl script is not in the Sync Services framework folder. Seeing how Apple brought back Sync Services without the script it seems unlikely that the script and reset functionality will return.
| Q: How do I make iTunes 'forget' a device in Mavericks? Before Mavericks it seems it was easy to make iTunes forget a device as per this question: Can you make iTunes forget a device?
However according to this Apple support article Sync Services doesn't exist anymore in Mavericks
Note: OS X Mavericks does not use Sync Services. Instead, Mavericks supports sharing your information using several network-based and cloud-based solutions. If you want to sync your information across multiple devices and computers, you should use one or more of these methods. These include iCloud, CardDAV servers, CalDAV servers, or servers that use the Exchange ActiveSync protocol.
What is the new trick in Mavericks to make iTunes forget a device?
A: It is not possible in Mavericks
At least 10.9.3 and down. Recently Apple brought back Sync Services in 10.9.3 however the resetsync.pl script is not in the Sync Services framework folder. Seeing how Apple brought back Sync Services without the script it seems unlikely that the script and reset functionality will return.
A: iDevices are not linked to iTunes, but to a certain iTunes library.
The only thing iTunes remembers are device backups. These can be deleted from the iTunes preferences. So in oder to 'forget' a device, you can restore the device and sync it to another library, or create a new iTunes library.
EDIT: Solution
Go to settings > General > usage > Music, then swipe the text saying "all music" to the right in order to make the red 'delete' button appear. Tap this in order to remove all music of your device. Then connect to iTunes and sync. iTunes should now re-sync all of your music to your device solving the problem you have. (tracks being skipped)
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6a435750719cf3ccaf4220fc0e49870c06512522 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I power off my Mac with the Mavericks OS? Since downloading OS X Mavericks my power button just puts my Mac to sleep. I want to know how to power off and restart.
A: From Apple's support page, hold the power button for 1.5 seconds and let go to get the power dialog. Don't hold it too long though, as it only takes 5 seconds to turn off the system without a proper shutdown.
You can also get the dialog immediately by holding control and pressing either the eject key or power button, or use the Apple menu to access the three options directly.
| Q: How do I power off my Mac with the Mavericks OS? Since downloading OS X Mavericks my power button just puts my Mac to sleep. I want to know how to power off and restart.
A: From Apple's support page, hold the power button for 1.5 seconds and let go to get the power dialog. Don't hold it too long though, as it only takes 5 seconds to turn off the system without a proper shutdown.
You can also get the dialog immediately by holding control and pressing either the eject key or power button, or use the Apple menu to access the three options directly.
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334f4520c6dffce535f798e4dac7a8853af27783 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Symbolic links, why doesn't this work: me$ ln -s ~/x/y/ ~/Desktop/
ln: /Users/me/Desktop//: File exists
Why does this attempt at creating a symbolic link to ~/x/yon the Desktop now work? The only way I can seem to get something like a symbolic link is this way:
ln -s * ~/Desktop/
I'm confused, this was really simple in Ubuntu.
A: Alternatively, you can do
ln -s ~/x/y ~/Desktop/
(note there's no slash '/' character after ~/x/y/).
I think the error message is not the most informative, but I understand it as that if you're putting a trailing slash, you're referring to the content of your directory (in this case ~/x/y), but if you omit it, you're referring to the directory itself.
| Q: Symbolic links, why doesn't this work: me$ ln -s ~/x/y/ ~/Desktop/
ln: /Users/me/Desktop//: File exists
Why does this attempt at creating a symbolic link to ~/x/yon the Desktop now work? The only way I can seem to get something like a symbolic link is this way:
ln -s * ~/Desktop/
I'm confused, this was really simple in Ubuntu.
A: Alternatively, you can do
ln -s ~/x/y ~/Desktop/
(note there's no slash '/' character after ~/x/y/).
I think the error message is not the most informative, but I understand it as that if you're putting a trailing slash, you're referring to the content of your directory (in this case ~/x/y), but if you omit it, you're referring to the directory itself.
