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8e1c7fdec2949251ae728359acd6a56f32968c87 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Looking for a typing tutor app Years ago, I learned typing by a program named Typing Tutor, on DOS. XD
Now, my son is using a MacBook and I am teaching him how to type. What software/website you recommend to learn typing on a MacBook?
A: The Typing Cat
I like it because:
*
*it's free
*fast
*gives nice progress
*supports multiple layouts (qwerty, dvorak, colemak, workman)
*looks good
*You don't need to install anything - it's webapp
*i'm creator and i'm proud of it and made it as sideeffect of teaching myself Colemak. But I can be subjective u need to try it yourself to verify my statements :)
| Q: Looking for a typing tutor app Years ago, I learned typing by a program named Typing Tutor, on DOS. XD
Now, my son is using a MacBook and I am teaching him how to type. What software/website you recommend to learn typing on a MacBook?
A: The Typing Cat
I like it because:
*
*it's free
*fast
*gives nice progress
*supports multiple layouts (qwerty, dvorak, colemak, workman)
*looks good
*You don't need to install anything - it's webapp
*i'm creator and i'm proud of it and made it as sideeffect of teaching myself Colemak. But I can be subjective u need to try it yourself to verify my statements :)
A: Typist
Typist is a great free app for learning to type, and whilst it's not going to win any design awards, it's great at what it does, especially for free.
A: TypeQuick
I learned to type in Australia 20+ years ago using software called TypeQuick, while I was in high school.
They are still around, and do their software. They now provide an on on-line course specifically for kids.
The price is AU$30.
A: I have used Master Key to practice typing some plain text books. It's shareware and you'll have to buy a license to unlock some of the lessons though.
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d1ac2e02204c3c814f9f26d08006407e7cff79b3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable USB Write Caching by default Is it possible to change OS X's USB filesystem mount behaviour to use the noasync flag to disable write caching?
The aim here is to allow USB devices to be safely removed without eject or hdiutil unmount, as opposed to
*
*disable the disk was not ejected properly warning How do I disable this message: "the disk was not ejected properly"?
*manually running mount every time https://superuser.com/questions/113019/is-it-possible-to-disable-write-caching-on-a-usb-mass-storage-device-on-mac-os-x
| Q: Disable USB Write Caching by default Is it possible to change OS X's USB filesystem mount behaviour to use the noasync flag to disable write caching?
The aim here is to allow USB devices to be safely removed without eject or hdiutil unmount, as opposed to
*
*disable the disk was not ejected properly warning How do I disable this message: "the disk was not ejected properly"?
*manually running mount every time https://superuser.com/questions/113019/is-it-possible-to-disable-write-caching-on-a-usb-mass-storage-device-on-mac-os-x
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bf92f374444f67fdcc79b3c928fd1a67b48c741e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: “PowerPC applications are no longer supported” – Microsoft Office I am running on Mac OS X 10.8.2.
I have a licensed copy of Microsoft Office, and haven’t had a problem using it, until a recent update!
Since then, whenever I try to open it I get the following message:
You can't open the application 'Microsoft Word' because PowerPC Applications are no longer supported
How do I resolve this, please?
A: PowerPC applications were allowed on Intel Mac with Rosetta. Rosetta disappeared with Lion, if I remember well (There were 2 OS between Mavericks and Snow Leopard).
The solution is either get a new version of Microsoft Office, or downgrade your Mac OS X.
| Q: “PowerPC applications are no longer supported” – Microsoft Office I am running on Mac OS X 10.8.2.
I have a licensed copy of Microsoft Office, and haven’t had a problem using it, until a recent update!
Since then, whenever I try to open it I get the following message:
You can't open the application 'Microsoft Word' because PowerPC Applications are no longer supported
How do I resolve this, please?
A: PowerPC applications were allowed on Intel Mac with Rosetta. Rosetta disappeared with Lion, if I remember well (There were 2 OS between Mavericks and Snow Leopard).
The solution is either get a new version of Microsoft Office, or downgrade your Mac OS X.
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08a69eb413d7e32ff1143204f1a87479f84bd40a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Blue Box with White Question Mark On certain websites (minecraftforum.net) most images appear as a blue box with a white question mark in it on safari. On my school forums (private to the school only, so can't link) normal images work fine, but an animated GIF generates the same blue box. The images do not load in chrome or firefox. Anyone know why?
I have safari 6.1, I'm on a MacBook, and I'm running osx 10.7.5
A: When you access the school's forums, are you on a VPN? If so they may be filtering larger files, as suggested in a comment.
This animated .gif file works fine for me in Safari. Make sure its not working for you before we go looking for local causes to your problem, rather than forum or gateway problems you and others have alluded to.
| Q: Blue Box with White Question Mark On certain websites (minecraftforum.net) most images appear as a blue box with a white question mark in it on safari. On my school forums (private to the school only, so can't link) normal images work fine, but an animated GIF generates the same blue box. The images do not load in chrome or firefox. Anyone know why?
I have safari 6.1, I'm on a MacBook, and I'm running osx 10.7.5
A: When you access the school's forums, are you on a VPN? If so they may be filtering larger files, as suggested in a comment.
This animated .gif file works fine for me in Safari. Make sure its not working for you before we go looking for local causes to your problem, rather than forum or gateway problems you and others have alluded to.
A: In my case it was a problem on the webserver, not something you can fix in Safari itself, the web admin has to fix it.
One specific jpg image on my website was showing as a blue box with white question mark.
Only in Safari - Chrome and Firefox were displaying the jpg file correctly.
I looked on the webserver, noticed that this particular file was very large in comparison to the others.
(In this case it was 400K in size where the others were around 30K in size).
My solution was to re-size the file to a "normal" size, there are lots of ways to do this, I used https://imageoptim.com/mac
A: Try resetting the cache on Safari (Safari > Reset Safari > Check the "Remove all website data" box) and try again. It's possible that Safari is not refreshing the cache, so try that.
A: You might want to install Onyx for 10.7 and do some deep cache cleaning. You might also want to make sure your Mac has the latest Flash Player, too
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a01b6e33cef8de9c50141a280b43e5958746c3e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use pkg-config with Homebrew installed software I have installed some libraries with Homebrew but if I use pkg-config it does not find them because there are missing .pc files.
For example, if you do:
brew install opencv
and, after it is installed:
pkg-config --libs opencv
I get this error:
Package opencv was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `opencv.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'opencv' found
This error is caused because Homebrew does not create any opencv.pc.
Is there a way to configure Homebrew to create the .pc files so that all packages installed with brew can be found by pkg-config?
A: Check with brew ls opencv that there is no opencv.pc installed. I tried it and I have one. If you don't get one, then there is a bug in the package.
Otherwise, check that you are using the correct Homebrew pkg-config. Check with which pkg-config and ls -l $(which pkg-config) where it is coming from.
| Q: Use pkg-config with Homebrew installed software I have installed some libraries with Homebrew but if I use pkg-config it does not find them because there are missing .pc files.
For example, if you do:
brew install opencv
and, after it is installed:
pkg-config --libs opencv
I get this error:
Package opencv was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `opencv.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'opencv' found
This error is caused because Homebrew does not create any opencv.pc.
Is there a way to configure Homebrew to create the .pc files so that all packages installed with brew can be found by pkg-config?
A: Check with brew ls opencv that there is no opencv.pc installed. I tried it and I have one. If you don't get one, then there is a bug in the package.
Otherwise, check that you are using the correct Homebrew pkg-config. Check with which pkg-config and ls -l $(which pkg-config) where it is coming from.
A: This post fixed it for me. It explains how to set a missing environment variable for pkg-config that points to all the installed packages.
https://prateekvjoshi.com/2013/10/18/package-opencv-not-found-lets-find-it/
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1fbab62d9dfd9654b9d59a5ee045b0d3637dad42 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Parallels cant access SSD partitions I have 4 partitions
*
*MAC
*Shared 1 exFAT
*Windows
*Shared 2 exFAT
I can see the partitions when Windows natively but when I am booting Windows through Parallels I cant access any other partitions but Windows
Is there any ways I can fix that?
Was trying this solution http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?88709-Creating-custom-Boot-Camp-configurations-in-Parallels-Desktop-4 but not working in the Parrallels 9
A: In VM configuration, did you check the Options>Sharing settings are OK ?
SmartMount should be checked.
And verify that all the volumes are mounted by MacOS.
| Q: Parallels cant access SSD partitions I have 4 partitions
*
*MAC
*Shared 1 exFAT
*Windows
*Shared 2 exFAT
I can see the partitions when Windows natively but when I am booting Windows through Parallels I cant access any other partitions but Windows
Is there any ways I can fix that?
Was trying this solution http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?88709-Creating-custom-Boot-Camp-configurations-in-Parallels-Desktop-4 but not working in the Parrallels 9
A: In VM configuration, did you check the Options>Sharing settings are OK ?
SmartMount should be checked.
And verify that all the volumes are mounted by MacOS.
A: I went to Configure>Hardware>Hard Disk 1 and checked all partitions, Partition 2 and 4 weren't checked by default
So now my Partitions looking like that:
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5cdafffee2d314dd0e7d032a5aef95e7e212b573 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to set/unset the execute bit on a file in osx 10.6.8 without using terminal (or bypassing it)? I would like to do the following:
chmod +x filename.txt
without using the terminal. Is there a way to bypass the terminal and invoke a kernel system call ? I'd rather not write a program to do this. Instead I was wondering if I could somehow simulate a terminal with (perhaps) an application besides terminal to invoke system calls.
I have already tried doing Command Key + i on the file to show the information GUI. However there is no option for setting the execute bit.
Would appreciate help from os x administrator experts in the community.
A: Keyboard Maestro can do this using the following macro, which runs chmod +x on each item in the current Finder selection:
Download Macro
| Q: Is there a way to set/unset the execute bit on a file in osx 10.6.8 without using terminal (or bypassing it)? I would like to do the following:
chmod +x filename.txt
without using the terminal. Is there a way to bypass the terminal and invoke a kernel system call ? I'd rather not write a program to do this. Instead I was wondering if I could somehow simulate a terminal with (perhaps) an application besides terminal to invoke system calls.
I have already tried doing Command Key + i on the file to show the information GUI. However there is no option for setting the execute bit.
Would appreciate help from os x administrator experts in the community.
A: Keyboard Maestro can do this using the following macro, which runs chmod +x on each item in the current Finder selection:
Download Macro
A: You could use an SFTP client (like CyberDuck, Transmit etc) to give you a Finder-like view of your files with a GUI interface for permission control to include the x bit.
With Transmit you don't even need to make a SSH connection, you can just browse locally. Not sure if any of the free clients offer this feature.
A: Path Finder a Finder replacement has a Get Info that allows you to change the execution bit,
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fa7b08901844fccc6728aa411de0bb87923e6234 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the video player truncate videos? The iPad screen has an aspect ratio of 4:3. 1080p video has an aspect ratio of 16:9.
I tried playing a 1080p video on the built-in player and got this:
|--------------|
| | | |
| | iPad | |
| | | |
|--------------|
where the outer border is the movie resolution (meaning, the video is getting chopped). I am a bit surprised that I couldn't find a mention of this anywhere online. Does the iPad really truncate 1080p videos by dropping pixels on the left/right of the frame?
A: This is simply an option to allow people to change between filling the screen or showing the black bars.
It can be switched by double-tapping the video, or tapping the two arrows button on the toolbar.
| Q: Does the video player truncate videos? The iPad screen has an aspect ratio of 4:3. 1080p video has an aspect ratio of 16:9.
I tried playing a 1080p video on the built-in player and got this:
|--------------|
| | | |
| | iPad | |
| | | |
|--------------|
where the outer border is the movie resolution (meaning, the video is getting chopped). I am a bit surprised that I couldn't find a mention of this anywhere online. Does the iPad really truncate 1080p videos by dropping pixels on the left/right of the frame?
A: This is simply an option to allow people to change between filling the screen or showing the black bars.
It can be switched by double-tapping the video, or tapping the two arrows button on the toolbar.
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249db9128a2a57e656928a5cefb991969ad4194e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: CTRL scroll zoom on Mavericks gone I used to be able to hold down CTRL and zoom by scrolling the mousewheel, but that is not longer possible on Mavericks.
I've searched around and found many people saying it's in System Preferences → Accessibility, typically accompanied by an image like this:
Unfortunately, that's not how my Accessibility window looks. All I get is this (and no, it's not under More Options):
Naturally, I tried searching in System Preferences, too:
Excitedly, I click Mouse, just to get disappointed:
There's nothing under Trackpad, either:
So what's wrong? Where did it go? Why does it show up on some Mavericks installations, but not mine? I have the newest version of Maverick (10.9, 13A603) made from a clean installation. Can it be because other people have upgraded from a previous version of OS X that had the feature?
A: OS X thinks that the mouse you are using doesn't have a scroll wheel.
| Q: CTRL scroll zoom on Mavericks gone I used to be able to hold down CTRL and zoom by scrolling the mousewheel, but that is not longer possible on Mavericks.
I've searched around and found many people saying it's in System Preferences → Accessibility, typically accompanied by an image like this:
Unfortunately, that's not how my Accessibility window looks. All I get is this (and no, it's not under More Options):
Naturally, I tried searching in System Preferences, too:
Excitedly, I click Mouse, just to get disappointed:
There's nothing under Trackpad, either:
So what's wrong? Where did it go? Why does it show up on some Mavericks installations, but not mine? I have the newest version of Maverick (10.9, 13A603) made from a clean installation. Can it be because other people have upgraded from a previous version of OS X that had the feature?
A: OS X thinks that the mouse you are using doesn't have a scroll wheel.
A: I'm here years later after returning to my MacBook Air and finding this zoom feature missing. Type in "zoom" in System Preferences search and picked the "zoom to enlarge screen" option from the list and it took me right there!
A: Press ⌘ command+⌥ option+F5, then select Enable zoom scroll gestures.
A: I've just spent several hours on chat and phone to Apple support about this issue on a brand new iMac, with a clean Mavericks installation and a three year old Mac Mini with an upgraded Mavericks installation.
The common thread between the two machines (neither of which show this missing option) is that they both have, or used to have, the Microsoft Intellitype/Intellipoint drivers.
My iMac is having issues forgetting about these drivers on boot/wake from sleep/when the moon is half-full, and it seems like maybe they've interfered with the way Mavericks determined the scroll ability of the mouse.
I started setting up the iMac with an Apple wireless magic mouse, but reverting to that doesn't make the option appear in Accessibility either.
Apple are escalating this to an engineering team: if I get any answers, I'll post back.
A: You started on the correct screen but you have to go a step further and hit the OPTIONS button on the lower right of the preference panel. It should take you where you need to go.
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f13fe702193d90bf60bc974a666ee3eb80f13459 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Do I Use 'cp' to Overwrite Files? Using a shell script or Terminal, how do I overwrite files that may or may not be present. I looked at man page for cp, it said use the -f argument to force overwrite. But, it does nothing.
$ cp -f /path/to/source/file.txt /path/to/target
Or is there another option to overwrite files using the common in-built command line tools in OS X?
A: It might be caused by a command alias.
To call cp directly you can use /bin/cp src dest
| Q: How Do I Use 'cp' to Overwrite Files? Using a shell script or Terminal, how do I overwrite files that may or may not be present. I looked at man page for cp, it said use the -f argument to force overwrite. But, it does nothing.
$ cp -f /path/to/source/file.txt /path/to/target
Or is there another option to overwrite files using the common in-built command line tools in OS X?
A: It might be caused by a command alias.
To call cp directly you can use /bin/cp src dest
A: rm foo/bar/destination && cp source foo/bar/destination
First you remove (rm) the destination, then if successful (&&) you do your copying. When removing a folder, please remember to add -r to rm (rm -r).
A: It's more simple. If you use a backslash before your command it will overwrite files without prompting.
$ \cp /path/to/source/file.txt /path/to/target
A: I'm stumped as to why cp is behaving this way if there's no alias involved. However, there is a quick-dirty-and-dangerous utility provided for this exact situation: yes. You can use it to pipe a continuous stream of affirmatives into any command that gives you confirmation prompts (you can use it to send any text, but the default is "y").
yes | cp foo bar will execute the cp command and bypass all confirmation prompts.
A: I also had an alias messing up with -f, call cp directly from /bin and all is fine, having an alias that prevents accidental overwrites/removals by default is pretty good, so best not remove it.
.# alias
alias cp='cp -i'
like already stated, the -i flag superceedes -f, which wouldn't allow below command to perform as intended.
.# /bin/cp -fauv src dst
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383e85e628f6859de790a39fb2f2ebe5fd192f2e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Insert date & time in latest version of Numbers I've looked around online and have found references to an "Insert => Date & Time" capability in Numbers for OSX. But it's not there in my version of Numbers (3.0.1 -- 1483). Has this capability been removed?
I've pasted a screenshot of my Insert menu below.
A: Unfortunately, Apple removed that option in the menu bar. However, you can still get the today's date by manually typing it (obviously) or by selecting the cell and typing "=Today", followed by the return key.
You can also type "=Date", followed by the return key. You can then manually select the date there.
| Q: Insert date & time in latest version of Numbers I've looked around online and have found references to an "Insert => Date & Time" capability in Numbers for OSX. But it's not there in my version of Numbers (3.0.1 -- 1483). Has this capability been removed?
I've pasted a screenshot of my Insert menu below.
A: Unfortunately, Apple removed that option in the menu bar. However, you can still get the today's date by manually typing it (obviously) or by selecting the cell and typing "=Today", followed by the return key.
You can also type "=Date", followed by the return key. You can then manually select the date there.
A: Just happened upon this thread looking for an answer to the same question. What I have discovered is to type "= Now." This will give you the current date and time at that moment.
A: According to Apple (http://help.apple.com/functions/mac/5.0/), you'll need to enter "=NOW()". Not having used Numbers very much, I didn't know you had to enter the () after the word.
A: Type the formula =NOW, copy it to the clipboard, and paste the formula results. It's not exactly a hotkey, but it is mouseless and works "out of the box".
=NOW, Enter, Up, Command-C, Shift-Command-V
A: When you "double click on the cell" in Numbers v.10.1 "Insert date and time" is no longer greyed out!
A: As others have mentioned, the Insert > Date & Time command is back, but it's seriously flawed:
*
*If you have the cell Data Format set to 'Date & Time', it ignores
this completely, overwriting it with a long formatted string and
resetting the cell format to 'Automatic'.
*While the command is called Date and Time, it only inserts the
current date. The time is always reset to 12:00:00 am!
This is either a bug, or just very poor design. I reported this to Apple back in March 2018, but over four years later they still haven't fixed it.
So, what can you do? Using =TODAY or =NOW is not a drop-in replacement as @GeorgeC pointed out in the comments. But thankfully, Apple gives us apps like Automator and Shortcuts, which allow us to roll our own solutions. Let's do it in the newer Shortcuts app:
*
*Launch the Shortcuts app and click + in the toolbar to create a new shortcut.
*Click Shortcut Name and type 'Insert Date and Time'.
*From the Action Library tab in the right sidebar, find the Current Date action and add it by double-clicking or dragging it to the editor workspace.
*Add the Stop and Output action after this. It should automatically add the Date variable from the previous action.
*Select this Date variable, and in the pop-up, change the Type from Date to Text.
*Switch to the Shortcut Details tab in the right sidebar, and select Use as Quick Action. (I also gave mine a keyboard shortcut, which works in TextEdit, but not Numbers for some reason.)
*In Numbers, double-click a cell and use the right mouse button to bring up the contextual menu. With any luck, Insert Date and Time will now be an option at the bottom of this menu. I find it works great—the way Apple's command should (but doesn't) work!
Here's a screenshot showing the basic setup in Shortcuts:
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ba732529ec034099d03561b99de04a908de5d504 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is my Verizon iPhone 5c unlocked? I have a Verizon iPhone 5c. Is it unlocked so that I can just go to T-Mobile or AT&T prepaid, by just popping in the SIM card?
A: If you bought the iPhone at full price ($549 or $649) then yes it is unlocked.
If you and bought it subsidised (where the price is $99 or $199), no it is not.
This restriction is required by the carrier, because they paid the remainder of the price, and will claim it back from you (with a tasty profit!) over the duration of your contract with them.
| Q: Is my Verizon iPhone 5c unlocked? I have a Verizon iPhone 5c. Is it unlocked so that I can just go to T-Mobile or AT&T prepaid, by just popping in the SIM card?
A: If you bought the iPhone at full price ($549 or $649) then yes it is unlocked.
If you and bought it subsidised (where the price is $99 or $199), no it is not.
This restriction is required by the carrier, because they paid the remainder of the price, and will claim it back from you (with a tasty profit!) over the duration of your contract with them.
A: First things first: if you have inserted a Verizon SIM card (or any other carrier's SIM card) within 20 minutes of turning on your iPhone, you are out of luck as it will ONLY work on that carrier. This is a very weird thing that happens with the iPhone, but I believe Apple added this on purpose to sidestep something within the carriers.
As for whether or not a prepaid plan will work, apparently it can. There is a webpage on WikiHow that explains how to do it (look at the iPhone 5 method in your case).
I'm not too sure if it will work on a Verizon iPhone, but it never hurts to try.
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f41c833dee27ec1d6c666dbc953f3bb8e00a941b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Display weather information in the Mavericks notification center? The weather display in the notification center is a great feature in iOS, and I would love to have it on my mac as well. Is there a technique or app that allows this?
Googling for the answer to this question has not turned up much, although there are suggestions that one might be able to kludge something together using Growl.
A: OS X Yosemite's Notification Center comes with a Weather widget preinstalled.
Additional locations can be added to the widget:
| Q: Display weather information in the Mavericks notification center? The weather display in the notification center is a great feature in iOS, and I would love to have it on my mac as well. Is there a technique or app that allows this?
Googling for the answer to this question has not turned up much, although there are suggestions that one might be able to kludge something together using Growl.
A: OS X Yosemite's Notification Center comes with a Weather widget preinstalled.
Additional locations can be added to the widget:
A: You could try hooking up something using IFTTT for getting some alerts with Boxcar and then launch the notifications using a shell script to drive the notifications on OSX like this example does for monitoring services.
A: As far as i know you can only get it on mavericks by jailbreaking it my be different for mavericks by now but last time i checked there was no way so i assume you would need to jailbreak. But on yosemite it comes pre-installed. (not the jailbreak) Hope this helps
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80a5654f9440d49067b0b41d67f649ba660ba775 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I make GIMP work as a MacOS X Service? I would like to be able to use GIMP as a MacOS X Service. That is, I want to be able to select an image in a document, choose Services->Edit Image in GIMP, bring the image into GIMP, make changes, save it out, and have the image updated.
The Services menu worked really well in NeXTSTEP but most MacOS X users have no clue what it is for. It would be nice to be able to start using it again.