A: ln -s ~/x/y/ ~/Desktop/ attempts to symlink ~/Desktop/ to ~/x/y/, which does not appear to be what you wanted, and is indeed not possible since ~/Desktop exists (as the error states).
To create a symlink to ~/x/y/ inside ~/Desktop/, you need to give it a name like so:
ln -s ~/x/y/ ~/Desktop/mysymlink
This creates a symlink mysymlink on your desktop that links to ~/x/y/.
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f8630e6d286cf7ef55e0e62ac4f62ce5549027e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where did folder "merge" or "keep both" go in OS X 10.9 Mavericks? Before Mavericks one could hold the ALT key and move a folder "A" onto a folder "B" where already an "A" existed. In this case Mac OS X asked in Lion if I want to merge - or on Mountain Lion if I want to keep both (which was also a merge).
I can't find this option in Mavericks.
Did Apple remove this useful feature?
Any hints?
(And yes: I own ForkLift, which can do it - I just sometimes still prefer the Finder).
A: I just found this problem too. I worked round it by using a simple command line cp -r command in Terminal. It's crazy that you can't do it in the GUI!
cp -r ./srcFolder/ ./targetFolder/
| Q: Where did folder "merge" or "keep both" go in OS X 10.9 Mavericks? Before Mavericks one could hold the ALT key and move a folder "A" onto a folder "B" where already an "A" existed. In this case Mac OS X asked in Lion if I want to merge - or on Mountain Lion if I want to keep both (which was also a merge).
I can't find this option in Mavericks.
Did Apple remove this useful feature?
Any hints?
(And yes: I own ForkLift, which can do it - I just sometimes still prefer the Finder).
A: I just found this problem too. I worked round it by using a simple command line cp -r command in Terminal. It's crazy that you can't do it in the GUI!
cp -r ./srcFolder/ ./targetFolder/
A: OK. I found out myself... Luckily Apple did not remove the Finder Merge functionality with Mavericks. But sometimes it is not offered to the user. But let me explain:
Supose you have a folder named TARGET with a subfolder TARGET/SomeStuff. And you have a SomeStuff folder somewhere else. Now drag this second SomeStuff folder to the TARGET folder (without any modifier keys pressed) then the Finder will presented you the following dialog (Stop and Replace):
So, no merge here.
Now - if you instead press the Alt key while you drop the SomeStuff folder to the TARGET folder there are two possibilities:
1.) If the files in the two SomeStuff Folder have completely different (not overlapping) contents. In other words: no duplicate filenames. Then finder will give you these options (Stop, Merge & Replace All):
So, here you can merge. And the result will be a TARGET/SomeStuff folder with the content of both SomeStuff folders.
2.) But here comes what is sometimes confusing (and actually made me think merging is gone in Mavericks): if there exists at least one filename that is contained in both SomeStuff folders, then merging is not possible. Then the finder will offer you these options (Don't Replace, Stop, Replace):
So, no merge possible, here too!
A: Short answer
Using the command line (Terminal):
cp -r -n ~/Desktop/src/* ~/Desktop/destination/
The command above adds the src content and the subdirectories to the destination without overwriting the content already present in the destination.
Long answer
Even if the content overlaps, you can still use cp to do it. Assume that you have two folders on your desktop: the src and the destination folders and you want to merge src into destination:
To merge, just do:
cp -r ~/Desktop/src/* ~/Desktop/destination/
NOTE When you use this, the content in src overwrites the content in the destination folder and adds the extra stuff that are missing in the destination. It shouldn't matter if you just want to add the missing files from src into destination.
ALSO it doesn't matter how many subdirectories are there, it will just go through each folder recursively and it will overwrite the content and will add the stuff that is missing in the destination folder.
BUT
PITFALL If you have huge files (like video files), you don't want to wait until everything is overwritten, it adds a lot of overhead.
PITFALL SOLUTION: Instead, you can use the -n flag to skip the overwriting:
cp -r -n ~/Desktop/src/* ~/Desktop/destination/
This is the description of the -n flag from the man page:
man cp
-n Do not overwrite an existing file. (The -n option overrides any
previous -f or -i options.)