A: You could create a service like this with Automator:
It can't be used to for example edit an image embedded in a Pages document though.
| Q: Can I make GIMP work as a MacOS X Service? I would like to be able to use GIMP as a MacOS X Service. That is, I want to be able to select an image in a document, choose Services->Edit Image in GIMP, bring the image into GIMP, make changes, save it out, and have the image updated.
The Services menu worked really well in NeXTSTEP but most MacOS X users have no clue what it is for. It would be nice to be able to start using it again.
A: You could create a service like this with Automator:
It can't be used to for example edit an image embedded in a Pages document though.
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64b1a288660105059eec55fe1951356404300f21 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does my Macbook need "special" RAM? I want to upgrade the RAM on my Macbook Pro 4,1 A1260 (Early 2008).
Can I just use any RAM of the compatible "type", or does it need special magic RAM because it's a Macbook?
Also, is there any reason I simply must use two identical sticks of RAM rather than one from Company A and another from Company B?
A: No, your MacBook does not need any "special" RAM.
To see which kind of RAM is needed, visit this Apple Knowledge Base Article. It will show you how to replace your RAM and which one do you need.
Although it is not needed to use two identical sticks of RAM, it is recommended, if your sticks are supporting Dual Channel.
| Q: Does my Macbook need "special" RAM? I want to upgrade the RAM on my Macbook Pro 4,1 A1260 (Early 2008).
Can I just use any RAM of the compatible "type", or does it need special magic RAM because it's a Macbook?
Also, is there any reason I simply must use two identical sticks of RAM rather than one from Company A and another from Company B?
A: No, your MacBook does not need any "special" RAM.
To see which kind of RAM is needed, visit this Apple Knowledge Base Article. It will show you how to replace your RAM and which one do you need.
Although it is not needed to use two identical sticks of RAM, it is recommended, if your sticks are supporting Dual Channel.
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83fbc4aaecd51c9d244636767bb6975dd55950ba | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I copy text from vi? I installed zsh, and I'm using vi.
I want to copy a line from vi to somewhere else.
How may I do this?
A: *
*Position the cursor where you want to begin copying.
*Press v (or upper case V if you want to cut whole lines).
*Move the cursor to the end of what you want to copy.
*Press y.
*Move to where you would like to paste.
*Press P to paste before the cursor, or p to paste after.
Source: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Copy,_cut_and_paste
| Q: How do I copy text from vi? I installed zsh, and I'm using vi.
I want to copy a line from vi to somewhere else.
How may I do this?
A: *
*Position the cursor where you want to begin copying.
*Press v (or upper case V if you want to cut whole lines).
*Move the cursor to the end of what you want to copy.
*Press y.
*Move to where you would like to paste.
*Press P to paste before the cursor, or p to paste after.
Source: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Copy,_cut_and_paste
A: I can't remember if the default vi is vim or not. If it is, and you don't have the mouse, you can get things into the pasteboard by selecting a range (using visual mode) and writing it to pbcopy (similar to this answer)
:'<,'>w !pbcopy
A: Try selecting the text you want to copy in visual mode, then press "+y
"+ is a special register, the system clipboard. Using "+-yank commands you can copy to the system clipboard, and using "+-put commands you can paste from the system clipboard.
*
*"+yy - yank the current line into the system clipboard
*"+yiw - yank the current word into the system clipboard
*V"+y - select the current line in line-visual mode and yank it into the system clipboard
Your VIM has to have clipboard support for this to work; vi --version should include a line +clipboard. I think the newest macOSes do have clipboard support by default, my vi --version on macOS Monterey is Vi IMproved 9.0 +clipboard.
If it doesn't, you can install your own version of vim or neovim with homebrew or otherwise.
A: *
*Place the cursor on the line you want to begin copping or cutting.
*The visual mode has three subtypes:
*
*Press v to enter the visual mode.
*Press V to enter visual line mode, where the text is selected by line.
*Press Ctrl+V to enter visual block mode. In this mode, the text is selected by rectangle blocks.
*Entering the visual mode also marks a starting selection point.
*Move the cursor to the end of the text you want to copy or cut. You can use a movement command or up, down, right, and left arrow keys.
*Press y to copy, or d to cut the selection.
*Move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the contents.
*Press P to paste the contents before the cursor, or p to paste it after the cursor.
A: On my Mac, to be able to copy from vi to the system, I created the file
~/.vimrc
in my home directory.
I just added the line below to the file:
set mouse=r
Now, I am able to use the mouse to select text, do ⌘ CommandC and then ⌘ CommandV
See vi's :help mouse for how this works.
Note: you may want to add also the 2 following lines, otherwise you may lose your default coloring when using your vi editor
colo default
syntax on
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d79b61fbcc23a9e7b5b0d8db45287a03d67a4db6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I install .ipa file to my iPhone simulator? I need to install .ipa file to my iPhone simulator.
I tried to change the extension .ipa to .zip and extracted it.
And I got the Payload folder and moved the application inside to my iPhone simulators applications folder found at: /Library/Application\ Support/iPhone Simulator/6.1/Applications/.
Application appears on iPhone Simulator, But the application did't running.
How to solve the problem then how to run the app.
A: You can't.
IPAs downloaded from the App Store are built for the ARM processor in actual iOS devices. The iPhone Simulator is not an emulator and can't run ARM code.
| Q: How can I install .ipa file to my iPhone simulator? I need to install .ipa file to my iPhone simulator.
I tried to change the extension .ipa to .zip and extracted it.
And I got the Payload folder and moved the application inside to my iPhone simulators applications folder found at: /Library/Application\ Support/iPhone Simulator/6.1/Applications/.
Application appears on iPhone Simulator, But the application did't running.
How to solve the problem then how to run the app.
A: You can't.
IPAs downloaded from the App Store are built for the ARM processor in actual iOS devices. The iPhone Simulator is not an emulator and can't run ARM code.
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27846e09d8e0f643ea625b0eab53ef98b95f274f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make Apple's keyboard shortcuts work in Chrome? Mavericks has a TextExpander-like feature that lets me create text shortcuts for long phrases. (When I type "ttys," for example, it replaces it with "talk to you soon.")
The feature works beautifully -- except in Chrome, where it won't work at all.
Any advice on how to make it work?
A: This may not be a great solution if you have too many shortcuts to transfer, however it is nice, quick, and simple if your shortcut list is modest, or you don't mind having to manually enter and update them:
Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome
The extension also can do backup and import/export via JSON for the future.
| Q: How can I make Apple's keyboard shortcuts work in Chrome? Mavericks has a TextExpander-like feature that lets me create text shortcuts for long phrases. (When I type "ttys," for example, it replaces it with "talk to you soon.")
The feature works beautifully -- except in Chrome, where it won't work at all.
Any advice on how to make it work?
A: This may not be a great solution if you have too many shortcuts to transfer, however it is nice, quick, and simple if your shortcut list is modest, or you don't mind having to manually enter and update them:
Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome
The extension also can do backup and import/export via JSON for the future.
A: Chrome doesn't call Apple's spell checking code and instead wrote their own keyboard handling routines. Since this is how the program was made, there's not much of a workaround except to do your typing in a program that calls Apple's text input libraries and paste the results into Chrome. (Similar to how Dictionary lookup using Control-Command-D didn't work for several years on Chrome either until the code was updated to call Apple's SDK for that function).
You can see this Chromium bug might apply and also, that Chrome is in the process of removing it's own spell checker / autocorrect mechanism and shifting to rely on Apple's implementation: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list?q=label:Cr-UI-Browser-Spellcheck
A: I don't think there is an actual option to enable this feature in Google Chrome. It seems like this feature is only enable for built-in software?! Correct me if I'm wrong with that assumption.
Maybe you will have to take the painful route and set up a text expander add-on in Google Chrome. Looks like the "easier" option to me.
A: This google chrome extension works for me perfect.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-text-expander-for-go/
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f8e977aba60aa6be19ad2bc3b47aac0c236137b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to have Safari open links with the evil target attribute open in the same tab? In some pages, there are (still) links marked target="_blank".
Safari opens such link in a new tab.
How to have Safari open such link in the same tab ?
I have Safari 7 on Mavericks. I have older Safari as well.
A: Install the Safari extension LinkThing to customize links behavior. It should be able to solve your problem, additionally, you can also customize the onsite and offsite links behavior.
| Q: How to have Safari open links with the evil target attribute open in the same tab? In some pages, there are (still) links marked target="_blank".
Safari opens such link in a new tab.
How to have Safari open such link in the same tab ?
I have Safari 7 on Mavericks. I have older Safari as well.
A: Install the Safari extension LinkThing to customize links behavior. It should be able to solve your problem, additionally, you can also customize the onsite and offsite links behavior.
A: You can use a userscript such as the following:
var a = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
for (i=0;i<a.length;i++)
if (a[i].getAttribute('target')=='_blank')
a[i].setAttribute('target','_self');
Install
I recommend installing using NinjaKit for Safari, but other userscript extensions also work.
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749be111c769511d065bd98d9490dd3b4289f965 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change WhatsApp notification & SMS tone for iOS 7? Does anyone know how to change WhatsApp notification & SMS tone for iOS 7 (on iPhone 5S)?
I would like to use a ringtone such as Chinese music uploaded from phone or apps instead of using the default tone for WhatsApp.
A: This feature has been added and can be found in Whatsapp -> Settings -> Notifications. SMS tone is in the same place as always, Settings -> Sounds -> Text tone.
| Q: How to change WhatsApp notification & SMS tone for iOS 7? Does anyone know how to change WhatsApp notification & SMS tone for iOS 7 (on iPhone 5S)?
I would like to use a ringtone such as Chinese music uploaded from phone or apps instead of using the default tone for WhatsApp.
A: This feature has been added and can be found in Whatsapp -> Settings -> Notifications. SMS tone is in the same place as always, Settings -> Sounds -> Text tone.
A: This is currently no way to change that notification sound. This feature would need to be enabled by the developers themselves. You can try requesting this feature by emailing them. Here's the link.
A: I've just done it on my wife's phone. Open whatsapp - the app, click the setting cog (bottom right), notifications, message notifications - new message..select your tone! No jail breaking, no fancy anything
A: Here you go, but unfortunately your phone has to be jailbroken.
And once you SSH into your phone via Putty or something similar its easy here is a complete tutorial
http://mythreebytes.wordpress.com/
A: I am afraid you are mistaken. The feature is blocked in the latest whatsapp version for IOS.
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b1f0a8cff0ea3e22fc96f58dcb94fb01ae118de2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Rip audio file from video file in OSX I've got an mp4 video file. I'd like to take the audio from that video, and create an audio file. The output encoding could be AAC or MP3, it wouldn't make any difference.
Which applications would be easiest to do this, and what steps should I take?
A: To rip audio from a video file, you can use iTunes. It'll create an AAC file.
*
*Drag the video into iTunes
*Select the file in Movies, and hit the menu commands File - Create New Version. Hit the Option key, and the command Convert To AAC will be enabled.
*The AAC file will be created in the same directory that the mp4 video is located.
| Q: Rip audio file from video file in OSX I've got an mp4 video file. I'd like to take the audio from that video, and create an audio file. The output encoding could be AAC or MP3, it wouldn't make any difference.
Which applications would be easiest to do this, and what steps should I take?
A: To rip audio from a video file, you can use iTunes. It'll create an AAC file.
*
*Drag the video into iTunes
*Select the file in Movies, and hit the menu commands File - Create New Version. Hit the Option key, and the command Convert To AAC will be enabled.
*The AAC file will be created in the same directory that the mp4 video is located.
A: I use Evom from The Little App Factory to achieve this. It works very well and it's free.
Once you download it, you will see this window:
Drag and drop the video(s) onto the window and another window will pop up.
For the most amount of control, I recommend the "Folder" tab. Here, you can create a new name for the file, select where you would like it to go, a range of formats, and even the quality. After that, select "Convert".
In my case, I selected it to be converted to an MP3 file and move it to the desktop. Here's the result.
This process is very easy and you can even convert more than one video at a time.
A: this works best for me:
*
*Create a folder, for instance called "video stripper".
*In Automator, create a Folder Action.
*Associate the Folder Action with the folder "video stripper".
*Drag the action "Import audio files [into iTunes]" to the Folder Action.
4b. (Optional) add the action "Import files into iTunes" if you want to have the imported audio files added to a dedicated play list.
*Save the Folder Action under an arbitrary name.
Henceforth all audio from video files dropped into the folder will appear automatically in your iTunes library. If you never need those video files again, select "Delete source files after encoding" in the action "Import audio files".
A: Using QuickTime Player:
File /
Export /
Audio Only
A: You can use -c copy with ffmpeg to extract audio without re-encoding:
ffmpeg -i input_file -c copy audio.m4a
Run ffmpeg -i input_file to see what format the audio stream is. If it is MP3 instead of AAC, change the extension of the output file to mp3.
This would re-encode the audio as 256 kb/s AAC:
ffmpeg -i input_file -ab 256k audio.m4a
It is likely that ffmpeg is not on your system. You can install brew (brew.sh) and then do a brew install ffmpeg to install ffmpeg.
A: I have used the Mac app, Music Converter, a number of times without any problems. It is free from Shedworxs and saves me from having to open iTunes.
http://www.shedworx.com/musicconverter
Note: I'm not in any way affiliated with the authors of the app or the company.
A: It seems there are many options. If you are going to edit the audio in Logic Pro you can extract the audio when importing the file there as well.
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16a16e55121e9ce00e3de9a6400264fe0ceaf567 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Spotlight keeps forgetting not to index BOOTCAMP partition For special needs, I must mount BOOTCAMP partition as read-writable.
I also add BOOTCAMP partition into Spotlight Privacy because it needs not to be indexed.
But once every few days, Mac forgets about it and BOOTCAMP disappears from Spotlight Privacy.
Is there any workaround?
A: I believe you can add a file named:
.metadata_never_index
to the root of the volume you don't want indexed.
| Q: Spotlight keeps forgetting not to index BOOTCAMP partition For special needs, I must mount BOOTCAMP partition as read-writable.
I also add BOOTCAMP partition into Spotlight Privacy because it needs not to be indexed.
But once every few days, Mac forgets about it and BOOTCAMP disappears from Spotlight Privacy.
Is there any workaround?
A: I believe you can add a file named:
.metadata_never_index
to the root of the volume you don't want indexed.
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667f9b2c547da994fb5e5a6f3e59d0776d6f5a43 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does OS X's terminal app support mouse? According to this answer over at SuperUser, OS X's terminal app should use Alt+Mouse Click to send mouse events to applications running in the terminal. I tried that with the Midnight Commander, but it does not work. I am running OS X Mavericks.
Is there any way to enable mouse support in the terminal app, short of switching to iterm2 or something like that?
A: Indeed, OS X Terminal can receive mouse input through ⌥-clicking:
However, certain Terminal apps don't receive the passed mouse input.
You can install MouseTerm which will pass mouse events to the terminal.
*
*Mouse button reporting.
*Mouse scroll wheel reporting.
*Simulated mouse wheel scrolling for programs like less (i.e. any fullscreen program that uses application cursor key mode).
*Terminal profile integration (with preferences dialog).
It's a SIMBL plugin, so you'll need to install SIMBL to make it work. I recommend installing EasySIMBL instead though.
| Q: Does OS X's terminal app support mouse? According to this answer over at SuperUser, OS X's terminal app should use Alt+Mouse Click to send mouse events to applications running in the terminal. I tried that with the Midnight Commander, but it does not work. I am running OS X Mavericks.
Is there any way to enable mouse support in the terminal app, short of switching to iterm2 or something like that?
A: Indeed, OS X Terminal can receive mouse input through ⌥-clicking:
However, certain Terminal apps don't receive the passed mouse input.
You can install MouseTerm which will pass mouse events to the terminal.
*
*Mouse button reporting.
*Mouse scroll wheel reporting.
*Simulated mouse wheel scrolling for programs like less (i.e. any fullscreen program that uses application cursor key mode).
*Terminal profile integration (with preferences dialog).
It's a SIMBL plugin, so you'll need to install SIMBL to make it work. I recommend installing EasySIMBL instead though.
A: iTerm 2 supports all mouse interactions out of the box.
A: As of OS X El Capitan 10.11, Terminal supports Mouse Reporting. You configure application programs to enable it. For example, in Vim use set mouse=a.
Terminal supports reporting three mouse buttons and a scroll-wheel, along with Shift, Meta, and Control modifiers. The Option ⌥ modifier key maps to Meta (regardless of the “Option is meta” keyboard preference). You can use ⌘-Right Click for mouse-button three on a two-button device (which also works for “middle-button paste”, which invokes Edit > Paste Selection ⇧⌘V when Mouse Reporting is not active).
You can use the Fn modifier key when clicking, dragging or scrolling to temporarily bypass Mouse Reporting and interact with the terminal view. You can also use the View > Allow Mouse Reporting menu item to bypass it for longer periods of time or when Fn isn't available.
A: At least in Terminal.app 2.6 enable "Allow Mouse Reporting" in menu "View" gives mouse support in Midnight Commander.
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10daa87fffbee80c1bf57e05ed824cce1ae27dee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I make You Tube full screen on my iPad when using Safari? I recently updated my iPad and now if I go to You Tube (i.e., youtube.com) using Safari and try to make a video full screen the navigation bars etc... still take up about 1/5th of the screen at the top.
Is there a way to get it to show the video on the entire screen?
(Note I am not using the You Tube app and I would prefer a solution that doesn't require using it)
A: Use the 'desktop' mode instead: it's found at the end of the YouTube menu (click on the logo at the upper left).
| Q: How can I make You Tube full screen on my iPad when using Safari? I recently updated my iPad and now if I go to You Tube (i.e., youtube.com) using Safari and try to make a video full screen the navigation bars etc... still take up about 1/5th of the screen at the top.
Is there a way to get it to show the video on the entire screen?
(Note I am not using the You Tube app and I would prefer a solution that doesn't require using it)
A: Use the 'desktop' mode instead: it's found at the end of the YouTube menu (click on the logo at the upper left).
A: The fullscreen YouTube uses of its website, is not a "real fullscreen" feature. It just maximize the size of the video to the size of the webcontent.
So unlike Vimeo (for example) you won't get a real fullscreen without YouTube updating it's webplayer (or you using the YouTube app) .
A: I had the same problem until I started watching the videos through Google videos instead of browsing through youtube. That way even if the video you want to watch is on YouTube you can still make it full screen through Google videos.
A: Use quietube.com. It embeds any YouTube video with the default player, so the native fullscreen feature works.
You can use their bookmarklet, or just paste the whole YouTube URL after http://quietube.com/ .
A: Once in the “false” youtube fullscreen, try a two finger swipe, as if zooming in and you’ll get it. It works for my iPad on iOS 11.3.1.
After years the solution came accidentally. I tried to zoom in while in fullscreen like in a video from “Photos”. Once in full screen yo get the 2 buttons for 15”rewind o fast forward. , It was so obvious, having already tapped the “fullscreen” button on youtube, that I hadn’t even thought about. And intuitive, as usual with apple (in case it’s a safari‘s feature.
A: Mine fixed itself after I installed the you tube app,I watched a few videos on it came back fired up safari forgetting I had installed YouTube app and couldn't full screen well I was full screening wtf.yay.i then deleted YouTube app safari still full screens.
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d2fb7cb8eff8e84a4949238cf9998f9d4d4f1844 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Search in a particular folder and subfolder through Spotlight As the titles indicates, I would like to search a file in a particular folder, and its subfolders, through Spotlight. Is it possible to do that in Spotlight? If so, how can that be done?
A: http://osxdaily.com/2013/03/12/change-finder-search-to-look-in-current-folder-rather-than-everywhere-in-mac-os-x/
From anywhere in the Finder, pull down the Finder menu and choose “Preference”
Click on the “Advanced” tab and pull down the menu under “When performing a search:”, selecting from the pulldown menu “Search the Current Folder” instead
| Q: Search in a particular folder and subfolder through Spotlight As the titles indicates, I would like to search a file in a particular folder, and its subfolders, through Spotlight. Is it possible to do that in Spotlight? If so, how can that be done?
A: http://osxdaily.com/2013/03/12/change-finder-search-to-look-in-current-folder-rather-than-everywhere-in-mac-os-x/
From anywhere in the Finder, pull down the Finder menu and choose “Preference”
Click on the “Advanced” tab and pull down the menu under “When performing a search:”, selecting from the pulldown menu “Search the Current Folder” instead
A: Short answer: No, you can not.
Spotlight is designed to be the "central search hub" of your Mac. So whenever you type in something, it will search everything (except "blacklisted" folders and file types that you can set within System Preferences as well as any data from all other user accounts and connected servers unless your account has permission to view them) on your Mac internal storage as well as any additional connected media storage devices.
If you want to search into a specific folder and its subfolders, you will need to go to the actual folder in Finder first. In this example, the selected folder will be "Treehouse"
Then, click on the search bar (typically on the top-right corner of the window) and type in whatever you need to search for. In this example, the term will be "iTunes".
Finally, you will see a gray bar below the Finder toolbar. Select the folder name within the gray bar (if it hasn't been selected already) and it will limit the search to just the files and folders within the said folder.
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5127c5097dda1b59d9c04005ecc251e4a72e28ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to show custom previews for all fonts in 10.9 Font Book? For years, I've enjoyed the feature in OS X Font Book where you can type in custom text and scroll through all the fonts to preview it. Now on Mavericks, when I try to do this, it only works for single-font families. All font families containing multiple fonts (e.g. bold, italic, etc.) will only show the default sample text. How can I change this behavior to be like older OS X versions, where you can see the custom text for all fonts? I'm hoping there's a plist somewhere that can be edited.
A: This works (at least in Yosemite Public Beta 2):
Open Font Book, select "Custom" from the View menu, double-click in the preview area and type what you want. Then, close Font Book. Then, re-open Font Book. Now, whatever you had previously typed should be the preview text for every font.
Annoying, yes, but it's a lot better than nothing!
| Q: How to show custom previews for all fonts in 10.9 Font Book? For years, I've enjoyed the feature in OS X Font Book where you can type in custom text and scroll through all the fonts to preview it. Now on Mavericks, when I try to do this, it only works for single-font families. All font families containing multiple fonts (e.g. bold, italic, etc.) will only show the default sample text. How can I change this behavior to be like older OS X versions, where you can see the custom text for all fonts? I'm hoping there's a plist somewhere that can be edited.
A: This works (at least in Yosemite Public Beta 2):
Open Font Book, select "Custom" from the View menu, double-click in the preview area and type what you want. Then, close Font Book. Then, re-open Font Book. Now, whatever you had previously typed should be the preview text for every font.
Annoying, yes, but it's a lot better than nothing!
A: I think that you are talking about the font-families. Since Mavericks, font-families are grouped and. You can get a custom preview by clicking on the triangle next to the font name ane selecting the font you want.
A: I had the same problem and wrote a script for an overview in a html-file. For me this solved the problem. So maybe this is a solution for you, too.
I think it is not difficult, but you have to know how to open Terminal application.
If you're familiar with scripts and Terminal and so on, save the code below with a name of your choice at a place of your choice. Otherwise I'll recommend the following:
Open the TextEdit application. Open a new file (File -> New), click on Format and choose Make Plain Text. Then insert the code below and save the file as fonts.sh on your Desktop.
Then open Terminal application and type
cd ~/Desktop
Then type the following, which will list all files on your Desktop - and also the just created fonts.sh
ls -l
In the line with the new "fonts.sh"-file you'll probably see something like
-rw-r--r--@
The first four signs mean, that you can read (r) and write (w) on this file. But at the moment you don't have the right to execute it. Therefore type
chmod u+x fonts.sh
If you now repeat the "ls -l" command, you should see that the rights of fonts.sh changed to
-rwxr--r--@
The new x shows, that you can execute the file. Now you can generate the promised html-file :-)
Just type
./fonts.sh
The next time you want to use the script, you only have to start Terminal, and type
cd ~/Desktop
./fonts.sh
I hope, this helped.
And here is the code to save in a file:
#!/bin/sh
echo "\n************************************"
echo "Welcome to an overview of your fonts"
echo ""
echo "Advice: This script generates two files: fonts.html and fonts-in-system.txt, second one will be deleted again. But if you already have files with such names on your Desktop they will be overwritten! So be careful!"
echo ""
echo "Enter what you want to have displayed"
read INPUT
echo "Do you want to have the fonts in normal (n), italic (i) or oblique (o) style?"
read STYLE
if [ "$STYLE" = "n" ] ; then
STYLE="normal"
elif [ "$STYLE" = "i" ] ; then
STYLE="italic"
elif [ "$STYLE" = "o" ] ; then
STYLE="oblique"
else
echo "Normal style is used!"
STYLE="normal"
fi
echo "Do you want to have the fonts in normal (n), lighter (l) or bold (b) weight?"
read WEIGHT
if [ "$WEIGHT" = "n" ] ; then
WEIGHT="normal"
elif [ "$WEIGHT" = "l" ] ; then
WEIGHT="lighter"
elif [ "$WEIGHT" = "b" ] ; then
WEIGHT="bold"
else
echo "Normal weight is used!"
WEIGHT="normal"
fi
echo "Fonts are generated - you'll find them on your Desktop in 'fonts.html'.";
# Temporary file fonts-in-system.txt is generated
# It will include font family names like "Kaiti SC,楷體\-簡,楷体\-简"
cat > "fonts-in-system.txt" << EOF
$( fc-list : family )
EOF
# Sort font list
sort "fonts-in-system.txt" -o "fonts-in-system.txt"
# Generate html-file
cat > fonts.html << EOF
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<table>
EOF
LAST_FONT=""
while read LINE ; do
if [[ ! $( echo "$LINE" | grep "^\." ) ]] ; then #only take fonts which don't start with a "."
FONT=$( echo $LINE | sed "s/,\(.*\)//" ) #cut off everything in a line starting with a comma => line "Kaiti SC,楷體\-簡,楷体\-简" would become "Kaiti SC"
if [ "$LAST_FONT" != "$FONT" ] ; then #print each font only once
echo " <tr style=\"font-family:$FONT; font-style:$STYLE; font-weight:$WEIGHT\">" >> fonts.html
echo " <td>$FONT</td>" >> fonts.html
echo " <td>$INPUT</td>" >> fonts.html
echo " </tr>" >> fonts.html
fi
LAST_FONT=$FONT
fi
done < "fonts-in-system.txt"
cat >> fonts.html << EOF
</table>
</body>
</html>
EOF
rm "fonts-in-system.txt"
A: If you are like me opening each font-family and requesting a custom preview is out of the question. You want to scroll quickly through all of your fonts waiting for the perfect choice to leap out at you. What was once a minute or 2 of tapping the down arrow is now an hour of tedious clicking.
I have not gotten Font Book to do what it used to do. But I purchased an App from the App store called FontPreview (4.99) and it does what Font Book used to. Perhaps not as well, but it will do for me until Font Book fixes this "bug" which renders it useless for me.
I am not endorsing the app. I have used it for 5 minutes. Just trying to help those as frustrated as I am.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fontpreview/id537580561?mt=12
A: Apple changed the way Maverick views fonts by grouping the fonts in families. You can only have a custom view in one family at a time, there doesn't seem to be a way to view multiple families. I'm just hoping when we can update to 10.9.3 that is is fixed.
A: I have the same problem and desire to have Font Book behave the way it used to. I work in advertising and write headlines and subheads and want to easily scroll through a custom sentence while seeing the fonts change until one "leaps out at me" as the right one to choose! If you find a way to do this on Mavericks, I would greatly appreciate it.
In the meantime, I have found a small workaround and that is if you click on the small grey triangle before each font name to bring up the options like Bold, Italic, etc. you can click on bold for example and your custom words will still be there. I lose it when I click on the font family name. So I opened up all the fonts by clicking on the triangle then I put in my custom sentence and be careful to click from Bold to Bold instead of from font name to font name. This seems to work in a pinch, but it's very frustrating.
Would love the Yosemite version of Font Book to work better than Mavericks.
A: Use Text Edit: Paste your text, select it, then Format > Fonts > Show Fonts. Click only on the Font name (arrowing doesn't work). The selected text will change as you click different fonts.
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5ba6d7364d26460a718fb308d5b8cab2827bb6de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: what does installd do in privacy setting? there is a installd icon in the setting->accessibility->privacy. it can be seen in the screenshot
Any ideas what it is for?
A: I've had this question as well and finally went digging. This information is stored in the OS X Privacy database. This db can be accessed with the command-line tool tccutil, but the only ("supported") option is reset. That is of course not very useful here. I found someone at this page who wrote a short python utility to edit this database. Examining the code, the db is located at /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db (you will need sudo access for this). It is a SQLite db. There are entries in there for /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Resources/installd which is almost certainly the installd referenced in the preference pane. This is the daemon which occasionally checks for software updates. Since it is Apple code, I am inclined to trust it.
| Q: what does installd do in privacy setting? there is a installd icon in the setting->accessibility->privacy. it can be seen in the screenshot
Any ideas what it is for?
A: I've had this question as well and finally went digging. This information is stored in the OS X Privacy database. This db can be accessed with the command-line tool tccutil, but the only ("supported") option is reset. That is of course not very useful here. I found someone at this page who wrote a short python utility to edit this database. Examining the code, the db is located at /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db (you will need sudo access for this). It is a SQLite db. There are entries in there for /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Resources/installd which is almost certainly the installd referenced in the preference pane. This is the daemon which occasionally checks for software updates. Since it is Apple code, I am inclined to trust it.
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441f310ba8249521886208a8efd95bb034e3a388 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cisco IPSec forgets password (Mavericks) Cisco IPSec seems to have no way to store the password of the connection permanently. I have found on the web some solutions for the Mountain Lion release, but none for OS-X Mavericks.
Is it impossible, or has someone found an answer and didn't post it?
A: Per this question, it's not so much a problem with the OS as a problem with the configuration of the VPN on the server side.
One of the options your IT admins can do is force passwords to not be remembered for the VPN connection, and the OS X client will honor this setting. If you have the keychain open and are looking at the saved password when you connect, you can actually see the saved password disappear when you connect to the server.
I've searched for a way around this going so far as trying to applescript the login window, but they've blocked that avenue is well.
| Q: Cisco IPSec forgets password (Mavericks) Cisco IPSec seems to have no way to store the password of the connection permanently. I have found on the web some solutions for the Mountain Lion release, but none for OS-X Mavericks.
Is it impossible, or has someone found an answer and didn't post it?
A: Per this question, it's not so much a problem with the OS as a problem with the configuration of the VPN on the server side.
One of the options your IT admins can do is force passwords to not be remembered for the VPN connection, and the OS X client will honor this setting. If you have the keychain open and are looking at the saved password when you connect, you can actually see the saved password disappear when you connect to the server.
I've searched for a way around this going so far as trying to applescript the login window, but they've blocked that avenue is well.
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ea99907e8fe71c2ed54a68ac707c751a18320b48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Clipboard manager for Mac that doesn't use any cloud service I'm looking for a clipboard manager app/tool for Mac (Mavericks) that does not use any cloud service for saving/syncing data.
I mean that it doesn't save my content on any cloud server, but on my machine locally only.
Is there any?
A: I use Copyclip. It remembers a certain amount of clips. You can also blacklist apps from which it should not clip something, for instance password managers.
It does not use any kind of cloud. It is only local.
To verify that it does not use any cloud services. You can block the app from accessing the internet. OS X Firewall or third party app. Or you can check all established internet connections with:
lsof -i | grep -E "(LISTEN|ESTABLISHED)"
Or trust the developers that they have not put any hidden cloud abilities into the app. Or use some OpenSource app and check the code. Or develop yourself.
| Q: Clipboard manager for Mac that doesn't use any cloud service I'm looking for a clipboard manager app/tool for Mac (Mavericks) that does not use any cloud service for saving/syncing data.
I mean that it doesn't save my content on any cloud server, but on my machine locally only.
Is there any?
A: I use Copyclip. It remembers a certain amount of clips. You can also blacklist apps from which it should not clip something, for instance password managers.
It does not use any kind of cloud. It is only local.
To verify that it does not use any cloud services. You can block the app from accessing the internet. OS X Firewall or third party app. Or you can check all established internet connections with:
lsof -i | grep -E "(LISTEN|ESTABLISHED)"
Or trust the developers that they have not put any hidden cloud abilities into the app. Or use some OpenSource app and check the code. Or develop yourself.
A: I use flycut, an open source fork of jumpcut, available in the app store.
A: Clipy is open source and does not use any cloud service - just stores the clipboard history and also allows to have a list of pre-defined snippets.
A: The following python script will save text on the clipboard to a file on the desktop, with a datestamp.
#!/usr/bin/python
# getTextclip v.1.3 : Get Text from Clipboard.
# This script saves a text file with any text data found on the Mac Clipboard.
# If Clipboard.txt exists, the text is appended, with a datestamp.
from AppKit import NSPasteboard, NSPasteboardTypeString, NSPasteboardTypeRTF, NSPasteboardTypeString
import os, syslog
import datetime
# Change this to whatever filepath you want:
outfile=os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/Clipboard.txt")
now = datetime.datetime.now()
myFavoriteTypes = [NSPasteboardTypeString, NSPasteboardTypeRTF, NSPasteboardTypeString]
pb = NSPasteboard.generalPasteboard()
best_type = pb.availableTypeFromArray_(myFavoriteTypes)
if best_type:
clipData = pb.dataForType_(best_type)
if clipData:
clipString = str(clipData)
clipFile = open(outfile, "a+")
print ("Text added to Clipboard file.")
clipFile.write(str(now)+'\n')
clipFile.write(clipString+'\n')
clipFile.write('\n')
clipFile.close()
else:
print ("No clipboard data was retrieved.")
print ("These types were available:")
print (pb.types())
Apple's Script Editor app has an option in its Preferences to show a Script menu in the menubar. You can then save this script to /Library/Scripts (or subfolder) and you can then run it from the menu.
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4ae9279fc2ed8c5cf43fb5a71da06d31aaa204d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to save sent messages in Outlook to the same folder as message being replied to? If I am replying to an email in Folder "TEST", how do I get a reply to automatically go to the Folder "TEST" as opposed to the Sent folder? This helps with productivity so that I don't have to move the responses to the folders they are in. If the message responding to resides in the inbox, the response will go to the Sent folder and can be moved to another folder at another time.
A: On the Windows desktop version, there is a setting that I have not found in the Mac version:
Since this is a function of the application and not exchange server, I don't think you can replicate this on the Mac version.
I could not find any way to make Rules work on the Sent Mailbox.
| Q: How to save sent messages in Outlook to the same folder as message being replied to? If I am replying to an email in Folder "TEST", how do I get a reply to automatically go to the Folder "TEST" as opposed to the Sent folder? This helps with productivity so that I don't have to move the responses to the folders they are in. If the message responding to resides in the inbox, the response will go to the Sent folder and can be moved to another folder at another time.
A: On the Windows desktop version, there is a setting that I have not found in the Mac version:
Since this is a function of the application and not exchange server, I don't think you can replicate this on the Mac version.
I could not find any way to make Rules work on the Sent Mailbox.
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f4bc87942f13b37e01b4ad6fd179dad0aa2f3344 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mute volume of macbook on sleep I was wondering if there was any way to mute my macbook whenever I physically close it, so if there was anything playing prior to closing it that it does not continue to make noise when I open it later.
Seems like a weird request, but I have a bad habit of forgetting to pause my music/youtube when I leave for class, than when I open my laptop in class it disrupts the class.
The easy answer would be, "just pause your stuff", but I thought it would be nice if there was something that could accomplish this.
A: *
*Download SleepWatcher (free, source code included).
*Install it using the instructions included in the download.
*Have your 'sleep' script call osascript (AppleScript)
/usr/bin/osascript -e 'set volume with output muted'
Now your Mac will be muted anytime your computer goes to sleep.
If you want to make extra sure that it is muted when it wakes from sleep, add
/usr/bin/osascript -e 'set volume with output muted'
to your 'wake' script as well.
| Q: Mute volume of macbook on sleep I was wondering if there was any way to mute my macbook whenever I physically close it, so if there was anything playing prior to closing it that it does not continue to make noise when I open it later.
Seems like a weird request, but I have a bad habit of forgetting to pause my music/youtube when I leave for class, than when I open my laptop in class it disrupts the class.
The easy answer would be, "just pause your stuff", but I thought it would be nice if there was something that could accomplish this.
A: *
*Download SleepWatcher (free, source code included).
*Install it using the instructions included in the download.
*Have your 'sleep' script call osascript (AppleScript)
/usr/bin/osascript -e 'set volume with output muted'
Now your Mac will be muted anytime your computer goes to sleep.
If you want to make extra sure that it is muted when it wakes from sleep, add
/usr/bin/osascript -e 'set volume with output muted'
to your 'wake' script as well.
A: The app Auto Mute automatically mute the volume on sleep. And it's free.
You can download it from: https://auto-mute.com/files/auto-mute.dmg
A: Use the API that provides a sleep notifications to write an app that gets a callback when the system is about to sleep. Inside the callback, set the system volume to mute.
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07a9654fbc355de9c94e6206b8abdb0e38d8e19b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I change "delete" to "archive" in the message control bezel in Mail.app? The version of Mail.app that comes with Mavericks has this cool message control bezel (below, in the orange box) under the email header in every message allowing you to delete, reply, reply-all, or forward the message when you hover on the line:
It's great, but I archive all my mail. Can I change the trash can button (pink arrow) to the archive box, like in my toolbar?
A: As stated by CMW, Delete2Archive can solve this issue:
http://akgungor.com/2013/11/11/delete2archive-archive-gmail-messages-using-delete-key-os-x-mavericks-mail/
I use it an can confirm that it works, also for your problem:
*
*When I hit delete on the keyboard it is archived (i.e. it stays in Gmails "All Mail")
*When I hit the button from your screenshot, this seems to apply as well (to my surprise). So therefore your issue should be solved as well :)
*When I hit the delete button in the toolbar of Mail.app, it gets actually deleted to the trash. You can customize the toolbar to include an "Archive" button as well (right click on the toolbar and choose 'customize toolbar'), see screenshot. I put it left from the delete button:
| Q: Can I change "delete" to "archive" in the message control bezel in Mail.app? The version of Mail.app that comes with Mavericks has this cool message control bezel (below, in the orange box) under the email header in every message allowing you to delete, reply, reply-all, or forward the message when you hover on the line:
It's great, but I archive all my mail. Can I change the trash can button (pink arrow) to the archive box, like in my toolbar?
A: As stated by CMW, Delete2Archive can solve this issue:
http://akgungor.com/2013/11/11/delete2archive-archive-gmail-messages-using-delete-key-os-x-mavericks-mail/
I use it an can confirm that it works, also for your problem:
*
*When I hit delete on the keyboard it is archived (i.e. it stays in Gmails "All Mail")
*When I hit the button from your screenshot, this seems to apply as well (to my surprise). So therefore your issue should be solved as well :)
*When I hit the delete button in the toolbar of Mail.app, it gets actually deleted to the trash. You can customize the toolbar to include an "Archive" button as well (right click on the toolbar and choose 'customize toolbar'), see screenshot. I put it left from the delete button:
A: Per this Apple KB article, the message control bezel has a fixed definition of items:
7. Message control bezel – Appears when your cursor hovers over this area of the message. The controls are:
*
*Trash – Delete the message
*Reply – Reply to the sender of the message.
*Reply All – Reply to the sender and all recipients of the message.
*Forward – Forward the message to another recipient.
I've used GDB to attempt to find a hidden preference for this, but have been unsuccessful.
You can provide feedback for Mail suggesting the feature be added at the following Apple feedback page:
*
*http://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html
A: Unfortunately with the current version of Mail.app, that bar isn't configurable yet.
You may want to follow this thread for a possible future solution. Or open a ticket about making that bar configurable. I'm sure a lot of people would want that.
A: Im actually using Mavericks. And YES, its configurable. In my case i touch the trash symbol with 2 fingers and i get the option to change or add the archive icon.
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f16af6e4bfad7f39f3274fb15a1ee09ab51a64ab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Parental Controls Through Terminal I have it setup so that my son only has 1 hour of computer use per day. He commonly needs extensions, and I think the only solution to do it while I am away is through terminal. Is there a way to extend the remaining time via a terminal command? Please note that I am only looking at answers through terminal not other 3rd party software.
Thanks.
A: You can change /Library/Managed\ Preferences/Username/com.apple.familycontrols.timelimits.v2.plist under the key time-limits there are 2 dictionaries you may need to consider :
*
*weekday-allowance
*weekend-allowance
Both have a key "secondsPerDay" you may change.
You may edit the .plist by converting it to XML using sudo plutil -convert xml1 theFile and then edit it with your favourite command line editor.
| Q: Parental Controls Through Terminal I have it setup so that my son only has 1 hour of computer use per day. He commonly needs extensions, and I think the only solution to do it while I am away is through terminal. Is there a way to extend the remaining time via a terminal command? Please note that I am only looking at answers through terminal not other 3rd party software.
Thanks.
A: You can change /Library/Managed\ Preferences/Username/com.apple.familycontrols.timelimits.v2.plist under the key time-limits there are 2 dictionaries you may need to consider :
*
*weekday-allowance
*weekend-allowance
Both have a key "secondsPerDay" you may change.
You may edit the .plist by converting it to XML using sudo plutil -convert xml1 theFile and then edit it with your favourite command line editor.
A: You can also change the setting with PlistBuddy:
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'set time-limits:weekday-allowance:secondsPerDay 10800' /Library/Managed\ Preferences/test/com.apple.familycontrols.timelimits.v2.plist
Replace test with the username.
When I tried using fast user switching to log in on a test account, switching back to my main account, and setting the limit to a few seconds, I wasn't able to log back in on the test account. I don't know if the changes are applied immediately if the account is in use though.
A: From http://blog.takelap.com/2010/05/how-to-set-mac-os-x-parental-controls.html
If you want a script to "do it all for you"
create a script (file) like "limit.sh"
#!/bin/sh
# Force times to a lower value than the usual default.
# 15 minutes
TVAL=900
USER=user
/usr/bin/dscl . mcxexport /Users/$USER -o /tmp/usertimes$$.exp \
com.apple.familycontrols.timelimits limits-list
awk -v TVAL=$TVAL 'BEGIN { flag=0 }
/timeLimitSeconds/ { flag=1;print;next }
flag == 1 { $1="<integer>" TVAL "</integer>"; flag=0}
{print}' < /tmp/usertimes$$.exp > /tmp/usertimesnew$$.exp
/usr/bin/dscl . mcximport /Users/$USER /tmp/usertimesnew$$.exp
/bin/rm -f /tmp/usertimes$$.exp /tmp/usertimesnew$$.exp
then $ chmod u+x limit.sh
and run it with sudo.
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c671b98c570e6cf91d28430b0ca8296b187c2321 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to trigger lid close action programmatically? Is there a way to trigger the lid close action programmatically with a script or through terminal?
I am testing this by placing a small magnet near the SD slot on my MacBook Pro.
A: There is no Apple supported programming interface to simulate the lid being closed.
You can put your Mac to sleep using this command line:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep'
| Q: How to trigger lid close action programmatically? Is there a way to trigger the lid close action programmatically with a script or through terminal?
I am testing this by placing a small magnet near the SD slot on my MacBook Pro.
A: There is no Apple supported programming interface to simulate the lid being closed.
You can put your Mac to sleep using this command line:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep'
A: You may put your machine to sleep with a shell script:
pmset sleepnow
P.S. If you intend to run this from a script, be prepared that machine won't sleep until script finishes, and if that's something like a daemon running in a loop, it won't ever work unless you run pmset in a subshell:
(pmset sleepnow &)
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c36718bda5b3ea7986f4ca1d1452eb459a5434bb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sharing an Apple ID on different iPads, but having different Contacts My daughter has my old iPad, and we share the same Apple ID, for convenience with purchasing. However at present we also have a shared Contacts list on the two iPads. It would be better to have separate Contact lists, to go with our separate email accounts. Is this possible? And if so, how?
A: Perfectly possible, you essentially both need a free iCloud account, that you log into for the purposes or mail/calendars/notes/contacts etc etc.
You each log into iCloud from within Settings > iCloud with your unique ID, and turn on any appropriate option within that page once you are signed in.
Then, for the App Store, go to Settings > iTunes and App Store and log in again, only this time simply both use the the same ID that is associated with all your past purchases.
You can log into different ID's for different services like Facetime/Messages/App Store/Mail at the same time, it really doesn't mind.
| Q: Sharing an Apple ID on different iPads, but having different Contacts My daughter has my old iPad, and we share the same Apple ID, for convenience with purchasing. However at present we also have a shared Contacts list on the two iPads. It would be better to have separate Contact lists, to go with our separate email accounts. Is this possible? And if so, how?
A: Perfectly possible, you essentially both need a free iCloud account, that you log into for the purposes or mail/calendars/notes/contacts etc etc.
You each log into iCloud from within Settings > iCloud with your unique ID, and turn on any appropriate option within that page once you are signed in.
Then, for the App Store, go to Settings > iTunes and App Store and log in again, only this time simply both use the the same ID that is associated with all your past purchases.
You can log into different ID's for different services like Facetime/Messages/App Store/Mail at the same time, it really doesn't mind.
A: Both answers are correct. However, I would like to add some notes.