Further Reading
*
*https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5088332/overhead-of-a-flag-in-cp-command
A: Having not found my answer above, I am compelled to redirect you to that other answer which rightly advices to use the ditto command:
In a Terminal, type: ditto from_folder destination_folder, for instance:
ditto ./srcFolder ./targetFolder
A: For users who want an alternative GUI or fear terminal: here is a free App that I found that will merge folders for you.
http://subrosasoft.com/software/freeware/macmerger
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with the company that makes the app.
The copywright is 2012. There is little feedback, but it seems to work fine.
A: I found this from Apple Support (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14224), you need to choose "Keep newer" to merge, works for me:
Merge two folders
If you have two folders with identical names at two different locations, you can merge them into a single folder. To do so, you must copy (not move) one folder to the location that already contains a folder with the same name. In the dialog that appears, click Merge.
The Merge option appears only if one of the folders contains items that are not in the other folder. If the folders contain different versions of identically named files, the only options are Stop or Replace.
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78598be428bb0149f28b90c9ecc28ad4ad1ade66 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: com.apple.iconServicesAgent using a lot of RAM in 10.9 I performed a fresh install of OS X 10.9 and now the process com.apple.iconServicesAgent is using >300MB of RAM, that is quite a lot. This process is using the second most amount of memory of all processes, after the kernel task.
Google tells me that other people have this problem, too, but I found no solution so far.
Is there any way to reduce the RAM consumption of this process?
A: It seems to be something to do with the service that renders icons in Finder, when mine maxed out cpu no icons were rendering in finder.
I force quit the process and reopened Finder and all seemed well again.
| Q: com.apple.iconServicesAgent using a lot of RAM in 10.9 I performed a fresh install of OS X 10.9 and now the process com.apple.iconServicesAgent is using >300MB of RAM, that is quite a lot. This process is using the second most amount of memory of all processes, after the kernel task.
Google tells me that other people have this problem, too, but I found no solution so far.
Is there any way to reduce the RAM consumption of this process?
A: It seems to be something to do with the service that renders icons in Finder, when mine maxed out cpu no icons were rendering in finder.
I force quit the process and reopened Finder and all seemed well again.
A: Observations
You may observe natural rises and falls in usage.
You should not treat the usage as a problem.
Background: about icon services
For an idea of what's done by icon services (the com.apple.IconServices daemon, com.apple.IconServicesAgent processes and related files), run the following command in a Terminal window that's maybe 257 characters wide, or wider:
sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys com.apple.IconServices | grep write
Then in Finder:
*
*browse a folder that has not been browsed since you started the Mac
*browse away
*browse back to the same folder.
You should find that:
*
*the initial browse causes writes (to a cache)
*second and subsequent browses cause no additional caching, for as long as the contents of the folder are unchanged.
To abort the command, Control-C
For an unfiltered view of things:
sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys com.apple.IconServices
Benefits of icon services in Mavericks
It seems to me that Apple's approach to caching icons is of particular benefit to apps/processes where primary functions include reading metadata from a variety of types of file system. Apps such as Finder, processes such as Dock, and so on.
As part of a broader approach to maximising performance, icon services should allow presentation with minimal delay of the subset of metadata that is of greatest interest to the user.
For the Recent Applications stack in Dock: probably names, icons and dates/times as essentials within a subset.
For views in Finder: subsets may be entirely different, depending on what's required by the user.
Additional thoughts
In HFS Plus (Mac OS Extended), with reference to retired documentation, we have the performance-oriented hot file B-tree, attributes file and so on. With everything else that has been done to that file system, it is now debatably over-extended.
The performance-related benefits of icon services should be relatively file system-agnostic. This is pleasing. I expect the benefits to be realised by users of ZFS on Mavericks, and so on …
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fae854f7eab29dc98fea21d4560f42d8719ab6c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Taking battery out of my MacBook Pro Yesterday I bought my first Mac, the new Macbook Pro 13". Apple recommends not having the battery charged connected to the MacBook if the battery is 100%.