First of all you could also use Gmail contacts for example instead of iCloud contacts. Depending on what email you and your daughter use (iCloud/Gmail/something else) this can be even more convenient. For example, I use gmail and have all my contact stored in Gmail. This way, I have direct access to my contacts in the (rare) case that I use gmail from within my web browser. You can simply enable gmail contacts sync in Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars and then enable it at the relevant account.
Secondly, you should not forget to set the default address book accordingly. New contacts are automatically saved to that address book (in case you have multiple address books). This can be set at Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> (scroll down to header "contacts") Default Account (here you should also set default calendar and e-mail accounts btw).
In all cases, there will be one issue: you need to move (a part of) the contacts to another account. To my knowledge, you cannot easily move/copy contacts to another account in iOS ("Groups" in the upper left corner in the Contacts app in iOS). In Contacts on OSX you can drag and drop them. Also, some googling will probably give you enough sites explaining how to move contacts from icloud to icloud or icloud to gmail. It might be a good idea to make a backup (e.g. with the contacts app in osx) of your contacts as moving contacts could give some issues in some cases.
All in all it is a small investment to make in my opinion: I have moved all my contacts to gmail over 5 years ago and have used it without issues ever since. And I could easily switch to android, windows, windows phone, etc. as they all support syncing with gmail contacts.
A: Only enter the Apple ID for purchasing into the Store section of the settings app.
You then each use separate AppleID for iCloud and / or Mail, Contacts, Calendars. One could use the same AppleID as for store, but at least one should be different and both could be different AppleID.
We have details here, here and here:
*
*How to use different contacts on different iPhones with the same Apple ID
*Is it a bad idea to have a shared Apple ID for purchases that also is used for iCloud?
*How does a family with multiple idevices and multiple laptops share music and digital movie copies?
*Do I need to set up individual Apple IDs for all my kids' iPads?
A: The other answers here lay out good options for separating contacts and iCloud sync from purchasing, either by using two Apple IDs, or by using Google sync for your contacts... however... I strongly recommend that you and your daughter use two separate accounts for everything. I understand the desire to save money, but it can lead to pretty messy complications down the road, especially if that Apple ID is tied to the email address of an ISP (@comcast.net e.g.), and it ever has to change.
But yes, it is possible.
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9a6a6692c3b09d9e93817f50600e3a9e3c335b96 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I ignore conversations in Outlook 2011 for Mac? Outlook for Mac 2011 does not include an "ignore conversation" feature out of the box. Is there a way to simulate that with other functionality (e.g. categories, rules, plugins, etc)?
What I want to accomplish is to be able to flag a certain email subject as something I'd like automatically deleted. And to do so easily with a click or two. Is this possible?
A: After searching over the net and various forums, seems this feature is not present in the outlook on mac.
| Q: How can I ignore conversations in Outlook 2011 for Mac? Outlook for Mac 2011 does not include an "ignore conversation" feature out of the box. Is there a way to simulate that with other functionality (e.g. categories, rules, plugins, etc)?
What I want to accomplish is to be able to flag a certain email subject as something I'd like automatically deleted. And to do so easily with a click or two. Is this possible?
A: After searching over the net and various forums, seems this feature is not present in the outlook on mac.
A: You can create rules in Outlook 2011. You should see a rules button with purple arrows on it in the middle of your toolbar. Or you can go to Tools->Rules... There you can create rules (and save them to be used easily in the future) to automatically remove emails based on senders, subjects, kind, flags, etc. Perhaps you can create a rule there that will help you delete unwanted emails.
A: The feature is missing but you can cast your vote to have it added here:
https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/293343-outlook-for-mac/suggestions/8848627-ignore-conversations-button
A: If you have access to Office 365, you can go to Outlook.com, select the thread then at the top, select ... then Ignore:
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81dea2361b45d5878adff00ab0c435f15e99197c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What do grayed-out app icons mean in iOS 7? Every couple days on my iPhone 4 running iOS 7, I notice an app icon is slightly grayed-out. Here is an example with the clock app:
When I open the app the icon goes back to normal immediately:
What does this mean? I can't find any documentation explaining it, and I can't determine a pattern for which apps exhibit it.
A: It's a glitch, where the grey overlay that appears on top of an app when you tap it is retained when you exit the app.
You can remove it by interacting with the app icon in some way, whether that be swiping between pages starting with your finger on the app, or simply tapping the icon.
It appears to be fixed in the dev build of iOS 7.1 :)
| Q: What do grayed-out app icons mean in iOS 7? Every couple days on my iPhone 4 running iOS 7, I notice an app icon is slightly grayed-out. Here is an example with the clock app:
When I open the app the icon goes back to normal immediately:
What does this mean? I can't find any documentation explaining it, and I can't determine a pattern for which apps exhibit it.
A: It's a glitch, where the grey overlay that appears on top of an app when you tap it is retained when you exit the app.
You can remove it by interacting with the app icon in some way, whether that be swiping between pages starting with your finger on the app, or simply tapping the icon.
It appears to be fixed in the dev build of iOS 7.1 :)
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5d085292e74bec48f208262027b18bd8d7bb447a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Desktop notifications for phone calls on iOS 7 Is it possible to send notifications to my Mountain Lion desktop when my iPhone receives a phone call?
A: Without a jailbreak what you ask is definitely not possible right now.
With a jailbreak there seems to be some apps that can send notifications like GrowlNotifier.
| Q: Desktop notifications for phone calls on iOS 7 Is it possible to send notifications to my Mountain Lion desktop when my iPhone receives a phone call?
A: Without a jailbreak what you ask is definitely not possible right now.
With a jailbreak there seems to be some apps that can send notifications like GrowlNotifier.
A: Connect can show notifications on your Mac when you get a phone call. It connects to your device over Bluetooth and will 'ring' on your Mac. You can also make/receive calls on your Mac. No jailbreak required — works over public APIs for Bluetooth.
A: With OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, you can use Continuity to be notified of incoming calls and answer them on the Mac.
A: I use Phone Amego to do that very thing on both OS X 10.7.5 and OS X 10.9.4. No jailbreak required. Works like a charm over bluetooth, and also allows logging/sending SMS.
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3446a0d52eb7d2bc995c862b1d3a05ce47ceed64 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I take a screenshot from all monitors with screencapture or other tools? I wanted to use screencapture to take a screenshot of all monitors from within a script, but this only seems to capture the main monitor. How can I use screencapture or any other tool callable from the command line to capture all monitors?
A: It's poorly documented, but it is indeed possible with the screencapture command.
screencapture ~/Desktop/screen1.png ~/Desktop/screen2.png [...]
Here's the relevant section from man screencapture:
files where to save the screen capture, 1 file per screen
Of course, if you're calling it programmatically, you might not know how many monitors there are, so you'll have to parse the output of system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType or defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist to determine how many filename arguments to pass to screencapture. For example:
$ system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep "Online: Yes" | wc -l
2
References
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20099333/terminal-command-to-show-connected-displays-monitors-resolutions
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=695603
| Q: How can I take a screenshot from all monitors with screencapture or other tools? I wanted to use screencapture to take a screenshot of all monitors from within a script, but this only seems to capture the main monitor. How can I use screencapture or any other tool callable from the command line to capture all monitors?
A: It's poorly documented, but it is indeed possible with the screencapture command.
screencapture ~/Desktop/screen1.png ~/Desktop/screen2.png [...]
Here's the relevant section from man screencapture:
files where to save the screen capture, 1 file per screen
Of course, if you're calling it programmatically, you might not know how many monitors there are, so you'll have to parse the output of system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType or defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist to determine how many filename arguments to pass to screencapture. For example:
$ system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep "Online: Yes" | wc -l
2
References
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20099333/terminal-command-to-show-connected-displays-monitors-resolutions
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=695603
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3d7f4e6953c6d9ef9b65578d5b487c4662c2f49b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Block external storage for a user account I am doing a proposal for new network where the Macs will be networked, OS X Mavericks + server app
Is there any solution to disable external storage USB/Thunderbolt/Firewire/CD/ Bluetooth? Preferably for a user account.
The point is if the company cannot control external storage then all the Firewalls and other security measures will be rendered useless.
Surprisingly even commercial vendors providing employee monitor software that will send reports of what data has been copied do not have an option to block this copying before it happens.
| Q: Block external storage for a user account I am doing a proposal for new network where the Macs will be networked, OS X Mavericks + server app
Is there any solution to disable external storage USB/Thunderbolt/Firewire/CD/ Bluetooth? Preferably for a user account.
The point is if the company cannot control external storage then all the Firewalls and other security measures will be rendered useless.
Surprisingly even commercial vendors providing employee monitor software that will send reports of what data has been copied do not have an option to block this copying before it happens.
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4cb77cc6e5a5c4cfe6154df562122a7132a8a1ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: share screenshots with Dropbox does not work the automatically share screenshots with Dropbox does not work for me in 10.9. I’m not sure what to do, already installed the latest version of Dropbox
A: I personally don't have this active on my Dropbox account by default but of you I tried it out on my 10.9 system.
It doesn't work for me either and this could either be because of the OS or Dropbox. What I suspect is that OS X won't allow the changing of the screen shot location from a third party app.
What you can do as a work around is the following:
Launch Terminal and use the following syntax:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /path/
For example, if I want to have the screenshots appear in a specific Dropbox folder, you would use:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Dropbox/Pictures/Screenshots
Log out or restart your Mac and take a screenshot. This should now automatically place the image in the new folder and thus Dropbox is syncing.
For additional fun check out: http://secrets.blacktree.com/?showapp=com.apple.screencapture
| Q: share screenshots with Dropbox does not work the automatically share screenshots with Dropbox does not work for me in 10.9. I’m not sure what to do, already installed the latest version of Dropbox
A: I personally don't have this active on my Dropbox account by default but of you I tried it out on my 10.9 system.
It doesn't work for me either and this could either be because of the OS or Dropbox. What I suspect is that OS X won't allow the changing of the screen shot location from a third party app.
What you can do as a work around is the following:
Launch Terminal and use the following syntax:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /path/
For example, if I want to have the screenshots appear in a specific Dropbox folder, you would use:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Dropbox/Pictures/Screenshots
Log out or restart your Mac and take a screenshot. This should now automatically place the image in the new folder and thus Dropbox is syncing.
For additional fun check out: http://secrets.blacktree.com/?showapp=com.apple.screencapture
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50176e349c34597a213262856c8dbae7b84e613e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to kill the popup in OS X when a disk can't be ejected With ZFS-OSX, sometimes when I try to force eject my HDD and it's failing, the following popup appears on my screen – floating on the top with all the buttons grayed out – and no possibility to close it no matter what I do:
The disk "WD_1TB" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it.
To eject the disk immediately, click the Force Eject button.
Cancel Force Eject…
It's quite annoying. It even appears with full-screen applications.
In Linux, I could easily run xkill, but it doesn't work on OS X.
I've tried -> 'Force Quit…', but it's not appearing on the list and restarting Finder doesn't help.
Any suggestions how to get rid of it without being forced to reboot?
A: The process is UnmountAssistantAgent, therefore can be killed using Activity Monitor, or by running:
killall UnmountAssistantAgent
| Q: How to kill the popup in OS X when a disk can't be ejected With ZFS-OSX, sometimes when I try to force eject my HDD and it's failing, the following popup appears on my screen – floating on the top with all the buttons grayed out – and no possibility to close it no matter what I do:
The disk "WD_1TB" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it.
To eject the disk immediately, click the Force Eject button.
Cancel Force Eject…
It's quite annoying. It even appears with full-screen applications.
In Linux, I could easily run xkill, but it doesn't work on OS X.
I've tried -> 'Force Quit…', but it's not appearing on the list and restarting Finder doesn't help.
Any suggestions how to get rid of it without being forced to reboot?
A: The process is UnmountAssistantAgent, therefore can be killed using Activity Monitor, or by running:
killall UnmountAssistantAgent
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b0e8b85c3cfd36ebf9645795adfeb5b6b8f43b02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I change the speed of Quick Look Slideshow? I use Quick Look to go through photos quickly, and I thought the slideshow feature could come in handy if I can change the duration of each photos shown.
https://superuser.com/questions/175509/can-i-change-the-speed-of-slideshows-in-os-x
I tried sameer's answer, but it doesn't seem to work any more with Mavericks. Another thing I noticed was that Quick Look's slideshow duration was 4s, while the mainDuration value of JustASlide is set at 3s, which makes me wonder if this is the right settings file to begin with.
On a side note, Preview has its own slideshow feature as well, but I can't change any of its settings either.
If there's any way I can change the settings of these slideshows, I'd really appreciate it!
| Q: How do I change the speed of Quick Look Slideshow? I use Quick Look to go through photos quickly, and I thought the slideshow feature could come in handy if I can change the duration of each photos shown.
https://superuser.com/questions/175509/can-i-change-the-speed-of-slideshows-in-os-x
I tried sameer's answer, but it doesn't seem to work any more with Mavericks. Another thing I noticed was that Quick Look's slideshow duration was 4s, while the mainDuration value of JustASlide is set at 3s, which makes me wonder if this is the right settings file to begin with.
On a side note, Preview has its own slideshow feature as well, but I can't change any of its settings either.
If there's any way I can change the settings of these slideshows, I'd really appreciate it!
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ffab2f77df009fcf18b9f7f6cc4a62ed64569f10 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Capturing text with a bookmarklet in IOS7 Is it possible to capture text from Safari using a bookmarklet on an iPod Touch/iPhone when running iOS7?
In iOS6 I could select text, and then open a bookmarklet (like this one for example) which grabbed the text using window.getSelection().
However, it seems in iOS7, any action to invoke a bookmarklet deselects the text. Am I just missing something, or is this broken?
A: AFAIK it's no longer possible.
Tried looking at the contents of window.getSelection() by remote debugging my iPhone through Safari. Text is indeed deselected. But even visually, I'm able to see that text is deselected when you tap a link or open the bookmarks menu.
In regards to describing this as "broken", I suppose it's a matter of how you look at it. It could be argued that deselecting is the correct behavior and therefore I doubt it's something that'll get "fixed".
| Q: Capturing text with a bookmarklet in IOS7 Is it possible to capture text from Safari using a bookmarklet on an iPod Touch/iPhone when running iOS7?
In iOS6 I could select text, and then open a bookmarklet (like this one for example) which grabbed the text using window.getSelection().
However, it seems in iOS7, any action to invoke a bookmarklet deselects the text. Am I just missing something, or is this broken?
A: AFAIK it's no longer possible.
Tried looking at the contents of window.getSelection() by remote debugging my iPhone through Safari. Text is indeed deselected. But even visually, I'm able to see that text is deselected when you tap a link or open the bookmarks menu.
In regards to describing this as "broken", I suppose it's a matter of how you look at it. It could be argued that deselecting is the correct behavior and therefore I doubt it's something that'll get "fixed".
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7dcc003d2f691e7c32944032043d34ecf8eab46c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Screen captures of windows larger than screen Is there a way to capture a screenshot of a browser window / webpage which is larger than the MacBook Air (1366x768) screen it's displayed on?
I need to have captures of how a site displays in a 1280x1024 window. I can use Moom to resize the browser window, but not sure how to get the snap.
A: You can take screenshots of entire windows, even those that extend beyond the bounds of the screen, by pressing ⌘⇧4, then space, then clicking the window.
| Q: Screen captures of windows larger than screen Is there a way to capture a screenshot of a browser window / webpage which is larger than the MacBook Air (1366x768) screen it's displayed on?
I need to have captures of how a site displays in a 1280x1024 window. I can use Moom to resize the browser window, but not sure how to get the snap.
A: You can take screenshots of entire windows, even those that extend beyond the bounds of the screen, by pressing ⌘⇧4, then space, then clicking the window.
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3cf83e3c2035af458b216908168055622d6e7887 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable MySQL from starting at boot? I have a mid 2013 MBA running OSX 10.9.
The process that starts on every start up is mysqld. I believe it was from an old version of MySQL I had installed (via AMPPS). I then installed MAMP Pro and I often have conflicts between these two processes. Everytime I shut down and restart my mac, I have to find the process of mysqld that is running (on activity monitor), quit it, and then start MAMP (via the terminal command: /Application/MAMP/bin/startMysql.sh won't work from anywhere else).
So I'm wondering how I can disable this mysqld from running on every startup.
A: The following worked for me with mysql 8.0.12 installed using Homebrew in macOS Mojave 10.14.1:
rm -rf ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
| Q: How can I disable MySQL from starting at boot? I have a mid 2013 MBA running OSX 10.9.
The process that starts on every start up is mysqld. I believe it was from an old version of MySQL I had installed (via AMPPS). I then installed MAMP Pro and I often have conflicts between these two processes. Everytime I shut down and restart my mac, I have to find the process of mysqld that is running (on activity monitor), quit it, and then start MAMP (via the terminal command: /Application/MAMP/bin/startMysql.sh won't work from anywhere else).
So I'm wondering how I can disable this mysqld from running on every startup.
A: The following worked for me with mysql 8.0.12 installed using Homebrew in macOS Mojave 10.14.1:
rm -rf ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
A: If the version of MySQL that was previously installed originated from the MySQL Community Downloads page on the SUN/Oracle site, it's likely that launchd is not involved with startup of the mysqld process. For some reason, the startup script that is distributed with MySQL uses the deprecated "Startup items" technology to start processes at boot. In fact, even the current binary distribution (5.6.15) of mysqld uses StartupItems to start the server on OS X(?!)
The startup script that's launching the conflicting version of MySQL is most likely located at /Library/StartupItems/MYSQLCOM/MYSQLCOM. At boot time, that startup item will examine the file at /etc/hostconfig to determine if the setting for the "MYSQLCOM" variable is set to "-YES-". If so, the startup script will launch mysqld.
It should be possible to disable the startup of MySQL by modifying the line in /etc/hostconfig that specifies MYSQLCOM=-YES- to say MYSQLCOM=-NO- (which should disable the startup process on the next boot).
You can terminate the currently running instance of mysqld by performing the command:
sudo /Library/StartupItems/MYSQLCOM/MYSQLCOM stop
To permanently disable the startup of the wrong mysqld process, it should be possible to first stop the daemon using the command above, and then to remove the MySQL startup item using the following command:
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MYSQLCOM
Note: you may also have the MySQL Preference Pane installed at /Library/PreferencePanes/MySQL.prefpane or ~/Library/PreferencePanes/MySQL.prefpane...That preference pane can also be removed to 'cleanup' pieces of the old MySQL installation.
A: Open terminal, then:
sudo launchctl list | grep -i mysql
launchctl remove xxx.xxx.mysql
Where "xxx.xxx" is included in the output of the first command, for example "org.macports.mysql". The password for the "sudo" command is your own user account's password.
True, sudo isn't needed to "list" but because you already gave a sudo password for the first command, it is stored for a short while in session memory and isn't required for the second command (which is privileged). Otherwise, just skip sudo on the first command and use it on the second. There are more ways than one to skin a cat.
A: It might be easier to rename the mysqld (or move / back up / delete it) and then restart and look for the error message for the launch item that was trying to start the program that is no longer available.
The other answers seem to cover the tack of looking for Launch Agents and Launch Daemons as well as tracing the PID which generally doesn't work for daemons since they usually have a parent PID of 1.
Also, since mysql isn't shipped with Mavericks, you should be able to track the install package you selected or use mdfind mysqld to locate the package that brought that database to your Mac and then locate the uninstall / disable instructions for that package of mysql. You'll also want to look in system preferences in case you have installed a control there to start the software.
A: Start off by finding out what the parent process is that started your mysql. From the Terminal run a ps command to find out what the process is; you can use -j or -l to list out the parent id ppid. So this will show you:
$ ps -axjc | grep mysql
The first column is your userid, the second is the process id, the third is the parent id.
If the parent id is 1 then it will have been launched by the root launch daemon, which probably means it's coming from one of the LaunchDaemons or StartupItems. If it comes from a process that isn't 1 but that is a launchd process then that's probably the LaunchAgents or is in your system login items.
root 1 0 1 0 0 Ss ?? 4:49.10 launchd
alblue 257 1 257 0 0 Ss ?? 0:16.29 launchd
_spotlight 415 1 415 0 0 Ss ?? 0:00.94 launchd
So process 1 is launched by system startup, and anything with the parent process of 1 comes from the system daemons. Anything (in this case) with a parent process of 257 is being launched from one of the LaunchAgents or LoginItems.
Bear in mind that the name of the launch daemon or startup item doesn't necessarily have 'mysql' in the title - it could have been run by a different program or login item (so simply searching for it by name might not find it). Once you've found what has launched it, you may be able to find out where it came from.
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4c9c91c6114f738d729fa69b9076237fec2d0c9b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Point Homebrew to a local package instead of the default, remote one I'm trying to pull down and install the Alpine mail client with Homebrew. I'm behind a rather terrible proxy with no such thing as FTP proxying. Unfortunately the formula for Alpine requires I retrieve a package from an FTP server.
I can grab the file by other means and get it on my local system, but I need to know how to tell Homebrew to use the specified package instead of trying to download it on its own.
Is this possible?
My usual workaround of running brew install inside of tsocks fails for some inadequately defined reason (just fails to connect exactly as if I hadn't tried it.. yet I can wget the file with tsocks just fine.
A: After some digging, I stumbled upon the fact that you can find the exact filename that Homebrew is looking for, download the file, and place it file into /Library/Caches/Homebrew, and try the install again. brew will then notice that the file has already been downloaded and continue following the recipe.
| Q: Point Homebrew to a local package instead of the default, remote one I'm trying to pull down and install the Alpine mail client with Homebrew. I'm behind a rather terrible proxy with no such thing as FTP proxying. Unfortunately the formula for Alpine requires I retrieve a package from an FTP server.
I can grab the file by other means and get it on my local system, but I need to know how to tell Homebrew to use the specified package instead of trying to download it on its own.
Is this possible?
My usual workaround of running brew install inside of tsocks fails for some inadequately defined reason (just fails to connect exactly as if I hadn't tried it.. yet I can wget the file with tsocks just fine.
A: After some digging, I stumbled upon the fact that you can find the exact filename that Homebrew is looking for, download the file, and place it file into /Library/Caches/Homebrew, and try the install again. brew will then notice that the file has already been downloaded and continue following the recipe.
A: It is my understanding the whole idea behind Homebrew is the "recipe" or script that tells it how to install the program you are downloading and all its dependencies.
So, with that concept you would have to edit the install script (and maybe make file?) to tell Alpine to look locally for this dependent file instead of trying to download it by FTP.
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9bf12a0609d2644ec920e20acc708e5b462093ce | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to open Google Drive links directly in Google Drive app Is there a way to do this?
Currently, the GDrive links I click in my emails open in Safari.
Is this currently a limitation of the app (or iOS 7)? Is there a configuration I can change?
A: Apparently you can prepend the url with the respective Google app to which it belongs. So if it is a Google Sheet, prepend the url with Googlesheets://. If it is a doc, I'm guessing you would use Googledocs://
So if the url is http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/Google-document/, amend it with the appropriate app prefix (in this case Googlesheets:// like so: Googlesheets://http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/Google-document.
PS: The issue is discussed at length here.
| Q: How to open Google Drive links directly in Google Drive app Is there a way to do this?
Currently, the GDrive links I click in my emails open in Safari.
Is this currently a limitation of the app (or iOS 7)? Is there a configuration I can change?
A: Apparently you can prepend the url with the respective Google app to which it belongs. So if it is a Google Sheet, prepend the url with Googlesheets://. If it is a doc, I'm guessing you would use Googledocs://
So if the url is http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/Google-document/, amend it with the appropriate app prefix (in this case Googlesheets:// like so: Googlesheets://http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/Google-document.
PS: The issue is discussed at length here.
A: If you open the links in the Gmail app for iOS, and you have the necessary Google Drive app installed (Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and/or Google Slides), Gmail will by default open the links in a Google Drive app. You can enable or disable that feature in Gmail through Menu > Settings > Google Apps.
Alternatively (though it's less direct), you can paste the link into Chrome for iOS, and there will be a bar at the top of the page to open the link in a GDrive app.
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18bc8b36b44a7a228e73ecf7297a11ca60326e4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the highest resolution external display that can be driven by the Late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro The MacBook is configured with 2.5 GHz Intel i5 processor, 8 GB of RMA and the Intel HD Graphics 4000 with 768 MB shared memory.
It's running Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F45).
In particular, I'm wondering if it can drive Ultra HD display with a resolution of 3840 × 2160?
A: Here is the official link that says that you can connect a 4k monitor but at 30HZ, and on some setups (e.g. macbook pro retina late 2013) at 60HZ
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6008
Also, the support article on thunderbolt FAQ is relevant to what monitors can be driven at high resolutions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3382#11
| Q: What is the highest resolution external display that can be driven by the Late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro The MacBook is configured with 2.5 GHz Intel i5 processor, 8 GB of RMA and the Intel HD Graphics 4000 with 768 MB shared memory.
It's running Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F45).
In particular, I'm wondering if it can drive Ultra HD display with a resolution of 3840 × 2160?
A: Here is the official link that says that you can connect a 4k monitor but at 30HZ, and on some setups (e.g. macbook pro retina late 2013) at 60HZ
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6008
Also, the support article on thunderbolt FAQ is relevant to what monitors can be driven at high resolutions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3382#11
A: If you are talking about the non-Retina version, then the highest it can go is 2560 x 1600 pixels for one display. (Source (under "Graphics and Video Support")).
If you are talking about the Retina version, then it can also go up to 2560 x 1600 pixels, but up to two displays. (Source (under "Graphics and Video Support"))
Conclusion: you should still be able to use the display in question, but your Mac will only let your monitor go up to 2560 x 1600.
A: This program allows to list all supported resolutions and switch to highest one http://specialmeaning.blogspot.com/2016/07/yes-apple-i-did-it.html
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32a1e8614ee3d58fbcfa1a1d196d8ed7a7479bd3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many files in a folder is too many? Many years ago I vaguely recall that the Finder in Mac OS X would start having problems if a folder contained 2,000 - 3,000 items or more.
Apple doc says that the HFS Plus file system has a theoretical limit of a 2 billion files per folder all Mac OS X versions.
What is the practical limit?
Will having 10,000 photos in a folder be a problem?
A: You can easily try this yourself by running the following in Terminal
mkdir ~/t
cd ~/t
dd if=/dev/random of=test bs=1024 count=16
for i in {1..10000}; do cp test test.$i; done
to create a folder containing 10'000 files with 16kB each (replace the 16 in the third line with another number for differently sized files).
| Q: How many files in a folder is too many? Many years ago I vaguely recall that the Finder in Mac OS X would start having problems if a folder contained 2,000 - 3,000 items or more.
Apple doc says that the HFS Plus file system has a theoretical limit of a 2 billion files per folder all Mac OS X versions.
What is the practical limit?
Will having 10,000 photos in a folder be a problem?
A: You can easily try this yourself by running the following in Terminal
mkdir ~/t
cd ~/t
dd if=/dev/random of=test bs=1024 count=16
for i in {1..10000}; do cp test test.$i; done
to create a folder containing 10'000 files with 16kB each (replace the 16 in the third line with another number for differently sized files).
A: Seems that around 10,000 is safe. However, I've found that if you go a lot higher like 50,000 Finder will never even list the files in the directory when you try to browse it. I suspect this is why a lot of data recovery software will create a new folder every 10,000 files if you're doing file carving in RAW.
A: Answering considering a practical example: I have now 326.000 files in a folder, created by an application that download bits from a server. The files are zipped XML files, and my application extracts XML data from it and store it on a local database.
The application runs from the command line. Everything works fine without any issue but rm * or ls * does not work due to the expansion of the wildcard (error message Argument list too long). Since the files are stored in a temporary folder I can just remove the folder after processing the files.
I didn't try to open the folder with Finder, though. I suspect that could be very slow if possible at all.
A: There are several limits to consider that have been touched upon by some of the comments:
*
*argument length and shell expansion - a simple echo * will bail if the concatenated length of filenames the asterisk expands to hits upon that limit. If running into this snare, often find will be your friend.
find . -depth 1 -type f | exec echo {} \;
would be a working replacement for the innocent echo * mentioned above, limited to listing files only. (echo to be replaced with the action of your choice)
*per-program limits to the size of internal data structures used to hold directory contents (finder, all kinds of tools trying to read directory listings).
*directory lookup cache size. While the filesystem may be able to hold 2.1 billion files within the on-disk structure of a directory, it won't be pleasant to work with that number, and you'd be well advised to introduce some strategy of sorting files into subdirectories if you're dealing in structures of that size. (Hint: those people designing web caching structures did have to deal with that - see Maltzahn/Richardson, Reducing the Disk I/O of Web Proxy Server Caches, Usenix 1999.
To speed up access to frequently used disk structures, file systems are using (memory) cache, and the size of these caches is limited. This is where the sudden penalty for large and less-than-optimal structured directorie starts to hit. Depending on the frequency and intensity of access to these directories, the penalty can be significant.
The 2015 article by Tsai et al., How to get more value from your file system directory cache would probably be one of the easier introductions to the subject.
A: Apple has a support document related to that:
Maximum number of files (or files and folders) in a folder (all Mac OS X versions)
Up to 2.1 billion (2)
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949609f7f4d5693f52f5901c341d870d478875fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Gray Bar in fullscreen mode multidisplay OSX mavericks added support for having the menu bar available in multidisplay mode, which is nice, but now whenever I try to watch a movie in fullscreen on the other display it seemingly leaves a solid grey bar at the top of the screen which is very annoying. Has anyone had this experience and does anyone know how to get rid of it.
A: There's a solution that I've found which should solve this issue with any application that you encounter this with.
*
*Download the free application Nocturne
*Install, launch, and click the icon in the menubar
*Select Preferences > then check Dim when inactive
*Adjust the slider all the way down when desired
*Enjoy! :)
I've been using this application for ages, and without a doubt it's
one of my favorites.
| Q: Gray Bar in fullscreen mode multidisplay OSX mavericks added support for having the menu bar available in multidisplay mode, which is nice, but now whenever I try to watch a movie in fullscreen on the other display it seemingly leaves a solid grey bar at the top of the screen which is very annoying. Has anyone had this experience and does anyone know how to get rid of it.
A: There's a solution that I've found which should solve this issue with any application that you encounter this with.
*
*Download the free application Nocturne
*Install, launch, and click the icon in the menubar
*Select Preferences > then check Dim when inactive
*Adjust the slider all the way down when desired
*Enjoy! :)
I've been using this application for ages, and without a doubt it's
one of my favorites.
A: Yes, I have experience with this. Mostly in non-Apple browsers (Chrome). The comments help with stand-alone video players but if you're using a browser in combination with a plugin like Flash or Silverlight, it seems that the browser doesn't take multi-menu bars into account and thus a menu bar size grey/black bar is left at the top.
If you on the other hand use Safari with these same plugins, you'll get "full" fullscreen.
Currently I only watch fullscreen Netflix via Safari.
I believe it's up to the developers of the specific application to fix this issue. Until then, you'll have to use specific applications, or, as the comments suggest, change the fullscreen mode in VLC.
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96eb11f3621726f49726c0b0563b1f499fe7dbd0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: A screen protector or not for the retina screen? Recently, I bought my very first MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
I am hesitating between having a screen protector or not.
Some claim that a protector can prevent the retina display from scratch, while others say that one can only get the best out of the retina display without any extra protection.
Is such a protector worthwhile?
Will the screen get scratched when I use a cloth to clean it, if I do not have the protector?
A: The points raised are both correct. While having the protector will prevent scratches on the screen, it will also reduce the quality of the display quite significantly. When I bought my Mac, I was also met with this dilemma. After having tried the best screen protector that the Apple Store had, I decided not to go with one. The display doesn't really scratch all that much, and I have not been able to induce a scratch even after using a cheap cloth.
I would suggest you to use a screen cleaning liquid every time you use a cloth, as that is how I have been able to prevent the scratches.
| Q: A screen protector or not for the retina screen? Recently, I bought my very first MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
I am hesitating between having a screen protector or not.
Some claim that a protector can prevent the retina display from scratch, while others say that one can only get the best out of the retina display without any extra protection.
Is such a protector worthwhile?
Will the screen get scratched when I use a cloth to clean it, if I do not have the protector?
A: The points raised are both correct. While having the protector will prevent scratches on the screen, it will also reduce the quality of the display quite significantly. When I bought my Mac, I was also met with this dilemma. After having tried the best screen protector that the Apple Store had, I decided not to go with one. The display doesn't really scratch all that much, and I have not been able to induce a scratch even after using a cheap cloth.
I would suggest you to use a screen cleaning liquid every time you use a cloth, as that is how I have been able to prevent the scratches.
A: Don't! I have a screen protector on that's impossible to get off. Tried suction with vacuum and screen was coming off. I saw videos where adhesive was so strong that it pulled off polarizer along with the screen protector. I have to live with this protector now and won't be able to see the actual screen's beauty. Sad! Never apply screen protector on a laptop. They are really not required.
A: Screens of the current models and nearly all modern MacBooks / MBPs are covered with a sheet of glass. Your not going to scratch it while wiping it with a clean cloth. Where previous models, primarily the ones that came with the anti-glare displays where much more susceptible to scratching. If this were an iPhone or an iPad I would consider a screen protector, but on a Macbook the only time the screen is vulnerable to damage is while your working on it, I don't expect you will store it in a bag etc, while open.
A: I always think your better off with a screen protector. I have a screen protector on mine and I'm not dying over the difference. Do your research, invest the money and get quality stuff. If you get a cheap one then you'll dramatically reduce the display. Spend some good money and you won't have to give up performance for protection. Or scratch your display and replace it vs replacing a 40$ screen protector. Doesn't matter how easy or hard it is to scratch the display. Bottom line is... it can be done so prevent it.
A: One year after buying a brand new MacBook Pro pro I got a small scratch in the centre of the screen - it was like scratching sunglasses right in the centre - was super annoying - luckily the Apple Store agreed to replace the Retina display at no cost - I then got a cheap screen guard since then - you cannot tell the difference.
But I have just bought a 2018 MacBook Pro and I've installed 2x screen guards and both give some sort of vertical strobing effect - not sure why it's happening - it's annoying - I'll keep it on till I find one that doesn't strobe.
A: I think that there has to be some degradation of the retina display when you use any screen protector. That did not prevent me from using one on my iPad 4 with the retina display - because I do use one. I prefer having the protection for my screen to the very slight loss of quality that the screen protector may cause. But Providing its of a good quality i would leave it on. The amount of people I've come across both with phones and tablets how have put a small scratch on the screen and to my surprise they have done it using a good quality cleaning cloth that has had a small speck of grit or something like that have left them with a small scratch.
A: WARNING!! I used to usually clean with liquid but after 2 years my display got staingate problem and later I found out apple actually suggest to use only their cloth to clean
A: The Moshi protector: don't buy!
I removed the Moshi after 5 years and screen got irrepairable damaged. Staingate all over the screen.
A: No .Macbooks or even ipad when protected in a case do not require screen protectors. I have my ipad with retina naked for 2 yrs straight without developing a single scratch.But it also depends on how much care u take of your device.
A: Why not? I think it's better to be safe than sorry a screen protector of good quality is a safeguard and believe me the moshI protector is awesome expensive but awesome do not get a cheap one that leaves tonnes of bubbles moshI is the only protector I'd use or nothing at all ,but if you care for your Mac retina than you shouldn't have an issue for scratches in the first place ,never wip before blowing the dust 2, liquid screen cleaner and 3 a very soft screen cloth that's used for camera lenses then I'd say you don't need a screen protector if you follow those steps .cheers.pick your poison and you don't lose quality of the retina that's noticeable that's well over exaggerated trust me the quality is the same.
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a5245bdcc2ccca426e579457a3e29b1e33a6147e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to resize the widgets in the dashboard? I wish to enlarge the widgets in my dashboard, because I find it quite uncomfortable to see the contents of the dictionary widget in that small box.
Is it possible to do that?
A: It is currently not possible to resize Dashboard widgets yourself.
However, the developer of the widget can make their widget resizable. This Apple Developer Documentation page describes the process by which developers can make their widget resizable, however it is uncommon for a widget to be made resizable:
Try to limit using live-resizing to cases where it is absolutely necessary. If your content can be shown in a fixed, simple user interface, do so.
| Q: How to resize the widgets in the dashboard? I wish to enlarge the widgets in my dashboard, because I find it quite uncomfortable to see the contents of the dictionary widget in that small box.
Is it possible to do that?
A: It is currently not possible to resize Dashboard widgets yourself.
However, the developer of the widget can make their widget resizable. This Apple Developer Documentation page describes the process by which developers can make their widget resizable, however it is uncommon for a widget to be made resizable:
Try to limit using live-resizing to cases where it is absolutely necessary. If your content can be shown in a fixed, simple user interface, do so.
A: no unfortunately thats not possible, they are bounded to whatever size or shape they came in!
A: No that's not true you can do it easily you just click on the background of the dashboard (the bit to the left of the trash bin works & it's often a double finger tap depending on how you set your trackpad up) then you choose dock preferences from the pop up box & move the magnification slider up :)
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1314dc05b5ca13c842be3ff11396a4c386b69456 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: IPv6 quits working after using VPN My Macbook Pro running Mavericks picks up my ISP's (native) IPv6 support with automatic configuration just fine on bootup. I'm using an AirPort Extreme 802.11ac (2013) with default settings.
If then connect to an IPv4-only VPN, I lose IPv6 connectivity, as expected.
However, when I disconnect from the VPN, my Macbook Pro will not pick up IPv6 from my ISP until I reboot, as not expected. Configuration remains on Automatic, it just won't configure itself.
How can I make it immediately reconnect to IPv6 when I quit the VPN?
| Q: IPv6 quits working after using VPN My Macbook Pro running Mavericks picks up my ISP's (native) IPv6 support with automatic configuration just fine on bootup. I'm using an AirPort Extreme 802.11ac (2013) with default settings.
If then connect to an IPv4-only VPN, I lose IPv6 connectivity, as expected.
However, when I disconnect from the VPN, my Macbook Pro will not pick up IPv6 from my ISP until I reboot, as not expected. Configuration remains on Automatic, it just won't configure itself.
How can I make it immediately reconnect to IPv6 when I quit the VPN?
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181f6a31114428253c3e04b19a2abb1ba85e5205 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent Image Capture from opening when a memory card is inserted Every time I plug in a SD memory card, Image Capture launches, is there a way to disable this? I am running OS X Mavericks.
A: Your Mac doesn't really know the difference between a Camera and the SD card. It treats them all pretty much the same. So, in the iPhoto Preferences you can select 'Do Nothing' when a camera is connected, and that will stop Image Capture launching.
iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> General
| Q: Prevent Image Capture from opening when a memory card is inserted Every time I plug in a SD memory card, Image Capture launches, is there a way to disable this? I am running OS X Mavericks.
A: Your Mac doesn't really know the difference between a Camera and the SD card. It treats them all pretty much the same. So, in the iPhoto Preferences you can select 'Do Nothing' when a camera is connected, and that will stop Image Capture launching.
iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> General
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4ca97b31a542d60a7ddff110d7ac5cac5c78c4b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any app or script to track per process usage? I am running a process and I want to track it's CPU usage and in the end I would like to have a graph of time vs CPU usage. Any app or script for that? I googled and I couldn't find any. And activity monitor does not give graph of over the time of the process.
A: You could also use a shell command like this:
while :;do ps -p 1234 -o %cpu=;sleep 1;done
Replace 1234 with the pid of the process.
You can use gnuplot to create a graph for the data:
gnuplot<<<'set term png;set output "/tmp/plot.png";plot "/tmp/data" with boxes'
qlmanage -p /tmp/plot.png
| Q: Any app or script to track per process usage? I am running a process and I want to track it's CPU usage and in the end I would like to have a graph of time vs CPU usage. Any app or script for that? I googled and I couldn't find any. And activity monitor does not give graph of over the time of the process.
A: You could also use a shell command like this:
while :;do ps -p 1234 -o %cpu=;sleep 1;done
Replace 1234 with the pid of the process.
You can use gnuplot to create a graph for the data:
gnuplot<<<'set term png;set output "/tmp/plot.png";plot "/tmp/data" with boxes'
qlmanage -p /tmp/plot.png
A: Based on answer from Lri,
MacOS solution to create the following graph
# Install dependencies
brew install gnuplot libmagic
# Sample process. Replace 1234 with process ID
while sleep 1;do ps -p 1234 -o %cpu= >> procdata.txt;done
# Plot
gnuplot<<<'set term png;set output "procplot.png";plot "procdata.txt" with boxes'
A: There are some apps that allow you to do this, but the ones that I found were paid. If you are willing to pay for one, you could try Hardware Monitor.
If not, you can try using this tip from Mac OS X Hints. With this script, it should be able to track the CPU history and export it to a document.
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c9ec6ec06b87134e79273ed87052a1b480b27840 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add a Python application to OS X right-click menu? I have made a Python-based application that plays a slideshow. I want to add shortcut on the right-click menu of a folder and play the slideshow.
How can I achieve this?
A: You can use a service created by Automator to call your python script.
Once your service is created, it will be available in the service submenu of your contextual menu.
| Q: How to add a Python application to OS X right-click menu? I have made a Python-based application that plays a slideshow. I want to add shortcut on the right-click menu of a folder and play the slideshow.
How can I achieve this?
A: You can use a service created by Automator to call your python script.
Once your service is created, it will be available in the service submenu of your contextual menu.
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ba9285f190402c64332f2c9216832ee9b481bc75 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Chrome slow when loading local virtual host I'm developing a local website with MAMP. I've configured a virtual host (hosts files, and apache vhosts).
/etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 domain.com
MAMP Vhosts config
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/route/to/folder"
ServerName domain.com
</VirtualHost>
It all works fine, but in Chrome sometimes the local website takes a few seconds to load, when it should load instantly. I've narrowed down the problem to Chrome as it works fine 100% of the time with Safari.
When this happens in Chrome, the status bar at the bottom says "resolving host". It would seem like it's waiting for a DNS server to respond... but isn't the hosts file overriding any DNS calls?
Any ideas what might be happening?
A: The solution was to move the domain in the /etc/hosts file to the same entry as localhost.
127.0.0.1 localhost domain.com
See this StackOverflow thread.
| Q: Chrome slow when loading local virtual host I'm developing a local website with MAMP. I've configured a virtual host (hosts files, and apache vhosts).
/etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 domain.com
MAMP Vhosts config
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/route/to/folder"
ServerName domain.com
</VirtualHost>
It all works fine, but in Chrome sometimes the local website takes a few seconds to load, when it should load instantly. I've narrowed down the problem to Chrome as it works fine 100% of the time with Safari.
When this happens in Chrome, the status bar at the bottom says "resolving host". It would seem like it's waiting for a DNS server to respond... but isn't the hosts file overriding any DNS calls?
Any ideas what might be happening?
A: The solution was to move the domain in the /etc/hosts file to the same entry as localhost.
127.0.0.1 localhost domain.com
See this StackOverflow thread.
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ad5f7c7ef055a460190a867a258fdf3aae1a4ec0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac OS X, passwd, and keychain As far as I'm aware, passwd doesn't change the keychain password on Mac OS X. Is there a way to do this properly from the command line with a single command? If not, what about with multiple commands?
A: You can use security set-keychain-password:
$ security set-keychain-password
Old Password:
New Password:
Retype New Password:
$
The password and keychain can also be specified as arguments:
security set-keychain-password -o oldpassword -p newpassword file.keychain
| Q: Mac OS X, passwd, and keychain As far as I'm aware, passwd doesn't change the keychain password on Mac OS X. Is there a way to do this properly from the command line with a single command? If not, what about with multiple commands?
A: You can use security set-keychain-password:
$ security set-keychain-password
Old Password:
New Password:
Retype New Password:
$
The password and keychain can also be specified as arguments:
security set-keychain-password -o oldpassword -p newpassword file.keychain
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ffbbee8ad8aa436e33a637a87594607fc52899e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I disable App Store update notification for non-admin users? I am admin on my MBA (Mavericks), and I want to get App Store update notifications. The rest of my family have non-admin (standard) accounts and I'd like to disable App Store updates and notification for their logins. The answers to Disable App Update Notifications on OSX? apply to all users, not selective users.
A: There's no way to do this without sticking some funky commands in the command line. Best option is to just disable the update notifications system-wide (such as suggested in your article/link) and have the admin users check for updates manually.
| Q: How can I disable App Store update notification for non-admin users? I am admin on my MBA (Mavericks), and I want to get App Store update notifications. The rest of my family have non-admin (standard) accounts and I'd like to disable App Store updates and notification for their logins. The answers to Disable App Update Notifications on OSX? apply to all users, not selective users.
A: There's no way to do this without sticking some funky commands in the command line. Best option is to just disable the update notifications system-wide (such as suggested in your article/link) and have the admin users check for updates manually.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/114038"
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47c7f11273e000d9650c34d45a753bd15ab264ee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What methods can be used to find hidden options in OSX softwares? I was wondering what methods can be used to find hidden options in OSX software.
I regularly stumble upon hidden options that can be added in the .plist preferences files (using defaults write), but do other methods exist to identify options? Perhaps there is a way to get an App to display it's options other than manual digging around?
A: It involves a lot of trial and a lot of error, but you can be helped along in the process by running the strings command against the binary for application, directing the results to a file, and then reading that output looking for hyphenated or InnerCapitalizedWords that might suggest a candidate for a hidden preference.