In other laptops I had, I could just remove the Battery and use it connected with the Battery Charger.
How do I do that with my MacBook Pro? Is there a way to take the battery out? Should I just unplug the Battery Charger and let the battery uncharge?
A: There is no way to remove the bettery without losing the warranty for your Macbook. Simply unplug the battery charger should do the trick.
If you want further information on how to maintain battery life, Apple is providing a useful page.
| Q: Taking battery out of my MacBook Pro Yesterday I bought my first Mac, the new Macbook Pro 13". Apple recommends not having the battery charged connected to the MacBook if the battery is 100%.
In other laptops I had, I could just remove the Battery and use it connected with the Battery Charger.
How do I do that with my MacBook Pro? Is there a way to take the battery out? Should I just unplug the Battery Charger and let the battery uncharge?
A: There is no way to remove the bettery without losing the warranty for your Macbook. Simply unplug the battery charger should do the trick.
If you want further information on how to maintain battery life, Apple is providing a useful page.
A: Every time we unplug the power, the Mac will start to discharge the battery. In this manner, the battery lifespan will shorten.
The answer would be to leave the charger on whenever possible, as the charger actually stops charging the battery once it is full.
Check this on your Mac: Click on Apple Icon > About This Mac > System Report > Power
See the "Health Information:" for cycle count and the following:
AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
...
Charging: No
Here's an article discussing it: Practical Tips For Taking Care of Your Mac's Battery
I remember having read an article by Apply saying not to let the battery totally drain, as it will affect the battery lifespan. It's best to keep it around 50% and start charging whenever possible. This applies when not using the laptop for a long time - occasionally bring it out and charge it.
A: The battery in the new MacBook Pro 13″ is not user-accessible. Only the models of MacBook Pro before 2009 had user-accessible batteries.
The simple answer is just to unplug the charger and let it discharge. There's not really any need to keep it plugged in, unless you are performing resource-intensive tasks where the battery would be discharged very quickly and the power would be disconnected and reconnected often.
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505165dc38dc51c8fabed9d4047aff6cd28d8910 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get Current Path to Script within AppleScript and Append Subdirectory I have an AppleScript that I would like to be able to use from anywhere in the file system. Currently, it has some paths which are hardcoded, so it runs only from the Downloads folder. How should I go about getting the current path to the AppleScript and then appending a subdirectory to that path once obtained?
Setting the current path to the script as a variable would be preferable (perhaps current_path).
A: You can get the path of the current script with path to me.
Extracting the path to the directory containing the script is slightly tricky:
tell application "Finder"
set current_path to container of (path to me) as alias
end tell
| Q: Get Current Path to Script within AppleScript and Append Subdirectory I have an AppleScript that I would like to be able to use from anywhere in the file system. Currently, it has some paths which are hardcoded, so it runs only from the Downloads folder. How should I go about getting the current path to the AppleScript and then appending a subdirectory to that path once obtained?
Setting the current path to the script as a variable would be preferable (perhaps current_path).
A: You can get the path of the current script with path to me.
Extracting the path to the directory containing the script is slightly tricky:
tell application "Finder"
set current_path to container of (path to me) as alias
end tell
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2ac92f4cd90eb4987aee7a3c4a884c3360e1f5eb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to sync contacts between iCloud and Gmail with Mavericks The question is not about enabling the new two-way gmail syncing on Mavericks, or how to activate the iCloud one. What I'm trying to do is just to sync the two.
Manually I could from time to time erase all the gmail contacts and copy all the contacts I have on iCloud. But is there an automated way to do it ?
| Q: How to sync contacts between iCloud and Gmail with Mavericks The question is not about enabling the new two-way gmail syncing on Mavericks, or how to activate the iCloud one. What I'm trying to do is just to sync the two.
Manually I could from time to time erase all the gmail contacts and copy all the contacts I have on iCloud. But is there an automated way to do it ?
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