Rob Griffeths wrote an article at MacWorld that gives some helpful suggestions for finding hidden preferences.
| Q: What methods can be used to find hidden options in OSX softwares? I was wondering what methods can be used to find hidden options in OSX software.
I regularly stumble upon hidden options that can be added in the .plist preferences files (using defaults write), but do other methods exist to identify options? Perhaps there is a way to get an App to display it's options other than manual digging around?
A: It involves a lot of trial and a lot of error, but you can be helped along in the process by running the strings command against the binary for application, directing the results to a file, and then reading that output looking for hyphenated or InnerCapitalizedWords that might suggest a candidate for a hidden preference.
Rob Griffeths wrote an article at MacWorld that gives some helpful suggestions for finding hidden preferences.
A: I often use GDB to attempt to find hidden preferences.
Put simply, you run the app using GDB which logs the app's request/setting of preferences as you use it, then you use the app's specific features as you usually would that you hope there's a hidden preference for. Once done, you can use a command on the log file which sorts and filters the log to find the references to preferences, which you can then go through and see if there's any that look 'hidden' — it takes some time but you can find some really interesting things.
There's a full guide as to how to do this available here:
*
*http://home.comcast.net/~arcticmac/tutorials/gdbFindingPrefs.html
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25102d69eb18e3f84c55de7da0e2c83931976b34 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to hide all file extensions in subdirectories of a given folder? I know that I can open the file information dialogue (Get Info) for several files at once using ⌘⌥I and hide/unhide file extensions. How do I accomplish this for all files in a directory tree (including files in subfolders)?
A: You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:
To hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:
cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a -E '{}' \; | echo "hiding extensions"
(can change the second * to a particular extension type if you choose)
To show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:
cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a -e '{}' \; | echo "showing extensions"
| Q: How to hide all file extensions in subdirectories of a given folder? I know that I can open the file information dialogue (Get Info) for several files at once using ⌘⌥I and hide/unhide file extensions. How do I accomplish this for all files in a directory tree (including files in subfolders)?
A: You can easily do this in Terminal with the SetFile command:
To hide file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:
cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a -E '{}' \; | echo "hiding extensions"
(can change the second * to a particular extension type if you choose)
To show file extensions in a directory and all sub-directories:
cd <path to directory>
find . -name "*.*" -exec SetFile -a -e '{}' \; | echo "showing extensions"
A: Ok, I found a solution using Hazel:
I created a rule based on their posting How to get Hazel to go into subfolders:
If (…) Kind is Folder
Do the following (…) run rules on folder contents
The next rule selects a certain set of files, e.g.
If (…) Kind is pdf
Do (…) Run AppleScript embedded script
The script is
tell application "Finder"
set extension hidden of theFile to true
end tell
I defined more conditions more different file types, so it doesn’t work on all files as requested. With a limited number of different file types this should be no problem.
A: See this page for a solution using Automator. Worked perfectly for me.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250660690
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9f7deef1aa8351617ca3b45f03b89420cf340309 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are all of the command line tools installed? I was playing around to set up a prober working/development environment.
I installed command line tools such as:
*
*NodeJS
*NPM
*Grunt
*Bower
Where can I find those tools and how can I delete them? Is there any routine?
A: The whereis command only looks in the standard executable paths. Try which bower instead. Here's an example from my machine. I used "git" because I don't have "bower" installed.
~ 506 whereis git
/usr/bin/git
~ 507 which git
/opt/local/bin/git
whereis returned the path of the system-installed version of "git". which returned the path of the version that actually runs when I type "git" at the command line.
| Q: Where are all of the command line tools installed? I was playing around to set up a prober working/development environment.
I installed command line tools such as:
*
*NodeJS
*NPM
*Grunt
*Bower
Where can I find those tools and how can I delete them? Is there any routine?
A: The whereis command only looks in the standard executable paths. Try which bower instead. Here's an example from my machine. I used "git" because I don't have "bower" installed.
~ 506 whereis git
/usr/bin/git
~ 507 which git
/opt/local/bin/git
whereis returned the path of the system-installed version of "git". which returned the path of the version that actually runs when I type "git" at the command line.
A: Since they're all command line tools, you can find them using whereis <tool> or where <tool>. Many command line tools can be removed simply by deleting the file found at this location, however they may leave configuration files at various locations about your system. You can usually find a full guide on uninstalling a command line tool and its associated files by searching the website of the tool that you wish to uninstall.
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2e4b792ed12d2cb0e3afa5f4da9aa32b44c0f590 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Make OS X Mail show the most recent message in conversation I like how Mail groups related messages together in a "conversation", but I hate how it always by default shows the oldest unread message in a thread--even if it is months old! This has gotten me on a couple of occasions where I will see a new email come in, click it, and see a message from months ago, but not realize that I'm not seeing the one that just came in.
Anyone know how to make Mail always scroll to the top/newest message in a conversation when clicking a message?
A: In Mail preferences, at the bottom of the Viewing pane, under Viewing Conversations, there is a checkbox to Show Most Recent Message At The Top. I think that's what you want.
| Q: Make OS X Mail show the most recent message in conversation I like how Mail groups related messages together in a "conversation", but I hate how it always by default shows the oldest unread message in a thread--even if it is months old! This has gotten me on a couple of occasions where I will see a new email come in, click it, and see a message from months ago, but not realize that I'm not seeing the one that just came in.
Anyone know how to make Mail always scroll to the top/newest message in a conversation when clicking a message?
A: In Mail preferences, at the bottom of the Viewing pane, under Viewing Conversations, there is a checkbox to Show Most Recent Message At The Top. I think that's what you want.
A: You can also use defaults, the command-line interface for user preferences. Open the Terminal app and type:
defaults write com.apple.mail ConversationViewSortDescending -bool true
If you are using Mojave, you will first have to grant full disk access to the Terminal app.
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34b8bf5086f015deb015d0171c67f96766fc19ee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard shortcut to delete row in Numbers I can add rows conveniently using Option+Shift+Up Arrow (insert above) or Option+Shift+Down Arrow(insert below).
Is there a keyboard shortcut to delete the current row?
A: With Numbers 11 and earlier, by default, no, there's no shortcut.
You can create one yourself though:
*
*Open System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → App Shortcuts.
*Click the + button to add a new shortcut.
*Set the Application to Numbers.app, and the Menu Title to Delete Row.
*Set your keyboard shortcut and press Add.
| Q: Keyboard shortcut to delete row in Numbers I can add rows conveniently using Option+Shift+Up Arrow (insert above) or Option+Shift+Down Arrow(insert below).
Is there a keyboard shortcut to delete the current row?
A: With Numbers 11 and earlier, by default, no, there's no shortcut.
You can create one yourself though:
*
*Open System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → App Shortcuts.
*Click the + button to add a new shortcut.
*Set the Application to Numbers.app, and the Menu Title to Delete Row.
*Set your keyboard shortcut and press Add.
A: As of at least Numbers 4.3.1, there is a menu item in the Table menu for deleting the current row (as well as one for deleting the current column), with keyboard shortcuts:
Delete Row: Shift+Command+X
Delete Column: Shift+Command+Y
A: I still had this question (as keycommands are not given in context menu), so the previous answer pointed me to look in the regular menu.
In Numbers 12 it is opt+cmd+del/bs
A: Apple has added the ability to delete a row with a keyboard shortcut.
See the attached image.
Delete Rows ALT+CMD+DELETE
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921ada36228122d77286ca64d2dcb9dfdcfd9469 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the opposite of space to scroll up? What is the key that scrolls the page up in a web browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox), that is the opposite of using the spacebar, which scrolls down?
A: Shift-Space
Space goes down a page, and Shift-Space is the opposite, scrolling up one page.
| Q: What is the opposite of space to scroll up? What is the key that scrolls the page up in a web browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox), that is the opposite of using the spacebar, which scrolls down?
A: Shift-Space
Space goes down a page, and Shift-Space is the opposite, scrolling up one page.
A: I just use the Page Up and Page Down keys.
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be5453831767459ed93ffca187df670a0616a7f9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I sync podcasts added in the iPhone's Podcasts app to iTunes on OS X? I added some podcasts from the iTunes store to the iPhone Podcasts app version 1.2.3 on iOS 6.1.3.
My iTunes 11.0.5 sync settings for this phone's podcasts is sync podcasts, and automatically include all episodes or all podcasts.
However, iTunes does not copy the podcasts from the Podcasts app into iTunes.
How should I do this?
A: I think for this to work, you need to enable iCloud syncing for podcasts between your devices. The setting you refer to above only applies when you sync your phone from iTunes, either via USB or Wi-Fi. I could be wrong, but as far as I know it only syncs podcasts from iTunes to your phone, not the other way around.
Also, make sure there is enough space on your phone for all those podcasts.
| Q: How do I sync podcasts added in the iPhone's Podcasts app to iTunes on OS X? I added some podcasts from the iTunes store to the iPhone Podcasts app version 1.2.3 on iOS 6.1.3.
My iTunes 11.0.5 sync settings for this phone's podcasts is sync podcasts, and automatically include all episodes or all podcasts.
However, iTunes does not copy the podcasts from the Podcasts app into iTunes.
How should I do this?
A: I think for this to work, you need to enable iCloud syncing for podcasts between your devices. The setting you refer to above only applies when you sync your phone from iTunes, either via USB or Wi-Fi. I could be wrong, but as far as I know it only syncs podcasts from iTunes to your phone, not the other way around.
Also, make sure there is enough space on your phone for all those podcasts.
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cbcff330ea73b09ce928724215ba40793d306ae5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Network stops working, with "Can't Assign Requested Address" On OS X 10.9 (but no prior version), every now and then, I start getting strange network errors. I can still ping, but anything that requires actual content (like a web page) completely stops.
For example:
$ ping 80.68.93.197
PING 80.68.93.197 (80.68.93.197): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 80.68.93.197: icmp_seq=0 ttl=46 time=175.291 ms
64 bytes from 80.68.93.197: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=172.519 ms
^C
--- 80.68.93.197 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 172.519/173.905/175.291/1.386 ms
$ curl http://dailyjs.com/
curl: (7) Failed to connect to 80.68.93.197: Can't assign requested address
It seems similar to this message thread, but I don't see an answer there.
I've tried deleting the ethernet interface and re-adding it, but that doesn't seem to help.
I've tried deleting the ethernet interface and turning on wifi, which shows the same symptoms.
A reboot might fix the problem, but it's rather intrusive. Any ideas?
A: A reboot was the only thing that corrected the problem for me. :(
| Q: Network stops working, with "Can't Assign Requested Address" On OS X 10.9 (but no prior version), every now and then, I start getting strange network errors. I can still ping, but anything that requires actual content (like a web page) completely stops.
For example:
$ ping 80.68.93.197
PING 80.68.93.197 (80.68.93.197): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 80.68.93.197: icmp_seq=0 ttl=46 time=175.291 ms
64 bytes from 80.68.93.197: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=172.519 ms
^C
--- 80.68.93.197 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 172.519/173.905/175.291/1.386 ms
$ curl http://dailyjs.com/
curl: (7) Failed to connect to 80.68.93.197: Can't assign requested address
It seems similar to this message thread, but I don't see an answer there.
I've tried deleting the ethernet interface and re-adding it, but that doesn't seem to help.
I've tried deleting the ethernet interface and turning on wifi, which shows the same symptoms.
A reboot might fix the problem, but it's rather intrusive. Any ideas?
A: A reboot was the only thing that corrected the problem for me. :(
A: In my case there was only one host giving me this issue. sudo route delete example.com fixed it instantly, no reboot.
A: I just fixed this from the command line on my own workstation running OS X 10.11.6 by flushing the routing table, and then adding my default route back in:
sudo route -n flush
sudo route add default 192.168.1.1
A: I saw lots of TCP sessions in CLOSED, FIN_WAIT_1, and several other states, and they were not clearing. It looks like the TCP timer just stopped. I had to reboot to get my network back.
A: I saw this problem rear its head when NFS automounts started failing. They attempted to fall back to UDP. Running mount_nfs -o tcp fileserver:/export/path /mnt/path reliably failed with:
mount_nfs: can't mount /export/path from fileserver onto /mnt/path: Can't assign requested address
kernel.log contains entries like this as well:
Mar 31 15:40:38 guru kernel[0]: 0xfbdf4000, 0xe00002be Intel82574L::outputStart - NoResources from txFrame - pkt saved
OSX - 10.9
A reboot also cleared the problem.
A: I cured one by unplugging my USB WiFi interface and plugging it back in.
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e9edf230c5c9712feaf91697a3fa5600787228db | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable zoom animation in Chrome when going to full screen video When switching back and forth between full-screen mode for YouTube videos in MacOX Mavericks, I find the zoom effect very annoying and jerky. Is there a way to turn this off, so such videos can just snap in and out of full-screen without animation?
A: chrome://flags/#enable-simplified-fullscreen; Enable it and restart chrome
| Q: Disable zoom animation in Chrome when going to full screen video When switching back and forth between full-screen mode for YouTube videos in MacOX Mavericks, I find the zoom effect very annoying and jerky. Is there a way to turn this off, so such videos can just snap in and out of full-screen without animation?
A: chrome://flags/#enable-simplified-fullscreen; Enable it and restart chrome
A: After months of research this is how to disable the annoying animation that occurs on some videos on Youtube.
Delete the file called ffmpegsumo.so in: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/[your current version]/Google Chrome Framework.framework/Libaries.
And voilà! Enjoy!
A: Yes, you can use Safari, there are no annoying effects while switching)
A: I Have finally found the answer to this question after several month of painful slow fullscreen animations.
The problem is that I don't know exactly how I did because now that it has switched back to normal, i can't do it again.
When you read your youtube video on chrome, you need to right click then go to HTML5 option or something of the sort the click "disable HTML5 and switch back to regular". The button was green for me, I tried it and all my problems were finally resolved. If someone can try and explain it better than me.
Hope that will help.
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aa8f3a1df5a654538ebb39666f1afe7f5d7f7721 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dates format in Message's chat.db I'm working on improving my iMessages backup-script. /Users/Kyro/Library/Messages/chat.db has a table message with all the messages an some dates.
Any idea what's the date format ? I first thought of a timestamp (I have for example 408978598) but date -r 408978598 return a date in 1982.
A: To add on to @Matthieu's helpful answer, here's how to convert it within SQLLite:
datetime(date + strftime('%s','2001-01-01'), 'unixepoch')
For example:
select
is_from_me,
datetime(date + strftime('%s','2001-01-01'), 'unixepoch') as date_utc,
text
from message;
| Q: Dates format in Message's chat.db I'm working on improving my iMessages backup-script. /Users/Kyro/Library/Messages/chat.db has a table message with all the messages an some dates.
Any idea what's the date format ? I first thought of a timestamp (I have for example 408978598) but date -r 408978598 return a date in 1982.
A: To add on to @Matthieu's helpful answer, here's how to convert it within SQLLite:
datetime(date + strftime('%s','2001-01-01'), 'unixepoch')
For example:
select
is_from_me,
datetime(date + strftime('%s','2001-01-01'), 'unixepoch') as date_utc,
text
from message;
A: I found that as of High Sierra, I needed to use a different date transformation. The 8 extra 0's on the date field versus the date_read field was the clue:
datetime(message.date/1000000000 + strftime("%s", "2001-01-01") ,"unixepoch","localtime")
A: well using coreUtils date :
I found what I was looking for :
$gdate -ud "2001-01-01 + 408978598 seconds"
Tue Dec 17 13:09:58 UTC 2013
It's a timestamp with base date January 1st, 2001.
A: In the script you are referring to, you can achieve timestamping like so: datetime(date + strftime('%s', '2001-01-01 00:00:00'), 'unixepoch', 'localtime') as date from message--to get in in local time if that's what you are looking for.
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262293f16ee3ae50acc1aae2e1e8c7bd662462fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Single-user mode, data recovery, mount usb I have a crashed hard drive. I had no luck with a USB to SATA using MacDrive Pro. I can get the drive to drop into shell with single user mode when I boot the drive.
Can I mount a USB drive or something to copy data off?
I tried /usr/sbin/diskutil mount but I got a framework not being available due to single-user mode.
How can I back the data up?
A: You may also want to consider the Recovery partition if it's accessible. Use CMD+R at boot to launch into Recovery mode. This would let you mount a USB stick or even a network connection to transfer files.
If you do have another computer available, you could boot this Mac into Target Disk Mode by holding the "T" key down at boot when you see the Apple logo. This would allow you to then use the FireWire or Thunderbolt connection to plug your computer into another as a disk drive.
| Q: Single-user mode, data recovery, mount usb I have a crashed hard drive. I had no luck with a USB to SATA using MacDrive Pro. I can get the drive to drop into shell with single user mode when I boot the drive.
Can I mount a USB drive or something to copy data off?
I tried /usr/sbin/diskutil mount but I got a framework not being available due to single-user mode.
How can I back the data up?
A: You may also want to consider the Recovery partition if it's accessible. Use CMD+R at boot to launch into Recovery mode. This would let you mount a USB stick or even a network connection to transfer files.
If you do have another computer available, you could boot this Mac into Target Disk Mode by holding the "T" key down at boot when you see the Apple logo. This would allow you to then use the FireWire or Thunderbolt connection to plug your computer into another as a disk drive.
A: Yes you can manually mount drives while in single user mode. This guy has a pretty good write up. Note that you may have to call some bins via absolute paths (for example /usr/bin/rsync)
http://alvinalexander.com/mac-os-x/mac-osx-single-user-mode-usb-drive
A: Forgive me if I don't fully understand but the drive that has died is the boot drive which contains the data and is what you are using to access single user mode correct?
If that is the case, see if you can get another computer to create a USB boot drive and connect that to your Mac and boot from it by holding the "Option" key ⌥ when the apple logo appears and selecting the drive (on new systems select "UEFI").
From there you can try some terminal commands to try and recover your data, or if you have an external drive handy you can install Mac onto it and boot from that. From there you have the entire Mac operating system to recover your data from the drive with a fully functioning disk utility with GUI obviously.
Hope this helps and good luck!
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7c23a4e803940b3e58e32650911f17d659c48a21 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Activity Monitor confusion I have two java programs that run forever until I terminate the process, I start both at once using a script....
Cobrakai$more startCapture
nohup startCaptureA.sh &
nohup startCaptureB.sh &
Cobrakai$more startCaptureA.sh
cd ~/Dropbox/Eclipse/workspace/com.tmc.personal.screencapture/bin
java com/tmc/personal/ScreenCapture
Cobrakai$more startCaptureB.sh
cd ~/Dropbox/Eclipse/workspace/com.tmc.personal.screencapture/bin
java com/tmc/personal/ActiveWindowCapture
They both continue to run, I can see the output they generate (they write to a file each), and I can see them in 'ps':
Cobrakai$ps x | grep Capture | grep java
1137 s000 S 0:12.13 /usr/bin/java com/tmc/personal/ScreenCapture
1138 s000 S 0:05.17 /usr/bin/java com/tmc/personal/ActiveWindowCapture
Cobrakai$
But when I open Activity Monitor, I can see that 'ScreenCapture' is running (and taking 96MB of memory)
But 'ActiveWindowCapture' does not appear at all...
Can someone tell me why it's not appearing? I'm deeply lost...
EDIT - following (sensible) suggestion from the comments, I tried just starting ActiveWindowManager
Cobrakai$killall java
Cobrakai$ps x | grep Capture | grep java
[1]- Exit 143 nohup startCaptureB.sh
[2]+ Exit 143 nohup startCaptureA.sh
Cobrakai$nohup startCaptureB.sh &
[1] 3070
Cobrakai$appending output to nohup.out
Cobrakai$ps x | grep Capture | grep java
3071 s000 S 0:00.23 /usr/bin/java com/tmc/personal/ActiveWindowCapture
Cobrakai$
But still nothing in the Activity Monitor...:s
| Q: Activity Monitor confusion I have two java programs that run forever until I terminate the process, I start both at once using a script....
Cobrakai$more startCapture
nohup startCaptureA.sh &
nohup startCaptureB.sh &
Cobrakai$more startCaptureA.sh
cd ~/Dropbox/Eclipse/workspace/com.tmc.personal.screencapture/bin
java com/tmc/personal/ScreenCapture
Cobrakai$more startCaptureB.sh
cd ~/Dropbox/Eclipse/workspace/com.tmc.personal.screencapture/bin
java com/tmc/personal/ActiveWindowCapture
They both continue to run, I can see the output they generate (they write to a file each), and I can see them in 'ps':
Cobrakai$ps x | grep Capture | grep java
1137 s000 S 0:12.13 /usr/bin/java com/tmc/personal/ScreenCapture
1138 s000 S 0:05.17 /usr/bin/java com/tmc/personal/ActiveWindowCapture
Cobrakai$
But when I open Activity Monitor, I can see that 'ScreenCapture' is running (and taking 96MB of memory)
But 'ActiveWindowCapture' does not appear at all...
Can someone tell me why it's not appearing? I'm deeply lost...
EDIT - following (sensible) suggestion from the comments, I tried just starting ActiveWindowManager
Cobrakai$killall java
Cobrakai$ps x | grep Capture | grep java
[1]- Exit 143 nohup startCaptureB.sh
[2]+ Exit 143 nohup startCaptureA.sh
Cobrakai$nohup startCaptureB.sh &
[1] 3070
Cobrakai$appending output to nohup.out
Cobrakai$ps x | grep Capture | grep java
3071 s000 S 0:00.23 /usr/bin/java com/tmc/personal/ActiveWindowCapture
Cobrakai$
But still nothing in the Activity Monitor...:s
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033bfbbe7c3feb0ff9fa5821d8aaa02b28cbdcb4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iterm - what's the key-combo to switch panes? I've learned how to split my terminal windows with apple-d and apple-shift-d. Its very useful.
How do I then switch between the two panes (see below) using the keyboard?
I know I can use the mouse but would like to know if there's a key combo to do it.
A: ⌘+⌥+←/↑/→/↓ will let you navigate split panes in the direction of the arrow, i.e. when using ⌘+D to split panes vertically, ⌘+⌥+← and ⌘+⌥+→ will let you switch between the panes.
Note: ⌥ is the [alt] key
| Q: iterm - what's the key-combo to switch panes? I've learned how to split my terminal windows with apple-d and apple-shift-d. Its very useful.
How do I then switch between the two panes (see below) using the keyboard?
I know I can use the mouse but would like to know if there's a key combo to do it.
A: ⌘+⌥+←/↑/→/↓ will let you navigate split panes in the direction of the arrow, i.e. when using ⌘+D to split panes vertically, ⌘+⌥+← and ⌘+⌥+→ will let you switch between the panes.
Note: ⌥ is the [alt] key
A: Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts for iTerm navigation:
*
*⌘+← and ⌘+→ navigates among tabs.
*⌘+[number] navigates directly to a tab.
*⌘+⌥+[number] navigates directly to a window.
*⌘+⌥+←/↑/→/↓ navigates among split panes.
*⌘+] and ⌘+[ navigates among split panes in order of use.
A: I often find it easier to map Cmd+"number" to one of the panes. You can do this by pressing Cmd+, to navigate the iTerm Preferences, then go to Keys > Navigation shortcuts. In "Shortcut to choose a split pane", choose Cmd+"number". Then if you have three panes, you can navigate to each of them with Cmd+1, Cmd+2, and Cmd+3 respectively.
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68235a8af98cf3d640757a47d7239858f6994ae3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to redirect MacBook Pro audio to my TV? I just connected my MacBook Pro 2013 to my TV using HDMI. The visuals are working, but the TV does not get the audio from my MacBook. How can I redirect the audio from my MacBook to my TV?
A: Hold the Option key and click on the Volume/Sound icon on your Menu Bar. When you're connected via HDMI, you should have an option show in the local menu to select that connection to feed the audio through rather than the standard audio output.
| Q: How to redirect MacBook Pro audio to my TV? I just connected my MacBook Pro 2013 to my TV using HDMI. The visuals are working, but the TV does not get the audio from my MacBook. How can I redirect the audio from my MacBook to my TV?
A: Hold the Option key and click on the Volume/Sound icon on your Menu Bar. When you're connected via HDMI, you should have an option show in the local menu to select that connection to feed the audio through rather than the standard audio output.
A: If you've removed the Sound menu bar item, you can also change the output device through System Preferences → Sound → Output. There, you can change it by selecting it from the list.
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5c1e9dda560f98f63cbe7c6a489c9ebee1d114d8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a music app that lets me start/pause playback by tapping anywhere on screen? I'm looking for an iOS app where, once the music is playing, I can touch anywhere on the screen to pause it, and then start it again.
A: The CarTunes Music Player app does what you need - there are no buttons, just taps and swipes for all music controls.
Tapping is play/ pause, swiping is next/ previous track etc. Even volume can be adjusted by holding and dragging up/ down.
The app is not free at the moment but does fluctuate in price and is sometimes even free, as can be seen in the App Activity sidebar on App Shopper
| Q: Is there a music app that lets me start/pause playback by tapping anywhere on screen? I'm looking for an iOS app where, once the music is playing, I can touch anywhere on the screen to pause it, and then start it again.
A: The CarTunes Music Player app does what you need - there are no buttons, just taps and swipes for all music controls.
Tapping is play/ pause, swiping is next/ previous track etc. Even volume can be adjusted by holding and dragging up/ down.
The app is not free at the moment but does fluctuate in price and is sometimes even free, as can be seen in the App Activity sidebar on App Shopper
A: Beat Music Player is free at the moment and uses a double tap anywhere on screen to start/stop music
LeechTunes LT is also free and a single tap starts/stops playback (there is a paid version as well)
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092d7e5820a5291133ce94850cf2ba54ba6f059e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sudo keeps asking for password, despite that NOPASSWD already set The following sudoers configuration used to work well in MacOS 10.8.5, several days ago I upgraded to Mavericks, NOPASSWD flag does not seem to work anymore:
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
howard ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
Mavericks' sudo still asks for entering password.
Is there any resolution/workaround?
A: The group entry %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL seems to override the user specific entry.
I found moving the user specific entry so that is appears after the group entry fixes this. Maybe sudo parses the entire file and it uses the last matching entry?
Changing your sudoers file to something similar to below should work.
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
howard ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
| Q: Sudo keeps asking for password, despite that NOPASSWD already set The following sudoers configuration used to work well in MacOS 10.8.5, several days ago I upgraded to Mavericks, NOPASSWD flag does not seem to work anymore:
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
howard ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
Mavericks' sudo still asks for entering password.
Is there any resolution/workaround?
A: The group entry %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL seems to override the user specific entry.
I found moving the user specific entry so that is appears after the group entry fixes this. Maybe sudo parses the entire file and it uses the last matching entry?
Changing your sudoers file to something similar to below should work.
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
howard ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
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44e703c76cf63ab0c2f63a5fd214a7e6f3c0adf9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to access /dev/mem in OSX? How I can access /dev/mem (or /dev/kmem, /dev/pmap) equivalent device in OSX?
As far as I know it was removed in some point.
Can I create this node manually somehow or any other way of dumping the physical memory?
See:
*
*Visualization in testing a volatile memory forensic tool
*Kernel Debug Kit OS X
A: I think I got it to work on macOS Sierra! I downloaded comex's project:
Kmem Project
I compiled the kext, fixed the permissions and then loaded it!
Using terminal I went into /dev and ls showed both mem and kmem...
Edit: If you download the project you will just need to change the compiler in Xcode to use the latest ( for example... I don't know if other versions work though... ) For quick access to results I have already made a fork of comex's project which compiles on macOS Sierra! Kmem for Sierra Fork
Again, this is comex's work, not mine, I just changed the compiler setting and uploaded it! :)
| Q: How to access /dev/mem in OSX? How I can access /dev/mem (or /dev/kmem, /dev/pmap) equivalent device in OSX?
As far as I know it was removed in some point.
Can I create this node manually somehow or any other way of dumping the physical memory?
See:
*
*Visualization in testing a volatile memory forensic tool
*Kernel Debug Kit OS X
A: I think I got it to work on macOS Sierra! I downloaded comex's project:
Kmem Project
I compiled the kext, fixed the permissions and then loaded it!
Using terminal I went into /dev and ls showed both mem and kmem...
Edit: If you download the project you will just need to change the compiler in Xcode to use the latest ( for example... I don't know if other versions work though... ) For quick access to results I have already made a fork of comex's project which compiles on macOS Sierra! Kmem for Sierra Fork
Again, this is comex's work, not mine, I just changed the compiler setting and uploaded it! :)
A: According to Accessing Kernel Memory on the x86 Version of Mac OS X, /dev/mem and /dev/kmem were removed when Apple released OS X for Intel processors.
The (excellent) article also explains how to reenable the memory devices, namely using the kmem=1 kernel boot argument.
Note that, as commented below by neal, in macOS 10.15 Catalina (and probably since macOS 10.12 Sierra), NVRAM settings can only be changed when your Mac is booted into recovery mode. To enter Recovery mode, power on your Mac and immediately hold ⌘-R until the logo appears, launch Terminal from the Utilities menu in the menu bar, run:
sudo nvram boot-args="kmem=1"
and reboot. You should see these two devices:
$ ls -l /dev/*mem
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 3, 1 2014-02-28 22:09 /dev/kmem
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 3, 0 2014-02-28 22:09 /dev/mem
(In previous versions of macOS like OS X Mavericks 10.9.2, you can reenable the memory devices within the operating system, so simply launch Terminal, type the command above and reboot.)
If your Mac won't boot or you have any issues, reset the NVRAM by pressing ⌘optionPR and holding the keys down until you hear the startup sound for the second time, as explained in "Resetting NVRAM / PRAM" in KB HT1379 About NVRAM and PRAM.
If you wish to reset the argument, type sudo nvram -d boot-args and check that nvram -p | grep boot-args does not print any results.
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06e2141c2e2abef429012b3f0517c34bf97066da | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the /Developer directory still needed for Xcode in OS X Mavericks? The new Xcode is .app and all the package contents are with it, inside the applications folder. Can I just delete /Developer?
A: As of Xcode 4.3, the /Developer directory is no longer needed.
See: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/Articles/xcode_4_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/1006-SW1
| Q: Is the /Developer directory still needed for Xcode in OS X Mavericks? The new Xcode is .app and all the package contents are with it, inside the applications folder. Can I just delete /Developer?
A: As of Xcode 4.3, the /Developer directory is no longer needed.
See: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/Articles/xcode_4_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/1006-SW1
A: You can delete this folder. The new /Developer is located in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer, so /Developer can be deleted.
A: Xcode prior to 4.3, which is when Apple transitioned to a single repackaged .app for their developer tools, also shipped with an uninstall-devtools command line utility. It takes a look at any receipts of Xcode installs on your system and reports that it's removing things like caches, as well. Invoke as:
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools
to do a complete removal of all pre-4.3 Xcode remnants on your system.
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27d9b1ee7124a982298f6116c83abae8a701c3dc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: External monitor has no signal on first boot — Mac must be rebooted I'm on a Mac Pro running OS X 10.9 with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB, and I'm using a BenQ E2420HD as a monitor.
The Problem: Every day I start my Mac in the morning, and every day the monitor has no signal the first time I start the computer. The only thing that works is to shut the Mac Pro off by holding the power button down for a few seconds. As I start it for the second time, the monitor gets a signal and everything works. That happens every day and it's very bothering, and probably also bad for the Mac Pro.
*
*I tried plugging the monitor cable out and in again and manually setting the input in the monitor menu — not working.
*I also reset the SMC and NVRAM — nothing changed.
*I had the monitor connected via DVI-DVI and then changed to HDMI-MiniDisplayPort because I thought that might help — nope.
This problem occurred in OS X 10.8 as well as it does now in 10.9. It's very frustrating!
| Q: External monitor has no signal on first boot — Mac must be rebooted I'm on a Mac Pro running OS X 10.9 with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB, and I'm using a BenQ E2420HD as a monitor.
The Problem: Every day I start my Mac in the morning, and every day the monitor has no signal the first time I start the computer. The only thing that works is to shut the Mac Pro off by holding the power button down for a few seconds. As I start it for the second time, the monitor gets a signal and everything works. That happens every day and it's very bothering, and probably also bad for the Mac Pro.
*
*I tried plugging the monitor cable out and in again and manually setting the input in the monitor menu — not working.
*I also reset the SMC and NVRAM — nothing changed.
*I had the monitor connected via DVI-DVI and then changed to HDMI-MiniDisplayPort because I thought that might help — nope.
This problem occurred in OS X 10.8 as well as it does now in 10.9. It's very frustrating!
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0a1c062b64e063b74c0eb4a387cdfb5749d75949 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Removing a Word From the Spellcheck Dictionary Somehow, the word procede has made its way into my OS X system as a correctly spelled word. If I type it in Text Edit, BBEdit, or Mail, the spell checker will not mark it with red underlines.
How can I fix this? That is, how can I have my system correctly flag this word as incorrect spelled? The word does not appear in my
~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary
file. My system has no files in
/Library/Spelling
I've stared at the spelling and grammar options in multiple applications and don't see any obvious ways to tell the system to remove a word from the dictionary.
A: Whilst many words are in ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary, there's also words contained in the localisation that you are currently in, such as en or en_GB.
Try looking in such files for the word. You can find which file it's in using the following Terminal command:
grep -lr "procede" ~/Library/Spelling/
| Q: Removing a Word From the Spellcheck Dictionary Somehow, the word procede has made its way into my OS X system as a correctly spelled word. If I type it in Text Edit, BBEdit, or Mail, the spell checker will not mark it with red underlines.
How can I fix this? That is, how can I have my system correctly flag this word as incorrect spelled? The word does not appear in my
~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary
file. My system has no files in
/Library/Spelling
I've stared at the spelling and grammar options in multiple applications and don't see any obvious ways to tell the system to remove a word from the dictionary.
A: Whilst many words are in ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary, there's also words contained in the localisation that you are currently in, such as en or en_GB.
Try looking in such files for the word. You can find which file it's in using the following Terminal command:
grep -lr "procede" ~/Library/Spelling/
A: Open up TextEdit. If not presented with an “Open…” dialog, select “Open File…” from the “File” menu or press ⌘O (an oh, not a zero). Press ⇧⌘G then copy ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary and paste that text into the location panel; click "Go" or press enter, then press enter again or click "Open". You should be presented with a series of “learned words”, one per line.
Edit to your satisfaction. I took an opportunity to add many of my project names; all odd-looking nouns like cinje and korcu… When done, save the file if needed, and close.
Open up your Terminal.app. (Via Spotlight is easiest, or you'll find it in /Applications/Utilities via Finder.) Enter the following and press return:
ps x | grep Spell
You should see something similar to the following on your screen, don't worry if yours is missing the grep line:
53535 ?? S 0:02.68 /System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents/MacOS/AppleSpell
70766 s002 R+ 0:00.00 grep --colour Spell
The first number on the line containing the reference to AppleSpell.service from your own output you'll need to remember for the next command:
kill -HUP 53535
Replacing 53535 with your own number. This instructs the "spelling service" to "hang up" and reload its configuration and data files, making the changes you made to the data file effective.
A: I'm still not sure what the ultimate reason for this is, but I was able to fix this problem by going to
Edit -> Spelling -> Show Spelling Panel
and changing the selected dictionary from Automatic By Language to U.S. English.
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173e83124b55f6909f6b735d607785997600df20 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable private browsing in Safari One of my friends has a child who is being overly sneaky online (imagine that). She wants to disable the ability for her child to select "Private Browsing" in Safari. In her opinion, Parental Controls are too limiting for a teenager, but Private Browsing is too permissive. Is there a terminal command or other way to do this on OS X?
(Of note: I did see the trick of using Interface Builder to edit the NIB file to delete the option from the Safari Menu, but I think it would be beyond her tech ability to perform those steps. I also doubt she'd want to install Xcode).
Thanks for you help!
A: I could suggest something more evil :
Enable parental controls and use the logs !
Someone on Apple Support asked if private browsing disabled logging. It appears no, the parents controls will still log the websites. Even if the sneaky kids enable the private browsing, the logs will spill the beans !
| Q: How do I disable private browsing in Safari One of my friends has a child who is being overly sneaky online (imagine that). She wants to disable the ability for her child to select "Private Browsing" in Safari. In her opinion, Parental Controls are too limiting for a teenager, but Private Browsing is too permissive. Is there a terminal command or other way to do this on OS X?
(Of note: I did see the trick of using Interface Builder to edit the NIB file to delete the option from the Safari Menu, but I think it would be beyond her tech ability to perform those steps. I also doubt she'd want to install Xcode).
Thanks for you help!
A: I could suggest something more evil :
Enable parental controls and use the logs !
Someone on Apple Support asked if private browsing disabled logging. It appears no, the parents controls will still log the websites. Even if the sneaky kids enable the private browsing, the logs will spill the beans !
A: If logging isn't practical or you want to be more proactive and prevent Private Browsing from being accessible in the first place, it is possible (though not a short process) to disable Private Browsing if you are willing to mess with Safari's internal files.
Note that macOS 10.12+ will not allow you to modify, overwrite, or delete Safari. You can make the following modifications to a copy of Safari and put that version in the Dock, but the original Safari will still need to exist in the Applications folder.
Install the necessary files
*
*Install Xcode (available in the App Store)
*Download a zip file of Nib-Decompiler from GitHub (or clone the repository if you know how to do that)
*Open the NibDecompiler.xcodeproj Xcode project in Xcode
*Compile the project. This will produce a file named NibDecompiler.action. You can now close the project.
*Copy NibDecompiler.action into ~/Library/Automator*
*From your download, copy NibDecompiler.workflow into ~/Library/Services*
Remove the "New Private Window" option from the menu bar
Note that this involves editing the Safari internal files. You will need to redo these steps every time you update Safari.
*
*Go to Safari in the Finder and right-click "Show Package Contents"
*This will open the app as if it were a folder. Go to Contents, then Resources, then Base.lproj folder.
*Find MainMenu.nib. Copy it outside of the package somewhere (like the Desktop).
*Right-click on the file and choose "NibDecompiler". The file will be made editable.
*Open the file in Xcode (should be double-clickable)
*In the window with the Safari menu, choose "Safari" to expand it.
*Click on the "New Private Window" menu item.
*Hit the delete key to see it disappear.
*Save the file.
*Back in the Base.lproj folder of the Safari app, make a copy MainMenu.nib just in case something goes wrong and you need to restore it.
*Copy your edited MainMenu.nib to Base.lproj, overwriting the existing one.
*Open Safari to make sure that it still opens (if it doesn't, restore your original MainMenu.nib file).
*(Optional) If everything works, you may delete the backup MainMenu.nib if you so choose.
By removing the "New Private Window" menu item from the menu bar, they will not be able to enter private browsing. Additionally, keyboard shortcuts are tied to menu items, so that's disabled too.
* ~ means your user home directory. Library is a hidden folder that isn't visible when you navigate to the home directory. You can get to this folder in the Finder by going to the "Go" menu and choosing "Connect to Folder…", then typing in ~/Library. You will then see the folders you need to copy files to.
Instructions copied from this MacRumors forum thread, updated for Safari 9 in this post.
A: Click on Safari. Click on Preferences. Click on General. Go to first choice "Safari opens with" select "a new window". Mine was selected on the choice of "Safari opens with" "a new private window". This had been driving me crazy for a month.
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5741d1f72cf274e2590985cf692112ff5bd289a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using Hazel or AppleScript to Convert Word to PDF I use Hazel to sort and rename files. I would like to use Hazel to automatically convert Word docs to PDF. I think this best way to do this is with AppleScript. I have searched extensively online, but have been unable to find an AppleScript that works for me.
Does any have an AppleScript that will simple convert the Word file (doc and docx) to PDF? Or is there an alternative way to do it with Hazel?
A: This AppleScript should do what you want:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15180576#15180576
You would need to have Word running, however, for this to work. It's not my code but I just tried it out as a service in Automator with 10.9 and Office 2011 and it works both with a single and multiple Word docs.
I suppose using the actual Word app is the only way to ensure correct layout but using a command-line Word-to-PDF converter could be done, too.
| Q: Using Hazel or AppleScript to Convert Word to PDF I use Hazel to sort and rename files. I would like to use Hazel to automatically convert Word docs to PDF. I think this best way to do this is with AppleScript. I have searched extensively online, but have been unable to find an AppleScript that works for me.
Does any have an AppleScript that will simple convert the Word file (doc and docx) to PDF? Or is there an alternative way to do it with Hazel?
A: This AppleScript should do what you want:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15180576#15180576
You would need to have Word running, however, for this to work. It's not my code but I just tried it out as a service in Automator with 10.9 and Office 2011 and it works both with a single and multiple Word docs.
I suppose using the actual Word app is the only way to ensure correct layout but using a command-line Word-to-PDF converter could be done, too.
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01abcbd1a342ebb0d9a95bca7bb834ec8b58dab6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the font the battery percentage uses? A bit of a stupid question, but what is the font the battery percentage (pictured below) in OS X uses?
It is not the standard font you can get by calling [NSFont menuBarFontOfSize:0], I have noticed.
A: It's very likely to be Lucida Grande 13pt (It's the system default font).
| Q: What is the font the battery percentage uses? A bit of a stupid question, but what is the font the battery percentage (pictured below) in OS X uses?
It is not the standard font you can get by calling [NSFont menuBarFontOfSize:0], I have noticed.
A: It's very likely to be Lucida Grande 13pt (It's the system default font).
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9d09df146da1922e409b1efcc72ff3649e3ad025 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Opening text files from finder: Unable to find application Since I updated my OSX to version 10.9.1 I am unable to open text files from the Finder.
I always opened the files with the default TextEditor. I've tried to change the default application from TextEditor to Sublime Text 2, which results in exactly the same error:
"Unable to find the application"
When I open TextEditor or Sublime Text 2 I can successfully open the file and view it's contents.
Is there a way to fix this problem?
A: Try setting the default app to open .txt files using Get Info
*
*Left click a text file
*Choose "Get Info"
*Under "Open with:" choose the app you want to use as the default
*Click "Change All..."
*Click "Continue"
| Q: Opening text files from finder: Unable to find application Since I updated my OSX to version 10.9.1 I am unable to open text files from the Finder.
I always opened the files with the default TextEditor. I've tried to change the default application from TextEditor to Sublime Text 2, which results in exactly the same error:
"Unable to find the application"
When I open TextEditor or Sublime Text 2 I can successfully open the file and view it's contents.
Is there a way to fix this problem?
A: Try setting the default app to open .txt files using Get Info
*
*Left click a text file
*Choose "Get Info"
*Under "Open with:" choose the app you want to use as the default
*Click "Change All..."
*Click "Continue"
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70d84b3137ddfd9a86d3b2a684a8f3d5305e020f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change default alert sound from terminal in Mac OSX The version of Mac OS X being used is 10.8.5.
When I click the back button on an empty terminal windows if give a alert sound which is the 'Funk' sound in the System Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Effects
I tried going to the Terminal Preferences -> Settings -> Advanced where there is a checkbox for turning the Audible/Visual Bell but not change the audible bell.
Can this sound be changed to anything else in the Sound Effects list like Submarine, Tink etc.
A: It looks like for macOS Sierra you simply need to change the Alert Sound under the Sound System Preferences (System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects).
| Q: Change default alert sound from terminal in Mac OSX The version of Mac OS X being used is 10.8.5.
When I click the back button on an empty terminal windows if give a alert sound which is the 'Funk' sound in the System Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Effects
I tried going to the Terminal Preferences -> Settings -> Advanced where there is a checkbox for turning the Audible/Visual Bell but not change the audible bell.
Can this sound be changed to anything else in the Sound Effects list like Submarine, Tink etc.
A: It looks like for macOS Sierra you simply need to change the Alert Sound under the Sound System Preferences (System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects).
A: In Sierra:
defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.sound.beep.sound /System/Library/Sounds/Submarine.aiff
A: I don't know how to make Terminal use a different alert sound, but if others search for how to change the OS X-wide alert sound from a script, change the com.apple.sound.beep.sound key in the com.apple.systemsound domain:
defaults write com.apple.systemsound com.apple.sound.beep.sound /System/Library/Sounds/Frog.aiff
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ebd81441546a3edf2f8d7d58f853b0b12f5fcf14 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Numbers no longer opens .xls spreadsheet I have very recently converted to a MacBook Air from a PC and have a 1.3mb .xls file which 1 week ago Numbers happily opened, edited and saved in its own format.
Today, when I opened it it was corrupted. So I have been trying to open the original .xls file again and the Numbers message is simply 'the file will not open'. No explanation, no clues as to why.
I can still open another (very much smaller and simpler) .xls file but don't know what to do next...
A: I would say both files have somehow become corrupted and Numbers cannot recover from the errors.
I would try to restore the original file from a TimeMachine backup if you have one. If not this would be a good time to set up a TimeMachine backup, very very easy to do with a Mac and OS X.
I would also try opening the original xls file in OpenOffice or LibreOffice both of which are free.
| Q: Numbers no longer opens .xls spreadsheet I have very recently converted to a MacBook Air from a PC and have a 1.3mb .xls file which 1 week ago Numbers happily opened, edited and saved in its own format.
Today, when I opened it it was corrupted. So I have been trying to open the original .xls file again and the Numbers message is simply 'the file will not open'. No explanation, no clues as to why.
I can still open another (very much smaller and simpler) .xls file but don't know what to do next...
A: I would say both files have somehow become corrupted and Numbers cannot recover from the errors.
I would try to restore the original file from a TimeMachine backup if you have one. If not this would be a good time to set up a TimeMachine backup, very very easy to do with a Mac and OS X.
I would also try opening the original xls file in OpenOffice or LibreOffice both of which are free.
A: My imperfect solution was to open up the XLS file in an old version of Numbers and then copy and pasted it into the current version. Total PITA but works.
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150763ca2b83866530bd0c0268704d49ae0dc3dd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Simple electronics circuit simulation software for Mac I want to learn how basic electronic components work and test some basic sensor output etc. My circuits are really simple so i don't need any fancy stuff.
I think MacSpice is CLI so it's too hard for me, i really need GUI app since i know hardly nothing about electronic circuits.
Which app lists electronic components with real names like "resistor 200" and don't use cryptic component codes which are hard to newbie?
A: This is one of a kind App http://icircuitapp.com/
It has IPad app as well. with simulation capablities
| Q: Simple electronics circuit simulation software for Mac I want to learn how basic electronic components work and test some basic sensor output etc. My circuits are really simple so i don't need any fancy stuff.
I think MacSpice is CLI so it's too hard for me, i really need GUI app since i know hardly nothing about electronic circuits.
Which app lists electronic components with real names like "resistor 200" and don't use cryptic component codes which are hard to newbie?
A: This is one of a kind App http://icircuitapp.com/
It has IPad app as well. with simulation capablities
A: Try:
https://github.com/hneemann/Digital/blob/master/README.md
Works on my Mac great, it is similar to the Logisim program for Windows.
A: Qucs describes itself as a circuit simulator with a GUI. It is free and available from SourceForge. The project is active and under development for updates. The link here lists about 10 circuit simulation programs for the mac. The list is a couple of years old but the good simulations should still be available. This link lists about 15 simulators for the mac.
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eedd096dc73317cbbb7f4f11a687578d4e3ec749 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacOSX Maverick 10.9 - How do I stretch a window across both of my dual screens on my dual screen setup? I have two monitors on my Mac. I have just installed Maverick and I notice I can no longer stretch a window from the screen on my left to the screen on my right. Mac OSX Maverick 10.9 seems to pick one screen and it does not show the stretched window on the other screen anymore.
This is a problem because I like to use one particular program (VMWareFusion) to do my software development in full screen mode. No longer can I see my guest operating system in both screens anymore when I full screen it because of this problem... at least that is my hypothesis.
A: I haven't tested it myself, but according to John Siracusa's review at ars, if you disable the "Displays have separate Spaces" checkbox in the Mission Control preference pane, the old behavior (including ability to split a window between displays) returns.
| Q: MacOSX Maverick 10.9 - How do I stretch a window across both of my dual screens on my dual screen setup? I have two monitors on my Mac. I have just installed Maverick and I notice I can no longer stretch a window from the screen on my left to the screen on my right. Mac OSX Maverick 10.9 seems to pick one screen and it does not show the stretched window on the other screen anymore.
This is a problem because I like to use one particular program (VMWareFusion) to do my software development in full screen mode. No longer can I see my guest operating system in both screens anymore when I full screen it because of this problem... at least that is my hypothesis.
A: I haven't tested it myself, but according to John Siracusa's review at ars, if you disable the "Displays have separate Spaces" checkbox in the Mission Control preference pane, the old behavior (including ability to split a window between displays) returns.
A: I had this same issue and I just couldn't figure out what to do. After searching and searching, I finally found out what to do and I created a YouTube video showing the simple steps. Let me know if you this is the same issue you had.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnR98GOGtng
A: If you would like the best of both worlds you could use the third party application called SecondBar: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33264/secondbar
after changing the "Displays have separate Spaces" checkbox in the Mission Control preference pane
A: Gordon is correct (I tested it because I am not happy about the new behavior), but doing so disables some of the new features, such as having the correct menu bar on both screens. So you don't seem to be able to have the best of both worlds. Also, minor correction to user1887686, you don't need to reboot, you just have to logout and log back in.
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629ccd968682fed2c5cce813a02c84928e1cc606 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Backup iPad to SD card I would like to never worry about losing any of my data while I'm traveling, away from an internet connection and at risk of losing or damaging my iPad.
Is there an app on Cydia or otherwise that will backup a complete 1-1 copy (or archive) of my iPad's files such that it can be easily restored and just as easily browsed on a PC to find a particular file?
Obviously the app should only copy files that have changed since last backup.
This is of course assuming I'm using the Camera Connection Kit with an SD card.
| Q: Backup iPad to SD card I would like to never worry about losing any of my data while I'm traveling, away from an internet connection and at risk of losing or damaging my iPad.
Is there an app on Cydia or otherwise that will backup a complete 1-1 copy (or archive) of my iPad's files such that it can be easily restored and just as easily browsed on a PC to find a particular file?
Obviously the app should only copy files that have changed since last backup.
This is of course assuming I'm using the Camera Connection Kit with an SD card.
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aa6585ea59bc41a0b24a804d22538eea5e43fd90 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is this possible to link the value to a database in Apple's iWork suite? For example, I would like to make a Pages document that has a value that's linked to the company information and Keynotes and Numbers as well. So, when our company information changes, all the reference value can be changed. Is this possible to do? If not, does any office suite have this ability?
A: In any program to find out what fields/data can be inserted at a given point look for the menu item "Insert" if there is one you will see under that menu diffent types of data that can be inserted. I pages you can "Insert" any of the information from the Addressbook. In numbers it is much more limited.
AppleScript is most probley to best solution for other data and the apps you ask about.
Better app's for this sort of thing are OpenOffice and MS-Office.
| Q: Is this possible to link the value to a database in Apple's iWork suite? For example, I would like to make a Pages document that has a value that's linked to the company information and Keynotes and Numbers as well. So, when our company information changes, all the reference value can be changed. Is this possible to do? If not, does any office suite have this ability?
A: In any program to find out what fields/data can be inserted at a given point look for the menu item "Insert" if there is one you will see under that menu diffent types of data that can be inserted. I pages you can "Insert" any of the information from the Addressbook. In numbers it is much more limited.
AppleScript is most probley to best solution for other data and the apps you ask about.
Better app's for this sort of thing are OpenOffice and MS-Office.
A: The closest Pages offers is to merge data automatically from the address book or a Numbers document. See Pages '09: Merging Data from Address Book or a Numbers Document
One approach may be to edit the master template files and see if changes are retrospectively applied to existing documents.
A: Google Docs has this functionality, though:
*
*That's probably not an answer you wanted to hear
*There isn't an already-made perfect solution for what you want to do
With Google Docs, all the functionality required is visible and there to be moulded, there are even online programming tools and hundreds of pages of documentation to go along with them.
Here's an example of work that may get you 80% of the way there:
DocumentMerge is an add-on for Google Docs that allows you to make a document that uses template-like codewords that are then replaced with data from a Google Spreadsheet.
You can then use Zapier to connect any database to a Google spreadsheet.
If none of the currently available solutions fit, it's feasible to have a new add-on created that does exactly what you're looking for.
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d677d7f9fb287ec184f13753e499bbfc2fae6f45 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: View SSL/TLS certificate in Safari 5+ when no padlock icon shown According to Apple,
With Safari 5 through 5.1.7, a lock icon appears near the top right
corner [only] if all of the webpage's content uses a secure connection.
That's all very well, but normally to view the SSL/TLS certificate for a webpage serving content over HTTPS, one would click the padlock icon.
Because the icon is not present on pages that serve only some of their content over SSL/TLS, there ought to be another way to view the certificate, but what is it?
A: Recent versions of Safari do not appear to display the lock icon or certificate unless all content loaded by the page is https. For example, if the page URL is https but it loads a JavaScript file via http, no lock icon.
The only workaround I've found so far is to run the openssl command in Terminal, like this:
echo ^d | openssl s_client -connect host.example.com:443
This will show you the certificate chain back to whatever root authority is used to sign, if any. "verify error" will show things like "self signed certificate".
| Q: View SSL/TLS certificate in Safari 5+ when no padlock icon shown According to Apple,
With Safari 5 through 5.1.7, a lock icon appears near the top right
corner [only] if all of the webpage's content uses a secure connection.
That's all very well, but normally to view the SSL/TLS certificate for a webpage serving content over HTTPS, one would click the padlock icon.
Because the icon is not present on pages that serve only some of their content over SSL/TLS, there ought to be another way to view the certificate, but what is it?
A: Recent versions of Safari do not appear to display the lock icon or certificate unless all content loaded by the page is https. For example, if the page URL is https but it loads a JavaScript file via http, no lock icon.
The only workaround I've found so far is to run the openssl command in Terminal, like this:
echo ^d | openssl s_client -connect host.example.com:443
This will show you the certificate chain back to whatever root authority is used to sign, if any. "verify error" will show things like "self signed certificate".
A: If you request a single asset, such as an image on the site, over HTTPS then Safari will show you the padlock.
For example, choose an image on the page you are looking at, Ctrl-click/Right-click the image, choose to view that image in a new Tab. In the new tab the content you are viewing isn't mixed because it is a single element and Safari will show you the padlock.
A: I ended up using a different browser for that purpose.
Firefox or Chrome.
OT: It's a shame that this is still an issue in 2021.
A: If a website is serving some content over HTTPS and some over HTTP then you shouldn't trust it. It's that simple. It doesn't matter what certificate it is using for the secure parts.
If part of the content is being loaded over an insecure connection then you don't know if it has been interfered with, and you don't know if it is interfering with the securely delivered parts.
There are various security experts who write on this subject. Troy Hunt is one who springs to mind right now. You can find a pertinent article here and others on related topics here.
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44c59d2bf9b023c75837e9973a5a1ceae916f1e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X 10.9 crashes after Xcode 3 installation I've tried to install Xcode 3.2 on my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9, but during the installation (when it's almost finished) OS X had a kernel panic and keeps crashing immediately after login.
Xcode 3 is required to build Android 2.3 from the source code. How to fix it?
A: Why not just install the latest version of Xcode?
Xcode 3.2 was originally released all the way back in 2009 and since it's a very technical product by nature, it's not really a surprise that it crashes on a OS that was released 5 years later.
If you really, really need v. 3.2, I'd suggest looking into virtualization (Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion are popular choices). You could then install Leopard (10.5) and Xcode 3.2 and compile via the virtual machine.
| Q: OS X 10.9 crashes after Xcode 3 installation I've tried to install Xcode 3.2 on my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9, but during the installation (when it's almost finished) OS X had a kernel panic and keeps crashing immediately after login.
Xcode 3 is required to build Android 2.3 from the source code. How to fix it?
A: Why not just install the latest version of Xcode?
Xcode 3.2 was originally released all the way back in 2009 and since it's a very technical product by nature, it's not really a surprise that it crashes on a OS that was released 5 years later.
If you really, really need v. 3.2, I'd suggest looking into virtualization (Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion are popular choices). You could then install Leopard (10.5) and Xcode 3.2 and compile via the virtual machine.
A: Xcode 3 shouldn't install on Mavericks, and if it does it definitely isn't supported by Apple.
To avoid the login crash try entering your login credentials, and immediately after pressing return, hold down the shift key to prevent anything from loading. IF that doesn't stop the kernel panic, then you will need to wipe, reinstall, and resort from your Time Machine backup.
The best bet for using Xcode 3 is to dedicate an old machine to running an OS that supports Xcode 3. From my notes it looks like that would Snow Leopard (10.6). Another alternative is, if your Mavericks machine is old enough to run 10.6, install that on a partition or a dedicated hard drive. I stopped working for a company this year that was still using Xcode 3 as the official compiler for release builds.
A: I agree with the other posts; installing down-level variants of Xcode on Mavericks is unfortunately a recipe for pain.
Better option than install a dedicated machine, why not run an OSX VM in Parallels / Fusion? At that point, to be honest you would be better off running a Linux VM and compiling from there - is there any reason why you can't do this?
A: I've solved this problem.
*
*Reboot to the recovery
*Mount system disk
*Open Terminal
*Go to /System/Library/Extensions/
*Remove every kext, containing "CHUD" in its name
*Remove AppleProfileFamily.kext
*Done.
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a64f83aaf6254461108c15dc0b0f94ea7db1bebe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can you sync "learned spellings" between Macs OSX always tries to autocorrect the the unix commands that I save into my note taking application.
To prevent this, I right click and tell OSX to "Learn Spelling".
Is there a way to teach this spelling to all my Mac's? Ideally using iCloud or dropbox.
A: The spellings are located in various files in ~/Library/Spelling. Namely, LocalDictionary and various localisation files such as en_GB. You can sync this entire folder using a sync method of your choice.
*
*To sync via iCloud, symlink the folder to/from a folder in ~/Library/Mobile Documents.
*To sync via Dropbox, symlink the folder to/from a folder in your Dropbox.
| Q: How can you sync "learned spellings" between Macs OSX always tries to autocorrect the the unix commands that I save into my note taking application.
To prevent this, I right click and tell OSX to "Learn Spelling".
Is there a way to teach this spelling to all my Mac's? Ideally using iCloud or dropbox.
A: The spellings are located in various files in ~/Library/Spelling. Namely, LocalDictionary and various localisation files such as en_GB. You can sync this entire folder using a sync method of your choice.
*
*To sync via iCloud, symlink the folder to/from a folder in ~/Library/Mobile Documents.
*To sync via Dropbox, symlink the folder to/from a folder in your Dropbox.
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a4843bcda721daa5b224f19e194279d3a33ea4a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to access Time Machine without the access password? I have an older 2TB Apple Time Machine with years of kids photos.
Unfortunately, my wife cannot remember the passcode to get in. We are at a loss as we have tried every password we can think of. We really don't want to loose all these kids pics!
A: You will want to use AirPort Utility to log in to the base station and reset the disk sharing password.
If you can't remember that password, the button on the back of the unit can reset that password to the default value of "private".
| Q: How to access Time Machine without the access password? I have an older 2TB Apple Time Machine with years of kids photos.
Unfortunately, my wife cannot remember the passcode to get in. We are at a loss as we have tried every password we can think of. We really don't want to loose all these kids pics!
A: You will want to use AirPort Utility to log in to the base station and reset the disk sharing password.
If you can't remember that password, the button on the back of the unit can reset that password to the default value of "private".
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ae81e290e3fe247b49ee2c842fad83cb71750bb8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac ignores "Display login window as" setting My Mac mini ignores the "Display login window as" setting. I have it set to "Name and password" but it still displays a "List of users" whenever it reboots.
It is a multi-boot setup. Does OS X for some reason store this setting in the vnram?
Update: When I log out it shows name and password field. But when it comes back from a reboot it shows the list of users instead.
A: Do you have FileVault 2 turned on? The FileVault 2 login screen isn't able to show username and password blanks; only names and icons.
| Q: Mac ignores "Display login window as" setting My Mac mini ignores the "Display login window as" setting. I have it set to "Name and password" but it still displays a "List of users" whenever it reboots.
It is a multi-boot setup. Does OS X for some reason store this setting in the vnram?
Update: When I log out it shows name and password field. But when it comes back from a reboot it shows the list of users instead.
A: Do you have FileVault 2 turned on? The FileVault 2 login screen isn't able to show username and password blanks; only names and icons.
A: basically, login as user displayed, hit the logout button, it should display the user/password blanks, login as the domain user, setup the mobile user, and logout again, user will now show up in the menu.
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0a1213242fbf04ab156e641b0ee586f70c1fba9f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get the FileVault recovery key? I want to mount my (non-bootable) Filevault encrypted drive on Linux. I know the user-facing password to decrypt it, but not the recovery key. From what I've read, I assume that the recovery key is the actual XTS-AES-128 key. Linux can't decrypt the drive with a password, but it can with the AES key. There's obviously a way to obtain the recovery key given the password, since that's done every time you decrypt the drive with a password. Hence I need a way to get this recovery key.
Alternatively, a Filevault driver for Linux would also be a way to mount my encrypted drive.
A: You may be able to use libfvde to access FileVault 2 encrypted drives on Linux.
OS X turns the password for the drive into a derived key by using PBKDF2. That derived key then unlocks the encrypted drive. I'm not aware of a way to display the key.
| Q: How to get the FileVault recovery key? I want to mount my (non-bootable) Filevault encrypted drive on Linux. I know the user-facing password to decrypt it, but not the recovery key. From what I've read, I assume that the recovery key is the actual XTS-AES-128 key. Linux can't decrypt the drive with a password, but it can with the AES key. There's obviously a way to obtain the recovery key given the password, since that's done every time you decrypt the drive with a password. Hence I need a way to get this recovery key.
Alternatively, a Filevault driver for Linux would also be a way to mount my encrypted drive.
A: You may be able to use libfvde to access FileVault 2 encrypted drives on Linux.
OS X turns the password for the drive into a derived key by using PBKDF2. That derived key then unlocks the encrypted drive. I'm not aware of a way to display the key.
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5fc8906695b70267c5e5c7ba659e963e30a0365f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX vs Vim: a war for the Function keys Is there a way to quickly toggle the "use F1, F2, etc as standard function keys" in OSX? I'm a vim user on a MacBook, and I'd like to use at least some of the function keys for vim mappings, but it's a big sacrifice in ease-of-use outside of Vim.
How do most people resolve this?
A: Palua
Palua lets you set the 'standard function keys' setting for individual apps only.
With Palua, you just need one click - or one hotkey - to toggle the mode your Fx keys are.
KeyRemap4Macbook
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<appdef>
<appname>TERMINAL</appname>
<equal>com.apple.Terminal</equal>
</appdef>
<item>
<name>FunctionforF4</name>
<identifier>FunctionforF4</identifier>
<only>TERMINAL</only>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::LAUNCHPAD, KeyCode::F4</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F4, KeyCode::LAUNCHPAD</autogen>
</item>
</root>
For other keys have a look at the key list.
| Q: OSX vs Vim: a war for the Function keys Is there a way to quickly toggle the "use F1, F2, etc as standard function keys" in OSX? I'm a vim user on a MacBook, and I'd like to use at least some of the function keys for vim mappings, but it's a big sacrifice in ease-of-use outside of Vim.
How do most people resolve this?
A: Palua
Palua lets you set the 'standard function keys' setting for individual apps only.
With Palua, you just need one click - or one hotkey - to toggle the mode your Fx keys are.
KeyRemap4Macbook
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<appdef>
<appname>TERMINAL</appname>
<equal>com.apple.Terminal</equal>
</appdef>
<item>
<name>FunctionforF4</name>
<identifier>FunctionforF4</identifier>
<only>TERMINAL</only>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::LAUNCHPAD, KeyCode::F4</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F4, KeyCode::LAUNCHPAD</autogen>
</item>
</root>
For other keys have a look at the key list.
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ae9f7c467c9fa2a842e8fb3015eaa6b6df6690e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Relay calls from one phone to another Does anyone know of an app (on iOS, Android or any platform) that will allow me to place one phone in a part of my house that has good phone signal, and have it relay all calls to another device using my home's WiFi?
A: Yes - handsfree bluetooth accessories will work to extend the range a good 25 or more feet in many cases. You could also rig a wire and have much, much longer extension, but I can't imagine wanting to be wired to the phone and using a handsfree in that manner.
There are many, many mobile base stations that work with all manner of cellular towers and technologies, so those would be my next choice if you can't get the phone close enough to reception for bluetooth to extend the range to your body.
| Q: Relay calls from one phone to another Does anyone know of an app (on iOS, Android or any platform) that will allow me to place one phone in a part of my house that has good phone signal, and have it relay all calls to another device using my home's WiFi?
A: Yes - handsfree bluetooth accessories will work to extend the range a good 25 or more feet in many cases. You could also rig a wire and have much, much longer extension, but I can't imagine wanting to be wired to the phone and using a handsfree in that manner.
There are many, many mobile base stations that work with all manner of cellular towers and technologies, so those would be my next choice if you can't get the phone close enough to reception for bluetooth to extend the range to your body.
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dea6b4cb45adafcde079682957d9f034cae65624 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bash Terminal keeps showing "No such file or directory" at startup
-bash: /Users/MarksMac/Library/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/bin/activate: No
such file or directory
Basically, how do i remove the above error? I am using a mac 10.9.1
I have tried looking up for answers but i still can't solve this. Although it's very simple. Sorry, I'm new to terminal.
A: Check the contents of your ~/.bash_profile, or ~/.bashrc, for anything regarding this.
You can try renaming all three files to something else, then relaunch Terminal. If the problem goes away, put each file back one by one and test each time to find which file contains the 'bad' line.
| Q: Bash Terminal keeps showing "No such file or directory" at startup
-bash: /Users/MarksMac/Library/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/bin/activate: No
such file or directory
Basically, how do i remove the above error? I am using a mac 10.9.1
I have tried looking up for answers but i still can't solve this. Although it's very simple. Sorry, I'm new to terminal.
A: Check the contents of your ~/.bash_profile, or ~/.bashrc, for anything regarding this.
You can try renaming all three files to something else, then relaunch Terminal. If the problem goes away, put each file back one by one and test each time to find which file contains the 'bad' line.
A: Delete the .enstaller4rc under your home directory. Then reopen the terminal. That error would be gone.
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451cdb392a9465bbcae0642b16ec9b455049f5f1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a free program to join and cut AVI movie files? I have a camera and it creates an AVI file every 10 minutes when recording video. I would like to join files from the camera and sometime trim part of the video. I don't want re-encode the files if possible.
Is there a free program that will let me concatenate a split AVI files?
A: You can also use the concat demuxer with ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -f concat -i <(for f in $PWD/*.avi;do echo "file '$f'";done) -c copy output.avi
-c copy disables re-encoding the streams.
You can install ffmpeg with brew install ffmpeg after installing Homebrew.
See https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/How%20to%20concatenate%20%28join,%20merge%29%20media%20files for more information.
| Q: Is there a free program to join and cut AVI movie files? I have a camera and it creates an AVI file every 10 minutes when recording video. I would like to join files from the camera and sometime trim part of the video. I don't want re-encode the files if possible.
Is there a free program that will let me concatenate a split AVI files?
A: You can also use the concat demuxer with ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -f concat -i <(for f in $PWD/*.avi;do echo "file '$f'";done) -c copy output.avi
-c copy disables re-encoding the streams.
You can install ffmpeg with brew install ffmpeg after installing Homebrew.
See https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/How%20to%20concatenate%20%28join,%20merge%29%20media%20files for more information.
A: AVITools is trialware, but all it does is nag you and limit you to one job at a time.
MPEG Streamclip is another free Mac app that, despite the name, can mux together AVI, MPEG, MKV, and other sorts of video files into one big file.
And there's always good old FFMPEG, but it isn't quite as user-friendly as the above.
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